Back to work on 27th when the original plan was 24th, all lazy, engine rusting. PL was only free to brief me on my new task in the afternoon, so my morning was spent trying to read the boring specifications, 100% of which I didn't understand. Afternoon came, got briefed and tried to start work. Couldn't do much when my concept was still cloudy. Didn't help when there's a person who didn't have to work the whole of December MSNing me non-stop. Argh.
Friday was better, but not by much. Had an evil plan to skip work on Monday! Half day again, don't want to waste money on taxi, so I decided to ask the PL if I could work from home instead. That was when the PL revealed that the work has to be done by Monday, as SIT is on Wednesday!!
WTF! I thought the effort estimation is 5 mandays? I know I said I would return on 24th, so 24th to 31st would be 5 mandays. But apparently the PM has forgotten about the 2 half days on 24th and 31st! So shouldn't the deadline be Wednesday instead of Monday?
Unless, it's like, on purpose.
How about the MC I took? Ok maybe a project plan can't be shifted on the whim because of something so unpredictable. How about the off day I took on 26th? Dear PM, I told you about that already, right? Forgot?
Unless, it's like, on purpose.
In the end, we are still not encouraged to clear any off days.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Thursday, December 27, 2007
What I Got This Christmas
As I mentioned, I have 2 gift exchanges this year. From my JC class' I got a screen cleaning kit. Useful! If my family bothers to take out and use lah. Got chance at CNY.
I wasn't present for my office's as I decided to take MC instead. Father cannot fetch me for half day on the eve mah, so I figured it would be more economical to take mc, for which $20 is claimable. My bill came up to $36, which is probably comparable to taking taxi :\ but that's beside the point.
When I went back to work, my relief driver passed me my gift. He told me some convoluted story about how I was supposed to get gift no 29 instead, but it disappeared so I got another one. Chim. Got people want to steal my present. This 1 not nice? O_O
Unwrapped it at home. It's a MÖRKER Work lamp in white from Ikea. Looks pretty!
W happened to tell me that Ikea put their whole catalogue online. Idea!
Ya $5.90 only. Somebody didn't play by the rules. $10 budget lor! Exclusive of bus fare! I shall not attempt to find out who gave me that. Preserve the person's image, whoever he is.
What's gift no 29? Better or worse?
A good thing about it is that Ikea's stuff look expensive. But actually, I won't be using it even if it cost $20. Table too small.
Does anybody need a lamp?
Edited 06/01/2008: Successfully given away to my aunt! Yeah!
I wasn't present for my office's as I decided to take MC instead. Father cannot fetch me for half day on the eve mah, so I figured it would be more economical to take mc, for which $20 is claimable. My bill came up to $36, which is probably comparable to taking taxi :\ but that's beside the point.
When I went back to work, my relief driver passed me my gift. He told me some convoluted story about how I was supposed to get gift no 29 instead, but it disappeared so I got another one. Chim. Got people want to steal my present. This 1 not nice? O_O
Unwrapped it at home. It's a MÖRKER Work lamp in white from Ikea. Looks pretty!
W happened to tell me that Ikea put their whole catalogue online. Idea!
Ya $5.90 only. Somebody didn't play by the rules. $10 budget lor! Exclusive of bus fare! I shall not attempt to find out who gave me that. Preserve the person's image, whoever he is.
What's gift no 29? Better or worse?
A good thing about it is that Ikea's stuff look expensive. But actually, I won't be using it even if it cost $20. Table too small.
Does anybody need a lamp?
Edited 06/01/2008: Successfully given away to my aunt! Yeah!
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Spree III + Food!!
My boss owes me uncountable (because I didn't count) off-days, so it shouldn't hurt to take one day to go SHOPPING! Not that I'm a spendthrift, but I honestly really do need some new pants and working clothes, ya?
Really!
With my entourage, we started off with lunch at Le Meridien foodcourt. Target Korean Cuisine at my brother's recommendation. Korean food cooked by real Koreans! It's a huge stall, 3 stalls long to be precise. This made the kitchen look unnecessarily spacious. I mean, cramp, harassed-looking stall-holders are the norm right?
I ordered the spicy prawn soup set, my brother got the tender beef sliced set and my sister had the spicy pork sliced set. Each set comes with a bowl of rice (which I didn't touch) and a small plate of kimchi/cucumber/ikan bilis. There's 3 of us, so we got 1 of each :D The servings are humongous! The whole hot plate is full of meat lor! But my soup is full of vegees lah, not prawns :\
More of the menu. To show the last 2 dishes on the extreme right. I almost wanted the ramen, but I thought it looks suspiciously like instant noodles. For what I know, it's the 辛 ramen.
Cannot see, I know. Put for fun. It got A, very hygienic!
O the ice kachang there is delicious too!
Japanese food menu for the interested.
Next, a spin in Heeren. In HMV, a glance at the DVD chart and I was awed to know I have watched almost all of the flicks! In the comfort of my home :D
On the way to Taka, outside Meritus Mandarin, Chen Hanwei and his gauy friend walked passed. Hmm more skinny than I thought.
Went around Taka lor. Someone's $10 note floated to the floor and honest me got my brother to return it. Bought 2 tops from G2000 for a total of $68.60. And 1 of them is with zebra stripes again -_-;; Dropped by the Anna Sui counter to smell the perfume I wanted to get, but no more sampler. Too bad, or I might have bought it had I had the chance to convince myself again. Went around more. Then 2 pairs of pants from G2000 good friend, G2000 Blu(again) for $82.60. I don't think any of my pants are NOT from there :\ So familiar I am with the cutting that I don't have to try them on anymore.
Dinner time! Ken's noodle house at Orchard Point! Authentic Japanese ramen cooked by real Japanese! Today is really an authentic day :D~~
The interior of the shop. I'm sitting at the counter. It's really tiny. No huge groups, or have to squat at the roadside, which is just 5m away. Really authentic huh. Even got person reading manga!
My stewed egg ramen. The soup looks yellow here, but I assure you it's not 碱水, i.e. not bitter. An interesting thing to note is I didn't find green tea in the menu.
I ordered it to see if there's runny yolk, and there sure is! But the degree of stew-ness is less than that of Tampopo's. The egg also slightly more cooked than Tampopo's. The pork is less fatty, hence less melty than Tampopo's. BUT the winner is the soup! It's so delicious, so didn't taste of MSG, that I could have drunk it all! But cannot lah, the serving is really big, cannot finish, so must save some soup for whoever's gonna mop up the remainder. My sister said the noodles are not Q enough, but I found it ok. More conveniently located than Tampopo, and I don't even know if Tampopo is still open, given Liang Court's state. Will come again!
BTW, I witnessed the cook do the following with his bare hands: pick raw noodles, peel off a piece of meat from a ham-like loaf, put dressing on the bowl, rearrange the contents of the ready-to-serve-bowl. Ya. I don't mind. Do you? So authentic! Must keep repeating the keyword. AUTHENTIC.
No shopping trip with my entourage is complete without a visit to the supermarket! PS now! But before going to the supermarket proper, we went to Daiso and grabbed nose strips and the Tohato snack. $14 gone like that! *faints*
Spotlight. Go for fun. Saw some accessories components. It said silver ley, but doesn't look silver to me. I think order from firemountain is still safer.
Dessert at Ice Monster! Had a mango-ish dessert. Freezing cold!
Then supermarket proper. Nothing to buy actually. Go for fun only.
Go home time. Next day must work T_T Saw human queue but no taxi queue. And who was saying the fare hike would help? Hmpf. Dialed Transcab and waited. The cab take very long to come lah! Meanwhile, empty cabs for hire streamed in -_-;; Our cab came and it waited outside Atrium *sigh* O I must mention this:
$2.80 flagdown + $3 CBD + $3.50 booking = $9.40 before we even moved off.
Ok I think I have fulfilled all my goals for my shopping. Except for the *totally* optional Anna Sui perfume. Afraid to look at my next credit card bill!
It's supposed to be a shopping trip, but I'm seem to be more excited over the food. *sigh*
Really!
With my entourage, we started off with lunch at Le Meridien foodcourt. Target Korean Cuisine at my brother's recommendation. Korean food cooked by real Koreans! It's a huge stall, 3 stalls long to be precise. This made the kitchen look unnecessarily spacious. I mean, cramp, harassed-looking stall-holders are the norm right?
I ordered the spicy prawn soup set, my brother got the tender beef sliced set and my sister had the spicy pork sliced set. Each set comes with a bowl of rice (which I didn't touch) and a small plate of kimchi/cucumber/ikan bilis. There's 3 of us, so we got 1 of each :D The servings are humongous! The whole hot plate is full of meat lor! But my soup is full of vegees lah, not prawns :\
More of the menu. To show the last 2 dishes on the extreme right. I almost wanted the ramen, but I thought it looks suspiciously like instant noodles. For what I know, it's the 辛 ramen.
Cannot see, I know. Put for fun. It got A, very hygienic!
O the ice kachang there is delicious too!
Japanese food menu for the interested.
Next, a spin in Heeren. In HMV, a glance at the DVD chart and I was awed to know I have watched almost all of the flicks! In the comfort of my home :D
On the way to Taka, outside Meritus Mandarin, Chen Hanwei and his g
Went around Taka lor. Someone's $10 note floated to the floor and honest me got my brother to return it. Bought 2 tops from G2000 for a total of $68.60. And 1 of them is with zebra stripes again -_-;; Dropped by the Anna Sui counter to smell the perfume I wanted to get, but no more sampler. Too bad, or I might have bought it had I had the chance to convince myself again. Went around more. Then 2 pairs of pants from G2000 good friend, G2000 Blu(again) for $82.60. I don't think any of my pants are NOT from there :\ So familiar I am with the cutting that I don't have to try them on anymore.
Dinner time! Ken's noodle house at Orchard Point! Authentic Japanese ramen cooked by real Japanese! Today is really an authentic day :D~~
The interior of the shop. I'm sitting at the counter. It's really tiny. No huge groups, or have to squat at the roadside, which is just 5m away. Really authentic huh. Even got person reading manga!
My stewed egg ramen. The soup looks yellow here, but I assure you it's not 碱水, i.e. not bitter. An interesting thing to note is I didn't find green tea in the menu.
I ordered it to see if there's runny yolk, and there sure is! But the degree of stew-ness is less than that of Tampopo's. The egg also slightly more cooked than Tampopo's. The pork is less fatty, hence less melty than Tampopo's. BUT the winner is the soup! It's so delicious, so didn't taste of MSG, that I could have drunk it all! But cannot lah, the serving is really big, cannot finish, so must save some soup for whoever's gonna mop up the remainder. My sister said the noodles are not Q enough, but I found it ok. More conveniently located than Tampopo, and I don't even know if Tampopo is still open, given Liang Court's state. Will come again!
BTW, I witnessed the cook do the following with his bare hands: pick raw noodles, peel off a piece of meat from a ham-like loaf, put dressing on the bowl, rearrange the contents of the ready-to-serve-bowl. Ya. I don't mind. Do you? So authentic! Must keep repeating the keyword. AUTHENTIC.
No shopping trip with my entourage is complete without a visit to the supermarket! PS now! But before going to the supermarket proper, we went to Daiso and grabbed nose strips and the Tohato snack. $14 gone like that! *faints*
Spotlight. Go for fun. Saw some accessories components. It said silver ley, but doesn't look silver to me. I think order from firemountain is still safer.
Dessert at Ice Monster! Had a mango-ish dessert. Freezing cold!
Then supermarket proper. Nothing to buy actually. Go for fun only.
Go home time. Next day must work T_T Saw human queue but no taxi queue. And who was saying the fare hike would help? Hmpf. Dialed Transcab and waited. The cab take very long to come lah! Meanwhile, empty cabs for hire streamed in -_-;; Our cab came and it waited outside Atrium *sigh* O I must mention this:
$2.80 flagdown + $3 CBD + $3.50 booking = $9.40 before we even moved off.
Ok I think I have fulfilled all my goals for my shopping. Except for the *totally* optional Anna Sui perfume. Afraid to look at my next credit card bill!
It's supposed to be a shopping trip, but I'm seem to be more excited over the food. *sigh*
Friday, December 21, 2007
Seoul Yummy
Met up with W and J for dinner! W recommended this Korean restaurant in Novena Square 2, Seoul Yummy, so here we are. It's so new that it's not listed on the shop directory. It's on level 3, at the side of nearer the medical centre lobby.
Nice and uncrowded on a Friday night so near Christmas. Good news for me, bad for the tenants.
No queue, a table was just clearing out when we arrived. The restaurant uses metal chopsticks. Peculiar. We have 2 small eaters, so it's logical to share all dishes. Can ask for empty plates and bowls. The restaurant supports sharing, unlike some.
Let the pictures do the talking!
Dry noodles with spicy bean sauce. Too dry for me.
Spicy seafood soup. Looks red, but I can tahan :D Comes with rice. Only a spoonful was eaten, by yours truly.
Pancake on a hotplate. I ate it when it has turned cold, so not nice for me.
Yoghurt ice-cream. We asked the waitress how big it is and she gestured a satisfactory size for the bowl. But when it arrived, I felt cheated. The whole bowl is filled with ice lor! And it's not fine ice like ice kachang. It's the kind you get in Seoul Garden. Unless it's the standard in Korea lah, you know, since Seoul Yummy and Seoul Garden serve this type of ice. And nobody in the right mind will let the ice-cream melt into the ice in order to flavor it, so the ice was pretty untouched. So unsatisfying :( But to give it some credit, the ice-cream is delicious. Desserts that melt must be eaten quickly, so pardon this sorry-looking toppled ice-cream.
I think I paid about $12 for all of the above finally. Ok overall.
Nice and uncrowded on a Friday night so near Christmas. Good news for me, bad for the tenants.
No queue, a table was just clearing out when we arrived. The restaurant uses metal chopsticks. Peculiar. We have 2 small eaters, so it's logical to share all dishes. Can ask for empty plates and bowls. The restaurant supports sharing, unlike some.
Let the pictures do the talking!
Dry noodles with spicy bean sauce. Too dry for me.
Spicy seafood soup. Looks red, but I can tahan :D Comes with rice. Only a spoonful was eaten, by yours truly.
Pancake on a hotplate. I ate it when it has turned cold, so not nice for me.
Yoghurt ice-cream. We asked the waitress how big it is and she gestured a satisfactory size for the bowl. But when it arrived, I felt cheated. The whole bowl is filled with ice lor! And it's not fine ice like ice kachang. It's the kind you get in Seoul Garden. Unless it's the standard in Korea lah, you know, since Seoul Yummy and Seoul Garden serve this type of ice. And nobody in the right mind will let the ice-cream melt into the ice in order to flavor it, so the ice was pretty untouched. So unsatisfying :( But to give it some credit, the ice-cream is delicious. Desserts that melt must be eaten quickly, so pardon this sorry-looking toppled ice-cream.
I think I paid about $12 for all of the above finally. Ok overall.
Stupid Citibank Form!
Citibank finally woke up their idea and decided to offer annual fee waivers for supplementary cards. Well there wasn't any waiver when I first applied. I didn't know when they came up with the 1-year waiver and only got to know about it when they sent me a form promoting a 2-years waiver if I applied using it. I took the carrot.
Apply for both my cards now!
Checked the boxes for the cards to apply. Signed against them.
Filled in my particulars. But there's a problem when I got to the Card Account Number. Which of my 2 cards should I fill in?
In HSBC's case, 1 of the cards is the main card. But I looked everywhere in Citibank and found the same logic doesn't apply.
Or am I allowed to apply only 1 card per form? I don't think so. The form said "Choice of cardS". It didn't say "Please tick 1 only". It provided checkboxes instead of radio buttons. So can apply multiple cards what! So who designed this form?
Ok call the hotline. 6328 2488.
DIIII DEHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
WTF! O that's the fax number. Oww my ear! Dialed the number in smaller fonts below. Got through to the automated answering system. Pressed 1 for existing customer. Enter NRIC now. 8...
Shit. I pressed 2 instead. Numberpad for phone and keyboard are different -______- Cannot erase. Have to hang up and balek!
I did everything right this time. Waited a few minutes and got through to a CSO. He didn't understand my question. I know my card number is on my card lah aiyoh! It's only after us repeating ourselves a few times then he realised the specificity of my question. Apparently he has never seen the form before and couldn't help me, so he offered to get somebody more specialized to call me. Ok.
等了又等. My phone didn't ring the whole afternoon. After 6pm, I assumed nobody would call anymore.
Then I got a missed call at 8pm :\ So bloody hardworking.
And they didn't call back the next working day.
I give up. I shall write down my favorite card number and wait for them to call me to clarify.
Apply for both my cards now!
Checked the boxes for the cards to apply. Signed against them.
Filled in my particulars. But there's a problem when I got to the Card Account Number. Which of my 2 cards should I fill in?
In HSBC's case, 1 of the cards is the main card. But I looked everywhere in Citibank and found the same logic doesn't apply.
Or am I allowed to apply only 1 card per form? I don't think so. The form said "Choice of cardS". It didn't say "Please tick 1 only". It provided checkboxes instead of radio buttons. So can apply multiple cards what! So who designed this form?
Ok call the hotline. 6328 2488.
DIIII DEHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
WTF! O that's the fax number. Oww my ear! Dialed the number in smaller fonts below. Got through to the automated answering system. Pressed 1 for existing customer. Enter NRIC now. 8...
Shit. I pressed 2 instead. Numberpad for phone and keyboard are different -______- Cannot erase. Have to hang up and balek!
I did everything right this time. Waited a few minutes and got through to a CSO. He didn't understand my question. I know my card number is on my card lah aiyoh! It's only after us repeating ourselves a few times then he realised the specificity of my question. Apparently he has never seen the form before and couldn't help me, so he offered to get somebody more specialized to call me. Ok.
等了又等. My phone didn't ring the whole afternoon. After 6pm, I assumed nobody would call anymore.
Then I got a missed call at 8pm :\ So bloody hardworking.
And they didn't call back the next working day.
I give up. I shall write down my favorite card number and wait for them to call me to clarify.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Save The Trees, Save The World
Last year I wanted to save trees, but unfortunately it was prohibitively inconvenient. Now Singtel finally made it more convenient with this long overdued mybill thing!
Next? Any volunteers to collect waste paper in my house? So many letters nowadays.
Next? Any volunteers to collect waste paper in my house? So many letters nowadays.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Shopping Spree II!
The Johnson & Johnson sale was here again! Got my sister to do some stock-taking, came up with an order list and passed it to my father to restock. I think I made an error in the number of bottles of shower cream to buy. We bought 8 last year and still have 2 left, that means I should buy 4 instead of 6 right? Aiyah nevermind, next year buy 2 less lor.
Exciting day ahead! It's shopping time!
3 objectives:
Met with my sister at Suntec. Low budget lunch at the foodcourt. The beef noodle not bad ley.
Powered up! Chiong Mango sale now! Total damage of $60, consisting of:
Refueled at Coffeebean. I wanted the Gingerbread Ice Blended, but my sister was afraid it would taste like ginger -_- so we had the Peppermint Ice Blended. Is the drink supposed to taste minty? Didn't detect any. Or supposed to suck the mint cane candy with the drink? $7.50 down the throat.
Started looking for Christmas presents proper. First stop, Friven & Co. Prettyuseless candles. Coasters. Cutlery set. 3 for $10 towels. Will consider.
Royce. There's always the potato chips as backup if I couldn't find anything. I have called them up before and confirmed that they don't need refrigeration. On our way out, we were given a sample of their Nama chocolate. The whole piece, no less!
Stopped by a pushcart. 3 pairs of earrings at 1 go, now that I can change my own hooks. Total damage of $19.90, consisting of:
Lift with a handle spotted:
Gift shop. Nothing suitable. The 捶背 stick looks fun, but $4+ only, must buy 3 to hit the $10 budget for my office. So odd to buy 3 of the same thing lor.
Walked around somemore. Finally I decided that I should get ________ from ________. Will fill in after the gift exchanges, in case got people drop in and see :P
Saw 2 loud hairstyles today. The first was a young lady in Mango. The style looked like she bleached the bottom half of her head white, shaved the top off and put a black wig to form the top half :O Too bad no photo. Next was a lao ah lian with purple pong hair.
Now to think about what to have for dinner. Should not be too filling to make space for dessert. How about a Subway footlong? Brother eat half, sister and I eat quarter each? I think my brother will flip. KFC? Too ex and filling. Mac? Just had for supper. Decided on Crystal Jade Kitchen.
There's free gift wrap service for minimum $80 spent. We decided we should get it done before dinner. Pay $2 for a Looney Tunes umbrella, but don't need lah. A lady borrowed our receipt to buy 1 more umbrella. The counter gave us a roll of gift wrapper, think it's for the gift wrapping service ba. Then we queued at the gift wrapping queue. The couple in front was taking a terribly long time. Or rather, the service staff was slow. A few regular cuboids only, so difficult meh? Started regretting... wait so long to wrap 1 gift for free? Later still have to wrap 1 myself :( When my turn came, I was pleasantly surprised that they wrapped both my gifts :D Didn't have to pass them the gift wrapper we had. So now got double free wrapping and 1 free wrapper!
I saw a lucky draw coupon collection box but no forms. The staff said the forms are at the counter at level 1. Form at level 1, but box at level 3? Win liao lor.
Last objective of the day!
Haiyoh wait until the last day to purposely come out and eat! And must purposely eat not-so-full also.
Phish Food, Chocolate Therapy, Jamaican Me Crazy
There was a ridiculous $88 item on their menu. It's the B&J version of earthquake, 20 scoops, 4 scoops of toppings and other stuff. Siao lor! Didn't know angmohs also into 发-like sounds.
Went Carrefour and then home, as usual.
Caution: Don't talk about sixth sense to strangers. You might get him started if he is a Christian.
Edited 23 Dec: I got the 24-piece plastic handle cutlery set from Friven & Co, 1 blue 1 red, with white polka-dots. Each set consists of six 4-piece settings (teaspoon, tablespoon, dinner fork and dinner knife). At first, I thought I wouldn't give cutlery, but it looks quite cute and it's good quality! Stainless steel and the metal extends into the whole of the shaft :D
全家福:
Such photos are really useful for keeping track of what I bought in what quantities. Must always do this in future.
Exciting day ahead! It's shopping time!
3 objectives:
- Mango sale. A few days ago, I happened to discover that the first day of Mango sale coincides with the start of my happy holiday! It's a sign!
- Buy gifts for my company's and JC gift exchanges.
- Use the Ben & Jerry's voucher given by mykrobe! Last day already!
Met with my sister at Suntec. Low budget lunch at the foodcourt. The beef noodle not bad ley.
Powered up! Chiong Mango sale now! Total damage of $60, consisting of:
- Red polo tee $15, original $30
- My sister's brown racer-back $13, original $19
- Zebra blouse $32, original $65
Refueled at Coffeebean. I wanted the Gingerbread Ice Blended, but my sister was afraid it would taste like ginger -_- so we had the Peppermint Ice Blended. Is the drink supposed to taste minty? Didn't detect any. Or supposed to suck the mint cane candy with the drink? $7.50 down the throat.
Started looking for Christmas presents proper. First stop, Friven & Co. Pretty
Royce. There's always the potato chips as backup if I couldn't find anything. I have called them up before and confirmed that they don't need refrigeration. On our way out, we were given a sample of their Nama chocolate. The whole piece, no less!
Stopped by a pushcart. 3 pairs of earrings at 1 go, now that I can change my own hooks. Total damage of $19.90, consisting of:
- Long necklace to match a new blouse, $9.90.
- 1 pair of zebra earrings $5. I didn't get it for the new Mango blouse in mind. Maybe just in a zebra mood today. Upon examination, I found none of the available stock is perfect. Took pains to choose the best one. So auntie.
- 2 pairs of earrings and 1 ring (my sister) for $5. Cheap!
Lift with a handle spotted:
Gift shop. Nothing suitable. The 捶背 stick looks fun, but $4+ only, must buy 3 to hit the $10 budget for my office. So odd to buy 3 of the same thing lor.
Walked around somemore. Finally I decided that I should get ________ from ________. Will fill in after the gift exchanges, in case got people drop in and see :P
Saw 2 loud hairstyles today. The first was a young lady in Mango. The style looked like she bleached the bottom half of her head white, shaved the top off and put a black wig to form the top half :O Too bad no photo. Next was a lao ah lian with purple pong hair.
Now to think about what to have for dinner. Should not be too filling to make space for dessert. How about a Subway footlong? Brother eat half, sister and I eat quarter each? I think my brother will flip. KFC? Too ex and filling. Mac? Just had for supper. Decided on Crystal Jade Kitchen.
There's free gift wrap service for minimum $80 spent. We decided we should get it done before dinner. Pay $2 for a Looney Tunes umbrella, but don't need lah. A lady borrowed our receipt to buy 1 more umbrella. The counter gave us a roll of gift wrapper, think it's for the gift wrapping service ba. Then we queued at the gift wrapping queue. The couple in front was taking a terribly long time. Or rather, the service staff was slow. A few regular cuboids only, so difficult meh? Started regretting... wait so long to wrap 1 gift for free? Later still have to wrap 1 myself :( When my turn came, I was pleasantly surprised that they wrapped both my gifts :D Didn't have to pass them the gift wrapper we had. So now got double free wrapping and 1 free wrapper!
I saw a lucky draw coupon collection box but no forms. The staff said the forms are at the counter at level 1. Form at level 1, but box at level 3? Win liao lor.
Last objective of the day!
Haiyoh wait until the last day to purposely come out and eat! And must purposely eat not-so-full also.
Phish Food, Chocolate Therapy, Jamaican Me Crazy
There was a ridiculous $88 item on their menu. It's the B&J version of earthquake, 20 scoops, 4 scoops of toppings and other stuff. Siao lor! Didn't know angmohs also into 发-like sounds.
Went Carrefour and then home, as usual.
Caution: Don't talk about sixth sense to strangers. You might get him started if he is a Christian.
Edited 23 Dec: I got the 24-piece plastic handle cutlery set from Friven & Co, 1 blue 1 red, with white polka-dots. Each set consists of six 4-piece settings (teaspoon, tablespoon, dinner fork and dinner knife). At first, I thought I wouldn't give cutlery, but it looks quite cute and it's good quality! Stainless steel and the metal extends into the whole of the shaft :D
全家福:
Such photos are really useful for keeping track of what I bought in what quantities. Must always do this in future.
I'm So Free
3/12 Monday
Surf net. Read papers online. Chat.
This can't go on. Can't keep surfing net all the time, wait somebody found out that I have nothing to do, and give me something to do, how? Decided to get started on a self-improvement ebook recommended by a friend, Getting Things Done. But I'm really not into such books lah, dozed off several times. I need something better for tomorrow.
4/12 Tuesday
Brought The Da Vinci Code in ebook! Now I can look busy with my eyes glued to the screen!
C shared with us some cakes and kueh for his daughter's full month birthday. I had an ang ku kueh. Haven't had such a delicious and big AKK for a long time. Prima Deli's salmonella fiasco just got round every corner, so I would rather not know where the food were from.
Later in the evening, A came round with an envelope to collect angpow money for C. The smallest note available in my wallet were $10s. Darn. Dropped 1 inside. Saw plenty of $10s, got $50s too. Very few $2.
So the AKK I ate cost $10.
DVC is an addictive read. Must slow down tomorrow to make it last longer.
5/12 Wednesday
Surf net, chat, read DVC very slowly. Aiming to finish it next Thursday when I go on leave. Read very slowly.
Went Tiffin Room with my team.
6/12 Thursday
Surf net, chat, read DVC very slowly.
Boss came by my table and asked if I have checked his email. I replied that I wanted to finish this chapter first :O 要死啊! But I think he didn't catch it haha. He came to tell me about a new CR I was to start on tomorrow. Sounds like something I can finish in 1 day, but he said something about handing over the work before I go on leave. Need so many days meh?
7/12 Friday
Started work on my CR. Finished it before noon. Now I have the whole afternoon to test my work. But testing was like so boring lor... I'm sure nothing is wrong with my masterpiece.
Test, surf net, chat, read DVC very slowly.
It's been raining non-stop everyday and I just hate to be on a motorcycle in wet weather. Why must the management be so busy now? It will be really nice to just relax in a car. He's not exactly a guai guai driver but it's still safer than a motorcycle and hell-driving cabbies in noisy cabs with non-existent suspensions.
10/12 Monday
Wrapped up my CR.
Discovered that my boss quoted 10 mandays for something I finished in 2 days, with lots of time wasted in between. Kaoz!
Surf net, chat, read DVC very slowly.
This is how life should be. No need for any coffee and tea too.
11/12 Tuesday
Surf net, chat, read DVC very slowly. I cannot take it anymore! It's not possible to make this book last till Thursday! Shall finish it off tomorrow.
12/12 Wednesday
Wrapped up some work in preparation for my leave. Finished DVC! Found it better than the movie.
After work was the department's Christmas buffet dinner.
13/12 Thursday
Surf net, chat, pack table. When the clock struck 1pm, byebye! See the office again on 24th for a half day, then holiday again, with the option to extend!
Surf net. Read papers online. Chat.
This can't go on. Can't keep surfing net all the time, wait somebody found out that I have nothing to do, and give me something to do, how? Decided to get started on a self-improvement ebook recommended by a friend, Getting Things Done. But I'm really not into such books lah, dozed off several times. I need something better for tomorrow.
4/12 Tuesday
Brought The Da Vinci Code in ebook! Now I can look busy with my eyes glued to the screen!
C shared with us some cakes and kueh for his daughter's full month birthday. I had an ang ku kueh. Haven't had such a delicious and big AKK for a long time. Prima Deli's salmonella fiasco just got round every corner, so I would rather not know where the food were from.
Later in the evening, A came round with an envelope to collect angpow money for C. The smallest note available in my wallet were $10s. Darn. Dropped 1 inside. Saw plenty of $10s, got $50s too. Very few $2.
So the AKK I ate cost $10.
DVC is an addictive read. Must slow down tomorrow to make it last longer.
5/12 Wednesday
Surf net, chat, read DVC very slowly. Aiming to finish it next Thursday when I go on leave. Read very slowly.
Went Tiffin Room with my team.
6/12 Thursday
Surf net, chat, read DVC very slowly.
Boss came by my table and asked if I have checked his email. I replied that I wanted to finish this chapter first :O 要死啊! But I think he didn't catch it haha. He came to tell me about a new CR I was to start on tomorrow. Sounds like something I can finish in 1 day, but he said something about handing over the work before I go on leave. Need so many days meh?
7/12 Friday
Started work on my CR. Finished it before noon. Now I have the whole afternoon to test my work. But testing was like so boring lor... I'm sure nothing is wrong with my masterpiece.
Test, surf net, chat, read DVC very slowly.
It's been raining non-stop everyday and I just hate to be on a motorcycle in wet weather. Why must the management be so busy now? It will be really nice to just relax in a car. He's not exactly a guai guai driver but it's still safer than a motorcycle and hell-driving cabbies in noisy cabs with non-existent suspensions.
10/12 Monday
Wrapped up my CR.
Discovered that my boss quoted 10 mandays for something I finished in 2 days, with lots of time wasted in between. Kaoz!
Surf net, chat, read DVC very slowly.
This is how life should be. No need for any coffee and tea too.
11/12 Tuesday
Surf net, chat, read DVC very slowly. I cannot take it anymore! It's not possible to make this book last till Thursday! Shall finish it off tomorrow.
12/12 Wednesday
Wrapped up some work in preparation for my leave. Finished DVC! Found it better than the movie.
After work was the department's Christmas buffet dinner.
13/12 Thursday
Surf net, chat, pack table. When the clock struck 1pm, byebye! See the office again on 24th for a half day, then holiday again, with the option to extend!
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Penang Place
Department Christmas dinner was held at Penang Place@Atrium, within walking distance from my office. But of course I was chauffeured there :P. The food was great!
I ate (those I can remember):
Didn't eat (those I can remember):
The CEO 赏脸 and joined us. But he left quite early.
The yearly department fund for such celebrations is $50/pax. With this dinner costing $21.80++/pax, the rest of the money was spent on gifts for each of us. Wallets! Ladies received a pretty Jane Shilton (retailing at $60 outside), but men's didn't look so nice :P How timely! I have been looking for a wallet!
Got a ride home. So 准 ley, my father couldn't take me home, and then there's this dinner! Can this luck persist after the cab fare hike?
I ate (those I can remember):
- Penang Laksa. Delicious, but too spicy for me. It was only a tiny bowl but I was sniffing before I finished it.
- Prawn mee. Not bad lah. The soup is the dark kind, which means dark soya sauce was added. I prefer the soup to be cooked entirely with prawns and pork.
- Nasi Lemak. No luncheon meat in sight. Not sure if it's affected by the recent China food scare, or it has been like that. Ikan bilis was a bit nuah already, but still nice because it's sweet.
- Steamed otah with chunky fish. Yummy.
- Char kuay teow. Only a small quantity was put up each time, so must chiong for it. Delicious! Got hum! But too spicy for me, especially when the penang laksa was still lingering.
- Chicken. Too tough.
- Beef. Ok lah, quite soft.
- 春卷. Too big lah! Skin is very crispy, generous with filling.
- Cuttlefish. Don't like.
- DIY shredded turnip wrapped in some vegetable leaf. Like that lor. Tastes like the 春卷.
- Nonya kueh. The kaya to go with them was delicious.
- Chendol. It's been a long time since I last had such good chendol. First of all, it's freshly shaved ice, not refrozen chunks like some other buffets. Coconut milk is thick, the sugar is of high viscosity! BEST!
- Mango pudding. No taste. Terrible.
- Satay. Limited quantities each time, must chiong for it. Meaty and tasty, but a bit cold ley. If limited quantities each time, how come it's cold??
- Ok to be fair, I put this down too. Free-flow coke.
Didn't eat (those I can remember):
- Rojak. No 油条 so I don't want.
- Fried chicken. Stomach no space.
- Curry chicken. Totally forgot about it.
- Fruits. C'mon...
- Ice kachang. Decent chendol is harder to find than decent ice kachang.
The CEO 赏脸 and joined us. But he left quite early.
The yearly department fund for such celebrations is $50/pax. With this dinner costing $21.80++/pax, the rest of the money was spent on gifts for each of us. Wallets! Ladies received a pretty Jane Shilton (retailing at $60 outside), but men's didn't look so nice :P How timely! I have been looking for a wallet!
Got a ride home. So 准 ley, my father couldn't take me home, and then there's this dinner! Can this luck persist after the cab fare hike?
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Tiffin Room @ Raffles Hotel
My project finally rolled out and it's time for a celebration! Since an overwhelming proportion of the group was from country I and the leader was from country I too, it's natural that we have food suitable for people from there. Many of them were actually dying to try Tiffin Room @ Raffles Hotel for years, so Tiffin Room it shall be.
Curious, I googled. Indian food in a posh hotel. Expect attentive service. $49+++. OMG! So ex lor, no wonder the guys could only dream. I will NEVER pay $49 for curry, especially when I can't take food that's too spicy. It better be good!
On that day itself, I realised most people didn't know who's actually paying. Skarly go dutch how? Walau cannot lor! $49 for curry! NEVER.
Took the manager's car in the pouring rain, the cannot see the car in front kind of rain. Spent an eternity on AYE, no accident also, dunno how come so slow.
But there was a miracle. We did not pay any ERP to get to Raffles Hotel!
Yes, the horrible Raffles Hotel driveway. Instead of tar, it's gravel and I totally couldn't walk on it unaided. Trying to look colonial. As if it's not bad enough that it's raining! And there's no ramp, only kerb and steps. Sigh.
Tiffin room felt very spacious with its high ceiling. I'm sure the sparrows flying about felt the same way too. When we sat down, the waiter passed the manager the ala carte menu. Trying to trick him lor! Not all have arrived, so we sat there waiting, our glasses dry. Had to open our mouths to request for iced water.
I don't have much to say about the food lah, since I don't particularly enjoy Indian cuisine. But the spicines is acceptable to be. The curries and dishes are delicious, just that I couldn't eat a lot since they have to go with rice. Cannot just drink curry like that right.
Dessert was a mini cup of yoghurt with blueberries. Tastes good. My favourite is the ice-cream. It's not Walls (don't Raffles Hotel dare to serve Walls!), it's a home-made ice-cream with chopped walnuts. D, a 30-something commented that it's too sweet, but I downed 5 scoops. Got too sweet meh?
The ice-cream caught up with me soon. All of a sudden, I felt too full and could only drink water. Old already. 10 years later I will be talking like the 30-something.
D quizzed me on bt. Wa, how come he knows so much about my clandestine activity lor! Only 2 people in the whole place knows, and it's easy to guess who's the culprit. The management sure shares information. So close-knitted. Gossip about subordinates somemore! >_< Lower my profile now! *slithers into the darkness*
Hogged the place to chitchat. The evil waiters kept the coffee and tea a secret until somebody asked for it. I didn't mind, couldn't drink at this hour anyway.
Bill time. All bosses present offered to pay. Ya, good, I didn't bring $49+++ out lor. 谢谢老板!
Manager sent 4 of us home. We were rather quiet. Too full?
So I guess it's the country I dream come true. When can I go The Line?
Curious, I googled. Indian food in a posh hotel. Expect attentive service. $49+++. OMG! So ex lor, no wonder the guys could only dream. I will NEVER pay $49 for curry, especially when I can't take food that's too spicy. It better be good!
On that day itself, I realised most people didn't know who's actually paying. Skarly go dutch how? Walau cannot lor! $49 for curry! NEVER.
Took the manager's car in the pouring rain, the cannot see the car in front kind of rain. Spent an eternity on AYE, no accident also, dunno how come so slow.
But there was a miracle. We did not pay any ERP to get to Raffles Hotel!
Yes, the horrible Raffles Hotel driveway. Instead of tar, it's gravel and I totally couldn't walk on it unaided. Trying to look colonial. As if it's not bad enough that it's raining! And there's no ramp, only kerb and steps. Sigh.
Tiffin room felt very spacious with its high ceiling. I'm sure the sparrows flying about felt the same way too. When we sat down, the waiter passed the manager the ala carte menu. Trying to trick him lor! Not all have arrived, so we sat there waiting, our glasses dry. Had to open our mouths to request for iced water.
I don't have much to say about the food lah, since I don't particularly enjoy Indian cuisine. But the spicines is acceptable to be. The curries and dishes are delicious, just that I couldn't eat a lot since they have to go with rice. Cannot just drink curry like that right.
Dessert was a mini cup of yoghurt with blueberries. Tastes good. My favourite is the ice-cream. It's not Walls (don't Raffles Hotel dare to serve Walls!), it's a home-made ice-cream with chopped walnuts. D, a 30-something commented that it's too sweet, but I downed 5 scoops. Got too sweet meh?
The ice-cream caught up with me soon. All of a sudden, I felt too full and could only drink water. Old already. 10 years later I will be talking like the 30-something.
D quizzed me on bt. Wa, how come he knows so much about my clandestine activity lor! Only 2 people in the whole place knows, and it's easy to guess who's the culprit. The management sure shares information. So close-knitted. Gossip about subordinates somemore! >_< Lower my profile now! *slithers into the darkness*
Hogged the place to chitchat. The evil waiters kept the coffee and tea a secret until somebody asked for it. I didn't mind, couldn't drink at this hour anyway.
Bill time. All bosses present offered to pay. Ya, good, I didn't bring $49+++ out lor. 谢谢老板!
Manager sent 4 of us home. We were rather quiet. Too full?
So I guess it's the country I dream come true. When can I go The Line?
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Nice Candy
From Daiso. But it's very hard to find. Only found it in IMM before. Maybe loads of people like it too?
Monday, November 26, 2007
Blah Blah
Accumulated over a period in no particular order:
#1
My office was going to erect a new house for the manager of a project team that has moved over to my side. He was pleased to know that he would be getting a window seat and it's the only open-able window in the whole room somemore! When he returned from the weekend, his new house would be ready and perhaps we can have a house-warming party!
His happiness was short-lived. To his (and all our) dismay, the partitions essentially sealed off the windows because they must be positioned in a U shape.
__\ /___ wall with open-able window
+------+ dotted line is the new partition
| |
| |
Understand or not? Anyway, it means a few things:
1) No scenery. Haha Sotong the small fry still have scenery!
2) Cannot jump out of the window in case of fire. Fireman also cannot climb in to save us. Darn.
3) Someone who always hangs his wet clothings out when he's caught in the rain while on motobike, can no longer do so. Smelly!
********
#2
With my current project coming to an end, I was approached by a PM to do VB next year because "I am the person with the most experience in VB here".
I'M NOT I'M NOT I'M NOT!!! Can I erase VB from my list of competencies now? I so totally regret it. I'm supposed to be placing my future in Sun! KNS!
I could only give the huh look. As if she knew my concerns, she reassured me by saying I will still be doing some Java.
But optimistically speaking, it means I will have a job till May at least. Will I get a conversion?
********
#3
While walking with my boss to the car, he passed by a female colleague and they stopped to chat like super best friends. After they parted ways, he said, "这个人在背后捅我一刀。"
Wa O_O
At the lift lobby, there was another female colleague and they chatted for as long as the lift took to come. Not as super best friend-ish as just now. She was going up while we were going down, so I didn't have to stand around looking awkward for long. After she was gone, he said... I can't quite remember, something about she was quite a handful. And that in his position, everybody has to act friendly to everybody and talk to people they don't really want to talk to.
So does that mean the more you talk to the person, the more you dislike him/her?
I remember what he said about the politicking in this company. He better survive wellso he can continue to take me home! I will always support him!
All this is so not for me. Isn't Sotong glad there's a pc for her to hide behind? Black face to all I don't feel like talking to!
********
#4
The secretary was busy photocopying stuff for the bosses' meeting over lunchtime. When lunchtime was almost over,
A: 你还没有吃饭啊？
S: 现在去吃！ (and she ran towards the photocopier)
A: 哇你吃纸啊？
-______-;;;
#1
My office was going to erect a new house for the manager of a project team that has moved over to my side. He was pleased to know that he would be getting a window seat and it's the only open-able window in the whole room somemore! When he returned from the weekend, his new house would be ready and perhaps we can have a house-warming party!
His happiness was short-lived. To his (and all our) dismay, the partitions essentially sealed off the windows because they must be positioned in a U shape.
__\ /___ wall with open-able window
+------+ dotted line is the new partition
| |
| |
Understand or not? Anyway, it means a few things:
1) No scenery. Haha Sotong the small fry still have scenery!
2) Cannot jump out of the window in case of fire. Fireman also cannot climb in to save us. Darn.
3) Someone who always hangs his wet clothings out when he's caught in the rain while on motobike, can no longer do so. Smelly!
********
#2
With my current project coming to an end, I was approached by a PM to do VB next year because "I am the person with the most experience in VB here".
I'M NOT I'M NOT I'M NOT!!! Can I erase VB from my list of competencies now? I so totally regret it. I'm supposed to be placing my future in Sun! KNS!
I could only give the huh look. As if she knew my concerns, she reassured me by saying I will still be doing some Java.
But optimistically speaking, it means I will have a job till May at least. Will I get a conversion?
********
#3
While walking with my boss to the car, he passed by a female colleague and they stopped to chat like super best friends. After they parted ways, he said, "这个人在背后捅我一刀。"
Wa O_O
At the lift lobby, there was another female colleague and they chatted for as long as the lift took to come. Not as super best friend-ish as just now. She was going up while we were going down, so I didn't have to stand around looking awkward for long. After she was gone, he said... I can't quite remember, something about she was quite a handful. And that in his position, everybody has to act friendly to everybody and talk to people they don't really want to talk to.
So does that mean the more you talk to the person, the more you dislike him/her?
I remember what he said about the politicking in this company. He better survive well
All this is so not for me. Isn't Sotong glad there's a pc for her to hide behind? Black face to all I don't feel like talking to!
********
#4
The secretary was busy photocopying stuff for the bosses' meeting over lunchtime. When lunchtime was almost over,
A: 你还没有吃饭啊？
S: 现在去吃！ (and she ran towards the photocopier)
A: 哇你吃纸啊？
-______-;;;
Friday, November 09, 2007
Crabs Again!
It's my project team's off day as well as back to Mellben day after 7mths! Slack the whole day and round it off with crabs, how's that!
The butter crab was good as usual. Unfortunately, this time the crab beehoon soup tasted somewhat diluted. But it was compensated by the crab shell, which had 2 biscuits of roe at each of the sides! Wa damn full after eating them! Poor potential crabs...
While we were eating, suddenly there was a voice repeating loudly over the speaker/loudhailer (didn't see what) "CARPARK LAI LIAO, CARPARK LAI LIAO". We spent a good moment wondering what is was about. Then we realized that it meant someone was coming to book illegal parkers. And yeah, the coffeeshop emptied by half ^_^'' So good ah, got special announcement service.
The butter crab was good as usual. Unfortunately, this time the crab beehoon soup tasted somewhat diluted. But it was compensated by the crab shell, which had 2 biscuits of roe at each of the sides! Wa damn full after eating them! Poor potential crabs...
While we were eating, suddenly there was a voice repeating loudly over the speaker/loudhailer (didn't see what) "CARPARK LAI LIAO, CARPARK LAI LIAO". We spent a good moment wondering what is was about. Then we realized that it meant someone was coming to book illegal parkers. And yeah, the coffeeshop emptied by half ^_^'' So good ah, got special announcement service.
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
The Reward For Working Hard
Boss: I will make sure we organize a BBQ for the team!
NO! Can he just make sure I get to go home at 6pm?
NO! Can he just make sure I get to go home at 6pm?
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
When I Slack
Completed 山おんな壁おんな (Yama Onna Kabe Onna) last last week:
Very funny, yet not too low-class. Flying buttons, resting bosoms on the table, handbag with tits... >_<
Currently on 火舞黄沙.
Almost exactly the same cast as 金枝欲孽, also about people scheming against one another and revenge after revenge. Quite addictive lah. 32 episodes in all, I chiong!!! Because coming up next in the queue is...
Galileo.
I don't even know if it's nice, but I'll find out in due time *watches the % completed bar fill up*
Very funny, yet not too low-class. Flying buttons, resting bosoms on the table, handbag with tits... >_<
Currently on 火舞黄沙.
Almost exactly the same cast as 金枝欲孽, also about people scheming against one another and revenge after revenge. Quite addictive lah. 32 episodes in all, I chiong!!! Because coming up next in the queue is...
Galileo.
I don't even know if it's nice, but I'll find out in due time *watches the % completed bar fill up*
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Ajitei - Real and Fake Food
Met up with W and J again! It's been such a long time... and it's been a long time since I last saw open shops in a mall. Ya, lifeless, I know.
Carrefour@PS. Just stretch your hand in when you are thirsty. Wonder if there's a sensor above the entrance though.
Food time! Main course first.
My jaws were TIRED from eating this. It didn't help when I finished most of it. It's not soft like tofu by the way.
Raw salmon~~ *Slurp*
A slice of smooth and soft tofu covered in melted cheese. This dish is sinfully oily. We also had the potato version, which I preferred.
W had a bowl of salmon rice and J had some sushi with cheap ingredients, as we called it.
Desserts!
Really admire the Japanese for coming up with such realistic-looking fake food displays, which look better than the real thing sometimes. We wouldn't mind so much even if we had to queue for a table, can slowly think of what to eat! How come Singaporean restaurants don't do this?
Maybe because the portions we get change over time, cannot give us false hope.
A delicious-looking shop in Kappabashi Market, Tokyo.
As if all that weren't enough, we went to Daiso and looked at more FOOD! Bought 2 new Tohato snacks, but couldn't find the 黑糖 candy I had before... :( Passing criteria is a chunk of 黑糖 in the centre. Where... 在哪里 >_<
Carrefour@PS. Just stretch your hand in when you are thirsty. Wonder if there's a sensor above the entrance though.
Food time! Main course first.
My jaws were TIRED from eating this. It didn't help when I finished most of it. It's not soft like tofu by the way.
Raw salmon~~ *Slurp*
A slice of smooth and soft tofu covered in melted cheese. This dish is sinfully oily. We also had the potato version, which I preferred.
W had a bowl of salmon rice and J had some sushi with cheap ingredients, as we called it.
Desserts!
Really admire the Japanese for coming up with such realistic-looking fake food displays, which look better than the real thing sometimes. We wouldn't mind so much even if we had to queue for a table, can slowly think of what to eat! How come Singaporean restaurants don't do this?
Maybe because the portions we get change over time, cannot give us false hope.
A delicious-looking shop in Kappabashi Market, Tokyo.
As if all that weren't enough, we went to Daiso and looked at more FOOD! Bought 2 new Tohato snacks, but couldn't find the 黑糖 candy I had before... :( Passing criteria is a chunk of 黑糖 in the centre. Where... 在哪里 >_<
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
I'm *Almost* Affluent!
From the ST:
"Affluent S'poreans are mostly 'executive warriors'
THE affluent in Singapore are mostly 'Executive Warriors' - typically middle-aged male, like golfing, and travel frequently for business purposes, a survey by global research company Synovate has found.
The regional survey of 11 Asian countries, tracked 1,700 Singaporeans with a minimum monthly household income of $6,500 and grouped them under five main consumer segments - the Executive Warriors, the Work to Live's, the Gimme's, the HUMmers (Hungry, Urban and Mobile) and the Luxury Loyalists.
....
"
Minimum household income of *only* $6.5k is considered affluent? Their household got 1 person only right?
"Affluent S'poreans are mostly 'executive warriors'
THE affluent in Singapore are mostly 'Executive Warriors' - typically middle-aged male, like golfing, and travel frequently for business purposes, a survey by global research company Synovate has found.
The regional survey of 11 Asian countries, tracked 1,700 Singaporeans with a minimum monthly household income of $6,500 and grouped them under five main consumer segments - the Executive Warriors, the Work to Live's, the Gimme's, the HUMmers (Hungry, Urban and Mobile) and the Luxury Loyalists.
....
"
Minimum household income of *only* $6.5k is considered affluent? Their household got 1 person only right?
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