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2011-12-31T10:37:00.001+08:00

After the series of happenings as stated in my last post, some updates.

On Tues I told my boss I need to discuss my last day with her. Apparently she didn't see my email to her on the previous Friday, or so she claimed. She said "You almost gave me a heart attack!"

What's so shocking when I've already told you 2 months ago that I want to resign?!?!?!?!? Seems like she REALLY doesn't think that I'll quit.

Somemore she went on and said that she couldn't have missed my email because "all the emails from you I treat as high importance".

Pui. This is not the first time she didn't see a mail that I've sent to her.

I didn't say that I've already signed the contract, and she actually asked me to stay for another year. Crazy. Stay for another year do saikang, postman, nothing related to the profession, for what, may I ask?

And then said that she already submitted my name for the Korean thingy next year. That's not my problem. All boils down to you not taking me seriously when I said I want to resign in 2 months ago and you rejecting my letter.

Then she said that my promotion in Jan went through already. Mind you, it's not "promotion". It's "upgrading". In order to get "promotion", I need to skip 2 grades to which I don't think other bosses would agree. For what? I'll still be an "executive".

I said I told the company I'll start on 1 Mar. She asked me to start on 1 Apr. Which means I'll be giving full 3 months' notice.

"Not that I don't want to keep my promise, but you have to understand that this is a critical period."

Critical? And may I know who's the one who introduced this critical-ness?

My colleague's last day is next week. And 2 months ago she chose to hire this lady who can only join on 1 Mar. I'm sure there are loads of other candidates out there who could start early to do a proper handover and all. And she must choose this one who won't be meeting my colleague at all.

Unless she purposely didn't want them to meet. I won't be surprised. She got lots of plans and reasons to do things that most of us can't understand anyway.

So I try to be nice and said I'll ask my new company if I can start a month later. Which made me very very dl because it means that I'll be giving 5 FULL MONTHS of notice.

"You need to trust me on this ok? May I know what company are you joining?"

When people start the topic with "trust me", it usually has the opposite effect on me.

Who knows what she would do if she knew? Go and talk to the company about me? Ask them not to take me yet? No way. I already anticipated this question coming from her. Why would anyone tell their current boss where he/she is moving on to? Either she's trying her luck or she's too thick to realize this.

I only squeezed out that it's not a local company. She asked if they can match my current salary and I answered yes, that's all. Then she said it should be quite a good company if they can match my salary when I only have 2 years of experience. Yes you'll be surprised boss. I kept a lot of things to myself on this topic.

I have nicely agreed to ask my new company if I can start on 1 Apr instead. That was what I thought on the day itself.

The next day, Wed, she didn't come to office until 4+pm, once she reached office she sat down opposite me to talk.

Guess what. SHE FOUND SOMEONE TO REPLACE ME. And the person has agreed to start in Jan. In less than 48 hours after I told her I'm resigning.

You can analyse and infer a whole lot things from the series of actions.

So I'm just going to wait for the New Year to start, and I'm going to sit down and analyse LOGICALLY with her, that you don't freaking need such a long handover period if the girl is going to start in Jan.

Seriously, what I'm doing now, is not so complicated that you need 2+ months to handover. At most 2 weeks will do. I didn't have any proper handover when I joined, and I'll still surviving. Somemore that girl is from our subsidiary. That's half the problems solved.

So I'm going to stick to my original date. Plus I still have about 16 days of leave to clear. Need to print out a calendar and list down which dates I want to take.

I'll bet you anything either she ask me to push back my last day to be somewhere mid Mar and clear everything at one go at the end so my last day is 29 Feb, or she'll buy the leave.

Unless she suddenly kai qiao and understand my logic.

Need to settle this real quick because I need to inform my dear uncles before the news go one big round in the company and finally comes back and reaches them. Not very nice. And the new girl is coming in in 2 weeks' time.

I can finally start my count down.

Happening

2011-12-21T22:05:00.004+08:00

This is quite a happening week.

Last week I got a call from a job agent who found me on monster about a job opening that does similar things as I'm doing right now.

Under her persuasion I went for the job interview.

And I got a call yesterday that I got the job. And I need to reply them asap if I'm going to take it.

In the first place I wasn't like "Yes I NEED the job".

Same field, at Woodlands.
But boss not in SG, nobody report to me, independent.
Oh, and higher pay.

The thing is that the push factor at my current place is way too huge to handle without going crazy once in a while.

I am more or less ready to sign the new contract, but last day is a very tricky issue that I need to discuss with my boss. I can only do that next Tues.

Monday I was on leave.

Tuesday I went for wisdom tooth extraction, took out 2 very black big teeth with 2 big holes in my mouth now. The bottom one required cutting and stitching, and I'm freaking myself out everytime I feel the thread hanging there. It's either the end of the thread, or the thread somehow got detached, or the flesh it was holding onto got detached.... But in return I got 4 days MC till Friday. The dentist wanted to give me Saturday as well.

Today I went for Lasik assessment at Shinagawa. Both eyes got astigmatism 50deg now. But fortunately my cornea is slightly thicker than average, so eye condition is good for the surgery. I nearly fainted again on my way to Orchard. When I felt the familiar sensation I rushed out of the train to sit at the bench on the platform. Snowflake vision, immense cold sweat, immense stomachache, and aches at weird places like back and back of neck. 15 minutes later when my vision was better, I rushed downstairs to the toilet outside the station. another 20 minutes till everything went off. Drenched in cold sweat by then.

Tomorrow is the op day.
If everything goes smoothly, 22 Dec 2011 marks my last day of wearing spectacles after 16 long years.
And 16 Dec 2011 marks my last day of wearing contact lenses after 11 long years.

Friday I'll have to go back again for post-op check up.

Saturday is xmas eve, I'll either be going for my work batch's gathering or uni classmate gathering dinner.

Sunday will be xmas buffet dinner.

Monday there's a cat adoption drive at Punggol, I really just want to pop by and see, but the place seems to be quite ulu...
Tuesday I'll need to go to the dentist to remove the stitching before going to work. And then at work I need to talk to my boss about my last day.

Happening 2011 year end.

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2011-12-20T14:24:00.000+08:00

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只聽說月9有松潤

N1

2011-12-04T21:25:00.002+08:00

Exam finished.

I think I won't fail.

I don't have 人生目標 anymore.

It's complicated

2011-11-12T11:02:00.002+08:00

So my letter didn't reach my boss.

I was waiting to see if she would ask me to go into her room to talk to me about her talk with "her boss".

It was only when I went in to ask her something else that she spoke to me about it.

She said she has gotten special permission from her boss that I'll definitely get early release if I have found a job that I really want to go. But who is there to guarantee that this would happen? There's no black and white, just that she said HR manager is already informed that I want to resign.

She kept saying that she understand how I'm feeling now, because she also went through all the different roles in the food industry before she settled down in this line. I was thinking no you don't, you have no idea how much I hate the system in this company.

She said the HR manager raised a good point, which is in case I don't find a job within this 3 months' notice, I'll end up as jobless. When HR looks at the resume of a person who is jobless and another who is still working, they would prefer the one still working because something may have happened to the person who is jobless (like resign because he/she did something wrong). So she strongly advised me not to quit first.

And she said although her boss know that I'm going to resign, she's going to push for my promotion/upgrading. Like again.

The conclusion is, I can openly find jobs, but I can't tell people that I have told my boss that I want to resign and she has guaranteed me early release.

I'll just wait and see if I'll get promoted in January, and whether I really get early release. If the early release doesn't come true, there nothing much to say about this company anymore. No point staying.

And yesterday, she sent me a promotion justification file for me to fill it in myself. I was like what the hell, aren't you supposed to be the one filling it in??? The file includes current jobscope, new position jobscope, justification of promotion and work performance. I only filled in the first and the last, if she can't be bothered to help me write it tells a lot of things. Still put it so nicely "I think you know your own work performance best".

Sigh I need to call up all the jobs I"ve applied in the last month and ask for the status of the opening.....

I want.....

2011-11-07T16:39:00.001+08:00

to sign up for Floristry WSQ.

I must be going crazy.

Threw letter!

2011-11-05T14:27:00.004+08:00

Wanted to.

I've planned to give my letter on 1 Nov so that my last day would be 31 Jan, so I can get the full salary for the whole of Jan.

My boss wasn't in office on 31 Oct anyway.

BUT.

I didn't know she would be on leave for the next 4 days.

So I sms her that I will be sending her the soft copy and cc HR. She asked me to put on hold first, and that she'll call me. Even requested me to get out of the office while we talk on the phone because the rest in the office would hear.

She said she's shocked. I'm even more shocked that she's shocked.

"Give yourself another year." That's what she said in March when I told her I wanted to transfer to another department.

Somehow I've been sending out the wrong signal OR she's been receiving the wrong signal that I'M DAMN ENJOYING MY WORK.

Pui.

And she went on about how I'm THE ONE in her succession planning, how she's been telling the big bosses about my progress and my work, how she think that my 名聲 will be "響亮亮" when I leave this place if I stay till I become the manager.

Always be skeptical. That's my policy.

Why should I believe you?

You said that you would help me get upgraded and even asked from me a list of my achievements and duties so far. In the end what happened? I don't even know what the hell happened. The upgrading and promotion exercise just quietly finished. I didn't get any letter or answer from you that our department didn't get the quota that's why I'm not upgraded.

Why should I believe you? Do you even know the meaning of "staff interest"?

I think all managers should be 100% sure that the person you are grooming in your succession planning actually IS interested to be in your little plan. How to be 100% sure? ASK.

She kept repeating that she chose me because "我看人每次都很準的". That's about YOU. Again. Never about other people.

She knows that I haven't found a job yet. So she started to bite on it and said that if I'm worried about the 3 months' notice, she could approve me for early release if I find a job, while I continue to be in my current position.

Let me see.

Your know that your staff wants to quit this freaking place. You know she hasn't got a job yet. And you actually are willing to pay her salary till she find herself a job and let her go 1 or 2 months instead of 3 months later?

As a Cantonese saying goes, where got such a big toad jumping around in the street???

My guess of her intentions:

1) She's trying to make herself look less bad because my colleague just quite a month ago. It'll really look quite bad if 2 out of 3 of your staff quit after one another --- Do you think I care?

2) She's really trying to make me stay and become the manager --- I need another 5 grades to become a manager. Upgrading is twice per year and people usually get upgraded once per year. She already didn't do the upgrading for me this July, why should I believe she'll do for me in subsequent exercises? Somemore she knows I'm going to quit. Another 5 years in this freaking company and this freaking department under her? I don't think so.

3) She simply likes me --- That's really none of my business also, since it's one-sided. Very one-sided.

She kept repeating that she wants to talk to her boss, whom I really have no idea who she was referring to, since she could have just told me which of the Ps she was going to tell. Kept saying "my boss". Fine I shall see what you are going to tell me after your little talk with your boss.

Meanwhile I just apply whatever I see that interests me, but unfortunately none of them got back to me so far.

Even if I were to stay in the same line, I would rather go to another company. New environment, new boss, new company structure without all these ridiculous KPIs.

Back from Biz Trip

2011-10-17T23:05:00.003+08:00

The theme of the trip: Eat, Drink, Massage, Travelling, Sleep late.

Day 1
We entered the transit area a little after 7am, and I got to buy my Burberry newest perfume =) 10% + no GST~ We reached Shanghai Pudong Airport after the 5-hour flight and met up with our Shanghai colleague (R). We had to take a bus to Hongqiao Airport to take a domestic flight 2 hours later to Shandong Qingdao. There wasn't lunch on the flight, so we had a little teabreak while waiting for the flight. The eggtart at the place was damn good with very very soft egg custard.

The flight to Qingdao was 1.5 hours, and we met up with the Singapore supplier boss (M) and the Taiwan boss (L) who was on a slightly later flight. The weather was super cooling. We checked into our hotel for the night. Not too bad, and there were 5 Japanese TV channels surprisingly. L treated us to dinner at a nearby restaurant. He's a man in his 50s (I don't think he's in the 60s yet, but I may be wrong) who spoke at a rather slow pace. But I like the way he speaks because it's SO Taiwanese. And partly because his face is my type haha, could see that he must have been quite handsome when he was young.

I spent the night going through the Chinese documents and jotting down notes since I couldn't find time to do it in SG. Ikimonogakari's live concert was blasting away on one of the Japanese channels. It was my first time staying in a hotel all on my own. Not too scary, I tried not to think too much. The long travelling time made me fall fast asleep almost immediately I switched off the lights.

Day 2
We checked out of the hotel at 8am. We had to travel 4 hours to a place in 蓬萊 to visit an apple grower. The trip got extended to 5 hours because the driver went the wrong way halfway through. The journey was terrible, my waist and butt was super tired due to the long hours and I was sitting in the middle at the back row which made it worse. About 10 mins after we got down the car and briefly walked through the warehouse, the owner brought us to another warehouse which was about 30mins away. We had a toilet break and the owners decided to bring us to lunch at a restaurant 15 mins away.

Lunch was mostly seafood, with crabs, abalone, mussels, scallops, fish, some unknown fish/shellfish sashimi. Seafood was abundant because the place is near the sea. We had red wine and soybean milk, which totally didn't go with anything we ate.

We went back to the second warehouse and I finally could start my work, which lasted for about 30 mins only. The owner brought us to their apple farm and we could just pluck any apple we wanted to taste. The apples were of a very nice shade of red and there were huge patches of land of them.

The owner drove us back to 萊陽, where we met up with M and L and some other bosses for a welcome dinner. We checked into our hotel for 2 nights and went to the restaurant. Two colleagues (H & K) of our Japanese subsidiary, the VP and chairman for the China company, some of the staff as well as the Director (P) of the SG company's parent company in HK joined us.

I knew drinking was a norm, but the way they drink is totally not what I call enjoying. They drink for the sake of drinking. There are many weird unwritten rules during mealtimes in Shandong, which L told us on the first night on our way to dinner. The seats for the host, vice host (who pays), main guest, second guest are all pre-determined. Before the food was served, the host and vice host would ganbei 3 times each to the whole table. After the first 3 glasses I already felt giddy. And the moment you take a sip somebody would fill up your glass for you. Then towards the end of the meal, everybody on the table need to 清場, which means drinking up whatever you have in front of you, before the main 主食 is served. They don't take rice, so it's usually dumplings or mantou.

The hotel was not as good as the first night's, but it was expected. M has warned us about the civilisation level, but he exaggerated it. My room was the very last one in the corridor which made it a little creepy. There wasn't a single interesting channel on TV, no foreign channels, so I slept.

Day 3
We had breakfast (Chinese style, with nothing much to eat) and set off for the Chinese company which was the main purpose of the trip. After some presentation in the morning (which required Japanese translation), lunch was served in the company's employee hostel where we tasted their products for lunch. With beer, of course.

Afternoon was factory tour and serious work for me. We ended the day with dinner at a steamboat place where personal hotpots were served. The dishes were placed on a turntable that turned by itself. This time round, one bottle of beer was placed in front of everyone so there's no way to escape. I finished the whole bottle, but surprisingly I didn't feel uncomfortable at all. They said that your alcohol tolerance gets better with each drink, so I guess that explained it. I ate tons of vegetables during the meal and it was the best meal in the whole trip.

They arranged for foot massage for all of us after dinner. The guy who did the massage for me was only 20 years old, and the one helping my colleague's boss was a 26-year-old guy with a super pretty face. I was lucky not to get that guy because some of the massage poses could be quite awkward. Like there is one where he would use his body weight to press on to your hip bone, so he's basically directly on top of you. My masseur looked down, but the pretty face was looking directly at my colleague's boss. I think I would start laughing if he did that to me.

Conclusion from the foot massage is that my body is in quite a bad shape. 腸胃不好.

Day 4
We checked out of the hotel, had breakfast, and set off for the China company's sister company. Actually all the companies were linked, their corporate map must be very complicated. We went for a factory tour and had their samples for lunch.

We went to another sister company in the afternoon, but this time round, nobody seemed to know what we were supposed to do there. We just sat in the conference room and tasted their products. Found Wi-Fi and I was checking my email happily since nobody was doing or saying anything important. We left after about an hour.

We checked into the same hotel as Day 1, and went to a nearby mall to do some shopping, before we went to the same restaurant as Day 1. The Chinese company's boss who was a Taiwanese (D) managed to rush back from Japan on that day to have the meal with us. D spoke in a very Taiwanese way, and on top of that he has this Taiwanese comedian bit in him. A little dramatic, very humourous, and a very clear and confident voice.

The restaurant has a selection spread outside the meal rooms where your could choose dishes and live seafood. There was even a snake on sale. This time round, in addition to the bottle in front of us, each of us was given a bottle of vinegar which is said to help detox and remove the alcohol, and could help you drink more. Seeing that bottle was bad news. Halfway through the meal, L or someone else asked the waitress to give everyone a small glass of 白酒 which contained 70% alcohol. My goodness, that was what we use in the lab for experiment and you are actually asking me to drink experiment reagent??

2 bottles of beer, one small glass of 白酒. I didn't really eat much food because the bosses liked to ganbei once every 3 mins and I was so full from the drinks. D got a little drunk from all the ganbei and could see he was really unwell. He could speak Japanese since he studied 3 years there, so he was speaking to H who was sitting between the 2 of us. He started complaining about the Japanese market and I knew he was really drunk.

My colleague's boss mentioned she wanted to go for foot massage again, and the bosses kindly arranged although we said we just wanted to go to the hotel massage service. This time round was full body massage that lasted for 2 whole hours. We ended past midnight.

Day 5
We had to wake up super early because we needed to leave Shandong at 7.15am to catch a flight back to Shanghai. We bid goodbye to M, L, and P who kindly woke up so early to send us off although we had a late night.

We took a cab from the airport and checked into our hotel, which our company has corporate rate with them. The room was the best in the whole trip. It would have been even better if my bed was a queen instead of 2 singles.

Lunch was at the Dimsum restaurant downstairs, before we set off to a factory with R who was with us the whole trip, and W who met us at the hotel. The factory had specially pushed some production to a Saturday for us to see. Then we went to see their town office and they kindly sent us to town after the tour. R and W brought us to dinner at a Shanghainese restaurant at 新天地.

We did a little of shopping after dinner. We went to see Raffles City which was opened by Capitaland and 南京東路. Nothing much to buy since the price is not really cheaper, and it was autumn so winter wear everywhere.

Day 6
Thank goodness we could sleep till 9am. My colleague's boss and I had an extremely expensive buffet breakfast downstairs and bought some souvenirs at a little shop in the hotel. We left the hotel at 11.45am for Pudong Airport.

Touch down in SG at 7.30pm.

Conclusion
We were really treated as VVIPs for the entire trip. All the bosses (president, managing director) from their different sister companies flew down just to accompany us for the 5 days with them. All meals, travelling and massage were prepared and paid for.

I'm not a business person, so it's not really my problem whether our company buys from them or not. But I won't forget their hospitality and entertainment for us during the short trip, which felt like I was there for 2 whole weeks.

I spoke with a Japanese!

2011-10-09T20:31:00.003+08:00

I was on my way home on the MRT. 2 seats emptied at Raffles Place so I sat down, along with another man in his 40s or 50s next to me. I took out my Japanese Grammar book to study when I heard a "日本語を勉強していますか？"

For a moment I thought I 幻聽.

He asked me why I learn Japanese, what anime/dorama I like, and when I told him I like Arashi he actually said he likes Gantz so he likes Nino.

So cool!

We spoke a bit, half in Japanese and half in English. He came from Kyoto and was travelling alone. Today's his 3rd day and he's flying back on Jetstar tonight.

We sort of stopped talking when we reached Bugis. Before he alighted at Aljunied, he said I am like a Japanese and my Japanese is good.

日本語が上手で日本人みたいです。

I know he's just being very 客氣, but nothing beats hearing the compliment from a native Japanese.

Exciting!

(*^▽^)/(*^▽^)/(*^▽^)/

誘惑

2011-10-08T20:12:00.002+08:00

I'm going to China on Tues-Sun for duty travel. Not very exciting looking at the itinerary, but at least my colleague told me we can wear jeans BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HIKE. Ok I think he was joking about the hiking, but basically we need to walk a lot. Luckily the weather should be rather cooling.

My boss said the colleague stationed in China asked her if she was going to station me there to help her do audits.

A voice immediately screamed in my head "Are you kidding??"

And guess one big reason I was asked to go there this time? I know Chinese. My whole department is not very good at Chinese, especially when all the documents you see there are going to be in Chinese including the scientific terms.

Then she said that in future, whenever there's a need to go China, she'll send me there.

You really plan damn ahead.

I'm drifting away and away from the topic.

My intern place opened up new job positions for management trainee.

I applied without second thoughts. And threw in the testimonial letter kindly written by my supervisor during internship.

Crossing all my fingers that they will call me up for interview.

Not too late to be a management trainee right? 4 assignments in 2 years, including one overseas assignment.

The pull factor is strong, but the push factor is even stronger.

I am very sickened by things happening at work.

To be very frank, I have almost made up my mind to stay in the company for another half a year because we are going to do up something in the next 3 months which will be very useful if I'm going to stay in this line.

Just when that decision was going to happen, I saw the job opening.

It's a sign.

Well, I need to give a 3-month notice period anyway.

But let's not keep hopes too high, I've applied for like 3-4 jobs and all didn't come back to me.

竟然退了

2011-10-08T17:28:00.002+08:00

去年我也有寫過類似的標題
沒想到又來這招

山P和小亮會在月底退出NEWS
以後就剩四人活動

這團真的是有退團詛咒
9人變8人然後變6人現在剩4個其中兩個還是有自己的雙人團的

看到新聞的時候立刻想到的是
如果沒有仁這個先例這次的退團應該不會發生
反正仁都退了那其他團有團員變動也沒什麼大不了我想他們是這麼想的

看到有些人留言
小亮退團能夠理解畢竟他是跨團
可是P退團大多數人都扯到仁身上說因為他和仁是親友受影響

我覺得是受影響不過不是因為是親友而是不想輸
想當年他單TOP了那麼多年現在看到仁竟然可以自由身做自己想做的事情自然會想單飛吧

可是真的很抱歉我覺得他真的只有臉蛋還有一點點舞蹈
歌聲完全不行又沒有表情演技麻麻

別誤會我不ANTI他我蠻喜歡他的臉的
不過一聽到他開口唱現場我就毛骨悚然
如果說他能一直靠臉蛋混口飯吃那恭喜

如果SOLO真的那麼有前途 Johnny's就不會一直以來主打團體

至於小亮我覺得他在關8好像會開心一點

其他四人辛苦了

我覺得這樣下去
出道團就會變成Jr團那樣
動不動就團員變動吧

希望其他團的團員能夠珍惜被組在一團

2011夏季日劇

2011-10-01T20:45:00.004+08:00

這季的劇都不太好看而且特別多女扮男裝
イケパラ看了第一集後很受不了就放棄了果然在日本那邊評價也很不好

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キャスト: 新垣結衣　錦戸亮　平山浩行　蓮佛美沙子　薬師丸ひろ子　ほか

劇情關於一個立志要出人頭地的女律師畢業生加入法律事務所的第一個任務是當社長女兒的保母
遇上了單親草食系奶爸兩人之間漸漸的因週遭發生的事情被拉在一起

這部的名字起得很懸疑和劇情沒什麼關聯

完全是為了看小亮和結衣才看的
不過看得不太起勁

反而覺得兩位小朋友演得很不錯
尤其是日向那副超級小大人的模樣越看越覺得可愛

我覺得很可愛的一幕園長和狗

這部麻麻不會特別推薦

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美男ですね

TBS　金10
平均視聴率: 9.95%
キャスト: 瀧本美織　玉森裕太　藤ヶ谷太輔　八乙女光　小嶋陽菜　柳沢慎吾　ほか

韓劇改編
劇情關於雙胞胎的妹妹為了當哥哥的替身女扮男裝加入偶像團體
愛上了隊長走在一起後才發現兩人父母之間的關係

韓劇的劇本就是狗血+沒什麼邏輯
為什麼美子和美男關係那麼好卻一直沒有聯絡是一個謎題

三男主真的不好看
不過玉森的角色和他彆扭的表情很萌
而且在最後一集北山那段很沒有意義的客串後真的很慶幸主角不是他...

女主麻麻不是我的菜從來沒有看過她演別的劇

看這部之前就不是很喜歡AKB48 看這部之後很受不了NANA的臉
尤其是那厚唇還有噁心裝可愛的模樣如果說那是她的本性我也相信

要舞台劇化了不是fan真不知道要怎麼看得下去

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ジウ　警視庁特殊犯捜査係

テレ朝　金11
平均視聴率: 8.65%
キャスト: 黒木メイサ　多部未華子　城田優　北村有起哉　ほか

小說改編
劇情關於兩個性格截然不同的女警加入警署後的遭遇
在破解連環孩童拐帶案中發現了背後更不得了的陰謀

完全是為了看兩個女主才看的劇
劇情有點悶新世界秩序完全不明白更不明白為什麼要找韓國人來演明明是中國人的'鳩'

メイサ整個就是心情超不好的角色
然後那些床上戲有點多餘不過打架的部分確實是不錯

多部變漂亮了上季是無厘頭的刑警這部多了點女人味不錯

U君的顏真的接受不能

三本小說濃縮成九集不會特別推薦

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桜蘭高校ホスト部

TBS　金12
平均視聴率: 2.84%
キャスト: 山本裕典　川口春奈　大東俊介　千葉雄大　高木心平　高木万平　中村昌也　ほか

漫畫/動漫改編
劇情關於一座超有錢的學院裏一個超平民的女生為了還債女扮男裝加入了男公關部
認識了部裡的成員發生不少趣事也給大家帶來了不少改變

如果看過動漫的畫會發現很多情節的台詞和情景是一模一樣的
這種漫畫改編的劇一定是貶多於褒
剛開始覺得麻麻不過看下去還OK

山本裕典演環學長還蠻好笑的因為他放得開尤其把春日當女兒那些部分都很好笑
春日還不錯不過女扮男裝真的還是女生臉
大東俊介的聲音有點像動漫版鏡夜不過不夠腹黑
要找到適合的人演HONEY學長是一大挑戰我也不想多批評
銛學長是外表酷其實有點呆不過真人版外表也呆
雙胞胎還好不過看真人禁斷場景有點小噁心
貓澤學長整個就是多餘而且明明是暗黑說話的方式整個變成變態太難聽了

還有那些小角色都很不行蓮華貓澤妹妹
唯一讓我覺得像到捧腹大笑的是春日的人妖爸爸實在太棒了

嘛.... 畢竟要真人化的難度還是比較高的
如果不太執著於原著的話還是蠻輕鬆的一部

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華和家の四姉妹

TBS　日9
平均視聴率: 11.51%
キャスト: 観月ありさ　貫地谷しほり　川島海荷　加藤成亮　吉瀬美智子　ほか

劇情關於四姐妹二姐兩次離婚後回娘家大姐愛上有婦之夫三姐懷疑二姐搶自己的男友小妹討厭男人
加上母親獲釋父親外遇後因意外身亡父親也患病住院一家人在種種困難中領悟人生的道理

看上面的劇情真的能發生的事情都發生在這一家人身上
劇情很拖泥帶水越看越悶

観月ありさ的角色很不討我喜歡不過她的身材實在是棒
貫地谷しほり的角色也很不喜歡

西給演得不錯

最後一集出現的惡搞 "髪ざかりな君たちへ　育毛パラダイス" 真的把我笑死了

不會特別推薦

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下季要看很多部
妖怪人間ベム --- 卡咩終於又上劇了銀髮+拐杖就算不像原著也萌死一群人 =v=
謎解きはディナーのあとで --- 少爺演毒舌管家
ランナウェイ～愛する君のために --- 龍也為了這部真的剃了頭演囚犯一定要看
南極大陸～神の領域に挑んだ男と犬の物語～--- 木村主演所以要看
専業主婦探偵～私はシャドウ～--- 深恭 + 藤木
11人もいる！--- 有神木 + 清史郎看看第一集再打算

CUI

2011-09-19T12:08:00.003+08:00

I applied for a job in a food ingredient company that stated that it would be good to know Japanese.

The job agency called me and tested my spoken Japanese.

TOTALLY CANNOT MAKE IT.

I feel SO morally punched after the conversation that I want to die.

My learning journey of 5 years since Year 2 (with a lot of stoppages in between).................... totally couldn't give me the speaking skills.

Sigh. I need to re-think my learning method. And it's time to go back to the meetups to look for practice partners.

10-Year Reunion

2011-08-30T22:42:00.003+08:00

I think I like this kind of reunion.

I didn't really walk around talking and networking with everyone else like some of them did. Most of the time I just sat at one corner of the group and listened to what others had to say.

It's amazing how short 10 years seemed to be. Everyone looks the same, speaks the same, acts the same as 10 years ago, when we were in uniforms sitting in the small classroom.

大家都保養得不錯完全沒變老

I earned something from the reunion. The push factor to make me put one step forward.

It's rather scary. 4 doctors, 1 lawyer, 4 teachers, several accountants. Most of them looked happy with what they are doing.

We even had a round of serious gasping for breath amidst laughter when someone announced that she is running a small biz providing male strippers for events, right in the middle of CNA live vote counting for PE.

大家都實現了自己的夢想我們還在這裡幹嘛??

That was what YT and me told each other several times, followed by laughter. 苦笑

So I did what I was supposed to do half a year ago. I finally submitted my resume to a few places.

Work is getting so unbearable that I really can't get myself to be motivated, initiative or positive. It's the people, the environment, the nature and the job itself. Basically everything.

3-month notice period. Pui.

Move on

2011-08-21T14:10:00.004+08:00

Over lunch.

"Wait why were you guys talking about me?"

"(pause)"

"No, wait. WHAT were you talking about me?"

"He was just asking me why am I not interested.... (pause)"

"Why you're not interested in me?"

"Something like that. Why I'm not interested in girls in the company."

"Okay....."

"I told him you are too valuable to lose."

"Huh?"

"I really think so."

I wanted to say what kind of stupid answer is that, but decided not to.

Why I say it's stupid. To me it's the way to try to bring you up in the process of bringing you down, if you know what I mean.

To be very frank, I found myself heaving a huge sigh of relief.

It's best to clear all doubts and lay everything clearly in front of you.

The stand is clear. Crystal clear.

何も始まらない前に終わった
はい　終~~了~~

It's going to be a very random post.

2011-08-05T23:02:00.004+08:00

Occasionally I think that I notice too much, think too much.

Often my emotions are not because of the thing itself, but because the realization that I actually feel in this way.

Like I'm not really angry at you, I'm actually angry at myself for being angry at you. It's a kind of realization that I would prefer not to realize, because it'd lead me to thinking too much.

Some time ago, when I was talking to a colleague, he suddenly reached to my collar and adjusted my collar under my dustcoat while I was still talking away. The act itself didn't really catch me by surprise, I was more surprised at the fact that I didn't feel weird or wanted to move away.

Er... don't think too much, the collar is not tucked all the way under the dustcoat, it was probably just folded or crooked to one side so he pulled it back up. But it's a fact that he always tells me that he likes to see me. Oh well. I don't really feel anything towards attached guys. Haha. But of course, I'm grateful that he's the type who can openly let you know that he likes your presence, because I feel appreciated and feel his sincerity as a friend.

I realized there are things that doesn't really matter when said by certain people, but would be the total opposite if said by others. Like the cheeky "You don't know where my office is? OK I'll bring you here next time when nobody else is here", if it was said by other people he would probably get an eternal curse from me for being disgusting. But somehow I found it damn funny when it came from this colleague. I guess it's a kind of mutual connection between people, some sort of character match.

Like there are people whom you won't hate no matter what they do or say to you.

Er... also don't think too much about this one, it's not the first time he said such things to me, and I found it funny every single time. But just funny, that's all. I have a natural immunity against married guys. =)

But those 2 guys also show one thing. See what attached and married guys say and do to their female colleagues. Haha.

Somehow I seem to be getting along better with male colleagues than female ones. Not as if there are many female colleagues around to start with though. But those few whom I know always give me the feeling that they don't like me and I'm not welcomed around them. Somehow. I may be a bit over-sensitive, but it's quite hard to shake off the feeling when I read their facial expressions, their tone, their body language. We once had a lot of talk about during gatherings, but maybe it's the long-time-no-see effect, things just change at the next time I see them. Or maybe it's just a plain character mismatch. Or maybe there are rumours going round about me.

I really don't have a problem getting along with the XY species. I hope my parents are not thinking in that way. If I could I would bring them both to my office and walk one round in the building.

It's like...
If I can't give you what you are looking for.....
And you can't provide me with what I want...
It's quite pointless, isn't it?

事情最糟糕的時候就是當你發現你開始會期待

The thing about thinking too much is that at the end of the day, on one hand you would convince yourself it's just your imagination, but on the other hand you would desperately be praying hard that what you thought is not true.

內心的天使和魔鬼正打得頭破血流

I'm probably a genius at thinking too much.

都不知道打了幾個回合了

Inertia

2011-07-30T22:28:00.003+08:00

Facing great inertia to do everything.

ANYTHING.

It's the kind of inertia before big exams that I felt to make me not feel like studying at all. Still remember the drama marathons before A level and uni exams.

Inertia to.....

Playing piano.
Studying Japanese.
Start looking for job.
Book dentist appointment.

Even watching Japanese shows.
(Something must be wrong with me.)

I just want to lie down, stare into space, do nothing.

生存意義

2011-07-10T12:27:00.002+08:00

Sigh.

I think I've been talking too much with my colleague. He's always asked to do things that don't require such high calibre to do. Things that are quite meaningless. Things that are like absolutely boliao.

That set me thinking.

Things that I'm doing at work now. Are all not anwhere better than that. At least in my opinion.

I DIDN'T GET MY DEGREE TO LOOK AT WORMS AND HAIR.
I DIDN'T GET MY DEGREE TO SOLVE COCKROACH PROBLEMS.
I DIDN'T GET MY DEGREE TO SOLVE STUPID CLEANER PROBLEMS.

And the question goes back to:

I got my degree for what?

I don't feel that I'm contributing in any ways at all. I'm just doing things because the bosses want them to be done. That, of course, is part of the job. But seriously, do you really need a uni grad to do all those?

And outside work, the situation gets even worse. There's no goal at all.

Maybe that's why people get married so early huh. So that they are occupied and won't find themselves in the situation where there's nothing for you to accomplish.

Basically I'm very sian about everything.

Vicious cycle

2011-07-02T00:47:00.004+08:00

I get this extreme sianness about work once in a while.

The sianness peaked yesterday. I was feeling so no face during a meeting with all sections present. My boss obviously made a mistake and still tried to argue her way through. Not to mention her usual susceptibility to misunderstand the question directed at her, which would force the whole meeting to listen to her blabber for 2 minutes before she finally gets the question and blabber another 2 minutes to answer. I can't stand her fillers.

And at the end of the argument, she and another manager actually had the cheek to say that they needed to leave the meeting early so they wanted to skip the parts in the minutes that are not relevant to them. And the chairman of the meeting knew that they were going out for lunch. Such good example huh. So can I end our conversation halfway at lunchtime and say that it's my freaking lunchtime / knockoff time so can you please shut up and let me go.

Not fun at all when the other managers are so obviously sian-ed by her. "We could have ended the meeting early if not for the ladies." They said that when I was still in the meeting, after the 2 of them left for lunch. What do you expect me to say or react?

And then I got lectured for no reason at all. Well, the "reason" was I didn't keep track of whether colleagues from other departments had already done what they are supposed to do. I asked for their softcopy updates to be sent to me, and the big fish said I should track who have actually done the task physically and who have not instead of asking for the report.

I'm not their mother OK?

Do you blame the credit card company if you missed the deadline? "You should have called me to remind me to pay the bills!"

WTF. KNS.

And then, the reason for all the blame pinning came to light today.

The stupid mistress went to complain to him that she got a lot of things to do. Which was actually a result of her own stupidity because she did it the wrong way. AND her puny brain managed to squeeze out a reason for what she did: she came to check with me what she was supposed to do and so she did it that way.

Basically stupid people usually interpret things stupidly, even my boss said what I told her to do was not wrong. She herself interpreted wrongly using her non-existent common sense.

And the aftermath of her complain: I need to squeeze something out by Monday to revamp the whole exercise. And it must be successful eventually.

Whatever la. You just wait till the the string stretches to the highest peak it can reach and see what happens when it breaks. I'll make sure the broken end springs back and hit in their big fat faces.

( I always wonder. What if people from my workplace stumble upon this page and recognise what I wrote? Will I be sacked? )

On another note.

If you prefer to not go straight to the point, go round in circles and use hints, I can always act blur and pretend I don't get you. Not the first time, and I think I don't want to guess blindly the true meaning or intention behind your words. I'm not that clever, or rather, I don't want to be that clever to read minds.

2011春季日劇

2011-06-14T17:17:00.004+08:00

幸せになろうよ

フジ　月9
平均視聴率: %
キャスト: 香取慎吾　黒木メイサ　藤木直人　仲里依紗　綾部祐二　玉森裕太　ほか

劇情關於結婚介紹所男職員在幫助女會員尋找理想伴侶的過程中愛上她

作為月9 劇情太差了
看到有小道說編劇寫了第一集後寫不下去之後都是別人寫的
很拖泥帶水很悶

堅持看到最後只是因為演員們都蠻喜歡的
不過我覺得最佳配角一定要頒給大倉孝二超好笑的角色

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生まれる。

TBS　金10
平均視聴率: %
キャスト: 堀北真希　大倉忠義　中島健人　田中美佐子　大杉漣　ほか

劇情關於51歲的母親在丈夫剛去世不久後發現自己懷孕了不管4個孩子的反對決定要把孩子生下來

看這部可以學到很多關於懷孕的知識尤其是高齡產婦的知識
不過劇情很老土就是每個孩子都在這個時候接二連三的遇到大難題而且最後都迎刃而解

我覺得演生孩子的女演員都好厲害

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犬を飼うということ～スカイと我が家の180日～

テレ朝　金11
平均視聴率: %
キャスト: 錦戸亮　水川あさみ　久家心　山崎竜太郎　田口淳之介　ほか

劇情關於生活不怎麼富裕的家庭開始養女兒撿到的小狗的故事

這部強力推薦
有時很搞笑有時很催淚很不錯的故事

小狗很可愛也很聰明

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高校生レストラン

日テレ　土9
平均視聴率: %
キャスト: 松岡昌宏　吹石一恵　神木隆之介　川島海荷　板谷由夏　伊藤英明　ほか

劇情是真實改編關於一間由高中生經營的餐廳

故事一般少年奮鬥的青春故事

我唯一不能忍的是他們用的方言
雖然說設定並不在東京可是神木和川島的方言腔調真的很奇怪

最後一集的最後一段大家好會哭
可是哭得有點..... 多餘

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Meow

2011-06-14T00:00:00.008+08:00

Was waiting at CC for my kickboxing class to start, when a cat strolled in the main glass door and walked to the McDonalds at the back. It disappeared for a while, and then it appeared again when the deliveryman left his backpack temporarily at the back door.

回眸一笑

The deliveryman started playing with it for a while before he left for the delivery. Wrong move.The cat glued itself to him while he walked to his motorbike.

Batam

2011-06-06T21:36:00.002+08:00

Short trip. Not much happenings.

The city tour was quite crap.
Seafood lunch wasn't good.
Dinner was a pathetic plate of chicken chop and the tour guide said till the whole bus tour thought there was going to be buffet.
Massage was OK, my neck ached quite badly after that.
Shopping was... huh what shopping?
A&W isn't impressive at all.

The return ferry got stuck on a very wavy sea for 5 minutes to wait for a cruise to exit the terminal and go past us.

The only good thing for the whole trip is the pedicure. Less than $10 and colour was nice.
And the hotel was not bad. I slept rather soundly.

Not going to go back anytime soon.

Busy....

2011-05-14T21:32:00.003+08:00

I've been waking up 30mins earlier to reach office earlier, but I'm still leaving office at earliest 6.30pm or later almost everyday.

As I said before, I hate people disturbing me when I'm trying to do work.

I used to have time to read xinmsn and blog. Now I don't even have time to check my personal email.

The biggest side effect is that it's making me don't want to move at all at night and on weekends.

The contradicting thing is I have the urge to do so much more all of a sudden.

I want to join zumba class.
I want to learn rollerblading.
I want to take up intermediate kickboxing or something more vigorous than my current one cuz I'm not sweating at all.
I want to practise piano at least once a week.
I want to practise guitar again.
I still want to go karaoke alone.

But I don't feel like moving at all.

My dad calls every week to tell me the same thing. How's work, where did I go today, yesterday, must go out more often, cannot always sit at home, go out network more, etc etc etc......

I do not like to hear the same thing over and over again.

My brain has been unusually active these days. Many things running on my mind simultaneously, to the extent sometimes I don't know if what I remembered was in my dreams or my conscious thinking.

My brain needs some peace.

Choice

2011-05-07T21:17:00.003+08:00

To be able to choose, it's a privilege.

But not all privileges appear to be something desirable to everybody.

I'm still at the stage of deciding whether it's desirable.

My dad dropped by for the labour day weekend. Suggested to me that I should try applying for some HK gov job to see if they are interested to interview me. Because I'm a "special case".

I don't see myself as THAT special, seriously.

But he sure knows how to tempt me. He said the salary is high.

But still, going back is not a small thing.

14 years ago I left HK, where all my relatives, my friends, and my memories were left behind.

And he's suggesting that I do that once again.

I don't know how many parts my life needs to be chopped into.

But my 3 year bond here is ending in a year's time. I'll be free to go anywhere after that. Well, actually I don't think everybody fulfills those 3 years, but on the safe side I'm going to obey.

I'm anticipating good news in July. My boss asked for a list of my "achievements" so far. Which won't be a short list because she has added quite a few new things to me from other colleagues. I've been so busy that I haven't really left office before 6pm for quite a long time. And I used to be able to check my personal email and blog. Not anymore. I don't even have time to finish what I need to do.

Shall see how good the news is.

The new colleague is into his 4th week. And he reports everything he does to me. AND he cc every email to me. Which is not needed in my opinion because I'm not his boss. If he has questions of course I don't mind. But he's just reporting on what others asked him, what he's going to do. What's the point? On Friday he sat in front of my table trying to report all those to me when I had a million things to finish. And he refused to go away. Finally I had to suggest lunch and then finally he left after that.

I do not like it when people drop by my cubicle and plop down on my chair and start blabbering away when OBVIOUSLY I'm doing work. That's called not having the ability to 察言觀色. Unfortunately I know of many colleagues who do that to me.

Shabu-Shabu Anyone?

2011-05-01T18:53:00.002+08:00

Bought this sort of on impulse:

Bought 2 vouchers.

Then read online that some of the people complained the portion is too small for 2 people, the shop is small and stuffy.

Anyone wants to try this? We may need to order other stuff, or go somewhere else to eat junk to fill our stomachs after the shabu-shabu.

未來

2011-04-17T18:55:00.002+08:00

好像越來越模糊越來越搞不懂

人生
目標
理想

未來

又或者
從一開始就沒有所謂人生的藍圖現在感覺到的這一切都不算驚訝

總覺得有很明確很清楚的目標的人很不可思議

我是那種在兩個選擇當中做出決定後通常都會後悔自己的決定的人
人生目標理想藍圖
充滿了選擇充滿了後悔

這樣猶豫不決的人要怎樣從一開始就能有很明確很清楚的目標

我相信
一個人就算不喜歡他正在做的事卻能把事情做好
有人跟我說了一堆什麼熱忱啦 "好"的定義啦很煩

我覺得在我到目前為止的人生裏
主要的推動力並不是喜歡而是責任和完美主義
比如讀書
比如家務
比如家用
比如現在的工作

繞了一大圈
我到底"喜歡"什麼和我的未來一樣模糊

找不到熱忱
不可能找到理想
不可能明確的看到未來

有些人可以22歲就決定要和誰渡過剩下的人生
有些人可以清楚知道自己追求的事業而為之不回頭的努力

我到了現在還是一點頭緒也沒有
只是過一天算一天走一步看一步

稍微詩情畫意一點來說
或許需要找到導航照明燈塔我的船才能找到停泊的港口
靠上岸拋錨到水底走向燈塔
看著指引方向的燈火是不是能讓我決定停下腳步讓錨永遠沉在水底不再離開

Sianness

2011-04-03T20:35:00.003+08:00

My boss called after lunch today (SUNDAY) to ask me about an email sent yesterday (SATURDAY).

Of course I haven't read it. I didn't know reading emails on weekends is compulsory in my jobscope.

Then as usual she started rattling on and on and on about it and asked me to prepare slides for a meeting that she has set tomorrow morning.

PPT slides only. 沒什麼大不了的. Not as if I can't do it. Finished it in 2-3 hours just now.

The only thing is. Nobody even BOTHERED to open my attachment to have a look at what I've sent previously. Then say I never explain properly on something that wasn't in the picture in the first place. And the thing is the person who sent the email was asking for something that she herself has already pasted in her attachment. It's asking others where your specs are when you are already wearing them.

I have no idea who is the one who isn't being clear here, and who is the one who has misunderstood everything.

Making me even more pissed off than having to work on a Sunday afternoon is the fact that my boss repeated everything 3 times with a lot of "you know"s in between. No matter how I tried to explain, she was obviously trying to pin the fault onto me.

She ended the conversation saying I could include this in the mid year performance review. What is this? Some sort of threaten to say that if I don't do this properly I'll be penalized in the mid year review? Guess what? I can't be bothered about it. I'm not planning to stay long anyway.

Speaking about the performance thingy, I did my self appraisal till 1am on Friday night because she made everyone in the department re-do. My appraisal session on Friday took more than 2 hours, and one hour was her talking about herself and my other colleagues, I have no idea why she want to tell me all those. Appraisal is a process where your boss talk to you about YOUR performance isn't it? And I thought everything is confidential?

Only left office at 6.45pm and had to take a cab to Orchard for my appointment supposed to start at 7pm. Waste my time and money.

Really sian to the max. Lovely Sunday.

Dress Better = Dress

2011-04-02T18:40:00.004+08:00

Somebody told me that one of the guys in my previous batch said:

"The only good thing our company did to the girls was to make them dress better. Except for one person."

That "one person" was referring to yours truly.

Don't get me wrong, I'm quite buddy with that guy. And he has joked about me being not feminine in front of me before.

But after asking further, I realized that guy's definition of "dress better" = wearing dress/skirt.

是不是要那麼性歧視

And then I was told that it'll be quite surprising if I appear at work one day in a dress.

I have no idea how guys think. But I can be sure where they look at.

So it's damn easy for me to shock the world. Wear a dress. LIke what the hell.

But anyway I was planning to go back to HK and buy working clothes including dresses. Since I haven't been running around in a while since the swopping of portfolio, it should be all right.

That conversation ended with something like "I'll make sure on the first day I wear a dress to work, I'll walk to his office and parade in front of his desk to 'surprise' him."

哼別看不起我

2011冬季日劇

2011-04-01T22:54:00.003+08:00

感覺上這季都不怎樣
是劇的問題還是我本身的問題我也不太清楚又是有氣沒力的一季

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大切なことはすべて君が教えてくれた

フジ　月9
平均視聴率: 11.46%
キャスト: 戸田恵梨香　三浦春馬　武井咲　中島健人　篠田麻里子　内田有紀　西村雅彦　ほか

劇情關於一名男教師在新學期的第一天早上發現床上多了一女子而且竟然是自己班上的學生
東窗事發和未婚妻解除了婚約被學校處分然後發現未婚妻懷孕在一切的過程中從新認識到了很多重要的事情

編劇很爛劇情很拖總覺得整個故事兩集就能結束
主角性格都很扭捏

唯一的收穫是發現原來中島健人已經長蠻帥了不過有點兔牙

内田有紀好漂亮!!

第一集春馬去學校的路上經過的櫻花樹有點像我房間裡的拼圖:

總結不怎麼好看的一部

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CONTROL　～犯罪心理捜査～

フジ　火9
平均視聴率: 13.44%
キャスト: 松下奈緒　藤木直人　横山裕　勝村政信　泉谷しげる　ほか

劇情關於被警局請來幫忙的大學心理教授和女刑警拍檔
大家憑著犯人的舉動語氣從心理學的角度把案子一一破解

不太喜歡藤木直人的鬍子造型不過樣子還是帥的

覺得松下奈緒有時很誇張不太喜歡

yoko警察正裝帥

總結就是普通的警匪片

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美しい隣人

フジ　火10
平均視聴率: 12.95%
キャスト: 仲間由紀恵　檀れい　渡部篤郎　三浦理恵子　南圭介　藤井美菜　高知東生　ほか

劇情關於一位母親隔壁搬來的美麗鄰居自己的家人朋友都漸漸被鄰居佔有
後來發現這一切都和之前在同一天發生的小孩溺水和小孩失蹤事件有關

看了劇情和預告就超想追看真的不要小看女人
可是到了最後一集結尾很不怎樣沙希的理由有點無聊整個很美中不足
而且丈夫的下屬的惡作劇電話理生對沙希前後的態度不一還有螢火蟲在整部劇根本沒什麼關連
這些都懸在半空沒有好好交代
是準備要拍續集還是番外篇嗎

仲間由紀恵演神經質不錯對前夫拳打腳踢蠻恐怖的

檀れい整個造型很老氣還是說日本家庭主婦都是這個樣子
無論是髮型服裝語氣都很不現代

大致上還不錯

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バーテンダー

テレ朝　金11
平均視聴率: 10.03%
キャスト: 相葉雅紀　貫地谷しほり　金子ノブアキ　ほか

漫畫改編
劇情關於一個本是比賽冠軍的調酒師突然不再調酒遇上了酒店集團老闆的孫女
從回酒吧的調酒師通過了不同的酒安撫客人的心情

看這部讓我有點嚮往坐在酒吧台前讓調酒師為我調制美味的酒感覺有點高貴大方

愛拔為了這部苦練的調酒姿勢不錯蠻有駕勢的

純粹為了看偶像的一部

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デカワンコ

日テレ　土9
平均視聴率: 13.31%
キャスト: 多部未華子　沢村一樹　手越祐也　伊東四朗　ほか

漫畫改編
劇情關於一個喜歡Gothic Lolita裝扮的年輕女警憑著靈敏的嗅覺和大家破案

這部收視超乎我想像本來以為不會很高怎麼知道是這季最高之一

剛開始覺得找多部未華子cosplay有點不適合可是越看越覺得蠻可愛的
還有每集都有的現場旁述蠻好笑的

tego演認真有點小違和感不過到了cos女裝的那集就完全ok

嗅覺輸了狼狗不甘心很失望的表情超好笑的:

輕鬆有趣的一部

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下季應該只看三四部
很多都是之前沒有看得劇季的續篇可是都不是我的菜第一系列沒看

Final Decision?

2011-03-24T15:55:00.002+08:00

Just as I half expected. My boss advised me not to go over.

As much as my colleague tried to convince me otherwise, I am still very convinced that the main purpose of me being where I am is to be a pawn in this stupid game of "see who can tahan longer", not because of my ability.

But since the salary is not bad and it's so near my place, I'll just stay. And I'm convincing myself that it's not bad after all since I can continue to focus on studying for the JLPT N1 exam at the end of this year. Everything else can come after that.

So I'm not going anywhere for the time being. Last year I gave myself 2 years because that's the duration of the program. The program had been changed to 1 year and I've already "graduated" from it for 3 months, but I'll still stick to my original plan of 2 years. Then I'll decide whether to request for dept change or quit.

I was told, and actually I already knew it very well, that the presence of someone in the other dept would hinder my every single move if I were to go over because of her "strong support". Not as if anyone in the company doesn't know about it.

So, at the end of this year, when I've decided to move on, if she's still very rooted there and her support is still alive and kicking at the top, there's not much meaning for me to request for dept change to their side.

Therefore my conclusion is to go back to my initial choice, just that I'll postpone it to next year instead of now. I shall call the 4 companies HR after I come back from HK to ask about the training program.

Case closed. For now.

分叉路口

2011-03-19T20:31:00.003+08:00

I just got to know that our next door is looking for a new staff.

The senior manager asked me during lunch a few days ago, "Are you interested in R&D?"

I thought it was quite obvious. But I didn't give an answer.

After getting the details of the real situation from another colleague, as well as his "advice" for me to request for transfer, I have been thinking the whole day.

IMO It'll be more interesting than what I'm doing now. But the uncertainty is also there, since I've not really done any R&D before, unless you count my days in Givaudan as R&D since I was attached to a senior Food Technologist.

And the more I think about all the details, the more it's attracting me.

It's not so operation based, no daily ops meeting, no need to walk the ground.
I won't have so many graded staff under my care/responsibilites, there are only 2 young lady assistants who are very nice.
I won't need to run around so much as now.
I won't be hated because of what I do.
I won't get chased out of meetings because the operations people don't want to let me know certain things.
I won't need to cover my auntie colleague when she goes for her regular meetings, and I don't have to put up with her and her stupid way of talking and doing things.
I won't get shot at "As a QA, you should know how to ________________".

The most important thing is, it's a small department, I can get along with all of them well. Er... except for one of them, but I can live with it.

The thing I can't get over is my boss. It's the guilty feeling again. I know she has been trying to let me learn more and get me exposed to more areas. Recently I just get added portfolio, well, that may have some hidden purpose but still, I get to learn more.

But the thing is, after this portfolio addition, I am even more sure that I'm not interested in this line, and I don't have the qualities to do well. And most importantly, I'm not enjoying it at all.

I enjoy working with people in other departments, not so much on really the work itself, but the interaction. I know I'll definitely miss the place if I do quit.

So if I were to really try out for my flavourist application, and if fortunately I get in, I'll be out of this place if 3 months' time.

But if I request for department transfer, it may not take that long. Now that's the main point.

Flavourist vs food technologist. Career prospects. Ability. Interest.

I've been debating with myself all day. I'm more inclined towards having a talk with my boss asap.

人性的醜陋

2011-03-15T17:44:00.004+08:00

"Maybe they still can't get over the fact that their section head is now no longer me."

"The other day I met him in the corridor and he said I'm still in his heart hahahaha."

I really have no idea how some people can be so self-confident. And not to mention stepping others down to make themselves feel that they are irreplacable.

My goodness.

Fine, your ex-staff who is now under me still submit forms addressed to you. When I ask what the form is for and why he is addressing it to you, you gave that "can't get over" business as an answer.

Comprehension fails.

I wonder what you would think if you found out that my ex-staff who are now reporting to you, and purchasing, AND purchasing boss, AND our boss have been liaising with me instead of you about things that are supposed to be under your care now. So they can't get over the fact that I am no longer in charge of the portfolio passed to you.

Tell me, to have staff "can't get over", or to have bosses "can't get over", which one is more significant to you?

Boo hoo.

I must emphasize that I do not really care about all these, I'm just using her "can't get over" words to suit her context. I'm actually doing more than I should because nobody wants to pass the info to her.

Grow up la auntie. I have no idea what's there to be so sour about. Half the phone call was silence waiting for her answer and all the answers she gave was desperately trying to remind herself that she's not forgotten by her ex-staff and that she's better than I am.

Well, you should. I'm just a second-year new bird and how long have you been in the company. What for try so hard to step on other's pride to raise yourself to a totally new disgusting level.

The supervisor (her ex-staff, my current staff) told me secretly that soon after I took over this portfolio from her, she told the contractor supervisor "自己保重".

See what she's doing to people under my care now. Trying desperately to hint, if not state openly, that they'll suffer under me. Well, whatever.

To speak the truth, we are all just normal employees working for the same company. My conscience is clear as long as I fulfil all my duties. I'm not here to try to get staff close to me. What's the use when all the bosses don't like you?

20 years in the workforce and some people still never get it.

Regret

2011-03-15T15:29:00.003+08:00

I should have done this 2 years ago.

Sigh.

Lately I've been thinking. For the past 1 year I've been saying that I'm not planning to do QA for the rest of my life. But at the same time, I'm not doing anything to change the current situation. Very irresponsible to my own life.

It's almost 1.5 years in my current company. It's time I action on what I've been thinking.

I'll be sending my CV to all the flavour companies I can think of, to apply for flavorist training program / apprenticeship.

I really should have done it 2 years ago, or even directly after my internship at Givaudan. No idea what the inertia was.

Saw on Symrise's website that their Flavour Academy program lasts 2 years.

As much as I would love to join such a program, I have an impression that people who enrol in these programs are not paid. Which means I need to financially support myself during the program. I need to save up while I can.

Flavour or perfume? With my food science background I think flavour may make more sense.

Giving myself till the end of March to action.

講條件

2011-03-06T12:23:00.006+08:00

During my conversation with my mum described in my last post, she asked me to list out some criteria so that my dad can help me find.

I'm already seen as someone without the ability to find boyfriends on my own.

I told her, for someone who is not looking at all, what criteria is there to talk about?

Her reasoning of why one MUST get married is so that you have a companion when you grow old, and in case you fall critically ill, someone is there to look after you.

Sorry if I sound selfish, does it mean that if I happen to marry someone who will fall critically ill, I become HIS reason to get married? So that I'll be the one who is to look after him?

It's a game of chance and luck, seriously.

I've thought about it quite seriously some time ago. If I don't end up with somebody, I'll just find a nice old folks home when I retire, invest my savings in some elderly care packages for them to look after me in case I lose the ability to take care of myself.

Well, after my mum asked me for some criteria, I guess so that she can have something to "report" to my dad so he won't put the blame on her, I thought over that quite a few times.

你要我列條件我就列給你看

Physical:
1. Taller than me
2. Good looking in my opinion
3. Double eyelid
4. No moustache /beard
5. Not a muscle freak

Character:
1. Not possessive
2. Initiative because I'm not
3. Not over enthusiastic
4. Same sense of humour as me

Habits / Abilities:
1. Non-smoker
2. Free thinker
3. Cleverer than me
4. Have enough money so I can spend my money on myself
5. Knows Japanese

That's all I can think of now.

你找得到給我我就認識給你看

Boiling mad

2011-02-26T19:50:00.004+08:00

My mum got married at 24 and had 2 kids when she was the same age as my current self.

My 28-year-old cousin is starting to worry now and asking my dad to introduce guys to her.

My dad's colleague delayed her marriage and is now desperately trying to find a guy at the age of 40+.

So the conclusion is that I need to find a boyfriend this year?

My mum said my dad asked 為什麼還沒有男朋友.

I have no idea what kind of standard answer you want from this kind of question.

Because no guy likes me? Because I'm not looking for anybody at all?

I didn't want to bring it up. But since you forced me to.

My dad said to me 2-3 years ago.

"你不用擔心, 男人找女朋友是看外表的. 可是找老婆就不是看外表. 所以你不用擔心. "

There, you know the answer all along. So why ask 為什麼還沒有男朋友?

You want to hear the answer from my own mouth? That I'm ugly that's why nobody likes me?

At the stage when I was most interested in guys, in sec sch, I already look like this. So what if I did like one or two guys from school? And being very obedient, I listened and followed my dad's words, not to get into relationship in sec sch and JC. And even if I wanted to be rebellious, would anyone, anyone at all, accept me? Guys at that age fit my dad's statement perfectly.

JC was the most nightmarish period in my life because I didn't even want to look at myself in the mirror. I didn't want to face any camera. I didn't want anyone to look at me. I just wanted the day to end quickly so I could go home. Did anyone understand me at all? And what guys are you talking about? I was too busy hiding myself.

The interest would die down, trust me it would. I strongly believe that love, or like or crush or whatever you call it, is an addiction. Once you've tried it you would want more.

I have spent more than 10 years since sec 1 of being single, of knowing nobody likes me, of getting used to everything. Therefore I'm not addicted. For me, being alone is the most natural and habitual state of being.

I don't know why you want me to start looking actively, when I've expressed very clearly that I'm not keen.
I don't know why I should follow the timeline you've given me, to not get into relationship until after uni, but I did.
I don't know why you want to know why I don't have a boyfriend, when you yourself said that statement.
I don't know why.......

But I do know that I'm not going to look actively, even if you told me so.
I know that I wouldn't accept anyone you introduced to me, because you looked for him.
I know that the sudden urge for me to look for ways to improve my skin was to increase chances for me to get a boyfriend.

I also know that one day, when I do become pretty, and when I find guys approaching me, I will feel worse that how I feel now. Because that would show how true my dad's statement is, and how 可悲 my past 10 years have been.

I'm really very tired about this topic. I usually don't cry about things related to myself, but my tears just can't stop now.

Record broken. & JLPT!

2011-02-22T12:26:00.002+08:00

I left office at 8.40pm yesterday. Broke my own record. Even later than last year Aug during YOG where I went home at about 7-7.30pm everyday.

We had an internal audit yesterday morning, and I was asked to take notes -- I think because I was the only one holding paper and pen at that moment. Ended at 2pm, had a meeting at 3pm, did tasting at 4.30pm. So by the time I could start on the report it was already 5.30pm - the time I usually get ready to grab my bag and speed out of office.

The typing was done by 6.15pm. But the photo adding and formatting of tables part took me ages. I finally finished at 8.10pm and by the time I finished typing the email and added all the necessary people in my "to" and "cc" lists, it was 8.30pm. Packed and waited for computer to shut down, 8.40pm.

Reached home at 9.10pm, told my mum I wasn't hungry. Soup and fruits, that's all I had.

My mood gets really bad whenever I leave office after 6.15pm. Because it would mean reaching home after 7pm and delay my shower, my dinner, my videos etc.

But one letter brightened up my lousy day. JLPT results! I have been waiting for the envelope to reach me since beginning of Feb, although I know that results could be sent to us as late as March.

I didn't exactly get flying colours, unlike my Level 3 with only one point deducted (a stupid mistake).

But N2 was good enough. 166/180 = 92.2%. 10 points off reading comprehension and 4 points off listening comprehension. Full marks for vocab/grammar. I thought I got one question wrong. I checked online dictionary for the meaning of the vocab that I've never seen before and was quite sure that I've lost that mark. But somehow it was correct.

Once I've collected my certificate next month, I can add in "Language Proficiency: Japanese JLPT N2" in my resume. Muahaha.

Already started studying for N1, halfway through Kanji now. Just hope that by the time I finish all the 677 Kanjis' pronounciation and meaning, I still can remember all of them from page 1 onwards.

Quite worried that I won't be able to finish studying for the exam in Dec this year though. I still have one thick book of grammar for N1-N5 to memorize. And vocab. And reading comprehension. Luckily I get to practise my listening comprehension everyday with my dramas and variety shows haha.

That makes (one of) my 2011 goal.

面對現實吧

2011-02-17T10:01:00.002+08:00

We had our yearly surprise audit. We brought the auditor around, showing him procedures and documents and letting him go through whatever he requested. At the end of it, he gave us a verbal debrief on areas he had given warning or deducted points.

I know that being the auditee, you tend to be defensive. But I have no idea how people could be defensive when evidence are thrown in your face. Someone even said that we are going to do the planned corrective actions to curb the problem, I feel that he's hinting to the auditor not to deduct but only give it a warning.

Well, if I'm the auditor, I'll just simply say it's not working during my on-site check, and that's final.

It's just like being caught with drugs and then you tell the police that you have plans to throw it away.

I could tell that my boss was quite defensive too. I have no idea how we are supposed to act now. I thought we are supposed to be an independent party in the company.

I was trying really hard not to roll my eyes in the debrief session in front of all the operation people.

Really. Maybe I should just be an auditor who goes around pointing out people's mistake. Perfect job for me, given my character, agree?

Side note. I went to this section slightly earlier than the auditor to make sure all the necessary recording and temperature was alright. So I told the supervisor there to check. I was on the phone to let the other side know if it's OK for them to bring the auditor over. I merely said "Check." to the guy. He stopped halfway taking the thermometer, turned to me,

"Check also must follow correct procedure right. You want me to take short cut? Cannot right."

His tone was very unfriendly, very pissed off, very I'm-cleverer-than-you-so-pls-shut-up.

I have no idea what his problem was, whether he was in a bad mood or he's pms-ing or simpy because he hates me. Fine. I'll make sure I do double random checks on the forms submitted by your kitchen.

Annual Leave

2011-02-14T10:45:00.002+08:00

I need to clear 29 days this year.

Our HR has come up with this new thing that says everybody can auto bring 1/3 of AL to following year instead of asking for dept head's approval. Which also means that the max is only 1/3, instead of dept head's approval of how many days.

2010 I still have 17 days.
2011 18 days x 2/3 = 12 days.

Oh I still have 1 day off in lieu for New Year Day which was on Saturday, but the deadline for that is 31 Mar 2012.

I have no idea how to clear all 29 days. I really don't want to end up taking 1 or 2 days every week at the end of the year just to clear them.

May: one week probably last week (23-27 May) for Taipei Trip.

June: maybe I can go back HK for a week or so, but I don't feel like going back if my mum's not going back, because of the cooking and my dad has turned half of our place into a wine making factory.

Sep: I'm definitely taking leave on my birthday, but since it's a Friday, I'm thinking of going Batam/Bintan for the Spa resort there. Alone. So maybe I should take like 3 days leave for an extremely long weekend. Need to do some research soon.

Oct: a few days for my maternal grandparents' birthday in China. Probably one more day for hospital appointment.

That adds up to about 12 days, and 5-7 days more if I'm going back to HK. Well done. If I'm not going back HK, how do I clear those 17 days?

Official Change

2011-02-10T12:57:00.003+08:00

My boss has finally briefed all staff concerned that I'll be swopping half of my portfolio with my colleague.

It has not been a very pleasant waiting period, because she only briefed one side before CNY and waited till today to brief the other. I was quite worried that the staff would get some rumours and info first and come query me. I'm not sure if it's classified as "sensitive issues", but it would put me in quite an awkward position as if I know but purposely don't want to tell them. Of course I would need to wait for boss to open her mouth. What if she changed her mind?

My staff didn't look too happy after my boss's announcement. Which may actually mean a good thing for me, because (I interpret it as) they prefer me to my colleague. Then they came shaking my hands and wishing my good luck. Alamak... I'll still need to come over when she's on leave what. And who knows, maybe in future my boss would want us to switch back or something?

The mega good news about this swop is that I don't have to do the daily tasting anymore. THANK GOODNESS. It's been a year. Now I can finally hope for some weight loss from my exercise and not just weight maintenance. Of course I would still need to do it if my colleague is on leave, but that's way better than it being a daily routine.

But with this swopping, there are other implicated effects on myself. I know the main reason is to train me, to expose me to more knowledge. I'm not sure if there is any hidden reason or purpose for the swop, because I feel that in this incident I totally 坐享漁人之利.

I foresee myself to take at least 6 months to get used to the new portfolio. And previous to this announcement I planned to stay here till 2011 Dec.

But since my boss wanted to "groom" me, unfortunately in something that I don't want to do as my career, I thought I would just delay my resignation indefinitely. Who knows, maybe I'll get to learn another colleague's portfolio, then I would more or less have covered every aspect I need to know in this line. As I've mentioned before, this line is exceptionally difficult in my company because of the other depts' mentality. Maybe other companies won't be as bad.

Location's near my place, food's not too expensive, can leave office on time, why not stay for a while more?

But then again, I really don't feel like doing this my whole life.

Taiwan (Shopping) Trip

2011-02-09T13:33:00.005+08:00

Jetstar:
21 May 0710 - 26 May 0015 : 5 Nights, $412
22 May 0710 - 26 May 0015 : 4 Nights, $412
June all above $450

Tiger:
20 May 1545 - 25 May 0135 : 5 Nights, $400
22 May 1545 - 27 May 0135 : 5 Nights, $370 *sale fare for TO trip

Qstay Taipei (near Ximending station):
Guestroom type A : 1800twd/day, 5 Nights $225
Queen bed, very highly-rated. Wanted to try this one although more ex than the rest.

Star Hostel (near Zhongshan station):
Standard Twin Private Ensuite, 5 Nights appx $129

Taipei Backpackers (near Ximending station):
Ensuite Double (queen bed) : 1300twd/day, 5 Nights $162.50
Bunk shared aircon : 900twd/day, 5 Nights $112.50

Day 1: 西門町
Day 2: 五份埔
Day 3: 淡水/漁人碼頭
Day 4-6: 西門町 & other areas
士林夜市, 師大夜市, 台北101, 小巨蛋 etc

捷運路線圖:
http://www.trtc.com.tw/ct.asp?xItem=1015926&CtNode=24569&mp=122031

A loud and clear world again

2011-02-07T14:49:00.004+08:00

I went back to the company doctor after lunch just now to follow up on my stubbornly blocked ear. He looked inside my ear and said he still saw the mash. So the next step is syringing.

Basically just take a big syringe, fill with water, poke into the ear, release water, and wait for all the mash inside to wash out together with the water.

The syringing process was quite painful, the part where the syringe was poking at is still painful now. The moment the water gushed in, the feeling is the same as if you were thrown into a swimming pool. I could feel water seeping into my nose, my eyes and my mouth. They're all linked, physically experienced.

The stuff that got washed out was grossly amazing, or amazingly gross.

The water was all brownish, with a few globs of the wax washed out as well. When I used tissue to wipe the outer ear canal, what came out on the tissue was totally black stuff that I believe to be wax from probably a year ago.

Now whenever I speak I hear a weird echo from my left ear. The doctor said because my ear drum has been blocked for a while, that's the after effect of a clean and waxless ear drum. The ear canal is also stripped of any wax, so it's prone to infection now.

But at least, my left ear can hear again.

But on the other hand, my right ear appears to be blocked due to the comparison. The doctor asked me to try using Cerumol on my right ear this time, and if nothing comes out I can go back to him for syringing.

It's like a doctor performing a beautician's job. And I only pay $5 per session!

Lesson learnt: The importance of balanced hearing. Be grateful you can hear clearly.

CNY

2011-02-07T13:20:00.004+08:00

A very happening one, I don't even know why we have to make it so packed when so many other people are slacking at home.

Day 1: Initially we wanted to go Sentosa for the flowers exhibition, but we received a call from my dad's cousin who's living in SG that she wanted to visit us with her family. So we stayed in for the morning, and met with our distant relatives after lunch at home (leftovers from eve). Dinner was at Ding Tai Feng.

Day 2: We made arrangements to visit my dad's cousin family and have lunch, but by the time we managed to sweep everyone out of the house it was already too late to visit their place at Bukit Timah. They treated us to lunch at Lao Bei Jing @ PS.

We went to Sentosa after that, and since the monorail needed 45 minutes waiting time, we walked over via Sentosa Broadwalk. It led us to RWS, Universal Studio, Casino and the hotels. The flowers part was at the very end and it wasn't fun at all. It suddenly rained very heavily when we were at the hotels, so the ground was wet by the time we went to see the flowers. And we didn't even finish the supposed route for viewing because it was so freaking crowded that none of us was really paying attention to the flowers, but to look carefully where we stepped or pushed. Dinner was at Cartel.

Day 3: Stayed in for the morning, I went for my kickboxing lesson, and finally managed to get out of the house at 3pm after my sis arrived home with her bf. Went to Nex and I walked every corner in 2 hours. Bought nothing. Sigh. Dinner was at MOF.

Day 4: Went to have a haircut while the rest went to get a new phone for my bro. He has been niam-ing to get an iPhone since long ago, but it's so freaking expensive for a sec 1 kid. So after several days of compromising and talking, he settled for X10. And then at Singtel, my parents and my sis lost to him again. He got an iPhone with iFlexi plan, which means both his phone and his plan are more expensive than any of us at home. We'll see what they do when he loses his phone or it gets stolen. My parents kept saying they'd buy for me and my sis when our contracts are up. No thank you, I'm able to afford it myself.

Lunch was at foodcourt. Had to eat early dinner at 5pm because my dad's flight was in the evening and he won't get food on board till 9+. So we had steamboat.

It's a process of over-eating. And I didn't even touch more than 5 pieces of CNY goodies.

Unfortunate

2011-02-02T17:38:00.002+08:00

All things that shouldn't happen on CNY eve, somehow happened.

The orange distribution this morning was fine, a lot of running after the big boss because he was walking so fast, so I could stuff the 4 oranges I have in my hands into his for him to give to staff.

But my ear is still very blocked, so it gets a bit paiseh when I can't really hear what my colleagues are saying.

Then on the van back to my office after the distribution ended, I sat sideways, and I believe my blocked ear somehow made me more nauseous that it usually would. So by the time I reached office near 12 noon, I really felt like dying.

Practically crawled home after withdrawing money for angbaos, ate lunch, put ear drop, fell asleep.

And then one of those giddy fits happened. So far it's the first time it happened right at home. The only lucky thing was I had ready access to my bed, the toilet and water.

The stomachache still wouldn't go away, although it's not as bad as just now. I still feel nauseous, my legs are very tired (probably due to sitting on the toilet bowl for some time) and I look like a mad woman now because my hair somehow got quite messy.

And reunion dinner is about to start anytime now. My family, my sis's bf and 2 of my cousins working in SG.

The only good thing was just now a small bit fell out from my left ear. The first step to unblock my ear.

Happy CNY everyone. It's the year of rabbit, make it a calm one.

Half Deaf

2011-02-01T09:50:00.003+08:00

My left ear is blocked. Extremely blocked.

My left ear has been blocking itself quite frequently whenever water gets in or if I sleep on the left side with my ears pressed against the pillow. But all those cleared by themselves in an hour or so.

It started on Sunday when I accidentally pointed the showerhead at my ear. Water gushed in and my ear was blocked all the way till yesterday afternoon.

The company doctor said it's "impacted earwax". Which means in my attempts to clear my ear using cotton bud, I have been pushing and pushing everything in until it forms a hard barrier. Each time the barrier come into contact with water it swells to make it even more blocked.

I still can hear with my left ear, but the sensitivity has dropped 10-fold.

The pressure I feel in my ear is quite unbearable, no yawn or pinching of nose and blow would help clear the blocked feeling.

And the pressure is starting to affect my right ear as well.

I feel so impaired. I was so worried if anyone was to speak on issue related to me during the morning meeting because I would need to person to shout in order for me to hear clearly.

Using Cerumol to soften the earwax, hoping it will drop out by itself today or latest tomorrow.

And I can't take leave (due to impaired hearing), because I've promised my colleague to do orange distribution tomorrow around the whole company with the bosses.

A very quiet CNY it will be.

Hello Kitty

2011-01-27T14:04:00.003+08:00

Cute! Not sure if it's one of those McDonalds Happy Meals series. I especially like the pirate and magician ones.

罪魁禍首

2011-01-24T11:23:00.003+08:00

如果阿姨我變戀童癖的話都是你害的 (淚奔)

設置成桌布的話會有罪惡感 T_T

Tsubaki Collagen

2011-01-20T13:06:00.003+08:00

I came across this drink when I was flipping Today last week.

I remember in Year 2 when we went to Malaysia for factory trips, one of the manufacturers promoted their collagen drink and claimed it to be very effective. But the biggest flaw in the whole theory was that the drink is really made up of collagen, which means your pepsin is able to break it down into the peptides and amino acids before your skin recognises them as collagen.

So I have always seen collagen drinks as hoaxes because all they do is increase protein generation in your body and not collagen.

This Tsubaki drink is made up of peptides for forming collagen. I'm not sure if they have included activators or enhancer to make sure collagen and not other proteins is formed. But somehow, I wanted to test it out.

A box of 10 bottles costs $54.90 at NTUC Unity. Which means one bottle of porcine peptides which costs $5.50 every night. It better be effective.

Tonight will be my 7th bottle.

So far my face seems to be less oily. I'm crossing all my fingers and hope that it's not placebo effect.

But I've observed something else which is theoretically not supposed to happen. My hair quality seems to be getting better. Not so messy and the curls at the scalp are still OK after near 5 months of rebonding.

You're supposed to form collagen, not keratin!! Unless the collagen is helping my scalp which affects my hair as well.

Not that I believe it'd make my skin "flawless" as claimed by the Japanese idol in the advertisement, because I know it'd take a miracle for me to achieve that.

But at least, may 老天爺 give me a chance to have better skin after all these years. I'm quite sick of putting powder everyday in my failed attempt in blocking the oil.

Going to get 2 more boxes because there's a promotion of 688 linkpoints for my mum. This is the month to spend since I'll be quite rich after getting my 13th month and bonus and pay increase.

受寵若驚

2011-01-19T15:09:00.004+08:00

My one-year contract was up at the beginning of this month, so we were all converted from gradeless to the lowest grade upon signing the permanent staff contract, together with a salary adjustment for the conversion.

And last week my boss told me that she's trying to upgrade me to the next grade.

Then today I received the upgrading letter.

So it's like jumping 2 grades at one go. From gradeless to the second grade. And of course, with pay increase.

Maybe she thought that I already have 1.5yrs of experience so it's not enough to stay at the lowest grade?

Or maybe she didn't realize I just got converted with pay increase for the conversion?

I overheard convo between my mum and my sis yesterday about how much 家用 to give, seems like my mum is asking for more from my sis. I guess I'll be going back to 1k again iso 800.

I think I'm already sian of feeling pissed off at the amount I don't get to save/spend every month, to the extent that I don't want to care. How much you want, just say and I give. I don't even care if you really need it or you are trying to save for me because you don't trust me or whatever.

Imagine, I would be giving 12k per year. And remember, I'm not the only one giving. So it's twice or slightly less than twice of that.

Maybe it would be easier if I just credit my salary to my mum's account and get allowance from her every month, just like in the school days.

Well. Don't have a lot to spend = must control = cannot go out too often = if I want to continue buying clothes, accessories and books then cannot spend too much in food/leisure = must skip "social" sessions which are expensive = going out alone = nobody can scream at me for being anti-social = I shall 單獨行動 for as long as I want.

Ahhh. Perfect reason. Perfect excuse. Perfect plan. The perfect showcase of 因禍得福.

Thinking of transferring my savings from POSB MySavings to other bank savings account with higher interest. Citibank? HSBC? Any recommendations?

*Edited*
Mystery solved. All the people in my program got upgraded. Which means my boss probably got instructions from the big bosses/HR that we are to be upgraded. So as to keep us in the company, as one of my colleagues said.

New Year Mission

2011-01-11T09:44:00.003+08:00

My mum said to me 2 nights ago:

今年我給你一個任務好不好?
什麼?
找一個男朋友.
表.
為什麼?

Good question. Why?

If boyfriends can be "found", people who really want to get attached won't have so much trouble and worries.

So, where do you reckon I start "finding"? Under my bed? Or keep walking around street corners so I could bump into some guy like what happens in stories?

不是說要找就能找得到

不是所有人都不喜歡自己一個人

She said 年紀大了就很難找了.

找到了不一定會結婚
結了婚不一定會長久
會長久不一定會有孩子

就算找到了結婚了生小孩了也不一定會開心

一個人不好嗎

覺得一個人會比較自在的人就算找到了結婚了生小孩了會開心嗎?

Fed Up

2011-01-07T17:33:00.003+08:00

My boss has decided to do some re-structuring, such that my jobscope and another colleague would swop for certain areas. The reporting structure of our staff would also change.

One of my duties is vetting certain documents everyday. According to my boss, ever since I took over, feedback on discrepancies in the documents has been minimized to almost nil. I'm very proud of this, because I think all the previous people who were doing it probably didn't take it very seriously, or didn't have the slightest sense of attentiveness.

When my boss listed out some of the things that my colleague would need to take over, she asked if it was possible for me to continue vetting the docs. Said that "I'm OK with taking over the operational aspect, but would you be able to continue the administrative part of it?"

When my boss said she would prefer her to do the whole package, she actually said:

"I understand that you are trying to cross-train her in other areas. (turn to me) But you must also understand that you can take this as a challenge, take is as an extra step up to take on new responsibilities."

In simpler, no beat ard the bush words, she thinks I should take over all her responsibilities that I am swopping with her, AND I shouldn't pass mine to her.

I SO wanted to say in her face, "So it means that I'll be taking over some of your job responsibilities on top of my own? May I take it that you are not capable of your workload so I'm to share your workload now?"

Her pay is probably double of mine, and her grade is at least 4 grades above me. Talk about taichi powers. Everytime talk only to sound busy and responsive.

And then, had to speak to one of my staff today because he shouted at deliveryman AGAIN. I have no idea what his problem is.

I just think that a 25-yr-old should not have to deal with tantrum-throwing, bickering consequences and the endless ego of uncles in their 50s and 60s.

Why Sexual Education

2011-01-06T17:10:00.003+08:00

My brother got a letter from the school informing parents that they would conduct sexual education for all students after their mid-yr and end-of-yr exams.

Parents could opt out if they do not want their kids to go through, probably they want to teach that on their own, or they want to keep bluffing their kid that kissing leads to pregnancy.

They focus on family values, why you shouldn't go into relationships when you are too young etc. For the boys, there's an additional section on pornography. Which I thought was quite a well-covered programme. Well, at least it saves some awkwardness from families who don't know how to teach that to their kids.

But today, I finally realized the importance of sexual education.

Or rather, why you should learn about human reproduction when you are in your teenage years, starting of puberty.

When I boarded the company shuttle this afternoon, FM972 had this male doctor, probably a gynae, to answers queries by call-in listeners.

This woman who sounded in her 40s was probably asking when is the best time to get pregnant.

"在你的月經的前大概14天是排卵期所以在那幾天行房會有比較大的機會"

I thought that was a clear-cut obvious answer.

To my amusement + slight horror, the woman actually asked what is 排卵期. And I'd bet you anything that she wouldn't have understood either if the doctor had used the word "ovulation".

Then she went on to ask how would she know when her ovulation would be. So the doctor had to explain all over again, with example of how to backtrack 14 days.

And then someone posted on their FB page this question on whether she's pregnant or not if the second line of the preganacy test kit is very faint and she has skipped 2 months' menstruation.

So I was imagining a girl holding that test kit with the faint line, start freaking out and Tada! I should post on 972's FB to ask a doctor whom I could only HEAR his advice through radiowaves.

Common sense would tell you to go see a doctor. I mean, even if the line was a solid one, wouldn't you want to confirm by blood test or something? Like, more reliable methods than using the commercially available test kit???

That was exactly the doctor's advice to her.

What a waste of the whole world's time.

The DJ said there were lots of questions on menstruation, like skipped a few months does it mean I'm going through menopause.

Do you think really the doctor could give you a confirmed answer without even checking you body? Or are you just trying to save the consultation fees by asking through radiowaves?

See what I mean. People ought to learn from young. Don't only start to understand your own body when you are hitting menopause. That's probably the very last stage you'd need to worry.

I'm so glad I took biology with reproduction option.

New things for New Year

2011-01-04T10:28:00.003+08:00

I admit that I was lazy to not blog a "Happy New Year!" post during the weekend. Not that I was busy partying or recovering from partying, I was in fact pretty much slacking at home for most of those 2 days.

New year is about new things!

Finally cut away my front-sliding bob so that I could try to leave long hair again after 1.5 yrs.

Bought the red version of wii and finally throw my PS (nope no numbers attached to it) stuff into the storeroom.

Finally started using my new black agnes b. bag. It's huge.

Finally signed up for Citibank cards because my pay finally qualifies. Also going to change my POSB card to the newest debit/credit one.

Bought ettusais foundation in Oct/Nov and used only a couple of times in Dec, was saving for the new year because I need to finish my MAC one first.

I think mq have gaped in horror at me exclaiming at my own reflection that the powder worked wonders because my skin was oil-free for our whole shopping trip. My skin stayed oil-free too for the other couple of times I went out with it.

So I really don't understand why my skin because oily after just 2 hours in office. And the colour looks horrible. It was like using two different powders altogther. It's either 1) the air and lightings in my office really sucks, or 2) something at office is cursing me.

Back to the topic.

Going for a new round of kickboxing class since my one with sports council ended last month. Going back to the CC instructor whom I think was able to make me lose more weight back in 2007-2008.

Also considering going for rollerskating class by myskatesports.com.sg, they have classes at the park downstairs.

Need to start flipping my new JLPT N1 books, if I want to go for the exam at the end of this year. I haven't even taken off the plastic covers since I bought them last month.

But I haven't gotten any new clothes/shoes yet. For both work and casual. I shall wait till pre-CNY.

Oh. My AWS for last year will be in in 3 days. Muahaha.

China Trip and the 相親 Theory

2010-12-30T12:54:00.001+08:00

The main purpose was my grandmother's birthday lunch.

10-course lunch. 40 tables in our house. With 90% of people whom I've never seen before and probably won't see ever again.

Besides the lunch, we visited our maternal grandparents, and also went to the island which was the nearest point to Taiwan. Then we played mahjong, and realized there was a 賭神 among us.

Some photos.

On our way there.

The first floor upper living room.

Cousins playing with fireworks.

看門狗 with the grumpiest face.

看門狗 at maternal side.

The nearest point to Taiwan.

Very interesting plastic that changes itself by sensor.

===

Initially I was a little sian that the relatives would be breathing my neck asking why I haven't gotten myself a boyfriend. Then my mum reminded me that 2 of my older cousins, both female, have not too, so I really had nothing much to worry.

Oh well, one at 32 and the other at 27, and they are living perfectly alright . It's not as if they are suffering economically, physically or mentally. So why the fuss?

I was told that my 27-yr-old cousin is picky. She went lunch/dinner with the guys that were introduced to her by her parents or relatives, but she always came back saying he's not suitable. So my mum said if from the beginning you are not interested, then why bother to go out for the meal with him?

My interpretation is basically this:
If I don't go, I'll be nagged at for not going and being picky.
If I go and reject, I'll be only nagged at for being picky.
Now which is better?

And not to mention the small gifts that the guy may give like chocolates. Well, I didn't force you to give that to me, so don't complain your loss of that box of chocolate if I turned you down. Well if you did, you would fail terribly for being a miser anyway.

So. Basically I think the relatives should stop being so nosy. It doesn't mean that if you own kid was married at 22 and have kids at 23, your nephews and nieces should follow suit.

2010秋季日劇

2010-12-28T12:34:00.002+08:00

這季看得有點有氣沒力的感覺
其實最近都這樣
很多部都是為了看而看因為沒看那麼多的話會覺得跟日劇脫節

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流れ星

フジテレビ　月9
平均視聴率: 14.05%
キャスト: 竹野内豊　上戸彩　松田翔太　北乃きい　稲垣吾郎　桐山照史　ほか

劇情關於一個被哥哥欠債逼得走投無路的少女遇上了拼命尋找肝臟捐贈者給妹妹的青年
兩人為了還債和親人假結婚完成捐贈手術少女填好離婚手續離開後兩人才發現真正喜歡上對方

蠻喜歡情節很憂傷很無奈我覺得主題曲很好的帶出意境

看了第一集後覺得
竹野内豊也老了

上戶彩演墮落女很不錯看
那種人物設定讓人看了會很心疼

goro的反派看得我想掐死他那毛茸茸的髮型看了更不爽
不過到後來明白他拼命想要以負債來留住妹妹在身邊還蠻可憐的

松田翔太演醫生很不錯
自從看了LiarGame 秋山的形象有點太深刻了

主題曲真的很好聽

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フリーター、家を買う

フジテレビ　火9
平均視聴率: 17.14%
キャスト: 二宮和也　香里奈　井川遥　丸山隆平　横尾渉　竹中直人　浅野温子　ほか

好像是漫畫/小說改編
劇情關於一個無業遊民因為找不到工作被父親看不起母親因為鄰居欺負患上了憂鬱症
找到了工地的臨時工決定為了母親要買新房子搬家

喜歡nino的演技很自然演什麼都很融入角色
在卡拉ok訴苦說到哭的那段實在是棒

丸山果然就是適合這種樂天派嘻嘻哈哈的角色

横尾渉你殘了 T__T
為什麼臉型那麼奇怪那麼四方

很少看到竹中直人演那麼嚴肅的角色可能是我看多了野田妹

這部的主題曲也蠻不錯

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黄金の豚 - 会計検査庁特別調査課 -

日テレ　水10
平均視聴率: 13.60%
キャスト: 篠原涼子　岡田将生　大泉洋　桐谷健太　山口紗弥加　生瀬勝久　ほか

劇情關於女欺詐師剛出獄就被秘密邀請在會計檢查廳上班
和組裡的人一起調查不正當使用稅金的政府機構

篠原涼子 x 大泉洋的組合真是太棒了 ^^
之前派遣的那部就很enjoy兩人鬥嘴的默契這集也一樣可愛

岡田将生突然走正經精英man路線
我都差點忘了是他演オトメン

桐谷健太!!! 終於看到他演比較正常一點的角色
要不然我會一直認定他post-it男的形象
仔細看他除了有一點點抽屜以外還滿好看的

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獣医ドリトル

TBS　日9
平均視聴率: 13.46%
キャスト: 小栗旬　井上真央　成宮寛貴　笠原秀幸　ほか

劇情關於一個對人冷淡對動物卻很有愛心口頭禪是'獸醫也是門生意'的天才獸醫
在拯救動物的同時也拯救了動物主人的心

小栗旬的髮型很令人不耐煩

成宮寛貴果然是貓嘴笑起來嘴角翹起一個很難模仿的角度

其實要考上獸醫也真不容易啊.....

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秘密

テレ朝　金11
平均視聴率: 9.17%
キャスト: 志田未来　佐々木蔵之介　石田ひかり　本仮屋ユイカ　堀内敬子　ほか

劇情關於一對母女遇上交通意外母親去世靈魂卻付在女兒身上
父親過著妻子靈魂在女兒身軀裡的日子漸漸兩人都受不了壓力之際女兒的靈魂慢慢回到自己的身體裡

ending不太完美有種跟男主一起被騙了的感覺
而且要觀眾猜到底是母親一直在欺騙丈夫女兒回來了還是其實兩人還在共用同一副軀體

志田未来很能演比自己實際年齡大許多的角色很不錯

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SP看了兩部都是之前dorama的SP

新参者SP
故事是dorama之前發生的事情
男人和太太串通好要把自己兒子的殺人罪名嫁禍給自己患上老年痴呆症的母親
關於人性醜陋的一部

任侠ヘルパー
故事的dorama之後的續集沒有什麼重點
愛情黑道老人問題什麼都談一點
加藤清史郎很可愛在最後用手模仿夾娃娃機器那段整個就很慘 T__T

PSLE nightmare

2010-12-23T10:12:00.003+08:00

Really. Kids nowadays don't understand why they should study hard.

If only you had studied an hour more for each subject. If only you had paid more attention when you did the exam paper.

If only you managed to score a few more points. Then we won't have to go to all the trouble now.

And it's not even my own son who's going through all these. But no choice, my mum doesn't really understand the process because I vaguely remember myself doing all the registration and choosing after my PSLE.

So I casually told my colleague about the very troublesome process.

"這樣的老婆哪裡找?"

Er..... I take that as a compliment?

大哥我的免疫力超強的好嗎

Hope all goes well and his appeal gets accepted.

Xmas Presents

2010-12-20T15:12:00.004+08:00

I think I'd better get one or two presents for my family.

Because the presents will have a direct impact on myself. So I'd better do it.

After doing 3 weeks of household chores, I've decided that I shall give my mum an iron. The one we're using always leave whitish spots on dark coloured clothes. And the ironing effect is really not up to standards. I used till I gave up, just let the spots appear all over, I couldn't be bothered if the iron is so lousy. I think ours is more than 10 years old. I shall get a colourful one from Courts.

(Hmm... what's the difference between dry iron and steam iron?)

Then. I think I'm passing some of my stuff to my bro. Like the almost-new 200-CDs pouch for him to put all the cartoon VCDs that are basically (to me) a heap of mess in the cupboard. And I wonder if he wants my beginner Japanese textbooks...

I'm thinking if I should give away some of my clothes to Salvation army or something... eBay is not the best place to find sellers for your stuff, and some clothes have already been lying in my cupboard for 2-3 years absorbing the cupboard smell.

Last but not least. I'm getting the red edition wii (yay!). But from where, that's still undecided. A couple of shops in Sim Lim sells $60 cheaper than challenger, but their reputation is not exactly the best according to some online forums. The set only comes with one set of red controller + nunchuck, planning to get 2 extra red or black sets. (One of the shops told me red ones are fake. Erm, look at Nintendo's webiste will you?)

But I'm flying off this Friday. And I do not like to shop after work. So. Shall buy after I come back next week.

And girls, we shall have a wii night on the last week of Dec!

Er... most prob my mum won't prepare dinner, we can play before dinner or after dinner outside.

Quitting

2010-12-13T10:43:00.004+08:00

I think I've tolerated the tuition agency long enough.

Although it has only been 3 weeks since I went for the "training" that cost $50 for the "materials" which included a clear file of about 15 pcs of paper and a CD-R containing 4 files.

I did not expect such poor work efficiency and email non-responsiveness. I emailed the "director" for tutor contacts twice, the first reply came 2 days later telling me cases postponed, the second time which was yesterday came 6 days later giving me the wrong contacts.

And the last straw came yesterday when I realized that the tutor contacts file they have provided seemed to be different from what they themselves are holding.

Fine, if you don't want to let me have access to the most updated details, so be it. 老娘不幹了.

The whole incident gave me the feeling that they just wanted to earn the $50 "training fee".

What lousy system is that, no direct access to tutor contacts and expecting you to go back to clients in 2-3 days AND replying your tutor request after 6 days.

I'm officially part-time-less. But will find another agency with more experience, higher efficiency and more direct access to work on.

Let's go eat this

2010-12-08T13:53:00.002+08:00

3 choices of chocolate: Dark, Milk or Brandy. Need to print and show coupon if you don't have staff pass.

Heard that it's really nice if you are a chocolate person.

We are also having some xmas promo for pralines, macarons etc. Let me know if you want to order through me, got staff discount about 20%.

A Break

2010-12-06T09:57:00.003+08:00

It was a sigh of relief at 1240 yesterday, when I handed up my Paper 2 Listening answer sheet.

As much as I enjoy learning Japanese, to study every night to prepare for an exam is not exactly the most enjoyable task.

And I'm home alone with my sis for 2 more weeks, so last week was quite bad to do chores and study. Because that left me with limited time to relax and watch shows.

The Voacab/Grammar/Comprehension paper was OK, front part I had 3 unsure, and a few more for comprehension. I realized I suck at Japanese Comprehension because it's MCQ and all the answers look correct. Out of the 3 Vocab/Grammr questions I already know that I got 1 correct and 1 wrong. The vocab had never ever appeared in my books, so I'm not surprised that I didn't hit the correct 25%.

Aiming to only lose less than 10 points. I hope I can see 170+ on my result slip.

Always believe that it's no point scraping pass the passing mark. I'm learning the language because I like it, not because I'm forced to learn it.

Wishing for 20% off at Kinokuniya soon, I want to buy books for N1. And 2011 Diary. And a nice multi-coloured pen/pencil.

But for at least the next one month, I'm not going to study at all. Though I'm planning to take N1 at the end of 2011.

I'm supposed to be studying

2010-12-04T21:20:00.002+08:00

My exam is tmr 0930hrs. I still have some more to revise.

The super loud and irritating "rock band" is performing at the park downstairs AGAIN.

They ALWAYS start the session with 我問天 followed by Smoke on the Waters. And as not nice as usual. And as irritating as usual.

I totally cannot understand what's the meaning of singing the same songs at each session and yet sounding so awful each and every time. To show case how much you can't improve?

I still need to revise grammar. Have given up trying to memorize the sentence patterns. Shall go by feel on grammar questions.

"Feel". Sounds pro.

Last year only about 50% of people who took level 2 passed.

Need to remain confident.

After the exam I'm going to take a little break from studying.

The world of confusion

2010-11-29T13:10:00.003+08:00

You have colleagues covering for each other in the department, very well. It gives people the chance to go on long leave and not worry about all the emails and duties you usually do because someone else is doing them for you.

Only if the colleague actually knows what to do.

Putting my name and hp number in your out-of-office replies saying that I'm covering, fine I close one eye on the hp part.

But I didn't get any briefing on what are the things to do, how to do them. So when things started to happen, I was totally lost.

Can you blame me for not carrying them out properly? Partially yes, because for this time I didn't do a complete follow-up. I forgot to call on the day itself (Sunday) to make sure everything's in order. Because I had no idea you need to keep reminding and monitoring certain people if not they would screw things up.

So when the emails and phone calls came in, I was half regretful and half amazed.

Then there are other things which required info with which I don't even know what to do after collating. Because nobody briefed me.

Not to mention that my own section got into a bit of trouble last Friday because of some stupid oranges.

Who likes to hear things that imply you not carrying out your duties? Frankly speaking I'm quite disappointed that such comments/implicated sentences came out of the top management's mouths. I didn't hear them personally, but people who were at the meeting told me it sounds as though we are slacking. Not that I had high hopes of the top management to say beautiful things, but I thought everyone should at least have some level of tact and respect.

Not sure if I've mentioned this, but it's a vicious cycle over and over again these few months. Every time when I thought that my job is actually not that bad, something drastic would happen to crash that thought to make me addicted to looking at job search portals.

So if something drastic happens the month after I've converted, you know what will happen.

About the tuition.....

2010-11-24T08:45:00.002+08:00

I'm quite irritated by the way they work.

First I was encouraged to start posting ads and publicizing to get more customers.

Then for a start I was given some assignments posted on the website to work on.

OK fine I've found a few suitable candidates based on the 'database' -- 'database' because it's just an excel file.

Then I emailed the manager and asked for the tutors' contacts -- a procedure which I thought was very inefficient.

Indeed. I asked yesterday morning, and till now I still have not gotten any reply.

How to beat other agencies to get customers you tell me?

If this continues......... I think I'll need to change agency.

Looking for Tutor?

2010-11-22T11:54:00.003+08:00

If you know of anyone looking for tutor, please feel free to give them my handphone number for them to contact me, or give me them contacts.

Yes I have gotten myself an extra freelance job as a tuition co-ordinator.

To give myself a bit more allowance to spend.

agnes b

2010-11-18T13:43:00.004+08:00

Finally manage to find a website with a picture of it:

I was mentioning that I wanted a red one, and the website shows that HK is selling the red one, available in March this year. Website

Voyage handbag – HK$1,980(L)/ HK$1,780 (M)/ HK$1,580 (S)

The medium one is around $312. Like $70 cheaper than the price tag at Isetan Wisma.

But..... it seems like the red one's too red isn't it? And what if the colour starts to stain onto my clothes.....

I need to see the real thing.

Funny Ad

2010-11-16T13:08:00.002+08:00

Tickled by this:

Similar to a vacuum cleaner ad I've seen on some Japanese or angmoh show, a couple sitting on the sofa watching TV selling the vacuum cleaner, their white silky fur dog playing with a toy ball that rolled under the sofa. When the dog reappeared from under the sofa it was a nice black fur dog.

Commericals with animals are cute.

Good News

2010-11-15T13:26:00.003+08:00

Like what the boss said, we didn't seem to be happy after she announced the news.

And I agree, somehow there's something missing. I guess we can't call it "unfairness", it's just a 天時地利人和 matter. Timing is very important.

And my timing is just right to be entitled to all 3: Salary adjustments, leave days increase, phone allowance increase.

BUT.

Because my salary increased, I need to give more to my parents. So nett increase is only $50-$60. Well, better than nothing, but definitely not something to be joyous about.

Things to look forward to:
- Adjustment wef next month
- 13th month (hopefully paid together with Dec pay)
- Signed on bonus in Jan/Feb
- Conversion increment in Jan

Er.... I think I'd better not let anyone in my family know about these. But in return I'll probably give a treat to "celebrate" my conversion. And maybe a Wii if demand is high. I saw a limited red Wii set in Gmarket that is oh.so.pretty.

And then the agnes b bag, all the Japanese books for N1 next yr Dec, and a wardrobe revamp. And of course, the Taiwan ticket and shopping budget for next May.

"How are you so sure you'll get converted?"

Hmmm. When your boss starts talking to you about plans she has for you, you'll be near 100% confident of that.

I finally had my 9-month probation appraisal done after working 10 months and a week. And my boss talked about plans she has for me to learn more, to be exposed to a wider jobscope outside my main role.

I'm not too sure if I want to stay in QA for the rest of my life. But even if I do, I definitely won't be in my current company for long. Frankly speaking I think QA wouldn't be a bad choice provided we are not talking about my company.

Well, my thinking keeps changing. We'll see how it's like after I've signed on.

Now that the salary is adjusted, somehow I feel less 心理不平衡 and I wouldn't mind staying on for a slightly longer period of time.

Ahhh shallow I am.

Window shop

2010-11-14T22:08:00.003+08:00

Went to Bugis Junction for the freelance tuition coordinator job meeting on yesterday afternoon. After the talking I was asked to stay around the are for 30mins to 1 hour for them to tell me if I'm "employed".

It has been a long time since the last time I shopped at Bugis Junction. My conclusion at that time was that the fashion there wasn't my type, and the only place that interests me was a&bc.

The shops on first floor were either too expensive, too exotic, or too formal for me. I don't like satin and chiffon. I don't like skirts and dresses that only reach mid-thigh because it'd be 1/4 thigh when I sit down and I don't think I want to flash that much flesh to others.

And then I went to Moon River since they had a big sale board that says $10 for 2nd piece.

Quite nice dresses they have, I like the black one especially. The first one was some sort of satin material, so getting wrinkled easily was an issue.

(Note to myself: cannot hold camera from this angle next time because it blocks the neck.)

Maybe I'll go back to buy the dresses some time soon.

Then I went to A&BC and was immediately attracted by:

I saw a few Hello Kitty ones that I was able to resist at Kinokuniya, but it's way more difficult for me to resist Charmmy Kitty. Ahhhhhh.

Mum: "So it'll become useless after next year?"

Er... unfortunately, yes.

If only they have this calendar template thingy with movable numbers and days. I've seen a small pocket-size one before. Oh well.

Then at the shop next to A&BC, I saw the Kimmidoll mugs. But I already have a few glasses/mugs to use at work.

And finally I've found not-too-expensive card albums at A&BC for me to transfer my Sailormoon cards to from the old albums which are falling apart the last time I went back. I'm planning to bring all my cards from HK here because I figured that leaving them in HK would be quite meaningless. Not that they'll be more meaningful here, but at least I can flip the albums once in a while. I think an album that holds 500 cards cost about $25. I really can't remember how many I have, but definitely more than 1000. So I need to be prepared to pay near $100 for those albums for my childhood hobby.

A world full of temptations and tests of your resistance. I must aim to be able to fend off price tags of any amount - $3 or $300.

Money

2010-11-11T10:46:00.004+08:00

Would you rather have too much money and no time to spend, or less money but more time to spend?

I would definitely choose the former.

I saw an article on "things to put on your office desk" on Yahoo this morning.

One of the items is a picture or thing to remind youself why you are working so hard. Many people work for the money, but many of these people forget what the money is for, like children's education, home loan etc.

Me?

I just want to see the amount increasing in my bank account. So I should paste a screenshot of my bank statement on my cubicle wall?

Or maybe I should paste pictures of things I want to buy right now. Like the agnes b. bags, like all those Japanese N1 books I'm going to get after my N2 exam, like air ticket to Taiwan, like travel itinery to Japan.

How ambitious I am.

I forgot what makes me so money-minded. Every price tag gets a second glance and second or third thought from me.

I saw a Uni classmate who visited my company today. He told me his pay was one of the main attraction why he stays there. Really. It's the amount that usually no food sector would pay Food Science Uni Grads. It may be considered as low for many of you out there, but for my degree, it's in the highest range one could imagine if you choose to stay in the Food industry.

A bit sorry to my course, but it's really quite pathetic.

5 yrs after starting of Uni I'm starting to regret I didn't go into other courses like Accountancy.

And it doesn't help that although my company strictly speaking is not a food company, the pay still sucks. The job sucks even more. What's the point when you hear all the revenue growth and market share increase during those financial reporting sessiosn? It doesn't even concern me. What bonus? What pay increase? Yes we are trainees and we knew all the terms and conditions when we signed the contract. Well, our job scope, our job rotation, our job exposure were all lifted out from the contract. We are just like any other permanent staff. You can change the contract to suit your own needs. And our needs? Who cares?

I have tried staying optimistic. Really I have. But how to when everything and everyone around is frowning at you?

衝動

2010-11-03T13:30:00.004+08:00

All of a sudden, I wish I was working in a dairy related company.

I sort of miss the days when I was intern-ing in Givaudan, making ice cream, soft serve, sorbet, sherbet, yoghurt, ice lollies, yoghurt drink etc everyday. Although I really didn't like it when I was there because of the monotonous things we had to do as interns. But still, I love using the Taylor ice cream machine.

All of a sudden, I wish that I could open my own small little ice cream shop.

Though I've been thinking about it, I've decided that a small cafe is way too troublesome, with all the baking and coffee-making.

To the extent of thinking about shop name, equipment required, opening hours, menu.

I think I really need to throw myself into a company where all sorts of saikang is thrown onto you. You get to learn the business inside out in that way.

Was talking to a colleague, since we have already tahan-ed so far, we shall stay on to get the one-month bonus and 13th month that we all deserve.

And. I've decided to ask my boss about my if-I-don't-ask-it's-never-going-to-appear probation letter. Because I heard from others that the one year confirmation letter will be given to us about 1 month before the contract ends. Which is beginning of Dec.

I want my 2-month salary.

SIAN

2010-11-01T13:57:00.004+08:00

I'm feeling the sian-ness that striked me so hard during the last 2-3 months when I was in the last company.

I have nothing to do.

Well..... not exactly nothing nothing, but once you minus away the daily sensory evaluation that I need to do, basically there's nothing much.

Free to the extent that I finally finished typing all my posts on Work and Travel, which happened more than 2 years ago. With my goldfish memory, the posts were only completed with the help of my itinery and expenditure excel files that I keep in my email account.

I should clear as many days as possible in that case. Since there isn't much for me to do anyway.

I still have
- Annual Leave: 14 days
- Day off in lieu: 1 day (Labour Day on Sat), and 2 to come because both Xmas and New Year's Day are on Sat
- Time off in lieu: 74 hrs = 9 days (from my continuous 26 days of work)

That means 24 days.

Today marks me finishing 10 months of my contract. I'm supposed to receive a letter indicating I've cleared probation when I'd finished 9 months.

The only difference between before/after probation is before I'd need to give 1 month's notice if I quit, after I'd need to give 3 months' notice.

Which means that, as long as I don't get the letter, looking at the number of off days I'm left with, if I were to resign today, I wouldn't have to report to work tomorrow straight away, and they would still owe me a few days of leave.

Well, if that's what my boss wants, I have nothing to say. I mean, why else would she be dragging the day to hand me the probation letter despite HR reminding her?

Shall clear 8 hours this Thurday. Ahh. 4-Day long weekend.

Pool!

2010-10-28T17:27:00.002+08:00

I tried playing real pool for the first time in my life on Monday.

And I can't stop thinking about it now.

I have always been quite good at Yahoo Pool, but nothing much to be proud of if it's just all about clicking and dragging the mouse.

Ahhhh I want to find buddies to go play. Because I have no idea how much, where, and most importantly, I know you can't possibly go alone. T____T

Have been checking out drum lessons too. Seriously want to take up lessons. Although I have thinking about that since 2 years ago.

I need to save up lesson fees.

Choices

2010-10-27T13:04:00.002+08:00

Would you rather.......

... be kaypo or bochup?

... have no sense of humour or have the wrong sense of humour?

... accidentally leave your pants/skirt unzipped or leave one or two middle buttons of your top open?

... eating lunch alone in office or eating lunch with a table of bosses?

... have people complaining to/about you or stay unknown?

... be a rich single or a poor husband/wife?

... work your dream job only to find disappointments one after another, or work at a job your didn't like while still holding on to hopes that you could eventually work your dream job?

... be together with someone whom you love but he/she abuses you everyday, or be together with someone who loves you but you don't love him/her?

... be informed of a very grave illness and go through painful treatments to be cured eventually, or stay carefree and happy without any knowledge of your illness and eventually die from it?

Let me think of more...

The Perfect Wardrobe

2010-10-19T10:15:00.004+08:00

I still think that I need a personal stylist.

Just like celebrities, who don't have to worry what to wear whenever they appear on programs or events. No matter how lousy their fashion sense is, nobody except the personal stylist knows.

For me it's a vicious cycle over and over again.

Bought many many tees when I was in USA, now I no longer like to wear them even though some were from Hard Rock Cafe and Planet Hollywood. It's a waste to leave them lying around or even throw them away, but they are too old to be sold as second-hand.

Bought some feminine pieces from Taiwan, just to realize that I look really weird in them. Ended selling most of them at a slightly lower prices to get rid of them, also to get rid of the feeling that I'm not suitable. Note: not that the clothes are not suitable for me, somehow I get the feeling that I'm the one who is not suitable for the nice clothes.

Started work, bought many collared formal blouses to go with my black pants. As the number of pieces increased, I got quite bored of the same look everyday. Am currently on a 3-week cycle of clothes. Some mornings I just stand in front of my wardrobe, "怎麼又是你?" Totally feeling time slipping away as I change into the cycle of clothes.

Now I'm totally reluctant to buy anymore collared blouses or long pants. No one else in my department wears formal, so I should stop doing so. If need arises, I can always put on this really nice cotton blazer jacket that I bought some time ago and still don't have the chance to wear.

I need knee length skirts, dresses, casual tops that look formal to go with skirts/pants, nice shoes. And to get the agnes b. bag.

Flipped a Japanese magazines showing how to have 92 permutations with just about 15 pieces of clothes. Well, it's cold there so they can match cardigan and leggings. Try doing that here. I'm already melting in a thin cotton top.

Panic Mode

2010-10-13T11:47:00.004+08:00

Yesterday I dropped my phone on the company shuttle bus. The pants I was wearing did not have a very big pocket for me to put my phone, which I always do, so I was either holding it in my hands or in my dust coat pocket.

Somehow it slipped out.

The people who alighted after me didn't manage to see that I left my phone on the seat.

I reached my office, wanted to check a sms, realized that my phone was not with me.

I called back to my other office and asked if my phone was on my table. I couldn't even remember if I brought it with me. I called security post on that side to help me check the bus when it went back to that side.

After 4 missed called to my own phone, finally someone picked it up and said that he would pass it to the security post on this side.

Thank goodness.

My panic mode wasn't really because of the fact that I have lost the phone, but more of how could I have lost something when I have never ever lost anything.

Well, once only. I thought I lost my ezlink card, got a new one, but eventually found it hidden in part of my bag.

Amusingly, the thought of just getting a iphone 4 if I really misplaced my phone flashed across my mind in the middle of the panic mode.

Anyway, read some reports that white iphone 4 may be delayed to next year. 2011Q4 means next year Sep-Dec? I might as well just get the black when my one year is up in a month's time. Hmmmmm which capacity should I get?

腦力過度

2010-10-12T10:37:00.003+08:00

Was talking to a colleague on the bus ride back yesterday. She asked about my programme, how long I've been around in the company. Then she asked if this is what I wanted to do.

Er..... totally not?

The way she replied me gave me the feeling that she could see that I'm not too happy about my role.

I wonder if it's really that obvious.

So she said I should start looking for a new job since my contract is going to be up at the end of the year.

I didn't tell her about my sign-on bonus, or my 13th month which I'm not sure when it will be credited into my account.

Imagine the joy. I'll be 2 months richer.

I have been looking around, but seemed to find nothing very interesting. I'm trying to avoid all jobs related to QA, but those are the only jobs that required my degree.

Have looked at Spring Singapore as well, and also civil services jobs. No luck.

I need to go walk walk around in the next jobcentral/jobsdb/jobswhatever roadshow, to see how interested our job sector can get.

I really would like to leave my current position, but I'm really eyeing the bonus next mid-year. Sigh. It's a money or career kind of choice. Well, "career" may be a bit exaggerated, but at least I already know what I wouldn't choose in the next 40 years of my life. Seriously considering to request for marketing, at least it opens up another path my myself when I quit.

But... I think I would need to wait for someone to quit first. Well.... they have one Chemistry and one Life Science background trainee there, so I guess having a science background won't really hinder job performance?

怎麼辦啊............................................

續

2010-10-07T09:44:00.004+08:00

- 在這個科技發達的時代,大家溝通的方式越來越奇怪. 什麼事情都要用email,就算你知道對方的電話號碼,就算你知道對方就在辦公桌前,就算只有一句話你也要寄封email. 用講的可能會說錯話,可能會不小心得罪對方,寫email可以反覆檢查300次才寄出,多好. 可是,正是因為這樣缺乏練習,長久下來你只要開口說一兩個字就會得罪別人.

-每當我覺得我在工作上的表現進步了,稍微給我一點繼續前進的動力的時候,老天爺就會給我一個五雷轟頂,丟我一顆定時炸彈讓我自生自滅.通常殺傷力足以讓我放棄之前的所有努力,從新盤算著脫離苦海的時機.

- 我開始明白為什麼大家會那麼討厭我的部門,也同時覺得這些人很分裂. 平時給你們一些規定,一些方針,動不動就說我們沒道理,不合運作邏輯. 等到事情發生了,auditor來了,要救火了,才來找我們,或者推卸責任到我們身上. 我想我是累了,再也不想在這種整個會議室沒有一個人站在你這邊的狀況待下去. 我為什麼不能做份不會得罪別人的工作,為什麼不能每天穿得漂漂亮亮的,同事們共同進退,就算有紛爭也是分派而不是一對十那麼刺激的對立. 可是另一方面,只要不涉及工作的話,其實大家對我都很好. 會找我一起吃午餐,會跟我說些有的沒的. 雖然是公私分明,可是這樣會讓我覺得更分裂.

- 我常想,當auditor也是不錯的選擇. 最重要是檢查別人的運作,而不是自己著手看管好運作. 對我而言,批評別人比討好別人要來得容易多了.

- 每次工作的時候心情不好就開始拼命的找工作,看到有興趣的工作需要2-3年經驗又把我打回現實. 我常常跟自己辯論到底要不要繼續留在食品關係的行業,可是如果決定離開,卻沒有什麼工作令我感興趣.

- 我決定要重新留長髮了. 雖然短髮很涼很輕鬆很容易乾,雖然長髮的理髮費用會變多,有些時候還是長髮比較好看,比如穿沒有衣領的衣服的時候,比如當你的脖子很長的時候. 本來以為我會就這樣一直短髮下去,結果只維持了1年3個月. 所以我又回到了原點.

- 想買iphone4,決定現有合約滿1年就打電話和他談判. 想買的原因,很大的一部分是因為有很多很漂亮的手機殼可以用.

七情.六慾

2010-10-06T13:35:00.004+08:00

- 發現有些人很喜歡模仿別人,無論是有意還是潛意識. 每當我開始用某些物品,不久後就會有相仿的出現在你身上. 當我無意中提起要用或買某些東西,不久後也會看到,而且有時動作比我還快.這到底是怎樣的一種心態?

- 能夠以僅僅一句話就能破壞別人的好心情,應該也算是種才藝. 那麼不會說話的人到底是怎樣爬過別人升官的,我真的不懂.

- 距離日文考試只剩少過兩個月,我還沒有準備好. 心情倒不會到慌張那種程度,可是擔心是肯定的. 我還在期待明年3月成績公佈時我能夠驕傲的說自己考得很好.

- 最近借了本日本作家中譯小說,翻了一下才發現作者很有名,而且作品都透過性愛帶出人物故事. 我本身是不會抗拒這樣的內容,可是如果我媽隨手翻閱我借的小說,搞不好會以為我是變態,就有點尷尬了. 順帶一提,聽說蔡康永出了書,教你如何說話之類的,好想看,可是圖書館沒有.

- 超想學打鼓,我說的是西洋鼓. 也想學Saxophone,雖然有人說吹Sax會短命. 可是連鋼琴都沒有時間/心情練習的人又怎麼會把新的樂器學好呢? 還是把塵封已久的吉他拿出來練練好了.

- 很想找額外經濟來源. 當補習老師似乎是不可能的了. 可是還有tuition coordinator這個選擇. 不過一給就是三個月的會費,如果一個月之後不想繼續不就浪費了嗎? 而且如果在上班的時候有家長打電話找老師,我要怎麼辦? 還有宣傳要怎麼做,怎麼找生意?

- 聽說跳肚皮舞有助於減肥,因為會用到平時不怎麼用到的肌肉,而且能調整姿勢,增加自信. 想學,可是沒有錢,什麼都免談.

- 明年的新年目標,我應該會要求自己開始穿裙子. 沒有什麼特別的理由,雖然真的蠻多人問我為什麼從來沒有看過我穿裙子. 連衣裙多好,挑一件就好,不用煩惱上下身搭配,最多加小外套首飾之類. 所以現在要從平時開始從新習慣兩腿輕飄飄的感覺, 要開始尋找裙子的旅程了.

倒數第2個女朋友

2010-10-01T23:44:00.002+08:00

王文華寫的書

莫名的喜歡這一段:

- 在你這簡單的生活中, 最大的成就是什麼?

- 一張1000塊的捷運票, 能完全用完, 而不會半途弄丟.

- 最高興的事呢?

- 早上進公司打開信箱, 有很多E-mail.

- 還有呢?

- 遲到的那天, 老闆剛好更晚來.

- 就這樣?

- 在7-11結帳, 不用排隊!

- 不會吧!

- 星期六的下午, 突然收到簡訊, 但不是電信業者的廣告...... 開會時, 你討厭的同事被老闆罵, 他還笨到去頂嘴...... 跟客戶約開會, 他自願來你公司...... 一直用電話溝通的客戶, 第一次見面發現她是美女...... 在自助餐店買便當, 歐巴桑把你點的各種菜擺得很整齊...... 打開冰箱, 發現牛奶剛好明天到期...... 冰了半年的花生醬, 還是很軟很好塗...... 打開一個紅西瓜, 兩邊加起來也只有五顆子...... 計程車費75塊, 拿一千塊出來司機也樂意找...... 晚上加班到十二點, 坐計程車回家時聽到一首高中舞會時跳過的歌...... 沉睡後因為鬧鐘鈴聲, 而不是因為外面街上其他奇奇怪怪的聲音而醒來...... 刷牙時硬毛牙刷已經被刷軟了...... 天冷時洗澡水一下就熱了...... 換褲子時發現直接從烘衣機裏拿出來的褲子一點皺紋都沒有, 穿上去, 口袋裏摸出一千塊...... 出門前找鑰匙一下就找到了...... 刷卡走進捷運車站時車剛好來了...... 捷運上坐在你對面的男生跟你年紀差不多, 卻還在看學生版的時代雜誌...... 街上發傳單的人因為你不是目標族群而不發給你...... 玩撲克牌時拿到K......辛辛苦苦地削了一個香瓜, 真的是甜的...... 去中泰賓館的泰國餐廳吃飯, 沒有訂位卻剛好有位子...... 喔, 還有, 沒看報紙, 也沒訂票, 突然跑到華納威秀看電影, 還能買到五分鐘後開演的票.

- 這些事情都讓你快樂?

- 等一下, 還有還有, 每個禮拜天去游泳時, 我游的那個水道不超過五個人.

- 這樣你就滿足?

- 有一個禮拜天, 我快關門了才去, 泳池人很少, 我自己游一個水道, 那時我覺得, 我是世界上最幸福的人!

- 這是你要的生活?

- 這是簡單生活.

- 你有沒有發現, 在你剛才說的所有讓你快樂的事情中, 你都是一個人?

I can't believe this

2010-09-27T09:53:00.002+08:00

The disgusting guy actually called again.

Like, after more than 2 months since I "politely" told him I wasn't free to go "watch movie followed by singing karaoke, just the 2 of us, don't mind?"

I ignored the first call, and he called again immediately after the first one died.

This teaches me a very important lesson.

Thou shall not delete any contact that you want to avoid.

Wah I'm like so not going to join any meetup sessions if I see him on the RSVP list. Totally not worth missing the fun, but I guess my mood and appetite is more important than the karaoke and meetup sessions.

And it doesn't help at all that he's going for every single one of the karaoke sessions.

There goes one entertainment source. Maybe I should start singing Japanese karaoke alone. T____T

2010夏季日劇

2010-09-25T22:38:00.005+08:00

很多管閒事的看了幾齣
不過有看的大致上都不錯

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夏の恋は虹色に輝く

フジテレビ　月9
平均視聴率: 12.34%
キャスト: 松本潤　竹内結子　沢村一樹　桐谷美鈴　永山絢斗　ほか

劇情關於一個出身在演藝世家的青年　缺乏演技不被娛樂圈重視
愛上了曾經是自己父親影迷的年上單親媽媽

現在這麼一寫才發現真的沒什麼內容

松潤我的神 =v=
第一集頭一幕就是入浴鏡頭
然後有蠻多和竹內結子的接吻鏡頭
還有很多花痴耍可愛的鏡頭
不是個fan還真沒有動力看下去

很喜歡竹內結子說話的調調

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ジョーカー　許されざる捜査官

フジテレビ　火9
平均視聴率: 14.19%
キャスト: 堺雅人　錦戸亮　杏　りょう　大杉漣　鹿賀丈史　ほか

劇情關於一名警官私自解決不能被法律制裁的惡人們
直到警局內發現這些人相繼失蹤一直追溯到連警官自己也不知道名為joker的秘密計畫

劇情有點黑暗不過我喜歡
會讓人想到法律終究有漏洞如果你知道借刀殺人的人能逍遙法外而你有能力懲罰他你會怎麼做
終極BOSS的出現告訴我們最危險的人往往是身邊的人

亮爺很黑牙齒很白眼角很下垂
喜歡看他耍嘴皮

以前看過堺雅人演秘密花園覺得他那苦笑的表情好像都沒有變這部更嚴重了

不太喜歡杏的演技總覺得太用力很不自然

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ホタルノヒカリ２

日テレ　水10
平均視聴率: 15.46%
キャスト: 綾瀬はるか　藤木直人　向井理　板谷由夏　安田顕　木村多江　ほか

劇情延續上一部
魚乾女和部長繼續同居兩人準備婚後一起生活
途中出現了部長年輕時的女朋友也出現了心儀魚乾女的同事

還是最喜歡綾瀬はるか的這個角色很自然
有些時候又覺得她的思維異於常人很好笑

部長~ 還是很不要臉很自信的覺得自己很帥很完美
藤木的部長形象實在太棒了

向井理越看越覺得他很完美
長相身高體型聲線學歷都很不錯 =v=

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日本人の知らない日本語

日テレ　木12
平均視聴率: 3.43%
キャスト: 仲里依紗　青木崇高　原田夏希　池田成志　ほか

漫畫改編
劇情關於一個想要成為高中老師的元魅力店長誤打誤撞成了外國人日語學校的老師
努力讓全班考試合格畢業的同時也替學生們解決不少困難

很有用的一齣可以學到生活上用到的詞也能學到一些日本文化

仲里依紗的造型很厲害不是每個人都能打扮成這樣而沒有違和感的

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うぬぼれ刑事

TBS　金11
平均視聴率: 8.15%
キャスト: 長瀬智也　生田斗真　中島美嘉　要潤　ほか

(好像是)小說改編
劇情關於自戀刑警在女友離開他之後一見鍾情喜歡上的女人都剛巧是案子的犯人

很多很天才的惡搞情節尤其是長瀬智也突然邊唱OST邊即興跳舞然後斗真加入那段噴飯

喜歡中島美嘉唱的主題曲

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GM～踊れドクター

TBS　日9
平均視聴率: 10.05%
キャスト: 東山紀之　多部未華子　生瀬勝久　大倉忠義　吉沢悠　小池栄子　八嶋智人　椎名桔平　ほか

劇情關於夢想成為偶像的天才GM 被實習生騙到了一家醫院幫忙
利用他過人的知識和高超的舞蹈救助了病人也重振了GM部門

東山桑的舞好厲害雖然以劇情來看有點多餘

看八嶋智人演反派有點怪怪的

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下一季要追的本來只有一齣
不過因為少得可憐所以硬多選了三四齣看看

Re-re-think

2010-09-21T11:56:00.004+08:00

Someone said something to me today which made me wonder if I should just bite and swallow everything, stay where I am now for 2-3 years before moving on.

I would need a lot of self-convincing and self-hypnotizing skills to be able to do that.

But after thinking about it briefly, maybe I shouldn't be switching jobs so often.

But then again, if I know that I won't be in this profession, to think in a practical way, I shouldn't be spending anymore time doing this?

But well, the job experience I'll be gaining in these 2-3 years may help indirectly when I eventually move on. MAY.

Sigh. My probation is going to be up already and I don't know if any appraisal is going to be done. And once I get the probation confirmation letter, I will have to give 3 months notice to quit.

The world likes to wait.

Was reading a book I borrowed from the library (finally), somewhere along the story someone said, the larger the company you work in, the smaller you are. Everyone in the company is just stepping on each other to get to the top. Small companies may not appeal to some people because of opportunities, but you get to learn from A to Z of the business.

I totally agree.

I need to re-think

2010-09-20T14:13:00.004+08:00

What I exactly want, particularly work-related.

When I decided that QA is not the profession for me, I started to look at which departments I could possibly request to be transferred to.

- Marketing, I have absolutely no idea and no experience and not even any taken any modules business and marketing related in university.
- Relationship manager, I decided that I may not be a PR person. Well, the operations side of it is stopping me also.
- Operations-related, no. I'm quite sick of fighting fire, of complaining people, of taichi-ing.

Then I heard that one of my colleagues may want to ask for a transfer from her training department. I was thinking, it sounds like quite a fun job, no specific discipline needed, gets to co-oridinate courses for staff, go to different places during the day, although most are company premises, you still get to go around and kill time.

I have been receiving mailers from jobscentral and jobstreet for a while, many jobs out there seems fun.
Like shaw organization looking for concession executive.
Like TCC looking for training executive to do training and SOP and audit of the branches, but too bad I don't have the WSQ training certificate.
Like food companies looking for food technologist for new product development.

I guess people are just good at writing job descriptions.

And I guess I just like the pasture everywhere else except the patch I'm stepping on right now.

And then, today I saw ad on MacDonald restuarant manager trainee. I have always thought of opening a shop of my own. Maybe not in Singapore, since I may not be able to stay here anymore if I happened to be asked to get citizenship and turned down the offer. Having experience in running a restaurant would definitely help because it would teach me everything from inventory to budget to PR.

And most important of all, it's EVERYWHERE in the world. Well, not necessary Mac, there are so many fast-food chains out there.

But pay is one big issue. Not stated on the ad, but I wouldn't expect it to be high, no matter how many years of experience you have before joining. It's like repeating and repeating the vicious cycle of joining a new industry, you are always the newbie and your pay is permanently entry level.

And I still hold some hope in joining a flavour company. Sigh. Being a flavorist seems to be quite out of the question, companies seem to be not too keen about employing someone to train as a flavorist from scratch.

To be VERY money-minded, I shall wait for about 6 months more before I actually embark on a new journey.

Of course I can be stupid and quit straight away, giving up the one month bonus and 13th month.

I need to consider. Now or wait.

The last thing I need to think about is the "irresponsibility" that some people may frame onto me.

You have already found your career, why can't I search for my own?

*edit*

Okay.... the trainee manager's pay is peanuts. Or maybe I should say fries.

I shall be active in looking from now on.

Everyday is a bomb

2010-09-16T13:27:00.004+08:00

It sets off the moment I receive calls from my boss.

Yesterday I was out of office for a course, she called at 11+ and started shooting for 12 minutes.

Today I was out for lunch, she called just when I swallowed my last bite and started shooting for 10 minutes.

And not to forget all the random calls she made previously on weekends.

Every call she makes spoils my mood for the whole day.

Everything I do is wrong.
Everything I do made her look stupid because "you should have informed me".

It's difficult not to think about giving up in circumstances like this.

And not to mention how buddy my boss is with another boss, and I'm quite sure that she hates me. So she always talks bad about my section in front of my boss, who'll then come question me.

My colleague mentioned to my section supervisor that I'm "showing signs of giving up".

Let's not talk about how kaypo she is to tell him that, I'm too tired.

How to not give up when your boss makes you feel worthless every single day at work.

Do I feel hurt? Not really, I would just think that she looks stupid blabbering on and on.
Do I feel disappointed? Not really, not that I had high hopes for her anyway.

The only thing I feel bad about is my section, because they have been having frequent changes of section head for the past few years. And if I request for a change at the beginning of next year, that's square 1 for them again.

But it's not doing anyone good to feel so frustrated every single day.

Deep Breath

2010-09-13T13:55:00.004+08:00

"You didn't teach your guys how to answer ah?"

That was the first sentence my boss said to me this morning when she reached office.

Talk about groundless accusations.

And talk about tact. Especially coming from a superior.

Then the accusation continued on about how I "should have" informed my guys, how I "should have" informed my colleagues.

One simple question from me, "Why is it that she doesn't need to attend?"

And she didn't know, or pretended that she didn't know, that my dear colleague has not been attending at all. So she said she would talk to her.

And then the colleague sms me. TO TELL ME THAT SHE'S AWAY AND I NEED TO ATTEND.

That's it.

Who's the one attending it everyday? Me.
Who's the one who can't be bothered to attend at all even though you are required to? You.

So why is it that the sms sounded so much like from 3000m above ground shooting down to me to REMIND me to go?

Oh f*** you.

It's such a small matter and everybody in the stream can't seem to get it properly done.

Another colleague asked me if I liked my job after I told her what happened.

I told her I can't say if I like it or not.

She said she saw "potential", and "they" (I'm not sure who) like me a lot, from her observations.

Well, all I can say is interpersonal relationship and jobscope are two separate things.

What a lovely way to start work after a week's break.

On a lighter (?) note...

This morning just before I woke up, I was dreaming that I was pregnant. Very pregnant, on the verge of giving birth kind of feeling. But in my dream I couldn't seem to remember who's the father and was sort of panicking.

I wonder what is the underlying meaning? Hmmmmm....

Happy Birthday

2010-09-09T17:10:00.003+08:00

To Me.

Going to go for BBQ with colleagues but I totally didn't tell them I was coming. Or rather, I told them I won't be going, but since the meetup time changed to Saturday, I could go now.

Partly because I didn't want them to celebrate for me. Haha. Because half the people there just joined the company and are not too familiar with me. And it feels quite awkward to have 20+ (not very familiar) people celebrating for you.

Well.... I'll just appear later and see what happens. Haha.

I tried very hard not to open work email for the past few days since I'm supposed to be on leave. But I couldn't resist the curiosity of what could possibly happen.

Well. All I can say is I can't stand the stupidity of some people.
And the unfairness.
And the ignorance.
And the fake justice.

Well... you can continue to act in that way, I can't be bothered.

3+ more months to end of one-year contract.

I just need to tolerate and swallow everything during these 3 months, and maybe one month more to hide my 迫不及待 to throw everything behind me.

Imagine the peace. The joy.

It may be like jumping from one trap into another, but at least I don't have to face the shit in the first trap anymore.

Is this what you call..... Career Goal?

Pissed

2010-09-03T12:18:00.003+08:00

First I got a "k" as the reply for my email to request time off in lieu of my 26 consecutive working days.

Then you come and tell me "can you don't take so many days at a go".

So what's the point of that "k"?

Do you know that people around here only take black and white as an answer?

And the reason for asking me not to take 4 days in a row is crap - your "worry" was happening every single day for that 26 days because I was busy. And did anything disastrous happen? Nothing.

And "so that you won't have too much backlog". Hah. For this whole entire week I was slacking like nobody's business. Did you know? No. Because you yourself were on leave for the first 3 days of the week.

It's not as if someone would die if I'm not around.
It's not as if I'm the only one to handle. I have one whole section of 8 people to carry out daily duties, and they are way more experienced that I am.
It's not as if anything that happen at my side was EVER urgent.

I'm going to fight for my own rights. I already have things planned, no way I'm going to cancel.

And I think I'm really falling sick soon. Somewhere between my nose and my brain feels ultra stuffy, and I can't open my eyes wide.

Missing

2010-08-30T15:47:00.005+08:00

It's weird that when we were in the midst of running around that I hated it so much, and after the whole thing has come to end that I'm starting to miss it.

Well, not exactly missing "it", but the companions during the 3 weeks of agony.

It's the first normal work day after the agony, and I already feel like going back to the room we used as command centre. Everyone was there to work, chitchat, eat.

Ever since after I joined my company, I realized that I may be friendlier than I realized, and I may actually like people more that I realized.

First was my fam group. This time was the newcomer group.

Maybe because my self-consciousness was permanently on "HIGH" since my primary school days.
Maybe because I was not able to meet people to click with when I was at my last company.
Maybe because I didn't even bother to look because I hated the place so much.

Maybe I changed? For the better, definitely.

It feels good to have people come talk to you spontaneously, something which didn't happen for the past N years of my life. And that amazingly finally happened this year after stepping into the company. For this I'm grateful.

I realized I may be giving out an aura that reads "come talk to me" or "come share your secrets with me". Well, not a bad thing, at least I know that people trust me to be telling me certain things.

Oh. My boss's finalized. I thought otherwise. Well, it gives me one more reason why I should consider jumping to another department after my one-year contract is up at the end of the year.

The End

2010-08-28T14:19:00.004+08:00

Yesterday marked the end of our month-long sufferings.

But no one was in the mood to cheer when the last truck left. Guess everyone's just too tired and sian about the whole thing.

I was still emitting heat occasionally during the day, and starting to cough slightly. But of course I went for our self-planned appreciation entertainment after work.

A simple dinner, a lot of crap talking at Brewerkz, an amazingly entertaining session of KBox. I reached home at 4am this morning.

And then woke up at 8.30am for facial.

So now I'm half dead, eating my lunch.

I finally have my weekends back.

Day 24........

2010-08-25T15:35:00.003+08:00

2.5 more days to go.

How I wish everyone hops on to a plane and fly back home after tomorrow's ceremony.

I think I'm running a fever now. Last night started to have sore throat, this morning woke up with a sandy throat, although I already downed some medicine, *點手指* I predict that I'll fall pretty sick over the weekend.

My first free weekend in August, which also happens to be the last weekend in August.

But. Even if I do fall sick before the weekend, I'll still cheong with the rest to celebrate the end of our month-long agony on Friday night. Wouldn't want to miss that.

I had been quite energetic over the past 2 weeks, to the extent I felt weird that I could wake up early every single day to go to work. I think my body has been tahan-ing until the very last few days, knowing that everything's coming to an end, that my presence is no longer as important at the workplace, so at this particular point in time it's all right to fall sick.

What a cooperative body system.

I'm taking time off from 6-9 Sep. 10 Sep is Public Holiday. So I'm free from 4-12 Sep. I shall stone, unless a better option appears.

Believe me, if I want to stone 9 days in a row, I can.

Planning to do rebonding one of the days. Oh. And I need to go for hospital appointment on my birthday, unless someone cancel his/her appointment 2 days before for me to take.

Theme Hospital

2010-08-16T16:16:00.003+08:00

I'm playing it. AGAIN......

Well, at least it gave me something to do while I waited from 2pm to 6pm yesterday. Cleared 4 or 5 levels haha.

The last time I play was in May 2007 and I said I won't be playing it for another N years.

N=3.

Shall continue to play this coming weekend. Should be able to finish all levels. Aiming to have no game-overs. Haha.

Surviving...

2010-08-11T14:18:00.003+08:00

10th consecutive day so far. 16 more days to go.

Sat, Sun and Mon were half days, so I managed to leave company before 3pm, so still not too bad. Well, more like 3/4 days.

Yesterday was 0830-2030. Although my boss told me to come in the afternoon after the first few days, I think I'd better still come in the morning because the main activities are at 9am and 7pm. I wouldn't want to risk having anything disastrous happen, or some random people calling me about problems that I'm not even aware of.

To be in total control of the situation makes me feel empowered, because whenever people up there ask, I have an answer or at least the full details of what happened. Which makes me feels damn confident of myself. Morale booster.

I calculated on my way home last night. After the whole thing ends at the end of this month, I would have accumulated a total time-off of about 15 days. Which is 120 hours. Which is even more than my annual leave.

Hope that I can continue to manage to wake up in the morning and report to work on time. Scratch that, I need to reach like half an hour earlier to beat the rest so we can take temperature before they wrap everything up.

Some people are efficient at the wrong things.

Lately I keep looking at bags online. For now, my dream bag would be a not-too-big one, width of about 30cm (umbrella is 26cm you see), height about 26cm, base thickness about 8cm and handle long enough to shoulder-carry, with pockets outside as well as inside. Found a few on gmarket, but all the colours I want are sold out. Sigh.

The good news is I won't be able to spend money this month, because I'd rather be sleeping than shopping.

Countdown

2010-08-06T11:47:00.003+08:00

Tomorrow is the first day of the real work causing my consecutive 26 days of work .

Fortunately the next 3 days are going to be half day in the morning only. Although the shift says 9-3pm, I predict it'll end before 1pm. Not sure if I'm overestimating everyone's efficiency though. Also I'll have to reach before 8am to prepare all the things required during the day.

I have been surprisingly free these 2 days. As I said before, it must be 風雨來襲前夕的寂靜. For me to relax first before the terrible running around in the next 21 days.

Yesterday someone asked me if I put on weight from tasting all the bakery items. They are like all waiting to see me balloon from all the tasting. I lied and said no. Haha. To be very frank, I think I put on 2 kg, but I don't think it's due to the tasting.

I used to eat one of the items at about 10-11am when my stomach runs out of food after breakfast at 7.30am. From a couple of weeks ago I banned myself from eating. So my stomach starts growling at around 11am, and cause gastric by the time I have lunch. Well, I'll get my body to get used to it. I won't die of hunger pangs.

I shall observe if I'll really lose weight from not eating lunch/dinner plus running around. Waiting for this round of kickboxing course to end, then I'll sign up for the next round starting after my birthday. The last time I went for it I lost 2kg.

Sigh. Must work everyday.

Day 1

2010-08-02T13:25:00.004+08:00

I wonder how it feels like to work consecutive 26 days.

I'll be able to tell you at the end of August.

Luckily this week is normal working, no hectic running around or starving.

And as long as boss doesn't come in, I can leave on time. I'm perfectly fine with that.

I'm feeling damn sleepy right now that I'm almost sleep-typing. According to a journal published recently, we should sleep 7 hours daily, naps included, no more no less so as to reduce risk of cardiovascular diseases. I slept slightly more than 7 hours last night, and it is obviously not enough for me. Forget about cardiovascular diseases, I think I'd die of lack of sleep before my chance of getting a heart attack is doubled if I sleep 2 hours more.

Heard that they bombed a bus stop in Bangkok tourist area. My dad must be so happy that I decided not to go there in Sep. He'd rather me stay at home and rot than going on a holiday during my birthday.

So I shall sleep more during that 4 days. And increase my risk of cardio diseases. Well done.

Need to go back to China during Christmas this year for grandmother's birthday dinner. Asked my dad which day, how many days because I need to take leave. Everything not confirmed yet, and he asked me to stay there for around 3 days.

3 DAYS?????

According to past experiences, 1 day in the house in China is torturous if there is no major event like dinner. Poor internet connection, absolutely nothing to watch on TV, super cold weather which makes you don't even want to bathe. Basically nothing to do.

3 times of that.

So the only thing left to do is to pack a lot of things to watch into my laptop and bring back, ready to hibernate for the whole time except for the dinner.

Speaking of laptop, I really feel like selling away my laptop. Fujitsu Lifebook, bought in 2007 Aug, out of 3-yr warranty but still in very good condition both internally and physically.

But I have no idea where to sell, how much I should sell.

I want to get a netbook to replace the laptop. Nowadays some of the higher end netbooks specifications are even better than my laptop. Company lucky draw had a HP Mini, didn't win it, was thinking I could just spend the $600 myself.

But I need to get rid of the Fujitsu first.

Change of Plans

2010-07-26T13:31:00.003+08:00

Hmmmmm.

I may call off the Thailand trip in Sep.

Because I need to use the money somewhere else.

I foresee myself spending at least $600, and I think I'd prefer to use it more wisely.

Sorry for the sudden change of plans. Fortunately nothing has been booked, and not too much of planning has been done.

I'll just stone at home for that 4 days.

Stoning at home on your birthday? How cool is that.

Rude wake-up call

2010-07-25T12:31:00.004+08:00

I had to go to work yesterday, but not early, so I set my alarm at 9am.

At 8:45am, my phone rang, I thought it was my alarm in my half-asleep. Incoming call: boss.

The first thing that came into mind was shit did I oversleep, was I supposed to be at work that early but missed it.

I picked up the call, trying not to sound like I just woke up, but failed because after a few sentences she asked if I was sleeping. I said actually going to wake up soon.

THEN.

She practically shouted throughout that 3 minutes of call. About some issues that she spotted on the stuff that went out from our side and reached NIE the day before at 5pm. They were preparing to cook yesterday morning and realized issues with 2 of the things in the delivery.

So non-stop shouting and accusing and questioning for 3 minutes.

I already learnt my lesson, that's not to say anything when she's in her usual continuous slamming sessions, because no matter what you say, she won't listen. The purpose of the call is not to find out reasons or to find out what happened.

The sole purpose is to slam you left right centre upsidedown, to cut you short if you even dare to say something or to clarify, to disregard your every attempt to justify what happened.

Sometimes I really wonder if she was deprived of talking when she was a child or even in her previous life. I have never met someone who loves to talk so much, with only 50% substance because the rest are either repetition (she loves to repeat twice or even thrice of everything), or sentence fillers like "you know", "in conclusion", and god knows what else she has in her dictionary.

Reached office at 11am, left at 5:45pm. Much longer than I expected.

You know there's something very wrong with the system when Day 2 of trial lasts longer than Day 1, with same process but less volume on Day 2.

And I can bet you that I'll get even more slamming on Monday.

My ex-colleagues still said that she is a not bad boss. I have no idea if they know about how she speaks to subordinates, and how she handles her own stress, or how she starts to slam when she can't get things done due to some IT problems which I bet is caused by her IT non-savvyness.

My probation is going to end soon, some of my batchmates already had appraisal done a month ago. I'm waiting to see what will happen if I don't remind her to do appraisal for me. I don't really care if I get confirmed or not, to tell you the truth.

5 more months to end of one-year contract.

來真的

2010-07-19T12:06:00.004+08:00

真的給我來"退團"這一套

雖然說
自從官方消息說仁不會參加KAT-TUN的World Big Tour 他會去美國開個人SOLO
一直有N多人&報章&八卦雜誌推測甚至期待仁退出

雖然說
不管這是不是出自他本人的意願
我對這樣不負責任的舉動實在很無言

我一直都覺得
美國人要聽HipHop的話隨便在美國丟顆石頭都能打中嘻哈歌手
為什麼會有興趣要聽日本偶像唱?

雖然謠言已經滿天飛了蠻久了
現在社長一句退團還是蠻震驚的

大意是
現在的KAT-TUN已經不需要6個人
仁的發展方向已經不一樣現在只能看他能不能夠在美國成功
這已經是第二次了就算事務所批准世間也不允許他回到團裡
現在要等仁在秋天從美國回日本後的正式記者會

記者有訪問其他5個
卡咩說這已經不是第一次所以受影響程度沒有上次厲害

如果是我
我也麻木了

之前看到有人問
如果讓你遇上剛回來的仁你會對他說什麼
有人說
"幾時再走?"

J家史無前例為SOLO發展而退團
之前有退社有SOLO可是不退團

你還真的是個特例

雖然

很多依依不捨捨的迷妹還是堅持說
不是仁親口說的他們不相信
要等他從美國回來了說了才算

社長都開口了還不算數?

如果
只是假設

仁回來之後死口咬定他不退KAT-TUN
會有什麼有趣的事情發生呢.....

*22日更新*
仁在KAT-TUN MANUAL寫了
雖然很婉轉是說他solo的決定
'不是討厭另外5人才這樣子我最喜歡他們了'

消息終於確定了

想不到不必等到秋天啊.....

我很好奇各家論壇下一步會怎麼做

rrrrrr.....

2010-07-16T13:08:00.003+08:00

It doesn't really matter if the person you are shouting at is the person you are blaming or not.

The fact that I was shouted at, when the person you are angry with is not even me, irritates me to the max.

And sadly, you didn't even bother to find out all the necessary info before pinning the blame on others. Well, to be very precise, I was the one who you are supposed to be angry with because I assumed that you switched off your phone, so I told her. And yet you were so angry because "she said that my phone was switched off without even checking." Er.... she checked? With me?

I bet you a million dollars that she won't be as angry as she was if she knew that it was me who told the other person about her phone. Although it's to my advantage from every single point since she hates the other person and not me, it still irritates me that she's so angry with someone else and not me, the culprit.

Imagine you call someone twice, and the calls get cut off before the dialtone. Then you sms the person and get no reply in the next 1 hour. Wouldn't you assume that his/her phone is switched off?

And the main thing here is, I have no idea why she was so angry that we mentioned her phone was switched off. What's the big deal? You can just explain that it wasn't, just that you missed the calls and sms?

"How would you feel if I say that you switched off your phone and cc the big boss?"

(The above was said in a very very harsh tone as if someone died just because I didn't take the call.)

Er... reply the mail and said I didn't and that I missed the calls because I was busy?

Mind you, I'm not operational, my phone bill is not subsidized like an operational staff, I don't think I need to be on 24hrs standby clutching on to my phone.

Damn stupid.

It doesn't mean that if you don't like someone, you have all the right in the world to rebutt and doubt and suspect him/her.

I seriously think it's generation gap.

2010春季日劇

2010-07-10T13:57:00.004+08:00

月の恋人～Moon Lovers～

フジテレビ　月9
平均視聴率: 16.85%
キャスト: 木村拓哉　篠原涼子　リン・チーリン　北川景子　松田翔太　ほか

關於家具店總裁在上海開分店時遇上上海女孩把她帶回日本當公司模特兒
公司受到種種打擊最後模特兒和總裁的位子都失去了

寫劇情內容時發現劇情真的不怎樣
很奇怪的發展很奇怪的人物性格
全劇比較喜歡的是篠原涼子比較正常點
木村拓哉太龜毛松田翔太瀏海非常奇怪林志玲日語發音很不順耳
北川景子還好常和她出現的西山茉希非常不順眼

不過最後一集的最後一段還是蠻可愛的
'太...太靠近了'
'我要親你當然要靠近了'

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ヤンキー君とメガネちゃん

TBS　金10
平均視聴率: 11.27%
キャスト: 成宮寛貴　仲里依紗　本郷奏多　小柳友　川口春奈　鈴木亮平　ほか

漫畫改編
不良高中生和本來是不良的四眼妹在學校裡的故事

成宮寛貴演高中生沒什麼違和感對他的印象還是貓嘴 =v=
仲里依紗真的可以嘗試小久美的角色她絕對行
本郷奏多嘴巴好歪雖然我還是蠻喜歡他的

打架飛踢的鏡頭這是部校園科幻劇

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タンブリング

TBS　土8
平均視聴率: 7.68%
キャスト: 山本裕典　瀬戸康史　三浦翔平　大東俊介　西島隆弘　冨浦智嗣　柳下大　賀来賢人　タモト清嵐　AKIRA　ほか

關於一群高中生加入男子體操隊的成長故事

比我想象中好看我果然喜歡看一大群男生的劇
他們應該練超久的很多動作不是一兩個星期就能OK的
山本裕典的紅頭髮很讚哈
瀬戸康史自粉紅男孩裡很漂亮的角色變回普通男生的角色也不錯啦
莫名的對大東俊介很有好感
看了這部之後還蠻想看看西島隆弘在AAA的時候的表演
冨浦智嗣....... 原來聲音不是裝的

這部不錯

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怪物くん

TBS　土9
平均視聴率: 14.03%
キャスト: 大野智　八嶋智人　上島竜兵　チェ・ホンマン　松岡昌宏　濱田龍臣　川島海荷　ほか

人氣漫畫改編
關於怪物界王子被送去人間修練在3個隨從的陪同下學到了很多在怪物界學不到的事情

虧他們真的拍成了真人版而且還蠻不錯的
大家的化妝都不錯故事也很不錯

leader演得好好拇指

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新参者

TBS　日9
平均視聴率: 15.22%
キャスト: 阿部寛　黒木メイサ　向井理　溝端淳平　ほか

小說改編
關於新來的警察調查一宗殺人事件每一集懷疑的對象背後都藏著秘密
在破解每人的謊話的同時慢慢找到了真兇的身分

這季最喜歡的一部劇情和各個角色說謊的苦衷很有趣
能夠把全部的角色相連得很好

那永遠買不到的鯛魚燒啊

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SP有SMAP的毒番茄殺人事件
他們說是史上首次在演員毫不知情的情況下
在綜藝節目錄影的同時剪接成電視劇
故事尤其是殺人手法很天馬行空
不過他們竟然能剪出一部劇真的還蠻厲害的

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應該看得出來
我開始不想寫這個每季日劇感想了
超簡短的

Peaceful Day

2010-07-09T12:21:00.006+08:00

These 2 days have been quite peaceful, to the extent that I start to worry because it's too peaceful. 嵐の前の静けさ. 暴風雨來臨前的寂靜.

To find nil unread email when I check mail before I sleep is quite rare and it has been happening for 2 nights.

Maybe everyone is watching football or catching up with the lack of sleep, so no one is working late at night haha.

And even for day time I'm slacking to the max because there's no issue to address, no fire to fight, no emails to read.

Some time ago I saw on one colleague's computer screen, his email had over 1000 unread mails. Either the system screwed up and auto unread all the mails and he didn't know what's the fastest way to make the red go off, or he reads very selectively. The black bold number next to the word "Inbox" always gets on my nerves, so I make sure there's no unread before I go home. So it's scary to see the black bold "(1045)" there, even though it's not my email account.

I dreamt last night about my upcoming consecutive 20 days of 1-10pm work. Not good. I tried to hint to my boss that working 7 days for 3 weeks will die, but obviously she didn't get it, or she pretended not the get it because there's really no other people to stand in if I take a break. So my unspoken conclusion is I shall take 2 days time off immediately after those 20 days and let whoever take over my daily routine. I shall not be nice and care so much.

A colleague asked me yesterday if I have "taken action" after this stupid case that happened 2 months ago, of 1 old man insulting another and the other informed all big bosses about it. I totally didn't want to take any action, just want to leave it there. He's bringing it up again because apparently something happened again, but I wasn't informed this time. Anyway he's going to retire soon, I can just use this to not recommend his extension. Well he brought it upon himself, nobody else to blame especially NOT me because I may get into trouble for what he has done. What for I recommend to keep the time bomb here to kill myself.

Like how stupid is this, asking me to counsel someone older than my parents. They have eaten more salt than I have eaten rice. You are telling me that they need me to tell them what is the correct way to behave? You must be kidding. (Well, not saying that my colleague who suggested that I counsel him is stupid, but the whole idea that my position requires me to counsel him is stupid.)

After working here for 6 months, my conclusion is that working with guys is much easier. Well... most of the time. Which is weird because for my whole uni life my communication with guys was near zero. There aren't many ladies around to start with, although my whole dept are of X-X species.

The guys are much easier to chat with, and you don't really have to worry that once you said something wrong or "inappropriate" you back would receive a few archery arrows in half a day's time.

One of the big bosses from another dept said over lunch that when you interact with one guy, depending on which type he is, he may spread to others guys about how you act, how you speak, how your character is. So if you manage to score good impression with one, all of them would supposedly have a good impression of you naturally. I don't know how true it is, but so far I think my relationship bar with most people around is pretty good. At least that's how I receive it. Hope that nobody is rolling their eyes behind my back though.

On a rather random note.

Very surprisingly I think I'm found my type of guy. Or rather, I came to realize what my type of guy is after meeting someone. Can't put into words about the exact "type" I'm talking about, more on the communication and "aura". Abstract. Oh, and I've realized the most important criteria before all things: common sense of humour.

Before you start whistling and thinking about weird things, save the effort. He's married with kids. It's also not that I am going on to the wrong path, not that I like him or anything, it's quite difficult for me to like someone anyway.

Just that I think it would be great if I could find someone of the same type and let things run naturally, instead of being mentally chased and pressurized about my age and my life.

And another random note. Once I watched in a dorama that the charge of sexual harassment is not really on the action itself, but rather on the person who's performed the action. Very true indeed. Because two guys can be sitting next to you closely, you would feel OK with one and want to sue the other one of sexual harrassment even though he's not doing anything "violating" at all.

Long post. Enough for now.

I'm tired

2010-07-04T15:50:00.003+08:00

I think my colleagues who have been listening to me complain must have been quite shocked.

It's just 4+ months into my official portfolio after the long orientation programme. And I'm already complaining like nobody' business, and even voiced out the possibility of me requesting a change of department.

Because I can hardly stand it nowadays.

Basically, I think that if you are a boss, you should jolly well realize that you subordinates do not like, absolutely hate it when you talk to them in a tone as if they are an idiot. And also, they are extremely irritated when you prefer to blabber on and on with word fillers like "you know" "actually" "in conclusion" etc, instead of letting them have a chance to explain what really happened, or if the issue you are blabbering about concern them AT ALL.

The amount of word fillers she uses is so amazing that she can be talking for 5 secs with no actual substance in that 2-3 sentences. And that irritates me, because it's totally not efficient communication at all.

It's like I get called up at 7pm, being questioned about something that I was totally not informed of, and the whole conversation sounded as if I was in the wrong and I should have notified someone about it. Pls. I don't even freaking need to know what it is used for and what the expiry date should be. "You should have known that it's for XXX and should have rejected it." WTF NO ONE told me what they are used for. Which part of "you should have known" do you want me to know. It's not even under my care.

And then. I got called up just now at lunch time, and was questioned about some random stuff that I don't even know why she needs to ask me on a freaking Sunday. I don't bring back my work related info AT ALL, so I don't know why she wants to persist and ask even after I told her I don't have the info with me now.

I don't need to know that you are working on weekends, I don't really care.

IF my portfolio requires me to work on weekends, because I have clients who visits or some urgent operation that I need to plan during the weekend, I won't be complaining. But I don't have any freaking clients. My only clients are incoming raw materials that don't give me problems on weekends.

A colleague told me before how cui she was during one of the meetings. I thought he exaggerated. Now looking at the way she works in our company, I think it's 200% possible.

I'm waiting for September to come, to anticipate a change, either in boss, or at beginning of next year, a change in department.

Speaking of September, I have more or less decided to go Bangkok for some cheap stuff shopping. During my birthday weekend. Pls let me know if you are interested to go with me. I'm starting to plan air ticket and hotel and stuff.