Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Happening day

Before I go sleep after shopping for cyber Monday.... Just want to note 28th Nov down as a happening day..

Woke up late, but decided to take the MRT anyway, cos I've spent too much money on cab last week...

Got on the train, damn it, no seats. Serangoon interchange, still no seat. Then suddenly, this girl beside me, carrying a Psychology textbook (that looks like 10cm thick) started to curl her upper body.... I was thinking is she falling asleep? Or what? So I tapped her and asked if she's ok. She said with a pale face, "I feel like vomitting..."

OMG!! I fumbled into my bag for a plastic bag, but I don't have any!!!! I looked around for help, and luckily an auntie was looking at me. I tried asking, "Do you have a plastic bag? She wants to vomit!" The auntie took out a NTUC plastic bag and pass it to her while I held the thick book for the girl. Some nice uncle gave up his seat for the sick girl after a few seconds. I'm so glad that there are still nice people around in Singapore! ^^ Anyway, was glad that I made someone's day, cos I could really feel it when she thanked me.

After that, managed to take the girl's seat when she alighted at Marymount. Then somewhere at Buona Vista, this old uncle boarded the train. Wahlao eh, nobody give up their seat?!!! So ended up I just stood up and asked him to sit down. At the same time, this woman playing with her phone, sitting on the priority seat looked up, and I DIAOed her! Wahahaha. I hope she saw it.

This is one of the reasons why I rather I take the priority seat than other people - cos I will give up my seat for the needy (even though I'm not sitting on the priority seat!!), while I know some people who just sit on the priority seat won't.

Anyway forward to work, meeting from 11am to 1pm. Wanted to meet up Merv for some htht lunch session at 1pm. But my meeting extended until 1:20pm. Was going to walk over to MBC to meet him, and my boss came out of his room, "How are you gals gonna settle your lunch?" I told him I'm meeting a friend. "There's not much time, isn't it?"

I was a bit pissed off and I replied him,"What? You mean you want me to be back by 2?"

My boss gave me a weird face,"Yah! There's a meeting at 2??" Damn paiseh!! I totally forgot about the weekly meeting at 2!!!! My boss rolled his eyes before leaving the office to get his lunch.

End up I had to bang seh Merv. I felt bad, so I asked him if he wanna teabreak at 3+. He left his office, but he got stuck in the rain. HAHA. Ok, I felt reeeaaallly bad and I asked him if he wants dinner. But well, all's well. We ended up having a dinner at ABC market. Thanks pal for having the htht session!

On a side note, shucks, I hope the psychology girl don't think it was an auntie that helped her =/

Friday, November 25, 2011

My mobile phones

This may be a bit boring but I was looking through xda developers forum and saw a guy's signature with all the phones that he has used, so I decided to pay a tribute to all the phones that I've used

My 1st phone... Nokia 8250, bought in 2001 Q2, a reward from my uncle cos I had good results for O Levels


2nd phone Nokia 6610, which I bought in 2003 Q1, after my A Levels, and when I was working temp jobs

Then I moved on to my 3rd phone Samsung X430 in 2004 cos 6610 gave me insensitive keypad (I sent for repair like twice within the 1 year warranty!!!)

My 4th phone was also a Samsung phone bought in Jul 2005. This phone is still working now, my mum was still using it when she was still around. I didn't trade it in cos it was a 21st bday present from a lot of frens!



5th phone was a weird one, my 1st try on a smartphone - an O2 Graphite. I remember I dropped it and there was a crack on the screen, and I had a very bad experience with the service centre. Bought this in 2007 Q3



Because I was so pissed off with O2, I decided to buy my 6th phone during 2008 Q2. Went back to a Nokia phone, my 1st and only slider phone. I think this is seriously just a "rebound phone" for me, cos I nearly forgot that I owned it before!!!! Lol. Not much comment on this phone other than it being heavy...


Then I decided to try out a QWERTY phone, and bought Nokia E63 as my 7th phone in 2009 Q2.


My E63 didn't last me long either because when everyone was going crazy over iphone 3gs, I went gaga over the Samsung Galaxy S. After contemplating for like 1 month, I decided to get it as my 8th phone in Jun 2010:



Although I loved my Galaxy S, the newer & better cousin came along and the rest was history. In Jul 2011, I bought my 9th phone:



I thought I'm someone who doesn't change phone that frequently, but come to think of it, from 2000 to 2011, I've used 9 phones.... which means on average, I change a phone every 1y3m!

I have to say up till now, the phone I love the most (making fair comparisons by just comparing my satisfaction of the phone during the time I own it)... I've to say Nokia 8250 and Samsung E720C are in for a tie. Shocking, but can be seen by the fact that I owned these 2 phones for the longest!

Anyway end of my bo liao post, going to sleep.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

I really seldom blog now

Shucks. I've really became so lazy nowadays. But then again, when there's Facebook and Twitter, I think most people seldom blog now, lol.

Recently a lot of stuffs happened in the office this year after the merger...

Change of company's name
New boss...
Colleagues left...
which led to my promotion...
Move of office to temporary one...
Back to a permanent office twice the size of what we used to be...
New peeps in the office...
which includes older colleagues who are sorta under me...
and funny colleagues whom make my days at work happier...

So on and so forth. I think this is like the most happening year after I graduated... so much for the dramas.

Am going to sleep now but there's something in the back of my mind that's nagging me. Argh. 我不能越陷越深

Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Promotion woes

4 years after slogging my head off, I've finally gotten a long-awaited promotion beginning of this month.

Feeling physically and mentally tired of everything, but I guess I've got no choice but to carry on, since I'm the last woman standing, with actually 4 colleagues who left.

Following that, I was promoted, and I'm ignoring this question for the moment - was this based on my capabilities, or was it based on the fact that I'm the only person now who knows the software we're using?

Let's just take it that it was based on my capabilities and it was the right time that my new boss promoted me.

After the promotion, and with so many colleagues leaving, of cos it's having colleagues changing of roles, and new colleagues coming in.

Now I'm really in a dilemma, having a close colleague, who has no prior experience, doing my previous position. All I can say that she is really lucky - she was looking for an opportunity, and her "teacher" here is her close friend. I have tried to be patient these few weeks, because I knew that she had no prior experience.

But today it was the last straw. She kept asking me the same questions. Repeatedly. And when I said repeatedly, I meant SEVERAL times! And worst was I kept seeing her poking her phone, Whatsapping, or typing away on the PC, chatting with other colleagues in the company's messaging tool. I admit that I was a bit fierce, no excuse for myself, and I feel kinda bad.

So now I'm preparing to speak to her tomorrow, and what to say. I hope she won't be giving herself excuses because that's the last thing I want to hear from her.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Friday, February 04, 2011

Stalking the stalkers

The no. of stalkers on my blog has increased tremendously....

There can only be 3 reasons:
  1. Stalker shared my url on some forums
  2. Some other Gmarket fans came into my blog cos my blog entry was 1 of the top Gmarket bloggers of the month
  3. Kpo ppl who searched for prof
I hope the reason is number 2 though... cos number 1 sounds scary.... and number 3 just sounds too sad...

So how do I know that they're stalkers and not passer-bys? As I've mentioned previously, I'm stalking the the stalkers using a counter... I can see every unique users who comes into my blog, which url they are linked from, which url they exit to, how long they stayed in my blog, what OS they're using, what browser they're using etc etc... There's a particular stalker who searched for my cousin and nephew AGAIN. Sigh... when will these people stop dragging innocent people in....

Anyway there's this iphone stalker who kept going through all my past entries for the past few days, with no definite things that he/she is looking for.... With so many friends using iphone, I wonder who that is...

Monday, January 31, 2011

Life is precious, please don't do foolish things to end it prematurely

2 Feb 2011
*Blog entry edited as I've found out that A LOT of people googled for gossipy keywords and was lead to this entry*


Just received news today from Weihan that Prof Wee passed away. Immediately googled to read up on the news. Apparently it was cos his Chinese gf two-timed him...

I still remember in JC2, an acquaintance did the same also cos his gf two-timed him... The gf looked devastated after that, always holding onto a crumpled sheet, which I presumed was a letter left by him.

A few years later, I saw the gf again, she looks v happy with her new partner (whom I guess is a butch).

Anyway, what I wanted to say is life still goes on for the girl, what she has lost was only an ex-bf, but to his parents, they lost a son whom they had spent the past 18 years to watch him grow into a fine young man.

And for Prof Wee, his teenage children has lost their only father, and he'll be dearly missed by his students who remembers him as a cheerful prof who although always digressing from his concrete lectures, shared his lessons in life with us.

RIP Prof Wee

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Samsung Galaxy S accessories on Gmarket

Before I start my blog entry, I wanna say a big thanks to Gmarket for awarding me as 1 of the top bloggers for Jan 2011!! 정말감사합니다! It was a nice belated xmas present! =D

Here's a screenshot from Gmarket's top bloggers page:

I'm so delighted that I decided to share my shopping experience on Gmarket for accessories for my Samsung Galaxy S!

I guess most of my friends know that I own a Samsung Galaxy S (from here on, it's abbreviated as "SGS"), cos I've been telling commenting everytime that Android rox. I've to say out-of-the-box wise, iphone is still better, but I chose SGS cos I wanted to be different, and as a lot of people know, I am quite a geek for a female, and Android is more customisable than iphone.

One of the reasons that deterred me from buying the SGS was because of the accessories - I knew iphone was more popular, and there will definitely be more choices to choose from. During my 1st month owning the SGS, I really felt very miserable cos my phone had no case nor screen protector to protect it.

I'm sure if the phone is alive, this will be what it's thinking:


Jokes aside, I've tried to look out at a few shops, they don't carry it; searched on ebay, none... cos Singapore was the only country that carried the phone (yes, it wasn't even launched in Korea!!). I only had a miserable generic carrying pouch, and the thin screen protector that came with the phone.

I was very glad when I knew that Gmarket started having sellers carrying all these cases, and they were either cheaper than those in Singapore, or can't be found in Singapore! I then held mass orders for fellow SGS users, and the response was very good. And in the end I held 5 of them.

Here is my ranking for the top sellers for SGS cases with pictures from the sellers themselves:

1) SGP Accessories: http://english.gmarket.co.kr/challenge/neo_goods/goods.asp?goodscode=189143413
What I like about this seller is that he gives 107 miles and 3 stamps for each item, not to mention there's a 2% discount if you order 3 items or more, and local delivery within Korea is free if your purchase exceeds KRW50,000:
 

This seller sells a wide range of SGP Accessories, and here are my picks:
1a) The very popular Slider cases @ KRW21,300 ~ SG$26.30 - The slider cases are hard cases, slides into your phone, and has a small cover at the bottom to cover up the phone



1b) Silke Pleiades Cases @ KRW18,700 ~ SG$23.10. This matte case was very popular before the slider cases came out. And I also own one! The down side is that the paint comes off after a while.


The one I own is Atlas Colour (the right-most colour on top which writes 아들라스):


1c) Screen protectors, 2 in a pack @ KRW10,700 - KRW12,100 ~ SG$13.20 - SG$14.90. 3 types of screen protectors for people with different preference - Oleophobic, Crystal, Anti-fingerprint. The 1st 2 are glossy ones while the last one is matte.
I personally prefer matte screen protectors because they don't attract fingerprints. But matte screen protectors will decrease the brightness of your screen, and makes it grainy-looking. Click on the picture below to look at the enlarged photo, notice how grainy the blue portion of the screen is?:


1d) Phone cover protector + screen protector (also known as film package) @ KRW13,700 - KRW16,700 ~ SG$16.90 - SG$20.60. A mix and match between glossy phone cover protector, matte phone cover protector, glosst screen protector & matte screen protector.


I've a matte film package set, it makes my phone looks smooth but the coverage on the back cover of the phones isn't 100%:


2) Samsung Battery and battery charging cradle: http://english.gmarket.co.kr/challenge/neo_goods/goods.asp?goodscode=190334950
Charging cradle only: http://english.gmarket.co.kr/challenge/neo_goods/goods.asp?goodscode=190335117

If you own more than 1 battery, having the charging cradle is always convenient - you can bring your phone with you while you charge your extra battery seperately.

Battery only @ KRW22,500 ~ SG$27.80
Battery with cradle @ KRW30,000 ~ SG$37.00
Cradle only @ KRW7,700 ~ SG$9.50



I've bought the cradle:


Take note that the purchase do not include the adapter, you'll have to use your own adapter that comes with the phone. When the cradle is charging the battery, there is a red light, and after charging is completed, a green/yellow light is shown

3) Samsung Mesh Cases @KRW3,300 ~ SG$4.10: http://english.gmarket.co.kr/challenge/neo_goods/goods.asp?goodscode=194127385
These cases are very popular as they are cheap, durable, and is licensed by Samsung themselves.

I ordered a transparent one and here's how it looks like:


4) Samsung backcovers @ KRW9,500 ~ SG$11.70: http://english.gmarket.co.kr/challenge/neo_goods/goods.asp?goodscode=197299474
Comes in 3 colours, according to the Korean versions.



If you're wondering why my phone is in white, this is the answer to your question! ;) I was always jealous of the people in Korea because they've 3 colours to choose from for their SGS while those in Singapore only had the boring black, so I was delighted when the backcovers came onto Gmarket.

The only drawback is there is a big hole exposing the part of the phone behind the cover, because Korean version of SGS has an in-built TV, and there is a hole to accomodate the anttenna of the TV.



For the moment, you can already get very generic cases in Singapore for the SGS as it's one of the more popular android phones around, so I've only introduced those that can't be found easily in Singapore.

If you're interested in looking for other cases/accessories, just go to Gmarket...
1) type in "galaxy s" under search, and click on Search

2) when the search results are loaded, then click on "Cell Phones"

The search results will be filtered and only items related to handphones will be shown.

Hope this blog entry will help you get the accessory you've been wanting to buy!

On a side note, has anyone noticed my VIP crown has been changed to a SVIP crown? =D

Sunday, January 02, 2011

Beware of stalkers online!

There's someone from Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States who was constantly stalking my cousin from 8:30pm till 1am (rested between 10pm to around 11:40pm) ON MY BLOG!

She found my twitter from a Chinese search engine, which links to my blog, and searched my blog using blogger's search engin, found my cousin's pix, and searched for "ah mah", 2 of my cousin's names, and even my nephew's name! And I know it cos I've a counter on my blog.

But thinking of it, it might be someone from China, she might be using a VPN since China blocks blogger.

If you wanna stalk people, go ahead, but stop disturbing their relatives, it makes people really freaked out.

If you're reading this and suspecting if that's you or not, YES, THAT'S YOU! There's only 1 person who added me on twitter just today at 8:30pm, so if you're reading this, stop stalking people that you don't know!

And shame on you! You even dragged in my innocent nephew!!

Say I'm unfriendly by all means, but I'm not my cousin - we don't know each other, there's no reason why I need to entertain you!


读了单字你大概了解我的意思,没错,我说的就是你!我也看到你在twitter给别人的tweet。。。你知道你这样做会干扰到很多无关紧要的人吗?所以请别来我的部落格,只为了找某某人的照片!


要说我无情也可以,但我不是她,我不认识你,你也不认识我,我没有必要取悦于你