Archive for September, 2005

Photos Posted! Finally….

Friday, September 30th, 2005

After much procrastination, delays and postponement, I have finally named and uploaded all the photos from my 2 diving trips and the trip to the zoo. Yeah! Take a look…:) http://kerr2014.multiply.com/photos

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There’s probably more photos coming in for the Pulau Tioman trip as there’s a total of 4 cameras on that trip. So, look out for it.

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As for the zoo pictures, sadly that most of the pictures taken didn’t really turn out properly…thus, the small number of photos posted…guess its time to consider a new camera…digital SLR perhaps?

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

I don’t like this feeling…seriously detest it…

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

Wonder how true these are… …

Instruction Labels on Consumer Goods

Some examples of why the human race probably has evolved as far as possible. These are actual instruction labels on consumer goods:

 

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On Sears hair dryer:

 

"Do not use while sleeping."

 

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On a bag of Fritos:

 

"You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside."

 

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On a bar of Dial soap:

 

"Directions: Use like regular soap."

 

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On a Swann frozen dinner:

 

"Serving suggestion: Defrost."

 

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On a hotel-provided shower cap in a box:

 

"Fits one head."

 

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On Tesco’s Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom of the box):

 

"Do not turn upside down."

 

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On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding:

 

"Product will be hot after heating."

 

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On packaging for a Rowenta iron:

 

"Do not iron clothes on body."

 

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On Boot’s Children’s cough medicine:

 

"Do not drive car or operate machinery."

 

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On Nytol sleep aid:

 

"Warning: May cause drowsiness."

 

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On a Korean kitchen knife:

 

"Warning: Keep out of children."

 

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On a string of Chinese-made Christmas lights:

 

"For indoor or outdoor use only."

 

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On a Japanese food processor:

 

"Not to be used for the other use."

 

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On Sainsbury’s peanuts:

 

"Warning: Contains nuts."

 

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On an American Airlines packet of nuts:

 

"Instructions: Open packet, eat nuts."

 

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On a Swedish chainsaw:

 

"Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals."

 

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On a child’s Superman costume:

 

"Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly."

 

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Bored….and getting worse

Tuesday, September 27th, 2005

Ever since 3 weeks ago when I had to terminate my leave, things have been on a downhill…i’am getting more restless and increasingly bored by the minute. With the few exceptions during my yoga and salsa class, or when i’am watching certain tv programs on cable, life seems to be getting more and more unbearable…i guess after the sudden disturbance to my intended schedule, life has just lost its direction and i’am quite lost at the moment.  It would appear, my lazing and buming around has caught the attention of my parents and they have somehow singled out the one thought which I fought so hard to conceal…i’am lost.

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Indeed,  not having anything to do, the ability to watch tv or play comp games, sleep for the whole day does  sounds pretty enticing at certain point in our life, especially when we have mutliple deadlines to meet, or there huge unhappiness or stress at work. However, trust me…there’s seriously isn’t much here and i really feel like i’am wasting my own time, yet…there isn’t anything particularly constructive that i would want to embark on at the moment…somehow…

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Having stayed up late everynight, refusing to sleep  at the right time…look at it, its already 1:33am in the morning and with nothing else  better to do, i might as well go to sleep, however, i’ve already slept much in the afternoon and seriously not tired at the moment and this  create a vicious cycle, as i would wake up feeling rather lethargic for the rest of tml.

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Hey, go  get a life, yeah, but it would seems that everything else requires just that much more energy or effort that I don’t seems to want to dabble in it…procrastination has definitely set in…with a touch of laziness…

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Well, i better think of something fast…else i might just rot to death…

How materialistic are you?

Monday, September 26th, 2005

A fren sent this by email. Not sure how accurate a 4 question questionnaire can unlocked the money conscious of yours, but well, just for fun eh…

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4 questions to judge ur $$ mind Take the test and judge for yourself….
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1. When it comes to billing and your food cost $45. If your wallet contains a $100, a $50, five $10 and a $5, which would you use to pay the bill? a) $100 b) $50 c) 5 $10 d) 4 $10 & 1 $5 so that there is no change needed

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2. You have the urge to eat tuna sandwhich, on a menu there are four different choice with different cost, you would choose: a) less than $10 b) $20 c) $30 d) the most expensive one

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3. If somewhere near your house was on fire and the situation only allow you to take one thing with you before you escape, you would take a) childhood photo b) bank book c) a bag of rice d) clothes that you just bought

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4. When you are about to water your flower, it started to rain lightly, you would: a) decided not to water as it had rain anyway b) continue to water as you are use to the routine c) think its only a small rain, the water won’t be enough so just water little first d) wait and see how Score ~~~~~

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1) A-1 B-3 C-5 D-5
2) A-5 B-5 C-3 D-1
3) A-1 B-5 C-3 D-3
4) A-1 B-5 C-3 D-3

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Scroll down once u have calculated ur score! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RESULTS ~~~~~~

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4-10 —– Type A Money means a lot to you, are a very vain and materialistic person. You would use a big amount of money to buy things that you fancy. You not only spend a lot, your desire to own a thing is also very Strong.

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11-15 —– Type B You are a average person. You would spend relatively to the amount of money you have. You would save when required and spend when permit.

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16-20 —– Type C To others, you may appear to be very stingy but you have the ability to earn money and you won’t anyhow spend it. You have full control over your money matters. 

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Accurate? I think so so lar…

Thursday, September 22nd, 2005

Finally, after about 1 1/2 weeks of hardwork (well, maybe not that hard compared to many other frens, like auditors and lawyers), I’am more settled and life has returned back to its normal pace. It was a pretty much mad rush earlier last week to rush out the plans for this week, where it culminated to a point at ytd’s 15 hrs long discussion. Totally draining and mind boggling. Well, at least that has come to pass as well.

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As with my usual case of laziness, I really find it a dread to blog about things that have taken place a while back and most likely, I believe, I would end up, not blogging about it. Quite a sad thing, cos I would really like to leave some entries with regards to the 2 dive trips that I’ve done recently. I guess I just have to refer to the photos and my dive log when I want to reminiscene about them later.

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Hasn’t been to my Yoga class for more than a week already. Think I have more or less made up my mind to go for the 6pm class later. This turn of event has really made me waste my one month’s unlimited package. SIAN! Nope, definitely not procrastinating, but I seems to be having a slight runny nose here…but its not gonna to deter me from attending classes later…better call and book a slot…think it would be pretty packed later. Hasn’t attend any 6pm class before, but I guess the turn up rate would definitely be higher than the 10am class.

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Well, touching a bit about the Yoga Class, the place where I’ve been attending my yoga session is at this club call, Yoga Affinity, located along Telok Ayer Street, somewhere near the Amoy Street Hawker Center. The type of yoga which they practice there is known as "Bikram yoga", a form of yoga which is to be performed in a heated environment; and because of that, the room in which the sessions are been held is fitted with heaters which would keep the temperature of the room @ roughly 37 degrees Celsius. Pretty warm if you ask me. During every session, the instructor would go through all 26 postures. Every postures will be done twice, the first set lasting 1 minute and the 2nd set lasting 1/2 a minute. Due to the fixed structure of the system, each session would last almost exactly 90 minutes. Trust me, when I went for the trial lesson, the 90 minutes really seems to last forever, but its getting better with each session. For one who is a beginner to Yoga, I would say that this form of yoga really isn’t that difficult to pick up and with the fixed 26 postures which one would have to go through each time he attends a session, its only a matter of time when you attain the flexibility to perform the postures properly.

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Hmm…this bring me to a point. Hey, what happened to my friends who are supposed to join me @ yoga…you know who I’am toking about. What happened man?

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I’am glad I am becoming more spontaneous and active in pursuing new activities. Else, I would not have started my salsa, aikido and yoga lessons even by now. I believe the same applies to diving. Though its good to have a group of people going with you in certain activities, its becoming more and more difficult with everyone’s busy schedule and if you do not insist on starting it alone and getting to know new people along the way, or getting old people to join in midway, its almost impossible to get anything started these days. Well, I’am glad I’ve made the change. :)

Monday, September 19th, 2005

Don’t assume… …

Monday, September 19th, 2005

The power of suggestion. One which suggest that mind and body is a unified whole and where the mind moves the body and the body affects the mind.

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so, what happen when the mind isn’t strong enough? I guess that’s when it will be over-written by the body. So effectively, it isn’t true to say that "the mind is strong, but the body is weak", since the needs or wants from the body actually comes from the mind.

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Train it, overcome it…for the mind can be as strong as you want it to be, if not stronger than you think that it can be.

Saturday, September 17th, 2005

If you feel that it ain’t right, it probably isn’t…don’t even bother…

cancelling of leave

Monday, September 12th, 2005

Last time on kerr’s "one month long vacation leave"…kerr was happily going about what everyone would do during their one month long vacation leave when…

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Kerr’s brother at work, Eugene Oei’s wife gave birth prematurely to a cute baby boy, which resulted in the activation of his paternity leave…well, the situation quite simple…either Eugene can’t go on his paternity leave as there’s no one else left in the office, or Kerr would have to give up his long awaited leave to cover Eugene while he’s gone to do his fathering biz…well, guess I have chosen the latter…it just isn’t right for the baby and mother to go around without a father, isnt’ it?

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okay…this biz of cancelling of leave isn’t as simple as it would seems…as in…i cancel my leave and i go back to office to kiao kar until my Eugene come back at the end of the month…seriously…i’am in quite a bad situation.

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Firstly, as I was due for long leave and posting, i wasn’t in the loop for most of the stuffs. Well, that work flawlessly back then as  handing over of duties is pretty much a sticky biz on its own…thus, i was kept out of the major events. It was great back then, fueling much of my "ORD" mood. However, not for me now as I’am going back to cover the preparation of a major exercise whose presentation is due next week, which I have no idea what the "f***" its about and definitely not one where nothing has been done thus far and nobody in the office know what the heck in happening. SHIT!

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God bless me and good luck to me man. Hopefully, I will get to extend my leave and i’ll still be in the mood for leave by then. DREADFULL. Maybe i should just go and get someone pregnant. DAMNED!