The defendant petitions the court for a new trial on the grounds that his lawyer is incompetent.

"The path of power is a path of turns within turns"
- "Magician" by Raymond E Feist

The Game is one of the many intricacies and mysteries of life.

Like how putting kiwi on your shoes will make it shine.

Like how toast pops out after you put bread into the toaster.

Like how Mas Selamat managed to escape from prison.

"We sit upon this wooden palisade, leaning against frozen stones, in this miserable cold, surrounded by enemies, hours away from certain death, on a world not our own, and what do we do? We discuss politics back home."
- "Honoured Enemy" by Ramond E Feist & William Forstchen

The Game encompasses the working life. It is a practice. A good player of The Game is able to protect the company and his/her job. He/she will be able to manipulate and weave the complicated threads of politics into an shield for protection. The same threads could also be used to forge a double-edged sword, which can both harm and protect a working relationship.

"Did connections and marriages actually carry that much political and social weight, I wondered, and then instantly knew that they did."
- "Forest Mage" by Robin Hobb

I dislike The Game. I accept and understand that it is necessary and vital in working life, but i just don't like it. Which is why i am, and forever will be, a poor player in The Game, and that i was told that i must learn how to play The Game as fast as possible.

When it comes to the crunch time, the final results of The Game will be revealed. It will show, segregate, sift and differentiate the good players from the bad. When it comes to the crunch time, everyone will be covering their own backs. When it comes to the crunch time, teamwork goes out of the window.

And i think that is the main reason why i dislike The Game.

Your simian countenance suggests a heritage unusually rich in species diversity.

I would like to say this.

I do yearn for female company. I do yearn for that someone special. I want to love someone with all my heart. I want to shower her with presents, gifts and love. I want to hold her in my arms and protect her from anything bad. I want to make that special someone happy.

However, i am under no illusions of myself.

I am fugly. I am fat. My character is harsh, rude and uncouth. I am inconsiderate and impatient.

It would take a brave girl to love me, if there are any willing in the first place. My industry is a male-dominated one. My work has occupied so much of my time, but simply because there is nothing left in my life (except perhaps the weekly mahjong sessions with my close friends *grins*). So i throw all my energy into my work.

I will not quit my work, simply because of my lack of love life and social interactions.

What will be, will be. If God or fate decrees that i shall meet that special someone, then so shall it be. If God or fate decrees that i shall remain single, then so shall it be.

Make no mistake. I look forward to the day when i shall meet that special someone. However, if that day does not come, i shall not die from the lack thereof.

Getting loads of loot is a very spiritual experience for me.

Secret Egg!! You have found one (bunny) Egg

How amazingly lucky - you found a Secret Egg. Because finding a Secret Egg is such a special treat, You have also received this Egg as a Decoration, even though you have already taken home two eggs today. Visit the (fluff)Editor to place this Egg in your Habitat. You have also received one Egg Hunt Point, which can be traded in at the Easter Shoppe for prizes or munny.

I didn't even know there were Secret Eggs. :p

Happy Easter, everyone.

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Update: 18/03/08

W00t! Two more in a single day! :D

Secret Egg!! You have found one (lucky) Egg

How amazingly lucky - you found a Secret Egg. Because finding a Secret Egg is such a special treat, You have also received this Egg as a Decoration, even though you have already taken home two eggs today. Visit the (fluff)Editor to place this Egg in your Habitat. You have also received one Egg Hunt Point, which can be traded in at the Easter Shoppe for prizes or munny.

Secret Egg!! You have found one (leppit) Egg

How amazingly lucky - you found a Secret Egg. Because finding a Secret Egg is such a special treat, You have also received this Egg as a Decoration, even though you have already taken home two eggs today. Visit the (fluff)Editor to place this Egg in your Habitat. You have also received one Egg Hunt Point, which can be traded in at the Easter Shoppe for prizes or munny.

Update: 19/03/08
Another one to the collection. Hhhmmm... Where is the Sparkle Egg that i've seen around? :)

Secret Egg!! You have found one (bunny) Egg

How amazingly lucky - you found a Secret Egg. Because finding a Secret Egg is such a special treat, You have also received this Egg as a Decoration, even though you have already taken home two eggs today. Visit the (fluff)Editor to place this Egg in your Habitat.You have also received one Egg Hunt Point, which can be traded in at the Easter Shoppe for prizes or munny.

Happiness is being famous for your financial ability to indulge in every kind of excess.

Last Friday, while waiting for the room to clear so that we can have our meeting...

X: *laughs* Oh, come on. You cannot keep talking in dollars and cents.

Me: Oh please. Do you not talk about dollars and cents?

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Today, while talking to a supplier...

Y: We hope that you can look past the dollars and cents.

Me: I agree. I would also like to look past the dollars and cents, but the fact of the matter is that it still matters.

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If you think that dollars and cents do not matter in this world, then you are surely too naive. Yes, happiness and health is more important than wealth. But let us be realistic here: money still matters.

Our frequent complaint among ourselves in our company:

If you don't have money, then don't build.

Do you honestly believe that the cilent would disregard the project cost?

I think not.

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.

I saw this quite some time ago on a Facebook application's discussion board. Enjoy. :)

You know you are stressed if...

1. Relatives that have been dead for years come visit you and suggest that you should get some rest.
2. You can achieve a "Runners High" by sitting up.
3. You say the same sentence over and over again, not realizing that you have said it before.
4. The Sun is too loud.
5. Trees begin chasing you.
6. You can see individual air molecules vibrating.
7. You begin to explore the possibility of setting up an I.V. drip solution of expresso.
8. You wonder if brewing is really a necessary step for the consumption of coffee.
9. You can hear mimes.
10. You believe that if you think hard enough, you can fly.
11. Things become "Very Clear".
12. You ask the drive-thru attendant if you can get your order to go.
13. You say the same sentence over and over again, not realizing that you have said it before.
14. You begin speaking in a language that only you and Channelers can understand.
15. The less sense matter and matter is more than sense.
16. You keep yelling "Stop Touching Me!!!" even though you are the only one in the room.
17. Your heart beats in 7/8 time.
18. You and Reality file for divorce.
19. You can skip without a rope.
20. It appears that people are speaking to you in binary code.
21. You have great revelations concerning: Life, the Universe, and Everything else, but can't quite find the words for them before the white glow disappears, leaving you more confused than before.
22. You can travel without moving.
23. Antacid tablets become your sole source of nutrition.
24. You discover the aesthetic beauty of office supplies.
25. You have an irresistible urge to bite the noses of the people you are talking to.
26. You say the same sentence over and over again, not realizing that you have said it before...
27. Losing your mind was OK, but when the voices in your head quitted, it was like losing your best friend.