What goes through your mind when someone says "Let's Go for a Drink"

haha... I think this is sooooooo... true... lol...

Reflection...

Maybe it is time for me to go and reflect on what is happening around me. For some reason, I am not very surprised to hear from my other colleague that apparently someone is not very happy working with me. I guess it is inevitable to have conflicts while working together especially after working together for so many years. I just feel that, don't feel one way and yet act like you are very gam with me. At least let me know of any displeasure especially when I do know I am one who don't know how to "package" my words nicely and often offend people unknowingly.

It is probably good that I know how she is like and thus is abit weary of saying too much things in front of her. Maybe that's why I am not surprised ba... After all, I hear her gossiping to me about things of my other colleague that really shouldn't be told. This make me even more certain that there really are somethings that I should keep to myself. So most of the times even if I do gossip with her about somethings, it will be about things that I don't mind reaching other people's ears. You never know what will happen once the information gets through her.

I guess I really should think about what are the things that I can do better. After all, sometimes I do agree my "honesty" to some people are making me enemies in the company. I must learn to "lend a listening ear and otherwise, keep my mouth shut!"

Absolut Masquerade

I used to collect postcards featuring Absolut vodka many years ago. I have always been very fascinated by the designs of their advertisements and etc which was what really started my postcard collection. One day, I may probably go back into postcard collection concentrating on Absolut postcards itself...

I first came upon Absolut Masquerade during my company's Xmas gift exchange. One of my colleague received it as a present and I think it looks really nice! I finally managed to get someone to buy it for me from the DFS. It's sooo... pretty. I like... :D

All they need is a listening ear...

I did not joined my usual lunch kakis for lunch this afternoon because I was tired to go so far for lunch and the weather was too hot for me to venture out too. I would rather have lunch near my office and in an indoors setting away from the sun... :P

I ended up lunching with my other colleague from another building. Usually even if we do lunch together, there will definitely be other people around too. So it is actually quite rare that only the both of us are lunching together. She is one of my closer colleague in the company as we used to work quite closely together. As usual, we traded some gossips going around the company and etc. We were chit chatting when she told me this thing that I remember my bf told me before too. "Sometimes when people tell us things, they do not need us to make any comments. They just want a listening ear."

I think I really need to take this advice and stop commenting too much about things that people told me. Or even comment too much. My bf actually told me that he feels that I have very low EQ because I am not sensitive enough to know what I should say and what I should not. A lot of times I will tell people things because I feel that I should be honest to them. I just don't want to lie to them I guess. So I will tell them my honest opinion about things that I feel they should know. I guess this in turn may sour some of my relationships with other people. Some people just don't and cannot accept too much honesty.

I think I really should go and reflect about this...

Nua-ing at Starbucks

I have no class today but knowing myself, I know I will be very unproductive if I am to go home to do my assignment and projects. In the end, I decided to drop by the Library to borrow some reference book and then to Starbucks to do my assignment.

I think doing my assignment in Starbucks is better for me... At least I really am more productive there... Now I feel super sian doing my assignment at home... The worst thing is, my bed is luring me to sleep now... lol... I think I will try to do my assignment outside next time. Even though it is inconvenient because I do not have access to my textbooks for referencing, at least I am more productive... But please... At least give me an access to internet. I think I will die of boredom without it... lol...

27 Random Things About Me...

Someone tagged me to write 25 random things about me. I finally completed it and posted it in Facebook. I think I will just post one here too... 25 random things about boring me... or rather 27. Because I just want to add those 2 more in my blog... It's a bonus that you can't see in Facebook ok? It took me quite a while before I completed it.

1) When people say that I am picky about food, I will tell them that I am just a selective eater. Really! I don't eat beansprouts unless they are together with Hokkien Mee, Fried Kway Teow and etc. See... I am selective...! :P
2) I keep a blog, just that not a lot of people know the url.
3) I don't like driving because I think I am a lousy driver. Maybe that's why I have yet to pass my driving test but I do look forward to becoming a licensed mobile road hazard. lol...
4) I used to collect freecards mainly on movies and Absolut. So I have lots of freecards in my house now. I just can't bear to throw them all away even though I think they are taking up too much space.
5) I learn my Chinese through reading comics when I was young.
6) I often tell myself to live my life with no regrets. Then why am I still having so many regrets???
7) I aml working in my first full time job for the past 4 years and counting... I often wonder how long I will work there for...
8) I often marvel over how much my life has changed over the last 4 years.
9) I live by "Act Blur Live Longer" rule. Sometimes, it is best to act blur for somethings... 厉害就好不要假厉害. :P
10) I like to travel alone. I will do that again if I have the chance.
11) People are always very surprised when they know that I went travelling alone in China.
12) I am a very indecisive person. Very!
13) Although I am a very indecisive person, once I make up my mind, there's no changing it.
14) I always wonder why do I keep going back to school even though I don't like studying.
15) I am lousy at managing my finances.
16) I always wonder where did my money went... Maybe that's why I am so poor... :(
17) I am a very 三分钟热度 person.
18) I love to watch horror movies and will cover my eyes with my fingers for a bit of 安全感.
19) I hope I will have a chance to work overseas one of these days.
20) I never own a pager before even though it was the "in" thing during my secondary school days.
21) I think I am a very contradictory person. There are somethings that I always think I will never do but I still end up doing it. What happened???
22) One of my greatest fear is losing my family.
23) I don't like to receive bouquet of flowers not because I don't like flowers. It's because it is tiring to hold the bouquet. You have to hold the bouquet in a certain way so that the water don't flow out. That's sooo... tiring...
24) The biggest bouquet of flowers I ever received was 99 stalks of roses on Valentines' Day a few years ago. It was a huge surprise to me.
25) It is amazing how I almost don't shop at all when I was younger. Now, all I do is shop... :P
26) I think I work better last minute. My 灵感 usually comes only at the eleventh hour... Not a good thing because it's damn stressful!!!
27) I am actually very fair when I was young. As in REALLY fair. My bf always ask me "What happened?" when he saw that particular photo that showed me being REALLY fair.

林曉培 - 心動

I always like this song. For some reason this song kept going through my mind today. So here it is. One of my favourite songs...

有多久没见你
以为你在那里
原来就住在我的心底
陪伴着我的呼吸

有多远的距离
以为闻不到你的气息
谁知道你背影这么长
回头就看到你

过去让它过去
来不及
从头喜欢你
白云缠绕着蓝天

如果
不能够永远都在一起
也至少给我们
怀念的勇气
拥抱的权利
好让你明白
我心动的痕迹

过去让它过去
来不及
从头喜欢你
白云缠绕着蓝天
如果
不能够永远都在一起
也至少给我们
怀念的勇气
拥抱的权利
好让你明白
我心动的痕迹

总是想再见你
还试着打探你的消息
原来
你就住在我的身体
守护我的回忆

Don't Quit

I saw this card while I was packing my stuff the other day. It was something that I bought many years ago when I was probably still in JC. Meaningful words...

Don't Quit

When things go wrong
as they sometimes will,
when the road you're trudging
seems all uphill,

When the funds are low
and the debts are high,
and you want to smile
but you have to sigh,
when care is pressing you down a bit
rest if you must but don't you quit.

Success is failure turned inside out
the silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
and you never can tell
how close you are
It may be near when it seems afar,
so stick to the fight
when you're hardest hit...

It's when things seem worst
that you must not quit!

Gathering with my Poly Girlfriends

I met up with my poly girlfriends at Jurong Point for dinner on Thursday. Wah... Jurong Point is soooo big after the extension. However, no matter how big Jurong Point is now, it seems to still be as crowded as ever. That place is forever soooo crowded... -_-'''

We had dinner at Thai Express. One thing for sure, I will never ever eat Thai Pineapple Fried Rice there again. I love to eat Thai Pineapple Fried Rice but honestly, the Thai Pineapple Fried Rice there is the worst that I had ever tasted before. Totally put off. :x It is good that the manager tried to do some service recovery by making them cook a new Thai Pineapple Fried Rice for me when we told him that there was a weird taste to it. Too bad the second serving of it was only slightly better but still not something that I like at all. Luckily KS's green curry saved my day by covering the taste or else I doubt I will even eat it and have a proper dinner.

It's always nice to meet up with my poly girlfriends. We even decided to meet up every first Thursday of the month as I am only free on Mondays and Thursdays. I am looking forward to the next meet up! :D

Happy Valentines' Day!

Happy Valentines' Day! People go out to celebrate Valentines' Day, me? I actually have lesson today! We were informed that there will be lesson only on Wednesday lor... Fainted... Haha...

I am not those people who are very "heng" about Vday. At most I will just go out for dinner with my bf or something. This year's Vday is no different. We had dinner at MOF in Bugis Junction. I had been wanting to try the food there. The food there is ok only. I think I will prefer the food in Ma Maison.

After dinner, we shopped around for a while and went to my friend's place to play mahjong! Haha... I had been thinking of playing mahjong ever since CNY but only had the chance today. :D It's just too bad that I did not win any money today. It's ok though because we are all playing just for the fun of it. :P Maybe next time ba... :)

Tired...

I am feeling very tired ever since I start my school. There is almost no time for me to do anything. I feel so tired everyday especially since the start of my projects. Maybe it is because it has been a few years since I graduated from my Advanced Diploma so I am no longer used to the life of working full time and studying part time. Maybe it is because I am old liao. Whatever it is, I definitely feel more tired at the end of the day.

Just yesterday after I got home from my date with my Poly girlfriends, I showered and sat in front of my computer wanting to do my project and assignment that was due today. My sister came into the room and borrowed my laptop as she wanted to send a quick email. I thought that since I have to wait for her and I have no idea how "quick" is her quick email so I thought I will rest while waiting for her. I told her to wake me up when she's done. I end up waking at 6.30 this morning. -_-''''

Because of the lack of sleep these days, I am now like the Singapore Panda because of how dark my eye circles have become. Prior to this, my eye circles are already in very bad condition, now it's even worse. :( Sigh... No eye gel seems to be working... Super sian... Maybe I should dump my money and try La Mer... Unless someone is willing to sponsor me... Valentines' Day is tomorrow. I wonder if there is any kind soul who is willing to buy me La Mer's Creme de la Mer? Not very expensive lah... It just cost $265 for 30mL...

Thumbdrives

My bf bought some cars from the departmental stores and modified them to become very cute thumbdrives. :D

Cute right? :D

Randoms...

10 million Toto Draw
The dream to be one of the winners to the 10 million Toto draw is still a dream after all... So sad... Never mind... I will be one of them the next time round! :P

MSN Messenger tio banned Again!
I went back to work after Chinese New Year to receive news that MSN messenger which was banned is back in action again in the office. We were all delighted by the news. Who won't be happy to know that we can start chatting in the office again during office hours? We are "connected" again! I went into office yesterday to face problem logging into MSN messenger again. MSN Messenger tio banned again... Sigh... What a short lived happiness. HJ was telling me to take it as a CNY bonus... Sigh...

Busy...
My projects for my school have started liao... This time round I am doing project with 3 girls in my class. One of them is a very cute girl (Ok... I officially take back those words). Very timeline driven person. It is good to have this kind of person in the group. At least there is someone who is pushing you to work. :) Starting of my projects means I have less time for everything else. It also means that my no-life life is going to start again. It feels like I am going back to my Advanced Diploma days again...

Tio suan siao...

For some reason, my colleague and I have been feeling that my manager is getting weirder and weirder as the time goes by. We just ignore him because there is nothing much we can do about it also.

Recalling an incident that happened last Friday... I came into office on time on Friday and although he was seated at his desk and I walked passed him while getting some water from the pantry, I did not greet him good morning as he seem occupied with his stuff. His face was also quite "black" so all the more I want to avoid him at all cost. What for find trouble for myself right? He left the office for a meeting with his boss later in the morning so by the time I saw him again, it was already after lunch.

He left 2 ang baos for me on my desk and I went out to look for him to thank him for the ang bao and also to discuss some work with him. Anyway, I ended up tio suan siao by him whereby he implied that I wished him Happy CNY just because of the ang baos. Fine, he can think what he wants. Even though I got suan siaoed by him over that, he was only throwing his own face. The rest of the people in the office came and commented things like "Why is he so petty one?" "Your boss not in good mood today arh? He's very moody leh" over the things that he said to me. I don't even need to go and complain to the people outside about what he suaned me because everyone heard him suan-ed me. I don't think I am at fault for not wishing him a Happy CNY the first thing I come into the office. Nobody says that it is a must for me to wish him a Happy CNY. To think you suaned me about it just because of this? So who's at fault here? Definitely not me. Just too bad for him for throwing his own face...