no more reason not to go for that trip now...

talk about a small world. i went for a friend's friend's birthday party and i saw marianne's friend there!

on another note, here's some food (or rather cards) for thought: say you're playing poker/blackjack... what do you do when you get a lousy hand? try and make the best of what you've got? quit? or peek at the cards the dealer has? hahaha.

sigh! my laptop is screwed up. can't seem to get it working right. i think it might be dying soon.

apparently some things never change. time heals all wounds and time changes everything? nah, i don't think so. well, at least not for me. time may have whizzed by but it doesn't seem that long ago at all. once upon a time? sure feels like yesterday!!

it's just one of those days...

i'm not in the mood to do anything today... drifting in and out of those spacing out moods... maybe it's pms, maybe it's not. maybe i'm just tired.

have you ever sat down and watch the world pass you by? it's almost like watching a silent movie... you can't hear what the people are saying coz you're in a world of your own... almost like being sheltered inside a glass dome where no one can come near you. all the sounds around you become muffled; you can't and are not really keen on making out what the people around you are talking about. they are just sounds. your brain doesn't process the sounds to translate it into words that make sense. so you're just sitting there, watching people go about doing their own stuff. isn't it amazing how disconnected everyone can be while being at the same place at the same time? take a look at the people around you... everyone is doing his/her/their own thing... having seperate, entirely different conversations while being at the same place at the same time. and then you start to wonder: who are these people, what do they do, what kind of lifes to they lead? interesting eh? simultaneous diversity.

finally!!

finally some time for myself first time since i started work! finally no more cleaning up or moving house to be done, no more late nights at work. finally i can actually sit down and rest!

i'm kinda enjoying what i do at work so no complaints about the long hours. on the plus side, i've lost 2kg since i started work there. hahaha and i haven't had time to shop at all (by the time i get off work, ALL the shops are closed). the learning curve is steep and everyday is challenging and i'm loving it. taking it all in my stride, one step at a time. boss loves me... thinks i'm very good coz i pick up fast, learn fast and can understand. *grin* i'm like that new kid in the class who knows all the answers. hahaha. it's so funny... the 2 guys who have been there longer than me and are older than me feel intimidated coz i can grasp all the concepts so fast. hahaha. they are so silly! but it's going to get tiring coz my boss has such high expectations of me, i can't slack. heh.

hmm... it's been almost a month since i last went out. yawn. so lazy. so tired. so sleepy...

new year, new house, new job

what a year!! and what a month feb has turned out to be!!! started my new job on 29 jan, moved house on 3 feb, had the house blessing on 10 feb, and then it's chinese new year now and the relatives from daddy's side are coming tmr. i am exhausted!! the past 3 weeks has been so hectic! ! work work work, move house, unpacking the boxes, cleaning up the place, work work work again, and then more cleaning when i'm home. it's so crazy!!! the earliest time i have left work since i started there is 8pm!!! i am so overworked!! and then when i get home, i still have to unpack and clean up. i have almost forgotten what is sleep! it was such a bad month!! everything was happening at the same time. peak period at work and having to move house. yikes! anyhow, i'm so glad all of that is finally over!!

help help help. i need a holiday. a getaway to somewhere faraway. please please please take me away.

new job, new house. everything at once. yikes. new environment in the office, new environment at home. i'm going to have to deal with all the changes, somehow. a relaxing weekend seems like something very out of reach now... like one of those white fluffy clouds far up in the blue sky. this weekend will be spent cleaning up the new house. next weekend will be spent unpacking. and the following weekend is the house warming party. oh my goodness. and that after that it's chinese new year. which means my aunties and uncles and cousins from daddy's side will be coming over to the new house too. there goes another weekend. isn't that the end of the feb already? *collaspes onto the floor*

tomorrow's the last day. it's been a week. so fast. they haven't got a replacement yet. i'm so tired. physically and mentally drained out.. i've been working late all week, leaving office at about 8. work seems never ending. it's been a crazy week. mad mad mad mad rush. so many things to do, so little time. sigh! new report requests just kept coming in everyday, i didn't have any time to clear up whatever work i had before. there's still some more work left but i was so tired today, i didn't want to work anymore!! finished up all of the reports though. after that i was like just spacing out. haha. handed over most of my stuff anyway.

it's the weekend but it's going to be a crazy one too. moving back home on wed. cupboards, lighting all coming in over the weekend. i've got to start packing too. argh. my brain cannot think anymore!! and mummy wants me to plan the house warming 3 saturdays from now. she wants the guest list, menu and program before monday. FAINT!!!! now i have to go find caterers. my brother is supposed to help me but i think i can forget about him helping me at all. tsk tsk.

you wouldn't believe what i did yesterday afternoon. i resigned! hahahaha. went for an interview during lunch and they offered me on the spot. and they even want to pay off my current company coz i'm not giving the required 1 month's notice. they want me to start on 29 Jan and so effectively, i would only be giving 1 week's notice to my current company. i was stunned!!! what was happening!!! one moment, i didn't even want to go for that interview coz i wasn't interested. and the next they were making an offer i couldn't refuse. i never expected them to make an offer on the spot! it was only the 1st round of interview. hahahaha. i don't even know what was happening. towards the end, everything seemed like a blur. when i walked out of the room, my head had that light feeling. i was still in shock!

you should have seen the look on the bosses' face. hahahaha not my direct manager. he knew i was going to resign anytime. he was prepared. the rest were not. hahaha. it was like a bolt of lightning. they totally didn't see my resignation letter coming. hahaha. and i was totally enjoying dropping the bomb on them. that was bomb number 1. bomb number 2: i'm leaving in a week's time because the other company's going to pay off the 1 month notice which i was required to serve. bomb number 2 took a little more time to sink in. had to tell them a couple of times but apparently it didn't sink in until the secretary had to repeat it to them. heheheh

now the mixed feelings are starting to sink in. a little sad coz i will be leaving my friends i made there. it's been so fun with them... breakfasts, lunches, gossip sessions... sigh! yet at the same time, i'm excited coz it feels like i'm embarking on a whole new journey.

next week's going to whiz past in a blink of an eye. heh. but i'm going to be so broke for the next couple weeks! i wouldn't be getting my jan pay (coz it's going to get confiscated. the new company will pay me back, but it's probably going to be next month). but come feb, i will have lots of money! 2 months of pay, the money i'll be getting from the leave i didn't take from last year, my medical expenses, and ang pows!!! hahaha yay! shopping sprees, here i come!!! whoppeee!!

race against time

i have 43 days left to find a new job. my current boss has to take on another project in another department and he has to hand over his current responsibilities to a skunk. change in bosses will be official in the 2nd quarter, which means april. hence i need to leave, no, i HAVE to leave before that. and taking into consideration that i have to give 1 month's notice, i have to tender my resignation by 28 Feb.

and if all else fails, i always have a plan B ready. i'm always prepared. hah!

Saturday, 19th April 2008, 7:30pm

Grand Ballroom, The Ritz-Carlton

hahahaha.

and it's the last working day of the year!! yay!!!

yawn... it's a slow lazy tuesday morning. 3/4 of the office is on leave, including ALL the bosses... my manager is on leave too. there's no work to be done. it's raining outside and i'm freezing! the perfect day to lie in bed all day and watch tv.

i'm so fat now. yikes. i've put on so much weight, it's unbelievable. almost 5kg in the last 9 months. it's yet another sign that i'm getting older and my metabolic rate is slowing down. sigh! i've never seen my weight fluctuate like that!! it was an almost imposibble task to put on weight last time and now, i don't even have to try to put on weight!! work is bad. it makes me fat. (therefore i shouldn't work! hahahaha) now that i work, i eat proper meals everyday - breakfast, lunch and dinner. before, it was only 1 or 2 meals a day.

time for lunch! bak kut teh!!!

what are the chances of hitting the bull's eye?

what are the chances of hitting the bull's eye twice in a row?

rain rain rain!! if only it was snow...

it's one of those days when the unexpected happens and what you least expect appears right smack in front of you.

there are aleady 3 christmas parties which i have to go to... 23rd, 24th and 26th. sigh! and i thought i can have a nice quiet christmas weekend at home.

i'm dreaming of a white christmas...

6 more days to christmas! yipee!!!

the perfect lazy rainy sunday

so here i am... finally doing what i've been wanting to do for the longest time - sitting at starbucks, sipping on my hot cup of mocha, reading a book, watching the world pass me by, christmas music playing softly in the background... ah... all these on the perfect lazy rainy sunday afternoon!

it's kinda theurapetic. somehow.