YOG lanes

YOG. Youth Olympic Games. This event is coming to Singapore, but it's definity giving the Singapore motorist community some headaches.

Hmmm... Olympic games leh.. sports leh... why is it giving the motorist headache?? one may ask.

Well, read this article...
http://app.lta.gov.sg/corp_press_content.aspstart=9jwcd534daqja45gi138qzxv6d3sr8my18qkd0p8w7wjpb968l
Yep. During the duration of the games, piority is given to the games athletes and officals, to the extend whereby a lane is reserved for them. On the second left most lane of most of the expressways.

They vehicles will have the YOG logo, and will blinker lights, dunno what colour, and the expressways will have the olympic logo with the words, "GIVE WAY".

And one sentence in that statement caught my eye...

"We are confident that Singaporean motorists being familiar with giving way to emergency vehicles will adopt the Give Way approach when they see Youth Olympic vehicles. This approach means lanes are freed up for motorists' use when there are no Youth Olympic vehicles on that stretch of road," said Mr Lim Bok Ngam, Acting Chief Executive, Land Transport Authority.

Bullshit. Singaporean motorists being familiar with giving way to emergency vehicles?? what kind of bullshit is this? Maybe he's referring to Traffic Police or SCDF ambulances, but i don't think he knows the situation with the private ambulances. Hell, i even witness motorist who never give way to SCDF ambulances who was blasting sirens all the way!!

What a load of crap.

And the penalty for not giving way to the YOG vehicles?

$130 fine.

So, motorist, remember to give way to YOG vehicles hor. Unless you got too much cash to spare... if you really got some spare cash, remember, my pocket is always open for you... No point giving the goverment more money above the road taxes and ERP. I definity got more use of the money than those.

4 Stages of life

Heard on the radio, Class 95 on my way to work this morning...

The 4 stages of life...

1) You believe in Santa

2) You don't believe in Santa

3) You are Santa

4) You look like Santa....

How true it is...

Thoughts from TV show

I am not really a fan of Korea drama shows, but sometimes, the TV programs on TV are so damm stupid that i have to resort to either 1) turn off the TV, 2) watch some shows that i am not a fan of... (read: Korea Shows)

RIght now, it's one of those times, when i am resort to watching Korea drama.

And the "meaning" of the shows struck me.

The scene is about a son who just started a small eatery business. And his father is worried about him, to the extend that he cannot sleep until his son comes back safety...

He wrote all his heart in a small diary, all his worries on his business, worries on if he will get any scalds and burns, as he is quite clumsiness, worries on him driving alone late at night back home. And the father also realised the fact that he's getting old and staying up late is affecting his health.

And then the son came back. The father only asked why he's back so late, and quietly stepped out of the house to help the son carry the stuffs back in.

The son response? The moment he saw his father's room lights are still on, commented that his father is giving him stress, by not sleeping.

When the father stepped out of the house to bring the stuffs in, all the son did was to throw a bit of temper, and getting the father back to bed.

From a TV viewer point of view, well, it's the generation gap of father and son.

It's nature that parents worry about their kids, what they do outside, how successful they will be, all the way from studies, to career, to relationship and setting up a family.

But to the kids, all those worries and concern will translate into stress for the kids. The higher the expectations, the higher the stress. A kid will not understand the amount of the worries of the parents on their child and similarily, a parent will not understand the stress level of their kids.

So, what is the best remedy for this kind of situation? I am sure all or most ppl out there will face this situation right now, or perhaps, in the future.

Think abuot it, folks... Be understanding to each other...

Yesterday

Ever had a sunday where you had no appointments, no plans, and absoluting nothing to do?

Just had one yesterday.

Just spend the whole day, lying down, sleeping and watching TV... Oh yes... indeed... Watching TV movies. A marathon. Movies marathon. 4, to be exact...

First is "Seabiscuit" which is a really inspirational show. One that can move ppl to tears.

Second is Jackie Chan's action movie, "Police Story III, Super Cop".

Actually, after watching the second movie, i felt like taking a nap, and out of habit, i channel surfed, and to my horror, the other channel was showing "Seoul Raider".

Decisions, decisions. Continue watching or nap??

And i hate making such decisions on such a decision-less day. Ended up deciding to watch till i sleep.

And i did not sleep. Finished watching the third movie, and the sun is getting ready to "extingiush" itself in the sea, i channel surf again, and "Finding Nemo" caught my eye.

So, i continue watching.

And after the movie end, another show captured my attention.

"Crimewatch".

So, yesterday, on such a lazy and totally unplanned day, a long which i had not enjoyed for a long long time, i spend a totally of 8.5 hours in front of the telly.

Almost the same as my working hours.

Somehow, my working hours seems much longer then yesterday.

Haiz~~~

Yesterday, all my troubles seem so far away
Now it seems they are now here to stay
Oh i believe, in yesterday.

Yesterday. Where is yesterday?

Handsome suit

Have you peeps watch the movie "Handsome Suit" yet?

It's about this ugly guy that can make ugly girls cry when they accidentally touch, wore a suit, that can transform into a very handsome guy that can make girls oogle, scream and went absoluting crazy when they saw him.

Looking at the girls reaction when they saw ugly guys in handsome suit, i think the name of the movie should be renamed to:

"HUM SUP BU"

It applies perfectly, ain't it??

Delaying in announcement

So, it seems like Mas Selamat, the most dangerous terrorist in Singapore, some say South East Asia is being caught.

Once again.

And it seems like the Malaysia ISD had captured him on the 1st April.

And it seems like the ISD has waited for 6 weeks to make public his capture.

Might as well... If the goverment announced his capture on that day itself, i cannot imagine the outcome and the consequences...

"April fool's joke??" would be the questions of the public.

Thumb tacks on road

Some jealous freak had tried to sabotage one of the most challenging competitive sports... The IRONMAN TRIATHLON.

Metal tacks scattered on road to sabotage Aviva Ironman triathlon
Posted: 22 March 2009 2128 hrs
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/416986/1/.html

SINGAPORE: A sabotage attempt marred the Aviva Ironman Singapore triathlon on Sunday.

While the cycling leg of the race was going on, some metal tacks were scattered on the road near the Keppel Flyover.

One witness told Channel NewsAsia about 30 to 40 participants had their bike tyres punctured by the tacks and had to drop out of the triathlon as a result.

In response to media queries, event organiser Hi-Tri said it cleared up the metal tacks immediately after being told of the incident.

It said few competitors were affected as the incident occurred near the end of the bike race.

Race director Graeme Hannan said it was a deliberate sabotage attempt and it was a shame that such mischief-makers have marred an otherwise great race.

Will they be termed as "terrorist" in the sports world??

All i know is that those mischief makers prob got their inspiration from this...

Some thoughts

How come all the characters in drama serials end up happily and without worries, especially during towards the end of the show??

In real life? Does happily means towards the end??

And what happen if the end comes without happiness??

In clubsnap forum, someone posted a new topic, "your next life"...

I dunno what prompt me to write these...

" dun wanna come back for next life... if i do, not a human, at least... " It just comes to me naturally and i typed those down without any thoughts. Nor did i think about the topic...

I think i am a bit down. Emoing, as what others would say...

I need my "gua zi"

Valentine's day thirds

The whole population in Singapore can be divided into threes.

And tomorrow is the day you can see the threes in the most contrast. Yes... Tomorrow is the Valentine's day, a day which i suspected was created by business to suck money from the couples, normally, guys are the victims.

And i had come out with a formula. A rule of thirds, that will present itself tomorrow. Yah.. the rule of thirds not only comes in photography, alright??

In the whole population, one thirds of that population are classified to be "unsuitable" to be in a relationship, being too young and too old. So, those who are paying senior citizen bus fares, or those still celebrating children's day, shoo... off you go.

The 2/3 that are deem "suitable" for relationships can be further divided into threes.

One third have no dates to go out on Valentine's day.

And two thirds of that one third who have no dates to go out with, are single and avaliable status. Desparate or not, they themselve know.

The rest, one third of that one third who have no dates to go out with, have a relationship, but coz of numerous reason, they are alone on that special day. Reasons are, partners overseas, parents curfew, or even perhaps, at home, doing homework, cannot go out coz parents dunno.

But to mention something special, a special portion, a third of those who are in a relationship, but yet stayed at home, will be scatching their heads, wondering how come their dates are not free, and yet, not working??

Those are, simple... their dates got a date with others or they are outside, trying to earn more money by selling flowers or bears bears or even, balloons.

That's the one third part.

For the 2 thirds that will be going out on that "money-grabbing-by-florist-and-restaurants" day, well, they will be outside pa-toring, and spending money.

Of that 2 thirds, one third of them are married, and yet, they still go pa-toring like macham first time dating like that, while trying not to quarrel on that day. And the best part is that they have the rest of 364 days to quarrel.

The other 2 third that goes out are unmarried. Of that, one third are first time spending Valentine's day, the other 2 third are V on V day. (Veterans on Valentine's day)

Of those first time spending together, one thirds of them are working adults. The other 2 thirds are school kids.

Of the school kids, 2 thirds of those kids lied to their parents that they got CCA or tution in schools, even sats, which the one third of kids no need to lie, coz, 1) their parents know about the relationship, 2) their parents just dun care.

Talking about the 2 thirds that are veterans on V day, one third are school kids, with the same percentage of lies and knowledge, un-careness of the relationships are the same as above.

The other 2 thirds are working adults which you will mostly see on tomorrow night. Of those 2 thirds, one third of them will not be going home. Where they will be going, will be up to their imagination.

THe 2 thirds will be going home, of that, 2 thirds of those, will be highly intensively "interrogated" by their friends and families.

The rest of will be spared the agony.

And there will be one person, on Valentine's eve night, who is too free from sore neck to think about such stupid things to post on his stupid blog.

And there will be 2 thirds of the whole population who will be thinking the same as me... "Valentine's day?? Just another day only".

Yah... that's my point after writing all those shit.

Thinkings

Just realised one thing today from MSN with somebody.... Well, it may sound a bit familiar in this economy crisis.

"HIRE" and "FIRE".

It's only a letter different. So, it's a fine thin line out there...

All the best in your jobs!!

Meaningless

Don't you think that life has no meaning??

Morning, wake up go work, after work, go home, eat, watch TV, surf net, meet friends, then go back sleep, and back to the front of the paragraph.

It's too routine. To the fact that i can do all those procedures with my eyes close.

I need some excitment. I need some out-of-the-blue ERA (Extra Routine Activities)... Errr, reservist not included. The thought of wearing green, carrying weapons charging up a stupid hill isn't considered as "exciting".

I need something else.

Smokey night

I know you all are sleeping at this moment i am typing this blog post.

Or, you might be awaken and cursing and swearing at the moment.

Or, you might be calling some emergency hotline.

Yes... The night of the smoke. Most, if not some of the chinese people are burning offerings to "Tian Gong" on the 8th day of the luner new year.

I almost forgot about it, until someone on MSN reminded me about it. Yes... the night of the smoke indeed...

As i came back just now, it seems like i am in Genting. But the moment i stepped out of my car, i was greeted by the smell. All thoughts of Genting "woosh", vanished right before my very nose.

I was curious about the haze information, so, i called the hotline, and they only got updates till last 4pm. PSI was 31. I badly want to know the PSI readings now. Should be exceeding 100, i'm sure...

So later, as you walk about the streets, remember not to step on any ashes. Apart of blacking your shoes soles, and dirtying your pants, jeans, skirts, there's also the threat of you offending the deities up there, whom you will recive some sort of "punishments" of their choice.

If you do accidentally stepped on one, well, all you can do is apologised and pray, hoping that nothing befalls on you. Don't worry, people will not say you are "siao" for muttering to yourself, and will forgive you of black patches on your pants. They might not forgive you if you step into someone's house with your shoes on, however.

And if you are thinking of complaining about the burning, well, luner new year comes once in a year. I am sure you piss off more people in that year, so, well, just endure that night and life stills goes on. Okie?

And for those who are prone to asthma attacks by the smoke, well, just keep your windows close tight and on your fan and/or aircon.

Anyway, it's the perfect chance to see if the SCDF home protection kit you keep all along works or not. If you smell smoke, then, complain to the SCDF that their kit is not efficient.

Okie. I gotta sign off. The smoke is getting into me. I need to find my hazmat mask to put on.

Take care, folks.

Back to work

"ALL GOOD THINGS WILL COME TO AN END"

How true it was!!!

Holidays are over, and it's back to office, back to work later... And i have to drag my lifeless, dead-brained body back to office.

Sian...

Can someone please extend the public holidays that we got?

Thoughts of the day

I have kinda figured it out...

I guess, that inviting all your friends for your wedding dinner ain't good.

I guess, that inviting all your friends over to your house for housewarming party is worse.

Coz, during Chinese New Year, they will all come to your house for ang pows. And they know where you stay.

You can't run...

Chinese New Year eve

okie... I am not an expert on this thingy, but let me tell you all what singaporean people usually do for the chinese new year...

On the few days before the Chinese new year.

Spring cleaning. The whole house will be cleaned, from the top to the bottom, and sometimes, that include painting the walls and ceiling again. Well, that's what ppl say. new year, new beginning.

Sometimes, some richer fellows will change their furniture to brand new ones, including their electrical household items, entertainment system and sometimes, renovating the whole bleddy house!!

And they will go shopping, a favourite past time for Singaporeans, for new clothes, new year cookies, which they usually finished even before the chinese new year... The supermarkets, markets are on 24 hours for the day before the eve, and people will be rushing about buying food stuffs for the reunion dinner which is on the eve of the new year.

Banks will start issueing brand new notes for the new year.

Radios will play new year songs more often.

On the eve, normally is a half day work, if it falls on a weekday. But, normally, people will take the other half day off, be it legally or illegally. Parking is always a breeze for me on the eve at my office.

Eve night. Reunion dinner. Used to be where the family cooks and the whole family sits down together to have a meal together. To some busy singaporeans, that is the ONLY time when the whole family sits down to eat together. Once a year.

And after reunion dinner, the whole family will sit together to chit chat, and as the time comes closer to midnite, they will start preparing to pray to their forefathers, and once the clock strikes midnite, praying will start, to wish for a good year ahead.

The kids will stay awake the whole night, which will well, belief that by doing so, their parents will have good health for the year.

So, only the grandparents can sleep hor??

Guess will i be doing all of these today?? Given it's the eve?

I springcleaned. Nope, not my house nor room. My room is un-springcleanable. It's a total mess, total wreaked, which will cause instant migrain when any attempt to clean it up is thought.

I spring cleaned my car. Yesterday night. Took me about 3 hours to do it. Washed, waxed, vacuumed, remove any rubbish, window treated.

And i went to do past mid nite shopping. For new year goodies. I am trying my hardest to finish all the new year cookies that i had bought yesterday nite before the start of the year, inline with my personnal tradition.

But then hor,

I still don't have the CNY mood.

Happy Chinese New Year 2009

Went to sleep this afternoon, and woke up at night.

First thought is " SHIT!!! Night time liao!! Miss RT liao... damm"

Second thought : Oh yah hor, RT finished liao... Heng ahhh....

Chinese New Year is coming. The year of the cow.

So, people, in the year of the cow, please do not, or try not to "COW peh COW bu".

Try not to "wah COW!!" also...

And after you received the ang pow booty, remember to COW it properly hor. =)

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!! GONG HEI FATT CHOY!!

HUAT AH!!!

Thoughts

Not been blogging for a long time...

Well... was busy thinking about stuffs...

Like, how come the crude oil prices fell, and the pump prices still has not fell???

Good Morning, Mr So and so...

Workplace manners...

Like saying good morning, hello to colleagues in the morning, offering guest a drink, speak loudly across the room, using swear words, taking calls on mobile phones, asking permission when using stationary, and not asking about personal life in the office, addressing one by their last name, ...

Well, all these constitutes a good workplace manners.

Mind your workplace manners -- it pays
Thu Jan 15, 9:48 am ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090115/lf_nm_life/us_jobs_manners

Hmmm... dear readers, think about it.

How many "good manners" do you practise back in your office? Or rather, the most simple thing... Do you say "good morning" to your colleagues when you reach office in the morning?

I realised one thing.

I had very bad manners back in my office.

Let me start by imagining it to be the morning, when i went to work. There's no good mornings exchanged. I reached office, start my computer and started making some enquries or report or even answer some questions from my boss.

No "good morning".

Sometimes, it's to the extend that my boss has to call me even before i reach office, asking me, "where are you? how come you not in office? you know what's the time now?" No "good morning" from my boss either...

In fact, most of the time, I committed all the "offences" that's deemed as a bad workplace behaviour. I talk loudly, or rather, shouted across the room, especially in the factory, I swear and curse, when things are not going right, I grab my colleague's stationary without using permission. I take calls from my mobile phone. No "good morning" from me, coz by the time i reach office, i think most would not constitute that time as "morning".

I was going on about the asking personal life part, then i stopped.

I don't. I wouldn't. I didn't.

Well, at least, I ain't so bad, right?

But then, if i am to observe all the "rules" of good workplace manners, i think i cannot survive. Too formal.

Everytime need to borrow something, you have to do this, imagine. You go to the pantry, make a cup of coffee, walk over to your colleague, talk to him softly, "Good morning, Mr Tan, can i borrow a blue pen from you please? Anyway, here's a cup of coffee for you... Thanks!!"

Or imagine this, during lunchtime, you went out for lunch with your colleagues. "Mr Tan, it's lunch time. Can i have the pleasure to invite you to join me for lunch today?"

@_@

Too formal. To me, too formal can create gaps, which one does not know what the other is doing. And not knowing what others are thinking. No friendship at the workplace, which true friendship to me is as simple as this, in the morning... "Siao eh.... ho sei bo?" Instead of "Good morning Mr Tan. How's your day today?"

Yep. That's S.O thinking. So, what's yours?

The leap second of 2008

This year, if you are going for the countdown, remember to do this during the countdown, as you shout along..

"TEN, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX, FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE, WAIT A SECOND, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!"

Yep. You must really wait a second before ushering 2009.

Really... i am not kidding...

Seriously... i ain't shitting you...

You really have to wait a second.

Confused?

Read this, and you wun be...

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Leap second: More time added to 2008
Jordan Lite
Dec 29, 2008 12:50 PM

Eager for this year to end? Bad news: you'll have to wait an extra second for 2009. On December 31, the planet's official timekeepers will add a “leap second” to the coordinated universal time scale (UTC) followed around the world. The additional second makes up for the difference in two clocks – one based on Earth’s rotation and the other on the more precise atomic time of the UTC.

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Yep. There is an extra second in 2008. Or rather, the time will stop by a second.

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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna/cgi-bin/search/search_7days.pl?status=&search=leap%20second&id=399206
New Year on hold: leap second makes time stand still

PARIS - Eager to see the back end of 2008? Be forewarned: the world's official timekeeper has decided to prolong the year - by one full second, to be precise.

The extra second was mandated by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) in Paris, and is not to be taken lightly.
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Wow... Imagine that...

Imagine time stood still... Imagine you can retort back with the always used phrase, "Time and Tide wait for no man" with "Only Tide wait for no man."

Imagine the things you can do and get away with it, especially on evidences that need times as hard evidence.

Imagine you have 24 hours and 1 second in a day...

Imagine the next movie out is titled "The day the time stood still".

So, remember to stop your watches, clocked for a second.

WAIT!!!

i just remembered something...

Will the ERP gantries timing stop for a second? Got difference one leh, you know??

In case you don't know the importance of 1 second, go ask the competitor who is second in place in the 100 meters sprint.

Or even the swimmer in the second place in the swimming pool.

Or even the heart pain when you car pass the ERP at 0700 hours in the morning, instead of 06:59:59 hours.

Gaza strip violence

Tired to think up of an interesting story to depict the happenings between Israel and Hamas...

Well, been reading up on what exactly happened that caused a full violence that broke the ceasefire truce.

And as i read, from the news archive, it seems that the whole matter is not as simple and understanding then i thought it would have been. Been reading so much things that my eyes are hurting, my brain is bursting, my neck is aching...

The stupid tunnels, the stupid kidnapping of a soldier, the rocketings, the bombings and all that shit...

WORLD PEACE man, WORLD PEACE!!

I think it would be much easier for me to strike the top lottery prize then to have world peace...