Wah. Sad...sigh.
My French classmate. This lady in her 30s, reaching 40s. Told me straight in my face.
"Ni fei liao!"
aka "You're fatter!" What happened to you? Ate too much during festive season?
Gosh. First time she told me this was in early to mid December. Then now January liao. Another remark from her....:(
Demoralising...
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Wah, I bought a bra from Vietnam for $40 SGD after conversion...
Went to check out the same model just now at a department store..It was selling for $70...
What a huge price difference.. ahha
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Ho Chin Minh...
Oh well...some pictorial mementoes from my Ho Chi Minh trip recently...
Xiao Bai, have fun viewing!! Hee...Hope things are going fine for you...
Have you ever seen bikes parked inside a fast food restaurant?
This was on our first evening..
Interesting hor..Their fast food outlet..I think it's a big chain cos I saw a number of their branches...People just park their bikes in there while they order food for take-away..Some just park right in there while they have dinner...
The food was good here. Sort of abit like Mos Burger's pattern. haha..
The other interesting thing is that...I did not see a single MacDonalds around...But there were lots of KFCs...Oh yah, they don't have 7-11 stores too!!
On our first night, we tried to find a French restaurant that was recommended by some people...But then walk here walk there...wah lau!!! We couldn't seem to find it!
So we ended up at a Korean place...Food was nice...We ordered two mains but didn't realise it came with so many little accompanying side dishes...
Ate till I couldn't quite stand up straight haha. And the bill was only S$15 for two...for so many things...
Visited a War Gallery Museum..lots of lots of pics depicting scenes from the war...from blasted bodies to American soldiers to Viet natives running..to scenes showing people before they were executed by firing...This particular pic is of a guy aged 23. Born deformed because his parents were exposed to chemical used by the Americans in an attempt to force the country into submission..
Chemical warfare....effects are still around 30 yrs later...
These are some of the other pics they put up at the gallery..to show how the effects of biological warfare is like..An extremely cruel form of warfare. 30 yrs later after the war, children are still being born deformed becase their parents were exposed to the harmful chemicals last the when they themselves were children....
Ok errr...these two jars contain specimens of deformed foetuses, also deformed cos of Agent Orange..The one on the left is a pair of Siamese twins joined at the chest/tummy. 
This is a guillotine used by the Communists to execute their enemies..
Ok errr...these two jars contain specimens of deformed foetuses, also deformed cos of Agent Orange..The one on the left is a pair of Siamese twins joined at the chest/tummy. The one in the right jar looks almost full term...severely deformed head.
And um, the hole you see in the middle of the jar, is actually its mouth, with a gaping cleft...
Let's just say..it was kinda disturbing lah to see these..
This is a guillotine used by the Communists to execute their enemies..It was I think close to 8m to 10m in height...Check out the blade...
Ok, this is how they sell puppies...
This is the Notre Dame Catheral..
We visited their General Post Office...
The interior of the Post Office...
A small glimpse of rural living..drying spices on your roof...
Visited the Cao Dai Temple...about a 2 or 3 hr drive from Ho Chi Minh City
The monks or venerables were having their prayer rites..Apparently in the month of Dec, they will pray at the temppple 4 times a day for 30mins each time. At 6am, 12pm, 6pm and 12am.
We visited the Cu Chi Tunnels...a 200km maze of tunnels used by the Viets during the Vietnam War to overcome the American GI soldiers. This is just one of the many many little holes hwich they used to get into the tunnels...This ang moh tourist was like almost 1.85m in height I think..and definitely bigger sized than most Asians. He went in there but couldn't really move around as you can see from the next pic.
Seriously think I will freak out from claustrophobia if you ask me to go in these tunnels...
Ok, this is how they sell puppies...They keep most in cages which are strapped onto their bikes..and then they tie about oe or two on top of these cages so people can see them clearly...
Wanted to take more pics but the two ladies were sorta like staring at me already...so I inched away.......
This is the Notre Dame Catheral..A pity that when we went there, it was closed to the public already..Took some peeks through some holes in the walls. There were lots of stained glass walls within the church..
We visited their General Post Office...
The interior of the Post Office...
A small glimpse of rural living..drying spices on your roof...The first 3 rattan plates of "stuff" is actually frangipani flowers..It's an old lady's shack..
Wanted to ask her what was the use of drying frangipani flowers. But doubted she would understand English so I just kept my mouth shut haha.
Visited the Cao Dai Temple...about a 2 or 3 hr drive from Ho Chi Minh City
The monks or venerables were having their prayer rites..Apparently in the month of Dec, they will pray at the temppple 4 times a day for 30mins each time. At 6am, 12pm, 6pm and 12am.
We visited the Cu Chi Tunnels...a 200km maze of tunnels used by the Viets during the Vietnam War to overcome the American GI soldiers. This is just one of the many many little holes hwich they used to get into the tunnels...This ang moh tourist was like almost 1.85m in height I think..and definitely bigger sized than most Asians. He went in there but couldn't really move around as you can see from the next pic.
Seriously think I will freak out from claustrophobia if you ask me to go in these tunnels...Must applaud this ang moh for trying it out.. haha.
Some bomb relics... 
View from my hotel's highest floor restaurant. 9th floor...Taken while I was having my breakfast on my last day there.
Common common sight..little stalls everywhere, selling things from trikets to food to sunglasses to hats, blah blah blah...
This is considered a nicer looking stall with chairs & a counter to sell from.
Some just carry a basket, find an empty space, sit down on the street and sell their wares...
Some don't even have a basket, more like a rag to hold everything together.
Oh, the WC you see behind stands for "Water Closet" i.e. Washroom....so traditional haha.
Alternatively called "Nha Ve Sinh" in Viet.
Common common sight..rows and rows of motorcycles parked along the streets..
Nice little can of Sprite with artworks of CNY 2008...damn cheap.
My fried beef rice topped with a lovely sunny-side-up.
His beef noodles..
It was really just lots of vege & beef thrown into a bowl of maggi mee.. haha...
The goondu is not co-operating..
And so I gave up and cut him out of the pic...
But the desperation & will for survival must have so very strong for those Viets to have hidden in these tunnels for long periods of time at a stretch..
Some bomb relics... View from my hotel's highest floor restaurant. 9th floor...
Common common sight..little stalls everywhere, selling things from trikets to food to sunglasses to hats, blah blah blah...This is considered a nicer looking stall with chairs & a counter to sell from.
Some just carry a basket, find an empty space, sit down on the street and sell their wares...
Some don't even have a basket, more like a rag to hold everything together.
Oh, the WC you see behind stands for "Water Closet" i.e. Washroom....so traditional haha.
Alternatively called "Nha Ve Sinh" in Viet.
Common common sight..rows and rows of motorcycles parked along the streets..They even have valets to help you "arrange" your bike into a nice position..
Nice little can of Sprite with artworks of CNY 2008...damn cheap. This costs only S$0.90.
My fried beef rice topped with a lovely sunny-side-up. The rice was pretty good...except that some of the rice was abit little too hard...
His beef noodles..It was really just lots of vege & beef thrown into a bowl of maggi mee.. haha...
The goondu is not co-operating..
And so I gave up and cut him out of the pic...Thursday, January 03, 2008
1st Thursday of 2008...
2008 is here...been meaning to sit down & reflect & to pen down my goals for the year ahead..but frankly, I've not had the time nor the energy to do so
Though I really hope to be able to do it this weekend..Sit down & think about things...
All I can say is that the past 2-3 months have been pretty hectic and sometimes abit draining.
Oh well, you've heard all about it. I blog so infrequently these days...and when I write, it will be mostly about me being tired...Gosh, I bore myself even haha..
The last two weeks were a rush of things at work..these few days too..
Just for the simple hour-long briefing to a minister tomorrow afternoon.
So much work, ,just to prepare for a 1hr - 1.5hr slot with him.
Wonder how it'll be tomorrow...haha..don't think I will be asked to speak else I'll pee in my pants..will just be there as part of the bosses' entourage..
Macham going for a triad meeting..so many people there..but only the bosses speaking.. haha..
Such is civil service life for the working level people...;p
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First time in my life that I spent the New Year's overseas. Ahboy & I went Ho Chi Minh..
It's much like how Bangkok is..but the traffic was horrible..
Traffic
This is one glaringly obvious characteristic of the city...Nobody paid attention to road signs, nobody cared where each other went haha..It was a stressful first day. We just stood by the road side and were dumbfounded, didn't wuite know how to cross. There were lots of zebra crossings...but no one stopped..haha.
Took us at least a day to get the guts to just cross like the local people..i.e. take a leisurely stroll across...the vehicles will just swerve and scoot around you...(hopefully) hahaa...
Oh yah, motorcycles galore...Actual statistics says there's like 5 million bikes in HCM itself. wah lau, more than SG's population...You can see families of 4 riding on one single bike. Dad controlling with a little one in front. Mum at the rear, with another little one in between her & the Dad. I saw a bike carrying 4 adults too...wonder how they balance man...kaozz...
I suddenly feel a surge of love for the orderly traffic here hahhaa...
Food
Food was ok lah..Bangkok's food is much nicer..but the coffee is good. Not that I drink it..but ahboy ordered a number of times so I just took a few sips...and most that I tried, whether iced or black or with milk, were good. :)
People
The girls are generally slim with good figures..mostly well-endowed. If you think Taiwanese girls have good figures or are slim, so do Viet ladies... haha..
The people there are not so well-versed in English compared to those in Bangkok, both street vendors & hotel staff alike.
I had a massage done. The girl spoke to me 100% in Vietnamese. I just stared at her thinking wtf?
Weather
Weather's good at the end of the year..not very hot...bright but not too sunny. Only on about 2 occassions it was very sunny and very very hot but even then it was only for awhile...
Sight-seeing
Went to visit the War Remnants Museum..saw lots of war photos..some disturbing, others normal...Saw how bio warfare can be so-so-so damaging to a country..In fact, till now, the bio warfare effects are still around...
Kids being born deformed..some are now in their adulthood but unable to care for themselves..blah blah...Saw photos of those who were tortured and who were paralysed for life after that...saw jars of preserved deformed foetuses..
Went to visit the Cu Chi Tunnels as well..200km worth of underground tunnels used in the Vietnam war to fight the American GIs...well, Am proud to say I walke dhtrough like 30m of it? ahhahhaa...Eh, damn stuffy lor...and you have to duck walk through it..it's that small..and yet, that section of the tunnels were actually enlarged already for tourists to go through...My guess is for the ang mohs cos they are larger in physique...
NYE
It was a busy busy noisy noisy night...alot of streets were packed with people & stalls & stages...it wasn't one consolidated stage...more like a few big stages here and there, a few small stages here and there..all belting out performances of their own...
We hid in the hotel room...not much of a crowd-person I am..so is he. Lol...so I crossed into 2008 in a Deluxe room of the Liberty 4 hotel along Pham Ngu Lao street in HCM.
Haaa...
Technology
Hmm m...I was subtly impressed when I took a 2hr bus to the Cu Chi tunnels...and I passed by the outskirts of the city...relatively ulu places actually...and I saw shops carrying signs that said "Internet ADSL here"...lol...
Okook, I know I am bad..but I seriously did not expect them to even have Net access in the more rural areas of HCM...
Wah lau, I even saw at least 2-3 people in HCM using iPhones lor!!! (hmm...dunno whether are they authentic pieces or not hehe ;p)
Though I really hope to be able to do it this weekend..Sit down & think about things...
All I can say is that the past 2-3 months have been pretty hectic and sometimes abit draining.
Oh well, you've heard all about it. I blog so infrequently these days...and when I write, it will be mostly about me being tired...Gosh, I bore myself even haha..
The last two weeks were a rush of things at work..these few days too..
Just for the simple hour-long briefing to a minister tomorrow afternoon.
So much work, ,just to prepare for a 1hr - 1.5hr slot with him.
Wonder how it'll be tomorrow...haha..don't think I will be asked to speak else I'll pee in my pants..will just be there as part of the bosses' entourage..
Macham going for a triad meeting..so many people there..but only the bosses speaking.. haha..
Such is civil service life for the working level people...;p
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First time in my life that I spent the New Year's overseas. Ahboy & I went Ho Chi Minh..
It's much like how Bangkok is..but the traffic was horrible..
Traffic
This is one glaringly obvious characteristic of the city...Nobody paid attention to road signs, nobody cared where each other went haha..It was a stressful first day. We just stood by the road side and were dumbfounded, didn't wuite know how to cross. There were lots of zebra crossings...but no one stopped..haha.
Took us at least a day to get the guts to just cross like the local people..i.e. take a leisurely stroll across...the vehicles will just swerve and scoot around you...(hopefully) hahaa...
Oh yah, motorcycles galore...Actual statistics says there's like 5 million bikes in HCM itself. wah lau, more than SG's population...You can see families of 4 riding on one single bike. Dad controlling with a little one in front. Mum at the rear, with another little one in between her & the Dad. I saw a bike carrying 4 adults too...wonder how they balance man...kaozz...
I suddenly feel a surge of love for the orderly traffic here hahhaa...
Food
Food was ok lah..Bangkok's food is much nicer..but the coffee is good. Not that I drink it..but ahboy ordered a number of times so I just took a few sips...and most that I tried, whether iced or black or with milk, were good. :)
People
The girls are generally slim with good figures..mostly well-endowed. If you think Taiwanese girls have good figures or are slim, so do Viet ladies... haha..
The people there are not so well-versed in English compared to those in Bangkok, both street vendors & hotel staff alike.
I had a massage done. The girl spoke to me 100% in Vietnamese. I just stared at her thinking wtf?
Weather
Weather's good at the end of the year..not very hot...bright but not too sunny. Only on about 2 occassions it was very sunny and very very hot but even then it was only for awhile...
Sight-seeing
Went to visit the War Remnants Museum..saw lots of war photos..some disturbing, others normal...Saw how bio warfare can be so-so-so damaging to a country..In fact, till now, the bio warfare effects are still around...
Kids being born deformed..some are now in their adulthood but unable to care for themselves..blah blah...Saw photos of those who were tortured and who were paralysed for life after that...saw jars of preserved deformed foetuses..
Went to visit the Cu Chi Tunnels as well..200km worth of underground tunnels used in the Vietnam war to fight the American GIs...well, Am proud to say I walke dhtrough like 30m of it? ahhahhaa...Eh, damn stuffy lor...and you have to duck walk through it..it's that small..and yet, that section of the tunnels were actually enlarged already for tourists to go through...My guess is for the ang mohs cos they are larger in physique...
NYE
It was a busy busy noisy noisy night...alot of streets were packed with people & stalls & stages...it wasn't one consolidated stage...more like a few big stages here and there, a few small stages here and there..all belting out performances of their own...
We hid in the hotel room...not much of a crowd-person I am..so is he. Lol...so I crossed into 2008 in a Deluxe room of the Liberty 4 hotel along Pham Ngu Lao street in HCM.
Haaa...
Technology
Hmm m...I was subtly impressed when I took a 2hr bus to the Cu Chi tunnels...and I passed by the outskirts of the city...relatively ulu places actually...and I saw shops carrying signs that said "Internet ADSL here"...lol...
Okook, I know I am bad..but I seriously did not expect them to even have Net access in the more rural areas of HCM...
Wah lau, I even saw at least 2-3 people in HCM using iPhones lor!!! (hmm...dunno whether are they authentic pieces or not hehe ;p)
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
I feel so bloated!!
Ok, stomach upset..feeling weird whole day long.
Reason for it? Haha, been eating too much for the past week...
Seriously, I've been out everyday..for almost every meal...(except breakfast of cos)...
Saturday was a fun day.. haha. Went to cut hair in the morning with ahboy..Had our lunch, and then made our way to Qian Hu Fish Farm for fish spa therapy! Hee..It was a eye-opener...not so much about the fishes but more of seeing him squirm like mad!!
Piangzz...the whole pool of about 8 people, he was the only one who was squirming around, giggling to himself and generally being so unlike himself hahhaa...
It was kinda ticklish lah..imagine 100 fishes nibbling at your feet, your toes, your calves, your ankles..haha. Went for a short walk around the premise after that..Koi, Arowana, Goldfishes (lots of them) and many freshwater aquarium fishes...
Saturday night was MJ night...with the sec sch folks. Darn, everytime I sit facing the window, I will lose $$. That's what happened the other time too!!! Lost $8...
Sunday night...had a nice catch-up dinner with Jenaline. Haa, what else could we talk about? Myself, her sister, her, and of cos...the thing that bound us close together in the first place...LHUB..gossips, scandals, problems, heartaches...aw man...so many things happening in LHUB....
Monday...xmas eve..went into office and lo and behold..there were a few pressies on my desk! Wah lau....paiseh, cos I didn't get anything for others. Only for 3 ladies. Darn, ok, will get stuff next year...
Watched "National Treasure" in the evening...I will say it again. I don't like Nicholas Cage. Not last time when he had more hair...and not now when he has less hair and a paunch.
Sigh..kinda tired...from work & the festivities.. hhaa...
dozing off....
zzz zzzzz...
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Reason for it? Haha, been eating too much for the past week...
Seriously, I've been out everyday..for almost every meal...(except breakfast of cos)...
Saturday was a fun day.. haha. Went to cut hair in the morning with ahboy..Had our lunch, and then made our way to Qian Hu Fish Farm for fish spa therapy! Hee..It was a eye-opener...not so much about the fishes but more of seeing him squirm like mad!!
Piangzz...the whole pool of about 8 people, he was the only one who was squirming around, giggling to himself and generally being so unlike himself hahhaa...
It was kinda ticklish lah..imagine 100 fishes nibbling at your feet, your toes, your calves, your ankles..haha. Went for a short walk around the premise after that..Koi, Arowana, Goldfishes (lots of them) and many freshwater aquarium fishes...
Saturday night was MJ night...with the sec sch folks. Darn, everytime I sit facing the window, I will lose $$. That's what happened the other time too!!! Lost $8...
Sunday night...had a nice catch-up dinner with Jenaline. Haa, what else could we talk about? Myself, her sister, her, and of cos...the thing that bound us close together in the first place...LHUB..gossips, scandals, problems, heartaches...aw man...so many things happening in LHUB....
Monday...xmas eve..went into office and lo and behold..there were a few pressies on my desk! Wah lau....paiseh, cos I didn't get anything for others. Only for 3 ladies. Darn, ok, will get stuff next year...
Watched "National Treasure" in the evening...I will say it again. I don't like Nicholas Cage. Not last time when he had more hair...and not now when he has less hair and a paunch.
Sigh..kinda tired...from work & the festivities.. hhaa...
dozing off....
zzz zzzzz...
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
it's late..i am sleepy..but i still wanna write.. haha...
I am happy...
- Met up with some French classmates at Dempsey Road Wine Network just now..Munched on some nice foods and drank this red wine which was pretty good I think...Only thig is that it ended early...We left there at 10-15pm...:)
-Met up with Daniel after that.. haha last minute impromptu meeting..Was gonna head for MJ with Ling & gang till I found out that they cancelled the mj session...So went to Blk 85 for bak chor mee with Dan instead.. ahha...our usual meeting place..Talked for 2.5hrs plus...about me, about him...about others...:)
- I had my best Scrabble ever...seriously. Never ever had such a powerful scrabble ...not even during my competitive days...The word was Evictees...The letter C was already in place...
And this word..garnered me a total of 176 points...I think such an occurrence is so rare that it warrants a mention in this blog...For those not in the know..usually a Scrabble can help you win only about 70-90 over points...crossing 100 is good...wat more..I was almost reaching 200.. ahha...:)))))
I am sad...
- Okok...it's on Scrabble again....damn it. I lost to this lady called Alison..I was leading all the way till I had crappy tiles....argh........:(
- I just found out from Daniel just now. Zorro passed away in August. He didn't tell me till now...sigh...poor thing...he was a very beautiful husky. A little on the plump but his fur was gorgeous...Apparently he has kidney infection, subsequently kidney failure...and he was put on dialysis...was in the vet hospital for a week..till he succumbed to the infection...sigh...:(
- Within the last 2 weeks..I kena so many arrows till I am sorta immune...Only thing is that my blood pressure is probally increasing due to my naturally "kan cheong spider" attitude...I've got 7 papers to write....all due in the 1st week of January....and there are some papers that I have no idea how to do...sigh...:(
- Met up with some French classmates at Dempsey Road Wine Network just now..Munched on some nice foods and drank this red wine which was pretty good I think...Only thig is that it ended early...We left there at 10-15pm...:)
-Met up with Daniel after that.. haha last minute impromptu meeting..Was gonna head for MJ with Ling & gang till I found out that they cancelled the mj session...So went to Blk 85 for bak chor mee with Dan instead.. ahha...our usual meeting place..Talked for 2.5hrs plus...about me, about him...about others...:)
- I had my best Scrabble ever...seriously. Never ever had such a powerful scrabble ...not even during my competitive days...The word was Evictees...The letter C was already in place...
And this word..garnered me a total of 176 points...I think such an occurrence is so rare that it warrants a mention in this blog...For those not in the know..usually a Scrabble can help you win only about 70-90 over points...crossing 100 is good...wat more..I was almost reaching 200.. ahha...:)))))
I am sad...
- Okok...it's on Scrabble again....damn it. I lost to this lady called Alison..I was leading all the way till I had crappy tiles....argh........:(
- I just found out from Daniel just now. Zorro passed away in August. He didn't tell me till now...sigh...poor thing...he was a very beautiful husky. A little on the plump but his fur was gorgeous...Apparently he has kidney infection, subsequently kidney failure...and he was put on dialysis...was in the vet hospital for a week..till he succumbed to the infection...sigh...:(
- Within the last 2 weeks..I kena so many arrows till I am sorta immune...Only thing is that my blood pressure is probally increasing due to my naturally "kan cheong spider" attitude...I've got 7 papers to write....all due in the 1st week of January....and there are some papers that I have no idea how to do...sigh...:(
Monday, December 17, 2007
Jackson's Poem
This is the poem that Jackson sent me the other day...
And I happen to think that it's very nice...
A little sad, a little lost, a little helplessness...all rolled up into 6 sweet sentences...
I like sad ditties...
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A group of sparrows...
Hiding our sorrows...
Playing and mellow...
Who will know?
What is tomorrow?
Which road to follow?
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Will be seeing him on xmas eve perhaps...
Shall ask him what is the title of this short lil poem...:)
And I happen to think that it's very nice...
A little sad, a little lost, a little helplessness...all rolled up into 6 sweet sentences...
I like sad ditties...
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A group of sparrows...
Hiding our sorrows...
Playing and mellow...
Who will know?
What is tomorrow?
Which road to follow?
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Will be seeing him on xmas eve perhaps...
Shall ask him what is the title of this short lil poem...:)
zzz
The weekend went by with a blurrr...
Had my test on Saturday...The written was tough..We all complained that we didn't have enough time to complete hahaa...
Oral was also tough, but not so tough..Only thing was that I had alot of pauses in between ahha..
I kept going errr...ahhh...uhmmm...
haha...maybe the teacher gave up on me and shooed me out faster.. haha..
Went for a back massage near ahboy's place after the test...wel...hmm..it wasn't that good...somehow those thai massages seem so much better!!
Watched Warlords...1st half of the show was dark, bleak, gory but with enough adrenaline to keep my eyes wide open! And I think I was grabbing ahboy's hand so hard till he poked me to complain... ahha..
2nd half of the show was...zzzzzzz......................dumb plot...And it's such a waste of Takeshi Kaneshiro's talent to have him in such a show...haha..
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I have recently discovered the joy of Doritos Nachos Cheese...just a few pieces can make the tummy growl for more hhaa...or should I say the tongue?
And well..Celia will be mighty glad to hear this...but I have recently too become a convert of Subway..
Used to dislike it alot cos I wasn't used to having bread for lunch and the nearest subway was actually kinda far from my previous workplace...haha...
But well...over time I found that it's quite nice actually..and yeah..given that there's a subway directly below my current office.. hehe...;p
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Ah Seng's wedding last night...Evonne looked so pretty...
(p/s: Taz, if you're reading this...it's not our Evonne yah...so happened hsi wife's name is also spelt this way...;p)
Saw some people whom I've not seen for ages...Yufen, Tian Feng, Rui Xin...MingYao & Zoey...
Piangzz..even Qibin & Edmund were there.. ahha...
Daniel is back and the first thing I made him do was to fetch me to the wedding dinner haha...
The next thing I did was well....to get him to fetch me back home.. hahhaa...evil I know...;p
Service of the place sucked..but some dishes were quite alright...Dragon Gate @ HarbourFront Centre...And oh, I am so not used to Seng in a tux...
A piece of big news..was that well...our own Evonne...is legally married...
Wah lau and no one knew...If I didn't meet her coincidentally last Friday..and if I didn't ask her about him last night...we might still not have known haha..
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Will be heading for a haircut this Saturday with ahboy...
Then off to Qian Hu for fish therapy!
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Ok, I am kinda stressed out...Workwise, kena arrowed to update some statistics to prep my boss up for a meeting with a Minister...I will need to attend too...bleah...dunno whether got any protocol or what...Or whether I need to be scanned for any foreign suspicious objects on me.. ahha..ok lah...abit exaggerating..
Saddled with personal stuff...so many gatherings coming up...day by day week by week...Been gasping for breath for the past few weeks (or has it been months??) already...
Heng, at least my test is over..
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There's a slight rash on 3 parts of my body...
Given cream and an anti-itch pill...
But doc told me to monitor..said could be "zhua"...or more commonly known in English as Shingles...
Wah lau eh!! but too early to tell...need to monitor...
*clasps hands together* *prays hard*
Please let it be a normal allergy rash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Should I go dempsey road on Wednesday night with some of my French classmates? Not my clique though..
Don't know them well enough... hmm mm....
Till here...back to work.
Need to do research for the updating of stats...sigh......
Had my test on Saturday...The written was tough..We all complained that we didn't have enough time to complete hahaa...
Oral was also tough, but not so tough..Only thing was that I had alot of pauses in between ahha..
I kept going errr...ahhh...uhmmm...
haha...maybe the teacher gave up on me and shooed me out faster.. haha..
Went for a back massage near ahboy's place after the test...wel...hmm..it wasn't that good...somehow those thai massages seem so much better!!
Watched Warlords...1st half of the show was dark, bleak, gory but with enough adrenaline to keep my eyes wide open! And I think I was grabbing ahboy's hand so hard till he poked me to complain... ahha..
2nd half of the show was...zzzzzzz......................dumb plot...And it's such a waste of Takeshi Kaneshiro's talent to have him in such a show...haha..
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I have recently discovered the joy of Doritos Nachos Cheese...just a few pieces can make the tummy growl for more hhaa...or should I say the tongue?
And well..Celia will be mighty glad to hear this...but I have recently too become a convert of Subway..
Used to dislike it alot cos I wasn't used to having bread for lunch and the nearest subway was actually kinda far from my previous workplace...haha...
But well...over time I found that it's quite nice actually..and yeah..given that there's a subway directly below my current office.. hehe...;p
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Ah Seng's wedding last night...Evonne looked so pretty...
(p/s: Taz, if you're reading this...it's not our Evonne yah...so happened hsi wife's name is also spelt this way...;p)
Saw some people whom I've not seen for ages...Yufen, Tian Feng, Rui Xin...MingYao & Zoey...
Piangzz..even Qibin & Edmund were there.. ahha...
Daniel is back and the first thing I made him do was to fetch me to the wedding dinner haha...
The next thing I did was well....to get him to fetch me back home.. hahhaa...evil I know...;p
Service of the place sucked..but some dishes were quite alright...Dragon Gate @ HarbourFront Centre...And oh, I am so not used to Seng in a tux...
A piece of big news..was that well...our own Evonne...is legally married...
Wah lau and no one knew...If I didn't meet her coincidentally last Friday..and if I didn't ask her about him last night...we might still not have known haha..
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Will be heading for a haircut this Saturday with ahboy...
Then off to Qian Hu for fish therapy!
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Ok, I am kinda stressed out...Workwise, kena arrowed to update some statistics to prep my boss up for a meeting with a Minister...I will need to attend too...bleah...dunno whether got any protocol or what...Or whether I need to be scanned for any foreign suspicious objects on me.. ahha..ok lah...abit exaggerating..
Saddled with personal stuff...so many gatherings coming up...day by day week by week...Been gasping for breath for the past few weeks (or has it been months??) already...
Heng, at least my test is over..
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There's a slight rash on 3 parts of my body...
Given cream and an anti-itch pill...
But doc told me to monitor..said could be "zhua"...or more commonly known in English as Shingles...
Wah lau eh!! but too early to tell...need to monitor...
*clasps hands together* *prays hard*
Please let it be a normal allergy rash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Should I go dempsey road on Wednesday night with some of my French classmates? Not my clique though..
Don't know them well enough... hmm mm....
Till here...back to work.
Need to do research for the updating of stats...sigh......
Thursday, December 13, 2007
headache.
Having a headache...Hope 6pm comes soon...
Cos I really cannot think..dull drone on the right of my head...behind my right eye...
Does this mean there's an eye strain?
Ugh.
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Was looking through Gail's wedding pics online yesterday.. haha...
Some of the pics were hilarious...especially the morning ones...
I like her gown! Sweet and simple and pretty...
Matches her kinda well I think... haa...
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K, shall try to work...
Ugh.
Cos I really cannot think..dull drone on the right of my head...behind my right eye...
Does this mean there's an eye strain?
Ugh.
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Was looking through Gail's wedding pics online yesterday.. haha...
Some of the pics were hilarious...especially the morning ones...
I like her gown! Sweet and simple and pretty...
Matches her kinda well I think... haa...
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K, shall try to work...
Ugh.
Friday, December 07, 2007
Are you from SQ?
Wah Lau Eh!!!!!!!!!!
This is the lamest opening that I have ever heard from a financial agent!!!
Was waking a slow slow walk from the MRt to the interchange just now...and this guy bounded over to me...
Him: Are you from SQ?
Me: No. (continues walking)
Him: Oh! I mean Singapore Airlines leh! (keeping pace with me)
Me: No. (walk walk walk)
Him: Are you working now?
Me: Yes.
Him: Today is your off day right? (still pacing me)
Me: No.
Him: Wah! Then you mean you dress down so much??? (lags behind when a lady blocks his way)
Me: Yah.(still walking...)
Him: Wah can dress like that ah? Anyway have you heard of XXX? We provide blah blah blah...
Me: No and don't think I want to know. (reaching my bus stop!!!)
Him: Oh but why?? We provide financial services to people, give them advise...
Me: I already have alot of plans. (I can see my bus stop! motivation to walk faster!!)
Him: Oh good what! Then you can sit down and share more with me!! (walks faster too!)
Me: No thanks.
Him: Bu....
Me: No thanks.
Him: Wha...
Me: No thanks.
Him: Woul...
Me: No thanks.
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Had dinner with Enigma last night..
He was speaking french to me all throughout the MRT ride home...Glad to say that I can understand 95% of what he was saying! haha compared to like 5% of what he was saying last time.. ahha...
And the funny thing was..he was gossipping about others on the train..and they wouldn't have understood.. ahhaa
This is the lamest opening that I have ever heard from a financial agent!!!
Was waking a slow slow walk from the MRt to the interchange just now...and this guy bounded over to me...
Him: Are you from SQ?
Me: No. (continues walking)
Him: Oh! I mean Singapore Airlines leh! (keeping pace with me)
Me: No. (walk walk walk)
Him: Are you working now?
Me: Yes.
Him: Today is your off day right? (still pacing me)
Me: No.
Him: Wah! Then you mean you dress down so much??? (lags behind when a lady blocks his way)
Me: Yah.(still walking...)
Him: Wah can dress like that ah? Anyway have you heard of XXX? We provide blah blah blah...
Me: No and don't think I want to know. (reaching my bus stop!!!)
Him: Oh but why?? We provide financial services to people, give them advise...
Me: I already have alot of plans. (I can see my bus stop! motivation to walk faster!!)
Him: Oh good what! Then you can sit down and share more with me!! (walks faster too!)
Me: No thanks.
Him: Bu....
Me: No thanks.
Him: Wha...
Me: No thanks.
Him: Woul...
Me: No thanks.
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Had dinner with Enigma last night..
He was speaking french to me all throughout the MRT ride home...Glad to say that I can understand 95% of what he was saying! haha compared to like 5% of what he was saying last time.. ahha...
And the funny thing was..he was gossipping about others on the train..and they wouldn't have understood.. ahhaa
j'ecrire en francais...I write in french
Je veux je sors ce soir.
Mais alors, maintenant, je mange nouilles seulement, chez moi.
Et apres, peut etre j'etudierai mon francais...et puis, peut etre je regarderai le film Heroes.
Je suis fatiguee. Aujourd'hui a ete un journee normale.
Mais j'ai ete un peu emotif.
Pendant dejeuner, nous avons eu une petite la fete. Il a ete le celebration pour anniversaires des Boon Kiat, Aaron, Lester et Jasmine. Il a ete bien, un occasion heureux.
Nous avons achete KFC, Canadian Pizza et deux gateau de NYDC.
Il y a eu les deux filles du Legal Department, Clarissa et Jessica, Jane, Sandra, Evangeline et moi. Nous avons mange jusqu'a deux heures l'apres midi.
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I wish I was out tonight.
But well, now, I am eating noodles alone, at home.
After this, maybe I'll study my french, and then perhaps, I'll watch the show Heroes.
I am tired. Today was a normal day.
But I was abit emotional.
During lunch, we had a small party. It was the birthdya celebration for Boon Kiat, Aarom, Lester and Jasmine. It was good, a happy occasion.
We bought KFC, Canadian Pizza and 2 cakes from NYDC.
There were the 2 girls from Legal Department, Clarissa & Jessica, Jane, Sandra, Evangeline and me. We ate till 2 in the afternoon.
Mais alors, maintenant, je mange nouilles seulement, chez moi.
Et apres, peut etre j'etudierai mon francais...et puis, peut etre je regarderai le film Heroes.
Je suis fatiguee. Aujourd'hui a ete un journee normale.
Mais j'ai ete un peu emotif.
Pendant dejeuner, nous avons eu une petite la fete. Il a ete le celebration pour anniversaires des Boon Kiat, Aaron, Lester et Jasmine. Il a ete bien, un occasion heureux.
Nous avons achete KFC, Canadian Pizza et deux gateau de NYDC.
Il y a eu les deux filles du Legal Department, Clarissa et Jessica, Jane, Sandra, Evangeline et moi. Nous avons mange jusqu'a deux heures l'apres midi.
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I wish I was out tonight.
But well, now, I am eating noodles alone, at home.
After this, maybe I'll study my french, and then perhaps, I'll watch the show Heroes.
I am tired. Today was a normal day.
But I was abit emotional.
During lunch, we had a small party. It was the birthdya celebration for Boon Kiat, Aarom, Lester and Jasmine. It was good, a happy occasion.
We bought KFC, Canadian Pizza and 2 cakes from NYDC.
There were the 2 girls from Legal Department, Clarissa & Jessica, Jane, Sandra, Evangeline and me. We ate till 2 in the afternoon.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
That dank acridity
It's been 3 and a half years....
The feeling is still there...hidden under a layer of petals...
The fragrance prevails generally and is overpowering at times...
But at times it falters and a dank acridity seeps through the veil...
The fragrance almost always manages to wrap it up again...
Hiding it, overwhelming it, choking it to a quiet retreat..
But once in a while...that once in a while..
It appears. Just to show that it's still there...hidden..but not entirely gone..
I don't like it. I don't at all.
Cuz it reminds me of the times I went against my 6th sense.
Against the better knowledge of my gut..
To step into a shithole..
And it scares me when I choose to ignore my 6th sense again...
Of what might come..
The feeling is still there...hidden under a layer of petals...
The fragrance prevails generally and is overpowering at times...
But at times it falters and a dank acridity seeps through the veil...
The fragrance almost always manages to wrap it up again...
Hiding it, overwhelming it, choking it to a quiet retreat..
But once in a while...that once in a while..
It appears. Just to show that it's still there...hidden..but not entirely gone..
I don't like it. I don't at all.
Cuz it reminds me of the times I went against my 6th sense.
Against the better knowledge of my gut..
To step into a shithole..
And it scares me when I choose to ignore my 6th sense again...
Of what might come..
sigh
It's tough. Family relationships are hard enough.
Now there's inter-family relationships.
What the fuck.
And it's not even official yet.
Wah lan eh. I don't need this now. I seriously don't.
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Jackson called me just now...surprise surprise...
The last he called was earlier this year I think..or was it last year?
He composed a short poem today and sms-ed it to me...Good for him..
Did it while on the bus, on his way home from his rehab centre.
He's on new medication...apparently treats him better...mind's clearer than usual...
good lah good...and he's writing poems again..hmm..
encouraged him to jot them in a notebook.....
Now there's inter-family relationships.
What the fuck.
And it's not even official yet.
Wah lan eh. I don't need this now. I seriously don't.
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Jackson called me just now...surprise surprise...
The last he called was earlier this year I think..or was it last year?
He composed a short poem today and sms-ed it to me...Good for him..
Did it while on the bus, on his way home from his rehab centre.
He's on new medication...apparently treats him better...mind's clearer than usual...
good lah good...and he's writing poems again..hmm..
encouraged him to jot them in a notebook.....
Sunday, December 02, 2007
i just want to sleep
The past week was really just a blur.. haha..
And my stomach has been overworked..
It's the first time in my life when I've eaten 3 8-course Chinese dinners within a single week...
Thursday's conference with the Chinese delegates was a nightmare...Half the time I couldn't understand what the hell was going on..the conference was 95% in Chinese...
We hosted them for dinner and small talk was a chore to me...cos I had trouble expressing myself haha..
Together with a male colleague, we brought about 5-6 Chinese guys to Wine Bar @ Zouk on Thursday night..gosh...first time there with a bunch of Chinese people...
It was a little weird..sitting there sipping red wine and well..listening them talk in mainland
Chinese.....
Friday night was at Jumbo seafood..The spread was relatively good...pity I couldn't eat much by then...
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Planning a trip to Ho Chi Minh...hope it turns out well...
Lol...nothing has been booked yet!!
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Ok...all my invites have come in...
Total of 3 bombs in December...Celia, Ah Seng & Hid's sister...
Time to save again...
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French is demoralising now...
Feel kinda dumb in class...and everytime I make a mistake..the teacher says it's not a mistake to be made...either that or he just gives me a weird look on his face before he moves on...
Sigh....................................=(
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I have close to 8-9 papers to write in the month of December...
Crosses fingers..hope I don't have to "kena" grammar lessons from the boss again.. haha...
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Granny is still in hospital...Sigh. Also dunno when she can be discharged...
It's been 2 months already...
And my stomach has been overworked..
It's the first time in my life when I've eaten 3 8-course Chinese dinners within a single week...
Thursday's conference with the Chinese delegates was a nightmare...Half the time I couldn't understand what the hell was going on..the conference was 95% in Chinese...
We hosted them for dinner and small talk was a chore to me...cos I had trouble expressing myself haha..
Together with a male colleague, we brought about 5-6 Chinese guys to Wine Bar @ Zouk on Thursday night..gosh...first time there with a bunch of Chinese people...
It was a little weird..sitting there sipping red wine and well..listening them talk in mainland
Chinese.....
Friday night was at Jumbo seafood..The spread was relatively good...pity I couldn't eat much by then...
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Planning a trip to Ho Chi Minh...hope it turns out well...
Lol...nothing has been booked yet!!
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Ok...all my invites have come in...
Total of 3 bombs in December...Celia, Ah Seng & Hid's sister...
Time to save again...
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French is demoralising now...
Feel kinda dumb in class...and everytime I make a mistake..the teacher says it's not a mistake to be made...either that or he just gives me a weird look on his face before he moves on...
Sigh....................................=(
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I have close to 8-9 papers to write in the month of December...
Crosses fingers..hope I don't have to "kena" grammar lessons from the boss again.. haha...
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Granny is still in hospital...Sigh. Also dunno when she can be discharged...
It's been 2 months already...
Sunday, November 25, 2007
bleah...
sigh..poor sweetie...1st connecting flight delayed cos of weather conditions...
So he missed his main flight as well...
now he's gotta fly to london instead and wait for a night flight back to SG...and he'll be stuck at Heathrow airport for 6 hours before his flight...
instead of reaching SG at 7am in the morning..he'll be back only at 7pm in the evening...
Hope I can rush down to airport in time tomorrow after work...
wish I could be like Hiro Nakamura of Heroes...
teleport there to hug him...
So he missed his main flight as well...
now he's gotta fly to london instead and wait for a night flight back to SG...and he'll be stuck at Heathrow airport for 6 hours before his flight...
instead of reaching SG at 7am in the morning..he'll be back only at 7pm in the evening...
Hope I can rush down to airport in time tomorrow after work...
wish I could be like Hiro Nakamura of Heroes...
teleport there to hug him...
Saturday, November 24, 2007
MILAN~!!! I wanna go there too!!!!
baby just called... =)
wah piangzz!!!! me jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He's shopping in the fashion capital of the world now!!! MILAN!!!!
Argh....all the Guccis, LVs, Pradas, Ermenegildo Zegnas, Hermes....
Not that I got the $$ to buy so many of these things lah...but still....
fashion capital of the world leh!!!
Bleah...and he was like...huh so? Milan only wat...
Gosh..*rolls eyes*
anyway..hee...
I got my gucci bag...of cos payable by me when he gets back...
maybe i'll try winking more at him...wonder if it'll help and i'll get a discount from him.. ahhaha...=p
wah piangzz!!!! me jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He's shopping in the fashion capital of the world now!!! MILAN!!!!
Argh....all the Guccis, LVs, Pradas, Ermenegildo Zegnas, Hermes....
Not that I got the $$ to buy so many of these things lah...but still....
fashion capital of the world leh!!!
Bleah...and he was like...huh so? Milan only wat...
Gosh..*rolls eyes*
anyway..hee...
I got my gucci bag...of cos payable by me when he gets back...
maybe i'll try winking more at him...wonder if it'll help and i'll get a discount from him.. ahhaha...=p
prices increasing.....terrible...
Damn it. Inflation rate was at 3.6% in October alone.
Way higher than what any of the analysts out there predicted.
Tamade. Went to buy my fav snacks from this shop in Tampines Central...prices per piece were up by $0.20!! kaozz....but ordered liao..so no choice but to pay for them...
Super super rising costs of living man....
I am glad I got the house before prices started to go up like now....
And hmm mm...the salary increment I got when I changed a new job..seems to be insignificant now...hm mmm...
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It's official. My apartment is now in existence!
Haa...My flat was "born" on 22nd Nov 2007!
Was on the bus a few week sback and they were building the walls of the 14th floor...
On 22nd nov, when I saw the construction site again...They finally capped the 14th floor...i.e. the finally put the ceiling up...
So ya. my flat is officially in existence liao. ahahha..
Dropped an email to ahboy on Friday...=D
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French is seriously tough this semester...Getting tongue-tied...Getting blur...
Forgetting my vocab...even simple words like big!!
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Had a lovely meet-up with XL & Kym last night...
Dunno why...maybe cos I was thinking to myself..
"Wow, when I got to know the two of them under exceptional circumstances back in 1999...I did not ever expect to be drinking beer and eating chix wings with them 8 years down the road..."
LOL...ok, getting sentimental again...
But wahey!! I'll be XL's "sista" next year...2ndOct 2008 to be exact...=))
And will be Ally's "sista" too in November 2008....
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Xiao Bai...are u still around?
Way higher than what any of the analysts out there predicted.
Tamade. Went to buy my fav snacks from this shop in Tampines Central...prices per piece were up by $0.20!! kaozz....but ordered liao..so no choice but to pay for them...
Super super rising costs of living man....
I am glad I got the house before prices started to go up like now....
And hmm mm...the salary increment I got when I changed a new job..seems to be insignificant now...hm mmm...
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It's official. My apartment is now in existence!
Haa...My flat was "born" on 22nd Nov 2007!
Was on the bus a few week sback and they were building the walls of the 14th floor...
On 22nd nov, when I saw the construction site again...They finally capped the 14th floor...i.e. the finally put the ceiling up...
So ya. my flat is officially in existence liao. ahahha..
Dropped an email to ahboy on Friday...=D
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French is seriously tough this semester...Getting tongue-tied...Getting blur...
Forgetting my vocab...even simple words like big!!
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Had a lovely meet-up with XL & Kym last night...
Dunno why...maybe cos I was thinking to myself..
"Wow, when I got to know the two of them under exceptional circumstances back in 1999...I did not ever expect to be drinking beer and eating chix wings with them 8 years down the road..."
LOL...ok, getting sentimental again...
But wahey!! I'll be XL's "sista" next year...2ndOct 2008 to be exact...=))
And will be Ally's "sista" too in November 2008....
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Xiao Bai...are u still around?
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
PIANGZZ!
Just got a call...heard my phone ringing and went to take a look...
ID read as "Mun Kitt"..
My jaw dropped...Mun Kitt??? Called wrongly is it? I left LHUB 6 months ago liao leh..
Picked up the call....haha...turned out he really was looking for me...gosh..
Was asking if I still had the soft copy of an analysis that I did for him about a year plus back...
Hahahaa.....turned out that they were discussing something this afternoon..and Zee wanted evidence of something.....something about WSH, a department whose marketing efforts I handled last time..
And I was the one who did the "evidence" last time...Mun Kitt mentioned me in the meeting...so they talked for awhile about me...
And now...they're looking for me!! For that piece of "evidence"....
LOL....I don't think I have it anymore...
ID read as "Mun Kitt"..
My jaw dropped...Mun Kitt??? Called wrongly is it? I left LHUB 6 months ago liao leh..
Picked up the call....haha...turned out he really was looking for me...gosh..
Was asking if I still had the soft copy of an analysis that I did for him about a year plus back...
Hahahaa.....turned out that they were discussing something this afternoon..and Zee wanted evidence of something.....something about WSH, a department whose marketing efforts I handled last time..
And I was the one who did the "evidence" last time...Mun Kitt mentioned me in the meeting...so they talked for awhile about me...
And now...they're looking for me!! For that piece of "evidence"....
LOL....I don't think I have it anymore...
my lovely bed...
it's nice to be home before 6pm...Was at SGH for my own medical appointment today...
Not to visit anyone..choi choi choi...
John Thomas was still the same old nice guy... haha..cheerful, smiling and witty...
My next appointment with him is in...2009.....
Good. Means I am kept on his records on a "just-in-case" basis...
I'm up for an MRI scan again in 2009...just to make sure that things are alright...
Apparently this and next year is too early for a scan hmm mm....
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Things are moving along in work.
More things to do...and I'm loving it...
=)
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Ok, quick nap before I have my dinner and watch Heroes! hahaha
Not to visit anyone..choi choi choi...
John Thomas was still the same old nice guy... haha..cheerful, smiling and witty...
My next appointment with him is in...2009.....
Good. Means I am kept on his records on a "just-in-case" basis...
I'm up for an MRI scan again in 2009...just to make sure that things are alright...
Apparently this and next year is too early for a scan hmm mm....
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Things are moving along in work.
More things to do...and I'm loving it...
=)
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Ok, quick nap before I have my dinner and watch Heroes! hahaha
Monday, November 19, 2007
Heroes!
Opps...I got myself hooked onto another thing again...
Borrowed "Heroes" from a colleague...
Watched an episode...Just finished it..and it was nice...
Am gonna bathenow and then watch episode 2..haha...
My own hero dropped me an email today! Sent it over at 8am his time..and well...
About 3-plus in the afternoon our time...=D
Will sms him later...it's 10pm now..prolly about 3pm his time...wonder how he's doing in his Zurich office?
Next week is a busy week...Am gonna miss a meeting with people from Oman cos my boss arrowed me to do something else...
Hooked onto Facebook, Heroes, Scrabulous...shit..what else man? hahaha
Borrowed "Heroes" from a colleague...
Watched an episode...Just finished it..and it was nice...
Am gonna bathenow and then watch episode 2..haha...
My own hero dropped me an email today! Sent it over at 8am his time..and well...
About 3-plus in the afternoon our time...=D
Will sms him later...it's 10pm now..prolly about 3pm his time...wonder how he's doing in his Zurich office?
Next week is a busy week...Am gonna miss a meeting with people from Oman cos my boss arrowed me to do something else...
Hooked onto Facebook, Heroes, Scrabulous...shit..what else man? hahaha
Sunday, November 18, 2007
baby boy
It's our 3.5yrs anni today..
Sent him off yesterday night...was with him at the airport till about 12-plus in the night...or well, morning if you'd like to be precise.
Flight was at 1am..and he reached there at 230pm SG time...13 hours of flight...in Business class...shiok...heard they serve steak for meals...haha...bleah.
My butt will never get a chance to sit in a business class seat I think...
It's -9 degrees now over in Zurich..Hope he's covered up well and not feeling too cold...
So coincidental...while I was typing..he SMS-ed me. haha... =D
Said he's having some sandwiches and salad at a railway station now...said its boring..alot of shops closed cos its sunday.. haha..
Switzerland is 7 hrs behind us by the way....It's 930pm now...means its 230pm over there...
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Just loaded Scrabulous on my Facebook...and am having fun playing it...
Man i love scrabble and boggle...Miss those days of competitive playing where we'd literally lug the scrabble english dictionary around haha...
Now there's no one to play it with me....playing it on Facebook instead.. haha..
Though I'd still prefer to play it on the physical gameboard...
Boggle too...no one!!!
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I've put on 1kg...2 months at IDA and I have put on 1kg...piangzz...
This cannot be the way!!
no no no............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sent him off yesterday night...was with him at the airport till about 12-plus in the night...or well, morning if you'd like to be precise.
Flight was at 1am..and he reached there at 230pm SG time...13 hours of flight...in Business class...shiok...heard they serve steak for meals...haha...bleah.
My butt will never get a chance to sit in a business class seat I think...
It's -9 degrees now over in Zurich..Hope he's covered up well and not feeling too cold...
So coincidental...while I was typing..he SMS-ed me. haha... =D
Said he's having some sandwiches and salad at a railway station now...said its boring..alot of shops closed cos its sunday.. haha..
Switzerland is 7 hrs behind us by the way....It's 930pm now...means its 230pm over there...
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Just loaded Scrabulous on my Facebook...and am having fun playing it...
Man i love scrabble and boggle...Miss those days of competitive playing where we'd literally lug the scrabble english dictionary around haha...
Now there's no one to play it with me....playing it on Facebook instead.. haha..
Though I'd still prefer to play it on the physical gameboard...
Boggle too...no one!!!
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I've put on 1kg...2 months at IDA and I have put on 1kg...piangzz...
This cannot be the way!!
no no no............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
rumbling ramblings
irregular dinners...maybe that's why tonight stomach abit spoilt..
not feeling too good...kinda tired.
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there's been something i have been postponing to do at work..
i dun like liasing with cross-border people...but with the invisible line between countries nowadays...in terms of work...no choice...
guess tomorrow i relaly have to get down to doing it....
i'll need to call this Chinese lady who is based in Australia..and who has a UK boss who is based in Hong Kong..
wah lau..the complications of this issue..Just a simple agreement is taking so long...
and there's $$ issues too for this case..which has yet to be settled...dreading it...bleah...
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cheap thrill..haha.
my dbs platinum is coming! haaa....right after i cancelled about 3 cards cos i dun use them haha..
the boliao me...
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k, heading to bed...
cold...
hope it doesn't rain tomorrow morning...nor night...
aiyah..hope it doesn't rain tomorrow...
zzzzz....
bonne nuit tout le monde....
not feeling too good...kinda tired.
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there's been something i have been postponing to do at work..
i dun like liasing with cross-border people...but with the invisible line between countries nowadays...in terms of work...no choice...
guess tomorrow i relaly have to get down to doing it....
i'll need to call this Chinese lady who is based in Australia..and who has a UK boss who is based in Hong Kong..
wah lau..the complications of this issue..Just a simple agreement is taking so long...
and there's $$ issues too for this case..which has yet to be settled...dreading it...bleah...
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cheap thrill..haha.
my dbs platinum is coming! haaa....right after i cancelled about 3 cards cos i dun use them haha..
the boliao me...
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k, heading to bed...
cold...
hope it doesn't rain tomorrow morning...nor night...
aiyah..hope it doesn't rain tomorrow...
zzzzz....
bonne nuit tout le monde....
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
dad & gran
For the first time in my life:
- I covered my father with a blanket
- I wiped my father's lips with a wet towel
- I held a paper bag for him while he vomitted
Mum spent the whole day in hospital...from 7am till 9pm at night...
Adrian and I went there after work...he was still in the operating theatre...since 1230pm.
Was only wheeled out at 750pm. And went straight into ICU...or rather CCU which stands for Coronary Care Unit...the ICU equivalanent for heart op patients...
Mum just sms-ed me that he looks better already this morning....so at least that's something good....
Heading down again this evening...
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Just received an SMS from DaSao who's in CGH with Gran...
Hip is painful again....All of a sudden...she was fine for the past few days...
Doc sending her for xray again...sigh...
- I covered my father with a blanket
- I wiped my father's lips with a wet towel
- I held a paper bag for him while he vomitted
Mum spent the whole day in hospital...from 7am till 9pm at night...
Adrian and I went there after work...he was still in the operating theatre...since 1230pm.
Was only wheeled out at 750pm. And went straight into ICU...or rather CCU which stands for Coronary Care Unit...the ICU equivalanent for heart op patients...
Mum just sms-ed me that he looks better already this morning....so at least that's something good....
Heading down again this evening...
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Just received an SMS from DaSao who's in CGH with Gran...
Hip is painful again....All of a sudden...she was fine for the past few days...
Doc sending her for xray again...sigh...
Sunday, November 11, 2007
CGH..SGH...
Spent more than 3 hours in CGH today visiting granny...
Was massaging her feet and calves.. haha...she had a good appetitie today..managed to finish about 80% of her bowl of bee tai bak.
Estimated that she'll prolly spend about 2-3 more weeks in hopsital..wah lau..that's like 2 months in hospital...
Dad's going into SGH tomorrow morning for his heart op...Not sre how long but maybe his stay there will be about a week or so..
Sigh...Tough. Rushing down to SGH after work tomorrow...
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Baby's flying off to Switzerland on the 18th..will be there for a whole week...Zurich first for bout 2 days then Lugano for the rest of the trip...He'll be popping by Milan for awhile too..It's about 30mins by train from Lugano....
Bleah...I wanna go too!!!!!!! No fair!! He gets to go such nice places for his official trips!!!
Offered to help me buy Gucci bag.. haha...but chey...on my own expense hahha....=p
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The ROM date is almost set........
Just pending some internal discussions.......
Was massaging her feet and calves.. haha...she had a good appetitie today..managed to finish about 80% of her bowl of bee tai bak.
Estimated that she'll prolly spend about 2-3 more weeks in hopsital..wah lau..that's like 2 months in hospital...
Dad's going into SGH tomorrow morning for his heart op...Not sre how long but maybe his stay there will be about a week or so..
Sigh...Tough. Rushing down to SGH after work tomorrow...
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Baby's flying off to Switzerland on the 18th..will be there for a whole week...Zurich first for bout 2 days then Lugano for the rest of the trip...He'll be popping by Milan for awhile too..It's about 30mins by train from Lugano....
Bleah...I wanna go too!!!!!!! No fair!! He gets to go such nice places for his official trips!!!
Offered to help me buy Gucci bag.. haha...but chey...on my own expense hahha....=p
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The ROM date is almost set........
Just pending some internal discussions.......
port dickson
Came back from Port Dickson yesterday night...Gosh..journey there took about 7 hours...and journey back about 7 hours too cos there wasn't much of a jam..zzzz...
The resort was nice lah...except that the number of flies buzzing around the premises sort of made things abit...hmm ...unpleasant?
The resort was nice lah...except that the number of flies buzzing around the premises sort of made things abit...hmm ...unpleasant?
There were some flies in our room too...difficult to get rid of them so well...let's just say we had some guests bunking in with us throughout our 2 nights there...
We stayed in a premium water chalet...we were sleeping just above the water...you can hear the waves at night sometimes.......And it's my first time sleeping in a 4-poster bed..=D...
Oh yah!! The shower's open-air haha...bathing al fresco...a new experience...Some pics below...
The 4-poster bed...
The open-air shower..part 1
The open-air shower..part 2..from a diff angle. Note the pebble flooring...therapeutic!! Bamboo curtain by the side. And if you peep over the ledge on the right of the shower, you can see the sea below you...to the left of the shower was the bathtub...HUGE washroom area is all I can say haha...
The bathtub...the tub was abit small though
Bleah..the pic turned out too dark...but well...hope you can still see some of the water chalets standing on pillars just above the water's edge...
Muahaha...thought I would not get the chance to trael so much this year...turned out that I left the country on more occassions compared to last year! But only to nearby destinations though...Can I squeeze in a trip for December? It's in the works...but I gotta check out my leave first...newbie..not much leave for now...
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Me
Took a quiz on FaceBook just now...and I am quite amazed at how true it turned out to be...
TEMPERAMENT
Idealist
You are the quintessential dreamer - spending more time thinking about the possibilities that the world holds for you, rather than your reality. You don't settle for anything less than what you truly desire and you work very hard. You tend to live in every place except the present - you are prone to daydreaming about the future and re-thinking the choices you made in the past. Sometimes you get overly caught up in your thoughts.
INTERESTS
Simple
You are continually pursuing a simpler and less complicated life - you don't allow yourself to fall victim to all of the "should do's" that society continually bombards you with. You are thoughtful about your life choices and think in terms of yourself, others and the world in which we live. You have a great sense that we are part of something much bigger and we must be good to others, if we want others and the world to be good to us.
AMUSEMENT
Thoughtful
You are easily stressed out and overwhelmed - you need to take care of yourself first and foremost. Because you tend to be self reflective, you know your limits quite well and must remember to not exceed those limits. When you overwhelm your life with obligations and responsibilities, you tend to shut down and go into yourself even further. Take some time to find your serenity and kick back your feet.
PASSION
Emotional
For you passion is less about romance and sex - it's more about friendship and family. Strong emotional bonds and connections are your passion and your pleasure. You always let your loved ones know how much you love, respect and admire them. You do this through kind words, loving actions and simple gestures. You count your blessings each day and express your love openly. You expect the same from others.
TEMPERAMENT
Idealist
You are the quintessential dreamer - spending more time thinking about the possibilities that the world holds for you, rather than your reality. You don't settle for anything less than what you truly desire and you work very hard. You tend to live in every place except the present - you are prone to daydreaming about the future and re-thinking the choices you made in the past. Sometimes you get overly caught up in your thoughts.
INTERESTS
Simple
You are continually pursuing a simpler and less complicated life - you don't allow yourself to fall victim to all of the "should do's" that society continually bombards you with. You are thoughtful about your life choices and think in terms of yourself, others and the world in which we live. You have a great sense that we are part of something much bigger and we must be good to others, if we want others and the world to be good to us.
AMUSEMENT
Thoughtful
You are easily stressed out and overwhelmed - you need to take care of yourself first and foremost. Because you tend to be self reflective, you know your limits quite well and must remember to not exceed those limits. When you overwhelm your life with obligations and responsibilities, you tend to shut down and go into yourself even further. Take some time to find your serenity and kick back your feet.
PASSION
Emotional
For you passion is less about romance and sex - it's more about friendship and family. Strong emotional bonds and connections are your passion and your pleasure. You always let your loved ones know how much you love, respect and admire them. You do this through kind words, loving actions and simple gestures. You count your blessings each day and express your love openly. You expect the same from others.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
zzzz
Was at Alison's house last Saturday night..
MJ for 7 hours...got home around 530am and was surprisingly awake..
I mean I was tired..but my mind could still function and I wasn't like a zombie...
Some beer and red wine...some sheperd's pie and some salad...while playing MJ...
Wow...
Luck was good...Zimo-ed on alot of occassions ahhaa...=))
Overall winner woohoo!!
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Just got back from Desaru a few hours ago.
2D1N trip...company offsite...overall quite okay..Just that the floor lamp in my room and the TV were both spoilt...
The resort we stayed in was where I stayed in last year as well.
Went for a seafood lunch today at a place 30mins away from the hotel and it turned out tobe the same exact one I went to last year with ahboy on our roadtrip...how coincidental..piangzz...
Some bonding with some of the new colleagues..Some mahjong again...Hee...
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Ok, lemme go get a small dose of Facebook before I go settle wiht my other things..
Oh...A day's work tomorrow...and it's Port Dickson on Thursday morning!!
muahahhaa....=)))
MJ for 7 hours...got home around 530am and was surprisingly awake..
I mean I was tired..but my mind could still function and I wasn't like a zombie...
Some beer and red wine...some sheperd's pie and some salad...while playing MJ...
Wow...
Luck was good...Zimo-ed on alot of occassions ahhaa...=))
Overall winner woohoo!!
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Just got back from Desaru a few hours ago.
2D1N trip...company offsite...overall quite okay..Just that the floor lamp in my room and the TV were both spoilt...
The resort we stayed in was where I stayed in last year as well.
Went for a seafood lunch today at a place 30mins away from the hotel and it turned out tobe the same exact one I went to last year with ahboy on our roadtrip...how coincidental..piangzz...
Some bonding with some of the new colleagues..Some mahjong again...Hee...
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Ok, lemme go get a small dose of Facebook before I go settle wiht my other things..
Oh...A day's work tomorrow...and it's Port Dickson on Thursday morning!!
muahahhaa....=)))
Thursday, November 01, 2007
making friends
Bleah..maybe I am out of touch...
But is it really the trend now to get to know people through the Net?
That is um...abit impersonal is it not?
Oh well...digital era...and I work for an Infocomm organisation now..
I must learn to embrace the "techy-ness" of the digital age...
Haha...I think one way I am embracing it is via Facebook? ahhaha..Is that counted??
heee.....=p
Perhaps...going through the virtual highway is an easier way to take that first step to know someone...It's not face-to-face...
The virtual distance almost always gives one an added sense of confidence and a greater dash of "dare".
And oh well...it saves time? haha...
Hmm mm...
But is it really the trend now to get to know people through the Net?
That is um...abit impersonal is it not?
Oh well...digital era...and I work for an Infocomm organisation now..
I must learn to embrace the "techy-ness" of the digital age...
Haha...I think one way I am embracing it is via Facebook? ahhaha..Is that counted??
heee.....=p
Perhaps...going through the virtual highway is an easier way to take that first step to know someone...It's not face-to-face...
The virtual distance almost always gives one an added sense of confidence and a greater dash of "dare".
And oh well...it saves time? haha...
Hmm mm...
je suis tres fatiguee
Spent about 1.5hrs in CGH just now..
Think I've been going to CGH for at least 2-3 times a week for the past 4 weeks..
Next week, most of the days I'll be out of town..hope Gran gets discharged then...
Cos Dad's going for his heart op on the 12th of Nov..at SGH
If she's still in CGH...then on the week of the 12th....I'll be shuttling between CGH, home, work and also SGH...
I am tired.
Gran looked worse today than on Tuesday after her op.
Think on Tuesday the anaesthetic was still mililng about in her...And full effects were felt since yesterday...She's on diapers now...
The nurses were changing her just now..poor thing...They had to shif ther around and outside of the drawn curtains, we could hear her groaning from within...
Even the administration of the antibiotics was a torture to watch...
I dunno what you call that thing. The needle that is kept in your vein for the purpose of a drip...
The anti-bio had to be injected through there...Fuck lor, the bloody syringe full of anti-bio was damn huge...The nurse was slowly injecting it into Gran...
I could feel for her...cos I went through that 2 years ago...and I know how uncomfortable it can be in the beginning...and once the liquid medicine goes into your vein...it starts to burn...
Sigh.
And yeah..time is extremely short these days..
Work, friends, family, bf, self...
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I had an encouraging day at work today..
People have told me that the GM is quite picky about papers being submitted to him...be it suggestions or proposals, information papers or policy papers, things have to be prim and proper before handing it over for him to see...
I have heard stories of how he threw papers back to people with notes written inside covering most pages...his illegible handwriting full of corrections and other suggestions of how to improve the paper...Or even his corrections of other people's English, grammar and choice of words used... ahhaa
And yes, I have also heard of stories of how he scolded people in the past...right in front of others...
He sounds like a monster I know haha...but that is what people told me...Though apparently he has toned down alot...
I personally find him ok..quite nice if you bother to talk to him...and if you give a listening ear to him...I've actually been through a scolding/nagging session before....
And it's highly stressful when you're in that situation...though I can also understand that he's doing it for the good of the work processes or the business.
Ok, I have digressed...
I had an encouraging day...and I was smiling to myself in the afternoon...
Because..a paper that I submitted to him last Friday..came back to me today via his PA..
There was a sticky note inside...and it said:
"Michelle. Good work. Please prepare final copy for my signing."
A simple curt combination of 10 words. But woohoo!
It felt good.. haha...cos there was not a single correction except for a date that I typed wrongly.. hehe..Wrote October instead of November.
Boost of encouragement considering this is my first official paper to him since I started work. Haha....I will work hard.
Yes I will~!!
Shit, come to think of it....I have another paper to write tomorrow...bleah.. haha...
Writing official memos and or proposals and/or operational process papers or business scheme papers....
Is really actually a tough thing...cos it forces you to think through everything and every angle..Every single process and detail...You gotta cover your own ass, and cover every possible loop hole...
Cause once you submit the paper...you gotta defend yourself when the bosses or Board Members throw you questions...
~*Ganbatte*~
=D
Think I've been going to CGH for at least 2-3 times a week for the past 4 weeks..
Next week, most of the days I'll be out of town..hope Gran gets discharged then...
Cos Dad's going for his heart op on the 12th of Nov..at SGH
If she's still in CGH...then on the week of the 12th....I'll be shuttling between CGH, home, work and also SGH...
I am tired.
Gran looked worse today than on Tuesday after her op.
Think on Tuesday the anaesthetic was still mililng about in her...And full effects were felt since yesterday...She's on diapers now...
The nurses were changing her just now..poor thing...They had to shif ther around and outside of the drawn curtains, we could hear her groaning from within...
Even the administration of the antibiotics was a torture to watch...
I dunno what you call that thing. The needle that is kept in your vein for the purpose of a drip...
The anti-bio had to be injected through there...Fuck lor, the bloody syringe full of anti-bio was damn huge...The nurse was slowly injecting it into Gran...
I could feel for her...cos I went through that 2 years ago...and I know how uncomfortable it can be in the beginning...and once the liquid medicine goes into your vein...it starts to burn...
Sigh.
And yeah..time is extremely short these days..
Work, friends, family, bf, self...
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I had an encouraging day at work today..
People have told me that the GM is quite picky about papers being submitted to him...be it suggestions or proposals, information papers or policy papers, things have to be prim and proper before handing it over for him to see...
I have heard stories of how he threw papers back to people with notes written inside covering most pages...his illegible handwriting full of corrections and other suggestions of how to improve the paper...Or even his corrections of other people's English, grammar and choice of words used... ahhaa
And yes, I have also heard of stories of how he scolded people in the past...right in front of others...
He sounds like a monster I know haha...but that is what people told me...Though apparently he has toned down alot...
I personally find him ok..quite nice if you bother to talk to him...and if you give a listening ear to him...I've actually been through a scolding/nagging session before....
And it's highly stressful when you're in that situation...though I can also understand that he's doing it for the good of the work processes or the business.
Ok, I have digressed...
I had an encouraging day...and I was smiling to myself in the afternoon...
Because..a paper that I submitted to him last Friday..came back to me today via his PA..
There was a sticky note inside...and it said:
"Michelle. Good work. Please prepare final copy for my signing."
A simple curt combination of 10 words. But woohoo!
It felt good.. haha...cos there was not a single correction except for a date that I typed wrongly.. hehe..Wrote October instead of November.
Boost of encouragement considering this is my first official paper to him since I started work. Haha....I will work hard.
Yes I will~!!
Shit, come to think of it....I have another paper to write tomorrow...bleah.. haha...
Writing official memos and or proposals and/or operational process papers or business scheme papers....
Is really actually a tough thing...cos it forces you to think through everything and every angle..Every single process and detail...You gotta cover your own ass, and cover every possible loop hole...
Cause once you submit the paper...you gotta defend yourself when the bosses or Board Members throw you questions...
~*Ganbatte*~
=D
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