singtel was doing some nearby and we were kinda affected by it temporarily. our lines had a funny sound and later, both lines and the fax line went dead? lik, someone plugged out your telephone line. initially we were surprised. wondering whether was it our telephones' fault till i saw singtel's van parked by the road and doing some work. tried our neighbour's line, same thing.

shouldnt they at least give us a notice? that they'll b doing some work today and our telephone lines will be affected least we'll know. what if we happened to be waiting for an urgent call? or our clients are looking for us urgently? which, fortunately for us, it didnt happen.

my only guess they disrupted our lines during 12~1pm because it was lunch time. (kinda obvious right?)

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was listening to the radio when they had this topic on taxi drivers from hell.

was thinking about some factors.

1) a cab suddenly brake in front of you or stopped near the split road. dangerous right? why they do that? because a) passenger inside suddenly asked the driver to stop there b) someone's flagging a cab there.

why the driver dont drive further up alittle or just give an early signal?
customers will complain. y drive so up and i have to walk up? y dont stop in front of me? grumble grumbles... early signal? ask the person to inform the driver in advance then! in the case of someone's flagging, yes, driver have to give early signal.

2) drivers went too fast/slow. if u r in a hurry, driver's not going the kind of speed u want, u complain.
if u r not in a hurry, driver's going fast (the kind of spd u wanted whn u r in a hurry), u complain. so, an advice to drivers: ask whether are they in a hurry. otherwise just stick to the traffic rules. oh, if u stick to traffic rules, passenger might thought you are charging them extra. which i think is not true, because i'd tried different cabs. 1 fast, 1 slow. both same amount. overcharged if they go the different route only.

either way, the taxi drivers are on the losing end. because they just cant please everyone!

think that applies for bus drivers too. too fast, passengers complain. too slow, passengers also complain.

as for me? im happy with fast drivers. yep. slow drivers, mayb when im in a bus, can listen to my mp3 player. hey, if u r in a hurry, take a cab then. duh.

oh and saw an article where people have to wait v long for a bus and sometimes seeing 2 buses arriving at the same time when its not the peak period. oh please.... mayb the 1st driver is going slow? mayb the other end needs buses? i mean, no harm waiting long lik 1/2hr for a bus right? oh, i'd waited that long and i aint pissed off. it just gives u more wrinkles. but i love to complain, to friends who were unfortunately beside me. lol but just complains, no actions, no neverending grumbles and feels good when i sees my bus approaching.

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Do you know how the 'heart' comes about? heart as in love. well, i'd forgotten its origins but it was the shape of a Female butt as seen from the rear. interesting huh?

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IMHO:
sometimes your work performance depends on how your customers treat you.

if you'd served a day of clients who were smiling and were polite with you, u'd still feel energetic till the end of the day instead of a grumpy day.

i dont know, but i think that works for me. if my clients were friendly, smiling and such, i'd feel v 'high'.

i think it applies to customers themselves too. if you were served by a staff who's not smiling and tone wasnt friendly at all or worse, monotonous, u cant wait to get out of that place. spoil your mood to do what u were intending to do.

and.. i think, it applies to bosses too. boss treats u good, u'll feel good right? if your boss sux, u'll feel.. so demoralised.

sooo..... just give that person (be it u are the employee or client) a BIG SMILE! ^.^
u'll feel happy too. haha.

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hey chris darling!!!!! (whoops.. hope ur gf doesnt see this. =P )
THANKS for calling me last evening~ heh, had a really good sleep and a good dream. yep, dreamt of u. ^.^

cant wait to see u again!!! and.. WHERE'S YOUR MSG?! DIDNT SEE LEY..... bluff me.. sad nia. tonight getting nightmares lol

MISS U MAN! haiz... muz meet up for a game AND supper hor...