Officially, I'm left with about 2 weekends left not counting this one...
Soon to enter the month of August whereby I can soon start counting down the days with my 10 fingers...

Finished my ushering work about 2 days ago, saw many big companies CEOS and Managers attending the IBM Forum 2004 held at the Swissotel. Met & chatted with my Diploma's Course Manager attending the forum for both days. My legs are really tired after standing for so long... The most torturesome day was definitely the first day, being new, most of us did not know how to work smart and just stupidly stand there almost thru the day. Even when it was "off-peak" hour, we still stood there like idiots.

Everyone started the 2nd day of work and were all determined not to live thru the same stupidity like the day before so we "worked" smart and divided our numbers in charge of different areas into 2 groups, each standing for 1 hour while the other took a rest so we took turns of having an hour break every other hour. Haha. And that is without our boss from the events group knowing... well, actually she knows lah, but even just by standing there I can memorise the IBM Forum's main tagline... ON DEMAND From IBM and most of the advertisement's narration... So much that my boss from the events group requested I write out a copy and pass it to her. Guess what.... she took my work... went to the big bosses of IBM and said it out to them... they were quite impressed... by her... not me... I would not be surprised if she decides to work for IBM, she would easily be hired. Some of my colleagues who helped me out in catching the narration of the ads were quite angry and so was I too, not getting credit for when credit's due as one would say but being just me, pardon my whining for a while and I will soon get over with it. With that said, LIFE is so Unfair when you have superiors like that! lolz!

jh Out!~

nope not talking about the Perfect 10 sing and look like usher contest... talking about my work instead...


Would you like an office that has a window view like this?

Ok.... sorry it's only the 4th floor... and it's a conference room.... but hey, I know I would like an office like this...! Might even fight against myopia!


What on earth am i doing there u ask?

Working.... as an usherer... supposed to be an usherer and supposed to be briefing and some minor training... guess what?
We ended up packing the "goodie" files, for a moment though, we thought we were packing NDP goodie bags....
"goodies" basically equals pamphlets and some advertisements from IBM and it's Partners... Oooh yeah, I am ushering for the IBM Forum 2004
 
Packing the files was alright, I mean we are being paid $7.50 an hour 11 hours a day..... but.... I wasn't really prepared to be the supervisor of a group of 9..... -_-"
Basically Shaun who introduced me this lobang, were sitting side by side... and our boss basically separate both of us and put us in charge of each team of 8-9 people... I was like -_-" yes.... -_-" because it was my first day whereas Shaun and the rest of the people there were there on Monday for the briefing and were more clear about how things go... Well anyway, Shaun and I were put in charge of making sure all the different papers/items(10 of them all in seperate boxes and scattered)  into file folders, what kind of methods, well that is up to us, Supervisors to think... Liewz....

Anyway we managed to find 8 out of 10 items from that messy room, our boss told us to file all the 8 first and dun care about the last 2... by the way, the items are to be in a certain order.... so I devised a production line plan and soon both teams were working hard on it... Everything seemed well until the missing 2 items were found... By then, out of the approximately 1,500 folders 500 were filled...  Heeding a team member advice I took a guy and 2 of us were busy repacking the near 500 boxes with the missing 2 items... At about 11am, since our boss wasn't around, Shaun and I thought it was appropriate to give the people a break and so we stopped production and to take 10..

It eventually became take 20... hey... you can't blame me, the toilet is so far away... some people are hungry, some need smoke breaks, it didn't help to see coffee & tea displayed outside another conference room and it wasn't for us... For our room, it's just plain ICE water... & sweets... besides, Boss put us as supervisor, meaning we take charge and my people like it! :-)

Soon after we got back from break, 2 of the items ran out of supply, thus breaking our production again... I did not managed to put my knowledge of Production Planning & Control during my diploma years in use because I had no idea where to get the supplies except the messy room. A double check with another of our hirer's people, we were told to continue without that item... Just as we were working on it for about 20 minutes, our boss wants us to make use of the photocopier in the room and photocopy the 2 items.... While photocopying and reinserting the 2 items back into boxes that did not have it.. Another item ran out, this time no photocopying can be done as the photocopier soon break down and that item was a thin booklet...

Boss came over the room and sent 3 person to buy lunch for the rest and sent another 3 to kallang area to get about 3,000 photocopies of different items.. I wanted to go but could not make it as Shaun was already going and they need a "supervisor" to be around.... So here we are, due to a break down of the photocopier, the production line was broken again but we decided to break into 2 teams 1 team doing the front part until the missing 2(supposed to be photocopied item), the other after the photocopied items.

Had a quick lunch, then a short briefing where I was assigned the role of registration usher... Went thru a dry run... I was chosen to face an "angry" customer which turned out 50/50 ok? Well, it's kinda like training lah...
Had a tour of the ballrooms to be used.  Headed back to the conference room to continue filing. But a shock await us, of the nearly 900 files already packed... We had to repack them all over again... because of a n additional item... my finger were so dry by then and I had 4 of my fingers bleeding when we were 3/4 of repacking.
 
Took a 30 minutes break when the waiter brought food left untouched from the other conference room which had left, all of us helped ourselves to the coffee and tea too... Wow, swissotel has got many different kinds of Tea, from Earl Grey to English Breakfast Tea. After break, I was told a bad news, they were missing out an agenda on all the files!!!! I did not know how to break the news to the team... But when I did, all the faces were really What-the?-Isn't-My-Job-Scope-supposed-to-be-an-usherer?
 
We decided to stop work and just sit down in the room and do basically nothing... We off all the lights and brought down to curtains to block the daylight, basically everyone went on STRIKE as all of us cannot believe that we are going to repack all over again. We complained to each other to feel better, one of the best I heard was, "they want our fingerprints to be all over the file is it?". The best part is, I seemed to be the one leading the strike.
 
Thankfully, one of boss people came running back told us to "pretend" to do some work, we could not be bothered until she told us she had helped us gotten the agenda be removed from placing into the files. We were suddenly motivated and as fast as you know, we soon completed the other 600+ files.
 
At about 5.15pm, we completed our temporary jobscopes, as "executive filers". We then began slacking around... haha. Some of us were given minor roles to do, like going to buy 3 pin multi plugs... haha... being paid to shop for multi-plug... We took a lot of breaks, pretended to do some work as our "saviour" has instructed should anyone else dropped by.
 
Who says, when you are busy time passed slowly... apparently, time passed faster when we are slacking as when we are busy it was so tormenting to look at the time...
 
Gtg report for real Ushering work tmr 7am...
 
jh OUT!

21 Days, 3 weeks, 504 hours, 30240 minutes.
 
Thats how much time I left as a civilian...
 
Went to make my GEEK specs AKA Black frame plastic cheapskate specs yesterday... yes the beginning of my army neccessities purchases. Would be heading towards army market soon with my army friends who will help me buy all stuff I would need during my BMT.
 
I do believe I also need a watch... to keep track of time...don't want my sergeant to shout at my lack of time management and punctuality... damm I always wanted my next watch to be a Tag Huer looks likes it's not gonna happened unless i strike it rich. And even if I do who wears a Tag Huer watch to go chiong sua in Pulau Tekong?
 
Other stuffs i think i would need, a duffel bag, mp3 player or FM reciever? hmm... still pondering... suggestions will be appreciated. Already gotten a cap, thanks to my sis 2 months ago. Also pondering on whether to snip off my hair first before I go in...
 
My grandmother was telling my mother of her concerns of me in the ARMY... she fear she will lose me... My mum laughed... Well mummy, I sure hope I can live thru it to laugh with you...
 
What other things do I need to get? Please help if you know. Don't crap if you don't cos i'm allergic to bullshit... oops, think that line is gonna be overused soon.
 
Digressing, went to work as an usherer today at the swissotel thanks to my friend, shaun. I don't know why I even agree on working for tuesday wednesday thursday. But I guess, it's because nowadays my poly mates ain't so much free on those days, all having ultimate training or conditioning... No more looking forwards to wednesdays... 
 
Oh well, technically, I only have 3 more wednesdays minusing the one tmr where I be ushering... equals 2 more...and next week is my graduation week... Busy week gonna-be I guess. 

jh OUT!~

As you all can see, I haven't been blogging for a week now, just so you all know I was not kidnapped in Malaysia... I was in fact procrastinating. Speaking of Malaysia, note to self: Never cross the roads like you cross in Singapore...
 
Oh well back to malaysia, nothing really interesting happened during my free trip to KL to see The Rasmus live @ Hard Rock Cafe! All that happened was :

1. I got to know some people in the journalist industry, the music industry and some cool people who have also won the trip thru Perfect 10 and another dude who won thru M1.
2. I stayed in a 5-star hotel, The Hotel Renaissance (New World Wing) for free!
3. Met The Rasmus live in person & had the CD I bought(1st CD I gotten since Kazaa came about!) signed!
   
   
   
4. Met up one of my secondary school classmate and good friend for dinner in KL.
5. The Coach ride there was really boring... (5.5 Hours)
6. The Coach ride back was equally boring... (5.5 Hours) except I saw an accident....
   
   Picture this...
   The journey was quite smooth, until the bus suddenly did an emergency brake movement which causes the Bus to slow down dramatically, I pop my head up so that I can see what's happening in front just barely managing to see a minivan, spinned 1 round and then hit the drain area on the left, flung up in the air and landed OVERTURNED on the concave drain... It was a traumatizing first-time accident witness account for me... It looked as if no one in that minivan could have survived that accident, I immediately prayed for the well-being of whoever is inside followed by hoping there would be as less people as possible in that vehicle, of course, hopefully none, but that would have not been possible since you need a driver for the vehicle. Our bus went towards the road shoulder and it looked as if we were going to stop to lend a helping hand, I was prepared to help in whatever I can... Alas, it did not stop. My guess is that since majority of us were Singaporeans, if we were to stop, we ould have become eyewitnesses and who knows what time we be able to reach Singapore. The driver however made a phonecall to the local police and informed them about the accident.
   
7. Had my virgin roller-coaster ride at Berjaya Times Square, a relatively new(less than a year) shopping mall in KL.
   
   I was quite scared actually... # Insert hoorays and surprised looks here # , it did not help that there only 5 of us and 1 carriage can sit 4 person, I was the lonely guy in one carriage... The wait to fill up the remaining carriage wasn't helpful as I have no one to calm myself down...
   And so began the First Ride, Thanks to that safety gadget, I did not make it into the orbituaries in the Malaysian Times or The Newpaper last week, I had a few adrenaline rush when the roller coaster went sideways, but somehow didn't quite feel it when it went 360, maybe it was too fast. Had my second ride after we checked out the other rides. This time round, I wasn't that afraid, I even managed to pose for the Roller Coaster camera for a candid YEAH look!
   
8. Had not 1 but 2 root beer floats from A&W, damm, why did no one in Singapore ever thought of protesting to A&W not to close down in Singapore!
9. Had Dunkin' Donuts. Ah... nice delicious glaze donuts.
10. Had lousy food throughout my stay, I wanted to eat ramli burger but could not find roadside stalls that sell those, heard that the ramli burger are much more tastier from there.
11. Wanted to taste those Bat Kut Tehs or Pork Ribs Soup and try out the hawker food, but the people I was hanging out with won't really clear as where we can get good cheap local hawker style food. Somehow I envied the journalist who told us he went to Chinatown with 2 other journalists and had good food there... I could have sworn he did it on purpose...
12. Went to Marche Fine Dining Restaurant within the hotel courtesy of Natasha from Universal Music.
    
    Fine Dining : Big plates, small amount of food, exquisite arrangement of the food,yet, I felt full... Truly amazing!
    
13. Back to the notes to self: Besides crossing road even when the green man just came on, cross with CARE! I was about to cross one of the roads when the green man just came on and I could still hear a distant motorbike's engine from afar which did not sound like it was going to stop and so did a few cars... When they finally stopped? I ran across the road for fear of my life!
14. Another note to self: Apparently, the last time I went to Redang, I complained about the water, this time round, I must rant about the soft drinks! The bottled carbonated drinks I bought were so not carbonated, taste like CRAP if you ask me! The only true blue carbonated soft drink that I had were the Coke I had @ Hard Rock Cafe.
15. Went for a dip in the Hotel, made used of their Suana, Hot Bath and Jacuzzi!
16. Regrets: Not able to find enough time to go up the bridge linking the Petronas towers.
    
    

When the bus, finally arrived at our drop point, Newton Circus, some of us went to have dinner at the "rip-off" of Chomp Chomp. One of the guys pointed out that he saw a lorry behind our bus on the road shoulder stopping to help(that could be one of the reason why the bus didn't bother to help). He also said he saw the 2 passengers look okay, except that there was smoke coming out from the "wreckage", I was relived to hear that, important thing is let's hope he's right...
 
Well, I suppose that's it. Overall, The trip was great, the concert was awesome(much muchie better than they sound in the CD). And the long bus journey? Hey, it's free! Not complaining!



Caught i,Robot on wednesday, really good show, worth watching, a 3.8 out of 5 robots show!
 
PS: Don't wanna go into what CRAP taste like...
 
JH Out!~

Maybe I thank god too fast...
Maybe I may have been too greedy...
Maybe I expect too much...
 
Anyways, this weekend wasn't how I expected to be spent... and furthermore after this weekend it means I'm left with 4 more weekends before enlistment.  The bright side of today however is my best friend spend the day with me wandering around town until he was called back from standby duty to rehearse for the gun salute for this poor soldier from Orion Coy who died via Viral Infection...
 
So Lee Hisen Loong is taking over as of 12th August, will there be better days to come I can only hope so.  After all the fuss he has created in China by visiting Taiwan or Rebublic of China as Taiwan is so affectionately known to the higher authorities here. Oh well, all the best Mr Lee.
 
On a different note, I'm heading off to KL in about 8 hours time. Seeya guys!
 
PS: Looks like nigel server is coming back up!
 
Peter OUT!

MTV called me up yesterday evening, apparently I was shortlisted as one of the winners to win a roadtrip to KL to see The Rasmus Live! I was told i had cleared round 1 by being available to travel from 18th till 20th july and having a valid passport. The 2nd round however, i answered all questions regarding to the Rasmus wrongly. Kept mixing them up with Keane. Anywayz, MTV called me back after about 20 mins and informed me that I was chosen to go(i guess just being available to travel from18th-20th wins) but told me to read up more about the Rasmus. Hahaha, I agreed of course. I mean it's like a free trip to begin with. Not to mention free lodging at possibly a good hotel.
 
A few days ago, I was still complaining that I have absolutely nothing to do... Well, looks like I have plans for up till tuesday for now! Really gotta thank god for that!
 
Went for the briefing today, schedule was to leave on sunday morning check in the Hotel Renaissance KL in the evening and then meet and greet The Rasmus. Next I am basically free till the next day evening unless MTV decides to make use of me to show how "fanatic" i am towards the Rasmus in the late afternoon. Anyhoo, The concert will not begin until 11pm at night... and we are supposed to be at the venue Hard Rock Cafe KL at 9pm.. how nice...
 
A little bit of digression here, watched King Arthur today, it's a watchable show, only that it is totally different from the fairy tales, well they said it's the True Story as towards how the fairy tale came about. I shall give this movie a 3.5 out 5 knights on my scale. Definetly not for girls looking for Knights in Shining armour kind-of-show.
 
Ooh ya, back from the digression, I have decided to bring Nigel with me, well, cause I kinda owe him for being such a good friend and also being the safety net of my job and besides he used to ask me along to MTV Asia Awards! Well, the true reason why I have to find a guy to go with me? No girlfriend. There you go, You got it right from the horse's mouth. # insert cheers and sarcasim here #
 
Got my belated birthday gift from weiliang and the gang, Levi's jeans, basically just go and try one and grab. Haha. Oooh, am now officially a Levi's Club member and just for this month, if you want to buy any stuffs from Levi's, Contact me! I got 25% discount off on regular items since it's my birthday month!!!
 
It has been quite a good few days I spent since my last "complaint", and somehow my prayers was answered! Alrighty after this weekend, i'm left with 4 weekends left till NS. Hopefully it will be equally fun!
 
PS: The Rasmus is from Finland formed 10 years ago.
PPS: In the shadows & First day of my life are well-known singles played on Perfect 10 recently, these singles are from the album Dead Letters which was the key factor in propelling them to International Stardom.
PPPS: Just in case you were as clueless as me when I was asked some of the questions by MTV!(Puns Intended)
 
Peter OUT!

Woke up today @ about 10am and realise i have absolutely nothing to do! I woke up and realise that for the first time in my life, I woke up and had no plans or whatsoever #insert obvious joke here#, so that's what most of my friends are doing while awaiting enlistment I think...

Anywayz, these are the things i did, watch 2nd half of Copa America and saw argentina beat uruguay 4-2, read two more chapters of Purpose Driven Life (although it's recommended to read a chapter a day but I am running out of time before enlistment), cooked Indome Mee goreng(YUMMY!), went to bukit merah central to replenish my supply of green tea at home. Luckily for me, NTUC has offer for the Green Tea. Oh yeah, the real reason i went to bukit merah central was to get a replacement bulb for the refrigerator at home. So replenishing the green tea was just a bonus, I mean it would really look stupid if I had actually took a 2 bus stops to bukit merah central and just get a mini light bulb for the fridge that cost only a $...

Wait a minute, did I mention that today is wednesday! Hooray! Means new issue of 8 Days! Yup, definitely got one of those! And new Movie, King Arthur, the reviews so far I have heard ain't that good for the storyline but did mention a strong cast. Well, guess it shall be my movie of the week.

Wednesday also means mid-week based on my working experience! In layman terms, the terminology for mid-week means mondays and tuesday are over and u can look forward to a better thursdays and fridays and then the weekends!

Surf the news on the web, entertainment and current and sports. Before I know it, it's dinnertime, went up to my grandparents place to arrange the dining table because my sis's boyfriend mark is coming over for dinner. However due to his far workplace which is @ a certain bukit gombak air base, he arrive kinda late, around 8pm... well, don't get me wrong, I ain't blaming him, just blogging. Tsk! Tsk!

I sure hope that i have something planned this weekend, I don't want to wake up on a weekend and spend a day like today, but first, let's hope I get past the boredom of tomorrow!

Peter OUT!

Yupz, I guess this shall be my temporary residing area for my blog.
I started day 1 of not working today. That's right, I have officially left Matsushita Avionics Systems and therefore am in no way affilated to the company.

Also today means 35 more days before I go do my duty as a Singaporean male.

Had my 21st Birthday not too long ago, that means I woudn't get any blanket party during my BMT period. Well, not that I'm hoping to get any. Haha.

Argh, I really would love Nigel's server to be up ASAP... Apparently, it's going thru OS upgrading...

Peter OUT!

By Susan Fishman

It’s hard to resist that sexy – almost cocky – confidence, the shameless flirting, the reckless – perhaps even dangerous – behavior. The "bad boy."

Why is he so damn attractive? And why do so many women get snarled in the pattern of bad boy after bad boy after bad boy? Psychologists would have a field day with that one, but in the interest of space, let’s focus on the alternative. The nice guy. Why is he so unattractive to so many of us? Perhaps he’s not enough of a challenge. Or maybe his polite, tentative demeanor just doesn’t twirl your skirt up. Or maybe it’s exciting to have someone play with your feelings like a cat on a bungee cord.

But how deep have you really delved into this other class of the male species? If you immediately rule out the guy who actually calls you back when he says he’s going to, you’re doing yourself a great disservice. Many times, those types of guys have a cool, confident vibe bubbling underneath the surface, they just need to get past that initial awkward stage of dating to let it out. Even better, you might come to find the warm, passionate sincerity of a nice guy sexy in and of itself.

Take my friend, Bo, who was never particularly popular with the ladies in high school or even college. After college, Bo joined a band and, suddenly, girls were asking about the hot bass player. Still a nice guy, mind you, and never indulging in the attitude that comes with being a "rock star." Bo was suddenly quite a catch. He and his band mates (ALL very nice guys) who had always competed with the "bad boys" for dates finally had the last laugh. "Look who the chicks want now, dude!" And how lucky is his wife? She’s married to a thoughtful, sensitive man who’s a sexy, successful musician AND a great cook! It doesn’t get much better than that.

Moral of the story? Taking the step toward nice doesn’t mean you have to compromise. If you think dating a nice guy means dating a nerd, then chances are that’s what you’ll find in any man who shows you the slightest hint of decency. But if you change your way of thinking and believe that you can find a man who’s not only kind, but cool and gorgeous to boot, then chances are you’ll give that kind of man the benefit of the doubt when you meet him. Remember, nice may seem boring at the start, but the real, lasting attraction usually comes from something deeper anyway. And wouldn’t you rather have a lifetime of nice than a history of bad?

I guess the main purpose is to encourage nice guys to stay the same...