What a twist of fate. I went to Tuas and reach the warehouse at 9 am sharp as usual. Everything was going smoothly, even with the 3 new Chinese guys. But the lights and power in the workshop room got triggered off 5 times in a hour. Some staff came in and check here and there and pinpointed that the source of the short-circuit was from somewhere above us.
The employer received a call shortly after 10am. A stock-taking lady who works for the warehouse also came in to inform him that there's a batch that do not require software updating. And geez, we were really working on that batch of goods. So the employer smiled at us and said we are done with all the work we are supposed to do. So we cleaned up the place and headed to the canteen for a lunch treat from the employer. The generous gesture was actually more for the 3 poor new fellows, who came to work for 2 hours and had to stop abruptly. We joked so much about it hahahaha...

My next stop after dismissed from work was Recruit Express at JE. And I took home 4 amazing magazines from the Jurong East Regional Library. I almost forgot how much I loved that library and its magazine selections.

"Okayyy, I think, you all can stop for today already. The three of you...", the employer said to the 3 Indians at work today. The other 2 Chinese guys and me thought he'll reveal to them after work because he told us that. It will not affect the working rate in that way... But they really pushed the "Heck care. Anyhow do la" button and it went over the limit. The whole time they were talking amongst themselves and they're not quite "auto" in assisting the constant flow of the goods. One of them was supposed to transfer the boxes I've packed to a loading palette but he'll just let them pile up to 10 over before touching one of them. I think I may need to give them 2 more lifetimes before they'll offer to assist me in my work when they'll free on their hands. That's not all. There's a tea break time in the afternoon. They will relax in the workshop during the break and when time's up, one of them likes to go off for a long time and then comes back with drinks and food. WTF? Thank God for ending the "tolerance" test for me today.

Although it was quite tiring in the first 2 days, I felt alright with today's working speed even though we had a new record of goods checking.

1 bad thing happened after work. We were all waiting outside the gates for the company bus. There was that family of stray dogs again. Me and Terence were chit-chatting about dogs and stuff then there was a sudden scream for help. No, not by humans. By the dogs. A Toyota Wish ran over of the 2 puppies on the road. With human-like instinct, the 2 parent dogs chased the fleeing car but it was too fast for them. They went back to tend to the crippled puppy who managed its way back to the road side. Some container drivers who were present went across the road to take a look, even helping to place the puppy to the walking pavement. Sigh, life just isn't fair for all lives, but God always is.

1 fun thing. I brought home some budding seeds from a plant. My sisters used to put them between pages of a book and they will grow. It's quite rare to find this plant growing around anywhere. I count myself lucky in getting it.

Today was my first day of work(1 week assignment that lasts until next thursday) ! To speak the truth I've never worked before. Holidays were usually spent going out with friends, playing computer games and doing holiday homework at home. Typical I would say. But this time round, I have alot alot of things going on for me ! It's like moving on a gargantuan cloud of faith. Thank God for all the things that came. I am indescribably grateful.

I'd like to swim in the morning tomorrow and attend church in the afternoon. Sunday there'll be Basic Theory Lesson 1.02 and Practice in midday.

Started on a new score today. River Flows in You by Yiruma. Also popularly known as Bella's Lullaby from the movie Twilight. It's worth all the hard work practising it.

***Correction. "River Flows in You" is NOT Bella's Lullaby. It seems like it because many Youtubers and internet users created such a big deal about it that it actually was it. But I'm going to practise it just as hard, with or without the connection between the movie and the alleged song.

Oh my God my legs collapsed !

Today I took at step of faith - to the driving centre at bukit batok. Totally Eye-opener. The young lady at the information counter was Woaho0 hot ! But I soon realised the rest of the female staff wear almost as thick make up as that lady and most of them dyed their hair dark gold or blonde. The guy who gave the briefing for new course learners was explicitly trying to use his diaphragm to speak. It almost felt like he had a compressed lung when he spoke. But maybe that's how he endures endless hours of saying the same thing over and over again. It took me more than 3 hours from the time i stepped out of house and back.

I don't know why, but today was like my "peach" day. When I waited at the bus stop near my house, a nicely tanned and sporty looking girl came to wait for bus too. I thought she looked abit of caucasian.
Then onboard the bus I took the middle seat at the last row. I noticed a girl who had the backview of Celine. I was then not at all surprised if a face of Celine turned back and look at me.

Commencing Week 9 day 1 from 5pm onwards. I'm going to train at the fitness corner in my preccinct and not the one at another preccinct because there are just too many distracting kids there. The last time I went there was more than a dozen kids there running, playing ball, fighting, crying. Mostly migrated from China.

I found 3 super nice games on miniclips recently.

Viking Defense - It's concept is like your ordinary tower defense game, just that in this one the enemies come in the form of floating vessels, underwater creatures and flying monsters. I'll definitely choose this one over dota's TD every single time.


Snow Line 2 - This should be a very new concept game for most of us, less the iPhone users because they have a similar game called iPhysics. Basically in SL 2 you have to draw lines to guide an elf to get 3 presents and then get to the checkered flag. It's funny to see how he fails with a missing line to help him advance and falls helplessly. If you get stuck in this game I can give u some tips.

Quick Fire Pool - A single player pool game where u aim to pocket all the balls in the fastest time. You play alone against time and not against AI player. Good for people who want to improve their visualisation on playing actual pool.

I completed both games with huge satisfaction, especially the SL2 because its time consuming to keep pressing the "Start" button to get the elf to go through the plan u've drawn for him.

Year 2009 Resolutions

1. Grab the basketball rim, not touch it. [Mar]

2. Start trading options live and make real money as I enter Uni.

3. Get driving license [Before Aug]

4. Learn how to play Eyes on Me and Canon in C on piano, and also not forgetting how to play previous scores.

Bored. Totally grounded. Twisted my left wrist. No trades on the market on this turn of the year. Bleugh.

I applied for jobs on jobstreet.com. Mostly related with warehouse or general work. I've given admin assistant some thought but I think I better stay away from that kind of job position because it's chaotic. I had a admin asst in the office when I was in NS and it's quite stressful for me if I was doing his job. Plus I can't really handle those purchasing orders and talk on the phone with external dealers. I believe this window is a good opportunity to find jobs because the students will be going back to their studies and it'll leave a sizeable vacuum in the temp job market. I pray that if a job lobang does come by, it is on the west side of Singapore and the take-home pay is reasonable. I don't see a point working part time(relatively low pay) and still travelling so much.


Don't be too hard on yourself, Jian Chao ! The job will find you and come to you when the time is right. Just be patient.


Church service at CHC was still as rock n roll as before. But I didn't go there for those merry times and songs. I can't say I go there for a chiobu hunt. I went there for Pastor Kong's insightful breakdown of what happened and will happen in my life. I went there because I want to know more and be surer of my inner self. Even though I don't read a Bible and don't really call myself a Christian(like most people out there), what Pastor Kong convened of God's words will mean something for everyone out there who is non-Christian. I actually still don't like the charismatic theme of CHC, all those explicit expression of praying and calling out to God. But I try to let them do their thing. I am always eager and ears wide for the sermon(a lecture based upon scripture or personal experiences) by the Pastor.

Time for bed !