Lynn's Blog

Ahhh my blog~

2011-08-21T01:17:00.000-07:00

Woww! My last entry was in October 2010. This blog is so dead. I almost forgotten the fact that I have a blog haha..

Shall write more next time, couldn't think of anything now as my brain is half dead already. 1.17am.

Good night everybody!

One night in October

2010-10-08T08:58:00.000-07:00

I am going broke again this month. I have spent quite indecent amount on clothes, cosmetics and accessories these weeks. I am started to worry about paying my cc bill next month. I am living in credit! OUCH* Still remember one of my ex-colleagues once said, "Don't live in credit. Cash is the king." True, but credit card is simply a must have for shopping. The most important thing is you gotta control over your spending, which most of the time I couldn't do so. Haha so no difference!

I was supposed to go to Jakarta with Mom next week, to attend my cousin's wedding. However last minute due to some reasons, I have decided not to. And to stay at home accompanying my dad. Air ticket is not refundable, luckily it's only $78. I have applied for 4 days leave too, take it as resting week :) recently I've been quite busy at work due to one of the RO is on maternity leave, and I have to cover one of her RM. Ok, so as I thought I was going for the wedding, I bought a dress at WAREHOUSE at ION the other time when I went shopping with Mom. That dress is $184, I got 15% off for UOB card, but it is still quite expensive. Luckily there's another cousin getting married in December, so I can wear it hehe :) #damage no. 1

Move on.... Yesterday was the starting of Taka Sale. Went there during lunch but nothing caught my eyes. So I went to Tangs where #damage no 2 took place. Bought 4 boxes of fake eyelashes at Shu Uemura, 2 for myself, another 2 for my aunty. Each box is $41, quite expensive for eyelashes, you can easily get a $3 or $4 ones at SaSa. But Shu Uemura's fake eyelashes is really nice! I love it so much, and it can be re-used for so many times. So I don't mind paying that amount of money. Bought some cosmetics too. There's Tangs 12% Rebate promotion going on, I spent a total of $284, and get rebate of $33. So it's very worth it. I also signed up for Citibank credit card, whereby there's 10% rebate for any purchase in Tangs, compared to normal member 6% it's a very good deal 'cos I buy cosmetics at Tangs frequently.

Today, after lunch I went to Taka again with some colleagues. Ended up buying two Chomel's earrings $53 #damage no. 3.... Chomel's stuff are always so tempting, very very nice earrings, rings, necklaces, etc. And it's not cheap, have to control my eyes not to look around too much.

After work, while waiting for Pino for dinner, I dropped by Forever 21 at 313, bought 5 clothes, my wallet was fiercely burnt this time round. But I like the clothes! haha.. It's been quite some time I didn't shop like this. The shopping mood is just there, how to resist right? :)

Shopping never ends!

It's weekend!

2010-09-03T23:24:00.000-07:00

Thank God It's Friday! Here comes the weekend. Today wasn't a busy day, quite laid back and relax. No complaining customers, only sweet and funny colleagues, also a nice boss too! I was still in the office at 5.20 PM, my boss saw me and said, "Eh, why you haven't go back? It's Friday leh." I answered him, "It's ok, I always leave at 6 PM." haha.. Anyway, had the longest lunch break ever today haha.. Went to Far East Plaza during lunch time, to accompany my colleague to buy her wedding's stuff. I am not gonna say how long we were out for lunch, but it breaks my record already and didn't expect that we were out for so long hehe :P Ok, won't do it oftenly. Sssttttt.... :)

Went to Swanston @Chinatown after work. Their things are really cheap, for example: a bottle of L'oreal eye make up remover - $14 at Watson's, $7.50 at Swanston. See!! I am not kidding, half price! I have run out of stock for some toiletries, hair care, acne gel, etc. Ended up paying 100 bucks plus. But I am very sure I can't get the same price if I have to buy elsewhere. Had steamboat dinner with PN after that @Central. Actually the main reason why we went to Central is because we would like to get ourselves familiar with the mall. Why? Because I have won a lucky draw, it's my mom who actually joined the lucky draw as she always go to one of the beauty centre located there every week. The lucky draw, or it's a game actually, needs a team of 2, we'll be given $400 cash and within the given time, we would need to look for some items inside the mall. If all items are found successfully, those items can be brought home. If we were the overall winner, there will be extra prizes and vouchers. So we purposely went there to look around 'cos I think since it opened, the number of time I went to Central is less than 10 times? Probably. And I have no idea what shops are located there. But after walking around, I am still lost! haha.. Too many small shops and the name is not easy to remember. Wish me luck for coming Sunday's game :)

I am so tired and sleepy now. Gonna hit my bed soon. Good night folks, have a good weekend and be happy :D

alive again.... temporary only? maybe ......

2010-09-02T22:33:00.000-07:00

Hello hello, my dear blog, the almost dead blog. I just finished reading my friend's blog and there's a sudden urge to blog haha.. Hmm what should I blog about then? I am so lost. Okay, work... I've been working for almost 6 months and I am still enjoy doing it. On and off busyness, sometimes I can be very relax at work, browsing internet, facebook, reading blogs until very sian. But sometimes I can get very busy, real busy, madly busy and I will be cursing that person who gave me so much work LOL.. Sometimes I can get very frustrated and annoyed by some customers who are very very ridiculous, demanding bla bla bla.. But I still have to serve them patiently despite I am really really annoyed! But there are sweet and nice customers too :) That's service line, gotta be patient. Sometimes I am thinking "am I deserved to be treated like this? scolded and shouted at with no reason and obviously not my fault" like recently one RM left the Bank and before she left, she sent a customer a form to sign and asked me to attend the customer for that particular transaction. At the end, the form given by the RM was a wrong form. Customer was so angry the other day when he came to my branch only to find out that the form signed cannot be used. And the person who signed it is in the US. He's so frustrated 'cos he's just merely following the RM's instruction. Short to say, the problem was solved at the end. But I was thinking, what is this? I have to pick up all the RM's shits. And not only once mind you, there's another customer who shouted at me as well regarding her credit card payment. The same RM too. Argghhhh really annoying!!!

But despite all, I still love my job. Enjoying every day, seriously I didn't experience monday blues recently haha.. Oh yeah, my team and team head changed again. Ok, I am getting used with all these changes and restructuring.

Let's put work aside, yeay I am going to Jakarta with mom next month; for my cousin's wedding. Love going to Jakarta, nice food, good shopping, nice malls, but traffic jam sucks to the max!! I have booked my leave for next month and November :) I am going overseas again in Nov *excited* :)

Gosh it's drawing nearer and nearer to year end. Time flies like rocket right? Never stop counting your blessings alright, every day is a gift :)

Talking about relationship, we are still holding on it fine, quarreling still happens once in a while (can't avoid during PMS, seriously!!), our joint account figures started to grow although it is still quite far away from the cost of holding a wedding banquet hahahaha.. joke aside, we have talked about the future plan, hopefully it's gonna be 2-3 more years down the road to settle down. I am so so excited actually, have been always wanting to get married before 25. But now I think I might exceed it, but not too far away I suppose :)

Life...... It's either to love or to hate it. I choose to love it, how about you?

Tomorrow gonna be a better day :)

Happy weekend folks. Thanks for reading.

Till then, ciao.

xoxo,Lynn.

2010-07-01T22:49:00.000-07:00

OKAYYYY!! My last post was on 9th April. Wasn't that bad, though. I feel that this blog has been neglected for like 6 months? It's not the matter of having lesser time making posts, it's just simply due to my laziness. And now out of sudden I'm so motivated to write something after seeing some friends blog so often, don't they think sleeping is more fun than blogging? hahaha :) I do prefer to sleep rather than to blog hehe..

Okay, life has been fulfilling for the past few months. There were times when I was so down and sad, there were also happy times. Dad's heart bypass surgery was one of them. It has passed and I don't wish to remember those unpleasant moments. All I know is the surgery is successfully done and now Dad is leading a better, healthier, and happier life. He went to church last week. He said he's so thankful to God. He said he's very sure God is the one who made all these possible; a very dangerous yet successful surgery. He's moved my Mom's dedication to God, how she prays for him everyday, how she asked God to give Dad another chance, so that he can believe Jesus before everything's too late, how she takes care of Dad so patiently. Love is so beautiful. :)

Talking about work, it's my fifth month with the Bank. Everything is good, more and more paperworks which sometimes drive me crazy. But colleagues and boss are bunch of nice people. Recently there's restructuring in our branch due to quite a number of RMs resigned and one team head is also leaving. I am going to move to another team to support new RMs and will be having a new boss. Kinda upset to leave my current team (colleagues and boss) because we are just started getting closer with each other, but now we have to be separated into different teams. Never mind, WELCOME TO UOB!!! Heard that UOB always have this kind of restructuring, like every 6 months? What amazed me is the staffs' turnover rate, since I joined the team, 4 RMs have left. It's only my team, mind you. Not to mention other teams. All I know is I'm having farewell party every month since I joined the Bank. Well, life moves on, hope I can get along with my new team, new colleagues and new boss.

There's one of my RM, who is in his early 40s, I am very thankful for what he did. Ever since I joined the team, he has been taking care of me and treats me very well. My first impression towards him was not really good though. On my first day at work, my boss introduced me to him (since I'll be supporting him), he didn't want to, saying that he's busy and he just walked away. I had lunch with my boss and ROs, they said this guy is weird and everyone in office knows about his moody character. My boss told me to just ignore him if he's throwing tantrum towards me. I was quite scared at that time, my thought was I just want to have a good relationship with everyone at work and hopefully he won't scold me for no reason. But what was told is quite different from what I experienced. This guy treats me well, although he likes to tease me with some lame jokes and all that, I feel he's a nice person. His mouth may be bad, but he has a good heart. He often buy me lunch and snacks, till some colleagues come to me and said he treats me so nice. I told them perhaps because I'm the youngest at work, I'm like "xiao mei mei" so he doesn't want to hurt me haha.. But few weeks ago we quarreled over small misunderstanding, which shocked everyone at work. They couldn't believe that we quarreled haha.. He's the one who stopped talking to me, and he handed all the paperworks to another RO. And when that RO asked him, "Why don't you ask Ellyn to do?" Then he will answer with loud voice, "Don't want lah, my RO is very busy you know!!" and I was like what the hell! He's 40 years old but behave like small kid haha.. He's not married, anyway. Very weird chap. Anyway, after not talking to him for almost a week, I find it's very wrong not talking to my own RM, whereby he will go to other ROs asking them to do his stuff (which supposedly is my job), I sent him an apology e-mail. I just don't want other RO to be so busy with things that are not supposed to be their responsibilities. He didn't reply me. Shit! I feel he's so petty lahhh!! But the next day he replied me saying that he's in a bad mood because he's having some family problem + financial market crashed + having menses (he said that) hahaha.. But now we are okay already, although not really back to normal, still feel a little bit awkward for the fact that we were quite close initially but quarreled for a week.

Yesterday when my boss told me that I'll be moving to another team, I told this guy that it's my last time helping him doing his stuff. He asked why. I told him that I'll be going to another team to support other RMs. He's so surprised and kept complaining, complaining, and complaining in front of other colleagues. At the end everyone knows that I'll be going to other team. Shit lo. He texted my boss (who's out for meeting), saying that he's frustrated that his RO is going to change again. He's been changing RO for like 3-4 times already (see! it's not wrong to say "WELCOME TO UOB!"). He told me he will talk to our boss, and try to retain me in the team. This morning they had meeting, and the fact is still the fact, decision has been made and it's a final say. "Dear Ellyn, sorry that got to let you go and we don't have the power to fight for you. Wishes you have a good journey and we will surely look for you again for assistance and you cannot reject us. Sorry". That was a sms he sent me this morning. I almost cried, man!! I like this team so much because the people are simply nice and funny. But we don't have power to say no, so we have to follow whatever management decides. No worries, I'm feeling better now :) Move on, we'll still be in the same building. Thank you, Orchard Team 3 for wonderful four months. My RM, Andre and Joo Chiew, Angeline, Rieky, Evon, Carolyn, Chee Hian, Roger, and my two sweetest ROs; Faith and Pauline. Thanks for everything :) Shit, so emo as if I'm leaving the Bank hahahaha.. But really I feel upset till I dreamt about it last night. Love this team so much. Lastly, to Joo Chiew (the guy I mentioned in this paragraph), thank you so much! You are a nice person, hope you can find your soulmate soon hehe :)

Weekend post....

2010-04-09T22:55:00.000-07:00

So here I am again to update my almost-dead-blog, realised that only when it comes to weekend then I have time and mood to blog. Anyway, mood really plays a part here, not sure with the rest but it does apply to me. Let's have a quick flash back for the past one week. Long weekend was good, but not great; simply because I couldn't get enough of it haha ;p Had a very good, long and tight sleep during the long weekend, it's heaven seriously. One major thing I love about weekend and one thing that I always lack of; long hour sleep. Anyway, dad and mom were here last weekend, they were here for medical check-up. Everyone's alright, thanks God, although they looked a bit tired. We had a good time shopping around Vivocity and brought them to have some nice lunches and dinners. They left on Saturday afternoon. Sent them off to Harbour Front, and met up with Pino after that. His family are here, and also leaving for Jakarta on that evening. So we went to the hotel to pass them some food, and left for dinner afterwards. There it goes my long weekend, stuff with food and long hour sleep. Arggghhhhh....... There you go, another inch on my waist! :(

Oh yes, one thing to look forward. Still remember my girls came over for steamboat dinner a couple weeks ago, we were discussing about our next holiday plan, which is on Vesak Day - May 28. The decision has been confirmed, we'll be having a weekend getaway to Bintan. There will be 6 of us, staying at Angsana Resort. It's gonna be 3D2N trip. Looking forward!!! :) And this has forced me to lose those inches gained in order to look good in beach wear. Arrghhhhhh...... So hard to resist good food! How???? @_@

Neoprint after zillion years

2010-03-30T22:10:00.000-07:00

Faith, Andre, Angela, Fabian, Angeline

Had this neoprint with my colleagues during lunch time today. It was pretty fun, especially during the photo designing. Gosh, I can't remember when was the last time I took neoprint, man! It's like hundred years ago.

Anyway, I'm going for product training tomorrow and Thursday. Heard it's gonna be a super dry topic. Hmmmm.... hopefully I won't fall asleep. My brain has somehow switched off to holiday mood. Can't wait for the long weekend :) Have a blessed day ahead, people!

Steamboat with my girls :D

2010-03-28T17:17:00.000-07:00

It's Sunday! Sigh I am having an advance monday blues again. :( Hang on, let's talk about my weekend. It was simply fun and well spent. On Friday, I went home straight away after work, to do house cleaning 'cos my girls are coming at night for stay over. I texted Nel in the afternoon telling her that I gotta clean the house because I have some Very VIPs coming over tonight. And she replied me, "Don't forget to prepare red carpet to welcome the VIPs!" hahaha.. Oh yes, did I ever mention that my friends are all late queens?? I bet I did, 'cos the experience wasn't only once. So some of them told me they gonna reach my place around 9pm. Waited....waited.... with super hungry tummy (haven't had my dinner), those people haven't shown up. At the end, Nel reached at 10pm, Mel 11pm, Stel 11.30pm, Win 12.30am!!! hahahaha.. Okay, I guess the title of late queens match them perfectly. Very good!

It was a tiring day for everybody as it was a weekday and some of them knocked off at 7pm+. But once we meet and started to chit chatting, the tiredness just dissapeared. We were so hungry at that time and we ordered Mac for supper. After the meal, we were so tired and just went to sleep. Like healthy babies, right? eat and sleep.. hehe.. But still some of us couldn't get some sleep, and continued to chat till we dozed off. It's around 3am+

I and Stel woke up at 9.30am!! We slept for a merely 6.5 hours. The rest woke up at about 12pm. Good life yeah? So we took turn to take bath and prepare to go out for lunch and grocery shopping. Had lunch at Ichiban Sushi at AMK Hub. Meilany came to join us. Lunch was good, we thought we ordered too much sushis, but well we managed to finish them all hoho.. After lunch, we had grocery shopping for steamboat dinner at night. I love the feeling of going grocery shopping with bunch of friends, I don't know I just like that feeling. Wait! Is that a syndrome of getting "auntie"?? I hope I am not. We spent about 1 hour at the supermarket and took cab home.

Reached home, prepared the soup base, cleaning all the seafood and stuff, we played UNO Stacko. By the way, two piggies went for a short nap. So four of us had the game. Quite fun, Nel was the biggest loser haha.. Realised it was Earth Hour Day, but no actions were taken hehe.. Started the steamboat at about 8pm. Heavy dinner indeed, too full to move haha.. At 11+, I was so damn sleepy and tired, went to bed for a while. Woke up at about 12.30am, and we played card games, thing that we always do whenever there's a stay over gathering. And as usual, the punishment is to drink alcohol. We had mixed of green tea & Vodka. But this time we stopped playing after an hour because one of us had sudden arguments with boyfriend. So instead of playing cards, we chatted about our boyfriends/husband, love life, marriage, future etc. Haha. Time has changed, I reckoned last time when we meet up, the topic was about study, study and study haha...

Well, that's all about the gathering. I enjoyed every moment spent with them. Simply great and fun! Thank you, my dear friends :D

work!

2010-03-24T21:15:00.000-07:00

Started getting busier and busier at work. Have managed to handle several cases, like account opening, UT and FD placement-renewal-redemption, TT, etc. Million things to learn!! I am tagged to 3 RMs, so can you imagine each RMs would have hundreds of customers tagged to them, and perhaps they got 20+ good customers. Luckily one of the RMs is still new, so far no cases yet. But the other 2 RMs have quite a lot cases per day. So when one case haven't settled yet, another one comes. Like today, I didn't even have time to eat lunch 'cos too many things to settle. Bank has cut-off time, like you have to scan and fax over to certain department by 2pm or 4pm. So everything must be done properly, otherwise the transactions can't be executed on time. One of my RMs, Angela is so sweet, she bought me a pretty cake for lunch. Thanks Qi Qi! :) Went for training later in the afternoon, and after that had dinner with Pino and headed home. I am so tired!!! Can't wait for weekend to come, gonna have steamboat dinner & stay-over with my girls. :D

Buy List - one down, more to go.....

2010-03-12T23:54:00.000-08:00

THANK GOD IT'S FLY DAY, I mean FRIDAY ;p

Today I felt quite relax when entering the office, seeing a large font of sentences on the white board near the entrance stating " IT'S FLY DAY " with some pictures of flies haha.. Of course the mood is not as tense as that Monday morning when I came in for the first time. One week has passed, kinda fast for me. Obviously has learned something new, although not much. That hectic-no-time-to-pee is yet to come!! Yes, once my colleague didn't even have time to go to the toilet because she's too busy with all the urgent stuff to be done hahaha.. That's when work sucks. But again, the good thing is when you don't have much thing to handle, you can be quite free and relax. Grab some tea, sit down, read newpapers (especially now Jack Neo's case is such a big hoo-ha), surf net and when it comes to lunch time, there you go! Lunch followed by shopping time!! haha..

Today lunch wasn't fantastic, so much leftover sigh~ After lunch we went to Isetan @Scotts, there's member sale going on. Went inside and can see the very authentic Singaporean who will squeeze here and there, Q-ed for more than 15 minutes just to buy an earrings! And the sale is not that wow, 5% cash rebate, and only for HSBC card holder. Probably I was being influenced by the crowd and their shopping mood, I went into COACH and bought a wristlet. Actually I have been wanting to get myself a COACH wristlet since 1234567#@ months, but I am just too lazy to make a trip there. So I bought one which I've been eyeing for, I saw the wristlet on the internet. It's rather small, but as long as my iPhone can fit in and it doesn't look bulky, I am fine with it. Most importantly I really love the design and its colour. Kinda love at first sight hehe.. :)

After work, I met up with Pino, and we headed to Balestier to meet his sisters for dinner. His second sister & the hubby are here for the IT show. His third sister & BF also came. Food was decent enough, together with our small talks, the dinner was simply pleasant. Went over to their hotel to chit chat as his third sister is going to get married soon, so we chatted about the wedding preparation, etc. So many things to prepare indeed! Guess it's gonna be busy months for both of them and the family. Really glad that they are finally tying their knot :)

Reached home, I am so tired now!!! But still managed to squeeze some time to blog. Hitting my bed soon. Good night, dear readers! Have a good weekend and always be safe :) xoxo,

Update!

2010-03-10T21:13:00.000-08:00

See, my laziness syndrome comes again. I am either too tired or too lazy to blog nowadays. Back to Indo trip was not awesome due to....... I was actually sweating on my bed with the aircon on and without putting on blanket. No prizes will be given for guessing why I said the trip wasn't awesome. Ya lah, the weather was terrible, hot and dry!! Really hate it. But good thing is the food, of course :) Finally had the chance to go to my favourite seafood place to eat my long time favourite Chilli Crab and Fried Calamari. The best I ever had, seriously! Apart from the food, of course seeing my nephew & niece brings me joy and laughter as well. Can't believe that my nephew is going to have his 4th birthday next month and my niece is 2+ already. They grow so fast! 5 days relaxing is obviously not enough for me, I should have asked for 2 weeks rest before commencing. So regret!! haha..

Ok well, regarding my new job, I am gonna make it short and sweet. I have started my job at UOB last Monday. Working as a Relationship Officer at Privilege Banking, my office is at Orchard. Good for shopping during lunch time huh (which I did for the past 2 days hahaha). My boss, Rosalind Lee, is a beautiful young lady + hot mama. She has two kids and still look so young and fit. My team consists of 12 people, including my boss. Colleagues in my team are friendly and some of them are humorous. There's one Indon guy as well. (P/s: Tom, if you are reading this. This Indon colleague of mine, his wife is the owner of J Town Cafe, which you went to have Martabak Manis the other day, haha.. So coincidence, right?)

So for the past three days, I was tagging my senior wherever she goes and whatever she does. Since my LAN ID and e-mail have yet to be set-up, so I really have no choice but to sit next to my senior and observe what she's doing everyday. One thing to share: A LOT of paperworks to do!! Really a lot!! But anyway, I am already mentally and physically prepared that this is going to be the case. My role is basically to assist and support Relationship Managers (sales team) on their sales operations, something which is more to back-end role. But the paperworks are really freaking me out. LOL.

I guess that's all for today entry. Gonna grab my favourite Selegie Soya Bean and You Tiao now!! yum yum :)

Last day at work

2010-02-26T17:37:00.000-08:00

I am now blogging from office. Today marks my last day at ETFX Asia - ForexCT. Goodbye Al... Goodbye Tom, Eve, Ezen, Desmond.... and last but not least goodbye Temple Street!

Heels no more

2010-02-23T22:33:00.000-08:00

First was my poor skirt. Now is my heels. I have a strong feeling that all these happened for one reason..... time to SHOP! hahaha :)

Goodbye my poor heels!

But wait, let me dig out all of the CNY shopping receipts that I kept. My jaw dropped when the total spent was more than SGD1,000. That amount includes buying clothes (which at the end some of them I have yet to wear till now), shoes, cosmetics, hair cut, etc. It doesn't hurt me until I saw the amount appears on my calculator. Because you know, I bought those things over a period of three weekends. So apparently each weekends I feel that I spent quite reasonably, given the fact I'd probably end up buying a few items only on that certain day. Sigh, it's so true that earning money is tough, but spending money is really easy. It's so easy until we couldn't feel it.

BUT I still need to shop for some formal wears. Hmm guess it would be much wiser to shop when I am back to Indo next week. Can't wait!! ^-^

So within 3 days, gone my skirt and heels. I can say I like wearing that particular heels because it's not too high and I love the design and it's in beige colour. Although it's already DIRTY like nobody business, I still wear it to work almost everyday. So on that fateful morning, it's damaged and I brought it to shoes repair nearby my office. The uncle said it can't be fixed anymore. So I threw it away and instantly bought a new pair of flat shoes near Chinatown Market hehe.. Cheap and nice.

My Sunday

2010-02-21T20:59:00.000-08:00

It's Sunday. . . . .

Don't worry, you are in the right page, this is not a maid's blog or something ^,^ It is Sunday!! How did you spend your Sunday? Church? Shopping? Eating? Or did you spend the entire day rotting at home just like me? Hope you had a wonderful one :)

It doesn't make me feel Sunday 'cos I wake up like usual at 9 am!! Arghh how I wish I could sleep a lil bit longer. Had Herbalife for breakfast, did some editings on my blog if you did noticed it :) Spent bloody 2 hours doing that simple thing! I guess I'm getting old, this brain of mine works slowww~

During noon, I went out to buy detergents for glass window cleaning and bought lunch as well. I had watercress soup, quite oily though but I was really craving for souppp!!

I guess I've burnt quite a number of calories doing the house cleaning ;p Hats off to maids and housewives, seriously! Those works look simple but very TIRING! Okay, let's make it short, I spent the entire afternoon watching some shows online. Watched some cooking shows. I know it's so taboo to watch it while you are on diet. But I really love watching cooking shows, luckily the food turns out not that fantastic and not tempting enough to fail my diet haha..

Anyway, Pino is now on his way back to SG :) At least it lessen my monday blues. Looking forward to coming week! Hope you all gonna have a wonderful week ahead! Take care & hugs*

One last thing, a lesson to learn today:

Sometimes we just couldn't completely rely on washing machine! Gone my skirt :(

Stay home weekend

2010-02-20T19:05:00.000-08:00

Happy Weekend, guys!

Camwhoring in the office hahaha :)

Only 3 working days, this particular week should have passed quite fast. But it seems like forever to me, especially at work haha.. Works on hand seem like to be getting lesser each day. In fact, tons of follow-ups need to be done, but I just don't know how to. What should I do to those who has previously answered my call? What should I tell them when I call for the second time? I guess they will get annoyed and irritated. Those no-response are forever uncontactable even after 8th attempt and I am almost giving up on them. Next week's gonna be my last week at work. Honestly, I'm having mixed feelings. I look forward to end my service and go back to Indo (yay!), but somehow I feel sad for the fact that I am leaving this place. You know when you have a nice boss, talkable & good colleagues, you feel hard to lose all these while wondering if you're still gonna have these things at the new place. But well, life must go on. Decision has been clearly made, leaving needs to be done. I wanna have farewell dinner with my colleagues, maybe on Thursday.

Okaayyy, back to the topic, weekend! I woke up at 9.30 this morning. Went to Shenton Medical @Raffles Place for my pre-employment medical check up. Quite surprised seeing so many people there, luckily I came early. I've been there when I applied for S-Pass the other time. But this time the procedures are quite different from the previous one. This time they asked me to have urine test. I was given a tiny bottle and then to give them half bottle of urine. Hell, this was my very first time taking urine!! While walking to the restroom, I was wondering how am I supposed to urinate onto this tiny bottle. LOL. Anyway, the result is well done haha ;p

Reached home and did house cleaning. Freaking tired!! I have yet to clean the toilet and glass windows. Perhaps tomorrow! Pathetic enough, this was my lunch:

Yep, as you can guess I'm on diet! I am back to drink Herbalife. Have been suffering for the past 3 days, no rice consumed at all. Hmm, quite proud of myself hahaha ^.^ So these days I was stuffed by Herbalife- morning & night, raisins bread, apples, some light snacks. I am not really sure if this going to continue once Pino is back. Argghhh... @_@ Oh yeah, he's coming back tomorrow night, I can only see him on Monday. KINDA MISS HIM*

So this gonna be a stay home weekend; watching movie on bed with cool aircon on, hiding into my thick quilt is so awesome~ Have a nice weekend everyone, and be safe!

xoxo,

lynnz*

Back to bank!

2010-02-19T22:39:00.000-08:00

Hello folks, I am going to change job, AGAIN! I got a job offer from UOB, and will commence on 8 March. It's at Privilege Banking, as a Relationship Officer (RO). Not sales job - no sales target, mainly assisting RMs and client servicing. My office is just opposite of Somerset MRT. I am so so glad to be back working in a bank, not doing sales. Has been wanting to get a client service-back office-support role kind of job in a bank, but couldn't find it last year. And now it's like dream comes true, I finally get such kind of role! Thanks to Ivana for the referral. I went for the interviews (two in total) few weeks ago. First was with the vice president, and the following one with the team head. Two gorgeous, young and capable ladies. The vice president is so beautiful and young, most importantly she's friendly. The interviews went smoothly with positive attitude from both of them. Somehow I feel the job is 80% secured. The thing is about salary. I am so surprised when the HR called confirming and offering me the job, with the salary out of my expectation. I was offered 400 bucks more than my expected salary. Read the offer letter, benefits are great, 21 days annual leave is damn awesome. Thanks GOD for this job. I know this is from YOU, YOUR beautiful plan and YOU are the one who makes all this happened.

My last day at current company will be on 26th this month. My boss is understanding enough to let me go, though I can see he's dissapointed. But anyway, I guess I have to pursue my aspiration for a better career prospect. Also, I'll be going back to Indo from 1-7 March, a short break before commencing. Life is so great with God's beautiful plan :D

Chinese New Year 2010

2010-02-13T23:29:00.000-08:00

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR 2010 !!

Finally, I am back to Indo after my last visit 3 months ago. This trip seems to be rushing, and it was indeed.

CNY's Eve

As usual, we had steamboat dinner on CNY's Eve. This reunion dinner is the only thing I love about CNY and look forward to every year. Apart from receiving angpaos, CNY is just another day for me. This year I am so glad that we have our reunion dinner as a complete family. Still remember last year was really not-so-memorable CNY. During last CNY, Dad & Mom were in Malaysia, sister-in-law gave birth to my niece. So we didn't have a proper reunion dinner then :( Alright, let the pictures do the talk!

CNY Day 1 - Valentine's Day - Dad & Mom's 28th Anniversary

Coincidentally, three joyful occasions fall on the same day. I ordered truffle chocolate cake for Dad & Mom. They got married on Valentine's Day. How sweet :)

Little Georgia in red cheongsam

Dad & Mom with the cake

Loi hei for dinner. Green tea yusheng, not bad..

CNY Day 2

George, Sister-in-law, Georgia

With sister-in-law

CNY Day 3 - Last Day in Indo

Had seafood lunch with my family. We went to Barelang, it took us almost 2.5 hours to get to the place. The food was so-so only.

Dragon Fruit Farm

The restaurant is on that small wooden house behind

View from our table

Nothing much for this CNY, not many photos taken as well. Somehow the feeling is just not there. Maybe due to limited time spent, everything seems to be rushing and I didn't even meet up with my friends there like I used to. Went back to SG with heavy heart, don't feel like going back and work!! hehe.. That's all, folks. Again, happy CNY!

4th year of romance

2010-02-02T21:12:00.000-08:00

02.02.06 - 02.02.10

So it's our 4th Anniversary. Honestly, I did not expect this relationship could last so far. Neither did he. Considering that we don't have common hobby and kind of characters clash. But I just don't know why the feeling towards him is getting deeper each day. I guess this heart belongs to him dearly. I love you, baby! Thanks for everything, especially your accompanion for the past few weeks.

CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR

2010-01-03T12:31:00.000-08:00

HAPPY TWO-O-ONE-O, FOLKS!!

Let me start off with my Christmas, though it's kinda yesterday. Have been wanting to blog but seriously too lazy to. My bro, sista-in-law and my lil nephew came on the 23rd. I had a half day work that day, so I went to fetch them at Harbour Front in the afternoon. We went home and took rest. My nephew loves Kim Gary so much that he wanted to have it for dinner. So we headed to Vivocity, and every restaurants were fully packed and we have no choice but to queue. Luckily it didn't take us too long. Dinner was good especially when you have it with your family around :)

On Christmas Eve, we had porridge breakfast at Chinatown. The market was really quiet, many stalls were closed. Unlike usual, is it because of Christmas Eve? Doesn't really make sense I think. Porridge was so-so, I think it was much nicer back then when I was like 8 years old?? The stall has been around for decades!! I brought them to City Square for lunch. The mall looked empty. Has everybody in Singapore gone to Orchard instead?? I believe so.

At night, went to Orchard to feel the Christmas thing going on, really curious of 313 @Somerset, the 3 storeys Forever 21, the Christmas decorations and all. HELL! Red Line train was FULLY PACKED! Stuck inside the train like crazy. Almost couldn't get out when it reached Somerset station. The crowd makes me scared. Thinking back of Christmas Eve many years ago, we almost couldn't get home as much as we wanted to. That was a horror, man! So this time maybe we have become smarter, we don't intend to stay till 12am for the countdown. Walked around to have some pictures taken. I think this year decorations are better than last year, but the Christmas trees are not as good as previous years. Recession, get it?? :D Was impressed with the Christmas tree by Ferrero Rocher. But still, I love the crsytal one by SK Jewelry at Bugis Junction. That's really pretty and impressive!! As usual, the crowd was frightening, we were stuck stuck and stuck all the way from 313 to Takashimaya. The adults are still fine, imagine my lil nephew who had to bear with people butts in front of him. And I guess he couldn't breathe properly. So we decided to go home. It was about 10pm that time.

look at my nephew!! he did it purposely hahaha

On the Christmas Day itself, we had grocery shopping at Bishan as we wanna have steamboat dinner. Pino came by and brought us Bakerzin Tiramisu. Really love it. We had steamboat at our balcony. Thought it would be quite windy at night (as it was the case for the past few weeks), but that night was crap. Maybe due to the steamboat thingy and Indonesian chilli hehe :)

Following days, we spent it by shopping around and they went to Sentosa. My nephew really likes the trip, he's really happy when he gets to ride on Monorail, visited Underwater World and Song of the Sea. Kids are indeed adorable. Simple things make them happy :) They spent the whole day at Sentosa, came home at 11pm. I didn't tag along as I have to do research for my company.

Pino's family came to Singapore as well. This time the whole big family came, his parents, two sisters, their husbands and two nephews. Had dinner with them the other day. The youngest nephew is so cute.

I sent off my bro and his family yesterday. Back at home looking at the empty house, no laughters from my nephew, the feeling is so bad :( Met up with Pino for dinner though, but this heart is so heavy because long weekend is going to end soon T_T.... No holiday in January :( Arggghhhh.. Back to reality!!! :(

PR Formalities

2009-12-16T23:29:00.000-08:00

Yuppieee finally this day has come!! I have gotten my LPR converted to PR (Permanent Residence). I requested my boss for half day off today, so I still went to office in the morning. While I was on the way to work, just when I left my house's guard house, I realised I didn't bring my Long Term Visit Pass along (left it inside the scanner when I made photocopy of it last night). I have to surrender it to ICA today, so I went back home. Time was 8.45am, and I need to be at office at 9am. So I took cab to work. Peak hour charge + $3.50 ERP charge, at the end it costs me 22 bucks!!!! Madly expensive!!!! I swear I WILL NOT take cab unless I am very forced to do so. Hiks hiks I was still upset over that 22 bucks till now :(

I am gonna collect my PR next week :) Can't deny I am very happy 'cos that's the thing I wanted badly, a PR on hand. Well, spent another $200 for the Entry, Re-entry permit and IC card. I'm speechless because everything needs money, money, money. I have spent so much on LPR and now another damage to my pocket. But hopefully it will pay off everything, especially when I look for another job next time. I have a sudden thought of back to work at bank. Of course not sales job! I don't know, just a random thought. I'll see how thing goes by, hopefully there's opportunity coming along at the right time. For now, hmm what can I say. I have a job that I enjoy doing so far, a good+flexible+easygoing+not fussy boss, a fixed income....... I really couldn't ask for more.

Oh yes, my family is coming for Christmas. My nephew is coming along too!! Awww can't wait!!! :D

Month of December

2009-12-13T22:55:00.000-08:00

Some photos taken on Stuart McPhee seminar (05 Dec 2009)

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Sutrisno, Alastair (my boss), Stuart, Mahesh, Tommy, Me

Al, Tommy, Stuart, Mahesh,Me

Week updates:

Working life has been pretty good so far, getting know my stuff better and better. Customers were all good and friendly, except some weird emails I received from one of my customer. Anybody know how to block email using Outlook? Quite annoyed by the emails.

Tommy is on home leave to Sydney. He will be back after Christmas. Friday was Mahesh' last day at work. Somehow I feel upset of his leaving, 'cos he is a very nice senior. Whenever, I should say EVERYTIME I asked him questions (even stupidest question), he will answer me patiently with very detailed info. I respect him as my senior, and he gives me "father-ish" feeling. And I feel blessed to have such a senior at work, even though for only a short 3 weeks. When you are new at work, especially new to the industry, when your boss is rarely at office, when everything seems like an alien to you, I am glad there's someone like Mahesh who's willing to teach and guide me. Of course I am still far far away to know everything about Foreign Exchange, but I am very sure I have gained something new. Thanks Mahesh! All the best of luck to you. Really nice to know you, hopefully everything's gonna be good in China :)

For the past week, I have been staying at office till quite late 'cos I have more and more tasks to do since Tommy is on leave. Not only to call customers and update my own call sheets, now I have to compile all my colleagues' call sheets, updating depositors & summary, and at the end of the day I have to email the consolidated call sheets to my boss. I am not complaining, I like this job although sometimes it makes me feel bored. But there's only one thing on my mind now, PR!!! Yes, I am going to ICA on this wednesday to convert my PR. Yayyyy it's like finally!!! :))))

Received a good news from my boss the other day. We'll be changing our parent company to a well-known Australian forex company. Our duties will change, it's gonna be an intensive sales job with target to hit, more aggressive in term of selling. Yeah I know I will be back to square again, like in StanChart. But at least the prospect is MUCH MUCH better than my current job. We'll see how it goes. Oh yes, there's a new Indon freelancer, a pretty lady. Happy that I have accompanion at office.

Personal life has been good too. Except working hours, spent most of my time with PN. We sometimes go to work & knock off together. My heart just grows fonder :)

I am having monday blues now. Arghhhh I need more sleep!!! hehehe..

That's all for now, till next time.. Ciao!

TGIF

2009-12-04T21:23:00.000-08:00

Thank God It's Friday! Went to work together with Pino almost every morning since I'm passing by Serangoon, and both of us work at Chinatown. Great 'cos I have him to help me carry my laptop along the train journey hehe :D Oh yes did I ever mention that I gotta bring my own laptop to work everydayyyy?? :((( It's freaking heavy. Arghh I'm so tired to carry the laptop on and off to work.

Well today I went to Maxwell Food Centre for lunch with my colleagues. Had Phad Thai, not bad. I was looking for Selegie Soya Bean, was craving for it, but didn't manage to find it :( Went back for work, suddenly all of our phones rang with sms. "You can pack up and leave early in -lieu of hours you gonna have tomorrow. You can leave at 4.30pm. Don't forget to lock the doors. See you. Al". WOO-HOO!!! :) Went home and SLEEP!! :p

There's a Forex seminar by Stuart McPhee tomorrow, my company is the event organizer. So we gotta work tomorrow from 12-4pm. Alright that's all for now. :D

Farewell Dinner

2009-12-02T21:12:00.000-08:00

Chilli Crab

Looks nice but I think the one in Batam is much much nicer hehe..

miss the seafood there!! :(

Mixed of black pepper prawns, sweet & sour chicken, salt & pepper squid

Not too bad.

Finally there's something makes me feel delighted,

Steamboat with Tom Yam soup base

The soup was really niceeee! It feels like having Indonesian Sayur Asem.

Had sooo much of the soup! LOVE:)

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Mahesh, Shivia, Tommy, Me, Meilany

Well, today is Meilany's last day at eToro. And there's another new freelancer coming in as well, he's recommended by me hehehe.. My junior in high school & university, our parents are friend, my ex-church mate, blah blah blah.. So much connections between us hehe.. So my boss, Al treated us for lunch at a Japanese restaurant at Smith Street. The food is not so expensive, the set comes in huge portion, taste not so bad. I just shared yakitori and gyoza with Meilany 'cos we just had lunch before hand. The lunch treat is kinda last minute decision. My boss left even before the food was served. A VERY BUSY MAN!! :D He left money for us, of course! hehe.. After lunch we went to a dessert shop just opposite our office, I had Mango Sago, nice :) I was really tempted seeing the Ice-Shaved dessert the shop has, how they shave the ice is very unique. It's not like Ice Kacang normally. I don't know how to explain, but the ice is shaved in a different way. Next time I shall try it with Pino, 'cos the portion is huge!

After knock off, we had steamboat dinner at Smith Street (again). This is kinda a farewell dinner with my fellow colleagues, Meilany, Tommy and Mahesh (who'll be leaving next week). Shilvia, an ex-freelancer came too. Had so much laugh and chats over the dinner. Suddenly I feel kinda sad 'cos it's like we are just started to know each other better and they are gonna be leaving soon. :(

Well, let put that aside, work has been quite enjoyable. Calling customers is just like a ritual for me now. My boss said to me the other day that I have to come at 9am, start do callings at 10am-2pm. So that time slot is for company's purposes. Between 2-6pm I can do my personal stuff & own things, but he reminds me to use the time WISELY. Hmm I'm glad I have my own sweet time and space, so that I can continuously take care of my stocks' movement, facebook, MSN messenger hehehe.. ;p

But I don't start calling at 10am 'cos it is still 9am in Indonesia. So I call as I go. I have no fixed time when to call, etc. When I am done with callings, I continue doing the account updates, and for these 2 days I have always been knocking off at around 7pm. Feel tired everytime I came home and I have to wash my hair every night. I know it's bad for health, but I simply lazy to do it in the morning. It takes longer time, I think might as well do it at night and I can sleep a lil bit more in the morning hehe..

Gotta work on this Saturday, there'll be Forex seminar coming up, sponsored by eToro. Look forward to it.

P/S: Happy Anniversary, Baby! 2 more months to our 4th Anniversary <3

Steamboat Fever

2009-11-29T23:33:00.000-08:00

Woo-hoo to the long weekend!! Woke up at about 12pm hehe.. Went over to Pino's place, waited for him to wash his clothes, a bit of house cleaning and stuff, and idiotly waited him playing his War Machine. *HATE* When we were about to go, it rained heavily so we couldn't get out of his house but to again idiotly sit and wait for the rain to stop. He continued with War Machine, and I played with my iPhone.

We plan to have steamboat for dinner, so we went to AMK Hub for grocery shopping. While buying the stuff, I saw lots of people buying ingredients for steamboat as well. Long weekend = Steamboat?? haha.. It's crowded like mad! Took cab home 'cos today is my current favourite drama's finale. Reached home, prepared all the stuff for steamboat with Pino's help. At the end I didn't manage to watch the drama. I got MOBTV!! hehe :)

Lime Juice made by Pino. Hmm not bad.

Chicken Soup base Steamboat.

We bought the soup base which already comes in package.

But I find the soup base taste weird.
So I put in some prawns' heads. And it turned out much much BETTER.

This was today Brunch. <3

Another session of steamboat hahahaha..

Seems like we can't get enough of steamboat. But this time round we bought another brand of soup base, and it tastes yummy!!!

Fullest meal of the day.

Office Moved

2009-11-25T20:38:00.000-08:00

We have moved to the new office today. It is at Temple Street, somewhere in Chinatown. That's the first time ever since I started work, my boss was there with us for the entire day. Not really though, he left office at 2pm. I was rather early today, nobody at office except my boss. He's early indeed, I reckon he sent us email at 7am!

After having known my new working desk, I unpacked my stuff and settled down with the internet connection etc. Signed the Offer Letter and chatted a bit with my boss. First question from him, "Don't you feel that the job is rather boring, Chinese says wu liao??" I answered, "yeah kind of". hahaha.. Ya true cos I am doing the same thing over and over again every day. He told me it's mainly because we just settled down with the new place, so many things are yet to be done. More complicated and difficult tasks are yet to be done too! Hmmmm......

So today as usual I did the updates of customer leads, and finally have courage to call customers. Quite nervous though, and Tommy said my voice is too soft as an Indonesian. Mwahahahaha. He said Indonesians talk loudly and fast, but I talk so softly and slow. Hahaha. Alright, you don't know me yet hehehe.. Pino always complain that my voice is loud and make disgrace of him whenever we are out at public place. But I tend to talk in a much lower tone and of course politely to strangers, especially when they are my potential customers ya'know!!

Oh yeah, one fun thing for today. Al (my boss, Alastair. We call him Al, reminds me of Al for Alpino hahaha), was asking me & my colleague, Mahesh, to record our voice for the company's voicemail. Mahesh in English, and me in Bahasa Indonesia. We had lots of fun doing it!! Mahesh said listening to my voice feels like when he's calling to AirAsia or Garuda hotline. Hahahaha.

So that was today. Pretty fun at work. I can smell long weekend coming soon!!! Yayyy :D

Second Day

2009-11-24T23:57:00.001-08:00

I received a letter from StanChart. At first, I thought it was just a normal monthly statement. When I looked at it, I was quite shocked 'cos it was a reminder letter saying that I have an income tax liability due to be paid. I have no clue at all about this. I didn't even receive any letter in the first place, and out of sudden there's reminder. They didn't state the exact amount of tax payable, which I really wanted to know. The worst part is my money in StanChart has been reserved and they will forward the sum to IRAS if I don't settle by 1st December. No wonder my NETS was rejected the other day at Cold Storage.

It was about 8 pm when I read the letter, so I couldn't get to contact the tax officer as much as I wanted to. My curiosity is killing me!!! So I texted one of my friend who works at IRAS. She advised me to directly call to IRAS the following day. I called Mel as well. She told me the amount shouldn't be too high, perhaps about 100 or 200 bucks. Really worried and don't even know what's going on. Hmppfff :(

So early in the morning, I called to IRAS. Came to my shock, the amount is $997.05. I asked the officer if he can verbally tell me the breakdown and details of the amount. He said he can't do so as the system has some problems occured. So I asked him some general questions about the income tax 'cos I have quited my StanChart job since 8 months ago. He said because I worked for less than 6 month, the tax rate is based on foreigner rate, which is 15%. Ok, end of story.

When I was about planning to make the payment, I thought I should try to make another call with another tax officer. So this lady officer told me my total employment income is $6647. And 15% of that is $997.05. When I asked her how to derive $6647 from, she couldn't explain it to me. That amount is a big question mark to me, cos I have calculated and I simply couldn't get that amount. So the lady asked me to call to income clearance department for more details.

It's about 11am plus, and I have to meet Meilany for lunch at 11.30am and work at 12pm. Crap! TAXI was the first thing on my mind. I will take cab to work hehehe.. So I called to the clearance department, and this lady told me she couldn't verbally tell me the breakdown via phone, it can only be done by post-mail. She said she doesn't have my residential address in the system. Hmmm NO WONDER I didn't receive any letter previously. I was told that alternatively I can check the details using TaxPortal at IRAS website. It requires me to login using either SingPass or IRAS PIN which I don't have. So I requested for IRAS PIN, and the PIN will be sent to my address within 3-4 working days. Another crap!

Anyway, all I want is just to see the breakdown and make sure everything is charged accordingly before making the payment. I don't want to pay, at the end it's over-charged, and I have to write-in to demand for the refund. Really don't wish to have those kind of troubles. But I guess I have no other choice but to top-up my StanChart account (which apparently not sufficient), by this week or Monday I should get my IRAS PIN on hand, if everything is okay, on 1st December I'll let StanChart take the money and forward to IRAS. Sounds better to go this way. Honestly, I'm really shocked that they charge me so much. Huhhhh...!!!!

Well, I took cab to Tg.Pagar to meet Meilany for lunch and after that went to office. Boss was not around today. Set-up my laptop, checked emails, listened to Meilany do callings. I am still not confident enough to call, so I didn't make any. The whole afternoon was spent by doing LOTS of updates into the system, customer check list, sending emails to customers, etc. I am having neck-ache, man!!! Time passes real fast when working. Love it!

Went home, took a nap. My house is such a mess! Huh.. Met up with Pino for dinner. We had Ayam Penyet Ria.. Woo-hooooo!! It's been a while. Having tummy ache after that. Troublemaker: The Chilli.

FIRST DAY AT WORK

2009-11-23T21:08:00.000-08:00

Woo-hoo...!! My very first day at work. Woke up at 8am, had my hair washed, ironed my clothes, packed my bag and laptop. And there I go with an excited yet quite nervous feeling. Took MRT to Outram and changed to Tg.Pagar. I hate the pathway at Outram that connects purple line to green line. It's bloody far! And I have my laptop with me, and I'm wearing that bloody heels. Killing meee!!

Was quite worried that I might be late as I was told to reach at 10am. Reached M Hotel (yeah, the office is at the executive and office level at M Hotel). But we gonna move to our new office at Chinatown on Wednesday. Gonna work nearby Pino hehe.. Good lunch companion, huh? :D Okay, so I took the lift and only realized that the lift doesn't have Level 8 button. It's too late that it already went up. And hell, it kept going up even I have pressed "Go Down" button. Luckily when it reached 20+ floor, a cleaning service guy came in and asked me to go down to Lobby and take another lift service.

So finally met up with my Boss and the Account Manager. Nice fellas. My boss, Alastair, was kinda busy and he went off after talking to me for a while. The Account Manager, Tommy, is a Australian-Chinese. He set up my corporate e-mail account, gave me some briefing about Forex trading platform, how it works blah blah blah..

Meilany brought us Chicken Rice lunch. My tummy was growling terribly as I didn't have my breakfast, simply no time. Time wasted for make-up and hairdo hahaha.. :P Well, after lunch, I sat next to Meilany and listened to her doing some callings. Looks kinda easy task. Just a simple introduction and chit-chatting with the customers about his/her experience in Forex trading, telling the customers about our promotion, etc. Most importantly Indonesian's customers are ALL very very friendly, unlike......... ehemmmm.. Past experiences tell me the difference. "Not interested" hang up the call. "Never ever call me again!" I was stunned...... Yeah those happened during my previous employment.

I like the way how I don't have to be "pushy" and hard-selling. It's simply like chatting with a friend. If they are not interested, then we'll just send them e-mails. No follow-up like crazy, pushing them to buy our products etc. Although it's a mix of sales & customer support, there is target to hit, but it's more to customer service role. Haven't started to do the calling yet, perhaps tomorrow :)

Oh yesssss, while I was listening to Meilany calling the customer, the Account Manager fell asleep. HAHAHAHA. Meilany told me she's used to it. My boss is very busy with meetings, trainings and stuff, so he rarely at office. So the two seniors slack most of the time. Sometimes MIA, sometimes sleeping hahaha.. Yeah, I didn't see him doing anything after lunch. Simply browsing internet, MIA for a while, came back and SLEEP. Hahahaha. So funny!! ^_^

Weekend Food

2009-11-22T22:52:00.000-08:00

A courier came on Friday morning to deliver this to me. It's from UOB anyway. My banker called me the previous day asking me whether I like going to spa as she has spa voucher for me. I was thinking since it's free so why not! The voucher is valid till 31 December. It's for two person. So I'm still thinking who to ask along. Hmmm.. :D I am not a spa person, so not so excited. Perhaps I'll forget about it and at the end it'll be a waste.

In the afternoon, I went to Raffles Hospital to collect my medical result. It was about 3pm, so I thought that another window-shopping would be a good one 'cos I can't think of anything to do if I headed home straight away. Bought a Hush Puppies T-shirt. Quite nice with the bright pink colour and of course CHEAP :D

Didn't see anything else nice so I went down to Cold Storage as I already planned to whip up something for dinner. Thought of Mom's homemade mixed salad, I miss eating that. So I looked around to see whether the ingredients are all available. And most importantly the dressing. Yeah we make our own salad dressing.

The Ingredients

Rock melon, Sausage, Fries, Lettuce, Prawn

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I accidentally broke my Mom's teapot, kind of her favourite :(

Haven't told her about this yet.. Bleah!

The Cooked Ingredients

Own made dressing. Contains mayonnaise and pineapple jam. I had quite a hard time looking for the pineapple jam. They don't have it in pineapple alone, it's a mix of pineapple & mango. So it tastes quite weird as compare to Mom's. But not bad lah. Edible okayyy!!

Lynn's Salad

Looking good, isn't it?? hehe :)

I had Beef & Mushroom Spaghetti on Saturday night. As usual, Pino was the one who cooked the dish. Oh man, I miss Nel's Seafood Spaghetti!!! *droollllll*

That's how I spent my weekend. EAT EAT AND EAT hahahaha.. I don't why I'm having HUGE appetite these few days :( Must be due to the monthly thing coming soon. Urgghhh..

Oh yeah, I'll be starting work tomorrow. It's gonna be part time, till 1st December then I'll be in full time position. Sigh I don't know why. I got this weird feeling now. Still in dilemma whether this is the right one, am I going to like this job, whether this whether that blah blah blah.. Never ending worries, like always!! Worrying Queen hehehe.. Alright, gonna hit my bed now. No more late night sleep from now on, meaning I must wake up early now and then... sob sob @_@ Good nite, folks! :)

Mom's Visit

2009-11-20T11:33:00.000-08:00

Sushi Tei @Paragon.

It has moved to the other side. Awesomely bigger and posh!

Soft Shell Crab Sushi. Mom likes it so much.

Baby Octopus. Looks scary but very nice!!!

Our All Time Favourite and Must Have! UNADON <3

Agedashi Tofu. Another favourite.

Ebi Tempura. Not bad.

Mom came yesterday. She was here to accompany her friend to do medical check-up. I woke up quite early knowing that she's gonna take early ferry. At the end she reached home at about 11am plus. @_@ Should have slept for a while more hehehe..

First stop and the only stop was ION. Mom will be going to Jakarta end of this month to attend my cousin's wedding. So she's thinking of buying chocolates and stuff for my relatives there, as my mom's gonna stay for a couple of days at their house. She bought 7 boxes of alcohol-contained chocolate, and I snatched one hehe.. and 5 boxes of chocolate with almond, hazelnuts, etc. We bought Nougat as well. I love Nougat, man! Especially the soft one with Almond. I guess we spent about 30 mins in the shop before the decision was made. It's simply too confusing. So many varieties to choose and all looks nice and yummy.

After that, we walked to Paragon and had Sushi Tei for lunch. I am quite sure that everytime Mom came, we ALWAYS go to Sushi Tei. Simply because she's the one that enjoy Japanese food as much as I do. Other than Mom, Bro & Sister-in-law are also Jap food lover. So Sushi Tei is our favourite. But my dad doesn't like it haha..

As what you can see in the pictures, we ordered quite a lot. It's only two of us. I haven't taken my breakfast yet that time, so we ended up finishing all the food hehe.. Was worried that we ordered too much, but simply can't resist Jap Food. LOVE IT!

After lunch we went back home. It was raining heavily so Mom took a rest for a while. In the afternoon, I sent her to Harbour Front to meet her friend and they went back to Indonesia. It's still early so I headed to Vivocity for some window-shopping. Christmas is around the corner, I saw LOTS of interesting and pretty Christmas decorations. Arggghhh feel like decorating my house, man! Saw a white Christmas tree at Paragon, it's so beautiful. All the decorations are in black and white. So classy!!

Clothes are very tempting too!! Arggghhhh :( Always found eye-catching clothes, bags, shoes whenever I go into a store. But always walked out with an empty-hand :( BUT BUT BUT at the very last minute I bought a bag!!! hahaha.. Simple one and most importantly love at first sight!~ lalalala :) Met up with Pino for dinner and when he saw me carrying the shopping bag, he said "Bag againnn, Bag againnnn........" his face turned irritated. hahahaha.. ^_^

2012

2009-11-18T19:45:00.000-08:00

Went to watch 2012 with Mel yesterday @The Cathay. Finally I get to watch it! hehe.. Have been wanting to watch it since last week 'cos it seems a very nice movie, especially after reading some reviews saying it's a must watch movie. Supposedly to watch it with Pino, but the only time is after he knocks off and the cinemas would be crazily fully booked. Let alone on weekend! And he kept insisting to watch it when it's less crowded, which I think not so soon right? Can't help it but kiasu-ness already attacked me, so I asked Mel along since she also wanted it badly.

The movie is 2.5 hours long. We ended at around 8pm. 2012 is good, worth my money. My heart couldn't stop beating faster and faster as more and more disaster coming along. It's so thrilling that I couldn't stop shouting "SHITTT!!" all the way. The visual and sound effect are very real and two thumbs up for it! But kinda confused with the storyline, especially at the beginning. Is the real doomsday gonna be like that? SO SCARY!! I was still feeling fine when seeing earthquake, but when it came to the part of Tsunami, I really can't help it. I was frightened, very scared. Luckily some funny conversations help a bit. Overall, I think it's a well worth movie to watch :D

Well, I went to Raffles Hospital for medical check-up this morning. Waited for almost 1 hour. Blood test was kinda painful :( Had my lunch at Bugis Junction after that. Anyway, Mom is coming tomorrow. Yayyy! Thinking of bringing her to ION for lunch and jalan-jalan :)

Second Job??

2009-11-17T12:23:00.000-08:00

I got a job recommendation from Meilany the other day. She works part-time at this company. It is a Forex trading company, called eToro. Google-ed it the other time, looks like quite a well doing company. The main office is in British Virgin Island. So I sent my resume to the boss and he called me like within 1 hour? Hmm.. He sounds a nice guy in his thirties or forties. It was like a phone-interview. He asked me some questions regarding my previous employment with StanChart, my expectations etc. He briefly explained the job scope that I'll be doing if I join on board. For me, it's a mix of sales & customer service job. Kinda similar to my StanChart job. The only difference is I don't provide any financial advice. It's more to providing market information that would be sent via email to customer. They need person that can speak Indonesian, as I'll be contacting Indonesians customer, which I think it's a plus point for me. We have sales target to hit in order to get the commission. Target??? Okayyyy, let it be! I've learnt from my lesson, but because of that I'm stronger. I'm willing to give it a try.

However, when he talks about the MAIN thing, which is salary. It pushed me into hell, the salary offered is like WHAT??? SO LITTLE!! I was devastated, 'cos it really sucks to the max! He asked me to get some time to consider. I asked around, and most of my friends said the salary is too low for a degree holder. It was so so much lower than StanChart paid me last time. So on last Friday, I e-mailed the boss saying that I decided not to take up the offer as the salary is not that I'm expecting for.

Yesterday morning, as usual the first thing to do when I wake up is to turn on my laptop and check e-mails. Saw his reply saying that he's willing to increase it. And the amount is my minimum expectation. So I replied back to him asking some questions regarding the working hours, whether the salary is already included commission, my PR conversion etc.

It took me a day waiting for his reply. This morning finally I got his reply with the answers. Working hours is not an issue, it's a basic salary; not included commission yet. So I told him that I decided to take the offer. I have booked appointment for my PR formalities. I'll start work on 1st December. Meanwhile, I'll start as a part-timer next week, to get some ideas how the job is actually being carried out.

Called my mom to tell her about this, and when she knows about the salary, she said, "hahaha... so "much"???" Which she means the opposite. But I told her it's okay 'cos the job seems quite enjoyable and I really hate job hunting!!! I thought it'll be good to have my PR on hand, and the salary is not too bad. I really hope I will like this job 'cos I don't want to be on job hopping again and again. Wish me luck!

Going to catch 2012 with Mel later in the evening. Can't wait!! :D

BBQ PARTY

2009-11-16T12:20:00.000-08:00

Saturday

14 November 2009

Finally, my long waited BBQ party + gathering session :D

I booked the pit since last month, so it's like a long longgg waiting hehe..

Initially I was planning to have it in December,

but came to my surprise all the pits are fully booked till end of this year wew~

Few days before the event, I was googling for bbq food idea.

I found this website offering bbq packages,

and I thought it would be much more convenient and less troublesome.

I don't feel like doing grocery shopping 'cos it would be tiring and waste of time.

Although the main thing of bbq is the preparation, marinating and stuff,

but I think I just don't want to. Too troublesome!

MSN-ed with Mel the other day to discuss which packages

and what food to choose..

After some time of discussion we finally get it done.

Such a relief! :)

On the day itself, I and Pino went to Cold Storage to buy some food

'cos he thinks the food might not be enough for 12 pax.

So he suggested to make bacon wrapped enoki mushroom and sausage.

And we went home to wrap the bacon.

The bacon and mushroom is wrapped nicely by him.

And I did the easiestone, sausage sticks hehehe :p

The delivery guy came at 5pm.

ut the food was sooo little.. We didn't expect it to be in such a small portion.

At the end, I and Mel rushed to opposite hawker centre to buy more satay and otah.

Rushed until I was so exhausted :(

We started the bbq at about 6pm.

Came to my horror, it rained! :(

Weather has not been so friendly lately, I was praying hard that it won't be raining.

But it still was! :(

So we packed our food and brought back to my house.

We waited.... waited... waited.

Some were playing poker cards, some were chatting, computer gaming, watching tv.....

And finally it stopped raining after about 1 hour waiting.

We brought the food down to the bbq pit AGAIN -___-"

Chicken wings were nice, Love it!

Rest of the food are not so bad.

The leftovers were still okay, I was afraid that there will be lots of leftovers,

then I don't know how to clear them. I can't be possibly eating them everyday, right?

After the bbq, we went back to my house for the dessert, Mixed Fruits Salad.

So that was the day. Tired and exhausted.

Updates

2009-11-12T18:57:00.000-08:00

INDO <3

:::: UPDATES ::::

Pino's 25th Birthday

19 October 2009

We celebrated his birthday at Tampopo Japanese Restaurant @Liang Court.

I have previously and for countless times heard that there are many good Jap restaurants at Liang Court.

So we gave it a try, moreover he had been there with his colleagues before.

The ambience is pretty nice, it is quiet and its design is simple yet very Japanese!

I ordered Deluxe Ramen and his was Pork Katsu set.

I was thinking of having another ala carte side dish as we always do.

But he told me not to 'cos the food come in BIG portion.

And it's true! I was quite surprised seeing how big the portion was.

Luckily I didn't order side dish. The ramen was not bad, nothing to shout about.

But the beef was nice though. The soup base was damn damn salty!!!

I am a person who loves salty food. But this is way too much.

His pork katsu was nice though. The filling was thick and smells good.

They serve free flow rice and fresh cabbage too.

Overall, it was pretty good and the price is reasonable too!

Passed by TCC @Clarke Quay and I bought a chocolate cake and tiramisu.

I thought birthday without a birthday cake looks weird.

We went home and had the cake.

I wanted to sing "happy birthday" song to him, but

I WAS SO SHYYYY!!! hahahhaha..

That's how I spent his birthday.

Very simple and memorable?? Don't think so! wahahahha.. :)

I am now back in Singapore.

Job Hunting..... AGAINNNN!!!

Hate it!!!

Praying hard that I could get a job very very soon!!

INDO

2009-10-30T19:29:00.000-07:00

Hoho.. finally i am motivated to blog :D
I have access to internet, and I can surf on my laptop while lying on bed!!
woohoo..... love it so much!!
simply can't live without internet hehehhe..

So it has been a week in Indo..
I am doing great, no doubt!
Life has been pretty good with family around,
especially with the two brats, my nephew and niece.
My niece is sooooo talkative!!
She talks and sings a lot and very kay-poh.
Can't stand of her kay-poh-ness.

I wake up very early every morning, at 6.45AM.
Initially I dragged my lazy bones to wake up
just because I want to send my nephew off to school.
But slowly it becomes a habit to wake up that early.
So I send my nephew to school EVERY morning,
followed by breakfast with my brother & sister-in-law,
driving lesson, fetch my nephew from school,
go home, lunch, play with my niece for a while,
afternoon nap, play with my nephew & niece,
bath, dinner, jump onto my bed surfing internet, sleep at 8 or 9pm.
That's roughly how I spend my day over here.

Indo: three meals a day, not to mention snacking-high tea time.
SG: one meal. sometimes only bread for the whole day.
See the difference??
I am gaining weight!!! Argggghhhhhh...
GYM WHEN I AM BACK TO SG!!!!

Well, finally I have my driving lesson, still on going though.
First lesson was pretty fun.
After get to know with the driving instructor,
the very first thing came out from his mouth:
"let's go, you take the ride"
I stunned. I have no experience at all, man.
But I have to follow what the instructor said.
The very first lesson, I already drove to the main road, but less crowded.
The second lesson, to housing complex, less crowded too.
The third lesson, to the city!
I was very nervous 'cos there are lots of "ojek" in the city area.
And they don't follow traffic rule.
I was very very scared. But the instructor said," Don't worry, you have me!"
Hahahaha..
The instructor is kinda nice. But somehow talks too much, i can't concentrate!! hehe..
Overall, driving is so fun!!!
I still have 3 more lessons to go, gonna get my driving licence by Monday.
Can't wait for it!!!
The other day while having dinner with my family,
I asked who wants to be my first passenger.
NOBODY wants! hahahahaha..
whatever. -___-"

Hmm PN is now in Genting Highland, Malaysia
having company trip with his boss and colleagues.
Kinda miss him :(
hmmppfff......

Happy Birthday, PINO!

2009-10-19T23:49:00.000-07:00

Happy 25th Birthday, Baby!

Will be back to Indo tomorrow for approx. two weeks.
Update when I am back. Too tired as for now.
Take care folks :D

Days with girlfriends.....

2009-10-17T21:30:00.000-07:00

15 October 2009

I woke up quite early today
'cos of my annoying Nokia phone kept beeping
as it almost run out of battery.
So sickening 'cos I slept quite late the previous night;
exploring my iPhone wahahaha ;p

Mel came over at noon,
and we had lunch together near my place.
We had Laksa. I don't know why
I craved for it that day.
Selegie Soya Bean after the meal
Luv its grass jelly soya bean. :D

After lunch, Mel came over to my place,
supposedly to study. But I don't think she really did that hehehhe..
Continued doing PN's birthday card.
Started to feel bored and lazy doing all these shi*ts hahaha..

16 October 2009

I got a sms from Mel early in the morning.
It's in fact already 10 AM hehehhe..
"Wanna have lunch together? I'm so lazy to go back to face Si Gendut"
(wahahahaha... inside joke! LOL)
So I was awaken by the sms and couldn't get some more sleep.
I lazed on my bed for almost 1.5 hours,
as usual exploring my iPhone hehehehe :)

Met up with Mel & Win at Dhoby Xchange for lunch.
We had Just Acia haha..
I guess we took revenge on food that day.
Ate so much, especially me; Salmon Teriyaki + Chicken Wings hahaha..
I think we hang around there for almost 3 hours??
It was so so fun hanging out with them.
Chatted, laughed, eating ice cream.....
It's like we've almost forgotten that we are actually JOBLESS!!! hahahahaha..

Mel wanted to buy a belt at Dorothy Perkins,
so we went to the one at Plaza Sing.
At the end, I was the one who bought a belt LOL.
It's freaking cheap, SGD8.10
ION after that..
It's been a while since I stepped my foot in Orchard.
Saw some pretty clothes and accessories,
but the price wasn't that pretty.
Window shopping is not fun afterall :(

In the evening, Mel went off to meet her beloved hubby hehehe..
Win went home and I met up with PN.
We shopped around Wisma, Taka, and back to ION.
He was kinda in love with one jeans at Topshop.
He took the jeans on his hand and was about to go to fitting room,
he looked at me (means asking me to go along with him
and gives him some comments on his jeans)
As it was so crowded inside the store,
I told him "I wait you outside!!"
Then I walked off.
Suddenly he appeared in front of me with black face,
"Let's go lah...!"
I asked him why didn't he try the jeans.
SILENCE.......
wahahahahahahahahaha... Petty him!!
Ignored me some more.
I kept teasing on him till we went into Apple Store
looking for iPhone casing, then finally he talks.
hahahaha. What a cute Pinokio!!
That wrapped up my fun fun day.
Looking forward to have gathering with my girlfriends :D

Card Making..... Cooking day.....

2009-10-14T08:26:00.000-07:00

Boo-Hoo, no iPhone related today hehehe ;p
This afternoon,
I have nothing to do at home, as usual.
So I thought perhaps it would be good if
I can start thinking of how to make PN's birthday card.
I took out all the stuff I bought at Daiso yesterday,
and some colour art paper in my stationery shelf.
Hell, I just realised I have 3 nearly untouched art paper set,
but I always think of running out of them, thus buy again and again -___-"
Opened up the art paper I bought last night at Page One,
cos I was looking for Grey colour paper.
Only found out that the paper was wayyy too thin for a card cover, hmmpfff..
Luckily it came to my mind there's Popular Bookstore at opposite mall.
So quickly I grabbed my bag, without even a proper make-up hahaha..
there I go to Popular.

Managed to find glossy shiny kind of Grey colour paper.
It is perfect! :)
Had my lunch, did grocery shopping, bought 4D (not mine of course!),
then I went home.
I continued making the card, lots of ideas kept popping out on my mind.
Feel so so great hehehe..
The card cover was halfway done until I realised I gotta print some photos for the cover.
So turned on my printer, grabbed Canon Glossy Photo Paper,
which is a free gift when I bought my printer.
It took me 15 minutes to figure out how to load the photo paper into the printer!!!
This is the time when Manual Book is the best saviour for technology-handicapped me! bleah
So it was a different tray for normal A4 paper and Photo paper. NO WONDERRR~~~

But today wasn't my day.

First try
Did wrongly when setting up the photo size. It came out as one full page, whereas what I need was wallet size photo.
1 SHEET WASTED. FAIL!
Second try
This time I set as wallet size photo. Thought it's gonna be alright this time. Heck, it came out half printed. At the end, I know what's went wrong. For wallet size photo, I need 9 photos to be printed out altogether at one go.
2 SHEETS WASTED. FAIL! *I was frustrated*
Third try
So I managed to get 9 photos. Accidentally my double sided tape sticked on the photo paper. Quickly pulled it off, but sadly it left some sticky marks on the paper. I thought it was fine 'cos it wasn't that obvious. Finally, waiting the photos to be done. BUT again it came out half printed and the sticky marks became damn obvious. GRRRR!!
3 SHEETS WASTED. FAIL! *Very very frustrated*

I haven't given up yet,
I was just being angry with myself by wasting three sheets of photo paper.
So I thought of trying it again. BUT BUT BUT no more paper left. What the hell?!!??
It only has three papers inside. No wonder it's a free gift.
I am expecting at least 10 sheets mahhh..
This time round I nearly cried my lungs out.
Why so unlucky???

Luckily (hmm I don't think it's called lucky at all) I remembered there's one Fujifilm shop at the mall.
The best of having it done is to print them at the shop.
So AGAIN I dragged my lazy bones to the opposite mall for the second time.
It's not even really near, 10 minutes walk hahahaha (OKAY, I am super lazy, whatever ;p)
I brought my thumb drive there and finally it is done!!
Cost me SGD4 for 8 photos.
SGD4 to cover my headache, frustration,
half damaged+unfriendly+sickening printer.
Worth my cents. ABSOLUTELY!

Went back home, pardon me of being a bit hyperbole,
my bones were almost cracked into pieces! perspiring like mad!
When I got home, it's almost 5pm.
Again, continuing on my work while watching tee-vee.
Slowly but surely my card seems becoming more and more eye-catching :D
I found this idea from one of the website I googled the other day.
Please feel free to say I am not creative, copy cat. I feel good in that way hahaha..
'cos all along..... first of all I am not a creative person,
Secondly, it's like money drop from the sky that me myself making a birthday card haha..
'cos I am not those kind of girlish girl, who can make handicraft, cards, wrap gifts, etc.
I totally suck in those!!
So I REALLY wonder why now I want to do a handmade birthday card.
It must have been SPELL hahaha.. ooopss LOVE i mean :)

I just think that handmade stuff may probably create more caring and thoughtful side of me hehehe..
And as I can reckon, I did a handmade card few years back,
I can't remember exactly what occassion was that, looks like it's for anniversary.
In the card, I promised him to make another card next time if we really could go thru that long.
So my main idea of making this card is hopefully
it could flash back all our past memories, be it good or bad times,
that we have gone thru so much, birthdays, anniversaries, valentine's,
not to forget quarreling times too!! geez ;p
Therefore, I will do my very best to make a simple yet memorable card for him :D
I'll post the cards' making and final result after I handed it to him *excited*

Till now, the card is not completed yet.
I just finished doing its cover only.
The contents will be even more to think of,
hopefully my brain works well tomorrow. I need more ideas.
Beside that, I stopped making the card as I gotta prepare dinner.
Was craving for white radish soup, so I decided to cook one.

Simple yet nice

$12 only. LOVE IT!!

CUTE Froggie Keychain from Daiso

Rainy days....

2009-10-13T14:49:00.000-07:00

Why it has to be rain whenever I am done with my laundry??
The sun was shining brightly this noon,
so I took out my laundry bag and did my clothes-washing.
And suddenly looks like it's going to rain now.
So irritating!! HMMPPFFF :(

I had a very very good sleep last night.
Slept for 10 hours straight haha :D
I feel that I'm getting lazier and lazier nowadays.
I gotta find a job!!

Anyway, I am going out later.
I'm thinking of making handmade birthday card for PN's birthday.
(He doesn't read my blog, so it's alright to say this hehe..)
It's gonna be something simple yet thoughtful.
Still googling for some ideas :)

iPhone (4)

2009-10-12T19:25:00.000-07:00

Hehe.. yeah the title is still about iPhone.
like duhhhh.... ;p
My iPhone is still nude and plain,
no music has been installed 'cos I don't know how to muahahaha
But eitss PN also doesn't know as well,
so I am not THAT stupid ookayyy....
We'll find one fine day to figure it out.

I have installed some softwares,
like some silly games, facebook, twitter, finance news, etc.
I LOVE its Application Stores so much!
Lots of things to install.
There is this application called SG Buses.
It is damn cool, it shows all the bus services in SG,
and it also shows when will be the next bus coming.
Next time I'll just need one click away to look for buses.
I find it's very convenient, especially for me who is a direction idiot.
Yay.. iPhone is good :)

BUT.....
its bluetooth sucks.
its battery sucks.
It says that files, docs, photos can only be transferred between iPhone, not other phones.
It's not friendly at all.
Nokia bluetooth is able to detect and share files with any type of phones. BOO-HOO!
But the truth is I can't send photos to PN, who's using iPhone as well.
My bluetooth couldn't detect his phone. Why that so? Ask Steve Jobs, please :)
My complaint goes to the battery as well.
We were told by Singtel staff that the most common problem with iPhone is its battery.
And yeah, it's proven.
I experienced it, PN and Nel too.
Okay whatever, I'm still loving my iPhone to the max :D
No regrets at all.

Hmm there is a job interview on Wednesday.
It's a referral from my high school friend,
as a Accounts Assistant.
We'll see how it goes :)

Last night I got a call from Mom.

She told me that her high school's friend has passed away.

She is a Pastor's wife.

I was quite shocked.

I remembered that I visited her a few weeks ago at Gleneagles Hospital.

She was suffering from cervical cancer.

And later on we were told that she went for kidney dialysis as well,

because her kidney has been infected by the virus.

And water had slowly gone into her lungs.

So we guess her cancer was already at terminal stadium.

That time, Mom already told me that perhaps she's not going to make it.

And yeah she passed away on last Saturday.

Heard that his husband has spent about Rp. 1.5M. (Not juta, but M)

Life is really unpredictable and fragile. Sigh....

But I believe she's in a better place right now.

May God bless her and her family.

Alright, gotta meet PN for dinner.
Ciaooo ^^

Some random pictures taken by my new phone:

My Bedroom

The view from my bedroom

PN with his unseen iPhone

Night view of swimming pool

iPhone (3)

2009-10-09T00:33:00.000-07:00

FINALLY.......

I got my white iPhone 3GS on hand!!!

*BIG BIG SMILE*

It's like finallyyyy after so many doubts here and there.

We waited for almost 3 hours, just to get this apple phone.

Nel also bought one at Bugis outlet, within 30 minutes.

We should have gone to the one at Bugis. Haiz.

But we still stick to the one at Compass Point as we already made reservation.

After gotten the Q number,

there were still about 20 numbers before us.

So we waited... waited... and waited.

New crowd keeps coming and adding up the Q.

When finally came our turn,

we were told that we are allowed to sign two separate lines under one IC.

HOWEVER, we can't take the same package.

So at the end, I took iFlexi Lite $39/month, taking iPhone 16GB.

And also bought the AppleCare.

Total damage: SGD637.10 *bleahhh*

a very big hole on my wallet.

PN took iFlexi Value (initially both of us wanted to sign for this package, 'cos the outgoing calls and local data are doubled), but too bad....

It is $56/month but the iPhone only costs $288.

See the difference!

So I told PN, if this is the case, we can't make it as our birthday gifts,

'cos the value is not the same hahahaha..

Anyway, the iPhone is still in charging.

I am so excited to explore it tomorrow.

Hopefully I am gonna love it more and more :)

***sleep mode***

iPhone (2)

2009-10-08T11:51:00.000-07:00

08 October 2009
09.32 AM

calling 1626.......

Cust. Svc : Hello, good morning. How can I assist you?
Lynn : Hi, I want to check with you yeah..
Cust. Svc : Hmm..
Lynn : I'm planning to buy iPhone, which will be under my friend's name. Can we sign up two separate lines but under one person name?
Cust. Svc : No, mam. One person is only eligible for one iPhone.
Lynn : (*stressed*) Huh? But I was told by your staff at Compass Point that we are allowed to do so.
Cust. Svc : Yeah, you can sign up for 2 lines, but you can only get one iPhone and the other one will be a normal phone.
Lynn : (*even more stressed*) Hmmmmm.. I see. Alright, thank you.
Cust. Svc : You are welcome.

hung up the phone.... stunned for a few seconds.
How can it be????
I have triple-checked with the staff last night, and she said we can.
And now the hotline customer officer told me a NO.
Wonder why Singtel is sooooo weird.

#1 From Melly

What Mel told me:
Her friend who gotten her iPhone @ West Mall yesterday told her that there is promotional rate for people who sign two lines at one go. 20% of the monthly plan.

What Compass Point staff told me:
No.

#2 From Nelly

A few weeks ago, Nel was planning to get mobile broadband.
So she went to both Bugis and Taka singtel shops.
Each outlets were telling her different things.
And they got different promotions.
How come so weird??
Huhhhh..

Haiz, it's only an iPhone.
yet so TROUBLESOME!!!
p/s: I am not eligible to sign up as I don't have qualified pass.

iPhone (1)

2009-10-07T22:46:00.000-07:00

Dad and Mom are back!! safely :)
Woke up at 6am after receiving Mom's call,
asking me to go downstairs to help them carry their things.
I was stunned to see their stuff.
It's still fresh on my mind,
when I sent them off to the airport last week,
there were only 2 luggages.
But they are back with one new biggg luggage,
three handbags, and dunno how many big plastic bags.
They said the trip was fun but very tiring.
They took the whole day resting at home hehe..

So as planned, I met PN after his work.
We are so confused on which outlet to go to.
Those in central must be very packed.
'Cos Mel told me that her friend queued since 7am,
and only gotten the phone at 12pm.
So we thought somewhere ulu may be a good idea.
We went to Singtel shop at Compass Point (Sengkang).
We didn't see much crowd when we arrived.
It's like only 20+ people in front of us.
When finally it's our turn to get the queue number,
we were told that the white one is out of stock.
I have no preference on which colour to choose from,
so I said OK.

Our Q number was 1329.
And guess what, the current number at that time was 1205.
Hundred more numbers?????
So I asked one of the promoter whether I can sign up the line today,
but I'll get the white one at another outlet tomorrow or so.
He said cannot. But he told us that we can make a reservation,
when the new batch come, they will contact us.
(next batch is coming next week, as per what he said).
I kept asking him again and again, "Is it confirmed that we'll get the phone by then??"
And he said yes.
BUT...... by then we need to Q again.
"The Q-ing is unavoidable......", he said. hahahaha.
I thought it's already reserved, so we can get it anytime without Q-ing again.
Haizzzz.. But at least it's already confirmed, so yeah......
I can't wait to have the phone, man!!
iPhone is just so so COOL.. But errrr I think it's a bit too high tech for me hahaha :)

House Moving

2009-10-05T23:45:00.000-07:00

Finally, moved in to my new place on Saturday.
exactly on Mid-Autumn Day.
Came to my surprise, either at my old house or new house
there were quite number of groups doing house move-in as well.
My mover came in at 10am and it took 2.5 hours for all to be done.
Luckily there were 4 workers helping out.
and thanks to Kelvin (my dad's friend who is a taxi driver);
who helped the moving as well as
cabbied us from Eunos to Kovan, Kovan to Eunos.
Last but not least, to PN;
who ALWAYS there to help me when it comes to house moving.
Thanks baby!
It has been the third time.
Hume Park-Clementi :: Clementi-Eunos ::: Eunos-Kovan
Yes, I've been moving house all alonggggg.
and I hate moving house cos it's so tiring!!
But there will always nice people around to help me out :)

Anyway, unpacking is still on.
I am just SO SO SO lazy to unpack!!
I still have about 4-5 boxes to be cleared, but
why it seems like my room is running out of space??
Urggghhh.. :( *headache*
I hope my room won't be overpacked,
I want a neat & cosy room!!!
Hell, think I need to cut down on shopping.... for temporarily :p
So to conclude, I'm still trying to adapt with new environment.
First time staying at such a high floor (on 11th floor by the way),
makes me feel quite excited when it comes to night time :)
and maybe due to the Phillipines' Typhoon Parma,
last night was freaking windyyyyy!!!
And today weather is nice too.
How I wish I could get this kind of weather every now and then :D

Ooops, I miscalculated dad & mom's arrival.
I thought they are gonna be back at 5am later.
Gave mom a call just now, and found out
it is 5am on the 7th.
Hmmpfff.

Oh yeahhhh, one thing.
I wanna buy iPhone 3GS.
I was chatting with PN the other day,
He's so into iPhone, and still waiting for the new stock to be in.
Then I asked him (of course as a joke):
"How about iPhone as your birthday gift?"
(his birthday is in 2 weeks time).
As usual, his classic answer: "Siao!!" (saying me crazy).
While laughing, he suddenly asked me:
"Eh, I haven't bought you a birthday gift, have I?"
(MY BIRTHDAY WAS IN JULY, HELLLLOOOOO?!!??)
I was just too lazy to respond to him,
'cos I already lost my interest asking him for the gift.
But again, crazy thought came...
"How about you buy me an iPhone, and I buy you one too?"
Sounds stupid, yeah? It's not counted as a gift then.
But who cares. As long as we do need it and will use it.
So we found out the new stock will arrive on 7th October.
We plan to get ourselves one :D
White for me, Black for him.
Huhuhu.. can't wait to have iPhone on hand :)

Lastly, presenting my new house:

Kovan Melody

The Pool View
(my unit is facing landed property)

The Pool - Night View

It spells L.O.V.E

2009-10-02T09:33:00.000-07:00

It is our 3 year 8 months anniversary :)
It took some time to see that this was true.
I need no space for rambling or release.
Love me well, for I am completely yours.
The way is clear, I have no other doors.

Last 2 Days

2009-10-01T23:02:00.000-07:00

Yayyy, first post in October!!!
I had butter bread for brunch today.
Had another sausage bread in the afternoon.
I have one more cheese bread, for my dinner supposedly.
But this stomach became not obedient enough
after watching some food programme online in the afternoon.
Really can't take the temptation. I NEED TO EAAATTTT!!! *bleah*
So after much consideration,
I had KFC for my dinner.....
Love-hate relationship with KFC delivery.
Love, because once in a while I really miss eating kfc, for unknown reason.
Hate, because the minimum order has to be SGD12.
It's already enough for two persons portion.
So I have no choice;
I am too lazy going out to buy dinner
Unable to cook as all the utensils are already packed into boxes.
Ordered my usual ; 3 pieces meal & Popcorn chicken.
Yesss it's wayyyy too much for one person. -__-"
But that's the only choice to reach the mininum order.
As usual, the food are wasted. I just can't finish them.

So the last 2 days.
Tomorrow will be the final packing.
Final laundry to go as well.
I love my current washing machine.
It's BIG, so I can wash tons of clothes at one go.
Like 1 week clothes?? yes.
But the one at the new place is such a miserable.
It's miserably small :(
I think I gotta wash my clothes every 3 days or so.
And I HATEEEE the laundry hanger to the max!!

It looks something like this:

For me, it's too complicated using it.
Maybe it's me. too suaku.
You need to pull the hanger down (which is freaking heavy)
then you gotta pull it out of the window (not as easy as you can imagine).
But it seems like there's no direct sunshine into my laundry area.
So why bother??
I prefer to hang my laundry at the balcony.

Randomly speaking,
I really miss being home!!
Miss my nephew & niece.
Miss the seafood.
Miss everything back at home.
HMMPPHHFFFF :(

Alright, gotta save some energy for tomorrow.
Till next time :D

what a day

2009-10-01T01:33:00.000-07:00

This was how I spent my today:
whole morning : laundry, ironing, watching tv
whole afternoon : watching movie online (no afternoon nap, i am surprised!)

That was the day. Lucky enough, I was able to breath fresher air in the evening.
Met up with PN after he knocked off, we went to Starhub @Plaza Sing.
I did transfer of ownership and change of address for my broadband.
It takes about 3-5 working days for the transfer to be completed.
which means by the time I move into my new place (this coming saturday),
there might be a possibility I'll be internet-less. PUFFFFF!!! :*(
Guess I'll call the customer service to proceed faster.

Had our dinner at Just Acia @Dhoby Ghaut Xchange.
We quite like this dining place, so we patronize it quite often.
They serve all my favourite cuisines; Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.
And one thing; they come in big portion. So very worth it!
Had my usual; Salmon Teriyaki and Fried Chicken Wings Set Meal.
Actually, the meal comes with Fried Chicken Karaage instead of chicken wings.
But I NEVER FAIL to request to change it to chicken wings.
That's simply because I LOVEEEE ITS CHICKEN WINGS!!!
It's really really good. My most favourite chicken wings besides IKEA's.
And importantly, they serve free flow drinks and ice creams.
Ice creams are good too! Love its Yam and Coffee flavour.
Spent about SGD17 per person.

Finally, get through Mom's mobile.
And she only picked the call up at 10.30pm.
I called her this morning and afternoon,
but nobody answered (perhaps mom didn't know).
They bought a new China sim card.
Later found out that it can't be used for international calls.
Asked the hotel receptionist to call to Singapore,
but don't know why it can't be connected.
So Mom said they just got back to hotel room.
Very tiring yet very fun, she said.
Glad that you guys enjoy the trip :)
Will call them every night to check,
to make sure everything is alright over there.

It's already midnight.

Ooopsss, already month of October, to be exact.

Time flies sooooo fast!! It's already the last quarter of 2009.

It's gonna be year end soon. Christmas again, New Year Eve again, NY again, CNY againnnn???

That's freaking FAST!!! >>..-__-..<<
I still can't get some sleep, too worry perhaps?
Yeah, started to worry what should I do tomorrow hahaha :D
Thinking of going out shopping, wanna go DAISO!!! :*)

DAISO, because I'm thinking of making something handmade.

Bet I will find something interesting and cheap at there hehe..
But hmm kinda lazy, though.
Let's see my mood tomorrow~
Good night people.....

::xoxo::

Dad & Mom to Shanghai

2009-09-29T00:48:00.000-07:00

Just sent dad & mom off to Changi Airport. They are going to Shanghai for 8 days mid-autumn tour package holiday. Wanted to go along initially, but I am very sure the group will be majorily consisting of not-so-young folks hehe.. And I was correct! We went for the tour orientation last week, and I didn't see any youngsters there. Luckily I didn't tag along. But I would love to visit China someday, to Beijing or Shanghai perhaps. I'm glad that dad & mom has already found their tour-mates. We met this couple during the orientation, coincidentally in the same group with my parents. The auntie is very friendly, kept talking with us, told us what to and what not to bring to China, etc. And just now at the airport, we saw her walking towards us and chatted with us. Very friendly :D Hope they gonna have a wonderful trip :)

I am back at home, ALONE. Don't know what should I do now. Packing is almost completed, left with several things till final moving. Just gotten my tons of laundry done. Gonna meet up with PN over dinner tonight. Blog again soon! Take care people. :)

untitled

2009-09-28T22:51:00.000-07:00

..... "If he can't handle you at your worst, then he does not deserve you at your best".

Really love this quote so much, especially when it shouts my current feeling out. Yeah, things happened these few days. I once said that one thing very weird about us is we ALWAYS quarrel when it comes to our monthly anniversary. I just can't figure out why. For countless times it happened, me now already learnt to let it be - not to care - not to think. Maybe we are so destined to quarrel once in a month. So let it be! Seriously, I don't want to be bothered so much over this kind of thing anymore. Let it be... Let it be!!

Went to Chinatown for dinner with dad & mom just now. Thought of bringing them to see lantern at there. Nothing much actually, lots of shops are closed, foods are terrible, lesser crowd. Dissapointed, very dissapointed when we spent $20 cab fare getting there. Dad & Mom will be going to Shanghai tomorrow. Have a good holiday! :D

Dimsum Lunch with Mom

2009-09-24T23:14:00.000-07:00

Started our day as usual, packing packing and packing.

It's 95% done. And 20 cartoon boxes are only left with three untouched.

Let alone zillions plastic bags, small boxes and luggages.

Hate house moving, man!!

It's like you have to pack all your things and later on you gotta unpack all these shits again.

Especially when the new house is much much smaller than the one we currently staying.

I don't know how am I going to pack my stuff in my little tiny room.

My new bedroom is much smaller than the current one, I think there's no walking space at all.

Guess at the end after moving in, my bedroom gonna look like a store room.

But I really love the condo facilities. Biggg swimming pool, forest concept jacuzzi, steam bath, and others common facilities.

And the neighbours are all good & friendly. Talked to them a couple of times, and they are nice people :) Love the neighbourhood as well, it is so heartland hehehe..

It's so damn convenient when the MRT station is just about 10 steps away from the condo's guard house. Gotta familiriaze myself with new surroundings becos that area is completely a stranger for me.

My bro is coming in November for English & Mandarin course.

Guess I'll be his maid this time round :(

Okay, back to the topic. Dad is feeling unwell due to lack of sleep. So he stayed at home, resting.

I and Mom were craving for Dimsum, so we went to the one @ Geylang called "Wan Dou Sek a.k.a. 126".Ordered quite a lot but it was fulfilling :D

I LOVE THE CHEE CHEONG FUN!!! The best I ever had. I can have 2 portions at one go.

Really really nice. The rest taste like typical dimsum. But they have wide dimsum varieties to choose.

Too many till we feel like trying each of them.

Alright, gotta get up early tomorrow. Till next time.

xoxo

::: Me :::

::: Mom with her Lime Juice :::

::: CHEE CHEONG FUN!!! :::

::: Our Orders :::

::: Yummy Char Siew Pao :::

::: My Sugarcane :::

::: Fried Oyster Ball :::

::: Look at the Oyster!!! :::

::: Fried Oyster Cake :::

Singapore Flyer

2009-09-21T23:47:00.000-07:00

Lunch at Tampines Mall with my parents yesterday. Finally, get to eat a decent Indonesian meal, Empal Penyet RIA :D Really love it! Mom had her favourite, Japanese food. The tempura was nice too. My mom's new crush; Oreo Mc.Flurry. She loves it so much that she had it for 2 consecutive days haha..

Dad & Mom went home and I headed to Bishan to meet Pino. His parents, oldest sister, brother in law and nephew are here too. Visited them and brought them Mooncake. Quite confused while choosing what mooncake to buy. Too many choices @_@. We went to Singapore Flyer in the evening. His third sis gotten 6 promotion tickets for $18 only. It was my very first time to Singapore Flyer. When we hopped in the capsule, I was quite scared cos of the height. I don't know why, I reckon I don't have any height phobia. But this time I don't know why my heart beats faster than usual. Slowly the capsule started to move. And it moves soooo SLOW that I thought it's stopped. We were busy looking for the best spot to take pictures. Hate that I didn't bring my camera along. :( There were about 20+ people inside the capsule, and the most sickening thing is half way thru, there's somebody farted!!!! Grrrrr!! I almost couldn't breathe, man!! I can't feel the aircon as it was packed by so many people. Okay, so overall I don't think the usual entrance fee $29.90 is worth it for 30 minutes ride. That's probably my last time going there, unless they cut down the price hehe :D

His nephew is so cute and BRAVE!! He's not scared of height at all, kept standing near the window while his hands holding a handphone.... (anyhow) clicking on the camera, took zillion picturessss haha.. When we were about to reach the station again, we took a group photo. Suddenly his nephew shouted: " Jangan foto lagi, udah mo turun!" (Don't take pictures anymore, we are going to get out soon!" Hahahaha. After the ride, we sent Pino's brother in law off to Harbour Front, he needs to start work tomorrow. Dinner at Vivocity and brought supper for Dad & Mom. Arrived home safely & TIREDLY!! These are some of the pictures I took using my infamous handphone's camera. Dislike the quality!!

*** F1 Track ***

*** Me inside the capsule ***

*** Lil Andrew with his phone***

*** The View ***

Dad & Mom visit

2009-09-19T21:38:00.000-07:00

Dad and Mom are here!! Yay :) We went to IKEA Tampines for lunch with Pino & Kevin coming along too. It was so crowded, as usual. Hate-love relationship with IKEA. I'm getting sick of its meatballs & chicken wings as I had them for 2 consecutive weeks. After lunch, we went around and bought some stuffs for our new place. Went back to new house, and Pino helped us to assembly some shelves. In the afternoon, Pino went off for soccer.

Comex @ Suntec

2009-09-11T02:44:00.000-07:00

Just bought this Canon Pixma MP628 All-in-one Printer at Comex today. Quite a good bargain, save about $60 as compared to usual price. I don't really like the colour combination, prefer it's all in black. But I love its screen at the centre, thou. And this is the cheapest I can get for an all-in-one wireless printer. I wonder is it only me, or other girls got the same thing too. I tend to buy things because of its look, design, colour, every physical thing that attracts. Its functions, features, specifications come later. I don't really care how fast the print speed is, the picture resolution, etc etc. It goes the same way too for handphones, cameras, and laptops. I don't care how many GB is the hard drive, the processor bla bla bla.. I buy because of what I physically see. Hahaha. Forgive me for saying this, to be honest this is my first printer ever. Hahahaha, very suaku indeed!!

Oh yes talking about Comex, I hate being sandwiched and pushed around by other people. And also being stepped on my foot!! Very irritating. I felt a bit giddy after a while because I just can't stand the crowdness. I kept telling PN to faster buy whatever we have interest on and quickly do ourselves a favor by dissapearing from that crazy place. If it's not because I need a printer, I guess I won't be going to that kind of place.

I love DAISO!!! Everytime I go to Plaza Sing, I always drop by and will spend at least 30 mins at the store. Some of their things are really unique and hell cheap. I'll be spending a night at my new house tomorrow as IKEA guys are coming to deliver the furnitures on Saturday morning. No internet access :( Luckily I got TV! It's almost 3am now, good night all. Till next time :D

Checklist done

2009-09-10T02:13:00.000-07:00

Finally it's done!!! Phewww, feel so much relieved. It was actually last minute decision because I called them this afternoon, and I was told that the items I'm looking for are already available. However they came in low quantity, so it would be better if I can go down and purchase a.s.a.p. So me who is rather kiasu than have to wait for the next shipment, decided to go down in the evening. Gave PN a call, asking him to join me after work. So AGAIN 6 hours spent to locate and collect all the items. And this time we were there till IKEA is closed for the day. I guess we are the last customers hehe.. Luckily the staffs at Delivery Division are helpful enough to wait for us. Had our very late dinner at Mc.Donald's. We finished our dinner at about 12.30am, whereby at this kind of hour PN's already asleep. I CAN'T THANK HIM ENOUGH FOR THE HELP. Imagine those items are freaking heavy and 3 big trolleys altogether. I don't think I'm able to carry and pull the trolleys by myself alone. Thank you, baby!

insomnia attack

2009-09-09T03:01:00.000-07:00

It's now 3 am. I am having insomnia attack again. I really wanted

to get some sleep, but I just couldn't get sleepy enough to do so. The feeling is terrible! :(

09.09.09

ikea madness

2009-09-08T01:04:00.000-07:00

Introducing my latest hang out place :) Had been there for 2 consecutive weekends. IKEA Tampines ain't enough, so we went to the one at Alexandra as well last week. It has been tiring weekends. Two weeks ago, we spent 7 hours at Ikea Tampines, which is from 3-10pm. I'm shocked realizing that I've stucked in there for such a long hours haha. Last Saturday, again we were there for 6 hours. This time round I have decided to buy the furnitures, dragged the trolley around with lots of things inside, but what irritated me is we were told that some of the items are out of stock, and they are coming in this Friday. So we left the trolley, and decided to come back again on Friday so that we can have the items delivered at one go. I was very irritated, because we have spent so much time but nothing bought at the end. Only left two of us with aching back and tired mind. Grrrrrr!!!

But I'm really glad that I have PN to help me out, from helping me to design my bedroom, drawing out the design, choosing the furniture, countless time going over to my new place to make sure everything is ok. Guess his weekends are already spoiled doing my things haha.. He complained, of course! as a joke :) Thou we did have some arguments the other day at Ikea due to different ideas, I thank him for helping me so much eventhough these all have nothing to do with him. Thinking of him who needs to be at work at 9am the following Monday, while he always reach home at midnight. Sometimes I find it's funny and I can only secretly blame myself, because I always tell him that I can't feel that he loves me enough because he DOESN'T talk and do romantic things, he DOESN'T know how to please a girl, yada yada yada.. But I realised that love may not always be shown through words only, but some little things he did. It's only me who don't feel it. But everytime I reckon what have he done, I know he cares. Anyway, I shall stop here before I'm becoming more and more mushy :)

Unexpressed shopping mood :(

2009-09-04T23:56:00.000-07:00

Went to Orchard yesterday to meet up with PN's second sister. She's in town with the mother as well. Was supposed to meet her at Paragon, gave her a call when I reached. "I'm at Tangs, there's Michael Learns to Rock here!!", she sounded quite excited haha.. Okay, so I happened to see MLTR's singing live, and it was so crowded. Forgot to bring my camera along, hmmpffhhh.. We went to ION to shop around 'cos his sister has never been there. Honestly, I really wanted to buy something, but I know I should not. Fall in love with FOX sweater cardigan, very Korean style :) I guess I still can't get over Boys Over Flowers yet hehe.. Oh yes, there's one scene whereby they eat Korean Ramen, and it looks so damn yummy. So an idiot me actually went to buy Korean Instant Ramen and cooked at home while watching. And I told Nel about this stupid thing and she said, "I did the same thing as well!!" MUAHAHAHAHAHA!! Another crazy fella haha :) But seriously it's so tempting.

Back to the topic, went around ION while waiting PN and his mom to come. We went to Vivocity for dinner. We had a tough time waiting for cab to go back. No cabs at all even on-call. Anyway, his sister is a big shopper, bought lots of things. She's a nice person, very friendly :D

p/s: I haven't had my CRAB yet!!! DEVASTATING!!!!

43 Months

2009-09-02T10:15:00.000-07:00

It is our 43 Months together. There's one thing I'm really wondering why. We would always quarrel over a small thing during our monthly anni. That's very very strange!!! But anyway, it has been quite a while, hopefully it goes well in the long run :)

Crab Crab Crab

2009-08-26T09:34:00.000-07:00

I got a pair of Golden Village's movie voucher couriered to my place the other day. How I wish it was a pair of Gold Class voucher haha :) But anyway it's not too bad because I am thinking to catch some movies like UP, District 9, The Proposal. Guess I am going to watch District 9 first, heard so many good reviews about this movie.

Okay, due to late night sleeps nowadays, I just renewed my MoBTV yesterday. And last night I watched a food programme. C R A B S!!!! Waaahhhh I drooled all over my body hahaha.. I really miss eating crabs, especially butter crab. So I plan to go to the one at AMK this coming weekend, heard they serve very nice butter crab. But hell, don't think PN would agree right away, must think of something to persuade him ^o^ He promised me a butter crab treat as his first salary drawn. One month.... Two months.... nothing happened!! hahahaha. Ok la, his credit card bill exploded scarily for the past few months, and then he was sick for a few weeks. But now??? Should be a good time already, right? hehe :)

Burning Sensation

2009-08-25T12:59:00.000-07:00

Life has been really boring this month. Job hunting has stopped for quite some time due to something on next month. After having done with all the stuff, I'm PLANNING to go back to Indo to get my driving license. And after that PLAN to convert into S'pore driving license. My parents keep asking me to get it done asap so that I could drive them around instead of queueing for long taxis, taking bus & mrt which takes forever. Hmm I guess getting a driving license was one of my new year resolution since 1234567 years ago haha.. But I'll make sure it happens this time :)

Oh yes, there's something I MUST share with you guys. Last Saturday, we had this mini DMS gathering at Sunset Grill & Pub. It is located at Singapore Flying Club @Seletar. The place is damn ulu. Uluest place I've ever seen. It looks like an abandoned place with old houses surrounding. Scary indeed especially during 7th Month like this. But came to my surprise, the restaurant is fully packed. I wonder how these people get to know this place. If I were to drive to there, I'll lost my way definitely. Okay so there were 8 of us; me, Melly, Ray, Wilson, Handi, Pino, Irene and Ashton. It has been quite some time since the last time we met. Guess it was on Mel's solemnisation, hmm October last year?? That's very long. Chit chatted while we were waiting for our food. It took us 1 hour for the food to come!! I was damn hungry at that time, and the first to come was Buffalo Wings.

The restaurant is famous for its Buffalo Wings; spicy chicken wings. Mel told me they have spiciness level from level 1-30. She has tried till level 7, so that night they wanna jump to level 10. Irene, Ashton and Handi's table ordered level 5. Finally, the wings came. Due to the dark lighting, I couldn't really see how the chicken wings look like. But it looks yummy, no difference with normal wings. "Are you sure this is level 5??", said Irene. I was like "Shit, how "spicy" is spicy??". So I took my fork, grabbed some sauce from level 10, and licked it.......... SHITTTT!! I can feel BURNING SENSATION on my throat. It's super spicy. I didn't expect it to be that seriously spicy. So I thought level 5 would be ok, so I took my fork again, this time not only the sauce, but I grabbed the whole wing, cut a bit and put into my mouth. SHIITTTTT!! It's still freaking spicy although not as spicy as the previous one. My throat is about to explode. Tears dropped cos I really can't stand it. Handi also non-stop complaining, saw he's sweating all over his neck and forehead. hahahaha.

But I really take my hats off to Ray, Mel and Wilson. They finished up all level 10's wings. They did sweat, but they didn't complain as much as the rest did haha.. Wilson was sweating like mad, man!!! I can see his sweat drops from his chin, his face turns red but he didn't say anything. Ray is the toughest guy on earth!! He keeps eating without a single word comes out from his mouth. IRONMAN!!! Guess if there's next time, I'll start off with level 1. :) I remember about 5 glasses of water went into my stomach. So I'm bloated with fire burning on my tummy. No more this kind of crap next time!!

Short break

2009-08-13T23:52:00.000-07:00

Was back to Indo for three days. It was a very last minute decision 'cos there's something urgent need to be done. Joanna came along this time. Three days were great, we were "showered" by FOOD FOOD and FOOD! haha.. Had seafood everyday. Loveeee it!! But feel sinful 'cos I didn't bother to control my diet :( Dad, Mom, Bro, Sista-in-law and my nephew are coming tomorrow. I'm so damn glad when I knew they are coming. Hmm think I have to forget about my diet again cos I already started to think where to bring them to eat hehe.. :)

MORNING <3

2009-08-01T16:29:00.000-07:00

When I hear the birds start singing
I wanna see you
Hoo, hoo, do do do do do...
When I see the leaves start fallin
I wanna se you
The only thing I'll do
Don't you know
Is to rush and run to you

When I hear the clock start ticking
I start to miss you
Ooh.. The only thing I'll do
Is gonna dream of you

Wanna stay by by by your side
You are my everything
You are my only link
To the angel's wings
Talk about love love and
I can't stop thinking of you
Such a crazy thing
Like snow fallin' in spring

I found my angel in my life
I cannot see why
I cannot see whay
We can't be in love till we die

Wanna stay by by by your side
You are my everything
You are my only link
To the angel's wings
Talk about love love and
I can't stop thinking of you
Such a crazy thing
Like snow fallin' in spring

One day we'll spread our wings
You and me da, you and me da...
Spread our wings do...do...do...
Wannabe wannabe wanna
I wanna be, be your lover
I'll run to you..ooh...

2009-07-28T00:43:00.001-07:00

IDLENESS IS A BITCH!!!!!! i.am.going.crazy!!

job-hunting still.....

2009-07-25T01:10:00.000-07:00

Okay, it has been almost 2 weeks with 15 jobs applied. No interview offer yet. This is kinda frustrating. I know it's ONLY freaking 2 weeks. Some people need 3 months even 6 months to get a decent job. Well, I am not complaining (How I wish I don't have to work yet still have unlimited buying power hahaha :P). It just because I can't stand spending my whole day at home rotting NOR going out which caused a big hole on my pocket. You know the feeling when your friends share how busy they are at work where time passes so fast, what they love about their colleagues and bosses, funny things happened at work.... You know those kind of things. Feel abit envy of them. What can I say, due to previous experience, now I became quite selective in applying for a job. Apparently, Sales job is a big no-no. Life will be much much easier for me if I can get a back-office job. Hopefully gonna find the right one at the right time :D

shopping spree

2009-07-13T09:25:00.000-07:00

After having known that GSS is ending soon, I take my final chance to look around to see whether there's anything I can grab before it's too late. Went to Nichii @Vivocity this afternoon, and to my surprise they have quite nice clothes! Passed by this shop quite often whenever I go to Vivo, but I seldom walk in and seriously look for clothes. I thought the clothes are quite "auntie". But I was wrong. I love its wide space and it's very comfortable to walk around in their shop. If not because I was heading off to meet PN, think I could spend an hour there. Hmm really can't get enough of shopping, guess I'll hang around at Vivo again these few days. Love shopping!!

Oh yes, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!! :) Luv ya!

job hunting begins

2009-07-12T18:50:00.000-07:00

I was back in Sg on 9th with a mixed of heavy and happy heart. Heavy because I'm leaving home again after 1 month enjoyable stay in Indo; Happy because I'm seeing PN again. Miss him quite badly back then. Ever since he started working, we communicate lesser than we used to be. He's busy with his tiring & complicated work, poor thing! I feel quite bad towards him of not being thoughtful enough at that time which led to our non-stop quarreling. It is painful to recall everything right now. And I don't wish to remember it anymore. One thing I know is I love him so much. Enough said.

On 10th, I received a call from SMC. My LPR has been approved! Feel so relieved. With that I have to bid goodbye to "holiday mood" and say hello to job hunting. Actually I'm still confused what kind of job I'm looking for, especially when the salary sucks big time. His time is perfect, never too early nor too late. So let Him leads my way!

Oh yes, I am officially 22nd years old haha. No celebration this year. Everything went as usual, I did have dinner with my family and some relatives coming on my birthday. No birthday gift from dad & mom 'cos I don't want it. Like I always say every year, the feeling of growing up is so great! Thanks for those who remember, sms-ed, wallpost at facebook, calls and everything. L.U.V.S...*

one 'not so fine' day....

2009-07-03T21:15:00.000-07:00

I'm having kind of mixed feelings right now, something that I can't even describe it through words. It contains a lil bit of heart-ache, here and there. Painful enough to break me down.

He got the job!

2009-06-03T23:32:00.000-07:00

Finally, PN has officially started working today! I'm very glad that he got a job at an audit firm. Salary and working hours are reasonable and I believe he can do it well :) I don't know why I feel so happy when he told me that he got the job. Having seen his efforts during the past 6 months, how he went through all hundred-resumes-sending, the interviews and rejections coming along, how dissapointed he were at that point of time, countless thought of going back to Jakarta which might affect our relationship. He was saying that if he couldn't get this job, he might want to go back to Jkt this week. But thank God he got it! :)

My nephew was in town last week. He's cute as ever. Brought lots of laughters as usual. Love him to bits!! I'm going back to Indo next week for a meanwhile waiting for my LPR. Gonna get my driving licence 'cos my parents keep asking me to get one. So yeah I have nothing much to blog actually. Till next time :)

cycling day

2009-05-24T23:47:00.000-07:00

Another great day, indeed!! Went for cycling @East Coast Park with my usuals. We were supposed to start at 5pm. But as usual, someone was late hehe, so we started at about 7pm and ended only at 9pm. Cycling was fun especially with friends around. Went home after that, had Spaghetti dinner prepared by Nel. It was delicious and HOT! :) The girls stayed over for card games. And this time round are Red Wine and Vodka. We ended at 5am. AGAINNN there's dirty little secret! hahahaha.. Damn fun! We plan to do it again next weekend. Can't wait for it!

Girls Night Out

2009-05-21T11:27:00.000-07:00

Had a very very fun day with my usuals. We started off @KBox; thing that we really miss doing together after zillion months. Just took a peek of my pictures gallery, the very last time we went for ktv was on Mel's solemnisation which is on 22nd Nov 08. Almost 6 months ago.. Can't believe that! It's pretty fun, sad that we couldn't extend another hour. There were still so many songs in the list haha.. After that we went to this Steamboat & BBQ restaurant somewhere at Bugis, without Mel coming along as she got something on. She's now a devoted housewife so yeahhh hahahaha :P Okay back to the topic, the food is quite ok, but it was so damn HOTTTT.. Think we can fry an egg on our face haha 'cos it was sooo oilyyy.. Had fullest dinner, so we thought of going somewhere else to take a stroll rather than straight away going home. So Clarke Quay!! Well, guess it also has been zillion months since the last time we stepped into Clarke Quay. AS USUAL, we took pictures here and there hehe :) It was so HOT as well, so we decided to find somewhere to sit down and have some drinks. Passed by CLINIC, which we have never visited before. So yeah we ordered some beers, chatted, laughed... And Windy came up with an idea to play a game. And who lose have to drink. Guess what, Nel & Cin drank the most hahahaha.. But the thing is it was REALLY FUNNNN!! We laughed like MAD!! And there's a secret behind the beers!! hahahah :) So yes, I ENJOYED MYSELF SO MUCH THAT NIGHT! =D

Movie with lovely girlfriends

2009-05-18T23:57:00.000-07:00

Watched Angels & Demons at Cine with Nel, Win, Mel and Cin just now. Wow finally we meet up with each other again. Last time was at graduation day. Chatted about many things. I'm so happy today! =) So much laughters, as always. Love you all to bits, xoxo!

Malacca trip..

2009-05-17T06:25:00.000-07:00

Was in Malacca for 5 days. Started to feel bored when it hits the third day. Actually we planned to stay for only 2 nights, but the doctor wants Dad to try the medicine for three days. So we have no choice but to extend our stay. Spent the first 3 days visiting hospital. I went to see eye surgeon 'cos I was having irritation the previous night. It was really bad, I can see my white eye balls swollen, seems like it's going to pop-out. And my right eye is red and wet. The doctor said it's because of my mascara went into my eyes hahaha.. So he advised me not to wear any eye make-up for time being. LOL.

On the fourth day, we went to Christ Church. It was my first time there. A very old church, about 200 years history. Saw some movie filming, yeah quite a lot of movies took place there. The Little Nyonya is one of them. Oh yes, I went to Yueniang's house too, hahaha.. Malacca is a very old town indeed, even in the main street we can see lots of old houses and buildings. Overall, the trip was quite fun but tiringgg.. I MISS THE BUTTERFLY BUN!!! It's sooo DELICIOUS that I had them EVERY NIGHTS!!! hahaha.. Best I ever had. Wanted to buy and bring it back to Spore, cos it's still so damn yummy even it's cold and left overnight. But the stall closed when we went there. Arggghhh =(

on Vesak Day

2009-05-09T22:49:00.000-07:00

Had lunch with my parents and PN today. This is the first time PN's having meal with my parents in s'pore, let alone that time when he visited us in Batam. The meal was decent and relaxing. After that we sat down at one fast food restaurant and Dad chatted with PN. Dad shared about his life and career history. Lots of funny things I didn't even know. We went home and Dad continued to talked about his experience and how he made it to be successful today. The conversation was relaxing, but I'm not sure how PN thinks hahaha.. But anyway, glad that Dad has a good impression on him, although he said PN is quite a quiet guy haha.. Anyway, I'm leaving for Malacca tomorrow with my parents. Dad was asking PN to go along with us tomorrow, but as I expected, he turned down *sickening*.. Well, I'm going to pack my things now. Will be back with lotsa pictures =D

mother's day gift

2009-05-06T01:15:00.000-07:00

Mother's Day is around the corner. Dad & Mom are coming this weekend :) I have no idea what to buy for Mom. Still remember when I was a kid, about 8 years old, I wrote a card on Mother's day. Obviously I have totally forgotten what the contents were, but one very silly yet sweet thing I remember is at the end of my writing, I took out a lipstick, put on it and kissed on the card to leave a lips-mark on the card. Hahaha. And Mom still keep it till now. Cos I saw it the other time, and laughed like mad. Quite a lovely memory. :) As time goes by, I have stopped doing those silly-mushy thing. Perhaps some small gifts will do. Bags, cosmetics, accessories... And this year? Uhmm maybe kitchen utensils? Jewelries? Headache! Gonna look for it tomorrow.. Hopefully will find something special and affordable :)

sleeping freak..

2009-05-03T20:43:00.000-07:00

Recently, I found myself love to sleep like mad. Always stayed up till quite late watching some movies online. And ever since I changed my curtain to dark blue one, I always find myself wake up at about 1 or 2pm. My room has become quite amazing, hardly any light can get into cos of the colour of the curtain and my room ends up looking quite dark, even at 12pm seems like 6am. So I can really sleep like a pig! And if I am at home the whole day, I can even take a short nap in the afternoon. I simply love to sleep so much! Dad and Mom are coming, Dad needs to go for regular check-up, perhaps I'll be going too :D Really miss Malacca's very nice butterfly bun and you tiao and unforgettable Oyster Omelette. Best I ever had!!

one side of me..

2009-04-28T22:55:00.000-07:00

When times are good,be happy. But when times are bad,consider: God has made the one as well as the other.

How true! At least for my situation right now. Felt quite upset recently cos of certain issue. I don't wish to bring this up actually cos I see no point of talking about this matter cos from the very start the problem DOES NOT lie on me. But people has their own perspective on looking at certain things. I really don't care (as for now) how people look at me, think of me. I really couldn't do anything at that point of time. At one hand, I have to listen to dad. On the other hand, I don't want to ruin everything and really want to settle and end all these shits well, without hurting anyone. I tried to cover certain things that I guess I should be able to cover although it may only be covered for a few months, without having thought of what might happen when dad knows about that. Dad is always like that, he made judgement on certain people based on few times interactions. I have no comment for my dad's judgement. I was merely doing something that he hopes to be done and it's such a relief that I won't be scolded for nothing again! I don't know what will happen in the future, but no matter what I want someone out there to know that I really have nothing against you, otherwise I won't cover you for that matter. If you think it really dies, I have nothing to say. Hopefully you can try to widen your perspective and put yourself on my shoes. But anyway, thanks for the help along these long years. Ever had lots of innocent and great time with you before, and hopefully it won't die just like this. Lynn.

a library entry..

2009-04-24T11:06:00.000-07:00

First time blogging outside, I'm at Bishan Library now. Just settled my LPR application at SMC. Feel quite worried actually because I'm not sure if the application's going to be accepted or rejected. Hopefully the money won't be wasted. It's quite a heartpain to fork out that amount of money, and it's my DAD's money. Feel really bad towards him ever since I quitted my job.

So I haven't started looking for a job yet, I don't know. The feeling is not there. Started to dislike this tiny country. Really feel like going back to Indo, either to help out my dad's business or to learn some entrepreneurships there. Still, my dream is to have my own business. I have this little dream to open an 'all in one' shop, there will be a boutique cum mani pedicure saloon cum cafe/bakery. But my dad just doesn't let me to go back to Indo. I'm now waiting my brother, sista-in-law and my lil nephew, they are coming over for a short trip next month. Perhaps I will go back with them and I really have no clue when am I coming back here. Okay, till next time~

my graduation day!!

2009-04-20T20:35:00.000-07:00

Finally the long waited... My Convocation Day!

movie..

2009-03-24T22:59:00.000-07:00

confused.

2009-03-23T00:28:00.000-07:00

Recently I have been doing nothing at home. Time passes so damn slow, and I feel like dying. From one drama to another drama, one variety show to another, I think $16 for MobTV is quite worthwhile. But I can't be possibly spending my days like this any further. I am now waiting to collect my graduation regalia on 1st april and I'll be back to Indo till my convocation. I've been thinking and thinking these few days on yeah the same old thing, deep inside my heart I wanna go back for good. But yet biggg dilemma. I feel uncertain towards my future. Really confused.........

what a day....

2009-03-18T21:00:00.000-07:00

Seriously I don't know what's wrong with my dad.... SIGH!

is it a habit?

2009-03-15T21:17:00.000-07:00

I woke up at 7am these two days back. I am surprised because it's weekend yet I could get up so early; without alarm clock! And no more sleeps after that till late night. I am wondering if that's a habit. Hmm perhaps. But amazingly I feel good. It's like wow, it's weekend, great! No more monday blues and I feel no pressures. I admit I'm still not used to this and feel a bit upset for the fact that I'm no longer working and back to jobless life. But no, I don't regret at all. This is my action and decision, I clearly know the consequences and will be responsible for everything. It's just me being psycho at this kind of hour. It's just me feeling that my coming days are gonna be boring ones. But never mind, at least I feel better in this way.

Friends were asking me what is my next plan. Well, I plan to go back to Indo for hmm say two weeks. I miss my family so much, and I guess I really need to talk to my parents and explain everything to them. I am really wondering whether should I go back for good. My family is the only reason to make me stay. But it's such a big dilemma. I don't mean that I hate living in Singapore. Okay, you guys will think aiyah it takes only 1 hour from Batam to Singapore, why make such a big fuss over it! For me who have been staying here for years, the feeling is different. When you are down and feel that your dad is the only person you can talk to and seek advice from, and yes he's only a phone call away, easy and reachable. But I hate to talk without face to face interaction. And I always can't help myself from crying over the phone. Sounds a bit dramatic, but that's me. I'm an indecisive person. I really don't know what am I going to do in the next few months. Looking for a job here looks like gonna be a tough journey, but I don't mind trying my luck. If luck weren't on my side this time round, most probably I will go back for good. Whatever.... any outcomes will make me happy anyway. Back to MobTV now! :)

hardest decision

2009-03-13T20:18:00.000-07:00

Today March 13,2009 I have made the hardest decision ever. I have left my company. Yeah I decided to resign. Shocking. That was some of my colleagues' reaction when Nicole announced it during our team lunch today. I just smiled to them. Nicole bought us lunch, and I know this is because of my leaving, so she asked the whole team to have lunch together. Some of my colleagues asked me why. Couldn't I just hang in there and try for another quarter? Don't even want to try again? Again, I smiled and said, "This is my final decision". But some of them told me they weren't surprised 'cos they saw me look unhappy with this job.

It was hard. Really hard to come up with this decision. I was struggling every night, think it over and over for countless times. Actually I talked about this matter to my boss, Nicole, on Monday. She wasn't surprised. "I can somehow sense that there's something wrong with you recently, but I just have no time to talk with you as I was busy and sick at the same time". I asked her if I can request to be transferred to another non-sales department. She said she will try to look around. And finally this morning we talked again and the answer is no job opening for back office position. When she asked me for my final decision, I kept my silence for a few seconds. Nothing went through my brain that moment except to say, "Yes, I decided to leave".

Honestly I really don't know whether I was doing the right thing, especially in this kind of market where it's so difficult to get a job. Say me silly, stupid, give up so easily bla bla bla whatever you want, cos I also think that I am silly! But I feel relieved. Even right from the start (my training) I already sensed something goes wrong with this job. SALES IS JUST NOT A THING FOR ME! Friends were telling me training environment will differ from real-working environment. So I gave myself another chance to try. After one month plus on board, I find it still doesn't work. I just don't know how to do sales. I just dislike the fact that we get our deals purely by phone-calls. That's damn hard, man! I really really don't enjoy doing this job at all. Everyday seems like wasted and stagnant. I would rather doing something that I like eventhough it doesn't pay a good salary, but at least I enjoy and be able to excel eventually. What's the point of getting quite a good salary but I feel miserable every morning when I wake up, thinking of how I hate to be at office, how am I going to survive for the next 9 hours at work. How I hate Mondays and loveeee weekends. Anyway, what I can say is blame myself of accepting this job offer just because I was desperately wanting for a job at that time eventhough I clearly know that sales is not my cup of tea. I take this as a learning experience and there won't be any regrets!

One thing I want to say is Thank You as well as Sorry to my boss. She is a damn nice lady. Really feel lucky that I had such a nice boss. Good bye VPFC! Hello Job Hunting!