This week, I have been attending a 5-day course on Dangerous Goods Regulations. I'm into my 3rd month of training and so far, this course has been the KILLER course. I'm struggling to grapple with the amount of content to remember and the location of the sections to refer to in the 800 over page thick regulations. Given my 20GB grey matter storage space which is near to maxing out, it truly has been one of the worst classes I've ever taken... Anyway, my trainer told us a story today. Something lifting... and here goes.


3 men died, and they were standing in the gates of heaven, waiting for judgement to see if they would go to Hell or Heaven.


The first man said "I've been working as a doctor all my life and saved lots of patients who were dying and did a lot of humanitarian work."


To this first man, the gods then replied "Please stand on this side, you are going to Hell."


The second man said "I was a teacher, and have given my heart and soul to education all my life. Of the many students I thought, many of them are now distinguished man and woman in society."


To the second man, the gods then replied "Please stand on this side as well, you are going to Hell."


The third man stepped forward, and said "I have been working for ABC Airlines all my life. As a cargo staff, I'm trained in Dangerous Goods, and I know how to accept or reject a shipment when it comes."


To the third man, the gods went "Well, please stand on the other stide, you will go to Heaven."


Upon hearing this, the first two men protested the unfairness of the god's judgement and demanded to know why they were sent to hell. To this, the Gods smiled, and replied "Well, that's because, this third man, has already been to hell......"







So.......

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Tempted to get this.... and it is retailing in Taiwan for NT5980 = SGD280! Cheapr than in Singapore! First saw it in a magazine, but thought it was more golden than champagne... anyway, it is really pretty! Any spare cash??? Maybe not... but still... I'm tempted!

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Saturday was another great day. Collected my passport from immigration. Had a long wait so much so that there was time to catch a train to Bugis, walk over to Middle Road to collect my cert, make one round in Kinokuniya, go back to Immigration Building and wait for another 15 mins. Met Weiling there and chatted a bit, which was nice. :)

Following Immigration, I headed to Orchard feeling excited for various reasons. Firstly, I'd finally get the chance to eat at Crystal Jade Express cuz I've been craving for Hong Kong Cha Can Teng food for a long time. After a short mental battle between Beef Brisket Noodles & Spicy Wu Xiang Rou Yi Ting Mian (chu qian yi ding noodles), the former was subdued. When the cashier who was also the supervisor (cuz she wore a black suit which was different from the rest) asked me what I wanted for a drink, I replied "Ning Mut" in cantonese which means Lemon Honey. She instinctly reciprocated in Cantonese "there is not Lemon Honey in the menu..." but then quickly added "Oh, I have Honey, and I have Lemon, so I can make you some Lemon Honey!" She went on to charge me the price for Peach Tea...and let me tell you, that example of resourcefulness and quickthinking, satisfying the customer, going the extra mile, really made my day. I took my seat, and within minutes, she came around with the glass of Lemon Honey personally and reminded me to squeeze the lemon myself. I was truly touched, as I believe she had made the drink personally and had taken the responsibility of bringing the drink to me (taking personal accountability). All the good principles of customer service that I learnt from the courses were played out in this little episode, and really worth remembering. And here I present, a very humble meal of Lemon Honey and Maggi Noodles. I think a lesson to learn is that you never know what little things is big enough to make a person's day.










Following the meal, finally met up with Serena, and we headed to watch Letters from Iwo Jima. Then I met up with my cousins Jiawei, Reika, uncle and auntie, & my family for a buffet... It had been a great weekend!

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