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To serve with love

March 18th, 2008 · No Comments

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

Spotted: Xedo Ad

January 1st, 2008 · No Comments

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

Rehi World!

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

The theory of Anything But

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

Don’t use the stuffy version

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