Archive for August, 2007

Are you ready for a new boyfriend?

You are Ready to Date Again

If you’re not out there already, you should be.
Your ex is long gone from your heart, and you are ready for another relationship.
Any guy you meet gets a clean slate – and no emotional baggage.
Congratulations, you’ve gotten completely over him.
Now, on to a better guy :-)

It’s time for you to start dating!
Post your photo and profile on a bunch of personals sites.
Before long, you won’t have any more lonely Saturday nights.

9 words women used & guys, please take note!

1. Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.

2. Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.

3. Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.

4. Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don’t Do It!

5. Loud Sigh: This is not actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to #3 for the meaning of nothing.)

6. That’s Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man. That’s okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.

7. Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question, or Faint. Just say you’re welcome.

8. Whatever: Is a woman’s way of saying F@!K YOU!

9. Don’t worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking “What’s wrong?” For the woman’s response, refer to #3.

Life is so fragile!

Life tends to be tough. You need to work, earn a living to feed the always hungry stomach of yours, at least. But again, after working so hard to attain what we need and what we want, you will come to a conclusion that life is routine. You work and sleep & as days go by, your 2 legs will land into a "cosy" coffin of you. In short, to me, life is fragile!

I was informed this morning that an ex-colleague aka a good gf of mine named A, her ex-bubby (shall call him E) had passed away on Monday. I came to me as a shock! I met him before, years back, at a company trip to HongKong and of cos, we did have an enjoyable few days together.  

He is merely 31 years old this year. What caused his death was heart attack. According to the Wan Bao paper, he had been drinking heavily for the past 1 month. I was also told that he overdozed of sleeping pills. The final verdict is indeed heart attack. He died in his sleep, in his house, in the living room. He was only discovered dead when his friend came over to his place to look for him as he did not turned up for the lunch appointment. 

I had spoken to the ex-wife over SMS this morning and had asked her to take it easy. I guess she was too shocked to accept the true fact that he had passed away. Though he is the ex-hubby but still, they were together for a couple of years. Moreover they are still on talking terms, though more on the daughter's sake.

Haiz… I am getting emo again! Since life is so fragile, I will never know when will I die too. In short, let's work hard and play hard.  

MSN PictureAlbum2007 virus alert

KNN! Zen sent me a MSN virus! Damn it!

I received it in the form of an msn msg, "Is that you on this picture?" & it was accompanied by a zip file. Being so trusting, I saved it and unzipped it.

Bloodly farking! It was a STUPID IDIOTIC PictureAlbum2007 virus. Obviously, it sent out various different msges accompanying the zip file to all my online contacts & I got SCREWED real hard! The moment they accept the file or something, they no longer can receive any msg from me. WTF! I suspect my anti-virus programmes's virus definition file was also altered. FARK!

Luckily, I managed to get the solution!

Solution:

1. Force your pc to shut down. Press restart button or power off button if shut down doesnt work.
2. Plug out ur telephone line.
3. Turn on ur computer and go to Run: regedit

4. Go to HKEYLOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE
                           Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad

5. Find the key "Prodigy1". Note down the value under Data, then delete "Prodigy1".
6. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID. Find the value u've jot down in #3 n if u find it, delete.

7. Go to C:/Windows. Search for *.zip and PictureAlbum2007.zip should show. Delete it.
8. Restart your comp. Before it reaches windows, press F8 & restart comp in safe mode.

9. When in safe mode, go to C:/Windows. Search for prodigy. Delete Prodigys323.dll or sthg similar.
10. Restart your computer normally! Voila!! YAY!!

KNN the person who created the virus. I curse him/ her to the ultimate core! 

How to Cope with the Jerk at Work

At some point in our careers, most of us are forced to work with someone whose people skills can only be described as atrocious. Sometimes our companies wisely get rid of these people, but they are like weeds. Pluck one, and within seconds another will sprout up in its place. The dread that comes with having to regularly interact with someone who is routinely negative, argumentative, stressed out, or mean can make your job a wholly unpleasant experience — if you let it.

Your first instinct might be to go out of your way to avoid working with Mr. (or Ms.) Difficult, and if you can pull it off, more power to you. Often, though, this is not an option, and whether Mr. Difficult is your boss, a colleague, or a senior executive, you must prepare for each meeting with him like you are going into battle. Swallow your apprehension. Remind yourself that no one has the power to control how you feel and suit up your armor so that nothing he says or does wounds you deeply. Take a deep breath and walk calmly into Mr. Difficult's office. Speak to him in a controlled, cheerful, and reasonable tone. Get the information you need and get out. Negativity and stress can be highly contagious, so don't allow yourself to get sucked in. 

Mr. Difficult's arrows can be easier to deflect when he's an equal opportunity shooter. You might even joke about him with your other colleagues: "Oh, you're working with Mr. Difficult on that? I'm so sorry. I hear a bunch of people are getting a hitman if you want to contribute." It's easy to become demoralized, however, when Mr. Difficult saves his best poison just for you. One of my early bosses, for example, couldn't stand me. She was sweet as apple pie to the rest of our colleagues, and to the best of my knowledge, I didn't do anything specific to incur her wrath.  Inexplicably, though, whenever I came around she turned into the wicked witch of the west. 

Your best bet in this type of scenario is to sit down with your Mr. Difficult and have a heart to heart. Tell him how you are feeling, assume that he doesn't mean to act like the devil incarnate, and give him the benefit of the doubt. Solicit his feedback regarding how the two of you can improve the relationship and then give him a chance to do right by you. If this doesn't work and he continues to regularly use you as target practice, remove yourself from the situation. No job is worth your self-esteem.

One caveat to all this: Human beings operate with such different styles that it's impossible for us to get along with all of our colleagues all of the time. You could be the most agreeable person on earth, but I guarantee that someone at work will find a reason not to like you. Maybe she isn't blatantly obvious or malicious like Mr. Difficult, but you can feel her negativity just the same. She might walk right past your desk without saying good morning and probably doesn't engage in friendly conversation with you the way she does with other people in the office.

For those of us with a sensitive streak, this type of behavior can be hurtful too. What did you do to her anyway? Why won't she give you a fair shot? As natural as it is to fixate on the situation, if it's not affecting your daily working life or your career path, refuse to take it personally and go about your business. Focus on your reasons for being at work and save your energy for the people in the office who deserve it.

最爱 – 周蕙

Got this song from Linda's blog. She was the one who asked me to listen to it cos it is nice.

I like the lyrics thou……………… 再也没有最爱了吧。只想好好的保护自己。不想在伤心了。

谁曾经说爱情会很漫长
头发也白了都会在身旁
到最后只有我守侯到天亮
谁曾经给我一百个希望
还承诺永远不让我失望
到最后才发现只有泪在脸上
爱是一种勇气
当确定了就不停止
路就算再崎岖我也要走下去
包容你宠坏你守着你
都是你让我一辈子愿意
除了是心痛我什么都可给你
爱了就不怕伤心
聆听你附和你纵容你
都是你我会永远不放弃
下定决心天下再美丽
最爱的只有你

2 more days……….

YEAH, I am counting down……………… To? Commencing my new job! Kinda excited though. 

By the way, I had received an email from my soon-to-be boss. My orientation aka commencing programme is as follows: -

1. Procedure Manuel, Local Working Instruction, Authorisation, Security Manuel & xxxx System (for those relevant slips & notes) – to be completed immediately

2. HI – To pass by end of August

3. Reading of xxxxx files – To be completed by Sept

4. xxxx Visiting – To be completed by Sept

5. New Recruit Orientation – To be arranged by HR

Look like I have plenty to do once I am on board. Good luck to myself! In fact, I am pretty excited and do look forward to it. After all, it is something new. Moreover, it has always been my dream since graduate to join one of them……  Laughing

LIFE – amaze me always!

LIFE – what, in actual fact, does it comprise of? Seriously speaking, I am unable to answer. All I know that LIFE is always amazing, at least to me! Amazing till the extent that I do not even know if I should be happy or sad; should I cry or laugh. All I know is that god took me for a free ride, a roller coaster in fact – one which allows me to experience the happiness or bitterness of life!

12 years ago, I "swore" to god that I will never fall in love with this classmate of mine (shall named him "W" here). But who knows, 2 years ago, I ended up being a couple with W. Though it was merely a 4 months of relationship, but it did sourly our 10 over years friendship. When W and I met up earlier this year, I was overwhelmed with embarrassment instead. The feeling SUCKS big time when I saw him! There was practically no eye contact with W at all! 

Lesson 2 learnt. We (as in K and I) were school mates since Secondary 1. I was in express class while he was in normal class. He was in a group of 4 guys which we always called them "Heavenly 4" – not as if they looked very handsome but they were the typical bengs who were always surrounded by gals. To ask me now, I am quite sure that my conversations with him were definitely less than 10 sentences. Who the hell will know that after 12 years & after a normal drinking date, we will end up as a couple, though for that 2 short little months. Ever since break up, we had not met anymore. Even if I were to meet him, I think there will only be 1 reaction – a smile and K is to be ignored. Pardon me but guess I still love hate him!

Friends or even buddies with ex bf's ex gfs. Comedy I should say. Joke? Maybe…. Ex bf will be named as W (Yes, another W) while the 2 ex gfs will be K & L. W was my ex bf 10 over years back. Though we were no longer on talking terms (never will we be) but amazingly, I became friends (good one) with K (W's gf after me) & L (W's gf before me). Please be a bit more imaginative, imagine that we chill out at a cafe together and W sees us? *faint*

A guy who I used to hate love named S. I had gotten him out of my dictionary & never will I allow him to enter again. His current gf, S is now a friend of mine. On & off, we will still meet up. Obviously, without the knowledge of the bf, S. Otherwise, I will be cursed and she will be scolded. 

Not only that my life is amazing. It does happen to some of my friends too!

I heard of this story recently. A friend of mine divorced with her husband earlier this year. They both had a daughter of age 6. The marriage was a short one though. In additional, it was a pretty early marriage. But recently, after talking over the phone and meeting up etc, this friend of mine realised that she did rekindled the sparks between them. I guess he (as in the ex-hubby) did too. Of cos, they are taking things slowly for sure, esp what had happened in the past few years. As a friend, I do hope that they can rekindle, at least, it does the daughter good! But again, see it from another point of view, why must they go through all the unnecessary things and come to the current conclusion?

What did we do to deserve all these jokes? Do we deserve to do a merry-go-round? Why? Why? Why? 

Guess that is life! The amazing part of life! Happy or sad? You decide!

Happy Birthday Singapore…

Happy birthday Singapore! A public holiday & a day of celebration!

My 2 favourite National Day songs, not that classic type thou. But it reminds me of the days when I was with NTUC Income. The mini National Day celebrations we had in the big conference hall @ 7th floor. I miss those days, I miss you guys! & nothing will replace those days! Oh well, Winnie has grown up, struggling from an AE to currently a SE. Time to move on!  

I found a job!

YES, I found a job!

Fast enough right? Of cos, I am of high calibre. LOLx…….

Oh well, I am not going to disclose the name of the company. But for sure, I am getting out of the motor claims industry. I am sick and tired of being in the "grey area", sick & tired of the KPOs, sick & tired of those people who has no integrity, sick & tired of those who managed to make it big by attaining a Master in "Por-logy" etc……

Anyway, it has always been my dream to join one of the big 4s in SG. Finally, my dream has been fulfilled. Now it is time for me to work hard & study hard. ACII exam is coming in 2 months time and I still have a certificate in HI to obtain. 

I will disclose a little on the benefits.

1. 21 days leave

2. 21 days MC

3. 13th month AWS

4. Variable based on company's performance and own performance (average 2 months)

5. Sponsorship of ACII & other examination including the textbooks (upon completion and after 2 years of service, a $2000 will be given as a token)

As for the pay, it is definitely much better than the previous company. Moreover, it is a SE post (Just want to tell some SEs that not only he/ she can be SE & with my capability, I am sure that I will be able to make a name in the insurance industry. Therefore I will leave the small motor claims industry for you.)