mi finally decided to post abt my last KL-genting trip.
tis corner stall in KL chinatown is where i had the smoothest jellied beancurd i ever tried. even better den rochor beancurd!
and tis is the stall at chinatown where i haf the most delicious food in KL! i absolutely luv the food here! the deep fried intestines wif garlic and chilli padi, the yong tau foo and hokkien mee r unmatchable.
views of the twin towers from the office carpark.
view from hotel lobby in genting.
my fav TMNT character is Michelangelo!
Michelangelo’s persona became strongly established in the 1987 animated series.
He was often seen as a “Party Dude”, which, though accurate in the 1987 series (which gave him this title in the theme song), accounts for only part of his personality otherwise. As such, he usually didn’t have any input in the team’s plans, although he can be serious when the situation demanded it.
He usually spends much of his time joking and socializing with other characters.
He had a fondness for pizza, beyond even that of the other Turtles (in one episode, his pizza cravings annoyed the others so much that Splinter hypnotized him into refusing and denouncing pizza whenever the very word was mentioned; the hypnosis was lifted at the end of the episode) and was essentially comic relief, though he never joked as much as Raphael.
Let mi rank YY’s fav TMNT :
1st choice : Michelangelo - funni dude wif his giant turtle head! the fake one tat is.
2nd choice : Raphael - fav scene when casey says the nitewatcher looks juz like a metal turtle
3rd choice : Leonardo – the leader of the pack
though i noe tat TMNT is being shown nw, i didn’t realise it’s a different version and the characters look so distinctly different.
YY couldn’t recognise some of the characters from the 1987 series tat i watched eg. splinter is a different color altogther!
Time is 4.25pm, day is Thurs 26th Apr 07.
I am hungry and feeling abit down. had happy meal for lunch. the hunger is getting to mi. i need food! now!
working at tis ulu place is getting to mi.
i can’t tink of anything to eat.
i miss hitachi. sob sob.
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after my ravings abt my hunger, i ‘forced’ marie into accompanying mi to eat and i gobbled up a bowl of dumpling instant noodles in 10 mins flat.
OD of mac tis wk but actualli i dun mind eating mac still. had mac on tue while watching ‘Like a Virgin’ too.
marie developed an obsession wif the Madame Alexander dolls from happy meal. we decided to haf 4 happy meals for lunch and collect the whole set. unfortunately, the dolls were changed to new toys tat very day!
we ended up onli getting one doll and calling so many branches to check if they still haf stock of the Madame Alexander dolls. we were in luck as i managed to find 2 dolls at Parklane Mac. so it was off to Parklane for more happy meals after work.
the dolls can stand but when seated, topples too easily exposing their undies. the sight of the upturned dolls nbr fail to set mi into a giggling fit.
If your mind drifts during the day, lighten up.
Bright lights increase both alertness and perception. You may actually work better and think sharper. Here’s how it works.
Bright Ideas
You know bright lights can keep you awake at night. But turn ‘em on during the day and you’ve got an instant brain boost. Although one study suggested that blue light provides the biggest boost, any kind of light will do. The light has a direct impact on areas of the brain that are involved in alertness.
Still not enlightened? Here’s more: Research shows that bright-light therapy can also perk you up if you experience excessive daytime sleepiness. It works by getting your brain’s internal clock and sleep/wake cycle in sync, so that sleep and wakefulness occur at the appropriate times.
i got an email abt ICE (In Case of Emergency) concept tat started from UK
tis is a cool and universal system for ppl to store their emergency contact on their cell phones so medical personnel will b able to identify and contact ur loved ones when u r unable to provide the info urself.
I tink it’s a reli cool idea. i ever picked up a cell phone from a cab and i searched and dialed the phone number under HOME to contact the owner’s family.
but tat wouldn’t work for mi coz i dun store my home no. on my fone. in fact, i dun store any of my loved ones and close frens’ number on my fone. reason being i noe all their numbers by heart.
after learning abt ICE, i immediately stored my bro’s number under 1ICEbro on my fone. it’s the first number in the phonebook due to the numbers in front of ICE.
I found some write up on wiki and a press release on NZ adopting tis.
my verdict on the game : super difficult!
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the neopets folks r reli working hard. check out their latest rooduko game!
YY will luv tis…i got the kiddos a “Dora the explorer” sticker sudoku game but YY outgrew tat real quickly. too easy for him. i muz let him try Rooduko!
u r hearing it from mi first!
i was at the ‘old’ neopets site when it went down for maintenance after midnite.
now the site is ‘up’ and looking totally revamped.
i muz i like the new look better, great to navigate. it puts the old look to shame.
courtesy of SY again
took a bus back from orchard tis evening. i was feeling pretty warm the whole day, especially in my boots but i didn’t expect the aircon on the bus to b so strong. i was feeling abit chilly on the bus.
i wished i haf my cashmere wif mi tdy. so looks like i’m all ready for the cashmere, in any colour but black.
i made a comment to marie , wat if, after everything’s tat’s said, there’s no cashmere. she told mi immediately tat i’ve fallen into the trap of setting expectations.
she’s rite but i can’t help it. so here i m, waiting for the cashmere…hehe
nice short film tat SY found on youtube.
saw tis quote on trace’s msn and like it.
the first part has been fulfilled but i’m not sure abt the latter portion. knowing myself, i may start acting silly wif presence.
AB型血的人活潑開朗，富正義感，聰明理性，膽大心細，親切並富同情心。但常常缺乏耐性，且較為急躁及易怒，是個脾氣大的人。
AB型血的人，對一個人好或不好，有激烈的感情，這是這種血型的最大特點。
在事業方面，AB型最大的特徵是擁有用不完的精力同坐唔定，所以要跑來跑去的工作最適合他們，例如速遞員、郵差及空中服務員。此外，救火救人的消防員，或警惡懲奸的警察，對富有正義感的AB型人也適合不過。 要與AB型的人親近，就是要委託他做事，然後再誠懇地表示謝意。 為人效勞是ＡＢ型人最感光容而有興趣的事。不過雖然能親近他，也很難得到他赤裸的心。能有恆、長期與他共處為上策。他厭惡虛偽及雙面人格的人，所以你必需誠實地應付他。拖泥帶水的交往，萬萬使不得。
i like tis foto, especially my hair tat’s obedient for once.
i decided to take some notes from my research on HCMC and the places to visit.
guess mi is kiasu after all. oredi did the read-up so onli need to print out the useful info for easy reference.
less a mth to the trip…finally ! and should start planning next next trip….life is nuthing wifout hols
Maybank teamed up with Sony Malaysia to issue a co-brand Visa credit card (SonyCard), the first such card for Sony in the region.
Ashraf said Maybank is targeting some 40,000 of Sony’s current loyalty cardholders and 200,000 of Maybank’s customers to apply for the SonyCard.
Sony has 53,000 loyalty cardholders.
Monday April 23, 5:38 PM
Dutch bank ABN Amro and Britain’s Barclays announced Monday an alliance, creating
Europe’s second-largest bank in the largest ever global banking merger.“It is a groundbreaking transaction, the largest merger in global financial services and the biggest cross border transaction,” John Varley, who heads Barclays and is the prospective chief executive of the new group, told a press conference.
The planned takeover would take place via a share swap valuing ABN Amro at 67 billion euros (90 billion dollars) with every ABN Amro share valued at 36.25 euros, the banks said in a statement.At the opening of the Amsterdam stock exchange, part of Euronext, ABN Amro shares rose 1.82 percent to 36.95 euros.
The new company will have 220,000 employees and 47 million customers.
However, the two banks said that under their merger plan 12,800 jobs would be shed and 10,800 would be sub-contracted out.ABN Amro plans to submit its strategic options to a shareholders’ meeting on Thursday.
Outside Britain, Barclays has interests in continental Europe, Asia, the United States, the Middle East and Africa.ABN Amro has also expanded into emerging markets in Asia and has interests in Canada, Italy, Mexico and the United States. It has 4,500 branches in 53 countries.
“The proposed merger strengthens in a significant way the development and distribution capacities of our products. Our combined geographical spread will ensure us at the same time exposure to developed economies and economies which are in strong growth,” Varley said in a statement.
Under the agreement ABN Amro is also separating off its US activities at LaSalle Bank, which it is selling to Bank of America for 21 billion dollars, a condition of the deal, the statement said.
The 12 billion euros of revenue generated by the sale of LaSalle will be handed over to shareholders of the new entity under a share buy-back programme, the two banks said.
Last week Dutch Finance Minister Wouter Bos insisted that the central bank would review any foreign takeover bids for ABN Amro strictly on merit, amid EU concerns about protectionism.
The Dutch central bank fuelled fears of political interference in takeover bids for ABN Amro by voicing reservations on a possible approach from a foreign consortium, describing it as risky and complicated for shareholders.
ABN Amro management has been under pressure from shareholder TCI, a hedge fund, to discuss takeover terms with other groups interested in buying the lender.
The Dutch bank has been underpreforming for the last few years, not meeting its own targets leaving it vulnerable for a takeover.
ABN Amro chairman Rijkman Groenink told journalists Monday that he would still be meeting later with the Royal Bank of Scotland, Spain’s Banco Santander and Belgian-Dutch group Fortis regarding a possible separate offer.
He stressed that he would also remain open to another higher offer for LaSalle, noting that the RBS has been interested in that part of ABN Amro’s activities.It is thought that the three banks, which would be able to cut more costs than Barclays, would divide up ABN assets between them.
Groenink and Varley stressed in their joint press conference that their proposed merger would eventually be more valuable to investors than “deconstruction (of ABN Amro) by a consortium”.According to Groenink he had strong support from “quite a number of larger shareholders” for the deal but added that the price was not discussed in the talks with them.
Observers calculated last week that the consortium of banks would be able to pay around 40 euros per ABN Amro share.On March 20, Barclays and ABN Amro had outlined specific plans for a merger, valuing the combined group at 140 billion euros with its main stock market listing in London, and its headquarters and a secondary listing in
Amsterdam.The deal is expected to be concluded in the fourth quarter.
April 18, 2007Study finds that companies with highly engaged employees tend to be among the better performersCorporations that value their employees and that live by those values end up with highly engaged staff who, in turn, contribute positively towards improving the company’s bottom line, the results of a study suggest.
According to the latest study by human resources consulting and outsourcing company, Hewitt Associates, organisations that it named among the best employers in
Hong Kong reported an average profit growth of 38 per cent in 2005, compared with 17 per cent for firms that participated in the study but did not make the top 10 list.
“People issues are business issues.”
“Customers are a lot happier when served by highly engaged staff. This leads to customer loyalty and contributes positively to the business result of the company,”
While almost all companies claim that they treat employees as valuable assets, not all actually deliver on it. Best employers, as their name implies, back up their words with actions.
“Best employers do not disappoint. They set clear expectations and deliver on that. What you see is what you get.”
In the case of best employers, company practices are aligned with what is verbally communicated. More chief executives of companies that made the best employer list than those that did not said they valued quality of leadership and attraction of talent as the most important factors affecting their organisation’s ability to succeed.
Thirty per cent of CEOs from the best employer list consider employee engagement as a top priority for the year ahead, compared to a miniscule 6 per cent of CEOs from “the rest” list. Employee engagement was the most frequently cited priority for CEOs on the best employer list.
Hewitt’s latest Best Employers in Hong Kong study is part of the fourth Best Employers in
Asia study. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel topped the
Hong Kong top 10 list this year for the third time.
Other winners in
Hong Kong include Sun Hung Kai Properties, Jones Lang LaSalle Management Services, Nokia, Convoy Financial Services, Langham Place Hotel in Mong Kok, UBS AG, Pret A Manger, McDonald’s Restaurants and American Express.
“There are new companies in the top 10 this year. There are certain local companies that put emphasis on their HR strategy as part of their business strategy. They will be very successful if they do so.”
Figures from the report show that while “the best” have an average employee engagement score of 76 per cent, “the rest” returned an engagement score of only 49 per cent. Engagement is defined as the level of intellectual and emotional commitment an employee has for their company.
It measures three aspects of employee behaviour to determine their level of engagement: whether employees say great things about the company, whether they want to stay with the company and whether they are inspired and motivated to do their best for the company.
The best employers also tended to view human resources as a strategic business partner. Ninety per cent of CEOs from firms that made the list acknowledged that their HR departments identified and implemented human resource strategies and solutions that were critical to meeting business needs, compared to 71 per cent of CEOs from “the rest”.
And contrary to popular opinion, paying more does not necessarily make one a best employer. Companies that made the list gave salary increases similar to those that did not.
Top brands want best employer label McDonald’s / American Express
McDonald’s (ranked ninth in the survey) and American Express (ranked 10th) strive to be leading brands and be recognised among
Hong Kong’s best employers.
Susanna Li Man-ha, vice-president of human resources and training for McDonald’s, said the recognition had a special meaning because of previous controversies about the company’s pay policy. She said the introduction of improved staff management measures two years ago had clearly made a difference.
“We are committed to our staff and we want the public to see and feel this,” Ms Li said. “This means we have to be doing the right things internally first to impress our internal clients, before they reflect this in their service to the public.”
She said the pay of crew employees was now 16 per cent higher than in 2004. The company had also improved other benefits and was organising more family orientated activities for full-time and part-time staff.
“But above all, we ensure that there is frank dialogue between the management and our staff to get them engaged,” Ms Li said.
American Express also sees staff engagement as vital to maintaining service standards. Koh Yat-chung, general manager for
Hong Kong, said this meant keeping staff fully informed about all aspects of the organisation and inspiring them to go the extra mile when dealing with customers.
“Open communication at all levels is crucial. Our staff are in a better position to provide a superior service if they know what we are doing in the company,” Mr Koh said.
Functional forums are arranged for the 770 staff in
Hong Kong. A strong corporate culture made it possible to keep average staff turnover well below the industry average of 15 per cent. “We believe we have to give employees some common values to look up to as part of our commitment to a long-term relationship with them,” Mr Koh said.
April 18, 2007
BEIJING – The number of credit cards in
China jumped 22.7 percent in 2006 to nearly 50 million as bank cards become the most popular non-cash payment instrument for individuals, the central bank said Wednesday.
Bank cards are now widely used and there is a constant increase in their usage, the People’s Bank of China said in a statement posted on its website.
Foreign banks like global giants HSBC and Citigroup are competing for a foothold in
China’s lucrative credit card market, where they are currently only allowed to issue co-branded cards with local partners.
Debit cards still held a dominant position, totaling 1.1 billion, or 95.6 percent of all
April 20, 2007
BEIJING – Over 1.1 billion bank cards have been issued in China. The amount of issued debit cards and credit cards respectively reached 1.08 billion and nearly 50 million by 2006 end, according to the People’s Bank of China, central bank of the country.
China’s bank card market has been growing swiftly, and increasingly more people have developed the habit to pay by bank cards, said PBC deputy governor Su Ning.
Bank card payment stood at CNY 1.89 trillion 2006, and the figure soared 97 percent over a year earlier.
Deducting bulk trading and real estate transactions, payment by bank cards made up 17 percent of total retail sales of consumer goods across the country, gaining 7 percentage points from the prior year.
The proportion in some major cities like Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou hit 30 percent.
Moreover, the central bank also provides services with special features for migrant workers, extending bank card payment network to rural areas.
Cashmere wool is wool obtained from the Cashmere goat and is also known as Pashmina. The name derives from an archaic spelling of Kashmir. It is sometimes incorrectly applied to any extremely soft wool, similar to Champagne being used to describe any sparkling wine.
One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soap box, which happened in one of Japan’s biggest cosmetics companies.
The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soap box that was empty. Immediately the authorities isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department. For some reason unknown to them, one soap box managed to go through the assembly line empty.
Management asked its engineers to solve the problem. The engineers worked feverishly to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the soap boxes that passed through the line to make sure they were not empty.
No doubt it was a moderately viable solution but they spent a phenomenal amount of money and resources to develop and implement this idea.
Amidst all this fuss, when a rank-and-file employee came to hear about this problem, he offered management a jaw-droppingly simple solution: point a strong industrial electric fan at the assembly line. As the soap boxes pass the fan, any empty ones simply get blown off the line.
When confronted with problems in life, most of us fret and worry about how to find the best fix for it. We imagine the solution to be difficult and complex when sometimes, it’s really quite simple. So the next time you’re faced with a problem, don’t instinctively reach for your engineers and analyst and experts or the expert in you, try looking at it from other ways and discover a simple answer.
the time is 3.29pm, the day is mon 23rd apr 07 and the weather is damn scary.
the sky is all dark and gloomy outside the window.
the mood feels like armageddon or end of the world, whatever u prefer to call it.
i hope the sky clears by tis evening coz i’ve got the SIFF date wif ann.
the weather cleared up before knock-off time so we had a nice cool evening eating our fav chicken rice from army mkt.
and we were so lucky tat admission was free for museum in the evenings so we got to view some of the galleries before the show.
juz caught tis wif ann for SIFF.
wat a wonderful show! there is so much humour and the acting’s good.
the pace doesn’t let up throughout the show and i was totally captivated by the storyline wif its many twists & turns tat unfolds…seems like such a mess wif all the spies of every superpower imaginable yet centered ard how USA handles intl affairs.
the actresses, namely fay grim herself and julia, the spy are such babes!
but her name reminds mi of nosey parker….hehe…corny joke.
mi been using photobucket to upload picts coz they’re generous wif quota.
saw tat they haf mobile phone upload function and started fidgeting wif it.
was given an email addy to send sms wif foto to. unfortunately, my fone’s GPRS isn’t set up properly and the self help d/l didn’t work for some reasons too.
and i was surprised tat the staff at singtel’s hotline is so clueless and unable to assist mi. she didn’t even noe tat V3 isn’t a G3 fone. tat is quite unprofessional and i submitted the survey to gif honest feedback.
it’s quite different from my past experiences when the staff were familiar wif each fone’s functionalities and could troubleshoot so quickly.
i decided to try something unorthodox, which is quite characteristic of mi….hehe…marie will attest to tat. if there’s an unrecorded way to do something, i’ll find it.
so i tried sending fotos via normal email to my photobucket email upload addy. i tried attaching a file and oso juz pasting a pict into the email and guess wat??!! BOTH METHODS WORK!! Photobucket IS SO COOL!!
now it means tat i can juz cut and paste picts to upload to Photobucket wifout even saving the pict! way cool sia!
and Photobucket oso haf uploading thru url and upload of video function. of course, youtube is still my fav for video since there’s no quota…but for fotos, PHOTOBUCKET ROCKS!
tdy was great as a whole, though i m more tired nw den a thief (惨过做贼!)
took YY to his first SIFF anime “Little Hearts Song” tdy.
YY tinks tdy was great coz the anime was quite nice and touching especially when the girl died. since YY couldn’t understand 100% of the subtitles, i m going to debrief him on the show.
YY oso enjoyed going to many different shops and buying many things. he managed to get his TMNT gear tdy & he chose Leonardo. QQ enjoyed the play acting too, and she wears a turtle mask while YY dons the bandana. the turtle mask is simply hilarious!
we had nice food according to YY, i guess he’s referring to pizza hut.
time to hit the sack…i m bushed!
An Australian teenager was lucky to be alive on Sunday after she survived being mauled by a massive sea lion while surfing.
She was attacked by the creature, thought to weigh about 300 kilograms (660 pounds), as she stood on a surfboard being towed behind a boat on Saturday.
The animal was close to charging the 13-year-old girl a second time as she floundered in the water off the coast of the small town of Lancelin in
Western Australia when she was rescued by the driver of the boat.
“You can only describe it as like a white pointer (shark) jumping out of the water,” he told newspapers.
“It was really sort of movie-like. This thing just exploded in a full-on, frontal attack.
“It actually lined her up. It jumped out of the water at her and hit her head-on. It must have been travelling at an enormous speed.
“It opened its mouth and grabbed her head. It latched on.”
He manoeuvred his boat between the sea lion and the girl to prevent a second mauling.
“It was going back for her, it was looking for her and it spotted her,” he said. “I had this horrible feeling I was not going to make it back in time.”
The girl, who suffered a broken jaw and lost three teeth in the attack, was in a stable condition.
Her mother, said her daughter had a gash under her chin which was “quite close to her carotid artery.”
“We could have lost her,” she said.
Sea lions are a protected species and it is thought that environmental officers will attempt to move it into another area rather than kill it.
interesting article i saw from yahoo. hope the masking of pain dun apply to ZC
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Some relationships end with fighting. Some end with crying. Some end with sex. Some end with verbal insults (or dishes) being thrown at sound-barrier-breaking speeds. Whatever the case, break-ups can be uglier than some Dancing with the Stars performances. Let’s face it: some relationships aren’t meant to be, so a break-up averts a bigger disaster. So when the Love Boat hits the iceberg, who handles it better? My answer: Women. Several studies show that men experience more depression, distress, and anxiety after break-ups than women do. Men might like to come across as being tougher than overcooked steak after a breakup, but the truth is that they’re actually more the consistency of jelly. Believe me-I see the letters of hundreds of men desperate for advice on how to win their ex back. Here’s why some men come undone during a breakup:
Men Mask Their Pain
When a guy is dumped, his first reaction is: I’ll show her. How he sometimes does it: With a couple pitchers and a night out with the guys. In fact, 26 percent of men say that the dumped party should get drunk with the guys after a break-up, according to a Men’s Health online survey. But those beer swillers are actually in the minority: 36 percent say a guy should look at his new ex, smile, and thank her. The thing is, both of those reactions are exactly the same thing-masks for their true feelings. They can’t deal with being hurt, or angry, or bummed. It’s not until after they get past their initial reaction that men actually mourn the loss of the relationship. Women are more likely to cry soon after the breakup, and they’re also more likely to use straight talk when ending a relationship, studies find. So women face their relationship blues head on, and get them out of their systems earlier. Many men tend to repress their reaction, so it lingers like basement mold.Men Have Fewer Friends
One of the reasons why women can get over sour relationships faster than the guys they breaks up with is that women have an amazing network of people to latch on to. Research indicates that men depend on romantic relationships for emotional intimacy and social support, whereas women are more likely to turn to family and female friends to satisfy those needs. Mothers, sisters, friends, hairdressers, cabbies, whoever-the more times she tells the story about what a jerk he was, the better she’s going to feel. A man, on the other hand, stays corked. Often he shrugs off a break-up with a shoulder shrug, shoots a Jager shot, and tries to convince himself that he’s not upset. That is, until about six months later, at 1AM after the fourth pitcher, when he confesses to his buds that all he ever wanted is for Janelle to take him back.
Men Hate Starting Over
After the break-up, a man may feel an initial surge of excitement of future prospects-the women he’s yet to meet. But after three, four, or two dozen dates, he realizes that it’s going to take a long time to reach the level of comfort he had with his ex. Research conducted at Carnegie Mellon University suggests that women adjust better to the end of a relationship because they’ve already given consideration to the possibility of a break-up, whereas men are typically unprepared for it. While that sense of emotional security can’t be the only reason to stay together, it also makes him realize that he was very lucky to have a woman like her. Meanwhile, she’s already moved on. And perhaps the only time he lets his guard down enough to admit the emotional truth is when he’s drunk dialing her. And that’s too little, way too late.
Men Idealize the Dating Game
Many breakups are a knee-jerk reaction to what men perceive as stagnation: He’s bored with the same restaurants, the same petty arguments, the repetitive sex. Once he’s back on the prowl, he thinks, he’ll be bedding 10s and living the high life. After the break-up, however, he quickly realizes that the singles scene isn’t all champagne and half-naked strangers–it’s work. Instead of the exciting bar scene, he finds that he misses the intimacy of his past relationship. Studies show that women consistently outscore men on measures of social, sexual, and intellectual intimacy–and women are often quicker than men to realize that intimacy provides the foundation of a lasting relationship, not the sexual thrills.
was wif the kiddos at suntec last sat to catch TMNT.
after some secret recipe cakes, we walked around the fountain of wealth.
i read the instructions aloud about making a silent wish.
immediately after we finished walking 3 times around the fountain, YY asked my excitedly, “mummy, do u wana know wat i wish for?”
i replied “no” but YY ignored mi and went on “I wish tat i’ll become Ultraman”
*faint* wat a wish
i m totally pissed by my hair curving sideways after i tucked it behind my ears.
so pissed tat i m often tempted to snap off the offending length of hair juz under my earlobes, by myself
and i m falling into the trap of having to trim my hair every mth juz to keep myself sane.
tat was till marie used her hair straightener on my hair in hk. OMG! it actualli work wonders! the ends of my hair looks rebonded in seconds….and it’s such a breeze using the straightening iron.
taking marie’s strong recommendation of Conair, LJ kindly got mi the model below from US. i was so excited tat i took it out of the packaging last nite, onli to discover tat i dun haf an adaptor. so i brought it to office to show marie and also got myself an universal adaptor. besides tampons and epidurals, tis has got to b one of the greatest inventions of tis century.
and i haf decided to grow my hair longer nw den i haf tis baby, juz so tat i haf more hair to burn…haha
Film fest fever starts tis fri… mi is super excited!
onli one show tat i haben cfrm whom i’m watching wif and i juz discovered last nite tat i may not b able to make it for one of the shows….oh no! so sad!
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one a separate note, spiderman 3 movie tickets from the company’s rec club is for 5th may!! tat’s the day i go to the hospice so guess i haf to gif spiddy a miss.
ok, i m being xtremeli corny here.
大瘦 is a joke YT and i made abt HQ’s chinese after the Roz 出家 incident.
and ‘不肥’ was something i thot up in the lift…hehe
richard wanted YT to haf a surprise and was so worried abt the cake tat he msg mi since morn. i was telling the gers tat it’s the first time i see him expressing his luv for YT so openli and i m so happy for them. such a sweet gesture! especialli when YT is spending her special day wif her beloved……friends!
we had outdoor seating. i expected us to b sitting on a terrace so i was surprised to see the set up by the river/long-gao as LJ puts it. but it was a relatively nice evening for alfresco dining and the ambience is good though our topics ranged from morbid to outright disgusting.
we discussed 皈依 which is between 出家 and juz being devotees. den we toked abt reincarnation as mosquitoes of 21 days life span.
we moved on to the topic of vomiting and diarrhea and of being super unlucky…haha…and we considered using panty-liners as chips
OMG! juz noticed a banner tat says mobile neopets for singtel!!
YEAH! now i can play anytime i want!!
good show! definitely recommend it.
the casting is great. anthony hopkins is brillant, his acting is 恰到好处. compared to ppl who over-act, it’s juz a pleasure to watch him act.
and ryan gosling is outstanding too.
but most imptly, the story is quite good and keeps the audience guessing throughout the show. the end feels abit rushed though.
The deadliest shooting in U.S. history left 33 people were killed after Monday’s campus rampage.
Tis piece of news has not onli shocked US but oso the world.
the irony is the violence took place in an institute of higher learning. Western education is confined to the pursuit of academic excellence instead of the emphasis on moral education and cultivation of one’s personal 修为 in 东方教育.
the different approach in education coupled wif the lax gun laws r the perfect ingredients for tragedy.
had dinner wif fren @ vivo and lent a listening ear to her.
though i can’t do much to help her, at least she could pour out her woes to mi.
i guess tat’s wat gfs r for. we can’t make the decision for our frens but we can support them in watever decision they make.
ultimately, 没有人少了谁会活不成, so wat matters is whether u can reconcile wif urself.
diane offered us the tickets to the preview screening of ‘Fracture’ tomolo nite.
so excited coz mi tink it’ll b a cool show.
wif SIFF ard the corner, apr is reli THE mth for movies.
and i hope to bring YY for his first SIFF tis yr too!
made use of the 4 vouchers left over from kerri’s bday chalet and brought mum & kiddos to escape theme park on sun.
discovered tat senior citizens (Singaporeans and PRs) need not pay for admission. i tink tat’s such a pro family and cool idea. i suggested to mum tat she brings the kiddos here by herself den…haha…or she can come wif kerri since both of them enjoy free admission.
and i juz discovered tat they do haf a pro-family business award
we had lotsa fun. YY & QQ luv the mini roller coaster so much tat we took 2 rides. wat an adrenalin rush for everyone.
we wanted to try the water ride but the queue was juz too long.
and the rain stopped the rides for a while during which the kiddos enjoyed the games in the stalls indoors.
brought the kiddos to suntec and caught TMNT.
YY thoroughly enjoyed the show and wana go to NY city to look for real-life ninja turtles.
but QQ was so cranky and tired tat halfway thru the show, she demanded to go home and sleep. failing to calm her dwn in the theatre, we left for the ladies. tis repeated itself 15 mins later. in the end, i ended up leaving the theatre twice wif her. and she did fell asleep towards the end of the show.
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caught tis in the news tdy. there’s been so much talk abt citibank laying off ppl.
and the wealth management arm outside US was juz consolidated in Singapore a few days back
i got some enquiries tdy abt tis particular posting and it seems tat most ppl is misunderstanding tis to b a bgr kinda prob.
well, let mi clarify, it’s not! it’s abt work actualli, sorry for not being explicit enuff and causing tis confusion.
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我的眼淚太多，感情汎濫。
我太有原則，不肯妥協，死也不肯低頭。也可能被看成是寧頑不寧，过于固执。 marie 真懂得察言觀色, 我一回來，便問我有什麽不對勁。
她給了我很誠懇的忠告，又開導了我一番。
trust, once broken, can nbr b earned again.
i find the whole process laffable and redundant. when i noe the ends, the means no longer justify it and i refuse to put in any effort tat will exceed the ends.
i m too principled and stubborn, i noe. but i can’t convince myself to do something if i tink it’s pointless and stoopid.
but marie’s advice is sound and i intend to heed her advice.
wat i do is no longer for the process but for myself
i luv writing and reading the blogs of others.
tis particular one was featured in wordpress today and seeing how the blogger oso visited cambodia and is in vietnam, i read his mar & apr entries.
we went to mostly the same places in phnom penh and reading his comments from visiting S21 and the killing fields brought back so much memories for mi.
i realise tat not many ppl noe tis fact.
i was oso wondering wat the huge sign tat reads BHG means when i was at bugis. the onli explanation given thru their slogan is Be Here for Good things.
luckily HQ told mi tat Seiyu has been bought over by Beijing Hualian Group and they’re doing a rebranding exercise.
i mentioned tis to marie and she tinks BHG is so cheena. i see tis as BHG being more meaningful to mi den Seiyu. wat in the world does Seiyu means?? and wat’s wrong wif the name being cheena? unless tis is driven by our 崇洋心理 ie. 崇拜東洋！
Virgin Atlantic Airways has reinstated a pilot wrongly accused of drinking after an investigation revealed that a low-carbohydrate diet made the man smell of alcohol.
The 47-year-old male pilot was on the flight deck of an Airbus A340-600 plane preparing to leave London’s Heathrow Airport for New York when police boarded, having been tipped off by an airport worker.
“Virgin Atlantic can confirm that the pilot who was questioned by police on 31st March …will not be charged with any offence,” Virgin said in a statement on Tuesday.
“It is believed that a diet being followed by the pilot caused the initial positive reading during a preliminary breath test,” Virgin said.
“Subsequent blood tests later confirmed that the amount of alcohol in his blood was the equivalent to that of a non-drinker.”
The pilot, whose name was withheld, is free to resume his duties immediately, Virgin said.
my goodness! elephants can donor sperm too!
Singapore Zoo’s elephant Chawang has had his semen quality tested and results showed his sperm count is good.
Chawang, the largest and heaviest animal at the zoo, is almost 3 metres tall and weighs 3,480kg.
He has already sired three elephants.
Zoos in Australia, like the one in Perth, have shown interest in taking samples of Chawang’s semen to impregnate their female Asian elephants.
But no plans have been confirmed yet.
been shoes shopping for past 2 days at bugis and robinsons but didn’t manage to get anything
unexpectedly, i went to tis wholesale shop during lunchtime and got 2 pairs of pumps for $21.40…wat a steal!
tdy’s humidity is much lower, trust mi. my sweaty palms and feet r testimonial and effective gauge of the day’s humidity. and tdy’s been a dry day except for after i walked to bugis. the workout made mi rather warm & caused mi to perspire abit.
i’ve been looking for shoes wif leather insoles which is the onli thing tat works for sweaty feet but it’s so hard to find any decent looking ones
i was going to email tis to ann & SY and tease ann Not to bring Jassiez to HCMC.
luckily i checked her blog for Jassiez’s spelling and learnt tat ann’s beloved hammy has passed away…
HANOI, Vietnam – A fugitive mouse delayed the departure of a Japan-bound airliner for more than four hours Sunday as technicians hunted down the potential threat, airline officials said.
A passenger spotted the white mouse running on the floor of the plane on an initial leg of the Vietnam Airlines flight, prompting a hunt by about a dozen technicians worried that it could chew through a vital wire.
The mouse was found in a food storage area and the Boeing 777 was cleared for takeoff, said Tran Tien Dung, head of the airline’s air safety department.
“This is the first time we experienced something like this,” airline spokesman Nguyen Chan said.
Chan said Vietnamese aviation authorities suspect that a passenger brought the mouse on board in hand luggage.
Dung said the airline will caution passengers and increase baggage checks to make sure that no live animals are brought on board.
The mouse was killed, Dung said.
Berlin Zoo rallied to the defense of Knut, a three-month-old polar bear cub, Tuesday, rejecting demands that the animal be allowed to die after being abandoned by its mother.
The fate of “cuddly Knut” has gripped the German capital since his birth in December. Rejected by his mother Tosca, the cub was adopted by a zookeeper who moved into the animal’s enclosure to care for him round the clock.
Some animal rights campaigners think this will humanize the bear too much and want the zoo to stop saving young animals.
“Hand-rearing a polar bear is not appropriate and is a serious violation of animal rights,” Bild newspaper quoted animal rights campaigner Frank Albrecht as saying.
“In fact, the cub should have been killed,” he added.
Berlin Zoo said the animal would not be put down or left to fend for itself: “That’s complete nonsense,” a spokesman said.
Knut has become an unofficial
Berlin city mascot and has even had his picture taken by photographer Annie Leibovitz as part of a new climate change campaign.
Knut’s mother Tosca — formerly a performing animal in an East German zoo — rejected Knut and his twin brother shortly after their birth. The twin died but Knut was “adopted” by zookeeper Thomas Doerflein.
The polar bear is bottle-fed, washed and cuddled by his adoptive father, who moved in to the zoo to sleep in a bed by the bears crate. Newspapers report that Doerflein also plays him Elvis songs on the guitar and gave him Christmas presents.
Every day, about 15 000 people line up at the Berlin Zoo to see Knut, the polar bear cub. But even those far from the zoo cannot escape his little button-eyed face.The fluffy baby bear has become
Germany’s latest merchandising sensation, inspiring Knut T-shirts, Knut mugs, Knut postcards, Knut DVDs, Knut keychains, Knut sweets and stuffed Knuts.Born at the zoo in December 2006, Knut – who was rejected by his mother and hand-raised by zookeepers – rose to fame in March thanks to television and newspaper pictures. Since then, Knutmania has just kept on gathering steam.
Together with Leonardo DiCaprio, he appears on the cover of Vanity Fair’s current May issue, with pictures taken by star photographer Annie Leibovitz. He has the cover of the German edition all to himself. Zoo officials say attendance has roughly doubled on average since Knut came along.“Obviously, his innocent, baby-like looks are an important reason,” said Peter Walschburger, a psychologist at the Free University in Berlin, adding that Knut’s white fur and soft, round features made people want to protect him.
The merchandising frenzy now includes a special collection by German toy maker Steiff GmbH. Since January, the company has been selling 800 Knut bears every day.
Haribo, the German sweet company that makes Gummi Bears, has created a white, marshmallow-like Knut sweet. Haribo will contribute part of the proceeds to the zoo.
Knut even has his own blog in German, English and Spanish – written by a journalist at the regional public broadcaster, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg.
The Knut marketing phenomenon has also had a dramatic impact on the Berlin Zoo’s stock. The shares, which had hovered around 2 000 euros
(R19 500) in recent years, shot up to 4 820 euros (R46 995) this week. By Thursday, however, the shares had settled at 3 700 euros (R36 075).
i’ve been spending some thot over tis lately
and juz told ZC tat my ambition is to 含飴弄孫.
certainly hope tat i will haf grandchildren to look after when i’m old. at least having my kiddos is a step in the rite direction for my ambition…haha
i envy stay-home mums sometimes coz they dun miss out on any happenings in their kiddos’ lives. but most mums dun haf tis luxury and we bow to the harsh reality of life.
was trying to figure out if HK was having public holidays on mon so went to yahoo hk and saw tis cute as anything banner!!
My fav musical of all time–Les Mis!
And though i’ve watched it so long ago, i rem most of the songs
I Dreamed A Dream
On My Own
Do You Hear The People Sing
One Day More
Castle On A Cloud
Master of the House
Empty Chairs At Empty Tables
Beggars at the Feast
tis is the 家門經 tat i’ve been looking for. it’s in teochew and i was surprised to find a book of the scriptures printed in thailand.
mayb i should look for tis in thailand’s chinatown next
finalli caught the phantom! after hearing so many raves from everyone, i was eagerly waiting to be awed by the performance.
the props & stunts didn’t disappoint mi but i tink the songs unmemorable. the onli songs tat left an impression on mi are ‘Think of Mi’ and ‘The Point of No Return’. not tat i reli like ‘The Point of No Return’.
we sat at the 5th row which is directly under the chandelier. rite before the intermission, the phantom was singing above our heads. i made a comment during intermission abt the phantom blessing us wif holy water ie. his
口水
true enuff, we distinctly saw the phantom spitting a drop of saliva in the second half of the performance.
my verdict is tis : Les Mis is still my fav performance of all time.
i luv to play wif YY’s long eyelashes though it irritates him to bits.
one day, he picked up my mascara and told mi tat he’s going to use it. i was surprised to hear him use the word ‘mascara’ but he claims tat i say it a lot and he learnt it from mi.
i dun use eyeliner coz i duno how to use it. but i’ve heard the comment tat my lower eyelashs r thick. i nbr took the comment seriously till i was at the bourjois counter the other day. the salesgirl recommended mi their eyeliners. when i said i don’t noe how to use it, she commented tat ‘didn’t u draw eyeliner tdy?’ well i didn’t.
the onli eyeliner i tried is the transparent and sparky one tat joc got mi from japan. unfortunateli the tube has MIA. i suspect i dropped it in the car but i can’t find it till nw…so sad.
and when we had the bollywood theme for d&d, i drew my eyes using mum’s eyebrow pencil….hehe
back to the topic of eyelashes, i realised recently tat though my eyelashes lack length, i m blessed wif fvolume. it’s a blessing i didn’t realise i had.
so i told YY tat he muz haf inherited his lashes from moi. he retorted wif how come my lashes r not as long as his. den he gave tis explanation.
when i gave him his eyelashes, he didn’t want to put the xtra eyelashes besides his own so he added them to the ends of his eyelashes. wah! sounds like eyelash extension sia!
took a nap-py for an hr and woke up wif a bad bad stitch.
tink i need to collapse back in bed.
been so, so long since our gang last 唱 k
realli had a good time, and YT is good company for 唱 k. she noes so many songs, especially the latest ones tat i can juz sing along to any song wif her. sang so many songs for the first time tis round.
i haf heard tis song and like the melody but didn’t realli pay attention to the lyrics. i like tis even more nw. wat a vivid description of gfs! it’s amazing how observant gfs noe u and how they can read ur body language and behaviour coz they noe u so well.
i m reminded of the email hq sent mi after our dinner wif sven…i laffed out loud when i read it and marie told mi tat shows how well my fren noes mi, to b able to pick up the signs juz by my behaviour.
一个像夏天一个像秋天
第一次见面看你不太顺眼
谁知道后来关系那么密切
我们一个像夏天一个像秋天
却总能把冬天变成了春天
你拖我离开一场爱的风雪
我背你逃出一次梦的锻炼
遇见一个人然后生命全改变
原来不是恋爱才有的情节
如果不是你我不会相信
朋友比情人还死心塌地
就算我忙恋爱把你冷冻结冰
你也不会恨我只是骂我几句
如果不是你我不会确定
朋友比情人更懂得倾听
我的胸怀志意我的有口无心
我离不开darling更离不开你
你拖我离开一场爱的风雪
我背你逃出一次梦的锻炼
遇见一个人然后生命全改变
原来不是恋爱才有的情节
如果不是你我不会相信
朋友比情人还死心塌地
就算我忙恋爱把你冷冻结冰
你也不会恨我只是骂我几句
如果不是你我不会确定
朋友比情人更懂得倾听
我的胸怀志意我的有口无心
我离不开darling更离不开你
你了解我所有得意的东西
拆穿我留些意怕我忘形
你知道我所有丢脸的事情
却为我的美好形像保密
如果不是你我不会相信
朋友比情人还死心塌地
就算我忙恋爱把你冷冻结冰
你也不会恨我只是骂我几句
如果不是你我不会确定
朋友比情人更懂得倾听
我的胸怀志意我的有口无心
我离不开darling更离不开你
mi right eyebrow been twitching non stop since wed.
lack of sleep? not really. first time tat twitching continues for days & days on end
阿寳 sent mi a link for online reading of 亦舒’s novels.
if u ask mi, i still prefer crawling up wif a good book in my hands but it has got so difficult if not impossible to find any titles from NLB tat i haben read b4.
and i sometimes end up re-reading books unintentionally. wif 亦舒, it’s becoz i forgot the titles. for english books, it shows how consistent my taste is. the same synopsis didn’t fail to draw mi to read the book for the second time. and it’s while i read tat i realise ‘hey! deja vu, i’m read tis oredi.’
but tragedy has struck. i finished 2 chapters of tis book at 6am on fri morn and when i wanted to continue reading the story last nite, i couldn’t find the book! the book is still there but i can’t rem the title and i’ve tried at least 10 titles but i still can’t find it.
sob！sob! tink i need to try ALL the titles now.
白羊座 妈妈经常叮嘱羊羊： “ 穿裙子时不可以荡秋千；不然，会被小男生看到里面的小内裤哦！ “
有一天，羊羊高兴地对妈妈说： ” 今天我和小明比赛荡秋千，我赢了！ “
妈妈生气地说： ” 不是告诉过你吗？穿裙子时不要荡秋千！ “
羊羊骄傲地说： “ 可是我好聪明哦！我把里面的小内裤脱掉了，这样他就看不到我的小内裤了！ “
（勇敢直率、敢做敢为的白羊）
金牛座
卖瓜小贩： “ 快来吃西瓜，不甜不要钱！ “
饥渴的牛牛： “哇！太好了，老板，来个不甜的！ “
（持家、想出轨又顾全自己的金牛）
双子座
妈妈叫双双起床： “ 快点起来！公鸡都叫好几遍了！ “
双双说： “ 公鸡叫和我有什么关系？我又不是母鸡！ “
（自我意识强烈、自行思维的双子）
巨蟹座
公车上，蟹蟹说：“ 今晚我要和妈妈睡！“
妈妈问道： “ 你将来娶了媳妇也和妈妈睡阿？ “
蟹蟹不假思索： “嗯！ “
妈妈又问： “ 那你媳妇怎么办？“
蟹蟹想了半天，说：“ 好办，让她跟爸爸睡！ “
妈妈： “！＠＃＄％ ?＆＊（ ……-”
再看爸爸，已经热泪盈眶啦！
（恋母情结、依恋的巨蟹）
狮子座
狮狮去参加奶奶的寿宴。到了吃寿包的时候，狮狮问：“ 我们为什么要吃这种像屁股的寿包？ “
众人听了脸色大变。
接著狮狮拨开寿包，看看里面的豆沙，说： “ 奶奶，快看！里面还有大便！ “
众人晕的晕，吐的吐。
（以自我感受、不怕旁人眼光的骄傲的狮子）
处女座
处处对肚脐很好奇，就问爸爸。
爸爸把脐带连著胎儿与母体的道理简单地讲了一下，说： “婴儿离开母体之后，医生把脐带减断，并打了一个结，後来就成了肚脐。 ”
处处： “那医生为什么不打个蝴蝶结？ “
（好奇心强又追求完美的处女）
天秤座
父亲对天天说： “ 今天不要上学了，昨晚．．．你妈给你生了两个弟弟。你给老师说一下就行了。 “
天天却回答： ” 爸爸，我只说生了一个；另一个，我想留著下星期不想上时再说！ “
（聪明、权衡利弊的天平）
天蠍座
蠍蠍刚睡著，就叫蚊子叮了一口。
他起来赶蚊子，却怎么也赶不出去。没法，便指著蚊子说： “ 好吧，你不出去我出去！ “ 边说边出了房间，把门使劲关严得意地说： “哼！我今晚不进屋，非把你饿死不可！ “
（搞不懂、不按常理出牌的天蝎）
射手座
射射： “ 爸爸，为什么你有那么多白头发？ “
爸爸： “ 因为你不乖，所以爸爸有好多白头发阿。 “
射射： …… （疑惑中）
射射：” 那为什么爷爷全部都是白头发？ “
爸爸：！＠＃＄％?＆＊（ ……
（喜欢思考的射手）
摩羯座
一天，羯羯跟妈妈上街；走在路上，突然下起雨来。
妈妈拉过羯羯的小手，说： “ 下雨了，快往前跑阿！”
羯羯慢条斯理地问：“ 那前面就不下雨喽！？ ”
（明白现实懒得改变的摩羯）
水瓶座
瓶瓶问妈妈： “ 问什么称蒋先生为『先人』？ “
妈妈说： “ 因为 ‘先人 ‘是对死去的人的称呼。 ”
瓶瓶说： “ 那去世的奶奶是不是要叫『鲜奶』？ “
（天生的另类、脑筋思考永远和常人不一样的水瓶）
双鱼座
爸爸给鱼鱼讲小时候经常挨饿的事。
听完後，鱼鱼两眼含泪，十分同情地问： “ 哦，爸爸，你是因为没饭吃才来我们家的吗？ “
（富含丰富同情心、不分情况对象的双鱼）
there r numerous online communities tat sprouted up over the yrs & i would join whenever my frens invite mi.
and tat leads to lotsa ‘can i b ur fren’ kinda msgs. some of the ppl sounds alrite but wat realli irks mi is y do they not haf any profile picts?
call mi shallow if u may & tat 我以貌取人 but i haf a thing against ppl hoo dun dare to show their 廬山真面目。 how sincere can these ppl b?
so my bottomline is tis : if they haf no guts to show their face, i won’t bother to entertain them.
i luv sponge bob! i tink he’s simply hilarious and so cute!
i see him in a shop window when i walk to the train station every morning and nite and the sight nbr fails to bring a big smile to my face.
he’s so squarish and yellow and he looks like he’s sitting over the edge of the shelf in the shop window wif his skinny legs dangling over the edge
he’s so unbashfully ugly tat i find him endearing. he’s got such a nerdy and loony look yet he’s so cheerful and happy all the time.
check out the character description
SpongeBob is a sea sponge who lives with his pet snail, Gary, in a fully furnished, two bedroom…pineapple. SpongeBob’s dream in life is to be the ocean’s ultimate fry cook, and thanks to his job flipping Krabby Patties at the Krusty Krab, he lives that dream every day.
SpongeBob is as optimistic and earnest as a sea-dwelling sponge gets, but he can’t seem to avoid getting himself—and usually everyone else around him—into trouble. While trying too hard, he tends to do things wrong—really wrong—which usually spells disaster. But SpongeBob’s always looking on the bright side of life, and his enthusiasm about just about everything make him downright irresistible.
SpongeBob is a survivor!
mi tink mi is slowly putting on weight. not much change in my diet but muz b due to my lack of exercise and late nites.
juz did 50 sit-ups. tink it’s high time to incorporate some exercise into my lifestyle for healthy living. i do intend to live till 80.
YY asked mi y m i not as fit as him and i’m stuck for an answer. having en energiser bunny son is good motivation for mi to exercise too. no lack of exercise partner!
happened to see tis show on channel 8 juz nw.
though i haf caught it b4, still couldn’t resist watching it coz tis is my all time fav show!
poor 馬小玲， 永遠想愛，又不能愛。
and of course i luv the song from the first series 假如真的再有约会 too!
relating back to my stunning discovery, 有時候，真的覺得心理不平衡。。。哈哈
he has oredi been blacklisted by mi as someone who is 心口不一，真受不了!
纸是包不住火的。
若要人不知，除非己莫为。
juz spent the past hr reading up on saigon and i’m bushed.
i end up more confused den ever…was supposed to b booking accomodation but nw i’m not sure wat’s the best itinerary…hmmm
dun care, gonna zzz on it.
Your primary talent
Livia, your primary career talent is Spatial Ability.
The ability to visualize objects in three-dimensional space can give you an unusual view of the world. You appear to understand how figures can be manipulated and take on new forms. Because of this talent, you can probably imagine new designs easily, including anything from floor plans to page layouts — and even 3D product prototypes. People like you are usually aces when it comes to putting together assemble-it-yourself furniture or other household items — whether the items arrive with instructions or not.
Your rare talent can make you less likely than most people to be content with the same old thing. As a result, in your work life you might enjoy focusing on visual innovation and proposing new ideas. Your ability to conceptualize objects in their completed form can make you a natural designer or engineer. Your spatial skills can also help you understand the finer points of how things work. Typically, new computer programs or specialized office equipment are no sweat to you. In a world where technology changes so rapidly, you may also find yourself rewarded for your ability to adapt.
Your secondary talent
Your secondary career talent is Abstract Reasoning.
You are especially good at processing complex information in a clear and logical manner. As a result, you may be the first person colleagues run to if there’s a tough problem to be solved. When handed a new challenge, you’re likely to look at it from every angle possible to understand its many aspects before arriving at a thoughtful solution. You seem to understand that answers are rarely clear-cut. People around you probably appreciate this ability to hone in on the gray areas of thorny situations. You can be a first-class thinker.
While you may think that having a strength like abstract reasoning sounds very boring, it’s really not. In fact, your ability to look at information abstractly implies that you have a rich imagination. You’re probably one of those rare folks who can mix two unrelated ideas together to come up with a great new one. Most people aren’t as skillful at applying facts outside of their usual contexts as you are. People like you tend to use keen observational skills and analytical prowess in ways that result in clever new solutions and novel perspectives. This combination of strategic thinking and creativity can be an incredible value in a business environment.
RealAge Tip of the DAY for March 29, 2007
Laugh It Up
Giggle, snort, and laugh till it hurts. You — and everyone around you — will be healthier.
In a recent study, sounds of laughter or cheering triggered strong brain activity in listeners, particularly the brain areas that control the muscles of the face — which means listeners were primed to smile or laugh, too. The response was automatic — and contagious
Laughter is good for both body and soul. It can thwart stress, boost the immune system, and help protect against the flu and even cancer. In a study, men who watched a favorite funny video had lower levels of stress hormones and higher amounts of growth hormone, both of which bolster the immune response. And study participants had more of the natural killer cells that target tumors and viruses.
Just anticipating a chuckle or guffaw can keep you healthy and reduce stress. In another study, people who knew in advance that they would be watching a funny movie had elevated levels of growth hormone and more beta-endorphins (feel-good brain chemicals that block pain and help you relax). And these levels held steady throughout the hour of viewing as well as afterwards, for up to 24 hours. A mere 30 minutes of comic relief may be all you need for similar health benefits.
So go ahead, laugh often and out loud. It’s your — and your friends’, family’s, and cronies’ — best medicine.
i juz realised tat i got the body of water mixed up. it should b the mekong river. tonle sap dried up significantly and was part of the cause of the angkor ruins. onli the mekong runs thru vietnam, cambodia and laos. tonle sap is onli at the siem reap area
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i m spring cleaning and uploading videos to youtube.
tis was taken on our first day in phnom penh. we walked along the tonle sap mekong river and saw tis moving sand barge…the best part is the last bit when LJ makes a cameo appearance
marie et moi both suffer from ‘not scared of cold’ condition. which render us incapable of wearing jackets in temperatures of 14 degrees Celsius else our armpits will b dripping. ok, i exaggerate, but u get the idea. and i most prob got it worse wif sweaty palms and feet.
therefore, i found the temp in hk juz rite for mi and i went ard in tubes and tank tops. i m stared at a lot on the streets and colleagues luv to open the conversation wif ‘aren’t u cold?’ in cantonese whenever they see mi. the truth is, i may not b beli warm but i’m certainly not cold. on rare occassions tat i wore my jacket ie. day tat we went macau and the last day of the trip, i was actualli perspiring.
i juz read tis beli true description of our predicament “grotesque armpit sweat marks on our T-shirts and scraps of perspiration-soaked tissue paper stuck glaringly on the foreheads”. haha…how apt!
Wah! lightning rod, brainstorm & rain dance…how abstract!
i luv reading the daily work horoscope, more often den not, it makes no sense at all but it’s worth a laff all the same.
Dear Livia,
During a intense brainstorm, you’re the lightning rod who grounds the crazy ideas and turns them into workable, possible paths. Take a little time to do a rain dance and squish the mud between your feet, too.
Otters holding hands!
the best part towards the end when they r separated for a while but one otter grabs the hand of the other sleeping otter. truly amazing!
i muz show the kiddos this tomolo!
mi is shacked out beyond words. time for my beauty sleep. the irony is, i feel tired but my eyes are not closing…at least not in front of the lappy. juz feel tat i m mentally tired. mayb it’s the MJ tat’s too taxing on the mind…haha…i was struggling to b alert while doing the impt task for 31/3/07…keke
but i haf no prob falling asleep once i hit the sack. which is something i shouldn’t take for granted when i consider the no. of ppl i noe who suffer from insomnia.
tink mi is getting old, no stamina to stay up late liao. wah liew!
QQ was wif mi the whole day, going to office and den MJ at YT’s place. she’s such a dear! which reminds mi to write my posting on dreamchild soon.
i can’t wait to go shopping at robinsons wif my vouchers for long service award (yes! it’s been 10 yrs!) and i wana get my HK postings up asap…before i forget the details!
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mi juz did it. at Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:34:41 +0800.
i thot i haf missed the closing date but the system allowed my entry.
now for the nerve-wrecking wait for the results. *Gulp*
mi tink mi is way too lor-soh. i didn’t knew wat 3 questions su sin was referring to but when i saw how much i wrote for my last entry, i was shocked tat i wrote so much for ’the 3 questions’
actualli it’s not such a big deal juz tat mi is super reactive and haf not tried tis since 2005!
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