Day 11

With my new E71 I can now upload a pic of my rollerblades. The samsung cable is still missing but hmm won't be using it any way.

Some other stuff that I also wanted to upload ...

My grandmother's "nian gao"...look how thin it is...

Mum making dumplings. She won't pose for the camera though...

The photo frame that adorns my office table.

My "stress ball" in the office.

And a recent photo of me.^^

Day 10

Went with LY to Jubilee theater to watch Orphan last night. Wanted to watch the 7.00 show but the mtg with mti dragged till 7.30. No choice but to cab down to the place and watch the 9.20 show which was the last show of the day, on the last day they were screening it! Was quite desperate to watch it and good thing it didn't disappoint. =) But it was quite creepy watching it in a cinema with only 8 people in it. Purposely took the aisle seat so that there won't be an empty seat beside me =p

I think because of scene in the delivery ward in the movie and my insane craving for eggs lately that this morning at the bus-stop, I started wondering if a chicken feels the pain when it lays an egg. It'll be quite cruel if the chicken has to go through a lot of pain for the consumers' sake right? Fortunately, I think it's not that painful.

According to DOM_BIRD (http://www.afn.org/~poultry/egghen.htm): "The bird stands high above the egg and rests, beak open and panting after the heavy work. The entire process (from rising to dropping the egg) is quite fast and is finished within half a minute." Thank goodness.

Had a quarrel with dad over the double yolk eggs that mum buys in a carton. He says he doesn't eat them cos he thinks those eggs are GM and god knows what side effects they'll bring. That's so crazy, I love double yolk eggs! Told him that the producers probably did an x-ray or sth to see if there were 2 yolks but he didn't believe me. But look what I've googled again:

"In egg processing factories (or farms!) they put eggs over a light box to check for defects, and you can see the yolk and if there are two yolks you can tell. They do this to check that if chicks are growing inside fertilised eggs too. Like yolk-less eggs (yes, they do happen in nature) they are usually laid by very young chickens who have just started producing." y('_')y =D=D

Day 9

Haha I'm super duper free this morning, cos my boss is .... no where to be found. Just wanted to drop a note to commemorate my 1 year in public svc!

So fast time flies.

I won't lie about how I don't feel jaded upon passing the 1 year mark, about how I don't feel like retiring already, how when I'm assigned some new piece of work I don't feel like I've been passed a disease. All these are true, but I think work is inevitable and you just have to do what you have to do everyday, and do it brilliantly.

My intern Eli pointed out in her internship report that I just vetted that there is a "vast difference" between work assignments and school projects. She learnt the importance of interpersonal communication and having the appropriate mindset at the workplace. For instance, it was very essential to be positive about all big and small tasks, to show tolerance of and learn how to work around different working styles and to embrace responsibility and the opportunity to make decisions. She concluded that the attachment has been extremely rewarding to her.

I feel lucky that I got to read her positive reflections on my 1 year mark. There indeed is a difference between undergrads and the working class. This sort of optimism that you find in students don't come to me that freely anymore =p Kudos to her for helping me realise how much learning I've accumulated over the year, how I've quite successfully adapted to a different environment, and feel good once again about my first anniverssary!