Sunny Wednesday Morning

Hmm, I seem to be in a good mood today(which is good!) I'm wondering if it has anything to do with the shot in the arm I received yesterday.

Anyways, just back from doctor's for my follow-up consultation. Cos I got some gastric pains yesterday, doctor put me on PPI(protein-pump inhibitors) for another week, which supposedly reduces stomach acid by 70%(gasps!). Therefore, my digestion will be slower, my ability to kill germs(in food) is reduced. Oh well, as the good doctor said, its better to fully cure it now, than have it recur later. After that, I gonna wait for 6 weeks, and I'll have to do a UREA test, to see if the bacteria still exists. In case you are wondering, the UREA test is a breath test of sorts(i think, and hope anyway).

Hope Mr Stomach will be nice.

About me

Some1 said I looked geeky(sigh), but I think I look ok.
Then again, every1 is entitled to their own opinion.

I can be reached at PensiveTabby {at} gmail dot com if you guys wanna send me fan mail(in my dreams)

Its just me

Have lotsa rants lately, but I still pen them down here, so that 10 years down the road, I can still look back, and realised I survived through a bad patch in life.

Received a reply from a company I sent my resume to, saying that I have exceeded the maximum working experience. I dint take it lying down, so I wrote back, saying that I am really interested, and though I'm slightly older than the typical applicant, I can make it for it with my drive and determination(which I think is more impt, dont ya think). And I only missed the mark by a few months(also my fault for dragging my feet, wanted to send in last year). So, I wrote back an earnest reply to them, hoping that they'll change my mind. I'm not giving up, like what I did in MAS a few years back.

A strange thought occurred to me this morning.

I wanted to be succesful cos of Reason A.
But sometimes, my fantasies contradict Reason A.
Is that why Reason A is not a good enough motivation factor?

Dont ask. I dint put them down as variables for nothing. Maybe I'll write it down in my personal diary.

Have been spending too much time at the cowboy bar. Shall keep clear of there for a while.

On another note altogether, this month maxim feature Lin Chiling. Yummy. Still wondering if I should buy.

Back to work.

Things that make my heart go THUD!

switch condition:

case HOUSE_INTEREST_RATE_INCREASE:
stress_level+10;

case NO_REPLY_AFTER_1_MONTH_AFTER_SENDING_RESUME
stress_level+2;

// which i quite hate btw
case NEW_RESPONSILBILITIES_AT_CURRENT_JOB
stress_level+2;

// iron condor is a options spread
case IRON_CONDORS_NOT_DOING_WELL
stress_level++;

// Enough said, more cases to be added soon.

Keys to my heart

Got this off Natusmi's blog, I like her choice of cartoon pics :

Correct as at 12.48pm, 22 Aug 2005, in my office cubicle.
(Cos i think these things are only correct based on your mood when you did them)

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to those who have a split personality - cold as ice on the outside but hot as fire in the heart.

In love, you feel the most alive when things are straight-forward, and you're told that you're loved.

You'd like to your lover to think you are stylish and alluring.

You would be forced to break up with someone who was ruthless, cold-blooded, and sarcastic.

Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with.

Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.

You think of marriage as something that will confine you. You are afraid of marriage.

In this moment, you think of love as commitment. Love only works when both people are totally devoted.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

How true? I dunno..

Dam my bank!

Warning: Rant ahead.

Got a letter from a certain blue and green bank, informing me that they are going to increase the interest rate on my loan to 4.5%(up 0.7%). NBCB! Now I feel like I'm getting a loan for private property like that, with a variable interest rate.

So, I called the hotline to KBKB(kao beh kao bu). But the lady on the line was quite patient(she's a CRO, not her fault), who explained to the the InterBank Loan Rate has increased, therefore my rate also increased. I dam pissed with this kind of crap, and proceeded to explain HDB loans shouldnt fluctuate that much right, just like when you take a loan from HDB. Cos HDB is meant for low to mid income families, so cannot chin-chai increase cos IBOR has increased. She is going to put up request to reduce the interest rate on my loan, and ask them to call me.

Bloody hell, when I approached them for the loan, they say the rate wont anyhow increase lah, must get MAS approval lah, will depend on HDB rate also lah, all bullshit. After they lock you in, they increase the interest rate, knowing full well you cant do anything about it. And note that they just increased my interest rate by 50bp (0.5%) just 2-3 months ago.

They give customers like me, a feeling that that they are high-handed. Whether they are, I dunno. But I am dam sure they give me such an impression. Another colleague of mine, taking a homeloan, also complained about the same bank.

Well listen here, I rather pay the penalties, and whatever !# subsidies, and take my loan to another bank, and all you are earning from me from this point onwards is that 1% penalty(plus whatever interest I have paid in the last few months). Where they could have potentially earned a lot more with my 35 year loan. And I'm going to cancel all my accounts, credit cards and etc. with this bank, in other words, I'm going to cancel all business transactions with them.

So still waiting for their call, and see who can play hardball better.

DISCLAIMER:
All the thoughts expressed in this article are entirely my own, and are in no way intended to cause any defamation, insult or otherwise to any parties.

Supper at Geylang

After a hard day's work, went to Geylang to have supper, with my SO, who just finished her facial without dinner(dont do that again ok? Read the previous post of what happened to me), and my favourite(ok I only have 1) brother.

Went to the You Tiao and Dou Jiang place. SO loves the mee-sua there. Brother ordered a lot of food. Lucky he can finish wor. Saw 2 large groups of people(almost 20) trying to find seats there while I was eating. My guess, blogger's outing, or secondary school outing.

Saw a Merz parked behind me, and a guy with 3 hot babes got out of the car. Somehow, I got the impression that he was LBT. LOL. But my impression of him is that he's a real nice guy. Very rich though.

Anyway, after supper, drove through the red light districts to look at the hookers. Saw a pretty one at Joo Chiat. Just a stone's throw away from my parent's place.

But nice having supper, once in a while, with good company.

Company TT challenge.

Went for my company's table tennis competition this evening. Quite happy to have won, despite

- not practising much
- nursing a cold

To my opponents' credit, they were quite good, just that they dint discover my weakness, and one of them cant take my serves. phew.

Going to bring my badminton racket down for this week's competition. So can play a bit while waiting.

Visiting NUH

Walking over to NUH in a few minutes time, not to look for nurses to bio, but to go for a gastroscopy exam, on doctor's orders.

Hope they dont find anything life threatening.. '*.*

More later...

UPDATE:

Doctor dint find anything cancerous and stuff(phew). For a moment, I thought I was going to die young. Does it make me appreciate life more? I should, but I'm in the doldrums now. A little stressed about everything.

Both the doctor and my supervisor(who went for a similar procedure years ago), praised me when they knew I could take the procedure without sedation. For the uninitiated, the doctor inserts a long tube(approx 1-1.5 inches thick), into your stomach, so he can view whatever is going on in there with the camera at the end of the tube. Trust me on this, it sucks. I was tearing towards the end of the procedure. Yup, thats how bad it is, if you can imagine.

Diagnosis was that I have gastritis, which I take as having too much stomach acid, and the presence of a certain bacteria is preventing my stomach from healing itself. So, I have to take some, or rather, quite a bit on anti-biotics and stuff to kill the bacteria. Due for a re-examination in a few day's time. I think its getting better, I dont feel bloated like I used to now.

Thats a relief. I've gotta watch the timing of my meals, especially during the weekends, when I sleep late, and skip breakfast altogether. Thats not good at all.

Flu also clearing up. Though I can still feel it lurking around the corner. Will drown it with lotsa water. Wahaha.

Would you?

If you can know how long you are going to live, would you wanna know?

If you know you have 1 month to live, would you still wanna know?

Pensive mood again.

Class 95 topic - measurements

Woot!

Theres a discussion on the Morning Express on Class 95, discussing about how shoe size relates to a guys err-hmm size.

Some data overheard:

Shoe Size(US) Size of Pen (inches)
6
8 6
10 6.4
12 6.6
14 7

(something like that)

I was thinking, zun or not?

I wearing size 11 leh, but seems like the measurements not v accurate leh. hur hur.

Shall post this in cowbor bar, see if I get any responses. Hiak hiak

Maze

Quickie post before going for lunch.

Havent been writing in a while, thoughts in a mess (again)

Joined the cowboy bar last friday, quite interesting, but at the same time, quite intimidating, as many of the gunslingers there know one another. Theres this movie outing next Friday, so I signed up, quite excited, but a little hesitant at the same time. Well, decided to take a leap of faith. On the plus side, will get to see 9mm. One of the blogs I read. :-)

On a minus note, Ms Anna from WonkyTong stopped blogging. :(

Mix of getting my life re-organised. Been weeding out some bad habits(e.g. too much blogreading/gaming), and getting more serious stuff done. Have been planning my time, so that I know what to do, if not, I'll end up wasting the entire day.

Hope I emerge from this mess a better person.

Till then,