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Monday, October 27, 2008

How can one get so addicted to a game? It's just nuts. She would tell her kids to take a hike just so she won't disappoint a bunch of pixels belonging to someone from a distant country she doesn't know. And if (not when) she finally gives it up, she throws a fit for another hour. She'd storm off, think of something to say, and come back. Usually, it's just the "I'm your mother so I have the right to be unreasonable" stuff. Then she wonders why I like spending more time outside.

I swear, if I ever become a parent, I'll use no more authority than I'll need. Neither should you, whoever's reading this.

Funny thing is, I liked my mother a lot more before she started to glue her eyes to the computer monitor. In a span of two years she's developed to spending more time on this thing than my siblings and I combined. I'm not saying that's a bad thing. It's just that she forgoes what little other responsibilities she has. Soon, we'll be able to do without her. It's a horrible thing to say, but it's true.

Please don't get me wrong. I love her loads, so I want the best for her.

Wizet, I want my mum back.

out with the old
in with the new!

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Third day of sem 2.2! Weirdly, the holiday mood is already dwindling. This has never happened so quickly before. =x must be how I haven't rested at all this hols. HAHA. Oh yeah, and my timetable's great. Fridays off, so long weekend, every weekend! See, God blesses. God is high.

Anyway, looked up déjà vu in Wikipedia.

Déjà vécu refers to an experience involving more than just sight, which is why labeling it as "déjà vu" is usually inaccurate. The sense involves a great amount of detail, sensing that everything is just as it was before and a weird knowledge of what is going to be said or happen next. Translated literally as "already lived".

Sounds exactly like what I keep experiencing. Like when something occurs and I'm like "Didn't this happen a few days back?" HAHA. Creepy. Déjà vécu is only one of the three major kinds of déjà vu. See the Wiki for more.

I give Max Payne 1 out of 5 stars. Illogical, confusing from start to finish, and basically unfriendly from the viewpoint of one unfamiliar with the video game. What a waste of 6 bucks.

out with the old
in with the new!

Friday, October 17, 2008

Heal my heart and make it clean
Open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love like
You have loved me

Break my heart for what breaks Yours
Everything I am for Your kingdom's cause
As I walk from Earth
into eternity

out with the old
in with the new!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

School reopens this coming Monday! And TP's taking the last-minute approach, therefore my timetable isn't even out yet. Praying that I can end early everyday, not start late and end late.
Best case scenario - start late and end early. HAHA.

Joyce said this semester is a crucial sem. Gotta work hard, guys. Push me. :)

out with the old
in with the new!

Saturday, October 11, 2008

I conclude that floor shifts are dead fun without _____. (:
Name removed (on hindsight) to protect privacy.

out with the old
in with the new!

Sunday, October 5, 2008

A 30 second post!

Hello! Been super busy these few days with work and stuff. Being busy feels gooooood. Anyway, nothing's going on so there's nothing to post about. Maybe I can post about WHY there's nothing to post about? Okay, so there are two reasons:

- there's nothing going on.
- something has gone on but I can't recall it now.

So there. Sorry if anyone is reading and is disappointed.

Singapore's service standards need to improve, anyhow. I thought of this during work. It's in the nature of Singaporeans to expect the most out of people serving at the frontline. It's kiasu-ism. They want the most out of everything. Who wouldn't? Every man for himself after all. That's Singapore in a nutshell.

But what has that got to do with service standards? See, since everyone wants the most out of you, GIVE IT TO THEM.

"Nah, why should I? I'm being paid this much no matter how nicely I treat them, what."

I'll tell you why. BECAUSE you're being PAID to give them good service. When you signed your contract, you signed up for verbal faeces from the patrons. You signed up to handle rude, inconsiderate and unreasonable people. You signed up to give these people the best service possible. All at $x an hour. Basically, your contract stated something along these lines:

Because I'm signing up to be in the service industry, I, [insert name here], hereby agree to be treated like a mule throughout my stint here by random people I don't know and will never see again, and to take all this shit with a smile.

SO GRIN AND BEAR IT. You being paid to grin and bear it. Hope this encourages you. It's really as simple as this. Did you think the people at the other side of the counter don't have the right to scream at you for no good reason? They do. And you have the right to shut up, listen, and perform service recovery. That's trying your very best to quench the patrons' insatiable thirst for better service than they deserve, when they feel they're getting worse service than they deserve. The customer is right and sovereign, even when they're wrong.

Work is so much more fulfilling when angry customers leave happy.

Does this post make sense? (:

out with the old
in with the new!