I'm always thirsty..

..not for Caipirinha..but for knowledge *ahem* ..which explains why i must read the newspaper on a daily basis..who can forget the £1.50 newspaper i bought over in London..

Here're some interesting stuff i found out from the papers recently..

There's a 'Name The Shopping Mall' Contest going on now..and going by recent trends..i think 'The Shopping Mall' stands a good chance of winning the $8,888 prize money..

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ST (28 Feb) - The 42-year-old Geylang Serai Market will serve residents for the last time today. It will be shut down tomorrow for demolition and its replacement will be built at a new and larger site in Changi Road..



Hmm..shall i trust the papers or shall i trust the person who lives next block to the market..who insisted the market is not closed..?

Team SA's blogs added!

As requested..i've added the links to Team SA's blogs..namely - MsK, OSIM & 0.5..

Happy blogging(for them) & happy reading(for everyone else)!

p.s. For the benefit of my non-colleague frens..Team SA is made up of 3 ex-colleagues who are now on the adventure of their lives in South America!

want to know why ksm cmi..?

Lifted from 0.5's blog (which explains the typo errors :Þ) :

'Tried the Caiphirins, a traditinal brazillian drink. it tsed like pure vodka with fresh lime juice.. it was good but really strong. KSM CMI after a while... starting saying her head is heavy blah blah and she was the first to fall asleep again...'

Lifted from the newspapers :

The carnival in Rio de Janerio has just ended, but the samba lives on the in the form on Caipirinha - Brazil's national cocktail.. From the land that gave us the samba, Pele and Ronaldinho comes yet another sizzling export. Caipirinha(pronounced kai-pee-reen-yah) is a Brazilian cocktail that is considered to be the country's signature drink.

it is made from lime, sugar and cachaca(pronounced ka-sha-sa), a popular alcoholic beverage in Brazil that is distilled from fermented sugarcane juice and has an alcohol content of 38 to 51 per cent(!!!)

Is it any wonder 'KSM CMI after a while..'?

New message board!

<--- See the message board on the left?

Yes..i've just installed it..for the convenience of anyone who wants to leave any message for anyone..i'm generally ok with watever topics u might wanna talk about..but pls refrain from putting up personal ads!

Happy messaging!

welcome to the club!

As the acting alumni chairman..i'd successfully initated 2 new members formally into the club today - 10 & eggy! *applause pls*

Unlike a initiation ritual i went recently(which involved raw eggs..whole), it was a fairly simple ceremony - eating prata at the very same kopi tiam..anyway, we decided tat this kopi tiam makes for quite a good gathering spot since it's 24hrs.. thus able to accomodate our supper timings..& also, it's within a 2 mins walk to a massage place(very popular activity among alumnis & alumnis-to-be)

Over iced milos & pratas..the 2 of them confessed to be suffering from 'office withdrawal symptoms'..apparently they still cant accept the fact tat they r no longer required to report at the office which seemed more like home on so many occasions over the past 5 or 6 years..both had celebrated their last day together..and immediately the day after, they had smsed each other for comfort & support..10 got it so bad she actually went back to office today..

So, it was proposed tat a counselling session be arranged for future new members..& both had kindly offered to be the counsellors & after a 'trial' session, i'd appointed them with immediate effect..though i would recommend members to go to 10 as first choice(chairman will act as backup)

Being the conscientious members, we'd drawn up the list of current alumnis..& gasp! it came up to almost 30..& these are people we all know first degree, ie. know them personally..not just 'heard' of this ex-officer while flipping thru the blue files..

The next task on hand is to settle on a means of communication..internet groups? forums? club blog for members? Any suggestions anyone?

I've still haven't recover lor..

& yet..i've done things tat i'm not supposed to do when i'm still sick..

1. Went for OJT..which meant i woke up at 630 so tat i can reach sentosa by 730..which also meant tat i was out under the hot sun from 9 to 12..which no doubt contributed to my on-off-on again fever..

2. Had curry rice for lunch..again..boh bian..was starving as usual after the programme & it was the only choice..

3. Went for sinful dinner-cum-supper..also a bit boh bian..shall elaborate in a separate blog..

Yes..i know..i should have treated my body a bit better..i did all the above(all in 1 day somemore) fully aware tat they're going to jeopardise any chances of a quick recovery..but sometimes humans are just like tat..ming zhi gu fan..

In any case, i've still not reached the 'can't drag myself out of bed' stage..yet..still at the 'annoying everyone ard me with my endless coughing & sniffing' stage..

Hmm..a string of smses just now convinced me tat i should take better care of myself..not for my sake..but for the sake of my frens out there..

4d

I mentioned i went out for dinner-cum-supper last nite..& it was sort of boh bian..why so? cos my fren rq had just came back from US..maybe 'came back' is not the correct word..cos she's actually in Sg for a business trip..

The funny thing is, cos she's hired directly under the US office..she's considered an 'expat' when she's in Sg, ie. food & transport expenses covered(?!) ..& she's only here for a week(with a 4 day shanghai biz trip squeezed in) so we had to grab the one & only opportunity to catch up with her last nite..& even then, we ended up meeting at 9ish for dinner(no thanks to ys who was trapped in a meeting)

Rq, together with ys(also known as the person i made cry when i refused to write in her autograph book eons again) & ml(also known as Mrs Nepal) are whom i consider the 'higher-fliers' among my closer frens..To have a 'full attendance' gathering of the 4 of us is like trying to strike consolation prize in 4D..meaning possible lah, but must try many many times..best if can try every week for both sat & sun..& there will be >1 occasion where u 'just miss by 1 number to dio prize'..just like someone will inevitably have some last minute urgent work to settle every time we arrange for a meetup..

And everytime after meeting them, without fail, i will go home thinking about my life..& how different it is from theirs..theirs are the typical success stories..enviable positions in MNCs..earning a handsome salary..career paths all nicely laid out in front of them(or so it seems to me)..
Of cos, they will also be complaining about irresponsible colleagues(bless me, but I hardly complain about my colleagues..bosses are a separate category altogether..) or lamenting about the lack of time to do things like sports, go backpacking for a month..

And everytime, I would conclude tat while I’m genuinely happy with their success(& no doubt, they’d worked really hard for it)..i’m relatively satisfied with my lifestyle too..poor as I am(haven seen a ‘credit' entry in my bank acc for the loooongest time)

I guess tat's the way (my)life is..& seriously..i'm glad for it..

p.s. Actually, I received a superior boost of motivation recently..but for the time being, I shall keep it within me..