The Battle For Middle Earth

Joran passed this to me before we parted ways. I thought I am going to try RTS games again, since I played C&C so long ago. I can never play games well. But well......

The game looks great with the nice box and all. How can I even begin to describe it??? I mean...it requires a DVD-ROM to play it and I don't own one!

Bah...it's gonna collect dust at my home for a while till I upgrade my computer, maybe in the next millenium. I wonder if anyone is crazy enough to give me a DVD-ROM as a present. Haha...

Well, gotta thank Joran nonetheless...

Freedom Writers

Watched this with Joran (aka James) today. Not bad, quite like it. One of those meaningful shows modelled after the true story of a certain individual.

Think the best part was the diary entry of the guy who became homeless and still went to class. The sense of belonging was that strong.

Someday

Sugar Ray!!! Would you know if I did not tell you that this band was from a long time back? After all, the songs are still nice now!

Getting Into The Thick Of Things

Just went back to work for the past two days due to MC on Monday and Tuesday. Colleague still thought I was on extended Easter break! Hahaha...well, voice still not in the best of condition to talk much, but no choice as I cannot possibly communicate with sign language to everyone.

More things are coming up already, so I am getting into the thick of things. There is an audit tomorrow too. Hopefully I am able to answer whatever they are going to ask me. My guru colleague has gone on duty travel to Phoenix!

Looks like my replacement is coming in on the beginning of May. Have to start teaching another person one of my jobscope. Honestly feels weird to teach two different people to take over me, while I move on to another position, and yet my boss thinks that I am just an average worker (maintain target). Hahaha. Well, appraisal does and does not matter to me. Matters because it is tied to promotion which means more pocket money and also it shows recognition and appreciation of what I am doing. Does not matter because I am not an ambitious person striving to rise to the highest position.

Just that sometimes you wonder if people even know what you are doing or just assume that you are not doing much because you do not "seem" so busy. But why get two people to take over what I do if I am not doing anything much? Hehehe, that was the part that did not make sense. But then again, maybe they just did not want to lose the manpower.

So far, I am not convinced of the reason :o)

My feel is, boss thinks I am not competent because I cannot handle one aspect of the jobscope that is beyond my expertise.

Well, that's about it. I am still interested in learning about the new position. At least I get to know better the routes we choose to fly the planes now!

Opera

I am supporting them while they are still around!!!!! Why do they have to remove the videos? WHY???

Some have been asking me whether I caught Phantom Of The Opera.

Well, nope, I think this motorcycle opera is better :o)

Update: The link is working again

What If God Was One Of Us?

"Is God a fireman?"

"What if God was one of us?"

Hehehe, mabbe this should play in the background...

And the answer to the question is impossible. He in all His glory will never be like one of us. Which is why we strive to be like Him, and not the other way around :o)

Eclair

This one is really not easy. Taking turns to respond following the sequence of the alphabet. They started with G and went round back to G!

Eclair!!!

Videos of this show are going gone. Think Warner Bros asked youtube to remove them. Sighz...

Japanese?

I so love this show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You are not Japanese, are you?

Now youtube has to remove the video :o(

Update: Found it again!!!

Do They Guess?

Finally got to see the doctor! Sometimes I wonder if they just do smart guesses to find out what is wrong with a patient. I once consulted a friend doctor and that is what he told me. After all, they can only read the symptoms and conclude based on historical records of what those symptoms suggest your condition to be.

I was diagnosed with acute laryngitis which basically means "loss of voice" and some other mild symptoms of sore throat, cough, blocked nose and what not. Then again, if it is simply a loss of voice, why can't they call it as that??? Must all medical names end with "tis" before it can recorded in their medical study books? Wonder when praying mantis will make it there...

Acute laryngitis. I had to look up the internet to find out the spelling and the definition! Doctors scribble to look intelligent.....or maybe to hide their inability to spell. At least the doctor that diagnosed me spelled it as larygnitis (which has me guessing what he was writing). Anyway, the definition is simply loss of voice due to prolong talking or singing (or yelling according to some websites). So there, all he had to do was ask me if I did those.......or should he?

Doctor:

Have you been singing a lot?

Prawnkid:

No. (Church had only 15-20 minutes singing that day.)

Doctor:

Did you talk?

Prawnkid: (actual situation)

............. *mumbles*

(Just what answer is he expecting????????????????????)

Prawnkid: (should have situation)

No, my family and friends do not believe in voice communications. We use sign language.

Help or Piss Off

Arrived at Compass Point to go to the clinic for checkup. Seems like a number of people was surrounding someone who was lying on the ground. Walked past and realised that someone had fainted. There were people tending to her already.

As usual, there will always be people standing around and watching. They are not helping and yet they want to be involved as spectators? Surely this is not some live presentation of "How to faint and not get attention"? It was not even a car crash for them to try and get some digits to buy lottery!!! Goodness, I hope someone did not ask the lady for her I/C number to place some combination bets.

In my opinion, if you are not helping, piss off for the person to get some fresh air. The least the person wants is to see all the dirty feet and smell them.

There was a delay at the clinic since the doctor went down to help. I didn't mind. He was doing his duty.

MRT Video

Decided to go see a doctor. Had nothing to do while waiting for the train, so I watched those videos that they show in the train stations. Quite a number of different ones, but most commonly that of bomb threats and what we should do to be more vigilant.

Not sure if anyone noticed what I did from a particular video. It is the one with a suspicious guy bringing a "bomb" into the train and looking suspicious. Proceeds to put the bag under his seat and gets ready to go off sometime later. This is the part where a vigilant passenger reminds him of his bag. The guy claims it is not his and quickly makes his exit. The rest of the video talks about how the guy and a girl reports the case and gets the train station ready for action.

Here comes the ironic part. All passengers should evacuate removing their belongings (and give way to the elderly, disabled and whoever else needs to be given way). The super vigilant passenger is the one who forgets to take his bag. Really pah pop!!! He gets credited as vigilant, then he does the same thing of leaving his bag behind.

I wonder if the video was reviewed before release. Or maybe there really is a shortage of extras!

Lost

Lost my voice suddenly when I woke up.

:o(

Long Night

Had chilli crabs at Jumbo! Could have whacked another plate of black pepper crabs, but not very wise to spend so much money with the group that I am with. Maybe next time I suppose.

Walked around quite a bit around Clarke Quay area. It has changed a little bit, but for the good I suppose. Stood outside MOS and called Sky. Told him that I was waiting for him outside MOS. He joked that I must be outside MOS Burger. Hmmm.......think it is unbelievable for anybody that I would be waiting for them to go club leow.

Had Azabu Sabo ice cream! Okie lah, no big deal actually except the price. I rarely eat ice cream anyway. Still think that the homemade ice cream in Parkway Parade recommended by Hiroshi is better.

Went Atom's house after for the usual. Played till the morning, went for Big Breakfast with Jacy, went home to bathe and caught a ride with Pat to church. Went for lunch at Lai Lai for the beef noodles....not as enticing now.....and now I am home. Not sleeping yet.

Hmmmm....I will heed the advice of Mrs Atom.