Outwit, Outplay, Outlast August 27, 2008

After F-I-V-E gruelling weeks of waiting, interviewing, waiting, interviewing………. IT’S FINALLY ALL COMING TO AN END TOMORROW!

 

Yes, tomorrow is the final round of interview for Bloomberg. Yes, finally. After 1 written test, 2 face-to-face interviews and 2 phone interviews (with product managers from Princeton, New York!), there will finally be a concluding chapter tomorrow.

 

Everyone is trying to reassure me that since I have made it thus far, I am more or less assured of the position, but somehow I’m not convinced. There’s this horrid nagging feeling that I might step into Bloomberg tomorrow for my 10am interview, only to see another guy waiting at the pantry for his 10.30 slot. Or a lady might step out of the meeting room, having concluded her 9.30 interview. HAI……….

 

I really hate this. I have an urge to ask the HR lady if I am the only candidate left, but I don’t think she will tell me. In a way, I think I should be the last one since it has been a long interview process and they shouldn’t be that cruel to cut me only at the final round. But on the other hand, this is Bloomberg, yah?

 

Hoping for the best tomorrow! *fingers crossed*

Is Ricky Martin gay? August 23, 2008

 

 

LOS ANGELES, US – Tired of living “la vida loca,” Latin American singing sensation Ricky Martin has become the father of twin boys through a surrogate mother and will take time away from his career to raise them, his spokesman said in a statement on Tuesday.

The boys were delivered “via gestational surrogacy,” but no further details were released.

“Ricky is elated to begin this new chapter in his life as a parent and will be spending the remainder of the year out of the public spotlight in order to spend time with his children,” said the statement issued by his New York-based spokesman.

 

Hmmmmm……… Sounds kinda fishy right? I mean, if you’re perfectly normal and wanna have kids, you can just… you know… have sex?

 

I guess all the ladies in the world will just have to live with the fact that we’ve lost yet another one to them. Such a pity though, coz he  SO DAMN FREAKIN’ HOT!

 

iPhone prices out! August 20, 2008

Singtel just released its price plan for iPhone 3G! Freaking ex!

 

New 2 year, $205-a-month plan or Current $192.60-a-month plan	Free iPhone
New 2 year, $95-a-month plan or Current $82.93-a-month plan	$208 for 16 GB $49 for 8 GB
New 2 year, $56-a-month plan or Current $48.15-a-month plan	$508 for 16 GB $348 for 8GB
Current $25.68-a-month plan	$848 for 16 GB $608 for 8 GB

 

WTF?!?!? What happened to the USD 199 iPhone that Steve Jobs promised?!?!?!?

Money No Enough II August 11, 2008

Caught this with the boyfriend and my brother (yes, odd combination I know) at Vivocity. Super crowded coz its a school holiday cum many ppl eat snake and took the day off to enjoy look weekend I think. So had to settle for 4th row from the front, which resulted in some very stiff necks!

 

Besides the poor seats, the movie was (suprisingly) nice. It started off real lame, with the highly publicised Singaporeans-pushing-down-ERP-gantries scene, which looked kinda fake due to low budget visual effects. And what I found funny was that when Mark Lee and Jack Neo was complaining about ERP, they referred it as “ERP”, but the signboard on the gantries which the Singaporeans pushed down read “EPR”!!! Haha… Scared of getting sued by LTA perhaps? Well, so much for freedom of speech.

 

Well, beyond the rather lame jokes and stale ideas which have been reoccuring quite often in Jack Neo’s movies, what I really enjoyed was the performance of the woman who played the 3 men’s mother. She is truly an excellent performer who brought to life the agony and pain that a mother felt when she realises that she was a burden to the family. When she had to sit on the toilet bowl and have her meals coz she cannot control her bowels, when she had to move from house to house coz none of her sons wanted to look after her full-time, when she didn’t even know she was sent to an old folks home and turned around to cry for her son to bring her back home………. And especially the last scene where she pulled out the tube from her mouth so as to end her life, so as to rescue her grand-daughter. Oh, and the bitchy mother-daughter duo was quite convincing too. Really felt like slapping the both of them for making the ah ma sleep next to the toilet.

 

Oh, and if you are planning to watch the movie, remember to look out for a chance to win a car! Haha shall not reveal too much. Lesser ppl know about it means higher chance for me to win! LOL. Ok tmr got interview with Bloomberg (again). Shall sleep now.

Job search updates! August 7, 2008

3 interviews in 3 consecutive days! Damn shag! Anyway, a quick brief of the progress thus far.

 

1. Monetary Authority of Singapore

Position: Graduate trainee

Latest interview: Tuesday, 5 Aug, 1.45 pm

Status: Round 2 of 4

Next interview: Dunno. But high possibility that I might not get through coz the HR manager did not seem too convinced that I want to be a civil servant

 

2. Bloomberg

Position: Fundamentals and earnings representative

Latest interview: Wednesday, 6 Aug, 10.30 am

Status: Round 2 of ??? rounds

Next interview: Tuesday, 12 Aug, 11 am. Meeting the manager but I doubt this will be the last interview. According to HR, there’s “about 3 more rounds”, dunno if it includes this coming round.

 

3. Ministry of Finance

Position: Associate (Tax Policy)

Latest interview: Thursday, 7 Aug, 10.30 am

Status: Round 1 of 3

Next interview: Friday, 15 Aug, 11 am. Will be completing 2 rounds consecutively, namely an essay test followed by an interview with the Director. Stress!

 

Ok, so that’s about it. The problem now is, I’m not too sure what to do if I really get offered the MOF job, coz my heart is leaning towards Bloomberg (they had me at “Hello”). MOF is not that bad, and the staff I met up with today were uber nice and friendly, but job scope isn’t too relavant. Furthermore, I would probably have a higher chance of getting a banking job in the future if I take up the Bloomberg job as compared to the MOF job. BUT the problem is, my friend told me that Bloomberg has quite alot of rounds of interview, and HR has also confirmed that, so it might drag on for awhile. AND MOF is like super efficient; after the interview today they said they will lemme know within 10 working days whether I am short listed but in the end they called me at 2.30 pm. Argghhhhhhh dilemma dilemma dilemma!!!

 

Really hoping to get the Bloomberg job! *keeps fingers crossed. toes as well.*

I Wanna Be A Popstar! August 6, 2008

My lameass brother just showed me this. Damn funny!!! Pay close attention to the pictures and lyrics…

OMG you gotta try this!!! The Face Transformer… August 6, 2008

Stumbled upon this and it is soooooooooooo freaking hilarious!

 

Basically, you upload your photo, select your gender, age and race, and the system can generate your past and future portrait. Sounds like loads of fun already!

 

So I uploaded my passport photo..

Not exactly the most flattering photo, but I thought it would be more accurate.

 

 

 

So presenting……….. Baby Simin!

Wahahahahahaha……. I think my mum would freak out if she gave birth to something like this! She’ll probably shove me back up her vagina!!

 

 

Ok ok, Baby Simin now grows up to be Kiddo Simin!

Hmm…….. Skin has lost its glow and somehow turned….. Olive green? Yucks. I look so dirty.

 

 

Of course, Kiddo Simin then enters into the prime time of her life where she is most rebellious and deliquent. Introducing Teenager Simin!

Skin has cleared up and I’m cleaner now, probably coz I’m learning how to use facial cleansers.

 

 

So let’s fast forward a few years. Ok, maybe its more like skipping a few decades and see what Granny Simin looks like. 

Oh man……. I don’t want to grow old!!! Growing old is like so scary lah!!! No amount of cream or miracle serum can save my skin if it looks like this lor. And are those lao ren ban (translation: age spots)??? And why the corners of my eyes sag until like this?!?!?

 

I think I will need botox, facelift, brow lift,  fillers…. and possibly breast reconstruction as well. LOL. Ermm… Does Medisave cover all these?

 

 

Anyway, the website also has a few other options for you to play around with. That is, if you have not died from shock after seeing your future self.

 

You can be an Afro-Caribean…

 

 

 

A Caucasian…

 

 

A West-Asian…

 

 

A Masculinise (Definition: Masculinise – produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy; “the drugs masculinized the teenage girl”) …

Actually quite yandao hor? Hahahahaha…..

 

 

A…. Erm…. Manga Cartoon (?!?!)

 

 

And, of course, I saved the best for last!

 

 

 

Are you ready???

 

 

 

You very sure???

 

 

 

Last chance to turn back!

 

 

 

Ok, you asked for it……

 

 

 

Presenting…….. The Prehistoric Apeman!!!

 

I love Singapore and I want to serve my country! August 4, 2008

Tomorrow’s the interview with MAS. Wasn’t really too psyched up about it coz I’m still wondering if I wanna be a civil servant. But after accompanying dear dear to tan tock seng today, I realised being civil servant isn’t too bad.

 

Why?

 

Coz don’t need to pay to see doctor and got free medicine somemore! Wahhhhhhhhhhh………

 

Haha.. But still quite sian that after tomorrow’s interview I still got a psychometric test and a panel test with the management. That is, assuming I pass tomorrow’s interview. Sian lah… Why can’t recruitment processes be more direct?!?! And its so demoralising to make it all the way to the final round and then get rejected lor. Although I don’t really know what that feels like coz I have not made it past the first round of any interview thus far. Haha…. So laoji

 

So now, I’m kinda hoping to pass, just for the sake of passing so that I wouldn’t seem so pok to be failing all the interviews. Hoho…. *telling myself that I WANT to be a civil servant and that I love singapore very very muchs* Fingers crossed!

Did you miss me? August 4, 2008

Haha.. After a long hiatus, I’m back! Not that I’ve actually been anywhere really. I guess when you’re jobless and do absolutely nothing everyday, there’s really no need to bore anyone with these details. Yes yes, some of you might be envious that I have the freedom to do nothing. But trust me, there’s nothing to be envious about.

 

Anyway, (kinda) new start calls for new theme! Haha… Yah, I kinda figured that content is more important than appearance! LOL. Also because I still think wordpress’ theme is very hard to figure out, as opposed to blogspot.

 

Ok, maybe I should update on what exciting events happened during the past 1 month…

 

14th July – Exciting day coz…. It’s My Birthday!!!

Went to watch Hellboy II (which I think should be renamed Hell-BORE), dinner at Kenny Rogers and then cake-cutting in the car at Fort Canning. Loved the gorgeous Chocz cake that Dear got me.. Super rich chocolate, super sinful. I like……

 

22nd July – A day my parents waited for a looooonnngggggggggg time. Convocation Day! A.k.a Last day as a student for the rest of my life!!! Wooohooooooooooooo………

Note the 2 lovely bouquets, which were handmade by my aunt, who used to be a florist but is still very very talented. Everyone thought my bf gave it to me though -_- Sighh… Sad to say, he didn’t make it and neither did he give me anything

 

26th July – A night not to be forgotten… La Vie de Vegas, NBS Convocation Ball 2008!

Possibly the best dinner I’ve ever been to! Food was great, programme was entertaining, company was lovely and we all looked damn good that night!! Haha… Ok, abit BHB. But compared to, like, Sec 4 and JC prom where everyone think they looked good but actually very orbiang, I think everyone was really quite chio/handsome lor.

 

27th July – Dear Dear’s Birthday!

Booked a chalet at Costa Sands Sentosa and dinner at Carnivore at Vivocity. Carnivore was nice but as usual the bf didn’t eat much, as with all buffets. Sometimes I think there’s something not right with him. When need to pay (i.e. ala carte), he eat so much and complain not full. When I bring him for buffets, he eat soooooooooooo little that he waste my money. Zzzzz…… No more buffets from now on!

 

Oh and we caught The Dark Knight too. Dear liked it so much that he wanted to watch it again. I thought it was so-so, not bad but not good enough to make me wanna watch it again. (For comparison’s sake, to me a I-wanna-watch-it-again movie would be Transformers. Which I did watch again, actually. And The Devil Wears Prada, which I watched, like, 3 times in a row on board a SQ flight.) But Heath Ledger was good though. Such a pity………

 

With so much activities in the month of July, its no wonder I’m still jobless! Hoho…. Finding excuses for myself. Ok la, August is a brand new start. Shall work hard to find a job before POSB closes my bank account due to inactivity and insufficient funds!