>>> Tuesday, February 28, 2006
All hail the new skin! I really think it fits better than the previous one... pardon the cuteness of the entire thing.
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>>> Sunday, February 26, 2006
Today, I was tricked.
Ok, I admit I kinda walked into the whole setup, but when a friend whom you have not hear from in a long time (read: a couple of months) suddenly sends you an SMS tell you to meet in a couple hours without any reason whatsoever, would you go? Probably not... But I still went. Blame my overactive imagination.
So I went, and we met, and we walked... Where? She said she wanted to bring me to her company to "take a look". Suspicious glance at her. She then asked me why I'm so suspicious and attempts a laugh to ease me. Suspicion is in full blossom.
So we take a walk down Shenton Way... Straight into her company, filled with other people I assumed we pulled down by THEIR friends. Oh boy, here we go. Suspicion confirmed. It's another Multi-Level Marketing thingamajig! So I smile and told my friend flatly I definitely do NOT want to sit through a seminar which I can more or less predict its outcome. But... I hate my nice side. I stayed, so she wouldn't be the one who would be accused of not being hardworking.
"Business Executives" then flocked to me, asking me about myself, what do I do, and what were my plans for the future WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THEMSELVES. That has to be one of my BIGGEST pet peeves. They dig for all sorts of information about you, yet reveal nothing about themselves. Restrain was definitely the watchword for the day. The same questions, the same answers, just different faces. Oh man... I really wanted to hit someone, hard. Then I decided to play along... And providing answers to their questions. Of course, those answers would be nicely packaged in such a way where they won't have a foothold to launch their next assault of questions. The first guy who I attempted it on promptly gave up after a couple of questions. Fun and games indeed. Next was the seminar, and I absolutely CANNOT believe the speaker had the GALL to tell everyone Pyramid Selling is NORMAL, and is EVERYWHERE. He quoted the example of a school, having 1 Principal, several Heads of Departments, Teachers, followed by students. And that, he proclaimed, was a pyramid. It took plenty of self-restraint to not laugh right in his face.
After then whole event was over, I left with my friend and I got right down to trying to convince her about the situation she was in. Oh, she did say she thought about it all... But clearly she didn't. For her sake, I really hope she opens her eyes. I could go on and on about the pretty packaging the MLM company did, but that's a story for another time.
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>>> Thursday, February 16, 2006
Right, I felt like blogging, but I just couldn't get any main idea up for the post.
Looks like my first official case of writers' block. Funny how it never happened back in secondary school when we were still writing essays for exams. Normally, the teacher would beg me to lighten up on the word usage... and to save the trees. Paper comsumption was quite heavy, and ditto for ink consumption. Of course, that lead to heavy brain cell consumption on the part of the teacher... and he/she didn't want that. But I digress.
I've always wondered what causes writers' block. I mean, is there something blocking the flow of ideas that hit the brain? Is it something that runs in the family? Was it something traumatic that happened to you? Was it a sudden blow to the head? Was I plain lazy?
After thinking for the whole of 1 minute, I've reached the tentative conclusion that it happens when you don't have time to daydream. Yes, I'm actually espousing the fact that when you sit in the office and stare into space, you're actually doing constructive work. As a side note, this blog is not available for use in defence when you are actually caught by your boss.
I mean, look at it reasonably - when you daydream, your mind wanders and explores the world in a way you could never do in a physical sense. You could fly, go out of the dream date, have a huge company under you, roll in cash and the works. When that happens, your brain is working to create mental images to go with your ideas - sorta like mental exercises, if you may. With this, you can be pretty much assured that you're not going to go senile very soon (subject to approval from a medical viewpoint).
And then you blink.
And you realize that even with so called "writers' block", you have managed to verbally vomit a pretty long rant on your blog.
Maybe we're all just plain lazy when we excuse ourselves with writers' block.
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>>> Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Yet another year that I'll have to spend Valentine's Day alone. Before you think I'm about to start whining... hold yer horses! Just had a few trivia I wanted to share about this fine day of love:
- A prisoner fell in love with the daughter of the prison warden. Apparently this is the main story that's been doing the rounds, as to why Valentine's Day came about. That was in the 17th century or something. In current society, what the HECK was the prison warden's daughter doing mingling with the prisoners?!
- Flowers, especially roses, get hit with a suddenly inflation, catapulting them to many times their original selling price. Of course, the florists still buy the flowers from wholesalers/overseas at normal, non-inflated prices. Future hothouse owner wannabes, anyone?
- In Japan, Valentine's Day is milked for cash to the ultimate. On the 14th of February, guys give chocolates to girls and confessing their like/love for them. Unlike other lucky/unlucky guys that get a response immediate, they have to wait for exactly one month. On the 14th of March, otherwise known as White Valentine's Day, girls will, in response, give guys chocolates. Normally if a girl sends you chocolates in response to yours, the feelings are mutual. Imagine the amount of chocolate sold on these 2 days. It'll make money changing hands at a bank seem paltry!
- Chocolates are one of the most commonly gifts on Valentine's Day. But what do chocolates have in common with love? Actually, there's a certain chemical within the cocoa that's used to make chocolates. This, according to scientific studies, when consumed, will induce the feeling of being loved. Go ahead, load your crushes with chocolates and wait for the effects to appear. =P
Happy Valentine's Day!
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>>> Thursday, February 09, 2006
Well now. Amazing, isn't it, to see a totally different blog?
I could make up excuses, and said I had a flash of insight/revelation/awakening and decided to change the total outlook of my blog AND update it.
Well actually, it's partially correct... I DID hate how my blog looked. Of course, the fact that the links my previous blog template used died weighed heavily on my decision too... Why am I doing this in the middle of the night when I'm supposed to be asleep, resting for a day of work?
I have no idea.
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