再见老师

Finally my undergraduate career and my 16 years of education has come to an end. With the release of my final semester results yesterday morning. Fortunately, I cleared all, and luckily, I obtained my best results in the history of my undergraduate career. The time has finally come for me to introduce this song.

再见老师 主唱：李季美
1989年新传媒电视连续剧《早安老师》插曲

挥挥手说再见
声声道珍重
目送你们出校门
我默默祝福

回回头望一眼
泪水忍不住
千言万语涌心头
尽在不言中

回想初次相逢
我被你们捉弄
如今你们已不是顽童
熟悉的脸孔
熟悉的笑容
我永远难忘怀
熟悉的脸孔
熟悉的笑容
长留在我心中

listen to this song

Perhaps those people who are born around the same generation as me will have a deep impression of this song and the serial becos this is the 代表作 of 哎哟哟老师 陈莉萍.

Obviously, 昔日的苗条已荡然无存, but this show have always been in my memory, dats the reason why i could still remember the song after 17 years.

Last nite, I spoke to HP over the telephone before i slept. he said that i always like to end my FINAL EXAMS with a BIG BANG. in fact similar things happened to me during the O levels, A levels and it happened again at the final Uni exams. That I consistently gave people heart attacks or 大跌眼镜 when i obtained my FINAL results. But i was happy that i always end them well. of course i do not rule out the combination of luck, hard work and my teachers this sem (esp 包美丽，my HR tutor and my 2 Bahasa Indonesia Ibu, who are willing to spend hours of consultation period with me throughout the course of study).

i foresee my half of my Progress Package will be gone over the next 2 weeks because i haf made side bets with 2 groups of people that the person with the best grades will have to give treats to the others. This time round, I gotta treat both sides of the people. but at least I'm happy, considering the fact that I have always been treated over the past 4 years. Luckily, Zjuan and Pearl will combine with me to treat 1 side, and Zjia will treat drinks for the other side and maybe the 'high' history will repeat itself.

Because of those treats, I have to go to work next week, so it's almost for sure that i will be going to the Sec3 camp of First Toa Payoh Secondary School from monday to wednesday. Similar to the camp of Pasir Ris Sec, the camp will be held at Changi (it will be good if i can get to stay at the air con bunks again), but in addition, these students will have their outdoor activities at Pulau Ubin, so tmr i will need to go for orientation there.....sianz....

Yesterday was also a good day because i finally got a chance to go to campus for softball training, for the 1st time since the exams ended. I realized my fitness is gone and i reali need to buck up so that i can clear my IPPT before my reservist this july......

PS: To all my Uni friends who are graduating, remember to register for comencement and order ur acad dress by 1st June! To those who haf yet to get their results, ALL THE BEST!

Wawancara dan binggung

i tot the bz week full of interviews was over, after my Monday's interview. i was surprised to rcv a call yesterday after the interview that i was scheduled for another interview today for the post of a Chemical Engineer.

After yesterday's interview to be a teacher, i met up wif my ex teacher whom i'm closest to for tea. I would say that she's the one whom reali made difference to my life and it's a great pity that she has left the profession. We chatted for more than 3 hrs at the cafe, afterwhich i went to her place for dinner, when she treated me wif her very own specialities:

Tortilla (dunno whether the spelling is correct) dipped in feta cheese. it taste great! as if i'm eating chips.
Her very own low fat, healthy muffin. eggless and low sugar content. nonetheless, it taste sweet cos of the ingredients inside!

Her very own wholemeal pasta. saltless and pepperless! but it taste great! and more importantly, it's healthy!


For the 1st time today, my technical knowledge was put to a test and I was told to tell them my knowledge on electroplating (cos it's a coy doing electroplating). So I used the white board and marker, to draw out the circuit diagram and describe the process as if i'm a chemistry teacher teaching my students the concepts of electrolysis. phew, Luckily, I din commit any mistakes in the process, and after that, i was told to make a presentation of my FYP once again........Surprisingly, both of them were quite pleased wif my performance and the boss sort of offered me the position on the spot and that boss happen to know one of my male lecturer back in NUS who look like him:

(credits to mediacorp)

He showed me ard the coy, labs and production line and asked me when i can start work and apparently he wans me to start work asap........pleasant surprise but dilemma again.......

After today's interview, i was EXTREMELY surprised to be called up for a second rd interview at Jurong Island (the 1st interview i had for a technical position and i felt my performance was horrible). Tmr i will need to meet the director of the coy.......and THE TERRIBLE JOURNEY TO JURONG ISLAND once again!

45 more hours to D day........

再见

This is one good song which i heard of recently, sang by a korean. yes, he's a korean singing a chinese song. in fact i feel that his chinese is better than many Banana Singaporeans, probably these people need to do some soul searching.

"★《再见》 R&B动人情歌，深刻浓厚的情感诠释
我放手，希望分手能让你好过一点，其实还爱你，但因为对你，我连再见都说不出口，我把无私的宽容送给你做为最后的一份惊喜礼物，痛苦的回忆留给自己去承受。"

that's the introduction of the song as in the cd, sounds good rite?

再见 李玖哲

电话还在响， 我有些心慌，
熟悉的号码在挣扎。
故作的坚强， 虚伪的力量，
撑过这一刻更悲伤
未接的电话 是一种惩罚
不该想却割舍不下

如果再见我， 你能说什么，
说爱我，我只是寂寞
原谅我冷漠，选择不联络
因为我，担心你会听见我还那么难过。

oh~ 短讯声在响， 凌晨两点半，
清醒的房里更孤单
你去睡了吗，想你的习惯
这夜晚为你而混乱

如果再见我 你能说什么
说爱我，我只是寂寞
原谅我冷漠，选择不联络
因为我，担心你会听见我，还那么难过

因为对你我连再见都说不出口
我想你能够爱还在心中

如果再见我， 你能说什么
说爱我，我只是寂寞
原谅我冷漠，选择不联络
因为我， 担心你会听见我。
还那么难过 oh~

Listen to this song

Still jobless up till this point of time. Basically I went for all sorts of interviews; from Sales engineer, to Chemical Engineer, Banker, Management trainee and even a Teacher. Good exposure and platform for me to train my interview skills and to force myself to find out more about a particular company in the interview preparation process.

i decided to go for the interview for a Chemical Engineer at Jurong Island becos I feel that as a Chem Eng Major, I must at least go and take a "stroll' in Jurong Island. But, trust me, it's terrible:

Air: Low quality, dusty air. before i sat down on the seats at the bus stop, I could see a visible layer of dust covering the seat, and I MUST wipe off the dust to prevent myself from turning into a WHITE ASS.

Traffic: Worst. It's juz like crossing over the customs to JB. Taxi Drvers resent going there. My dad was complaining to me how terrible the traffic there was when he drove me there for my 1st interview on thurs. I could totally understand his frustrations. and the taxi driver who drove me there for a second interview on friday also complained non stop about how resentful he is to drive a customer to Jurong Island. He was pissed with me, I could sense it. Even when i gave him an extra $2 tips after the ride, there was not a word of thanks from him.
Tomorrow gotta to go for another interview, and becos of that, i chose to forgo the camp which I was suppose to attend with Yuhua Secondary School. Perhaps i haf no fate wif to be with them for the next 3 days.

I would say the most enjoyable interview I had up till point in time is the one for a Management trainee. But wasn't optimistic to get the post cos they will only be hiring at most 10 people from a lot of few hundred applications.....and there are at least 4 rounds of interviews.

The most troublesome interview (apart from trouble travelling in Jurong Island) I have been to is the one for a Banker. It's just a sales post, but we need to go thru (1) aptitude test, basically a speed test in English and Maths. After clearing the 1st rd, which I did, then need to proceed to (2) Role playing to HARD sell a credit card to a potential customer played by the accessor (3) Role playing to advise on loan packages to sell to an inquiring customer played by the accessor (4) formal interview by a panel of 2 people, and one of them reali look like Taiwanese singer 李翊君!!! Check out her pic here

Honestly, I dun expect to get any offers from any of those companies. The one that I'm truly hoping to get is the one i'm going for tomorrow, becos that job has always been wat i like to do; to inspire, to impart and to nurture. I'm going to make preparations for that :)

Also I reali hope to squeeze out some time to play softball wif my fellow team mates! Maybe this Tues!

Wrong Demographics?

Today went to haf lunch at MacDonalds near my place before i went for a job interview for a teaching position at Republic Polytechnic and i had this encounter with this auntie, whom we knew each other by face since i bought food from her quite many times:

(she calls me by some noun): wah 你今天很____leh...(cos i tink it's the 1st time she see me in smart office attire as most of the time i am in singlets and shorts).

me: ....ooo...谢谢。。。今天而已阿？(joking wif her)

then she began to ask me strange qns, and when i wanna tap my ez link card to earn points, she actually stretched her head over to look at my card.........

auntie: wah 你很年轻 hor...今年才25岁 (you are very young hor, this yr oni 25 yrs old)。

me: yah...我跟那个auntie (her colleague, whom i oso noe) 的女儿同年，我们以前是小学同班同学. and i quickly left cos i felt abit uneasy...(I'm the same as the daughter of that auntie)

then after i left, she continued to talk abt me wif that other auntie saying in Hokkien.

Now looking back at dat incident, it reminds me of wat my Uni classmates always say about me:

Why "me" always attract the wrong demographics?????

Reward

Dunno when will be the next time I'll be updating this. Past few days have been hectic, basically racing against time. For the past few days I hav been back home alwiz after 12am, and my dark rings have darkened, and my pants got looser, cos I felt that it will drop anytime without belt if I dun exercise caution when I walk......Dinner was oni eaten at 1230am........I decided to reward myself with the Boon Lay Power Nasi Lemak. Direct translation of nasi lemak = fat (noun) rice. but it's coconut rice actually. Cfm trash Fong Seng and Changi in terms of taste and price.

Basically I ordered my fav combination. chicken wing, egg and potato for oni $2.50. Yummy.....

Will be away for camp for Yuhua Secondary School from 22-24 May. Lets HOPE this camp will be an njoyable one.

落汤鸡？and Softball Gathering

Last Sat, I had a terrible experience on the road. Maybe I was stupid to ride a bicycle from Boon Lay to Bukit Panjang to attend a dinner at Ibu Fanny's place. The distance of a 1 way journey to her flat is ard 10.66km. Initially the main reason for me cycling to her place was to have a workout to burn some calories away, but it turns out I've become a 落汤鸡. The to- journey was fine, but it began to rain when i was on my way back, and it's no ordinary rain. it's basically a storm, wif lightning. Being desperate, i've decided to take the shortcut thru a narrow, dark path which was surrounded by forest, warehouses etc. (bus 174 ulu ulu route @ jurong road). Yes I was alone. But wat was in my mind was not whether i'll be haunted by ghost (cos dat stretch used to be a Chinese Cemetry), but is to get home ASAP to hear the results of the general elections, and also to get out of heavy rain..........in the end, i did RUSH HOME, but i've became a 落汤鸡。。。。。Hope to get the photos taken at Ibu's hse ASAP and i'll post some.

The activity on Sunday was more interesting......Softball team gathering......to bid farewell to Keigo who is returning to Japan....and 顺便 bid farewell to the final years cos we r graduating from WCU and hence leaving the team (but Eugene is not). Here r some shots taken:

Dinner at Newton Hawker Ctr.....The air there sux. 3 words: HOT, SMOKY, OILY. I still perfer BBQ seafood at Boon Lay market.......

Beer @ Haven's Bar. Check out the slippers bought for Tweety and the hat bought for Keigo. Did ZX hide himself from the shot on purpose?

It seems that someone is hungry for sumting
This is wat it means by pictures can be deceiving......Our dear Capt, u r handsome most of the time, but in this shot, 你看起来真得很象鬼! a neckless ghost...

Post Exam Activities

So busy searching for jobs and enjoying my 'holidays' now. Basically, ever since saturday, i have been playing mahjong on sunday and tuesday. Since saturday, i have been sending cover letters and resumes non stop. I'll be happy if i can get a call for interview for every 100 resumes sent. so i gotta display the 'never say die' attitude. In addition, I have been attempting to 赚外块 here and there, and i'm quite tempted to learn sewing (using the sewing machine dat my mum left at home) because there might be a temporary job assignment to sew army name tags and ranks and apparently, it seems quite profitable. So why not? I might be able to learn a new skill from my sis and earn some money.

Today, I've also went to the temple alone to pray. It's the 观音庙 at 四马路。I've obtained 2 divinations from her and I'm amazingly surprised by the lot that from the lot, it seems that she is answering my prayers. I dun mind sharing them :)

1st lot: 问感情
For the past few years, I have been gettting 下下签 = poor divination。 Many of my friends and relatives have consistently been inquiring on my love life and they were alwiz puzzled why my love life is always to empty over the past 10 years......The reality is that it has never been my priority and i have never actively looked for a girlfriend b4. This is the 1st time i'm getting a 'good' lot. This is wat the lot says:

春来雷震百虫鸣
番身一转离泥中
始知出入还来生
一朝变化便成龙

here comes its English translation:

Every creature sing their own tune. The arousing thunder causes further activity as they spring from the earth. Their activities cause great dragon to appear!

and here is the interpretation: GOOD

The season took a good turn. Plenty of good things. One day, a great happening occur to even reach Heaven.


Well, perhaps the turning point has come for me and the 'one day' will occur soon. and the 2 hands will clap together :)


2nd lot: Career

鲸鱼未变守河江
不可升腾更望高
异日峥嵘身变化
许君一跃跳龙门

English translation

A baby whale is dependent soon after birth. When it is in full growth, it becomes independent and roam the ocean.

interpretation: MEDIUM

Be patient. Act when you are capable. Success will follow.

When i saw this lot, i was so amazed that the divination sound so much as if it is answering my questions and doubts. Well, the advise sounds sensible too! 真是不可思议.

Perhaps I ought to be more down to earth and learn as much as I could while I'm still fresh. Develop my career competencies and hopefully one day I will be able to fly :)


To end off, I would like to recommend a nice retro song. This song was published in 1987....I was oni 6 yrs old then! But I knew it since young cos it was one of the fav songs my elder sisters loved to listen.

有我有你
作詞：陳樂融 / 詹育彰 / 作曲：陳志遠 /
演唱：伊能靜 / 方文琳 / 裘海正

總是在夢裡我會想起 那段遙遠的過去
永遠在心裡不會忘記 多少美夢待追尋
在此刻讓我緊握你的手 趁著年輕 我要告訴你

讓我們永遠在一起 忘掉那憂慮
漫漫歲月只有珍惜我和你
讓我們永遠在一起
不再有孤寂 這裡有我也有你

總想一個人走向遠方
為了遙遠的夢想
雖然曾徬徨不會遺忘 有人默默在盼望
在此刻讓我緊握你的手 趁著年輕 我要告訴你

讓我們永遠在一起 忘掉那憂慮
漫漫歲月只有珍惜我和你
讓我們永遠在一起
不再有孤寂 這裡有我也有你

I would say these 3 gals were the hits of the 1980s, cos they were then young, chubby and pretty. but now only 伊能静 is still active in the entertainment industry. As for 方文琳, i ever saw her acting in a Taiwanese Drama 流氓教授, and she is already acting as a 60 year old woman. Finally for 裘海正， totally no news at all.

Listen to the song here

Youtube

Finally managed to get this link up.