iez’s

i was watching Hallmark channel when the phone suddenly rang…

me: yep?
she: i would like to conduct a short survey about use of electronics products at home. do you have time to just answer some of our questions?
me: yep… (although with hesitance)

part 1

she: do you use internet at work?
me: yep
she: do you use computer at work?
me: yep
she: how many hours a week do you spend working with computer?
me: (how would i know?.. ok, to be polite, i just say..) 10?
she: do you use internet for personal use?
me: (now she comes back to internet questions, sigh..) yep
she: how many hours a week do you spend browsing internet?
me: 4? (i believe it’s more than that. but, who cares? haha)
she: do you have mobile phone?
me: yep
she: how many hours per week do you talk on mobile phone?
me: (hey! i myself don’t know!) 4?
she: how many hours per week do you read and send sms?
me: (haha, she is gettin’ weirder and weirder.. if you ask me how many sms i write in a week, i may know.. you ask me hours?? i beg your pardon?) 1?

part 2:

she: can you please tell me if any of the people in the house have the following electronic device?
me: ok
she: television?
me: yep
she: plasma tv?
me: nope
she: dvd player?
me: nope
she: portable dvd player?
me: nope
she: gaming console?
me: nope
she: mp3 player?
me: yep
she: digital camera?
me: nope
she: video camcorder?
me: nope
she: mobile phone?
me: yep (you asked me this question already!!)
she: pc?
me: nope
she: laptop?
me: yep

part 3

she: how many laptop is there in the house?
me: 2
she: television?
me: 1
she: mp3 player?
me: 1
she: mobile phone?
me: 2

part 4

she: how do you connect your internet?
me: (internet question again???) broadbent

part 5

she: is anybody in the house plan to purchase the following devices in the next six months?

she: plasma tv?
me: nope
she: dvd player?
me: nope
she: portable dvd player?
me: nope
she: gaming console?
me: nope
she: mp3 player?
me: nope
she: digital camera?
me: nope
she: video camcorder?
me: nope
she: mobile phone?
me: nope
she: pc?
me: nope
she: laptop?
me: nope (arrggh.. this girl is driving me crazy)

part 6

she: are you a singaporean or pr?
me: nope
she: so you are a foreigner?
me: yep
she: sorry, this survey is only for singaporean or pr
me: (#!$%^$&!%$^&%$!$^*&%!$!!!) oh…?
she: but i appreaciate your time
me: ….

cleck…. tuuutt.. tuuutt… tuuuutt…..

……………

Sunshine fades to gray
The second I’m away
Minutes turn to hours
Without you
Time keeps marching on
Now summers been and gone
And I’m still here alone
Still waiting.

I’m on my own
A million miles away
Temptation all around
I won’t be long
So please be strong
Cos I’m holding on for you

Trust is all it takes
But people make mistakes
Cos we are only human
Lets face it
I struggle through the day
Pretend that I’m okay
I make believe that you’re here
Beside me

I’m on my own
A million miles away
Temptation all around
I won’t be long
So please be strong
Cos I’m holding on for you

You are the only one that I truly believe in
So don’t ever think that I would ever deceive you baby
Without a doubt you are my rhyme and my reason
And I won’t let you down

I’m on my own
A million miles away
Temptation all around
I won’t be long
So please be strong
Cos I’m holding on for you

…A lack of confidence threatens forward movement … Don’t let it hold you back…

i’ve heard similar sentences many times this week. it is easy to say, but believe me, it’s really hard to do. "move on.. move on.. move on.. " i don’t know how many times i should say it to myself, to keep reminding me to let the past be the past, and prepare for the next steps forward…

- the ‘not so cool’ me -

i’ve heard many singaporean speak american english, british english… literally good english.

it is not very often that i hear Caucasians (ang moh, they call it) speak SInglish…
today i heard one. it was really… mmm… how should i describe it? weird?
i tried to asure myself that she was not a caucasian, that made me almost fell down… hehehe… silly me… she is really a caucasian, indeed.