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Sunday, February 03, 2008

:: tuck foong 6:55 PM

"Hold on to the past like it's something to be treasured, and not comb it for clues of failure."

"Be true to yourself, because you might find yourself taking off your mask one day and realise there's nothing beneath it -- you've forgotten who the real you is."

It's been a while, and all I've to say is I really miss my friends (especially Nelson because he's not in Singapore and not gonna be back for a long long time), I miss the times I had last time when I was studying. I will always remember those times man.

I just hope that everyone, especially, Nelson will be able to enjoy his Chinese New Year, and may all be blessed with the best of health, happiness, prosperity and peace.


Wednesday, April 11, 2007

:: tuck foong 12:07 PM

Well well well, 2 more days to enlistment, so I decide to write a last post(because I think my next post will most probably be very very long, maybe when I ORD, or when I have something really worth posting about -- sorry about it, lol). I'm gonna touch on those things that I'm gonna miss.

First thing I'd like to say is that I just love my electric guitar. Oooosh. If I can include a photograph soon I'll do it. Anyway, I've been playing on it since the day I bought it, maybe about 2 to 4 hours whenever I plug my guitar into the amp. Haha, I have this dream of performing on stage man. Not those big-time concert, but a small performance will do, I think it'll be cool. Hoho, if anyone wants to watch me play, I'll be more than willing to do it, but only limited number of pieces, lol. Hoooo, Endless Rain solo, Love Replica by Hide, and a few other songs which requires a band to really sound nice. Talking about band, lol, we need a bass player. We can actually form a band. We have KQ(drummer), Me(electric guitar), a few other guitars. Just lacking of the bass. Seriously if we have a bass player, it'll be splendid. Haha, it'll be really cool if I end up performing on stage. (Please don't laugh at this please, even though I know it's hard to picture Tuck Foong on stage with an electric guitar. :( )

If I ever perform on stage, I'll dedicate to my family, my ex and my friends(not in order of importance between my ex and my friends, lol). Talking about my ex, I can't remember how the conversation of army life between Nelson, bk and I came to my ex. Then Nelson ended up looking up friendster for her pictures, so I went to her profile as well. Lol, I closed the window the moment I saw the first photograph, not because of the photograph, but it's because all this while, for approximately 4 years, she's been popping up in my mind now and then ya know? Yeah. Eileen.T kept telling me to move on, lol, not sure how many times, but well I guess I've moved on or some people like to say, "you've learnt to live with her absence", which in their definitions different from moving on. I don't know. It's really awkward talking about such things, I'm not really an affectionate person, I feel weird all over when I talk to people about my relationships. I'm a shy boy, lol. Okay no more.

ROCK NEVER DIES! Army disallows MP3 players supposedly, which means no music for me. I'm sad. Seriously, ever since I was introduced to X-Japan, my perspective of music and my choices of music really changed tremendously. Pop culture is out for me. Pop songs do not last that long for me anymore, they get boring. I'm not saying pop is not nice, but my expectations of songs have really changed. I listen for different things now. It's like how the rhythm guitars and the lead guitars are always in sync, how the drummer always keeps the whole band together, how the bass always adds "colour" to the songs. Also, I just love the sounds of electric guitars, Nigel always says, "orgasmic", lol. Oh well, guess I've to live without music for a while. :(

Well, I hope my I don't screw up in army, lol. Or at least let me see my ex one last time.


Wednesday, March 07, 2007

:: tuck foong 10:42 AM

All right, it's been a while. Been pretty busy till Chinese New Year, then I got lazy, so put off whatever I've wanted to update till today.

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Well, I'll talk about my working experience as a cashier. YES, a cashier. I actually worked as a cashier. All right, you guys who think that cashier is an easy job -- you're wrong. I had that thought too, that's why i agreed to work as a cashier. Actually it isn't really a difficult job, it's just taxing and tiring(not that i'm complaining or anything).

Firstly, my friends and I have to memorise the PLU codes (which are basically numbers that you have to key into the machine because there is no bar code) of quite a number of items which are mainly from the vegetables, fruits and fish sections. Actually it isn't really a problem because customers usually buy those few "standard" items, and for those items, after keying the numbers for 5143890226 times in a day, they can be remembered in one day. For me, the PLU codes aren't really a problem actually; it's recognising the fish and vegetables, fish especially. I do not really eat fish, so naturally i do not recognise them. No choice but to seek my seniors' help.

It's tiring because unlike certain supermarkets, cashiers have the luxury of sitting down when there are no customers, but for my case -- NO CHAIR. Well, it's not that I cannot bear with the long hours of standing -- it's my lower back. After long hours of standing, my lower back aches. Whenever i go to bed at night, when i finally relax, there's this pain in my lower back. Though it's painful but it's quite pleasurable, not that i'm a lover of pain, but it's something like massage when it's comfortable even though there's pain.

Well, as cashiers, you come into direct contact with customers and that sucks ass. I hate customer service. Well, some customers were pretty nice and understand that I'm new when I first started, so they were patient and gave me smiles. Some others were impatient as if they were rushing to die or maybe shit was leaking from their underpants. There was this instant when this little girl came to purchase items and she had insufficient cash, so she went out to get from the parents. This Indian man who got so impatient shouted at me and said, "Oei mister, can quick or not?!" Well, he's supposedly drunk, and not sober enough to notice that i can't do anything because the system is unable to handle two customers at the same time. The only way i can serve him first is to void all the items the girl had purchased, but that'll cause more trouble. Well, I had wanted to shout back at him but it was only my second day of work. I just looked away from his stinking face and continued to work. There is another kind of customers I hate, they are the people who act like they are very rich. They purchase two dollars worth of items and give my a fifty dollar note. And when I took a little more time (probably 2 or 3 more seconds) to ensure that I'm returning the correct change (because it's a $10 note you're talking about, if I return the change wrongly, it'll be docked from my pay), they give you the black face or just ask you hurry up. Seriously, I've finally seen how retarded and idiotic Singaporeans can be. I'm not going to list all the incidents down, it's too tormenting to recall.

The customers are really screwed up, and I don't really blame the customer service in Singapore for being bad to Singaporeans. Many complain that foreigners are treated better -- that's because these foreigners treat those serving them nicely, usually with smiles and 'thank you's. From my experience, the foreigners I've served so far are very nice. One of them even gave me a pat on my shoulder and told me to work hard. You see, there's never a one-way thing. You treat me nice, I'll treat you nice. Singaporeans can never understand this unless they end up in the service industry, because they are too self-centred.

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Nothing much else to talk about actually. I think I'll stop here. Shall update again some other day.


Monday, January 01, 2007

:: tuck foong 9:43 AM

It's 2007 and everyone's busily making their new year resolutions, but well i'm different, because I never remember my resolutions.

Few days ago when I went out with MB, Nigel asked me, "Tuck, so what's the most regretful thing in your 2 years in SAJC?" This question is pretty thought-provoking, and I ended up thinking about this that night:

1. During the 2 years in SAJC, I did not get to keep in touch with my secondary and primary school friends, even though I see them on my msn list and I'm online quite often. For those in the same school as I am, it's the same case. Well, maybe because I do not see them in school since my timetable clashes with theirs(Gary, Simon, Sim Hui).

Someday I should just send them a message or two before I enlist, since I do not think I have the time to do anything of this sort after I enlist;

2. Apart from my friends from the past, as a class rep, I actually allowed my class to disintegrate. I say this because I think I played a major role in breaking the class up, hahahaha, when I thought of it, I thought it was pretty funny. Anyway, it is really sad to see my class end up like that. Well, at least the boys are pretty united -- excluding some.

The saddest thing -- I can't do anything to change this.

Well, I think I shouldn't be looking back so much, and move on forward. I hope all my friends the best of health in 2007, may their wishes come true and, for those in army, stay alive. Happy new year everyone!

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I've yet to find a job other than taking up relief teaching in my secondary school, but they only call me up if there's a need. And some people say I'm wasting my life away(since I have nothing to do for half of November and the whole of December), but I beg to differ. I think it all depends on how people define "life". For these people I think they're worse than what I am now -- they actually slog their lives away, leaving no time for themselves and their families For me, at least I'm taking up a new musical instrument and spending more time with my family(like having more family dinners or dinners with my grandmother because i hardly see them when there was school and time was tight).

These sloggers can argue that I will not have money, but if I can go out in moderation, I won't have problem with money. And if they're working their lives away for money, then it's really sad.

I'm not finding excuses to not work, but it's up to me to decide how I make use of my time and how I "waste" my life. Even if I want to work, I'd rather work for my mom at home, doing the chores and tidying up the house. Why work for people when my mother needs help at home? Anyway, this post is only a rebuttal to whoever who says that not getting a job is a waste of time and life, and I'm not against looking for a job.

It's all about perspectives man. Why the fuck they want to impose their thoughts of life on me?

Once again, happy new year.


Friday, December 15, 2006

:: tuck foong 1:36 PM

All right, tag-board screwed up on me, so I switched it cBox which is currently used by my bowling team on our blog. Hmmm, may start posting some stuffs again since i've got a shitload of time on my hands.

Last but not least, I'd like to wish Nigel a happy birthday.


Tuesday, August 01, 2006

:: tuck foong 3:40 PM

PINKU SHPIDAA(Pink Spider) added on the top left corner. Enjoy.


Wednesday, July 26, 2006

:: tuck foong 11:53 PM

In Mathematics, it's simple to take a reciprocal of something. However, in life, it's rare to see a reciprocal of someone's kindness, care or even patience. Why?

Is it because of our hectic schedule?
Self-centred?
Shy?

Well, whichever reason(s), I find it hurtful that the patience of good teachers are never reciprocated. Even though some of the newer teachers who are inexperienced might handle something inappropriately and cause some unhappiness, but who doesn't make mistakes(com'on)? We make mistakes and learn - that's life. So why are we not giving the teachers what they deserve when they have given us much more than what is required to ace the national examinations? Why?

Is it that hard?
Conservative?

It's sad. Really.

In life, a little encouragement, a little more patience can do much more than what you think "they" can do. Especially when these small little "things" come from people who are cherished by someone, and part of his/her life.