Dance like no one's watching

More cataloguing coming up!

It occurred to me that it’s no point “favoriting” a tweet because if the person who tweeted it decides to shut down his/her account, all the tweets will be lost (which was what happened to Elva Hsiao).  Since most of my favourite tweets consist of replies I received from David Tao, I decided it’s best for me to take a “snapshot” of them.  🙂

That’s all for now.  More to come!!

Today was a busy day.

9am – 11:20am: Attended conference at Shangri La

11:40am – 3:15pm: Had lunch in the meeting room while doing up a policy wording, endorsement and powerpoint slides for meeting at 3:30pm.

3:30 – 6:40pm: Meeting with bank client.

7pm – 8:30pm: Back in office clearing work and having discussion with bosses on how to resolve certain policy issues.

9pm – 9:40pm: Dinner at home.

9:45pm – 9:54pm: Just closed the extension of another policy. Typing out my busy day as a “break”… then going to continue working.

Sigh. Bigmac is right. We need someone who is able to clear work while we’re out for meetings… unfortunately Fillet isn’t up to it… so thank God she quit!

I look forward to hiring her replacement!!

Someone told me this weekend that she doesn’t change her hairstyle cos her husband doesn’t like her to perm her hair nor rebond it. So 小女人. I was lost for words. She reminded me of some housewife back in the 1940s who depended financially on her husband and lived and breathed whatever he wanted her to do.

It stuns me that a university grad can be so backward in her thinking that i’m typing this on my hp at 2:15am cos i need to get it out of my system. Shocking.

為了安全起見，從此以後，愛小男生的朋友就稱為“冬瓜”。。。因為她是個矮冬瓜！哈哈哈。至於講話大大聲的就叫“Quarterpounder”。 因為看起來很大，可是料不多。每當需要找他時，他就好像 promotion ended 一樣，煙消雲散！

I suspect Fillet might have gone for a job interview last Friday ‘cos although our office allows dress down on Fri, she was wearing formal work attire.  In addition, she took half day leave for Fri afternoon.  I asked her what’s the reason for her not dressing down and she said she was meeting friends who dress very formally and thus she wanted to “match them”.  For someone who loves to dress down, that sounds like a mighty lame excuse to me.

In any case, I wouldn’t mind if she finds another job because she doesn’t seem very cut out for our business.  I mean, she sure isn’t the brightest spark around… this was a conversation we had this morning.

Fillet: If the premium terms of payment says 30 days, does it mean I have to write the exact date down?
Me: Yes.  Of ‘cos you have to specify the exact date in your billing.
Fillet: So if it says “30 days terms of payment”, I cannot just say e.g. 21 July 2010?
Me: Erm… but if it’s due 30 days from today, given that the month of June only has 30 days, then of ‘cos it’s 21 July 2010 right?
Fillet: [Points to calendar] So I have to count 30 days to get the date?
Me: *Pauses* if the month itself has 30 days, then obviously it will be the same date as today, just a month later right?  If the month has 31 days, then it’ll be one day less lah!  E.g. If it’s due 30 days from 21 July, then it’ll be 20 Aug lor!
Fillet: So I have to count lah?
Me: [Deciding that this is another of those “I can’t out talk stupidity cases] Yah.

Found out a bit more about the WebTV services that the N8 will offer.  Here’s an extract from techielobang:

The Nokia N8 enables access to Web TV services that deliver programmes, news and entertainment from channels like CNN, E! Entertainment, Paramount and National Geographic.  In addition to these international content, Nokia has collaborated with local content providers to bring Web TV content to consumers in Singapore and Malaysia when the Nokia N8 hits the stores. The local Web TV content programmes include Channel NewsAsia, Makansutra, 8TV and TV3 as well as Virtual Malaysia.

Source: http://techielobang.com/blog/2010/06/15/nokia-connection-2010-debut-n8-and-unveil-x5/

The MRT lift was overloaded just now.  The last person who entered, a woman, kept telling the person near the lift controls to “Press, press” (referring to the buttons).  The lift doors obviously wouldn’t close ‘cos the lift was overloaded, as stated on the display panel.  I couldn’t take it so I said, “Lift is overloaded.  Press also no use.  Can the last person who entered go out?  Thanks.”

The woman hesitated for a second, then stepped out with a black face.  Well, I didn’t mean to sound so bitchy… actually I didn’t even realise how bitchy it sounded till I said it, but too bad lah.  Life is harsh.  😛

Twitter is crappy today!

I’m eagerly waiting for the arrival of the Nokia N8 in Singapore.  Nokia has finally created a phone that’s nearly perfect (in terms of what I look for in a phone).  The only thing I’ve yet to ascertain is if there’ll be T9 keypad input for text.  The review I just read talks about QWERTY input only.

Here’re some of the things I’m looking forward to in the N8:

1) Homescreens

I first experienced the Nokia homescreens when I tested the N900.  I like how I can categorise my widgets, shortcuts, apps, etc into 4 “desktops”. 

2) Multitasking

When you tap to view all opened apps, each app gets a thumbnail showing its current status and you can tap on the “X” in the corner of the thumbnail if you want to close the app.  This is a great improvement over the X6, where I have to go into the individual app in order to exit it.

3) Conversations Format

FINALLY, SMS and MMS will be displayed in a chat format, something that has been made available by practically every other handphone manufacturer – Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Apple, you name it.

4) E-Mail

I don’t really like the interface of how e-mails are displayed in the X6.  It’s too “text-based” and a lot of formatting in the e-mail is lost.  I really liked how the N900 displayed e-mails – almost as though I was viewing them on a PC.  Based on the screenshot of the N8’s e-mail app, I think it’s going to replicate the N900’s way of displaying e-mails. Fantastic!

5) 12MP Camera & Video Editing

I’ve always loved the cameras on Nokia.  The N8’s going to come with a 12MP camera and no doubt it will be great for taking photos.  Nokia’s camera apps have always allowed basic editing (cropping, changing colours to black & white, sepia, contrast/brightness adjustment, adding frames, text, clipart, etc).  The N8 is going one up by allowing the editing of videos!

6) Multi-touch Zooming

For Apple fans who have always raved about the iPhone’s “pinch to zoom” capability, the N8 will be offering this too – though it’s not a big deal to me.  I don’t mind tapping to zoom in.  Actually, I thought the N900’s way of zooming was quite cool too – by drawing circles (clockwise to zoom in & counter-clockwise to zoom out).

There’re of course many other features that are typical of Nokia that I’m looking forward to on the N8, but I’m not pointing them out now since they don’t vary from my X6. 

Now I’m just wishing hard that my favourite Gravity Twitter app becomes available on the N8!

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Update [17 June 2010]: How can I forget to mention… the N8 comes with a Xenon flash!  The only other Nokia device to have a Xenon flash was the N82 (loved that hp to bits).  Am so looking forward to the N8’s Xenon flash!!