Summary of Bkk trip - 28 - 31st Oct 05

Alright guys.. here's a summary of my Bangkok trip.. Pls note, all time stated is in accordance with s'pore time.. Fyi, bkk has a time diff of 1 hr.. e.g. s'pore 1230 = bkk 1130... okie?


Day 1:
Arrived ard 1615.. transit to the hotel.. dropped our bags.. and all hell broke loose.. haha.. shopping...! Although it was onli for a short duration.. coz we had something on at the later part of the day.. Besides, the walk along the market - Pratunam market... which was juz a street down the hotel...


Day 2:
Chatuchak Weekend Market! Huge.. The place was realli huge.. (jaws drop).. We din manage to finish walking thru the entire place.. thk it wld have taken us 1 entire day juz to finish the place.. It was like bugis street.. albeit more narrow and more variety.. and yes.. larger.. bout' 200 times larger.. haha..


We were walking past this shop selling jeans.. and all of a sudden, the shop owner ( i presume) stood up and touched my stomach.. *shocked* Took me a couple of secs to register this.. and the funny thing is he knew i came frm s'pore.. Wat the hell is wrong with these ppl??? Can't they juz keep their hands to themselves?? Luckily i'm a guy.. if not.. pls imagine the consequences urself...


Headed to Mah Boon Krong aka MBK in short... Shopping mall.. kinda like.. far east in the size of the IMM building... haha.. Stuff for youngsters... haha.. did foot massage there.. pretty good..


Bought Barcadi Superior @ 7-11 for 147baht.. Alcoholic content = 37.5%... (we drank alcohol every nite in the hotel room before slping... haha)
Wow.. It took us 2 nights to finish the bottle.. mixed it with Coke thou.. haha.. But i guess the drink was realli strong.. coz i slpt realli soundly.. Unless it was all the walking that tire me out.. fyi, we walked practically everywhere.. i thk i managed to balance out the food intake and the "exercise"...haha... And Man utd lost 4-1.. crap.. watched the game back in the hotel room.. grr...


Day 3:
MBK - Chinatown - MBK.. Tt was realli it.. Watched "Doom" @ MBK's cineplex.. 120baht.. Show was pretty crappy.. but since it was cheap.. its forgiven..haha... They forced me to do go thru the traditional Thai massage.. my bones were bout' to crack.. Wondering why we had so many massages?? Coz walking was the main mode of transportation during our stay in bkk.. haha...


Day 4:
Home sweet home @ 1555 hrs.. We took BUSINESS CLASS back!!! Apparently economy class was full and they upgraded us.. Took a 747 and sat on the upper deck... so cool!! The gulf in class, service was apparent for all to see... Wow.. but i dun thk i will be taking a biz class anytime soon.. i'm not in tt league yet...


Summary:
Okie, u guys betta listen up there... Those who had specified ur present.. U betta not complain of me buying it wrongly or the design is not nice.. I will kill u.. And those had had asked me to buy presents for them... dun blame me if my taste is not up to ur standard.. Coz u guys made me spend all my cash... Appreciate it k? =)

COS.. devasted...

i'm not in the best of moods.. glen juz told me a piece of really bad news this afternn.. and this would affect my future greatly.. coz it affects my COS (cert of service).. i will most prob get a "unsatisfactory" or at most a "satisfactory" grading... which is like.. a grade "e" and "d" respectively.. y? Juz becoz i've been thru a disciplinary case before..

It set me thking.. y am i working so hard? I shld juz do the minimal.. and not embark on any other special projects e.g. "Taboo Singapore".. I should not care so much for the HT thingy.. my future is already set.. i see no pt in doing the stuff well anymore.. y izzit that i can't be graded on my performance after the case? I'm not arrogrant or wat.. but i thk i stand amongst the best SCs / PNSFs that u can find..

Just fyi, the COS affects the work interview in future.. I'll look realli bad with such a grade.. I'm totally devastated.. seriously... if i'm not a "A" grade worker.. I'm at least a "B"... tt's something tat i'm pretty sure of...

Totally devastated..

vic, tx, lorraine, ht meetings, bangkok

lemme see.. a recap of the past events...
1) meeting up with vic and co.
2) meeting up with tw
3) meeting lorraine
4) HT meetings
5) bangkok tix..


s/n 1...
venue : marina south
eatery : steamboat bbq...
ppl : vic and gf, vince, edwin, johnny, joseph, dan, shuren, nelson, robin.. and most imptly.. the man who made this happen.. ME!


Highlight of the meeting wasn't the food.. (okie, mayb it was for nelson..) hm.. it took a pretty long while for the entire gang to arrive.. but when we did.. it was all talk.. pretty little eating.. haha.. i guess it was the perfect opportunity for all to bask in the past memories.. haha..
Headed to Katong for a cup of teh..milo peng.. and a short session of nonsensical crap.. Yes, they always have to bring up the fav topic.. the e-mail thingy.. i'm always the one at the centre of the insults.. haha.. darn, i miss those times when the entire gang will juz hang ard.. bitching bout' this and tt.. haha... good ol' times..
Bowling was nxt on the agenda.. althou vic and gf din stay.. so did johnny (who went str home after the dinner).. so it was left to me to lighten up the mood.. heavy responsibility on my small shoulders eh? haha.. Althou i bowled very badly.. far below my standard.. but it was the funniest game of my life.. serious.. dead serious.. the rest of the ppl there must have labelled us as a crazy bunch of guys... roaming ard..haha..


s/n 2...

Billy Bombers was for dinner again.. 2nd consecutive time we had it while meeting her.. haha.. but i'm fine with it.. Hm, but i had a prob with the very first waiter who served us.. I cldn't make out wat he was trying to tell me.. his accent was so strong.. mind u.. it was like an indian accent.. We watched "Into the Blue" before tt.. show was avg.. the only +ve pt was that Jessica Alba is SO HOT.. haha.. yes.. she's got a body so toned tt even gers would be jealous...


s/n 3...

Yup, met up with lorraine after almost 2 years.. haha.. gosh, i almost cldn't recognise her initially.. haha.. well, they say ppl change eh.. but one thing bout' her tt still remains intact is her laughter.. haha.. tt wild and hilarious laughter.. i was so afraid that she might juz explode and be the centre of attention during the course of dinner..



s/n 4...
HT meetings and stuffs are kinda driving me nuts.. There are times where i juz wanna take things into my own hand and delegate the stuff... There's some kinda communication breakdown and i'm the middle man.. Luckily, i'm holding on pretty well.. (at least in my view..) I'm so worried bout' the sector's performance and the HTES Workshop, it seems that nothing is in progress.. no formation of the working grps.. i'm so worried that i can't ORD with a big bang... but it wldn't be nice for me to raise my concerns up to mdm , as she's pretty drained out by her other portfolios.. and HT is getting on her nerves... I'm only a NS officer.. y shld i be worried bout' so much? hai.. Spoke to lta lillian this afternn and the phone, she was pretty lost bout' the entire HTES workshop stuff too.. had to explain and clarify some stuff.. hope the meeting to SD would be pretty okie.. She sounded quite shocked when she knew i was handling the HT stuff almost alone.. presentation slides, minutes, filing, sending of e-mails, etc.. she even thot i was a regular officer.. haha.. now tt's funnie..


I wonder how my replacement will cope when he comes in jan...actually, i'm v worried.. Mdm sharreen suggested that i list down the stuff i do to enable work distribution.. she's afraid that the new guy won't be able to handle everything at one go too.. and no, i'm not saying that i'm capable.. dun u even start with the thought tt i'm arrogant..


s/n 5...
Yes, i'm gg to bangkok.. finally, after days and weeks of discussion.. leaving on the 28th and coming back on the 31st Oct.. Everyone's asking me to buy stuff back for them.. First it was eve.. then sis.. tw.. lorna, fang.. i'm gg broke.. So many ppl's bdae coming up too.. argh!


I'm so broke.. broke..

Successes! hsa and taboo s'pore..

I survived the visit.. with flying colours.. the inital skepticism i had in my was washed away upon entering the premises.. my eyes grew wider.. i waited in anticipation.. i cld not believe my eyes..
this was a life changing experience.. i have now realised how vunerable humans are.. how much we are not really wat we really thk we are made out to be.. life is precious.. mayb u all shld also.. the visit sure wasn't for the faint-hearted..


so much for being vunerable.. i have fallen victim to the flu bug.. thou its nothing serious at all.. hai.. makes me wonder who else out there is plaque by illness or injuries even more serious than me.. *i can't get the images outta my head frm the visit yest, its still freshly imprinted in my head.. seems like it had left its mark on my life.. *


"Taboo S'pore" worked out extremely well.. The results were even betta than i had expected.. Someone commented that this version was harder than the orginal amercian version while another told kelvin that he was pretty impressed how we (the office i wld presume) managed to conjured up such stuff.. Looks like my hard work paid off.. i mean our hard work.. all the brain juices which i had lost seemed to be perked and replaced upon hearing such comments.. althou the ppl did not get a chance to know who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to bring them such a successful and wild time.. ppl might even give credit to others by mistake.. its not the recognition that i want.. but at least pls acknowledge my pressence.. dun walk on by like i have nv existed..


if only.. if only.. too many qns.. too many regrets.. too many mistakes..

Taboo - Local version by me! HSA visit...

"Taboo"...Amercian Version..frost..watergate..? How bout' trying "Taboo" Local Version... roti prata.. milo dinosaur (not to mention police..) Yes, u've got it right... There is currently a version out in the market catered for the local police community!! Its been completed by none other than your friendly neighborhood (no.. not spideyman) SA... me! I named it "Taboo S'pore"... Haha... Crap.. althou it contains onli 200+ words... which pales in comparison with the original version (mind u.. its doubled sided... ) which has a total of 500 or more cards..

imagine this...."1 man, his supervisor, mind-bogging feat.. and their will to survive.." 200+ words coupled with the completion of the art work is 3 days..... tt's quite an achievement eh? but i dun thk anyone will appreciate my hard work...
Yes, "Taboo S'pore" will be put to the test tmr... hope it passes with flying colours... This is my first attempt at recreating a game.. i thk i shld start an entertainment company.. called HAShBROwn..(join the capital letters together...) haha.. i should be getting paid... kidding..

All the talk of nominating me for cmdr's award.. i thk i will nv be able to achieve the award.. not to mention the plaque... i thk i can forget even the cert.. regardless of wat i do at work... it juz nv seems to be enough for others.. i will flunk at the panel.. juz becoz i've a record.. even adrian confirmed that fact.. which johnny backed.. arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... blame myself and no one else..... sounds like a "yellow ribbon" project? haha.. no.. i've not been to jail before..

I'm feeling under the weather... my throat is drying up.. i'm beginin to cough... i have a headache!!!!!!!!! I wanna scream to relieve my frustrations!!!!!!!!!!!!!! find me a place and time.. anyone who wans to scream with me?

Tmr is the visit to hsa.. i hope i dun puke upon the sight of... *private and confidential*...

I am not in the best of moods lately... i feel guilty thking back now on my manners to certain individual (whom i shall not name...)

Sequel... KL trip, DC visit, Sat's makan and Drink...

This is gonna be a long entry... i thk... hm... First stop, the KL trip...

Wat can u expect when 4 guys embark on the journey in KL?? haha... i guess u would strike out shopping from the list of "To-Dos".. bUT STOP!! u're totally wrong! In fact, we spent 60% of our time shopping... isn't tt amazing? haha.. okie... 38% was spent on eating.. so u cld see how most of us ended the journey...haha... 2% : slping... haha
i bought stuff!! Tt's gotta be the biggest news, earth shattering news! haha... Yes, i bought 4 graphic tees (of which, i simply love 2 of them... haha), a sling bag and a pair of nike sneakers... shH, wat did i hear? fake nike? yup... but it looks too good... simply enough for me to ignore the fact that it ain't real... haha... although the trip wasn't realli tt fantastic... but i thk it was good enough for a mini breakaway... away from work.. (even thou the rest of the guys on the trip were frm the same division...grr...haha)

Came back on sun... and the following tues was actually DC's visit... Gosh, monday was frantic... rushing ard to ensure that stuff were alright... praying that my presentation was working properly... the song and videos would not die on me cum the actual day... Luckily, it went smoothly.. heave a sigh of heavy relief... *phew*... oh look! i'm driving the police vehicle to develop photos...! And its an auto... i can't imagine me driving a manual... thou i can't wait to have a feel of the gear and clutch again... i guess i miss the changing of gears but i thk my fears will overpower my confidence... i juz don't believe in myself anymore after attending the conversion where i almost got into accidents... mayb i was juz too nervous then... mayb not... who knows? me? i wish i knew...

Sat... hectic day/night... can't believe the distance i travelled.. here goes... suntec, ntu, far east sq, geylang, amk, ntu, simei and finally home... rched home ard 5 am on sunday morning... i feel so sinful... been eating so much for the past 2 weeks... (but KL food was pretty cheap and good... or mayb it was juz the currency...) i feel that i've sinned... argh! need to run... run run run... run run run... run run run... run run run... but i feel so tired... cannot... shld shape myself... i shall begin running tmr... (if tmr ever comes... haha)

Someone please motivate me to run... pls? any kind soul who would be nice enuff to push me?

Thanks!