Attn.: The HR Manager, Dear Sir / Madam, Application for Post Of XXXXX I refer to your full page ad in the newspaper ad today, which probably cost a whole lot of money, from which i deduced that you guys are rich and can pay me a lot to do less than my current job. Well, okay, my current job isn’t all that bad, but i screwed up something and would rather leave before more people find out about that fiasco. My company is very good at ‘pointing fingers’, or whatever cool new management buzzword they use to call it. You know my company, your direct competitor, which i will…

This one is quite interesting, got it from mott and lilian – the premise is that you’re stuck on a deserted island, and can choose too bring along 5-6 of their most wanted bloggers, for one year. I’m thinking most Malaysians like me aren’t going to survive long on a deserted island, doesn’t matter even if you were an badge-winning boyscout in your formative years or not. Or for that matter, cookie selling girl guides. Not unless there is a McDonalds’, laundry and 7-11 nearby. Starting a fire pun dunno how, how to survive one year? But hypothetically speaking la. First one lemme see, i think i’ll bring along *anjali.…

Five Things You Never Knew About Me. I’m lefthanded. My dad’s ambidextrous. I’m supposed to be wearing glasses, since i can’t really see well in the dark. But I’ve never got round to getting one. I hate wearing watches. In the days before handphones, i always kept my watch in my pocket. Lost it once and my mom went ballistic. I always keep nine 1sen coins in my wallet. In case i need to use it at one of those places that charge service tax. I have tons of junk in my office desk drawer. Once in 3 months or so, I’ll clear it. Then it fills up again… From…

Some years back, I worked in this stuffy, serious office right in the middle of the city. It wasn’t any of those offices where the bosses were liberal and every day is Casual Day, this was one of those stuffy, dreary offices where the lighting is dim and everyone was dead boring. Except me la. There the bosses worked from 9am to 7pm everyday, and if you told them a joke, they’d probably take 24 seconds to get it, then think you just insulted his mother. The secretaries are all dry, old ladies who still wear fashion from the 70’s. Anyway, one day this young executive joined the firm. He…

They’ve started to re-pave the road leading into the kampong near my house, so I’m thinking the elections are coming soon. The last time they paved the pothole-ridden asphalt road was like, 5 years ago (go figure). As any responsible Malaysian, you should go and register and vote. Here’s a few good reasons why. Four Good Reasons To Register And Vote During the Election Legit bragging rights with your under-age friends that, “I’ve voted in the elections because I KNOW my vote COUNTS in making this great COUNTRY a better place, man.” Free political party buttons. You get to knock off early from work ‘to go and vote’. Usually, people…

Last Monday the SPM results were released. Or so i was told. So after a few months of slacking off and unbridled freedom for the 17 year olds all across the country, it was one weekend of anxious waiting and flurried text messages. I remember during my time, (oh, just a few years ago) when they announced on national news that the SPM results would be released, I rushed out and told my classmate, who was living next door to me, about it. For some reason, he refused to believe me, saying the national news on TV was wrong. No, really! Harjit Singh Hullon, the cornerstone of Malaysian prime time…

Got tagged by sashi. RULES: People who are tagged should write a blog post of 6 weird things about them as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave a comment that says ‘you are tagged’ in their comments and tell them to read your blog. Hmm. actually i just remembered i did a similar one some time back, but hey, let’s try again. I’m pretty weird, so won’t be any problem coming up with 6 more things. My mom told me that when I was small, i refused to eat anything…

Was at the Together-Gather Bloggers Party on Friday night at Federal Hotel in the heart of the city. My office was less than 5km away, but with the !@%&!! traffic jam it took me more than 90 minutes. Some bloggers from PJ told me it took them 2 hours plus. I definitely wasn’t the last to arrive, but I immediately recognized some familiar faces. First was of course, 5xmom. Can’t believe we’ve been such good friends for years but this is the first time we’ve met! Also met up with Jason after a few failed attempts, great to see you, bro. Above: me and lilian The regular folks were there…

I didn’t have time to go online this morning, i only got the chance at lunchtime. When i went into my WordPress admin page, i saw a couple of errors on the top of the screen It also appeared in the ‘comments’ section on the right sidebar, with a different refering description, but basically by the same error. I checked the Manage / Posts and Manage / Comments page, and the same error appeared everywhere. Ouch, I thought. Another WP error. I’ve actually been through a few of these before, but not this particular one. First thing i did was to check when was my last backup of the database.…

Yep, unless you’ve been living under a blogging rock for the past few months, you’ve probably heard of the Together Gather Party 2007 coming THIS FRIDAY. And guess what? I’m GOING TO BE THERE!!! For those of you going, come and say ‘hi’ to me there. I’ll be the one sitting in the corner wearing the nametag that says, er… ‘simontalks‘. For those not coming, ummmm… too bad. I hear there are places on the waiting list in case some people cancel, like on standby for a fully booked MAS flight. Anyway, Rojaks, after all the hype, I will be VERY disappointed if: I don’t get to see the DIGI…