Just returned from Irene and Billy’s wedding banquet at Meritus Mandarin. Congratulations to the lovely couple!

Halfway through the dinner, I leaned over to Crystal, “For the convenience of your guests, can you order shelled prawns? I like prawns but don’t wanna get my hands dirty“. She said she would seriously consider the request.

Shuqing, who is tying the knot next month, wasn’t at the dinner tonight. She’d just asked me for a selection of march in tunes.

Cruz:
Irene chose “Tonight I Celebrate My Love” and “When I Fall In Love”. Very apt. But I think you should do something different. How about “Together Forever”?

Shuqing:
What?! You want me to RUSH in instead of marching in, is it?!?!”

All right then. I shall use “Together Forever” when my turn comes. And perhaps “Love In The First Degree“ for the second march in. Muahahahhaa.

What would you do if

[a] your best friend calls you on the phone while you’re standing in a queue;

[b] when a lady suddenly appears within your sight, ignores that fact that you’re speaking on the phone, demands to confirm your identity, inspects your face to verify if it is actually smoother than before and wants to know if the brand you’re endorsing is as good as it seems;

[c] while the person at the other side of the counter wants to know if it’s a medium or large Coke you ordered;

[d] only to meet another lady who is also oblivious to the fact that you’re holding a phone to your left ear and insists on asking if you are really who you are… For the fourth time in an hour.

After years of procrastination, I’ve decided to get myself a degree further my studies, upgrade myself and be a better man. Some of my friends are completing their masters, so I can’t lag too far behind. Haha! More on that if I successfully get myself enrolled in the Jan ‘09 intake.

Anyway, I had a hard time digging out my business diploma and GCE ‘O’ Levels certificate for submission to the university. I’m currently in my first job and I don’t intend to leave anytime soon. Therefore there isn’t a need to have these documents handy. Because I presented the necessary paperwork and attended the interview with the Head of Department- dressed in shorts and bermudas shorts and slippers (me, not her)- after getting my first formal pay cheque, I reckoned that if I ever need to attend another interview (within the same industry), those guys wouldn’t be hiring me based on my academic qualifications.

It’s been a good nine (!) years since I last saw my poly transcripts. I stared fondly at the only distinction I got in my three years in Ngee Ann. Business Mandarin wasn’t not even a core module. Muahahaha.

Then I got a rude shock when I saw:

ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: C (60-69%/ GOOD)

I texted my favourite lecturer the next day,

“You know what? That so and so gave me a C for Oral Comms back in Year 1! That is a major insult! I can live with Cs and Ds for Human Resource Management or Business Law. But a C for Oral Comms?! How am I going to face the world?!”

She sniggered.

And I laughed at myself afterwards. Jumping up and down at this only after 11 years… It just shows how interested I was in my grades back then.

My heartiest congratulations to Bioskin for achieving Superbrand status once again. WOOHOO!

Above: Mathilda, Bioskin CEO