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soulcheeky. Based in sunny island. Star sign-Cancerian. Contact me: Soul-cheeky

Random events, thoughts & remarks based on fragments of the writer's life experiences & ccurrences. Not meant to be offensive or imposing but just a way of life. Feel free to drop me a note if you're impressed or distressed (by my posts).

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Monday, November 28, 2005

Went to JB last Thursday for a friend's (ex-colleague) wedding solemnization as both of them are Malaysians & it's so hard for them to get a specific date here in Singapore at a short notice.

Anyway, I ended up becoming one of their wedding witnesses. Which means my name & signature is permanently inked in their wedding certificate. Somehow it seems weird but pretty much an honour & pleasure.

The process though is similar to the ones held in Singapore, the atmosphere & feel is rather different. But still, saying I Do & be legally bounded to your partner is a big step & commitment.

Wedding couple & friends

The wedding witnessess & the bride

It was rather an eventful day. We were driving a Singapore registered-car which was driven by the groom with my friend, the bride, sitting in the front passenger seat. As soon as we entered JB, both the driver & my friend released their seat belts. Then not too long after, I realised there was a Malay guy wearing a white-colored uniform riding his motorbike quite close to us & I thought "ok, this don't look good. Singapore car sure kenna aimed". And true enough, we were asked to stop by the roadside. Luckily, the groom is a Malaysian so he spoke fluent Malay (which I think the man was quite surprised) and both went to the side of the road & started "negotiating". So ended up, we paid him RM$20 for "kopi lui" & drove off.

After the ceremony, we wanted to drive off and realised there was a white piece of paper stuck to the windscreen. How "lucky" can we be?! Kenna summon for not putting parking coupons. Aiyo...who will put parking coupon when you're in a foreign land. Somemore, it's for less than 2 hours. Anyway, the groom said no need to pay as such fines are not recorded in the system.

Well, that is not the end. When we came back to Singapore, we were dropped off at Woodlands MRT opposite the taxi stand but didn't realised it was a double-yellow line. And when the rest of us wanted to cross the road to the station itself, we saw a TP at the opposite taxi stand looking at the car! The TP then drove quite close to the car & I thought "Oh no, not again...go JB kenna summon, come back Singapore, still want to kenna again? Cannot be so suay man."

Later that night, I asked my friend if they were stopped by the TP. Luckily, they did not as they realised they were followed by the TP and drove off quickly.

With such a "luck", I thought better go buy 4D on the car number and the date. But what a disappointment, both numbers did not come out in the 4D draw over the weekend. As what my mom would say "jiak liao liao".

And a valuable lesson......don't drive to Malaysia.

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

I'm back after a week of hiatus. Mainly cuz I hardly have the time to blog & because my home PC's monitor decided to "retire" on me suddenly. So right now, I can't use my home pc until someone donate a monitor to me (hint: that will be a good xmas gift).

Everytime when I try to save, something sure "cocked-up". Example: monitor spoil, pc down, getting sick, birthdays, weddings, etc. Often, I looked back & wonder "where have all my money gone too"?. I guess I really over-did it this time. Shopping, travel, bloody insurance premiums, facials. And yes, lately I spent so much on facials & skincare, it's frigging disgusting. And what frustrates me further is, I don't see much improvement to my face. *sigh*

You know, when you're young, your parents always tell you to "save money for rainy days" & the virtues of saving. But good young us would usually discard such adage aside. And so now I regret.

Saving is a double-edged sword really. Life's too short & you won't even know if you would still be alive tomorrow. So what's the use of saving when you can't even bring the $$ along with you to heaven/hell. But then, what IF you don't die but live to an old ripe age & is sickly, and dun have the money? So I guess the wise thing to do is to spend & save moderately.

I looked back at my spending habits & have decided to make a resolution to stop. No more impulse buying. The next time I see another pair of shoes or bag that I want to buy, I'll have to tell myself "I don't need another shoes / bag".

As much as I lament myself for the state I am in now. I think it's still not to late to reflect & start saving (that is if I even have enough cash to save....aside from the necessities bills to pay).

Friday, November 11, 2005

I was strucked by gastric flu & thus was on MC yesterday & today.

It's one of the worst experience I've ever had. Tummy started getting very painful from 4am. I was perspiring with sweat (even though I'm sleeping in an air-con room). Had diarrhoea, then started puking.

Went weak & giddy...didn't even have the strength to go see doc until mid-afternoon when I asked my boyfriend to accompany me. And just when I reached the clinic, I puked again (this time puked only water since I didn't have anything to eat the whole day). Luckily, I brought a plastic bag along.

Had an injection to quell the vomitting & stomach pain. I still felt terrible. I couldn't sleep, my whole body was numb & I hate that feeling. It's as though I am going into "mild fits".

My health hasn't been that good ever since 2 years back & I don't know what it is. I even went for scans, probes, etc but each time the results came back. It showed nothing abnormal.

I know somewhere & somehow there's something wrong with me but I doubt even the doctors know what. It's worrying.

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

I was taking the train to work this morning as usual & something caught my eye. I guess the signage has been there for quite sometime but it just didn't occur to me, till today.

The signage was placed at the side of the tracks read something like this "Do Not Jump Into Tracks" Fine $5,000. I wonder if I should be amused or otherwise. Singapore is known to be a "fine" city (literally). Fine for smoking, fine for littering, fine for spitting, fine for speeding, etc. Now, fine for jumping into the tracks? That takes the cake.

Perhaps the warning was put in place to deter pranksters from disrupting the train services by jumping into the tracks intentionally. We know that there had been several cases of people who died after being rammed by the trains while they were on the track. Some (the papers) claimed were suicide cases & some jumped into the tracks to retrieve their stuff that had accidentally fallen onto the tracks. Now, I wonder if the victim (whether dead or hospitalized) will be made to pay the fine too?

There are so many signs around informing the public on the fines on these & that. But I wonder who is actually the one who will collect the fine & to where (presumably the government) & for what purpose?

And then when we read the papers, there would be people who are caught either doing illegal stuff or just simply getting into accidents. The verdict will usually include jail term and or fine. So where does the fine goes to? Is it for better bonuses of the civil servants (since civil servants pay & bonuses are from taxpayer's money in a way), build better prisons, better roads or to a certain "unknown" fund? Hmm...

I have a friend who got into a minor hit-and-run accident last year. And since it's minor, the Police took quite awhile to have the case sorted & it wasn't an efficient one. More than a year later, my friend received a letter from the police to inform him that the driver has been charged & had his licence suspended for a few months & fined $2,000.

Now, this is where we don't see the logic. Here, the victim (my friend) was injured & had to pay for his own medical fees at the hospital, not only didn't he get a cent, the Police "earned" the $2,000 out of nowhere. That's pretty unfair. And I remembered in the Straits Time Forum not too long ago, someone wrote in with a similar predicament but I don't think there was a reply from the relevant authority.

Back to the "fine" signages, if I see someone littering in public, can I go over there & "nab" him & ask him to pay me $500 or is the fine only imposed by the right person from the right agency?

Just a curious & funny thought of the day.

Thursday, November 03, 2005

I've been sick since Mon & it seems to get worse. Down with bad throat, flu & cough. Finally managed to get a half-day MC yesterday when I'm starting to sound like a man or Rod Stewart. Dang doctor didn't want to give me an MC on Monday when I consulted her....

I'm blowing my whole nose away, skin peeling by the side. Ear blocked & pain...all the works. I hate it when I'm sick. Instead of enjoying the 2 public holidays, I'm staying indoors nursing myself.

Boohoo.