I fought the law and the.... law won!!!

Breakin' rocks in the ... hot sun
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I needed money, 'cause I ... had none
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won

I left my baby and I feel so bad
I guess my race is run
Well, she's the best girl ... I've ever had
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won

Robbin' people with a . . . SIX gun
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won

I miss my baby and the ... good fun
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won

I left my baby and I feel so bad
I guess my race is run
But, she's the best girl ... I've ever had
I Fought the Law and the ... law won
I Fought the Law and the ... law won

I swear, this is such a kewl song! =D

weeeeekenddd.... i stiiillll lauuuggghhhhh uuuu!!!

Nah the only thing I love right now is dollar signs and my guitar! The best news that made my week, my long-awaited white beauty is finally in Singapore! Yea, and the second good news is the final price is the expected $1200 -odd before discount, which means I'm not short by a lot. Ok actually it's quite a lot, but I can manage that amount. The bad part is because of some very complicated transfers involved to bring the item in, the guy said he had to wait until next week to bring it down to his shop from wherever they keep it, and another few days to handle the paperwork before I can finally test it out and bring it home. Which means I have a few more days to wait. Well, at least now I know where and what exactly is happening to it so I can't complain.

To the Yamaha salesman, thanks a lot! I know I've been pretty irritating asking about the guitar these few weeks and stuff, but yea.

Anyhow there are really some things I can't fathom. The band kinda disbanded in the space of 30 seconds. Ah well, better than dragging such things along. But I've made other plans yea, and being put in a really tough spot doesn't help me one bit.

Either way, my contract at that god-forsaken call centre should have already ended but that fat bitch reminded us of our "Obligation" to finish the project, making us stay on till Tuesday at least. I don't mind, cause that's an extra 100 bucks for my paycheck, and I'm still looking for other jobs anyway. I applied for relief teaching so if I get it i'll really be quite happy, cause there shouldn't be any complications working for MOE, right? And they blatantly had a column "For student pass holders" so I guess I'm not ineligible.

Talking about ineligibility, I am rather depressed from my online job search... my most preferred job would be as a graphics designer, but even those temp positions for graphic designers insist that you have a degree or diploma in graphics design, and to make sure you're not some fucker with a bit of photoshop knowledge. Well, as of now the only cert I have is O levels, so I can kiss my employment chances there goodbye...

Also many jobs say for Singapore or PR only. Like makes me so lonely yaknow. Just cause some loser who can't find a job loses his job to a more skilled foreigner doesn't give him the right to deprive someone more suited for the job a chance. But fuck it, it's not my country anyway. Hence it is triple difficult for me to find a job in SG at least until I am halfway through University and interning somewhere, thereafter getting a work permit and slogging here for a few years.

Or of course, my other plans might just take off and we go touring =D

Right, feet on the ground.

Work tommorow, that's not too important. Arsenal Manyoo is more important. To say the truth I was extremely elated to see Chelsea play like a mid-table team against Liverpool, who incidentally -ahem- got trashed by Arsenal Reserves at Anfield. So I guess that's a positive for Arsenal and the rest of the league yeah? If there's a better time to beat Chelsea, now's the best time.

Hm, someone suggests that I open my own freelance graphic design service and undercut every other fucker in the business. What say everyone?

Hundred plus phone calls

That's how many phone calls I make a day, on average. If only I could make all those calls to my friends instead, that's how bored I am during the job... I am currently working in this telemarketing company as a temporary agent, and this particular assignment requires me to call people for this company called Symantec... It's a very boring narration but I thought I'd just give it a mention, yeah.

So I started work like last Wednesday, and went for a 1-day training session, and got paid about 30 bucks for 1 day of slacking. Thursday was my first full day, took a half day on Friday and worked the full day today. Dunch know how much that amounts to... about 190 I think, minus lunch expenses and travel fare, about 170? Anyways, it was an interesting job for the first hour of Thursday, after that it becomes so repetitive I usually close my eyes and rattle on whenever a call gets connected. And it gets even more boring because the chances of a person who picks up answering your question is about 10% only.

Number #1 cause of rejection is either he/she is busy at the moment, he/she is not in the office or there is no such person.

Number #2 cause of rejection is simply the wrong number/number not available/not interested

Number #3 cause of rejection is the most irritating one, which is answering the questions halfway when the person decides he/she isn't comfortable with telling a stranger about "intimately confidential details" such as my servers run on Microsoft Windows XP.

When #3 happens usually I'd curse some vulgarity when the phone is put down and complain to my next desk people...

And so, the max successful calls I ever made was today, with 39 calls, only behind one guy called Jacob who got 46. The quota per day --> 60. A number set by the fat obnoxious bitch of our project leader who simply divides the number of contacts left altogether by the number of agents. And she proclaims she can easily reach 35 calls in half a day so 60 should not be a problem.

Of course cause we are so shorthanded today she happily goes to call people. And she only managed 8 calls by the half-day mark.

I know I am boring people, but thats how work really is. Yea, and unless people want to know about how I spent my day sleeping, the only thing more interesting I can imagine posting is this:
THE GUITAR I ORDERED!

Damn those people at Yamaha, the guitar has been delayed for quite some time, and it won't be ready anytime soon......

Anyway I imagine I'd be pretty happy with the guitar cause Fernandes made it, and Fernandes is a pretty well-known niche brand for excellent sounding guitars, and the fact that they HAD to make it for me makes it even more special.

Yea. Next time/

two thousand and seven!

Within the blink of an eye 2006 is also over, as I remember it was being touted as THE dreaded year for us, with the A levels and some irritating SC projects to plan and undergo.

Review of 2006:
Despite all the negative things that happened, well 2006 was really an enriching year for me, particularly the experience of handling events and people in SC, which I am finding to be very useful when dealing with assholes and scumbags. Now I find that the meticulous detail that we plan our events for actually makes us better employees, because unlike others we scrutinize detail and hence produce better work, which endear us to our employers and secures us some pretty decent pay. Yea, whatever.

Anyway, it's time for the new year resolution(s). I have never ever made a resolution on new year and got it done with, and I don't think 2007 will be different. But I'll just say it anyways.

1. Have a fruitful 7-month break: Since I don't have to go to the army as all the other guys have to, this 7 month break before University life should not be wasted. Hence my plan is to find work for the first 2 or 3 months and then go on trips somewhere with a couple of friends.
2. Save enough money to buy a bass guitar, another guitar and effects: I think bass is really fun to play and lots easier than playing guitar. Hence I shall buy a bass guitar (very possible cause I just want a cheap one). The part about another guitar is just pure speculation, cause I suppose I would be very happy with my Burny Guitar, which is finally coming after all those waiting.
   
3. Go for singing lessons: Don't laugh, I think I might enjoy such lessons.
   
4. Work at at least 3 different places and environments: To open my eyes to more environments, know more people and update my views on life. Also to train a poker face which I can use to deal with assholes and hypocrites in future.
   
5. Quit being second fiddle-ed: I'm better, so don't try to put me down cause you're crap.
6. Be nice to people who are truly nice to me: I'm a skeptic at heart, so this will be hard. But I'm sure it'd be possible.
   
7. Be more appreciative of what I have: Many people are less fortunate, so I want to be appreciative of what I have (it's true ok , I'm not even complaining about my shit-broken laptop)
8. Deal with my A's outcome no matter what happens: Although I'm pretty upbeat about my scores there's that tingling feeling about my exams. So it'd be great if I could handle whatever comes out of it.
9. Meet up with old friends as often as possible: Singapore is damn small but let's not let friendships rot into acquaintances.
   

And I guess that's that for my expectations of 2007. The best part is, of course, as per every new year resolution, the odds of actually completing them are very low. But I'll try cause I have set really easy and achievable resolutions and not things like meeting Thierry Henry and being hunk of the year. But of course, any of the above 8 resolutions indeed make more sense than the last two.

2007 can also be a bad year!

10 grouses about 2007:

1. Adult fare: grrr........ forgot to tap my EZ-link once already. That's a freaking $1.90
2. Big fat obnoxious bitches as my superviso: What can be worse? But at least it's an experience...
3. Male coursemates who would be 2 years older: when I get to university it's gonna be damn awkward.
4. Everyone else going into the army: I'd feel sooooo alone. * sobs *
5. After these seven months of no-school, there will be no other long breaks in life before we step out into society.
6. With no canteen food to speak about, lunch and other expenditures will increase by a few hundred percent this year. Refer to adult fare.
7. Arsenal isn't gonna win the league. DAMN.
8. I'm actually backing Man Utd to win the league. WTF.

Ah, anyways, to all who still bother to read this blog, have a good year ahead, sincerely, from the bottom of this heart. Yea.

high-tech earthquake

It dawned on me just how over-reliant we are on technology. Always taking my broadband internet connection for granted, everytime I load a web page anything above 3o seconds of loading time and I usually close the browser. So imagine my trauma when my youtube drama serial did not load after I left it there for an hour. I swear I went to check my phonebook for Singnet's number to complain and threaten to switch back to SCV. Life was hell, rotting at home, no job, no youtube, basically unable to access most websites other than Football365.com.

Even football can get boring sometimes. Cue: Liverpool, Chelsea, and anyone playing in Italy.

Anyway, I thought Singnet screwed up big time, letting a precious customer like me get pissed at my internet connection. Well, it turned out that the cause of this sluggish internet connection was due to some earthquake destroying undersea cables through which we are able to access the internet at very high speeds. And apparently it will take between a few days to a few weeks to get it fully operational.

So the point is, life is really so unpredictable, and so is technology. Even the fastest computers have one very big weak point, that is they rely on electricity and other computers to make them relevant. Imagine if you are the only person in this world with a PC. All you can do with it is to chat to yourself, because there is no way to interact with others. Indeed a far cry from what we use the internet for nowadays.

DISCLAIMER: I'm really writing this cause I am god damn bored. My sis could watch her favourite dramas on youtube, but mine just can't seem to load! Sobs.

And I realised, the really ground breaking rock bands do not rely on over-complicated riffs but simple but very nice ones, like ACDC, most of their songs are really simple to play (no, I'm not talking about the guitar solos, as far as I'm concerned Agnus Young is a bit crazy)

i need a loan!

AH! are there any kind souls out there who are willing to loan me about 500-600 dollars? I will confirm pay back one, as people who know me will testify. And with interest, 10% means I will return 550 within three months of the loan...

Partly thanks to the delay in being able to get a job, since its so near the festive season and new year already guess they would wait until new year then will think about hiring. However I think I spent a bit too much these few months, end up not saving much money and spending a lot, so now I need about that amount to pay for my Burny guitar! Like shit... and my mum will kill me since its about 500 dollars difference, and initially she already sponsor quite a lot.

Please contact me if anyone is interested.... thanks!

Kurenai

Whoa, those idol dramas can be addictive. Now before some losers start raising their fingers to point at me and say "eek, gay...", let me clarify that watching such shows are not acts of deviant sexuality. To actually associate an innocuous teen drama about puppy love, high-school relationships, the up-and-downs of love, et cetera, with the notion of homosexuality is just absurd. Find me a connection between the two please.

Anyway, been watching this Taiwanese drama called"it started with a kiss" alternatively titled "smth-smth-smth-smth" in Chinese. I think the lead female actress is damn cute, whatshername.. Ariel Lin, I think. Never mind that I'm 18 and some guys feel that boys should never watch idol dramas. I don't give a damn about what they think anyway. It's quite a good show, with laughs in every episode and sad turns here and there, which ultimately ends with a happy ending as per requirements. They say there's a sequel, which I think would really suck, because there's really no story if the lead characters already got married in the last episode... Won't spoil more of the story, in case you peeps wanna watch here's the link to the playlist on youtube.

I'm still waiting for replies from my job applications. Maybe they're not interested in replying, then I'd have to wait for the next project that telemarketer firm is getting. I need some work to do.

And I can play Kurenai guitar solo now. Hahahahahahaha. Dang, I rawk.

I feel like changing my blogskin.... like AGAIN. I think i change blogskins faster than I change my bag (which happens once in three or four years) and I'm running out of ideas with which to design a new blogskin with. Hmm.

$$$$$$ If anyone wants custom blogskins you can contact me with the theme you have in mind. Prices range from *FREE* to $200 depending on how happy I am with you. Assholes need not enquire. $$$$$$

Talk about business mindedness. Ha.

whoa..

Prom pics! (part of)














with alan and des














band pic outside mandarin ballroom














band pic in the room














class photo














i think this is cage starting... haha. Not bad, not bad

the biggest problem was that the camera i borrowed from my sis was FAULTY! should not have trusted her way of dealing with her stuff, everything she owns for two years will break down for sure: laptop, handphone, camera, digicam... boyfriend. haha. Never mind, means most of the pics is taken with other people cameras, so i'd be waiting patiently for them to send me (which will take another eternity)

big thanks to flora aileen hwee miang wenxin mandy that *whateveruarecalled* gang for helping us to take pics and vid, and also for being the only group that watched our whole performance

NEVER again will we perform for AJ

clanger

What a shame, AJ really doesn't have a thing for live bands. But it was fun still though, and generally we all learnt smth, including the external band, that never turn up for another AJ gig even if they invite you with the red carpet.

It was FUCKING RUDE to just file out of the room halfway through the external band's performance. And also FUCKING RUDE for that idiot to grab the mike from the singer telling the audience to go club instead of staying to listen. And it's FUCKING RUDE to send in the hotel staff to clear up the room while they were still performing.

We didn't do as well as we'd have liked, off beat, off tune, no mood at all. How to have mood when you are being ignored by everyone off stage? Guess it's ok, look at the first para. Never again.

Yea. Otherwise prom was rather fun. Food was bad, i swear hawker fare is better. And I really paid the tix for nothing, cause nobody bothered to check our tickets. Kudos to the emcees for trying very hard to make it fun for everyone. And I don't know how redemption did, but bubble-gum bands aren't really my cup of tea. The external band was really good, as those who stayed to watch can testify.

The night after was okay. Didn't go to that club thing cause those places really don't suit me. Not too bad, except that i was forced to watch a ManYoo match which of course really pains my heart, seeing them win.

The hotel room was pretty expensive, but I guess we are lucky we got one.... never mind.

I'm really broke, I need to work, SOON.

I really thought you looked good, I couldn't figure out what to say to you.

thriller

Hmm. Prom.

Still in suspense eh? I like.

Watch this space!!!