--GaThErInGs--

Finally, I "successfully" transfer all 300++ photos (taken since year 2008) from camera and clear the memories~~ Although I'm quite free at home, but I'm lazy to take the USB cable to transfer all of them from camera =p

Last Friday (22 May 2009) night was the 1st colleague gathering...is not with my department colleague, but with QS (Quantity Surveyor) department colleagues who sit at 3rd floor (My working desk is at 1st floor) + birthday celebration for Ee Min [ She's the youngest in company, after i came, I'm the youngest XD ] ... AND last last last Friday (9 May 2009) is another gathering (3 days 2 nights BBQ party at Downtown East) with my bf's colleagues from Jurong Shipyard.....

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---22 May 2009 (Friday) ---

I been working in new company for nearly 2 months. Recently, few friends YM/MSN asked how's my life at new company. My answer is "very very happy", honestly, much more happier than the previous, can say is everyday wake up and go work happily, won't like last time, don't want wake up to go to work =p But what I don't like is, everyday pack in train like "sotong" and walk+run when transfer from Outram Park to Harbourfront. I still prefer sit + take a nap at express bus in the morning, no need pack with peopleSS in train >.<

Last friday night, after work (all of them work till forget time to go...FYI, they always work till 9/10pm, a very harworking + "piah" staff) , all of us go to "Music Dreamer Live! Cafe" a.k.a 爱琴海民歌餐厅 which is located at Marina Square. All of us are 1st timer, except our "Tour Guide" + the most senior , Mr. Teo, who introduced the restaurant to us.

Many of us were hungry, since the lunch time was at 12:00pm and we reached there at 7:30pm (It's about 6.5 hour without foods) ... AND it took about half-1 hour for the main course to be served. Actually, the place is a very good place for people to "yam cha" + listen songs. Their main expert is on that part, thus the main course dinner part is not their expert. Can forgive for that as the singers are really performing nice songs + createa humor & relax environment. If not mistaken, all of the seats are fully booked + seated , AND we are the only table who ordered many foods... (other tables only ordered drinks & snacks), till the singers also feel hungry (somemore we sit the first row) XD

During the dinner, we secretly ordered a cake for Ee Min which to be served during the birthday song... The blueberry cake has ice-cream in the middle layer, not too sweet, not too creamy, nice to eat =)

We noticed that there's a difference between M'sia and S'pore music cafe. At Malaysia (I'm not sure about other state, I'm always hang out at Melaka music cafe), the customers usually chatting, playing games, less people will like S'pore customers order a drink, and sit quietly, concentrately look at the singers + listen & enjoy the songs .... So, all of us (can say 95% of us are Malaysian) not dare to make big noise hahaha >.<

WeiQuan, Jayson, Chris, MinHui+his gf

Jeffrey, a pair of couple (forget their name =p), Teo, me, EeMin (the b'day gal)

Music Dreamer Live! Cafe

"blogging area" - an area to leave down your writings = your "footsteps"

Birthday Cake [ i inform 22 instead of 23..nvm consider 1 age younger for ee min haha]There is a "ruler" for your to cut the cake equally into 12 or 18 pieces =)

Me & Ee Min [ She's now 23 and I'm 22 as b'day haven't reach kakaka XD ]... chicken "satay" ...

ramen + dumpling + milk tea

snacks ~

All of Us (Jeffrey as camera man)

After the dinner at music cafe, all of us (except 2 pair of couples) heading to a pub to drink beer. It was 11pm, I feel tired and don't want join, but then give face to ee min as she stayed near my place (we are the only 2 girls and can share cab back home) + all of us accompany Mr. Chris drink beer to make him forget and release his stress from QS job of Maxims temporarily =p

It's my first time drink dark beer... I'm still prefer to drink "Anchor" beer (as intro by MJ during our mmu gangs gatherings) + "Vodka" ...

Beer Time

Man's Talk [ Jeffrey & Jayson not in the picture as can't accomodate in XD ]

That night, all of us spent S$ 500++ .... S$400+ for music cafe and S$100+ for beer. The beer was cheaper since can get 15% off of total bill by using CitiBank credit card [ It's my 1st time spend S$50+ in a meal >.< ]. In the other hand, the prices for drinks a bit high in the music cafe since many customers ordered a drink and sit there enjoy songs for a night + the rental at Marina is very expensive... Consider worth too as the singers are talented + create humor & relax environment for all of us... so a thumb for them =)

It's very fun joining them as most of their ages are around my age. Our chatting topic covered varieties -- local & global news, dramas, company, girls, guys, jokes, bla bla bla... Thanks to Chris who intro me to his department colleague as I only knew him during my 1st working day. There are some guys who are single, so my girls friends, any interested in who, please feel free to contact me kekeke...

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-- 9 May 2009 - 11 May 2009 (Fri-Sunday) --

9 May 2009 is Wesak holiday, previous years I never miss any Wesak celebration, but this year, I joined BBQ party with dear's colleagues. It's a bit weird for me to stay in a hotel for 3 days 2 nights at Downtown East, Pasir Ris as from there can take about 1 hour train back to my home at Chinese Garden.

Costa Sand Resort at Downtown East, Pasir Ris

The Costa Sand Resort is located beside a shopping center. At night, both of us went to McCafe for supper tea & newspaper. On Saturday morning, all of friends went to swimming activities at "wild wild wet". I didn't bring any swim suit so we walked around the shopping centre and watched a movie.

Downtown East Shopping Centre [ I like the ceiling, feel artistic =) ]

Wild Wild Wet (look similar with A Famosa water park at Melaka)Kids' Heaven ...

What is "Fitness Corner" ???
The answer of "Fitness Corner" is this... I thought it was gymnasium earlier >.< McCafe

English breakfast teaIt's me =)

The BBQ started at 6pm. They prepared many foods - lamb, chicken wings, prawns, stingray, sweet potatoes, etc... After cleared BBQ stuff, they continued with games + beers. I joined them nearly the end of games and drunk 2 cups of vodka which is mixed with orange juice..very nice =p

-- FoodS for BBQ --

Corns + Sweet Potatoes

Prawns

Drinks ( there are a lot of beers in the rooms >.< )

Hooch BlackCurrant... like it =)Preparations for BBQ

Smoky >.<

Leng Lui s ...

and Leng Cai s.... fighting???

On Sunday morning, we went to theme park as Cynthia had the free admission tickets. There are pirates ship, scary house, water coaster, etc. It's an interesting place for kids, but not for me. I prefer the theme park in Gold Coast =p

Pirates Caribbean ???

Haunted House [ I feel more scary to hear the 1 gang who in front me shout like hell than the scary props =p ]

Overall, it's a nice place for those who like BBQ and relaxing from town life. For me, I'm still prefer BBQ at seaside, and hotel which can see the natural mountain and sea, instead of seeing "people mountain people sea" XD

Result too good also a bad thing???

面試官員：“讓成績不如你們的學生出國讀書”‧海外獎學金5優秀生落空
Translation à There are 5 students who score fly colors in SPM but failed to get scholarship to study overseas. This is the reason given by the interviewer of government’s scholarship: “Let those whose results are not as good as you all to pursue their studies in overseas”

It’s a big title on today Chinese newspaper (Malaysia). The students studied very hard, hoping to get top score so that they can pursue studies in overseas and achieve their ambitions and dreams, yet they failed to get scholarship and only a hurtful feedback for them “Let those whose results which lower than you to get the scholarship…” WHAT THE HELL (I’m so sorry. I never come out such word but this is really unacceptable)

Although government announced that this year will be 20% of scholarship quota given FAIRLY to those top score student despite races and background. But, the top score students in Melaka failed to get the scholarship. So, should we ask the next generation students don’t study to be top, just to be middle enough to get scholarship.

Friends whose result is 9A1 and 1B3 able to get scholarship to study overseas but a friend whose result is 10A1 + 1A2 failed to get because of her younger age. She was 16 years old as she passed PTS and was standard 3 “jump” to standard 5. I think our friends would know about what PTS is. Government conducted PTS test for few years and encourage those who brilliant to save 1 year of study in primary school and NOW reject people’s application because of people is not 17 years old. Luckily she get scholarship and loan from Singapore government to study in Singapore and she need to work in Singapore for 3 years after graduates. Will she back Malaysia in future? It’s hard to said so because is Singapore provides tertiary education for her instead of her home country, Malaysia.

There are many criticisms towards those who don’t want to back home country for working and contributions. You don’t want give chance to let them go study overseas and now you want them back to contribute their knowledge to you. It’s a satire…

There is an article in Singapore newspaper regarding different country education situation. Malaysia is described as “country which is EXPORTER of talents” Indeed, it is. Those people who never get any help from their home country, yet they get help by other countries during their down time, when they successful, will they contribute to the country which never lend a hand to them?

I hope that Malaysia government take actions in this issue, especially scholarship for non-Bumiputra(s) if they want talents back to Malaysia instead of blaming lack of talents or other country took their talents away.

An advice to a friend ~~

--07 May 2009—

It’s a month working at Sentosa Island for Genting IR Project. I’m starting to get used to new system, new colleagues, and new environment. The most important is starting to get used to 15minutes walking to MRT and stand in MRT like “sardine” for half an hour in every morning.

Yesterday chatted with ex-colleague. Since my resignation, she forced to become superwoman - admin, account, HR, quotation, even sometime boss want her to do sales follow up. She always busy till forget to eat lunch, working till 9/10pm… Singapore is a place which stress on higher education level. She’s a SPM level with 8 years accounting experience. She would have a good future if she is a diploma holder. Her English is quite ok, but not up to boss’s (especially boss wife) expectation. Even she put many efforts on work, but still gets scolded that she simply did the jobs. It’s really hurtful. The worst is that she is the one who borrow money to workers and not the boss. The boss is a millionaire, staying bungalow house (A bungalow house costs at least a million and above in Singapore) and driving a new BMW car, yet he replied to my ex-colleague: “Why you no money???” when she said that she doesn’t have money to borrow to the workers. How funny it is….

If she has money, why she comes to Singapore work??? If she has money, why she is still working with a low salary but always gets scolded like hell???

I feel I’m lucky to escape from the company, but I feel sad and pity for her. Since before CNYE, all of us planned resigned. I’m even prepared resume and cover letter for her. But, maybe she had no confident, she feel that it’s hard for a SPM holder to get a job in Singapore, in such a bad recession. Thus, she stayed in the company.

Since I worked in new company, I see much more things. A big company is really different with the previous small company. It’s like heaven and hell (Please forgive what I said but it’s true for my feelings and thoughts…) For example, all of us get scolded for “low class English” in ex-company. I know that my English is not perfect as other English educated person, but my English still ok. The 6 months working make me feel that my English is very bad and is not even up to secondary school level. During my one month working here, I saw many emails from different companies. Some letter had a bit grammar mistakes and yet people is directors or managers from MNC companies. These peoples’ English maybe not perfect as “someone” but they able to expand their business to global. It’s very “feng ci” that “someone” is able to write a long and perfect even advanced English JUST to reply a few sentence email, but only able to do a small business, and even sub-contractor complained that “someone” doesn’t know how to do site inspection; customers prefer to deal with employee compare to “someone”.

I’m not meant to offend anyone here. I just want to express my feelings and thoughts. Even we are Chinese educated and our Chinese is quite “pro” compare to others, sometimes we make mistakes on the Chinese grammar too. There is no perfect person. I feel that a good employer should care about his/her employee, discover their strength good effort, and discover ways to improve employees from weakness instead of blaming who’s right or wrong or blaming his/her employee is not perfect or always scolded about the weakness and never praise on the strengths.

Anyway, not all of the small companies are bad. I worked in an event company during my university life and the lady boss is a very good employer. Just we are not lucky enough whereby we met such not so good employer. In a positive way, the worst will make we appreciate the better, just like what I appreciate my current environment, everyday go work happily, not like last time didn’t want to wake up for works.

Lastly, here’s an advice for my ex-colleague and those who face same problem as her too:-

Since CNYE, I heard many times that you said “wait…after CNYE I only see how” …“wait, after xxx I only see how”…..I know that you have family burden and scare once you change job, it’ll add more burden to you. But, I’m sure that if you still stayed there, your burden is still the same and there is another burden for you – your mental will be “abused” everyday, de-motivated, and you will not happy too. So, why not give yourself a chance, try to search for new career, and maybe can reduce your burden? I know that maybe recession would hard to get better job. But, there are still companies who want to hire people in recession time. Life is like a game, like a gamble. You will never know that it’s winning or losing until you tried it out. You’re still young, or you want to wait till 40’s, 50’s, or 60’s then only want to find a better alternative?

Lastly, good luck for you =)

Happy Labor Day

First of all, Happy Labor Day to everyone, especially for those who are working >.<

Another long time no updating blog. My working life still the same --> weekdays work, eat, and sleep. Saturday go for movie and try another new restaurant while Sunday sleep & rest at home to charge battery. So, there's nothing I can update in my blog with photos like what i did during my university time. XD

Yesterday went to ViVo City to try a western food restaurant, White Dog Cafe. There were a lot of people queued up which proved that the food are tasty and delicious. This month, I had been to Vivo City many times as my company is near to there.

Since had a lunch with colleagues at Burger King (Vivo City) and I tried a new spicy burger, it's bit oily and maybe I consumed more meat compare to vege, I feel no appetite to eat any meat for dinner. Thus, I just order a chicken soup and a plate of wild mushroom. [ Erm..I think all of my good friends know that I'm a weird person, like to eat tauge and taufu more than meat >.< ] The wild mushroom is really fresh and delicious. I like it very very much XD But.. a chicken soup + a plate of wild mushroom costed me S$10++ , it's more worth to order a main course than mine >.<

Wild Mushroom (S$ 4.00) Like it very much =)

Chicken soup (S$6.00++).. Not oily, a healthy soup

Pork (forget the name @_@..it's pork leg) I taste a little bit, it's crispy and smells good but not suit for me. Anyway, I finish the corn and the salads XD
Lastly, I want announce something here as a respond/reply to comment. I miss Melaka so much, especially my jimui, SKY jie jie... Hehehe... Sky jie jie, I never ever forget about you.You're the best in the world... (hopefully you don't choke when you see this message) XD

mushroom / spider web / fungus

-- 12 April 2009, 8.20pm --

Friday is Good Friday public holiday...I woke up at 9.30am, played "Cake Mania" game for an hour, ate breakfast, watch TVB drama for an hour, cleaned messy room and messy papers for few hours. All my works were done. Saturday worked half day, back home played game and watched movies and sleeping until today. I think I almost become mushroom / spider web ....

I called my mum and said I want to study part-time. Everyday work, eat, sleep this three steps will make me become a real fungus soon. Honestly, I'm not the type of person who follow routine everyday ... Maybe I'm used to hectic life like what I did during MMU time - study, work part-time, do events till 24 hours are not enough to used and became panda bear. Mum said "U ah.. last time work complaint busy and now complaint free..." Hmmm...that's human...won't feel anything when he/she has the thing but will very miss it when the thing is gone...Just like a friend told me that she feel doesn't want bf when had a bf besides her but then feel too lonely when the bf is no there anymore.

I want to study...I want to do investment... I want to earn more money and set up my own business... I want to free from routine working life... There are so many things that I want and I still sitting here, don't know should start from where... Maybe it sounds greedy but that's what I want since small, never change ...

Give me some time and I think I should know ...

P/s: I'm flu now... Really charm... After I said my colleague is very weak since he flu , and now my turn sob sob >.<

I'm too free then suddenly remember to upload photos during trip to melaka as promised to my jimui. Sky jie jie, sorry for the late upload ya =p I very very miss melaka foods... And also japanese, korean food. I can eat as much as I can as the price is considered cheaper in RM compare to SGD XD [ Maybe I shouldn't think about eat anymore as my parents warn me to diet... Cos I'm fat again after come s'pore sob sob >.< ]

Korean Restaurant - BBQ Pork

Korean Restaurant - Dumpling

Korean Restaurant - these are free to refill as many as u want (I like this most)

me & Sky jie jie

Rain, Chris, Siraj, Byee, Neoh, me, Sky at Japanese Restaurant

N3W Job...

Hi friends... another long time no updating my blog since my vacation at Malaysia.

1st, thanks for all concern and support during my hard time. Now, I'm very happy working in a new environment. I'm now working as PA (personal assistant) for a Japanese Manager. Hhmm..my 1st event job during my MMU time was working for a Nyonya boss. Then, I work for an Indian boss and now work for a Japanese boss. Rely multiracial >.< Wonder who's the next boss?? Haha..

Our department in-charge for a 6-star hotel called Maxims Residences for Genting IR construction project at Sentosa Island. I'm the only girl in my department. All colleagues are very helpful and treat me good. AND, there are many good-looking and capable guy in my company. I still remembered that some friends who asked me intro some guy friends for them. Haha... Submit your name plsss, first come first served =p

Another thanks to my dear who helping me to choose this company during my decision making for the 3 job offers. Now I realized why there are so many people want to work for big / MNC company. Honestly, big company's welfare better than small company [Sorry, I'm not meant to offend anyone here, just my opinion =p] .. Every rules and regulations stated clearly in employee handbook. Maybe I had a bad experience with my previous company. At least my new Singaporean colleagues wont look down to Malaysia people =p

Overall...I'm happy working now and hopefully continuous happily for future although reality is cruel hehe..

And for my friends who kept asking me about my dear..Sorry for no reveal in earlier time. I feel to wait for more stable relationship then only reveal. Otherwise will like last time, whole world know and kept asking why when we break. It's really hurtful and tiring to explain to everyone regarding the reason. There is no right or wrong in a relationship. Just let it be naturally come and naturally go if it had to be gone one day. Hopefully this is the last relationship and the only partner who share with me in my future life.