nagging

when u spend seven days out at sea, you read books that you never though you would. my fren received a book titled "why men lie and women cry" from his wive for rather obvious reasons. i was so bored and decided to read a bit from it. the first chapter was on nagging and it was the only chapter i read. :P

but was quite interesting. wanted to find the excerpts of the chapter online. but to no avail. but this was the best i can find from this site.

Allan and Barbara Pease agree. They say that from the male point of view, nagging is seen as an indirect, constant and negative reminder of the things he hasn't done, or about his shortcomings. For a woman, nagging can be a cry for recognition and a sign that she wants more: more recognition from her family and more opportunities to move on to something better.

They have this advice for naggers: "If you have to nag, you're obviously not getting through to your partner. Stop it. Instead, say what you feel, and say it clearly. Don't accuse, but state calmly and clearly what you want. Negotiation gets you everywhere. Nagging gets you nowhere."

just last post last week, i complained about ppl misspelling my surname, writing KIAN instead of KIAH. today, yet again this girl at sistics committed this grave sin. WORSE. She was copying my name out from my 11B (ie NRIC). It was in print KIAH, and she must write out KIAN in the form for me. wat the ???!!!

it's KIAH with a silent H.

about my surname. i probably can be considered a second generation singaporean citizen. cos my grandpa brought my father here to singapore when my pa was around four to six years old. they came from hainan island in some junk boat. by right, the hainanese dialect surname for xie (thank you in chinese) is chia. but somehow, when my grandpa registered his surname with the customs then, it was spelled kiah. this was not the only error. my father's birthday which is in feb was registered as 1 oct (which coincides with the PRC national day). so these errors were carried forward and my surname remains as KIAH.

as you can also see, my grandpa had problems communicating to others. and if you find me unintelligible at times, it is hereditary.

watever the case, it's KIAH with a silent H.

1. tried food at some new places for the past two days.

a. ba ku teh at this restaurant next to new orchid hotel at balestier. not bad not bad. business v good... got long queue by 1930. but q ex tho.. $22 for two ppl...

b. PREGO at raffles the plaze. officers' gathering. horrible experience. their garlic soup is horrendously concentrated. my tummy became super irritated and i puked most of the soup out. the food is super expensive (but expected lah) and tasted normal (prob cos i lost my appetite). but the tiramisu was not bad tho.

2. was visiting nus csc website (i dunno why i did it). realised that my surname (under 2nd mc) is spelled wrongly yet again. my surname is KIAH! not kian. ends with a H, not n. this error is so common that it can get quite irritating at times. no. it's nothing to do with my handwriting. ppl just like to help me correct KIAH to kian.

so, i repeat again. my surname is KIAH. pronounced same as KIA (as in KIA motors) or KIA (as in noKIA).

KIAH is not unique! there are other occurrences of KIAH in the world today.

For example, Kiah-Exquisitive Diamond Jewellery is a world created just so that every cherrished moment becomes an occasion.

Kiah Consulting primarily works with clients in establishing new iniatives and re-invigorating previous plans and projects.

kiah.net is ... kiah.net

kiah.org is ... KIAH dot ORG

Kiah Park consists of 315 beautiful acres and is situated 20km east of Gympie and is 160km north of brisbane.

Kiah Ridge Conference Centre is the gateway to the south highlands.

kiah is also a malaysian photographer.

kiah is also a shiloh. (hmmm...)

tim kiah plays on the bass.

kiah mcgregor works at the australian institute of crimonology.

yes... so it's KIAH with a silent H.