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Thursday, June 30, 2005

Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:50:45 GMT

Due to certain disputes with the Xanga Team, my blog has 30 days to vacate from this webspace. I have been evicted from my blogspace.

Seriously speaking, i have decided to revert back to blogspot. Goodbye xanga site.

http://martinch.blogspot.com

maybe my template will be abit nicer, maybe i can post abit more photos. Maybe lar. See if i can shift my tag board over.

Sunday, June 26, 2005

Sun, 26 Jun 2005 03:23:59 GMT

The Marmalade Pantry has failed.

Hainobi and I went down to Parlais Renaisance to have a meal over at The Marmalade Pantry. We were there at 1pm. Some gay waiter with a tattoo on his neck told us they were fully booked and could only give us a place around 3pm. I left my number with him. He wrote it down and told us he'll give me a call once there was space.

Hokay. So we went to burn time. Went to suck in the stale Mango Sales air. OMg man. Like 1 million ppl were grabbing stuff inside. Crazy shit.

Anyway. Pissed off. 3pm came, no call. 3.30pm we decided to give it a try again. Went there to see at least 4 or 5 empty tables. I was like. Wat the heck. Why the bitch never call me.

Ask them to give us a table and he told us they didn't serve lunch anymore. And that lunch stopped serving at 3pm and they only had like deserts n drinks.

In other words we starved for 2 hours only to be screwed by the stupid gay waiter.

Asked him a simple question. Why didn't u call us when there was space in the first place? He didn't even bloody apologize.All he could say was, "I would have called if your name was on the list. I must have missed out your name."

Full of shit man this fellow. Totally no PR skills. What kinda lousy waiter. I came to 2 conclusions. 1. I wasnt dressed up to the nines and looked like a poor fart so he didn't bother to entertain me unlike the other ang mos who came to patronise the place. 2. He just didn't bother about us. If you are thinking, maybe he really missed out my name, get it out of your head. His waiting list was completely filled with highlighter and my name was the only one not marked out.

I called the place to speak to the manager to complain. I spoke to one of the waitresses there and she gave me her word she would let her manager know and the manager would get back to me. Balls to Marmalade Pantry. The manager didn't call me back.

Another 2 conclusions i came up with. 1. The manager is too busy and really couldn't get back to me. 2. He simply cannot be bothered with small fries like me. If conclusion 1 is true, this manager should be sacked. Why? Isn't his job to manage his waiters as well as to take in feedback from their customers?

All in all, Marmalade Pantry has failled. And i thought a nice looking cafe like that was better of customer service. This goes out to all who read my blog. Don't go there. I am so tempted to escalate this further by going to the press. If you think this step is too extreme, tell me now. For the record, I have gone back to the restaurant to make a verbal complaint. Thats 1. I have called the place up to try to make a complaint. Thats 2. Both have gone unnoticed.

Rubbish place we have here in Singapore. I think if i go to a hawker center i could get even better service.

End of complaint. The Marmalade Pantry failed.

Saturday, June 18, 2005

Sat, 18 Jun 2005 01:44:05 GMT

Lao Sai.

Thats right. Lao Sai while i was on duty. How wonderful. Just Lao and Lao. wake up 3am 5am 7am to lao lao lao. So wonderful.

There's pretty nothing much to blog about work, so i shan't. Except that 28th shall be my last day!! Decided to clear leave on 29th 30th since i have like 2 more days of leave left.

Happy burftday AH Boo. Welcome to the 21s club. Which i am still a member. We ate at Out of the pan over at Raffles Place. Peking duck crepe yum yum. Screw NewAsiaBar. They don't want to let me in is their own loss.

Met Cherie and Val somewhere along Somerset. So long haven't seen them! Just in time too, since she just told me she's going off to Australia for studies on Sunday. I guess this is called fate, since i bumped into her before she disappears from the face of Singapore.

Hainobi is now jobless. Hehe. Anyone got any lobang for any part time jobs like road shows or something let me know can. Spank u. I don't mind doing weekend roadshows as well since i will be reverting back to Civillian mode after the 28th of June. Time is passing really fast i like.

Today's the wedding of 2 of my former JC tutors. So interesting. My JC form tutor Miss Susan Lee is getting married to my Sailing teacher Mr Desmond Ng. Interesting position i'm in cause i have 2 groups to meet up with. My jc classmates and my sailing buddies. Oh well.

My brother's coming back from his Commando training in Taiwan tomorrow. I think he's bigger n tanner than me by now. And stop telling me i lost weight. My weighing scale tells me i'm still the same weight. Something's wrong lor. I shall try to bulk up after the Navy discards me. HO HO HO. Who wants to go gym.

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 13:32:50 GMT

Hainobi has gone off to KL for her church camp. I think i am like damn suay. The past 2 days have been so damn slack, i can actually go home at 4.30pm after work. Next few days the same. Hopefully next week will be the same.

My leave has finally been approved for the entire month of July. My last day of work, 30th June, also happens to be a sailing day. I can already foretell the future. The officers are gonna get me pissed drunk on friday night or something. HELP. Gao Liang is damn disgusting. Feed me royal salute. I'll drink to that.

Nose blocked, ears blocked, voice sounds funny. This is so horrible. I shall go see a doctor tomorrow.

Oh yes. BTW. The starhub pre-paid Sim card "GreenCard" has autoroaming. You can call out, receive calls, receive sms but Can't send SMS. I repeat. Can't send SMS. Useless technology. Ok tired. Nite nite.

Friday, June 03, 2005

Fri, 03 Jun 2005 01:25:35 GMT

Wah. Exam results release once again.

But this time, i didn't do it myself. Miss Wei helped me check. For the first time in my NUS career as an academic, i did not get anything below a B-. But that doesn't mean i did well. I did, erm, bad.

So here it is.

Name : CHONG JIN WEI MARTIN
Matric No : U030415N

2004/2005 Sem 2 Examination for ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 2

Module Code	Module Title	Grade
EC3102	MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS II	B
EC3303	ECONOMETRICS I	B+
EC3333	FINANCIAL ECONOMICS I	B
GEK1519	SCIENCE OF MUSIC	B-
HY2247	SPORT AND HISTORY	B-

CAP: 3.42

Science of music. PHREAK. All my easier modules went down the drain. At least this results have shown me that yes, econs is the way i should go. Only problem is i do not excel in econs.

SIGH. Ups n downs and ups and downs. Can i just maintain a straight line up gradually.

First day off for the sailorboy. I hate the navy. Was supposed to be back from South China Sea at 6pm yesterday but in the end ended up in Singapore only at 1am. Seriously WTF. And i thought the military was organised and punctual.

I shall stop here if not some government intelligence agents start snooping around and arrest me for making trouble.

SIGH. 2nd Lower. I am resigned to fate. Now i sitll need to bring it up to above 3.5. I shall nerdify. I say that every sem. But this time its different. Because this time i have Hainobi. May the force be with me.

Sunday, May 29, 2005

Sun, 29 May 2005 23:36:22 GMT

Recent Holiday Hang-outs: Tampines Mall and Hougang.

Sorry Orchard, you just have to do better.

Sunday, May 29, 2005

Sun, 29 May 2005 07:54:56 GMT

I should get a scanner and scan this nice little A4 size note hailin did for me. But i think she'll kill me if i did that. So. It shall not be done.

1 more month! Pray my leave gets approved. Otherwise watashiwa in deep shit.

Saturday, May 28, 2005

Sat, 28 May 2005 18:14:24 GMT

Bridge over troubled waters.

Saturday, May 28, 2005

Sat, 28 May 2005 00:42:36 GMT

5 days of sailing. Not yatching. Sailing onboard RSS Persistance. I have been back in the navy for 3 weeks, out of which more than half has been spent out at sea. Just perfect.

Other than waking up at wee hours in the morning and sleeping at wee hours in the morning, everything's just perfect. The navy is screwing up my life. They've eaten up my public holidays n weekends. Just lovely. To top things off, someone's not very happy about everything.

But what can i do? Break bond? At this point of time if i break bond i'll have to pay $30,000. Actually i can probably afford that. But that's not the point. Am i a quitter? I am not. My intentions were to use the next 4 yrs upon graduation to go through shit and come out a stronger person. But i forgot while going through the shit I might crumble and get shit piled up on top of me.

Vacation Attachment my ass. This is not a vacation. This is a fucking nightmare. I get paid $1600 but i have to pay so much money for transport and treating officers and men that i get back only a meagre amount. There's no big bucks involved here ladies and gentlemen. I work 24/7 which works that out to be less than $70 a day. Thats like wat $4 an hour? I'm better off at Macdonalds.

For all that complaining and stuff, i'm glad i met a couple of good officers and men who have been extremely kind and friendly. It makes life so much more bearable and pleasant.

My July leave looks bleak. I have no reply from any side. And my original plan of going Bangkok looks bad. Not because i can't take leave. I can take my 5 days worth of leave during that period. But who am I gonna go with? Maybe i should just go there alone. Roam the streets of Bangkok, maybe look for boom, play some tennis, go to the beach. Screw the shopping. My intention was not to go there to shop anyway. It was to take time off to spend with that special someone.

So gloomy and pessimistic this post is. But thats how it feels inside of me right now. Dark and hopeless.

Sigh. 2 months before getting back to NUS. I'm already missing my textbooks and notes and internet and hall and the most of important of all, FREEDOM.

Sorry folks for the lack of updates. There is nothing in my life to update anyway. So go read other ppl's blogs, don't bother stopping by here till... I dunno. When I finally get out i suppose.

I might as well be in prison. At least the physical walls and bars make sense.

Sunday, May 15, 2005

Sun, 15 May 2005 08:25:39 GMT

Shan't bitch about work. It doesn't really help cause i'll just have to go thru with it anyhow. I just hate the waking up at 6am bit. It is so not fun. Anyway, hopefully i'll just have to endure it till end of June. Praying that my leave in July will be approved.

Went to play floorball on saturday morning. Some NUS 3 on 3 floorball challenge. It has been ages since i've exercised so vigorously. My goodness. We played 6 games of 7 minutes, but because there were quite so many teams, we started at 10am but ended at 3pm. The games were so fast paced, so physical, so tiring. By the end of the 3rd game my legs were killing me. It was not just about the running, the ball control. The worst part was the defending. I got pushed, shoved, jabbed with floorball sticks and when defending had to kneel down and stand up quickly in hope of stopping the ball from passing u. By the end of the day, thanx to lack of sleep from previous nights and lack of hydration, i was totally exhausted.

Went to Al's birthday party thing at his place. Drank abit, ate abit, chatted abit. Happy 22nd Al.

Lunch on Sunday failed because of miscommunication. I was looking forward to it, but it just didn't go through because i did't know what was going on anymore.

Next week's going to be busy at work. Some exhibition thing for foreign navies being held in Singapore called IMDEX. Don't ask me wat it stands for. Helping my officer with a small part of the display area. Not much contribution but still a tiny piece of the pie.

Ok gonna go for dinner now and head back to the ship. Ship's sailing off at 8am tomorrow morning. I can't possibly make back to Changi by 6.30am tomorrow. Might as well stay on board and do some stuff. See ya guys on the weekends.