Hubb's ConVocaTioN

my boy has finally officially graduated from school!!!

attended his convocation ytd. reminded me of the one i had 3yrs ago. time really flies. more or less the same as the one 3yrs back. calling names after names.. blah blahhh....

after the ceremony, we actually headed to elsewhere to have our pics taken. lol... relinquish the memories of me graduating!! the initial location was marina barrage, but the roads were blocked due to ndp rehearsals and we changed location to hort park. lol

the bear that should have been bought 3yrs ago. ahahahah.. each bear costs $58. tt probably explains y i did not buy it back then.

and hubb specially invested in a tripod stand so tt in future, we can take pics for ourselves. the 2 kuku us.. under the big hot sun.. wandering around in hortpark in our grad robes taking pics with our grad bears. :)

been 3yrs since i've grad. also meant 3yrs into the working society. things are not all that wonderful for me now. inital start-out was just to get a job and have some income. but now that it is no longer the initial start-out  period, perhaps it's really time to consider and plan the route ahead le?

BE

the firedrill was activated on friday, but surprisely, we did not take part at all. everyone continued doing wad they were doing and no one gave a hoot abt the fire drill. so best. so if it's real fire, we'll all become roasted pigs huh.

anyway participated in my new divison's BE activity yesterday. BE = Be Engaged, a programme initiated by the bank to bring the staff closer together. Each year, we have to do this survey that will track our satisfaction level as a staff with the bank. and this BE is something that all divisions will have to carry out so that staff can bond together and increase the scoring of the survey.

anyway, BE at CMD wasnt such large scale, probably due to the small size of the division. but here at group credit, we had treasure hunt this year. basically decipher the clues, find the locations, ans one question at each location, identify the objects that we are asked to look for and take a pic with all members in.

started at 930 at uob main plaza.. each of us were given a collectible netsflashpay card with $10 stored value. damn cool card, got money also cannot buy. we only took mrt 2x, so at the end of the game, the card still has about $7 value for us to bring home.

4 areas to cover, 6 locations to go - bugis, bras basah, chinatown and the end meeting point was at hortpark.

1st destination was this yellow building. seriously, thru this game, i realised how not often do i observe the things around me.. had a hard time looking for this little ulu yellow building...

2nd destination was at laselle school. luckily for us, one of the members knew this place and brought us here. if not, we could have never found this place given the sucky clues..

3rd destination - rendevouz hotel....

4th destination - museum

5th destination - chinatown. i contributed the most here!! one look at the clue and i knew exactly where it is! kekekekeke... that's how often i go to chinatown. lol

last destination - hortpark

seriously, i think we performed v well. the meeting time was at 2pm, but by abt 12+, we already were back to the meeting place with all clues deciphered. but amazingly, another group beat us to it and were already there when we reached.

so, in the end, we came in 2nd. 1st prize was $1k shopping vouchers. and 2nd prize was $800 vouchers. divided up, each got $100. wahahahaha. not too bad, rite??? and with the door gift which was a $20 ntuc vouchers, plus the flashpay card, all on all, my gain was $127.  

hahahahahaa.... so worth my participation!!! so my time wasnt exactly wasted afterall :) and though it was stated that it will end at 5pm, it in fact ended at 2+. lol!

and i seldom wake up early during wkends. this event made me woke up real early and i realise the day is very long when u wake up early. i should really make it a point to wake up early during wkends so tt my wkends will be longer. if not, by the time i wake up, half the day has already gone and wkends will 4ever be sooo short. get the theory?

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and y the hell am i feeling guilty about not going back to clear my work on sunday? ya, i have tons of things to do at work and had initally plan to go back tdy. but i also have personal things to do, so y shld i sacrifice my personal stuff for work when it's a wkend and it's OFFICIALLY my off days????

so y am i feeling so uneasy abt not going back? well, tt's cux i know tmr will sux big time. i better go work damn early tmr and hopefully can clear wadever are supposed to be cleared. but then again, my pay is for monday-friday, 9 to 630. if i will nt be paid more, WHY SHOULD I DO ALL THESE NONSENSE?????

KAOZ... REALLY WTF LEHH......

Something meaningful to share:

First i was dying to finish my high school and start college
And then i was dying to finish college and start working
Then i was dying to marry and have children
And then i was dying for my children to grow old enough so i could go back to work
But then i was dying to retire
And now i am dying.....
And suddenly i realised i forgot to live

Please dont let this happen to you. Appreciate your current situation and enjoy each day.

Carry a Heart that Never Hates
Carry a Smile that Never Fades
Carry a Touch that Never Hurts

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Cool isint it??

In any case, it's FRIDAY! TGIF!!!

Fire Drill tmr. Going to cheong down 14 levels. Well, better than when i was at TPY where we had to cheong down 24 levels. LOL

And sat, there's a division event from 9 to 5. Some round the island treasure hunt and food and game activities. There goes my sat.. mmmm......

Enjoy the wkend peeps!!

yay, got to meet up with yet another long lost fren, ms connie peh. i think i have not seen her even longer than i've not seen ms kuah. ms kuah is since uni grad, but ms peh is since sec sch days??? lol ~~ that's sooo freak long ago!!

met for lunch at TCC together with shirley and xh. am soo glad that pple are coming back into my life :)

this pic was taken with shirley koh being super unsupportive and buay gam wan. she claimed that i like to force pple to pose and take pic and then blog it. whahahahaah. bleah. anyway thanks to her for the super efficient forwarding of pic using her savvy iphone. kekekekke.

why did things turn out this way?

ironic.

im unhappy.

im bloody unhappy.

one of the advantages in moving to tanjong pager is the opportunity to meet up with long lost frens for lunch. 1 is shirley, another is ms kuah xiuwen. she's my uni mate and think we havent seen each other since grad. she's recently moved to tanjong pagar too. great to meet up again :)

hopefully can meet up more and more long time no see frens!!!!!

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nite time was ktv with ex-colleagues. went to this ktv opposite bugis junction. the name is top1 or something like tt. the sound system is good, and there are many effects to play with. there's a small stage, then there's spotlight, and there's this effect whereby u can emit smoke as if u are in a real concert like that!

the whole room was sooo smoky when the guys kept on pressing the button to emit smoke.

i think the drinks are free flow and there's a bento set for dinner. i dont know how much was the exact bill, but i paid $30. duration about 4hrs. quite worth it for a friday nite ktv with dinner inclusive.

TA TA TA... it's the long awaited friday!!!! i cant tell u how happy im for friday to arrive, juz like i cant express how unhappy im whenever monday comes. it's ironic when time is passing so fast, yet friday always seem so slow to arrive.

actually, i think, wed and thurs are the worst days in a wk. mon and tues still can tahan, cuz they are right after the wkend break. but wed and thurs are 2 days after 2 working days and for wed, it's 2 working days b4 wkend comes. get wad i mean?

majority of the pple loves to take leaves on friday or monday so as to make it a long wkend. but for me, i love to take leaves in mid-wk. wad can be better than having a break after working for 2days straight in a row?

amazingly for me, i only took 4.5 days leave this yr so far. i din realise that until i went in to check my leave summary during work today. apparently, i have to clear a minimum of 11.5 days this year. and if tt happens, i will bring forward the max of 14days to next yr. and tt means, i will have 38days leave next year!!!! winz.

actually, the plan was not to take any leave or mc for the 1st 3mths at my new place. come aug, will be the 3rd mth. so i can start to take leave liao. but take leave also v sian. cuz have to ensure tt things are done up nicely for pple to cover me when im away. ggrrrrr.. dead troublesome!

and the files at work are piling up. the pile will soon cover my head when i sit down, literally and no kidding. and sad to say, i will have to go back this sun to clear them, if not, it will be a hazard if the pile of files collapses and hit me. sounds funny, but seriously, it's not. :(

meeting ex-colleagues for ktv tmr. at least something to help me bear thru the friday work. will also be meeting my long-time-no-meet uni fren for lunch tmr. :)

enjoy the wkend peepz!

sometimes i wonder wad is the meaning of life when at the start of each day, u are only waiting to end the day.

isit only me?

or is everyone the same?

im depressed again.

time is passing mercilessly fast. i still tot it was the beginning of the month when i suddenly realised that it is actually mid-month already.

wad can i do to make time pass slower?

maybe i shld just quit my job and stay at home.

time will only be slow when u have nothing to do.

but.. that is... if i have the luxury to do so.

till then, i will continue to slog and be depressed.

sux :(

MacAu DaY II

been ranting too much on work. time to blog abt happier stuff. travel!

1st day, as mentioned, was @ zhuhai. for the whole of 2nd day, we were in HK. took the early ferry and the ride frm macau to hk took an hr. the ride to and back is abt sgd70. alternatively, u can also travel by helicopter which will take a mere 10+ mins. but it will cost like sgd400, if i remb correctly. madness rite?

much as i wished to travel on a helicopter, we took the ferry instead -.-

~ hubb and his fatty roast duck leg. it was so filling that he almost did not feel any hunger for the rest of the day. cant imagine the amt of calories in there... ~

the 1st place we went was causeway bay. i tell u, like sg, hk is flooded with foreign workers! the streets were all filipinoes and non-chinese! i did not feel like i was in hk at all. sooooo scary. we left for another destination shortly.

actually, being the 3rd time to hk, there's really no location that is a 'must-go-for-a-visitor' already. those 'must go' have already been visited the 1st and 2nd time. and, we only have a day. cant exactly travel too far either. so in fact, tis time round, it was quite boring in hk. we literally roam on the streets.

~ me and my piece of smelly tofu. lau pat sat is selling also. can go there eat if u havent tried b4. the one at lau pat sat really stinks!~

and, tt day, i wore the pair of boots tt i bought in zhuhai. tt was a seriously wrong decision becuz my feet hurt like mad for the whole day. they hurt soo much tt i dreaded walking. and on a few occasions, i'd got no choice but to remove them and let my feet rest on the flat ground. it was super unglam, but i seriously got no choice. the pain was jus too much to bear. it was plain terrible. that probably contributed a fair bit to the 'not-so-fun' experience this time.

and i think, hk is really over-populated. there are soo many pple everywhere. i think hk is abt the size of sg, but their population is double ours. can u imagine? im not exaggerating, but everywhere are human beings. tons and tons and tons of pple.. stunned..

went shopped at this argly centre in mongkok. somewad like our far east plaza. many many many small shops selling clothings and accessories. v cheap, but cannot try. if u love those korean/jap style, u shld visit there. but be prepared to sqz sqz sqz with the pple in there. at ur own risk!

also, we literally fell asleep while resting at the train station. think really too tired liao. i think we sat more than half an hr in the station. i was kidda worried tt the staff mite notice us sitting there and not moving and come question us. hahahah.

nite time was to this avenue of star. it's a must-go if u visit hk.

both hubb and me agree that the pics we took on our own are better than the paid pics tt were taken by the supposed professional photographers. credits to my camera!

lastly, wanted to blog at the train station. but dont knw y, the network wasnt working. so cant blog.

seriously this time round, i find the pple quite nasty and rude. i had enjoyed the 1st and 2nd visit, but this time round, not really leh. maybe i sian liao. or maybe becuz my feet hurt too much. or becuz too tired. or becux we only had a day. blah blah..

but i will still want to go whenever there's a chance. was watching this hk serial and somehow, the desire to go there came back again. ahhahhaaah

JuLy

I think july is the month where majority of my frens have their bdaes in. shimin, jul, crystal, keegan, bro in law and shirley koh.

gave her a lunch treat this afternn. look how happy she is??? kekekekek

this cake she's holding from coffee club is superb. soo creamy and thick choco! i like!!! but the main courses at coffee club really cannot make it.

and shirley, i do expect a reciprocate hor. know wad to do 2mths down the road k. lol ~~~~

happy bday to all july babies!

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for the past wk i've been lunching out. hopefully it can be maintained tt way. but work is still as sian as ever. y cant tmr be friday?? can some1 teach me how to enjoy my work? 

i have chocolates and sweets on my table. i've got a cutie cushion. i've placed little plush on the tables to make my work area cuter and hopefully make myself happier. i've got 2 jackets and a shawl to keep myself warm. i've done everything i could to make my work area a better place to work in. but how come, it is still sucky leh???? 

grrrrrrr...............................................

i think a pay increment is wad i really need and the only thing that can make me feel more balance.

but an increment, if any, willl only happen in march next yr.

will i be able to maintain my sanity till then???

out for dinner on thurs with some ex colleagues. steamboat @ bugis. :)

after that was dessert time @ the dessert shop across the street. recommended by crystal and she nicely treated us to it. kekekeke..

and tt's my ultra large bowl of honeydew sago + strawberry ripple ice cream

it's really good to see them again and juz meet up and rant.

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been hooked on to those stuff toy arcade games these days and these arcade shops are sooo popular now! the 1st time i played was at suntec. then now we wil usually play at plaza sing. ytd, went tiong bahru plaza and there's a newly opened one!!

some of the stuff that we won. i also cannot remb how much money was dumped in liao. but it's really quite addictive. ultimately, it's not the plush tt we r aiming, rather it's the process that is fun and the satisfaction tt we get when the aim of winning is attained.

ya, it's a complete waste of money and i feel v gulity abt it too. but... o well.. how often can u find something tt u enjoy doing? anyway, as much as i know myself, i will get sian of it very soon. so juz lemme play when i still enjoy bahhh.. hehehe

EXCUSES!!

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feel like dying my hair.. but worry if my hair can take it or not. previously my hair was half dyed, half black. took me a long time b4 the dyed part are cut away and the hair color is more or less sync now. and if i go dye it now, when the hair grows, wont i be back to square 1 again?? and the amt of damage to my already quite bad-conditioned hair? and have to sit for hours in the salon with nothing to do??? mmmmmmmmmm

NeW StarT

I think i really gotta be more positive. things are always the toughest at the beginning and tt is exactly where im now. i should not give up so easily and be depressed so easily. i should give myself more time and even if i have to fall, i will fall gracefully and make sure i learn and no more falling at the same place the next time.

i gotta be strong and bear through this very difficult period. it's tough. but i know it will be rainbow after the storm.

but that being said, the 1st thing tt needs to be done, is to make myself hate less wad im doing now and where im now. and the 1st thing to go abt making it less hatred, will be to have a more balance work life. tmr is the start of a new month, and it's the time to make myself feel better

1) i will have more time for lunch. even if it means ta-baoing back, i will go out, take a walk and tabao myself. no more sitting in the office all day long w/o even going out for awhile.

2) no more free OT. even if it has to be done, it'll be half an hr more. and if i must stay late, i will MAKE SURE I MAKE THE NECESSARY CLAIM.

3) i will stay focus and know wad to do. no more being a blur f**k and all ready to jump for help once something comes in. i will analyse wad is needed 1st, think thru wad to do, and do it. it's time to stop asking pple for help, since most prob, they'll give me nonsense as well. time to rely on myself.

4) i will understand that everything will have it's allocated time. i must complete the task by the allocated time and move on. and b4 the allocated time is up, i must not lose focus and be disturbed and lose focus.

i will learn to like my job. but i know i will continue to hate the pple im working with. it doesnt matter anyway, since i dont depend on them to survive.

i will make it. i will definitely make it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ENOUGH

seriously, im soo frustrated with wad im doing now. im walking toooo much yuan wang lu and bumping my head too much.

1) ask pple for advice.. but pple give me the wrong advice and i gotta amend wad i have done.

2) happily work through my stuff, thinking tt im so smart, but only to realise tt it's incorrect and have to re-do. shld i blame it on the person who did not infm me? or shld i blame myself for not asking??

now wad? ask pple, pple also give me crap. DIY, but also get crap.

is there no better way to learn how to walk w/o having to fall down?

this is real crappy and demoralising. keep having to rework, to amend stuff, to do corrections. and not forgetting the incoming new requests and stuff. dammit!!!

when can i get out of all these??

im super sad and unhappy. how how hoooowww???????????????

and the pay.... in the past still can supplement with OTs, incentives and wad's not and i enjoy calculating how much i'll be getting by payday. but now???? gosh.. this is really getting nowhere.

SAVE ME SOMEBODY!!

and i swear im gonna take it easy. no more cold and lumpy packed food. no more late nites. no more imbalance emotions!

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

Pic

and as said.. that's shirley koh in the pic!

thanks gal for sending me the pic. kekeke.

FrienDs

finally met shirley koh for lunch tdy. so she's juz @ the building next to me. kekekeke.

she's my fren frm sec 1 and also my 'ying-yang-lu' kakhi. yup, we used to go to the movies to watch all the ying-yang-lu series. and that was soo sooo sooooo long ago.

long time since i last met her also. mayb since 21st bday? gosh..

took a pic with her tdy using my phone, but unable to load now as my netbook doesnt have the LG programme. will think of a way to load to computer then i can upload here. shirley, i send to ur hp then u load to ur computer and email back to me, can can???? hhehehe

anyway, i realise pple really come and go in life. was talking to her abt this impt fren who has left my life. seriously, i have allowed too many pple to leave my life. issit me who left them out? or them who left me out? much as i seem like i dont care, i do care.

issit my problem? there's a mortgage retention unit in bank where the staff will offer exisiting customers with lower interest rates for their housing loans so they do not redeem the loans and go to other banks. maybe it's time to learn how to retain my frens in life.

as much as i can, no one will be allowed to leave my life from now on. to each and everyone of you, who bothers to read wad is gg on in my life, pls know that i do treasure and cherish u. i may not say it out, i may not express it, i may not contact u, but pls do know that i will think of u and will pray that all is gg well for u.

pls keep in contact with me.

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im so dying

i tot i've gone to heaven. but in fact, im still in hell. and probably, in a even lower level of hell.

boo

illusion!!!!!!

well, it's really depressing. i dont get to lunch properly. i have to knock off late. i have to sacrifice my personal time. i have to tolerate stupid requests. i have to stick to senseless deadlines. i have to cover shit. i have to rush this rush that. i have to stand the chillness in office. and to top it off, i DONT GET AN EXTRA CENT !!!!!!

WTF?!!!

so god dammit!!!!!!!!!!!

pls lemme rant. if not, i will go crazy.

time mgmt is really super duper crucial now. im not superman. i cant pls everybody. im juz gonna f**k care everything. unless, i dont mind dying young.

really sick of all the stupid nitties gritties. surely there'r better ways to process things, arent there??!!

now... i really gotta be strong.

generally im a nice person. but if i have to be mean in order to survive, then i cant help.

make life hell for others, b4 they make life hell for u.

my latest motto in life.

TGIF

CBD oN a SunDaY

and as planned, i went back to work today.

to my surprise, the whole tanjong pagar was like a dead town. i mean, i did not expect to see many pple, but also not as few as that bah. i think only 5 or 6 pple on the street and construction workers carrying out their work only. all the shops were closed, including guardian, starbucks etc. even the traffic was super light. it's really like a dead town.

seriously, i did not expect that. u mean there's no one who'll shop/walk ard tanjong pagar area during wkend??? it's really quite scary leh.

there wasnt any1 when i reached. my colleague came awhile later and when i left, another colleague came. the whole office was v quiet. but the light works well, the vending machine works well, the water dispenser works well, the machines work well, and the toilet works well too. just that there was no air con, but we had the fan on.

it's really quite cool. no one bothers you. can eat, drink, listen to radio. i don mind slacking during wkdays and come back on sunday to clear stuff, since it's juz a bus ride away. but it's kidda silly lah, since i wont get any xtra pay. mmm...see how things go bah.

and all shops at the train station were closed too. really stunned. really no one will go cbd area to shop during wkend one mehhhh????

and time passes really really fast. i went from 11-4pm... but i managed to clear only a bit of stuff. issit that im really slow? or issit time tt is too fast? this is really scary......

KTV

ktv last nite with my dear cmd colleagues. but only a few came. many other kakis cannot make it. 1 new colleague whom i 1st met ytd and sus's sis and sis's bf joined later.

glad to see them again. and hopefully it wont be too long b4 i meet them and the rest again.

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today is a saturday well-spent. did not go out, but slept and rest at home. most prob will go back office to clear some stuff tmr, if not, i will die on monday.

 poor thing, arent i ???

1st Month @ New PlaCe

exact 1 month since the 1st day at the new job. 4th day with the new team. starting to struggle. i stayed till 2030 today and that is w/o any OT claim!!! i can foresee myself coming back on sat to work. shucks.

i hate the pple i have to liaise with. i hate the dingdong here and dingdong there. i dont know if they r in a rush, or careless, or unaware, or bochup or they are juz plain stupid. simply unable to follow instructions and continue the same nonsense despite ample emails to let them know wad went wrong. and when everything gets delay, it always seems like we r at fault. kaoz.

how to work with idiots like that??? brainless.

and, it's sad to realise that the pple whom i tot are nice, are in fact not that nice. and here, seems like every1 is protecting their own interests and trying to push things ard. i mean this is inevitable everywhere, but here, it's ultra blatant. haii.. dont know wad to say.

miss my colleagues at cmd. sian, we all sian together. not happy, we all not happy together. but here... mmm....

glad that i'll be meeting them tmr for ktv. hopefully the load tmr is not heavy and i can meet them on time...

good luck to me.

OuTing/AkiRa Jap/Sands Casino

met up with my 2 jc mates last thurs. had dinner at this jap restaurant - sho teppan - at ion.

~ may and jennifer ~

i think their specialities are the frying dishes whereby you can use their electric stove to stir fry your food. but somehow, jen and me ordered the soup base meal and it ended up something like steamboat. the food is not too bad, but a little too saltish as you eat.

May is now a Mrs. so happy for her. finally tie the knot with her bf all the way from jc. unlike my indonesia-chi colleague whose plan is to earn enuff here and return to indonesia, this burmese gal is planning to stay here with her now-husband, who is also a burmese. sweeeet!!

after that was coffee session at starbucks at the building nxt to wheelock. it's a 24hr outlet. and sad to know, the BK has cease to exist. boohoo... i still remb mugging at that BK for A levels.....

good to knoe they r all doing well :)

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i want to introduce this jap buffet at akira restaurant, which is located in link hotel which in turn, is located near tiong bahru plaza, abt 2 stations away.

this restuarant was intro to me by yy. went online to check it out and realised that the reviews on this restaurant are mainly adverse. pple complaining that the serving time is vvvv long, the portion is vvvv small for repeat orders etc.

but, having faith in yy's standard, i still decided to give it a try.

and yes, all those comments on the net abt this restuarant are unjustified!!!!

the staff are friendly. the serving time is short. the variety is large. the food is fresh. and the price, given the kind of food included in the buffet, is low! each pax is abt $35 and u get to enjoy unlimited supply of wadever jap food u can think of. no joke! and if u spend >$50, the parking is free!

we were seated at the sushi bar and saw how the chef handled the food. they will only cut and prepare when u order, at least for the sashimis and sushies. but do not be decieved by the menu, cux the menu will show v big portion while in actual fact, the portion they serve is not that big. i think they will serve according to the nbr of pple u have. the more pple, the bigger the serving. but large or small, u can always order again and again and again. so i dont see that being an issue.

sis has decided to go there for our father's day dinner. and when i have the time, i will go write some reviews to give this restaurant the justice it deserves!

it's really highly recommended. go go gooooo give it a try!! this is the place for you if you are mad on jap food.

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went sands casino last last wkend. many shops still unopened. seems like all are branded shops. unlike wad i tot, the casino is big.

does not differ much from that in macau. just that i din expect the scale to be the same.

dinner at nite was at long beach seafood restaurant in east coast. not bad. can give it a try if u dont mind the travelling time :)