Take Cover!!!

The program for today was scenario-based training for the 1st half. It was fun and at the same time "heart-pumping" with the deafening realistic shots. Each of us had to form up in groups of 3, and mine was the 1st to start. Normally, our natural reaction was to give chase when we spotted anyone fleeing upon our approach.

And so it happened... I was the 2nd person in the 5m dash and out of sudden, the 1st runner was "shot" and I dunno if the soles of my boots were too smooth (ahem... I'm not trying to find an excuse here), or I got shocked from the sound, that I slipped and fell on both my knees, right in front of a pillar. There were about 10 over pairs of eyes (observers and trainers) watching the "show", and my 1st thought was "Shit... so malu!!".

So I faster regained my posture and a few trainers asked me if I'm ok. After that they told me that I'm considered "injured from the shot" and asked me to sit near the pillar (hmm... but I dun remember I'm being shot at leh... well, we're back to the "Comply 1st, Complain Later" concept again~). Anyway, now I'm having some "blue-blacks" on both my kneecaps and it does hurt a little when I walked (but of cos it's still manageable lah).

After the training, I was told by some of them that I looked as if I had dived for cover towards the pillar when the shot was heard earlier, and they thought "wow, what a realistic reaction". Yeah right... taking cover at the pillar... it was already considered lucky that I didn't get my head smashed directly at the pillar (phew~ the face already not nice liao, I can't afford it to accomodate further damages).

As an ending note, always expect the unexpected, and always cover your backside... cos you wouldn't want to end up being held hostage like our Mister K, with a surprise attack from the back by the "nobody-knows-he's-the-roleplayer" guy.

Greener Pasture

Seems like alot of my pals are moving on to their greener pasture nowadays. Last nite (29/10/06) was Ah Tatt's last working shift with us, and we had a farewell breakfast earlier at the "don't-eat-there-if-you-have-a-choice" canteen at our workplace. Thank you for the treat wor, Ah Tatt. All the best in your new work environment!!

Apart from him, one lady resigned to work at CPF and another lady transferred to another department. And then there were some other internal transfers going on here and there. Someone else told me that he might be transferred to another unit within the same building too, but dunno when. For me, I still have to wait patiently for my turn. Cant rush into things, you know? This type of thing muz plan properly wan, since it concern my future earnings hahaha...

Changes, Changes, Changes

>>> it's the only constant in life - step up or get stepped instead <<<

The Final Countdown

28/10/06 was the last working shift with LPC, and I could see that he also turned a blind eye to certain things during work. He didn't comment anything when 5 of us (Zul, me, Kamaro, Ta and Jehan) were in the canteen having breakfast at the same time... nothing was said when two cars were indoors in the later part of the afternoon... guess there's no point in saying anything since he's leaving soon.

Come 1/11/06, we would have someone new as a "leader". And before he even can introduce himself to the team, he would not be around for the 1st half and I had to cover his post. After that I have to follow him in the car... wonder if he'll ask me to drive and diary throughout... arghhh~

Why cant the transfer be done in December so that either one of them will be around instead of getting someone else to cover their post. Now I know why my posting had been KIV~ to fill in the blanks temporary... but the good thing is that I still have my guys and one gal with me, to enjoy every working hours until it's time for me to venture elsewhere.

Specially For You, Munz

Last nite was Chee Mun's final shift with us, kinda sad that I cant get to enjoy my work with him anymore, but happy that finally he can go out and find a job with a higher pay after his ORD. I promised I would post a blog dedicated to him. I could still remember the 1st day I saw him with the other "candidate"....

It was "Love At First Sight"....... by LPC (it's our TL lah, not me). But then luckily he chose Chee Mun cos eventually he became my "baby" (probational boy). I was supposed to take good care of him and bring him wherever I go at work (except the toilet and locker room of cos), but guess wat... that fella had a great talent in the Media Industry and end up working "part-time" with other unit in the same office!! Thanks for leaving me behind lor... and end up I also dunno if I ever taught you anything proper hahaha...

As time passes, Chee Mun's wings hardened (same like Orh Bin) and he was transferred from my group to another group, but still same team (for those who dunno our work structure). But our working relationship was still good lah... cos we had common interests mah, like our O2 gang meeting, Bleaching, Blogging and other stuff which mainly comprised of gossips. Honestly speaking, so far he was the only SC that I would talk so much to at work and after work... and I believed he would be the last probational in my list since most probably I'm going off to some other greener pasture next year.

I hate it when those SCs come and go after 1.5 years of services. All the team bonding and cohesion we had built up over the period would always end up with an occasional "hi and bye" if we were to bump into each other on the streets, and slowly it would only end up with a silent smile... but still, that's LIFE~~

<<<<< Adios... Munz >>>>>

All The Best In Everything You Do!

Hope You Have All The Good Luck You Need!!

May Happiness Be With You Forever!!!

Hangover Phobia

Oh my god... how useless can I be? Suffering from hangover after last nite's "party", and I'm still feeling that the world's spinning around me. Ong say must be I too long never drink til so "shiok" liao... that's why the hangover cant bear to leave my side.

Basically, whole day I had been sleeping cos what else can I be doing when the only two feelings I had was GIDDY & NAUSEOUS. I guess it had been validated... that I should refrain from alcohol from now onwards (esp the 3 concentrated killers - XO, Vodka & Dry Gin). Dun ask me to train up further cos I really feel like sh*t today... didn't even get to enjoy my Bandung earlier *sigh*

Farewell Dinner

We're having a farewell dinner for LPC, Munz and Ah Tatt at Max house on 22/10/06 @ 7pm. It's supposed to be a team gathering but it turned out to be a "Chinese New Year" gathering cos mostly all the Muslims did not turned up as it was too near to their Hari Raya preparations. But when Hisham turned up, I was so happy and it was not a pure Chinese gathering afterall. Yes~ he's my trusted and beloved AGL haha....

Well, it's the usual KFC and Pizza with soft drinks and liquor... completed with small talks and eventually ended up with Mahjong and Soccer matches shown on ESPN at Max house. Luckily his house have labby to entertain me, but end up I introduced a dice game to a few of them who aren't involved in the MJ, and awaiting for the next soccer match to start between Arsenal and Reading. So the 5 of us played, and ALL of us got ourselves high from the alcohol content in the end (Munz ended up KO on the couch lor but after an hour's nap, he's totally fine).

Haha, it had been a long time since I felt so "high" when I decided to stop having alcohol drinks a few years ago. It was lucky that we weren't those rowdy type, but it was definitely much betta than clubbing without the deafening noise and air pollutions... plus I only need to fork out S$10 for the fun.

The 2nd round of dice game complemented with alcohol drinks (summore!!) started with Ah Tatt after their MJ session. Haha... it was another exciting game filled with non-stop laughter. But then I ended the session at 3am cos it's really time for me to go home (I'm a good girl afterall k?) and I have something on at 10am in the morning.

Well, it was so much fun and it was saddening at the same time that a few of them would be leaving us in due time. But it is life isn't it? Always filled with happiness topped with a mild sense of sadness in between.

Death Note

This new Japan movie is out in the cinemas!! But I wonder why Jubilee dun have *sigh*. Anyway before I go and watch it, I'm gonna read the manga to familiarise with the details. But actually no need to read also will understand wan lah. So far I had read about 3 episodes (in English) and I can tell you it's worth reading lor. The movie characters looked exactly the same as the manga wor... so it's quite good actually.

By the way, Death Note's Shinigami (Death God) are so much different from Bleach. DN ones look so ugly and their job is to take human's lives, not sent the wandering souls to Soul Society or killing Hollows. I know some of you might not know what I'm talking about, but no choice leh, it's MY blog remember?

A Day Out Of The Lair

My leave was approved for today *phew* at least can hide my face from them for another day. Tml should be 80% - 90% ok liao bah, so I've decided to return to my workplace for night shift.

Finally I got my butt off my computer armchair and take a step out from my lair. It's been a week since I breathe the outside air... and it still smells of the haze.

Went to J8 and wanted to withdraw $$ to buy movie tickets, so I queue up at the ATM. As I stood there behind the lady who was using the ATM, I noticed an idiotic auntie from the corner of my eyes, slowly shifting towards me but slightly a step ahead on my left. She was from the other queue wan lor!! Needless to say, after the previous lady left, that idiotic fella walked straight to the ATM. I didn't scold her or anything, I juz waited quietly for my turn again... dunno why words didn't come out of my mouth (maybe there's gold in it bah). In the end, I didn't get to watch the movie cos only left with 5 seats in the 1st row, and I had to return to my lair again.

My 2nd step out was buying 4D at the central. And guess what, I brought the wrong amount of $$ and I had to go back home and get my card to withdraw more $$ for the payment!! Lucky the 4D outlet was considered near.

Argh~ what a bad day for me, trying to get back to the outside world. Gosh...I wonder what will happen next when I'm going for my dinner later on.

Sweet Memories

I had spent most of my childhood & adolescence hanging out with my cousin brother (Daniel) and his sister (Diana) since they only stayed at the next block. The 3 of us would go cycling around, enjoying the speed and thrill like every other kids. Sometimes we would end up getting injured from the occasional falls, but we would still laugh about it. Life was so carefree and fun then... without the stress from work and other problems.

Apart from all the playing, we also went to the library and listened to stories narrated by the librarians (well-behaved wor). The riddles given were also very interesting, and definitely not R-rated *haha*.

After both of them moved house (forgot when liao), I seldom went over for a visit although it's still within a 1km walk. All of us were busy with our own life and once in a blue moon when we bumped into each other on the streets, it was just a short and rushed chat.

So many years had passed and TODAY IS DANIEL'S ROM!! I'm so glad that he had found someone who can withstand his gaming lifestyle *haha* Hey sis-in-law, tell us if he bully you k? We'll confiscate his beloved computer as a punishment for him. Ok will visit you guys when I can... erm... is this deja vu?

My Big Bro

I have a bro who’s 5 years older than me, and my only play-mate when I was small. Both of us don’t look like our age, now that we had grown up. I mean we look younger *hehe*

Since he's the only one whom I can play with, I normally followed him around with his friends and acted as an observer to see him:

• play marbles at the playground downstairs
• play soccer (I got hit by the flying ball once but we dun dare to tell mum about it in case we cant go out and play again)
• play with fighting spider (eventually got him to catch one for me after continuous pestering)

Sometimes both of us would kena whacked by mum’s “super cane”. He would tell me not to cry (cos I’m a crybaby when young mah) and taught me how to minimize the pain… using the ever-available natural medication – saliva.

There was once when we played and he got a cut on his forehead when he jumped down from the bed and hit against the wooden corner. Mum was having her nap. I was crying in fear from the sight of the non-stop bleeding (as usual). He remained cool and told me to stop crying while at the same time went to the kitchen to take the tablecloth to cover his wound. Are all Big Brothers so cool in front of their little sis and bros? In the end, the bleeding did not stop on its own, mum emerged from her room, next came the thundering roar and he got scolded for the stunt.

Sorry bro~ for causing you to be caned and screamed at by the Empress.

Thanks bro~ for the stuff you taught me and I’m glad that we still remained close like friends. Will visit you and the others more often once your new home is done… and that’s a PROMISE from your little sis!

It's Peeling~

It's starting to peel!! But it's going slow... wonder if I can get them to peel faster, but I was warned not to have "itchy" hands. I cant really have big fcial movements due to the tight but crumpled skin on my face. I do look like a crumbled old lady when I tried to smile~

Going back to work on this Friday *sigh* cant take leave cos no manpower liao~ I asked to stay indoors cos it's not advisable to get under the sun. Hmm, maybe when the customers saw my face, they decided to turn back and go home instead hahaha.... isn't that nice? Or maybe I should wear the face mask that doctors and nurses wear, so that I can hide most part of my face (like Shredder in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles").

Well, it's supposed to get better after the peeling. I can only keep my fingers crossed from now on and see what happens next. Sorry for the scary and ugly pic posted above~

Phone Craze

Juz heard from Kama that he got himself an O2 Atom. Welcome to the O2 Gang, bro~

I got my 1st PDA phone "O2 Atom Pure" on 10th June 2006, juz 3 days before my last exam paper. Cant stand the temptation at that time cos my Nokia 6670 kept restaring on its own, and I really couldn't bring myself to study anymore. My mind was only "Atom vs Dopod"... lucky I managed to pass my last paper after that.

So far this is my 8th handphone, and the most lovable one. It's really good lor... acts as an organiser as well as an entertainer with the games that I installed. Dun care if you guys want to know the history of my previous handphones or not... I'll juz post them here *hehe*:

1. Nokia 6110 - got it in 1998 on my Wednesday walk-out during training at Toa Payoh central. Was interested in the SMS function so decided to get one with my own salary.
2. Nokia 8210 - dunno when and why I changed to this phone. I guess that's why it was "accidentally abandoned" by me inside one of the toilet cubicle at Jubilee. The worst thing is that I only realised the loss about 2hrs later when I went home and back to Jubilee again to catch a midnight movie.
3. Nokia 8250 - got this the next day after I lost my 8210 cos I practically cant live without a handphone for a day. Damn~ what a loser...
4. Nokia 6510 - the "business-look" phone. I remembered it was quite good, other than that dunno what else to describe.
5. Sony Ericsson T610 - my 1st coloured phone and 1st try on other non-Nokia phones. Shir got this model 1st and my hand got itchy again... love the clarity of the pictures taken and MP3 playable function but can only set your sms tone from the given 6 choices (so boring). Its pathetic death was caused by me when I went to the toilet during my night shift. It got drowned~ in the squat-type toilet bowl. My colleagues all said it was done on purpose so that I can get a new model... but I swore it was purely accidental. It was beyond repair~
6. Nokia 6230 - the phone that I'd been wanting to get cos it uses external memory card. But I got rid of it after 3 months of usage since it cant set ringtone from the MP3 in the memory card. Tried testing using my friend's card but also a disappointment.
7. Nokia 6670 - the 1st Symbian phone for me! Got it on 31st Dec 2006, a day before Joanna's wedding, and I used it to capture her sweet moments with Kelvin. This was a new era of handphone OS and I spent most of my time installing great apps and games into my 6670. This was the 1st phone that kept me company for a year and a half, and I still love it.

Am I a frequent handphone-changer? Nah... I'm not lor... I'm just following thru the technological advancement in the Handphone Industry. But I do know 2 persons who changed their phones like a "pro". Guess who??

Instructions & Orders

We're told to follow instructions and orders passed down. We had been taught during our training to "Comply 1st, Complain Later". But when someone gave the wrong instruction and you followed it, you're caught in the web for Judgement Day. So where's the logic? Guess the risk is "Comply 1st, Kena Complained Later".

There's this lady from the top management who interviewed me when we got complained by our own co-workers. This was what transpired between me and her....

Lady : Why did you say yes to the request?

Me : Because I take it as an instruction.

Lady : Don't you feel there's something not right with the instructions given?

Me : Ya... but... (before I can say further)

Lady : This only shows that you are incapable of your knowledge at work.

Me : ..... (dun bother to explain further cos she just got herself enrolled in "My Hated List")

Few days later, my male colleague told me that she asked him "What type of person I am at work" and I do not know what he told her. So the despicable creature is trying to get insider's information about me~

Are we supposed to questioned every instructions given from now on? How many times did we feel things should not be done in their way but they insisted us to follow it? What's the point of asking when eventually we still have to do it in their way?

Learning to cover your ass is an art... will I be able to master it?

Transformation

I went for my monthly facial session with Baoz on 15/10/06 (Sun) at 11am. I had decided to do something to my "Mo-Beng"(in Hokkien meaning full of pimples) face by taking the Peeling Treatment from Joanna (lady boss). It was an extremely painful experience for me lor... the burning sensation on my face (twice summore), reminded me of the show I watched yesterday on Discovery Channel - "Bom Bali", cos the injured victims were all suffering from burns.

I was told the blackened skin would start forming and peeling of the dead skins would commence on the 3rd day of treatment... that's why I took leave haha... now my colleagues would know why I kept saying I'm not free this coming week.

Well, what to do... people want to be pretty mah... so have to sacrifice the pain, $$, and my most precious leave lor. So these few days dun jio me go out cos I'll be "hibernating" in my cave til I have the face to see people hehe...

Crabby Dinner

Had a Crabby Dinner earlier which comprised of 4 different dishes:

1. One Crab Bee Hoon with an extra bowl of Bee Hoon and Creamy Soup
2. One Butter Crab
3. One Chilli Crab with 10 fried buns
4. Eight (I think so) Crispy Toufu served with Lemon sauce placed in a separate saucer to dip in

Sorry about the scary pic above but I only remembered to take the shot after we're done battling with the delicious fellas. I think you guys can still see the crab remains on the table bah...

It was meant to be a belated birthday treat to my buddy, Baoz and her hubby, King Kong (his human name is Adrian). Shir and me shared the costs of S$112/- since both of us promised to eat with her. We had the dinner at B/232 AMK and as usual, there's already a long queue when we reached there at 5.30pm for our reservation, which was made by me in advance on Thursday (heng ah~). One advice to you - better make your reservation there as early as 2 to 3 days in advance, if not it'll be "Happy Queueing" for you.

It's amazing how Singaporeans are willing to wait to eat good food, even though they have to wait for like at least 1.5hrs standing in the queue. My buddy asked me if I would do the same. Well it depends on who I'm eating with. If my "food partner" is willing to wait, I'll wait lor. No choice mah... since I'm a kind soul hahaha...

Freedom

Since young, I had been given alot of freedom in my life.

1. My parents doesn't pressure me to score well in my exams (and I wonder if they knew I'm having exams or not)
2. No curfews set at all (as long I called and told my mum where I am)
3. No probing of whom I mixed with (mum said as long I'm not involved in any illegal or immoral activities is ok)

I guess I'm lucky and people might envy me becos of the freedom I had when I was still schooling....

But as the days passed, I do not talk much at home since my parents do not probe much into my personal life. I became more independent on my own and I'm mostly alone at home as my mum was out at work and dad wasn't at home most of time until it's time for him to come back and sleep. So I spent more time with my friends and during that time, I felt that friends are more important than my family. But now of cos family comes first since I'm more matured now *hehe*

So... a life filled with loads of freedom isn't that great afterall. Sometimes occasional nagging from parents showed that they still cared for you, thou making it an everyday affair would be unbearable to the ears. In fact, people are always like that, have also complain, dun have also complain. So what do we want actually?

Peter...

What does "Peter" remind you of? Most of us would definitely link it with a person's name. But you know, English is always a very interesting language.

Recently I played "Astraware Text Twist" in my PDA, and I had learnt alot of new words. One of it was the word "Peter". I thought to myself, "oh.. name also counted meh?". I then checked the "Oxford Dictionary" I had installed in my PDA (again~) for "Peter" and yes... there's 3 types of meaning to it.

1. peter out - diminish or come to an end gradually (i've heard of this one before)
2. Blue Peter - a blue flag with a white square in the centre, raised by a ship about to leave port (something new)
3. peter (informal) - a prison cell (in NZ), a safe or trunk, a man's p*nis (totally a shocker for me but can't stop myself from thinking... "Do I have friends call Peter?")

I read Ah Tatt's blog via "Windows Live Spaces" and he mentioned about another name with a meaning in the Pocket PC (PPC) Scrabble Dictionary. That's why I would also like to share with you guys on the word I had learnt - with an amazing meaning in it informally. So please refrain from naming your child "Peter" in future. It's for your own good thou~

Oh by the way, there are other names with informal (and funny) meanings in the dictionary too... those of you who had installed MSDict Oxford Dictionary in your PDA, check out the meaning for "John" too. Better think twice before naming your child~

Hanging In The Air~

Have you ever wonder how it feels like to be left hanging in the air? I got the feeling twice~ The 1st was when I was told that I would be going to another Team to take another post, but everything wasn't confirm... and I couldn't plan any activities in my life since I dunno which shift to follow.

The 2nd was on 12/10/06. The sudden news came to me like an arrow pierced right through me... and my mind became blank for a moment, followed by tons of questions flooding through my head. "Am I really leaving this time?" "Is it time to tell them my actual plans?" "I do not want to leave, what can I do?"

A few of them asked me... "Can you dun leave?"

Here's my answer to them... "I hope so but it's not within my control"

We had spent so much time together... all the laughters, sweats, and personal small talks... those are what I always looked forward to when I go to work. To me, happiness is everything. I do not care what others might think of me, be it childish or lack of authoritative power at work. I just want everyone else to be happy.

Well, my posting had been "KIV" again ~ and I had temporary landed my foot on earth now. Soon, I might be taken to the air once more and left hanging along with the wind of "Chess-like decisions"... Well, what to do right?

Blogging

Here's my first blog~ Had been reading some of my friends' blogs and realised I had alot to "say out" within me. About things that happen which I felt it shouldn't be~ The way things are done which are starting to piss me off~ Stuff that I juz want to share~

Previously people wrote their thoughts in Diaries and are afraid to let others see. Now people are busily blogging away online and sharing their feelings and stories with friends and even strangers. Things do change~ and they always do... well, that's becos "Changes are the only constant in life".

I had always wondered "why do humans hurt each other in life? Is it a kind of survival skill? Why can't everyone live in harmony? I had learnt to be stronger from the incidents that happened to me... but I wonder why I still treat people good even when I got my back hurt from the stabbing. Someone told me to be more careful of my back and not to be so gullible in future, but I still got my foot stuck sometimes. Guess maybe I still hope that harmony and happiness exists among people~~