No better way to celebrate Teacher's Day!!

We are always living on present and looking at future; it's the past that determines who we are!

I'm always filled with nostalgia for my school days. I'm sure we all are. Last sat allows me to re-live that same youthful, energetic, carefree, playful and sweet days again (although its our Group Agency Outing).

Part of 'my class' before the great amazing race!



3 Months Probation?

Secondary school boy and Primary school girl!

The Clue : The King that loves the oily dough! (Place)

Enjoy some light moments.......at Muthu's expense

dear all... i am doing ok... saw yvonne's joke and decided to put this one here as well.. this email amused quite a bit. hehe..

by the way, anyone gg to US or UK, watch Avenue Q! its damn good.... go to my blog, i have all hte links to the synopsis and songs.... i am sooo sure ALL of you will LOVE it!! i mean seriously, they have puppets having sex on stage! haha... and they talk about porn! haha.. and about racist jokes ... u get it.. they even poke fun of this jap who cannot speak properly! replacing all the 'R' with 'L' like 'lecykeleber' haha... actually means 'recycleable! haha.. hilarious. hope all is well at home!

meanwhile... muthu will entertain.

*MUTHU & THE INTERVIEWER*Interviewer : "What is your birth date?"Muthu : "13th October."Interviewer : "Which year?"Muthu : "Every year."*****

* MUTHU & HIS MANAGER*The Manager asked Muthu at an interview...."Can you spell a word that has more than 100 letters in it?"Muthu replied: "P-O-S-T-B-O-X."

* MUTHU & LONDON TRIP*After returning from a foreign trip, Muthu asked his wife, "Do Ilook like a foreigner?"Wife: "No! Why?"Muthu : "In London, a lady asked me, 'Are you a foreigner?'...that's why."Wife : ?????????*****

*MUTHU & TOURIST*A tourist from U.S.A. asked Muthu whether any great man wasborn in his village... and Muthu said .. "No sir, only babieswere born here."*****

*MUTHU & HIS EXPERIMENT*Muthu was doing an experiment with a cockroach. First he cut offone leg and told it to "WALK! WALK!" The cockroach walked.Then he cut off it's second leg and told the same. Thecockroach walked.Then he cut off the third leg and did the same. Finally, he cutoff its fourth leg and ordered it walk! But the cockroach didn'twalk. Suddenly, Muthu said loudly, "I found it. If we cut acockroach's four legs, it becomes deaf."*****

*MUTHU & DRIVER*When Muthu was travelling with his wife in a motorised tricycle,the driver adjusted the mirror. Muthu shouted, "You are trying tosee my wife, eh? Sit in the back. I will drive."*****

*MUTHU GOES TO HOTEL*Muthu went into a hotel. To wash his hands, he went to thewash basin.Then when he had finished, he started washing the basin. Seeingthis, the manager asked what was he doing. Muthu pointed towardsthe signboard "*WASH BASIN* "*****

*MUTHU & INTERVIEWER - FINAL PART*Interviewer : "Just imagine you're in the 20th floor of abuilding and it's on fire. How will you escape?"Muthu: "It's simple.. I will just stop my imagination."*****

*Oh........ the funniest...

*At a political rally, Muthu was arrested. Why ????????????Because a lady journalist with a badge which read "*PRESS*" pinned onthe right part of her blouse walked past him... and he did it!

Just for Laughs: The 10 Commandments

Commandment 1
Marriages are made in heaven. But so again, are thunder and lightning.
Commandment 2
If you want your wife to listen and pay strict attention to every wordyou say, talk in your sleep.
Commandment 3
Marriage is grand - and divorce is at least 100 grand!
Commandment 4
Married life is very frustrating! In the first year of marriage, the manspeaks and the woman listens. In the second year, the woman speaks and the man listens. In the third year, they both speak and the neighbourslisten.
Commandment 5
When a man opens the door of his car for his wife, you can be sure ofone thing: Either the car is new or the wife is.
Commandment 6
Marriage is when a man and woman become as one; the trouble starts whenthey try to decide which one.
Commandment 7
Before marriage, a man will lie awake all night thinking about something you say. After marriage, he will fall asleep before you finish.
Commandment 8
Every man wants a wife who is beautiful, understanding, economical and agood cook. But the law allows only one wife.
Commandment 9
Marriage and love are purely matter of chemistry. That is why the wife treats the husband like toxic waste.
Commandment 10
A man is incomplete until he is married.After that, he is finished.

One for the archives..

I was going through and deleting my old email accounts and i found this!! Before we were NeyMind, we were S.H.I.T... haha!!!


Subject:
Programme highlights for 2004
Date:
Tue, 06 Jan 2004 07:50:29 +0000

Greetings everyone..
I've just appointed myself as the unofficial President of the Society of the Hottest and most Irresistable people from the Table clan. (SHIT).. (as usual i'm full of it.... and dun ask me why i so free.....). Some of the people in this mail list didn't really study much with us at the tables, but since you also full of S.H.I.T. i'll make an exception....
Welcome to programme highlights for the first quarter of 2004. This is what we have in stored for all members.....
Jan: 16th Jan 8.45pm@ Barnone
Annual event where we gather to celebrate the birthday of the most goodlooking, hottest male person in CCK.. aka me.. and his 2 other superhero friends namely NBH and Koh Yileen. Your presence is much appreciated and your presents will also be even much more appreciated!!! (hahaha!!! by now you still dunno i not shy??? a bit late right???) Pls confirm your attendance via email or sms. Partners are welcome. If you happen to have a hot looking, single female friend/relative/cousin, bring along also lah....
Feb: 1st Feb 3pm @ Yileen's place
Steamboat/Yusheng session. Makan time to celebrate CNY. This one Kenny must come cos among everyone only he can give ang boh!!! On ah Kenny!!!!
Pulau Hantu weekend get away. Jason's idea. Obviously wanna make up for the fact that he went without us the other time (right guys??) Will prob be over a weekend... will confirm again.
March: Berkelah Falls.
This one requires loads of planning and coordination. Need to know who's interested and getting the correct contacts and logistics done. Will be in the March school hoildays so Miss S.I.M. kerling can make it. Those in favour raise ya hands??
Wah long mail. Please reply to tell me if you are interested in the various activities. Pls forward this mail to other ex SIM fellow you know.. Preferably people we know and full of S.H.I.T. like all of you..

That's all folks!!!
Jamez....
(Choa Chu Kang Kampong Boy)

New Job Snippets

Want to hear about my new job, well... checkout the email below I sent to my ex-colleagues.

Dear Servcorpians,

I miss you all!!! It's been over a month since I left & I am slowly seeing light...
For one - I know that it's never going to be crystal, marble & leather in my new workplace...

I am slowly getting accustomed to the work pace, work culture & new team. We will be shifting office probably September - upgrade to a higher floor in the same building... Maybe I should put forth my suggestions - IP phones, espresso machine, reception with views & maybe a guardian angel by the entrance (not a shining knight/terricotta warrior* though. I was thinking of a horse since our it's part of the company logo.. Hmmm... Maybe borrow the bronze horse* from Anna?) I wonder if they will think me pampered or rebellious...

Let's talk about work culture...

CULTURE SHOCK 1: The never-ending email trails
It points everywhere, cover everybody's ass & is encouraged upon...
Emails are no longer a tool to effectively convey a message, it bombards the mind unnecessarily. AND IT INCLUDES THE WHOLE WORLD!
I have never hit "Delete" button so often in my life - equivalent to how you delete the junk Viagra emails every morning.

With over 80 emails a day (in/out), how will I know a "FYA" is not "FYI". I never use that term before!!! If it's "For Your Action", then spell it out for goodness sake & include my name in BOLD! Stop cc the whole world, I will start to think the email is not meant for me...

CULTURE SHOCK 2: The fantastic communication system
I pride myself using IP phones in Servcorp - the ability to answer the call by announcing the callers name first (yes - freaking sometimes) OR the ability to deliberately miss a call...
Here in my company... No, I do not use digital phone.. I use an analog phone... R

Multiple Choice Question: How will you know you have got voicemail?
(A) Red light on phone
(B) Auto call back every 15 minutes
(C) Pick up the phone & it announce "You got voicemail"

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ANSWER: (C)
Yes, this is worse than digital phone era - you will know you have got voicemail the very moment you need to make an urgent phonecall. Good news is - you can still proceed to make the call even if you have not checked the voicemails. Let's just hope I remember! So if you called me, sorry.. I will have no idea you called unless you leave me a lovely voicemail....

Anyway, these are little snippets into my new working life... Funny at times.. And it always makes me think of you gals.. always bring a tiny smile to my lips...Feel free to share this email with my fellow ex-Servcorpians...

Looking to catching up with you gals soon!!!
Take good care of yourself!

*Just in case you wonder about the knights & horse. In Servcorp, we have knight in shinning armour (Six Battery Road), terricota warrior (Prudential Tower) & bronze horse (Six Battery Road) gracing the reception area.

Hi Bloggers...
There hasn't been much activities in here leh?!
Anyway, just want to share some pictures of my recent diving trip to Pulau Aur, Malaysia.
It was very fun and i learned a lot about life underwater. For those of you who can, i'll strongly encourage you to learn diving. It's really an eye opener.

Thanks Wong for your cool gear as well. :)

The boys were at Ubin!

Hi all,

Here to post pictures of our "traditional" Ubin outing.

Although we went in later than expected, we still managed to get a comfortable spot at our usual spot at Noordin Beach.

Along the way, with the help of Captain Wong's toy, we didn't get lost!!

So we cooked and talked the night away.....

Who said men can't cook??

And who said you can't add Vodka to everything??

Seems like it wasn't only Jason that was the arsonist...

Well, overall, i guess it was a good trip. Male bonding and all. Didn't really need the sandfly bites though....

Till the next trip!!!

Still scratching....

James :)

Current Affairs Update

Ok, this is an eventful weekend with many things happenings. Closer to home, there's the 2% GST hike and the ban on smoking in pubs and clubs... yeah... no more tears! Haha. Around the world, Hong Kong celebrated its 10th year of being handed back to PRC. London police foiled 2 terrorists attempts in the heart of London and there was an a bombing attempt in Glasgow airport.

Interesting weekend eh!

There was also reports of 4 chinese males invading the quiet Malay kampung on Noordin beach in Pulau Ubin, there were no reports of injuries but there were complaints of loud snoring noises which disturbed the early morning peace... I'll leave the posting of the pictures to James. Our dear Jason, who cannot find his arse with his 2 hands, still cannot find the link to our blog... "Can you send me the link?" is his excuse. And someone please teach Ah Lim how to post his pics!

In Ubin, there were also reports of a man with a mini torch going around burning ants and bugs, experts interviewed believe that the individual has an arsonist streak and warns all shopkeepers not to sell him any lighters! James... pls post Jason's picture here.

finally manage to put up my first blog!

Updates

Hey my NeyMind friends,

A little update about what i've been busy with....

Just a new store at Great World City! Located just above the atrium, it stands out from all other F&B establishments.

YL: Too bad you are in London if not i know i will have you as a regular customer.. haha... will check out the sites you added though. The song i posted is the latest "soft rock" song now.. Loads of meaning to me actually.. hmmm.... hahahaha!!!!

To the men: are we doing Ubin??

Cheers!!!

london reporting

james. wassup with the post ? is that a song or a poem? sorry, a little out of touch with the music scene. eveyrthing ok? missing me sooo much? kidding

wong. you made it... hehe.. enjoy the break. i am still enjoying mine!

yvonne. i am sure u make it pass the probation. come on, i have so much faith in you lor!

on behalf of NBH, check out this link.. http://www.crunchyroll.com/
you can have all the anime you want wong, they even have movies. have kr movies, canto movies, drama... pretty impressive.

oh and i was recommended 2 links too. for most current news and world wide music and everything... http://www.wwitv.com/

for drama... ang mo ones, http://www.peekvid.com/

super good links! hehe

i am doing great in london, if you have been following my blog. din get the job with r as there was a budget cut. they only needed 1 pax instead of 2 now. but interviewers/managers were impressed with me and have offered to recommend me if i wanted anything else with r. well, we'll see. i know my God has good things install for me. He is just giving me an extended holiday.

what happened to the rest ?

Lips on an Angel

Honey why you calling me so late?
It's kinda hard to talk right now.
Honey why are you crying? Is everything okay?
I gotta whisper 'cause I can't be too loud

Well, my girl's in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on
It's really good to hear your voice say my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak

And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

It's funny that you're calling me tonight
And, yes, I've dreamt of you too
And does he know you're talking to me
Will it start a fight
No I don't think she has a clue

Well my girl's in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on
It's really good to hear your voice say my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak

And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

It's really good to hear your voice say my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak

And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

Honey why you calling me so late?

Pasture's greener on the other side...

I am sure all you people hear about "The pasture is greener on the other side..."

I have just got a new job after 6 fabulous years with my ex-company. Change is hard but I was looking forward to it.. New environment, new challenge, new things... It took abit of acclimatisation, rebuilding of comfort zone, forming my own click of friends.With a renowed company reputation, bigger company structure, different departments, better welfare, more growth prospects etc... All looks so good!

However... you realise in a big company, you are like an ikan bilis in a wide ocean... What you used to be so good at in your ex-job means nothing in your new job. You have to prove yourself all over again - & hopefully, you gain your boss's trust within the 3 months probation period.

You feel insecure - so you decide to eat the humble pie! In a bigger company with a lot more manpower, it does not mean that 3 people do the job of 1. On the contrary, it actually means 1 person get to do the job that the other 2 people pointed for you to do. How ironic!

3 weeks into my job .. I am still muttering the same words that I so remembered in my ex-job.. "There is light at the end of the tunnel." The important thing is to maintain a positive outlook. Luckily, with a new job comes recharged energy, excitment to learn new things & a humble pie. So do not worry about me.. I will still be here - definitely till probation!

Enthusiasm has died?

Eh.... Why nobody post one? Wah Lau, I thought that we are suppose to blog something at least once a week? So fast not enthu anymore?

Anyway, I saw the New Paper article on this ChinYong durian seller, seems like many people are pissed at them. I dun think its the price but how they do their business, "forcing" people to buy by opening the durians... We learn a lesson anyway.

So I am serving the last 2 weeks of notice and will have a break of 4 weeks before commencing on the new job... so guys abt the Ubin trip... how? I dun mind organising but need to know which days are good for all of us. Sometime mid June? Please reply with your preferences.

Update: Heroes season 1 has ended... great show, cannot wait for the 2nd season.
Watching Bleach anime... another good anime, can compare to Naruto.
Prison Break season 3 is out... but still catching up on season 2.

video from food trail....

sorry for this late post la....

check out the video which i have posted on youtube. hehe... just for kicks.. hehe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmU66gdSxrs

Dragonfly ---::

The Jan babies was out exploring St James (how aptly named!) Power station last night. Dragon fly to be exact. The 3 blind mice have no idea where dragonfly is, but it was a pleasantly crowded on a tues night. no sweaty bodies, just lotsa old uncles. hehe..

it was red cross benefit night and the 3 blindies found a spot worthy of our stature... in front of the VVIP table. seeing us jive (or jigger our jiggly) is none other than the revered Gen winston chu. hehe... ok. so dennis foo was there as well since he is the boss off the club.

apart from a ghostly skinny woman decked out in black, sauntering in front of us the entire night, and keep knocking into james' knee... (james exclaim: 撞我不用尽。在我面前走来走去， 不用尽。but... 她 buay chio!!!) there was feather boas.. hehe..

the performance notably with the 2 chio bu dancers and 1 muscled hunk and 1 beng with blond hair was hilarious.

who knew .... who could have thought of this incredible combination of club and getai. seriously. dun need to wait for 七月 for performance, just go dragonfly lor!

anyhow the retro music was way fun.. it was the 90s music which was fun! 3 of us were singing/screaming along to the music. whha...

For more pics taken

http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?mode=fromshare&Uc=267xpvl6.2zcyrkfq&Uy=cnok09&Ux=0

The Greatest Club in the World

Hi Bloggers,


I know some of you don't know.. Some don't care... But here goes....

Manchester United has regained the title of The English Premier League champions!!

Long Live United!!!!

How the world goes round

Got this from a friend's blog.

" Although there are many stupid people in this world, they are very important to us.
They make the world go round. By farting in the same direction.."

Presenting... The Food Trail Awards!

Most Creative Drink Award

goes to

Bandung Dinosaur!

Most Important Member of the Entourage Award

goes to

Super Jin Nang!

The Lucky Number Award

goes to

6243 !

Most Effective Use of Time Award

Nominee No 1

The Avid Reader

Nominee no 2The Daydreaming Traveller

Nominee No 3

Ultra Man

And the Winner!!!

Siesta Man!!

Sooo Exciting

Dear frens,

Just wanted to drop a note to say "So exciting about our blogspot!!!!"

I will also like to invite my female frens to join me on my blog "The Wife" ... Does not matter if you are married or not, it's boy bashing time!!!!

And dear - cut your vulgarity online.....

Speak to you people soon!!!!!

Reservist

Hey dudes....

Me having reservist for these 2 weeks... just saw the email from Yileen which was forwarded from someone regarding Chin Yong Durian.... evil mother F@#$%^&*s! Going around to cheat people of their hard earned money.... Anyway, today is wasted again... morning full of briefings... tomorrow got IPPIT some more... they never tell us ahead of time... jit bai si liao!

GTG! Ciao!

Post people... POST!

storm is brewing....

i took the liberty to post our little mishap at geylang on stomp and check out the ripples man!

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/viewPost2788.aspx

of coz i had to post the pic of the guy with the parang toh as well la... fyi.. i have also wrote into the new paper. lets see how we can rock the world! ok.. not the world world. just the durian lane along geylang.

Food Trail on Labour Day!!!

Hi bloggers!!

Here's the posting we've been waiting for!!

Our Labour Day food trail!!

It was a long, tiring but fun day. This was where it all began. Killiney KopiTiam! I was still half asleep when i got there..

And after a brief morning interlude, waiting for Ah Lim to get the van, it was non stop action!! Next stop was Bak Kut Teh at Rochor road.. Great soup, not as pepperish as i thought it would be. We also found out who could clean up a bak kut better than the rest! Ha! Oh by the way NBH came on board at this point. She quite gladly finished off everything..

Next stop was Bedok central for Chwee Quey. Very Q and the cai po was delicious!! Unknown to the rest of you, i actually had a nice chat with the Uncle at "Hollywood" while i was waiting for the chendol. Ha!

Afterwards was straight to the far east at Changi Village where we had to queue for what seemed like ages for the nasi lemak.. Look at our faces when we finally got to the finishing line. Ha!

We gladly took the 2 packets of nasi lemak and sat down by the steps to enjoy it.

I guess our stomachs couldn't take it anymore and we took a break in the afternoon to sing our hearts out. Photos will kindly be provided by my fellow Jan baby, Yileen. Look out for it!

So.. Eating resumes in the evening where we headed off to geylang for beef hor fan and tian ji congee. It was quite good actually. i think all the singing worked up an appetite..

How can we leave Geylang without going to the all time fave Yong He Tou Jiang? Right?

And that is where the name of this blog is born... All thanks to the ah lian who didn't want her boyfriend to send her home... Ha!

After that was our story of the night. D24 Durian Wang! The truth surfaces.. The ugly side of mankind prevails.... Anyway, to check out more details, go look at Leen's posting about STOMP. :)

Well, to end off a great day, it was one of my personal favourites.. Mee Hoon Kuey! It was with a different twist though as it was the dry version. Very nicely done and i was very pleasently surprised how tasty it was.


So... That was a brief round up of our exciting day. Looking forward to more of such trips. We can do our own version of Makan Places: Lost and Found! Only if we had Michelle Chia in the team though.. Ha!

Signing out

CCK KB

Welcome to Naymind!!

Hi Friends,
Welcome to our own piece of cyber space.
Here is where you can be yourself and post what ever you want to say.
Sorry it took longer than what i promised but better late than never yeah?!

Please feel free to come in and post pictures, updates, gossips and many more! Do this regularly to keep this blog alive okie?

Look out for my first posting about our food trail....

Cheers!
Choa Chu Kang Kampong Boy