Captain's Log - Chapter 44
Weather - Cool
Mood - Bored
Still Reading
1. LOTR (the King is still returning)
2. Getting Rid of Gout
3. Positive Revolution
4. The Intelligent Investor (Benjamin Graham)
Resistance is FUTILE!
Failure to convince management in the workplace that certain processes are impractical is a recurring theme in my blog. One again my management is taken in by the fluff and hype of certain developments that my co-workers had to jump to a new tune.
The title of this update says it all. All resistance to impractical management ideas are doomed to failure. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!!! Long Live Ridiculous Decisions! Well, all is not doom and gloom. The soldier in me will continue to battle the evil forces as and when the situation arises. But for now, it is time to nurse my battle wounds and fight another day.
Resistance is futile. But I am fighting a war of attrition. VICTORY IS OURS!!!
Captain's Log - Chapter 43
Weather - Cool
Mood - Lethargic....
Still Reading
1. LOTR (the King is still returning)
2. Getting Rid of Gout
3. Positive Revolution
4. The Intelligent Investor (Benjamin Graham)
The Truth is Out There.... (X-files theme playing in the background)
My boss called me into her office near the end of the day. Such incidents are pretty normal. Either she has more tasks for me to do (sigh) or she just wants me to release bad news to my colleagues (double sigh).
Asking me to close the door to her office (which is usual), she 'hem and haw' about something she is clearly uncomfortable about. After some uneasy moments, she bit the bullet and asked me if I am dating my girlfriend. You must be thinking "duh, who would he date of not for his girlfriend?" Well, for those acquainted with me, you would know that me and my girlfriend work in the same place and have been trying hard to remain incognito.
Well, there goes our cover. In some sense I am glad that my boss blew our cover. This has taken a huge load off my chest. I can now openly talk about my relationship (at least with my boss, do not intend to let my other colleagues in on this), as well as make plans for my future career moves. Me and my girlfriend has been waiting for the day when we have to inform the 'higher ups', so having my boss doing the talking helped to ease some pressure off us. Now we will just need to see what happens next. Will take one step at a time.
Like the Chinese saying - When the boat reaches the bridge, the road will be revealed. Hope I did justice to the Chinese idiom.
I also noticed that Biolyn - hair restorative medicine seems to be a hot search term for many Singaporeans. Did not know that there are actually so many Male Pattern Baldness sufferers as me. If you are reading this, just want to say that do not let how people decide how you should feel about your own looks. We cannot control what people say or do, but we can control how we feel. This is easier said than done, but this truly separates the men from the boys and the great from the minnow. I do sure want to be a true man who should not let how my looks affect how I grow as a person.
Captain's Log - Chapter 42
Weather - Warm and hot
Mood - Sleepie....
Still Reading
1. LOTR (the king is still returning)
2. Getting Rid of Gout
3. Positive Revolution
4. The Intelligent Investor (Benjamin Graham)
Changing A Flat Tyre 101
The Army taught me a lot during my 2 and 1/2 years there. For the benefit of those who are not Singaporeans (yeah lucky guys!), all Singaporean males at the age of 18 will automatically be called up by the state to perform 2 and a 1/2 years of compulsory national service (better known as NS) i.e. serving in the armed forces. I don't know what's the rationale but those who have better qualifications have to serve 2.5 years. Well, I am one of those 'lucky' ones!!! Will share on my NS adventures in another time. Have other bacon to fry tonight.
Oh yes... I brought up the NS bit b'cos I wanted to say I learnt how to change a flat tyre for all sorts of vehicles there. So, when I heard that my girlfriend's car had a flat, my first thought was that my NS experience would be of some use.
Its been a long time since I last worked up a sweat... imagine my chagrin when the nuts on the flat refused to budge!!! Several vein popping attempts were made before I rested to replan my strategy. By then, all sense of being my gal's hero evaporated. What do you expect even when the nuts are against you. After some consideration, I decided that I should step on the spanner and let gravity do the work. Lo and behold... my substantial mass did the trick and all the nuts were out in a jiffy!
After that, the rest of the process was simple. The nuts came off... spare tyre was retrieved from the boot... nuts go back on the spare. Voila! Flat replaced by spare. BUT... the original tyre was a sports rimmed model when the flat was a 'metal' one. Don;t ask me about the difference as I don't own a car!
So, I asked my girlfriend to fire up the engine and test the new tyre. When she tried reversin out of the parking lot, the most awwwwwful screeching noise "KRACK!!!" emitted from the spare that has just gone on the car. Oops... thought that something must be done wrongly when the tyre was changed. Being the adventurous ole me... I asked my girlfriend to give it a few more tries. The car refused to budge and the KRACKING sound sounded worst. The situation does not look good from then on and we made the decision to stop all driving.
Decided to let the experts handle it. The tow-truck brought our car to the workshop. The mechanics must have had a good laugh when they saw what happened. The problem did not lie with how we affixed the tyre. But the wrong set of nuts were used!!! Apparently, nuts used for a sports rim is much longer than those used for a nornmal rim. Thus, the wrong set of nuts extended into the brake component of the car and totally wrecked it!
Moral of story for today. If you are changing from one type of tyre to another, always be sure to look out for the correct set of nuts!!!
