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Thursday, March 23rd, 200624 March 2006 @ 03:16 am
dammit. D just cancelled on me for the ride on sat. But hey Ead and Dan are going riding. It’s ead’s first time and i get to laff. haha. No lah. I won’t laugh lah. I’ll take lotsa vids and plaster them. 
I feel bad that I had to cancel on Ed (the boatman). Oh well this’ll be the first time I’m riding with the Punggol people. Let’s see if what they say is true. I’d like to see what this guy has to say about my riding. I’m not good but I know i’m learning. I swear I’m going to make the stupid wakejump this time.
Current Mood: 
crazy
Current Music: Humpback Oak - The Last Homegrown Lost Boy
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23 March 2006 @ 12:41 pm
New 160GB drive means a rip up!
My dad got an old P4 2.4 from a friend and wanted a new case to go along with it so I get to take back the old p3 that I handed to him when I came back from .ca. The old P3 has seem some serious action since I got it way back in 2000 when I was back in sg for a long awaited holiday. Wow. It’s been that long and it’s funny how my P3 survived in the hands of my dad. Well ok he did destroy the parallel port 1 but then I haven’t tested it yet so I wouldn’t know. Last night I got home a little early so I decided I’d take the parts from the HP P4 machine and stick it in the larger medium tower that the P3 was in. What I forgot was that the larger p3 ASUS cuv4x board couldn’t fit in the HP case. Bummer… or not! haha I decided that since I was going to just use the stupid thing as a storage server then I wouldn’t need to access all the cards much at all.
This is considering that I only need to set it up once so that it boots up automatically and that I have remote admin access to that machine. There really isn’t much I want to do with that machine anyways. Maybe some times I might need to use it for some spare processing but that’s it.
My tech inventory now holds :
Processors
1x Intel P4 2.4GHz
1x Intel P3 733MHz
1x Intel P2 500MHz
3x Intel P2 450MHz
RAM
1x 512MB DDR
5x 256MB DDR
2x 128MB DDR
4x 64MB DDR
HDD
1x 160GB Seagate Barrucuda 7200RPM
2x 80GB Maxtor Calypso 7200RPM
1x 40GB Samsung
1x 30GB Maxtor
1x 8GB IBM
The original P4 had the Samsung in it along with the DVD RW (2nd gen). Then I came back from Canada and stuck in my 2 80GB’s and handed my dad the 40GB. Now I’ve gotten a 160GB and everything’s a mess. Now this is what’s happened. The P4 has a the Samsung as a boot drive, the 160 and the 80, and of course the DVD RW. I realised I couldn’t stick in more memory because this stupid HP m/b comes only with 2 DDR slots. So I’m stuck with 768MB of RAM. I guess I can do more video rendering now what with the 160, i guess I’ll prolly use the 80 as a scratch disk. Either way. The P3 has the 10GB as a boot drive, and i’ve spanned the 80 and 30GB drives together on that one to use as storage and spare processing, the board has 3 slots so I gave it 768MB of RAM too. THe only thing is that I realised that the P4 board is way small and fits into the old Medium tower that the P3 was in, but not vice versa. So I stuck the P3 board in sideways. That is.. the card slots of the P3 now sit facing the bottom of the stand-up case. 
I only need a network card in there anyways.
Now I just have to tie up some loose ends. THe sound card isn’t being detected on this P4 Machine so I have to open it up and jiggle the card around a bit.
I went to the gym yesterday and I’ve decided that I’m going to change my workout. It’s time I did anyways, the full body workout gives a great kick but I must admit that it is getting a little boring overall. I spent the time at the gym yesterday trying to figure out how I should further refine my workout and I;m rather excited about the new workout. The first thing that I did was to figure out what are the exercises that I could do (including variations) for the various body parts. Next I had to decide how I wanted to implement the body part idea for each workout. I think I’ve decided to split the bod up into 3 major areas that over lap into each area.
Day 1: Lower bod (high), abs,and lower back (high), chest, upper back, shoulders (low)
Day 2: abs, core, lower back (low), chest, upper back, shoulders (high), biceps, triceps (low)
Day 3: Chest, shoulders, upper back , shoulders (low), biceps, triceps lower bod (high)
A possible variation would probably be the chest, maybe I might do inclined, declined and regular bench depending. I dont want to get too regimented but I think I want to try this alternating high-low combo. I’m going to try to keep my workouts to 2 hours max now, not including cardio that is.
1 Or so he claims, so much so that he had to get a parallel port card
Current Mood: 
cheerful
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12 March 2006 @ 07:16 pm
CCB!. I need new boss filters.
let’s continue looking at some rantings and ravings via 500 char sized sms’! All the blah blah blah and all that shite about what to do. if really wanted to do things HIS way then why bloody ask me to do the shit. I don’t see a point in being so anal and nasty to other people who are providing a service to us.
Maybe I should quit. This isn’t worth it at all. Or is it?
WTF. He’s even dictating when I should or should not check my emails. WTF. I have a bloody reservist shit to deal with the next day. CB!
>>10 Mar 2006
boss (10/3 14:47): I’ve sent emails to all BMW committee members. Check them TODAY! I want answers..thanks.
boss (10/3 17:34): The doctor’s slides are great but have some repitition which we need him to re-check. We’ve re-designed and plonked into master. J, D needs your Mom’s name. Will email A the master slides for him to get doctor to proof read his slides.
me (10/3 17:43): ok. I already informed A of the length
boss (10/3 18:45): Wait..i’ve looked through it..the contents are good for us..don’t cut it but tell A to inform the doctor to not take longer than required in the program and ’speak energetically faster with impact’. That’s why I need the program highlights in order to plan each speakers timing. Sequence should be as the master slides. You just need to work out the timings.
me (10/3 18:47): Roger
boss (10/3 18:52): Can you ask AL to ask M if we happen to stretch longer that day because of time taken to close cases, can we negotiate to not be charged extra? Give AL a list of our enquiries to YWCA so she can handle them at 1 call. The CD player and this. Also, for her to remind May about their tech to hook up audio cable from presenter lap top to mixer board. So we have 3 channels. 1 for lap top audio, 1 for wireless mike, 1 for CD player.
me (10/3 18:55): I won’t b able to check email till sat night? Will b back late tonight and got mob tomorrow.
boss (10/3 19:11): Somehow you have to check tonight. Also before I forget, road show rules stipulate that all contracted advisers are to wear lanyards with Authorisation Cards or Business Cards at the event. Have to inform them on Monday.
boss (10/3 19:14): Name tags must also be prepared for CC, BL and D as staff for the event.
me (10/3 19:14): speaking of monday my mum is going to the hosp. I can’t attend the meeting
boss (10/3 19:57): What time will u be done with yr mom?
me (10/3 19:59):
boss (10/3 20:04): Just tell me what time and i’ll postpone our mtg to suit you. No time already!
me (10/3 20:06): I dunt know. Her appt is usually at 9 and she can wait till 3
boss (10/3 20:07): Then how, J? Suggest something then..this is work, we have to sort things out..
me (10/3 20:09): I’ll be there at 9
boss (10/3 20:12): Dear All! This coming Monday morning meeting is off. We will instead have the final brief for BMW extensively on Tues morning 9am-12.30pm. All to attend except Eile who’s out of town. Thanks.
boss (10/3 20:16): Dear All! This coming Monday morning meeting is off. We will instead have the final brief for BMW extensively on Tues morning 9am-12.30pm. All to attend except Eile who’s out of town. Thanks.
me (10/3 20:20): Roger dat. U didn’t have to do that I was making arrangements. Thanks
boss (10/3 20:21): Done..just prepare everything that needs to be prepared for brief on Tuesday.
boss (10/3 23:48): C,(c.c. J & AL) sorry to bug you so late but take note that we’ll need about 2 rolls of duck tape with scissors to tape down the connecting cables from projector to my lap top (in tablet mode) placed on the rostrum on the stage and from the lap top to the sound mixer for the commercials to be played. J, i’m just afraid my lap top speed may slow down the commercials so you need to check both ads on my lap top. Thanks.
Here he reserves time for himself. So how am I expected to sell? fucker.
This continued the next day
>> 11 Mar 2005
boss (11/3 16:54): Dear All! Pls take note the Organization activities for the next 2 weeks into your own schedules. Mon 13 March- No Agency Mtg. Tues 14 March 9am-12.30pm BMW training & mtg. Sat 18 March 9am-6pm (Prep for and event time for BMW) Mon 20 March 9am-12pm (tentatively in trng room)guest speaker formerly from Manulife will be present & PFR refresher training. Tues 21 March 9am-2pm, NLP training. Thanks.
I started receiving the first messages at 0845 in the morning and they didn’t stop. He sends such long messages that the system can’t take it and sends me gibberish. When I tell him that I’m receiving gibberish he sends me the whole fucking schbang AGAIN.
And today: >> 12 Mar 2006
boss (8:47): J, I need to see you for a working meeting tomorrow in the afternoon, anytime for Tues briefing. Inform me when.
boss (8:57): Here’s the agenda that must be planned and settled BY tomorrow. 1. Door Gift List for insertion into bags. 2. Pre-Show Program - Loading of Road Show Props & stationary & forms (what forms? Do we have enough? Letterheads. Spare ink cartridges?)- Cars (what goes into whose cars?)- IT equipment (lap tops for program and printer) 3. Individual Adviser Must-Do List- Lanyards & Name Cards and/or Authorization Cards - Staff Name Tags (Colin Chuan & Brian’s including names of DermaCare staff) - all suited. 4. Programme Highlights for each guest at table. 5. Programme Highlights for each adviser & staff- From set up time, programme briefing etc 6. Work Group Plan (disseminate labor work plan-what is to be set up by who?) 7. Ensure DQÇC(Å1fÖ£¥ìM\Xi4
2ThM”n and they must follow the plan for set-up and registration must know the ushering process. 8. Ushering Process (since there is no@\SigmaChøFfÖÇè’
“9ø_\XiC&øint name tags for especially DermaCare’s guests)
boss (9:56): Pls coordinate with julian today on the time to meet me tomorrow for final brief b4 tues. Timing to yr convenience. I’m ok whole day. Cc. Julian.
me (11:43): ur msg was 2 long & got garbled.This is wat I rec’d: 8. Ushering Process (since there is no@\SigmaChøFfÖÇè’ “9ø_\XiC&øint name tags for especially DermaCare’s guests)
boss (11:44): Here’s the agenda that must be planned and settled BY tomorrow. 1. Door Gift List for insertion into bags. 2. Pre-Show Program - Loading of Road Show Props & stationary & forms (what forms? Do we have enough? Letterheads. Spare ink cartridges?)- Cars (what goes into whose cars?)- IT equipment (lap tops for program and printer)
boss (11:46): 3. Individual Adviser Must-Do List- Lanyards & Name Cards and/or Authorization Cards - Staff Name Tags (Colin Chuan & Brian’s including names of DermaCare staff) - all suited. 4. Programme Highlights for each guest at table.
boss (11:47): 5. Programme Highlights for each adviser & staff- From set up time, programme briefing etc 6. Work Group Plan (disseminate labor work plan-what is to be set up by who?) 7. Ensure DermaCare knows the plan and they must follow the plan for set-up and registration must know the ushering process. 8. Ushering Process (since there is no time to design and print name tags for especially DermaCare’s guests)
me (11:49): Roger dat. Thanks
boss (11:49): One more thing..-Sitting arrangements for our guests to our advisers.
me (11:53): May we meet outside of the office please?
boss (11:55): If u wan to, bring yr laptop along & minute the meeting. Coffee bean. Coordinate with the rest & let me know the time.
me (11:56): I meant outside the office bldg
boss (11:57): why?
me (12:03): Will be @ fx b/w 1500 & 1600. Colin b there pls.
boss (12:05): Are u saying meeting will be from 1500 - 1600? Or will u be there between 1500 - 1600? 1 hr is not enough .
me (12:07): i’ll be there between 15-1600hrs.
boss (12:09): I think u should be fair & tell them wat time specifically. If u can only make it @ 1600, then meet then. If not,they will be waiting for an hour.
Current Mood: 
cynical
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10 March 2006 @ 12:28 pm
random ramblings
tuesday’s gym session was short. I was tired and I felt the strain at my deltoids where I pulled something the last time. I’m going to take a week’s break from gym and maybe do a little cardio instead.
seated calf extension 380lbs 3×10
ab ball crunch 3×15
dumbell press 20kg 3×8
lat pull down 110lbs 3×8
side bends 18kh 3×8
upright pec flys 63kg 3×8
I lost the 84K case to an independant financial planning group. The only supposed consolation is that they too were formerly from Pru. It sucks that I chased this guy for the last 9 months diligently and patiently waiting for him. Still he gave me the API that he required so it’s not so bad.
I’m sitting outside at CoffeeBean at Suntec instead of being IN the seminar. My consolation is that I’ve heard this speaker before. Fuck. Chief Agency Officer is here smoking too and I think he spotted me. Damn C for making me so well known to him! At my stage of the game I shouldn’t be recognisable to the corporate staff much less to the CAO and CEO. I’ve never been one to crave this much attention. Maybe CAO will think that I’m supposed to be here for the afternoon session (which is my proper time slot)… yeh I wish.
My submissions this month so far total $7373 and I have another $3543 awaiting signatures and submission. Bringing my total up to $10,916. Of which $10,776 is API. Effectively I’ve just given myself a pay raise of $449.
Argh. CAO spotted me! Came over to have coffee and fags no less. “I didn’t see u here,” says he. So after yammering with him about the old days of selling, marlin & sailfish fishing and the good ol’ days of the SAF. So now I’m back upstairs at The Rock Auditorium. I’m cranky and I don’t even know why.
I wonder if it because I’ve declared a haitus from the gym and because I can’t go swim/suntan coz I’m still peeling from that wakeboarding session with dufusgufus and D. Days after that I went suntanning again. Not because I was itching for a serious burn but because I plastered SPF 50 during wakeboarding and I thought another session would be nice. Oh well. I’m peeling a little, even my hands.
It’s been a while since I blathered ( on )
I need some bits of me to get bigger. just a little. My chest for one. And the biceps too, I’m losing that cut that divides the deltiods, triceps and biceps. That means I’m making progress in that area but argh…. it’s that age-old wanna-be-bigger-but-want-definition complaint. I guess until I hear from Visa about that possible TV commercial and from Cobalt about that photoshoot I have to stay lean. I want more shoots!
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Current Mood: 
Bored
