Sunday, October 22, 2006
i am going to change my blog add very soon. in an hour's time.Loyal followers who check back to this page will be rewarded by the announcement of my new bloggy add.. lol (as if who'll gif a damn rite..)
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Received this postcard from JOey yesterday.. She sent it to me while she was on a backpacking holiday at PAris! So cool and sweet of her to rmbr.. Time passes so fast, at that time she was still telling me she'll be munching on bread for the whole of dec to save up for this trip to europe and now she's holidaying there oredi..the postcard was bought Musee de Lourve, the place where the exibit of Mona Lisa is.. yup the card was that of mona lisa's.
GG to school later and the tot of having to pass by boon lay interchange sucks.
Saturday, April 01, 2006
It's time to update again. Basically i'll update this blog when i am in the mood to, prob cos was too sick fro doing the routine preparation for schwork and wad not..anw march has ended and it was definitely a long month for all..It was a fruitful one actually, with all the bday celebrations (Shuying's at her house and Neo at Essential Brews and my grandma at her hse). Glad to see all my frens who have been with me for the past 10/- yrs grown up but quite sad that we are growing up abit too fast. We are adults already but I felt that I am still not qualified to be one yet, in terms of maturity level and the way I deal with things and see things in my perspective, sumhow I still feel that I am still childish and narrow in certain aspects, in which I hope to change for the better as I am fast approaching the 21st mark as well.
Of course apart fro bday celeb, think things have been gg on rather smoothly for me for the past one month (or is it at this point in time I cant think of anything that i am feeling miserable abt? Must learn to feel satisfied and not set too high and unrealistic expectations - this is my flaw) Interesting thing that happened were a couple: I had buffet at Sakura Orchard with my marketing team mates after the end of our case presentation. It was sort of like a feast before we part for our exam revisions. Reason y I am close to this marketing team is that we have been through alot through the project and case presentations and forge rather strong bonds. Felt appreciative of them. Another was the completion of project with my Norwegians counterparts in BH331. They were nice and friendly pple and I felt that our project was rather well presented though it could not match the standard of the grp that set the benchmark. Nevertheless, felt cool to have met them in this course. This coming Thurs would be our final session tgther and there would be a farewell session, i guess. Mf was suggesting to get them something and I thinking I am chipping in too..
In case my frens are concerned over my PA, I am selected under phase 2 - the fate game, and will be gg for my internship at ICAPS - a brokerage firm in raffles place. It was my 2nd choice act, the first one, schroders Investment was gotten by another fellow instead. It will be a 10 week one and I hope that I will be able to gain smth out of it though it is not a public acctg firm. Act I was in a dilemma whether to put a public acctg firm as my first choice but after second tots, I have my plans.
Yesterday was bao's 21st bday celebration (apart fro apr's fool..lol). It was an advance celeb cos her bday falls during exam period (so sian, like mine, ours oways fall either before or during exam period). It was at Aloha Changi and the theme was old sch party! lol..fun it sounds like bt when I put on my pl uni with pl lite shirt, it sucks. I mean I look sucky cos the pinafore was too long and the white belt was loose. I look like a pri 1 fresh kid with pinafore below knee length..omg, dun tell me i grew shorter?! Anw, photos were taken and I think that the PL clique photo will be a complete quan jia fu (if not for Peijuan!! if can photoshop, paste ur face there can?!) lol..but it was a nice event and fun, with the ktv and all (though i profusely refused to sing i enjoyed the mtvs...erm, bao and gwee sorry for the noise that u were hearing during u-know-when..lol) The food was nice, i liked the assam sotong and the curry! As for the choco star cake, both gwee and I enjoyed the choco waffer crispy part lots! HAd nice time catching up with Shuying oso since din tok much to her during her party.. Also caught up with gwee whom i 've not met for a long time since recess week..Think Yj's effort had paid off and it was v enjoyable -- minus the sleeping part.. Thanks Bao for playing a good host and HAPPY 21 st BDAY in advance!
Rite, the sleeping part, okay, i admit that I AM A COWARD when it comes to anything related to our good brothers from the supernatural world. and the fact that the chalet is near the old changi hosp made it worse. We stayed awake till 330, toking and singing and opening bao's presents before sleeping. Acc to bao that is the more auspicious time to sleep..lol..shared a room with gwee and that din help cos she managed to sleep til next morn. For me, I had a good slp during the 1st 2 hours plus, after that I was awakened but then i refused to open my eyes, fearing that i may c smth like for eg a jap soldier or a satan's face. I noe my imagination is too erm.. tink watched too many horror shows.. ok, let me face it, i am just too c****d. so i was in a "on" mode but did not open my eyes till it was abt i think 7.. anw, that was a brief inner turmoil that i went through..
ANW, apart fro that, I think this is a good way to take a break b4 the real battle starts.. good luck to my gals for exams, at the same time take good care of ur health.
To bao, HAppY 21st BdaY and all the best for ur impromptu speech tmr!
To Phuah, U are up next.. cu at Waraku on sat! =)
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
I was so fed up with preparing for presentations and I was surfing around. HAd a few rounds of i-sketch (draw and guess game, www.isketch.net) and came across this website where u can know ur personality by drawing pigs (intro by jamie yeo..lolz)[B][COLOR=Indigo][SIZE=5]Wenli[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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Tuesday, February 21, 2006
It's recess week.but WTH, recess week doesn't even mean break. In fact, I think I am busier than normal school days. Firstly I am tied up with projects, alrite I noe I keep complaining about the same thing..*Get a life, Wenli!! Stop complaining!!!* BUt bobian, when school reopens I have got marketing presentation and there's a freaking free rider in my group(more about that later). there's also risk management project that I am currently working on, I quite like doing that proj, the team morale is rather high and everything has been progressing smoothly so far. Today I just came back from Marketing project in Suntec Starbucks and after that I rushed down to Toa Payoh for 205 meeting. Had dinner at Golden Mile Steamboat after the interview with the MD. (that was already 830pm..not quite used to having dinner so late sia) Anw, been ages since I came here to eat steamboat. It maintains its traditional atmosphere and the chicken rice is still as sedap as ever. Still rememebered that my dad used to bring us here often when I was young..now rarely, until today when cf suggested we go there.. (but definitely not a good place for discussion which was act planned to..haha)..The meal was highly enjoyable, both the food and the company..=)Yea just now i mentioned about the free rider in my marketing proj..the rest of my grp condemned her like siao. Call her V. So far we had 4 meetings and she only turned up for one, in which, her contribution was not even substantial in that meeting!! She kept insisting on her ideas and when we told her that we tot it was not feasible, she was fuming and agitated that her ideas were not accepted.Cmon man, gotta think how ur ideas can add value to the proj be4 u recommend can?! NVm, when her ideas din get accepted and it was decided upon the meeting that we would settle on a particular marketing idea, she went home and emailed all of us on her idea that she proposed again.in the email she said of all the benefits of her ideas ONCE AGAIN!!! I was fuming la..I emailed her and told her how I felt about it and it is not feasible, further more we have already settled on the idea during the meeting liao. WA said i sounded harsh but I dun really care le, wad a waste of time man..anw, I am w majority.haha!
As expected,she din turn up for today's meeting again. Her excuse 3 hr after the meeting has started: LOST HANDPHONE..haHAHAH..Why is it that ur handphone is only lost today? Why din u turn up,noeing that We have mentioned the time and place to u a few days ago and I even REMINDED u last nite on the VENUE AND PLACE! Y DIN U CONTRIBUTE IDEAS, IF ANY, WHEN WE ARE ASKED TO COME UP WITH PROPOSAL ON THE FINAL MARKETING IDEA? Y DID U ONLY CONTACT US 3 HRS LATER?!! IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH UR TIME MANAGEMENT AND PROCESSING OF INFORMATION? OR DO U SIMPLY JUS WANNA HECK CARE. I DUN BUY THAT. As agreed in the beginning of the semester, any free rider, 50% off ur course work--act we regretted not putting 100%!!! NOw we only have to bring this matter across to KHoo..
Anyway, during the meeting, me, wendy, GH and WA had hell lotsa fun bitching abt her. OKie, I noe it's very mean of us, but we cant take it anymore. Next week is our presentation le, we are running out of time and yet she is not present to help us in anyway. But just as well, when she's not here, we seem to progress faster (aside from all the gossipings and chatting)
Went for CS interview last Fri. Was damn gan jiong for the whole week i would say and was preparing hard for it. Din sleep well the nite before cos I was so stressed.though I had mock interviews but I keep giving myself pressure that I must do my best for it since I think that CS is one of my dream co for an internship. By word of mouth, I get feedback from a senior that CS helps u to learn alot of things and grow during the stinct there. So I think I gave myself alot of unnecc pressure..
Anw, the interview was with Angela, a pretty friendly woman in her late 20s i guess. She first asked me to tell her more about myself and then from my reply she'll come up with other qn like, so y did u choose i-banks instead of audit firms in the first place since audit firms meet clients in groups and how do you think you can benefit the co if you are selected..blah, cant really rmbr but i noe i screwed up alot of times. Charlene also says tat but I believe that she can do it ba..got gut feeling..haa..but i treat it as an experience oso lo..even if i din mange to get thru it is good enuff that i can step into their office to take a look at the environment. I would think highly of the culture and the structure. 3rd fl is investment banking, 4th fl is private banking and 5th fl is asset management. if i am selected, i'll prob be working in the finance control dept on the 3rd fl-Investmend banking..*pray hard*
Learnt smth new from HK today. If u sleep 1 hr lesser than wad u usu requires (acc to individual needs), your IQ pt will drop by one pt. I need at least 7 hrs minimum. now is close to 12 and i wanna wake up by 7 tmr..alright. to prevent my iq from dropping any lower. i better go slp le..nites!!!!! =))
Friday, February 10, 2006
It is once-in-dunno-how-many-donkey-years update again!! Realised that i din update abt how my cny was. Just a brief one here--reunion dinner was the same as last yr, in fact previous years and u all can guess it--yes, steamboat (wad else) but this year the soup base tasted splendid (chicken herbal) and there was yi pin guo (hotpot with all the scallops, clams, abalone, cauliflower, blah blah) and roasted meats to go along. Got a shock of my life when my mum told me that a silver promfret costs $30 at that period. (But still i lurve fish to the core) Then it was causal mahjong with mum, bro and sis..won a couple of rounds b4 i felt so drowsy, almost wanted to sleep b4 the countdown but tahan-ed till 1am cos must shou3 sui4 (meaning to stay up as late as possible to boost ur parents' lifespan..=)The first day of Cny was as usual, gg to my grandma's place and stay put there till nine plus at nite. Throughout the day, my sis and I were "busy" watching TV and openly eavesdropping what my mum and aunts were gossiping abt..wasn't interested in the card games that they were playing (every yr, my cousins and aunts and some uncles will sit around and gamble casually, bid ranges from $1 to $2 per card game--blackjack and kings)..i am not a person who is particularly fond of gambling, dun believe in such money luck. THEn the sinful thing comes, my sis and i were totally amazed by the stock up of CNY goodies at my grandma's place cos my uncles, inclu us have each bought goodies there for her. so there were : pineapple tarts (din try cos at home got), yam cookies(both sis and i lurve it), peanut cookie (only took 1 cos damn heaty), walnut cookies from LAVENDar(heard raves abt it so kept munching..), crackers and ferrero, kueh bangkit and kueh bolu, cashew nut cookies, rice crackers, pistachios, cuttlefish and even lay's potato crisps!!! (Once u start, u cant stop) Mum was kinda unpleased that we are gorging on such heaty stuff, esp me who had just recovered fro stomach prob. both are too full til requested less for dinner. Funny stuff happened after dinner. My sis and I were totally bored to the core that she started to video record people's actions secretly--i was laughing my head off but had to bear with it when she filmed my cousin's husband munching like a glutton on loveletters, with one hand huggling the container. He is one person whom we tot to be a glutton. Acc to my sis, the min he stepped into the hse, he took a kueh lapis and put into his mouth without greeting everyone yet. And during dinner, his portion of the table was filled with the shells of the tiger prawns and he only source for abalone in steamboat. *=_=*
Day two: Went to bai bai at shuang lin monastery at toa payoh. that's the tradition for us every year. after that went to my fren's house to bai nian. her mum was kind enough to cook lunch for me and gave me an angbao somemore.just a short gathering after not seeing her for very long le..kind of her to invite me over too =)
Recent updates: Been busy with projects esp ICee, lotsa company meeting preparation and evaluation to do. i can forsee life after recess week. No, correction, should be i cant forsee any. I hope everyday will be like today. Today is a nice day for me, at least I am feeling happier than ever. maybe it is also cos it's fri! =)
Right, think it is time for me to sleep.