..:: 566. The One With Grey's Anatomy ::..

gosh, got hooked on the series. loved the characters there. each with their style and character. the show is adrenaline pumping. when you start to find the live stories or drama of the characters too boring, there come the casualties. some of which are freak accident like a pencil in the eye... arteries from the neck burst, you see blood gushing everywhere.

it taught me to be calm during such stressful situations and look at things from different perspective to solve what seems impossible. There are organisation and management issues to learn from especially from the chief resident (the one in charge of all the resident doctors)

there are difficult choices to make in life. For them, being a doctor, surgeon is to save lives. It is hard not to be emotionally involved and also to balance between caring too much for the patient (like a social worker) and do what a doctor should do. Their personal life and love life almost always in conflict and you can see in the show there are some who really stuck by their vows as a doctor and ended up in bad relationship, divorces and stuff. There are also issues of colour, races and religion brought to attention which made the show even more interesting and realistic.

now i know why one of the show on tv was called 'scrubs' cos for anyone who want to be involved in an operation, they would request to 'scrub it in'... and it was interesting to see how the resident doctors torture their interns...

also learnt that to fear is that you have something to lose. that is why some patients kept on fighting even though they are afraid, they dun want to lose something they hold dear.

The ER situations when the doctors wait outside the hospital are the most exciting.

"We go into medicine because we want to save lives

We go into medicine because we want to do good

We go into medicine for the rush, for the high, for the ride

But what we remember at the end of most days are the losses

What we lay awake at night we replaying is

The pain we caused, or the failure to cure, or the lives we ruined and failed to save

So the experience and practice in medicine rarely resemble the goal

Experience too often is ass backwards, and upside down"

love the narration and how a central idea and the events relate to the idea. that's why i love sex and the city too except with less moaning :X

..:: 565. The One With Results ::..

My best results ever! i got 4As =0
gpa - 4.73.

so happy cant sleep tonight. all the bird nest worked! and this sem i didnt study and confine myself in hostel. someone was my lucky star. lol.

tomorrow self declared off day!

..:: 564. The One With Ritz ::..

yea. most exciting thing happened was the stay at ritz carlton over the weekend and xmas. ironically, spent the first day rushing for HR challenge.



with my mates, kahyan and yash. plus jiayi who became our foreign correspondent in taiwan. haha.

we didnt sleep the whole night. took turns to take power naps while my friends' friends were playing card games, we were cramming our brains. lucky for me i dun have to go work on monday morning. i was rather knocked out... jiayi slept at 330 and woke up at 530 to join us with the battle and managed to edit and come up with executive summary before she joined her tour at 930...

friday went for red cross anniversary dinner. donated MAC lip gloss that i got from fashion week. sadly, it wasnt highly sought after. had fun during lucky draw where our table kept chanting 'capsules' as there were many boxes as prizes. we were hoping others will clear the capsules and leave the vouchers and grand prize for our table...

me with joan.



oh. me with my designer shirt.

caught 2 movies. i am legend during xmas eve. think i am old already... cant take that kind of thriller. maybe i just have a weak heart lol. a rip-off of resident evil and 28 days later.

then was national treasure: the book of secret. think it is more enjoyable than i am legend. comedy + action + romance... maybe a bit far fetched but still nice to watch.

it was nice staying in town area and up in shopping centres in the morning for breakfast. marina square was just 5 mins away and the view from the hotel was great. the hotel had a fire drill and after which the water supply was affected. no cold water for quite some time =( not very pleased with the housekeeping service. i called and when they came, one of them asked, 'what do you need?'

'eh, housekeeping?'

'which part?'

i was like, you know better than me right? why not you give me your trolley and i top up the stuff and change the towels myself?

then was a bad rush for dinner at kallang. due to the fire alarm, the lifts were not working so we had no access to the basement. until a janitor showed us another way through the 'staff-only' staircase. lol. all we got from the staff was asking us to wait patiently -_-

back to my GIP stuff. my fren flew my aeroplane :( now i am the only one out of my flatmates to go fudan university.

..:: 563. The One With No Work ::..

This week was a long break. took leave to attend red cross camp and flight and accomodation for my exchange were settled. Flying on the 7th of Jan but kinda late so dun think any of my frenz will see me off... sobs... only consolation perhaps would be taking a SIA flight.

red cross camp was fulfilling especially since i am taking up mentor role again. but sadly there are also things i cannot do much about like discipline and the major exercises. felt quite restricted controlling my own group. being safety officer, i also had to be 'on call' 24/7. was quite mad when a trainee told me she needs warm water and i was like wth? do i look like babysitter? i felt that if the juniors are not trained to be disciplined and take initiative in the beginning, they will take things for granted and always have to be reminded.

Talking about mentors, the term often appears in the HR context. As a mentor, i felt 'under-utilised'. in my case, we had to be careful not to 'spoonfeed' the trainees with information and feedback was definitely lacking. Are the trainees satisfied with their performance? or did they come with a mentality that they will pass as long as they go through the programme? or are they simply afraid to approach the mentors? Are we supposed to be in the pro-active role?

anyway back to wednesday, i went back to work and realised my battalion was on cohesion event and not in camp. i dunno whether to be happy or sad. had a gathering with the red cross peeps. as usual we hogged vil'age and starbucks, had gift exchange which was hilarious and lots of cam-whoring. then i felt like i was rushing for getai, went over to dbl o for clubbing. not exactly clubbing though. my fren's sis's frenz (quite a mouthful) were stoning most of the time... anyway the music was not that good =( saw kahyan my uni fren and the pic we took she looked like she wasnt wearing anything =X

slept throughout the public holiday and woke up for dinner... wonderful chicken rice and it was MC for friday. haha. had to overcome my MC to collect my visa as there is not much time left. Went to school to settle my exchange stuff. rushed over vivo to catch alvin and the chipmunks... hooked to the song and they are my official wallpaper for the month. had red cross anniversary dinner and it was so much fun. had a wonderful time shouting capsules during the lucky draw hoping others will take up the capsules leaving the grand prize for our table. funny thing was there was a tag 'reserved' for VIP table and the greyer population thought they should be the highlight of the day by putting a 'P' in front of the tag and truly being the 'preserved' lot of red cross volunteers.

caught finale for survivor and america's next top model... happy for todd, played the game well and was tactful during the Q&A by the jury. amanda should have been more careful and her honesty has caused her the prize. courtney... haha. think she played the game too innocently and the most harmless fly but she's damn funny with her witty one-liners throughout the season.

saleisha totally ruled chantel on the runway for the finale. Heard lots of unhappy comments made over the forums about how saleisha had already appeared and modelled for tyra, attended her camp and stuff. then it was about the colour and race when jenah, who took the most gorgeous photos did not go into final 2 as they would not want 2 blondes to be in the final 2. felt tyra kinda fake. kept saying bad things about saleisha being too commercial and not high fashion... in the end, kept choosing saleisha, its like slapping herself and trying too hard not to be bias.

mediacorp's 9pm show, 黄金路 golden path is another show that is in my mobtv play list. i like how the younger actors and actresses played the characters. their attitudes still lingered when the characters grew up to be played by tay ping hui, joanne peh, chor ming, etc. the essence was still there and li nanxing was the best playing a rogue. the theme song was damn nice.

ok enough of tv, i guess many of you dun watch much tv also.

busy with hr challenge as the deadline is on mon and poor yash fell ill. i owed kahyan a big time =( tml ritz carlton dunno if my frenz still can meet. haha just realised we have not utilised our mentor. how ironic.

..:: 562. The One With Hectic Week ::..

been a long week since i last blogged. forgot what i did from 3rd-5th... should be sleeping to my heart's content and laze around. 6th attended GIP send off ceremony organised by the GIP office. listened to almost the same group who shared their GIP experiences and how fun was it. it was weird though especially when your target audience are all going to GIP, should tell us more about the survival tips or places to visit rather than share their own experience. of course we know its good cos we chose to go -_-"

then the usual phototaking with the profs and some executives but strangely it seems that we will never get to see the group pic we took? got to know the people whom i will be working with and another 2 who will be working in OCBC situated at 浦东 east of shanghai. wah must start typing in chinese soon.

then had some accomodation talk. one of which, sens service, was set up by ntu gip alumni to provide one-stop service for gip from booking air ticket and visa to securing accomodation. marketing kept talking about providing one-stop service and finally i get to see a real entreprenuer.

started work on 7th. waited for my boss the whole day and got to see him around 3+. briefed me on a project that i have to work on and his expectations. got a stack of scary notes to read but i was glad i got to do something about training system which was relevant to my course.

then saturday spent on red cross. managed to catch golden compass at PS. GV really know how to suck blood. each 'booked' ticket costs 50cents more, instead of having just a booking fee for 50cents. but the show was worth it at least, nicole kidman, my all-time fave actress. her eyes sparkled whenever she talked.

sunday was spent shifting my stuff out of my hostel. did it in 1.5 hours and rushed down to woodlands library for hr challenge meeting. had a simple meal at banquet at causeway point plus pasar malam munchies with yash and jiayi.

and so fast work again on mon. today rained the whole day... had to go to the mess and AOP (approval of plan) with my boss and i had to focus on leadership stuff. wanted to do research but so lazy. haiz.

so much things to settle.

flight, visa, insurance, medical checkup
meeting with singtel
red x camp

..:: 561. The One With 30 Days of Night ::..

after exams, this was the first show as part of my post-exam activities. great way to stress myself up again.



i was so tense throughout the movie and the first few seconds of the preview were the reasons to keep me on the edge of my seat. i swear it's the first time i felt like leaving the theatre cos i thought my heart would stop. lol.

The movie is based on a novel and in the town of barrow, Alaska, to the north of the arctic circle where during winter, the sun never rises for 30 days. this would mean vampires can feed without fear of sunlight.

Having said all that, i still think it's the best vampire movie to date that i have watched. the vampires moved fast enough and cleaned up after their 'meals'. Of course other worth-to-watch factors would be josh hartnett and melissa george. josh became the rugged sheriff while melissa kicked ass. if you like both of them and all that sucking (of blood), this show is not for the faint hearted cos the sun certainly didnt rise fast enough.

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..:: 560. The One With Heather ::..

so happy my last paper is done! now finally can sit in front of computer and not feel guilty.

so sad was watching antm and heather was eliminated =( but i believe she is able to make it big, hope one day i get to bump into her. haha. maybe next year singapore fashion week? jade of season 6 came to asia to model so she should try.

the remaining four all have been in the bottom two. all except chantal can be quite a bitch.

this week they went for go-see (meet designers) and heather could not read map and got lost in translation. Her amusing quote: ''The map's completely in Chinese — it's all Greek to me''

..:: 559. The One With Back to School ::..

was surfing some HR websites and i got to know an article that was written by my prof and went to school to get a copy today. just a 4 page report and i willingly travel from home to school. haha how crazy is that?

yea got Singtel as our company for the competition case study. luckily it is not some ulu company.

anyway got Google online marketing challenge and the Mastercard-Wiley marketing challenge coming up... i think my dec will be hectic till the day i fly to china.

30 NOV - apply visa and open account from bank of china
1 DEC - Red Cross Volunteer Instructor Prog Contact Session
3/4 DEC - Interview with Singtel
5 DEC - Endnote Workshop
6 DEC - Send-Off ceremony for GIP
7 DEC - Work. work.
15-18 DEC - Red Cross Camp
19 DEC - Outing
23-25 DEC - Ritz Carlton

..:: 558. The One With Last Burst ::..

yes i'm on my last burst of fire for my highly anticipated paper. no pun intended. had the most extensive reading for this module and i am hoping to impress in my paper.

was looking at my tissue box cos i always have flu when i lack of sleep... KCA - think of tissue, think of us... that's the quote or tagline for the brand.

then i thought, if i were to come up with a tagline, i would go for...

With you through wet and dirty times...

didnt i tell you i work best at late nights! haha. hope that is a good testimony for that.

i know some of you may disagree my tagline is of good substance. boo.

finally i'm done with all my external readings. later shall continue with my 1000 pages storybook.

did you know that civil servants are getting 2 month bonus in december? that pretty much explains my cranky entry. woohoo~

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..:: 557. The One With Last Paper ::..

oh well. hp 102 is wasted. let's hope the bell curve can work some miracles. i saw a few around me did not write much though... that is during collection of the papers, dun say i cheat!

say goodbye to ANOVA, bonferroni correction, tukey's HSD, Scheffe test, dunnett's test,... bloody hell. they had totally ruined my love for examinations.

i finally found someone who has a biological clock that is as screwed up! yash! haha. we msged each other at around 3am where many are happily snoring away. in the words of yash, 'they should make exams at this hour'. ya they should. i'm like most alert at this time.

been taking daily dosage of bird nest with ginseng and someone said i look younger :X

but i still have time to catch up on antm. look at heather's covergirl shot. gorgeous. rooting for her to win. hope she does well in the go-see next episode.

prison break series suspended? wth.

..:: 556. The One With Prayers ::..

Haiz the news of the missing dragonboat guys are so depressing... hang on guys. hope they are ok. one of them is my fren... =(

*prays*

..:: 555. The One With I Will Be Shot ::..

yup. i think i'll be shot if i caught writing this but wth...

something's been missing cos life has been smooth sailing during the exams. so now must stir some shit.

recently received an email from a prof. 3 teams joining a competition and each team is mentored by a professor. The other 2 teams are known as 'A' and 'B'. it started off when Group B, 'kiasu-ly' asked their prof for some training and amazingly they told their prof they were 'selected'. i almost flipped off the chair. to qualify for the first round, you just need to hand in the form and pay 50 bucks. neh neh. what is 'selected'?

then we were asked whether we made it to the next round to engage a client... EXCUSE ME, we have the money and the form, of course we made it. i dun blame the prof cos they really dunno what is going on, but i am more amused by the students who attended the briefing but yet related incorrectly.

our group was then asked whether we want to join in the 'training'... of cos we want to. first, why not. second, if we dun go, they might feel that we think highly of ourselves.

the next thing was we are currently waiting for the reply from the client so we can prepare interview and stuff. somehow, THE prof thought we didnt go through the organising committee, i.e. did not go for the briefing...

HELLO! the other team members were so late, they have to guard the doors while we were comfortably seated. but i was giggling at one corner cos one of the clients they wanted they could not get cos it was reserved for random lists. at first i wondered why they wanted that client so strongly, then i realised they did a research on that client for one of our modules.

haha i was so mean. but they must be quite a loser to use back the same client. i wouldnt do that, even though i can.

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..:: 554. The One With My New Book ::..

check out my new storybook! haha. It is 1000 pages.

nice.

..:: 553. The One With Review ::..

subject registration starting soon... need to plan what i have to take in the last 2 sem of my uni life, especially since i will be spending one sem not taking any core in china. =(

Yr 3 Sem 1: 16AU
AA102 - Accounting 2 (4AU)
BH325 - Learning and Performance Management (4AU)
HP204 - Personality and Individual Differences (4AU)
HP207 - Abnormal Psychology (4AU)

Yr 3 Sem 2: 19AU
BH225 - HR Research (3AU)
BH227 - Selection and Assessment (4AU)
BH326 - HR Metrics (4AU)
AB311 - Strategic Management (4AU)
HP324 - Human Motivation (4AU)

Going school to get external readings from prof. yay.

..:: 552. The One With Regression ::..

not statistics, linear nor multiple. pui i hated that.

as i was reading through the super-thick textbooks, i kinda missed the start of secondary school days where i would go to a school bookshop and go home with plastic bags full of textbook. maybe a fetish for new textbook, the smell and the stuff i was going to study.

textbooks back then look so readable and digestible. i can revise whole year work in just a few days.

my friend's little niece just got her psle results and the book that i used to choose my secondary school from has grown so thick! i was stunned by the entry points now. so high. even schools like xinmin now requires 240+ to go in. my time was only 230+... the top girl from st hilda's pri achieved a 294 which was a record in the 17 years since the PSLE system was implemented in 1991.

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..:: 551. The One With VA ::..

wah sian. VA going back to 35. that ulu place again. hate taking the bus in, the frequency alone can drive me crazy. Plus, I'm travelling from school, from west to east.

before you guys plan what to do for holidays, i have already been slammed by work. during my 3 day break have to conduct interview for my competition, hr challenge.

talk about post-exam activities. just make me excited. not.

bah. i made all the choices myself.

btw the album from OneRepublic is great! apologise is such a nice song.

..:: 550. The One With Social Loafing ::..

i cannot believe i did a 4-man project almost all by myself. shucks. slog through having to do a project with statistics! spent my whole precious day to finish the project. my other wonderful year 1 team mates have exams to study. sian. i also have OK!!!

swear never do projects with yr 1 again. so passive. gave me stuff with no references! have to go through psycho journals to support our my arguments. luckily i managed to arrow one of them to submit the report.

and happily the school of social sciences never give out peer appraisal forms???

i say WTH

forgot to watch the noose on ch 5 but luckily i got mobtv =)

..:: 549. The One With Leona Lewis ::..

hooked on this album by leona lewis. nice =)

..:: 548. The One With SSIC ::..

whee... so happy to receive this mail...

Dear CHEN XING TIAN JOHN,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted by Singapore Search & Investment Capital (SSIC) in Shanghai .

We are in the midst of preparing the letter for you to apply for your visa. We will keep you informed when it is ready for collection. With this letter and your passport (your passport should be valid for at least 6 months beyond the end date of our programme), please proceed to apply for your visa at the People’s Republic of China Embassy in Singapore.

The visa that you should be applying for will be the F visa.

.....

Best regards,

GIP Office

now that is some perk to get me going... overseas working experience. you've got it, you flaunt it.

..:: 547. The One With First Paper ::..

phew. after all that cramping for today's paper, my brain almost had a seizure. so not used to memorising so much stuff. the paper today was darn...

EASY.

and my litle trick worked yesterday. had 6 chapters to study and i had to write 3 essays. so naturally i studied all and placed my bet on 3. drew lots and did it 3 times for reliability tests. surprisingly it was the same for 3 tries. thank you my lucky star.

then there was this 8 mark question set based on what we have learnt in the first half of the semester. dunno what struck me but i decided to go with studying erikson's psychosocial development cos there were 8 stages! and today it came out! though they only asked for 4 but i nailed it =)

i hit the jackpot with neo-freudian theories and the chapter on personality - traits. mcqs were a breeze and they contained some answers for the fill-in-the-blanks. i wondered if the same tutor set the questions cos they overlapped.

3 more to go and i must work as hard. my aim is to get straight As for this sem. cos they are the modules i love.

and it's so weird that i'm loving britney's new album blackout. the song 'hot as ice' keeps spinning in my head. so catchy.

..:: 546. The One With Psychology ::..

just my exam timetable... in case i forgot the date or timing.

15 nov - 1300 - hp101 - introduction to psychology
21 nov - 0900 - bh223 - strategic hr and consulting
26 nov - 1300 - hp102 - fundamentals of social science research
30 nov - 0900 - bh223 - compensation and benefits

as i am revising, i am now trying to remember what i have learnt... for personality.

freud's psychosexual theory of personality developments... freud thinks that the way a person finds pleasure or is prevented from satisfying urges for pleasure at each stage affects personality.

in oral stage which lasts from birth to 1.5 yo. it is id dominated. id is part of personality present at birth and completely unconscious. libido - instinctual energy that may come into conflict with the demands of society standards of behavior. id is based on pleasure principle whereby there is desire for immediate gratification of needs without regard for consequences. in other words, at the stage when you want milk, you will cry hell, not afraid that your parents will hit you.

fixation at this stage (meaning when a baby is stopped from weaning - breastfeeding), the baby may either be overdeveloped or under underdeveloped. it will affect the ability to form interpersonal attachment... being optimistic or pestimistic... and tendency to be active and take charge or be passive.

then 2nd stage is the anal stage where the 'pleasure' comes from being able to excrete 'you-know-what'. this stage will have 2 types of personality: anal expulsive personalities - where a person is messy, destructive, hostile. anal retentive personalities - neat, fussy, stubborn. the fixation comes from the toilet training. too strict, the child might be defiant and chooses to excrete anywhere (in extreme case la). this gives rise to the sense of competence and control in the child as part of personality development

3rd stage is confusing. the phallic stage where oedipus complex occurs. it is when a child develops sexual attraction for opposite-sex parent and jealousy for same-sex parent (sounds sick but its true, when someone show you so much love... and remember the superego has yet to develop - which is the moral center for a person)

as the child grows, the child feels the anxiety as it is not right. so to reduce the anxiety, the child develops defence mechanism - identification. follow and be like the same-sex parent. this is the stage where boys are close to their fathers and girls to their mothers. superego develops. fixation at this stage will lead to immature sexual attitudes and when grow up will exhibit promiscuous sexual behavor and vanity. vanity is seen as a cover-up for feelings of self worth arising from not being able to resolve the complex. there will also be a lack of moral sexual behavior from failure of identification and inadequate superego formation.

in latency stage, around primary school age, sexual feelings are repressed while children develops in other areas. that is where boys will hang out with boys and vice versa. this stage will affect the ability to get along with others...

in last stage, genital stage, from teens to adults... sexual feelings are brought to consciousness... fixation will cause immature love or indiscriminate hate. uncontrollable work (workaholic) or inability to work are some of the attitudes that will be developed.

phew... so long. i guess it will be ???? for a lot of people. and it is just one small part of personality, the psychoanalytic view ...

i still have to cover behaviorist, humanistic and trait theories.

..:: 545. The One With Exam Fever ::..

i guess everyone is on their full gear for exams. i still have things bugging me ... why do people think i cannot handle certain stuff. i am still waiting for reply from the organisations OKAY???

just something i need to let off some steam. i have updates i will let u guys noe... arghz.

anyway i got soundtracks from prison break, spice girls new album, britney's blackout and jay zhou's new album. haha. blasting music as i study. shiok. the way i study is weird, i need noise. i would on my TV, blast my music so i can read harder into my notes and books, can remember better that way. am i multi tasking? interesting news then i would look up at the tv.

have been catching up some news...

new york chocolate shows. designers worked with pastry chefs to come up with chocolate and couture (ooo... i just love the sound of that word). outfits made from different kind of chocolate and cookies. yummy.

one crazy japanese designer came up with a dress that can be unfolded and held up as a vending machine to avoid being followed by a stranger. sadly it will only work in japan where you can find vending machines along the streets

and the debate on the sovereignity of Pedra Branca was also interesting. too lazy to type. but evidence that surfaced put singapore in good hope winning the case unless the next four day someone pulls a stunt.

i love this.



arent they adorable. and stop looking too hard at it. go study!

..:: 544. The One With Hellgate: London ::..

nov is really a month of temptation and definitely a challenge for me to overcome other than the impending exams. shucks. reliving some flashback.

last year nov, i was engrossed in watching jewel in the palace. 2 series of the dvds that have about 70 over episodes. i had to watch them in 1.2x speed and i watched them while i was having my papers. i can vividly remember that i watched them all the way till 7am before i slept and woke up in the afternoon to study.

then in this year april/may, i was hooked on prison break. was on the marathon but with better control, watched them over meal times but my meal times lasted a few hours as expected.

this sem is prison break 3! the suspense from the show is killing me... then there's this new game from the creators of diablo. hellgate: london. so going to play during my exchange in china. if i haf the time that is.

secured an overseas internship with singapore search and investment capital =) the director was also ex saf scholar. so happy i got it with a phone call interview and he wanted me to train in china for 3 mths then swing me to vietnam for another 3 mths. must be a wholesome experience.

the director wanted me to fly over by dec to start early. but i have commitments like red cross camp, hr challenge, christmas celebration and wedding reception... headache.

then now have to settle some financial stuff for the overseas cip team. handling the huge sum of money can be stressful!

and i'm still stuck with psychology revision. and covering psychological disorders and the more i read, the more i feel like i am having one... urghz.

did a temperament test...

My temperament is
Artisans are the temperament with a natural ability to excel in any of the arts, not only the fine arts such as painting and sculpting, or the performing arts such as music, theater, and dance, but also the athletic, military, political, mechanical, and industrial arts, as well as the "art of the deal" in business.

Artisans are most at home in the real world of solid objects that can be made and manipulated, and of real-life events that can be experienced in the here and now. Artisans have exceptionally keen senses, and love working with their hands. They seem right at home with tools, instruments, and vehicles of all kinds, and their actions are usually aimed at getting them where they want to go, and as quickly as possible. Thus Artisans will strike off boldly down roads that others might consider risky or impossible, doing whatever it takes, rules or no rules, to accomplish their goals. This devil-may-care attitude also gives the Artisans a winning way with people, and they are often irresistibly charming with family, friends, and co-workers.

Artisans want to be where the action is; they seek out adventure and show a constant hunger for pleasure and stimulation. They believe that variety is the spice of life, and that doing things that aren't fun or exciting is a waste of time. Artisans are impulsive, adaptable, competitive, and believe the next throw of the dice will be the lucky one. They can also be generous to a fault, always ready to share with their friends from the bounty of life. Above all, Artisans need to be free to do what they wish, when they wish. They resist being tied or bound or confined or obligated; they would rather not wait, or save, or store, or live for tomorrow. In the Artisan view, today must be enjoyed, for tomorrow never comes.

Artisans make up between 15 to 20 percent of the population, which is good, because they create much of the beauty, grace, fun, and excitement the rest of us enjoy in life.

very true...

..:: 543. The One With Stardust ::..

fri was a mad rush. u can literally see the non athletes from HRC sprint across the free access lab. deadline was 6pm and everyone started printing like 10 mins before deadline. murphy's law always prevails and all printers except for one stopped working, either spoilt or no paper. some had to sprint to the prof office to ask for time extension - so daytona reminiscence.

at last we managed to hand in but left out our reference page :X but our kind hearted prof accepted our reference page as email. i guess jiayi must have dropped a few strands of hair worrying that we might be charged with plagiarism. ok of course i was worried too, my project too... but i dropped hair leg instead can? been using a branded shampoo called billy jealousy which strengthen and thicken my hair (head) cos i know i will faint if someone tells me i am balding ...

finally get to watch stardust. wonderful show. not much magical but more of a magical touch to romance. Michelle Pfeiffer still looked as glamorous and she's 49 this yr. i will always remember in what lies beneath, a thriller that made bath-tubs scary. and also i am sam, touching show...

did some retail therapy and got a good deal. fila polo tees 3 for 50 bucks. where to find? PS lo.

been listening to jay's new album, courtesy of SA =) nice album but my mood seems to take a plunge as the songs get more emo. been feeding on M&M for the endorphine dosage i need.

engaging in 抢救GPA大作战, so looking forward to a stay at ritz carlton during christmas =)

..:: 542. The One With Depression ::..


finally 1 presentation and 1 report done! was quite a good presentation, hopefully can get a good score. i went a bit over-run for my introduction but hey it seems like i delivered a great intro. hopefully... haha

our prof got distracted. fatherly man. looking forward to work with him during HR challenge. my team mates btw. all the career-minded ladies and our group is the most chatty one. we ask so many questions but the class environment is nice, we helped each other during Q&A for presentations.

oh the people at TAFF which made the prize presentation and appreciation dinner possible =)

the mc was so hilarious. and the shocking prize of 8gb ipod nano

Damn. i missed the chance to shoot with felicia chin. the crew was down in ntu shooting worthy canteen food and i so wanted to go but got presentation to rush =( my fren was the food guide so she needed frenz to be there and help eat and give comments. and i noe canteen food best cos i stayed in sch the whole of last year. haha.

anyway cooped up in school starting to make me feel depressed... somehow this feeling just swept over me especially at night. perhaps i need new excitement in school. keep doing same thing presentations again and again. then exams coming, that depression isnt helping me... now i feel like doing nothing but i cant!

somehow in sch i feel better with my frenz ard, cracking jokes making others laugh... read my horoscope... 别总是懒懒散散的，快点振作起来，路还是要走下去的！与自己无关的事，最好别往肩上扛，否则累坏自己，是没有人同情你的。

how fitting...

strangely been hooked on a hokkien song by 陈雷 - 欢喜就好

but i am not happy.

the worst way to advise one with depression is to ask the person not to feel depressed or think of happy things -_-"

i need someone to talk to.

..:: 541. The One With ANTM 9 ::..

so happy... fri was a mad rush for me but it was all worth it. i had to rush down to download the videos taken from my competition from the staff from capitaland. when i reached capital towers, i went up 20th floor and realised the logo was jp morgan... something was wrong. in the end, the office was at robinson point -_- 5 min walk across the street, lucky me.

by the time i finished downloading, it was close to 630pm and i need to rush down to fortune centre for some celebration dinner. we took a maxi cab down to sentosa for the dinner. it was by the beach and had beds we could lie on. the staff became very 'kinky', they kept talking about going to 7 eleven to top up 'supplies' and blowjobs and wat not. i didnt expect them to be so open-minded. it was sweet that the staff planned a programme for us.

the 'blowjob' was actually to finish a bottle of red wine in less than 5 mins, so that explains what they meant by having a quickie. we had a mini prize presentation for the best volunteers. i was one of the 3 guys and i was really really shocked to receive the new ipod nano as one of the prizes. *gulps* and it was 8gb one!

it was all great and i was enjoying until i had to book a cab to rush back. my online quiz ends at 11pm and i boarded the cab at 1030pm to head back to ntu as i left my textbook in school. the uncle really sped for me as i managed to reach school at 1055pm. with 5 mins to run up to a room and connect my laptop, log on and begin the quiz. on the cab, i was already thinking of reasons to give my professor to extend the dateline which was highly unlikely. i thought i had to give up my test and be the only one not to have done the test.

after i completed the test, i was surprised to get 40/50 which was gd enough cos the prof's expectation was 75%.

i now can watch videos in my ipod! cool...

i spent almost half a sat doing project in school. no choice the proj has been such a drag and i definitely need something new to energise me.

was watching prison break 3 online yesterday, thx to yashira. and yes it's out if you have not known. just as exciting as the second season. happened to watch america's next top model cycle 9 too... i love this gal, heather. She suffered from Asperger syndrome which is one of several autism spectrum disorders (ASD) characterized by difficulties in social interaction and by restricted and stereotyped interests and activities. (wikipedia) She also had awkward bodily movements but she takes great pictures both profile and frontal.

this cycle had girls who are less mean but more pretty =) more high fashion kinda looks. i love jenah and chantel too =)

heather -> chantel -> jenah

rock climbing photo shoot



taken from high building



from recycled materials

..:: 540. The One With Tata Crucible ::..

amidst the crazy schedule, yas and i went down to NUS university culture centre to take part in the first ever Tata Crucible International. It's a business quiz competition and it is also the first time they are having it in Singapore.

The prelim rounds saw 150 teams of 2 all seated in the auditorium where the quizmaster nicknamed pickbrain revealed each question on the big screen. I managed to scribble some and you guys can try answering. Yas and I were not too bad ourselves, scoring above average and a few points away from being the top 8. damn.

1. On March 8, 1817, this organization drafted a constitution was then renamed. It was known for its founding & subsequent fathers. What are we talking about here?

2. Which company's stores are known as scoop shops?

3. in 1969, a German company Henkel invented a product after the convenience of lipstick. What is this product?

4. Who uses 'Angels' as their spokesperson?

5. "Made in America" by Sam Walton is about a company. What company is that?

6. Which is the largest manufacturer of digital cameras. Clue: this company is not known for being the manufacturer of digital cameras.

7. In 1987, city of Frankfurt celebrates this festival. This year, it celebrates 500th anniversary for this particular food item. What is it?

8. This company uses 'the third place' in its marketing becuase it vies to be the 'extra place' people frequent after home and work. Which company is that?

9. This restaurant was credited for the concept of 'Happy Hours'.

10. (it was a pictorial question showing 6 hats). who was the creator?

11. This search engine service is available at http://www.live.com/

12. Skoda Auto was founded in which country in 1895 as Laurin & Klement?

13. This english version book series was published by Boomsbury in UK, ....

14. Buyukkokten, a turkish software engineer stated this independent project. What was it?

15. (Pictorial question) Which company owns this logo? its a 3 diagonal thick strokes

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16. Alfapets, skip-a-cross, palavras cruzadas are trademarks of Hasbro. What game are we talking about?

17. This product turns 500 yrs in 2003. It was manufactured by Russian Monks in 1503 for use as an antiseptic but now it is consumed for different reasons.

18. Grameen Bank is founded in which country? Clue: the founder recently won a nobel peace prize

19. Patty stonesifer is the CEO of which non-profit organisation?

20. (pictorial question) logo of an alligator facing right. What brand is that?

21. This successful business lady published a book called 'Body and Soul' - Profits with prinicples. Who is she?

22. This airline is the first to fly A380. DUH??

23. This place of interest is known as transquilty in malay.

24. Who is the russian oil major who has a stake in Chelsea FC

25. its a pictorial question of a guy.


So how many can you get? we could get 18 and a few we knew but didnt go with our instinct =(

..:: 539. The One With Crazy Shit ::..

first. whee... i won the best volunteer award for the SFW07 =) surprised...

nothing to smile after that. got so much work to do!!!

a report for a comms module due tomorrow and i have not started. ( why am i still blogging? )
223 quiz on friday
final presentation for 223 next tue with report due later
research paper for hp101 due next tue
final presentation for 226 and report
final presentation for comms next mon/wed
project report for hp102 due in 2 weeks

crazy shit this 2 weeks. u bet!
i should be listening to the frey's how to save a life

HR challenge application closes end of this month and L'oreal Brandstorm opens after that.

any one wasting time should be shot!

..:: 538. The One With Sweet Frenz ::..

damn. results for brands not out today. wat an agonising wait.

anyway really wanna thank my 214 team mate for being so sweet to remind me that there is a presentation today and offered to pass me notes on the lessons i have missed. many thanks to Sheng An. Not the first time he offered his help though, truly grateful.

next to my fren, raymond, who wont probably be visiting my blog but then thanks for packing dinner for me while i am deeply engrossed in my semiannual 抢救GPA大作战

next is my other friend Alex who bought me dinner too cos he knows i am sick of canteen food and bought from JP - jurong point, mind u and he stays in hall 15. how sweet can a fren be?

but... where are the girls??? haha. i'm supposed to be nice to the girls.

wed going nus for tata crucible quiz and i have not mug for it for this week. shucks. looking forward to have dinner with sam and jeremy in raffles hall

been raining for the whole day... but i cant sleep! so much work to do.

* i enjoyed the simple times of just chilling out and eating at subway =)

..:: 537. The One With Dare To ::..

well probably my last post about fashion week... been rather zoned out and occupied with SFW that i felt bad not being there for my project mates... sorry jiayi, i noe ya reading and will re-energise and get our A+ for our projects... really blessed to have frenz who are so supporting and keep asking me to get enough rest when they themselves had little.

fri received call from the staff in taff (textile and fashion federation) that they need dressers for fri night zouk show. strangely they chose me and i was pretty excited and called up debbie who was a dresser during the designers show to ask for some tips...

i didnt expect the backstage to be that chaotic... for the first time, i have been to zouk twice in a week and early too... reported at 5pm and began to 'steam' the clothes - designers are particular about their clothes getting all that crease...

then 845pm came, the male models started to stream into the tents in batches and i was fast in action. helping the designer dress the models, look for accessories, shoes helping him to tie ribbons, adjust the shirt, collar, etc. we have until 930 to dress 15 models and with just 3 dressers.

at the backstage, the show producer lined up the models and dressers. i was quite surprised to be roped in to dress the female models :X one of them, maria, requested me to roll up the sleeves of her netted top so that when she stripped, i can just put it on for her. it was kinda weird to hear her say 'i will strip myself, you just help me put it on. shoes last.'

i took a look at the catalogue and began to search for her shoes. they are complicated to wear -_- and this is the attire i am supposed to help her put on...

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to



and i swear i was not prepared for a full monty. but of course, have to be professional. cos i have to get it done within 30 secs - not specific timing but when its her turn, she must go. there was a lot of screaming and yelling. after my model came back from her first outfit, i had to pull her to the back and help her to unzip and put on. the designer came over to help adjust while i removed and put on new shoes. nothing cropped up. phew. but that adrenaline was wow!



the one on the right =) she's friendly and patient with me. some models can get quite mean and shout at u ...

there was a model from china but she looked like a singaporean... cant resist to take a pic with her.



sorry the make up didnt make the pic look flattering.

my fren was desperate to take pic with this model.



model from ntu ... we were also from surf sweat



after the runway...





oh btw from day 2... bodynits

i am so getting this jacket in march...



and this funny model has very keen camera sense to pose for my camera =) how much does he train to get that kind of abs? the guys around me started to feel their tummy when he walked past.

..:: 536. The One With SFW 07 ::..

singapore fashion week was a great blast! started off as a helper and i thought i was going to do registration, logistics and ushering... all the boring stuff... but first day when i got briefed that i was going to be the 'door bitch', i was delighted... why bitch, sounds better than bast*#% right?

My task was to allow priority seating for the hosted/overseas and local buyers, press... then the VIP, designers then the rest of the crowd. It wasnt easy at first when people tried to barge through... but with every show, i got more experience and its pretty cool to say no to VIP and designers. Now i know why clubs' door bitches are hated and why they always show that irritated face. When you have so many people trying to push their way in and reason with you why they should be allowed in, u will definitely get pissed off...

i remember for the last day, there was one show with the most supporters from the 'aunties' category. Sometimes the previous show ends late and the show producer for the next needs to rehearse how the models should walk and where to pose, etc. Hence, it is not possible to sit exactly at the pre allocated time slot.

I had to guard the door and every time the door opens, people peek in and ask whether can they be seated. Got a few aunties actually asked me to ask the producer how long he needs. what the hell? If they cant stand for that long, they can jolly well sit on the floor. There was this lady who went in commenting, 'oh my legs are breaking'. I was so tempted to say 'then go drink more milk'.

when we had to separate the buyers from the normal guests which is the right thing to do cos the buyers are the ones making the purchases, hence they should get priority seating. then you will hear from some real bitches commenting 'oh now we are second class citizens'... if you were the one guarding the door, wont you feel mad?

anyway i always shut the door loud enough to shut them up. i overheard one auntie mentioned ' wah now then rehearse'... hello? 7 shows per day, how are you going to arrange the rehearsal slots when the shows are back to back? worse, they are not the ones making any purchases.

shall talk abt the perks of a helper. dresser got to interact with the models but unable to watch the show... the hosts to the buyers can watch provided there are space and they have to go around with their buyers which i think is damn shack. being the 'crew' (helper) is the best. first we get to watch all the shows. then we get to collect all the remaining goodie bags =) even the dressers have to ask us to collect for them...

so you can expect all the crew members to carry goodie bags every night after the show. have collected good stuff like make up from MAC which i dun need =(, towels, belts, chocolate, tee shirts, badges, name card holders, vouchers, etc. we are the happiest people in the designer show.

day 1 layout - i saw kym ng and huang biren at the last show by francis cheong



day 2 had platforms for people to sit on...



day 3 had zigzag runway



during free time, we get to take pictures with the models and here are some i took. they are gorgeous and so tall ~





took with the designer and my new fave brand... NICHOLAS =) bought a nice shirt from his store at 130 bucks after 10% discount...



the whole experience was fun... also got tips from the show producer how to run a show. being a model is not just about pretty face. even the walk have a lot to do with audience analysis. follow music, lighting, must have good 'camera sense', signature walk and pose.... different costumes requires different poses... with accessories it makes it easier to pose... gowns requires accentuation of body postures. learnt a lot on the runway formation and how to mix music to deliver the impact/ambience that matches the designer's style.

last but not least, cam whore to end the whole week of style and fashion. i am now more aware of local brands and have since joined their mailing list so i can get the latest stuff =) i lurve this blue metallic jacket from bodynits which is coming out in march =(

..:: 535. The One With BRAND'S ::..

finally uploaded my trophy pic...



anyway was staying up in my school reading room with my 2 dear friends rushing for our proposal due on friday... it is similar to those competition that throws u in a room and u have a few hours to come up with a proposal. that kind of stress somehow excites the 3 of us... somehow we are productive when it approaches 4am...

we hogged the table since 1030pm... and this is just 2am and we can still see students in school. all rushing for projects but we arent..



this is jiayi, my team mate who loves to act cute with all her 'named' items... laptop-lucy, handphone-bala, thumbdrive-zachary... how crazy is that? i shall name my toilet paper-foral. 'hey you wanna use my foral? it goes well with ur erm...' :X ok shant spam her if not later the hwa chong-dean list gal will murder me or kick my slippers...



this is at 4am... this is my other team mate, yashira. ms wonderwoman. so witty you have to catch her sarcastic jokes before u become a victim of hers... so happy working with smart people... this rj gal can write good executive summary :P



this is at about 6am... where students start streaming in as early as 7am... we worked till 12pm before i went to print the proposal to hand up and each of us rushed back to wash up to attend ABCC- asian business case competition... saw foreign delegates competing in this competition... the moment the 2nd team came out, we knew they were from nbs... i must say they are impressive and probably can get 1st.



the audience... saw a few of my professors there too...



sat afternoon have to rush to mohd sultan road for singapore fashion week... helping out to set up the place for the designer show runway and exhibition. excited... but carrying the zillion cartons of wine, water, sponsors items...



one of the tag of the buyers. duh.
shall upload the SFW tee soon =)