happy birthday to the mum!

progress in different shapes and form

well so what day is today? - me birthday! and it means "progress" in terms of age - ok maybe not such a happy thing after all.

am moving over to HK very soon, in fact in less than 3 weeks time. as my company put it in the email which they circulate to all the offices: "movement is progress". haha, for some reason it really felt like some PAP's national day punchline.

speaking of which, i will miss out on national day this year.

anyways, i'm in KL this week, hopefully i'll be adequately entertained in KL today on my birthday haha. :)

early celebration

the BB friends threw me an early birthday dinner celebration tonight. we had dinner at this very interesting cafe/bistro located in laselle art school. food was good and mood was relaxedi realised that a big part of my life revolves around the BB friends and i love them!

PQ on the road

was in KL last week and i managed to spend some really fun times with CK and Mel who are both tattoo artists on the road in KL. "on the road" here simply means they travel from one tattoo studio to another to work as guest artists in different countries.

it's cute when CK asked, what was i doing in KL. i said i came to work.. and he innocently replied: "orh you also on the road huh, same as us!"... that's a nice way of looking at my business trip :)

yeah, on the road... and hopefully it's a road leading to happiness.

bb office awards 10

this time the theme was "cool and futuristic" - i absolutely didn't have time to shop for clothes and stuff since i was working in KL all week. as usual, the really sporting ones came all prepared for the party. i have absolutely no idea how T managed to walk out from the shopping mall (where the body art shop was) to the carpark and drove to the party... all in his avatar look!most girls were having fun with their wigs and extravagant eye makeup.the tradebook guys looked really good as a team! i love their outfit - super cute and cool!! look at that satelite dish on her head!!

DHL - 请签收

the long awaited DHL has finally arrived at 4pm last thursday!

ha, and i realised the best way to negotiate is to introduce patches of awkward silences in between the discussion. HAHAHA.

moment of truth came when HR miraculously dished out a second deal today... ah-hah, now we're talking. :)

HK here i come!

it's so taxing to...

try and work out what i ACTUALLY earn vs. what i POTENTIALLY can earn... + how much tax i have paid vs. how much tax do i need to pay (in future). aiyoh... very hard leh. it's all a number's game!!!!

there's alot of math involved = i am clueless :p

of course i outsourced this very difficult task to Ms Doramon. :D

i have no colleagues - just friends from work

i vaguely remember that it was in our organisational behaviour tutorial class back in my NTU days when the tutor asked the class to rank the top 3 factors which we think is important to us when looking for a job. for example, 1) high salary, 2) work life balance, 3) office location etc.

i don't exactly remember what i had as my top 3 choices, but what i do remember is what i did not choose - good colleagues. yes, it never occured to me that having a bunch of good colleagues is so important in a job. it didn't take me long to realise how i would never have pulled through the difficult times in BB without the wonderful support from my colleagues. in fact i've never gotten used to calling them my 'colleagues '- i'd always refer to them as my 'friends from work'. :)

same same but different!

two for the wrists.. two for the ankles.. one for the neck,
that's the plan.

六菜一汤

it was supposed to be 三菜一汤 but somehow it became 六菜一汤!i love to feed my friends :)

i am "jabulani-ing"

and why i am jubalani-ing??? that's cos i am booked on my first ever business trip to KL! woohoo! i have no idea where do i have to be in, who do i have to meet with and what do i need to do there! but it all doesn't matter because there is only ONE thing i care about and that is... to buy my HK TVBssss from the DVD shop uncle in sungei wang because he gives me 40% discount!!!!

well jokes aside, on a much more serious note. i am really happy to be given this opportunity. i am sure it's not going to be a cushy trip and alot of things will have to be done. more importantly i must do a good job because it's my first assignment since i moved department and a couple of senior sales managers and specialists will also be on the same trip. so... ACE THIS TRIP PQ! :)

*jabulani - the african word for "rejoice" and also the name of the Adidas official world cup ball.

world cup frenzy

i guess the only "heat" i felt from the world cup is the "heatiness" in me.. oh man...i'm down with flu and sorethroat and it sucks!! anyways i was raising a request for our PC support guys in BB to issue me a BERRY device and saw this announcement. haha. i think BB people really have alot of time to put in funny requests.

this is singapore.. not jakarta

AMK is the way to go!

yay... the baby niece is growing to look more and more like an AMK (ang moh kia) wahaha.. very good :) i am not 崇洋-ing here but it's true that AMs have nicer features what. not that they are superior compared to us, but just nicer features. :)

no man's land

yup that's where i am now. i totally feel like tom hanks in the movie "the terminal" - a citizen of nowhere. literally no country and no government. haha. i know i'm treading on thin ice - one wrong move and i'm skrooed!!

think, think, talk. :)

i 囍 BB

champagne party at 4pm in all the offices around the world to celebrate something along the line of..."extraordinary sales figures since..xxx". anyways who cares really, as long as i get my hands on my Moet i'm happy.coincidentally the celebration falls on the same day i moved to a new department.. i would like to secretly think that it's my party hohoho...双囍临门！

no more casual fridays

i'm gonna be in a new department as of today! after nearly 2.5 years in my current role, i welcome this change. simply because sometimes we allow our passion to be diluted with the passing of time. doing the same things over and over again makes one bored... it's time for new elements to be injected into my job. i hope to find the same passion i had for work 3 years ago when i first joined BB. new role, new department, new beginnings... (new country???) maybe it's not that bad to feel like it's first day at work all over again.. :)

although the once a week casual friday's gonna be something i'd reallly miss having!!

我家也有大明星!

i had a fun saturday afternoon with the girls at my place. made food, made merry, made friendship...Swi, JY, DY...nice people all over.after a bottle of choya, our saturday night started at...3pm. haha.

amazing race CBD version

if you were walking around raffles place area between 5pm to 6pm today and saw a bunch of people in different coloured bibs running around like lunatics... then yes i was one of them.it was.. fun.. and TIRING!!!! but all the efforts paid off at the final stop - kazbar :) dude... it was free flow at the bar! why do you think we ran so hard for??

我要唱下去！

woohoo! my first time at a recording in mediacorp studios! :) the 3 singers tonight all did very well. was there to support DY and C who were really entertaining on stage. looking forward to see the episode on tv.. erm and i suspect we (the supporters) will also be on tv cos they kept taking shots of us after they knew that we were their friends.oh xiangyun and her two kids walked into the studio and sat behind me... haha, cool. but, but.. where is my chen zhi cai?!! lol.

really!

hmm.. let's just say.. i suddenly feel the long lost LOVE by BB. hahaha. hopefully i will feel "enough" love again soon. hee hee hee. *grins*

give blood, give life

i donated blood again today, it's my 15th donation. i was 18 years old the very first time i did this. i was with vaan and ee after tkd training on a saturday and saw a mobile blood donation drive along orchard road.i'm not sure if i fully understood the meaning of giving blood when i was 18, it was probably more like "doing it for fun". never would have imagined that over the years, i will have friends whom actually benefited from such blood donations. R was in a critical condition from a failed surgery and CT Sir who was involved in a traffic accident all managed to have blood transfusions because of the kind donors...although sadly, both of them did not survive the ordeal.

my friends, i really hope you can give blood donation a try at least once. it's really just an excuse when you say that you're "afraid of needles"... just think of the people that you're saving... and one day those who benefit from it can potentially be a friend or relative.

long weekend

the last thing i feel during this long weekend is... hungry!! cos it's eat eat eat EAAT!!stop.. stop!!

i scream icecream

overhead page: "good afternoon all, please join us for a Singapore office meeting at the auditorium followed by an ice cream party with over 24 different flavours of ice cream waiting for you... see you there!"

干您拿被超级白

a breaking news regarding our HK office spreaded like wildfire just before lunchtime today. obviously the SP office is BUAY SONG. haha.

so JY twitted this: 世界上好像没有东西是公平的， 对吗？
and my reply was: 只有"公"主 and "公"子 vs. "平"民。我们是平民。

oh well.. i know nothing's fair in this world yada yada... but...
我还真的很想大声说： "干您拿被超级白!"

simple things that make me happy #2

the favourite duck rice at circular road on a saturday shift.

i do... i do?

mixed feelings over the past few days really. sleepless nights and countless conversations with the innerself - questioning, deliberating... all the "why i shoulds" and "why i shouldn'ts"...

i'm not as suave as i thought i could be, not as decisive as i wish i would be. alot of it has to do with being intimidated. confronting your fears all at once is not an easy task. on top of it, there's the practical side of things.

it's amazing how i've discovered so much about myself just through the process of making a decision. i cannot imagine how much more i'll learn and grow when my actual "adventure" begins.

for better or for worse, it's going to be an experience of a lifetime. i've already said yes to him. right now it's just a waiting game i'm playin... before the final "YES I DO".

weeeeeds!

my BIGGEST TAKEAWAY from the community service we did at kranji was actually this:

the nature society professor said: "so what are weeds?... weeds are UNWANTED grass. GOOD grass at the WRONG place also = weeds... and it is the PERSON who DECIDES which grass are unwanted and will have it REMOVED." >>> this is sooooo applicable to the corporate world isn't it??!!

moral of the story is: being in the right place at the right time is so much more important than being the right person for the job.

haha!

PCK boots in kranji

this time BB's community service brought us to kranji marsh area to clear out weeds so that migrant birds can come! before anything else... pose for a pic in our PCK boots first!half of the group went to the wetland area to pull out weeds. it's back breaking and not easy to move around especially with boots 2 sizes too big - you get stuck in the mud.the other half had to hack down all the giant mimosas - not kidding, those mimosas were twice my height!! everyone was doing their best and at the end of it we were all wet from head to toe.with our collective efforts we managed to clear up a path leading to the coconut tree which we used as a landmark target!

penang - pinang peranakan museum

once again back at the same museum, but i wasn't bored at all! i love this museum, they allow you to touch most of the exhibits and that's what makes the tour really interactive.these suitcases were from india, i really love those colourful prints! how i wish i own one of them.the lover's chair once again. but this time, with the mum and the dad on it :) awesome picture.the ancestral hall is the only part of the house that was still owned by its original owners - the rest of the house was sold off to a merchant who was an avid antique collector.

penang - kek lok si

was good that we went to 极乐寺 as i didn't have the chance to see it during my previous trip. it's a huge temple but only the pagoda is the actual heritage site if i'm not wrong, the rest were pretty much built around the pagoda at a much later time.the mum made a donation to light a 平安灯 for our family.the dad made another donation to buy a tile for the temple..well the only reason why i'm putting this photo up is because, according to the dad.. he is "very good looking in this photo". :) and yes i agree! especially in the oakley shades!you are allowed to climb up the pagoda which is the actual heritage site there.the view from above was paranomic, worth the climb!

fate and god's work?

IV and J's baby girl arrived on 05/05! - same day as IV's birthday.. such a great coincidence right? feelin happy for them especially since i knew the both of them since our poly days. who would've imagined them getting together based on the fact that they've never talked to each other for the 2 yrs when we were in the same class. today they're not just married, but also proud parents.it's amazing how fate works. :)

really...really?

really?

things seem to have taken a turn....... for the better?

i was put in a situation i've never imagined i'd be in.
the conversation seemed unreal to me...

let's just wait patiently for the "DHL" to arrive first, take a peek into the box... and see how it goes :)

slightly life changing...
very life changing...
or super life changing?

marina bay sands 是美的

yup! i paid the 100 bucks levy to get into the marina bay sands casino!the casino is huge, posh, new, nice, unfortunately NOT non smoking (but it's understandable). it felt so unreal that this is in Singapore since we do not have a casino for the LONGEST time.

anyways the croupiers there are so inexperienced and their hands were shaking each time they dealt the cards. a few mistakes here and there...i felt so sorry for them cos they were so stressed out by the experienced punters! so some of the gamblers ended up teaching the croupiers how to do their job.hmm not sure if i will try the casino in resorts world?... cos i highly doubt it'd be better than marina bay sands. afterall as what most people say... 一个是 angmoh 的，一个是 malaysia 的... quality confirm different lah!

after 10 hours...

没有功劳，
没有苦劳，
只有疲劳...

say you'll be here for me...

watch where you're going!

i stepped on a big ass senior sales manager's toes - LITERALLY! oh my god it was so embarrassing!!! hahaha... thank god i was just wearing flats and not in some super high heels or somethin...

man oh man...

choosing choices

sure, life is all about making choices - i'm sure we all know by now. especially as we grow older, we have more choices to make. some choices may have irreversible effects on our lives while sometimes it's alright if we made the wrong choice this time.

but what we have to understand is that when it comes to making a choice, it is not about deciding what you want to have - but rather, it's a choice of what to give up?

你不是在选择你要的是什么，而是得选择你肯放弃的是什么？

this is exactly why some decisions are so tough to make because you always win some only when you are willing to lose some. this may seem like a pessimistic way of looking at your choices but it is defintely the practical side of life!

phuket day 4 - songkran has started!

it was also songkran festival the last time i was in phuket for the sister's wedding! today's the first day of the festival and everyone was out on the streets having a wild wet time!thank god we had the car, we managed to stay clean and dry throughout our entire journey to the go-kart place which i wanted to bring the girls. we managed to drive and camwhore at the same time...steer the wheel and pose for pics, no problem!with mel's superb map-reading and navigation skills we finally arrived at the go-kart place. it's still the same dog i saw 2 years back!!cornering at high speed woohoo!i was so glad the girls enjoyed the go-kart experience as i could sense their intial reluctance to go with me haha...what a grreaat way to end off our phuket trip!

phuket day 3 - island hopping

we paid just 1,100 thb for an entire day of island hopping fun all thanks to Boom - our thai colleague. (the regular "ang moh" price was 2,800 thb) i am really impressed with thailand's tourism - so professional, so value for money and i felt so safe in their hands! you get to enjoy free flow of soft drinks and fruits once on the boat. buffet lunch also provided!we went to four islands in total but i only remembered the first one - james bond island.the package came with kayaking at two islands which was still fun despite the low tide.after a an awesome day out in the sun we went back to the resort, showered, picked up the car and drove out for dinner. the food was delicious and costed us 180 thb per person ONLY!! that's only SGD 7.80?? total madness! i hate to say this, but singapore can never win thailand in terms of tourism!!!