Saturday, August 25, 2007
This Week.
Before I start talking about all my unhappiness this week, let me just say a few things. I don't know why I actually bitched about 荷叶饭 and my section commander in the previous entry. Okay, 荷叶饭 is a given. But actually the latter isn't all that bad usually. I think I should try to remember people's good points instead of their negative side more. That's the way I'd like people to remember me too, anyway. And I should prevent my blog from becoming a bitching site.
This week was rather bad. It's one of those times when bad things just keep happening and you just can't recover. It started off with that feeling of melancholy on that particular night. I don't remember when. I don't expect myself to remember, anyway.
Ate at Pariss International Seafood Buffet Restaurant during nights off on Wednesday. Utterly disappointing. I'd have expected more since it costs more than Kuishin-bo. I'll blog a separate post on it when I have more time, because I'll need to sleep earlier due to AHM tomorrow. Think I will do a review of all those buffet restaurants I've gone to over the past few months. But I can't really complain about the dinner at Pariss though. It was a promotion treat, so I didn't have to fork out a single cent. This is one of the few times I HAVE to agree with OC, for he actually objected to eating at Pariss initially.
And then on Thursday, we had to go retrieve that stupid Class 30 trackway at the Show Village since NDP is over. Spent like.. half an hour removing the mud covering it before we could actually start work.
And then route march on Friday. Let me just say that I am really pissed with Alvin Toh. I am trying not to bitch anymore, but this is one of the few things I MUST say. One should never request commanders to sing when one never intended to sing along in the first place. I've said my piece.
And someone has to piss me off while I was booking out. But it was insignificant, so I can't be bothered to elaborate. But the week was saved when I met up with the gang. Had dinner with Daryl and Kasster, then watched Hairspray with them, 大姐 (no, not my real elder sister. It's Xiefen.) and Alwyn. It was a nice, happy movie. It's one of those happy, chirpy movies that are great to watch when you need something to lift your spirits. Precisely what I needed. And we went to eat Rochor Tao Huay after that. They said it's overrated. But I had never heard of it until yesterday. But it was nice, nonetheless. Nicer than Mr Bean.
And today, I had to do house recce. It's one of those stupid things that only commanders do, just because we get a few hundred bucks more. Wasted my whole afternoon visiting some stranger to inform him of recall manning. And I rushed down to Causeway Point but was too late to catch 881, because I didn't expect I'd need so long to walk to his house. If only the stupid online street directory told me I could have taken a bus. But all it did was direct me to the nearest MRT. Luckily my map reading skills are still.. not too shabby. Rawr. Maybe I'll go watch it tomorrow after AHM or something.
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This week was rather bad. It's one of those times when bad things just keep happening and you just can't recover. It started off with that feeling of melancholy on that particular night. I don't remember when. I don't expect myself to remember, anyway.
Ate at Pariss International Seafood Buffet Restaurant during nights off on Wednesday. Utterly disappointing. I'd have expected more since it costs more than Kuishin-bo. I'll blog a separate post on it when I have more time, because I'll need to sleep earlier due to AHM tomorrow. Think I will do a review of all those buffet restaurants I've gone to over the past few months. But I can't really complain about the dinner at Pariss though. It was a promotion treat, so I didn't have to fork out a single cent. This is one of the few times I HAVE to agree with OC, for he actually objected to eating at Pariss initially.
And then on Thursday, we had to go retrieve that stupid Class 30 trackway at the Show Village since NDP is over. Spent like.. half an hour removing the mud covering it before we could actually start work.
And then route march on Friday. Let me just say that I am really pissed with Alvin Toh. I am trying not to bitch anymore, but this is one of the few things I MUST say. One should never request commanders to sing when one never intended to sing along in the first place. I've said my piece.
And someone has to piss me off while I was booking out. But it was insignificant, so I can't be bothered to elaborate. But the week was saved when I met up with the gang. Had dinner with Daryl and Kasster, then watched Hairspray with them, 大姐 (no, not my real elder sister. It's Xiefen.) and Alwyn. It was a nice, happy movie. It's one of those happy, chirpy movies that are great to watch when you need something to lift your spirits. Precisely what I needed. And we went to eat Rochor Tao Huay after that. They said it's overrated. But I had never heard of it until yesterday. But it was nice, nonetheless. Nicer than Mr Bean.
And today, I had to do house recce. It's one of those stupid things that only commanders do, just because we get a few hundred bucks more. Wasted my whole afternoon visiting some stranger to inform him of recall manning. And I rushed down to Causeway Point but was too late to catch 881, because I didn't expect I'd need so long to walk to his house. If only the stupid online street directory told me I could have taken a bus. But all it did was direct me to the nearest MRT. Luckily my map reading skills are still.. not too shabby. Rawr. Maybe I'll go watch it tomorrow after AHM or something.
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Sunday, August 19, 2007
Irreconcilable differences.
Anyway, some random stuff I forgot to blog about again. And some stuff I realized I was wrong about, but was reminded by others about the truth.
So anyway, let me hope that this will be my last entry touching on The Simpsons Movie. Not that I don't like the movie, obviously, but to keep talking about it when it's so long ago (actually not that long) is so.. I don't know what word to use. So anyway, let me first say that, I was wrong about the movie not having anything to do with donuts. You see, the whole movie was so funny that I laughed from start to end and there isn't much I could remember because, I suppose the filmmakers know this, human attention span is very short, and hence once I start laughing about something new, I kind of forget what it was that I laughed about previously. So anyway, there was a short little scene on donuts. About how this shop was giving out free donuts and actually caused Homer to cause the disaster. Enough said.
Let me just add that just because I said I felt like Homer, I'm not suggesting that He Qian is like the Boob Lady in any way. Just a disclaimer, for no reason whatsoever. But anyway, another thing to add on, Nicholas was saying I'm insulting Homer by saying I felt like him.
And anyway, onto some more random ramblings. On National Day itself, (I know, it's long past, but.. I just keep procrastinating..) there was this teenage boy who started chatting with me at the crossing I was in charge of. He was asking, "Are you from Combat Engineers?" Then I was like, "Yes. Why?" So he replied that he read that this year's NDP was organized by our unit. I suppose he didn't know the difference between a unit and a formation, but I didn't bother correcting him. And then he proceeded to ask if it was tough in the army, and I told him it's alright. And he then explained that he was 15 years old. Heh.. Soon, he shall experience the terror! Muahahaha.. But anyway, talking about NDP reminds me of someone saying during NDP that NS is like forced prostitution. You are forced into it, and you get f***ed by people. By men, actually.
So anyway, on to the main topic for this post. Many couples cite irreconcilable differences as the reason for divorce. But I'm not talking about divorces today. Because marriages aren't the only relationships that such differences can affect. Let's just say, me and 荷叶饭 are too different. He never fails to piss me off. But of course, I'd just tell myself there's no point being angry at him, because he isn't worth my anger.
And my section commander.. Haiz.. Think about him also sian.. Talk to him nicely and he gives such kind of reply. That's not the way to talk even if you're not feeling well. End up I couldn't answer Zhen Cai on what time to fall in in the morning. It's a nice thing that the new section commanders are coming in already. Because I don't think I, or any of us in fact, can reconcile our differences with him.
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So anyway, let me hope that this will be my last entry touching on The Simpsons Movie. Not that I don't like the movie, obviously, but to keep talking about it when it's so long ago (actually not that long) is so.. I don't know what word to use. So anyway, let me first say that, I was wrong about the movie not having anything to do with donuts. You see, the whole movie was so funny that I laughed from start to end and there isn't much I could remember because, I suppose the filmmakers know this, human attention span is very short, and hence once I start laughing about something new, I kind of forget what it was that I laughed about previously. So anyway, there was a short little scene on donuts. About how this shop was giving out free donuts and actually caused Homer to cause the disaster. Enough said.
Let me just add that just because I said I felt like Homer, I'm not suggesting that He Qian is like the Boob Lady in any way. Just a disclaimer, for no reason whatsoever. But anyway, another thing to add on, Nicholas was saying I'm insulting Homer by saying I felt like him.
And anyway, onto some more random ramblings. On National Day itself, (I know, it's long past, but.. I just keep procrastinating..) there was this teenage boy who started chatting with me at the crossing I was in charge of. He was asking, "Are you from Combat Engineers?" Then I was like, "Yes. Why?" So he replied that he read that this year's NDP was organized by our unit. I suppose he didn't know the difference between a unit and a formation, but I didn't bother correcting him. And then he proceeded to ask if it was tough in the army, and I told him it's alright. And he then explained that he was 15 years old. Heh.. Soon, he shall experience the terror! Muahahaha.. But anyway, talking about NDP reminds me of someone saying during NDP that NS is like forced prostitution. You are forced into it, and you get f***ed by people. By men, actually.
So anyway, on to the main topic for this post. Many couples cite irreconcilable differences as the reason for divorce. But I'm not talking about divorces today. Because marriages aren't the only relationships that such differences can affect. Let's just say, me and 荷叶饭 are too different. He never fails to piss me off. But of course, I'd just tell myself there's no point being angry at him, because he isn't worth my anger.
And my section commander.. Haiz.. Think about him also sian.. Talk to him nicely and he gives such kind of reply. That's not the way to talk even if you're not feeling well. End up I couldn't answer Zhen Cai on what time to fall in in the morning. It's a nice thing that the new section commanders are coming in already. Because I don't think I, or any of us in fact, can reconcile our differences with him.
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Sunday, August 12, 2007
TV Shows.
So anyway, I just saw that this year's Star Search contestants will be judged by professional judges only. Yes, that means no voting. It's been a long time since there's been any TV contest where the audience isn't involved in the judging process. But the question is, will it still attract as many audiences as it did in those days long gone? Or will it lose to the popularity of contests where audiences can vote for their favourite contestants? But Mediacorp sure is putting in quite a bit of effort advertising it.
But talking about Mediacorp's advertising, I sure wonder what they are thinking. By "they", I'm actually referring to the one who's in charge or advertising. Maybe they have more than 1 person, I don't know. But anyway, I just happened to be watching TV on Channel U, and there was an advert for a Malay talk show on Suria. No, I'm not trying to say that the talk show is a programme not worth advertising. But the thing is, who are the audiences they are trying to target to entice to watch the show? I don't think many people watching a Chinese channel at a prime TV slot of 8pm would be interested in watching a Malay talk show.
Before any readers jump to any conclusion, let me first say that I would say the same thing if they were to advertise for a Chinese show on Suria. Sure, there may be English subtitles, and there may be Malays who like to watch Chinese shows (and vice versa), but what's the chance of that? I would have no qualms at all if they were to advertise for shows on Channel 8, U or Suria on Channel 5, since English is a first language for all of us and people of all races would watch it, and may be enticed to watch the shows on the other channels that have been advertised.
So anyway, I think the time allocated for such worthless advertisements could have been put to better use. Such as advertising for shows on Channel 5, or even a commercial advertisement, to help generate revenue. Seriously, the opportunity cost (click, for the benefit of non-economics students) for that talk show advertisement is so great, I don't understand why they even put it there in the first place. I personally believe that there is no other alternative that can be worth less than advertising for that talk show at such a precious TV slot.
As a closing note, NDP 07 is finally over. It's kind of of an ambivalent feeling. Very stressful during each rehearsal, but it's also a very enriching experience. And I got the chance to see many friends again. But even though NDP is over, we're going to suffer from the aftermath tomorrow. That's right, we're going there to clear away the barricades and return them to where they belong. Which makes me want to talk about TV again. The stupid TV news only talked about how much effort was put in to clear the area of litter after the event. No mention was given to how much effort it took to clear the barricades. And set them up in the first place. The cleaners didn't even need to place the litter there in the first place, unlike us. Honestly, when the media wants to recognize one party's efforts for an event, they should try to analyze the efforts put in by the other parties as well. Oh yeah, and my friend was complaining to me how the newspapers had photos of every GOH contingent except theirs, the Commandos. Pity. We are all the forgotten warriors..
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But talking about Mediacorp's advertising, I sure wonder what they are thinking. By "they", I'm actually referring to the one who's in charge or advertising. Maybe they have more than 1 person, I don't know. But anyway, I just happened to be watching TV on Channel U, and there was an advert for a Malay talk show on Suria. No, I'm not trying to say that the talk show is a programme not worth advertising. But the thing is, who are the audiences they are trying to target to entice to watch the show? I don't think many people watching a Chinese channel at a prime TV slot of 8pm would be interested in watching a Malay talk show.
Before any readers jump to any conclusion, let me first say that I would say the same thing if they were to advertise for a Chinese show on Suria. Sure, there may be English subtitles, and there may be Malays who like to watch Chinese shows (and vice versa), but what's the chance of that? I would have no qualms at all if they were to advertise for shows on Channel 8, U or Suria on Channel 5, since English is a first language for all of us and people of all races would watch it, and may be enticed to watch the shows on the other channels that have been advertised.
So anyway, I think the time allocated for such worthless advertisements could have been put to better use. Such as advertising for shows on Channel 5, or even a commercial advertisement, to help generate revenue. Seriously, the opportunity cost (click, for the benefit of non-economics students) for that talk show advertisement is so great, I don't understand why they even put it there in the first place. I personally believe that there is no other alternative that can be worth less than advertising for that talk show at such a precious TV slot.
As a closing note, NDP 07 is finally over. It's kind of of an ambivalent feeling. Very stressful during each rehearsal, but it's also a very enriching experience. And I got the chance to see many friends again. But even though NDP is over, we're going to suffer from the aftermath tomorrow. That's right, we're going there to clear away the barricades and return them to where they belong. Which makes me want to talk about TV again. The stupid TV news only talked about how much effort was put in to clear the area of litter after the event. No mention was given to how much effort it took to clear the barricades. And set them up in the first place. The cleaners didn't even need to place the litter there in the first place, unlike us. Honestly, when the media wants to recognize one party's efforts for an event, they should try to analyze the efforts put in by the other parties as well. Oh yeah, and my friend was complaining to me how the newspapers had photos of every GOH contingent except theirs, the Commandos. Pity. We are all the forgotten warriors..
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Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Stuff I Forgot.
Okay I'm here to blog about some things I should have included in the previous post, but have forgotten due to my tremendously bad memory. It's just some minor bitching stuff, and some minor rambling, that doesn't really mean much.
Firstly, let me just say that, to say ジェレミン is an asshole would be an insult.. to assholes. He can be nice one moment and turn his back on you the next. It's like, he can be smiling one moment and stab you in the face the next. Okay, that wasn't really a very good reiteration, but you get the point. I can't stand his pretence of treating me like a friend anymore. He really personifies the saying, "With friends like these, who needs enemies?"
Alright, now to end the post on a lighter note. I was supposed to blog about this when talking about The Simpsons Movie in the previous post, but I only remember about it after posting. And I figured no one will reread the post if I were to edit it. So anyway, firstly, I thought the movie would have a fair bit of content on Homer and donuts, since the O of the word "Movie" is a donut. But there wasn't ANYTHING on donuts. Not that the movie was ruined because of the donut's absence.
Another thing about the movie is, now I feel like Homer. Because there was this scene where he asked the Boob Lady, "What's an epiphany?" And why does that make me feel like Homer? Because I asked He Qian the same thing. I can't remember in what circumstances he used the word on me, and I didn't want to pretend that I knew what it meant, so I just asked him what it means. And I actually forgot what it meant after that, thanks to my memory capability. Now that the movie has etched the word in my mind, I don't think I'll ever forget it again. Hopefully.
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Firstly, let me just say that, to say ジェレミン is an asshole would be an insult.. to assholes. He can be nice one moment and turn his back on you the next. It's like, he can be smiling one moment and stab you in the face the next. Okay, that wasn't really a very good reiteration, but you get the point. I can't stand his pretence of treating me like a friend anymore. He really personifies the saying, "With friends like these, who needs enemies?"
Alright, now to end the post on a lighter note. I was supposed to blog about this when talking about The Simpsons Movie in the previous post, but I only remember about it after posting. And I figured no one will reread the post if I were to edit it. So anyway, firstly, I thought the movie would have a fair bit of content on Homer and donuts, since the O of the word "Movie" is a donut. But there wasn't ANYTHING on donuts. Not that the movie was ruined because of the donut's absence.
Another thing about the movie is, now I feel like Homer. Because there was this scene where he asked the Boob Lady, "What's an epiphany?" And why does that make me feel like Homer? Because I asked He Qian the same thing. I can't remember in what circumstances he used the word on me, and I didn't want to pretend that I knew what it meant, so I just asked him what it means. And I actually forgot what it meant after that, thanks to my memory capability. Now that the movie has etched the word in my mind, I don't think I'll ever forget it again. Hopefully.
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Monday, August 06, 2007
Censorship.
Just watched The Simpsons Movie yesterday. It's been a long while since I've watched The Simpsons, ever since Channel 5 decided to stop showing it. Laughed all the way from the start to the end. And we stayed after it ended to make sure to catch any scenes after the credits. But there wasn't any. But still, there was an interesting scene during the credits itself. And reading the credits made me realize that Green Day really performed The Simpsons Theme:
And it also made me realize that most of the animation is done by Koreans. Firstly, I didn't know Koreans were such good animators. I only know they are good gamers. And also, I didn't know they actually outsourced the animation to Korea. But whatever. It doesn't really make a difference to me.
I just checked the rating of the movie, and found out it's actually PG. Rather surprised that it's only PG, not NC-16 or something, because there was a scene where you could see Bart's.. genitals. For like 1 second or something. And the Board of Censors didn't even bother cutting that part. I thought they would have done something about it, even though it's animated. Maybe Royston Tan's Cut really changed the censors. Anyway, Cut is a short film made by Royston Tan in retaliation to the censors cutting away 27 parts from his film 15, which is about 15-year-old boys in street gangs. I really love Cut.
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
And he filmed it such that Cut didn't get cut at all. How nice. I think Royston Tan is really talented. I intend to watch 881 when it comes out.
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And it also made me realize that most of the animation is done by Koreans. Firstly, I didn't know Koreans were such good animators. I only know they are good gamers. And also, I didn't know they actually outsourced the animation to Korea. But whatever. It doesn't really make a difference to me.
I just checked the rating of the movie, and found out it's actually PG. Rather surprised that it's only PG, not NC-16 or something, because there was a scene where you could see Bart's.. genitals. For like 1 second or something. And the Board of Censors didn't even bother cutting that part. I thought they would have done something about it, even though it's animated. Maybe Royston Tan's Cut really changed the censors. Anyway, Cut is a short film made by Royston Tan in retaliation to the censors cutting away 27 parts from his film 15, which is about 15-year-old boys in street gangs. I really love Cut.
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
And he filmed it such that Cut didn't get cut at all. How nice. I think Royston Tan is really talented. I intend to watch 881 when it comes out.
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Wednesday, August 01, 2007
开心果
Okay bitching time again. I don't really have much to bitch about, really. Which is why I haven't blogged for a while because there haven't been any major happenings for me to bitch such that I needed to blog in a hurry. But well, there is ONE thing. We were told at first that we were not going to be involved in this coming Saturday's NDP rehearsal. But lo and behold, Our Army: The Decisive Force. Enough said.
Just a minor thing I'm supposed to have blogged about like... a month ago, but have procrastinated until now. So anyway, there was this instance about a month back where the 4D draw turned out to have the same winning numbers for both the 1st and 2nd prize. And some spokesperson said that it was a ONE IN A MILLION chance. Wow! What a coincidence for the top 2 prizes to have the same winning numbers! But the thing is.. for ANY combination of the first 2 winning numbers, the probability is the SAME. Yes, there's a one in a million chance no matter what the 2 numbers are. So I honestly don't see what's the big commotion about.
Oh and another small complaint. I haven't been able to view my tagboard for about 2 weeks now. I get the "403 Forbidden The following error occurred: Access denied by access control list. Could not open error file" error page instead of my tagboard. Sounds as if I've been blocked from viewing it. Maybe the previous user of my IP address did something at the site. I can't even visit the main website to figure out what's wrong. But the best part is, I can see everyone else's tagboards from Cbox. Maybe I should stop procrastinating my reseting of my IP address.
So anyway, on to today's topic. A few days ago, someone beside me on the MRT happened to be reading Chinese newspapers. So I took a peek, and there was this article about 开心果指数, which is about how good people of different zodiac signs are at making people happy. Which started me thinking about a few thoughts. Why are 开心果 (Pistachios. The literal translation from the Chinese name would be happy fruit.) named the way they are? Do they make people who eat them happy? Sure, they are tasty and very addictive, but so are many other foods.
Well anyway, the thing about the article is, it claimed that Sagittariuses have a index of 100%. The next closest, which I have forgotten the zodiac sign, is 95%. The others range from like.... 10% to 80%? Or something like that. So I suppose I'm supposed to be able to make people happy easily. At first glance, I thought the article was saying how happy the people belonging to different zodiac signs are. And my immediate thought was that, "Hey, that's not true!" But then I took a closer look (Not literally. I somewhat paid more attention to the title and realized what it was saying.) and I realized otherwise. Hmm.. Guess I need to get to know more Sagittarius people. Make myself happier! Lol..
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Just a minor thing I'm supposed to have blogged about like... a month ago, but have procrastinated until now. So anyway, there was this instance about a month back where the 4D draw turned out to have the same winning numbers for both the 1st and 2nd prize. And some spokesperson said that it was a ONE IN A MILLION chance. Wow! What a coincidence for the top 2 prizes to have the same winning numbers! But the thing is.. for ANY combination of the first 2 winning numbers, the probability is the SAME. Yes, there's a one in a million chance no matter what the 2 numbers are. So I honestly don't see what's the big commotion about.
Oh and another small complaint. I haven't been able to view my tagboard for about 2 weeks now. I get the "403 Forbidden The following error occurred: Access denied by access control list. Could not open error file" error page instead of my tagboard. Sounds as if I've been blocked from viewing it. Maybe the previous user of my IP address did something at the site. I can't even visit the main website to figure out what's wrong. But the best part is, I can see everyone else's tagboards from Cbox. Maybe I should stop procrastinating my reseting of my IP address.
So anyway, on to today's topic. A few days ago, someone beside me on the MRT happened to be reading Chinese newspapers. So I took a peek, and there was this article about 开心果指数, which is about how good people of different zodiac signs are at making people happy. Which started me thinking about a few thoughts. Why are 开心果 (Pistachios. The literal translation from the Chinese name would be happy fruit.) named the way they are? Do they make people who eat them happy? Sure, they are tasty and very addictive, but so are many other foods.
Well anyway, the thing about the article is, it claimed that Sagittariuses have a index of 100%. The next closest, which I have forgotten the zodiac sign, is 95%. The others range from like.... 10% to 80%? Or something like that. So I suppose I'm supposed to be able to make people happy easily. At first glance, I thought the article was saying how happy the people belonging to different zodiac signs are. And my immediate thought was that, "Hey, that's not true!" But then I took a closer look (Not literally. I somewhat paid more attention to the title and realized what it was saying.) and I realized otherwise. Hmm.. Guess I need to get to know more Sagittarius people. Make myself happier! Lol..
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