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Monday, May 28, 2007
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 yup a picture says a thousand words =) oh yes my last day of work has passed in a flash.that is, the last day of work before i go for my adelaide/sydney trip ! haha.i havent packed at all so ive gotta do all of that tml before the night flight.and i got my paycheck ! yahoo. decided to get my sis a puma jacket as a present and as a form of encouragement. but it's weird i just cant find the design on the puma website ! eliz shared a cookie at Saturday, May 26, 2007
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Seven Ways to Be Happier at Workby Marty Nemko Let's face it: Many employers' efforts to inject fun into the workplace are feeble. Serve birthday cake. Allow workers to throw Frisbees. Keep the break room fridge stocked with soda. Gimme a break. Although the following ideas may not turn your workplace into a barrel of laughs, they're more likely than the company picnic to make your worklife more pleasant. Telecommute. Sometimes a good way to find happiness is to just stay home. Would you enjoy playing tennis with friends during the day? Rolling on the floor with Fido? Watching daytime soaps or CNBC's stock ticker? Who cares as long as the daily work gets done? Pitch your boss on telecommuting. If he or she resists, offer to go on a short leash; for example, agree to submit twice-a-day work progress reports. Propose a special project. Love to travel? Propose doing a feasibility study on opening a branch in Hawaii. (Site visits essential, of course.) Love to talk with people? Offer to create a collection of how-to-succeed-at-work tips and tricks derived from interviewing employees in the company and maybe even at your competitors. Become a mentor. Let it be known that you enjoy mentoring people. You'll likely find yourself with at least one or two people who'd appreciate having someone with whom to hash out work problems. Tweak your job description. Do you like some aspects of your job and hate others? See if you can trade tasks with a co-worker. Your drudgery might be another's relaxation; your weakness, another's métier. For example, I know a lawyer who loved holding forth in a courtroom but couldn't stand the detailed research work. He found another lawyer in the firm who felt the opposite, so they agreed that, where possible, they'd trade work. Make your workspace feel more like home. Want to put an oriental rug under your desk? Your favorite small painting on your cube wall? An aromatherapy zen fountain on your desk? Many workplaces have no issue with such personalizing. Use at-your-desk stress busters. Just a minute of slow, deep breaths, or tightening and loosening sets of muscles from neck to feet can reenergize you. Or try a five-minute at-your-desk yoga session. Make a close friend. Find someone with whom you can become close. That can take the edge off work stresses. Ask your potential bud out to lunch and talk about things more intimate than the ballgame score -- everyone has important hopes, dreams and fears. Unearth those and share your own, and you're halfway to developing the sort of intimate relationship that can soften the edges of even the hardest workplace. Still not happy at work? Maybe it's time to look for a better job. Columnist Nemko, PhD, is a career coach and author of Cool Careers For Dummies. Copyrighted, Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc eliz shared a cookie at Monday, May 21, 2007
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oh my it reallie saddens me to see my mom getting older, blurrer and clumsier.just earlier on she forgot to take the house keys out of the lock when she drove off to fetch my sis, and had to drive back all the way from bukit timah to get the keys, before driving down all the way again to the dentist at wisma. and then after dinner as she was cooking for my sisters (fried rice for lunch tml), this is what happened: Me (gathering the clothes at the backyard) : "Am i supposed to put the floor mats in the basket with our clothes too?" Mom : "Nope, Mdm Ang will fold them when she comes on Thursday" (Mom goes back into kitchen to continue frying the egg) PIANG PIANG PIANGGGG ! Mom : "OHNO the whole frying pan just slipped off !!!" Me (horrified): " Ma ! so what happened to the egg?!" Mom : " It's on the floor !" Me (glances into the kitchen and sees the white blotch of the egg on the floor, which mom tries to pick up with some toilet paper) Mom : " See that's what happens when you use the cover which is too big for the pan !" Me (horrified and utterly shocked) : "Oh my goodness, there's even egg yolk on the floor ! " Mom : " It's all over the cupboards too.." And i went upstairs cos i dont think i could continue seeing the sad scene. well i think work was pretty tiring today, and it's only the beginning of a new week.ugh. anyway im currently loving this song. it's 依然是朋友 by 宇恒. it's such a sweet song. eliz shared a cookie at Friday, May 18, 2007
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i think the way they infused 五月天's 温柔 into this song is pretty nice (even if 飞轮海's singing is kinda bad). the week practically flew past ! im luvin' my friday =) feel like going on a massive shopping spree this wkend.after all the long awaited GREAT SINGAPORE SALE is finally here! how i hate to jostle with the crowds though. dad goes to china tml. eliz shared a cookie at Wednesday, May 16, 2007
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Has anyone ever seen such a horrible mango before?  it's ugly, venous and most importantly yucky ! but it tasted good so i guess never judge a mango by its appearance =pwoke up with both my eyes blurry and red this morning. seems like im catching an infection, or else it could be warning me a some great illness ahead.though ive been downing water like a water buffalo (no link) it seems like it's getting to me.oh well but if i have to be sick, i would rather it be now than during my trip to australia. mommy bought me 90bucks worth of clarins products yesterday and i felt quite touched. although it isnt the first time she's got something for me but it's amazing that she suddenly bought out of the blue =) ohh and gossip-wise, i think paris hilton should go to jail.she broke the rules afterall, intentionally or unintentionally.and maybe she can benefit from the jail term, like have 24h live broadcasting to let the whole world have a glimpse of her not-so-glam jail life.or even publish a book.who knows? eliz shared a cookie at Monday, May 14, 2007
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at reallie long last we met up after more than 2 years !sadly not everyone was there at the first rcy reunion in years, but it's already good enough =) here's some of the pictures i pinched from sasa =p (left out some of the reallie hilarious shots)
i swear im lookin' more and and more like my mom !
and then my family and i caught spiderman 3 on saturday night, and now that i think abt it, the middle part was a little out of context (where he paraded down the street doing his funny whatever dance). guess that was to emphasize the evil effects of that black crawly thing ? ha.but overall the movie was just alright.i guess that's probably the most we can expect from spiderman now. next up: pirates !
and how could we forget mother's day ?! i managed to whip up a three course meal with the help of my two little assistants (my sisters xD) which turned out wonderful and horribly filling. the starter of a fruit palette with a yoghurt and honey dip was alright. the main - chicken cordon blu - turned out reallie good, and absolutely filling cos chicken breast has more meat then you think it does. and the sides of maple dill carrots and mashed potato were of good size portions =) and dessert which was chocolate trifle was soooooooooo sweet it probably added 10million more cavities to my teeth (oh i went to the dentist on the morning of mother's day, ha). but everythng turned out kinda pretty and nothing was spoilt. think the worse part of the cooking was when i had to clean the chicken, which had this horrible bloody smell which was so overpowering.
and so that's abt it ! monday's back ! eliz shared a cookie at Monday, May 07, 2007
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MONDAY !so i left work an hour early so as to be able to catch Angela 张韶涵 in concert at SP. thank goodness os had tickets and we didnt need to join the queue (which was miles and miles long) =) and we managed to get quite good seats near the front though it was side view.think the 'student council' in sp is kinda inefficient, judging from how they ushered in the ppl and seated them. so at long last we started.   angela is like oh-so-skinny ! but goodness she has such a powerful voice (and lung capacity probably). us cam whoring at dover mrt. that's the new release of her album which has been autographed ! not mine though =pand then i decided to go to central to get my pair of shoes (finally) from Pedalworks. AND GUESS WHAT they only have size 7 in gold, and size 5 in black. and what i need is size 6 ! apparently all 4 outlets dont have any size 6 left ! in ANY colour.oh crapppppppppp. so i decided to get a green tea and red bean ice cream from Akzu Sabo which was reallie good, though it was 4bucks. then we sat around clarke quay just talking abt things.reminds me of class outing and all the dinners we had together. ahh great memories.  us cam whoring again at clarke quay. so a great end to a monday =) eliz shared a cookie at Tuesday, May 01, 2007
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LABOUR DAY ! actually i think it sounds better if it's MAYDAY. labour day just sounds as though it shld be a day for us to toil and work our butts off.haha.but anyway i slept till 11am (i dunno why but i just cant seem to wake up early without the alarm anymore).and then we all trooped off for brunch at outback steakhouse found at millenia walk.think the food is pretty alright.but the bill which came along was pretty not alright.i cant see how it all adds up to near 200 bucks ! and to imagine my parents have to foot it.if it were me i wonder if i can afford it without feeling the pinch.
 my sis and i posing with our food.okay actually only the quarter bbq chicken and the two salads are ours.haha my mom loaned her sirloin steak for photography purposes =p i think working in front of the computer 7-8hrs a day isnt doing my eyebags any good. my sis attacking her beef.it's done in sauce so it's almost like beef stew. my mom digging into her steak (above mentioned) and my dad with his chicken (topped once again with cheese).and it came with a lovely honey dijon sauce which my mom absolutely hates.haha but we benefit !  and everyone's done except for my sis.she takes years to eat but eventually finishes off.so oh well.and then mommy and i went shopping at 3 malls today starting with raffles city, where i couldnt get any shoes at all. then we went off to central (the new mall at clarke quay) but most of the shops werent open anyway.we managed to get a cute jap tidbit set for 20bucks (think it's pretty cheap considering it's jap stuff) and some taiwan snacks too.and then finally to j8 where i STILL couldnt find any suitable shoes. shopping for shoes is such a pain ! eliz shared a cookie at |
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