cos i not abroad anymore mah.
but ya, as i was telling tomaso the other day, free time in sg is supper / homework / play games / earn money time. no time to blog anymore.
we'll see.
rearranged my imeempod to play all my sg emo songs. no more quirky americana like luis miguel, john lennon and josh rouse in yo face.
aight.
thanks for reading. peaceout.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Sunday, December 21, 2008
i dun advocate chainmails but...
A Japanese company (Toyota) and an American company (Ford Motors) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race.
On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile.
The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to investigate the reason for the crushing defeat. A management team made up of senior management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action.
Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering, while the American team had 7 people steering and 2 people rowing.
Feeling a deeper study was in order; American management hired a consulting company and paid them a large amount of money for a second opinion.
They advised, of course, that too many people were steering the boat, while not enough people were rowing.
Not sure of how to utilize that information, but wanting to prevent another loss to the Japanese, the rowing team's management structure was totally reorganized to 4 steering supervisors, 2 area steering superintendents and 1 assistant superintendent steering manager.
They also implemented a new performance system that would give the 2 people rowing the boat greater incentive to work harder. It was called the 'Rowing Team Quality First Program,' with meetings, dinners and free pens for the rowers. There was discussion of getting new paddles, canoes and other equipment, extra vacation days for practices and bonuses. The pension program was trimmed to 'equal the competition' and some of the resultant savings were channeled into morale boosting programs and teamwork posters.
The next year the Japanese won by two miles.
Humiliated, the American management laid-off one rower, halted development of a new canoe, sold all the paddles, and canceled all capital investments for new equipment. The money saved was distributed to the Senior Executives as bonuses.
The next year, try as he might, the lone designated rower was unable to even finish the race (having no paddles,) so he was laid off for unacceptable performance, all canoe equipment was sold and the next year's racing team was out-sourced to India .
Sadly, the End.
Here's something else to think about: Ford has spent the last thirty years moving all its factories out of the US, claiming they can't make money paying American wages.
TOYOTA has spent the last thirty years building more than a dozen plants inside the US. The last quarter's results:
TOYOTA makes 4 billion in profits while Ford racked up 9 billion in losses.
Ford folks are still scratching their heads, and collecting bonuses...
IF THIS WEREN'T SO TRUE IT MIGHT BE FUNNY
On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile.
The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to investigate the reason for the crushing defeat. A management team made up of senior management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action.
Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering, while the American team had 7 people steering and 2 people rowing.
Feeling a deeper study was in order; American management hired a consulting company and paid them a large amount of money for a second opinion.
They advised, of course, that too many people were steering the boat, while not enough people were rowing.
Not sure of how to utilize that information, but wanting to prevent another loss to the Japanese, the rowing team's management structure was totally reorganized to 4 steering supervisors, 2 area steering superintendents and 1 assistant superintendent steering manager.
They also implemented a new performance system that would give the 2 people rowing the boat greater incentive to work harder. It was called the 'Rowing Team Quality First Program,' with meetings, dinners and free pens for the rowers. There was discussion of getting new paddles, canoes and other equipment, extra vacation days for practices and bonuses. The pension program was trimmed to 'equal the competition' and some of the resultant savings were channeled into morale boosting programs and teamwork posters.
The next year the Japanese won by two miles.
Humiliated, the American management laid-off one rower, halted development of a new canoe, sold all the paddles, and canceled all capital investments for new equipment. The money saved was distributed to the Senior Executives as bonuses.
The next year, try as he might, the lone designated rower was unable to even finish the race (having no paddles,) so he was laid off for unacceptable performance, all canoe equipment was sold and the next year's racing team was out-sourced to India .
Sadly, the End.
Here's something else to think about: Ford has spent the last thirty years moving all its factories out of the US, claiming they can't make money paying American wages.
TOYOTA has spent the last thirty years building more than a dozen plants inside the US. The last quarter's results:
TOYOTA makes 4 billion in profits while Ford racked up 9 billion in losses.
Ford folks are still scratching their heads, and collecting bonuses...
IF THIS WEREN'T SO TRUE IT MIGHT BE FUNNY
Friday, December 19, 2008
i really can't believe
that the Woolworth and Ground Zero are just outside the window.
I live my life for epic moments like this.
I am just a microbe gravitating from protostar to protostar.
Maybe one day i can help create galaxy events.
If its possible in Hollywood, its definitely possible in Singapore.
I live my life for epic moments like this.
I am just a microbe gravitating from protostar to protostar.
Maybe one day i can help create galaxy events.
If its possible in Hollywood, its definitely possible in Singapore.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
dun worry singapore
we will get there...
GFCI just listed Singapore as Asia's most important financial center, ahead of HK this year. Movie industry ppl are placing their bet on Singapore because of MDA. Movie stars and finance gurus are moving to Singapore cos of the weather. So, dunch worry lah. just be ourselves lor. and take more OT.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
New York Nocturne 1
Now the nights of one period are not
the nights of another.
Neither are the nights of one city the
nights of another.
-Djuna Barnes,
Nightwood.
Alvin Langdon Coburn, 1910
I fell in love on Broadway, at the very same spot, 98 years later.
What other city is myth like this?
the nights of another.
Neither are the nights of one city the
nights of another.
-Djuna Barnes,
Nightwood.
Alvin Langdon Coburn, 1910
I fell in love on Broadway, at the very same spot, 98 years later.
What other city is myth like this?
Monday, December 15, 2008
phew. tired.
university applications are GRUELING.
sigh. u work so hard to get into good american universities. and then you work so hard to stay alive in them. its not like any of the hard work is ever going to end?!
If i didn't have to win bread, and if i could live for myself (you know, like be a privileged middle son or only one child out of others), I would be taking things easy and living life.
but at least i have a loving family. can't have my cake and expect it to do architecture for me.
life is one hell of a rat race. dun like being a rat in new york city right now.
sigh. u work so hard to get into good american universities. and then you work so hard to stay alive in them. its not like any of the hard work is ever going to end?!
If i didn't have to win bread, and if i could live for myself (you know, like be a privileged middle son or only one child out of others), I would be taking things easy and living life.
but at least i have a loving family. can't have my cake and expect it to do architecture for me.
life is one hell of a rat race. dun like being a rat in new york city right now.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
lift yo head up hai
vanity. hunger. betrayal. jealousy. wrath. revenge.
the only thing i can do to distinguish myself is commit to my craft.
these sensations are juvenile.
there are other plateaus to traverse in life. and i will find more meaning at the end. when there will be something still going on when even human life is extinguished.
so here's to anyone who cares: at least i know what i want in life now. and i'm gonna get there. do you?
new york is really awesome. all my concerns in Singapore have been given a new perspective.
soon now, i will standing at the top of the rockefeller and shouting my arrival in the new world.
the only thing i can do to distinguish myself is commit to my craft.
these sensations are juvenile.
there are other plateaus to traverse in life. and i will find more meaning at the end. when there will be something still going on when even human life is extinguished.
so here's to anyone who cares: at least i know what i want in life now. and i'm gonna get there. do you?
new york is really awesome. all my concerns in Singapore have been given a new perspective.
soon now, i will standing at the top of the rockefeller and shouting my arrival in the new world.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Am i walking in dreams?
took a walk in lower and midtown manhattan last evening without a route in mind, just gravitating from icon to icon. it was like retracing foot steps in the memory of a dream. you can't help but feel that you've been to these places before. you don't need a map when its already been mapped out in your mind over and over as a child.
wall street.
liberty park plaza.
rockefeller.
very dramatically ariving at grand central station and the chrysler.
bryant park.
wall street.
liberty park plaza.
rockefeller.
very dramatically ariving at grand central station and the chrysler.
bryant park.
Friday, December 12, 2008
rain rain go away
from one craziness to another: deciphering ota ward maps in tokyo whilst in lower manhattan is weighty stuff. i suppose i should feel privileged, not being under joe lim's breath now - although the internet allows studio stress to traverse great distances with great fidelity (audio and verbal haha).
auy! the rain and winds in nyc haven't been kind! they would qualify as a cat A storm in Singapore terms - when your umbrella is as good as useless - you know its rain at a whole nother level.
still eager to get out and see the city. meanwhile i'm contented working on my japan studies, uni applications (WHAT A PAIN) whilst having WTC outside the window. Its surreal watching news coverage about ongoing excavations at ground zero and then looking out the window to say, yep there they are alright.
Meanwhile, steel frame skyscraper construction has been delivered right outside the window for my perusal. i can see how metal decking is really being bolted to steel beams right now some 5 feet from my window. its a lot more primitive than i was expecting - or should i say, those construction diagrams in the texts - really as far as construction needs to get.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Not even my birthday yet
But... its not enough that i'm in the city of my dreams (my window overlooking world trade centre right now)... so i really wasn't expecting the video.
thanks everyone who took part, even the guys i don't really know yet... aaron tan - SHOCKED LAH.
thanks chia meng, you're the closest thing i have to a gor. even my ura colleagues thought u are my brother when u came to see the exhib in jul. want to repay you in kind when i get back in sg. kopitiam beer with naked tiger beer lady on the poster ok?
junfeng and xd got me cake. and we made laksa lol.
11:27pm now not even my birthday yet! (so i still have 24.5 hours to ENJOY OK).
everything has happened so fast since submission last friday. had debrief on saturday, exam on monday, move out tuesday and then last night woobok drove me for 5 hours down to new york, even though he was shit exhausted. we played carols as we drove through winter slumber land, until new york and the statue of liberty came alongside the highway. take care BUDDY i hope to see u in singapore soon.
i'm still in america ok! will stop saying thank you and bye byes and emo things.
turning 24 is wah lau freaking awesome!
Monday, December 8, 2008
OK
just help me look for
1. Hard Eight
2. Boogie Nights 2 disc
3. Punch Drunk Love 2 disc
all by Paul Thomas Anderson
1. Hard Eight
2. Boogie Nights 2 disc
3. Punch Drunk Love 2 disc
all by Paul Thomas Anderson
Sunday, December 7, 2008
shopping list
Dawn - Control (The Miriam Collection) (2007), I'm Not There (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) (2007)
CM - I'm Not There (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) (2007), Boogie Nights (1997), Punch-Drunk Love (Two Disc Special Edition) (Superbit Collection) (2002), David Lynch's Inland Empire (Limited Edition Two-Disc Set) (2006)
Alfian - Eduardo Galeano's 'The Book of Embraces'
Dong - Minolta Hi-Matic AF2-MD AF Motor Camera w/Flash from Goodwill
CY - 700g of supplements
and stuffs for all my frengs.
CM - I'm Not There (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) (2007), Boogie Nights (1997), Punch-Drunk Love (Two Disc Special Edition) (Superbit Collection) (2002), David Lynch's Inland Empire (Limited Edition Two-Disc Set) (2006)
Alfian - Eduardo Galeano's 'The Book of Embraces'
Dong - Minolta Hi-Matic AF2-MD AF Motor Camera w/Flash from Goodwill
CY - 700g of supplements
and stuffs for all my frengs.
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