Presentation... SUCCESS!!!

My presentation is finally over!!! YAY!!!

I have rehearsed this presentation many times over the weekends whenever I have free time in between and several more times yesterday night and this morning to be fully prepared for the meeting. I am currently watching this show To The Beautiful You and this line in the show - "Miracle is another name for great effort" - tells me to keep striving and work hard and it will definitely pay off at the end of the day. It does! :))

I was nervous when we were on our way to Concorde Hotel and the tension just kept building up as clock ticked. It got worse when I saw the number of people in the hall. There were like 100-odd audiences whom I have to present to and this is my first time presenting to a large group of audiences. Even though I was very nervous at the start of the presentation that my heart almost jumped out, after a few slides, I started to calm down. Luckily my RO said that she couldn't tell that I am very nervous at the start. Phew~ When the presentation ended, it felt like I just finished my examination. It was something worth celebrating for so after work, Glenn and I went to Jem to check out the new shopping mall in Jurong.

My RO is very nice. She guided me through the slides last Thursday and gave comments to my trial presentation yesterday. When I suggested to her last Thursday to present instead because I felt that she will present better, she insisted that I present and assured me that I can do it! The most comforting thing is she messaged me at night to tell me that she was very proud of me today and that it was a great presentation. When I thanked her for guiding me, she humbly said that it was my effort. I am really grateful for her help and encouragement. Thank you! :))

Batam, I will be there in 12hrs time!!!

Tomorrow morning will be heading to Batam with Glenn. There is Mac breakfast waiting for me as well at Harbourfront. Can't wait for tomorrow to come. And even managed to clear most of my work by this week so that I wouldn't have to brood over it. It's like all goodies will come at the same time. So exciting!

HTHT with boyfriend :))

It had been a long time since we had a heart to heart talk for so long. It was nearly 2 hours in the car after I was sent home. We talked about the past, the gaps, and the things that we can do to improve the current situation. I think such a chat is necessary from time to time to ensure sufficient communication, which is essential, in a relationship.

Win 5 levels of candy crush with EASE!!!

I completed 5 levels of candy crush today in just 2-train-ride time!!! From level 181 all the way to level 185. It is like so amazing and surprising. I feel lucky today. Haha. :D

After getting my tickets, I started level 186 at night and completed all the way till level 191 despite being so tired. I even dozed off while playing a time game and woke up when it started to countdown. I thought I would have lost the game and can head to bed but surprisingly I completed it with 1 star. Damn lucky. Lol!

Cafe Cartel Dinner & Running Man

Glenn was especially nice to me today.

I told him that but he said that he is nice to me everyday just that I don't realise. He was very active on whatsapp since afternoon, probably because he didn't have much work to do. He asked me out for dinner which he usually doesn't. Most of the time, I am the one who suggested to meet for dinner or to go out together. So that kind of surprised me. He came to my office to pick me up then we headed to Northpoint's Cafe Cartel for dinner. He looked at the movie timing and asked if I want to catch a movie with him. That was rather rare. I told him that I would rather take my time to enjoy dinner together and catch movie another day. We should catch a movie if we decided to have a quick dinner. The 1 pizza & 1 pasta promotional set at Cafe Cartel is quite delicious and I love the root beer float too. The only dissatisfaction I had was the long and draggy serving time. Since we did not catch a movie, we had some time after dinner so I thought we could watch running man together at my house and we did. I enjoyed spending 二人世界 time with him. Thanks for everything tonight. :))

I won $5!!!

I won $5 on insinc today! So happy! Sometimes I win $1, sometimes $2. But this is the first time I won $5!!! So excited!!! Haha.

Performance Bonus

I know how much pro-rated performance bonus I will receive today. Though it isn't much and pro-rated but it is still better than nothing. Treat it as a bonus lo. Haha.

Back from 6B class gathering

Just came home from 6B class gathering. We chatted for like 2 hours. Caught up with everyone there - Angie, Yang Sheng, Shi Fang, Yu Wen, Wee Keong, Jing Fen, Shan Wei, Chek How, Tai Fang, Norazli and Kang Rui, on their recent doings and chatted a lot about the past which brought back a lot of happy and unhappy memories. Mostly are funny and childish. All I can say is that this 2 hours of catch up session is definitely worth my time and effort in making a trip down to Northpoint area despite the late meeting time. Hope to see y'all again and hopefully then
more will come. Till we meet again... :))

Let go the glass!!!

 

A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they'd be asked the "half empty or half full" question. Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired: "How heavy is this glass of water?"

Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz.

She replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it's not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my arm. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb and paralyzed. In each case, the weight of the glass doesn't change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes." She continued, "The stresses and worries in life are like that glass of water. Think about them for a while and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and they begin to hurt. And if you think about them all day long, you will feel paralyzed – incapable of doing anything."

It’s important to remember to let go of your stresses. As early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Don't carry them through the evening and into the night. Remember to put the glass down!

Source: Science is Madness

KSL with my family!!!

My family, together with my aunt, my cousins and Glenn, headed out to JB for a day hang out at City Square and KSL mall. We lunched at City Square Kim Gary and headed to KSL mall via cab. Since there were 9 of us, we spitted into 3 per cab. The cab fee ranges from RM7 to RM10. Note not to take the meter blue taxi but rather the red taxi which you can bargain the price up front. Don't take the taxi if the driver requested for a fare higher than RM10. The fare can be as low as RM6.

KBOX at KSL mall is cheap even on weekends. We booked a room for 8 with 6 bottles of beer and 1 jar of chrysanthemum tea and it costed only around S$8 per person. I bought Chef Tony popcorn as well before leaving KSL mall. Later I heard from Jo that the price I bought for is about the same as that in Philippines and much cheaper than those sold in Singapore. It was RM11 for the smaller sized popcorn and RM15 for the bigger sized popcorn. It is really yummy! I realised that watching movie there is very cheap too. It costs only like RM14 for a weekend movie. I did not catch a movie this time round because of insufficient time. I'll watch a movie there someday.

We were lucky that bus S1 was picking up passengers when we decided to leave KSL mall back to City Square. We quickly hopped onto the bus and it costs RM1.50 for each person. The bus journey is about 10 mins. We had dinner at Kenny Rogers and headed home when the shops began to close. Finally home sweet home. Quite a tiring day. But nonetheless, I had fun!

Sweet surprise at 6pm

You are really sweet today.

I'm surprised to receive your call at 6pm, telling me that you were already at the carpark below my workplace. We didn't plan to have dinner together tonight so I didn't expect you to come to my office just to fetch me home then you head home for your dinner. Sometimes you can be really sweet.

Just spoke to you over the phone and realised that you watched me waiting for my lift and entering the lift. You watched and remembered so much details that I took them light-heartedly. You asked if I am happy today. I worried about you taking so much trouble to travel here and there but I really am.

Thanks love. For loving me. For bringing me so much happiness. :))

Good night call

It is rare for you to call me telling me that you called just because you want to hear my voice but you did tonight. It's really sweet. Thanks love. I will definitely have a good night sleep tonight. :))

Valentine's Dinner

In the evening, Glenn came over to my workplace to fetch me so I tried to rush my work in order to leave on time. He did all the planning on where to eat and didn't even want me to set the venue in my iPhone's Google map to direct him to the eating place though his GPS couldn't find the place. I could tell that he really wanted me to enjoy the whole night. We dine at Frienzie Bar & Bistro. Initially we intended to take a walk along the Punggol River, but it started to drizzle when we were done with dinner so we dropped the plan and headed to Glenn's house straight to fetch Cody back to camp. Since we were early to fetch Cody, we waiting in the car at the highest level of a multi-storey car park near his house, laid our seats back and viewed the night sky through the moon-roof. It was beautiful, peaceful and as if the moments and space belong to just both of us. That was the only time I find the moon-roof being so useful. Time flies, it was soon time to fetch Cody and head back home.

That night I thought it would be wasteful to just put the roses into the fridge, like I always do every year and throw away when my mom complains, so I thought it might be good if I arrange them in a vase. I asked for a vase from my dad and read online on how to keep flowers fresh for a longer time. I followed as much as possible- trimmed the bottom of the stems at an angle to let them take up as much water as possible, used warm water for better absorption and add a bit of bleach into the water to keep the water from getting cloudy and inhibit the growth of bacteria. Now the flowers are placed on the coffee table to brighten up my living room. :))

Valentine's Flowers

I knew you were up to something when you suddenly became overly concerned about my lunch time and venue but I did not expect you to come all the way from Tuas to Tiong Bahru Market just to pass me flowers. It really surprised me, just like last year when I woke up to flowers, especially it is raining so heavily outside. Thanks love for buying me happiness every year. :)) It's so sweet to see your message saying, "Flowers of different colors for the different ways you light up my life". See you tonight for dinner fatty! :D:D:D

CNY 2013 Day 1

Just reached home from mahjong session at Eunice's house. Quite tired now and dozed off on Glenn's car when he is fetching me home. I like spending time with Glenn. He assured me that he will buy me a house like Eunice's which is really huge and if he cannot get one in Singapore, he will buy it oversea. Haha. I felt safe and secured when he talks about our future and dote on me.

First day of CNY was really fun and enjoyable. I love going to my uncle's house, chit with my relatives, play poker cards with my cousins and have plenty of goodies to snack on. It is a standard routine every year. Glenn will also come over from his relative's house after he has done with his visiting. It is always filled with jokes and laughter. Almost midnight is different this year because Rong Qing called Glenn for a mahjong session at Eunice's house. Glenn asked me along since Mabel will be tagging along as well. I gladly join since I wanted to spend more time with Glenn and I thought it might be fun. It was. I love CNY! :))

I have to head to bed soon. Later still have visiting to my dad-side-relatives.

Time spent watching RM together

Tonight met Glenn for dinner and watched running man together after dinner. He told me that in his eyes, I have the perfect figure. Silly of him. Thanks for loving me. :)) I hope I can lay in his arms while watching shows together and to sleep when we have our own house just like how we were watching running man tonight. I love you.

Off to Taiwan!!! Wheee~

I am flying to Taiwan after midnight!!! Managed to clear most of my work before going for my holiday so that I can enjoy my holiday with a peaceful mind and ttm!!! Glenn is coming to pick my family up to the airport and have dinner together with my family. Bye Singapore. See you again in 10 days time!!! Wheeeee~

Glenn back from Norway!!!

Glenn is finally back in Singapore after staying in Europe for 5 and a half month!!! Rushed to airport arrival hall after work to pick him up. Then we had dinner with his family at ECP. Everyone is so happy that Glenn is back, so am I. :D:D:D

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013!!!

I saw this post on Facebook and I think that this is a good practice. Good things happen in life but, often, we are just happy at that point in time and forget soon after. Life is short and yet, we often find it boring and monotone. Perhaps we should note these good things that cross our paths so that one day when we look back, we will find our lives meaningful and awesome indeed!

I should record every good thing that happens in life, starting from today! Since I don't have a jar. I will note these good things in my blog. On 2014 new year's eve or even many years down the road, when I look back, I will realized how fortunate and thankful I am.

~ Count down: 10 days (8 working days)~

Genting

I just returned from my Genting trip with Agnes, Jo and Yuan Wen. It was not only a fun trip but also a very adventurous one.
 
Day 1 - We set of early morning to meet at Yio Chu Kang station at 6.50am to catch the 8am bus at Golden Mile Tower. After we passed Singapore custom, we waited a long time under the board that showed a list of bus license plate numbers and their respective parking lot numbers. We didn't see our bus license plate number. We expected a long waiting time because of the jam near the custom but after waiting for quite a while and realizing the disappearance of some of the aunties who took the same bus as us, we started looking for the bus. Just then, we saw our bus carrying all other passengers parked into a lot. The passengers were waving to us and we hurrily board the bus. The driver was very mad with us. When we were alighting for the Malaysia custom, one of the passenger told me that actually they had waited for half an hour for us and after understanding our situation, he told us that we have to search for the bus instead and asked us to follow closely to him. I felt really bad about it because everyone waited for us for so long but it wasn't entirely our fault since the bus driver should have key in his license plate number and the lot number he parked in after he had parked. But well... No point pushing the blame. We just have to be more alert at every stopping point and make sure that we return to the bus earlier. When we reached Genting, it was almost evening. We checked into our hotel room with Jo's third aunt's help and hurry for our dinner at Shanghai 10 before heading out to our Halloween event at the outdoor theme park from 8pm-11pm. The crowd waiting to enter the theme park was crazy! It was totally packed outside and was very squeezy. Halfway through waiting to enter, Agnes decided to just return to the hotel room to rest by herself because she hates pushing and squeezing. Jo, YW and me tried to retain her but respecting her choice, we let her return to the room earlier to rest. The kind of pushing and squeezing closer to the entrance was worse but after entering, it was much better. I got frightened several time by the yells of the staff and some of the rowdy customers. Nonetheless, the night was fun. Three of us got to take the outdoor rides with shorter queues and photos with staffs with scary and creepy make-ups.
 
Day 2 - The first ride of the day - flying coaster - has ruined my day. After I alighted from the ride, I realised that my phone was no longer in my sweater pocket where I placed it before the ride. I thought that placing there will be safe since we were be flying like a superman and my tummy will press against it, preventing it from dropping out. I felt the phone inside the pocket almost 80% of the ride but didn't expect the phone to slip out towards the end. I notified Shafiq (one of the staff of the ride) about it and he stopped the operation of the ride and went down with 2 other staff to find my phone. He returned with nothing found and I clearly remembered that he asked "Are you Singaporean?" then. I was really depressed. I called Glenn's mom to explain my situation and get my phone line cancelled. I felt bad because this was the second time I lost my phone but aunty was saying that it wasn't entirely my fault that the phone flew out of my pocket. The girls are nice to help me search about the area from outside the fence then we saw my purple mirror case inside the fence. The phone shouldn't land too far from the case if the phone hit on something causing the phone and case to be separated so we tried searching around the area we found the case. Shafiq saw us loitering around the flying coaster and called for us. We told him about spotting my phone case inside the coaster area and even he was surprised that they didn't it on the first search they made. He stopped the ride again and went down to retrieved my case and search around that area but still did not find a trace of my phone. I was disappointed. Shafiq suggested reporting to the security counter about my case. Initially I thought there was no need to because I don't think it will help in any way so we queued for pirate ship. In the queue, I realised I have all my family passport details in my photo gallery because I wanted to book air tickets to Taipei so long I spot sales online. Also, I have once whatsapp my sister my credit card information. I was really worried that all these information might be used illegally. I called my mom to explain the situation and told her not to pay the credit used so that if the person is to use the card information, he can't spend much. At the same time, I also told her to make a police report for me in Singapore. Realizing the seriousness of the situation (though it might be just me thinking too much), we went to the security to make a report after the pirate ship ride. They recorded my passport details then two security guards brought me back to the flying coaster and the ride was stopped once again. This time round, the 2 security guards, Shafiq and myself went down to allow me to find within the area. I searched high and low around the area I found my phone case but nothing was found again. The security guard asked me if I want to make a police report and I replied, "it's okay". A curious Malay customer asked the guards about the situation. Though they converse in Malay, I kind of understood some part of their conversation through their hand gesture. The Malay customer seemed to be saying that the staff might have pocketed the phone. I did not suspect the staff because I find them helpful but Agnes was saying that we cannot judge a book by its cover. Even personally search cannot find the phone, I gave up hope and we went to queue for corkscrew roller coaster ride. The queue was long. My mom messaged Agnes to inform me to make a police report in Malaysia then delete all data in phone using Internet as suggested my Singapore police so we did after the ride. The police station is about 15 mins walk from the theme park plaza. There was like 2-3 police in the station and they seemed to be leisurely doing their work which made me feel quite helpless. But since I only wanted a report in black and white, I waited for a while. A female police then attended to me. Agnes was telling me to say it simply because they don't understand half (or probably more than half) the things I am saying. I tried to speak in simple English, phrases and pauses but it doesn't seem to work. They won't know the entire situation. Just then Cheng Bing came in. He sat at the counter next to the female police attending to me and was busy using his iPhone. A while later, he asked if I can speak mandarin and because I can, the female police tried to push the report writing to him and though he tried to push it away, he helped nonetheless in the end. I explained the entire situation to him with YW beside me and he typed out the report in Malay. He said he could be the translator if Singapore police were to call. Adding on, he told me that he worked 24 hours and is a police officer (probably because he is a 便衣警察 and was afraid that I mistaken him as a admin staff). Throughout the report writing, he took my phone case twice to adjust his cap and hair through the mirror. Funny guy. He was busy being a translator between the other Malay officers and me. Probably because my case was found but not phone, he asked me if there are any suspect I had in mind and, after recalling what the Malay customer mentioned to the guards, I thought it might possibly be the staff. I was taken aback when he said that he was going to 抓人！But upon clarifying, they are actually only going to question the staffs and not handcuff them. Frighten me. After typing the report for me, Cheng Bing went off to have his dinner. Another police officer then lead me to the car, asking me to follow Jay Jai to identify the staff who picked up my phone case. I was pretty afraid that the guy will sell me away because he doesn't allow my peers to follow, ask me a lot of my background details and the car is not a police car. But luckily, I managed to pull YW to go along with me. Jay Jai asked if I can speak Malay but I can't so I suggested asking Cheng Bing to come along as a translator. And indeed he came after Jay Jai called. Jay Jai drove us up to the theme park. It was really cool to be in a police car because Jay Jai was efficient in finding a car park. The traffic police even allow him to park anywhere and anyhow. Haha. But ended up Cheng Bing spotted a proper car park and Jay Jai speedily got into the lot. Along the way, Cheng Bing asked if we have enough space in the back seats and kept shifting his seat forward until eventually he said, "Aiyah! Now I don't have enough space.". Haha! YW and I followed behind Cheng Bing and Jay Jai. Along the way walking to the flying coaster, Cheng Bing was afraid that YW and I will get lost behind them so he walked behind us instead. When we reached the flying coaster, Shafiq was like alamak you again, using his palm to hit his forehead. Nonetheless, the staff still helped by ending the operation of the ride early after the queue is cleared. 3 theme park managers also came to understand the situation. While waiting, the weather turned much more misty and cold. Cheng Bing was shivering and Jay Jai in his cool self had goose bumps all over but he just waited quietly. They didn't bring a jacket along. Very touched! When the ride ceased operation, we went down to search the area again. Everyone, except me who was combing every single tile, was gathering at the area where my phone case was found, understanding the situation and thought of all possible landing spot of my phone. While I am scrutinizing thoroughly, searching high and low, a Malay approached me from outside the fence and asked for the thing I am searching for. I found him familiar and I thought I might have met him before so he was concerned and asked. The conversation went like this:
Man: What are you looking for?
Me: My phone.
Guy: What phone?
Me: iPhone 4.
At this moment, he unzipped his jacket pocket. I just stared blankly, thinking that he was joking with me. Took out a white iPhone from within and hand it to me, asking me, "Is it this?". I was very surprised and thanked him profusely. Later the group of staffs walked over to stop the guy from walking off, asking him where he found the phone and requesting to record his IC. The guy said that he found the phone at the stall next to where my phone case was found. Most likely, the phone hit the fence with the case falling in and the phone falling out. Actually early that day, the girls and myself have combed that area but found nothing. Cheng Bing then asked about the conversation I had with the guy who returned me my phone and I told him. While running through the photos in my gallery, I realised that the guy actually took the phone since 10am plus which is when my phone is lost because he took a number of screen shots. Chances are he doesn't know how to use iPhone and couldn't unlock the phone, and in addition, seeing that the matter got more serious, involving theme park managers and even police officers, he chose to return me my phone. Lucky me! And my lucky phone! It survived despite being thrown out from 2-3 storey height. YW and I followed Cheng Bing and Jay Jai backed to the police station after I gave the theme park managers my passport details for record purpose. Heard from Agnes the technique Jay Jai used his car to push the cone that reserved their parking lot is really funny and that Cheng Bing and Jay Jai were really happy when they alighted the car upon reaching the police station. Everyone is so happy that my phone is found. Haha. Cheng Bing then directed me to the police station again to make another report indicating that my phone is found and the case is closed. We leisurely got the report typed out and I think the 4 of us kept all the police officers very entertained because we can't speak Malay.
 
I felt both thankful and elated. :D:D:D
 
We continued the night with indoor rides such as indoor roller coaster and bumper cars.
 
Day 3 - We had our breakfast at Old Town before heading to our coach to return back to Singapore. Midway down the highland, the coach had 2 of its tyres punctured. We waited for 2 hours for another bus to head up from KL. For the past 2 days, bad things always happened in the late morning and eventually the day will end off with some 贵人 appearing and helped us, so we joked about meeting a 贵人 again later in the day. The bus ride was really long. It was 10 hours (8 hours drive and 2 hours wait). When I reached Singapore, I was starving because I didn't eat anything along the way due to my motion sickness. The bus driver said that he will drop us at jurong easy mrt station but we actually alighted at the middle of nowhere. We asked for direction to the nearest mrt station and a guy directed us to take a bus from the bus stop ahead. We still joked that if that guy is the 贵人 then he should have offered to drive us. But we doubted he drive because he walked away with his friend into a worksite. While waiting for the bus at the bus stop, I randomly flag for car or taxi, suddenly a black car stop in front of us and the driver was the guy who gave us direction a moment ago. He offered to give us a lift. Later we learnt that it is not that the bus driver is mean to drop us at the middle of nowhere because Malaysia coach have only a few designated drop-off point, similarly for Malaysia taxi, there is only 1 pick-up/drop-off point and his name is Desmond. Thanks Desmond! You are really our 贵人! We were famished. We ordered a number of dishes at ichiban sushi to share, still joking that we might meet another 贵人 to foot the bill for us which is highly impossible and if really happen, it will definitely freak all of us out. Haha. Dinner was filling and delicious. We headed home right after dinner since we all need to work/study the next day.
 
4 of us are really amazed by the creepiness of this entire trip. It was both adventurous and eerie, but nonetheless, FUN!!! :D:D:D