Tuesday, February 24, 2004

Oscar-ess, the female grouch

Great, just fricking great..... I just realised that a good 25-30 of the phone numbers on my phone list in my cell is gone. No thanks to the Nokia 6610 handset that screwed up on me yesterday and i had to change for a new handset. So yes, now i have lost a lot of numbers. I know who some of the missing ones are but most are old contacts that i keep from primary to secondary school friends, contacts from my poly days and even some of my girlfriends numbers! Argh!!! *grumbles*

*huskie grouchie voice* So, yeah, what's it you want...go away! *grumbles*

Arrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

*GRUMBLES*



Right, THREE days after getting my new Nokia 6610 it 'konks' up on me! *pout* It switched off on its own and refuse to start up again. Every time i try to switch it on it switches itself right back off....

*grumbles* Now i have to trudge back down to Woodland's Nokia Care Centre to change for a new set. I am not settling for anything less since i paid good money for it and no way can a phone screw up like this big time in just THREE days.

Looks like i have a mission to accomplish today. :P

Monday, February 23, 2004

I've been SunKissed!



*melts and has a sillie grin pasted on my face*

Look what was delivered to the office today for me. *smile*

*melts somemore*

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww......

The gerberas came with a stack of vouchers for a spa massage with free manicure, a free full manicure & pedicure session, vouchers for red hairdressing, BigO, Inouvi, Crabtree & Evelyn, & FarEastFlora.

*melts even more and this sillie grin is going to be plastered on my face the whole of today*

Tuesday, February 17, 2004

First Day

I started on a new job today, the other job gave me this one liner of me being over qualified for that job therefore did not offer me a permanant position but offered it to another girl. So, where am i working now? An American MNC in the "Environment, Health and Safety" department. Had quite a lot to learn only cos i have never been exposed in this engineering field before and there are alot of new jargons to catch up on. Not to mention new software programmes like Powersuite and Visio and Pivot Table. I don't know but i am going to take this as a sign of me having to struggle through this job for a while. Other than that, i have been thoroughly briefed on the working style of the two male boss i am assisting, thanks to the girl i am taking over from. Also, i was told, by the agency, to report to work at 8.15am this morning and i sat at the recept for a good 45mins. *grumbles* The girl i am taking over was on half day leave yesterday so she wasn't informed. The two male boss were not around in the office in the morning ... so yeah poor me sat there at the recep thinking to myself that i could have stayed in bed for an extra 30mins.

Now here is me starting on a whine ...

1. They don't have an expresso machine!!! *pout* All they have is a vending machine that dispenses Nescafe coffee, creamer and sugar *SIGH* i want my freshly grind beans!!! *whines* This girl needs PROPER caffine to perform you know. Best of all, the machine is on the 13th floor and i am seated on the 5th floor.... *mumbles grumbles*

2. I MISS my sea view from the 21st floor dearly (the office in my last job had a fantastic view of the sea from the 21st floor)...... *WHINES*

3. My pay will not be processed for this month cos the HR personnel that is supposed to approve my pay is AWAY and the cut off date is this friday and she is only back NEXT MONDAY! *grumbles* What do they want me to live on? Air????

4. THERE ARE NO EYE CANDY!!!! It's a company that is dominated by the testosterone pumped and fueled species we call "MEN" and there are NONE, you hear me NOT ONE eye candy! *grumbles* Bleh ...



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Sunday, February 15, 2004

Recap

Darcy's Birthday



That's the cake i ordered for Darcy and it's good thing i ordered from this lady who does wedding cakes and chocolate turtles. Apparantly, she is known as the 'turtle lady' as her chocolate turtles are divine! Thankfully, Darcy's co-workers loved the cake and so did Darcy. :)

Oh i had the lady write

"Darcy,

Happie Birthday to the cutest 29 year old in town.

Lilone"


*hehe*

Friday the 13th

Well, i've always believed that Friday the 13th is my lucky day. *smile* And yep, i wasn't wrong. I had two interviews this morning, which i considered to be a very very lucky sign. I mean i only knew for sure that my last day in the job i was in two days before. So to get two interviews scheduled on the last day of my job was pretty impressive. BUT to have gotten a respond from one of the companies that had innterviewed me with a job offer that very same day .... wow... i really got lucky. *smile* So, i have a one year contract on the job with some benefits. :) The important ones though, like annual leave and medical leave. Which is good enough for me cos i can use the annual leave for my exams and stuff. :)

Oh, incidentally this company requires that the agency who got me this job do a full background check on me. *L* This is the first time i have to have one done on me but oh well nothing to hide. :) So i start on Tuesday and *grin* for once i'm in an ALL male environment (EYE CANDY!!!) and working for a male boss. *giggles*

Valentine's Day

Guess what, me and my girlfriends were planning on going out for dinner and hang out on Vday evening. Since we're singles, we're going to have a nite out for us singles and make fun of the couples. :P (Ok, so that was mean.... :P) Unfortunately, one of the girls had bronchitis and i was down with the flu. So we had to cancel on that plan. Doesn't matter to me, i spent my time with my guy online playing games as usual. Also, i gave him instructions to go down to the spa where he had a treat waiting for him. :P I had called two weeks before to make an appointment for him for a one hour session of hot rock massage which my bf testified that it was really really good.

Though, my bf told me that when he got to the spa centre the ladies immediately knew who he was. And seemingly, everyone knew about me calling from Singapore and making an appointment for him as a Vday present. *smile* guess they don't get many girls calling from Singapore to Red Deer, Alberta just to make an appointment for their guys. :P

*grin* What can i say, my bf gets a whole lot of pampering from me. :)

Happie Belated Vday, everyone.

Post Vday

Met up with Ruth, Pearl and Mala for dinner at NYDC today. *grin* Had a whole lot of fun just sitting down, talking about whatever and grooving to songs that was a blast from the past and us recalling how old we were when those songs came out. :P *heehee*



Wednesday, February 11, 2004

Super "sianz" ....

Another day at work. Can't be that hard to want some good news .... right?

Wanna know how i felt this morning? Try imagining "Hi Ho Hi Ho it's off to work we go" as the battery runs flat on the portable discman.


Yep...

Right now i just feel bleh... bleh.. VERY bleh... I feel disappointed too... the potential bad news took a turn for the worse and well... being over qualified did me in this time. Heh. Funny eh? I am over qualified. Me. Heh. That's the funniest thing i have heard coming from the director of a company. Oi, you want to tell me you don't want to train me and pay me good money say so lar. Don't give me nice words that have 'hidden' meanings. Keep telling me with my experience i get easily get an executive level job. Yar yar... whatever.

Tuesday, February 10, 2004

Feeling dejected



I have to wait ... yet again. Didn't know being over-qualified was going to be this big a problem.

Monday, February 09, 2004

Skinny Women Are Evil : Notes of a Big Girl in a Small-Minded World

(disclaimer : this is actually a book by Mo'Nique and Sherri A. McGee)



Well, was told some potential good news today but will any of it be concrete... i will only know tomorrow.

Busy busy busy day, one of my supervisors had a conference to attend today so when i came into work this morning, i was greeted by half my table covered in documents with yellow stickie tabs on them. Have been trying my hardest to clear the whole pile the 3 girls gave me last week and now i have a few more piles to deal with. No matter tried to finish them as much as i can but ... i failed.

Well, left work on the dot and finally dragged my big ass lazy self to the gym today to jog for 30 mins, did some weights and stretches and made funnie faces at myself whenever i walk pass the mirror at the sight of my jigglie thighs and bulging tummie and back. Can only blame my being lazy and not helping myself. :P The alarm only rang off in my head when my i had to desperately pull and tug at my jeans so i can button and zip up. And only after i suck in my tummie as well. *sheepish grin* Yeah, gym and swimming sessions 2-3 times a week for me!



Sooooooooooooooooooo........................................... What are your plans for Valentine's Day?

Thursday, February 05, 2004

My friends.... i have something to say ....

Assumptions and a breakdown in communication can be a VERY dangerous threat to any relationship. And one in particular, friendship. I learnt that the hardway and i should have learnt it a long time ago.

Tonight, i was close to loosing a friend because i assumed she moved on and that her other group of friends (which i deemed to be 'cooler') took priority over me. I assumed that she had a better life than i have, having more fun, seeing the world more, living the experience and life that i secretly grew more and more jealous about. Having been pretty much left alone for the past 2 years, i've pretty much grown used to doing things on my own and having more time to myself. I've pretty much made a life that was different from when my girlfriends were around 2 years back. So she assmued i didn't want her in my life anymore and i assumed i wasn't good enough for her anymore. Thankfully, we managed to talk things out and we need to talk somemore. Too much assumptions and too much things are left unsaid.

So that chapter behind us, i look at the past couple of weeks. Life with the girls back (most of them) have been good but, and pardon me for saying this my friends, i feel threatened. In a sense, i look at myself and i don't really have anything to show. Other than work, which probably is why it became the only topic i talked about. Now that most of them are back, i am feeling the distance between me and them. I can't blame them cos it is not their fault. It is mine. And honestly, it's like being a hermit for so long that to come out and open up to the world and having to divide my time amongst them.... it's something that had become a lil foreign to me. Yep, you find out alot about who you are in times like these.

My gf, Qinz, said she was proud of me and that i finally gritted my teeth and just went back to school instead of trying to go to Aus or somewhere else for school. Honestly, i didn't think it was anything to be proud of. I am going to school just so i have the paper to get out of here. Away from the home i have been living in for the past 15 years. I need to breathe, i need to explore, i need to prove that i am worth something..... for myself. I apologise if this offends any of my gf who reads this in one way of the other. Though, i rather you be mad at me than to assume anything else. Least i know what goes on.

Wednesday, February 04, 2004

Rant .... just cos i can

I am going to attribute my being irritated, annoyed, and moodie to PMS. Yes, being a woman and having to deal with a monthly cycle for another good 30 years of my life, i think i am entitled to use that as an excuse every single chance i get. Bite me. :P

I know exactly why i am annoyed but i can't just in case i get into trouble like that guy from Microsoft who got fired becos he posted a certain picture on his blog. So.... i guess those reading this would have an idea that what i am annoyed at is related to work.

*grumbles* Lets just say i am going to borrow Tigger's line and say... "It's just fricking REDICOROUS!"

*deep breath .... one*

*deep breath .... two*

*deep breath .... three*

*deep breath .... four*

*deep breath .... five*


Right, anyone want to buy me a vanilla ice cream cone from McDs? It helps soothe me, seriously.

Tuesday, February 03, 2004

Wishing and Hoping

Been told today will be the day i will get a 'yes' or 'no' ... something i have been hoping to get for the past 1.5 weeks.

Girls, i need all the luck i get can! =)

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The future is still uncertain. No word. No confirmation. I still have to wait till next week.

*grumbles*