hope is the thing with feathers

hmm i'm feeling kinda tingly all over. i only recently discovered that i actually qualify to do a post grad dip in psych that's accredited by the aust psych society (thanks kavi!!). OMFG. think i only have myself to blame cos when i checked about 2 yrs ago, they didn't offer this course and only had the honours year. doh! now the question is, do a post grad dip or an mba? they would both cost around the same amount. i'll probably need to take a loan which is a bit of a bummer cos i don't wanna. haiz. the things we do for our dreams.

an mba would mean that i'll be able to do whatever it is that i'm currently doing (ie. stay in the private sector, not necessarily at the same company. heaven forbid) and move up the ranks a lot faster. post grad dip would mean that i finally get my foot in the door of psych. i'm excited y'all! i'm fine with either one lah but naturally i'm leaning more towards psych tho mba would mean hitting the big time. decisions decisions.

in work news, my manager is going on leave for 2 wks. yay! we will be shifting to the 6th floor on tuesday. apparently our new space is kinda small and fishtank-like. i have no idea what that means cos i haven't seen it yet. this is the ceo's floor tho so no more dressing like a bum to work. how sad.

i discovered on fri that sometime in nov, i'll have to make a presentation to all the heads of dept. this is regarding the annual staff survey so will have to present which depts have the highest and lowest satisfaction scores and what we can do about it. i'm praying that my h.o.d. will say he'll do it and i only need to give him the info and presentation slides. please ah please. will also be working with one of my colleagues on cleaning up the standing instructions that we have so hopefully that will occupy my time.

oh i finally signed up for the oil painting course at nafa that i'd been eyeing for the past year or so. this means that i'm officially broke this month cos it cost me friggin' 330 bucks (inc. gst and processing fee). not inclusive of materials. it better be worth it man.

newsflash

we interrupt your special travel series to bring u... well, shorter bits of news that are easier to write than trying to capture the essence of your travels in 1000 words or less. so without further ado...

transformers is bloody freaking awesome. really. go watch it!
really sucks to be back at work. urgh. block leave and travelling should be compulsory once every 3 mths at least.
will be starting at my new dept tomoro. wish me luck. happened to meet my future colleague at a course i was attending on thurs and fri. he's pretty alright.
caught dollhouse with yasmine a couple of wks back and guess who was in the audience? se.ni.or. mi.nis.ter.!! we were like, wah, he has a life! haha.
signed up for both the shape and great eastern women only runs. 10km. interested parties, please join in! lemme know!
went for a job interview. they are very keen. i'm not. kinda crappy and not exactly what i'm looking for. that is attractive how? dude is setting up a 2nd interview soon. hmm.
cousin is getting married next wkend and i still haven't finished editting the wedding speech for her sisters. die lah die.
saree and dinner gown outfits are ready. saree blouse a bit short leh! top for the gown needs to get taken in and still need to hunt for earrings.
seem to be coming down with something. headaches and throat getting sore. dang it. hate being sick.
got my credit card bill already. thank god i have euros to change back to sgd. haha.
damn you, gst hike. damn you.

in the still of the night

a midsummer night's dream. simpang outing. impromptu shopping at mustafa. good company of two great friends.

loot scored:
travel money belt
1GB SD card
toothbrush with cover ($1.90 only! can die...)
walking shoes
pretty saree
pretty slippers (novo, parkway)
good deal on euro rates (the mama $ changer near the bus stop at parkway)

sigh. bliss. was trying on the shoes in the cramped aisle and showing them to kavi and rohana for their humble opinions. then this guy walked by, and he was like, nice nice! so of course i just had to yell at him while he was walking away: nice? u buy for me lah! wahaha. naturally he didn't react to that. boring sia.

anyways, midsummer night was awesome. simpang was awesome. the opening act of the sg arts fest the night before was awesome. will put up pics soon. good way to spend the wkend, though some of my plans got flushed down the loo. this means that the next few days are gonna be crazy before we fly off on our european adventure on friday night.

things to do:
waxing
threading
donate blood
watch pirates
get outfit material for cousin's wedding dinner
pack for trip
take hakka to vet
schedule a much needed massage
pay my bills
find out why they haven't sent me an income tax letter. do i not earn enough to get taxed? so sad.

5 days to EU07!! holy crap!

blithe spirit-ed

on thurs, rohana and i went to watch blithe spirit at the national library drama centre. we were prepared to have the usual good time that we, er, usually have, when we go for such plays. the cast was dazzling with the likes of favourites such as tan kheng hua, lim kay siu, neo swee lin, pam oei, selena tan and gerald chew (hot old man!!!).

little did we know that we would be completely floored by their performances. it was bloody awesome lah!! go catch it if u can! the show we watched was sold out ok! it was seriously the best play i've watched there so far. i think. well, in recent memory anyway, cos we went to one a couple of months back that was pretty awful. i sent in bad feedback about that when they asked us to fill in the forms after the show. haha. comparing the 2 shows made me realise that yes, there IS a difference between amateur and pro. between a cast of stars and a cast with 2 stars. it's a team effort people!

before the play started, i had no idea what it was about. so i asked rohana. she pretty much gave me a summarised version of the whole play, which i further shortened into two words: so, cerita hantu lah? wahaha.

anyway, yeah it was great. solid man. gawd i love these things. next up, alfian saat's play, though i have no idea what it's called at this point in time. not to worry, i'm sure i'll get an email about it soon.

reinspired

so yesterday, kavi, sang, sarah and i went to an art gallery in chinatown. it was an asian pop art exhibit by an indian artist and i must say, it was wickedly cool. felt totally inspired after checking out her work. so colourful and vibrant! i like... most of the works were going for about $11k. madness right?

this outing made me realise that i could never go minimalist and zen. i kinda love having a whole bunch of stuff to display and explore. which would explain why my room is in a perpetual mess. then again, i also hate having to keep cleaning so many things that are left exposed to the elements. note to self: need to find a happy medium. just realised that i didn't put up a pic of my room after i finished painting it. so here goes:
only one wall is striped btw, the rest are plain (should've had flowers lah but oh well. i couldn't be buggered by the end of the striping. no, not that kinda striping. tho i could accomodate whoever is interested. wahaha). see lah, how to go zen like this?

anyway we headed to little india after that for some makan and shopping at mustafa. they have giant tubs of vaseline for like 6 bucks!! how exciting! i am so totally going there to stock up on stuff for my EU07 trip sia! little did i know that the next time i'd visit mustafa was that very night. haha. i think whoever designed the building should be shot lah. so confusing! exits and entrances all over the place sia! in the event of a fire.... i would not want to be there.

this week has also been very good, fitness wise. gymmed, jogged, swam, kayaked (at bedok res!). unfortunately i have 2 months worth of slacking and overindulgence to undo. it's a vicious cycle people! jangan marah lah. everyone has weaknesses... haha. battle on! got jp morgan run in 8 wks. argh!