Early CNY dinner

Sunday, January 31, 2010

A new blogskin I have created (finally!) for the previous blue layout was really starting to bore me to tears. I HATE seeing the same old blogskin day in and day out. Life is about changing (yes, here goes the 'what is life' contemplation). I was listening to 'Blue' by The Birthday Massacre in the creation of this dark red heart abstract.




Blue by The Birthday Massacre

Plastic blue
invitations in my room
i've been waiting here for you
reservations made for two
sunlight fading

black tongues speak faster than the car can crash
you supply the rumours and i'll provide the wrath
romance is breaking every heart in two casting shadows
in the pale shade of blue

plastic blue
conversations in my room
saving every tear for you
trusting every word untrue
twilight fading

fate changes faster than the death of light
you provide the envy and i'll provide the spite
reflections cutting every face in two
casting shadows in the pale shade of blue



I had an early family reunion dinner at Tower Club today; for a $198++ per person 10 course dinner, it was fairly adequate. I'd prefer having black pepper crabs at the Long Beach restaurant to keeping myself all steel and proper in the midst of consuming all steel and proper food.

Apparently Uncle Henry is a VIP at Sentosa Integrated Resort so he happily invites us all to a visit to the casino. We had to remind him that the $100 entrance fee for Singaporeans still stands for our family. He gives a hearty laugh.

"Mr. Lee Kuan Yew has visited it, which means we must too."

I wanted to tell my German uncle that most money-concerned Singaporeans, which unfortunately includes my entire extended family in it, do not have any desire to part with their money for a statement as such. But, considering the great disparity in our positions, I kept my mouth shut.

The fairly adequate dinner, at 65 stories high, ended with a bill of 4000 bucks.

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posted at 12:48 AM

Reverse bullying

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Darn free was I in the customer service iphone hotline did I proudly, beaming and grinning from ear to ear, proclaim to my dearest family of thee intention to work overtime. You see, my colleagues are a bunch of diligent (or workaholics if I may put it more excessively) workers who clamored for overtime. The company clearly couldn't afford paying so many officers overtime so they'd placed a limit to the amount.

The minute our superior M sent an email regarding "Who wants to work OT?" to the team, all of us took an immediate reply. It was like a craze auction running off in the email.

OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE like me, who managed to get OT for today and tomorrow, did not in my life expect to be transferred to the hot HOTLINE (as that's what every customer who calls in complains of) as soon as TODAY. But heck, I wasn't even given a choice. M suddenly pops to some of us and go "OH by the way, get ready to receive calls (grins), you're already in."

My brain process stopped for a moment there and only reactivated itself when a FRIENDLY customer calls in complaining about high charges on her bill, which I spent a good 45 minutes explaining the details of her current bill.

I suspect that my superior M heard of our (Mag and I) discussion to write a trashy office novel with the amount of free time we had in our iphone hotline. I call it 'reverse bullying'; mocking us for clamoring for OT in the midst of auditory suffering.

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posted at 10:03 PM

Goodnight (Kanda x Allen AMV)

Sunday, January 10, 2010

I've probably used up half of my life span creating this Anime Music Video. I don't know what's so fascinating about wasting precious time on my terminally unresponsive Windows Movie Maker which, might I add, enjoys giving me some not-so-pleasant surprises but I suppose the song 'Goodnight' by The Birthday Massacre was simply too addictive that I HAD to make a music video out of it. Does that make sense? No? I thought so.



This seemingly short 4 minutes AMV took up... (yes I counted so screw you) approximately 12 hours of my life. Why, you might ask? Because Windows Movie Maker is an emotionally unstable program, that's why! I mean, come on' just let me publish my short music video will ya?

BUT NOOOO... WMM, a stubborn fella he is, disobeyed orders and clashed with my downloaded codec. This incompatibility issue not only impelled me to dedicate 6 hours of my already shortened life span to troubleshooting but also forced me to REMOVE ALL my downloaded WMM effects.

So there ya have it, my effect-less AMV which I spent 12 hours on with nothing but transitional flashes of Kanda and Allen. Curses, Windows Movie Maker! Thou shalt remove you someday!

Aside of my habitual rambling...I've found a new synthrock/Gothic Rock band to obsess over - The Birthday Massacre.



GOODNIGHT

First place on a classroom wall.
Every turn of the face can help to break the fall from a domestic disgrace.
Every rumor displaced is lost and found.

A lack of discipline.
One hand to cut the other.
So unprofessional,
You're not a friend,
You're just a lover.

Nothing exceptional.
This is correctional.

Mirror on the wall.
Frame the picture.
Reflect this kiss to wish us all goodnight.

First day in a victim's chair.
Every surface replaced can help to keep you fair for a corrected gaze.
Every feature displayed will match your crowd.

A loss of innocence.
One hand to wash the other.
Be a perfectionist.
You're nothing if
You're just another.

Something material.
This isn't personal.

Mirror on the wall.
Frame the picture.
Reflect this kiss to wish us all goodnight.

We're all dancing to the same sad song.
And we're not sleeping, but it won't take long.

Illicit conviction.
Confessions incomplete.
Correction.
Submissive restriction.
Instructions will repeat.
Direction.

Mirror on the wall.
Frame the picture.
Reflect this kiss to wish us all goodnight.

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posted at 9:44 PM

Customer service, what?

Monday, January 4, 2010

Congratulations to my first official work day at customer service. Was it horrid? Oh yes, definitely! Imagine being yelled at before you even breathed into the headset will ya? Was it manageable? Yes. 89% of the customers were patient and nice. The other 11% was, of course, beyond unreasonable and downright rude. But hey, if I had waited for more than an hour only to be transferred to 3 different lines, I'd be pissed off too.

Forgive me, from this moment forth, I'd be ranting on my day at work. It gets better, I promise.

Rude Customer #1:"YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING LA!"

Inner voice: OF COURSE I DON'T YOU NUTSHIT, I WAS TRAINED FOR A DAY, YOU DICKLESS HEAD.

The actual response: I'm so sorry Sir, I'm trying my best to explain to you the details of why your existing plan is not eligible for upgrade to an iphone plan.

Rude Customer #1: "ARE YOU EVEN READING YOUR OWN M1 WEBSITE? YOU SOUND LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR OWN PLANS!"

Inner voice: MAYBE IF YOU STOPPED SPITTING INTO THE PHONE, I'D BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY EXPLAIN? ARE YOU DEAF?

The actual response: I'm so sorry about this Sir, I really am.

He asked for the manager to call him in the end. I really do hate Singaporean uncles with much free time on their hands. Why not get a bowl of peanuts, a crate of Tiger beer, and call our service while you're at it?

The most elusive customer award goes to this dude who complained about charges on his old plan when he has already re-contracted, but absolutely refused to tell me what his new plan was. Clealy, it takes time to retrieve his contract for us to actually update his plan and made the necessary amendments. Congratz dude, you'd be waiting for a few more days before we actually get back to ya!

I finally realized that my calling was definitely FAR from customer service. You see, I'm a short tempered guy, and don't take too kindly with unreasonable and uncouth attitudes from my fellow citizens. Good luck Yings!

Thanks to the 89% for making my day! (:

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posted at 10:35 PM

New Blogskin, New Job

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Good heavens, I spent a good 4 hours re-coding my entire blogskin (not inclusive of the time spent on designing the layout)! In effect, I have edited and troubleshoot the HTML/CSS a thousand times; tested in Mozilla Firefox. Coding is currently incompatible with Internet Explorer. Best viewed in FF, 1600 x 900 pixels.

This blogskin is available for free download at my blogskins account.


My music player has been spamming 'For An Angel' and 'Sensation White' Paul Van Dyk (he's such an awesome DJ); trance is awesome man.

I would like to give out big thanks to my uncle, in Shanghai, for giving me such lovely presents from Tokyo. Thanks so much, Uncle Eric! :)




I made a shrine out of my cupboard to place these priceless creatures. Coupled with my 10 anime posters and 21 anime DVDs, I am now a complete otaku. :)

So what have I been up to, either than sleeping A LOT and eating A LOT? I had my first work training experience with Mag for customer service at M1. The irony? The majority of their newly recruited temp. staff are Starhub or Singtel users. I'm a Singtel user myself. :)

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posted at 2:51 AM