In Rome, speak as the Romans do...

As usual, a million and one things to do but nothing too terribly important. Which makes me kinda sad cos if you think about it, whats the value of the 7 stacks of the company's memo I've just photocopied and compiled? Try calling up japanese clinics to enquire about their operating hours so that our jap expats are well taken care of should they run into some kinda freak disaster. Whats the value in that? My mom could do these, maybe even my grandma if she's adventurous. I didnt know Singapore has japanese clinics to begin with, well, today I know. On top of that, the receptionist I got through to was a pure Jap, it didnt occur to me calling jap clinics would connect me to heavily accented japo receptionist as I'm so used to foreign companies with local front-line employees with the ability to speak the foreign language. For her case, its the ability to speak the english lanuage. I must admit, I got a little nervous when she greeted me with a flood of words I couldnt understand. I said : Erm, you speak english? Its incredible she could understand me accurately without needing me to repeat myself for all the enquires I furthur loaded on her. Her tone was one that's eager to serve, not to mention polite as well. Something that amused me furthur was when she said the word twelve. It sounded twelve-ru and I suspect there were many other little 'ru's she cant helped adding behind her words, just this particular twelve that was really thick the 'ru' sounded. Why cant she stop at the 'ff' her mouth makes when she mouth the word 'twelve'? Habit I guess, but it does amuse me =)

Baffled... Just cant figure it out, jaywalkers sees your car coming decides they can outrun your car and makes for it. The strange behviour begins when you actually slow your vehicle down for them (guess you're the one with better sense to know they arent gonna make it if you keep to your speed): realising you've actually made an effort to avoid hitting them damn thing off the road, they adjust their illegal crossing to a much slower pace accordingly. Thus the 'retard' cycle begins. You, braking a little more and them, taking it slower than before, and it goes on... Maybe I'll try a little experiment the next time, let one cycle run its course and than pump hard on my accelerator...my guess is they'll pick up their pace and scurry off like they should the first time!

oh man oh man! they r playing 'More than Words' on the radio! Its the time to drop dead with overwhelmed passion~~~
Realised I didnt do much blogging today except for some generalised entries.
Basically the best of the the day was the supper I had with my dad (yet again!)
We were at Lau Pa Sat. Sat right out in the open. There werent many pple which was fine with me. I have a thing for crowds.
Not long after we were seated, satay and teh tarik were on the table. The skewered meat were saucy and the gravy thick and groovy.
After many nights of supper sessions with my dad I came to realise that its not so much of the food I look forward to. Rather, its the time spent with him. Tonight as he was talking to me I was just looking at him and it dawned on me how much he has aged.
In a weird sort of way, he was there in front of me and I was actually missing him.
I dont pick spots which are near our place to have supper. I made sure I chose eating spots there are quite a distance away when he asks where I would like to go. Nothing beats riding in the car and having the radio on late at night. Our favourite station at that time of the night 90.5. Carpenters and ABBA would be played ever so often.
I've still a long way ahead and thus so much to learn from the man.

A Short Guide to Comparative Religions
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Taoism: Shit happens.
Buddhism: If shit happens, it's not really shit.
Islam: If shit happens, it's the will of Allah.
Protestantism: Shit happens because you don't work hard enough.
Judaism: Why does this shit always happen to us?
Hinduism: This shit happened before.
Catholicism: Shit happens because you're bad.
Hare Krishna: Shit happens rama rama.
T.V. Evangelism: Send more shit.
Atheism: No shit.
Jehovah's Witness: Knock knock, shit happens.
Hedonism: There's nothing like a good shit happening.
Christian Science: Shit happens in your mind.
Agnosticism: Maybe shit happens, maybe it doesn't.
Existentialism: What is shit anyway?
Stoicism: This shit doesn't bother me.
Rastafarianism: Let's smoke this shit.

ok so its not new but it makes me laugh

When you are on the train/subway.. do you ever bump into people by accident? I feel this is a natural thing: the train moves, sways and stop short sometimes - what can you do? Usually when someone bumps into me, I don't even look up. And then I feel bad when I hear them apologize because I haven't even acknowledged that they exist. Do they feel silly apologizing to someone who hasn't really noticed they exist? Do they think me a bad person? What are my options at that point, though: to suddenly pay attention to the person and nod that it's ok? All I really want to do is read my book and not be bothered. An even more aweful aspect of my personality is that sometimes when I bump into people, I don't apologize. I don't even acknowledge I did it. Sometimes, I'm just not in the mood and I think everyone else should just understand that the bumping is just part of the ride. Am I a bad person?