Nomis's Thoughts

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Friday, September 29, 2006

random musings

Apologies once again for not blogging regularly; the cold hard truth is that after a day in the life of an auditor, there ain’t much life in the old dog to blog about the day musings or thoughts (not much musings anyway).

Have been thinking about issues that had grappled some of my friends since graduation. Contemplations, contemplations. Perhaps I don’t really know what I want.

When the government announced that the casinos are going to bring billions to the country, I almost disbelieved them. However, I reckoned now that the estimations are not that much far off. I am involved in some “cash count” activities in my Firm and it is amazing how a single clubhouse (name undisclosed) can generate more than $200k in a single week, bearing in mind that this particular clubhouse has the least number of machines compared to other branches. Looks like Singaporeans are richer than I thought. Oooo, the things I will do to have a slice of the casino pie. Sure win and no lose one lo. Poor punters.

A bit late here to blog about the Hady vs Jon affair for the last Singapore Idol finals. Well, too bad Jon. It’s just too bad that you postponed a year’s of study just for this competition. Perhaps you will become famous, perhaps you will fade into oblivion. I don’t really care. Thousands of your young female fans may gush about how cute your are but to me, that one incident during reservist 2 years ago forever mar the image of you in my mind.

Personal issue aside, I find the entire Singapore Idol episode hilarious. To those people out there who had voted: how does it benefit you now that your favorite idol lost? To those who voted for Hady: how does it benefit you now that he had won? I really really don’t see any sense in GIVING money away to the telco company and to the judges for the competition. As long as there are A MILLION votes for a single finals, you can be sure that this franchise will continue and generate other spring-offs until the teens are milked dry.

And in the event if they really become famous, their songs can be downloaded for free over the internet. That’s freedom for you.

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Stepping into the big wild world

Last Friday marked the end of 2 weeks of training in PwC. Kind of cool to find out that my counseling partner is an ang moh and has completed several ironman under his belt. To the uninitiated, An Ironman race is a triathlon composed of a 3.8Km swim, 180.2Km bike, and a full marathon of 42.2Km. Well, as for me, just thinking of swimming for 3Km can make me break out in beads of sweat already.

Post training celebration involved going to this café near our workplace that allowed us to play games and have a bit of snacks. My table (out of 4) turned out to be the one that made the least noise but I dare say that we did not have the least fun. =) I kind of sucks at memory game. Grrr… Especially the sort that requires me to remember the sound of the animal that “belonged” to each and everyone in the group. Double grrr…

Hope to settle down in the Firm and my job soon. Heard that there are 4 notorious managers who are collectively called the “4 heavenly kings” at the level which I am in. Everyone, pray for me.

Thursday, September 07, 2006

Update: Sleepless Nights

Heh. For the record, I had a good night sleep. =) No worries, mate!

Sunday, September 03, 2006

Sleepless nights

I'm sure all of us had sleepless nights now and then due to excitement/fear of things that will be occuring tomorrow. You will yourself to sleep but to no avail and the wee hours are fought desperately between your body (which need to rest) and your mind (which refuses to stop working). In the end, most of the time, the body loses and you start the new day tired and drained.

I had sleepless nights...:

1. Before my PSLE
2. Before my first surgery (on my left ankle)
3. Before my 100m race in the national stadium representing my secondary school
4. Before donning NJC colors and playing for them for the first time
5. Before my enlistment (into 2.5yrs of slavery)
6. Before my first parachute jump (and the ones following)
7. Before my first date
8. Before my interview for my internship

and many others. I realised that all these events are major milestones in my life. Those that are filled so much with pride, happiness, fear, sorrow and nervousness that it is unlikely that I will ever forget them.

As I embark on my working career tomorrow (and leave my slacking lifestyle which I won't have a chance to have again for the next 30 years, hopefully), will this cause another sleepless night tonight? I wonder.