End Of Year 2008

Today is the last day of 2008, marks an end and a new beginning for most pple. Seems like just another day to me except maybe I am trying to force myself to complete some stuff/tasks tat I have dragged unnecessarily throughout the year.

For work, I tried to clear my boss' old case files today. We got early dismissal at 2pm but I stayed all the way till 5pm plus, but instead of clearing all the files, I end up preparing the materials for a hearing on Friday and itemizing the outstanding work list so tat I dun forget them after the holiday.

For home, spring cleaning is still on my mind but the motion of clearing my room is put on hold since Christmas. Wat with all the gatherings and dinners, its rather hard to get back on schedule.
Now for my blog...it weighs heavily on my mind tat I got lots of pictures and some thoughts throughout the year tat I wanted to post on blog but was too lazy to do it.

Decided to accomplish a few posts today....hmm or shld I say tomorrow as well, coz its already 11.50pm! Gosh time flies...

Outstanding posts for 2008 (will do separate posts for these):
1) Vietnam trip (*failed to complete, will 'otang' until next year I guess)
2) Genting trip
3) Christmas 2008
4) Ad-hoc pics (*no loss here, though not posted can always put up these ad-doc pics when free)
5) Jokes

I am not into new year resolutions and dun really relish to thinking back on my accomplishments for the year, so I shall skip all that.

Updates on my office situation:

1) Although we did not get as much bonus as last year but we did get a bit, which is still better than nothing at all. Can tide over the new year ba.

2) New policy imposed - Staff's punctuality at work. We are given a grace timing of 15mins over 2 weeks to come into office late. Thereafter on the 16th min, the late comer is expected to work a 4-hr Saturday shift doing shit work tat the other bosses wants. BACK TO SCHOOL DAYS??? Come on...we're adults -_

3) The public enemy has toned down a little for this festive season. Either he is too happy to make other pple miserable or maybe its becoz of the time when I chided him when he interrupted my conversation with a colleague. I said to him "XXX, can u please dun interrupt...I am talking to YYY, its none of ur business" @_@! - He stopped talking to me for 2 days thereafter, 3rd day bo bian must talk to me becoz of work...but he stopped interrupting and singing for tat 2 days...LOL!

Hoping for a better 2009! Higher pay? Job advancement? More bonus?

I wish... ... ...

Christmas 2008

Christmas this year started early. We had our family Xmas lunch like on 22 December already. This year I got kinda lazy and did not set up the small Xmas tree nor put up any decorations. So, it felt more like a family lunch gathering than Xmas.

But the presents make up for it....look how pretty...one for everyone! ^_^



And thanks to Christina and her recipe, I made stew this year! It was supposed to be Hog Stew but by the time she brought me grocery shopping at Carrefour, their hogs were sold out. So I made do and did Sausage Stew instead. Yummy still!

Improvised Sausage Stew


Other dishes that were prepared by both my mum and me were (clockwise from top-left) : Chicken, Samosa, Roasted Garlic, Fried Spring Rolls, Ham and Fried Sotong Balls. My bro cooked the main dish of Seafood Cabonara Spaghetti (I forgot to take a pic of it) and it taste really good.




Roasted Garlic (also taught by Christina...a pity the top of the garlic turned out a bit more burnt than the middle cooked)



Mango with Prawn Skewer



A nice simple lunch and then we played Wii which my bro just bought for family entertainment. Just a simple game of Wii Sports had our family laughing and bowling over.


Charmaine doing a fake smile



Everyone getting excited over a game of bowling....hmmm, maybe except for Ray coz he doesnt really get the game.




Have to brag about this - Charmaine can bowl on Wii really well. She is the BEST in the family and got a high score of 230+. She got a record of hitting 6 STRIKES in a row! Very scary lor....the best I did was a Turkey. T_T

Charmaine in action



My cousin Yanling trying to grasp the game



My other cousin LiangSheng at the game too.



Glad that this Christmas went well...food is good (thanks to Christina again!) and we had fun...marks a good ending for the year.

Genting 25-28 Oct 2008

My family trip to Genting in October 2008 (25 to 28 Oct 2008).


Other than the fact that my 2nd bro got sick and couldnt make it for the trip and that my nephew Ray had fever before and during the trip thus making him grouchy, the trip went alright.


Its one of those family bonding trips which does a lot of good for families who have been too busy with their individual daily lives that they omitted to bond with each other. The ultimate reward from the trip is tat my niece Charmaine now LOVES me ^_^ . When asked if she likes "叔叔" or "姑姑", at least now she answers "姑姑"!


There is no order in the following photos. We took so many photos that I just selected some nice ones and captioned them below.

Indoor Theme Park

Family Photos @ Mushroom Garden (minus my 2nd bro & me, I took the pic ma)

A Close Up Family Photo

My Bro's Family Photo - Sweet!

Ray driving? Scary...

Doting Grandparents or just Holiday Gamblers?

Finally a lovely pic with Grandpa :)

Charmaine & Grandparents

Like Father, Like Son

Let me down!

Saying 'Hi' to the next cabin on the Outdoor Ferris Wheel

'Hi' back ^_^

In the Caterpillar Monorail 1

In the Caterpillar Monorail 2

Indoor Mini-Train Ride

'Purple Lollipop'? Yummy?

Kim and Me, ready to try the cool rides

A very S-l-o-w Outdoor Train Ride

Train Entourage

Elephant, Charmaine & Me



The Grouchy Boy only allowed me to carry him a few times through the whole trip

Flying Elephant Ride with Charmaine

Beginning of a ride, 2 Cheerful Kids

Disagreement brewing between siblings

Sibling fight started and Grouchy Boy started crying again



Playing with Charmaine while waiting in queue for ride

Would love another holiday with them but must gear up before going coz need a lot of energy around those 2 kids.

Jokes 笑话

谁是牛奶的妈妈？

暗示是一样饮料，饮料名称四个字。


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答案："花"生牛奶

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叉烧包和馒头是好朋友。

有一天，他们俩一起去河边游玩。 叉烧包提议去划船看风景，于是他们租了一艘小船然后开始划船。

突然，有一阵大浪冲向他们的船。 一个不小心，叉烧包跌下水里淹死了。

然而，身为好朋友的馒头却没有任何反应。

他没哭也显得不伤心， 这是为什么呢？


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答案：因为馒头是没有“FEELING” 的。


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小鸡，小猪和小狗是好朋友。 有一天，他们在一起吸白粉。 忽然间，警察来了。

请问谁最会藏白粉？


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答案：小猪 。。。猪肠（藏）粉


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麒麟在雪山。

猜三个字。


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答案：冰淇淋（麒麟）


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两只麒麟在雪山。

猜三个字。


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答案: 双淇淋（麒麟）


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两个男孩同时掉下井里

一个叫小明

请问另一个叫什么？


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答案： 救命


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请问超人为什么穿小号的衣服？


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答案： 因为超人是穿 "S" size 的衣服


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和尚梳头发

请猜一个国家


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答案： 苏格兰 （梳个"lan")


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Complicated Human Relations

Sigh, this is the 2nd time I am typing this post as the previous one was unsaved and someone turned off the internet connection while I was in the heated midst of typing the post. Arghh....now gotta organize my thoughts all over again.

Well, firstly I am extremely tired right now after being out at a fren's housewarming from 12noon to 10pm eating, drinking, gossiping and bitching excessively and then returned home to continue my online gaming on Shaiya for 5 hrs. So, I will get straight to my point.

There has been quite a bit of unrest in my office lately and though we know wat and who is the cause of it, we have yet to find a solution. Its amazing how a person can annoy and be hated by so many at the same time that there is probably lots of truth in the reasons why this person has now become the "Public Enemy" in my office.

Reasons why this person is the "Public Enemy":

Disclaimer:
If you happen to know the person I am describing below, please do not be offended or upset by my post, you are abosolutely entitled to your own views and opinions as I am.
If you happen to be the person I am describing below, its high time you wake up to your sense and reflect on your behaviour.
If you disagree with all my reasons below and think that this person should not be hated by everyone and become a public enemy, I think you are probably not very well liked by those around you as well and maybe you did not even realised it coz your skin is too thick.

1. He has an attitude problem (eg. he believes that when the staff hates him, it means he is successful in the things he does and implements)

2. He is snobbish (ie. he only looks up to pple who holds a higher position in the office)

3. He is a bootlicker who agrees with watever the bosses say (eg. he thinks that if the bosses give staff 1/2 day off for holiday eve or when bosses treat staff to a meal, staff should be appreciative and remember their generosity and all the dishes that they have eaten) - SIAO!

4. He talks in a condescending way

5. He is a show off (eg. he tells pple abt his BOSE home theatre system and his big studded diamond earrings...OMG, so Gay!)

6. He takes credit for work done through acquiring other pple's help

7. He is unfair (eg. he got bosses to approve implementing a policy that penalizes every staff in the office when only a few of the staff are regular offenders of coming to office late in the moring)

8. He makes inappriopriate jokes (ie. yellow, dirty jokes)

9. He is a greedy glutton (eg. keeps taking and asking for pple's food but he does not return favours; keeps saying that he is hungry when he himself chose not to have his lunch.....a Scrooge as well?)

10. He is a racist (its not very obvious but he does seems to have something against the non-Chinese here)

11. He interrupts other pple's conversation (even when its abt work and has no relation to him AT ALL)

12. He eavesdrop on other pple's conversation (eg. by pretending to hover near the spot of conversation, hiding in a dark room while listening to conversations in the other room, eavesdrop when others talk on their phone)

13. He thinks he is always right and becomes very defensive when you challenge his decision/work/ideas/ways

14. He doesnt cover his mouth when he cough and sneeze, spreading germs everywhere

15. He SINGS...(杀了我吧! I gotta listen to him sing ALL the time...its annoying, distracting and totally unenjoyable...even after I make sarcastic remarks and cleared my throat everytime he start singing, his singing persists)

There are probably more reasons but my mind is not working well after 1 1/2 hrs of blogging, so dear frens, if u know who I am talking abt and wana give some inputs, feel free to let me know.

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On a separate note, i was just browsing through some frens' homepages on Friendster and suddenly realised that at least 2 of them had gone from a "In a Relationship" status to a "Its Complicated" status. I also remember another fren of mine told me some time ago that his is an "Open" relationship.

Erm, is relationship that complicated? Either u're together or u're not.

And, wats tat abt a relationship being "Open"? My fren said it means he has a girlfriend but both he and his GF are open to meeting other guys and girls....@_@

Aiyo...so chim de....haiz...stay single lah...easier....

-_lll

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