Belated Updates

Last Sunday went past in a mad rush, only to leave me super exhausted. Coz of the tantrum I threw at mom, I forgot to ask what time she planned to reach my cousin's hs. Didnt sleep well and ended up waking up earlier with a terrible backache. Dressed up and laid down on the bed waiting for her. She finally woke up and miraculously, she didnt sound abit angry with me at all. Strange. Ahhh... women....

We made our way down to my cousin's hs, and Ive gotta say Bt Batok has got many minor streets that i never knew existed until that day. So, *out of pt*, reached her house and found everythg in a big mess, as expected. The guys came for gatecrash pretty soon after, but coz they were soooooo un sporting, we didnt manage to do much except for bargaining. Talk abt being brothers and buddies hurhurhur!

Went off to the groom's house and then to Mandai Orchid Garden (never knew it existed until that day) for photoshoot. It was hot to the max that day, the bride was telling the photographer she wanna stop taking pix and go back... ended up he had to sweet talk her into it haha...

Oki rest of the day was simply more and more mad rush. After the tea ceremony, I went back to get the montage done. Got driven to the hotel, and continued working for another 20mins before finally having a chance to relax abit. Oh my cousin's boss is really handsome (not cute), and looked like Daniel Wu. Very tall and dark, and I didn't believe her until we saw him that day. Apparently he was under the scrutiny of every female species in the ballroom haha... so shameless hor.....

Alrite gotta upload the pix someday, somehow.... took so many pix of clara!

Interview was fine, not bad. In fact, I think it went very well until the end. When I entered, I was somehow relieved to find the female interviewer absent. She's actually fine, but I just felt stressed up with her around the last time. There were 4 guys this time round, one of them was the guy who looks Japanese (but is actually Singaporean). One guy who's basically chairing the interview starting talking casually and asked if it's my first time here. I said nope, I was here for MEXT as well. And then that look-like-Japanese guy started going "Ohh I remember you. Eh you didn't get chosen?" and gave me the surprised look. Cumon la, ur part of the interviewing committee, why do you look so shocked?? DUH.

They started off by asking me questions about my current work, what I wanna go, and why I wanna study what I wanna study etc... not much of those 'standard interview questions' that you have to memorize by hard. It was good also that the interview was conducted in a pretty informal way, people just shot questions as and when they felt like it, and it wasn't just me giving information, but the panel were also sharing their experiences and some other info with me. It certainly helped alot since it means I could answer straight off my head heee.....

My guess was that one guy is a prof from NUS, another (the Japanese lookalike) from EDB (or some govt board), and some others im not sure. Best part is the guy chairing the interview knows my company chairman! When he asked me about the name of my company, and our products, he went "Oh xxxxxxx xxxx". "Mr xxxx right?", and I was like "yeah u know him??", sounding as if i just bumped into a friend of a long time friend. Craps. It only strike me after the interview that the news of me going for interview might just go public.

I would say it was a good session, and looked like I stand a pretty high chance since they were quite impressed with what I've done, what I wanna do, and the fact that I've gotten approval from the prof in Waseda. But one sad hint was when the guy from NUS told me "If you do not get this scholarship, I hope you can try again next year, alright?

Im beginning to dislike their pretentious way of working so much so that I can't stand it. It's affecting my mental health until I was fuming and tears brimmed up at my eyes. Gaaa... basket!

Got the promotion that they've been talking abt for the longest time. This time round, only 3 people got promoted, and they actually forgot to announce the name of the engineer in my team.... ("#$`@.... anyways the increment was pathetic, I got more than when i was promoted the last time, they say due to the economic situation... whatever la haha, good thing i wasnt looking forward as much as before when they announced it... but apparently my engineer felt pretty unhappy abt it... i had to remind her that she got an adjustment when everyone's pay got frozen, and a promotion when things are still looking bad.... wonder why sometimes people cant get be contented for awhile and notice that they're already luckier than the others... =( the Geek hasnt gotten any news of promotion at his side yet!! Im going to be more pissed if he doesnt get promoted...

Taiwan trip is coming in a week's time!! But so short!! Only 3D3N!! Think it's going to be a mad rush for us, imagine all the food the Geek has been dreaming of day and night.. where got enough time??? As for myself, im more looking forward to the hotel stay and soaking myself mad in the jacuzzi bath.. and of cos, staying away from office!!! My birthday present? He's supposed to get it in TW for me, but i dont think we will have the time to... will remind him that he wont get out of TW alive if he doesnt get me a good prezzie hahahahahaha.....

Fonts

The fonts in my blog are so small that even I have difficulties reading them.
How do u guys read it?

Was thinking of changing to a even simpler design, and of cos, bigger fonts... but i still could get the design to be the way i want... wait till i have the time to study the xml code la.... blah... meanwhile, happy squirming ur eyes!

PMS

Supposed to be working on the template for my cousin's montage tml and prepare for Mon's interview. But somehow im not keen in anything, just simply tired and dont wanna work. Since I know im supposed to be working and not sleeping, i just stayed awake and surfed ard aimlessly. RTIE, so productive.

Came home yesterday and was supposed to send out the schedule for the Global R&D craps. Best part was I realised I forgot to bring back the updated schedule!! In the end had to ask one of my colleague in US to send me the latest copy he's holding, which is dated June!!! I'm sure i sent out more updated version but blah cant be bothered to bug him further since it's just a little bit more to update. And obviously i didnt wanna work and kept bumming around... only finished the thg and sent it out at 1am.

By then I was already freaking pissed with the Geek. He stayed back in office till pretty late and I was supposed to wait for him. But this guy, he just nodded off when he reached home, without even telling him. I know he couldnt help dozing off like this (having witnessed it a few times) but i have told him to stop doing it especially if he knows that im staying up!! Feeling very frustrated, i called him like 1000 times, without anyone picking up. I hate it too when people dont pick up calls AND cant be bothered to get back to the caller when he/she finds the missed call. My sis is the perfect example, and i always told her she shd just dump her phone. Went to bed feeling super grumpy.

First thing in the morning, i logged on and called him via Skype and gave him a good lashing out. I-D-I-O-T. And i slammed down the 'Skype' on him. 1 min later, called him again to tell him to go taiwan alone.

It didnt help that I had a conf call with this Taiwanese company yesterday. Cant stand these people, so obviously lazy and dont keep to the promises/timeline!! Say they will send u something, they either send it late, or send a copy with obviously wrong info, and come back with another mail that says the prev one was wrong, and they will update us with a new one few days later! If we find a bug in the fw they delivered to us, they can fix it, but will at least create 2 new bugs in place of the prev one. Sometimes, things have failed obviously even in their test, but these people can actually note it down as a PASS in their report. When u point out these things to them, they just say they'll make up for the incorrect info/bug asap, no sorries for wasting our time! Even better, they refuse to admit something is a bug at times! Ahhh told my boss ytd I never ever wanna work with them again so if we have a partnership in future, dont get me involved!! I've decided Jay Chou is the only taiwanese man that I like. Not sure about the women, though ive seen how their female politicians throw furnitures around during meetings.......

Threw a tantrum at Mom today. actually ive been feeling pretty sick that she's bothered to help that crazy SIL. Drove them to the grandma's hs, and offered to lend her the car so that she can go gai gai with the kids. Whats the outcome? Mom had to take a bus/walk back home. Serve her right. I had to go home to no dinner, again. Because crazy SIL is out with her family, so no point cooking at home. Ok lor. So when mom asked if i need lunch today, told her "你要煮就煮。我没得吃我就煮快熟面。"

Went for my treatment and i think they forgot to credit the weeks when the doc/myself wasnt in. Anyway i felt good being able to see all of them.... Doc was especially nice ytd and today and he said im a very tough lady (for surviving his shockwave treatment). Of course im tough, else i wld have died in this company 4 years back! Considering to extend the package for another 3mths but that would mean a longer period of no new bags......... sigh will money ever drop from the sky? anyway i might stop it for awhile and observe b4 going back for another 3-6 mths of the torture again.

It's so bloody hot and yet i cant bring myself to on the aircon.
I'm also so cant be bothered to look good tml, even if I know the other sisters will be putting on all sorts of makeup and doing things to their hair. I'll just go in a dress, at best.
What's wrong with me?

Trust

Roped in last min to work on the montage for my cousin's wedding.
While I'm fine with doing a little something for her wedding, im also considering how things would turn out. Knowing my family, if the montage is not something she really likes, then i'll be done for my entire life. Haha.

It doesnt help that we have totally different tastes in almost everything in life.
And doing a montage for the day would mean I would have hardly any time to consult her opinion before showing it to the entire world.

It was also then I realised I dont remember Gong fussing over her video at all when I was working on it. And we didnt show it to her before projecting it during the banquet. In fact, I think the first time she saw it was a few days after the dinner itself. I guess this is trust, and I really thank her for it, so that I was able to contribute in making her wedding a memorable affair.

I love u guys, my Gong & my Zhen!!!

Randomness:
I always held the belief that people who say "I cant live without you" are just weaklings and dont deserve my pity at all. Since they were living before the person came into their lives, they would be able to live even if the person isnt in his/her life anymore. My thinking always ended there, until I was on my way back home and I delved deeper into this. Hereby I established another belief. The reason why they say so, is because they have gotten used to the person in their life, and they DONT WANNA get used to life without the person again. Note, it's DONT WANT, not CANNOT.

The Geek said im very practical and un-romantic. Haha I told him he should have known better. And if he ever disappear from my life, I cannot bring myself to say "I cant live without the Geek", coz I know it's possible.

More Randomness:
Will be starting another blog to enter my entries in Japanese, at least once a week hee.... my feeble attempt at improving my written skill... Good thing he has offered to read and comment heee... my only worry is whether I will keep up with it muahahaha.....

Got 3 mini pimples under my chin! Ewww.... not visible but they are getting on my nerves! The last time (and actually, the only times) I had them was when I was still playing actively in bands. And whenever i stop playing for awhile, the pimples would come. Dont tell me it's coz my flute is dirty, coz I said, they come when i stop playing. Maybe it's just a mental thing.... but anyways, I HAVEN BEEN TOUCHING MY FLUTE FOR EONS!!! So why the pimples?

TGIT =)

Always like Thursdays.
Coz I get to leave on time (usually) for class, and by the time I finish class, it simple means 1 day to the weekend. My classmate and I love saying bye to each other hahaha....

About 2 weeks left before Taipei trip. Yay!

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But first of all, I must survive the coming weekend and Monday!!!

渔人码头

渔人码头，我来也！

Will be singing that song by 齐秦 as I stroll along the port.... "bish"
P/S: The (very cool) hotel room has free WiFi and LAN, so I can upload some pic while bubbling in the jacuzzi everynight! Realised i've forgotten how fun it is to visit a new place, until now! So exciting!!!

PP/S: Just got informed that ASJA interview is on next Monday! And Trish's wedding's on Sun. I think someone has decided that I'm going to be so dead running around with her that I will flunk the interview the next day..... =(

Bejeweled

I think my obsession with Bejeweled Blitz is very clear by now.
Prob is, I can't play it as often as I want to (trust me, I wanna do it all day =P). I ended up playing them at night, while talking to the Geek, which resulted in him wondering why I kept drifting (and clicking) away. My tournament usually ends when he's running out of patience talking to air.

On this very innocent morning, I had planned to copy my Jap class notes after reaching office. But the bus took so much longer than usual, I thought there’s not much point in bringing out the notes to only copy for 5 mins. So I took my time to stroll to the pantry and get my drinks. Was trying to decide btw Bejeweled or researching for the Taiwan trip next mth (yes, it’s on!!). やっぱりI couldn’t resist clicking away hee….

To set the record straight, I don’t think im extremely good at the game or what. Coz if you can see, I have never ever hit 200,000 points and above, until this morning. Hahahaha ok yeap that’s my point. I HIT THE 200,000 mark today. Like gosh finally??? While others are happily hitting 250,000s, I go on a high when I just had 200,000…. Heee pathetic, I know….. but this made my day, and im happy in my own little ways. *skips to the loooooo* Ok at least I think im done with the mental hurdle of “not being to go past the 200,000 mark”.

Someone’s arguing with someone in the adjacent island, and I'm watching the show.
1 well known to be too straight and open, the other welll known to have an extreme attitude issue.
So interesting.

Maybe I should add a tag called 'Bejeweled' heee....

Uploaded - 09\09\22

Team

Can one person provide defense to the entire team?
So sick of fighting off these people everyday...

Updates

Yesterday's dream was about Matsuyama Kenichi.
This time round he wasn't my bf, but we went on an adventure together, supposedly to beat some other team of people to doing something. Bah I cant remember the details. Hope there's nothing wrong with dreaming of my idols once in awhile hahaha...

The Geek's graduating today!　おめでとうございます！ やっと出来たね。。。

It simply means we can finally look forward to traveling to elsewhere besides Japan (and short getaways around SG) all the time. Not that I mind but we've been dying to go to Australia and Europe together... Yay! It also means he can prob start concentrating on his geeky work again, and hopefully some promotion which I think he deserves... Afterall he's the double masters holder, while im the bummer who just scraped thru engineering school and will leech upon him muahahaha..... he needs more money to finance my activities... =PPP

It was good that the boss (XiaoHei) was finally back in town, and we were able to get many things settled. What I like about him is that he's the "just do it" kind of person, and who wants to get things moving. Unlike so wishy washy gu niangs out there... sigh...

On Monday, he arranged for an impromptu dinner for me and one of my engineer (who worked on this major project, the one whom I trust most)... Monday was the day when my meeting started at 7pm... so I only got to the restaurant by 9pm. Good thing they agreed to meet at 8, and by the time I reached, they were still on the appetizers and deciding on their main courses.

Dinner was good. It was this French restaurant called Absinthe recommended by 千恵子. Apparently she knows the restaurant owner (charming French man who speaks good English) and was going on about how good it is. I had some scallop salad thing for appetizer, and pork belly as main course. We had a few bottles of red wine, followed by cheese spread and finally desserts. Honestly the food was good, but I was bursting by the time the cheese came, and I could only manage that little bit more.... If only my stomach could hold more..... =(

On the other hand, the boss, was pretty critical of the service. He has asked for some sweet white wine to go with his foie gras, but they took so long that he gave up waiting and started first. When they brought it to him, he gave them a glance *ouch*... Either the waiter was plain stupid, or thick skinned, he behaved like nothing was wrong and just served it to the boss. The Japanese word for it, 空気読めない (KYM), which literally means "inability to read the air" or simply, dense. Afterwards, the boss asked for another bottle of red wine. It took another century for them to bring it over, and I could feel the boss' patience (which happens to be very little) wearing out. Luckily the owner came and delighted us with his recommendation of cheese spread, and loosened up the atmosphere abit haha... The last bottle of red wine was on the house, after much refusal by the boss, and persuasion from the owner! *Burp* things like these dont happen everyday, very unfortunately...

I was also told that the MD-to-be (whom I dont think very highly of) wants to have lunch together the next day. This time round, the boss and another manager came along. Pretty boring lunch, I guessed because we couldnt click at all. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the food alot haha... It was at Peony Jade, at Keppel Club, and we had ala carte dim sum. The chef seems pretty creative with his designs, like

小笨象

So cute that I couldnt bear to eat it... they have other things like 小蜜蜂, which was very yummy too!

Hee ok enough bitching, coz the MD-to-be was nice enough to get a box of mooncake for me to bring back to the team... The Filipino engineers were prob the happiest to see the mooncakes... but we couldnt finish it, so shared them with the rest of the bigger team in the end... if her plot was to bribe us, I've helped to get her plan across the wider crowd heeeheeee...
Finally got my tickets to TW for 10-13 Oct! Very short trip, but better than nothing... and i got ripped off by China Airline for the ticket... cost me over 500..... Anyway my tolerance level for this office is getting lower by the day. And it doesnt help that every time I come back from my break, it gets even lower, so die die must get my holiday. Gotta start looking at where to go, and the hotels asap since there isnt much time left!

Pssssst... got my ticket for 正月 too! Will be flying by ANA (my all time fave!!!) and am uber happy coz I got the ticket at a super great price! 千恵子 is going on the same flight for SIN-NRT, but only coming back a week later NRT-SIN... 好いな～～～～。。。。 I got a seat near, but not beside her... simply coz i would really like to enjoy my peace on flight...

So looking forward to the holidays until end of year and 正月where there's endless drinking going on everywhere hee....

Birthday Card

The most special birthday card, fora long long time...
From my dearest Clara! <3 her!

Slide

Hit by a star

Had with a weird dream on Sunday that left me feeling a mixture of happiness and anger. Can't tell if it was a good one or not, especially towards the end hahaha...

Must tell the story here.
Was on the train then I bumped into this guy (called Jay Chou) who's like super shy. Of cos, he's the real Jay Chou, how else would my dream be stardazed enough? And it turned out that he is my boyfriend! Like wth?! My bf is Jay Chou!!! Ok so very shy Jay (being my bf) asked if I wanna go walk around with him. How to reject?? So on top of Cloud 9... super duper uber happy I swear I could feel the happiness outside of my dream... in fact, when i think abt it now, i can still feel it... muahaha so sick!

So we roamed around the bookshop, and then I was going off to some other places, so he could wait for me elsewhere. And so we splitted (awwww…)… here comes the awful part… When I was done with my own stuffs, I saw him heading towards a field, where there is something that looks like a changing room at the top of the stairs. So I followed him and sat down waiting for him, while punching some things into my phone.

It must have been quite long (at least in the dream) waiting for him to get out of the changing room coz by the time he’s out, I was oredi fuming. He was with his group of friends, who looked like the just came out of the shower (with clothes on). And when I looked closer, my so called bf had become Ronald, the ex. One of his friends was Daniel’s rugby friend back in SAJC (can’t even remb that guy’s name). So I just sat at a bench fuming away… then the (fugly) bf came over and said “Can u try not to be angry everytime you see me?”. Hahaha something he prob said in real life too? The dream then ended there, leaving me feeling very sulky.

Quite a nitemare huh?
Told the Geek about it and he was quite sick abt the Jay Chou part. When he heard abt the disgusting ex coming up eventually, he was like going "orbi quak"! Grrrr....

Had a great time on Fri with Gong & Zhen! Heee though im beginning to feel the effect of pigging out too often… And thanks honey, for getting us the Gobi choco… so pretty can? My prettiest ‘birthday cake’ up till date!! Muax!!!

Tricia’s hen night on Sat was so so. We started off fr her home late, so had to take a cab to Liang Court… *&@(#*(! the taxi surcharges! The stripper was such a letdown. Totally uncute and as if it’s not enough, he felt gay. And the bride-to-be was so gan cheong abt her hubby going for his bachelor party (also crudely known as cock party), that she called him up a few times, only to have her calls cut. Lesson to learn: don’t bug ur hubby on his ‘cock night’ else u’ll end up feeling crappier. We were all dead tired by the time the KTV part ended, and I had wanted to go on. But she kept asking “where next”, so we brought her to TCC to have some coffee. Think she was on a high. Anyway got back home pretty late, with a big hole in my pocket. Ok she’s only getting married once in a lifetime, so I should dot on her abit la. Afterthat it’s the hubby’s problem muahahahahahaha!!!

SIL is back at home. Can’t get used to seeing her sulky face and skinny frame floating around the house, like a ghost.

We’ve pushed back out Taiwan trip all the way till Oct… sigh don’t even know if it can even come true, with all the crazy schedules.

Boss also told me I’ll get a promotion this Oct. I simply answered him “let’s wait till it really happens then we can talk about the rest ok?”.
Very sianz of promises from the company, for the 3rd time…. Empty promises…
Meeting at 7pm again today…… let my long weekend come soon please!!

Bee

Was very very busy yesterday, having to settle some of the team's issues early in the morning, then followed by MC King's termination matters (yes, he's going). Rushed during lunch to prepare my presentation for the meeting with Japan in the afternoon. I hate working b4 working hour starts and during lunch, my team mates know that they should stay away. After that was rushing my essays while constantly getting interrupted by people every few mins.

Arrgghh... think i blew the next scholarship too, judging from the way i just anyhow wrote.
The essays don't seem to feel coherent, and one of them didnt even meet the word count requirement. Anywayz...

Was piahing the essay until the last min. Left office at abt 7, and made it to Hong Lim at abt 7.30. Couldnt decide if i should just find the post box and dump the app in, or try my luck at JUGAS (since the lady is supposed to have been gone b4 7pm). I went for the latter, and when I was reaching the place, saw that one of the shops in the row still have its lights on. Couldnt quite believe it was JUGAS's lights, and had to double confirm b4 going in.

Doris (the lady) was talking to another applicant (Alicia?) and taking her application. Haha! I'm damn lucky. Handed up my application too and stayed on to have a little chat with her (thought she's supposed to have a meeting elsewhere at 7.30???). She seemed like those lonely old aunties who dont have much people to talk to. But can tell, the JUGAS office is so empty and quiet the 2 times I went. I would have ended up talking to the walls too! This year, there were 10 applicants (i was the last) who submitted, and according to her, it's a strangely small number. So chances are, all of us will get called for the interview. Well hopefully it's true then... but im feeling even worse than the last time, since only 1 of us will be chosen (and not forgetting the fact that I had just handed up a crappy load of essays). Just try lor, and do my best in the interview.

Skipped my class at Bugis today coz i stayed up almost the entire night to work very inefficiently on the essays. The minute I got onto the bus, got a seat, played 1 round of Bejeweled 2, and KO-ed. By the time I reached Bt Pj plaza, i was still feeling very dazed. No good. Waited so long for the bus home. Considering the fact that my condo is actually only a walking distance away and there are several buses which can take me back, i think waiting up to 20mins for one is insane. Was contemplating getting a cup of bubble tea for so long, and when i really walked towards Bt Pj plaza, the bus appeared and i ran back to catch it. Very loserish.

Went home, played with the girls and stayed up to talk to the Geek. Poor guy's been working late almost everyday. And he's got a dinner to go for, with my airheaded boss in Japan. Good luck man hahahahahaha........ We're having some probs settling down on a date for our holiday (and my super post birthday celebration) with all our commitments. Sucks. I need a break!!!

Did a double booking for dinner tonight. I think i settled for a dinner with Gong & Zhen way earlier, and last Fri, I was supposed to meet Henry for dinner but postponed it to a week later coz i HAD wanted to work on the essays. Didn't realise the double booking until Gong asked abt it haha.... im losing my memory.... Must be a lack of sleep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need more beauty sleep, like, seriously.

Termination

Informed MC King about the termination ytd, and managed to negotiate with HR to offer him a choice to resign himself or have us terminate him. He asked for 1 day to go back and think about it. And I was starting to feel bad, though I did not regret my decision.

Right after our meeting with HR, my boss called and asked for some info that MC King had worked on (and supposed to have completed). I opened the folder and tried finding the info in the file that I thought it was in. Not there. Thought I made a mistake, so looked into every folder trying to sniff out a file that smells like the one with the info. Not there. Gave up.

And that was yesterday. This morning, he went to HR when I wanted to ask him about the missing info, why he didn't complete. My HR called to tell me he talked to the HR SM and was told him go back and ask his wife (abt what i dont know) and that the SM will inform me abt their discussion later. Dont understand why he has so much to ask his wife.

Asked him about the info, and he said he didn’t do it. I give up asking why, there’s not much point left, since things have been decided upon. Only asked him to get the info for me asap. Maybe I should not even bother to check if it’s right or wrong info he’ll give me later.

Accident

This is the kind of damage lack of sleep can do to you.
Tripped and fell on the steps while boarding the bus today.
Hit my legs hard against the steps which caused the other commuters to wake up from their morning naps.
Very dangerous, and luckily I didn't break any bones or my teeth, plus didn't hit myself in the face, so not disfigured (yet).

Having a slight tummyache, which I can't make out if it's from stress or just something i ate.
Can't think properly now.

I just want to say, what a bad start to yet another dreadful day.





P/S: Nope I'm done with my essays yet... very sorry.... and i must remind myself to password protect some of my posts regarding work if I don't wanna let my colleagues have a awful shock if they happen to stumble upon this page...

寝坊した！

Remember what I said about the lousy alarm in iPhone that's been causing me to wake up slightly later recently? Well I woke up over 50mins late today, coz the lousy snooze was turned off too easily. Of all days it has to be, today's the day I need to pass MC King his 'letter'... all the more I shouldn't be late since being late too often without improvement is one of his poor attitude. Rushed until siao to get to work 10mins b4 the music starts. Phew. But I've to really do something about the stupid alarm function.

Talked to my boss about the Prata Man, to really want a clear answer as to what we meant by 'support' from him. Ended up my boss went criticizng him and prob talking about him knocking off on time (which I totally have no prob with). Prata Man then called me up to ask if I complained to my boss. I explained to him what I said, and the reasons why i talked to my boss (since we won't reach any conclusion with just 2 of us equals talking). Apparently he wasn't happy with it, and continue to email to bug me again yesterday. Aiya move on laa.......... we all just want to be efficient right?

Finally finished up the presentation slides for tomorrow's meeting.
So rushed, so sleepy.... how am i supposed to work on the essay tonight.....? =(

Birthday 2009

I realised for my birthday this year, I had 3 people i love alot who sang the birthday song for me.
First was the Geek, who was the first to sing to me when the (SG) clock stroke 12. He usually sucked pretty badly at singing but he played some music in the background, so it didnt sound as terrible as I thought. Thanks!

Then my 2 grown up darlings, Clara & Cynthia. They lead the singing during the celebration of my lunar bdae, with Sara (the 1yr+ niece) and Kim (6mths old) just clapping and looking blur.

I think im very lucky and contented this year le.
Hopefully next year will be a better one, with Sara learning how to speak and sing. =P


Very familiar Prince tagline that says "Listen to your parents. Spend Wisely".
So nostalgic lor....
Thanks for being there with me today.
And I hope it wasnt too inefficient for you... =P

Office

Warning: This is going to be all about work and will get pretty boring.

Too much in a morning, all in the first 2 hours somemore.

Hate it when people are obsessed about schedules.
My own boss from R&D (let's call him XiaoBai), when pushed by his, pushes me for schedules.
The problem is that we dont even know the date of when the resources we need (which they are supposed to provide us) is going to be here, so how to give schedules? So I refused and argued with him. In the end he made some insane schedules that I absolutely would never agree with. I told him if he goes ahead and make a schedule that doesn't make sense, he can forget about me going along with him, and it will become his responsibilty. He laughed.

The other one, Prata man. His boss pushes him for schedule, and he just passed the information in his hands, into mine, and asks for a schedule. (I think by then you must be thinking my main job scope is to sit down there making and updating schedules) Same thing, he doesn't know how urgent that job is and when my team will get the tools we need. Anyway, "just make some schedules la", assume you will have what you need by some date (which, I have to imagine myself too). Duh?

I'm bad at imagining schedules out of thin air.

Another auntie came to me. This auntie has a problem, she cant work. All she's good is passing things fr left hand to right hand, causing a bottle neck. Apparently she told me she wants to add this function to Product A, then later decided on Product B. When we questioned why she chose B instead of A, which seemed more logical for us, she changed to A. And so we created it for her. Few months later, she said the customer didn't buy A, so please help me add the function to B. Tell me can die not? Best part is, the issue had been sitting in her tray for some time before she decided to take it out and tell me it's urgent.

The other boss from Pdt Mgmt (who usually speaks more sense than the other one but is a very big gan cheong spider, and let's name him XiaoHei), came back after a long period of void. He was talking about the overall business situation, and how our company has a tendency to create lotsa stock once they hear of any chance (not confirmed order) of a big biz deal. The customers have a tendency to call off deals/change provider at the last min. That's why we are left with alot of outdated stock. The last time some stupid sales guy (i hate them, sales people!!) was going on abt this huge potential deal and how we have to make lotsa the products to be ready. Cumon la, any idiot can tell since even the requirements were not fixed yet, u dont go and make so many of it and waste space and being super un-eco-friendly. I talked to XiaoHei, who talked to his boss. But these management people still wanna go for it. Now good lor, we have over 2000 units of the stock left. Few years back they manufactured 9000 units of another product, and we're still trying to clear the over 5000 units of stock leftover, by creating all sorts of software to suit all the customers. Good way to make sure we have a job. Talk about efficiency.

Idiotic Japanese guy just called and asked me to ask another guy myself for the info I need. If that's the case, tell me earlier so I dont have to waste time explaining to you, only to find out later I have to explain the same thing all over again. That's always the case. And the thing is, we're not allowed to just call up anyone we want to find out something, this is the procedure. So sometimes I'm allowed to call up people, sometimes I'm not. depending on the mood of others. Finally, he asked me to cc him. I asked back, "how to cc a telephone call?".

Basket.

Meeting at 4pm, so there's a chance I will be late for doc appt. Darn.

Family Matters

The brother has made a decision to move out, kids included.
I'm so gonna miss them, or rather missing them oredi....

I know it's still way too early to start mourning abt my upcoming loneliness since it's going to take them a few months to really get a house and move out... but.... *sigh*......

Called home to inform mom of the news, she didnt sound surprised or what.
The kids then took over the phone to talk to me...
Cynthia's bugging me to help her with her veggie assignment again.
How to say no to her? Sigh im going back tonight to be with them.
Hopefully I'll get to do my scholarship essays else it's bye bye to both the kids and my scholarship...

Sick of oneself

Am losing patience with myself.
I want the scholarship, but prob not enough to want to work hard for it.
There I am, messing around.

Cant stand myself at times.



And i hate monday blues.
Give me such gloomy Sundays...

Inefficiency

Been a totally inefficient weekend.
Was supposed to head for the clinic on Friday for my appt, but apparently it was my Lunar bdae that day, my sis persuaded me to go home with her (earlier) since mom would be getting pizza and a cake to celebrate. Tried to go for the appt then head back home at abt 8pm, but apparently she found it too late for Kim. Fine so I stayed in office till 6 (supposed to go at 5) and went off to tbp and hitched a ride fr her. Turned out she had to still go collect this portable swimming pool for Kim, and then fetch the baby back fr Grandpa's hs. It was jammed all the way fr Tiong Bahru to Queenstown, then back to CCK and finally my house. Got home at abt 8.30pm. I was feeling damn pissed throughout the entire ride, for being conned to skip my appt, especially when my back was aching abit, only to reach home later than i could have if i hadnt listened to her. But all my anger vanished when I saw Kim smiling, and Clara with the flower present she made for my birthday.

Ahhh kids are such bundles of joy, when they are well behaved long enough haha...

Oh did i say i spent my bdae with Japanese class peeps? It was great, except that only one of them knew it was my birthday haha... Nevertheless, had a great time laughing with the girls on Wed, and many birthday wishes on the day itself. The colleagues were asking why I didnt take leave on this big day. One thing, it's no longer big for me. And i think i can use 1 day of leave more efficiently than spending my time dazing. Very practical, but that's me. ZP called from HK (supposed to be there for an exam, but his gf insisted on sticking tagged along) to wish me a belated birthday prez, and asked what he could get it. It was good enough for me... dont need anything else than for a friend to remember it....

Saturday. Woke up to go for my appt, and did some grocery shopping on the way back. Hahaha im such an auntie, I know.. can't help if I dont get chauffeured around like SIL. spent most of my time in a daze, downloading apps for my iPhone. We havent got to cut the lines with Softbank, which means the bill's gonna be higher than expected, so is the price of the phone. Dont wanna be bugging him all the time to remind him to cut it, since he's paying such money for not using something, let it be. Spent my evening babysitting the kids. Goner.

We've decided to push back the meeting to Oct. Simply because i have pathetic AL, and i cant afford taking leave in Sept, esp with my cousin getting married and having to go for her hen party and wedding dinner to go (and help out) means he cant be around these 2 weekends. At least Oct seems like it's going to be cool anywhere we head. Thinking of going to Taiwan, but with the no. of days we're looking at (4), it's going to be yet another mad rush. I suggested some beach resort nearby so that I could have a real break. But apparently the lazy bum is thinking of getting my belated bdae prez fr wherever we go, i'd better drop the idea unless i fancy receiving a seashell necklace....

Woke up extremely late today. I'll tell you iPhone actually sucks. The alarm for one thing, has a snooze function which is too easy to be turned off, and that's why ive been waking up too late recently. The camera is another, but I wont go into that today. The only reasons im staying put with it is that I dont wanna get tied down to another contract in SG (not for now at least) and there are plenty of apps that i can kill time with. Other than that, i dont see how its become such a fad. At any rate, ive gotta find an alarm app that suits my needs. Cant believe theres so many alarm apps out there that must be run in the foreground in order for the alarm to be effective. Insane.

The kids are becoming more reliant on me these days. Not that i dont love my own nieces, but having people sticking on to me all day is abit too much for me. I've to nag to get them to sleep, to eat, to shower, do HW, etc, just so that I get some time to myself. If not, I'll churn the DS into their hands and they'll have fun without coming to me. The younger one was given an assignment by her teacher to cut out pix of veggie and fruits and paste them on this piece of paper. Newspapers nowadays have alot more ads of fruits, compared to veggie. The girl was looking at the finished work, and commenting how filled the page of fruits was, and how empty the one on veggie looked. She's been pestering me to look in papers WITH her. Rejected my offer to get the uncle or sister to do the job. I cant lose my temper at them, coz this is the way kids are. I try my best to make them feel loved, even with a crazy mom being kept at bay. But i really need my own time, and if im so ready to be fussing over kids 24/7, i'd have been married with half a dozen of time now. The Geek said he thinks I'm going to be a good Mom, but i disagree/disagreed. Spending time with others' kids is different from raising your own.

Stupid diners card. They promised me over the phone that I'll get this free tix for Sg flyer with dinner if i signed up with them. The courier was crappy. Supposed to turn up on Sat morn, by 11am. He called when i was on the bus at 11.30am, and said he could come around at 7pm that day. I accommodated his change of timing w/o prior notice. But nope he didnt come at 7pm, neither in the morn today (as he offered alternatively). Ended up that he just came over just now. When I saw him, the first thing was "i thought it was 7pm yesterday?". he mumbled some excuses which i couldnt catch. whatever. then he passed me the 'gift voucher', or whatever they call it. Turned out that ive get the tix myself, in order to 'enjoy' this set meal at this indian restaurant. Im so going to cancel the card.

No Global R&D meeting tml too... yippeee... it holidays in the States tml, so the big guys in Japan decided to push back the meeting further. Which reminds me, am i supposed to fire that useless big ass tml?

Better work on the scholarship app with whatever time i have left. Feeling so unmotivated....

Mobile blog

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Prata again!

He overthrew the theory he just gave me 1 hour again.
Like totally went against what he told me.
WTH?!

Prata Man

Grrr got so irritated that my blood vessel almost burst.
my colleague said she could see smoke coming up fr my head. no joking matters.
seems like i haven't got the irritating Japanese 'prata man' off my back, still turning up to give us trouble and i have to fend him off!

BLAAAAHHH!!!

Updates about the scholarships... im prepared to cheong this weekend, starting from today!
- Finish the 4 essays
- Finish summary of research proposal
- Fill up application form
- Mail Prof Tan for recommendation
- Documents to be sent:

• Application form
• Transcript
• Degree scroll
• Research Proposal
• Letter of recommendation
• JLPT Cert
• FYP Technical Paper
• Medical Cert

3rd Sept 2009

I must have been too blur fighting in warzone the last few days. So much so that i boarded the west bound train fr cmw, and only realised it when i reached clementi. Point was i was supposed to go bugis for class. Ended up being pretty late for class...

Btw the shopping mall in clementi is called 金满地. How corny. But i still love u zhen!

Got an email fr a director regarding one of my submitted ideas on giving local staff the chance learn basic conversational japanese. She was encouraging me to find out some courses that wld help me in dealing with the overwhelming correspondances in japanese, cc-ed to all the big ones. Very out of pt (in response to my idea), but i told her i ll tk a look ard, just so as not to malu her. Then this other japanese SM responded by saying i should 'utilise' them (the japanese staff) in 'brushing up Japanese'.

Like real. As if the next time (and every other times) i need to write an email/make a phone call to Japan side, will you guys high up there be my secretary?

Happy Birthday!!!

I share the same birthday as Doraemon!
Never realised it!!Happy Birthday to us!

What is this?!

Found little balls of these in my packed lunch. Looked like minature cabbage but they were soggy, marshy and anything but veggie-like (think crunchy lettuce).

You tell me what it is.

iPhone

Finally laid hands on the iPhone case. Ordered it from a HK website and wasn't sure if it was just a scam hee... The Geek ordered his fr a China site, and haven't received it.. orbiquak who ask him not to get it with me haha! China not that far fr Japan also ma! Must be scam! =P

Anyway, very happy with it, though the cutting wasn't perfect, will do since cheap cheap. Even he was drooling at it.

And I was KTV-ing on my iPhone at 12.10AM, as you can see here.... =P

Anyway it was just MIDI quality, sounded like those pirated MTV showing some long hair Chinese/Angmoh woman lurking aimlessly at the beach/temple/park etc...

Haven't gotten the chance to talk to the HR SM yet, but i have someone asking to give that guy a chance (though he himself doesn't think the possibility of things turning for the better is high).

Quick update

Have decided to terminate that 'stay home' engineer.
Got some feedback from those who worked with him, to only further affirm my decision.
Will be working out the admin part of this soon.

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Things to be done for ASJA
- Finish the 4 essays
- Finish summary of research proposal
- Fill up application form
- Mail Prof Tan for recommendation
- Documents to be sent:

• Application form
• Transcript
• Degree scroll
• Research Proposal
• Letter of recommendation
• JLPT Cert
• FYP Technical Paper
• Medical Cert

Everything to be in by latest 9th of Sept.

Endless

Got back my jap class notes ytd and was flipping thru it on the bus (to see whats so great abt it). To my horror, the book was falling apart as the rim was torn right in the middle. And someone put some tape to secure it, and didn't say anythg abt it. Giving her (my colleague) the benefit of the doubt, I would rather believe it was the people at the photocopying shop who did such a disgusting thing. I msgd my colleague to tell her that, so that she wont go to the same shop again. She made a big fuss and said that I should go and ask for compensation. Hellom it's just a book, and no matter how much you pay, the book is torn. Then she said "You very kelian hor. got family probs then now ur book also like that.". Ehh.... any connections? Told her I dont even think im very kelian so for her to start pitying me would really make me kelian.

Insane.

Best part is, halfway during the working hours, she told me "i feel like rushing home to crunch your notes haaaa". And so I asked her how my notes will help, she said, "i think its very informative. actually hor i thik this time i did better for my test thioguh i still fail lah is because i studied your notes haaaa". Feeling I've gotten enough of her insanity, I told her, "the notes u burn and drink also got limit one". Can't understand she must talk about my notes everyday, this morning too.

This time, MC King has asked for urgent leave again. His wife got menses cramps, very painful, so he has to bring her to doc and take care of her. So poor thing hor? I told him I'll approve it this time but if each and everyone in the team who has a wife (which happens to be all the guys) have to be away everytime the wife has menses, I'll be dead. How abt the 2 of us ladies who suffer fr menses cramps ourselves??? Informed HR about his leave, and when the lady heard his reason, she went "HUH?!". So it's not just me hahaha...

地震雷火事親父

The 4 things Japanese are scared of, it is said.
じしんかみなりかじおやじ。 No typhoon.


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