Taiwan Trip – Day 2

Bowling!

Been quite some time since I last bowled. However, with the recent Facebook application that had been the rage in my working environment, we decided to go for the real thing. It was a very impromptu and last minute thing with them telling me at the start of work that we are going bowling tonight! Ok la, to be fair, actually there had been discussions on when to go bowling after work, just that I thought is say for fun de. Haha!

Anyway, had been a quite fruitful bowling session. Mainly is cause I’m leaving the company ma and therefore, it is likely going to be my first and last bowling session with them? Actually quite sad at the thought of leaving those wonderful people. But parting and adapting to a new environment is always part and parcel of life ma. Told myself not to get so attached to something be it dramas or whatsoever but I just can’t help it.

Anyway, I post a picture of our second game scores!

*Gasp* Bowled a score of 149 leh! Never ever in my life had I bowled past the 130 barrier! Now I’ve managed to hit 149 using a 11-pound ball when I normally use a 10-pound ball! And normally among my group of friends, bowling a 149 game should finish as the top bowler but look at Francis’s score! 163! Wah seh! So neglecting the first frame, looking at frames no. 2 to no. 6 you will find that for me, it is spare strike spare strike spare! Good right, but if you look at Francis score, it is also spare strike spare strike spare and on top of that he managed to surround it with another 2 spares! Haha! So exciting lor, thought I managed to set a standard there but he matched it every time and even went a step better! I think Li Juan, aka Francis’s girlfriend had a good game too. And of course not forgetting Ms Ong, she had a strike too!

So as shown, the above are the fantastic people who bowled together.

Some memories are created and meant to cherish…

Arghh!

Edit: I’ve submitted my decision…

Living in Singapore, there are many things which we don’t feel the ‘full impact’

Every country have their own problems, be it poverty, war, lack of natural resources, etc. However, I believe that living in Singapore, there are many things which we do not comprehend with a smaller population.

I’ve been watching Gokusen 3 recently and I’m wondering why are there so many delinquents in Japan? However, when I think about it, Japan population is probably hundreds or thousands of times that of Singapore. Therefore, can it be said that for every ah-beng out there, there are 100/1000 more in Japan? Therefore the little vandalism we witness in Singapore may escalate 100/1000 times over in Japan.

As we are all mostly commoners, we might not understand what some other people who have status are feeling. Why do soccer stars take so long to sign a new contract? “Just sign la!” must be the thought of many people, well, at least I felt that way… until recently. Their contract length is at least 3 years. They will be deciding 3 years of their career with a signature. They have to consider their pay, playing time, position, image rights, family, security, and so many more factors!

It struck me hard that why am I taking so long to make a single decision that will affect me for only 6 months?

I’ve been thinking over this decision for the past 2 months. Even soccer stars do not have this amount of time to think about their future. But they have agents to broker the deal for them! Aiyah, but i still don’t have a clear cut decision yet. Hai… Why am I so indecisive…

Taiwan Trip – Day 1

Answers!?

Ah, back in Singapore.

It’s nice to have a little getaway and think about many issues related to my future. Sidetrack a bit. When people think, they should be thinking for their future right? Cause if they don’t think of their future, they think of the past (which has no meaning as it’s already over!) or the present. But the present is now, 1 second later is technically considered the future, right?

So I’ve submitted my application to SIM. I don’t know if I made the correct decision but I suppose this is the most logical way out. This should probably be the most important conclusion I’ve come to after the 7 days of thoughts away from Singapore. For me, I want to get a degree so that I can earn more money in the future. I don’t know why people say obtaining a degree is for the sake of landing a better job. But what defines a better job?

Higher pay? I would like to split this category into 2 segments.
Managerial positions
Non Managerial positions

For Managerial positions, you don’t ave to do all the rubbish work and you get good pay. For non managerial position, it is possible to get 5k figures but you probably have to work your socks off every single day. So in this aspect, degree is very important as managerial positions are usually given to those with outstanding degrees.

Other than higher pay, other conditions that might define better job can be good working environment, flexible working hours, understanding superior, nice colleagues, etc.

So does a degree really mean a better job?

And the second question that is on my mind.

Do I want to work while I study?
a) Yes
b) no
c) wait for a couple of months to see how SIM is before making a decision

If the answer is a, do I want to stay in dell?
if the answer is b, I don’t have to think of this question.
if the answer is c, can I find a job like Dell that allows me to study while I work?

I really like to choose c, because I know I want to have an income if I only study 2 days a week but do I really study only 2 days a week? Will I be able to handle the workload while working? I don’t have the answers to these questions. However if I don’t extend my contract, can I find a job that has flexible hours, good colleagues, understanding superior(s) and near proximity to home?

Argh! This is the question I’m still pondering! Frustrating!