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It's over.

I can finally leave NTU and no longer feel the weight of trying to pull my pathetic grades up. I really hope my "efforts" the semester will show, at least show me the 2nd lower.


It's starting again.

Relax but my mind is on FYP. Another major contributor to my grades. Let's hope I can come up with some smoke and some stuff that will give me the grades.

I love the News

Little things that makes me smile

Was and still am in hall 99% of the time due to the exams. Some stuff which brings a smile to my face when I am in the lonely battle:

1. Using a new toothbrush after months of using one with bent bristles
2. Walking on a clean room floor
3. Sleeping on new bedsheets
4. Coming out from the showers
5. Eating a spoonful of Peanut Butter

Worst

Every exam period since I entered uni, I seem to be hit with some problem(s)

This have got to be one of the worst exam period

Check the lyrics

Recently I got a few songs from a friend. Wanted to hear if the new album was good (So can buy if I like the songs).

The band Hinder, album Extreme Behaviour - was pretty good. I really like the song "Lips of an Angel", so I went to introduce the song to a guy who I know will love it.

He listened to it and loved (Obviously...since I introduce it) He immediately sent the song to his girlfriend.

GuyX: the song nice eh
GF: Wait ah, let me listen
GF: What are you trying to imply?!
GuyX: HUH???
GF: You wan to break up ah?
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GuyX to me: IDIOT!!! The song is abt having an affair! I let my gf hear and she thinks I'm trying to tell her its over.

I hate the cold

Caught the cold...dammn it! It has to be near the exams! I am rendered pretty useless for the next 2 days, like a baby - eat sleep!

It is only an OS

I am sick of all these Operating System arguments. Especially the Linux/BSD/Unix Geeks and who can forget the Apple supremacists. Of couse the mindless dumb Windows who keeps using it even where there are tons of virus etc.

It is only a freaking OS. It is your choice.

Have a look at the following 6 videos, it really tickled me like crazy. If you are geeky enough, you will laugh at the jokes (be it outright or subtle). If you are not geeky (like Apple crasher Germ)...just try watching it.

Vivo

The moutain tortise aka me decided to leave the sanctuary - Hall 15.

I had to meet my family for lunch as my rarely seen dad is back in town. We had a filling and sumptious dim sum lunch at Yan Ge (Chinatown). After that, we were lucky enough that he had no plans. So they decided to bring him to Vivo city to have a look at the latest shopping mall. Since I seldom spend time with my dad, I decided to forget abt revision for a few hours. (Actually, it is because I have not been to Vivo City too)

On the way to Vivo, i FINALLY heard Anastasia call me "Uncle". Though the pronouciation is alittle off, but it was fine. At least she recongnises me.

Danesia is growing really fast. Loves to eat her hand. A little fussy about the way she likes to be carried. And her hair is literally always standing up, no gel required.

Vivo City is HUGE. I think half of Singapore was there. The place is so big but it is still so crowded. My sis went there twice and have not finish walking the whole place. Brought my dad to see the gadgets. Kids buy toys, he buys electronic products. I am not kidding when I say he changes his handphone, digital camera and etc very often. I rarely see him use the same digital camera. But then again, I rarely see him.

I saw this gorgeous tall chinese model working for Adidas. I first spotted her in a cafe, she was queueing behind me. I kept trying to steal glances at her. So pretty. Then I saw her struting her stuff for Adidas showcase. My only regret, I forgot to take a picture of her. But that will just be like some pervert.

Anyway, I left before dinner. Wanted to join them for a meal, but the timing was just not right I guess. I got lost trying to find the MRT station, ended up at the bus stop instead. I had to retrace my path and realise I missed a right turn.

It was a great day. I remember many many years back where Alternate Sundays were going out day with the whole family. Those were the times....no worries, no respondsibilities.

The house

The man of the house is back for a short holiday.

He has aged so much since the last time I saw him. Suprisingly it is not 8months ago or 1 year plus ago. The last time I saw him was just 1-2 months ago. But I can see the effects of time, toil and hard labour on his face and body.

It really pains me that he has to go through so much for the family. I can only stand at his side, quietly watch him get lost in his own world of thoughts. Indulge in his interests in gadgets which sometimes I disapprove of the mindless spending.

It pains me to see the woman of the house suffer in silence too. I know I will not have her strength if I was in her position.

The house is in such a mess. So many strifes

Why am I still not at ease?

Happy Birthday Lyn

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYN.

Elites

Been too lazy to post anything substaintial.
A bit late probably, but still a VERY GOOD read. If you are too lazy, just watch this. If you are interested, tomorror.sg has pretty extensive links on it

So This fellow decided to rant on his blog.

By Derek Wee
Oct 12, 2006

When I read the Straits Times article (dated 24 Sep) on PM Lee calling the young to be committed and make a difference to Singapore, I have so much thought about the issue.

I am 35 years old, graduated from University and gainfully employed in a multinational company. But I cannot help but feel insecure over the future of Singapore. Lets face it, it's not uncommon to hear, "when you are above 40, you are over the hill".

The government has been stressing on re-training, skills upgrading and re-adapt. The fact is, no matter how well qualified or adaptable one is, once you hit the magical 40, employers will say, "you are simply too old".

We have been focusing our resources and problem solving on low unskilled labour. But in reality, our managerial positions and skilled labour force are actually fast losing its competitiveness.

I travel around the region frequently for the past 10 years. It didn't take me long to realise how far our neighbours have come over the past decade.

They have quality skilled workers, and are less expensive. When I work with them, their analytical skills are equally good, if not better than us.

It's not new anymore. Taxi drivers are fast becoming "too early to retire, too old to work" segment of the society. I like to talk to taxi drivers whenever I am heading for the airport.

There was this driver. Eloquent and well read. He was an export manager for 12 years with an MNC. Retrenched at 40 years old. He had been searching for a job since his retrenchment.

Although he was willing to lower his pay expectations, employers were not willing to lower their prejudice. He was deemed too old. I wouldn't be surprised if we have another No. 1; having the most highly educated taxi drivers in the world.

On PM Lee calling the young to be committed and make a difference. Look around us. How dedicated can we be to Singapore when we can visualise what's in store for us after we turned 40? Then again, how committed are employers to us? But we can't blame them. They have bottom lines & shareholders' gain to answer to.

Onus is really on the government to revamp the society. A society that is not a pressure cooker. A society that does not mirror so perfectly, what survival of the fittest is.

But a society, where it's people can be committed, do their best and not having to fear whether they will still wake up employed tomorrow. Sadly, Singapore does not offer such luxuries and security anymore.

On the issue of babies. The government encourages us to pro-create. The next generation is essential in sustaining our competitive edge. Then again, the current market condition is such that our future has become uncertain. There is no more joy in having babies anymore; they have become more of a liability. It's really a chicken and egg issue.

Many of my peers, bright and well educated have packed up and left. It's what MM Goh called "quitters". It's sad but true, Singapore no longer is a place where one can hope to work hard their lives and retire graciously. It's really the push factor.

A future is something we sweat it out, build and call our own. Unfortunately, people like me, mid 30's going on 40's, staying put by choice or otherwise, we can't help but feel what lies ahead is really a gamble.

To PM Lee and the Ministers, we are on a different platform. Until you truly understand our insecurity, the future of Singapore to me remains a question mark.

And a girl responded with the following....

By Wee Shu Min

Thursday, October 19, 2006

mom's friend sent her some blog post by some bleeding stupid 40-year old singaporean called derek wee (WHY do all the idiots have my surname why?!) whining about how singapore is such an insecure place, how old ppl (ie, 40 and above) fear for their jobs, how the pool of foreign "talent" (dismissively chucked between inverted commas) is really a tsunami that will consume us all (no actually he didn't say that, he probably said Fouren Talern Bery Bad.), how the reason why no one wants kids is that they're a liability in this world of fragile ricebowls, how the government really needs to save us from inevitable doom but they aren't because they are stick-shoved-up-ass elites who have no idea how the world works, yadayadayadayada.

i am inclined - too much, perhaps - to dismiss such people as crackpots. stupid crackpots. the sadder class. too often singaporeans - both the neighborhood poor and the red-taloned socialites - kid themselves into believing that our society, like most others, is compartmentalized by breeding. ridiculous. we are a tyranny of the capable and the clever, and the only other class is the complement.

sad derek attracted more than 50 comments praising him for his poignant views, joining him in a chorus of complaints that climax at the accusation of lack of press freedom because his all-too-true views had been rejected by the straits times forum. while i tend to gripe about how we only have one functioning newspaper too, i think the main reason for its lack of publication was that his incensed diatribe was written in pathetic little scraps that passed off as sentences, with poor spelling and no grammar.

derek, derek, derek darling, how can you expect to have an iron ricebowl or a solid future if you cannot spell?

if you're not good enough, life will kick you in the balls. that's just how things go. there's no point in lambasting the government for making our society one that is, i quote, "far too survival of fittest". it's the same everywhere. yes discrimination exists, and it is sad, but most of the time if people would prefer hiring other people over you, it's because they're better. it's so sad when people like old derek lament the kind of world that singapore will be if we make it so uncertain. go be friggin communist, if uncertainty of success offends you so much - you will certainly be poor and miserable. unless you are an arm-twisting commie bully, which, given your whiny middle-class undereducated penchant, i doubt.

then again, it's easy for me to say. my future isn't certain but i guess right now it's a lot brighter than most people's. derek will read this and brand me as an 18-year old elite, one of the sinners who will inherit the country and run his stock to the gutter. go ahead. the world is about winners and losers. it's only sad when people who could be winners are marginalised and oppressed. is dear derek starving? has dear derek been denied an education? has dear derek been forced into child prostitution? has dear derek had his clan massacred by the government?

i should think not. dear derek is one of many wretched, undermotivated, overassuming leeches in our country, and in this world. one of those who would prefer to be unemployed and wax lyrical about how his myriad talents are being abandoned for the foreigner's, instead of earning a decent, stable living as a sales assistant. it's not even about being a road sweeper. these shitbags don't want anything without "manager" and a name card.

please, get out of my elite uncaring face.

That of course drew lots of shit. Her father apologised for her bluntness.

Wee Siew Kim apologises for remarks
By Ken Kwek

MP WEE Siew Kim has said sorry for remarks he and his 18-year-old daughter, Shu Min, made about Singaporeans who worry about jobs.

In a statement issued to The Straits Times last night, he apologised for the comments he made in an earlier interview on his daughter's criticism of another blogger, Mr Derek Wee, 35, on her Internet journal.

'We both apologise to the people whom we have offended, and especially Mr Derek Wee,' the MP said.

Miss Wee, a Raffles Junior College (RJC) student, had last week called Mr Derek Wee 'old' and 'undermotivated' after he wrote in his blog that the Government should try to be more understanding of Singaporeans' employment woes.

Many on the Internet slammed her for her remarks. She subsequently shut down her blog and was later counselled by her tutor at RJC.

In an interview with The Straits Times published on Tuesday, her father tried to smooth things over by acknowledging that she had used insensitive language.

However, he said he stood by his daughter's 'basic point', saying well-educated Singaporeans such as Mr Derek Wee should 'get on with the challenges in life' rather than complain to the Government about them. 'I think if you cut through the insensitivity of the language, her basic point is reasonable,' he had said.

'Some people cannot take the brutal truth and that sort of language, so she ought to learn from it,' he added.

The MP's comments drew further criticism, especially online.

Yesterday, in his apology, he said: 'I should not have said what I did about people's inability to take the brutal truth and strong language.

As you can see from his words, not many people will be happy. More fingers were pointed. And the Father apologised again.

I AM sorry that my statements carried in The Straits Times of Oct 24 offended some readers.

I should not have said what I did about people's inability to take the brutal truth and strong language.

I have also counselled my daughter Shu Min. She is fully aware and remorseful over her tone, insensitivity and lack of empathy.

I have advised her to learn from this.

We both apologise to the people whom we have offended, and especially Mr Derek Wee.

I am dead, I am average. I went to some neighbourhood school.

I got kicked by the BRUTAL TRUTH.