Excuse me, but my life is waiting.

Amazing news!

My mom has got herself an MSN account!!!

She just got her account this morning and added me.
*faint*

I was like, WTF??????!!!!!?!?!?!?!!?

Okay, while some (read: Mich) peoples’ parents are happily chatting on MSN, I can’t believe my MOTHER comes online. It’s weird because I’m not used to my mom being hip. Chatting online is supposed to be an activity done by young people. Which also means it’s supposed to be hip.

I think my mother just lowered the “cool” factor of using technology to communicate by 1 notch this morning.

It’s freaking weird can?!

Anyway, here’s a quotatable quote from my mummy dearest…

“This MSN thing is so instant, so maggi like! Finally I get to talk to you,
albeit rather surreal!”

Of all things to compare with, she chooses to compare chatting online with maggi mee.

…

Well, i guess it does makes sense…though there are definitely classier examples out there!

And yes, I guess she’s taken to coming online to talk to me too…some things are just easier done online. hehehe.

Which is good, because at least I can close the window when she starts nagging online now. HAHAHAHAHAHHA.

Amazing news!

My mom has got herself an MSN account!!!

She just got her account this morning and added me.
*faint*

I was like, WTF??????!!!!!?!?!?!?!!?

Okay, while some (read: Mich) peoples’ parents are happily chatting on MSN, I can’t believe my MOTHER comes online. It’s weird because I’m not used to my mom being hip. Chatting online is supposed to be an activity done by young people. Which also means it’s supposed to be hip.

I think my mother just lowered the “cool” factor of using technology to communicate by 1 notch this morning.

It’s freaking weird can?!

Anyway, here’s a quotatable quote from my mummy dearest…

“This MSN thing is so instant, so maggi like! Finally I get to talk to you,
albeit rather surreal!”

Of all things to compare with, she chooses to compare chatting online with maggi mee.

…

Well, i guess it does makes sense…though there are definitely classier examples out there!

And yes, I guess she’s taken to coming online to talk to me too…some things are just easier done online. hehehe.

Which is good, because at least I can close the window when she starts nagging online now. HAHAHAHAHAHHA.

Hello.

Just visited mich’s blog and saw her halloween rendevous. haha.
Puts my own pics to shame – i feel so not happening!!!

But nonetheless, here they are…the pictures of my Halloween in the office.

Left to right: Me, Irene, Kris, Twain, Joel and Mark (center).

Obviously, Mark hates the mask. He also hates the fact that he had to sit on a red chair in the middle.

It’s amazing..but he manages to look embarassed + annoyed while wearing a mask that covers 3/4 of his face.

He should consider a career in acting. Maybe in the Singapore version of V for Vendetta.

Next up, here’s me and Junne.

She’s dressed up as a pirate, in case you couldn’t tell.

I’m, er, a cat.

A cat that is about to be slaughtered by a runaway pirate.

Left to right: Kaichee, Ethan, Alan and Thong aka The Techies.

Erm. Don’t you think they look kinda cool in a rather warped, twisted and er, uniformed way?

Hahaha. No offence lah..but it can’t be helped with that bit of cotton wool sticking out of Thong’s nose.

Guess a techie’s idea of macho sexy is a little different from ours.

Here’s Junne again.

This time, she’s gone for Peggy, our intern from Hong Kong.

Junne’s quite good really. I think she captures the psycho pirate spirit really well in this picture.

Check out her eyes…they have a sort of glazed-over-crazy look. hahaha.

Okay. Ethan looks disgusted here.

Can’t blame him, not with 2 crazy cats and 1 psycho pirate swarming him.

I blame the alchohol though.

And here’s me and jp doing our thing, so to speak.
Hopefully there’ll be some salsa converts in my office

*hint hint to Margaret and Mark

I never knew my hair looked like that when doing a hemlock. It actually swings really far!

Hmm…I wonder how many guys I have swished and slapped with my hair. Hmmmmm….

BTW, did you know that Halloween is actually this Tuesday, 31st Oct and not last Saturday? heheheh.

I guess abit of premature celebration doesn’t do anybody any harm.

Hello.

Just visited mich’s blog and saw her halloween rendevous. haha.
Puts my own pics to shame – i feel so not happening!!!

But nonetheless, here they are…the pictures of my Halloween in the office.

Left to right: Me, Irene, Kris, Twain, Joel and Mark (center).

Obviously, Mark hates the mask. He also hates the fact that he had to sit on a red chair in the middle.

It’s amazing..but he manages to look embarassed + annoyed while wearing a mask that covers 3/4 of his face.

He should consider a career in acting. Maybe in the Singapore version of V for Vendetta.

Next up, here’s me and Junne.

She’s dressed up as a pirate, in case you couldn’t tell.

I’m, er, a cat.

A cat that is about to be slaughtered by a runaway pirate.

Left to right: Kaichee, Ethan, Alan and Thong aka The Techies.

Erm. Don’t you think they look kinda cool in a rather warped, twisted and er, uniformed way?

Hahaha. No offence lah..but it can’t be helped with that bit of cotton wool sticking out of Thong’s nose.

Guess a techie’s idea of macho sexy is a little different from ours.

Here’s Junne again.

This time, she’s gone for Peggy, our intern from Hong Kong.

Junne’s quite good really. I think she captures the psycho pirate spirit really well in this picture.

Check out her eyes…they have a sort of glazed-over-crazy look. hahaha.

Okay. Ethan looks disgusted here.

Can’t blame him, not with 2 crazy cats and 1 psycho pirate swarming him.

I blame the alchohol though.

And here’s me and jp doing our thing, so to speak.
Hopefully there’ll be some salsa converts in my office

*hint hint to Margaret and Mark

I never knew my hair looked like that when doing a hemlock. It actually swings really far!

Hmm…I wonder how many guys I have swished and slapped with my hair. Hmmmmm….

BTW, did you know that Halloween is actually this Tuesday, 31st Oct and not last Saturday? heheheh.

I guess abit of premature celebration doesn’t do anybody any harm.

Was on the train the other day, and overheard this guy talking on the phone.

(I wasn’t eavesdropping. The guy was literally yelling into his phone. I couldn’t help it.)

“Right. Okay, thanks. Thanks..uh huh, yeah…thank you, thanks. Bye.”

This reminds me of all the emails that i send out on a daily basis.

Every other email that i send out has a freaking “thanks” or “thank you” appended to it.

Sometimes I mean it, though most of the time i don’t. Unfortunately.

But seriously, when you send like at least 50 emails out in a day, it can get quite hard to feel grateful every single time. Really.

Most of the time, I’m either saying “No, I can’t do it” or “Sorry, we screwed up.” Either way, neither situation calls for a “thanks”. Yet, I always say thank you in the end.

Yes, even when I’m pissed off when someone screws up.

It’s come to a point whereby it’s weird not to say “thanks” at the end of an email or conversation. A default mechanism.

Which I think is sad. Because we don’t mean what we say anymore. And because this is also indicative of how we are turning into these fake people.

Sad.

Was on the train the other day, and overheard this guy talking on the phone.

(I wasn’t eavesdropping. The guy was literally yelling into his phone. I couldn’t help it.)

“Right. Okay, thanks. Thanks..uh huh, yeah…thank you, thanks. Bye.”

This reminds me of all the emails that i send out on a daily basis.

Every other email that i send out has a freaking “thanks” or “thank you” appended to it.

Sometimes I mean it, though most of the time i don’t. Unfortunately.

But seriously, when you send like at least 50 emails out in a day, it can get quite hard to feel grateful every single time. Really.

Most of the time, I’m either saying “No, I can’t do it” or “Sorry, we screwed up.” Either way, neither situation calls for a “thanks”. Yet, I always say thank you in the end.

Yes, even when I’m pissed off when someone screws up.

It’s come to a point whereby it’s weird not to say “thanks” at the end of an email or conversation. A default mechanism.

Which I think is sad. Because we don’t mean what we say anymore. And because this is also indicative of how we are turning into these fake people.

Sad.

Has this ever happened to you before?

Someone pissed you off and you stew. You stew and stew and stew to the point whereby you lose track of why you were mad in the first place. Then you are just pissed because your pissed off.

Stupid I know. But it happens to me.
And trust me. Once you are “in the zone”, its bloody hard to get out of it.
It’s really hard to resist the impetus to be childish and spiteful to remain pissed.

Reasons for “getting into the zone”

1. I didn’t get to say what i really thought

2. I had to soften my arguments with tact. And along the way, i piled on so much tact that the whole point got lost on the way.

3. I decide to be nice and be the forgiving party. Until i realize that i’m actually not that magnanimous.

4. i didn’t get the apology i was waiting for but only an acknowledgement.

5. I try to exercise patience and wait for the other party to come to their senses. Somehow, the “senses” must have lost their way because the other party usually continues to stick to their guns. I then feel mad for trying so hard to be patient.

7. I’m pissed because i wasted alot of time being pissed. And because of that, I feel stupid and that makes me feel even more pissed.

Trust me. I hate it.

I hate being mad when i’ve forgotten the reason I was mad.
And logic dictates that if I admit to myself that I have forgotten the reason why i got angry in the first place, then I am stupid to continue to stay mad. I hate feeling stupid so I feel mad that I feel stupid.

(If you didn’t get what I just said, try looking up “cognitive dissonance”.)

And there we go. Round and round.

I think i need help. Or maybe just a giant bear hug from the offending party.

Has this ever happened to you before?

Someone pissed you off and you stew. You stew and stew and stew to the point whereby you lose track of why you were mad in the first place. Then you are just pissed because your pissed off.

Stupid I know. But it happens to me.
And trust me. Once you are “in the zone”, its bloody hard to get out of it.
It’s really hard to resist the impetus to be childish and spiteful to remain pissed.

Reasons for “getting into the zone”

1. I didn’t get to say what i really thought

2. I had to soften my arguments with tact. And along the way, i piled on so much tact that the whole point got lost on the way.

3. I decide to be nice and be the forgiving party. Until i realize that i’m actually not that magnanimous.

4. i didn’t get the apology i was waiting for but only an acknowledgement.

5. I try to exercise patience and wait for the other party to come to their senses. Somehow, the “senses” must have lost their way because the other party usually continues to stick to their guns. I then feel mad for trying so hard to be patient.

7. I’m pissed because i wasted alot of time being pissed. And because of that, I feel stupid and that makes me feel even more pissed.

Trust me. I hate it.

I hate being mad when i’ve forgotten the reason I was mad.
And logic dictates that if I admit to myself that I have forgotten the reason why i got angry in the first place, then I am stupid to continue to stay mad. I hate feeling stupid so I feel mad that I feel stupid.

(If you didn’t get what I just said, try looking up “cognitive dissonance”.)

And there we go. Round and round.

I think i need help. Or maybe just a giant bear hug from the offending party.

Was just chatting with jp yday and were discussing if “compability” could be cited as a reason for a breakup.

He said citing incompatibility was just an excuse and was total hogwash. Basically, a person is incompatible with just about everyone else (which i agree actually) and whether or not a relationship works out depends largely on how willing both parties are able to compromise.

True. So then this means that both parties must be very aware of how much the other is compromising. This also means that the possibility of taking your SO for granted is quite high, since the likelihood of the relationship working out is largely dependent on compromise. By and large, this will happen to like 99% of the couples out there.

I then told him that it was easier to compromise some things than others and hence compatibility was key to finding a person who’s bad habits u merely dislike rather than abhor.

There’s a BIG difference between dislike and abhorrence u know. Dislike = annoyed but acceptable. Abhor = rage and hate.

So yea, while a couple who generally hate each others’ bad habits could work out, it’s by far easier if the couple merely disliked each others’ bad habits.

Hence, i think incompatibility IS a valid reason for a breakup. I don’t think it’s for lack of effort in trying to make a relationship work.

Sometimes, a relationship gets to you so bad that you can’t recognize yourself anymore.
And i think, that’s the time to call it quits.

p/s: I am NOT having problems with my relationship. It was just a discussion!

Was just chatting with jp yday and were discussing if “compability” could be cited as a reason for a breakup.

He said citing incompatibility was just an excuse and was total hogwash. Basically, a person is incompatible with just about everyone else (which i agree actually) and whether or not a relationship works out depends largely on how willing both parties are able to compromise.

True. So then this means that both parties must be very aware of how much the other is compromising. This also means that the possibility of taking your SO for granted is quite high, since the likelihood of the relationship working out is largely dependent on compromise. By and large, this will happen to like 99% of the couples out there.

I then told him that it was easier to compromise some things than others and hence compatibility was key to finding a person who’s bad habits u merely dislike rather than abhor.

There’s a BIG difference between dislike and abhorrence u know. Dislike = annoyed but acceptable. Abhor = rage and hate.

So yea, while a couple who generally hate each others’ bad habits could work out, it’s by far easier if the couple merely disliked each others’ bad habits.

Hence, i think incompatibility IS a valid reason for a breakup. I don’t think it’s for lack of effort in trying to make a relationship work.

Sometimes, a relationship gets to you so bad that you can’t recognize yourself anymore.
And i think, that’s the time to call it quits.

p/s: I am NOT having problems with my relationship. It was just a discussion!