Jiro Wish Everyone Happy Lunar New Year... \(^o^)/

爆竹一响除旧年
满地红红接新年
春夏秋冬一整年
好运一年胜一年
心想事成在今年
如意吉祥平安年
发财发财是今年

我零少在此,

祝你过个快乐年!!!

Jiro Wish Everyone Happy Lunar New Year... \(^o^)/

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Finally i regain abit abit of my health liao to do some updating of my blog... Haha... Wat do i mean huh...
Hmmm... Where should i start the story from...???

Like wat i updated in my previous previous blog entry, i hve eaten my 收公酒(Organised by my own circle of colleagues) liao, yet my company hvn't 收公 leh... There's still like tones & tones of stupid jobs in the list...

I work from Thursday nitz to Friday morning, a total of 14 working hours... Haa... I getting more n more amazed by my working determination liao...

On Friday, i'm supposed to meet my gang for Double-O nitz today, so i should be getting some rest after work... However, my skin & mind get so itch alot... Coz i already wan to see tis firm, Fearless... So, i ignored my sleeping call (Keep on yawning n tat's mean i reali need to go sleep liao...) n went to cinema straight after work. I hve check the cinema time bookings before hand, so i noe the cinema near my house, hve wat slot for Fearless... So i planned the timing perfect, allowing mi to hve sufficient time to enjoy my sweet morning hving morning breakfast at Delifrance... Haha... This is my first time visiting Delifrance liao, after my disappointment on Delifrance 3.5 months ago at Ngee Nan City.

Yes, as usual, i eat my popcorn while watching tis movie... Okie, i leave my comments on tis movie till the later part. Of coz after tis movie, i went straight home for sleep... And i wake up at 7:30pm, n start getting shower & dressed up... I supposed to meet the rest @ 8:30pm... Juz when i'm tinking i'm late liao, i became the first one to reach there at exact time... The rest all veri late... If i noe tat, i should at least sleep until 8:30 den wake up...

这样，我就不至于又空着肚子又不够睡的状态去跟哥们儿拼酒...

真是自取其辱

Yes, my stomach is as good as empty... I didn't eat any actual meal at all for the day... Thus, in Double-O... I dun remember mi drinking alot... But i'm totally drunk at tat time... I remember after my third Tequila shots, i start to feel something wrong liao... After tat, the situation gone crazy... I remember everytime i returned back from toilet, the table like suddenly come out wif another tray of Tequila shots leh... Den weijie start dragging plp in, saying 一人喝两杯... Haha... Den i ignored my body alarm n go drink tat... Haha...

Yes!!! Finally after so many so many times of drinking... I finally got the chance to noe how vomitting is like...

I remember Kit dragging mi to outside to get some fresh air... But i collapse onto the floor, sleeping... Den my "kit" comes along, n i vomitted into the grass patch in front... Yikes... I like vomitted alot... Vomit vomit vomit...

Den Kit & WeiCheng n another uncle(I tink he is secure person, coz his face looks so familiar...) help mi to the toilet... I tink is mi asking them to help mi to toilet... After closing the door in toilet... I sit down n START SLEEPING again... Haha... The reason why i choose toilet becoz at least i dun need to scare if my stomach is veri pain liao... I remember while sitting, i hve the urge to vomit again, so i vomit left right... Yes!!! Disgusting, but i didn't vomit alot lah... Sleep sleep sleep... Weicheng, who is waiting outside... Get so feedup liao... Tat he keep shouting out loud for mi... Asking if i'm asleep... I remember he got go to next cubicle to look mi from the top... Den he shouted...

"Na bei... 跟我在睡觉..." Haha... Den dunno until which nag, i finally get myself out from the cubicle liao... Haha...

Returning back to outside... I tink everyone is oso out there liao... And i sleep on the pavement again tis time... I tink i saw Yihao crounching at one side there too... He oso like drink lot... I tink he drink more den mi... The reason y i drunk or rather say in such pathetic state, is becoz of my empty stomach & insufficent rest be4 hand... Haha... I tink during tis time, i got vomit some oso lah...

Den i remember saying something like, cannot liao... Something is wrong... I need to go back liao... Luckily got WeiCheng & Weijie to see mi back, else I dun even noe how to go back... In cab, i sleep again... Upon reaching my house, i told the taxi driver to go straight, dun turn left... Coz by going straight, den i dun need to cross road to return back home... Haha... Walk walk walk towards my house... Suddenly i see tis wooden bench in front of mi... Den i tink, since when my house downstair benches look so clean...??? I even used my hand to wipe the bench to see if it's clean... After wiping, yes it's clean... I'm so amazed by its cleaness... Den i collapsed onto the bench sleeping liao... Hahaha... Tis is my first time sleeping on my house downstair's benches... I dunno sleep for how long... Den i heard some cans clanking sound... I opened my eyes, i tink i saw someone not far away... Should be some morning cleaner workers lah... Den i tink, how come i'm sleeping here huh...??? Wat if i'm kana robbed... Den i get up n return back home...

Finally home...

Tis is a lesson for everyone... Dun ever ever empty stomach go drink alcohol... U will get drunk easily... Anyway... Vomitting is not as bad as wat plp say... Onli he feel headaching onli...

My mom dun need to guess oso noe i totally drunk liao... In the past, even if i'm tipsy... I make sure i look as if normal when i go home... Last nitz cannot lah... Quick bathe n i gone for my bed liao... Haha...

Today even hve to wake up early to go buy some more food topping for my house's steamboat... Haha... My dad forget to buy "Chai Shao" & "Shao Rou"... so i ended up hveing to try my luck to go visiting some stall shops, to see if they still opened...

Juz hve my house steamboat... Simply delicious... And now i'm veri veri full liao... After rest for a while... I will go for my second round again... Ganbatte...

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Movie : Fearless
Story Flow : 4.5/5
Action : 4/5
Overall Grade From Mi : B++

I muz say, for tis movie... I had a mixture of feelings... The story line is good... Jet Li casted himself into a character, how naive he is when he is still young, n when he finally learnt his mistake... Every thing is too late liao...

Tis is wat the movie review toks abt for tis movie...
"Huo Yuanjia begins the story as a cocky, young Martial Arts practitioner with only one thing in his mind, to become the best at his craft at all costs. His quest eventually leads to a tragedy when he mistakenly kills an opponent whose disciples consequently slaughter Huo's whole family for revenge. A distraught and heartbroken Huo flees to the countryside, determined to abandon everything he ever wanted and believed in. He then spends considerable time in a remote mountain village anonymously, where he relearned all the things that matter in life while taking refuge with an old lady and her half blind granddaughter. He returns to the city to make amends with his turbulent past, and gets swept up in a violent, fight to the death Martial Arts tournament to defend China's honor against foreign aggressors."

The action fights r indeed interesting... It is almoz like the old type of fights u see in Huang Fei Hong's movie... Not those tat u see in Hero, which added too many computer effects liao...

One interesting feature of tis movie, they add in many different kinds of martial arts from different lands into tis movie... And many different "Kungfu" skills r mentioned in tis movie... In some fights, it showned how Jet Li fight wif his opponents, making them noe how is their gap wif Jet Li, thus making them gladly admit defeated...

Sadly to say, the best fight wasn't seen in the final battle... Coz, the last battle, it onli show how Huo Yuanjia strive to continue fighting, in order to maintain the reputation of his fellow China mates... Thus, veri little or rather no interesting stuns can be seen in his last fight... Whereas, u can expected veri good stunning fight, when he is fighting the "Zhao Family Frenz/Opponent", the half-giant size body wrestler, and the stunning impressive fight while fighting wif "Qin Master".

Lastly to say, tis is still a good movie to catch for during tis festival period... Go catch guys/gals if u r free during tis holidays...

The next movie tat i will like to catch now is My KungFu Sweetheart & The Zodiac movie(Forget the name liao)...

My First Time, Small Company CNY Dinner...

Tis is my first time, hving a CNY company dinner wif colleagues... Not a big group, juz 7 plp altogether... We had tis dinner feast at a coffeeshop nearby ur company, ordering one CNY package dinner...

Chinese plp call tis dinner as 收公酒...

Juz for $100, n we ate many dishes... 8 dishes altogether... Got 发财鱼生 (Fa Cai Yu Sheng), steam-fish, tat circular "yam" dunno call-wat dish, fried "wu xiang", 清炒豆苗, hot-plate tofu, 皇帝鸡 (Emperor Chicken) and dessert(Icy Pineapple cubes wif white jelly cubes). Every dish comes in veri large quantity, making tis set order simply worth it...

We lift the food high high into the sky wif joy when we r "Lau-ing" 发财鱼生... Saying some chinese blessing phrases... Haha... 步步高升 tis phrase like not veri applicable to any of us... Haha...

Tat 发财鱼生 was served together wif a 红包, containing one 4D ticket, wif one number betting on today's date... Haha... See if tis 红包 can bring us some winning luck,

to eat second round of 收公酒 at "无招牌海鲜酒楼"...

After CNY... VDay comes in closely...

Like wat my title says, my tis bo-liao is toking abt VDay... Haha... CNY hvn't come yet, n i go tok abt VDay liao... U wun ask mi wat is VDay rit??? Dun need mi to spell out clearly to u lah...

Some frenz ask mi for ideas, on wat to give to gal during VDay... Flowers lor... Some might say... Eeeee... Flowers r so old fashion nowadays liao... Can hve other ideas anot... Hmmm... If u gave mi tis respone one year ago, i might agreed wif u... As for now, it is the opposite...

My company take jobs from FarEastFlora. It is a company, selling flowers, plants, hampers tat deal wif flowers... etc... I look into their website, n find some of the bouquet options r pretty impressive... Tat y i pick some selection, n post the pics here...

From my pics here, the info provided for each flower, is its reference number, followed by the name of the bouquet & its cost. The two options tat i'm still considering is Baby Love & Passion Symbol... Haha...

A Shame to Singapore's Blogsphere...

Tis is two articles taken out from TODAY papers...
Pls read them on wat they says abt Xiaxue's racial slur on her blog...
I refused to mention any of her name in my blog... So i will use Xixu to replace her name instead...

My comments on tis whole story can be found right after these two articles...

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# - Words wif tis sign by their side... I provide the meaning for tat word, which can be found just below the two articles' area.

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Article published in TODAY papers, dated on Monday, 16 January 2006... Page 20...
Title of the article is Avoid Sowing the seeds of Hate

I REMEMBER watching the excellent television #miniseries, Hitler: The Rise of Evil, which screened last year. It examines that dark period when millions were killed in the name of racial purification and nationalistic ambition.

One particularly powerful scene showed a young Adolf Hitler, homeless after being rejected by the Academy of Visual Arts in Vienna, huddled against the winter cold in an alley with other beggars. His companion rails against the perceived imbalance of wealth in Europe, as Jewish #aristocrats walk past in their fur coats and top hats. Hitler takes this all in, and with the #Anti-Semitic speeches of Karl Lueger, then Mayor of Vienna, it forms the basis of his beliefs. The rest, as they say, is history.

I've been reminded of The Rise of Evil twice by events that took place right here over the course of 2005.

The first was the case of Gan Huai Shi, better known as Racist Blogger No 3, who was hauled before a judge to answer charges under the Sedition Act for writing a blog - incidentally called "The Second Holocaust", which preached hatred against Muslims. It was revealed during his trial that the seeds of racism were planted when he was a child as the result of a traumatic incident.

The second event happened over the holiday period. Apparently during the countdown festivities on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve along Orchard Road, several men took advantage of the packed crowds to spray women with canned foam and molest them while they were incapacitated.

According to several #anecdotal accounts, a lot of these perpetrators were foreign workers. Police later clarified that the eight men apprehended were a mix of Singaporeans and foreigners.

Of all the opinions offered on the issue, the one that caught my attention was written by popular blogger Wendy Cheng (aka "Xiaxue"), who #espoused banning the sale of aerosol foam and/or foreign workers from street parties in Singapore.

One particularly #acrid remark posted on Dec 27 read: "I heard Orchard road was full of them (foreign workers), molesting and spraying our girls!! Why are we sharing Orchard road with them?!"

She also applauded the new dance club in town, the Ministry of Sound, for its exclusivity, asking rhetorically, "would you like to party with Foreign Workers?"

At the height of her #tirade, she questioned why foreign workers are allowed at public events, stating that they terrorize girls, and "don't contribute to shopping centre sales". She drew a variety of reactions from readers, many of whom supported her views. But perhaps sensing that her posts may have become too offensive, she toned down her #rhetoric and backpedalled by saying that "they (foreign workers) aren't all bad".

Ironically, it is this "toned down" final post on the subject that I find most chilling. She had written, on Jan 3: "Realise that we practice discrimination every single day. We discriminate (sic) looks, education, intellect, dressing, and a lot more.

"Modelling agencies do not employ the ugly... Mensa does not welcome people with low IQ... Platinum card owners do not allow the poor to join their ranks... SIA does not employ short girls...

"Is it really ok to discriminate these other things and not race? Food for thought."

That a tertiary-educated 22-year-old (supposedly with an IQ in the top 2 per cent of the population) would be capable of such #xenophobic views does not scare me. What does chill me is that she thinks her views are comparable to how corporations select their staff and how banks apply demographic segmentation for marketing reasons.

(And for the record, Mensa does not reject people who get a low score on the IQ test. All aspirants who don't make the 98 per cent percentile cut for full membership may join as associates, which allows them access to all activities.)

What makes all this even scarier is that her blog boasts a hit rate of roughly 70,000 daily, and she has won several blog popularity awards over the years. When enough people tune in to one person's view and start feeling an affinity with that person, should we as Singaporeans not be worried? What if some misguided young person reads this stuff and it shapes his attitude towards foreign workers? What if he grows up to be a policy maker?

Ms Cheng's convictions, like Gan's, were not formed overnight. On her blog, she alludes to being molested, and witnessing people being molested, by foreign workers and other assorted louts since childhood.

However, just like Gan needs to learn that a long-ago act he felt wronged his family is not representative of the entire racial community, Miss Cheng needs to learn that migrant workers are not responsible for all, or even a majority of, sexual crimes here.

Of greater worry, according to 2004 statistics on the Singapore Police Force website, is the increase in molest cases reported in nightspots, the very places which Miss Cheng says are "safe" because foreign workers are generally excluded from them (economically, at least).

I do not dispute that a number of women during the street parties were accosted by foreigners. I believe the judiciary will come down hard on the perverts (Singaporeans included) caught, and rightly so. Perhaps legislation should be introduced to make penalties for outrage of modesty harsher if committed at large public events. The authorities should also look into ramping up security at such events.

The bottom line is, there are several ways to combat the scourge of sexual crime. Pinpointing specific nationalities or races as convenient suspects, however, is not one of them.

Especially if your blog readership consists of younger persons who may not have the maturity to handle anecdotal information with objectivity.

You do not want to be the one who inspires another Hitler.

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Article published in TODAY papers, dated on Wednesday, 18 January 2006... Page 20...
Title of the article is 157 seek Orchard Rd ban for Xiaxue

Petition wants to ban celeb blogger for 'racial #slur'

JUST when you thought there was only so much controversy Wendy Cheng, aka Xiaxue, could get embroiled in, the ante gets upped.

Now there is a online petition to - of all things - ban the celebrity blogger from Orchard Road.

That's on top of accusations flying around the blogsphere that she had impersonated a fellow blogger to start a hate-site against another popular blogger, and then used her position as editor of blog aggregator tomorrow.sg to remove unflattering posts about herself.

The petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/banxx/petition.html, which had 157 signatures as of yesterday evening, reads: "This is a petition to ban Wendy Cheng, of xiaxue.blogspot.com, from public places such as Orchard Road and for the public media to stop publicising her site...

"We do not wish to see her get away with such mindless remarks, #blatantly and arrogantly criticising other races, especially when her blogsite is hugely popular with 50,000 hits a day."

The remarks of course referred to Miss Cheng's controversial blog post about foam-spraying molesters who struck at the New Year's Eve celebrations on Orchard Road.

The post, which targeted foreign workers as the culprits, drew over 400 comments from other bloggers, most of whom blasted her comments as being racist rants

When Miss Cheng followed up by arguing that she was not a racist, this prompted a flood of 600 more comments.

But there were more #furore to come, when allegations flew that Miss Cheng had hijacked the identity of blogger behind a Xiaxue hate-site, Xialanxue, to start - with two other bloggers - a hate-site against blogger Blinkymummy.

And how was she found out?

Blinkymummy (blinkymummy.blogspot.com) points out that Miss Cheng had forgotten to change her display name back to "Xiaxue" when she went back to posting on her own site - leaving two tell-tale entries in the name of "Xialanxue".

The real Xialanxue (xialanxue.blogspot.com) fairly sizzles: "If I had not discovered the hate-site myself and spoke up about it, I am sure her plan of framing me to get back at Blinkymummy might have just worked."

Irate blogger Starryluvly proceeded to post Xialanxue's expose of Miss Cheng on Tomorrow.sg, which was published - and then removed by the editors.

And since Wendy Cheng was one of the 11 editors of the site, #hackles of course were raised.

The situation was #exacerbated when Miss Cheng went on to remove negative posted comments about herself.

Blogger MercerMachine writes of this: "My opinion of Xiaxue couldn't have gotten any lower, but Tomorrow's editor's actions and inactions in regards to Xiaxue's #Durai-esque blunder make me question whether Tomorrow is worth my continuing support."

Miss Cheng has since apologised for removing the unflattering posts from Tomorrow.sg.

But according to a fellow editor, Mr Miyagi, aka Benjamin Lee, she has "neither denied or admitted to" impersonating another blogger to start a hate-site against Blinkymummy.

So why all this criticism and soap operatics over one blogger, the uninitiated might ask?

Perhaps a clue to the answer might be found in blogger 7-8's post on "Mr Wang Says So"'s blog (commentarysingapore.blogspot.com).

"None of the above ould matter very much if she wasn't an icon for the Singaporean bloggers," 7-8 said, referring to a list he made of Xiaxue's "errors".

"What we are dealing with here is not an unfortunate person being castigated for one error, but rather someone who is un-repentant, #recalcitrant, and giving all of us a bad name.

To date, Miss Cheng herself show no signs of slowing down. A recent post from her blog reads: "For the last time, if you don't like my blog, do not read it."

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miniseries - A televised dramatic production, as of a novel or film, shown in a number of episodes

aristocrats - One considered the best of its kind

Anti-Semitic - One who discriminates against or who is hostile toward or prejudiced against Jews

anecdotal - Based on casual observations or indications rather than rigorous or scientific analysis

espoused - To adopt or support in the act of

acrid - Unpleasantly sharp, pungent, or bitter to the taste or smell

tirade - A long angry or violent speech, usually of a censorious or denunciatory nature

rhetoric - The art or study of using language effectively and persuasively

xenophobic - A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples

slur - To talk about disparagingly or insultingly

blatantly - Totally or offensively conspicuous or obtrusive

furore - A state of intense excitement or anger

hackles - A feeling of anger and animosity

exacerbated - worsen

Durai-esque - A case study which in a resembling style as of Durai's recent stories

recalcitrant - Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance

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To update everyone here, the total signatures in the anti-Xixu petition, had increased to 324 now... As updated on 19th Jan, 0954HRS.

One of the petitions belongs to mine. Yes, i am oso one of the many, whom feel wat Xixu says in her blog, is simply too much... Yes, like wat she mentioned, if we dun like her blog, dun read den. Yes, indeed! I onli visited her blog for ONCE onli, n den i refused to visit it any more... Or place her blog url into one of my links here... Coz i simply feel she was a overboard attention-seeker, n feel herself highly above the rest. Tis is wat i feel at tat time.

Many many months after i add my only hit count in her blog, her scandal reaches my ear. I choosed to believe wat TODAY papers written is a true story, not false accusation... Tats y i sign the petition. In the petition, there's other plp writing other comments abt her negatively... Keeping my fingers cross, i do not noe if they r true or not... So i rather not giving too much curry into tis bad-taste soup anymore.

However, if she already hijacked into another blogger's account, n use tat account to cause mis-understanding wif another blogger, den i reali reali reali look even down on her... Shameless & despicable...

Back to my main topic... Wat Xixu wrote in her blog, stating foreign workers should be banned from Orchard Road... I wonder how many such stupids r there in ur community...??? She should noe tis famous chinese phrase, never use a long bamboo stick to hit the whole boat wif many many passenagers... Wat these law-breakers did is reali too much... No doubt they should be punished... If wat Xixu commented in her blog is like the security in Orchard Road during recent festival period is veri bad... n something should be done from the police force... etc... If wat Xixu commented in her blog is like tis, she wun get all these back-blasted comments in her blog now... Wat she written strongly create a small flame inside a small room, wif many people of different nationalities... The small flame can soon ignited to be a huge fire disaster if nothing is done soon...

Wat hard-proof does she had, to confirm her statements tat all these law-breakers during the nitz in Orchard Road, are all foreign workers... Wat she says, making the matter even more worse, is she stated foreign workers should be banned from Orchard Road. Racism is no longer the correct word to use in tis such case anymore... Tis is a higher level discrimination, which i call it as nationalities-prejudice...

Can anyone tell wat is the difference between Xixu's case as to Gan Huai Shi(Known as Racist Blogger No 3)'s case... Prehaps one may tink Xixu is much less offending or so... But do not forget Xixu is a blogger celebrity... She had thousands & thousands of hit counts in her blog everyday, n wat she written may driven the wrong message to her readers, especially if her readers do not hve the maturity to differentiate wat is right n wat is wrong at their current age yet...

The above-mentioned petition call in plp to agree banning Xixu from stepping into Orchard Road anymore... I doubt tis will be the outcome when tis whole case finally ends... I doubt ur Singapore government will do such sinful act at all... But hving Xixu to make a public apology to her targeted victims thru either online or advertising media, should be the best solution to end all these uproars...

How Much Do U Understand Ur Old Frenz Me...???

Hello everyone...

There's a VERI NICE quiz link bottom, showing u a quiz to test how much u noe abt mi...??? Tis clearly gauge how much u noe abt mi, n whether r we veri close frenz...

As for the passing mark, if u can scored more den 60, u can already considered urself as a VERI GOOD frenz of mine... Lower den tat... Haha... Den u dun reali noe much abt mi...

Good Luck!!!
Those tat took tis quiz, can email mi ur result so tat i can oso noe how well u fair...

http://jiroland.bakaspace.com/Jiro_Quiz/Quiz.html

Dinners, Gatherings, Steamboat, Dance & Dance, Wedding... Many events upcoming...

Like wat mi title says... I do hve many events upcoming...

In my previous blog entry, i say something like trying to make myself to be more cheerful in company liao... I hve stopped stressing myself wif the never-ending loads of work liao... I'm trying my best to enjoy as much as i can while working in my company now liao...

Example, yesterday went out for dinner wif a 6 group plp gang... Got sales, got production & got graphics. We chit, we chat & we gossip like market. Den Laura came out wif the idea of hving ur own Before-hand Lunar New Year dinner. She suggusted hving tis dinner twice. First time makan @ the coffeehouse near ur office building. She had targeted the feast meal package displayed by the seafood stall. A package for 10 plp which cost $168. The dishes included looks marvellous... Den the second dinner, we all shall go to JB to eat seafood again... Yummy... All these shall be planned & eat before the Lunar Eve starts... WOWOW...

27th Jan, nitz be4 Lunar Eve, my gang of frenz planned the highest budget clubbing on tis nitz. Location wise, where to go, is yet to be confirm... But confirm will be an insane nitz... Haha...

I bet everyone will be buzz in Lunar Eve & the next following days too... Like staying at house, helping Mom preparing the steamboat food & stuffs... Reali wish tis eve day come come quick. Day 1 of New Year, mozt probably be eating out. Now i start looking for good chinese restaurant found in the vinicity of my house... Still searching n peeping into their menu, be4 i decide which restaurant i shall book seats for my family Lunar New Year feast.

5th Feb, steamboat gathering @ Weijie house. Haha... From wat i tink, it should turn out to be a gambling den. And Weifu & Zhiwei will be there fighting/playing tough wif their pockets at stake. Haha...

12th Feb, my company colleague, Su, will be hving her wedding day on tat day. It will be a Malay wedding. Tis is my first time attending a Malay wedding. Su is a nice gal. She's sweet & polite... Not to forget, nice-looking too. The guy tat got her as wife, is sure a damn good lucky guy. My Boss treat Su juz like his god-daughter like tat... Boss always take good care of Su. For some big deals tat Boss clinched, he will sometimes pass to Su to do it. Wah sei... I can bet heavily tat Boss will gave a BIG FAT money packet to Su during her Wedding day...



Photo of Su & Me
Picture taken while we r on Boss's boat during ur boating trip...

As for the wedding card tat Su gave mi... Wow... So nice tis card is... And the card oso gives out a strong good scent.

Initially Boss planned ur company Dinner & Dance on 12th Feb... Since it crashed on wif Su's wedding, i bet Boss will postpone it to the next following weekend in the month... Let's see wat Boss can do for us during the D&D day... Anxiously waiting for tis day oso... Heeheee...

CNY coming (Mixture Of Topics)...

For tis whole week... it has been rainy season... Yes, raining heavily tat i dun even wan to step out of my house for shopping. Another reason is to save money, esp after giving my Mom one lump sum of CNY money... Haha... (*Sweatdrop*)

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For the past three entries, i been writing abt my company's ongoing situation. For tis week, i realised tat i am more happy now, while working...

The reason tat i find for myself, is becoz now, i tends to be less strict for myself liao. In the past, if i'm been told, or i noe tis thing should be done or going out veri soon first, i tends to have tis anxious mind, saying tat i muz die die complete tis first. If there is things urgent to do, i will rotate turns to break out for meal wif my colleague buddy. Either he goes first or i go first.

Now, i let myself loose alot. I do realised tat things can never be say finished wan... Everyday like one whole hell sum of stuffs need to rush... Wat for i muz forced myself to keep up wif such fast pace work flow. Prehaps u may say i lazy or wat... But trust mi, the flow is reali veri fast. Now, i'm trying my best to enjoy my working hours. I always go out to makan wif my colleague(s) buddy... So wat if the graphics hve no plp at tat moment. Call mi if u need urgent stuffs to tell mi. In the past, if i hve nothing to do, i will punch out my card at the exact time n leave. Now, it's different liao... Juz like Friday nitz, thou i punch out my card at 4am liao... I still stay ard to accompany my colleague buddy. Coz i noe, by looking after three printers consecutively, one will wish to hve someone to help along. So i stay along to help at some times... Meddle ard wif the computer games ard until morning time, be4 we left together n hve breakfast makan at coffee shop.

Can reali say now i'm trying to enjoy good company life, rather den always been pressing by the intense work pressure.

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Seen Yingjie's latest entry (Titled as "Free Is Bullshit")... Initially i couldn't understand wat he means... Now after chatting wif frenz n noe the situtaion from them, den i understand wat Yingjie meant liao...

Yes, quite ridiculous if i hve to purchase $1000 boardcasting rights for every song if i intend to boardcast tat song in my blog. YES, IT IS RIDICULOUS. I bot the original album, i own the original album, all i do is to use a freeware software to compress the song into a 32bit rate MP3 n play it in my blog... And for tat i will be charge $1000 for the license... Haha... Wat is Singapore & The Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (COMPASS) trying to do... They simply taking away a strong feature tat bloggers can hve for their own blog.

Of coz i dun support privacy too... I strongly discourge plp to buy Privated music album or "cheap yet original imported" music album. However if u bot tat Singapore Original music album urself, n uploaded it into the webspace, n put tat song in ur blog... I find such act is still okie. Neither r u mass distributing tat song, or did u illegally download the song from dunno where n where music-space...

I hope The Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (COMPASS) can take note of such point n give some allowance, to allow bloggers to play original music in their web-blog.

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CNY round the corner, yet i hvn't buy or tink of buying any new clothings yet... Haiz...

Haha... Weijie opening his house on dunno wat date(Forget liao) for CNY steamboat. He jokingly ard said everyone muz bring a partner to come along wif... I can bring someone if everyone is ON for tis suggestion, n keep to tis promise. Yihao got target(Heehee), HongCheng got target(Haha), Koh got target(*Sweatdrop*), Sng got sweety(Hoho), Yingjie got secret admirer(Zip), Zhiwei got galfrenz, the rest either dunno or single... I dun mind sticking to tis suggustion if everyone tag along wif another person on tat day. Haha!!!

CNY is coming, n for those tat dunno where to buy some CNY hampers, can try noelgifts (Logo link found on my right side) for some ideas if u wan... The hampers tat they provided r veri nice.

Huh!!! (*Sweatdrop*)

(J) : "Jinshan, u noe, (H) told mi tat boss is buying another two toucens...!!!"
Jiro : "HUH!!! (Sarcastic tone) Tat's insane... (Deep low beat tone)" [In my mind -> as if tat is my problem/business...]

(Haiz... Jiro, wat r u trying to do now... Wat a sinful thought tat is.)

No Dogs Are Allowed...!!!

Sometimes i noe i'm a bad person. I can call plp wif names, but i can't tolerate plp calling mi wif names... I noe i'm bad, n i will go HELL when i die... But sometimes, anger is something beyond my control. Usually i dun start toking bad abt plp, unless he start first on mi. Calling mi wif names, n tats it. You r declaring mi wif war. Even if i tok bad abt plp, i will onli say plp in terms of their working ability. I wun go deep into cursing or swelling...

Claudia once said, can i hang a notice board outside my office, saying "No dogs r allowed"... I laugh so heartily at her statement. Yesterday when i take over the shift job from "him". My blood-pressure almoz burst up by juz toking to "him". I'm tinking in my mind at tat moment, if i can tell my manager, "Please do not place my shift job in-between dog's shift". Meaning i dun wan to take over job from dogs, or doing hand-overing to dogs...

When i arrived last nitz... I saw two printers down. I ask him y, n he start dunno wat blah blah story to mi. My sweatdrop start dripping. I'm simply like playing piano to cow. I paused him n go into office to call my buddy instead. One machine declared by my nitz buddy as offically down. I checked it liao, n indeed it's down due to a fatal error. My buddy had been wif mi for months, n i trusted him n his ability. But for the other printer tat was declared by dog to be down. My head popped out wif an invisible bubble, saying "Dun let mi get tis so-called down printer up within minutes. If i can get tis printer back, u be dead." And indeed, i get tis printer back den. And i'm simply blood boiling in my stomach.

There's one screw tat drop off, causing the roller ring to be veri loose. How come he didn't even notice it. He told mi, he check tis, he check tat... I wonder wat the F is he checking during tat time. And there's some alignment problem tat he didn't set properly... Tat y the printer is not functioning properly. Juz for tat so-easily-detected mistake, he stop printing tat printer for so many hours... I'm so f**king angry. I wonder if all newbies noe we had thousands of banners still left unprinted, n the due date r drawing veri near. My manager n mi r freaking worrying now. Initially, i feel so feedup to tok to him. But if i dun tell him, my blood will keep boiling... So i confronted him, telling him wat r the stuffs tat he miss checking at tat time. I hate plp coming back to clock heavily-paid OT, juz to do simple things... Pui pui pui...

I reali wan to see the show, how tough will tis company survived, if mi n my buddy resigned away. Best is WS resigned as well... Lets see how the newbies will survived...

4th Toucen...??? Haha!!!

My manager told mi tis info tat boss is tinking of purchasing another 1 or 2 toucen printer(s) again... Hearing tis scored many "BIG" exclaimation marks above my head. Haha... If we r to run 4 or more printers now, not onli did the man power muz increase, the production crew force muz onli expand further... Else, complains from next door departments can always be heard...

I do noe tat we now hve many sales executives... Thus if everyone go clinching last minute job, n always wan their job to be done first... Of coz wif the current work force we hve, soon or later, many seriously cock-ups may occured... By buying 1 or 2 more printer(s) may help to solve the previous problem... However, doing tis will lead to other type of problems... Like manpower shortage... Clearing more space to house these printers...

When i first came into tis company, there is onli 1 toucen. So i onli concentrate learning tis printer onli. Few months later, the second came in, wif almoz every functions the same, except some new added features... i tok quite some time to learn how to operate tis printer... Third came in after some months, n i spend some time learning again...

Company is reali expanding veri fast now, if any newbie comes in now, he need to learn many things at one go... too much to absorb if i ask u to learn all in juz first two weeks... Too stressful oso...

Toking abt newbie, there is tis newbie here... The one i hate moz... Coz he dunno how to respect plp. He's in his company for abt 2.5 mths liao... And yesterday i heard from Simon(Prod Manager) abt a veri wrongful thing he done. Simon is so bloody angry tat he blast out the whole story to mi, in the format of scolding, when i reached the company yesterday. He n mi r already veri bros liao... So he noe i dun like plp suddenly niao mi for others' fault... So he scold in a veri funny way tat wun drag my name into the blame... Hahaha... Wat a funny guy. Too bad Simon. Tat crap newbie is not under my supervision, plus i dun like him at all(And his big fat mouth), so i dun feel liking to tok to him at all. Blame mi on my selfishness if u wan... I dislike plp, coming in as newbie, yet go offending "Old Bird" thru talks... Show no respect at all. Pui!!!

BTW, Simon is going to be father veri soon. Congrats!!!

When manager told mi abt tis additional purchase, my head popped out wif these bubbles too, saying "if as i will still be in tis company when the printer arrives".

Other den my manager & the 3 newbies... i had heard be4 from the remaining 3 old birds, on topics like now collecting back ur artwork for future port-folio, changing of jobs, date for submitting the letter...etc...

I believe boss will try to retain some when we wans to leave the company. But tats his business... It is oso up to the rest to decide where they wan to stand at tat time. I now start looking back my previously done jobs... Collect them back to serve as my next port-folio... Dun be shock if i upload them here... Coz quite alot n impressive oso.

I wonder if anyone still remember who is ZX???
If nothing goes wrong, i will be leaving company together wif her. Hahaha... [Jiro is such as jerk!!!]

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I roughly finished hearing to Leehom's latest album -> Heroes Of Earth. Frankly speaking, i'm abit disappointed. The onli two fav songs i like is 花田错 and Kiss Goodbye. The rest, the beat n tune is like not suitable for my vocal in KTV at all. Anyway, the above r my initial tots onli. Maybe when YES933 play one of his album's songs many times, i may start to like the song den... Who noes...!!! One good example is Kenji's 我有罪.

I shall be playing 花田错 and Kiss Goodbye in my blog veri soon. And Kenji's 我有罪 shall be played during Valentine's Week...

Spending cum shopping...

Juz when i'm hving onli peaceful & normal hours for my New Year holidays, my colleagues they all individually hving great enjoyment during their New Year holidays. Envy!!!

Jerry gone down for a SUPER exciting shopping trip during the weekends... Bot TopShop clothings, Fossil watch, one dunno wat brand perfume which he claim to be veri exp & well-known, exp & delicious Jap buffet dinner (Include the payment for his another party), High cost budget clubbing @ "Shanghai"... All add up to be approxi $500... Wah sei... How i wish i can oso harden my heart to do such shopping game... \(^o^)/

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Finally got my LeeHom's album - Heroes Of Earth.
Hvn't reali spend great effort to listen tentatively at the whole album. Can onli do tat during the weekends... Anyway... after tat, shall be playing it in my blog here.

The watch wore by LeeHom in one of his album's pics, caught my attention. Hmmmm... is Fossil, n looks veri nice. Suitable for casual wear.

STOP!!! JIRO!!! U HAVE ENF WATCHES LIAO!!! STOP LOOKING AT TAT ANYMORE!!!

Happi New Year 2006...

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2006

Hmmmm... 2006 is finally here. Let us welcome 2006 with some warm applauses... [Clap!!! Clap!!! Clap!!!]

Yesterday, juz few more hours to n tats the end of 2005... I see something which makes my mood better. Yes!!! I finally see some some healing results on my foot's corn liao... Tis stupid corn found at the bottom of my left foot, had been troubling mi for the past 3++ months liao...

Whe i first realised it (3++ months ago), there is tis quite big corn on my foot sole liao... So i went to see my family doctor. He advised mi not to go buy any corn plaster from pharmacy, coz those plaster contains chemicals inside, which when NOT DONE properly, will worsen the condition. He gave mi one stone, asking mi to use tat stone to rub against the corn to slowly removed the corn (Tis is a slow method).

After doing so for 2++ months, the condition got worse, coz now even hve some swelling at my corn area liao... So i went back to see my family doctor again. He told mi tat the corn got infectious(Something like tat)... start affecting the surrounding area liao... Tat is y now it is swelling. He gave mi a cream paste tube, asking mi to apply it. He told mi to see him back after 1++ week den.

Applying tis cream, i dun see the condition going any better. The onli result is the swelling did gone off a lot liao... Anyway... I still do wat he says, return back to him to seek further consultation. Tis time, he finally make a better explanation to mi. He told mi the initial cream paste is used for killing the baterica ard the corn, to prevent the condition from expanding. After applying tat cream paste for 1 week, the skin ard the corn area drys up liao... Den now, he will give mi another cream paste. He says for tis cream paste, apply it to kill the virus within the corn tis time, to fully removed tis corn. First cream paste is to removed surrounding baterica, n now tis second paste is to kill virus.

After applying tis second cream paste for 1 week plus liao... Yesterday, i see the dried skin looks like can be peel off... So i peel it off, peeling off one big piece of my dried skin, n ONE QUITE BIG piece of dirt from my corn area. Wah sei... I feel so happy abt tis... Finally tat stupid corn tat has been troubling mi for the last 3++ months, is beginning to die off liao... After removing tat dried skin, my foot sole like got one big hole there, abt half the size of a 5-cent coin. Imagine how big tat corn is, causing so much of great discomfort to mi for the past 3 months...

Haha... So happi for mi corn to remove off, thou these medical fees totalled up, cost mi 100 over bucks...

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Made my order for LeeHom's latest album (S'Pore Original), n the CD album will onli be offically released in Singapore on 3rd Jan.

When u purchase S'Pore Original, u will get a free 24 color pages portfolio & a VCD, showing the making of the MV 花田错 and the MV of 花田错 itself. These r added items of wat u will get on top of the CD album tat u r purchasing...

Seen the MV of 花田错, n i'm veri impressed. When looking at the making of the MV clips, i see the stage lightnings, the BG artist, the chinese musical instruments specialist... I tot tis MV may not look impressive at all. But when i see tis MV at the ending... WOW... The MV is so nicely done. The effects used, showing how LeeHom is been carried into the world of 京剧... is so well-done.

My frenz ask mi wat's the phone tat LeeHom used in his MV. He says tat phone looks pretty nice to him... Looks so classy... Hmmm... Tat's a Sony Ericession. But wat model it is, i dunno.

Last not to forget, 花田错 tis song is not bad too... Will be a great challenge to mi, if u ask mi to sing tis MV in KTV. Coz, for moz of its lyrics, u need to drag the tune for almoz every word. Muz practise hard in order to catch the tune correctly.

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Haha...
For those tat noe abt tis... Yes!!! During the eve of Year 2006, while plp r doing count down in various locations in Singapore, I'm still working in the lands of Ubi Ave2. Haiz... Dun feel sad for mi, coz 我早就对这种事情看开了很多... Anyway... yesterday many send mi 2006 greetings sms. Too bad i'm buzz last nitz... so can't reply to all of u... So wat i do now, is i hve sent back my New Year 2006 greetings back to all my friends thru friendster liao... Cheers & Enjoy!!!~~~

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Wat i tink of first abt the things tat i will like to complete in the year of 2006...???

I will like to go take my driving license... Hmmm.... Looks like a good goal. Okie! Ganbatte...!!!

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And once again... Tis is my New Year 2006 greetings to everyone...

Hoho...
2006 Coming...

No matter sweet or bitter journey 4 2005, we've survived n moving on! May all d best wish n blessing to u, love ones n family. A better, wonderful n prosperous yr ahead.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2006



[NY Greetings From Jiro@JiroLand]