Thursday, March 06, 2003
I've been having very late nights these past 3 days. Bike lessons at BBDC on Monday and Wednesday. I forgot how far the centre is when I signed up. Heh. My fault.
But I'm having fun. Monday's lesson (Subject 1) was a bit of a disappointment. I got 2 chops instead of the 3 required to go on to the next Subject. Instructor said I have poor throttle control. Well I dont blame him for saying that, when I move off, I really make an impact. Vroooooooooooommm hahahahhahaha. So Wednesday was a repeat of Monday's lesson and I aced it. What really pissed me off was that there were others in Wednesday's batch that had an even worse moving off and stopping than me, but the instructor passed them. I guess its just luck to be allocated an instructor who is lenient or otherwise. I bumped into Saiful and Farah there on Monday, Saiful was there to sign up for his class 3. I had to tell him not to tell his mother so she wont tell MY mother that I'm taking bike lessons. Hahhehhah. Its funny innit. Oh well I guess you cant blame your parents for worrying so much. On to subject 2 on Friday! Since all the night slots were booked, I had to book the 445 to 620 slot. I figured its Friday anyway so I can take half day time-off from work and then go to SGH for a while to have my blood checked (something I should have done last week!) then go to BBDC for my lesson.
Thats when I remembered I heard Jasmine and Stephen talking about how our new Unit Head, Mun Wai, does not recognise the time-off we've accumulated over the past years. Stephen tried taking it but was denied. Jasmine had to negotiate for hers. I know Nor have about 100+ hours of unclaimed time-off, when I asked her how, she just said "Cannot cannot lah.. what to do.. sigh." I gave it a shot.. I went over to his cube and said "Mun Wai, I need to take time-off tomorrow." The first thing he said was "NO".. then he laughed. I explained about how Friday's I have time-off for prayers already and taking PM leave was not worth it and I have to go to the hospital to donate blood for my friend's sick brother (I wasnt lying!), so he said ok (He HAD to) and I said thanks and left. That settled it. Went for a run at Macritchie's after work with Shih Wee then rushed home for American Idol.
Tuesday night I went to watch Daredevil with Mervin. Supposed to have watched it at Orchard, I went to book online and somehow, dont ask me how, I booked 2 tickets for 730pm at CAUSEWAY POINT. I dont like the show. Ben Affleck is stupid. Daredevil is stupid. Elektra is LAGI stupid. The fight sequence at the playground where they met is ULTRA stupid. The only parts that stuck in my mind are the flashbacks he had while he was young. The villains were cool though, Bullseye more than Kingpin. I hope The Hulk wont be a disappointment.
I got back the Letter of Recommendation from CIO on Monday after he signed it. I sent 2 job applications on Tuesday. One of them I reallly hope to get. Please please pleaseee.
AND WAY TO GO LIVERPOOL! 2-0 Against Manchester United in the Worthington Cup Final.
But I'm having fun. Monday's lesson (Subject 1) was a bit of a disappointment. I got 2 chops instead of the 3 required to go on to the next Subject. Instructor said I have poor throttle control. Well I dont blame him for saying that, when I move off, I really make an impact. Vroooooooooooommm hahahahhahaha. So Wednesday was a repeat of Monday's lesson and I aced it. What really pissed me off was that there were others in Wednesday's batch that had an even worse moving off and stopping than me, but the instructor passed them. I guess its just luck to be allocated an instructor who is lenient or otherwise. I bumped into Saiful and Farah there on Monday, Saiful was there to sign up for his class 3. I had to tell him not to tell his mother so she wont tell MY mother that I'm taking bike lessons. Hahhehhah. Its funny innit. Oh well I guess you cant blame your parents for worrying so much. On to subject 2 on Friday! Since all the night slots were booked, I had to book the 445 to 620 slot. I figured its Friday anyway so I can take half day time-off from work and then go to SGH for a while to have my blood checked (something I should have done last week!) then go to BBDC for my lesson.
Thats when I remembered I heard Jasmine and Stephen talking about how our new Unit Head, Mun Wai, does not recognise the time-off we've accumulated over the past years. Stephen tried taking it but was denied. Jasmine had to negotiate for hers. I know Nor have about 100+ hours of unclaimed time-off, when I asked her how, she just said "Cannot cannot lah.. what to do.. sigh." I gave it a shot.. I went over to his cube and said "Mun Wai, I need to take time-off tomorrow." The first thing he said was "NO".. then he laughed. I explained about how Friday's I have time-off for prayers already and taking PM leave was not worth it and I have to go to the hospital to donate blood for my friend's sick brother (I wasnt lying!), so he said ok (He HAD to) and I said thanks and left. That settled it. Went for a run at Macritchie's after work with Shih Wee then rushed home for American Idol.
Tuesday night I went to watch Daredevil with Mervin. Supposed to have watched it at Orchard, I went to book online and somehow, dont ask me how, I booked 2 tickets for 730pm at CAUSEWAY POINT. I dont like the show. Ben Affleck is stupid. Daredevil is stupid. Elektra is LAGI stupid. The fight sequence at the playground where they met is ULTRA stupid. The only parts that stuck in my mind are the flashbacks he had while he was young. The villains were cool though, Bullseye more than Kingpin. I hope The Hulk wont be a disappointment.
I got back the Letter of Recommendation from CIO on Monday after he signed it. I sent 2 job applications on Tuesday. One of them I reallly hope to get. Please please pleaseee.
AND WAY TO GO LIVERPOOL! 2-0 Against Manchester United in the Worthington Cup Final.
