Pass Pass Pass

Woohoo~! My results are out. I passed everything. I'm so so so surprised that I managed to pull off my IBM by doing only 3 out of 4 questions. The only reason? Must be the Grace of God!Amen!

Cold Cold Cold

Heavy rain. Got drenched. Finally reached home getting ready for a hot shower. Turned on my heater, then entered the bathroom. Turned on my shower. 10 seconds later, "boom!" - blackout. After the blackout, my heater stopped working. I don't know how it spoilt or anything, but I know I had to take a cold shower. Damn!

Updates

Received a letter from Singapore Medical Association. It's regarding the results of the SMA Ethics Essay Awards 2005. Read that again, 2005. This competition was held last year august, that was exactly a year ago, and now then the results are out. My goodness. But anyhow, I didn't managed to win the $1000 cash. Ouch!

So Chelsea lost 2-1 to Middlesbrough. Shock, but I'm glad of course. The biggest beneficiary? Not Middlesbrough. Neither is it Man Utd. The biggest beneficiary is The New Paper. Think about it! =)

Finally received my pay. Went on a shopping spree at...... the NTUC in Thomson Plaza! Haha. Bought lots of snacks... chocolates, chips, nuts, beverages, etc. Then I chanced upon this peanut butter with grape stripes. It looks yummy and soI decided to buy it. Spent a good 30 odd dollars on those junk food. When I reached home, I suddenly realised something... erm, I ain't got any bread at home! Stupid me.

Talking about pay. The bank actually pays $10/hr. As I'm under TempServ agency, $4/hr has been decucted. So I'm being paid $6/hr, and that's not subtracting CPF yet! Pain.

Can't wait for school to reopen. When school reopens, will be the time I end my job and thus I can finally hit the gym. Haven't been working out since mid July when I started work. I'm losing strength... and shape. Another reason that I'm eagerly awaiting for school to start is the FPA Production. Soon my club will be holding audition for this year's production and I can start choosing my casts for my script! I'm still in a dilemma if I should act in this year's production.

My dinner's in, that's it for my updates. So long!

Women of Substance

Element: women
Symbol: Wo
Discoverer: Adam
Atomic Mass: 40kg to 200kg
Occurrence: found in large quantities in urban areas, with trace elements in outlying regions
Physical Properties: boils at absolutely nothing, freezes for no aparrent reason, melts if given special treatment, bitter if used incorrectly
Chemical Properties: affinity to gold, silver, platinum and all precious stones, the most powerful money reducing agent known to man
Common Use: highly ornamental, especially in sports cars, can be a very effective cleaning agent
Hazards: highly dangerous except in experienced hands, illegal to possess more than one, although several can be maintained at different locations as long as specimens do not come into direct contact with each other

WoW - friends

A few guys at my office play the game, World of Warcraft. Mind you, they are not of my age, but in the early 30s. A couple of them are married as well. From their conversation, I could easily sense they are kinda addicted to the game. Well, most people who play that game will be. WoW is known to be one of the best MMORPGs ever produced. The funny part is, one of the girls suddenly asked this particular guy, "So between your wife and your game, who would you choose?" He answered without hestitation, "My wife lar!".

"Really?" The girl questioned again.

"Erm..." The guy suddenly had a clueless look on his face and everyone started teasing him.

I played the game myself back in Nov '04 when it just came out. Since then I've been a regular (almost 8-9 hrs a day) in the virtual world until last year when my school started and I decided to drop the game to spend more 'time' on my studies.

It was a hard decision to make. It's not because I will miss the fun and entertainment. I mean, yes I will, but these are secondary. It's the WoW friends that I've made over the past months that I can't bear to part with. It may sound silly as it's just online gaming friends afterall. However me and my usual 'gang' of friends were very close to each other in the game, as if we were like real life great buddies.

Asfalioth(Cuba/USA), Alegou(Taiwan), Belion(S'pore, a Captain in Air Force), Ganlin(Aus), Guna(Aus), Jaggerx(USA), Microdd(China/Aus), Microsu(China/Aus), Inzaghi(Taiwan/Aus) and Kir(Shunda, real life friend), I'll definetly remember the great times we shared, and the painstaking moments we went through in our WoW journey. Wherever you guys are, whatever you guys are doing, I wish you all the best.

With love, to my old pals from WoW - Boulderfist, Furious Outlawz,
Valiant, LVL 60 Dwarf Paladin (retired)

What a difference...

... a word made.

I almost fell asleep in my office by staring blankly at the computer screen when one of my female colleague (early 30's) was telling everyone of her little adventure yesterday evening at a cold storage. There she was doing some grocery shopping when a young guy suddenly approached and wanted to 'xian' her (according to her). She found out that the guy is like 4-5 years her junior and she was pretty shocked (in what sense, I don't know).

My instant reply (I wanted to comment but I decided to hold it back) was, "What's wrong? I think you still look young."

Sure, it would be a nice compliment, BUT if you notice... the word "still" actually has a hidden meaning that can be quite... hmm... should I say hurtful?

When the statement reads, "You looked young", it straightly means you look young.

When the statement reads, "You still looked young", it means... you are supposed to be old!

So guys, next time do watch what you say to a girl. One little word and you can be done for.

Sign off,
Val's being bored in the office.