Tuesday, September 28, 2004

if there's one skill i've really built on since joining the army, it's gotta be smoking out. how else could i have avoided, evaded, pushed away, taichi-ed my way out of trouble, even after pushing to october an event that i promised back in march to organise in may? even through monthly meetings where it's brought up, i've never been chided once for it. not bad eh. oh don't get me wrong i do get my work done, but i just dislike doing stuff that i find useless, ie. this.
so once again i escaped from todays meeting without any bad comments aimed my way, and went one better, even getting a 'good, keep it up' from my CO. but well smoke only gets you that far, so it's gonna get done, 5 months from its due date.

now, i really really hope my CO doesnt read my blog.

weiming at 10:56 PM

Monday, September 27, 2004

yet another gaffe by a celeb, this time jamie yeo.
"...this letter says support the yellow ribbon project! which is against piracy, right?"
yeah, right.

anyway to those of you who are more informed, please do buy a ribbon, and raise greater awareness. it's only $1.

also, a bit of advertising for shiyi. party at rouge, 1st october, it's a friday. r&b and hip-hop all night long (thankfully, none of that shit that they played the last time i was there). 18bucks for tix, with 2 compli drinks. 1-for-1 all night long. entry before midnight except for presale tix.
so who's going? i'm keen if you are.

weiming at 11:35 PM

Thursday, September 23, 2004

to date, i have 34 episodes of whose line is it anyway and 75 more short clips. with 16 more episodes on the way, i've got to be the hardest-laughing person around. rock on!

update: it's now 35 episodes and 147 assorted clips. dont ask me how. :)

weiming at 10:12 PM

Tuesday, September 21, 2004

how long can you take working with a boss that's crap? well i cant take much more. let me tell you more about my dear boss.

i just had a change in boss back in may. and before my previous boss left, he gave us a warning about the incoming guy, and told us to help him as much as we could. and well we
heard he was bad, but we had no idea he was this bad.

when things first started out it wasnt so bad. but then things got worse worse. apparently he'd decided that a 5 day week for civil servants was the logical way to go long before our dear PM decided so; it wasnt late in july when he stopped appearing on saturdays for work. reason quoted? flexi, ie the saf's flexible benefit scheme for regulars which grants them ONE long weekend every month.

then he decided to go on holiday for 8 days in august. and while we werent exactly relishing the prospect of doing double work for 8 days, he comes and drops us more bombs by taking 2 days mc before the 8 days holiday, and when we expected him to be back, surprise surprise, 2 more days of mc.

which then started off the 2 day mc (let's call it 2dm for convenience's sake) rubbish. he's one of the fittest people around. he can run his 2.4km in 8:30 pretty easily. and yet he takes 2dm's about once every 2 weeks. sometimes once a week. that's a 3-day work week! looks like he's always gotta better what the saf gives him.

3 weeks ago he was on a 2dm on monday and tuesday. not so bad you think, until we found out he'd been out bowling on sunday and monday with a certain member from the logistics branch. then we receive intelligence that he had a chalet on from last friday till yesterday, tuesday. so there along we went, making side bets on when he'd be taking mc. well he did come in on friday, albeit late (he was spotted out at marina late thursday night). but after 3pm mysteriously no one could locate him. and yesterday morning at 4am he smsed his assistant, and guess what? 2dm.

it wouldnt be so bad if he got his job done, but he does shit and then pushes all his work down to his subordinates, ie me. and when things dont go so well, he dares to scold us. now we just await the day he gets charged for malingering and discharged from the army and maybe we'll get a proper boss.

now you know how people with little education and zero work ethic earn money and buy cars. join the army, it's the way to go.
not that all army people are crap though, my ex-boss was the shiznit, you'll never see a person who works as hard as he does.

also, if you want some jewellery, go visit www.pinkmeadows.com which is something set up by sharon eliz and a couple of their friends. and also go re-vote for sharon in camp babe 2004 because she got into the finals!

ALSO, how's the new look yall. better?

weiming at 5:05 PM

Thursday, September 16, 2004

am i the only one who's crazy over the latest olympus adverts?
i absolutely adore jeon ji hyun.

weiming at 9:07 PM

Monday, September 13, 2004

i cannot believe that the end's finally come.

thanks for the memories. i'll miss you, my dear f.r.i.e.n.d.s.

weiming at 11:39 PM

Sunday, September 12, 2004

i remember, quite a while ago, after miss universe 2004 when i read on pet's blog on how crap michelle chong was as a host. having not caught the show myself, i hadn't really experienced it first hand so i couldn't really pass judgement myself. and so today, whilst stuck in camp i'm watching the president's star charity, with who else but michelle chong as one of the co-hosts. while i may not be quite the eloquent writer that pet is, i shan't mince my words. michelle chong is abysmal as a host.
i quote:
"...since her operation she has been an encouraging source of encouragement..." (gee whiz)
"...since you're from taiwan, i know you speak taiwanese..."
am i ever glad it's a serious occasion and she's shying away from telling any jokes.

weiming at 8:32 PM

Main Entry: metrosexual
Function: noun
Definition: a young, urban and usually heterosexual male who is concerned with fashion, food and grooming.

doesnt sound so bad in definition does it? but usually when us normal people use it the word reeks of gay.

i really wonder why i still blog. i dont feel the urge to anymore. maybe i'll rediscover the 'joy' again someday.

weiming at 8:39 AM

Wednesday, September 08, 2004

and a morning not for the squeamish. i was out in the laundry area getting my clothes, when suddenly i felt a sickening crrrunch beneath my bare feet. and voila, creme de la escargot.
then later on in the kitchen whilst preparing my breakfast, i was un-doing a knot in the rubbish bag so i could dump some stuff. out popped a lizard, which ran onto my hand, hopped off and ran off. now i am one who has always wondered why some girl friends of mine are so afraid of lizards, and i actually think the things are pretty cute. but i admit rather abashedly that the softest of "eeps" escaped my lips then.
add this to the dead cockroach i stepped on yesterday (barefoot, of course), and well, i'm just about ready for fear factor now.

weiming at 8:02 AM

and when my smile gets old and faded
wait around i'll smile again
shouldn't be so complicated
just hold me and then
just hold me again

weiming at 1:27 AM

Thursday, September 02, 2004

help. spending spree mood again. got myself these:


gotan project's la revancha del tango


stephane pompougnac's hotel costes quatre

and my biggest splurge in some time...

say hello to my new a-wires.

geez somebody stop me.
but anyway i realised today that the "that cd shop" at pacific plaza is way way cool. i wouldnt have paid that much attention to it if sous de soleil hadnt been blasting from its sound systems. so i'm out on a limb to get myself a vip card there. i need about a $100 worth of cds to buy above what i'm gonna get myself... anyone need help getting cds? next up for me's this 3cd compilation of songs from the blue bar... 90 bucks but sounds real good. gotta.... stop... spending...

weiming at 11:28 PM