2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Desperado...
never been so bad before... i think i have got the MIDAS touch right now. differences are that everything that i touch will become SHIT instead of gold.. seems like i have failed in everything... what will become of me?? will i get my LIFE back??? i really dunno........ is there a god? i doubt so...
Monday, December 7, 2009
The girl that wrote bout sex in her blog
The 20 year old Singapore’s Poly girl known as Shila, is the owner of the now deleted blog “Shila’s Voice – Breaking the Silence”. 
The citizen journalism website, STOMP, recently published an article from a STOMPer revealing some of the stuff which she probably shouldn't have written about on her blog
In an email to STOMP on 30 Nov 09, the STOMPer AK said, “I came across this blog, apparently belonging to a 20-year-old Singaporean girl from a polytechnic, who openly writes about her active casual sex life, even talking about having a foursome with her partner and another couple… Find it ironic that she writes in her blog about how she knows she has disappointed her parents, yet she posted her family photos in there, for all to see.”
In an email to STOMP on 30 Nov 09, the STOMPer AK said, “I came across this blog, apparently belonging to a 20-year-old Singaporean girl from a polytechnic, who openly writes about her active casual sex life, even talking about having a foursome with her partner and another couple… Find it ironic that she writes in her blog about how she knows she has disappointed her parents, yet she posted her family photos in there, for all to see.”
Many attempts by local netizens to uncover her blog were unsuccessful as it appeared that she posted those articles more than one year ago, and had recently deleted her blog when she got STOMPed. The deleted blog’s original URL is: http://shila-lov3rgal.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
A Tribute to Teoh Boon Hock, A True Malaysian
By Teo Nie Chingeditor@thenutgraph.com
THERE are some people whom we have known for a long time yet it feels like we only met them yesterday. And then there are some people that we only just met, yet it feels like we have known them for a long time. My friendship with Teoh Beng Hock fell into the second category.
I got to know Beng Hock during the March 2008 general election. To be honest, the first impression he gave me was that he was rather cool and unfriendly. But that impression was soon overtaken by his support and convictions.
I was still a newbie in politics then despite being a DAP candidate for the Serdang parliamentary seat. At that time, I was unfamiliar with the problems Kajang and Serdang residents faced. Beng Hock, who was an experienced reporter, immediately recognised my problem. He pulled me aside during one ceramah and gave me a run down on every problem in my constituency, as quickly as he could during the time we had. It was then that I realised that the tall and thin reporter may have looked unfriendly, but the flame for justice burned bright and deep in him.
Hard work, low salary
When I met Beng Hock again after the general election, he had already become political secretary to Ean Yong Hian Wah, the Seri Kembangan assemblyperson from the DAP. We would meet up often after that.
We always discussed political and constituency-related issues. Sometimes, we could quickly think up of solutions for these issues but at other times, we were unable to because of various limitations. Then Beng Hock would tell me, "Nie Ching, Pakatan Rakyat (PR) must take over the federal government. State government's power is too limited. Only with the federal government power in hand can we come up with radical changes."
A political assistant's work is normally tiring. These assistants usually have long working hours, including during the weekends. When we were organising an event or activity, Beng Hock regularly had to work overtime until 3am or 4am at the service centre.
But despite these long hours, an assistant's salary is not high. We used to ask him all the time when he would marry his girlfriend. His joking rejoinder would always be: "First, you tell my boss to raise my salary. The salary working for the state government is so low, how to get married?"
Steadfast
Beng Hock witnessed many injustices as a journalist. Despite the low salary, and his family's protest and their advice to him to change profession, he remained steadfast and chose to stay on with the DAP. Part of this, I know, was because as a journalist, he witnessed many injustices and unreasonable incidents which caused him much anger.
In fact, he chose to join the DAP and to become Hian Wah's assistant because of the frustrations he faced as a journalist such as the limitations on the freedom of information. He used to tell me that his biggest ambition as a political aide was to cleanse Serdang of the Barisan Nasional's influence and make it a safe seat for the DAP, placed under the PR's governance. It was that vision that made him willing to endure the long hours to continue serving the people.
This was who Beng Hock was — a responsible young man full of ambitions.
To Beng Hock
On 30 Aug 2009, a day before Independence Day, a group of members from Pusat Perkhidmatan DAP Serdang, together with Serdang's DAP Socialist Youth and I, went to Malacca just to pay our last respects to you on the sixth day of the seven-day prayers for you.
Your family was still in deep sorrow, especially your mother. You had just left us for a month and a half, and yet she seemed ten years older than her age. Your brother told us she lived in tears every single day, no matter what she was doing; whether eating, washing or ironing. And that was what I saw as well, a mother with nothing left but devastation.
I hugged her tightly to comfort her but it did not help. She did not want anything but her son. She kept murmuring to herself, "Why did he walk in healthy but could not walk out from there?" "How could they do this to him?" "You promised to come home by Friday, how could you leave like that on Thursday?"
I know that deep down inside her heart, she is still hoping that her son will come home one day to dine with her. But that day will not ever come.
During our 52nd Independence Day this year, instead of distributing the national flags on the streets like I did last year, I wrote about you instead, to commemorate you, your spirit and soul, everything that you did to contribute to your country.
I can imagine the kind of conversation we would be having now, if only you were still here. I can even predict your reactions and expressions. However, you are but a memory now.
There are some people whom we only know for a short time, yet he or she becomes part of our lives. Beng Hock died for a better Malaysia for all Malaysians. It is time for us to carry on the work he left behind
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Painting needed
I need help on my flat!!!! I am moving out on the rental flat and the owner is complaining that the wall is too dirty (i am sure all those stains are from the prevoius tenant) and he wants us to repaint the hall for him. Any cheap painting company to advise? Do let me know. I need it urgently!!!
Monday, November 16, 2009
Desperate
Damn... nothing seems right these days... family, relationship, monies, careers, friendship...
Damn.. i must get out of all these shits.....
what should i do......
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Damn.. i must get out of all these shits.....
what should i do......
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Monopoly? It's a Marketing Strategy from Macdonald!!!
Do you know that Singapore Macdonald have this so called Instant Win with Mononopoly promotion? It's really a very clever marketing strategy.. It makes you thought that it's very easy to win. All you need to do is to eat at Macdonald and to get the game piece, stick it on the Gameboard and if you have those that in the same position, eg. Bishan, Ang Mo Kio and Toa Payoh, you'll instantly win a ToysRus $200 voucher. If you get Marina Bay and Sentosa Cove, you'll instantly win $50,000 in cash.
It seems like a good catch, isn't it? But, from what I see, I suspect that in whole Singapore, there is only ONE game piece of Sentosa Cove and many many many game pieces of Marina Bay. This way, those that get Marina Bay will thought that they'll win $50,000 cash just by finding one game piece of Sentosa Cove. They didn't realise that there is only ONE Sentosa Cove. They will keep patronise Macdonald to look for the missing piece of Sentosa Cove.
Don't believe me? I am shortage of Toa Payoh, Joo Chiat, Sentosa Cove and Scotts Road. Ask anyone that have participate in this frantic search for game piece and they will tell you they lack these pieces too! Come on, the chance of winning is actually just like 4D or Toto, ONE IN A MILLION!!!!
It seems like a good catch, isn't it? But, from what I see, I suspect that in whole Singapore, there is only ONE game piece of Sentosa Cove and many many many game pieces of Marina Bay. This way, those that get Marina Bay will thought that they'll win $50,000 cash just by finding one game piece of Sentosa Cove. They didn't realise that there is only ONE Sentosa Cove. They will keep patronise Macdonald to look for the missing piece of Sentosa Cove.
Don't believe me? I am shortage of Toa Payoh, Joo Chiat, Sentosa Cove and Scotts Road. Ask anyone that have participate in this frantic search for game piece and they will tell you they lack these pieces too! Come on, the chance of winning is actually just like 4D or Toto, ONE IN A MILLION!!!!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Update!!!
It has been long since I updated my blog... i have some personal problem myself... guess if i could go thru it, will continue to update regularly next month.....
Thursday, August 27, 2009
These Children Should Be Striked By Lighting
"SIN Chew Daily reported that an elderly couple in Singapore who gave up their duplex to their son ended up homeless after they were chased out of the house by the ungrateful offspring.
The couple now call the staircase of a school their home.
The man, who was named as Lim, was a manager before he retired. He had a son and a daughter who lived in Jurong, Singapore.
Relating his ordeal to a secretary of the school, Lim said he and his wife decided to give their duplex home to their son as a wedding gift about two years ago.
The couple thought that they could live in the house with their son. He, however, decided to sell the property for RM960,000 to buy another condominium. Lim and his wife were then sent off to live with the daughter.
After a year, the daughter decided that they were no longer welcome and banned them from touching her children.
The couple could not enter the house after their daughter changed the locks to the house."
The couple now call the staircase of a school their home.
The man, who was named as Lim, was a manager before he retired. He had a son and a daughter who lived in Jurong, Singapore.
Relating his ordeal to a secretary of the school, Lim said he and his wife decided to give their duplex home to their son as a wedding gift about two years ago.
The couple thought that they could live in the house with their son. He, however, decided to sell the property for RM960,000 to buy another condominium. Lim and his wife were then sent off to live with the daughter.
After a year, the daughter decided that they were no longer welcome and banned them from touching her children.
The couple could not enter the house after their daughter changed the locks to the house."
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Weight Lost Plan
A man calls a company and orders their 5-day, 10 lb. weight loss program. The next day, there's a knock on the door and there stands before him a voluptuous, athletic, 19 year old babe dressed in nothing but a pair of Nike running shoes and a sign around her neck. She introduces herself as a representative of the weight loss company. The sign reads,
"If you can catch me, you can have me."
Without a second thought, he takes off after her. A few miles later huffing and puffing, he finally gives up. The same girl shows up for the next four days and the same thing happens. On the fifth day, he weighs himself and is delighted to find he has lost 10 lbs. as promised.
He calls the company and orders their 5-day/20 pound program. The next day there's a knock at the door and there stands the most stunning and beautiful woman he has ever seen in his life. She is wearing nothing but Reebok running shoes and a sign around her neck that reads,
"If you catch me you can have me."
Well, he's out the door after her like a shot. This girl is in excellent shape and he does his best, but no such luck. So for the next four days, the same routine happens with him gradually getting in better and better shape. Much to his delight on the fifth day when he weighs himself, he discovers that he has lost another 20 lbs. as promised.
He decides to go all out and calls the company to order the 7-day/50 pound program.
"Are you sure?" asks the representative on the phone. "This is our most rigorous program."
"Absolutely," he replies, "I haven't felt this good in years."
The next day there's a knock at the door; and when he opens it he finds a huge muscular guy standing there wearing nothing but pink running shoes and a sign around his neck that reads,
"If I catch you, you are mine!!!"
He lost 63 pounds that week !!!
"If you can catch me, you can have me."
Without a second thought, he takes off after her. A few miles later huffing and puffing, he finally gives up. The same girl shows up for the next four days and the same thing happens. On the fifth day, he weighs himself and is delighted to find he has lost 10 lbs. as promised.
He calls the company and orders their 5-day/20 pound program. The next day there's a knock at the door and there stands the most stunning and beautiful woman he has ever seen in his life. She is wearing nothing but Reebok running shoes and a sign around her neck that reads,
"If you catch me you can have me."
Well, he's out the door after her like a shot. This girl is in excellent shape and he does his best, but no such luck. So for the next four days, the same routine happens with him gradually getting in better and better shape. Much to his delight on the fifth day when he weighs himself, he discovers that he has lost another 20 lbs. as promised.
He decides to go all out and calls the company to order the 7-day/50 pound program.
"Are you sure?" asks the representative on the phone. "This is our most rigorous program."
"Absolutely," he replies, "I haven't felt this good in years."
The next day there's a knock at the door; and when he opens it he finds a huge muscular guy standing there wearing nothing but pink running shoes and a sign around his neck that reads,
"If I catch you, you are mine!!!"
He lost 63 pounds that week !!!
Monday, August 17, 2009
Husband for Sale!
A store that sells husbands has just opened in Mumbai, where a woman may go to choose a husband.Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE!There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights.There is, however, a catch. .... You may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!
So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find ahusband...
On the first floor the sign on the door reads:
Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord.
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The second floor sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, andlove kids.
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The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, lovekids, and are extremely good looking. " Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keepgoing.
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She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, lovekids, are drop- dead good looking and help with the housework."Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly standit!"
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Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop- dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.
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She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the signreads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,013 to this floor. There are no men on this floor.This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!
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So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find ahusband...
On the first floor the sign on the door reads:
Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord.
*********
The second floor sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, andlove kids.
*********
The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, lovekids, and are extremely good looking. " Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keepgoing.
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She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, lovekids, are drop- dead good looking and help with the housework."Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly standit!"
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Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop- dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.
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She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the signreads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,013 to this floor. There are no men on this floor.This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Newspaper or Novel?
I am damn pissed with one of the Malay language newspaper in Malaysia.
It is suppose to be a newspaper in Malaysia but I guess this newspaper has got an identity crisis. It doesn't even sure if it is a newspaper or a novel. Starting from article instigating to murder a fellow MP , calling Teoh Boon Hock's son a bastard and today instigating fellow Malay against other races, it has gone from bad to worst.
Enough is enough. Your responsibility is to report news, not to spurt rubbish. I dare to say, this newspaper plays a huge part in the strain relationship among races in Malaysia nowaday. Do we still want to support them? I do support the government if they decided to use ISA against the editor of this newspaper. In actual fact, based on what they have published, the government should have do something against them, but they just gave them a light warning.
Play your part, let's all Malaysia blogger start an article on this. Let them know that we mean business and we are not like the government that will let them go with just a light warning (I don't even know if our DPM really warned them). This is what we call the power of blogger
It is suppose to be a newspaper in Malaysia but I guess this newspaper has got an identity crisis. It doesn't even sure if it is a newspaper or a novel. Starting from article instigating to murder a fellow MP , calling Teoh Boon Hock's son a bastard and today instigating fellow Malay against other races, it has gone from bad to worst.
Enough is enough. Your responsibility is to report news, not to spurt rubbish. I dare to say, this newspaper plays a huge part in the strain relationship among races in Malaysia nowaday. Do we still want to support them? I do support the government if they decided to use ISA against the editor of this newspaper. In actual fact, based on what they have published, the government should have do something against them, but they just gave them a light warning.
Play your part, let's all Malaysia blogger start an article on this. Let them know that we mean business and we are not like the government that will let them go with just a light warning (I don't even know if our DPM really warned them). This is what we call the power of blogger
Monday, August 3, 2009
Who Is She? 正了吧
Found this while I was surfing the net today. Such a beauty. Anyone know who is this girl? I guess it's from some online game. Is she real?
Saturday, August 1, 2009
There are a lot of IDIOTS on this planet!!
Gee, I guess i'll get lotta of bombard from this posting, but I just love the challenges.
For those idiots that kept on browsing Siahsueh's website, I really don't understand you guys. It's all about advertisement but u guys kept pouring traffics to her website. Get a life man, buy newspaper, there are more meaningful advertisement there!!!
For those idiots that kept on browsing Siahsueh's website, I really don't understand you guys. It's all about advertisement but u guys kept pouring traffics to her website. Get a life man, buy newspaper, there are more meaningful advertisement there!!!
Monday, July 27, 2009
Maid looking for a job
Hi Readers
Recently my friend took a maid to help his wife in the household chores. But his wife is not happy, and says the new maid is lazy, dishonest, a slow-learner, and last but not least she's a nuisance to the neighbourhood.
I have seen the maid, and I think there's nothing wrong with her. Nevertheless, my friend just have to please his wife, and let her go.We now have the classical damsel in distress scenario.So so sad..... !Will you please consider taking over my friend's maid. Do contact me if you are keen.
THANK YOU
Recently my friend took a maid to help his wife in the household chores. But his wife is not happy, and says the new maid is lazy, dishonest, a slow-learner, and last but not least she's a nuisance to the neighbourhood.
I have seen the maid, and I think there's nothing wrong with her. Nevertheless, my friend just have to please his wife, and let her go.We now have the classical damsel in distress scenario.So so sad..... !Will you please consider taking over my friend's maid. Do contact me if you are keen.
THANK YOU
UK Couple caught by Dubai police on beach in March.
A COUPLE arrested in Dubai for allegedly having sex on a beach will face the harshest sentence after DNA tests proved they had 'full sex', media reports say. British couple Michelle Palmer, 30, and Vince Acors, 34, will stand trial on August 21 and could face up to six years behind bars after
Dubai police charged the two British tourists with having sex in public, illicit sex and being drunk in public. Both have denied the charges but reports in The Sun newspaper said DNA tests confirmed they had full sex and that Mr Acors had admitted it. It was also reported that the couple had a hasty civil marriage ceremony to reduce the sentence.
They had met hours earlier at a champagne brunch at Le Meridien Hotel, where Ms Palmer allegedly got extremely drunk before setting off for a walk along the shore with her newfound companion. A police officer later allegedly spotted the pair having sex on the sand and let them off with a caution. But the pair ignored the warning and they were arrested when the officer returned.
Dubai police charged the two British tourists with having sex in public, illicit sex and being drunk in public. Both have denied the charges but reports in The Sun newspaper said DNA tests confirmed they had full sex and that Mr Acors had admitted it. It was also reported that the couple had a hasty civil marriage ceremony to reduce the sentence.
They had met hours earlier at a champagne brunch at Le Meridien Hotel, where Ms Palmer allegedly got extremely drunk before setting off for a walk along the shore with her newfound companion. A police officer later allegedly spotted the pair having sex on the sand and let them off with a caution. But the pair ignored the warning and they were arrested when the officer returned.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Malaysia Boleh!!!
One of the wonderful things about living in Malaysia is that we devote so much of our resources into building brain power. We love smart people in Malaysia. Parents spend an obscene amount on tuition classes.
Let’s look at some of the major initiatives by our wonderful government to increase our brain power:
1) Malaysia will produce more than 100,000 PhDs by 2012
2) Creating “knowledge” workers and “world-class” IT industry via the MSC
3) Almost all grants by MOSTI is geared towards science and technology
4) Building new universities left and right. In the 1980s we had fewer than a dozen universities — now we have more than 20 public universities and an equal number of private universities
5) “Apex” and “research” universities allocated extra millions of ringgit with the aim of getting into the top 200 university rankings
6) All sorts of academic prizes from all sorts of dubious exhibitions
7) Smart schools
8) All sorts of scholarships — JPA alone gives more than 2,000 overseas scholarships. If you include Mara and GLCs and private companies, the number is probably somewhere about 6,000-7,000 overseas scholarships plus thousands of local scholarships
9) “Brain gain” programme where we try to entice successful Malaysian scientists to come back to help our R&D
10) All sorts of government-backed programmes like the invention awards, best ICT Company, PM’s innovation awards, smart partnership, etc.
Yet, somehow we seem to be going the opposite direction. Mind you it’s been there for more than a decade already and, correct me if I am wrong; the MSC has been a dismal failure since the “knowledge” industry has not taken off and no major Malaysian IT inventions since the inception of the MSC. Cyberjaya is still years behind Singapore.
In fact, the most famous “Malaysian” IT invention — the pen drive — was invented in Taiwan by a Malaysian Chinese who could not even enter a public university here. He had to go to Taiwan, get a degree there (which is not recognised here!) and invented the pen drive there. So today, the world thinks it’s a Taiwan invention! Malaysia Boleh!
The brain gain programme is so successful that almost all the scientists who came back to work here have resigned from the public universities or government research centres, and the bulk of them have left for overseas again. Needless to say, their major complaints were racism (almost all were non-Bumiputeras) and red tape. But no one wants to admit to this since it’s not a very smart thing to admit failure.
Meanwhile we are rushing to produce 100,000 PhDs. Since most of these 100,000 PhDs will be awarded by local public universities you really have to wonder about the quality. But who cares? The important thing is to graduate 100,000 “doctors” of dubious quality so that they can train the next generation. After all, the majority of these PhDs will end up as professors in our public universities and they will supervise the next generation of PhDs. Remember the movie “Dumber and Dumber”?
Is it any wonder that our public universities’ ranking is dropping fast?
On top of that, we have decided to stop emphasising English at the high school level. No wonder international schools are celebrating — their student enrolment will go through the roof from next year onwards.
And to ensure that we have the right environment to produce “Towering Malays” and “world-class” Malaysians, the mainstream newspapers here follow the same editorial style as China’s People’s Daily and the old Soviet Union’s Pravda. Truth is not as important as propaganda and the promotion of racism and racist ideology. Malay newspapers are free to preach racism as long as they reinforce “Malay unity” and Malay dominance. News is only news if the government says so.
In the arts, local productions cannot reflect reality. How else can you explain government directives that Mat Rempits and transvestites cannot be shown on Malaysian movies and television. The way it works is like this: if we don’t show Mat Rempits and transvestites, then they do not exist! See how smart we have become because of all the government investment in educating Malaysians? Very soon, there will be no prostitutes or gay people in Malaysia.
Just to be sure, the government has just announced another round of books that are banned in Malaysia. In total more than 2,000 titles are banned in Malaysia. Some authors do not even know that their books are banned. Reading is a dangerous habit for a knowledge nation.
Meanwhile religion, or the official view of religion, is shafted down the throats of young people through television programmes and in the schools.
You really have to wonder how on earth Malaysia produces thinking citizens since all around them the system, from the mass media to the education system to the universities, is designed to damage the brain? The whole system is designed to produce a non-thinking, non-critical person who can easily be manipulated by propaganda.
It is really mind-boggling that somehow young people have managed to escape this system. Of course there are thousands who believe in the system and are basically brain dead, especially after reading the Malay newspapers and watching the local television stations. But there is a significant portion of young people out there who have managed to overcome the attempt to control their mind. I take my hat off to these young people. Without them, Malaysia will have no future.
Let’s look at some of the major initiatives by our wonderful government to increase our brain power:
1) Malaysia will produce more than 100,000 PhDs by 2012
2) Creating “knowledge” workers and “world-class” IT industry via the MSC
3) Almost all grants by MOSTI is geared towards science and technology
4) Building new universities left and right. In the 1980s we had fewer than a dozen universities — now we have more than 20 public universities and an equal number of private universities
5) “Apex” and “research” universities allocated extra millions of ringgit with the aim of getting into the top 200 university rankings
6) All sorts of academic prizes from all sorts of dubious exhibitions
7) Smart schools
8) All sorts of scholarships — JPA alone gives more than 2,000 overseas scholarships. If you include Mara and GLCs and private companies, the number is probably somewhere about 6,000-7,000 overseas scholarships plus thousands of local scholarships
9) “Brain gain” programme where we try to entice successful Malaysian scientists to come back to help our R&D
10) All sorts of government-backed programmes like the invention awards, best ICT Company, PM’s innovation awards, smart partnership, etc.
Yet, somehow we seem to be going the opposite direction. Mind you it’s been there for more than a decade already and, correct me if I am wrong; the MSC has been a dismal failure since the “knowledge” industry has not taken off and no major Malaysian IT inventions since the inception of the MSC. Cyberjaya is still years behind Singapore.
In fact, the most famous “Malaysian” IT invention — the pen drive — was invented in Taiwan by a Malaysian Chinese who could not even enter a public university here. He had to go to Taiwan, get a degree there (which is not recognised here!) and invented the pen drive there. So today, the world thinks it’s a Taiwan invention! Malaysia Boleh!
The brain gain programme is so successful that almost all the scientists who came back to work here have resigned from the public universities or government research centres, and the bulk of them have left for overseas again. Needless to say, their major complaints were racism (almost all were non-Bumiputeras) and red tape. But no one wants to admit to this since it’s not a very smart thing to admit failure.
Meanwhile we are rushing to produce 100,000 PhDs. Since most of these 100,000 PhDs will be awarded by local public universities you really have to wonder about the quality. But who cares? The important thing is to graduate 100,000 “doctors” of dubious quality so that they can train the next generation. After all, the majority of these PhDs will end up as professors in our public universities and they will supervise the next generation of PhDs. Remember the movie “Dumber and Dumber”?
Is it any wonder that our public universities’ ranking is dropping fast?
On top of that, we have decided to stop emphasising English at the high school level. No wonder international schools are celebrating — their student enrolment will go through the roof from next year onwards.
And to ensure that we have the right environment to produce “Towering Malays” and “world-class” Malaysians, the mainstream newspapers here follow the same editorial style as China’s People’s Daily and the old Soviet Union’s Pravda. Truth is not as important as propaganda and the promotion of racism and racist ideology. Malay newspapers are free to preach racism as long as they reinforce “Malay unity” and Malay dominance. News is only news if the government says so.
In the arts, local productions cannot reflect reality. How else can you explain government directives that Mat Rempits and transvestites cannot be shown on Malaysian movies and television. The way it works is like this: if we don’t show Mat Rempits and transvestites, then they do not exist! See how smart we have become because of all the government investment in educating Malaysians? Very soon, there will be no prostitutes or gay people in Malaysia.
Just to be sure, the government has just announced another round of books that are banned in Malaysia. In total more than 2,000 titles are banned in Malaysia. Some authors do not even know that their books are banned. Reading is a dangerous habit for a knowledge nation.
Meanwhile religion, or the official view of religion, is shafted down the throats of young people through television programmes and in the schools.
You really have to wonder how on earth Malaysia produces thinking citizens since all around them the system, from the mass media to the education system to the universities, is designed to damage the brain? The whole system is designed to produce a non-thinking, non-critical person who can easily be manipulated by propaganda.
It is really mind-boggling that somehow young people have managed to escape this system. Of course there are thousands who believe in the system and are basically brain dead, especially after reading the Malay newspapers and watching the local television stations. But there is a significant portion of young people out there who have managed to overcome the attempt to control their mind. I take my hat off to these young people. Without them, Malaysia will have no future.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Making out in PUBLIC in Singapore??!!
Read this in STOMP earlier today. There are people who actually will make out in daylight and in SINGAPORE and in PUBLIC. What a damn suprise
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
QUICK UPDATE!!!
Haha, i am quite happy of the result of the poll so far on Siah Sueh and Bradley. Assuming she's commanding a fan base of nearly 10k people, we still got a 20% who don't support her. Not bad!!!!
Friday, July 3, 2009
XIAXUE VS BRADLEY FARLESS (PART 2)
They just never learn...
My previous post invited a string of responses from Siah Sueh's fans. Diehard fans, I suppose.
First of all, this is MY BLOG and I am free to support whoever I wish. If you are not happy with it, so be it. You can leave whatever comments you want. I will DEFINITELY publish it as long as it's not RACIST. Come come guys, this is what blog suppose to be, freedom of speech!!! Someone with no balls to leave his/her name has commented why I need a moderation at my blog for comments and dared me to publish his/her (or maybe a shemale) comment. I DID PUBLISH it anyway. This shemale doesn't realised that her goddess, Siah Sueh, also has a comment moderation on her blog. So WTF did you comment on my moderation and not hers? Some people are just ignorant. Let's just call them stupid. Doctor said that there is forever no cure for stupidness.. So don't bother to find cures for them...
These people are just fanatics. Look at the comments that they leave at my blog and at NINO's blog.
Now, do you guys know why I supported Bradley on this fight? Okay, I admit one of the reason is just because I don't like Siah Sueh (personal). Another reason is that i don't like the way she dragged others into this. If you hate Bradley for publishing your Angmoh Wannabe's look, then just critic him, publishes his photos and tell people that he's bold. Call him Botak Jones if you want. Why do you need to drag his parents and wife into this. Calling people Filipino and Maid. WTF did the wife did about you. You sounded so racist.
Anyway, for all the fanatic fans, just critic loh....
My previous post invited a string of responses from Siah Sueh's fans. Diehard fans, I suppose.
First of all, this is MY BLOG and I am free to support whoever I wish. If you are not happy with it, so be it. You can leave whatever comments you want. I will DEFINITELY publish it as long as it's not RACIST. Come come guys, this is what blog suppose to be, freedom of speech!!! Someone with no balls to leave his/her name has commented why I need a moderation at my blog for comments and dared me to publish his/her (or maybe a shemale) comment. I DID PUBLISH it anyway. This shemale doesn't realised that her goddess, Siah Sueh, also has a comment moderation on her blog. So WTF did you comment on my moderation and not hers? Some people are just ignorant. Let's just call them stupid. Doctor said that there is forever no cure for stupidness.. So don't bother to find cures for them...
These people are just fanatics. Look at the comments that they leave at my blog and at NINO's blog.
Now, do you guys know why I supported Bradley on this fight? Okay, I admit one of the reason is just because I don't like Siah Sueh (personal). Another reason is that i don't like the way she dragged others into this. If you hate Bradley for publishing your Angmoh Wannabe's look, then just critic him, publishes his photos and tell people that he's bold. Call him Botak Jones if you want. Why do you need to drag his parents and wife into this. Calling people Filipino and Maid. WTF did the wife did about you. You sounded so racist.
Anyway, for all the fanatic fans, just critic loh....
Thursday, July 2, 2009
XIAXUE VS BRADLEY FARLESS
An interesting day!!!
While I surf the internet today, I noticed that the Singapore famous blogger's Xiaxue, is having an arguement with Bradley Farless (another semi famous blogger). The whole arguement started because of a posting by Bradley Farless on Xiaxue.
If you wanted to know more bout this fight, go and visit Xiaxue blog at http://xiaxue.blogspot.com/ (bitch, I am actually promoting your god damn blog).
P/s: Personally, I agreed with what Bradley Farless said. Don't tell the bitch okay, otherwise I might become another victim on her blog. Poor Bradley Farless, he had to delete his blog... Anyway, why this Bitch so chio? Picking up fight all the time.. First Dawn Yang, now poor old Bradley... In Dawn's case, obviously she lost... Then have to randomly pour sarcastic posting bout Dawn.. A real Bitch....
While I surf the internet today, I noticed that the Singapore famous blogger's Xiaxue, is having an arguement with Bradley Farless (another semi famous blogger). The whole arguement started because of a posting by Bradley Farless on Xiaxue.
If you wanted to know more bout this fight, go and visit Xiaxue blog at http://xiaxue.blogspot.com/ (bitch, I am actually promoting your god damn blog).
P/s: Personally, I agreed with what Bradley Farless said. Don't tell the bitch okay, otherwise I might become another victim on her blog. Poor Bradley Farless, he had to delete his blog... Anyway, why this Bitch so chio? Picking up fight all the time.. First Dawn Yang, now poor old Bradley... In Dawn's case, obviously she lost... Then have to randomly pour sarcastic posting bout Dawn.. A real Bitch....
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
5 Job Interview Questions That Mean You’re Not Getting Hired…And One That Means You Are ..
Over the years I’ve worked for a couple of great companies and a bunch of mediocre to awful ones. Of the skills I developed during this time, one of the few I feel qualified to speak on at length is the interview process.
I have lost count of the number of interviews I’ve done, both applying to new companies and changing jobs within a company. I can say with confidence that in our capitalist system, job interviews are the most unpleasant, stressful, and awkward part of working - at best a necessary evil.
Many job consultants and guides to the "hidden job market" agree that the best way to find a job is to bypass the interview process altogether by finding someone at a company who can hire you directly. Most people, though, will have to do the interview in order to get in the door.
Job interviewing is a ritual in our society, and as with any ritual there are patterns. Location, dress, and demeanor are all fairly well standardized by industry. So are the kinds of questions interviewers ask interviewees.
This article focuses on a particular kind of interview question, what I call the "Not Getting Hired" question. I call them that for two reasons: One, because these questions have become such a routine part of the interviewing process that the person asking it rarely pays attention to the answer (and for good reason, as I’ll explain later). Two, because no matter how an interviewee answers the question, the information doesn’t address the key issue in any employment search.
If anything, the only real function these questions serve is in decreasing your chances of getting the job.
The Questions
"Tell me about yourself."
The vague, open-ended catch-all of interview questions. This is the candidate’s opportunity to "wow" the interviewer with a brilliant opening salvo, convincing them that by hiring you, they will get someone who will stand by them through thick or thin, hell or high water, putting the love of company above all else as the next chapter of a brilliant career is written.
Actually, this question is time-filler. It does serve some purpose – it’s a general test to see if you can string two or more sentences together. If you respond without fainting, drooling, or vomiting all over yourself, congratulations, you have passed the bare minimum requirements for social interaction. Other than that, this is a question much better suited to a blind date than a job interview.
A variation on this question is the interview that starts out with the interviewer sitting down with you, reading your resumé for the first time, and asking "It says here you worked at _______. Can you tell me about that?"
It’s a given that the two of you don’t know each other. If you did, there probably would be no need for an interview. And yet, while you have spent hours (or days) preparing for this conversation, it’s clear that the person interviewing you hasn’t even taken five minutes to look at your paperwork before you two sat down. Knowing that, ask yourself - what are the chances this person is prepared to make a decision about bring you on board?
This scenario happens a lot in larger companies where the person who makes the decision to hire or reject you is not the person who set up the interview. Often you are one of a conga line of job applicants some middle-manager is obliged to sit down with as part of the daily routine.
It’s safe to say that if the employment decision-maker has nothing to inquire about except vague generalities about your existence, you’re probably not being seriously considered for the job.
"What are your biggest flaws?"
Ideally, your answer to this question reveals valued traits of self-awareness, maturity, honesty and humility, right?
In my estimation, there’s no real reason for anyone to ask you this question. The more time you spend answering it is basically giving the interviewer more reasons not to hire you.
Also, consider that some of the biggest jackasses in history spend their lives gainfully employed despite their glaring flaws, the same shortcomings you are being asked to lay out for your prospective employer before you have spent one day working for them.
Is it like this because the world is fundamentally unfair? I would say no. It’s like this because those other people have successfully answered The One Question That Matters (more on that later).
"Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"
Quick, five years ago, did you see yourself where you are now? Probably not, because of a little thing called Life, a series of events that tend to render five-year plans useless as soon as they’re made. And considering how often companies layoff and downsize workers depending on The Economy, WHO CARES what your five year plan is?
Besides meaningless speculation about your future, this is another question that hands the interviewer reasons not to hire you. If you answer "I’m just happy sitting in a cubicle stapling reports together," the interviewer can mark in your file that you lack ambition. If you answer "I want to be CEO in ten years," they can decide that you’re too ambitious and will leave your job the second you get a better offer. There are many more ways to get the answer to this question wrong than right.
"Tell me about a time when you…"
This opening phrase is part of a technique called the behavioral interview, where the interviewer tries to get you to talk about past life experiences as evidence that you have the right makeup for the job.
Ideally, this question reveals self-awareness and self-reflection. Of the questions described here, this one gets closest to addressing The One Question That Matters. But not quite. One reason is because often the interviewer tries to get you to talk about a time when you suffered at work. They want to hear about difficult co-workers, missed deadlines, angry clients, times when you had to dig deep and give extra effort and sacrifice to accomplish miracles.
People usually don’t look good when they talk about difficult or painful experiences, no matter how upbeat they try to paint them. Once again, you’re being asked to put your worst foot forward, while the interviewer collects more reasons not to hire you (either because you didn’t handle a difficult situation correctly, or you were never in a position of difficulty, i.e. never been "tested").
"How many gas stations are in Singapore?"
This is one of an infinite number of seemingly random questions an interviewer might throw out during the meeting. If they seem nonsensical and irrelevant, it’s because they are.
I call these "MBA Bullshit Questions," because at some point the interviewer read a book or took a Management class where he or she got the idea that if an interviewee is asked a left-field question like this, the way they answer it reveals something important about how they think and approach problems.
Your answers to these trivia questions can’t really help you get the job, but they can hurt your chances if your responses aren’t to the interviewer’s liking. Come off as uninformed, flustered, too sure of yourself, not sure enough, or any other number of ways, and that’s one more reason to turn you down.
Also, consider this - if a potential employer is playing these games with you during the interview, imagine what spending 40-60 hours a week working for them will be like.
A Job Search or a Beauty Pageant?
The questions I’ve described above are more suited to a beauty pageant, a talk show interview, or a game show. The problem with these questions is they try to accomplish an impossible task – giving a person a complete picture of another person in the matter of 1 or 2 hours. All they do is create illusions that the interviewer and interviewee are having a productive dialogue that will determine if the candidate is the best person for the job.
Just like a beauty pageant contestant rehearses their performance prior to competition, a job seeker can craft brilliant responses to any of the above questions without ever having to address The One Question That Matters. Here are some examples of what you can say:
"Tell me about yourself."
"It’s always been my goal to work in the lion taming industry. I applied to your company because I want to work for the best lion taming firm in the city. I am a hard worker who will do a great job for you by decreasing your lion taming costs while increasing overall revenues."
(This is one of the few chances you'll get to brag, so go ahead and pump yourself up. Just Be sure to emphasize how much your talent and greatness will benefit the company, not the other way around.)
"What are your biggest flaws?"
"I don’t know how to sew, but I am currently taking classes at the local extension school to work on my needlepoint and cross-stitching. I think this will really help me be the best Apron Cleaner you've ever had."
(The key here is to point out a character or skill flaw that is at most tangential to the job you're applying for. Plus, always state what you are doing to correct the flaw.)
"Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"
"My main goal is to become a top-notch Associate Peanut-Brittle Maker. Somewhere down the line if there is an opportunity to become a Senior Peanut-Brittle Maker, I will give it serious consideration, but right now I think my skill set would be ideal for an Associate Peanut-Brittle maker position."
(The key here is to reinforce the idea that the job you’re applying for is the one you want, that your professional life is targeted towards doing this job instead of looking for the next one.)
"Tell me about a time when you really excelled at work."
"Oh, Wow. Let me tell you about the time my team and I had to get 200 helium balloons to the Drake hotel in three hours. It was tough because the balloon store was closed that day. I didn’t know we would make it. We searched all over the city – it was tough on everybody fighting the traffic. But we dug in and found another balloon store in Malaysia. We got the balloons there on time. I was so happy the team was able to come together to get the job done!"
(Basically, craft a story based on your personal experience that involves suffering. State clearly what the goal was and what steps you took to achieve it. Add emotions. Have one or two of these stories on hand at all times and modify them up according to how the question is asked.)
"How many gas stations are in the Singapore?"
"What an interesting question! I really don’t know the answer to it, but I could research it and get back to you."
(If you’re asked a question that has nothing to do with you, the interviewer, or the job, the best response is to compliment the interviewer on offering such an interesting and intriguing question, then say "I don’t know." Offer to research the answer and get back to her or him. Explain how you would go about getting the answer. Whatever you do, don’t guess.)
Rote questions deserve rote answers. If you prepare your own 5-6 sentence response to each of the questions above and practice them until they sound completely fluid and natural, you can walk into any office with style and confidence and interview for literally hundreds of jobs.
And you probably won’t get hired for any of them.
This is because none of these questions address The One Question That Matters.
The One Question That Matters
Before I say what The Question is, let me pose three scenarios:
*You are sitting at home when your kitchen sink springs a leak that you can’t fix. You reach for the phone book and call a plumber. When the plumber arrives you ask "before you get started, could you tell me where you see yourself in five years?"
*Your 1987 Impala has finally bit the dust. You call a tow truck to haul it away to be recycled. Before turning the keys over to the driver you ask "What are your biggest flaws?"
*You and your family are taking a trip by plane. You are all a little nervous, as most people are when flying. To assuage your fears to walk up to the pilot and ask him "How many crosswalks are in Singapore?"
Most people who read these scenarios would think they’re pretty illogical, maybe even stupid. And they would be right. But why? The main reason is these questions don’t address one huge piece of information, which is this:
"Can you do this job?"
It’s a straightforward question. Some might say it’s blindingly obvious. And yet it’s amazing how often this question is NOT asked by interviewers who instead waste everyone’s time with beauty pageant, talk show, or trivia questions.A company is in good shape if they have an interviewer who knows how to cut through the crap about 5 year plans and fundamental personality flaws and focuses on the one thing that really matters – the job they are trying to fill. The more time you and the person interviewing you spend discussing THIS question, the greater the chances are that you are being seriously considered for the position.
The Question Before the Question
Before you can provide an answer The One Question That Matters, you have to answer another question:
"What IS the job you are applying for?"
This should be another obvious nugget of information to focus on, but it’s amazing how many job applicants (myself included) have walked into interviews having no idea what specific day-to-day activities the job they are interviewing for involve.
It’s even more disconcerting how many HR professionals and hiring decision-makers also don’t know all that much about the jobs their trying to fill, especially at large corporations where they are removed from day-to-day operational activities.
Generally what happens is the HR rep brings in candidates who look "okay" on paper, hands the decision-maker the candidate’s credentials hours or minutes before the interview, and when the interviewer figures out the candidate isn’t right for the position they fall back on the beauty pageant, talk show, or trivia questions in order to kill time.
Job board descriptions and want-ads tend to contribute to the lack of information about jobs. Cutting down words that describe a position saves money, but doesn’t help to give a good picture of what a job actually involves. And, as a job seeker, if you don’t know what the job is, how can you be expected to convince anyone you are the one who should do it?
When I signed up to work for an office temp agency I told them I was very good at using Microsoft Word and Excel. They had a very good way of finding out whether I was being truthful. They put me in front of a computer and tested me on MS Office applications. The test generated a score which could objectively determine for them whether or not I could do the job. My knowledge of trivia and my grand schemes to change the world were irrelevant to the fact that I could perform a specific task well.
It’s not like this for all industries, especially ones with jobs that produce tangible outputs that can be traced back to a specific person. It’s relatively easy to judge if a person is a good plumber, doctor, race car driver, fruit picker, or chef. But many jobs today are not as cut-and-dried.
Solutions
In jobs that don’t use or require testing or certification, it’s easy for interviewers to fall back on that one short, formal meeting to figure out who is qualified, obscuring the fact that the only way you’re really going to get to know somebody is to work with them on a regular basis. In this type of environment, your chances of getting a job are at best random.
In order to better your odds by spending less time on extraneous chatter and more time getting hired, job candidates should do the following BEFORE an interview:
1. Find out specifically what the job you are interviewing for involves. Do your research by asking the hiring manager, the person who will be interviewing you, or the person who makes the hiring decision. A pre-screen phone call with one of these people, in addition to opening lines of communication prior to your meeting, is a great way to find out beforehand if you are qualified for what they are looking for, or if the job is something you would even want to do.
2. Prepare answers to questions that can prove you can do the job. Include references, old working materials, and other forms of objective proof that you are one who can complete the tasks the company needs doing. Delete the "generic resumé" from your files. Every resumé you send out should be specific to the company you are meeting with and tailored to the job you are trying to get.
3. Practice your answers to the irrelevant interview questions, but in ways that bring the conversation back to The One Question That Matters. If your interviewer insists on dwelling on beauty pageant, talk show, or trivia questions, find a way to politely but firmly let them know that you prefer to talk about the job.
The more you know about the job you’re applying for and your ability to do that job, the better off you’ll be in the jungle that is today’s job market. Happy hunting!
I have lost count of the number of interviews I’ve done, both applying to new companies and changing jobs within a company. I can say with confidence that in our capitalist system, job interviews are the most unpleasant, stressful, and awkward part of working - at best a necessary evil.
Many job consultants and guides to the "hidden job market" agree that the best way to find a job is to bypass the interview process altogether by finding someone at a company who can hire you directly. Most people, though, will have to do the interview in order to get in the door.
Job interviewing is a ritual in our society, and as with any ritual there are patterns. Location, dress, and demeanor are all fairly well standardized by industry. So are the kinds of questions interviewers ask interviewees.
This article focuses on a particular kind of interview question, what I call the "Not Getting Hired" question. I call them that for two reasons: One, because these questions have become such a routine part of the interviewing process that the person asking it rarely pays attention to the answer (and for good reason, as I’ll explain later). Two, because no matter how an interviewee answers the question, the information doesn’t address the key issue in any employment search.
If anything, the only real function these questions serve is in decreasing your chances of getting the job.
The Questions
"Tell me about yourself."
The vague, open-ended catch-all of interview questions. This is the candidate’s opportunity to "wow" the interviewer with a brilliant opening salvo, convincing them that by hiring you, they will get someone who will stand by them through thick or thin, hell or high water, putting the love of company above all else as the next chapter of a brilliant career is written.
Actually, this question is time-filler. It does serve some purpose – it’s a general test to see if you can string two or more sentences together. If you respond without fainting, drooling, or vomiting all over yourself, congratulations, you have passed the bare minimum requirements for social interaction. Other than that, this is a question much better suited to a blind date than a job interview.
A variation on this question is the interview that starts out with the interviewer sitting down with you, reading your resumé for the first time, and asking "It says here you worked at _______. Can you tell me about that?"
It’s a given that the two of you don’t know each other. If you did, there probably would be no need for an interview. And yet, while you have spent hours (or days) preparing for this conversation, it’s clear that the person interviewing you hasn’t even taken five minutes to look at your paperwork before you two sat down. Knowing that, ask yourself - what are the chances this person is prepared to make a decision about bring you on board?
This scenario happens a lot in larger companies where the person who makes the decision to hire or reject you is not the person who set up the interview. Often you are one of a conga line of job applicants some middle-manager is obliged to sit down with as part of the daily routine.
It’s safe to say that if the employment decision-maker has nothing to inquire about except vague generalities about your existence, you’re probably not being seriously considered for the job.
"What are your biggest flaws?"
Ideally, your answer to this question reveals valued traits of self-awareness, maturity, honesty and humility, right?
In my estimation, there’s no real reason for anyone to ask you this question. The more time you spend answering it is basically giving the interviewer more reasons not to hire you.
Also, consider that some of the biggest jackasses in history spend their lives gainfully employed despite their glaring flaws, the same shortcomings you are being asked to lay out for your prospective employer before you have spent one day working for them.
Is it like this because the world is fundamentally unfair? I would say no. It’s like this because those other people have successfully answered The One Question That Matters (more on that later).
"Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"
Quick, five years ago, did you see yourself where you are now? Probably not, because of a little thing called Life, a series of events that tend to render five-year plans useless as soon as they’re made. And considering how often companies layoff and downsize workers depending on The Economy, WHO CARES what your five year plan is?
Besides meaningless speculation about your future, this is another question that hands the interviewer reasons not to hire you. If you answer "I’m just happy sitting in a cubicle stapling reports together," the interviewer can mark in your file that you lack ambition. If you answer "I want to be CEO in ten years," they can decide that you’re too ambitious and will leave your job the second you get a better offer. There are many more ways to get the answer to this question wrong than right.
"Tell me about a time when you…"
This opening phrase is part of a technique called the behavioral interview, where the interviewer tries to get you to talk about past life experiences as evidence that you have the right makeup for the job.
Ideally, this question reveals self-awareness and self-reflection. Of the questions described here, this one gets closest to addressing The One Question That Matters. But not quite. One reason is because often the interviewer tries to get you to talk about a time when you suffered at work. They want to hear about difficult co-workers, missed deadlines, angry clients, times when you had to dig deep and give extra effort and sacrifice to accomplish miracles.
People usually don’t look good when they talk about difficult or painful experiences, no matter how upbeat they try to paint them. Once again, you’re being asked to put your worst foot forward, while the interviewer collects more reasons not to hire you (either because you didn’t handle a difficult situation correctly, or you were never in a position of difficulty, i.e. never been "tested").
"How many gas stations are in Singapore?"
This is one of an infinite number of seemingly random questions an interviewer might throw out during the meeting. If they seem nonsensical and irrelevant, it’s because they are.
I call these "MBA Bullshit Questions," because at some point the interviewer read a book or took a Management class where he or she got the idea that if an interviewee is asked a left-field question like this, the way they answer it reveals something important about how they think and approach problems.
Your answers to these trivia questions can’t really help you get the job, but they can hurt your chances if your responses aren’t to the interviewer’s liking. Come off as uninformed, flustered, too sure of yourself, not sure enough, or any other number of ways, and that’s one more reason to turn you down.
Also, consider this - if a potential employer is playing these games with you during the interview, imagine what spending 40-60 hours a week working for them will be like.
A Job Search or a Beauty Pageant?
The questions I’ve described above are more suited to a beauty pageant, a talk show interview, or a game show. The problem with these questions is they try to accomplish an impossible task – giving a person a complete picture of another person in the matter of 1 or 2 hours. All they do is create illusions that the interviewer and interviewee are having a productive dialogue that will determine if the candidate is the best person for the job.
Just like a beauty pageant contestant rehearses their performance prior to competition, a job seeker can craft brilliant responses to any of the above questions without ever having to address The One Question That Matters. Here are some examples of what you can say:
"Tell me about yourself."
"It’s always been my goal to work in the lion taming industry. I applied to your company because I want to work for the best lion taming firm in the city. I am a hard worker who will do a great job for you by decreasing your lion taming costs while increasing overall revenues."
(This is one of the few chances you'll get to brag, so go ahead and pump yourself up. Just Be sure to emphasize how much your talent and greatness will benefit the company, not the other way around.)
"What are your biggest flaws?"
"I don’t know how to sew, but I am currently taking classes at the local extension school to work on my needlepoint and cross-stitching. I think this will really help me be the best Apron Cleaner you've ever had."
(The key here is to point out a character or skill flaw that is at most tangential to the job you're applying for. Plus, always state what you are doing to correct the flaw.)
"Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"
"My main goal is to become a top-notch Associate Peanut-Brittle Maker. Somewhere down the line if there is an opportunity to become a Senior Peanut-Brittle Maker, I will give it serious consideration, but right now I think my skill set would be ideal for an Associate Peanut-Brittle maker position."
(The key here is to reinforce the idea that the job you’re applying for is the one you want, that your professional life is targeted towards doing this job instead of looking for the next one.)
"Tell me about a time when you really excelled at work."
"Oh, Wow. Let me tell you about the time my team and I had to get 200 helium balloons to the Drake hotel in three hours. It was tough because the balloon store was closed that day. I didn’t know we would make it. We searched all over the city – it was tough on everybody fighting the traffic. But we dug in and found another balloon store in Malaysia. We got the balloons there on time. I was so happy the team was able to come together to get the job done!"
(Basically, craft a story based on your personal experience that involves suffering. State clearly what the goal was and what steps you took to achieve it. Add emotions. Have one or two of these stories on hand at all times and modify them up according to how the question is asked.)
"How many gas stations are in the Singapore?"
"What an interesting question! I really don’t know the answer to it, but I could research it and get back to you."
(If you’re asked a question that has nothing to do with you, the interviewer, or the job, the best response is to compliment the interviewer on offering such an interesting and intriguing question, then say "I don’t know." Offer to research the answer and get back to her or him. Explain how you would go about getting the answer. Whatever you do, don’t guess.)
Rote questions deserve rote answers. If you prepare your own 5-6 sentence response to each of the questions above and practice them until they sound completely fluid and natural, you can walk into any office with style and confidence and interview for literally hundreds of jobs.
And you probably won’t get hired for any of them.
This is because none of these questions address The One Question That Matters.
The One Question That Matters
Before I say what The Question is, let me pose three scenarios:
*You are sitting at home when your kitchen sink springs a leak that you can’t fix. You reach for the phone book and call a plumber. When the plumber arrives you ask "before you get started, could you tell me where you see yourself in five years?"
*Your 1987 Impala has finally bit the dust. You call a tow truck to haul it away to be recycled. Before turning the keys over to the driver you ask "What are your biggest flaws?"
*You and your family are taking a trip by plane. You are all a little nervous, as most people are when flying. To assuage your fears to walk up to the pilot and ask him "How many crosswalks are in Singapore?"
Most people who read these scenarios would think they’re pretty illogical, maybe even stupid. And they would be right. But why? The main reason is these questions don’t address one huge piece of information, which is this:
"Can you do this job?"
It’s a straightforward question. Some might say it’s blindingly obvious. And yet it’s amazing how often this question is NOT asked by interviewers who instead waste everyone’s time with beauty pageant, talk show, or trivia questions.A company is in good shape if they have an interviewer who knows how to cut through the crap about 5 year plans and fundamental personality flaws and focuses on the one thing that really matters – the job they are trying to fill. The more time you and the person interviewing you spend discussing THIS question, the greater the chances are that you are being seriously considered for the position.
The Question Before the Question
Before you can provide an answer The One Question That Matters, you have to answer another question:
"What IS the job you are applying for?"
This should be another obvious nugget of information to focus on, but it’s amazing how many job applicants (myself included) have walked into interviews having no idea what specific day-to-day activities the job they are interviewing for involve.
It’s even more disconcerting how many HR professionals and hiring decision-makers also don’t know all that much about the jobs their trying to fill, especially at large corporations where they are removed from day-to-day operational activities.
Generally what happens is the HR rep brings in candidates who look "okay" on paper, hands the decision-maker the candidate’s credentials hours or minutes before the interview, and when the interviewer figures out the candidate isn’t right for the position they fall back on the beauty pageant, talk show, or trivia questions in order to kill time.
Job board descriptions and want-ads tend to contribute to the lack of information about jobs. Cutting down words that describe a position saves money, but doesn’t help to give a good picture of what a job actually involves. And, as a job seeker, if you don’t know what the job is, how can you be expected to convince anyone you are the one who should do it?
When I signed up to work for an office temp agency I told them I was very good at using Microsoft Word and Excel. They had a very good way of finding out whether I was being truthful. They put me in front of a computer and tested me on MS Office applications. The test generated a score which could objectively determine for them whether or not I could do the job. My knowledge of trivia and my grand schemes to change the world were irrelevant to the fact that I could perform a specific task well.
It’s not like this for all industries, especially ones with jobs that produce tangible outputs that can be traced back to a specific person. It’s relatively easy to judge if a person is a good plumber, doctor, race car driver, fruit picker, or chef. But many jobs today are not as cut-and-dried.
Solutions
In jobs that don’t use or require testing or certification, it’s easy for interviewers to fall back on that one short, formal meeting to figure out who is qualified, obscuring the fact that the only way you’re really going to get to know somebody is to work with them on a regular basis. In this type of environment, your chances of getting a job are at best random.
In order to better your odds by spending less time on extraneous chatter and more time getting hired, job candidates should do the following BEFORE an interview:
1. Find out specifically what the job you are interviewing for involves. Do your research by asking the hiring manager, the person who will be interviewing you, or the person who makes the hiring decision. A pre-screen phone call with one of these people, in addition to opening lines of communication prior to your meeting, is a great way to find out beforehand if you are qualified for what they are looking for, or if the job is something you would even want to do.
2. Prepare answers to questions that can prove you can do the job. Include references, old working materials, and other forms of objective proof that you are one who can complete the tasks the company needs doing. Delete the "generic resumé" from your files. Every resumé you send out should be specific to the company you are meeting with and tailored to the job you are trying to get.
3. Practice your answers to the irrelevant interview questions, but in ways that bring the conversation back to The One Question That Matters. If your interviewer insists on dwelling on beauty pageant, talk show, or trivia questions, find a way to politely but firmly let them know that you prefer to talk about the job.
The more you know about the job you’re applying for and your ability to do that job, the better off you’ll be in the jungle that is today’s job market. Happy hunting!
Monday, June 29, 2009
10 Rules for One Night Stand
"I’m always looking for meaningful one-night stands.". If you are looking for one-night stands that are fun and not gonna lead to a relationship,here are the rules you must follow!
1. ALWAYS have Condoms with you:You will feel kinda stupid, huh? All that time to convince her, and now….NOTHING! Don’t even think about sleeping with the person without protection. You don’t want to RISK your life for a few hours (if you’re lucky) of pleasure!
2. Do NOT give them your phone number:
The last think you need is a stalker on your back! You need to be fast and sneaky! The less you know about this person (and the less they know about you!) the better one night stand you will make.
3. They MUST be a stranger:
Well don’t mess with your friends! It will become more complicated in case you or the other one starts to have feelings.
4. Do NOT be drunk:
You don’t have to care if he or she is drunk, but you don’t have to be! Have you ever seen how an ugly face transforms into a beautiful one with a fifth of vodka?
5. Do NOT go to your place:
Are you insane? All that time you’ve been trying to hide by not giving your phone number, and you bring your flirt to your place? Wrong! A nice hotel will do the trick, if you like it outdoors, also not a problem. Just don’t go to some place familiar! There is a chance that you will never get rid of them afterwards.
6. Do NOT use your car:
A car is like a symbol! He or she will never forget it! You don’t want every time you’re parked outside a restaurant with someone else to see that person again running towards you! You are too old to be hiding under tables!
7. Do NOT eat anything weird before:
You want to spend some time with that person; not with the porcelain altar! So be careful of your choices. A good salad (without onions or garlic) will do great for that day. Remember: flatulence is NOT a turn-on.
8. Do NOT fall asleep:
You may awake and see an ugly face staring at you. Or even worst, a table full of breakfast ready for both of you to enjoy… Your identity will be exposed, since you were sleeping like a pig and he or she was searching through your stuff! You will also realize that this one night stand might have been a mistake, after all… so be sneaky: do your ninja moves, try to leave the place without anyone noticing.
9. Do NOT leave any tracks:
Be sure that you won’t leave anything behind when you leave! A T-shirt, a lighter, a pair of gloves, even your used protection will be enough for the other person to search the entire world to find you! Anything you will forget might be used against you - learn from all those CSI episodes you’ve spent so much time on!
10. Do NOT kiss them when you leave:
In case that you failed to do something of the above, this would be one huge mistake! That would mean something more than a simple One Night Stand!
So people enjoy your single status, follow the rules, have fun and be happy!
1. ALWAYS have Condoms with you:You will feel kinda stupid, huh? All that time to convince her, and now….NOTHING! Don’t even think about sleeping with the person without protection. You don’t want to RISK your life for a few hours (if you’re lucky) of pleasure!
2. Do NOT give them your phone number:
The last think you need is a stalker on your back! You need to be fast and sneaky! The less you know about this person (and the less they know about you!) the better one night stand you will make.
3. They MUST be a stranger:
Well don’t mess with your friends! It will become more complicated in case you or the other one starts to have feelings.
4. Do NOT be drunk:
You don’t have to care if he or she is drunk, but you don’t have to be! Have you ever seen how an ugly face transforms into a beautiful one with a fifth of vodka?
5. Do NOT go to your place:
Are you insane? All that time you’ve been trying to hide by not giving your phone number, and you bring your flirt to your place? Wrong! A nice hotel will do the trick, if you like it outdoors, also not a problem. Just don’t go to some place familiar! There is a chance that you will never get rid of them afterwards.
6. Do NOT use your car:
A car is like a symbol! He or she will never forget it! You don’t want every time you’re parked outside a restaurant with someone else to see that person again running towards you! You are too old to be hiding under tables!
7. Do NOT eat anything weird before:
You want to spend some time with that person; not with the porcelain altar! So be careful of your choices. A good salad (without onions or garlic) will do great for that day. Remember: flatulence is NOT a turn-on.
8. Do NOT fall asleep:
You may awake and see an ugly face staring at you. Or even worst, a table full of breakfast ready for both of you to enjoy… Your identity will be exposed, since you were sleeping like a pig and he or she was searching through your stuff! You will also realize that this one night stand might have been a mistake, after all… so be sneaky: do your ninja moves, try to leave the place without anyone noticing.
9. Do NOT leave any tracks:
Be sure that you won’t leave anything behind when you leave! A T-shirt, a lighter, a pair of gloves, even your used protection will be enough for the other person to search the entire world to find you! Anything you will forget might be used against you - learn from all those CSI episodes you’ve spent so much time on!
10. Do NOT kiss them when you leave:
In case that you failed to do something of the above, this would be one huge mistake! That would mean something more than a simple One Night Stand!
So people enjoy your single status, follow the rules, have fun and be happy!
Friday, June 26, 2009
10 reasons why F1 race can be held at the new Johor Bahru CIQ
1. The long and winding road from Causeway to the Johor Bahru CIQ will whip up sufficient challenge that can even rival Monaco.
2. The Causeway can act as the Grid to form up (Cars to face Malaysia of course).
3. The Custom booths can act as the pitstops (But first, the HUMPs need to be removed).
4. Mat Rempits have already tested the course at full speed (howbeit on 2 wheels only).
5. Plenty of scenery.. you have the sun, sea and the Selamat Datang signboard.
6. Petronas can sponsor the petrol (optional, else Ferrari will threaten to withdraw from the race).
7. Milo can be the official drink sponsor (optional, else Red Bull will threaten to withdraw from the race).
8. Second Link can be used while the race is ongoing.
9. The traffic police can perform the role as the safety car driver (as they are used to escorting VIPs at fast speed).
10. Meshed fences has already been installed along the roads. No need seats. Spectators can just stand outside the fences and enjoy teh tarik while watching the race. And this will bring back the business to Jalan Wong Ah Fook!
MICHEAL JACKSON DEAD!!!
Pop icon Michael Jackson died Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest, the entertainment website TMZ.com reported.
Jackson, 50, suffered a heart attack just after 12:00 pm (1900 GMT) local time and paramedics were unable to revive him.
It's a bad day for us, I will try to look out for his album tonight..Another day has gone
I'm still all alone
How could this be
You are not here with me........
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Malaysia Citizenship Renouncing
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
So your application for Singapore Citizenship has been approved. What's next?
The process of renouncing your Malaysian Citizenship is as follows:
Once you received the approval letter from ICA, take the letter to the Malaysian High Commission (MHC) at 301 Jervois Road. Direct bus number 32 from UE Square or the bus stop next to the GMX Reverse Bungee at Clarke Quay.
You will be given an appointment date (usually 1-2 months later) for your renunciation submission. You will be given a set of forms and a checklist on what documents you need to bring along with you for your submission.
Do bring along your birth certificate (have it laminated) on your first trip to MHC as the type of documents needed would depend on what's written on your birth certificate.Next, on your appointment date, submit the forms, the necessary documents, and photocopies including 3 recent passport-sized photographs with blue background. You will be asked to pay S$6 for this stage. Take note that all documents are to be photostated in A4 size. .
Keep copies of all your Malaysian passports (including expired ones) and NRIC as these will not be returned to you. You will be asked to return in approximately 7 working days later to collect the renunciation letter and a certified copy of your birth certificate.
If you lost any of the required documents, do not just tell the counter staff that you cannot provide it as it is not available. They will request you to go and make a police report and it will cause you more trouble! So, get the police report ready if you are missing or lost any required documents.
This letter is sufficient for formalizing your Singaporean Citizenship, including getting your pink NRIC. The official citizenship renunciation document (Form K) will be ready only two years later - MHC will send you a letter when it is ready (the original birth certificate will be returned to you along with Form K). The ICA is aware of this but would still require you to submit the Form K two years later to retain your Singapore citizenship.
Please update MHC by write in to them if your mailing address has changed.
Form K is also necessary if you have funds in the Malaysian EPF that you would like to withdraw.
It is a hassle (multiple trips to MHC) but the consular staff is polite, and the instructions are pretty clear (and in English).
Altogether, there will be 3 trips to MHC!
Once it is processed. You will go down to MHC again in about 7 days between 2.30 - 3.30pm to collect the Renunciation Letter
You will get a copy of your Birth Certificate with 'Certified True Copy' from the Malaysian High Commission.
So your application for Singapore Citizenship has been approved. What's next?
The process of renouncing your Malaysian Citizenship is as follows:
Once you received the approval letter from ICA, take the letter to the Malaysian High Commission (MHC) at 301 Jervois Road. Direct bus number 32 from UE Square or the bus stop next to the GMX Reverse Bungee at Clarke Quay.
You will be given an appointment date (usually 1-2 months later) for your renunciation submission. You will be given a set of forms and a checklist on what documents you need to bring along with you for your submission.
Do bring along your birth certificate (have it laminated) on your first trip to MHC as the type of documents needed would depend on what's written on your birth certificate.Next, on your appointment date, submit the forms, the necessary documents, and photocopies including 3 recent passport-sized photographs with blue background. You will be asked to pay S$6 for this stage. Take note that all documents are to be photostated in A4 size. .
Keep copies of all your Malaysian passports (including expired ones) and NRIC as these will not be returned to you. You will be asked to return in approximately 7 working days later to collect the renunciation letter and a certified copy of your birth certificate.
If you lost any of the required documents, do not just tell the counter staff that you cannot provide it as it is not available. They will request you to go and make a police report and it will cause you more trouble! So, get the police report ready if you are missing or lost any required documents.
This letter is sufficient for formalizing your Singaporean Citizenship, including getting your pink NRIC. The official citizenship renunciation document (Form K) will be ready only two years later - MHC will send you a letter when it is ready (the original birth certificate will be returned to you along with Form K). The ICA is aware of this but would still require you to submit the Form K two years later to retain your Singapore citizenship.
Please update MHC by write in to them if your mailing address has changed.
Form K is also necessary if you have funds in the Malaysian EPF that you would like to withdraw.
It is a hassle (multiple trips to MHC) but the consular staff is polite, and the instructions are pretty clear (and in English).
Altogether, there will be 3 trips to MHC!
Once it is processed. You will go down to MHC again in about 7 days between 2.30 - 3.30pm to collect the Renunciation Letter
You will get a copy of your Birth Certificate with 'Certified True Copy' from the Malaysian High Commission.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Things you probably never knew your mobile phone could do
There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it:
1) The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile; network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out.
2) Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their mobile phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. This saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other 'remote' for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).
3) Imagine your mobile battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370#. Your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile next time.
4) To check your mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone!: * # 0 6 #, a 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.
1) The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile; network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out.
2) Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their mobile phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. This saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other 'remote' for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).
3) Imagine your mobile battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370#. Your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile next time.
4) To check your mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone!: * # 0 6 #, a 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
We will rather burn the bridge than to sell sand to...
Anyone following the news will know that Singapore Mentor Minister, is currently in Malaysia, visiting state officers and government officials. Initially, it was a great news for everyone as the outcome of the visit is very positive and it could signal more cooperation between the two country.
However, this morning, there was a statement from the Malaysia ruling party, UMNO that they will rather burn the bridge than to sell sands to Singapore.
A lot of people will wonder why the ruling party, UMNO hated Singapore so much. There has been no war between them and no direct confrontation. But out of nothing, there will be quote on Singapore.
The issue is not selling sand to Singapore but making use of Singapore as an external enemy to galvanise support for the larger agenda of Malay unity therefore perpetuating Ketuanan Melayu policy. You see Singapore is seen a Chinese bastion in Malay Archipelago and a bloody thorn in their behinds.
This is politic afterall...
Monday, June 15, 2009
Tips on how not to get drunk
Take it easy and don’t get too excited: This is not a collection of tips on how to get wasted, it’s just the opposite:
If you’re young and don’t have a personal or religious problem with alcohol, then the truth is that you’ll eventually drink some. Depending on your entourage, even a lot of: You’ll go to parties where people drink beer, whiskey, wine or others. You’ll end up seeing guys running naked in the backyard, girls throwing their drunken guts out, or even - God forbid - teenagers falling into alcoholic coma. You DON’T want to be one of them. Being dead drunk may seem exciting for an 21 year old going in a bar with his first REAL ID card, but it’s NOT.
Like most guys around, I occasionally get to a bar with a bunch of friends, talking, joking, and drinking beers. I’ve even had my 18′th birthday in a bar, my college graduation and most special events. In my entire life, I only got sick two times because of drinking too much beer. I’ve never fallen unconscious, I was always able to walk back home, most frequently soberer than my friends.
The following tips come from my feeble experience, some of them were taught to me by my father when I first went to a party, some of them by my friends, some of them it’s just stuff I learned around. So… how can you survive an alcohol drinking party with just enough soberness not to feel bad, sick, or fall prey to embarrasing moment
Tip 1. Never go drink on an empty stomach
I told you I got sick twice from too much drinking. To be honest, though, I didn’t drink that much. Both times, the real reason was that I hadn’t eaten anything before getting to the party. No, chips, peanuts and other tiny snacks are not FOOD. Alcohol absorption is increased by hunger, you get more dizzy from one beer on an empty stomach feels than from two on a full one.
Tip 2. You decide how much you drink, not your friends
It’s not a contest. You DON’T need to drink all the beers your friends give you. Not all men/women are born equal. Some hold their liquor better than others. If you start feeling bad, but your friends insist to keep drinking, just STOP. Go drink some juice or water instead. This applies especially to skinny people - alcohol absorption is dependent on the body structure/weight, which also means generally girls are less alcohol resistant than boys. (though I’ve met plenty of exceptions as well)
Tip 3. Make it last longer
Nobody likes it short. If you finish your beer in a minute you’ll be the one not drinking while the others do, and you’ll feel compelled to get a new one. So, instead, make it last longer. Talk, take a sip, talk some more, eat some chips, talk some more. A cool tip one guy taught me was to mix beer and sprite - one bottle of beer, one of sprite, mixed 50/50 in one glass. It obviously lasts twice as long, yet you drink the same amount of alcohol. Your friends will not even notice.
Tip 4. Don’t mix the drinks and always eat between them
This is also well known - don’t drink strong liquor(whiskey) followed by beer, by champagne, by strong liquor, by beer, etc. You’ll get drunk, faster and uglier. You’ll get sick. So, don’t: never alternate drinks. At parties around here, for instance, we’d drink the stronger liquors(martini, whiskey and such) as an appetizer, then we’d eat the hors-d’oeuvres, followed by wine with the main course. If it takes longer, it would be followed by snacks and beer. In the end, if the case, the sweet wine/sparkling goes with the cake. Notice the rule? Don’t go back, and always eat between different drinks.
Tip 5. Oily food - less alcohol absorption
An oily esophagus/stomach absorbs less alcohol. This is a tip for the hard-core drunkards, but they probably know it already.
Tip 6. When dizzy, take a break
After three-four half-a-litter pints and not enough snacks in between I’d get dizzy and start having problems with equilibrium. It’s time for a break - walk out in fresh air, get some water on my face, stay a while in a quieter place. There’s no harm in it - just tell your buds you went to the loo.
Tip 7. When feeling sick, go throw up
If you didn’t follow through the previous tips, you may eventually feel really bad. The room is spinning, you feel a bit like wanting to throw up, only not quite so. The first time it happened it ruined the party for me. I would just sit in a corner, trying to clear my head and feel better. No success. Luckily, someone with more experience helped me - I went to the toilet and forced myself to throw up(one finger down the throat). After rejecting the alcohol in excess, and after freshing up, you’ll feel a lot better.
If you have other tips you want to share with us, just go ahead and comment below. As always, your input is welcome.
If you’re young and don’t have a personal or religious problem with alcohol, then the truth is that you’ll eventually drink some. Depending on your entourage, even a lot of: You’ll go to parties where people drink beer, whiskey, wine or others. You’ll end up seeing guys running naked in the backyard, girls throwing their drunken guts out, or even - God forbid - teenagers falling into alcoholic coma. You DON’T want to be one of them. Being dead drunk may seem exciting for an 21 year old going in a bar with his first REAL ID card, but it’s NOT.
Like most guys around, I occasionally get to a bar with a bunch of friends, talking, joking, and drinking beers. I’ve even had my 18′th birthday in a bar, my college graduation and most special events. In my entire life, I only got sick two times because of drinking too much beer. I’ve never fallen unconscious, I was always able to walk back home, most frequently soberer than my friends.
The following tips come from my feeble experience, some of them were taught to me by my father when I first went to a party, some of them by my friends, some of them it’s just stuff I learned around. So… how can you survive an alcohol drinking party with just enough soberness not to feel bad, sick, or fall prey to embarrasing moment
Tip 1. Never go drink on an empty stomach
I told you I got sick twice from too much drinking. To be honest, though, I didn’t drink that much. Both times, the real reason was that I hadn’t eaten anything before getting to the party. No, chips, peanuts and other tiny snacks are not FOOD. Alcohol absorption is increased by hunger, you get more dizzy from one beer on an empty stomach feels than from two on a full one.
Tip 2. You decide how much you drink, not your friends
It’s not a contest. You DON’T need to drink all the beers your friends give you. Not all men/women are born equal. Some hold their liquor better than others. If you start feeling bad, but your friends insist to keep drinking, just STOP. Go drink some juice or water instead. This applies especially to skinny people - alcohol absorption is dependent on the body structure/weight, which also means generally girls are less alcohol resistant than boys. (though I’ve met plenty of exceptions as well)
Tip 3. Make it last longer
Nobody likes it short. If you finish your beer in a minute you’ll be the one not drinking while the others do, and you’ll feel compelled to get a new one. So, instead, make it last longer. Talk, take a sip, talk some more, eat some chips, talk some more. A cool tip one guy taught me was to mix beer and sprite - one bottle of beer, one of sprite, mixed 50/50 in one glass. It obviously lasts twice as long, yet you drink the same amount of alcohol. Your friends will not even notice.
Tip 4. Don’t mix the drinks and always eat between them
This is also well known - don’t drink strong liquor(whiskey) followed by beer, by champagne, by strong liquor, by beer, etc. You’ll get drunk, faster and uglier. You’ll get sick. So, don’t: never alternate drinks. At parties around here, for instance, we’d drink the stronger liquors(martini, whiskey and such) as an appetizer, then we’d eat the hors-d’oeuvres, followed by wine with the main course. If it takes longer, it would be followed by snacks and beer. In the end, if the case, the sweet wine/sparkling goes with the cake. Notice the rule? Don’t go back, and always eat between different drinks.
Tip 5. Oily food - less alcohol absorption
An oily esophagus/stomach absorbs less alcohol. This is a tip for the hard-core drunkards, but they probably know it already.
Tip 6. When dizzy, take a break
After three-four half-a-litter pints and not enough snacks in between I’d get dizzy and start having problems with equilibrium. It’s time for a break - walk out in fresh air, get some water on my face, stay a while in a quieter place. There’s no harm in it - just tell your buds you went to the loo.
Tip 7. When feeling sick, go throw up
If you didn’t follow through the previous tips, you may eventually feel really bad. The room is spinning, you feel a bit like wanting to throw up, only not quite so. The first time it happened it ruined the party for me. I would just sit in a corner, trying to clear my head and feel better. No success. Luckily, someone with more experience helped me - I went to the toilet and forced myself to throw up(one finger down the throat). After rejecting the alcohol in excess, and after freshing up, you’ll feel a lot better.
If you have other tips you want to share with us, just go ahead and comment below. As always, your input is welcome.
Thought of the day
At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning disabled children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question:
"When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do. Where is the natural order of things in my son?"
The audience was stilled by the query.
The father continued. "I believe that when a child like Shay, physically and mentally handicapped, comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child." Then he told the following story:
Shay and his father had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, "Do you think they'll let me play?" Shay's father knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but the father also understood that if his son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to
be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.
Shay's father approached one of the boys on the field and asked if Shay could play, not expecting much. The boy looked around for guidance and said, "We're losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth
inning."
Shay struggled over to the team's bench, put on a team shirt with a broad smile, and his Father had a small tear in his eye and warmth in his heart. The boys saw the father's joy at his son being accepted. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as his father waved to him from the stands. In the bottom of the ninth
inning, Shay's team scored again. Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat.
At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible 'cause Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.
However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognizing the other team putting winning aside for this moment in Shay's life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least be able to make contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher.
The game would now be over, but the pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game.
Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the head of the first baseman, out of reach of all team mates. Everyone from the stands and both teams started yelling, "Shay, run to first! Run to first!" Never in his life had Shay ever ran that far, but he made it to first base. He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled.
Everyone yelled, "Run to second, run to second!" Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to second base. By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball, the smallest guy on their team, who had a chance to be the hero for his team for the first time. He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions and he too intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman's head. Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home.
All were screaming, "Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay!"
Shay reached third base, the opposing shortstop ran to help him and turned him in the direction of third base, and shouted, "Run to third! Shay, run to third" As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams and those watching were on their feet and were screaming, "Shay, run home! Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the "grand slam" and won the game for his team.
"That day," said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, "the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world."
Shay didn't make it to another summer and died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making his Father so happy and coming home and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!
"When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do. Where is the natural order of things in my son?"
The audience was stilled by the query.
The father continued. "I believe that when a child like Shay, physically and mentally handicapped, comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child." Then he told the following story:
Shay and his father had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, "Do you think they'll let me play?" Shay's father knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but the father also understood that if his son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to
be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.
Shay's father approached one of the boys on the field and asked if Shay could play, not expecting much. The boy looked around for guidance and said, "We're losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth
inning."
Shay struggled over to the team's bench, put on a team shirt with a broad smile, and his Father had a small tear in his eye and warmth in his heart. The boys saw the father's joy at his son being accepted. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as his father waved to him from the stands. In the bottom of the ninth
inning, Shay's team scored again. Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat.
At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible 'cause Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.
However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognizing the other team putting winning aside for this moment in Shay's life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least be able to make contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher.
The game would now be over, but the pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game.
Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the head of the first baseman, out of reach of all team mates. Everyone from the stands and both teams started yelling, "Shay, run to first! Run to first!" Never in his life had Shay ever ran that far, but he made it to first base. He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled.
Everyone yelled, "Run to second, run to second!" Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to second base. By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball, the smallest guy on their team, who had a chance to be the hero for his team for the first time. He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions and he too intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman's head. Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home.
All were screaming, "Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay!"
Shay reached third base, the opposing shortstop ran to help him and turned him in the direction of third base, and shouted, "Run to third! Shay, run to third" As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams and those watching were on their feet and were screaming, "Shay, run home! Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the "grand slam" and won the game for his team.
"That day," said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, "the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world."
Shay didn't make it to another summer and died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making his Father so happy and coming home and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Motorpay System (Singapore toll)
The guy who made the decision to use a prepaid Cashcard system for vehicle IUs to pay for Electronic Road Pricing is stupid. Because once you get near an ERP gantry, the slightest doubt in some idiot's brain will cause that moron to brake hard and you'd have an accident. On a 90kmh highway, you'd have a BIG accident, provided you're moving on those highways that are congested inspite of sky-high ERP charges. When in a jam, the slightest braking will probably cause a jam.
Since then, they have taken another step into a weird area. Now you can insert your credit card into the IU. You can register for that service at https://www.motorpay.com.sg/.
Everytime you get passed a Gantry, the ERP fees will be charged to your credit card and you make payment by the end of the month.
Get this straight: You don't actually put any credit card into your IU. You leave it empty, or leave your Cashcard in. The service is based on your vehicle ERP in-car unit number.
Now let's see what could go wrong with this system:
1) You sell the car, you forget to cancel the car's registration with Motorpay, you pay somebody's ERP for a couple of months before you remember.
2) You take a trip while your significant other maxes out on your card. Your earmarked amount runs out and you incur a fine everytime you pass a gantry.
3) You let your friend take your car for a couple of months, he racks up a thousand bucks of ERP, and you pay.
4) Suddenly, your credit card issuer blocks your card as you forgot to pay the credit card bill. You start getting a fine for every ERP gantry you pass through. Double whammy.
5) Cancellation of the service takes a week. You pass your car to your friend for a week. You pay the ERP.
All speculation, but valid ones. Welcome to post comments to correct my speculations.
From what I see, the Motorpay Web site sucks. The content is stupidly uninformative, with lousy crap content that nobody with my level of intelligence (pretty low, it seems) understands.
STILL, THE BEST WAY IS FOR LTA TO BILL YOU MONTHLY! I get multiple LTA bills per month, on a bad month, for insufficient balance in my Cashcard. If they're afraid of too much work, they would decrease the billing frequency immediately once they get rid of the Cashcard or credit card system, and just take note of my ERP gantry passes and bill me at the end of the month.
Since then, they have taken another step into a weird area. Now you can insert your credit card into the IU. You can register for that service at https://www.motorpay.com.sg/.
Everytime you get passed a Gantry, the ERP fees will be charged to your credit card and you make payment by the end of the month.
Get this straight: You don't actually put any credit card into your IU. You leave it empty, or leave your Cashcard in. The service is based on your vehicle ERP in-car unit number.
Now let's see what could go wrong with this system:
1) You sell the car, you forget to cancel the car's registration with Motorpay, you pay somebody's ERP for a couple of months before you remember.
2) You take a trip while your significant other maxes out on your card. Your earmarked amount runs out and you incur a fine everytime you pass a gantry.
3) You let your friend take your car for a couple of months, he racks up a thousand bucks of ERP, and you pay.
4) Suddenly, your credit card issuer blocks your card as you forgot to pay the credit card bill. You start getting a fine for every ERP gantry you pass through. Double whammy.
5) Cancellation of the service takes a week. You pass your car to your friend for a week. You pay the ERP.
All speculation, but valid ones. Welcome to post comments to correct my speculations.
From what I see, the Motorpay Web site sucks. The content is stupidly uninformative, with lousy crap content that nobody with my level of intelligence (pretty low, it seems) understands.
STILL, THE BEST WAY IS FOR LTA TO BILL YOU MONTHLY! I get multiple LTA bills per month, on a bad month, for insufficient balance in my Cashcard. If they're afraid of too much work, they would decrease the billing frequency immediately once they get rid of the Cashcard or credit card system, and just take note of my ERP gantry passes and bill me at the end of the month.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Attempt to cheat death??
Death is something that we can’t avoid. According to Chinese, there are 4 stages of life; live, old, sick and die. This are stages that no matter how you tried, you can’t avoid. Most people have accepted that on one level or another. Others feel that life expectancy can be doubled or tripled from what it is now.
Some people are terrified enough to spend vast amounts of money to put it off as long as possible with a new phenomena (mainly for the injured or terminally ill) by being cryogenically frozen.
This procedure can be done in California, (for approx. $120,000.00) the only place on the planet where cryogenic freezing is legal. The million-dollar question, however, is does it work? Well, not yet, according to Alcor. The idea is that because science is moving so fast, in just a few years they should have the technology to re-animate you, and repair all the damage done to your body as a result of being frozen at -220C. The human body is a very intricate and complex organism.
Every second of the day blood is being pumped around your body, delivering vital energy and nutrients to your cells. These cells have very limited energy reserves, so when your heart stops and the blood is no longer flowing, they quickly run out of nutrients and begin to succumb to toxic chemical reactions. The key point is that when subjected to extreme cold, these toxic reactions are greatly slowed down. By freezing the cells in liquid nitrogen, Alcor hopes to slow the decaying process down to a point where you can be theoretically be kept in cryostasis forever.
Their philosophy is that if a person’s body and brain cells are properly preserved, then that person is potentially alive, no matter how long they might have been clinically ‘dead’. There is still no proof whatsoever that we will ever possess the technology to bring those already frozen back to life.
The possibilities are frightening. The implications of people having massively extended lifespans have not yet been explored in detail - the few studies done all predict nothing but disaster for the planet as a whole. Until those with this obsessive fear of death come to grips with their own mortality, they will continue using their financial weight to steer science towards a confrontation with nature that we can never win.
So what do u guys think about this?
Part of me says what a bunch of fucking retards but another part of me thinks its a possibility. So i guess i've got mixed feelings about it. But imagine this, even if they brought you back to life, let's say a hundred years from now, what's so great about still being alive while all your friends, relatives including your love one are gone? Human just can't cheat death
Some people are terrified enough to spend vast amounts of money to put it off as long as possible with a new phenomena (mainly for the injured or terminally ill) by being cryogenically frozen.
This procedure can be done in California, (for approx. $120,000.00) the only place on the planet where cryogenic freezing is legal. The million-dollar question, however, is does it work? Well, not yet, according to Alcor. The idea is that because science is moving so fast, in just a few years they should have the technology to re-animate you, and repair all the damage done to your body as a result of being frozen at -220C. The human body is a very intricate and complex organism.
Every second of the day blood is being pumped around your body, delivering vital energy and nutrients to your cells. These cells have very limited energy reserves, so when your heart stops and the blood is no longer flowing, they quickly run out of nutrients and begin to succumb to toxic chemical reactions. The key point is that when subjected to extreme cold, these toxic reactions are greatly slowed down. By freezing the cells in liquid nitrogen, Alcor hopes to slow the decaying process down to a point where you can be theoretically be kept in cryostasis forever.
Their philosophy is that if a person’s body and brain cells are properly preserved, then that person is potentially alive, no matter how long they might have been clinically ‘dead’. There is still no proof whatsoever that we will ever possess the technology to bring those already frozen back to life.
The possibilities are frightening. The implications of people having massively extended lifespans have not yet been explored in detail - the few studies done all predict nothing but disaster for the planet as a whole. Until those with this obsessive fear of death come to grips with their own mortality, they will continue using their financial weight to steer science towards a confrontation with nature that we can never win.
So what do u guys think about this?
Part of me says what a bunch of fucking retards but another part of me thinks its a possibility. So i guess i've got mixed feelings about it. But imagine this, even if they brought you back to life, let's say a hundred years from now, what's so great about still being alive while all your friends, relatives including your love one are gone? Human just can't cheat death
Monday, June 8, 2009
海鳴威 - 我的回憶不是我的
I love this cantonese song by 海鳴威. I seldom blog in Chinese except if it's interesting. The lyric
傷心的總會任性
灰心的總會用氣力
將最好的過去將最多的細碎
鎖到屬于你的眼睛
失戀的不夠耐心
失戀的不信是注定
于最黑的世界
于最光的刹那感動
屬于你的氣息
即使很多一起過的
想起的通通你的
爲著是浪漫的愛情
通通都可再見但承諾可再聽
什麽可不變色
oh..baby
當晚與你記住蒲公英
今晚偏偏想起風的清勁
回憶不再受制于我我承認
回憶也許你的
當晚與你記住流水聲
今晚站在大地自己傾聽
難道送別你回頭總是虔誠
誰能怪我總是太感性
失戀的都有惰性
失戀的都記住約定
當理想的世界
當理想的刹那
因愛無分你的我的
即使很多一起過的
想起的通通你的
爲著是浪漫的愛情
通通都可再見但承諾可再聽
什麽可不變色
oh..baby
當晚與你記住蒲公英
今晚偏偏想起風的清勁
回憶不再受制于我我承認
回憶也許你的
當晚與你記住流水聲
今晚站在大地自己傾聽
難道送別你回頭總是虔誠
誰能怪我總是太感性
傷心的總會任性
灰心的總會用氣力
將最好的過去將最多的細碎
鎖到屬于你的眼睛
失戀的不夠耐心
失戀的不信是注定
于最黑的世界
于最光的刹那感動
屬于你的氣息
即使很多一起過的
想起的通通你的
爲著是浪漫的愛情
通通都可再見但承諾可再聽
什麽可不變色
oh..baby
當晚與你記住蒲公英
今晚偏偏想起風的清勁
回憶不再受制于我我承認
回憶也許你的
當晚與你記住流水聲
今晚站在大地自己傾聽
難道送別你回頭總是虔誠
誰能怪我總是太感性
失戀的都有惰性
失戀的都記住約定
當理想的世界
當理想的刹那
因愛無分你的我的
即使很多一起過的
想起的通通你的
爲著是浪漫的愛情
通通都可再見但承諾可再聽
什麽可不變色
oh..baby
當晚與你記住蒲公英
今晚偏偏想起風的清勁
回憶不再受制于我我承認
回憶也許你的
當晚與你記住流水聲
今晚站在大地自己傾聽
難道送別你回頭總是虔誠
誰能怪我總是太感性
ALERT!!! DBS/POSB Bank Fake Website
Last night at around 8:20 pm, I tried to log on to DBS internet banking. I clicked on my Favorites and I was brought to the website below. If you are a DBS i-banking user, you will readily notice that this website seems to be different as it is asking you for your DBS iB secure PIN right on the first page. Typically, you will only be asked for the DBS iB secure PIN after you have successfully keyed in your User ID and Password. In any case, since I did not suspect anything wrong, I keyed in the three numbers required. After I have entered the numbers, a new webpage appeared saying that I should wait for the SMS One Time Password (OTP). I waited for a few seconds and none came.
That's when I suspected that something was wrong. So I called up DBS hotline and I was told that the website below is NOT their website. So DBS immediately cancelled my i-banking services and verified that none of my monies were transferred.
When I used my home computer and my colleague's office computer this morning to log on to DBS again, thankfully I was brought to the right website.
I think that either my office computer or DBS' website (or both) had been compromised. In any case, I sent DBS a print-screen copy of the website as well as details of the URL. They said they will investigate. The customer service officer said that there are some cases similar to mine that have been reported to them previously.
That's when I suspected that something was wrong. So I called up DBS hotline and I was told that the website below is NOT their website. So DBS immediately cancelled my i-banking services and verified that none of my monies were transferred.
When I used my home computer and my colleague's office computer this morning to log on to DBS again, thankfully I was brought to the right website.
I think that either my office computer or DBS' website (or both) had been compromised. In any case, I sent DBS a print-screen copy of the website as well as details of the URL. They said they will investigate. The customer service officer said that there are some cases similar to mine that have been reported to them previously.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Tips for Female to reach Orgasm
I have wrote on ways for man to control their orgasm or to 'prolong' their sex activities. Now it's information for woman on how they can reach orgasm. Guys, you might want to learn this too and teach ur partners. I guess no guys will want themselves reaching the 'climax' first before their partners as they perceived that the partners will look down at them. Enjoy reading
1. Work on your pelvic floor muscles
Prepare for multitudes of earth-shattering orgasms by whipping your PC muscles into shape. To know what and where they are, next time you're on the loo, try stopping yourself peeing mid-flow. The muscles you clench up to stop yourself urinating are the PC muscles. The best bit about getting them fit and healthy is that you don't need to don footless tights and haul yourself to the gym – you can exercise them by clenching and unclenching them several times during a day. Spend a couple of weeks 'working out' and you'll find yourself having more, and better, orgasms
2. Relax
It sounds obvious, but you're unlikely to have a great orgasm if you're tense or stressed out. Light candles, have a bath, or go for a tension-busting walk and your chances of reaching orgasm are instantly increased. Just remember to avoid alcohol, which can numb the nerve endings in your vagina and make orgasm more difficult
3. Give your man a helping hand
Give yourself an orgasm head start by masturbating before you have sex. Some women find their pubic mound, nipples or inner thigh particularly sensitive... explore your own body and work out what works for you. Stroke, rub and caress yourself for a few minutes before your partner does and prepare for the Big O!
4. Get on top
An oldie but a goodie! Straddling your man means that you can take control of how fast, slow, or deep you want it, and watching him watch you can be a real turn-on as well. Position yourself on top of him and wiggle around a little so that your clitoris is in direct contact with his body, and try rotating your hips in slow circles to achieve an amazing orgasm
5. Have sex during your period
If you feel the yuck-factor is too high on this one, wait until your menstrual flow is at its lowest – towards the end of your period – to minimise the 'I've been shot where it hurts' look for your bloke. All the abdominal muscles and nerve endings are at their most sensitive during your period, which can make for some pretty explosive orgasms. And as a bonus, sex is a sure-fire painkiller if you're prone to nasty cramps
6. Try a variation on the doggy position
If he's especially well-endowed, try lying face down on a firm surface and have him enter you from behind. If you raise your hips a fraction and slip either yours, or his hand in underneath your body, you (or he) can stimulate your clitoris at the same time. This variation on doggy-style combines pressure from the front and the back and it feels pretty damn good!
7. Use lubricant
Sex can sometimes be less comfortable or enjoyable when your vagina is dry. This can happen at the beginning or end of your cycle, or if you've just removed a tampon to have sex. However, a touch of dryness can be easily remedied with one of the many lubrication products available on the market. Lube is also a great orgasm aid – a drop or two applied to the vaginal entrance will make sex more sensual for both or you, and with a bit of luck, more orgasmic
8. Try using a vibrator
Use a vibrator either on your own or with your partner – to achieve orgasm. Have your bloke sit on his knees (so that he can balance) and penetrate you while simultaneously stimulating your clitoris with a vibrator. It feels amazing...
9. Indulge in some oral pleasure
Most men don't need any encouragement to head downstairs - oral sex can be just as pleasurable for the man performing it as it is for the women receiving it. Encourage your bloke to gently lick, suck or nibble on your clitoris – whatever feels great – and then ask him to insert one or two fingers into your vagina so that he can stroke the very sensitive inner wall (where the g-spot is often located). Some women also find that having their perineum licked or a short-nailed finger inserted into their anus results in great orgasms
10. Invest in some adult entertainment
Ask a female staff member at your closest sex store to recommend a film that is especially erotic for women, and try watching it with your partner. You'll soon stop feeling freaked out at the sight of other people getting it on, and start encouraging your bloke to replicate some of the moves you're seeing on screen. Orgasms... here we come!
11. The modified missionary position
You don't need any fancy equipment for this orgasm booster... Lie on your back and put your legs over your partner's shoulders. Lifting your legs like this allows for easier clitoral contact and is also a goodie for stimulation of the g-spot. This position is practically orgasm-guaranteed
12. Stop worrying!
Many women fear that they are taking too long to orgasm or that their blokes get bored of the repetitive motions that are sometimes required for a woman to come. The more you fret, the more likely you are to fake... and that's not good for anybody. Enjoy all the sensations of sex and don't be concerned if you don't always orgasm – sex can be just as pleasurable for both parties without orgasms
1. Work on your pelvic floor muscles
Prepare for multitudes of earth-shattering orgasms by whipping your PC muscles into shape. To know what and where they are, next time you're on the loo, try stopping yourself peeing mid-flow. The muscles you clench up to stop yourself urinating are the PC muscles. The best bit about getting them fit and healthy is that you don't need to don footless tights and haul yourself to the gym – you can exercise them by clenching and unclenching them several times during a day. Spend a couple of weeks 'working out' and you'll find yourself having more, and better, orgasms
2. Relax
It sounds obvious, but you're unlikely to have a great orgasm if you're tense or stressed out. Light candles, have a bath, or go for a tension-busting walk and your chances of reaching orgasm are instantly increased. Just remember to avoid alcohol, which can numb the nerve endings in your vagina and make orgasm more difficult
3. Give your man a helping hand
Give yourself an orgasm head start by masturbating before you have sex. Some women find their pubic mound, nipples or inner thigh particularly sensitive... explore your own body and work out what works for you. Stroke, rub and caress yourself for a few minutes before your partner does and prepare for the Big O!
4. Get on top
An oldie but a goodie! Straddling your man means that you can take control of how fast, slow, or deep you want it, and watching him watch you can be a real turn-on as well. Position yourself on top of him and wiggle around a little so that your clitoris is in direct contact with his body, and try rotating your hips in slow circles to achieve an amazing orgasm
5. Have sex during your period
If you feel the yuck-factor is too high on this one, wait until your menstrual flow is at its lowest – towards the end of your period – to minimise the 'I've been shot where it hurts' look for your bloke. All the abdominal muscles and nerve endings are at their most sensitive during your period, which can make for some pretty explosive orgasms. And as a bonus, sex is a sure-fire painkiller if you're prone to nasty cramps
6. Try a variation on the doggy position
If he's especially well-endowed, try lying face down on a firm surface and have him enter you from behind. If you raise your hips a fraction and slip either yours, or his hand in underneath your body, you (or he) can stimulate your clitoris at the same time. This variation on doggy-style combines pressure from the front and the back and it feels pretty damn good!
7. Use lubricant
Sex can sometimes be less comfortable or enjoyable when your vagina is dry. This can happen at the beginning or end of your cycle, or if you've just removed a tampon to have sex. However, a touch of dryness can be easily remedied with one of the many lubrication products available on the market. Lube is also a great orgasm aid – a drop or two applied to the vaginal entrance will make sex more sensual for both or you, and with a bit of luck, more orgasmic
8. Try using a vibrator
Use a vibrator either on your own or with your partner – to achieve orgasm. Have your bloke sit on his knees (so that he can balance) and penetrate you while simultaneously stimulating your clitoris with a vibrator. It feels amazing...
9. Indulge in some oral pleasure
Most men don't need any encouragement to head downstairs - oral sex can be just as pleasurable for the man performing it as it is for the women receiving it. Encourage your bloke to gently lick, suck or nibble on your clitoris – whatever feels great – and then ask him to insert one or two fingers into your vagina so that he can stroke the very sensitive inner wall (where the g-spot is often located). Some women also find that having their perineum licked or a short-nailed finger inserted into their anus results in great orgasms
10. Invest in some adult entertainment
Ask a female staff member at your closest sex store to recommend a film that is especially erotic for women, and try watching it with your partner. You'll soon stop feeling freaked out at the sight of other people getting it on, and start encouraging your bloke to replicate some of the moves you're seeing on screen. Orgasms... here we come!
11. The modified missionary position
You don't need any fancy equipment for this orgasm booster... Lie on your back and put your legs over your partner's shoulders. Lifting your legs like this allows for easier clitoral contact and is also a goodie for stimulation of the g-spot. This position is practically orgasm-guaranteed
12. Stop worrying!
Many women fear that they are taking too long to orgasm or that their blokes get bored of the repetitive motions that are sometimes required for a woman to come. The more you fret, the more likely you are to fake... and that's not good for anybody. Enjoy all the sensations of sex and don't be concerned if you don't always orgasm – sex can be just as pleasurable for both parties without orgasms
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