Helplessly Frustrated

It seems to me the more i drive, the worst i get. Today dad took me to the carpark to learn how to park properly but the parking session doesn't really go as well. It's either i park the lorry in the middle of 2 parking lots or jus making it end up damn slanted. However dad didn't flare up on me or anything, he jus tries his best to giv me guide lines so i can park better, tis is something i really hav to compliment about, his patience towards me is superb. I've already being extrememly frustrated about the fact tat no matter wat i do i jus keep on making it worst. Argh, i jus need more practices, i won't know wat will happen to my driving license.

Little Man

Went for a walk-in job interview today with my newly bought formal wear which cost almost $200 (so ex) but got rejected due to 1cm short of my height. Not exactly sad or disappointed, just rather having heartaches over the $$ part, haha. Think it's pretty obvious wat kind of job interview i went to and i went with Benjamin who managed to get into round one since he is tall enough. However both of us went back 'defeated'.

After tat met up with Joseph Tay to book our Genting trip in dec. I'm so freaking broke now, even b4 i ORD i can feel the stress over my finacial status already, how scary...

No matter wat, Genting here i come (in dec)! T_T

Help!

I don't wanna ORD, yet, nor i wanna extend my ORD, feeling really scared now, what to do without a job or studying????

1st official driving

Dad allowed me to drive his company's lorry jus now and it's kinda fun and scary at the same time. I still hav a long way to go b4 i can really conquer the road in sg, trying to get use to his lorry as well, kinda hard to drive esp without the aid of the rear view mirror, more excuses coming up...

Eariler in the day while in camp, i had blood test together with Arthur, Benjamin and Mensono, it's quite a funny exp. We requested for Issac the senior medic but sadly he went to take his IPPT. So we can only ask for another medic to draw our blood for us. I was the headstart and the whole process was a smooth one, somehow i keep on laughing while the medic tries to draw the blood out, lol, it's a one time blood draw unlike Arthur's, who went second. His blood didn't really got drawn into the syringe after a few tries but stopped after it's half full so he hav to draw again, poor him, haha. When it's Benjamin's turn i try to scare him and i think it worked. Seeing the TERRIFIED AND SCARED face was quite rewarding, lalala. After awhile Jian wen, Robert, Wei Zhi and Jing Xiang came. Jing Xiang got the same exp as Arthur, damn sad. The funny thing was tat he keep on saying "Ai ya, ai ya" while the medic tries to find the correct vein and position so tat the blood can b drawn and a lot of time was just air coming out.

ORD is coming really close, it's just a happy-sad-worry feeling mixed and blended feeling for me. To me, it feels like i'm going to lose my 1st full time job and after i get my pink IC, i'll b perm jobless, wat can i afterwards?

A-Hole-lic ppl and their stupid thinkings

Mr. Z asked me a dumb qn today when i kind heartedly asked him whether if he wanted to develop photos since i'll b doing it for others. He asked me whether he hav to pay for it. I almost blow up and hav the urge to freaking slap his face, kept my cool and told him tat there are no free lunches in this world. I've seriously never and haven't discriminate chinese from China b4 until recently due to all those negative news hav been all piling since donno when about people from China doing all the shitty stuff to poison or to bring harm to other people via food, clothings and u-name-it-they-hav-it. I don't really understand what they are thinking in their minds. It's jus so common to stereotype bad things with the chinese now whenever there are any news report regarding food poisoning or hp batteries exploding, etc. Hopefully Mr. Z can change his ways of not being a greedy and petty a-hole if not he will jus b discriminated by the others soon enough when they get to know him.

Jus visited Stomp.com.sg and got so amused by other A-hole-lic ppl in Singapore. Jus laughed out loud and totally speechless about their behaviour, freaking owning...

One great example -> http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?commentPageNo=1&id=41059#comment, best part is, there are still lots more ugly ppl and their ugly acts, just go and entertain urself while covering ur mouth in shocked and shaking ur head...

GEMS - Giving Extra More Shit

I had a really unpleasant experience today while trying to develop my photos in causeway point just now. The shop tat i always goes to (Standard Photo #01-13), to develop my photos hav the worst shop assistants ever. Not just tat they are unhelpful, they are also impatience and don't value their customers. One very good example is tat i always see tat they are not very willing to attend to customers in distress when they are unsure of how to get their photos printed or uploaded into the computer at the stations. The shop assistants' answers to the customers question will always just a few words (i.e "just press tis, ya lah ya lah") and worst of all having the stop-asking-or-bother-me kind of attitute.

What i've unhappy about their service is bcos of a small request that i wanted from them but got turned away in a straight no tone by the shop assistants when they don't even hav the intention of helping in anyways. Cos i was having a slight problem with the picture exposure for one of the camp photo, i requested if i could hav a test print for just 2 of the same photos but with diff exposure settings so i can hav a comparison on which photo is better. The shop assistants insisted i hav to pay $3 for the printing charge even though i told them i will b printing a whole lot more photos later once i've decide on which photo exposure is the best. Since they are so sticking to their "rules", i hav no choice but to just walk out of the shop and find another alternative.

I went downstairs to B1 and there is another photo developing shop (Photopress #B1-39), so i went in and asked the same qn, hoping not to get the same kind of response from them. Indeed, they agreed so i had my test prints without having the need of paying extra charges other than the fee for developing the 2 photos. They bended their "rule" of having the need of paying an extra charge if u print less than a certain amount of photos from their machine (not those instant ones though) which made me quite impressed. After that i asked if i could look at how the pictures look like b4 it is bring mass printed and they agreed as well, had a couple of reprints but they are still willing to adjust the photos for me. End of the day, i still get a 10% discount from them due to the great amount of pictures printed (total cost $100.35). Good job, well done and i can say i will never ever wan to step foot on Standard photo anymore due to the fact tat their service and HR sux to the core.

Ultimately, i feel tat in service line it's either u giv ur customers an extra mile service making them extra happy, extra valued or u giv them an extra more shitty feeling. For me, i've experienced the ends of both world within 10 minutes. Jus wanting to ask, is GEMS out there just to show off or r the people in this industry really practising it? What's the use of having GEMS when we consumers are still receving this kind of standards? Hopefully staffs at Standard Photo will not regret their actions and still remember that they do not monopolise the photo developing industry and thus tone down their yaya-papaya attitute. Argh!

Radios in heaven?

Went to visit my grandma's and uncle's tablet today at mandai, was happy to see that so many ppl attended, even my aunt who had divorced with my uncle and my cousins attended. Well, today is my grandma's 1st death anniversary. I can still remember, few weeks before today last yr was the worst days i hav had in my life. It's the days where i hope that i don't receive any phone calls and even so those tat i received were not from any of my family members, having the fear of hearing tat my hospitalized grandma had passed away. Without leave or off left i can only try begging for superiors for E-off, which i don't really think is quite possible to get at tat time and had heard nasty comments from one of my superior as well be it intentional or not when i had to rush down to the hospital to see my grandma for probably the last time as her condition was critical. My PS at tat time didn't really help me much and it's really disappointing.

Today at mandai, i had a thought, and i'm fear of death. Fearing to see ppl i loved leave earlier than me. Death in the sense tat u will hav to witness everyone u know leaving tis earth one by one before u can stop watching and feel the pain. Mayb there will b a day tat u won't feel anything anymore after seeing so many funerals, but y will ppl still cry even though they know tat it's a natural course tat everyone will take?

To grandma,
if there are radios in heaven, i want to ask the DeeJay to tell you everyone is doing fine and we all misses u, thanks for the days u spend with me, protecting me. Hope tat u r living just fine on the other side and pls take care of urself. Hopefully u can hear me from the radio and wish u healthy, always.
From Xiang.