Entries Tagged as 'Idle Talk'
I have a bit of a love affair with good service. Often, fantastic service can be the tipping point when deciding to purchase something. Or even choosing to pay a little more instead of facing some dour sales assistant at a cheaper outlet.
So what exactly is good service?
Let’s start with a quick backgrounder:
I love online […]
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Tags: Idle Talk · Raves · Fashion
Xedo, if you can’t even get a six-word sentence correct… Forget subbing! Go back to English 101! :P
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P/S Small talk
I had an unexpectedly long bus ride today–fell asleep, dreamt, woke up, and the bus hadn’t friggin’ moved 10 metres! It was a good nap though! :)
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Tags: Idle Talk · Xedo
December 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Hello World!
In the many days since I last blogged properly, a lot, or nothing, has happened. :)
My exams went by and I’ve since returned to the office.
A dear friend got married, and I also had time to meet up with pals, former school mates and fellow otakus.
It was also a season to indulge. (Hello, credit […]
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Tags: Diary · Idle Talk · Random
November 21st, 2007 · 3 Comments
1.1 Background
This term was coined many years ago when a pitiful pre-examination pattern became clear.
1.2 Eligibility
Applies to members of the 平日不烧香, 临时抱佛脚 sect.
Which yours truly is unfortunately a very senior member of. :(
1.3 Overview
When faced with a looming task such as an examination, one somehow ends up doing Anything But.
1.4 Empirical Evidence
While I […]
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Tags: Diary · Idle Talk
September 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment
I’ve always thought personality tests were flaky like astrology.
But when I took the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator some years back together with W, it was rather convincing! Forer effect? Probably. But it’s still a pretty popular psychometric test.
And as with any other thing, the web has a way of funkin’ up the original:
As you probably already […]
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Tags: Idle Talk · Random