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BIA (Back In Action)

Cherina Chia — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:44:43 +0000

After trying upteen times, I have managed to hack into my own blog to blog without requesting for a change in password. Wow..My blog has been vacant since February last year. I have been waiting for the 1 year mark to start blogging. But in the blink of an ant’s eye, 1 year and 3 months have passed. It’s blue moon now and therefore I’m blogging. Because I blog once in a blue moon.

Since its the moon is blue now, let’s blog about something interesting.

Having read the Sun Zi art of war, I have understood that even the Sun Zi art of war has its own disadvantage.

The art of deception

The art of deception speaks of playing dumb when you are clever and playing clever when you are dumb. In super layman’s term it means you dunno you act as if you know, you know you act as if you dunno.

Yes, being a Sun Zi Bing Fa enthusiast, I have been experimenting this art ever since i have acquired it. So no doubt I have to act dumb due to my astronomical IQ score. Well, I guess acting stupid is the only challenge for smarties.

As my IQ score continues to accelerate towards infinity, according to some theory, it will eventually become O. Yes, it is parallel to the idea of acting dumb. The cleverer you are, the more you have to act dumb. Eventually, I’ve became a true blue Dumbo.

Thats for taking the Sun Zi Bing Fa too literally.

Therefore, being aware of my Dumbo status, I strive to revert back to my original self by acting smart again. The highly intelligent being.

The cycle just goes on.

Thus my life is full of the ups and down of being a Dumbo and a highly intelligent being. The only way out is to stop reading Sun Zi.

Why do I get the feeling that the readers of this post will feel as if they are reading a piece of crap? Oh well… what matters is that I strongly believe that this post is the essence of my brain juices. Speaking of that, someone can come up with a MOCKTAIL called “Brain Juice”. I will have more of that.

Sighing Off,

Haiz

P.S According to my friend, the dessert stall called 笑哈哈 is officially closed. Well, the store vendor is a walking irony of his stall name. Hopefully sweet talk can come and take over. Cup walker is fine as well.

out for some breath

Cherina Chia — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:46:23 +0000

After burying my head in the marketing textbook for numerous hours, i’m out for some breath. I wonder if its a psychological effect or a physical problem that when i start reading the textbook, i become giddy. Maybe i should go fishing and calm my soul before coming back to study. Life sucks. Especially during exam periods. Sheer loneliness. I miss my friends. Haiz…….

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Cherina Chia — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:30:35 +0000

It’s really sweet to have a bunch of close friends which are very hard to come by to celebrate birthdays with you. On top of that, my close friends gave me a customized RUBY PORT for my birthday! Woohoo… For me, its not just a celebration of my birthday but it is actually a celebration of our friendship together. Friends from all corners of my life. CHEERS to all of you and thanks for all the gifts… WAHAHA! Have to keep the post short. Needa do work liao.. Adios!

Projects…

Cherina Chia — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:37:03 +0000

At this point in time..if you find that you have nothing to do…..you are in deep shit. God Bless.

Tedious Christmas

Cherina Chia — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:35:19 +0000

I swear that was the most tiring Christmas i ever endured. Phobia Phobia Phobia….

half-dead

Cherina Chia — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:16:29 +0000

Seems that i won’t be able to update my blog so frequently anymore. Simply because i’m half dead.

Scenario of the day!

Airbus 380 is being parked styloly at the airport.

Angmoh exclaiming to his friend: Hey look! That’s the Big Fat Bus!

(Also known as Dua pui bus in hokkien)

Salut!

……..

Cherina Chia — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:10:39 +0000

Back to school. Learnt something interesting called the PINK MARKET mainly made up of gays and lesbians. Oh..really cant motivate myself to blog. Something blogged out of a half-dead zombie wouldn’t be nice to read i guess. Will blog when I’m more alive! Au revoir!

Cherina Chia — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:59:05 +0000

Wow! My mother actually scolded a vulgarity in hokkien! I’m seeing her in a new light. Absolutely astonishing.

Please don’t be mistaken..i’m not encouraging vulgarities.

But suddenly this imagination comes to my mind: Imagine a gentle and motherly mother who sings lullabies to put you to sleep scolding vulgarities out of a sudden. Hilarity.

Reminisce the good old days…

Cherina Chia — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:48:56 +0000

Just for some of you to reminisce your childhood. Solely adapted from “Facebook” Hope i wont be sued for plagiarism.

if you were born in the 80’s in Singapore

You would remember:

You grew up watching He-man, MASK, Transformers, Silver Hawk and Mickey Mouse, Ninja turtles, Carebears, Robocop, My Little Pony and Smurfs.

You grew up brushing your teeth with a mug in Primary school during recess time. You would squat by a drain with all your classmates beside you, and brush your teeth with a coloured mug.

You hated or loved the school nurse (she was either pretty or mean).

You know what SBC stands for.

You paid 40 cents for cartons of Chocolate or Strawberry milk every week in class.

Everyone’s wallet used to be the velcro type

It was cool to have pagers in primary school

SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned. The bus seats are made of wood and the cushionwere red. The big red bell gave a loud BEEP! when pressed.

There were still bus tickets and bus conductors would come up to check them.

Envelopes were given to us to donate to Sharity Elephant every Children’s Day.

You’ve probably read Young Generation magazine.You know who’s Vinny the little vampire and Acai the constable.

You know what PETS are and the hidden animals in all the text pages. You hated penmanship.

Writing lines and caning hands were common, esp if you failed chinese spelling (caning was actually allowed. no shit).

You were there when they first introduced the MRT here. You went for the first ride with your parents and you would kneel on the seat to see the scenery.

Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50.

Gals were fascinated by Strawberry Short Cake and Barbie Dolls.

You learn to laugh like The Count in Sesame Street.

You bought tidbits called beebee (20 cents per pack, 10 cents in MGS), and mamee (30 cents), that had a different sticker in it every time.

You carried a lunch box to school but either threw away the food or brought it back home again.

You watched TV2 (also known as Channel 10) cartoons because Channel 5 never had enough cartoons for you.

Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The Three Investigators, Famous Five and Secret Seven were probably the thickest
story books you thought you would ever read.

KFC used to be a high class restaurant that served food in plates and had metal forks and knives. (I dont remember this, anyone?)

The most vulgar thing you said was asshole and idiot and THE MOST EXTREME WAS ‘chicken pie’…you just couldn’t bring yourself to say the hokkien translation.

Catching and pepsi-cola was the IN thing, and twist was the
magic word.

Your English workbooks were made of some damn poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow.

You came to school 15 mins before the bell every morning just so you could copy someone’s homework.

CDIS was your best friend.

The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellized characters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you math.

Waterbottles were slung around your neck and a must everywhere you went.

Boys loved to play soccer with small stones or tennis balls in the basketball court.

Girls played five stones and boys played with marbles.

Science was fun with the Balsam and the Angsana being the most important plants of our lives, guppies and swordtail being the most important fishes.

Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and John, immortalized in our minds from school textbooks.

We conducted experiments of our own to get badges for being a Young Zoologist/Botanist etc.

Every Children’s day and National day you either got pins or pens with ‘Happy Children’s Day 1993′ or useless plastic files with ‘Happy National Day 1994′.

You wore BM2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes.

Your form teacher taught you Maths, Science and English.

You went to school in slippers and a raincoat when it rained, and you find a dry spot in the school
to sit down, dry your feet, and wear your dry and warm socks and shoes.

There would be spelling tests and mental sums to do almost everyday (you hated them).

Your friends considered you lucky and rich if your parents gave you $2 or more for pocket mone everyday.

You saw Wee Kim Wee’s face in the school hall.

Boys liked catching fighting spiders, earthworms or tadpoles.

Collecting and battling erasers was a pastime for boys.

Class monitors and prefects loved to say, “You talk somemore, I write your name ah!”

You got booked for muddy shoes in class.

There were at least 40 people in one class.

You brought every single book to school, even though there was a timetable.

There was a pro-yo/bumblebee, digimon craze at some point in time.

Working in the airport…

Cherina Chia — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:43:29 +0000

Money is indeed a powerful thing on earth. Its not only a form of exchange….it makes the world go round and it gives you the status. Lets face it…we are all prone to smile more towards people who have loads of money. Of course…there are exceptions.. loads of money but extreme arrogance really keeps people away. Because of money…i have been exercising my facial muscles for 4 hours a day.

Expression #1:Smiling is the number one basic. I guess its over-emphasized in the sales line. Just make sure you don’t have any lipstick or vegetable stuck on your teeth. If not…you will appear a Dumbo going around smiling. Also, it makes the customer embarrassed.

Expression #2: Surprised expression. It is considered a bonus if you can engage in a conversation with your customers. Sometimes the topic does seem a little dry but nevertheless its still good to act as if you are surprised by what they say. But be careful…don’t over do it.

Expression #3: Frowning. Right..we do have words in English language to bring about a contrast. Thats exactly the same concept. Frown when you beg to differ or when you are in query and then carry on with your opinion or your question.

Thats how i exercise my facial muscles. Of course..working in the airport allows you to come into contact with the never-ugly ang mohs and people from all over the world. Common situation occurs.

Below situations are very applicable when serving caucasians

Situation #1:

Customer with serious accent: ihhbjmmpoghfdszjhbhgcxf

Me: Sorry?

Customer with serious accent: ihhbjmmpoghfdszjhbhgcxf

Me (totally don’t understand): …………………………Ah…..yes yes yes….

Customer with serious accent: (Looks seriously puzzled)

Usually this kind of situation we will change topic right away….

Situation #2:

Customer with serious accent: Excuse me..what source is this bottle

Me: Sorry? Source?

Customer with serious accent: No….what source is this bottle

Me: Source?

Customer with serious accent: (Looking a little pissed and looking into my eyes…) What so-ize (size) is this bottle?

Me: Ahhhhh…..Size..oh its 1 litre Sir (well..it never appear to him that he can actually switch that word to ‘volume’)

Yes…thats what you get when working in the airport. Experience is what you need man…shall end here. People going into sales or service do think twice or thrice before doing it.