Take Care, My Friend

Tonight, one of my close friend is going away.

Not for good, not for work, but for fun.

Wishing her a wonderful journey ahead.

All the best.

Ciaoz!

See ya next year!


- thInk Simple, thInk Life, thInk Concept -

Lost of the Worlds

Haven't been reading newspaper for a week.

Haven't been sweeping the floor for a month.

Haven't been painting the house for a year.

What's next?

I don't know.

Actually, I have plans to create two more blogs to include the recommended readings and interesting offers that all of us will be interested in. Looks like I am running out of time. Success is never on my side when I am racing against time, but nevertheless, I have to contribute to keep YOU alive!

Just to let you have a glimpse of what am I reading now:

Mike Gayle - Mr Commitment


(Looking at the toothbrushes, don't they represent a marriage life???)

A great book for those who wants to avoid marriage due to out of this world reasons. First 2 chapters have already made me commit further beyond. It's how you deal with it when it comes.

Think of your past???
Think of your present???
Or think of your future???

You decide. I merely changed it.

- thInk Simple, thInk Life, thInk Concept -

“China man” vs “European man”

[The topic header is not to discriminate directly against the country’s people, it is just a way of addressing the behaviour and culture practiced by Singaporeans. If I have offended anyone in the process, please let me know.

“ To err is human, to be successful, you need to fail first. “

The contents that you are about to read are extracted from real life experiences from all walks of life. For your reading pleasure only.]

Tonight, I had a wonderful evening.

I have spent a great time with great friends, marvel food, stuck up waiter (what I addressed them as: “chin higher than the nose”) BUT compensated with excellent service, nice ambience and not forgetting the irresistible offers held in conjunction with the Singapore Food Festival.

I will not tell you where I dine, but I can tell you that the restaurant is within the premises of a hotel (partially) and it is in the CITY area. By the way, its name is made up of five letters.

I am hereby providing you with a link to seek out more clues.
http://www.singaporefoodfestival.com.sg/


Having been to so many dining places, I come to realized something that I would like to share with all of you.

To ease my typing, I have came up with acronyms for both China man and European man. They are CM and EM respectively.

The typical CM and EM patrons found in dining places. In summary, the conducts of CM and EM are totally world apart. They are made up of different poles of the magnet, if you know what I mean.

Typically what a CM will do in a restaurant or cafes.

- They will usually ask for plain water, as they are not willing to part their earnings to pay for an overpriced beverage where they can get it at a local supermarket for below a $1. Unless they are hit by those cafes such as Baker’s Inn, whereby no plain water are served, they will then stretch into their tiny super Doraemon bags and draw out their amazing water bottle that you can never imagine possible

- Assumptions are made in such that once service charge applies, they are the KING. They will request for anything that are residing across other tables even if they do not need it. It’s like a way of showing: “Who has more condiments and supplements to their dining table, who wins!” – like they always say: “the more the merrier” – another different version in HOKKIEN will be: “Su Bin Mai Su Say” (Translated: “You can be of disgrace, but never your poise”) They will use it because they have no choice since they are inclined to pay for the service charge already.

- After browsing through the menu, if the waiter/waitress will to stand beside the guy, the guy will mostly place his order first before doing for the rest of the group. (Of course, there are girls and guys dining together in this particular scenario). Women’s order should be given the privilege to be placed first in any case argued by totally Venus origin humans to classify guys to be of gentlemen nature.
[I have a take on this: Men subconsciously will have the nature to FEED themselves before they FEED others while Women are the opposite. I have been to Mars and Venus if you know what I mean]

- If a one-for-one promotion is running in the restaurant, the most expensive dish will be ordered no matter what the percentage of appeal level is the food. Even if they don’t like the food as compared to another dish which is cheaper, they will still order the more expensive one. This is just to be worthwhile. Pay more is to eat shrimps, clams and squid, not just some cheapo ham and cheese right? Plus, they will frequent the place as often as to chalk up enough counts for the whole year before the promotion runs out. This can give them a reason to delude their thinking that they have already consumed the amount of food that they would “normally” do in a year.

- Last but not least, when it comes to footing the bill, detailed audits are carried out to verify that they are not being overcharged and remember what are the additional charges imposed. That will allow them to make feasibility calculations prior to dine in the same restaurant the next time round. If they find that the peanuts, appetizers, towels are unreasonably priced, the restaurant can forget about their subsequent visits from that day onwards. “Have PEANUTS, No CM Customer”

Were you thinking that I am going to write the 5 points of EM as well? You are going to be disappointed, as the points of EM are the reverse of CM points. So what you see in CM, normally you won’t see in EM, of course unless the EM has already inhaled the culture of CM. Hahahahahhaa. Scary isn't it?

Bottomline of CM mentality: “They will squeeze to the maximum, pick up minute details that crosses their path to fulfill their achievements and satisfaction. They only look at bottomline, not the process nor the end result”

Bottomline of EM mentality: “They will look at the big picture, take things into their stride, enjoy the process and indulge in blissful activities placing satisfaction as their first priority”

Come to think of it, CM really makes a good businessman or accountant, due to the fact that they are good at FINE details.

Cheerio

- China man or European man,
As long as they love their woman,
they are the lovey dovey MARS man -

Bloggers Commentary - Peanuts

Wow, what a NKF week to end with eh?

With all the commotion on NKF, Bloggers Conference, 160 Straits Times Anniversary. There is so many things that bloggers can fill their blogs with.

I'll bet the most talked about topic will be the classic one, with the Golden Tap, Silver Basin and Bronze Toothbrush. With so much content going around, I'll just like to give everyone a relaxed version.

Got a joke from somewhere that I would want to share with you folks.
[Disclaimer: It's was not originated from me, before I get sued with the people's money. All names and numbers have been changed to protect myself and the actual organisation]

Placing your donations to charity is cheap.
A call to 1900-xxx-xx68 only cost $5.00 before taxes.
A call to 1900-xxx-xx88 only cost $50.00 before taxes.
A sum of $600,000 is only peanuts.
"THAT" packet of peanuts can sure feed a lot of monkeys around the world.

*Personal thinking*: Can I bring ten packets of peanuts to exchange for your cash? Being a charitable organisation, I believe you don't have the heart to reject me right? I shall thank you in advance for your kind and mystified actions.



PS: CEO, I would like to engage your architect for the construction for my platinum bathtub when I get my new flat. I'm sure he will give me some discounts if I show him the same packet of peanuts right?

- Life is like a packet of peanuts for any CEO
You never know when you are going to get it -

Extreme Makeover

Due to the recent bomb blasts, shaky economy, unbalanced lifestyle, lack of internet access, I simply cannot update the blog.

Now that I am back, hopefully, for good, before I jump into another black hole.

To fill you in:

My house is under going a extreme makeover.
I don't own a digital camera, so it's difficult for me to show you what mess I have been living for the past 20 odd years... Hahahah (Better not let me parents see this)

To let you have a glimpse of what it looks like previously, here is sample photo that represents 10% of my existing house.



The renovation is expected to complete within the next 6-8 weeks. Hopefully, by then, my "new" house will look like this:



(Although a pool is on my wish list, but I don't think the housing board is going to allow me to convert the corridor to that)

Nevertheless, I've asked my contractor to built a man-made pool using the space available in my living room. (I will show you the picture of it, once it is done. Just don't forward it to the officers. Thanks)

Until my house is done, I am currently sleeping along East Coast Park with full lighting and toilet facilities. (If you wanna find me, I am near BBQ pit #68) With the 24 hours operating 7-11 store, it's definitely a store and MORE!

Do remember to say "Hi" to me if you happen to pass by ECP.

Adios.

- Please keep your volume to the minimum after 10pm
If not, I'll call the patrol police to give you a ride. :P -

UIC, OCBC, IOC, What's your choice?

UIC, OCBC, IOC are famous among Singaporeans.

- UIC will ensure that your clothes are clean and free from urine.
- OCBC will pay you around 10 cents for every $1000 you put them a year.
- IOC will make raffles city a very SAFE place to SHOP. (for these few days)



But the only concern now till tonight will be the decision on whether who will get the bid to host the Olympics for 2012.

A bit far? 2012? Not really, with all the preparations, constructions and inconvenience caused to the residents of that hosting country, nobody will mind. This is only time. Trust me.

A moment of glory, to your country, to your people, to your economy.
However, if there is a moment of folly, then your country, your people and your economy will ascend the hall of shame without a doubt.

My guess? PARIS! Of course!
(If you are thinking along that line, I am not a romantic guy, maybe it’s time to be?)

The rest of the venues are above 5-letters.
New York (6), London (6), Moscow (6), Madrid (6).
SEE! The choice is obvious isn’t it?
(*Seriously*, I didn't know all of the rest are made up of 6-letters, until I finished the last venue, Madrid. AMAZING eh?)

Do they need more than one day to figure that out?

I leave it to them.

Hey all you IOC delegates and VIPs, enjoy your stay here and spend as much as you can, we need all that you can give. (Best if you can leave your VISA card behind, you can have all the BANANAS)

Cheerios!

(If you are still wondering what’s the relation between UIC and urine, I can tell you now: it sounds good!)