mummy is great!!!

jus finished my battle with exams today..
it was a tough battle n i think i tried my best..
hopefully the result turns out to be ok...

den in the afternoon i learnt cooking from my mum
it's only then that i realise it's really not easy to cook 4 times a wk n 2 meals a day all yr round..
the preparation phase, cooking phase n cleaning up phase...
everything is not easy lor..even the simplest dish...
so to all out there, if u mum cook regularly, pls appreciate her effort k..
it's hard to imagine life without a home-cooked meal..

yup, that's all i wan to say for 2dae..

malay wedding dinner

as of now, there's a malay wedding dinner going on at the void-deck opposite my block..
firstly, i wonder it's a malay tradition to hold their wedding dinner at the void-deck cos i tot with the advancement of this nation, void-deck wedding dinner was a thing of the past liao..

my second question is do they have to play their music so loud that even thou i m staying of the 10th floor opposite, it seems like i m blasting music in my house instead..
that's how loud their music r n it can be quite irritating..don't their ears felt the pain?? n dun they find it hard to talk to each other with the music blasting away like mad n carn they be abit considerate towards the others.

this is not a racist blog entry..cos i would say the same thing even if it's a chinese wedding dinner..

i felt tempted to call the police but i din cos i dun wan to spoil their wedding dinner..but given that i m a super patient person who doesn't get irritated easily, this only goes to show how irritating their music is.

it's being so long since i went to visit my grandma..
i think the last time i went was 1wk b4 exam ba...i felt so bad...jus hope exams end asap den i can go visit my grandma..hope to visit her daily from next mon onwards until i start my internship..guess this is the way to make up for the past few wks of absence ba..
duno if she still remembers me anot..i doubt so cos i haven being visiting her for so long liao..

n lastly, to all my beloved blog readers, esp my GANG, anyone of u interested in running ahm 07 n when u guys wan to take ur ippt???

let's hope miracle happen again

i spent my whole sat nite watching soccer..from 740pm onwards cos i was too sick of FM liao..
n i was disgusted by liverpool first half display..the argentine central defender jus sux n none of the players r interested in playing..
mayb cos they knew that by playing in this game, most prob dey wont b playing in the champions league semi final...
the defeat was a disgrace n let's hope rafa can make up for this disgrace by winning the 2nd leg against chelsea n proceed to the final of the champions league (n i hope man u lose to milan)..
think a rematch of 2005 CL final will b nice..
come on liverpool! we can create the istanbul miracle again..
my ideal ending to this season will b man u winning the league, give chelsea the FA plus league cup n liverpool the european cup..

hope things turn out this way..
can feel the time ticking away..
xy left 2dae, which means hj, apple n christ r leaving soon
den my dear will b leaving for US too..
it's like a rush against time to spend more time with my dear, esp given my internship..
i m alr starting to miss her liao..

donut factory

recently, it has being brought to me about the existence of this shop call the donut factory.
saw some of the types of donut the shop sells online jus now..
suddenly i remembered that in oct 06, my marketing project was on donuts where my group highlighted the potential of a donut selling shop in singapore that operate on similar concept as krispy kreme.
my tutor say that this is a not very gd project n we got B for that project.
n now in yr 2007, donut factory opened its store in raffles city n their donuts r selling like crazy..
how i wish i m the person that open donut factory den i can make my tutor eat his words.
i jus love to prove people wrong..
thou i m not sure if donuts factory will last for a long time anot..but at least it's very very very popular now..singaporeans r food loving so i think there's a high chance they will survive..
however, one thing for sure, singapore market dun allow more than 1 existence of such fanciful donut shop..
i shall go queue up one day after my exams..
anyone wan to join me??
n btw, dear all blog readers, does anyone has any recommendations for a nice romantic place for 2 to dine??

civil service pay

i really enjoyed the debate in the parliament regarding the pay of the ministers and the civil service on the whole. and i must say that it was a surpirse to have the PM donating his pay rise...thou i admire that cos i think that's what a true leader should do..lead by example..but this doesn't mean that i m expecting the rest of the ministers to do the same thing....

cos i understand from the PM's point of view.the ministers and civil service pay really need an upward adjustment..however to show that he understood the increasing income gap and the displeasure that arose as a result of the pay rise, the donation of his pay rise for 5 years is a gd move..thou i dun noe how singapore will react to it...

next, let's talk about the pay. first of all, it's gd to be transparent..
second, top calibre people need to draw top salary or at least a reasonable salary...this is the basis of attracting top calibre people to lead singapore..however i m not expecting their pay to be equivalent to that of CEO...

jus imagine this scenario...assuming the minister pay is now $1.6million...person A is a top calibre talent drawing a salary of $3 million in his current job in the private sector..is it worth the pay cut to have the chance to lead singapore and do things for a honourable cause???
how much can a person spend?? do u mean that u have to earn $3 million in one yr in order to sustain ur lifestyle?? i think a salary of $1.6million enables any one in singapore to live very very comfortably...so what if the pay cut amounts to 7 million over the course of 5yrs (1.4 million x 5)...r u going to spend that much???

if person A is not willing to take such pay cut to have the chance to do something for singapore, then he is not qualified to lead singapore n be a people's leader cos he has no passion to serve..money is too important to him compared to the chance to serve the people...do u wan such leader to be ur MP?? i think singapore would be beta off having someone of similar talent and capabilties (or even slightly lower capabilities is ok) but with the passion to serve the people...these are the type of people that will bring singapore forward...

i m fine with the adjustment in salary...it carn lag too far behind..n such things carn drag on forever..becaused it will snowball into too big a gap to close...thou it's also sensitive when u r increasing the GST and the civil service pay at the same time..given the widening income gap...

just a curious thought, are the ministers and MPs satified with their pay b4 the pay rise??? then again, this is a sensitive question that i dun think anyone will have an ans...

if i was person A..i will take the pay cut to lead singapore..cos it's a once in a life time chance to do something for the people esp when u will have the necessary power n authority to make a difference and leave a legacy...it's challenging and i like challenge!

new template = new beginning??

finally..luke's wait is over..albeit abit late..
but luke, i believe it's worth the wait right..cos finally i gave in to the gang's nagging n request to change my VIRGIN blog template..
carn blame me la..i m a sentimental guy..n i will always treasure my first blog template..haha..
guess everyone in the GANG is busy, except egdar who is busy playing in taiwan...haha.
must meet up after exam k..
when r u guys done with ur exams??? i finish on 30 apr..
since it's a new template, i hope it's a new beginning for my blog..
shall try to blog more often to keep u guys entertained.

to ascertain my own value in this world

went out with the 4g gang to holland v for a meal to celebrate the mar n apr babies bdae...
was walking across the carpark in holland v when i pointed out to ben the mercedes slk n BMW 6 series parking in the carpark..
told him that 2 cars are my dream cars...den he sae my dreams r really dreams..
at that moment, i was wondering if he was thinking that i would never make it big enuf in life to own a slk or a 6series or he dun have the courage to go dream abt owning that car n working towards that goal..
true enuf the cars r really not cheap..but 1 thing i believe is if u work hard n u noe what's ur goal, u will get there one day provided u r determined enuf (which i believe i m)
one reason to believe tt i have such determination to achieve my aim can be shown in the effort i put in to brush up on my swimming..
have being mocked by ben n co abt me being an offr tt carn swim...
i made the resolution tt i want to be able to swim confidently by this yr n i m glad to sae i have achieved it..
it's all abt effort..i swam twice to thrice a day..often eveasdropping on those swimming coaches in the pool n practice n practice..
nowadays, i will at least do 30 laps b4 i call it a day at the pool..
when i told the gang at tcc that i wan to earn 12k a mth, ben laughed at me...n sae i was dreaming again...
was thinking abt that when i went home..n i realised something...
besides the desire to climb up the corporate ladder to prove i can do it n cos i like challenge,
the other reason y i like the challenge of landing a job at Mckinsey is to ascertain how much exactly i m worth..
i dun believe i m jus worth 2k plus per month...
i guess this can b sae abt me getting the scholarship too..
while the main reason is to lessen the financial burden on my family n to secure a job tt's challenging n to be at a big conglomerate tt's as ambitious as me...
the other reason which i realised only now is that i believe im of scholarship quality n i wan to prove it to myself that. i wan to ascertain my own value...
i learnt in intro to human resources module that employees use their pay as a gauge of their own value..n i truly understand it now..
it's not so much of the job now..
even if i really gOt the job at mckinsey n is offered 12k salary n i reject the job offer to remain at keppel, i would b happy cos i noe i m worth at least a 12k salary..

dun noe if my thinking is right..to all, pls feel free to comment...cos need someone to correct me jus in case my thinking is wrong n i din realise it.

thx