magical life

Leading a good life

2009-11-02T22:52:00.003+08:00

After I changed a couple jobs. I finally settled with one good one. =) I guess it was due to all my previous unhappy experience working in a bad enviroment that make me even treasure what I have now. I simple love my job now. Everyday is a challenging experience, what's more when I can get to lead a team to conduct stoch take, what to expect more as a fresh grad? I don't like it when I heard colleagues tell me bad things about working in this job. To me this is a perfect job, I must admit that these is certain level of stress. But I like even more when I get the opportunity to explore new possibilities.

I guess when one fall harder the chances is one will bound higher too. When ppl said you can't you better proved them wrong!

Proud to be a civil servant!

Complicated world

2009-07-24T23:51:00.008+08:00

Now that I start working then I realised things are so complicated. My misery not due to job's matter but human's issue. THis is truly an eye opening for me.

Well -- Welcome to the world! Ms Lai

I encountered that jobs tat were done by me, but my colleague claim the credit and she still got the cheek to say she work OT to complete it, when in fact I am the one doing the work and she was playing with facebook! Worst still, she will purposely re-correct my mistake in front of my boss.The next tactic she use is she will give me the document and sort out, afterward she called my boss and complaint that I took her things away that she is unable to carry on with her job. =.=! All kind of nonsense

I felt so tired having to face all these nonsense when I want is get straight to my work and finish I want to complete each day. Everyone start from low, I guess I just have to learn it the hard way, in the first place why should I bother abt someone whom don't even has a O'level cert. ( Probaly she jealous of me =D )

Ming Li is Not bother at all! Pick myself up and carry on!
Just like the story of that old donkey! He was threw into a well, its owner want to bury him with sand, but he shake the sand from his body and step up, till he reach the top of the well.

Botanic Garden

2009-06-11T14:13:00.004+08:00

I have to nag and nag, beg and beg for him to finally bring me to Botanic Garden. This is my second times to tat place, I like it so much. We past by the swan lake, the mini waterfall and etc. There are so many people picnic on the meadow.

There are a number of sculpture like this station around the garden

There is one lovely couple taking their wedding picture.

Total of 4 swans in the lake

And of course must thanks the driver who brought me there.

Annual camp 09

2009-06-11T14:02:00.002+08:00

NPCC annual camp, something that I would not miss each year and same for this year. Most of the time, my presence in the annual camp is to oversee the whole thing. I don't have to participate in planning or executing. But year after year, when I attend the annual camp, it meant that most likely is the last time I get to spent time with all the sec 4. I wanted to be calm, when come to last day of camp which is also their POP, I felt so upset and cried.... Jason even worst, he was crying from the start till the end of the event.

The sec 4 are very upset too.

When they are playing the amazing race around AMK area

The cadets are doing the field cooking. I miss tat.

Class of 2009

2009-05-27T11:20:00.006+08:00

Finally ended my 3 years poly life. It seeems so long, I 've been through my TEP, my attachment in Vietnam, those irritating ICA and exam and finally it's all over now. I don't when my we will gather again as a class, I'm pretty sure this day would come because the class fund of abt $30+ plus is still with me =D hehe!

My classmates, as ppl always said accountancy has more female than male

Gary is from hospitality and resort management, I knew him from my Overseas attachment. He received the gold award!

And of course my mummy and daddy, my mummy especially came to Singapore and attend my graduation. =D My graduation became meaningful to me.

My besties-- amanda, I will miss those day we curse and swear together for the project and ICA.

I definitely miss those day I spent with Yen Peng in Vietnam! She've been my great buddy.

My lecturer for management account, I still vividly remember how she try to haunt us by asking lots and lots of question during lesson. =.=!! But secretly, she told us a lot of thing and she is fun to be with.

Melvin, Jason and Li Xing drop by to take picture with me. Next year would be Li Xing's turn liao.

Sentosa Trip !!!

2009-05-27T10:57:00.005+08:00

I lent my lappy to someone so i didn't manage to update my blog. Last Saturday, some of my unit's CLs and CIs went to Sentosa to celebrate Jason's birthday. The weather was so hot but it did not dampen our excitement. My CLs are so funny, they gave Jason 2 boxers, u should really see his reaction when he received the gift =D.

After dinner we intend to go Marina Barrage but then we realised that the last bus to Barrage is 8pm when it was already 9pm =(

15th Speech Day

2009-04-29T13:47:00.003+08:00

Attended my secondary sch speech day last friday, the sch presented 2 award for me. One for my contribution in NPCC and one for alumni. Our officer gave all of us a treat. When I saw all my cadets, collegues and officer posing for this photos. I thought: " May be this is reason why I still stay in Singapore now". I simply love them all, we been through thick and thin as a unit ( though most of the time I MIA ), but still i enjoy those time I spend shaping all these young minds.

After that night, I have a strong urge to continue and become a HO. I guees now that I am free i would like to spend more time with the unit and pick up thing that I've missed when I was MIA. NPCC is very meaning to me, it plays a part in shaping my charaters when I was young ( not that I am old now), where I met all the great friends from different units but share the same interest and all the fun we had, work with my lovely coworkers in the same unit, also where I met my Bf ... ... I would never want to put a stop to it. NEVER

Far far away

2009-04-26T22:15:00.000+08:00

Back to the rat race world

2009-04-20T13:36:00.005+08:00

How I wish I can stay in Sabah forever. Each time I go back to Sabah, I always wish tat I need not have to come back here anymore.

I even tried to look for job when I was there, can u imagine how desperate am I wanting to stay there. I called up one audit firm, I said I just graduated from my Diploma, the lady even suggested that I should stay in Singapore and work. =( She said her brother also graduated in Singapore and now working there. I reply her, I am 21 this year, yet I have stay there for about 8 years, I said one of this day your brother will come back when he is tired of the life there. And I am now tired of it, I said money doesn't really matter to me anymore, I don't really care how much I take home. End up she suggested me to apply for local Ernest and Young in Sabah.

I left home when I was only 13, you seriously cannot imagine how life would be for a little girl to face a totally new environment. I was so helpless then, without my family by my side, there were countless night I cried myself to sleep. And I clearly remember my first day in sch, unable to understand most of the lesson that were delivered in english, either would I forget how I was verbally assaulted by a fat boy for the way I spoke, when my chinese teacher asked me abt this the very next day, I did not acknowledge, my teacher then told me that the bookshop aunty saw everything. The unhappy past which I choose not to remember --- my very first year in Singapore.

Now that I speak their language, even forgotten my 6 years of Malay education, people don't seems to realise I am a Malaysian. They treated me like one of them but one thing I never forget --- my root.

It seems like this journey would never come to an end. I can never return and live in sabah.

My favourite food:

Traditional "Sau Bin"

This is called "Bullshit" in chinese cos it looks like one. RM 1.50 each

Of course Bobo is not the food lah, just that I miss her.

Oh ya, forgot to introduce her, this is " ah fa". Sometimes, I doubt she is a dog, cos she need to sleep on a pillow. She can caught housefly also. weird dog!

I love cookies!!!!!!!

2009-04-12T14:40:00.003+08:00

I volunteer to bake cookies for the temple, cos they said it is my granny's turn to contribute food for the temple, which main for those ppl who turn up for the prayer. I bake total 80 big cookies and my aunty help me to bake another 4 containers of small chocolate cookies. Forgot to take a picture of her, she can make fabulous cookies!!!

Pack nicely, one big cookies and one small cookies. Some lucky fellow may be would get 2 big cookies =)

it's all here!

On another day, I bake another 3 trays of cookies for our own consumption =)

Look so lovely

After so many days of eating cookies, i got sore throat now. =(

But i still love cookies. And i miss subway cookies. There's no subway here in Sabah.

2009-04-10T22:47:00.002+08:00

保持微笑吧＊

就算已經孤單得快忘了自己是誰~

勇敢的微笑吧＊

不管能不能撐過每一天的傷痛~

堅持微笑吧＊

就算所有的美好都逐漸離我遠去~

我在微笑吧＊

當羨慕所有人都擁有幸福的剎那~

用力微笑吧＊

因為此刻我的心真的好痛~

微笑吧＊

可是我的眼淚告訴我*

我的心破了一個洞~

熊彥喬 ~~《可不可以不勇敢》

一個人的信念卻是決定一件事的成與敗

《可不可以不勇敢》

2009-04-10T22:14:00.009+08:00

我看到了熊彥喬在《可不可以不勇敢》

雖因一場車禍奪去了她的夢想及愛情

卻也獲得家人的支持

並讓自己活得更勇敢、更堅強

當遭遇到人生的瓶頸時

一定得回頭看看比自己還悲慘辛苦的人，

他們是如何走出來的

切記

永遠要以「正向的態度」面對所有一切

《可不可以不勇敢》

2009-04-10T22:14:00.000+08:00

visit my aunt

2009-04-06T23:03:00.006+08:00

I went to my aunt's house. She got 2 lovely dogs. This is still a baby dog, her name is Mimi and she still drink milk. The way my aunt carry her just like carrying a baby. She is like a toddle, always tunble down when she wander around. Mimi was given by someone when she was not even one month old. Mimi look like a ball of fur from far.

When my cousin carry this little puppy. Another cousin of mine, Qing Qing, will bath together with Mimi and Bobo will help to dry her after her shower.

I am carrying Bobo, bobo is an obediant dog. She know her name is Bobo, when I call her, she will look up. Bobo was picked up from the roadside, someone abandon her. Poor thing =( ! But luckily, my aunt found him and look at her now, she became a lovely dog. At night, Bobo and Mimi will sleep in my Aunt and cousin's room.

When we all going to leave the house, Bobo run to the window and sent us off.

Bobo and Mimi remind me of my little black cat. I used to have a black cat as pet. We picked up from roadside also and now she is gone =( Talking about Pet, I once have a baby monkey as pet when I was 10. I put him in a bird cage. It was caught from our plantation. I feed him with milk and also banana tat cut into pieces. When I start sch in Jan, he refused to eat when someone else feed him. One day when I came back from sch he was gone....

I also used to have 2 little fruit foxes as pet long long time ago, we feed them with hard boil egg and fruits. I think I ever took photos with them. Let me search around for the photos and see if I could post it here. They both died because one day someone feed them hot hardboil egg without letting it cold down first!

I guess I wouldn't want any pet anymore, I do not want to go through the trauma when I know tat it's time for them to leave after spending years with me.

In Tawau

2009-04-03T00:06:00.004+08:00

3 days ago my granny and me just managed to chase small black snake away from my house and today guess wat? I saw this at our backyard TODAY

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It was actually VERY HUGE, just that I dare not stand close and take a picture of him. This picture was taken after my dog bite him, he run across the fence and go to next door. It was resting on the floor because he was injured. He look so damn scary when he try to defence itself. My daddy said that even if a car hit him, the monitor lizard will not die, cos his skin is very thick.

and this is the brave dog -----

He ate fruits, his favourite is durian! When he ask for food, he will thrust out its front leg and intend to "shake hand" with the person holding food. I guess have to bath him when I free, cos he always lean on me, and he smell bad, when he shake my hand, his paw got mud & got bad dog breath. =( dirty dog!

I ate durian and rambutan almost everyday here, they are all from our plantation. I really can understand why Yen Peng sick of durian. haha

Part of this durian has been eaten by squirrel, this meant that this durian must be very tasty, thus, we will eat the other half of the durian =)

This is my favourite fruits, it look like the snake skin, but inside there will be a clover of fruits. It tastes crunchy and sweet. For this fruit, there will be one male plant and one female plant, when both plant mature, u have to take the flower from male plant and bring it to the female plant in order to grow the fruits. Do u think just by planting them side by side u can get plenty of fruits? U are wrong, someone still have to bring the flower over to the female plant.

Sabah -- land under the wind

2009-03-26T11:31:00.000+08:00

4th CL camp

2009-03-25T22:27:00.006+08:00

It seems so fast the 4th CL has over. Our unit has this tradition that CI of their last year will automatically appointed to be the camp coordinator for the CL camp and the new CI will in turn become the assistant camp-coor. During the preparation of the camp, I didn't manage to get much things done as I was having exam, but thanks to 2 of my capable new CIs and under supervision of Jason, they have complete all the planning by the time i finished my exam.

This is Melvin, he is very cheeky, one moment he is scolding the cadets, one moment when he saw the camera he will immediately pose for the picture =.=!! He is so bad, when i returned after my exam, he said I became fat !!!!

This is WCI Ain, she sacrified her work and make time for planning and everything. We both has the luxury to bath with hot water during the camp. hehe

Current batch of sec 4

On the 2 night, we were having BBQ. Yong Hua and 2 of his CIs visited me. During the BBQ, my cadets served me food and drink and I just ate all. At abt 10pm, I started to feel unwell. I was sweating and had a bad stomachache. I vomitted 3 times that night. We all guessed that I had food poisoning. Yong Hua stayed till 2.30pm after our fire drill. He insisted to bring me to visit the doctor, but I refused and went to sleep.

On the third day, I was totally weak and resting in the NP room all morning. I was so touch when I was napping I heard Dun Hui asked the cadets to lower down their volume when coming into the NP room, he knew that when I heard noise I will be alert and woke up. My senior knew me the best!

On 22 April, Yon gHua came and fetched me early in the morning and sent me to airport and here I am in Sabah now!!

2009-03-13T14:47:00.003+08:00

meeting client

2009-03-13T14:21:00.004+08:00

We met our client on Wed, my art teacher and me went all the way to Tuas.

Their front lobby, without me mentioning the name, u should able to guess wat company is that.

The HR personnel bring us to the meeting room to discuss about the art lesson to be deliver to their staff. Look at the tag at the door! So creative.

And of course they serve us coke! haha.

After that they gave us a tour to their factory. Actually the sign board said: " How the world's favourite soft drink is made".
There are different stop, where they would explain to us the process of bottling the drink.

The art lesson is kind of confirmed. This Sunday we still need to attend a children art competition as judges. I published our advertisement on tues and thurs but no one seems to call up anymore, we used to have average 15 -20 people called up, but not now anymore. Look like the time is bad now, everyone tighten their belt.

2009-03-07T15:30:00.001+08:00

SIM Open house

2009-03-04T10:26:00.003+08:00

We all went to SIM open house last Sat. I still didn't manage to get my queries solve despite went all the way to SIM. Initially we wanted to know more about Accountancy degree offer by RMIT and UOL, but when we asked around no one seems to know about this, felt so disappointed!

Cher told me that NIE replied to her already, look like she is going to be a teacher for sure. Amanda was looking around for a degree course, which according to her --- is definitely not accounting course. Yen Peng said her sis recommended her a job, meanwhile she will go back to her hometown and slag.

Look like everyone has decided which path they gonna take. As for me, most likely I will take a degree with UOL in Singapore Accountancy Academy. One thing for sure, I wanted to become a CPA. That's why I never doubt about being an accountant. Counting money is never a problem for me HAHA.

Well, after we visited SIM, seven of us went bowling. Some Juicy news, look at the picture of my fellow classmates.

Wileen was getting ready for her turn

HAHA. I caught you !! J & J

Valentine's day !

2009-02-15T14:22:00.005+08:00

My very first Vanlentine's day, he came and fetched me at around 9am.

We went to Bedok cos he need to go through body check for the job he is applying. After lunch, while he was driving, he asked me to look up to the sky when I was sitting in his car. An there he goes,
An ELMO is looking down at me! =)
He does have some sense of humor huh! This time round I was really surprised by him!!! You got me!

My first suprise was this elmo

We went for dinner after we walked around downtown east and tampines mall

Before he sent me home, he suprised me with a lovely BIG red heart necklace. =)

These cute small balloon were from the restaurant.

A complimentary picture, also from the restaurant.

It's a wonderful experience having to spend the day with love one. Everyone seems extra happy and loved-up on the street, with girls carrying flowers or bear-bear. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy on valentine's day for the very first time.

21st birthday

2009-01-19T21:30:00.006+08:00

Time fly, I am 21 already! I am consider to be an adult, but I still want to be a teenage. It's hard to lead an adulthood i guess. Well, these are all the lovely presents I received from my lovely friends. Thanks those who still remember my birthday and wish me.

This is of course from my good "buddy"---Amanda, she is so cheeky! I wear this during exam confirm pass ah! haha thank you gal.

Hui Qi give me a necklace and a sweet letter! Thank you HUI QI

Yen Peng even attached a photo of both of us in the card =) Guess wat she gave me swensen voucher. Yum yum, i get to eat there. haha Thany you YEN PENG.

This lovely pencil box is from Janet. So cute, so thoughtful of her =) Thank You JANET!

My parents gave me a gold key necklace and a pen. According to them, this is the key to freedom because I am old enough to make decision

This cheeky T-shirt is from my fellow CIs, Jason, Ain and Dun Hui.

Look at wat he is wearing when he fetch me to watch Cinderella. I teased him, and ask if he is going for wedding dinner!

He bought me a tiny cake, I guees he still think I am a child. =.=!

Last but not least, Cinderella musical by him. Though he make me very angry and sad on my birthday itself. I can't denied that the show is fantastic. Too bad, it's not allow to take any photos throughout the show.

2009-01-11T18:46:00.002+08:00

I am so excited! not that my birthday is coming but I am going to watch a Play on next Thurday!! He bought me the ticket to watch Cinderella's play, he handed the ticket to me on 31-12-2008.
I was so shocked, cos
reason no.1 -- I mentioned it casually that I would like to watch TOGETHER with Amanda. ( I don't think guy fancy that, so i never borther to ask him. )

reason no 2: -- He always complained that he got no money ah. =.=!

Where on earth would I know that he would buy me the ticket to watch a play!

When I asked him, was it my birthday present? He said part of it, hmmmm. Does that meant more is coming up? =) But the play alone is enough to me, I am easily satisfied girl.

Tell you more after I watch the play, I always fancy fairtale, better don't disappoint me. =)

2009-01-04T13:07:00.013+08:00

We went to JB yesterday, we just walked around city square and also found a new shopping centre near by. Apparently I still familiar with spoken malay, shopping language is not a problem for me.

As for him, he claimed that he took Malay as elective in his year 1. But all he could said is: " Saya nak pergi Tandas!" ( I want to go toilet ) and he repeated that many many times =.=!! Still dare to challenges me and ask me any malay words that he spotted along the way. End of the day, he said he got a " C" for his elective. No wonder!

Each time I go JB, I feel like I am closer to home -- where I belong.

2008-12-27T12:36:00.014+08:00

我常說我的他是個呆頭鵝，反應常常慢半拍、木訥且不浪漫，亦不會製造浪漫。

但其實，他一直在進步中，很多時候的他是溫柔的，尤其當我從他深深凝望的眼眸中

看見自己。

我是你的小尾巴, 你走到哪裡我都要到哪裡。=)

2008-12-27T10:54:00.005+08:00

My class BBQ:

The little girl in purple the way she called han leng sound like calling her " honey", so funny.

2008-11-23T15:01:00.004+08:00

Please don't do that to me again. cos I am tired of waiting, I may quit this game one day. One of this day I may not even want to see you ever again, if you ever repeat the history.

All I want is just to have a simple meal ..... with you.

2008-11-04T17:45:00.003+08:00

Our Last day at Song BE:

Account Payable

My supervisor and me

My gift to my supervisor

Yen Peng and me finally get to tour around the golf course

Ms HAng is the one who give us a tour to the golf course

Present to you: Viva Las Begas

Group photos of us intern and all director

Me and Yen Peng

Acting bunny gals

Account department staff

2008-10-28T00:37:00.002+08:00

The director's wife brought 4 of us out for dinner at the Korea restaurant.

I like this dish very much. Ginseng Chicken, Yum Yum!!

After dinner, we went to a cafe for coffee. It is a very romantic place.

Vietnamese love to drink coffee whenever they are free. This is consider a high end cafe. There's even fountain there.

While having our coffee, Mrs wong told us about her love story. She is a amazing lady, she been through thick and thin together with our director and she first met him when she is only 11. How nice!

5 lovely ladies.

Bowling tournament

2008-10-04T00:10:00.003+08:00

We pretend we won the first prize!!

My bowling team: Deputy director, myself, yen peng & he is from the creative department

My team didn't win, we were 4th position. But we all enjoy the game.

Sick

2008-09-28T21:06:00.004+08:00

My colleague and me
My roomate cum classmate: Yen peng
All my friends from NYP

My supervisor and her husband, she met her husband in Song Be !!

Apparently I fall sick on Friday, 26 Sept. I guess it got to do with something that I have ate. I start vomitted non-stop in the morning during my office hour. Yen Peng realised that I hasn't back from toilet for quite some time, she look for me in the toilet and I was already very weak.
Cherie, a vietnamese who work for Proshop, happened to be in the toilet, she helped rub the medical oil on me. My supervisor even helped me to oder porridge for me when she knew tat I was sick. I end up staying in the apartment for the rest of the afternoon. Yen peng never fail to call me and check on me, I am so bless to have a companion like her. And all my friends drop by to check on me during their lunch, my collegues and those whom I don't know and happen to be in the toilet with me when I was vomitted drop by to my department the next day. Thank you. I am so touch.

We are the dancing queen!!!

2008-09-25T18:14:00.004+08:00

All the staff in account and HR department are allowed to off early on 21 Sept, Mon because 2 of our senior staff celebrating their birthday. The vietnam culture is that the birthday girl/boy has to treat everyone a meal and in turn other people will give them a card. But 3 of us intern, decided to buy both of them a gift each. =) After dinner, we go karaok session with them, this is where I dance for the first time.

2008-09-07T15:45:00.004+08:00

This is the Gym where I usually come here and exercise.
SEE! All the rich man's cars
This is the toilet for golfer to change and bath

This is where I usually swim
At the golf course !

Coming the end of second week, I've get used to the slow pace of life there. We even learned to take a nap after lunch, just like the local does. Life is good in Vietnam, we are like enjoying a holiday while doing our attachment here.

2008-09-02T23:16:00.003+08:00

All 7 of us in Vietnam !!! How lucky we are being selected to come to Vietnam.
this is not just for posed, it's real shot !

He tried to show us how to enter to the tunnel
Shooting range?
This is real bullet!!!
How much they cost?
Cooking vietnamese traditional food

Vietnamese buffet dinner

2008-09-02T12:25:00.004+08:00

we posed at the buggy while waiting for our colleagues

Huge swing in the tourist village

This is for the visitor to wash their hands, they are everywhere in the village

There's a beautiful lake within the with

2008-08-28T19:07:00.003+08:00

My Colleague and me

This photos was taken yesterday. My colleague, Hao was sitting at the supervisor's desk to surf net cos the supervisor took off and half of the A/c payable workers gone.

Friendly Vietnamese

2008-08-26T22:19:00.008+08:00

My breakfast =)

5 pretty ladies posed in front of the Vietnam embassy base in Singapore ready to take off to Vietnam anytime

On my second day of work I find that all the staff in Song Be golf resort are very friendly and they are not selfish to impart their skill to us at all. My supervisor even teach me her job scope, which is very rare in Singapore.

As for food wise, everything is super delicious. Our dinner is over at the resort's restaurant, cook by their chef, just imagine! Lunch and breakfast is at the staff canteen, but equally good. 2 thumbs up =)

But one funny thing is we start work at 8am, but when we reach officer at 8am, not many staff there and when we come back for lunch also the same, =.=! And when before 4.30pm, everyone gone le. Of course, I faithfully stay till 4.30pm lah !

In Vietnam

2008-08-24T22:20:00.004+08:00

Wire all over the place

Today is the first day of my stay in Vietnam, NYP director brought us to tour around the city before we head down to golf resort. We experience the cultural different here, one of our friends ask for a bargain price for a bag, in the end the stall owner gave her 50% discount, but she decided not to buy however the stall owner start cursing and swearing for not buying the product. We feel that it was rather rude to treat their customer like that, but we realised that was how vietnam live and work, how interest huh!?

For publicity

2008-06-18T19:19:00.002+08:00

This is blog is mainly use for publicity, to inform our potential students about all the relevant event that we have organised as well as the up coming event.

Our nature of business is mainly dealing with offering our service to the country clubs, secondary schools as well as personal homw teaching. Feel free to visit our website: www.artinspiration.com.sg

Bye Bye UOB!!

2007-10-20T17:02:00.000+08:00

My stay in UOB has finally come to an end. Well, I can disclose any of my "stories" due to banking secretcy but I must say that it's mentally torturing job. I encountered all the weird ppl everyone that make me become so pro now!! Mind you, I expertise in handling trouble maker now. I believe this will benefit me greatly in the future.

BSU team 1

2007-06-12T14:47:00.000+08:00

Last week of mystery shopping! I think I gonna miss those shopping day and the fun that I've been through during my stay here.

2007-04-09T12:06:00.001+08:00

My home in Tawau!

I went back to Sabah for 5 days. The small town has changed drastiscally. It isn't that decent town that I used to stay in anymore. But I'm glad that my families hasn't. They are still as caring and loving as they used to be. I was treated as if I am a princess during my stay there. A number of my aunt cooked my favourite food for me.

I also get to meet my primary school classmate, I still remember that he was the monitor for consecutive 4 years. Well, this is my first time seeing him after 7 years apart. He has changed too, more humourous? I think.

I think next year I gonna go back for Chinese New Year again!!!!!!! I love my home town

NCO camp 2007

2007-03-14T21:29:00.000+08:00

Look at us !

Here come the NCO camp again, last year it was a wonderful first trial of our CBSS NCO camp. Last year, 4 of our CBSS CI Serena, Dun Hui, Nelson and me run the whole camp. Nelson was the Camp Coordinator and I'm his assistant.

This time round the camp coordinator is Meng Siang and I'm the assistant. Again there's 4 CI altogather, Amirah and Long Jie lend us a helping hand this time round.

It was rather a whole new experienced working with Meng Siang and as compare to Nelson. Nelson would respect my decision despite I'm only a junior CI at that point of time. Whereas Meng Siang is trying to make me fit into the way he wanted me to, things that he feel differently he would immediately want me to do some changes to do.To be honest, I'm pretty frustrated sometimes, especially when he start nagging at me. Worst still when I told him I really need to sleep after debrief everything which was already 2 something in the morning, then he gave me that look. So no choice but to listen to his nagging again =.=! , until 3 something then me and Amirah get to sleep. Same goes for the next day, we sleep at abt 4 something. I seriously never encounter such a naggy ppl in my life before. I everything pray hard that he won't start it, the day 1 activity seriously far behind time. It's very damn tiring for me to take drill session for the whole morning for consercutive 3 days cos Dun Hui didn't turn up.

But not all the time I turn off when he start to nag, sometimes it makes sense to me, but although is only one point, he would elaborate and repeat it again and again. =.=! Next year if I've got the change I would like to organise this again. Hopefully, next time round is with the help of our new CIs.

camelot camp

2007-03-10T23:36:00.001+08:00

Yesterday I just came back from the Camelot camp, so coincidence it's Chong Boon Growth camp. Wah, so nice to meet up with all the chong boonite as well as teachers. It's so heart warming to see everyone cheer for Chong Boon.

But this was really a great experience, I was so high even after camp. I think I really did achieve what I wanted. I was supposed to learn how to think positive and how to motivate others too. Hmmm, good try! I wanna camp again in Camelot!

The most exciting is I went out to kayak using single deck kayak WITHOUT even getting 1 star kayaking cert. Wow! Wayne is a gentleman, he lent me his sleeping bag! Finally know why Melvin always boost and mentioned abt his camps. And I learned a lots of cheers!

Teachers kind of shock to see me working as a camp intructor there.

Whole new experience, whole new life!

Swiss hotel - The stamford

2007-03-04T18:17:00.000+08:00

The night view
The hotel room

The Esplanade
Morning View

For some reason I get to stay in Swiss hotel -The stamford for one night.
Wow, first time in my life. Right below the hotel is Rafles city. When I reach the hotel I forgotten to bring toothbrush. I have to make my way down to Rafles city again in my home cloth! Cos I lazy to change again. Haha!

Well, I think I'm damn lucky. I didn't go for the Camelot training, which suppose to be yesterday and today. But they still bother to call me yesterday. They said they can put me in for one of the camp for me to learn. I request for Chong Boon Sec camp. haha . They agreed! I get to see the familiar faces again, but I think easier for me to work and perform with familiar ppl. Yeah I gonna Rock Chong Boon camp!

I will learn like a sponge, I want to make myself strong and power!

Skittle ball competition

2007-03-02T10:51:00.000+08:00

I force the YCK CI to take this pic with us!
See all my sec 1 so small size!

I asked Wei Ming bring the sec 1 to YCK sec skittle ball competition. At first I thought I gonna go back to CBS and assist them in the speech day training, but after my exam realised that Dun Hui is in the unit so I thought I better go to YCK and take a look at them.

The sec 1 are really shocked when I suddenly appeared cos at that point of time they are cursing and swearing at other sch that against them few mins ago. Amirah was trying to calm them down at moment. But they are quite pleased to see a familiar faces there to support and motivate them!

But one thing is that my sec 1 is small size as compare to other players. So they loss out in this area. But the character of my sec 1 really stil like a small kid. Headache! I like the mother for them when I brought them back to CBS. But they are quite cute. One boy even use an umbrella to shelter me all the way.

painting, my interest, my income!

2007-02-26T20:14:00.000+08:00

Latest painting : The Journey

I went to study yesterday. In the afternoon, I ended up attending my art lesson, which apparently located at the same place as where I used to study. It has been almost 3 months I didn't attend the lesson. This is the longest break I have for painting. I was busy with ATC last year, after that still busy... ...

Mr Low asked me to participate in up coming UOB painting again, to try my luck for that $20,000. I kindly rejected due to the fact that I forsee this year gonna be another busy year for me. There's a number of new year resolution that I've planned to achieve this year.

Hmmm... may be I shall give this painting to my OC for his farewell present. Perhap I draw a much bigger size one for him. I gonna organize a grand handling over ceremony for him.

I almost forgotten about my freelance greeting card design job. It's been long time since I last submitted my work. It's time to draw ! Earn more $$$$. One of my plan is to have at least $4000 in my account end of this year.

I've got that job!

2007-02-22T18:00:00.000+08:00

Just received a call from camelot. I have recruited ! But I'm stil deciding whether should go or not. Especially thought of the nightmare we went through. Thinking....

Walk for almost 2 hours !!!!

2007-02-10T18:55:00.001+08:00

Endless journey !!!

Plane Flew Off

Amanda got contact with Camelot, something like camp organizer. Then the 2 of us went for interview cum orientation today. The campsite is a damn "Wu-Ru" place, no bus reach there.

The short "presentation" that the person in-charge made we do is pretty interesting. We have to collect something within the campsite then try to relate it to your feel about everything. Everyone seems to pick up the same things and talk about the same story. Most of them trying to impress the person in-charge by boosting how good they are. Mind you, there are 23 ppl interview for the job and most of them are much much older than the 2 of us.

I guess no problem getting selected for this job for both of us. But there came our nightmare:

Both of us walked out of that "wu-ru" place and trying to get a taxi when we reached main road. But then no taxi at all, we have no choice but kept walking. The whole stretch of road was like no end, it was right beside the Airplane runway, Just imagine!!

At first, we are quite opstimistic. We enjoy the scenery when the plane flew off, we sang song, we took pictures. But after 1 1/2 hours, we really exhausted already. But the road ahead of us still endless. One police car stop by and tell us to turn back cos it's 12 Km!!!!! ahead us and it's not allow to stop the car in this strech of road. We were SHOCK !!

But still we are very STUBBORN

So we continue to walk, but at that point of time we start cursing and swearing at that damn campsite.

Worst still, some car pass by and WAVED to us!!! Both of us damn PISSED OFF !!!

For the first time in my life I really feel like scolding @#**%@

Thank godness after almost 2 hours of non-stop walking, we managed to catch a taxi.

Amanda and me really learned a LESSON today. I think even if the camelot willing to take us, we still have to think twice whether to join them or not.

Well, we will still continue our interview with other companies.

Gals just wanna have some fun =.=!!

Efforts gone down to drain

2007-02-03T21:08:00.000+08:00

I didn't go to unit today. Kicking a fuss over my NCOs. I'm already tired of telling them again and again this and that. But most of the time, it would still remain as it is. I believe I didn't turn up today, for sure they didn't mark attendance again, for sure they forget about small little things here and there again. NCOs called me a number of times, but I ignore it. They need to think through it, do not take me for granted. But trust me, they would learned their lesson after this, be more responsible.

Worst still when i get to know about the UOPA at 11.30pm after Amirah informed me. I seriously counldn't sleep. Thinking over and over again why ? Meng Siang has been nagging at me when i try to seek consolation from someone. But somethings that he mentioned is quite true, it's just that I don't want to face it.

It's time for me to think through again, what is the meaning behind me wanted to be a CI in the first place. Thinking of ONLY me alone there managing the unit just make me feel mentally and physically SICK. When I was in another unit I always enjoy my stay there. You see? there is a different.

Presentation again on 1 Feb

2007-02-03T21:03:00.001+08:00

Qiao Chu is trying to hide

Look smart ya?

There we go, presentation again. It's about interview a manager and related his/her job scope to what we have learn in the four management concept.

Area 3 ATF

2007-01-28T11:56:00.002+08:00

At the jetty

Finally decided not to help out in NYP open house and attended the area 3 ATF. Surprisingly most of my NCOs turned up, but we only have a total of 17, short of 1 more person to get 1% for UOPA. I'm pretty fed up honestly.

When we were in the campsite, it just remind me about the ATC last year, all the happy moment with my fellow CIs and cadets.
Only a few CIs were here, we really bored to dead. Thus, before lunch, kang qi, amirah, alan, edwin and myself decided to walk out of the campsite and took a stroll. We have a light breakfast cum lunch near the jetty there and walk back to campsite again. Thank godness we met the uncle who going to deliver lunch to campsite on our way back.

In the afternoon, we all decided to try the flying fox. I like it a lot, I remember when I was a cadet I did it twice during my ATF.