Thursday, November 30, 2006
we're moving !!
choo-ing in and out ...
i was in the middle of composing an email when someone buzz-ed me.
j : so, how was it?
me: errr... how was what?
j: the sunday event
me: oh, it was good. came for it and went home with it
j: detail detail
me: later ya when i'm not busy
j: going to client place soon, tell me about it tomorrow
yeah, last sunday i attended an invitation. four seasons hotel. la mer. bmw. jimmy choo. personal branding. all these kinda add pressures on the dressing code. but this yours truly are in a time where only few fit her. what the heck, i'm attending it for the one and only reason, la mer gift pack. so there i was in jeans and tees, though i conciously wore high heels instead of my fave sandals.
event was good, being introduced to the trends of 2007. information on taking care of your leather, suede and velvet was also given - remember the #1 rule for leather :- alternate! i was excited when out came the shoes and bags of the next season, of course we tried some of it. one of the sandals was oh so gorgeous but come on, thousands of dollars for a shoe or a bag that's been spotted in beyonce's hand? unless i win a lottery. once done we were given a talk on personal branding, quite fun when we were to stand, breath, talk, feel the rib cage, and so on. i assume bmw would be next since we know cars were always associated with personal image. the most interesting part was of course la mer, where we were given tips and also try all sort of their products though i skipped trying some that i use especially when the lady that came to our side is someone whom i know knows that i'm wearing it. it was fun and once the events was over we were told to place and order, especially for the choos that will only be available next year. i didn't see anyone doing that, oh actually there was one. a lady dressed in true religion jeans and a gucci jacket who came with her daddy (or sugar daddy? who knows). as for me, i went out to collect the lamer gift pack and went home. back to the reality world - my world.
i was in the middle of composing an email when someone buzz-ed me.
j : so, how was it?
me: errr... how was what?
j: the sunday event
me: oh, it was good. came for it and went home with it
j: detail detail
me: later ya when i'm not busy
j: going to client place soon, tell me about it tomorrow
yeah, last sunday i attended an invitation. four seasons hotel. la mer. bmw. jimmy choo. personal branding. all these kinda add pressures on the dressing code. but this yours truly are in a time where only few fit her. what the heck, i'm attending it for the one and only reason, la mer gift pack. so there i was in jeans and tees, though i conciously wore high heels instead of my fave sandals.
event was good, being introduced to the trends of 2007. information on taking care of your leather, suede and velvet was also given - remember the #1 rule for leather :- alternate! i was excited when out came the shoes and bags of the next season, of course we tried some of it. one of the sandals was oh so gorgeous but come on, thousands of dollars for a shoe or a bag that's been spotted in beyonce's hand? unless i win a lottery. once done we were given a talk on personal branding, quite fun when we were to stand, breath, talk, feel the rib cage, and so on. i assume bmw would be next since we know cars were always associated with personal image. the most interesting part was of course la mer, where we were given tips and also try all sort of their products though i skipped trying some that i use especially when the lady that came to our side is someone whom i know knows that i'm wearing it. it was fun and once the events was over we were told to place and order, especially for the choos that will only be available next year. i didn't see anyone doing that, oh actually there was one. a lady dressed in true religion jeans and a gucci jacket who came with her daddy (or sugar daddy? who knows). as for me, i went out to collect the lamer gift pack and went home. back to the reality world - my world.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
a royal takeaway..
okay we're nuts. we decided to continue with our monday run despite the weather. we did it last week, when hp was on leave and was caught in the rain. jn got fever the following day. yesterday even when it was still drizzling we decided to go, hey this is our last run before sunday. but we too decided to take it slow, just run 'til the 2nd bridge before turning back. there's not many regulars running yesterday. yeah, regulars for us as we've been seeing them every monday. the 'hump man' was surely not there. i called it that as he kept on making a 'hump' sound with every step he made but i noticed the 'hump' is getting lesser - his stamina must've been improving a lot. anyways again the rain started to get heavy even when we haven't reached the 2nd bridge so we turned back. popped vitamin C as soon as we reached office to avoid any unhappy events later on, we then went to adam road for dinner. why so far? it's hp's turn to decide and she chose there. i heard quite a lot of good reviews about the food there so i too was keen on going there. ended up eating nasi lemak, supposedly one of the best in town - even the sultan of brunei had his takeaway from this place, that's what's written on the paper. the queue was so long that it picked my interest more. went for the royal plush option which is not bad. the rice is soft, you know it's a good quality rice, and the chilli is good, not spicy though. i don't think it's so out of the world. and now i feel that my cough is getting worst - must be the chilli!
okay we're nuts. we decided to continue with our monday run despite the weather. we did it last week, when hp was on leave and was caught in the rain. jn got fever the following day. yesterday even when it was still drizzling we decided to go, hey this is our last run before sunday. but we too decided to take it slow, just run 'til the 2nd bridge before turning back. there's not many regulars running yesterday. yeah, regulars for us as we've been seeing them every monday. the 'hump man' was surely not there. i called it that as he kept on making a 'hump' sound with every step he made but i noticed the 'hump' is getting lesser - his stamina must've been improving a lot. anyways again the rain started to get heavy even when we haven't reached the 2nd bridge so we turned back. popped vitamin C as soon as we reached office to avoid any unhappy events later on, we then went to adam road for dinner. why so far? it's hp's turn to decide and she chose there. i heard quite a lot of good reviews about the food there so i too was keen on going there. ended up eating nasi lemak, supposedly one of the best in town - even the sultan of brunei had his takeaway from this place, that's what's written on the paper. the queue was so long that it picked my interest more. went for the royal plush option which is not bad. the rice is soft, you know it's a good quality rice, and the chilli is good, not spicy though. i don't think it's so out of the world. and now i feel that my cough is getting worst - must be the chilli!
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
love, life, marriage, and more ..
while waiting for the 'clash of the titans' last night, i started reading one of the book i just borrowed. my God, i couldn't stop myself from reading it. it's very good and the joy and sorrow part really brought tears in my eyes. no wonder there's so much quotes taken from his books. i forced myself to stop reading it and watched ballack in action. after the match i texted my uncle and he ended up calling me and we talked about the match. err, did he know that i am only into the english premier league because ballack is now in chelsea? i have nuts knowledge when it comes to the technique, though i'm getting more familiar with it, that i just listened to him talking about it. once the conversation is done i couldn't help myself but continue reading the book. it was indeed one of the good book i read.
while waiting for the 'clash of the titans' last night, i started reading one of the book i just borrowed. my God, i couldn't stop myself from reading it. it's very good and the joy and sorrow part really brought tears in my eyes. no wonder there's so much quotes taken from his books. i forced myself to stop reading it and watched ballack in action. after the match i texted my uncle and he ended up calling me and we talked about the match. err, did he know that i am only into the english premier league because ballack is now in chelsea? i have nuts knowledge when it comes to the technique, though i'm getting more familiar with it, that i just listened to him talking about it. once the conversation is done i couldn't help myself but continue reading the book. it was indeed one of the good book i read.
Saturday, November 25, 2006
collect yours?went to collect the race pack during lunch time. the plan was collect-charles&keith-lunch. the queue was so long, and we spent quite some time there, unlike last year when we simply spent around 15 mins for the whole thing.
no more time for lunch, but still stopped at c&k as hp's sandals were 'starving' already and she really need to get a new pair. the goodie bag is better compared to last year, especiall the bag.
the firm won't provide us a new tee so we'll be wearing the same tee worn during the bullrun. meaning :- i need to loose weight.
amazing ..
did you guys catch amazing race asia last night? it was a good episode for me personally because they went to Jakarta and Bali. the challenge in Bali was tough, 4 out of the 9 team took the penalty by skipping it. well, im not going to talk about the race here but i want to talk more about the place they went. my country!! jakarta and bali! they went to kuta beach, uluwatu, and tanah lot. Bali is indeed beautiful and i hope this show change the perception people have about indonesia, boost the tourism in that island back to its glorious days and i hope those ignorant people out there know that Bali is part of Indonesia, not a country by its own. yes my friend, it is part of Indonesia.
did you guys catch amazing race asia last night? it was a good episode for me personally because they went to Jakarta and Bali. the challenge in Bali was tough, 4 out of the 9 team took the penalty by skipping it. well, im not going to talk about the race here but i want to talk more about the place they went. my country!! jakarta and bali! they went to kuta beach, uluwatu, and tanah lot. Bali is indeed beautiful and i hope this show change the perception people have about indonesia, boost the tourism in that island back to its glorious days and i hope those ignorant people out there know that Bali is part of Indonesia, not a country by its own. yes my friend, it is part of Indonesia.
Friday, November 24, 2006
have you ever climb a tree?
i don't know but last night, as i couldn't sleep *thanks to the 2 cans of coke i had earlier* my mind wandered and i have no idea why i ended up thinking of climbing trees. i guess i was thinking about my nephew, and my cat, then i remembered when andres was still a kitten, he climbed the durian tree and couldn't get down. the tree was still small that he ended on top of the tree meow-ing while we're trying to assist him getting down. then it suddenly hit me, have most singaporeans *the young generation that is* experience climbing a tree? i consider myself lucky being born in a country with no land limitation. i've climbed few trees - jambu, mango, rambutan, cherry, starfruit, and probably some other trees that i couldn't recall . though people might not have a garden back home, they still have lots of trees around to climb. just look at those kids around my house, they would just pressed the bell and asked for mango, meaning they'd climb the tree and pluck one for themselves.
so i asked my workmates, most local said nope, they never climb a tree. instead they climb their house door frame. what a pity missing something fun during your childhood.
i don't know but last night, as i couldn't sleep *thanks to the 2 cans of coke i had earlier* my mind wandered and i have no idea why i ended up thinking of climbing trees. i guess i was thinking about my nephew, and my cat, then i remembered when andres was still a kitten, he climbed the durian tree and couldn't get down. the tree was still small that he ended on top of the tree meow-ing while we're trying to assist him getting down. then it suddenly hit me, have most singaporeans *the young generation that is* experience climbing a tree? i consider myself lucky being born in a country with no land limitation. i've climbed few trees - jambu, mango, rambutan, cherry, starfruit, and probably some other trees that i couldn't recall . though people might not have a garden back home, they still have lots of trees around to climb. just look at those kids around my house, they would just pressed the bell and asked for mango, meaning they'd climb the tree and pluck one for themselves.
so i asked my workmates, most local said nope, they never climb a tree. instead they climb their house door frame. what a pity missing something fun during your childhood.
weekend, please come early...
arranging table for d&d is fun in a way that you can choose the best table for your dept and choose the worst table for the dept you despise. but its also a tedious work when you got to ensure the tables grouping when people tend to back out and those top people came with funny request. boss still don't know that i'm in the comittee and need to leave early on that day. i've been squeezing time during lunch or after work to do this. hopefully she'll release me early that day - else? i don't want to think about it.
this hasn't been a great week for me. soo many tasks that i sometimes envy those workmates of mine that only need to concentrate on few tasks. i'd rather you give me applications to do than having to chase vendors, getting approval on quotation, and all sorts of stuff that boss agrees on doing without telling us. imagine you suddenly receive a call or email about something you know nuts about, after approaching your boss you found out that she put your name there and now you have to look into it. how many times have i cry at work this week? i couldn't even remember. frustration, anger, stress all at one that i really snapped at my boss earlier. sorry but i don't think it's fair if i have to overlook at the whole project when i am supposed to be incharge of the application only. it's just crazy and i told her that straight up front. thank god she understood my frustration & i too knew that i had it. so i took a book, bought my lunch at Mc.D and then sat by the river. though the weather was hot i managed to calm myself and came back to work feeling a little bit relax. i know boss wants me to be involved more on the management side instead of simply application but sometimes it is too much. and the thought of her being away for the next 5 days adds more pressure on me. the life of an employee, work a million earn peanuts ...
two days ago i told my boss that i had too much things at hand and i couldn't look at the process she asked me to. she asked about the 2 girls that were supposed to work with me but i told her that their busy developing the application and got to wait until it's done before giving them the stuff. yesterday she held a dept. meeting telling the 2 girls that were supposed to work with me that they need to learn to prioritise things. with that, i handed over one of the stuff to them so they could look into it. i guess i too have to learn to be a little bit cruel and not only think about others but about myself as well.
and to top all this - another server crashed!! God is really testing my patience. Though its a crucial server, i simply point it to the backup server & up until now i got no mood to install the applications there. my mind is more on the database and web server migration. Unix? well if the partner disagrees with the amount i will get hp in and we'll push the server to the new building - after all its just across our current location. of course, i'm being sarcastic here ;). actually it's true, the price of mounting & dismounting server is simply crazy! and i still couldn't get in touch with the IT guy who's going to set all the new server. he's more difficult to meet than george bush. maybe i should be his stalker and wait at the lobby until i see him? hmm..
on another note, i just couldn't wait to move to the new location. just realised that we'll be moving on the same day with the servers, hence i need to do the packing next week and get one of my workmate to take care of my stuff. still have no clue on the praying location in the new building, but with it being an open concept and we'll be in the same area with IT, chances of me doing my prayer in my own space or going back to office after gym to do my prayer there is very slim. IT always stay late, unless i don't care? hmm..
oh well, let's take it one at a time... move there first, find the information later.
arranging table for d&d is fun in a way that you can choose the best table for your dept and choose the worst table for the dept you despise. but its also a tedious work when you got to ensure the tables grouping when people tend to back out and those top people came with funny request. boss still don't know that i'm in the comittee and need to leave early on that day. i've been squeezing time during lunch or after work to do this. hopefully she'll release me early that day - else? i don't want to think about it.
this hasn't been a great week for me. soo many tasks that i sometimes envy those workmates of mine that only need to concentrate on few tasks. i'd rather you give me applications to do than having to chase vendors, getting approval on quotation, and all sorts of stuff that boss agrees on doing without telling us. imagine you suddenly receive a call or email about something you know nuts about, after approaching your boss you found out that she put your name there and now you have to look into it. how many times have i cry at work this week? i couldn't even remember. frustration, anger, stress all at one that i really snapped at my boss earlier. sorry but i don't think it's fair if i have to overlook at the whole project when i am supposed to be incharge of the application only. it's just crazy and i told her that straight up front. thank god she understood my frustration & i too knew that i had it. so i took a book, bought my lunch at Mc.D and then sat by the river. though the weather was hot i managed to calm myself and came back to work feeling a little bit relax. i know boss wants me to be involved more on the management side instead of simply application but sometimes it is too much. and the thought of her being away for the next 5 days adds more pressure on me. the life of an employee, work a million earn peanuts ...
two days ago i told my boss that i had too much things at hand and i couldn't look at the process she asked me to. she asked about the 2 girls that were supposed to work with me but i told her that their busy developing the application and got to wait until it's done before giving them the stuff. yesterday she held a dept. meeting telling the 2 girls that were supposed to work with me that they need to learn to prioritise things. with that, i handed over one of the stuff to them so they could look into it. i guess i too have to learn to be a little bit cruel and not only think about others but about myself as well.
and to top all this - another server crashed!! God is really testing my patience. Though its a crucial server, i simply point it to the backup server & up until now i got no mood to install the applications there. my mind is more on the database and web server migration. Unix? well if the partner disagrees with the amount i will get hp in and we'll push the server to the new building - after all its just across our current location. of course, i'm being sarcastic here ;). actually it's true, the price of mounting & dismounting server is simply crazy! and i still couldn't get in touch with the IT guy who's going to set all the new server. he's more difficult to meet than george bush. maybe i should be his stalker and wait at the lobby until i see him? hmm..
on another note, i just couldn't wait to move to the new location. just realised that we'll be moving on the same day with the servers, hence i need to do the packing next week and get one of my workmate to take care of my stuff. still have no clue on the praying location in the new building, but with it being an open concept and we'll be in the same area with IT, chances of me doing my prayer in my own space or going back to office after gym to do my prayer there is very slim. IT always stay late, unless i don't care? hmm..
oh well, let's take it one at a time... move there first, find the information later.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
mumble jumbleit's already 3 and i practically haven't done anything i can be proud of. after a splendid weekend, i came to work with tons of determination to come out with something. but upon opening the tables, getting confused on figuring out how to differentiate credit note, auto billing and normal receipt i closed the tables and called finance to give me some clients with billing details so that i could trace back what is where. called vendor to chase some stuff they still owe me, so scared that we're moving to a new fax & photocopy system this friday yet they haven't give us the sample of output file. next week is closing and i don't want to experience another hell break loose after the project is over, eh. i'm getting good in chasing people nowadays without burning any fats. meanwhile i get back to doing my d&d to do list. yeah, its getting closer and closer and we still haven't decide on the table arrangement. chasing partners confirmation today, arrangement of table tomorrow. continued with the movement plan, though its all handled by IT as usual they don't want to take care of our Unix rack so hopefully the vendor will get back to us soon. now that i'm tired of chasing the partners but still awaiting finance to respond i could only open each tables figuring what it means. the central team should come out with the list of tables and it's functionality instead of leaving us in the dark, eh.
hmm .. a friend is away for her pilgrimage. wonder if she's arrive in israel now. hopefully she has a nice trip and get back home safely.
i better get back to playing with the tables though mostly i'll be opening, linking to other table trying to figure out the unfigurable hoping to master all the tables soon ..
Saturday, November 18, 2006
how could you?
me and my besties have been planning on a trip to bromo for years. it was always postponed due to one or another reason. the last time we postponed was because of the activity in that mountain. and now, how could you guys do this to me? how could you? hehe, i'm just pulling your legs eh - i'm trying to make you guys feeling guilty of leaving me alone. yeah, they're going for the weekend trip in few hours time. too bad i couldn't make it - couldn't afford on another trip home after all the trips i've been doing. couldn't afford or should i say 'dare' to apply even for one day leave.
hope you guys have a blast and enjoy the well-deserved break. have fun guys! just remember to tell me the detail of the trip - that's the souvenir i request from you.
me and my besties have been planning on a trip to bromo for years. it was always postponed due to one or another reason. the last time we postponed was because of the activity in that mountain. and now, how could you guys do this to me? how could you? hehe, i'm just pulling your legs eh - i'm trying to make you guys feeling guilty of leaving me alone. yeah, they're going for the weekend trip in few hours time. too bad i couldn't make it - couldn't afford on another trip home after all the trips i've been doing. couldn't afford or should i say 'dare' to apply even for one day leave.
hope you guys have a blast and enjoy the well-deserved break. have fun guys! just remember to tell me the detail of the trip - that's the souvenir i request from you.
Shoe Talk
this morning i was looking for a pair of sandal to wear to work. it's friday, dress down day, sandal day. i knew i had that pair of sandal but i couldn't locate it. storeroom, shoe cabinet, another shoe cabinet still couldn't find it. it took me quite some time of digging until i found it. while walking to the mrt i realised that this sandal didn't really match the pants i'm wearing. time to get a new shoe? ah .. shoes.
i don't know what's it with the obsession women have with shoes until i watch this movie. true indeed, you will always feel good after getting a pair of new shoes as it wouldn't give you any physical warnings - all it does is adding a new line in your bank statement. platform, kittenheels, stillettos, boots, sandals, thongs, open-toe, there are so many types of shoes out there that it would justify our action on getting a pair of each type.
well it might not apply to every woman. a friend of mine will only buy herself one shoe for work until its worn off before getting a new one. another friend will buy the same shoe in different colour if she finds it comfortable, only two and that's it. another friend of mine buys only those basic color, and even purchasing one requires lots on consideration. my ex-colleague has a 'one in one out' rule imposed by her hubby - that is, when a new pair of shoes enter the house, one of the old pair has to go out. whereas for me? i think i'd stick to adding my shoe collection for as long as i shall live.
this morning i was looking for a pair of sandal to wear to work. it's friday, dress down day, sandal day. i knew i had that pair of sandal but i couldn't locate it. storeroom, shoe cabinet, another shoe cabinet still couldn't find it. it took me quite some time of digging until i found it. while walking to the mrt i realised that this sandal didn't really match the pants i'm wearing. time to get a new shoe? ah .. shoes.
i don't know what's it with the obsession women have with shoes until i watch this movie. true indeed, you will always feel good after getting a pair of new shoes as it wouldn't give you any physical warnings - all it does is adding a new line in your bank statement. platform, kittenheels, stillettos, boots, sandals, thongs, open-toe, there are so many types of shoes out there that it would justify our action on getting a pair of each type.
well it might not apply to every woman. a friend of mine will only buy herself one shoe for work until its worn off before getting a new one. another friend will buy the same shoe in different colour if she finds it comfortable, only two and that's it. another friend of mine buys only those basic color, and even purchasing one requires lots on consideration. my ex-colleague has a 'one in one out' rule imposed by her hubby - that is, when a new pair of shoes enter the house, one of the old pair has to go out. whereas for me? i think i'd stick to adding my shoe collection for as long as i shall live.
a good day?
don't ask me how i ended up skipping gym, took the mrt home and alighted at tampines - it just happened. after hearing so much rave about this movie, i ended up getting one ticket for myself before heading for a dinner. back to the cinema, bought myself a large size of sweet popcorn and coke light *so much so for light when its accompanied by something sinful*. the movie was good and the time i spent with myself is great. once in a while its nice to be enjoying the time with yourself. oh, have i tell you that tampines mrt station looks like IKEA with all the posters? i can't wait to visit the branch there!
thanks to the large size coke, i had another restless night. my love-hate relationship with this drink is getting worst. i've been sleeping like a baby for a week and once i had it at night, there it goes. thanks to the tv which accompanied me throughout the whole night. i watched the re-run of amazing race asia and was quite puzzled with the detour given when they're in indonesia. selling bakso or pushing the cart while singing 'abang tukang bakso?' come on! couldn't they find something better to do? but honestly when it comes to seeing them doing it i couldn't help myself but laughing to the toneless clueless song. tried getting back to sleep to no avail and that was when i realised i couldn't wait any longer to get my wisdom tooth extracted. been postponing it for a year as per boss' request that now the hole is getting bigger and the throbbing is getting more painful. i have to take care of myself and think of doing it the soonest possible, but with the office movement and the month-end closing i don't think i can have it done in the next 2 weeks. 4.30 am and i'm still wide awake. thank God the next time i opened my eyes it was morning, meaning i had a sleep however short that is.
don't ask me how i ended up skipping gym, took the mrt home and alighted at tampines - it just happened. after hearing so much rave about this movie, i ended up getting one ticket for myself before heading for a dinner. back to the cinema, bought myself a large size of sweet popcorn and coke light *so much so for light when its accompanied by something sinful*. the movie was good and the time i spent with myself is great. once in a while its nice to be enjoying the time with yourself. oh, have i tell you that tampines mrt station looks like IKEA with all the posters? i can't wait to visit the branch there!
thanks to the large size coke, i had another restless night. my love-hate relationship with this drink is getting worst. i've been sleeping like a baby for a week and once i had it at night, there it goes. thanks to the tv which accompanied me throughout the whole night. i watched the re-run of amazing race asia and was quite puzzled with the detour given when they're in indonesia. selling bakso or pushing the cart while singing 'abang tukang bakso?' come on! couldn't they find something better to do? but honestly when it comes to seeing them doing it i couldn't help myself but laughing to the toneless clueless song. tried getting back to sleep to no avail and that was when i realised i couldn't wait any longer to get my wisdom tooth extracted. been postponing it for a year as per boss' request that now the hole is getting bigger and the throbbing is getting more painful. i have to take care of myself and think of doing it the soonest possible, but with the office movement and the month-end closing i don't think i can have it done in the next 2 weeks. 4.30 am and i'm still wide awake. thank God the next time i opened my eyes it was morning, meaning i had a sleep however short that is.
Friday, November 17, 2006
walking down the memory lane...
mom just called asking what do i want to do with the crazy shirt full of signature? i was confused for a moment than i realised what she meant was my secondary and high school shirt, the one used on the day we knew we passed the exam and then we walked around signing other people's shirt while others signed ours. ah .. those were the days.
on that day all we could think of getting all of our friends to sign our shirt while asking them to write something memorable in the year book. some would spray their hairs with 'pylox' as well. i tried my best to skip that or ended up getting a great lecture at home.
i'm trying to remember who sign where on my shirt. i'm trying to recall the friends i went around the school with. and now my mind wanders to my secondary school and high school time. those were the days ..
should i throw it away? should i keep it as a memory?
mom just called asking what do i want to do with the crazy shirt full of signature? i was confused for a moment than i realised what she meant was my secondary and high school shirt, the one used on the day we knew we passed the exam and then we walked around signing other people's shirt while others signed ours. ah .. those were the days.
on that day all we could think of getting all of our friends to sign our shirt while asking them to write something memorable in the year book. some would spray their hairs with 'pylox' as well. i tried my best to skip that or ended up getting a great lecture at home.
i'm trying to remember who sign where on my shirt. i'm trying to recall the friends i went around the school with. and now my mind wanders to my secondary school and high school time. those were the days ..
should i throw it away? should i keep it as a memory?
Thursday, November 16, 2006
i love tree hill, call it a teeny boppers drama if you like but i love it. why ? not because of the actors 'cos i'm way too old for that *the actors aint that great anyway*, not because of the clothes, not even the location. the story line is pretty simple as well but quite nice to follow. what i love most is the quotes that was thrown here and there. i always listen carefully to all the dialogues especially when lucas was talking in the background, simple yet meaningful. some of the quotes that i love :-
as tennesse williams said, when so many lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone
passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction
As happens sometimes a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment. And then the moment was gone
Ida Scott Taylor once wrote: Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering.
"Did you ever look at a picture of yourself and see a stranger in the background? It makes you wonder how many people have pictures of you, how many moments of other people's lives we've been in. Were we part of someone's life when their dream came true, or were we there when their dreams died? Did we keep trying to get in, as if we were somehow destined to be there? Or did the shot take us by surprise? Just think, you could be a big part of someone else's life, and not even know it."
sometimes people play hard to get to know that the other person's feeling are real
Remember tonight for it is the beginning of always, a promise. The belief in each other in the possibility of love. A decision to ignore or simply rise above the pain of the past. a covenant which at once binds 2 souls and yet severs prior ties. A celebration of the chance taken and the challenge that lies ahead. For two will always be stronger than one. Like a team braced against the tempest of the world. And love will always be the guiding force in our lives. For tonight is a mere formality. Only an announcement to the world of feelings long held made long ago in a sacred space
as tennesse williams said, when so many lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone
passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction
As happens sometimes a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment. And then the moment was gone
Ida Scott Taylor once wrote: Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering.
"Did you ever look at a picture of yourself and see a stranger in the background? It makes you wonder how many people have pictures of you, how many moments of other people's lives we've been in. Were we part of someone's life when their dream came true, or were we there when their dreams died? Did we keep trying to get in, as if we were somehow destined to be there? Or did the shot take us by surprise? Just think, you could be a big part of someone else's life, and not even know it."
sometimes people play hard to get to know that the other person's feeling are real
Remember tonight for it is the beginning of always, a promise. The belief in each other in the possibility of love. A decision to ignore or simply rise above the pain of the past. a covenant which at once binds 2 souls and yet severs prior ties. A celebration of the chance taken and the challenge that lies ahead. For two will always be stronger than one. Like a team braced against the tempest of the world. And love will always be the guiding force in our lives. For tonight is a mere formality. Only an announcement to the world of feelings long held made long ago in a sacred space
take a break, it's 2.19 pm
after days of listening to glenn bragging about arsenal's victory over liverpool (yea, yea, yea), i finally got some interesting info today.
do you know that most employee will feel like a shxt, no mood to work after lunch at 2.19 pm. no kidding, that's what the outcome of the research in some country which my memory failed to recall. so when a friend of mine sent a yawning icon through msn messager, the first thing i did was look at the time and it's 2.29 pm.
after days of listening to glenn bragging about arsenal's victory over liverpool (yea, yea, yea), i finally got some interesting info today.
do you know that most employee will feel like a shxt, no mood to work after lunch at 2.19 pm. no kidding, that's what the outcome of the research in some country which my memory failed to recall. so when a friend of mine sent a yawning icon through msn messager, the first thing i did was look at the time and it's 2.29 pm.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
noodles day
decided to spend my weekend at home i said no to all suggestion on going out especially with the heavy downpour earlier. already made myself an instant noodle *haven't had one for more than 2 years* when my aunt called saying the hari raya visiting is still ON! lucky i have covered few houses by myself that i simply asked her to call me when she's going to one of my uncle's place. while getting ready and thinking of taking a bus as my cash has been used for paying the plumber *so expensive!!* another uncle of mine called for a chit chat and so sweet of him, since he was nearby he fetched me and sent me to meet my aunties. i treasured the quality time we had during the ride. don't you love this kind of uncle? very very thoughtful.
met my aunties and apparently there was a change in the original plan. we went to my cousin's fiancee's sister's house to discuss the upcoming wedding first before heading down to my uncle's. it was a bit awkward for me, following them to discuss on the date, the how and where, and with the wife being malay we also have to follow the usual malay wedding (separate celebration - one at each side). still couldn't believe that one of my baby cousin is getting married!. Hell, i still couldn't grasp the fact the my little sister is now a wife, like my uncle said he still could remember sleeping with my sis everytime he visit my parents. how time flies, eh. the discussion was accompanied by hor fun, not bad. from there we went to other places. basically we had hor fun, kway tiaw, bee hon, mee betawi (though i didn't see this kinda noodle back home), and ended up with another round of noodle. only in singapore (or is it my relatives?) can you do the hari raya visiting up to 11ish at night complete with noodles in every house(s). still got few more houses to cover, boy how i wish i could end this visiting soon.
decided to spend my weekend at home i said no to all suggestion on going out especially with the heavy downpour earlier. already made myself an instant noodle *haven't had one for more than 2 years* when my aunt called saying the hari raya visiting is still ON! lucky i have covered few houses by myself that i simply asked her to call me when she's going to one of my uncle's place. while getting ready and thinking of taking a bus as my cash has been used for paying the plumber *so expensive!!* another uncle of mine called for a chit chat and so sweet of him, since he was nearby he fetched me and sent me to meet my aunties. i treasured the quality time we had during the ride. don't you love this kind of uncle? very very thoughtful.
met my aunties and apparently there was a change in the original plan. we went to my cousin's fiancee's sister's house to discuss the upcoming wedding first before heading down to my uncle's. it was a bit awkward for me, following them to discuss on the date, the how and where, and with the wife being malay we also have to follow the usual malay wedding (separate celebration - one at each side). still couldn't believe that one of my baby cousin is getting married!. Hell, i still couldn't grasp the fact the my little sister is now a wife, like my uncle said he still could remember sleeping with my sis everytime he visit my parents. how time flies, eh. the discussion was accompanied by hor fun, not bad. from there we went to other places. basically we had hor fun, kway tiaw, bee hon, mee betawi (though i didn't see this kinda noodle back home), and ended up with another round of noodle. only in singapore (or is it my relatives?) can you do the hari raya visiting up to 11ish at night complete with noodles in every house(s). still got few more houses to cover, boy how i wish i could end this visiting soon.
weekend blurt..
yesterday's run was fun, running in the rain. went to the meeting point only to stare at the heavy rain. chitchated with other dept while waiting for the rain, got to know another indonesian working in the firm. at the end the partners decided to go to our future office while waiting for the rain. so there we were busying ourselves at the new building. while doing that we met the admin manager and persuaded her to bring us to our future department. hmm, can't say much now that we're going to be in the same room with IT so it's bigger yet it's smaller. me & hp just glad that its a wall behind us, instead of a glass window of my boss' room. went down and meet the others again. spent more time browsing the area and i was involved in a conversation with one of the partner that i used to avoid, sigh - now there's no way i could just pretend not knowing who he is and walk away. by then it's only drizzling, so we went down for a group photo and headed down to the padang. crisp was there and i spent time talking to him, been awhile since seeing him. he's no longer volunteering in the networking group, hence my reason for asking more questions. typical crisp, he will engage a conversation with someone and slowly pull another person in. by the time we reached the padang, i've already been involved in a conversation with people i never talk to before. the downside of this was that now that more partners know your existence means you have to think twice before ignoring the office dress-code. run was good, managed to finish the 3.2 km within 22 mins, not bad but could've been better!. dinner afterwards before going home. decided to skip the gathering organised by al, unless he wanted someone smelling like bull there, i'd better go straight home for a shower.
spent my night reading two books at one go. one book is good in a sense it was like a compilation of dos and don'ts of everything. do you know that it's inconsiderate to wear too much perfume in the morning? do you realise that vertical stripes clothes scream 'hey, i'm trying to look slim' and lots of other new things worth knowing. at the same time i read a so-called wake up call book. borrowed it for my friend but no harm reading it first, eh? jen called while i was watching cable, so gotta let go of the movie and at the end after hours of chitchatting, we ended up talking about the book - i read certain part and we talked about it. haven't done this kinda girl talk with her for weeks as i've been heading home that often.
thinking of waking up late today before going out later, but my uncle called me at the wee hours to ask the recipe for sayur asam. blimmey, it's weekend and i'm wide awake. i've been sleeping like a baby since i decided to let coke out of my lifestyle for the time being. it's like a payback time for all the sleepless night. excuse me now, i think i'll get back to reading my email especially that i got two from matt damon.
yesterday's run was fun, running in the rain. went to the meeting point only to stare at the heavy rain. chitchated with other dept while waiting for the rain, got to know another indonesian working in the firm. at the end the partners decided to go to our future office while waiting for the rain. so there we were busying ourselves at the new building. while doing that we met the admin manager and persuaded her to bring us to our future department. hmm, can't say much now that we're going to be in the same room with IT so it's bigger yet it's smaller. me & hp just glad that its a wall behind us, instead of a glass window of my boss' room. went down and meet the others again. spent more time browsing the area and i was involved in a conversation with one of the partner that i used to avoid, sigh - now there's no way i could just pretend not knowing who he is and walk away. by then it's only drizzling, so we went down for a group photo and headed down to the padang. crisp was there and i spent time talking to him, been awhile since seeing him. he's no longer volunteering in the networking group, hence my reason for asking more questions. typical crisp, he will engage a conversation with someone and slowly pull another person in. by the time we reached the padang, i've already been involved in a conversation with people i never talk to before. the downside of this was that now that more partners know your existence means you have to think twice before ignoring the office dress-code. run was good, managed to finish the 3.2 km within 22 mins, not bad but could've been better!. dinner afterwards before going home. decided to skip the gathering organised by al, unless he wanted someone smelling like bull there, i'd better go straight home for a shower.
spent my night reading two books at one go. one book is good in a sense it was like a compilation of dos and don'ts of everything. do you know that it's inconsiderate to wear too much perfume in the morning? do you realise that vertical stripes clothes scream 'hey, i'm trying to look slim' and lots of other new things worth knowing. at the same time i read a so-called wake up call book. borrowed it for my friend but no harm reading it first, eh? jen called while i was watching cable, so gotta let go of the movie and at the end after hours of chitchatting, we ended up talking about the book - i read certain part and we talked about it. haven't done this kinda girl talk with her for weeks as i've been heading home that often.
thinking of waking up late today before going out later, but my uncle called me at the wee hours to ask the recipe for sayur asam. blimmey, it's weekend and i'm wide awake. i've been sleeping like a baby since i decided to let coke out of my lifestyle for the time being. it's like a payback time for all the sleepless night. excuse me now, i think i'll get back to reading my email especially that i got two from matt damon.
Saturday, November 11, 2006
running running as fast as we can ...in 2.5 hours time we'll be participating in the SGX bull run. it's quite a short distance that we managed to persuade few others to join as well. it's exciting how i used to force hp to join running, and when she's used to me forcing her we managed to get jn to join us. now not only 3 of us, but 3 more girls from my dept. are joining the run.
funny part is boss asked me to bring my mobile along so if anything happen i could come back to work. her being on leave today made me think i could escape this but she called to make sure of that. it's just like going home 30 mins earlier!. imagine we're running and at the last 1 km, the phone rang and should i turn back or continue the run? think i'd bring my mobile? no way! might be leaving earlier to meet the rest from the firm for a group photo. can't wait for the fun...
Thursday, November 09, 2006
ryan star is in the house!!
next week he'll be performing live. not surprise if he's singing losing my religion. by hook or by crook i want to watch him perform live. anyone? anyone? anyone?
next week he'll be performing live. not surprise if he's singing losing my religion. by hook or by crook i want to watch him perform live. anyone? anyone? anyone?
ou est tu, mon qua-si-modo?went for the show last night. though it was not that great, the music was good, lyric was well written, and their voices were definitely awesome. quite interesting as i kinda forget the whole story apart from the affection quasimodo has for esmeralda, la zingara. couldn't even recall the existence of phoebus de chateaupers and fleur-de-lys. bit of emotional when quasimodo was asking God the unfairness of the world. it's fun but because it was in french, i had to keep on looking at the TV screen for the translation. i tried to minimise switching view from the TV and concentrate more on the stage and that was when i realised my french is awfully poor. learnt few new words though :). the crowd was not that great that we were upgraded to a better seating *if only we were upgraded to VIP*. phoebus looks handsome and esmeralda is surely sexy. overall rating :- not bad.
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
when its not meant to be..
last tuesday me and hp went to try something new. though we're so called competing against each other here we ended up helping each other with everything literally. we even made sure that whatever we entered was not different so that the end result will be based on when we were faced with the challenge individually. few days past without any news until last friday when i received a call asking me to come down as i was shortlisted for the challenge. i didn't tell hp on this as apart from i was too darn stress with work i wasn't sure if they wouldn't call her. i backed out as i need to fly home that evening and was hoping for a 2nd chance. monday, again i received a text message asking if i were still interested in trying out as they didn't hear anything from me. i told that person i was out of town and i was told another person was also shortlisted for this challenge. i was also told to prepare myself as i might be asked to take the challenge today. so to be fair to hp i told her about this and she was fine. in fact, she started to find something else that is new and i help her on trying. but i didn't receive any more information on this challenge. was a bit disappointed and a bit sad why was i only called on the day i wasn't available. well i am going to wash away my disappointment and together with hp will find new stuff to try.
last tuesday me and hp went to try something new. though we're so called competing against each other here we ended up helping each other with everything literally. we even made sure that whatever we entered was not different so that the end result will be based on when we were faced with the challenge individually. few days past without any news until last friday when i received a call asking me to come down as i was shortlisted for the challenge. i didn't tell hp on this as apart from i was too darn stress with work i wasn't sure if they wouldn't call her. i backed out as i need to fly home that evening and was hoping for a 2nd chance. monday, again i received a text message asking if i were still interested in trying out as they didn't hear anything from me. i told that person i was out of town and i was told another person was also shortlisted for this challenge. i was also told to prepare myself as i might be asked to take the challenge today. so to be fair to hp i told her about this and she was fine. in fact, she started to find something else that is new and i help her on trying. but i didn't receive any more information on this challenge. was a bit disappointed and a bit sad why was i only called on the day i wasn't available. well i am going to wash away my disappointment and together with hp will find new stuff to try.
back to reality
back to work is always something i so not looking forward to. especially when i found out that the harddisk failed on friday and the one who's supposed to back me up went home happily leaving hp to attend to it. guess she was annoyed and been keeping to herself for days that once i sat down she told me everything. poor girl. now that the project is over we have to change all local applications and boss kept on giving us ad-hoc stuff. i guess she thinks we're super good that we could come out with all the ad-hoc stuff fast when the fact was new system, new structure means we have to start from scratch, understanding what comes from where, especially with no documentation and the important part that we're not finance all this terms are alien to us at the moment. guess the frustration sharing me and hp use to do everyday helps a lot. just look at her when she couldn't share her frustration.
work aside, going home was good! though i didn't get my own room and spent the past 3 nights at my parents room it was fun. i woke up at 3 am everyday as mum started her morning prayers. with aunties and uncles at home it was like a non-stop chitchatting and i enjoy watching footballs with my uncles complete with the comments and shouts, it brought back the good old days. wedding was smooth, food was great and my nephew surely had a blast. he even stood in front of everyone and danced (!!) when the group was singing some religious song. all my uncles and aunties were amazed with my nephew. too clever that sometimes i felt so speechless with his comments. oh, i got a lovely gift from my sis and her hubby as she jumped on me and get married first, so i guess that's a tradition? i don't know - just glad that the gift was nice. it was awkward though hearing my new brother-in-law called me bucy as only my sis called me that before. niece was growing up fast and started talking and i hope the next time i'm back she can talk more of the 'ooo .. eeee ... aaa ..' words.
didnt realised that this is my 5th trip home this year until i was told no more free tax. i asked if there's any chance of getting it 5 times this year only to get an answer to wait for next year. yeah right, i told them that i'd been hearing that for ages and i wouldn't put high hope on that before going to pay the tax.
back home with some indigestion problem. what have i ate that caused my nausea. feeling a bit better after throwing up. i think i'll just sleep during my lunch time hoping it won't get worst as i have a meeting to attend to at 2.30.
wouldn't it be great if i could live my life without having to work but travelling and doing some social work
back to work is always something i so not looking forward to. especially when i found out that the harddisk failed on friday and the one who's supposed to back me up went home happily leaving hp to attend to it. guess she was annoyed and been keeping to herself for days that once i sat down she told me everything. poor girl. now that the project is over we have to change all local applications and boss kept on giving us ad-hoc stuff. i guess she thinks we're super good that we could come out with all the ad-hoc stuff fast when the fact was new system, new structure means we have to start from scratch, understanding what comes from where, especially with no documentation and the important part that we're not finance all this terms are alien to us at the moment. guess the frustration sharing me and hp use to do everyday helps a lot. just look at her when she couldn't share her frustration.
work aside, going home was good! though i didn't get my own room and spent the past 3 nights at my parents room it was fun. i woke up at 3 am everyday as mum started her morning prayers. with aunties and uncles at home it was like a non-stop chitchatting and i enjoy watching footballs with my uncles complete with the comments and shouts, it brought back the good old days. wedding was smooth, food was great and my nephew surely had a blast. he even stood in front of everyone and danced (!!) when the group was singing some religious song. all my uncles and aunties were amazed with my nephew. too clever that sometimes i felt so speechless with his comments. oh, i got a lovely gift from my sis and her hubby as she jumped on me and get married first, so i guess that's a tradition? i don't know - just glad that the gift was nice. it was awkward though hearing my new brother-in-law called me bucy as only my sis called me that before. niece was growing up fast and started talking and i hope the next time i'm back she can talk more of the 'ooo .. eeee ... aaa ..' words.
didnt realised that this is my 5th trip home this year until i was told no more free tax. i asked if there's any chance of getting it 5 times this year only to get an answer to wait for next year. yeah right, i told them that i'd been hearing that for ages and i wouldn't put high hope on that before going to pay the tax.
back home with some indigestion problem. what have i ate that caused my nausea. feeling a bit better after throwing up. i think i'll just sleep during my lunch time hoping it won't get worst as i have a meeting to attend to at 2.30.
wouldn't it be great if i could live my life without having to work but travelling and doing some social work
Saturday, November 04, 2006
what a day ...
after spending time with the IT guy and vendor 'til 11ish last night, i came to office with the same problem. the vendor came and changed the motherboard, rebuilding the raid and now we're crossing our fingers, toes, and eyes that everything will be smooth. boss was asking indirectly if i could cancel my leave but i firmly said no. once in a while i have to stand up for myself, eh. well everything was ready before 4 that i had to rush with the hr stuff and suddenly the finance asked me to reload the gl with some changes. murphy's law indeed. my hands were shaking doing all those stuff. to play safe i disabled all jobs and asked cm to do it manually on monday. i felt bad not attending the early happy hour knowing the event was moved to 10 am and few non-alcoholic beverages were provided for me. sorry mich, been bailing out from you for several times that i promised to make it up on day. thank god i managed to rush out of the office by 4.30.
there's always light at the end of the tunnel - true indeed. i need to wait for only 10mins before getting a cab with a friendly driver. arrived at the airport only to get my door opened by the usher. though i told him i'm not flying first class, not even flying sq he said its his pleasure to do so. during check-in, as usual i requested for aisle sit. the guy said that he'd check if any aisle seat available and few seconds after that he said 'i'll put you at business class ya'. what else can i said but 'great, thank you!'. and now, no queue to access the internet!
i'm coming home to the durian which should be ripe enough to be eaten, to my families whose busy attending 9 guests who'd arrived this mornig, to my niece and nephew, and of course to those local dishes.
still 10 mins to boarding and 4 mins for the internet usage. will maximise it now. work? let me think about it when they call me on monday!
after spending time with the IT guy and vendor 'til 11ish last night, i came to office with the same problem. the vendor came and changed the motherboard, rebuilding the raid and now we're crossing our fingers, toes, and eyes that everything will be smooth. boss was asking indirectly if i could cancel my leave but i firmly said no. once in a while i have to stand up for myself, eh. well everything was ready before 4 that i had to rush with the hr stuff and suddenly the finance asked me to reload the gl with some changes. murphy's law indeed. my hands were shaking doing all those stuff. to play safe i disabled all jobs and asked cm to do it manually on monday. i felt bad not attending the early happy hour knowing the event was moved to 10 am and few non-alcoholic beverages were provided for me. sorry mich, been bailing out from you for several times that i promised to make it up on day. thank god i managed to rush out of the office by 4.30.
there's always light at the end of the tunnel - true indeed. i need to wait for only 10mins before getting a cab with a friendly driver. arrived at the airport only to get my door opened by the usher. though i told him i'm not flying first class, not even flying sq he said its his pleasure to do so. during check-in, as usual i requested for aisle sit. the guy said that he'd check if any aisle seat available and few seconds after that he said 'i'll put you at business class ya'. what else can i said but 'great, thank you!'. and now, no queue to access the internet!
i'm coming home to the durian which should be ripe enough to be eaten, to my families whose busy attending 9 guests who'd arrived this mornig, to my niece and nephew, and of course to those local dishes.
still 10 mins to boarding and 4 mins for the internet usage. will maximise it now. work? let me think about it when they call me on monday!
Friday, November 03, 2006
around the world
had department lunch and the project consultant was invited to join us since today's her last day. at first we planned on going somewhere else but the place was fully book that we decided to go here instead. furthermore when they said it was a french buffet i immediately agreed on the 2nd choice. chicken rice, noodle, fish, chicken - what french buffet? apparently the desserts are the french buffet - lol. anyway it was nice having lunch while noticing we started at one side and ended at another place. it was funny when jn was going to the buffet table without realising the our table is no longer on the left but the right side that she turned to the wrong side.
lunch aside, i took this opportunity to talked more with mich, 'cos all this while i only chatted with her through sametime and if we were to meet most of the time we talked about the project. we were talking about the 25 days of leave i still have and about our plan next year since we're still not allowed to take leave unless it's important this year. i was talking about greece when she excitedly said she too was interested to go there. then i asked about her being stewardess before. it was fun that she managed to travel around the world except for greece, turkey, and spain. she did make a good choice of resigning from her then position to be a stewardess for 2 years before joining the corporate again while her market value was still high. the reason was that during business trip she couldn't really do travelling so before she exceeded the age limit of joining SQ she decided to give it a try. she told me about the ups and downs of being a stewardess, the grooming stuff which didn't change her at all *she's so very simple yet elegant*, the back problem stewardess normally have, the travelling once touched down, and lots of stuff. it was surely fun though she too said you have to be matured before entering that world - i know what she means. now that the project is done, she's planning on taking a break before starting another project. i asked on how she got all this project and she said so far she's been lucky though she's thinking of joining the corporate again. hmm, a marketing manager turned stewardess turned project consultant turned whatever she's doing next. what a lucky girl!!
mood: annoyed that the vendor is still not here!! oh my prison break :\
had department lunch and the project consultant was invited to join us since today's her last day. at first we planned on going somewhere else but the place was fully book that we decided to go here instead. furthermore when they said it was a french buffet i immediately agreed on the 2nd choice. chicken rice, noodle, fish, chicken - what french buffet? apparently the desserts are the french buffet - lol. anyway it was nice having lunch while noticing we started at one side and ended at another place. it was funny when jn was going to the buffet table without realising the our table is no longer on the left but the right side that she turned to the wrong side.
lunch aside, i took this opportunity to talked more with mich, 'cos all this while i only chatted with her through sametime and if we were to meet most of the time we talked about the project. we were talking about the 25 days of leave i still have and about our plan next year since we're still not allowed to take leave unless it's important this year. i was talking about greece when she excitedly said she too was interested to go there. then i asked about her being stewardess before. it was fun that she managed to travel around the world except for greece, turkey, and spain. she did make a good choice of resigning from her then position to be a stewardess for 2 years before joining the corporate again while her market value was still high. the reason was that during business trip she couldn't really do travelling so before she exceeded the age limit of joining SQ she decided to give it a try. she told me about the ups and downs of being a stewardess, the grooming stuff which didn't change her at all *she's so very simple yet elegant*, the back problem stewardess normally have, the travelling once touched down, and lots of stuff. it was surely fun though she too said you have to be matured before entering that world - i know what she means. now that the project is done, she's planning on taking a break before starting another project. i asked on how she got all this project and she said so far she's been lucky though she's thinking of joining the corporate again. hmm, a marketing manager turned stewardess turned project consultant turned whatever she's doing next. what a lucky girl!!
mood: annoyed that the vendor is still not here!! oh my prison break :\
miss me already, eh?
i don't know what effect do i have with the servers here. it could be the fact that i always hum if not sing while doing my work be it through pc anywhere, terminal services, or directly in the server room *with few jumping to fight the cold*. everytime i go on leave there's always a problem with the server. when i was doing bridgeclimbing, i got a call that the sql server crashed and need to restore everything. when i went home i got a call that the file server crashed. when i was planning on leave another server was affected by virus. basically whenever i want to go on leave the servers seem to make problem. even when our old financial system would only be used for the last few weeks, the server caused problem.
and now!!!
already got my monday leave approved, already planning on leaving early tomorrow to go home *again* for my sister's wedding when the new server gives me problem. i noticed something strange with the server since yesterday. it either hung or reboot by itself. i suspect its the huge nested xml file that need to be transformed but even when i was not doing it the server suddenly hung. today after liaising with the IT dept, we realised its the SCSI problem. come on!! not even a year that server is with us, bollocks!! IT called the vendor and now we're waiting for them to arrive and fix it. when my boss asked me to stay and wait with IT i said yes and jokingly added 'hiks hiks .. good bye combat' oh my! since when have i been such a drama queen with my boss, i have no idea! upon hearing that my boss laughed and asked me to go for combat and let the IT called me once the vendor is here. no way am i bringing a cellphone to the class or rushing off from class back to office. i'd rather stay back and do whatever i can do while waiting for them *including blogging*. at least i have the opportunity to leave early tomorrow without sacrificing my lunch time.
and the next time i'm planning on taking leave, i'll post my picture in front of each server and play mp3 of my humming hehe
i don't know what effect do i have with the servers here. it could be the fact that i always hum if not sing while doing my work be it through pc anywhere, terminal services, or directly in the server room *with few jumping to fight the cold*. everytime i go on leave there's always a problem with the server. when i was doing bridgeclimbing, i got a call that the sql server crashed and need to restore everything. when i went home i got a call that the file server crashed. when i was planning on leave another server was affected by virus. basically whenever i want to go on leave the servers seem to make problem. even when our old financial system would only be used for the last few weeks, the server caused problem.
and now!!!
already got my monday leave approved, already planning on leaving early tomorrow to go home *again* for my sister's wedding when the new server gives me problem. i noticed something strange with the server since yesterday. it either hung or reboot by itself. i suspect its the huge nested xml file that need to be transformed but even when i was not doing it the server suddenly hung. today after liaising with the IT dept, we realised its the SCSI problem. come on!! not even a year that server is with us, bollocks!! IT called the vendor and now we're waiting for them to arrive and fix it. when my boss asked me to stay and wait with IT i said yes and jokingly added 'hiks hiks .. good bye combat' oh my! since when have i been such a drama queen with my boss, i have no idea! upon hearing that my boss laughed and asked me to go for combat and let the IT called me once the vendor is here. no way am i bringing a cellphone to the class or rushing off from class back to office. i'd rather stay back and do whatever i can do while waiting for them *including blogging*. at least i have the opportunity to leave early tomorrow without sacrificing my lunch time.
and the next time i'm planning on taking leave, i'll post my picture in front of each server and play mp3 of my humming hehe
Thursday, November 02, 2006
distance makes the heart grows ponder
been having problem sleeping since i am back. until last sunday night when i could only fall asleep at 4 am. it must be the coke i've been drinking. i'm back to my old habit of drinking at least a can of coke a day. i even finished a big bottle of it last sunday, hence the insomnia. decided to make some changes as it totally effects my plan on going to the gym before work, i restrained myself from drinking coke yesterday. and it's not a surprise that i slept like a baby this morning. i am so determined not to get even a sip of coke today so that i can have a good sleep again tonight. my eyes are heavy and i feel like floating but i concentrated more on work to forget about coke. sigh, it's so sad that the one i love the most is the one that i have to avoid for the time being.
been having problem sleeping since i am back. until last sunday night when i could only fall asleep at 4 am. it must be the coke i've been drinking. i'm back to my old habit of drinking at least a can of coke a day. i even finished a big bottle of it last sunday, hence the insomnia. decided to make some changes as it totally effects my plan on going to the gym before work, i restrained myself from drinking coke yesterday. and it's not a surprise that i slept like a baby this morning. i am so determined not to get even a sip of coke today so that i can have a good sleep again tonight. my eyes are heavy and i feel like floating but i concentrated more on work to forget about coke. sigh, it's so sad that the one i love the most is the one that i have to avoid for the time being.
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Ohayo ...yesterday run was good. surprisingly we managed to finish it earlier than usual. it was also my turn to pick the place for dinner. of course took this opportunity to pick a place i've been wanting to try for so long, ramen tan. i was actually quite excited when this place became halal certified few months back. to be fair to jn, we decided to visit the branch at ang mo kio so that for once it's close to her residence area. i picked dry ramen and prawn with mayo *no calamari :'(*. though the taste is not that out of this world great, it satisfied me. definitely will come back again!
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