AWholeNew*World

2010-09-30T22:44:00.002+08:00

it's my last day at work...

relief? probably... no more markview, item set-up, bnotes, sweeps, premium, tests, dmfs, budget, ppa, cpm, dfc, selection chart etc etc etc...

sad? abit... afterall, i am only human, and human has feelings n emotions...

if there's anything negative feelings, it's the way i have to leave.. but like wat my boss say, don't take it too hard, treat this as an experience.. It's really a once a life time experience and I hope to let it stay this way forever.. hehehe

so much learnt, yet so little gained...

if there's one thing i've learnt, it's the very cliche "Change is the only constant"

Going forward, (My boss likes to use "Going forward....blah blah" in his presentation..)I don't know where I am heading to... but I kinda of looking forward to this break and do all the things i've always wanted to do... the only drawback is no $$$... but once in a while, we all deserve a little let-yourself-go chance right? (too much of Eat. Pray. Love)

My aim is end this holiday by the time Harry Potter is out in cinema.
Let's pray I can achieve this aim.

Meanwhile, let's Eat just enough to survive and Love like a lifetime is not enough..

2010-04-07T23:26:00.002+08:00

too young to have so much liability n responsibility?

sometimes, it can be tiring...

2010-03-31T22:40:00.002+08:00

"不立文字，教外别传，直指人心，见性成佛"

过去有人把"不立文字"解释为禅宗没有经典，不讲理论；把"教外别传"解释为只传门内弟子，门外弟子就不教了。其实这是误解。

禅宗的"不立文字"，是说不受文字约束，是随机说法。禅宗在渐修过程中，要求身、口、意三密。

身密就是盘坐、手印，它的名称和作用是有理论的。

口密就是特音，比如"晻""吽"这两个特音，怎么写，什么意思，它的作用，也是有理论的。

意密，比如我们观想多宝符号，它也有一定的含义和作用，也是理论。从佛家修持来说，你念佛经，如果不懂得它的意义，就叫"口头禅"，没用。你修持打坐，不懂得方法和道理，就叫"骷髅打坐"。所以禅宗是讲理论的，而且理论对于修持禅宗的人来说，十分重要。因此，大家应当重视功理的学习和实践。在入门阶段，一定要按照功理、功法要求去做。而当你通过一段修炼以后，从入门到进入三摩地，你就可以抛开一切教条，不拘一格，不受以前文字和某些形式的限制。这就是禅宗"不立文字"的真实含义。

　　"教外别传"并非门外弟子都不教。如果是这样。大家都和华藏无缘了。因为大家都不是少林弟子。"教外别传"的真实含义，是打破教的框框，别具一格相传，针对不同的对象，施以不同的方法。这就是禅宗的随机说法，忘我度人。比如过去老师教我练功的第二天，是把我的两条腿盘起来用绳子一捆，丢在那里一整天。我哭我喊一概不管。一天下来休息半天再捆，一直四十九天。这还是"小儿科"，更苦的还在后头。今天，如果我用这些方法来教大家，能行吗？所以，"教外别传"的真正含义，是要根据不同对象，采取不同方法，进行传授。

　　"直指人心"就是心印、心悟、心授。"见性成佛"则是说，当你顿见真如本性，自身的潜在思维和潜在功能充分开发出来以后，你就可以成为一个大智大觉的人。

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Recently, a friends approached me and shared her problems with me.. I'm very happy that I was able to be there to listen to her when she needed a listening ear most..

She mentioned about Zen in our conversation, and I feel that she has this misconceptions on it, so I went to read up more on this.

I must say it's too chim a topic for me, but I came across this phrase and I thought it's rather interesting to share with everyone.I raise both my hands n legs when I see this phrase

从佛家修持来说，你念佛经，如果不懂得它的意义，就叫"口头禅"，没用。你修持打坐，不懂得方法和道理，就叫"骷髅打坐"。

Many people don't understand Buddhism.. not that I understand it very well, but I strongly believe that it's supposed to be a state of mind and not about chanting or what. If you don't understand what u're chanting, u won't achieve anything out of it.

Even if we don't understand anything about the religion, there's a way of life we should all learn to live by.

Do the best you can, and leave everything else to fate.

To a doctor, he will do to his fullest ability to save a patient. But if it's time for the patient to go, the doctor has to accept this result and not keep feeling guilt over it.

A teacher tries to teach his student all that he knows and in all sort of ways he could, but if the student still fails, he has to accept this outcome.

I'm not a saint and I can't say I always live by what I preach.. but at least it will make me feel happier when I can't get the things that I want..

at least I can say I've tried..

2010-03-23T23:20:00.002+08:00

记得有一次，爸爸问我：“你的朋友A 是不是常常欺负朋友B？”
当时我真得很惊讶，为什么爸爸会知道！！真神！

长大了，见的人多，自然就对人更有深一层得见解。

大家都吃着同一种米，不过却养了百种人。

嗨。。。这些人难道没想到我也是妈生的吗？我尊重你，你也应该尊重我啊！

我还是退一步海阔天空。。。风平浪静。。。

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On a lighter note, I've bought my first flat on 12th March 2010!!!
Yeah!! Cheer!!

It's a 5 room flat at Punggol.. so many pple had commented that I'm moving from 1 end of the island to the other.. well, at least we are still on the same island rite.. and how big is this island manz.. anw i'm trying to psycho my mum to move to Punggol area too.. then next time they can take care of my children! HAHA!

Also, I've booked my bridal package.. when I don't even know when I'm getting married!!!
On one hand, I hope to get married in 2yrs time then we can conc on the house renov n stuff... but I know dear wants to go n realise his dream, hence our wedding plan may delay for one year... it's a difficult choice.. but as my colleague said, we shld look at the long term.. so I'll leave that to dear...

In 5 days time, I would have officially graduated from the Bukit Batok Driving Centre for 1 year! Yeah!! I no longer have to put that plate (but I'm still keeping it, just in case my brother gets lucky the 4th time.. or is it the 5th time?) driving have been nice, except for the traffic jams on expressway.. somehow, the jams on the road makes me jittery...

and lastly, I need SHOPPING!!! When I don't know wat to wear in the morning, it's a sign that i need new clothes!!

2010-01-25T21:49:00.002+08:00

This is super cute!!!
They never failed to make me smile when shit slams onto me during work..

http://mymilktoof.blogspot.com/

Cute rite!!!

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I've been rather amazed by my own sarcasm recently... here's my 2 classic incidents where I even surprised myself that I could actually such words..

Incident 1
Place: a foodcentre in Jurong West
Time: breakfast time!
What happened: Went for breakfast on a Sunday morning with family at the food centre. There's 5 of us and the 4 of them went to buy food, so I, the da xiao jie waiting for pple to serve, sat there and tend to the table.
1 auntie walked past and asked "有没有人坐的？"
So naturally, I replied "有人坐"
Then the auntie asked again in a gl tone "then 人在哪里?"

*ta dah*

she sparked the sarcasm in me and without with thinking I said very loudly "去买东西啦!"

I think she didn't expect me to reply her so she was qt stunned when I made the remark. Realising that she asked a stupid question, she became paiseh and quickly walked off.

Incident 2
Place:the coffee shop behind my house
Time: Dinner time
What happened: This time, I'm having zi char at the kopitiam with my family of 6. We ordered 4 dishes, tofu, veg, meat and fish.
So after waited for a while, the first dish, tofu, came together with the rice.

*Eat eat*
..
..
..

after about 10min, the veg came

*Eat eat*
..

Nothing came after 10min the veg came..

*ta dah*

I was qt pissed off already.. I saw the lady who took our ordered clearing the table next to ours and I called her to come over.
I said "小姐，你要我们吃菜跟豆腐而已阿？"

She peer down at our table and had this paiseh smile. So she immediately put down the dirty dishes on the next table and hurried to the kitchen. Within 1 min, she turned up with the rest of our food.

I think my remark stunned everyone at the table cos bf was staring at me like saying "wow, did u just say that?"

oh well, don't pissed me off when I'm having pms.

2010-01-18T22:58:00.002+08:00

I'm guilty of not updating my blog as frequent as before.
And since Miss Hong left a request, ahem.. i shall fulfill her request and do an entry.

It's 2010!!!!

I know it's very lag of me to be exclaiming about the new year, but can u believe it??? it's been a decade(why can't we just say 10yrs and have to invent a word specially for it?) since the start of the millenium!!! remember 10yrs ago, I was just a little sec 2 girl, all excited about the Millenium concert at the Indoor stadium. (I can still remember how the Ngee Ann CO instructor was scolding his orchestra... damn throw face cos all the people were watching them..)

And so, with the start of 2010, we began a chain of celebrations...
Firstly, my bdae. *woohoo*
It was spent in a luxurious hotel in Vancouver. Dear booked a suite and there's rooms in the suite!!! There's a living room with a huge flat screen TV with superb sound system n DVD player. Did I mention there's a 3seater and 2 seater sofa too? Then there's the dining area with a nice round table and a few chairs.. when i say a few i mean like 5 or 6... then there's the KITCHEN!!!! YES there's a kitchen!! and there's pretty china wares and glasses in the cupboard for us to use. So cool rite! There's also a fridge in the kitchen for us to store our haagen dazs ice cream. Strawberry cheesecake and Banana split are great flavours!!! too bad we don't see them ard in supermarkets. If u see them, let me know k??
And of cos most imptly, there's a bedroom with a huge bed! U see, a huge bed is really impt to us because Dear likes to snatch the blanket while i like to play a set of taji in my sleep. Hence to minimise injuries and colds, we have been getting either 2 double beds or 1 kind size bed throughout our trip. Forget what others say about sharing a small bed and be cosy or wat. A good night sleep is more impt.
And since it's my bdae, of cos there's more to it... ask me when u see me!

And last week, we celebrated our 2nd anniversary with a simple dinner at Seah Im food centre... a bit disappointed we couldnt have duck porridge cos it's sold out. I think the porridge taste must better than the rice. Nvm dear, we can go back soon!
And we went to the top of vivo and sat there for about 1hr, looking at the progress of IR, talking about work n sch n the couples ard us (some really behave as if there's no one ard) and we concluded the day with shanghai red bean pancake at food republic! We love it!! But I love it first! Then I intro to Dear n now he likes it too =) not forgetting the dao xiao mian which moo moo intro to me.

ok v tired alr.. shall cont another day... gg to finish my 3rd Harry Potter book!

2009-12-01T22:12:00.002+08:00

Have been rather lazy to update on my A&E story...

Well, in the end I spent 5 hours in A&E.
The doctors poked 3 holes, 1 for the drip(which they didn't drip in the end), 2 for blood tests(cos the doc says my vein too fine on my right side...diaoz.. she should have looked at my left hand b4 she poke my right right?)

Saw this uncle, in his fiftie, who was in involved in a lorry accident. The nurse ask him
"Uncle, are you hurt?"

The uncle nodded and told the nurse there's some abrasion on his inner thighs.
And before we know it, he was unzipping his pants, eager to show the nurse the abrasion.

"No Uncle!!! U don't take off your pants here!! Everyone can see.. nono put it on!"

HAHAHA and my bed is adjacent to his bed... so I can see everything! Everything I mean his underwear la..the nurse managed to stop him in time.. gosh! so paiseh...

And another drama was at about 4pm, I was very hungry cos I only had a slice of bread since morning and did not have lunch. So I asked the nurse for some food, and the nurse ask me do I want porridge or bread.
And this weird India guy (he's Singaporean btw.. he kept emphasizing he's not from Bangladesh) he immediate jump off his bed and shouted at the nurse

"Why you ask her porridge or bread? I come in for so long you didn't even give me milo? huh huh? I singaporean u know? Not foregin worker like u....$#%#%^^%$#"

So for my safety, the doctor got a nurse to wheel me out for my x-ray while they try to settle that guy.
Acc to the nurse, that Indian guy comes to A&E EVERYDAY.
So all of them know his pattern alr..
Waste govt money hor...
And very sadly, I overheard him telling those nurses who are from Philippines this
"I know who you are. You are from Philippines, you are a maid. My brother has a maid too... Every sunday off, then I bring u for lunch la.."

Haiz... they are here to help us with the shortage of nurses, dont have to be so crude to them right? So what if u're Singaporean? Your behaviour makes me feel ashame to be one...

And so it's been almost 1 wk since that unfateful day... I'm well and kicking! (actually can't really kick la) But I can't wear heels for the coming 2 wks cos need to let my ankle heel, just in time for my holiday...

Hope everything will go on fine for me~
And for everyone too~

2009-11-26T14:50:00.002+08:00

A Day in A&E...(this is going to be the nth time I'm repeating the story)

Yesterday was on the way to lunch with my colleague when I suddenly trip and fell down. Not sure how I fell also, but many attributed the blame to my high heels (heng it's the new pair of heels not the old old dirty one, otherwise so paiseh)
Anw, I sprained my ankle and was in a great pain. My colleague didn't want me to sit under the sun, so they helped me up to the shade.

That's when the drama happened.

Frankly speaking, I don't recalled what happened. I just black out and for a few moments, it felt like I was dreaming (I saw many scenes flashed passed, but I don't recall what those are, except I felt happy, and I think I saw BF)

So I lost my consciousness for about 1min, regaining only when I thought I heard my colleague shouting and I felt like I was in a race. I tried to open my eyes and I saw my colleague Mr K's face. I felt like he was carrying me, running about my office area.
When I finally realised he was REALLY carrying me and running, the first thought that came into my mind was "SO PAISEH!!!"
I kept muttering "Put me down.. I can walk.. put me down"

So he put me down on a chair infront of the yoghurt stall and soon many kind aunties were gathering and giving my colleague advice on what to do.

"Give her 100plus! Don't give her water. I used to be in the medical field, I know the doctor always give 100 plus"

"Get feng you and rub on her forehead!"

"Did she have breakfast?? She looks so pale! She's going to faint again!"

Only thing was I didn't faint again.
I could have fainted again actually, it felt good to faint as compared to struggling to get back my consciousness.
My eyes were opened, but all I could see was stars... you really see stars when u faint. Everything was like sparkling, so bright till I couldn't see anything...

While all these are happening, my other colleague went to the clinic to get the doc. But some clinic they are, they have no wheelchair and the doctor can't be found, so they only have the roller chair to wheel me to the clinic.

After all the questions from the doc, she finally said to me
"You have 2 options. Either I call the ambulance and send you to the hospital, or your colleague or family bring you to the hospital. No matter what, you have to go to the hospital"

And so, my father came and fetch me to the hospital....

To Be Continued......

2009-11-10T22:18:00.003+08:00

Ok, finally it's out.
I've checked Cathay Pacific Inflight entertainment for the month of Dec and the following are some of the movies which I've shortlisted.
Frankly speaking, I was hoping they will have more interesting new release than these... well...

From SG to HK
1. 500 Days of Summer!
Dear just watched this in Vancouver with his friends and they all like it. So yeah!!! I can watch it on the flight for free!!!

2. On His Majesty's Secret Service (HK Movie)
Some crazy show by Wong Jing..

There's "Hua Bi" too.. see which one I'll be in the mood for then.. there's Pinocchio too, so can watch that too. Or what about "The Time Traveler's Wife"? sounds good too.

But my flight is only 3-4hrs? So I'll most probably need 2 movies...

From HK to Vancouver
1. UP
I wanted to catch this in cinema, so it's a good thing that I didn't..

2. Finding Nemo
I didn't watch this despite channel 5 showing this on tv for qt a few times alr. so it's another good thing again.

3. Julie and Julia
Since it's a comedy, shouldn't be too bad right? But after watching the trailer, maybe I'll put this last..

4. Funny People
Errr... not heard of this movie... but seems funny..

5. Harry Potter and the half blood Prince!
I just finished that book, so I may rewatch this movie!! yeah!!

And there's a few random ones which I may watch if I've run out of things to do... but 5 movies should be more than enough, given that the flight is 12hrs and I still need to sleep to get ready for my new day in Vancouver!!!

Btw, they will be showing 300 too... but it's so gory n sad, I doubt I will even want to come across that channel.. eeks!

Looking for Jan program!! But at least Dear will be by my side then, so if there's nothing good to watch, I will always have him to chat with.

Love Dear..

2009-11-03T23:43:00.002+08:00

I wanted to say Dear has been very nice to me lately.. because he has been waking up v early to talk to me... Now Vancouver has their time adjusted to 1 hr earlier.. meaning instead of a 15hrs time difference, it's now 16hrs!!!
But just as I told him I'm going to blog about how sweet he is, he kept quiet n ignore me while happily typing on his laptop, chatting with his colleague.

MEN... can't praise them, can we?

And they say women are very critical towards them... OK, so now it's women's fault la!

FINE.

Work has been pretty busy as the 'ka kia' has left the company.. so I'm picking alot of my previous work back to do... well.. no choice...
But at least time passes more quickly than before when one is occupied, right? So I've no grumbles over that.

Have been reading Harry Potter (I started with the 6th book and now I'm officially starting from the First book) Well, it's definitely very interesting to read.. light hearted.. after reading Dan Brown, I think I need something light to clear the palate. Also, I can feel the change of mood as I jump from the 6th book to the 1st book.. very interesting.. shall watch the movie again also...

Well... I will have more updates to come on the Thur dinner with the big shots!

2009-10-23T23:03:00.003+08:00

I miss the days when Dear and I go to the arcade at Suntec (near kbox) and stood there for hours looking at people playing the sweets jackpot machine (the one which u have to scoop up the sweets below so that it will push down the other sweets and get JACKPOT to win the soft toy.)

It's a way to go for cheap dates when u're on a tight budget hehehehe...

Like Dear's MSN nick, one week has gone by just like that....
Not only was Dear sick, it's been a happening week at work too...

My MD has been FIRED!
To put it diplomatically, he's leadership style does not fit our company culture, hence he's asked to leave.

But to me, and to whoever had been asked to leave, there's just no diplomatic way to make this sound better. Asked to leave means fired, and that's it.

A few of us were qt sad, because he has been a leader whom marks his words. When he says he will fix it, he WILL fix. And he's open and friendly and down to earth. No airs around him (e.g. I always wonder what is the colour of the polo tee which he always wears. Is it supposed to be grey? Or was it initially white then he wears n wash n wear n wash till it becomes grey? OR!! Worst still, it was black to begin with, and he washed till it becomes grey??!!?) well, u get what I mean.. he doesn't wear those expensive brand n make u feel that there's a difference between u and him, Although there's a difference between u and him.

And also, most importantly, he's a charming man.

He's the kind of man I had always wanted. Matured, rich, successful in career, can cook (he can cook chilli and black pepper crab! and he cooked a 5 course dinner for his managers.. TWICE!!) and handsome! He's old... abt 50+? But his charm wooOOoo... even a girl like me, who can alr be his daughter, still can fall for him.. hahahaha!

The company has been and still is in a mess.
But we have to live by my ex-MD slogan..
"Can We Fix It?"
"YES WE CAN!"

gosh... no more eye candy...
but at least this new MD is pretty!

2009-10-12T22:53:00.002+08:00

Decluttering- to make way for a new start.

Was staring out of the window this afternoon, looking at the rain pouring down.
It feels like back to uni days, when I was busy cramming the content into my brain.
Then when I'm tired to studying, my thoughts will wander~ think about my future, think abt what kind of jobs I would be doing, the kind of guy my bf will be etc...
And today, the same feeling and thoughts struck me.

What lies in the future?
or rather, next yr...

It's time for me to reconsider~

2009-10-07T22:16:00.002+08:00

Would u still go to work if your doctor gives u 2 days of mc?

hmm...

Ok I'm gg to give a Social studies kind of answer.

It depends................

....depends on what kind of illness I got. If I've fever/cough/flu and I still go to work, that's irresponsible. If it's stomachache, u probably can't concentrate when u're working and may even commit mistakes in ur work, which is unfavourable. If you have diarrhea, then of course u shouldn't go to work! What if u can't control and poo on ur pants! That's gg to reflect so badly of u, not to mention the *EKKS* smell. So inconsiderate towards to your fellow colleague.

.....depends on the importance/urgency of the job. If my work is really damn impt and without me the whole company can't function. But then again, if my company can do without a MD for 2 months and it was still business as usual, how important can u be, right? Ok maybe ur job is really damn important, like a doctor saving life, fair enough. BUT!!! If u're a doctor and u're sick, all the more u shouldn't be work right!

Moreover, if your doctor gives u 2 days of mc, there must be a reason for that right? I mean, why not 1 day or 3 days? Why 2 days?
From my years of experience with doctors, GP to be exact, I derived the following about the number of days of MC given:

1 day is given to you - Chao4 geng1! But since u're paying for it and u already pon lesson/work, ok la give it to u. But 1 day only!!

3-4 days - you are really seriously very extremely ill. High fever, vomitting, diarrhea...so poor thing~~Take 3 days mc and rest well at home ok. Doubt u can go anywhere anyway.

2 weeks - quickly wear the mask! stay away from children and elderly. Guess what, u have chicken pox!

>2weeks - I will refer you to the hospital. Maybe will not see you again.

So what does 2 days of mc mean??

It means you are sick, but not the super serious kind. All u need is lots of rest and water and u will get well soon in 2 days time.

And yet! My colleague came to work for the past 2 days despite having 2 days MC from the doctor.
Ask him why he came to work and even worked OT, his reply was,
"Hey sis, alot of work to do la!"

Come on la, work impt or ur health impt? If 2 days rest can make u healthy again, what can be more impt than these 2 days?
And because he refuse to stay at home despite repeatedly being issued 2 days MC, he hasn't recovered since 2 weeks ago.
Is it worth it?

Alot of work?
Heck la~

2009-10-05T21:53:00.003+08:00

One moment, u're living in bliss and life is a bed of roses.
It's a beautiful life, u sing.

Then PIANG!

Shit falls from the sky and the simplest thing can just go wrong somehow.
You can trip over ur own feet or slam ur arm on the wall just as u are about to make a turn at the corner.

You get what I mean?

I'm always proned to such thing, and I don't know why...

Maybe it's Monday..
Oh great, hopefully Tuesday will be better...

2009-10-04T23:35:00.002+08:00

It's 1130pm and I'm waiting for BF to be online.
Havent seen him since Sat afternoon because he went to celebrate Mid-autumn festival with the other Singaporeans in Vancouver. They played till 2am last night..how I know? Because bf still managed to gather energy to sms me at 5pm this evening, which is 2am over his side.. well still waiting for him now.

Age is catching up with me (stop reminding me that I'm approaching 24! I'm still stuck at 22.. Sweet 22 =)) My knee has been giving me problem. It's aching at the joint area.. my dad says it's due to too much high heel. I hate to say this, but I've to agree with him that he may be right..

HAIZ..
what to do??
What can women wear if we don't wear heel?

Esp to work?????

I mean yea u can argue we can wear flats or flat covered shoes, but IT'S NOT FLATTERING AT ALL! Esp since I'm not that endowed in the height part.

So how??
it's still heels all the way till I can't tahan anymore.

11.45pm... Bf still not online.. doubt I can wait too long either, it's Monday tml!!
Monday... time to work.
Monday... time to wear heels again.
Monday... time to wake up early again..

Oh did I mention that I'm falling in love with winter wear!! have been window shopping for winter coats, sweater and jacket. Not that I need a coat now since my aunt has lent hers to me, but it's so tempting!! Esp when I saw that down jacket in Zara!! Oh manz, it's pretty can! White colour and the material is so soft, though the whole coat is heavy. But oh manz.. they are really pretty!

Why don't we have winter in SG too? Then we can buy and wear those nice jackets n coats woohoo!

But the down side is they are super ex...=(

In the end, I have to make do with a green knit wear from Zara.. well, at least I've bought something! Yeah!

Oh, Bf is online! Finally.. tata~

2009-09-29T21:50:00.002+08:00

Fann Wong and Christopher got married today!
But the whole wedding seems like a show put up for all of us to see... well, I suppose we don't really mind seeing this kind of show, so sweet n blissful.

Sometimes u think about it, u spent months to prepare for this special day (not to mention the amount of money spent!) and it only last for a day. ok maybe u will argue that the memory will last u for a lifetime, but still.. if only that special day can be long. Which is why I've been harbouring the plan to hold me wedding in 2 seperate days. So I'll have 2 special days instead of just 1! Yeah! But so far, the response I got whenever I mention the idea of having my wedding in 2 days haven't been exactly positive.

They say, "U sure? so weird..."

Hmm, BF, what do u think?

2 days because we dont have to wake up so early, and we can slowly enjoy the day instead of rushing here and there.

2 days because we can spend more time to mingle with our guests instead of just "Hi! Thanks for coming!", "Yum Seng!" and "Thank you for coming (and your ang bao/gifts/well-wishes)"

2 days because Dear will not be too tired and will be able to remember clearly what we did on our wedding. He will not be able to give me the excuse that he was too tired/drunk that day until he can't remember. But I've confidence Dear will not say such thing to me since his memory is generally better than mine. So it's more possible for me to say such thing than him.

AHHH!!! How???

Nvm, still have a few years to think about.

Meanwhile, u guys and girls start saving for ang bao k!

2009-09-21T22:58:00.002+08:00

And the long weekend is coming to an end~~
It has been an eventful week with my bro coming back home from camp.
He really stinks when he first came back because he hadn't bathed for 36hrs then.. yucks and he wore the same uniform for 10days!!
But all is well after he bathed and changed into a new set of clothes.

Dear is coming back tonight! Tml morning will be able to talk to him on MSN alr I hope. Really miss talking him, have so much things to tell him.

Anw, I've learned something this weekend

"Consideration is a Virtue"

2009-09-16T21:28:00.002+08:00

My bro is emo-ing...
And it's been less than a week in the Army...
Aww~~

I feel sad for him.. imagine being ripped off ur freedom (and hair, which is/was super super impt to him), trapped behind the fence and stuck in a grey n gloomy place where they serve yucks food and have officers who treat u like dog/dirt.

It's really sad. Esp the yucky food part.

But lucky lucky him is going to be back this weekend! All thanks to the other *ahem* race who will be celebrating their new year (it's ironic.. really) So this weekend he is gg to turn from a dog to a king and we will all give in to him. Bring him for some big feast and so on..

On the other hand, my dear BF will be away for this long weekend (don't understand why he's always away on my shut down day.. BF! u purposely want to avoid me isit!! haiz...) He's going to the Rockies, a place where I'm v gien to visit too.. Imagine all the years of studying Geog and I havent had a chance to see those mountain!! (Bt Timah not counted.. Genting also not counted. The nearest would be Huang Shan, but that's not fair! I havent even started studying Mountains in Geog yet!)

Acc to my accurate count down, it's 95days to THE day.. haiz.. it's been 17days only leh..another 5.58times of the 17days b4 we can meet again... HAIZ...

On a more positive note, this week has passed rather quickly. Today all the managers and big bosses went away for a off-site meeting, so I spent my whole morning looking for info on the Canada trip. But given my efficiency, I still managed to do 2 campaigns analysis after lunch, which I'm very proud of! And tomorrow we will be joining them for the off-site meeting after lunch (Woohoo!!! I love the lunch served by that hotel CAN!!! it's super nice!) then Friday is the start of my long weekend~

Not exactly looking forward to it.. no Dear, no MJ (maybe can have..hmmm) HAIZ...

Hopefully the long weekend will pass as quickly as these 3 days~~

2009-09-10T21:51:00.002+08:00

Regrets...
Do we have any?

I used to say, do whatever you want to do so that u won't have any regrets in future.
And that pretty much sum up my last year in Uni.. I joined the Cerebos competition, I went out n played n I found my dearest bf.. hey it takes courage to decide that I want to be with him ok.. imagine if we don't work out, class outing will be a very paiseh thingy.

But anw, I just want to say there's no regrets in the major decisions i've made so far.. e.g. the schools i went to, the subjects and course i studied and even the bf i've chosen. EVEN my current job, because i learn alot.

No time to continue cos discussing with bf what to do next for our housing plan!

2009-09-07T23:24:00.002+08:00

Watching bf sleeping now.. he's like a cocoon, all wrapped up in his woollen blanket.. only thing is this cocoon is black in colour..

Well, the past weekend has been a total recharge for me!
Went to Ion with my family because the Mother tortoise hasn't been there since... ermm... since... we can't remember when...
So yep, she saw the big big Ion, but b4 we can roam level 1 and above, she wants to go taka.. cos she says there's "nothing" in Ion. Hmm..

Wanted to eat something special or different in Ion, but we ended eating Imperial.. Not that it's not nice, Imperial is nice!! But u can find Imperial in M Sq and Taka, u don't have to go Ion to eat Imperial.. But my parents seem to enjoy it.. they like the dim sum.. somehow, Chinese do like Dim Sum just like how the ang mohs like their sausage, pancake and sunny side-up. (Btw, I like sunny side-up too with lots of salt sprinkled on the yolk! and I like half-boiled egg, omelette, steam egg, scamble etc.. as long as it's egg, I like!)

Then I came home and had a long session of MJ with my bro friends.. woohoo! I never had such good tiles b4 leh.. cool! Totally love my luck! and I won all 3 players.. hahaha! I didn't bully them k.. they also always win my money.. sob sob..

And so, that concludes my weekend.
And before this week can start, I've already had plans for the coming weekend!!!
Phew~ maybe I can't finish all the Harry Potter series b4 bf comes home afterall~ I'm still at the 6th book (which is the 1st book I'm starting with). Half way la..

2009-09-05T10:55:00.004+08:00

It's Sat!!!
Time to recharge!!
The past 1 week had been hell as I cope with days without Dear, the heavy workload and insufficient sleep...
And today after 9hrs of sleep, I'm feeling much alive already!

Yesterdays talked to Dear till 1am because Dear is going Seattle today for the weekend.. although abit bu she de cos he won't be online to talk to me for the next few days.. and I'm also worried for him because he couldn't book any hotel!! they will spend the night in the casino if they still can't find hotel room there.. hahaha crazy right!!! I hope they won't concuss in the casino toilet... anw I already gave dear a list of things to look out for me and note the prices. if it's cheaper, I will go n buy when I'm there!!!! YEAH!!!!

I'm watching bai quan now.. yar yar i know... that's like what a long long ago drama alr.. but i no time to watch mah... now it's showing the part where lucas went after wu shuang when she went cycling alone... sigh so gan dong esp when my bf is far away from me, the plot is even more relevant!! hahaha imagine my bf is gone for 6mths with no phone call, no letter no news at all... sob... maybe i will just find another guy... hahaha! bf, i'm just kidding k...

ohh.. but i just watched the preview for next wk.. it's gg to be sad story again!!! oh no.. not gg to watch le.. i dont like sad story.. bleh!
Maybe i'll watch my Long Vacation again (that's what I'm having now~).. yeah... Long Vacation... Lalala Love Song!

106days to go~~ and I'll be in Vancouver too!

2009-09-03T22:03:00.003+08:00

Was on my home today when there's this guy walking beside me..
He's wearing his earphones and holding a book.
He's reading the book!

And as we approach the Zebra crossing, his eyes are still fixed on the book!
oh manz.. it was so dangerous n scary loh.. he's not scare but I fear for him...

Work hasn't been exactly smooth these few days with systems down and people hounding me for info.. and I'm not exactly in the best of mood.. and I kept making silly mistakes at work.. luckily my boss ok de.. Errors are ok, as long as it doesnt amount to anything negative effects.. yet.. so as long as there's still time to make amendment.

My company is so forgiving, isn't she?

2009-09-02T22:57:00.002+08:00

The world is so small...
Guess who I saw in the office ytd?

Yanling! Our S01 Chairperson (the other one was teewei)
Well, she's working with EY and our company is now being audited by EY.. but she's only gonna be here for a wk.. Anw, I know of many people working in EY, I've long suspected that I'll meet one of them in my company someday...

Electronics stuff are so unreliable.. there's virus, there's poor connection etc etc.. so many unexpecting stuff can happen! and because of my fault, dear's laptop seems to have virus.. haiz.. so sorry dear.. i know the laptop is ur everything in Vancouver..(the fact that he brings it out when he goes out for fear that someone will break in and steal his laptop, it shows how impt the laptop is to him now)

finally he's back online..phew...

2009-09-01T21:51:00.002+08:00

It's been quite a while since I've updated this blog..
Been busy spending time with Dear before he leaves for Vancouver.. and now that he's there alr, I've more time to update the blog ba... still depends on mood though la...

Basically, I'm still v sad that Dear is not in SG already and to date, we still have 110 days to go before we will meet in person (webcam not counted la.. webcam cannot beat the physical presence of ur beloved) I'm trying v hard to break down the 110 days so that it seems easier to get by the days without Dear here with me...

I'm glad that I've friends who understand what I'm going through and their offer to keep me company during this period, really thank you all!!! You know who u are!! But of cos, there's friends who don't really empathise with me..
"Why so sad? 4 months only!"

"Let him go and enjoy la, u can enjoy too"

Yea, they are not entirely wrong to say so.. afterall it's alr September when not very long ago we were just celebrating X'mas, right?

BUT!!!!

He's someone whom I will talk to everyday, sms everyday and see every alternate day (at least for the past 1-2months, we did meet almost every alternate day). He is someone whom I share all my woes and joys with. He is someone whom I lean on when I'm tired or punch at when I'm frustrated. Now he's not by my side, I can only look forward to 10pm everyday to meet Dear and talk to him.. that's if he doesnt oversleep (10pm here is 7am over there).

Well, on a lighter note, I'm looking forward to mid Dec when I will get to join Dear in Canada! We are also planning to go to certain parts of US (maybe can go Las Vegas and register our marriage there!!! It's the IN thing now!! Andy and Leon registered there de lor!!!)

But till then, there's 110 days to go still, so let's slowly count down ba!

2009-08-05T22:14:00.002+08:00

Realli tired..
Don't know why things ended up like this, but I really hate it..
Tired...
I don't know how to solve this problem and it seems like there's no way to solve it..
The only way out is to accept it... yet I don't want to...I don't think that is the right way of doing it...
I don't want to draw a line so clear until it divides.. that shouldn't be the way..

I guess I'm getting unhappy with life...
or rather, unsatisfied with life... I want something more out of life but I don't know how to go about getting it..

Grey is all that I'm seeing..
Where is my rainbow?

Somewhere....

2009-07-30T22:36:00.002+08:00

don't know why, but this morning i was thinking about this
we can't force opportunity to knock on our door
but when it does
we must recognise it and grab it before it's gone~

Let's chew on it...

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Punggol Residence...

Could it be where I will live in future?

=) points: It's super near MRT. really a stone throw away. GREAT!
It's underpriced (acc to Dear) so it's good investment too!
It's near the Punggol River where all the woohaa are supposed to be.
Dear likes Punggol cos it's quiet.

=( points: It's so far from our parents

We shall see...

2009-07-21T21:46:00.002+08:00

So Happy!
Holiday with Dear is always happy!
So looking forward to Dec when I will be on a super long holiday with Dear then..
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And so... last week I finally had my long awaited review with my bosses.. nothing fantastic or surprising.

To some, review is the time when u waste time and paper doing all the boliao goals setting n talking crap with ur boss (depending on who is ur boss, this process may be ok, unpleasant or super hate it!!)
Then there's another group who will take this review as a chance to back stab, bitch about ur other colleague or self-promote urself to the sky.
For my dept, review is the time to really look back at the whole year and review not only ur performance, but also the company performance.
We talk about how we can further improve complicated processes, unsatisfactory reaction from other dept/countries, various markets performance...

In addition, my boss helped to mark out some plans he has for me and what gave me a brief idea of what I will be doing in time to come.
I'm grateful.
It's more n more about what I want to do. To others, it may look like mundane and tedious work. But to me, it's training. It's training my judgement and management skills which are impt for my future.

But f cos, let's still hope I'll get some pay raise to help offset my expensive holiday at the end of the year.

2009-07-10T23:38:00.002+08:00

And today Mr G marks his last day in the company...
One by one, everyone is leaving the company... what about me?
I don't feel like leaving yet.. somehow I feel that there's much more to learn from this company despite the errmmm management (if any) of the company and the people.

So plans for job hopping will be on hold... unless... some company headhunt me? hahaha! wishful thinking..

Heard this song over the radio and I was hooked by the melody.. and I fell in love with the song after I've read the lyrics.. maybe can use this as my wedding march song (again, if there's going to be a wedding march)

Dear going to Canada in 6-7weeks time and I'm still struggling to face this fact.. haiz.. maybe I wont be able to accept this fact till he's back into the bright n sunny or rainy by the time he's back...

Class 95 says "You know you've found THE one when you meet him/her everyday in the week and still feel you haven't seen enough of him/her"

That's so true...

I Finally Found Someone~~

2009-07-05T23:35:00.003+08:00

Online shopping on Victoria's Secret Website makes me crave for shopping now!!! (yea yea my colleague says VS has free shipping to Singapore, which doesn't happen that often! I bought this errr....floral dress... for $30! don't know worth it or not.. but buy first talk later la)

Dear all,
If you happen to see a pretty jacket that costs below $100, I WAN U TO CALL ME!!!
I'm looking for a 3/4 to1/2 sleeve (something that ends ard the elbow) and I plan to wear it with a dress beneath it and I would like it to be clean cut (with little or no frilly stuff) and looks formal enough for me to wear to work.

Pls take note that I'm not looking for a G2000-alike jacket k... that one too formal..

Informants will be rewarded accordingly. HAHA!
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It's monday soon... strange, i seldom have monday blues.. but now....
i'm having a Sunday-night-light-blues-which-will-become-full-blown-Monday-blues.

That's irritating!

2009-06-29T22:33:00.006+08:00

It's been a wonderful weekend!

Ah bi wedding is really beautiful.. with all the rose petals and nice deco (done by my dad n bro n of cos her husband) and the nice hearts i made... too bad i din take a close up of the hearts i did, but i think the camera man did.. so shall wait for his photos...

I've no time and too lazy to photoshop the photos.....

The couple! nice sunset rite~~ u gotta pay for it!

The family photo! Very big family hor.. and Dear is in the family photo already!! hahahah! got con in hahaha... no la kidding, he willing come in de lor.. everyone not prepared in this photo cos my dad took this while the photographer was testing the lightings...

We also took many photos that day.. haha and Dear even asked the photographer to take photos for us.. so paiseh.. but i bet his photos will turn out v pretty!

This is what Dear and I did with the rose petals and also can u see the heart shape? yea i cut abt 70 of those hearts and not including the small hearts i cut too... zai rite! who wants me to help next time!!! 50 bucks for 100 hearts...

Ohh.. then a few weeks ago, my mother's company family day was at Marina Barrage... super nice man... and when IR is up, it's going to be even more beautiful!!

My fave photo!

Woo~~ photo blogging is tiring~

2009-06-25T22:03:00.002+08:00

What a wonderful job I have..
It's full of challenges!
Not only do I have to deal with difficult people, tons of work to do, many meeting to go to, many things to check, I also have to manage 2 little boys whom I don't know have heart to do work or not... HAIZ....

But I love it.. come on give me challenges! I will deal with them all! woohoo!

I'm no siao liao but I really think it's better to have all these challenges now.. at least if i made mistakes, i can learn from it and i wont do the same thing again in future... this company is more forgiving...

ooh.. to friends who are going to embark on their new career, 1 piece of advice from me!!

"Ask the Right person the Right Questions"

Seriously.. if u ask someone who is a half bucket, u will end up as a quarter bucket.. so ask the right person who really knows and is doing the thing!!
Also, if Colleague A is doing THIS, you don't ask her THAT! you should be asking the colleague who is doing THAT! So find the right person to ask your question!!

Oh yar! If you want to ask a person question and the person is not ard physically, what do u do?
EMAIL!!! or Message!! or if all technology fails, Post-it!!!
Pls have some common sense when working... it's the most basic common sense we are talking about here... (Reminds me of what Ivy Cheong, my sec sch chem teacher, said to my class, "WHERE'S YOUR COMMON SENSE? Don't ask me how, use your brain to think." Years after I've graduated then do i realised the words of wisdom from her.. actually i love her attitude, shall use that from now on..)

I'm just wondering... how would u feel if u're a guy who got scolded by someone who is younger than you? hmmm... ego must have been busted... but sorry, when it comes to work, age doesnt count. though I don't like him personally, as a professional exec, I still try my best to teach him, impart my skills to him and remind him things which are impt for him to take note.

Work... it's such an interesting place to meet weird people~

2009-06-18T23:39:00.003+08:00

omg omg omg!!

I bought 2 dresses in 1 month!

in 2 weeks actually...

bought this dress from g2000 which i like v much n won't have bought if not for the good deal from yongx... thanks yx! opps i havent transferred the money to u yet.. it's a black dress which dear says is v appropriate for work n formal meeting (esp when i need to go n fight war) so i bought it! (no photo for this dress as i havent gotten it from yongx yet!)

*ka ching*

Then today went out with dear, with the aim to buy a new pair of shoes for dear.. and I bought another dress!!! while dear din manage to get his shoes (no more size) don't things always turn out this way? hehehe... ever since i read on newspaper abt the MANGO Sale, i've been itching to go n see if they hv the dress which i hv been eyeing on 2 months ago.. it was so ex... and everytime i pass by mango, i'll take a look to see if they hv sale for that piece... and the saying goes, huang tian bu fu ku xin ren, i finally waited for the sale!! and there's still size!!! i'm wearing the so ever common size M and they still hv it!! HAPPY! meant to be, so i bought it..

doesn't look v nice here.. but it's nice.. greyish purple... orginal price is $89, not is $69!

*Ka Ching*

And a few months ago, i started getting ready for ah bi's wedding.. so while shopping at IMM one day, I bought this dress from BYSI.. woohoo striking pink dress!

*KA CHING*

I'm so broke this month... but hurray to GST package! cos nxt month we're gg to be 200 richer!

Spend it people! Save our economy!

H1N1 Scare

2009-06-10T22:19:00.003+08:00

H1N1 Scare

High fever of >38?
Checked.

Cough?
Checked.

Headache?
Checked.

Bodyache and fatigue?
Checked.

Flu?
Nope..

Been to affected countries?
Nope..

And so that's how I got my 3 days MC... unfortunately, I wont be utilising all 3 days...
What a bad year for me... haiz.. I'm really sick of falling sick...

But I must say ah, the GP I visited is really unpro manz..
First, all the nurses are not in medical gown nor wearing masks.
They didn't measure temperature when patients come in.
I wanted to clean my hand, but there's no soap in the toilet nor can I find sanitiser.
The my number is 18, but the current number serving is 10... it's still a long way to go... so i told the nurse I've fever and slight cough, can let me see the doctor first or not. I dont want to spread to the many old people and young children in the clinic mah.. but the nurse told me to wait n gave me a filmsy mask instead.. in my heart i was screaming WTH!!!???

Imagine I really have H1N1 and when the reporters trace back the 24hrs prior to discovery of the illness.. then the others are gg to blame me for not taking precautions... just like how they blame the guy who had h1n1 and yet still took the nel to see doctor..

And some people are so damn irresponsible.. there's this guy sitting next to me in the clinic.. he was having a flu and yet not wearing a mask.. nvm.. he was reading TIMES and use his care hand to wipe his nose when fluid drips down his nose.. then he cont to read his magazine.. OMG!!! I almost tap his shoulder and said "Sir, can u go n get a mask from the nurse? u know u having flu n u're still so dirty.. eeks.. can u be more responsible to the people around u?"

Phew~ 我在此呼吁大家要有公德心，一起努力预防病瘟的传播！

2009-06-03T22:52:00.002+08:00

Everyone is emo-ing... WHY???
people in office are not exactly in the best of mood (probably due to the hot weather?)
I've been complaining n whinning more than previously..(probably due to more time in hand?)
Not that I've very little to do... it's just that the things i need to do require me to wait n wait n wait..
wait for people to give me stuff in order to continue with my work.
wait for people to approve.
wait for people to response to me!

wait wait wait.. with so much time spent waiting, it's no wonder why i'm becoming grumpy..
maybe it's time for me to think abt what i can do more.. for company and for myself..

Happy girl!

2009-06-01T21:09:00.002+08:00

I'm a happy girl!
I'll get to see my Dear almost everyday, why wouldn't I be happy?

Now that Dear is working now, we will be gg home tog! Yeah!! so happy.. and my Dear looks so handsome when he goes to work (OH NO! what will happen if the girls or aunties fall for him?! hahaha)

Ytd I drove Dear and his family to Bukit Timah for dinner.. it's the first time i drove without my dad by my side..I'm getting more comfortable driving, but still parking is a problem.. Ooooh then I also drove home on my own... Dear was qt worried for me cos i nv drive on my own and also nv drove at night.

I'm a happy girl!

2009-05-28T21:54:00.002+08:00

so many friends are gg on grad trip
Taiwan la, Japan la, even Europe la... I'm so jealous...

I suppose u win some, u lose some..
I got a job (though not stable nor high paying and disappointing at times) and earning money
So I'll not be able to go on holiday (under normal circumstances, I would be able to.. but this is not normal situation.. it's a recession!)

Nvm.. I shall wait for Dec...

But I'm wondering, with the SMU girl infected after a school trip to NY, maybe the other tertiary educational institutes will cancel the trips or exchange in time to come.. hmmm...

I don't know what to hope for... whatever happens, it's all fate..

And that applies to my pay too.. I can only hope for the best..

Buy 4D ah!

2009-05-25T22:23:00.003+08:00

Dear all,

0036

Pls go n buy 4D for this number..
It's such a NICE number!!!

EEEKS!

Why give me such a good number when i dont want to buy (and no money to buy)?
huh huh huh?
If I strike 1st prize this wed with this number, I'll somehow force the money out n buy a 3-room flat there..

But, what's the probability of me striking 1st prize? I nv even got consolation..
We shall see.....

Positivity-The Way to Go~~

2009-05-20T21:55:00.002+08:00

Positivity- The Way to Go~~

There's always 2 sides to everything.
The positive and the negative.

If we just look at the negative side, we will just sink deeper n deeper into the into self pity and think the whole world owe u something..

Think positive, and u will feel "heng ah.. it could have gotten worst"
I mean even if the situation is very bad, there will still ba an even worst senario?

Example 1. It's raining and u've no umbrella n u're soaked to the skin!
Negative: NB! Why rain when I dont have umbrella??!!!
Positive: Phew~~ at least the lightning didn't strike me.. / at least it's rain.. not snow or ice..

Example 2. You got chicken pox now...
Negative: Wahlau why me?! Why I so suay dio chicken pox?! Who the hell spread to me?
Positive: At least not cancer... I thought is skin cancer.. and I can get 2 weeks of mc.. not bad la...

So think positive.. and you'll go a long way~~

Five Tips For A Woman

2009-05-14T23:13:00.001+08:00

Five Tips For A Woman

1. It is important that a man helps you around the house and has a job.
2. It is important that a man makes you laugh.
3. It is important to find a man you can count on and doesn't lie to you.
4. It is important that a man loves you and spoils you.
5. It is important that these four men don't know each other!!

HAHAHHAA

Money vs Health

2009-05-14T22:59:00.002+08:00

Money vs Health
What would u choose?
It seems that the very obvious choice is Health..
but think again, what have we been doing to our own body now?
Sitting in front of the computer whole day, eating fatty and high sugar food, stay in air con room whole day...
We aren't doing what we think is right/impt.

It's only when our body fails us, then would we say
"Haiz.. if i can recover, I don't mind being poor"
or
"I don't mind paying $2000 for the treatment as long as I can recover"

If you are lucky, the money u spent will 'buy' back your health.
But if u aren't that lucky?

After my chicken pox, I've some minor complication from it and gave quite abit of money to the doctor.. *Heart Pain* but no choice, cause health more impt right?
I'm glad I've still been qt lucky as I've 'bought' back my health.

Take care my friends, dont work too hard!

2009-05-04T17:26:00.000+08:00

Isn't my blog cute?
HAHAHA!

2009-05-04T12:59:00.002+08:00

Pregnant
To dream that you are pregnant, symbolizes an aspect of yourself or some aspect of your personal life that is growing and developing. You may not be ready to talk about it or act on it. This may also represent the birth of a new idea, direction, project or goal.
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Had many weird dreams in a night (which isn't that uncommon for me) and I dreamt that I'm pregnant last night... duh... (must be I ate too much last night and the bloatedness made me feel as if I'm pregnant..)
It's quite a weird feeling, thinking that something is inside ur belly... weird weird de lor... and u will really tend to be more careful (Yes! I was v careful even though it's just a dream)

Today woke up feeling super tired.. all of a sudden, I don't wish this long vacation to end so soon... esp when Dear is ending his paper tml, which is when I becomes busy... eeks!!! why our timing can nv meet!!!

I want to slp... yawn~~

2009-05-02T22:16:00.003+08:00

yoyoyo!
I'm back!
back as in, I'm gg to lead a normal life again!
today finally stepped out of my house after 2 weeks, free FREE!
Breathing some fresh air finally.. and Dear says i'm like some tourist going ard singapore because i was exclaiming that there's some major construction going on ard my estate and I din know about them! It's been only 2 weeks and so many changes? Imagine if u're locked up for 2years... or even 20 years!!!

AND I'm going back to work in like 2 days time!! I'm so excited! Of cos as a diligent employee, I've been checking my emails (not for the past few days though.. it's just toooooo slow) and I suspect I'm going to have a hard time to really start working.. oh well, that's for me to fret about next week.

Reflecting back on the past 2 weeks, I really feel very fortunate and blessed to have
my dad (to bring me to the doc),
my bro (to help me buy popiah and cake..though he sold me out for the popiah, caused dear and i to get scolding, but i forgive him)
my maid (for cooking all my meals.. it was a challenge because I can't eat chicken, egg, seafood, dark soy sauce, fried items. Phew~)
my mum n uncles aunties for calling almost every hour in the first few days to check on me and nag nag nag nag nag- u get the picture
And of cos for my BF, for coming every day to accompany me and comfort me when I felt as if I'm dying.

AH!
Must also thank my 2 bosses! esp my manager who asked me not to worry about work and rest rest rest (partly because he hasn't had chicken pox b4.. plus he's in Germany now!!!) and also colleague who sms me to keep me updated of office happenings (alot of things had indeed happened) and also refused to give me the company's intranet website to check emails.

It has been a wonderful 2 weeks break (lest the first 4 days which were like hell)
and now, I'm back to life as before (minus 3kg =P)

2009-04-28T23:05:00.006+08:00

It's My Dear's Birthday!!

Although we won't be able to celebrate your birthday as I've planned, but I always have many many ideas!!! This year we shall have a Home-edition celebration instead.

And now, Jacky Cheung shall have the honour to present my first present to you
ENJOY~~

2009-04-27T22:00:00.002+08:00

yo people!
not many people know about this yet, but i'm now an official Ms Dotty Princess!

WHY?

First, because I'm still single, technically and legally, so I'm still a Ms!
Secondly, I've dotz all over me, so I'm dotty!
And lastly, because Dear calls me her Princess, that makes me one! (Puke puke)

Ok enough of my crap, so what happened??

I've avoided the pig flu, but the chicken bug got me.
I'm down with chicken POX!!!!

Yar la I never had it before, now then got it.. dont know which #!%^$# spread the virus to me sia...

Anw, the worst period is over.. last wk was like hell, I couldnt get down the bed and just sleep my day away.. so finally this week has strength to come online n do some work. yar checking emails.. there's so many, i dont know where to start lor..my colleague ask me dont work la, rest la, but after 1 wk, i'm really fine enough to start doing some work.

I must say, this bf of mine is really.... GREAT!
Even though last week was suppose to be his study week for exams, he still comes everyday to accompany me, feed me, remind me to eat med and assure me that everything will be fine... Really love Dear dear for being so nice n sweet.
HOWEVER!!!
once I'm alive enough to walk around and eat normally, his attitude starts to change!! he sits there and I've to bring him food and drinks. Then have to adjust the fan for him too... sob sob... becomes his servant instead...
BUT!!!
my dear dear is still v cute... I Love U Dear...

2009-04-18T01:11:00.001+08:00

gonna start paying tuition fees soon.. sigh...
how come our tuition fees increase but out starting pay doesnt?
or rather, how come our pay, in general, don't?

let's move on.. somewhere high.. somewhere far...to THE PEAK~~

ok ignore me.. i'm being boliao

2009-04-16T23:42:00.002+08:00

ok today is a better day.
although a big thing happened, but well, since things happened alr, we can only try our best to savage the situation, rite? I hope it wont be as bad as it looks.. sigh

Love my Dear completely.. he's so nice to me..no matter how i kick, slam, push, he still can tahan me.. love him lots lots!!!

tomorrow will always be a better day, isn't it?

2009-04-12T00:12:00.002+08:00

omg omg omg!!
I drove on the expressway today!!! Twice!!! (I drove to punggol lor!!!)
It's not that scary cause I did speed before during lesson HAHAHA (quoting Dear, he says I've the speeding genes in me)
I'm also grateful to the nice drivers who gave way to be when I'm trying to filter through the lanes... Grateful!

BUT!!!

I realised I can't multi task.. I can't on the headlights, I can't operate the wiper...All I can do is conc on the driving and also operate the signals. Maybe not used to it yet la..

Driving not a big problem now... it's the parking which is giving me the headache. I can't park! I dont know when to turn, what to look out for before I turn. All my dad can say is... "See the side mirrors! Agar agar u'll know when to turn and how much to turn"
Bleh... agar agar comes with experience. How I know how and when to turn when I havent even experienced the 'correct' way of parking leh?

Pls... some 'gao1 ren2' pls advise...

2009-04-06T21:13:00.002+08:00

hey hey!
MIA for quite a while..again~~
Don't grumble.. u'll know why once u started work
I've realised too that many friends stopped updating reduce the frequency they update their blog after they grad and started working. Guess that's a phrase everyone will go through soon.

Wanted to update long long ago about the Night Safari trip Dear and I went about... 3wks ago? It was very fun! like a night hiking in the forest (only it's safer) we went after a thunderstorm in the afternoon, so it was v humid and u really feel like u're in a forest. The animals were qt generous that day (or maybe they are always so generous), they din hide in the bushes or caves despite the cool weather to slack in bed.

I must say they are smart to make money too.. when they saw Dear and I alighting from the bus, the N Safari pple chiong to welcome us and usher us to a place (with some African looking bushmen figurine) to take photo for us... fine lor pose lor.. but being a marketing student, pls la, i've seen thru the tricks alr... and true to my words, when we go for the animal show, rows n columns of photos were developed and on displayed by the side (cost don't know $10 or $15 ah...) HAHA maybe they thing couple's money easier to earn cos the gf will usually make noise to ask the bf to buy the photo for remembrance... Sorry, but none from us. we just quickly scan through all the photos n spotted our photo and ran away (the photo not that fantastic either)

The drama of the day was the going home part... we waited for the bus heading for cck so that we can have supper, then take cab home. The Dear suggests maybe there's a bus outside of night safari which we can take to Bukit Timah for supper instead (I was craving for prata) So after waiting for 20min, the bus came n we board the bus... 2 stops later, Dear suddenly say.. hmm dont know where to alight. omg! we were trying to look out into the darkness to spot the buses available at each bus stop. Then we saw a familar bus number that will bring us to JE interchange! and the bus was right in front of our bus!! so we started to pray that our bus will overtake the bus in front. and it did!! so we quickly press the bell n ran down to flag the bus directlybehind. *phew~~ and that's how we managed to save the cab fare... although i din manage to eat my prata, i managed to satisfy my hunger with bak chor mee...

what a night of excitment.
no wonder I didn't slp well that night =P

2009-03-12T22:46:00.003+08:00

Today, while having meeting with the director in his room, I felt something crawling up my leg...

My FIRST instinct was to grab it though my pants to confine it and stop it from crawling upwards.

My Second instinct was to scream "AHHHHH!" (because I was with the director, and not wanting to throw face, my scream was reduced to "AH!" but it's still enough to startled him)

My Third intinct told me IT'S a COCKROACH!

so naturally, not taking a risk, I crush n squeezed that 'thing' in my pant and shake my legs so that the 'thing' can fall out.

OMG!

Moral of the story: Never unestimate a woman's instinct.

(It's the baby kind which is very common in my office. It's the 3rd cockroach I've killed in 2months. BUT the first one to crawl on my leg... AHHHH!!!)

2009-03-09T22:49:00.004+08:00

All she ever wanted was a little credit...

she's....BECKY BLOOMWOOD!

and she's a.... SHOPAHOLIC!

Woohoo! I'm so looking forward to this movie. It's coming to Singapore end of this month (Why so slow!!! my boss already watched it in BKK (he says this is his kind of show.. b*t*hy show... but Devil wears Prada still top his list)

and to show how much I like it, I just bought my 2nd book in this Shopaholic series (there's really a great offer by MPH. Usual price $17.12, now it's $10.25!!! I saved $6.87!)

oooh talking about offers, Watsons is having a great promotion! Neutrogena Deep Hydrating Mask is going at $21 (UP: $31+) AND!!!! because Watsons is celebrating their don't-know-how-many-years anniversary, you get additional 20% off!! YEAH! so 5 pieces of the masks only cost you $16.80, a saving of $13+!!! woohoo! what are you waiting for, go grab them! (I bought 2 boxes already!)

As you can see, I'm really into this shopaholic mood these few days, why shouldn't we when there's all the sales going on!

2009-02-28T17:27:00.002+08:00

Today is sat!!! Finally a day for me to rest and catch up blog surfing... I havent been updating nor reading others blog for qt a while..

Read a few blogs and realised many changes have taken place...
Some r/s didn't work out... some went for exchange... some mugging till want to drop... some planning for their grad trip...

wooo.. I've missed out on so much...

Somehow, I feel what those blogger feels.. like Royston is on exchange and somehow I can feel his excitment in his entries.. (I hope dear will enjoy his exchange too.. otherwise it's a waste...)

and of cos frens who are not exactly having a smooth ride in their r/s.. I'm glad they are brave enough to let go of the past to embrace the future. I suppose girls in our generation are not so weak afterall.

Although dear has been very good to me...till now, I can almost imagine the feeling of losing someone once so close, and now like a stranger.

Being together is not easy..
it's not easy to find someone you like.
it's not easy either to find someone who likes you.
it's even more difficult to find who likes u and u like him/her.
And when u're together, it's not easy to maintain the relationship.

So in short, if you've found someone you love, congrats!
And if you haven't... it's ok.. being in a relationship isn't as great as u think it is (let me stress that dear has been a great bf and I do love him alot) it can be tiring at times when things don't go as u wish...

and tml.... I shall celebrate the gift of love by my cousin and his wife... woohoo Little Xin Lei!!

2009-02-16T23:12:00.005+08:00

And for Vday~~

Nothing fancy, nothing super romantic.

Just a simple dinner and a long long walk from Chinatown to Maxwell to Shenton Way to Raffles Place and to One Fullerton.

Love to walk, don't we?

And on Sunday, Dear brought me to Sunset Way for a nice dinner. Nice pork chop!!! Too bad I was too full for dessert. (Didn't take picture of the dinner too cos Dear is the kind of person who prefers to enjoy the moment than to capture it with this silly electronic device and think that u'll enjoy it more later on. Ironic thing is, the camera is his.)

In case u're wondering why the roses look so black, yar cos it's black... it was initially red, but has since became dried, hence turned black. The bouquet was my bdae present (he sent it to my office! Surprise surprise!) and so it has dried.. i'm qt happy with it cos i wasn't qt successful in drying the flowers with previous bouquets.

And now that all the special ocassions are over, it's time for.... DIETING!!!

oh manz.. i feel so bloated with all the food from x'mas to new year to my bdae to chinese new year to even mre cny and bdae and to vday...

and so... this Friday, dear and I gg to embark on our walking cum cycling trip again! We enjoyed the trip alot the other time and so we decide to go again for it. I better take my leave just before all the budgeting starts, after which i think i'll be busy all the way till June. How exciting.

So in conclusion, it's happy happy for me! and him too!

2009-02-16T22:55:00.002+08:00

Dear Friends... it's been almost 2wks since i last updated.
I've been qt MIA during this period because work is never ending... and of cos spending time with Dear.

First of all, I'm an Auntie! again! Another niece added to the big big family... I'm not sure how we are gg to squeeze into 1 table in future. i doubt we can. but i don't like 2 tables leh..Welcome to Xin Lei!!! Din manage to take photos of her when I went ot hospital to see her when she's just 1 day old. in fact, 14hours old. the baby is so small... so cute! Will take more photos of her on her 1 mth celebration. Her mum bought her a qt expensive dress for her 1st month lor... with legging somemore. hahaha very 'in'!

Today had a review with the Marketing Director. Obviously he's v pleased with my performance (after all the very positive remarks and comments by the managers, of cos he is pleased) and obviously i'm concerned abt my future in this company. From the wya i look at it, i need to dong another 1 yr at least to hope for increment n promotion. 1yr... imagine stuck in this position (and salary) for 1 yr? haiz... don't know what to say...
Dear Friends, if u have any good lobang, don't forget me k! I want consumer marketing job!!!

But then again, 4months into this job, I'm getting comfortable with what i'm doing and also with the environment. yar, there's sucky pple, or what we call 'nonsense', but i suppose there's always some weird pple in every office n company. so yar... i'll live with that. so should i stay or should i venture?

I think i'll stay....for now.
Crazy ah, fresh grad coming out, how i compete? just stay n see see look look ard. take half day every now n then to go for interview.

Ox year not good for Ox, better play it safe.
I need a job to buy flat n get married wor.

2009-01-29T21:01:00.003+08:00

yoyoyo!
Happy CNY to all~~
It's been a tiring CNY for me as I've not slept earlier than 1am since CNY eve... I'm like a walking zombie at work today, dazing during meeting and trying to puke something sensible during a 1-to-1 meeting with my boss today.

So how is this CNY different?
hmm... more MJ, more visitings and more Ang Bao!!!!
Ang Baos from company, boss, big boss, bigger boss and also dear dear's mum n relatives.. dear nv fails to surprise me again.. but then again i knew he would do something like that, I was just giving him the benefit of the doubt.

now that CNY is over, what's next?
Valentine's Day!!!!
Right, dear?

2009-01-21T23:40:00.002+08:00

I feel so tired at times...
I seem to understand more of the teachings of Buddhism...

"That unhappiness is caused by selfish desire or craving (tanha).
Being kept away from objects we love is suffering.
Not to obtain what we desire is suffering.
That desire can be destroyed. As if there is no craving then there is no suffering."

I find myself wanting something so much and despite having so much of it, I still feel that I don't have enough.

一切皆空？

舍得：要舍才有得

So I must destroy the craving so that the desire is gone n there's no more suffering and I'll gained more peace and happiness from within.

Difficult....

2009-01-05T23:33:00.002+08:00

Though I'm tired, but I insist that I have to write this entry while I'm still 22.

I seldom celebrate my birthday ever since primary school, except for my 21st (which explains why I had a super big one). But this year Dear dear will be celebrating with me. I'm so happy! (He says I'll be the Queen tml... we shall see)

It has been a wonderful 22th year for me. I've been able to do the things I want to do and buy the things I want to buy (not all but at least I've all the basics) and the person I love. If you ask me to make a wish now, my only wish is to pass my driving (Popi ah!).

And just before I turn 23... I realised something.

每一个人都有他们可以做的事。若硬要做不可以做的事，不只会事倍功半，而且也会不开心。
就算拥有荣华富贵，但是不开心，那又有什么意义呢？相反的，若再做自己喜欢做的事，可能也可以获得意想不到的成果也说不定。

I shall be contended with what I have today and work towards what I enjoy doing rather than to do what I think can bring me the material gains.

Happy Birthday to me =)

2009-01-02T21:09:00.005+08:00

yoyoyo

Happy New Year to all!!

I really want to do my recount on 2008, but haven't been able to find the time. So today I shall force myself to sit down and do a proper recount.

2008 has been a year of changes...

The year started off with a holiday trip to BKK with S01. (Heng we went last year and not this year.) It's our first trip overseas together as a class. We ended the trip with a surprise birthday party for me. Dear dear and his 'gay partner', Kerv, played a big part in planning the surprise =)

Then Ah Boy got married~!

Ah Boy become Ah Man liao ah!!

Next up was to pia FYP.

FYP started off with a mess because nobody has the motivation to so anything. But things got better as we work along. We often meet at either Woodlands Library or JE Library to do the report together. Finally we got it done! But sometimes when I read our report, it's total rubbish la.. Hahaha Heng got Pass ah.

So we sat for our last paper in uni and we finally graduated! After years and years of studies, we finally got the piece of (useless) paper!

Next up was a period with Johnsn & Johnson. I'm really glad that I made the choice to take up this temp job during my exam period. Not only do I get to know more people, gained more experience, I also got myself my current job (not that it's super great, but at least I got a job. Yep)

The stint with JnJ was made even more enjoyable with the company of people like Rachelle. She's so funny and we had lots of fun!

Naturally, I need a perm job and I finally landed myself in this job. I'm beginning to find joy in the job. It's all in the mind. If you think it's interesting, it's good, then it is! (ok, I've to try harder) It's really ok.. just that I hope I can have more freedom and space to do some things and not just listen to other instructions. I believe I have the taste, foresight and attitude to make things work. Yep.

And last but not the least, there's Dear~~

Somtimes when I think back, it's weird that we are together.. I mean 5 years ago, who would have thought that we will be together? It's all fate...

I hope I never missed out some impt events as my memory is failing me (yar la yar la, I turning 23 le la)

With that, I shall embrace 2009 with lots of hope (Hope to change job. Hope to go Canada. Hope to be healthy. Hope to lose a few kilo. Hope to shop shop shop. Hope to.....)

May there be world peace and no retrenchment!

2008-12-29T22:19:00.005+08:00

I’ve been very busy over the holiday season. Busy stimulating the economy (shopping for presents) and busy spending time with dear dear. X’mas eve was spent at Ah Bi’s house. As usual, all the little ones were making lots of noises, fighting and crying over the toys.
Let the photos do the talking.

X'mas trees with lots of presents!! woohoo!

Dear dear with da mei.. uncle n niece! muahaha! (i ask the kids to call him uncle but they were brought over by him and they were calling him kor kor... betrayed by 3 kids... sian)

The mother-to-be! Still look very pretty despite being heavily pregnant. she wants to name her daughter xi lei... Big S name in zuan jiao yu dao ai.

Ah Bi and her Dear dear and the little froggie.. it's a froggie who wants to be a piggy. it's a piggy bank.
Dy and his Dear dear. Muahahaha we wore couple colour on that day! A white X'mas~~

MJ session going on...

The most colourful photo of the night. look at da mei! no teeth!

The ever cute Mei mei! She still looks like Ella! One moment they are so cute, the next moment they are so .... haiz... kids, I've no control over them.

X'mas day was spent slacking at home with Dear... nothing much, but satisfying..

A simple X'mas this year, hope u enjoyed urs as well ^^

2008-12-18T21:33:00.002+08:00

last fri was the x'mas party.
I nearly died.

My boss house is so big, we had a hard time doing up all the deco. tiring.
then still need to buy drinks, make sure that the caterer is ok n stuff.. aiyo.. tired la.
then i have to liaision with the host and ensure that all the games n prizes will be go on smoothly.

And the worst thing is, i received a stupid present for the x'mas exchange.
don't want to talk abt it. make me angry.

on my way home, I almost cried in the cab. Cos i was tooooo tired, my whole body was aching and i didn't enjoy the x'mas party at all.
what a pity... there's wonderful food n games n deco n chocolate cakes, yet i nv got to enjoy any of these...

I shall look forward to X'mas eve for the next mini x'mas party (although i suspect it will not be as grand as the one i organised..hehehe)

anw, all the worries n problems are gone. 雨过天晴...
Thanks dear for giving me the encouragement and support throughout this period.
Me too me too! *Muacks*

2008-12-09T23:41:00.003+08:00

2008 is coming to an end.
This year is especially fast, isn't that so?
And soon.... someone will turn 23 le. OMG! too fast too fast..
(someone turning 33 too le wor....)
Every year end, I'll do a fast recap of what happened during the year, and also the people who made a great difference in my life.
Of cos, u would have expected that He is a majoy turning pt in my life, but that's not all.
Off hand, there's so many names, so many faces running through my mind.
Thinking about it, we went to BKK early this yr n now see what is happening in BKK? (I was checking Facebook just now and 1 of my fren is going to BKK tml! must be super cheap to go there now)

Many things can happen in 1 sec, not to mention 1 yr.
I shall recap abt 2008 and work on the entry, as soon as my company's X'mas party is over..

Btw, side track abit, I dreamt of Andy Lau!!! He was a special guest in one of the talk I went to. He wore a white shirt n black pants n he was singing in the audi and my cousin was using the camera that Sally bought to take a pict of Andy! and Sally's camera is so zai, it can zoom zoom zoom clearly into Andy's face although we were sitting very far away from him. Woohoo!
Andy is coming to see me this wk!
Aren't u jealous!
Muahahaha I'm crazy =S

2008-12-02T22:43:00.003+08:00

it's back to office~~
the week has been so far so bad.. sob sob
I've totally no mood to work and everyone is so busy to talk to me (cos i need to clear many doubts with regards to work)

shit work.

anw, today i was taking cab home and i'm super pissed by the taxi uncle.
he drove up to PIE and he was driving at 70km/h!
if there's a jam or what, nvm.. but the road was clear!
great.. i'm tired, hungry n he drives at that speed.

eeks taxi.

As I mentioned, last wk I had a seminar. My colleague from Thai wasn't able to go home since there's a protest going on in Bangkok. So she will have to take a flight to Phuket then stay for a night and then embark on a 12hr bus ride to Bangkok.
Comparing to her, I suppose enduring with the wols taxi driver is a much easier and faster way of getting home.

I should be happy.

Also, bf's exam is finally ending..phew~
Hope he will do well! Good luck!

Hope everyone is safe and sound, no matter where u are and what u're doing.
Spread the love around!

so sorry, i'm very much into the x'mas mood alr.. hahaha next wk is my company's x'mas part! and the thing is, many pple aren't gg to turn up.
I organiser leh.. so don't give face... sob sob
but one thing for sure is.... the food is gg to be nice! cos it's from Rasel! at least the eclair will be good.. hahaha!

my entry is so random... yawnz tired... goodnite everyone!

2008-11-25T22:40:00.002+08:00

it's the first time i'm sick n tired of eating good food.
cos i've been eating too much good food for the past week.

It all started on Sat, we had a family gathering n a big big feast. Crabs (Tomato, black pepper and salted eggs.. woohoo it's nice!), frog legs, chicken, pork, veg, tofu.... the list was v v long...
Then on Monday, the start of my workshop.
Everyday, we'll have a coffee break at 1030am.
Lunch at 1230pm.
Tea break at 3.30pm.

I thought I can skip the coffee break. but no i can't cos i din have breakfast, so i'm hungry by 1030. so i'll have a puff or cake or whatever they hv n a cup of tea (with lots of lemon!)

Then I thought i'll eat lesser during lunch.
No, i can't.
For lunch, we have a buffet spread for starters, soup n dessert. OMG the buffet is good la even though it's only for starter. esp the soup.. yummy!!!! I'll marry whoever cook the soup. Then in addition to this buffet, we have main course!!! ytd we had fish n chips, today we have seafood pasta. the pasta alot la! in the end i only eat the 2 scallops, 3 prawns, 4 sotong n a few mouth of pasta.

Did I mention there was oysters ytd???

YES!!!! I was over the moon when I saw it! cos I'm having the oyster craving... but too bad today don't hv.. i wonder will they have it tml... pray, hope, they will have it tml!

And that concludes my lunch only....

DINNER!!!!!!
Last night had lunch with my Thai market boss and a few other colleague who r doing thai market too... guess where we went...

CANELE!!
The cakes are good! so are the dessert n I love the black forest crepe! The cherries are v v nice (but i think i was a bit buang cos of the cherries)
So 5 of us each ordered a main course. Then we have 3 cakes (mocha, choco n coffee.. i love all 3!) and 3 ice creams (earl grey x2 and 1 rose) and a black forest crepe.
u say jialat or not...
in the end the bill is $169 for 5 persons.
My boss foot the bill.. hahaha so nice! (but don't know if he's gg to claim from company or nt la)

The tonight is a dinner for everyone in the workshop.
We went to Manhattan FISH MARKET at The Central. I don't exactly like it, but the HR chose it so ok lor...
I had salmon. I love salmon but i din finish the fish today!!! cos i was v v v full.. then my colleague ordered the lobster platter.. hahaha not bad la, but i think it taste like the prawns.. so not much diff..

and today my HR says Thur we are to bring our colleague from overseas to visit our office, After which, we may go to NO SIGNBOARD to have our dinner... that means seafood!!! CEABS!!!

OMG!!! i've enough food!

See, I've eaten so much good food for the past few days until i v v scare of eating...
but still, i hope tml they will have oysters oh yar i'm also going to eat the mocha ice cream at the lunch buffet. yam ice cream sounds good too ah... hmmm...

I'm tired, v v full n busy.. (checking email n working from home.. sian)

2008-11-20T22:56:00.003+08:00

In a month like November where there's no public holiday to look forward to....
Time crawls...

Haiz.. at least there's December to look forward to. I'll have 4 days off next month! Haji, X'mas eve, X'mas, Boxing day and new year's eve! Woohoo!

I'm alr dreading the March, Apr & June, July period....it's the public holiday drought period... nvm, i shall keep my leaves for that few months..

Sob, S01 gg KL.. but I can't go cos of work. Haiz... not only I can't go, they want to snatch bf from me!
haiz..work is so sian at times...

2008-11-17T22:19:00.002+08:00

Today is a I-don't-understand-why-this-happen-to-me Day.

I-don't-understand-why-this-happen-to-me Case 1
I'm in my company's X'mas party planning team. But it's not going to be as easy as one would think. Given the limited budget we have currently, it's not going to be easy.

But i've been trained to work round tight budget, haven't I?

I tried calling a few venues n restaurant to enquire if they do "corporate event". I was going down the list in the magazine when I called this seafood restaurant somewhere in central. A lady picked up the phone n said...

Lady:"Hello! This is XXX Seafood restaurant."
Me:"Hi, can I enquire if your restaurant does coporate event?"
Lady:"Oh yar yar.. We are XXX Seafood restaurant."
Me:"Oh, yar I know that. But I would like to check if you do corporate event?"
Lady:"We are located at blah blah blah.."
Me*impatient alr*:"Yes I know that too. Do u errmmm.. do company party?"
Lady:"Huh? You want coffee?"

*toot toot*

That's it man.. I just hung up the phone..
I don't understand!!!
If this lady on the other side of the phone can't understand English, then why let her answer the phone? Can't you get someone else to answer? Adn if she doesn't understand English, she could have asked me if I can converse in Mandarin?

Diaoz..

Now they have made a potential customer frustrated with them.

I-don't-understand-why-this-happen-to-me Case 2
In any case, if u guys have any great ideas for X'mas do let me know k... Or if you have good lobang for venue n food, let me know too k!!
Thanks in advance.

Btw, I don't understand either why the people in my company are so polite. They always start off their email like this..

"Pls kindly find the xxx file in yy folder"

Isn't 'pls' or 'kindly' enough? Why the need to write "Pls kindly"?

I-don't-understand-why-this-happen-to-me Case 3
Today my contact lens was torn. (Don't ask me how it's torn. I don't understand how it was torn either..)
So I went down to the optical shop in my office building, thinking if I should buy 1 lens or buy the lens casing n solution.
I decided to buy 1 lens as I don't want to be blind the rest of the day. But the lady was kind enough to give it to me free! (Actually they not suppose to sell loose lens either, so yep, they r a good shop n I've feedbacked it to my previous company. Hahaha)
She didn't give me the A***** brand though.
Instead, she gave me the C*** brand.

After wearing it for a few hours, I tot it's not bad.. not as uncomfortable as I tot it would be.
But!!!! when I reached home and want ot remove it, I nearly gouged my eye out.
I just can't remove the lens!!!
I tried all sort of ways n it just would come out.
THEN!!! the lens rolled n went to the back of my eyeball!!!!!
(Technically, the lens can't rolled to the back of the eyeball cos we have veins n skin tissue blocking the way. It will atmost be trapped in the upper or lower lid)
But it's super scary. It's not my first time, so I was very calm. I even wanted to ignore it n go n bathe first, hoping it will come out on its own. But I decided not to... just in case I forgot about it later on.
So I tried all sort of methods again, and finally I got it out.

Hate their lenses. It's not my first time wearing their lens and it's always the same! (last time I wear the monthly one n now is the dallies. But it's the same!!!!!)

I don't understand... the manufacturer nv wear their own contacts ah? they don't know their contacts v difficult to remove ah? Why they didn't do anything to improve their lenses!!!
ARGH no more C*** lenses for me..

I can't understand alot of things, don't I?
Pls kindly bear with this little girl. (Hey I'm a little girl k... at least in my office..)

2008-11-12T21:56:00.003+08:00

finally!!
found time to update...

Today is really a disaster.. i've to attend a meeting which i've nothing to do with.. good if i've nothing to do.. bad when there's tonnes of things waiting for me to do..

Somehow things pour in.. I've to raise po, go for training, request stock, reply emails, check this, update that, chatting on Sametime (something like internal msn)

My honeymoon period is officially over.

I like to chat with my boss (a 28-yr-old man who forgot he is 28 and told me he thinks he is 27 until i force him to tell me which yr he was born in) cos he's so easy to talk to n he is able to accept for sense of lameness.. hahaha.. btw he says he's a Himbo. I was v taken back when he told me this when I first met him.

Then I also get to chat with some colleague in s'pore, india, thailand n hk... cool rite! So international. In the last wk of November we have a training workshop for everyone new in the company, n i'll get to meet qt a few of them whom I work with often but nv really get to see them. I always get v excited when they tell me they r coming to S'pore

If only I can go to HK.... (the workshop was supposed to be held in HK!!!! but for some reason, the HR arrange it to be in S'pore instead. PUI!)

As I mentioned, today is very busy (until I've no time to go to the loo) and I've to do a stupid cost sheet for my boss which will require my total concentration and reference to hundreds of files. I was really down n further disgusted when my boss asked me to do something which I feel that I don't need to do. I think my face changed colour when she ask me to do it.
Then, a colleague (my saviour!) whom i've nv talked to (but sit just behind me) Sametime me and tell me that one of the managers said I learn things very fast and is very happy with my performance.

OMG! I'm so gan dong n happy that I printscr the window and save it. Maybe I should post it up as evidence... But anw, I was really motivated cos I feel that all the hardwork and agony to learn those stupid system n tedious workflow is sooOooOoo worth it.

Though work is hard (and pay is damn low) but I'm happy...
Can get along with colleague although they can't help me much when I'm so busy... cos they r busy too..
Have magazines to read for free..
Have interesting books to read for free... (that's if I've time to read)
Have nice cds to listen to..for free!
Have home cook dinner to look forward to everyday.
And most importantly, can always look forward to meet Him on certain weekday n weekend!

*Me too*

2008-11-03T22:04:00.002+08:00

i've learnt the art of acting busy..
having nothing much to do at work, i can't bear the thot of approaching the manager for work. she can be qt ruthless in giving work to others to do. so i shall be discreet n do my own stuff (reads logging on to sametime, something like a internal msn, to chat with colleague) that's how pple act busy.
office politics finally surfaced today.. though i'm not a victim yet, but i foresee that i could be one of them in the near future.. i must learn the art of protecting myself..
this makes me remember that phang phang once advised us to read romance of the 3 kingdom b4 we start working.. it's time to revise the classic! (Cailing! when we meet up with phang phang! havent seen him for qt some time le...)

the wkend was a v shiok one.

celebrated my 1st halloween on fri (not with HIM though...) at downtown east with a bunch of teenagers who had just finished their exams.. they reminded me that i am old.. cos i find their behaviour v rowdy.
the 'ghosts' were qt scary cos their make up n costumes were really power! so realistic until boy boy v scare when i was made a victim of a dracula.

sat was a sinful day. to celebrate my aunt's bdae, we had buffet, durian cake n late night ktv... He seems to enjoy alot though.. sing until so high. n my niece loves him cos he is like the coin operated horse, put 20cents n the horse will move.. hahaha except that this horse is free...
I really old liao.. last time can stay at ktv till 3am also no prob, but that day i cant even dong till 1am... n i dont really feel the kick of singing alr... that's good news, cos i can save. (but i'm craving for some boardgames...)

sunday took family photo at the studio... i think my parents made the photographer until he wants to give up.. they can't pose as what the photographer wants n they can't smile naturally.. at least that's what the photographer says... well.. let's just wait for the photo n see how it turns out... i hope it's good~~
then evening wanted to give HIM a surprise by waiting for him outside his hse... how would i know, i was given the surprise instead, cos he was alr at bpp waiting for me... argh.. there goes my surprise..but i enjoyed gg shopping with him at ntuc n also the bus ride home..

a short weekend, but a happy one.

and that had caused me to have a not-so-frequently-felt-monday-blues
so i wore bright red today to counter the blues.
it's a purple day! muahaha!

2008-10-28T23:15:00.002+08:00

I should be happy?
Yet I'm not totally happy.

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I've nothing more to say.

2008-10-22T21:18:00.003+08:00

today is my first day!
I was preparing to slack very hard today.
Turns out that I've to listen very hard, read very fast and digest all the info well.

Then I had to attend a crash course which I had to absorb as much as possible.
In the afternoon, I had to go for this training course that last for 3 hrs..... zzZZzzZZzz... of which I can't understand most of it (acc to the trainer, it's alright.. hahaha) halfway thru the training, I keep fidgeting, turning ard n yawn... then I day dream.. hahaha! was thinking about bf... miss him lots (though we just met ytd.. haiz...)

I feel lost with all these unfamilar...
I want to know what I'm doing...

as I told moo moo, it's really comforting to see a familar face after a day of new faces n new stuff...
muacks muacks love u!

2008-10-21T00:16:00.003+08:00

and finally... i've time to write this post.

last fri was my last day in the company.
correction: it was my 2nd last day in the company.

My 1st last day was much quieter as many pple were not in office and somehow it was much easier. Probably cos i only spent 2mths there then.

And now, it's been 6mths....
Time flies, doesn't it?

My 2nd last day was more emotional as I've gone thru so much with the team during this period. The period when I helped my manager to tide over the product launch and roadshows. The lunches I had with my colleague at our fave kopitiam Ah Lim. The lunch break shopping trip with my ex-sales room-neighbour at IMM.
Looking back, we had fun.

Maybe as we grow older, we get used to all these 分分离离 cos the feeling isn't as strong as when I grad from sec sch or jc or even uni.

Still, I'm very gandong by the what my manager did. She wrote a very long message for me on a card, encouraging me not to give up and to keep in touch with her (unlike some others...)
It's a very small gesture, but she was v v busy then, trying to finish off some work, yet she took some time off to write the msg to me.
And she took time to find me on facebook.
I didn't even bothered... opps!

So, a farewell lunch at Aijisen marks a break from this company for the time being.
I'll be back!

And now, I shall take one step at a time to embrace the future.
I hope I'll meet nice people like them at my new office!
Well, should all things fail, I know there's someone whom I can fall on.
Right, bf?

2008-10-16T22:12:00.003+08:00

yesterday was the day.
i signed.
felt relieved, yet at the same time felt weird.
but since it has been decided, don't look back.

anw, He surprised me last nite at 11.56pm with a sms.
Yesterday was our 9th mth anniversary!
and guess what...

I forgot!

I guess I was too overwhelmed by the many changes happening ard me recently n also the citibank guy!

Nonetheless, we celebrated this day (without me knowing) at Changi V eating the super super nice hor fun and His fave red tea jelly with longan while i had sea coconut with mango.
YUMMY!
And He tempted me to try the famous nasi lemak at changi V.
Heng I was able to resist the temptation.
We dabao home to eat instead.
2 packets.

Muahahaha!

Not bad la, the rice is v nice! But too bad the trip was too long, so the rice was cold by the time we reached home, so it's not as nice.

oh oh.. and while we were at Tampines Mall, there's this Uncle Lee who stopped us in the crowd just to tell me that He is a very good man.
For 1 sec, I thought he's a fortune telling man.

WRONG!

He's selling wedding package.

Just because He looks abit matured while I was in office clothes and we are holding hands in a shopping centre, it doesn't mean we want to get married lor. (ok we want to get married... but not now la)
That uncle forced us to listen to him (cos he said He is a man with v good manners, so bobian, have to cont to have good manners and listen to that uncle) and led us to see their wedding albums.
Bobian... see lor...
then they ask how old are we.
I tot he will want to lie abt out age, but he told them the truth!
after that, we can see that they are no longer interested in us alr.
So young, won't get married one la.

eeks... not gg to hold hands when there's bridal shops ard next time.

What an enjoyable day~~
=)

2008-10-14T23:44:00.002+08:00

Why do women cry?
Crying is not seen as weak to a woman.
Crying is a form of relief.
Crying itself is healing.

I came across this article and I thought it might be good to share with the u guys (pun intended) the reasons why women will cry. I like this phrase and find it especially true for myself

"She will cry until she cannot cry anymore, with reasons being anything, or
nothing at all, and arise from her soaking wet pillow ready to face anything
the world can dish out."

Sometimes when things aren't going in my way, I'll just feel frustrated and somehow, tears seem to flow. But once I'm done with the crying, I'll be back to normal and regain my confidence to deal with whatever problems I need to deal with.

Reasons why women cry
Exhaustion
You may have noticed that many performers have been known to collapse and end up in the hospital in the middle of a tour due to exhaustion and frustration. This is an extreme kind of tired experienced by someone who has worked too hard and has not had time to relax. This kind of tired will even make a grown man cry, he just will not do it in front of you.

Frustration
Have you ever heard a woman say she had a good cry? Well chances are she cried from frustration, and the act of crying relieved the frustration. She will cry until she cannot cry anymore, with reasons being anything, or nothing at all, and arise from her soaking wet pillow ready to face anything the world can dish out.

Lack of Control
Women often find that they have these mysterious crying fits when in new relationships. They often blame their crying on hormones. The truth is that they are in a situation, which they do not know how to control. As exciting as a new relationship is, not knowing what is going to come next can be extremely frustrating and unsettling and lead to an unexplainable crying fit. Extreme

Happiness
Emotion is emotion and tears are tears. Women will cry just as easily from extreme joy as they will sadness. So if you walk into the room, and she bursts into tears, do not worry. She may just be happy to see you.

2008-10-11T13:34:00.001+08:00

1 bad news after another.
When things are so bad, it just can't get any worst.

Thank Guan yin, it's getting better.

Phew~

2008-10-09T22:07:00.002+08:00

你的缺点是什么？

他说我的缺点是优柔寡断。
我想了想，虽然不完全同意，但也不完全否认。

会优柔寡断是因为很难做出抉择。
首先，无论怎么选，都有相同等数的利与弊。
再来，我怕我承受不了我的决定的后果。

可是，当我很清楚这是我要的，或是我要做的事，我就会毫不考虑，毫无恐惧地去克服和承担我将做出的抉择。（当然，我生命里也有许多决定是误打误撞，而且是无怨无悔。）

回想起来，我做的最快，最义无反顾的抉择，就是和他在一起。
当然，至今，是无怨无悔的。

把心情写出来，我似乎得到了领悟。
我知道应该做什么了。

2008-10-06T22:44:00.002+08:00

If you have problems at work, you can just resign and leave.
And the problem is solved.

If you have problems with your bf/gf, you can just ditch him/her.
And the problem is solved.

If you have problems with your friends, you can fight it out or find new friends.
And the problem is solved.

But... if you have problems with your family, you can't throw in the towel and walk away.

That's where the problem is.

Hope she will be able to sort out her problems.

2008-10-03T22:07:00.005+08:00

yoyoyo!

I've been away from this blogging scene for quite a while, reasons being i'm lazy, i've no ideas what to write, i doubt anyone is reading it (thks yx for letting me know at least i still have 1 reader..hmm.. maybe 3 including HIM n myself), i'm too tired to on the laptop, i'm too tired to stare at the laptop screen after staring at it for the past 8yrs in office.

ok, enough of my excuses.
let's move on to more interesting stuff!

last wed we went cycling again!
i mean, we planned to go cycling, but it ended up as a food trip instead.

it rained heavily in the morning so we had no choice but to change plan.
We alighted at Bedok, the start of our food trail.
I had Lor Mee which tasted like prawn noodles.
Totally disappointed.
He had Kuay Chap (is this how u spell it?) which is very nice! Haiz... I'm still v upset that I chose the wrong food to eat that morning.
Then we went to visit my auntie n uncle n boy boy! We bought alot of food too! (alot of kuehs!!)
So we went to their house, play games, chit chat, took out all the old photos n poke fun at my cousins younger days, and my younger days too (haiz i so wanted to destroy all the photos i took on ah bi's wedding lor. totally HAIZ...)

After we sent boy boy to sch, my uncle insisted that we have lunch together although I was still pretty full (cos i was snacking away at my auntie's hse. bak hu, bak gua, biscuits, snacks etc... i've this tendency to snack whenever i go her hse.)

So after lunch, went back to my aunt's place again n it's more eating!!!
I bought too much kueh for them, so i end up hving to clear them.

Eat eat eat...

Time for exercise!
We walked all the way from Bedok to East Coast Park! It's a 20min walk. woo! I've gone past that road so many times, yet it's the first time i actually walk cos it's almost an insane idea when i told my auntie i was planning to take this route (to save cab fare cos no bus from bedok to ecp)

and so... our day ended with....

MORE FOOD!!!

had dinner at ECP food centre with my auntie uncle n ah bi family. and before they came, we had a roti john cos someone was v hungry (not me!) then when they came, we have stong ray, bbq sotong, satay, duck meat, lots of rice n water... phew~~ so filling!

and ah bi gave us some papa beard for dessert.
hahaha so much for a cycling trip.

(see, i'm just rattling off abt the day... no climax or watsoever... boring rite... well, bear with me till i find the blogger in me. tata~~)

2008-09-11T22:52:00.004+08:00

2nd post for the day!

a few sundays ago, I joined the SMRT challenge with my colleague and her bf n fren... this challenge is abt breaking codes and travelling ard to solve the puzzle. very lame one la..

one of her fren pangseh them, so I got the chance to join this funny group.

But I was cursing n swearing when I had to wake up at 6am that day to get ready for the challenge. My colleague, aka my neighbour, msg me at 6.05am, "Why are we doing this to ourselves?"
Totally reflect my sentiment.

But it was worth it afterall!

Enjoyed my team mates company, they are such funny pple, esp the 2 guys. there's uncle David who can't speak mandarin and made a big joke when he asked the auntie at McDonald to 变 his coffee to ice milo. We told him auntie is no magician, she can't 变变变. HAHAHAHA.

Then there's Mr Tall guy, aka my HR personnel cos I've been sending my resume to him to apply for jobs. He's super tall la! 1.9m lor.. and his gf, my colleague, is only a few cm taller than me. so funny when they walk together.

Then the 2 guys became 'magicians' as they took out their 'tools' and performed magic tricks in front of me. Tricksters, but nonetheless made me laughed so hard, i teared on the train.

At the end of the challenge, they ask me shall we take part again next year.
My answer.
"OK lor..."
Hehehe

2008-09-11T20:54:00.002+08:00

After much research and planning, we've finally decided on FRIENDS at Jelita.
Went there last sunday with my family and HIM for dinner.
Although I've seen the menu for many times, I'm still qt excited to be at the restaurant looking at the yummy names of the food.
I'm so glad HE asked for oysters! I love the oysters! (although i think the oysters not fat enough... not creamy enough... but it's good enough for both my bro n i to crave for it even till now.. yummy!)

This is HIS starter.. salmon salad! see the generous portion of smoked salmon!! the smoked salmon is so salty, but i like~~ This is my main dish, salmon linguine with white wine sauce. it's so yummy!! usually the cream sauce will be qt plain and u can taste only the creamy milky taste, but this is different! The flavour is so rich and tasty, i just can't put my fork down. If only it's not that sinful....

This is my bro and HIS main dish. Lamb.. (I wanted to get this too, but i'm glad i chose the salmon linguine over this cos the linguine was really super good!) but the lamb taste great too! ( how did i know? cos i took a bite of everyone's main course. hahahaa!) when u first bite the lamb, u dont think that it's lamb. it tastes like overdone beef... but as u chew, the taste of lamb comes out... like the minty sauce although i think it's too little.

All of us had the apple crumble tartlets for dessert. Quite disappointed with it cos i was hoping for a scoop of vanila ice cream to go with the apple crumble tartlets, but there's none...

other than that, I enjoyed the dinner!

I think they did too!

2008-09-03T23:29:00.002+08:00

some unpleasant incidences here and there
some hard work in office here n there
but i'm still fine...
i'm the kind who will forget everything after a night of slp.

a few days ago, a friend asked me a question which completely surprised me.
Surprise because it is a very personal question which I never thought this friend will ask.
Surprise because this friend saw it too. In fact, someone else saw it too...
I suppose I share a tiny teeny bit same feeling as this friend although it's not as bad as this friend had put it.
I'm grateful because the conversation made me realised the problem and also helped me to sort out my thoughts.

isn't it amazing?
just as i wanted to talk to someone, this friend approached me.
I'm so glad there's this friend to help me out.

2008-08-26T23:38:00.002+08:00

never settle for 2nd best.
that's what we always strive to do.
but it doesnt seem to be the case when we are looking for jobs.
finding job requires good timing and also ur lucky star.
u may be super good, but if there's no opportunity, it's of no use.
so this may not be my best and first choice, but it's one which i don't mind as compared to the other offers i've received (as long as the pay is good)

feel like leaving my current company (even though i havent confirmed the new job)
but my boss keep giving me the please-stay-for-as-long-as-u-can face and emails everyday. (she ended her email with "*scream* i dont know how to cope with the work if you leave)

well, i'm alr in the slacking mode (gmail chat n ebuddy chat on 8hrs st n talking to my colleague whenever i feel bored oh n coming to work late but leave on the dot.. hahaha!)
actually i would love to stay till the launch is over, it's gg to be qt fun n crazy preparing for it. but it seems like not very possible?

we shall see how it goes.. what if i dont get the job? hhahaa then i'll really have to stay on...

2008-08-21T22:31:00.002+08:00

Olympics is ending but i've not seen most of the competitions that i want to see (i nv got to see phelps live, i've not seen enough of diving, i missed the men's 200m, not enough swimming!!)

and just as my lunch buddy n i found a place where we can watch Olympics during lunchtime, it is ending this sunday! Argh....

although it's table tennis that got us a medal, but it's badminton which got us really interested nowadays. my lunch buddy have been crazy abt playing badminton, jio-ing her bro, bf and frens to play with her. and of cos, being her neighbour, i was part of her 'team' too! and guess what, i got my bro into it too! hahaha! next will be bf, but he kept saying he prefers running to badminton (i don't understand what's so nice abt running.. anw i hate running.. i rather do 100 sit-ups, skip 400 times than to run, play 2 hrs of badminton, run round the playground with boy boy, 2hrs salsa than to run 3 rounds in the park.)

yea, tml taking leave and i'm going shopping!!! and what makes it even better is... HE going with me! yeah!!! we havent ventured out of jurong for the past 2 wks, i feel as if i'm released from a cage. ok la it's not so bad.. i'm still introducing the diff places in jurong to HIM... SO, tml we shall roam orchard! yeah!

2008-08-20T22:02:00.002+08:00

wooo~~ 2 wks nv blog alr. blogger even changed the format slightly!
went back to ntu last wk for some work-related stuff. omg, so much changes! I miss Canteen B food (the vegetarian esp!) and they have so many new additions like the bubble tea and Mr Bean. Although they caused the canteen to be more cramp, I think they are great additions to the canteen as it gives them, students, more variety and choice. How LUCKY!

Not to mention the opening of subway, old chang kee (it's a self-service kind, so smart to cut down on staff!), pizza and oh, the new canteen A is air-conditioned! but i hate it. i smell like economical rice after i stepped in. My colleague bought the econ rice and when the auntie told her $2.20 she chua dio. Cos it's so cheap!!! We are used to paying $3.60 for a plate of unplatable rice. But when i told her the price increased, she stared at me, like she can't digest what she heard.

For the past 3wks or so, i havent been going out much, leading a regular or so-called boring life. Work, eat, slp. nowadays I've also cut down on tv n time spent online. Spending quality time playing psp instead MUAHAHAHA! which also means, i havent been spending money!!! (lest on food) I'm itching to go on a shopping spree. so anyone interested for a shopping companion, pls ask me along!!!

2008-08-06T22:02:00.002+08:00

went to a certain poly in sg today to work. (hint: my cab fare to the poly cost $26!!! phew~~)
i think i'm sick of cab, always want to puke after a cab ride.

i must say, the girls in poly are qt chio.(but some of them look older than me when they are suppose to be at least 3yrs younger than me.. sob sob i'm so old) at least they r better dressed than uni students. or isit just ntu students who are poorly dressed? (nope, i was at nus last wk n i saw this girl with a few dozens of hair clips on her hair. the bad news is, the clips are of rainbow colours!!! horror sight)

i had the honour to work with 2 colleague who had just graduated from ITE.
they are not good at studying, but they are definitely not stupid.
in fact, i think they are v smart. street smart.
although they can't articulate well, but they know how to get things done.
at the end of the day that's most impt, isn't that so?
and they are such nice pple...

in the past, it's said that people who are educated are the ones who have good character and values. they are supposed to be people of integrity and honour.
but it doesnt seem to be the case so.
in fact, the higher u climb up the corporate ladder, the more crafty u will be, or rather, have to be.
for those who have watched the dark knight, remember the scene where the people on 2 boats have to decide whether to press that button to bomb the other ship in order to survive?
in the ship with the prisoners, who threw away the bomb controller and who was contemplating whether to press the button away?
it was the inspector who contemplated while the prisoner threw the controller into the sea.
what does this shows?

maybe i've exaggerated.
but still, i feel that present education is no longer like b4 when u will be called a saint if you are well educated.
moral education is the slackest lesson we have. no one really listen during those lessons.
emphasis are placed on academic results than on our values.
that's why our society morals are going south.

education needs a new definition.

2008-08-04T23:17:00.002+08:00

A speech by Adrian Tan (a litigation lawyer) during a NTU Convocation ceremony. Very interesting, eye-opening and thoughts provoking.

Life and How to Survive It

I must say thank you to the faculty and staff of the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information for inviting me to give your convocation address. It’s a wonderful honour and a privilege for me to speak here for ten minutes without fear of contradiction, defamation or retaliation.

I say this as a Singaporean and more so as a husband.

My wife is a wonderful person and perfect in every way except one. She is the editor of a magazine. She corrects people for a living. She has honed her expert skills over a quarter of a century, mostly by practising at home during conversations between her and me.

On the other hand, I am a litigator. Essentially, I spend my day telling people how wrong they are. I make my living being disagreeable.
Nevertheless, there is perfect harmony in our matrimonial home. That is because when an editor and a litigator have an argument, the one who triumphs is always the wife.
And so I want to start by giving one piece of advice to the men: when you’ve already won her heart, you don’t need to win every argument.

Marriage is considered one milestone of life. Some of you may already be married. Some of you may never be married. Some of you will be married. Some of you will enjoy the experience so much, you will be married many, many times. Good for you.
The next big milestone in your life is today: your graduation.
The end of education.
You’re done learning.
You’ve probably been told the big lie that “Learning is a lifelong process” and that therefore you will continue studying and taking masters’ degrees and doctorates and professorships and so on. You know the sort of people who tell you that?
Teachers.
Don’t you think there is some measure of conflict of interest? They are in the business of learning, after all. Where would they be without you? They need you to be repeat customers.

The good news is that they’re wrong.
The bad news is that you don’t need further education because your entire life is over.
It is gone.
That may come as a shock to some of you. You’re in your teens or early twenties. People may tell you that you will live to be 70, 80, 90 years old. That is your life expectancy.
I love that term: life expectancy.
We all understand the term to mean the average life span of a group of people. But I’m here to talk about a bigger idea, which is what you expect from your life.You may be very happy to know that Singapore is currently ranked as the country with the third highest life expectancy. We are behind Andorra and Japan, and tied with San Marino.
It seems quite clear why people in those countries, and ours, live so long. We share one thing in common: our football teams are all hopeless. There’s very little danger of any of our citizens having their pulses raised by watching us play in the World Cup. Spectators are more likely to be lulled into a gentle and restful nap.
Singaporeans have a life expectancy of 81.8 years. Singapore men live to an average of 79.21 years, while Singapore women live more than five years longer, probably to take into account the additional time they need to spend in the bathroom.So here you are, in your twenties, thinking that you’ll have another 40 years to go. Four decades in which to live long and prosper.

Bad news.
Read the papers.
There are people dropping dead when they’re 50, 40, 30 years old. Or quite possibly just after finishing their convocation. They would be very disappointed that they didn’t meet their life expectancy.

I’m here to tell you this. Forget about your life expectancy.After all, it’s calculated based on an average. And you never, ever want to expect being average.
Revisit those expectations.
You might be looking forward to working, falling in love, marrying, raising a family. You are told that, as graduates, you should expect to find a job paying so much, where your hours are so much, where your responsibilities are so much.

That is what is expected of you. And if you live up to it, it will be an awful waste.If you expect that, you will be limiting yourself. You will be living your life according to boundaries set by average people. I have nothing against average people. But no one should aspire to be them. And you don’t need years of education by the best minds in Singapore to prepare you to be average.
What you should prepare for is mess.
Life’s a mess.

You are not entitled to expect anything from it. Life is not fair. Everything does not balance out in the end.
Life happens, and you have no control over it.
Good and bad things happen to you day by day, hour by hour, moment by moment.
Your degree is a poor armour against fate.Don’t expect anything. Erase all life expectancies. Just live.

Your life is over as of today.

At this point in time, you have grown as tall as you will ever be, you are physically the fittest you will ever be in your entire life and you are probably looking the best that you will ever look. This is as good as it gets.
It is all downhill from here. Or up. No one knows.
What does this mean for you?
It is good that your life is over.Since your life is over, you are free.
Let me tell you the many wonderful things that you can do when you are free.
The most important is this: do not work.
Work is anything that you are compelled to do. By its very nature, it is undesirable.Work kills.

The Japanese have a term “Karoshi”, which means death from overwork. That’s the most dramatic form of how work can kill. But it can also kill you in more subtle ways. If you work, then day by day, bit by bit, your soul is chipped away, disintegrating until there’s nothing left. A rock has been ground into sand and dust.There’s a common misconception that work is necessary. You will meet people working at miserable jobs. They tell you they are “making a living”.

No, they’re not.

They’re dying, frittering away their fast-extinguishing lives doing things which are, at best, meaningless and, at worst, harmful.

People will tell you that work ennobles you, that work lends you a certain dignity. Work makes you free. The slogan "Arbeit macht frei" was placed at the entrances to a number of Nazi concentration camps.
Utter nonsense.
Do not waste the vast majority of your life doing something you hate so that you can spend the small remainder sliver of your life in modest comfort.

You may never reach that end anyway.

Resist the temptation to get a job.
Instead, play.
Find something you enjoy doing.
Do it. Over and over again.

You will become good at it for two reasons: you like it, and you do it often.
Soon, that will have value in itself.

I like arguing, and I love language. So, I became a litigator. I enjoy it and I would do it for free. If I didn’t do that, I would’ve been in some other type of work that still involved writing fiction – probably a sports journalist.

So what should you do? You will find your own niche. I don’t imagine you will need to look very hard. By this time in your life, you will have a very good idea of what you will want to do.
In fact, I’ll go further and say the ideal situation would be that you will not be able to stop yourself pursuing your passions.
By this time you should know what your obsessions are.
If you enjoy showing off your knowledge and feeling superior, you might become a teacher.
Find that pursuit that will energise you, consume you, become an obsession. Each day, you must rise with a restless enthusiasm. If you don’t, you are working.

Most of you will end up in activities which involve communication.
To those of you I have a second message: be wary of the truth.
I’m not asking you to speak it, or write it, for there are times when it is dangerous or impossible to do those things.
The truth has a great capacity to offend and injure, and you will find that the closer you are to someone, the more care you must take to disguise or even conceal the truth. Often, there is great virtue in being evasive, or equivocating. There is also great skill.

Any child can blurt out the truth, without thought to the consequences. It takes great maturity to appreciate the value of silence.In order to be wary of the truth, you must first know it. That requires great frankness to yourself. Never fool the person in the mirror.
I have told you that your life is over, that you should not work, and that you should avoid telling the truth.

I now say this to you: be hated.It’s not as easy as it sounds. Do you know anyone who hates you? Yet every great figure who has contributed to the human race has been hated, not just by one person, but often by a great many. That hatred is so strong it has caused those great figures to be shunned, abused, murdered and in one famous instance, nailed to a cross.

One does not have to be evil to be hated. In fact, it’s often the case that one is hated precisely because one is trying to do right by one’s own convictions. It is far too easy to be liked, one merely has to be accommodating and hold no strong convictions. Then one will gravitate towards the centre and settle into the average.
That cannot be your role.
There are a great many bad people in the world, and if you are not offending them, you must be bad yourself. Popularity is a sure sign that you are doing something wrong.

The other side of the coin is this: fall in love.
I didn’t say “be loved”. That requires too much compromise.
If one changes one’s looks, personality and values, one can be loved by anyone.Rather, I exhort you to love another human being. It may seem odd for me to tell you this. You may expect it to happen naturally, without deliberation.
That is false.
Modern society is anti-love. We’ve taken a microscope to everyone to bring out their flaws and shortcomings. It far easier to find a reason not to love someone, than otherwise.
Rejection requires only one reason.
Love requires complete acceptance.
It is hard work – the only kind of work that I find palatable.Loving someone has great benefits.
There is admiration, learning, attraction and something which, for the want of a better word, we call happiness. In loving someone, we become inspired to better ourselves in every way. We learn the truth worthlessness of material things. We celebrate being human.
Loving is good for the soul.
Loving someone is therefore very important, and it is also important to choose the right person.

Despite popular culture, love doesn’t happen by chance, at first sight, across a crowded dance floor. It grows slowly, sinking roots first before branching and blossoming.
It is not a silly weed, but a mighty tree that weathers every storm.
You will find, that when you have someone to love,
that the face is less important than the brain,
and the body is less important than the heart.

You will also find that it is no great tragedy if your love is not reciprocated.
You are not doing it to be loved back.
Its value is to inspire you.

Finally, you will find that there is no half-measure when it comes to loving someone.
You either don’t, or you do with every cell in your body, completely and utterly, without reservation or apology.
It consumes you, and you are reborn, all the better for it.

Don’t work. Avoid telling the truth. Be hated. Love someone.
You’re going to have a busy life.

Thank goodness there’s no life expectancy.

2008-08-04T21:20:00.002+08:00

it's been a looonnngg weekend
but somehow, it doesn't seem that long
love to spend the weekend with HIM. even though we did nothing constructive, just lazing ard n walking aimlessly in town, but it's just happy! HAPPY!
but this is gg to be a tough wk for both of us cos he has to work hard as a teacher! while i've to multi task so many things.
the sales manager came in today to ask for the piece of work she gave me last wk. i tot she forgot alt... but no! she still remembers. there's no way i can finish the work by this wk! i wonder how to let her know.

today spent alot of time in cab, travelling ard singapore. didn't know that travelling can be that tiring. must remember to bring psp along next time, otherwise i feel so bored in the cab. and i got cab sick. somehow i feel dizzy taking cab. maybe cos the cabfare jump too quickly. (anw not i pay. so i let the drivers earn more)

ohhh and i've been doing quotation for mooncakes. omg, those boxes n packaging looks so nice!!! i'm v excited whenever the restaurant or hotel send me their quotation n photos. so nice!

hahaha i just love brainless work, don't i.

2008-07-31T23:04:00.003+08:00

my day cannot be worst.

woke up v early today, even before mr sun did.
i tot, yeah finally i can go to work on time! (not that i have been very late, but i've not been punctual for a long while. not that it matters in my office, but i tot, for once, i can say i'm punctual!)

walk to the toilet, my bro was using it.
by the time i entered the toilet, it's almost abt the same time as usual.

i open the contact lens case. but i find NO contact lens inside. it just disappeared.
nvm, it's month end, gg to change a new pair soon anw.

walk quickly to the bus stop, thought i can still be in time for 188 (it's super punctual. 8.25am. it always come when i'm waiting for the traffic light. eeks)
but i didn't even catch the glimpse of it today.
waited 10min for a bus that i can take, even though there's 3 buses which i can take from that bus stop)

reached office, new country manager came to look ard.
introduce myself, and said i'm from marketing (which is true!).
but the super nice colleague who is showing the manager ard added the word 'TEMP' for me. He also said he didn't see me here b4. WTF, he always come into the room but totally ignore me, then he say such things. even my buddy was abt to roll her eyes.

wanted to use the office system to do some work which i've no time to do until today. the system hates me. i've been disabled by the system for 3 times in just this week alone. I almost break down n cry in the office. cos it's so hard to get them to enable for me n i tot i finally can finish up my work. haiz... luckily there's nice colleagues to encourage me to move on.

finally it's lunch time. tot can have a nice peaceful lunch with buddy only. but a manager has to chap in... no mood to talk, no mood to fake it too. so i remained v quiet throughout the lunch. i dont know why, but i dont like to talk to her.

went to *** to oversee the booth. mood alr not very good. saw them dump rubbish here n there. super angry. alr told them must keep the area clean and tidy. but i see left over lunch, drinks, used tissue paper. wasted flyers... super disappointed. nvm, keep quiet. then hinted to buddy cos she's in charge of them and she found a chance to tell them off.
then i saw something on the table which i told them not to display out cos it's opposed to our company's branding strategy. wahlau then that guy talk back to me. i was like... !!!!! nvm.. i took a deep breath and keep that thing.

haiz...
it's been a bad day.
but at least the day ended with something good.
i got a day off tml.
yeah.

2008-07-28T22:17:00.004+08:00

after attending last sat's convocation ball, i've officially graduated. (yea i went afterall cos someone pangseh someone n someone has extra tic)
as usual, halfway through the dinner, some indian guy went on stage to give a speech and talk abt our 'past' and 'future'.

In public speaking, it's said that if we want to get our message across, we must relate to the audience. However, that indian guy caught my attention not because he said something which i can relate to, but rather, it's something which i can't relate to.

"Remember NTU, the place where you nurtured your dreams and aspirations....." (not the exact wordings, but something along this line la)

WRONG!
back in primary school, i studied very hard, cos i know i want to do well.
before every test or exam, my dad will tell me
"girl ah, no need so stress, pass can alr"
but pass is not enough for me.
When i was in p3, the top 5 of every class will be assigned to the best class. so i studied very hard cos i want to get into the best class! (partly also cos the guy that i admired is sure plus chop going to that best class too) in the end, i won a girl(i still remember her name is joan lor) by 2 marks to get the 5th position.

I had aspirations then.

in secondary school, i joined chinese orchestra cos i wanted to make a diff in my life. i nv got to know so many pple b4. i worked hard for my studies and also for my cca. before o'lvl, my form teacher (mr phee) asked me to drop either A maths or Chem, cos i was struggling with my grades.(even my english teacher came to talk to me cos she thought female to female talk will be better) But i refused. I told him confidently that I DON'T WANT TO DROP ANY SUBJECTS. He saw the determination in my eyes, so he relented.
And i never look back. I got A for both subjects that they wanted me to drop.

I had determinations then.

Moving on to JC, I started to think about my future.. what do i want to do in the corporate world? I thought hard. I had a rough impression of what i want to do in future. I know for one, i can't do science, that's y i do geog, something which i like and can do well (i did do well!), despite many telling me that geog is of little value in future. i don't care. i just want to do something which i enjoy and i know i can do well. and when i did badly after first yr, i know i have to drop physics even if it means i'll be technically an Arts student. Despite repeated rejections from the hod to let me drop physics (apparently cos they think i still have the potential to do better), I still insisted on dropping physics, cos i see no point in holding on to something which i've lost confidence in. and eventually, in 2004 cny eve, the hod finally signed on that slip of paper.
it was the best ang bao i got.

I had the courage then.

So 3 yrs ago, i landed myself in ntu business school. i learnt alot in the school (just that i've forgotten them all too) and i've made many friends (of which i only keep in contact with a handful).
I gained alot, however, i've lost alot too.
I couldn't find the aspirations, determination and courage i once had.
for the past 7mths, i've been thinking what should i do, where should i go?
i felt lost.
i don't aspire anything, just give me a job will do.
somehow, uni had messed up my life such that i lost my focus.
or isit because for the past 20 yrs, we've realised that all that successful 也不过如此？

studied hard during psle cos u want to get into a good sch.
so u got into a good sch, but so what?

studied hard during o'lvl to get into a good jc.
so u got into a good jc, but so what?

studied hard again during a'lvl to get into a good uni and the course of ur choice.
so u've graduated, so what?
have a degree in hand, but no one wants u.

i'm not being negative la (bf always encourage me, so i nv lose hope) just that maybe i got tired of this stupid race to keep on with being the best all the time.
Sometimes, being the last of the race isn't that bad at all.

At least we get to breathe.

2008-07-25T00:27:00.003+08:00

Dear friends/juniors/seniors/family,
I'll be at NUS for the freshmen matriculation fair. My manager has given me the honour to oversee this project on her behalf. Pls pop by NUS multi-purpose hall lvl 2 to look for me k!!! (best is call me b4hand cos i may go back to office to settle some other work)

I can't slp... i'm so happy to be given the chance to do this all by myself. all the coordination n stuff... truely touched... and i can claim cab fare! so shuang to be able to do that. hahaha!

Hope everything goes on fine tml...
Pls support me!

Yours truely,
JAs

2008-07-23T22:25:00.003+08:00

yeah!!!
finally graduated!!!
it seems so surreal actually. all the fear of tripping over my own feet on stage or the gown or just fall flat on the stage are redundant. hahahaha!

felt v gan dong to receive sms from moo moo, nick n my lunch buddy (she was celebrating bdae with her bf n she still remembers!) thank you!
also v gandong to see tw and leeching there too (although they are there to support peishan actually, but they took the effort to look for me) and yanzhen! (but she's there to support jiaying, and she doesnt even want to walk to sbs when i told her to come humph!)

most imptly will be my family who went to the convo with me. they had to help me to carry my barang barang and my bro had to be my camera boy. bf can't take good photos apparently, so shall not let him do that(he took a pic for me n my family n the photo is blurred!) but bf v nice, helped me to carry my heavy bags n v patiently waiting for me while i taking photos with my frens.
Bf is camouflaged!
This is the non-blur family bf took. heng ah, at least 1 not blur...
the fyp mates! do u see gerard behind!
jiaying n yz! we were considered as roomies once ba. hahaha yea we grad le, leaving behind yz still in ntu...

so that marks the end of my education.
at least till now.
who know, maybe 5 years later i feel that my knowledge is so inadequate, i'll go back to sch to get a Master! (actually it's becos i think the hat they wear is soooOOooo cute.. so fluffy, unlike ours, so stiff n ugly n uncomfortable..)

although we grad le, but i'm sure we will still keep in close contact with one another. we sure can!

2008-07-16T21:45:00.002+08:00

which temp will take leave on her 2nd day of work?

ME!!!

super attitude rite. hahahaha. (luckily my manager v nice.. i say i've to take leave and she just say okokokok hehehehe)

wake up early in the morning *yawnz* to meet HIM and head for his ex-2nd home- pasir ris. We are going cycling!

we walked all the way from pasir ris interchange to the chalet area (i was rite!!! there's a cinema there! but i tot it's under gv when it's actually under cathay hahaha!) then we walk into pasir ris park! it was a long walk.. i think we walked for 2.5hrs just to find that bicycle kiosk. oh! and we played the swing too. u know saya has a fear for height, yet HE kept pushing me high up despite me repeated pleas to stop (guys have a kick doing that is it ah?) argh. luckily my heart is strong enough to within the fright.

next, we went cycling. ok fine, saya doesnt know how to cycle, so have to depend on him to control while i just help to cycle (still counted as cycling rite???) it's fun n relaxing to cycle round the park and chat at the same time. the park is almost empty, so u dont hv to worry abt crashing into people or what. we just anyhow cut thru the lanes. BUT! we were almost chased after by some stray dogs along the way. *phew* luckily HE reacted fast enough n both of us increase the speed of our motor n escaped! safe n sound.

2.5hrs of walking and 2hrs of cycling made us hungry boy n girl. dear brought me to his ex 2nd home (his 'beloved' army camp) near changi v to eat. OMG! the food there are nice de lor! too bad we were too hungry to take any photo of the food. but it's yummy! (ok fine, u win once again. but i'll intro u to good food someday)

next, we took a bus out of changi v n head for tampines... wanted to watch red cliff, but i was too tired to watch such a heavy show. also, the show is 2.5hr! omg la, so long... so we decided to take the long train ride home.

and where else can we go other than our all-time fave, IMM! it's my backyard.. had dinner at ichiban. as we were v near the entrance, HE kept observing the diff couples who enter the restaurant. we discovered something weird. almost all the couples who dine at ichiban has this characteristic. the female will look younger n more chio than their male partner. i wonder if that applies to us too. OOPS!

ended the day early cos yours truely is still a temp afterall (still hv to work the day after)

although it's a v simple day spent (opportunity cost qt high leh, cos i hv to take leave n he has to cancel tuition) but somehow it's a very enjoyable day. no stress, no pressure. just take our time.

tired, take a rest.

hungry, find something to eat.

thanks dear for the happy day!

happy 6th month anniversay!

2008-07-14T22:13:00.002+08:00

人世已非
that's the feeling i have today.
feels kinda of weird to go back to office today. it's technically my 'first day' of work, but the place is so awfully familar!
however, there's many unfamilar faces. and the office is so much quieter n empty.

all happened in just 1mth... things really move fast in a fmcg company, don't they? ok i'm just being lame here...

i'm an old new temp.
hurray to being a temp!

first day is fun.
there's free breakfast, lunch n tea break! (whenever there's meeting, there's buffet, which equals to free food for us)
n of cos, a bottle of fruit juice to end the day.
woohoo!

n although many pple not ard alr, but the new pple are v nice n funny too... had fun crapping n suaning with them. oh yar i love their shock face when they saw me. esp my manager. she was like rubbing her eyes to make sure she's not seeing things. muahahaha!
and the best part is.... we have our lunch in the recreational room while watching movie! how shiok can it gets rite... shiok shiok shiok!

hope i can convert to perm...hope...
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someone is pregnant n a little one is going to join our big family soon next year!

stop speculating, it's not me who is pregnant (duh!)
it's my cousin's wife! woohoo! how exciting!
i'm going to have another niece or nephew soon!
yeah! the big family is getting bigger n bigger! so many new members joining this year (my dear la n someone's dear aka aye), then next year someone also wants to hv another child, then maybe in a few years time i also hv my own little ones? wah! next time we have gathering, we will need a big big big table!
(by then my nieces n nephew will be qt big alr... hope they will still be willing to play with my children.. otherwise they so kelian, no one to play with...=( )

isn't it exciting to speculate the gender of the unborn?
n also thinking whether the baby will look like the father or mother?
so exciting!

2008-07-10T11:39:00.002+08:00

met up with the s01 peeps again on tue night.
it was supposed to be a dinner then off we go on our seperate way home.
NO. i nv expected the dinner will evolve into an overnight mahjong session!

went to yusui place for a night of 'evil acts' indulging in gambling, drinks(green tea, not alcoholic drinks) n food.. played mj n our beloved bridge thru the night n also had a food tasting session, trying out the tibits yusui bought from japan n taiwan. eeks i din know that goat's milk taste so awful... it has the yang sao wei..

n when the sun finally comes out, we went for breakfast near dear's place. had the wonton mee again... nice!

by that time all of us are like dying alr while tw was still energetic (he still can update his blog at 10.23am! qiang!) so we went home lor...

the result of not slping for the night is a super-dehydrated me! i can see my skin became so dry overnight lor~ it's scary.. no more overnight for me!!! n because i didnt slp for 1 night, i need 1 whole day to recover from the lack of slp. it's scary isn't it. i used to need half a day to recover after 1 night of chalet. haiz... OLD LIAO!!!

i was really tired by then, i think i could hv dozed off on the bus.. luckily i hv a v v nice bf!
thank you dear for sending me home even though u were also v tired...

he's so sweet, isn't he?
ok, stop puking.

2008-07-07T23:51:00.003+08:00

sunday is shopping time!

ytd went orchard to shop shop shop!

finally bought something from mango sale. i'm just abit amazed at the speed i took to decide to buy the jacket. but of cos it's partly due to his encouragement (i wanted to use the word '怂恿song yong".. ahem.. better not...) yea. so that's my first present of the day.

then after movie n dinner at crystal jade (i miss the za jiang mian! they've made improvement to the sauce n it's super yummy! though a bit salty) we went taka for a little shopping trip.

walked ard the bag area cos i wan to get one for work (yar i know i'm currently unemployed, but i'll need to be ready for it rite. cannot last min then go on a frantic search for a bag rite... yar lor) and as we went down the escalator, a bag caught my eye. so i walk up to the counter, n told him hey that bag is v nice. he wanted to get the bag for me to hv a closer look, but i was looking at the price tag of the other smaller bags n it's like $139! small ones alr so ex, somemore the one i saw is much much bigger. omg i dont dare to see the price tag.

to cut the story short, yea i bought that bag. with alot more 'encouragement' from him of cos. it's my most most expensive bag so far (usual price is $269! but of cos there's discount la..) i dont care what others say abt it, i'm just going to filter them.

*filter*

my bag is pretty!!!
pretty bag!!!

2 presents in a day, i'm a happy girl.

Thank you!

I'm Not Alone

2008-07-05T17:52:00.003+08:00

so i'm not the only one after all...

was browsing thru some fellow ntu marketing grad blogs n i realised many of them are still unemployed.

just like me.

but the diff is, they have been slacking since exams ended while i was working hard at The Strategy then. i've only been out of job for 1 month exactly.
which means i've slacked for only 1 month!!!
which means i've only started spending quality time for HIM for 1 month! (i see some objection...)
which means i should have more time to enjoy!

"Excuses!", HE will say.

whatever.

i've already hone the skill of self denial and a filtering system which allows me to convert what i dont like to hear into what i like to hear.

Example 1
"When are you going to find a job?"
*filter*
"Take your time to find a job."

Example 2
"Why did you reject that offer?"
*filter*
"You are so clever, I'm sure u'll find a good job soon."

I'm not going to act like the others, fretting about not having a job.
I've full confidence that i'll find a job... soon... like.. before 2009?
It is very important for me to remain calm during this unemployment period. I can't afford to lose my faith nor confidence in myself.

meanwhile, maybe let's plan for a short holiday.
suggestions anyone?

2008-07-02T21:58:00.002+08:00

and i thought there's nothing more frightening...

YES there is! or rather, there are!

haiz... have been feeling uneasy for the whole day. initially i tot it's becos of the event taking place in the morning, but no leh. even after the morning, i still feel uneasy.

it's a kind of fear.

there's a saying 'the fear of something is even more frightening than the actual act of it happening.'

for example u fear taking roller coaster, but actually roller coaster isn't as frightening as what u imagine it to be.
so the thing is, if u can get over that initial fear, then u fear no more.

makes sense?

ok i'm trying to calm myself down with this theory.
but it's not working!!!

haiz... tml will be a better day.
nonono... tml evening will be a super duper better day!!!
i can almost imagine how happy i will be to walk out of the place tml.
*phew*
but that's like 20hrs later...
20hrs!!!!!!!

2008-07-01T00:50:00.004+08:00

this is long over due...
here's some of the surprises i found in my room when i came back from my trip.
sweet! =)

spent the whole night consolidating the photos we took during the trip. tiring.
there's so many photos until i dont know what to do with them.
this is an interesting photo.

hahahah!
apparently this is yours truely idea. when i saw the pilars, it just reminds me of those bollywood shows. u know those actors n actresses will hide behind the palm or coconut trees. yea that's where i got my inspirations from.
super funny! hahahaha! at least they play along with me.

more photos to come when i find the time...

2008-06-30T22:12:00.003+08:00

had a very fun weekend!
sat was a hectic day for both of us.
we went to watch the incredible hulk early in the morning cos we dont want to waste the tickets my boss had given me. i think it's a v sad show... haiz...

then we went on seperate ways. he went for tuition while i go n lead my taitai life.

met up with yz n lijun for lunch as lijun is going to japan for her internship. half yr of internship in japan!!! how cool can it be. she will be coming back on the last day of dec n soon after, her bf will leave for his sep. omg la!!! they will be seperated for almost 1yr! haiz... i dont think i can do that.

in the evening, we met up again for dinner with my big big family after which we went to loyang temple to pray. got to know something which made me laugh until i couldnt stand properly. stupid stupid!!!

sunday was my mum's company's family day!
it's at east coast park, but we nv really got to see the beach n the sea. sigh... but still, it's a fun n happy day!
all the little ones were having fun playing at the games stalls. in fact, the 'old' ones had fun too. there was a mad rush ard playing games so as to win the prizes. it was a chaotic scene, but fun! as for the rest of the day, we spent lazing ard at my hse, watching the super funny drama yuan lai wo bu shuai! yar we're slow. have meant to watch this show for a v long long time but didnt hv the time to until now. we think it's li jiu ze who made this show funny lor. hahahaha!dear n i laughed so hard...

then i showed him the video i've collected and made for my projects. he likes the tvc i made, not becos i've done well, but becos he thinks boy boy v cute... ok la, boy boy v cute, but i film him till he looks v cute too k.

if only every weekend can be like this...

2008-06-25T16:58:00.002+08:00

ytd went to roam bugis n suntec... AGAIN! we've gone to bugis n suntec for nth times lor... ytd was great (lest for all the suanings i got... humph!)
and ytd was..... TUESDAY! and Tuesday is.... WAFFLE DAY!
yeah he finally willing to eat the waffle with me!
cos he always say the waffle very ex not worth it. but i like! to quote cailing, there's zing fu de gan jue! i esp love to have the waffle with the wild strawberry flavoured ice cream.
yummy!

and today...
finally a day with nothing to do!

but i dread it...

luckily there's something going on for the next 3 days, otherwise i'll puke...

i still have many things that i want to do.

i want to go sentosa (i cant remember when is my last visit)
i want to go night safari! (i found 2 tickets lying on my table when i came back one day... the ticket must have dropped from the sky.)
i want to go bukit timah hill! (climb climb up the hill)
i want to play badminton! (someone say will play with me. but not yetleh...)
i want to bake! (muffins or brownies...)
i want to watch the dvds we bought during the gss sale.
i want to cut n colour my hair.
i want to go bedok n stay with boy boy.
i want to clear my room!(i've tried to clear my stuff alr. but there's still so much stuff... i dont know what to do with them)
i want to eat waraku pasta again! (yeah again.. i miss the tomato soup pasta. abit ex though)
i want to finish the kinsella book which he borrowed for me. (heard that he searched high n low for it. so of cos must read)
i want to meet up with friends
i...want...to...spend more time with him too.

hmm... i think i can still add on to the list. give me some time to think abt it.

2008-06-21T23:14:00.002+08:00

yoyoyo!
i've mia for days.. have been lazy to update the blog. sometimes u wont even find me online often nowadays.

i find nothing much to do online.

no more proj discussions.
no more fyp discussions.
no more work related research.
no more talking to bf online (cos he's not online anw)
v few frens are online nowadays cos they r either away for holidays, sleeping cos they hv to work or somewhere else except for in front of the computer.

i should be glad that i dont find them online cos it's holiday n it's time to go out to have some fun!!!
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was reading some blogs n realised that many pple will be coming back soon!!
ben, shiyan n yusui!
yeah!! now that they will be back soon, we can have a happening S01 gathering! any suggestions of what to do or where to go?

but then again, some friends will be going off soon. like dear junior, lijun, will be going for her exchange next mth. hmm, nowadays u often hear pple go overseas for exchange, internship... the world is getting smaller n smaller isn't that so?
let's say it's not just for 6 mths but for 2 years,
actually i've thought about issue of relocating. would i be willing to relocate if the nature of my job requires me to?
hmm....
when the company wants u to relocate, it means they will give u many benefits n lots of opportunities for career advancement when u come back.
very attractive i must say.

maybe i would have agreed in the past.
but not now.
there's more impt things back home in singapore here than my career.
it's just a matter of values and personal piorities.

even if the pay is super attractive, i won't give in.
i promise.

2008-06-11T01:04:00.002+08:00

and here's come pict i took with my colleague. too bad the sales pple went off alr, so left only a few...
here's my lunch buddy!
she's the one who used to work in the company yx is interning now. how cool n how small can the world be!!!!

this is my replacement during the 1 wk i was away. apparently everyone wants a piece of him cos he's a lawyer to be n so of cos he's v smart la... and becos of him, i began to use ebuddy in the office. bad boy hor, lead me astray. but he's v nice! he's the only one who gave me a farewell gift. a box of green tea cake! hahaha though i dont really like to eat it, but it's the thoughts that count n i'm grateful for that alr.

and that's it for my days in *** company.

my lunch buddy sms me ytd to tell me to get ready my resume as they r gg to hire someone for trade marketing soon. apparently, my lunch buddy let go of her trademarketing job so as to do full time admin. hmmm.... she's v brave to forego the money so as to go after what she wants n passionate abt. i dont know if i can be as brave (maybe i'm as brve alr... remember the day i rejected the offer within like 10sec? yeah.... i'm brave too!)

so what's next?
slacking!
and more slacking!

i need a rest la, come on, u all rested for so long alr while i've been working all these while. some may say "who ask u to work, now u're gg to start later than us"
but i can tell everyone, i've no regrets taking up this temp job. totally no regrets.
i feel more ready for a full time job now. i'm more in tune as compared to 2 mths ago. and also after that 'rejection', i've also become more sure of what i want to look for.

and of cos knowing a bunch of nice pple, it's worth the time alr.
this 2 mths are not lost. it's a whorthwhile n value added investment.

some things are worth waiting. i'm sure i'll find a good job.
just as i was sure i'll find a good bf eventually. hahaha! and i did! he's great! can't bear to leave him in singapore actually, but too bad my luggage allowance is only 25kg (n he's confirm plus chop weigh more than 25kg la) so i can pack him in my bag. nv, he say he will wait for me, so he shall wait!

okok i better end here cos naggy zhuo is asking me to slp!
how sweet! hahahaha

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