The un-imaginable! Ye-au!!!

I had such beautiful pedicured toenails and feet. A disaster happened the day before yesterday. I knocked my first toe against something and my nail had a crack.

 

This is how it looked before the “accident.”

 

Before

This is how it looked with the ugly crack.

 

The crack on the nail

My hand very itchy one. I found the crack looking ugly so I just tore off the rest of the nail as fast as I could, (I saw the pain coming)

 

The result : An ugly looking first toe with a bit of blood and a lot of pain.

 

Final Result

Ladies, please don’t ever do this if this same accident happens to you. Boo hoo hoo! I’m gonna chop all my nails away.

P.S. I didn’t upload the real pics as I didn’t wanna scare anyone. Hope my masterpiece was good enough to give you a picture.

*Runs off crying*

Perplexing Situations

Well, it’s a Friday night. Many people will be out partying..

But I’m at home. Just reminiscing.

Reflecting on the past.. The present and where my future is heading.

Feel like a stranger stuck in some remote, unfamiliar place.. There seems to be nothing I am looking forward to.

When people have problems, I easily advise them.. But I get distraught when it comes to settling my own issues.

Might need professional help soon.

If there was ever a way for me to get in touch with a genie or a fairy who could grant me a wish, I’d wish to forget. Forget everything and everyone who make me sad. Memories which don’t deserve to be remembered.

P.S. It sucks to be working on a Saturday. Sucks big time.

The attack of the Nerd – Part II

The week is passing by so slowly.

I can’t take being at work anymore. It’s annoying to work with morons lah, seriously. I’m going to hunt for another job. One or two psychos, can tahan. Too many, tak boleh tahan ah!

Remember the Nerd? Click here if you don’t know who I’m referring to.

I told you about her supervisor (Liling) who doesn’t like her at all right? Nowadays, these idiots argue over everything. I don’t know why, but I always get stuck inbetween both of them! I hate to get myself involved in pathetic situations like this, but I really don’t know how to avoid them.

The Nerd can get quite very annoying at times, that I can understand. But sometimes Liling takes it too seriously and disses her everytime. It’s quite mean of her to do that just ‘cos Nerd acts like a Nerd right? She is a NERD after all! Sometimes we have to accept the people for the way they are. (When we have no other choices available.)

What’s worse, Liling walks over to me and always complains about nerd’s stupidity right INFRONT of her. And sometimes she even asks me for comments, like “Stupid, hor?”

Today, Liling and Nerd were arguing on why Nerd’s printer mysteriously stopped working.

Liling : “Must be ‘cos your printer kenna infected virus.”

(And I paused to think on how much technologies have improved. I think we are now able to bluetooth viruses to printers and photocopiers. Why didn’t anyone update me about this earlier?)

Nerd : “Err no. It was fine this morning. I haven’t accessed any sites after that as well.”

(Great, she bought that as well.)

Liling : “Haiyah, you ah. Small easy thing also you don’t know. The other time also you.. *Blah blah blah..*”

Nerd : “Gahahaha.”

Then I decided to be a good soul to see if I could help. So I walked over and saw that the lights in the printers were blinking the way it should. At that time my sweetheart called me, so I told them to check the cables properly and walked back to my table to use the phone.

Then Liling discovered that the cable had indeed loosened, and therefore the printer was disconnected from the PC. Then I saw Liling helping Nerd to fix it back, and I proceeded with my work.

Liling walks over to my place.

Liling : “You see lah, cable come out also she dunno.”

Me : *Continues filing*

Liling : “Her own PC, and she doesn’t know. And I had to help her get it
fixed. Wah, she’s damn stupid lah.”

(At this point I didn’t wanna comment so I was pretending to look for something very seriously, then she interrupts me again.)

Liling : “Stupid hor?”

At this point, I heard Nerd laughing in the monotonous way again.

I really need to get advices from Nerd on how to always look on the positive side of life.

Mooncake Festival

So the Mid-Autumn festival (or better known as Mooncake Festival) is nearing.

I personally have no clear idea on the whole history of this, but all I know it’s got to do with the history of this one woman who apparently lives in the Moon.

If you wanna know more of details, you can click here.

I used to dread this festival for the last 3 years. That’s ‘cos this festival meant a whole lot to my ex-company and I had to spend months in advance just getting the bosses to give me their list of Customers so that I could prepare Recipient Lists for the Mooncakes.

The job didn’t just end there. I also had to get quotations from the various Mooncake Suppliers and get them to customize the Mooncakes & boxes and had to run around the yard distributing the Mooncake samples to the big bosses for them to review.

The worst part is I couldn’t handle my jobscope already, and this task was something I’d really cringe at. Doing up a list and making thousand changes wasn’t an easy task at all. The only good thing was that I could taste the different Mooncakes from high-end Restaurants and Hotels.

I remember somewhere in 2005, I got to try this snowskin Mooncake, and so far it’s the best I’ve tasted. It had Ferraro Rocher inside! Can you imagine.. It was really heavenly. I can’t remember where it was from though.

So, I’m really happy that for the first time, I can actually sit down and indulge in Mooncakes without any stressful thoughts. Btw, Mooncakes are very fattening. Especially the traditional ones. (White lotus paste with the yolk in it.) Health conscious people think so much before putting one inside their mouth.

TIP : Always include Chinese Tea with your Mooncakes. It helps to drive down the oil so you don’t feel nauseous after that. It’s a nice combi, trust me. You can replace Chinese Tea with warm green tea if you wish.

I was walking by Bread Talk and I noticed that they have Chocolate Cream Cheese Mooncakes. Need to sink my teeth in them when I have the chance. ($14.80 per box, with 4pcs of mini-mooncakes in it.)

I miss those times in my Secondary School Days, where we’d go back to celebrate the festival with the lanterns and all.

(Though my group of Indian friends and I had no idea why the festival was celebrated in the first place.) My classmates and I used to sit at a corner and whack the Pomelo (Chinese Grapefruit) and of course, the Mooncakes.

Yummy Mooncakes..

Chunky Pomelo.

 

The festival is on 14th September so grab the Mooncakes before you regret!

Speak when you are angry and you will make the “best” speech you will EVER regret.

 

I wonder if anyone ever felt that it doesn’t pay to be good, even to the close ones around you? Well, I do now. But surprisingly, it’s not affected me that bad. I’m taking it quite well and let’s just say this incident has definitely assisted in giving me the opportunity to understand the people around me a little better. Hail the good lord; he gives me valuable lessons at all walks of my life.

 

The world is filled with hypocritical people, sadly. We are filled with people who say one thing infront of you, and another behind your back. It happens all the time. I’m so proud of myself in that manner. I don’t bitch about you behind your back.

 

1) If I have something against you, I will approach you and tell you off your face, (if I still consider having you in my circle.) If you realise your flaws and come back to me, good for you.

 

2) If I have something against you, and I don’t feel any sense of belonging in our relationship, I’d probably start avoiding you FOR GOOD as you just don’t deserve even a millisecond of my time. Cos, sometimes it takes a lot for one to change if their interior is so damn filthy.

 

Oh yeah, once bitten twice shy. But I’ve gotten bite marks all over, how do I forget?

 

People have issues going on in their personal life and expecting them to change their preferences to suit you maybe a little selfish on your side.

 

It’s ironical that things change all of a sudden when the same situation applied to you at a point of time. Suddenly the molehill became a mountain and you avoided the situations and the person involved at all costs. But since the situation doesn’t apply to you anymore, it’s strange that you expect something else from me.

 

Well, let me just say I had enough of pleasing people. It’s time I think about myself and how I’m going to progress in my life. Now I know where to draw the line.

 

Monkeys feels joy of giving

 

WASHINGTON – MONKEYS can experience the joy of giving in much the same way as humans do, US researchers reported on Monday.

 

Tests in capuchin monkeys showed the animals consistently chose to share food with another monkey if given the option, suggesting they are capable of empathy, the team at the Yerkes Research Center at Emory University in Atlanta found.

 

‘They seem to care for the welfare of those they know,’ Mr Frans de Waal, director of the Living Links Center at Yerkes, said in a statement.

 

His team tested eight female brown capuchin monkeys in pairs. They could choose a token that gave only themselves a treat or an option that rewarded both of them, called a prosocial option.

 

Either way, the first monkey got the same amount of food.

 

‘Subjects systematically favored the prosocial option provided their partner was

a) familiar,

b) visible, and

c) receiving rewards of equal value,’ Mr De Waal’s team wrote in their report, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

 

‘The fact the capuchins predominantly selected the prosocial option must mean seeing another monkey receive food is satisfying or rewarding for them,’ he said.

 

‘We believe prosocial behavior is empathy based. Empathy increases in both humans and animals with social closeness, and in our study, closer partners made more prosocial choices.’

 

Mr De Waal’s team next will see whether giving is rewarding to capuchins because they can eat together or if the monkeys simply like to see the other monkey enjoying food.

 

‘Capuchin monkeys spontaneously share food in both nature and captivity, and commonly sit next to each other while eating,’ the researchers wrote. — REUTERS

 

*****

 

Wait a minute, did they just say “experience joy of giving the same way HUMANS do?” I doubt humans enjoy giving that much. They prefer taking or swindling from others.

 

And those who enjoy giving sadly fall in the minority. Sad hor.

 

FACT : Monkeys are better natured then humans.

Incense linked to cancers

 

NEW YORK – BURNING incense may create a sweet scent, but regularly inhaling the smoke could put people at risk of cancers of the respiratory tract, researchers reported on Monday.

 

In a study of more than 61,000 ethnic Chinese living in Singapore who were followed for up to 12 years, the investigators found a link between heavy incense use and various respiratory cancers.

 

The findings are published in the medical journal Cancer.

 

Incense has been used for millennia in many cultures’ religious and spiritual ceremonies. In Asia, people commonly burn incense in their homes – a practice that is becoming more popular in Western countries as well.

 

Incense is usually derived from fragrant plant materials, like tree bark, resins, roots, flowers and essential oils. Past research has found that burning these materials can produce potentially cancer-causing substances, including benzene and polyaromatic hydrocarbons.

 

However, no studies until now had linked the practice of burning incense to an increased cancer risk over time, according to the researchers, led by Dr Jeppe T. Friborg of the Statens Serum Institute in Copenhagen.

 

For their study, the researchers followed 61,320 Singapore Chinese men and women between the ages of 45 and 74 from the Hokkien or Cantonese dialect group. All of the subjects were cancer-free at the outset.

 

Participants reported on their typical incense use, including how often they burned it in their homes and for how long – only at night, for instance, or all day and night.

Over the next 12 years, 325 men and women developed cancer of the upper respiratory tract, such as nasal, oral or throat cancer. Another 821 developed lung cancer.

 

The researchers found that incense use was associated with a statistically significant higher risk of cancers of the upper respiratory tract, with the exception of nasopharyngeal cancer.

 

However, they observed no overall effect on lung cancer risk.

Those who used incense heavily also had higher rates of a type of cancer called squamous cell carcinoma, which refers to tumors that arise in the cells lining the internal and external surfaces of the body. The risk was seen in smokers and nonsmokers.

 

Study participants who used incense in their homes all day or throughout the day and night were 80 per cent more likely than non-users to develop squamous cell carcinoma of the entire respiratory tract.

 

The link between incense use and increased cancer risk held when the researchers weighed other factors, including cigarette smoking, diet and drinking habits.

 

‘This association is consistent with a large number of studies identifying carcinogens in incense smoke,’ Dr Friborg’s team writes, ‘and given the widespread and sometimes involuntary exposure to smoke from burning incense, these findings carry significant public health implications.’

 

They say further studies are needed to see whether different types of incense are associated with different degrees of cancer risk. In Singapore, the researchers note, most people burn long sticks or coils of incense that burn slowly over an extended period. – REUTERS.

 

*****

 

So if you wanna join HIM at a faster rate, you can try inhaling as many incenses as you can, as you pray. Soon, you’d reach HIM in no time.

Mistaken Identity

 

I was on my way back home on Friday, and I was rushing to catch the train back from Jurong East MRT Station. As I was making my way up the escalator, I noticed a man staring at me, two arms length away. He was standing there and I was observing him from the corner of my eye. He was an Indian expatriate in his mid twenties. I continued to walk to the control station when I noticed him walking towards my direction, smiling cheekily. I knew this guy must be up to no good, so I tried my best to ignore him. It was never hard for me to avoid unwanted people as my Sony Ericcson ear-plugs  help to shut myself away from the world. (Cheers to the astonishing sound quality of Sony Ericcson now!)

 

But this guy didn’t seem to give up. I could see him talking, even though I was walking straight to the control station. I decided not to be so mean and judgmental so I took off my ear-plugs and looked at him. And he was speaking too fast that I couldn’t catch his accent. I had to ask him to repeat atleast 3 times, but he had a good tolerance level lah. He was patiently repeating himself. This is exactly what he said.

 

He : “Anniku yennaku moonu velli koduthu uthavi pannathu neenga thaanae?”

(Translation : “Hey weren’t you the one who offered help to me by lending/giving me $3 the other time?”)

 

Me : “Illae.”

(Translation : “Nope.”)

 

And I put my ear-plugs back on and walked and this irritant was smiling and walking so closely beside me and yakking away. I was getting very annoyed now. So I took off my ear-plus and went

 

Me: “WHAT?!”

 

He : “Illae, ennaku theriyum athu neenga thaan nu. Anniku neenga thaanae yennaku moonu velli koduthu uthavuneenga?”

(Translation : “No, I know that it’s you. Weren’t you the one who lent me $3 the other time?”)

 

Me : “ILLAE!!! ATHU NAA ILLAE!!”

(Translation : NOPE!! NOT ME!!)

 

And he didn’t give up. He was just walking beside me talking out his EZ-link card to tap it with me and I walked straight in the direction of the Ladies. Oh man, this guy was super annoying! I was hiding in the ladies for a while, and then when I came out, he was gone. Phew. So I headed back with cynical thoughts that he might be still lurking around. Scary, you know.

 

Saturday came by, Ragu was busy building the roads for the S.A.F. Marathon for Sunday that he only ended work at 9pm. After packing up and all, he left camp and met me after that, about 12am. We went for a short supper and he left home.

 

Sunday was a memorable day for Ragu. He was awarded a certificate for his performance in his Company. The Seminar was held at the NTUC Building at Raffles Place. I was supposed to meet Ragu first so I was sitting at a corner of the Toa Payoh MRT Station for him, just staring at the escalator for his appearance when I saw someone familiar walking towards me. Oh shiat! It’s the 3 dollar psycho! What a rotten luck man.. I had to see him even at Toa Payoh MRT Station.

 

He was giving the ‘Omg, hey are you the one’ look and walked towards me. I was looking away in disgust when he came infront of me and signaled to me (I was having the powderful ear-plugs on again) and was going on with the same dialogue.

 

He : “Anniku yennaku moonu velli koduthu uthavi pannathu neenga thaanae?”

(Translation : “Hey weren’t you the one who offered help to me by lending/giving me $3 the other time?”)

 

I couldn’t hear the words, but I could read from his mouth movements. So I told him off nicely that I was not the one and looked away. I must have looked like a gorilla then, cos he seemed quite freaked out and said

 

He: “Saari Maam.”

 

and walked off.

 

Now, why is this happening to me? I just hope I don’t bum into him again.

 

So anyway, I met Ragu and we headed down to Raffles Place. It was raining cats and dogs and my pathetic umbrella wasn’t enough to shelter us from the rain. I spent 30mins on my make-up and it almost got washed away. Lol. My hair was a disaster due to the winds but somehow, we got to the place safe and sound (but drenched.)

 

It was a proud moment seeing my baby receive the awards. It’s something he worked so hard for, and this certificate is his stepping stone to his dreams to make it on a higher level. I am keeping his certificate and I am gonna laminate it and keep it with me. =)

 

Left the place 10ish and went for a late brunchydinnersup. (If you’re wondering what the heck is that, it’s my short form for breakfast + lunch + dinner + supper.) Was starving as I didn’t eat at all the whole day and was surviving on Clorets.. Haha.

 

It’s a brand new week, and I’m counting down to my pay day. Am totally broke. And it’s the first day of Maria’s new job. I was annoying her the whole time on MSN. Haha. And of course, annoying Becky as well. My day feels incomplete if I don’t get to annoy anyone. So it’s not my fault yeah?

Our space in this Frantic World

 

Oh thank god it’s Friday.

 

The day has been pretty much okay. A few incidents yesterday left me pondering a little on my life and all.

 

I don’t know why, but my tummy has been having very weird reactions for the past few days. I only seem to have an unbearable tummy aches when I’m leaving for work.  I have to rush like a mad dog to the toilet and then run for the bus, miss it, take a cab and haiz, you can imagine. The day gets pretty screwed after that.

 

So yesterday again it happened. I was late, but somehow managed to make it to the MRT Station on time. So the train arrived, I boarded it. The next station, Woodlands was a disaster. There were so many passengers pushing their ways in the train and I heard a loud thud all of a sudden. Everyone turned behind and then I saw an Indian Man aged about 50 or 60 odd on his knees a few centimeters away from the escalator, and his briefcase flew quite a distance away.

 

He must have rushed to catch the train, and tripped on something. (or someone.  I have personally seen the whole event of one lady getting pushed by so many kiasu Singaporeans and eventually she landed on the ground.) It all happened in a split of a second, and the train door closed shortly after. The weird thing was, he didn’t instinctively pick himself up. He just remained fixed to the ground, but his eyes was getting a little teary.

 

The train door closed and I started to think. Is this how we want to be even in our old age? Waking up early in the morning, rushing to catch that train, slogging hard like a cow. That fall must have actually made him pause to think about his life and where’s it’s heading to.

 

Life in Singapore is getting really hectic, and it seems money is never enough.

 

But still people are taking everything for granted. Youngsters don’t realise the need for a proper education or work. Most of them still want to enjoy life and some of them, still depend on their parents for their pocket money. In worse cases, typical teens get themselves into stupid problems, like joining gangs, spending their entire lives in clubs (in worse cases, jail) and etc. When will it take for them to realise that time is precious?

 

If I was given an opportunity to study now, I will definitely take up a diploma or something. I’m not embarrassed to say a few true facts about myself. I screwed up my ‘O’s and my results left me stranded.

 

I’m not blaming the entire reason on my family, but there were problems going on at that point of time which did affect me and my sister. We lost interest in everything and sometimes, we even dreaded going back home. Soon, we started flunking our grades ‘cos of our lack of interest and efforts in studies. We just looked forward to going to school to see our friends and slack our lives away. But we definitely were not influencing anyone. Didn’t god give you that amount of grey matter all humans usually have in their heads? If you knew that hanging out after school wasn’t doing any good to you, then why the fuck didn’t you just get your ass back home?

 

You took the train all the way from Toa Payoh to Yishun, to accompany us after school, hung out till evening, and took a bus/train back home after that. Let me highlight here, YOU chose to hang out at my residential area and how conveniently you blamed me and my sis when you screwed up on your studies. I don’t remember a single occurrence of me or my sister forcing you to accompany us back. YOU did it yourself. Then with what fuck face you had the cheek to blame us for your fucked up results?

 

Sheesh.. The amount of backstabbers I had to encounter in my life is just countless.

 

Well, I could have taken up a private diploma after my ‘O’s’ but I had to start working after that. My family’s financial situation is such that I can’t leave my job anytime soon as well.

 

Yeah, people will always ask me to take up my studies part time, but it’s not that easy as it sounds. People might have excelled in both, but I know myself the best. I am not one who can multi-task, and I am thinking of it in a long run. I don’t want to take up a dip and then drop out of it when I can’t handle it. A waste of time, energy, money and resources. I know a few people living in the identities of my friends who still run their mouth about me. Saying I’m lazy, stupid and all. I don’t see the logic of how someone gets labeled as ’stupid’ just because they don’t have fantastic qualifications. Well, by judging me and calling me names, they are not defining me but themselves.

 

Truthfully, I get very annoyed when people ask me why am I not taking up part time studies. Why can’t they get it in their dead brains that not everyone is born with a silver spoon like them. They have their parents to pay for their education and they can even fly overseas to get a degree or an equivalent with their pathetic grades here in Singapore.

 

I’m not living off anyone. I am earning myself and living my life with it. I am independent, and I stand on my own feet. Of course, my family has been there as an encouragement and no one can take their place. What I am saying is, it’s not easy being me. When people my age were enjoying life, I was out there, slogging my guts out. Before you run your filthy mouth, try walking a mile in my shoes and see if you can handle all the shit I’ve been through. If not, just zip that loathsome mouth of yours.

Psycho Alert

 

With reference to the previous post, (Click HERE to find out which one) 

There’s another psycho on my msn named Maria. She got the answer for the riddle. If you know her, keep your safe distance.

Her reason is this.

“But I mean why else would killing her sister have to do with the guy right?”

I still feel its best we all stay away from her. It’s only for your own safety.

Thank you.

Your friendly friend,
Akkataka