听你说话

 

 

你知道吗听你说话
我只需要听你说话
在你的声音中安全的让我害怕
这是一个快乐的警告警告我别想逃

 

 

暗流汹涌

 

i can sense all the undercurrents tat r present in our r/ship

and the tension is reli reli high

i can only say tat tis is a highly charged r/ship

my tiger！

is so………..cute!

thanks karen for bringing tis cutie back for mi

nw i can look at it while working and smile : )

sambal sotong

shit! i made the mistake of reading ann’s blog in the middle of the nite

the sight of the sambal sotong reli turns my stomach on

i m craving for sambal sotong rice nw！esp the one from 85 mkt !

a sudden change of heart

i’ve had a sudden change of heart

dun ask mi how it happened but it was overnite

i suspect it has to do wif my stand on dignity last nite

anyway, i feel so much better abt myself and i m proud of wat i haf achieved and thot thru in the past 2 wks

to b corny, i mustn’t let anything ‘cloud’ my thots

dignity

everything can b thrown out the window but nbr my dignity

tis was foremost in my mind last nite before i turned in

and i made a resolution to do watever it takes to keep my dignity intact

赶死队

ah bao puts it so aptly, tis is exactly wat reli irks mi, so indignant !

不能敢爱敢恨敢作敢当的男人.
这样的男人倒可以加入赶死队－－赶他们去死就对了

生日可以算出你喜歡的人幾歲才會出現

so accurate! and it’s coming soon ! wow!

mayb while climbing mountain?

Livia 剛玩完了 生日可以算出你喜歡的人幾歲才會出現 心理測驗，結果是 生日數字是5

12歲14歲19歲時會有很喜歡的人出現.你結婚的機緣在22-25歲，若是錯過則在31歲時也會有機會.相遇機會多的月份在5月8月10月

men r all the same

cannot b too nice to them else they’ll walk all over u

fuming to reconciliation

i was mad at YY for being so sloppy wif his schbag packing and homework

with all the files i haf bought him, he still manages to haf dog-earred handouts

in the end, when push goes to shove and after much shouts from mi, he repacked his bag VERY NEATLY !

i’m sure glad we haf reconcile over his sch bag packing

Police investigating death of Freddie Mac official

23 apr 2009

The chief financial officer of money-losing mortgage giant Freddie Mac was found dead in his basement early Wednesday morning in what police said was an apparent suicide. A law enforcement official familiar with the investigation said it was an apparent hanging. He declined to be identified because the investigation was ongoing.

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David Kellermann’s death is the latest in a string of blows to Freddie Mac since it was seized by the government last September. The company, which owns or guarantees about 13 million mortgages, has been criticized for financing risky loans that fueled the real estate bubble and are now defaulting at a record pace.

Freddie Mac lost more than $50 billion last year, and the Treasury Department has pumped in $45 billion to keep the company afloat. Last month, David Moffett, the government-appointed chief executive, resigned apparently frustrated by strict oversight.

Kellermann worked for Freddie Mac for the past 16 years, starting out as a financial analyst and auditor. He was named acting chief financial officer last September when the government ousted former CEO Richard Syron and Kellermann’s predecessor Anthony S. “Buddy” Pizsel.

Neighbors said Kellermann, 41, had lost a noticeable amount of weight under the strain of the new job. Some neighbors said they suggested to Kellermann he should quit to avoid the stress, but Kellermann responded that he wanted to help the company through its problems. The neighbors did not want to be quoted by name because they didn’t want to upset the family.

As the company’s financial chief, Kellermann was working on the company’s first quarter financial report, due at the end of May, with federal regulators closely overseeing the company’s books and signing off on major decisions.

That relationship has been tense at times. Freddie Mac executives recently battled with federal regulators over whether to disclose potential losses on mortgage securities tied to the Obama administration’s housing plan, said a person familiar with the deliberations who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

Federal prosecutors in Virginia have been investigating Freddie Mac’s business practices. But two U.S. law enforcement officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the Freddie Mac investigation, said Kellermann was neither a target nor a subject of the investigation and had not been under law enforcement scrutiny.

Police responded to a 911-call at 4:48 a.m. at the suburban Virginia home Kellermann shared with his wife Donna and 5-year-old daughter Grace.

The Kellermanns live in Hunter Mill Estates, a well-off neighborhood of large single-family homes with manicured lawns in Fairfax County. County records show Kellermann’s home is assessed for about $900,000.

Paul Unger, who lives across the street from the Kellermanns, called the family a “solid, salt-of-the-earth kind of family” that hosted the neighborhood’s Halloween party. “He was just a nice guy … You cannot imagine what kind of pressures he must have been under,” Unger said.

Kellermann, a University of Michigan graduate who went to business school at George Washington University. News of Kellermann’s death came as a shock to employees of the McLean, Va.-based company, with those who knew Kellermann tearing up on Wednesday morning and a quiet mood prevailing. Senior executives at the company heard the news on local radio before going to work.

Freddie Mac canceled a bond offering on Wednesday, as top Freddie Mac officials visited the family’s house to offer condolences. John Koskinen, the company’s interim chief executive, spoke to workers at an 11 a.m. staff meeting mourning Kellermann’s loss, telling employees that they could use the company’s counseling services.

In statement e-mailed to employees and the media, Koskinen called Kellermann “a man of great talents …. His extraordinary work ethic and integrity inspired all who worked with him.”

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in a statement that “our deepest sympathies are with his family and his colleagues at Freddie Mac during this difficult time.”

Freddie Mac and sibling company Fannie Mae have both come under fire from lawmakers as they plan to pay more than $210 million in bonuses through next year to give workers the incentive to stay in their jobs. Kellermann was in line to receive retention awards totaling $850,000 over the next year.

meebo me

and i got my first meebo me msg on wed ! how cool is tat ! i m totally thrilled !

anger and tantrums

i gave him a false scare tis afternoon when i suddenly stop toking to him coz i got bz

i got smses, emails, fone calls and IM msgs within the hr

but tat was a false scare and i was very impressed

the real test came at 5pm when i got mega pissed

no amt of calls, smses can pacify mi tis time…i hate hypocrites !

the only saving grace is he noes to apologize first, even if he doesn’t noe wat’s wrong. he still keeps apologizing for making mi angree

juz got home and not so angree nw

decided to live and let live and unblk

Oracle to buy Sun for $7.4B after IBM dropped bid

20 apr 2009

Information technology company Oracle Corp. said Monday it is buying Sun Microsystems Inc. in a cash deal the company valued at $7.4 billion after IBM abandoned its bid to buy the networking equipment maker.

Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Oracle will buy Sun shares for $9.50 each in cash. The price represents a 42 percent premium to Sun’s Friday closing stock price of $6.69. Net of Sun’s cash and debt, the transaction is valued at $5.6 billion, Oracle said.

IBM had offered to buy Sun for $9.40 per share, but acquisition talks fell apart earlier this month. Sun balked at the price and canceled IBM’s exclusive negotiating rights, leading IBM to withdraw its offer.

Oracle expects the purchase to add at least 15 cents per share to its adjusted earnings in the first year after the deal closes. The company estimated Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sun will contribute more than $1.5 billion to Oracle’s adjusted profit in the first year and more than $2 billion in the second year.

Sun, which invented the Java programming language used to develop applications for Web sites and mobile phones, has been reluctant to sacrifice its independence, even as it reports big losses. Despite billions in sales — $13.3 billion over the last four quarters — the company has not been able to turn a consistent profit, losing $1.9 billion in the same period.

Analysts have long said the company can not stand on its own and many were skeptical the company would be able to find another buyer after talks with IBM broke down.

The IBM talks may have been derailed by antitrust issues since the two companies overlap in several areas. In tape-based data storage, for example, together IBM and Sun would hold 52 percent of a $3.1 billion market.

The companies had been working out the terms of a commitment from IBM that it would see the deal through even if antitrust regulators raised objections.

The deal with Oracle may not be plagued by the same antitrust issues, since there is significantly less overlap between the two companies. Still, Oracle would be able to use Sun’s products to enhance its own software systems.

Oracle’s main business is database software. Sun’s Solaris operating system is the leading platform for that software. The company also makes “middleware,” which allows business computing applications to work together. Oracle’s middleware is built on Sun’s Java language and software.

The transaction has been approved by Sun’s board of directors. Oracle expects to close the deal this summer.

Shares of Sun jumped $2.46, or 36.8 percent, to $9.15 in premarket activity while shares of Oracle fell 68 cents, or 3.6 percent, to $18.38.

sprint

went to finishing line to meet up wif SP, ZQ and JR after their sprint tdy

tink such sporting events can help build bonding very well

over din, zc, lj and moi were chatting abt sprint. we gers are gonna join the next sprint

den zc suggested he can run so we started arrowing ppl in our group who r good swimmers/cyclists

and we conclude tat the older we get, the more sporty we got as we attempt new challenges too. tis is also one situation tat i believe can be resolved once we get familiarised wif the area

denial

 

no, i’m not toking abt mi

my actions/thots/feelings are usually aligned

too complicated to tink thru and i doubt i will ever understand

muz listen to cheer :  no doubts abt it, tink too much won’t yield results

juz feel, not tink

还是会寂寞

早已忘了想你的滋味是什么
因为每分每秒都被你占据在心中
你的一举一动牵扯在我生活的隙缝
谁能告诉我离开你的我会有多自由

也曾想过躲进别人温暖的怀中
可是这么一来就一点意义也没有
我的高尚情操一直不断提醒着我
离开你的我不论过多久还是会寂寞

别对我小心翼翼
别让我看轻你
跟着我勇敢的走下去
别劝我回心转意
这不是廉价的爱情
看着我对我说真爱我

trashing things out

 

it’s out in the open

nbr thot such things can be trashed out too

天真

 

in tinking tat men can actualli learn a thing or 2 about comm from a show

口是心非

 

means actions and speech not aligned or contradict

like tat will cause a lot of confusion

r we all in self denial?

or i m over analysing and reading too much into nuthing?

月老

 

sg also got yue lao temple!  at bukit purmei, tat’s joc’s place

over reacting

 

OMG!  i saw tis after i posted my previous post.

dun overreact

 

tis is juz a reminder to myself

take a deep breath and stay cool

DBS CEO died

 

11 apr 2009

DBS chief executive Richard Stanley, who was diagnosed with leukaemia in late January, is now critically ill, the bank said in a late-night statement to the Singapore Exchange yesterday.

After two rounds of chemotherapy, doctors earlier this week believed that his cancer was in remission, DBS said.

But his condition suddenly took a turn for the worse as a result of a recent infection, it added.

11 apr 2009

Richard Stanley, CEO of Singapore’s DBS Group, died on Saturday and Southeast Asia’s biggest banking group said it will continue to be run by Chairman Koh Boon Hwee while the board develops a succession plan.

The strategic direction of the bank will remain unchanged, it added in a statement.

Stanley, 48, an American who previously headed Citigroup’s China operation, joined DBS in May last year. He had been suffering from leukemia and died after contracting an infection.

As chief executive, Stanley expanded the bank’s existing businesses in China, Indonesia, India and Taiwan instead of pursuing acquisitions. He also cut costs by slashing 900 jobs.

就算我爱你也未必会爱上你

 

even if i love u, i may not fall in love with you

orange pekoe

 

i quite like tis tea!  so far onli tried and drank several cuppas in aust.

dilmah morrocan mint tea

so-so onli. i prefer the full flavour of dilmah pure peppermint

st dalfour peppermint

tis is one very very nice peppermint tea !

i’m going to get more flavours soon.

buy in sg, at least S$5. buy in JB, less den RM10.

it’s blown over

 

i haf made it up wif tat man

and he ‘asked’ if i was so angree i removed him from fb, well the ans is ‘yesh’

clipper organic peppermint tea

 

clipper tea from uk tat HQ got mi

organic and fairtrade, cool !  do check out the site

koala tea

 

karen bought mi organic peppermint from koala tea

i didn’t find the brand familiar till i visited the website.  i’ve seen the dreamtime and no worries tea before !  wish we haf a bigger range in sg

 

Organic Peppermint Tea

Description:

Peppermint is known to be excellent for the digestion and the bowel and often helps with morning sickness. It is good for headaches and, externally, helps with burns, itching skin and works as an insect repellant.

meebo me！

 

hihi…when i’m logged in to meebo, every time someone visits tis site, i will see the guest on my meebo contact list

i haf been sending halo and welcome msgs to the site visitors but nobody has replied to mi so far

do drop mi a note to say ‘hi’ from my meebo widget !

倔强爱情的胜利

 

 

 

listening to cheer.  i like tis song 倔强爱情的胜利.

tis line is good : 就算我爱你也未必会爱上你

我的过去未来视线所及
全都是你的假想敌
我的关心治疗你残缺的自信
我是你不容怀疑的决定

我们才有了共同的话题
我们的晚餐才能再继续
这就是我们所谓的友谊

是谁容许你侵犯我的回忆
乱翻我的抽屉检查受伤的痕迹
就算我爱你也未必会爱上你
温柔的暴力欺骗的权力

我们才有了共同的难题
我们的未来要不要再继续
这就是我们所谓的爱情

我们才有了共同的难题
我们的晚餐要不要再继续
这就是我们所谓的爱情

我的自由全都送给你
好的坏的全都放弃
这就是你倔强爱情的胜利
得到的也许是你不要的結局

 

 

 

 

倔强爱情的胜利

clearing shit

 

tat’s the feeling i get nw for doing recovery work to confirm our bookings and hopefully soothe any hurt feelings.   coz yesh, i do sincerely want to meet the person i liaise wif when i m there.

it’s a matter of respect.  if u wana handle the matter, u do it well.   but when u didn’t even manage to reserve any beds in the first place, i noe i m more resourceful den u

den u cannot trust mi enuff to handle the matter and barge in REPEATEDLY and try to exert some non existent authority by applying pressure on parties WITHOUT my knowledge

and i m  implicated for nuthing and get an email tat says ’no one would like to resolve this matter on a bad note.’   from someone tat i was chit chatting happily wif and helping mi to plan my itinerary.

wtf !?   halo!   if u r my boss, yesh, u can override mi else i tink u r damn bloody rude!

frankly, the whole matter leaves such a sour note on mi tat i m NOT looking forward to the company.  first all the nagging abt training den tis reservation matter.     if u r worried tat i will hinder ur progress, obviously tis travel arrangement is a big mistake and i accept the blame for it

small gas

 

yesh, mi is small gas

the matter is escalating wif blocking on msn and nw on fb

and tis is not initiated by mi except i m vocal abt wat i do

walking

 

has done some walking ard the reservoir twice in the past one wk…it’s only 4.3km but it’s better den nuthing

look forward to more hiking tml to break in my new Rm 49 hiking shoes from jusco

bz apr

 

apr is quite a nitemare for mi

somehow i seem to haf 20 things all happening in apr on both work and social front

TMI

stands for Too Much Information

cheer chen concert

 

mi gets to go !  thanks buddy !

juz realised she has the same bday as YY and same blood type and starsign as mi….hehe

9 patients made nearly 2,700 ER visits in Texas

 

 

Just nine people accounted for nearly 2,700 of the emergency room visits in the Austin area during the past six years at a cost of $3 million to taxpayers and others, according to a report. The patients went to hospital emergency rooms 2,678 times from 2003 through 2008, said the report from the nonprofit Integrated Care Collaboration, a group of health care providers who care for low-income and uninsured patients.

“What we’re really trying to do is find out who’s using our emergency rooms … and find solutions,” said Ann Kitchen, executive director of the group, which presented the report last week to the Travis County Healthcare District board.

The average emergency room visit costs $1,000. Hospitals and taxpayers paid the bill through government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, Kitchen said.

Eight of the nine patients have drug abuse problems, seven were diagnosed with mental health issues and three were homeless. Five are women whose average age is 40, and four are men whose average age is 50, the report said, the Austin American-Statesman reported Wednesday.

“It’s a pretty significant issue,” said Dr. Christopher Ziebell, chief of the emergency department at University Medical Center at Brackenridge, which has the busiest ERs in the area.

Solutions include referring some frequent users to mental health programs or primary care doctors for future care, Ziebell said.

“They have a variety of complaints,” he said. With mental illness, “a lot of anxiety manifests as chest pain.”

Cop who stopped NFL player in hospital lot resigns

 

my god!  isn’t running thru the red light juz a traffic offence?  being threatened wif a gun is ridiculous !
The police officer who pulled out his gun and threatened an NFL player with jail instead of allowing him inside a hospital where his mother-in-law was dying resigned Wednesday.

Officer Robert Powell had been placed on paid leave pending an investigation of the March 18 incident.

“I made this decision in the hope that my resignation will allow the Dallas Police Department, my fellow officers and the citizens of Dallas to better reflect on this experience, learn from the mistakes made, and move forward,” Powell said in a statement issued through his attorneys.

He had stopped Houston Texans running back Ryan Moats’ SUV outside Baylor Regional Medical Center in suburban Plano after the vehicle rolled through a red light.

The officer pulled out his gun and threatened Moats with jail as the player and his family pleaded to be allowed to go inside the hospital. Powell continued writing Moats a ticket and lecturing him even after a fellow officer confirmed that Moats’ mother-in-law was dying.

Jonetta Collinsworth, 45, died of breast cancer before Powell allowed Moats to go inside the hospital.

Powell’s resignation was first reported by Dallas-Fort Worth television station KTVT. He later issued an apology, and Moats said he would accept it.

“I still hope to speak with the Moats family to personally express my deep regret, sympathy, and to apologize for my poor judgment and unprofessional conduct,” he said in the Wednesday statement.

He also said he wanted to apologize to his fellow officers.

A call to Dallas police was not immediately returned Wednesday.

Dallas police Chief David Kunkle previously apologized to the family and said Powell acted inappropriately. He also lauded Moats’ restraint, noting that he did not try to seek special treatment by identifying himself as an NFL player.

Moats, 26, explained that he had waited until there was no traffic before continuing through the red light. When Powell asked for proof of insurance, Moats grew more agitated and told the officer to go find it.

According to video from a dashboard camera inside the officer’s vehicle, Moats’ wife, Tamishia Moats, and another woman disregarded Powell’s order to get back inside their vehicle, and they rushed into the hospital. After Powell yelled at Tamishia Moats to stay in the SUV, she said, “Excuse me, my mom is dying—do you understand?”

Oops! UCSD Sends Acceptance E-mail to Wrong List

 

 

 

a school for the smart ones, supposedly — mistakenly congratulated nearly 29,000 applicants on their acceptance, according to university officials.

Earlier this month, about 17,000 students were offered admission for the fall, leaving nearly 29,000 hopefuls out in the cold.

But on Tuesday, the school’s communications office said an e-mail was sent Monday afternoon to all 46,377 students who applied for admission — including the 29,000 rejects — welcoming them to the campus.

A half-hour later, school officials said, they realized their mistake. Almost two hours after the first note went out, a second e-mail was sent, apologizing to 28,889 freshmen applicants for the mistake.

“No member of this department is more acutely aware of the emotional roller-coaster that this could cause for our applicants,” Assistant Vice Chancellor said.

An anonymous parent said it was a “colossal screw-up.”

Similar incidents have happened at other schools — including Cornell in the recent past, the paper reported — but the UCSD incident was the biggest “screw-up.”