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!!
Sunday, December 09, 2007
i'm baaack
so did u guys miss me? ahaha. dang, been a month since i last blogged. time flies. let's get on with it.
what have i been doing ah... oh yes, i finally moved house y'all! ok so i did it like 2 wks ago and i did try to write a sob2 story about how i miss my old place, the peace, the quiet, the not often used but well loved reservoir. didn't publish it cos it seemed too try hard, u know wat i mean? the fact is, i really loved the location cos the new hood is a bloody ghetto compared to the 'poshness' of the old place. mat rempits at all times of the night! kids running and screaming! things that go bump! we're on the 2nd floor sommore so we're damn close to the noise lor. sighs. not to mention hakka being a real bitch in the beginning cos he wasn't used to the place. kept meowing for no reason. but he's good now! kinda need to teach him how to use the loo cos don't think the litter tray is gonna work out in the long run. too stinky and messy. if use loo, self cleaning!
i digress. as i was saying, not too keen on the location of the new place lah. lots of buses but none of them go where i need them to go! for eg. i used to need to take just one bus home from uni but now i need two. either that or need to take train + bus. so leceh man can die. good thing i have coursemates who drive and can send me to the nearest mrt station. hehe. i guess it's just a matter of getting used to the new place. will post up pics of my awesome chandelier and other noteworthy parts of the house soon. contractors still putting in the finishing touches.
speaking of uni. had 2 presentations and 1 essay due the past few wks. which would explain y i've been out of action, shaz. got better things to do. wahaha. actually spent a considerable amount of time at work on them but hey, whatever needs to be done eh.
workwise been pretty busy too cos had 2 stats discussion with screw ups in the beginning for both cos i'm an incompetent fool. haha. also have to work on the org. wide standing instructions, s.o.p.s for my work and the icing on the cake would be that the main woman for surveys is going on leave at the end of the month for a good 2 wks and i still know jack shit about the operations. yeah i'm screwed. cos it seems that we're gonna be pretty busy with those things due to end of year events (r u attending, what is yr food preference?) and i have absolutely no idea how to extract data. wish me luck.
just to end on a somewhat happy note, getting bonus this time next wk! also bought a gorgeous bag which i had been covetting for the longest time at 20% off. :) not much but better than nothing. yaaaaaay!
what have i been doing ah... oh yes, i finally moved house y'all! ok so i did it like 2 wks ago and i did try to write a sob2 story about how i miss my old place, the peace, the quiet, the not often used but well loved reservoir. didn't publish it cos it seemed too try hard, u know wat i mean? the fact is, i really loved the location cos the new hood is a bloody ghetto compared to the 'poshness' of the old place. mat rempits at all times of the night! kids running and screaming! things that go bump! we're on the 2nd floor sommore so we're damn close to the noise lor. sighs. not to mention hakka being a real bitch in the beginning cos he wasn't used to the place. kept meowing for no reason. but he's good now! kinda need to teach him how to use the loo cos don't think the litter tray is gonna work out in the long run. too stinky and messy. if use loo, self cleaning!
i digress. as i was saying, not too keen on the location of the new place lah. lots of buses but none of them go where i need them to go! for eg. i used to need to take just one bus home from uni but now i need two. either that or need to take train + bus. so leceh man can die. good thing i have coursemates who drive and can send me to the nearest mrt station. hehe. i guess it's just a matter of getting used to the new place. will post up pics of my awesome chandelier and other noteworthy parts of the house soon. contractors still putting in the finishing touches.
speaking of uni. had 2 presentations and 1 essay due the past few wks. which would explain y i've been out of action, shaz. got better things to do. wahaha. actually spent a considerable amount of time at work on them but hey, whatever needs to be done eh.
workwise been pretty busy too cos had 2 stats discussion with screw ups in the beginning for both cos i'm an incompetent fool. haha. also have to work on the org. wide standing instructions, s.o.p.s for my work and the icing on the cake would be that the main woman for surveys is going on leave at the end of the month for a good 2 wks and i still know jack shit about the operations. yeah i'm screwed. cos it seems that we're gonna be pretty busy with those things due to end of year events (r u attending, what is yr food preference?) and i have absolutely no idea how to extract data. wish me luck.
just to end on a somewhat happy note, getting bonus this time next wk! also bought a gorgeous bag which i had been covetting for the longest time at 20% off. :) not much but better than nothing. yaaaaaay!
Friday, November 09, 2007
lights fantastic
so, took leave today so that i would have a long weekend. unfortunately i've been spending it packing and procrastinating about doing research for my project. haha some things never change. got discussion tomoro sommore. oh well. the day is still young. contemplating going for a jog later when it's not so hot. or i could just stay home and wolf down swiss chocs. hmm. decisions decisions.
i'm quite pissed off that the recycling people have stopped coming to my estate, cos almost everyone has already moved out. i have stacks and stacks of paper and mags that are probably just gonna be thrown away with all the other non- recycleable stuff. damn annoyed lor. why can't there be recycling bins for every block like they do in aust eh?? so much for reducing our carbon footprint. pfft. NEA, do something about it please! please ah please.
on the bright side (pun intended), i got my black chandelier y'all! it's bloody gorgeous! translucent black and clear crystals. gonna collect it on sun and unfortunately i didn't take a pic of it. another exciting purchase that was made last week also escaped the clutches of my camera lens simply cos i was waaaay too excited to think straight. that one is due for collection on mon. :) let's just say it's some serious blindingly bright bling, and i wasn't the one footing the bill. can't wait mans! super pretty and suits my fat fingers. wahaha. unfortunately we inadvertently annoyed my future m.i.l. cos we didn't tell her about it until after we got it. oops. talk about faux pas. will need to make amends...
in other news, gonna have to stay in the current job for much longer than i thought. need the stupid bonuses in dec and march ah. sighs. there is, however, light at the end of the tunnel (hoho). due to the intensity of the 4th year course i'm currently in, kavi said that i'll probably have to take lots of leave or work part time during the thesis writing period. i would do this gladly, if it wasn't for the fact that i really need a full time paycheck. what's a gal to do? kavi and i stumbled upon a brilliant idea of cos. the kind that hits u when u're talking about something completely random and irrelevant- until u connect the dots. it's an unlikely thing for me to do, but it's a means to an end. where else can u earn pretty much full time pay while doing a part time job? think hard my friends... the answer will be glaringly obvious. :)
i'm quite pissed off that the recycling people have stopped coming to my estate, cos almost everyone has already moved out. i have stacks and stacks of paper and mags that are probably just gonna be thrown away with all the other non- recycleable stuff. damn annoyed lor. why can't there be recycling bins for every block like they do in aust eh?? so much for reducing our carbon footprint. pfft. NEA, do something about it please! please ah please.
on the bright side (pun intended), i got my black chandelier y'all! it's bloody gorgeous! translucent black and clear crystals. gonna collect it on sun and unfortunately i didn't take a pic of it. another exciting purchase that was made last week also escaped the clutches of my camera lens simply cos i was waaaay too excited to think straight. that one is due for collection on mon. :) let's just say it's some serious blindingly bright bling, and i wasn't the one footing the bill. can't wait mans! super pretty and suits my fat fingers. wahaha. unfortunately we inadvertently annoyed my future m.i.l. cos we didn't tell her about it until after we got it. oops. talk about faux pas. will need to make amends...
in other news, gonna have to stay in the current job for much longer than i thought. need the stupid bonuses in dec and march ah. sighs. there is, however, light at the end of the tunnel (hoho). due to the intensity of the 4th year course i'm currently in, kavi said that i'll probably have to take lots of leave or work part time during the thesis writing period. i would do this gladly, if it wasn't for the fact that i really need a full time paycheck. what's a gal to do? kavi and i stumbled upon a brilliant idea of cos. the kind that hits u when u're talking about something completely random and irrelevant- until u connect the dots. it's an unlikely thing for me to do, but it's a means to an end. where else can u earn pretty much full time pay while doing a part time job? think hard my friends... the answer will be glaringly obvious. :)
Sunday, October 28, 2007
news y'all
righto, on to the big news of the moment- i got into my post grad dip course! woohoo! but of cos they couriered me the letter of offer on fri and class starts on mon. well done. it also seems that they don't accept cheques. must be bank draft, electronic transfer or credit card. wtf mates?? sooo inconvenient lor! this means that on mon i'll probably have to call them in the morn and confirm that they don't accept cheques then do some running around during lunch to get the draft sorted out and perhaps take time off in the afternoon to go down to the school to get these things done before class starts. pfft. this also means that my mum will have to transfer the $$ to my account so i can get the draft on my own. which leads me to another qn- if there is a withdrawal limit per day and the fees are more than that, does it mean that i won't get my draft? does anyone know? it shouldn't be the case i reckon.
anyways, went for the body shop charity makeover marathon with rohana yest. now usually we would do some cam whoring but it was a bit of a let down. whatever the make up artists did to us, i can do on a daily basis also lor. the lancome one 2 yrs ago was sooo much more pro! and the one yest had one vital piece of the puzzle missing. there was no hair styling!! blasphemous! we all know that the most important thing is hair, don't we? was so disappointed i tell u, seeing how my major prob is hair and not make up. sighs. we were gonna have our pics taken but then after we got our makeovers we were like, naaaaaah. redeemed $40 worth of make up at the thingy. unfortunately it didn't extend to non- make up products so rohana felt quite cheated.
the bf met us there afterwards and we went for a 'snack' seeing how we were all hungry. even though the bf and i were heading to nas's open house. haha. had to buy a pair of shoes also cos the ones tt i was wearing were making an annoying noise cos the nail of the right heel had worn through. yeah, any excuse. :) i love my new shoes! i also have another witness in rohana that the bf does exist, contrary to popular belief. haha.
is it just me or does the wkend pass waaay to quickly? sighs.
anyways, went for the body shop charity makeover marathon with rohana yest. now usually we would do some cam whoring but it was a bit of a let down. whatever the make up artists did to us, i can do on a daily basis also lor. the lancome one 2 yrs ago was sooo much more pro! and the one yest had one vital piece of the puzzle missing. there was no hair styling!! blasphemous! we all know that the most important thing is hair, don't we? was so disappointed i tell u, seeing how my major prob is hair and not make up. sighs. we were gonna have our pics taken but then after we got our makeovers we were like, naaaaaah. redeemed $40 worth of make up at the thingy. unfortunately it didn't extend to non- make up products so rohana felt quite cheated.
the bf met us there afterwards and we went for a 'snack' seeing how we were all hungry. even though the bf and i were heading to nas's open house. haha. had to buy a pair of shoes also cos the ones tt i was wearing were making an annoying noise cos the nail of the right heel had worn through. yeah, any excuse. :) i love my new shoes! i also have another witness in rohana that the bf does exist, contrary to popular belief. haha.
is it just me or does the wkend pass waaay to quickly? sighs.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
the raya post
EID MUBARAK/
SELAMAT HARI RAYA
TO ALL AND SUNDRY
MAAF ZAHIR BATIN
SELAMAT HARI RAYA
TO ALL AND SUNDRY
MAAF ZAHIR BATIN
i had like 4 servings of yummy longtong, ketupat, rendang, ayam masak merah and what not today... mmmm... visited only 4 houses cos both lala and my mum broke their shoes. this is why u shouldn't skimp on good footwear y'all! good thing we went home lah cos was feeling kinda winded. got hit in the chest by the airbag a few days ago and it hurts like a biatch. got a bruise above my left boob. can't laugh too hard or take too deep breaths. which sucks cos i kinda gotta breathe and the siblings were being pretty selenge so there was plenty to laugh about. haiz. shall go do some deepheat rubbing i guess. i wonder if this means that i won't be able to do the GE run this coming wkend. nooooo!
anyways hope everyone had a good day with their loves ones... and many more to come.
p.s. shaz u ingrate, at least i bothered to send u an sms ok!! pfft. whatever happened to it's the thought tt counts?
anyways hope everyone had a good day with their loves ones... and many more to come.
p.s. shaz u ingrate, at least i bothered to send u an sms ok!! pfft. whatever happened to it's the thought tt counts?
Friday, October 12, 2007
battered big blue
my bad... sorry rush!
so kemek
victim. sorry tree!injuries to tree: minimal, police say no need to make report
injuries to perpetrator: extensive. we re talking around 10k
injuries to moi: minimal also, no worries. couple of bruises here and there
Sunday, October 07, 2007
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.
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.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
sept babies
birthday shoutout time!
hope you ladies had/ will have a good one... otherwise i know whose heads are gonna roll. wahaha.
er did i miss anyone out? i could swear that there are more sept babies... hmm...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY & WELCOME TO
THE QUARTER CENTURY CLUB!!
DIYANA 25 09
HAJAR 27 09
THE QUARTER CENTURY CLUB!!
DIYANA 25 09
HAJAR 27 09
hope you ladies had/ will have a good one... otherwise i know whose heads are gonna roll. wahaha.
er did i miss anyone out? i could swear that there are more sept babies... hmm...
what sucks part deux
so i've been doing a lot of thinking lately. i'm pretty miserable in my current job and am sorely tempted to quit, even though i haven't secured another position elsewhere. told myself i'd give me 3 mths here and if it doesn't work out, it's time to go. it will be 3 mths in a few days and it looks like, yes, it's time to go. it's true, acting busy is hard work and i'm doing that pretty much every single day. not fun lor. my brain cells are rotting, my soul is getting sucked and the air conditioning is too damned cold for anyone's good. if i get early onset of arthritis i am totally blaming them. gonna blame them for alzheimer's too. haha.
went to visit my ex manager at her new dept this week so she could sign my testimonial. she's like, eh don't let anyone see hor, wait i die. ahaha. she was asking me what kinda jobs i was looking for, i told her and she was like, so boring! i was like, here also boring leh! she's surprised cos she was in almost the same position as me back then and it was interesting. i told her it was pretty slow, not much happening since the change of management and everything that i do is pretty ad hoc. she suggested that she could ask my h.o.d. to second me out to her dept cos they're super busy but then it won't be nice lah... i'm new in that dept too, would be questionable if she were to ask for me back. oh well.
to be fair i haven't exactly been giving 100% in this position also lah... been trying but i just can't summon enough motivation to actually give a fuck. why? cos i seriously believe that they would be better off outsourcing what i'm doing. like seriously. this sounds bad but at my next stats discussion due in oct, i might just say it. i'm dying to say it. already emailed my mgr to tell her that my jobscope is way too narrow but dunno if she'll actually do anything about it. whatever lah. my section is moving up to the ceo's floor next fri. woo freaking hoo. means i actually have to dress better for work. what a waste of time and effort. pfft.
sighs. the job hunt continues. it's a lot harder when u don't really know what u wanna do in the first place. or rather, what u would be happy doing.
went to visit my ex manager at her new dept this week so she could sign my testimonial. she's like, eh don't let anyone see hor, wait i die. ahaha. she was asking me what kinda jobs i was looking for, i told her and she was like, so boring! i was like, here also boring leh! she's surprised cos she was in almost the same position as me back then and it was interesting. i told her it was pretty slow, not much happening since the change of management and everything that i do is pretty ad hoc. she suggested that she could ask my h.o.d. to second me out to her dept cos they're super busy but then it won't be nice lah... i'm new in that dept too, would be questionable if she were to ask for me back. oh well.
to be fair i haven't exactly been giving 100% in this position also lah... been trying but i just can't summon enough motivation to actually give a fuck. why? cos i seriously believe that they would be better off outsourcing what i'm doing. like seriously. this sounds bad but at my next stats discussion due in oct, i might just say it. i'm dying to say it. already emailed my mgr to tell her that my jobscope is way too narrow but dunno if she'll actually do anything about it. whatever lah. my section is moving up to the ceo's floor next fri. woo freaking hoo. means i actually have to dress better for work. what a waste of time and effort. pfft.
sighs. the job hunt continues. it's a lot harder when u don't really know what u wanna do in the first place. or rather, what u would be happy doing.
Monday, September 17, 2007
what sucks
- having a pain in yr butt that won't go away (no shaz, not referring to u)
- wasting 2 hrs of yr life in a bus to get u to yr training centre
- having butt cramps during above mentioned journey and having no room to stretch
- finding out u got yr period 15 minutes before buka time
- pissing yrself about yr highly-anticipated interview tomoro
- not knowing the driving route and thinking twice about driving there even tho it'll save u a shitload of time and hassle
Thursday, September 13, 2007
ramadan
well well, it's that time of the year again...
sadly this year there will be no open house cos we are finally moving! good thing we had one last year then. this means that i will not be doing any baking. will be spring cleaning and packing up instead. bummer...
since i'm lazy here's a quick look at what's been going on:
- a whole bunch of us went to womad. it was a great night out!
- i finished the shape run. not that great a time lah, will have to do better next time. one down, 2 to go! great eastern 10km and stanchart half mara... why do i put myself thru these things. why. le sigh. and i look terrible in a running tee. note to self, work on upper body. like, seriously.
- still don't have that much to do at work. it's driving me nuts. which is why i'm job hunting more seriously now. absolutely desperate to leave.
other than that, same old same old. been feeling pretty tired lately when i get home from work. i wonder why. can't even be bothered updating the blog sia. haha. oh well whatever.
selamat berpuasa people, and have a great ramadan!
sadly this year there will be no open house cos we are finally moving! good thing we had one last year then. this means that i will not be doing any baking. will be spring cleaning and packing up instead. bummer...
since i'm lazy here's a quick look at what's been going on:
- a whole bunch of us went to womad. it was a great night out!
- i finished the shape run. not that great a time lah, will have to do better next time. one down, 2 to go! great eastern 10km and stanchart half mara... why do i put myself thru these things. why. le sigh. and i look terrible in a running tee. note to self, work on upper body. like, seriously.
- still don't have that much to do at work. it's driving me nuts. which is why i'm job hunting more seriously now. absolutely desperate to leave.
other than that, same old same old. been feeling pretty tired lately when i get home from work. i wonder why. can't even be bothered updating the blog sia. haha. oh well whatever.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
quarter of a centurion (extremely belated, i know. jeez)
oookay it's a little basi but i'm gonna put up a birthday post anyway. wahaha. better late than never! as usual, we shall revisit last year's list of unfulfilled wishes:
x) a blender. no need! gimme a plasma/ lcd screen anytime. ;)
2) an iPod. we r still not meant to be, apparently. but i'm cool with it, cos it's not necessary
3) 3 letter word. got it! wahaha. or should i say, got him!
x) crocs ballet slippers. no need lah, soooo basi mans. i got me scholls.
5) pda. wahaha. one kind.
adding on:
6) wallet. my 8 yr old one is looking a little worse for wear. time to say goodbye. :( got a hot pink braun buffel from bro and sis...
7) samsung garnet red 10.9. parents got me this one!
8) micro sd card. the bf took care of this, plus a few other things... :)
mooches got me this huge tin of choc biscuits that i was eyeing from candy empire... yummy! marsya loooooves them. yeah i'm turning her into a chocoholic. wahaha. come over to the dark side...
think this has been one of the best birthdays so far... great company, great pressies, flowers, fireworks, choc cakes... mmmm... wat more could i ask for? pics at the usual add (with more details), knock yrselves out. next post, womad!!
x) a blender. no need! gimme a plasma/ lcd screen anytime. ;)
2) an iPod. we r still not meant to be, apparently. but i'm cool with it, cos it's not necessary
3) 3 letter word. got it! wahaha. or should i say, got him!
x) crocs ballet slippers. no need lah, soooo basi mans. i got me scholls.
5) pda. wahaha. one kind.
adding on:
6) wallet. my 8 yr old one is looking a little worse for wear. time to say goodbye. :( got a hot pink braun buffel from bro and sis...
7) samsung garnet red 10.9. parents got me this one!
8) micro sd card. the bf took care of this, plus a few other things... :)
mooches got me this huge tin of choc biscuits that i was eyeing from candy empire... yummy! marsya loooooves them. yeah i'm turning her into a chocoholic. wahaha. come over to the dark side...
think this has been one of the best birthdays so far... great company, great pressies, flowers, fireworks, choc cakes... mmmm... wat more could i ask for? pics at the usual add (with more details), knock yrselves out. next post, womad!!
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
as luck would have it...
i'm down with food poisoning. it started at about 7am on monday morning, while i was getting ready for work. i will spare u guys the details but the last tally is 6 barfs and 6 poos. not to mention 2 days mc. woo freaking hoo! even my body doesn't want me to go to work. wahaha. talk about super long wkend sia. was pretty miserable yesterday but today i'm better. haven't lost any of my lunch or dinner from yest, nor have i lost brekkie and lunch from today. it's all good!
decided to use the time wisely and start applying for more jobs and update my resume. i've decided that this time round, even if it is not 100% what i'm looking for, i'll take it if the salary is higher and it's something i can do, based on work experience. don't care. just need. to. get. out. of. this. co... before it kills me. my skin suffering already ok! breaking out for no apparent reason. sighs.
ok lah shall stop complaining about work... but it's my blog so too baaaaad.
decided to use the time wisely and start applying for more jobs and update my resume. i've decided that this time round, even if it is not 100% what i'm looking for, i'll take it if the salary is higher and it's something i can do, based on work experience. don't care. just need. to. get. out. of. this. co... before it kills me. my skin suffering already ok! breaking out for no apparent reason. sighs.
ok lah shall stop complaining about work... but it's my blog so too baaaaad.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
here comes the brett all dressed in red
so yesterday i brought home my latest gadget... meet brett, the samsung u600/10.9
isn't he gorgeous? had to pay 100 bucks extra cos apparently my contract wasn't up yet and i had to pay to renew it early. bah. paid up cos i wanted the phone soo bad. err and it's a birthday present from the parents anyway. hehe. the bf and i had gone on a hunt in vivo for it without any luck, so we headed to the hello shop at orchard. asked the dude if he had it in red, he went to check, then said there was a last one that was actually reserved, but the person didn't come so i could have it. i was like, yes ahhhhh! i pretty much told him the whole story about how we went all over sg (exaggerate a bit ah) to look for it then he was like ok ok u lucky, here got. i asked, confirm plus guarantee right? then think he got a little scared cos he went behind again to double check and reserve it for me. wahaha. i like. good service. the bf pointed out that his nametag said that he was still a trainee, and maybe he'll get into trouble for giving me the phone. i was like, urhm, mebbe his name is trainee? haha. i got what i wanted so i'm good! like that U2 song says, just gimme what i want, and no one gets hurt... lol
in other news i have spectacularly blown my budget this month. on what, u ask? two words- massages, endowment. i see them both as investments, or so i tell myself just to assuage my guilt. wahaha. somehow i doubt this is gonna stop me from getting new work shoes tho. hmm. ok ok next month have to tighten belt... both literally and figuratively.
i have 4 weeks to my shape 10km run. i haven't exactly been training hard (or at all for that matter) so i'm a little worried. hoping to beat my timing from last year's stanchart. seems like i have to die die start bootcamp tomoro. argh! need to incorporate paying back puasa also... damn me for procrastinating. lucky only 4 days. so yes, wish me luck people. i know i've done it before but i think i was in much better shape last year than i am now.
on the job front, same old same old. skipped work on fri after making a day trip to kl on thurs. yay long weekend! haha. this brings my annual leave balance down to a mere 6 days. some of which i will probably be using if the vietnam/ cambodia trip in nov goes as planned. hopefully it will go as planned ah. was looking thru recruit yest and damn, there's a lot of jobs out there. still window shopping ah, cos if i'm gonna make a career out of it, it absolutely has to make a difference in some way. can't spend every single day doing something mundane. can't do it anymore mans. doesn't help that most of my close colleagues are tendering lor. makes me wanna jump on the bandwagon. haha. of cos i'm not gonna do that lah, not without another job anyway. the search continues.
isn't he gorgeous? had to pay 100 bucks extra cos apparently my contract wasn't up yet and i had to pay to renew it early. bah. paid up cos i wanted the phone soo bad. err and it's a birthday present from the parents anyway. hehe. the bf and i had gone on a hunt in vivo for it without any luck, so we headed to the hello shop at orchard. asked the dude if he had it in red, he went to check, then said there was a last one that was actually reserved, but the person didn't come so i could have it. i was like, yes ahhhhh! i pretty much told him the whole story about how we went all over sg (exaggerate a bit ah) to look for it then he was like ok ok u lucky, here got. i asked, confirm plus guarantee right? then think he got a little scared cos he went behind again to double check and reserve it for me. wahaha. i like. good service. the bf pointed out that his nametag said that he was still a trainee, and maybe he'll get into trouble for giving me the phone. i was like, urhm, mebbe his name is trainee? haha. i got what i wanted so i'm good! like that U2 song says, just gimme what i want, and no one gets hurt... lol
in other news i have spectacularly blown my budget this month. on what, u ask? two words- massages, endowment. i see them both as investments, or so i tell myself just to assuage my guilt. wahaha. somehow i doubt this is gonna stop me from getting new work shoes tho. hmm. ok ok next month have to tighten belt... both literally and figuratively.
i have 4 weeks to my shape 10km run. i haven't exactly been training hard (or at all for that matter) so i'm a little worried. hoping to beat my timing from last year's stanchart. seems like i have to die die start bootcamp tomoro. argh! need to incorporate paying back puasa also... damn me for procrastinating. lucky only 4 days. so yes, wish me luck people. i know i've done it before but i think i was in much better shape last year than i am now.
on the job front, same old same old. skipped work on fri after making a day trip to kl on thurs. yay long weekend! haha. this brings my annual leave balance down to a mere 6 days. some of which i will probably be using if the vietnam/ cambodia trip in nov goes as planned. hopefully it will go as planned ah. was looking thru recruit yest and damn, there's a lot of jobs out there. still window shopping ah, cos if i'm gonna make a career out of it, it absolutely has to make a difference in some way. can't spend every single day doing something mundane. can't do it anymore mans. doesn't help that most of my close colleagues are tendering lor. makes me wanna jump on the bandwagon. haha. of cos i'm not gonna do that lah, not without another job anyway. the search continues.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
bloodbath
in the past week i received not one but 2 smses asking for blood donations for specific persons. before this there was a company wide drive for one of our retired colleagues who needed blood also. the colleague i couldn't do anything about it lah, not the same blood group. the 2 smses i got requested for my blood type. i'm thinking, what the hell, i miss one blood donation in june and the bank's in deficit?? it wasn't my fault anyway, i was only like 3 days early and my iron was at an acceptable level if i had come when i was supposed to but was apparently too low for an early donation. what the hell?? so if i were to come back 3 days later with the same iron level, i would've been able to donate. screw that lah! how much can my iron level change in 3 days sia?? doesn't make sense. sheesh. should be more flexible with their policies if they want more people to donate.
so anyway, i went to check the bloodstocks.
as u can see, low and warning levels. currently only 1% of the population donates blood. sad isn't it? i'm planning on donating sometime this week so if anyone wants to join me, feel free. must be healthy, haven't been taking medication, etc etc. get more info here. then again ah i don't really feel good about giving blood this time cos i've been getting lots of mozzie bites lately. hmm. no i do not have dengue. all the same, gonna wait a few days before i go.
there's also been some news lately about organ donation. i think i opted into the scheme a few years ago but i can't remember. needed the signature of a close male relative ie. dad, so i'm not sure whether i mailed it in or not. hmm. there was an article about organ donation in reader's digest a few months ago too. it's a big deal eh. i don't think it's against islam to donate organs. that's what i understood from stuff i read ages ago, which is why i opted in. i guess it's all up to interpretation. whatever it is, u don't need yr organs when u're dead what. might as well give to someone who needs them to live.
my bond with my company was over as of 25 july 2007. since then, i've been having this urge to just throw down a resignation letter even though i have no excuse for doing so. i'm in a good dept now. i have good colleagues. i have pretty challenging project based work to do, which is what i want. so then, why do i still feel so lousy? seems that my work isn't meaningful enough for me. i'm doing strategic planning with about 6 other colleagues. so pretty much whatever we do will affect the direction of the company ah. sounds important eh? doesn't make it any less boring than batshit to me. i still fall asleep at work, i still can't concentrate and i still feel frustrated. do i wanna look back, 20 years from now, and realise that whatever work i've done did not benefit those who are less fortunate? that i've been working for money (not that they're paying me much ah) and not for the greater good? that whatever i did has no impact whatsoever on anyone? at the same time i'm not gonna be stupid and take a huge paycut just to serve. must be balanced lah, i need to live also! can't help people if i can't even help myself now can i... it's like that rule on the plane about adults using the oxygen mask first and then attending to children. fittest first. i can see how my current job and company can help people financially ah, but i'm not interested in that. haiz. i supposed i could make the best of my current situation but it's been 2 years leh. dunno if i can tahan being in this industry forever.
to be corny, shall quote a few lines from my old school song. kavi, yaya and i were wracking our brains trying to remember the whole song at starbucks a few wks ago. haha. yaya finally called a friend and we got the last agonising line.
we cannot all be heroes and thrill a hemisphere
with some great daring venture some deed that mocks at fear
but we can fill a lifetime with kindly acts and true
there's always noble service for noble souls to do
so whoever is able to, go donate blood ok. please.
in other news, went to the birdpark on sat for the s.i.e.u. race/family day. it was fun mans! pics at the usual add. er pics from the girls day out aaaages ago also uploaded. sorry for the delay ladies! wahaha.
so anyway, i went to check the bloodstocks.
as u can see, low and warning levels. currently only 1% of the population donates blood. sad isn't it? i'm planning on donating sometime this week so if anyone wants to join me, feel free. must be healthy, haven't been taking medication, etc etc. get more info here. then again ah i don't really feel good about giving blood this time cos i've been getting lots of mozzie bites lately. hmm. no i do not have dengue. all the same, gonna wait a few days before i go.
there's also been some news lately about organ donation. i think i opted into the scheme a few years ago but i can't remember. needed the signature of a close male relative ie. dad, so i'm not sure whether i mailed it in or not. hmm. there was an article about organ donation in reader's digest a few months ago too. it's a big deal eh. i don't think it's against islam to donate organs. that's what i understood from stuff i read ages ago, which is why i opted in. i guess it's all up to interpretation. whatever it is, u don't need yr organs when u're dead what. might as well give to someone who needs them to live.
my bond with my company was over as of 25 july 2007. since then, i've been having this urge to just throw down a resignation letter even though i have no excuse for doing so. i'm in a good dept now. i have good colleagues. i have pretty challenging project based work to do, which is what i want. so then, why do i still feel so lousy? seems that my work isn't meaningful enough for me. i'm doing strategic planning with about 6 other colleagues. so pretty much whatever we do will affect the direction of the company ah. sounds important eh? doesn't make it any less boring than batshit to me. i still fall asleep at work, i still can't concentrate and i still feel frustrated. do i wanna look back, 20 years from now, and realise that whatever work i've done did not benefit those who are less fortunate? that i've been working for money (not that they're paying me much ah) and not for the greater good? that whatever i did has no impact whatsoever on anyone? at the same time i'm not gonna be stupid and take a huge paycut just to serve. must be balanced lah, i need to live also! can't help people if i can't even help myself now can i... it's like that rule on the plane about adults using the oxygen mask first and then attending to children. fittest first. i can see how my current job and company can help people financially ah, but i'm not interested in that. haiz. i supposed i could make the best of my current situation but it's been 2 years leh. dunno if i can tahan being in this industry forever.
to be corny, shall quote a few lines from my old school song. kavi, yaya and i were wracking our brains trying to remember the whole song at starbucks a few wks ago. haha. yaya finally called a friend and we got the last agonising line.
we cannot all be heroes and thrill a hemisphere
with some great daring venture some deed that mocks at fear
but we can fill a lifetime with kindly acts and true
there's always noble service for noble souls to do
so whoever is able to, go donate blood ok. please.
in other news, went to the birdpark on sat for the s.i.e.u. race/family day. it was fun mans! pics at the usual add. er pics from the girls day out aaaages ago also uploaded. sorry for the delay ladies! wahaha.
Friday, July 27, 2007
july babies
ok so sorry that i didn't have individual birthday shoutouts... haven't been updating much mah. so here is a consolidated list of july babies in chronological order:
i hope i didn't miss anyone out... if i did, sorry lah. haha. hope you people had a great birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
TO
YAYA (0307)
HUDA (2207)
ROHANA (2407)
ASANUL (2707)
EZREIN (2807)
TO
YAYA (0307)
HUDA (2207)
ROHANA (2407)
ASANUL (2707)
EZREIN (2807)
i hope i didn't miss anyone out... if i did, sorry lah. haha. hope you people had a great birthday!
Friday, July 20, 2007
20 07 2007
fantastic date today ain't it? my cuz took my projected wedding date of 07 07 07. his cuz took my projected wedding date of 20 07 2007. *sighs*
tomoro it'll be my turn to be like 'a worm in a bird's nest during breakfast'. that's interesting. i've never been eaten before... shaz, i made that up especially for you. so please make it worth my while by coming up with a witty comeback ok? key word, witty.
in other news, harry potter book sept et finale drops tomoro morn y'all. gonna b picking kavi and mooches up at the ungodly hour of 0630 ish so that we can go collect our books from our most convenient singpost. mooch is just in it for the prata later on. haha.
was craving timtams the other day so i went on a hunt. didn't find them. was so disappointed i could've cried. *sighs* i want my timtams dammit!! no. i don't want them, i need them!! mmm... timtam bombs... mmm. someone tell me where i can get timtams pleeaaaaassseee?
then i discovered that about 40 bucks worth of redemption dollars on my card went mia. apparently they expire 12 mths after they are issued. am i supposed to know that?? and even if i am, why didn't they send me a letter letting me know that they were going to expire soon?? i can't even find out how much i have left unless i buy something! why isn't there a monthly statement?? assholes! i am going to do what everyone does in a situation like this... i'm gonna write them an email. i better get them dollars back man. or something.
good news is, my investments r making money! woohoo! bad news is i got billed for a fund switch which i did not make. this means that they deducted units from one of my funds to pay for it. one of my better performing funds. not happy!! naturally, i'm gonna write them an email.
workwise, things have been pretty interesting, albeit a bit slow. learning lots of things, doing lots of research, even got to play escort today to foreign visitors. my shoes absolutely killed my feet tho. got blisters within the first 5 min. bah. stupid shoes. never gonna get any from that particular store again. pfft. had to smoke my way thru some of the questions the visitors asked me. haha. when in doubt, be vague. they were french so i got to practice on them. haha. poor things. probably butchered their language.
ok gonna go do my sun chores on this fri night. cos i won't feel like doing anything after tomoro. hmm wonder if i can sneakily read potter in office... oh shit,forgot. need to do research this wkend. aaaarrrggggghhhhhh. *sighs*
tomoro it'll be my turn to be like 'a worm in a bird's nest during breakfast'. that's interesting. i've never been eaten before... shaz, i made that up especially for you. so please make it worth my while by coming up with a witty comeback ok? key word, witty.
in other news, harry potter book sept et finale drops tomoro morn y'all. gonna b picking kavi and mooches up at the ungodly hour of 0630 ish so that we can go collect our books from our most convenient singpost. mooch is just in it for the prata later on. haha.
was craving timtams the other day so i went on a hunt. didn't find them. was so disappointed i could've cried. *sighs* i want my timtams dammit!! no. i don't want them, i need them!! mmm... timtam bombs... mmm. someone tell me where i can get timtams pleeaaaaassseee?
then i discovered that about 40 bucks worth of redemption dollars on my card went mia. apparently they expire 12 mths after they are issued. am i supposed to know that?? and even if i am, why didn't they send me a letter letting me know that they were going to expire soon?? i can't even find out how much i have left unless i buy something! why isn't there a monthly statement?? assholes! i am going to do what everyone does in a situation like this... i'm gonna write them an email. i better get them dollars back man. or something.
good news is, my investments r making money! woohoo! bad news is i got billed for a fund switch which i did not make. this means that they deducted units from one of my funds to pay for it. one of my better performing funds. not happy!! naturally, i'm gonna write them an email.
workwise, things have been pretty interesting, albeit a bit slow. learning lots of things, doing lots of research, even got to play escort today to foreign visitors. my shoes absolutely killed my feet tho. got blisters within the first 5 min. bah. stupid shoes. never gonna get any from that particular store again. pfft. had to smoke my way thru some of the questions the visitors asked me. haha. when in doubt, be vague. they were french so i got to practice on them. haha. poor things. probably butchered their language.
ok gonna go do my sun chores on this fri night. cos i won't feel like doing anything after tomoro. hmm wonder if i can sneakily read potter in office... oh shit,forgot. need to do research this wkend. aaaarrrggggghhhhhh. *sighs*
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