Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Y Breezy. :)
i'm in an extremely breezy mood today, so go ahead and step on my tail, i swear i won't retaliate. at all. even the rainy day seems sunny to me! without a brolley with me, i walked in the rain with such joy as well. lol! haha, kidding. i sound extremely temperamental aye? yesterday i was SO troubled about some stuffs, and today, a total change in mood. haha!
you wonder why?
all thanks to the SO! :) had a loooooooong chat on the phone with SO last night, before turning in at 2am. teehee. felt so much at ease after thrashing things out to SO. and SO helped so much in making me feel better. and so i managed to cleared my mind, and know what i'm gonna do next. maybe? we'll see. alright, i won't go in depth about anything, so yay. basically SO helped me alot. teehee. :)
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work today was as usual. tagging behind michelle and kat the entire afternoon, as before lunch, i was assigned to the Safebox counters to relief lunch. in other words, relief either sylvie or nirmala during their lunch. hence, i had my lunch only after they're back, at 1pm. was totally famished then. haha, and i spent my lunch break eating and talking on the phone with li'e and froggie. :)
after lunch, i couldn't concentrate at work, as i was busy sms-ing with SO. lol! ohwells, there wasn't much for me to do except to watch, help photocopying and shredding papers anyway. florence was telling me that she don't know what job to assign to me anyway. what the hell man? so that means i'm sticking to michelle for the sake of having-something-for-me-to-do huh? in other words, if i'm not gonna be taking over michelle's job, i'll have to learn another thing all over again? SIGH, this is what a noob get at times. what else can i do except to swallow it down right? let's see how's things goes few weeks/months down the road.
oh yah, i've to start working on saturdays pretty soon. in march, i'll have to work on the 17th, 24th and 31st. thank goodness the working hours on saturdays is 8.30am - 12pm only. =) ohwells, 明天会更好. :)
1 more day to the looong weekend! :))
P/S: thanks SO, li'e, lee hong, angelia and my adorable family for all the encouraging words and everything! :)
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Y Feelin' thoughtful.
you know how books talk about how girls have the NEED to talk. because it makes them feel a lot better when they speak of something verbally. it feels like i'm getting over my issue. it seems like i'm recovering. and all that bad memories seem like a figment in my imagination right now.
maybe. all these are what resulted in this change i see in myself. i became self-centered. i became nonchalant towards other people's lives. i've been adopting this "oh-i-see" attitude in regards to topics i find no interest in. this may sound selfish, but it's good in a way.
like what someone once told me that friends are diamond, so we don't have to have one bus-full of friends. just a couple of true confidants will do. how true. because the more you share your joy/woes/shits with, the higher the chances things may be spilled.
well, sometimes we just gotta learn it the harder way.
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though getting a job has made me the happiest girl on earth for the past month, the same question keeps returning to me like a thrown boomerang - is this what i really want?
it's been less than a mere 2 months since i've unofficially graduated (fyi, i've not received my FYP results yet), and my mind's still very much unsettled. having talked to li'e about THE FUTURE, my mind's in a whirl all over again. i remembered feeling that few weeks back when i was approached with a better-pay-yet-lesser-benefits position, which i later on rejected the offer. back then, i feel really suffocated and lost until i talked to someone with more experiences and all.
i kept telling myself that i'm giving myself 3 months (yes, that's my probation period) before deciding to go on or leave. it feels like i'm not working for myself, but for others. because of some friends who did not support ya all the way, and instead, they said words to challenge you and the more makes you wanna prove them wrong. i'm actually rather disappointed when those words are brought upon my face. so much so that i wanna prove them wrong, i'm suffering everything all by myself. and are they even aware of that? do they even care? i doubt so.
dont be mistaken. i dont need their care, as i have all the rights in the world to make any decision. it's been 1 month since i stepped foot into this company, and i've 2 more months to venture before making any major decision.
this is a full-time job! if things are like before (doing part-time), i still can say "try try, dont like can quit", but things are very different now. maybe this is just my first job, i still can say "try", but i'm feeling very suffocated right now. i can't share with anyone else, because they may say things like "haaa, where got so easy one" or "haaa, see! i knew you sure cannot stay more than _ months" and etc. why can't these people just leave their comments to themselves?
day in day out. before and after passing my certification tests, i'm like doing the same old thing everyday! became michelle's 跟屁虫 all day long. when she's busy, i watched and learn. when she's not busy, i watched and learn too. day in day out, it's the same old transactions. unit trust subscription/redemption, fixed deposits, staffs' claims and all that. nothing new! alright, maybe i shouldn't complain so much, considering that i'm still NOOB. and i don't deny that this is an easy job, as i'm paid to learn. before my training, if i'm asked to be 跟屁虫, i've nothing to say. but after my training, it's still the same! oh why? all my friends from the same training class are getting the opportunity to stand beside a teller at a counter to interact with customers AND the opportunity to do some hands on. okay, for me i've done some account opening transactions and bulk cash counting, but that's just a few hours thing. after that, everything's back to square one.
sigh. i'm pressing on for the sake of the pay and the benefits from the bank. and also for the words of somebody. i will press on, till i totally can't take it.
i wonder what's in for me tomorrow. 2 more days, and i'll be having a pretty long weekend. i've an eventful weekend ahead, and i'm SO looking forward to it. friday - to NP ICT PROM! saturday - neth's 20th birthday bash @ party world. sunday - tentatively cny visiting with some of my poly classmates. yes, on the last day of CNY! that's like our class's unofficial tradition since last year. it's not confirmed tho. =) so, i just gotta hang in there for this 2 days.
i believe, things have to change soon.
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it has been a long time since my heart zoomed into overdrive. like big time.
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Monday, February 26, 2007
Y Shiseido Grooming Workshop.
each time i log on to the internet, i will spend hours checking mails, reading forums, checking the BT updates, checking friendster and blog hop. and the final thing i'll do is to update my blog, if not, i'll just go ahead with my shows watching. however, i'm not watching anything for the time being. i'm still waiting for Hana Kimi Eps 14 to be completed, which the torrent was out only today. i'm stucked at Eps 13, and i really can't wait to watch that show! dammit, i miss watching eyecandy wu zun! lol. :x
i was back at the branch in the morning. it was a really short morning, which i merely lazed around beside michelle helping her with stuffs. then i went to check my intranet email, and found out that OCBC staffs are entitled to discounts for the Finding Nemo On Ice tickets! omigod, the more i'm tempted to go for it! lololol. we'll see again, as my march schedule is pretty much packed right now.
left the branch to meet ashley at 11.30am. met up with that woman at the mrt platform before making our way to Somerset for our lunch, while waiting for bee leng and connie. :) went to the Orchard Building for our Shiseido Grooming Workshop at 2pm. i think the workshop pretty fun, except for the theory section, whereby the things taught to us were so Biology. haha! anyhows, during the hands on session, we we taught on the fundamentals of skincare and make-up. it's so fun!!! i learnt so many new things today, which i'm gonna impart to my mom someday. lol. o yea, each of us were given some doorgifts which includes some of the Shiseido products samples and vouchers. although their products pricing are a lil on the high side, i think they're really good! :)
after getting our eyebrows trimmed for free, we were released at 4ish! darn early. ashley, connie, bee leng and i went to Marina South for dinner as planned. the dinner's really fulfilling! we had a great time eating and laughing together. ashley's husband sent us to the mrt station, before we're on our separate ways back home. i think the next time the 4 of us are gonna meet will be next month during ashley's birthday. and i really hope connie will be posted to my branch, because her CSM was telling her that there's possibility that she might be posted there! come on and join me! lol.
sigh, too bad i'm working this coming wednesday. sufian (pope) invited me to his birthday bash together with some of my secondary school classmates, and i couldn't make it because of work!! both pei wen and him texted me to inform me about it today, but i can't make it!! sigh. ohwells.
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i'm really happy today! many bad things has happened the past few days, but the good thing is here soon. good night good night good night! :))
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Sunday, February 25, 2007
Y Prom Shopping! :D
my house's really packed with my relatives right now. the kids are just right beside me singing "He Xin Nian" and "Lao Shu Ai Da Mi". hahaha, their voices are so sharp and yet they are darn cute! my aunts and uncles are playing mahjong and cards outside, whereas i just finished bathing and is resting right now.
today i had so much fun out prom shopping with li'e at town. met up with her in the afternoon to have lunch together before beginning with our shopping spree. tsk! we merely covered far east plaza, wisma atria and CK Tangs in 5 hours. we spent so much time in all the fitting rooms lah. haha, but it was really fun hanging out with this woman again. we sure had loads to catch up on. :)
i'm really lazy to go into details, as i needa entertain the kids beside me right now. haha! anyhows, i actually found a tight fitting Cheong Sum today! i think it's nice, but kinda too late to buy now as CNY's ending soon. i had been trying to find one for me to wear during Day 1, but ohwells, kinda late now. haha! alright, next year!! li'e, on ah! =)
went on in search of our prom dresses. tried numerous pieces of them, and we were laughing so hard in one of the fitting rooms we went into, together. lol!! it's really hilarious when i got stuck in a dress! you wonder how? go figure. :x LOL! in the end, li'e had to help me outta it and we were all in fits of laughter then. we sound so kinky ya? lol.
hahaha! we were so fussy when comes to dresses. it's either too long or too short. too tight or too loose. yadda yadda. haha! i liked this black oriental tube dress from FutureState, but its not stretchable enough. we walked sooooooo much, and in the end, both of us decided on black dresses. drats, i can't find any nice and elegant green dresses! :( heck, the black one i bought looks nice enough. teehee. :)
we tried these (and more) ...
go figure which are the ones we bought in the end. or maybe you'll know after viewing our prom pictures next weekend. tskk! :)
we're now all settled with our dresses. am left with the bags to go along with them. haha! it's tough being a woman, because we're really vain! unlike guys. they can just put on a shirt and pants, and maybe a tie (lol!) to go along and ta-dah, all ready! dohh.
was invited to have dinner with both li'e and scott, but because of some last minutes things going on at home, so i had to turn down the offer. i hope scott will understand, and probably i'll meet up with them for dinner again next month or so. :) came back home at 6ish aftermath. totally shagged. zzz.
here's some lovely pictures of my da bian and i, before i'm off to snooze! it's MONDAY tomorrow! boooo. gotta work. :(
some vanity issues here:
1) i so hate my 2 big pimples now. :( please recover tomorrowwwwwwwwwwwww, as i'm going to the grooming session at Shiseido! pleaseeeeeee. lol.
2) i SO wanna chop my hair SHORT. probably next month. so dont be shock if one day you see me with short hair. LOL. ohwells, i'm still considering. need more opinion from VIP. :x
alright, toodles!
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Saturday, February 24, 2007
Y 人日
today's already the 7th day (人日) of CNY. it's ending in no time, and soon it'll be Christmas, then we'll be moving along to Year 2008. alright, i'm just tryin' to say that i think time really flies lah. hahaha. :P
slept in till 11am this morning. been long since i'm able to sleep in till that late. i used to sleep in till 4pm one okay! lol. got up and started prepping out to meet my mom and lil brandon for shopping. my folks were at uncle jackson's place in the morning as my dad was wanted to play mahjong with them. took the train to Admiralty to meet mom and brandon, before we were off to Jurong Point.
lil brandon's so fat and cute! :P brought that boy for Mac lunch, before shopping around. went to look for his mom at her workplace (GNC), and shopped somemore before heading back to his place at 4ish. i think the fatfat brandon is really smart and cute. ahh, i'm beginning to love kids more! tsk. lol.
alright, slacked over at uncle jackson's before we decided to go back home for mahjong. there wasn't enough tables over at his place, so my mom suggested our own place. went back home, and together with jolene, ivan and my mom, we played 1 and half rounds of mahjong. it's until the SEVENTH DAY OF CNY then i'm able to win a little! hahaha. i won a total of 9bucks today lah. better than nothing, wokay? :x wrapped up and we finished our games at 11ish. =)
pictures!
mememe!
lil fat boy brandon! at times i think he looks like crayon shinchan, but sometimes i feel he kinda resembles raymond. :x
brandon in my shades, taken with me and my mom. lol.
how ah? lately, i feel tired ALL THE TIME leh. i can't stay up late till 3-4amish like i used to. does that mean i'm getting older? no right? say no please. :p 'nuff said 'bout those craps. i'm off to snooze! prom shopping tomorrowwwwwwwww!! let's hope i'll grab something nice off the shelves. :)
really glad that everything's back to normal. withmuchloves. :)
slept in till 11am this morning. been long since i'm able to sleep in till that late. i used to sleep in till 4pm one okay! lol. got up and started prepping out to meet my mom and lil brandon for shopping. my folks were at uncle jackson's place in the morning as my dad was wanted to play mahjong with them. took the train to Admiralty to meet mom and brandon, before we were off to Jurong Point.
lil brandon's so fat and cute! :P brought that boy for Mac lunch, before shopping around. went to look for his mom at her workplace (GNC), and shopped somemore before heading back to his place at 4ish. i think the fatfat brandon is really smart and cute. ahh, i'm beginning to love kids more! tsk. lol.
alright, slacked over at uncle jackson's before we decided to go back home for mahjong. there wasn't enough tables over at his place, so my mom suggested our own place. went back home, and together with jolene, ivan and my mom, we played 1 and half rounds of mahjong. it's until the SEVENTH DAY OF CNY then i'm able to win a little! hahaha. i won a total of 9bucks today lah. better than nothing, wokay? :x wrapped up and we finished our games at 11ish. =)
pictures!
mememe!
lil fat boy brandon! at times i think he looks like crayon shinchan, but sometimes i feel he kinda resembles raymond. :x
brandon in my shades, taken with me and my mom. lol.
how ah? lately, i feel tired ALL THE TIME leh. i can't stay up late till 3-4amish like i used to. does that mean i'm getting older? no right? say no please. :p 'nuff said 'bout those craps. i'm off to snooze! prom shopping tomorrowwwwwwwww!! let's hope i'll grab something nice off the shelves. :)
really glad that everything's back to normal. withmuchloves. :)
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Friday, February 23, 2007
Y woots!! :D
this is sucha piece of good news! :)
click to enlarge.
dont ask me who is that model over there, because ive no idea as well. :)
1 more week to prom!
1 more week to prom!
1 more week to prom!
1 more week to prom!
1 more week to prom!
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1 more week to prom!
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1 more week to prom!
1 more week to prom!
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Y Happening Family!
despite being on MC, i'm in a really light mood right now. in other words, good mood! hahaha. felt really queasy this morning, and i really couldn't wake up, 'cause i had a really happening night yesterday! totally fun! :D
earlier yesterday, i went to work as usual. i was attached to both michelle and kat, learning their back-end duties. kat taught and let me did some accound opening transactions. had my lunch at 11am, and when i was still at my locker to grab my wallet, i received ashley's call. ashley, bee leng and connie just finished their re-test and wanted to have lunch with me. the timing was perfect! and so the 4 of us had lunch together, catching up and stuffs. and now, we're all looking forward to the grooming session at Shiseido on this coming monday. :)
continued to learn things from michelle and kat after lunch. it wasn't busy at all yesterday, so i was bored stiff sitting over there. in the end, michelle and i went to look for the PFCs to chit-chat. it was until 3ish, then florence got me out to the counter to count bulk cash! i had to hand count all the cash, and i find myself pretty steady then. i guessed it's because this time round there wasn't many pairs of eyes staring at me, as i was all alone. haha, everything's cool. :)
knocked off at 6pm, and i head back home for dinner before i was out again! went Partyworld @ Woodlands with my parents, uncles, aunts and cousin. aunt celeslyn booked the large room, and there were 15 of us! we had sooooooooooooooooo much fun! we sang, danced and got high! its the first time i see my uncles and aunts so HOT! we played those songs with really quick tempo like 'jin wu men', 'mei fei se wu', 'du yi wu er' , etc and everyone began dancing in the dimmed room! then there's all those musical props like those shakers all that in the room, and some of us made use of that to create background sound! my parents were the eldest there and they even sang a duet together! awww. lol, damn happening lah.
we sang from 9pm to 1am before heading home. and i think that explains why i felt so unwell this morning. it was really fun last night! :) and this morning i had a loooooooooooong chat with li'e on the phone. haha, can't wait to meet ya on this sunday for our prom shopping! goodluck with your job-hunting, and only you know the truth! hahahahhaa. :)
it's gonna be a rest day for me today, so toodles~
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Y I passed my certification tests! :D
felt really lethargic during work today. i think it's because i've been devoid of sleep lately. gave gambling a miss tonight, as i'm really tired. my folks and brother are over at uncle jackson's right now, and i am too tired to join them, hence i came back home to rest after work.
i was deployed back to my branch from today onwards. reported for my briefing at 8.30am this morning, and everyone seems so cheery. :) went to look for my CSM, agnes, for my certification tests results. surprisingly, i passed all my 5 tests! i got above 75% for all of them! what's even amazing was that i scored 90% for my practical! i swear i didn't expected that results, and was all ready to go back for re-test tomorrow so i'll get to see ashley&co again! ohwells, i must say i'm pretty proud of my results. feel proud when you know, but humble when you don't know. that's what i came to learn about recently. how true. :)
started work, and once again, i'm attached to michelle the whole day. i overheard that i may be on relief for michelle's work which is the backend support. that's quite a piece of good news for me actually. but wells, everything's not confirmed yet. oh yay, our BM (branch manager) went round giving us back-to-work red packets! teehee, what a great start for a day alright. :)
compared to the few days when i was attached to michelle before i had my training, today was sooooooo much better. the things i came across today weren't new to me anymore, because i was taught during the training. therefore, i was able to get the hang of almost everything pretty fast. frankly, i really don't mind doing back-end, or safe deposit/bulk cash counters, though i tend to fret more while handling big bulks of cash. haha! ohwells, things will be more or less confirmed in a few more weeks' time. wish me luck alright? :)
count myself unlucky to meet the same kind of people twice in a year. ultimate suay-ness. :)
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Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Y Startin work tomorrow LO~ :(
3 days of holiday is over just like that. how time flies! i'm going back to work tomorrow. how dreadful is that? boooo. nevermind, the following 3 days will be over soon too! ha, self-consoling. -_-
so how have you spent your 3rd day of CNY? :)
for me, i stayed at home in the morning to wait for my brother's friends to come over. went visiting with my folks at 2ish. first stop was to my paternal side eldest aunt's place which is at block 200+ in yishun. met all my paternal relatives over there, and it's like we really see each other once a year, thus many of them really changed alot! and i thought i'll be safe from all the Boyfriend (with the capital 'B') questions over at my paternal side, since i'm not the eldest girl over there (unlike my maternal side where i'm the eldest girl), but no way! i was asked about it today by my uncle. :(
wells, it's not that i mind being asked about that. it's really no biggie, but i just hate it when they kept repeating! zzz.
head over to uncle jackson's (maternal) place at woodlands aftermath. started gambling over there! hahaha. played in between again, and i managed to win a little bit, though still didnt manage to cover my losses the last 2 days. there wasn't a second mahjong table over there, so i did not play mahjong today.
ivan, jolene and i decided to go to the River Hong Bao together, since we've nothing to do. and so we head out, bringing 2 kids with us. didn't wanna the rest of the kids to follow, as we know the 3 of wouldn't be able to handle ALL of them. there's 6 of them, mind you. so yay, we brought the 2 eldest ones with us - adrian and bryan. they're really cute and funny.
anyhows. River Hong Bao is sucha boring place! nothing's new, and the place's really smelly. infested with black ants, if you know what i mean. haha! bumped into my primary school bestie, fazli, over there! ahhhh, it's been eons since we last met! :)
right, we brought the kids to Marina Square for dinner before leaving for home at 10ish. everyone gotta wake up early tomorrow, except ivan! dohh.. lol. i'm going to sleep soon. and oh yeah! happy 23rd birthday to my brother!! :)
lastly, here are some pictures taken today. :)
jolene, kelly, crystal and ME! ahh, the girls are sooooooo cute!!! :X
this is a lil dark.. hmm..
wanna play mind games with me? bring it on.
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Monday, February 19, 2007
Y 大年初二
this is really a bad new year for me. bad year to gamble, that is. i've lost a total of $100+ in just 2 days. whatever i played, i will win at first and lost at the end. always giving my false hopes. and that's really really bad. :(
caught this today. and it's really good! highly recommended to have a good laugh! 4.5 popcorns for this!
didn't collect any red packets today, as the people i see are those that i've already seen yesterday. just that we're at uncle henderson's place instead. we celebrated my cousin, kevin's, 9th birthday at the same time, as mentioned on the comment uncle henderson left on my friendster.
we did the norm on every CNY, which is to go around visiting all my aunts' and uncles' places to eat, gamble and whatnot. played some card games with my uncles using my dad's money. we played Bull and In Between. was winning so much initially, but i lost badly in the end. in between is a new game introduced by my cousin, stanley. it's a game that allows one to win fast, and also, to lose fast. that happened to me. i won close to $60 at first, but at one shot i lost $40! from then on, i kept losing. lost close to $80 at the end of the game, and that includes the money my dad passed to me at first!
we changed the game, and i went to play mahjong when ivan and jolene arrived during evening time. the players were the same as last night. i was really winning! my tiles were all damn NICE! but from south wind onwards, i was cursed by my brother. i lost all the way, and lost $11 in mahjong. go do your maths, and you'll know how much i've lost in a day or 2 days. damn it, my luck's really very bad this year. unlike last year which i kept winning! :(
stopped my game aftermath. went to play with the little kiddos and waited for my dad to finish his mahjong, before we left at 10ish. had a fight with somebody, which left me in tears. i was really upset. sigh. damn, i so hate this new year actually. all sort of bad things kept happening to me. why is this so? and i really miss you, and why are you treating me this way? i don't wanna any mind games anymore. :(
1 more day of holiday, and i'm going back to work. will i have to retake any of my certification papers? i'll know the results on this coming wednesday. :/
alright, and here are some of the pictures taken today.
yours truly. :)
bro&angelia. she followed us uncle henderson's today.
pardon the messed up hair. :x
the 3 darlings: kelly, crystal and brandon. they're so CUTE!
P/S: li'e! we need to go for prom shopping this weekend! prom is next week! i almost forgot. thank goodness lye hong reminded me. CALL me when u see this. :)
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Sunday, February 18, 2007
Y 大年初一
大年初一 just whizzed past like this. actually i'm just taking CNY as a great deal of rest from work, as it's pretty much the same yearly. i've decided to be with my family this new year, since i pretty much do not care about getting ALOT of red packets. just that few from my relatives will do. :)
ohwells, i just wanted that, since now the visit to uncle kok hwa's crib this coming tuesday has been cancelled. li'e and jing xuan can't make it. yun's grandma just past away recently, so she's not able to go visiting and all. hence, you can't expect me to go there with zhi ling only right! so yay, decided to call it off, and probably stay at home to celebrate my brother's birthday with his friends and my family. and yun, no worries ya. i won't blame ya. =)
right, side-tracked too much. :) got up at 8am this morning, and my family and i got dressed in our new clothing before heading out. it's the same yearly - visiting chu ying aunty, my grandpa then to my granny's at Woodlands. and as usual, numerous questions regarding Boyfriend were asked... -_-
my get-up for da day. loved my 2inch heels lots. :)
received some bad news while i'm at my big uncle's place. sigh, i didn't expect that and it's really sad to know that. ohwells, life's full of unwanted surprises anyway. oh yea by the way! my old block (the one my grandpa and big uncle are staying now; we used to owned the 11th storey when my family were staying there) actually had the lift upgraded! so amazing. hahaha. :x
we stayed at my my big uncle's till about noon before setting off to Woodlands. i've a huge family, and we are always gathered at my granny's during the 1st day of CNY. my family got there pretty late, and most of them are already there when we got there. went in, shook everyone's hand (till my hands were numbed), and received ALL the red packets at one shot. haha, shiokness. no additional red packets this year, since no new couples as of yet. lol!
we had our lunch before starting our gamble den! that's the norm every year. but then, we played something more special this time round. uncle gary actually brought some entertainment toys for everyone to play. we played BINGO and Big Small, and i lost some money in both games. everyone, young and old, big and small, took part in the games. we had so much fun. :)
Big Small! "Come come, place your bet.." haha!
my granny's place is small and some of us wanted to play mahjong, so we decided to move on to my aunt's place which is just few blocks away. left my granny's and head over aftermath. we had 2 tables mahjong and 1 table of Big 2 sessions going on there. it's like some gambling den over at my aunt's. haha!
played mahjong with my brother, my cousin (jolene/ivan) and aunt celeslyn. sat at the mahjong table for hours playing 2 rounds, and my back's aching soooo much now! worse thing is that, i lost $16! :( bad day to play mahjong. i hope my luck will return tomorrow! huat ar~ lol!
finished our games at 10ish before heading back home. let's hope tomorrow will be a great day at uncle henderson's, at Woodlands too. :)
what's going on? :(
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Y Happy Pig Year!!!
Happy Pig Year!!! :)
it had been a busy new year eve for me. went for my manicure and pedicure appointment at Chong Pang this morning. and i'm absolutely mad about the price they charged me! black den owned by a group of vietnamese women! this is gonna be my first and last time patronizing that parlour!
i actually booked the slot to do the EXPRESS manicure and pedicure, and suppose to cost $29, inclusive of the CNY charges. when i went in, i assumed they know about my request and they assumed i wanted the classic manicure and pedicure which cost more. i sat the seat and they serviced for me. i found it weird when they started doing lots of extra things to my feet, so i asked about it. but i think i was too late, and they already did the classic pedicure for me halfway. i've no choice but to allow them to go on, but of cause for my hands, they'll be the express one. :(
another minus about this parlour is that, those manicurists had really weird and bad attitude! and slow service! they painted my nails in a unprofessional way too. and guess how much everything cost? a whoppin' amount of $54! omigod, from $29 to $54! a $25 difference wokay! :(
and here's the end products.
i think this colour looks nude on me. :/
the only consoling thing was that, the nail art they drew on my thumbs looks pretty. each finger costs $4! that explains why i drew the thumbs only. lol.
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stayed home in the afternoon, before having our home-cooked reunion dinner at home. ;) went Chinatown aftermath, and the place was sardine packed man! watched the live performance for a short while before leaving for the God of Fortune temple at Sembawang. head back home at 12ish.
i'm looking forward to the red packets tomorrow. however, i'm dreading all the pointless questions my relatives gonna fire at me. ohwells, it's part of visiting relatives, i guess. haha! alright, off to chill before tucking in.
GONG XI FA CAI! =)
i can't seem to get you off my mind.
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Friday, February 16, 2007
Y Eve of CNY Eve. :)
been really busy and tired these days. supposed to be out for dinner with Jae tonight, but i decided to postpone it, as i'm reallllly tired right now. moreover, i'm not ready to meet him! right, i'm just kidding about being not ready, but i just feel pretty awkward after not meeting up for so many years. haha!
during these 2 days of my training class, we attended the Customer Experience (CE) workshop which is pretty useful for our job. for the whole of yesterday, we had mr william soon as the presentor to guide us through the GST ('Greet', 'Smile' and 'Thank you') of a service provider. we even had some role plays here and there. haha! the presentor was pretty humorous, so it kinda prevents me from falling asleep in class. haha!
we had a 2-hour lunch break yesterday, as we had an assignment to work on, which is to patronize any cafes or shops to observe how the service providers of these shops worked. together with my clique of ladies, we went to the Raffles XChange and UOB Centre to shop around after having our lunch at Circular Road. and of cause, we won't give up the golden opportunity to do some SHOPPING! lol. and we presented our findings to the class after lunch, and the workshop goes on till we gotta knock off at 6ish.
heh. yesterday was my VERY first payday, so i decided to give my family and angelia a treat. went to Upp Thomsom for the famous chilli crab and some other dishes. despite being just recovered from food poisoning, i enjoyed the sumptuous meal very much. and the dinner cost a whopping amount of $90 odd! but it was all worthwhile. :)
after dinner, we went to the NTUC to do our CNY shopping. bought cartons and cartons of drinks and beer. i was pretty amazed by my energy anyhow. and i pitied angelia, as she had to help us last night as well. this shows that free meals don't come easily. WAHAHA! kidding! =)
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as for today, we had a reallllllllllly interesting day! instead of going to the OCBC centre early in the morning, we had to do some 'Mystery Shopping' at different OCBC branches all over Singapore. that's actually part of our CE workshop. well, we had to choose any one branch to do observation on the tellers as well as the personal financial consultants (PFC) in pairs. and the good thing is, we get to dress down today! and most of us wore our jeans! haha. connie and i chose to go to the branch at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre which is just behind Paragon only, whereas Ashley and Beeleng chose the branch at the Specialists' Shopping Centre.
by right, we have to be at the branch before their opening (9am) so that we can witness their morning tradition, but connie and i had wanted to sleep in later so we decided to meet at 9am before making our way to the branch. hahaha! oh yeah, we can't reveal that we're actually internal staffs doing observation, hence connie and i acted as siblings helping our parents to enquire about some investment products. LOL!
first off, we went to the teller counter to get some red packets and asked some questions, before we got referred to the PFC counter, where the PFC talked to us about the unit trust investment. while she's yakking away about the product, i wasn't really paying attention. lol! we got the names of the PFC and teller, and that's for our final assessment later on. i bet they must be suspecting something. ohwells, they'll know about us sooner or later. :)
after all our enquiries, we left the bank and went to meet up with ashley and bee leng at Centrepoint where we had our breakfast. went shoppinggggggggggggggggg after that! we had loads of time to kill anyway, since we only have to be back at the OCBC Centre at 1pm, and it was 10am then. :x
i eyed on a pair of Levis jeans, but decided not to splurge on that now. instead, i bought an electric blue MNG top, which i totally love. :) shopped till 12ish before taking the train back to the centre to claim our transport fees. lol, damn shiok.
had our debrief session, and we were told to wait for further instruction. nobody came to entertain us, so we took some pictures together since it's our last day of training. UNLESS, we have to meet for retest on the 22nd. i have yet to know my results though. :/ and we're having a grooming session on the 26th, and an orientation thingy in April. will be heading back the branch after CNY to start my on-the-job training before i'm allowed to open a counter myself. i'm kinda worried liao... :/
here are the pictures we took while waiting for any trainers to entertain us.
ashley and me. ^^
bee leng and me. but take a look at ashley's cheeky face! lol.
connie and i. are you able to tell that she's actually 27 this year?
..and the 4 of us. :) aww, i hope at least one of them will be posted to the centre branch someday man. :)
anyhows, all of us decided to wait till 3pm to see if anybody's gonna entertain us. in the end, no trainers turned up so we decided to dismiss ourselves. hahaha! took the train to meet my folks at Bishan, as my dad was there to pick my mom up from work. took the car and off we went to Chong Pang to the market before coming back home for dinner. oh yeah, my dad actually got me a authentic LV coin purse. lol! i'd prefer a COACH one instead. but heck, since it's free. :)
tomorrow's the eve of the CNY, and i have lots of things lining up for me to do. it's gonna a busy day tomorrow. reunion dinner and all... wheeeee! Happy CNY to all Chinese in advance! =)
P/S: happy 20th birthday, Melvin! :))
PP/S: i'm totally disappointed by your act. really. don't expect me to reciprocate anything anymore.
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larling, i know you've loads to share with me. same here!!! :(
we've both been totally busy these days, and hardly get to talk on the phone.
meet up soon alright? aku miss you. :)
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Y I belong to me.
happy valentine's day.
well, it wasn't a really happy for me though. i really hate this. so totally. :(
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had my certification practical test this morning back in my training classroom. before that, i actually went into my branch to submit my MC to agnes. anyhow, i sat for the paper and had only relied on my memory to do what the questions told me to. frankly, i didn't studied much last night. not in the mood..
i was the second to complete the test, and i waited for my friends at the pantry. it was around 12pm then. had wanted to meet ah dong for lunch, but he refused to join my collegues! he claims that he's shy. LOL! right, waited till 1pm before all of us gets to go for our lunch. by right, we already knocked off at 1pm. just that we gotta go for our uniform fitting from 2.30pm onwards, so yay.
before i left with connie (she was the last to complete), our trainer spoke to me this in mandarin. "joanne! you gotta speak up more you know. have more confidence in yourself. be more aggressive! you actually can do one loh. be louder and you definitely can get promoted in less than a year." riight, seems like somebody is right about me, but wells, don't feel like talking about that person anymore.
OHWELLS.
ashley, bee leng, connie and i began searching for Club St - Ang Siang Road, as we need to be at one of the boutique there for our uniform fitting. with a *ahem* road smart like *ahem* me leading the way, we managed to locate the place in no time. 'cept that we practically melted under the scorching sun! haha.
had our lunch at China Square, before we walked towards Club St for the boutique. and we were the first few who reached, so we get to try the uniform first. haha! i took the smallest size, and even gotta have my skirt altered as it's way below my knee. haha, i kinda liked the uniform, though i heard the bank might be changing all the uniform soon. :/
teehee.
after the fitting, the 4 of us walked towards Chinatown, under the scorching sun, yet again! dammit, we even had to stop along Smith St to get some drinks to cool ourselves down before walking on to People Park Complex. haha! the gals went shopping, whereas i took the train back home.
got home at 4ish, and quickly helped my mom with some chores before prepping to head out to CWP again. i had a few valentine dates tonite. haha, went dinner at Swensen's @ CWP with kengey, kimmy and neth. AND, the dinner's on neth because he was forced to foot the bill. hahahaha, that's an inside joke. :)
but hey, we weren't that bad lah, because we gals treated him to a movie aftermath. jie hao came to join us after booking out from camp. haha. went to get tickets for the 8pm show - The Matrimony. o yea, i even bumped into yi ai and chia wei at the ticketing booth. haha, the 2 lovebirds. =x
i jumped at a few scenes, and damn jie hao was laughing at me beside. haha! i think the show's pretty long-winded and the actresses both had goldfish eyes! haha. AND, i don't understand the ending of it. if anybody's catching this show, explain to me about the ending alright? haha! anyhows, i'll rate this show 3.5 out of 5 chocobytes. :)
my dad came and picked neth and i up at CWP after the movie. my folks were at my granny's before that mah, and neth was on his way to Yishun for his overnight mahjong, so yay on the way send him as well. haha!
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even though this song is old, but i really love it. :)
I belong to me...
It's not that I don't wanna share my life with you baby
It's just that I'm the one I need to be true to baby
And I won't give up me to be part of you
It's not that I don't wanna have you in my life baby
It's just you gotta know that it's got to be right baby
Before I open up my heart to you
I don't need somebody to complete me
I complete myself
Nobody's got to belong to somebody else
I belong to me
I don't belong to you
My heart is my possession
I'll be my own reflection
I belong to me
I'm one not half of two
And if you're gonna love me
You should know this baby
I belong to me
I gotta let you know before I let you in, baby
That who I am is not about who I am with, baby
That don't mean I don't wanna be here with you
I do
I don't need somebody to complete me
I want you to know
I'll give up my love but I'm not giving up my soul
I belong to me
I don't belong to you
My heart is my possession
I'll be my own reflection
I belong to me
I'm one not half of two
And if you're gonna love me
You should know this baby
I belong to me
Oh yea..
Love don't mean changing who you are to be
Who somebody wants you to be
Nobody's got to belong to nobody
I belong to me
I don't belong to you
My heart is my possession
I'll be my own reflection
I belong to me
I don't belong to you
My heart is my possession
I'll be my own reflection
I belong to me
I'm one not half of two
And if you gonna love me
You should know this baby
I belong to me
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I made a terrible mistake again, baby. :/
Labels: Daily Drivel, Emo, Jukebox
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Y Weak bowel
boo. i've weak bowel today, due to food poisoning. was on medical leave, hence i called up my CSM, agnes, to inform her about it. sigh, i missed the chance to learn more things at the branch since we're suppose to go back today. ohwells, who knows ya? :/
went to the clinic at khatib central to see the doctor. came home to rest the whole day, and i hadn't had any appetite at all. i was practically rotting away in front of my computer. haha!
i've actually deleted 100 over testimonials on my friendster, as well as some friends. i realised i actually received quite a number of twits and fanciful testimonials, which i've already deleted them all away. as for those i'm no longer in touch with, i've also deleted them from my friendster. ohwells.
right, i need to study a little for my certification test tomorrow morning. wish me luck alright? :)
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Monday, February 12, 2007
Y Troubled.
i'm really troubled right now.
won't be stating why till i've cleared my mind and when everything's confirmed.
i seriously can't make up my mind.
:(
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anyhows, we learnt cashiering today. ways of identifying genuine notes and etc. other than that, our trainer brought 30K worth cash of various denominations, ranging from $2 - $100. BIG BULK OF CASH right in front of me, and i have to learn to count them using my both hands! all of us took turns counting the cash, which our trainer splited up in different amount.
my hand began to shake when i got my hands to the notes, and even made so many mistakes! i actually said 1K to my trainer, when the amount is 10K! no, i didn't counted wrongly, just said it wrongly! omigod, too nervous you see.
after that mistake, i got constantly arrow-ed by my trainer, who kept throwing lumps after lumps of notes for me to count! imagine how much my hands were shaking... :(
luckily, i had ashley beside helping me out. she had cashiering experience before, so that explains why she's alright with everything. BUT NOT ME!!! :(
OHWELLS.
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knocked off only at 7.10pm today! i was totally famished. and i just took my dinner, before coming online. i'm going back to the branch tomorrow. sigh..
right, off to watch tv! toodles.
Labels: Work
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Sunday, February 11, 2007
Y Really grateful. :)
i've been tellin' myself not to bothered by what the rest think about me. but when things get nasty, i get absolutely irritated and mad about it. i swear i was fuming inside when things were poured out unintentionally from the person's mouth. i know it was unintentional, but have that person thought further when letting out those words? i bet it's a no, because up till now, i'm sure they don't know who they had offended.
i was really fuming, but still kept my cool. i'm always mad, but got over it after talking to somebody about it. that's me. well, and that's not the matter about being petty or not, it's about how inconsiderate the person is of my feelings.
i may not be rich, but i am independent. i'm sure my parents would love to provide me with ALL the money in the world just to nurture me to become an educated well-being, but i have to tell myself that i can't always be relying and living off my folks. they'll get old, and in time to come, they need to retire and enjoy their lives too. i won't bear to use up their money, and stop them from travelling around with that money instead, no? it's true that our parents have their duty to feed us, but that's not forever. of cause i'll hope that my parents will live and die with me forever, but do you think it's possible? we have to live for ourselves and learn to be independent, and of cause, pay back and feed our parents instead!
i've no complaints towards the duties i'll be having this month onwards. the phone and internet bills are really minor compared to maintaining the entire house and mouth of 4 for years! in fact, with these little stress added to my life tells me that going for work and earning money isn't a play-thing anymore. it actually spurs me to work harder towards all my goal!
yes, i've started work and i've no life? i've played enough and am ready to shape up my future. maybe some people might think that i've changed ever since i started work. i don't deny that, because i find myself thinking really differently from what i used to think. i aim for different things, and strive hard towards my goal. if you can't accept this change, i've nothing to say, except to know that you're not a supporter but a disappointment afterall.
ohwells, at least for now, i know who are my real friends. and who are the real ones always behind me, supporting me. :) i'm really contented with my life right now.
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put that aside for now. on a very lighter note, i've had a great weekend despite some letdown here and there. went shopping both yesterday and today! :D
kengey and i had wanted to join in da fun at Junction 8, to witness Luo Zhi Xiang's autograph session, but we went off after awhile because the crowd there was terrible! haha. head downtown to meet neth for dinner and shopping aftermath. neth's practically our slave that day! hahaha. bought a new top for new year, as well as a cologne for my brother's 23rd birthday next week. my brother should learn to love his sister more now! tskk! :D
as for today, i went Bugis with my folks. managed to get a really pretty and expensive GUESS handbag, which i love it lots! i had considered about it very long, but in the end i took it because i really like it very much. :) teehee. i bought another flare skirt as well, which i'm gonna use that for work.
alright, off to pack my stuffs and chill before it's time for bed. gonna work tomorrow lo~~~
and my belated birthday treat from jae will tentatively be on this coming friday. eons since we last met. hmm.. :)
1 more week and it's CNY! i'm anticipating that so much right now. :)
hey u, be more original and don't follow people's taste! be a trend setter, and not a follower!
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thank you for the company.. :)
Labels: Inner Intentions, Shopping
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Saturday, February 10, 2007
Y o.O_l_
i am so angry!
i've got something to tell you!
but i'll leave it to my private space.
so ciaos!
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Friday, February 09, 2007
Y Roses are Red.
hurrr. it's the weekend again! one more week and it's CNY! :) time flies, i've been with OCBC for half a month already, and my first pay is arriving soon. i'm really looking forward to that! HAHA, who wouldn't? :x
sigh, training's ending soon. i believe i gonna miss hanging out with ashley and co. soon. the lunch and revision time with these gals totally cracks me up alot, especially ashley. haha! let's hope we'll get to meet up during CNY. gotta visit baby ryan and also to take Ang Pau from ashley. hahaha! :)
had our last theory test on fixed deposits this evening, and i think this test is so much easier than the previous two we had yesterday. of cause lah, because i studied really hard for this and not for the previous two. haha! next monday onwards, our training schedule will be slightly different as we'll be split into 2 groups, which 1 group will be heading back to our training branch for a day while the other group attend the cashiering module, and vice versa. for me, i'll be heading back to the centre branch on tuesday. awww.. :/
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anyhow, i went to the AMK flower farm with my folks after dinner earlier on. felt really peaceful looking at those pretty stuffs. teehee.
cactus, which ah dong got me to help him take. i think these are really pretty. :)
tao hua, which my mom thought of getting, because she wants to increase my tao hua yun! hahahaha, rubbish.
roses are red, violet are blue..
ahhh, roses! my fave. =)
lavender! li'e's favourite, right? :)
ahh, there's more pictures but i'm really lazy to upload them all right now. haha! later on, my folks and i went to the new AMK Hub to look around. i went to take a look at the OCBC branch there, and it's huge! haha, and there's gonna be New york new york over there man! that place's huge anyway. went home at 10ish aftermath.
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hmm, what should i do during this weekend leh? must make full use of it man. :)
woots, i think i've sent alot of sms this month, but ohwells... smiles*
right, off to watch hana kimi! WU ZUN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :D
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