Me not feeling too well.. =(Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Monday, February 27, 2006
Grr...
There are some mornings when you wake up and you somehow just know it...That today is going to be a bad day.
Still, you have no choice but to leave the house and go on your way, a walking target for every misfortune and every piece of proverbial shite that comes flying your way.
Grr...
I need to go home and sleep.
Friday, February 24, 2006
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Weird Dreams
A night of weird dreams.
Quarreling with people. Being accosted by a friend whom I did not know was gay. An orgy on the grass patch outside Buona Vista MRT station. Strange people coming up to me and telling me private things about their lives.
Weird.
Quarreling with people. Being accosted by a friend whom I did not know was gay. An orgy on the grass patch outside Buona Vista MRT station. Strange people coming up to me and telling me private things about their lives.
Weird.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
NUS Fee Hike
There is recent hulla-ballo about the NUS fee hike. What with students wearing black in silent protest, the NUS Provost writing in to the local paper saying that student's opinon's matter - but never addressing any of their comments at all...
First, let me qualify that I was never a student at the new Americanised-NUS. However, my mom has been working there for almost 30 years... actually, she is such an icon, that most people would have seen her if I described her. Haha. In fact, I have been hanging around NUS for as long as I can remember...
Anyway...
With regards to the fees... If this happened in my college, then there wouldn't just have been a silent protest. Whatever happened to student activitism? Print posters! Organise a rally! Write a stern letter, supported by a petition! Come on NUS students! Where is your ownership? Do something that drives home a point!
About 2 years ago, I was involved in the rally to protest for better rights for international students in my college. So, yes, I put my money where my mouth is.
Anyway...
With regards to the fee hikes. NUS claims that it is for building of better facilities, raising educational standards, yada yada.
Well, here's a suggestion for you NUS.
Why don't you just raise the fees for international students? Come on, we who have studied overseas understand and accept the fact that as international students, we do not get the same subsidies for education as the citizens of the country. I mean, I was paying 7 times what the locals were paying... and NUS doesn't even need to have such a large discrepancy to hit its target revenue! So why can't NUS do the same? Why do an across the board hike - affecting your citizens as well?
You know the answer?
Cos the Singapore Govt invites a whole lot of international "scholars" to study in NUS, and subsequently shackle them to a 3-6 year service contract. So if NUS raises the fee for international students, the Govt gets hit directly. So, no go.
Meritocracy and even playing field my ass.
Tsk... oh well, like good Singaporeans... what to do? Suck it up. Too bad.
First, let me qualify that I was never a student at the new Americanised-NUS. However, my mom has been working there for almost 30 years... actually, she is such an icon, that most people would have seen her if I described her. Haha. In fact, I have been hanging around NUS for as long as I can remember...
Anyway...
With regards to the fees... If this happened in my college, then there wouldn't just have been a silent protest. Whatever happened to student activitism? Print posters! Organise a rally! Write a stern letter, supported by a petition! Come on NUS students! Where is your ownership? Do something that drives home a point!
About 2 years ago, I was involved in the rally to protest for better rights for international students in my college. So, yes, I put my money where my mouth is.
Anyway...
With regards to the fee hikes. NUS claims that it is for building of better facilities, raising educational standards, yada yada.
Well, here's a suggestion for you NUS.
Why don't you just raise the fees for international students? Come on, we who have studied overseas understand and accept the fact that as international students, we do not get the same subsidies for education as the citizens of the country. I mean, I was paying 7 times what the locals were paying... and NUS doesn't even need to have such a large discrepancy to hit its target revenue! So why can't NUS do the same? Why do an across the board hike - affecting your citizens as well?
You know the answer?
Cos the Singapore Govt invites a whole lot of international "scholars" to study in NUS, and subsequently shackle them to a 3-6 year service contract. So if NUS raises the fee for international students, the Govt gets hit directly. So, no go.
Meritocracy and even playing field my ass.
Tsk... oh well, like good Singaporeans... what to do? Suck it up. Too bad.
Fat
It was Min's birthday last Friday. And guess what. I leaned on her marble table and broke it. It came crashing down on to the floor, BANG, CRASH! There was a stony silence from the crowd as everyone gawked. Sheesh. I'm terribly sorry Min. Time for me to go on a diet. Sigh... Haha.
Update: Someone broke the toilet seat in the Executive toilet on my floor today. It wasn't me! - I swear! Wonder what he/she was doing on the seat to make it break... hur hur...
Update: Someone broke the toilet seat in the Executive toilet on my floor today. It wasn't me! - I swear! Wonder what he/she was doing on the seat to make it break... hur hur...
Monday, February 20, 2006
Friday, February 17, 2006
Mood
The mood in my office has not been good lately.
There seems to be a lot of stray nerves, disgruntled staff and a loose-cannon boss.
LO has expressed intention to leave.
VG seems so stressed that she is clenching so hard she could just push her prematurely due baby out right now.
LXN is just dumb, so all nuances float pass him.
JC is being her grandmotherly self... nagging and nagging, which does not help matters.
Sigh. What to do? If the mood is bad in the office, just stepping into it makes one feel like shit.
Time to look for better opportunities elsewhere.
There seems to be a lot of stray nerves, disgruntled staff and a loose-cannon boss.
LO has expressed intention to leave.
VG seems so stressed that she is clenching so hard she could just push her prematurely due baby out right now.
LXN is just dumb, so all nuances float pass him.
JC is being her grandmotherly self... nagging and nagging, which does not help matters.
Sigh. What to do? If the mood is bad in the office, just stepping into it makes one feel like shit.
Time to look for better opportunities elsewhere.
Thursday, February 16, 2006
It Takes All Sorts
The world is really filled with weirdos...
What would you do, if a neighbour sends over a cleaner, to "help" you clean your windows because he thinks they are unsightly and affects the look of his house? This is without you ever asking for one, though admittedly, he has spoken to you about it before.
This happened yesterday in my office. Though its not about windows.
How would you have dealt with this situation?
Ask the cleaner to tell his boss to mind his own business?
Weird.
What would you do, if a neighbour sends over a cleaner, to "help" you clean your windows because he thinks they are unsightly and affects the look of his house? This is without you ever asking for one, though admittedly, he has spoken to you about it before.
This happened yesterday in my office. Though its not about windows.
How would you have dealt with this situation?
Ask the cleaner to tell his boss to mind his own business?
Weird.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Things I learnt Today
I learnt:
1. That one should keep one's mouth shut to get ahead sometimes. Must balance between shooting your mouth off and taking too long to reply... thats tough!
2. That meeting a friend for one hour allows you to catch up more than the corresponding amount of time spent on the phone.
3. That some men act like women and throw hissy fits.
4. That love does change a person. Scary!
5. Munching on alcohol-filled chocolates is a great way to sneak a drink during office hours.
6. ... to be continued.
1. That one should keep one's mouth shut to get ahead sometimes. Must balance between shooting your mouth off and taking too long to reply... thats tough!
2. That meeting a friend for one hour allows you to catch up more than the corresponding amount of time spent on the phone.
3. That some men act like women and throw hissy fits.
4. That love does change a person. Scary!
5. Munching on alcohol-filled chocolates is a great way to sneak a drink during office hours.
6. ... to be continued.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Monday, February 13, 2006
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
No more till April
Working after such a long break...
No motivation to.
Very distracted. Reading long overdue blogs.
Need sleep.
Want to burn this hotel down for making my mommy sick.
Grr...
No motivation to.
Very distracted. Reading long overdue blogs.
Need sleep.
Want to burn this hotel down for making my mommy sick.
Grr...
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