It's Boxing Day!

HAPPY BOXING DAY! It's just a day after Christmas day. Hope that everyone had fun & joy and had plentiful of presents! This year's X'mas eve was spent at a wedding banquet. It was an interesting one as it is a military wedding procession. Haha...I think the previous military wedding I attended was my cousin's which happened >10 years ago. For this wedding ceremony, the newly-weds have to undergo "obstacles" or you can just call it sabotage. Haha.... I think the groom is always the target for sabotage in every wedding. So poor thing. Having to go through all these to marry a wife. But then they should go through all these. Being a man to protect their wife, rite? Hee hee....

Anyway, back to X'mas, I was home just in time when the clock struck 12am. MERRY X'MAS!!! I was eager to receive my second X'mas present (I didn't even open up my 1st present until x'mas day although I've received it much earlier. Haha....) but I was told that I need to wait till X'Mas day.

Woke up early on X'mas day to prepare for a housewarming-cum-potluck-cum-x'mas party. We prepared konnyaku jellies, agar agar & potato salad. Improvements: Jellies were not sweet enough (be health conscious mah) while the potatoes were not soft enough. The party @ Pearlina's house was fun. Haha...especially when we have planned for a surprise segment. Wahahaha..... The day was ended with a movie, Warlords.

Today is Boxing day, & finally back to work after a 6-day rest. Yawn yawn.... Thank goodness that boss is still not back from Germany yet. So we created a havoc. Long long lunch from 11.30am to 3pm! Wahaha....all the way to Excelsior @ Cityhall for dim sum. After that was gift exchange & I got a cute mug & a couple keychain, with the chinese character, 'Happiness', on it. Thanks to Wai Ling then. =)

Tired day! Next PH is just a week away! I'm in NO MOOD to work!!!

My first Prawn Fishing Trip!

Ho ho ho..... My so-called x'mas break started on Thursday & it will last all the way to Tuesday. Yah, I took leave yesterday & on x'mas eve so that I can enjoy a long long weekend! Yeah!!

I was tasked to organise the activities for yesterday. Haha...so after some thoughts & research, I decided to plan for a prawn fishing trip. Given some advice from my "advisor", we decided to head for the prawning place @ Sin Ming instead of the one at the Bottle Tree Park. Situated just beside the Golf course @ Sin Ming, there's in fact 4 ponds from which you can fish the prawns! Interestingly, the bait used is actually small cubes of pig's liver. Yes, place the bait on the hook & you are ready for your catch!

One of the ponds

The Bait

After a good 2.5 hours of fishing, we finall caught.... 10 PRAWNS!!!! Wahaha....Compared to others it's not really a fruitful catch, but it was really fun & we both enjoyed it!

Our 10 LIVE prawns!!

With the 10 live prawns pcked in a plactic bag, we were clueless as to how to deal with them. Hmm....steam them? Grill them? Fry then?? But...first & foremost, how to kill them??? Best solution: Freeze them in the freezer!!!

A day later, I'm sure that they were definitely frozen to death (seems so ruthless hor?) & so I cooked them with margarine, garlic & black pepper. Yummy!! Here they are! From live to cooked! Poor prawns, but that's the fact of life!

My cooked prawns. Nice??

X'Mas Shopping!

My favourite festival of the year is here. Yes! It's Christmas!! Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle all the way. La la la....

It's also time to get lots of presents, both for my good friends and for x'mas gift exchange. This year I got 5 exchanges! Oh manz..... broke broke..... December is my favourite month yet it's also my "brokest" month. Sigh....

Anyway, I finally managed to complete all my x'mas shopping! Haha...bought alot of cute little stuff for the exchanges as well as gifts which I hope my friends will like. Heez.... In the end, I also spent quite some time wrapping up all the presents on my own. Here they are!


Yah, all wrapped up in Taka wrapper but it doesn't mean that they are purchased from there, ok? Just that I have tonnes of that wrapper. Oppz...

I'm so looking forward to x'mas!! I want presents too!!

I'm now 25 years old already! :'(

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEeee! Another year older already. OMG!!

This year's birthday just come & passed, or in fact every year it did, rite? Oh yah... Well, this year's celebration started off with a spa treat @ The Rainforest Spa. Hmm...very special experience, relaxing. It's my 1st time doing it! Haha.... Ya, too stressed by work lately so someone knows that I need to destress & brought me there. We started off with jacuzzi & steam bath followed by a scrub then massage. To destress mah, so both my scrub & massage I picked the lavender fragrance one. Heez... After that was dinner at Halia Restaurant @ Botanical Garden. Nice ambience with soothing jazz music played by a trio. Just realised that the last time I went to Botanical Garden was when I was in sec sch! Haha....I'm so mountain tortise lor.

I was on leave today despite my busy work schedule. But then Bday more important than work mah, only once a year & to be 25 year old exactly it only happens once in a lifetime. Haha...so took a day off & watched The Golden Compass at GV Gold Class. The theatre was so classy & the seat was cozy. You can adjust the seat's height & inclination according to your preference. Haha... so comfortable that I fell asleep for a moment (yes, just for a moment coz I was being "barked at" for sleeping. haha). Dinner was then a nice home-prepared steamboat. Yes! I love steamboat!! This was already my 3rd steamboat in 3 weeks' time. Haha.....

I was happy with the celebration, all thanks for YOUR effort! Although I was looking for more (presents presents!!wahahaa). Yet somehow I also felt a little depressed & sad. Hmm....am I moaning over my always-increasing age (mid-20 now!)? Or I'm expecting too much? Or I'm just don't want to face reality to go back to work to solve the unsolved issues? Well, somehow just feel sian & I'm still feeling it now. Just no mood for anything, no excitement or what over my Bday. No feeling, numbed, feeling of emptiness. Dunno why also.

I just want a good break, can be a very relaxed one or an adventurous one. Adventure? Now I'm thinking of the reverse G-max bungy @ Clarke Quay. Anyone game for it???

Pirates Ah Hoi!

Pirates Ah Hoi! That's our annual D&D theme for this year which took place @ Hilton Hotel last nite. We were released from work 2hrs earlier yesterday so that we got time to dress up for the event. But instead, the bunch of us went Orchard to shop shop. Well, all gals so what else do you expect? We ended up buying a 'Little Miss' t-shirt each. Haha.... I'm now Little Miss Bad / Stubborn! Hee hee....

After shopping, we headed to Hilton for our dinner! But being lazy/boring/no mood/$0 budget, most of the colleagues (including me) from my unit did not dress up for the event. But we did some last min props (parang!) using cardboards (see picture). So damn cool, rite? Haha....

But we later saw more powerful "weapons" others have brought. Some brought "guns" (or rather toy guns). Haha....Anyway, it was an interesting piirates' gathering with most of us wearing the bandana. Although some looked like milk ladies instead. Ahaha...

Food wasn't very nice so didn't eat much. We played a couple of games & luckily or unluckily, I was picked to play a relay game. All I have to do was to burst a balloon & there I received a $10 Coffee Bean voucher. Wahaha.... However, I got no luck in the lucky draw this year. Hmm...it seemed like an alternate year winning for me. Won 3 years ago & last year. But anyway, we each got a $50 Takashimaya voucher as the door gift this year & on top of it my $100 voucher from last year is still unspent. So now $150 worth of Taka voucher! Who wanna go shopping with me??

Bombs? RED Bombs.

Lately I've received quite a number of red bombs pre-warnings. Oh mine! Friends of my age are getting married already! Congrats to Alni, Qing & Peiyee. Heez... Yah, that also reminds me that I'm not young already, will be turning 25 years old in a few days' time!

Sometimes I wonder what will make one feel that he/she is ready for marriage? Being in a relationship for many years already? Wanting to live with and see your loved one everyday? Reaching marriageable age? Sick & tired of present single life & want to have a change? Want to have kids? Want someone to wash & iron clothes for u?

If you asked me if I'm ready for marriage now, my answer is no. I think that there's still many things I wanna do and achieve before I will settle down. Furthermore, I still think that I'm a kid at heart leh, so how am I going to take care of another person?

Spinning Class!

I've finally tried out the spin class at PF today. Yes, finally I did it after procrastinating since I joined PF a year ago. All thanks to Grace for encouraging me to join her for the class. Heez....

Well well, I would say that it's a painful experience! Similar to cycling, I actually hate the triangular bicycle seats which always make my butt so painful. Maybe coz I got big butt?! :(

Other than that still ok lah, a little tiring during the class but felt quite ok after that. Heez.... But then, probably I've been too tired from work lately, I didn't have much motivation to cycle. The instructor is quite helpful and motivating and we simply have to follow the tempo of the music and the instructor's commands to cycle "uphill" or "downhill". I was too tired to visualise any "hills" then, so just cycle at my own pace. Ahaha.....

Probably I should try the class agian some day when I'm less tired & more motivated. Keke....

Suddenly I got this desire to go blading @ ECP. Wanna be in the sun, accelerate in my blades & let the wind slap on my face. SHIOK! I miss it!!

10km - Accomplished!

Hohoho!!! I've completed my 10km run & I'm still in one piece. Glad to say that I've clocked a timing of 1hr 17min & have been ranked in the top 38% runners. Keke.... Proud of myself!

For the remaining of the day after my 10km run was spent doing "sinful stuff". Wahaha!! After the run, we went over to Suntec for our roti prata breakfast (or should say 2nd round of breakfast for me). But I skipped lunch as I was too tired by afternoon & really need a good nap before meeting up with my JC bunch. Well, lack of sleep the previous night. Was a little excited plus I've been woke up by people who were more excited over the run. Poor me hor? My run started at 8am but I was already awakened at 5am!

In the evening, I've met up with the gals to celebrate Cat's belated birthday. Haha... Had fun eating mala steamboat and half-way through the dinner there was a blackout. But still, we had an enjoyable evening chatting & of course make plans for our coming X'mas celebration!


Yeah, it's now December! X'mas!!! PRESENTS!!!!

Tomorrow is the Marathon day!

Counting down to 08 00hr tomorrow morning. Just another 9hr 48mins more to that. Yes yes, I should be sleeping by now. But I'm getting a little excited and still gotta load my MP3 with songs to prepare for tomorrow. Yes yes. I'll be doing the Standard Chartered Marathon tomorrow. Just 10km I'm already getting excited. Haha... So what will happen if we proceed with the plan of 21km next year and a full marathon of 42km year after next? Hmm... No time to think so far now. Let me come back in one piece tomorrow 1st. Ahaha.... I'm sure we will! :)

Time to do some breathing exercise! Keke...

Gd nite!

Work work work!

It's been quite a while since I last mentioned about my work. So before you read on, be prepared to hear my sorrows.Haha...

Just two words to describe my present work. EXTREMELY BUSY!

Now I'm trying to finish up the synthesis of 11 compounds before I can happily go off to celebrate my bday then X'mas. Well, I'm done with 4 of them, 5 on their way but the remaining 2 still stuck somewhere. Yes, trying hard to push these 11 compounds through by next week. Meanwhile my lab notebook entries are accumulating, my Turkey conference report is waiting to be completed & also my APPRAISAL by 12th Dec. Haha.... Think I'm going bonkus soon. Lots of things to be done but so little time. So now I'm still considering if I should take leave on next next Mon. Hmm.....

Stressed & tired lately, so I might be more irritable lately. Please pardon me for that!

Holiday, holiday!! When can I go for a good break??

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!!! So why is the musical called Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?? Well well, it's because of this magical car which can fly and swim besides going on roads. So the name of the musical actually came from the sound the car engine makes which sounds like 'chitty chitty chitty chitty' before it gives out 2 loud bangs. Haha... Interesting!

I've attended the musical last nite. It was really cool! I always find the orchestra in the background the most appealing part in musical. Probably it has got to do with me in school band back in my sec & JC days. Haha....yah, got to hear the trumpet again. Of course, on the stage, the performers have put up a really good show too. Their singing & dancing were fantastic. Now their theme song is still running in my head. Haha....

This is my 2nd musical for the year, where the previous one was The Phantom of the Opera. So what's up next? It gonna be Beauty World Musical in January. Can;t wait till then!

Nite out @ Brotzeit with Bossy

Last nite I had a great evening out with RH & Bossy. Yes! Our team of three! This time round, instead of treating us to lunch, Bossy decided to bring us out for dinner as he wishes to see how well we can hold alcohol. Well, Bossy loves to drink beer and he drinks it like water, which also explains why he has a beer belly (which he denies that it's a result of too much beer. Haha). I admit that I'm not such a good drinker. Just a 0.5l + 0.3l of German beer was sufficient to make me turn red like a lobster and make me feel sleepy. But then I wasn't drunk lo. Haha...

Yah, German beer + German food. We went to the Brotzeit German Bier Bar Restaurant @ Vivocity for our very first dinner outing. It's actually my 2nd time there already. Food was alrite but beer was great and a good sleep inducer for me. Haha... We had a nice chat about work, about life. Chatted till almost 11pm before Bossy left for his 2nd round of drinking session while RH & I headed home. Felt really sleepy then. Lousy me!

Come to think of it, we three have been in the same team for 3 years already! How many more 3 years will our group of trio continue to have? Hmmm...

It's Such a Small Small World!

Last Thursday was Deepavali. Happy Belated Deepavali to all!

I started off my day with a 2hr combat class at Great World City's PF. Well, 2hr combat class is already my routine on public holidays. Haha... Crazy 2hrs but definitely fun! But the most rewarding thing for my trip down to GWC yesterday was to bump into Grace at PF. We two were so excited to meet each other in the ladies. Very surprised too. I've been trying to meet her up for dinner ever since she's back from Australia but we never succeed in meeting up. Yet we met at PF's toilet! Haha... Anyway, what's more of a coincidence is that Grace is actually Oscar's vet! Unbelievable! Really can't believe that Singapore is that small for such coincidence! Like this friend knows that friend of mine, etc etc. Super Frienster! Oh well, for now it's probably more appropriate to call it Super Facebook! Haha...

Too bad, our catch up was really short. Hope we can meet up for more catching up some time really soon!

Today I was back in office with no "government" around. Yah, boss was away, so can have a relaxing day. Anyway, my arms are still aching from all the waving at A-Mei's concert last nite. Yah, aching not because of the gym but the concert. So you can imagine how high the concert got. Hee hee.... yah, it was really good!

Back to School!

This afternoon I went back to my alma mater, NUS. Not back to study la, just back there to submit a sample for elemental analysis. Hmm....although that's the main reason why I was there, but I think PT, RH & I spent more time looking for old friends, exploring the new canteens & went Co-op shop-shop. Haha....I suddenly felt so old in there. Afterall, I've already left NUS for nearly 3.5 years already. Time flies!

But it felt great to be back to school, an energetic & vibrant environment! Heez....kind of miss those schooling days. Miss lectures, tutorials, rushing assignments, preparing for tests & exams. I know I sound crazy now. Having to go through all the grueling work, burn midnight oil again, who wants? Haha...

Anyway, RH & I managed to get a copy of Clayden's organic chemistry textbook each for personal use. Yah, $70 for a book that's work-related yet we have to fork out from our own pocket. Crazy? Hardworking? Haha.... Well, to me I'm getting it for my own good la. Anyway, I've been wanting to get the book for quite some time already. Need to thank Cat too for getting the discount card for me. Hee hee....

After touring around Science faculty, we trios went over to Arts Canteen for lunch. It is now nicely renovated and it looks so much more spacious now. Back to school = back to cheap & decent food. I had vegetable rice with 2 veg + 1 meat which only costs me $1.80. I also ordered my all-time-favourite drink in the Arts canteen, strawberry-jackfruit juice. Yummy!! Still tastes as good, at only $1.30.

Felt so satisfied, not just my stomach. Happy to have my very own Clayden's organic chemistry book now!! Heez....

Why am I sick again??

Got up early in the morning & my stomach felt funny. But everything was ok until I transferred to the Pasir Ris bound train at Jurong East. There on the train, it was stuffy & I couldn't hold it any longer. I vomited. Luckily not onto anyone but almost. Then I quickly alighted at Clementi to puke everything out. Actually there's nothing but just the water I drank earlier in the morning. Since I was just 2 train stops away from my office, I went to work as usual, assuming that everything should be fine after puking. But then, I started to suffer from headache and was running a temperature of 39 deg. C. by the time I went to see the doc. Oh my god! Why am I sick again?? I've been so weak lately!!!

The doctor's diagnosis showed that my throat infection has yet fully recovered & has in fact worsened. To the stage that the virus goes to my stomach & attacks other parts of the body. Something like that la. But sounded scary. Didn't know that a throat infection can have so much complications!

Anyway, after taking the medicine & sleeping for the whole of yesterday, I'm feeling better today. Though still a little weak & lack of appetite. Hope I can get well soon!

My first 5km is accomplished!

Yes! I've accomplished my very first 5km run this morning at the Great Eastern 10km run!!! Well, to some people, it might be just chicken feet though but I'm really happy that I've completed the run. In fact, I didn't even train up for the run. I think my last run was a weeks ago, covering only like 2.4km. Haha...Yah, I admit I was lazy & not disciplined enough.

Well, during the run, there's times when I felt like stopping, trying to think of excuses for myself to rest & walk instead. But at the same time, I tell myself that I cannot stop & must complete the entire run no matter what. So I just push myself to go on running until the end point. It took me about 35mins to complete it. Hmm...I guess the timing is not too bad, rite? Heez... Though I'm really impressed by some of the 10km runners who took like 45mins to complete! Anyway, I'm so happy that BZ, PT & I completed the run! Haha....tired but happy. Not bad, at least we were not among the last ones. Heez.....

So coming up in less than 1.5 months' time is my Standard Chartered 10km run. Oppz! For this really need to TRAIN UP NOW!!! Time is running out!!!!

628 market is burnt!

If you do watch the news, you should have seen the report on a wet market at Ang Mo Kio Ave 4 being on fire last nite. Yah, exactly. It's the market located opposite my house.

I came to know about the market catching fire when Mum called me up last nite at 9+pm. By the time I reached home, all I could see was the market being engulfed by thick smoke. Along my way back, I saw a few fire engines coming into the area. It looked as if they are shooting some film. But what came before us was a REAL FIRE! Earlier on, the news did report on this accident. Basically all stalls were badly burnt. Everything was charred. It's really a sad thing. In just a one-hour fire, all the hawkers have lost everything. Many must be devastated.

Now there is plan to set up a temporary market at one of the carparks nearby. But it would also mean that the hawkers will need to fork out another sum of money to pay for the tempoary premise on top of the loses they are suffering now. Sigh... Hope more help will be rendered to them.

Now me & the residents here are going to miss the good food at the hawker centre as well. Sigh... Hope the businesses can resume soon!!!

Me & my lapop are sick!

I'm officially sick since yesterday and so is my laptop. :'(

No idea what happened. A few keys on the keyboard failed me since last night. All I could remember is that I last use it on Wednesday nite and bro did use it for a while on Friday nite. What happened? It's barely a year old only!!!!

So today, while I'm on MC, I intend to bring it down to Kallang for diagnosis. But...the sky is turning real dark & the medication is making me real sleepy now. HOW???

Why are we sick at the same time? Sigh... :(

Hari Raya Puasa

Selamat Hari Raya to all my Malay friends!

Yes, today I went to Noorul's place for visiting too! Heez... Warm & friendly hosts and of course, the food was great. Thanks for the invitation! I think this is the very 1st so-called official Hari Raya visiting I have so far. Coz most of the time I'll go to my Malay friend's house after Hari Raya to "clear" their new year goodies. Ahaha....I mean to enjoy, ok? =)

I've eaten quite abit of the cookies just now. Now I think my throat is going to sore soon. *cough cough* On top of that, I've eaten some chicken wings at Ikea after the visiting. Oppz....too much of a temptation. I'm falling sick soon!!!!

Relax Weekend!

Finally my presentation was over on last Wednesday! Can say that I'm quite pleased with my performance & boss was pleased too. Heez....

Since Wednesday, I've been sleeping alot. Well, for Wed, Thu & Fri nights I really sleep early & slept like a log since I've been quite deprived of sleep for the past week. Haha....so by Saturday, I was energetic enough to go for 4 rounds on the track plus bodypump then bodycombat & my day was rounded up with Cheer Chen's concert. Simple & nice though I wasn't very familiar with the songs. Heez...

Though my muscles are still aching, I still attended 2 gym classes today. Now my muscles are aching even more! I met up with my bunch of JC gfs after that to celebrate SM's belated birthday & Sze's upcoming birthday. Really had lots of fun chatting, eating, taking pics, shopping. It's been quite some time since the group of us met up. Really enjoyed the evening! Hope we can do it more often!! Yeah! A few plans coming up. KTV, cycling/blading, chill-outs. Haha...can't wait for the activities already!!! :)

Tiring weekend! But I've really enjoyed it. Tmr half day of work then shopping!!! Woohoo!!! =)

I've not MIA!

Due to my busy schedule, especially with work, I've not been updating my blog. Sigh...Still got some backdated posts, hope to finish them by next week. Heez...

But what's more pressing now is to finish my presentation slides for next Wednesday's Chemistry Meeting. I'm glad that I've created some of my powerpoint slides already, though it's just the presentation title, outline and acknowledgement. Yah, the main body of the presentation has not been done. Oh shit! Yah, I'll need to churn down the stack of journal articles before I can start working on my slides. Sigh...Seems like still a long be way to go but I'm now running short of time! Other than presentation, work is killing me too. So much to do yet so little time. I've been lunching in & doing OT lately, but things just didn't work out the way I wish, dunno if I'll be able to meet the deadlines. Haiz....

I'M SO STRESSED NOW! AND ALL MY PIMPLES ARE POPPING OUT!

I NEED TO DE-STRESS!!!

Outing to Night Safari

This weekend has been fun! Yesterday I went to the Night Safari! Heez... Why do I sound so excited? Erhh...quite embarrassed to say that yesterday was my very 1st time stepping in Singapore Night Safari since it opens 13 years ago. Oh no!! I'm such a lousy Singaporean!

It's really a fun experience seeing the animals in the dark Some were even free to roam about and we got to come in real close contact with them. Some of the animals we saw include monkeys, binturongs, babirusa, spotted mouse deer, calves, tigers, lions, leopards, owls, hippos, rhinoceros, sloth bear, striped hyena, giraffe, bongo, tapir, elephants, gaur, squirrels, bats, porcupines, otters & lots more.

Hoping on & off the tram was fun too. It's so amazing to see the animals walking around freely while we are on board the tram. I wonder what will happen if they just jump up onto the tram? Heez... But the tram ride would have bee even better without the inconsiderate tourists who just kept flashing away their cameras at the animals when they had been told many times to switch off their flash. Don't they understand that this could blind the animals? So bad of them! Maybe they don't understand English!

Anyway, glad that our trip wasn't spoilt too much by them. Yah, luckily we alighted & walked in a different direction as them. Haha... We were quite entertained by the animal show too. Very good show presenters, who reall managed to keep the crowd excited throughout the show. It's funny to know that someone is terrified of snakes! Ahaha....wanna to volunteer (or SABOTAGE??) him for that particular segment, but I was afraid that I'll be thrown into the crocodile pool after that so I didn't. Haha....

Yeah!! Shall go to the zoo some day soon! I wanna see the penguins! Heez....

Surprise Call

Today I've received a call again. All I can say is SURPRISED! Yah, totally unexpected that they'll call me up for round 2 as I thought I've floppd the 1st round. Anyway, I'll be good to be more prepared this time round. But what to prepare? WK just told me something scary. There might be a 4th & 5th round. Sounds quite crazy. Though I still have quite a no. of days of leave left, I think I'll run out of excuse to take leave real soon! How??

Left-handed-right-handed ME!

Actually this entry came in abit late, it should be written on the 13th of last month. But why that day? Because it is the International Left-handers day which is my day then! Heez... Well, I only remember this day when I came across an article on left-handers in today's 'mypaper'. Haha....

To be precise, I was born a left-hander but is no longer a "pure left-hander" as I write with my right hand from young. Well, this doesn't occur naturally. I was being "forced" to write with my right hand by my mum when I was small. Yah, as she is a right hander and has to teach me the writing strokes by holding on to my right hand, over time, I've developed the habit of writing with my right hand. But other than writing, attempts to do other stuff with my right hand simply fail. Haha... Yah, that includes colouring, drawing, painting. Although these tasks seem quite similar to writing, I can never do a good job with my right hand. However, when it comes back to writing, my left hand seems more crippled now. Well, I guess it's because after years of writing with my right hand, I'm now better at it than my master hand does. Haha...

I do agree with the article in 'mypaper'. The society is made more for the right-handers, even basic things like scissors, I'll have difficulty using them with my left hand. Yah, I used to be so clumsy with scissors such that I've cut my own clothes by accident for quite a number of times (which made my mum so angry. wahaha) Maybe because there isn't a "left-handed role model" for me, my chopstick skills sucks for my left hand & even more so for my right hand. I have difficulty using the normal knife as well & I'm often being laughed at by others for holding my chopsticks in such a weird manner and for taking years to cut simple things with the knife. Left-handers being the rare ones in the society are sometimes being seen as disabled. Sigh... Discrimination!

I'm also bad at racket games as my serves are just bad lo. Maybe it's me who's bad at the games rather than because of my hand. wahaha...

But well, after almost 25 years of being a left-hander, I'm already used to the inconveniences. But there's also advantages like I can easily switch to another hand to do things or I can use chopsticks to eat with 1 hand & write with the other. Ahaha...Something to feel happy about being a left hander is that it is believed that we are smarter & more creative compared to right-handers. Erhh...though I don't think I'm that smart lah, maybe it's my mum's fault for turning me into a left-right-handed hybrid. If not I might be smarter lo... Sigh..

What a "cold sweat" day!

Today is a hot & sunny day except for a short passing shower. What a fine Monday! But I was already in "cold sweat" early in the morning. Got up at the usual timing but not for work. Had to put on my freshly-ironed long sleeves shirt & pants, make up and make sure that I look nice & presentable before leaving my house. Yah, probably by now you would have guessed that I went for an interview. Haha...

It took a good 1.5hrs to reach the place. Everything there just appear so familiar yet so distant. Familiar coz it's still the same receptionist and many things still look the same as they were 4 years back. Distant coz it feels kinda weird when you return to a familiar environment as a visitor & having to go through the interview by the familiar people which gonna feel kinda awkward. But as expected, the interview was tough!!

The interview was broken down into 3 segments - general questions, techinical questions and finally mechanisms. General questions were mainly on what I've been doing for my present job, why am I looking for a job switch, etc. Technical questions were more for them to see how I will respond to different situations & how I will go about solving the problems. Mechanisms are just about drawing arrows here and there to show how electrons flow. Though I expected such technical questions, I decided to take things easy and so didn't prepare anything. Haha...

So since I wasn't very much prepared for the interview (I don't want to give myself so much pressure either. Haha), I guess I won't be too upset if I don't get shortlisted for the 2nd interview. But it's definitely a good "refresher" to go through an interview again after not attending any for the past 3 years. Haha... So now I'll just have to wait & see. =)

Time to learn what I wanna to?

Today I was disciplined enough to attend 2 gym classes alone, body combat & hi-lo. Haha...combat was fun as usual, while hi-lo was fun but tiring as I was not even allowed to wipe off my sweat let alone take a sip of water during the class. Yah, so the hi-lo class just went on continuously for some 50mins before it ended with some stretching. So tired!

Met up with WS after that. Hmm...somehow, we seem to have lots of "complaints" about work & life. Haha... So we spent a nice Sunday afternoon chit-chatting and gossiping away. Heez... Talked about changes, about how much we have changed & our life has changed over the years. Have the changes be for the better or for the worse? Are the changes what we really want or are they just the product of our ever-changing environment? But deep down, we know that our friendship has not changed for worse and that's really something to feel happy about. Heez... Wow, come to think about it, just 3 years into the working world & we already have so much "complaints", what will happen in the many years to come? Especially now the government has raised the retirement age. Sometimes I really wonder if I have to work till the day I die. That's so sad, I wish I can retire earlier, like 55 years old, then spend my time enjoying life, travelling. Wahaha... Will it be possible? Hmm... Maybe you are telling m to wake up from my dream now. Haha

Anyway, just to put a stop to our never-ending "complaints", we decided to catch a movie, Secret by Jay Chou. Nice show coz i love the piano tunes they played. Really impressed with their piano skills. How I wish I can play piano too. Yah, I can only play (used to play. Haha) trumpet & harmonica but I always wanted to learn piano & flute. Actually I did check up the courses before but after which just procrastinate it, so till now I've not started on anything. Sigh...Yes, I should stop procrastinating anything from now on! Yah, I wanna learn a 3rd language, either french or german, too.

Yes, there's so many things in life I wanna pursue now. Haha...

A Call Today...

This morning when I logged on to my gmail account, I was surprised to receive an email. Hmm...actually not really surprised, sort of anticipated it but just that I expect it to be in the form of a call instead of an email. (Hmm...at this point in time when things have not fallen into place, I'm not going to reveal too much. Haha...) Having received the email and followed by my reply to confirm on the details, somehow just started to think about alot of things. I began to imagine how life would change if the thing just goes on smoothly, the pros & cons. Feeling a little fearful at the thought, having to go through all the changes and readjustments yet at the same time looking forward to facing the probable new challenges. Hmm...well, I just tell myself to take it with an open mind. Anyway, nothing has been finalised yet, it's just my first step forward now. Heez...

Hope that things will turn out well next Monday and I'll be able to get a clearer view of whether things are like what I've been expecting & are they what I really want. Just wanna follow my heart! =)

A Nite of Fireworks

Yeah! All thanks to Jo, I got the tix to the Singapore Fireworks Celebrations 2007 tonite. Heez.. The fireworks were choreographed by the Spanish fireworks team. It was fantastic! I should enjoy it to the fullest but too bad, I wasn't in the best state to enjoy the display. Yes, already down with a terribly blocked nose, sore throat & cough, my left eye was suddenly "bugged" by something. Dunno what exactly happened. My left eye began to get quite uncomfortable after work, somehow there's lots of discharge ( sometimes greenish stuff) and it was a little painful. So throughout the fireworks display, I was either wiping off the discharge from my eye or preventing my half-blocked-half-runny nose from overflowing. Sigh... Quite unlucky. After the fireworks display, we still have to squeeze through the crowd & it took me almost an hour before I managed to take the train home.

I think what I need now is some medicine & sleep. zzzZZZZ

Mid Year Review

Happy Belated Birthday, Singapore! Yes, yesterday I watched the NDP but it was on TV not at Marina Bay. I never have the luck to win any NDP tickets, irregardless of how many entries my family has sent out. Sigh... Anyway, for NDP parade, I'm usually more interested in the march pass & fireworks segments, not so much on the in-between performances. Yah, another segment which I like most is the school band formation, but think they have scraped off the segment some years ago. So sad.. Well, it just reminded me of the my secondary school band's participation in the NDP when I was in Sec 2 then. I missed the chance to participate as they picked mostly sec 3 & 4 members for it.

Anyway, other than having resolutions for our country, Singapore, it's time for my mid year review for my job & to rethink about my resolutions. Yup, I've just done my mid year review with my boss on Wednesday, talked about my past 1/2 year performance, my long term plans, etc. There he asked again if I'm still keen to further my studies. With a bit of hesitation here & there thou, my reply to him was still a "yes". He then went on to talk about what are the things I should consider carefully before I embarked on the plan. How I should get started off to look for Uni & good supervisors, etc, before we can bring this up to my big boss. Hopefully I can get some help, especially financially then. ahaha!

Hesitation. I still have some reservation about the whole idea of going back to study/research. My goal? To get a PhD? Well, that would probably take a good 4-5 years followed by 2-3 years of postdoc before I can officially "graduate". Let's see. With at least a year of preparation starting from now, the earliest I'll start grad school next year when I'm 26. 5 years down I'll be 31 plus another 3 years, I'll be 34! When I did the calculation & told my boss, he said I'm so cute. Erhh.... Besides counting the years, I also understand that there gonna be lots of sacrifices I need to make. Like long hrs in lab, weekendless (which means lifeless too), a big drop in income, less time for family, friends & him. Well, the decision I make now is not just going to affect myself only, it'll affect alot of people so I can't be selfish too. That's 1 of the reasons why I've been procrastinating it, until it's mentioned again during the mid year review.

Like what I've said before, I'm feeling stagnant in my R&D job already. In terms of career aspiration, I doubt it'll bring me anywhere further with just a BSc. So I got to think of alternatives for myself now. Thought of 2 other plans besides going for a PhD. Heez...

1. Move into manufacturing. More political but likely to have more career prospects.
2. Do a Masters 1st, then probably go into tertiary teaching.
3. Get married & be a tai tai.

Oppz! Didn't I only mention 2 plans? Well, 3rd plan is just an impossible dream in Singapore lor. Wahaha....

Tiring Weekend

For the past week, and even till now I've been bugged by the rashes on my legs. So irritating! I simply couldn't help but keep scratching, especially in the middle of the nite. I was finally being persuaded to see the doc this evening coz my legs look really disgusting, red patches of rashes. Same as before, the doctor could not determine the exact cause of my rashes, coz it could be the food I eat, the shower gel I use, the clothes I wear & perhaps my work environment which cause the allergy. No idea what happened. But anyway, as long as the cream she gave me to apply helps to stop the itch & heal the rashes, I'm happy! Haha...

Past 2 days have been great & enjoyable except for the sleep which I've missed. Fri nite was basically a sleepless nite accompanying my poor bro in hospital. Luckily he was fine after a jab & need no hospitalisation. It was also an interesting nite spent in the hospital. Got to see a couple of "interesting" people there. There's this old man who has been left in the hospital by his daughter. Well, the old man was only kept under observation for a few hours but his daughter just left him there. When he was told that he could leave the hospital, he could not find his IC & wallet and he started bugging the nurses & accused them of taking his stuff. But it was believed that his daughter might have taken his stuff home after dropping him off at the hospital. In the end, he created a din in the observation room. It seemed like the nurses could not reach his daughter by phone as I see him leaving with a police officer after that. Just felt abit curious why did his daughter just leave him in the hospital like that when he's only under a few hours of observation? He's not even admitted into the hospital! Is it so difficult to accompany her dad for that few hours? Isn't she concern about what happened to her dad? Hmm...

I also saw another old man in the observation who looked so frail & fragile that he kept trembling in his bed. But there was no one to take care of this poor, sick old man except for the ever busy nurses who had to manage the 30 over patients in the observation room. At that point in time, I really wonder where his family is and why aren't around to take care of this old man. Is is sufficient to simply leave the sick parents in the hospital like this & expect the doctors & nurses to take care of them? Is this good enough to be called filial piety? If they think it is, it's really sad.

There I told my bro, he should be thankful there I was there with him throughout the nite. Wet his lips when his lips are dry, assist him to the toilet when he needs to, making sure he's comfortably sleeping in the bed when I only got a plastic chair to sit. Haha... And on our way to catch a cab home, somehow we began to hold hands. It's like back to the days when he was still a little boy and I held his small little hands. Well, back then his palms were only half of mine but now it's twice! haha... I guess as one grows up & spends more time outside with friends, you will tend to neglect your family. But when something happens, your family will be the 1st to attend to your needs and perhaps then you'll realised their importance again. So sad... hope I'm not a disposable sis to him leh. That's why I kept telling my family & some people, must treasure me before I die leh. Haha... Of course I treasure my family & friends as well! =)

All the best to my dear friend!

Sob sob... GY just left for Boston this morning. Earlier in the morning we have just exchanged smses and when the last sms from her was about that she's already on the plane, going to take off soon, somehow I just felt a little sad but at the same time happy for her.

We just met up for a dinner last Friday before her departure. As she wished, we treated her to a Japanese restaurant coz this gal thinks that she'll miss all the Japanese food she loves when she reaches Boston. Haha.. And I've also bought her my favourite Japanese wassant, which she loves as well. No worries, I'll get you more when you come back, ok? Surprisingly, I also received a nice little angel hp accessory from her. Heez... Really like it. Thanks! Our meetup was ended with a farewell hug, so sad... Gonna miss her for the next 1.5 years. Now less 1 khaki to go out & go travelling. But all the best to her! Just hope she'll be less blur & more independent. Heez... Yeah, and I'm going to save up for my air ticket to fly over & hopefully I can sponge on her then. Haha...

Actually I envy her too. I wish I can go abroad to study/work for a few years, to learn to be independent & to see the outside world too. I wonder if I'll get a chance to. I wish I wish...

More Joy @ Work, more Activities in Plan!

Since my return from Turkey, I've embarked on a new platform for my current project. This time round, the chemistry involved is less tedious and alot more workable. So happy!! Finally I'm doing something which I'm able to see results!! Heez... Yah, I've been missing out on this in my work for the past 1+ years, where what I've been working on were mostly ambiguous & unfulfilling. But at least for now, things are working well and no longer demoralising.

I've also got a couple of "major events" lined up in my plan. Haha!!! For a happier & healthier me, me together with some friends got ourselves registered for the Amore Women's Dayout & the Great Eastern 10K Run. Haha... so excited!!! Excited over the events &... GOODIE BAGS!!! Hey, don't say that I'm cheapo, ok? Well, it's been the 3rd year in a row that I've participated in the Amore Women's Dayout and without fail, I'll always do it with Zhen & YP. This year our group grew bigger, there's gonna be 7 of us! Hope it won't rain like last year & hope there'll be more fun this year. As for the Great Eastern 10k Run, I've just signed up today, only for the 5km fun run. Well, it's gonna be my 1st time doing a marathon, so gotta take it easy & start off with a shorter route. Heez... Coming up next will be registration for Standard Chartered Marathon. How far are we going to run then? 21km? Oh gosh! I need to train up for my 5km 1st then!

An Outing to Sentosa!

It's my 1st weekend back in Sg! The very 1st outing I have for this weekend was to Sentosa. Haha....any guess on when my last trip to Sentosa was? Ermm... I think it was when I was 18 yrs old. Some 7 years back. OMG!! I'm such a mountain tortise!

But yesterday morning begun with some drizzle, such a nice weather to laze in bed! zzzZZZ Haha...So by the time I woke up, get prepared & reached Sentosa, it was already noon time. Ready for lunch! Haha...

I think the most excited person (or rather pet) at this outing was Oscar. Can see that he got all high & excited the moment he landed on Sentosa, he just kept barking and checking out each and every corner. Haha... He even learnt how to swim! Wow! But still need lots of practices & training, just like me. Wahahaha.... So our "coach" gotta teach us how to tread water steadily, ok? Heez...

Despite the bad weather, it was an enjoyable outing. Seen alot of changes made to Sentosa. Now the monorail is gone and is replaced by the light rail train which links Vivocity to Sentosa. The old musical fountain is also gone, new IR is on its way too! So much changes there! Yeh, many things can change in just a year, a month, a day, an hour and even within a minute. Let alone 7 years. Changes... Will changes always be for the better? Only time will tell. Haha...

I'm back from Istanbul!

Yes! I'm back from my 9-day business + holiday trip to Istanbul!! Time flies so fast. 9 days just passed like that & I'm now back to Sg, back to work already. My 3 other colleagues & I were sent to Istanbul, Turkey, for a Medicinal Chemistry conference, AIMECS 07. Hmm...well, conference wise it was abit too academia, more university-based research were presented instead of industrial-related ones. However, still managed to see some interesting tuberculosis research (related to my research), which my boss has tasked me to pay attention to & report to him the research which had been conducted. Stressed manz! Coz I'm the only one in the group working on TB now.

Anyway, back to Istanbul. On the overall, it's a pretty nice place with nice sea views, lots of mosques (at least 1000 over of them!) & palaces too. The turks guys are handsome too, with very long & curly eye lashes (so envious of them!!) and sharp features. Haha... For the past 9 days, I've been having lots of hard bread/pita & kebabs (lots of lamb, limited chicken, well, only chicken breast meat) with VERY VERY LITTLE greens. Felt so deprived of vegs then coz I'm a veg-lover! Yah, the only veg they commonly have are tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants & pasley. NO GREEN LEAFY VEG!!!! I think that's quite torturous for me, so just a day before I returned to Sg, I called up my dear mum asking her to prepare a "green dinner" for me when I'm back. Haha... Yah, I really miss Sg's food!

Took lots of photos but still in the midst of sorting them out. Will post them up soon. Heez...

Besides staying in Istanbul, we took a short flight to Izmir then to the small city there called Kusadasi. A nice sea side city & I love the sunset there. It was really really nice!!! Our main purpose to Kusadasi was to visit Ephesus, where one of the old 7 wonders of the world, Temple of Artemis, is located. Really enjoyed the exploration!

Now back to work again. I'm looking forward to my next holiday. But when will it be? Sigh...

Busy Busy Week!!

I've been so busy with activities and packing of luggage that I've not been blogging for the past 1 week odd. And most of the days this week I've been sleeping at 1+am. Oh no! Eyebags and dark circles becoming more prominent now. I need mtm!! Haha...

Last weekend was crazily tiring. Started off with Christina Aguilera's concert on Sat evening at the National Indoor Stadium. Haha...It's my 1st English concert. A pretty cool concert, very nicely done, well sung and danced by the very sexy Christina. Yah, although I am not very familar with her songs, I think that she has put up a fantastic performance. I wish I was more familiar with her songs so that I can sing along or even dance along during the concert. Haha... After the concert, we were just in time to catch the pathetic fireworks (ok, at least better than nothing..haha) at the National Stadium. It's the last day before the closure of the National Stadium. Sigh.. Another historic place is going to be demolished again in order to make way for new buildings. That's so sad...

The next day got up really early to attend a sport climbing course at Yishun Safra. Think I was too tired to think that morning, brain kinda of stopped functioning. Kept doing the wrong things during the class. Haha... But things got better in the afternoon when we began our wall climbing. Haha... it was fun! Though the 1st attempt was kinda of scary and I didn't reach the top of the rock wall. But I decided to try it again and this time round, I managed to survive all the way to the top of the rock wall. Yeah!!! Haha...all thanks to my steady belayer, LLT! Haha...but when we switched role, it's a different story already. Cold sweat!!! Haha....

Felt so shacked this week after all the series of activities. I'm still trying to pack my luggage for my Turkey trip. Yah, I'm leaving in 24hrs time! I wasn't really looking forward to the whole trip, or maybe just haven't get into the mood of it. But hope my "holiday" mood will take off as my plane takes off tmr.

In the meantime, take care folks! I'll be back soon to update more about my Turkey trip! Haha...

Happy B'day, Mummy!!!

Today is my mummy's b'day. Happy Birthday to my dearest mummy!!! Stay chio, happy & healthy always!! Heez... Today we just had a simple cake-cutting and dinner at a nearby coffeeshop to celebrate mum's b'day. But it was definitely enjoyable for all of us, though it's disappointing that papa (sleeping coz need to get up early for work) & sis (cg) did not join in for the celebration. The cake was a tasty home-make fruit cake (not made by me but my mum's friend) bought by mummy herself! Haha... So funny, B'day gal buying cake for herself on her b'day?! Ok, to make up for it, I paid for the dinner and will get her a belated b'day present soon (well, maybe from Turkey? Haha)

Just to backtrack a little, yesterday evening LLT & I went for 'Transformers' gala premiere. Saw some artistes at The Cathay as well. Heez.. Coming back to the movie, it was really cool! Haha... some parts of the movie was funny too, it's really an entertaining movie. But I was a little tired yest, so kept dozing off at some points during the 2hrs 20mins of screening. Lousy me! I dunno why. I guess I really have ultra short attention span. I often doze off in movies, meetings, bus/train rides. I always try hard to keep my eyes open. But most of the time my upper eyelid just seem too heavy to keep it lifted up. Sigh... I'm so useless.

Backtrack backtrack... to my weekend, I mean last weekend. Haha... did nothing interesting except to attend my 1st physical assessment at PF. Yah, we are very slow, after some 6 months in PF then we attended our 1st physical assessment. Haha...most people woud have gone through it at the point when they join the club mah. After measuring blood pressure & doing some tests, I am proud to say that I'm considered as fit! Haha... Interestingly, the computer system has also calculated my wellness age based on my physical abilities and I'm only 18 years old!! Wahahaha....this means that my body age 6 years less than my chronological age. Muahahaha... As for YOU, you are now xx years older than me instead of 3 yrs. Haha... Work hard, ok?

Weekend's coming again! Gonna be busy but gotta start packing my luggage soon!!!

Death of my Project! Yeah!!

After working for my project for about 8 months, it was declared DEAD last Thursday. Somemore it'll take immediate effect. I was quite shocked when boss told me that day, as we expected the project to come to a closure only at the end of the month. Haha... but also good lah. In other words, I can stop suffering from headaches & will no longer be pissed off by the tedious chemistry which never seem to work the way we have hoped for. Awesome!!

Now I'm projectless yet not totally free as one might think coz still got some archiving work to do. Super duper sian!! Doing paperwork is so torturous!! I hope we'll get a new project soon. Praying for more interesting & rewarding project this time round! Yah, for past 1 yr I've not been in much luck. Always stuck with projects with grueling chemistry. Yucks!! Hope my luck would turn for the better this time round.

Pray hard for me, friends!!!

Learning to be Happy

Being happy is actually a very simple thing yet some people find it hard to find their own happiness. Well, I guess it just lies in one's mind, how you would define happiness. To me, many things can make me happy. Having a fulfilling job, doing what I like, eating what I like, talking to friends, hanging out with like-minded friends, spending time with family & loved ones and of course seeing that my friends & family are leading a happy life will make me happy. Yah, as simple as that (seems alot thou. Haha)!

However, I've seen people who get jealous of her friends when they seem happier than her. Not only that, she even use sarcastic words which not only hurt her friends but will eventually hurt herself the most. This is because in the course of it, she begins to lose her friends. But as her friends begin to isolate from her, I wonder if she does self-reflect on what has gone wrong. More often than not, it appears to me that she does not realise her problems. So in the end, it looks like the cycle just repeats itself again & again, with different group of friends. Sigh...

Weird person? Well, I think it's more of selfishness.

I don't see why someone should be jealous instead of envy their friends when they are happily attached. As for me, I'll definitely feel very happy for my friends when they find a good partner (whether I'm single or attached). I guess to a great extend, I believe in fate bah. If the someone is destined to appear in your life, he will, if he doesn't, too bad then. Haha... Even being a single, I was a happy single (oppz!! I don't mean that I'm not happy now, ok? Haha). I think it all lies in one's mind, on how you view things.

I came across this sentence in a magazine & do agree with it.
"It's only when you're happy alone that you can be truly happy with another person. Otherwise, every relationship you have will be based on need rather than want."

So learn to be happy first!

Long Lost Friends

I finally got to meet up with Qing to "la kopi" (should be la green tea. Haha) last nite. We decided to meet at the newly opened drive-through Mac since I've not been there before and the place is within walking distance from both our house. Heez... Unexpectedly, the place was super crowded! Both indoor and outdoor seats were occupied. Yah, afterall, it's a Friday nite, we should have guessed that the nite was still young for many. Haha...

But lucky for us, we managed to find an indoor seat pretty soon. After filling Qing's stomach (since I've already taken my dinner whereas she hasn't), we began our long chit-chat session. Haha... nice session! We have endless things to talk about especially since we've not met up for quite some time. Hope we can do this more frequently, ok? Heez...

Just when we were about to leave the place, we saw our 3 long-lost friends, HS, Boon & ET! Haha...it's such a coincidence! So in the end, we had a mini AMKNPS class gathering at the Mac. Haha... I think the last time I met some of them was 2-3 yrs back. Haha...everyone still look the same as before, but in terms of career and personal life everyone seems to be doing good. It's an interesting get-together talking about the past, about what happened in pri sch, etc. Haha... And OMG! That's like how many donkey years back. As I count, I realised that I've known HS & Boon for a good 18 yrs already while with ET & Qing it's 14 yrs. This makes me sound very old. Haha... Anyway, I guess we'll have a group gathering pretty soon. Will we be able to gather all 42 people form class 6B? Hmm...

Seems like there's quite a no. of long-lost friends appearing from nowhere lately. Haha... Got a surprise call yesterday from 1 of my JC 1st 3 months classmate too and they are in the midst of organising a class gathering as well. Yah, after 8 years! Haha...

Well, it'll be really interesting to meet them after so many years. Heez...

MayDay's Concert 2007

I've been looking forward to 02 Jun with much enthusiasm since March (I think). Yah, I've bought the tix to MayDay's 2007 JUMP! Concert. Haha... I was pretty excited about it but at the same time I wasn't very keen in going to Expo for concerts as my previous experience wasn't fantastic. Nevertheless, we still decided to give it a go.

Still remember for MayDay's previous concert, I attended with my sis & some of her friends at Expo as well. That happened some 1.5years back and I could still remember that the concert fell on my birthday. Heez...

For this year's concert, the 3 of us - LLT, HC & I, got the most pricey tickets so that we can have a good view of the entire concert. Heez.. Interestingly, we bumped into quite a number of friends who attended the concert as well. Haha... So that kept us busy chatting up & taking pics with some of them. The concert proper only managed to commence at about 8.30pm. It started off with a short video telling a story which involved the band members. A little boring, I just want the singing to start real soon then! Early part of the concert the band was singing some songs which I'm not too familiar with. Sigh.. yah, I know, I should have been more hardworking to practise/listen to their older & newer songs (I'm only more familar with the in-between albums. Haha) before the concert. It was only until the 2nd half of the concert that the crowd started to warm up and got more high.

Overall, it's an enjoyable concert. They've sung a good number of my favourite songs, though they missed out some others as well. Haha...well, 3hrs of concert is just not sufficient for them to sing all the songs they have!

Kinda of regretted that I didn't order the concert t-shirts beforehand. Expected them to sell them during the concert but they didn't. Sigh...

Vesak Day!

Happy Vesak Day to all Buddhists! As for me, my family & I don't celebrate Vesak Day. But still, as a typical working adult, I looked forward to this day, because it's a public holiday. Haha...

Yah, pretty exhausted by work, and I need a short escape from all the stress. Managed to clear my half a day of time off yesterday afternoon. Went for my dental appointment & then back home to sleep. Lately I've been feeling tired easily. Getting old already?! Hmm... Anyway, it was nice to spend my weekday afternoon relaxing at home, such a luxury! Haha.. I also managed to bug my mum and get her to cook dinner for me yesterday. Whahaha...so bad of me to bully her. Of course not lah! I prepared the dinner together with her, had a really good time cooking and eating together. Heez~~ Yah, then I realised that it's been quite long since I last prepare a meal together with her. Well, I used to be her regular 'kitchen assistant' when I was still schooling, but it became less often after I started work & after she started to help out at my dad's stall. Heez...a simple dinner but I'm very happy! :) Hope we can do it more often.

After dinner I was out for Mambo nite! Yah, since today is a PH, I do not have to get up early for work, so could afford a late nite. Haha... But then, everyone else thought likewise. In the end, Zouk was fully packed with people, and I really mean FULLY PACKED. OMG! It was really scary. More packed than Suntec today (due to the PC Show) and I almost died in there while trying to squeeze out from the place. Pretty boring music too. Sigh... it was really disappointing! Looked forward to dance abit & relieve my stress but didn't even manage to step onto the dance floor coz it was too packed already. But luckily I've already had a "good dance" on Tue nite during the Step I class. Backtrack a little, the Step I class was so fun though LLT found it a killer! Haha... Good for you to attend to train up on your memory skills, Mr STM. Haha..

Today we have spent a good 2 hours in gym for the killer combat class. Haha...our sweat was just flying all over the places! We've been informed to dress up in orange (or bring an orange fruit to class - erhh... CNY meh? haha). Some of the regulars were pretty sporting to dress up in orange attire. Of course not for us. Reason being no orange gym gear! Haha..
Did some shopping after gym before meeting up with GY for PC Show. Bought something expensive. Abit heartpain though it's not my money. But really thanks for the present. Heez...

Tmr still gotta work before it's weekend again. Sigh...

Work is driving me NUTS!

ArghhhHH... Past week I've been feeling lousy at work. Or truthfully, I should say since last year, I've not been working on any rewarding chemistry projects, it's pretty a demoralising feeling, and some times it really sucked. Sigh... Now, a year later, things have improved a little but I still feel that what I've been doing is not really what I'm looking for. Really dread going back to work tomorrow again, still gotta face the same old problems, which I really dunno when I can get them solved. Looks like my boss is not optimistic about the current project as well, I can really sense his frustrations whenever he talked to us about the project. Furthermore, I think that the unexplainable results that I'm getting are driving him mad as well. I felt frustrated too, really feel that I'm so useless & stupid sometimes. Sigh... has anything gone wrong? Am I not suited for this field? I just feel that I'm losing the zest and motivation in research these days. I kept asking myself, " Is it time to move on to something else already?"

But again & again, I keep telling myself, "Failure is part & parcel of life. In R&D, it's an even BIGGER part!" Yes, of course, I don't wish to give up so easily, I still hope to give myself a little more time in R&D, and to think clearly my next move. I hope I'll still be able to hang on, hang on...

I think now I've adopted a good way to release all my stress. That's gym workout! Haha... Especially during combat class, all the work stress I have is released through those punches and kicks. Ahahaha...

Anyway, my weekend has been good. Yah, happy that I always have good weekends and that really drives me to work so that the next weekend will come soon. Heez~~ Met up with WS & BZ again yesterday. This time round brought them to Clarity Cafe. Great to hear that WS has some plans already and is already executing them. Hope I'll be able to execute my plans soon. Haha...

My Weekend!

This week didn't do much things other than work. Even for gym, I only attended 2 classes yesterday for this entire week. Sigh.. But hope that me gym regime will resume some time next week after my gym buddy is back. Time to exercise again, dude! Haha~~

No gym after work. So what have I been doing then? Well, then I became a good gal & went home early to have dinner with my mum (if not she'll complain). Haha~~ But then, still managed to catch the movie '28 weeks later' with LLT on Thursday evening. Haha... somehow, I was in for some scares that day, wanna get some adrenaline rush (hmm..probably lack of exercise this week, so I missed the heart-racing feeling. Haha) Asked to choose between a comedy, 'Blades of Glory', and a horror show, I picked the latter. Wahaha.... Well, I think the show was more bloody than scary, so I still didn't managed to get the scares I've hoped for. Haha

At last I managed to do some exercise on Sat afternoon before meeting some of my JC classmates for dinner at Central. So happy to see Tricia, Yimin & Wanen! I think we last meet up some 1 1/2 years ago. Everyone still looks good now! We managed to get the outdoor seats of the restaurant which has a good view of clarke quay. It's really nice to catch up with them again. Looks like everyone is still pretty happy in their field. It's interesting to realise that 4 of us are in pretty different fields - IT, audit, building & real estate and science (me!). Had a good time listening to the little stories happened at their work. This world is so full of funny people. Haha.. Wanen will be organising the next gathering but hope that it's not going to be 1 1/2 years later.

Today I've decided to give gym a miss & bring my laptop out to town for a "walk". Haha..well, wanted to try out the wireless SG thingy but no idea why, just couldn't get it properly hooked up to the network. Sigh... Luckily I brought my Turkey travel guide along to read. Heez~~ Saw a number of nice & cool places in the guide (especially the beach!), hope I'll get to go.

Another full week of work, then the week after will be Vesak Day PH! Haha~~ What's more, I'm going for MayDay's concert that weekend. So excited!!

What Am I good at?

Today is yet another busy day (since when am I not busy? haha). Yah, after "wasting" my previous week on NMR training, I need to clear a lot of my experiments ASAP. I wanted to finish up as much as I can by today, even at the expense of skipping/ a short-and-quick lunch today so that I'll have sufficient work to deliver to Bossy during the afternoon meeting. But in the end, the meeting was cancelled coz we ended up looking high & low for a bottle of substance. Stupid! That bottle of thingy kinda of "gone missing" since last July, but Bossy only started looking for it now. We searched the entire lab, in every possible corner, but still didn't manage to find it. Come to the question, "So whose fault is it?" Just because I'm the last person to enter the info into the inventory list, I am said to be responsible. But the thing is, more often than not, Bossy doesn't give clear instructions as to how much of the substance is to be submitted and to whoever. I feel that there is a high chance that he just took away the bottle from my work bench and pass to some other parties without even informing me. Yet now he's questioning me on what happened to the bottle. I doubt anyone would want to steal that bottle of chemical, & I wouldn't swallow it (unless I wanna die soon, it's toxic!) & I not the blur sort who'll be sotong enough to dump it away. I'm glad that I was firm & confident with myself that I was not the last person to handle that bottle. After an afternoon of hoo-ha, the mystery was finally resolved. The bottle was sleeping in the freezer in another department! And the only person who comes in close contact with the department is definitely not us (associates are just test-tube washer, remember? Haha), it's none other than Bossy. In other words, the only way the bottle got to that department must be through Bossy. Well, I'm not trying to push the blame to him or anyone. But sometimes, really feel that he's just not organized and meticulous enough. He expects us to take care of every little detail for him, but the thing is, he's in the front line but we are not. There's many things which we are not aware of what's going on so how are we going to take note of the details for him? Sigh… Anyway, glad that the bottle has been located.

I start to ponder again, so what am I good at? Have I been a good associate so far? Sometimes I just feel that I haven't been doing a good job. Well, not because of this incident which makes me feel this way. In terms of technical knowledge, I know I don't have enough. Organic chemistry is such a diverse area! In terms of lab skills, are mine good enough? Sometimes just feel that I suck at everything. Life don't suck but I guess I suck. Haha!! Suddenly my brain is being flushed with negative thoughts. I'm fine, no worries. Just thinking of what skills I can pick up to make myself more marketable? Hmmm…

Weekends!

Weekend just kinda of sucks for some reasons. Nevertheless, I still made my way to the gym yesterday afternoon for pump & combat classes. Felt better after a good sweat-out and now my muscles are still aching. I met up with Noorul after that for revision. Well, you didn’t make me puke blood, but you almost made me fainted. Haha~~ Hope the session was useful for you!

Went home after that for Mothers’ Day celebration though it was just a simple affair at home. It was so sweet of my bro to get Mama a bouquet of pink carnations. Although Mama kept nagging at him for spending the $$ unnecessarily, I can see that she was really happy to receive the flowers. Heez~~ We bugged Mama for the entire evening to decide on what to have for dinner, in the end what she requested for? Just a fillet-O-fish! Haha…My Mama is so cute & she is so easily satisfied!! But in the end I ate nothing due to some problems. Glad that the issues have been resolved now. :)

Today I went to ‘T-One Steamboat’ located at Beach Rd with some colls after work. Food was good and the spicy stemboat pot was nice but it was a killer. Now I’m still suffering from stomach discomfort, OMG! I can sort of feel a layer of chili oil floating in my stomach. Eeee…

Stressful Week

This week has been a busy week. A week packed with in-house NMR training and we didn’t even have time for lunch. In case you have no idea of what’s NMR, I’ll talk briefly about it. Basically NMR stands for ‘Nuclear Magnetic Resonance’. To put it simply, it is an analytical technique used for the determination of the structure of a substance. So my training was on the use of the new software to operate the powerful yet complex instrument. Lots of mathematical & physics stuff involved in this training, which totally drove me crazy! My brain was congested coz there’s so much things to learn and there so much expectations from us. OMG!! Thank goodness, there’s LPP & RH in the training as well. Though the 3 of us are equally blurred & stressed, we still have a good time learning together. We were also lucky that the trainer was very patient with us. Heez~~ But sitting in the NMR room for the entire day doesn’t feel good at all, half the time I felt like dozing off. It makes me realize again that I’m not the cut for desk-bound job. Wonder how many cups of coffee I’ll need then. Haha~~ I really miss labwork for the past week!

I finally got to meet up with Rain on Thursday. So sorry about it, gal. Last min OT & gotta delay our meeting time and change our meeting location as well. Yah, not only that, our supposedly dinner cum KTV session was simplified to just a dinner at CWP. Sorry about the delay for your BDay present too. Will get it soon, ok? Nevertheless, I was happy to meet up with you even though it was a short meetup at CWP for dinner & ice cream followed by chit-chatting over at your house. Heez… And of course, thanks for the new pot of plant you got for me from Taiwan. Just in time to replace the poor dying cactus you got me the previous time. Haha~~ Thanks a lot, gal! :)

Went back to work for half a day today. So I miss one of my favourite - Sat's gym classes! But anyway, now I've got half a day of time-off to clear. Thinking of when to clear it. Haha~~ Managed to pick up a few travel guides from the library before heading home. Yeah, gotta read up & start preparing for my Turkey trip! In the evening, I met up with PY, XY & WL for dinner to celebrate XY's BDay. Happy Birthday to XY! Nice meetup, we did lots of shopping (but I'm the only one who went home empty-handed! haha), makaning & chit-chatting. Still, all that I've done didn't improve my moodiness. Sigh... Why? Why?

A Moody Weekend

Hmm...dunno for what reason I felt a little moody these few days (not pms la! haha). Irregardless of what I do, it just didn't make me feel better. Felt lazy, didn't even feel like going for my gym classes. That's so not me! Afterall, I still attended the classes yesterday & today, though I opted to do some equipments (view at Vivo PF is great!) instead of combat today. Glad that I did, felt a little much better after some sweating. Heez~~

Glad that I had some good company this weekend! Met up my GF for breakfast (instead of a jog. GF's so lazy leh. Haha!!) yesterday. Had a good chat though it was a short meetup. Yesterday's afternoon was spent gyming alone (gym class looked alot less packed than usual as well) before meeting WK for late afternoon tea & some shopping. Heez~~ No idea why. I felt quite tired yesterday & slept soon after I got home. Piggy me! Haha

This morning I got up not feeling much better. Sigh... no idea what's the cause of all this moodiness. Just felt sian somehow & I couldn't explain why. Poor LLT gotta bear with my sian face today. So poor thing. Haha~~ Caught the movie 'Spiderman 3' in 4K digital version. It was good! Crystal clear man! The show was nice as well, an exciting show, so I didn't fall asleep as well. Or maybe bcoz I've already slept alot last nite? Haha~~

Weekend has passed again. Tmr onwards gonna be stuck in a training. Hope it'll be a good one.

Back to Blog!

Hey folks! It's been a good 2 wks plus since my last post. Heez... I've been feeling lazy & slacky to update my blog. Running out of things to blog too. Life's getting abit of routined. But well, after a good short trip to Penang, I'm recharged again (or at least for the moment. Heez) and here I am, back to blog! Haha!!

Probably a brief update of what I've been doing for the past 2+ weeks. Basically I was still working as per normal, but probably in the midst of thinking if I'm hit by mid-twenties crisis also. Haha!! Mid-twenties crisis? So what is it about? At least to me, it's about feeling stagnant in my present job, which I've already been in for 2.5 years. Just some thoughts about whether to change job, where to move on to, what to do next (still work or further studies?). Afterall, being in my mid-twenties (an adult already & no longer a kid!), there's also alot of other factors to consider when making any decision.

Of course, before I make any next move I still want myself to enjoy what I'm doing at the moment and I decided that a short break should do me good. And yes, it did. Thanks to GY for suggesting this Penang trip & of course Elin for hosting, although she was quite sick then & didn't really spend much time with us. It was a really relaxed trip, no rush to anywhere or to do anything. So although GY & I spent most of the time walking along the beach deciding what to do next, I think we just had as much fun nuaing, enjoying the sea breeze but of course we did venture out to explore the places & the good food as well. Heez... GY's going over to US in 2 months' time. I gonna miss her & definitely I'll miss travelling with her. Ok, will remember our promise to go travelling again when u return 1.5 years later, ok? All the best to you!! :) Hope you are less blur and sotong by then. Haha~~

I think I've been sleeping too much since my Penang trip. I feel sleepy quite easily ever since then. Haha!! Getting piggier already, OMG!

Next on my travelling list - Turkey, Istanbul!

Happy Birthday, Papa

Today is 16th April. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PAPA!!

I think papa has enjoyed the birthday celebration we held for him earlier. We truly enjoyed it as well. Heez~~ It's been quite a while since we last have a family dinner/ outing. Somemore, this time round it was a even bigger gathering. In all, there was 7 of us. =)

We have a great dinner at 'Dian Xiao Er Restaurant' @ the newly opened AMK Hub. Food was good, and of course, the company was great! We had an enjoyable time eating and chit-chatting and the dinner was ended with singing a B'day song and cake-cutting for papa. May all your wishes come true, Papa! After dinner, we went to shop around at AMK Hub. It was only my 2nd time to this place, but compared to my 1st visit, many more shops have opened. The place was pretty crowded as well. I guess it's now the new hangout place for AMK-landers on weekends. Haha~~ Although we didn't go anywhere far, I am still very happy today, coz it was like a big family outing. I hope we can do it more often!

Back home, received a phone call from my cousin saying that my aunt has gone missing. Sigh... My family, especially my mum is worried sick now. Hope my aunt will be found soon!!

Phantom of the Opera

The musical, The Phantom of the Opera, has been in town since late March and I finally got the chance to watch it today. Haha~~ We actually bought the tickets some time back in Oct or Nov last year and finally we've watched it. All I can say about this musical is IT IS SIMPLY SPECTACULAR!

I was truly amazed by the way the stage has been done. The rate at which they changed the backdrop was really amazing. Everything was really good. From the props, costumes, singing & acting. It's really "wow"! What's more, we even got to see the chandelier came crashing down. So scared that it would hit us as we were sitting right below it. But got to admit that we really got very good seats. Had a good view of everything that's happening on the stage. It's really worth the ticket price, no regrets! Heez~~

Anyone who has yet catch this fantastic musical should watch it real soon!! =)

Start of another long weekend!

Yeah!! My long weekend is here again! I guess this is going to be the 1st sentence for my blog for the subsequent weeks. Haha!! Though this week is only a 4-day work week for me, time passed so slowly. At last, RH is back from her honeymoon! Back to full team!! But Mon's meeting with boss was like full of sarcasm from him. He himself admitted as well. Sigh... For the past few weeks, I simply feel sian, lack of motivation to work on my stuff. I thought it was my own problem, probably something that was affecting me & my mood somehow. But then, had a chat with RH yest and realised that she has the same feeling, even though she's just back from a holiday. Yah, shouldn't she be feeling fresh & recharged after a good 3 weeks break? Yet she feels just as low morale as I am now. Hmm....

I managed to finish a book called 'The Present' just a few days back. Quite an interesting book, talking about how one should focus on the present, learn from the past and prepare for the future. Yah, think I should be like the person in the book - find a quiet & peaceful place to reflect on my life! Haha~~ Actually I always wanna do that. To be alone for a few days, to clear my thoughts as well as to rethink about my life.

Ok, enough of my moodiness. Haha~~

My Long Weekend! Good Friday!

A public holiday is finally here! It's Good Friday, so it means it's a long weekend! The last one was CNY if I'm not wrong, rite? Anyway, from this coming week onwards, for every single week of April I'll have long weekend! Heez...

So my long weekend started on Thu evening with my usual gym session. This time round I attended both the combat class as well as the sculpt/abs class. This is my 2nd time attending the sculpts/abs class and it was still as crazy as the previous one I've attended. I would say that the class was tiring, but also fun. At the end of the class I just don't feel like doing anything... Haha

Got up early on Friday morning thou it's a public holiday. Haha!! Well, need to have a hearty breakfast before attending the Good Friday Special Class - 2hrs of combat! Yah, with <24hrs of rest, we are back to gym again. I think we are getting so overdosed by gym classes now! Haha~~ But it's definitely fun! Yeah, had a good workout before going for a good meal. Heez.. Then someone needed a change of image to meet darling the next day, so we went to a nearby salon. And the end product? No worries, it looks good! Haha~~ Did some shopping after that and got a piggy t-shirt. Haha~~ Thanks for the present! Really like it! But why pick the pigs in the 1st place? I look like one meh? ahaha.. A pretty rush day. Went back home to drop my gym stuff & shopping bag before going out to meet LPP they all for movie.

Went for another 2hrs of gym yesterday. My bones are shattering soon. 3 x 2hrs of gym just within these few days. Haha!! So no gym today. My body needs a break as well. Heez~~ Anyway, quite happy this weekend coz I met up with GY yest to get my bus tix to Penang already. Yeah!! I've gone into another shopping spree again & used my voucher on swimwear & a top. Haha!! Our day was completed with a sinful indulge (on desserts!) at our favourite jap restaurant.

Today I finally get to meet up BZ & WS again. Think the last time we 3 met up was before CNY? Although there was just the 3 of us at ktv today since Cat couldn't make it at the last min, we still had a great session. Heez~~ But seems like you gals have much more complaints about your job than I do. Haha~~ Yah, hope that you can find a better job soon. :)

Monday's here again. My project team is back to full force! =)

Feeling Sian...

This week my boss is not around, my work partner is not around as well. One is on holiday while the other is on honeymoon. So good! But I felt really bored at work. Not that I don't have things to do, but it just seems to me that what I'm doing now is not the priority of the project since boss didn't even bother to set a deadline for it and has not been chasing me for the results. Furthermore, since now he's not around, I can simply slack. Haha!! But somehow, I dunno if it's bcoz of the project I'm working on now or is it that I've been on this job for 2.5 years already, now I just lack the zest which I used to have. Have I begin to grow sick of the job? To a certain extent, yes, sometimes I just feel that I'm a "highly-paid production worker" where I just follow the instructions given by my boss and produce the compounds he wants. Yah, the lack of qualification and experience simply leave us with little chance to participate in project discussions, etc. Arghhhh!!! Anyway, just hope that my present project will pick up its pace soon and my motivation will return soon. Really looking forward to my short trip at the end of the month! Hope to get recharged after the trip! =)

Did something which I wanna do quite some time ago...

At last this morning I managed to return something which I've been holding on to for a year already. Of course I did not do this personally and had to trouble a frd to do so. Really thanks this frd for helping me. After returning the item to its owner, I couldn't help but asked myself, "Does this indicate that we have reached the end of our frdship already?" I really dunno. There are many things which I always hope that I can let go of more easily. But I realise that it's usually difficult. A couple of days back I even dreamt of receiving a call from this old frd. Maybe I'm just thinking too much already. Anyway, now whatever that should be returned to its rightful owner has been returned. Probably this will mark a full stop now. I don't want to think too much about the issue anymore and I guess I should just move on with my life now. :)

Clubbing Nite!

Yesterday morning's sun was strong! So glad that I was on leave and so I managed to swim on a weekday morning. So happy and felt really satisfied after the swim. Yah, thou I gotta admit that I'm a lousy swimmer, I really enjoy soaking in water. Heez~~

Activities for the day were already planned. I've already made an appointment to do my hair before meeting PW group & some of my colls & frds @ 'Clinic'. But in the end when I got to the salon, I sat down for less than 5 mins and walked out of the salon. Haha~~ Yah, due to some promotions the shop has which will only commence in April, I was advised to go back in April (which is just like 1-2 days later). That left me with 4hrs of rotting time. Sigh... But I decided to do some window-shopping and keep a lookout for my frd's bday present as well to spend my 4hrs. Heez~~ Didn't buy anything, but sort of found the present for my frd. Haha!!

In the evening, managed to meet up some of them for a quick dinner 1st before proceeding to 'Clinic' to meet the rest. Well, it's 'Clinic' is a bar not one that you go & see doctor, ok? Haha!! Although you can still find doctors and nurses there, but the doctors there are quack doctors lo. Heez~~ On the overall, it looks like an interesting place on the outside, but in fact nothing much in there. But of course they have special drinks there which looked quite interesting (in drips & syringes!) though we didn't get the chance to try. Wow, can't believe that it's such a small world! LN actually knows Glad & her gang of frds!! Haha~~ Complicated network of frds!! We had a fun time at 'Clinic' playing some games before proceeding to MOS. Well, over at MOS... hmm...a little boring. Still prefer Zouk Mambo afterall. Haha~~ After that went for supper with some of them before procceding home at ard 4am. Oopz... I was being locked out of the house! After much phone-calling & banging on the door, I managed to wake my sis up. Haha!! Otherwise I gotta sleep outside my house already.

So tired!! But I'm heading for gym soon!!! :)

Mid-Week!

Yeah! Tmr is the last working day of the week! Heez~~ Cos Fri will be on leave again. Well, gotta clear my leave by end of April. Still got 4 more days to clear. But I've already thought of how I'm gonna clear them. Haha!!

It's been a relaxed week @ work as bossy has just left for Bali without leaving much work for me to do! Haha~~ Think he's already in R&R mood already so can't be bothered with me lately. RH not ard to talk to me in lab coz she's on honeymoon, bossy's not giving me work to do. So bored!!!

Anyway, went out with Glad, Jo & LPP after work yesterday. A pretty last min decision coz my tuition was cancelled at the last min again. Haiz... Always like that! Anyway, so the 4 of us went to collect the farewell present for SR before going to Orchard to get some gift vouchers for her as well. Tmr's her last day, wish her well. :) Dinner was at 'Sun & Moon Jap Restaurant'. Food was a little pricey but pretty good. Thou what I've ordered wasn't really that filling. Heez~~ Had a great time gossiping & planning for more activities together. Yah, all Glad's ideas! Haha

Today's tuition was cancelled as well, so hit for the gym alone. Hmm...was kinda of cheated coz I went into the Step II class instead of the Step/Hi-Lo class. The steps are so confusing!!! U know, I've actually attended 2 Step class before and for both, I surrendered in <10mins after the class commenced. But this time round, I persevere & stayed till the end. Thou most of the time during the class I was lost and just stood there. Haha~~ But it's a fun class!! Heez~~

Yeah! Parents & bro are back from M'sia! This ends my maid's life, I HOPE!! Haha!!

A EAT-ALOT Wkend!

It's time for my weekly updates again! Now my muscles are aching. Exercise for 4 consecutive days this week! Thu was combat class, Fri was pump & combat, sat was combat again (3 consecutive days of it!) and today went blading and jogging. A crazily exercising week but I simply love it! Haha!!

Think I've been on a binge for these few days. Really ate alot leh. Getting scary...how come I'm eating so much huh? Isit becoz of the amount of exercise I've been doing? Hmm... But still, I felt very satisfied to be able to eay my favourite bbq fish after my Nike plus experience just now. Haha~~ I've been craving for it since a few days back. Heez~~

By the way, yah, did the Nike plus experience with LLT just now. It's about a newly launched product by Apple, where all you have to do is to attach a sensor to the Nike runnig shoes, and by having a receiver attached to your ipod nano, the sensor can communicate with your ipod. It can then tell you how far you've run, how much calories you've burnt, etc. So interesting, rite? I quite like the running shoes. Very light & comfortable! But it costs some $180 lo. Sigh... After the jog, we were made to do some interview. Again, I was tongue-tied. Dunno what to say but luckily got LLT. Haha!!

Such a tiring day...coz b4 my jog I met up with Glad, Jo, LPP & a whole bunch of their frds for blading! Haha~~ So nice, it was a fun & enjoyable session!

Tmr back to work. A 4-day wk! Haha~~

Hmm....So what Am I good at?

Today I've attended an opening talk as well as a lab tour at our rival company, which is also my attachment company. Haha~~ Well, part of the talk was good and their lab was a very well-planned one. Truly impressed by how well-organised their lab facilities are! After that had some discussions with my colls. So if given a choice now, would they want to stay in our present company or to job hop to our rival company? Hmmm.. Indeed, our rival company being the top-ranked pharmaceutical company, it's definitely an attraction to many. But many of us would choose to stay in our present company even though in terms of company benefits & $$, it'll be incomparable to theirs. There's alot more factors which will outweigh the $$ & benefits factors. Hmm... What I've always like about my co is that it's not a commercial lab and the environment her is very conducive for learning. Yes, I always feel so proud that my co's mission is to find medical treatment for the developing countries. Such a novel thing to do, rite? Haha~~ Furthermore, like what I've always said, I have a great bunch of crazy colls! Yah, dunno why, everyone's getting crazier & crazier lately. Haha~~ But we really have lots of fun.

So sometimes, I feel like having a job change, yet I really can't bear to leave my present co. Haha~~

I've always been thinking. So what am I good in? In which field can I excel? I know that in R&D, it's gonna be tough to excel if I just stay on with a degree, I'll wash testtubes for the rest of my life probably. If I go into manufacturing, given my character,I'll probably just die there becoz I know how political it can be. What am I good at? What can I do? Where can I go? Sigh... I need to know myself better, know my strengths (do I have any?), know what I want before I can move any further.

I'm sunburnt & aching all over my body....

Another weekend comes & goes again! But tmr I'll be on leave. Hooray!! Well, I'm still left with 6 days of leave to be cleared by end of next month. So decided to take a break tmr & accompany my mama to shopping. Haha!! Haven brought her out for quite some time already, felt quite bad about it, so time to make up for it! =)

Hmm... have been quite tired & ermm lazy as well to update my blog more often. Haha!! So will be giving a weekly update instead. Heez~~

Tuition was cancelled on Tuesday again! Sigh...sometimes really get quite pissed off about it. Haiz...anyway, in the end I met up with Qing & WPC for dinner @ Orchard. It was raining heavily then & by the time I reached Food Republic, I was half drenched and my jeans weighed tonnes. Sickening...as everywhere was flooded. I think the funny part about the meetup was that someone whom I just met said that I'm cute. Ahaha!! Why am I always associated with the word cute? Hmm...I'm cute meh? I don't think so leh. Even someone burst out into laughter when I said people said I'm cute. Haiz... Why not use the word pretty instead? Wahaha PLS DO NOT PUKE! JUST KIDDING! Haha~~

Decided to skip gym on Friday and in the end accompanied LLT to blood bank for blood donation after which we went to Maxwell market for dinner. Then LLT went crazy over his CD shopping. OMG!!! Yah, CDs & movies are so important to him leh. And lately, concerts as well. Aiyo... Haha!! Immediately after I've reached home, got a call from GY, as she was somewhere near my home. So we met up for supper & chit-chat session. Heez~~ Had a great time talking! Hope you'll get the job soon. Then I'll fly over to US to visit u, ok? Heez~~

Saturday got up early, met up with LLT & friends at Punggol Marina for wakeboarding. I'm now sunburnt & aching all over my body. But it was a fun afternoon! At least I managed to stand up for a while on the wakeboard. LLT, u gotta try harder next time, ok? Haha~~ After a tiring afternoon under the sun, we rewarded ourselves by eating at the seafood restaurant there. Food was good, big crab! Haha~~ But my nose was useless, it's been runny for the whole of yesterday. Sigh... After that, went to play with Oscar for a while before going to catch the movie 'Music & Lyrics'. A movie with nice & simple story! Hugh Grant is great too. =)

Didn't do much today except for catching Disney on Ice at SIS. This year's theme is 'Finding Nemo'. Haha~~ This is one of my favourite Disney cartoon. It was a great performance. Really impressed by their ice skating skills, so cool! After that was home sweet home....

Coming week only gotta work for 4 days. Haha!!

A Happy Weekend!

Oopz! This week is a week which I've burnt a big hole in my pocket coz I've just bought a laptop on Thu. Haha~~ The purchase was easily decided in like 15mins? Impulsive? Ermm...not exactly. Coz I've already eyed on that laptop earlier. Haha~~ But it's just that me being a com idiot need some help & advise. Thanks to LLT for your help! At the end of the day, we bagged home 1 box holding the laptop & a few other big bags full with the freebies. Haha~~ Gotta thank my Titoudao for carrying the stuff for me. =)
Have been quite busy and tired for the last few days to play with my "new toy". Haha~~ Hope to get all softwares and stuff settled soon!

Managed to catch 2 movies this week. One of them is a free movie treat again. Heez~~ This time round I watched 'I'm a Cyborg, but it's ok' with WS. Quite a lame show thou. Maybe it bcoz I'm not a fan of Rain? Haha~~ Also managed to watch 'The Pursuit of Happyness' on Fri nite. It's a meaningful show. So how will you define happiness? Hmm... Earning lots of $$ yet it's a job you don't like? On a job you like & feel satisfied with but it pays u miserably? Sigh...being in a realistic society, I suppose most people's equation for happiness is Money + Material satisfaction = Happiness. That's quite saddening, but then it's the truth, isn't it?

Well, I'm quite happy that my weekends have always been well-spent with family and friends. It always gives me the motivation to get back to work on Monday and of course I'll look forward to the next weekend. Heez~~

Yesterday I've met up with Noorul in the morning to do chemistry. It's great to see that u like the subject so much. Heez~~ But then, don't neglect the other subjects as well, especially your maths & english, ok? After that met up with LLT for our usual Combat class. It's a fun class, especially the part where we have to run in circles. Heez~~ Can feel that my right leg is recuperating well, except for a little pain once in a while. Managed to meet up with Rain finally. Haha~~ Had a good dinner at Soup Restaurant and it so happened that LLT & frds came to the same restaurant as well! LLT power huh? Haha~~ Rain & I couldn't decide which show to watch after dinner, so eventually we ended up chit chatting at Starbucks. Haha~~ Nice catchup with interesting topics to talk about. Haha~~

I've bladed today! So happy!! Coz I've not bladed for >3mths already. Really miss it! Hmm...well, what I like about blading is the ability to go at high speeds and you can feel the wind hitting your face. On top of that you get to see the nice calm sea, feel the sunshine and see groups of people so involved in their activities, be it cycling, blading, picnicking at ECP. How I wish I stay somewhere near ECP. Haha~~

Yes, now the sun is back! Time to hit for outdoor activities again!! =)

It's March!

Another week came & is now gone again! Time really passes so fast, it's now the start of the 3rd month of year 2007 already! But it seems like I've yet to achieve much for the past 2 months. Anyway, work-wise I should be rounding things up for my current project withi this week, which means that I can start on something new & hopefully more interesting and challenging real soon. Looking forward to that!

Another coll has just tendered her resignation. Hmmm...it makes me start to ask myself what I want again. Am I going to continue in this field or should I switch to something else? Or I should further my studies. So what do I want? Well, yah, these questions have been popping up in my brain every now & then but till now I still don't have a definite answer to them. Sigh... Yah yah, I always tell myself that I should stop procrastinating & start have good thoughts about them. Of course gotta be more pro-active in getting things moving! =)

Hmm...dunno if it's becoz of my current project or having stayed in R&D for 2.5 years already, I start to feel abit sian over my job. Or am I just short a good break to get recharged again? hmm... I need a change to break the routine!