matchmake

i've kind of celebrated my new found freedom for slightly more than a month. recently, however, i realised that i got a lot of offers. no.. not people who are interested in me. it's people who are trying very hard to promote their nephew /son /god-son /brother* to me. funny how people see me as an eligible bacherlorette.

"so how? have you found a boyfriend?"

i hate this question. who said that being unattached means that i've gotta grab hold of someone?

and i dont go around looking for boyfriends, they are not easily found.

unless, of course, you are talking about the abundance of guys from a certain school. yeah. those are easily found. except they are not the perfect gentlemen that you'll want to cast another glance. i call it wasting time.

so why the perfect gentlemen? i'm not talking about those people who speaks with so much euphemism you'll want to shoot him. i'm talking about the guys who will take the initiative to go order food for you, serve you, walk you home, pay attention to what you like, and be nice to your friends.

as we all can tell, dear Yixi is one of them.. so.. rong! you lucky girl!

haha.


i dont give people false hopes. so when i say that your application's pending, it just means back off.

celebration

yesterday, we celebrated the birthday of this guy:

jac

yeah.. him

our drinks

the present

joce, jac !!

jac, lena

me, jac

me, jac

joce, me

me, lena, rong

Ambushed!

Photographer: Jac

happy 2nd month-niversary!!! to me and mr cough...

tutorial mates

i dont like my tutorial mates.

it's insane. all pampered little princes and princesses expecting me to do everything.

think i'm exaggerating?

first they say they dont know where to start. so i worked till 3 am to get a frame for them.. headings for the slides.. what needs to be covered... you think i'm so free?

and i ask them what slides they want to work on. so i take those that are harder to explain because i think i have better knowledge of it.

and i leave those issues that can be easily attained from the internet and requires zero understanding skills.

and what? they dont bother to do research.

and they expect me to spoonfeed them.

giving the excuse that they know little about the topic.

pls la. undergrads..

i dont mind doing extra work. please dont use ignorance as an excuse. just key in the words into yahoo.

how f**king hard is that?

and now they accuse me of picking the "better slides" mainly because i've filled in the points for those slides.

you people are the reason why people despise us.

determination

i resloved to quit drinking some time ago. resolved.. that is..
sometimes you dont really have to stick to it.

most of the time i'm really determined. i suppose maybe most of the time i'm not really addicted to anything.

lately i've discovered that our group seems to be falling apart.. into the non-ntus and the ntus.
of course no one knows what i'm talking about, basically because i'm half drunk.

not totally drunk that is, so i'm just writing rubbish that no one cares.

no i havent read the papers. and i'm not interested to know why there's a hurricane.

i am, however, interested to know what's happening to most of us. people i havent seen in ages, people who are happily attached, people who are still waiting, or people who are just mainly happy with being single.

i'm missing out a category: people who wants to be attached to someone but insists that they are happy remaining single.

you think love is what this world is about?

nah. i dont think so.

of course there are some of us who thinks so highly of themselves you start wondering if hot air was the only thing that's making their head big. yeah.. i'm one of them.

then i imagine my biz comm prof going.. "respect!"

and i sneer.

then there's some of us that have such low confidence i wonder if they even dare to look into the mirror each day. because all they do is compare themselves to others. or maybe magnify their flaws. i dont know. i think i ought to share my sky-high ego with them.

maybe it'll make the world a better place.

but of course we've all failed to see that nothing remains the same.

there's why we learn about paradigm shifts in organisations.

that's why we see people hiring lawyers to get divorced.

"change for the better" they say.. how so? how to? what's better?

who are you to tell me that?
who are you to put anyone down?
you're just like me - full of yourself..

are you not?

and so.. wait if you must.
fight if you must.
be determined.
but when you realise that all hope is lost, dont be stubborn. learn to accept failure and move on.

you know who you are.

stop wasting time.

Amenities fee

in marketing, we call it bundling.. selling you stuff that you need together with the stuff you dont need and making you pay for it anyway. in NTU, we call it "Amenities Fee".

quoting from The Nanyang Chronicle:

"According to the SAO, the amenities fee will be used to pay for the provision of facilities like the foosball tables (what's that?) at the students activities centre, and for the maintanence work like refurbishment of canteens. (huh? i dont see any improvements!)

the shuttle bus on campus (you are charging me for something i didnt use??) , which has gone fare-free starting this semester, will also be paid for using part of the new charges..."

a correction here, they didnt bundle it with something i needed. they made me pay 12 bucks for something i didnt need at all. and they didnt even bother telling me that i was charged this amount.

remember any issue otherwise known as "transparency"?

my point is, i'm not even given a "offer/acceptance" choice!

i think it doesnt benefit most students. i'm sure some of us find it a hassle to wait 5 min for a bus and another 5 for the ride when walking may just take 5 min from north to south.and if it makes you feel better, i've got a concession. taking 179 would be an easier and comfortable option since the frequency is higher. yes, much higher compared to the shuttlebus.

this is ridiculous.

i can eat 3 macdonalds breakfast with $12.

Happy Birthday

As you all can tell, i have been a little unfair since i didnt dedicate a long essay during lena's or jocelin's birthday. bedore any of you start pointing accusing fingers at me.. i gotta emphasize.. i was hospitalised on lena's birthday and i was half-blind on jocelin's.

so.. sorry.

now back to my topic:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GUIRONG!!

there you go, big enough for the blind.

i remember two girls in class. two girls that wore hairbands.. that is.. easy to spot them from far and easiest to remember. ~ janice and guirong. besides jocelin with her rosy cheeks. lena was hard to remember. her only tell-tale sign was her hairstyle with the feelers. but do give her credit for her easy-to-remember name.

so anyway, i must say i wasnt very close to rong when we were in secondary one.. guess we were all busy running to the mcdonalds at bedok and playing five stones.
and sleeping in history class.

i loved those days.

guirong wasnt very vocal. but again, neither was any of us. i think we were drowned in jun's enthusiasm.

but that was good.

funny how i got to know the girl with the hairband better only after we were sent to different classes.
maybe not having her around in the class wasnt as fun.

or maybe being the earliest to reach school in tpjc gave us a better chance to know each other.

perhaps it was because i was interested to see why lena respects her so much.

i think i see it.

i dont even remember any incident which i was upset, disappointed, or angry with her.
none at all. i have no reason to detest her, or hate her, and i seriously dont think anyone can.. unless you hate her for being the perfect little angel. but for that, screw you.

and it's amazing.. how she can treat her friends well so unconditionally.

and i think all of you can see why we love her so much.

have fun dear! you deserve it.

Angels in Disguise...

Today's the last day of my 19th year... I've been thinking a lot today. How I have lived the 1st quater of my life.. How I have changed.. The people around me.. Was listening to Corrinne May's "Angels in Disguise", then i thought, "Hey... I do have a lot of 'angels in disguise' in my life.."

Lena: My best buddy for so so so many years. I've been through so many happy times with her. A gal who loves baking and cooking for others (I'll always remember the day she baked a chocoloate cake for me. She's the first person to do that for me. If anyone was to ask me which is the best cake I've ever eaten, I'll say, "That cake my best buddy baked for my birhtday.") A gal who doesn't mind listening to my complains. A gal who doesn't mind a friend like me who can't stop talking about her bf... ay... She's like the "happy bunny" spreading her smiles and crap jokes around. That's why everyone love her :p. A happy-go-lucky gal who never fails to bring a smile to my face... Lena.. you are my "Happy Angel-in-Disguise"...

Waiyue: The brightest gal in our gang.. and the most frank. Yup, she can shock you with her words sometimes... but that's what I like and admire about her. If I need truthful comments about something, she's the first person I go to. I like her guts... her strength and.. how sweet she can be (She asked Jac to increase the car's aircon temperature when she sensed that the cold is aggravating my back cramps. She goes all the way to find me a hot drink when the pain is killing me.. sigh...) Waiyue.. you are a much better person than you think are. I still see that sweet lady I've known since Sec 1. Waiyue.. you are my "Sweet Angel-in-Disguise"...

The rest of the Tak Lorz (comprising of Jocelin, Kaijing, Huixin, Kailin, Maykuan, Diana and Yeeling) : Yup... You all are angels-in-disguise too! The efforts all of you put in to keep our gang together... The way all of you stick togther to help anyone in the "Tak Lorz"... The fun and laughter we had disturbing each other and basically driving each other crazy ever since our secondary school days! They are great singers, jokers and lamers! A bunch of really crazy gals.. Ha... they are my "Crazy Angels-in-Disguise"...

I don't know if the rest will get to read this or not, but I'll continue anyway..

Angela: She's the reason why I didn't go crazy when I was in Class 3/1 and Class 4/1. Without her, I would have been a loner in class. Practical, logical, and responsible... her motherly ways never fails to warm my heart.. Angela.. you are my "Motherly Angel-in-Disguise"...

Leela, Jac Dean and Bernice: They kept me alive when I was in JC/Uni. We went thru all the crap work and studies together.. all the stupid but fun things we said and done.. Leela and Jac are partly the reason why I enjoyed my JC years so much. Leela, the gal who never fails to amuse me... the gal who perks me up during lecture... Jac, the smart guy who never fails to impress me with his lame jokes and independent ways.. ask him for advice and he'll do a complete analysis of your problem for u! Bernice, my fellow comrade in SCE.. waking me up when I've fallen asleep in lectures.. she's there as a "force" to keep me on the studying track.. ay... I don't know what names to give them.. so I'll just call them "Rong's Angels-in-Disguise"...

Yixi: From being my fellow guitar buddy to being my "brother-by-star" and then.. to becoming the most important man in my life. My buddy, my mentor, my lover... He's always there to listen when I bitch out work and the assholes in my life.. He's always there to drive all my worries and tears away.. Reminding me always that things are not as bad as it seems to be... Driving me around to new places and new food.. He loves me without expecting anything in return. A safe harbour I can depend on and return to when I'm sailing thru crazy seas of events. I'm not qualified to say I have a crazy life (I'm so sheltered from the harsh realities of life), but really.. he keeps me safe in a crazy world *Yixi, read the bridge of that song* :)... Yixi.. you are my "Guardian Angel-in-Disguise"...

I'm blessed to have known all of you. Thank you all so much for being just who you are. My dears.. put on your halos and angel wings...

and fly...

I love all of you...

irony

how ironic, i can only find time to blog when i'm in school.
so happy birthday singapore, a little late, but you know what i mean..
if anyone have nice pictures of fireworks or the celebrations you want to see uploaded on this blog, feel free to email me at snufflezz@gmail.com .

everyone's busy.. i'm busy thinking how i can set up my business, since i'm still technically a minor and it's not fair to force my partner into a sole proprietorship since i think a limited liability partnership's much more fair, but other than that, people, if you guys wanna buy computer accessories, mp3 players, or even print labels onto your CD-Rs, do give me a buzz.

of course one other problem that i'm facing right now is that customers call me up during lessons.

sigh~

someone tell me what to do with that.. i dont want to put those bloody voice messages i so detest.

and i dont want to install anything that will cannibalise my profits.

haha.

happy birthday

the birthday girl

today we are all gathered to celebrate the birthday of rongx2 (guirong) in advance.
sharing the pictures we took. =)

from left: kaijing, huixin, maykuan, and me

from left: kaijing, huixin, maykuan, and me

kailin, guirong, jocelin, and lena

yixi and guirong!

kaijing, yeeling, huixin and maykuan

kaijing, yeeling, huixin, and maykuan

kaijing, yeeling, huixin and maykuan

kaijing, yeeling, huixin, and maykuan

maykuan and i and a mysterious hand.

maykuan and i

the cake!

me and jac.. look at that forced smile.

me & jac. who's trying hard to smile

from left: jocelin, huixin, yeeling, lena, myself

me & yeeling

oops?! who's that caught in the act. in order to find out, huixin, yeeling, jocelin the photographer and i try to lay our hands on evidence to prove that there's something suspicious going on!

is this better?

i think we've got a clearer shot!

trying to get a clearer shot.

see the *ahem*s in the background?

yeeling and huixin acting very hard for our mission.

catch the guy looking at the camera!

now this looks typical on those trashy magazines.

oops.. i think we're discovered.

good try from jocelin

getting a good shot of the couple

posing so we could pretend to take photos. look at the girl in black in the background.

trying very hard

still trying to catch them in the act

finally.. see who's so happy together?

NKF

yes, i suppose we are all sick of it. being made fun of just because our country intelligently hired monkeys that work for peanuts on this little sunny island. or so they claim. ridiculous jokes like new vocab known as the NKF can be used as such:
to over or under report figures so as to fool/deceive the rest.

it can therefore be used as:
snufflezz NKFed her report grades so that it would appear to be higher than it supposedly is so that she could show off in class.

which is of course, surprisingly, proves that Singaporeans are creative after all.

in an desperate attempt to ignore the joke that we are currently dealing with, the university has helpfully suggested that we study this case carefully for our accounting class. yes, so we know what "integrity" means. and so, please turn to page 17 of the cost management book for further details of the rest of the moral codes we are supposed to comply with.

and to think that our starting pay is nowhere near peanuts.

what is this world turning into?

CEOs earn peanuts by getting astronomical bonuses.
Professors earn peanuts by babbling stuff in lecture no one understands.
Accountants earn peanuts by underreporting expenses.

and students pay peanuts to attend university to be taught moral codes which should probably have been done in primary school moral education. definitely no thanks to the Enron case. or CAO.

i wonder of they are getting a little paranoid. i mean, most people are too smart to think about saving their own asses, most singaporeans are too scared to make an illegal u-turn. do we really have to sit through moral education? i dont think so. you are wasting my money.