Men complaining about these 9 men

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/9-proposals-singapore-definitely-yes-080027805.html?linkId=11677640

Seriously, I can't stand how childish some singaporean men can get. Personally, I think the 9 men in this article are super sweet, creative, daring and thoughtful. 

I didn't bother to watch the clips, but I know they must all be really romantic. Wake up, SG men. Esp those who whine and say these 9 men are putting up monkey show only. Stop being a baby. If you're too lazy, don't think a proposal is important, say so.

If I had a bf and he gave me the "lets go buy a HDB" method, I'll probably ask him to go propose to me properly before I say yes. 

Most likely men will shoot me and say that's why I'm still single. You know what, who bloody cares? Doesn't the woman you claim to love, deserve beautiful memories of how the man she is going to spend her life with, proposed? 

QOTD

If an incurable disease has invaded your life, refuse to let it touch your spirit. Your body can be severely afflicted, and you may have a great struggle. But if you keep trusting God’s love, your spirit will remain strong. —Dave Egner 

It's difficult for me to find a job. Employers ask me many questions about my health, but I don't blame them. Who would wanna hire someone who might be a liability to the company? 

I'm currently in need of a job. And hopefully I will get one soon. 

End of year post

I must say, all efforts by myself to attempt to be a full time blogger, and hopefully in the future, be able to blog for a living, comes to zero. I'm just too darn lazy to update this blog. :P

Had another grand mal a few days before my birthday, and I'm just grateful it was on my bed... so no bruises. Birthday was spent with 2 long time friends and another gal I just got to know. I was so surprised when they showered me with presents! So touched! We had dinner at this fabulous Korean restaurant in town, where I got a 20% voucher off for the next time I visit.

In a few days time, I'll be flying off to Vietnam, where I heard its like 10 degrees now. Really? Seriously?? I'll only be back next year. Hahaha.

Actually, I've not been working since the project with the British company ended. I applied for a few positions I liked, but none reverted. And I really don't want a desk bound job anymore. Or anything to do with cold calling. Sometimes I wonder if pple are put off by my health issues, that's why they don't select me after the interviews.

Oh well, I'll look again when I return. If not I won't be able to afford my manicure and my visit to the salon before CNY. Meh.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Pirates Kings is a friendship ruining game

Anyone plays this game? I must say, the creators of this game are very smart. Great graphics, simple gameplay, but no way to hide your island from being attacked or robbed. 

This game is the ultimate test for gaming friends, I must say. As you progress along the game, the items needed to purchase gets more expensive. And you never seem to be able to save enough and have to leave your precious cash there, hoping no one steals it. 

I got fed up when I had 1.3 milion stolen from me, and decided to delete the game off. Stupid to get angry over virtual cash. And I'm not paying real money to ensure my virtual island is safe from attacks. 

Health has improved

My 3 mth contract with the company has ended, and I realized that I've not had seizures since I started to rest at home. Maybe I should just stay home, haha! 

I actually joined a company today but quit by 6pm. I didn't feel I would fit in, and frankly speaking, after so long, I still miss Mediacorp. 

Guess I'll be spending a lot of time in bed, which I guess is good anyway. 

This is rather worrying

I've blacked out a few times within these few months. I don't think it's like a normal minor seizure where you just stare blankly into space or drop something. It's also not like the major ones where you find yourself on the floor, wriggling to get up. I literally just black out. 

I admit that I probably lack sleep, not because I don't sleep early, but because I wake up in the middle of the night to use the loo. That interrupts my sleep. Then sometimes when I'n drifting off to sleep, I feel a bit of seizure, but I've been tested sleep apnea free! So I really dunno what's wrong. 

Maybe the GP and neuro will suggest a brain scan. I'm not sure. I just wish my parents were more understanding instead, and not insist it must be something I did. :( 

Sry, I've neglected you for a month

Ok, I'm just not into blogging on a regular basis. I always have nothing to blog about!! 

So my health has been on the decline. I'll blame it on my bad temper, the haze and my attitude towards certain things, which had a negative impact. 

Let's count my battle scars.... 3 cuts on the forehead. A scalded hand (not serious). An ugly bruise on my cheat, and another on my eye. A bruised knee. All within 2 weeks. 

I'll be lying if I said I wasn't disheartened. There are times where I ask God if he's punishing me. But I know that I must continue to have faith in Him. If my time is not up yet, He won't put me in danger, and everything happens because there are life lessons I need to learn. 

I hope the scars on my forehead aren't permanent though... I'm a female afterall... :P 

I don't get it.

I had a minor brain freeze in fromt of my parents today, and they insist I don't sleep enough. Gosh, I can't help it if I have trouble sleeping right? 

I think I sleep better in the noons, actually. Maybe I'm more of a night person. So should I change jobs again? 

And recently, stress level is up because I have to meet my target at work. I love my current workplace, so changing jobs is not in my plan yet. 

I keep telling them that it's other factors, like my recent bout of diarrhea, but they keep insisting it's because I don't sleep enough. 

And who the hell sleeps at 11pm anyway!?!  

Still working here!

I do have nice bosses! Then again, maybe they'll just keep me till my contract is up. Oh wells. 

Spent my first paycheck at the salon. I badly needed to visit my hair stylist, cos I look like crap. Am v pleased with the end results! I highly recommend anyone to go to Hairloom. 

Photos just don't do justice to it. And hopefully I don't ruin Michael's hard work on my hair, lol! 

Funny how money is never enough. I now earn twice as much as I used to earn, but still don't have enough to use. Le sigh. But I feel guilty for complaining, especially when there are homeless and jobless people out there. 

Hoping I don't get the sack...

When my current manager interviewed me via phone, I was so happy when I got the job that I forgot to declare my health status. 

I also thought since my health was getting better, it shouldn't be an issue. 

You know, I always dread interviews, because when it gets to health declaration, they always ask a lot of questions, which makes me feel they will pick a medically fit human over an epileptic one. 

I remember one interviewer asked how many medical leaves do I take in a mth? Actually, we are all entitled to 14 days in a year, so isn't it my entitlement to take it if I feel I need it? I really don't understand. 

Anyway, I txted to explain my mc earlier. Then realisation hit me that they might ask me to leave, cos I never informed them of my medical status. 

Honestly, this is a good paying job, not very stressful, and great colleagues. I hope they can be understanding and sympathetic to let me stay, at least till the 3 mths contract is up. 

But if its God's will that I should move on, then ok...  

Celeb chasing

Decided to attend the Ogawa event yst, to get a glimpse of the dashing Julian Cheung Chilsm, aka Captain Cool from 'Truimph In The Skies II'. 

Event started at 1pm. We were already there at 12. Our Captain Cool only made his appearance at 2pm. Well, unlike other international celebs, at least he was 20 mins early, but went backstage to sign the mugs meant for the rich 10 pple who had bought the Ogawa massage chair. 

Oh ya, before the event started, there was this old auntie who started chitchatting with us in mandarin, cantonese and english. She spoke all 3 languages well, so I'm not sure if she's for real or not. 

She claimed that she filmed with Julian before, back in Hongkong. And claimed that before Nicholas Tse was born, his dad, Patrick Tse, wanted to make her son his god son, but she rejected. Hmm. Then said she wanted to buy chocolates for Julian, but his assistants had advised her against it, as they were afraid of terrorist attack. And said we gotta wait till the event was over to take pic with Julian, and that he'll recognise her so it wont be a problem. Erm ok....

So he came, he made us all scream, n when the event was still going on, she suddenly barged into the restricted area, saying: "Chilam! Do u remember me?" He obviously didn't. And the assistants were trying to get her out of the restricted area, but she refused to budge. Ran towards the stage and continued: "I film with u before! I'm Mdm Lim ah!" Then Chilam went: "Oh ya.... I remember u!" n graciously shook her outstretched hand. She finally went back outside the restricted area. 

After the event was over, she vanished. Lol! I'm surprised no one sent her pic to Stomp.

No pic w Chilam. Only his cut out n the massage chair he autographed. 

Couldn't get enough of him even at the KTV. So handsome! 

Too bad I don't have $5k in my acc, or I could have killed 3 birds with one stone. I'd have settled presents for Mother and Father's Day, and gotten a picture with Chilam. Rich 10 pple... pfft. 

Well, I better start saving, just in case Osim decide to bring in Lee Minho. Or I could do what the weird auntie did and go: "Oppa! Dansin-eun naleul gieoghibnikka?! Ulineun jeon-e hamkke chwal-yeong!!"

Retail therapy

What kind of shampoos and shower stuff do you like? I personally like anything in a pump bottle, for convenience sake. :P 

Until... I saw this shop. I'm a sucker for anything unique. So while waiting for my friend, I decided to just look. Right. Damage done? About $60 (slightly less but I don't remember the exact amount), for 2 rubber soap dishes, a bar of goats milk n lavender face soap, a bar of shampoo soap, and a tub of delicious smelling choc mint body shower. 

  

Everything in Shea has essential oils in it. And everything smells so good. I would work there if it wasn't retail hours! 

So far I've only tried the face soap. Smells awesome. I think I'll be making this shop one of my regular stops. 

First interview in 3 weeks.

Yst I received an SMS, inviting me to attend an interview for a Sales Coordinator position. 

The company was located in an old industrial building, about 20 mins walk from the bus stop I alighted at. The lifts looked like those you can find in the old housing estates. But opposite the building.... 

Beautiful bungalows!!! Or as my bestie and I affectionally refer to them in Hokkien as "ang moh chu", or Caucasian houses, lol!!! 

Anyway, I disliked the company. 5.5 work days and only 7 days annual leave. Like wth???!! 

And they expected me to hit my sales target, w/o even offering commission. Seriously???!!! 

Back to job hunting tmr. Tata!!   

I finally experienced this...

I always thought staying in an estate with newer trains, I would hardly get a chance to experience a train breakdown. So, imagine the horror when I received an app notification by IRIS that the NEL lines between Punggol and Buangkok were not working. 

I thought I'll just take the free shuttle bus. But just like the queue, snaking round and round, getting longer and longer, I recoiled in horror. No damn way was I going to squeeze in a over crowded bus with other pple, just as irritated as I am. 

Went to the taxi stand to try my luck. The queue there was just as bad! 

Finally, they announced that train services  were resuming, but there was no trains back to Punggol. So that means everyone had to squeeze into the trains at Sengkang! Wth! 

They started announcing: "The trains will be crowded, please do not rush". Ya, you are talking to pple who are late for work! How not to rush!! 

I can't fault the staff, I can't fault the darn trains and tracks. Who can I fault? U pple know jolly well who I'm faulting! Damn u!! 

A week into my new job

I am now on a 3 mth contract with a British MNC. 

Most of the bosses are Brits, and boy, I love the British accent. So far, I feel ok about the job. Not in love with it, but not hating it for the moment. 

The sales targets are ridiculously high though. I wonder if they'll keep me for the full 3 mths, because I really don't think I can hit those targets. 

But hey, if my other colleague cant do it too, then the problem doesn't lie with me right? 

MLM is so irritating!

Ever since my first encounter with MLM many years ago, never once have I had a good experience with them. 

Sure... You go to their events and everyone warmly welcomes you like a long lost sibling. But isnt that because they want you to join their 'business'? 

I have a few friends in Amway, who are really nice pple, despite me not joining them. So recently, I went to one of their homes for a party, and realized a lot of Amway members were there. 

Friendly? Sure, they weren't super friendly until it gave you the creeps, but they stuck to their own kind like bees to honey. I'm not saying they were unfriendly. I'm saying they weren't that friendly after all. 

This friend of mine has never worn makeup, until she joined them. Now she uses skincare and makeup from their Artistry. 

So since she was applying her powder the Amway way (geez), I asked if she wanted some blusher. I always bring out my cosmetics for touch-ups. Guess how she replied? "I'll only consider if it's from Artistry". Wtf??!!! 

What, so other brands have poison in them? 

If I had known of her stupid thinking, when she offered me their Vitamin X to drink, I would have asked for packet drinks instead. :P 

It's not wrong to be proud of the brand you represent. But this kind of tactless replies and stupid thinkings are too much! Even when I was a representative of Biotherm, me and my fellow colleagues from other brands were always trying each other's products! 

I always want to laugh when I see them 'pop pills' before and after meals. Seriously? U think those pills will help you?? So stupid! 

Super late Masterchef 4 post

I know Masterchef 4 ended last year and Season 5 is half way through. But Dad recently caught the Masterchef craze after he saw me watching an episode of season 5. 

So... since season 5 isn't completed, I introduced him to Masterchef Junior. After we finished that, I wanted to start with Season 3, cos I love Christine so much, but dad insisted on starting from season 1. So yay! Sweet Whitney won! Then season 2. The beauty queen wins! Yay! Girl power!!! 

Dad was really amazed by Christine, and kept praising Asian cuisine. Honestly, when I saw her present braised pork belly with rice for the finals, I was SO worried for her. 

Fast forward to season 4 now. Seriously, I couldn't decide who I disliked more, Natasha or Krissy. One is egoistic, selfish, and the other behaves like she was raised by coyotes. My favs were Luca and Jessie, and I'm so glad one won and the other made it to top 3. I would have preferred a Luca vs Jessie battle though.  

I was stunned by the pea soup and greek yoghurt dessert by Graham Elliot!! So delicate and ethereal, and totally reminds me of something elves in Lord Of The Rings would eat! Gorgeous! 

So far for season 5, I do not any particular favs yet, though Leslie and Ahran are really annoying. 

Guess I shall watch Masterchef China while waiting for updates. 

Never trust recruitment agents 100%!

Had a 'good' job offer but will not be taking it up. The agent who linked me up is a liar, totally unprofessional and so desperate to close the deal, that not only am I pissed, I am pissed enough to want to complain about him to whichever government body is in charge of recruitment agents. 
 

So foolish of me to think just because he has a name from the Bible, he'll be honest and Christ-like. Oh boy am I never so wrong! Geez, I should have been reminded of that arrogant pompous punk Christian from season 2 of Master chef USA.

First time this agent called, he told me part of the job scope was to represent my company to bring travelers on board cruises to Europe, promote the facilities, and each trip would be 3 to 6 mths away from sunny Singapore. I thought the time away from SG was ridiculous, but let him send in my resume anyway.

Second time he called to let me know I'm short listed, I asked him to clarify the traveling times, because 3 to 6 mths IS ridiculous. He called the MD of the travel company, before he told me it was min 3 days and max 10 days per trip, and my job on board was to just PR with my travelers and ask hows everything and were they having fun. Simple no?

When I went for the interview, turns out my job scope was to promote cruise packages at roadshows, be in office to assist walk in customers, and the traveling part is only once a year to regional areas IF they think u are worth giving a free trip to. The European cruises? Yeah, maybe in a year or so time. And there's a queue for it. And no comm when you sell cabins. Only a yearly incentive IF sales target is met. Not very attractive anymore eh? 

How the hell can this nincompoop get the job details so wrong, when I can understand it within a 30 min interview??? Is he that stupid or am I too intelligent??? Or is he so desperate to close sales that he actually dares to put wrong information in the job portals to trick people to apply for the job? 

Boy was I pissed. But the MD is a really nice lady and I thought since I like the industry, I'll take up the challenge and the offer. Oh, did I mention he kept the fact that she can't pay my asking salary from me until she told me? He just wanted to get my butt to the interview asap.

Then today, she called me to confirm my start date next week. And told me Fri AND Sat was dress down days. I was like: "Sat?" And she goes: "Yes, Sat is alt half day". Which, the agent, has conveniently not bothered to tell me! AGAIN!

I declined the position. I explained that this agent has been painting the wrong scenario since day 1, and still dare to bug me to take it, when I've specified that the reason why I applied was because according to HIM, part of the job included traveling! And when I found out it wasn't so, I still felt I'll do well in this industry, even though I really dislike the working location. But I really don't like working on Sats, even if it's alternate Sats. And the main purpose why I applied for this job isn't there anymore to begin with. I told her I like her, and it won't be fair to her if I took up the job, and then resign after 2 months. 



Now she's pissed with him for wasting our time, and I'm pissed enough to tell her to inform him never to call me again or I might just swear at him.

Thanks to this imbecile, I have to job hunt again, I need to pay my phone bills and even if I starve, I have 2 cats to feed. Damn you, Isiah from Fesco. You better pray hard to God that I don't file a complaint against you. Idiot.  

Nu Skin

I recently met up with a friend, whom I've not seen for over a decade. 

To my utter horror, she had joined a MLM, the one mentioned in the title. 

Now, I don't care what my friends do for a living, but leave me out of your call list. 

So she tried, unsuccessfully, to persuade me to join her. I was hoping that was the last I'll hear from her. 

But NO! From that day on, she would flood my whatsapp with pictures of fat pple becoming thin, and lengthy templates msgs, which I've had to restrain myself every single time on asking her to stop bothering me. 

You'll think that silence would get the msg sent. NO. 

Dear God, I am so tempted to ask her to F off, but I know u won't like that. So please please just make her stop. Because the next time I see a msg from her again, I really dunno if I can control myself. 

Heck, my friends in Amway don't even annoy me and pester me. 

Multiple petit mal seizures are way annoying!

So I've not had any seizures for the last 6 days. So grateful. Then this morning, I started having minor seizures, mins after each other.

The aura starts off from the legs or stomach, then sometimes my hands feel weird too. I think it happened like... 10 times or so? 

While I'm grateful its not a major attack, it is still kinda annoying, and I was trying to mind control the seizures by forcing my brain to work my way. Lol! 

Thk God I think its stopped. And I pray I find a nice job asap!!! Getting bored of rotting at home!!