Saturday, April 29, 2006 at 9:45 PM
shopping with my aunt
after much consideration, keong and i accompanied my aunt to shop. first stop was lunch at century square. then, we shopped around metro for a birthday pressie that would interest a 2-year-old boy. next stop was to tampines mall. i bought my ¾ cardigan and a white top.
finally, we headed off to get the main stuff. we took a cab to og albert. my aunt bought 2 foldable mattresses and a pillow for me. we were on the way walking to gnee hong to get foldable table, realised we were kinda lost, my aunt took out the print ad and I realized the place had already closed half an hour ago.
with that, we walked to bugis to get gelato before heading home.
loves
Friday, April 28, 2006 at 9:33 AM
my first "slack" week
havent been online cos my lappy crashed.have been spending most of my monday and tuesday watching a korean series, xing niang 18 shui, till 5am. a very funny, touching and addictive show, cant get enough of it. no wonder eml watched it like 5 times. never thought i would watch korean drama. i finally finished the 18 episodes on wednesday afternoon. keong and i intended to go out but the weather has been a spoiler. We decided to change our plan and take the shuttle to tampines for lunch. we had lunch at swensens cos keong was craving for the chicken baked rice.I woke up on friday morning with a stomach flu. keong came by and bought me breakfast. Later, we went over to his place and watched the Perfect Man. Have been watching so many shows, i cant remember the story plot now. Quite redundant i thought. Im running out of shows to watch soon. After the show, I fell asleep while keong prepared dinner on his own. Thank you~!
loves
Saturday, April 22, 2006 at 7:44 PM
boring saturday
its saturday evening.. yes! im stuck at home. at least the rain made me feel a lil better cos i dont like the feeling of being drenched. i thought of going swimming but the weather hasnt been to my favour.
i was supposed to meet reys. waited for her call till i got bored and decided to call her. not long later, i received a message from her saying that she is going malaysia to eat with her mum. there goes my plans for saturday.
but at least i went to accompany dear keong for dinner. didnt had much though. he took like an hour break. we did some window shopping on the way to the atm before dinner.
while i was waiting for a cab alone and at the same time, on the phone with angela, keong stuffed a bag into my hand when i wasnt looking. he bought the jacket that we saw when we window shopped. thank you~! (i kinda expected it but not so soon :X)
i decided to make good of my free time. i shall look for jobs, clean up my room and do some reflection. how i wished im at brisbane. im supposed to be enjoying myself now if my aunt had not stop me. dammit! i feel so lifeless.
my plans for tomorrow. going for pedi and manicure with eml (my birthday pressie). then, i'll be meeting reys.
loves
Friday, April 21, 2006 at 11:47 PM
farewell treat, gifts and hugs
the interview went fine. not very wonderful, not very bad..right after the interview, penny drove hazel and i to parkway. we had lunch at some japanese restaurant. then, we went to do some shopping individually. i bought farewell gifts for cathy and isabelle, to thank them for looking out for me and helping me in every way.back in the office, elisa told me i had a vase of sunflowers. i knew it was from the marcom team. hazel also gave me a farewell gift from the marcom team - tiffany & co. necklace. felt kind of sad and heavy hearted. if given a choice, i would wished to stay on. i spent my last few hours drafting some messages to be written on cards for the marketing peeps. had a last meeting with hazel and michelle. michelle and i waited in the preview room for like half an hour after the meeting for the machines. when we could finally use it, the method i usually used doesnt work. what a mentor! :\at 6pm, i was still in the office writing cards. it was really nice of keong to get me 2 more roses and cards cos i was short of them. he waited patiently at the lobby while i busily packed my stuff and made sure i havent left anything behind. i finally left the office at 7.52pm with like 2 paper bags, a hand bag and a vase of lovely sunflowers. its a pity i didnt have the time to take pictures with them but their hugs were more than enough. aww.. im missing them already. :(
loves
10:29 AM
last day of work
last night, i told myself i must be early or at least punctual today.i was awaken by the glaring light, my aunt had came in to look for the hair dryer which happens to be under my bed. i had to get up so she could take it. then, i went back to sleep. my alarm rang not long later, i pressed on the snooze button and went back to sleep. it rang twice before my mobile alarm rang. i had the intention to get up but somehow, i fell asleep again. by the time i got up, it was like 8.28am.i quickly showered, got changed as usual. the watch shows 9.35am when i arrived the office. so much for being early.. i could have been much late if keong didnt come to pick me up.i'll be having a interview in 30 mins. yes.. in the office. just different departments.my last of work..so bored cos i have to let michelle do the work.i'll be having lunch with my supervisor and managers..i hope my day will turn out good..same to you. have a good day!
loves
Wednesday, April 19, 2006 at 6:17 PM
just a wednesday
my supervisor wants me to relax a lil and let michelle do the work. which means this week would be a less busy week but it seems like im more busy than ever. 2 more days to teach her all that i know and to guide her along and thereafter, she'll be on her own. im sure she will be fine.i just received shopping vouchers from the marketing peeps for my 21st birthday. so sweet~! i'll be having farewell lunch with my bosses on friday.. im sure i will miss all the wonderful people from marketing who made my experience a pleasant one.after friday, i will be a bummer, slacker, whatever you prefer.. just so happened that reys has also quit her job and ying xue hasnt found one. yay~! its time to catch up with friends. and to friends who i havent had time to meet, call me or msg me! esp. lyddie and qin.. miss ya all~!i was searching for a new blogskin this afternoon but havent seen any i fancy. kinda bored with the current blogskin. shall make use of my free time to search for more. so tune in for a new blog look soon.. its shopping time after work. have to shop for gifts for the wonderful people. =) 8 more mins..!have a great evening~!
loves
Monday, April 17, 2006 at 5:52 PM
Hazel's birthday~!
its monday, 17th april.. its hazel's birthday~! HAPPY BIRTHDAY~! and the new intern is here. i must say she is a nice girl, rather quiet though.i brought her for lunch at signature cos i understand the loneliness of not having someone to bring you for lunch on the first day of your work.i was blogging when marcia called me. she told me to go to the executive pantry where everyone else was already there. there was 2 cakes, one with hazel's and sylvia's names, the other had mel's and my name~! (made by charmaine) we are all april babies!! never knew so many april babies in my 20 years; hazel, mel, sylvia, eileen, linli, ken, vivienne, kim. HAPPY BIRTHDAY APRIL BABIES~! yay! its really sweet and nice. feel kinda sad to have to leave the company after a year with them. :(
loves
Sunday, April 16, 2006 at 11:58 PM
the long weekend
fri. cos of the rain, i stayed home the whole morning. in the afternoon, keong and i took the shuttle bus to tampines. we borrowed 4 vcds; beauty shop, the perfect man, my boyfriend is B-type and one more chinese show. then, we went to get lunch. bought bread and pastries from breadtalk, yaki tori, taco pachi and shaker fries.
we saw eml while waiting for the shuttle bus. so, that was our afternoon, buying lunch and watching beauty shop.
we had dinner at his place. after dinner, we intended to print some pictures with my canon printer and lappy. but somehow, my lappy failed me. so depressing..! my documents, files and pictures.. :_( i hope my uncle can saved them.
sat. my cuzy, alaric came to our room to wake eml and i up. i got up and showered while eml continued sleeping. we left home at 10+ for the imperial treasure restaurant at taka. had so much food; pineapple bun, prawn dumplings, siew mai, pork dumpling, chicken feet, pork rib, porridge, shark-fins dumpling soup, roasted goose, chee cheong fan with prawns... ...
being the birthday girl, everyone treated me like a princess. haha. =D no one reprimanded me for whatever i do. not even my uncle. everyone gave in to me, thats including eml, the queen. yay~! if only its my birthday everyday. so pampered. :X
after the satisfying and filling lunch, eml, keong and i went shopping with granny and aunt. we went to aussino at paragon to buy towels. for once, i get to choose the colours before eml. feel so good. i got purple and pink bath towels, which left eml with 2 colours; turqoise and cream. she took the cream and got the turqoise for alaric.
we left while eml waited for her friend at paragon. we went to centrepoint, i bought a berms, loose-powder and liquid foundation. we got home in the late afternoon. keong and i went to his place. we went to the night market. somehow, i have a thing for night markets although they are generally the same. in summary, we bought 2 caps, a pair of sunglasses, disney monopoly, lotsa food and our favourite fruit, jambu.
dinner was bites and munches of food amidst monopoly. i was so engrossed in the game (because i was the BIG winner), i refused to go home. i agreed to end the game only when keong was left with nothing. :X so mean.. but i like~! haha
keong insisted on sending me home. before we left his place, he asked if i wanted a jacket though i was already wearing double layer. i supposed the wind would be freezing so i wore it. few minutes after we started the journey, we laid on the road with wounds and bruises. thanks to a comfort cabby who disregard safety just because there was a passenger. stupid cab-driver~! to make things worse, the malay cab-driver with the license no. 74*6 was not the least guilty. he didnt apologise for his abrupt, incomplete lane changing. he said "its an accident and its either your fault or my fault. we just take down each other's license plate and report if you want."
for a moment after i fell, i sat on the road cos my knee didnt allow me to get up. a kind biker (around our age) got off his bike and helped keong pushed beckeon to the side. after keong shouted at the cabby continously, he left. we went to mobil to get plasters and at the same time, get washed up. a compassionate malay girl behind the counter asked if we needed bandage. she took out their first aid box and told us the way to the toilets. after we got our dressings, we went to see a doctor before going to the police post. thereafter, he sent me home.
sun. i bought lunch and took a cab to keong's place. after lunch, we went to look for a bike shop to replace his broken mirror. the one just around his place was closed so we had to go to bukit batok.
after replacing his mirror, keong suggested going to sheng siong to get bandage and food. we bought lotsa junk food - watermelon, jellies, cheezels.. before proceeding to the cashier, keong noticed the sky was dark. before we knew, it started raining heavily. whose great idea? given the situation we were in, we decided to take a cab.
we spent the afternoon watching the perfect man. we left his place at 7+ and headed to eileen's place. on our way to her place, it started raining AGAIN~! dammit! when will it ever stopped raining? im so sick of getting wet each time i start a journey with clean, dry clothes. we left her place after having the cake.
needless to say, it rained again on our way back. after we got to his place, we took turns to shower before we watched a chinese vcd (i forgot the title). then, i went home at 11+.
HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY EILEEN~! Wishing you all the best in everything and may you stay happy and cheery always!all in all, i've received 3 red packets and a key pendant with necklace from my family, fossil watch from my lovely bestie and choon peng (so fond of it!), a guess bag from the gals (love it~!), a billabong bag from vincent, a adidas bag from amily, a ring from rachel, a set of lingerie from lin and suvin, a set of crown accessories from angela (im either wearing the belt or ring at all times!), a skirt from hazel and lotsa blessings.. thanks vanessa, wei liang, qin, lyd, ken, cai feng, alvin kor, alvin, eileen, lin, reys, angela, hazel, john and keong for all your messages. and also for all those who came to my party. your presence meant more than the pressies. not forgetting, the surprised call from my bestie. i appreciated it so much~! Love you all~! =Dim a happy gal..!
loves
Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at 11:22 PM
happy birthday ken~!
keong came to pick me up for lunch. we went to tampines cos i had to get ken's birthday pressie. how nice of him to offer to accompany me. =D we shopped around tampines mall and century square. finally, i decided to get a key holder. then, i went on to shop for hazel's pressie. got her a turquoise necklace which i thought was very her and it came with matching ear rings. how nice~!since the day started, i've been hesitating if i should attend the party cos i feel so weird. i called angela who managed to persuade me to go.after work, i went home for dinner. keong waited patiently while i prepared. he sent me to the resort and we waited for angela and jeff for like 15 mins.it wasnt as weird as i thought it would be. i spent most of the time talking to vivienne though. its nice to know hows she doing. half an hour later, after the cake ceremony, angela, jeff and i left.
loves
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at 11:02 PM
bad interview
keong came to pick me home for dinner right after work. while we were having dinner, i was reprimanded by my aunt for what i think i wasnt even at fault. i got so irritated but i managed to keep my cool. i feel like im being accused.keong helped me to iron my clothes while i got ready for the interview. i arrived whitesands at 8.05pm. the interview was held at delifrance. i felt so weird. didnt know what to do and say. i totally screwed up the interview. it might be the atmosphere, the interviewer (she was a petite lady with a stern look), my mood or the last-min interview (i didnt have time to prepare cos i was informed only the day before) but whatever it is, theres no good excuse.lesson learnt - always be pre-prepared
loves
Monday, April 10, 2006 at 11:12 PM
my 21st birthday celebration
pardon me for the long entry..
fri. keong and i made a trip to NTUC to get some stuff for the chalet before heading home for dinner.
sat. keong came to pick me up at 8.50am. i got to shaw centre at 9.10am, went upstairs and realised that the interview starts at only 9.30am. (there were only 3 persons [2 guys, 1 gal] waiting for the interview in the room) i decided to go for breakfast. while waiting for our food at the mac donald's counter, i received a call from adecco saying that they were starting the interview earlier. great i thought! i spent 6 mins eating 2 waffles, 1 chicken sausage and took a few sips of lemon tea.
i went back to the room and there were 6 persons [2 guys, 4 gals; the 3 gals who arrived before me are friends]. due to some reasons, they changed the group interview to individual interview. and bcos i was technically the last to arrived, i had to wait. so much for gobbling my food. -_-
i waited from 9.35am to around 10.10am while the 3 friends chatted away. the interviewers were 2 ladies. the interview went pretty well. i was quite satisfied with my answers though i thought i could do better.
right after the interview, keong and i went home to get the utensils and chocolate for our chocolate crown and key that apparently, no shop could make. keong went to so many shops selling bakery stuff yet no shop had a crown mould. and due to time constraint, no shop could make a chocolate crown and key for us. thanks to the cake shop for the trouble cos they actually said they could make it but later, said they didnt have the mould. after getting whatever we need to, we went to my mum's place for the "chocolate operation".
part 1, the chocolate key.. we placed 1/2 the white chocolate into a square tin, then we put the tin into a pot of boiling water. our first attempt failed because the water leaked into the tin. second attempt, keong used a metal bowl instead of the tin and managed to melt the chocolate. we tried to draw chocolate keys on a piece of alumimium cardboard and succeeded!
part 2, the chocolate crown.. i used the pot of hot water to warm up the knife before cutting the chocolate. because the chocolate was too thick, i had to do it slowly. keong offered to cut and accidentally broke the crown. while he went out to get another bar of white chocolate, i continue to cut out the shape of the crown. using the leftover chocolate, i cut 3 small round chocolate to place at the pointed top, then we melted the rest and mended the crown. tadah~! finally done! pretty successful.
we went back to my place and helped my aunt with the bacon and chicken kebab. when we were done with the kebab, my aunt suggested renting a car. i managed to find a couple of car leasing companies and keong called them up. after so many calls, we finally got one company which could provide us with a car (kia spectra) for collection in an hour. at this time, reys, ying xue and xin yang came to help us bring the stuff to the chalet. we followed them to the chalet to get the key before collecting the car. when we got there, we were told that the kia spectra had been drove away and they only had nissan sunny. i was pretty nervous cos i havent drove ever since i got my license. i managed to drive back to my place safely with keong's help, my instructor for the 2 days.
i was so familiar with the route after the 2nd trip. in all, i made 3 trips to drive all my family members to the chalet. it was 8+ by the time i got there and everyone was already there. feel so bad. thanks so much to Reyers and Ying Xue for helping me carry the stuff and also for the wonderful decorations!!!
around midnight, i drove all my family members back home. i was back at the chalet at only 1am. reys and ying xue was falling asleep from the long wait. finally, it was mahjong time! we played 16 rounds before we slept.
sun. keong and i woke up at 9+. we packed the room a lil and showered before making a trip to visit beckeon. we were pretty worried about beckeon's safety, felt relieved to see him safe and sound. we went back to the chalet and bought brunch for everyone. after brunch, reys suggested playing mahjong. we played 16 rounds. by the time we finished, it was 6+. dinner time~! we proceeded downstairs to barbeque. angela came some time after reys and ying xue left.
later in the night, we went for a ride. angela suggested going shisha at arab street. we made like 4 - 5 rounds before getting to the place. i was so tired, i fell asleep after awhile. keong woke me up at 2.30am to go back to the chalet.
mon. we woke up at 9am, packed the stuff, showered and checked out. we sent angela home before going to my place. later, we went for a quick lunch at tampines mall. as soon as we were done with lunch, we went home to pick up my aunt. together, we fetched marcus from school and had lunch at takashimaya's imperial restaurant. my aunt wanted to get beancurd from geylang. i have to say the journey to geylang was hell. impatient drivers are just everywhere. although i was horned like twice but at least i managed to drive through the stretch of road unscathed.
after sending my aunt and marcus home, we rested for awhile. at 5pm, we sent my aunt to the interchange before returning the car. felt so good~! if given a choice, i'd rather be a passenger.
thanks alot for all that were present esp. keong, reys, ying xue and angela. appreciate it deeply~! thank you so much~! love you all.. i had fun and i enjoyed myself, hope you all did too. =D love all the pressies too.. ;p
before i end this entry, enjoy the pictures..
loves
Wednesday, April 05, 2006 at 11:52 PM
bogus interview
the rain yesterday was terrible. thanks to that, keong and i had to spend 40 bucks on cab. there was no way to ride given the bad weather condition so we tried calling for a cab. we called comfort, city cab and smrt. we only managed to get a SMRT cab after 15 to 20mins.to make things worse, the cabby didnt know how to get to my office. i watched while i see people who called for cab later than myself, got up the cabs one after another. by the time i got up the cab, i was already late for the interview. we arrived at the tanjong pajar area around 7.15pm but i only got to the place at 7.30pm. the indian cab driver said he knew his way but he ended up asking 2 person how to get to fuji xerox tower. the cab fare was 18.70 when we finally got there and guess what? he had the cheek to demand full payment when he didnt know his way and had to make a big u-turn, to add on, he caused me to be late. that wasnt it, he accused us of not knowing the name of the building when i already told him from the start. damn~! 5*37 must complain..!okie.. going on..i walked briskly into an elevator which happened to only goes to car parks. -_- i took the elevator back to 1st floor and found my way to the lobby, signed in and went up to level 6. i was puzzled when i see prudential assurance company, i went downstairs and asked the security. he told me fuji xerox is on level 3. so, i went up to level 3 and called the interviewer to ask which level. i knew i made a wasted trip when he said 6. i cant possibly leave just like that, i have to at least let him know. a kind lady opened the glass door for me, i sat on the sofa and waited for 5 mins. he came out with a piece of paper which looks familiar. it has personality traits and boxes on it, i remember i did the other time. he led me into a room after i apologised for being late. the moment i sat down, i asked if the job is related to prudential because i have been to a similar interview and im not keen in insurance.the next minute, i was out of the glass door. sarah said i've improved~! yay! cos i rejected instead of sitting through another 2 hours of interview.keong came to pick me up to meet up with choon peng. we happened to see choon peng when the cabby went the wrong way. i have received my first birthday pressie from my bestie, Grace and Choon Peng. a white fossil watch. i like~! i managed to talk to grace for awhile thanks to choon peng. it was nice to hear her voice.before i forget, im celebrating my birthday at downtown east coasta sands this saturday! ALL my friends are invited, esp. secondary and poly friends, call or tag me for more details cos i lost most of my contacts along with my handphone. :( have a good day~!
loves
Monday, April 03, 2006 at 11:32 PM
chocolate + shopping = happy
i was so unhappy, i decided not to go straight home after work.keong took a cab (cos it was raining heavily) to my workplace and we went to century square for fondue. they had changed the chocolate back to the previous one. yay~! yummy! no more lumpy chocolate fondue. after the satisfying fondue, i feel so much better. chocolate makes people happy. maybe you should try too when you are unhappy. ;p since we are not going brissie anymore, we have some extra cash. i decided to get the canon selphy photo printer that i wanted for so long. we went to best denki but it was out of stock. :( i tried to think where else can i get it? then i thought of trying our luck at the challenger.fortunately, they had it and it happened to be the last one. lucky us~! we got a box of 4R photo paper and a USB cable (i lost the prev one) together with the printer.happily, we left the place. i called my aunt to ask if she wants to go home together. anyway, it was around 7.30pm and the peak period ends only at 8pm. we had some free time and i decided to be nice, we went to buy herbal tea for the family. then, i got newspaper as requested by my aunt before going to our meeting place. we got home and had our dinner. we were like lil children, ripping open our new toy and putting it together. wasted a few photo paper before we figured out how to use it. at the end of the day, im a happy girl~! (although i cant deny that i was still feeling a lil upset)
loves
3:25 PM
mixed emotions
im so mad this very moment..im not going brissie cos my aunt blew up the whole matter which is in actual fact, so simple. im so freaking protected, i dont know how to walk to far east from orchard mrt at the age of 16. how embarassing. i admit at times i cannot make my own decisions and why is that so? who is to be blame if i wasnt brought up the right way?disappointed.. mad.. sad.. unhappy.. sorry..
loves
Sunday, April 02, 2006 at 11:31 PM
sunday
its my uncle's birthday today. he was wrapping books when i woke up and saw him. he sighed and complained that he had been doing it since 8am. being nice, keong and i offered to help him. i was getting bored halfway through the first box. my aunt came to help and we had to finish 2 boxes before we could leave.we went to the shopping mall near keong's place to borrow dvd. we borrowed a total of 4 - the 40-year-old virgin, me, myself and irene, the shopaholics and the perfect man. we also bought jambu from the supermarket.keong curled my hair while we watched the shopaholics. after the show, it was almost time for dinner. we set off to town.keong loved the duck meat. we had a sumptous dinner and were almost too bloated to walk. my family wanted to have supper so we had to make a trip to bedok before he sent me home.
loves
Saturday, April 01, 2006 at 11:45 PM
saturday
i spent my morning slacking in front of the television. keong came to pick me up and we went to bugis to do some window-shopping. after bugis junction, we went to bugis street, then to explore a small shopping mall opposite mos burger called trendy zone or something like that.the weather was so hot, we decided to have ice cream. great for such a killing weather. we ran out of places to go so we went home. bought ingredients for our dinner. we started preparing dinner when we got home at 7pm.2 hours later, we were finally done with the cooking. although our dinner had became more like supper, at least all the effort is worth it.i didnt even realised its 1st of april. happy april fools day!
loves
