KOM in Langkawi

It was an event which I’ve been looking forward to since the day I started work in this present company (1 yr ago).

The annual marketing kick-off meeting is a big event which I certainly need to be involved in my work position. Though I was not able to join them for the reece trip in Apr due to budget constraints, I was glad that I still had the chance to follow them on the actual trip.

I had a great time during:

- Dinner at Sunday bistro & restaurant. Beautiful restaurant that serves excellent food. A must go @ Langkawi!
- Packing the gift pack with the RMT.
- Lunch at a rice padi restarant
- Team building activity of Tree planting (Corporate Social Responsibility.
- Did my 1st full body massage there but didn’t really enjoy it that much. Give me foot massage instead anytime! haha
- Gala Dinner which Pirates of the Sea was the theme. Everyone was on their feet dancing away!

I almost can’t make it to the Gala dinner as my big boss wanted me to be back in office 1 2 days earlier as to what was planned, for god knows what since I was not handling anything urgent which requires my immediate attention in office. Nevertheless S told them that I was already assigned with tasks and that I can’t be back earlier.

Though we were there for a week, we were always in the hotel and didn’t get to visit any of their tourist spot. However, this whole trip was definitely an experience for me as I got to see how the marketing people work as a team and how “work hard, play hard” applies to them. Though there were times which I felt a tad left out as I’m not in team, they made me felt that what I did was appreciated by them – a bouquet of flowers and teddy bear was delivered to the office for me when we went back to Sg. :)

Oops :p

5 months since I last blogged....

Back soon with updates :p

Advice from the Sis

I teared in confusion as I was afraid to make a decision; afraid that I was taking a “risk” for my group project. I was contemplating whether to call you that night seeking for your advice. But I thought that I should be independent and be firm on my decision.

My mobile rang when I was in the midst of a project discussion and was super super glad to hear your voice. I told you I missed you and I think it was the 1st time I told you since you left in Aug.

I explained to you the dilemma I was facing and you gave your feedback and advice on how I should handle the situation. Just to let you know that I felt so relieved and reassured that my decision was right after the call with you.

Thank u Sis!

Outing with the colleagues

1st stop of the day was Qian Hu fish farm for fish therapy. We paid $10 for a half hour session and had our dead skin cells on our feet eaten by the fishes. Keke I kindda had many fished feeding on me unlike Jess as she does body scrub weekly, thus the fishes can't find any “food” on her. I actually prefered he bigger fishes as it was more of a sucking feeling as compared to the slight electrifying feeling from the small fishes. (Bigger fish, more sensation - as written on the board)

Farm mart was the 2nd stop where we rested and had snacks and drinks. Seriously, there isn’t anything there that interests us there so we headed for Vivocity to window shop and for the aircon! Keke

Dinner was settled @ Superdog which was yumz yumz before heading to the last stop of the day – Dempsey Hill. Ok, call me sua ku but it was my 1st time there :p We waited for seats at the super crowded Bens & Jerry and had 6 scoops of ice cream for $21!! Sucker us.

What caught my interest in Demspey was Jones the Grocer – it was as Australian as it can get. It reminded me so much of Sydney (I think we did visited the store when we were there?) I checked out the menu and confirmed that this is a place I definitely have to go with Sis for brekkie when she’s back.

P/s: Don’t forget our date when you're back ya :p

Last Leg of the Trimester!

updates 29/5: IMC passed!

It’s a brand new trimester and hopefully the last! Results are out with Credit for both SHRM and International Marketing. IMC is not out yet though *fingers crossed* for I’m most worried for IMC. On another note, it’s sad to see the selfishness of human kind in the 1st lesson of this trimester. But well... for each of his own aint it?

All the same, this trimester would be hectic with projects due one after another. We’ve been through it the past 1 year and I believe we’ll make it through this last one.

Chiong ah!!!!!

It’s a love and hate thing...

I hate the projects, the cramped datelines and exams.
I hate the school system and support staffs
I hate the fact that this trimester’s unit coordinators are stingy in giving exam focus areas.
I hate it when plans to attend convocation @ Perth are scrapped*

BUT I love the times I spend with my classmates.
I love how Kareen and I get excited discussing about food.
I love how our project working styles complement each other.
I love how we end the stressful week of work and school by happily gorging ourselves silly with unhealthy supper! :)

*Apparently, students for bachelor programs do not graduate with the mortarboard there, merely donning the gown. Oh well, at least the convocation is SG would be in full force (with si4 fang1 mao4).

It's not about the food

The dim sum supper @ Geylang He Ji Pau wasn’t anything much to blog about. But the mediocre dim sum did leave us very full. Perhaps the deep fried dishes overwhelmed us.

Anyway, since we were at the famous red light district of Singapore, we decided to have a “tour” around the lorongs. We locked the doors and look through the windows like tourists on a sightseeing trip. We checked out the similar looking rows of numbered houses, the pimps, the men, the women, the legal/illegal transactions, and Hotel 81s.

It was indeed an eye opening sight and that made up for the unsatisfying supper :p

He said she's brave cos...

People are afraid of being lonely and many don’t have the
courage to wait for the correct person to appear in their life.
~ The Leap Years ~

Supper? Yes!

3 supper trips to Chomp Chomp in 2 weeks is definitely not a good thing to our waistline.

But who could resist the sinful dishes of satays, sugar cane drink, chicken wings, fried hokkien mee, fried carrot cake, pork porridge and prawn mee. Not the 4 of us for sure. *burp*

It’s time to think of other supper haunts as we’re almost done with the selections @ Chomp Chomp ;p

Busy busy

Life’s been busy these few weeks.. @ work and with sch project.

I’ve been skipping a couple of lesson this trimester; as I see no point in attending Sats’ class since the lecture is pretty boring. Fancy going all the way to town for a 3 hour “lecture” and then back home... On another note, I GOT TO (better) start preparing for my exams that is set around end Apr!

Workload in office is starting to increase but I’m still pretty fine with it at this moment. With a new system coming up and a colleague leaving soon, lets just hope that everything will be manageable for me. After all this is the 1st job which made me say “I enjoy what I’m doing now” when my classmate asked if I wanna join them visiting the Career fair to start looking for a job related to the tourism industry.

Goodbye Uncle Johnny

I can’t even remember when was the last time I saw him. Yup, that was how long it ago it was…more than 10 years back perhaps. There’s has been discussions for me to pop in Malacca - to visit them, tour around, gorge on street food etc.

“Next time” people (I) often say...School has always been the reason for me to put many off plans. Now, I no longer have the chance to see him again as he departed on 15th Feb from heart attack.

I spoke to Daphne over the phone on Sat and I think I heard her choking back on her words and that made me started crying again. I quickly said goodbye and ended the conversation before my tears flow non stop.

. Live the moment .

. Cherish your love ones as life’s really unpredictable .

Reunion Dinner - Let's Tuck In!

. fortune cat . mickey & minnie sticked on main door . festive flowers .
. seafood spring roll (by Hiroko auntie) . mushroom with broccoli . ngo hiang .

. wasabi prawns (Mummy's new dish!) .

. stir fried chicken . pork spring roll . hainanese mixed vege . prawns .

. salmon onigiri (by Hiroko auntie) . pic taken specially for Sis . my new bedsheet (check out the matching soft toys!) . mousey in my room .

Happy Lunar New Year!

Let's have a blasting Rat Year ahead!!!

Trimester 2 results

Law – Dist
Service Marketing – Pass
Sustainable Tourism – Pass

Kindda shock that I got D for law, but well, I aint complaining :p

During the 2 weeks after exams, I was praying to let me at least pass my SM. Upon seeing the P; I heaved a sigh of relief. But still, human are greedy species - my after thoughts were - a credit would look nicer on my transcript…

Stupid ST, took freaking long to came back on the results. The suspense was intense when we checked for the results everyday. Managed to scrapped though but Kareen plus some classmates didn't manage to pass. Wonder if their appeal would be successful…

I seriously hope that our class would be able to graduate the same time as I truly appreciate this group of classmates, some turned good friends :)

Krispy Kreme from London!

Having read countless post on how much people love their KK. Here I am joining in the “I’ve received KK” posting, here goes…

Haha, half dozen hand carried by Mummy. Guess dearest Sis selected the flavors – 3 glazed, 1 choc filled, 1 raspberry filled and 1 custard filled. The glazed ones were kinnda sweet for my liking. But overall it was pretty yummy, especially after toasting it for 5 mins.

I won't crave for it, but I sure wouldn’t mind having another half dozen come July :p