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Another trailblazer afternoon.  The sky looked more lenient when I stepped out of the office and made my way for lunch at the usual place near Maybank.

Songjie has been updating me about his beloved Meg who had visited his father at hospital, as he had suffered breathlessness due to blocked arteries; stress-triggered; and bought him bird's nest.  What elated him more is how Meg showed concern for his father...I can feel the sparkle that burns within him towards her...as what he said, this isn't the right time to declare his feelings for her.  So when will it be?  I shall stay and watch...afterall, I hope the best for my pal whom I've known since 1993; that's 17 years?

Strangely, poor receptivity when I called dearie while she's on the bus to school; might be due to the location where

Heavy rain - a solution to end the Trailblazer days during this period of time as I lose additional coolant while making my way to lunch.  It's a good thing as it makes the overall climate more cooling - especially so at home.

Full regeneration of fuel cells after plopping unto bed from a brief chat with dearie when I got home later - had a dinner with Norizan, Lirome, Lim Li, Crystal and Yusryn at Serai Makan Place - the name I've just found out today while eating at Maybank - known as Kee Huat Eating House - which was discovered yesterday.  We had a good laugh when talking about those silly calls we received - especially so for yesterday as each call was like a Gladiator match on the phone.

Guess this rainy season will last for awhile - can imagine how I can sleep in the bunk after all the gruelling training if I was still doing my ICT a few weeks back - time really flies - I've already done 5, and 5 more to go and I'll be a free man.

Dearie's exams are still ongoing, so that's something which is her major obstacle for the season - till it's over on 21/05/10, and mine on 22/05/10; that marks a momental freedom while awaiting results.  If all else is smooth, I can proceed to the next level in Oct 2010.

Jiayou, dearie, for your exams!

Returned home pretty late after having dinner with our usual gang at work near workplace - I didn't know that they serve Italian-style cuisines, as I've ordered Mushroom chicken pasta - simply yummy at $5.90 a serving.

What made the company more enjoyable was all the laughter we had about work, each other on their outings and the company we had - just the group of us.  Missing are June and Kent.

The adverse weather and fatigue has given me the decision to head home for a rest; one of the days where I worked late for make-up with mentally-battling calls.

An exceptionally challenging day while my system works under a powercut due to sub-recovery mode; slept at 3am after finally managing to get the iPhone Spirited Away.

1st attack - a total loss female driver who does know know anything about insurance, saying that we are cheating her and threatened to take legal action against us, and blaming us for why the medical reimbusement for outpatient is so little as she assumed that her car insurance covers her for EVERYTHING - hello, the insured interest is her car, and additional coverage for injuries for self and passengers - yet she still got the cheek to ask for compensation for outpatient treatments which are not beyond the policy limits.  If she doesn't know, she should ask, instead of happily signing the proposal form in 02/2010, and later on, getting into a total loss accident. 


Now the insurer is giving her a new car and she could still say that we are "forcing a car" to her and making her fork out extra money.  While doing my rightful duty to explain factual information, she slapped me with the phrase "don't tell me policy this, policy that" though she knows I'm doing what I'm supposed to do.  What does she expect, shall I tell her "the policy does not cover (a), (b)...all the way to (z), to sum it up, you're not covered, so GOODBYE"?  

2nd attack:  Lawyer-wannabe threatening me, telling me that he will sue us till "the whole team lose their job", when the premium calculated had an increase due to his claims which was undeclared earlier.  My efforts of explanation fell to deaf ears as he insisted his way for a "senior management" person to call him to honour the premium.  The best had been done to pacify him and explain nicely, but an earwax-stuffed ear man is just beyond the headset. Guess what, he even threatened to sue till organisation shares plummet; and taunting me like a fool on the phone "you all want to play with me right, I'll sue you!  And when I sue, I mkae sure the whole team lose their jobs and the share price in NY will drop"...rattling endlessly.

Both Talib and I had a tough day - mentally, from the type of calls we received.  It must have been a taste of hell, or Callers from Hell.

I certainly need a good R&R (rest and recharge) when I get home after dinner.

This is my 1000th post..after writing for awhile here.

The early awakening had sank me back to slumber though I've awaken at 5am this morning for my scheduled workout; guess it could be due to the fatigue from yesterday's outing with dearie's family, and time spent with my own family...hope my mum will be happy that I've bought her something she likes eating, though it's not too sumptous.

Lunch had been brought forward, possibly due to lack of manpower on a Monday; quite a handful of people are not seen.  Are most on sick leave?

The majority of the assignement has been collated, so what's left will be touching up on the tex and layout, so that I can be ready to submit before the due date this Saturday...

Managed to catch up with Jannie via Whatsapp and discussed a little about Jeff and Jimmy; the 2 guys whom we knew when I was in the MLM business many years back; they had totally turned Jannie off on the basis of friendship as they had been putting on a mask; where are they now?  Jeff is married with a wife who is uncomparable with my dearie, Jimmy with a Viet wife; the latter comment is nothing on the basis of racial discrimination; but just that Jimmy's personality has irked both of us off totally.  Anyhow, all the best for them, and may our paths not cross.

That old hag (codename OB) at her home has made her life miserable and even turned down to join her and her family for dinner yesterday; I guess it's a personality issue within her spouse's family of being antisocial; that might be the reason for her unreasonable behaviour that has plauged her mentally.

That marks Midday for the 1000th post.  Dearie, jiayou for your paper tomorrow!

Though it's late in the night; the day had really been enjoyable as dearie and I both spent our day with our families for Mother's Day; I bought my mum a selection of dim sum for lunch, along with some tonic for her; likewise for dearie's mum, and we had a crab meal at a restaurant in Ang Mo Kio, which was located in a quiet place, yet exceptionally long queued - the queue can take up to an hour or so before you can even sit down.

Dearie had been entertained by my improved Cantonese with my mum; something I must learn from her as it will really be a pity if it's not passed on to our generation.  My mum is born a Teochew, raised by a Hokkien mother, and speaks Cantonese since young at school; something which is already pretty lost in today's Singapore society - most are either Mandarin / English speaking, making the Chinese dialects a lost legacy.  We must continue to keep the heritage going.

I wish the day could be longer, but I guess, time flies when quality time are spent.

Happy Mother's Day to my mum and dearie's mum!

I was at the top of a hill which reminded me of the E-shaped knoll where I did the MG range target mounting at the 2 last ICT, this time, a view a city's night shimmer.  There was a laptop I requested to borrow, which was under certain classification, and it was brought out of the "protected zone" by 3 people, on a trolley with some books.

I asked why it has to be so, and they told me that this particular laptop (resembling Macbook Pro) has a certain security clearance level, thus explaining the number of people who came along with it.  The "book" was actually a list of security SOP materials where I was supposed to read, but heck, who cares...

This Macbook gave me the remote access to a certain platform in the city.

Warped to a scene where a director was telling me that this particular advertisement "model" had been pissing him and wasting the time of his crew for filming a toothpaste ad; I had to apologise to him and explain that the model might be too tense and need a little bit more time.  Weather had been swealtering which had made it worst for them all.

Eyes opened, it's already 10:30am.