cny help
anyone going down to lim chee guan to queue for bak kwa? can i "ride" on your trip down, need to order a few hundreds grammes of bak kwa to give SO's family and of course for my own consumption...please sms me if there're any helpful souls!
i should be going down smiling orchid to order as well, if anyone wants to order, perhaps i can help! but collection is another matter...:)
otherwise, is anyone intending to go down to lcg, i'll go with you, don't want to brace those queues alone...:)
many thanks in advance! the kiasu-ness will pay off, cny comes in less than 25 days, must order now!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
i wanna be a boho baby
it has been hectic. lots to do at work, many events during the weekends, endless proposals to finish. totally swamped!
for today i take a breather finally, having finally completed a proposal due today. this is a tough job, with neverending tasks and absolutely irregular hours - you never know when the boss(es) will spring up with a job for you, like at 530pm...nothing is certain! and that's the part i hate. i have to do numbers, which i absolutely abhor! i definitely do not mind writing up my proposals, sometimes it's even like doing your term paper (which i find totally nostalgic, brings back my uni memories and weirdly, an adrenalin rush as well...:) but not the costing part, calculators and numbers are so NOT me. i shall not rant on work per se anymore.
---> in sam's words: i am a survivor and it shall stay that way! please clap for my wee bit of optimism.
taking the mrt train during peak mornings have got me thinking deep. the faces i see, each and every one, so spaced out. it is really alienation personified. why do we live? what do we work for? there seems to be no proper purpose, unless you deem religion as your purpose.
i don't want to work to live. i want to LIVE LIFE, by seeing the world, by experiencing the world wholly. i want to travel, have no reservations, no burdens, to lead a totally carefree lifestyle. a utopic bohemian lifestyle. i never believed in dreams because i hate giving myself false hope, but i guess i have one now - to be a true-blue bohemian! i'll work to earn my feed as i travel, i don't need the material luxuries, as long as i can do whatever i want whenever i like...i can go on forever on this...maybe i shall, when my thoughts are more coherent and substantial...
on another note: an advanced Merry New Year to all! hope 2009 will be a better year for everyone, in every sense or in any sense or in whatever sense you want. :)
it has been hectic. lots to do at work, many events during the weekends, endless proposals to finish. totally swamped!
for today i take a breather finally, having finally completed a proposal due today. this is a tough job, with neverending tasks and absolutely irregular hours - you never know when the boss(es) will spring up with a job for you, like at 530pm...nothing is certain! and that's the part i hate. i have to do numbers, which i absolutely abhor! i definitely do not mind writing up my proposals, sometimes it's even like doing your term paper (which i find totally nostalgic, brings back my uni memories and weirdly, an adrenalin rush as well...:) but not the costing part, calculators and numbers are so NOT me. i shall not rant on work per se anymore.
---> in sam's words: i am a survivor and it shall stay that way! please clap for my wee bit of optimism.
taking the mrt train during peak mornings have got me thinking deep. the faces i see, each and every one, so spaced out. it is really alienation personified. why do we live? what do we work for? there seems to be no proper purpose, unless you deem religion as your purpose.
i don't want to work to live. i want to LIVE LIFE, by seeing the world, by experiencing the world wholly. i want to travel, have no reservations, no burdens, to lead a totally carefree lifestyle. a utopic bohemian lifestyle. i never believed in dreams because i hate giving myself false hope, but i guess i have one now - to be a true-blue bohemian! i'll work to earn my feed as i travel, i don't need the material luxuries, as long as i can do whatever i want whenever i like...i can go on forever on this...maybe i shall, when my thoughts are more coherent and substantial...
on another note: an advanced Merry New Year to all! hope 2009 will be a better year for everyone, in every sense or in any sense or in whatever sense you want. :)
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
to all concerned:
yes, ta-da, i am still alive! unfortunately.
i am up to my neck, with plenty of proposals to finish, with VERY tight deadlines, thanks to my dumb company and bosses. i have to stay late almost EVERY day and even work during events on weekends. i seriously hate this lifestyle - i have a boyfriend whom i want to hang out with, i have parents whom i want to spend time with, i have a life. i am seriously stranded around here...i don't if i should resign without securing a job first, given the bleak financial climate these days. plus, i've have just shifted house and have a whole load of debts to start paying. i just feel that i should just play my part as well with footing part of the bill, at least, work for my own allowance so my parents don't have to upkeep me. i feel like i have a huge burden on my shoulders, which suck. i'm only so young, i feel the responsibility of a 32-year-old, and my type A personality is definitely not helping.
i am really helpless. stay in this crap company which works me to my BONES, squeeze me dry of my every living hour...i am truly troubled.
i hope somebody up there has plans for me, i will try my best to press on with the littlest bit of maturity i should develop as an adult. it is, not easy growing up.
yes, ta-da, i am still alive! unfortunately.
i am up to my neck, with plenty of proposals to finish, with VERY tight deadlines, thanks to my dumb company and bosses. i have to stay late almost EVERY day and even work during events on weekends. i seriously hate this lifestyle - i have a boyfriend whom i want to hang out with, i have parents whom i want to spend time with, i have a life. i am seriously stranded around here...i don't if i should resign without securing a job first, given the bleak financial climate these days. plus, i've have just shifted house and have a whole load of debts to start paying. i just feel that i should just play my part as well with footing part of the bill, at least, work for my own allowance so my parents don't have to upkeep me. i feel like i have a huge burden on my shoulders, which suck. i'm only so young, i feel the responsibility of a 32-year-old, and my type A personality is definitely not helping.
i am really helpless. stay in this crap company which works me to my BONES, squeeze me dry of my every living hour...i am truly troubled.
i hope somebody up there has plans for me, i will try my best to press on with the littlest bit of maturity i should develop as an adult. it is, not easy growing up.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
will be going for a dental appointment tomorrow, hopefully the dentist will extract my wisdom tooth/teeth and i will be on medical leave for the rest of the week~! still thinking if i should extract 1 or both, the teeth is really irritating me. i can imagine my swollen cheeks. i only have ONE book to pass me by, i have no time to get another! hope this will be a good rest for me as well, have been working far too hard...i'm getting burnt out soon.
please wish me luck as well, can't imagine the pain of extraction!
somebody, give me a new job.
please wish me luck as well, can't imagine the pain of extraction!
somebody, give me a new job.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
unbelievable:
1. i have been working for 4bloodymonths. *screams
2. kenn and i have been together for a good 5 years! *shrieks
3. he asked me out ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE i.e.:
him: next sunday you free anot?
me: hm? dunno eh. why leh.
him: you free anot.
me: hm? i think so. why you ask lydat. so funny.
him: just want to ask you out la. i want to date you mah.
me: why so funny, ask me so early.
*the conversation went on like that for a while, leaving me very puzzled why he actually took the initiative to ASK me out...until this week i realised it will be our 5th anniversary on sunday! *gleams
and i still like being with you. happy 5th anniversary, kenneth. :)
1. i have been working for 4bloodymonths. *screams
2. kenn and i have been together for a good 5 years! *shrieks
3. he asked me out ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE i.e.:
him: next sunday you free anot?
me: hm? dunno eh. why leh.
him: you free anot.
me: hm? i think so. why you ask lydat. so funny.
him: just want to ask you out la. i want to date you mah.
me: why so funny, ask me so early.
*the conversation went on like that for a while, leaving me very puzzled why he actually took the initiative to ASK me out...until this week i realised it will be our 5th anniversary on sunday! *gleams
and i still like being with you. happy 5th anniversary, kenneth. :)
Monday, October 13, 2008
my first project, amore women's day out is finally over. it was thoroughly an enriching experience for the past 3 months, i have learnt alot during this period (and also lost a fair bit of sleep and social life). working in events, in this company has humbled me alot. no more the princess in me, without lifting a finger to do the littlest of things. working in events is really TIRING, and zero glam factor. trust me, whatever they show in the movies is purely FOR SHOW.
at the same time, i have gotten to know many many people whom i may not have gotten a chance to meet had i not ventured into events, and this is something i am grateful for. i have received words of thanks from my partners which is probably the only job satisfaction i get out of working in this company. people that you have been liaising actually make the effort to meet you at the event to get to know you - a definite a feel-good experience. this is called real trust and teamwork.
i realised that working requires a GREAT deal of trust between you and people. so many things are agreed upon without actual meetups and things still eventually fall into place, making the whole journey a smooth one. this i think, needs an good deal of trust, i find it actually remarkable that in this dog-eat-dog world, people need each other in order to maintain social order. this is real sociology - trust is a social glue!
i have much to say during my 3 month project, but also much much more to learn as well. learning is a never-ending process and it really depends on the learner. i feel sad that i am getting jaded abit too early...perhaps i should have never started working so soon. well, i guess i have to make the best out of it now. it is now also time to think through the pros and cons of staying in this company, in this line...
at the same time, i have gotten to know many many people whom i may not have gotten a chance to meet had i not ventured into events, and this is something i am grateful for. i have received words of thanks from my partners which is probably the only job satisfaction i get out of working in this company. people that you have been liaising actually make the effort to meet you at the event to get to know you - a definite a feel-good experience. this is called real trust and teamwork.
i realised that working requires a GREAT deal of trust between you and people. so many things are agreed upon without actual meetups and things still eventually fall into place, making the whole journey a smooth one. this i think, needs an good deal of trust, i find it actually remarkable that in this dog-eat-dog world, people need each other in order to maintain social order. this is real sociology - trust is a social glue!
i have much to say during my 3 month project, but also much much more to learn as well. learning is a never-ending process and it really depends on the learner. i feel sad that i am getting jaded abit too early...perhaps i should have never started working so soon. well, i guess i have to make the best out of it now. it is now also time to think through the pros and cons of staying in this company, in this line...
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