It's a good day

I went for interview with a small company today. It' small but it's public listed company. When I went into the office, I was disappointed to see the office condition. It's very crowded and a bit dirty. The manufacturing factory is next to the office. I told myself that even if they rejected me immediately, I would be gladly to walk out.

However, it turned out that the GM whom interviewed me was such a friendly and frank guy. We could connect well. So, in the end, I felt good after the interview. I had done my best in the interview. If the company didn't want me, I am fine with it. I won't feel sad at all. At least, I am happy to see that interviewers in Singapore are not all bad people.

My interview with a research institute last month was okay. But the acting director seemed a bit unfriendly. That really turned me off. I studied in ACS (I) which is famous for snobbish kids. I hate the school so much. When I see this rather unfriendly director, I know I won't last long in this institute if I decided to take up the offer. The offer came to me 3 weeks after the interview. I was disappointed that the offer is below the market rate that research institutes in singapore would give. I didn't really bother pursuing the matter anymore. I tried asking for higher offer and, I thank God, they refused to make the offer better.

How picky can you be?

How one should live his/her life? Should one do what he/she likes to do? Or one should just take whatever presented in front of him/her? The more affluent we are, the higher is our expectation. Older generation said don't be so picky...It's not easy to get what you want...Well, my argument is if you just take whatever offered to you, you probably won't know how much higher you can aim...Is money the main issue in life? Maybe it's a stupid question to ask, but I think as long as we work and live happily, money will come by itself.

Re-defining Blogging

Spore govt never stops in amazing me...I mean it in a good way....Have to be careful here...Three kids were arrested for making racial remarks in their blogs. Isn't this interesting one? I wonder how many blogs the govt actually read on daily basis. Assuming 10% of the population of 4 million people blog, there should be 400K blogs active, assuming only 10% of 400K wrote their blogs daily. That left us with 40K to read on daily basis....That's not a small amount of blogs to monitor. Anyway, just be considerate when blogging. Making stupid remarks mostly likely will expose your own personality/thinking/behavior...Better keep your thoughts to yourselves if you still can keep them!

Branching One & Zero Decision

Life is full of ones and zeros...Yes or No...Want or Don't want...Love or Hate
I got a job offer. The problem seems simple. One (Take up the offer) or Zero (Turn down the offer). But if you execute branching decision. From Zero(Turn down the offer), you ask the next question, will I get another offer? Then you are back to One or Zero issue again. Probably there should be a third option MAYBE in between Yes or No, but computers can handle odd number of bits.

The Two I discovered

I was watching ChannelNewsAsia (Singapore's CNN) on stories of foreigners setting up restaurants in Singapore. There are 2 restaurants I am going to dine in this weekend. 1. French Stall near Fareer Park MRT and 2. Pho House in Suntec City.

Breaking News

Mandala Airlines crashed after taking off from my hometown Polonia airport. It crashed into the residential area. My home is about 15 minutes drive to the airport. It's actually on the flying path for Medan-Jakarta route. The plane crashed onto a major road and the wreckage spilled over to a residential area. My governor is killed in that plane crash. He is a nice guy.

I saw that Mandala plane last week when I flew to Singapore from Medan. That plane was behind Silk Air plane waiting for taking off. These two planes have same departure times: 09.40 am everyday.

My family and I pass that crowded road on weekend on the way to our highland resort retreat normally. That road is always crowded. Sigh...It's better to pay more and take better airlines like Garuda or Singapore Airlines or Silk Air to fly around South East Asia. Boeing 737 is just a bad airplane.

Just another story

A boy went to meet a girl for lunch yesterday, hoping to catch up with her after 5 years, and best if he can renew their friendship. The girl has grown up to be a very pretty girl, wearing yellow T-shirt and jeans, not to mention the long silky hair she has. She fits into the profile that the boy has been looking for. He liked this girl so much since their first encounter during a dance night 9 years ago. On that night, she actually refused to dance with the boy. The boy was disappointed once. But you all gotta believe love on first sight!

After 15 minutes of conversation, it turned out to be another disappointment to know that she has already been someone else's girlfriend since last year. The boy started thinking: What if I came back one year earlier? What if I didn't go overseas??... In the end, it doesn't matter. Life has to go on...I told the boy, "You can't have all the stuff that you want. She wouldn't choose you even you didn't go overseas." The boy actually still hope that the girl would give him another chance. However, the girl did describe to him how close she was with her boyfriend and his family. Hopefully, that boy can grow up to be a man and kill his disappointment on his dream girl, and get real one! The End.