4.5hrs In Sentosa

The Initial Plan 4 To be at Sentosa on 28th Jan 07 @ 1130hrs J

The Actual Case 4 Arrived at Sentosa on 28th Jan 07 @ 1530hrs :(

The Reason 4 Overslept til 1030hrs and subsequently being "kidnapped" by a family of 3 comprising of a mother and 2 sons to go AMK Central and buy track pants, sell Nokia 7610 and buy SE K618i...

Here are the places that I visited at Sentosa... personally guided by Shirlene who had previously worked at Images of S'pore before~

Sentosa Luge & Sky Ride

"Once Is Never Enough"... that is their motto... and it is very true. Just when you are starting to know how to maneuver the Luge, you had reached the ending point. It's quite expensive thou... $8 for a one time Luge and skyride back to the top, and $15 for 3 Luge rides and skyrides. In order to save $, we took the cheaper rate *hehe*

Carlsberg Sky Tower

This is the tall tall tower where we can see the whole of Sentosa and some southern islands when the round round thing escalates to the top (131m above sea level). Think I'm the weak one... cos I feel abit giddy when the round thing slowly moves twice in clockwise direction to let us view the scenery. Here are some pictures I took before I puke.. (just joking lah *haha*) Hmm~ honestly speaking, I missed my SuperStar Virgo from the view~~ (gonna plan another trip there soon *hehe*). By the way, you could see the Luge track in the pic beside the Merlion... the long (but not that long) wounding track below the skyride.

Images of Singapore

This place is nice... tells us the history of Singapore... with alot of life-sized figurines inside, which most of them looked scary *oohhh*. But it's worth visiting if you're going Sentosa thou...

The nicely tanned and glossy coolies in their quarters

The hidden man whom you see when you open the "toilet" door beside the coolie quarters (almost scared me siah... lucky I open slowly)

Where is the Trishaw man?

The Fire-Walking Experience
(really very painful cos it's barefoot vs jagged surfaces)

Part-time advertisement for Ice Balls

Musical Fountain

The show starts at 1940hrs and the crowd started sitting as early as 1820hrs. We got our seats at 1840hrs cos Shir said the place would always be filled up latest by 1900hrs. I was so enthusiastic about the show cos it was said to be quite good. Finally after waited for an hour, the surrounding lights darkened and the host appeared in the spotlight. He greeted us and there were some simple water splurging movements... people clapped... then there was silence... with only the host doing some hand movements in the spotlight. Oh~ he was apologising to the crowd... cos there was some technical fault. So everyone waited...

A minute later, the same host appeared again in the spotlight and the same introduction speech was played again through the system. Suddenly there was a sense of déjà vu... cos the silence started again at the same point. I started to think... "am I so lucky?" The thought was then disrupted by the 3rd time of similar introduction by the same host (poor fella actually)... but this time the show extended til the part where the laser image of "Kiki" the Monkey appeared among the water, which was about 5 mins into the show.

The funny thing was... "Kiki" was hiding and appearing in the background, and suddenly it was gone... the system cocked up again~ and the show couldn't carry on anymore... No "Kiki" - no show. And no show means Ah sze wants to leave for home cos she's tired of waiting. It's such a disappointment~

By the way, I only managed to take a picture of the evil Merlion when it's eyes and mouth became orange during the evening, from the place where I sat at the boring Musical Fountain.

Brown Arrow

Anyone ever seen a bruise which looked like a brown arrow?

Now you can see one~~ on my left lower leg... appearing just nice below my bermudas... hahaha... wonder how it transformed to that shape after I accidentally brushed against the 70kg equipment box lying on the container floor on 24 Jan @ 0730hrs...

Brown arrow says : "This way please"

Mee Keow

What's "Mee Keow"? You may wonder...

Nope~~ it has nothing to do with "Mee Pok" or "Heh Keow"( Prawn dumpling)...

It's the name of a lady staff from the Accounting Dept of a 6-star Hotel at Raffles Ave.

So what's so interesting about her, that I chose to include her in my post? Well, she's got this damn bad f**king attitude when my buddy spoke to her over the phone pertaining to an overcharged issue previously mentioned in my post dated 25 Dec 06. To recap abit, my friend was overcharged for the same room package that we took up on the X'Mas eve and the counter staff assured us that the amendments would be reflected in the next creditcard bill. Unfortunately, that assurance was a fraud and my buddy called up to enquire.

That lady staff kept insisting for the room number that my buddy had previously stayed and despite giving her the confirmation number stated on the invoice, she claimed that she could not retrieve any useful information to process the claim. How could a 6-star Hotel not have any previous transaction records to fall back on? And how could we remember the 4-digit room number that we stayed a month ago? It's not as if that number had let us stroke lottery or something. Nevertheless, my buddy decided to end the conversation since it was pointless to carry on after some "blood-vomiting" sessions.

The next day, my buddy called up again and spoke to the Credit Manager, who immediately apologised and settled the issue within a short period of time. The great difference between those two were like going through Hell before reaching Heaven - that blacksheep had really tarnished the image of the 6-star Hotel *tsk tsk tsk*

The Portrait

My elder brother just mms me a picture... saying that it was a portrait of my sis-in-law when she is angry. Hahaha... and the infamous artist is their eldest daughter.

My brother is a daring man to say that~ hahaha...

<<---- a picture says a thousand words

The Long-Awaited Meet-Up

Finally we got to meet up with Lynn... after our last meeting on 30 Dec 2003.

It was a nice 4-hours gathering for the 3 of us, having ample time to have lunch, and catch up with whatever stuff that happened in the past and the present. Glad she's doing well in her studies and other stuff, and she's still as lovely as ever~ (that laughter is stll the same - happy & loud)

It had been almost 8 years, and we still looked the same... although we had matured intellectually (cos we dun look old, duh~). Gone through a psychological quiz given by Lynn earlier and it was fun... well it goes something like this >>>

1. Which type of house would you prefer? How big will it be?
2. Is there going to be a fencing around your house?
3. There is a table in the house. What is on the table?
4. In front of your house, which body of water do you see? Eg. sea, lake, pond, etc.
5. How will you get over to the other side of that body of water?
   Do you get into the water or stay away from it?
6. When you are in a jungle, what animal do you see 1st?
7. What do you do when you saw that animal?
8. When you reach a toilet in the jungle, there is a cup outside the toilet.
   What material is the cup made of?
9. What do you do with the cup?
10. I wonder why there is no question number 10 to make it as a round figure...

Well, for those who are interested in knowing the meaning to your answers, email me... cos I dowan you guys to disturb Lynn hahaha... although maybe she doesn't mind~ (but I do).

Anyway... on our way back to the MRT station, I managed to get her something free of charge cos of some 'connection' with the seller - roasted chestnuts (her fav). That was the only gift I can offer before she's leaving again on 1 Feb hahaha (cheap-skate). By the way, I really appreciate that she could find time for us cos her schedule is super packed... busy people is like that wan - need to queue up very long to get appointment fixed haha.

Here's wishing you all the best in your studies for the final semester!! Hope to catch up with you soon before we have to wait another few years to do so~

Zodiac Attractions

A friend told me today that Scorpios are especially attracted to Taurus....

Haha... that's a funny belief... some would say...

But somehow or rather, it could be true....

One may be a coincidence~

Two could be pure luck~

But three???

It's up to you to believe....

Easy $$$

Someone suggested to me... to arrange for a mating session for Fluffy the rabbit... so that when the baby rabbits are born, we can sell his kids for cash - mercenaries called that "Easy Money".

I rejected the idea...

How can we purposely let them mate and then sell off their kids just like that, even though they are animals? You could give excuses like "they (animals) also don't know" or "they (animals) also don't care"... but I still feel it's against the ethnics if you had plans for that.

Animal parents do have feelings too~ they would also take care of their youngs and shield them from harm, sometimes much more than humans do.

Humans are such selfish creatures where greeds often overcome their morality~

I do not yearn to be like them~ do you?

The Return of Lady Luck

Got the good news yesterday that the long-awaited bonus will be out in the coming Feb's payroll. Yeah!! Hopefully it's true... cos it was supposed to be mine since Sept 06~~

Maybe the news lifted up my spirits, so much so that I ended up spending an extra few more hours staying back in the office to settle some audit stuff til 1pm after my night shift earlier. Brought some minor tasks back home to finish up cos it's gonna be a busy month for me til end of Feb. Sigh~ busy busy busy again....

While entering this post, I received yet another great news from Koh at 2pm plus >>> my 379 was solved, with 2 out of 3 down!! Another Y-E-A-H for me hahaha... guess Lady Luck's back with me~

Welcome home....

What The Hell~

All of us thought today was the Judgement Day (finally) for the case which happened in Dec 2005 (almost becoming history liao) cos we had been waiting for them to fix the date ever since it was being postponed twice last year.

Today was the 2nd time all of us gathered in that conference room and once again, it was purely time wasting. I look at you, you look at me, I look at my paper, you look at yours, I take my 40 winks (meaning taking a short nap) and you take yours... all we did was wait... and wait... as if we were waiting for some kind of miracle to happen in the room. All of us got hungry while waiting from 9am til 11.30pm, and one by one, we roamed around the vicinity and started to chit-chat with each other. However, we were later told that it had to be postponed AGAIN til mid February 2007!!

We then asked ourselves: "What actually are we here for?"

Someone suggested next time we should bring some card games like Uno, to play while waiting. Well, it's true... cos they are basically wasting our precious time, especially those who had applied for leave from their outside work, to go all the way to that place, just to sit in the room and wait (in vain). If time = $$, I wonder how much hundreds they had wasted from about 12 of us for that 2.5 hrs.

Can somebody help us to tell them to hurry up with the thing so that we can move on? It's so inefficient... making us angrier and angrier at their slow pace of work. Arghh~~

World of Warcraft (Part 2)

Today... I made a big decision.

I cancelled my WoW subscription and deleted all the installed files in my computer. It had been my obsession once or twice since Sept 2005, but now I decided it's time to let it go~ until the time comes again to relit the passion.

I need more time to myself now... more time to relax my mind, more time to spend time with my friends and family. Heard from one of my close friend that his uncle was currently in the last stage of his terminal illness, and it was quite a sudden news to them actually - since the uncle had kept them in the dark for quite some time.

--- Treasure Those Around U Before U Live To Regret ---

Misconception

I always had this conception that a market trolley was supposed to be a great helper when you need to buy alot of stuff from the supermarket or anywhere else. My mother had also been expressing her interest in getting one since months ago.

Earlier we went to Fairprice Xtra, and finally got ourselves a $10 blue metal trolley. We were quite excited in its usage cos we're gonna buy quite alot of heavy stuff such as 24 cans of Coke, 6 cans of Green Tea, 24 packets of Chrysanthemum Tea, 1 big packet of TOP washing powder, and 1 big bottle of Softlan, etc. But it turns out to be a turmoil for the 3 of us: me, mum and Shir.

1st of all, the front wheels are much smaller than the rear ones, so there wasn't much stability if you were to push the trolley forward, let alone coming across a small depession on the ground during the pushing. It was such so "malu" when the trolley toppled forward and some of the stuff dropped onto the ground. Lucky none of us fell onto the ground from the sudden surge. It was then that we told ourselves that it's not that much of a helper afterall, unless all 3 of us were so incompetent in handling the small trolley, which might be the case hahaha...

Anyway I volunteered to take charge of the unstable fella and I decided to pull it instead of pushing it, since the rear wheels are bigger and I did see some people pulling it sometimes. Well, it helps~ and when it came to the staircase, it was another headache for us. Mum and I had to carry each side of the trolley in order to overcome the steps and it was damn heavy lor... now Shir and me ended up being hungry again although all of us just had our dinner with my elder brother's family an hour before the whole incident. The blue fella was now kept in our store-room and all of us wonder when will be the next time we bring him go shopping again.

Sickening~

Been sick for almost two weeks now... down with "sexy" voice due to cough and sore throat initially, but escalated to blocked nose and super bad headache at a later stage. Only went to see the Doc once during the throat infection period and got myself some antibiotics and cough syrup, plus a day MC on 5/1/07. After that I continued working... and everyday was a bad day for me - had to juggle with the throbbing impact in the head and the other irritating symptoms~

I could feel myself almost fainting when I was on my way home yesterday after my night shift followed by an audit meeting... but of cos I managed to make my way home safely. I cant imagine myself collapsing cos it'll be so "malu-ing"... The overnight headache was so unbearable but the meeting had to be done. Not that I'm so hardworking... just that I want to get the meeting done and over with, so that things can get started earlier for the others.

I'm so tired...

I really need a break...

Fairprice Xtra

The new NTUC Fairprice called "Fairprice Xtra" was opened at AMK Hub - Basement 2 , at Ang Mo Kio Central a couple of days ago. The name was so suitable for the new outlet cos it was...

1. Xtra Crowded - movement was greatly restricted if you were using the trolleys, and it looked as if the whole AMK residents had gathered for a common goal (to be inside the biggest NTUC Fairprice). I supposed there were residents from other Estates too... cannot condemn AMK residents solely lah~


2. Xtra Huge - the interior was huge... it was as if I'm at Carrefour and not the typical household Fairprice anymore. There were Electronics & Electrical section, Clothings & Household section and not forgetting the standard F&B section. I didn't even know where to start walking and I also did not know where to go looking for my shopping list items.


3. Xtra Slow - the travellators were super slow... the speed is equivalent to the one in Underwater World, where we were supposed to look around at the fishes slowly. But in this case, the only thing to see were people occupying every inch on the travellators, either surrounding you or moving in the opposite direction. The escalators were not ready yet cos the whole mall was still undergoing renovation. So... ya... the only choice was to proceed slowly and enjoy yourself among the human traffic.


4. Xtra Cheap - maybe the low price was only for the initial stage. Actually I also do not know what was the standard pricing but the apples were going at S$1.20 for 5 and "Sunkist" oranges were going at S$1.95 for 5. The apple section was crowded with 2 layers of customers trying their best to reach for the "best quality" apples with their stretched arms. Luckily the orange section was ok... cos I need to buy 10 oranges for my new blender to squeeze juice for me *hahaha*.


5. Xtra Staff - touching on good service in almost every Industry now, there were a few staff at the trolley section to help you put the S$1 coin into the slot and pull out the new trolleys for your usage... but you have to give them the S$1 coin lah, it's not free you know?

As a word of advice in case you wished to visit the huge place safely, go in the day time during weekdays. Weekends are a killer~ unless you are prepared to spoil your day.

Merry X'Mas!!!

Here's wishing everyone a Merry X'Mas!!

So where did I celebrate my X'Mas this year with my close friends???

Well, the lucky place goes to... a 6-star Hotel at Raffles Ave!!

Ahem... it didn't really ended up that good initially during the check-in on 24/12/06 cos there was some cocking-up issues by the staff. We had expected the high-rated Hotel to deal with the various situation in an exemplary way, but the answer was NO. Allow me to share with you a few issues:

Issue #1

The Check-In

It was an unusual long queue, mainly due to the promotional packages offered by the Hotel for the festive season. There were about 5 counters with its respective staff. Adrian and I had slowly progressed to the 1st 2 in the queue after waiting patiently for 15-20mins. There were also about 2-3 mobile staff near the queue, who seemed like they were trying to help ease the long queue.

A while later, a lady staff approached Adrian and offered her help by asking for his reservation number. After walking away and came back again, she directed him, me and another couple behind us to follow her. All of us thought that we would be served at that instant or soon... but guess what!! We were brought to another queue with a guy in front and another guy still being served at the counter!! Could somebody tell me if the lady was helping us or... just trying to be funny?

The four of us were so pissed... and I then went over to observe the previous queue we were in, to see if the originally 4th customer (who was now 1st) had been served before us. And yes it did... I then asked the lady staff over and asked her what help had she offered to us earlier, since she had now prolonged our waiting time. Of course she apologised and immediately processed our check-in personally.

Well, we thought that the poor handling issue would stop with us but then another male customer was also directed to our queue while all 4 of us were being served. The man made such a loud unhappy comment when he saw us and angrily walked back to his previous queue. Hey old man... as if you were the only one being "ill-treated" here.

Issue #2

The Silent Wait

We were told by the counter staff that our rooms were not ready yet as the housekeeping was still in the process. We then left behind our contact numbers as she said she would call once the rooms were ready (estimated duration - 1 hr). So we waited... and waited... then Baoli and Shir went over to check after about 35-40 mins of boredom at the lobby sofas. Another disappointment: one room had actually been ready but no calls were received from them. This pissed us further but Baoli and Shir managed to get a late check-out at 2pm for our rooms to compensate for the long wait as well as issue #1. Hahaha... girl power!!

Issue #3

The Incomplete Room

Finally when the other room was ready, it was yet again another disappointment. The toiletries tray was incomplete with missing combs, shaver, bath scrub, and some shower necessities. The two small cushions which were supposed to be displayed on the bed was absent and ended up playing hide-and-seek in the closed plasma TV rack. Furthermore, there was a yellowish stain on one of the cushion cover! Omg... who would believe this is the standard of a 6-star Hotel??

When Baoli called the Housekeeping to top up the toiletries rack, the staff even asked her what was missing so that those could be replenished. If a person who had checked-in to the room on the 1st day, do you think he/she know what was supposed to be in the tray?

Issue #4

The Check-Out

There's always an end to a beginning~ but why couldn't it get better? During the check-out, Adrian was wrongly billed for 2 extra chargeable breakfasts, which were supposed to be complimentary for MY room. I had actually written both our room numbers on the charged slip during the breakfast and they could still make the mistake *sigh*...

Well I dunno if Adrian was unlucky or what... cos after that, he was wrongly billed again for his room package. He was being charged an extra $30+ for the same room package as us and when we informed the staff about the matter, we were told to go back and wait for the amendments to be reflected in the creditcard statement. Hmm... I thought they could cancel the overcharged amount instantly and let Adrian signed on the amended charged slip? Well, just hope they are not "pushing us around".

Finally The Good Stuff

That's all for the bad experiences we encountered during our 1-day stay. Putting the unhappy moments aside, the room itself was great! It was big... especially the bathroom (which is almost twice as big as my bedroom) with the famous octagon window beside the bathtub.

The view was fantastic from the room and Adrian, being a photo-shooting fanatic, and a really great one, had fully utilised his newly bought camera lens which costed him $900+. He had taken some great shots and I had attached some of it below.

My X'Mas Presents

I had always like the gift exchanging segment during X'Mas~ This year I got a "aslurpingape" T-shirt, a "Crumpler" laptop slingbag and a "Philips" blender (it's part of my wish-list towards healthier lifestyle with higher possibilities of drinking self-made fresh fruit juices). Here are some shots of "Happy Sze & Her Gifts"...

Busy Busy Busy

It had been a busy week for me... sorry for the late post my dear readers hahaha...

19/12/06 - It's a normal day shift with an unfortunate news at the end of the shift. I had to report for some kind of centralised training from 20/12/06 to 22/12/06 (9am - 9pm), which means I'm gonna have muscles ache soon.

20/12/06 - 1st day of training (9am - 7.30pm)... saw some familiar faces but still felt isolated. Got myself injured on the left lower butt with 2 super distinctive bruises (refer to picture below).


Thanks to Shir for helping me massage the concentrated region cos it's too purplish (looks very much like the purple sweet potato colour lor).

21/12/06 - 2nd day of training (9.30am - 6.30pm)... another boring day~ tried to force myself with the training but felt my left upper thigh and knee failing me at the end of the day. Mum asked me who beat me up when she saw the bruises and she said she'll help me whack the culprit (hahaha... so nice~ although there wasn't any culprit).

22/12/06 - actual day of audit (7.30am - 6pm)... I didn't joined the group cos I couldn't move swiftly at all and I would be more of a hinderance than a performer. Ended up I switched role with another guy to join his team on day shift temporary til the end of the audit. It was actually quite enlightening to work in a different region cos I got to see new things and I'm glad that I was well taken care of by the friendly team. Thanks AS 'D'!!

23/12/06 - finally a day FREE for me cos I managed to apply for leave after a short "discussion" over the phone with my supervisors. Hmm... isit so hard for No.2 to manage the team on his own? Anyway, it was the only day where I can do my X'mas shopping lor~ since my schedule was so damn packed... and tomorrow is the DAY!!

Gathering at PS

Had a great chat and gossip session with Karen, Grace, Cynthia, Shiqi (refer to below pic from left to right) and Shirlene (the one beside me) at PS yesterday evening. Most of the juicy news were contributed by Karen, who looked abit like the Korean lady appearing in the CNN morning news (dunno what's her name). But her presence does made the evening more "gossipy". Oh, and all thanks to her 4.1 megapixel digital cam that she brought along. All of us were like having an expedited photo-shooting session with a total of 31 pics in 10-15mins. It felt as if we're gonna leave for home soon, but in fact we had just finished ordering our drinks at TCC. Wonder what's the rush about... hahaha~

Well, these friends whom I had known for 6 years were much younger than me - 7yrs difference in age, but the gap did not stretched us apart. Ahem~ anyone mentioning about eternal youth? Anyway, it's been a long time since all of us gathered... erm... 3yrs maybe? Although occasionally I did bumped into one or two, we rarely have the time to chat.

This pic was taken because I had some problem trying to pull up the metal tea filter device from the cap since I was supposed to use it to mix the tea leaves-cum-rose buds with the water evenly (by pulling and pushing it down). Struggled for about 5mins and finally had to get help from the waitress... end up she said had to use more strength to pull. Ya rite, use more strength... but I scared the teapot will topple lor~ Hmm, thanks for the new-age teapots nowadays which were supposed to be more user-friendly.

An Ironic Belief

Today was my dad's 2nd year Death Anniversary according to the Lunar Calendar at that time - 25th October 04. But I could only remember the standard calendar date - 6th December 04.

Went to offer our prayers to him with my mum at the Bright Hill Temple yesterday morning. As usual, we did not know the standard procedures for the placement of the food and the "foreign currencies" since we're not really into those religious stuff, but there was this one and only staff who was always there to offer his help. Well, he taught me the way, but most prob I will forget the next time I visit again - he had taught me before and well, it got filtered out somehow (small brains cant store too much memory lah).

Sumtimes I wonder... had my dad got reincarnated? Cos if he did, who are we actually offering the stuff to? I mean, alot of people are still offering their prayers to their late loved ones or even ancesters who had passed on for so long, and don't they want the souls to move on with their after-life? According to the religious studies, it was mentioned that those who had done good in their current life would get to reborn to another life after their death, and it was supposed to be a good thing - better than roaming around aimlessly.

So, isn't it an irony that on one hand we want the souls to get reincarnated but on the other hand, we're still praying to them? But come to think of it, it also contributes to the economy since there's this demand and supply thing for the prayer items in the market... and it is going to last as long as people believe that the "recipients" are there to receive the offerings.

The Primary Ones

Recently I heard some funny incidents encountered by my friend and her friend who were having their NIE attachment in a Primary School in Yishun area. The students are all in Primary 1 classes... and Teacher refer to either one of the two ladies mentioned above.

Incident #1

Little Shy Girl (in a soft tone): Teacher, today is XXX (boy in same class) birthday. I want to give this present to him.

Teacher: Oh it's his birthday today? (Turns to the class) Ok class, today is XXX's birthday, so let's sing him a birthday song!

(After the song ended.... the Little Shy Girl wanted to pass the present to the birthday boy. Present = a small keychain in the design of a crab)

Birthday Boy: I dowan (and Teacher tried to persuade the boy to accept)

Birthday Boy: I dowan (at this time Teacher noticed the girl has the "want-to-cry" look and finally manage to pass the keychain to the boy)

Teacher: Ok XXX, now what should you say? (Hoping he would say thank you)

Birthday Boy: I dowan (Teacher almost fainted~)

(Some boys started to act cool since young~)

Incident #2

Teacher was marking the students' spelling books at her table in the class, and a boy went up to her...

Boy: Teacher, I want to draw a card for my mother. Can I borrow your pencil?

Teacher: Erm... ok (at the same time wondering why the boy doesn't want to use his own pencil)

(After handing over the typical yellow and black stripes 2B pencil to the boy, the boy passed the pencil back to the Teacher)

Boy: Teacher, can I borrow your mechanical pencil?

(The result of kids living in the 21st Century - they have higher needs)

(After using the mechanical pencil, the boy went up to the teacher)

Boy: Teacher, can you give me the mechanical pencil please?

Teacher: (almost fainted) No no... this is mine. I cannot give you~

(Kids are so "demanding" nowadays...)

Incident #3

My friend had to observe how other full-time teachers teach their class, and so she had to sit at the back of the classroom behind the students. One day she arrived early and she was sitting at her seat with a handful of students in the class. Suddenly a small girl from another class came into the classroom and handed over a folded note to her.

Small Girl: Miss See, give you! (then she ran off)

My friend opened the note and guess what the contents were -->> "I Love You"

(Some kids are so daring in expressing their likings...)

Life Is Unpredictable~

It is so true that Life is always so unpredictable. Things juz happened without a warning and the next moment, you have to recover from the shock and learn to deal with it.

Recently I got to know that my friend, Raven (it's her nick) was warded in the hospital's MICU and her condition was quite bad. Her other friend got my number and sms me about the news... I was shocked and of cos at the same time felt sad that I had not been able to find time to meet up with her earlier, although she did asked for a short gathering with Elaine (another friend) if we're free. Kinda feel regretful now~

Went to visit her and it saddened me further to see her lying on the bed with the lung support system connected to her mouth. She couldn't respond to us but it was a relief that she could open her eyes and acknowledge our presence. Previously she was warded due to some initial problems with her heart and this time she suddenly fainted while she was at Tampines Mall with her friend. I managed to inform all our other friends, who in turn inform the others... all thanks to the technology nowadays - sms.

What we can do now is to pray for her recovery~ and hope everything will be fine.

Life Is Short, Play Hard

Live Each Day As If It Was Your Last, And You'll Find Each Day Worth Living For

7 Days Reign

Finally I had completed my 7 days reign from 17 Nov to 30 Nov 06. It's really tough having to manage two supervisors' job at one time (or 7 times for me), but I had learnt alot during this short (but long to me) period. Nevertheless it gave me the opportunity to have a feel of what my future would bring...

However, without the support from my team guys, I wouldn't have passed through the test. I would like to thank the following persons:

1. Lawrence - for giving me that last min "return" which end up having my name mentioned in the panel... hehe no lah, actually I would like to comment you on your great service rendered at the counter on 25 Nov 06. Well done!! Keep it up!!


2. Kow - for owing POIs but I really appreciate your attendence cos it meant alot to the team. Congrats for being the 1st in Dec "10-4" list!!


3. Shah - for bringing up the "Why you scold my mother" issue and letting everyone know that we MUST look out for each other always.


4. Hisham - for giving me the assurance that things are well taken care off with your presence and I dun need to worry this and that. Congrats for being 2nd in Dec "10-4" list!!


5. Hairul - for lightening my load on 29 Nov 06, but required me to nag and nag so many times for a few tasks left undone. And still dare to write "On time, on target, holiday mood liao lor" on my paper...pls note that your "on" should be written as "own" k?


6. Zul - for helping out with the returns in Ong's absence, in addition to your other duties. Not forgetting the laughter whenever I talked to you (cos all are nonsense *haha*).


7. Kamaro - for changing your handphone (again) to BenQ Siemens during this period, which I should feel honoured since you had tahan for so long~


8. Eugene - for also helping out with the returns in Ong's absence, and showing the initiative in submitting the POIs. I can see that you had slowly blended into the outside work and soon you would be shouting at them~ but dun follow your FTO's style on that - he's a babarian.


9. Hoong Ta - for having me to remind you to write down the needful and do CXR after that, which made me realised that you still need more attention from us. Please dun accidentally follow the wrong path. The team needs you wor~


10. Weibin - omg... how can I left out my 1st baby in the list? Haha accidentally forgot to include him in the thank-you list when I post, but now (5/12/06) remembered liao, guess it's becos he had not gave me any headaches for the past few days and he had been a good boy. Okay, so I have to give him a big thanks for showing up in the Team since... he's well-known for his "weak constitution"~ hehe

Always remember that all of us are equally important in the team and we need each other to make things work. Our team had always been the best in team spirit and cohesiveness, so dun loosen that up. Kudos to Bravo!!

World of Warcraft

This was my 1st online game, and also the game which got me so engrossed that I could dream of it in my sleep... Max was the one who showed me the game box but Teng was the one who persuaded me to join. Actually I should also "blame" GV Bishan for giving away the 7 days free trial disc with every Popcorn Combo purchase. Hahaha.... no lah, I admit I'm weak lah...

I had to pay a subscription fee of USD$14.99 for 1-month recurring charges online or USD$41.97 for 3-months recurring. But the game is worth the charges~ mainly because a few of us are playing together and it was really fun and comical. All thanks to Teng, Max, Weibin and other friends that we slowly got to know while playing.

Had started "living" in WoW since 13 Sept 05 and finally decided to suspend the account in June 06 during my final exam revision. I guess my interest had switched to my new O2 PDA at that time bah~ normally my interest for certain things are short-lived hahaha...

On 26 Nov 06, I decided to rejoin the game... cos the trio had successfully persuaded me again, but the main reason was because we're all gonna create a new character in a new realm, so everything's gonna start from zero.

These are the characters that I had created so far... and this time I would try my best not to be too engrossed in the game, since it's considered "unhealthy" by someone~ hehe

Hinokio - Inter Galactic Love

This is a very great Japanese movie introduced to me by Eugene (You Jin Dan) - thanks alot pal~ and it made me cried again... haha for your information, my tears would always flow uncontrollably when it comes to touching or sad scenes on tv/movie.

The show is about a heartbroken boy "Satoru" who had lost his courage to face the real world after his mother had passed away during a car accident. He also became wheel-chaired bound and had given up hope during his rehabilitation period. His father, whom he blamed for his mother's death, created a robot to connect his son to the society. The robot, mockingly called as "Hinokio" (meaning Pinnochio) by his classmates, were his eyes and link to the outside world. "Hinokio" attended class on his behalf, and ended up being bullied by a girl "Jun" and two boys from his class. Well, eventually it became very sweet when "Satoru" and "Jun" liked each other and I shall not blabber about how "Satoru" regained his confidence as it would be better for you to watch it personally.

It's a little similar to Steven Spielberg's A.I (which made me cried also *sigh*) but the storyline is definitely different. You can choose not to watch it if your heart had turned to stone... cos it'll juz be a waste of the movie's time on you~

Pessimistic vs Optimistic

Recently I had been feeling sort of moody~ or should I say troubled actually... definitely not because of relationship, but it's kinda work-related issues.

Mr. V told me he had spoken to the Head about the matter, and to wait for the good news soon.

I didn't get to "see" the good news on 12th Nov 2006, so I called to enquire... and I was told nothing was changed. The status remained the same~ and I felt cheated...

If I was the one who had done wrong, I would gladly accept the verdict. But I dun understand why I must be "punished" when all I did was to follow an instruction given, and I didn't know it was given wrongly in the first place. Furthermore nothing was adversely affected at all during the incident. Why do people end up backstabbing their own colleagues?

Things are starting to piss me off once again~ he kept asking me to be patient. I told him straight that it's easier said than done. The matter had been postponed twice and now I dun even know if the effect will extend til the end of the year.

I'm having a mixture of feelings right now - angry, disappointed, lost, worried... But I know I must remind myself not to think too much about the matter, and I should tune my mood indicator back to "Happy". Well, it's my choice now~ pessimistic vs optimistic. Of cos I'll choose the latter hahaha... I'm good at counselling people you know, so I must show a good example. I just wanted to type my thoughts down today so that I could feel slightly better after sharing.

PS: Please do not ask me to explain further about the matter if you do not understand what I was referring to~ Thanks for reading anyway …

Dinner Buffet At Ritz Carlton Millenia Hotel

I cant believed that I actually ate 5 large oysters during the buffet dinner at Ritz Carlton Millenia Hotel yesterday!! You must be thinking there's nothing great about that, but for a person who dun dare to eat it usually, it's an achievement hahaha...

I guess the clammy fellas were too fresh and yummy for me to resist. There was no "smelly" taste at all and it was really delicious with an added squeeze of lemon on it. The dinner buffet was worth the price of S$58+++ per pax especially for those seafood lovers (luckily I'm one of them) cos they served alot of big juicy prawns (garlic-fried ones and boiled-chilled ones), black pepper crabs, freshly steamed lobsters and large crab pincers by the chefs (so many people queuing up for them - I mean the seafood not the chefs), and not forgetting the "melt-in-your-mouth" sashimi (salmon, tuna and another dunno what fish).

While we were enjoying the superb dinner, we noticed a middle-aged aunty sitting opposite me, indulging in her crab-eating session with 100% concentration. At 1st she was using both her hands, then she used the tool (think it's called a nut cracker) to crack open the crab pincers, and she kept on attacking the crabs. After that she asked the waitress to change her a new cloth napkin and a new set of cutlery cos they ended up dirty. Then there's this table with one man and two ladies who asked for distilled water instead of the normal ice water, and when one of the waiter almost refilled their glasses with the latter, the man made such a big fuss about the issue and even requested to speak to the Manager.

Man: (with an air of high class) What's the point of ordering distilled water when the waiter almost poured in the ice water?

After the Manager apologises, the man ordered white wine.

5 mins passed, and the man asked another unlucky Manager who happened to pass by the table.

Man: (with the same air of high class) Where is the wine that I ordered?

Manager: It's on the way, Sir.

Man: It's urgent you know? (I wonder how urgent is it)

Manager: ...... (must be thinking to himself "urgent then go to the toilet lah")

Ok these two cases have nothing to do with the dinner review... just some minor entertainment sighted.

Anyway this time I forgot to take pictures on the food cos we were too busy munching away. Well, of all the buffets that I tried so far, this is the best cos it's worth paying for great food and the ambience is also good.

Happy 21st Birthday to Shirlene!!

(Strawberry Shortcake from Bakerzin)

Today is Shirlene's 21st Birthday!! This post is dedicated to her~

First of all, let me congratulate her on her official entry into the cinema to watch R21 movies (but still muz bring our NRICs cos 95% will still kena check by the staff due to our "outlook").

I had known Shir for 6 years plus and she is still the same comical (or clumsy) girl who never fail to "entertain" me with her bear-like actions (meaning clumsiness lah) hahaha... but she is way more matured-thinking compared to other girls with the same age. Both of us can talk about anything under the sun and we both like to enjoy our lives~ by travelling around to other countries (end up spending all our savings for trips lor).

Anyway, here are my birthday wishes for her:---

Hope you recover from your illness soon~

(For Good Health)

All the best of luck in your part-time degree~

(For Future Prospect)

Stay happy & young forever~

(For Overall Wellness)

My "Baby" Is Back!!

Yeah!! My CPU is back with a new P4 processor and MB (collected on 13th Nov & cost me S$328)! Plus it comes with some upgraded programs like my Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Media Player 11, etc.

Haha I'm a happy girl now... Lalalala~~

These few days had passed so fast that I couldn't recap what had happened unless I make some effort to think it through. Sometimes I think I'm suffering from early senile syndrome cos I could remember past events that happened long time ago but cant recap recent activities. If you were to ask me what I had for lunch the day before, I would need some time to think about it, with no confirmation that the answer is known.

I ever heard from some people that eating certain nuts (edible ones lah, not those nuts & bolts type) at certain time of the day will improve your memory absorption, and eating raisins will also help. I tried the raisins technique during my final year exams in May/June 2006 but I dunno if it works cos it's a last min effort, but I did pass lah hahaha...

Consultation

Didn't go to Sim Lim for the consultation cos the previous "clinic" was no longer there. So I carried my "baby" all the way to Jubilee (lucky it's only a 5mins walk) for it's 1st consultation after its major makeover 3 or 4 years ago.

Had to leave my "baby" overnight for a more detailed assessment before the exact cause is known. The Doc said it might be due to the motherboard or the processor as the latter is abit old (either one I have to change the MB). Estimated maximum cost incurred = S$159 (change MB only) or S$328 (change MB & processor). Just nice that it falls on my pay day~

====> Pay Day <====

A Day You Get Paid?

or

A Day For Paying?

Nitemare!!

Ahh!!! My beloved pc is down!! And I had juz cleared all the dust in it yesterday!

Omg... what's happening? I could still use it yesterday and this afternoon after the clean-up, but half an hour ago when I was using for only 10mins, it hanged and when I restarted it, I couldn't see it's face anymore~~ :_(

There's still power on the motherboard and fan but there's no LED light beside the power switch. I dun tink the problem lies with my LCD monitor so I dunno what's wrong actually. As I'm typing this post, my world has became greyish~~ because it means I might need to spend more $$ again... anyway I'm gonna bring my CPU to see the Doc in the afternoon at Sim Lim.

Hope everything will be fine without any big holes getting burnt in my pockets. Sigh~~

(Internal Organs of my poor CPU)

Tonsil Infection

I'm having an ulcer on my right tonsil and another one in between the upper teeth and gums. How heaty can I be? It's been three days and it didn't cool down abit. Felt the pain whenever I talk or swallow, so I dun tink I can go work if I couldn't talk - basically I'm earning a living from talking to people.

On the other hand, my colleague Lawrence had his tonsil operation at CGH this afternoon. Currently he cant talk like me and it's still painful for him. Although Lawrence and me were doing counter duty together last night shift (the ulcer's birthday), but we weren't doing anything "funny" hor, if you are wondering what happened to both of us. His Ops is not due to infection, so he didn't pass the virus to me hahaha... *choy*

Anyway no cold drinks, milk, oranges and fried food for me. Muz drink lots of water and finish the antibiotics given by the doc. Hmm, my previous post was saying about myself talking less nowadays... now there's really a valid reason for talking lesser lor.

False Alarm

Got a shock today when my O2 Atom went into comatose suddenly. Everything was still fine when I went to sleep at 3am this morning but when I awoke at 1pm to answer a call on my house phone, the caller told me he cant get through to my handphone line. It was then that I realised something was wrong. After that, I cant even restart the phone or do a hard reset on it... basically nothing happened except for the weak blinking red lights when I pressed the ON or reset button... I was so devastated~

On my way to O2 Care Centre at Bugis Junction, I kept thinking whether the cause of the comatose was due to the new application and games I installed in my pda yesterday night... and how much time I need to restore my "sicko" O2 to my preferred settings after its discharge (need to reinstall alot of stuff wan leh).

Waited about half an hour for my turn at the Centre and I was already mentally prepared for my O2's admission. Told the staff about the problem and then she tested using their own battery. And guess what... the problem only lies in my battery! But I was lucky to get a one-for-one battery exchange cos my warranty is still within the first 6 months validity... if not... you know how much is one pda battery for my O2 Atom? S$98/- siah!!! Phew~

Hehe... it was a false alarm afterall... now I know I must wait for the battery to be utilised until 20% left then I can recharge it, and don't over-charged it, cos it'll shorten the battery life. This applies to ALL batteries... doesn't mean a pda battery can charge anytime hor... expensive stuff doesn't mean it's special~

What's In His Mind?

Humans are always the most complicated species in the World. It's unexplainable how some people think and make their decisions based on their gut feelings. Animals on the other hand are more simplistic in their thinking, even though some may have superb tactics in getting their prey - at least their actions are more logical (to me)...

I juz got to know that one of my colleagues had expressed his wish to resign (before getting his year-end bonus!) and get into the insurance line instead. I was told that his "good friend" who was currently in the insurance sector had somehow or rather "convinced" him that it was worth taking the risk to resign now, as he would be compensated on the amount he had forgone (the bonus) by the Insurance Co. if he could achieve a 5-digit sales figure by the end of this year.

Come on lah~ by the time he got his insurance certification and officially joined the Co., he only has less than a month to get his sales! Well, unless he's already working for the Co., or maybe his "good friend" could really help him in achieving the target, if not it wouldn't be easy to hit the 5-digit figure in such a short time frame on his own. A lot of us really wonder where his "confidence" came from, cos he's gonna plunge into an unknown situation (it's not a confirmed greener pasture over there based on past feedbacks).

However, if he's really convinced that it's gonna be the best decision for him, all of us would definitely give him our blessings. It's juz that we do not want him to make the wrong choice since we're still concern about each other's well-being.

Honestly speaking, if he were to say that he had wanted to tender his resignation after getting his year-end bonus, I wouldn't be posting such a topic about him at all cos it would sound more logical to get the $$ before you leave, right? Hmm... maybe he's too rich to even care about the extra salary~~ Or maybe I'm too money-faced? Hahaha....

Behind Closed Doors?

Recently I discovered that I had not been meeting up with my friends for quite some time, regardless whether it's for shopping or just chatting. I do not know what's the reason...

Am I becoming more anti-social? Or am I reverting to my old self, staying behind closed doors... and shutting myself from the outside world?

I'm not a person who would talk alot, unless there's really something for me to share. I am always the listener, giving the attention that you need. If I had ever talked to you alot or even share my deepest secrets, do treasure the moments... cos it means I'm willing to step out of my door for you at that point of time.

However, please forgive me if I had gradually retreated back into my world and neglected you as a result~

Baby Boom

Went for a short gathering at Shufen's house earlier to see her new-born son, Aden Chong. Everyone else brought their hubby and kids along... so you can say it was a "Family Day" outing for them.

We had 7 persons in our group: Lishan, Shufen, me, Shuyi, Kunpei, Baoli and Liling. All of us had been friends for more than 15 years!! (omg... it's scary how time had passed) Occassional gatherings were done during birthdays, arrival of new-borns, etc. However Lishan was unable to make it today as she wasn't feeling well (she's currently expecting her 2nd child wor~).

Ok I had done a calculation... we had a total of 5 kids and 2 more coming next year. I managed to get some pics of the cute little ones...

Friendship Fragility

Omg, I love blogging!! Recently I managed to uncover a shocking news which at one time made me wonder "who's the culprit" after reading E-blog (cool term huh?), and finally realised "so you are the one" in M-blog. Guess I was fated to know the matter cos I dunno why I still went to M-blog to take a look even when I'm already a step into my hibernation mode. Well, now you cant read the truth in M-blog anymore cos he had deleted the post. Now you know why I say it's fated for me?

It was sad to see my friends falling out with each other, and they are not the first group to me. But it's funny to see that the reason was always about "love vs friends". Why do friendships built over the years became extremely fragile when it come to matters of the heart?

Ice (Friendship) + Fire (Desire to Love) = Water (Friendship melted away)

It usually happened when friends brought their love interest to meet their other friends. But can things be avoided by staying away from them? NO... cos the problem lies in the common object, who normally failed to clarify things properly, or sort their own mind. Certain things are always unpredictable and uncontrollable. When things happened, it just happen like that... you may blame everything under the sun, but eventually it is you yourself who can choose to remain sad and angry for the rest of your life or accept the fact and move on with your life to be a happier person. Well, that's Life~

I Dunno...

For the past 2 days at work, I had been talking alot... I guess that might be the cause of my unusual tiredness these few days since I'm not a chatterbox in the first place (I prefer to listen).

1/11/06 marked the arrival of our new TL and I'm supposed to enlighten him on our team culture and other stuff, cos the "Cas-Caller" had gone for a pre-retirement talk for these two days (well planned indeed). Thou it was a non-stop talking session in the car, it was enjoyable (on the gossip parts) and constructive (on the work issues) at the same time. Talking to him had actually made me looking forward to work under his charge and it had slightly raised my morale a little. He knew alot of stuff about us from the info he gathered from his sources, one of which is confirmed LPC. However there were some issues which certain people had mentioned to him which were not true, and I had to clarify the matter on behalf of our team.

For example, that idiotic "part-time" INSP told him that our team had treated his "part-timers" as 2nd class, which we didn't. I told him that we would only "return the favor" on whichever "part-timers" who had mistreated us or misuse his authority on us in the 1st place. He agreed that the two main "part-timers" were too much and he would not approve of the misused authority either. It was a comfort to know about the support from him~

This two weeks would be the time to lay some changes and get ourselves accustomed to each other's working style, before he left on 13/11/06 for centralised training on Dragonboat til the end of the month. The "Cas-Caller" would be going to UK from 21/11/06 til 30/11/06, and so I'll be covering their duties as a TL for 6 working shifts!!

Now you should know why my posting had been KIV. Recently people had been asking me when I am going over to IB since my name had been mentioned numerous times in their meetings.

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All I can say is..... "I dunno".