the avp resigned today and i could see my boss' thunder-black face.

and she actually walked to my freezing room,opened the door and growled

Her: "can u do surveys and things like that"
Me: "erm..should be"
Her:"don't say should.."
Me: "Yah i CAN!"

what conviction.

i just pray i can takeover his 21 inch LCD screen. Give me all the shit...but i wantto ditch this blardy desktop!

quote of the day (and probably the mth):

"i feel like her (the boss') mini PA, and sometimes i feel like Anne Hathaway from the Devil Wears Prada..."

ehehehhee.

it's barely 835am and hello world, i m sitting infront of my crummy desktop,drinking iced teh tarik, and attemtping to trotter out my assignment.

• 1st day of work ended at 7pm, not too bad assuming i had a department meeting. bit of a culture shock here (as compared to the kampung culture back in my old office):
• That the colour code IS black and white (btw black only for suits)
• Strappy heels is frowned upon (2 painful blisters bear testement to my commitment to covered shoes)
• Handbags, and not only wallets must be lugged to lunch
• A laptop is actually a luxury

haven't actually met my boss yet (yep i m so impt that she wenton leave on my might first day), but i hope what i heard is sort of thru- put me on the bloody HK acc, fly me to Hk every other mth, and i will slog my ass off!

back to assignment. any textbooks to recommend? i needto be an expert in warrants and stocks and watever by friday.

starting work tmr!

there's this feeling of anticipation, but not without worry.

watever! i hope my boss loves me and gives me 6 mths bonuses!

aniwei i had hell of a weekend!

on fri i stuck to my dear dear like super glue. we gorged on xo fish beehoon, and guzzled beer at walas.

on sat i stuck to my dear dear (again) and watched soccer with him and downed many sinful fried chicken wings and carrot cake! at 10pm at nite somemore.

today i went out with the guys for Menotti tea! 1-for-1 deals...not verrie normal to have pasta at 330pm but..whatever! and yongzhi the lovely bought us all wonderful pressies! he got me the most adorable harrods bag! (wat's wrong with the females in the world??!?! this is a man, with the bucks, the car and the PERSONALITY!) and me jacq n cheeyong hit the shops! i m so glad i inspired jacq to buy, buy and buy!

and did i mention i hv a new lip gloss fetish? after jacq verrie graciously let me take a swipe of her L'oreal Strawberry Sorbet. sounds yummy, and looks yummy! but pls dun buy Missha lip gloss. sticky like hell, no one would wan to kiss u!

keep ur fingers crossed for me dear frens, that my new colleagues will b nice enough to bring me to lunch. lalala!

i wanna watch The Devil Wears Prada!

and i m pondering where i shd bring daddy dearest to makan for his birthday. maebe i shd sneak him to Lawry's. ahahhaha. *heart pain* but he is my daddy dearest la.

i miss my dear dear. and its only mid-week.

i m so hooked on Kim Samsoon. not on Samsoon, but the dunno-what's-his-name-but-cute-like-siao man. and he likes chubby-whiny girls somemore wor! *swoon* i even bought the dvd. hahaha.

gg to get a soft toy monkey for my laoban as part of her farewell gift. think she deserves something special for being such a lovely boss, and sicne she likes monkeys i shall get her the cutest monkey alive!

perhaps i shd get the kim samsoon pig too.

521pm. knocking off. woohoo!

we all turned up in PINK last friday!

even the guys mauhahaha.

and i m so in love with him!!!!!! *major droolz*

how can anyone look sooooooo irresistable??! help!

issit a rash move to fly off for a short adventure alone before i start work?

anyway's gg to seriouisly plan for europe leow. MAUHAHAHHAHAHA. going to grab a lonely planet or frommers guide soon. MUAHAHHAHA. and i figure it might make good sense to get something like a 4 days Paris free n easy package, and squirrel away to other countries fromn there. which gives mea little comfort in a 3 star hotel, after roughing it out in shit-hole hostels with smelly students.

laalalallaa.

do u think my boss will let me off work early? am gg to catch flies till 28th sept. if she keeps me, i catch flies n earn my keep. if she lets me off..i will *gulp* be tempted to go for another holiday!

i LOVE HONGKONG!!!!!!

so much that me and yan are suffering from HK withdrawal symptoms...

we shopped, and ate, and shopped and ate. till we dropped. HA.

no time to edit the pics...shall upload the greedy piggy pics first bah!

me and theresa with my fav cold noodles from mongkok!!!! 5 thumbs up!

Yum Cha! cheap n good!

Happy huiyan with her instant mee.

Happy me with my instant mee *roar*

wat;s hongkong without dessert at Xu Liu Shan?

See how much theresa likes smelly beancurd hahahaha

@ Yung Kee! great beef horfun, beef stomach...and wanton!

horrified huiyan with giant pig trotters. ah.

and i decided i shall NEVER go hongkong with dear dear. the shopping will be sooooo detrimental to our relationship ahahha. i can imagine his absolute look of horror when i sweep the shops clean.

check out our buys on the FIRST day.

(and i vaguely remember some spilled over onto the floor...)

and check out Yan on day dunno what. HAHHAHAHA. she is drowning in her own shopping.

Bring me back to hongkong!

Disneyland pics later...bumming ard in office again..my bank project is on hold till after i leave...say if a tiny miracle turns up and they elt me leave like early by a few days...i might just fly off to somewhere again for a rendezvous!

HA pray for me!

woke up starving in the morning...bet it becuase of the gym last nite...yesh i hit cali with theresa yesterday evening!

so....

i bought breakfast! i swear its the nicest breakfast in sg..but it looks better in real life hahahha. and tastes better when u are ard boo :(

YONG TAU FOO! note the 2 strands of kang kong i added in my feeble attempt to make myself feel ermm healthier?

and the reallie realllie nice wu xiang rolls n balls! but they look damn in pics lah ahhaha. be warned.

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haven't settled on a last day date yet (*^%$#@) so i have decided to pester the boss todae. cos i think there's need to ring my new co's HR to remind them of my existence, just incase they forget me. i mean its prolly OCT when i start work! i bet the aggressive woman who interviewed me has forgotten my very existence!

today is gg to be a good day! i m gg to file file file file away (darn ISO auditing this fri..) and then meet mindy for prata! and tmr i m hitting gym again! for classes...then gg to have a gelato dinner!

and HK is next wed! so many reasons to smile!

and have fun LAW YONG TEE in london!!!!! damn i haven't given u my shopping list n u are gone! snag an angmoh babe!

long time since i blogged! evil company is attempting to drown me in work before i leave *growl* and i am gg to burn my weekend watching random people clean their floors! how mundane! bleh.

one of my fav pics from phuket hehehe. usually i pick pics that make me look good. i tink i look quite horrid here...but dear dear loooks sooooooo cute! HA.

the Moomon family sitting on my colleague's table! i bought the big one for her (for $6 only muaahahhahaha) and the lil' one came from someone else.

we r gg mad over pretty taiwan auction dresses in office! is this lovely...

or this better?! i wan to buy one and wear to wenhui's wedding muahhaha!

and speaking of shopping i broke the shopping ban (i need to save save save a truckload for HK!) yesterdae :( but how could i resist this?!

hahahahhaha i know i m corny. ahhahahahhaa. but i like.

i can smell the weekend wow wee! damn gross that i have to work late (again) to watch people clena floors...and do my mystery shopping at Butter Factory ( i get paid to drink!)..but i get to meet dear dear!!! *beams*

sigh.

i feel terrible.

and gg to be for the next 2 months

i think i just semi-wrecked my boss' life with my single decision.

i can't help but feel that my decision is selfish.

i know i can't be living my life for others though

and that this ain't that bad a time to leave afterall

but still, i feel terrible

boo :(

Sneak peak @ Phuket!

Pretty right??

stay tune for more pictures from my Phuket trip bah! lalalala.

anyway's am collecting dust in office, and i finally mustered up the courage to do THE dreaded task yesterdae. and my laoban's reaction left me quite broken.

i never expected it to be so difficult. i guess this is when ur personal feelings start entwining with ur professional life. and at times i feel so lost, so uncertain, and the question to take the plunge or not keeps circling my head.

do u choose to hang on to a buoy? do u attempt to swim further to see if there is a better place out there?

tossed and turned in bed last night again, and finally i decided to take the plunge today. for better or for worse, at least at the end of it all, at least i can proudly say that i took on the challenge head on, that i resisted the strong lure of my usual comfort zone.

i m certain i want to see how i would do in a competitive environment. to see if i can thrive in the dog-eat-dog corprate world out there. if not now, when?

tea with laoban later. a chance to be honest with my boss, and i hope that eventually, i will walk away with a mentor for life.

Phuket was a blast!

have tonnes of photos...

but can only upload them when i get back into office.

sleepless at 12 51am. help.

i accepted a job offer todae. the result of a 5 min (okie fine its 10 mins my dear dear says i exaggerate) interview.

i AM happy. actually quite excited over the prospects of roughing it out in an entire new industry.

(and the thought of working late nites till the shops are all closed so i can save money till it overflows from my bank hohoho)

but i really dread the thought of breaking the news to my boss.

guilt-stricken more like it.

i mean, i cannot fathom how anybody not feel guilt-stricken when they hand in a resignation, after spending decent time with their team.

unless they really hate their company to the core lah.

my boss is a super-duper nice non-bitchy woman who is ultra-nice to her subordinates and never ever tries to make a mountain out of a molehill. someone so down-to-earth, that she pesters me to go Bugis Village for shopping trips with her.

so here i am, sleepless, tossing n turning in bed, abt how to break the news to her.

i guess i just have to do it, between sobs or whatever.

i guess saying goodbye is just part and parcel of work bah. blah.

lalallaa! sawadee from Phuket!

raining cats and dogs on our last day here, not that we really mind cos we were planning a nua day ahead!

lovely island hopping trip yesterdae, dear dear finally got to see nemo upfront..and we even saw DOLPHINS!

and yesh i love the private jacuzzi i have! and the cheap cheap beer! cheesecake's not too cheap too, and we have to walk miles when the craving hits =P

and i have NOT been shopping! how abt tht?

and i m on leave tmr! maebe a haircut, and a lunch date. shall see. woohoo!

Am jetting of to Phuket in 24 hours! *flies*

Looking forward to the sun sand and sea! lotsa cute bikin-clad babes and hunks! flaunting my cellulite-dotted butt along the beaches! soaking in the love in our very own jacuzzi!

now let us ALL pray hard hard that my beloved bloody cycle comes AFTER the 30th k? i promise i will give all my dear frens a huge makan treat if i m spared the red tidal wave during my BEACH holiday. i promise i will be a nicer person, bitch less and give more generously to charity-box-toting kids on weekends. and to shop less and save more money (so that my dear dear will pray hard hard for me too). pray hard hard k? MUAX!

yawns. 10 mins to knock off...and just 25 mins to seeing my dear baby! and its MAMBO tonite!

muahahhahaa.

gg for a life-changing experience later!

mauhahahahaha.

THE interview ended in 10 mins. blardy 10 mins!

she did say she likes me.

she din ask me a single finance-related question. (and i had this whole blurb ready *frowns*)

she told me the pay is good.

she told me to go back n read up abt the company.

she asked me if i could design brochures.

sigh.

will i have a 2nd airtime with her again?

argh i so hate rejection. or rather the possibility of rejection.

was walking through far east sq (or one of the squares), sipping Mr Teh Tarik for lunchie.

wonder how its like to be working there.

i quite like the adreneline rush, the spring in everyone's walk.

we'll see.

CALL ME!

damn hungry damn hungry todae.

nearly ate off my fingers on the mrt, and had to pray hard that the sounds of my hunger pangs would not permeate the cabin.

i suspect its the pills i m taking to postpone my silly bloody cycle this mth. bleh. all in the name of frolicking in the sun.

it is some hormone which apparently tricks my bloody cycle into believing that i m pregnant!

woohoo.

means theoretically speaking i will feel the need to eat for two??

muahahhaa.

gg to research for my interview ltr. feel bit sneaky, with my entire portfolio and blazer tucked into my bag. lunch with friends, i cooked up a typical excuse. yz wass even funnier. he said i shd tell them i m gg for friend's ROM.

i hv a feeling they will b horrified at my lack of numerical analystical skills. whatever. shall take it as a chance to polish up my interview skills!

and maebe i will tabao tomato soup to feed me n mini me!

muahahaha.

dear dear's 4 th day in camp. woohoo. means he is back in my arms tmr! i hope all the hot-bloooded chicks fresh from JC keep their hands off him. i taught him a psycho twitch to ward off all shrieky girls. i miss him. though i hate to admit it. bleh.

got myself an interview for thur lunch *frowns*

alls good except i know nuts abt the industry, and they want me to do research again.

bleh.

crossing my fingers its not some shitty sales job. *pray hard* n not offer me diploma pay for long hours.

but this might be my first baby step towards big money!

we'll see.

i so miss blogging!!

but then again i m lazy to actually organize my pictures. i have so many unposted pictures! and not exactly in a rambling sort of mood.

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so i shall blog in POINT FORM! muahaha.

been up to quite a far bit of stuff..

went for the SHAPE run yesterday! no joke okie, despite its rather lack of credibility ("wat?? only 5km??' went my bf, who thinks that a real big fat sweaty run is nothing less than a half marathon..) the goodie bags were great..and i am one dri-fit bright pink nike tee + 1 black nike water bottle + 1 baby blue nike towel richer! and dat's not including the 5 bottle pack of vitagen, loaf of bread, yoghurt..and the list goes on! all for $15 bucks! but fine, the SHAPE run is really all about running. most definitely. and i quite shocked myself by finishing the run, rather effortlessly. i thought i would hv to be carted off in an ambulance or something., but i arrived in one piece, and in pretty decent time: 39 minutes! not too bad mah! maybe i can try 10km next =P

(guess who's the office bitch. hmph.)

my hp died! drowned it in hoegarden on fri nite :( it gg to costs me either $50 or $200+ to repair it, as corrosion is not covered under warranty *frowns* if its gg cost em abomb, i shall just get a new fone *heart pain* for the time being i m stuck with a Nokia 8250. yah dat blue light one. sigh. pray for my fone!

nxt thurs i will be jetting off to phuket! Happiness :) say aloha to my private jacuzzi, sun, sand and lotsa yummy seafood!

gg to sign up for corporate Cali fitness gym package..a $37 a mth for a year! ahhahaha. drool people!

on a rabbit food diet. lunch is gg to be rabbit grass with balsamic vinegrette and tuna. bleh bleh. give me back my pasta!

gg to meet theresa ltr. tralalala. n prob throw in a slow jog ltr. tralalala. i miss my dear dear!

On a happier note...

How cool is this?!?

pissy colleagues or rather, colleague.

i dunno why but i m feeling pissed.

i have a really anal colleague. REALLY.

she sent me an email to tell me that gst should be written in caps, like GST.

@%43$@%

when she sits like behind me??!?

" GST needs to be in caps (sorry, me being anal)."

and yah u are damn bloody anal.

FINALLY, i am trying to waste time at work!

its been eons since i had time to even let dust start collecting on me!

la-di-dum.

found this really cute bloggie...written by a mommy, with lota cute pictures thrown in of her son. her son is so damn cute. and there is this little girl which i bet will melt the heart of my rc. hohohoho. and nope i m not developing motherly tendencies....i only coo over cutie-pies, and not wailing brats with diapper rash!

and PORTUGAL beat england! i love Cristiano Ronaldo wor...fine he is probably the biggest actor on the field...just a touch of a finger and he will probably roll 3 miles on the floor in pure anguished pain.

BUT he is good! and he scored the winner with confidence oozing out of every single pore! dear dear thinks he looks like a bird tho' i secretly beg to differ...i think he is cute!

Chekc out the gua-lan expression on his face!!! who doesn't like a bad boy? who doesn't like a BOYISH-lookign bad boy!?!

back to reality, a little update on my life...went holland v with dear dear on friday nite for dinner! was planning to sneak in a few happy hour drinks before heading back for Germany Vs Argentina action..but we met The Bengs at walas! so coincidental! bitched over loads of beer and fried chicken wings and pizza...but only managed to catch half the match cos dear dear was withering away! but neway the match ended in penalty bleh.

and dear dear bought me a pressie! HEE *wide grin* now i can't bear to wear it at all. HEE.

The panjabi mc silly song is stuck in my head. ARGH! i searched the net in vain for the mp3 bleh. shall ask dear dear to sing it to me ltr!

muahahhaa. subway parmesan chicken dinner ltr! yums.

bleh disjointed entry. but bah whatever!!!! its 45 minutes to knocking off!!! wahahahhaha!

i am so in love with World Cup!

i think i can watch wrold cup matches continuously. just give me a bag of sin- Cheddar and Sour Cream Ruffles, lotsa cold drinks (beer is most certainly welcomed) and an aircon room with plenty of nua-able space.

jacq and sebaz popped over for an impromptu session of world cup ogling @ dear's place on sat nite...and we all sinned over beer, nuggets (20 pieces!) and fries, and GARLIC-FLAVOURED PEANUTS. everyone say..EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. what went wrong with the Peanut R&D team?

and last nite i was bundled up watching soccer with dear dear again. hahahaa.

and i lost money CONSECUTIVELY over the weekend. blah. but hey i think betting a few buckeroos makes watching the game more exciting! just that i start getting real pissed at the 80th minute when there are no goals at all.

and we celebrated Tresa's birthday on Sat! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRESA BABY! and heehee we were at fish and co and the staff made her stand on a chair while we sang her a birthday song!

pictures later. i am so bored, collecting so much dust..that i am one big lazy bum.

gyming with yan ltr. HAHAHAA. we are gym bunnies! so cool.

i wanna watch world cup and not work. bleh. i so hate it when there's nothing for me to do at work! 3 months of mad-cap working, non-stop groups and reports and meetings AND groups and reports and meetings...

and now i get paid to sit here n rot for next couple of weeks.

bleh.

gg to book my hotel accomodation for Phuket and Hongkong! Happy! gg on holiday in july + Aug/Sept. big strain on my finances...but i will survive.

tempted to take leave on thursday *grins* any girls want to join me and theresa for MNG SALE??? and i can go out and pak-toh with dear dear after that..and hopefully he has 2 ARMS! then we can embark on our fitty-baby programme!

now my colleague jsut planted a weird idea in my mind. maebe we can go get 14 day free trail pass to Cali Fitness and gym religiously for 2 weeks. hmmm....