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NOOOOOOOOOO man u just got beaten by chelsea. shucks.. the title race is officially on!

anyway, finally it's the weekend! has been a fulfilling week so far. interview on tuesday was bad; i was so nervous and i think i lost control of the situation. shucks, let's just see how things go. met the RE quitters club and watched forbidden kingdom. i liked the fighting scenes but i felt that the plot was abit cheesy and stereotyped. and the thing about all the 中国人 speaking english is just so weird. maybe they should have taught jason how to speak chinese instead..

went singing with the RE colleagues on friday! had fun.. though our voices were all gone by the end of the day. shared a cab back with CJ.. the fare was woooooooooo!

went to visit levi's warehouse sale with CJ and anthony this afternoon. seriously it was so disappointing; i felt that the item that was most worth buying was the boxers -.- then we went to far east to shop and we saw this shop that was having its closing down sale - goods selling at 50% discount! woo! bought this tee at $5 and another at $14. it was worth it :D

eugene is happy.. for now. my eyebags are so heavy i think i'll just stop here.

as you know, i know and everyone knows, the price of rice and other staples has been steadily rising since.. god knows when. sigh.. food out there has become more expensive. think i need to look for cheaper alternatives during lunch. and i insist that potato is not a good alternative.. for people like me who have a bottomless pit, you need at least 2 baked potatoes to fill your stomach! which means you need to spend even more.. sigh.

anyway, i went to pluck out my ingrown last friday after work. i think the most painful part was when the doctor pierced the needle into the infected part of my toe. oh my god i was like X_X then after that my whole toe went numb. quite an interesting experience. what's important is that that stupid irritating painful part is removed, and i can happily wear shoes again!

nothing much to update, can't wait for tues morning to come. and get over it and done with.

i know i shouldn't be here. i should be resting on my bed given my condition, but there is simply not enough time for me to do my readings to prepare me for next week. if what's gonna happen is almost the same as what happened to junkai's interview, aka current affairs session, i think i am so screwed. i can simply imagine myself sitting there with my mouth open and facing the judges (right)

i have been thinking hard these 2 days. actually there are 2 questions that i have been thinking for a long time, just sub-consciously. and until now i still cannot answer these 2 questions:

1. how are you able to contribute to NUS?
2. what makes you stand out from the rest?

if i cannot even convince myself to answer this question, i think i cannot convince the panel. good luck to me then.

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after procrastinating for so long, i have finally changed my blogskin! cheers. but instead of choosing from some other websites i have decided to revert back to blogger's original skins. simpler, neater, less fanciful. the way i like it. and i have changed some links too.. away with procrastination. time to get things done.

work has been the same as always, except that i am currently involved in the one-week screening of this documentary called "an inconvenient truth", as part of the company's effort to go green and advocate the importance of saving the environment. i managed to caught the whole show yesterday afternoon (yes call me chaokeng king.. i just wanted to get away from my cubicle that was awash with work) and it has somehow touched my heart. of course there were certain issues that were detable, but the gist of the movie was enough: save the environment, save the earth. i do not believe that the problem of global warming is a natural process by the earth. yes it has happened before, during the medival agees. but that was nothing compared to now, and today's problem is escalating more than ever.

also, i have been shortlisted for nus interview scheduled next tuesday. wish me luck. i shall try to redeem myself.. hoho.

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i had a weird dream last night.

i dreamt that my parents and i passed away and became ghosts..

not a decent type of dream.

i wonder what message is the dream trying to convey..

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went to catch a movie with the members of the RE quitters club. me cj anthony and huiling. caught an empress and the warriors. quite a good show in my opinion. the plot was clear and easy to understand. good mix of action and romance (although i think that the romance part seems abit the mian qiang). but what i like is the ending; the fact that it's not a fairytale ending; the fact that they didnt manage to live happily ever after.

another tough day at work today, but had fun chilling out with the RE colleagues at new york new york, to celebrate for seah fangying as she has gotten a job at IRAS. a very very sinful dinner. i had my fair share of beef, pork, fish, chicken, icecream and waffles. think the only meat im missing out is mutton. lol. i m so turning into a carnivore.

alrights, turning in early. going for medical checkup tmr! and hopefully i m able to get my toenail removed. shucks.

i think it's finally the perfect time to blog. peace and quiet. no distractions.. hopefully i can finish what i want to say by the end of this post.

suddenly i am feeling more hollow and empty than ever. i wonder what's going inside me. i tell myself i will work hard for weekends (i believe many of us out there are working for weekends to come). now that 1 of the 2 precious days have gone, i think that i have not done anything productive for the day, other than going tomb-sweeping in the morning.

work is getting tougher by the day. think i am slowly adapting to it. the pace is still not as fast as that in RE, but workload wise it's more pertaining to the job scope. after all there are alot of loose ends waiting for me to tie them up. it's geting frustrating at times, especially i have to handle some irritating SLs (which i do not want to elaborate further in case i get flamed online). luckily the colleagues (both in AMK, WDL and NBR) are very understanding towards me and they always help and guide me whenever they can. i am very grateful towards them. i tell myself that even though what im covering is a perm position, i will work hard and strive for the very best, not just because of the operations, but more for the job satisfaction.

it's a dynamic environment out there. i will never be on my seat for more than 15 mins at once. i am sure that before 15 mins i will be called out from my seat to the counter to help out, to do despatch, and other stuffs. not that im complaining. every day is a different day, a different exposure. hearings and investigations have been quite an experience for me (though i am still trying to adapt to it). listening to affected parties telling their side of the story, and making judgement as to what should be the appropriate punishment for them can be quite difficult at times. especially when the areas that they touch upon are grey areas where there's no definite right or wrong.

other than that, sometimes work can be quite stressful. esp when you are taking over a perm position that just left with loops still lying here and there. it's like walking on a minefield - the mines are just lying there on the ground waiting for you to step on them and then POOF! they wil just explode on you and you have to fight the war already. sometimes the work permit cases can give me a heart attack. arh

enough of work. luckily joanne will be back from australia soon. i shall collate any questions that i have and start to bomb her haha.

work aside - i think i am addicted to viwawa, esp on wahjong. i think it's just something that helps me to pass the time when i am in front of the computer not knowing what i want to do. speaking of wahjong, i jhave not been mahjong (read: touching mahjong tiles) for very long already. i am starting to feel the itch.. argh.

i suddenly feel like playing some rock songs on my guitar and singing (or rather shouting) at the same time. it's so boring at night! but i think i will get scoldings from my parents if i do so..

so.. i think that's all for now. will update if i have anything else to write.