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First they are not allowed to call themselves specialist (even property agents can call themselves "Ang Mo Kio Specialist"), then they are being called "placebo treatment" by a senior writ …
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I was at my desk doing my work when I received a call on my mobile phone. It was definitely a male voice coming from the other end of the phone, albeit a very disgusting sissy voice. The caller asked if I am who I am (ie, he mentioned my name), and identified himself as calling on behalf of so-and-so bank. Firstly he thanked me for being a loyal customer to the bank (you're …
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So who said only People's Republic of China has one-child policy? I wonder if any uncle had tried squeezing onto the seat with a pretty lady (or vice versa, I mean auntie version) before the sticker was pasted. Taken on a SBS Transit Scania bus.
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I'm not sure if you agree with me that the primary function of an escalator is to transport people from one floor to another floor. To fulfil this role, the escalator just has to, well, ferry the people. But is it intended to let people walk on it like a flight of stairs while it is in operation? With some basic appreciation of physics and engineering, it is not difficult to …
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Yesterday when I returned home, I couldn't boot up my computer. The fans were spinning, the LEDs on, but just no signal to the monitor and no beep. With screwdriver in hand, I dragged myself to do the usual troubleshooting. No luck. That's the thing I feel about electronics, it is so abstract and unpredictable that I'll prefer mechanical problem to electronics ones anytime. …
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The other day I was at this tourist attraction. I saw this Caucasian eating his nasi bryani with chopsticks, while his Chinese female companion was eating Hainanese chicken rice with fork and spoon. The rice for the nasi briyani was in a plate while the rice for the chicken rice set was in a bowl. I don't know if they were playing with the eating utensils, or that the …
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时势造英雄! -- hj (translate: time makes hero. Erm, ok... or rather, something like seizing the moment) Met up with a few university mechanical engineering coursemates yesterday for dinner. It …
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從友人認識一位女士, 老公姓Y, 自已姓X, 孩子都有手有腳二十多歲, 但卻只管要人叫她X小姐. 中國有句俗語：「嫁雞隨雞」. 嫁了出去, 就是人家的人了, 為何還要強調自已出嫁前的姓氏, 還要是「小姐」呢? 這比英文的"MBA (married but available)" 還要大膽!. 有點兒對丈夫和夫家不敬, 結了婚有如沒結, 當老公, 當老爺沒到. 我觀察那位Y …
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It's the first day of the Chinese New Year, so Happy CNY to all! This year is the year of rabbit according to the Lunar calendar, the coolest rabbit I can think of is definitely Tuzki, thus the image. I remember one year ago during this time, I was busily involved in some event at work. I was then merely one month plus into the job but I was already in the spotlight, rubbing …
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Attended the All About Coffee seminar conducted by Starbucks last week at the Asian Civilisations Museum. I am not exactly a diehard coffee fan, I drink anything from 3-in-1 coffee to hawker centre coffee. But I just thought it doesn't harm to learn more about something that I drink down almost everyday, even if it is just a close cousin. Indeed I learned a great deal from …
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Some people find it unethical to talk about salary among employees, while the other camp thinks that salary should be transparent. Anyway for what I'm going to talk about, let's take it as gossip. A colleague was telling me that his junior, a fresh grad with second upper honours, is getting higher pay than him, who has 2 years of working experience but a second lower …
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A colleague once said something like "the pen tells about the man". Think along the line of him wearing coverall and putting a Mont Blanc in his sleeve pocket. He said that he needs to go for meetings and so there is this need to present himself, although I know very well that he is not the one calling the shot, in fact he doesn't even take minutes. I am a functionalist, so …
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One thing I begin to appreciate about my previous job in teaching is that I didn't need to get my powerpoint slides vetted before using them. There was no limit to how good or how bad your presentations could be. Much to my frustration, this isn't the case for my current job. Now I have more slides to do but less freedom to play with. With different organization structure …
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Chanced upon this interesting video of making passenger plane in the air. That's like building castle in the air. Obviously these guys don't know engineering. Or rather, their version is different. Coincidentally, I have bad experience with the company that the video is advertising for.
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Some companies really amuse me. I got to know some companies which are in traditional core businesses. Then I'm not sure if they have grown bored or what, they expand, adding not in terms of core competency but rather "support" unit, "strategy" unit, "performance" unit, taking up a significant quarter of the organization structure. By right, these support units are supposed …
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I was just away from office for one day and when I returned to open up my mailbox, I was greeted with arrows. I don't like it any bit. I don't exactly welcome receiving arrows, but why whe …
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Many a times when designers design something, they pay so much attention on the form that they neglect the function. It was a rainy afternoon and I was crossing the overhead pedestrian bridge outside The Central at Clarke Quay. On the end opposite The Central, it has one up-riding escalator and one down-riding escalator, but no stairs. Nevermind the fanciful truss-like …
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