I realised I haven't updated my blog in over a month! Ah well, I can get lazy sometimes =P

Was e-Learning week this week so all of our lectures were webcasted instead. Ironic thing is I had to go to school more times than a normal week. Went to school on Tuesday for Garvin's birthday celebrations and REMA tutorial. Had dinner with Shu Fang. It has been almost a year since I last met her. Was joking to her that the last time I saw her, she was still Miss Liu, now she's Mrs Lim. She's happily married for nearly a year now and I'm really happy for her.

RE Students' Liaison meeting on Wednesday so I had to travel down to school again. Meeting was supposed to last for half hour but dragged on for nearly an hour. Went with Kelly to Funan after that to help her with her lappy searching. Met up with Feilong, Yan Ping, Ting Yu and Xiao Wen for dinner for Long-ge's belated birthday dinner. We're on a no-present year. All of us not buying presents for each other this year. I think it's healthier financially. Went to Zouk after that to mambo the night away. I miss mambo nights. Should do it more often.

Was supposed to head to school again on Thursday evening for an Exco meeting but I skipped it.

Had a meeting with OSA on Friday afternoon and a NUSSU Appreciation Dinner in the evening. Sat next to the Director of OED during the dinner and he mentioned I could intern at OED during the holidays. I thought it was a fantastic idea cause OED needs people trained in Real Estate and I would really like some property management experience. Win-win situation for both parties. Now all I need to consider is the damned clash between my dissertation and Work and Travel 2010. We went for supper at Zion Road after that (couldn't really eat much with all the chatting going on).

Reached home at about 3am and here I am blogging while waiting for GTO to finish loading on Megavideo.com! It looks done right about now so I'm off! Hee.. =D

Blogger Error

I've recently read on so many friend's blogs that they are experiencing problems with Blogger. Most people have problems cause posting new entries cause the page is not loading properly (no Add Image button, etc).

I had the same problem as well and here's the solution. Copy the error and google it. Chances are, someone else is having the same problem as you. I got told the same thing by a friend. So I googled the error and got my solution. I forgot the exact solution already but it involves changing some system settings. Do that and the problem will be gone forever. Hope this helps you peeps who are experiencing the same problem!

On another note, school has started already and I got a 3-day week this semester! Can't believe I'm already year 3. Only 1 and 1/2 years left of school before I gotta go out and actually start working. Mixed feelings here cause school's always better than working but working brings in the dough.

Also, it is time for me to step down from my current position as president of DE Club. I hope more people will step up and run for the mc. It's a good experience and will teach you a lot both about yourself and the people around you.

Well, that's all for now I guess. Will blog again soon!

Boring Singaporeans

Back to my rants and flames again.

I read the Sunday Times article "Burger joint grilled over ad" by Cheryl Tan (Lifestyle section, page 2) with disgust. Not because I thought the advertisement was vomit-inducing but because I find Singaporeans in general are so uptight that it makes me wana puke.

I personally found the advertisement slogan "It'll blow your mind away" (and coupled with the fact that the burger was called the Super Seven Incher) hilarious. I was laughing out loud when I first saw the ad. I thought it was a refreshing change from the usual boring ads and kinda witty cause it made you think to get the joke.

But, of course, Singaporean have to go and complain that the advertisement is "vulgar". Oh like come on! How boring and close-minded can you guys get? Honestly, some of the people in this country are so uninteresting, I can fall asleep talking to them. Singaporeans have absolutely no sense of humour.

When I was in Australia, the university had advertisements for a discount card with the slogan "Your friend with benefits" and it featured a hunky guy or a very pretty girl on the advert. If that advertisement was put up in Singapore, I think the public would go up in arms against the university.

Like I said, it's so hard to find somebody with an open mind and interesting to talk to here in Singapore. Just when a company comes up with an interesting and funny advertisement, you guys gotta go and shoot it down. Shame in you conservative freaks. It's because of people like you that this country is so damn boring.

JTC

I just finished with my internship at JTC Corporation!

Wow, can't believe 9 weeks flew by just like that. I had two supervisors during my time there - Annie and Yan Fen. I was lucky because my supervisors were really caring and treated me well when I was there. I know of some interns whose supervisors don't care about them at all.

And I also met some fabulous people there. Ramon, Ben, Eng Hwa, Cynthia, Annabelle, Ryan, and many others. All of them made my short stay at JTC really enjoyable. I'm gonna miss them all so much.

The best part is, so many of them graduated from SDE Real Estate! And they are all around my age. Annie is just 2 years older and Yan Fen is 1 year older than me and both of them graduated from SDE. Kinda makes me wonder why am I still in school. I should be out there working by now! I keep asking them about SDE and they kept asking me how was the lecturers, etc. It was very interesting to hear all the stories from my seniors.

And of course, how can I not mention the other interns there with me! Ivorie, Angeline, Jessie, Amenda, Brandon and Yu Rong! Man, you guys made my stay there so very very very interesting with all your jokes and outing. I'm gonna miss our hour-long breakfasts haha.. It's been a blast guys! See you in school!

Atrocious..

Check out this article that appeared in straitstimes.com.

President of the Singapore Newspaper Distributors Association says that working from 4.30am to 6.30am is beneficial to people with nine-to-five jobs. Are you kidding me?? So working 13 hour jobs are considered beneficial these days?

That's not all. MP Seng Han Thong can add that "if both husband and wife work, they can earn $1,000". So what the government is backing this rubbish now? And they want both husband and wife to get into the action? What about the kids at home? Lao Lee going to come to my house and take care of them ah?

Let me post a question to these ****heads - What the hell happened to work-life balance?

It seems the Singapore government thinks it is okay to slave its people. Milk the citizens like a cow, suck them dry. Raise the CPF payout age, makes us work 13 (why not just make it 20) hour days. By the time we get our CPF money, we might as well bury ourselves and let the government collect the damned estate fee. Use our CPF money for your "investments" and then raise your own fat pay.

Here's a tip. Why don't the Singapore government stop wasting our money on useless "investments" (which always seem to lose us money) and start paying elderly people instead. We're about the only country in the world which employs our grandparents to work as cleaners at foodcourts! It's a damn shame to see this happening and, worst still, the government freakin' encouraging this sh!t.

Again, think about work-life balance, for goodness' sake.

Open Letter to Temasek Holdings

Dear Temasek Holdings,

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?!?!?

Sincerely,
Eugene

Exams are OVER!!

Wow it's been more than a month since I last updated my blog. In fact I haven't even been checking back here. Apologies all round.

Anyways yes it is the end of my exams already! My exams ended on Tuesday afternoon and, as customary, most of us were at Zouk for Mambo night on Wednesday. We were missing a couple of peeps (read: Caderam) who were still stuck at home because of exams. Don't worry there will always be a next time ya!

I'll be starting internship at JTC on Monday. Can't believe I'll be working for the government. But, ah well, I'm sure it will be a good experience. Was told I'll be posted to the strategic planning department for commercial and industrial developments. Not very sure what my exact job scope is but I guess I'll be finding out on Monday.

Also, here is a little plug for an evangelistic carnival which my mum wanted me to post.

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Singapore Youth For Christ (SYFC) is holding an evangelistic Carnival PLAYMAX next month from June 12-13 (Friday and Saturday). Their target is to have 10,000 youths come to this Carnival where the Gospel will be shared through various activities.

Here is some key information on this Carnival: -

PLAYMAX

12-13 June 2009
Venue: St. Andrew’s Cathedral

They need 2,000 volunteers, young and old, to serve in the various areas in this two-day Carnival.

One area that we are helping to pass the word around is Registration.

About 50 people are needed to help with Registration for the following time-slots: -

(1) Friday morning
(2) Friday afternoon
(3) Saturday morning
(4) Saturday afternoon

The timing for the above time-slots are - morning: 8.30am to 12.30pm and afternoon: 12.30pm to 4.30pm.

You can serve in one or all of the above time-slots.

There will be a briefing/dry run for all volunteers on 16 May from 9am to 12pm at St. Andrew’s Cathedral.

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Also, I've been really addicted to Perfect World International lately! It's an MMORPG and it's (you guessed it, i'm a cheap arse) F2P! You can check out the game here. Perfect World is probably one of the best F2P MMO's you can find out there. It started out as a P2P but then converted to F2P so you know the graphics and details are top-notch. If you're interested in joining, let me refer you please! I'll get a free mount! Haha okay I know I'm starting to sound like a kid here so I'll stop =)

Well till next time then!

Building Castles In The Air

I recently read a quote by Henry David Thoreau which was quite interesting. It goes something like "If you build castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them."

People have always been saying "don't build castles in the air" or the equivalent "stop daydreaming". But not much people have actually told anyone to work on those dreams. Which makes me wonder why. Aren't dreams the precursors of reality? We would not have airplanes today if the Wright brothers did not dream of flying. We would not be travelling in space today if someone did not dream of walking among the stars.

Difference was that these people dared to work on those dreams. They dared to lay the foundations to their castles in the sky. No doubt, many people would have scorned and scoffed at these individuals but they did not let that stop them

I personally have built that castle in the air. I have spent many years building it. This quote by Henry David Thoreau has given me the inspiration and courage to lay the foundations under that dream. I hope that it would do the same for you

On another note, something more finance-based, is another quote: "Obvious prospects for physical growth in a business do not translate into obvious profits for investors." Eg, Airline industry expanded rapidly in the 1970's but this did not translate to additional profits. This is just something I wanted to put down here to remind myself

PS. Referencing the two quotes, you should be able to find out which book I am currently reading. =)