Sunday, March 30, 2008
Friendship.
So I was walking home tonight, and I saw a very.. stunning occurrence. At the traffic junction, I saw a sparkle from the mouth of someone walking in my direction. I took a second glance and, to my amazement, that guy was wearing braces. It reminded me of the time I used to wear braces and Jingzhi was teasing how it was emitting a blinding light. I never knew braces could be so bright. So ladies, if you want extra protection when going home at night, look no further.
Anyway, I keep procrastinating my post for the tarot card I wanted to talk about, which is Temperance. But today, I shall end up talking about the reversed Three of Cups instead, since it is related to something that is going to happen very soon, or in fact, is already in the process of happening.
The upright Three of Cups show three people toasting to each other. The picture looks horrible because I doubled the dimensions, making each pixel 4 times its original size. Anyway, one of its meanings is that of friendship. There's multiple ways to read a reversed card. Some may choose to read it to be opposite in meaning to the upright version, while some would say that it refers to a lower level of energy / is the beginning of manifestation / losing energy, and henceforth meaning, of the card.
What I'm saying here is that.. the friends that I have made at work over the past 3 months.. I'll probably not get to see them soon. Quite a few of them will be transferring to another department, albeit the same workplace, this week. But either case, I'll be leaving in another 3 weeks. And chances of seeing them again are.. close to zero. Except for some of them whom I'll see in university, which is uncertain as well.
My team will be going for dinner at Kuishinbo on Tuesday night. Hopefully, everyone will go. That's probably the last time we can have dinner together as a team. By the time Jiazheng is back from his ICT, I'll be gone. And probably Hwee Sian too. Oh well, should stop thinking of all this parting. It's inevitable, but.. I still wonder if I'll miss any of them. Again, only time will tell..
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Sunday, March 16, 2008
$387,176
I'm thinking of going overseas with the Greenies after quitting my job, before I sink into the abyssal doom.. known as mugging. But, much as I would like to go Japan, monetary constraints play a major concern for some of us. Guess we'd have to settle for Taiwan, which I suppose won't be such a bad choice either. I guess we'll find out..
So SMRT has been fined $387,176 by LTA, for the disruption to train service between Tanah Merah and Pasir Ris some time back. My first reaction to the fine was, WHAT'S WITH THE WEIRD AMOUNT!? Do they, like, charge per second billing like Starhub? From what I understand, the service was disrupted for about 7 hours, which is 25,200 seconds. So let's say the exact duration of disruption was 24,198.5 seconds, it would make sense that they charge $16 per second, or rather $8 per half second.
My second reaction to the fine was, how SMRT can easily offset it. Well, LTA isn't the only organization who impose fines, if you realize. SMRT simply has to catch 775 individuals eating or drinking, or 78 people carrying lighters or cooking oil with them, or a combination of both. I don't think it'll be easy, but they can also try catching 388 people smoking on the train. I wonder if they actually EVER fine people for eating or drinking. Like, seriously, it seems as if no one gives a damn about the fine.
More on the topic of SMRT. So they had this poster outside the Ticket Office, advertising for their Park & Ride tickets. I think their marketing team has a very good sense of humour. The poster actually wrote: "Avoid the hassle of driving: PARK & RIDE". Seriously, have these people been in the public transport industry for so long that they have lost all contact with private transport? How can driving ever be a hassle, compared to the MRT?
Speaking of which, I was almost late for work that day due to the stupid delay on the MRT. Not that Tanah Merah to Pasir Ris incident. It's another isolated one, where the train kept stalling. It stopped like a minute or 2 at one of the stations, for no apparent reason, and stalled even longer at one point between AMK and Bishan, with numerous other micro stops. Public transport can be such an ass sometimes. Almost decided to get off and transfer to a taxi instead, but luckily still managed to arrive at work in time. I wonder which is more of a hassle, in reality?
Anyway, a little more ranting before I end this post. I wonder if Disney On Ice will ever produce Kingdom Hearts. Well, I suppose the production won't be easy, but hey, if they do make it, I bet it'll be a huge success, be it for commercial concerns or otherwise, garnering attention from not just impressionable little kids, but teenagers and grown men who love the Kingdom Hearts series as well. But I don't think it'll ever come to fruition. Disney On Ice is meant for little kids, and too much violence won't get Disney in the good books of parents.
I was supposed to blog about something else today, specifically another Tarot card. But I'll blog about it in the next entry, probably, since there was too much to bitch about public transport this time round. And I seriously need to locate a driving instructor soon, because I can't possibly spend $25 to renew my PDL all the time.. Zzz..
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So SMRT has been fined $387,176 by LTA, for the disruption to train service between Tanah Merah and Pasir Ris some time back. My first reaction to the fine was, WHAT'S WITH THE WEIRD AMOUNT!? Do they, like, charge per second billing like Starhub? From what I understand, the service was disrupted for about 7 hours, which is 25,200 seconds. So let's say the exact duration of disruption was 24,198.5 seconds, it would make sense that they charge $16 per second, or rather $8 per half second.
My second reaction to the fine was, how SMRT can easily offset it. Well, LTA isn't the only organization who impose fines, if you realize. SMRT simply has to catch 775 individuals eating or drinking, or 78 people carrying lighters or cooking oil with them, or a combination of both. I don't think it'll be easy, but they can also try catching 388 people smoking on the train. I wonder if they actually EVER fine people for eating or drinking. Like, seriously, it seems as if no one gives a damn about the fine.
More on the topic of SMRT. So they had this poster outside the Ticket Office, advertising for their Park & Ride tickets. I think their marketing team has a very good sense of humour. The poster actually wrote: "Avoid the hassle of driving: PARK & RIDE". Seriously, have these people been in the public transport industry for so long that they have lost all contact with private transport? How can driving ever be a hassle, compared to the MRT?
Speaking of which, I was almost late for work that day due to the stupid delay on the MRT. Not that Tanah Merah to Pasir Ris incident. It's another isolated one, where the train kept stalling. It stopped like a minute or 2 at one of the stations, for no apparent reason, and stalled even longer at one point between AMK and Bishan, with numerous other micro stops. Public transport can be such an ass sometimes. Almost decided to get off and transfer to a taxi instead, but luckily still managed to arrive at work in time. I wonder which is more of a hassle, in reality?
Anyway, a little more ranting before I end this post. I wonder if Disney On Ice will ever produce Kingdom Hearts. Well, I suppose the production won't be easy, but hey, if they do make it, I bet it'll be a huge success, be it for commercial concerns or otherwise, garnering attention from not just impressionable little kids, but teenagers and grown men who love the Kingdom Hearts series as well. But I don't think it'll ever come to fruition. Disney On Ice is meant for little kids, and too much violence won't get Disney in the good books of parents.
I was supposed to blog about something else today, specifically another Tarot card. But I'll blog about it in the next entry, probably, since there was too much to bitch about public transport this time round. And I seriously need to locate a driving instructor soon, because I can't possibly spend $25 to renew my PDL all the time.. Zzz..
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