Photo credit – Frustration by music2work2 on Flickr We’ve all had one of those days where • You have a flat tire • Your can’t start your car because your car battery’s gone flat • Your car battery’s gone flat because you forgot to switch off your headlights • Your windscreen breaks • You lock…
Tag Archive: Work
Red tape, bureaucracy, or simply pride & stupidity?
Photo credit – the original red tape by SuttonHoo on Flickr I rarely rant about work. Why? I try to keep my blog free from negative vibes I limit sharing too much work-related content so I won’t bore my only 3 friends who actually read my blog To protect my ass in case the Bosh…
My name is …
My boss passed me some leads this morning for our Bangkok conference in October. As I was sifting through the stack of business cards, I came across this one: Try saying it quickly 3 times! I wonder if he (I think this one’s a he) ever has enough boxes on those forms when filling out…
Merah Putih Bisa! The Jakarta Trip
After spending 4 nights in Jakarta, I’d like to share with all of you the memorable observations/experiences from this dynamic city. Always start and end the trip with some local food. Thanks to a former uni-class mate I got to taste Sate Babi, and some Bakut without the teh. It’s ribs in some “kiam chye”…
Jakarta here i come
Come Monday I’ll be in Jakarta for business trip part 3 of 6 for 2009. I’m happy ‘cos Jakarta is just 2 hours by plane I’m staying only for 4 nights The kek lapis rawks Super Cheapo DVDs (according to Peanut‘s mom—Mangga2 rite???) I realised my dream of becoming a millionaire for the 3rd time…
When you have nothing to do in the office
I have nothing against forwarded emails. Yes, occasionally I get chain letters (omg so yesterday can??) and also some middle aged man trying to give me his life savings of USD 10 million cos he’s dying wtf . I must however say that some forwarded emails come across as inspiration to add colour to one’s…
What do you do?
I get this question quite often, and I always find it hard to explain in one sentence. So to all the Doctors, Accountants, Travel Agents, Teachers, Consultants, Pharmacists, Project Managers, Software Developers, Architects, Policemen, Lawyers, Engineers, Pilots, PAs, Journalists, Receptionists, Tea-Ladies (insert all possible obvious-in-your-face job titles here) be thankful cos you don’t have a…
in search of me
I’ve been working on the blog post of our weekend adventure in Paris, but it’s been taking longer than expected. I think it’s because I’m trying to watch back episodes of Emergency Unit and trying to get to the finale before Astro cuts the transmission of it this weekend. I would like to make a…
and it took 24 hours
It’s 4.30 am, I’m awake and I decided to write this blog entry to kill time. Finally, I’ve arrived in Dakar, Senegal. Located on the westernmosttip of Africa, the journey took me through Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport, car-transferred to Orly airport, before we hopped on to an Air Senegal flight to get here. All…
leaving on a jetplane
Ah, tonite I’ll be leaving for an extremely long trip to Dakar, Senegal. Not really crazy about the number of hours we need to get there, but more excited about the short stopover in Paris where Dave will join me next Friday. I’m also looking forward to a week away from the incompetent colleague (who’s…
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I'm a conference editor producing seaport related events for a living by day and is an avid baker by night. Also loves traveling and TVB dramas that rot your brain to bits.
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