Thursday August 11, 2005

Random notes

Well what's new? Just went for one of those regular company meetings. So they say we're number #1 in our area. Also good to note that it's not of those #1 in a "niche within a niche" kind of definition like *cough* certain other companies might have done. As always, the time difference is kind of entertaining, it's more or less past their dinner time, and we over here just arrived at the office in the morning.

Before the meeting, I went to pump petrol at Caltex. Took a look at the pump figures. The prices are in uncharted territory - $1.754/L for mid-grade RON95?!! That's even higher than the $1.50+/L for *premium-grade* RON98 just a couple of years back. The premium-grade stuff is now at $1.80-something - absolutely stratospheric. And, of course, as a member of the "Peak Oil Community", I'm pretty sure that "we ain't seen nothin' yet". I hand over my $25 petrol voucher (courtesy of HSBC Visa and LTA) to the cashier, and the total bill comes down to just $22. Well, that was the last of 2 vouchers, and the discounts probably won't last long, with crude oil prices hitting (USD) $65 a barrel in recent days.

Gwunwai is grousing about the "quick holiday" - quick, as in, "gone in a flash". Good to hear that Jas's mother is recovering fine. Well, yeah, that was a certainly fast one. Didn't take leave the day before (trying to conserve my pro-rated annual leave, you see). On that day, my YM tag was "I find your lack of flags disturbing". Colleagues and friends who "got it" had a laugh. Actually there is also a photo gallery to prove the point.

Had lunch with a colleague. Actually, supposed to be with colleagues but as is sometimes the case, there was a bit of a "co-ordination problem" and they probably went to the *other* eating place instead. Well, he's the "installer guy", without which the customers would be messing with *nix installation scripts instead, heh heh. Recommended this sgfunds.com forum. Marvelled at the price of housing over here in Singapore (yep, the lowly typical 5-room flat in far-flung suburbia can buy a standalone bungalow in Malaysia or Indonesia, or at least a nice big private condo in the more urban areas - urban, as in, "the heart of the capital city").

(2005-08-11 13:16:06 SGT) [Musings] Permalink

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