Sunday, November 23, 2008

Conditions which resulted in Terms

Being in this company has made me think a lot. I’ve coined or applied some of the most ordinary but apt terms:-

The Daily Talk Show

We used to have a boss who called for daily meetings at 9.30am sharp, where only he talked and we listened and agreed whole-heartedly, and superficially. This was serious business and absolutely no latecoming be condoned. Otherwise, you would be questioned for “fumbling” (don’t know what that means till today). He also tolerated no “mickey mousey” work and expected everyone to have "concepts" and there was no hurry to complete projects beacuse things could always be done incrementally, everything was work in progress. In less than a month, we all became mickey mice.
Got the concept?

Self-help Group
After every daily talk show, the mickey mice would have their own self-help group meetings to share their woes, and to F*** this and that. Subsequently, the boss took the yellow bus home to Disneyland and under the era of another boss who was petering out at some point, there were also chaos and the remaining team and affected new members formed the green tea latte self-help group. Meetings took place at Starbucks which introduced the anti-stress drink.

Diving Suit
There’s a guy who loves to wear tight shirts and pants, so much so his clothes cling onto his body like a diving suit, even his biceps can’t save the day.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Find that Female Dog!

One of my colleagues (yes, just colleagues) read my blog on the stars lookalike and threw in a few brilliant suggestions. She also spotted George Lam, Bae Yong June and Sadako. Besides stars, she also found a bichon (a breed of dog but sounds like Bitch-on) in this photo. We thought she looks more like a poodle. Place of origin: TK Land.



Anyway, the answer is at http://limology.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

My Kind of Guys

1) Multi-talented, versatile actor. I like him since 《大时代》.


(the non-RA one on the right hor sucking coke)

2) Any idea who this is?


That's HIM! You just feel happy n can't stop laughing when you see his face.

Here's an interesting and funny interview on him http://asianfanatics.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t199842.html


3) Charming

No, not Tom Cruise.


How deep is my love for him? i named the snowy owl that appears so very often in my blog "Tom Hanks".
4) Irresistible




The Ox-bridge grad - Genius! More pictures http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=mr+bean&gbv=2

Powerful colorful test

I talked to someone recently and she said becos of some change in her company, she has lost her power and people started showing their true colours. Anyway, as the wise men (who are mostly dead) had said:

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. -Abraham Lincoln

Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open. - Elmer G. Letterman

So the best test of “colour” and friendship will be to relinquish your powerful and wealth (that is if you have any). I’m glad and maybe not so glad that I don’t have these happy problems. Damn!

Monday, November 17, 2008

My bilingual standard

This entry is to prove to my colleague I really can read and write (and type) in Chinese. I thought the translation of jokes and the rougher language between English and Chinese (which was actually a translation module) can be a good show-off. Let me try:
Damn you = 他妈的
A**hole =王八蛋
F*** = The closest match is still the Q word in Cantonese

I can never forget my American lecturer, Mr St XX, who taught in Mandarin and has a Chinese name 沈XX. He always encouraged us never be shy to use the “F***” word cuz it’s not a bad word but an expression of emotions.

“Come on class, say it with me, loud and clear… Say F***!” I’m glad I’ve not disappointed him, and I thank my friends we have been so encouraging and spontaneous.

Actually, 骂粗话没什么了不起的,能指桑骂槐,语带双关才是最高境界!

Friday, November 14, 2008

Stars Found!

The most entertaining part of my job or being in the company rather, is star watching. They come from all walks of fame from HK to Japan to Hollywood. Some photos to make you envious.

HK


This is a 99% William So lookalike.

JAPAN

Hamtaro and friend, Bunny (which is just a common animal found in any pet shop).

Oops, they’re actually dating the same guy!

HOLLYWOOD

Made for Hollywood: Can he not score 100% for this?

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Secret Agents

There seems to be a surge of secret agents around me recently. I met an ex-colleague and he told me he just left his job. My next natural question was “Where will you be going?” He was tight lipped but he tried his best: "Malaysia". So I asked “Is it the public of private sector?” He said I would know in due course. Sounds like top secret, so it’s probably the FBI but my friend said possibly the Interpol.

I met up with an old friend recently and we were updating each other, sharing what we knew about other friends. Some of our friends are said to be leading ambiguous lives, so we have appointed each other to investigate from different sources. I now call him 007. My sources are currently off the line but he assured me that they will fall into our traps soon. Oh yes, I am 001.