Why does people get on my nerves recently?

first was my sister, a wk or two ago... then was another person at work. now my boss.... sigh...

is it me or is it them?

MSN nick says: frustrating to work wif unreasonable boss. trying to discuss wif a smiling face means arguing to her? WTH

shall explain more later. now trying to enjoy some peace during a packed lunch session wif me and myself....

Opps...I did it again....!! Another Quizilla test... :þ

You are the Spirit of Love. You think around
romance and are extremely compassionate.
Whenever you want something you can get it due
to your fiery passion. You can make friends
quite easily, because peopole are attracted to
your obvious good nature. You will have no
trouble in finding a life partner and will be
very happy.

Which stunning spirit of emotion are you? NEW AND IMPROVED! (amazingly beautiful anime pics!)
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What kind of Guy Am I attracted to?

You like the prince charming type.



What kind of guy are you most attracted to? (CUTE anime pics)
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I'm sure some of my friends would be interested to do this test too...rather pretty pictures they have... for one, i tink niqin and amelia might go get theirs...

I never know i like prince charming types... *still have my head in they clouds of fairy tales perhaps...* haha...

*Added after my blind fren asked for the link...* find the quiz named 'what kind of guy am I attracted to?'

生气，就是拿别人的过错来惩罚自己。

This morning i was totally pissed by someone very inconsiderate...nearly exploded...had never felt like exploding before...

Had planned to wake up earlier to wash my hair cuz i was going out after work today...wanna make my hair look better than its usual dead self... One of my sister, 3rd one for those who know i have got 3 sisters in all, had been staying at my plc recently. Because she's also working and wakes up at almost the same time as me, I had told her I would be waking up at ard 7am cuz i need to wash my hair before going to work today... *how i wish i was back to having my own flat to myself...then i didn't hv to inform anyone....* And she said with certainty that it wldn't be a problem since she was going to wake up at 6plus to do her stuff and will go off to work earlier... So i went off to slp after tt...

This morning...ard 7.05am...i got out of bed....and....am i hearing things? Is there someone bathing early in the morning...at 7plus am? Sigh...Haven't I told her exactly wat time i need to use the bathroom...? Well...i tot to myself, anyway I have to brush teeth and cleanse face first...so will do those first...and hope she'll be out by the time i finish... While i was brushing and all...i cld hear that she wasn't done yet...tink i heard clicking sounds of opening and closing bottle caps..not juz 1...and when i was done brushing and washing...at least 10 mins later...She's still inside...

I was getting impatient...I had oredi told her tt i need the bathroom wat. So i asked her in a very irritated tone "Are you done?" She kept quiet. *I tink i'm too nice* Tinking that maybe she din hear..and deciding to juz give her abit more time, i went off to my room to see if thr's anything else i cld do first before bathing... i was choosing clothes to wear but mindful of the time... it was getting late... *for those who know me, i take company transport and these people do not wait for anyone, if i missed it, i would definitely hv to take a cab, or else i'll be late....* I cldn't concentrate on the clothes...by then i was fuming..it was nearly 7.20am when i went to ask her again...if she's done.... And guess wat i heard? She said she was finishing LAH and y my tone so rude...tok to her like tt.... WTH!!! If i do swear....i wld hv done tt thr and then!

Now now...who's occupying the bathroom when you know someone else needs it? Who's keeping quiet when asked a question? Who's screaming out at the innocent victim involved in the above incident...? Now...tell me who's ruder...? if i am supposed to be rude... @#$#%#$%#

There i was...cldn't take it anymore....started screaming at the bathroom door as well....tt i had oredi told her i needed to use the bathroom....that i take the company transport...that if i'm late, i need to take cab....is she gg to pay? At least those were facts... I din catch anything she screamed...but dun tink they made any sense....cuz she's obviously in the wrong...and so damn inconsiderate... Then i went back to my room to cool down while she was still screaming out there. i cldn't be bothered. i had more impt things to tink abt, like how am i gg to get my bath and subsequently get to my transport in time... Then i decided to get my stuff out from the bathroom that she's using and use another bathroom in my house. I asked her to pass me my stuff....then she told her she was finishing.... freaking idiot!

I stormed into the bathroom after she came out...din even feel like looking at her. SO IRRITATED by her...early in the morning.... I was lucky i wasn't late cuz i rushed thru everything else I normally do to prepare for work... But was still mad at her... such behaviour is totally annoying.... who can say it's not?

I mean if i din tell her that i was going to wake up earlier to take a bath but i DEMAND to take over the bathroom the moment i wake up...then i'm in the wrong....

If I had screamed at her the moment i woke up, without giving her some time to realise that 'hey, i tink sister is awake and she needs the bathroom...she told me last nite', then maybe i'm in the wrong...

BUT...*and note that it's a very big BUT* i din do all those things... i told her last nite...i was patient enuff to wait for a while....let her have more time even after she din answer me... and i was screamed at! how idiotic can ppl get...?

Damn mad! In fact, was mad for the whole morning...till i decided to choose to un-mad myself...went to look for this quote i have *used it as the title...* reading it makes me feel slightly better...

Was using it as my msn nick, so that i will see it more... and several people told me they liked it...and copied from me... I'm glad I helped my frens overcome their anger...and of cuz my own as well....

it's true that being angry is actually torturing urself...cuz the stupid idiotic person will never know u were so mad, unless u screamed at him/her but tt might hv helped u let the frustrations out oredi... STILL....we r juz humans...we will get angry first... juz hopefully.....blood pressure won't get too high and blood vessels won't start exploding..... *i can imagine heads popping cuz of anger! So sadistic! :þ*

Actually i was so freaky mad...i really had the feeling i was going to explode... i mean...she was totally in the wrong...and she still has the cheek to scold me for being rude? I shld be nice to her even after all tt she's doing...my god... she's expecting all others to be saint and she's the only devil? pls la... get real..... i tink i was oredi being nice enuff...

I welcome comments....whether it is to present ur views and that u agree i was rude or to blast her wif me.... I cannot stand such irritating freaks who r so idiotically inconsiderate... BAKA desu...!!!

Losing a good journalist...

Janice Wong is leaving ST.... :(

Four Star Boutique hotel in Phuket

My hotel in Phuket..Burasari Resort...was up to my expectations. it's a 4* boutique hotel, near the beach but apparently damage caused by the killer waves were minimal and they were back in operations in Feb. They were lucky. the hotel rite next to them, was in the process of being demolished, guess the owner probably felt tt it's more worthy to rebuild than to repair the damages...

I had asked for a high floor room cuz IF the waves struck again... probably somewhr higher will be safer? tt was wat i tot..but perhaps not so smart... haha... i was at the 4th floor...well...it's not too bad, considering tt it's a pool view room and the pool is nice with waterfalls, so the sound of water can be heard the whole day...quite relaxing... Juz one problem...the lift is under maintenance...i assumed the lift system was damaged by the waves when the whole lobby was flooded...and water prob went into the lift cavity...well....so we had to climb the stairs wif our luggages on the first day...and whenever we came back fr outside, no matter how tired we were... 8 flights of stairs lie between us and our cosy rooms...! :(

The rooms r nice though...it's a bargain at US$39 per room nite. i wld say the rooms r big, and the beds r gigantic! :þ it's bigger than a queen sized cuz it looks like 2 super single joined together. And the bathroom is nice enuff, wif a window tt opens to the room...KINKY! :þ haha...it's a pity i was wif a girl, rather than my sweetheart huh? hahaha...Niqin, no offence! the room juz give me a nice feeling...u can refer to the link below to look at the hotel's website. It's relatively new, so the pics actually shows the real thing. unlike some hotels which have been ard for awhile...sometimes the condition of the rooms have deteriorated...

Service from the staff was ok, nothing much to complain abt. Breakfast was quite nice. Lunch wasn't as good though, so if u gg to this hotel, u shld venture out for other meals...restaurants r easily available juz outside the hotel....at most 5 mins' walk in both directions.

One thing i wasn't so happy abt was...the fact tt i was charged for taking the laundry bag. It's not tt i am cheapskate or wat. I sort of am used to taking the laungry bag for bringing my dirty clothes home. Never have I been charged for any of them before. And i tot it was funny. It's juz a laundry bag but they had to charge it. And it wasn't cheap too. 200 Baht...haha...i'm going to bring it along the next time i go overseas man! juz in case another hotel charges me for taking their landry bag again.... :þ

Guess tt's it for the hotel. Is a hotel which I would recommend for the nice rooms and breakfast.

And the truth abt the place is....there is no ghost...i was there... alrite. no ghost... so those of u who wanna take advantage of the low air travel fares and cheap accomm, do it now. But maybe dun go Patong area. Go Kata. Refer to previous blog.. If u MUST go Patong, the above hotel is nice and they r having some promotions for apr-oct... :)

Weekend Getaway....

was at Phuket over the wkend...the place is not bad...nice beach..hotel i stayed at was nice too. nice room, nice pool, nice food... sun was real damn hot! u cld bake under the sun in 5 mins flat....confirmed! beach is clean, filled wif a row of beach chairs, up for rent at 100baht per pair, comes wif a beach umbrella. sea is so-so. scenery from the beach is nice - clear horizon dotted wif v few small ships/yacht.

however, there were still remnants of wat the people in Phuket would not forget in many years to come - tsunami waves. Patong beach is whr my hotel was located and the area happened to be the worse hit on Phuket Island. even though it's around 2.5 months since the attack of the killer waves, many of the beachfront shops were still under renovation...some look like the owner might hv given up on it, perhaps died in the disaster? it's rather saddening to see some of the sights...and how some people r actually slping by the roadside, outside their stores, we reckon they were made homeless by the waves... Many only had makeshift stores now, since their original storefront probably need a few months to be restored. *this is not cuz they r going to do up their store front elaborately, but cuz they prob dun hv money to do it or tt the people skilled in this area is bz wif bigger clients.*

We saw some shocking pics of the plc after the killer waves had left. I wonder y some people can do things like tt, and if anyone wld actually buy such pics? The one which left a deep impression, is one of the beach, scattered wif dead bodies....it's a wonder i still dared to go to the beach while i was thr... :( There were oso many which showed remains of houses, hotels...I din really take close looks at the pics cuz I prob will get affected by them.

We had planned to IMMERSE in the nightlife on the 2 nights tt we were thr...tt's the whole pt y we chose to stay near Patong. It's famous or rather notorious for the overly vibrant nightlife...agogo bars, discos which stay open till 6am, gay bars, etc... We were utterly disappointed... first nite, went to agogo bars, was ok, hmm....saw some disgusting acts....eye-opening, i guess. But we noticed that thr aren't much crowd even though it was a friday. Next nite, we had planned to chiong. went to several discos, which r supposed to be happening ones as recommended by online guides, but they were almost deserted... v v few people... we almost gave up until we came to one wif slightly more people. Though the music was TOO loud... *my frens said the volume was normal but I din tink so. i cld feel the force of the beats on my hair...tt's too strong! and we cld barely tok in thr...horrible plc. if not for the fact tt we were sort of promised a cabarnet show, we wldn't hv stayed for long.* The manager was from Singapore too. He came to tok to us a few times, telling us how gd the life thr was and he sort of suggested the guys shld go over thr to do some biz. But the music was so loud, i tink all of us prob only caught at most half of wat he said. he was rather frenly.

In spite of such conditions...some sellers there r still reluctant to sell things at cheaper prices. Some even have bad attitude... we were at this store selling board shorts...we had asked for how much...a shocking 500baht caught us by surprise...tt's around S$15...not quite worth it for a pair of fake bilabong ya? we tried to bargain but the seller juz wldn't give a better price and commented tt thr r ppl who wld buy the shorts at tt price. So we juz din buy in the end.. Not so frenly thais huh? Tink the ppl in Phuket r too pampered by the Ang Mohs who frequent the island... :(

Well...i guess tt's all... if u wan to visit Phuket in the near future, aviod Patong. the things thr r the most expensive and the famous night life is nowhere as vibrant as the one illustrated in online Phuket guides. U r better off going to other areas like Kata or Karon with nicer beaches, and Kata is a good choice. consider staying at kata beach resort. From the outside, we were impressed and tot we cld stay thr on our next visit to Phuket if we were to decide to brave the merciless SUN again, tt is.

Till then, the Andaman Seas...

Several comments abt recent news....Tampines suicide

Another piece of sad news... I'm sure i do not have to say more. It is one of the high profile reports this week.

I would say this is a very sad case of extreme addiction which ended in death. The father was deeply in debt due to gambling addiction... I only know this much. Did not really follow all of the reports.

But some other things that I read recently sparked off other tots in my mind. Besides sympathy for the family of 4. Why did this come in the midst of the casino discussion? Seems like some conspiracy...

I have also received some faxes to my office fax machine, from a company called nature's glory which has a net presence. All 17 pages of them. It's about the casino issue entitled 'Casino Mirage'. How it's supposed to be bad and against the will of god. I'm sorry I couldn't share wif u guys the article as it's obviously not available on net, even though the faxes I received suggested that it was printed out as an article on the company's website. Has it been disallowed? Taken off? *anyone interested to take a look, ask me.*

Then came news of how the pastor of the church that the man attended, had helped him with his gambling debts 10 years ago. Hmm...am i too suspicious? I do tink there's smtg going on here...

Seems to me that someone's trying to stop the casino from being built. Perhaps it's really god? Perhaps it's some organisations? I wouldn't know. I'm juz guessing here and there...

However, regarding the casino issue...or gambling addiction, actually any form of addiction for that matter, it's really up to individuals, isn't it?

For example, this man went to Genting to gamble. This shows that if you are addicted, u will go anywhere for that addiction. But if you are juz plain uninterested, even if the casino is built at your doorstep, you wouldn't step in.

Singapore oredi have many illegal gambling dens as shown from past examples of loansharks chasing for debts in housing estates. Is there a casino yet? No. So where did these people go where they lost large sums of money? People will just find alternatives, not stop gambling.

I tink those who are for the casino issue have their point too. It probably will boost tourism which in turns boost employment and earnings for the nation. And if the ills of having the casino are managed well...there shldn't be any problems? Singapore have always been able to control its crime rate... Having this casino probably will put this to the best test.

Everything said, I am not for gambling. In fact, i have every reasons to despise it.

To curb gambling addiction, probably the only way is to seek professional help, as with battling all other addictions. The only problem is most people dunno they have a problem until it is too late.

*confused*

I'm sure our wise govt will know what to do...

They are not leaving the decision to us...anywayz... so what's the fuss? :þ

Casino: To build or not to build?

Several comments abt recent news....Unwed Mother

The story appeared on Today - 9th March 2005. Section - Voices. Title - No home of their own.

Story is about an unwed mother and her 8-month old daughter. About how she was unable to get a flat of her own, unable to rent a low-cost flat...even MPs couldn't help her... *Memories from the show "I do! I do!", I tot MPs will at least help their residents write letters?* In the end, she had no one to turn to as her family had disowned her when she refused to abort her child and the father of her child had refused responsiblity... Now she's living on a $1,200 salary where $450 goes to rent for a room and $400 goes to child's nanny. And there's also the expenses on the child since she's little, the milk, the diapers..? And she'll need to travel to and fro work. No wonder she's skipping meals.

Poor thing... seriously... i wonder how she survives...? Being a mother is already hard enough. Coping with motherhood and taking care of a newborn is tough job... Not to mention that she is not married (the social pressures)...and she's all alone, which means financially, she's in trouble too. There are letters written to Today regarding the article and published today. Some sympathise with her, some sort of implying that she deserves it since she had pre-marital sex, some agrees that Govt prob can't do much, some tink that Govt shld be more flexible... I dunno how she would feel after reading all the letters...

What I tink is... actually i'm rather divided in my view... on one hand, i tink that it's true that you got to bear the consequences of your own actions but on the other hand, this lady is making the right decision of insisting on giving birth to her baby. I mean what's done cannot be undone. It's unfair to the baby if she's not given a chance to come to this world. At least she's brave enuff, strong enuff. Compared to those who aborted or killed their baby upon giving birth....she's admirable.

Some said, to help her is. in a way, encouraging pre-marital sex and single parenthood... What bullshit! U tink if u dun help unwed mothers, young people would not be lured to try the forbidden fruit? I dun tink so. This is more of a result of western culture...a by-product of being an advanced country which is socially open to diff cultures...? I mean...even govt is open to the idea of homosexual oredi rite? Y not single parenthood? Helping existing single parents is different from discouraging pre-marital sex... I admit that in our society, it's still widely preceived that pre-marital sex is wrong. While upholding that, we can't juz leave those single mothers in distress... that's not right too.

I dunno if govt is going to do anything about the matter now that it's on the papers... I tink letting her rent a flat is the least they can do. At least help her tide over the current difficult times... I tink one of the reader who suggest that govt agencies, when they can't provide help within their means, should learn to direct those who need help to those voluntary groups. This is a good idea. At least they wouldn't be pushed to a corner and forced to do things which are drastic. *A random thought juz came to mind. A person might have turn to drastic actions, like committing suicide when in similar situations. But mothers normally do not give up as easily, that's y i tink mothers are admirable. And more so, if she's single. My own tots* Back to the topic, govt officials could have helped and not juz leave them to fight for their own survival. Possibly people would be coming forward with donations and offers to help her out in other ways, such as offering better employment?

However all these said, because this is such a sensitive topic, people might not dare to come forward to help either...

Whatever it is, let's hope all will be well for the mother and child.

And here's the weather forecast...

Realised I haven't posted for so long.. no mood again...

There are blog low times rite? Those times that you dun feel like blogging at all...even though u got loads of time... Well....now is those times actually... I'm sort of forcing myself to write... before i lose all my readers...i bet half of them oredi got bored of waiting....

Anywayz...added a weather forecast to my blog...it's more for my own use...but is oso sort of like a service to my friends...I tink it's useful to know the weather so as to decide wat activities to engage in...and now the weather is rather good...not too sunny, bit cloudy...good for those who dun wan to be roasted under the sun but enjoys outdoor activities...sounds like me.. :þ BUT i'm stuck in office la... :(

oh well...It's ok cuz I'm taking off to Phuket tml morning... The Pearl of the Andaman Seas.. okok....i know i know...dangerous ya? tsunami ya? ghost ya? i dunno...i actually sympathise wif the people there more after reading the appeals in the local papers and on their websites...as in they have taken such a big hit during their peak tourist season and theirs is a tourist island, main economic activity is tourism... I have read so much about them asking tourist to return...i'm willing to take the risk... and on top of that, I have always wanted to go there...planning a trip now is oso economically a wise move since everything is supposedly to be cheaper... So it's sympathy combined with 'cheapskateness' that will bring me to the island tml...

4* hotel for S$62/room nite...that's a bargain! and total travel expenses for flight and accom is S$168 for 2 days 3 nites...nice number huh? haha...not intentional... :þ

Hope that I can actually help to 'save' the economy with some contributions... cheers to vibrant nightlife and cheap shopping at Patong Beach... Swardeeka...