chew/ping/pong

In about less than an hour's time, i will be the owner of Sony Ericsson's Xperia Phone!




I know i have not updated for the longest time, because i seriously have not much idea on what to and what not to write.
Because i rather not get bombarded with questions from anyone.



Life's been pretty good, and it will only get better next week if Clare gets the job in my department. I'm going to pray very hard.

 

I'm enlisting on 6 october 2009. sian.

I'm going to be featured on Temasek Poly Business School's magazine, representing LRM!
Photoshoot next week at Asian Civilizations Museum. Hahaha. Yay!
I must start to practise my smile. HAHAHAHAHHAA


And,
I get bombarded with a lot of questions lately like, "am i attached? am i dating? am i . . . .?" from so many people.
Is it the love season or what?
And its so not cool.
I have no answer for any of such questions.
I look like i'm extremely hyper and crazy and nice, but there's a few parts of my life that i would prefer to keep it private.

And American Idol rocks because of Adam Lambert!

I always think that i'm quite good at hiding my feelings, or at least try to behave normally in front of people i don't like.


Over the past one month, i have proven myself wrong time and time again.


I'm downright honest and true to my heart, because if i don't like you,
my eye contact with you will NEVER LAST for more than 2 seconds.
You talk to me, i will face the other side the entire time.
So 95% of the time you will only see a profile of my face,
and my attention will be on the passing crowd, cars, lamp posts, shops, birds or anything BUT THEM.


I have done it erm... three times this past one month.
And i think i'm absolutely rude, so i've decided never to talk to them again or meet them. Hahaha.
I have blocked/delete/whatever you can think of from all of my lists.
Because i made it too obvious to them that i just don't want to look at them at all
so what for continue contacting each other?


So if i look at you & pay attention to you when you talk to me, i probably don't hate you at all.
Maybe i don't disagree with some of your behaviour, but its more about the problems/disagreements, instead of you (the person).





Not in a good mood, because i made a mistake at work - which i personally think is an absolutely s.t.u.p.i.d mistake.
Incurred a couple hundred dollars of unnecessary costs for the dept.
Hate it when i make mistakes that cost money!

Britain Got Talent 2009 - Susan Boyle






This video is extremely touching & heartwarming, and I must say, i almost teared. Almost.
Saw this while i'm blog-hopping randomly.


She is 47, looks like William Hung quality, but she has the voice of an angel.

I think she is such an inspiration seriously. Hahaha.


"The biggest yes i have ever given anybody"

"You can go back to your village with your head held high, you have three yes-es!"


This video really teaches us not to judge a book by its cover,
and everybody deserves a chance to do what they believe they can do.
We should all be ashamed to judge anyone based on the physical appearance. (i'll work hard on this aspect hahahaha)

Here's how a typical week for me looks like:

Monday to Friday (if i have nothing on on Friday Night)
5.30am Wake up for work
8.30am to 6.00pm WORK
7.10pm Reach Home
7.15pm Jogging
7.45pm Dinner
8.00pm Bathe
10pm SLEEEEEEEEP. (V early hor? HAHA)



I'm quite impressed with my self-discipline actually, every weekday without fail i would go for a jog after work before dinner.
I just cannot TAHAN if my body looks like crap (not that its good)
BUT because i'm already skinny, and if i still have flabby parts i think it will really look like crap.
So at least i must be toned. HAHAHA. (like Clare! don't need muscles, just need to be toned. hahaha)
I don't want to have a negative body image Hahahah.



Actually this is just a boring random entry.
Just to show you guys i sleep at 10pm every weeknight,
so please don't ask me out to go out on a weeknight. (or plan your 21st birthday on a weeknight sth like that) HAHA.
I'm usually too tired to handle social activities.


ASK ME OUT ON WEEKENDS instead ~ hahahahha

 

BRIDE WARS


 


GHOST



 



ROLE MODELS



 


MARLEY & ME


I wept tears while watching Marley & Me again.
I'm such a trainwreck. Hahahaha.



Anyways, movie marathon on Sunday in my bedroom is great.
BECAUSE i have gone out to play on four days this week.
Which also includes Clubbing twice.
Its realllllly tiring to go out all the time, and the expenses incurred is not a small amount.



I just want to take a goood gooood rest now.
I feeel totally out of energy, and totally sian that its Monday again.
Start of the new week, with probably quite a number of stuff to do.

I probably really don't suit office job because i feel claustrophobic, abit like a jailbird.
But then again, only office jobs have better career progressions, if not you have to be in a highly specialized industry like doctor or lawyers to command a certain bracket of income.

And i really hate staying in air-conditioned areas for a long period of time.
I prefer normal/fresh air.
Thats why i take every opportunity in office to send parcels, run errands for my colleagues etc (so that i can get out of my desk and run about).



From this week onwards, i'm going to start running every evening when i reach home after work.
(unless there's American Idol HAHAH).
so that i can sleeep better at night, and feel more rejuvenated for work.
If not, i feel so tired thinking that i have to work.

Everyone's sad that they can't find a job, and is tired of slacking at home.
While i'm sian that i have to work.
I used to be in that phase tooo. (sian about staying at home).
I'm always going through this phase of not appreciating what i have now, and hankering after other stuff.
SIAN.

I'm not someone who has Monday Blues.
I'm usually happy about Monday, because its the start of a new week.

(But i have Tuesday Blues Hahahaha. Thats when i start to realize i still have a long way to go before weekends)

But right now, i'm feeling ultimately sian because its Monday.
& i can't wait to dash home and continue sleeping.

 

What makes today extra sian is that good things are not heading my way this week.
Past 2 days, today, hopefully tomorrow lady luck will smile at me.
And the air-con is super strong, making me feel so dry. Hate air-cons actually.


RIGHT NOW.
I can't wait for tmr's NTU interview, because i'm off from work. (some shopping for grad night to be done too!)
I can't wait for grad night, because i have wed's PM leave and thurs's AM leave.
Before i even know it, the weekends are here to stay again!




Alright. Back to work. SIAN.




PS: I realized the beauty of post-its. Reminds me of urgent stuff i need to do. Yay!

BECAUSE.

I realised i'm really a sociable and friendly person, as much as i hope i'm not.
But it just turns out that, i'm REALLY friendly. HAHA.



The most i can say is - i don't like creating conversations with random people out of nowhere.
And sometimes i don't even say hello or even look at you when you walk past me.
BUT, if you talk to me (nicely of course),
i will definitely be more than glad to engage in a random/serious/idiotic conversation with you.



Now that i've really started working, i'm really conscious about bringing my own personal emotions to work.
Because i think one has to be professional about it, and not roar at someone just because you are facing problems in your personal life.


I talk to canteen uncles/aunties, security guards, drivers, or basically anybody who talks to me.
I can even randomly go and introduce myself to newcomers. HAHAH.
 

HOWEVER, i have to bitch about this incident in the office.
I just can't imagine that there's people like that living in this world.
And i can't help but KEEEEEEP BITCHING about this to ANYONE i seeeeeee in the office.


The story goes like this:
I was looking for someone in another dept.
Don't know where she sits/looks like.
Asked a BITCH i saw seated in that area where is the lady i'm looking for seated at.

SHE FUCKINGLY GAVE ME THE IRRITATED LOOK.
ROLLED HER EYES.
JUST POINTED TO THE DIRECTION OF THE PERSON'S SEAT IN A RUDE MANNER.
AND JUST TURNED AWAY.


UGH. i heard from a colleague that she is VERY ANTI-SOCIAL, goes to work late, finish work early and leave.
I HOPE THE HR DEPT hears this, and sack you YOU mother fucking bitch.


My dept colleagues asked me to describe how she looks like, i said "ugly, plain ugly".
There you have it,
people with no professionalism, no respect for others and no manners will NEVER be beautiful.
(She's just dirt ugly seriously, and fucking auntie hair plus fat legs).






I actually think i have high EQ, because by usual standards, i would have blew my top and probably said some expletives. Haha.
NOW, i just bitch to my colleagues. (and here!) hahaha.
 

AND I'M REALLY A SOCIABLE AND FRIENDLY PERSON.  Just try talking to me first. I'm not a fan of taking initiative in non-work situations. Hahaha.

SLIPPPPPPED . . .

BUT, still within my acceptable range.
BUT! If only, if only, that fucker facilities results is slightly better, my GPA would not have dropped AT ALL.


Here it goes:

Examination Results

Student	:	CHEW PINN LIN ASMOND
Academic Year	:	2008/2009, October Semester
Course	:	DIPLOMA IN LEISURE & RESORT MANAGEMENT

CODE	SUBJECT	CU	Grade
BHT3006	Destination Planning & Development	4	Distinction
BLR2004	Introduction to Gaming Operations	3	B+
BLR2006	Leisure & Resort Facilities Management	3	B
BLR3004	Club Management	4	A
BLR3005	Cruise Business	3	B+
BLR3008	Spa & Wellness Management	3	Distinction
GCD1003	Applied Principles for Effective Living 3	1	Pass

Academic Status: COMPLETED COURSE OF STUDY FOR THE DIPLOMA IN LEISURE & RESORT MANAGEMENT (SHIOK AH!)





**

The most difficult papers - Club & Spa.
Surprisingly, i did pretty well.
So it shows that you don't really need to know the exact exact points to the answers.


For Destination, it was totally my style of paper - reasoning with justification with examples. Haha. Totally my genre. So its within my expectations.



ANYWAYS. 
remember i said in one of my previous post regarding using arrows and mind-mapping for examination answers?
I used it ALOT for Destination & Club's papers. And see, i didnt do badly.
I also did some arrow here arrow there for SPA because i can't finish the paper.
Hahaha. SO, don't need to stick to essay style of examination answers,
what matters most is to get your point across to the examiners.


As for Cruise & Gaming, the project and papers were not done well (for mid-sems).
So this grade is considered reasonable to me.
Though i wished Gaming will be one notch higher.


FUCK YOU FACILITIES.
Who wants to learn about water systems, air cons, HVAC, swimming pools, light systems
when i enrolled in a tourism diploma.
Just proved that i'm really lousy in all these technical stuff. hahaha.

. . . to my previous internship company to work as temp staff.


BECAUSE.

I'm in a different department now. Because my boss was tasked to take on a different portfolio.
So when she switched sides, naturally when i join, i follow her.
From a marketing intern, i'm now part of the MICE Sales team.
I'm now totally exposed to totally different things that i used to handle during internship,
and i think i'm seriously learning a lot from my colleagues & bosses.
Today R raised a question during meeting, & i got into a whole thinking process in my brain. So exciting.


BECAUSE.

I am not joining the company as like any usual temp staff for admin.
I'm seriously doing work, as though i'm in internship.
But this time round, there's no need to slowly build the trust and rapport because it's all there already.
And i'm asked to take part in meetings and discussions by boss, because she wants me to learn from these experiences. (just like internship).

AND my mom tells me that i MUST cherish this opportunity because my boss is giving me chances to learn and expose myself to the industry.
So i know, the best way to repay my boss is to work hard, work smart, and work fast.

I'm so motivated to learn under my boss (and colleagues) that i somehow wish my enlistment for NS will be in Sept, instead of the possible July.
So that i will get more time to learn more things from them.
MICE seems like a pretty interesting (but stressful) sector to me. Hahah.
I definitely think i will learn more now as compared to my internship period.



I shall post pictures of my seat soon.
BECAUSE, i have a goooooooood view~
I just turn 180 degrees and i get to see a beautiful island.

PLUS, i'm stocking up my tidbits/snacks cabinet already! HAHAHAHA.

Credit: http://myyearonline.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/marley.jpg




I finished reading the book in two days.

I sat there on the second day, for like three hours straight, without even standing up once/go to the toilet.
BECAUSE.
the story is just toooooo addictive and nice!



And i cried while reading the book, at the exact same part of the movie! HAHA.
Cried means tears flowing down my porcelain cheeks! HAHAHAHAHA.
Not those ugly weeping la pls.

At this part:

"You know all that stuff we've always said about you?
I whispered.
"What a total pain you are? Don't believe it. Don't believe it for a minute, Marley."
"Marley, you are a GREAT dog."


I don't know why i would cry at this part, both in the movie and the book.
But i guess, i REALLY LOVE DOGS (no cats totally pls) and i can totally feeel that kind of love and pain.


PLEASE read the book.
You will not regret it. hahaha.

 

Credit: http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/still/marley_me01.jpg










 

Credit: http://popwatch.ew.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/12/28/marleyandme_l.jpg







 

Credit: http://media.decider.com/assets/images/media/movie/185/marley_and_me_png_595x325_crop_upscale_q85.jpg





 

Credit: http://blog.beliefnet.com/beyondblue/imgs/marley%20and%20me.jpg










Go catch MARLEY & ME in movies now! 
Featuring my goddess - Jennifer Aniston. Together with Owen Wilson.
This is a movie worth watching (if you love animals, if you don't, then probably don't watch haha)


I was really moved to tears when Owen Wilson started to recount what Marley has done for the family,
like taking care of his son, Connor, when he is sick (sleeping beside him quietly - which is something Marley don't always do).

Marley also ran out of the house and hid itself, because Marley knew that he was about to die.
Plus, the cards & messages the kids wrote for Marley when they buried him just showed how much they treated Marley as a family member instead of just another dog.

Knowing that this story is based on a true story, i can't help but just love Marley more.





And one of the takeaways in the movie that i like: Sometimes you may just surprise yourself.



******

I went out on a date - with myself - today. Haha. Just needed a break from staying at home.
Its beeeeeen a long long long time since i last watched any movie alone.
Alot of my friends will never watch any movie alone, because they think its pathetic, and they feel that people will look at them in a pathetic manner.

Seriously, why bother?
I watched my movie, i feel good, who cares about how they will feel.


Ms Seow (poly lecturer) said that i'm super independent, i wouldnt care if i have lunch partners or friends at work.
I guess so.
Because what needs to be done have to be done, regardless if your friend/s is/are present or not.
And why change/shelve your plans when your friends can't make it?
So exposed to external changes. No internal control. I don't like. Haha.





ANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD....

I bought the book i bought the book i bought the book!
I'm not lending the book to anyone, BECAUSE it has Jennifer Aniston's face plastered over the cover page.
AND i also have friends who don't really return my books? Hahah.
They either lose it/totally forget about it.

THUS, buy your goddamnstorybook yourself. Hahah. I love Jennifer Aniston too much!



OK bye, I need to sleep.
I have been sleeping at 11pm recently (until like past 10am then i wake up). Hahaha.

Tomorrow is the last paper. My favourite subject - Spa & Wellness Management.

After that.
No more school. No more Business School. No more lectures/tutorials.
No more fussing over my GPA. Hahaha.
No more hanging out with several beloved schoolmates.



Seriously. All I wish for now, is to retain my GPA. I don't care if it doesn't increase. I just wish it doesn't drop.

I think my Club paper is a little bit screwed.
That.Twenty.Mark.Question.Three.Is.So.Fucked.
And the way i wrote my answers, is like writing a mindmap. With arrows. Here and there.
Because i didnt have enough time to finish the paper. Plus i didnt know what to write.
So just scribbled down all my random guesses/thoughts. Linked that up. Analyzed it.
Please.Let.Me.Get.Through.Pls.


I'm also wishing that for Destination Planning's paper. I will be able to do well.
I did a little bit of mind-mapping. Actually, quite a bit.
But it was a flowchart. For several questions.
(I know i have very weird ways of answering questions)
But i tried it quite a lot of times and it turned out okay.

But i just have this feeling that - it depends on the tutor who marks it. Haha. But i can't change it anymore.
Just hope that it doesnt cost me my marks.




With that, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the release of the results.
I have a feeling that half of my subjects will be pretty good, half of it will be not-up-to-my-expectations. (NOTE: Expectations. Mine. So don't roll your eyes)
Just.hope.my.GPA.doesnt.drop.



For now, Goodbye. Time to study Spa. LAST PAPER!

I. JUST. NEED. TO. GET. THIS. INTO. MY. BRAIN.




I only need to work hard for another four days, but i'm always slacking.

I slept the whole Fri night away.
Watched He's Just Not That Into You on Saturday & slacked the rest of the night away.
Celebrated my grandfather's Birthday on Sunday.
Caught The Academy Awards 2009 this morning & played with Solitaire the whole afternoon.
 

I'm scared for Cruise's paper, and since it clashes with Club's paper on Thursday,
its double "uh-oh" for me. Hahah.
I did relatively below my expectations for cruise the entire semester, and i just need to buck up and push the grade to a comfortable A.
If not, my GPA will be in danger of fallllllllling!

(PS: I just pray to keep my GPA as it is for this final semester).


Thank god i'm confident for spa & destination planning's papers.






ANW. I have started planning for my life after graduation.
Life is probably going to take a VERY different direction for me as i unveil some surprises for certain people.
(I hope i dont chicken out of it).

And lately, something exceptionally great has been happening in my life (not work-related).
I just can't wait to graduate, look good and attend a fantastic dinner. YES!

Photos taken from official movie website of He's Just Not That Into You.





I sacrificed one day of studying for my final exams to catch this movie - He's Just Not That Into You.


This movie is a MUST WATCH!



Typical, but really interesting.
I keeeeeep sighing because everything in the movie is just so spot-on.
Especially the part when guys break up with girls
they always like to use this classic sentence "I'm not good enough for you", when in fact, all they want is just to break up. HAHA.


I agreeee to almost 95% of the happenings in the movie.
And what happened to Jennifer Connelly is exactly the reason why i resent marriage.
And what Jennifer Aniston feels about Ben Affleck is exactly how i feel why marriage is not that important.

Marriage doesnt mean that the love will then be forever or that you have successfully made the person yours forever;
neither does it mean that if a couple does NOT get married, it means they are not THAT in love.
I don't see marriage as the bond, i see love being the power that bonds two hearts together.


Aww. I think i'll get the DVD when its released. Just feel like watching it again seriously.
Totally made me forget all the stress from studying for exams.

I could sit in this house
In this room, In this bed
Just as long as I’m feeling this way

And boy since you’ve been away
I cant sleep, I’ve been awake
I just lay here trying to deal with this pain

Four walls and no you (wow)
The silence in this room is so loud
No one else can fix it but you

Damn, it’s so hard to face
I lost you
Why’d I throw your heart away
Now I’m going down
Lke I’m on the ground
I lost you
I lost you (baby)

I’m sitting here wishing I could change the past
Knowing deep inside I can’t get my baby back
I lost you
I lost you
Oh baby I just cant stand the way that I lost you

I’ve been trying
To put the pieces of a picture
Back together
But it just dont look the same

(I feel sick I need a medic) ‘Cause my heart’s stopped beating
And I feel like I’m slipping away

Four walls and no you (no you oh wow)
The silence in this room is so loud
No one else can fix it but you

Damn, it’s so hard to face
I lost you
why’d I throw your heart away
Now I’m going down
Like I’m on the ground
I lost you
I lost you

I’m sitting here wishing I could change the past
Knowing deep inside can’t get my baby back
I lost you
I lost you
Oh baby I just cant stand the way that I lost you

And I don’t know how
I’m gonna make it
I’m going crazy
But maybe somehow
You can find your way
Find your way back to me

Damn, it's so hard to face
I lost you
why’d I throw your heart away
Now I’m going down
Like I’m on the ground
I lost you
I lost you

I’m sitting here wishing I could change the past
Knowing deep inside can’t get my baby back
I lost you
I lost you
(and I cant stand the way) I just cant stand the way that I lost you

Damn, it's so hard to face
I lost you
Why’d I throw your heart away
Now I’m going down
Like I’m on the ground
I lost you
I lost you…







****

I just don't get it why such a beautiful and talented singer is not popular.


****

Btw, i just cut my hair (again!) and i requested for a short haircut (cuz the weather is just too hot to bear).
& now, i look like a primary school boy. Hahahah.

2008-12-28 舞林大道 "黑角+Elmo - 黑角mo舞力全開"


Check out Elmo's solo performance (locking) at around point 6:30.



I can't help but say, OMFG! Hahaha.

JON MCLAUGHLIN - Industry

He is extremelyyyyy talented and passionate about his music.
& his piano skills is just oh-my-freaking-god-damn-good!

I just bought his new album from HMV (imported from the states).
Cost me 32 bucks, but i didnt even think and i just bought his album straight away.
I have all his albums! (aha, 2 only, because he has only released 2 with a major record label).

He is one of the singers that i die die will buy their albums no matter what,
because you know they will never suck. and even if they do, you still love them for who they are & what they produce.

PS: He was the one who brought you the song 'SO CLOSE' from the movie 'Enchanted'.





*****


Back to my post, its really not BLACK FRIDAY for nothing SERIOUSLY.

I have had a full day of bad luck!
actually i have been going downhill for quite some time, but today is the best of the best.



I woke up SUPER early this morning to accomplish something, but it was cancelled because of stupid reasons.

Decided to roam around town since i've nothing else to do & i'm not in the mood to head back to school for lectures.
Stopped by Starbucks (outside Pacific Plaza) for some Iced Caramel Macchiato & newspaper reading.
(This is actually my fave place & drink & thing to do hahah)

Wanted to go for spa treatments to get rid of all the unhappiness building in me (this morning's cancellation! ugh)
but because its a FRIDAY, i can't get any slots at some spas i wanted to go to (The Aspara @ Goodwood)
(i ended up at some lok-kok place, but it was prettttyy good actually).


THEN the POWER bad luck incident, i met an ex-date in town, with another date in tow.
No, i don't care who my ex-date dates now.
I'm not friends with anyone i have dated, the feeling is just plain weird.
So this incident was totalllllly awkward with the very PC questions like "how are you now?, what are you doing now?"
I just wanted to dig a hole and bury myself inside. Hahahaha.
And i just found excuses to stop the conversation and run! HAHA.

(Ironically, it was at this exact place that i re-met my ex-date after quite some time & we started hanging out - we were just hi-bye friends prior to that)


And then,
i cut my thumb when i was taking something from my bag (a very deep paper cut).
THEN,
while reaching out for my keys in my bag to open the door, i cut my pinkie (PAPER CUT AGAIN!)


Just kill me.


God, if you're hearing this, send me all the bad luck this week.
& just give me good luck when the exams start next Friday.
I really need it. Hahaha.


 

 

Taken from: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1385/536931766_3948fb3792.jpg?v=0





I'm graduating!



Wednesday was my last day of school.
I'm skipping tomorrow's lectures because i have other matters to attend to.

Now waiting for the final papers which will commence next Friday,
and end exactly one week later!

After that, its graduation!




Quite a rollercoaster ride this past three years.
The past one year has been extremely bad.
& i hope it will only get better after that.

When life hits rock bottom, you know the only direction to head will be UP.



Finished application for university, will only be applying for NTU & NUS.
NTU - Business/Comms
NUS - FASS/Business.



Not in the mood to update, not in the mood to study, not really in the mood to talk to anyone.
Some stupid jokers intruded & disrupted my life totally.
Right now,
JUST let me study my examinations in peace.


Good luck to all coursemates taking the final examinations!

He is definitely one of the funniest sports personalities. HAHA.