'The Story of 8 Monkeys'

(This is based on an actual experiment conducted in the UK) :

Put eight monkeys in a room. In the middle of the room is a ladder, leading to a bunch of bananas hanging from a hook on the ceiling.

Each time a monkey tries to climb the ladder, all the monkeys are sprayed with ice water, which makes them miserable. Soon enough, whenever a monkey attempts to climb the ladder, all of the other monkeys, not wanting to be sprayed, set upon him and beat him up.

Soon, none of the eight monkeys ever attempts to climb the ladder.

Then one of the original monkeys is then removed, and a new monkey is put in the room. Seeing the bananas and the ladder, he wonders why none of the other monkeys are doing the obvious. But undaunted, he immediately begins to climb the ladder.

All the other monkeys fall upon him and beat him silly. He has no idea why. however, he no longer attempts to climb the ladder.

A second original monkey is removed and replaced. The newcomer again attempts to climb the ladder, but all the other monkeys hammer the crap out of him.

This includes the previous new monkey, who, grateful that he's not on the receiving end this time, participates in the beating because all the other monkeys are doing it. However, he has no idea why he's attacking the new monkey.

One by one, all the original monkeys are replaced. Eight new monkeys are now in the room. None of them have ever been sprayed by ice water.

None of them attempt to climb the ladder. All of them will enthusiastically beat up any new monkey who tries, without having any idea why.

*..................and that is how most companies' policies get established.*

Sometimes, it feels like this at the workplace. Employees just do certain procedures because others are doing the same....without knowing why they do them and whether what they have been doing all along can be improved or changed. They say its the policy. At times, it feels it's just the standard practices that have been passed down from employee to employee.
Nothing else.

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a nighout

been staying back after work like the whole week and we hardly gor any life.. so on friday after ending at eight, my colleagues suggested dinner in town. after much hesitation, i joined them. but instead of dinner, we ended up @ the loof! - a rooftop bar at odeon towers, a cool chill out place. the kinda of place where u will find a nice blend of people. after the loof, we went to paulaner bräuhaus at millenia walk, it offers freshly-brewed german beer on the premises. guess we got to know each other better at millenia walk n i was a bit high. oh yes, the live band rocks! next stop -st james power station. anyone interested? ;p

went for the youth rally ytd at risen christ, it did touched me somehow and i hope the next rally session will be just as good.

Only the lonely

We walked the loneliest mile

We smiled without any style

We kiss altogether wrong

No intention

We lied about each others drinks

We lived without each other thinkin'

What anyone would do

Without me and you

Chorus:

It's like I told you

Only the lonely can play

So hold on here we go

Hold on to nothin' we know

I feel so lonely way up here

We mention the time we were together

So long ago, well I don't remember

All I know is that it makes me feel good now

life is art without an eraser

somethin a friend said today brought me back to reality and it really did hurt as i was moving away from something i believe in. guess, i really have some soul searching to do.. need to find myself again.

the weekend!!

caught the match against the blues and its always sweet when we beat the blues. i guess when money gets in the way, it ain't football anymore. can see the jose was sending a message to the boardroom and thats a whole diff ball game. oh well, who's complaning!! Bring on Barca!!

tired

had a not too bad sat although i had work today and work is actually fun when u minus out the callers, scoldings, complains and what not.. what counts is the colleagues i have and they are the wackiest colleagues i ever had.

use the call force!!

its gonna be a busy week with work and more work.. might be going to MOS with my colleagues on feb 2nd - now that's something to look forward to.. yes, i do have some cool colleagues to chill out with....well, its the mid week..hope the rest of the days will be great and the weekend will be eventful, i hope.

thanks jamie i will bear that in mind .. *hugs*

Reality Has Its Own Middle Finger

sunday afternoon - no one is online now - freaking bored!!

update
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well, its the second week of 2007 and i'll prob take the week to decide if i wanna stay in choir or leave for good, two decades is way too long to be in one place. besides, i'm involved with project j now and i guess i would be more happier there now. maybe, with the youth rally and retreat coming up, i'll be able to make a decision. till then, i hope to have a great week ahead. the weekend has been super boring... sometimes, i have a feeling of being used but i'll save that for another day. sleep beckons - good night!!

sugar sweetness

my dearest friend, vanessa or nessa!!

someday i'll be satuday night

home on a saturday night and it sucks!! guess things are not going good lately. gotta have a life and places to go. turning 38 next month and i'm feeling depressed... i may be young at heart but age is catching on.. i'll be 40 in 2009 and god knows, where i'll be... prob dead and buried!!

just wanna get away from everything and from superficial friends.. i'm not the life of the party and i'm not the joker - i'm juz me, if u don't like having me around - juz let me know, i won't be around to bore you, in fact, i'll juz stay away from you. dun tell me, u understand what i'm going through, coz u don't and never will until u are 38, single and without a freaking life!!

juz wanna get away from everything and everyone and i know i will be missed - only for a moment.

"the ones who are furthest are the one closest to you..."

liverpool lost to arsenal yet again... guess it just sums up my day.

twenty o'7

here's the first post for 2007.

well, i had a quiet new year celebration at Mel's place with a couple of friends. we toasted to the new year and played cards = loser drink. we had loads of drinks; enough to last the rest of the epl season. ;p

never been out much except playing pool .. its been a boring weekend and i hope its not gonna be a sign of the things to come. i know I'm turning 38 next mth but i juz don't wanna slow down .. not juz yet.

new year resolutions
* to be early for work
* be less temperamental
* goal driven
* save
* find a gf

the end of an era

well, the world has seen the last of saddam hussein who was executed yesterday; guess junior bush did something that his dad didn't accomplished, Beat Up Saddam Hussein!! now that that has been done, bring the troops back from iraq, georgie - enough damaged has been done!!! let their families have a reason to celebrate the new year!! Do the right thing, Be A MAN!!

the week so far

this is what happened during the week:

• sunday - christmas eve mass was good but we ended up at our fav prata shop after that, then proceeded to macs - send corrinne and julia home - back to coffeshop again - came back home @ 6am.
• monday - lunch @ crystal's place - dinner @ bro's place - back to crystal place for drinks and games - back home @ 3am.
• tuesday - overslept - reached work @ 10am - dinner @ jen's place - came back @ 1am.
• wednesday - work - briefing after work - dinner with colleague's - came back home - ended up @ fred's place courtesy of joanne n pat - came back home @ 2am.
• thursday - work - supposed to have a small company new year's celebration but the caterer screw up with the orders so dinner was cancelled - proceeded to JE for dinner with some of my colleagues - back home @ 1030pm.
• tmr - work - clubbing!!! lol

next stop - new year!!

wish

wish x'mas will just pass and 2007 will be a better year...
wish i was somewhere else; wish i was someone else

The Fart Button

Limited Gold Edition... LOL

caroling @ orchid country club - dec 17th

after a break of almost 5 years, i 'm back carolling and man, it was fun, though it was only @ one place. after caroling, we had dinner and drinks... yea, the table behind was ours. the funny part was we took pics before we started singing. after dinner, we headed to the pool room as it was raining heavily outside. we booked two tables and almost brought the place down. had more drinks courtesy of zab's dad (cool dude) and i was just not having a good game until i was sober - pat was like, 'why u so quiet?'.. hahaha. we left OCC and headed to our fav prata haunt for some coffee and more food. all in all, i had a great time and i'm glad that i came. next stop: christmas!!

there's something out there..

heard faint screams coming from afar, not sure if its of a woman then there was silence except for the rumbles of the clouds. then i heard another faint scream from a far, this time i'm not sure if it's of a man... now there's silence except the rumble of the clouds and lightnings. the night is too quiet and its giving me the creeps.

it brings to mind of an event which happened abt 30 years ago @ my old place in toa payoh. in the silence of the night, a dreadful scream pierce through the night and it was cut short, silence followed. my elder sis, bros & myself jumped out of bed and stared at the block where the screams came from; hoping to see some signs or hear a plea for help... there was nothing but dead silence. i never found out the faith of the woman but my bro's friend told him that it happened on the sixth floor center staircase; there was blood on the floor but the body was nowhere in sight. however, i didn't buy that story as it was from someone else but however i know this is for real... the staircase light on that paricular staircase never worked.

guess that spooked me more than the things that happened in my hse past and ...... present. it's two hours to dawn and i should get some sleep.

Why Teachers Weep

Then Jesus took his disciples up on the mountain and taught them, saying:

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, Blessed are the meek, Blessed are the merciful, Blessed are you who thirst for justice, Blessed are you who are persecuted, Blessed are the peacemakers . . ."

And Simon Peter said, "Do we have to write this stuff down?"

And Phillip said, "Will this be on the test?"

And John said, "I'm sorry. Would you mind repeating that?"

And Andrew said, "John the Baptist's disciples don't have to learn this stuff!"

And Matthew said, "Huh?"

And Judas said, "What does this have to do with real life?"

Then, one of the Pharisees, an expert in the law, said, "I don't see any of this in your syllabus. Do you have a lesson plan? Is there a summary? Where is the student guide? Will there be any follow-up assignments? How will this affect the bell curve?"

And Thomas, who had missed the sermon, came to Jesus privately and said, "Did we do anything important yesterday?"

And Jesus wept.

Quotables

BRITTANY (age 4) had an earache and wanted a painkiller. She tried in vain to take the lid off the bottle. Seeing her frustration, her Mom explained it was a childproof cap and she'd have to open it for her. Eyes wide with wonder, the little girl asked: "How does it know it's me?

JACK (age 3) was watching his Mom breast-feeding his new baby sister. After a while he asked: "Mom why have you got two? Is one for hot and one for cold milk?"

STEVEN (age 3) hugged and kissed his Mom goodnight. "I love you so much, that when you die I'm going to bury you outside my bedroom window."