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Thou shalt be rewarded

2006-10-22T07:49:00.000-07:00

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..)

For ice cream fans esp B&J fanatics

2006-04-19T00:16:00.000-07:00

A nice surprise

2006-04-04T16:05:00.000-07:00

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.

a long march and a fun start to apr

2006-04-01T23:34:00.000-08:00

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! =)

I was bored but it turned out to be interesting

2006-03-15T00:56:00.000-08:00

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)

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Recess?

2006-02-21T07:18:00.000-08:00

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!!!!! =))

Update again

2006-02-10T06:00:00.000-08:00

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.

2006-01-18T06:33:00.000-08:00

Feeling very terrible now

Following the last post in which i entered in lib 2, the following happened:
--Was taking a nap in front of the comp
--Wendy called and told me that she cant attend the project meeting.
--Picked up her call and at the same time walked to the printing area to claimed my stuff. Not walk, dragged my feet
--suddenly i felt like puking. really i could haf done it in lib 2 rite at that area and stink up the place
--i din. I held my breath and told wendy i'll call her back later. Even such short phrases i can feel the vommit coming out of my mouth (sorry to sound crude)
--when i have reached the cubicle, barely closed my door yet, i puked straight into the toilet bowl le. It has been many years since i puked. Dun like the feeling at all
--Afterwhich i did big business..ok sounds gross
--the smell is drowning. but when i came out from the toilet i felt better and i tot i can meet up for the project since thursday and fri i'll be damn packed
--fast forward: nothing much happened during the meeting. still managed to contribute but can c fro my face that something's wrong.
--went home during peak hrs. Waited so long for taxi but to no avail. Decided to squeeze up the stupid 179. was feeling downright uneasy! NO place to sit in mrt made it worse.
--Went to see doc myself..practically dragged my feet. I was so tired. Plus all the food i ate was puked out and i dun dare to eat incase i throw up. Doc said food poisoning. WhAT? again? seenms like my stomach cant take stuff that are too cold, esp in the morn. recalled i drank carrot juice after washing up b4 gg out.
Now, worrying over tmr's tut. Dun feel like gg but have yet to inform prof. Unsure if i must make up for 205. Hopefully not cos i cant make it on the make upday too.having marketing project meeting. Tmr is also the first day of my ge. Took cultural intelligence instead. Seems fun.

Head is burning while typing.
Btw ignore the previous post. Dunno wad i am toking abt.
To neo: thought wad i ate for breakfast was standard..woke up in early morning cant expect me to eat that much.

2006-01-17T21:46:00.000-08:00

Am feeling okay so far for today except that later i'll be having proj meeting again at 430. time is apparently not good cos i cant go home early again.. Feeling rather restless and esp sleepy though i had enough sleep--has oways tot that 6.5 hrs is good enuff for me or is it just a misconception?
Anyway,cny is around the corner but i cant really feel the mood--the atmosphere is there but there seems to be something missing as compared to last year.Even going to Chinatown doesnt help much. I have oways liked cny! more than bday celebration cos:
1) gathering with family members--apart fro my grandma's bday and cny, i cant really recall when we get together as one big family. All visit ah po at different times.
2) of course is angbao la.. can see $$ in my eyes? =)
3) new year goodies--some of my fav: kueh bangkit, pineapple tarts (the paste is not exposed kind), honey combed cookies, fried nian2 gao1 etc etc
4) rest day--I need rest! No more hols til labour day. WTH
5) Steamboat cum chicken rice reunion: More fish and chicken!! Not into roasted meats though.
6) Gambling--Would play with my siblings on ny eve and with the aunties on chu yi. Guys hardly gamble here. Maybe it's cos our stakes are too low or they cant stand a group of ladies shouting at the top of their voices--haha! But my bro and one of my elder cousin and my yi2 zhang4 are exceptions. =p Anw hope my luck will be good for the doggie year!

Haiz. Looking around and every 1 seems to be mugging. And i am here surfing bo liao sites.
Not that i dun haf anything to do. I have tonnes but cant be bothered at the moment. I think i am feeling ill soon. My stomach has a wierd feeling ever since marketing tut started. reminds me of the time when i had food poisoning during the hols..Shucks, better not have anything happen to me at this point in time. =( Now wad did i eat this morn? 2 slices of softmeal bread with kiwi cut into slices and plain water. Went to the iGlobal fair just now and i ate the buffet. But small serving--no appetite.

People seems to have alot of misunderstandings and at the very least, misconceptions with one another. Give an eg, like me, when someone first sees me they tot that i am very fierce and unapproachable type, can see from their faces that when they tok to me, the fear..haha, or am i exaggerating. maybe cos i dun smile alot. anw that is misconception. It happens btw myself and a newly found aquaintance--usually, generally.
As for misunderstandings--I tot it would tend to happen between friends and relatives. U might haf been friends with them for a damn long time oredi and true they might haf (i wun call perception or deep understanding) a *******(cant come up w a word) about u but deep down inside you you know that is not the case but u dun feel like making any explanation or change urself to let others think otherwise of you. (Yea, still can understand)..Give an eg, I am not concerned about my frens at all. what gifs u that misunderstanding: I tend to be the quieter one between the two or I dun share much. But there are some people who jus cant even pour out their secrets to their bestest fren or even their mum.well that aint equal to not concerning abt ur frens. (Agreed?)Anw i tink and i hope my frens will understand.

I am feeling very drowsy now.

I tell myself I MUST update but laziness oways gifs way

2006-01-12T17:29:00.000-08:00

hey there!As usual after a long time I am back to updating.School has started (yea, a long time ago it seems) and I am having a four day timetable. And as usual, being a suay shen in subject registration, I din manage to get the same timeslots with chris (not sure if i've complained abt this b4 in my previous posts) and it was difficult to change to hers during the add drop period due to clashes and things like thaT (long story, cant be bothered to elaborate). Gal, next sem i MUST go to ur hse to reg..haha..and I only haf one class same as Rong, 205 but diff groups oso, so it is like nothing, except that I can haf lunch w her every thur b4 my stoopid GE starts (shant update abt my first GE lesson yesterday). Anyway, I felt rather independent, though there are no close friends having the same class as me for the rest of the tutorials, it is oways good to know more people in different class, though wld be diff to forge strong bonds le..eventually they'll be my colleagues in the Big Four (act still in a dilemma whether to work in Accounting firms or banks) so by then I'll roughly know whom i can work well with and all.
Abt my GE--poned half the lecture and the tut altogether. one word sums it up--boring. Intro to public admin: erm, how interesting can it get. Act at first I tot it might be quite interesting after reading the course outline, abt how the public sectors function and all but after yesterday, seriously thinking whether to drop or continue. currently no interesting GE to take. Am considering taking International business (but 4 AU, scared shiong) but i'll leave it at the back of my mind 1st.
Rainy days--feeling chilly cold nowadays (shivers) Keep reminding myself that I must bring my wollen sweater to school if not i really dun even felt like gg to tut (the weather is making me lazy) BUT amazingly, in such cooling weather, there is still an obstinate pimple (wierd adjective huh) which ying4 ying4 wanna pop out!! Arggh. Could it be due to the heaty stuff i ate? or Stress?
Any1 interested in Project INspiria?--spending the festive period with kids fro the Children Aids Society. 25th Jan and 4th MAr.

LAst night on my way home fro Balestier, I was on bus 88 and I tot I could catch a wink during the 20 min ride. BUt behind me was this couple who was quarreling rather fiercely. Din mean to listen but was quite loud:
gal: I am concerned for you that was why i nagged at you. How many times did i tell you not to ride the bike it was so dangerous and what if something happened to you i told you to take the bus and you oways gif stoopid excuses like u will get dizzy on public transport and u simply dun understand that i care u jus tink that i am unreasonable...blah blah blah (said all those in one breath)
guy: (not at the losing end either) I am now 21 years old le and not even my mum nags at me but now u are doing this to me without thinking of how i felt and restricting my ways. i now u're concerened but everyone has their own perspective of things, u may not like me to take the bike but haf u thought that it will be better for me....i noe i should not haf gone clubbing without telling you and did not bathe..(??*=*!!!) but u should not interfere in this manner...blah blah
Both their tone was not good, it got worse until they reached the destination. I saw the gal sob as she went down. haiz. quite drama but i felt that well, everyone has their own set of thinkings, and even if two parties are v close, there are bound to be differences. It is hard to give way, very hard.like what happened to my brother and me. even if you were to put urself in his/her shoes, it is easier said than done esp if you are the stuborn type (I felt that i am). Even if you manage to do it, there will still be abit of soreness felt within. Not good, trying to be more kuan1 hong2 da4 liang4 but difficult la..=(

2005-12-24T00:51:00.000-08:00

Your Japanese Name Is...

Yama Watanabe

What's your Japanese Name?

2005-12-23T23:53:00.000-08:00

Merry Xmas Everyone!! =)

Harlow everyone! Long time never update my blog..=p..plain lazy and my wireless is not up yet so it is quite troublesome to go online..

Anyway, my job has just ended and it has been a pleasant working experience for me, knowing nice people and learning more stuff and also got the chance to observe more OP (office politics)..lol.. though this co's OP is not as serious as the law firm one..Joey, Flora, Albert and Leemee have been nice colleagues throughout..Would oways kapo Joey's strawberry Hello Panda when I go to her place to photocopy stuff and she'd keep me happy with our conversations.. Flora is such a practical person that her actions sometimes make me laugh, she gave me alot of advice on working after graduating and I was appreciative of her concern over me when I was down with food poisoning and was having Monday blues. Albert would offer me Oreo cookies and Mentos sweet and I kapo finished his tin of sour plums! (think without him knowing cos i did that when he was out everytime to service the coffee machines..lol) He would oso drive us out to nice places to eat lunch so that when we return it is almost an hr past two and I dun haf to do much work be4 knocking off..lol.. Leemee is the new acc assistant who joined the co later than me..Though she is 30 and has a new born baby boy (who looked so cute in the photo I saw on her desk), I can laugh with her over a silliest thing like the stupid DKNY joke which is so obiang oredi. But cant stand her aunty actions sometimes, i'll ^_^!!! Oh ya, not forgetting the tea lady who makes nice free flow coffee and tea for me. Though I seldom drink, it tasted superb evrytime she made for me..=) All in all, had a great time temping here! Best thing was a christmas cum farewell treat from them before I left--A lunch buffet at Sakura on Thursday!! Lol, we went to the Toa Payoh Branch and though it was on a weekday afternoon, it was quite crowded. There was quite a wide spread of food since it was an international buffet--the Jap section consists of sashimi, sushi, tempura. the cold plate section consists of drunken chicken, king prawns, oysters (but no lobsters =( ) and other funny seafood which I dun bother at all. the fried section had onion rings, potato stix, fries, nuggets and fish fillet..the chinese section had various dim sums and I lurve the dessert section though the portions were small. Cakes were only abt 4cm x 4cm big. but that was why then I can try many diff varities (tried blackforest, marble cheesecake and tiramisu). I oso ate satay, poached salmon, grilled salmon (for grilled food or steaks, can attach ur table's clipto the stand at the cook's so that they will prepare it and bring to ur table..not bad..lol), sweet and sour fish (notice i lurve fish alot..=), tempura, potato stix, nuggets, the paper steambt soup, drunnken chicken, sweet and sour toufu, siew mai, chicken dumplings..blah blah haha..drooling?? Oh ya, not forgetting the ice cream..there are alot of varieties too! From ur plain coconut, choco chip, straberry, mango, vanilla, choco to rum raisin and moccha blah blah..had the peppermint choco chip and mocha (lurve mocha!!) while Joey was like crazy over rum raisin..Albert and Flora had 10+ pieces of sashimi each (reason: must make the money worth--eat the expensive one..that was why LM was teased for taking the pineapple rice..lol) but one thing sucked: the shark's fin soup which I suspected has gone bad, it tasted so sour and got the xin1 wei4.. After the meal, every1 was like "wah piang, really ate to our heart's contents.." so when we went back to office, it was already 3 and I totally had no mood to work..=p..Din eat much at the xmas party that nite cos was still feeling full..anyway the finger food was quite big a serving, can last me til the next morn..
Really thank them for the treat..=)

Xmas is here already..That was fast. Still recalled I din celebrate in Sg with my frens last year. Was in Aust eating steamboat and bbq with family. So this year had a celebration with them at Peijuan's hse on the 17th, eating steamboat with teppanyaki. We had lotsa fun buying and prepating the food n catching up and not forgetting to thank Peijuan and her mum for playing host and giving much help in making the gathering a success! =)

Waiting for pizza n kfc delivery. 6 to 8pm time slots all booked so guess will be having an early dinner, approx arrivel time is 530pm..(now is 430pm)Dad was craving for the Holly Jolly pizza which I felt it was ok only so I persuaded him to order chicken from kfc for me..lol

Tmr I'll be gg Sentosa with my family, hope it would not be crowded!

This year's xmas wish: A Healthy better me and the same for my family and friends!

any takers?

2005-12-15T21:41:00.000-08:00

I am not a big fan of Hello Kitty but this is simply cute!!! Want it very much but it will be a hole burnt in my pocket. My friend is selling it for S$150 on ebay. Any takers? Buy it then ship to my house. haha!

food poisoning cum gastric kena bacteria

2005-12-04T00:10:00.000-08:00

super ultra bored at home..din go to work on friday cos was down with food poisoning. Went to the toilet umpteen times on Thursday early morning at around 5 plus. Was awakened by the acute pain in my stomach and alot of funny noises that my stomach was producing. It was Sleepy+painful+draggy+energy drained in the toilet. Shant describe the details, but i spent like almost one hour in the toilet before my legs got wobbly and decided to get back to sleep, perhaps i can hence forget about the pain. so got up 1 hr later at 730am to get ready for work but stomach was still feeling weak and though Mum bought my all time fav mck and hot soyabean milk for breakfast, i ate it without enjoying it thoroughly cos made frequent trips to the loo in the midst of the meal. it came to a point when I totally cant stand it anymore--vomiting, passing out watery waste(pardon me for such description), legs wobbly and stomach feeling gassy..decided to take the day off.

doc said it was food poisoning. recalled the days before I ate my lunch from nearby JTC eateries. was warned b4 that the environment was rather dirty. On wed I ate fish porridge from the JTC at kallang bahru, thur lunch was fried fish soup with rice (yea, both me and my dad are cats in the family). i suspect it was either these two that caused my misery. To cut the long story short, I missed out on many good foods and meetings. Went to c the doc again yesterday cos yesterday my diahorrea stopped but my gastric started to ache. Doc says it was gastric kena bacteria infection, smth related to the food poisoning. Cant imagine, blend and qing1 dan4 foods plus yucky medicine for at least the next week. =(

hopefully something good happens after this whole sh*t..

Dinner

2005-11-30T01:08:00.000-08:00

In office now..20 minutes to knock off and there is nothing much for me to do for the day anymore. Joey, my senior was kind enough to let me have the rest of the time to surf net.haha! Anw, nice day today minus the fact that I had diahorrea early in the morning till early afternoon. Must have been the stupid spicy minced pork dan dan noodles @ Central yesterday. Yesterday had dinner with the 2 Lipings, Peijuan, Baoling and Huijing at Central @ Taka. Service was bad, food was so so only i feel. Initially tot mine was not bad but after some time, feel that the sourness of the sauce was more overwhelming than the spiciness, so it was kinda "ni4" upon finishing. IMO Liping's baked rice was the nicest, tasted the fish slice, tender and the cheese blended quite well with it. Calamari was too elastic and the tofu i tink so so only leh..din try baoling's and peijuan's one..baoling's one looks alright but pj's one rather disappointing. =p
after a walk around taka we went to starbucks near Orange Julius (I act typed Julius Caesar..wth) to have a drink. Ordered Mocha with caramel, shared with Huijing but regretted cos not nice at all =(..should haf ordered the peppermint tt bl and pj ordered. then we discussed abt the upcoming steamboat xmas gathering, so excited..haha! looking forward it..

FOr the past week..

2005-11-26T23:10:00.000-08:00

Nothing particularly exciting happened except:

1) gotta know my colleagues better and there is a nice Uncle Albert who will drive us out for lunch instead of staying put in that ulu kallang bahru-macpherson-genting lane area (wherever that is anyway) So drove to Toa payoh HDB hub FC and Old airport road on tuesday and thursday for hor-dan been hoon and the famous old airport rd fc prawn mee (though allergic to seafood but dunch care!! once in a while, not that i patronise OAR FC often, in fact nv been there b4)

2) yesterday went out with my sis. First went to ps cafe cartel for breakfast. she ordered the omelete speciality with mushroom and chicken sausage and hashbrown. FOr me, i ordered the bacon and ham french toast set. Both sets come with free flow of bread, a really soft and nice plain muffin and tea. Only 6.50 for mine and 6.95 respectively. Really value for money as compared to MAc or Delifrance weekend breakfast buffet (TO all: Delifrance's one may sounds value for money but the buffet selection is all the MINIs--mini crossaint, mini puffs and muffins) We took photos but she haven bought her cable for her phone yet so cant upload. =~ After that we shopped around PS and she bought a sling bag from sports connection. After which we walked to Hereen. Window shopped again, but this time I bought a necklace and earrings. Took a long time choosing and she almost wanted to box me..hahaha anyway, she better not cos the treated her to the meal and her carrefour chicken floss buns! After which I bought a top at Cine--blossoms, a black polo at 20 bucks. Dis time din take too long cos was also leg was quite suan from the walking..hee anyway, walked to taka after that. Both of us wanted to hunt for food stuff to buy home for the rest and for xmas. Sis wanted to check out the scones at St Leavens but quite disappointing, the scones are comparable to that of Four LEaves I feel but the price here is rather steep so I was thinking might as well buy from Four LEaves (ermm..quite lor sor over here) Anyway, while I was walking along the stalls of the basement, the area where chocos are sold (in between cookie man and harwoods choco that area) I suddenly saw my name printed on a choco box..haha.shocked initially but had a closer look it was actually WERNLI but it was cursive writing so the R letter cant really c..anyhow, I bought two boxes of that home though I am not a choco fan. (there is one box with the letters printed on the choco itself..wooh, cant bear to eat them..haha) Yup, after which both of us ate the 1A curry puffs and dabao some back home.

really admire the endurance sis has from walking. remembered she oways complain about me walking too much when we went out tgther. MAybe AJ PE training or Air Rifle got the better of her or MAybe I am old le.

3) TAsted UpperBoon Keng's HC's crispy MCK..Sedap! haha (pardon me for such posts)

uPdatEs

2005-11-21T05:00:00.000-08:00

HAven BLog for a long time already. Not going to tok about the sh*t that I have been through the past couple of weeks. ONly noe that I am one dead duck.

Anw, the week after the exams was slacking, watch tv (basically nothing much to watch actually, Sg media cant make it, how i wish the channels are like Taiwan's where there are so many to choose from), baking choco cookies with sis, look for jobs, pigging at cafe cartel, shopping and pigging with parents, went to Book fair @ Bras Brasah and got some good bargains and playing maple story (only a beginner, still exploring the game. Act quite slow la, only at level 5, not even at Victoria Island yet) This is just a summary of what went through for the past week.

Today started work at Kaffa Kaplan. It is at Macpherson area. Act supposed to go back to Jurong for the logistics job but tot it may be better if I go explore other manufacturing companies. Furthermore the location is nearer. Anw, it distributes coffee powder to hotels, coffee club, marche and delifrance. Nice, cosy company with a good corporate culture. BAck track to the time when I had my interview. Initially i tot it will just be a casual one cos it is only a temp job but who knows the GM act interviewd me and I was in for a shock when she act asked me formal interview questions like why u are interested in the position and what are ur plans for the future and whether I have other interests like marketing etc etc. Crapped my way through. But the GM did give me sum pointers in which I found it useful when FLora (the finance exec whom I'll be helping) went to photocopy stuff. Anw tot I wun mke it but she called later that afternoon to say I can start work today!=) We share one office with the Coffee Club pple. Currently learning how to use Accpac. In a very blur stage but am grateful for this learning opportunity. =)

The office has a big kitchen (dun call it a pantry) where the food tasting is carried on. When a new food product is developed, the tasting session will be carried on there and man, can smell the aroma from the food. but too bad cant get to taste it la. Only benefit is that the auntie makes free flow of coffee and tea for us (the coffee beans are kaffa kaplans'!!) Though I am not a coffee fan, perhaps I may turn into one after this!

alright, gotta get back to maple story le..haha

NO title

2005-10-23T10:02:00.000-07:00

I am 20 and 1 hr year old!

DUn really like the digit "2" there.

Anw, tink tat bday is act no big deal cos every year is like the same routine, cut cake, sing bday song, get well wishes from frens and family, feasting, making wishes and at the end of it all, frowning on the fact that you are one year older.

But stil, appreciate those who has celebrated and are gg to celebrate for me and all well wishes received and gg to be received! =)

Wasn't productive this weekend, was feeling laid back and totally no motivation to study for the stoopid exams. Perhaps cos i kept saying to myself that i deserve a break after all the project submissions. feeling quite guilty now but din regret at all..=)

My bro is going to work oveseas for a period of 4 months next year during the sem break, at ALASKA!!..*wad the heck* and he dun intend to take SQ, so his flight probably take abt close to one full day for a single trip there. It is act organised by Speedwing, so he goes there to get working experience in the hospitality industry, should be in a hotel, not confirmed yet but the trip should be more or less confirmed le, next year may to aug. I wan to go overseas too!! seems like alot of pple around me gg abroad for one reason or another..*tempted but no money*
Alaska..wad i can tell him to buy back for me? *shrugs*

That's all. Gotta sleep. Tmr gotta go sch early. Darn. The fact that i have to wake up early and travel all the way to school, esp haf to walkthe stretch of underpass from NEL to EWL at Outram simply puts me off!! =( (LAZY modE)

Thanks gals! =)

2005-10-22T02:07:00.000-07:00

Just when I was feeling so lousy about myself, with all the emotional and school shit that i was going thru, pigging out at han's with the gals just now really let me regain some long lost joy.

Spent the afternoon at Hougang mall Han's with Gwee, Phuah, Juan, Neo and Fang (quite yi han that bao din come) to celebrate my bday!! =) First, really wanna thank you girls for setting aside time off ur busy schedules, noe exams coming and haf to acc boyfrens on weekends.blah blah.. really appreciate it. Act in a way, was doing u all a favour oso cos if not for this, dunno when we will be meeting up at all.. =) N all the cards..haha, sweet words of encouragement, just when i needed them.. N of course the BS cake. *slurp* =)

Hope u gals found the food nice, esp Juan..haa cos i tot the spag din look appealing.. btw, Phuah, sorry for the custom tradition.. next time i treat u..=)

We met for lunch only. After which, went to Kovan with Gwee and Phuah, shopped abit and den bought Pinle's pancake rolls while they feasted on their mango ice yoghurt.(whatever u called that) Had a short tok over at the fC, updating one another on wad's happening..

Though it was a short gathering, i felt really happy to catch up with them after missing them for so long. It was warm-hearted and act empowers me with strength to move on and jia you!! (sounds spiritual huh..=))

But forgot to make a wish before blowing the candles away...darn.

Shall make three wishes coming mon when i cut another cake w my family. =)

Happy 20th Birthday, Wenli!

*Phuah or Gwee, can send any avai photos to me? Thks! =)

Wad abt career??

2005-09-12T20:05:00.000-07:00

Went to school to attend this career workshop which takes up 21/2 days of my recess week.. today's lesson's abt career planning and business ettiquette. Rather interesting. The speakers were quite funny, esp Ruth Lim.
But wad impressed me was the presentation by former Ms Sg Serene Teo..Her way of presentation on business ettiquette reali superb..managed to capture everyone's attention. BUt tink it was a brief session though it lasted for 3 hrs. As compared to sec sch one, that time was damn funny, not by this image consultant, cant remeber is which one. We had hands-on on make up and how to cleanse your face, still remembered it was carried out at the AVA theatre. that one was more fun, i think. maybe cos tt time still suku..very curious abt this kind of thing.=)

Another 1 and half more days to go. wad i am dreading is the IS project after tmr's workshop! =(

Comfort food

2005-09-11T16:40:00.000-07:00

Ta-da! Presenting to u my comfort food (besides my mum's dishes)---Mee chiang kueh (aka peanut pancakes)!! Had a liking to it since I was working at MOE after my A levels. The temp staff(me, gladys, the twins, candy) oways buy this back from the famous penang peanut pancake stall at buona vista after lunch. Since then, i grew to lurve it loads!!
Was elated when the coffee shop near my house opened one stall selling this snack. Though they are not the best ones around (been exploring and checking out where are the nice ones ard), but i would never fail to eat them at least 3 times a week. The one in the pic is the traditional thick one, with ground peanuts and sugar. There are the crispy ones, which are spread with peanut butter.. The S11 kopitiam near Clementi interchange has one (Ah Gu pancakes) stall selling superb crispy pancakes..will sometimes alight at Clementi on my way to sch, buy them, then borad train to sch again(tt's the extent, but is ok cos I have concession)..Arcade oso has one, but the price is pretty steep, 90c for a piece, where the std p should be ard 60c or $1 for two pieces. I dun like the ones at Jollibean or pinle or mr bean..dun like the peanut paste spread on the cake itself, prefer chunky ones (tt explains y i like chunky peanut butter compared to buttery ones=)). Anw so far, the best pancake i have ever tried (for the think one) is the one introduced by Jo when i was working in town. one stall at telok ayer street near Killiney Kopitiam. It was a small old compartment, the uncle only specialises in making red bean and peanut flavoured mcks. Try it when it is fresh from the pan!! Heavenly!! The batter is not thoo tough, rather soft and chewy. The peanuts are in abundance! *drool*
Wouldn't mind having them everyday, anytime!!

**Jus wanna gif my heartfelt condolescence to the family members and relatives of those who were killed in the 911 attack. Though it has been quite some time, i know that the pain of losing your loved ones in such a case is unbearable and that it is hard to find inner peace with oneself.

HARLow!!

2005-09-09T19:43:00.000-07:00

Hey peeps, I am back! Been disappeared for the past month, but I am fine still, just that I tink I need some recharging of energy before I progress. Like this blog, I am half dead oredi. Lotsa stuff, projects, a couple of tuition assignments but at least I have INCOME! =) Call me money faced or wateva, at least it($) gives me satisfaction. *wink*

Today's a good date to revive my blog (9-9-05). Nice date. six years ago on this date(9-9-99) I remembered I took a neo print with ping with the date on it, cool. Eternal friendship. Not lesbians hor, though many lovers will do exactly wad we've done. *ha* cos ping is taken up by Lips..=p Anyway, the neo print reali worth keeping, not only cos of the date but oso cos it has our TOOT faces.

Jus heard from the news that Orchard Mrt has another body segregation murder *shivers*. The second in three months. Cant imagine that one could have been so barbaric. Murdering the woman is alredy difficult, cutting up the body into parts is damn psycho. Which babarian is that, curious to find out..

Mooncake festival is around the corner! I like festival alot, 3rd favourite. 1st is CNY, 2nd is Christmas. Still remember when i was young, we all would carry our laterns to pungol park and stroll for the whole nite. Ok, pungol park sounds... but the atmosphere was really nostalgic. I would call it romantic now. Though now I dun carry laterns anymore, I look forward to the mooncakes! Currently, I have pandan and yam flavoured snowskin mooncakes and white lotus and lotus with egg yolk traditional mooncakes at home. Personally I like the traditional white lotus one. Tried a tiramisu flavored one at toa payoh, only sampling but i find it not bad. Highlight of this year's mooncake: Raffles HOtel traditional mooncake bought by my uncle *grins* Luxury good. LUXUrious GOOD!! Quality explains why is it bought from RAffles Hotel. Since my uncle bought only 2 boxes, quite paiseh to eat more, so only took one portion.

Good things have been happening to my frens, u all know who you are ! *gee*
But alot of them oso fall sick simultaneously. Do take care of ur health!

Will update more frequently..=p

PRC

2005-08-10T06:45:00.000-07:00

I was on my way to raffles place this afternoon after school cos wanted to buy a body scrub from Essential pharmacy. Got nothing better to do as usual on the train so read my 201 notes. How interesting rite. Interesting til the point that I almost fell asleep, on the verge of entering into my dreams when i was FULLY woken up by a super high-pitched cheena accent!! A guy's one. He was with a group of four, all PRC, all talking to one another in that accent. They were discussing something about Singaporeans complaining about them PRC and not giving due respect to them in some areas. SO loud til practically the whole carriage can hear them. Dun tink it was on purpose though, cos i tink pple from their country generally possess such high-pitched, sharp and tongue-rolled accent.
I was pissed. First, they woke me up. Second, they were standing in front of me so close til i din have any leg space. They were basically occupying alot of space. I noticed that when the people wanted to alight and had to get pass them, they did not even move abit of their ass to give way. They were totally engrossed in their "singaporean-not-giving-them-due-respect" talk like WTH. Third, sorry to say i just get turned off automatically and to a great deal, in fact, when i hear such accent. I hope it is alright to blog about this. I dun mean to create any disharmony between any nationality. BUT the fact is that i really cant stand P*Cs!!! I had bad impressions of them, about them being domineering and the gals hooking up on singaporean men and snatching away our ricebowls...blah blah. the way they tok oso..Cant figure out their pronunciation, needless to say understand. Of course not all P*Cs are like what i have mentioned, I know one who is not to such an extent. BUt still, my impression of them generally is hard to change.
School work is piling like Sh*t. I need a breather.

A picture of me and carol on the last day of work. How i missed working!!

Not yet extinct but dormant

2005-07-29T00:56:00.000-07:00

Back after putting up a disappearing act for a long time..missed me??haa..anw..school has started on monday and i am almost drowned by the tons of notes and readings..swimming in them..how i missed the holidays!! =p Stress-manageable and no projects, no readings, no assignments..can slack during weekends.. now in free access lab waiting for lecture to start, with chris.. anw gotta go now before i am late. jus a short entry to announce that this blog is not extinct yet, only dormant for sum time.

pizzalicious

2005-07-11T06:52:00.000-07:00

Just had a farewell feast at Jurong entertainment centre's pizza hUt..generously treated by my finance manager, Moey and costing accountant, Jac. Thanks to you all, i enjoyed the dinner alot though it made me felt like a glutton. Just the three of us feasting but it was great. I din feel any stress dining with them though they are my superiors. Perhaps cos they have been treating me well during my term in the office and that they are nice people, unlike sum boss who are so stuck up they tot they are the world when they are jus one dumbass. We ordered the Aloha Delight meal: Aloha pizza consists of marinated bbq chicken pieces with pepperoni and pieces of wad is supposed to be in a pizza and the shiokest taste was the cool lime mayo spread. We changed the soup to salad. was quite surprised that pizza hut's salad variety is not bad, din realised this b4 cos usu dun eat the salad when i dine in PH. Also ordered add-ons: spicy and sweet chicken drumlets, 2 sets of 4.
We chatted for quite long, from 530 pm to ard 7pm before we parted for home. While on the way home, I begin to think that so far in my life, i have met alot of nice people, apart from friends, at work. and of course there are nasty ones who dun care a single hoot abt how others feel. Like I said, they tok with their ass. The sad thing is that one day u'll have to part with the nice people and the sadder thing is that after going separate ways, everyone is busy with each of their own lives and no one keeps in touch with anyone anymore. Someone told me this before, u know who u are but i din realise this until recently when i began to think abt what have i xactly accomplished during the past couple of years since i started to work part time.
First job @ CPF: Aunt Norasan and Aunt Bee Keng (Liping is oso super close to them). Only kept with Aunt Norasan via sms
Second job @ Coral Sec: All my sweet students from 1E1(2004), 2E1(2004), 4NT. still keeping in touch via msn and sms. Gg to have a miting w the gals soon. No longer kp in contact w the mentors but they are nice pple who guided me and Shuying alot
Third Job @ MOE HQ: Gladys, Grace, Twins, Candy and my immediate supervisor, Kian Boon, and not forgetting my fav fren, Mary Chua!! HAha..most are in NTU, still says hi and still kp in contact w Mary though she's not in NTU..when i just left MOE not long ago still keep intouch w KB but now no more
fourth Job @ wlaw:Been thru lots while working here. But i still keep in contact w Jasmine. she's the only kind soul there who helped me lots when i was in a lost. She's happily married and glad to know that she's happy though she's still working there..=p
Fifth job @ John Little: Sophia had been a good person to tok to though she is a bit hot tempered. But when she's nice, i can feel her sincerity. No more in touch though.
Sixth job @ Pearson Ed: Irwin is a true gentleman. very totful of other people's feelings. A quiet mid 30s man. Like working w him cos he helped me finish 50% of my work..wahaha..GG back there next wk
Seventh job @ Ameroid: Lotsa pple i'll miss working w..nice pple include ML, Jac, Doreen, Miing huey, Xiaomei, jaz, joslyn, yik knee......hopefully will be keeping in touch w them..exchanged phone no le..=-)
Din mention jobs like UOB roadshow where i jus give put pamphlets and relief teaching at pungol pri cos din reali stay long to mit any1 who gives lasting impression.
Alrite, I am thankful to have met all these pple in my life so far. Now gotta crack my brains on the gifts to buy for my super in return for their treat. Currently in mind: durian candies from Umeya. sounds good?

HAppY BdaY!

2005-07-09T19:10:00.000-07:00

HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY, PEIJUAN!

Although it was way too early to celebrate her bday, it was a grand affair held at her house. She had to leave for CHina this coming wed for exchange so that explains why she's celebrating now when her bday falls on the 1st Mar. Dinner was good, wide spread of food (duck, fish slices, mixed assorted vege, fried mee, kongba pao, roasted chicken, ngoh hiang and fried prawn, dessert was almond jelly and drink was orange juice) Thanks Peijuan for the treat and u have played a good host though u have to attend to many groups of people. IT was really a crowd with 60 plus people (close to that) , felt rather hot and stuffy in a corner during cake cutting but it was ajoyous affair. on top of that it is yuan xiao today, so the gathering was made more meaningful for her family and relatives. And she wore the necklace that we bought for her..hee..but too bad phuah has yet to see it (no chance le, she flying off..gt wait for her to be back) bet she received alot of gifts also. open til shou2 luan3.. Gal take care when u are in China! i noe i have said this umpteen times already but really hope that u'll make the most out of it and enjoy urself there! cu online!

Gg sleep soon. nitezzzzz

2005-07-04T04:10:00.000-07:00

You Are Strawberry Ice Cream

A bit shy and sensitive, you are sweet to the core.
You often find yourself on the outside looking in.
Insightful and pensive, you really understand how the world works.
You are most compatible with chocolate chip ice cream.

What Flavor Ice Cream Are You?

2005-07-04T04:06:00.000-07:00

Your Birthdate: October 24

Born on the 24th, you have a greater capacity for responsibility and helping others than your may have realized.

You may also become the mediator and peacemaker in inharmonious situations.

Devoted to family, you tend to manage and protect.

This birth date adds to the emotional nature and perhaps to the sensitivities.

Affections are important to you; both the giving and the receiving.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

2005-07-02T01:02:00.000-07:00

watching a taiwanese short clip on www.kokoro.com.tw Discovered this website thru a podder. Actually knew about this website long ago but din really go and explore the different stories until now. Just finished watching the first story:《恋雨--爱过总比没爱好>. 9 episodes at one go.nice story.touching and super sad.it is abt the test of the couple's love, whether it is able to withstand in times when they are separated from each other in different lands. a period of 5 years. He act waited for her for 5 years even though she voiced out separation before she left for Paris.but in the end they still did not manage to get together though she came back from a short visit after 5 yrs, sad ending. highly recommended website for those who like short animation. will continue to watch the next story tmr.
I've got alot of short term aims to achieve:
1) Upgrade my wadrobe
2) Play Sims
3) Go for facial at the famous bishan beauty salon
4) Start baking something (haf been discussing with my sis but no action taken so far)
5) Go for another hair treatment
6) Buy a new bag (maybe sling bag, but haven decide which one)
7) Watch initial D

I think that's about all. Tentatively.

I like the week that has just passed. Many new things discovered and learnt and tried.

Was surfing the net the past few days and discovered some interesting food blogs. like www.shiokadelicious.com, www.eatzybitzy.com and more..cant rmbr the exact address. I oso visit the richgal's weblog, i have it in my links page. i think she's reali lucky..not only she got the looks, the money but also a cute boyfren..=) she must haf accumulated alot of blessings in her previous life =) or sum pple are jus born lucky?

Motivated

2005-06-28T21:59:00.000-07:00

Blogging in my office now, after lunchtime. came back early from lunch so can slack abit..had caifan for lunch at the same old place again. Hopefully my immediate supervisor doesn't pop up suddenly behind me, at least for now. She'll go,"What are you doing? The boss might come in anytime." Anyway, I think she wun be here cos she's busy with the accounting software that went haywired this morning.

Had a good talk with the IT Project Manager these two days. He gave me alot of motivation and a better understanding of how business works. I tld him he can be a motivational speaker. He is well aware of what his goals are and is clearly working towards them. I like this kind of people, full of drive and ambition, but not overly-ambitious kind. He knows what he wants, that is the main thing. Well, i guess one good thing that I have gained from taking up this job is to know a person like him. He made me change my perspectives towards things.

All right, I gotta start my later part of the day.

Be thankful

2005-06-26T01:47:00.000-07:00

Quite alot of things happened in the past week, din haf the time to come up and blog on them. Anyway, changed my blogskin once again cos i tot this skin is super cute. I like the cartoon but dunno wad is it called.. it gives me a feeling that it is so helpless and pathetic. well, my tagboard is back. though i noe not many pple will leave comments here. but the sh*t thing is that my not all of my posts are here. the first few ones are gone. i dunno how to recover..hmm..as usual i would say, wait til i am more pro with blogger (which i oways dun bother to go explore =p)
Well, work has been a PLEASURE and TORTURE for the past week. Pleasure cos i get to know more colleagues better as we tok more personal stuff with one another. I oways haf the perception that in the real working world, office politics is so serious that colleagues cannot become good frens and their topics only revolve around work, work, work. But i am thankful tht the colleagues in my co do not engage in any OP. Dunno whether is it cos i am still an intern and not exposed to them(they do it behind u..??=/) or what but anyway, i am happy with what i am doing now. However, it was oso a TORTURE cos i had been tying and packing old files and documents for almost the past week, built up sum muscles from all the manual labor work.
Got my paycheck today..lalla..though it is a miserable sum, at least i like the feeling of my bank account balance increasing, with the first digit progressing one digit up..lala. I am thankful for this as well.
I got a serious diahorrea on wednesday morning, i was woken up by the tummyache at 5 am and i slept at 12 am the previous nite. It was quite shucky..i din noe whether i was even fit to go for work not but in the end, it was under control and i still went to work. Was feeling better after i had the hot milo with my fav polo milk bun from Breadtalk for breakfast.

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Read in yesterday's newspapers that children from some poor stricken countries (cant remember where, is either one of the tsunami-striken ctries or middle east) that children as young as 5 yrs old are sent to prostitutions, for money's sake. As compared to them, i feel that i am much more fortunate though there are problems i have been encountering..at least i have a roof over my head and my mum's nice food to enjoy =)

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But there is something i muz grumble about. Yes, the timetable for the next semester. Chris got the ideal timetable but i did not. I have only one class same as hers and one same as wenjie they all..and the 2 acc mod i am alone...guess i am not as independnt cos the fear of being in a class all alone without knowing anyone sucks big time to me cos i think alot of people planned with their frens and managed to get the same timeslots. Who or what can i blame? my luck or the office's internet connection? I hope i can do something tmr during the add drop period.

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CArl's Jr has opened its branch in Marina Sq and Robinson's tower. This is a burger chain from the US and it is been introduced here. Haven had the chance to go try it yet, but quite curious abt its taste since there has been quite a huge raves over it. and Paris Hilton endorsed for it. Saw the advertisement on the official website: http://www.carlsjr.com/home. She's damn hot in the ad, til the point that the focus is not on the burger, it is on her.

no big deal!

2005-06-20T22:33:00.000-07:00

i tink i'll do away with my shoutbox for the moment, dun tink many pple will tag oso.i'll resume it when i change my blogskin again. anyway, i love my laptop, no more fights over who to use the comp next with my sis and bro and can personalise my own laptop..*grins*feel like buying sum accessories to dress it up but dunno wad to buy yet..shall shop for it this weekend.
dun tink i can go to Harry's this fri, phuah hope that u are reading this, i've got other commitments le..btw, do help me buy the lip gloss u bought online..thanks gal, for recommending it to me..u have other goodies recc me too!=)
today was a ususal day at work, having the usual mon blues in the morn but by lunchtime it was gone..maybe cos i was too busy with tying the documents and packing them into boxes, waiting to be put away in the warehouses. Sumtimes i wonder why pple have so many records for, since they are to be kept away eventually and dun tink anyone would be bothered to refer to the any more, for eg, the co i am working at, the carbon-copied payment vouchers, loads and loads of them..i tink it's a real waste of papers and what about saving the trees?tink many companies are doing this though it is the "paperless" age..ok i noe i am quite into environment protection here, maybe cos i took A geog but i tink that if the world wants to get sumthing done, words must be put into actions, not just empty talks.*i dun say this cos i was getting bek-chek with all the packing..this is just my tots while packing the tons of papers, loaded into 3 jumbo boxes*
The female boss scolded a staff today for her negligence in work, she declared the wrong sum to be paid to the customer. it is a whole half a million extra!! i was packing the files just outside the boss' room when i heard,"it is not a few busks we are toking abt here, it is half a million!...have u been concentrating on your work?..u tell me u are but wad's this?this is not the first time ok?!!..." she was speaking at the top of her voice i can hear every single word clearly..the poor staff kept apologizing and din dare to look at the boss..after half an hour later, she had a closed-door conference with her..*scary*
later that afternoon, i met the colleague, she was all right about the whole thing and resumed to her bubbly self. Totally no signs of depressionor hint of sadness. I started to wonder, why is it that sum pple cantake reprimands so lightly while others will cry their lungs out over them. I belong to the latter. This incident reminds me of the time when i was working at the law firm last year. I got a tick off by this snobbish lawyer. One thing to clarify, i din describe her as snobbish cos she scolded me, she is snobbish. ok, i admit it was my fault for not checking the cheque properly but her tone was so harsh and i felt damn helpless even my colleague cant help me. I din noe who to turn to for help or complaints at that time so maybe my bottled up feelings eventually caused me to break down and cry on my way home that day. Perhaps it was also cos I was never scolded by anyone from work at all *hee* or even in school, rarele got such one-to-one reprimands so maybe i was taking it too seriously. But after all, it was a valuable lesson learnt. If i am at fault, i have no right to be angry with the BIG one for scolding me cos he/she is in a hotter soup, as they goota ans to other BIGGER ones. Sum things are better to be taken not so seriously. Instead of feeling depressed, reflect on ur mistakes and not commit the same ones again.
Anyway........
Lunch was good. Went to explore the SPC petrol kiosk after that with Doreen. She is a new fren found. A bosom one i guess. She'll be going shopping with me at Orchard sumday. We made a pact. *grins*

sumwhere near chomp chomp

2005-06-16T07:17:00.000-07:00

jus came back from the clique gathering with my sec sch frens at sumwhere near chomp chomp..actually decided to makan at chomp but due to space constraint and diff to find place for the 7 of us, we decided to make do with the FC opp which serves great food as well, as recommended by baoz..indeed the food turns out to be finger licking good!we had a spread--bbq chicken wings and drumsticks, chay kway tiao, hokkien mee, satay, rojak, and of course sugar cane juice!
we chit chat our way through the meal but me and baoz were sitting at the end so din really catch wd the other side of the table were toking abt sumtimes..anywy, realised that everyone has matured (ah ber..) but the closeness we shared during sec sch is still there..is a good thing that we are still keeping in touch till now, though we went to different jcs after that..pity that peijuan, liping, mandy not there is not really "da tuan yuan"..
finally took a picture solo with baoz but she has yet to send me, wait til i c her online but i dunno how to do photoblogging!okay i am a sua..i am gonna learn that soon..
work has so far been okay..this week i am not supposed to help the new acct assistant cos the supervisor is supposed to c whether she can manage it herself. so basically i have been doing the checking of statemt of accounts and charges..sumtimes can get a big headache..so i secretly surf internet in the conference room at times..*hopefully wun get caught..did i mention before that my co has alot of malaysians? the colleague closest to me, doreen, is 24 yr old and oredi has a daughter, 6 months old. everyday she has to rush to and fro singapore with her husband to earn a living here..wad motivates her is her daughter..mother's love really unconditional.tink it is the greatest love of all..*hugs mum*

2005-06-07T05:09:00.000-07:00

all rite, haven been updating my blog recently..and i have no social life at all rite now..is all work!! except for occasional shopping during the wkends with mum and sis..haven been meeting up with my gal frens like the two lipings, peijuan, baoling,chinting,lingfang, neo they all.. haven been meeting up with steph and eunice since i pang seh-ed them the other sunday..cos of bad mood, so din wanna meet up to tok..u noe when one's mood is spoilt, u jus dun feel like doing anything else but jus cry it out or give urself sum time to spend alone.anyway, that was a long time ago..
some worth blogging happenings:
1)I got my new laptop!!!Fujitsu S6230..haha..quite cool..and i have 90% ownership but the thing is that i cant access the internet as yet..cant seem to hijack my neighbours' connection, succeeded only once, think i gotta get a router..but the IT fair has jus ended..tot of getting it on sunday but i was at my grandma's hse that day, celebrating dumpling festival..ok i know it's rather early, it is pre celebration..had my fav nonya zhang..read in the news yesterday that there is this new type of dumpling that can boost a guy's libido..WTH..nowadays i dunno wad kind of ideas pple have..either they are too engrossed in money making or they are running out of erm ideas..
2)I finally tasted the famous Clementi's Ah Gu's pancake!!! ok lah, nothing really big deal to shout about for those who are not into these kuehs..but i lurve them!! have been wanting to try for very long le..hmm..it is thick, not the cripsy type, the peanut filling is jus rite, with peanut butter paste, usu i ate those without, and i preferred the latter but still, feeling like a happy gal after tasting it..=)
3)Gained another 1 kg!!feeling more energetic nowadays but sumtimes after lunch reali feel like sleeping..the fact that i have to act alert when i am act half aslept is hell..supervisor eyes not blind, i think she noes i am putting on an act.

office work has been giving me stress..entering many bills and counting many invoices over and over again..today tried to balance the cashbook and journal entries..think i commited errors but the supervisor dun dare to point out to me..i feel rather paiseh..i promise i'll be more alert!!! today something funny and dumb happened..i wld say dumb, but to my colleague, think she finds i funny..is like this: cos i finished my work and was asking her wad else to do so she said jokingly, help me make kopi lah..the one beside the milo tin on the cupboard on the top shelf..she was act joking but i jus helped her cos anw i wan to experiment with the new boiling flask (no habit of making hot drinks in the office u c) so i took the scachet and tore open it!!!=( Emptied the contents into the cup and add sugar and boiling water..Dumb me..U R NOT SUPPOSED TO OPEN THE BAG!!sorry, at that point of time act i was debating whether or not to tear open cos the instructions said:EMPTY THE SCACHET..blah blah..so i tot, maybe the teabag is only meant for teas, not kopi..cos the bag is not like LIpton tea dose kind, with a string and label, it is jus a bag..well after that we had a good laugh over it..and she went to pour away..haha..i wasted com's resources!! i found myself SOOOOOOOOOOOOO freakingly DUMB..i am a DumbAsS..=p

monday blues

2005-05-30T21:14:00.000-07:00

today's not my day. monday's oways not my day, i can oways feel it on sundays. this morn my AV's here, having back cramps and loss of apetite, still rmbr a few days back i was still binge eating..cos that's oways one of the symtoms that appear b4 my AV is here. anw, i oredi woke up late and i was dilly-dallying, feeling so restless and jus dun feel like gg to work. but have to move my ass and get things done b4 i am late for work.
left home 15 min later than usual and by the time i reached clementi(one stop b4 jurong east) i noe i am gonna to miss the transport. I was panicky and was thinking to myself, hope uncle will be caught in a jam tday and hopefully i can catch the bus..well, after rushing like a fool i feel, i managed to board it..but i hate the feeling of having to rush..mum better wake me up earlier tmr.
after that i had probs with my assignments, some calculations drove me mad!kept counting wrongly..*blea*finally when it's lunchtime,the time when my colleagues and i have to squeeze with all the warehse workers in the canteen, there is this big, ferocious looking, irritating, hungry for ages, nothing better to do wild DOG/bit*h appeared all of a sudden behind me while i was having my meal!! scared the hell out of me..haven been seeing dogs loitering around food centrs for ages oredi..tmr dun feel like gg to the canteen, maybe tell them dapao for me, haven overcome the fear yet..
so fast one month of hols has passed jus like dat, left abt two more months..hope it doesn't end so fast..still got so many things unaccomplished..NO TiMe!! and no news abt the cruise..*sad*
next mon will be beloved chinting's bdae..still planning wad to buy for her..soon it'll be my sis bday..another gemini..hmm..oredi bought her the mayday cd le (act tt's a bday gift) but gave her last wk to cheer her up cos she was ill..(dunno if it's her she'll be so nice not =p) maybe subsidize the new harry potter book ba..c how she treats me dese few days..
looking for a tuition job so that i can give tuition maybe on wkends or after work..seriously the pay is peanuts..

cant think of one

2005-05-29T09:27:00.000-07:00

jus went for a morning walk at the park near my block..feeling quite refreshed now..morning walks can do wonders, perking up energy, i shall do this every sunday morn in future before i go for breakfast w my family..;)
fri was the day of release of results. din reali have much to say abt it lah, at least no need to dabao anything and successfully promoted to year 2 in the year 2005-2006..realised that i was more gan jeong abt results in sem 1 than now..cos maybe of wad my mum told me..i had a long talk with her on thursday about some things in life--a philosophical talk i would say, abt the practicalities in life, abt frens, abt why sum pple behave in certain ways, abt office politics, abt selfishness, greed, abt the drive for perfection which may cause unhappiness and many many..i learnt to c things from a different perspective after this chat..still trying to change my views towards different things.
tmr gotta work again..work=no life..basically after work i got no mood to do anything and jus wanna head straight home in full speed. becoming more and more like an auntie..
one good news is that someone jus said that i am no longer so bony..more flesh better, not so thin..=)

Pizza-licious!

2005-05-21T12:51:00.000-07:00

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changes to my blog

2005-05-20T20:30:00.000-07:00

changed the layout of my blog again.i find this gal so cute! haha..if only i haf 1/4 her looks..paiseh to those who cant see the tagboard in the previous skin. my fault, cos i din noe tat using firefox to create the blog will make it appear differently when browsing using IE.. anw, today is a sandwhich day, basically all my three meals are either burgers or baguettes. breakfast i had ham and egg sandwhich, DIY--3 slices of bread w 3 slices of picnic ham plus lettuce and tomato and the spread was my FAV blackcurrant conserve jam. oso put two sugar coated biscuits in between to make the sandwhich crunchy.. *nice nice*.. lunch was delifrance at clementi area: the awful mango banguette meal..wanted to try it long ago but tot it was too sweet. dun reali like the idea of fruit mixing with meat..well, the corn soup w garlic bread and the peach tart made up for it. Dinner was grilled chicken foldover meal from Macs. din taste as nice as when i first tasted it.. anw now feeling quite pukish(puke-ish)though i like bread but tday is too much! overdosage..

moustache gone

2005-05-19T07:33:00.000-07:00

long time nv update my blog le..nothin interesting or happenening has happened so far since i last updated. to think last time when mugging for exams, i kept having alot of things-to-do after exams but now is in the nua-ing stage, cant be bothered to do anything..
yesterday after reading the da S (SOS) book, i did something which needed alot of guts to do..ok,actually it depends on one's guts. if u haf a high threshold of pain, u dun need much guts cos u wun be afraid of the pain.but pple like me need to pluck up full courage to do so--ie, pluck of the hair above my lips below my nose (wateva, u can call it moustache) with the tweezers u use to pluck eyebrows. does it sound gross? anyway, after abt one hr of torture, i got them clean..haha..haf oways found it so unsightly though they are considered invisble cos too tiny..but i felt a great sense of acheivement after that..
i would consider the above event quite happening , admidst my boring routine.

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gotta pack my clothes to c if there is any old clothes i wanna discard or sell at the sunday market that chris jioed. but the clothes i wanna throw are like so....dun tink even maids will wan that kind..c how it goes..=)

suddenly wanna go Desaru..din noe it's only 15 min ferry from changi port terminal..*hmmm*

Quite accurate (i mean quite, not very)

2005-05-15T09:25:00.000-07:00

Advanced Global Personality Test Results

Extraversion	/td>	36%
Stability	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	33%
Orderliness	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	66%
Empathy	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	50%
Interdependence	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	50%
Intellectual	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	43%
Mystical	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	50%
Artistic	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	50%
Religious	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	56%
Hedonism	\|\|\|\|	16%
Materialism	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	63%
Narcissism	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	36%
Adventurousness	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	63%
Work ethic	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	70%
Self absorbed	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	70%
Conflict seeking	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	36%
Need to dominate	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	70%

Romantic	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	43%
Avoidant	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	56%
Anti-authority	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	50%
Wealth	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	43%
Dependency	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	76%
Change averse	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	56%
Cautiousness	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	50%
Individuality	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	63%
Sexuality	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	36%
Peter pan complex	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	43%
Physical security	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	70%
Food indulgent	\|\|\|\|\|\|	23%
Histrionic	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	56%
Paranoia	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	63%
Vanity	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	70%
Hypersensitivity	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	70%
Female cliche	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	50%

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super sianzzz

2005-05-14T12:36:00.000-07:00

figuring out how to upload pics.ok, i noe i am sua. but if this can kill time, i dun care. start work only next wk. in the meantime, i haf completed the powerpoint assignment and they gonna post me to work at jurong east branch as a....accounts assistant!!yes. i dunno why, i simply jus told them that i am pursuing my accountancy degree and i suck at balance sheets and journal entries/ ledgers but they dun seem to hear any of that. they jus say,"nvm, it's ok, we dun need any experienced one.dun worry." ok, how can i not worry. wad if they haf high expectations then, i'll faint but on the other hand, i look at the pay they offer--$650 per month for a 51/2 day job (w/o cpf summore) i guess it shouldn't be too demanding.but it may be cos it's an internship thing, that's the explanation they gave for such cheap labour. if it's sum normal admin job, i wun even consider it given this amt of salary. but for experience's sake, i have decided to take it up.

my rashes on my legs is getting into me.it's becoming more and more itchy nowadays at specific parts of my legs.the back. and it's tiny spots. tried very hard not to scratch cos will cause scars but cant help it.damn itchy! if i can upload photos, i'll post it here for all to c. sounds pretty disgusting ya..but haven been touching seafood recently leh, is all poultry. dun tell me i'm allergic to poultry, i'll jus go bang the wall.

gg lib now to borrow mags and hopefully sum nice books. i seldom read novels but i need them now, to kill time. jus dun gimme textbks or newsweeks or time mags.

still blur

2005-05-10T20:47:00.000-07:00

still quite blur on how to create a blog.jus did it for the sake of killing time. nowadays i dunno wad to surf online.dun really go on msn too. sad ah, tink i'm leading a damn boring life, rotting my time away. cant wait to go back to work.
jus went out with my mum to shop for watches. and have lunch. weather is so damn hot and the sun is scorching. even a bottle of pepsi with salt added in to it oso cant quench my thirst.we walked all the way from a bus stop after peijuan's hse all the way to hougang point cos we wanted to look at the watches at 25 hours and it seems like that is the nearest outlet to home.(we were lazy lah cos of the weather) in the end i bought a silver chain watch which is quite nice i tink =) but frankly speaking, i seldom wear watches, dun like to have something that is tied around my wrist. so i told mum that if she wans she can oways borrow, but tink it'll be rather tight for her.
after walking like wad it seemed hundred miles back home (yes, we walked back home from hg point--abt 3 bus stops), felt hungry again and ate a fillet bun and pear, though jus now had bak chor mee liao..energy all depleted. *phew*
feeling better now, throat still pain bt got voice le..remembered the last time i lost my voice was a few years back.that time was worse, i sounded like a boy undergoing puberty and changing of voice everytime i attempt to talk.it was so jia lak.

sick--disappearing act

2005-05-09T16:26:00.000-07:00

I am sick.
Since the class bbq last thursday.

Last thursday was my uni class (first sem) bbq at east coast park costa sans. Before chris and i even reach the chalet, we had our experience of what i would call the worst caught-in-the-rain encounter while walking there. it was like amagaedon. maybe i was exaggerating but it was really quite bad. we had to walk through many "obstacles"..like what chris called it--obstacle course which one usually has to overcome during camps. this obstacle is mud obstacle i tink, as we were trying to step over dirty waters and mud. den chris' umbrella "pang seh" her, it turned upside down halfway outside this bicycle shop while we were finding our way to the Macs..quite funny =)
anyway, when we FINALLY reached Macs abt 2 hours (starting from Bedok MRT), we both were drenched. and i was feeling damn cold. tink i caught a chill from then. we were hungry after we had been through this "adventurous" tour so we ate sat and ate Mac and tot we would set off again after the rain ceased. ordered my fav apple pie..=) leaving some space for the bbq food later at the chalet.

-------------fast forward to after the rain ceased------------

FINALLY after a close to 15 min walk, we found J2, the unit no of the chalet. din really have a bonding session with those already there as they reached early.basically toked more to those bbqing outside..cos i was outside at the bbq pit, i can get to eat the food first..haha..but becos of this, it had led to my sore throat, loss of voice and fever, coupled with the cold that i had caught earlier in the rain. i realised i cant take heaty food, like wad liping said. i had hotdogs, satays, crabsticks, chicken drumsticks, otar, marshmallows, blah blah..e next day i as quite alright though an ulcer had start to "pop up" from the inner bottom corner of my mouth. so i continued to eat LJS' fish wrap meal for dinner. the next morn, i noe i was in for it. i felt super heaty inside me. my mouth hurts and got headache and slight fever. till now i am still in a daze,u noe those kind of moodiness when u are sick.chris, sorry pang seh u on the wed date...>_<>