The Sun

"The Sun suggests satisfaction and happiness in love, marriage, friendship and life in general. The Sun signifies glory and brilliance and success in all you undertake. It is pleasure in daily existence and in the simple things. It also represents clarity of vision, an understanding of your true desires."

I was just thinking, what is it that I want, and I chose this card, hoping it can give me some advice...

Satisfaction and happiness in love, marriage, friendship and life in general...is this true? But in terms of pleasure in daily existence and in simple things, I agree...these are the things in life that I want...simple...

Honestly, sometimes I dunno what I want...but I do hope I get clarify of vision and an understanding of my true desires soon...

SCWSL

Another simple yet never-failing to make me smile ‘subject’... :)

Happy Birthday HH

Met up w HH, SC, LS, RT, ES on Friday evening to celebrate HH’s birthday in advance...we had dinner @ Su Korean Cuisine @ Far East...my 2nd time there...we ordered a 4pax set for the 6 of us, but the 6pax table seemed too small for the 4pax set...hehe :p

The food was nice...just that my neck was quite painful that day so I was feeling quite tired...luckily I had HH as accompany to JE station...

Tender Opening / Closing

Last fri, I was scheduled to represent Finance in the tender opening/closing process for 2 stations. Other than the rep from Commercial and myself, there is a representative from HR. 1 of the keys to the tender box is held with HR while the other one is with Finance.

The tender is supposed to be closed at 2pm sharp on 15Aug08. Just 2mins before 2pm, there was a lady who came in and said her daughter is on the way to submit the tender and asked us to wait. The HR rep and the receptionist said the tender will be closed at 2pm sharp and we won’t wait. However, the lady kept on repeating that her daughter is on her way. When the comm reps were here, it was 2pm sharp and still the daughter did not appear. The comm rep said, ok, we will wait till 2.01pm. Still the daughter did not appear. So, that’s it, we opened the box and took out all the tenders and went to a meeting room.

Sure enough, the daughter appeared like 5 or 10mins later and the recept tried her best to explain the situation but to no avail. As such, the HR rep went out to explain the situation. If there are 5 persons who ask us to wait, then we will never be able to close the tender.

Normally, the comm side will key the numbers into a spreadsheet, then print them out for the 3 rep to check & sign. As they lack 1 laptop, I volunteered mine and so I also helped in keying in the numbers. We finished checking, verifying everything at abt 630pm. Oosh...quite tired but it was quite fun. Felt like an idol cos signed a lot on that day :p

Phenomena Phelps

He swims,
He swims everyday,
He swims because he loves swimming.

Yesterday, Michael Phelps came back from 7th @ the 50m turn and won the 100m Butterfly by 0.01 sec...that’s his 7th Gold medal!
Today, he won his 8th in the 4x100m medley relay...again, with his butterfly, he came back from 3rd position to create the 1st lead for the 4th leg in the relay...

8-for-8 in the 2008 Olympics!

一切从22/96起 – Part 2

大学的3年里，我们一起报读了NTU Business，可是第1年，我们却不同组，所以没有一起上课，但我们还是时常见面...到了第2年，HY和我选择了同一个specialisation – financial analysis，我们又成为同学了! 好开心...我们只有一些科目不一样，剩下的科目都一起读...但是，我们并没有一起做 FYP...这样也好啦，让我们认识了一些其他的朋友...

踏出社会工作的我们，不时都会叫对方出来谈谈心事，工作上的事情，任何大大小小的事情，都不会忘了update对方...工作了不久后，HY问我，要不要读ACCA，我说好啊，反正也没有什么事情做 :p 就这样， 我们开始了白天工作，晚间读书，“自讨苦吃”的日子...其中还有一科，只因想上Andrew Pang的3.3，我们还一起去propose to各自的老板，然后得到了老板的允许，在一个weekday的下午读书...好不容易的安排! 我们总共用了2年半的时间把ACCA读完，一起吃着面包喝咖啡，一起上课，一起去Expo考试，这些日子实在是很难忘...也幸亏有HY的陪伴，ACCA才没有这么无聊 :p

今年5月，我们一起实现了我们的第1次旅行，去了动感之都 – 香港! Free and Easy 的旅程要互相配合，互相包容，互相帮忙的...很高兴，我们都做到了! 所以这次旅行也非常难忘... ：）

算一算，我们认识超过12年了! Ooh...谢谢HY的一路陪伴...

一切从22/96起 – Part 1

一个不约而同的第一选择，鉴定了这一段深深的友情...

AJC是我的第一选择，不管是first 3mths或是拿了O’水准后，因为我想选一间比较远的学校，不想去多数朋友所选择的NJC, 也因为有一个朋友大力地推荐AJ...
AJC也是HY的第一选择，不管是first 3mths或是拿了O’水准后, 因为她不想去她多数朋友所选择的ACJC, 而AJC正好是下一个最好的选择...

同时选择了同一间学校，要读的科系和要读的科目，HY和我就这样成了同班同学... 不记得怎样，也不记得为什么，HY, PL, KK 和我成了22/96里的4‘剑客’，形影不离，好像是因为我们从first 3mths就已经同班了...但是HY和我比较要好，可能是因为高度的问题吧，HY和我差不多一样高...我们也共用同一个locker...

HY上课总喜欢坐corner，是个左撇子，F Maths超好的... 她也是班里甚至是整个系里accounts最好的一个，每当我们accounts遇到问题时，她也毫不吝啬的教我们... HY有一个外号：ZhuZhu（灵感来自《敢敢做个开心人》）因为HY有时是蛮blur的...至今，很多朋友只记得她的外号而忘了她的真名...

在HY和我同窗的2年里，不知从何时开始，我们开始了属于我俩的日记本...一本接着一本...就这样，好像有7本那么多...在里面，我们分享了许许多多的秘密和心事，是纯属于我俩的心情故事...随后，我也认识了HY的3个姐姐和1个妹妹...HY的妹妹很可爱，当HY说她跟朋友出去，她会问是跟我吗？ HY也懂我的弟弟，而他们都喜欢和支持Man U...

HY, 你还记得Dopey和Happy吗?

WSLOVESCW

Another simple ‘subject’ that brings a smile on my face as well as in my heart...it is indeed very simple...thanks for making my day...but it will definitely be better if it’s the other way round :p

SCWWSL

Just a simple ‘subject’ can make me feel happy for a long time...thanks...he’s indeed my source of happiness...

－给GA的信－

是否记得初次相遇的情景 从气球纷飞的那刻起 我的爱已写满你的名
是否记得守护天使的游戏 从我抽到你的卡片起 不再是一个人的回忆
或许未来有快乐也有艰辛 我会把你紧抱在怀里 永远不让你为爱哭泣

如果天空只剩最后一颗闪烁的星 我会让它为你照亮孤寂 让幸福为你指引
总有一天你会看到guardian angel降临 那是我的心一直在守护着你
爱是我们唯一的约定 (天使他一定能够感应)
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谢谢你在茫茫人海中抽中了我，我想我是幸运的...
幸运的不仅入如此，还有...我遇见了他...
遇见他，让我觉得一切很美，只因有他...
他向我迈开了第一步，而我也向他跨出我的第一步，就这样，我们开始了...
虽然不知道我们将会走向哪里，可是只要我们的心是一致的，相信走到哪都是幸福的...
我是一直坚信这一点...
我想告诉他：认识他就像你抽中了我一样，如此神奇，如此幸运...

~ 纯属虚构的故事，灵感来自于洪俊扬的guardian angel ~

难得的红白默契

Yesterday was National Day, W and I decided to watch ‘Journey to the center of the Earth’ @ West Mall...When the both of us met, we laughed at each other...cos we were both wearing a red top with white shorts and it was totally unplanned :p

What do you look for in a job?

What I am looking for is a job that is of my interest (not seeking 100% but at least 70%), a job that I can get satisfaction and fulfillment in both non-monetary and monetary ways. I hope and want to be able to say I like my job.

How easy is that?

There are a lot of factors that contribute to whether u like your job...for eg., the job itself, the industry, the office environment and most importantly, the human factor.

Honestly, I like my ex-job quite a lot, at least 75%...it gave me a lot of challenges which in turn led to me gaining satisfaction and fulfillment in many ways. Things were different for my first and second yr of work with this co. In the first yr, everyone in the team seemed to be very united n working towards the same direction & goal. But slowly, everyone left except the manager n I...Demoralization set in, work kept increasing with the inability of sharing them, starting to feel the ‘bochapness’ in people, people leaving, new people come and not feeling the unity with this batch of new colleagues, and also the reluctance to go through another budget exercise, I decided to call a stop to this relationship. That’s why to me, human factor is very important in the working environment.

3rd month into this new co, things are really different, different industry, different analysis work, and different work style. I am so much freer now, sometimes not knowing why there’s nothing to be done. Is it because I’m still new so I don’t know what can or needs to be done. Some people will say I don’t know how to enjoy life but different people have different expectations. For me, I do not wish to be in a ‘retirement’ stage at this age where things move slowly. Or maybe, put it this way, I work too fast, that’s why I’m always finished... :p Sometimes I feel the pace here is really slow which I thought it’s opposite from our company’s ‘motto’ :p

So, what do you look for in a job?

平常心

街道静的刺耳 夜被路灯染色
趁感伤醒来前 先上车 不会不舍
承认我是弱者 不敢再对爱假设
我真的累得 不想再拉扯

我寻找的平静 是我将来看电影
带着一颗平常心 不必为谁心碎闭上眼睛
我需要的平静 是敢回头看曾经
那些为爱患得患失的情景 我选择忘记

我不懂得取舍 才让心痛堆着
找得到前些年 的快乐 只是偶尔
回忆是个诱饵 是来叫我回去的
要伤能愈合 我非走不可
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喜欢这首歌的词和旋律，听了很舒服...

IA Training

Was nominated to attend an internal audit training course last week @ our AMK depot...being new in the company, it’s certainly a good experience to be able to see the different operations...

We have a few depots around Spore n the AMK one is a bus depot, located at the AMK industrial park n easily accessible from the YCK mrt station...In the depot, there is an admin block, a diesel refueling area for taxis, workshops for buses & taxis...it’s really something new for me...

As for the IA training, it’s regarding ISO14001 – EMS...quite an interesting topic but to people like us from the admin side, it’s not exactly easy to embark on the starting point...nevertheless, the 2-day course was enriching n interesting...

一切从saxophone开始 – Part 2

JJ和我从中学升上了同一所初院...这次，我们依然不是同班同学，甚至不再是隔壁班的同学，因为我们读不同的系，变成了隔很多班的同学...但是，我们一起报名了华乐团，选择拉奏二胡...在开始的3-month course里，因为地铁的northline还没有建好，我们每天一早从Cck-Bukit Gombak一站一站的坐到Yck...放学后，也从Yck一站一站的坐到Cck-Bukit Gombak...就这样，我们的友谊也更加深了...

两年的初院时光一转眼就过了，可是JJ和我一直保持着紧密的联系，就算升上了大学一样...大学时期，我们的“距离”就更大了，我在NTU campus，而她则就读于NIE campus可是我们还是经常相约唱K啦，逛街啦...就算踏出社会做工时，我们还是不时叫对方出来唱K，喝茶，逛街等...有什么事都会第一时间通知对方，就像我谈恋爱了，我失恋了，等事件...

去年，JJ认识了一位特别的朋友B， 而身为好友的我，当然希望他们有好的发展...在我能够帮忙和她不知情的情况之下，我帮了她一把...也许因为这样，他们不久后就真的成了一对情侣...可是，她却没有在第一时间告诉我，所以在那段时候，我觉得很失望，为什么我最要好的朋友会这样对我...这个误会持续了好几个月...直到有一天我们终于在msn把误会澄清了...然后，我们也有一段时间没有联络了...彼此都各忙各的...直到有一天，我在B的部落格读到好像他们发生了一点事...约了她出来，问个明白，而她随后也解决了和B的问题...现在，就乘这个机会，而两个礼拜后是JJ的生日，先祝她一切顺利，时时快乐最重要...

算一算，我们认识超过16年了! Ooh...

一切从saxophone开始 – Part 1

一把saxophone和一股对音乐的热忱，造就了一段长长的友谊...

在乐团的4年里，JJ和我（以及一群好友）经历了不少大大小小的表演和比赛...当中，比赛的过程相当艰辛，毕生难忘，但也因为这样，才有‘患难见真情’的感觉...

另一件令我毕生难忘的事就是中二或中三那年去印尼，雅加达的时候...超没有用的我，竟然呕吐在JJ的身上，弄得她一身肮肮脏脏，又臭臭的...可是，当时的她，年纪轻轻，竟然一点怨言也没有，还细心地照顾我...让我既惭愧又感动我有这么一位好友在身边...

这4年里当然也有一些摆乌龙的事件发生，如我竟然以为CW喜欢JJ，虽知道JJ一直中意着QP，我却在一旁怂恿她选择CW...然后，还在一次练习完毕之后，‘设计’将JJ和CW关进乐器房里，让他俩有独处的时间...这当然也不是我一个人的参与，但我不得不承认，我是主谋 :p

就这样自以为帮了好朋友一个大忙的我，摆了一个超大的乌龙，因为CW喜欢的是我 *faint*...幸好，JJ没有怪我，毕竟在她的心里‘住’着QP...对于JJ单恋QP（或是明恋，因为我不相信QP不知道）的事，我们（我和其他好友）都不是很支持，只因QP是个自以为了不起，鼻子朝天的人，但，JJ喜欢，那我们也给与鼓励...

为什么JJ和我会成为好朋友，我们都不知道...在中学的4年里我们也没有同过班...一直都是隔壁班同学...

《快乐心经》

不埋怨 要感恩
不嫉妒 要欣赏
不计较 要宽恕
不自私 要舍得
不气馁 要振作
不批评 要赞美
不冲动 要忍耐
不拖延 要积极
祝: 人生快乐

Shhh...

“Why r u so quiet?”
“u r very quiet”

Recently people have been asking / telling me this...n my reply to them is “I can’t possibly talk to myself, rt?” (u see, I’m seated in a cubicle) then they will continue to say, “you shd come out of your cubicle n mingle around” or “I dun see u walk also”...alamak, how to anyhow go n mingle around...nothing to do? Or I assume others have nothing to do?? Whenever I have questions to ask people, I dun use the phone, I walk to that person’s place...n well, I also need to go toilet or pantry, so of course, I will come out of my ‘shell’ when I need to...but i am unlike some people who will anyhow go to other people’s cubicle n talk unless I got things to ask, then maybe the conversation can be developed further...

Being quiet doesn’t mean anything…