One almost done, another to go!!
The peak which every auditor detests is here and mine is going to stay with me till the end of April. The peak would mean more late nights, lesser sleep, darker eye rings, lesser TV time and no life. Arghhhh.. Hope it ends fast..

First engagement was M1, a 2 weeks job. Din really started off well. All my seniors left and I was the only continuity. Was quite relief after knowing boss booked another senior on the job, but only for a week. On the first mon, my senior misheard my question and told me that she tendered. I really got a shock out of my life.

Worse thing was, my new senior was double-booked. She din have the time to come down to client’s place which i understand it’s not her fault, just that I feel so helpless without her. It was as if I’m the teamleader on the job. I had to answer my assistants’ questions, liase with client and report to boss. Was super duper stress. Really can understand how seniors feel.

First week, there was 4 of us. Second week, Darren left on mon and weiqi left on thurs, so only left dian n myself. Throughout the whole engagement was alright, everyone on the team did their very best and supported me.

Then came last Saturday night, I finally broke down. I couldn’t control my emotions and started crying. I kept thinking that I din do a good job, I disappointed my boss, I’m plain stupid, I din have enough knowledge on FRS and overall, I’m not a good teamleader. All negative thoughts started to overwhelm me.

Dian was shocked to see me crying n came over to comfort me. It took me a while to calm down. Then boss came over to ask if everything’s alright. Before I started to answer, tears started to roll down again. Boss patted my head and comforted me saying that I’m doing well and everything’s going fine. It’s a total embarrassment to cry in front of boss. But I couldnt help it.

Now I’m on a new engagement. Think it’ll be as worst, only good thing is, I’m well protected by a few seniors, so prob not as stress.

On a happy note, I attended jay’s concert on fri. My first time attending concert. The atmosphere was good and all the fans were very high. Enjoyed myself totally but wasn’t very satisfied cos the whole concert seems quite short, only 2 ½ hrs. Cant get enough of him. The next time he comes, I definitely would want to see him. Hopefully it’s not another 3 yrs. That’ll be a long wait.* my dreams_ 1:42 AM

A Brand New Beginning..
Happy new year 2008!!

Times really flies. At the blink of an eye it's already 2008. Was thinking back abt my 2007 and realised that i din really accomplish much. There wasn't anything interesting and happening in 2007. How disappointing.. =(

New year = Peak period = One year older
Arghhh.. It's not something that i actually look forward too.

My 2008 resolutions:
1) To cut down on unhealthy food and exercise more often
2) To lose weight.. a definite must
3) To apply for my CPA
4) To have a better relationship with my dad
5) To find myself a special someone to be part of my life
6) To cultivate reading habits
7) To save money for travelling
8) To get a better job
9) To drive more often

As for my wishes, I sincerly hope that my family, friends and including myself is happy and healthy always. Last but not least, i hope there is world peace.. seriously. Without that, everyone would be adversely affected. *fingers crossed** my dreams_ 10:45 PM

Xmas Parties 2007
Oh boy.. Have been really lagging in my blogging. It's already 2008 and here i'm still blogging about 2007 events. How slow am i.. Here's my 2007 xmas gatherings =)

That's a photo of my sec sch clique. Not all are here though. Rare appearance by Esther. Haven seen her for a very very long time. Hope that she can join us more often. Hee..

Sec sch friends with their other half. Haiz.. when am i able to bring my other half to gatherings..?

As usual, we had a gift exchange session. Bought a tigger handphone pouch and candy stick as a gift. Sab got my present n i got del's - famous amos heartshape cookie. It was simply tasty.

We had a game of charade. It was full of fun and laughter. Simply enjoyed ourselves.

Part 2

On the 22nd dec, met up with the hyflux ppl at zyn's house for a xmas gathering. To save the trouble of cooking, we catered the food and bought a logcake. Food was not fantasic, just acceptable, but the company was great.

That's all of us, the Hyflux team - alumni and existing members. Hmm.. too bad that the photo is not very well taken, it's a bit dark in there.

Oh wow.. all the xmas pressies.. amazingly, the most common present items are not found in there, e.g. chocolates, photoframes and towels. I got myself a marks n spencer moisturer from wanqing. I'll definitely put it to good use.

Played bingo that night. The rule was that, the last person to bingo has to forfeit. Being not very lucky at games, myself and winghei was the first to ganna the forfeit. Our forfeit is to dance together. It was super embarrassing.

All in all.. the xmas gathering was very enjoyable. All thanks to the organisers!! =) Hopefully we will have another one next year.

Part 3
Last but not least was a xmas gathering with my jc clique. As usual, we had the gathering at Shiling's house. So paiseh.. had to trouble her mum to cook for us every year. Her mum is real good at cooking. She prepared spaghetti, chicken wings, prawns and not forgetting tzepin's nuggets. Though it was a simple xmas fare, it was yummy delicious.

Bought a 6 colour lancome eyeshadow palette for shan. The xmas present i received that night gave me a real shock. It was a gift from JY. A 90 colour eyeshadow palette from bioskin. The palette was real huge, the size is like a small laptop.. quite intimidating. It's very seldom that i put eye shadow, prob once in a blue moon. But now with the 90 colours eyeshadow, i'll try to use them more often.. hee..

Thanks to all friends who made my xmas so special n fun!!

* my dreams_ 3:14 PM

Farewell, farewell and more farewells..
Had 2 farewell gatherings for the past few weeks. Haiz.. the peak is coming soon and that spells why the increase in farewell dinners and i think there will be more farewells coming. Everyone's leaving, Peak's coming, Stress level is going up..

2nd of Dec
Farewell gathering with the the hyflux team for Jennie and Wanqing. Went for KTV, then dinner at marche. Quite a lot of ppl turned up, the new team, existing team and the alumni. But too bad that not all stayed for both activities. It would definitely be more fun to have all of them around. Still, we had fun. At work, they are my colleagues, outside work, they are my friends who we can talk abt anything n everything.

Really glad to have known them.

Din really manage to take photos with my digi cam, cos wanqing bought a real pro camera, so we jus used hers. Will have to wait for her to email me the photos.

That's jennie n myself. One of my first few ppl i know from EY. One of my favourite seniors too. Will definitely miss working with her.

We'll be having the Hyflux Team X'mas Party on 22nd Dec at Zyn's house. Very looking forward to it. Hope it'll be fun!

14th Dec
This time round was a farewell dinner with the M1 team. Our manager aka boss was the one who initiated the dinner. Though it was planned quite long ago, but the venue n time was only decided on the day we meet. My first time liasing with boss directly, very nervous indeed. Quite paiseh that it was so unplanned.

Boss booked a buffet dinner at 7pm at Orchard Hotel. Managed to reached there only at 7.30pm. Cos of the traffic and waited for me at the office.. oops! It meant to be a farewell dinner for my seniors in M1 team : Elaine, Erly and Joyce. So wasted that Elaine was sick, so cant join us.

Dinner was alright. Wasnt as awkward as i thought it would be. Luckily, there is erly n joyce there who can make conversation. Haha, think it was my first time that i talked so much to boss.

That's myself, Erly, Boss, Joyce and Dian. Missing was Elaine (ex-senior) and Darren (new assistant)

Now, I'm the only continuity left in the new team. Hopefully, i can pull through the engagement without much difficulty. Wish me luck!

* my dreams_ 5:14 PM

A letter from parent to child..
Chanced upon this letter on a TV prog. It is a letter from a parent to his child. Very meaningful and touching indeed. So friends, do take some time to read this. I'm sure it'll touch your heart just like it did to me.

当我老了

当我老了 不再是原来我
请理解我 对我有一点耐心

当我把菜汤洒到自己的衣服身上时
当我忘记怎样系鞋带时
请想一想当初我是如何牵着你的手教你

当我一遍又一遍地重复你早已听腻的话语
请耐心地听我说 不要打断我
从你小的时候
我不断地重复那个讲过千百遍的故事 直到你进入梦乡

当我需要你帮我洗澡时
请不要责备我

当我对新科技和新事物不知所措时
请不要嘲笑我
想一想当初我怎样耐心地回答你 问的每个< 为什么>

当我由于双脚疲惫而无法行走的时候
请伸出你年轻有力的手挽着我
就像你小时候学习走路的时候 我扶你走路一样

当我忽然忘记我们谈话的主题
请给我一些时间让我回想
其实对我来说谈论什么并不重要
只要你能在一旁听我说 我就很满足

当你看着老去的我
请不要悲伤
理解我 支持我
就像你刚开始学习如何生活时 我对你那样

当初我引导你走上人生的路 如今你陪伴我走完最后的路
给我你的爱和耐心 我会报以感激的微笑
这微笑中凝结着我对你无限的爱

After reading this letter, it brought me to tears and made me reflect on my attitude towards my dad. I seriously dun hate him, just that when i talked to him, it may seem that i showed no respect for him. But deep down, i dun feel that way. I respected him, cos he no doubt did his duty as a father and i can see that he put in a lot of effort in his business, hoping to provide us with a better life.

I'm seriously ashamed of myself on how i've treated him. I really must change, if not next time i'll regret. Definitely will regret. So from now, i'll constantly remind myself to talk to him nicely.

Hope it's not too late for the change.* my dreams_ 12:19 AM

Dinner n Dance 2007


Here are some of the photos in my digi cam.. =)

A photo of me and my bestest buddy in EY. Huishan never fails to entertain me. Hee.. totally enjoyed her company. Without her, my stay in EY would be even more boring.

This is part of the hyflux team: Sandra, me, Wanqing n Weiqi. Went through thin n thick with them. Totally love Wanqing's dressing. She had a hairband with a netted cloth covering part of her face and she even wore black gloves. She's so cool man. Haiz.. too bad that she is leaving us soon.

That's me with my tablemates @ A1 training, Banner, Huishan and Shujun. Come to think of it, there were 6 of us at the training table. And all of them are still in EY, just that one was overseas and one came very late. So proud that the 6 of us managed to pull through the difficult times.

Took a photo with my manager a.k.a Boss. He's my boss for almost all my big jobs, M1 n Hyflux.

My M1 team. Erly, my senior, soon to be ex-senior. Elaine, my ex senior. Will definitely miss them though sometimes they bully me cos i was the most junior. They never fail to bring laughter to the team. Missing was Joyce again. Haha..

Senior Huiyi and myself. I would say she's the most caring senior i have worked with. Everytime she will ask the assistants to go home first n she herself will slog through the night. Often bullied by us..

A photo with Jennie. One of the nicest senior i've worked with. She's super patient in teaching her assistants. Simply enjoyed working with her.

Still have some other photos with the others. Will upload them when i get hold of them.

All in all.. the dnd was alright. Just eat eat eat, drink drink drink and took a lot of photos.. =)

* my dreams_ 12:57 AM

Hari Raya house visiting..
That's me and del with our cocktails. Alcohol taste wasnt very strong, it tasted more like fruit juice. It would be tastier if they put more liquor. Haha..

Here are the 2 couples in our clique. Del and Fir, Cs and MingEn.

Sw n Alvin. They were trying to act gay-ish, but it was a failure. Haha..

A group photo before we left. Too bad dora and sab cant join us. But it is ok, i dun mind going back there again. Really love the place. =)

* my dreams_ 5:42 PM

Back to serious work..
Have been back to work for 2 weeks le. For the first few days, i felt really horrible, cos my heart was still in Aussie. Miss my holiday there.





That's me, Elaine, Erly and the monkey that we bought. Missing was Joyce, another pretty girl on the team.

I will miss them..* my dreams_ 12:02 AM