It took me 45 minutes to get from Joo Koon MRT station to my Tuas plant this morning, usually just 15 minutes bus ride away. 2 double-deckers came and went, packed full. It is like SBS Transit decided that it wanted to bring back the feel of the early S'pore years, when bus services were infrequent, and bus drivers stop their buses several bus-lengths away from the bus stops even when you press the bell early and properly. And when buses were dark, dirty, dusty and smell funny. It sure didn't help that the main bulk of the people taking the bus seemed like stuck back in time as well. I spotted an iPhone, and a Crumpler bag, and they seemed like F16s flying amongst Jurassic-age Pterosaurs! Ok, too much petty complains... I just want my buses on time! And at least give me a space to stand when it reaches my bus stop!!

Remember the snake I caught on camera at Dairy Farm trial about a month ago? I was reading about the snakes in S'pore, when I discovered that this is not an Elegant Bronzeback. It's actually a new species only just discovered in S'pore in 2003! Wow!


Its real name's the Red-necked Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis Kcopsteini), as can be seen from it's reddish colour behind the head.

This song kept looping inside my head... and my MP3 player... and my Window Media Player... I could never understand why some songs can take root inside my head! Lyrics? Tune? Style? Vocals? Hmmm... but yep I do find 卓文萱 quite so irresistible too... ;-)

I was wasted after a drinks session. For my first time, I felt pretty terrible after drinking, although it could be due to my new bedtime regime ever since I started working. It seems that no amount of coffee, alcohol or stimulant could repel the avant of sleep at 10.30-11pm every night... although adrenalin seems to help to a certain extent... The effects of lack of sleep also seems to be much more pronounced now; I really do feel myself getting extremely grumpy and stupid (as in low IQ, especially when it isn't high to start with!) after bad nights! No Kel will not become a grumpy ugly uncle!!

This little mount of aluminium. Under a marco lens, it looks pretty much like a real snow-capped mountain. But it's barely a centimeter high. Like my job, so magnificently insignificant.

Job security has been a worry... I've never felt totally secure ever since the first few days of work. Yet I could not been sure about jumping ship, or sticking with it till a big wave comes and throws me overboard. In addition to my other big insecurities in my life. Till then, it's just looking forward one pay day at a time... and constantly convincing myself that the ground under me won't be giving way just so quickly yet...

Feeling much more relaxed at work, after I've finished the testing of a big project, and can wrap up for this year, although there are still a couple of reports and a presentation before the project's really closed... Really pleased because despite of the tribulation suffered in the course of the project, causing so many frustrating delays, but the products still passed testing reasonably well, so yay! Especially that I had to take over from my senior and then see out the project at a critical phase of producing and testing the product! Really have to thank my senior and supervisor for all the help too during the times of my lost-ness! I still have a couple of hot potatoes in my care that I have to handle with care, and get them out as soon as possible, those are a worry too, customer's already making noise! But finally, I can see the end of this year, at least. Before the mayhem of next year starts, already seeing a new stock of potatoes coming in for me to cook... fries or mash?

Have been chewing Mentos again, this time at work. The last time this happened was in April, during my exams... now I'm chewing Mentos during all the brain-juice squeezing times at work... Luckily it still seems to work on me... =)