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"For there was no need to cast that piece of parchment into the fire, only thoughts and the unceasing taps of the finger were etched on it."
Looking at how things have been going lately, I realize that some of the judgements
that I have made are incorrect and seriously needs revising. People do change and much as
I think I can understand people to a great extent, some things are just out of my control
and my tolerance is wearing thin because of the excessive load of projects that have been
assigned and the issues I've been dealing with lately.
Some things can just turn for the worst overnight, and honestly, I don't want to be the one
fixing up the mess by initiating apologies and what-not. I'm simply tired of being the Mr Nice-guy,
because I guess I finally have a line that I could deem my own.
I understand that some people may not be as bright, but if you choose to associate reality with
a world that is non-existent, then I'm sorry but - - you ought to just indulge in a pile of turd to wake
yourself up.
Thanks to the incident that happened recently my distrust, or rather, cautiousness towards the
opposite gender has been raised. You never know how fast they could change, and in fact, they could
probably have a change as quick as a chameleon can change its colors.
And I understand that some people just want more attention, just like I do, but understand that
even this is limited. Try to go beyond your limits, and you'll face the consequences. I've seen people
who try to attract too much attention and as a result lose all of it at once, though not overnight, but
progressively -- which is actually worse. But still, this isn't so bad because some actually mend their ways
and watch what comes out of their mouth and so they are able to find the attention that was rightfully
theirs once more. I simply cannot imagine how miserable I would be should I fall into such a plight.
Just be yourself, I would seriously like to emphasize on this phrase even though it's been repeated many
a times in all sorts of places before, because changing would never be for the better. If there ever was a need
for a change, it's because you were not yourself, and not because you needed a change.
that I have made are incorrect and seriously needs revising. People do change and much as
I think I can understand people to a great extent, some things are just out of my control
and my tolerance is wearing thin because of the excessive load of projects that have been
assigned and the issues I've been dealing with lately.
Some things can just turn for the worst overnight, and honestly, I don't want to be the one
fixing up the mess by initiating apologies and what-not. I'm simply tired of being the Mr Nice-guy,
because I guess I finally have a line that I could deem my own.
I understand that some people may not be as bright, but if you choose to associate reality with
a world that is non-existent, then I'm sorry but - - you ought to just indulge in a pile of turd to wake
yourself up.
Thanks to the incident that happened recently my distrust, or rather, cautiousness towards the
opposite gender has been raised. You never know how fast they could change, and in fact, they could
probably have a change as quick as a chameleon can change its colors.
And I understand that some people just want more attention, just like I do, but understand that
even this is limited. Try to go beyond your limits, and you'll face the consequences. I've seen people
who try to attract too much attention and as a result lose all of it at once, though not overnight, but
progressively -- which is actually worse. But still, this isn't so bad because some actually mend their ways
and watch what comes out of their mouth and so they are able to find the attention that was rightfully
theirs once more. I simply cannot imagine how miserable I would be should I fall into such a plight.
Just be yourself, I would seriously like to emphasize on this phrase even though it's been repeated many
a times in all sorts of places before, because changing would never be for the better. If there ever was a need
for a change, it's because you were not yourself, and not because you needed a change.
Looking at how many people actually use other less fortunate people as subjects of inspiration..
a question is surfaced and it asks, how many people actually are inspired, or rather,
preach as and exactly what they teach?
The answer is, and I so daringly say, but a handful. We've seen how the handicapped
overcome their psychical state, and prove that it is only the mind that is challenged and
not the body.
How many of us however can have that experience without being one ourselves? None.
To comprehend to a certain extent, perhaps. To a full extent? Not a chance. The life of
an orphan than as compared to a child with both his parents, will the privileged child as he matures,
understand what he would have been through had he been in the plight of the abandoned orphan?
Different situations, similar concepts.
No one is born talented. Geniuses exist because they have enough inspiration and enough will to
spur them to continue practicing, practicing and practicing.
Is it not true?
Nothing can be defined as good or bad, if it's bad, it's because the majority sees it as it is.
Anything that is out of that range, it's deemed as something that isn't bad -- in other words,
GOOD.
We call ourselves and in fact are intelligent beings, and we supposedly are able to differentiate the good
from the bad, but if that is so, why are we committing the same mistakes repeatedly and persistently?
Understand that the world is not owned by we and we alone, much as the animals do not or have no way to agree with that statement, they too would feel that they have a fair share in this world..
And yet, we're slowly destroying their homes, them, and US. Few decades back, global warming probably
still didn't exist, yet scientists saw it coming and still did nothing about it. It was only when global warming really started happening only then did we take measures to stop it. But is the majority doing it? I wouldn't agree with that. Are my friends doing anything about it? Am I doing anything about it? I think the last time I recycled
was because my school had made it compulsory, and only for a day. Is a day of recycling going to make a difference?
Unlikely.
I may not have seen much or enough yet, for I have only lived 17 years in this small portion of the big big world
that is for me to explore. In fact, who am I but just a commoner to comment on
the current affairs of the world? Should I really be asked to answer this question, I can only simply say this --
think. Think of what gave rise to the majority of not all of the current problems of the world, and you will
soon understand that the answer is so obviously -- MONEY. Then again, how does money smell so good?
It's not your nose playing tricks on you, it's because of greed. There's a Chinese proverb on money, and it
goes like this:
"钱不是万能。但没钱万万不能"
Money cannot get you everything, but without money, can you even get anything? Everything comes
at a price, and the word "generosity" exists only in a philanthropist's dictionary. In fact, a fool is
someone who does everything and expects nothing in return. Could the same be said for love?
I myself cannot claim to have done everything, therefore I am in no position to speak.
But I'll always remember this:
"If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it was, and always will be yours. If it never returns, it was never yours to begin with." - Unknown
and:
"Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile." - Franklin P. Jones
Thus, when I stare into those beautiful eyes of hers, the weight on my shoulders seemed lighter, and my world became brighter.
And thus, my answer would be,
"She's my inspiration."
a question is surfaced and it asks, how many people actually are inspired, or rather,
preach as and exactly what they teach?
The answer is, and I so daringly say, but a handful. We've seen how the handicapped
overcome their psychical state, and prove that it is only the mind that is challenged and
not the body.
How many of us however can have that experience without being one ourselves? None.
To comprehend to a certain extent, perhaps. To a full extent? Not a chance. The life of
an orphan than as compared to a child with both his parents, will the privileged child as he matures,
understand what he would have been through had he been in the plight of the abandoned orphan?
Different situations, similar concepts.
No one is born talented. Geniuses exist because they have enough inspiration and enough will to
spur them to continue practicing, practicing and practicing.
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)Is it not true?
Nothing can be defined as good or bad, if it's bad, it's because the majority sees it as it is.
Anything that is out of that range, it's deemed as something that isn't bad -- in other words,
GOOD.
We call ourselves and in fact are intelligent beings, and we supposedly are able to differentiate the good
from the bad, but if that is so, why are we committing the same mistakes repeatedly and persistently?
Understand that the world is not owned by we and we alone, much as the animals do not or have no way to agree with that statement, they too would feel that they have a fair share in this world..
And yet, we're slowly destroying their homes, them, and US. Few decades back, global warming probably
still didn't exist, yet scientists saw it coming and still did nothing about it. It was only when global warming really started happening only then did we take measures to stop it. But is the majority doing it? I wouldn't agree with that. Are my friends doing anything about it? Am I doing anything about it? I think the last time I recycled
was because my school had made it compulsory, and only for a day. Is a day of recycling going to make a difference?
Unlikely.
I may not have seen much or enough yet, for I have only lived 17 years in this small portion of the big big world
that is for me to explore. In fact, who am I but just a commoner to comment on
the current affairs of the world? Should I really be asked to answer this question, I can only simply say this --
think. Think of what gave rise to the majority of not all of the current problems of the world, and you will
soon understand that the answer is so obviously -- MONEY. Then again, how does money smell so good?
It's not your nose playing tricks on you, it's because of greed. There's a Chinese proverb on money, and it
goes like this:
"钱不是万能。但没钱万万不能"
Money cannot get you everything, but without money, can you even get anything? Everything comes
at a price, and the word "generosity" exists only in a philanthropist's dictionary. In fact, a fool is
someone who does everything and expects nothing in return. Could the same be said for love?
I myself cannot claim to have done everything, therefore I am in no position to speak.
But I'll always remember this:
"If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it was, and always will be yours. If it never returns, it was never yours to begin with." - Unknown
and:
"Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile." - Franklin P. Jones
Thus, when I stare into those beautiful eyes of hers, the weight on my shoulders seemed lighter, and my world became brighter.
And thus, my answer would be,
"She's my inspiration."
Haven't touched DotA in awhile now, just did yesterday and I realized
I've become a tad rusty after a week. But never mind that, I'm not intending
to join the competitive scene anytime soon.
Got 2 projects on my plate now, gotta try and finish them before Wednesday
arrives so we'll have time for our inter-sports activities again. But at the rate
things are going, I doubt we'll be able to accomplish that.
I must say this semester is better than the last -- much of the things that have
happened are in favour of mine, which is a good sign (:
Although there're lesser eye-candies to be spotted this time round, it doesn't
really matter because someone will always outshine all of them, in my eyes.
I can't believe almost half of the boys in the class are hooked onto firstly Neopets,
and now Battleon. I guess we simply have nothing better to do - but who cares?
Even these seemingly childish games can prove to be a survival mechanism.
It's like being stuck in a gas chamber and you have a gas mask on the floor, but it's been
stained with the foul smell of goat cheese. In times like these, you don't really have a
choice. Some modules just have the natural ability to release extremely toxic fumes of
boredom, and they can be lethal in large doses.
Lastly, if anyone knows any promotions going on for the Havaianas slippers,
keep me updated yea?
I've become a tad rusty after a week. But never mind that, I'm not intending
to join the competitive scene anytime soon.
Got 2 projects on my plate now, gotta try and finish them before Wednesday
arrives so we'll have time for our inter-sports activities again. But at the rate
things are going, I doubt we'll be able to accomplish that.
I must say this semester is better than the last -- much of the things that have
happened are in favour of mine, which is a good sign (:
Although there're lesser eye-candies to be spotted this time round, it doesn't
really matter because someone will always outshine all of them, in my eyes.
I can't believe almost half of the boys in the class are hooked onto firstly Neopets,
and now Battleon. I guess we simply have nothing better to do - but who cares?
Even these seemingly childish games can prove to be a survival mechanism.
It's like being stuck in a gas chamber and you have a gas mask on the floor, but it's been
stained with the foul smell of goat cheese. In times like these, you don't really have a
choice. Some modules just have the natural ability to release extremely toxic fumes of
boredom, and they can be lethal in large doses.
Lastly, if anyone knows any promotions going on for the Havaianas slippers,
keep me updated yea?
Hi guys, my friend's selling some nice and cheap appliances and I'm trying to help him advertise as well. Whether you're buying or not, if you wouldn't mind why not post this on your blog as well? Here's what is for sale:
IPOD Touch
8gb - $284 - $300
32gb - $460 - $480
64gb - $605 - $620
Lenovo Portable Speaker M610
Selling at $30 - $50
USB Charged, 3.55mm input
Canon printer
2in1. Scan + print
Selling at $80 - $100
Thumbdrive 1gb-8gb
Prices ranging from different storage size.
External hard disk.
Prices ranging from different storage size.
Interested? Find him in NP, or find his contact information at his blog here.
IPOD Touch
8gb - $284 - $300
32gb - $460 - $480
64gb - $605 - $620
Lenovo Portable Speaker M610
Selling at $30 - $50
USB Charged, 3.55mm input
Canon printer
2in1. Scan + print
Selling at $80 - $100
Thumbdrive 1gb-8gb
Prices ranging from different storage size.
External hard disk.
Prices ranging from different storage size.
Interested? Find him in NP, or find his contact information at his blog here.
Wowowowowow, what a day. Lots of sweat, but definitely worth it. At least
I can sleep easier tonight. Not everyone turned up, but at least enough turned up
for a good game of Captain's Ball and the exercise and all that sweating felt great.
Those who turned up were: Matin, Andy, Suhaidi, Illyas, Fleonna, Sakinah, Zigui and I.
Before playing we decided to jog around the stadium track for 2 laps, to get ourselves all
warmed up before the game. The beads of sweat were dripping down my neck like the monsoon
rains during December but boy, did it feel good. After everyone reached the finish point we did
some stretching and headed to the basketball court to start playing. I was in a team with Illyas,
Matin and Zigui and our team was leading by a huge margin but I believe there were some issues
with the balancing of the teams because the other team had only 1 guy. After our game of
Captain's Ball all of us were pooped out, dehydrated and perspiring like never before and so we,
or at least me and Suhaidi decided to head to Canteen 2 to get ourselves some refreshments.
After which we did not really do much except to play Monkey and then watch the 3 guys
dunk for a bit before finally heading for a quick and refreshing shower.
I'll skip the lunch part because there wasn't anything interesting that happened. HSM wasn't as
dull as the previous lesson - at least we are finally given a task to complete. Well the task was already
given the previous lesson but today emphasized on the importance of the need to complete task even
more. It's good to have challenges.. so why not? I'll just remember never to be lazy like before and every-
thing will go just fine.. or so I hope. Thanks to Anne we managed to find the crucial points to the task
that we're given and a huge portion of the credit should and must be due to her. Kudos to that. :)
Other than that I don't think there's much to say and so I'll end here. Looking forward to next
Wednesday, assuming we are able to finish the project beforehand.
I can sleep easier tonight. Not everyone turned up, but at least enough turned up
for a good game of Captain's Ball and the exercise and all that sweating felt great.
Those who turned up were: Matin, Andy, Suhaidi, Illyas, Fleonna, Sakinah, Zigui and I.
Before playing we decided to jog around the stadium track for 2 laps, to get ourselves all
warmed up before the game. The beads of sweat were dripping down my neck like the monsoon
rains during December but boy, did it feel good. After everyone reached the finish point we did
some stretching and headed to the basketball court to start playing. I was in a team with Illyas,
Matin and Zigui and our team was leading by a huge margin but I believe there were some issues
with the balancing of the teams because the other team had only 1 guy. After our game of
Captain's Ball all of us were pooped out, dehydrated and perspiring like never before and so we,
or at least me and Suhaidi decided to head to Canteen 2 to get ourselves some refreshments.
After which we did not really do much except to play Monkey and then watch the 3 guys
dunk for a bit before finally heading for a quick and refreshing shower.
I'll skip the lunch part because there wasn't anything interesting that happened. HSM wasn't as
dull as the previous lesson - at least we are finally given a task to complete. Well the task was already
given the previous lesson but today emphasized on the importance of the need to complete task even
more. It's good to have challenges.. so why not? I'll just remember never to be lazy like before and every-
thing will go just fine.. or so I hope. Thanks to Anne we managed to find the crucial points to the task
that we're given and a huge portion of the credit should and must be due to her. Kudos to that. :)
Other than that I don't think there's much to say and so I'll end here. Looking forward to next
Wednesday, assuming we are able to finish the project beforehand.
A week has passed since school started and almost everyone has changed, be it the way they look, dress, behave and all.. but one thing remained the same -- our idiocy and neverending love for totally-out-of-this-world jokes.
It's been a lot of fun since school started, gotta admit, but I really hate my new IS module - Communications Toolkit, Com2T in short. Basically it teaches you on how to communicate better but honestly, I don't really need that kind of stuff. It's like teaching a biker how to ride a bicycle and so yeah, I thought the module was pretty much self-explanatory, much as the teacher was nice and all, and freaking DULL. It's like trying to copy 10 words for every wrongly spelled word with a sleepy head. Other than that I'm starting to love school more and more and almost everyday I take the shuttle bus at 8am to school, even when my lessons are at like 11 or later. As usual the workload is piling but if I'm able to set some of my playtime aside they shouldn't pose a serious threat -- yet.
And also, at least right now we're actually trying to make an effort to break that seemingly never-melting ice that has withstood the test of time as a form of communication barrier between our clique and others, I can't believe we barely said more than 10 sentences for the whole of last semester. The reason behind this I can't seem to figure out but I guess everyone's just too busy to have time for trivial matters such as this.
Guah Lih's return from Bangladesh this weekend -- we're all looking forward to that. It's been a long time since we met that one hell of a joker and classes have never been the same without him. Can't wait to hear his experiences in Bangaladesh too, my guess is that be it good or bad it's going to be hilarious all the same. There was one thing I noticed when the teachers heard of the reason behind his long absence -- they all seemed to take it as a joke. Seriously, does hearing about someone coming from a more developed country going to Bangladesh sound really so unbelievable? Or is it because racism revolves just about anyone? Only God knows the answer, and I'm not interested to find out.
Just got my hair straightened and now it doesn't look as messy as before, THANKFULLY, but the effects aren't going to last very long, sadly. :( I think I'll be going to bed now, ciao all. <3
It's been a lot of fun since school started, gotta admit, but I really hate my new IS module - Communications Toolkit, Com2T in short. Basically it teaches you on how to communicate better but honestly, I don't really need that kind of stuff. It's like teaching a biker how to ride a bicycle and so yeah, I thought the module was pretty much self-explanatory, much as the teacher was nice and all, and freaking DULL. It's like trying to copy 10 words for every wrongly spelled word with a sleepy head. Other than that I'm starting to love school more and more and almost everyday I take the shuttle bus at 8am to school, even when my lessons are at like 11 or later. As usual the workload is piling but if I'm able to set some of my playtime aside they shouldn't pose a serious threat -- yet.
And also, at least right now we're actually trying to make an effort to break that seemingly never-melting ice that has withstood the test of time as a form of communication barrier between our clique and others, I can't believe we barely said more than 10 sentences for the whole of last semester. The reason behind this I can't seem to figure out but I guess everyone's just too busy to have time for trivial matters such as this.
Guah Lih's return from Bangladesh this weekend -- we're all looking forward to that. It's been a long time since we met that one hell of a joker and classes have never been the same without him. Can't wait to hear his experiences in Bangaladesh too, my guess is that be it good or bad it's going to be hilarious all the same. There was one thing I noticed when the teachers heard of the reason behind his long absence -- they all seemed to take it as a joke. Seriously, does hearing about someone coming from a more developed country going to Bangladesh sound really so unbelievable? Or is it because racism revolves just about anyone? Only God knows the answer, and I'm not interested to find out.
Just got my hair straightened and now it doesn't look as messy as before, THANKFULLY, but the effects aren't going to last very long, sadly. :( I think I'll be going to bed now, ciao all. <3
[NEWS]Jolie about Eryc
Statement
Vasiliy "Jolie" Pepelyaev:
So guys, yesterday I read the news that fnatic are about to become Aeon.int. I was surprised by this as my past manager, Eryc did not mention anything about it. Sadly, this situation hurts me too much and I want to tell you all about the story of my working under Eryc's management for the past 1 year and 3 months in team Ks.Int, later renamed Aeon.Int.
It started on July 2008 when i found Eryc in mIRC to chat and possibly starting a team. First he says that salaries will be fixed in a month. We never discussed about the salary estimate and I thought it was unnecessary. Eryc keeps delaying the salary figures by saying there will be a salary in 2-3 months time. He has done this 3 times; during the beginning of July, August and September. After the worldwide financial crisis, we trusted him and did not bring up the salary issue as we saw how bad the sponsorship situation was around the world taking MYM as an example. Eryc was again telling lies to us concerning salary 3 months ago, July 2009 when I was with the team at Gamescom. As usual, he said "later, not now guys."
Ks.int never had any salary. That was my 2nd priority. The first was travel arrangements to LAN events and is of course the most important criteria for DotA team sponsorship now.
Now looking back on our trips, I now see what a fool I was. The first trip we had was during November 2008. We wanted to go to China and Eryc agreed 2.5 weeks before the event. After some discussions with Eryc, he says that he cannot send the money for plane tickets that fast and will return us the money in China. Of course this was not true. According to him, sponsors have not given him money and they will send it to us later. I have paid 2000 dollars for tickets for horon and myself, as well as visas costing 100 dollars each. In all, we were owed 2200 dollars.
Eryc and I have talked about this about 20 times, possibly more. I cannot remember. He told me that he will send the money in December 2008, then January, February, March. He finally sends me 700 dollars in May, and we agreed that the next 2 installments of 700 dollars would be done soon. I have not received any money from him since.
When Puppey invited me to return to Ks.int and play with them in Gamescom, I was wondering about my 1400 dollars. We talked with Eryc and I believed him again, him saying that after sending us to Koln (Gamescom venue) he will return our money as soon as possible. Ok... what about the money required to go to Koln in the first place, Eryc?
He asks me if it is alright if he sends me 400 dollars first. I said that it would be fine, but there is a big chance I will need more money. Everybody knows that Gamescom was advertised late and teams have no time to prepare. This presented two problems for me as obtaining a german visa is very hard, I decided to go through Estonia as I've already been there twice and it is very easy to obtain an Estonian visa for me. The other problem was the cheapest way was to get on a train from Saint-Petersburg and then to Tallinn, and then I have to take 2 flights with Puppey to reach Dusseldorf. So I spent 700 dollars in total for tickets and visa.
During gamescom, Eryc only ever asked us one question. "Do you like VSA or VGA (or something else) as our new clan tag?" WTF? I tried asking him to send us our money because we're short of it but he only cares about the clantag. It was so weird.
After Gamescom I had even more problems as I needed to return the money to my mother and friends. One and a half months after Gamescom, I asked Eryc a few times about my money (now 1700 as it is 1400 plus an extra 300 to cover Gamescom) but he gave his usual reply. "Later, later," he said. We made an agreement theat he will send the money no later than April 2010. It was an extra half a year than intended... but what can you do?
Some days ago, Ks.int or Aeon.int now disbanded *RIP*. We talked again with Eryc. he says that we can try to make a new team with me as leader. I I thought of joining AzN and changing tags to Aeon.int and take up Eryc's sponsorship. He also thinks that TR is an option. So we decided to wait for a litlle bit especially I wanting to involve myself a bit more with team AzN. After 2 days, I saw the hot news of fnatic joining Aeon.int.
P.S. Sadly or happily I closed today's chat between Eryc and I like this
Me: Eryc, so you're gonna sponsor another team. Now I cannot wait, I need my money now.
Eryc: But we already talked about it and I will send it in half a year.
Me: Really? You think it's ok to leave me without saying anything and giving sponsorship to fnatic and not even thinking of the money you need to return me?
Eryc: Yes it's ok, sponsors money to send fnatic to SMM has nothing to do with your money.
Me: Do you think that is my problem?
Eryc: It's not my problem also...
I forgot to mention that I have asked Eryc 10 times if i could have a word with the sponsors who are not reimbursing the money for the China trip. He has always said no. Eryc wanted to talk with them only by himself, so he has no right to say that it is not his problem. It really is his problem because he has a contract with us.
Me: So Eryc, are you going to send me my money right now or not?
Eryc: No
Me: Ok I will make an article on what the manager of Ks.int has been doing to his players for 1 year.
Eryc: *After long pause* Ok you have a choice. I send you 1200 dollars because I don't need to pay you for China visas (His excuse was he has not paid for puppey's visa before, is that OK?) and I don't have to pay for Gamescom because it is not my problem. I already sent you 400 for that and I don't need to send more (he only started talking about it today...)
Me: 1600 (ok i let him off 100 dollars, I can't believe he had to think about it...) or it's gonna go public.
Eryc: Ok bb
Me: bb
P.P.S. As far as I know, GunzComeOut still has not received his money for the China tickets (I may be wrong. Ask Gunz about it)
P.P.P.S This takes us a step behind for DotA, not a big one but I am really sorry that I have to whistleblow on this manager.
An important lesson for me is not to be nice to people who are bad to you. Just let them be. I tried to keep quiet but because this situation made me look like a fool for more than a year and I still cannot believe Eryc is a guy who can go back on all his words and make new ones.
Source: myMYM.com
Followed by..
Eryc's response to this situation is to take legal action against both JoliE and the myMYM organisation. Eryc feels that JoliE's dissapointment with him choosing to sponsor fnatic over AzN is the reason for JoliE's defamatory statements.
Statement Malaysia
Wei Zhen "Eryc" Wong:
I just went to the lawyer company with JoliE's contract and statement on mymym.com to analyse it where we then decided to take legal actions to protect my name. JoliE's words in his statement contradicts what's said in our contract.
He wanted me to sponsor AzN. From the first paragrah of his statement, it's not hard to see that he was angry because I picked fnatic and decided to sponsor them to SMM instead of azn.
At the same time, i will also take legal action agains mymym.com for putting up this statement without even confirming the truth. When people use unproffesional channels for revenge, I will not not argue childishly. The terms stated in the contracts are very clear, it's the same when I bring it to the lawyers analysis.
Source: myMYM.com
Lastly..
Eryc just told us that he considers to give myMYM.com tomorrow on Thursday a statement which might clear up the whole case. Stay tuned!
Source: myMYM.com
Firstly, I'm not on anyone's side, much as I dislike eryc, but going on a lawsuit against someone as popular as Jolie wouldn't be at all a wise move.
Secondly, if what Jolie claims is true, then the former teammates of AEON.int would definitely back him up, leaving eryc to find the battle alone -- with his lawyer. There is also no reason for Jolie to come up with such a statement so strongly embedded with defamation should it fall true if eryc was paying his players on time and a manager that was "caring" enough, if you have read KuroKy's comments about eryc before he left for MYM, such a problem wouldn't have surfaced today.
Thirdly, in eryc's statement about going on a lawsuit against Jolie, first of all, if he claims that whatever Jolie says is contradictory to the contract that was made between Jolie and him, why does he not shed more light on the current situation? He then argues that Jolie had conjured false stories out of pique because the manager who is he, eryc himself, had chose to sponsor fnatic instead of azn. Keeping in mind that discrimination in ways that can be seen by the public is considered illegal, would Jolie, had he not kept this in mind, taken such measures to make such an information public? Furthermore, it was published on myMYM.com, a rather popular website fthat gathers who knows how many viewers daily. And rather obviously, eryc has not provided a statement strong enough to gather himself more support from the public - the loopholes and suspicions that still remain are far too many. Never mind the salary, but what about the refunds for the air ticket, surely he had to do something about it?
Lastly, he has a sudden change of mind and decides to give myMYM a statement tomorrow which will perhaps, "clear up the whole case" and clarify "everyone's doubts". Perhaps he detects the flaws in his statement? Assumptions can not yet be made. But after all of this drama, would the trust between any other branches of AEON and KS.eryc, remain as strong as before? Just my 2 cents on this, I see too many flaws in the statement of the opposing party, but it wouldn't be appropriate for me to comment any further.
Statement
Vasiliy "Jolie" Pepelyaev:So guys, yesterday I read the news that fnatic are about to become Aeon.int. I was surprised by this as my past manager, Eryc did not mention anything about it. Sadly, this situation hurts me too much and I want to tell you all about the story of my working under Eryc's management for the past 1 year and 3 months in team Ks.Int, later renamed Aeon.Int.
It started on July 2008 when i found Eryc in mIRC to chat and possibly starting a team. First he says that salaries will be fixed in a month. We never discussed about the salary estimate and I thought it was unnecessary. Eryc keeps delaying the salary figures by saying there will be a salary in 2-3 months time. He has done this 3 times; during the beginning of July, August and September. After the worldwide financial crisis, we trusted him and did not bring up the salary issue as we saw how bad the sponsorship situation was around the world taking MYM as an example. Eryc was again telling lies to us concerning salary 3 months ago, July 2009 when I was with the team at Gamescom. As usual, he said "later, not now guys."
Ks.int never had any salary. That was my 2nd priority. The first was travel arrangements to LAN events and is of course the most important criteria for DotA team sponsorship now.
Now looking back on our trips, I now see what a fool I was. The first trip we had was during November 2008. We wanted to go to China and Eryc agreed 2.5 weeks before the event. After some discussions with Eryc, he says that he cannot send the money for plane tickets that fast and will return us the money in China. Of course this was not true. According to him, sponsors have not given him money and they will send it to us later. I have paid 2000 dollars for tickets for horon and myself, as well as visas costing 100 dollars each. In all, we were owed 2200 dollars.
Eryc and I have talked about this about 20 times, possibly more. I cannot remember. He told me that he will send the money in December 2008, then January, February, March. He finally sends me 700 dollars in May, and we agreed that the next 2 installments of 700 dollars would be done soon. I have not received any money from him since.
When Puppey invited me to return to Ks.int and play with them in Gamescom, I was wondering about my 1400 dollars. We talked with Eryc and I believed him again, him saying that after sending us to Koln (Gamescom venue) he will return our money as soon as possible. Ok... what about the money required to go to Koln in the first place, Eryc?
He asks me if it is alright if he sends me 400 dollars first. I said that it would be fine, but there is a big chance I will need more money. Everybody knows that Gamescom was advertised late and teams have no time to prepare. This presented two problems for me as obtaining a german visa is very hard, I decided to go through Estonia as I've already been there twice and it is very easy to obtain an Estonian visa for me. The other problem was the cheapest way was to get on a train from Saint-Petersburg and then to Tallinn, and then I have to take 2 flights with Puppey to reach Dusseldorf. So I spent 700 dollars in total for tickets and visa.
During gamescom, Eryc only ever asked us one question. "Do you like VSA or VGA (or something else) as our new clan tag?" WTF? I tried asking him to send us our money because we're short of it but he only cares about the clantag. It was so weird.
After Gamescom I had even more problems as I needed to return the money to my mother and friends. One and a half months after Gamescom, I asked Eryc a few times about my money (now 1700 as it is 1400 plus an extra 300 to cover Gamescom) but he gave his usual reply. "Later, later," he said. We made an agreement theat he will send the money no later than April 2010. It was an extra half a year than intended... but what can you do?
Some days ago, Ks.int or Aeon.int now disbanded *RIP*. We talked again with Eryc. he says that we can try to make a new team with me as leader. I I thought of joining AzN and changing tags to Aeon.int and take up Eryc's sponsorship. He also thinks that TR is an option. So we decided to wait for a litlle bit especially I wanting to involve myself a bit more with team AzN. After 2 days, I saw the hot news of fnatic joining Aeon.int.
P.S. Sadly or happily I closed today's chat between Eryc and I like this
Me: Eryc, so you're gonna sponsor another team. Now I cannot wait, I need my money now.
Eryc: But we already talked about it and I will send it in half a year.
Me: Really? You think it's ok to leave me without saying anything and giving sponsorship to fnatic and not even thinking of the money you need to return me?
Eryc: Yes it's ok, sponsors money to send fnatic to SMM has nothing to do with your money.
Me: Do you think that is my problem?
Eryc: It's not my problem also...
I forgot to mention that I have asked Eryc 10 times if i could have a word with the sponsors who are not reimbursing the money for the China trip. He has always said no. Eryc wanted to talk with them only by himself, so he has no right to say that it is not his problem. It really is his problem because he has a contract with us.
Me: So Eryc, are you going to send me my money right now or not?
Eryc: No
Me: Ok I will make an article on what the manager of Ks.int has been doing to his players for 1 year.
Eryc: *After long pause* Ok you have a choice. I send you 1200 dollars because I don't need to pay you for China visas (His excuse was he has not paid for puppey's visa before, is that OK?) and I don't have to pay for Gamescom because it is not my problem. I already sent you 400 for that and I don't need to send more (he only started talking about it today...)
Me: 1600 (ok i let him off 100 dollars, I can't believe he had to think about it...) or it's gonna go public.
Eryc: Ok bb
Me: bb
P.P.S. As far as I know, GunzComeOut still has not received his money for the China tickets (I may be wrong. Ask Gunz about it)
P.P.P.S This takes us a step behind for DotA, not a big one but I am really sorry that I have to whistleblow on this manager.
An important lesson for me is not to be nice to people who are bad to you. Just let them be. I tried to keep quiet but because this situation made me look like a fool for more than a year and I still cannot believe Eryc is a guy who can go back on all his words and make new ones.
Source: myMYM.com
Followed by..
Eryc's response to this situation is to take legal action against both JoliE and the myMYM organisation. Eryc feels that JoliE's dissapointment with him choosing to sponsor fnatic over AzN is the reason for JoliE's defamatory statements.
Statement Malaysia
Wei Zhen "Eryc" Wong:I just went to the lawyer company with JoliE's contract and statement on mymym.com to analyse it where we then decided to take legal actions to protect my name. JoliE's words in his statement contradicts what's said in our contract.
He wanted me to sponsor AzN. From the first paragrah of his statement, it's not hard to see that he was angry because I picked fnatic and decided to sponsor them to SMM instead of azn.
At the same time, i will also take legal action agains mymym.com for putting up this statement without even confirming the truth. When people use unproffesional channels for revenge, I will not not argue childishly. The terms stated in the contracts are very clear, it's the same when I bring it to the lawyers analysis.
Source: myMYM.com
Lastly..
Eryc just told us that he considers to give myMYM.com tomorrow on Thursday a statement which might clear up the whole case. Stay tuned!
Source: myMYM.com
Firstly, I'm not on anyone's side, much as I dislike eryc, but going on a lawsuit against someone as popular as Jolie wouldn't be at all a wise move.
Secondly, if what Jolie claims is true, then the former teammates of AEON.int would definitely back him up, leaving eryc to find the battle alone -- with his lawyer. There is also no reason for Jolie to come up with such a statement so strongly embedded with defamation should it fall true if eryc was paying his players on time and a manager that was "caring" enough, if you have read KuroKy's comments about eryc before he left for MYM, such a problem wouldn't have surfaced today.
Thirdly, in eryc's statement about going on a lawsuit against Jolie, first of all, if he claims that whatever Jolie says is contradictory to the contract that was made between Jolie and him, why does he not shed more light on the current situation? He then argues that Jolie had conjured false stories out of pique because the manager who is he, eryc himself, had chose to sponsor fnatic instead of azn. Keeping in mind that discrimination in ways that can be seen by the public is considered illegal, would Jolie, had he not kept this in mind, taken such measures to make such an information public? Furthermore, it was published on myMYM.com, a rather popular website fthat gathers who knows how many viewers daily. And rather obviously, eryc has not provided a statement strong enough to gather himself more support from the public - the loopholes and suspicions that still remain are far too many. Never mind the salary, but what about the refunds for the air ticket, surely he had to do something about it?
Lastly, he has a sudden change of mind and decides to give myMYM a statement tomorrow which will perhaps, "clear up the whole case" and clarify "everyone's doubts". Perhaps he detects the flaws in his statement? Assumptions can not yet be made. But after all of this drama, would the trust between any other branches of AEON and KS.eryc, remain as strong as before? Just my 2 cents on this, I see too many flaws in the statement of the opposing party, but it wouldn't be appropriate for me to comment any further.
Should I go back to my dreadful past?
Chilled out with some of my usual and some of the not-so-usual friends at Vista park today. The people who turned up were Edwin, Jacob, Jeffrey, Keefe, Pinpin (|_|_|), Jieqi, Yan Ting, Isabelle, Stella, Joslin and I. It was raining at first, but the weather was on our side and the rain subsided not long after. Thank goodness for that. Played and experimented with the sparklers and I must say we achieved some amazing "results"; wanted to use the word "feats" but it just wouldn't sound right.
I won't explain every single thing but I'll just list down the notable ones. The first one was placing a bunch of sparklers around 4 to 5 of them into a SweetTalk plastic cup and then twisting the sparklers to an angle where the flammable tip is facing outside of the cup, and then using another lighted sparkler to ignite the sparklers in the cup. The result? The cup melted due to the intense heat generated from the flames and all that was left thereafter were charred sparklers.
There was one particular experiment where we didn't achieve the expected results. We firstly removed all the tips of the sparklers that caused shrilling sound and place them all in a tin can and then igniting them to see what happens later. We expected lots of noise but it was just a loud shrill and nothing after that. Oh before that we had a can loaded with lots of gunpowder and it went boom when we lighted that shit up and engulfing the surroundings were lots of smoke x_x
We then ran out of sparklers to experiment with and so we decided to experiment with candles instead. We first lighted up a candle, and used the lighted candle to then light up the other candles and then finally setting fire to the box containing the candles as well. There was just lots of fire and then I jokingly suggested for someone to piss on the mess we just made, and there came along Jacob to take up on my seemingly rather inane offer. And he actually undid his flies and pissed on the burning box!
There was one particular experiment in which we achieved unexpected results. We firstly created a small fire, using candles and whatever stuff we could find to keep the fire going, including tea leaves worth $15 a can into the fire. Jacob somehow managed to find the need to piss again and he pissed onto the fire, only to suddenly cause the fire to soar up and nearly scalding Jacob's you-know-what. It was just then Joslin handed me a sparkler and said, "Happy Mid Autumn's Festival." At that time I was too preoccupied with what Jacob was doing and so all I said was just, "Happy -" before my mind drifted somewhere else again. But anyway, Happy Mid Autumn's Festival indeed. (:
The girls left not long after and what happened later was just some playground fun so I won't mention it, I nearly puked my guts out trying to keep myself on that spinning thing and when it stopped it seemed like the Earth was spinning way out of control. Then Isabelle for some reason came back and joined us and we chatted for abit before the rain started falling again and we had to look for another place to loaf at. It was at this time Jieqi knocked off from work and joined us just in time for our next activity.
There was nothing more to do later than just playing Big 2 and Cheat! at the void deck at Block 553 and telling some ghost stories. The day ended with me reaching home at 1 am and killing time till like.. 3.30am? I'm quite used to this kind of life already.
Before I end this post I'd like to thank Jieqi aka Watermelon for this book..
Looks pretty good, I read the summary on the back of the book and I think I'm going to like the plot. It's bout time I start my habit of reading again. Aight, thanks for the tea leaves too Jacob, I'm off, ciao!
Chilled out with some of my usual and some of the not-so-usual friends at Vista park today. The people who turned up were Edwin, Jacob, Jeffrey, Keefe, Pinpin (|_|_|), Jieqi, Yan Ting, Isabelle, Stella, Joslin and I. It was raining at first, but the weather was on our side and the rain subsided not long after. Thank goodness for that. Played and experimented with the sparklers and I must say we achieved some amazing "results"; wanted to use the word "feats" but it just wouldn't sound right.
I won't explain every single thing but I'll just list down the notable ones. The first one was placing a bunch of sparklers around 4 to 5 of them into a SweetTalk plastic cup and then twisting the sparklers to an angle where the flammable tip is facing outside of the cup, and then using another lighted sparkler to ignite the sparklers in the cup. The result? The cup melted due to the intense heat generated from the flames and all that was left thereafter were charred sparklers.
There was one particular experiment where we didn't achieve the expected results. We firstly removed all the tips of the sparklers that caused shrilling sound and place them all in a tin can and then igniting them to see what happens later. We expected lots of noise but it was just a loud shrill and nothing after that. Oh before that we had a can loaded with lots of gunpowder and it went boom when we lighted that shit up and engulfing the surroundings were lots of smoke x_x
We then ran out of sparklers to experiment with and so we decided to experiment with candles instead. We first lighted up a candle, and used the lighted candle to then light up the other candles and then finally setting fire to the box containing the candles as well. There was just lots of fire and then I jokingly suggested for someone to piss on the mess we just made, and there came along Jacob to take up on my seemingly rather inane offer. And he actually undid his flies and pissed on the burning box!
There was one particular experiment in which we achieved unexpected results. We firstly created a small fire, using candles and whatever stuff we could find to keep the fire going, including tea leaves worth $15 a can into the fire. Jacob somehow managed to find the need to piss again and he pissed onto the fire, only to suddenly cause the fire to soar up and nearly scalding Jacob's you-know-what. It was just then Joslin handed me a sparkler and said, "Happy Mid Autumn's Festival." At that time I was too preoccupied with what Jacob was doing and so all I said was just, "Happy -" before my mind drifted somewhere else again. But anyway, Happy Mid Autumn's Festival indeed. (:
The girls left not long after and what happened later was just some playground fun so I won't mention it, I nearly puked my guts out trying to keep myself on that spinning thing and when it stopped it seemed like the Earth was spinning way out of control. Then Isabelle for some reason came back and joined us and we chatted for abit before the rain started falling again and we had to look for another place to loaf at. It was at this time Jieqi knocked off from work and joined us just in time for our next activity.
There was nothing more to do later than just playing Big 2 and Cheat! at the void deck at Block 553 and telling some ghost stories. The day ended with me reaching home at 1 am and killing time till like.. 3.30am? I'm quite used to this kind of life already.
Before I end this post I'd like to thank Jieqi aka Watermelon for this book..
Looks pretty good, I read the summary on the back of the book and I think I'm going to like the plot. It's bout time I start my habit of reading again. Aight, thanks for the tea leaves too Jacob, I'm off, ciao!
School's starting in some 2 weeks' time and I can't wait! Miss my class, the eye-candies, going home with Isaac and mushroom, and maybe one person or two even more!
I also have an overseas outing to look forward to on the 13th, will be heading to Genting to have hopefully lots of fun. Till then, life remains uneventful. *sigh*
I'm also done with my job. I'm asked to do something that's not even part of or mentioned in the contract - working at the hotel!? What the hell? All I wanted to do was work at the booth in Takashimaya and now I'm being asked to stay back in the hotel regularly and work. I'm not swallowing this so I chose to back out. Had enough of my supervisor too, badmouthing and insulting me behind my back for God knows what reason, I haven't done shit to her and all she does is push blames onto me when I'm not around for the most obsolete reasons. Fuck. It wouldn't matter if I really did something wrong but I'm being blamed for something I absolutely did not do and what the fuck, sometimes when she's in the wrong I get to be blamed instead. I'll let her have it her own way this time, since I'm OUT.
Now for Dota..
Got myself into a new team, it's called PpGC. Sounds really dumb, I know. But at least I'm with my clique of friends and we have lots of fun together not just because we hardly lose (haven't matched up against strong teams yet), but because we feel that there is no communication barrier between any of us. This team could go really far, but only time will tell. Hope it won't fall apart like what happened to former vZ - that team had lots of potential.
The flame has rekindled itself; to whom it provides warmth no one knows. The wound has healed, yet the mind has not. Left behind a scar, filled with memories of sorrow. Remorseful I may be, but regret I never will.
I also have an overseas outing to look forward to on the 13th, will be heading to Genting to have hopefully lots of fun. Till then, life remains uneventful. *sigh*
I'm also done with my job. I'm asked to do something that's not even part of or mentioned in the contract - working at the hotel!? What the hell? All I wanted to do was work at the booth in Takashimaya and now I'm being asked to stay back in the hotel regularly and work. I'm not swallowing this so I chose to back out. Had enough of my supervisor too, badmouthing and insulting me behind my back for God knows what reason, I haven't done shit to her and all she does is push blames onto me when I'm not around for the most obsolete reasons. Fuck. It wouldn't matter if I really did something wrong but I'm being blamed for something I absolutely did not do and what the fuck, sometimes when she's in the wrong I get to be blamed instead. I'll let her have it her own way this time, since I'm OUT.
Now for Dota..
Got myself into a new team, it's called PpGC. Sounds really dumb, I know. But at least I'm with my clique of friends and we have lots of fun together not just because we hardly lose (haven't matched up against strong teams yet), but because we feel that there is no communication barrier between any of us. This team could go really far, but only time will tell. Hope it won't fall apart like what happened to former vZ - that team had lots of potential.
The flame has rekindled itself; to whom it provides warmth no one knows. The wound has healed, yet the mind has not. Left behind a scar, filled with memories of sorrow. Remorseful I may be, but regret I never will.
I can't imagine how I'm going to survive after 42 hours of work to be shared within 3 days - I'll probably be crawling home, half-dead, half-sane, and in a daze. I might even develop a phobia for mooncakes, this is exaggerating but hell, shit happens.
But there's always the thought of being able to bring a few boxes home.. savoring every last bit of each mooncake.. it somehow makes the whole process less daunting. But I don't want to carry too much false hope, because it's just next to impossible for now.
I never thought I would ever be (or have to be) a waiter, but the bitter taste of being one had to arrive just the day before, when another guy (Jim) and I were made to stay back in the hotel to "help out". At first the manager said the both of us would be helping the aunties at Room 411 with the packing of mooncakes for most of the time, but we managed to get everything packed in a jiffy and we came to realize that it was a BAD move - because that means a new task had to be given. In St.Regis, every sweat is every cent. Time seemed to pass turtle slow when it came to being a waiter and the dishes aren't light, mind you. There was once when I was told to carry one huge serving tray filled with 6 bowls of soup and it seemed like an easy task, but when I actually carried it I ate those words just as fast as I thought of them. My arms were losing strength as I took each step and they were about to give up when I reached the long table where it's a dropping point for the professional waiters to later pick them up and serve to the respective tables. I didn't drop it, but I put it down from a considerable height, like say, 5 cm? It dropped with a huge 'clunk', and the some of the contents from the bowl spilled onto the tray.
Jim and I decided to walk off without a word at 2pm, because that's the time our manager said we would be given a new task. There were too many dishes left in the restaurant to be cleared so that's the main reason we decided to run. Eventually when our manager found us he reprimanded us in a pretty light tone saying that he was a "disciplined" person, God knows why I have to know that, and said that if we wanted to go somewhere else we would have to notify him.
okayyyyyyy...
After being aslave waiter for what seemed like forever, we went back up to Room 411 to see if there was anything that required assistance. Sure enough, we had something on our hands just as soon as we reached there. We (Jim and I) were told to head to the carpark and grab a few boxes that had a tick on them and unload them in Room 414 if I remember right. While I was at the carpark the manager came to me and told me that I was to report at the St.Regis mooncake booth which was located at the lobby, 1st Floor. I was like "ok", "got it", and "yeah" but after he left I asked Jim what the manager just said. LOL. Alzheimer's at such a young age!
After everything was done for packing I decided to take a break with the aunties in Room 411. At that time Growing Up was being broadcasted on Channel 5. It was like COOL man, that show is ancient, but the storyline is epic. Jim was missing and the aunties said he and another auntie had went down to the booth, I underlined this because this was what misled me to believing that Jim was now put in-charge of the booth, as a matter of fact I even asked twice and they said it was on orders given by Danny, and so I didn't go down to the lobby at 3.30.
At around 4.10, the manager stormed in the room and asked why I wasn't down at the booth. I said I thought Jim had went down in my place instead, and he said no and I didn't want to argue further and asked if I should go down now, he said yes and I didn't say a word more. After the door closed behind me I decided to laze around for abit and eavesdrop (naughty me) on what the manager was about to say to Jim. He was pretty heated up because he wasn't speaking in that light tone he did before, and he was speaking much quickly. What he said didn't really carry much significance and so I didn't probe further. When the voice died down I assumed the manager was now making his way out and I hurriedly made my way to the lift.
When I reached the lobby I saw a lady in black dress busy attending to something else and she wasn't paying attention to the booth. I guess that's why I was called down to help. Not much later I learnt that her name was Amelia and she was a pretty nice lady actually, didn't give me too much work to do and so the whole process was smooth. There was just this one time when I had a short talk with a female customer, middle-aged lady, she asked where I was currently studying in and when I told her she suggested going to the army first. At first she was just "charmed" by the design of the Yan Ting mooncake box, that alone isn't really surprising because I've come across quite a handful of customers that give positive comments on the design of the box as they walk past it back at the booth located in the Takashimaya shopping centre. She decided to buy one box just for that. O_O At that time Amelia wasn't around so I didn't know how to manage payments and stuff like that, so I told her to wait while I called Amelia back from her dinner. OOPS LOL. The lady was in a hurry however, and she said she would pay a higher amount as deposit, where she will come back and claim the change later. At first it was $100, then I told her that was way too much and she settled for $60 instead. I saw her fishing out a fat stack of 50-dollar notes and counting them all before handing me one of it and a 10-dollar note. Nothing much happened really after that, so I'm going to skip it. There was also one customer in particular who ordered $200+ worth of mooncakes and because she was pregnant we helped carry the bags of mooncake to the boot of her car. It's good to be rich. After the clock ticked 7.30 pm Amelia told me to go, but I said I didn't know where to go and was awaiting further instructions from the manager. She then told me to stay behind instead and help count the number of boxes of mooncake sold for the day.
At around 8pm, I was asked to go back to help out at the Yan Ting restaurant again. The manager said business wasn't as busy as during the afternoon and all we had to do we just clean the utensils and a bit of carrying here and there. I even asked him twice and he assured me there would be minimal work to be done in the kitchen. When I reached there and saw the number of customers inside, I felt my stomach turn. Customers during this time were WAY more than during the afternoon and when I stepped inside the kitchen the plates filled nearly the whole of the kitchen table. Hell, this was never part of the contract! All I wanted to do was sell mooncakes and instead I do something that's totally different, much much much more boring and tiring than selling mooncakes. Fuck.
Don't really have much to say from this point, just miss home and DotA alot during that day.
But there's always the thought of being able to bring a few boxes home.. savoring every last bit of each mooncake.. it somehow makes the whole process less daunting. But I don't want to carry too much false hope, because it's just next to impossible for now.
I never thought I would ever be (or have to be) a waiter, but the bitter taste of being one had to arrive just the day before, when another guy (Jim) and I were made to stay back in the hotel to "help out". At first the manager said the both of us would be helping the aunties at Room 411 with the packing of mooncakes for most of the time, but we managed to get everything packed in a jiffy and we came to realize that it was a BAD move - because that means a new task had to be given. In St.Regis, every sweat is every cent. Time seemed to pass turtle slow when it came to being a waiter and the dishes aren't light, mind you. There was once when I was told to carry one huge serving tray filled with 6 bowls of soup and it seemed like an easy task, but when I actually carried it I ate those words just as fast as I thought of them. My arms were losing strength as I took each step and they were about to give up when I reached the long table where it's a dropping point for the professional waiters to later pick them up and serve to the respective tables. I didn't drop it, but I put it down from a considerable height, like say, 5 cm? It dropped with a huge 'clunk', and the some of the contents from the bowl spilled onto the tray.
Jim and I decided to walk off without a word at 2pm, because that's the time our manager said we would be given a new task. There were too many dishes left in the restaurant to be cleared so that's the main reason we decided to run. Eventually when our manager found us he reprimanded us in a pretty light tone saying that he was a "disciplined" person, God knows why I have to know that, and said that if we wanted to go somewhere else we would have to notify him.
okayyyyyyy...
After being a
After everything was done for packing I decided to take a break with the aunties in Room 411. At that time Growing Up was being broadcasted on Channel 5. It was like COOL man, that show is ancient, but the storyline is epic. Jim was missing and the aunties said he and another auntie had went down to the booth, I underlined this because this was what misled me to believing that Jim was now put in-charge of the booth, as a matter of fact I even asked twice and they said it was on orders given by Danny, and so I didn't go down to the lobby at 3.30.
At around 4.10, the manager stormed in the room and asked why I wasn't down at the booth. I said I thought Jim had went down in my place instead, and he said no and I didn't want to argue further and asked if I should go down now, he said yes and I didn't say a word more. After the door closed behind me I decided to laze around for abit and eavesdrop (naughty me) on what the manager was about to say to Jim. He was pretty heated up because he wasn't speaking in that light tone he did before, and he was speaking much quickly. What he said didn't really carry much significance and so I didn't probe further. When the voice died down I assumed the manager was now making his way out and I hurriedly made my way to the lift.
When I reached the lobby I saw a lady in black dress busy attending to something else and she wasn't paying attention to the booth. I guess that's why I was called down to help. Not much later I learnt that her name was Amelia and she was a pretty nice lady actually, didn't give me too much work to do and so the whole process was smooth. There was just this one time when I had a short talk with a female customer, middle-aged lady, she asked where I was currently studying in and when I told her she suggested going to the army first. At first she was just "charmed" by the design of the Yan Ting mooncake box, that alone isn't really surprising because I've come across quite a handful of customers that give positive comments on the design of the box as they walk past it back at the booth located in the Takashimaya shopping centre. She decided to buy one box just for that. O_O At that time Amelia wasn't around so I didn't know how to manage payments and stuff like that, so I told her to wait while I called Amelia back from her dinner. OOPS LOL. The lady was in a hurry however, and she said she would pay a higher amount as deposit, where she will come back and claim the change later. At first it was $100, then I told her that was way too much and she settled for $60 instead. I saw her fishing out a fat stack of 50-dollar notes and counting them all before handing me one of it and a 10-dollar note. Nothing much happened really after that, so I'm going to skip it. There was also one customer in particular who ordered $200+ worth of mooncakes and because she was pregnant we helped carry the bags of mooncake to the boot of her car. It's good to be rich. After the clock ticked 7.30 pm Amelia told me to go, but I said I didn't know where to go and was awaiting further instructions from the manager. She then told me to stay behind instead and help count the number of boxes of mooncake sold for the day.
At around 8pm, I was asked to go back to help out at the Yan Ting restaurant again. The manager said business wasn't as busy as during the afternoon and all we had to do we just clean the utensils and a bit of carrying here and there. I even asked him twice and he assured me there would be minimal work to be done in the kitchen. When I reached there and saw the number of customers inside, I felt my stomach turn. Customers during this time were WAY more than during the afternoon and when I stepped inside the kitchen the plates filled nearly the whole of the kitchen table. Hell, this was never part of the contract! All I wanted to do was sell mooncakes and instead I do something that's totally different, much much much more boring and tiring than selling mooncakes. Fuck.
Don't really have much to say from this point, just miss home and DotA alot during that day.
Around 6 hours to sleep from now, and to stand for 14 hours tomorrow.
I am so certainly not looking forward to that, but that's my job (temporarily) and I have to live with that. I've gotten pretty accustomed to that so I think I won't whine bout it any longer - just hope this ends fast so I can get my money, and maybe some of their merchandise while I'm at it :)
Made another 3 new friends from the booth just next to mine, the Ritz-Carlton hotel booth. All I know is that they're from the same polytechnic as I come from, Ngeeann Polytechnic. Isn't it cool? I don't know. Apparently one of them has already been in this job for the 4th year - and it's a SHE. Yes. I haven't gotten to know their names yet but I think I will by tomorrow.
I wouldn't say there are more chicks to be spotted over here than in Ngeeann, I wouldn't say that but I would say some of them are really really good-looking. That's when giving out samples doesn't feel like a chore, but enjoyable, rather.
Saw Jacob, Keefe, Jeffrey and Kwokhwee while working during Tuesday and I got permission from my leader to "hang-out" with them for half an hour. Time seemed to pass quicker while I was with them, really. 30 minutes was like gone within a blink of an eye. Sigh. Good things come and go by fast.
Also saw Abbie (Cai wei)and the other girl, is her name Sherlyn? I don't know how it's spelled. Don't really care either.
Head's itching like a bitch, I think I need to go for a quick shower. G'night all.
I am so certainly not looking forward to that, but that's my job (temporarily) and I have to live with that. I've gotten pretty accustomed to that so I think I won't whine bout it any longer - just hope this ends fast so I can get my money, and maybe some of their merchandise while I'm at it :)
Made another 3 new friends from the booth just next to mine, the Ritz-Carlton hotel booth. All I know is that they're from the same polytechnic as I come from, Ngeeann Polytechnic. Isn't it cool? I don't know. Apparently one of them has already been in this job for the 4th year - and it's a SHE. Yes. I haven't gotten to know their names yet but I think I will by tomorrow.
I wouldn't say there are more chicks to be spotted over here than in Ngeeann, I wouldn't say that but I would say some of them are really really good-looking. That's when giving out samples doesn't feel like a chore, but enjoyable, rather.
Saw Jacob, Keefe, Jeffrey and Kwokhwee while working during Tuesday and I got permission from my leader to "hang-out" with them for half an hour. Time seemed to pass quicker while I was with them, really. 30 minutes was like gone within a blink of an eye. Sigh. Good things come and go by fast.
Also saw Abbie (Cai wei)and the other girl, is her name Sherlyn? I don't know how it's spelled. Don't really care either.
Head's itching like a bitch, I think I need to go for a quick shower. G'night all.
God I'm feeling fucking stiff all over, and ever since the end of yesterday I started hating mooncakes. The stench of mooncakes was all over the place and the one with the black sesame filling smelled exceptionally bad(it's not bad, just that I don't like it). How I wished I was working for the hotel next to us, Ritz-Carlton was it? There was a chick in there. But I think I spoiled her impression of me when I actually tried to "put on" that long piece of cloth that was used to cover the boxes of mooncakes ready for tomorrow, which is today. We had eye-contact for like 5 full seconds before she started looking away; logically I should be laughing or something but.. it doesn't seem right. I don't think she found it funny, but stupid, rather. Then again I don't know what's going through her mind and I don't really give a shit.
Made 3 new friends yesterday - Wendy, Joan and Lisa. I realize that if you do not have anyone to chat with while you're working under such "tortuous" situations you're pretty much going to feel like you're just outside the borders of Hell. The overwhelming crowd, what the F*** the customers are just coming endlessly. It takes like what, 3 minutes to get back into the booth when it's like 4 to 6 steps away. All the pushing and shoving, God knows why they chose such a small area for the hotels to open their booth. The people went like "gahhh" or just sulked when they were told they had to go to the cashier to make their payment after they received their order slip. Much as the Takashimaya shopping mall is air-conditioned, by the time the customers start swarming in it's going to feel EXTREMELY stuffy and hot. They say time flies, but 1 hour seems like forever. You could be busy chopping up mooncakes into smaller pieces for sampling and thinking that at least an hour or two has just flown by, but when you take a look at your watch(I look in my cellphone) only half an hour has passed. _*_
Phoebe my supposed trainer or boss could be pretty mean and strict at times but otherwise she was a very nice lady who joked around a lot with me. Sorry for being clumsy, but that's my nature. LOL.
Will update this later, I feel so stiff I don't really enjoy typing.
Made 3 new friends yesterday - Wendy, Joan and Lisa. I realize that if you do not have anyone to chat with while you're working under such "tortuous" situations you're pretty much going to feel like you're just outside the borders of Hell. The overwhelming crowd, what the F*** the customers are just coming endlessly. It takes like what, 3 minutes to get back into the booth when it's like 4 to 6 steps away. All the pushing and shoving, God knows why they chose such a small area for the hotels to open their booth. The people went like "gahhh" or just sulked when they were told they had to go to the cashier to make their payment after they received their order slip. Much as the Takashimaya shopping mall is air-conditioned, by the time the customers start swarming in it's going to feel EXTREMELY stuffy and hot. They say time flies, but 1 hour seems like forever. You could be busy chopping up mooncakes into smaller pieces for sampling and thinking that at least an hour or two has just flown by, but when you take a look at your watch(I look in my cellphone) only half an hour has passed. _*_
Phoebe my supposed trainer or boss could be pretty mean and strict at times but otherwise she was a very nice lady who joked around a lot with me. Sorry for being clumsy, but that's my nature. LOL.
Will update this later, I feel so stiff I don't really enjoy typing.
My god, the results were out today and.. they weren't very encouraging. I think it's seriously time to buck up next semester or it's the university just next door I'm heading to. >.> No puns intended, however.
Amazingly however, I didn't fail any of my modules and even more astounding Junliang managed to pass all of his modules too -- but with mediocre grades I guess. No offence. =D However it's pointless to brood over the results now that they're out - what's done is done. So I think I'll just treat this as a good lesson taught and try to do much much much better next time so I don't feel so bad.
Just played a pub match, didn't know why such a retarded Tinker could come up with a Holyshit streak against us. I mean, it's been a long time since a pub managed to even score a Dominating streak against us, much less a Holyshit streak. He started throwing insults at us when he started to holyshit and of course it would be pretty stupid to argue back because it'll affect your ability to think wisely. He went like "AWWWWW" for some reason when he killed me, I don't know why he chose me to be one of his victims for his mockery. It's wrong to do that, very wrong indeed. Eventually we managed to turn the tides and Tinker was nothing but an ATM machine for me as we arrived into the later part of the game. That was when he started keeping his mouth shut and it was our turn to start talking. But I see too many of these pubs so I didn't humiliate them too badly. For those wondering who this pub is, his nickname on GGC is cheekwan. Cheers to you my man, you're the first addition on my newly invented "pwned-list".
Work is starting tomorrow and I have to get up real early to get prepared and all, don't even know where to go to reach my workplace to get dressed up and everything. *sigh*
Everything is just so disorganized. Won't be dotaing for the next 2 days, will miss my computer dearly :( but this little sacrifice will be nothing.. NOTHING when I get my MONEHHHH <3
Ok guys got nothing left to say, will blog another time, CIAO
"Awesome, lonesome, loathsome, tiresome.."
Amazingly however, I didn't fail any of my modules and even more astounding Junliang managed to pass all of his modules too -- but with mediocre grades I guess. No offence. =D However it's pointless to brood over the results now that they're out - what's done is done. So I think I'll just treat this as a good lesson taught and try to do much much much better next time so I don't feel so bad.
Just played a pub match, didn't know why such a retarded Tinker could come up with a Holyshit streak against us. I mean, it's been a long time since a pub managed to even score a Dominating streak against us, much less a Holyshit streak. He started throwing insults at us when he started to holyshit and of course it would be pretty stupid to argue back because it'll affect your ability to think wisely. He went like "AWWWWW" for some reason when he killed me, I don't know why he chose me to be one of his victims for his mockery. It's wrong to do that, very wrong indeed. Eventually we managed to turn the tides and Tinker was nothing but an ATM machine for me as we arrived into the later part of the game. That was when he started keeping his mouth shut and it was our turn to start talking. But I see too many of these pubs so I didn't humiliate them too badly. For those wondering who this pub is, his nickname on GGC is cheekwan. Cheers to you my man, you're the first addition on my newly invented "pwned-list".
Work is starting tomorrow and I have to get up real early to get prepared and all, don't even know where to go to reach my workplace to get dressed up and everything. *sigh*
Everything is just so disorganized. Won't be dotaing for the next 2 days, will miss my computer dearly :( but this little sacrifice will be nothing.. NOTHING when I get my MONEHHHH <3
Ok guys got nothing left to say, will blog another time, CIAO
"Awesome, lonesome, loathsome, tiresome.."
I can't believe I'm playing RPGs again, and even better (or worse), I'm playing Seika! Gosh, I don't know why I felt the sudden urge to play it again. But anyway, that'll do for now, since I'm starting to get a little bit bored of DotA.
Anyway, just read Edwin's tagboard and I laughed the shit out of myself. Here's what was written:
10 Sep 09, 22:30
Freddie: Hi edwin. Finally found u. Can i call u stupid?
11 Sep 09, 13:11
ekmiod: steefu dogs
11 Sep 09, 19:37
*ekmiod*: yes you can call me stupid. you can probably call me other names too since im a moron and dont understand anything you call me
That's funny as shit. Wait, there's more:
12 Sep 09, 20:51
YANLING: gosh, this tagboard is getting more and more and more polluted, might as well remove ur tagboard. LOLS
13 Sep 09, 11:49
ekmiod-yanling: LOL.. i too famous la.. no choice.. LOL=x
13 Sep 09, 13:30
*ekmiod*-yanling: LOL. everyone hates me la..nochoice.. LOL=x
and for the final touch..
13 Sep 09, 18:40
ekmiod: **** U LA SARMI.. DONT KIP SPAM LEH
Hilarious.
Anyway, just read Edwin's tagboard and I laughed the shit out of myself. Here's what was written:
10 Sep 09, 22:30
Freddie: Hi edwin. Finally found u. Can i call u stupid?
11 Sep 09, 13:11
ekmiod: steefu dogs
11 Sep 09, 19:37
*ekmiod*: yes you can call me stupid. you can probably call me other names too since im a moron and dont understand anything you call me
That's funny as shit. Wait, there's more:
12 Sep 09, 20:51
YANLING: gosh, this tagboard is getting more and more and more polluted, might as well remove ur tagboard. LOLS
13 Sep 09, 11:49
ekmiod-yanling: LOL.. i too famous la.. no choice.. LOL=x
13 Sep 09, 13:30
*ekmiod*-yanling: LOL. everyone hates me la..nochoice.. LOL=x
and for the final touch..
13 Sep 09, 18:40
ekmiod: **** U LA SARMI.. DONT KIP SPAM LEH
Hilarious.
Never did I expect myself to be so callous towards what I would consider inferior to me, much less speak my mind so bluntly. I realize that I've become insensitive towards others, and I should make a change -- soon.
But I would also like to say this - don't get cocky when I haven't, seriously. Was in a seriously foul mood because of that. When I'm not saying anything, just shut up and play. You can start bragging to others, but not to me, please. It's not that I'm envious or anything, it's just that I didn't brag when I had the chance. So I hope you will follow suit or there'll be hell to pay. I can make you feel as useless as you can possibly imagine.
Nothing much to say, will start work instead on Friday, since the booth isn't opened yet in Takashimaya. I would also like to say sorry to one person before I end this post.
Sorry Jovi, you just had to catch me in a bad mood. Just know that no matter how harshly I treat you in DotA I'll still treat you as one of my best friends.
But I would also like to say this - don't get cocky when I haven't, seriously. Was in a seriously foul mood because of that. When I'm not saying anything, just shut up and play. You can start bragging to others, but not to me, please. It's not that I'm envious or anything, it's just that I didn't brag when I had the chance. So I hope you will follow suit or there'll be hell to pay. I can make you feel as useless as you can possibly imagine.
Nothing much to say, will start work instead on Friday, since the booth isn't opened yet in Takashimaya. I would also like to say sorry to one person before I end this post.
Sorry Jovi, you just had to catch me in a bad mood. Just know that no matter how harshly I treat you in DotA I'll still treat you as one of my best friends.
Was exploring LJ Aqua when I came across someone else's blog.. a very sad blog. It speaks of a wife who is being cheated on her husband of her money, her life, her everything. Judging from the way she speaks(or types) she seems to be in a rather pitiful state now. Basically I think the guy should just burn in hell. As mentioned in one of her posts, her husband did nothing to deserve anything. All he did was probably to sweet-talk her into giving him some dough so he could spend it on other women. Nearly all of the posts speak of her lamentations, and my heart goes out to each and every one of them. Even though I do not know who this person is, but I think she deserves to be pitied upon for the state she has come to. She chose to trust and love, but she lost it all. Thus I would just like to say a few words: may you find yourself a better man, your old self and a better future in time to come. It is not worth your time lamenting over this piece of scum, because he's not deserving of it.
As usual, I'm still awake even at this hour. Yesterday was worse, I couldn't sleep till like 6 am. Listening to Jay Chou's "蒲公英的约定" now, and I think the last 2 sentences carry a lot of meaning.
而我已经分不清
你是友情还是错过的爱情
Relationships may just blossom from friendships at first. I guess this was the situation the song was trying to depict. Opportunities at attaining it (love) however are sometimes overlooked and when you realize it.. it's probably too late. Still, there's nothing wrong with remaining as friends - who knows, you might have more to talk about under the sun.
Just played a DotA match with Jacob, Pinster, Dennis and Jovi and as usual Jovi went about his RPG-style of playing; which gave the game a bit more of a challenge. He mysteriously disconnected some time during the 30 minute mark, and the Puck on the opposite team was somewhat hinting his plead for me to not take any of the N'aix's items. My Night Stalker already had 20+ kills by then. LOL. I was then about take the middle rax down when the Puck told me to switch with the Windrunner (on the opposite team), and he called it EQUALIZING. Can you believe the jokers nowadays? When I didn't reply he implied I was afraid of losing. Riiiiigggghhhtttt. Look who's talking. When I declined his request and told him to keep his trap shut he expectantly left the game. I've come across alot of jokes but I don't think there was anything more far-fetched than this.
And for some reasons my microphone just wouldn't work at all. Fuck. I think I'll borrow my mom's. Think there's nothing left to say except..
goodbye.
而我已经分不清
你是友情还是错过的爱情
Relationships may just blossom from friendships at first. I guess this was the situation the song was trying to depict. Opportunities at attaining it (love) however are sometimes overlooked and when you realize it.. it's probably too late. Still, there's nothing wrong with remaining as friends - who knows, you might have more to talk about under the sun.
Just played a DotA match with Jacob, Pinster, Dennis and Jovi and as usual Jovi went about his RPG-style of playing; which gave the game a bit more of a challenge. He mysteriously disconnected some time during the 30 minute mark, and the Puck on the opposite team was somewhat hinting his plead for me to not take any of the N'aix's items. My Night Stalker already had 20+ kills by then. LOL. I was then about take the middle rax down when the Puck told me to switch with the Windrunner (on the opposite team), and he called it EQUALIZING. Can you believe the jokers nowadays? When I didn't reply he implied I was afraid of losing. Riiiiigggghhhtttt. Look who's talking. When I declined his request and told him to keep his trap shut he expectantly left the game. I've come across alot of jokes but I don't think there was anything more far-fetched than this.
And for some reasons my microphone just wouldn't work at all. Fuck. I think I'll borrow my mom's. Think there's nothing left to say except..
goodbye.
Suddenly I realize how feeble I am not by how hard I fell, but the effort I need to pick myself up.
Ahh, there's the job briefing tomorrow and I'm still not asleep. Don't know if I have to stick to its dress code. Feeling extremely wasted now and it seems like the right time for bed but I'm just not .. ready to sleep yet. I think this is starting to become a habit, staying up late at night and waking up late in the afternoon. Holidays have been dull, nothing interesting has happened over the first week. Kinda wished I was back in class joking around with my "sluts". Got 2 free movie tickets but I don't know what to watch. Any girls interested??? Hahaha. I don't think I'm going to actually HAVE to spend my other ticket on a girl, because firstly:
1)I already have 2 movies in mind
2)I don't think any girl is going to watch a movie with me (:
I doubt any changes will be made so I'll spare the need for arrangements. Think there's nothing left to say, I'll try to sleep now. Goodnight peeps.
Ahh, there's the job briefing tomorrow and I'm still not asleep. Don't know if I have to stick to its dress code. Feeling extremely wasted now and it seems like the right time for bed but I'm just not .. ready to sleep yet. I think this is starting to become a habit, staying up late at night and waking up late in the afternoon. Holidays have been dull, nothing interesting has happened over the first week. Kinda wished I was back in class joking around with my "sluts". Got 2 free movie tickets but I don't know what to watch. Any girls interested??? Hahaha. I don't think I'm going to actually HAVE to spend my other ticket on a girl, because firstly:
1)I already have 2 movies in mind
2)I don't think any girl is going to watch a movie with me (:
I doubt any changes will be made so I'll spare the need for arrangements. Think there's nothing left to say, I'll try to sleep now. Goodnight peeps.
Imagine yourself in a situation where suicide is going through your mind as you stare down an area from an extreme height; it is hatred that's going to pull you back from jumping, and it's love that's going to make you jump even more.
Think this statement isn't true? Think again. How many of the people that have attempted suicide before, have actually thought of their loved ones before taking that jump? Hmm? For those who managed to pull back, you're right, it may not be hatred, but it's something negative, something to drive them into thinking, "hey, it's not worth losing my life over this. Even if I have to jump, AFTER this." I'm not going to argue about this today, I just felt like saying something random before starting on tonight's topic.
As you all may have guessed, yes, I'm in a effing bad mood now. Firstly, I don't entertain piss poor attitude, be it in DotA or just about anything. Just as I return the respect that is deemed to you, I expect the same amount, if not more. Well nevermind about that, I thought that was the last straw when my dad came out and asked what time it was, hinting CLEARLY that it was time for him, yes HIM, to go to bed and not me. So, I decided not to say anything like always but just turned off the switch and headed to the kitchen to take a piss. Sure enough, as I walked past their room I could hear the switches being turned off behind the closed door and I felt like I could do something rash out of my anger, but I have a huge amount of self-control so I knew better. Where the fuck is the freedom that is deemed to me, a 17-year old teenager? Friends all around me, sleeping at ridiculous times, 4 am, 5 am.. some even playing for a few days consecutively, while I, pretend to go off at 10 and come back during midnight. This is not the main point, however, what I'm trying to address here is: do my parents really care about the sleep I get, or is another ugly truth staring right at me?
I do not wish to elaborate further. I simply am too pissed off tonight to type anything longer than this. I think I will just let my anger ebb away from staring at my laptop -- now.
Think this statement isn't true? Think again. How many of the people that have attempted suicide before, have actually thought of their loved ones before taking that jump? Hmm? For those who managed to pull back, you're right, it may not be hatred, but it's something negative, something to drive them into thinking, "hey, it's not worth losing my life over this. Even if I have to jump, AFTER this." I'm not going to argue about this today, I just felt like saying something random before starting on tonight's topic.
As you all may have guessed, yes, I'm in a effing bad mood now. Firstly, I don't entertain piss poor attitude, be it in DotA or just about anything. Just as I return the respect that is deemed to you, I expect the same amount, if not more. Well nevermind about that, I thought that was the last straw when my dad came out and asked what time it was, hinting CLEARLY that it was time for him, yes HIM, to go to bed and not me. So, I decided not to say anything like always but just turned off the switch and headed to the kitchen to take a piss. Sure enough, as I walked past their room I could hear the switches being turned off behind the closed door and I felt like I could do something rash out of my anger, but I have a huge amount of self-control so I knew better. Where the fuck is the freedom that is deemed to me, a 17-year old teenager? Friends all around me, sleeping at ridiculous times, 4 am, 5 am.. some even playing for a few days consecutively, while I, pretend to go off at 10 and come back during midnight. This is not the main point, however, what I'm trying to address here is: do my parents really care about the sleep I get, or is another ugly truth staring right at me?
I do not wish to elaborate further. I simply am too pissed off tonight to type anything longer than this. I think I will just let my anger ebb away from staring at my laptop -- now.
