1st War

I had survived the 1st "war" of my new work environment!!

Let me count the hours I'm awake (physically) from 3rd July to 4th July... 37 hours wor~

I felt like I was some kind of Octopus... cos there were so many calls to answer at one time and I only can use one ear to listen (although I had three different handphones with me on duty). It was really a test on my multi-tasking ability. Whenever I finished answering a call, there would be like at least 2 miss calls (maximum is 5) from it. Anyway... it was really an exciting experience for my 1st duty~ so many things to learn and do (even though I already have 8 years plus of working experience in the related field). Learning is a never-ending process k?

It was really funny when I tried to at least complete one of the tasks that I was supposed to do after my 24 hour shift, in the office. Eyes were on the labby screen, fingers on the keyboard typing but my mind was actually sleeping. I dun understand what I typed at all... but I tried my best and finally I left my office at 6.50pm and slept at 8pm. What a looong day for me~ (and there's more to come... OMG)

Pics At Sentosa

Finally I can upload pictures taken by Adrian using his "powderful" camera at Sentosa. Actually must also compliment on his "powderful" skills if not next time he dowan to be our photographer liao *hehe*

Err... is he looking at us?

Shir: I wonder if his sideburn will come off the face?
Sze: Sorry Sir... please forgive her~

Because of Shir, I have to pay them "protection fees" *sigh*

This was my "throne" in ancient times

I must have owed them "something" in my previous life~

Speak No Evil - See No Evil - Hear No Evil

Sitting down with the "Ah Pek" to relax awhile

Care for some steamboat with ingredients displayed for ages liao?

Scary atmosphere among the "people"??

Nothing to describe this pic except for "cool"~

Maybe you guys can buy the numbers for 4D... lucky lucky~

Luge-ing in action after all the excitment... this is the ending point actually~

2nd time riding up the terrain via Sky Ride... and I have height phobia!!

Serene backdrop at the "Song of The Sea" at Siloso Beach

The water display - see the difference between Adrian's camera and my O2?

" Powderful" right?

Fusion of Fire & Water

Here comes the fireworks!!

Sentosa Again~

Went to Sentosa again today, but this time there were 4 of us - Me, Shir, Baoli & Adrian. Got 4 corporate passes for free admission but I didn't know Adrian's car still need to pay S$2/= for entrance. Anyway it's only S$2/= but Baoli said she wana claim from me *petty buddy haha*

Went for two rounds of Luge and the 2nd round was a F1 race between me and Adrian. The cornerings were exciting but I lost to Adrian at the last corner cos the Luge wobbled so much from the speed that I'm afraid that I would flew off the track - so I had to slow down. Only Adrian didn't commented that the Luge was wobbly. Guess it might be due to the "stability" of his weight *haha*

The last time I went to Sentosa, I didn't get to watch the show at the Musical Fountain - technical fault which was still unknown if it was due to my "suayness" cos Shir said it was very rare (from her knowledge as an ex-employee there). Anyway now Sentosa no more Musical Fountain liao... so we went to try our luck at the new attraction - "Song of The Sea" at Siloso Beach. Luckily the show went smoothly... and it was really fascinating... with all the water, fire, laser and fireworks display. Took some pictures with my O2 PDA again~

How Much Will You Spend?

People can really spend $$$ on items like handbags, shoes, clothes, etc....

And to what extent of amount are they willing to fork out for that item that they fancied?

Recently I learnt from one of my close friend that she had bought a handbag for a shocking amount of S$2,110/=!! She had "fell in love" with the branded handbag (not nice for me to say out the two-worded name here but it starts with the letter 'M') which she saw on a magazine and she initially wanted the brown one but it was out of stock (sold out to other "rich" people). So she chose the white one, which I think it looked quite nice as well. She showed me the handbag, I took a picture, and decided to post in here for sharing purpose.


Then I wonder... what was the most expensive item I had bought for myself so far~ I did spent alot on my beloved PC, for the upgrades and "medicines" when it fell sick, but it comprised of alot of parts. So that one not counted. Anyway I don't have good memory to recap such stuff, so it's very hard for me to think about THAT item now. But maybe some of you can post some comments (not on the tagboard pls) to share about your most expensive item?? Erm... think must exclude cars and bikes lah... cos those are confirmed luxury goods mah~

I See Light!!

Omg... after going through a week of so-called "office hour" audit (referring to project No.1 in previous post), today was the 1st time I see the sun when I left office for home *hahaha*

Note: Elton must be thinking "no big deal" cos I believed he also seldom see the sun when he returned home from work (hor?? Ah Tatt...)

Anyway the reason why I could return home earlier was becos we were not selected for the "audit", and that was a GREAT news for everyone!! No.1 really made me and Teng cracked our head and we had to study the whole stack of dunno how many pages (50 - 90 bah) of report and both of us were like students, sitting down together and studying for exams (with all the highlighting and underlining work). So finally~ we were able to breathe today in the office.... but the thing is not over yet, cos I heard we might need to help the other places who were chosen for the audit. It's quite an important audit for the TOP people cos if we got through, we could get a huge sum of money from it. My Audit Boss say must wait till Monday to see my physical fate - to see which office to report to, since currently I'm being taken out from my new post, solely for this No.1 thingy.

Life After 15th June 07~

After I had been officially posted to my new work environment on 15th June 07, I had been very busy... not with the new work itself, but with other projects and audit stuff. Not again~ you may think... well, Ah Sze is ALWAYS busy with all these extra work wan lor... but this time round it's different. It's like I'm being stretched to the max (maybe haven max lah... cos I haven really start my new work yet). Let me share my busy schedule k? Dun yawn first...

Currently I have 4 confirmed projects on hand in addition to my basic job scope. Everything clashed with one another during the month of my posting, dunno for what purpose. Maybe it's for fun and laughter, peace and joy bah (someone taught me this phrase).

No.1 will end on 4th July if we're chosen for the assessment (something like audit but harder)~
No.2 will end on 19th July after the Visit by someone important~
No.3 will end dunno when... but important is we must come out with the WITs project paper~
No.4 will end (temporary) in Mar 08 after all activities are carried out~ but I think the committee will be organising other stuff after that, so can say it's never-ending bah~
No.5 may be starting in Sept this year if I'm involved again cos I had been doing that audit for 2 years consecutively.

The only lucky thing is I'm being taken out from my new work to concentrate fully on No.1 cos it's considered very important to the organisation. But I feel bad for my new team-mates... since they have to cover my gap during this period.

Office hour is very tiring for me. I'm not a day person. But I have to get used to the new life.

Ok... now you can start yawning if you haven done so... or stop it if you had already started.

Adios~ Til We Meet Again~

Today's farewell plan with my team had failed... cos I had to take urgent leave to attend to my injured FiFi - he hurt his front right paw which bled and smudged his nose and mouth area.

Anyway I still went to my work place since I had a meeting to attend at 4pm with the Top Management again. This time round the atmosphere was much relaxing than the previous meetings and it's the 1st time I saw their "stress" reaction over an upcoming assessment interview on them. It was funny thou... to hear the phrase "is there any standard answer?" from the 2nd Head when he saw those questions posed by the assessors.

After the meeting, I decided to stay back until my team finished their shift at 7.30pm. I wanted to bid my farewell to them officially, although I'll still be in the same building after my transfer *haha* The farewell speech was short cos I dunno what else to say, but I really hope the new bloods (Eugene, Jerry and Firdaus aka Ravi) could maintain the good old Team Bravo which was always fun with the strong cohesion among us.

To all my brothers and sister... Take care and all the best in your future advancements!! Dun forget about Ah Sze k?

Toopid Driver

How weird can taxi drivers be? We've heard all sorts of unhappy encounters with "them" and earlier on I just faced one. His name is Quek Cheng Tee driving SHB2025K (CityCab)...

Shirlene had knocked off from her work at 12am plus and she was able to claim taxi fare for her transportation to home. So I was there to company her in closing her shop cos it was too late and dangerous to do it alone. Anyway that is not the main point lah~

Both of us then hopped onto that toopid cab along AMK Ave 3 and I told him the destination (my home of cos). So as usual, I told him to turn left (in Mandarin) at a few junctions in order to reach my house. Then we came to T junction (AMK St 52 & St 53) where I told him to turn LEFT. But I dunno if he was deaf or what, he made a RIGHT turn!! I was so near to my house k?! And with that wrong turn, it was obviously a longer way. I didn't flare up since I was a good-tempered person normally (unless being provoked - those people who witnessed the FIERCE SZE will know). So I just told him in Mandarin: " Uncle, just now I asked you to turn LEFT leh, but you turn RIGHT". There was silence......... Shirlene and me then exchanged glances and I repeated that phrase to him again. By that time, he had reached another junction and he was supposed to turn LEFT, which luckily he did (since going straight would have gone towards NYP). Throughout the whole journey after the wrong turn, he did not uttered a word, let alone an apology. Toopid driver!!

Eventually we managed to arrive safely at the carpark with fumes coming out from my ears. I just took down his name and taxi number and I WILL email CityCab to feedback about his idiotic attitude.

Police Week Carnival

Went to the Police Week Carnival at Old Police Academy with Hairul & Hamdan yesterday... it was super-packed (especially at the parade square area where they have the Racing Queen Competition, bikes and cars promotion stalls, etc). Took some photos with my O2 Atom Pure again cos never bring camera. Unfortunately we didn't won any lucky draw prizes although our ears managed to accomodate the thunderous sound system with the Hokkien song from the stage prior to the draw.

We were just in time for the Racing Queen Finals
while we were searching for the lucky draw box... *lucky?*

I managed to stand at a concrete thingy behind the crowd *clear view leh*
but it's the best photo I can focus liao *so dun say can't see the babes*

The standard carnival icon (referring to the colourful thing lah)

The shopping "mall"

Static display of vehicles from the SPF specialised unit
(the place where I target the red HomeTeam goodie bag *hehe*)

Ahem... this is my achievement for the day at the carnival lor~ *dun faint*

On your right, you can see the "Ang Chia" (red vehicle in Hokkien) from SOC~
On your left, you can see the patrol boat (or ship?) from the PCG~

High Investment

Since I'm going over to a new place where no blue uniform is needed, it's time to make some changes to my wardrobe... cos need to wear some office attire from 15th June onwards *sigh*

Office wear is not my cup of tea, so I got my buddy Baoli and Shirlene to go shopping with me earlier in Orchard. Lucky it was during the GSS period... if not the expenses would scare the sh*t out of me! Anyway even with all the discounts, I had spent a total of S$247.54 on alot of stuff, out of which S$136.60 was used on the new clothes for the new place(dun ever expect any skirts or dress for me hor). So far the investment for the new challenge had reached S$241.60 including the previous days' achievements *heart bleed lor*

When I reached home, it was a long session of mix-and-match inside mum's room (cos her room got full length mirror) with Shirlene as the advisor. The results were not bad wor *phew*... so guys and gals, it's time to see Ah Sze in office attire w.e.f 15th June 07!! Hahaha... sekali nobody interested to see also~

MSN Virus

Recently there had been this MSN virus thingy spreading around... and I was one of its victim... but end up I also victimized my friends (so sorry about it).

This MSN virus works like this...

When you are in MSN, your "infected" friend in your list will "ask" you to accept a file (picture) transfer from him/her without his/her knowledge. When you accept it and open it up, there's nothing to see (got to know about this from my "victims") . If you didn't delete the file in your computer, it'll start to send the same thingy to your friends the next time you logged on to MSN.

Dunno why got such free people go and create such virus to spread around... as if the famous "flu" virus is not enough to attack the human kind~ lucky the virus didn't do much harm to the PC except for sending nonsense stuff to people in MSN, if not I think alot of people can't sleep in peace~

15th June 2007

It's the day of my internal transfer and a change in my working attire.

Being in the audit team was a blessing, cos I was able to get the 1st hand information from a reliable source about the short notice transfer (it could be even shorter k?). But actually I had anticipated the news... since I gave them the green light to go ahead and remove my "forever appearing" name from their list, so they won't have to bring up my name again and again during their meetings.

My initial greener pasture was gone~ some told me to re-apply for the post again, or to try other pastures apart from my current one. It was a headache to think of places to go. It felt like I was a fresh graduate looking for a job with good prospect to match my qualifications... the truth was... I do have one now~ I was just uncontented... I wanted to climb faster~ so that I can make full use of the cert that I spent so much $$ on.

Well... when the environment fails you, you need to change your mindset to move on with your life. So here I am... slowly grazing through my current green pasture, hoping one day I can do well in my career. Anyway I am happy... that I can stay behind and work with the friends that I made thoughout the 8 years of my extraordinary career. Gotta keep my fingers crossed~ against back-stabbbers... cos I'm venturing into a well-known danger zone.

Have You Seen...?

Have you seen a bedroom that looks like an apparel boutique?

I saw one at Bishan St.13...

And have you seen a bed that looks like a sofa?
I saw that at Bishan St.13 again~

So whose house was that?
It's none other than Shirlene's buddy - Kyrene aka Ping Ping

She just got her house renovated and it's so much nicer compared to her previous layout. The contractor even gave them a free display cabinet (dunno what to call that) that looked totally like those you saw in shops selling watches or accessories! Isn't that cool?

Hmm... if only I have the money~ maybe wait long long might have abit of chance... to hang all my clothes on one side of the bedroom wall instead of three... hahaha...

FiFi The Rabbit

It's time for FiFi The Rabbit again~

What goes in the mind of FiFi everyday? I think it's my mum... she's the "apple" in FiFi's eyes cos FiFi loves to eat apples and mum was always the one to give him his favourite fruit.

Sometimes I wonder if FiFi is a real rabbit~ he doesn't like to eat carrots and pellets like normal rabbits do. He loves apples (must be sweet and hard enough) and Beijing cabbages (but we dun give him that anymore cos it's not that good for rabbits - makes his stools too soft liao). He grunts like a pig or stamps his hind legs if he's grouchy or angry and he is VERY patient... especially when waiting for mum to notice his presence so that she can give him "exotic" food to eat (sometimes she feed him bread lor... and I wonder what else she gave him)

During the day time when mum was not at home, he would relax himself at one corner and he could do that for a looong time (very boring wan). Recently he found his new relaxing area near our living room sofa... and that's the place where he "attacked" the telephone wire. By the way mum doesn't know about the damage yet cos scared she'll "throw" him out of the window (she mentioned before that if he were to bite the wires again at home, she'll throw him down the 9th floor) but we know she only say say lah...

Butt Sliding Seats

Have you guys tried sitting on the new seat design at the MRT stations?

I can't seem to steady my butt on the seat cos it kept slipping down along the slanted and extremely smooth surface. It looks as if you are doing some kind of "butt sliding exercise" while waiting for the train to come (maybe that's part of the Healthy Lifestyle Campaign that SMRT had came up with bah~)

By the way I went to visit the dentist today... cos need to fill up the deep hole for one of my lower left tooth (the previous filling went missing suddenly). Ended up filling two holes instead (cos the "upstairs neighbouring tooth" also wanted one) and guess how much it cost?! S$163/= for two fillings and teeth cleaning process (forgot what's that term called liao)... and that is the discounted price~ Anyway I can still claim a further dental benefit of $S70-S$80 from my Co. *hehe*

The "Wire Muncher"

Juz found out that the"wire-muncher" in my house had attacked my living room phone few days ago. No wonder nobody picked up the phone when I called home previously... I had thought the "wire-muncher" had repented from his old habits since the last time I caught him munching the TV wires... but old habits die hard~

The shocking discovery on the floor

The remnants of the pathetic telephone wire

The culprit - "wire-muncher"

Always giving that famous innocent look of his

Time for his drink after a long interrogation session by Ah Sze

Drinking from a bowl like a doggie (doesn't drink from his bottle at all *weird*)

Fifi: Think I better close my eyes since Ah Sze kept looking at me...

Get Out!!

After returning back to work for 2 days, I actually felt better... all thanks to the presence of my team-mates, who were there to make the work enjoyable and laughable with all the nonsense jokes. They really make the difference in my work-life... and I can't imagine how I'll survive the extraordinary career without them. Hmm... I feel as if I had carried them abit too high up in the sky liao hor? Ok... think I change abit~ erm... nevermind lah~ I still think they are great... *getting mushy liao*

Sometimes people feel down for dunno what reason (ya lah... me lah) and they need friends to bring them back to life again. I realised it's not good to stay indoors for long since you tend to think too much (cos people that time sick mah... so no strength to go out walk walk... and ya... it's me again lah) . So... if you can, you must go out with your friends to shop, club, prawning, gossip, or do whatever stuff together. But if not enough money to support your activities, then either you find some rich friends to sponsor you or get involved in those "free" activities lor (like pure chatting). Important thing is Get Out Of Your Den!!

Re-Charged?

Finally after resting for a week at home, I'm going back to work later on for my day shift which starts at 8am... but I have to wake up at 6.15am to get prepared - brush teeth, wash face, set hair, feed FiFi (my beloved rabbit) some food and water - before I leave house and sit ALONE at the bus-stop on a Sunday early morning *pathetic*

Told myself that I would take the week to recharge myself so that I can re-focus on my job from now onwards. But the whole week was filled with cough, runny nose and more cough, and I can't seem to get that toopid phlegm out of my "lungs" (dunno if it belongs there but it does feels kinda stuck). So I guess I'm not that fully-charged afterall~ maybe worse...

How nice it would be if we dun have to work for a living? Then we can just relax and enjoy anytime we want... just like what kids do, or rather what a baby does - sleep, cry, drink milk, sleep... no need to worry about earning enough $$ to pay for stuff, or meeting people's expectations. Hmm~ am I having low morale right now? I supposed so~~

How Well U Know About Ah Sze?

I just finished doing a "how well you know your friend" test online for Shirlene and Winnie... it was quite fun actually. So I also created one for myself, see how well you peeps know about me *hehe*

After taking the test you have to create an account to check your score wor~ just click "pass" to skip all sorts of nonsense questions after you click "create account" k?

You may take the test here

http://www.truefriendtest.com/friendtest/406100

Scoreboard

Create your own Friend Test here

Poor Health

Recently my health was not that good... been falling sick now and then. Doc say I need to rest... and I wonder if it was because of the constant thoughts about my greener pasture previously (den now no need to think liao lor~)

It wasn't that nice to be always on MC... but I can't work with a weak body and mind. It's only 5 months and I already have about 8 days of MC. I'm such a bad example to my juniors at work *sigh* but I guess I have no other choice...

I dun usually have fever before, no matter how sick I was. But for the last 2 days, my fever was 38 degrees Celcius and it always started in the night. Manage to curb it after taking the medicine but it returned the next night. Hmm... it makes me wonder if I should go and pray for some good luck and health. Not being overly superstitious but sometimes it does help in a way or two. Better be safe than sorry mah... cos I encountered the "bad luck" before, if you remember the "Case of Justice" some years back. At that time, after praying, all the nonsensical complaints against me stopped. Think I should find a day to go pray pray...