Monday, February 28, 2005

A is for Arouse

I aroused from my sleep on sataurday. Having an average of 5 hours sleep during weekdays, weekends are for catching up on lost sleep. But not this saturday.

Waking up from a bad dream is bad enough. And to get a "last min" notification for a photo shoot was even worse. Hey, I dun work professionally hor, only just a hobbyist.

Speaking of my dream, I was been "targetted" and "terrorized" by a snake, an unknown species of a snake. It seemed to enjoy agonizing me by crawling around me, striking me with fear on not knowing if this damn reptile is poisonous. After finally done with its fun on me, it decided to bite into me, and I was ...was...damn, i can't recall but i know its fears. It slided away while I go scrambling away looking for antidote. Its only moments later that the owner on the snake appeared (hey, its a dream lor, dun need to explain rationality and technicality on appeareance, rite?) and say its not poisonous and its just teasing me.

TEASING MY ARSE. Teasing? I think its TRAMATIZING. Hey, I'm a snake too lor, can't it recognised its own bred? $#%^&%#$

So I walk away, going to another shopping looking for a friend and to only "accidentally" made my friend dropped an all-blardie expensive camcorder. WAT THE FARK? My dreams think I got too much money to go throw around? Then I was "force" into making the purchase. And then the phone go singing the sony advertisement.

Allo I go trying to sound like I'm not sleeping. Trying. So a quick and short and groggy take place and ended in under 5 mins. Aroused from bed with a not-so-great call. What a day to start with.

Well, anyway, its almost none and time to get up, prepare myself to go catch the day performance of the Singapore Dance Master 2005. So while sending an email to a friend to tease her about going back to work on a saturday and having to give the dance master competition a missed, that is when I found out as well that my office servers went down! WAT THE FARK?

Now it must be retribution! It must be. I always know God (if he exists) dun like me, he clearly seems to have proven himself again. So make some calls to my vendors and quickly get my big fat arse back to the office to see what is wrong. Next time cannot be so bad, email people to laugh at people. No good lah. No good.

After solving office problems, make my way down to Raffles City to meet up with other friends to catch the day performance and pick up the night performance which includes a 8 course dinner and blardie cost me 128 dollars, and mind you that is the cheapest ticket. To my horror, they require formal wear. WAH LAU EH! You must be joking lah! And yesh they have it printed on the ticket. Jacket and tie! WAH KAUZ!

To think when I was in Phuket last weekend, I still jokefully tell my friends that I have no need for a suit when they suggest that I joined them in making one since its relatively cheap. I had NEVER needed one since day one when I started working. DAMN!

So I have to leave early and go home change into shirt, pants and tie. I am lucky since I live near town. My other friend who is joining me for the dinner isn't so lucky. He went to buy his clothes after watching the day performance. Another lady friend joined us as well and no problem, she knows about the formal wear. Wah lau! How I know? I first time watching ballroom competition wah!

It IS good, especially the performances by those super-saiyan-level performances. Its a jaws dropping experiences for me. Ok, couple of things I learnt.

1. Ballroom dances are suppose to be elegant and historically for the upper class people but I tell you, the attendees are not.

2. I pay $128 to learn that if I want to fully enjoy my food and watch the dance at a good and confortable view, pay for the much-more-coveted-expensive tickets. I heard the most expensive is the table costing 5 good grands for 10 person.

3. If you dun turn back and check on your food, the people on your table with eat them without your knowledge. Upper class my arse.

4. Turning up with tie at my usual hangout salsa place is not a good idea. Everyone goes hoo-ha and pulled on my tie. I swear its no longer silver-white.

5. The only alcohol served is beer, and its cheapolo tiger beer. Why no wine ah? Not high class enough ah? But at least their fruit juices come with my favourite coco-de-nata.

Friday, February 25, 2005

Z is for Zebrule

Zebrule is a cross between a male zebra and a female horse. I think maybe we can called the ah gua (transvestite for you international readers) that.

Since using the animal to represent something else is so common among peers nowadays. Looking at those animal theme disco and pub on this little island, i think they shld have one called teh Zebrule Disco. The neverland of the ah gua. All kind of services provided be widely available in the disco. Great idea? No? Ok, back to my creative thinking again.

So waking up after working half day before going to the sunny island of the "land of smiles". Feel refreshed, and its been a long time since I recall waking up early to eat breakfast. Working not counted hor. That one is boh pian.

Being so-very-singaporean, whatever is included in the package must TAKE lor. Dun take lugi liao. What to do? Breed and educated in Singapore. So itineraries for the day will be checking out the beach after breakfast, take a look at the lotsa-water-rush-in-to-flood-and-destroy beach, followed by the free city tour, and then own-time-own-target.

The beach do look great from far, but when u walk up to it, aint as beautiful as it seems, especially those near to the shore. It was quite empty, probably cause we are there early, something like 9am. Gotta make it early cause our city tour is at 10am. So walking along the beach, you still get hustle non-stop by people asking if you wanna do water sports or hair braiding. I guess there is just too few people around, so anyone who dun look local kena hoot.

First stop for our city tour is the hilltop view of seashore of the island. Nice view but isn't as beautiful as those I have seen elsewhere but... still nice (must compliment abit lah else like my trip boh hwa). After that they bring to another location that makes it look like countryside for some activities like elephant trekking, live gun firing, ATV (All Terrain Vehicle).

It sure looks too hot to sit atop the elephant for some sun-tanning, so we skip on it. Live gun firing sure is exciting for a female friend. First time shooting. So scared and excited. Me? Mai lai. Not so interested in shooting. Pay money to waste bullet. Dowan. But ATV looks exciting and it does. Love it. Really shiok shiok when u riding on those 4-wheeler-motorbike-lookalike vehicle. Cheong up and down the slope, trying to do bend on the corner. Shiok. My only complaint is like we are going through a sand storm. The amount of sand and soil flying up from all the biking is enough to make my midnight black single looks like a single of black with tint of brown. Damn.

After that is lunch. Nothing eventful but its a very nice, scenic and serene restaurant by the beach. So lomantica to lunch by the sea, under the shade of the tree. And luckier to have something drop on you from the top of the tree. Not me. And pricing is cheap too, cheaper than those in the used-to-be-crowded-but-not-so-crowded Patong beach area. Then there is this dunno-wat-you-called-bridge-thing that stretch out to the sea for a good 100 metres from the shore. Something similar to what we have at the Bedok Jetty at East Coast Beach, except ours is concrete and their is wood. Damn, now I recall missing a photo, and I still called myself a photographer! Damn. Hungry man cannot think. Must be. We wanted to walk it but our guide come to take us off for some shopping. Too bad.

So we went to do some shopping on local products, ie cashew nuts. I never know cashew nuts is a local product on this island. First time seeing the fruit of cashew nut tree. Very nice. This time I remember to take a picture.

Next is some jewellery place. It looks really grand and we looks really sloppy. But who cares? They look at your moolah, not your dressing. We actually resist going there, with no intention of buying anything. so there's a guide that show us the workshop where their craftsmen are working on the jewellery. its really huge place. And we are the only group of tourists there. So its kind of uncomfortable to have too many sales person attending to you as you try to finish the tour and get the hell out of the place. Those gems and diamonds are too glittering for my moolah.

When we got the last section, where its mostly the pearl and stone products, we have this very attentive guide explaining a lot of things to us. and it start from telling us how to differentiate the difference between real and fake pearl jewellery. I tell you, its a good trick. That prompt us to check out the pricing and we are a little surprise to find it so cheap, or well, cheaper than we expected. Afterall, I have no experiences shopping for PEARL jewellery. Its not glittering but it can give the lady a classy and elegant look with the right design. So ended up one of us bought a couple of pieces for the girlfriend is who trying out. Me too. I got no girl with me but bought a piece for a long time friend. I swear in the name of whatever-god-your-believe-in that is just a girl _space_space_space friend.

And come to an end of our city tour. Haha, and we din even visit the city! So just do some leisure walk around, getting to the tailor shop for my friends fitting of his suit and the manager finally manage to get one more deal for the friend's girl is doing a suit as well. As we make our way back to the hotel, walking along another stretch of of shops facing the beach, we realise that most of them are in ruins, destroyed by the tsunami. Then there is this huge jewellery store. So I wonder how much gems did that store lost? A lot of people went to the beach to do picking the following day is what the guide told us.

Then rested a while before heading for the beach from the hotel. Did a little swim in the. Ok, its not as nice as the one I have enjoyed in Nice but at least I can see almost the whole body under the water when the water is reaching to my chin. Walking almost 50 metres out into the sea, I still can walk on. Never exactly did any water-trapping. So I wonder if the shoreline been changed by the tsunami. Was it like this in the past as well?

Seafood is on everyone's mind for dinner. Walk around, look around. Found one that looks ok. Ordered from clams and lobster. Too bad dun have Sri Lanka crab. Those crab they have are those flower crab which I never feel the meat good. Some vegetables. Maybe its the cooking. Makes its the style. I don't find the food that wonderful. They have no intention to serve us the food till we asked them about it. Hungry man want food fast. They serve all at one go after done with cooking ALL the food you have ordered. No wonder some of the dishes are no longer hot when served.

Night is nothing much eventful. Usual walk around the shops to look for bargain. Maybe its the aftermath of the tsunami. Bargain aint't the fun thing anymore. Most of the shops are having bad attitude when you try to bargain with them. And worst, they start the price at a super exorbitant price. Imagine you can cut down the price by more than 2/3 and you still dun like the price! I paid abit more for my buy, but at least the price does not start from exorbitant range. I tell you I ain't good at lower price. I never is, I never was, I never exactly will be. Maybe.

Monday, February 21, 2005

Y is for Yearn

Indeed. Yearn surly does describe how I feel about my short little holidays oversea.

Many years ago, I had been planning to go to this little island south of the land of the smile but there was always some form of screw up that will prepare me to go there. Finally, along came a promotion and a few emails, package been taken and off I go to the not-so-little island(anyway its approximately the size of Singapore).

This is the first time I'm stepping into that country, if transiting at the capital's airport to my flight to Paris does not count. Finally I get to change come baht and spend it.

Well, I guess its a small airport, so from alighting the plane to exiting the custom to reach our transport to our resort was pretty fast. So we are looking for the person that will be holding my friend's name on a piece of paper. Now, its interesting to know my friend's full name. None of us know him by his full name and know we know. I think its more fun calling him by his full name than by his english name.

The journey was uneventful, other than making me more dizzy on the bumpy roads and hungrier by passing by so many food stalls. During the 1st half of the journey, the guide kept talking non-stop. I wasn't paying much attention coz i'm seated right at the back of the mini-bus and I have the rest of my friends seat right in the front row. So I think its ok that I dun pay attention to him and trying to keep myself from feeling dizzy and hungry. Some more still got SMSes coming in leh. Expensive leh! Wah lau eh! 10 times the cost of normal SMS for replies. Tough leh! Trying to reply with the mini-bus bumping away.

So we are entitled to one free city tour. We took it but request not to visit the temple. Oh well, that is what happened when you got christians in the group. So the good thing about been a free-thinker is that you can visit among almost anything. Someone suggest a church. Boy am I not keen. I have a little too much of churches in europe. After seeing the less grand to be so grand, anything where else just pale. It seriously did. Beside I have not heard of any grand and long-history buddha temples on this little island, so I'm pretty fine with it.

When we got to the hotel, I'm almost starving. A friend asked "what time shall we meet?" and I go "WAH KAU! Wat wat time? Put down bag, can go eat liao lah! U still want dress nice nice meh?!". So in a minute or two, we are outing hunting for food. Along the way, we saw some very sexy womenmen(wo)men. Ya know, its kinda hard to determine their gender.

A friend mention that the policemen here dress very sexy. Wow. That is interesting. So I kept my eyes wide open for the next policemen I saw. Indeed. Tight. Sexy. Uniform. So tight that the folds on the uniform looked like they are ironed. Its like those super-body-hugging-black-elastic-assassin wear. So I wonder if they have a very full meal, will the button darted out like a silver bullet?

So walking around for a while, we settled for one of the restaurant. Its 10+ local time here and its like I'm having supper, after that small minuature dinner I had on the plane. Their service was really slow. Not just that, there's blardie lotsa mosquitoes around! Its everywhere! Above. Beside. Beneath. Around. But must be real heng, they are probably mostly male. Seems like we ain't bitten. Must be male. Must be. The female probably out in the beach moontanning.

So we make it chop chop, finish dinner and get the hell out of da place. So now its walk-around-looking-for-advanture time. Nothing much exciting, except for some of those shui jing jing (very pretty in thai as taught by our guide) sexy womenmen(wo)men. I think the thai must has love animal or they are so much into kinky sports. Their disco/pub were named after the animals. Tiger. Lion. Dragon. Crocodile. Now you know where tiger show comes about.

And nop, I did not take up the offer of the tiger show. Another time perhaps. Another time. Not this trip. So we ended out night after some walking around to see what are availables.

Thursday, February 17, 2005

X is for Xperiences

Xperience the power of shopping with a high level bargaining power lady. Its been a while since I have gone shopping with some people who just love to bargain. It must be a womanly/motherly thingy.

I know my mom had her perfect tactics in bargaining. She knows how to slashes to a new low. Damn. I never inherit that skill. I would rather save me the trouble and saliva and just pay what I see on the price tag. Well, if I don't like it, I can always dun buy.

So was out having dinner with a friend the other night. So to burn away the xtra calories, went walking around and ended up wondering into one of those shops that sell those nice-and-fanciful-and-cheap watches. And indeed, the womanly/motherly bargaining instinct went into action.

her: uncle, ya watch very nice leh, can discount anot
seller: very cheap liao lah
her: but that time i come, its not so xpensive leh. you only charge me 20 plus abit.
(the watch is priced at 28)
uncle: how much is the "abit" leh
her: "abit" lor
uncle: ok lah ok lah, give it to u for 26
her: uncle cannot lah. that time really only 20 plus abit
uncle: 26 oso 20 plus abit wah
me: hahahah
her: but uncle... (then she spot another watch)... how abt i take both for xxx dollars?
(xxx coz i forgotten the amt)
uncle: eerrrr... you very cute leh...
her: that time i come u also say that
me: WAHAHAHAHAHA (stop myself) -giggle- (damn. internal injury liao)
uncle: ijit. i cannot remember liao lor. ok lah ok lah. give u xxx + 2 lah..
her: errrr... xxx lah
uncle: aiyah... xxx + 1 lah
her: okok thank you uncle


Incredible. I believe our dear world class NTU or NUS should offer "Bargaining your way 101" as a core module. Then everyone will save more moola.

Been reading someone's else blog for a while. Someone who is in the salsa scene, the person shall go unnamed since he doesn't want people to know about it (then why on the internet?). The person been talking lately about his feeling for this person who is always around yet he do not wish to accept the person becoz he is eying on someone. Then after he realise that the person is he eying does not reciprocate in the same way, he was upset then. When he finally realise that this person whom he was eying on was not something his heart wants. Its actually what he think he wants cause she simply fulfilled all his requirements of a "perfect" girl. (Perfect my arse. Perfect woman only exist in hollywood). By the time he turn to his heart's desire, its too late. The girl had move on (Wah! so fast sia, that is juz so woman). So my advice to him? Move on also lah! Remember, statistics show that Singapore got more girls than guys. But government statistic also wrong one wah (dun sue me pls. im penniless).

Receive this server reply from one of the local ISP.
Hi. This is the qmail-send program at doha.pacific.net.sg.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.

:
203.127.207.28 does not like recipient.
Remote host said: 550 There is no local mailbox for
"rainie@pacific.singtel-page.com.sg" and forwarding is disabled
Giving up on 203.127.207.28.

Hey! Why the server give up just like that? Maybe its this cutie rainie yang who email me leh? Cannot anyway reject my email wah! Ok, I must be dreaming. *sing* dream on... dream away...


Just when I'm about to finish off my blog, got this sms from a friend.
"finali realised deficiency in life is not e whole picture but rather juz a blot at e corner of canvas". Wah kauz! Simi wah kuei*!

A little joke for to share with you.

Ted is 7-yr old n he's very bad in essay writing.

One day the teacher asked the class to write a 500-word essay base on any title they like.
Ted thought real hard n finally he started his essay:

Titled: Composition - my lost cat

One day i lost my kitty, i went out to the street n started calling:
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
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kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
kitty kitty..." but she never comes back, that's how i lost my cat.

(510 words)




* - a kind of snack food that people likes to take for teabreak or breakfast. something similar to lor mai kai (糯米鸡). Still catch no ball. Dun ask. Food are meant to be eaten, not explained.

Tuesday, February 15, 2005

W is for Wah Lau Eh

Wah lau eh! I did not win the TOTO last night. Sighz. You know. There goes my plan for earlier retirement. As those investment planners will always tell you to invest early so you can plan for early retirement.

I must be investing late. Bought the no-win tickets just hours before the draw.

But nevermind, hope is in air. Where there is life, there is hope. Went to draw some money that I have budgetted for TOTO investment, the annual 10 million grand draw. And surprised me that the singapore turf club booth is still opened. So heng heng buy the hope-to-win tickets. Now its wondering if I should invest more.

One horoscope that says I will have a windfall, a HUGE one some more. But hor, if I don't win, who shall I hantam?? Sighz. Nevermind. Shall toss a coin later to see if I should buyinvest -again-

I always love fruits and so bought some longan home. One kilo to be precise. So while sitting down there watching my anime, i start eating the longan after dinner. Poor me, a person with no fridge, hence never like to leave my food overnight. I always believe that are kept freshest inside my tummy.

So one by one, the longan disappear into my tummy. The level of longan dropped while my waistline increase. No good. The gym session 2 hours earlier was going down the drain again. Nevermind. As teochew people will say "can eat is fortunate", so I am fortunate.

So people, EAT. Skinny is ugly. Slim is nice. Moderate is beauty. Fat is fortunate. So where is all my luck? Sighz.

Monday, February 14, 2005

V is for Valentine

Yeah, its the time of the year again. The dragful time of the year again. Its the stupid V day. V for Valentine.

Valentine is actually not that bad. Origin of Valentine can easily be googled. It wouldn't be such a bad day if it is not been oVerly commericalized and the female of the species placing so much emphasis on it.

Come on. Its just another day. There is nothing special about it. If there is much loVe between the couple(mf/ff/mm), I'm pretty sure eVeryday is Valentine's to the 2 persons. Why allowed yourself to be "chopped" by the heartless merchants?

Oh well, probably it is just me, being a loser and single and penniless complaining about it. Its not that I don't celebrate it. I do when I'm not single, but of coz it doesn't exactly come willingly. If I dare forget such all important day day to the female of the species, probably, I will haVe a tougher time trying to soothe the wrath of the female of the species.

Speaking of which, a colleague ask me what am I doing tonight. Not realising what she meant, I thought she want to date me. It was only when I realise that its the V day that she can't be dating me, else I would haVe to do a lot of explaining to the hubby.

On the other hand, its going to be a big draw for TOTO tonight, or rather, it has been drawn. A good 4.5 million. Wow. I can imagine myself doing a lot of things that I haVe always to do with the winning. Ok. So say the chinese saying goes, qing chang si yi, du chang de yi(for our dear cannot-understand-chinese reader, literally saying that one who is has lost in the battlefield of loVe will triumph in the battlefield of the moolah). So I haVe lost it big time in loVe, I should do it well with field of the moolah. So I'm throwing in my bets for tonightalready drawn* TOTO.

So I haVe get my godmom to pray it hard for me. If I haVe won it, would go touring around downunder, bring her along with me. She's praying it hard too. She has nothing to lose, except a couple of minutes in prayers.

So I gotta go check my tickets. God bless. If I lose in both battlefield, I will know how big a loser I am. Its already a bad start for me. Play mahjong, lost moolah. Play blackjack, lose moolah. i think this person is describing me. Totally apt description. So TOTO is my last hope before I lose hope in humanity of loVe and moolah.

* At time of writing, bishamon has yet to check his tickets nor does he knows the winning the number. If he win, he will keep Very Very quiet. He swears it for moolah will suddenly bring a lot of relatiVes.

Tuesday, February 08, 2005

gong xi gong xi gong xi ni

Lunar New Year is just round the corner. In fact, its 14 hours and 30 minutes as I typing away this blog. So Gong Xi Gong Xi to all who read my blog. If you dun read, I Gong Xi to you in spirit. As they say, its the thoughts that count.

Its been a week since my last entry. Not that I run out of materials. I have plenty but its the laziness in me and the tiredness that stop me for filling in my entry. So if I'm going to dump all my materials down now, it might sure turn out to be a super-duper long post. Anyway, I shall just type whatever I can recall. Old and failing memories. I'm blaming it on the mobile.

Usual pracice to shop for NEW clothes for the NEW year to have a NEW start. Its not a NEW excuses to shop but it just another reason for you to. So I thought maybe this year want to get something obiang to give my relatives a good nice shock when I see them. That might tramatize them into forgetting to ask them those questions.

Well, I can't find anything of such or rather I went to the wrong place. If I have made my way to the super-duper crowded chinatown to see the really huge erected cock, I have a good chance of getting what I want. But too bad, I hate crowds and I hate it more for paying exorbitant prices.

So ended up buying atwo pairs of shoes. No choice. Current one is too seasoned and it got holes at weird spot. I have no idea how they appear. Must be my toes growing teeth and its biting its way through. Must be.

Going shopping with someone who has a stronger shopping mindset with you is a good choice. If you can't make up your mind, that person helps u. But when the person can't make up her mind, you can't help her. Its either that or she refuse to listen. Woman. They think they know the world of shopping. Oh well, anyway, I got my shoes, so I'm not complaining.

And a not-so-little conversation with a friend on the topic of bgr -again-. I know. Its the same old topics but its also the very topic that many singles are always troubled about. This time round, its about meeting someone whom u like but u know u have no future with. So how? Its not me. Its the other party. The weird part is, how do you like someone if you know the personality crash and such? And its not the look that attracts u to the person? I always wonder. Character? Charm? Voodoo?

Another friend was telling me her blogging is now going topical. Latest topic is now on androgyny and I go "andro-what again". Wah kau. Another big word for me again. Ok, so its about someone possessing both the muscline and feminie characteristic. The first thing that comes to my mind is drag queen. Then followed by female counterpart of the gay. Hey, its true wah. That is what I called a muscline physique and feminie mind. But my friend told me I'm wrong. So well, then must be frog. Change you sex as you want it? Kool idea. Damn. Wrong again. Oh nevermind.

So everyone, have a good COCKster year ahead.

Enjoy your celebriation.

Tuesday, February 01, 2005

ingterneck warrior

Yeah. A very nice catchy word. Gotta give due credits to Mr Miyagi for coming up with the ingterneck if not wait my lecturer going to say I never do referencing and consider it plagarism.

MSN must be so in. ICQ must be so out. Must be. Must be.

Remember back when internet first reach the consumer market here. Back then, to own an email account is really kool. To have even internet access was even kooler. And to IRC and ICQ, ya the koolest. But things have changed so much since I first used the ingterneck.

I remmebered clearly how ICQ first arrived at the local scene and everyone was trying to forward the installer around to each other. Back then, the very first version is somewhere around 1M. A very small size in today's term but its a HUGE file back then, and with a pathetic 5M of email space, how the fark you going to store all those email with 1M attachment? DAMN. Downloading them was as good as killing me softly. Download them to only see it as some junk. Back then, I have IMAP technology was unheard by them and no ISP was provided web access to email then.

Imagine this downloading 5M of emails @ 9.6Kbps, its took slightly over an hour to download all of them to only realised they all contain the same attachment that everyone was sending out. You really feel like killing them. NO goddamn-crazily-high-yet-cannot-be-seem-at-home-speed was available back then. Singtel MAGIX existed back then but was on a limited trial period and at a exorbitant pricing which I refuse and can't afford then. I heard complaints that the connection kept dropping then. Those suckers.

So back about 5 years ago, ICQ is still pretty kool. MSN and YAHOO and AOL instant messenger still can't beat it. So people start complain who got a "smaller" number in ICQ. It just shows how long you have been on it. No. 100000 is the first "official" member, I guess. But today ICQ has be ousted by the rest.

But still, I remember to give up on ICQ. I dun like yahoo, since I have never even own a yahoo nor hotmail email accounts (till I join current company and for the purposes of testing). I have seen people having almost all the IM loaded on their PC. WOW, this is what I called the ingterneck warrrior. Like they doing multi-billion sales conversation and the most accomodating personnel you can find online.

Me: Hey, you have IM?
Someone: Yeah! Which on you want to look for me? Yahoo? AOL? MSN? ICQ?
Me: You siao boh, u ingterneck warrior ah?
Someone: No choice, different friends use different IM.
Me: ........


Poor me. I still stick to ICQ and refuse to change.

MSN is FUGLY. BIG AND FUGLY.

ICQ is BECOMING fugly. If they get any fuglier, I will jump shit to MSN then, since like most of the people I know of are on MSN.



Things I learnt and will try to remember:
Poor advertising. NEVER USE A FUGLY WOMAN if you are selling chat services. People will wonder if that is who the people using this service looks like. I have seen all sort. From cutie to hoties. From school-doers to sexy seductress. But for that one time, I see they use a fugly man and woman. What the fark is the designer thinking? Or they no money to buy chio chio picture? Go check out the "Teletext Friends" ads on Channelnewsasia.

Psst. You migth need to F5 a few times.