"Tai Tai" life

Last fri, I took half day off to experience the tai tai life... wahaha... Jan Nee, Zheng Jue and myself took cab from office to Royal Park hotel for buffet lunch... as there wont any signs of cabbies at the taxi stand, we called a cab and it turned out to be a Mercerzs cab... haha... go to hotel for lunch muz also have the pai chang... hehe... met david over there... food was good.. they served paranakan food... most prolly is coz of the show "Little Noyna".. haha... they oso haf some local delights like mee siam, laska.. , sushi corner and dian xin... the snacks corner had choc fondue.. cakes, kuehs... deserts and ice cream... weekday lunch buffet was 32+++...

Following lunch, we went to Partyworld KTV @ Orchard International Building... k songs from 3pm till 7pm... Partyworld ktv is more ex compared to Kbox.. and there are so irritating.. prog such that the last song is at around 645pm.. ugh... oh btw.. David has such a nice vocal sia... haha...

Confirmation

Whee~~ i got my confirmation letter already.. haha.. a sigh of relief coz the economic situation is real bad... everyday when i flipped over the papers.. i see news of co closing down.. many pple being retrenched.. tts saddening...

Anw, treated mum, dad and sis to Crowne Plaza hotel's Azur restaurant for buffet lunch... The spread over there was terrible... so few varieties and not worth the px!!! its 38+++ per pax if i am not wrong... wont ever go there again...

There is a mini steamboat corner with a few steamboat items... had italian pasta/ linguine... and western stuff... basically, the chef's standard was juz so so.. but the cakes were not too bad.. and the ice cream is from Häagen-Dazs.. not those cheapo kings ice cream... but there were only 4 flavors... when will i see any buffet serving Anderson or swensen ice cream??? hehe..

31/12/2008 : The last day of the yr 2008

I recalled wat happened during the past 1 yr..

Jan 08 to May 08: My last sem in NUS

Mid May 08: Started my job hunting

End May 08: Uni results released... a sigh of relief...

June 08: Embarked on a grad trip wif xiuting.. we went to Taiwan (10 days) and Hong Kong (2 days).. was a happening trip coz many things happened.. haha.. First, upon arrival at Changi Airport, our flight was delayed.. coz hk airport was flooded.. fligth was scheduled to be 2.5 hrs later.. was again delayed but last min they got us a flight.. we ran all the way coz the flight was about to depart soon... as ours was a connecting flight, we nearly missed our flight (from hk to tw).. luckily it was also delayed, otw we would have missed our flight...

Reached tw airport at 3am (suppose to reach at around 10pm..) sigh!! Next morning, we realise our tour group consists of just xt and myself pls the driver (aka tour guide).. woah!

There is a nite where we check in the hotel at a shan zhuang.. onli to realise that the 3 of us are staying in that whole hotel.. the hotel looks ulu~ated.. and there isnt any reception..

We went to Hk's ocean park.. wasted out money coz it was raining the whole day..

Mid June 08: Continue to send out my resumes.. awaiting for calls... by then, i was abit dishearted... Went for a few interviews.. from ocbc, national park, semb corp, mindef etc.. Started blogging also... haha

Early July 08: Graduation ceremony/ commencement... i am offically a graduate.. bid goodbye to life as a student

Mid July 08: Got a job offer (after 2 rounds of interviews and an essay test)!! phew.. they gave me a week to consider if i wanna accept... i rmb clearly it was a tues at 6.30pm.. haha..

Went for another interview on thurs.. coz i already agreed to go for the interview b4 i got my job offer.. went for the interview and essay test.. was told that it will take at least 3 weeks to know if i have gotten the job.. decided to give this up coz i need to reply the other job offer by next week...

Was so surprised when i received a call from the latter co saying that they accepted me... din they say they need 3 wks? haha... (later den i realise its coz they knew i had another job offer, hence they "hasten" the process and inform me asap) but i still need to go thru security clearance and medical check up b4 they can offically offer me tt job...

Tts the problematic part.. its the time when i had to think thru carefully and throughly.. weigh the benefits and costs and make a decision.. to accept the former (which is already confirm)? or wait for the latter.. that is go thru the security clearance and medical.. but i muz reject the former and there is a chance where the latter will reject me if my security n medical aren't cleared... was really in a dilemma...

Both were equally far.. the field/nature i applied for both were similar.. but one is private sector (but a big firm so its recognized) while another is a govt sector.. one offers a high pay than the other.. etc etc etc.. my list of considerations goes on and on..

Aug 08: After considering everything.. and seeking many advise, i decided to reject the former and wait for the latter... i am living in a constant fear and worries for tt 3 weeks! finally, my efforts and hard work were paid off.. i managed to get the job offer!!! woo hooo~~~

End Aug 08: Embark on a new challenge where i started on my working life.. a new phrase of life... My colleagues were nice to me.. Got so shocked with the thousand and one acroynms and army lingo in Mindef... (we have a gig-normous bank of acroynms over here.. dun be surprised)The 4th day of work.. boss treated us subway and bought a cake coz there were 5 Aug babies (including me). Considering there were onli 11 peeps in my br.. 5/12 is high ya.. jh bought me an Awfully choc cake... really is gu ming si yi... it looks awful but taste real good.. heee...

Sept 08: Celebrated G1 32th Anniversity @ Yishun Safra. Got my first pay check for the mth!! was so excited... haha.. treated mummy, daddy and sis buffet dinner at River Gdn coffee hse... food was so so, spread wasnt alot. kinda disappointing...

Oct 08: Been to SAF camp for my first time..

Nov 08: Embarked on the Singapore flyer.. went to Le Meridien hotel for buffet Breakfast (first time having breakfast @ our local hotel.. haha).. Treated cousins to Jack's place for lunch... was chit chatting at Jack's place after our lunch but was so called being "forced to leave" coz the waitress simply dun have the basic courtesy. she just placed the bill on the table when we did not ask for.. practically wanting to chase us out.. when there are still many empty tables around... errr... I oso treated yh to Eighteen chefs @ east point (for dinner coz she cant make it for lunch)... This cafe was highly recommended by amanda but i dun really think its nice.. haha.. yong's mango baked rice tasted real funny.. mine wasnt nice too (forgot wat i ordered).. haha.. but the salmon baked rice with cheese is nice (yh, tts wat u ordered rite..) haha..

Dec 08: Make use of my pathetic pro rated leave for my Europe trip... scenery was excellent... real geogorous! Got my pro-rated bonus.. first time getting "extra cash".. wahaha.. treated my family for a buffet lunch at fumara hotel's the square. Both Jh and myself love this place coz the ambience was great!!! food was tasty.. spread was juz now.. not really tt many variety but all are delicious... hee...

As usual, we went to amanda's hse for a gathering cum christmas party.. of coz we did exchanged gifts.. also did go to xiao shu's hse to celebrate xmas... we had lots of fried food, pizza, kfc etc... and a log cake from prima deli which tasted real good... hehe

Its my birthday!!!

One yr has past!!! Time really flies and I am now 22!!! haha.. Hmm... seems like I juz celebrated my grand 21st bdae few days ago.. Everything tt happened tt day was still so vivid to me... Checked in to NSRCC at around 3 wif dad n kaicheng gor.. dad went back after tt... kc gor and I lax around den be chauffeur... picked up hao first at TP, den went to kc's hse to pick yinghui, peishan sis and uncle.. den picked amanda and head straight to my chalet... We ordered KFC for dinner and had a surprise bdae party for amanda when the clock strike 12... After which we torn for the whole nite... and I am the only one who din sleep at all.. haha.. The first thing when i came down... I saw a big poster of me wif my face on it... It was my large banner.. a gift from my lovely cousins!!! tt was the first surprise.. following tt, the second surprise was my video.. i am so so touched!!! it showed my growing up photos.. some of which made me abit paiseh.. haha.. the guestbook arent surprise coz i somehow knew it b4hand.. tt was an unforgettable event...

Oh.. We went to Bukit Panjang plaza for lunch.. had cartel's set lunch.. was kinda dissapointing.. so far i think onli their pork ribs can make it.... Juehui bought me choc cake from Awfully choc... the 卖相 was really bad I tell u... and this gives its name.. haha.. daddy and mummy both said the same thing when they went to the shop the collect the cake... "Aiyo... if it were me.. when i see e shop and e cake.. i wont feel like buying le lor.." haha... W/o kaicheng gor's recommendations, I wont wan to try it either... BUT!!! it tasted nice!!! choc was thick and not too sweet.. 棒!!! haha..

Thanx to all who rmbed my bdae and wished me... Alright.. I am very tired le.. shall continue tmr or during the weekends about the next phrase of my life..

一波未平，一波又起。。。

好烦啊！！今天是第五天了。。 等待真的是一种煎熬。。 我等到花儿也谢了。。这五天对我而言是非常漫长的五天。。 我都快疯了。。 等到脖子也长了。。我每过一会儿。。 都会不由自足的查看手机是否有missed calls.. 尤其是今天。。手机整天都与我形影不离。。因为我有一种很强烈的预感。。 觉得今天会有消息。。 但还是失望而空。。 到了 4。45pm，我忍无可忍了。。 播了通电话给他们。。 他们还没得知结果。。 小妹说。。no news means good news... 虽然我是赞同。。 但深陷这处境的我。。受不了这种“酷刑”。。 总是无法平静下来。。 心中除了担心还是担心。。忐忑不安。。七上八下。。 以致我这几天失眠了。。

人生不如意的事情十之八九。。 但我的人生为什么那么不一帆风顺？是我太过杞人忧天.. 顾虑太多了吗？还是我太执著， 太过于强求了呢？又或者这是我的性格。。 担心太多了， 再加上我是个完美主义者，对我自己的要求和期望特别高。。 除此之外，我也是一个很在我形象的人。。 很在乎别人的眼光。。 另外， 生性易担心的我。。 　每当碰到事情的时侯，我都会担心害怕好一阵子。。这一切的一切。。 把握压得快喘不过气来了。。 有时候还真羡慕那些能一笑置之，闭上双眼，呼呼大睡， 把天塌下来当被盖的人。他们总是能那么无忧无虑。。 没有烦恼。。有时候我也尝试想这样“放任”自己，但我总是不能把烦恼抛到九霄云外。我会不由自足地想起。。好不容易在众多人当中过了那么多关，希望不要在是最后的一刻让我失望！我是否能脱颖而出呢？答案就在下个礼拜揭晓。。 我好期待。。。

这短短的几个月。。 对我来说简直是度日如年。。 每天活在担心紧张中。。 寄了超多比例表出去，但没人打来。每天翻开报纸，察看网站。。看看那些工作我有兴趣。。 慢慢地，我开始彷徨了，不知道还有什么是我有兴趣的。。也慢慢地没看到我心仪的工作。。没人打来时，我很心烦。。 每当电话响起时， 我也害怕紧张了。。 因为我最怕的面试要到来了。。 就这样。。 到了七月。。 运气变好了。。去了一个公司的第二次面试。。 几天后就被入取了。而这时，又有另外一份我心心念念的工作“接受”我。。 但他们还需要我去身体检查和 security test 后才能接受我。。 天啊！ 这是多么难决定的事。。。反复思考后，决定要接受后者。。考虑的因素有很多，就不在这详谈了。打给他们 reject 时，我是多么地不好意识。。 他们的 HR manager 还亲自打给我，要我再考虑。。我就是一个这样的人，往往什么事都想要面面俱到。。但现实生活中，哪会有面面俱到的场面的。。决择再难，还是要选择。。and it always involves opportunity cost.. 我唯有希望一切完美！一切顺顺利利就好！