Saturday, January 31, 2009
work is getting more fun as i get to know more about my colleagues... some were funny people. haha. well. got 2 hongbaos from my boss and the person who taught me stuff... :) not bad. was expecting a lesser amount. quite happy. yeah.
after work, went to meet up with yixin to have our dinner at ps. shopped around till around 8.40pm. then make our way to the cathay... the tickets for the 9.40pm show was sold out. only 7 ppl came... at least. they then decided to watch the 12.30am show. i hesitated because my mum will surely not allow me... after some time, i decided to watch the show. hmm. so we bought the tickets and then went to Balihouse ( wanted to go Balcony but changed our mind ) . no buy 1 free 1 offer... hmm. i thought usually night time they have such offers... well. anyway we bought our drinks and chatted. played some games ( blackjack, big 2 ), and i won at least $2 i think. haha. was quite lucky. :)
the movie was er... quite boring. 2 hours plus, and the movie was very draggy. slept in between. ARGH! was very guilty after sleeping because its like wasting my $. throwing $ down the drain. sian. next time try not to watch midnight shows anymore or else... aww.
then took cab home. the fare was quite reasonable, plus it helps save travelling time. around $10.80 each. plus it is midnight.
so reached home at around 3.55am.
this outing is not bad... taking into account that it was a last minute thing.
at least better than those which i organised... haha.
yeah.
steamboat tomorrow at jiayi's house... more meeting up...
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1:26 PM
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Happy Lunar New Year!!! YEAH!
as usual, we had our reunion dinner... and we were the first to reach.
on the first day, we went to Ah Ma's house to bai nian and have our lunch...we played mahjong till around 4.30am the night before, so we woke up at around 12 plus... we were the latest to reach there and everyone else had eaten. ate some durian cake, green tea pudding and drank coke... very full.
then when we came back, we continued our mahjong game till dinner... waited for daddy to come to fetch us and we left for Grandma's house. they say we have changed... dyed hair... taller? haha. well. we had steamboat, sharks' fin. nice nice. the long-awaited sharks' fin. :) there was the show that had very high ratings ( er? so we cannot watch the channel U show. don't really understand why they must keep emphasizing... ) anyway, at least we can watch the channel 55 8pm show... much nicer than erm... ( i didn't say anything or hint anything ) haha. then at around 9pm, we left... wanted to stay till 9.45pm for the channel 55 9pm show. but nevermind. there is still a repeat on sunday. Hongkong dramas are superb. :)
watched 'the wedding game' on wednesday with my mum and sister... actually, i didn't want to watch as i thought it was ... something. but in the end, as there are not many shows to watch, we decided on that. and we missed the beginning of the show. there were 2 shows, one at 4pm another at 4.30pm. we wanted the 4.30pm one but the person gave us the 4pm one...haiz. didn't checked the ticket also la. luckily we went in at 4.25pm, i think we didn't miss much. but, still not sure why the game start. haiz. my $6.50!!!
should have waited till there were nicer shows... i saw the newspapers and there were horror films... argh. nicer i think.
well... it is over.
CNY passed very fast. only 3 days, including the off day given by my company...
was still in a holiday mood when i went for work today...
half the people didn't report to work. it was quite relaxed... i did the work assigned to me till 2 plus then did some matching till 4 plus... then it was rest time till end of work. haha. i got a free lunch today ( chicken rice plus char siew plus the meat which got a lot of fats ). actually i didn't want her to treat me but should accept her offer mah. then after work, there is the transport provided by the company... when we reached JP, i saw the JP bus!!! and ran for it. but ... sadly, the bus -driver didn't see me so i was quite sad because i have to spend an extra 22 cents... then my colleague called me, she asked the bus-driver to stop and wait for me to get on the bus again to lakeside... was surprised. so i ran for the bus again. then on the bus, the bus-driver suddenly said he wanted to go JE! WOW! shiok! so my trip home was FOC! :) nice nice. quite lucky today... wanted to buy TOTO, but it was closed for today's draw already. decided to go IMM and try my luck if there is still a chance where i can buy TOTO for today's draw. but no, so no choice, bought 4D and TOTO for monday's draw... quick pick and i saw the numbers... was quite sian after seeing the numbers...well. hopefully la. haha.
anyway, got a $10 hongbao from my boss. only. hmm. it was a bonus too. didn't really expect i would get any... should have used this $10 to buy my 4D and TOTO. maybe it would bring luck. LOL.
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6:37 PM
work was fine on wed, thurs and fri... i had work to do although i slack a bit here and there...
today i slack for about 2 hours altogether.haha.i also went to listen to my colleagues' conversation and chatted with them.it was quite fun.funny too.at least i tried to get together with them...everything will be better.
after work, i went to far east with my sis to shop... bought some clothes for new year and accessories...
CNY is coming!yeah!hope it will last long. :)
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11:28 PM
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
work was okay these 2 days...
i always ask my colleagues when i had nothing much to do...
and i helped my boss to do some filing again. it was stressful because she just asked me to file these papers into a file. and i don't even know what are those papers and the files... sian. well. learn then.
i finally seen some of my colleagues' true colours... wow. get to know more about them too. :)
anyway, some happy things...
i bought my FIRST TOUCH-SCREEN phone!!! :) my mum, sis and i went to the roadshow at woodlands after my bursary award ceremony on sat... bought the PIXON M8800 samsung phone. actually wanted to buy OMNIA, but heard from the salesperson that omnia is more for business people. do i look like one? no, FOR NOW. haha. F480 is also not too bad, except that cannot dl any games and memory space not big too...
touch-screen is super nice... hehe. just that quite difficult to type. must practice. and the battery life quite short.
well, nvm... :) nice nice.
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7:11 PM
Saturday, January 17, 2009
yeah! i had work to do yesterday... finally.
but i helped my boss to do filing and printing of stuff. it was stressful. it was as if she was testing me or whatever. in the end, i still asked her how to file. the 2 files look similar to me, i don't want to make any mistakes so i decided to ask her... well.
whatever it is, it is a good experience... i mean learning more things...
going to take my $ later... yeah.
hp? either today or tomorrow...
touch screen!!! :)
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9:49 AM
Thursday, January 15, 2009
had a news regarding work today...
good or bad? hmm.
28th of jan, which is chu san, i do not need to report to work... this can mean 2 things : 1. more time to rest and enjoy CNY. 2. loss of a day's pay.
but, actually my colleague said that i can go back to work too, just that there will not be anyone there... so i will just be slacking there and earning the day's pay... should i go?
hmm...anyway work is better today. at least there is something for me to do. hehe. and there is the chocolate sale in a factory at tuas... i wanted to join my colleagues at first, but as there is not enough space in the car, i didn't go... LUCKILY i didn't go, because the chocolates sold are for cooking and baking cakes. NOT FOR ME. but... still can buy for other people. maybe if they going tomorrow, i go with them to take a look. very cheap. 3 for $5.
tomorrow is friday again!!! yeah! rest time.
and maybe i will go get my new phone one either sat or sun... :)
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6:35 PM
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
work was quite boring today... there was nothing much to do but must act as if got something to do, so i did the labelling again when i had nothing to do. this is really not urgent at all... aww. had a chat with my boss today... she say if have too many people and we had nothing much to do, the big boss may think we have too many people and they may sack some. this is the catch. she look at me. eh. =.= i didn't do anything wrong... maybe she is just saying...
wah sian. whatever...
but i really hope to work till end of may minimum... my contract end march. i want to extend my contract... or else it will be a hassle finding a job again.
haiz...
hopefully there will be work for me tomorrow...
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8:58 PM
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
work was okay for yesterday and today...
just that there is not much to be done and i always have to stand at my colleague's table to wait for her to give me work to do... when i don't have anything to do, i would do some unimportant stuff like changing the labels on every files... that is definitely not urgent. maybe i am still not up it to do important work. hmm. SOON.
today, i went JP to have my lunch with 2 of my colleagues... we left at around 11.50am and returned at 1.30pm. haha. more than 1 hr. we waited for 2 people. anyway, i worked more on other days... i should go out to eat more often...rather than eating at the canteen opposite... quite bored of that.
heard of many other politics in the office on these 2 days... wah. this is my first job and it's like... so 'EXCITING'! really learnt a lot of things...
more to come.
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7:13 PM
Saturday, January 10, 2009
yesterday(9/1 fri), my boss suddenly shouted at my colleague(A) for showing her attitude...yesterday is the closing for the year 2008... so everyone was very busy and rushing to clear the accounts. other colleagues had already done their part and waiting for A to do her work before they can continue... so B and C asked A when she can finish her work, and B and C got scolded as a result... A shouted very loudly, ' don't disturb me! go away!!! ' . then the boss also come to talk with A about some stuff, then A shouted again ' don't disturb me! go away!!! ' , the boss was furious, she shouted ' you don't use this tone to talk with me!!! it's your own problem that you cannot finish in time! I am your boss! ' (something like that)... A kept quiet...
there was a new year party after that... only 5 people from the accounts department went, including me... :) (was quite shocked that my mum allowed me to go as it was held in a club or pub) then we gossiped about A... didn't know a lot about her till they said... wow. really can't judge a person by its appearance... because there were a few times when A talked to me saying, "what do you want to study after getting your results?" , " you can come back to help us during your holidays because you are doing quite well" . i again, thought that she was a nice person... but, in the end... its always the same result...
well...
anyway, let's talk about the party!!!
we had transport there (esplanade) and reached there at about 6.45pm... the journey there is about 1hour plus... takes about 30 min just to reach clementi from tuas... wah. i didn't know that.
we took some pictures there... and had a wrist band for identification... the company booked the whole place i think. nice. :) it was free entrance for us. haha. everything is FREE!!! :) YEAH!!!
we had some snacks at first and had tiger beer... must eat some snacks... then had dinner... there were spaghetti , chicken wings, satay, bread, potato... wah.thinking about it, i should have gone for second round... nvm. had some red wine, screwdriver, beer... screwdriver was not bad... orange juice mixed with something. red wine is healthy, must drink some everyday ( but i no $$$ , so drink there lor... haha ). beer is bad for health, but it is FREE... super nice la... if there is more of such parties (especially since it is FREE)...
anyway, this is only once in a bluemoon...( although i had some during the chalet last week )... eh. must take care of our health...
from this party, i get to know more about my colleagues... some were nice people, some strange... haha. no offence. but really strange.
whatever it is, i learnt a lot from just working for 3 weeks in the company... there will be more to learn.
3months.
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10:43 AM
8/1 thurs is a DAY TO REMEMBER!!!
firstly, there was one girl who had just came to work on 5/1 mon, she had worked in the company for about 9 months before... at first, i thought that she was a happy-go-lucky girl as she was always smiling, she is also out-going and talks to everyone... she will ask people if they had taken their lunch for example... i was glad to know such people as i am also new in the company... had lunch with her one time on thurs 8/1 ... another colleague and i chatted with her and found out she had many work experiences such as sales, hotel, admin, accounting... she told us about her experiences and i thought that she was a person who always strives to upgrade herself... she is still taking courses now even though she is over the age... i admire these people...
BUT...
on thurs before lunch, i chatted with her when doing our stuff... we chatted on a topic and i said something that we should take care of our body, then she said she SMOKED... wah. i was shocked... then she say 'everyone only can have one life, do not need to worry that much, who knows, one day some healthy people may just get sick' . then i thought ' she is a person who thinks that there is no hope in life...' there is another incident where we were preparing some drinks (coffee) in the pantry, then she said she drank a lot of coffee and i told her too much coffee is bad for health... and there she goes again. saying similiar words... i 'stop and stare' .... haiz.
on fri 9/1, other colleagues told me that something bad happened to her when she was working in the company for the 9 months... perhaps, that make her seem so depressed, having no hopes in the future...
the moral of the story is really "don't judge a person by his appearance" , one may be happy-go-lucky on the outside and depressed, lonely in the inside...
another thing that happened on thurs 8/1 is the colleague that started work on the same day as me had been retrenched... she tried to explain things to the boss but the boss didn't want to listen... she is slow, talks on the phone.... she said no one teaches her anything and she had to keep asking others... at first, i felt unfair for her, because newcomers are to be trained... then whatever she said i seem to believe everything... she said the boss only had 2 days to watch her work , and another colleague was on leave for quite a number of days and she was told that she was retrenched when the boss had just came back from the leave... there is another earlier post saying about how unfair is this... skip that.
HOWEVER...
one day, the person in the first story( A ) told me that the person in the second story ( B ) should have known the basics in her position and the salary she is taking... she should have known matching, coding... then it dawned on me, i was so naive to believe what people say... then i thought B was actually pushing all the blame to the boss and the colleague... i am not sure if this is true... there was quite a number of times where i told B to tell the boss that the colleague didn't really trained B and had only a couple of days to watch her work... but B just do not want to tell the boss... maybe she knows herself.
she messaged me something saying ' just learn something, know how to communicate and carry people, learn to be strong too , or else you will be backstabbed by others '... hmm. good advice? i will.
the moral of the story is we should reflect on what we had done and said once in a while... whether we had given a thought for others. whether we were wrong. whether we were strong and brave to admit our mistakes...
that's all...
more to come in the following posts...
the company i am working at... nice one.
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9:39 AM
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
work was fine for the 10th and 11th day of work...
it is quite boring at times too because it is very quiet and you are not learning much... asked to do one thing but not sure the thing is used for what... the colleague who taught me explain things to me sometimes... but i still am not sure what i am doing... haiz... hopefully i can get into their world soon.
my colleague and i keep going to the canteen opposite to have our lunch. quite sian of the food... but must try all the stalls. cheapest so far is $2.50...
hopefully i can go places like jp or pioneer mall to have my lunch soon... need to book seats on the bus.
today, i also saw the JP bus finally. pink in colour. actually i can board the bus but i didn't alight from the free transport... aww. hopefully tmr i can reach JP on time (5.45pm) to board the JP bus to JE and i won't have to spend any $ on the journey home!!! yeah!
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6:51 PM
9th day at work!!!
today, i helped another person and not do AP's work anymore...
it was quite boring at first... photocopying, filing, scotch-taping papers together... later then i did some computer work. but it was tough, because i am having a headache... can't think properly. but i can't do slowly because the person who came to work on the same day with me was retrenched as she was slow... aww. quite stress la. but ok la. still can cope. :)
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6:49 PM
8th day at work on friday...
i finally seen the real office happenings... complaining to the boss as if you are that great and in turn, caused someone to lose her job. Let's call this person A. A complained to the boss saying B 'always' talked on the phone and that she is a slow worker, when A didn't really (or not at all) teach B anything and A herself talked on the phone for more than 10 mins... and it is not office stuff... personal one. did B really 'always' talked on the phone? she only answered 2 phone calls, on the first day only.
AND A took abut 2 days' (or maybe 1) leave during these 8 days. what's more is that 2 days are half days... she did not even have much chance to judge B. and just after these 7 days at work, she complained to the boss on the 8th day. WHAT IS THIS? so what if she is a senior staff? worse is that the boss is influenced by A's 'comments' and 'advice'... the boss also didn't had a chance to see B's performance. the boss was on leave for 6 days...
argh... unfair. B is the person who came to work on the first day with me... i had lunch and chatted with her. so she is the only person who i can get along with for now... and now... aww.
this is one thing which makes me dislike A more... there are more to come.
luckily, i am going to work under another person who i think is also quite strange...haha. hopefully i can work with her.
after work, i chatted with B and hope that she will not think too much about it.
then, i went home and prepared to go my class' chalet. i reached the chalet at around 9.15pm... we (eh, they) watched the channel 8 9pm show. and they talked a lot about this show. i didn't watched at all because ... ... of some reasons of course. i was there stoning and watching the show too. hmm. better keep my comments to myself.
we played cards, played bridge at first...then decided to play 21 points. we played money, i played small all the way. haha. scared mah. we took turns to be the banker. and when i was the banker, i won almost all the games or even all the games ( like 3 or 4 games ). and i get 5 cards for 2 games and i won about $5 plus in all after the game. they didn't want to play 21 points after i won... haha. then we played big 2. i was quite noob and lost the first 2 games. i won the 3rd one but was little to recoup my losses for the 4th game. lost $2 for the 4th one... aww... in the end, i won only $2.50. but at least, it can cover my transport fee...
ADULT FARE!!! ARGH! from JE to Boon Lay 92 cents, from JE to Lakeside 70 cents... just 1 station leh... sian. super super sian. then from JE to Pasir ris 1.84 cents... i can take 4 trips in the past!!! when i went to top up, the person said 'waiting for results ah?' meaning the person also felt sad la.
2nd day in the chalet...
we rent a DVD for $4 'Premonition'... in the end, all of us were too tired to finish watching the DVD... but it was quite a nice movie.
so we slept and woke up at around 7.45am... some of us went for breakfast and waited till noon for the others to arrive. then we rented bikes and cycled around to changi... it was a 30 mins journey and i was like always the last... sad. no stamina. there were quite a few up slopes... haiz. must exercise more. went to explore some places... had our lunch too. then we went back at 4pm to prepare for the BBQ... played bridge while waiting for the fire to start.
was quite sad because some people suddenly cannot make it at the last minute. the budget overshot. haiz... no teachers could make it. there were too much food too. drank some red wine and others which i am not sure what is that. mixing 7-up and the wine was nice...
3rd day...
didn't did much because i am going home today, the chalet was till tomorrow but i had to work tomorrow... heard that they are going escape today!!! long time didn't go there already.
in all, the chalet was okay except that only about 16 went to the chalet... this is the last time when everyone can get together before the boys go to army. and this is the result... haiz.
hope tomorrow will be a better day at work... no more holidays till CNY. it is good though but hopefully my eyes will not be tired during work...
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6:21 PM
Thursday, January 01, 2009
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
new hopes and resolutions!!!
many changes!!!
It will be a good year ahead!
:)
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2:49 PM
