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21 February 2008

[wtH] Sunset

Sonova !!! Why did they trade Shaq in ?!

ARRRRGGGHHHHH !!!!!

There is no hope anymore, just no hope.

17 February 2008

[Self] Persepolis

Although SG is pretty much a shopping paradise (yeah yeah - yours truly has to ramble again about how SG is basically 1 huge shopping mall), one thing I have learnt to appreciate is its "liberal" approach to allowing film screenings with minimal sensorship.

Hence, I managed to come across Persepolis which I knew I would never get from my increasingly rigido-paranoido-multifacatedphobico country of origin. I had high expectations after reading it from MSNBC and it did not disappoint.

Persepolis centers around the life of a young Iranian girl growing up in Iran (and abroad for a while) from the time of the Shah's downfall to recent times. It is not preachy and just sets the historical condition of Iran "as is", and uses that to touchingly tell a very human story.

Top marks for art direction and even more so for originality. The fact that that it was done via a cartoon only made the whole film more effective. Not the conventional cartoon one is accustomed from Japan (anime), USA TV cartoons (TV series), or USA animated movies (the Walt Disney-Pixar, Dreamworks type).

Only serves to prove a debate I once had with a friend of mine that sometimes cartoons can be more real than real life movies. I think Persepolis is up against Ratatouille*for the Academy Awards this year - and I'd say Persepolis is much more groundbreaking anytime.

*For some reason, Ratatouille seems to have received critical acclaim by Hollywood critics, but I still find it falling short from Monsters.

14 February 2008

[Work] Lunch is Dinner is Breakfast is Lunch

Luckily a colleague of mine bought me lunch around 3pm-ish today. coz I managed to devour that as my dinner around 10pm just now.

13 February 2008

[Self] 2 Test Results

Did 2 "personality" tests.

If I were an Autobot
- I'd be Tracks. Weird I always thought myself of somewhere in between WheelJack and Grimlock.








If I were one of the Lost characters
- I'd be Ben. Now that was probably very accurate I'm such an evil thing.

03 February 2008

[Work] Delivery Boy ala Professional Babysitter

Gone past the point where the PM has any usefulness, and is being a nuisance asking for updates every few hours.

So here I am 2235hrs in office on a Sunday, watchdog that does babysitting & food delivery services; and sitting in my corner projecting an aura of moral support. And if I did manage to do that masseuse course in Wat Po, I'd also be massaging the project team FOC already.

If I ever need to change jobs, I know I would be the most in-demand professional services consultant for Dominos Pizza's Delivery on Friday and Saturday nights. Who else can do delivery in 30mins and then take on a babysitting project with total ease?

02 February 2008

[Whoa!] Sales Ninja!! The Sequel!!

It's been a long time since I last received spam from Hanzo the Sales Ninja. I thought the Sales Shoguns and Sales Sumarais wiped him out from the Feudal Sales Wars last year.

So imagine my surprise when I received mail that not only was Hanzo doing well, but has in fact managed to recruit more people into his army!! Some guy called Jeevan is now the spokes-sales-ninja for Hanzo. Well it is good to know the Ninjas are doing well!!

Now, the spam email below that I received is loooong. But worth a reading. After all, how many times do you get a cold call / cold mail from a Ninja?

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From: "Jeevan (Sales Ninja)" <salesworkshop@gmail.com> Add Mobile Alert
To: REMOVED
Subject: Your Competitors Are "Snatching" Your Ang Pows Everyday!
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 02:00:28 +0800

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1) Call Jeevan at 603 - 7880 2121 (9am-6pm) (Mon-Friday) to obtain the complete program details.
2) Pray this email doesn't end up in your brutal competitor's inbox.
3) Prepare yourself for your first exposure to the selling system global companies use.

I look forward to talk to you immediately...
Unconventionally,Jeevan

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==> Transforming sales people into sales professionals - Unconventionally!
------------The Sales Ninja Group506, Block A, Kelana Business Centre,47301 PJ, Selangor, Malaysia.Phone: 603 - 7880 2121
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I feel like I need to call Hanzo up and let him know I should charge him for this advertised posting I've just done for him. But maybe I'll just settle for some Sales Ninja Shurikens and we'll call it even.