Tuesday, August 23, 2005

谁是MVP by 潘玮柏

Super Lame Conversation
Occurrence: Yesterday. Lunch Time
Location: MSN Messenger

-Start of Transmission*
Meow Meow says:
haha
i'm gonna poison myself liao
gonna cook fried rice

Meow Meow says:
Wahahaha

Meow Meow says:
Ttyl

Moo Moo - says:
orhhh...

Moo Moo - says:
poison urself.. best..

Meow Meow says:
if i dun come back to talk to u by 3
maybe u can call me to check if i am okie

Moo Moo - says:
okie okie

Meow Meow says:
back from self poisoning

Moo Moo - says:
wahh.. not bad.. haven die yet..

Meow Meow says:
poison need yet take effect

Moo Moo - says:
ahahahaha..

Meow Meow says:
hmmm
maybe die later

Moo Moo - says:
i'll call the casket once u drop..

Moo Moo - says:
jus lemme noe when u abt to drop

Meow Meow says:
kk
Thanks

Meow Meow says:
i wan my bai kim

Moo Moo - says:
Bwahahhaha

Moo Moo - says:
burnt to u?

Moo Moo - says:
in sgd or?

Meow Meow says:
no lah
bai kim
i given during the wake mah

Meow Meow says:
so that got $$ to pay for the rental of the void deck and things like dat

Moo Moo - says:
ohh..

Moo Moo - says:
the rest leh?

Moo Moo - says:
convert and burn to u?

Meow Meow says:
yup
use the rest to buy me a house, a car, license....

Meow Meow says:
hmmm
wat else?

Moo Moo - says:
Mwahhahhaha

Moo Moo - says:
servants?

Meow Meow says:
best is can burn internet to me also

Moo Moo - says:
so dat i no need to be human sacrificial

Meow Meow says:
then i can put my lappy in the casket

Moo Moo - says:
can... now EVERYTHING oso got..

Meow Meow says:
cook u lor

Meow Meow says:
i only wan moo moo

Moo Moo - says:
cannot.. cook me liao no one organise

Meow Meow says:
Izzit

Meow Meow says:
Excited
can't wait to die

Moo Moo - says:
[-_-"]

Meow Meow says:
u organise finish then cook u lor

Moo Moo - says:
i think... rr will be rolling all over in laughter at our conversation..

Moo Moo - says:
wahh best... guo he cai qiao... cross river demolish bridge

Meow Meow says:
and hor
i wan my phone
can't live w/o my hp

Meow Meow says:
yup...

Moo Moo - says:
call who siahz

Meow Meow says:
call u lor

Moo Moo - says:
0_0

Meow Meow says:
since u will be accompanying me

Moo Moo - says:
blahhhhhh...

Moo Moo - says:
then i need to get rr to organise my wake liao

Meow Meow says:
Wahahahaha

Meow Meow says:
can....

Meow Meow says:
go sms her
ask her to prepare for u

Meow Meow says:
she will give u a christain style one

Moo Moo - says:
arhhh.. no lehhh

Moo Moo - says:
i halal one

Meow Meow says:
Wahahaha

Moo Moo - says:
MWAHHAAHAHHAHA

Meow Meow says:
u halal?

Moo Moo - says:
yahhh... *like real*

Meow Meow says:
malay style is burn on the same day of death

Moo Moo - says:
mercy killing.. on the throat.. one slash.. done..

Meow Meow says:
no wake one leh

Moo Moo - says:
faster to find u mahhh

Moo Moo - says:
err.. still got pek kim

Meow Meow says:
no lor
the blood drip drip
very slow and pain

Moo Moo - says:
CHOY CHOY CHOY... tok abt these during 7th mth

Meow Meow says:
Haha

Moo Moo - says:
no lah.. if u slit at the correct place.. very fast..

Meow Meow says:
hmmm
if bird is to do the job
then confirm is slow and painful

Moo Moo - says:
Yahhhhhhh

Moo Moo - says:
make me die of anxiety 1st..

Moo Moo - says:
like.. "oi u wanna do liao anot??? prepare me 1st.."

Moo Moo - says:
then she slit.. aiya.. wrong place... slit slit slit slit...

Moo Moo - says:
end up my neck got barbwire tattoo

Meow Meow says:
hahaha
then got many cuts instead of one.....

Meow Meow says:
Hahaha

Moo Moo - says:
nice flesh oso become minced meat liao

Meow Meow says:
artistic okie

Moo Moo - says:
arhhh... dat is the most painful way of dying..

Moo Moo - says:
hmm.. maybe we shld jus copy n paste tis whole conversation..

Meow Meow says:
when u come join me
i cannot recognise u
then defeats the purpose of u dying liao

Moo Moo - says:
so damn tok kok

Moo Moo - says:
YAH LAHHHH

Meow Meow says:
Haha

Moo Moo - says:
beef not = minced meat

Moo Moo - says:
kk i copy laio..

Meow Meow says:
Kk
when we finish talking
we copy and paste
put in word doc
then send to rr and birdy

Meow Meow says:
Wahahahah

Moo Moo - says:
arh shit.. all alignment... gone..

Moo Moo - says:
no need word lahh.. jus copy n paste can liao…

Meow Meow says:
kk
then u do all the word
i sit back and wait for their reply can liao

Moo Moo - says:
ok ok

-End of transmission-

Sunday, August 21, 2005

破晓 by 南拳妈妈

300th post

KTV the other nite was called off. So I went home watching anime until Meow Meow "dragged" me out to lim kopi, or rather, lim chocolate since none of us ordered kopi, all chocolate. RR came after her church, and Birdy was uncontactable, as usual. Kinda lifts up my P(ost)MS mood.

My blog seems screwed up with the occasional pop-ups and the blogger bar going out of alignment. Duh. Jus live with it, I cant do anything to the root cause.

Ya I shall blog abt multi-tier marketing I was mentioning the other day.

I was with Birdy (surprisingly out of all ppl bcos she always in office till wee hrs, thou she made me wait one hr for her.) at Civic Plaza with our MOS croquettes and watever stuff after getting my MMC card at Far East.

This middle-aged soft spoken guy came up with a folder and stuff. Starts with the usual,"Hi do u have a MINUTE to spare?" I was the hesitant me as usual dealing with ppl who approaches with this kinda question. Either he's a surveyor, or an insurance agent, or a salesman. It couldnt be a min, and I was chatting with Birdy over some stuff. Since the Bird agreed to his ONE MINUTE proposal, I had to listen.

He asked, "If you have the financial ability to go for a long vacation right now, will u do it?" Seriously I dunno wat the hell he is trying to ask.
"Do you have the financial ability to go for a vacation?"
"Are you able to go for a long vacation? (Work-wise)"
"Are you healthy enuff to go for a long vacation?"
"If I can go for a long vacation, will u go? (Who wun?)"
Where is the destination anyway!?!?!? I was trying to anticipate the future of the conversation, as with all pesty ppl, n get all my guai lan answers ready. I conclude he's a salesman, but i still dunno wat the heck he trying to sell. Sounds like financial services to me.

Then he starts to tok abt the company status, reputation, blah blah. Listed 3rd best small entreprise in the world. Takes out a health brochure, blah blah again. Uhur! Health products. I was getting VERY BORED, wanting to ask him to get straight to the point. Then he toks abt financial stuff.

It was more than 5 min and he toks very slowly and deliberately si wen like dat. 5 min and no clear idea of wat he's selling. I got impatient. I retorted, "Ok, so WHAT are you selling?" I think he was surprised as he's not finished with his script. He starts to fumble a bit. Then he starts his script on his business. Explains wat is he is doing, how promoting the product to others can bring money to u.

SA: "Well, u see, our products will benefit your health, its all natural products, no side effects and it doesnt cost much."
Me: "If I have the money to buy ur products. I might as well use the money and go for your so-called long vacation rite?"
SA pauses for a while. He met his nemesis, aka me.
SA: "Y not u come down to my office and u'll be able to understand abt our product and business more? We have a talk at 7pm tmr..."
Me: "Erm.. I noe wat is multi-tier marketing. I was a marketing student." (I cut him short)
Sales Agent(SA): "Oh! So u already noe our business. Its great if u come for the talk since u already understand our nature of business. We hope you can come down at 7pm tmr.."
Me: "Erm.. We're still in office at 7pm."
SA: "How abt other days??" Insisting.
Me: "Nope, not free, very busy, not interested also. No time."
SA: "No time!?! Well u see, no time is a psychological thing. With our products, it'll make u more refreshed everyday, with lesser sleep..."
I was very irritated liao. I'm taking psychology at this moment, no need u to tell me wat rubbish unproven psychology stuff. If psychology can really make u no need to sleep, there wun be any doctors ard. Thinking, "I'm not sick, I no need to sleep" will prevent sickness. HAHAHA!
Me: "Nah its ok. We dun need those. (In a softer voice)I'm taking psychology now."
SA: "Oh in dat case, can I leave my namecard with u so dat u can call me if u need my products?"
Me: "Ok."
SA: "Would u mind giving me a contact so dat I can inform u of upcoming talks?"
Me: "Err, no thanks."
SA: "Ok then, have a nice day, blah blah blah."
FINALLY he'S GONE after MORE THAN 10 min. Tok abt ONE MIN ehh.. I chucked the card to the Bird.

If u're wondering at tis time where the stupid bird when thru'out the conversation, she received a call, and left me to deal with the guy.

As I'm typing this, my ah ma's getting brainwashed by my uncle, who himself is a promoter of some health product. So timely. Actually most of my extended family had been infiltrated/contaminated. My ah ma swears by their products.
Ah Ma: "Li siong hong arh? Ki jiak Orh Leng" (She calls the tablets orange.)
Me: "Mai lah. Wa wo yoh."

Its Clarisil for me. In fact, I have a whole array of medicine for flu. Clarisil, Panadol, Robitussin, etc etc, even the herbal tea thing. I tried the Orh Leng. Not effective. And its jus a health supplement, not targeting at flu only.

Or when I'm going suntan.
Ah Ma: "Wah chong siao dak hor li." (some anti-bacterial stuff)
Me: "Mian lah. Wa mai lim hih di eh zhui." (I call it fish tank water, bcos it smells like it.)

Multi-tier marketing mainly uses personal experience as their way of reaching out to the target market. Most commonly u'll hear stuff like, "U know got this fella who was already on his deathbed, and now recovered after taking our product." Or dat fella recovered from terminal stage of cancer. Makes u kinda ponder abt its credibility. Y ur product so miracle can save a dying fella dat doctors are unable to save? Then they get ppl to share their real life experience (true or false we dunno) with the product, like spreading a religion.

To my generation, who had been brought up with TVs and stuff, and with the stronger educational background, will tend to think that anything by multi-tier marketing is not as good as it seems. They'll think, if its so good, y isnt it being advertised on TV and stuff? And it isnt prescribed by the doctor, dunno will have side effects anot.

To the older generations, they totally buy everything dat is by personal experience, as there's ppl who had already tried it. No matter wat the product is, no matter how expensive it is, they'll get it if they presume it can heal their nagging aches. Dats y old ppl are more susceptible to cons and younger generations, from the news report, are more wary of ppl who comes up selling products claiming to do wonders.

Bottles of medicine costing from $40-$100++. Most transactions extends over $200. Young ppl are not willing to pay tis kinda amt when they have their cars/flats/loan payment/hp bills/chionging budget, etc etc to worry abt.

To all multi-tier marketers. GET UR TARGET AUDIENCE RITE! Yuppies/teenagers/young adults are not as willing to spend money on stuff which are unknown to them, no matter how credible u may sound. Try reaching them from the tv or media 1st. Focus ur marketing strategies on those aunties in the market. They're more acceptable to this kinda stuff and they have more financial capablity to buy.

Give me Extrim anyday.

Friday, August 19, 2005

牡丹江 by 南拳妈妈

Its another Friday night without a confirmed meetup with frens again. I need to have something to mark the end of the working week, if not i'll be feeling like i've worked continuously. Put in other terms, I need to chill/destress at the end of every week if not the next week will be unbearable. (Its already been 2 unbearable weeks.)

I seriously think I dun have a lot of frens. Or rather, I dun have a lot of frens who are willing to go out with me. Although I only have a few free days without school per week, they're mostly left free and me left rotting at home/staying back in office.

I tried getting ppl out for a ktv tonight. All only free after dinner time. Means I no dinner lah. I think I'll go home.

The Big Dipper clan. Forget it. I think its kinda separated, guys and girls, only after a 表白 incident. No, target wasnt me. The girls wise, seems like everybody is busy with their stuff. The Bird with her server breakdown problems, NDP projects, etc etc, forcing her to stay back in office till unearthly hrs. RR doing shift + her church activities, or she'll say she's broke. Meow meow wld be busy with her FYP or most often then not, she's broke. Thus, its hard to get the 4 of us together. And they have the impression dat I'm damn free and rich. My explanation: Free bcos no one book me; Rich bcos I lead a monotonous life, money only goes to drum lessons, comics, figurines, cds, cpf, insurance, and taxis. Not very good, I always get utilised as a mobile atm, even thou i have to go below my critical amt, and I always have to chase my $$ back myself.

The rest seems to be always waiting for me to initiate. I only meet the bballers once a yr, maybe none if i dun do the planning. San they all ALWAYS waits for me to get them out, plan everything swee swee, even so, they'll have their own activities. Who else? Oh! My poly folks. Abt twice, less than 4 times per yr. ALWAYS go out eat, nothing much. Anymore? Nah, cant think of anyone else close and go out often.

Is it bcos I'm too un/improminent?

I dun have any frens in work. SERIOUS! Not even one of those types that will go out somewhere after work. Not one who I can play with. Only have the old ti-ko ah peks, married middle ages and super quiet guys. Pampered, ya being the youngest sometimes gets u pampered but its very very BORING... Age gap differences, very hard to communicate. I really jus go to work.. To Work.

School, no frens at all! Its lectures, lectures, and more lectures. Not much interactions. I think I spoke less sentences than the amt of digits my limbs can count from the start of the semester.

And I dun go ard meeting strangers, I dun like it AT ALL.

I just want a sense of belonging...... social security or watever they call it in my Psycho classes.

Or maybe I shld jus plan for classes to fall on Friday nights. Which I'm most UNWILLING to do.

I still dunno how I shld be celebrating my Bday in 2 mths time. Stay at home?

So darn moody and empty right now.

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

What Can I Do by 南拳妈妈

他妈的!!

这是什么垃圾系统嘛!


吸气。。。呼气。。。

好! 可以开始了!

Singapore, although a small little speck of dirt on the world map, has a transport system that's comparable to her big brothers' standards, or even better. Constructions to have MRT access to practically EVERYWHERE (even sentosa in yrs to come), if there's no space for MRT, there's LRT, if there's no need for LRT, there's still buses, if there's no buses, u still have the expensive but mostly reliable cabs to fall back on.

I left my house a while ago to take 179 to Boon Lay Station. Thankfully, I caught the bus after dashing across the road in the midst of PIE exiting traffic, if not its another 10-15 min wait since I visually baded farewell to 2 buses while i was walking over.

Reached Boon Lay at 8.39am like dat. Since it was early (In MY Standards), I entered the MRT gates. Missed the train departing, nvm, next train in 2 mins. Train came, announcement sounded, we were directed to the other side. Nvm, used to it. NOT THE FIRST TIME! The other train came in like, 3 min. Again, announcement. "Pls do not board the freaking train bcos we're trying to irritate u ppl... Thank you for ur cooperation" (My version) 3rd train came, NO announcement, so we presume it was safe to board. That was until almost everyone on the platform had boarded, announcement came. I heard some irritated grunts.

他妈的

I almost wanted to dash into the control station and whack some sense into the bugger. Its a good 10 mins wait at peak hours, seeing the trains come but not able to board, and being directed here, there, EVERYWHERE.

Angried, I went down the stairs, went to the gate which the control ppl can see me, and literally BANGED my wallet on the gate sensor. It made a loud noise, I noe, I heard it over my Sonys. I made sure they saw me. Go check ur system dude, this fella passed the gate 10 min ago, no passenger-carrying trains left the station, and walked out almost destroying ur gates. Made me waste.. lemme see.. abt a buck jus to pass thru the gate, made myself angry, n walk out of the gate, same station. Could I get a refund!?!?!??!?!

他妈的

I noe there will be a 3 trains delay ard 8.40++. I noe it was my fault for trying to leave Boon Lay at 8.40 when my work starts at 8.30am. It was already 8.51 when i left the station.

BUT BEFORE 9 IS STILL CONSIDERED PEAK HOURS!! If NOT, Y M I BEING CHARGED THE 1 BUCK SURCHARGE?? (I took a cab in the end. Reached office in 10 min)

So pls lah, SMRT, have some common sense. We're not stopping u from keeping ur trains. But we're NOT STOPPING u from keeping ur trains ALTERNATELY either rite?!?!?! Have one passenger-carrying train to JE/City Hall, keep the next train, have the 3rd one transporting all the way, spread the train-keeping evenly lah. At least this will reduce the insatisfactory levels of consumers.

N y r we being directed everywhere like monkeys? Y aint the platform fellas equipped with the knowledge of the train schedule? Althou i din really move with the crowd, leaning against the pillar until the 3rd train, I feel as thou we're being treated like monkeys. Or rather the blind leading the blind. If u dunno.. DUN DIRECT.. N how come the announcement is played impromptly?? So pissed!

Y m i paying the gate fees when i din receive any service???

But What Can I Do?

Today doesnt seem to be a good day when i started the day off feeling irritated. I ripped cds out with audiograbber but the quality is screwed, wasted my time jus bcos media player isnt detecting the album info. And I'm still feeling dazed..

I still have some stuff regarding multi-tier mktg to blog. Perhaps another time.

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

疯狂呢 by 同恩

WAHHH.. I'm so super blur-ded today. Came in, on pc, sat down, and literally STARED at the monitor, thinking wat to do next. Wandered ard, finally remembered my urgent leave form. Cleared 72 emails. Wanted to check my stock inventory, and KEYED IN the previous password. Irritating SAP. I went thru my admin no, my ic no, my hp no, sanantoniospurs, manuginobili, timduncan, tonyparker, brentbarry, now on pennytai. (Yes I cant rem the pennytai one.. kill me pls.) Best part, I cant reuse. arghh! imagine all the freaking passes i had to rem for one program. (Luckily login using smartbadge, 4 no. password once and for all~)

wahh.. request for 110 permits.. trucks squeezing the parking lot like dunno wat liao.

Yeah.. Urgent leave yest.. To go beach.. MWAHHAHAAHAHA. As usual, not very successful. Got a red/darker face, arms not much different, the stark contrasts all hidden under my clothes. All dat, under a scorching sun. If things goes as planned, another suntanning session in 2 weeks time!!~ yay! I better go apply for Islander Card. Pics still in sd card. Upload later if there's anything good..

Friday, August 12, 2005

禅舞不二 by 潘玮柏


Newest addition to the family on my office table. Souvenir from the Biz Analyst flown in from Aussy. It now shares a place with my schnauzer on top of my monitor. I shall name it... Koala?? No name on tag.

Its the hungry ghost praying session again. Auctioning jus outside my window AGAIN. I'm thinking of how to go home later with all the cans and barangs. Grab someone n force them to gimme a ride!??!?! mwehehhhehehe..

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

不得不爱 by 潘玮柏

My Valentine's baby admitted itself into ICU yest nite after it "whited-out". I've euthanized it, together with 1 yr 6 mths of attachment and laid it to rest in my drawer.

This National Day baby was fetched back from a Starhub shop in Suntec. Yup Starhub. I use Singtel, therefore, price without plan, $738. I like the model too much.

I went to 2 fireworks shows, yest at Marina South, I was at Esplanade, today's at Padang/Esplanade/Marina South, I was at Suntec. Nvrtheless, I still get to see some fireworks in action. Enuff talk, pictures below. (56k Warning!)

8 August 2005

Merlion, Symbol of Singapore


Singapore Skyline at Night


Esplanade Roof


Show Starts
















The Night Prowlers at Lau Pa Sat


View from the back of the Mercs Cab we purposely waited 1/2 hr for.

9 August 2005

Long Rows of Patrol Cars on the Blocked Road


1st shots











Monday, August 08, 2005

Where I belong by Tanya Chua

Patriotism

Eve of National Day.

I heard the ever-so-familiar tune of Majulah Singapura while i was getting ready to go office. Not from the radio(auto-off at 8am), nor the TV(wasnt on). It came from the toddlers at the kindergarten downstairs.

Kids "screaming" the National Anthem, and the other numerous songs which makes their appearance only during National Day, with little knowledge of wat it really means.(I dun understand either, or shld I say, I forgot the meanings.)

I m envious of them. THEY GET HALF DAYS!!! Or rather, ITS A NON-SCHOOLING DAY!

Sensing their innocence, I wondered when was the last time i sang Majulah Singapura, or even, say the pledge. Was it last yr? or 2 yrs ago when i went for the NDP preview? Couldnt rem.

On my way to office, I passed by countless HDB flats. Only a few units had hung the Singapore flag and amongst them, the Singapore flag exists in variety of colors; faded, eroded, weather-washed, and of cos, the brand new bright red ones.

A few yrs ago, I rem there was a penalty on those who 1)dun hang out the flag during National Day; 2)hang out discolored/disfigured flags; 3)Not keeping the flag within the stipulated timeframe after National Day; 4)Not hanging the flag properly(ya, ppl can hang it in all sorts of other ways round). THAT, was the time where u see most units on each block having the flags out and the whole city looks like a sea of reds and whites.

Gradually, the excitement faded off. Aunties start to think,"Aiya, Lazy lah, Next yr then hang lor. No big deal. Nobody catch."(The "next yr" will nvr come.) Elderly think,"Cannot reach the hook lah. Later I fall down how?" Yuppies think,"I'll be painting the town red anyway. No pt hanging" Kids think," Dunno mummy got hang flag out anot leh."

The true meaning behind hanging the Singapore flags during National Day has been overshadowed. Govt cant go door-to-door and force each and every household to hang their flags or face serious consequences. The next best thing they could do is to rope in the help of the town councils, who hang long flags all over the place and even "flying fox" resemblance across 2 buildings. All that, amidst the bland, empty, HDB corridors.

I dun hang out my Singapore flag. My mum didnt do it for a long time. Cant really be bothered. I aint a true-blue patroit anyway. National Day to me is 1) public holiday, no work! 2) NDP on tv.

The companies along the stretch of Jurong Port to Jalan Buroh showed their support to Singapore's 40th Birthday with merely a flag (tattered/faded/well-maintained)on a stick situated at their company gate. The more elaborative ones had other kinds of pillar flags or small flags which they take out yr-after-yr. Most probably, they too, had forgotten the celebration mood of National Day.

2005, 40 yrs from when LKY officially announced that Singapore will have her own independence.

Happy Birthday Singapore!

p.s. anyone interested in the fireworks display tmr? Since they're using our tax $$ for the display, might as well watch it live rite?

Friday, August 05, 2005

一指神功 by 潘玮柏

Aint a good Friday for me. Slogged like a moo moo since 9.10am when i got into my seat, all the way till 1pm when i went for lunch. In the period, I managed to clog more than half of my desktop with excel reports. Naturally, I deleted them after my report was completed AND EMPTIED the recycle bin. Then I did the duty permits. Then I sat down, wanting to continue on my new reconciliation database.

*double clicks on platinum.xls*

No, Not this.

*double clicks on gold.xls*

Not this too.

*double clicks on silver.xls*

NO?!?!

*goes into frantic mode, double clicking every excel file on my desktop which looks relevant.*

The result? ALL NO!!

I spent like 2 days staring at the computer working on it. My eyes looks like this -> @_@ Jus when I thot it wun be long b4 i can use the thing to cut down all the extensive/tedious/boring/time-wasting job of manual calculations, I FREAKING DELETED IT AWAY.

For FARK i call the file x.xls... #%^$%@#$%^#.. so inconspicous, so innocent-looking.

DAMN!!

Tuesday, August 02, 2005

路 by 戴佩妮

Pedestrian Road Safety Tips

1. Use the Traffic Light Crossings/Pedestrian Crossings, i.e. Cross at Designated Areas.
(What do u think the govt spend so much fixing those "candy canes" for? Other than controlling the vehicles..)
2. Be Patient, Cross Only When U're Allowed To.
(U're not a vehicle, r u? The green light is for vehicles, the "GREEN MAN" is for humans!)
3. If There's an Overhead Bridge Within ur Sight, Use It.
(The overhead bridge dats bloody 100m away is 100% safe. Unless u suay suay kana strike by lightning or the bridge collapse.)
4. Do Not Stand at the Road Edge.
(Aint u afraid of the cars dat get so dangerously close? Cars can oso go out of control when turning. Or perhaps ur handbag strap could get hooked on the side mirror n there u go. Bye to u!)
5. Observe the Traffic Carefully if There's No Other Alternatives Available.
(Note the traffic of the next lane, not just the nearest lane. The nearest lane could be jammed up bcos vehicles are turning, but not the next lane.)
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Singaporeans r horrendous when they're crossing the road. (Ya i noe, Thailand is worst, but their road system isnt facilitating the traffic too.) They have the consensus which dictates, As Long As I Can Run To The Kerb Before The Vehicle Comes, I Can Cross The Road. I feel like an idiot waiting for the lights to change while people proceeds to cross the road when the light is GREEN and its outside the BUS TERMINAL. (Who was it who said dat they'll fine people for jaywalking in bus terminals??)

Maybe I'm too safety-conscious. I worked for 2 MNCs dat places great importance on safety. My mindset had already been configured that way.

But, being the Libran I m, I sometimes dun preach wat I pray.

Every morning, I had to cross the freaking road that leads to PIE to get to the bus stop. Dat road, is exceptionally crowded during peak hrs. Red Light, Left Turn Vehicles, Green Light, Straight Going Vehicles. Sometimes they nvr seem to be an end, n u have to wait maybe 10 min for the next bus.

Dats abt it for now, its lunchtime and I'm dozing off, again.