Friday, August 31, 2007
Farewell
This morning, bus 195 made a fool out of us again. Usually everyone will wait at the end of the bus stop as that is where the bus will stop for us to board. But the wierdo bus driver purposely stopped the bus at the front of the bus stop and there wasn't any vehicle infront of him at all. So, all of us quickly walked towards the bus. When we reached the bus, the F.O.S driver moved the bus sloooooowly towards the end of the bus stop SO all of us need to walk back again *@/~!!!! I dunno what he was trying to do and I don't bother to find out also as today is the last day I'll be at Depot Road:) We are moving to the new office today.

Lots of clearing, packing and moving to be done today. I had already finished my own work at an unnatural fast pace yesterday, which resulted in me being fatigue today.

The piles of goods to be moved


Uncle Lam & Uncle Lim working hard

Kenneth working on my computer

After hours of hard work...








After clearing out the old office, everyone were exhausted. We proceeded to the new office. Its definitely much better, looks more like an office, more cosy as well. These are some photos of the new office, unpacked:






Being hot and sweaty, I wished to go home quickly but I need to redeem my gift for the starhub promo. Meet Thomas at Somerset and we went to the I-Shop at Ceineleisure. Saw this really cool mixing set:


And redeemed my I-Pod Nano together with 2 others items, which I have not much use of. Thomas suggested selling them at Yahoo Auction.



Shall rest early tonight as I need to go back to office tomorrow, a Saturday *groan*. Shall update more pics tomorrow.

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Thursday, August 30, 2007
Night At The Museum (Movie)


Watched the DVD of Night At The Museum with Thomas while waiting for his mum to come home. Brief summary: Larry Daley is a complete loser in the eyes of his ex-wife and son. With the tendency of changing jobs every now and then, his son Nick had lost faith in him. In order to not disappoint Nick any further, Larry found a job as a night guard at the Museum Of National History and was determined to do his best and make Nick proud of him. On his first night at work, he uncovered the museum's secret - an ancient curse brings all the exhibits into life at night. Larry's job was not just to guard the museum and not let anyone in, he also had to make sure nothing gets out. Every night, he had to use up all his energy to deal with the chaos. One night, he brought Nick to work with him and that was the night 3 old guards came back to steal the national treasures, including the ancient tablet that carried the curse. With the help of all the exhibits, Larry arrested the bad guys and saved the museum. From then on, he brought peace and harmony to the once-chaotic museum and of course, he and his son became much closer. THE END.

Actually this show is quite silly but its the cheap humour and likable characters that made me laughed throughout the whole show. Good movie to watch with your family as it touched on history and good for watching to de-stress, nothing complex to rack your brains, just laugh and laugh all the way. Its a colorful movie with pretty pictures. I give Night At The Museum 6.5 upon 10.

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Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Learning Experience
Last week, out of curiosity, I tried stir frying a fish. I was so enthusiastic as it was my first attempt and the result was...disastrous. It tasted all right but the appearance was terrible.

But with a never-say-die spirit, I decided to give it another shot yesterday. And I succeded. The reason why I failed the first time was because the oil wasn't hot enough, that's all. But in terms of taste, there's still room for improvement.

1st Attempt



2nd Attempt

Quite an improvement hur

Btw, a website to share to with everyone: http://www.allrecipes.com/

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Reply from SBS
This post is a follow up on an entry I submitted on 24th Aug. On that day, I wrote about me being late to work because of bus 195 and that Thomas helped me submit a complain letter to SBS. Today, I received their reply and it sux. See this and you will know what I mean:

How insincere...As if they would really monitor the situation closely. And I'm especially pissed off with point number 4: "We seek your understanding that our buses do experience delay and bus bunching due to inevitable conditions such as traffic congestion, heavy traffic and heavy demand." What crap. Heavy traffic AND HEAVY DEMAND, how...heavy, till they can be late or have problem almost everyday. And then point number 1: "We regret to learn of the inconvenience you experienced while using Service 195." They regret...I regret even more for writing this complain letter, waste my time. See, I said that complaining doesn't work. Hate taking bus all the while, now, this letter only strenghtens the loath I have for them. Actually I don't know how I want them to reply or take action but somehow, when I look at this email they sent me, I feel that they have been writing the same things zillion times but in the end, there won't be any substantial changes. And somehow, they just sound not very sincere. They make it sound like I'm the one who is trying to find fault and they are the victims to my bitchiness. Nvm, I'm leaving this darn place this Friday so I'm going to keep my cool.

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
CONGRATS!!!
Meiying called me a couple of months ago to inform me that she is getting MARRIED. Married??!! My god, she always seem to be an unlikely candidate to tie the knot. Why? Well, she loves clubbing, hanging out, drinking and just have fun. Marriage seems to be the last thing that will appear on her mind. But people grow up, mature and eventually will wish to have a family of their own.

This entry is posted only today because she just sent me her studio photos and I would like to share with everyone her beautiful pics (with her permission of course).





























Congrats, my dearest zabor, its good to see you settling down. Now the BIG question is...how much ang bao to give you =p

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Monday, August 27, 2007
The Start Of A Busy Week
Was woken up by Thomas at 5am in the morning and he told me that there's a cockroach in our room. Both of us are scared of all creepy crawly insects but I decided to resume my sleep, if not, I will end up very tired at work. Then Thomas did something really heroic, he tried kicking the cockroach outside with his bare foot but somehow, it rebounded back. He tried catching it but the cunning little fellow managed to escape again and again. I told him to give up and just let it be but he said that he wanted to make sure the pest won't disturb my sleep so he would continue keeping a lookout. But being a nasty bitch, I actually complain that he is such a lousy pest catcher. Now thinking back, I kinda regret for being so bad. Dear , sorry k... Anyway, I woke up eventually to help him pull out our tv console and table and finally, we managed to kill the cockroach.

Only slept for awhile more and I had to wake up to prepare for work. On the train, a couple freaked me out. The guy is tall, skinny and abit nerdy looking. The lady is short, plump, sweaty, dirty looking and abit auntie. Both look at least 30 years old. They were smooching, hugging and acting cute just beside me. And they were leaning against the pole while carrying out all these acts, which resulted in me having no where to hold on to. These would have been nothing if they didn't disturbed me. I was trying very hard to concentrate on my book but they were talking so loudly. The lady kept commenting about other women being very old fashioned and auntie in their dressing. Her bf was no better, he said that alot of women likes him alot but he doesn't like any of them. Then the lady praised him, saying that he is very good looking and the guy also praised the gf back, saying that she got such rosy and cute looking cheeks. Then he pinched her cheeks and they went back to their louder-then-normal kissing. Damn irritating. Too bad I didn't manage to snap a shot of them.

Ok, enough of the couple. Back to my own personal matters. This is going to be a busy week as we are moving to the new office by this Friday. So I have to finish all my work and close this month's sales by Wednesday. Thursday and Friday will be reserved for the actual moving.

Oh, and I forgot to mention that we have a new colleague today. Her name is Linda and she is the sales & admin manager. I have quite a few thoughts about her but I shall not mention anything till I know her better. This way, my views won't be so bias.

I just hope that with the change of office location and a new colleague joining in, things at work will be better for me...I hope.

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Boring Sunday
Yesterday was a terribly boring day. I woke up at around 1pm then did abit of household chores, bath, surf net, read my book...all these done while waiting for Thomas to wake up. Till 6pm, I was getting really bored and hungry so I went to sleep as well. By the time both of us woke up, its already 8 plus. My Sunday was wasted. I can understand that Thomas woke up so late because he slept very very late the day before, but to sleep till 8pm is really abit absurb. And I also know that I should lead my own life, buy my own food when I'm hungry, get my own programmes when I'm bored and not rely on him all the time. He sleeps because he is tired and there is no reason for me to get moody over such minor issues.

But I can't help feeling lonely. He says that its a blessing to have someone beside you, regardless of what you are doing. But its a Sunday, my dear, shouldn't it be spent doing more meaningful things?? And this is not the first time. Moreover, when he wakes up late, I will do my own things till I have nothing left to do and that is when I will go to sleep also, so end up I wake up late as well. Then at night, I will have problem sleeping well which in turn leads to a tiring Monday morning. Its a cycle.

In order not to stress him or myself, I seriously should think about how to solve this problem. Its nothing major but it kinda affects me so maybe I should learn to be more independant and do my own stuffs, lead my own life. Hopefully that helps.

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Sunday, August 26, 2007
Evan Almighty (Movie)
Watched Evan Almighty with Thomas.

Being a newly elected congressman, Evan Baxter left his hometown to pursue a noble idea he had: To change the world. Then the most unlikely thing happened to him...God handed him a task - to build an ark and to save as many as he could. Obviously, Evan thought these were all a hoax or that he was just hallucinating. But when God showed Evan his power, he started to believe that all these were true. So, he left his work aside and started on this mission God entrusted him with. Everyone thought that he was mad, including his own wife but he didn't care and he continued his job. Eventually, after God appeared infront of Evan's wife and talked some sense into her, she realized her mistake and returned back to her husband. With the help and support from his loved ones, Evan finally finish building the ark. On the actual day, everyone realize that what Evan said was true, just that it wasn't a flood caused by thunderstorm but a flood caused by the broken dam. The story ended happily, everyone were saved, the bad guy whom caused the broken dam was arrested and Evan lived with this family happily ever after.

A good movie to watch if you are a christian because we are once again, reminded of God's love for us. And if you are feeling down, watching this movie certainly lifts your mood, the animals are really cute and funny. I give this movie 6.5 upon 10.

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Saturday, August 25, 2007
First Time Cooking Spaghetti
Thomas suggested cooking spaghetti for dinner today so he picked me up after work and we went to Cold Storage to buy some ingredients for our virgin work.



While shopping, I saw this tub of ice cream which I have not eaten for years.


Check out the layers of chocolate and cream, yum yum


These were what we bought: prawns, hot dogs, mushroom, mince meat, A&W root beer and of course, my ice cream. For other ingredients like spaghetti and the sauce, we have them at home.


Upon reaching home, we unpacked the stuffs.


Before we started...


Prepared the pasta.


Peeled the prawns, cut the hot dogs,...


Cooked the sauce and minced meat.


Dished out the pasta.


Cook the ingredients.


Put all ingredients and sauce on the pasta and ta-da!!


Cleaning up is such a hassle, thanks to Thomas, I did not have to go through it.

Proud to present our sumptuous meal:




Surprisingly, the meal was good. While eating, I thought to myself that all these years I had been paying so much for something so easily done. The standard of our pasta won't lose out to those sold in restaurants so in future unless its a sudden craving or absolutely necessary, I won't order spaghetti in restaurants anymore.

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Friday, August 24, 2007
Late For Work
Yesterday upon reaching home, I poured all my sorrows to Thomas and cried my heart out. Most probably because of this, I did not sleep well at night, kept dreaming and as a result, I woke up late. I thought that I will be 15 minutes late at the most but I'm wrong. I waited for the god damn 195 till my blood boil. While waiting, the other buses already came at least 3 to 4 times. There were even a few ladies whom decided to take the cab instead. If I'm not wrong, they dunno each other cos I heard one of them asking the others where they are going and when she concluded that all of them are heading towards the same destination, then she suggested taking the taxi together. Behind me, I heard a man screaming at the top of his voice, cursing and swearing at bus 195. Its not difficult to guess what I did..Well, I called Thomas to complain, haha. And finally, after waiting for 35 minutes, the bus came and as what I predicted, two 195 came. Something is very wrong, must be one of the bus driver took his own sweet time which resulted in him being late. If its as stated in their website that the bus will come in 6 to 15 minutes interval, there is no reason for us to wait at least 15 to 20 minutes everyday and on some ocassions, over 30 minutes. The quality of service simply doesn't justify the price hike. Thomas offered to help me send a feedback letter. Actually, I dunno if it helps. My ex colleague told me that she had sent quite a number of complain letters but there wasn't any response (yes, the company doesn't even bother to reply). I'm sure many others have done the same but with no results as well. So be it, if no action is taken, I don't care cos we are shifting office location so no more nonsense from 195. But if action is taken, at least I did those whom are still stuck at this f***ed up place a favour.

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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Ginvera Gift Set
Last week, I recieved a letter from CLEO informing me that I won myself a Ginvera gift set. And the last day of collection is on the 24th Aug 07, which is tomorrow. So I thought of asking my colleague to give me a ride to pick up the gift set during lunch today. BUT, as mentioned in my earlier post, today is an extremely busy day and therefore, I have no time to dine out. Actually, I don't like to dine out, reason is simple, I don't like to dine with people I dislike. Anyway, so I have no choice but to ask Lydia to collect on my behalf. These are what I got:

Not bad hur:) I have won quite a number of prizes from CLEO all these years. They may not be expensive stuffs but many of them are very useful. Let me see if I can recall what I got so far:

  • Gucci Rush Hamper
  • Bodynits Jeans
  • Freeman Hamper
  • Vichy Laboratories Hamper
  • Ginvera Hamper

There's others but I can't remember everything.Plus CLEO is such an entertaining and enriching magazine, even if there's no gift, I will still be a loyal reader. Hee...advertise for them:)

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Agitated
I had a bad start of the day. I woke up at the same time as usual but I took a slightly longer time to prepare, maybe because I felt tired. I ran all the way to the bus stop but still missed the bus by just few seconds. I even risked being knocked down by a car but the stupid bus driver won't even wait a while. Thank god the next bus came quite fast.

Today, my manager (ULS) came back from his overseas trip and he started piling me up with lots and lots of tasks. I don't even have time to finish my work and I have to help him reply emails, prepare quotations, tabulate sales figure...

What really triggered my anger was his accusation on me for one of the order. Well, you see, around 1 month ago, we recieved an email enquiring about our office lights. They asked for table mounted lights, free standing lights, pendant uplighters...ULS personally ask me to quote just the pendant uplighters and table mounted lights and that's what I did. So customer confirmed their order with us for the lights I quoted.

And 1 month later, which is today, I asked our company driver to send the goods to customer's site. Then this dumb middle aged manager of mine asked me how come I did not prepare the table mounted light to be delivered as well. So I told him that customer did not state that they want this light and its better for him to check directly with the customer rather then we send it down without asking. But he kept insisitng that there's no need to check because he is very sure that we have to send the table mounted light.

My reply: "1 month ago, you are the one who asked me cancel away the table mounted light. There must be a reason for it so why don't you just check?"

His reply: "I asked you to cancel? Are you sure or not???!!!"

While saying this, he called the customer and after he hung up, he asked our driver to proceed to send the lights. Needless to say, I asked him if what I said is true or not.

He just replied softly: "Ya, they don't need the table mounted light."

WTF, he's always like that...Bad memory and don't like to do things in the proper manner. If he had asked the customer to issue an official PO, there wouldn't be any misunderstanding. And with such an ostrich brain, he still have the guts to doubt me. But its strange, he has poor memory for anything related to work but he can remember things that are to his personal benefits very well. Like today, athough we are so busy but he still has the time to ask me about the games I can lend him, really make me angry to the max. To make things worse, he even commented that I like to day dream which IS NOT TRUE!!!! He knows it, and he just want to joke with me but I don't think its funny at all. Then during a mini discussion, he said that we have to speed up our work, he better be saying this for other people and not for me or else I will be feeling damn inbalanced.

How I wish I can leave this company straight away but...I can't, not yet. I have alot of commitments now so I need a stable job to tide me through this difficult period morever, I wanted to wait till I get my bonus before leaving. And the company is going through bad times right now so I can't just leave them. Although I dislike them alot but I can't wash my hands off things and not help. Right now, I can only do my job and wait till next year. There will be more manpower, most major changes and tasks at the company will be settled. And hopefully, I will have lesser commitments. This way, I can quit with ease.

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Monday, August 20, 2007
Allergic To Work
Feeling nauseous, sick, tired and restless. Lately, my body tends to ache all the time and I don't feel very happy. Maybe...I'm allergic to work. SOMEBODY SAVE MEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Sunday, August 19, 2007
Sunday Social (Surprise)
Thomas brought in the New Paper excitedly and asked me to turn to a page he bookmarked. After I did so, I scanned through that page and to my surprise, I saw our photo in it. He actually sent in a dedication for me.

I always thought that Thomas is not the romantic kinda guy but till today, I realize I was wrong. Thanks so much, dear, but...next time send in a prettier photo k??Hee...

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Saturday, August 18, 2007
Fireworks
Brought Belle to Esplanade to watch the fireworks. As expected, there was a massive crowd. While waiting, we took a few pictures and Thomas played scissors, paper, stone with Belle to kill time.








According to Thomas, the fireworks was supposed to start at 9pm but unfortunately the whole thing was delayed. All of us were grouchy and impatient, especially me because I was never the kinda person who will go all the way to watch a 15 minutes performance and I hate the crowd but I put up with everything for the sake of Belle. Finally at around 9:25pm...




















Belle was pretty excited until the time we need to squeeze our way back. The human traffic was terrible, we spent 45 minutes to get home. I wasn't able to capture a good shot of how jam the place is, this is all I manage to get.

Thomas was abit guilty for coming up with the suggestion of watching fireworks. My dear, pls don't feel that way, I know you meant well and you wanted Belle to enjoy herself. I'm sorry I was just a complain freak that night, forgive me k?

On our way back after sending Belle home, we saw this ang moh whom Thomas drools over. Actually, we saw him about a week ago on the train as well and Thomas had already started noticing him at that point of time. He felt that this blondie is a handsome hunk. We secretly took pictures of him:



Hmmm...is my bf turning gay???

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Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling (Book)
After much anticipation, I finally finished reading Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. In this book, Harry Potter together with his 2 best friends (Hermione & Ron) are entrusted the task to destroy all 6 Horcruxes Lord Voldemort created. (In the previous book, it was stated that Voldemort split his soul into seven parts and each soul was contained in an item, the 7th is Lord Voldemort himself. This is the making of a Horcrux. The reason for making a Horcrux is to make one immortal.) After destroying all Horcruxes, they will have to kill Voldemort. So, the 3 main characters gave up their studies and ran away from home to fulfil the important and dangerous task Dumbledore left them.

Who died (only the crucial characters and those we are more familiar with are listed)?

  • Hedwig: This happened at the start of the book when the Order of the Phoenix are moving Harry Potter from Pivet Drive to The Burrow (Ron's home). It was killed by one of the Death Eater during the chase.

  • Mad Eye Moody: Moody died during the chase as well. Voldemort's curse hit him in the face.

  • Wormtail / Pettigrew: Strangled by the metal hand Voldemort gave him when he hesitated to kill Harry Potter.

  • Dobby: After saving Harry Potter, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Dean & Mr. Ollivander from the Malfoys, Dobby was killed by Bellatrix.

  • Crabbe: Killed by a dangerous curse he casted (meant for Harry Potter at first). And thanks to the curse, one of the Horcrux was destroyed.

  • Fred: The death of Fred occurred during the battle at Hogwarts, while he was fighting the death eaters (apparently stunned).

  • Snape: Thinking that by killing Snape, the Elder Wand will be his, Voldermort summoned his snake to murder Severus.

  • Lupin & Tonks: They too, died during the battle at Hogwarts.

  • Bellatrix: Devastated over the fact that her son (Fred) is dead, Mrs Weasley killed Bellatrix during a duel among the two.

  • Lord Voldermort: The last person to die in this book, Lord Voldermort himself, died because of his own deeds.

Highlights?



  • Lupin & Tonks got married and Tonks is pregnant. They died after Teddy Remus Lupin was born whom later became very close to the Potter family.

  • Fleur married Bill Weasley.

  • Dumbledore's background & past was revealed. He had some dark moments in his life (mostly related to his family & his friendship with Grindelwald - the dark wizard) but nevertheless, he is still a heroic figure.

  • The death eaters took over Ministry Of Magic and Daily Prophet but all these ended with Voldemort's death.

  • Pervy Weasley realized his mistake and was remorseful. He left Ministry Of Magic and joined in the fight against the Dark Lord.

  • After the death of Severus Snape, the truth about him was revealed. He was in love with Lily (Harry Potter's mother) since they were very young. Snape turned his back against Voldermort and decided to work for Dumbledore by spying Voldermort after the Dark Lord killed Lily. The killing of Dumbledore was in actual fact planned among the two (Dumbledore was dying and he felt that by letting Snape kill him earlier, his death will be of a better cause as Voldermort will trust Snape even more). Snape secretly helped the Order of the Phoenix as well as Harry Potter in their mission.

  • The final chapter of the book shows us the lives of the main characters 19 years later. Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley were married with 3 children. Ron and Hermione were married with 2 children. Draco Malfoy was married with 1 child.

  • Neville Longbottom became a professor at Hogwarts.

This final book of the Harry Potter series is fast paced and exciting. The only minus point is the theory behind Voldemort's death. I am not disappointed that there wasn't much fighting between Voldemort & Harry Potter because I can understand that the Dark Lord is not one whom can be defeated by violence solely. But the theory and reason that he died was abit of a disappointment. It seems to me that the author meant to let Harry Potter die at first because in order for Voldemort to die, Harry Potter cannot survive. But maybe due to the response from the vast readers, J.K. Rowling decided to keep the main character alive by coming up with a hard to accept theory. However, on the whole, this book is interesting as well, although I would prefer the first few books. I give this book 8 upon 10.

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Thursday, August 16, 2007
Irritated & Frustrated
Right now, I feel as what my title says *letting out a sigh*. Don't feel like explaining why right now. Maybe will go more in depth when this problem has been resolved.

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Ugly Photos
Was going through my mobile phone to see if I can delete anything to free some space from my memory card then...to my surprise, I saw these 2 photos:




Go ahead and laugh because I'm laughing my head off now. Thomas always have the tendancy to take photos of me sleeping. And my sleeping posture always look bad (the photos explain everything). I didn't even know he took these photos or maybe he did wake me up to tell me but I was deep asleep, I wouldn't be clear minded to know what is going on. Never mind, I will take my revenge...soon...

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Flaky Lips
Since dunno how many months ago, I have been having really dry lips. Then the condition got worse, spreading to the area of skin around my lips. Its so bad that my skin and lips are beginning to flake and because of the dryness, my lips will be so tight that I sometimes have difficulty opening my mouth or to even laugh. Went to see doctor and according to him, its a skin problem so he prescribed an ointment for me to apply every night for at least 2 weeks. But I am not very obedient, every time things get better, I will stop the medication then after a few days, the dryness comes back.

I remember 3 months ago where I was supposed to have my wisdom tooth extracted, my lips problem gave me a hell of a time. The dentist forced my mouth to open really wide and at that instant, I can feel my lips tearing. So I experienced double pain - pain from the extraction plus pain from the tear. And of course double bleeding - bleed internally and externally.

To let you have a feel of how my lips look now, this is it:



As you can see from the portion I circled, my lips are turning sore and flakey.


Actually it doesn't look very bad but it certainly feels terrible. I seriously dunno how this thing starts but I shall be a good girl and apply the ointment everyday from now onwards. Does anyone have the same problem as me? Care to share experience?

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Monday, August 13, 2007
999 Days
Haha, with all the emotional and sad sad post earlier on...I'm posting something happy now (tempremental me). I just saw an e-card from Thomas and I felt so happy, so touched. This is what he sent me:


Feels so good to be loved. THANKS DEAR & I LOVE YOU TOO *MUAKSSSSSSSSS*

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Emotional
Going back to work after so many days of rest, obviously I felt xian. On top of that, I'm having my m***** and its the second day, plus its damn heavy so I felt worse. Was on the verge of fainting while travelling to work... hate being a woman.

Today is quite a busy day and I was in the midst of doing my work when many phonecalls came in. There's this customer who keep calling to look for CCD but he's on the phone so I have to ask the customer to call back again. Within a mintue, he called back! And I told him CCD is not yet done with his phonecall so the customer left his name and number. Finally after lohsor-ing for 20 min, CCD put down the phone so I passed the customer's details to him.
And he actually said: "Ai ya, this customer only want to buy 1 light but keep calling. Ting arh, why don't you call him instead? He wants to ask about .....(I can't make out what he's saying cos he's mumbling), you call him k."
And I said: "I call??? (with a pissed off look)"
CCD: "....(mumble again)"
Then I turned back to my monitor and messaged Thomas to pour my sorrows. He is of course, very angry with CCD. After cooling down a bit, I called Thomas to chit chat so as to relax myself. And then, I started crying when I heard his voice. Dunno why also, maybe its because I am too angry with CCD and with myself. Thomas was startled and didn't know what to say. He just said that its very scary I cry like that. I know I am scary, emotional & tempremental. I tend to cry very easily and I just can't control myself. Is it a bad thing?

I'm really angry with my company. I was supposed to join as an assistant marketing executive but only to realize after that I am supposed to help do ALL the admin stuff cos the coordinator just left and they couldn't find someone yet. I'm all right with it actually but its been 1 and a half year and they still can't find anyone. So I have to continue doing all these shit. On top of that, I still need to do some marketing stuffs. Frankly speaking, I may have studied marketing but after I left poly, I'm into sales job so I do not have much experience and I would want to learn from someone more experienced. I told my present company these during interview but end up I have no one to learn from. Mine is an assistant position but I seriously have no idea who I am assisting cos I am the only one doing marketing. And now they want me to do sales also. If I wanted to do sales, I wouldn't have left my previous job which pays me much higher. I am not someone who is very calculative but after working here for more then a year, I am really exhausted (not physically but mentally). The admin job is very manual and I have to process orders, purchase goods, ship goods in & out, be in charge of the inventory, monitor everything in the office and lots more. Although we don't have alot of sales but due to the fact that all procedures and tracking are done by excel so one individual task can be very time consuming. I am already so busy and yet I have to do other things as well. I don't mind helping but when I need help, no one offers me any. They don't even help pick up phone calls. There are times where ULS will help but its not enough to pacify me. This company is lawless, the sales people comes in and goes out as and when they like, always with the excuse that they are out for appointment. I give them the benefit of doubt but if they have so much appointments, why is it that our sales is so bad? During times when labour work is required, its the ladies doing the job, the men just sit back & relax. I am a very careful person so I seldom make mistake. And if I do make mistake, sometimes its cos of my fault but most of the time its cos of the sales people fault. But who bear the responsibility??ME!! At the start I am very easy going but after some time, I realize that these bastards are taking advantage. I personally feel that my performance at work is quite good but it seems like no one actually appreciate me. Sometimes ULS will praise me and promise me increment but in the end...its all empty promises. If I get to learn things, I won't mind the low pay. But what do I learn? And in the end, what do I get? The thing that I really can't stand is the way they do things. No rules, no regulations, no proper methods, they do things in accordance to their own benefits. Some things which shouldn't be done, they still ask me to process for them.

There's too much to complain and too little to compliment. I understand that many companies and jobs are f***** up, there are people worse off then me. Maybe I'm being fussy or inmature, I don't know. I just pray that I can be happier soon.

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Saturday, August 11, 2007
LOTR Series (Book)
Woke up quite early today, didn't want to waste my long weekend sleeping all day. Quickly finish reading The Hobbit as I am anxious to start Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows asap. I took 2 months to finish LOTR series, abit long as compared to my usual reading speed.

I'm sure many people know what the book is about. But just a quick summary...The ring of power made by the dak lord Sauron was cut from his hand during a battle and his spirit fled. The founder Isildur was supposed to cast the ring into Mount Doom in order to destroy it together with Sauron's spirit but overwhelmed by its beauty, Isildur decided to keep the ring. One day, he was killed, The ring went missing and was found by Gollum later on. After centuries, a hobbit (Bilbo Baggins) got lost in the wilderness and he accidentally found the ring that Gollum hide under a rock. He brought it home and Gollum, of course, wanted to recover it. Many years later, Bilbo left all his belongings including the ring to his cousin (Frodo Baggins) and went missing after that. Gandalf the wizard revealed that this ring was in fact the One Ring and the evil power behind it. So Frodo together with his friends and other members of the fellowship set off on a quest to destroy the ring. Throughout the journey, they met many obstacles as many including Sauron, Gollum & other villians are searching & chasing after the ring. In the end, the ring was destroyed and the story concluded with a happy ending. On the whole, I didn't really enjoy these books. I insisted on finishing the series because I didn't want to give up halfway and moreover, Alex bought these books without reading any of them, abit of a waste. Some parts are kinda draggy and it's quite hard to understand or absorb the content. I have to fully concentrate while reading in order to get the story right. But I heard lots of favourable comments about it from many people including my sister. Well, go read the book and rate it yourself. I give LOTR series (the books) 6 upon 10.

At night, went to AMK with Thomas for dinner. We had the famous steamboat buffet.





My love for steamboat was influenced by Thomas, didn't used to like steamboat that much. Anyway, it only costs $10 per pax during weekday, quite reasonable. And the variety of food is not bad, definitely worth a try for those who had never ate there before.

After dinner, both of us were so full so we went AMK Hub for a walk. After that, went home to watch TV and then sleep. Not a very fufilling day but still I enjoyed myself:)

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Friday, August 10, 2007
Spring Cleaning
Woke up earlier to spring clean the room. There's no special occasion, just that since I am having a long weekend, might as well do a bit of cleaning. I spent 6 HOURS wiping all the shelves and corners of my room, sweeping, mopping, cleaning my cosmetic pouch and washing all the brushes & sponge. By the time I finish my household chores, NDP just started so I watched abit of TV then went to bath.

After that, along with Thomas, we went to the coffeeshop his mum is working. Although the work load is heavy but can tell that Auntie Jenny is happier there compared to her previous work place and that's good. Felt happy for her. I had Satay Beehoon for dinner and Thomas had Hokkien Prawn Noodle. My food is so tasty and filling:)

Then we went back home and Thomas suggested we drink the wine his friend gave to me during my birthday last year.

To be truthful, I am not a good drinker. I merely drank less then 1 glass and I was already feeling tipsy, lolz.

While drinking, we watched a movie that I have always wanted to watch...Meet Joe Black starring Brad Pitt & Anthony Hopkins, 2 of my favourite actors.

The story is about a media tycoon William Parrish. Blessed with successful career, happy family and charmed life, he is simply short of nothing. But good things don't last forever, William's life is coming to an end soon. This is when Death, borrowing the body of a human with the identity of Joe Black, appears in William's life. After finding out the true identity of Joe, William agreed to show Death how it is like to be alive in exchange for more time. So, during that period of time, Death experienced family bonding, human nature, love & pain. Eventually, he fell in love with William's daughter - Susan but deep inside, he knows that they can never be together. After William settled his personal affair, Death let him spend his last birthday with his loved ones before bringing him away. And the last thing he did was to return the man Susan loved back to her.
Meet Joe Black is not my favourite kind of movie but it definitely has loads of meaning and many things for us to reflect upon. Human beings often take things for granted, be it our loved ones, our life or even our existence. We complain about anything and everything almost...everyday. But it never came across our mind that to be alive is already something to be happy and thankful about. If we are blessed with good health or if we are able to see our loved ones everyday or if we have a job or if we have a roof over our head, etc... the more we should praise the lord. For Joe Black / Death, he has never experience any of the above so even a jar of peanut butter brightens his day. Apart from that, the film also teaches us to treasure what we have while we can. Just like William, many people only learn to appreciate when death is near. We should appreciate everyday and live our life to the fullest. Therefore, the next time we get unhappy over or complain about something, please think about what you have and be joyful. It is not easy as we are already so used to what we have but never stop trying.

With a 3 hours play time, this movie is abit lengthy. But the acting of the casts is brilliant. And with the almost perfect Brad Pitt, I don't mind the lengthiness at all. The music is beautiful. I give this movie 7.5 upon 10.


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Wednesday, August 8, 2007
The Day Before My Long Holiday
Had a nightmare yesterday, a traumatizing one. I only remember a portion, a few policemen caught a vampire and locked him in a cell with many prisoners, all tied to the ceiling. Without them knowing (as the policemen were drinking and chatting underneath), the vampire started attacking the other prisoners by sucking them dry. Then blood started dripping and that is when the policemen looked up, only to realize that all the prisoners were gone. There was blood everywhere, everyone started to panic and then...I woke up, it's 6:55am. Time to prepare for work. Glad that I woke up from the disturbing nightmare. I always tend to have extraodinary dreams. Most of them are about murder & torture. Can anyone explain why I am always having this kind of dream?

195 sucks as usual. Just to explain a bit, in the morning I would take a feeder bus from my flat to the MRT then the train to Queenstown MRT and from there, I need to take bus 195 to get to my office. I have lots of issues about bus 195 and I am sure that I'm not the only one. Alot of people need to take this bus to work but 195 only comes in a 20 to 25 minutes interval. So, if you miss one slot, you have to wait very long for the next bus to come. Another problem is that 195 isn't very punctual so it's hard to catch the timing. Sometimes, the bus is so packed that I may not be able to board it and it's very frustrating cos I have to wait another 25 minutes, which results in me being late for work.

Anyway, today's bus is very very packed. I perspire from the moment I board till the moment I alight. And there's this guy who took up 2 seats, for himself and his bag. I secretly took a picture.

Isn't he self centered? Haiz, there's too much of this kind of people around. People leaning against the pole in MRT train, people who don't give up their seats for pregnent ladies or for the old folks, people who like to show off their MP3 phones by broadcasting the music in their gadget, people who push & shove like babarians, people who do not move further into the public vehicle when it's already very crowded at the door...the list goes on. Me & Thomas are always easily angered by this kind of behaviour. But I always tell myself not to be affected because it's not worth it to get angry over such people. They won't stop, end up I make myself moody, why should I be so stupid? Morever, I am consider fortunate compare to people from other countries whereby their public transport is even more f***ed up, am I right?

Felt so much better when I stepped into office. Had toasted bread for breakfast, thanks to Lydia:)


Today's work load is all right because I have already finish most of my assignment on Monday & Tuesday. Me & my colleagues went to Bukit Merah Central for lunch. I shared a plate of noodle with Lydia. After lunch, we went to view our new office which is still under renovation. Here are some pictures I took:










The new office is all right, at least better then our current one. But, the structure of the place is a bit strange and I don't like the placement of our desk. However, the location is definitly much better and there is even a free shuttle bus so finally, I can stop getting angry over bus 195.

So much looking forward to my long weekend, I don't have alot of programmes but being able to rest for 4 full days is worth looking forward to!

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Monday, August 6, 2007
Monday Blues
Today is a lousy day because:
1.) Today is a MONDAY
2.) I am unhappy with Thomas but I shall not state what exactly happen because it reflects bad on him as he broke a promise (again) and on me as it seems like I am so petty to get unhappy over such minor issue.
3.) I am very tired because I didn't sleep well last night
4.) The lift is under repair and will only resume operation on 8 Aug so I have to take the stairs whenever I go out or come back for these few days. Looking on the brighter side, I shall take it as exercise but I do pity those old folks and handicaps staying in my block.
5.) Last week, I was lazy so I piled up a lot of work and I have to complete them this week asap
6.) I saw a huge dead butterfly. I wanted to take a photo but it's appearance is so freaky it sends shiver down my spine and apparently, I don't wish to go near it. Till now, I'm still hanuted by its image.

Buuuuutttt...I am not in a lousy mood because this is a short week for me. Thur is a PH and I am on leave on Fri, plus Sat and Sun, I only have to work 3 days this week:) Yeah!!!!!!!!

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Sunday, August 5, 2007
Chocolate Fondue @ Army Market
Few days ago, I went to Army Market to buy my favourite "Ah Balling" (peanut glutinous rice ball). As usual, I strolled around to check out the other stalls for nice yummy food. Then, I saw this:

A shop selling CHOCOLATE FONDUE along with other goodies. And there was a long queue so I reckon that either the food is really good or people are just curious. The price is quite reasonable but I am not sure if the food is good as I do not have time to join in the queue. But one thing for sure, the aroma is overwhelming, simply irresitable for chocolate lovers like me. I will definitely give it a try when I am less busy. And if you want to find out more, go to this link:
http://www.thesweetstone.com/

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Saturday, August 4, 2007
A Boring & Tiring Day
I woke up feeling tired, drowsy & sick. Must be due to the lousy weather, it has been warm & humid for the past few days. How I wish we have London's weather but again, we do not have natural disaster so I should stop complaining.

Met up with Pap after me & Thomas picked up Belle. Went to Starhub to do a transfer of ownership of my mobile line from Pap's name to mine. Finally...after so many years. Then we accompanied Pap for sliced fish soup. I didn't dare ask him about the misunderstanding, Thomas supports my father and believes that he can't be having an affair. Thomas always prefer my father to my mum and it's not difficult, when my mum is so nasty. And I constantly explained to him that my mum has a hard-to-get-along-with character because of her unhappy life. And most of her unhappiness is due to my father. Anyway, I trust my father but I can't help or comment much. My mum is terribly bad tempered lately, venting her anger on everyone but what can be done? We can only let nature take its course.

After the meal, my father went back to work and the rest of us proceed to Thomas's house. It was a boring day as both me and Thomas felt unwell so there wasn't much programme. Belle did her homework, played with some computer games, that's all. I asked her if grandma is scolding her more often lately and she merely said that she doesn't mind. Then, I asked her if she wants to stay with me in future and she said no because she is not used to it...how disappointing... But it's all right. I'm sure things will turn out fine eventually. At night, we sent her home then we went for our favourite steamboat, yum yum:) I was exhausted when I reached home, took a short nap without bathing (i know.. i'm dirty but I did bath after that so don't give nasty comments).

So, there it is, the end of my boring day. Not much photos taken except for this:


Never realize my mum's place has such a nice view.


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Friday, August 3, 2007
The Beginning
Frankly speaking, I always thought that I am the most unlikely person to start a blog of my own. Reason?? Well, I tried keeping a diary when I was a kid and sad to say, I failed a few times. Put simply, I am just lazy.

This blog is started because of my bf. I am sort of influence by him. And come to think about it, this is a good media to view my thoughts, record my memory and to let the people around me understand me better.

SO, I will try this for the last time. In the meanwhile, bear with me if my blog is not very attractive and if my entry is boring or inconsistent. I'll try my best to update as often as possible:)

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