Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Q: What did the Black Eyed Peas(and a certain someone) say to the Mee Siam Man?A:
I don't think mee siam has hum right? But who's going to tell him? Haha.
Posted by melvin at 9:38 AM
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Level of mugging
Less than 24 hours to go, I realised one very ridiculous thing. That for a 2 hour paper, we're mugging like more than 24 hours(accumilated). 16 weeks of lectures(16weeks x 2 hours each) all crammed into 2 hours. The bane of our lives, Exams.Posted by melvin at 12:18 PM
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Filler
This post is for all you people who checked back here and realised that my blog is again stagnant. Exam starts tomorrow and I shall 'mug' and not blog. Unless of course I need to curse and swear, then you'll see a new post :)Toodles, and after exams, it's up the mountains we go! To Genting that is. Haha.
Posted by melvin at 3:30 PM
Monday, August 14, 2006
n73 post
Haven't been updating for a while because of PCT exams and project due date. The test ended on Thurs and the following Monday we had to present the thing already. Best part? Nothing started. So after the test we all rushed and in the span of 3 days, completed analysis of company, survey, findings and analysis and came up with a marketing plan of our own.Then today, instead of starting at 4.30 pm, we started at 6.15pm. Delayed by some question-asking groups from the previous class, who was hell bent on asking questions to the group which had previously asked some pretty hard questions.
Don't understand? Never mind, neither do I. Haha. So here's the post I've been 'writing' for the last 3 days.
N73 Post
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I got my N73, but not without experiencing emotional turmoil while purchasing the phone. So here's how it went.
On Sunday we went to the shop(read: Hellx shop, Causexxx Poixx) and changed my plan from Classic to iOne plus under Corperate Scheme(read: CHEAPER rates) by this guy(Mr. Trainee). So basically afert that just asked about N73 pricing and stuff, with trade in of my previous phone. Amazingly, the price was on promotion at $628, then minus $41 for National Day, and minus $150 for trade in, total only $437. I was hooked. Then as we were leaving, we asked when the promotion was ending, he said Friday.
So okay, since there was still time, why buy now?
Singaporean mentality.
We came back on Friday, and when I saw the price, I was in for a rude shock. I saw it was 788 for 21 mths upgrade, 888 for 12 mths upgrade. Right at this point of time, I was pissed.
What the fuck? Trainee screwed up, big time. It's not a matter of $50, its close to $200. Then my dad arrived. Told him about the missing promotion and we proceeded to make noise. The guy on duty even suggested K800i(no offense to SE users, but how the fuck can you go from potentially owning a N73 to a SE K800i!?)
The guy called up Mr. Trainee, who so happened that he's not in Singapore, and confirmed with him what we asked and bla bla. And I was still fuming. Goddammit, if no promotion the phone is ridiculously expensive. The guy said that Mr. Trainee did say it was to Friday, but that was for the $41 discount. The promotional price was only for 2 days.
BLOODY HELL!
People ask you about promotion must say CLEARLY when it ends. If there are two, all the more thing should be clearified because the customer doesn't bloody work there. This is so basic! Don't need a PSLE score of 188 to know that you have to explain clearly to the customer that there are 2 current promotions going on and that the n73 promotion lasts for only 2 days while the $41 discount lasts till Friday.
KNNBCCB. Bloody Trainee!
If you're not qualified to man the counter, DON'T. Don't go and tell customer information without informing clearly about pricing, promotions.
Rightfully so, the manager later went through the various management channels(as the guy said) to get the promotion for us. EBM is in every aspect of our bloody lives.) to get clearance to get the phone at that promotional price. After a while we got confirmation by the manager to let us have this pricing. Then as we were asking about the price again, Mr Trainee didn't mention that $628 was for 21 months upgrade.
Obviously at that point of time, all our phone lines were only 12 months over. How did we know? Checked 5 mins ago. But nooooo, Mr Trainee had to give us the 21 mths pricing and talk like if we purchase the phone we'd get that price.
Bah. I'm sick of this. Just thinking of it makes me pissed. In the end we got the phone for $537, which I personally feel is bloody expensive. What a difference $100 makes.
Moral of the Story: Check with permanent staff for confirmation for stuff like promotions, pricing that a Trainee tells you. Won't hurt, but will save you the trouble of having to make noise because of a mistake the Trainee made.
P.S: After changing my phone, I bought a new pouch. Now I can finally say good bye to the old black pouch! But it does have sentimental value to me even if it has holes all over it, making it look like it's been used for years by a beggar @_@.
Posted by melvin at 10:07 PM
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
PCT
Just switched to free incoming. Drop me a line if you're bored or too free.PCT test is in less than 24 hours. Hope I manage to get a decent grade.
N73. >_<
Posted by melvin at 10:58 PM
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
F.I.R. - Bei Ji Quan
Sing along if you like. Currently the song I listen most from F.I.R.'s new album北极圈
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今天 寂寞感觉忽然又出现
浮现 过去梦中的画面
哭泣 因为不想伪装悲伤那一面
当你 头也不回离开北极圈
有谁能为我 捡起了伤痛 洒向了海中(天空) 能重新再来过
我不要听借口 我只想一人走掉
把泪留在街角 我不过希望你会听到
爱情化作 一片片冰雪单调
不用你多说 我现在通通都了
我不要求什么 我只想不被打扰
把爱留在街角 就当你永远不会看到
记忆化作 极光出现那一秒
我开始微笑 以后会努力过得 很好
我没忘记你忘记我
连名字你都说错~
Posted by melvin at 8:19 PM
Monday, August 07, 2006
I'm keeping holding my breath till this Friday. Hope what was said on Sunday matters.I'm really fucking keeping my fingers crossed.
Posted by melvin at 9:29 PM
Sunday, August 06, 2006
New phone? Nah
If you bothered to check the papers recently, there seems to be blatant advertising for the new Nokia N73.
3.2 Megapixel Carl Zeiss optics camera. That alone is enough to make you drool. But hell, its $749 WITH plan. So my next option would be N72. Going for about $598 without plan. With plan should be around $400 and trading in my phone, minus $250.
Then I realised, my phone's value dropped to $150.
There goes my phone.
ARRRRRGH~
Click here to visit Nokia.com to find out more.
Posted by melvin at 3:16 PM
Saturday, August 05, 2006
F.I.R. - 飞行部落http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=F9CF82575B430778
Posted by melvin at 11:08 PM
I don't need this shit.
So when I told my mum I was taking the night bus to Genting, she flipped. I know it's not safe. But what the hell can I do? It's booked. And my friends don't seem to mind. I can't change the bloody arrangement can I? That's like, because of one person, the whole group has to change schedules.Given a choice, I wouldn't like to take the night bus too.
Less risks = Less chances at tempting fate
I wouldn't want Prisc to take more risks. But the seats are booked. What can I do now? It's like my fault for not pushing the morning bus enough.
But the arguement was reaching at 6am so as not to waste time. But when all shops are closed and we can't check in. Wondering if it was more of a waste of time. But I still can't do anything.
I don't have the money to compensate everyone to book the morning bus again. If I could I would. But right now I'm flat broke so thats totally not an option. Guess I'll have to get round the nagging for the next month.
I don't need this shit.
You think I want to.
Fuck.
Posted by melvin at 5:56 PM
Friday, August 04, 2006
Aftermath of DD
The test today was good. Really good. Let me list the 10 commandments of GMP for you:*epic music plays*
The 10 Commandments of GMP
1) You shall write good procedures.
2) You shall follow your procedures.
3) You shall document your work.
4) You shall validate your manufactoring and testing process.
5) You shall design and build proper facilities and equipment.
6) You shall maintian your equipment.
7) You shall be competent.
8) You shall make cleanliness a daily habit.
9) You shall build quality into our products.
10) You shall audit for compliance and performance.
>_< AND THIS IS PICKED UP FROM KENNETH'S BLOG(AGAIN!) CAUSE USING CAPS MAKES ME FEEL POWERFUL. COUPLED WITH !, IT WILL BE THE MOST POWERFUL STATEMENT EVER MADE!
YEAH. V :D V
SHIT I THINK I LOST MY MIND SOMEWHERE.
Posted by melvin at 11:59 PM
Thursday, August 03, 2006
DD test 2
Less than 24 hours to go for DD test 2. Damn I'm having trouble memorising stuff. And after that test, we still have lecture with our Mentor! Hey Kenneth, putting exclamation marks after a sentence really makes it more fun! =DPosted by melvin at 9:30 PM
Old songs on rotation
Damn. Thanks to Linus, that song 你怎么说 by 邓丽君 is now stuck in my head. >_< It's stuck so bad that I actually went and downloaded it. Haha. Anybody has 忘不了? I'm also looking for that song.DD test is tomorrow. And I'm still slacking around playing NBA Live 2006. Temptation around every corner of my house.
Can't concentrate...
Can't study....
Can't do anything except singing...
三百六十五个日子不好过
你心里根本没有我
把我的爱情还给我~
Posted by melvin at 10:08 AM
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Update
I realised I haven't been updating my blog recently so here's some random stuff for those who still check back here occasionally(and then have to go to some other blog/site in disgust because it's not updated.)Every day's the same. Wake up, get to school, sleep in class, come home then start doing up projects. You know those people who said Year 3 was honeymoon?
Bullshit.
Year 2 was hectic, no doubt, with staggering amounts of curriculum to be covered(and memorised for some modules), but hell, isn't that what everyone does?
Singapore's education system as a whole focuses itself mainly on remembering stuff. Like the way back in secondary school, where you studied for one year(taking the final year before O levels as an example), and then sat for 24 hours of papers which determine how much you can remember(and most probably decide the fate of your life.)
So right now emphasis is placed on thinking stuff, with projects and such. But projects are so much more taxing than just plain memorising but the number of modules are the same. It's maddness! And a particular module(Bioxxxxvation =D) requires work more than its credit's worth. 2 measly credits, and we have to slog so much. Every week kena shoot, all because of certain information that companies do not divulge.
Maybe if the workload was cut we'd all fare better :)
PS: Happy Birthday again Ham Ham :)