Playing with Fire

I just can't help it.

There's just something about playing with dangerous thing that attracts me so much. The bigger the fire, the more irresistible. You're scared of getting burnt but at the same time, you feel excited being on the edge of burning. It's like a challenge to see how long i can play with it and if i could get away unhurt. It's the adrenaline, the challenge and the risks that keeps me so addicted to it. I am playing with fire once again and i hope no one gets burnt, unlike the last time.

World’s Coolest Intern with Standard Chartered Bank

Okay, technically, i am considered a graduate, with a little over 4 months of working experience. So the word 'intern' brings back some aweful fond memories. Having said that, i just couldn't resist this cool opportunity from Standard Chartered. Take a look below and i bet you're gonna start writing your own entries too!

Standard Chartered Bank is on the lookout for the ‘World’s Coolest Intern’ to join the Breeze mobile banking team in Singapore. If Tweetdeck and Facebook are the first things to greet you in the morning and the last things you say good night to, you’re exactly the type of person they’re looking for!

Curious to know what’s in store? It’s nothing short of impressive:
- A 6-month internship programme with total remuneration of SGD30,000
- Perks includes training on social media and online engagement from Standard Chartered’s esteemed partners

SGD30k for 6 months for an intern job??!! You have got to be kidding me! That's like SGD5k a month. Okay, okay, money aside, I'm absolutely sure i fits into the facebook-ing criteria (To my bosses at work; no, i don't facebook at work!). It's an automatic ritual that i've got to do every night. Online, open mozilla and pops, without me realising it, my fb is on the browser. I am however, not a 'stalker' on fb. I don't stalks people's profile but i enjoy looking at people's pictures (especially those silly childhood photos) and post silly comments on my friends' walls.

I am cool enough to join this program because i am cool. Or so i think. I'll let you be the judge. I'd say i am spontaneous, decisive, works hard and play hard too! Hey, there must be a balance in life isn't it?

Spontaneous. Let's start with deciding to drive up to Genting spontaneously for a 2 hours 'mamak' sessions at 12am! One phone call, and 10 minutes later, me and 3 other girlfriends were on our way up to Genting. The funniest part was, none of us knew how to get there! We were ALL not locals (not from KL at least), all females and i was driving my small little kelisa. I must stress that it wasn't as reckless as it sounded at that moment. We just had a stressful week packed with finals and assignments, so when it was finally over, we just had to go somewhere. But, we ended up in Genting safely!

Decisive. It's not hard for me to make a decision. I usually do that in my group of friends. Where to eat, what to do, where to go etc. I can finish shopping in a five levels shopping mall in Bangkok (Platinum Mall) for 3 hours but still ended up with at least 5 dresses. I do however find it hard to pick that perfect man in my life.

Work hard and play hard! That's my motto. I've always had that in my mind. When i study, i make sure i study really hard. And when i party, it's gonna be hell of a party! I used to study for 8 hours straight,7 days a week. When i say study, i really mean just-sit-down-and-study-and-do-nothing kind of study. No handphones, radios, TVs and computers allowed. Locked doors and a big bottle of water. The same goes to work. I make sure my task is completed before going home and even if that means staying up in the office till 11pm.

Play hard. This is by no surprise, the easiest of the lot. After a long and arduous examination week, my friends and i will hit the club until 3am, followed by a monopoly session in a friend's house for 2 hours and a morning dimsum and more chit chats for breakfast! We'd usually hit the sack at 11am. XD

I've not achieved the ultimate coolness in my own judgment. I've yet to bungee jump (or possibly sky diving) and travel around the world. But joining this program would be super cool too. Definitely increase coolness by a few thousands mana points. ;)

TIRED

Soooooo tired. What have i got myself into? Maybe the first week is always the hardest. Or perhaps i havent adjusted my biological clock yet. Used to sleep at 4am during uni days (6am if exams the next day) but now need to get up at 6am. So it's totally opposite now, i guess it's right to say i'm adjusting my clock back to normal again. There's just so many things to learn in a totally unknown terrain, kinda scares me. And it especially stresses me up that people expect so much from someone so new.

Goodbye Gli Azzurri

What an agonising match yesterday. And if you havent knew this,

Italy - Slovakia: 2-3

So devastating. I was watching it with my shirts pull over my head during the first half cos it was just so frustrating! And when it was 2-0, in the second half, all hopes were gone. Seriously, the way Italy played yesterday was so uninspiring. Even Pirlo coming in on the 56th minute wasn't enough to save Italy. The only time i felt Italy can get through was when Quagliarella qualise 2-2 in 80th minute but was ruled offside. Bad call on the referee. It was too close of a call to be honest. But Quagliarella really fought back during the final minutes when all others have given up. He was superb yesterday, which is why i think Lippi shouldn't bench him in the first 2 matches. Iaquinta and Pepe have been so disappointing yesterday.

But off all, the saddest thing was to see Cannavaro goes off in such a manner. His last WC :(
What a great career he has had. My favourite defender ever. Undeniably the best defender during his time (I was too young to know Maldini and the likes, but Cannavaro deserves to be in their league, if not better).

Quagliarella first WC and he was the goal scorer. How devastating for him. Had to be comforted by Cannavaro who put up a strong front as a captain for his team.

Another fresh player, i believed it was his first WC too, Maggio. Again, Cannavaro was the big brother for them.

Totally breaks my heart when i see this. Such a great hero. Cannavaro exiting his last WC in tears T.T
In front of his team, he had to be strong but behind the curtains, he was truly truly shattered.

Cannavaro the hero.
Hope to see him again as a coach or staff in the Azzurri team 2014. He will be missed :(

Places That We Think Don't Exist

I was reading a book by Neil Strauss called The Game the other day and i came across this country called Transnistria. Out of curiosity, i went online to research on this. Apparently, this is a de facto country of Moldovo and it's not recognised by any UN members. What amazes me the most is that they actually have their own currency, stamps, flag, and even passports. I wonder where can they go with that passport since no other country recognise them and they can't get out of their country legally.

I then came upon a BBC documentary by Simon Reeve (I like this guy a lot now, particularly after seeing this documentary) which shows Simon traveling to these so called countries. This documentary is worth watching, regardless of the accuracy of the information. I was surprised by how advanced Transnistria is. They have basically what every country have, if not more. They exports steel and was once the largest exporter of steel in USSR.They are self sustainable and if i may say, even better than some recognised countries.

You'd be surprised that there are a lot of these de facto countries actually. Click the link below to watch the BBC documentaries of:

Transnistria
South Ossetia
Nagorno Karabakh
Somaliland

I've watch all of them because i was so curious. Some of these countries are very pitiful, like Somaliland. The rest of the world just shut them out. You may say that they brought this to themselves but truth is they're just fighting for their own survival from the brutal and corrupt Somalia Warlords.

Anywho, I've spent too much time on this already. Time to get back to writting.
Enjoy the documentaries! :)

Why i like Italy football squad so much.

It's that time again for football fever. Another 4 years has gone for the victorious Azzurri. Click here if you still don't know i'm rooting for Italy.

Anyway, although yesterday's match against Paraguay is very disappointing but the Azzurri are well known for being slow warmers. So, i'm sure they will pick it up the next few matches. I'm happy to see Cannavaro is still the captain and Buffon is still the keeper. But no more Nesta T.T
I still don't really like the strikers, Iaquinta and Gillardino. Totti and Inzaghi were way much better back in those days. Pirlo and Gattusso did not play yesterday :(

Okay, so why do i like Italy that much?
1) Super sexy jersey *drool*
2) Their players are all so musculine but well groomed at the same time like Nesta.
3) They have great sportsmanship. They all play very clean, not very harsh tackle and even if they did, it's only 1 or 2 black sheep (like Matterazzi).
4) Full of surprises. Like in 1982, Italy barely scraped through the group stages but went all the way to win the cup and crown champion in 1982!
5) Last but not least, they've such great super sexy tight jersey. Oh, i said that before? xD

Forza Azzurri~~