met farmz last friday for dinner. it's amazing how 6 of us can stay so close even after years of graduation.. and our boyfriends are mostly quite familiar with each other as well, especially mr mountain dog n my mr chicken chee (he's normally porky, but in farmz terms, let's call him mr chicken chee) :P.. these 2 people are damn entertaining!
when we were in poly, our topics of interests would be school work, gossiping about people in school, ogling at guys and etc.. gradually the topic became about work, travelling and shopping after we graduated.. now we are all talking about getting married! my buddies in farmz are getting married turn by turn.. monkey pang is looking out for the hotels for her customary, mountain dog is so engrossed with her preparation for her ROM...xing fu de nu renS!! :)
goat chan is leaving us for australia this december.. will be sad to see her migrate to somewhere so far. :( she's my 38 partner in crime back in poly days.. now she got blissfully married last year and she's migrating to australia!! life's not gonna be easy during the first few months definitely.. i do hope everything goes well for her and mr goat!
slacked thru saturday as usual (i'mma slacker!!!) and went to the zoo with mr porky and his family on sunday..
the zoo has changed drastically since i last went there a few years ago.. it's even more of an "open" concept now, with monkeys swinging around right above u. be careful not to stand underneath them.. i saw one of them pee from up above. =.=
it was a fun but tiring day. ended the zoo with a ben n jerry's chunky monkey ice cream cone. how sweet! :)
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Time to remove some spider webs!
ok, it's been loooooooooooooooong since i last updated :P
some updates:
work's fine so far as marketing, except for the occasional PMSes from the bosses which still makes me boil when it happens.
have gotten tokidoki crazy recently, infected from company's woman 5.0. bought 3 tokidoki lesportsac bags from evilBay, tobi.com & lesportsac outlet. super pretty la!! will post pictures of them when i get a chance to take pictures :P it's really a lot cheaper to get them in US as compared to the prices locally.. anyway.. i've told myself that 3 is the max, unless i cant withstand temptations next time, but we'll come to that part in a few months time :X
also gotten myself a new toy - Nintendo DS lite in pink!
this baby is keeping my free times fun! train rides home are so bearable now with this time waster~ Ah jie *tempting u* now :P
applied for 3 days leave in October, going to Bangkok for a short holiday with Mr Porky. :) we both miss the shopping and most importantly, Coco walk's buffet which is heavenly good and cheap! also looking forward to Platinum Mall's mango glutinous rice which is oh-so-good.
Can't wait!!
some updates:
work's fine so far as marketing, except for the occasional PMSes from the bosses which still makes me boil when it happens.
have gotten tokidoki crazy recently, infected from company's woman 5.0. bought 3 tokidoki lesportsac bags from evilBay, tobi.com & lesportsac outlet. super pretty la!! will post pictures of them when i get a chance to take pictures :P it's really a lot cheaper to get them in US as compared to the prices locally.. anyway.. i've told myself that 3 is the max, unless i cant withstand temptations next time, but we'll come to that part in a few months time :X
also gotten myself a new toy - Nintendo DS lite in pink!
this baby is keeping my free times fun! train rides home are so bearable now with this time waster~ Ah jie *tempting u* now :P
applied for 3 days leave in October, going to Bangkok for a short holiday with Mr Porky. :) we both miss the shopping and most importantly, Coco walk's buffet which is heavenly good and cheap! also looking forward to Platinum Mall's mango glutinous rice which is oh-so-good.
Can't wait!!
Monday, June 11, 2007
Marketing
someone said i've deserted this place :P
nooooooo, of cos i haven't~~ just being lazy to update.. hehehe
so my last post was about seeking greener pastures.. well, I have indeed switched to another job, but i'm still in the same company :(
to cut the long story short short short:
i tendered my resignation, boss offered me marketing job, i considered the offer, and took it up.
all of my frens were shocked with my decision, because many of them have heard of my endless ramblings in the past.
it was a tough decision to make.... i was seriously sick of the co and the bosses already, but yet this marketing position offers me a stepping stone to the marketing career that i want to embark on. i don't have prior experiences with marketing except for my certs and i'll require a higher pay as compared to fresh grads cos of my 1 yr working experience. Plus, another reason for wanting to quit was because i didn't like the past job scopes..a bit wasting my degree la...
so i had an offer straight in front of me, no need interviews, slight pay increment, good colleagues, 50% bearable bosses, and a chance to jump straight into marketing.
here i am, 1 week plus into the job. still a bit blur here n there and everywhere but i believe i'll enjoy this better then the previous one.
*crosses fingers* wish me luck!!!
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Sick
ooh it's been a month since i last blogged huh
no no no, i've not given up on this place so fast. it's too beautiful to be deserted :P
some updates:
- finished running one conf3rence last week both in Singapore and Hong Kong
- worked OT almost every night before the conf3rence
- fell sick the weekend before the conf3rence, visited cok doc (more stories on him later on), finished medication but still sick
- fell very sick during the conf3rence
- didn't enjoy my hong kong trip
- got shot by boss while in hong kong thru email (happens every other day)
- came back and had 2 days MC
- back to work today
seriously... i'm very sick of working in this company already.
let's name the co "P/C" for short now. P/C has these 2 very short sighted bosses namely Mr PMS and Mrs Ju-On. They are husband and wife. Mr PMS and Mrs Ju-On have gotten on my nerves so many times that i have contemplated throwing my heels at their faces and leaving the company on the spot. i have also imagined, for a thousand times, to flip their tables and break their laptops whenever they pissed me off. and as usual, i have cursed them to "lao-sai" for 15 years many many many times already.
Some examples of how they really made my blood boil.
- Mrs Ju-On can scold me for half an hour over a HUGE AMOUNT of S$20 which was incurred due to a speaker's fault.
- She has also scolded me for one hour due to a mistake in spelling, where I spelt "PR's" as "PR'S"!! (see the mistake? Aprostophe S should be in small letters....)
- Mr PMS would type long long emails "shouting" out our faults whenever he is stressed by his Mrs Ju-On (I say "shout" because he would end his sentences with "!!!")
- He would also send emails of only 1 sentence to ask you to do stupid things when he can obviously see that we are busy like hell
last week, as we had to fly to hong kong, we were commanded to pack our things into a cabin bag so that we can hand carry the luggages on flight, instead of checking in our stuffs... all these to prevent excess baggage. my colleagues had to fly to another country after hong kong and they had to squeeze all their belongings into a small cabin bag, just for the sake of minimising excess baggage. we came up with alternative plans and suggested to Mr PMS and was shot to death by a nasty email which rejected the suggestion. in the end? no charges were incurred as we broke our bones, stretched our muscles and torn our tissues with the handheld luggages for all that's not worth - bosses that we hate.
if there's one thing i love about P/C, that would be my lovely colleagues. times at the office would have been terrible and intolerable if not for these fun people. there are no office politics - only us as a whole, against Mr PMS and Mrs Ju-On.
as much as i love my wonderful colleagues, i'm seriously sick of this job and this company with it's terrible management.
seeking greener pastures?
soon............
soon.
no no no, i've not given up on this place so fast. it's too beautiful to be deserted :P
some updates:
- finished running one conf3rence last week both in Singapore and Hong Kong
- worked OT almost every night before the conf3rence
- fell sick the weekend before the conf3rence, visited cok doc (more stories on him later on), finished medication but still sick
- fell very sick during the conf3rence
- didn't enjoy my hong kong trip
- got shot by boss while in hong kong thru email (happens every other day)
- came back and had 2 days MC
- back to work today
seriously... i'm very sick of working in this company already.
let's name the co "P/C" for short now. P/C has these 2 very short sighted bosses namely Mr PMS and Mrs Ju-On. They are husband and wife. Mr PMS and Mrs Ju-On have gotten on my nerves so many times that i have contemplated throwing my heels at their faces and leaving the company on the spot. i have also imagined, for a thousand times, to flip their tables and break their laptops whenever they pissed me off. and as usual, i have cursed them to "lao-sai" for 15 years many many many times already.
Some examples of how they really made my blood boil.
- Mrs Ju-On can scold me for half an hour over a HUGE AMOUNT of S$20 which was incurred due to a speaker's fault.
- She has also scolded me for one hour due to a mistake in spelling, where I spelt "PR's" as "PR'S"!! (see the mistake? Aprostophe S should be in small letters....)
- Mr PMS would type long long emails "shouting" out our faults whenever he is stressed by his Mrs Ju-On (I say "shout" because he would end his sentences with "!!!")
- He would also send emails of only 1 sentence to ask you to do stupid things when he can obviously see that we are busy like hell
last week, as we had to fly to hong kong, we were commanded to pack our things into a cabin bag so that we can hand carry the luggages on flight, instead of checking in our stuffs... all these to prevent excess baggage. my colleagues had to fly to another country after hong kong and they had to squeeze all their belongings into a small cabin bag, just for the sake of minimising excess baggage. we came up with alternative plans and suggested to Mr PMS and was shot to death by a nasty email which rejected the suggestion. in the end? no charges were incurred as we broke our bones, stretched our muscles and torn our tissues with the handheld luggages for all that's not worth - bosses that we hate.
if there's one thing i love about P/C, that would be my lovely colleagues. times at the office would have been terrible and intolerable if not for these fun people. there are no office politics - only us as a whole, against Mr PMS and Mrs Ju-On.
as much as i love my wonderful colleagues, i'm seriously sick of this job and this company with it's terrible management.
seeking greener pastures?
soon............
soon.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
The Phantom and the Ghostbuster
I went to watch Phantom of The Opera at The Esplanade yesterday! Thanks to Shell, we had fantastic seats and quite a good view of the great musical. I've been wanting to watch this musical since I was in Secondary school.. but i was too broke to watch it last time and after waiting for 10+ years, it's finally back in Singapore!
The backdrops and effects were amazing.. Casts were perfect. I can now truly understand the magic that makes Phantom of the Opera tick. Oooh ya.. I've never clapped so long in my life before.. *sayang hands*
After the musical, I took a cab home from City Hall and I met the weirdest cab driver ever.
He started off by asking if I went shopping.. I said no, I went to watch Phantom of the Opera blah blah blah...
(Here are some snippets of our conversation. Those in (brackets) were my thoughts at that moment)
Driver: So have you seen the REAL phantom before?
Me: You mean..ghosts? Nope..
Driver: So is your inner spirit strong enough for it?
Me: (o.O) What do you mean? Like scared?
Driver: Ya!
Me: I think so! Definitely!
Driver: That means your inner spirit is not strong enough....
Me: (..........) Er....... so have you seen it yourself?
Driver: Of course! I've seen lots and lots.... Have you heard of Ghostbusters?
Me: In Singapore? Nope!
Driver: Well.. I'm one..
Me: Oh...... (Right....)
Driver: I've seen lady ghost, seaghost, Japan ghosts, black genie, ghosts with only head and intestines, no body....
Me: Oh.. so do some of them actually look like real man and woman?
Driver: The lady ghosts look like normal human.. but they cover their face with the hair.. only the LUCKY ones can see their red eyes.. *Laughs hysterically* In fact, I've driven lady ghosts before, one sat behind my driver seat that time.
Me: Erm... that's where I'm seating!! ($%#$%@%)
Driver: I've even had passenger died inside my cab before! He waited for 4 hours and came up into my cab then said "Bye Bye" and died.
Me: Oh my gosh, let me down now! Haha... (Someone save me please.... >_<)
Driver: Long long time ago, in another cab.. I had a passenger who dress like ancient martial arts master. He sat beside me and began to tell my fortune.. About 95% was correct! Then he asked me for my car number to help me with 4D.. but I rejected him lah, cos I don't want to win this type of money. Next day my car number really 1st prize! And you know where I dropped him? LIM CHU KANG! *Laughs hysterically again*.. and "poof" he disappeared in front of my eyes!
Me: (urgh...................)
Me: So you drive in the day time and catch ghosts at night?
Driver: No, I drive 24 hours! I seldom sleep lah, only go to the mosque to sleep 1-2 hours sometimes.. I don't sleep at home, cos I need extra protection.
Me: Oh... (Am I gonna get into an accident cos of his lack of sleep?)
Driver: Once I got into a curse! Someone from KL sent a curse, my right eye was blinded while I was driving.. Totally cannot see!
Me: Oh no, then how?
Driver: I drove the passenger home and went to the mosque to pray.. after 8 hours battle then my eyes ok.
Me: (1stly got ghosts in his cab before, then people died before, and he doesn't have enough sleep, and he might get cursed anytime? How safe is this ride?)
Driver: There are more black magic in Malaysia than Singapore. And they can send the curses all the way from KL, you know! Have you seen flying eggs?
Me: Flying eggs? No!
Driver: Nowadays Singapore no more...but Malaysia a lot.. Once they sent flying eggs to Singapore, with needle inside. This is very dangerous ah...we battled it for very long... because, if got 3rd party very strong also, he can intercept the egg and make it change direction!
Me: Oh............ That's very dangerous.. (speechless)
Driver: Next time when you see black snakes in your house, like cobra or python, don't catch it first! You ask it to leave..by saying "if you are evil, leave.. if you are a snake, don't leave"
Me: Erm... English or Mandarin it can understand?
Driver: The spirit knows what you want to tell it, so it's ok one.. you try 3 times to ask it to leave.. if 3 times it never leave, means it's just normal snake....
Me: ( =_=|||||)
I suspect he was really having fun with my reactions.. and mind, these are not all that he said. He added stories of his family being in curse before, his nephew being cursed in Malaysia and his numerous battles with the evil.
Phew... I'm only glad that I reached my destination safe and sound.
The backdrops and effects were amazing.. Casts were perfect. I can now truly understand the magic that makes Phantom of the Opera tick. Oooh ya.. I've never clapped so long in my life before.. *sayang hands*
After the musical, I took a cab home from City Hall and I met the weirdest cab driver ever.
He started off by asking if I went shopping.. I said no, I went to watch Phantom of the Opera blah blah blah...
(Here are some snippets of our conversation. Those in (brackets) were my thoughts at that moment)
Driver: So have you seen the REAL phantom before?
Me: You mean..ghosts? Nope..
Driver: So is your inner spirit strong enough for it?
Me: (o.O) What do you mean? Like scared?
Driver: Ya!
Me: I think so! Definitely!
Driver: That means your inner spirit is not strong enough....
Me: (..........) Er....... so have you seen it yourself?
Driver: Of course! I've seen lots and lots.... Have you heard of Ghostbusters?
Me: In Singapore? Nope!
Driver: Well.. I'm one..
Me: Oh...... (Right....)
Driver: I've seen lady ghost, seaghost, Japan ghosts, black genie, ghosts with only head and intestines, no body....
Me: Oh.. so do some of them actually look like real man and woman?
Driver: The lady ghosts look like normal human.. but they cover their face with the hair.. only the LUCKY ones can see their red eyes.. *Laughs hysterically* In fact, I've driven lady ghosts before, one sat behind my driver seat that time.
Me: Erm... that's where I'm seating!! ($%#$%@%)
Driver: I've even had passenger died inside my cab before! He waited for 4 hours and came up into my cab then said "Bye Bye" and died.
Me: Oh my gosh, let me down now! Haha... (Someone save me please.... >_<)
Driver: Long long time ago, in another cab.. I had a passenger who dress like ancient martial arts master. He sat beside me and began to tell my fortune.. About 95% was correct! Then he asked me for my car number to help me with 4D.. but I rejected him lah, cos I don't want to win this type of money. Next day my car number really 1st prize! And you know where I dropped him? LIM CHU KANG! *Laughs hysterically again*.. and "poof" he disappeared in front of my eyes!
Me: (urgh...................)
Me: So you drive in the day time and catch ghosts at night?
Driver: No, I drive 24 hours! I seldom sleep lah, only go to the mosque to sleep 1-2 hours sometimes.. I don't sleep at home, cos I need extra protection.
Me: Oh... (Am I gonna get into an accident cos of his lack of sleep?)
Driver: Once I got into a curse! Someone from KL sent a curse, my right eye was blinded while I was driving.. Totally cannot see!
Me: Oh no, then how?
Driver: I drove the passenger home and went to the mosque to pray.. after 8 hours battle then my eyes ok.
Me: (1stly got ghosts in his cab before, then people died before, and he doesn't have enough sleep, and he might get cursed anytime? How safe is this ride?)
Driver: There are more black magic in Malaysia than Singapore. And they can send the curses all the way from KL, you know! Have you seen flying eggs?
Me: Flying eggs? No!
Driver: Nowadays Singapore no more...but Malaysia a lot.. Once they sent flying eggs to Singapore, with needle inside. This is very dangerous ah...we battled it for very long... because, if got 3rd party very strong also, he can intercept the egg and make it change direction!
Me: Oh............ That's very dangerous.. (speechless)
Driver: Next time when you see black snakes in your house, like cobra or python, don't catch it first! You ask it to leave..by saying "if you are evil, leave.. if you are a snake, don't leave"
Me: Erm... English or Mandarin it can understand?
Driver: The spirit knows what you want to tell it, so it's ok one.. you try 3 times to ask it to leave.. if 3 times it never leave, means it's just normal snake....
Me: ( =_=|||||)
I suspect he was really having fun with my reactions.. and mind, these are not all that he said. He added stories of his family being in curse before, his nephew being cursed in Malaysia and his numerous battles with the evil.
Phew... I'm only glad that I reached my destination safe and sound.
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