The Wannabe Economist

I am falling sick. Dizzy while having dinner just now. And then i felt like i can never be able to quench the thirst and ended up drinking a lot…

…water, milk, almond jelly (ok i ate this) and bird’s nest (it’s entirely Mrs Chongky’s idea). It only got better after i seeked refuge in the air-conditioned room.

Yesterday was sure eventful. Had my first interview of the year, which i would say went well except for the neglected fact that the company is looking for immediately employment.

Gave this company a piece of my mind too. If the department didn’t deserve it because the screw up happened with the operation side and technically they didn’t contribute to the happening of the mistake, they probably deserve all the shouting i gave them because of their unprofessional attitude. Not that i would expect myself to be even civilized in this situation, but i’m not a staff with this particular listed company on the SGX and thus have no obligation to behave in the most professional manner. I believe with this incident, our clubbing life has come to an end. We might have already entered this unknown blacklist the system hides somewhere deep underneath all the programmes, and when our I.D.s are scanned, a prompt will appear on the screen to instruct the bouncers to deny our entry.

In any case, when i have the money to spend, i swear i would go to the ataps clubs, not those meant for boys wearing plastic frames and keeping extremely short hair. Or any other associated clubs under this umbrella company.

On a lighter note, i have ended my term as the events manager. I reckon now i’m free to do whatever i want, including trekking in the city.

Frankly i prefer trekking in the wilds, but if i can’t do that, the next best alternative would be carrying the beloved backpack and hike around in the city.

Time to go catch up with sleep. Another long day tomorrow. And have to look after the kids.

They are just like me. And my bro. Never fail to fall asleep on the sofa just because it feels different from the bed.

Yupper. It’s a public holiday in Singapore, while Easter Monday isn’t!

Didn’t do much today. Only AE that isn’t entirely applied, home, bottle tree village, AE again.

Took a bit of photos while we bring the kiddos out. Wei Wei is already acting like the big sister already.

Note to self: Upload photos after exams.

Shoutout: anyone keen about going up to Camp5 on friday early morning and back on Monday late noon? Let me know.

I am one of those people who can’t shut up when i see something wrong / unfair / gross / disgusting. It’s just your luck that you have to choose to talk to me about the “art work”. Man, if i’m ugly then i would make it sound ugly, even though i have tried my best to search for a great sounding adjuctive to mask that disgust.

If the performance is weird looking, then don’t perform, i would say. I see more energy off stage RIGHT AFTER the performance than when these people are on stage.

And if the handiwork is poor, then don’t try to pull it off as an ”art work”. If anything that is unsightly is art, then nature is a great artist. But wait! Nature is more of functional than an artist.

When i disagree when something, i would try to put it across in the best manner i can. Of course it sounds more mild in comparison to when i bitch about the same issue. But hey, i don’t want to ruin any nice impression, if there’s any, of me. Not the impression in the mind of the character-less person. It’s the rest who are present.

And while bathing last night, i just realised that i am a qualified candidate for OBS. Outdoor experience, first aid qualification, organisation skills. Who cares if i didn’t win the whole world in something i do. Like what the FT prof says, don’t compare. Because once you start, you would always lose. Because you might have won all in your age group locally, but you can never win all out of your age group, neither can you win all within your age group around the world.

Now that’s humbility humility.

I think Fred Rouhling is cool. Especially after all the negative remarks from other climbers about his 9B Akira.

Much has been going around the internet about Todd Skinner’s death Monday while rapping off the Leaning Tower in Yosemite. The report from the scene is that :

His harness broke. It was old and worn out, and he had a new one on the way in the mail.

Born in Pinedale, Wyoming, Skinner learned climbing techniques from his father, with whom he started climbing at age 10. Since then, Skinner accomplished more than 300 first ascents in 26 countries. He had practiced all climbing disciplines, from bouldering to Himalayan ascents. However, his main asset was free-climbing big wall routes. His most famous achievement was the first free-climb to El Capitan’s Salathe Wall (VI 513b), teaming up with Paul Piana. That climb almost ended up in tragedy, since a huge rock hit the climbers right after reaching the summit, leaving Todd with broken ribs and Piana with a broken leg.

If that isn’t a sad reminder for all of us to check our gear regularly, I don’t know what is.

The above article is quoted from Gear Up Blog.

Even though he is an accomplished climber, i’m quite sure many, like myself, have heard little or nothing about this person until this post. He isn’t a nobody. He is in fact, claimed by many to be the most diverse climber of his generation. Boulder, Himalayan expedition, free climbing, he has done them all.Note: Our Team does not encourage or condone free climbing.

To the detailed report of the incident, visit SFgate.com.

To read more about Todd Skinner, visit beyondthesummit.com

To find out about the updates and everything about Todd Skinner, visit his website where you can palce yourself on a mailing of a DVD compilation of the climber. Part of the proceeds will go towards Skinner Memorial Fund benefiting his family (he is surivived by his wife and three young children).

Hailing where are you?!

MIA for so long we is sadz.

I promise we both won’t black face anymore if we see u more often.

Unlike the other climbers who have better luck. They always seem to be able to find better videos and more than i do. Whereas i am satisfied by watching climbing videos on google video.

At least i get to watch Dean Potter and Chris Sharma.

Feel like getting that pair of dragon climbers and those pranas.

Sighs…

Need a job for December to finance the SEA cum Apple’s graduation tour cum our early graduation tour.

Yesterday one hella tired. Climbed in the morning, and did some bouldering with the Chopsticks. You should see what did we came up with. Long move short move short move then long move. Haha… it’s the small rectangle green tape route.

After that lugged all my gears and heavy ball to Yishun for skill test. Lucky WZ picked me up, otherwise i might very well die walking in.

And ya, by the time i reach home i was dead tired. It didn’t take long time for me to decide to nap.. from 6ish to 12ish. Hardly ate anything yesterday.

But i made it all up just now.

Muahaha…

It’s been a long long time since we last ate MacDonalds. Since it’s the last day that the coupons are valid, Neh, Apple, WZ, Mrs Chongky and i might as well make use of them.

Dinner was good. So is the company.

Let’s all tour SEA next summer. WZ should fuck the one month Krabi trip. We can do that again next Dec. 

The theme of the Halloween Party 2006 is Uniform and Costume. So it’s pretty funny seeing all sort of characters and school students all coming together in 1 SR for the evening.

While the ladies are taking their time in the small toilet, the efficient Roy and i have already changed and took the first photo. Try to visualise the growth. From that uniform on me to the same one with long pants and then Roy’s uniform. Er… pardon the hair though. I can’t spike like Roy’s.

Wonder why that in deep thought look appear on Roy’s face when we are supposed to do an Ah Beng pose.

Just when we were all famished and deciding whether to eat without the girls, they came back. And put up a skit they came up in the toilet. -_-”

So introducing everyone…

The guys… from left to right we have Tiny, Danny (in disguise), Jason (the sec 3 neighbourhood ah beng), me (the sec 2 neighbourhood ah beng), Shuwei (in his jersey which he claims is a type of uniform), Nicholas, Sam (Korean), Moses (the punk diver) and Roy.

And then we have the girls… Sarah, Xiuting (not Huiting k), Soo Leng (the sec 1 girl), Manchi (chao ta RJ girl), Mrs Chongky (kneeling and stunted fairy AC girl), Huiting (the tree) and Neh Neh (the neh neh).

And i just realised Jess the witch is missing.

And Gan Ann the witch is missing too.

While looking through the photo, Mrs Chongky and i both missed out our couple-ly shot.  We ended thinking that we missed our shot because we were both busy eating last night. BUT… we did take a photo while we were busy munching our food (and after the photo left wondering if i have food stuck in our teeth).