Hanoi CIP

I'll be heading for the first overseas CIP trip of my life on Saturday afternoon to Hanoi, Vietnam. Don't know what to expect there but definitely going to gain new insights. I'll just treat it as a 6-day camp. Have a great company going with me that will surely filled with entertainment daily. But on the other hand, extra work and meetings every night. My boss already prep me that he will be going through work stuff with me over the nights. That spoils my plan of reading and relaxing at night.

Did some reading up of the places I'll be staying and working.

1st day - 20th Nov
Staying at Pacific Hotel. http://www.pacifichotel.com.vn/bookroom.asp
Looks pretty good. And more importantly, WIFI access!!

2nd - 4th day - 21st to 24th Nov
Will be heading to Hai Duong Welfare Centre.
Address: No 93 duong Nguyen Luong Bang – Thanh pho Hai Duong.
Not much facilities there. Definitely no WIFI. I'll be glad enough if there is water and electricity. Nevertheless, I have air pillow, sleeping bag, light stick, torch and energy bars ready.

A little background of the centre:
"Hai Duong welfare center was established in March 1982. With about 1000 disabled and disadvantaged children coming from many parts of Hai Duong province, it's the biggest center of this type in the nort of VIetnam. The center aims to provide compulsory education and vocational training to create employment opportunities for the teenagers with many different age groups. The center has a wide variety of courses for children ranging from infants to 18 years old. For example, the nurses will take care of the orphans, while children between the ages of 6 to 12 will be provided with educational courses, and the older children are able to attend vocational training courses at the center. Furthermore, the center will help to look for job opportunities for the children when they finish their courses.

In the welfare center, the children are handicapped in many different ways. Some are deaf mute, some are mentally disabled, some are physically disabled, and some are both. Some of them can make many activities and some of them are heavily handicapped. So all the activities you plan have to be adapted to the children. They all have different skills and difficulties. Try to be imaginative and flexible. With one more or one less rule in a game you can make it more accessible to all of them. The children can have unexpected behaviours. Be ready to deal with it. There will be a Vietnamese teacher to help you in the activities."

5th day - 25th Nov
Will be staying at Viet Hotel!
http://www.hotels-in-vietnam.com/hotels/hanoi/viet_hotel.html
Back to civilisation. Free WIFI!!

6th day - 26th Nov
Back to Singapore on a morning flight.

ANGRY

1. Call her. She picked up and tell you that you called the wrong number.
2. Call her a thousand times and she will MISS your calls.
3. Give some poor invalid excuses to not turn up for duty. Worse of all, she said "I FORGOT".
4. Give you work worse than sub-standards.
5. LEECH my work.
6. Act innocent, as if gotten bullied, as if she's working for the first time.

I CAN'T TELL HER PERSONALLY. SO CAN I JUST SAY IT HERE?

YOU SUCK BIG TIME!

WE HELP YOU CLEAN UP THE SHIT EVERY TIME.

AND I HAVE TO SMILE AT YOU SO FAKE-LY.

GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE AND I HOPE YOU GET SACKED SOON!!

Frozen "Waiting" Status

Got this irritating thing on my phone! The apps I wanted to download or update was frozen in the "waiting" status for a few days! Doesn't even work when I plug into iTunes.

Finally googled for a solution! What you have to do is just to reboot your iPhone!! Ta-daaa!!! ^^

My iPhone Apps

Here's to compile a list of my 3.1GB of apps!! For your reference!!

A. Games
1. FarmVille
2. IceTycoon
3. Scramble CE
4. firefly
5. Sushi Chain Lite
6. Tap Tap
7. gingerbread
8. LilyandStella
9. Sol Free
10. Mafia Wars
11. Paper Toss
12. Strike Knight
13. iParkIt!LITE
14. BB Bubbles
15. Bubbles
16. Bugs&Bubbs
17. JellyfishJam
18. Hello Kitty
19. WordPopper
20. RhythmRacer
21. Pinball Ride
22. Hired Gun
23. High Noon
24. Bejeweled 2
25. VegSamurai
26. HenHouse
27. Talking Tom
28. Sushi Cat
29. Game Center
30. GodFinger
31. sudoku2
32. Slot Machine
33. Flood Rescue
34. Tamagotchi
35. Dex
36. Angry Birds
37. HeadsWillRoll
38. Drift Mania
39. Words With Friends

B. Photography/Camera
1. PS Express
2. 푸딩 카메라
3. Camera Plus
4. Polarize
5. A sunset
6. Photofunia
7. MoreLomo
8. Coolibah
9. MoreMono
10. Photo Mess
11. Scrap&Brag
12. Lenses

C. Social Networking
1. eBuddy Pro
2. Twitter
3. 微博
4. Whatsapp
5. MEssenger
6. Facebook
7. YouTube
8. Google Talk
9. Foursquare
10. Emoji
11. Skype
12. Boxcar

D. Utilities
1. TorchPro
2. PCalc Lite
3. Currency
4. ScanMee
5. ZipFileViewer
6. iPDF
7. iPDFReader
8. iBooks

E. News
1. Ch NewsAsia
2. Straits Times
3. RazorTV
4. SG 4D
5. 2010 App (F1)

F. Places
1. Google Maps
2. Traffic@SG
3. TraffiCam
4. SG Malls
5. iCash SG
6. FindNearMe
7. Carpark@SG
8. LocacitySG
9. iHealth SG

G. Transport
1. SG Buses
2. SG NextBus
3. Singapore Transit
4. Taxi Booking
5. iChangi

H. Websites
1. iGV
2. Forever21
3. WordPress
4. DBS
5. Mr Brown
6. IKEA Catalogue
7. eBay

I. Reference
1. Molecules
2. iFormulas
3. PTExplorer
4. The Thai Translator Lite
5. Essentials (Korean)
6. Dictionary.com
7. Translator
8. TCT Lite

J. TV & Radio
1. RTHK OTG
2. MeRadio
3. TVGuide@SG

K. Korean
1. iKorea
2. WordPowerLt
3. KoreanSB!
4. PrimeDictE-K
5. KorSubway
6. KBS World
7. Radio Korea
8. Hot Radio KR
9. arirangRadio

L. Food
1. SushiGuru
2. Sushi
3. Noodle
4. Korean Cuisine
5. Epicurious
6. Hungry
7. buUuk
8. HK Delicacies

M. Drinks
1. Drinks Free
2. drinks
3. Happy Hours
4. shake smoothie

N. Music
1. iTuna
2. iTick
3. AMPed
4. Shazam
5. ScorelessMS
6. VSMCarolsLT
7. Music Tool
8. Music Drawing Lite
9. Shiny Drum
10. TouchXylo
11. Virtuoso

O. Lights
1. Police
2. Super Light Stick
3. Glow Stick Fr

P. Horoscopes
1. iHoroscopes
2. TAROT

Some people

I'm so disgusted with some people that treat their friends like nothing. Imagine two friends staying together......

When you cook for a friend, then that friend said that she does not feel like having home-cooked food that day. She does not offer to pack up the food you cooked as lunch for the next day.

Next day, you eat up that food because you do not want it to go to waste. She sees it but does not feel any kind of remorse or guilt.

And some people, do not learn from mistakes. No matter how bad, unreasonable, childish, hurting and violent the person is, the other party willingly takes up all these nonsense AGAIN.

I have to really give up on this person. No more hope. No more phone calls. I shall NOT be a listening ear and a friend who advises ANYMORE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Real cool and pretty!!

For Zhong Hao

The string rehearsal felt so weird today. No Zhong Hao, and lotsa new faces (freshies). Sigh. I also miss my desk partners......

Going for Citizenship Ceremony now... After that, going to Marina Square for Zhong Hao's farewell dinner.

Here's what I made for him:

I realised photographs can't really show the texture. The real one looks much better. But I agree I quite suck at layouts.

Looking for a Chance to Work Overseas

I wished for a job attachment or stint at UK. Or anywhere else on the other side of the globe. It is getting really boring and mundane in Singapore. Too much in the comfort zone.

I need to get out, see the world, live on my own and try out something else! I will go search for an opportunity. Let's set it at 3 years. In this 3 years, I hope to venture out.

More Artwork

Went to attend Beyond Basics class yesterday... and learnt more things behind scrapbooking. Here's what I did for yesterday's classes:

Earlier on, I did this for my colleagues:

The pictures could have turned out better here if not for my pc. It has been sent to the repair centre for more than two weeks and they just called today saying the earliest that it can be ready is next Monday. OMG... it's really driving me nuts!! I need my iTunes and my Photoshop!!! And not to forget, my Starcraft2!!!!

All the Best to my Conductor

I received a shocking news early in the morning today. My conductor has resigned from NTUSO! I don't expect it to be so sudden. A few months ago, he was just telling us about the plans for the next 5 years. Moreover, the repertoire for March 2011 concert has already been decided!

The thought of just not having him for our next concert is so weird. What will happen to our V1 sectionals? I wonder who our next conductor will be? And what will happen to NTUSO?

That makes the concert in Sept 2009 the last one together. I thought he should resign only after our 2011 concert. At least, we can enjoy our last concert together. Being an old alumni, I have seen how our SO progressed, and I'm really sad as we have spent so many years together, especially the V1 section as he also coaches us.

He has always been my inspiration in violin playing, a friend who provides me with a different perspective and optimistic outlook on life.

Wishing him all the best in his future endeavours...... I'll always remember the music we made.