The Theory of Thin Slices: How a Little Bit of Knowledge Goes a Long Way
Big big thankew to all that came to the airport. Thanks Val 4 Mickey, thanks
Tengteng 4 a lovely XSY. Which will so definitely remind me of XSY. =]
Thanks little baby 4 comin', I know it was hard 4 u to come outta the house.
Love you lots. Thanks to my Idiots & the aromatherapy burner set,
completely made my apartment so princess & so girly. Love you all too.
Thanks to my Flowers 4 sendin
me off too! See u girls in July in Bangkok.
& of cos, big big BIG thankew to both my lovely guardian angels- Ace & Louis...
never failed to be amused with how much love the 2 of them have 4 me, how
they will seriously consider doin' anythin' within their means 4 me. Like, takin' the
next flight up here with my excess baggage, knowin I can't survive w/o
all the rubbish that I've intended to bring with me. =/ I have to stop
screamin' at the 2 of u 4 lil' lil' things.
Eveybody go read "blink"- The Power of Thinking Without Thinking! Gwenie
baby intro me the book. & thanks to the book, I wasnt so bored on the flight.
Haven been reading real fast, only at chapter 2. But think its real cool. & I think
alot of what I've read so far has very much to do with some of the instinctive shit
that bowling has taught us. I'm sure after I'm done with the book I'll prob have learnt
alot of things that I can apply to bowlin'. Hah.
Now that we know what I did on my flight to Bangkok, we will needa gain an
insight on what exactly are some of the shit that is happenin over here right now.
Gosh.
I can't believe myself lor. Dunno is I suay or I'm just too spoilt for all these. But I'm
not spoilt what! I know for sure if its Gwenie in my shoes she would have
cried a "one litre of tears" liao. Haha.
(for more details on Jap Drama- "one litre of tears", pls kindly refer to Gwen's blog)
So. Here goes. 1st night when I arrived here. Joey was kind enuf to meet me
at the airport. At the same time, gotta know 2 other interns from TP- Johnson
& Eddy, who came to pick me up tgt with my GM, Noo.
Pleasant pleasant surprise. Cos thought I'll be this lonely pathetic soul
sloggin away on a piece of foreign land. Didn't expect 2 other fellow ctymen.
(so far, we been gettin' along quite well. crossin' our fingers tgt, hopin the other 2
interns comin' are not nerd nerd kind. heh)
& the best part is these 2 guys specialise in IT! Isn't that great 4 an IT idiot
like me? Heh. Like I don't have to worry bout' any stupid wireless or internet
settings when I get here. Or like yesterday when my Lappie decides to crash on me,
I can run to them & whine! Haha. Somehow there is always pple that can help me
ard me no matter where I am.
Speakin' of leadin' a charmed life. X)
Now. Apartment was real dirty & gross. Completely no idea how Eddy & John
managed to survive in there b4 they moved out. Gosh. & the
blardy shower tap wasnt workin. So Joey
suggested that I put up at a hotel for the night 1st since it was already 2am. He kindly
drove me ard lookin' 4 hotels & we finally settled 4 Arnoma, which wasnt very
cheap... But I guess tts the kinda unexpected travel expenses when ur away
frm home... now I understand why Ace kp stressin' tt I should always have $
on me. So the 1st night I took the easy way out. But reality sets in when I wake up.
Haha. Had to go back to tt blardy apartment & clean up. & I really mean CLEAN up.
I did EXACTLY what I did when Gwenie & I moved to dusty-mouldee-NTU-Hall.
The only difference is of cos, I was cleanin' this damned apartment on my own w/o
Gwen's help. Aft checkin' outta hotel, Joey picked me up again. Brought me to
a mega mart. Spent 100bucks S$ on: mops scrubs brooms rags bowl plate spoon
fork mug laundry basket kettle dish, clothes & floor detergent. Invested in a bottle
of bleach too! Poured onto toilet floor, balony floor, into toilet bowl n bathtub n basin. Cos they
were initially yellow & black, now they are all sparkling! *Beams* & the toilet floor is WHITE.
If I didnt stay in Hall b4 arh... mommy wldnt have taught me bleach can lidat use.
But I 4got what kinda bleach lar... had to IDD call mommy frm Bangkok supermarket
to ask which kind to buy. Haha.
The apartment was so gross till Joey had to help me mop floor... He even
used his bare hands to wash & twist dry the mop. His jeans were pushed up to
knee level & was moppin' out all the shitty dust frm underneath the bed 4 me.
Feel so bad. Think Joey prob has NVR mopped floor in his entire life lo. :(
Feel so paiseh la. & its again thanks to my 2 dearest guardian angels. Joey is super
give them face lor, take kare of me until lidat... moppin floor oso included...
& its super furnie thinkin' of how both Ace & Louis called Joey & tell him
to take kare of me when all along Joey calls me "A***p's girl".
Guess Joey must be real confused by now. Haha.
Basically aft scrubbin' fer 5hrs non-stop, my room looks, feels & smells great
now! Stocked up my fridge with tons of milk & juices & milo. Heh. Happy. AirCon power.
Super not lookin forward to the other 2 interns comin in to bunk with me... thought I'll
have a month on my own. End up the nex intern comin in nex Monday lor! Tt
leaves me with only 5 days of peace & comfort & self-some. Damn. Haha.
Basically this is how my apartment looks like aft cleanin up! Ta-Daa! But
super wasted 4got to take pictures b4 cleanin... Guess I was too ovewhelmed by
all the mess and dust in the apatment initially to kare bout'
takin' pictures. Haha. But all is fine now, so I find myself snappin' away
with my camera once again. *beams* & Tesco Lotus is the big big hyper market
outside my place. Bout 10mins walk. & tts how I go to work eveyday...
walk to On Nut station nex to Tesco Lotus, take train to Asok station, & walk
another 10mins! Super tiring & hot lo. Weather humid like shit canz. Eddy
advise me against my everyday heels & formal office attire... LOL.
After 2 nights of shiok-aircon-intheroom-watchtv-readmagazine-
listenmusic on sat & sun... another disaster happened on Sunday
night. The toilet bowl was stuck.
My shit cldnt go down. It comes upwards instead. :( Was super worried
tt when Louis comes in the nex day & my shit is still floatin' ard, it will be so embarrassin'.
& the best part is office downstairs only open at 10am. Off 4 work at 8am, knock off at
5.30pm & Louis comin in at 6pm... How was I gonna solve the prob then!?
:)
With my very limited Thai language... I "conversed" with the security guard
downstairs... Hahaha.
"Sa-wat-dee-kaa... err, soo-am soo-am soo-am. See-a see-a.
Neung baat neung neung! Kow jai mai? Korp kun kaa!"
LOL. & I happily went off 4 work cos I assumed that he understood
since he took a pen & wrote down my unit number on his palm.
& he really did! Cos when I got back in the evenin', my toiletbowl was once again
shit-less!
(1. sa-wat-dee-kaa: hello, 2. soo-am: toilet bowl, 3. see-a: spoilt,
4. neung: one, 5. baat: eight, 6. kow jai mai: do u understand,
7. korp kun kaa: thank you)
The most disastrous thing that happened was still my lappie, which died
on me yesterday. 1st day of work lor mind you! Within 1 hr of steppin' into office,
it refused to start! But miraculously jus b4 leavin' office, it was fine again.
Imagine me w/o lappie, how to watch VCDs?! :(
Its fine now... actually. But. Still a little cranky. Cos the "c" & "r" keys
dont work... so now I'm actually usin' this on-screen keyboard tt I nvr knew
existed on my comp. Thanks 2 billiant Eddy & Johnson. 3 cheers to them!
Imagine not being able to log into progs cos my name has alot
of "c"... & imagine not being able to surf the web cos cant type
"blahblahblah.Com".
Imagine I had typed this entire long long long-winded entry, with all the
"c" & "r" being left out...
Do you think you would have understood me?
:)
