today was... a jumbled up day. emotions mainly.

I think due to my swollen throat and lack of slp, I started my day feeling quite low. Half-dragged myself to work. Then Ms. Tan decided that she'll fall right at the entrance of her company on her 3rd last day at work. And it was such a stupid fall, lol. So much so that she ended up laughing while sitting on the floor (cos she realised how silly she was) while dear Wylin picked her up. OMG!!! hahaha... Its damn embarrassing. Lucky only one of the GM saw cos he's reversing his car in e parking lot nearby. Goodness!

I think after the laugh I felt better. And after a sumptous lunch, its hard not to cheer up. Our Quality Manager's having his last day tml. Then Boss say 'shun bian' farewell for me. Honestly, I dont mind... but I feel paiseh cos... he gotta share the lunch with me. Get what I mean? Anyway, we had a long lunch... By the time we got back, although my throat sort of worsened after that (half the food is either fried or spicy) I think I was in lighter spirits.

Ok, most of the pics are with Gladys cos her phone's cam 5 megapixel. lol. We were snapping away while waiting for the food and Jasmine commented on that. She said that is how different the two generations are. The 'older' ones will just chat and the younger ones find things like cam-whoring to do. But eh, we were mostly just trying to squeeze the 3 of us into the pic.

Although I'll be quite burnt out by tml, I'm still looking fwd to my Thurs cos we'll be having dinner with some colleagues after work... I think it'll be a fun & interesting night. I cant wait to see the reactions I'll get.

Alright, I shall try not to be too irritated by the occasional cough and work hard on submitting my report on time tml for Boss to vet.

there seem to be alot more other things more important than my PA report at the moment. And its really not because I'm procrastinating. They ARE impt too! Its just that, well... the timing. Everything's happening at almost the same time =P

Right now I'm just looking forward to Thurs cos of the dinner with my colleagues. And by then I would have completed my PA report (let's not talk abt how EXHAUSTED I will be by then too) cos I have to let my boss vet thru it b4 I submit.

For the first time in my entire 12 weeks, I did OT on a weekday la! Ok, I won't complain abt the lil' extra cash it'll bring to my pay cheque, but its just the last minute-ness of the work being piled on me. I actually wanted to run some errands after work, so it sorta eat into my evening a bit.

but still, though I'm tired, I'm happy too (:

oh and here's some pics from Zhe's cam from Ler's birthday

The Marmalade Pantry on Fri

KBox on Sat

ok, I'm procrastinating la. I'm supposed to do up most of my PA report this weekend cos next week is a busy week. And make some cards for my HR colleagues. I'm more interested in the latter of cos :P

This is gonna be a random post ok? Cos since I woke up there's been numerous fleeting thoughts today. Haha... And I wanna say, no more free haircuts for me anymore ): my hairstylist got promoted & she's transferring to Millenia Walk next month onwards. There, she'll be charging 90 bucks per haircut. Shucks, I wouldn't spend that on my hair. Not now! So, I gotta start finding another place to cut my hair soon. I think if this is the case I'll just be trimming, then keep my hair long again (:

And I need to trim my eyebrows. SOON!

Oh, I'm going JP later to pick up sth *winks

Meningitis.

inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, known collectively as the meninges. Meningitis may develop in response to a number of causes, usually bacteria, viruses and other pathogens, but also physical injury, cancer or certain drugs. While some forms of meningitis are mild and resolve on their own, meningitis is a potentially life-threatening condition due to the proximity of the inflammation to the brain and spinal cord. The potential for serious neurological damage or even death necessitates prompt medical attention and evaluation. Infectious meningitis, the most common form, is typically treated with antibiotics and requires close observation.

dearest sookee, do get well soon... It break our hearts to see you lying so thin & frail on the hospital bed. Very nearly cried while in the ward to see her this way. Let's just say I'm glad she's getting the necessary attention and in good hands.

I wonder how come friends around me have been getting hospitalized. It makes me tell myself that from now on, I should listen to my body more. Whatever signs or symptoms may well be telling me sth that's happening to my body. Please all, do take care of yourself...

On a lighter note, I decided today is a good-hair day! And I love this shot! I seldom cam-whore so... bear with me a while. haha.

let's talk about the coincidences that happened in just two short days.

1. Yesterday bumped into shuyi AND zhi zhong at JP after work/dinner with jer. within like 5-10 mins ok?!

2. On Wed, this Indian supervisor talked crap to me at the guardhse. The next day I realised from our records that he got the SAME BIRTHDATE AS ME! 8 may! but different year of cos.

3. Got to know this guy, Joshua, from Wenhui who interned with her at her PA company. Turns out he knows my uni classmates.

Ever since I started PA there are so many freakin' coincidences! I think I can accept all kinds of concidences now, however freaky they may be.

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And can I say how much I wanna go to Hokkaido too now? BOOHOO. Hwee Hoon's gg with her family. Jer's parents just came back from there with a lot of yummy food. The peaches were damn sweet. And from the pics, you can see how fresh (& tasty) the seafood is! It was already on my must-go list, now I declare that its like at the top - fighting with my trip back to Europe.

One of this is a kind of biscuit with rich choc between the cookies and a scallop. I tried the choc biscuit b4 from Small Aunt; there's another with strawberry choc which is quite nice too... I just tot I shld kp a pic to remind myself that I really shld go. Ah!!

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Long post, pls bear with me... I actually have more to say but let's leave it for another time after this. This is for one of my bangkok buddies, Sook Yee. She fell sick after we came back from then. Ever since then. Stomach flu, then now some virus or bug which the doc suspects is from bkk. The rest of us are fine, but I think she is rather sick. I'll be dropping by Mount E. to see her with minshan dear tml.

You're in my thoughts gal, do get well soon...

I do wonder what's wrong with me today. its like a day full of trips & near-falls for me. shuhui, shuhui, if you do not want to twist your ankle again, pls walk CAREFULLY!

I've got like 8 days of work left, and frankly speaking I'm kinda enjoying the last few days at work. True, there are few occasions where I nearly dozed of at my com while the Slow And Painful (SAP software - that's wad my colleagues call it) takes it own sweet time to load a page. Or when there's no one in the office and the poor intern is bored to tears. haha.

But today, work was somehow different, alot of funny lil' incidents. And Fazli gave me a great scare by popping up in the office when she was supposed to be on urgent leave. But I'm glad everything's fine for her hubby for now (:

Then again, allow me to say... I dread this kind of feeling whenever I finish a holiday job or internship. I do believe this is the last time for extension, since school is starting this time round. Just when I'm getting used to the place, the people and everything in at my co. the time comes for me to move on. Back to school! Let's leave this topic for another day ;)

and they say gd things come in pairs, may there be many more pairs of pics like these

I know, I've disappeared for some time w/o publishing any posts, but its for the good. I've been having great fun! (:

First was the bangkok trip, came back on wed this week. The shopping and weekend getaway was quite a good break after everything this hols. Enjoyed the thai food, the foot massage, shopping without a care for your wallet. Woo! Photos are already up on facebook, I'm lazy to upload here, its nt as friendly :P

Then there was Thong Ler's bday treats, thks alot for that! hope u had a great weekend with ur 21st!

with dear clarice, she's also at NTU but I cant believe I've nv seen her in my past TWO YEARS~

Its actually been a good 3 weeks since I've had dinner with my whole family cos I've been running about here and there, been in bangkok. So tonight was the first time in weeks I've really sat down and eaten a dinner with all of them. And you guys know my mum nags abt all these, so yep, she's pacified :P

Watched Red Cliff & The Dark Night with Jeremy for two consecutive nights. Its like a movie marathon, and both movies were great! (: Though I thought The Dark Knight is quite a dark movie, but I think I still prefer it between the two? And the pasta & omelette were great, thks for the wonderful weekend.

I cant help but post some photos took recently...

at henderson wave, we packed some dinner there after work. And that's the sunset behind us (:

the first meal he fixed *yummy

Fruits Fiesta! I think my company's quite happening ok... Haha, they got some fruit vendors to bring in lotsa fruits: DURIANS! Rambutans, longans, lychees, mangosteens and we also had some food catered from the canteen. I was contented with my longans & mangosteens, didn't join in e 'fight' for the durians. I've grown used to seeing the guys' mad rush over food, so ya.. the wharf was damn hot from e sun, but it was fun! Took a few photos, had quite a few laughs... Is it cos of the weekend that everyone seems to be more light-hearted? Silly jokes & comments just sprung up from everywhere!




Uncle Teo reminded me again to be careful when I'm over there in Bangkok, beware of people trying to spike my drink etc. hahaha. He's so kind.. I think he treats us like his god-daughters.

Anyway, just wanna say sth b4 I try to get some rest and charge up for my weekend in Bangkok. I so wanna be at Shuyi's 21st this Sunday!! ): But sadly, I cant... Lucky its nt the actual day, or I'll feel even worse. Let's try to do sth tog on 23rd if you're nt booked yet ok? With pong they all (:

and for those who long bang me to buy stuff, I'll try my best to get them, shldn't be a prob la. But. but.. if don have dont be upset hor? :P

And I'll kp myself safe & happy there, dont worry! Eh, minshan's offline alrdy, which means she's slept. hahaha... SHUHUI what are you doing here online?!?!

Finally got down to sth I've been wanting to do tonight - trying out Photoshop. But what I got online was the trial version and I cant seem to use airbrushes since they're locked. So after trying out this and that, I had to give up halfway on e photos I tried to edit ): oh well.. I'll try again, maybe go get e code from somewhere. Or does anyone have the CD let me know?

Well.. from my blog and facebook I guess people could tell sth's happening to shuhui in the past 2 weeks (: Just wanna tell you guys, everything's settled now. I've ironed out things & currently in the adjustment period. Haha.. What made me want to say all this, is the concern that some people have been showing me during this rather trying period.

I guess this is life. You lose certain things, and you gain some other. Just today, I've had 2 friends asking me if I am ok. Not the too-inquisitive probing. Neither is it the fleeting concern you sometimes get when people got to know what happened. It was out of pure concern that they asked. And offered me a listening ear if I should need one. Any time.

Thks to all who have listened, offered me a hug or whatever I needed during this period. I truly appreciate it...

I guess I can say lately I'm doing some adjustments in my life, haha. Oh well, no matter wad, Friday is for relaxing and chilling out after a week's of work!

Went to Party World at Shenton Way with Josephine, Jeremy & Tong Seng Kor Kor!! LOL. Jo is such great company to be with, nv fail to make me laugh with her comments or her rants abt sth. And her tong seng kor kor! got me during our car ride to Marina Sq.

Somehow we dont like how my cam turn out the pics of us, and decided to try my phone. Alot of squealing & deleting etc. Havent sung KTV with friends other than our nan hua clique, so yeah.. felt a bit weird and awkward. Hehe. poor Jo, she got sabo-ed by me quite a few times :P

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How long has it been since you've last had a good chat with your relative or family member?

Went to change some Thai currency for my trip next sat and (YA! Its damn fast right?) walked past aunt's shop and realised its been quite a while since I dropped by for a chat. Sometimes small things like this makes u realised how fortunate you are to have people who care (: Cousin knew I was going to Bangkok and told me alot of stuff abt where to go, wad to look out for, etc. I should have asked him, it just slipped my mind. He recommended some hotels to me which are newer or in good locations.

*xin fu*

as expected, the chalet was great! (: though there were a few little episodes here & there, overall it was still a great way to spend my sat.

Finally tasted the beer that so many people recommended! Ya, its got a quite nice after-taste, think I'll be looking out for it in future when we're drinking tog again. Last nite was super sinful. Old Chang Kee, Coffee Bean, buffett, cup noodles in wee hrs of the morning then breakfast at White Sands.

I do hope Zhi Zhong had a great time ytd, we all know how tired he is cos he was knocked out on the train. Haha.. but still.. he's one of the people I've known the longest ever in my life. Zhi Zhong, happy 21st! I hope with this you'll find more confidence in yourself and many more great friends (like us!) to accompany you in ur future endeavours!

I tink we can dong quite well last nite. But I was one of the people who slpt the most, haha. We went to pay Thong Ler a visit at NUH after we chk out. Glad to see he's doing fine, except he's pretty bored i guess. Get well soon! We're looking fwd to seeing your usual self again!

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I really, really appreciate the time spent with this grp of people. Was a terribly good way of taking my mind off things for a while. Thks you guys, for listening to me at Coffee Bean. I know I sprung a surprise on you all by confiding in you guys like that. LOL. Trust me if I had a better way of breaking things to you all, I would.

And also, thks for ur advice & telling me your thoughts abt the issue. I know its quite shocking to find this kinda thing happening to someone in our clique. Which was why I spared you all alot of details so that there's nt as much awkwardness as there alrdy is. I'll think through it properly, promise.

I messed up things. recently alot have happened. And when I say recent, it really is.

now I need time, and alot of personal space to sort out my thinking. Be strong, gal. Face it.

As the weeks went on, I realised actually 8 weeks are actually quite short. Now I'm moving on to my last 2 weeks. Starting to feel I may not bear to leave the place and the people I've got to know! Now I can chat/joke with some of the managers and they know me by my name! Its weird la, before that they call me 'xiao jie', 'xiao mei' & etc.

As Wenhui dear's interning at Emerson which is like a stone throw's away from my co. we met up for lunch ytd! Haha.. it was fun meeting you gal, after so long... Its a pity I have to leave early due to my pathetic 45 mins lunch break. Met her fren whose also an intern from NUS, Joshua. Learnt abt this shocking sex assault case at Clementi Woods which is just nearby. Be carefu ladies!

Yay! I'm so looking fwd to tonight's party at Sembawang Park. Yes its freakin' far but for the sake of our dear friend Wei Zhe, nvm la hor? Besides we can see soooo many friends there, its worth it! haha.. I shall bring my new cam there & take loads of pics!

But a big boo-boo is my handphone's still stuck somewhere in Samsung, I can only get it next week like on Mon or Tues after wk. Damn sad la, why does it have to take a week?!?!

this week has been busy but good. I love to have evenings filled up after work with meetups, dinners etc. It makes me have sth to work towards to at e end of the day! But of cos, too much of these do tire me out. But who cares?! hahaha, weekends are here and I can rest more.

today for e.g. I had work, meeting and a trip to IT fair lined up one after another. Finally bought a new Canon! I so wanna try it out! But nothing to take yet, haha.. but not much to worry for this, 2 21st parties coming up!

i did not really tune in to the news on tv or radio, and as such I missed out on e news of the 2 army recruits who had died in separate incidents during their trainings. somehow or rather, I was reminded of the dragonboaters. one thing leads to another.. and the next thing I know, I'm at their blogs (those dedicated to them) and you can guess wad happened...

almost a week since I lost my appetite last Fri, and I'm glad to announce that I think its finding its way back. I found myself eating more today, and given that I was eating in the canteen... *clap loudly*

I wasn't stressed at work.

No relationship problems.

No friendship woes.

But I mysteriously found no appetite to eat, end up being hungry at odd hrs, and when food is served... I found myself eating very little. Weird! I like to think the weather is the culprit!

Anyway, while looking at my table calendar last night, I counted my working days left till the official end of my internship. I have 16 days left! about 3 weeks. Which is damn fast, I say. I find it a pity because I've just only begun to know more people in e company, and they've only just got used to seeing me in HR. Oh well, they may wanna extend me if they cant find a temp staff. And also they are actually looking for a HR Exec to help lighten the load, we've seen only 3 candidates so far. If before I go there's no news, then v likely I may be asked to help (: I don't mind! Cos 3 weeks left, I wouldn't be able to find other jobs. And it'd help to earn some buckaroos (courtesy from ivern :P) after I shop in BKK!

in the past week, I realised and experienced for myself, the advantages of being a female in a company that is predominantly male. :P

the canteen uncle let us cut queue when we walk away from his stall cos we don't want to wait. and wow, we really didn't, he served it out in abt 5 mins. Then uncle teo was damn nice to pay for our lunch ytd. I dunno that when he kept asking me wad we are having for lunch, he was wanting to go pay for us. Only when the wanton mee were served did we know, it was already paid for. Quite paiseh he did it, but I learnt that he's actually a very nice uncle, takes gd care of his colleagues, esp younger ones like us. And so, I think I will treat him lunch or breakfast one day (:

And I'm starting to slowly know more people in my company! more familiar with the coordinators, secretaries & managers. And recently I got to know a management trainee, Jeremy, better. He's quite nice to offer me rides home, cos we happen to live near each other, but I didn't accept the offer. I feel weird sitting in someone's car when we have yet to know each other better you know?

Anyway, last nite... I gotta apologise to Eugene. Being in my usual vulnerable state of the month, I was quite grouchy. And tired. Esp when I realised he took a pic of me while I was slping in e car. And he was driving!!! Oi, u better dont upload to the net... haha.

already 4 weeks of intern have passed by in a whirl. Wow, its quite fast isn't it. That means 5 more weeks and I'm off to bangkok!

Been getting to know more colleagues, and they've all been pretty nice to me. and the world is really quite small, haha. I realised there were super alot of coincidences I never thought would happen during an internship. haha. for e.g. my mahjong kaki used to do temp there. imagine that!

what should I say, this week should get a 4 out of 5 rating? Becos boss is not in, and all the GMs are out of town for meeting. Plus our grandfather is on leave! (in my company they call the boss of ur direct supervisor - 'grandfather'. and usually they like to come by for surprise visit in my dept when our boss not in town)

Plus, I think I shld make a special mention that to date: I've had 4 free breakfasts in my 2nd-3rd week cos there's FOUR employees who struck 4D/Toto. Which brings it to a total of 5 in my 3 weeks, I've got a feeling it'll keep on going. Its either the fengshui in the company or that they bet heavily in 4D. Tell me why they keep winning?!

Here's my entire department (: very nice colleagues whom I got along quite well with. Wanna guess whose the boss?

Charlene & Wylin, the two colleagues whom I'm closer with, cos of our age ba! (: I'll miss Charlene when she's gone de. Contract finished this week. Which explains our dept lunch...

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I'm quite surprised at my 'efficiency' this week. By this afternoon, I had already met Eugene twice and Minshan for dinner on Fri. Hahaha. I had a long chat with Minshan at Ya Kun after dinner. Alot alot of topics. Thks gal, I enjoyed catching up with you! And pls dont forget our pet phrase for the next few weeks: "Bangkok also have!"

And now.. pictures from my new phone! haha, its not exactly new but ya, for me yes. I love the camera! <3

while waiting for the daily 'opening' (my colleague to open up the dept :P )

Yacht Club dinner, had Chicken Cordon Bleu, the same dish I had in France. But of cos, this doesn't taste as good. The chicken is a bit too tough to cut & chew. I think I'll give it another chance since its a new menu.

playing with the window in e car, haha.. too cold. This was what we always do as kids whenever we walk past windows right? Just that now, the msg has changed. HAHA!

and... the dessert of the day! Japanese ice cream at MOF in Lot 1! I gotta agree with Sharon (from her blog entry abt Lot 1) that its becoming a more happening place! And wad's more there will be more shops coming... Looking fwd to it!

*cross fingers* give me luck for tml's 4D, I wanna rub off some of my colleagues' good luck in 4D!

what with the pre-GSS sales, and now the GSS sales, I'm trying to up my willpower not to participate in the shopping like the whole island is doing now. Cos I want to defer my expenses to the BKK trip! I'm only keeping it to buying stuff like toiletries.. Mask, facial foam, shower gel, etc. I must be determined!

Tml, I'm going down to Westmall to get myself a new phone & do a recontract with Singtel. Whoppee..