Singaporization

It's interesting to read about how foreigners feel towards Singapore and our politics. Read this article on Donald Tsang ruling Hong Kong after Tung resigned last month. And there we see the canny resemblance of the 2 cities. and in that sense, rivals. The highlight was a new word I've learnt "Singaporization" which is "shut up, behave, and listen to Poppa". Hmmm...

It is said that Hong Kong people don't care about politics, only business, according to mythology. But rather than ignore government, Hong Kong's business leaders join it. I think for Singapore, the former is true. People dont care about politics, only business. (mind your own business in fact) as for the latter, well..like what the author wrote : Temasek Holdings and other big corporations safely in the government hands. This would be our business Leaders. Of coz, not to mention those various Creative T. and etc..see the resemblance?

Read here.

Justifications for being unreasonable

Am I living in bewilderment? it's crazy how 'feelings' can make or break u. My mood swing's really bad today. And I thought I had mastered the ability to control. What went wrong? As I try to analyse, I realised that I'm not even sure if those premises were indeed the reasons or am I just living true to the way women are and trying to justify those 'feelings' and behavior? Something I dont know, reallu.

I went for the medical checkup as requested by JAL this morning. Besides the agonising wait, which is considered alot less agonising since one wouldnt know the results on the same day, unlike those emotionally tiring interviews that I've gone through for both JAL and SIA ; the rush at the end as lunch hour approaches is irritating. Clinic was at Raffles Place but the lot of us had to speed down to Lucky Plaza for a Hearing test and those who made it proceeded to Republic Plaza across the road from the clinic for an X-ray. I could only made it to Lucky Plaza. Anyway, it was found from my urine test that it seems there were traces of blood in it. Not a good sign. On the bright side of it, the nurses told me perhaps it was the lack of water in my body. Perhaps, perhaps. I'll know that on Tuesday. If I fail the urine test on Tuesday again, there goes my flying career. Hello Audit, Bye Bye Flying.

I think the other reason I'm pissed about is having to adjust my lifestyle once again now that I'm attached. not that i'm complaining coz it's something I expected once I'm attached. guessed I didnt expect it to happen so fast when I was enjoying all that singlehood. yet, I know i've met the man who's worth it. It's also this thing about the current situation that now is the time for me to bum around before everything gets started with Deloitte and all. May 18th is the day when Integration Exercise. I have less than a month to bum. Bumming is not doing nothing. dont get me wrong. it's about doing the things I've always wanted to do. and that includes spending more time with my family and all. time for myself. we'll figure out something k. It's funny how Mr B is so similar coz without having to say it, we both understand what we are going through. sometimes , it feels as if we have been dating for a loong time when in actual fact, it has only been 4 weeks. We know we dont have to meet everyday and we obviously do not have that obligation set from either party but yet, it's what we do and we both get frustrated with the same issue. It's like an obligation but not obligation. argh. cant explain. It's almost as if I can feel the inspiration to describe evaporating into the hot, humid weather of late.

speaking of which, have u guys been doing this : shower...hanging somewhere at home doing some random stuff just to find yourself perspiring after 20mins or so...then off to shower again later. I've counted. Been showering like at least 3 times in a day? oh yes! the weather is another contributing factor to my mood swing. argh.

right now, i'm just comfortably sitting here in Mr B's house................. blogging.

Argh

At one point in time, i was in cloud9. I had potentially 3 job offers waiting. dammit. And we thought the job market is bad. Some of my friends and cousin had trouble finding jobs. How lucky is that for me!

so, yesterday was my last interview for SIA. hmm..i think it will be pretty interesting for me to blog about what we did for each round of interview yeah? right...leave that for later. Technically, i turned down the job. The panel of interviewers said that everything was fine with me, except that my teeth on the left isnt straight enough. Hence, they said, if i am willing to go through the correction, they are willing to wait for me and take me in. Be it 1 month, 3 months or 6 months. Bang! That was such a shock to me! I wanted to be a Singapore Girl more than a Japanese.. Sis and Mr B. was saying if it was such a big deal, why couldnt they told me in the first round? I went through everything just to be told my teeth isnt straight enough?? Did I tell you this is SIA corporate culture for u?

Looks like it's either Japan Airlines or Deloitte then. Oh yes, Deloitte's having an integration exercise coming mid-May. heh. will go for it.

A case ill-informed decision

oops...I've did it again!

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