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Quick congratulate me...  I just discovered that my post on Generation Gap is being used as a source for a project concerning the generation gap in Singapore.  Here it is: http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/webdiscussimi.html Look under the "Young Singaporeans' point-of-view" section.  I have no idea who the project leader is, but hey I'm glad she found my post useful for her students. Makes me feel real good... like I have been published or something.  Then again, you never know.  Maybe the students are blasting me in their report.  Oh heck.

So, while we are on the topic of referencing, I still find that I have to do this quite a bit at work.  Always got to cite your sources, I remember my professor telling us repeatedly.  I find that even in my conversations, I like to cite people... only that my memory is so bad that it ends up going something like this.

"Hey, who was it that said that....?"

"I don't know.  When did it happen?"

"You know, that time when we were out with Anna and Paul, and then suddenly whats-his-face showed up?  Yeah, that's the guy I'm referring to.  What's whats-his-face's name?"

Yes, everybody goes by the name "whats-his-face" or "whats-her-face" at some point in time.  Especially if it was just a fleeting encounter.  I do not mean to be rude.  I am just so incredibly lousy with names.  All those tricks they teach you about imagining a picture above the person's head when they introduce themselves (like "Honey Han Ee"), or adding an alliterative adjective before their name (like "Lucky Leonard")... they do not work for me.  The only thing that does work is for me to be upfront and say," I'm very bad with names so please forgive me if I forget yours.  No offence intended."  But of course I try not to let the person know that I have already forgotten the person's name by the time I finish that sentence.  Rest assured once we actually have some experiences together, I will remember your name. 

My parents used to play memory games with me.  They would put a set of items in a box, we would stare at them for 10 seconds, and then they would cover the box and we would try to list down as many things we could remember on our own papers.  I always did poorly.  Which probably explains why I always get lost and have such poor sense of direction - I can read maps fine, but when I walk out of a building I just have no "gut instinct" of which direction we should be headed in.  No worries though, we shall eventually reach the destination.

I have completely digressed on what I really wanted to say on this post, how typical.  I meant to continue on about how this month has been really quite good for my blog.  The search engines have also been kind.  I must be using the right key words in my posts because my blog is showing up more often in search results.  My hits have also been a whole notch higher than last month...  You guys have really been giving the Refresh button a workout huh?  THANKS :) 

Thanks for reading.  For putting me on your Favorites list, for swinging by regularly and leaving comments.  Always good to know that someone cares about what I think or feel.  Or wants to know what sort of new nonsense I have to spout.  Or finds that I can make them laugh, or that they can relate to what I am saying.  Sweet.