Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Pricey Flats
Now they have db55 flats @ AMK on offer.
Upcoming db55 flats would be @ Bish@n. Prolly the priciest of all.
Sure, you get the interior done, air-con up, looks like a condo.
But no matter how they zhng the flats, it's still a hdb. Are the days of affordable living gone?
On a separate note...
It's time to buy now.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
5@les Upd@tes
Food was not bad, and the entertainment segment was good, compared to the previous one at M0S.
W0n 3rd place for the drinking competition and was given a pair of M0ney N0 En0ugh 2 tickets to its gala premiere.
Pretty tired. Nights.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Tues
Too quiet for comfort.
Leading to anxiety, worry and stress.
At least my appt. tonight went ok. And I got myself a pair of oversized imitation Havaianas from Iset@n.
4 more days to go till the closure of the month. For me.
I'm still mulling over the loss of my pen. Sigh.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Note to Self
It has been great 7 months. To date, I have hit above the qu0ta and my income received is reasonably well.
I need to continue to focus for the next 5 months. Suffer for the next 5 months and gain that promotion. I need it, in line with my career goal. I would want the cert to trade du@l-currency returns.
All the best to C@t, whose opp0rtunity is in 0ct.
On a very very sad note, I think I lost my $700 M0nt Bl@nc.
Fuck.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
My Weekend
After we cleared the other cust0m, got ourselves some drinks, we were on our way to Melak@. We did not have any stopovers and sped all the way to our destination. After an approx 2ish hour drive, we finally got to pump petrol at Melak@ and had our t0ilet break.
Soon, we checked into Emperor hotel, quickly dumped our bags and rushed out to have our lunch. We were so famished and luckily there was this chicken rice restaurant nearby.
What you see is the rice ball. Which is not exactly nice. But the chicken and char siew were good.
We then wandered around, wanting to go to Jonker Street, which is in fact a street market.
Welcome to Jonker Street.We started our walk at 5pm. We first entered this Jonker Gallery, which retails clothing. I bought a tee for rm35.90 only. But as we walk along, we realized there were several Jonker Gallery butiks, except that they sell a different 'genre'.
Then there are the odd finds along the way.
The 'punishing' footwearThere are cowboy hats going for rm8, batons, swords, toy guns...
Less than 10minutes later, we chanced upon this store that baked pineapple tarts. It came out fresh from the oven and the samples tasted so wonderful and the 8 of us grabbed as much as we wanted. I got 3 boxes myself.
At 5ish, the streets still looked empty.
Kinda remind me of Bugis Street.Just that Jonker Street is def. more fun to walk.
And you would never go hungry there.
Popiah seller's roaring businessSidetrack... Daniel brought along his wishlist. Chicken rice. Done.
Then we had the chendol he had wanted. It was SO GOOD.
By 6, vendors started to set up their stalls. Just like what they do in Phuket. Difference is that the things in Jonker Street is worth seeing and that you have this feeling you won't get carrot-chopped.
Someone told me this was nice.
I had no idea what it was and ordered kiwi.
It was just kiwi, coated with malted suger.
Chey. Nothing special.
Then there was this dim sum store.
I tried some of them and they tasted quite good. Abit hard though, cus it was filled up with so much meat.
Jonker Street comprises of 2 lanes filled with stalls. And it took us more than 2 hours to cover most of it.
Disappointing thing is that it started to drizzle.
It didn't spoil our mood. We proceeded to have some more food in the open. I thought this was quite interesting. rm0.60 per stick only.
Daniel's 3rd wish came true when he ordered bowls of laksa.
I dunno why I thought it was interesting to find one J@panese store out of nowhere.By 9, we made our way out of there as the drizzle started to get heavier. We went back to our hotel room for a shower. There was abit of dilly-dallying as Daniel and I watched Amazing Race in our room.
At 10ish, we made our way to the hawker centre opposite our hotel. We had earlier pooled rm50 each to fund our group meals. We spent the rest of it on satays, bbq chicken wings, beggar chicken, sting ray, oyster omelette, rojak and several bottles of Heineken.
By then, we were so tired and our feet were aching.
But I wasn't allowed to enter into this foot massage place. No Salesman.
Emperor Hotel is a budget hotel. It cost us 5gd60 for a room. But the room itself was not too shabby. Quite comfy, I would say.
Same like R0yal Paradise in Phuket, Emperor Hotel offers a magnificent view.
Daniel and I woke up at 7ish and wanted to go for a swim. The weather was so cooling and cold air was blowing at our faces. The water was so cold, it took me quite sometime to go in the water. As I put on my google and went into it, I was disgusted at how green the water was. I couldn't even see the pool wall!
I jumped right out of the water and almost instantly regretted at my decision as the wind continued to slap me.
The two of us just stood there, admiring the scenary. I was actually looking at our cars from the bird's eye view.
We met the rest for English breakfast at 9, packed our stuff, and checked out at 1030. We then headed towards their local snack shops, where I loaded some biscuits. There, I saw 2 familiar faces.
We headed to one of the shopping centers. It was huge. But Center World in B@ngk0k is bigger. Nvm that.
The building is so big that underneath that HUGE field is the level 1 of the shopping center. What you see in the picture is another part of the shopping center. Fine, it looked like a m0sque to me until I saw the C@rref0ur signage.
Another thing that I realized is that the B@nk is quite 'aggressive' in Melak@. You can find banners all over the streets.
Then there is this roadshow me and my c0lleagues would die to go for. Just look at the HUGE turnout!
The br@nch is renovated the same way as our transf0rmed branches in 5'p0re.
Different unif0rms though.
Cute sporty Lati0. M@rk should consider doing up his.
We had a filling lunch, cleared the bowels and it was time to leave Melak@.
Another few hours of drive. Which I find it enjoyable.
But the rain caused a couple of accidents along the way. One of them saw a couple cars crashed. In fact, it affected 2 lanes.
Some of my own purchases.We had a couple of stopovers and the last one saw us having dinner at KFC, pumped the petrol and cleared our way through the massive jam at Tu@s checkp0int. Dropped my friends and then headed to the club for a swim. Was 8 then, and thought I should do some exercise to burn off what I had consumed over the past 2 days.
Dunno why I'm having M0nday blues. Something I had not have since this year.
Back to wearing unif0rms.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Fri
Can't wait for my trading a/c to be opened.
After work, we adjourned to the NUSS Guild House, housed in Suntec. We were ushered into the dining area, which gave a 'pretentious' atmosphere, hoping to give it a 'fine dining' experience. It was evident in the behaviour of its guests, the utensils and the presentation of the food.
The food was alright to me. The beef salad deserved to be raved about, but not the soup and the main course. Yes, their cheese cakes were lovely.
Some of us toured the place around and we concluded that there were 2 kinds of parties there. The elderly/rich who hovered around the 'fruit machines'. And the young who had just graduated and wanted to make use of the club for networking.
$3000 membership?
Only the elitist would pay.
I'd rather up the price and enjoy myself at a country club.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Thurs
I prepared for her two envelopes of NTU( vouchers that she was entitled after putting a substantial sum in one of the instruments last month. The value of the v0uchers amounted to a graduate's monthly salary.
She wanted to thank me and asked me for lunch. We walked to a Swi55/ Germ@n restaurant, which she said was famous for its p0rk knuckles. Unfortunately (or fortunately for me), the place was closed for lunches.
I remembered a Mediterranean/ Mexican place, however was dismayed at the turnout upon our arrival. Thus, we decided to go French.
The restaurant manager knew me and the service rendered was splendid. The lunch was not casual though. I would rather described it as 'prim and proper'. However, it quickly turned into our favourite subjects: from stocks, vacations to even cars.
Talking about stocks...
I have been thinking of doing DCA/ RSP via margin trading on U5 fin@ncial instituti0ns.
At work....
The B@nk had introduced unif0rms for us and here we are...
B@nkers need to sleep as well. Nights. Long day tml.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Random
The staff there now recognise me by name, even knew where I worked and the car I drive. Not that I would like to maximise the usage there, but I have took the place as an outlet to destress. And at the same time, re-evaluate the things in life.
Is everything in life a facade? Are we placing too much importance in wrong values? Maybe, but I don't see anything wrong at the same time. Chasing after dreams motivates us. In fact, that is what makes the world goes round, isn't it?
In office, we dread the 'return' of our boss, who has 'kindly' taken 2 weeks of leave (fine, he didn't do it for us). We have been discussing among ouselves the next steps we could take. No doubt we want to progress on, but the offer for a st0ck br0ker seems attractive as well. At least for the time being.
At the end of the day, I would still want to pursue my dreams.
Payday comes tomorrow! Quarterly b0nus comes at the end of the month!
Saturday, July 12, 2008
The Act of Smiling is the Act of Obedience or Submission.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
My Purchase of the Day
Sunday, July 06, 2008
GXG says:
eh wat do u call when u have a plate a spoon in one hand and mouse and kyboard in the other
felix says:
multi tasking
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After work on Saturday, I had the car done up. There wasn't much difference really.
But I had my favourite prawn noodles for lunch, crabs for dinner and a relaxing massage.
Came Sunday and I was at work again. Delighted at the sales I did today. Neighborh00d crowd proved different and even the way I have to present is different.
Rewarded myself with a club membership today and had a swim there.
Saturday, July 05, 2008
I got myself a blue box.
Today I realized IWC does look classier than Cartier.
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Untitled
One of them brought a watch magazine and insisted IWC and Zenith are better buys than Cartier. I flipped through and instantly knew I couldn't afford any of these.
My coming paycheck can be arguably equivalent to 4-7 mths of what people of my age would earn.
But I know of someone who would be getting a sum (this MONTH) that is equivalent to 3-5 YEARS of what others may be earning.
A very very pale comparison.
I've decided what I would do with my paycheck.
1. Book myself tickets to Phuket and Bangkok
2. Invest - buy into 2 funds and 1 counter
3. And brace myself to what may come in the next 2 months.
Haiz. I hate reservist.
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Tuesday
Another avid collector would share with me the type of watches I should go for. He walked in this morning and I greeted him, "Hi! I was thinking of calling you yesterday. I wanted to know if you could intro me someone who sells Cartier."
He agreed Cartiers are beautiful. Fashion watches, he said. I disagreed. The Tank series have been around for so long.
He told me Cartiers look nice on 20-30years old. But in my line, as I progress on, I would wear something like IWC instead. According to him.
Then I asked myself. Should I get something that my current/ potential customers would appreciate?
Or should I just get something that I like?
What if a Cartier is like a G-Shock to them?!?
In any case, at most I could only fork out enough cash to buy an entry-level IWC.
Not that Cartier is any cheaper.
Isn't Cartier nice?!?
Anyway, I had my leather seats waxed at Leather Etc. after work.
Then I fixed my v-lip and gear knob at Fabulous X.
While I'm looking forward to my paycheck, I want to close July with a healthy sales number before I'm whisked to reservist.
Jiayou!
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Splurges
While M@rk set his eyes on a 1-ish carat diamond for his girlfriend, I saw a Miu Miu.
It's funny that the both of us wouldn't even blink or hestitate on the price tags, but we can't bear to spend that same amount of money on ourselves.
While an average Miu Miu would cost $1700, I actually have to ponder over a Mont Blanc bag over 10 months. And to date, I had not splurge on that $1400 briefcase.
Even when I like a $500 Gucci belt, I had to get M@rk to check with his friend if I could get any discount.
Btw, apparently Prada doesn't like the word 'Sale'. They called it 'Markdown'.
Whilst I was walking at Paragon this evening, I fell in love with a watch.
A Bell & Ross. But a pity there wasn't any price tag on it.
I'm guessing it shouldn't cost more than a Cartier.
My budget is $5k. Let's see if one of my customers can get me a discount. I mean, a markdown.
Edit: Found out Bell & R0ss is way expensive. Am looking at Cartier now.
