Sunday, June 29, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Day 20
I'm drowning my sorrows with MariGold Blueberry Yogurt now because a good friend failed to inform me that there was a gathering today. It doesn't feel good inside....On the bright side, i met this econs girl at Bank M today and also met Eugene from icomp. She hazarded a guess that we were from odac but in actuality we were from the slackest cca ard. I'm glad my figure still doesn't give away that i've not been exercising for centuries.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Day 19
Went back to sch today to collect my commencement gown. Before this, I wasn't at all excited abt graduation, but when I went home, put on the gown for my parents to see....suddenly I felt washed over by achievement. Was reminded that I'd studied for close to 20 years for this day. It's not just 4 years in NUS, it's the entire journey that counts.
I thought gown collection was a fuss-free pick-up-and-go affair. What I didn't expect was that we'd to go through the maze through the MPSH from gown collection to the booths promoting plagues, studio portraits, memorabilia plushtoys, alumni donations etc. Commencement is such a good way to make money.
I signed up for the on-stage photoshots, hope they send me the 2 photos this time round. Back in Cedar i signed up and paid for the same thing during the grad cermony but the photos nv came. Atrocious memory!....or rather the lack of it. Dad's camera was blocked by someone's head so I had no photos of sec sch graduation. Bleah...
I thought gown collection was a fuss-free pick-up-and-go affair. What I didn't expect was that we'd to go through the maze through the MPSH from gown collection to the booths promoting plagues, studio portraits, memorabilia plushtoys, alumni donations etc. Commencement is such a good way to make money.
I signed up for the on-stage photoshots, hope they send me the 2 photos this time round. Back in Cedar i signed up and paid for the same thing during the grad cermony but the photos nv came. Atrocious memory!....or rather the lack of it. Dad's camera was blocked by someone's head so I had no photos of sec sch graduation. Bleah...
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Day 18
I love my dad.... today's father's day but instead of me doing sth for him, he did sth for me! Knowing that I always use the laptop in bed, "dangerously" sharing the adapter with the aircon, he installed an additional socket near my bed. Think most dads will set the standard for their girls' potential date: My dad does everything DIY, that's why I can't stand guys who mess up when they hv to do things DIY.
Worked like a dog today....finally the last day of roadshow and we hit 77, twice our target. Think Zac was pleased, he wanted to close at 65.
Worked like a dog today....finally the last day of roadshow and we hit 77, twice our target. Think Zac was pleased, he wanted to close at 65.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Day 17
Eww....another old man asked me for my tel no. and to drink kopi again....eww.....Met him as I was walking to amk hub this morning.
It is World Blood Donor Day today and I given complimentary tickets to the Zoo. It was reasonably fun, but unreasonably sweaty experience. Abt 4500 blood donors were invited so it was really packed. I think I go to the zoo more often than many ppl of my age do haha, so i can tell which exhibits are new and which hv been taken away. Cldn't find the golden lion tamarines anymore, Ah Meng's gone, plus of course the penguin enclosure was gone as the ST had reported. Think I missed the giant tortises too. *Hai* Good thing the giraffes were still there....
Had Muturbak at The Prata House along Thomson Rd for lunch. Cldn't help comparing it to Mr Prata. Although this was crispier and the curry was less oily, it was less tasty, I still prefer the Clementi's which just has that "wow" factor in it.Friday, June 13, 2008
Day 16
my soles ache like hell....from roadshow mania. =(
Went for 10 hr assessment centre at mfa on wed, a mentally draining experience. Feel dumb because i got lost while walking out to the main road. Ended up on Dempsy Hill, completely in the middle of nowhere. Having to tread all the in heels made everything worse.
Was so tired from standing all day long already yet I stayed up last night to research on ASEAN, APEC, LA, WTO....blah blah blah for the interview. But they didn't ask any technical qns at all and for waiting 20min, the interview was barely 5min. *glup*
Went for 10 hr assessment centre at mfa on wed, a mentally draining experience. Feel dumb because i got lost while walking out to the main road. Ended up on Dempsy Hill, completely in the middle of nowhere. Having to tread all the in heels made everything worse.
Was so tired from standing all day long already yet I stayed up last night to research on ASEAN, APEC, LA, WTO....blah blah blah for the interview. But they didn't ask any technical qns at all and for waiting 20min, the interview was barely 5min. *glup*
~does the length of the interview reflect my chances?~
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Day 15
Snoozed all the way from 0730 to 0815 today. Didn't want to get out of bed but I had to......had to go get JX's cake before the session today. One more reason was that I had to have that 2nd bowl of soya-barley for breakfast. Haha that's why I was late to meet Jon. But as usual, he was gracious to wait and to help do the "extra-strenuous" task of carry the cake.
It was a wonderful lunch outing with the residents today because he was such a hyperactive resident. It was like he had his own photo shoot and I was his beck-and-call assistant. I must try to get that photo with his arms around my shoulder lol.... so hilarious.... he directs the photographer! He enjoys attention and everyone was willing to provide that attention, so we were all amused. But it was terrible that JX and Jon commented that it was the first time they saw me so fierce when we got them to buy food. So embarrassing...=p But I'd to do it mah, he wasn't listening, didn't want to buy food and was a handful trying to direct the other residents too and chat up all the stall owners....*sigh*.... I even had to open a drain cover to retrieve a coin he dropped....
But it was worthwhile, cos i know he had a good time. He even remembered my name at the end of it all. I'm just sorry that I didn't pay enough attention. He was struggling to eat the noodles but I didn't realised until he finished it and then told the cleaner who collected the bowls that nx time they'd to cut the noodles. I know that the cleaner didn't get it but I got it.
It was a wonderful lunch outing with the residents today because he was such a hyperactive resident. It was like he had his own photo shoot and I was his beck-and-call assistant. I must try to get that photo with his arms around my shoulder lol.... so hilarious.... he directs the photographer! He enjoys attention and everyone was willing to provide that attention, so we were all amused. But it was terrible that JX and Jon commented that it was the first time they saw me so fierce when we got them to buy food. So embarrassing...=p But I'd to do it mah, he wasn't listening, didn't want to buy food and was a handful trying to direct the other residents too and chat up all the stall owners....*sigh*.... I even had to open a drain cover to retrieve a coin he dropped....
But it was worthwhile, cos i know he had a good time. He even remembered my name at the end of it all. I'm just sorry that I didn't pay enough attention. He was struggling to eat the noodles but I didn't realised until he finished it and then told the cleaner who collected the bowls that nx time they'd to cut the noodles. I know that the cleaner didn't get it but I got it.
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Day 14
Was paid to have fun today. For $160, i brought some 16-yr-old korean students out to tour SG's historical precincts. I thought wld be given a detailed itinery and transport. There was an itinery, but so 'detailed' it was that it only said "Arab St, Little India and Chinatown".
Our first stop was Arab St which was actually a walking distance from Peninsular Hotel where we picked the students up, but because of the light rain we, lazy ppl (Tim, Tong Tong, me) took the train fr CityHall to Bugis, 1 stop away. Buying train passes was quick, but it was crazy having to collect back the deposit from the machine....
Toured the Sultan Mosque and had lunch there. So inexperienced and inadequate we were as tourguides, we had to scout for makan places in the drizzle and bargain with the eatery owners over the price of nasi bryani. We were told to help them save money and spend within the $10 they were given, but come to think of it, we shld hv just let the students pay. Bargaining was pathetic, we cld've had better food. We then walked to Little India to visit the temple there. Cld've seen more but the kids were didn't hv the stamina to go on. They were so shocked when they heard the temperature in SG was 32degrees and "there is no winter". They'd Mr. Slurpee from 7-eleven as a thirst-quencher but after that their lips turned bluish-purple that I'd the impression that they were severly dehydrated by our weather. So i gave up trying to push them to go on.
Our guides were all praying very hard for a double decker bus to ChinaTown because we didn't want to disappoint our charges. Apparently they don't hv double decks in korea....We didn't do much at Chinatown except got chased by the very rude coffeeshop lady boss across the Heritage Centre. *humpf* She was so very rude (I must repeat this) and I thought you were supposed to be polite to tourists?!
Anw I don't think we were very effective as tourguides, the students seemed quite bored by us. But nonetheless it was a good experience, at least I proved to Tim that I cld navigate us with the map around SG! *smug* Although I almost nv step foot into these places, I know abt them so it cldn't be considered an eye-opener, but it was definitely an interesting way to spend the day.
Went with LY to view flats in AMK. I nv believed ppl cld make so quick decisions abt their accommodations intentions, but guess i'm not a person-living-abroad and i'm an undecisive soul. Had a taste of how housing agents do biz and I remain suspicious of them even as a daughter of a housing agent.
Our first stop was Arab St which was actually a walking distance from Peninsular Hotel where we picked the students up, but because of the light rain we, lazy ppl (Tim, Tong Tong, me) took the train fr CityHall to Bugis, 1 stop away. Buying train passes was quick, but it was crazy having to collect back the deposit from the machine....
Toured the Sultan Mosque and had lunch there. So inexperienced and inadequate we were as tourguides, we had to scout for makan places in the drizzle and bargain with the eatery owners over the price of nasi bryani. We were told to help them save money and spend within the $10 they were given, but come to think of it, we shld hv just let the students pay. Bargaining was pathetic, we cld've had better food. We then walked to Little India to visit the temple there. Cld've seen more but the kids were didn't hv the stamina to go on. They were so shocked when they heard the temperature in SG was 32degrees and "there is no winter". They'd Mr. Slurpee from 7-eleven as a thirst-quencher but after that their lips turned bluish-purple that I'd the impression that they were severly dehydrated by our weather. So i gave up trying to push them to go on.
Our guides were all praying very hard for a double decker bus to ChinaTown because we didn't want to disappoint our charges. Apparently they don't hv double decks in korea....We didn't do much at Chinatown except got chased by the very rude coffeeshop lady boss across the Heritage Centre. *humpf* She was so very rude (I must repeat this) and I thought you were supposed to be polite to tourists?!
Anw I don't think we were very effective as tourguides, the students seemed quite bored by us. But nonetheless it was a good experience, at least I proved to Tim that I cld navigate us with the map around SG! *smug* Although I almost nv step foot into these places, I know abt them so it cldn't be considered an eye-opener, but it was definitely an interesting way to spend the day.
Went with LY to view flats in AMK. I nv believed ppl cld make so quick decisions abt their accommodations intentions, but guess i'm not a person-living-abroad and i'm an undecisive soul. Had a taste of how housing agents do biz and I remain suspicious of them even as a daughter of a housing agent.
Monday, June 02, 2008
Day 13
Ahh...realized how much i want the MTI job. Went for the written test today, it was much more fun answering the econs qns then those psychometric and linguistics tests for mindef and mfa. And i like the job description much better too.
We celebrated KYin's birthday on Fri evening starting with BBQ Chicken at Cine. The family set we got was a disappointment, there was not bbq at all, only fried chicked =(. But the Mezebar-Asian Tapas Bar at Meritus Mandarin which we went later is definitely a good place to chill out. They had those cute seats overlooking the streets but which only came in pairs (couple seats), so we sat in a corner in front of the huge LCD screen showing a soccer match instead. On the waitress' recommendation, we tried their signature cocktails: Tokyo Tea, Mojito, Margarita. I'm not sure if we drank a lot that day but the cab driver told us "you gals smell heavily of alchohol, better eat some mints before you get home or else your parents would surely scold you" Lol....thks....
We celebrated KYin's birthday on Fri evening starting with BBQ Chicken at Cine. The family set we got was a disappointment, there was not bbq at all, only fried chicked =(. But the Mezebar-Asian Tapas Bar at Meritus Mandarin which we went later is definitely a good place to chill out. They had those cute seats overlooking the streets but which only came in pairs (couple seats), so we sat in a corner in front of the huge LCD screen showing a soccer match instead. On the waitress' recommendation, we tried their signature cocktails: Tokyo Tea, Mojito, Margarita. I'm not sure if we drank a lot that day but the cab driver told us "you gals smell heavily of alchohol, better eat some mints before you get home or else your parents would surely scold you" Lol....thks....
Aft mwh on Sat we also went for chuan guan zi steamboat at Kallang. Someone mistook another PRC for the waiter! Tsk tsk tsk....
~ Second Upper with a C!!! ~
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