Settling Down

As you all know, I'm a very family guy.

Recently, really feel like settling down with my current SO.
Been looking at HDB website for any prospective HDBs to apply for.

Yes, I know I just got into a r/s with Ann-Marie, but somehow I feel she is the one, and I really want it to work.
So please, instead of being skeptical, why not tag and encourage me instead? If love is not worth fighting for, then whats the point of living? To work your ass off?

Hope she gets better and good luck to me :)

P.S. Saliva don't cause it and no, my house is not dirty and she is mine so hands off.

Cons of having a pretty girlfriend

Hello everybody!

Typing this at my 2nd home now..
Been working until 8+ for the last few days. She waited for me a few times all the way. Yes, she was pissed, but overall would like to say thank you for waiting for me.
Would like to highlight to you readers that I knew a girl who would come all the way from Jurong to Pasir Ris to wait for the bf, who is my buddy, to book out when we were in BMT. Sometimes have to wait longer than 2 hours! :p

Ok back to topic.
I, like many of you out there, have always dreamt of having a very pretty girlfriend with very ideal traits.
Well, I have one, but its not exactly a bed of roses.
As the song goes, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". What an accurate phrase.

There are many cons of having a very beautiful girlfriend. Let me list it out.
1. You have to be fucking handsome too, if not you will feel insecure.
2. If you don't have point 1, then at least be fucking rich.
3. You have 8547643262 competitors.
4. In the eyes of the competitors, you are shit. (Not that you should care though, but still..)
5. Your super pretty gf will get lots of lecherous stares, and if you are very protective, you will feel damn dulan man! Who wants their gf to be taken advantage of?

Anyway, I will have to work harder in order to be with her. To prove to myself that I deserve her and she didn't make the wrong choice in following me.

Recently, there is this guy who confessed to her that he still likes her. Apparently, he has been chasing her for a very long time. Even before I met her.
I don't really want to bitch so much, but he already has a gf, and I feel he is being a Tiger Woods wannabe by having a gf and still doing this kind of things. Just like the Korean guy in the earlier post. WTF man?
Ok, I promised no more bitching.

I'm not going to be a jealous little prick and throw a tantrum. Instead, I'm going to be like Captain Awesome from the TV Show "Chuck".
Just going to have 101% faith and trust. Just concentrate on the loving.
:)

Wish me luck!

P.S. Oh shit. One of my colleague saw me blogging. fug.

Long time no see, thought u mati

Blogging at *ahem* right now :)

I suddenly have a very strong urge to post this post. To complain. Been bugging me the past few days so I want to blog about it to let it out. Pardon the poor english because I'm at *ahem* so have to be chop chop!

What do people like John Terry, Tiger Woods, Ashley Cole etc have in common?
They are downright fuckers scum of the universe. They don't deserve the money and the woman that throw themselves at them.

Look at Yip. So nice to the gf, but always kana dominated. Until influence him to buy helm of the dominator.

Anyway, the reason why I'm so pissed about these people is because there is this Korean guy at my workplace. He is the Managment Associate to the CEO. He has a Masters, studied in US and skipped army back in Korea. At first, everytime see me smile smile friendly friendly. But now, I know his true colours.

A few months ago, he tried to pick up my gf. He has a gf who is in Korea. But yet, he try to pull this kind of stunt. Sibeh dulan man!

Not only that, he made a personal attack. He told my gf that she deserves better than me.

WTF MAN?!

Not sure where he get his education from, but so god damn smart of him to tell someone who loves me that she deserves better than me. I mean, come on man. Its as good as telling it to me myself!

I know I'm not very smart myself blogging this at *ahem* but fuck it la. Give some slack k?

Everybody in the office thinks he is a nice boy blah blah blah. When I talk to him, I also talk to him nicely and pretend that I don't know. I don't know if he knows I know, but I don't really care. Everytime I talk to him, I always begin every sentence with "Yes flirt/fucker" and end it with "fuck off cb kia."

This is the reason why Singaporeans are so pissed by foreigners. They come here, make alot of noise, steal jobs, steal woman and think they damn big fuck. Well fuck u back asshole.

Let me bring up another example. Do you find this guy familiar?

He don't want to return back to Singapore for trial saying he has diabetes and will "die" any moment.

Well, he is stupid. Singapore the health services so good, won't he have a higher chance of living if he is Singapore?

I don't want to jump to conclusions and say yes he is the one, but now he is main suspect. Additionally, he doesn't want to come back to Singapore. WTF man.

I really hope this bastards all get their karma.

*rant over

Btw, Happy Birthday Ghim Hong!

Long Awaited Post

Hello all..
Haven't been blogging lately due to being busy & lazy at the same time.

Anyway, I feel that I should make this post. To update my friends and let them know what is going on.

First things first, I'm sorry to Limin that it didn't work out in the end. Yes, we broke up...
It definitely was not her fault, but I didn't think it was mine either. I guess the reason to give was we were not suitable for each other.
She was a nice gf to me and I appreciated that.
However, I needed her to love me in a way which just was not her way of loving. We tried, but I felt like giving up more than working harder in the end..

Ok, sad stuff over.. now comes the happy part..

I met this new girl. :)
Its a bit quick, but I guess when it comes, it comes ;)
Don't ask me to compare who is better, cos I would be a jerk to compare, so NO!
And in case you are wondering, no, she is definitely not a substitute, and I didn't leave Limin for her.
I get those questions alot. -_-

We just started, and I have to admit that I'm having a ball of a time.
The last weekend we spent it nearly 24/7.
I won't go into details so soon... Just be patient and wait for my updates k?

Bye children and be nice :)

Anyone remember this photo?
Was looking through my previous photos and I thought that I reupload this.
:)

Something funny

Super sad

I know I have not updated my blog for a long time.

I got my UOL results. I am super devastated.

Only need 2 60s to get 2nd upper but I only got 1.
The rest were 50+.

2nd lower lor.
I really doom and gloom now.
*emo*

Newcastle: Part 2

In my first Newcastle game, I used this database called Wally. I found out later that he had updated certain player stats, especially of his favourite team. This caused massive unbalance to the FM transfers world, so I made a restart. This time, I used the database similar to what Marvin used, which was called FM Weegie.

Newcastle

After being inspired by fellow manager Marvin Yip, I went to start a new game in FM with Newcastle.

I have never been a fan of Newcastle because they are an underachieving club. However, it seems that this is the perfect time to lead them. They have just been relegated, are in need of a new face lift and in need of some leadership. Similar to Yip, when the board was undergoing a takeover, my job was on the line. However, I am very certain I will be able to persuade them to let me keep my job.I immediately got to work offloading the bad apples of the squad. I have always disliked Joey Barton as he is a bad influence, so I didn't had any hesitation selling him immediately. Geremi and Cacapa were also not needed so off they went.
I'm looking to sell some of the old players that are on massive wages like Duff, Viduka and Alan Smith. I was quite disappointed with Alan Smith. I used to look up to him when he was at Man Utd, but he has been letting me down in recent games, shooting wide and missing good chances.

I bought some youth players to replace the older ones, with an eye for the future. In came Mark Beevers, Danny Rose and Frederico Laurito. I wanted to buy a midfield centre, but couldn't find any good ones. While I was browsing the Barcelona youth team I saw this young striker called Ruben Rochina. He was on the transfer list for only 2,000 dollars ! That is dirt cheap.

I'm quite happy with this discovery and I already have Martins tutoring him.

The job has been quite taxing on me, and I find myself very tired/lazy to meet Limin nowadays. Hope she understands. Finally, I hope that FM will take my mind off some depressing matters.
Fighting!

Short getaway!

I find that I didn't really relax to the max in Australia. Everyday had something to do and everyday we walked until our legs are so tired.

I want a holiday where its just relaxing, spa/massage, sleeping, just lazing about, eating good food and just living like a king.
The place has to be cheap, because I want to live like a king, but I'm not rich like a king.
I'm thinking of a few places, mainly Langkawi, Thailand (Bangkok and Phuket), and Bali. Any more ideas?

If I save up alot during my 6 months of internship, I would not mind going on a holiday to HK or Taiwan, or somewhere within a 2-3k budget.

Hope I get my permanent job though! Last year the intern got offered a full time job even though the economy was going to collapse, so I'm praying with all my might that I get offered too! Salary is not really important, as the potential for growth in my position is very big. The colleagues in my department all stay in Newton, Harbourfront area.

Fighting!

Pissed off!

So pissed off with Qantas!
When we went to Australia and decided to change our flights, the girl quoted us 168 SGD. However, when the bill came, it was 168 AUD!

I called Qantas today, and the lady that picked up the phone keep saying that I heard wrongly. But, I remembered asking her twice because Josh was beside me reminding me to ask. So I am definitely correct. After I told the lady that I want to speak with her superior, she said that it will not happen, and she just put down the phone on me!

PISSED TO THE MAX! I am never ever going to take Qantas, and if possible, I will spread this story to as many people as possible. Already at work, several Germans agreed to me that Qantas was the worst airline flight that they took. Got this German girl, her luggage was delayed by several hours, so when she wrote an email to Qantas requesting a letter to show the insurance company so she could make a claim, they didn't reply at all. She sent 6 different emails but nobody replied at all.

I emailed Qantas because no choice, the call centre say only they can help me. So really bo bian. I dare Qantas to retrieve the phone call if the conversation was recorded. I dare them to apologise to me for their mistake and for the lady whose manners are just atrocious.

Honestly, I really think they won't. I don't even think they will waive the exchange rate difference and charge us what they originally quoted.

So now, instead of the planned 2,800 SGD, I have spent 3000 SGD on the Australia Trip. DULAN MAN!

So boring!

Every day after work I come home and don't know what to do. I have no entertainment.
I finish bathing and eating by 8.15, so I have about 4 hours before I sleep. And I don't know what to do in those 4 hours.
I was thinking of playing WoW retail version, but I don't think I will have the commitment to play it all the way. No point playing.

Here are a few suggestions on what I can do in my leisure time.
1. Buy a TV in my room.
2. Buy a PS3.
3. Buy both :D
4. Get a hobby like sewing or [insert hobby] etc
5. Read

Anymore? I really can't think of any. Please help!

Bad news!

1st setback:
On Friday, I took a bus to the MRT station with a colleague. He strongly believe that the company will not give me a job after the 6 months. Not because I am inadequate or not good enough, but the department I work for is one that is fit for high position managers etc.

I agree that the department is filled with capable people (i.e they know 4 languages and have Masters and their excel is superb), so I felt very discouraged when I heard that. So, I told him that its ok if I'm not hired in the same department, as I would not mine being in another department. However, he have to break my heart again by saying that the headcount has frozen and they are actually cutting back.

I guess I have to believe what my boss says that if I work hard, impress and the economy improve such that the company needs to hire, they will hire me. Fighting!

2nd setback:
About a month ago, the company wanted to hire me but wanted to have some assurances that I could defer my reservice. The army on the other hand wanted to have some assurances that I would definitely be hired. As both parties needed some assurances, I found it hard to please both. Eventually, the company decided to trust me, hire me and gave me the relevant documents I would need to defer.
However, I found out that in order to be successful for deferring under "New Employment", the job has to be in the 1st 3 months!
I was hired on the 24th June and my reservice is on the 19th October, making it 3.5 months! I am now very very worried that I won't be able to defer my reservice, thus lowering my chance of being hired.

I really hope that the army can open their eyes and for once, don't be so rigid in making decisions. Hope they consider the economy and the job market before making a decision. Wish me luck. Fighting!

On a lighter note, I was intro to this show called We Got Married. Its a reality show where two people have a fake marriage and live together for a few months. Its a very funny show and I kept laughing throughout.
I am also in love with this girl call Hwang Bo. =)

She does not have the typical cute or pretty face but I find her very attractive. She is a bit tom boyish and very sporting. I love her laughter and it is very infectious. On top of that, she knows how to cook and sew! Very ideal wife!
There are so many plus points to her side that I think she is my dream girl. The kind of girl I like. Hope Limin is reading =X
Fighting!

My job

I am currently working in Allianz as an intern in the Property & Casualty Regional Department.
The Allianz branch I'm working in is more of a regional HQ rather than a company selling products. It means that in Allianz in other countries and in Singapore do their work and send the accounts, info etc to the HQ. There the data is tabulated and assessed. I'm working in the HQ.

As it is the HQ, there are many top bosses working there. I am very impressed by the top bosses. Most of them including the caucasians, know at least 4 languages. English, Chinese, Japanese and Mandarin. They are frequently not around as they are in meetings or overseas attending meetings.
Additionally, they are well-skilled in IT. Some of the excel spreadsheets they churn out are fantastic.
I'm thinking of taking a course in MS Excel to be a master too.

My duties include,
1. Monthly reports
2. Compiling of data for strategic dialogues
3. Market research for China
4. Economic research
5. Some secretary duties

These duties might seem easy at first sight, but it really is a step up from a temp job. Alot of things I have to learn myself and google to find out. The use of terms is also very foreign to me. For example, from the monthly reports, I have to write stating what cause profits to be higher or give reasons why the dip in premiums is due to the economy etc.
As I'm still very new, I can't crap on these things.

Although it has been tough to adapt so far, I really hope that they will keep giving me new things to do, as it has been quite boring for the first 2 days. I hope things will start to pick up and I will learn and able to apply it to my work.
If you study very hard, you will certainly enjoy the exam as you can answer every question. If you don't study, you will go to the exam and come out feeling like shit. Thats the analogy.
So, wish me luck and hope I will be able to pick up the pace. Already I am starting to learn the acronyms such as CAGR, PICC, GWP etc.

If you wish to chit chat, please email me at lim.yuan.wei@allianz.com.sg. I will be there =)

Holiday!

Leaving for Australia tonight @ 9.45pm!
Will be back on the 18th June.

Anyway I woke up at 9am today and received the call that I have been accepted into the internship. Its an insurance company and the salary is 1.8k.
Its not sales, but its more of an operations role. The head of department even told me that there might be a chance that I can go to Germany!
Quite excited about it :)

I told them I will be ready to start on the 21th June. So I guess when I come back from Australia, I can start to get ready. However, I asked them if I am offered a job during the internship, will I be able to accept it. The HR lady told me that she needed to talk to the head regarding this and get back to me. Think I scared her!

So what do you guys think?
Its a job that I wanted and its what I want to do, but the main drawback is its an internship that has no guarantee that I will be hired.
If you were offered this kind of job, will you accept it?

Job search

I woke up this morning because of a phone call and surprise surprise, it was UOB. They were willing to interview me for this Management Graduate Program. I scheduled it on 19th June as I will be back on the 18th June.
So exciting!

I don't really know the job scope of this Management Graduate Program yet, and I am going to be really cautious. I will be ruthless and fight for the job scope that I want. What's the point of working if you are not happy with your work?

I'm also going to call the insurance company and inform them that I will be going on holiday, so I would need a decision from them asap. I forgot to ask them in depth what my job scope will be like, and I only got a short overview of it. I will learn my lesson and bombard this UOB interviewer with 100 questions.

Anybody want anything from Australia?

I also have been watching this drama recently. Introduced by Limin.
Its F4!
Limin is crazy over the 3rd guy from left. But I think the last guy looks better. Although his yellow hair sucks.
There are lots of pretty girls in this drama too, and its definitely much better than the Taiwan version.
I like this model cos her boobs are big! A pity she only appear in a few episodes.
Next time, I'm going to come up with my own version of F4. I think this kind of story can earn big bucks.

Terminator - What is it about

After Terminator 4 came out, many people asked me what the hell is happening and how come Kyle Reese who is so young can be John Connor's father etc. I'm writing this blog post to clear up the confusion and hopefully ignite some interest in the Terminator series, which I feel are very good movies.
Ok, here goes..
Before we proceed, I want you to forget about everything you have seen or know in Terminator. Just let me start explaining from the beginning, and then I will explain in detail.
Terminator 1
- Year 2020+
Mankind are at war with the Machines, and the humans are winning. The humans are lead by, John Connor. The Machines in a desperate attempt to win, build a time machine and send a Terminator, a T-800 (Arnold) back to 1985 to kill John Connor's Mother, Sarah Connor. The humans capture the time machine and send Kyle Reese back to 1985 to protect Sarah Connor.
-Year 1985
In this year, Sarah Connor is not yet married and do not have a son yet. She forges a r/s with Kyle Reese while on the run from the Terminator and as a result, became pregnant. Kyle Reese managed to destroy the Terminator, but died from his injuries.

Terminator 2
- Year 2020+
The Machines send back a more upgrade and modified Terminator (T-1000) to 1995 to kill a 10 year old John Connor. The humans responded by capturing an old Terminator model, T-800 (Arnold), and send it back in time to protect John Connor.
- Year 1995
John Connor and his mother managed to destroy the T-1000, with the help of T-800(Arnold), and also destroyed the company that created the machines, Cyberdyne Corporation. They believed that the future is unwritten yet and they can change the future from happening.

Terminator 3
- Year 2020+
The machines again send back a more upgrade and modified Terminator (The female robot) to 2005 to kill a young John Connor. The humans responded by sending Arnold back in time to protect him.
- Year 2005
Judgement Day happened and John Connor realised that the future cannot be changed. You can only alter the events leading up to it, but there is no escaping the future.

Terminator 4
-Year 2018
Because there is no escaping the future, John Connor knows that in the end the humans will win the war. However, he have to ensure this by making sure that key events happen, such as sending Kyle Reese back in time to protect his mother. The machines also know that they will lose the war, so to prevent this, they are searching for Kyle Reese.
However, John Connor found Marcus Wright, a cyborg that is half human, half machine and begins to lose confidence in the theory that there is no escaping the future and that the humans will win the war.
However, he still sticks to the belief that he has to save Kyle Reese. As a result from his fight from the Terminator (Arnold), his face was cut. This wound can be seen in Terminator 1 and 2.

So, it again confirms the theory that the future is already set, and the humans will win the war.

Terminator Models
T-1: A machine that has wheels as legs. Very dumb and clumsy
T-600: A slow moving Terminator. Has a human endoskeleton.
T-800: A strong Terminator that is massively upgraded. The machines give him human skin, eyes etc so he will be able to blend into the crowd. He can genuinely sweat, bleed and able to impersonate voices. This is Arnold's character.
T-1000: Appear in Terminator 2. Played by Robert Patrick. This Terminator is made of liquid metal and so is able to change forms/shapeshift.
T-X: Appear in Terminator 3. The female robot. Also made out of liquid metal, but this time has weapons from the future built into her. So she can fire lasers etc.

The time-space paradox
The terminator deals with the time-space paradox.
The paradox is simply, say I build a time machine and travel to the past and kill "me in the past". As I will die in the past, I won't be able to build a time machine in the future. And if I can't build a time machine in the future, I won't be able to go back in time and kill me. So I won't die.
This is the time-space paradox.
However, the terminator suggests that major events won't change or be prevented. You can only alter the minor events leading to it.
So, if a person, say Bob, was supposed to die in year 2010, because he got in a car accident when drink driving. He managed to prevent it from happening by not drink driving on that day. But, he will still die from a car accident, for example he gets knocked down instead.

So in the Terminator series, if Kyle Reese failed to save Sarah Connor, another person would still take up the leadership in the future and win the war against the machines.
This is the theory that the Terminator offers.

Timeline
I have made a timeline to explain the events of the story clearer.

Timeline 1: Sarah Connor meets an unknown man and gives birth to John Connor. Judgement Day happens and John Connor becomes the leader of the resistance, leading the humans to victory. The machines send back the Terminator back in time to kill Sarah Connor. The humans send back Kyle Reese to save her.

As a result of this, a new timeline has been formed.
Timeline 2: Instead of Sarah Connor meeting an unknown man, she meets Kyle Reese and gives birth to John Connor. This is why in the future, John Connor is 30+ while Kyle Reese is only 18+, but yet Kyle Reese is John Connor's father.

Ok, the end. Hope it wasn't confusing for you.
I believe that the next terminator movie will show Kyle Reese being send back in time. Possibly the Terminator(in T2) too.
Can't wait for it!

Limyuanwei MTV

Thanks to Tay for making such a nice MTV.
I present the Limyuanwei song.



Enjoy!

Investment Management

I have IM (investment management) tomorrow at 10am. I feel I am ok for it, but I think I'm being abit too complacent. I keep thinking that I know everything already, but the truth is I have been revising that for so long, that everything feels old to me, but when the exam comes, I won't remember.

I also have an interview tomorrow after my exam. Its not a full time post though, its a 6 months internship. I don't know if I should take it up. I'm worried that I will lose out to someone who just go straight to full time. I'm going to go there tomorrow and ask various questions pertaining to the internship and see if it suits me, or suit a student better.

I'm hoping that the internship suits me and I take it up, as I don't have much confidence in getting a good full time job now. Every job available is related to sales, and I don't want to go into that industry.

Wish me luck :)

Dota

So long never play Dota already. Think its about 1 year!
Quite gian to play after reading Mac's blog on it. Read it here.

He is setting up some clan and the name of it is King Clan, so my nick in game has to be something King.

I was thinking of some nicks which has king inside and this is the list that I have come up with.
1. Fuc King
2. Fcu King
3. Doom King
4. Gloomy King
5. Coo King

Any other ideas?

Side Note: Today's paper FI was quite ok. I did all questions and wrote quite a bit. However, there was 1 question which I feel was not done well, and I also forgot some small parts. Hopefully, can get 60.