Living the life of an auditor in a big 4 firm is bad enough, the hours are fantastic, the pay not so fantastic, the people are nice enough, some people are just not nice enough. it's tough enough being a small fish in the sea, it's even tougher being a small fish with a big fish set out to eat you alive and spit out your bones.
fuck. that's life.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Quote of the day from Mi Mi
"The sales person couldn't understand what colour i wanted..."
"What colour did you want?"
"I wanted the blown bag. But she kept taking the brack bag... so I told her, I want the BLOWN bag. Not the BRACK bag..."
"What colour did you want?"
"I wanted the blown bag. But she kept taking the brack bag... so I told her, I want the BLOWN bag. Not the BRACK bag..."
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Jasmin
My friend Jasmin. Lent me a piece of paper to act as a bookmark.
After I marked my book. She took it out of the book and said, "let me give you a better book mark."
(She didn't mark the page I was at before she took out the book mark)
After I marked my book. She took it out of the book and said, "let me give you a better book mark."
(She didn't mark the page I was at before she took out the book mark)
Monday, October 06, 2008
Fossil
It's been a really long time since i've left a mark at this place.
Life's been really good so far. I can safely say that I lack nothing, in fact, the only thing i lack is a lack of weight loss. Which really means that I've gained (weight), which is not really a bad thing (to some people). But in my case, it most definitely is not a good thing.
I've begun blading or rather I've begun picking up blading once again because the missus is an avid blader. To this date, I've bladed 4 times which has seen me evolve from a panda with wheels for feet, to a whale which can't stop.
Work has been kind. I would have done nothing to date if my friend didn't randomly ask me to help some random manager to do some random job for 4 hours. At least now my duck is broken and before you know it, the work will just keep coming.
The premier league has been interesting to say the least. Hull City is currently in 3rd place, Tottenham is still last with an amazing tally of 2 points from 7 games. And most shocking of all, Loserpool is 2nd place! Imagine that! Who would have thought that they would be a title contender! Well it's too soon to predict anything but I would be suprised to see Loserpool still in contention for the title come December.
Msn is over-rated. Once you're online for 8 hours a day 5 days a week, well, make that 6 hours a day once you factor in lunch time. You realise that there aren't that many people you genuinely want to talk to. And forcing a conversation for 6 hours straight is just that. Forced.
My friend since 10 just broke up. She's doing surprisingly well, despite her decision to suddenly mobilise me. Which made me I think that she was really upset, only to see her surprisingly, well!
There are exactly 4 circular lights above where I am sitting. Of which only 3 are working. And in a weird way, I think it relates back to my friends, of which there are only 4 of us left in the office. One has gone to Queens Way to buy shoes... That leaves us with only 3. The difference is that out of these 3 workers, only 1 is working. But at least there are still 3 of us...
Life's been really good so far. I can safely say that I lack nothing, in fact, the only thing i lack is a lack of weight loss. Which really means that I've gained (weight), which is not really a bad thing (to some people). But in my case, it most definitely is not a good thing.
I've begun blading or rather I've begun picking up blading once again because the missus is an avid blader. To this date, I've bladed 4 times which has seen me evolve from a panda with wheels for feet, to a whale which can't stop.
Work has been kind. I would have done nothing to date if my friend didn't randomly ask me to help some random manager to do some random job for 4 hours. At least now my duck is broken and before you know it, the work will just keep coming.
The premier league has been interesting to say the least. Hull City is currently in 3rd place, Tottenham is still last with an amazing tally of 2 points from 7 games. And most shocking of all, Loserpool is 2nd place! Imagine that! Who would have thought that they would be a title contender! Well it's too soon to predict anything but I would be suprised to see Loserpool still in contention for the title come December.
Msn is over-rated. Once you're online for 8 hours a day 5 days a week, well, make that 6 hours a day once you factor in lunch time. You realise that there aren't that many people you genuinely want to talk to. And forcing a conversation for 6 hours straight is just that. Forced.
My friend since 10 just broke up. She's doing surprisingly well, despite her decision to suddenly mobilise me. Which made me I think that she was really upset, only to see her surprisingly, well!
There are exactly 4 circular lights above where I am sitting. Of which only 3 are working. And in a weird way, I think it relates back to my friends, of which there are only 4 of us left in the office. One has gone to Queens Way to buy shoes... That leaves us with only 3. The difference is that out of these 3 workers, only 1 is working. But at least there are still 3 of us...
Monday, May 26, 2008
I.DONT.UNDERSTAND.WHAT.IS.SO.DIFFICULT.ABOUT.GETTING.TAXI.DRIVERS.TO.TURN.ON.THEIR.METERS.
It just goes to show how effective law enforcement is in a country. If they cannot even regulate a regulated industry like the taxi industry, one can only wonder how effective they will be when other issues such as organized crime comes about. Little wonder then that the crime rate is so fucking high in this country. Cases of girls being kidnapped 100m away from their homes before getting raped then killed are so common here, I hardly bat an eyelid when I hear about it.
The situation regarding taxi drivers are so bad that even the hotel staff shyly admit that the ride would cost me RM 4 by meter, which is never turned on. So be prepared to pay RM 7 usually but do NOT pay more than RM 10. Fantastic.
Day 2, we boarded a cab who demanded RM 20 and despite the fact he refused to lower the price he started driving off. Mother fucker. Finally we settled at RM 10 but that’s not the point.
What is the problem with this country. Even often maligned China has managed to control the problem of taxi touting by ensuring that complaints are not just heard but attended to and affirmative action taken. In fact, in all major cities in the middle kingdom, one does not have to even ask the drivers to turn on the meter.
I can only reckon that complaints in this city just provide an opportunity for the regulators to earn some extra pocket money. I mean why bother punishing them when one can make a quick buck out of them. When policemen regularly stop foreign cars asking for “coffee” money what more underpaid regulators.
It’s situations like this that make me smirk to myself when I remember their goal of reaching the status of a developed nation by 2020. I think they confused the positions of 0 and 2.
It just goes to show how effective law enforcement is in a country. If they cannot even regulate a regulated industry like the taxi industry, one can only wonder how effective they will be when other issues such as organized crime comes about. Little wonder then that the crime rate is so fucking high in this country. Cases of girls being kidnapped 100m away from their homes before getting raped then killed are so common here, I hardly bat an eyelid when I hear about it.
The situation regarding taxi drivers are so bad that even the hotel staff shyly admit that the ride would cost me RM 4 by meter, which is never turned on. So be prepared to pay RM 7 usually but do NOT pay more than RM 10. Fantastic.
Day 2, we boarded a cab who demanded RM 20 and despite the fact he refused to lower the price he started driving off. Mother fucker. Finally we settled at RM 10 but that’s not the point.
What is the problem with this country. Even often maligned China has managed to control the problem of taxi touting by ensuring that complaints are not just heard but attended to and affirmative action taken. In fact, in all major cities in the middle kingdom, one does not have to even ask the drivers to turn on the meter.
I can only reckon that complaints in this city just provide an opportunity for the regulators to earn some extra pocket money. I mean why bother punishing them when one can make a quick buck out of them. When policemen regularly stop foreign cars asking for “coffee” money what more underpaid regulators.
It’s situations like this that make me smirk to myself when I remember their goal of reaching the status of a developed nation by 2020. I think they confused the positions of 0 and 2.
Monday, April 21, 2008
How many times have we thought that things would be different only if we slowed down, thought things through. And listened to what other people had to say instead. But aren't we all just human, so fixated on what we want, so caught up with what we can get that we're just flowing along the current of self glorification, slapping ourselves on the back every step of the way. Isn't it just a human instinct to satisfy our own needs before we start to look else where. I mean how can I help you if I can't help myself. Aren't we just human at the end of the day, with ourselves conceivably more important than anything or anyone else for that matter. After all, American values - individualism, carried along radio and TV waves that have been multiplied by the Internet has long planted the seeds on self justification that are so ingrained in us that who can blame us now for thinking "Who cares about what anyone else thinks as long as I'm happy."
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Real life!
A group was doing a presentation in class using powerpoint. The title heading read, "New South Whales".
NEW SOUTH WHALES!
NEW SOUTH WHALES!
NEW SOUTH WHALES!
NEW SOUTH WHALES!
AHAHAHAHAHHAHA!
IT'S WALES! NOT WHALES!
WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!
NEW SOUTH WHALES!
NEW SOUTH WHALES!
NEW SOUTH WHALES!
NEW SOUTH WHALES!
AHAHAHAHAHHAHA!
IT'S WALES! NOT WHALES!
WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!WALES!
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Johnny English!
Jo
Hey fellas, don't be jealous, when they made him they broke the mold.
So charismatic, with an automatic,
Never prematurely shooting his load, Pow!
Hey fellas, don't be jealous, when they made him they broke the mold.
So charismatic, with an automatic,
Never prematurely shooting his load, Pow!
Friday, April 04, 2008
I love how this song is just dripping with sarcasm behind such a happy and upbeat tune.
Antonio Banderas and Madonna---Oh What A Circus
lyrics by Tim Rice, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
(Che:)
Oh what a circus, oh what a show
Argentina has gone to town
Over the death of an actress called Eva Peron
We've all gone crazy
Mourning all day and mourning all night
Falling over ourselves to get all of the misery right
Oh what an exit, that's how to go
When they're ringing your curtain down
Demand to be buried like Eva Peron
It's quite a sunset
And good for the country in a roundabout way
We've made the front page of all the world's papers today
But who is this Santa Evita?
Why all this howling, hysterical sorrow?
What kind of goddess has lived among us?
How will we ever get by without her?
She had her moments, she had some style
The best show in town was the crowd
Outside the Casa Rosada crying, "Eva Peron"
But that's all gone now
As soon as the smoke from the funeral clears
We're all gonna see and how, she did nothing for years
(Crowd:)
Salve regina mater misericordiae
Vita dulcedo et spes nostra
Salve salve regina
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
O clemens o pia
Hail, oh queen, mother of mercy
Our life, sweetness, and hope
Hail, hail, oh queen
To you we cry, exiled sons of Eve
To you we sigh, mourning and weeping
Oh clement, oh loving one
(Che:)
You let down your people Evita
You were supposed to have been immortal
That's all they wanted, not much to ask for
But in the end you could not deliver
Sing you fools, but you got it wrong
Enjoy your prayers because you haven't got long
Your queen is dead, your king is through
And she's not coming back to you
Show business kept us all alive
Since seventeen October 1945
But the star has gone, the glamour's worn thin
That's a pretty bad state for a state to be in
Instead of government we had a stage
Instead of ideas, a prima donna's rage
Instead of help we were given a crowd
She didn't say much, but she said it loud
Sing you fools, but you got it wrong
Enjoy your prayers because you haven't got long
Your queen is dead, your king is through
She's not coming back to you
(Crowd:)
Salve regina mater misericordiae
Vita dulcedo et spes nostra
Salve salve regina Peron
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
O clemens o pia
(Eva:)
Don't cry for me Argentina
For I am ordinary, unimportant
And undeserving of such attention
Unless we all are, I think we all are
So share my glory, so share my coffin
So share my glory, so share my coffin
(Che:)
It's our funeral too
Antonio Banderas and Madonna---Oh What A Circus
lyrics by Tim Rice, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
(Che:)
Oh what a circus, oh what a show
Argentina has gone to town
Over the death of an actress called Eva Peron
We've all gone crazy
Mourning all day and mourning all night
Falling over ourselves to get all of the misery right
Oh what an exit, that's how to go
When they're ringing your curtain down
Demand to be buried like Eva Peron
It's quite a sunset
And good for the country in a roundabout way
We've made the front page of all the world's papers today
But who is this Santa Evita?
Why all this howling, hysterical sorrow?
What kind of goddess has lived among us?
How will we ever get by without her?
She had her moments, she had some style
The best show in town was the crowd
Outside the Casa Rosada crying, "Eva Peron"
But that's all gone now
As soon as the smoke from the funeral clears
We're all gonna see and how, she did nothing for years
(Crowd:)
Salve regina mater misericordiae
Vita dulcedo et spes nostra
Salve salve regina
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
O clemens o pia
Hail, oh queen, mother of mercy
Our life, sweetness, and hope
Hail, hail, oh queen
To you we cry, exiled sons of Eve
To you we sigh, mourning and weeping
Oh clement, oh loving one
(Che:)
You let down your people Evita
You were supposed to have been immortal
That's all they wanted, not much to ask for
But in the end you could not deliver
Sing you fools, but you got it wrong
Enjoy your prayers because you haven't got long
Your queen is dead, your king is through
And she's not coming back to you
Show business kept us all alive
Since seventeen October 1945
But the star has gone, the glamour's worn thin
That's a pretty bad state for a state to be in
Instead of government we had a stage
Instead of ideas, a prima donna's rage
Instead of help we were given a crowd
She didn't say much, but she said it loud
Sing you fools, but you got it wrong
Enjoy your prayers because you haven't got long
Your queen is dead, your king is through
She's not coming back to you
(Crowd:)
Salve regina mater misericordiae
Vita dulcedo et spes nostra
Salve salve regina Peron
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
O clemens o pia
(Eva:)
Don't cry for me Argentina
For I am ordinary, unimportant
And undeserving of such attention
Unless we all are, I think we all are
So share my glory, so share my coffin
So share my glory, so share my coffin
(Che:)
It's our funeral too
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Grammar check gone wrong
Dear Students,
Our internet is experienced some intermittent problems this afternoon.
We suspect the problems could be due to abnormality of a server supporting the internet services. The server has been rebooted and the service restore to normal now. We are still monitoring the situation and had escalated the problems to our vendor for follow up.
We sincerely apologize to the inconvenience caused.
Regards
Serene
Our internet is experienced some intermittent problems this afternoon.
We suspect the problems could be due to abnormality of a server supporting the internet services. The server has been rebooted and the service restore to normal now. We are still monitoring the situation and had escalated the problems to our vendor for follow up.
We sincerely apologize to the inconvenience caused.
Regards
Serene
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
I finally watched Fitna and i am amazed.
I'm amazed at the audacity of the producer, in producing such a film.
I'm amazed at what he claims to be stated in the Koran. You have to watch it.
I'm amazed (not as much), at what the some of them have preached.
I'm amazed at how they describe Jews. Especially when they asked a little girl if she knew of Jews and she referred to them as swines.
I'm amazed at the backlash it has received and I'm wondering if there would be a similar backlash if someone did something like that with the bible.
I'm amazed at the producer's conclusion, "It's up to the Muslims to take out these pages of the Koran." - As if that's going to happen.
I'm amazed at the audacity of the producer, in producing such a film.
I'm amazed at what he claims to be stated in the Koran. You have to watch it.
I'm amazed (not as much), at what the some of them have preached.
I'm amazed at how they describe Jews. Especially when they asked a little girl if she knew of Jews and she referred to them as swines.
I'm amazed at the backlash it has received and I'm wondering if there would be a similar backlash if someone did something like that with the bible.
I'm amazed at the producer's conclusion, "It's up to the Muslims to take out these pages of the Koran." - As if that's going to happen.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Quote of the day
"I prefer playing munchkins than drinking with ugly girls." - Gay salsa dancer, 1983 - 19xx (Date to be determined when his girlfriend reads this.)
How apt. I'll drink to THAT.
How apt. I'll drink to THAT.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Wii
good friday turned out to be better than expected. with a mahjong game before they
decided to play wii. which ended up with them looking like this.
(the video has not been uploaded due to the pending authorization of the participants involved. at this point, i must say that they looked most unglamorous in the video, explaining the lack of authorization.)
decided to play wii. which ended up with them looking like this.
(the video has not been uploaded due to the pending authorization of the participants involved. at this point, i must say that they looked most unglamorous in the video, explaining the lack of authorization.)
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Friday, March 21, 2008
I finally have a breather. Wednesday will be my last presentation in SMU. Meanwhile, I’ve already submitted my last report for the school. The feeling is just kind of weird. Not that I’m complaining though.
My beloved sister drove my car, got the tire punctured. Called me to tell me that it was punctured. And asked if I could take the car back to change the tire for her.
All this while, one thought was running through my head. Do I look like a mechanic? Thinking that I didn’t, I told her to go change the tire to the spare and I’ll take the car to the workshop to repair the busted tire.
At 3pm, I called her to ask her where the car was and whether I could go take it.
“Yeah! It’s at my in-laws place. You can go and take it. * PAUSE * but I haven’t changed the tires yet…. Sorry…”
Seriously. So guess who had to call his childhood friends to go with him to her in-laws place, spend almost 30 minutes trying to change the tire in the mother fucking rain. Before bringing the tire to the tire shop where he got the BEST service ever.
At the tire shop…
I parked the car, got out of the car, INTO THE RAIN AGAIN and proceeded to open my boot. “Uncle ar, can help me repair this tire?”
To this, I got no reply. He just walked to the boot, took out the punctured tire and started doing what people do to repair punctured tires. At this time, another man got up and started to do an inspection around my car. He then took a jack and started raising the car to replace the spare tire. Note, all this was done without a single word being said to me. At this point, yx looked at me and said, “hey have they spoken to you yet?”
“No?”
“Then how do you know they know what you want them to do?”
“I dunno. But it looks like they’re doing the right thing…”
“ermmmm…. Good luck.”
After they changed the tire, one of them came up to me and said, “ten dollars”
I paid him the money and asked him to check the pressure on the rest of the tires. He turned and walk away, checked all the tires, walked back and gave me a thumbs up sign. Seriously. What is wrong with people now a days.
My beloved sister drove my car, got the tire punctured. Called me to tell me that it was punctured. And asked if I could take the car back to change the tire for her.
All this while, one thought was running through my head. Do I look like a mechanic? Thinking that I didn’t, I told her to go change the tire to the spare and I’ll take the car to the workshop to repair the busted tire.
At 3pm, I called her to ask her where the car was and whether I could go take it.
“Yeah! It’s at my in-laws place. You can go and take it. * PAUSE * but I haven’t changed the tires yet…. Sorry…”
Seriously. So guess who had to call his childhood friends to go with him to her in-laws place, spend almost 30 minutes trying to change the tire in the mother fucking rain. Before bringing the tire to the tire shop where he got the BEST service ever.
At the tire shop…
I parked the car, got out of the car, INTO THE RAIN AGAIN and proceeded to open my boot. “Uncle ar, can help me repair this tire?”
To this, I got no reply. He just walked to the boot, took out the punctured tire and started doing what people do to repair punctured tires. At this time, another man got up and started to do an inspection around my car. He then took a jack and started raising the car to replace the spare tire. Note, all this was done without a single word being said to me. At this point, yx looked at me and said, “hey have they spoken to you yet?”
“No?”
“Then how do you know they know what you want them to do?”
“I dunno. But it looks like they’re doing the right thing…”
“ermmmm…. Good luck.”
After they changed the tire, one of them came up to me and said, “ten dollars”
I paid him the money and asked him to check the pressure on the rest of the tires. He turned and walk away, checked all the tires, walked back and gave me a thumbs up sign. Seriously. What is wrong with people now a days.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
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