Thursday, April 01, 2004
Telephone call from HSBC credit card rep:
Rep: "Mr xxxx, I'm looking at your letter of employment from xxxx, just have a question. It says here that the letter is dated December 2002, but your start date is in January 2003. I don't quite understand?"
Me: "Err, don't quite understand what?"
Rep: "I don't understand, so your offer letter was issued one year before your start date?"
Me: ..... (stunned silence)
Is it just me or are all banking officers stupid?
Or is it just HSBC officers?
>> I think they are just high..... - YS
Rep: "Mr xxxx, I'm looking at your letter of employment from xxxx, just have a question. It says here that the letter is dated December 2002, but your start date is in January 2003. I don't quite understand?"
Me: "Err, don't quite understand what?"
Rep: "I don't understand, so your offer letter was issued one year before your start date?"
Me: ..... (stunned silence)
Is it just me or are all banking officers stupid?
Or is it just HSBC officers?
>> I think they are just high..... - YS
Monday, March 29, 2004
There was an old Chinese saying :" Men fear only three things : No money, no career, no hot chick ; Women fear only three things : No money, no money, no money"
Yup, men are easily irritated by the fact they don't have enough money to buy that cool gadget or upgrade their car's rims. They are equally irritated that they don't have a career which means they don't have the cashflow to buy that cool gadget and also don't have the bragging rights or being a "senior" something. And of course, they fear the most that there won't be a hot chick on her knees begging for some oil change.
But women, oh...the fairer sex, the weaker sex, the most cunning and yet manipulative sex. You just gotta watch "Fate twisters" on Astro channel 30 every night at 9:30pm to see how this main female character who manipulates everyone just to get to the top. But is this perception baseless? Could it be another male's diminutive thinking( as one female friend put it) ? Or is it just another way for the men to get even for all the male bashing that women kind had so generously shared via a trusty tool called the "EMAIL"?
Now all women would not deny they love money. In fact, they cherish money because that is what builds the foundation of their lives. You see, men has always view their lives as silos. Friends are friends, career is career, family is family. Everything is in silos. Men give each and every single silo equal attention. They don't give priority to either one because they risk losing control of everything. Its just a nature in which men would just want to dominate everything. Typical macho thinking. Women on the other hand stacks them up instead. And of course the foundation is family and money. Family ties are very strong in a women, but money runs deeper. So you can just imagine a pyramid where the money is the foundation, then family, then career, then the other half, then friends, and everything else falls just about the same level as friends. Strange, you may think.
In these modern times, career are very important to both sexes(source of bragging rights for men and source of income for women). Let's not talk about those who chose to be housewives. Women who really want to succeed in their career would do almost anything just to get there. A friend of mine, who works in the insurance industry, was so adamant in getting herself a new car. And she happened to meet a guy who works for another insurance company, who show more interest in her body than her insurance policy package she's offering to him. Being the "helpful" guy, he offered his assistance by introducing his own clients to her. Of course, everytime when she mentions about him, she just speaks about how "thoughtful" and "helpful" he is. And of course, that's Womanese for ," I kinda like this guy. Let's see what else he has to offer." And at the same time, she denies vehemently that she has no romantic interest what-so-ever to this guy. You can almost see where this is heading.
Needless to say, he sealed the deal after 3 months. He showered her with promises to bring her to South Korea for holidays as well as sharing with her his grand scheme to build his own company. To her, its all about the money. He doesn't need to listen to my problems. He doesn't need to gentlemanly with me. Heck, he doesn't even have to be a good lover. Just show me the money! Last I heard from her was, she's happy being with him. I asked, out of curiousity , what did she like about him. Her response totally bowled me over. "He's very clever at managing his finances. He's very good at making money. And of course, because I really love him." Read between the lines.
There are many more similar cases like the one I mentioned above. Women may not know it, and many deny it, but of course there are some who wore it proudly on their chests. Where everything fails, the money must still roll in.
Yup, men are easily irritated by the fact they don't have enough money to buy that cool gadget or upgrade their car's rims. They are equally irritated that they don't have a career which means they don't have the cashflow to buy that cool gadget and also don't have the bragging rights or being a "senior" something. And of course, they fear the most that there won't be a hot chick on her knees begging for some oil change.
But women, oh...the fairer sex, the weaker sex, the most cunning and yet manipulative sex. You just gotta watch "Fate twisters" on Astro channel 30 every night at 9:30pm to see how this main female character who manipulates everyone just to get to the top. But is this perception baseless? Could it be another male's diminutive thinking( as one female friend put it) ? Or is it just another way for the men to get even for all the male bashing that women kind had so generously shared via a trusty tool called the "EMAIL"?
Now all women would not deny they love money. In fact, they cherish money because that is what builds the foundation of their lives. You see, men has always view their lives as silos. Friends are friends, career is career, family is family. Everything is in silos. Men give each and every single silo equal attention. They don't give priority to either one because they risk losing control of everything. Its just a nature in which men would just want to dominate everything. Typical macho thinking. Women on the other hand stacks them up instead. And of course the foundation is family and money. Family ties are very strong in a women, but money runs deeper. So you can just imagine a pyramid where the money is the foundation, then family, then career, then the other half, then friends, and everything else falls just about the same level as friends. Strange, you may think.
In these modern times, career are very important to both sexes(source of bragging rights for men and source of income for women). Let's not talk about those who chose to be housewives. Women who really want to succeed in their career would do almost anything just to get there. A friend of mine, who works in the insurance industry, was so adamant in getting herself a new car. And she happened to meet a guy who works for another insurance company, who show more interest in her body than her insurance policy package she's offering to him. Being the "helpful" guy, he offered his assistance by introducing his own clients to her. Of course, everytime when she mentions about him, she just speaks about how "thoughtful" and "helpful" he is. And of course, that's Womanese for ," I kinda like this guy. Let's see what else he has to offer." And at the same time, she denies vehemently that she has no romantic interest what-so-ever to this guy. You can almost see where this is heading.
Needless to say, he sealed the deal after 3 months. He showered her with promises to bring her to South Korea for holidays as well as sharing with her his grand scheme to build his own company. To her, its all about the money. He doesn't need to listen to my problems. He doesn't need to gentlemanly with me. Heck, he doesn't even have to be a good lover. Just show me the money! Last I heard from her was, she's happy being with him. I asked, out of curiousity , what did she like about him. Her response totally bowled me over. "He's very clever at managing his finances. He's very good at making money. And of course, because I really love him." Read between the lines.
There are many more similar cases like the one I mentioned above. Women may not know it, and many deny it, but of course there are some who wore it proudly on their chests. Where everything fails, the money must still roll in.
