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Quiz

I told myself not to do so many lameass quizzes anymore, but I can't possibly reject when I'm #1 on yr list right, Pris? LOL. Doing this just for ya babe. This is funny. =)


List out your top 5 b'day presents u wish for:
1. Digital SLR
2. Digital Camcorder
3. Car (yeah I actually want a camera more than a car. =.=)
4. Road Bike
5. Big Fat Angpow

The person whom you took this survey from:
Ms Priscilla Toh

Your relationship with her is:
Friend/Schoolmate/Classmate/Groupmate/Online shopping buddy/WC buddy

Your 3 impressions of her:
1. Funny
2. Nice and understanding
3. Popular

The most memorable thing he/she had done to you:
Driving to my house just to pass to me my bdae present, which is a Guess wallet (sth on my wishlist)!

The most memorable words he/she had said to you:
That I'm patient. =.= It's memorable becuz I can't believe what I'm hearing.

The most desirable thing you want to do for him/her now is:
Get her a Hello Kitty watch!

If he/she becomes your lover, you will:
Er. No way.

If he/she becomes your lover, things he/she has to improve on will be:
No no.

If he/she becomes your enemy, you will:
Play telephone pranks? Hah, kidding.

Your overall impression of him/her is:
Very nice girl.

The most ideal person you want to be is:
Myself in Christ.

For people who care and like you, say something to them:
Hello! Thank you for reading. I like you too.


Pass this quiz to 10 persons you wish to know how they feel about you.

More online shopping!

One thing I like about online shopping is that I get to buy whatever I want without getting condescending stares from people, or having annoying shop assistants following me around. On top of that, I don't even need to waste time travelling or walking around. All I need is my good old laptop, and an internet connection, and I can shop anytime, anywhere I want, in my own personal space. =) Never mind about the risk, because I usually only buy what I really really like/want (which results in little/no postpurchase dissonance), and I'm very satisfied with all the stuff I've received so far.


Teeth whitening powder, hello kitty frying pan, eyebrow template, black jamie pants, pink babydoll dress/top. Also ordered another nice peach pink tunic but I didn't think to keep the picture.










I actually wanted the blue one but they're out of stock so they're giving me the pink one instead. =/


Anyway, I was sourcing for suppliers when I came across this taiwanese supplier that I really liked. However, everything on the website is not just in chinese, it's in fan ti zi. After spending hours trying to translate the chinese words to english (with some help from pris and leng), I decided to just email the supplier asking if she could communicate with me in english instead.

And I got this reply:

howdy! my English too not very good, quaere you are where li. You are can look understand Chinese. Please look accessory

I was like,"Er...?" I showed this to pris and she was like,"I think I'd rather read chinese." Couldn't agree more babe.

Terence's birthday!

Poor guy had only 3 options for the "after-cutting-cake" activities. #1: Remove 3 pieces of clothing--shoes and socks not included (for a guy that means everything). #2: Remove underwear, wear it on the head and walk around the street. #3: Remove t-shirt and let the guys draw a dragon on his back using whip cream.

Terence, like any sane person would, chose #3. =.=

Pics!

Then, they smeared the whip cream all over his back. Ew. Well, at least he didn't have to strip naked. =X

Anyway, finally we are done with DC project!!! Hooray!

Our masterpiece! More than 80pages of hard work! Great job guys! =)

Hectic week

This week is HECTIC!

I had BF test this week. Not too confident for it but managed to write a fair amount of crap. And probably there's just too much information crammed in my head due to the last min studying, I actually wrote "static apex" instead of "strategic apex". And it doesn't help that I kept repeating that in my essay. Zzz.

Also, went to watch Swan Lake on Ice yesterday. It was good! I actually wanted to take some non-flash pictures of the performance but ya know, I didn't wanna miss anything, and besides, I think the people around me will be annoyed if I do. With the clicking and zooming sound and all that... =/

Oh wells, I've JUST finished my MR focus group chat transcript, and also edited a bit of the video. It's taking way too long. A 20 min video only. How long can it take right? But no, it's not as easy as I thought. People always speak at the same time, and it's hard to hear them all at once.

Still got DC report to complete, and after that MTM powerpoint to do. All these I have to finish by Sunday night and ya know it seems like a lot of time, but I'm packed ALL DAY.

2 students after this, have a quick dinner, then off to Settlers again till 1.30am. I actually wanted to go to the library tomorrow morning to quickly finish up my DC, but seeing that I'd probably reach home around 2.30am (after cleaning up the place), it's quite impossible that I'll be able to wake up in time anyway. At least, I hope to wake up in time for the project meeting. Zzz ... Then off to Settlers again. FULL SHIFT.

Then on Sunday, I gotta wake up early for church, and some farewell party for Wendy, who's going to Scotland to further her studies. And after that, MTM duty. Woah.

On a happier note, it just amazes me to have 4 different groups of people asking me about Settlers this week. Nevermind if they don't come in the end, but just the fact that they thought about it, yeah, it's a wonder. Like, all at the same time ya know. What's the occasion man?

Okay gotta rush off now. Ciaos.

Ranting again

Ya know just let me rant a bit here...

Work at the cafe is much better now due to new rules that have improved coordination between staff. Also, CY recently became the new IC, and I like that because it's great working with him. He's very responsible, very understanding, helpful, and reasonable. However, the customers these days aren't too great...

For the past few shifts, I haven't had any customers whom I can chat and play games with. Most of them are picky and demanding, and some, pretty rude.

Just today, I had to entertain a few not-so-nice customers. One group kept requesting refills as they were on freeflow package. When I served them the drinks, immediately one person said,"Ay drink finish one cup first." Hello, I know it's freeflow, you can drink all you want, but ya know we're all really busy so can't you just wait awhile?

Then I had to entertain another table of people who are definitely not out to make my life easier. They kept requesting for games, and asked me to teach. And everytime I finish teaching a game, they would request for a change of game. And what, I just spent the last few mins talking for nothing? It's not easy to teach games, fyi. People don't understand. You gotta PLAY the game in order to understand it better and appreciate it. I won't say there are any boring games. It's a matter of how FUN it is. By changing games all the time, you're not only wasting MY time, you're wasting YOUR time. And YOUR money too.

Another table of guys were staring at the menu for ages. After some time, I went over and asked them."Can I take your order?" And they just ignored me like I wasn't there! Finally, one guy said,"Give us a few minutes." Okay, yeah say so earlier. I was standing there like some fool, talking to the wall.

Those 3 tables mentioned above, they're not very nice, but I can let it go. I can't expect everyone to be nice right? Now this 4th table of guys, they were pushing it too far. Ya know I always ask customers if they've any game request or any preferences before I recommend them a game. So, if you say anything, I'll give you anything. Please do not complain.

This group of guys asked me to give them some games that guys like. I said,"Guys like to play strategy games. I'll get some strategy games for you okay?" And they were like nodding their heads. So I got them a few games, and among those they chose Allambra. Then when I was teaching it to them, one guy kept complaining that it's so difficult. I explained that it's a very simple game and you'll find it very fun when you know how to play it. Then, one girl came in to join them and another guy was like,"You can take my place." And he looked like he didn't want to play. But other guys seemed quite interested so I continued. Finally, when I was about to finish teaching that game, he said,"This game is pissing me off." I said,"Do you want to change game?" And he was like,"Yes, it's part and parcel of your job." Oh so freak'in rude. Hello? You guys chose this game. If you don't want it, say so earlier. What was that tone for?

I complained to CY, and CY was pretty shocked at what they said. Ya know, sometimes we'd give discounts to nice customers. And obviously those guys didn't get it. They weren't informed of the 10% discount everyone else got either. CY said,"That 10% discount is a privilege, not an entitlement."

Allambra is only a very moderate difficulty strategy game. I love that game. So I'd wanna share it with people. When this group of guys came in, I thought,"Great, finally I can teach some good strategy games." Well, sorry if I overestimated your intelligence.

It's a pity most people do not appreciate good games. It's a greater pity that some do not appreciate any games at all. Hello, if you're not interested in playing any games, do not come. When you come, it's because you wanna have fun. Do not come and sulk and complain. Be nice to us, and we'll be nice to you too.

When I came as a customer, I thought the service there was terrible. But I DID NOT make demands, I DID NOT sit there waiting to be served all the time, I DID NOT leave the games lying around in a mess waiting for someone to clear it for me, and I DID NOT complain about the games all the time. I always pick games myself, thank the person who taught me, pack the games and put them back into the shelves myself after I've finished playing. Even if it's a long game that's hard to learn and doesn't seem very fun at first, I'd always give it a try. Ya know people spent so much effort teaching you, at least give them some face right?

Sad to say, most of the really really fun games are those that people rarely play. It's mostly us staff who play them. Because, we're the few people who really really know how to appreciate good games, and who have the passion for gaming.

I don't have anything against people who love brainless games. Brainless games are fun too, but why not give other games a try too? You don't know what you're missing out on. I can tell you, one of my fave games of all time is St.Petersburg. It's one of the hardest board game to teach because of the many details, yet, it's very fun, very intellectual, and every single time you play it's different. You can never use the same strategy to win. It doesn't work. That's the beauty of a great, award-winning game man. Who wants to try? I can teach you. I've got a set at home. =)

Updates on movie blog

Hey all, I have updated the Ticket Prices and Deals page on my movie blog. Just to let all you moviegoers know. If anybody has anything else to contribute please let me know. Thanks! =)

http://moviefanatics.wordpress.com/tickets/

1000 hits!

Lol... Our movie blog has reached 1000 hits! Will be adding some google ads in soon, once I get the approval from the management. =)


Btw... what happened to my old blog counter? Suddenly disappeared? o_O

Maplestory in Warcraft???

This is funny. Downloaded this map from Warcraft's Zion server yesterday. Maplestory in Warcraft!

Same rules apply. Need level 8 to become a magician. There are party quests, shops, and similar maps. Cute! But of cuz Maplestory's version of Maplestory is still better. Duh.

Press CTRL+scroll up for a closer look!

Nice Papillios

What a nice pair of sandals... $135 =(

I'll never wanna pay that much for a pair of sandals man. No matter how nice it is. Unless half price or something den come and talk to me abt it.

Bored

Why do I feel so booorrreeed?

2 busy days at the cafe (both full shifts), tons of customers, no time for me to play games, zero fun customers whom I can play with. BORING.

What's with the new craze over Facebook? *yawn*

No interesting games/TV shows available right now. Zzz...

Most projects are almost complete already. Not much to do now. I love keeping myself busy with projects.

No tuition for 2 students for the whole of this week. Bye bye moolahs.

Nothing to buy, no money to shop anyways. Been waiting ages for my items to arrive!

Need something to spice up my boring life! Suggestions?