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I admit.This traveling job is exactly what I signed up for, which means being out of the country close to 50% of the time. It’s not that I don’t like it, I do actually enjoy it to some extent - not having to be desk-bound, meeting new people and experiencing different countries and cultures all ...
Wow, I can’t believe I actually got a headache attending the first class after NS. These days only marketing and sales talks give me head trauma and I just had one big one on Monday!I think I’m getting old and the brain is not functioning that well anymore, because I barely have a problem falling ...
Sometimes I really wonder what my paper footprint is like. Right now I’m in the office printing 1500 pages of notes, and it’s my fault that I’m spending my time doing it myself right now. If I had known any earlier I would have been able to outsource this job to the commercial shops to ...
Gosh 41 degrees… and not too long ago Melbourne was scorching as well.I think I’m the kind of person that doesn’t remember alot of movies shortly after I watch them. I remember a bit about the Shawshank but can’t remember even watching the Mean Machine before. I guess it was just not impressionable.I still can’t ...
A lot of people don’t understand why there is an overdependency on cars and transportation in other countries outside of Singapore. It is only when you reach there do you realize that without a car, you’re effective cripped.Going from place to place without wheels would take forever and not forgetting that it doesn’t help if ...
Well, Happy Valentine’s to all you couples out there. Another alternative name is called the Single Awareness Day. That’s where I fall in hahah… I pretty much spent the day doing nothing but watching TV, completing my GTA4, went for a swim and hit some golf balls at the range. Rather uneventful I know, but ...
Ahhh Churrascaria… I am not quite sure if I revisited the place after that night with my sister. I do remember a second evening there with my soccer teammates and boy did we pig out that time.Regarding the sibling’s significant other, I’m glad I don’t have to deal with that now! But significant other’s siblings, ...
Everybody has their own problems and dreaming of a better place or time is probably one way to escape the current situation - along with it comes something called HOPE. How much hope is too much?Admittedly I am an idealistic dreamer who thinks that my future will be all rosy and problem-free. It seems that ...
Everybody is afraid of the R word - Recession. But face it, that is the situation which we are all in now. Not just Asia like in ‘97 but a full-on Global Economic Crisis… you see those words so much in the papers that you are probably numb of it now.Reports of mass layoffs, downsizing ...
I never did like shopping, it was always a drudgery for me. Although I have not found it to be exceptionally rewarding, there are times when I do feel better after buying some threads.I still do think that men and women are wired differently just like how women would try on the clothes they bought ...
I don’t know what is wrong with me. I feel inadequate. I know I am better than this, but yet so easily fall into the pits of self-loathing and uselessness.Take work for example - I know I am definitely up to the task of excelling at my job although there is a lot of catching ...
Oh I totally missed out on blogging yesterday since it was my fifth anniversary away from the army. Hey wait a minute! I have already attended three reservists and the fourth one is coming in April. Add my university studies into the fold, something doesn’t quite add up!Spending $300 dollars on a pair of glasses ...
Happy Chinese New Year! I was away in Perth for a holiday over the weekend and actually came back happy yet sad as I thought about a lot of things when I was there… stuff like how opulent the holiday was and wondered if I will ever find a special one.My holiday was fully paid ...
I can’t believe I actually took all that shit when trying to leave the army. Gosh it’s almost ridiculous the amount of abuse one can take during NS. Nowadays I realize that relationship building goes a long way to getting things to go your way. Gotta work on it abit more too.I actually forgot about ...
I used to mix drinks at home and enjoy them on the veranda outside my old place. At my current place, I do have a quaint little balcony that looks over a hill but I haven’t quite used it for drinking yet. These days I only lie down in the balcony and enjoy the breeze ...
I am still highly procrastinative (there is no such word haha) and competitive as well. Actually, I think I am slightly more procrastinative and slightly less competitive these days.Five years on, I still have not purchased a saxophone. It is not exactly the cheeriest of musical instruments around and I think I could do without ...
It was like a wave that just crashed over and around me, a feeling of despondency and hopelessness that started sometime last week.These days I have been packing my schedules so tight, it looked like I never stopped moving. But when things slow down due to cancellations and pull-outs, I suddenly felt empty inside. Why ...
Five years ago, I was found to be working for less than a couple of dollars an hour. How times have changed since then. I actually cost much much more now. Now if I can get a system in place so that I can start charging people fees for man-hours, consultation or companionship. HahahaCome to ...
It appears that one of our local MP (Minister of Parliament) was set on fire not too long ago. What actually astounded me is the reason why someone would resort to that kind of tactic.Everyone knows what kind of government we have here and for a place where it is against the law to hold ...



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