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I was just lying around on my bed thinking about some stuffs when the following thought flashed through.
This year is 2006. 2 years later, i will be out of NS and should be moving on to a university. However, calculations show that i have around 5 months of break after NS and before Uni. So maybe i should take this opportunity to go for a private tozan and a trip to China for the Olympics. Which means i need around $3500 to $4000 for the trip. Furthermore, 2009 is another important year and so i am going tozan again. Which means another $2500 to $3000. Than, if i am not wrong, there will be another important event in 2010 and it means another tozan trip. Plus if i made it to Uni, i promised myself to pay one year of school fees and lessened my mum’s burden. Adding up all the money, i need at least $22000.
!!!
Oh my goodness! How many i supposed to save up this ridiculous amount of money? Maybe i can:
1) Get a super rich girlfriend and try to 捞 as much money as possible from her folks.
2) Plan a super detailed robbery plan like the one in Ocean’s Eleven.
3) Sell part of my organs in the black market.
4) Set up a charity organisation and learn from Mr Durai on how to have a “peanuts” salary.
I prefer to use the 1st way. So right now, to all rich girls out there, i am free, single and available. I don’t care what shape and size you come in, but as long as you are rich and need a boyfriend, feel free to flood my inbox!
I once mentioned before i want to change jobs. Hmmm, i got a job offer now and the job only last from 10th Feb to 16th Feb. It is a promoter job promoting a brand of fragrance. Working hours is retail hours, which means start work at either 9am or 10am. Pay is very attractive. I did not hear properly but it is at least 6 per hour, plus commission. And on 17th, if nothing happened, i should be jetting off to Thailand and will be back on the 20th.
Now, all may seems okay BUT, i do not know whether i should quit my current job or take 8 days leave. See, if i quit my job, i will be a 无业游民 after the assignment. However, taking 8 days leave don’t look very nice too. Dilemma. Big one.
On a brighter note, today Lee Teng is again first in the professional ranking for Superhost! Woohoo! Now to just squeeze in one more SMS vote…
I think i mentioned before that i will be doing two movie reviews, namely Schindler’s List and Chronicles of Narnia. I decided not to do it le… out of pure laziness.
Anyway, my short comments on the movies…
Schindler’s List is something that comes along once in a while. Schindler’s List is in a league of its own and hardly any movie can join it, save for some like King Kong. Some who barely make it to the league include Se7en and 12 monkeys(surprisingly, they both are released in 1995). They show the people what is called a real movie and what distinguish them from mindless love and action flicks that have been flooding the cinemas. These movies can withstand the test of time and people generations later will still talk about them and had nothing but praises for them. Do catch it if you can. But do be prepared.
About Chronicles of Narnia, well, everyone knows that the only thing that sells other than sex is fantasy. I remember my GP lessons with my GP tutor and we were discussing about fantasy and why it sells. One reason i could recall is that it provide an escape from reality. Reality is cruel and everyone knows that. So we like any thing that can bring us out of it, even though it may be temporary. That is why over the years, we saw a lot of fantasy movies. Stars Wars, Lord Of The Rings, Harry Potter and Chronicles of Narnia is the latest in line. The above mentioned movies are those that really captures the imagination of people and bring them to another level beyond any imagination. This is what makes them so largely successful.
Chronicles of Narnia is a purely kiddish fantasy. I mean, there are no big twists here and there. The plot is straightforward and fairly easy to understand. However, i am quite disturbed when my friend told me beneath this simple plot lies a deep Christian meaning. I prefer not to know it and indulge myself in the fantasy that the movie has to offer. Sometimes, ignorance is a bliss. Haha
Rain rain and more rain. It is not the first time that Singapore experience all-day rain… but, as Jia Hui and Pei Fen said over the air just now while changing shift, it is as if December had little rain because the Rain God decided to keep all his rain and pour it over Singapore in one shot over these few days. Furthermore, the weather station said that Rain God enlisted his best friend, Wind God, to release more wind onto Singapore so there will be more rain. Cool.
Not that i am complaining but… instead of taking this EXCELLENT opportunity to laze around at home and sleep like there is no tomorrow, i am at WORK! Sianz half. I mean, everytime i look at the rain, how i wish i could fly out of my workplace and onto my bed, cover up well and just sleep. Haiz, the good old days of holidays…minus the extra lessons and homework. I want sleep!!!
But given a choice, i would rather sit down in LT5 of my alma mater and listen to any lecture. Seriously, after enjoying ultimate freedom for a little more than 7 weeks, i do miss school. Students may say i am mad and they would love to exchange their position with me but… hey, grab any working adults in the street and i bet they will say they rather return to school. Work is not that glamourous as it seems.
I will always remember the rush for lessons, the calculations we take so we will arrive one minute before the teacher’s usual arrival time in class. Not forgetting trying out new stuffs and the inevitable crush for the opposite sex. Arh, the growing years and the good old days of school…
Anyway, had this interesting conversation with my elder sis. My mum, she, my nephew and niece and brother and sis-in-law was doing some shopping at IMM. While walking around, we pass by this indoor playground for kids. My elder sis was saying, “When Zhi Chao(nephew) and Si En(niece) are bigger, you will bring them here and watch over them while me and your sis-in-law do our shopping, okay?”
Wah, thanks huh!
Anyway, since it is still raining, i better grab this chance to catch some beauty sleep…
I seriously need to change job. Really. It is not that this current job is bad… BUT, waking up at 5 plus in the morning seriously isn’t something that i enjoy. Even though it has been around one week le, i still have not adapt myself to sleep early. I still sleep at 12 plus and wake up at 5 plus, which translate to around 4 hours plus of sleep everyday… and that sux! I love sleep, and nowadays is the perfect weather to sleep through one whole day, especially when it has been raining these few days. Without sleep, i risk sleeping on the job, which is a big no-no and i seems to lose myself. Today, i was walking through my neighbourhood shops and normally i would take my time to walk around. However, today, i just rush to the shops, get the things mum wants and buzz home. I feel so sianz… so lifeless… haiz.
Furthermore, the job is damn sianz. No kidding! Checking needles is easy and there is no need to think or do any physical activities but… it makes me feel very dull and there is no challenge at all. I feel like a walking corpse. Report to work, do work, eat during lunch time, continue doing work and go home. I want to break this cycle and get some challenge. I am one who like to meet new challenges and not just do the same thing again and again and again…
I am going to find other jobs and it must be one that don’t need me to wake up at 5 plus in the morning. Haiz.
I am looking for the instant way to die other than jumping off from a building. I suggested Taiwan 101 but Wei Xing said Petronas Towers at KL better. Nearer mah. But so far, taking sleeping pills seems to be another great alternative as i will die sleeping, my favourite.
Today, i make a BIG mess of myself at the 谁抢走我的麦克风 competition. Miserable, terrible, flop, rubbish, a total loser… please add to the list ya? I have prepared a speech… but… some of the contestants in front of me was so great… so excellent… my mind went blank… totally blank. One was so great that Cruz said that if he ever be a DJ, he would be a threat. Haiz.
Thank goodness no much people were there. Special thanks go out to Wei Xing for your wonderful support. I deeply appreciate it and really, you made me special today. Thanks so much! Oh, accept it la. I really arrived in Jurong East 2 minutes earlier than you. Haha
Right now i should be nursing my wound. I don’t know when i will climb up and challenge myself again.
Okay, this one will be rather short.
Within this two days, i watched the Chronicles of Narnia. It is a very nice movie and definitely can match Harry Potter in terms of magical and fantasy terms. Of course, it is not a match for the mighty Lord Of The Rings. So within a period of one month, i watched three fanatastic movies. King Kong, Schindler’s List and Chronicles of Narnia.
King Kong was excellent.
Chronicles of Narnia was fantastic.
Schindler’s List is the best movie ever created.
Today i went for the Superhost live telecast. Lee Teng is top in professional ranking. Really enjoyed his performance. Today’s theme was reporting entertainment news and boy, he was damn funny yet he deliver a logical story. Cheers to his performance. Oh, he is 4th in popularity ranking, which means he is cleared to the next round. Woohoo!
Will do 2 movie reviews on Schindler’s List and Chronicles of Narnia soon.
Now it is time for bed. *Yawns*
