My Story.

Chapter 20

Tuesday, February 09, 2010,
2/09/2010 11:09:00 PM

"They play the same music as they did five years ago,"
-Andrew

Met up with Eric, Andrew, Ben and Eddy last night. ETI bunkmates! Haha. Too bad not all of us could make it. Went to Sakae at Wheelock to have dinner, where I heard one of the best (true) Why-did-you-sign-on stories ever. True story. Tell y'all next time. Then went to this seedy looking place called Ming Arcade, next to Hard Rock. (So that's where it is...) There was a really tiny bar inside and once you were inside, well it wasn't too bad. Haha. We sat and drank and talked.

First was 2 jugs (Ben, JUGS!) of beer, and then 1 jug of Get F*cked. And then a jug of Get F*cked X 3. Lol. By the end I was kinda high so it was a pretty fun experience catching one of the last trains home. Lol! But no cab! Yay! All that funny alcohol had a peculiar effect. I went straight to bed ASAP (thump!) but woke up 2 or 3 times for no reason in the middle of my sleep. Rah. Woke up tired for my interview this morning, but since I left the house at 930, I was fortunate enough to snag a seat and sleep on the train. Place was bloody hard to find. And somehow I didn't recce enough and made a small mistake which resulted in me having to walk a fair bit in the hot weather to the place.

Seems ok, they might be offering me something, but I'm waiting to go down to AIA on the 22 to see what they're offering me. Went home, messed about online (See my new Hitler video on FB lol) and then went down to tamp1 to meet ben and raye. After much fiddling and downloading and one misplaced iPhone which caused my laptop to go into standby mode, he managed to restore it! and back to 3.1.2 too! Without him I'd probably have to restore and use 3.1.3 which is a very scary and buggy firmware. =.= AND. Let's not forget 3.2.1 is JBable. Heh heh. I am NOT going to update my firmware for as long as possible.

Oh, one last thing. tomorrow I ORD! YES. Hahahaha. Gosh. One of my thoughts was, when the day you've been waiting for for the past 1 year and 10 months finally comes, what do you do? ORD LOH. ^^ Gosh. Finally. This is really the end. Going to pick up my IC in the morning, go for an interview in the afternoon, party like a rock star at night. Awesome. But mainly I need to stay alert still and take care of my iPhone. Main priority!

Monday, February 08, 2010,
2/08/2010 01:40:00 PM

Well. Last last night just before i was about to go to bed, I was finishing up on my com when I noticed, (or rather, iTunes noticed) a new firmware update for my iPhone. I thought oh hey, why not, and clicked yes without thinking. So I spent the next probably half an hour awake and with a fucked over iPhone when I could have been sleeping (with a functional iPhone). Sigh.

I stayed up for it to install, and it seems that at the last part it says there was a problem in installing the software. My iPhone was stuck at a picture of the iTunes logo and a usb cable. Plug in and out, nothing. I shut it off and on. Same picture. Oh yay fuck. I connected it to iTunes and WHEEEEE iPhone is in recovery mode. From what? OFFICIAL APPLE FIRMWARE UPDATE. Fuckin' A.

So I gotta wait till Ben takes a look at it on Tues, and maybe he can fix it without me having to restore my iPhone thanks to some dumb mistake by Apple. BTW it's a MINOR update involving some bug fixes and the battery meter readout. AND IT TURNED MY IPHONE INTO A $700 PAPERWEIGHT. Granted it looks pretty and lights up with the iTunes logo, but apart for that it does jack shit. I think I might be able to use it as a door stop.

Also, because I switched phones, I woke up late cos I forgot to set the alarm. I decided to cab down to Seletar. As I stuck out my hand for the cab, a girl walked to the stretch of road in front of me and stuck out hers too. =.= WTH. Thank goodness he stopped for me instead cos I flagged him first. Lucky for this. I talked to him throughout the whole journey, and I think he was grateful for that too, cos he gave me $4 change for my $10 note. It was a $7 ride. Very nice guy. It was a SHC6789[something] Silver Cab.

So, will Apple reimburse me in $6 worth of apps from the app store? =.= Went for my FFI, had breakfast (finally) and came home. Because I was woken up so abruptly today, i think I might go sleep now, wake up at 530 for a run and then go down to orchard sans iPhone =.= to meet some of my army friends. ROAR. DAMMIT.

Sunday, February 07, 2010,
2/07/2010 11:25:00 AM

UPDATE2
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Back from Mel's birthday! Went down to Tamp MRT and over to her place with her friends. We watched Spirited Away. It was quite cool! But we din get to finish it...=( But I liked it! I wanna finish it. B4 going for dinner, played with her dog. He barks. A lot. And very loudly. Maybe that's what drove her 'crazy neighbour' crazy. Lol.

Went for dinner at Ajisen Ramen before leaving. Oh and I made cupcakes for everyone. =)
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I wanna run but it's so friggin' hot out there. I wait a few mins and see how. anyway spent yest evening at home, went Hg Mall to have dinner and buy some stuff before heading back. Quite a boring night cos no one was online, so I watched Youtube a little. Its a TV series called Special Ops Mission on the Military Channel.

They put a guy with over 15 years of SpecOps experience on a mission up against 4 or more guys, each with Spec Ops experience too. The 4 'bad' guys have different goals, such as protecting hostages and key installations, and the first guy has to infiltrate the area and accomplish his mission. Very cool. The whole thing is filmed with gun-mounted cameras and surveillance camera and camera crew. (In the the bad guys camp.) Considering these people all have real life combat experience, it's quite amazing to watch.

UPDATE
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Run was quite shitty. My MP3 wouldn't play the songs in order and I spent a goodly amount of time running and trying to flick it back and forth. Answer: It was still on shuffle. =.= Then midway through my second round my watch strap broke. =.= Granted, it was an old watch and the exposure to sunlight from the windows must have degraded the plastic somehow. So I had to pick up the watch and run.

I aborted my run (2120m) and headed home because I was going to bake at 1230. Originally was going to run another 500m down to the fitness corner and do some stuff, but time didn't allow. Came back to shower, have breakfast, and...sit here. Maybe I'll try again in the evening when the sun is less hot. Ah. I'm going Mel's birthday. Nvm then. Try again tomorrow evening. Actually I'm not inclined to wake up before the sun (If it's not up yet, then why should I?) so the only alternative is in the evenings.

Saturday, February 06, 2010,
2/06/2010 04:37:00 PM

"Time's the thief of memory."

-The Gunslinger, Stephen King

Went to meet XW today at PS. Getting tired of eating at the food court every time le...haha. So we decided to take a look at this new...Society Cafe. Which happens to be deserted on a Saturday afternoon. Why? Because in addition to the usual astronomical restaurant prices, all they served was really light food like snacks, sandwiches, dessert, and salads. Not viable. So we went to Secret Recipe instead. And talked. About stuff. Really important stuff. Like people and money, and jobs, and stuff.

And man, I feel old. I didn't use to feel this way before. When tak and val complained about it, I, well, could reason it away. We're not that old yet. We've got our lives ahead of us, and there's still a lot of things out there waiting for us. It's HOW you make use of it that matters. I know all that stuff. But sometimes, you just can't control the way you feel, know what I mean? I don't see any really major issue right now, but I still feel out of sorts, and kinda strange like there's something bugging me. And I can't identify it.

And thanks to me, I made XW emo too, after we left. And it's all my fault. Damn, I am such a jerk. That'll teach me to keep my mouth shut about my shit next time. I didn't mean for this to happen. Sigh. And now it's all my fault. Need to fix this. I'm sorry!

"The goodbyes we speak and the goodbyes we hear are the goodbyes that tell us we're still alive, after all..."

-Wolves of the Calla, Stephen King

Friday, February 05, 2010,
2/05/2010 02:38:00 PM

Bad news. AIA haven't called me. The interviewer, said he would, whether or not they'd hire me. Still nada. Prudential...I was supposed to call Gracie this morning. I did, at 930. No answer. I left 2 missed calls. Shortly after, I left my number at her office phone. That was 10am. Phone still not ringing.

Geez. Sigh. I hate to think that anything has gone wrong but... Well. At least I still have another interview at Dover next week. =\ Man. I thought I actually made some inroads into these two jobs! I'll give it till this evening. Maybe email Gracie, see if I get a response.

Thursday, February 04, 2010,
2/04/2010 02:20:00 PM

Another quiet afternoon. Morning went for my second interview at AIA. It went okay. I put myself in a spot by answering one question, but the rest was ok. Until he asked about the pay. I said 1.4 Then when he ask what it per hour, I said 8. Which works out too...$1280. =.= Sigh. I couldn't think of it then. Anyway he said he'll call me tomorrow so we'll see how. Calling Gracie tomorrow morning though.

After that, went home. In front of the com, nothing to do. Might go for a run later. Don't want to grow fat. Especially when I can't go out these days. Lol. Better get a job, if being unemployed is this boring. I shall go read Cyanide and Happiness.

Wednesday, February 03, 2010,
2/03/2010 08:17:00 PM

Went PS today for ORD lunch with the rest of the guys at Manhattan fish Market. Tiong was super late. =.= We opened the time capsule we made on Feb of last year. So fast almost a year has gone. Well, not really that fast. We had fun looking at all the funny doodles I made and the funny stuff we wrote. Hahahaha. Some of them went to buy a gift for CSM, while the rest of us went back to camp.

I packed up everything I had in camp and brought it home. Vacating the place!!! =D We went to look for the last person to sign our clearance and that's it! All that's left is FFI and then the final clearance. So near to the end now. Finally it's our turn! Now I know how they felt! I looks just like when the batch before us left, only now it's OUR turn. =)

I scored a second interview with AIA! Tomorrow morning. Also, XW's friend's boss called me for an interview too. Next week. Shall see what AIA has to offer me. I hope it's good. But what about Gracie? =( That depends on what I take away from AIA's 2nd interview. Cos now is not a good time to ask about the salary (Prudential) but then that's what I'm unsure about. As for AIA, tomorrow is the opportunity to ask le.

Nevertheless though, hope to find a job ASAP. Wish I could have one with a 'scenic' environment though. =X lol. I feel like buying new clothes. Like a shirt for the interview tomorrow. But it's so late now. =( I kinda feel like buying one or 2 more items for CNY. Bored at home. =\

UPDATE
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S has been a great help and source of advice in the job hunt so far. But c'mon. Are you back with HER? Again? I give up. After one breakup that went nuclear, and one that went quietly, and your repeated sayings that this one is final, I'll just leave you to your own devices. You'll have to sort this one out yourself. For your sake I hope it lasts. Or not, depending on how she's treating you. And your wallet. Jeez.