Little Red Dot Press - Hands on 29 Nov edition

Getting my hands and on my knees today with allen keys, screw drivers and adjustable spanner. Only managed to get four chairs up today, amidst the final cleaning and shifting of furniture.

Also the late starting time of my day held up much progress. I crawled out of bed at 1030. A trip down to Punggol and back to my new premises eventually took another few hours. I started off only at 1530, with a mug of my kopi to drive my 'motors' until dinner time at 2030.

I did some touch-up painting; more painting; scrubbing down the toilet tiles; moping up the kitchen; cleaning up the brushes; clearing the unused paint and emulsions before finally settling down with my nuts and bolts.

My volunteer help was not available. Hence I have to live with what I have.
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Shifting house is not as easy as it looks.

Thankfully I am the only decision maker, but then the torrential amount of opinions and advice that come from all ranging from the uncle, mother, brother and whoever that is more 'old bird' can cause a P-4 processor to hang.

Looking from another perspective, it dawns on me why soon-to-married couples can bicker.

From the tiling to the house colours, the sofa sets to the little bedside stool, the kitchen cutlery to the water taps, the processor up in the little tiny head post-Darwin modern ape-man has plenty to filter through. Throw in the opposite sex, you would sometimes feel someone jammed up the circuitry somewhere somehow.

Perhaps feminists would call for boycott of my paper, for being so negative towards the opposite gender.

Then again, realisation is the crux. Bearing such possible conflicts in mind, I might be in a better position to have a say in future with my other half.

In case I see raised eyebrows over the last statement, the Editor is still up for grabs. *chuckles*

Coming up... Swimsuit Babes

Little Red Dot Press - Almost Done 27/28 Nov Edition

After a week of painting, scrubbing, cleaning, the house is finally (well, almost) done up.

The Editor has been bent on completing the remaining tasks that he had AGAIN forgotten to snap a pic of the house (without furniture, of course)

Tomorrow (28th Nov) will be the day my hands will be busy again, not at the keyboard, but with screw drivers and screws. Thankfully, I have a pair of volunteer hands to help me, else I will be too beat for the next edition.

And on the health section, the flu bug has finally decided to make a retreat, leaving only traces of a occasional cough behind.

With the house almost complete, I can now move on to the next item on the agenda: new TOSHIBA Laptop

More pics due next edition.

Latest newsflash. In next edition, pictures of swimsuit gals will be featured. Stay tuned.

Little Red Dot Press - Part Deux 26/ 27 Nov edition

It is already the wee hours of 27 Nov and I have yet to touch a single sheet of ST or Zaobao of 26th Nov.

You might have thrown the old news out. Not a chance in my case, I rather forsake TV then to let myself devoid of news.

While as a Pirate Press editor, the highlights of the day were the quality time spent listening to SW (Shortwave) radio on the vessel's equipment. Through this medium I have unknowingly allowed myself to be a convert of a local station Capital 958 (FM 95.8, also broadcasting on SW 6000 kHz)

A friend commented it was so 'ah pek' *Laughs* as she knew I was on another auntie station (Love 972 FM 97.2) before.

Being away from home does makes the heart grows fonder.

I was at my nephew and niece graduation in kindergarden last week when I saw this quote which was so apt to fit my feelings.

Your children need your presence more than they need your presents.

How often have parents these days forgetten their roles? I might not have reached the status of marriagehood and not even to mention, parenthood. But the newer generation these days either make it or don't.

It might sound curt, as though I am the judge, jury and executioner. But children, as mentioned in Sumiko Tan's article in Sunday Times, 20 Nov. spells out the feelings of most single personnel out there.

Of course no one wished that children these days have to put up with unreasonable canings from the rotan heavily struck down by our parents nor ear pullings which have left some sour tastes in some people.

But ultimately the upbringing of the child relies heavily on the parents; for I have seen my own cousins turning down the course of deliquency through the lack of control during the course of growing up.

Where will we be heading off in the next generation? Only history can tell and history has been constantly replayed under guises that we chose blissfully to ignore.

Little Red Dot Press - Overloaded 26 Nov 2005

I must be getting worn out or overloaded with too many thoughts in my head..

I actually keyed 26 Nov 2006 in the title header *sighz*

Time to throw out the rubbish. I have enough pep talk these few days, from my Kor and from my Uncle. And on top of that I have to plan out what to do for the house, though the "Task to do" list almost completed. I am left with the final washdown and furniture to settle with.

My exams will not be due soon. I have to wait for a letter from MPA in TWO weeks time then I can go to book for the exam.

How EFFICIENT our garment agencies are becoming. You too might have besotten with such problems and it ends up terribly frustrating when the whole compound seems to have prided themselves into thinking that they are the BEST?!

Efficiency: it reminds me that they too are efficient in this following link
How can AVA take away my pet chickens without telling me?
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I read with regret such action have been taken. Of course in the 'macro' view, I have to put my hand for the motion. But should it not that suitable tack be used in view of such actions being condemn as reckless?

Looking through the barrage of letters published these days, it seems that the garment is under pelting from a barrage of another kind, unkind words.

Perhaps it is time to seek out greener pastures where we can live with less of these 'EFFICIENT' agencies and live longer lives.

This is your Editor, who had absent-mindly left his digital camera in the backpack for the whole day and forgotten to snap a pic of the house still under going works.

Little Red Dot Press - Wedding Dinner 22 Nov 2005

Had to cut short my work at my new place to make it on time for the wedding dinner of my sec school classmate.

At least, I have managed quite a bit of cleaning so far, on my own. My sore throat is gone now and I feel so much better already. *phew* I was apprehensive about attending my friend's wedding.

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Quite surprised to see a few classmates whom I have not met up for almost 13 years.
Talk about school days and it seems so fresh. The final surprise came about during the 'tekan' session. Obviously the bridegroom (our friend) was not spared from the usual dunk-drinking sessions.

He was tasked, I repeat, to sing the school song. At first I was like 'how did the song go...' but as soon as the whole bunch of ex-GESSians started brawling out the school song, I too sang in low tones (For the record, I was not involved in the tekan session) *smiles*

The memory of those days came back in torrents. Well... almost. The brain did not suffer from any overload of memory flash-backs though. *chuckles*

ONWARDS GESSIANS!

So much for memorable days... *sighs*

Little Red Dot Press - Flu bug bitten 21 Nov 2005

*achoo* The Editor have taken ill, finally.

So much for the weather changes... Up in China, it was dry and cool; apart for the drizzles that fell on most days while I was there.

Today is also Day 2 of my Ex Flying Swallow - a generic exercise name I coined up for shifting house. *Off the record, yes I do agree it's bloody corny. Hahaha*

And what I had done so far:
Day 1 - Forked out a big dole on IKEA furniture. The strolling had me worn out. Not to mention the amount of decision-making I had to do. Glad it was already over.

Day 2 - Made some measurements in the living room, also started to draw up the list for the house clean-up. Friend came up and sent me off to the very cheap shop in IMM.
Spent $60 on my first visit... Have restrained myself but should have cut back on more.

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Went down to see sinseh for the flu. Perhaps some might think it would be better to visit the western doc, but I am still in favour of TCM. The medication did its work without the drowsiness effect. At least I could feel the sore throat subsiding by the end of the day.

So much for today. I am still wondering if I can complete the movement on time. *ponders*

Little Red Dot Press - Grouchy Post 17/18 Nov Edition

Moving out of the house is easy. It is the portion whereby you have to do the packing and UNPACKING later that comes as a chore.

Thankfully being part of the male homo-saipen species, I only have a small sampling of clothings to be packed away. And most of them are still in near-vacuum ziplock bags. I had them packed away before I went away for my last six months contract.

Books... Had I not controlled myself these few years, I would be up to my neck on how to bring these books across.

Then again all these packing and unpacking seem relatively unimportant as compared to one aspect of this operation: LOGISTICS!

I might have to push some buttons and ask for some favours to bring my items across, which is thankfully, should be accomplished within 2 or 3 car trips.

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A grouchy me took possession in the earlier part of the night. Perhaps after departing from such cosy conditions up in Zhou Shan, whereby I had the luxury of housekeeping staff to clean up the room, I now return to see some of my t-shirts still not fully dry, leaving behing a feeling of humidity within the fibres of the fabric. *DRYER!!! where are THOU!?!*

Perhaps having a little 'cleanish' streak in me, made me upset over such apathy; now it's back to square one where it has to be redone over again. :(

So much for a two week absence.

Little Red Dot Press - Lagging and Tired 17 Nov edn

After two consecutive flights, one from NingBo to Hong Kong and the other from Hong Kong to Singapore had me very much worn out.

For the uninformed, this Editor had left most people second guessing of his whereabouts. I was sent for a course, compliments of my company to ZhouShan, Zhejiang Province, PRC from 07 Nov till 16 Nov. It was until today that I could sit down in my comfortable hi-back chair and resume my duties as the Editor.

Even my mum called to find me in HKG (I had a night stop-over in HKG prior the flight to Ningbo) on the 7th. She was presumably lost in the twilight zone, as I had mentioned to her about the event.

The course comprised of theory as well as practical sessions. I shall skip the details for fear that the mambo-jumbo would leave more question marks hanging in the air than it should be.

It was also a nice getaway from the hustle of this Little Red Dot city state, but the trip also held back my plans to move out.

And one more piece which this Editor did not mention is that I shall be shifting out to my own premises within these two weeks (scheduled to complete shifting by end of the month)

I rented down a 3 room HDB unit and will be back to my nomadic lifestyle, complete with more household luxuries than I have now in this present premises. *AIR CON! WHERE IS MY AIR-CON?!! (grasps for breath)*

Pictures will follow and my up-and-coming postings might seem rather bland to some as I would hyped-up blabbing about my new premises.

Perhaps some might query over my decision to move out ALONE and to fork out a tidy sum of money for the house. Looking in the near future, every one would have to move out of their parents' premises one day.

In my case, I now have the buoyancy to live on my own, with savings from the years I spent at sea as the Pirate Press editor. And chances of finding such a niche area (5 mins walk from my elder brother's place) is far and few.

On top of everything, the owner is the sister of my good friend which in turn made things much easier to negotiate.

So, does this shift means I would be hanging up my sea-boots soon? asked some of my friends. As the Editor, I have very little to comment at the present moment. For more update, stay tuned to Little Red Dot Press!

Little Red Dot Press - Bee-zee 28 Oct - 04 Nov edition

Shortly after I had my bums back on my hi-back chair, the task of cleaning up the amount of dust that piled up in my room began.

After a few changes of water and few days later, the room is spick and span *finally*
My books, suitcases and many other barang barang have been systematically packed away... for the time being.

But the outlook did not last long; one phone call from my company have me reeling momentarily. I was due to fly again. Yes it was too "good" to be true; my bum had hardly warmed the seat and I have to fly again.

Thankfully, I was only due to fly up to China for a short one-week course. So much for my stay in SG.

Of course within the short span till now, this editor have not only been busy with spring-cleaning. Things could not have come at a right time. I DID have intentions to move out and surprisingly, a friend acting upon his sister's behalf, was trying to get the place occupied.

In time to come, I shall the proud occupant of my little Abode! Watch this space, more pics will come!

Your friendly Pirate Press/ Little Red Dot Press editor,
Syn