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Upgrades

The revamp room project started early this year, when we repainted the house and changed the really old beds. In terms of needs 1. Lights: My room  has really dim lighting because of the frosted glass design, time for something that functions well, function > form 2. Shelves: My wonder wall has this area where I would wanna set up my DVD/CD racks 4. Server: m-ITX  server to store my data, all my 1 Terabyte of "goodies" are gone, it's years of collection. #FML 5. Blu-ray player: Sold my faulty PS3 and now my blurays are useless 6. LED Full HD TV: Colors are runny on my corners, set  is 5 years old. 7. Sliding door: A Hinged Door require a 90degrees swing empty area which is using my space 8. Speaker stands: My speakers needs to be at least 120cm away to be of full performance and my table is only 120cm long 9. DAC: The Citypulse is a little buggy these days, the PSU is dying I suspect. 10. Tube-Pre-amp: Tubes offer a n...

So goodbye, don't cry and smile...

I still had the receipt of my very very first personal owned speakers, I bought it in Nov 2007 after getting my 8th month's paycheque and splurge all that SGD560 on that pair of Audio Engine A5s. Still remembered the excitement, I drove to Sim Lim Square at 10am, the shop only opens at 11:30am, not only that, it was the 1st day the speakers was being carried by Cybermind, hence no one knew what I wanted. Had to go back to forums to call ah boo aka Booest, he rushed down to open the account with me :)) Audio Engine A5+ . . . 5 years and 6 months later... Head down to Sim Lim Tower last week to get my cables done and remembered there is an authorized dealer of Yamaha in SLT too. I merely took a glimpse because I recalled it was located at the basement, true enough I saw the huge purple yammy billboards. Headed in and met the owner, Sunny. A very honest and straightforward guy, I told him if he carry the MSPxx and he questioned my choice straight, insisting I wouldn'...

Price

Everything comes at a price, i call it the zero sum game or the power of balance. It's like heat source, it will only move from a hotter place to a cooler place, it's like global warming, you take too much of nature's protection for "technological advances" you get global warming. It's always fair. I like to simplify things so that we can look at stuff or equations or problems in a more objective manner. I've cleared only 1 out of 3 modules this year. Of which, the most important module, Sociology, which i needed to clear before I can graduate by 2014, will not be cleared, BECAUSE i was so sick, I couldn't make my way to school. After which I just gave up. I've did all I could for this module and I believe, being this prepared, I'll be able to clear it next year. So 2013/2014: Sociology + Manangement Accounting + Management Math 2013/2015: Marketing + IBM I will graduate at the age of 28years old, my dad own a car, a flat, has a family...

honesty

Out of the blue, someone came to ask me if I'm willing to accept the Graduate Program from Deutsche Bank, the Graduate Program is slightly different from the Management Trainee program. The MT usually selects a group of elites, and most of them have fast track to senior roles (AVP and above). Here at Deutsche Bank, they select a group of potential individuals and train them all the way from the bottom. I told the person that it would honestly be an honor but I'd reject. I understand that the team is overly supportive and appreciative of my efforts these days, yeah I'll admit that I do put in effort with my work, but the quality of my work and the depth of my understanding within the requirements of our team is simply not up to the standard that I think I should be. Of course I am not saying I will be rejecting the offer because I think I'm not good enough, if given a chance, that said, I'm not being offered, they have plans to push me through the ranks for ...

Stop & Stare

The usual Mondays, as I stroll into the office lobby fidgeting with my Zune HD trying to find the "song for day", i felt a strange intense energy coming from some direction. I tried to avoid it but it was simply too aggressive and...   And there she was, my eye candy, STARRING at me for god knows what reason. And then... I've always looked at her ALOT, or at any opportunity, because she is insanely pretty to me, but I guess I'm starting to bother her so I stop totally. Maybe I'm thinking too much, maybe I ain't, maybe I should maybe I shouldn't, maybe... Anyhow ~ Odd way to start the week