FRIDAY...FLY-DAY!!

Fridays are happy days! Hahaa...
Today is a happy day! hahaa..

Char tendered yesterday afternoon...My initial reaction was shock...and then a whole load of other feelings..
Empathy for Kat...from a team of 5 pax when I joined in end May..now Kat only has 1 other team member...She needs to do a whole load of hiring & training again...
Excitement for Char...new roads, new paths...always exciting isn't it? =)

And I also felt a perverted sense of happiness... haha...no idea why..!!
I was laughing when Char told me the news.. haha Kat was asking why I was so happy...

I asked myself too! And um..I don't quite know!

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Heavy heavy breakfast...
Mum packed half a bun for me this morning to bring to work..

Walked past this stall whilst on the way to work...and couldn't resist...
Fried maggi mee with a piece of luncheon meat...

Thought of throwing away the bun and then pangs of guilt hit me....
And so I gobbled that one down too..

Bleah...feeling darn full now haha...

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Lots of gathering & lunches & dinners up ahead for next week..
Not quite sure how I am gonna squeeze everything in...Bound to have some last minute cancellations too I think...

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The company owes me $340 bucks..
They'd better pay me soon...

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Bintan...sun, sand, sea....WHEEEEEE!!
But short one...3D2N only....

Come back...and then start work in new place......

And prolly I can't take leave anymore.......6 months probation...bleah....

dreams....scary..

My dreams are all so morbid & surreal...it's scary..
Dreamt last night..or rather.. I think it's this morning...early in the wee hours...
Somehow have a gut feel it was in the morning...

I dream I was in my kitchen..feeling unwell & feverish..
I took out the thermometer...the traditional mercury kind..

The person who last touched the thermometer was my mum.
But unknown to both her & me, the thermometer was broken after she used it.
And by the time I used it, somehow or other..instead of sticking the bulb into my mouth..I stuck the other end (which was the broken part) into my mouth...I must have been too overwhelmed by the fever in my dream...

Marcury started flowing out and onto my tongue...Surprisingly, the amount that flowed out was highly disproportionate to the size of the thermometer...
It seriously felt like as if 2 or 3 tablespoonfuls were cascading down my tongue and onto my lips...

I freaked out. I took out the broken thermometer and laid it on the kitchen countertop..
I spit out the mercury...I rinsed my mouth and my tongue with water running from the tap...
I took my toothbrush & started scrubbing my tongue as well...

It felt hot. My tongue felt hot, the parts that were in contact with the mercury felt warm and hot...And I was so afraid I would be poisoned by the mercury..

Mum was so apologetic about it..hovering aroudn me while I frantically tried to srub my tongue clean of all traces of mercury..The more I cleaned myself though..the more I calmed down...

And all the while, somehow...I think my granny was in the background..I cound't see her in the dream clearly...she was more like a presence in the background..fuzzy wuzzy but there nevertheless.

I can't remember how the dream ended...

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went to check out what certain things mean...
I still can't quite figure it out except that all my dreams lately denote high stress levels and of being emotionally upset & generally not mentally strong at this point of time..
Comments in pink.

metal = endurance, high strength, need to stay firm in basic principles...(couldn't find mercury..but well, it is type of metal right? ;p)
(ok, so I need to stay firm in my basic principles and do what I think is right?? is that it?)

kitchen = nourishment, productivity, new developments in life.
(true in a way...starting new job soon..new friends..and lately i have laid out new plans for myself)

table = place of activity, workplace, ready to start with your plans
(ok, at least this sounds positive.)

mother = approval or disapproval, from what do you need to feel nourished and protected
(this one..I don't understand at all)

grandparent = gentle authority, kindness, seeking support and shelter, inheritance
(oh well..when you feel down, naturally you'll need some support here and there)

sick = upset, unwell, part of you is ready to be healed
(yup, I have been upset recently)

poison = injury or harm, destructive thoughts or actions, there is something that no longer nourishes you
(this is true to a certain extent..there was something that nourished me alot..it hasn't stopped nourishing me..just that things took a change and it's no longer nourishing me like before...)

heat = intense emotions, stress, situation that needs to be cooled off
(yes, i feel stressed & emotional..have been so for the past 3 weeks perhaps)

cleaning = restoration of order, purification, maintenance, everlasting friendship.
(this sounds positive too..)

couldn't find explanations for fever, tongue and toothbrush...

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my previous morbid dream involved swimming, drowning, lots of water & dead bodies/cadavers...

wah lau eh.....

I know I am not feeling too strong at this point in time..and it's true my stress levels are higher compared to 2 months back...
But to have it come forth in my dreams this way...

Is way too scary & morbid man....

kaozzzz....

Anticipation

I have this feeling within me
That I am close to reaching something
That I am close to finding something
That I am close to well....something

The spark of a brilliance perhaps
Or maybe a revelation of some sort
Or maybe a self-discovery of some sort
Or maybe simply a morphosis of some sort

It's just a feeling, an inkling
One of those times of anticipation that makes you tingle
And makes the muscles in your body restless and jumpy
Of something to come and something to look forward to

Hmm mm...
Am partly looking forward to whatever is to come..
Am partly feeling irritable that there's this itchy scratchy feeling..
What if nothing materialises in the end? haha..

Come what may?

dinnertime musings..

Visited Hidayah at her home yesterday...Just gave birth to a baby girl on Saturday!

Hahhaa...next time when baby Shairah grows up..I'll tell her that I was the only "auntie" amongst who dared to carry her when she only 3 days old.. ahhaha

LOL..she should be proud lah.
I didn't even dare to carry my own nephew when he was born in 2003.
Another sign of growing older.. haha!! LOL...

She's a small baby..2.44kg at birth..2.8kg when I carried her yesterday.
Huge eyes though..tiny lips.. haha but her eyes still can't focus properly yet.
Looked at me with cross eyes yesterday..think it'll be still for a few more days before she accustoms her eyes to the world.. hhaa

Oh yah!! And she's so pink!!

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Just found out that Rina is due in October...
Gosh..didn't even know that she was expecting..else I would have sent her my regards earlier...

Guess sometimes there can be big info lapses even between bfs & gfs..ha.

But am happy for her & Dage.

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Been feeling abit breathless since last night...
Dunno why...tired maybe?
Hmm mm..

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Very heavy rain during lunch today...

Think we were abit insane in the brain haha...7 of us...4 ladies & 3 gents..
Braved the rain..carried umbrellas and walked over to Amoy...
Ok lha. maybe about 80% of the way was partially sheltered....but the roads & pavements were half flooded man..

Hahaha...had my Ginger Tea..lovely beverage to have on a cold cold day...

Secret Again???!!

Ok, I've officially watched "Secret" a 2nd time. This time round, I watched it online.. haha lol. Just finished with it. For those interested, the links are below. About 25 mins each link.

Part 1: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/07LBuUXw9D0/
Part 2: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/1jb456AqeZE/
Part 3: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/N4HJ-Y_lc4w/
Part 4: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/N4HJ-Y_lc4w/

Some questions I had when watching a 2nd time:
1. When Xiao Yu was writing on her table with the liquid paper, she was using those modern liquid paper...with the metal head as a dispenser for the white paint. 1979 where got use such things??? I remember even in the 80s, those liquid papers still came in a bottle much like a nail polish. i.e. you used a brush type of applicator!! And not a metal head roller mah...
Get what I mean? haha lol..

2. After she wrote those things on the table, then she died right? Or didshe only pass out?

3. How come after he played the piano piece...can zun zun go back to 1979? And not 1978 or 1977 or 1980 or 1981?

4. There was a scene when they were in the stands cheering for the rugby team. How come Xiao Yu could see him and vice versa, he could see her? If she came from the past, he has to be the 1st person she laid her eyes on so that he can see her. She's so clever to lay eyes on him 1st? Amongst so many others in the stands?

5. Is there supposed to be something significant about the CD shop & its attendant? Hmm mm...apart from the old Chinese song that was playing there lah..

Tink that's all for now...
Maybe more questions might pop up after watching a 3rd time...hiakzz...

Secret

Sang this song with Eugene & Tai How this afternoon....=)
Have not learnt the lyrics by hard yet...so I was fumbling & mumbling..
Didn't help that most of the Chinese words were a mystery to me ahaha...

Jay Chou's talent is simply admirable...Singing, directing, composing...
Even his song lyrics are one of a kind...his writing more of his song lyrics nowadays than before..

Random Thoughts

Remember I said I was carrying a notebook wiht me on Saturday and was jotting thoughts down? Whatever they were?

Here's some more things from that day's thoughts. Really..my thoughts just jump all over the place...Does this happen to most people?

Thought #1
Your currency is no longer the cert you hold to your name nor the competencies you possess. These have ceased to be the differentiating factor when it comes to marketing yourself to your potential employers.

Gosh it's scary. What was the "wow" factor of only recent yesteryears has since become a given now. Throw a stone and it'll hit a graduate. Throw another stone and I think there's a 20-25% chance that it'll hit a person with a Masters? Especially when a 4th university will be coming up in the next few years.

Your new currency when you hawk your wares now, is the creativity you possess and the ideas or solutions you hold.

Thought #2
Which brings to mind. My areas of lacking as highlighted by all my bosses whether at current place or past places. Need to work on assertiveness and ideas/creativity.
Maybe I need to buy more self-help books on such topics.

Other areas I need to work on. Controlling emotions.

You are what you make yourself out to be. So work on it.

Thought #3
Hmm..Noticed a stark change in myself over the past 2 months. Hahaa...I'm reading business magazines & business newspapers..
Business Times, The Edge, Human Resources, Marketing, HRM...

Publications which I would never be caught reading previously..are now some of the stuff I read during my spare time...

Haha lol..a friend said "I am coming of age".
That sentence is so so so loaded...hahaa...

Thought #4
Companies set their mission, vision & values...

Think a person should also do the same too. Need not be long term. Mid term ones with a committed timeline for review & updates & evaluations seems something do-able.

Campus Superstar

After a gruelling 3 months in the competition.
The poor overall winner only got a trophy and $2000 to his name.

But anyway...what I wanted to blog about was that amongst the 4 finalists...hehe...3 are from the eastern district schools!!

Zhengning - RGS (Town)
Keely - VJC (Marine Parade)
Shawn - Loyang Sec Sch (Pasir Ris)
Benjamin - St Hilda's Sec Sch (Tampines)

So as I always say..EASTIE KIDS RULE!!!!!!

HAHA lol....=p

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Went karaoke today..spent 5 hours at KBox in Cineleisure. 4 of us, TH, PQ, Eugene & me....
Freaking cold in there. Heng I brought my wool pullover...

Got it from Mango in a sale...Love it! haha..

Think I can only sing mainly songs from male singers. Female singers are all darn high-pitched..I cannot reach!!!
And so, I'll end up singing songs from Jay Chou, David Tao, Jacky Cheung, Zhang Zhen Yue, MayDay, Power Station, BAD...
All the male singers.. haha lol...

Went for a short walk at Taka basement and of course...gorged myself on soe snacks...Damn, couldn't resist...Every stall I walked past seemed to have a piece of food waving its invisible hand to me...LOL....
Had a skewer of chicken balls, a pretzel from Auntie Anne's and shared some other things with Peiqi...

K-session this Friday again..This time round with the existing colleagues...

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Popped by Brewerkz on Friday night for dinner & drinks. Mistake.
Food = expensive & so-so in taste only.
Beer = ok lah..I still prefer my San Miguel.. haha..(then again, I'd prefer hard liquor)

I usually go there for drinks only and not for the food....And I think, its better to keep it this way.. hahaa LOL.

After a round of drinks, decided to pop by Crazy Elephant instead..
Great oriental chicken wings...Lovely seasoning!! Salty enough, I like! hahaa...
Nice view overlooking the river and Central as well.

Jason came over to find me. Hmm.
But he only came over for awhile lah...cos we were leaving already.

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Ate to much junk over the weekend.
Think I should run more over next week.

Didn't have the time & energy to go for facial this week. Hmm ...way overdue haha...lol...

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French classes starting next week again.
I need to get a new notebook to jot down my notes. I've exhausted the previous notebook in about 8 months.

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Might be starting guitar classes with Peiqi & Eugene...
Woot...

Hmm..ok better dun rejoice too fast first...Talk is cheap.. ahha...
Talked about it last time already and till now it's not materialised hahha lol...

See how it goes!! =)

My Saturday (read only if you're bored??)

I'm someone who likes to jot things down.
I'm always making lists..numbering things or just generally making some pointers or bulleting my thoughts..Writing things down in words just seems to enable me to concentrate better.

I brought a notebook out with me on Saturday. haha...armed with a pen..
I wanted to jot down anything and everything that came to mind...Well haha...here goes..mostly rubbish...

835am
Waiting at the bus-stop. Tummy filled with a lotus paste bun. Sun is good today. Damn, wish I was at Sentosa basking on the beach! Hmm. Too early to be out on a Saturday.

850am
Been waiting for 15 mins. What's happening? Just saw a couple in their 50s sharing a bicycle together. Wife was sitting in front, quite a tight squeeze considering the hubby had a beer belly...But it's a lovely scene...So cute. Wife's in a Mac uniform..must be fetching her to work.

855am
Finally on bus. 3 came at the same time. The bus schedules are always screwed up..piangzz. Hmm. It's tough scribbling on a notebook on board a bus.

915am
So many people on the train. Didn't know so many people are up and about on Saturday morns. I'm usually still sleeping at home aat this hour. Am I missing out on things? MRT aircon doesn't seem to be working well. HOT & STUFFY.

945am
Am at the medical centre already. Ocean Towers. Kena waylaid by security who took down my IC details before allowing me to go up to the clinic. Just did my urine test. This is one part I don't like. haha..cos most nurses or clinic assistants cringe at the juncture when you have to hand over your urine sample to them...although they try not to show it. LOL. The only ones whom I have not seen cringe are those in the hospitals.

1030am
Ok, am at Orchard Building now. Waiting for my turn to take X-ray. Why can't the clinic and the x-ray facility be at the same location? Xianzz, had to take MRT & walk here. Hmm. It's been years since I've ever stepped into Orchard at 10-plus in the morn. Wait, then again, have I ever stepped into Orchard in the morning??

1130am
Multi-tasking. Munching mee hoon kueh now, slurping iced milo & reading a book "The Five Faces of Genius" all the same time. Orchard Emerald foodcourt. Came here after the x-ray appointment. Quiet, not crowded. I like.

1215pm
Spent some time writing garbled thoughts during lunchtime. Am now at Bedok. Waiting for a bus to take me to SATA. Econ Medicare Home is within the bulding. And that's where Gran is at. Meeting up with mum, dad, adrian, mei & marc there. SMS-ed Chloe for some directions..haa LOL.

1240pm
Am at the Home already. Together with Gran & the rest of the family. *rolls eyes* Marc greeted me with a "Hey!" and that was it. 3.5 yrs old only. Mei scolded him naturally. YAH. I AGREE. MUST SHOW RESPECT TO ELDERS!


And that was my last entry into my physical notebook. Last entry in terms of my chronological proceedings for the day. haha...
Reached home around 2pm after the visit to Gran's.

stay happy with a big heart...and of birds and...hmm ..birds!

Wow..my HR replied to me regarding the email on the feedback on the D&D...
Said something to the effect of telling me to ignore juvenile comments..
And she ended the email with this phrase

Stay Happy With A Big Heart...

Thought it was quite meaningful...=D

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Ostrich or Eagle?

Ostrich..
Big, strong, flamboyant. Tall, proud, head high. Flightless. Limited view of the world except from where it stands..When danger comes, it runs or sticks its head into the ground?? Lol..
Look big, act big, (and talk big?) but with a narrow view of the world...

Eagle..
Silent, observant. Small but strong. Swift, focused. Literally a bird's eye view of the world...broad perspective. When danger comes, it soars higher into the sky, spreading its wings for greater fight & flight.


My simple analogy on some aspects of human behaviour.
Do you want to be an ostrich or an eagle?

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Medical Check-up tomorrow morning..
Bleah, hate these things..

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Met Sai Mun on the way to work this morning.

Gosh..He's in Compliance now. With DBS.
Big switch from engine to compliance..

Asked him point blank..har you got compliance background meh?
Him: *shakes head* Dun have. Go there and pian jia (i.e. go there & smoke your way through things)
Me: LOL...

He looks different..Apart from being physically fatter...
He looks jaded, cynical, on guard & generally xian of having to work.. haha..
Different from the wide-eyed crappy guy I knew back in uni..

See what life experiences can do to a person..
Gosh..Have I changed alot from my uni days? Hmm mm...haha..
Grab someone for an audit check sometime...Sing Lee?? Daniel?? Tazzee?? =p

grrrrr

Cultural misfit? Hmm mm....food for thought..

Silent Lucidity was my nick today on MSN...why so?
Okay its a song by Queensryche in the early or mid 90s...
But it's also a phrase or term that I quite like...

Eric asked me why? Had a hard time explaining over MSN...just gave him a cursory explanation.

Kinda like this term..Sort of embodies a feel of..
"More than meets the eye"...
"Dun play play"...or maybe even
"Xiao Li Chang Dao" in Chinese...meaning daggers hidden in a smile..

Not to say that I have daggers hidden beneath my smile. lah haha..But maybe just to signify that...
I might be silent and not so much of a talker at times...But that doesn't mean I don't know anything...I am still lucid and very much aware...
And there are times when I seem to be quiet...and I can be really quiet..
But maybe I am just observing?

If I feel I can't click with the people or the topics on hand..then I'd rather just sit & listen and not say anything...
Silent vase I'd rather be..instead of a yakking monkey.

In short..don't take a person for granted..be it me or whoever it is...

Ok, grouchy liao..means time for bed..

mumblings...

Was standing on the MRT..on the way home just now...
Listening to MP3..giving stares to people who were elbowing me...
Looked up at the advert running along the top portion...And voila!!

I saw yandaokia's pic there! hahaha LOL...
His Bintan tourism pic...For thos of you who know which pic I am talking about..
It's the greenish one..with a family sitting in a boat..all donning life jackets...
Will load it up if I can find it..
He's supposed to be the "father" in there.. aahha...LOL...

Was smiling to myself ... =)

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November Rain started playing on my MP3...and thenGlenn popped up in my mind!
Somehow remember him saying that he used to like this song alot and would play it on repeat mode throughout the night sometimes...

Hmm...I got this fact correct hor?
Hmm mm...or am I wrong?

Anyway, messaged him the moment the song started playing..

Didn't reply..haha..

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In a small company..everything you do seems to be scrutinised by others..
It's ok if you get constructive criticism..
Then you can learn from your shortcomings & grow...

But if the views given stem from narrow-mindedness and pettiness...
Then I think I'd rather give it a shove out of the window..

Received some comments about how the lucky draw was conducted for the D&D..
Some were not happy about staff who were stil lon probation being able to take part in the lucky draw...They proposed that next year, only confirmed staff can enjoy the lucky draw & take paart in it...
2 managers also agreed to this suggestion.

Hello???? Anybody there???
Staff on probation is not a part of the company ah? Staff on probation is not considered a staff ah?? Gosh..I was seriously appalled when I got the feedback..
And I nearly fell off my chair when the 2 managers actually agreed unanimously with this staff's suggestion...

The world doesn't revolve around you only yah...Take some time to look at things from other people's perspectives...try not to jump the gun and maybe the world will be a friendlier place..

This incident marred my otherwise nice day..

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Had lunch with Joseph & Joys.. haha..
My vendors..and sort of friends now...=)

Soba & tempura for lunch...soba & um..sausages for dinner.. ahha..
I'M NUTS ABOUT SOBA!!!

the waiting game

we spend all our lives waiting...don't we?

on a simple day...we wait for..
the bus, the MRT, the taxi..
our food to be ready, the end of the workday, bedtime..
we wait for the hawker auntie to give us back our change for our food..
we wait for our turn to tap the EZlink card on the gantry sensor
we wait for our turn to board the bus, the train, the taxi..
we wait for our favourite TV programme to start on the telly..

what else do we wait for?

we wait for our payday and the day where we can go shop to our hearts' content.
we wait for the rain to stop and the sun to shine on us again.
we wait for the clouds to dissipate.
we wait for that special someone to appear in our lives..
we wait for christmas to arrive..
we wait for our chance to win the lucky draw or hmm .. maybe TOTO?

day in, day out..it becomes a routine..
it becomes natural..
it just becomes part of you...

we wait to use the washroom..
we wait for the movie to start in the theatre..
we wait for our friends to come meet us somewher..
we wait for our dreams to be fulfilled..
we wait for someone to call..

gosh..how much longer do we have to wait?

all our lives I think...

the shell at work...shell performance!!

Had a simple appraisal done on Monday..over lunch at BK...

Same things again which popped up..good things remained good..areas of improvement still remained well...areas of improvements...

Shall start with the good ones 1st...I am..
- a great co-worker and a team player
- diligent & committed
- passionate (har?? nobody has ever said I was pasisonate about work before! hahaa lol..)
- organised & systematic
- able to listen & willing to be teachable
- adaptable and flexible

Ok weak points...I need to..
- be more vocal & communicative
- be more solutions-oriented
- think out of the box more often and be more creative (kaozz...I don't think I can squeeze my brain for anything more liao lor...)
- be more assertive
- be more decisive

So how do I improve?...
Hmm..actuallly I really don't know leh...Been pondering over my weak points for ages liao..
And well..I have asked my bosses...both current & past..they can't give me much of an aswer as well..
Kaozz..all some of them said. Was to say "read more self-help books" or..."just learn to speak up more"...

Hmm mm...

bored at work..opps!!! blogger was calling out to me...not my fault!!!!!

I thought the speech on Sunday was quite interesting.
Everyone is going through a revamp of image...since last year I think...
A revamp...to 'keep up with the times" and of course to engage the youngsters more..

restaurants..jack's place, delifrance..the jewellery stores..SK, Tianpo, Lee Hwa..
shopping malls..think this is everywhere haha..schools..even NTUC..
And now the government too...

Quite alot of interaction, candid jokes, use of multimedia..
Don't recall seeing that last time..Previously it was just talk and talk till the end of the alloted time..stoic and serious and no-nonsense with the occasional joke only.

He was warm and friendly, with a ready smile touching his lips.
Serious when he needed to, light-hearted when he needed to as well. Quite different from his predeccesor and his predeccessor's predeccessor. HAHA lol...am I speaking in tongues here?

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Parents in Genting again.
Past 2 nights of self-cooked dinner was wonderful.. aha...

Soba with grilled salmon on Sunday night...with vege soup..
Mushroom pasta with grilled honeyed chicken yesterday night.. haha..with salad for a healthier feel..

Wonder what to cook tonight...gotta see what I can salvage from the fridge later...Fried Mee Sua maybe?

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Chloe was talking about her lack of eloquence and the degeneration of her grasp of the english language..

I think I'm like that too..only worse...hahaa..LOL...

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Bad night yesterday..Couldn't sleep well..
And got woken up by ahoboy who called at 1245am to tell me he has touched down.

Gosh. Superbly zombified now...and no mood.
Haha..as you can tell I'd much rathe rbe blogging than working..aw man!!
Terrible me..

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waiting...

will blog about waiting tonight...

a little bit...

a little bit upset.
no matter how atrocious you usually are.
sometimes, not all jokes are funny.
and sometimes, even the most docile lamb can get angry or irritated.

james heng irritated me today. how he did so i will not elaborate. Lazy to type out our conversation.

But I sms-ed him after our conversation ended abruptly.

Me: "Don't be so mean can? Treat others nicer lah."

And the dumb response I got was: "I treat who bad? You?"

I did not reply.

Whatever. Play dumb.
You helped me. Yes I agree.
But no need to be so xiao zhang about it yah..

Jen also helped me.
And she was so nice about it.

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a little bit tired...
rushed to suntec after work..had to sing appointment letter with my new employers...
forgot about it and wore my 3-inch heels today...rushed like mad...

so now feet aching like mad too.

i timed myself. at almost full speed for most of the way..including walking down or climbing up escalators..
It took me 15-17 mins to get from city hall mrt to suntec tower 3.

Die...think I will lose more weight when I start work there in mid-Sept.

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a little bit hungry...

waiting for my chicken to grill nicely...

waiting for my pasta to come to a boil...

waiting for the pasta sauce to get heated...

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a little bit disoriented...

am thinking how to plan my exit from this current place...
and how to do the relevant handovers...
but to who?? I am the only mktg person now..hmm mm..

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a little bit irritated by my PC as well...
kena virus...

a dialogue box keeps popping up every 5-8 mins or so...
telling me that i kena spyware and asking me if i want to download some funny thing...

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a little bit bored...

so am gonna watch TV while having dinner...

some mindless entertainment will do me good i think... =)

sigh..!!!

singaporeans really love to complain.
(disclaimer: am not saying i don't hor...)
(in fact i am complaining right now..haha lol)

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ok...back to work. just came on to say that.

will talk about the ntional day rally tonight if i can remain awake.. haaa....

Super long entry....and yes..no pics....HAH!

I just woke up..
Surprisingly..I don't feel that extremely zapped out or anything...aching abit here and there...but on the whole..I feel quite good actually.. haha..

I slept at 530am yesterday...Spent 21 hours awake yesterday...

Got up at 830am and left the house at 930am to go for Glenn's church wedding...
It was at the Church of the Holy Family over at Katong.
Been ages since I've stepped into that church. In fact, the last time I stepped into it was before it's renovation...when it was still the old building...

But it felt good to be there again.
I dunno, I am always in awe when I step into a sacred place of worship..be it a Christian church or a Catholic one, a Chinese temple, a mosque or a synagogue...
And I will always tear in any sermon or church proceedings...well, come to think of it..sometimes in a Chinese temple too! haha...
And yesterday, I was in awe again..and well yeps...I felt tears welling up in my eyes as I watched the weddings proceedings.. haha

Bopian. Emo person. aha...=p

It was lovely.
The decor. Lovely white flowers..adorning the bench aisles...
The people. His wife's an eurasian...so the peeps from her side of the family are really quite beautiful actually.. ahha...
The ambience...

Popped by Conrad Hotel for their luncheon. And it was the 1st time ever that I've had a 9-course Chinese wedding LUNCH....haha..
The food was good. The place was lovely as well.
The music was great. And the person delivering her speech dedication was absolutely hilarious...
Kudos to her & her wit...=)

Didn't manage to stay throughout the lunch though. Had to rush back to office to collect things & prepare for my D&D at night...
And so, I left at 2-plus...

Kind soul of a Devin dropped me off at my office. Signed in at the Security Office.
Went up to the Executive toilet to change back into casual clothes.
Went back to office to clear some last minute mails...
Waited for boss to come & pass me some items for the D&D...

Finally called a cab and went down to Hilton at 4-plus or 5pm...
Was carrying so many things...gosh...damn unglam...
Big red plastic bags somemore.. haha....

Reached the hotel. Went straight to the function room...
And spent the next 1-2 hours running around. Aiyoh!!

Briefed the event I/C on last minute changes. Ran through the sequence again.
Briefed the emcee on last minute changes.
Briefed the banquet captain on other minute details.
Briefed the models on what to do.
Ran around placing party packs on all the seats.
Prepared the flower petals for my CEO's grand entrance.
Set up the reception counter.
Went through the music line-up again.
Tested lighting & sound.
Blah blah blah....

Hahaa...show finally started.
Beginning was smooth. Some hicuups here & there along the way.
Emcee kept apologising for some things he forgot to do.
But it's ok lah...been doing events since my uni days. No event will go 100% according to plan.
Such last minute & impromptu hiccups or changes makes it all the more fun & exciting.. ahha

There was much fun..much laughter and everything went well.
It felt great definitely. Why?
Cos when you see your sole project coming to fruition on a high note, WOOHOO Damn it feels great!!! =)))))
Huge happiness at seeing it from birth & conceptualisation all the way through planning & execution & finally to its closure...

Of cos, it felt good to be able to help bring forth something that brought much fun & laughter to so many others in a single night.
Kathleen sitting next to me was laughing so hard at a point in time that she was tearing.. haha LOL...

Project close on a highly successful note = I IS VERY HAPPY!!!!
(haha..in Blinky Mummy's fashion...)

Eric & I went over to St James after the event. Funny. Cos Jason invited me there..and well..I don't quite know Jason that well.. haha..anyway....

Finally reached there around 110am and went to join Jason & some others who were already there in Power House.
Jason was so sweet. Kept my bag in a locker...went to get coins when I didn't have any..
Poured me drinks..entertained me... haha...

He left after awhile to join another group of his friends..
And then it became abit weird lah cos I didn't quite know the rest who were there liao...
So me & Eric both left Power House after awhile...
Went over to Dragonfly & then to Bellini's...then sat talking at The Gallery..
Popped by for a late night supper & another long chat session at The Station at 3-plus...
Then went back to Dragonfly..

Gosh. Left the place at 445am. Zombified.. haha.
Surprisingly, as I told Eric as well, I didn't feel so stoned. In fact, when I reached home, I was still wide-eyed.
Maybe the adrenalin of rushing around the whole day kept me going haha.

And oh yah. It was the 1st time in my life that I went cheonging in a black dress.
Was lazy to change out of my D&D outfit.. ahha...

Kind Eric sent me home..though he stays in Yio Chu Kang..hhaa..felt abit guilty..but he offered....so What the Heck I thought.. hahaha =p

Didn't drink too much though but I mixed alcohol...from red wine & beer at the D&D to hard liquor at St James..
So now tummy abit upset at me. Haa...

After a week of feeling blue and feeling kancheong about the event...
Yesterday's adrenalin rush is still having its effects today. WOOT WOOT!
Am heading for a quick shower now...and then heading out to visit Granny...

And then after that...yes...I am gonna do something which I have never done in my whole 27 years of existence...
I am gonna catch a movie alone.

YUPS!! 881...
Here I come!!!

(Zi lang Zi Bua, Gam Zeng Buay Sua..)
Love this song.. ahha...
Will post up the MTV later on...

Have to go rush now!!! Took too long to type!!! hahhaa

yawn..just woke!

Requests for more pics...haha...but sorry lah..me not a pics person leh..
haha..plus I am not one to tote my camera around 100% of the time.. aha...

Maybe I should start doing so hor? Then I can post more pics whether with me in it or not...haha

;p

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Xiao Bai,

If you're feeling sad & blue..
If you're feeling lonely & small..
If you're feeling

You know there's an auntie (chio one actually heh!) somewhere out there..
With a pair of listening ears..
A nice (though bony) pair of shoulders..
And of course a LOVELY smile...

Available for you...

Haa hahahhaa....hugzzz!

LOL...

Gosh..Patricia & I really don't have much fate..
Arranging a lunch date with her is as difficult as shoving an elephant into a fridge (Now where have I heard that one before???)

Today is the 4th or 5th time we're cancelling our lunch appointment..
From postpone due to rain...to postpone due to last minute meetings...
Last minute boss want to have lunch with department..
Then postpone cos of rain again...

haha...
Postponed again to next week...
Wonder if it wil be rescheduled again..haa..