A reading list for every occasion

When sitting comfortably on your bus seat: Textbook & notes – Goes to show your concientiouness. Even better if you fall asleep as it goes to show how hardworking you are. Wear school uniform for maximum effect.

When waiting in the clinic for your turn to consult the doctor – Definitely not the ‘I got a STD so what do I do about it’ pamphlet: You won’t want to send out the wrong signals do ya?

When in the toilet doing big business – Lianhe Wanbao: It is a relaxing read so it will help you to relax literally.

When you are in the MRT – Business times: So that commuters will think you are some ATAS kia/Trader wannabe/Some executive whose car broke down and can’t get a cab during after work peak hour. They won’t shove you around because they know you are a gentleman. Be in formal wear for maximum effect.

When it is bedtime – FRS 39: Try going through a few pages of it and you will know why. (At this point of writing I have only cleared paragraphs 85 – 89 and I am trudging to bed)

I start writing after a long hiatus in week 15

Oh yeah i’m so raring to write this after a long hiatus. Well instead of making this such an emo nemo place to vent out frustrations I have decided to revamp this place into a satirical humour where the lamest of observations around me all fall into one.

It is week 15 of the normal school term and I happened to pop by school for a meeting today. The sight of student furiously studying away the last few minutes prior to the paper was a sight to behold indeed. Please la, the next thing you know after your exam ends is that your book will appear on SMU links ready for sale so no point spending a few more minutes with it la ok..

All the talk about running into a GPA deficit into your senior year has set me thinking about tax planning. In line with the personal tax filing deadline of 15 April, I have decided to do a short writeup and give tips on how to save on tax:

Please note that certain words of the treatment stated below may seem familiar from the ITA. The writer hereby writes a disclaimer stating that the use of such words are merely coincidental and by pure chance with no intent to infringe copyright. (Luckily I hang out with my lawyer-to-be friend long enough so I can roughly construe a disclaimer)

How to carry forward GPA losses

This is actually a very simple treatment which does not require much administering. All you need to do is to qualify for a job that acutally pays you and you deduct your GPA loss x $10,000 against it.  To put it simply, your future taxable income will be offset by your GPA losses so you pay less tax. Not withstanding changes in SMU registrar’s regulations, there is still a need to record such GPA changes in your academic transcript to qualify for tax decduction purposes.

How to pay lower taxes without incurring GPA losses

Apply to the Big 4 accounting firms when you graduate. Starting pay is $2,400 so it works out to be $28,800 per year(bonus not included since it varies across different firms). In calculating your tax payable, the 1st $20,000 of your employment income is not subject to tax and the next $10,000 is subject to a tax rate of 3.5%.

If you are a guy, good. You did NS so can claim NSman relief. If you were officer, even better because you can claim more NSMan relief. Who says that go to OCS no use one?

If you are a girl don’t worry. Just go give birth by this year and the government got the parenthood relief that has no time limit to utilize it. It pays to have kids in Singapore.

As fillial children, we should all get our parents to stay with us and it is our duty to look after them. With them having worked so hard for more than half of their lives putting us through school, it is a good time for them to keow kar, sit back relac and lim kopi. Now you can safely put a tick against the box ‘Parent relief’.

Over the next few days I will try to help answer any tax related questions so keep them coming in guys yeah?

給我的寶貝

This is my wish for you:

Smileys to come when sadness intrudes,

Rainbows to follow the clouds,

Sunset to warm your heart,

Laughter to kiss your lips,

Hugs when spirits sag,

Faith so that you can believe,

Confidence for your doubts,

Courage to know yourself

And my love to complete your life.

And I think

damage that I had caused was done. Can do nothing but just to await what lies ahead of me.

Very often I think of myself as being the rash one and taking it out on any possible avenue but this time, I certainly had not done the wisest of things. Reflection had been taking place these past few days, as I reminisce of the good times.

I can say that things had not been going pretty well of late, and that I’ve been trying to smile more in hope of washing away the undesirable experiences and feelings. I am trying very hard to embrace my current situation now and words that I hear prick me real hard every time. Things that I do are just so undesirable to people.

I apologise to all whom I have hurt in the process lately. I am trying to get out of this so just give me some time yups.

最後還是要說這句話 – 請你不要不理睬我好嗎。我已經很難受了而今晚又不盡落淚了。我真的很懷念那個暑假。我們再回到那個時光好嗎？真的很想你。

期待

我期待 有一天美好的我們會回來

回到我們最初的愛 回到那夏天的精彩

 

我期待 縂有一天你會明白

明白我對你的摯愛 明白我們原本在一起的原因

 

我願意 當你的靠岸 讓你能開心停泊的地方

我情願 與你共享著 喜怒哀樂的現在和未來

 

Waiting for you，for now and always

反反復復 不停歇息的呵護

Now let the good times roll back

望回頭看  一絲不留的遺憾

On a tired Saturday night

It’s only 2 weeks away from the end of internship and I am feeling kind of burnt out at the moment already. Perhaps I really need that longbreak as what my friends had always said. Just to take sometime off to chill and take things a bit more easily.

All I need is a bit more encouragement in the things that I have no been doing well in. Where thou’ can this encouragement come from?

Feels bad

Now usually I don’t do this but hell yeah when I write it means that I’m really feeling bad:-

Perhaps I shouldn’t have been so outright direct and be insensitive to how you feel.

- I should have remembered about the wine and reminded you.

- I should have paid more attention to the little details on the things about you.

Hands are trembling and numb after a long day at training and totally worn out but I can’t help but feel what I could have done better. The series of events that took place this week leading up to the festive season has set my spirits low, with all the disregard for the upcoming new year. This is no good, but it just seems that I haven’t done a good job as a bf and this is really depressing.

I am so so sorry for what I have inadequately performed in and I really hope that you can give me the chance to care for you and make up for the wrong that I did. I want to be there to give you encouragement and be the one for you..

SMU Archery 100109

I feel that I’m more in c0ntrol of the click now. Now I need to work on sustaining the peak form for a prolonged period to give me the necessary scores that I need to do well for the upcoming competitions.

Have reached a stage where I am able to obtain the full turn, observe the clicker coming in, re aim, then go for the bow arm shoulder push for the shot to land where I want it to hit. Not withstanding any error in sight adjustments and pressure point deviations, the shot shot travel in a beautiful trajectory into the gold.

The result? While trying out for my FITA 900 today I managed to place my shots mainly with the red and gold at 60m which is an improving result week by week. The need for good form is back again, and it has come at the right time.

Post SPC engagement

This is the first entry ever since the welcome 2009 note. Figured out that work as a auditor is really super busy and there’s hardly anytime to write at all. So while thanking my lucky stars that I do not have to go back for work this weekend, I think its better to write while plugging into retro 無印良品 songs .

Talking to Yi Ling have made me realise that university days have made me grow up, especially with the out of the classroom learning experience at the archery ground. It is there where I found my beloved, made good friends and obtained a sidekick in wiwi.

And worklife has made me value the weekends even more, knowing that I have to spend it more wisely now. Now I’m really thankful that I have taken up this internship – for it having to teach me more things.

Jump into 2009

Woke up on the morning of 2009 to be greeted by wordpress.

Perhaps it is good to have some new year resolutions:

1. Ace my GPA – last semester was good, but the coming year can be better. 

2. Bank Internship!

3. Improved shooting – the last few months were good, but the next few month’s gotta be even better with the upcoming competitions.

4. More job opportunities to earn money.

5. Quality time with bunny.

Don’t wanna ask for too much and I promise to be a good boy for the aforementioned list of wishes to happen =)