Monday, July 30, 2007
Late For Cell Group
I was supposed to go tutor Johnny Crash at 8 am. I woke up at 7 30 am and decided that I gave it a miss. I slept on till 10 am and struggled out of my bed. I reached Big Eye Moody's house and realised that there were no shoes outside the house. Die. Suddenly a thought came into my mind: Cell group is at New Man's house! I ran to my pickup and flew to Woodlands. As I drove, I told myself that next year, I will collect back my spirits, focus only on a few things and do them really well. When I reached her house, my cell group friends were playing games. Thank God. Tuition after cell group was damn tiring. My brain undergone auto-shut-down a few times. Thank God the day is over.Posted by Benjamin at 12:54 AM
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Pia Zui
I went to a Clementi North Primay School outing today! Really old school leh. Even the sound of it made me feel damn old. It's been 13 years since I graduated from my primary school. I used to have a handful of close friends back then. Around 3 or 4. But due to my childishness, I lost all of them. I made enemies out of them (long stories... share with you if you ask). We met up at Chevron, a SAF club, for a BBQ. Switching is still shy. Pooh is still pretty. Ninja is still crappy. Salty Plate is still intelligent. Yellow is still hospitable. Sonic is still weird. Raymond is still sociable. Ninja and his friends set up a program that can track the records of visitors to a webiste and establish contacts with them. Looks like an opportunity for me. I left at 11 pm and met up with 无敌 . She was lamed. She hurt her leg (lame... giddit giddit). We watched a movie called Knocked Up with my choir friends at 12 30 pm. Although it's rated M18, but it's a little R(A) for me leh. Kind of weird to watch such a movie with your church friends. It was not a movie you would want to watch at midnight. Feeling sleepy throughout the movie. After the movie, we went supper at 捅谁. I was driving when I saw a man jumped off a car and ran across the road. Just when I was wondering what was happening, I saw a group of 6 to 7 men fighting on the road! Some of the men had their clothes pulled off. Some of them were lying on the road. PIA ZUI leh! It's the first time in my life I witnessed such an incident. I stopped the pickup and watched on excitedly. I was about to take out my phone to video the fight when A Dumb Thumb banged on my car window and shouted at me to drive on. Umbrella was sitting behind my pickup and she was almost scared to tears. I was shocked by the sudden impact on my car window and got a little confused. I couldn't concentrate on my driving and lost my way for a while. By the time I found the cafe, I was mentally tired and couldn't say a word anymore. Feel like sleeping le. I stoned throughout supper time until they finished supper. Drove home with Jimmy. Jimmy shared with me his vision to help people to set up businesses. Great man. I seldom meet a man who has such great aspirations. I always believe that visions and dreams make a man great.Posted by Benjamin at 11:58 PM
Friday, July 27, 2007
Friends
I cut short my tuition to meet up with GST, Poison Ivy and 毛. It's been years since I last see them. I like to meet people my own age and find out what they are doing with their life. It's my way of examining whether I am different as a Christian. I want to be a world-shaker and a history-maker. I hate being mediocre. It's also one of my first step to reach out to my friends and build long-lasting relationships with people. After 3 years of endless money-grabbing, I realised that true riches dwell within good relationships with family and friends. Such riches are intriguing and beautiful. A meal at Marche: S$15. A cup of Mocha Frappachino: S$6.80. Reliving days of carefree and happiness: Priceless. Indeed, there are things in this world that money can't buy. I'm sorry folks, but not even with Mastercard =p.Posted by Benjamin at 1:21 AM
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Screws
I hate screws. Every time Superman gives me a big order with screws, my stomach will flip. 50 M3 round, 50 M4 round, 50 M5 round, 50 M3 flat, 50 M4 flat, 200 M5 flat. Every screw includes a nut and a washer. I screwed them up and put them into small, transparent plastic bags. 4 am already. My sleeping pattern is also screwed. All these screwing is driving me nuts.Posted by Benjamin at 4:05 AM
M1 Shop
Superman and I went to meet the sole distributer of Favourite-Castle. Familiar rite. Trigger any childhood memories on drawing with colour pencils and crayons? Favourite-Castle sells colour pencils and crayons! The security guard working at the building cannot make it. When I drove into the building, I thought that if I told him that Superman was right behind me and was going to park his car together with mine, he would let him in faster. God knows he said that he could only allow one car in the building! If I had known better, I would have kept my mouth shut and pretend that I didn't know Superman. Superman was stranded outside the building with his car. He had to park his car in the building beside the one we were going. Sad case. Dun know what the security guard feed his brains with. We then met Gary. Gary is the guy who talk to us about distributing their products. Busy man. 15 minutes was all he gave to us. We got our intentions across. Job done. I am impressed by the emphasis Gary placed on the high quality of the products. You can say for sure that the prices of his products are 'high quality' too. That gives me an idea that we can charge our products above market rate, provided we can deliver high quality products and good services to our customers. I then went to source for more suppliers. Went to a shop named Miracon. Dealer of adhesives. I was looking for an adhesive named Araldite. God knows he only sells 'pirated' adhesives. Araldite became Bondite. Loctite became Holdtite. Damn joker. I was speechless. However, I managed to convince him to give me a sample of Bondite. I got it juz to show Superman and make him laugh. 'Pirated' adhesives. Imagine that. Next stop: M1 shop! My internet connection sucks big time. Dun know why. I had been trying really hard to get it good and done with. I met up with the sales person. Took damn long to fix it up. I went to MOS Burger and tried its newest burger. Not too bad, but the serving was a bit small. The price was a bit high end leh. But it gave me an idea. Why are people willing to spend a few dollars more to buy MOS burgers? Other than stupidity (excluding me =p), I guess it may be due to branding, and the quality they deliver. MOS burgers are specially wrapped in a neat special paper which looks clean and feels good to hold. Even their straws wear clothes (though we strip them ultimately). For these extra effort, they deserve a round of applause! It seems to me once again that quality products and good services are keys to unlock consumers wallet. I bought a cup of peach tea for Weeping Mann (she called me, got to know that I'm in MOS Burger and conveniently asked me to buy it for her) and went back to M1 shop. Almost done. The sales person was friendly and enthusiastic. Diminishes any grudges I previously had for M1. I felt 'lead' to give him the peach tea that I bought for Weeping Mann. He was very surprised and thanked me profusedly. I rushed off to get another one. I felt real good about it. It's like I have done a great deed. It's like what the Bible talks about being 'a cheerful giver' =).Posted by Benjamin at 12:44 AM
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Puppet
Tuition with Dying Ant, Rubber Biakky and Weeping Mann. Took a picture of Rubber Biakky. Did you see a ghostly puppet floating behind her?
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Monday, July 23, 2007
Disappointed
Oh my God. Finally I have an internet connection. A man without internet connection is an island in the middle of an ocean. After a long period of deprivation from Internet connection, I am convicted to get my OWN Internet account. I figure that M1 broadband is the most suitable for me. M1 claims that Internet connection is possible anywhere under the Sun. Wow. I haven't got the chance to try it. I received the USB modem by post yesterday. The postman was really attitude de. He asked for my IC. I showed him my IC. He said he needed a photostated copy. I didn't know that. I was thinking what to do when he shaked his head and walked away. Just like that. I had to call him back and told him I'll get it for him. I asked my maid to photostat my IC at my brother's house. He and I waited. The copy came. He took the money, handed over the goods and walked away. I realise that when delivery services are outsourced to other companies, you get negative results as these companies and their employees are not committed to serve you better. I am still trying to get the modem working. Apparently the software M1 provided doesn't work on my Windows XP Media Center. Damn fustrated. I don't understand why such a big company cannot make it easier for users to use their products. I called M1 five times. One of them made me wait damn long and then gave me the wrong information. The last one gave me a sleepy tone. I still can't make it work. A total waste of my time.Posted by Benjamin at 12:28 AM
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Wonder Woman
Superman came to my house. I was looking forward to the meeting as I had got lots of things to share about the business. He flew me to a nearby prata shop. He got a number of deals today. Damn annointed. He always seems to have a way to grow his contacts. I am glad to be his buddy and business partner. Thick and thin we will overcome our obstacles. Wonder Woman called. He was supposed to fetch her home. His face changed. Apparently we talked longer than we should. I pray that his steel body can withstand her blows.Sometimes I don't know whether I should be glad that I'm still single. At least I have one less person to care about. I can do whatever I want. I have been thinking whether I want to stay single or get attached. Crossroad. Let God decide bah.Posted by Benjamin at 12:56 AM
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Bimboline
Bimboline. Bickering with me all night. Rather fun though. Jasmine Flower is right. You will never understand why anyone who dress so well will behave so unglam. Contradication to the max. Maybelline, Dennis, Bimboline and I then went to a prata shop for dinner. She ate one giant murtabak and two glasses of Milo dinosaur. What an appetite. On our way home, I made a sharp turn with my vehicle, her purse flew off her hands and onto the road. She panicked and started screaming at me to stop my pickup. She jumped off the pickup, ran about 10 metres back, picked up her purse and ran back. Laughing at herself the whole night. We were laughing our heads off. One thing I didn't mention: she's wearing a skirt that night! A feat even Catwoman cannot do.Posted by Benjamin at 1:15 AM
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Twins
Tuition with Faggot and the twins. Took a picture of the twins. Now who wants to join their tuition group? =pPosted by Benjamin at 11:50 PM
Thursday, July 12, 2007
This Other Eden
I finally got myself a new blogskin. I have been trying a couple of weeks how to get it done. In fact, it turns out to be a very simple procedure. Revert to your old template. Go to www.blogskin.com. Choose a blogskin. Cut. Paste. Done. Stupid me. Took damn long to do it. I asked Weeping Mann and Rubber Biakky to teach me today. Took a part of their tuition time to learn some more. Don't know who tuition who leh lol. I had a fruitful discussion with Superman about our company direction. We met a lot of competitors today. A niche. That will do the trick.Posted by Benjamin at 2:32 AM
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Delivery
This morning I went to the suppliers to collect our goods. Without Superman. First time on my own! Found a shop that sells good acrylic stuff (turn out to be Superman's ex-boss's loggerheads!). Then I met up Superman to discuss the sales, collection and delivery plan. He checked the goods I collected and realised the supplier got one of the paint colors wrong. Superman said, "Just go ahead and deliver lah!" My first delivery: Greenvale Secondary School. Reach the place. Met an unfriendly security guard. Went to the general office. Got the teacher's name (read Matinah as Matini =p). I felt guilty about the wrong colored paint and asked the teacher to check whether the goods were in order. She checked the goods out and accepted the goods. Chop and sign. Deal closed. Thank God. Next: Telok Kurau Secondary School. A very small and old building. I never knew a school this small and old. In Singapore. It's like heaven closed over them. The guard was friendlier then the one at Greenvale. Met the old technician. He doesn't seems to understand what I'm saying. He doesn't even kseems to know what I am here for. Chop and sign. Deal closed. What a day. I finally did something that is not about tuition. In fact I feel very tempted to quit tuition. I'm already thinking how I am going to spend my sunday in church, with my family, with my friends, and with myself.Posted by Benjamin at 9:50 AM
Making A Website
Wah. This few days I am trying to teach myself to make a website using Adobe Dreamweaver and Microsoft Word. Super hard leh. It's like I can't bridge the knowledge gap. I think I am getting old. Adobe Dreamweaver uses computer languanges that I can't understand. Microsoft Word sucks at making hyperlinks. It might be because I suck. I think I reconsider Blogspot, provided I find a way to display my symbols.Posted by Benjamin at 9:00 AM
Monday, July 9, 2007
MMM
Superman and I prayed before we enter the MMM building. We then found ourselves facing a lady from MMM. We did our presentation on an introduction to our company. She then mentioned this: she will discuss with again regarding the distributorship of MMM products. DISTRIBUTORSHIP! To think we just want them to be our supplier. I think we got a piece of cake bigger than what we can swallow. It's a opportunity we can explore. After the meeting, we went to a coffeeshop near my house to discuss about the direction of our company. Do we want to continue pursuing our dream to be the largest supplier of asthetic products or focus on distributing MMM products? Crossroad.Posted by Benjamin at 9:05 AM
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Misunderstood
I shed my tear. After 3 years. I thought I have stopped feeling emotional and start getting rational. Emotional inclination is dangerous. It makes you vulnerable. You want to care but don't feel appreciated. You see a hole in front of the person you care. You give a cry of warning. You get a cold stare. Ignored. The hole widens to receive its prey. You can only pray that this is just a dream. And it happen. The hole grows into a giantic monster and tears its prey apart. Right in front of your eyes. The person you care.Posted by Benjamin at 9:13 AM
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Satan's Attack
What a day. Superman was out doing sales. All of a sudden many orders came in. He went to the suppliers to get the goods. Then he realised he didn't bring his cheque book and our bank account didn't have any money left. He called me to put more cashe into the bank. But I was already at Chung Cheng High School, waiting for Emo Ming to finish school. I rushed to the bank, and realised that I forgot to bring my wallet out. Bad. But God saves the day! I still got S$240 cash in my backup wallet.Evil devil!
You are not going to win this battle.
For Jesus has won the medal.
My life from you He wrestle.
In His hand I shall prosper.
Just happen to think of it. Genius de leh! =p