so, i have decided that i desperately need a break soon and i'm even willing to pay preposterous cny peak period surcharges, as long as the total bill (inc. spending) is less than 500 bucks. please please please let seats and accom still be available. sorry rohana for not being able to make perth happen! can afford within region breaks only at this point in time. haha.
anyways, last exam for this trimester on wed. wish me luck peeps, it will hopefully not go the way of last week's exam- to the dogs. i take comfort in the fact that each module this sem is only worth 10% of the entire score for this course. phew. i am not beyond salvation! yet.
also need to get in some sort of exercise before sat... just realised that i haven't gone for a run since 2007. haha. oh well shall depend on my power walking for now.
see u guys on sat man. u know who u are!
p.s. seeeeee i refrained from turning this into a u-know-what post!
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
i need a hero
just spent pretty much the entire weekend watching the heroes marathon instead of studying for my exam on wed and doing my essay due on fri. well done.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
easy come easy go
according to victoria's secret, my favourite bras are on sale. alas, i am but a pauper until jan 09. haha. actually, i'm starting to believe the, uh, belief, that good things happen when u're gonna get married. i just got an increment y'all! alhamdulillah. ok it's not much but i'm still grateful for it cos it will allow me to save 100 bucks more each month. adds up, that's 1.2k over a year! i got a little bitter when comparing to others who got the increment too but hey, everyone's rezeki is different eh. just glad that it's before the march bonus. woohoo! hopefully the bonus will be pretty substantial. keeping fingers crossed.
in other munny matters, just dropped about 1.5k in deposits on wedding related stuff. yeah, i know, tell be about it. i didn't intend to spend as much as i am on deco alone but it seems that everyone was happy with my choice and didn't even wanna consider the other ones that i thought were pretty. chosen one= gorgeous, glamourous and classy. other options= simple, pretty, clean. personally i really wouldn't have minded the other options... but oh well. as rohana said, she wouldn't have expected anything less, and i do have a reputation. haha. naturally i'm gonna try to convince the bf to go for the pretty and clean one. :p also settled my mak andam and studio/ outdoor shoot stuff. things are coming along pretty nicely i would say. next headache- photog and vid for actual days which won't burn another hole in my(our) raggedy pocket(s).
the reason i could get the chosen one and not 'settle' for the others is because of people. my mum initially wanted to top up the amount that was over budget but i insisted on not taking. couple of days after that, my bro said he would sponsor 1k for the wedding. thanks bro! woo freakin' hoo! ape lagi, went for the deco lor... could've put it to other use but like i said, i wasn't the only one who was keen on it. also, we also kinda knew the deco people and got a massive discount and extras. yay. :D if none of this had occurred, i wouldn't have been able to get the chosen one. i wouldn't have minded either way but it seems that everyone wanted me to take it. it also made me realise that your wedding isn't just about you, its about family and friends too. have to be able to keep yourself and the majority happy and it's no easy feat. this is when you also realise how generous people can be and how lucky you are. got quite a bit of sponsorship for the wedding and quite a lot for the engagement. to those who contributed, a huge THANK YOU in advance for sharing in these occasions... without you, they probably wouldn't be half as great.
ok lah time to zzz ready. supposed to be working on my ethics essay and studying for my exams but no... got an ulcer and a tembil aaaaaah!! so irritating. haven't had one in ages. looked up the english equivalent (which is 'stye' btw. thanks rohana!) and to cut a long story short, it happens when you dig your nose and then rub yr eyes. eeeeeeee. gross sia. infected gland or something. oh well. hoping it'll go away by the time the engagement comes around.
this sounds like a minah kawin2 post. noooooooooo.
in other munny matters, just dropped about 1.5k in deposits on wedding related stuff. yeah, i know, tell be about it. i didn't intend to spend as much as i am on deco alone but it seems that everyone was happy with my choice and didn't even wanna consider the other ones that i thought were pretty. chosen one= gorgeous, glamourous and classy. other options= simple, pretty, clean. personally i really wouldn't have minded the other options... but oh well. as rohana said, she wouldn't have expected anything less, and i do have a reputation. haha. naturally i'm gonna try to convince the bf to go for the pretty and clean one. :p also settled my mak andam and studio/ outdoor shoot stuff. things are coming along pretty nicely i would say. next headache- photog and vid for actual days which won't burn another hole in my(our) raggedy pocket(s).
the reason i could get the chosen one and not 'settle' for the others is because of people. my mum initially wanted to top up the amount that was over budget but i insisted on not taking. couple of days after that, my bro said he would sponsor 1k for the wedding. thanks bro! woo freakin' hoo! ape lagi, went for the deco lor... could've put it to other use but like i said, i wasn't the only one who was keen on it. also, we also kinda knew the deco people and got a massive discount and extras. yay. :D if none of this had occurred, i wouldn't have been able to get the chosen one. i wouldn't have minded either way but it seems that everyone wanted me to take it. it also made me realise that your wedding isn't just about you, its about family and friends too. have to be able to keep yourself and the majority happy and it's no easy feat. this is when you also realise how generous people can be and how lucky you are. got quite a bit of sponsorship for the wedding and quite a lot for the engagement. to those who contributed, a huge THANK YOU in advance for sharing in these occasions... without you, they probably wouldn't be half as great.
ok lah time to zzz ready. supposed to be working on my ethics essay and studying for my exams but no... got an ulcer and a tembil aaaaaah!! so irritating. haven't had one in ages. looked up the english equivalent (which is 'stye' btw. thanks rohana!) and to cut a long story short, it happens when you dig your nose and then rub yr eyes. eeeeeeee. gross sia. infected gland or something. oh well. hoping it'll go away by the time the engagement comes around.
this sounds like a minah kawin2 post. noooooooooo.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
we've come a long way, but we're not too sure where we've been
it's that time of the year y'all, to reflect on 2007. i would say that it has been a pretty eventful 12 months. in no particular order:
europe 2007
this was just the best vacation ever lah. thanks to ez and zur for helping to make it happen. we had a blast and i would so totally do it all over again. ok ok so my travelog kinda got truncated around italy or so but hey, the memories will remain with me forever.
closure of loans dept/ transfer new dept
what can i say? work is still the bane of my existence. new management, new style. even though we were making a good profit and were embarking on a whole new marketing campaign, it was not meant to be. was perfectly happy there with my supervisors and colleagues, even though my work scope could've been beefed up a bit. went on a pretty passive job hunt in may, as my bond was ending in july and i wanted out sooo bad. unfortunately i did not manage to find anything suitable, probably due to the fact that i myself did not have a clear idea of what i wanted. in july, i started at my new dept. think it was my partly my fault that i did not fit and and i still don't. i didn't feel the need to put any effort in as i wasn't counting on staying very long. 3 months max, i told myself. 6 months on, i'm still here.
starting 4th year psych
this is why i'm still in my current job. i really don't think there is any other place where i can have the kind of work life balance that i have now. i can take leave anytime, with any amount of notice, i can take time off, i can do school work during office hours, i can skip out on meetings that i'm chairing or attending just cos it's 6pm and i need to go for classes. like seriously, where else will they allow you to skip out on meetings for goodness sake? not to mention the dec and march bonuses. dear god, please please please let the march bonus be worth it for the extra excruciating amount of time i'm spending here. this course is pretty intense and i need all the balance i can get.
relationship
04 07 2007 saw me giving up my 'keep my options open' mantra in favour of commitment and a serious relationship. i have to say it's a great switch and i'm thoroughly enjoying myself. i also have the big event to look forward to/ worry about for the next 375 days. earlier in the day at work i started reminiscing about how it has already been a year since shaz, di and i piled into farn's car to go catch the fireworks at marina bay, followed by a late nite session at simpang. it was pretty cool huh? one year on, i spent a quiet new year's with my bf, playing tennis in the afternoon and at night, walking from parkway parade to siglap and having a coffee there- and there's no place else i'd rather be than with him, anytime, anywhere. of cos this doesn't mean that i can't have a social life but it seems that a lot of people are nani-ing too. wahaha. u know who u are!
u and me we can light up the sky if u stay by my side we can rule the world
moving house
goodbye peaceful reservoir, hello ghetto tamp. we finally made the move after the board won against the dude who didn't wanna sell and took it all the way to high court only to get thrown own pretty much immediately. hah! padan muka. we also felt kinda cheated cos this was supposed to happen a year ago, and guess what happened in that one year. that's right, the property market heated up and prices went sky high. meaning that we naturally had to pay higher prices for a house now. damn u, u greedy bastard! at least we got a pretty good price on our place. my new room is quite awesome even though it's smaller by a crapload than my old room. ah well. the rest of the house is pretty cool too.
facebook
damn u kavi for introducing me to this! wahaha. enough said. had an brief but intense affair with graffiti on superwall (dead now), scrabulous (which is waning) and having a current obsession with fluff friends. my al dente is whoopin' ass y'all. facebook is not helping me stop my procrastinating. argh!
with that said, i guess i'll do my resolutions another day.
europe 2007
this was just the best vacation ever lah. thanks to ez and zur for helping to make it happen. we had a blast and i would so totally do it all over again. ok ok so my travelog kinda got truncated around italy or so but hey, the memories will remain with me forever.
closure of loans dept/ transfer new dept
what can i say? work is still the bane of my existence. new management, new style. even though we were making a good profit and were embarking on a whole new marketing campaign, it was not meant to be. was perfectly happy there with my supervisors and colleagues, even though my work scope could've been beefed up a bit. went on a pretty passive job hunt in may, as my bond was ending in july and i wanted out sooo bad. unfortunately i did not manage to find anything suitable, probably due to the fact that i myself did not have a clear idea of what i wanted. in july, i started at my new dept. think it was my partly my fault that i did not fit and and i still don't. i didn't feel the need to put any effort in as i wasn't counting on staying very long. 3 months max, i told myself. 6 months on, i'm still here.
starting 4th year psych
this is why i'm still in my current job. i really don't think there is any other place where i can have the kind of work life balance that i have now. i can take leave anytime, with any amount of notice, i can take time off, i can do school work during office hours, i can skip out on meetings that i'm chairing or attending just cos it's 6pm and i need to go for classes. like seriously, where else will they allow you to skip out on meetings for goodness sake? not to mention the dec and march bonuses. dear god, please please please let the march bonus be worth it for the extra excruciating amount of time i'm spending here. this course is pretty intense and i need all the balance i can get.
relationship
04 07 2007 saw me giving up my 'keep my options open' mantra in favour of commitment and a serious relationship. i have to say it's a great switch and i'm thoroughly enjoying myself. i also have the big event to look forward to/ worry about for the next 375 days. earlier in the day at work i started reminiscing about how it has already been a year since shaz, di and i piled into farn's car to go catch the fireworks at marina bay, followed by a late nite session at simpang. it was pretty cool huh? one year on, i spent a quiet new year's with my bf, playing tennis in the afternoon and at night, walking from parkway parade to siglap and having a coffee there- and there's no place else i'd rather be than with him, anytime, anywhere. of cos this doesn't mean that i can't have a social life but it seems that a lot of people are nani-ing too. wahaha. u know who u are!
u and me we can light up the sky if u stay by my side we can rule the world
moving house
goodbye peaceful reservoir, hello ghetto tamp. we finally made the move after the board won against the dude who didn't wanna sell and took it all the way to high court only to get thrown own pretty much immediately. hah! padan muka. we also felt kinda cheated cos this was supposed to happen a year ago, and guess what happened in that one year. that's right, the property market heated up and prices went sky high. meaning that we naturally had to pay higher prices for a house now. damn u, u greedy bastard! at least we got a pretty good price on our place. my new room is quite awesome even though it's smaller by a crapload than my old room. ah well. the rest of the house is pretty cool too.
damn u kavi for introducing me to this! wahaha. enough said. had an brief but intense affair with graffiti on superwall (dead now), scrabulous (which is waning) and having a current obsession with fluff friends. my al dente is whoopin' ass y'all. facebook is not helping me stop my procrastinating. argh!
with that said, i guess i'll do my resolutions another day.
HAPPY NEW YEAR &
HOPE YOU'LL HAVE AN
AWESOME 2008!!
HOPE YOU'LL HAVE AN
AWESOME 2008!!
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