same old, same old

Same old, Same old,

"Researching" for my Chinese Opera Project, I came across this Mei Lanfang's 48 eye expressions.



Lovely, truly.

Then it struck me that Tyra Banks' 275 different ways to smile with your eyes isn't quite novel.

sliced cake

Kind of people you shouldn't hire:

I was craving for a swiss roll, and Bangawan Solo has a rather good coffee flavored ones. I buy them often enough to know that they slice the cake roll for you if you request them to do so. However on this unfortunate encounter:

Me: One coffee roll. Slice it please.

BS (a rather unfortunate acronym, don't you think?): Oh. Ah? Coffee Roll?

Me: Yes (pointing at the cake rolls). Sliced.

BS: (Taking out a single piece from the other side of the fridge. Single slices not the cake roll.)

Me: No, no... This one (pointing to the whole roll).

As BS was taking out the roll, I asked her to slice the cake roll for me. BS put back the cake roll and went back to the other fridge for a single slice.

This repeated a few times more. I eventually got my cake sliced, but it sure took some patience and elaborate hand gestures.

In conclusion, (and I say this with no elitism intended)... good help is impossible to find these days.

bad people

For the need of rant and short of time, let me sum it up this way.

1. Well liked team member got married overseas (it's a gay wedding, so there is some hesitancy from a few old fashion minded to "celebrate". The person is still well-liked, nonetheless)

2. No one wants to get the gift ("what do you get a gay couple?!"). Money is not a problem... but people reply sooooo slowly (we're a in different offices and time zones).

3. I volunteered (stupid me).

4. Then I found out landlord wants to sell the house. I now have a headache trying to find a new place. Fast.

5. For efficiency, I wrote to the 8 member team jokingly saying it is an "opt-out".

6. WTF. "Opt-out" created so much sensitive vibes. Trust me. If your team is a team of speechwriters, each word counts.

7. The reply I got was let's make it an opt-IN system. PLUS in the second email, I get scolded for not giving a "safer" more "sensible" option. I should not make everyone "conform". I am also irritated with how he kept referring to the wedding as the "wedding" (with inverted commas... and everywhere else including "safer", "sensible" and "conform").

8. Thank goodness come Nov 8, I no longer will be working with my old team.

9. No-balls me will be still looking for the gift. Simply cause I like the person who got married.