Things that annoy me #384 Irresponsible dog owners.We have a neighbour who owns a collie. Collies are highly intelligent dogs. They need mental stimulation and like any other dogs, they need to be walked! At least 2 or 3 times a day!Bringing him out to the common (field) every day and letting him roam around to poo/pee while you stand there playing with your phone is not walking your dog!This is dog abuse to me! No wonder this dog is so aggressive! He has so much energy in him and so when dogs go up to him, he'll just have a go at them!That's what he did to my poor little puppy! (Who I shall call Oafalina as she is an oaf! hehe).The owner had no control over the dog! She knew her dog is aggressive towards other dogs but what did she do? Well, let's start with what she did not do.She didn't hold on to her dog. Instead, she tried to play ball with him. Oafalina went up to greet them and sniffed the ball and the Collie just went for her!Oafalina was squealing! What did the owner do? She did nothing! No control over her dog whatsoever!What did I do? I did a Cesar Millan hehe. I went HEY! made the tsst sound that Cesar does in every eps of The Dog Whisperer (hehe) and pulled Oafalina away.That stupid owner even had the cheek to say... "Are you alright, sweetheart?"Grrr. Luckily Oafalina was alright. If she was injured, I really don't know what to say to the RSPCA officer who was going to check on us the next day! Anyway, I am very wary of this dog now. We heard stories about him attacking people and other dogs from other people. I don't really blame the dog for his behaviour. It's the owners. Anyway, the point is.. if you want to have a dog, you must walk them at least twice a day!Be responsible! And please pick up your dog's poo too! Work.. ... Sucks!I have been swearing so much at work, my colleague thinks I have Tourette's Syndrome...I will 忍忍忍！Working here now makes working for Dick Head a breeze!I hate it that people think my job is easy and I can product top quality work in such a tight timeline!!!To all these people.. SCREW YOU!!!and stop asking me about Pivot tables all the time!!!!!! I have no time to do your pivot tables for you!!! howdy stranger... Strike! “The council says we have to take a pay cut so lower paid workers, especially women workers, can get an increase. Women workers have been underpaid for years, and they should have their pay increased, but not at the expense of their fellow workers.”So Leeds City Council decided that everyone should have equal pay and started the equal pay legislation.So now all workers doing equivalent jobs should have equal pay?? But how can an office clerk and a bin man have equal pay?I don't think it is right to cut bin men's salaries by as much as £6,000 a year!No wonder they go on strike lah!It's almost 3 weeks already and now we have 5 bin bags sitting at the back yard waiting for the bin men... I hope there will be no rats... Quiet Coach is not Silent Coach! I am now in the quiet coach on the way to the in-law's and tomorrow I will be on the way to Singapore! YAY!Actually, I'm a bit annoyed now.Husband and I got on the train. I took out my laptop and settled down and switched my phone to the silent mode because we're in the quiet coach and we want to be considerate to everyone in the coach. I hate it when people are noisy in the quiet coach!So anyway, I was texting my friend using my phone and this lady opposite us kept looking at me.. I thought maybe she thinks I'm pretty ..that's why hhahaha.Then i turned on my Mac and guess what? The stupid mac played the start up music! And it was loud in the quiet coach. I turned the sound off immediately...Then the fat cow started to sing...er i meant moo.. no talk..Fat Cow: This is the quiet coach. No laptop or phone allowed.Me: Sorry. It won't happen again. It plays the music when it starts up but I have turned it off.Fat Cow: No laptops or mobile phone allowed in the quiet coach!Me: No, you can use it but it has to be in the silent mode.Fat Cow: *said something but I can't remember and by this time I was getting really annoyed*Me: *trying to explain that the quiet coach is not a silent coach and I can use my laptop*Me: Jesus Christ...*mutters*Fat Cow: There you go again.. Can you please be quiet?Me: CB...Husband: *to fat cow* I think you are making more nosie.Me: JESUS CHRIST.... *heavy sigh rolls eyes*Train staff: Welcome on board the national express, *blah blah blah*, please make sure all electronic devices are used in the silent mode when in the Quiet Coach.Me: *clears throat and looks at fat cow and stick 2 fingers at her* (it's the first time I've ever done that to a complete stranger and in anger..)I was really shaking with anger earlier. I've already apologised for my mac playing it's start up music for 5 sec! What more do you want me to do?Sitting not far from us is some people playing music on their laptop and people talking on the phone so why did she pick me? I can only come to a conclusion. She is racist.So i asked her if she is being racist but she kept quiet.Yes, it is the first time I've ever played the racist card. People here like to play the racist card one lor..so i also tried to play it hahahaOk reaching soon.. gotta go. bye bye Nagging... Last night, the husband set me a tough challenge....I must not nag at him for at least 14 hours.....I am finding it really hard... LOL!I nag at him all the time.... poor him...And poor me.. i didn't dare open my mouth much today cos I'm worried I might just start nagging at him!! It was really difficult and I have to bite my tongue everytime I want to nag at him! HAHAHAI have so many things I want to tell him but I better leave it till later.... heheheI now have exactly 53min to go before I win the bet!!!我忍！！ Umbrella It's been raining here a lot lately and so I had no choice but to use the brolly.I don't like to use umbrellas because the wind here is so strong and it's hard trying not to let the umbrella fly away.I don't like those small folding umbrellas too because i have no patience to fold them nicely after i've used them.Grandma use to do that for me. She would patiently sit there and fold the brolly nicely for me, put it in the cover and put it back into my bag.I miss Grandma.. I miss all the little things she used to do for me. Flapping Ears... So today, we got back from camping from the Yorkshire Dales...and what do I get?A dried flatten crow ON the pavement, just in front of our house and I almost stepped on it! Yes, it's that same crow that was on the side of the road a few weeks ago..I also saw many road kills along the roads in the dales....all of them rabbits and one still had its ears sticking out... and the ears flapped when cars drove passed it... Being watched... I think we are being watched by the crows!Last week, we found a dead crow on the road next to our car.Husband gently moved it (with his foot) to the side of the road near the pavement... while its friend, was watching us on our roof... going. 'CAW CAW CAW'Today, 7 days later, the dead crow is still there! Crushed many times by cars, including ours, parked in front of our house...The poor crow is now all flat and dried up. It's horrible and I can't look at it. Silly Husband will point it out to me just to annoy me. "Hey look! It's still there!" Argh!! I'll walk really fast past it.. I have started using the backdoor to get out too so I won't get to see it....The last few days, I also noticed 2 crows on the roof of the houses opposite ours. They seemed to be watching us.... I hope they didn't think we killed the crow.... And yesterday morning, I heard some tapping sounds on the roofs..I think it might be the crows... hmmmAnyway...I hope in the next few days, some cat will come and eat it up.. or someone will clean it..for us... or it will rain so heavily, the crow will be washed down the hill.... maybe i'll just have to wait for it to decompose.... argh... Rule #1 - Always listen to your wife Him: Alright. I'm off now.Me: Bye! Don't forget the Satnav!Him: Oh I'm not bringing it! I won't get lost!Me: You sure?Him: Yes! Bye! Love you!Me: Don't get lost now!5 minutes later...Him: Hi babe! I'm lost!Me: HAHAHA!!!Him: How do I get to Foxholes Lane?Me: HAHAHAHA!! I told you!Him: OK... how do i get there?Me: *gave him the instructions...*Him: Ok i found it!Me: HAHAHA What did I tell you?Him: Always listen to your wife......?Me: Yah lor! hahahaha!Him: Alright, see you later bye!Me: Bye! HAHAHAHA 国家很 take care of 人民 That's what David Gan said on one of the clips that were shown on Singapore Day. I thought it was funny hehe.Anyway, I had a really great time at Singapore Day. I met up with an old friend and even bumped into an old classmate of mine! How random is that?!The food was great too. I had to queue up 35min for the chicken rice but it was worth it.Thank you Singapore Gahmen for this lovely day!The Dim Sum Dollies, Hossan Leong, mr brown and his gang were great. I also enjoyed watching the skit by Michelle Chong - Barbarella the SPG. LOL. It was so funny! Even the husband found it funny. He was impressed by her.Oh, we were asked by someone if we wanted to write down our wishes for the country and we said ok and it turns out it was to write why I am proud to be a Singaporean. He got it totally wrong! aiyoh..Anyway, i couldn't think of the reason at that time and told him to go away and let me have some food first haha. I still don't have the answer though. hmmmYeah, i think the Singapore Day was very well organised so thank you Overseas Singaporean Unit. 32!! It's my 32nd birthday today!I spent the night before having a great curry at Nawaab's @ Bradford. The Lamb Haandi was great! We had a tikka mix as well between us and 2 popadoms.Spent part of the morning cursing at Shitepal (that's Paypal for you btw) because they are just shite! What is the point in verifying your identity and everything and then have my payments rejected and telling me that I am going to be charged for the reversal charges?? I called them and they told me the email was a mistake so I kept asking them "WHY did you send me the email then and gave me inaccurate information?" like how they kept asking me for my name each time I was transferred to another agent! The funny thing was when they talked to me they addressed me by my name and THEN asked me for my name again? WTF?I also called mum and the nieces sang me a birthday song over the phone...Awww... I miss them so much and I wish i'm there with them or they were here with me!Anyway, the husband decided we should do something for my birthday and we went to Ilkley for the day. We love Ilkley and we hope to get a house there someday... if we can ever afford it!We had a great pub lunch at The Yard. He had bangers and mash and I had a goats cheese burger. I even had the chips! If you know me well enough, I never liked potatos and will only eat crisps and chips ONLY if I can dip them in chilli sauce. The chips at The Yard were so good I managed to have most of it. We will definitely go back there again for the Sunday Roast!We walked around Ilkley town centre and ended up at Bettys Tea Room. When I went in, I told the husband, in singlish, "Wah so high class one". Their service was first class! We had the "Yorkshire Cream Tea". It came with a pot of tea and 2 sultana scones with clotted cream and strawberry preserve and it was YUM! And if you know me well enough, you'll know that I never liked tea but not anymore! Whiz Kid One of the good things about working in a department full of Oldies is that they all think I am a whiz kid (even though I'm not much of a kid now..)The old lady, S, sitting next to me is turning 65 soon. We've just moved office and she was complaining about not knowing what the time is because the clock is not up yet.So I told her about the "Clock" on the task bar. She got really excited and said in her very heavy yorkshire accent "Oh right, there it is. Oh you're very smart in'it!! Hey (talking to the other old lady sitting opposite her), did you hear that? You can see the time on the computer!"The other lady, G, said "Yes! If you put your mouse over it, it will show you the date too!"S tried it and was really happy the pc could tell her the date and time! She was really pleased! They both got so excited about it!!! It is so funny to watch.The were also impressed with how fast I can switch my screens around. They thought I could do some sort of magic! LOL!Now they all can do "Alt-Tabs". Gross... Had a terrible train journey to work today.Someone did a really bad fart and it was so bad it smelled like someone did one in their pants!!! I kid you not! I had to fan myself with the metro paper!! I looked around but the 3 people sitting near me pretended not to smell it! I think they were too polite. I couldn't stand it. It was terrible. It's as if you were sitting next to the toilet and someone didn't flush! I suspect it was the man sitting in front of me as he turned his head slightly. He must have seen me gasping for some fresh air!!! It took about a min for the smell to go away! When it was my stop, i got up and this chinese man next to me sneezed...at me! Luckily not in my face! (he was sitting down!). My immediate reaction was "Argh! Gross!". I am sure he heard me and I gave him the evil eye too. It was quite annoying! I think his sneeze got onto the sleeves of my coat so I was wiping it against the pole in the train! haha!I hope this will never happen to me again.... I am back!! After trying to start up new blogs with new nicknames... I still love being Fat Fingers.I am not sure how long I will stay this time... we shall see... I've moved! (again!) http://nandenyanen.blogspot.com/See ya! I've moved.. to http://denshagirl.wordpress.com/See you there! And please don't call me fat fingers anymore hehe Update So Dick is still having his affair... and guess what? He talked dirty to the slut using the co. email.. he said he wants her to kiss and suck his private part (yes he talked dirty but he never said cock.. he said private part! hahaha where got ppl talk dirty and use the word "private part" one??) but he hopes she will not bite it. Then he said he wants to squeeze and suck her B (which we all assume is breasts.. unless he meant butt..hmm)Dick is gross! I still can't understand what that slut sees in him! I guess she just wants to play around.. I hope he gets genital warts soon and I hope he gets exposed and his wife will leave him for someone better and the husband of the slut will beat him up till he is unrecognisable!! muahahhaaDick sucks! hahahaaI hope i get to bump into him and his slut girlfriend when I am back in Singapore! and that will be in 3 weeks time! ...20 days to be exact! And i will bring my digicam everywhere i go!!!! hehehehehehehe Dick head My ex-COWorker have been updating me about Dick... and as always he is a Dick head!!He has been using the company email to flirt with someone he met and then he gave the password to most of his staff so that they can do his work for him!! And of course, some of them use it to check his emails (secretly)... (yes that is not an ethical thing to do.. but let's talk about this some other day, shall we? hehehe)So now they have discovered that Dick is having an affair... and when they told me, I told them I don't believe them because:a) Dick is a cheapskate and he wouldn't spend money on some woman (unless that woman is paying for everything OR he is using his company credit card to pay for everything!!)b) Dick is ugly.. why would anyone want to flirt/sleep/or have anything to do with him??c) Dick has a beautiful wife.... and 2 boys.. why would he do that? (anyway, i heard it is an arranged marriage so maybe he really doesn't love her... i don't think she loves him either cos he is so ugly! haha .. )But it is really true... my ex-COWorkers followed him when he said he is going to have lunch and they peeped from behind the pillar! hahahaha And then conversation like these (though not in these exact words) were exchanged (in the emails)Dick: I want to hug, kiss and carress you all over! I hope you do the same too.Dick's Lover: Oh I can't sleep last night because I have been thinking of you, you bad boy.Dick: Haven't you heard? Good things always come to those who wait.Dick: The room number is 02-16 which is the same as my birthday!YUCKS YUCKS YUCKS. I really don't want to know this.. ok maybe i do hahahaThis Dick and his lover are so disgusting, i think! Both have family and kids! Grrrr!! I hope they get STD!!My ex-COWorkers are now wondering which hotel he went to since he is such a cheapskate hahahaha. They said it must be Hotel 88.. I said no.. I think it is one of those motels in Geylang!!!!And i was hoping that when I'm back in Singapore, I will go follow him and take pics haha like a PI.. but unfortunately he will be leaving Singapore (for good!) before I'm back! Damn!And i told my ex-Coworkers that this is the time for revenge!!! But they dare not do anything because they are afraid that they might get sued for reading his email! If it's me, i'd fwd those emails to IT or the MD.. or maybe just use it to blackmail him.. or email it to his wife.. or paste it on the notice board or leave it in the pantry!!! I think leaving it in the pantry or on the notice board is the best.. or print the email and put it in the MD's pigeon hole. Don't think there is enough CCTV in the office!!! Oh how i wish I'm back there now and plotting my revenge!! I've been asking my ex-COWorkers to expose him... but of course, my ex-COWorkers all need the job and $$$ so they can't do it... such a waste and so very annoying! NOW is the time to get back at that bloody Dick! But nevermind.. he will get his retribution some day and hopefully STD and genital warts!Die Dick Die! You total waste of space!!!! Taxi! I met a funny cab driver the other day... but not as funny as the one Mark met... Me: High holborn off Drury Lane please.Cab Driver: Are we going to the theatre?Me: Nope. It's the Travelodge Hotel.Cab Driver: I ain't going to a hotel with you! We've just met!! I thought a nice young lady like you would bring me to the theatreMe: hehehe. I ain't going to the theatre.. Cab Driver: But we've just met! What happened to going to the theatre, have a meal and get to know each other first? Me: hehehe *nervous laughter and not sure what else to say* erm yeah.. it's always better to get to know each other first.Cab Driver: How about you pay for the dinner, the tickets and the hotel and i pay for the cab fare? Me: HAHAHAHAHA I think i'll just pay for the cab fare... thank you! ----------------------Anyway Travelodge sucks! well not really... the room is actually not bad.. but having to pay £1.95 (that's about SGD6) for a miserable toothbrush and toothpaste is outrageous!!! Holiday Inn Express is also a budget hotel and they still gave me a free toothbrush and toothpaste! So why can't they do that too?? Grrrr! Ah well... at least I didn't have to pay for the room! No lah.. it's my co. who paid for the room lah.. not the cab driver! haha Guess... ... who's got a Distinction for her MSc course??\(^ ^)/ Japanorama I've been watching Japanorama on BBC2 every week. It's by Jonathan Ross ( and he has a blog too at myspace!) and it's really funny! He's funny too!Anyway, watching Japanorama makes me want to go back to Japan! Everytime Jonathon Ross introduced some of the places or stuff in Japan, I'd go.. "Oh I've been there!!!!".. or "Oh! I know this!!!"The boyfriend and I were talking in bed the other day about what we are going to do and when to do it.. because.... age is catching up on us and if we were to have kids (hehe i want a girl and I want to call her kate..but he thinks Kate is ok but not good enough but that's another story!!), we must do it soon! So anyway, he is thinking of taking a TEFL course (teaching english as a foreign language) and then teach English in Japan and i could become a GIS analyst/consultant there.. Hmmm.. I guess I would have to start to dig out my japanese books (once i'm back in Singapore) and send them back here so I could study them again. My japanese is so bad now... it's beyond belief. (I once could impress the Japanese bosses with my Japanese and also my lame Japanese jokes hehehe.) But never mind, I still can say "map" in Japanese.. so maybe that's ok! HahahaSo maybe in 2 years time.. I'll be in Japan.. or maybe not. We just say say only lah.. I still want to work in London for now.. because I want to get some experience first! I am also thinking.. after I get married to the boyfriend and become a PR.. maybe i can study for a part time urban planning or transport planning course because I think they are so interesting! But then I'm not looking forward to doing assignments and taking exams and stuff...Sigh.. I wish I were young again... so I can do all these things without worrying that age is catching up on me.. but then I guess if I were young (again).. i'd probably not have a clue what I really want to do! Know what i mean??Anyway, check this video out.. Jonathan Ross talked about this comedy show from Japan. It's called"Oh! Mikey"and it's about this american family (The Fuccons) staying in Japan.. and instead of using actors (as in human beings).. they used mannequins. It's really interesting! I like the part when they all go "HAHAHAHA" together.. Blessed... I was lying in bed the other day and was thinking how blessed i am...I have a family that loves me, friends who care about me, a boyfriend who loves me to bits... and his family loves me too (i think!)...and I have found a job here in London. And I like the bosses (so far!) as they are willing to give me a chance to work and sponsor my work permit.I have always wanted to study overseas and see how it's like. I've also wanted to have a career in GIS and now I've done it and I have it!I now have everything I want...... except for money. I have no money!! aaargh!!So next week, I'll start work officially... so i can earn some £... and start to pay back the loan to my mum.. and also to rebuild my savings...I'm starting all over again but I'm happy... very happy that I'll finally get to do something that I really enjoy... It's over! I'm no longer a student! I've finished my dissertation and have submitted it. Hope it all goes well!By the time i've finished writign it.. i just couldn't be bothered to check it much or read it again.. it was just too tiring...I've been spending the past couple of days playing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. This game is so violent man..but i enjoyed it.So i'm CJ.. this black guy representing the hood! Yeah man! So I was walking along happily along the beach when this chick walked passed me and said "Watch it! Ugly!"...Grrr! So i followed her and beat her up! wahahahahaha! And then another girl walked passed me and insulted me again.. so i shot her with my gun! Muahahaha!Don't mess with me man!!!Ok back to the game... Star light, star bright, first star i wish tonight... My soon to be 7 year old niece, aka Mini Me has been writing down her birthday wish... well my sister made her do it...So numero uno on her list is to have a barbie doll trolley school bag! I don't know why she wants to have one.. i think cos she wants to be her Singapore girl.. hehe.Anyway she has also written this in her list... A invisble pen (those that she can write secret msg but others can't see.. so i dunno why she wants it since nobody can see what she's writing? hehehehe)A new pencil box (I might get her one..)A Powerpuff girl birthday cake (she's crazy about them but i'm thinking of getting her cupcakes instead..hmm) And here's what she wrote for her last wish.. "I wish Singapore will be a beautiful place to live in" Awww.. how sweet of her! heheI have no time to go shopping for her present yet.. because i'm still bloody doing my dissertation!! Argh!! I'm kinda stressed now... but soon.. soon it will be over!! I better get crackin' now.. See ya later alligator... Yahoo! So i've booked and confirmed my tickets back home to Singapore at the end of this year! Yahoo! So has the boyfriend!Oh and I'll be back for 3 months!! or so.And i've found a job for the next 3 months which will allow me to save some $ for my trip back!And also the boss has agreed to let me continue working for him when i'm back from Singapore! Yahoo!So now what's left for me to do is.. to finish my dissertation!!!! Argh! I just can't get myself to work on it and it's due on the 1st of Sept! Actually, i've done most of it, i think! I just need to write it! My First time... So I was at King Cross tube station the other day, the day when the UK govt announced that they had foiled the terrorists' plans to blow up planes leaving the UK. I was on my way to work and was stopped by this man. He showed me his badge.. and i realised he was from the British Transport Police!He asked me for my ticket and young persons railcard (yah i am still "young" hee hee) and then said.. "OK, you may leave now."I kept wondering why he wanted to check me.... and then i realised.. it's because I was carrying a backpack... It must be the reason... they must have suspected that i'm carrying bombs or something.. But.. why check me?? I'm just a small sized Singaporean girl on her way to work.. hmm. and.. I have such an innocent face! hehe. Yeah it was quite exciting for me actually because I've never been stopped by a police before! hehe. Wah Lau eh!! So last week I had to go to Westminster for an ASSingment and i had to spend a few hours there...And on the 2nd hour, i had to use the loo badly and the nearest one is in the tube station.... So i rushed to the loo ... only to find that i have to pay 50p to use it!! It's disgusting! 50p! That's SGD1.50 you know! $1.50 to have a pee! I think that's too much! And you know what.. the bottle of water i got was 44p! And i have to pay 50p to pee it out! GRRRRR! Those are not loos.. those are traps! Traps for tourists and people like me! Gaah! Ha-Ha-Ha!! I went to London today.... and was in the bus when I saw an eye clinic in Kings Cross... it was called..The Kings Cross Eye Clinic!Hahahaha!I thought it was funny! I kept telling the boyfriend... "The Kings CROSS EYE Clinic! HAHAHA! The Kings CROSS EYE Clinic! HAHAHA! The Kings CROSS EYE Clinic! HAHAHA! The Kings CROSS EYE Clinic! HAHAHA!"Get it?The Kings Cross Eye Clinic! LOL!I wanted to snap a pic but i couldn't cos the bus was moving off! Maybe tomorrow, on the way to work.. i should snap a pic of the Kings CROSS EYE clinic. HAHAHA. The Kings CROSS EYE clinic!I am easily amused! LOL! R.I.P. KOP from SingaporeSerf.blogspot.com has passed away.I'm very shocked...I've been reading KOP's blog and we commented on each other's blogs sometimes.. though not often.To me, he's a brave man. He left everything and went to Perth to pursue his dreams... and he was really looking forward to his partner's (D) arrival...I'm sad.It's so unfair that life has to end so early for someone like him... Someone with dreams... someone who is brave enough to realise his dreams.R.I.P.