Finally I'm backkkk! woah... 8 days in taiwan passby too fast and i need to get back to work today aldy. having super tuesday blues n feeling super tired cos got serious lack of slp.
So hows the trip? well, what can i say... it is certainly a valuable 1 n it allowed me to do something i long to do. can be considered as a wish fulfilled.
Did bought quite a lot of things... clothes, shoes, food, souvenirs.. haha.. n of cos spent quite a lot of $$ on eating as well la. however, didn't hav much time to tour ard cos the ever friendly taiwan frenz kept showing us the things that we like the most, eat n shop!!! haha..
Maybe when i hav the mood n time, i will post some photos online. many photos r very, very, very precious 1 ok.. got $$ also cannot buy 1 ok.. hahaha..
要感谢 娃仔差不多每一天都带我们到处逛到很晚才回家, 还熬出病来了, 害你没能跟我们在24号晚上一起大喊大叫! 真的非常感激, 让我们都很不好意思了啦... 要早日康复哦
还有 Bozheng & 小诗& Yurui & 全部志同道合的朋友! 你们都对我们太好了, 台湾的朋友万岁!!
还有 Sharon & Cindy 帮大家 organise这个行程, 我知道很不简单.
还有 Chee Hong 的最后一顿免费午餐!
当然, 最后要谢的就是我们的女神 + 猴子 + 猪头 的小妮子. 让我无比感动, 你真的太棒了! 原来这就是真正的你, 很无理头, 很没形象, 很有主见, 没有价子, 不爱钱, 不爱名利; 就放胆去做你爱做的事吧!
其实应该和你多说几句的, 但突然愣住了, 说不出话, 可能再也没机会了吧, 你离去的背影, 我永远都会记得的.
那么小的肩膀, 怎么会让人感觉如此有力量?
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Certs n MORE certs
So how many certificates do NTU wants to send me?
Made Carmen went down to collect my degree cert frm Student Service... then i received a call yesterday informing that the cert i had collected did not include my GIP accomplishment inside so asked me down to exchange with the new one. That is weird enff, cos last i noe, i tot my final degree cert is only going to include the name of my degree, date i graduated n wat class of honours... but oh well... Fine.
Received another call today. From the Career Attachment Office, informing me that my GIP Accomplishment cert is ready for collection. Now that is confusing.. is this the same cert as my degree cert? i enquired further n she told me its a different one. n didnt i aldy got a GIP cert frm the GIP office aldy (courtesy from CArmen again)? is that the same cert? "No" came the reply... Fine. i hav to go down to collect that cert n exchange me degree cert.
So confusing!
And oh ya, in foul mood... hai.. demoralizing man.. i am not going to say why here cos 1. i am lazy. 2. i dun wan to push my blood pressure up again. 3. i dun wan to repeat it for the 23rd time. hahaha...
n i am going to TW soon.. this sun.. n there r still so many unsettled stuff. so TIRING!!!
Made Carmen went down to collect my degree cert frm Student Service... then i received a call yesterday informing that the cert i had collected did not include my GIP accomplishment inside so asked me down to exchange with the new one. That is weird enff, cos last i noe, i tot my final degree cert is only going to include the name of my degree, date i graduated n wat class of honours... but oh well... Fine.
Received another call today. From the Career Attachment Office, informing me that my GIP Accomplishment cert is ready for collection. Now that is confusing.. is this the same cert as my degree cert? i enquired further n she told me its a different one. n didnt i aldy got a GIP cert frm the GIP office aldy (courtesy from CArmen again)? is that the same cert? "No" came the reply... Fine. i hav to go down to collect that cert n exchange me degree cert.
So confusing!
And oh ya, in foul mood... hai.. demoralizing man.. i am not going to say why here cos 1. i am lazy. 2. i dun wan to push my blood pressure up again. 3. i dun wan to repeat it for the 23rd time. hahaha...
n i am going to TW soon.. this sun.. n there r still so many unsettled stuff. so TIRING!!!
Sunday, May 11, 2008
I am beginning to think, there are no such thing as "fairness" in this world. Why believe in karma? belive in reap what u sow? recent events have proved to overturn all those beliefs. does being a supposingly "good person" really works? what did u get in the end?
Maybe i am just too tired to be so goodie two shoes anymore.. beginning to be a little unfeeling, a little more indecisive, a little more laZy. after all tat had happened, i am also a little scared, a little unsure... gosh, what i've become??? is this wat i am deserve of?
I need some motivation in my life to keep me strong n going. to have the will and egarness to venture out and experience new things again. i cannot b stuck here n b content of my boring life. Li Jianghan, wake up!!!
--- just some random babbling.. maybe it doesnt really mean anything....
上了瘾的毒品, 以为给戒掉了. 但一旦把它摆在我面前, 我又欲罢不能了...
Maybe i am just too tired to be so goodie two shoes anymore.. beginning to be a little unfeeling, a little more indecisive, a little more laZy. after all tat had happened, i am also a little scared, a little unsure... gosh, what i've become??? is this wat i am deserve of?
I need some motivation in my life to keep me strong n going. to have the will and egarness to venture out and experience new things again. i cannot b stuck here n b content of my boring life. Li Jianghan, wake up!!!
--- just some random babbling.. maybe it doesnt really mean anything....
上了瘾的毒品, 以为给戒掉了. 但一旦把它摆在我面前, 我又欲罢不能了...
Friday, May 9, 2008
influxation in progress... sporeans, get ur bags ready
Haven't been updating this blog for quite awhile, main reason is that there are nothing much that i can say or rather, nt much tat i wish to say.
i am sick of sharing too much of my life cos its really no big deal. been thru some deep thinking recently, n it kinda put me down a little bit... but life still goes on ya? though its really a mundane n meaningless life...
Anyway, came across an article today... gosh, i had the shock of my life:
Singapore's Unloved Chinese Labor Boom
Shu-Ching Jean Chen, 05.08.08, 10:29 AM ET
http://www.forbes.com/markets/2008/05/08/singapore-chinese-immigration-markets-econ-cx_jc_0508markets04.html
HONG KONG - Low-skilled workers from China are ubiquitous in Singapore these days: in the shiny new terminal of Changi Airport, in coffee shops, in shopping malls, in supermarkets, at gas stations, at construction sites and populating the much-loved open-air food courts called hawker centers.
They also make their presence felt in five-star hotels, where one recent encounter found a Mandarin-speaking maid who could not comprehend a word of English. Most recently, Singapore's two bus companies began hiring drivers from China.
Chinese workers are just one constituency in Singapore's fast-growing foreign population, but they are the largest component of an expatriate contingent that crossed the 1 million mark in October, helping boost the overall population to 4.68 million in an otherwise chronically aging society. Foreigners make up about one-third of the national workforce. The country set a goal to raise its population total to 6.5 million within two decades, rejuvenating itself mainly through immigration from India and China.
But the sudden influx of workers from China appears to have taken ordinary Singaporeans by surprise, as the low-skilled and the elderly start to find themselves losing jobs to the newcomers. The tidal wave of mainland Chinese workers began last year, when Singapore relaxed its rules to allow more immigration to staff its service industries, part of its measures to address an acute labor shortage resulting from a boom in the construction, marine, manufacturing and services sectors. Beginning this year, Singaporean companies were allowed to draw on foreigners for up to 50% of their labor force; 10% can be Chinese nationals. Previously, the respective figures were 45% and 5%.
The government last year reckoned 450,000 jobs will be created in the next five years; the country's annual birth rate is only 30,000.
As Chinese workers with distinct and varied provincial accents proliferate, so do natives' complaints about their loudness and lack of mastery of English. Their popularity with the city-state's employers, who like their work ethic and low wage expectations, further fuels resentment.
They threaten the job security of Singapore's most unskilled, the low-wage workers who earn less than 1,200 Singapore dollars ($872.73) a month, numbering about 350,000. "There are so many of them everywhere, the mainland Chinese," a taxi driver lamented. "They take away our jobs and force poor people to go unemployed."
This month, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong tried to place the issue in context, arguing that the majority of Singaporeans have benefited from rising household incomes, a boon stemming from the country's historically low unemployment rate. This follows four consecutive years of strong economic growth.
But labor activists view things differently. The Workers' Party pointed out that Singaporeans are being left behind by the recent boom: more than 60% of the record 236,600 new jobs created last year went to foreigners.
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What the hell, this is getting crazy! everywhere we go nowadays they are foreign ppl all ard us! filipino, chinese, malaysian, burmese, indians..... i am feeling insecure n unsafe sometimes... during May day holiday i went to geylang with the gip peeps.. OMG! the whole geylang feels like freaking CHINA! there r so many foreigners ard i dun feel like i'm in SG anymore. n we got on that bus, i think we were the only sporeans on it!!!
Why?? i feel like this place is not my country anymore, it has been overrun by ppl i am not familar with. this is scary... the thought of moving to somewhere else has nv been this strong b4...
i am sick of sharing too much of my life cos its really no big deal. been thru some deep thinking recently, n it kinda put me down a little bit... but life still goes on ya? though its really a mundane n meaningless life...
Anyway, came across an article today... gosh, i had the shock of my life:
Singapore's Unloved Chinese Labor Boom
Shu-Ching Jean Chen, 05.08.08, 10:29 AM ET
http://www.forbes.com/markets/2008/05/08/singapore-chinese-immigration-markets-econ-cx_jc_0508markets04.html
HONG KONG - Low-skilled workers from China are ubiquitous in Singapore these days: in the shiny new terminal of Changi Airport, in coffee shops, in shopping malls, in supermarkets, at gas stations, at construction sites and populating the much-loved open-air food courts called hawker centers.
They also make their presence felt in five-star hotels, where one recent encounter found a Mandarin-speaking maid who could not comprehend a word of English. Most recently, Singapore's two bus companies began hiring drivers from China.
Chinese workers are just one constituency in Singapore's fast-growing foreign population, but they are the largest component of an expatriate contingent that crossed the 1 million mark in October, helping boost the overall population to 4.68 million in an otherwise chronically aging society. Foreigners make up about one-third of the national workforce. The country set a goal to raise its population total to 6.5 million within two decades, rejuvenating itself mainly through immigration from India and China.
But the sudden influx of workers from China appears to have taken ordinary Singaporeans by surprise, as the low-skilled and the elderly start to find themselves losing jobs to the newcomers. The tidal wave of mainland Chinese workers began last year, when Singapore relaxed its rules to allow more immigration to staff its service industries, part of its measures to address an acute labor shortage resulting from a boom in the construction, marine, manufacturing and services sectors. Beginning this year, Singaporean companies were allowed to draw on foreigners for up to 50% of their labor force; 10% can be Chinese nationals. Previously, the respective figures were 45% and 5%.
The government last year reckoned 450,000 jobs will be created in the next five years; the country's annual birth rate is only 30,000.
As Chinese workers with distinct and varied provincial accents proliferate, so do natives' complaints about their loudness and lack of mastery of English. Their popularity with the city-state's employers, who like their work ethic and low wage expectations, further fuels resentment.
They threaten the job security of Singapore's most unskilled, the low-wage workers who earn less than 1,200 Singapore dollars ($872.73) a month, numbering about 350,000. "There are so many of them everywhere, the mainland Chinese," a taxi driver lamented. "They take away our jobs and force poor people to go unemployed."
This month, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong tried to place the issue in context, arguing that the majority of Singaporeans have benefited from rising household incomes, a boon stemming from the country's historically low unemployment rate. This follows four consecutive years of strong economic growth.
But labor activists view things differently. The Workers' Party pointed out that Singaporeans are being left behind by the recent boom: more than 60% of the record 236,600 new jobs created last year went to foreigners.
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What the hell, this is getting crazy! everywhere we go nowadays they are foreign ppl all ard us! filipino, chinese, malaysian, burmese, indians..... i am feeling insecure n unsafe sometimes... during May day holiday i went to geylang with the gip peeps.. OMG! the whole geylang feels like freaking CHINA! there r so many foreigners ard i dun feel like i'm in SG anymore. n we got on that bus, i think we were the only sporeans on it!!!
Why?? i feel like this place is not my country anymore, it has been overrun by ppl i am not familar with. this is scary... the thought of moving to somewhere else has nv been this strong b4...
Thursday, May 1, 2008
You know sometimes its good to get a bit emotional. i havent had that feeling for quite awhile already. suddenly missing that kind of feelings after bumping into an old song on radio.
Oh... those were the days... well, since its already wrong, so let it be wrong ba. i think its better this way.
要幸福哦...
Oh... those were the days... well, since its already wrong, so let it be wrong ba. i think its better this way.
要幸福哦...
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