So I braced my courage and went down to this Career Roadshow at Raffles City today. They were having some walk-in interviews, which I weren't very keen. But still, never tried this before so I thought I'd go down and have a look.
I understood the roadshow as a walk-in interview sort of thingy. But I didn't expect a full interview to be done there. The interviews were so long my queue barely moved for the 45 mins I was there. And there were 10+ people in front of me still. I thought it would be a brief interview and get to know session by talking to the people working there only. I thought the roadshow was really inefficient so I shall not disclose which company was organising it. But well, it was from the fashion industry. Hah.
There was this woman who was queuing for another booth. And when I got there, she was already complaining to the guy in front of her, who was there for the walk-in interview as well. Could see he felt really awkward. Another 45 mins into the queue, the woman got fed up and yelled at one of the organising helpers. She said it wasn't right she had to wait this long for an interview. She was practically screaming. She should have just left. I wouldn't think she'll get the job even when she got her turn. Hah. It was a pretty scary experience though.
Met with DX and watched Michael Moore's new documentary, Capitalism - A love story. It's not bad, gave some insights into the administration of the US government. Michael Moore always has this sarcarstic humor approach, so it's a slightly entertaining documentary. Now all eyes are gonna be on Goldman Sachs! The big earners! Oh, I should probably send a resume over. Hah.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Start living.
10 Nov - Woke up at 515am today and got ready to go for Relief Teaching! First time going to a school not as a student but as a teacher. It was really weird when I was standing at the parade square singing the national anthem and saying the pledge. How long has it been since I did this? Almost 8 years!
Was doing relief teaching for Primary 6 kids. They had finished their exams and had pretty much nothing to do. And I really wonder why they are in school for. Wouldn't it be better if they are at home doing the stuff they like? I mean 1-2 weeks of playing cards is fine but more than a month?!
Anyway, it's not really teaching. They just needed someone to maintain some order. I didn't think I did a great job for all the classes (some were really difficult to control!), but I had fun with some classes. Was chatting and playing games. Kids are really curious creatures. =)
Went for lunch with Sihui & Guobin after and headed home directly. Guobin was called up for relief teaching as well. Sihui later commented the school administrator asked if he was interested to do this permanently! She didn't asked me. So disappointed... =(
Was totally burned out after the 5.5 hrs of school. I know! It's only 5.5 hrs. But it's really tiring! Not too sure why though. Slept from 5pm till 630pm and headed down to Bugis to meet Eileen and Peifang after. Had a nice dinner at NYDC. Been ages since I've been there. Nice catching up too! Peifang and I were chatting non-stop on the way back. It's nice to finally get to know her. We have been in the same clique for years and it's this year when we finally talked more. Amazing!
Finally wrapped up the Jamie Oliver's book in plastic! To protect the book mah.. haha. Can't wait to use it next week! Did something else I wasn't expected to do today. Decided to write my own bucket list. Included some crazy/scary things, but not too crazy/scary. Only in my opinion they are crazy/scary enough. Hah.
I can't wait to see WY's bucket list. Would like to see if there are any similarities. Realised the list is getting longer and longer and I'm not getting anywhere nearer. That means I'm super far from the events/things that will make my life fulfilling, and yet I do not know when my end of days are near.
Read a book today (I shall introduce this book at a later date). The author says "It would be foolish to be frightened by death, because all of us, sooner or later, are going to die. And only those who accept this fact are prepared for life."
Not too deep to understand eh? =)
Was doing relief teaching for Primary 6 kids. They had finished their exams and had pretty much nothing to do. And I really wonder why they are in school for. Wouldn't it be better if they are at home doing the stuff they like? I mean 1-2 weeks of playing cards is fine but more than a month?!
Anyway, it's not really teaching. They just needed someone to maintain some order. I didn't think I did a great job for all the classes (some were really difficult to control!), but I had fun with some classes. Was chatting and playing games. Kids are really curious creatures. =)
Went for lunch with Sihui & Guobin after and headed home directly. Guobin was called up for relief teaching as well. Sihui later commented the school administrator asked if he was interested to do this permanently! She didn't asked me. So disappointed... =(
Was totally burned out after the 5.5 hrs of school. I know! It's only 5.5 hrs. But it's really tiring! Not too sure why though. Slept from 5pm till 630pm and headed down to Bugis to meet Eileen and Peifang after. Had a nice dinner at NYDC. Been ages since I've been there. Nice catching up too! Peifang and I were chatting non-stop on the way back. It's nice to finally get to know her. We have been in the same clique for years and it's this year when we finally talked more. Amazing!
Finally wrapped up the Jamie Oliver's book in plastic! To protect the book mah.. haha. Can't wait to use it next week! Did something else I wasn't expected to do today. Decided to write my own bucket list. Included some crazy/scary things, but not too crazy/scary. Only in my opinion they are crazy/scary enough. Hah.
I can't wait to see WY's bucket list. Would like to see if there are any similarities. Realised the list is getting longer and longer and I'm not getting anywhere nearer. That means I'm super far from the events/things that will make my life fulfilling, and yet I do not know when my end of days are near.
Read a book today (I shall introduce this book at a later date). The author says "It would be foolish to be frightened by death, because all of us, sooner or later, are going to die. And only those who accept this fact are prepared for life."
Not too deep to understand eh? =)
Monday, November 09, 2009
The days of minimum sleep!
8 Nov
Drove Yuqin down to Henderson today. Slept for 2+ hrs again. Waited for her at Henderson for about 2.5 hrs in the morning. Was thinking perhaps they will end at 1am, ended up it was 330am! And, I was back at Henderson in less than 6 hrs for her third day of TCC.
Helped out with TCC today. Reached at about 5pm. The whole session ended at 530am on Monday! It was a heartwarming experience nonetheless. I'm really glad Yuqin went for it. So that just leaves... WY? =p
9 Nov
So I slept at 6+ in the morning! Woke up at 12pm and realised I was going to be late for lunch with Brandon. Went lunch with Brandon at Citihall. Had lunch at Aerins and there were serving 1+1 pasta. Not too bad. Collected my surprise gift from WY after. He had a delivery man, which I'm not obliged to say who. I'm so touched! The scarf is so nice! Went shopping after. Got quite a bit of nice clothes. I know I'm not supposed to shop, but I swear this is the first and last for the month! Hah.
Met with my parents for dinner too. And now I'm waiting for WY to come online so I can see his face. And I can't wait! Oh he's here!!!!
Drove Yuqin down to Henderson today. Slept for 2+ hrs again. Waited for her at Henderson for about 2.5 hrs in the morning. Was thinking perhaps they will end at 1am, ended up it was 330am! And, I was back at Henderson in less than 6 hrs for her third day of TCC.
Helped out with TCC today. Reached at about 5pm. The whole session ended at 530am on Monday! It was a heartwarming experience nonetheless. I'm really glad Yuqin went for it. So that just leaves... WY? =p
9 Nov
So I slept at 6+ in the morning! Woke up at 12pm and realised I was going to be late for lunch with Brandon. Went lunch with Brandon at Citihall. Had lunch at Aerins and there were serving 1+1 pasta. Not too bad. Collected my surprise gift from WY after. He had a delivery man, which I'm not obliged to say who. I'm so touched! The scarf is so nice! Went shopping after. Got quite a bit of nice clothes. I know I'm not supposed to shop, but I swear this is the first and last for the month! Hah.
Met with my parents for dinner too. And now I'm waiting for WY to come online so I can see his face. And I can't wait! Oh he's here!!!!
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Housekeeping day
7 Nov - I drove around today again. It was Henderson, then to CCK, then to Orchard, then to Henderson, then to Bt Timah! And I reached back only at 3pm! Oh, drove to Vivo for supper too! I'm starting to think my sense of direction is not that bad. Hah.
Did nothing for the whole day. Didn't had an afternoon nap although I slept for only 2 hours the previous night. Was feeling pretty energetic the whole day too! Ran again on my own, felt super refreshed after.
BB Skylar don't recognize me again today. Sad... which means she cried quite a bit. I'm more of a problem maker than solver. Supposed to help carrying her and such, ended up make her cry so much that she needs more attention pacifying her. Bad...
This weekend shall be rather quiet. Hmm...
Did nothing for the whole day. Didn't had an afternoon nap although I slept for only 2 hours the previous night. Was feeling pretty energetic the whole day too! Ran again on my own, felt super refreshed after.
BB Skylar don't recognize me again today. Sad... which means she cried quite a bit. I'm more of a problem maker than solver. Supposed to help carrying her and such, ended up make her cry so much that she needs more attention pacifying her. Bad...
This weekend shall be rather quiet. Hmm...
Saturday, November 07, 2009
There's something about Skylar...
Before I forget. Little Skylar always has the habit of sucking one of her arms when she sleeps. Guess what her granny calls them? Erm.. I mean the arms. She calls them Skylar's lotus roots! 莲藕！
See the resemblance?? Hah.
See the resemblance?? Hah.
Friday, November 06, 2009
Drive drive drive...
6 Nov - I drove alot again! But this time I drove in jams! Something I never thought I would do seriously.
Sent Yuqin, WY's sis, to TCC today at the Henderson Compound. The place is quite cool. Really look like an office albeit in an ulu ulu place. Became the milk lady and collected milk for the bb as well. Finally managed to hold Skylar without her crying. And I found out something about her - she's not too keen on Veggie Tales =(
Went to Sihui's grandma's wake too. Drove to Sin Ming, encountering a massive jam. First time driving to places so far. It's not something I'm proud of though. I wouldn't want to drive to a wake. I wouldn't want a friend to attend any wake if you get what I mean.
I realised I've been driving a lot lately. Frankly speaking, I don't like it at all. I mean I like it that I finally have the courage to drive around freely on my own, but with me driving, it just means that WY isn't here. I'm not blaming him, but I seriously thought I could have coped better. Apparently, the tears that came while driving back proved me wrong. JJ said I am coping very well with his absence, and I wonder how I managed to showed that part to people. I just can't wait for him to be back.
I'm staying at his parents' place over the weekend. Could not get the sofa bed (our bed) out into a bed. Was feeling so exasperated, and I finally got it right after so many tries. His mum thought I could not get used to the mattress that she offered as an alternative when I couldn't get the bed up. But I just wanted to feel close to WY.
Sent Yuqin, WY's sis, to TCC today at the Henderson Compound. The place is quite cool. Really look like an office albeit in an ulu ulu place. Became the milk lady and collected milk for the bb as well. Finally managed to hold Skylar without her crying. And I found out something about her - she's not too keen on Veggie Tales =(
Went to Sihui's grandma's wake too. Drove to Sin Ming, encountering a massive jam. First time driving to places so far. It's not something I'm proud of though. I wouldn't want to drive to a wake. I wouldn't want a friend to attend any wake if you get what I mean.
I realised I've been driving a lot lately. Frankly speaking, I don't like it at all. I mean I like it that I finally have the courage to drive around freely on my own, but with me driving, it just means that WY isn't here. I'm not blaming him, but I seriously thought I could have coped better. Apparently, the tears that came while driving back proved me wrong. JJ said I am coping very well with his absence, and I wonder how I managed to showed that part to people. I just can't wait for him to be back.
I'm staying at his parents' place over the weekend. Could not get the sofa bed (our bed) out into a bed. Was feeling so exasperated, and I finally got it right after so many tries. His mum thought I could not get used to the mattress that she offered as an alternative when I couldn't get the bed up. But I just wanted to feel close to WY.
The Meetups 2
4 Nov
Did nothing much. Woke up late in the morning and headed to WY's house after. Realised Skylar is still crying as much when she saw me. This is bad... Thankfully, at the end of it, she managed to smile a little when I was talking to her. That was after I started chatting for a really looooong time with her mum!
5 Nov
Met up with Zhengying, my cousin whom I haven't met for almost a year! Gin was with us too. Had lunch at Din Tai Fung, after which Zhengying left for work and Gin and I went out on our own. We watched Astro Boy, which is surprisingly good and got some books I wanted from the library. Money saved!
Tried something unexpected today! We actually took neoprints! (I wonder if they are still called that???) The last time I took them was when I was in JC, like 8 years ago. She was really fast in decorating the picture we took! And seriously, the pictures taken were initially quite ugly. I was rather pale (because of the horrendous headache and nausea I was experiencing the whole night!) and the pictures just look plain on the screen. Imagine my surprise when the photos were printed out. Think they enhanced my face or something. I actually looked radiant! It's like they colored some concealer under my eyes, even out my skin tone, and added some fake eyelash. Hah. Amazing!
Today was dad's birthday. Had a simple dinner ex my brother who had something on at the gym. Started purchasing the items that WY requested, so I can send an 爱心包over. Hah. Be prepared for some surprises!
Did nothing much. Woke up late in the morning and headed to WY's house after. Realised Skylar is still crying as much when she saw me. This is bad... Thankfully, at the end of it, she managed to smile a little when I was talking to her. That was after I started chatting for a really looooong time with her mum!
5 Nov
Met up with Zhengying, my cousin whom I haven't met for almost a year! Gin was with us too. Had lunch at Din Tai Fung, after which Zhengying left for work and Gin and I went out on our own. We watched Astro Boy, which is surprisingly good and got some books I wanted from the library. Money saved!
Tried something unexpected today! We actually took neoprints! (I wonder if they are still called that???) The last time I took them was when I was in JC, like 8 years ago. She was really fast in decorating the picture we took! And seriously, the pictures taken were initially quite ugly. I was rather pale (because of the horrendous headache and nausea I was experiencing the whole night!) and the pictures just look plain on the screen. Imagine my surprise when the photos were printed out. Think they enhanced my face or something. I actually looked radiant! It's like they colored some concealer under my eyes, even out my skin tone, and added some fake eyelash. Hah. Amazing!
Today was dad's birthday. Had a simple dinner ex my brother who had something on at the gym. Started purchasing the items that WY requested, so I can send an 爱心包over. Hah. Be prepared for some surprises!
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
and finally...
I got to see WY's face! When the web cam started appearing, I actually cried. Don't see his face still not that bad. Oh man... I missed him soooo much!
All of these in a whole day...
3 Nov - Finally cleared my dry laundry today, and my wardrobe is bursting! Time to clear out what I don't need next. Once I get the go-ahead to have the flea market set up!
Finally check out the Loopz DVD. Tried out some of the exercises, and they are grueling! Was perspiring like mad after a few moves, found it quite useful after all.
Met up with Possum and treated her to a dinner at Tao's. Standard dropped quite a bit. Didn't really enjoy it. And how I envy her. She's going to Hokkaido next Sat for 16 days! Good for her!
I'm still trying to confirm the Cambodia trip at the end of the month. Can't wait to see the Tuol Sleng Museum and the killing fields. Something which I've always wanted to visit ever since I read about the Khmer Rouge Regime many years back. Horrifying!
Bought Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food! Interesting recipes and best of all, they are simple recipes! The sub heading reads "Anyone can learn to cook in 24 hours". How encouraging!
I shall try the recipes in the book! And WY comes back, I can cook for him dish by dish. Hah. I'm so inspired by Julie & Julia!
Finally check out the Loopz DVD. Tried out some of the exercises, and they are grueling! Was perspiring like mad after a few moves, found it quite useful after all.
Met up with Possum and treated her to a dinner at Tao's. Standard dropped quite a bit. Didn't really enjoy it. And how I envy her. She's going to Hokkaido next Sat for 16 days! Good for her!
I'm still trying to confirm the Cambodia trip at the end of the month. Can't wait to see the Tuol Sleng Museum and the killing fields. Something which I've always wanted to visit ever since I read about the Khmer Rouge Regime many years back. Horrifying!
Bought Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food! Interesting recipes and best of all, they are simple recipes! The sub heading reads "Anyone can learn to cook in 24 hours". How encouraging!
I shall try the recipes in the book! And WY comes back, I can cook for him dish by dish. Hah. I'm so inspired by Julie & Julia!
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Non IT-diot
2 Nov - I think I'm a genius. Successfully downloaded the Trend Micro, and I removed it and I think the refund is still being processed! Haa. I got an even better deal, can protect 3 PCs at one go! And for a cheaper price, and looks like the installation is perfect!
Met Cui for KFC and headed down to WY's place to assist in looking after the bb Skylar. Not much done, she was falling asleep when I got there. But well.. some damage done. Realised she don't really like me. Kept crying when she saw my face. So horrible meh?! Peng. Quite scary to see her wail. She sounded like she was in pain. Sad.
Anyway, quite an accomplished thing done today..by my standards that is. Hah. Shall see if WY is able to download his share tomorrow!
Met Cui for KFC and headed down to WY's place to assist in looking after the bb Skylar. Not much done, she was falling asleep when I got there. But well.. some damage done. Realised she don't really like me. Kept crying when she saw my face. So horrible meh?! Peng. Quite scary to see her wail. She sounded like she was in pain. Sad.
Anyway, quite an accomplished thing done today..by my standards that is. Hah. Shall see if WY is able to download his share tomorrow!
Monday, November 02, 2009
IT-diot
1 Nov - WY has always been my IT technician. He's into this full time, so much so that I'm unable to comprehend my own PC now. Very outdated person I must say. I can't even manage a renewal subscription on the Trend Micro. I bought the renewal online, and sad to say, it's still appearing with the expiry date as today. I spent almost 2 hours trying to figure out what went wrong...Gross.
Anyway, at least it's a first attempt to manage this PC. Already sent a message to TrendMicro on the trouble shooting. Hopefully things will get settled, then I can purchase another one for the netbook, but of course this round, successfully!
Anyway, at least it's a first attempt to manage this PC. Already sent a message to TrendMicro on the trouble shooting. Hopefully things will get settled, then I can purchase another one for the netbook, but of course this round, successfully!
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Not too good a day =(
31 Oct - I hate to say this but today was a really bad day to come to think of it...
Wanted to go to Sentosa's Spooktacular and the event was sold out. Then went Clark Quay and the queue to Zirca was bloody long. Before that went WY's place and baby Skylar was crying non-stop. I'm seriously thinking it's because of me. Next, when I was going to take a cab home from his place, bloody freaking idiots start appearing everywhere on the stretch of road. They must be bloody blind to not see me waving my hand desperately. If they are going to give an excuse to say that they didn't see anyone, then OPEN your bloody eyes and use your stupid brain to focus on human form trying to flag for a cab before you start flagging down any on your own. 5 bloody non-gracious Singaporeans went before me and took the cab. 5! On the same stretch of road. I did the classy ungracious thing by rubbing my chin with my middle finger while the cab drove past me with one of the bloody blind passengers. Then when another lady tried to flag down my cab, (and mind you, she just appeared suddenly in front of me), I gave her my most angry stare. Thankfully, the cab uncle saw me and stopped in front of me. Seriously when I saw her coming towards my cab, I was almost ready to pounce. It's OK for one or two person to do that, but 5?! And all at the same time...
Next.. Citibank! We requested for pin number for both WY's card and my card, and they only sent in mine, and without his. WY took the card with him for use on his trip. I checked my card's statement and realised that the amount is more than I expected, and I'm pretty sure WY didn't use his card till today. As a careful consumer, I'm unreluctant to pay for the excess until I can verify the details of the purchase. So I called using all the data he has provided to access the account, and they refused to let me through even though I could answer the verification questions. After much donging, the manager called and said what she could do is to call WY and verify if it's OK to send a pin change by mail so I will know and then able to access his account. (Note that we already requested for the pin change before he left, and they only sent in mine.) I don't really see the point in this since the number they have on record isn't even his mobile number. It was mine, which means I had to give them a mobile number to call and verify. And I could jolly well give any number I like. And they call this verification... How great a solution is that?!
Someone had to drop a big ending to the end of the day. I'm trying my best to sort everything out with limited information that was provided, limited access to information and then to be told in a way which meant "someone else with the same limited resources could do it in a nicer way". Pardon me for my outburst, because it is actually tiring to be running to and fro just trying to obtain information and spending time with people that are important to you.
Wanted to go to Sentosa's Spooktacular and the event was sold out. Then went Clark Quay and the queue to Zirca was bloody long. Before that went WY's place and baby Skylar was crying non-stop. I'm seriously thinking it's because of me. Next, when I was going to take a cab home from his place, bloody freaking idiots start appearing everywhere on the stretch of road. They must be bloody blind to not see me waving my hand desperately. If they are going to give an excuse to say that they didn't see anyone, then OPEN your bloody eyes and use your stupid brain to focus on human form trying to flag for a cab before you start flagging down any on your own. 5 bloody non-gracious Singaporeans went before me and took the cab. 5! On the same stretch of road. I did the classy ungracious thing by rubbing my chin with my middle finger while the cab drove past me with one of the bloody blind passengers. Then when another lady tried to flag down my cab, (and mind you, she just appeared suddenly in front of me), I gave her my most angry stare. Thankfully, the cab uncle saw me and stopped in front of me. Seriously when I saw her coming towards my cab, I was almost ready to pounce. It's OK for one or two person to do that, but 5?! And all at the same time...
Next.. Citibank! We requested for pin number for both WY's card and my card, and they only sent in mine, and without his. WY took the card with him for use on his trip. I checked my card's statement and realised that the amount is more than I expected, and I'm pretty sure WY didn't use his card till today. As a careful consumer, I'm unreluctant to pay for the excess until I can verify the details of the purchase. So I called using all the data he has provided to access the account, and they refused to let me through even though I could answer the verification questions. After much donging, the manager called and said what she could do is to call WY and verify if it's OK to send a pin change by mail so I will know and then able to access his account. (Note that we already requested for the pin change before he left, and they only sent in mine.) I don't really see the point in this since the number they have on record isn't even his mobile number. It was mine, which means I had to give them a mobile number to call and verify. And I could jolly well give any number I like. And they call this verification... How great a solution is that?!
Someone had to drop a big ending to the end of the day. I'm trying my best to sort everything out with limited information that was provided, limited access to information and then to be told in a way which meant "someone else with the same limited resources could do it in a nicer way". Pardon me for my outburst, because it is actually tiring to be running to and fro just trying to obtain information and spending time with people that are important to you.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
The meetups1
30 Oct - Skipped Soon's SMU class today. Turned out the Head of Research for Microsoft was a guest today. Wasted!
Met Gin at Orchard for movies and borders shopping. Turned out we didn't get a thing at Borders! Watched 3D Coraline. Must say it's the scariest animation I ever watched! Show was slow, but OK. I thought it was a little draggy and plot was pretty predictable, but Gin thought it was good. I must be the wrong target audience. But I seriously think it's too scary for kids 5 and below. One of them was crying and yelling beside me...
Met childhood friends Xiaoyun and Xiaoping after that. They are cousins of Lily. Which means they are my cousins' cousins. Like WY and I. Hohoho. Haven't met them for over 10 years! We all still looked the same though, just all grown up and into different occupation. I mean them.. I'm unemployed. Hah. Xiaoyun, the elder sis is a teaching assistant with an international child care centre and Xiaoping is the Assistant Producer of a film management company. She was late and guess who drove her down to meet us? Xiangyun! One of her star-ish friends.
It was a great meet up! And we have arranged to meet up more too! Quite a nice lazy Friday today. But I'm glad I accomplished one more thing! Finished memorizing the kataganas! All in a journey's time from Bukit Batok to Redhill. My destination was Orchard, but I finished memorizing them before I reached Orchard. Fast learner eh! Hahaha!
Met Gin at Orchard for movies and borders shopping. Turned out we didn't get a thing at Borders! Watched 3D Coraline. Must say it's the scariest animation I ever watched! Show was slow, but OK. I thought it was a little draggy and plot was pretty predictable, but Gin thought it was good. I must be the wrong target audience. But I seriously think it's too scary for kids 5 and below. One of them was crying and yelling beside me...
Met childhood friends Xiaoyun and Xiaoping after that. They are cousins of Lily. Which means they are my cousins' cousins. Like WY and I. Hohoho. Haven't met them for over 10 years! We all still looked the same though, just all grown up and into different occupation. I mean them.. I'm unemployed. Hah. Xiaoyun, the elder sis is a teaching assistant with an international child care centre and Xiaoping is the Assistant Producer of a film management company. She was late and guess who drove her down to meet us? Xiangyun! One of her star-ish friends.
It was a great meet up! And we have arranged to meet up more too! Quite a nice lazy Friday today. But I'm glad I accomplished one more thing! Finished memorizing the kataganas! All in a journey's time from Bukit Batok to Redhill. My destination was Orchard, but I finished memorizing them before I reached Orchard. Fast learner eh! Hahaha!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Mother in the making!
29 Oct - Headed to WY's place to collect the car. Initially wanted to just take the car keys and head off. Ended by playing with Baby Skylar. I'm proud to say I carried her for close to 1 hr! Good training for next week!
Called my granny to remind her we were going shopping and have a look at my new place today. Turned out she wasn't feeling well and the trip was cancelled. I decided to collect the NTUC vouchers instead (freebie from the Panasonic refrigerator that WY's mum kindly got for us!
Drove on my own to Bukit Merah and collected the free gift. I am so proud of myself! Always had this fear of driving alone to places I've never been to, turned out it was not too bad. Checked the time and decided to pick Gin (my 13 year old cousin) up from Crescent Girls. First time going to the school, and I'm driving! Hah. Sent her some text msgs, and she didn't reply, so I tried my luck! Thank God I caught her before she strolled out of the school compound, if not my trip would be wasted.
We drove to IKEA and had a nice lunch. Bought some home stuff as well - 2 wastepaper basket and 2 chairs. Sent Gin home and we went Jurong Point together. And I drove there too! But funny thing happened, I got us lost for 30 mins while trying to find the right directions to JP. Got into a shock when I drove into the checkpoint of Jurong Island. I must be super far off. Gin must be freaked!
Next, took her to Senja to deposit my new stuff and showed her around. Returned the car, and then we headed to Granny house before changing out to go for a jog! Was so tired but I'm so glad I ran the 4km.
Went back to granny's place for a quick dinner before my parents drove us back. And now I'm writing this, I'm proud to say I've done quite a bit of my Japanese language revision! Something which I have been procrastinating.. Bad bad bad. I'm lagging behind and the stuff is getting more confusing. But at least, the revision helped! Greatly! Konban nihongo o benkyoushimasu !今晩日本語を勉強ます！
So quite a lot of things done today, quite an accomplishment. Spent the day with family! Of course, the driving. I really drove a lot! Feels funny to drive a kid from school and to feed a baby. Hah. Mother in the making!
Called my granny to remind her we were going shopping and have a look at my new place today. Turned out she wasn't feeling well and the trip was cancelled. I decided to collect the NTUC vouchers instead (freebie from the Panasonic refrigerator that WY's mum kindly got for us!
Drove on my own to Bukit Merah and collected the free gift. I am so proud of myself! Always had this fear of driving alone to places I've never been to, turned out it was not too bad. Checked the time and decided to pick Gin (my 13 year old cousin) up from Crescent Girls. First time going to the school, and I'm driving! Hah. Sent her some text msgs, and she didn't reply, so I tried my luck! Thank God I caught her before she strolled out of the school compound, if not my trip would be wasted.
We drove to IKEA and had a nice lunch. Bought some home stuff as well - 2 wastepaper basket and 2 chairs. Sent Gin home and we went Jurong Point together. And I drove there too! But funny thing happened, I got us lost for 30 mins while trying to find the right directions to JP. Got into a shock when I drove into the checkpoint of Jurong Island. I must be super far off. Gin must be freaked!
Next, took her to Senja to deposit my new stuff and showed her around. Returned the car, and then we headed to Granny house before changing out to go for a jog! Was so tired but I'm so glad I ran the 4km.
Went back to granny's place for a quick dinner before my parents drove us back. And now I'm writing this, I'm proud to say I've done quite a bit of my Japanese language revision! Something which I have been procrastinating.. Bad bad bad. I'm lagging behind and the stuff is getting more confusing. But at least, the revision helped! Greatly! Konban nihongo o benkyoushimasu !今晩日本語を勉強ます！
So quite a lot of things done today, quite an accomplishment. Spent the day with family! Of course, the driving. I really drove a lot! Feels funny to drive a kid from school and to feed a baby. Hah. Mother in the making!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Daddy's back!
28 Oct - Got a call from Catherine to go down for relief teaching and I rejected. This is the second call this week and second time I've rejected. I'm really worried she won't call again. Looks like I have loads planned ahead. Hah. Not very good for last minute relief teaching notice really. Damn! Nearly strike that off my to-do list!
Went Pu Tien with my family. Dad came back from China today. Had a freaking expensive lunch. Tried Da4 Zha2 Xie4 (some type of crab) for the first time, turned out they are just full of roe... Not anything exciting. And really tiny (which means minimal meat)!
Alright, I did something unexpected today! Drove my dad's car. The camry has been around for sometime, but I was really apprehensive about the gigantic size! And I decided to drive my parents and I down to IMM and back! Initially I had problems reaching the brakes and accelerator, and I almost gave up! However, after fidgeting with the adjust buttons for a very long time, we finally manage to adjust the seat to my height, albeit, I still can't really see the front, but at least I could touch the brakes and accelerator. Hah. But my aggarration was good.... =p
Tomorrow and the day after are well planned days. Let's hope Catherine doesn't call... I really hate to reject people. =X
Went Pu Tien with my family. Dad came back from China today. Had a freaking expensive lunch. Tried Da4 Zha2 Xie4 (some type of crab) for the first time, turned out they are just full of roe... Not anything exciting. And really tiny (which means minimal meat)!
Alright, I did something unexpected today! Drove my dad's car. The camry has been around for sometime, but I was really apprehensive about the gigantic size! And I decided to drive my parents and I down to IMM and back! Initially I had problems reaching the brakes and accelerator, and I almost gave up! However, after fidgeting with the adjust buttons for a very long time, we finally manage to adjust the seat to my height, albeit, I still can't really see the front, but at least I could touch the brakes and accelerator. Hah. But my aggarration was good.... =p
Tomorrow and the day after are well planned days. Let's hope Catherine doesn't call... I really hate to reject people. =X
The experience of an almost private screening
27 Oct - So I got up a little later than expected. Procrastinated about waking up because I needed to go to the gym, so that I have enough time to head back home and get washed up before meeting Brandon at Citihall. Ended up lugging my barang barang to Amore at JP, so I can shower at the gym to save time.
Ran 3km on the threadmill, tried out all sorts of gym equipment, basically exercising the target areas. I was panting when I was running, which is not too good. Auntie must be visiting!
Met Brandon for nice lunch at Soup Spoon and finally collected the SKII purchase from my cousin at Raffles Place. Coincidentally met up with a POS mate Yili! Hah.
Today's special was to watch a movie alone. And I'm proud to say I did! Caught Julie & Julia alone at West Mall. Good price at 7 bucks! I headed into the theatre 5 mins early, knowing Eng Wah starts ON TIME. And guess what... I was totally alone! That idea initially unnerved me but I gradually warmed up to the idea of sitting in the dark...in a huge space...and paying 7 bucks for a private screening. Then DAMN! Some came late and headcount increased - to about 5. Not too bad...but funny thing... they all sat in like 1 corner. The top corner. I had the best seat in the house! And most of them came alone, except for a couple. Hah!
Went Granny place after for dinner, heard her yakkity yak about the maid.... hai. Tried to change the topic and we talked about the husky ICE. That was a better conversation. Will be doing something with her on Thursday and I am looking forward!
Fourth uncle came to visit too and I got a free ride home! Hahaha!
Ran 3km on the threadmill, tried out all sorts of gym equipment, basically exercising the target areas. I was panting when I was running, which is not too good. Auntie must be visiting!
Met Brandon for nice lunch at Soup Spoon and finally collected the SKII purchase from my cousin at Raffles Place. Coincidentally met up with a POS mate Yili! Hah.
Today's special was to watch a movie alone. And I'm proud to say I did! Caught Julie & Julia alone at West Mall. Good price at 7 bucks! I headed into the theatre 5 mins early, knowing Eng Wah starts ON TIME. And guess what... I was totally alone! That idea initially unnerved me but I gradually warmed up to the idea of sitting in the dark...in a huge space...and paying 7 bucks for a private screening. Then DAMN! Some came late and headcount increased - to about 5. Not too bad...but funny thing... they all sat in like 1 corner. The top corner. I had the best seat in the house! And most of them came alone, except for a couple. Hah!
Went Granny place after for dinner, heard her yakkity yak about the maid.... hai. Tried to change the topic and we talked about the husky ICE. That was a better conversation. Will be doing something with her on Thursday and I am looking forward!
Fourth uncle came to visit too and I got a free ride home! Hahaha!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The most difficult sunny side up ever...
26 October - Heard from DX that eggs can be microwaved. She convincingly told me her sunny side ups every morning are done using the microwave. She said to prevent the egg from popping and messing up the microwave, I gotta pop the yoke membrane. And I decided to try it out today. Was relishing a sunny side up on my korean spicy mushroom ramen!
First thing, was rather amazed egg could be cooked in a minute. Next thing, I realised with the poked membrane, they still pop! Gross. Took the second egg, and this time, I poked the egg white membrane as well. Hoping that this time, I'll make a good sunny side up without dirtying the microwave. You know..just in case I heard wrong. Maybe DX said poke every part of the egg. And verdict was.... it still pops!
Lesson of the day - Never attempt a sunny side up in a microwave unless you are prepared to clean the microwave. (-_-''')
Finally told WY's mum that I'm currently not working. Hah. Felt good to get it off my chest. But she seems to understand it in a different way. But well.. at least I got it off. No more hiding and pretending to be working! Hah.
First thing, was rather amazed egg could be cooked in a minute. Next thing, I realised with the poked membrane, they still pop! Gross. Took the second egg, and this time, I poked the egg white membrane as well. Hoping that this time, I'll make a good sunny side up without dirtying the microwave. You know..just in case I heard wrong. Maybe DX said poke every part of the egg. And verdict was.... it still pops!
Lesson of the day - Never attempt a sunny side up in a microwave unless you are prepared to clean the microwave. (-_-''')
Finally told WY's mum that I'm currently not working. Hah. Felt good to get it off my chest. But she seems to understand it in a different way. But well.. at least I got it off. No more hiding and pretending to be working! Hah.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
The time is not wasted!
Been ages since I last blog. Officially had my last day at the bank on 15 Oct, and has been spending sometime with Wenyao, until he left for work on 20 Oct. Since then, I've been busy catching up with things that I've been procrastinating. It is important to look for another job, but most importantly, I must make sure my time hasn't been wasted, i.e. just catching up on shows the whole day! Hah.
Anyway, here's the update.
16-18 Oct
Bintan trip with Wenyao. I'm thankful there's a trip before he leaves for work. Did nothing much there but it was time very well spent. We actually spent 4 hours watching a Hindi movie when we were there!
19 Oct
Spent time with WY and his family. Had a reunion dinner that was 4 months early!
20 Oct
Sent WY off, and started clearing my room. And I mean clearing - the desk, the shelves and even the curtains. And not forgetting the laundry. It was a rather domestic day. Met with Cui too. Had 2 dinners that night!!! We had KFC followed by snacks at this prata place. Sinful! Best part was we did a lot of quality catching up!
21 Oct
Caught up with Naruto! Has been ages since I watched and I'm many episodes behind. Had a free movie with Ashley at Vivo, and free movie was proudly brought to us by the bank. Haha. It was weird when I saw the the SVP, even more when I saw Kit, from another dept, who kindly offered me a job at his dept, and which I politely declined. Oops.
22 Oct
Met up with Soon at Parkway Parade! Damn far lah...but... it was a nice experience. Been ages since I traveled to the area. They even have a borders! *Mountain turtled* Had a nice chat with Soon, who is a great mentor btw, and he made me come out with the list of things I want/need to do for the next few weeks/months! Ahhhhh...!
23 Oct
Crashed Soon's class at SMU. His lecture was fun! The dynamism was there, so much spontaneity and the class were allowed a space where imagination was infinite! I wished my lectures were that way in NUS. Participated in their discussion and feedbacked during their presentation. He introduced me as his guest and guess what, said I recently quit my job at a bank and is looking to work in the fashion industry. Haha. Nice way to put it. He invited me for crashing next week too! Had spa and waited for Sihui for 2 hours! She got the time mixed up so I went to the library for 2 hours instead. Time wasn't wasted, read cookbooks, interior design books, travel books. Found out I couldn't travel to Turkey in Feb next year. Shall look for another destination. Sihui treated me (for making me wait 2 hrs!) at Pu Tien at JP. Great stuff! Highly recommended!
24 Oct
After Jap Class, met up with Daixing for lunch at Borders. Watched "My Sister's Keeper". People were sniffing, it was a tear breaker. Slow but not too bad. (Please prepare lots of tissue if you're watching it! DX prepared for me, so nice of her. Hah.) Went East Coast for blading for almost 2 hours after. Had Popeye chicken at Singapore Flyer after. Quite a fulfilling day! DX had an exciting time driving though, with my sudden directions which requires her to change 4 lanes at one time, and of course, my habit of pointing to the right but saying left. Haha.
25 Oct
Went facial with my mom and headed back to our home (Senja). Realised it took only 9 minutes to walk from Bukit Panjang Plaza to our apartment, and that's really fast!!! Haha. Started cleaning up the house when I got there. Sicong, Daji and Daixing came after, and we had 3 hours of guitar hero. Realised the bottles of coke we had in the fridge was spilling. Thank God 3 of them were there to help me clean up!!! After Guitar Hero, we packed the whole set into SC's car and headed to "Da4 Shu4 Xia4" for dinner. Been wanting to try the food there and it was really not easy to find. The place has the nickname because there's this gigantic tree. Haha. The food is not too fantastic I must say. Chatted about New Year's Eve party and came out with a theme. This is going to be exciting!
I hope each day time is not wasted. Although I'm technically not working, truth is, I'm really working on my life here. When one ex-colleague from the bank bid me farewell on 15 Oct, she actually said "Enjoy your life". I might just do that. =)
Anyway, here's the update.
16-18 Oct
Bintan trip with Wenyao. I'm thankful there's a trip before he leaves for work. Did nothing much there but it was time very well spent. We actually spent 4 hours watching a Hindi movie when we were there!
19 Oct
Spent time with WY and his family. Had a reunion dinner that was 4 months early!
20 Oct
Sent WY off, and started clearing my room. And I mean clearing - the desk, the shelves and even the curtains. And not forgetting the laundry. It was a rather domestic day. Met with Cui too. Had 2 dinners that night!!! We had KFC followed by snacks at this prata place. Sinful! Best part was we did a lot of quality catching up!
21 Oct
Caught up with Naruto! Has been ages since I watched and I'm many episodes behind. Had a free movie with Ashley at Vivo, and free movie was proudly brought to us by the bank. Haha. It was weird when I saw the the SVP, even more when I saw Kit, from another dept, who kindly offered me a job at his dept, and which I politely declined. Oops.
22 Oct
Met up with Soon at Parkway Parade! Damn far lah...but... it was a nice experience. Been ages since I traveled to the area. They even have a borders! *Mountain turtled* Had a nice chat with Soon, who is a great mentor btw, and he made me come out with the list of things I want/need to do for the next few weeks/months! Ahhhhh...!
23 Oct
Crashed Soon's class at SMU. His lecture was fun! The dynamism was there, so much spontaneity and the class were allowed a space where imagination was infinite! I wished my lectures were that way in NUS. Participated in their discussion and feedbacked during their presentation. He introduced me as his guest and guess what, said I recently quit my job at a bank and is looking to work in the fashion industry. Haha. Nice way to put it. He invited me for crashing next week too! Had spa and waited for Sihui for 2 hours! She got the time mixed up so I went to the library for 2 hours instead. Time wasn't wasted, read cookbooks, interior design books, travel books. Found out I couldn't travel to Turkey in Feb next year. Shall look for another destination. Sihui treated me (for making me wait 2 hrs!) at Pu Tien at JP. Great stuff! Highly recommended!
24 Oct
After Jap Class, met up with Daixing for lunch at Borders. Watched "My Sister's Keeper". People were sniffing, it was a tear breaker. Slow but not too bad. (Please prepare lots of tissue if you're watching it! DX prepared for me, so nice of her. Hah.) Went East Coast for blading for almost 2 hours after. Had Popeye chicken at Singapore Flyer after. Quite a fulfilling day! DX had an exciting time driving though, with my sudden directions which requires her to change 4 lanes at one time, and of course, my habit of pointing to the right but saying left. Haha.
25 Oct
Went facial with my mom and headed back to our home (Senja). Realised it took only 9 minutes to walk from Bukit Panjang Plaza to our apartment, and that's really fast!!! Haha. Started cleaning up the house when I got there. Sicong, Daji and Daixing came after, and we had 3 hours of guitar hero. Realised the bottles of coke we had in the fridge was spilling. Thank God 3 of them were there to help me clean up!!! After Guitar Hero, we packed the whole set into SC's car and headed to "Da4 Shu4 Xia4" for dinner. Been wanting to try the food there and it was really not easy to find. The place has the nickname because there's this gigantic tree. Haha. The food is not too fantastic I must say. Chatted about New Year's Eve party and came out with a theme. This is going to be exciting!
I hope each day time is not wasted. Although I'm technically not working, truth is, I'm really working on my life here. When one ex-colleague from the bank bid me farewell on 15 Oct, she actually said "Enjoy your life". I might just do that. =)
Sunday, September 06, 2009
T'was a girl - A tribute
T'was a girl
of great charm.
T'was a girl
of blessed calm.
T'was a girl
who brought cheer
to everyone around her.
T'was a girl
who loved.
T'was a girl
whom everybody loved.
Dads, grams, gramps, aunts.
Uncles, kids, teachers, mums.
Strangers, yes strangers.
Found her a child of charm.
The girl brought laughter
to everyone dear.
And everyone dear
was everyone to her.
If time allowed,
and the girl grew well
In what would have been
A lady of sweet sixteen.
of great charm.
T'was a girl
of blessed calm.
T'was a girl
who brought cheer
to everyone around her.
T'was a girl
who loved.
T'was a girl
whom everybody loved.
Dads, grams, gramps, aunts.
Uncles, kids, teachers, mums.
Strangers, yes strangers.
Found her a child of charm.
The girl brought laughter
to everyone dear.
And everyone dear
was everyone to her.
If time allowed,
and the girl grew well
In what would have been
A lady of sweet sixteen.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
The Garden - Shel Silverstein
Saw this poem recently and thought it was really meaningful. It's a poem by Shel Silverstein and he wrote it for children. From an adult's point of view, it truly has a different meaning. Enjoy!
Ol' man Simon, planted a diamond,
Grew hisself a garden the likes of none.
Sprouts all growin', comin' up glowin',
Fruit of jewels all shinin' in the sun.
Colors of the rainbow,
See the sun and rain grow
Sapphires and rubies on ivory vines,
Grapes of jade, just
Ripenin' in the shade, just
Ready for the squeezin' into green jade wine.
Pure gold corn there,
Blowin' in the warm air,
Ol' crow nibblin' on the amnythyst seeds.
In between the diamonds, ol' man Simon
Crawls about pullin' out platinum weeds.
Pink pearl berries,
All you can carry,
Put em' in a bushel and
Haul em' into town.
Up in the tree there's
Opal nuts and gold pears-
Hurry quick, grab a stick
And shake some down.
Take a silver tater,
Emerald tomater,
Fresh plump coral melons
Hangin' in reach.
Ol' man Simon,
Diggin' in his diamonds,
Stops and rests and dreams about
One...real...peach.
Ol' man Simon, planted a diamond,
Grew hisself a garden the likes of none.
Sprouts all growin', comin' up glowin',
Fruit of jewels all shinin' in the sun.
Colors of the rainbow,
See the sun and rain grow
Sapphires and rubies on ivory vines,
Grapes of jade, just
Ripenin' in the shade, just
Ready for the squeezin' into green jade wine.
Pure gold corn there,
Blowin' in the warm air,
Ol' crow nibblin' on the amnythyst seeds.
In between the diamonds, ol' man Simon
Crawls about pullin' out platinum weeds.
Pink pearl berries,
All you can carry,
Put em' in a bushel and
Haul em' into town.
Up in the tree there's
Opal nuts and gold pears-
Hurry quick, grab a stick
And shake some down.
Take a silver tater,
Emerald tomater,
Fresh plump coral melons
Hangin' in reach.
Ol' man Simon,
Diggin' in his diamonds,
Stops and rests and dreams about
One...real...peach.