Is this right?

part 1


part 2

I reserve my comments but i feel there should be some awareness on this...

church wedding 2

A good week for Singapore football this is. Our nation is represented again in this year's world cup. This time it's by assistant referee Jeffery Goh who had experience of running down the lines of an AFC Champions League final. Secondly, Singapore's longest serving and best ever coach Radojko Avramovic extends his contract to 2012. Finally, SAFFC edged out Thai club Muang Thong United on penalties last night to qualify for the group stages of this year's AFC Champions League.


So a second member of my upper secondary class got married. I was a little hesitant when asked to help out with the ushering but was glad that I eventually agreed. His church wedding is much less solemn than the previous one I attended. I guess it depends on the Pastor. From what I see, the groom is a changed man. It looks like marriage does change a man.


At the dinner, i was a little cagey as he didn't invite a lot of our common friends and of those invited, I haven't been seeing some of them for years. However, as the night goes on, we got along well and it was a good reunion. The food was good as well. It seems like some of them are tying the knot soon. So till then......

who wins

The world cup is round the corner and Singaporeans might not be able to catch it on their tv screens. Singtel and Starhub had their horns locked in the bidding war and now a British company is coming into a picture. Perform Group is looking to broadcast the world cup in Singapore through a pay per view website.


This is getting ridiculous. It all started with Singtel's monstrous bid for the exclusive bpl broadcasting rights. Now every organisation is queueing up to rip us off. Countries like Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia has been able to broadcast previous world cups free to air. The culprit has to be pay tv.


Come June, I am predicting heavy traffic on free live-streaming websites that are readily available. You can say it not ethical as it breaches copyright issues and all but dont we have the rights to retaliate someone holds you at gun point? For me, I am more concerned if Mediacorp is going to show the match between Jordan vs Singapore live in March. I easily derive more pleasure when watch our lions play......

the nagger

McDonald's is selling soft toys depicting the 12 Chinese zodiac signs this month. In an attempt to avoid conflict with the Muslims, they left out the pig and replaced it with a cupid. There is valid grounds for that as valentine's day will fall on the same day as the lunar new year.


However, this move backfired as the fast food chain is ready to bring the pig back into the toys line-up under a limelight. This turn around happened when several Chinese consumers complained about the missing zodiac sign. Singapore has done a good job in maintaining racial harmony but I feel we might be overdoing it at times. It is just a toy. It is only sensitive if you want to be sensitive about it.


Yes I am really quite an irritating friend. I have been talking bad about people behind their backs and I can be a real nag. I have been getting people to exercise weekly, to visit the dentist, to think twice before spending and to stop drinking coke. And I am going to continue that. Ha. Endure folks, it's for your own good......

ambition

In a survey that involved kids aged from 7 to 14, being a lawyer turned out to be the coolest job for the second year running. Also in the mix are careers as a teacher, doctor and with the police force. I bet when they get exposed to more jobs, their dream job will change. I used to want to be a double decker bus driver. Lack of ambition is evident.


I do not see myself as ambitious now. It is just that I have realised the importance of getting a good job with good steady income. Money is essential to my goal in life, which is comfortable living. Monetary issues aside, I want to be successful in my career. For the sake of my personal pride, I want to outdo peers who get better honours from easier courses. The class distribution is not the same. I have never heard of anyone from SPMS who has a GPA of less than 4. Let me know if I am wrong.


There is something else I want to improve about myself. Time management. I have only 4 modules this semester but I am still fighting for time. I worked 3 nights last week and will be working 3 nights the coming week but I am not going to allow work to affect my results and FYP. I must optimise my time usage......

disastrous refereeing

A 44-year-old man, CEO of YTL Pacific Star, lost his life after his liposuction treatment. That was some piece of unfortunate news. A friend once shared her theory about the link between wealth and weight. Browsing examples around me, I admit she had a point there but most people end up fat anyway. It could be the genes, stress, beer or the lack of exercise, not really wealth.


We were at the National Stadium for an important soccer match between Singapore and Iran. Our national side were the better team for long periods and could have gotten a draw if not for some amazingly bad decisions from the mainlander referee. To make things worse, the dirty Iranian team took advantage of the bad refereeing and dived into every tackle. I went home with a hoarse throat as I was cursing whole night long. Defeat means we must now beat Jordan and I believe we can.


Since Bangkok, I managed to meet up with most of my friends and visited Kbox. Next week, it is going to be boring school and FYP again. I will be back working at night after 2 months and I suspect there is going to be a lot of changes. Will find out come Monday night......

2010

My last movie of 2009 is Sherlock Holmes at Bangkok's Centralworld. The comfort level of that theatre beats GV Max Vivo City hands down. I fell asleep and missed the initial part of the show but it wasn't because the movie was boring. It was the seat, or rather bed and my accumulated tiredness. One movie we can expect in 2010 is Iron Man 2 featuring "Sherlock Holmes"(Robert Downey Jr.)


In my attempt to project a more professional image in the new year, this blog must follow suit. From this post onwards, you will finally see capital letters where they are supposed to appear and the grammar will be correct as far as possible. This will increase my time spent on blogging but i shall treat it as training for the tonnes of email I might have to type out daily when I start work.


2010 is a big year for me where I will get out of sheltered life and set to kickstart my career. Time has been spent to think about the career path I am looking for, the kind of insurance plan I will need and the investments I plan to do. It is good to know what I want to achieve in my first few years of working life, so even if I am going with the flow, I know I will be flowing in the right direction.


If there is anything i want to change about myself in the coming year, I want to be less absent-minded. I want to be seen as a person whom my future employers or whoever knows me can rely on......