Adventure + 菜单/菜蛋?!

Adventure + 菜单/菜蛋?!

Went on a mini adventure today... to search for this dim sum place called Red Star Restaurant or sthg i think. Quite fun... cos we didn't really know where the place was, and I hadn't the slightest idea where we were really walking to. (This is unusual btw, given me..the anal always-must-know-where-i'm-going) So..walked through some part of chinatown. It was fun :)

And we were quite lucky...cos it wasn't too difficult to find! Got a bit excited when the aunty waitress asked table for how many in cantonese tho. Thought it'd be a gd time for me to practice my half past six cantonese...but subsequently, everybody else spoke to me in mandarin. -_- Even when I asked for Chrysanthemum tea in cantonese!

And hor, the sian thing was tt we found out they only serve dim sum in the morn till afternoon. -_- annoying!! But anyways, they had dishes tt looked quite nice... one of them like what my dad always cooks during CNY.

Another cock thing tt happened was me asking for dessert. All this happened in Mandarin...

Me: "Miss, can we order dessert? (cos late liao, so dunno whether they closing)
Woman: "Yes sure"
Me: "Then can we have the menu(菜单) please?
Woman: "Er, dun have, but we have mango pudding, almond jelly, guilin gao..."
Me: "?!?!!?!?"

I was like - wth?! How bad is my mandarin sia? How else do you say menu in chinese? Is there a dessert that sounds like cai4dan1?!

Shane's rationale was, "Maybe she thought u were asking for 菜蛋?"

=_=

If you had to identify, in 1 word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, & never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be

"meetings".

心在河内

心在河内

Yup, I'm back...but my heart's still in Hanoi. And altho the pic below doesn't really show tt much about the place.. it speaks volumes about the fantastic company (even tho the guys are not really smiling) and how much fun I had. It was a wonderful break.


Taken in a jeep on the way to the beginning of the trek to the minority villages

More updates later on..when I get the consol pics frm everyone else!

(Not looking fw to goin back to wk on mon tho :\)

Aaaaarghhh....

NAC is hiring again! The closing date is this fri! And I'm leaving for Hanoi in less than 24 hrs (and won't be back till sat)!!

Shit shit shit shit shit....

Don’t you think I wish I had the aptitude for banking/investing…so that I could be earning the big bucks now??? But I just don’t have it. Whether it’s finance or investing – whatever you call it. I suck at it. Just look at my maths in school. It was shit. Econs – that was shit too.

Don’t you think I wish I were more successful, found more meaning in my job and were generally happy with my adult life?

Don’t you think I would like to survive on my own, fight my own battles, instead of depending on you?

Don’t you think I am mature enough to think on my own, make my own calculated risks and decisions instead of being frivolous, indecisive or whimsical? Evidently not.

I am trying to find meaning. In something which… could possibly be my passion. Doesn’t that count anymore? Of course I wished I were a doctor, lawyer, investment banker, millionaire! But I am not.

I understand your intentions and well wishes. And my mind is not closed. It’s open to options. But just not the type you like.

Why can’t you just see me, for me.

Hol-eee-dayyy

Hol-eee-dayyy

Yes. I going holiday next week. Going Hanoi again. With 2 of my colleagues (one of them is ex-colleague already)... who are males.

And, as scandalous as it sounds...it's not really. I mean, unless ur into the menage a trois type of thing...then got scandal la. But if not then... 3's a crowd wat. -_- So anyways, we're going there to meet one of Steven's vietnamese friends..so hor, it'll be a group la. But hor, i have a feeling tt rumours have already been spread by some 八婆... and it will con't to be spread by the rest of those kpo pple. :\ Smack them all ah!!

Just went to watch one of the Mosaic Music Festival shows just now... an a-capella group who's damn gd! Well, more about them next time.

Where's the Power, What's the Point?

Where's the Power, What's the Point?

I hate using Powerpoint. As my title suggests... I think it's one bloody useless thing. Think Shane was the one who told me this phrase before.

Been working at this damned powerpt presentation the whole freaking day. It's such a waste of time! For the amount of time u put into making sure the slides look 'professional' and 'aesthetically pleasing', u could have accomplished so many other things. -_-

Wld like to blame it all on the public sector for making us 'pretend' to look as if we're professional and shit. But honestly, the private sector does it too. I rem working till 230am in my previous office just trying to finish one bloody presentation.

Now my new (~!@#$) boss has decided that she wants to make me die and waste more time by doing more slides for this meeting (which we've never really done up cos the bosses are not really interested in listening to reports which don't necessarily need any decision making.) She says, "Just in case there's time la. If don't have then don't present lor". F*** u lah. Ur supposed to be making my work more efficient, not making me waste time on things which eventually will not be used! Sigh.

Should I die for my Art then? At least I'll die happy?

Psycho B**** and Hypocrites...

Psycho B**** and Hypocrites...

My face is beginning to itch a lot more. I guess that's a sign that it's healing? Yeah. Twas barely noticeable to pple today.

Was almost glad to take the train today.... and then those psychos...(u know the kind tt just love to stand near me?) came to disturb me again. -_- I was just wondering, if I was wounded more hideously, would pple avoid me then? As Shane put it, it's back to the real world. I just wanna stay at home, away from all the psychotic and hypocritical.

Hypocrites... the world's just full of them. Hell, I could be one occasionally too. But it really pisses me off when it just stares me straight in the face. Tt person's just really stupid - which is possible. Or just... plain hypocritical lor. CB la. I'm like ur only fren left lor. Better me nice to me or I'll leave too. Had serious thoughts about job satisfaction just now. All the while I was still able to fool myself tt I'm relatively ok in the job la. I think now, I need to thank you for being the catalyst to make myself change my situation - maybe.