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Monday, June 2, 2008

I need a chocolate cake

Taking a break, or rather just being lazy. CFA will end next week and I will be FREEEEEE!!!!

Can't wait for it to be over. It is just a torture having to waste my precious leave and weekends mugging. I can't seem to concentrate and there is just so much to read up on. WHY OH WHY AM I DOING THIS!

Apart from whining, I would actually want to share the new things I have been doing.

P/S: To those who were inspired by my last post, get up and do something with your life! No more excuses. We all have time, its just a matter of prioritising.

But I am having some techinical issues here that you wun expect me to solve it by myself. Hah! I can't seem to download the photos in my new SE phone into my comp. The phone goes into a frantic mode and starts to toggle screen by itself. It freaks me out so I decided to leave it alone.

And so, there are no photos of Birthday on the Flyer, my latest oil painting masterpiece and no food pictures. Someone please help me. Yes I know I am useless.

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Redefining my Life

I abandoned this blog for a long long time and suddenly I was reminded that I should perhaps pay it a visit. I couldn't remember the url and had to link up via Shawn's blog. Lousy.

I have to go back to studying for CFA but I would just like to pen down my plans for the coming months, to remind myself at least.

Finish CFA Level 2 by June
Join the acrylic painting class with Marie by May
Master the PLANK for Pilates class by June
Muster courage to go for Ballet classes again after June
Plan for singing class after June

It's all part of the grand plan to redefine my life. If my job is not the passion in my life, then I'll find something that is.

Everyone needs something to look forward to. I think I need more than just a it. bag or fancy car to enrich my life. I need to feel alive and excited about being alive. Yes. That is what I will do.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

The HUB

I am finally at Toa Payoh Hub Office!!!

Oh, I should say the Hub instead. Sounds more atas and classy.

Doing my 1.5 weeks rotation after a one week introduction on marketing at HQ. This marks the second stage of my rotation. I still have a long way to go. But it will all be over sooon. Just like how 8 weeks have passed without me noticing it.

I should enjoy my time now. No responsibilities, no KPI, no deadlines. Come December when I finally join the team, I will have everything except time.

Being so far away from the rest of them makes me feel so detached. No more lazy lunch time with everyone sitting around drinking coffee, making lame jokes. No more familiar faces to give me assuring look and emotional support. I am all by myself. Lunch time makes me nervous. Who should I eat lunch with?!?

Although I absolutely hate this feeling of loneliness, I know it is good for me. That's the only way I can make more friends. That's the only way I can learn to stay alive by myself.

But it is still very reassuring to know that there is this bunch of people out there who will understand what I might be going through and will be there to brighten the day. Times we shared together for the past 8 weeks were not wasted. I am proud to be with them, even though they sometimes do get quite insane. But life will be too sad if everyone is normal right?

I shall end here. Dun wan to turn this into another super long post.

Oh, by the way, IT jinx figured out how to put signature at the end of her webmail. All by herself. * beams* :)

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Work and Me

After so much procrastination, I finally gotten down to updating my msn. But being an IT jinx, I did it again. MSN keep logging me on and off. Jared is complaining and I could do nothing but totally log myself off for the night. Maybe MSN is just trying to get use to my computer, just like me getting used to work. *Shudder*

Well, my one month classroom training ended a week ago with a little outdoor adventure at the OBS. Ridiculous but fun. We had to jump off the ferry on the very first day and swim to Pulau Ubin. After getting ourselves wet and cold, we set off to make ourselves even more wet and miserable, we set off for kayaking round the island for the day.

My very first time kayaking. Once again, when I try something outdoors for the first time, something is bound to happen. When I went to Ophir, I came back with a scarred butt and a tortured soul. When I backpacked Europe, I came back with bubblewrapped feet. This time round, I suffered a mild abrasion from barnacles during our capsize drill and bad rashes ( caused a lot of embarrassment). But it as worth it, I really enjoyed myself. We got lost in the swamps, crashed into branches ( unfortunately, and I screamed each time we buang) and fought with many spiders.

Do you remember the show swamp thing? I also associated the swamps with scary creatures like mudskippers, crocodiles, snakes, monsters and mosquitoes. But there is more to that. Have you seen flowers in the swamp? I saw the most beautiful flowers floating serenely beside my kayak and it made me smile even though my hands are aching and sore. I have never imagine the swarm to be so beautiful.

After a full day of kayaking, we camped and cooked and rested. At 1 am, they announced that we are to pack everything and set off within 30 minutes. Hahaha....I dunno if I slept at all that night, but I sure had fun kayaking in the dark dark waters. The sea was calm and charming, not at all scary and mysterious. Some fish decided to greet us by jumping on board one of our kayaks, hitting itself hard and bouncing back into the waters. It was funny and the night passed very quickly. We arrived at campsite 2 to build our own raft which turn out to be disastrous. The barrels flipped and people start falling offboard. We went ahead rowing our pathetic raft and miraculously manage to pull it off. I must give credit to myself for that!!! I was the only girl rowing that raft with the big strong boys! Not because I was strong, just because I happen to be the heavier one sitting outside so I had to row. Hah..

Another challenge at OBS was the climbing. We had to climb up the structure that was about 5 storeys high. I had no guts to challenge myself at one of the impossible-to-conquer-unless-I- can-fly structures so I opted for the safer one. But it was so physically challenging!!! My arms couldnt take it when I was only 25 % up. My partner had a fear of heights but was already way ahead of me. ( He had to la, guy cannot lose to girl ma) He was kind enough to help me up and we finally made it up. Was a feat but nothing compared to my conquest of Ophir!!!!

Some pictures of us at OBS:

Before

After

After OBS, we went to INK club bar at Raffles the Plaza. Here are some pictures of us at INK:

Boysand Girls
And now, we are all at different parts of the company. Still meet up for lunch and drinks but good times like that will end very soon. I am now doing rotation at Raffles Place and next week I will posted to Toa Payoh and the following week back at Raffles Place. Will not get to meet them as often but at the same time will get to meet lots of new people and hopefully friends. Am excited, at the same time feeling tired. Shall sleep early tonight. So goodnight everyone!