Past 1 month updates

11th – 15th Dec
Trimester 2 exams:
Law – ok
SM – ALL focus area was not in any of the questions! Keeping fingers crossed + praying real hard
ST – okie…

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15th Dec - Mummy went to London to visit Sis and will be there for 3 weeks! Keke, Nevertheless I survived through 2 weeks already. Dinner were mostly settled with packed food, tuna with macaroni, rice with minced pork (mummy cooked and freeze 4 packets if it) Haha. Anyway, I’ve been a good girl - cleaning the house aka “exercising” every 2 days.

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We had company Xmas buffet lunch @ Marina Mandarin on the 19th Dec and was allowed to go home after that. I quickly made my way to the temple to pray, followed by to Grandma’s place as it was her Bday. Her grand children held a mini celebration for her :p. stayed for dinner and accompanied her to watch TV. Before I left, she told me to pop by when I’m free and at that moment, I felt real bad as I realized that it’s been a while since I last visited her. Hmm.. maybe I should have dinner there one day after work next week…

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J’s wedding on this Sat and I have not decided what to wear! Worse case, I’ll not stick to the pink theme and just wear my red dress in the morning

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I need to satisfy my craving for Japanese food and Pizzas!!

Because I'll be Home Alone...

1. Queen’s bread – check
2. Lim Chee Guan’s Ba Kwa – check
3. Variety of instant noodles – check
4. Cabbage & Lettuce - check
5. Pasta – check
6. Biscuits/snacks – check
7. Bird’s nest – check
8. Choc milk - check
   

To buy:
- Ham
- Canned tuna
- Meatballs
- any other stuffs that’ll catch my eye/stomach later

No Jazz Bar for this night out...

. some chicken wrap. lime magarita .

. mud pie @ Coffee Club . drinks .

Met up with the classmates for dinner @ Café Iguana (17th Nov) to discuss about Jolene’s wedding. It doesn’t seem like a right choice as the service was quite bad and the food is pretty normal. Only the margarita is worth the trip there. Like my last visit there, I drank as if I was drinking limejuice; only till I felt the sudden heat then I realize I was half way through my drink while the rest drank only like ¼. Quickly drank lots of water in between my sips to “drown off” any further effect.

After the unsatisfying dinner, Cat suggested going to a Jazz bar @ Boat Quay. I like~ put 2 hands up to agree with the idea. Alas, Jolene wasn’t too keen so we proceeded to Coffee Club to have desserts and drinks…It’s okayyy, Cat and I will go there someday after exams!

Mummy's Bday @ Asia Grand Restaurant

. chandelier . peking duck . bamboo clam .
. spinach tofu . egg tart . duck meat .

. shark’s fin dumpling soup . heart earring (should I get it?? ) .

Date: 18th Nov 07

Thoughts from office...

Colleagues with British accent + talks about their business trip to London in Dec, makes me miss her…Its not helping that Mummy is visiting + touring Europe for a month! (luckily it’s after my exams)

Hmmm…so gonna fill my calendar with outings right after exams…. Jazz bar…Food... Xmas gathering…Jolene’s wedding… New Year…

Telecom Analysis!!!

Aalysis = Figures = Sweat!!!

Most prob she’ll see that it's true, when I told her during the interview that I’m not comfortable with numbers.

Me no like numbers la... rof

A New Environment... again

Yup. I’ve resigned (last day - 9th Nov) even before my probation period is up. All I could say is the work environment and job scope is seriously not something I enjoy doing. And in short, there’s simply no motivation plus I don’t think I share their mission and vision.

It’s my 2nd day @ work today and all I could say is the environment of an MNC is definitely different (better). Anyway, I didn’t really gota chance to have on the job training yet as they’re quite busy with meetings to have a proper handover. Lets see how it goes in the afternoon~

My 1st bouquet of flowers!!

okie, this post was under draft till I just spotted it - supposed to be posted after my Bday!

It was delivered to my office and I had to go to the counter and collect it. NEVER would I imagine it to be sent from Sis and was “trembling” in shock and delight when I saw her name on the card. Haha, she said she wanted it to be special for me therefore she got Zr to arrange it to be sent to my office instead of home. I called Mummy to tell her about it but she sounded cool, Chey… cos Sis called her in the morning already which explains the “Oh is it” attitude. Keke.

Love love love the flowers and surprise! Thank you babe!

p/s: Took about 100 over narcissism photos the next day ...

23rd Birthday!

The day itself was spent @ sch doing our group project BUT I got a surprise cake from Cathleen and Kareen. It was so thoughtful of them to throw in a mini celebration amidst our stressful discussion. Cat insisted on lighting up the candles and even ran up to the 3rd level to borrow!

Again, after reaching home, I continue with my Law assignment and can you believe that I broke my 2am (latest time to hit the bed) rule and slept @ 3.30 am, 12th Nov morning when I’ll be reporting my 1st day of work! Thank god, there was nothing much to do on the 1st day as I was feeling super lethargic and sick (sorethroat)… Too much good food I think ;p .

12th Nov - Jolene bought 2 slices of belated Bdaycake for me today! Haha, sweet classmates I’ve got :)

Birthday Lunch @ Lei Garden

Invited Lx and Hr to join us for lunch @ Lei Garden and we ordered the set lunch plus some ala carte dim sum. The gals were so sweet to get me a “surprise” cake. I kind of suspected them getting one as Hr said she’ll be late and will call Lx for the directions to reach the restaurant.

. crystal vege pau . xiao long pau . prawns . har kau .
. lotus & peanut soup . pork . spinach . eefu noodles . pumkin & yam dim sum . complimentary rice balls . sesame filling (i like~) . choc cake .

Lei Garden was also nice to provide complimentary dessert of tang yuan and a Bday card. They even helped to pack the remaining cake in separate boxes for us to bring home. Their service never fails to amaze me and Mummy is planning to celebrate Grandma’s Bday there in Dec as Grandma hinted to have it in a restaurant this year.. keke so cute of her. Anyway, we’re always ready to bring her out for celebration just that sometimes she isn’t too keen to dine out. After lunch, we headed to Thos B at Raffles City to hang out and gossip before heading home in the evening to rush out my Law assignment…

“她有小动作的”

It’s kind of scary when someone sees through you. Little actions made by me are being noticed - such as my eyes turning to look down whenever someone whom I’m not very close to talks to me and I disagree etc.

And the thing is I’m not very close to her…(though I see her 5/7 days a week)

Waking up to a familiar smell and sight

Gai xi mee & nasi lemak are our 2 fav meals from AMK market since 10 yrs back. A decade later, we still crave to have them for brekkie and it was really sweet of Mummy to went down to get it during the weekend.

. Still lovin it! .

New post soon...

Oh great! Finally, I can view write a new post on my PC! Anyway, more updates soon. Life's busy with sch proj with datelines due one after another... But Mummy thinks otherwise though- busy sleeping :x

p/s: I yearn for a holiday!!! But no $$ and annual leave :(

Day of New Food…. But not of my taste :(

Went to Amoy Market for lunch and tried the Hakka Thunder Tea Rice aka Lei Cha Fan as I’ve heard Sis raved about it previously. Tried a little portion of the tea and I knew it was not my taste of liking. In the end, I ate the rice filled with veges only while looking at those nicely steamed white chicken hanging @ the stall beside my seat.

I was lucky in a way that I had “vegetarian” lunch as my dinner was pork and more pork! The couple picked us up @ Tanjong Pagar and we headed to Bugis for Xiao Long Baos @ Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant. It’s a Shanghainese restaurant - similar to Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao. What we ordered could put me off xiao long baos for a few months. Can you imagine all we had was different kind of xiao long baos (2 kindsof mushrooms, shrimp, vege, normal pork, crab meat, crab roe) and the famous Big Xiao Long Bao which requires you to use a straw to suck up the “soup”. Unfortunately, this big one is with crab roe and the taste was not of my liking again. It tasted too “seafoody” which was weird as I’ve always liked seafood (crabs, prawns). Perhaps the thought of me being allergic to shrimps has put me off. Anyway, this dinner of steamed dumplings cost me $25. That’s a total of $125 worth of dumplings we had!

Next stop, next month: HooHa! (Westend) Yeah! At least I know I’ll like the food there (think Fish & Chips!!) Wonder how they’ll split the bill though if they order the steak :x

How Suay…

Is it because my eight character clashes with my current company? I’ve been ill since the 2nd week I joined. Headache, wisdom tooth removal, and now rashes?!

Red spots surfaced on my feet, hands and scattered in some parts of my body since Saturday evening. At 1st, Mum scared me saying that it might be measles. After visiting the doc, he said prima facie, it might be food (shrimp) allergy. Was it the small shrimps in the fried rice that causes the outbreak? I was never allergic to prawns but the doc say that our body changes and allergies will occur anytime in our life. Hopefully, with the medicine he gave, the rash will disappear by Wednesday :(

I lost my Wisdom...

tooth I mean.. 2 of it. It all started with a toothache around my wisdom tooth and after a dental checkup, the dentist, whose attitude puts me off warned me sternly that I’ve to remove it. I understand that I’ll need to remove it else the pain will still come back. But can’t he sound friendly instead of lecturing me…

Anyway, went to the TPY polyclinic yesterday morning to get a referral letter.. Ah… the doctor is so much nicer. Sadly, NDC could only slot me in for a consultation next Tuesday. Afraid that the swelling would worsen, I decided to walk-in for registration and was prepared to wait for 2-3 hours before my turn.

Had a super quick lunch @ the cafeteria before rushing back to make sure that I don’t miss my number as they’ll call me in whenever the doctor has an empty slot. Was so lucky to have waited around only 45 mins for my turn. The doctor even apologized for letting me wait (though mine was a walk-in registration). He asked several questions before getting my X-ray done. After seeing the X ray, he asked if I wanted to do the extraction today ?! I was like “You mean now? Here?!

Through a friend’s recommendation, I actually had a doctor in mind to do my extraction; therefore I was hesitating whether I should let him do my extraction. Several thoughts filled my mind “Is he new? He looks young? What if he’s using me as a practicing patient?

After some consideration, I gave a firm reply “Ok, I’ll do it today”

He proceeded to ask the nurse to get the necessary tools and while waiting, a female beside my cubicle was practically “moaning” away as she was in pain. I asked the doc what’s she’s doing and he said scaling. She scared the hell out of me as I wonder if she’s doing extraction!

There was no drilling involved for me as it was a simple extraction. The injection of anesthesia was slightly painful (perhaps my pain threshold has increased due to the weekly facial extraction) Haha! Lots of pressure could be felt when he was pulling the tooth out but I didn’t even realized that it was out until he told me. Within 30 mins, both tooth (upper and lower left) was out, area cleaned and stitched.

It was a pretty good experience after all especially when the doctor and nurse are friendly and nice. He even called last night to make sure that everything was fine and answered my queries. Thumbs up for NDC! Oh, I won’t hesitate to remove my 2 other wisdom tooth too when necessary ;p

Quick updates

- Sis left for London on Wednesday. Surprisingly, she didn’t cry! Haha neither did I. Perhaps there were too many people around that kept her busy talking too. Anyway hope that she’ll get used to living there. Can’t wait to visit her there soon!

- Got back my results! Kindda disappointed with it though as I’ve spent 2 weeks studying for it. 2 Distinctions and 1 Credit. Was hoping to get high distinction for CB… but well… will try harder for the coming semester!

The End is a Start of a New Beginning!

Finally, the 1st semester exams are over! Headed over to Grandma’s place after the last paper for Sister’s farewell dinner as she is heading to London for study + work for 3 whole years!!! What will I do without my bitching partner/ wardrobe/makeup sharer?! :(

New work, new office, new colleagues…

2 weeks before I start my new job, I spoke to Ann and learnt that she was really unhappy with the new job. She even said that she regretted the decision to quit. Seriously, I was affected by what she said and kept having negative thoughts. However, I told myself that working in a new environment is never easy, therefore I shouldn’t make any verdict before experiencing it myself.

Being a new team all together, there were a lot of stuffs that we do not know and there were many backlogs to clear. Let’s see how it goes after my 3 months probation…

What I did during my 2 weeks “break”

• Sleep
• Eat
• Mugging for exams
• Watch TV
• Cut/rebond/color hair
• Quick shopping @ J8

How times flies.. 2 weeks of the above and its time to hit the exam hall...

*Yawnz*

I've been like getting 5 hours of sleep per day since Monday and though the weekend is here, I’ll be so tied with our marketing project to have a good rest.

Sunday will be a long day @ the CC to finish up the project…

I know I’m loved when:

- She (Sis) went down to Chinatown to buy Lim Chee Guan’s ba kwa

- She (Mummy) cooked chicken slices with ginger

- He (Daddy) waited till 8.30pm to buy my favourite char siew pau from Crystal Jade.

All these when I mentioned that I FEEL like eating it… keke

*blush* I heart my Family!

Yes!!! I’ve finally resigned!

Handed the letter to “white shark” together with Ann and she asked if it’s really “unworkable’” there. How I feel like saying a straight YES to her face. Anyway, colleagues said their congrats and well wishes to us. A couple of my auditors mentioned that it’s a pity as I was beginning to build a rapport with them and they think that I’m a good scheduler. At that moment I felt really appreciated unlike the management who thinks otherwise as they showed no signs of intention to retain us. Nevertheless, I continued to clear my on handwork, as I did not want to give the impression that I’m doing slipshod jobs right after handing in the letter.

7 resignations letters in a month… do they realize what’s wrong and why is this happening… As of date, I think they’re still unaware, as no replacement of schedulers has been gotten yet...

Will my time frame of 1 month come true?

The time has come to when enough is enough!

We now pray and hope that we’ll receive positive replies asap.

Nice People

I’m glad that I’m surrounded by some nice and sweet classmates.

The gal who:
- printed chapters of notes for me upon knowing that I can’t do so in the office.
- bought Chewy Junior for me when I casually asked if the stall is near her office.

The couple who:
- assisted in our group project.
- drove us to their home so that we can finish our project with the internet connection.
- cooked dinner while we rushed on our project.
- offered to have a class gathering BBQ at their condo.

: )

How time flies...half a year is gone

Things hasn’t been going too well for me this month.

Projects deadline plus addtional job scope in the office is adding to the stress level.

Hope everything turns for the better soon...

( - ) Negative Updates...

There’s not much positive stuffs happening around me therefore the lack of update. Rants below:

-Work SUCKS BIG time! Can’t wait for the day to come when I’ll throw the resignation letter in their face ;p
- School will soon be packed with projects and tests . It certainly doesn’t help to have a super kiasu/straight As/negative thinking classmate in my group. But, maybe her kiasuism will be a good influence to me?!?
- GSS is here but my bank accounts forbids me to drought it further.

Meeting the gals this Wed!! Cant wait to gorge and rant!

K-razy

I can't wait to go home and watch The Foxy Lady!!!

The lead, Chun Jeong-Myung is so cute...

With Be Strong, Geum-Soon! And Smile Again on the my watch list, I’ll be having Korean dramas marathons soon these few weeks...

I can live without chilli!!

Wow, it has been 2 weeks since I last touched those red hot stuff. My beautician told me to keep them away from my plate to “test” if chillies are affecting my bad complexion. Though I’m not very sure if it's helping, it seems like my complexion are “seeing some light at the end of the tunnel” keke. Fingers crossed!!!

School has officially started last week - 3 modules for this term. For the 1st time in my entire life, I enjoyed my lesson, 1 particular module that is – Consumer Behaviour. The lecturer rocks!!! He’s so interesting and despite ending the lessons slightly later after10pm, I don’t have the “stop talking and end the lesson” feeling. Respect. Unfortunately, we do have 1 uninteresting lecturer for organisational development :(

Class of 29 pax and lets hope that they’ll be a fun bunch of people to have fun + mugging our books together ;p

The Phantom is Back!

Despite watching it in London back in 2004, I knew I had to get the tickets when adverts splashed across the newspaper in around Oct last year. Using Mummy’s DBS card, we got the supposedly last show - 15th Apr during the priority booking period. I was so excited with the fact that we got Cat 1, middle seats + “last show” tickets. Who knows.... Due to GOOD response, the show was extended to 20th May!!! Anyway, when we bought the tickets last year, Apr seemed like a long time from then. However, time passed by fairly quickly and soon I found myself reminding my always the busy Sis on our “date”.

As her Bday was the next day, the plan was to treat her something nice. Her choice – Areins @ City Hall. Well...she claims that the food did not taste as nice as before, but luckily the apple pie dessert saved the day.

After dinner, we walked to the Esplanade for the much anticipated sold out show. Anyway I suck in writing, therefore, here’s how I’ll describe the show = good seats (smack in the middle column, row P), grand setting, great voice, live band, the Phanthom = definitely worth $135.00!

What’s missing was the courage to stand up to give them a standing ovation. Blame the barang barang on my hand (shawl & clutch)

How are you?

Have you ever had a time when a friend, ex-classmate, ex- teacher etc comes into you mind suddenly and you wonder how’s he/she doing now? Are they married? How’s their working life? Or simply, if they’re doing fine....

Well, I do have a few in mind and perhaps someday, somewhere, I’ll bump into them in this small city. And when the time comes, I’ll give a sincere smile and acknowledge their presence because they’re those who have crossed my mind.

Pic from Che Che New York

Cupcakes gifts

Ordered 3 boxes cupcakes for a friend who has been real nice to help buy some apparels with huge discount! So far, Sis and I have saved about $250 in all.

However, I was quite disappointed on how small the cupcakes were in real. Anyway, the measurements were stated on the price list, just that I did not really bother about it when ordered. Hope they like these pretty cupcakes!!

Korean Food - craving satisfied

Mummy decided that since I was the one who has craving for (Crystal Jade) Korean food, I should be the one who foot the bill. Okieee…. What more can I say…

We ordered ala carte dishes this time and I think it was too much for us 3 ladies to finish it. Nevertheless I still went ahead to order one bowl of white rice to “go” with the kimchi (to Mummy’s dismay)!! Hahaha

I’ll let the pics to the talking...

. my fav kimchi . seafood pancake . beef .

. bibimbap . saba fish . free side dishes .

Metamorphosis Dinner & Dance - 23 March

It's lucky that I've got a new dress at home, which fits the theme for this year D&D - Metamorphosis.

Mummy did some stitching to the front which made feel more comfortable wearing it coz without it, it was way too revealing even with the help of Hollywood secret’s tape.

We were given time off at 3.30pm to prepare for the dinner. Though there were many discussions on whether I should head to the professionals to do my hair and makeup, I ended up doing it on my own (with Mummy's turquoise/gold clip & Sis's loose powder + eyeshadow).

Journey there was silly - I ended walking from Lucky Plaza to Meritus Mandarin. Upon reaching, the photographer got me, Ghaya and her cousin to take a group photo (with my shawl on)... I thought to myself "aiyah wasted lah... my dress so nice, covered by the shawl leh". Haha, after which we went to to have our Metamorphoto taken (smth like a professional photo-shoot with backdrop) and a butterfly crystal tattoo! While mingling around, the photographer came and requested to take a solo picture of me as he thinks the dress fits the theme and it’s colorful *blush*

The food served was not very nice and even though the special guest was really PCK, it's not that entertaining as they incorporate the "story" of us being bought over by the new company in their skit. Oh and there's this best dressed award - there were 3 couples who wore really costume (think Victorian dress, green costume which looks like a broccoli and a butterfly like dress) and 4 other individuals who participated... But I was not called up leh.... Haha, not that I'm thicked skin but I think my dress is really nicer + fits the theme more :p (even my colleagues said so).



Won a $100 Tangs voucher which was considered really lucky as there were about 500 plus people around that night ; ) One regret for the night was that I did not stay on for photo taking with the man - Pua Chu Kang aka Gurmit Singh : (

Last Minute lah!!!

Accounting paper is tomorrow and I’ve not even started on the revision...Have decided to forgo the question on P&L and Balance Sheet. Will choose 4 other questions...

Red Bull and Chicken essence = burn midnight oil!

Wish me luck!!!!!

Waiting for "Freedom"

I can't wait for April to come coz that will be my study break month before I go full force starting May for my official BCom studies!

But before that, I'll need to conquer my F&B operations and Biz Accounting, which will be held next Thur and Sat. Speaking of which, I've not started revising for it though plans have been made to go to the library on Sat to do research for the F&B operations. Will my balance sheet balance? I'm keeping my fingers cross…

Oh yah... and good news!!! My most feared subject - Biz Statistics = A+, Marketing Management = B ; )

For today's D&D, I've been refraining from a lot of food, which is a real torture since this is the time of the month that my cravings are like crazy. I can’t wait to get my hands on nasi briyani, muruku, Superdog, ramen and korean food!!!!!

Care

Daddy went for another operation yesterday @ SGH. Plans to visit him was cancelled again as he told Mummy that Sis and I need not go since he's fine already.

Anyway, he was out from the intensive ward today and transferred to a private ward. Perhaps, it's PMS @ work, which led me to being emotional, I dropped him an SMS asking if he's fine. He replied he's fine and that Mummy is with him. Replied him with "Okie, see you at home tmr"

I hope his wound is not hurting anymore and that he's really feeling fine : )

Too Bored In Office

For the month of March and Apr

March
April (study break = rest)

Pics from AnneGenddes

Crude - I'm not...

Okie, I think the following conversation is quite crude but funny in a way too:
I was drinking strawberry yogurt when 1 Ops Manager saw it. He's one who's always crapping with us and we'll always buy tea break for him.

he: what're you drinking?
me: there's none for you...
he; where did you get that from?
janice: from the toilet
he: oh, then it must be yellow color
me: no.... it's pink
he: ......too stunned for words
janice: laughing away

It was a few seconds later then I realized what's wrong (drink from toilet, and pink in color = something quite gross)

me: shit!!! I don’t mean that...

Told him that I'm too embarrassed to face him and that I don’t mean it that way.

he: I’ve never linked it to anything. It's you gals who have the crooked mind.

. the PINK drink .

I know our conversation is sooo crappy and has no added value... :p

Lunar New Year 07 (zhu ni xing nian kuai le)

Nothing much to write about this CNY despite having 1 week of "holiday" as I had to revise for my bridging exam. The difference between this year's CNY was that we did not have steamboat for both reunion and the 2nd day as Mum thinks its too tiring to do so. Therefore, we broke the tradition this year :(

Anyway, we catered in food on the 2nd day, which was pretty good. And it's true what when you get older, CNY is more like giving oneself a break and gorge in those CNY lunches, dinner, lo hei and lots of snacks ; )

Don't Play Play ah...

Got back my bridging results:
Biz Law - C
Tourism Sys - B

Heard that someone got A+ for Biz law and maybe Tourism sys too!! Best!
Hopefully this pressure from the classmates will spur me to do better during the next 1.5 years.

Anyway Biz Statistics on last Friday was manageable, marketing management on Sun was okie, hopefully can get a B as the tips the lecturer gave was not very accurate ( - . - )

Its time for D&D!

Dinner & Dance is in March. Theme is Metamorphosis.
I do have a dress, which fits the theme but its super low cut. Anyway, will make a decision when the time is nearing.

Teasers (yellow boots and mole) on the special guest appearance makes it seems like it'll be


If it is, I bet it'll be damn entertaining.

Scarley, its his contractor (the round round guy)... :p

Ooo the round round guy is in our office now and he just spoke to me: Mamm, do you have scotch tape?? hahaha anyway, I'm just crapping...

How Suay...

Forgetting that I've already had a new bottle of Marmite back home. I bought another bottle of it last Thursday.

Though I managed to exchange it for the Jap salad sauce @ NTUC (even got the $0.10 difference), the bottle slipped out of the plastic bag and broke into pieces when I stepped out of NTUC.

So there goes my Marmite…if only I did not bring it for an exchange;
My salad sauce…if only I had held onto the bag properly;
My $3.70…if only I had checked 1st before buying the 2nd bottle of Marmite.

The buttterflies are out...

It’s 5 hours before my Business Statistics test and the butterflies are out in my stomach.

. Pic from Rockinggrannyfineart .

However, it does not feel as nice as how the picture looks : /

BKK Trip (21st-22nd Dec 06)

Ok, super duper late post....

The long awaited trip to BKK began on 21st Dec. Departing with Tiger Airways @ the Budget Terminal was an experience. You'll only see 1 restaurant - HANS at the terminal. However, after going through the departure gates, you'll find Polar, Genki Sushi, O'Briens, Killiney. As Tiger Airways do not allocate seats before hand, it's a 1st come 1st serve basis. Typical Singaporeans rushed in when the boarding gates open. We kept it cool and boarded the plane last, as we did not want stand in the queue for like 15 mins?

. boarding the plane in the traditional way .

1st day
- Check in
- Proceeded to Erawan Shrine (can't pray that day)
- Walked over to Central World
- Bought Naraya products & Mister Donut
- Went to Food Hall aka supermarket to rest and eat
- Bought 3 bottles of mini body spritz
- Went back to "hotel"
- Met up with Mummy's friend for seafood dinner. The journey took 1 hour plus *faintz* but the many dishes made up to the long journey.

2nd day
- Platinum Mall with Loiusa and others
- Shopped till I dropped (6 hrs)
- Getting a cab to drive us back was crazy as no taxi wants to take us due to our hotel location and some do not want to go by meter.
- Head back for dinner

As the Malaysians were also there this time round, it was like a family gathering (though we're not related to them). Dinner was 2 big round table filled with home cooked food everyday (tom yum goong, chicken, fish, vege, pork, salad, wine, fruits etc). With the good weather and good company, it was a heartwarming dinner in the open space. Plus, food was never ending there.

. bread sold along the streets (simple yet nice) . small you tiao .
. salad sauce . pad thai .

3rd day
- More shopping at MBK, Bonaza Mall
- Bought so much loots to satisfy my cravings of spending $$
- Went back for dinner again
- Went for a "tour" around BKK. The driver drove us around to have a look of the X'mas lighting of those shopping malls.
- Stopped at the Palace (where the very much respected King lives). With all the lights, the palace is practically "glowing" - Nice!!

. palace .

4th day
- Breakfast at Siam Paragon
- Love the Food Hall (imagine choc fondues, mini sashimi bar, salad bar + so much more in the Supermarket)

. choc fondue in the supermarket .

. nice boxes . foodcourt .

- Lunch was @ Fuji which serves Japanese food at quite low prices.
- Prayed @ Erawan Shrine
- Back for dinner

Siam Paragon - high end boutiques, restaurants with nice interior decoration, good-looking people). In short - a place for the atas

5th day
- Breakfast followed by packing up
- Met up with a chief monk and received blessing from him. However, I missed the chance of getting advises from him as he went for a short nap before I had the chance to speak to him. Next time, perhaps.
- Off the airport
- 9pm Home Sweet Home

p/s: More pics to be uploaded when I can access the external hard drive

It's Twins!

Mummy squealed with surprise when she crack 1 egg and discovered 2 yolks in it.

So there you've any it - double yolk for brekkie.

The Cannery

Visited The Cannery yesterday with Lx and her colleagues yesterday. Since it was V-day, it would be quite boring to go home after work, therefore to her surprise and delight, I gave her a 90% confirmation on going.

Dinner was a simple fare of fish and chips @ Fisherman's Wharf. Well, for the price ($6.50), there's not much to rant or rave about. Anyway, there was practically no crowd at The Cannery. After walking 1 round to check out the cool clubs there, we decided to have a drink at the Fashion Bar. Due to miscommunication, we did not get the 1-1 drink promo and so we paid $15 for a drink.

Next stop for our "sight seeing tour" was Mos, followed by Club Momo. Oh yah, we even popped by BarFly by telling them that we'll like to have a look. The PR officer was very friendly and even reminded us there'll be free Vodka for groups of 4 ladies. The place was so atas but we did not stay there for the free drinks.

Though, it took me quite some time to realize the change there, I'm super surprised by the major change @ Clark Quay and finally understand why SG would soon become a Tourism Hub!!!!

I suck at Math

Can I just rant again on how BAD I'm with Math!!!

I seriously have problems 'understanding' number. I listened and tried to absorb whatever the lecturer was saying, however upon trying out the questions, I just cannot relate to it…

*stress*

Ewww...

3rd bridging module is Business Statistics = MATHS!!!

Whoa hahaha...

"Your favorite subject" Sis said.

All I can wish for myself now is - Good Luck!

Turning Back

A decision to head back to my beautician was made on last Monday night.
I wont deny the fact the clinic had indeed helped to clear most of my oil clogs and now I've to concentrate on removing my marks (or so they say)

However, an average of $400 a month is simply was out of my budget and having spent about $2k - $2.5k over just 3 months, I decided that something else should be able to help. Unfortunately, my beautician made me realized that my forehead and chin are still clogged (so its not only just the marks that need help). So, I've decided to use back her product to help remove my marks and perhaps get another product to help minimize the clogging.


Whether a product contains chemicals is not really a factor now (think it nv really was). Seriously, majorities of the products in the market have always contained chemical. And when $$ is an issue, is it really a concern for me if the products works though it does contain chemical?? My answer would be No. Like organic food, botanical products etc, they're more for the rich or for one who is willing to part with the sum of $$.

Anyway, I'm sorry to say that my faith and patience did not last long and again all I can hope is for the best.

Exams!

Took half-day leave yesterday to prepare for the Biz Law bridging exam. Being bridging modules, there'll be no grades to it but I was quite unprepared therefore, went ahead with the leave and revised in the campus library for about 5 hrs.

I was flipping though the study guide, law books (from library) and was practically reading it only. Anyway, the 3 hours paper was quite stressful as the there was so many things write even for a 2 mark question and I had to make sure that my handwriting was legible :p

Tomorrow, there's still another paper that I’ve read and memorize it several times so it would not be as stressful. Can’t wait for Sunday to come whereby I’m planning for a nice breakfast, drama marathon, shopping, and dim sum and viewing the paintings @ Paragon by Vietnam's artist.

Tit for Tat

Someone whom I thought I've always worked along fairly well with, burnt the bridge this morning.

"Don't say till it's my bloody job..... you're the scheduler..... etc"

Fine! Tit for Tat - this post is to log this down as a reminder.

//edited

This is kindda freaky. The Yahoo! Astrology (which is in my favorite folders) website opened unknowingly. Surprised by it, I went ahead to check out my daily overview for today:

Quickie:
If someone is getting on your last nerve, today is the day to stop the madness.

Overview:
Fighting the natural course of events will just leave you exhausted. Save your energy for a better cause. In the meantime, choose to be amused by the situation. Cultivating a sense of detachment helps too.

Now, this is the reason why Yahoo! Astrology is in my favorite folder. Cos sometimes, it's just so true!

Baker; I'm Not

Finally went to Ghaya's new house last Friday and brought along my gingerbread dough to bake! Dinner was Pizza Hut delivery and we each had 3 large slices of pizza and 2 chicken wings (yummy). After the filling my stomach, I wasted no time to start baking. In the beginning, Ghaya was the one kneading the ready to bake dough while I watched by the side. However, soon after, I had to take over as she's was caught on the line.

Now, I can truly say that I'm so not cut to bake. It was difficult to roll the dough to the same thickness/thinness and it was stuffy standing next to the oven.

The 1st batch - 1 tray was slightly burnt at the bottom, while the other tray was nice on top but unbaked at the bottom.

2nd batch - burnt!

3rd batch - totally burnt, with smoke coming out from the oven!

That was it! We decided not to bake the last batch and threw away those baked ones too. Don’t think I'll ever wanna try baking again in the near future (-.-")

Most Popular Staff FY 06

That would be yours truly *shy*

Seriously, I didn’t expect to win it (though I thought I would last year, hahaha). Anyway I was standing in the front taking pictures of the past 4 years winners; waiting for this year's winner to be called.

"And this year’s winner is… Geraldine" announced the VP.

Whoa hahaha….. Quickly passed the camera to Ghaya and went forward to receive the plaque (which looks the nicest among all) and $50 Cold Storage vouchers.


Most popular staff of the year = joke of the day??? Mummy even asked if I bribed my colleagues (-.-") Ironically, when I sent a SMS to Sis, I typed worse instead of most. What was I thinking??!! keke

Back to School

School started last Friday with Business Law, which was completed within 20 contact hours. Having attended a full class on Sunday, followed by 4 hours of lecture on Monday and Tuesday, I was practically a walking zombie while walking back home yesterday (pun intended). However, despite the tiredness, I truly feel that time is spent more wisely now as compare to previously whereby after work, I’ll be back home having dinner followed by drama marathon then sweet dreams, Saturdays would be spent slacking at home etc.

Being it a crash course, there's not a single minute for me to stone or stare in blank space, as we'll have to scribble down notes all the way. As for classmates, can’t really comment on them, as now it’s only the bridging modules and there won't be many interactions with the rest.

$20k (no small sum) + that sentence = work hard!!!

Some random thoughts...

Now, when I face a problem in work, I wonder if it's because of my incompetence or that certain things are simply not within my control?

Why do I feel so "empty" after reading Tuesdays with Morrie?

I know questions are asked out of concern. But having answering the same questions for about 10 times, my replies get shorter as I am "tired".

It's funny that all of a sudden, people seem to be concerned about my love life.

"Missing in Action"

Home PC is down, thus the lack of updates. Anyway the drama serials on SCV are keeping me "busy" too (drama marathons from 7pm - 10pm) @.@

School's starting this Friday, 3 weekends would be burnt attending full day lessons *stress*

Quick note on what to update when my PC is up:
BKK Trip
Countdown to 2007
It's a New Year

Till then.....