Foreign Talent?

Talent is just a word used to make it more palatable for locals to swallow; which in turn allows citizens to accept the FT policy. It gives people an impression that we lack talent in certain areas which require special expertise, which there is no denial. But as the years go by, the word has been loosely used to an extend, where the word definition of talent and worker has blurred, or in fact fused conveniently under the umbrella of of the exact same word - talent.

The word 'Talent' has taken a new meaning in political terms. Its just politicking.

Save the cheerleader

on the 24th September! :D

As with new jobs

I am perpetually glued to the goddamn laptop from 9am to 6+pm. Tomorrow I have running around to do, so I hope it isnt too bad.

And I met up with Timmy & Hanrong for dinner. It was pretty hilarious, especially with his story telling of his experience with women. I swear that fella meets the wrong kind of girls, it's as if he was fated to meet such girls. Or maybe he just has an affinity for them.

And also Mr Wang says you should write down your goals and watch how reality bends itself to accomodate you closer to your goals. In a nutshell, by writing your goals, subconsciously you are working towards it; somehow you will meet or experience things that will play an integral part in achieving that goal.

Im actually very skeptical about this. Say I wanted to be a lawyer. Now thats very bizare indeed, considering my field is totally off; IT. Now if I really wanted to be lawyer, I would have to fork out lots and lots of cash so that I can go overseas and read law. Sounds impossible. Now if I decided to write another goal such as, I want to be a millionaire. Lagi extreme?

Now the pertinent question is how such thoughts are going to affect reality? Buying toto? Buying a stock at random that happened to soar beyond your wildest dreams? And if it materialises, would I attribute it to luck or long nights of praying at temple?

If it was put in a more logical way such as thoughts affect reality unless you do something about it. It would make hell lot of sense.

By writing a goal down and say, we not do anything but continue my mundane life, how much closer am I to my goal? Subconciously, I might be doing things are making me work towards it, but having something out of the blue happening? Now thats quite incredulous; infact it not palatable for me to swallow it down.

Friday's date

It was kind of a disaster from the get-go. I was late for 45 mins, and probably the first guy whom she knew that made her wait that long. Ha record setter.

But she was nice enough to shrug it off, since she could do some shopping. Honestly yesterday i looked really bad, flustered, and not to mention the perpetual perspiring which only served to worsen everything else.

But somehow as we settled down for dinner, things took a turn for the better. As we started conversing, it felt like we were getting to know each other on a personal level for the first time, albeit we chat pretty often on msn, that day. Which i quote from askmen, her interest level was definitely high enough, it was a really nice feeling talking to her.

The night was a really simple affair. Dinner at samar and desserts at ah chew's. Lastly the last bus ride home together. Wasnt exactly the romantic affair, but it sure made my day!