Finale 2010

Wow, how time flies uh. It’s already the last week of the year 2010. Everytime when it’s around the ending of a year, I believe a lot of us tend to ask ourselves, “What have we done, what have we achieved in this year?“. I’m no exception, and sad to say, I can’t really think of any major achievement. In fact, I feel so disappointed with myself.

I have been working almost on every weekend this year long, changed job from Puma to Tangs. Not much of a difference in the working environment, just the company. I gotta admit, working part-time has taken so much of my time and freedom away. I’m deprived of the time I spend with my family on usual Sundays and with friends on Saturdays. I kinda neglected some of them. I feel bad, very bad. but that’s life for me. You can’t ask me to quit just like that. I already grew accustomed to the life that I’m spending on what I earn myself, apart from the weekly allowance I take from my Dad during academic school terms. Without that income, it’s hard to survive.

I used to eat out with my family on Sundays, exploring different places to makan or even go shopping sometimes, though usually we go to heartland areas but what matters was the company, that family bond. This year, I think I can use my fingers to count the number of times I ate out with my family members. The occasions are usually birthdays or Father’s/Mother’s day. But luckily, this didn’t affect the relationship I have with them of course.

I guess the thing that’s weighing most heavily on my heart is that I’ve drifted apart from my sec sch clique, whom I used to hang out with on Saturdays. Playing basketball or hanging out. Some have went to army, whereas some have other commitments. For me, yeah mainly because my weekends are burnt for working. I can’t really blame them for leaving me out sometimes when they have their outings. Maybe because they got sick of hearing the same answer from me everytime. I’m deeply sorry to them too, even though they may not see this.

My primary school clique sort of stayed the same. Just that one went to navy, one’s busy with work and the other one is still crazy over bball. And I also haven’t been bballing with them for ages. Weekdays busy with school, weekends busy with work. What to do? And to add on, I suck at my time management. Hopefully things will all get better with the end of FYP early next year.

Throughout the year, the people whom I’ve been spending time with most should be my poly mates. My bros and sis. They have been with me through my ups and downs because we see each other almost 5 days in a week. I just realised there’s only 7 weeks of school left after school starts. Minus away the CNY period? It’s gonna end very very soon, soon we will all graduate and perhaps work and the guys will all go serve NS and do shit. Still can’t believe 3 years have almost passed so fast, I could still remember how I met every single one of them. It seemed so… yesterday.

I got to know this girl A.A in SP. The method to find out her name and background was kinda ridiculous. She’s a special girl, at least, to me. We grew closer until a certain extent, and no progress anymore. Everytime I talk about this, my heart feels so heavy. Especially when my friends ask, “Hey how’s your progress with her?”. I wished I had a positive answer. She’s kinda different in her mentality towards relationship. She’s very attractive, and no lack of suitors. So definitely wooing her isn’t an easy process, I’ve experienced the 喜怒哀乐 of it all. 😀 Well I’m still glad I met her.

I’ve lost a few of my good colleagues in this year too, in Tangs. And met a few new fun colleagues in the process too. The faces come and go, I find it hard to have anyone that I can rely on or be really close with now. I used to work for the passion, for the fun and people whom I really enjoyed working with, and obviously money as well. Nowadays, I find myself working solely for money, money and money. I’m saving up for something big next year. So… perhaps a change of job after the next-big-thing next year.

& my BBMM, glad that we are still as close despite not meeting up for so long until X’mas day itself. Hope this friendship of ours will last till… the world ends! 🙂

I think the more memorable events of the year are:
1) My first airplane experience, first overseas trip with friends to Phuket & many first-time experience there.
2) Getting my driving license
3) One of my pay checks hitting more than 1k.
4) Getting my iPod Touch (like finally)
5) My birthday not celebrated, spent it in my office during attachment. (not blaming, just saying :D)
6) Mum’s health issue. (glad she’s fine now) Last year it was my Dad.
7) Failing my NAPFA 2.4 Km run (ouch)
8 ) Short getaway trips to J.B with friends
9) Volunteering in Youth Olympic Games

Can’t really think of any more to make it 10 points already. Ah-hah, see how boring my life is. Or perhaps my memory is bad. That’s about it for my 2010. Just freaking 3 more days to a brand new 2011. I’m sexcited as well! Maybe my next post will be New Year Resolutions but i know i wouldn”t really give a fuck about it..because.. it’s just humane to do so and I wanna abide by them :).

Pardon any grammatical errors, or words that didn’t make sense to you, and torturing your eyes if you actually managed to read this far. Congratulations to you because my blog post is ending now.

I hope all my friends had a wonderful 2010 full of achievements, and also a fruitful awesome 2011 ahead! 🙂

Rojak post

This post shall be a “rojak” one. Because I’m gonna update whatever that happened from during ITP up till today. Wow, sounds like a lot of stuff but no, my life is plain and simple like porridge.

Some pictures taken during ITP, at the office and warehouses.

when I was a telemarketer, i had a desk to myself.

on rainy days, the corridor would look like this.
I remembered I actually waited for any of my colleagues  that arrived at Redhill MRT station on a rainy day because I don’t have the habit of bringing a umbrella.

Italian Wine warehouse. It’s actually a room in a terrace house.

“9th floor” warehouse. Every time the male interns and I are sent here, we knew we couldn’t leave the place smelling good and clean.
I kinda miss these days though, I can still see this building everyday when I travel to sch.

Legendary 40 feet container with 360 vacuum cleaners inside, doing stock take inside this container can kill.
It’s fucking dark and stuffy as you go deeper.

My last snapshot of my “working area”. It’s actually the pantry, there isn’t enough space for all of us.
A good thing they are moving to a bigger office soon, though it doesn’t really concern me now.

I just went to collect my 2nd ITP pay yesterday, it feels so nostalgic when I walked to my workplace and stepped inside the office. If given a choice to do FYP or ITP, I’d definitely choose to do ITP. Damn, why does SP not have this system?

Anyway, Yonglun suggested I update about the two great movies I watched recently – Ip Man 2 and Iron Man 2.
IM2 vs IM2.

Ip Man 2 is certainly a great action-packed movie with exciting fight scenes that will keep you on the edge of your seat. You shouldn’t miss it if you have watched Ip Man, even if you haven’t watch Ip Man, you should buy the dvd or download or do whatever it takes to watch it because it’s darn good.

As for Iron Man 2, I would say it wasn’t really as bad as what I heard from many people, though I did doze off a couple of times during the middle where there was too much of talking scenes and as I was fuckin tired that day. If you are one who understands and likes American humour, it will be a good movie to watch. We heard there was an after credits scene so we hanged around for it, but in the end, the scene was cut off abruptly for an unknown reason. So in the end, I guess we had to look for it online.

I’m currently contemplating whether to switch to Delphin as a roadshow promoter as I can earn much more than working at Puma, even though I also work 8 days per month. However, there’s something holding me back and I can’t make a decision as yet. Anyone can give me some constructive advice?

I’m going to YOG Team Leader training on Saturday. Feeling excited though I don’t know what’s in for me. After which I will attend the SP Guitarist’s concert. Hope it will be a successful one for them.

I’m surprised I actually wrote so long, considering the fact that I haven’t really touched my blog for donkey years. Okay, off to do my stuff now.
Till then!

End of ITP

First day of ITP: Counting down the number of days left till end of ITP, hoping it will pass quickly.
Last day of ITP: Thinking why did ITP end so fast, wishing it would last a bit longer.

In the blink of an eye, 6 weeks have passed. Attachment is over. I had mixed feelings inside me, i didn’t know whether to feel happy or sad. But when we all had to bid goodbye, i realised i was feeling more sad rather than happy. It might not be the case for all my friends who are also having their ITP, but my fellow interns will definitely feel the same way as me.

I feel quite lucky that I got into this company with a good pay, excellent welfare, caring boss, thoughtful supervisor and awesome colleagues. Seriously no complains about this company.
I definitely will miss the colleagues and the workplace!
And all the fun times like singing K through the night and steamboat outing!

Back to school on Monday, mixed feelings again!

Chinese New Year Mood?

Seriously, the recent tests and project submissions kinda took away the CNY mood this year.
But I’m still looking forward to going back to Malaysia cos life in SG is just so stressful, it’d be good to leave the country and take a break.

When we all return after the CNY break, exams are just round the corner already. See how fucked up the schedule is? And there’s no holidays for us due to the ITP. But I think I’m fortunate enough to get a lucky slot.

Nothing stays the same, people do change. So what can I do about it? It has happened and I can only accept it.

Food Poisoning?

I wonder what have I eaten that caused me to have diarrhea for 4 times today. But it might be a good thing too, i get to slim down/lose weight this way.

My colleagues have been teasing me about my lost wallet.
I know they don’t mean it, but I just feel kinda sian to be reminded about it. zzz

What day is it today?
The moment I went on Facebook I saw 3 of my friends declaring their change in relationship status. Lol.
I just realised one of them is fake! Hahaha.

I’m feeling optimistic today.
I’m glad I still have friends who care and I know I can rely on them.
I know I’m moving on, at least not crying over you anymore.
I’m more enthusiastic about the things  I do now.
I feel more grown-up now, I make decisions for myself. (E.g when do I go and make my IC.)

Happy, at least for the moment.

Fuck.My.Life

It seems like this year won’t be a good one, at least until today.
I lost my wallet yesterday after I played basketball.
This same scenario happened in SP when I was year one, similarly, after basketball.
Though I may not have lost my handphone together with my wallet this time round( which is a good thing ), I felt that the loss was equivalent to the first one.
Why?

1) Because this will be the 2nd time i lose my IC, and it’s gonna be a fucking 300bucks gone from my pay.
Cheesepie, three mother fucking hundred dollars. Almost half of my tak-home pay for December, i worked so frequently during the holidays to earn myself enough to buy an iTouch and now this has to happen.

2) My Provisional Driving License is also inside the wallet. And I have to make my way down to Traffic Police Headquarters to notify them and renew one. In addition, TP is in March and now this loss will affect my learning progress. Fuckkkk.

3) My house keys are inside the wallet. A lot of people asked why I put them inside. Because it’s just two keys and more convenient to put in. Yeah, convenient indeed. I’m not gonna put them in my wallet anymore. Now have to change the lock in my house.

4) Atm card. I’m not really sure how much it will cost me to replace a new card yet again. They say will deduct from my bank account, but I only have $6 inside! Deduct what shit? :/

I swear to myself,

I’m not gonna bring my whole wallet out when I’m gonna play basketball. Just cash and ezlink.
I’m not bringing my IC out with me unless necessary.
I’m not putting any keys in my wallet anymore.

I just hope a good Samaritan whom may be holding on to my wallet to return me my IC and PDL…
Which is highly impossible, I know.

I’m so guilty, my parents have warned me not to bring my IC out after I lost my handphone and wallet in school, now I’m making the same mistake. But this time round, I will bear the full responsibility instead of asking my Dad to.

In conclusion, FML.
What a way to start off my new year.

Hi 2010!

It’s 2010 already!
How did I spend my last few minutes of 2009?
Vivocity?
Esplanade?
Marina Bay?

Nah.

In a cinema.
That’s right, watched Old Dogs after work at around 11pm ++.
Damn funny show, laughed from start till end. Definitely worth watching if you want to have a good laugh.
But ironically, I read on Today newspaper that Old Dogs is a lousy film, rated only 1/5. Didn’t quite believe my eyes.
Had a drink or two after that but I was really dead beat to be “high” or anything, took night rider home around 3+am.
My first time taking a NR. Haha, slept all the way home.

I hope this year would be good, or better.
I want to put all the unhappy things behind me and welcome a great 2010 ahead! (:
And same to anyone who’s reading.

Random Encounter

I wanted to drink some lime juice after work just now and asked an uncle, “Anybody sitting here?”
And he gave me the look and didn’t answer verbally, he just shake his head and look away.
Afraid that I interpreted his “answer” wrongly, I asked the same question again.
He just signaled using his hand a “Stop” sign. (Like wanna high five with someone)

I just took my seat and waited for my drink to arrive.
He then asked me questions.
Uncle: “You studying?”
Me: “Yeah, Singapore Polytechnic”
Uncle: “Year 2 or 3?”
Me: “Year 2 now”
Uncle: “Okay.. If you were a M***y, I wouldn’t have talked to you.”
He then proceeded on to tell me that it’s important for teenagers like us to talk with manners, which an example he gave was me not addressing him before I asked if I could sit.
I apologized and continued a conversation with him.
He taught me quite a lot of things that I should always remember and follow in life. I had that kind of “enlightened” feeling after talking to him. Haha, this is somewhat “fate” isn’t it?
One of the things that I really think he made sense is “Never bow down to a woman, or you’ll be condemned for life.”
Of course he supported what he said with concrete examples or experiences in life.
And “Be careful with the friends you make. No trouble =  All friends, Trouble comes = “Friends” run”.

This conversation with that Uncle lasted about 30+ minutes before we parted. 30minutes but we talked like a thousand things. Haha elderly people just need a listening ear sometimes.

End of my random encounter.

Thanks & Goodbye

All the efforts I put in, they can’t be compared to anything he has done.
It’s all about other people, never once about me.
But I learnt something, not everything that you put your efforts into, will have returns.
Would be lying if I say I’m alright now.

Merry Christmas.

I’m Back.

[Edited]

Went to J.B with Louis, Lawrence, G.T and Kweeming on Tues evening. It was fun-filled trip. Actually it’s my first time to J.B, haha i feel so embarrassed to say this. I’m a Malaysian myself for god’s sake.

We ate at this zi char shop Lawrence recommended and the food was quite good  and most importantly, cheap! 😀 Actually all the food there is cheap. We then went back to G.T’s house to put our belongings before heading to JusCo to watch Storm Warriors. Not really a strong storyline, but effects were good.
Went for dimsum the following day and shopping at CitySquare after that. Nothing much to buy actually. We went to sing at Neway. Buffet dinner, definitely value for money there! I wanna go there and sing again because of the service is excellent, good sound system and delicious food! Oh and thanks G.T for driving us around and you have to be in good health, no heart diseases, to sit in his car. Hahaha.

I’ve been working almost everyday recently and it’s tiring me out. But what to do, I can’t get off days due to some reasons. I’ve to make time out for family, friends, driving, projects and myself. But there’s only 24 hours per day, yet so many things to do. Sigh.

Christmas is approaching, I haven’t bought anything for gift exchange yet. 😦
I really wish the Xmas day plan can work out in the end, provided only if there’s enough people going.

So this is Christmas… and what have you done?

Update again, world.

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