Second Last Day of Work

Hey all. Pretty uneventful day today, except for the fact that it's my second last day of work at my internship. The last two months haven't exactly been the most productive of times but at least, I got to meet a ton of new friends, which was really awesome.

Had a last minute change of plans and went to grab dinner with Sharnon at 鼎泰丰. Okay food I guess. Needless to say, the meal was followed up with a trip to Starbucks, where I had my Grande Latte as usual. Nice to just sit down and chat for a little while with a friend. =)

Last day of work tomorrow. Anyone up for post-internship drinks / celebratory meal? Friends nowadays fall generally into the following categories: 1) busy, 2) attached, 3) neither but can't be dated. Thanks to the rare few who make time to meet up for a meal or to spend the day out. Appreciate it a ton.

Anyways, wish me luck. Gonna just go and do the presentation on-the-fly tomorrow. Hahaha... real-life experiment to see how I will perform when I try to wing a presentation. Will let you guys know how it went.

Night everyone.

Intern Dinner (Again!)

A pretty long and draggy day, with lots of calls and tough decisions to make. Feel alot more tired than I usually am.

To kick start the day, I went to the airport late last night to pick up my dad at 12:30am or so. When I got there, the screen flashed "RE-TIME" and they changed the landing time to 2:15am. My jaw dropped. In any case, I decided to stay on and wait for my dad, since the alternatives were 1) for my dad to take a cab home (which I didn't want) 2) go home and let my mom pick my dad up at 2:15am herself (hell no?)

Ended up getting home at 3 plus in the morning. Work was a painful time today but the most draining part was constantly thinking about what I really wanted, and also dealing with the "fall-out" of sorts, from the decisions I had made earlier.

Dinner, was a thankfully enjoyable event at PS Cafe in Dempsey Road. The restaurants inside are really nice, with the beautiful wooded area and the cosy deco. Food there was not too fantastic; almost bordering on crappy for the price which they expected their customers to pay. But I guess, at the end of the day, it's the company that matters. Had a nice, lively converstation with the group of people sitting at my end of the table, and that was a really welcome hiatus from the crazy day. Many thanks to Sharnon for organizing the dinner!

A little tired with everything that has been piling into my life. I need a sanity check, but nowadays, it seems like the sky is the limit. Anyone? Stop me?

20 August

Hey, I just got my offer today! For those of you who know me, yes, it's for the place where I really wanted to work at! Really over-joyed when I got the call this evening. Called my dad, mom and then grandma, and shared the news with my closest friends.

It's going to be a tough call to make. I guess, there are countless reasons to sway me both sides; I'm totally torn between the two choices. Guess I'll just have to think this through by myself. Someone to talk to would be nice...

Coincidentally, this call bearing my job offer came on the 20 August. I guess, it's just a day which brings happy news. Would gladly relinquish all of this in a heartbeat just...

Feeling both glad and reminiscent at the moment. I'm heading to the airport to pick my dad up later. Have a good night everyone.

Dar, I did it.

Taking a Step to the Side

Took almost a day off from my usual life. Sort of. Met up with a friend and went for lunch at Marina Square. We went to watch License to Wed, which was surprisingly funny. I finally bought my sis her overly-belated birthday present, a nice bag from Rip Curl. =)

Hung out at Pacific Coffee Company for a couple of hours. It has been a really long time since I last spent so much time there. Anyways, had dinner at Taste Paradise, which never fails with their excellent food.

All in all, I guess I needed this brief side step out of my life to think things through. Made me realize lots of stuff too. Thanks for the company gal.

Hello...

Hello. It's today again, 15th August. In the blink of an eye, it's been another year. 8 years.



I miss you dear, you'll always be in my heart. =)

A Quiet Night

It's the weekend once again. A little painful because I have some work which I need to finish up by Monday but haven't ploughed through it yet.

In any case, just got home a little while ago. Somehow, this felt like a really quiet night. Earlier today, I went to SICC with my whole family and went to expend a little energy on the golf balls. At least my swing / shots were significanty better than last week's. I had dinner with my family and then headed out for supper at Laguna. I hope I was just imagining things. Somehow...

Anyways, was going to drive off to Butter Factory for the JetSet pre-departure bash for US-bound students but changed my mind just before I exited the carpark. Wasn't in the mood to go party and do ridiculous stuff. Turned around and went to the quiet beach bar at ECP to get a drink. Just the sound of the waves crashing onto the beach, the gentle sea breeze, and me. Sat there and watched couples, young and old, walking down the beach hand-in-hand. Could feel the bliss and happiness coming from them.

Been in a pretty reflective / contemplative mood lately. A little tired...

National Day 2007

Happy birthday Singapore!

I went for the National Day Parade, held for the first time at Marina Bay this year. Pretty awesome event though the mass displays were kinda pointless. Nonetheless, great fireworks, total defence display and of course, the pride of seeing the red berets as the guard-of-honor.

Had a vastly different national day this year compared to 2006. Can't say today was exactly a fun day to pass, but... oh well...

Anyways, have a great night everyone and once again, Happy Birthday to the place I call home - Singapore.

Heading out.

150th Post

150th post. 15 huh.

Had a pretty shitty day of sorts. Actually, it was just that piece of shit Royston Tan passed off as a movie called 881 that screwed up my f**king day. Piece of junk. It's not funny at all. To all the shitheads that found the harrowing scene funny, together with his dumb ass song, go kick yourselves.

I was going to blog about the totally hilarious time I had last night with the interns from my bank; about the nonsensical stuff that happened to Jon, the drunk birthday boy, but all the happiness has just been sucked out of me right now. F**king dementors.

I'm writing this blog with in a highly irritated and pissed mood; completely inflammatory and totally up for misunderstanding. Maybe I'll delete it when I feel better. But for now, dementors and all the shitheads can go to hell.

Sorry for going for the movie...

Restful Sunday

The weekend is now officially over. School is starting to loom ahead again in the not too distant future; not sure if that's a good or bad thing.

Went for the SSA BBQ yesterday at one of the condos along River Valley Road. Nice place I must say. Got to see some kids whom I haven't seen all summer. No doubt I'll see alot more of them in Michigan. I headed over to Changi Point to meet up with the other Rovers/Scouts who were there on their overnight bike hike. We had supper at Changi Village. Realized that the place has changed quite a bit since I last went there.

Woke up pretty late this morning and had breakfast and lunch with my family. Later in the afternoon, went to SICC with my dad to shoot some balls at the driving range, while my bro and sis went to bowl at the bowling alley at the clubhouse. Only then did I realize that I haven't been there all summer and how nice it was so sit at the pool side and watch the sun set over the MacRitchie tree-line.

Dinner was a pretty awesome meal at Taste Paradise. Great food and nice to have a good meal with my family. All in all, an enjoyable, pretty relaxing weekend.

Why does my mind always drift off in the same direction ever so often? Argh... Stupid flaw.

Long Day

Phew... Finally home after a pretty long 4 hour scout meeting. I never realized how hard banking had eroded my patience; the impatience of dealing with unnecessary, unproductive action and talk has sunk pretty deeply within me. Bad in a way I guess... Well, at least managed to squeeze out a direction to take instead of swimming in ambiguous waters, so that's quite an achievement I guess.

On a brighter note, I met up with my uncle for lunch today. =) It was pretty awesome. Come to think of it, that was probably the first time I've ever had a meal with my uncle (or any of my uncles) alone. Sound advice and great insights as I would expect from my wise uncle. =) I was also reminded to look at the positive side of things. Painful as the experiences were, what have I gained walking through those experiences in life? What's yours will be yours. What's not yours, will never be. How much truth is there in that statement? Anyways, I've got to say again, it was definitely one of the highlights of my day.

Met up with brother scout Weilin (heh...) for dinner at Soup Restaurant. Nice food and finally a chance to somehow sit down and stop for a moment. Don't know how to describe that kind of "stop" feeling. Hrm... like... stop?

Quite a load on my mind at the moment. Paths, options, choices, letting go. The last one is always the hardest to do huh. If there was anything useful I picked up during the meeting/rant earlier on, it has got to be that.

Night dudes. Long day ahead tomorrow.

A Random Day

Just felt like rambling a little right now but kinda don't have much to say, or rather, don't have much that I can say here. Brilliant huh.

Another typical day at work and went for dinner with Ming at Brewerkz. Yeah, Brewerkz again. Decent burgers and good beer. Nice memories of the place too, not to mention the hilarious moment when my brother tackled his friend for smashing a slice of cake onto his face a few weeks ago. Totally wrecked the chair the guy was sitting on. Haha...

Anyways, can't seem to get this song out of my head so, enjoy.

In Love with You
Jacky Cheung & Regine Velasquez

(Jacky)
Just a gentle whisper, tell me that you’d gone
Leaving only memories, where did we go wrong?
I’m still in love with you
I couldn’t find the words then, so let me say them now
(Regine)
Tell me that you love me, tell me that you care
I’ll be there waiting…
Tell me that you need me, and I’ll be there
(Regine/Jacky)
I will always love you, I will always stay true
There’s no one who loves you like I do
I will never leave you, I will always here with you
Come to me now
I’m in love with you
Now we’ve here together, yesterday has past
Through the good and bad I will stand true
(Jacky)
Life is just beginning, close to you at last
And I promise to you, I will always be there
I give my all to you
Living life without you is more that I can bear
(Regine)
Hold me close forever,
I’ll be there...
I’ll be there for you
(Jacky)
I will always love you, I will always stay true
This I promise...
(Regine/Jacky)
There’s no one who loves you like I do
I will never leave you, I will stand here with you
Though the good and bad I will stand true
Hold me closer...
Our love is forever, holding us together
Nothing in this world can stop us now
(Jacky)
Love has found
(Regine)
Love has found a way...
(Regine/Jacky)
I’m in love, I’m in love
I’m so in love with you... Yes I’m in love, so in love... with you.

Can't phantom whats running through my head right now and frankly speaking, I don't really feel like figuring it out. Haha...

Night folks. =)