Saturday, December 30, 2006
End of the Year
I remembered I kept complaining I can't celebrate my birthday, 'cus of the exams.
Yes, Gerrie managed to celebrate it with me. *Hugs*
Exams were't really that eazy, after all, I only spent 6 hours studying for NM. But I learnt not to harp on past events. Results would be made known a month later.
I have also celebrated my post-birthday with my mates. Kimmy was really nice to come pick me and the rest up and I believed we had a nice dinner, albeit the rain.
I have also organised our Christmas party! Planning was a chore. Really.
Last check, I spent alot on Christmas gifts.
Among 'em was a bottle to Gerrie's daddy. It helped that the Bank carried out the QuickC@sh promotion. A $20 voucher subsidized the cost.
I spent 3 days wrapping presents.
I spent an entire night figuring how to wrap presents like this:
But it turned out to be like this:
Disappointing, I know. Sorry Darling!Watched Gerrie played the piano and sang in church.
Heard one of the best sermon the next day. That, to me, is celebrating the true meaning of Christmas.
I had my Christmas eve lunch with Gerrie at Ikea. How we missed the wings there!
We had fondue with HQ an hour later.
The Christmas party rocked! Don't you just love the video I made? I did it in 3 days time.
I watched my first movie with my parents and Gerrie since the looooooooooooooooongest time. Night at the museum.
I watched Charlotte's Web with Gerrie the next day.
I learnt the order of nature in Ikea.
I finally met up with KB, who was really sweet to pick up Gerrie from Yishun and to send all of us home. We had Chong Pang nasi lemak!
I hate rain.
Work was crazy on Thursday.
Work was even crazier on Friday.
But Boss gave me 5 stars! For pushing my limits and for picking things fast.
And the people whom I thought didn't like me... they think I'm good looking! Geez, they have taste!
And one of them was so kind to help settle my last case that I could go home earlier. Than the rest of 'em. I stayed back only for an hour.
New Year eve is coming, and the plan is sill unconfirmed.
But guess what... it will pull off!
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Christmas Cheer... Fine, Post-Christmas Cheer!
I apologise for the grammatical errors I made, but I was rushing the video throughout the entire night till 2:30 in the morning. Also, HQ and I are not graduating this year, but next year. And I thought we are in 2007 already. Sheesh.
Moving on, enjoy the video below. I thought it was really funny!
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Christmas
Date: 24 DEC06Time: 1800H
Venue: Entrance is by invitation only
Who: The 12 beautiful people
What: NHSS Gathering Cum Christmas 2006
Back To Old School Style
What to Wear:
Accessorize yourself with the following colours
- Green
- Red
- White
- Silver
- Gold
- Purple
& stand a chance to win 'The Most Colourful Outfit'!
Food: Abundance of 'em! Turkey, sausages, chicken, Golden Pillows, prawns... we have lots of it! So come with a empty stomach!
We would also have games for you to win some prizes home. At the end of the day, it's the laughters and memories we bring home to. Come with an open mind!
Requirements: Bring along your gift, a minimum of $20 spending.
Last but no least, we have a segment of giving 'The Special Gift'. Bring along presents to whom you want to give. Surprise that someone!
We would end it all by having a Thanks-giving session.
See you there!
Rainy Fanny
Work was quite good, though I came in to office with a rude shock on the email correspondences I had. But I managed to clear everything by 3pm. Lunch with colleagues was nice, but too expensive. No more lunches at Fish & Co. for me.
I've been doing lots of shopping, especially after the exams. Sales start from Burberry, cK to Gucci. Talking about Gucci, there's no discount given for the handphone strap. Sigh. Guess there's no way for me to get it then.
Talkng about shopping centres, choirs are everywhere! So exciting! It's like... wherever you go, you hear people singing praises to the Lord! Hallelujah!
A cappellas are ze best! The people in the video are Indonesians and they brought smiles to the crowd watching 'em performing outside Tangs. I thought of watching Budak Pantai.
Alrighty. Going bed now.
Tomorrow's our little department's party. Best part? It's during working hours! Heh.
I bought Wonder Woman something.
A Borders voucher lies behind the deceptive smile.
And I already know what my gift exchange partner is getting for me.
I have requested a Taka $10 voucher.
Heh.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Happy Holidays
I haven't been a good student, have I?
Congratulations to all who would be graduating this semester. *Envy* I am still very sore that I have six more months to go. Which shouldn't have been the case at all. Oh well.
Joyce was really sweet today. The message she wrote in the card was genuine and I appreciate that. Thank you so much, Joyce!
Finally brought myself to Klear Cut. I was so in need of a trim but couldn't afford the time. Rather, I thought I could try lengthen the time frame of having to visit my stylist again. After all, he doesn't come cheap.
Did a little more Christmas shopping. To date, the cost of presents totalled at $1010. And it's not going to stop. *groanz* Haven't gotten Dad anything. His idea of giving him red packet seem too cliche. I'm not going to play Santa anymore! Geez... Further to that, I have to prepare for the upcoming Christmas party, get prizes for the games. Yes, I'm hosting them! It's going to be so much fun! Heh. We haven't even calculate the total amount we are going to spend for the party, which I believe it would be quite substantial. But I really hope everyone would enjoy the party.
Going back to work tomorrow. Sleep early boys and girls. Night.
Monday, December 18, 2006
What Jews Do On Christmas
Enjoy.
Saturday, December 16, 2006
The Old
The New
Lazy Afternoon
Hotel
Lonely
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Twenty Something
Jasmine: Uh? You suffer from mid-life crisis only when you're 50.
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Wrinkles appear as you get older.
I was asking David, "So how does it feel to be like when you're 25?"
And he replied, "That you felt you haven't accomplish anything in your life."
Very encouraging indeed. It felt as if I lived for the past 25 years just to hear someone say that to me.
He went home and sent me this mail. Titled: Being Twenty-Something.
They call it the "Quarter-life Crisis." It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are many things about yourself that you didn't know and may not like. You start feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barely know where you are now.
You start realizing that people are selfish and that, maybe, those friends that you thought you were so close to aren't exactly the greatest people you have ever met, and the people you have lost touch with are some of the most important ones. What you don't recognize is that they are realizing that too, and aren't really cold, catty, mean or insincere, but that they are as confused as you.
You look at your job...and it is not even close to what you thought you would be doing, or maybe you are looking for a job and realizing that you are going to have to start at the bottom and that scares you.
Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are doing and find yourself judging more than usual because suddenly you realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and are constantly adding things to your list of what is acceptable and what isn't.
One minute, you are insecure and then the next, secure. You laugh and cry with the greatest force of your life. You feel alone and scared and confused. Suddenly, change is the enemy and you try and cling on to the past with dear life, but soon realize that the past is drifting further and further away, and there is nothing to do but stay where you are or move forward.
You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you loved could do such damage to you. Or you lay in bed and wonder why you can't meet anyone decent enough that you want to get to know better. Or maybe you love someone but love someone else too and cannot figure out why you are doing this because you know that you aren't a bad person.
One night stands and random hook ups start to look cheap. Getting wasted and acting like an idiot starts to look pathetic. You go through the same emotions and questions over and over, and talk with your friends about the same topics because you cannot seem to make a decision.
You worry about loans, money, the future and making a ! life for yourself.....and while winning the race would be great, right now you'd just like to be a contender!
What you may not realize is that everyone reading this relates to it. We are
in our best of times and our worst of times, trying as hard as we can to
figure this whole thing out.
Being 25 isn't so scary. But I do agree you develop a different point of view, the way you look at things, at how physical things are just material. You start worrying about future, money and you wonder how are you going to get that apartment and the car you always dreamed of. You look at your friends and start comparing, devaluing yourself.
But life can also be beautiful.
After all, I look younger than most of us out there.
Cheers.
Many events happened over the year. Struggled abit in the early year in terms of relationship. But I'm glad I met Geraldine again, who has constantly supported me. She understands me and my position, and I want to thank her for being in my life and for all the things she has done. I love you.
I have another half a year more to the completion of studies, due to certain circumstances (which was one of my biggest regret this year). I believe everything would fall in place nicely next year.
One of my biggest decision I have to make this year is the switching of industry I work in. I gave up something stable which yields a steady paycheck with 6 months bonuses each year and entered the banking industry. I'm still learning and would give myself another six months to decide.
I want to thank all the well-wishers. Unfortunately, I can't remember all because I have to delete all the text in my phone. It stinked on me. Sorry.
I may not have my Gucci handphone strap, nor a pair of Raoul cufflinks, but I'm glad there are people who remembered (k fine, I have shamlessly announced my birthday and of course, there's Friendster).
To my Lord. Thank you for your blessings for these 25 years. I love you!
To Mum, who wished me this morning. Dad and Theresa, I'm still waiting! =)
Aren't they nice!!! Get me one of these! And look who's gracing for LV now!
To Gerrie, once again. Thank you for the LV bag. Thank you for being my all.
To everyone in the office who celebrated my birthday in advance. To Phyllis, Roz, Yvonne, Mala, Nishah, Jasmine, Elizabeth and Meng Choo for the vouchers. To Samantha, who was sweet enough to leave me a testimonial. And also Gwen, who conveniently mistook the date.
To Sophia for the Agnes B. Study hard for the papers!
To Tingxi, Waikit & Michelle, HQ, Kimmy, Susan, Lulu, Daniel and Jacqueline.
To YY, Venka, Ed, GXG, Gary and Weizhua.
To Ryan, Amanda and Elaine.
To Andrew and Xinhui.
To Lala.
To Tammy.
To David.
And to Jesica.
Have a lovely day ahead.
Enjoy the vids I have uploaded.
Why throw a tantrum when no one is watching?
Amazing. Shark gets eaten by octopus!
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Tuesday With Gerrie
Gerrie had a bad day in the office as well. And I thought hard and long on how to make her happy. After all, she said I don't know how to pamper her. Then, I had the most perfect idea!
I shall bring her to the Big Apple!
We would wear the tacky 'I Love NY!' tees, walk from 40th Street up to Central Park, visit Madison Square and have breakfast at
Who can ever reject the idea of visiting New York? I was thinking to myself that would really make Gerrie so happy. It would be so much fun!
But how to afford the expenditures when I have to wait for 60% discount to buy dkny?
So, we changed plans.
We went to New York, New York.
Many times we passed this place and wanted to try their waffles. We have seen children q-ing up for its green candy floss. This restaurant would be one of the 'must-try' places for everyone.
Truth is Gerrie and I were thinking where to have our dinner. She suggested New York, New York and I was agreeable to it.
After all, at the end of the day, I managed to capture the Empire State Building at the background. =)
Anyway, I was sooooooooooooo...... hungry I could eat grass like a horse. K wait, did I get that wrong?
*once again, I managed to act like a himbo*
Talking about grass, look at the stem of the bouquet? Isn't it so nice?
The wild flowers and beads made the roses stand out. Thanks to Daniel (& Donny) and Eddy that the delivery man managed to reach Gerrie.
Right. About the food...
I had half roasted chicken; Gerrie fish & chips.
The chicken tasted much better than Kenny Roger's. And the wedges were so good! Gerrie's portion wasn't small as well. Coupled that with a glass of root beer float and a touch of New York, we were satisfied.
Tomorrow's the Presentation Day! And coming up, my birthday.
I hate exams. Good bye New York.
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A misfortunate incident.
Monday, December 11, 2006
Food Makes Me Happy
I'm still hungry. Darn.
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Sunday
Now, I'm only worried for NM exam. Think we had screwed up the final project. MR shouldn't have posed much of a threat though.
I met Gerrie at her place, slacked a little before we headed to Vivo. A really big mistake. Can't enter Vivo and Harbour Front and was compelled to park at an office building. Bloody cost us $10! WTF!
We did a little walk before we decided to go for dinner. That place had opened a new wing, which introduced more restaurants. But I guess craving precedes anything else. We went Japanese.
The Entrance
There wasn't any Q, so we specifically asked for a window seat. I thought it would be quite nice to have our dinner with a sea view. But guess what? There was a passage whereby people can walk past Sushi Tei to the ledge to enjoy the '5entosa view', which still puzzled me. Very nice meh? Buy the Merlion tee-shirt lor. Anyway, being typical 5ingap0reans, they LOVE to peek through the glass window and look at what we were eating.
Speaking about the food, I was fully satisfied. Besides my favourite salmon, we tried a couple new dishes, like the scallop and eel. The next best scallop I ever had can be found in Sushi Tei! No wait! It can even beat Ambush!
We went outdoors for a little while. Something we don't do often.
There were playgrounds for the kids.
Then there were some pools for the kids to waddle in.
Don't be naughty, children. Remember, 5anta is watching you! Misbehave and you would be made to do pull-ups.
The place the Support Div X'mas party was held.
There was even a live band to watch!
We continued to shop indoors and I got my colleagues some chocolates from Candy Empire.
Don't remind me. Monday blues' kickin' in already.
Work. Bahz.
Weekend
Gracias to C5U for the cake.
But it turned out to be good news anyway. Gerrie had taken s1ck leave,so I went to her place to accompany her. WK had earlier texted me to read my mail. The boys had decided to make it a point to celebrate Christmas together! Ooh, I love parties! I got really excited and replied their mails. I'm soooooooo... going to make this party a helluva one!
Shoot me. I love 5tarbucks.
Gerrie and I looked through some catalogs and thought we should get a log cake for the party. We decided to go shopping! K fine, we go shopping almost every other days. But ahh... this time, we went with a mission.
Gerrie and me
I gave ourselves only 4 hours to walk around town. From I5etan, DFS, to FEP, we had not once went to look at log cakes. Instead, we found ourselves at MAC, Bobby Brown and Dior. At Wisma, we spent almost an hour choosing earrings!
S00kee Diamond Christmas tree worth over a million bucks
We had dinner at Bugis with HQ before I sent Gerrie home. The rest of the night was with the boys and Kimmy to discuss the details of the party!
Shucks. The upcoming exam is such a damper. WTF.
Saturday, December 09, 2006
I uploaded some videos again! Enjoy! Happy Weekend!
Friday, December 08, 2006
Party
Lunch was something special. Haven't had PH for the longest time. Had wanted to lunch alone but thought otherwise. There were 6 of us, including Brenda, whom everyone seemed to like. After lunch, I sneaked in office a little late. I went to do a little shopping for my 'date'. I was asking the girls if they had preferred something from B0dy Sh0p or M&P and they chose the first.
But I preferred M&P and got my 'date' a bottle of Magnolia body foam.
The Party.
The B@nk's ATMs
Despite the dilly-dally, we reached Viv0 a little early. The event was held outdoors, but it wasn't that warm. We exchanged our lucky draw ticket for a door gift, which was such a disappointment: an umbrella.
There wasn't much things to do, so I went to had my portrait drawn.
I was famished but the party hadn't started, so I helped myself to the beer and wine. Dinner commerced after the C00 gave his opening speech. The food was not too bad and I had 2 servings! My 'date' decided we should meet and do the gift exchange. I met her at the drinks and yes, I got what I wanted. No, it's not from Taka *groanz*, but the value is higher than what I had spent. Heh, her colleagues were so funny, all wanting to see what pressie I had gotten for her.
The games played were hilarious and I was laughing all the way throughout. The night ended early about 10 and suddenly, everyone were rushing off. Somehow, I felt a little disappointed and took a walk by myself, admiring the 0megas and Zeniths.
The weekend is here. But I'm not even excited.
Thursday, December 07, 2006
The Week Is Almost Over
The cake was a surprise though. They usually order from Secret Recipe, but this time from TCC. Was not too bad, but I suspect TCC had gotten it from Rive Gauche. The box, the taste, and the look gave it away.
Unable to post the pictures up. The cam's with Gerrie.
Work has been ok. Boss hinted they are flirting with the idea of extending my contract or even giving me perm status. Am not too sure. I mean, I love the Bank. But I would really want to do something else.
Anyway... here goes. I would be attending the Bank's Support Division X'mas Party!!!
Dear, don't worry. I'll keep my hands to myself.
Each of us are assigned a 'date' and I think there would be games. Of course, we have gift exchanges.
My 'date' is from Tre@sury and I have 'checked' her out. Heh. The other day, I LN her and asked if she wanted anything in particular. She replied she was okay with anything, so I'm going to get her something either from the B0dy Sh0p or M&P.
I have asked for Taka or Isetan vouchers. In that case, I can combine with my existing vouchers and get a pair of Calvins. Heh. Wait... I think still not enough ah. Guess I have to top up with cash then.
Everyone in the office are raving about the party. I'm just going there to see who's who. It would be fun! It's like... "OOh, so you're the one I have been corresponding with!"
Haven't decided what to wear though.
Maybe my Calvins top, with the Zara.
Or the Burberry with black pants.
Or another Burberry with Zara.
I shall grab whatever I fancy tomorrow when I wake up.
Anyway, Gerrie and I watched Open Season. It's sooooooo much fun than Open Feet. K, OF is cute. But OS is hilarious! Simple plot but really cute characters.
Today, Starbucks gave out free coffee from 5-7pm, in exchange for a donation to the Sa1avati0n @rmy. Gerrie and I decided not to have the free coffee but still ended up there after dinner. Yes, we paid.
Stand and Q for free coffee? Why bother?