Tiffy’s World

This is the senario: 3 leg mahjong. North Wind. I am 3 flower.  No limit. Count for yourself!!! Now you tell me, 这是几番！！ Too bad, just too bad it was only hygiene mahjong… But well, it was for the record anyway.

1. Cyclists who expect pedestrians to give way on pedestrian walkways and drivers not watching out for cyclist on the road.

2. Taiwan rejecting the Olympic tourch relay route where it will pass through Taiwan and then directly to Hong Kong.

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Where do they belong?

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Easy to Love You by Shayne Ward

Uncomplicated, you enjoy the simple things

Don’t need no make-up you just wear what nature brings             

If you could see what I see you would know you’re beautiful

[Chorus]

You make it easy to love you every time you smile at me

And it’s so easy to love you girl you shine so naturally

I couldn’t even count them there’s so many ways

You make it easy to love you

If you could see what I see you would know you’re beautiful

Repeat [Chorus]

Will your answer be this if an interviewer asks you this question?

“Work provides us with the means to pay our bills, support the family, basically to support the necessities of life. Of course, we sometimes pamper ourselves…” You most probably you would not land yourself that job if you had given this answer.

If work is as simple as that, then we would not have any qualms working in any kind of jobs, as long as the pay is ok. Right?

Wrong. To many of us, work is much more than that. Maybe it was in our parents’ generation, where they would work for donkey years on the same job with barely any increment. In our generation, all of us are talking about job satisfaction, career advancement and challenge in work.

a)         What industry is the government developing in these few years?

b)         What are the types of careers available in this industry?

c)         Does the culture of this company suit me?

d)         What are the career advancement opportunities in this company? Etc… and the definitive question that gives us all our problems:-

1)         Is there a ready market for my skills in the employment market if I leave this company?

Even before we join our potential employer, we are already planning our next move. Granted, the current generation of workforce is so mobile that nobody stays in the same job forever and gets presented a “Lifetime Achievement” Award anymore. Companies nowadays do not offer permanent contracts as well. The entire employment industry is constantly engaging in a massive “manhunt”.

I, myself am not spared from the definitive question as well. I am not satisfied with my current job scope. Yes, it does pay well. But, there is really no professional development for me in this current job scope. If only defining work is as simple as my first definition, I would not have decided to move on. Who would want to put themselves in the stressful process of going through many rounds of interviews and aptitude tests in order to get the perceived suitable job?

And I call it perceived because I would not be able to know if the job suits me until I get my hands dirty. So what now? Do we engage ourselves in a continuous job search? I don’t know. But I do think that one fine day, the simplest definition of work would creep upon us. It’s just that the time of arrival is different for each and every one of us.

Which way you want to view job as it, it’s up to you. I can’t decide for you. At least I have made the choice. Is it the right choice? We shall confirm later.

Here are the encounters:

Eu Yan Sang Nurse aka Calculator Lady!!!

Showed my more than $200 worth of receipts to the nurse(Promotion!!! Spend more than $200 in a month and YOU are eligible for the VIP card). 2 receipts of $61 and 2 receipts of $57.

I counted….. She needs to use the calulator 4 times to confirm the total amount of the 4 receipts.

Crystal Jade Waitress Number 1

Seated us by the window. Set the standard paper menu on the table. Placed the plate, bowl, chopsticks, spoon, tea cup all over the paper menu…. Excuse me…. You tell me how to read the menu and order my food!!!

Crystal Jade Waitress Number 2

Waitress: Any drinks for you? We have barley.

Me: Barley hot or cold one?

Waitress: We have hot and cold.

Me: Give me hot barley and tea.

Waitress: Huh?

Me: Give me hot barley and tea.

Waitress: Huh?

Me: Give me hot barley (She walked away at this point) and tea……..

Deary: Did she catch the last part….. tea?

Duh!!!!

Crystal Jade Waitress Number 3

OK. I am a bit bad for commenting on this lady. But she has strange eyes.

Jumbo Seafood Waitress

Deary: Can I use this voucher to pay the bill?

Waitress: (Took over the voucher and silence…………………………….) Erm… (silence again………………………………….. and she walks away) double duh!!!!!

Well, she did return with the bill and deducted the voucher amount. Thank you dear for the treat!!!

Barcardi Breezer Rum Refresher Tropical Peach

"A Blend Of Bacardi Rum, Peach & Exotic Flavours And Sparkling Water"

I ‘m back!!! Yes, I kept own my promise!!! That’s great. Before I go on bragging about my new mobile phone, there is someoe who deserves my most honourable mention. Who she is……….. Tahda!!! My Mrs!!! Enjoying our sumptous dinner at Crystal Jade in Plaza Singapura just awhile ago, just one of our weekly weekday dates… Yes, we still go on dates after more than 5 years of dating…

OK! Photo taken using my new Nokia 6300. For a 2 mega pixel camera phone with no flashlight and auto focus, the quaility of the photo is good.

Yup!!! I was toying with my new mobile last night. I was watching the MSU at the same time (Disappointing…). Managed to try the different modes of camera functions…. Here’s one with night mode and black and white effect. I am totally satisfied with the photo quality!!

Well, apart from the high photo quality, I am also enjoying the radio and music player function of my new phone. OK OK, cool it, I am a sua gu person. Hey!!! I only change my mobile phone like once in don’t know how many donkey years. Let me count, this is only my 4th phone since the year 2000. What do you think? Is that a lot or very little? You decide for me…

Alrighty!! This is my renewed attempt at blogging. Well, I had previously tried Xanga, which was introduced by my secondary school friends. Actually, I never really caught the the blogging bandwagon. The only reason why I joined Xanga was that I felt very left out when the entire group was talking about each other’s entry during one of our now rare gatherings and I was completely out of the loop.

Well, there is this saying "Sky Down No Banquet That Will Not End". Many of my friends faded away from Xanga and never to return again. I must admit that I was not an avid blogger on Xanga anyway. But, as each of my friends took turns to "unwind" their business in Xanga, I see no point in Blogging anmore.

But!!! Due to some coincidental occurrence, I found another reason to blog. It triggered a paradigm shift in my reason for blogging. I see blogging now as an eternal diary where I keep my life story (its not too late. I am 28 years old, I have got to start somewhere). Its going to be a time capsule for my life, one that could be revisited 20 years from now and relived.

So here I am. My first blog after some 2 years or more. Yeah!!! Hope I would keep up with the momentum. I will promise myself that.

Oh yes!!! My latest treat for myself. Nokia 6300!!!!

  Oooooooooo!!! Slim and slick deign just tickled the material sense in me. How much I got it for? $138 after trade-in!!!! (More Ooooooooooooooos!!!!).

Off to enjoy my phone for now. Till the next time we meet again. Soon, I promise, it will be real soon…