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Sunday, June 29, 2008
~* auntie trip *~
went on a trip with the aunties...to batu pahat..if thats how its spelled. It was a visit temple and shopping trip but i din really buy much except for chewing gums.hahaha...
I also think it shall be the last time i am following this type of 'old folks' tour grp cos the video they show in the bus is like dunno how many years ago the show, not like the recent movies or wat...damn sian and buay tahan!
Also, what i learn todae from the aunties and uncles rushing to the customs is that you are only as fast as the slowest person from your tour grp. I dun understand y the aunties especially like to runnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn to the custom to clear their passport first because after that, they still have to wait for all the rest of the pple in the same bus to clear the custom before they can proceed with the tour. Also, the bus also have to queue up to be checked so they also cannot board the bus first...so funny....make them look kiasu and they dun really gain anything..haiiii...guess its jus the Singaporean in them showing through.
Alright, gonna sleep now...wanna catch the Euro finals later...only 4 hours of sleep for the 2nd day in a row :(
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
~* mission impossible *~
today is my birthday..and i have birthday off..no need go camp..sooo nice..and i finally get to sleep till i cannot sleep anymore than wake up..love that feeling:)
went to town to shop and find a bright pink aka fuchsia colour shirt that i am planning to wear for my convo ball...but as the title suggest..its mission impossible. the shirts are either not bright enough(in all except one case) or it has ugly collar and sleeve.(the only 1 of the right colour in Raoul).
And i also managed to find a way to make the sales pple in tangs and those dept store to leave u alone and not constantly follow u and ask how they can help. i experience 2 today and it works perfect...it goes something like this:
salesperson:how can i help u?
Me:i am looking for a long sleeve shirt.
salesperson:ohh..here we have many colours and design..this wan not bad..this is nice too..blahblah..
me:ohh i am looking for a bright pink shirt...fuchsia colour.
salesperson: OOHHhh...sorry we dun have it...(walks away)
hahahah...try it..its funny looking at their expression.
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~* Thanks *~
Thanks all for the well wishes:) makes me glad that i made so many frens...ahhahaha
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~* happy 26th... *~
Happy 26th to Hongzhao, who incidentally, shares the same birthday as me:) same year also..and we stayed next to each other in hall without realizing it till he graduated.
Happy 26th to me too...congrats to myself for graduating from uni when i din even tot of going into one when i just finish my poly studies 5 years ago ard this time also.
Hope the Birthday will bring me MORE good luck:) esp in my career now that i've graduated...and probably in some other areas...ok i'll be greedy..in ALL areas...ahahha:P
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
~* Indecent *~
Met Linrong for dinner jus now. talked about quite abit of stuff since we haven met for a long time....since Xmas to be exact. She jus recently graduated from SMU and being the smart and hardworking and Nu Qiang Ren that she is, i decided to ask her about her job finding and this is how the conversation goes:
Me:any jobs offer?
LR:ya, 1.5. 1 offered, another one i'm waiting for them to offer me the exact terms
Me:what did the first one offer u
LR:Secret.Personal
After much persuasion,LR:Its decent
Me:so what is indecent pay?
LR:2,3,4 is indecent.
Me:.....................ok...so most, if not all the ntu,nus and everyother students thats not taking finance are having indecent pay.
Totally dunno wat else to say after that. if 2 or 3 or 4 is considered not decent...then everyone else should jus forget about getting a job.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
~* Interview for Star On Track Scheme *~
Finally...after 8 months of waiting after sending my application...they finally called us up for the interview for the Star On Track Scheme, which in layman term..is Nike's mgment trainee program. It was a huge group interview...20 of us in a grp. It was fun and interesting though and unlike normal interview.
We were first asked to do a short self intro and then had a team assignment to do and present it to the rest of the pple including the assessors like lawrence, ivy, sacha and chun kit. It was quite ok as i got my fav category--soccer and were doing on SPARQ, something i knew and am more familiar with, compared to the rest.
After the interview, i stayed in the office to have lunch with the FW team pple. I have always felt at home with them. I really feel like a part of them. I even have this feeling that i am 'part' of their team...even though i noe i am not. AM I DESPERATE OR WAT!?!?!hai..and like my frens said...i think i am too engrossed in this whole issue liao...that if i touch wood..never get a job there...i really will be very sad and dunno wat else i wanna do. But every part of my heart and brain says this is the job i wan...and being a stubborn ass..i wun give up until i get a chance at it. Even if after i do liao and feel its not the right job for me...at least i tried and wun have any regrets.
Alright...should stop all this emo shit..ahah..just wanna share this conversation i had with my Nike colleague over lunch yesterday.
A: So aik leong, you wanna work in the FMCG industry?
me: erm...i wanna do something sports related.
C: No..he doesnt wan to work in FMCG, he wans to work in NIKE.
me: laughs and nods furiously
they jus have this sense of humour and way of conversing that makes mi feel like sitting there and listening to them toking the whole day.you will feel entertained just be listening. Hope i can achieve that 'power' one day.hahaha..must be more angmoh..
Right now...i am waiting for the result of this interview. Judging from my conversation with the manager that interviewed me for the previous post of FW coordinator, i think they need to hire within the next month...so think i am as good as goodbye for that. OH WELL...as much as i hate it..i guess theres nothing i can do. Just hope that at the end of everything...i still will get a job in there...preferably in the marketing side/ekin/FW BU.
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Thursday, June 5, 2008
~* high and low *~
just had such a rollercoaster day.It all started from 12am on thur morning...i got my result..the best performance so far in my university:) I was delighted...and very happy...going to office with a big smile even though i was quite sleepy.
Then it took a turn for the worst...the start of the HQ9Div/Inf G4 Br Meeting. It was quite interesting in the beginning when pple start to talk and i got to learn and understand some new stuff. But it soon turned bored and jargons and acronyms used became foreign to me. Every sentence contains some sort of like coded language that only sg army pple will understand and unfortunately, being away from the stupid place for 3 years liao made me forgot every single little things that i dunno y i did noe from last time.
Then it was my turn to speak.I admit the slides i did was not of the greatest and highest quality.But then again, who cares...i din choose to be here...besides, although the design and aesthetic side, the info side was quite detailed and to the best of my knowledge. But surprise surprise(maybe not very surprising cos army always like that), the higher level pple have already planned and came out with something quite different from the version that me and a warrant officer that i was working with understood all along. We were not updated of their discussion, whenever they did it, and when they corrected us on their 'correct and most updated' version, we were not really scolded, but being said to be not clear of the entire operation process.
This really pisses me off cos i actually did an admin instruction for this operation for one of the higher level officer and asked him to get back to me if theres any mistakes or changes to be made. He din after 2 weeks so i assumed everything is correct...but this 'surprise' awaited me but hey...i shouldn't be really surprise afterall...this IS the army...and in the army...everything the top wans to do, they do and they are always right.Not that i care since i am not a regular and my performance is not rated or ranked and no performance bonus will be given to me...but i sort of pity the warrant officer working with me. I understand from various sources that hes not exactly the best guy around but sometimes, u just have to pity someone like him.
And so the meeting ended ard 7pm and i was supposed to have training at nus at 7pm!luckily jin waited for me and by then time we reach nus and change up it was already like 745. We did some running and by 830, the training was cancelled due to lightning and slowly afterwards, it began to rain and we were just stuck there for 30mins..
Finally back home now and can't wait for tomolo to come...another day of trying to make things happen in camp and after that, ITS THE WEEKEND!!wooohooo...can't wait..today was really SUCKY..wat a @#$%* way to celebrate my 1 month back in green ..somehow i thank god for making the medical officer diagnose a medical condition that i did not have in the first place which causes me to not be able to sign on as a regular, if not...i would be just like anyone of them in the meeting jus now...jus having more load given and more shit to do...PHEWWW...
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Sunday, June 1, 2008
~* A week's review *~
So..wat significant thing happen this week?hmmm...
1)Went for FW product coordinator interview on tues. Screwed up the first part of interview but recover well for the latter part. But found out that as i expected, they are looking to hire someone within the next 4 weeks..and so..i am as good as out:(
2)Was told that there might be another opportunity in another position. Was happy and looking forward until J.Lo told me that they have doubts about my outgoing-ness cos that role requires lots of it. So gotta work on that and prove to them i can be outgoing, goingout goingin and infact goinganywhere.
3)Went to Adidas Sundown Marathon on Sat night to do shoecount..how interesting..count the no of each brand of shoes the participants wore.And i am suppose to write a report abt it by Thurs...not very sure wat to write..but will come out with one..impressive one hopefully
4)went back to camp to sleep after the counting shoes thing and went to Maybel's son full month buffet lunch invite...Maybel was my in charge when i was in Air Force Recruitment Center donkey years ago(DEC 2003) and one of the few pple(along with sidekick, Angie) i can dun see for very long but once i see, i feel very comfortable with.
5)Most depressing of all, i returned Winston his bike today after having it for a month. So from tomolo onwards, its 1 hour less sleep each day and public transport all the way...very sad..very tiring...SIAN!!
6)results gonna be out next week...if the news/rumours are correct...looking forward to it and having one more interview next wed for MCYS. and 1 month has pass since i return to NS...3 more months to go..CANNOT WAIT!!
Thats about all the significant things i can remember...gonna sleep soon..shit..its only 1030..WTF..good nights!
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