Conflicting emotions

A riot just broke out in Little India just a few hours ago. And it all started because a private bus knocked down an Indian national. As much as I'm still upset with my boy for something he didn't do, it still worries me a great deal if he really did turn up for work. 

Luckily he is off today. If not, he will be at the scene coz Little India is under his division's jurisdiction. It didn't help that he is also part of the riot police -.-" I hope everything clears up soon coz he is on standby and might be called back any moment if it doesn't clears fast. 

Yes, I'm still pissed with his inability to act fast on what I needed but I'm worried about his safety at the same time. So now I'm one self-conflicted, self-confused bugger. But hey, at least I admit that I'm dead worried. I even text him that I don't want him to go back to work. I know it's not possible coz when it comes to work, he is damn serious. Nonetheless, it's also good to know that I'm in safe hands ;p

The downside of dating a cop:

- Having to worry every single time he goes to work

- Burnt weekends and public holidays

- Cant have fixed date nights

- Off days are sometimes a figment of imagination coz they almost always gets called back for trainings on their off days

The positive:

- free bodyguard :)

Work visit

My happy valentine's came to visit me at work today before starting night shift (ok, it's not really work...I was helping my friend look after his retail shop while he travels).  We were suppose to have dinner together but he went to look at car sound system and lose track of time.  To be specific, he forgot about our appointment -.-"  But he still manage to rush down for a short 45 mins meet up before his work.  And then he did the most unbelievable thing.  He told my friend that I will scold him if he don't come.  Hmmm....am I that fierce???

I do understand his fetish for car gadgets and I've gone with him to workshops, showrooms, car accessories shop....etc.  So forgetting me is nothing new :)  Nonetheless, I appreciate him for coming down.  But while he bought dinner to come to the shop to eat with me...he didn't buy mine -.-"  I have to add that he is not always like that.  Could be the rush :p

Lovely concerned colleagues

I just realized I have lots of concerned colleagues from our overseas office. When news came that my direct boss' contract was not renewed, many have sent messages asking how I'm doing. They were concerned that I would be very affected by the news. I thank them for their concern but I wasn't really affected at all. 

As the news came, I tried to weigh my positive and negative. 

Negative:

- I lost a free ride to office and back home

- I lost a 'shelter' at work

Positive:

- I can focus better at work without someone coming to my work station once every 15 mins to tell me which supermarket is having promotion or which brand of milk is giving free mugs

- I don't have to buy breakfast for everyone. Well, he made it mandatory for us to take turns to buy breakfast. That's right, even if you don't feel like eating, you still need to buy for the rest.

- I don't need to force myself to eat snacks I don't feel like eating at that point of time

- I don't have to worry about someone sneaking up from behind me and watch what I'm doing 

- I don't need to gulp down my hot tea just because he was standing next to me rushing me to finish my tea as he wants to wash my cup

- I can freely use the rubbish bin near to me without having someone nagged that we have to 'consolidate' rubbish bin so we can only throw our rubbish at one location (and it's not very near me)

- I can date the guy I love without having someone nagged that I should dump him and find someone else coz he has a kid

- I don't have to listen to gossips about other colleagues in the office

- I don't need to lie to the company owners and synchronize stories that I can never remember. I didn't have a choice because he was my direct boss -.-" It's a long story and I still feel unfairly treated. He is those type who will push his subordinates out to the war zone while he watch from afar.

Nonetheless, I guess the positive outweighs the negative.

What's more annoying is that he implemented the punch card system before leaving and kept insisting that it was the CEO who wants it when all of us knew it was him who initiated. He told us that he fought hard but the CEO still wants it. I find it hard to believe coz when I was quite new to the company, he suggested before but was turn down by my CEO as he felt that it wasn't really necessary to have one in place. 

My colleagues are now asking me to take his place. No thanks....a management role is good enough for me. A director role would be too stressful. I don't have the capacity to sit in his room.

Video of woman slapping and scolding kneeling boyfriend in Hong Kong goes viral

Here's the video of a gutless guy being slapped and shouted at by a bitch.  I'd say...be a man, have some self-respect and walk off!  She's ain't pretty anyway!!! If she don't know how to respect you as a man now, she will never respect you in future.

From Yahoo news!

Guys, how far would you go for the woman you love?

Most of you probably wouldn’t go as far as this Hong Kong man, who knelt on a street in Hong Kong and allowed himself to be slapped and berated by his girlfriend, who alleged that he had cheated on her.
In a five-and-a-half-minute-long YouTube video of the shocking incident, the girlfriend (wearing a pink shirt), whom Hong Kong media reported as a 20-year-old woman called Cheng, can be seen slapping her boyfriend, 23, repeatedly (about a dozen times) and pulling his hair. She accused him of bringing a woman home.

The boyfriend cried and appeared emotional as he denied his girlfriend’s allegations.
However, his girlfriend did not stop the abuse.

He then yelled at another woman (wearing a black shirt) in the video, who appeared to be the woman he brought home as well as a good friend of Cheng, telling her to speak up for him.

However, the other woman ignored his request and just made half-hearted attempts at calming Cheng down.
Cheng’s violent acts even drew criticism from bystanders, with many scolding her for her bad behaviour and calling her “ugly”.

Many also urged the boyfriend to break up with her.

According to Hong Kong newspaper Oriental Daily, the incident happened at around 5pm last Friday.
Oriental Daily also reported that the police had arrested Cheng for assault and investigations are ongoing.
Meanwhile, the victim had been conveyed to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

The video of the incident has received over 400,000 views since it was uploaded to YouTube last Friday.
Here it is below. Be warned, it contains violence and coarse language.

PaySpree: An Affiliate Network That Pays Instant Commission On Every Product

If you sell digital products online you are no doubt aware of the two most popular affiliate networks, ClickBank and PayDotCom.

While both of these are great and I highly recommend each of them, today I came across a brand new service that really caught my attention. It's called PaySpree and the reason it caught my attention is that ALL its members get paid for their sales instantly. And they can choose whether to be paid by PayPal, AlertPay or Credit Card.

Even affiliates get paid for their referred sales instantly.

I expect it to become quite a hit as the lure of 'instant commissions'  played a big part in the massive success of products such as 7DollarSecrets and the RapidActionProfits scripts. And PaySpree offers even more than what you get with those.

I've actually come across products for sale that are just lists of affiliate programs that pay instant paypal commission. And I've seen many threads in the various internet marketing forums asking about where to find instant commission affiliate programs. Now there is an entire site and marketplace dedicated to them.

As soon as you become a member you can start promoting any product in the marketplace, and you can add your own products so affiliates can promote them for you. All commission payments are handled automatically by PaySpree, it sounds like a winner to me.

I've just signed up and had a look around the site and it seems pretty simple and non cluttered, check it out at the link below and let me know what you think:
Payspree: Instant commission

Recent Paypal - Ebay rule

I don't quite like the recent paypal / Ebay rule where I need to establish a successful sales history on eBay before I can have access to the funds I've received (will be held for 21 days). This is so annoying.  Can see, cannot touch.  I understand they need to protect the buyers but don't they need to protect the sellers as well?  I started selling on Sunday (15th Sep) and got stuck with this! :(

Finally a weekend together

Spent our Saturday in Universal Studio.  Photos will be up on my travel blog soon...once I get them sorted out.  Didn't last till the fireworks coz there's operations in the night and he is incharge.  So we got to cut short our outing and head off.  Work comes first, fun can wait.  After a quick rest and shower, he changed into his uniform and dropped me at Outram station while he drives into his office carpark (not open to public thats why I can't go in).  I wouldn't bother to describe which branch he belongs too...it's rather obvious.  Outram station...get it? *grin*

I'm still trying my best to get used to his non-weekends off days and burnt public holidays.  It's hard when everyone is enjoying their weekends dating while I stay at home coz my beau is working -.-" But hey, he is protecting the nation, I should feel proud!  I have calculated...he didn't enjoy any off days this week.  His off days are burnt with operations and trainings :(  They have alot of riots trainings recently.

He wanted to book a chalet and invite my friends and his friends over for my birthday -.-"  So it's going to be a match making session eh?  I prefer to spend it alone with him.  I don't need a big party...I just want 24 hours undivided attention from him, that's enough for me.