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i went shopping .. for plates, of all things .. hahahaha .. going to look around for chocolate fountain next -
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hahahah .. i'm also craving for donut factory donuts .. having them this sunday, planning my mom's surprise birthday party .. heheheh ..
 
The shops look quiet after CNY...

I find Donut Factory's donuts nicer than Munchy, Chewy etc. Anyone tried J.Co Donuts? My colleague loves J.Co Donuts but I haven't tried yet.
 
Morning all..

another piece of gloom: Nissan slashed 20,000 jobs globally -


TOKYO (AFP) - - Auto giant Nissan announced plans Monday to axe 20,000 jobs worldwide as a result of the global downturn which looked set to push France into recession and forced a sharp fall in Germany's trade surplus.

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As US President Barack Obama warned of a "catastrophe" without immediate action as the Senate prepared to vote on his 800 billion dollar-plus stimulus package, evidence of the worst downturn in decades was piling high.

India's economic growth was predicted to decline to its lowest rate in six years, France's economy was forecast to shrink 0.6 percent in the first quarter and grim news abounded on the jobs front.

"The global auto industry is in turmoil. Nissan is no exception," said the Japanese giant's chief executive Carlos Ghosn as he announced the plans to shed 20,000 posts and forecast a net loss of 265 billion yen (2.9 billion dollars).

Japan has seen a slew of bad news in recent weeks amid slowing demand for its cars, electronics and other goods, deepening its first recession in seven years. The trade surplus alone plunged 67.3 percent last year to 4.03 trillion yen while exports slipped 3.0 percent. Imports rose 8.8 percent.

Its economic woes are being mirrored in Germany where official data showed the trade surplus fell 8.7 percent in 2008 from the previous year to 178.2 billion euros (226.8 billion dollars), as imports grew more than exports.

The total amount of goods and services provided by the world's leading exporter increased by 2.8 percent, while imports gained 5.8 percent, a statement from the Destatis statistics service said.

An export slowdown is especially bad news for the biggest European economy because it is the country's main engine of growth, and the data showed that exports were losing steam especially at the end of the year.

Germany entered a recession in the third quarter of 2008 after two three-month periods of shrinking economic output in a row.

France is now set to join the European recession blacklist with the country's central bank forecasting that the economy would shrink by 0.6 percent in the first quarter of this year.

The Indian economy meanwhile, which grew by nine percent last year, was expected to slow to 7.1 percent in the current fiscal year, according to official estimates released Monday. It would be the slowest level since 2003.

Obama meanwhile was due to take his case for a huge economic rescue plan directly to the US public, warning of a "catastrophe" without urgent action.

Confronting the biggest challenge of his new presidency, Obama was returning to barnstorming campaign mode with a "town hall" meeting in rust-belt Indiana before his first White House news conference in prime time at 8:00 pm (0100 GMT).

The president Saturday welcomed signs of a tentative deal by lawmakers on his stimulus plan as the Senate held a rare weekend session, following news that the US economy shed a staggering 598,000 jobs in January.

"Because if we don't move swiftly to put this plan in motion, our economic crisis could become a national catastrophe," Obama said.

Whatever bill emerges from the Senate will have to be reconciled with an 820-billion-dollar version passed already by the Democratic-led House of Representatives, which devoted more to infrastructure and less to tax cuts.

Fears that the US package may be delayed by wrangling in Congress impacted on stock exchanges with Japanese share prices closing 1.33 percent lower.

Europe's main stock markets dipped at the start of the week's trading, with London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares down 0.21 percent at 4,282.95 points.

Frankfurt's DAX 30 declined 0.8 percent to 4,607.00 and in Paris the CAC 40 fell 0.28 percent to stand at 3,113.96 points.
 
GM to cut 10,000 jobs

NEW YORK - GENERAL Motors said on Tuesday it would cut 10,000 white-collar jobs this year as part of a restructuring plan the struggling automaker submitted to the government in exchange for a bailout. -- AFP
 
& i juz came back from a ktv session...damn shag...having a terrible headache...juz cooked maggie mee as dinner...still full cant slp....
 
Janie, morning!

What time did you turn in last night? I went to bed 12am plus but only managed to fall asleep after 2am.....YAWNZZZZZZZZZZ
 
doll, tink i slpt ard 2am as well....still having my headache...zzzzz so tired....& i dreamt tat 1 of my gf got molested....& i went to her aid...hhahahaha
 
hahahah .. don't know what kind of cake can bake at that hour .. hahahah .. no lah, i fell asleep when putting the girls to bed, and then husband woke me up. then i groggily walked back to my room and fell asleep there. woke up at 12.30am cos haven't washed off make-up, brush teeth, etc .. did that so by the time ready to go to bed, wide awake liao ..
 
cuclainne, yeah exciting dream man!! to the extent tat there were some pushing involved already..nearly fighting..hahahaha wonder if my hub got kicked or punched by me last nite..

*walks to doll counter & ask...wat do u sell? dolls?? hehe
 
janie, did he mentioned it this morning? hahahah ..

doll, oh yah .. done that countless times too .. and the husband will just let me sleep there while he plays his PS3 games .. when i wake up, then he takes it as his cue to get ready for bed .. hmmm ..
 
Feb short mth... *Blink blink* March will be over soon and here comes PH... hee hee...

cuclainne.. isit the slap thread? Actually i feel that theres nth much to ask.. no matter what the partner did... there is no reason to slap someone.. slapping is a very humilating act to me.
 
wah im falling aslp man!!!!!!!!!! falling aslp while reading newspaper....zzzzz....

cuc, these r the women who let men portray us as the 'weaker' sex....:P
 
doll: it's the forgive again? thread .. actually some of the threads make me very angry la, like janie says .. these women make men think we really are the weaker sex ...

mayi: not just the slap thread .. some like the in-laws, or going out with married men .. argh!

janie: you not working arh?
 
cuc, i m! hahahaha but got nutting to do now & boss on leave... n im feeling hungy n slpy.. so i tot its better to b spotted reading newspapers than slping or doing nutting...HAHAHAHAHA...:P
 
Cuc, what I really buay song with some of those threads is that these women keep using "women tend to be more emotional" as an excuse not to use their brain/logic. Please lor, everyone has emotions - men and women - but we don't have to act on our emotions all the time. It all depends on what the situation is. I am an emotional person by nature and I have mood swings, but I tend to fall on my logic when I have to think about things and make decisions.
 
I think some are still in denial-mode now... of course, if they choose to stay in their own respective positions, they accept it and don't keep harping about it, then i think it's fine....

it's still a choice. But, it's the pro-longed kpkb part... that i feel like giving them a slap.
 
oops.. did someone just mention that "there is no reason to slap someone.. slapping is a very humilating act to me"?

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si vios.......&*(^^%$#$@!@!(&*%$....actually...snake too small to fill my stomach...hahahhaa

doll, yeah...juz like feel like hugging u & realli hugging u is different....hahahahha
 


Doll, ya you're right.... just like that i feel like slapping wifey for burning a hole in my pocket.. but i successfully converted that 'desire' into more love...

damn, i need to slap myself... hahaha...
 

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