Haha!! Xmas pictures with a twist. That's ben on the left with his horse and me on the right with my festive reindeer!
Thursday, December 29, 2005
Xmas pics with a twist
Haha!! Xmas pictures with a twist. That's ben on the left with his horse and me on the right with my festive reindeer!
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
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| Merry Christmas everyone!! Christmas is here, lets spread the cheer. Everyone is spending money, all for their honeys |  |
Anyway, i was thinking of gifts i could get ling and meik and ppl when uncle winston goes back again, i was thinking:
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Monday, December 19, 2005
Race and Character
From playing World of Warcraft, the belief that bad character spans nationalities and races is further solidified. Various nationalities and races play World of Warcraft and the next person you meet in game could very well be from Australia, US, Singapore,Msia, China, Korea, Canada, Germany, New Zealand or basically anywhere at all. Bad character and people who are simply assholes could be found anywhere or in any corner in our game. There are many more people however, who are very nice. But guys being guys sometimes it can be like this when they think that they are mostly interacting with other guys in the game. Because everyone knows that guys treat girls better than guys.
Bad character does not limit itself to one race or nationality, this gives us even more reason to downplay racism. Why, when people know that some guy from another race could be a better guy than someone from the race they prefer, they still ostracize the good guy. Many people, especially in the older generations, still practice such prejudice. Even if the guy from the majority race is a complete bastard and the guy from the minority could make you happier, they would still like the complete bastard, just because they are of the same race.
Bad character does not limit itself to one race or nationality, this gives us even more reason to downplay racism. Why, when people know that some guy from another race could be a better guy than someone from the race they prefer, they still ostracize the good guy. Many people, especially in the older generations, still practice such prejudice. Even if the guy from the majority race is a complete bastard and the guy from the minority could make you happier, they would still like the complete bastard, just because they are of the same race.
Saturday, December 17, 2005
Anticipation of a sale
When you know you're going for a special sale, there's a sort of anticipation within you. As you stroll along on your way, you start to think of what you will grab, you look around you to see if anyone else would be going along. You slowly walk along in the shopping centre looking at the shops while you let your excitement build. Then as you near the entrance of the shop, you prepare for war.
Thursday, December 15, 2005
New Buys
These were from an online seller, rather expensive, S$16 but i like them so much i just bought them!
S$9 from Forever 21..yay...i like F21 earrings
thats about it, i havent been shopping much recently...only doing in-game shopping...which is a term used to describe a situation where a lvl 60 character (i am only 40) takes you through a place, kill everything in sight and let you take all the loot. Which is basically shopping.
Oh and anyway, the white top in this post has been bought by matilda. Sigh, my loss is her gain.
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Micro Bikini
I was surfing around the net in the office when i found a site selling micro brazilian bikinis. Woahz, these bikinis are so way tiny they'd make any guy's nose bleed. The last one is the sexiest... just enough to cover the vital parts. All brazilian g-string bikinis. Including shipping cost and exchange rate conversions. These scraps of cloth would set you back a hefty S$91...all this money...and the bikini bottom is smaller than a match book as so claims the website...Talk about taking spending on a few scraps of cloth to new heights. Though they would look great as underwear... * naughty thoughts fly into debby's head* not that i have a great body anyway. Sighz
Monday, December 12, 2005
The rain of love
My love falls like rain around you,
softly enveloping you in its dreamy mist.
The soft caress on your skin,
will always remind you of me and my kiss.
softly enveloping you in its dreamy mist.
The soft caress on your skin,
will always remind you of me and my kiss.
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Tsunami in Sg?
Apparently, a well known expert from Thailand, has predicted that Tsunamis in future may hit Sg and Msia as reported in The Straits Times , refer to article on the left,..is it big enough..? if not..refer to this link: http://img345.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singapore9ux2ku.jpg I sincerely hope, this does not happen, even if it does, if these tsunamis really hit us, i do hope that there will be minimal damage or that we will be lucky and be sheltered again...This article appeared in The Straits Times on Oct 15...
refer to map above, the black cross mark is where the Earthquake hit last Dec 26, which triggered the Tsunami disaster. The red-lined coasts are the affected areas from that tsunami. The expert predicts the Tsunami-triggering earthquakes will hit somewhere above the andaman & nicobar islands, which is around the red circle i drew....If an earthquake does happen, and a tsunami is triggered...the waves will head diagonally(south-east, the waves spread out in a circle, which i'm sure everyone knows) down the Straits of Malacca, affecting Malaysia and Singapore, Malaysia will take the brunt of the damage. The west side, as can be seen from the map will take most of the damage, but as Singapore is low-lying, maybe the whole island will be affected?
However, i wonder how credible this source is or how real the Sg government perceive this threat as because there is no word from them. And the Sg government being its practical self, is not one to sit around if there are threats to the island's safety...Though there is still no word about the Early Tsunami Detection System pledged to be built after the Tsunamis last Dec...
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Which one? Help
This one is nice...! S$19 only...includes shipping. The necklace is part of the dress....use the necklace as a halter!
This is nice also...!! S$15..even cheaper than the dress! How how..which one to get..or just get both when my pay comes? get both only S$34 buckeroos...lingz.....if you see this post! howhow?
If i get both, the seller will post it for free for me and add in a lip balm also...and i really like both..Le sigh
Monday, November 28, 2005
I thought...
Hollister stone steps pleated smocked mini
it turns out that the mini skirt i bought in hong kong which i didnt ask the sales girl which brand it was...turned out to be hollister....i thought it was anf all this time....hurhur though my one is white in colour
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Customer Service standards here
All the talk about Customer Service in Singapore in recent times has got me thinking and down to writing something here...yes at last you may think..altho this is a bit slow as the current hot topic in the net is Clapbangkiss aka Dawn Yang/Yeo and whether she actually did plastic surgery or not and everyone should be wondering whether Daphne Teo's blog was really closed by herself or was hacked...oh well...just some juicy bits for you
back to our topic
as a customer myself....since i shop so much and buy so much rubbish....and anyone with common sense should know..if you are a good customer(meaning easygoing but not so much that you are taken advantage of)you will most probably receive good customer service. However, there are times when that is not done or almost impossible. One very good example is the Charles and Keith store in Wisma Atria...at any peak hour, you will no doubt find the shop packed with ladies browsing at the store, the assistants rush in and out of the storeroom continuously and sometimes the place is so crowded you cant find someone to help you. If i were there, my motive would not be to browse leisurely, if i didnt want to get shoes, i wouldnt go in..if i did, my mentality would be...Step 1: look for something i like; Step 2: Find someone to help me get the size i need; Step 3: Pay and get lost. I'm not really looking for excellent customer service here. I just want the shoe, maybe a smile and a thank you see you again from the cashier and i'm off.
However, there are times when you are looking for something in a shop ( which if you are smart enough would choose a relatively empty store or a time when a busy store would not be so busy and would like some help or advice if you have no friends with you or you dont trust your friend's opinion and need a 2nd opinion.I have been to many stores with such people who are alright..some detached and polite while others warm and friendly. Like on tuesday , when i saw this earring shop in Far East Plaza, with rather nice earrings (not my usual loud and chunky taste, more dainty yet colourful), although i could tell the woman was trying to promote her wares to a potential customer, she did so in a polite way( although yes, you'd say she was trying to get you to buy the earrings anyway) although not warm but not off-putting in a way, more like informational. I didnt buy anything but i did find out that should any piece of crystal (they use genuine swarvoski crystals) get scratched, damaged or lost whatever, i could bring it back to the shop for damage control at a small fee of course, ...as i have experienced this kind of trauma before (gasp! part of your favourite pair of earrings dropped off!), it is very good to know that i could get my piece fixed.
Then it was on to a shoe shop called mitsi or something...looked at this pair of shoes and tried it on, but found it wierd, so...i asked for my size and the assistant obligingly help me, she was very pretty with long curly hair ( i think). I didnt buy the pair in the end...but she smiled at me anyway.
At gripz, i couldnt really decide whether the pair of yellow pumps i chose..as usual..the bf is of no help...so i asked the assistant, who was very warm and friendly, she por me a bit(customer mah)...but i dont really know if that was her genuine opinion, she said my skin tone is not that yellowish so i could take yellow, then told me that she cant take yellow as she felt her own tone was yellowish..she was wearing a pair of shimmery flats that was on display and told me that their shoes are very comfy which i sincerely believe she thinks its true ( the way she said it and the fact that she showed me her scars from her previous problems with shoes). She also bought the pair i bought in grey...and she did inform me that it takes a few wears before the shoe is seasoned..and after it is, you'd have no problems. Today and yesterday i have been trying to season them, as i was warned it would be uncomfy, i prepared bandages today and got some from others yesterday. The product itself has got nothing to do with customer service, which many people make the mistake of mixing together and end up berating sales staff and customer service staff who arent responsible for product defects. They can only rectify the situation through replacements and whatnots at their discretion. I received great customer service, she made me feel so comfortable and at ease talking to her, whether the pair of shoes will serve me well is another matter altogether. I had other shoes that were uncomfortable on the first few years but are very comfortable now...tho there are some with no hope...
I dont rule out the notion that sometimes the staff may be having a bad day and may not be so polite. She IS a human after all, she is a allowed to gloat over something isnt she. However, when it comes to high end luxury stores, i wouldn't walk in unless i was with my mother. Firstly, it is highly unlikely that i would buy something while i was there, secondly i cant afford it, thirdly neither am i allowed by my mother to charge an exorbitant sum to the card she gave me. As i'm a pretty aloof customer whether they greet me or smile at me or give the me dirty looks( like i cant afford it) or not, i am and would most probably be oblivious to it. I prefer to walk around and look, feel and touch at my leisure, smile at me or whatever, if i notice i will smile back (that is if the smile is noticeable not just curving you mouth up a fraction of a nano-cm). Then if i need something i will approach you, i dont like people to hang at my back , i'm not such an important person.
Of course no sales staff should let the customer(if the customer really cannot get it herserlf like a new piece from the storeroom of smthing) wait so long that it pisses her off, it's business after all...
It really take 2 hands to clap for a win-win situation, as long as you ask politely, chances are you'd get what you need. These people are not here to serve us, they merely assist us to get what we need (admit it, sometimes you can get what you need yourself, you're just lazy...how many times have we asked for a certain size only for the sales staff to walk back to the same shelf and pick out the size needed for you?)
If you really want to compare customer service standards with that of the US, of course there is no fight. The US stores and retailers are more flexible with the returns, refunds and exchanges that customers make, much more so than local stores and retailers. I suppose this has to do with money conscious singaporean companies who try as much as possible to lower costs. Even the american store in singapore 'Forever 21' has a refund system where they refund vouchers to you instead of cash, 'Metro' although local had a credit refund system which was efficient and commendable, where they would give you a pink slip with the credits you have for returning an item...not sure if it was available to everyone or just metro cardmembers. I do admit there could be an improvement in this area. This would increase the amount of flexibility customers would have and can at the same time improve customer relationships with brands and stores.
back to our topic
as a customer myself....since i shop so much and buy so much rubbish....and anyone with common sense should know..if you are a good customer(meaning easygoing but not so much that you are taken advantage of)you will most probably receive good customer service. However, there are times when that is not done or almost impossible. One very good example is the Charles and Keith store in Wisma Atria...at any peak hour, you will no doubt find the shop packed with ladies browsing at the store, the assistants rush in and out of the storeroom continuously and sometimes the place is so crowded you cant find someone to help you. If i were there, my motive would not be to browse leisurely, if i didnt want to get shoes, i wouldnt go in..if i did, my mentality would be...Step 1: look for something i like; Step 2: Find someone to help me get the size i need; Step 3: Pay and get lost. I'm not really looking for excellent customer service here. I just want the shoe, maybe a smile and a thank you see you again from the cashier and i'm off.
However, there are times when you are looking for something in a shop ( which if you are smart enough would choose a relatively empty store or a time when a busy store would not be so busy and would like some help or advice if you have no friends with you or you dont trust your friend's opinion and need a 2nd opinion.I have been to many stores with such people who are alright..some detached and polite while others warm and friendly. Like on tuesday , when i saw this earring shop in Far East Plaza, with rather nice earrings (not my usual loud and chunky taste, more dainty yet colourful), although i could tell the woman was trying to promote her wares to a potential customer, she did so in a polite way( although yes, you'd say she was trying to get you to buy the earrings anyway) although not warm but not off-putting in a way, more like informational. I didnt buy anything but i did find out that should any piece of crystal (they use genuine swarvoski crystals) get scratched, damaged or lost whatever, i could bring it back to the shop for damage control at a small fee of course, ...as i have experienced this kind of trauma before (gasp! part of your favourite pair of earrings dropped off!), it is very good to know that i could get my piece fixed.
Then it was on to a shoe shop called mitsi or something...looked at this pair of shoes and tried it on, but found it wierd, so...i asked for my size and the assistant obligingly help me, she was very pretty with long curly hair ( i think). I didnt buy the pair in the end...but she smiled at me anyway.
At gripz, i couldnt really decide whether the pair of yellow pumps i chose..as usual..the bf is of no help...so i asked the assistant, who was very warm and friendly, she por me a bit(customer mah)...but i dont really know if that was her genuine opinion, she said my skin tone is not that yellowish so i could take yellow, then told me that she cant take yellow as she felt her own tone was yellowish..she was wearing a pair of shimmery flats that was on display and told me that their shoes are very comfy which i sincerely believe she thinks its true ( the way she said it and the fact that she showed me her scars from her previous problems with shoes). She also bought the pair i bought in grey...and she did inform me that it takes a few wears before the shoe is seasoned..and after it is, you'd have no problems. Today and yesterday i have been trying to season them, as i was warned it would be uncomfy, i prepared bandages today and got some from others yesterday. The product itself has got nothing to do with customer service, which many people make the mistake of mixing together and end up berating sales staff and customer service staff who arent responsible for product defects. They can only rectify the situation through replacements and whatnots at their discretion. I received great customer service, she made me feel so comfortable and at ease talking to her, whether the pair of shoes will serve me well is another matter altogether. I had other shoes that were uncomfortable on the first few years but are very comfortable now...tho there are some with no hope...
I dont rule out the notion that sometimes the staff may be having a bad day and may not be so polite. She IS a human after all, she is a allowed to gloat over something isnt she. However, when it comes to high end luxury stores, i wouldn't walk in unless i was with my mother. Firstly, it is highly unlikely that i would buy something while i was there, secondly i cant afford it, thirdly neither am i allowed by my mother to charge an exorbitant sum to the card she gave me. As i'm a pretty aloof customer whether they greet me or smile at me or give the me dirty looks( like i cant afford it) or not, i am and would most probably be oblivious to it. I prefer to walk around and look, feel and touch at my leisure, smile at me or whatever, if i notice i will smile back (that is if the smile is noticeable not just curving you mouth up a fraction of a nano-cm). Then if i need something i will approach you, i dont like people to hang at my back , i'm not such an important person.
Of course no sales staff should let the customer(if the customer really cannot get it herserlf like a new piece from the storeroom of smthing) wait so long that it pisses her off, it's business after all...
It really take 2 hands to clap for a win-win situation, as long as you ask politely, chances are you'd get what you need. These people are not here to serve us, they merely assist us to get what we need (admit it, sometimes you can get what you need yourself, you're just lazy...how many times have we asked for a certain size only for the sales staff to walk back to the same shelf and pick out the size needed for you?)
If you really want to compare customer service standards with that of the US, of course there is no fight. The US stores and retailers are more flexible with the returns, refunds and exchanges that customers make, much more so than local stores and retailers. I suppose this has to do with money conscious singaporean companies who try as much as possible to lower costs. Even the american store in singapore 'Forever 21' has a refund system where they refund vouchers to you instead of cash, 'Metro' although local had a credit refund system which was efficient and commendable, where they would give you a pink slip with the credits you have for returning an item...not sure if it was available to everyone or just metro cardmembers. I do admit there could be an improvement in this area. This would increase the amount of flexibility customers would have and can at the same time improve customer relationships with brands and stores.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Weight of Times
This table is exactly as seen on my doctor's card since the first day i seen him.....
This by no means shows how many times i have fallen sick over the years as i have had the occasional bout of extremely mild flu that went away with some home medication and slight sore throats at times.....harhar ...i still remember when i got sick during Jan this yr..my baby made honey water for me to drink for my throat to get better....yay!
| Date | Weight | Remarks |
| 25/10/01 | 47.5 kg | |
| 08/11/02 | 47.0 kg | Sick before A's |
| 11/12/02 | 47.0 kg | Sick after A's |
| 04/04/03 | 46.4 kg | |
| 28/05/03 | 47.4 kg | |
| 23/07/03 | 45.4 kg | |
| 20/01/04 | 45.4 kg | |
| 05/01/05 | 44.4 kg | No ben is not stealing my food |
| 02/06/05 | 44.4 kg | No ben is not stealing my food |
This by no means shows how many times i have fallen sick over the years as i have had the occasional bout of extremely mild flu that went away with some home medication and slight sore throats at times.....harhar ...i still remember when i got sick during Jan this yr..my baby made honey water for me to drink for my throat to get better....yay!
Monday, November 14, 2005
Change of Skin
The previous skin was a little too laggy....so i kinda updated it a littel until i can successfully pull myself away from World of Warcraft long enough to create a new one by myself!...wahahahaha...and guess what it will feature?! hurhur..World of Warcraft...!! ooch i am going nuts..never mind me....woot...i am now lvl 33 going on 34..i cant wait to lvl up! Anyways,....hope you guys are enjoying life..between projs, work, Ben, family and WOW! harhar..i dont have much time left to do much of anything else nowadays...on the plus pt...i am spending less time shopping(therefore spending less of my mother's $$) and so more savings...other than the S$25 subscription for WoW per month.....harhar...ta now...its back to work...
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Steamboat session @ Mat's Hse
photographer for the day.....see what World of Warcraft has done to me....? I am no better than a panda on loan from China...
Anyways..first things first...sorry for the delay....the patience on your part was very much appreciated...
That day was the first major meetup of our gang after the start of attachment. We pretty much missed each other's company during the few weeks that we were working. So our dear mini mart organized this steamboat @ her hse so that we could relax and enjoy just like the times in school...here are most of the pics! Enjoy!
the day starts with a little ogling at the tv......they look very engrossed dont they....if you pass by coffeeshops nowadays and see such an activity involving a sea of men.....it is usually soccer...no other programme shown on tv can keep their attention for such a long time...HAR! but no...it is not soccer, neither is it porn(tsk tsk)..cant really remember tho
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