SatuRday

today met up with the 3 gals TOGETHER.. finally.. we really seldom meet together these days.. usually one will absent..and of course this time round we have JL with me..

we din stay too long for lunch as people r waiting eagerly for our seats.. this is my b'day treat..hee.. our traditions.. once a year we ( suh, jia, ml ) get a free meal.. last time it is the b'day ger treat.. after awhile.. we switched it.. the b'day ger get a treat cos we always headache on what to buy for b'day gift.. so this is easier..

we then met up with ml for drink around 3pm.. she was promoted..glad for her.. and we happy too as we get to eat mud pie at coffee club.. ghaaaa.. and of course when 4 of us gathered .. we have so much to talk abt... especially teasing ml..Chee Huei seems so helpful n interested with ml..but he is the arrogant man in suh njia's eyes.. since he is not so "suai" so not surprisingly i din notice him.. heeee..

he used to try to woo Jia but obviously cant make it.. now ml may be his target.. he seems so helpful to her..and from what i heard they both have so much to talk abt.. they ignore everybody in the morning walk..engross in their conversations.. interesting.. looking forward to more juicy news from their KK trip..

JL was saying that we talked so fast and the speed we take turn to talk really impressive.. haaaaa.. well.. gers mah..he only cathes bits of what we said.. normal.. cos nobody will understand exactly what 4 of us are talking abt since U.. only we know what we r talking abt.. this is Ger's talk.. err.. i mean now ladies' talk

arrange to meet JL's fren Ivan (D' teacher).. wanna intro to Jia n Suh.. but Jia backup last minute.. $#$$$&&%.. and left JL & i..we can feel the awkwardness from Ivan.. JL is trying to create topic to talk to him.. but he seems so cool.. maybe he felt like being "light-bulb" .. anyway.. we had dinner together.. n he ordered the super spicy Thai noodles.. really funny.. cos he eat n sweat..beads of sweat kept flowing ..make me laughed n got chocked.. heeeee.
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Jl n i tot.. mm.. maybe he kek-sim cos never get to meet jia they all.. kena "chi-ji".. haaaaaaaaa

he left us alone after dinner..said wanna buy gift for his colleague.. JL n I feel so paiseh .. sigh... saw Jia's blog.. she said paiseh wanna meet.. like match making.. anyway.. this is not really match making lah.. just know more fren lor.. like i ask kenny join them like that...anyway.. they not fated ( Ivan & Jia both said this...) maybe have fate like that.. haaa

End of one week holidays for me n JL..he will be back to work.. n i will see if i will get a job..life goes on

FedeX no More

sob sob sob.. no news till today means no liao lor.. nvm lah.. keep looking worst come to worst take the bank job..

anyway.. im enjoying my leave.. one week already..never work.. what a luxury i have.. woahhh.. so shiok.. kkeke.... what else to do.. sleep.. pat tor lor..

mum went home today.. cos her 'lao po ping' cant keep long.. so she want to go home n distribute to relatives n frens lor..feel sad whenever my mum is leaving..no more home cooked food..

tmw will go out with JF, SN.. wanted to intro JL's fren to them.. heee.. no other special intention.. just know one more fren.. since JL needs to pass things to him..so 'sun bian' lor..

Visited Vee website.. really dunno how to describe him.. his head is full with equations.. maybe that's why he is phd ? he even dream of equation.. phew.. magic..

nothing much interesting is happening..

22nd Feb

Baripas sms me again.. asked me to see him in the evening..i was not feeling that well.. tried to push to thursday but he said best today.. so no choice.. went down to meet him all the way at tampines..

JL went with me since he is on leave..

Basically, it's the same thing he told me the last time..but this time round he showed methe work place and he said he seldom call people.. n i was lucky cos he sms me even when i din get back to him after the previous interview..chehh... but the job is operational support.. not something im looking for...

Irene said Fedex's outcome will only know by end of this week.. i dun want to give too much hope on this else i will disappointed more..

i will still apply for others while see how it goes here..

BacK frOm HonG kOnG

Nice photo huh.. taken from victoria peak.. 5 deg then.. almost frozen out there..this is a trip that i really felt the cold-ness.. super cold.. overall is 9deg - 13deg everybody in winter clothes..

I think the weather too cold plus the food i eat ( i dun really enjoy their food ).. i was sick on the last day.. really sick that i throw up so many times before going to HK airport.. on the plane..till back home..that was the worst experience i have had..still shaking thking back.. luckily im ok now.. phew.. still Singapore the best.. how i love the HEAT

Went to victoria peak, ocean park, teddy bear's world, ladies market, temple street..where else.. wong tai sin temple..

went to evenue of stars and taken this back for Adi ( Maggie Cheung ) i cant bring her back but at least got her palm prints


Gotten the coca-cola deco for JF, post the pic for her to see here


Gotten my right hand wax for JL.. heee..

bought "Lao Kong Ping" for Suh.. since she doesn't want "Lao Po Ping".. and many more other small sourveniours..from ocean park.. and from ladies market.

Food wise..i dun really enjoy and dun really think very nice as others used to tell me.

Bo Lo pao


Nai Cha


for me, they r so-so.. not so fantastic..my sis love the "nai cha".. cos it's thick

Porridge + yao cha guai


Desert : bird nest's mango pudding


soya bean + chu chiong fan ( with peanut powder )


the ever famous milk or something like taufu fa but not really taufu fa



At Ocean park, get to see panda ( jiajia & Ann Ann), dolphin's performance, sea lion, many type of gold fishes ..

me wrapped like "bak-chang" cos super cold..it's 9 deg by then..



overall, i will rate this trip 6/10.. i dun really enjoy the people, the food there.. shopping is ok.. but i think people there are not so polite in a way.. but it's the experience that counts..

now, back home.. back to reality.. time to get down to earth and of course back to my job search.. heee..

17th Feb 2005

tmw will be my last day in acacia.. but i dun feel sad at all leh.. maybe cos im going HK.. so excited over it..

but too bad im down with flu.. still feel a bit of headache. my mum been making so much "liang cha" for me ... now feel a bit better.. hopefully i wont be sick when in HK.. choiiiiiiiiii

i will definitely take lots of picture from HK..i haven finish packing.. got to pack now.. till im back :))

Interviews on 15th Feb

ok.. after the lover dovey night.. back to business..

Today im on leave.. went for 2 interviews..
MORNING ==> BNS Baripas

the job stated is "SYS ADMIN" but he explained to me it's actually operational jobs.. monitor status.. documentation.. blahh.. no chance to hands-on and salary cant be adding my incentive.. only base on my basic ?? what the heck.. i'm TOO qualified for this tasks man.. i'll be NO-VALUE of i take this job.. this will not add anything useful or helpful in my resume !!

he asked me to thk abt it.. and asked me to call him.. today (17-2) he sms me.. ask me abt the status.. and i feel so sad.. cos no offer from other job that i like.. but job i dun want come to me..

i told him im down with fever.. if he is fine we can meet up next week to discuss abt this job.. but he never reply my sms.. anyway.. i dun care lah.. decided to look for the one i want n will have drive to work on


AFTERNOON ==> Federal Express
we had 2 hours interview.. talked so much.. the techinical mgr tested me on the techinical portion.. want me to write commands and on oracle concept.. draw the tbls and how to put the tbls into separate disks..

i really hope i get this job.. this is exactly what i want to do but till now.. no news yet.. sadddd.. Irene said not so fast.. i guess.. i cant wait .. i will continue looking for others then.. no choice..

Gis is saying we r in the same boat.. she din even get any interviews till now.. but me.. i got interviews but no proper job offer yet.. also frust.. lost confidence like that.. siannnn

but i guess have to keep on searching.. esp in my field.. i'm fighting job with guys.. wish me luck

Valentine's Day 2005

Second year spending with JL.. 14/2 fall on Monday.. too bad i have to work but JL on leave.. so good..

we went to Swensen as JL called up to reserve seats 2 days back.. but we still have to queue to get seat.. later on then we realise that actually our seats are reserved.. should just come in without queuing... we have to take the valentine's dinner set $65 .. pheww.. after service charges n tax.. it's 70 + really ex.. but today im not the one footing the bill.. heeee.. poor JL..

we get this ice-cream cake


one set of female-male glasses and spa voucher ( to be collected ) actually come to thk of it.. quite worth it.. haaa

the whole restaurants are couples.. so i was telling JL.. if come with frens will definitely feel so out of place... cos all the lovey dovey couples.. but very nice when u r with ur darling ..

i din prepare any gift for JL cos i really dun have time to go shopping or make anything.. came back on sunday.. so tired already.. some more during cny so busy go here n there...port dickson shopping centre really not shooping centre.. more like store for food only.. but i saw roses in some shops.. and i noticed one of the shop displaying the meaning of what does eac stalk of roses mean..

eight means ==> sorry ...

anyway.. another year of Valentine's.. looking forward for the next ? heeee..

Happy Velentine's day to all.. happy friendship days to all

CNY updates

it's almost a week after cny holidays.. tomorrow will be my last day to work but still i need to handle cases.. most of all NNM cases.. suckssssss..

Anyway.. JF reminded me that i haven update blog .. yeah i wanted to but no time to upload pictures.. n to online at home.. no time and not convenient to blog during work.. cos people keep coming to my cubicle.. esp Darren , our new colleague.. who will be going to Karachi, Pakistan this sunday.. wonder what the management is thking .. how can they send someone so new to the job to oversea posting..wish him lukc .. hope this is a good experience for him though ..

anyway.. my family and i went to port Dickson during cny.. went swimming n swimming n swimming.. and of course eat n eat n eat cos no other thing to do in PD.. very ulu place.. took lots of photos .. esp Terence's soo adorable.. but he is not that freindly as his brother..cos he only stick to few people he close with.. maybe he din see me that often that he doesn't really want to let me hug.. sovb sob.. nvm i make him my model.. shoot all his action..

this photo really precious.. cos he dun always give this smiles...


The best part of this new year is that i get to meet up with MHG's frens.. Karen, John, Alex.. my buddies..of course other gammarians.. like Steve, Dharm, Shek Fung, Owen, Pearly.. and the rest.. Damian was looking really good now.. all the chubbiness gone within these few years.. and he has very chio gf..
and Alex has put on sooo much weigh.. phew.. really like fat uncle..Karen is just the opposite.. she is much slimmer from the last time i seen her..while the rest almost the same..


Gammarians


Karen+fatty Alex+me


Damian (suai ge)+Alex



Then, met up with NGHS's fren like Jenny (newly married) and Jee Mei (jst had baby boy), the rest cant make it.. YB is busy distributing hwe wedding card.. phew.. stress man... all getting married..

Me + Jenny


Quite nice as i get to meet up with my frens of many years.. nice to know their updates.. their whereabouts.. and also catch up with their life..hopefully next year i'll be seeing them too :)

ConVERsatiON with KEnNY

This Kenny So Funny..SO must write down what we have been communicating today..

Got a case on attention light blinking.. and cust claimed it's software but we know it's hardware related .. so i ask call management to transfer to h/w and Mr Kenny sonork comes..

KK: wey..hos u so sure it's hw issue?
KK: attention light blinking doesn't mean hw issue
KK: just need our 'attention'
KK: if there is 'red' light then it's h/w issue
LH: attention light can be h/w or s/w.. but higher chances is h/w
KK: customer said s/w issue leh
LH: u not first day working here right ?
LH: if u want .. come n talk to jackson
KK: customer said s/w issue leh
KK: anyway, is David turn to take the case..u talk to him lar
LH: no need cos he is "awake" enough to underatand it's h/w job
KK: since u r so confident, let bet whether it's h/w or s/w issue...kekkekkek
LH: please.. i'm not so bo liao
LH: anyway.. if u r happy go n follow up on the case
LH: n pls dun sonork me again.. U IRRITATE ME AGAIN
KK: HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!!
KK: u r very aggressive...kekekkekekkekke

$#%^$%&^.. im complaining to JH.. JH said he is a pusher !! Grr.. so bo liao.. anyway.. mazy to entertaint him lah..

Then during lunch time, he sonorked again..
KK: frankly speaking, i will miss u once u leave the company
LH: yeah yeah of course u will cos no one for u to tease
KK: aiyah...it's true from my heart lah...
LH: i thk i wont miss u lah..
LH: but do keep in touch
KK: i just like to kacau u only mah...
LH: next time i see u at food court i wont call u
LH: but i will sms u..
LH: ghaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
KK: i will miss u loh....nobody can have fun with me except u loh...
LH: u never try with others
KK: I'm very 'chuan yi - sincere to one person' one..
LH: dun make me puke
LH: enjoy ur KK trip
KK: eh...do u ever see I kacau other people?
KK: i only like to kacau u
LH: u must let me know if u chg ur phone.. cos i will DEFINITELY send u a invitation card for my wedding.. ghaaaaa
LH: cos i got response mah.. i play a long..
KK: errrrr....wedding huh? i'm will be very down if i know u have wedding
LH: faint

Then he went off to lunch liao... Kenny always so cute.. so tall but always liek small kids..

CeNtiPEdE ScaReD !!

This morning really got a scared .. I was bathing ..preparing to go to class.. and i almost cant believed a CENTUPEDE was crawling up from the hole (through the cover, with small holes) where the water flow out from the bathroom..

I haven started bathing.. but took off clothes.. started the shower and saw this black creature crawled out..quite long one.. almost 10cm i think.. something like this picture below..dark brown and lots of leg




i was shouting like "siao cha bo" !! managed to grab a towel and rush out of the bath room !!! luckily no one at home.. phewww..Quickly went to get the "ShieldTox" from store room.. then quickly go back to bath room to spray that ugly thing.. it tried to escape.. went to toilet as the toilet n bathroom was beside each other with a hole in between.. i chased him over to the toilet n SPRAY !!! SPRAY !! SPRAY !! as this is the only weapon i have.. can see the whole toilet was so smokey.. maybe i sprayed too much..

This seems to work.. the centipede started to slow down.. like drunk.. quickly use the bottle of the shieldtox to hit it to death !!!.. i really hit very hard .. until it broke into 2.. a bit cruel.. but no choice.. really scared and felt so "geli" cos the way it crawl.. yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii...and flushed it back down to the hole where it came up from

Cant imagine if i got bitten.. maybe will go unconscious .. especially when no one at home.. so dangerous..

My sis saw on few months back .. it crawled up from the same place ..from bathroom.. we complained to Town Council and they promised to do something about it.. i think they din do enough to clear the insects.. there must be some hole/hidden place for these centipedes somewhere near the pipes.. else why they keep coming.. we stayed at the highest floor.. i think maybe the saw lights from top and crawl up ?? yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.. still cant get rid of the "geli-ing" feeling.. Must again write/call to town council to complaint liao.. lousy follow up.. always must call so many times.. really dunno what's the money paid to them each month for..

Phewww...so im considered lucky today ? heee.. later call home n tell my mum.. she always have ways to deal with things happening at home.. that's why Mother is always the greated :0) Muaksss..

TiBeT ThiS yeAr?

Today went work-out, after that met HL for lunch at Orchard.. went to borrow some books for HK trip and got one book on guidance for interview..i think i need to brush up on my interviewing skill.. i always get interview but never get the job...sighh

HL n her fren (who went to India with HL) cant recall her name..very religious lady who is a vegetarian.. really saluting those people who decided to be vegetarian for lifetime.. how to live ?? no chicken.. no pork.. i think i'll never become a vegetarin for lifetime...i'll be very miserable..i need meat !!

HL's fren was jobless now.. i told her i'm joining her soon....we took free shuttle bus from orchard to Great World City ..walk walk see see..and fill up a citibank survey and get free Coffee Bean coffee...heee.. just what we wanted.. cos very sleepy after lunch...

After hanging out in GWC,we took free shuttle bus again.. HL was telling me to keep track of those free shuttle bus schedule... cos when jobless.. must save money.. so take more free shuttle Bus.. :((((

HL and her fren will go travel again to china..we went to people's park to check out the tour package..after their china trip discussion with the staff.. we were attracted to the Tibet+Nepal trip they offer.... HL said we can plan to go in August or so...mmmm... really tempting... but this will be around SGD3k .. now haven got job.. dun want to promise first..

Hopefully this year i can go tibet..i think my sis will b interested too...mmm...mmmm....

Quickly get a job.. quickly quickly !!

LefT HoMe ALoNe AgAin...:(

cny coming..everybody is going back home to their home town.. so sad.. i cant go home yet and left alone at home AGAIN.. so left-out..like nobody around liao..so sad feeling..

saturaday.. sunday... monday evening then can go home..like years..home sweet home..


now.. i miss my mum.. miss my brother.. miss my nephews.. n miss my dad, who may be watching us from up there..Time flies.. another year..

Hope all our wishes come true.. and hope we have a better year.. make 2005 our year !! World peace !!

FeDeXinG

Just now HR told me Fedex selected me to go interview on 15th Feb..Woahh.. overwhelming.. cos when i dun expect any opportunity and one comes..aren't i lucky?

Well this job is a 6 months contract at kaki bukit..a bit far but good place to pick up my oracle n unix skill...and salary may be good.. hooo..

So i shall cancel my leave tmw and take on 15th Feb instead..lalala..timing just nice.. after i come back from cny.. and after Valentines..heee..mm...Valentines..

Shall try my VERY best to get this job.. HARD SELL myself..must quickly pick up my oracle knowledge.. forgotten almost all..

come to thk of it.. if i get this job.. i'll be working in the same area as Thomas.. haaa.. what a small world.. as he just got a job in Hitachi at kaki bukit..

Me On LeaVe :)

Clearing the 10.5 days of leave.. today n tmw..if KH let me take Monday then i can go home liao.. but sunday have class..aiya..so does not make any difference..

KH said he will be on leave from 4th till 20th Feb..i heard he will be back to Taiwan (his wife is Taiwanese).. Yipeee.. we will have no 'government' for these period.. anyway i wont be long in Acacia ...so wont affect much..

JF is saying she likes the pig in Sue's blog


I told her i saw this pig in Bugis last time.. they have 2 sizes..small n big.. small one is $5 if not mistaken.. this pig remind me of what JL said.. when squeeze on it..it felt like squeezing breast.. ghaaaaaaa... actually quite true.. huaaaaa...

JF kept saying i hum sup.. then she said the pig's nose is the nipple then.. mm..dunno who hum sup.. she said her colleague also said the pig looks like breast.. a bunch of hum sup gui.

I think Sue sure faint to know that her cutey pink piggy become our breast-talk..

Today no work.. help Irene to compile the restaurant for company dinner in 19th Feb.. i wont be around to attend.. miss it..last time n miss it..

later go facial.. new year coming..must mei mei..heee..but surely come back with more pimples..must really control not to eat too much.. my mum make lots of pastries.. her FAMOUS pineapple tarts..woahh..cant wait..my brother finished eating one whole container already..super pig.. now my mum has to make more..

Tmwon leave too.. maybe go n borrow the book for HK trip.. start to plan for itenery.. the one i borrowed last week..not good.. never give much useful guidance or tips.

now..i really no mood to think of job search.. i think i'll be jobless for awhile like that.. see how lah...siann..

JL's unlucky Wednesday...

Usually JL will sms in the morning..his sms will reach before i reach office as he starts work earlier..

Today, his sms din arrive after i reached office.. tot he is not feeling well as he said he is giddy yesterday after work.. work too hard liao.. always OT until 730 or so.. so Ke lian..who says government job eng eng one ?

Let me blog his "unlucky Wednesday"..

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today me really dunno why so unlucky.... so must write a blog....

I left my house earlier by 15 mins.....expecting to reach office around 8am....normally I reach around 8.10am.

so I walked to bus stop wait for bus....wah...bus take 20 mins to come leh....normally 10 mins....then when the bus came....wah 2 same bus number came at same time and first bus so crowded....

I reach mrt, buy teh-o....then buy vegetarian bee hoon...told the uncle: "bee hoon and mee ...."can can" (means "mix" in chinese) and add a tau kwa....I took out $2....then u know what?

he went to take bee hoon, mee, vegetables, vege char siu, vege pig intestines, vege fried cripsy things and still reaching out to take tau kwa for me....wah I quickly stopped him ....tell him I dun want tau kwa liao.... I say I only want bee hoon mix with mee and tau kwa...... wah....he scoop so much....he tot I buying for 2 people to eat ar?

then he apologised to me.... he tot I asked for all this...and he charged me $2.....quite worth it lah....considering...normally like dat cost around $2.50 to $3.....but still....I think he dreaming?

then I reached Eunos mrt station late liao...cos after all the delay here and there.... so got to rush for train.....wah....train also so packed.....until I need to rush to the first carriage right at the front..... squeeze with all....

now reach office....open the teh-o....discovered the teh-o leaked out of the plastic bag and into the second red plastic bag outside....now only left half pack to drink...sob sob...

then my mentor say meeting at 9am....crazy rite?....everyday meeting?....very soon my job scope become "expert at attending meetings"?....like dat where got time to do my work?....by the time meeting ended....must write minutes....do my work....again must stay OT.....sian....

k....now after lor li lor so.....must go back wrestle with the work again.... MEETING.....ZZZzzzzZZZZ

tata

muaks....miss and love u ...

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So Ke Lian...

N.Y.D.C Dates

Last time when we had dinner with Ken at Coffee Club we sort of mentioned that we will go NYDC next time to eat mudpie.. and maybe that is why Ken keep asking us to go to NYDC.. this time round it would be Wayne's treat..

So suspicious.. why suddenly wanna treat ? too rich ar? Gis n i were bombarding Ken with these q.. why he wanna treat huh ? why keep wanting to meet us and have dinner? so on? i have bf liao wor.. not interested with Wayne.. haaaa..



Anyway, we have been rejected him for the umpteenth time.. excuses given so far

" we have gym sessions..
going out with frens..
not in s'pore..
got classs..
got flea market..
blahh.. "

But Ken never give up.. said.. u both cant be forever busy what.. after gym still can meet? blahh....

tired of arguing.. happen to be on leave this thursday n friday... so give in.. we shall meet and let Wayne treat... since he is so eager to treat us.. Gis n i were discussing today.. maybe they want to do this.. Ken treat, Wayne treat.. then our turn..

ok lor.. we go makan at hawker centre.. or treat then McD ice-cream cone.. haaaaa..


Today quite busy.. many omniback cases.. and the 2 newbie starting to pick up with cases.. good for them n good for JH..

JF is busy teasing Kenny.. n Kenny is busy entertaining her with all the
make-believe words of his.. i told JF..she still new to him.. that's why she believed to what he said.. he is good at making people believe but actually he knows nothing.. ghaaaa.. it's true actually

Today called up the GMP guy.. it's the Unix adm job coursemate Danny recommended.. but seems like when GMP heard ACACIA they know they cant take unless resigned for 6 months.. well.. i guess it's all Lance's fault.. create the problem by joining GMP and work for HP less than 6 months after he left Acacia..

today applied on unix adm job via online.. no phonecalls.. no email.. sob sob.. dunno when i can get a reply.. and get a job.. anyway i really dun have mood to think abt job search now.. maybe cny is coming.. excited..