Post-UOL examinations

最爱我的家人

The ones who tolerated my short temper, listened to my endless rant, walked me through my ups & downs.

At Boon Lay Raja for Mothers’ day celebration & mum’s birthday! 😀

What I’ve been up to after examinations:

Meet up with emilyemma, with good food & catchup right after my last paper! 😀

This girl, she’s like the 2nd superwoman of my life. The one that knew me inside out, yet at the same time knows how to deal with me when I’m hyper, critical, dejected and when I need to learn things the hard way. The one that stood by me even though sometimes I’m flawed in so many ways & always so giving so nice so full of love I don’t know why I’m so lucky to meet her! I’ve made so many mistakes in my life and this friendship is definitely one of the best thing that happened in my life. We connect on so many levels that we can just go on talking about family, life, work, future etc etc. Sometimes, I don’t even need to say anything & she just knew. The one that I’ll turn to for advices cause she’s such a good listener & there’s just this thing about her that calms me down. Thank god we met, bonded & you did not listen to that senior of yours to stay away from me. HAHA!

& impromptu meetup with huangyr, the shopaholic! With good cheap food! 😀

This one, we met by a twist of fate and we bonded through running. We are so hyper, so alike in so many ways and even though we are both very short tempered, we can make up immediately and get back to our usual self!  We are like 2 open books that despite meeting infrequently, there’s just so much to say & it’s impossible not to love this girl! We went through liking the same guy when we were in primary school, fought over silly things, played dress up, baking & cooking, eating tibits everyday after school at the void deck, held parties etc etc. The best of friends are the ones that see you grow & blossom & still love each other despite the different path we embark on, this is one good example of friendship that went through different stages in life.

  朋友不需要太多, 不需要天天见面, 只要有心就好

给我最爱的朋友们

<3<3<3

Gen Y in the workplace

‘Since the great majority of human beings are going to be quite average in the grand scheme of things, why spend our lives striving for ultimate mediocrity, working 100 hours a week for a two-bedded near Sommerset and a set of broken personal relationships?’

Makes sense doesn’t it?
Don’t rush, you may miss the finer things in life in your rat race.

From me to you.

There are many reasons why I like you.
You’re always supportive on anything I do, letting me have my ways in an argument (eventually), giving in when things go wrong, never ever blame me (not even once) when problems surfaced. When I’m a klutz and messed things up, you just laugh it off – never once were you annoyed nor irritated.

You just know when I needed assurance and not advices, my likes/dislike without telling you – I like it when u sit beside me when we dined just so we can be closer, how u always share your food, how you are always so positive in life and put your absolutely trust in me without reservations.

Yes, I’ve always been very rational when it comes to the affairs of the heart but with you, sometimes I can get so irrational and unreasonable that I question myself. But yes, love should be irrational and illogical, and I go with my heart everytime I’m with you. You aren’t the most sensitive guy I’ve met. In fact, most of the times when I’m boiling with anger, you don’t know till I start pouring out my unhappiness. But you always make things right, always make the extra effort to put that smile right back.

Through these years there were ups and downs but never once you’ll give up on us, never spiteful. You are always so full of zest and love me for who I’m, even at your own expense. You never blame me for choosing my family or friends over you cause you know that they make a major part of my life, treating them like yours. You made me your priority, despite knowing that I can’t offer the same sort of commitment. You made me a better person in so many ways and showed me that we can find joy in the simplest of things. That spending time with loved ones are the best time in our lives. That we can connect on so many levels and talk about everything and time just whizzed past.

You probably don’t know how much you’ve impacted me since I’ve met you, but I’ve given you much lesser credit than you deserve. So tah, this entry is dedicated to you.

❤

So Apt.

Meetups & Gatherings are <3

Updates for the month of July! Hehe! Shi hui just got back from Mexico so we decided to have some Frog porridge near our sec school and catch up! 😀

It was quite nice but I personally wish that they’ll be more generous with the meat! But the sauce is quite addictive!

 

Shihui was craving for some bubble tea so we went to some old school bubble tea shop, it used to be $1/cup and now look at the price! Tsk Tsk, Koi’s fault.

 

This book is a great psychological reading that I randomly picked up at JE library and like the title suggests, it makes you think a little, change alot.

There are things which I did correctly to motivate myself after trying tons of methods to get myself started (seriously, timetable doesn’t work for me. It just makes me damn depressed whenever I fail to keep to it) and things that I overlooked in various aspects of life.

When I’m done, I’ll write a summary out of it. Yes, you heard me! HAHA, I know it is damn nuts but the research and findings are so comprehensive that it’ll be a waste to forget! 😦

 

 

Alex & I had dinner one day after work to chase away the blues and did some minor catch-up. Talks like that are so uplifting, causal and sharing everyday life events makes monotonous working life more interesting.

That’s all! Gonna come back with more pictures! After USS! 😛

Mundane Life

It’s been almost a month since the start of work & I’m getting the hang of things now. Adapted to the job, the environment and moving of office recently. It’s tough juggling work & studies on Mondays since tuesday I’ll be too sleepy to head out and will usually go for an evening run on Wednesday. Can’t feel better with the balance between both work, studies & life in general since things here arent as hectic as where I used to be previously.’Not to mention that the people here are nice with lotsa laughter around in my department. 😀

And I loveeee the new coffee machine that they bought in, it’s fun to put in packets of hot chocolate and drink them up while overlooking at this:

These things in life just perk me up everyday.

I’m glad that July is coming to an end, it’s been a roller coaster ride this whole month and I can’t be more glad that things are looking up again. I’ve tons of gatherings/events planned out in August & looking forward to them! Minus the fact that both UOL/ACCA results are released by the end of Aug. 😮

Been reading this really fantastic book & got hooked on it, will update again! Man, I should be reading FRS instead. 😦

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Yo:Ha @ Jurong

After eating we went to explore the sch that we used to be familiar with. It is a lil foreign now with all the different tuition centres and music schools etc that moved in. They say change is the only constant in life, how true.

This is the forbidden staircase that we were not allow to use back then. I forget what reason they gave but only staff are allowed to use it! And the prefects can write down anyone’s name  if a student attempt to use it! I do get a kick when I write down those names. *grins*

HanQing, who used to be an ex-boonlay primary student (Ha, rival school that was taken over by JPS after we graduated), was forced to take a photo with us! See his reluctant face. 😛

What remain the same was this corridor and the school hall. I remember it was very stuffy and squeezy when we have assembly here!

Jurong Lakeside Run 2011

My first marathon! Yes I know I’m slow cos the marathon craze happened quite some time back but hey, better late than never! 😀

Anyway, I registered for it during my exam period and I was worried that I wont have sufficient time to train for the competitive run so I took part in the 5km fun run instead, which was not exactly very challenging. Besides, it was lonely cos my flag off time is different from the rest. 😦

US after the run. Look at my bro’s unwilling face! He said, “So chui still want to take photos, tsk!” 😦

1 more new year resoultion strike off!

Fav girl and I: we were waiting for Crystal to arrive for Wii & decided to play with the camera! Btw, playnation @ Scape is offically my best hangout place in town. Value for $ & great for bonding! 😀

& Zero+Zero – Please meet up soon after your horrendous war with the kids at sch! Miss you much! ❤

My as-usual sweet bro that pasted this on my desktop screen on a monday morning. Seriously, made me smile the whole day! 😀

Work-Life Balance

Finally got a job after searching for a week plus & feeling like a bum, now I just want to be a bum cos I’m so tired every single day, trying to fight the sleeping bug ard 2-4pm and hunger strike at 10am/4pm respectively.

Not gonna rant on cos actually I still love my workplace/job scope. Finally something accounting-related. When I managed to get those horrrible double entries right, I feel a sense of happiness. I know I know, I must be sick in the mind somehow. 😮

School officially starts next monday, which means, even lesser time for play. At least, I totally enjoy myself this whole week, meeting all those loved ones! Hehe, guess I was too engrossed in convo that I forget to take photos. But still, I managed a few snapshots! 😀

No. 5 @ Emerald Hill

I love the building cos it’s like those old wooden shophouses in the 1960s! The previous time we went around 10pm it was so crowded so we had to forgo it & head to another pub. 😦

So tah! The buffalo wings are very very addictive. Once I start I can’t stop!

Credits: LadyIronChef

Mine looks so bad next to his! 😦

The signature No.5 Pizza is nice, a lil spicy. But I still love Timbre’s duck pizza more. 😀

No that’s not vomit if you are wondering. It’s earl grey martini on the left. Haha! It smells like soap and tastes a lil too strong for my liking. I prefer the choyu one that the rest drank!

The cool thing about No.5 is that we were told to swipe the peanut shells on the ground & it’s the norm over there. Hehe, so we just kept munching on the big bowl of peanuts (impossible to finish) while chatting & littering!

Great place to chill with good background music! 😀

Gifts from office & friends! I’ve really nice colleagues over here to help me adjust to my job scope. & cos we are gonna move out soon there are tons of freebies to bring back. Even though I dont like co.’s logo on those things, the paper clips are really cute to resist! Haha! Ok, schedule bk not inclusive!

My working area, very very messy I know.

Friday’s outfit! Haha, I dont know why I start to dig long dresses now, and rings! Tsk me please.

Working at harbourfront is a bad choice cos during lunch break we’ll shop at Vivo & it’s almost impossible to not spend $$. Ok, at least for this week I just curb the urge to impulse buy. Thank god!

My new sandals! I went all the way to causeway point to get it cos it was sold out island-wide! I know there’s nothing special about it but when girls hear “sold out”, there’s this urge to want it even more, right? 😛

Yo:Ha @ Jurong

It used to be Jurong Primary school which holds tons of good memories for me. So we decided to go back & eat zi char over there, cant help but feel nostalgic when I stepped in!

The food was so-so & we all agreed that Coffee United one wins it, hands-down!

Ok, more pictures soon! Gonna head out for dinner with family! 😀

The Past. Present. Future.

I’ve been blogging religiously these days & got the kick from it. So i decided to visit my old blog & cringe at my old entries but you know, just like memories everything came pouring back.

It’s very nostalgic, very sentimental. Some of the entries just make me think back if I’ve walked a different path back then, things would be very much different now. I don’t mean it in a bad way but.. somehow, it makes me think back alot.

There are songs that remind me of certain people and in fact, I’ve not keep in touch with most whom I was close to at certain point of my life. Ironic how things change so much in a short span of a few years uh.

I just hope that the older me will be more contented with whatever I’ve now & in future & not take things for granted like the 17 years old me.

Ahhh… emotional entries are just so unlike my style. Goodnight.