I'm finally worth as much as a lowly-paid fresh graduate.
Come August, my payslip will reflect a new figure that is 4.56521739130434782060869565217391% higher than what I'm currently drawing. What a surprise, as I thought there wouldn't be any this year. But not overjoyed, because I feel it's 理所当然 and I'm still underpaid.
All good things must come with a price. To lay my hands on my incr*m*nt letter, I had to undergo a ~30min discussion-turned-lecture (because I didn't talk much) by my boss. He came to catch me to his room after office hours. Once I was seated, he handed it to me. I must confess I was already expecting it because my friend spotted a huge stack of letters last week and he got his, like last week too? But must say thank you also lah, like a true blue Singaporean, once you get something, say thank you first before realising you shouldn't have. Remember in Singapore Idol, got people say thank you after being told to leave?
O back to story. He asked me how's work.
I replied that's it's ok now, but if this session took place last week, I would have said something quite different.
He was surprised to hear that. I explained that I was having indigestion of information, but was much better with a lot of help.
He said my PMs are happy with my work...
Sure or not... I was a disaster the past 1mth ley... Giving black face when being told to do something for baby #1 I was babysitting, needing people to help me complete my work, putting the needs of baby #2 I was babysitting on the backburner...and more.
He said that this year's incr*m*nt is good, even better than last year's.
So what? Still underpaid ley.
The people up above fought hard to get us this sum from the board, for it was important to retain people.
OMG so it actually was more pathetic than this, or worse still, none?
Then I was treated to a story of 3 men playing with stone where the 3rd man wanted to build a cathedral with them. And the company suffered from diarrhoea because people were looking for money or didn't share the company's vision. People who stayed either just wanted a job, or they wanted to help the company grow. He asked me why I stayed.
!!!
I said I'm open to anything right now, so I accepted anything that came along. Then he concluded that I'm the kind that just wanted a job.
What! No lah! Got many reasons, but cannot let you know only!
He said it's fortunate that the company has a friendly culture. He asked me what I thought.
I praised everybody of course. There were things I'm not happy with, but it's also my fault for not attempting to change them. Generally, good.
I think that's about all. Can't quite remember because I had kinda stopped listening. It's just weird when someone who doesn't really talk to you, suddenly has so much to say. All the time, the @$)U*@ aircon vent was blowing straight at me. Walau!
After I was let out, I used the remaining 10min I had to wrap up my work for the day before leaving for tuition. Ya this is why I'm still around after office hours lah, waiting for tuition lor.
Monday, July 31, 2006
Sunday, July 30, 2006
The Sotong Goes Vegetarian (temporarily) and etc
Celebrated my mum's birthday today!
A few weeks ago, mum said the temple she frequents could whip up a meal specially for us, for $60, and we had to book at least 1 day in advance. I almost agreed to have that on my birthday, but from past experience, temple food isn't fantastic, plus sotongs are carnivorous. This time, since it's her birthday, why not let her try? So yesterday, she happily made a booking for 11am the next day. I wake up later than that on weekend ley... T_T
But we ended up leaving home at 11am. With my mum, what's new?
The temple was surprisingly empty. Good! Can have the whole place to ourselves! This also meant that it's ok to be late! :P We announced our arrival and waited a while for the food to be served.
All these are meant for 10 people but there's only 5 of us. But since we all didn't have breakfast, 5x2=10! Can lah!
We ended up with 1/2 the beehoon left, which we dapao back. Stuffed!
Next stop was a haircut at EC House, because my mum is their supportor after 1 good experience for her and 1 good experience for me, and pretending the subsequent bad encounters were anomalies -_-
When my cutter asked if I was ok with the cut, I pointed out that the sides weren't quite symmetrical.
She answered, "有 meh?"
DUH! When a person who usually has no comments, actually has comments, it must be very bad! I think she cmi!!
The only good thing about that haircut trip was the Mc milkshake after that.
Mum trimmed my hair when we got home.
O then I watched Tokyo Drift, at home of course. So-so.
Then I waited for Monday to arrive >.<
A few weeks ago, mum said the temple she frequents could whip up a meal specially for us, for $60, and we had to book at least 1 day in advance. I almost agreed to have that on my birthday, but from past experience, temple food isn't fantastic, plus sotongs are carnivorous. This time, since it's her birthday, why not let her try? So yesterday, she happily made a booking for 11am the next day. I wake up later than that on weekend ley... T_T
But we ended up leaving home at 11am. With my mum, what's new?
The temple was surprisingly empty. Good! Can have the whole place to ourselves! This also meant that it's ok to be late! :P We announced our arrival and waited a while for the food to be served.
- 1 BIG plate of fried beehoon, that not too oily or salty. Good!
- 1 plate of fried wanton-look-alike. Very crispy! But it's not the same kind of crisp as those outside, dunno how to say lah. If I like it, it must be really good. According to my mum, people travel all the way here specially for that.
- 1 bowl of soup. Very thick, not the thin, salty cheat money kind.
- Sweet and sour tofu, with the narcissus mushroom. Mmmm~
- Stir-fried cauliflower, carrots, and others. Dun really like cauliflower.
- Mushroom and chestnut. :D~~
- Mock meat. I didn't touch that.
All these are meant for 10 people but there's only 5 of us. But since we all didn't have breakfast, 5x2=10! Can lah!
We ended up with 1/2 the beehoon left, which we dapao back. Stuffed!
Next stop was a haircut at EC House, because my mum is their supportor after 1 good experience for her and 1 good experience for me, and pretending the subsequent bad encounters were anomalies -_-
When my cutter asked if I was ok with the cut, I pointed out that the sides weren't quite symmetrical.
She answered, "有 meh?"
DUH! When a person who usually has no comments, actually has comments, it must be very bad! I think she cmi!!
The only good thing about that haircut trip was the Mc milkshake after that.
Mum trimmed my hair when we got home.
O then I watched Tokyo Drift, at home of course. So-so.
Then I waited for Monday to arrive >.<
I'm don't understand children
My students' birthday is coming. Nope, no typo here. 2 students and 1 birthday, because they are twins.
I realised I have no idea what 11-year-old girls like. I used to think why parents don't understand their children when they have been children, but now I'm in this situation when:
1) I'm not yet a parent
2) I'm only13 x years older than them
SIGH
Mouth itchy lor, go and ask when their birthday is. Can I pretend I've never asked? -____-
I realised I have no idea what 11-year-old girls like. I used to think why parents don't understand their children when they have been children, but now I'm in this situation when:
1) I'm not yet a parent
2) I'm only
SIGH
Mouth itchy lor, go and ask when their birthday is. Can I pretend I've never asked? -____-
Shrunken Tofu
It's been 3yrs since I found a substitute for the yummy Yeo's mango pudding that has mysteriously disappeared from the market. Unicurd's version is a tad too sweet, but the other flavours are great.
Recently, I had another pack, but the tofu looked like it's been to a (effective) slimming centre.
The dotted lines is the original shape of the box. I know 瓜子脸/柳腰 are considered beautiful, but tofu no need what! There's even a concave portion at the underside of the box. And I wonder if I'm imagining it, but the dimensions of the box seem smaller too. 骗钱!
But I'll still be sticking with it, until a better substitute comes along.
Recently, I had another pack, but the tofu looked like it's been to a (effective) slimming centre.
The dotted lines is the original shape of the box. I know 瓜子脸/柳腰 are considered beautiful, but tofu no need what! There's even a concave portion at the underside of the box. And I wonder if I'm imagining it, but the dimensions of the box seem smaller too. 骗钱!
But I'll still be sticking with it, until a better substitute comes along.
Saturday, July 29, 2006
Joke of the Day
My first post! *yay*
Got a funny email from my health-conscious colleague who drinks from a water filtering machine that adds negative ions at the same time. Had to resist shooting everything down. Wait no more lunch for me, how?
The stuff was ctrl-c and ctrl-v from email. I've already cleaned it up a bit. I know the display is like crap in IE. Use firefox lor.
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Subject: FW: MICROWAVE OVEN ISSUES
I have known for years that the problem with microwaved anything is not the
radiation people used to worry about, It's how it corrupts the DNA in the food
so the body can not recognize it. So the body wraps it in fat cells to protect
itself from the dead food or it eliminates it fast. Think of all the Mothers
heating up milk in these "Safe" appliances. What about the nurse in
Canadathat warmed up blood for a transfusion patient and accidentally killed
them when the blood went in dead. But the makers say it's safe. But proof is in
the pictures of living plants dying.
FORENSIC RESEARCH DOCUMENT
Prepared By: William P. Kopp
A. R. E. C. Research Operations
TO61-7R10/10-77F05
RELEASE PRIORITY: CLASS I ROO1a
Ten Reasons to Throw out your Microwave Oven
From the conclusions of the Swiss, Russian and German scientific clinical
studies, we can no longer ignore the microwave oven sitting in our kitchens.
Based on this research, we will conclude this article with the following:
1). Continually eating food processed from a microwave oven causes long term -
permanent - brain damage by "shorting out" electrical impulses in the
brain [de-polarizing or de-magnetizing the brain tissue].
2). The human body cannot metabolize [break down] the unknown by-products
created in microwaved food.
3). Male and female hormone production is shut down and/or altered by
continually eating microwaved foods.
4). The effects of microwaved food by-products are residual [long term,
permanent] within the human body.
5). Minerals, vitamins, and nutrients of all microwaved food is reduced or
altered so that the human body gets little or no benefit, or the human body
absorbs altered compounds that cannot be broken down.
6). The minerals in vegetables are altered into cancerous free radicals when
cooked in microwave ovens.
7). Microwaved foods cause stomach and intestinal cancerous growths [tumors].
This may explain the rapidly increased rate of colon cancer in America.
8). The prolonged eating of microwaved foods causes cancerous cells to increase
in human blood.
9). Continual ingestion of microwaved food causes immune system deficiencies
through lymph gland and blood serum alterations.
10). Eating microwaved food causes loss of memory, concentration, emotional
instability, and a decrease of intelligence.
Have you tossed out your microwave oven yet? After you throw out your
microwave, you can use a toaster oven as a replacement. It works well for most
and is nearly as quick. The use of artificial microwave transmissions for
subliminal psychological control, a.k.a. "brainwashing", has also
been proven. We're attempting to obtain copies of the 1970's Russian research
documents and results written by Drs. Luria and Perov specifying their clinical
experiments in this area.
----------------------------------------------------------
Nevermind that the experiment is flawed. What's worse are the adults who read too much into it! Too imaginative! Just dump words like "cancer", "free radicals" and it scares the hell out of people made of tofu.
Got a funny email from my health-conscious colleague who drinks from a water filtering machine that adds negative ions at the same time. Had to resist shooting everything down. Wait no more lunch for me, how?
The stuff was ctrl-c and ctrl-v from email. I've already cleaned it up a bit. I know the display is like crap in IE. Use firefox lor.
----------------------------------------------------------
Subject: FW: MICROWAVE OVEN ISSUES
(Note - The following link is from Ms. Nenah Sylver and found it of such importance that we are posting it hoping that the author will contact us so we can give full attribution.
“Below is a science fair project that my granddaughter did for 2006. In it she took filtered water and divided it into two parts. The first part she heated to boiling in a pan on the stove, and the second part she heated to boiling in a microwave. Then after cooling she used the water to water two identical plants to see if there would be any difference in the growth between the normal boiled water and the water boiled in a microwave. She was thinking that the structure or energy of the water may be compromised by microwave. As it turned out, even she was amazed at the difference.”)
I have known for years that the problem with microwaved anything is not the
radiation people used to worry about, It's how it corrupts the DNA in the food
so the body can not recognize it. So the body wraps it in fat cells to protect
itself from the dead food or it eliminates it fast. Think of all the Mothers
heating up milk in these "Safe" appliances. What about the nurse in
Canadathat warmed up blood for a transfusion patient and accidentally killed
them when the blood went in dead. But the makers say it's safe. But proof is in
the pictures of living plants dying.
FORENSIC RESEARCH DOCUMENT
Prepared By: William P. Kopp
A. R. E. C. Research Operations
TO61-7R10/10-77F05
RELEASE PRIORITY: CLASS I ROO1a
Ten Reasons to Throw out your Microwave Oven
From the conclusions of the Swiss, Russian and German scientific clinical
studies, we can no longer ignore the microwave oven sitting in our kitchens.
Based on this research, we will conclude this article with the following:
1). Continually eating food processed from a microwave oven causes long term -
permanent - brain damage by "shorting out" electrical impulses in the
brain [de-polarizing or de-magnetizing the brain tissue].
2). The human body cannot metabolize [break down] the unknown by-products
created in microwaved food.
3). Male and female hormone production is shut down and/or altered by
continually eating microwaved foods.
4). The effects of microwaved food by-products are residual [long term,
permanent] within the human body.
5). Minerals, vitamins, and nutrients of all microwaved food is reduced or
altered so that the human body gets little or no benefit, or the human body
absorbs altered compounds that cannot be broken down.
6). The minerals in vegetables are altered into cancerous free radicals when
cooked in microwave ovens.
7). Microwaved foods cause stomach and intestinal cancerous growths [tumors].
This may explain the rapidly increased rate of colon cancer in America.
8). The prolonged eating of microwaved foods causes cancerous cells to increase
in human blood.
9). Continual ingestion of microwaved food causes immune system deficiencies
through lymph gland and blood serum alterations.
10). Eating microwaved food causes loss of memory, concentration, emotional
instability, and a decrease of intelligence.
Have you tossed out your microwave oven yet? After you throw out your
microwave, you can use a toaster oven as a replacement. It works well for most
and is nearly as quick. The use of artificial microwave transmissions for
subliminal psychological control, a.k.a. "brainwashing", has also
been proven. We're attempting to obtain copies of the 1970's Russian research
documents and results written by Drs. Luria and Perov specifying their clinical
experiments in this area.
----------------------------------------------------------
Nevermind that the experiment is flawed. What's worse are the adults who read too much into it! Too imaginative! Just dump words like "cancer", "free radicals" and it scares the hell out of people made of tofu.
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