Out of order

Definition from 'Idioms and Phrases', dictionary.com :
Not functioning well, not operating properly or at all.

Clocked too much mileage and raced too much in the terrains. Needs to be send in to the workshop!
I need a brrrrreak,

How time flies

How apt is my title? Very. I was reminded that 2010 is only about 4 months away and I really got a shock from it. No joke! Perhaps because I am still dreaming and living in 2008 / 2009. And that millennium year 2000 seem to be over just a few years back. But no.... it's gonna be a decade.

At age 26, I can still stubbornly label myself belonging to 'mid twenties'. Now that I am approaching 27... the word 'mid' would have to change to 'late'.

Well well well.... the next 4 months would be madness for me in any case. When I'm busy and numb with so much work, I would not have time to dwell on this fact.

Goodnight.

The Routine starts again

Let's have a look at my schedule from Monday through Friday, after getting off from work.

Monday - School
Tuesday - Korean Class
Wednesday - School
Thursday - nothing (but something is always filled on that day, since other days are blocked)
Friday - Advance speechcraft (3 more Friday evenings to go)
Saturday - emcee-ing
Sunday - touch base with my comrades

lalalalala.... I am not getting much rest with such schedule, but somehow I am just happy.

I am going to Emcee a PA event this coming Saturday, this is already outside my comfort zone. Because the audience are experienced public speakers. I am getting a little jittery, at the same time excited. Will I do well? Or will I crash and burn? But nothing will get me down, I will treasure this airtime because if I handle this well, I can take on a bigger challenge the next time. Even if I flop, its a good lesson.

Hwaiting!

Speak for yourself

Singlish is the trademark and part of the Singaporeans' culture, it represents us. There's many other versions as well, like Chinglish, Konglish, Spanglish etc. Is Singlish bad? Well, i'm sitting on the fence. On one hand, Singlish is the hallmark of Singaporean. On the other hand, it does not reflect well at work or in school or business, where we are expected to speak proper English. At the rate that Singapore embraces globalisation, i'm afraid proper English should be the way to go.

So i'm doing good here by spreading word about the 'Speak Good English' campaign. This year's theme is: Impress, Inspire, Intoxicate.

I like that! The theme is an alliteration, already demonstrating what makes English interesting. So click on here, and explore the website. English teachers would find the site useful.

Dark Chocolate

image taken from the dailygreen.com

I love to eat chocolates, especially dark ones. The darker they are, the more bitter they are, the more I like it. It's a very special kind of food because of the contradicting feelings you get from it, and it resembles life.

How is that so?

We know chocolate is supposed to be sweet, but dark chocolates ain't all that sweet. At first bite, you would think that : ahh.. it's sweet. But as you chew further, you start to taste the bitterness of it. And once you're done eating the dark chocolate, you'd find a sweet, fragrant aftertaste. We call that 'bittersweet'.

Life is a cycle of ups and downs. When we're infants, we had no troubles. All we did were sleeping and eating. As we grow older, things get more complicated and not all things go as we planned. But whatever problems we face in life, we have to deal with it and emerge as the winner. Success is only sweet when we have tasted failures, isn't that so?

So the next time you eat a dark chocolate, don't just eat it like a snack. Taste it thoroughly and thoughtfully, taste it with your heart. And i'm sure you will start to love dark chocolates as much as i do.

yaa..... pardon my paragraph full of grammar mistakes.
It's weird that when my Korean is improving... my english is.... going the other way. Korean grammar is so messy.

*dance around*

Exams over again..... man, this is a marathon race, exams every quarter. Time really zoom by when you are busy.

My calendar is fully packed for September already, fantastic. Living life to the fullest and enjoying every moment of it.

Dialogue with wise man

What is leadership? What makes a business successful? How his mentor build his network in China? Those are the serious topics that I had with 2 wise men at the S-11 kopitiam last night. After an invigorating session of toastmaster chapter meeting, the coffeeshop talk is yet another mind blowing session. The things that I could learn from those conversations are precious knowledge that I would never be able to get in textbooks and in school. 'Leadership' has take on a better meaning now. Thank you for your sharing, I will definitely miss chapter meetings for the next 3 months.

Now, if only my company's head honcho could have an opportunity to hear from him, I believe the impact it could have in my workplace would be somewhat magical.
A colleague bade farewell today, another 2 is leaving end of this month, and another 1 next month. What kind of turnover rate is my company facing? Someone commented that its quite bad, i say its very bad!