somehow, i am not surprised. =)
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Monthly Archive for February, 2005
she took me for a ride in her chilli red mini cooper s. =)
inside the mini cooper s: retro cool.
attention to detail: the controls mimic the mini logo. the switches below just beg to be flipped.
director not in. supervisor not in.
*grin*
Similar Postsyes, i’m shaved once again.
while opinion is divided as to whether i look better with or without hair, i have this to say: i look good either way.
hahaha… there’s my ego trying to outdo my belly in the race to get bigger.
anyway, my boss was quite… well… he called me to his office for some work-related matter…
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boss: (pause. looks surprised, amused, shocked and curious all at once. perhaps, not in that order.)
me: (waits for boss to say something.)
boss: you… (trying to find words) what made you do this? is this the fashion now?
me: well, the weather’s been hot and anyway, i had this hairstyle (if you can call it a hairstyle) when you interviewed me.
boss: not for ns or something like that?
me: no.
boss: (pause. still has a combination of opposing looks on his face, but overall, he actually looks amused.) don’t people stare at you? don’t people avoid you?
me: no, not really. (if they do, i don’t notice.)
boss: (skeptical) this doesn’t help with the women
me: (trying not to laugh) doesn’t make a difference, actually.
boss: so you just went to the barber…. (pause) and you asked him to shave everything off?
me: (almost immediately) yes.
boss: (hesitant) and then you shave?
me: yes.
boss: (demonstrating how he shaves his facial stubble) with a razor?
me: yes.
boss: (looking amused and bemused, shakes his head)
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well, my supervisor says it reminds her of her baby boy when he was an infant because he had a bald, shiny head, just like mine now.
one of the other managers insists that i look better without hair. and that if he was a girl…
hahahah… i guess it does help with the ladies! =P
p.s. got a compliment about my writing by one of the bigshots at the ridge. =)
Similar Postsa few mini-entries
reservist
a procrastinated entry. to summarise, it was a mixed time. lowest point was when i booked out and TOOK A CAB back to bishan (from tuas, mind you) only to be CALLED BACK to camp less than five minutes later. did not reach my doorstep. spent $30 on cab fares to get me back to square one.
barely managed to survive the battalion exercise. which has injected a dose of urgency into my quest to get back to a respectable BMI. battalion exercise also offered the high point - sitting in a helicopter with the door open. cool. =)
idol x 2
friday night. sembawang @ cineleisure. notice girl with big pair of boobs. notice girl is very short. notice that she’s… maia lee.
sunday afternoon. anchorpoint. see familiar pair of shades. it’s maia AGAIN! girl, stop stalking me. i will make a police report if i see you again within the week.
heritage walk + travel blog
in between the encounters - i went for a heritage walk this morning, on the 63rd anniversary of the battle of pasir panjang. fascinating story. read about it at my travel blog - sunny island set in the sea.
i’m seeing where this goes. right now, i think it’s heading in the direction of being a local travel blog. yes, singaporeans should be tourists in their own country. think i might change the sub to “discover what’s next door”, or something along those lines. warning: will probably be nature-biased. i’m hoping that this will be a more constructive outlet for my writing as well as being an impetus for me to carry on discovering new things about and in singapore.
accident
i was at the ikea/anchorpoint/queensway shopping centre junction when i witnessed an accident right in front of me. a mitsubishi grandis, on test drive, was making a u-turn. it had a wide turning radius. out of nowhere, a motorcycle came into my view. the rider tried to avoid the grandis but couldn’t.
the rider lay on the road, with his legs on the kerb. he was lying on this back. fight or flight? i ran towards him. ABCs clear since he was groaning in pain. seemed a bit confused but indicated he was feeling pain in his abdomen. there were no signs of other external injuries besides a scraped knee.
the driver of the grandis was, by this time, also checking on the rider. he removed the rider’s helmet, which is should have stopped. i then thought i should call for an ambulance but…
a policeman was already on scene with his partner in a squad car (found out later that the police car happened to be at the junction, not far behind the motorcycle)… followed shortly by an ambulance. i swear, all this took less than two minutes. i left the ambulance crew to do their job. i did what i could.
on reflection, i know i could have responded better. on further reflection, i was really thankful that i wasn’t involved because this accident happened a few metres away, five at most. the motorcycle could very well have come flying my way.
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