My 1st Diamond
Yesterday right after work....we rushed off to Tampines Mall and got my first ever Diamond!! YES....u heard me....Diamond!! Check it out -
It comes with a really nice box - nice packaging!!
Close up shot of "Home"
Diamond on my palm
Thickness - that's my pinky..hehe
My baby playing with my Diamond
If you're looking for a 3G PDA phone that's sleek & sexy, light weight, cool interface with 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus + macro, GPS...this could be for you. Do take note though...it lags a lil when try opening pictures, audio & video. It only has 4GB of internal storage, no external storage. But I guess they dun bother me so much coz I dun plan to play MP3 or video on it anyway.
I've not explored the thing enough to give more details...I'm sooooooooo excited bout it!!!
Bestest Surprise Evar by the Bestest BF Evar!!!
I just got back from a mani/pedi with mah baby's mom...had such a great time. The girls at Dolish were so frenly and vibrant. 10mins into the session, they found out my age, where I work, how long I've been dating this handsome loving man, where I'm from, where I stay, the languages I speak etc etc!!
Anyway, it has been such a tiring week for me. I'm not stressed out at work yet...more like tired out coz I'm so not use to waking up at 6.30am to get ready for work!
Last night, baby did the sweetest and most romantic thing for me - he sang to me *grin grin*
So it kinda started when he asked me what song he should sing at his department's karaoke session. I made a joke that he should sing to me...that he will start it off with "I want to dedicate this song to my beloved gf. I will love you forever and ever!" It was such a ridiculous request that I din keep it in mind.
We got home after a romantic indian food dinner (of which we both got stomach ache :P) and he sat me down next to him on the bed, said "I want to dedicate this song to my beloved gf. I will love you forever and ever!" Then he started singing Cold Play's Fix You. In my mind...I went hysterical *AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! OMGGGGGG!!!! AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!* But of course I din show it...a girl's gotta keep her grace! I had on such a huge smile, that I'm sure I looked really silly.
He had memorized the lyrics at work, put on Cold Play's live concert on half way and kneeled in front of me, singing (he could carry the tune too!). That was such a sweet surprise! Especially when I din expect that at all :) I teared up coz it was so amazingly sweet and touching *shy shy*
Greatest gifts of all come from the heart, they don't need to be expensive or extravagant...they are extra special when you put in effort and your thoughts. Such an amazing bf =)
Sawadika!!!
Made my first trip to Phuket, Thailand end of May 08. We were there for a whole 7 days with Marina Phuket on Karon Beach. We'd sooooooo recommend this to anyone who would wanna make a trip to Phuket, for the following reasons:
- Very friendly and helpful resort staff
- 50% off their published rate during off peak. We got quite a good deal from asiarooms.com - 5N and get 2N free! or something like that...
- Beautiful BEAUTIFUL resort. We stayed at the Garden view room for 5N, then decided to upgrade to the Ocean view room for the last 2N. Totally worth it and absolutely loved it! Can check out the pictures on my facebook (when I finally upload them).
- The resort is on Karon Beach and near the Kata town area.
- Beautiful sunset from the Ocean view room...ahhhhhhh
Anyway...din do much while we were there. A typical day would start with waking up at 9, throw on the bikini, breakfast, then we chill by the pool and tan ourselves til roughly 2pm.
We reached the resort and checked in at roughly 3pm. Din do much but explored the Kata town a lil. Found a really great restaurant - Lucky Tom's. Food was really good and cheap!
2nd & 3rd Day - Went over to Patong for shopping. We spent the whole afternoon walking around. Din manage to get our shop on...coz we were a lil too lazy to bargain for anything. In the evening, we grabbed beer at 1 of the pubs along the Bangla rd. Before we head back to the hotel, we decided to drop by at 1 of the A-Go-Go bar coz the flyers said "Many beautiful dancing girls". But really...beautiful is such an objective term. The girls were in their underwear, slightly swaying (not dancing..mostly watching tv =.=") on table tops with poles...and to my opinion, they were not pretty and they had beer belly...cants cants! Believe it or not...we also watched Indiana Jones in Phuket when it came out. We had such a great time at the mall's arcade center too!
The rest of the days....really just laze around, chilling and getting tanned hee hee! Really enjoyed the trip coz we din have to rush for anything.
k.....that's all so far..back to work!!
News
I've been getting a lot of "OMG!! I've got good news & bad news" from uncle taki... =.=" These news are normally relating to my new job. I always have this attitude when it comes to my job - whatever comes my way, I'll take it, crack it & deal with it.
Today...I stumbled across something from someone's past. Totally my fault and totally asking for it myself. I must admit I am a little bothered by it...okie...quite bothered by it. Now rationally, these are from the past...they shouldn't bother me. However, luckily still human enough, I dun like it...dun like to see it, hear about it or get associated with anything that proves it existed.
So does this mean I'm avoiding it? Shall I just see it all, hear it all and face it all? Take it, crack it & deal with it?
=.="
I wanted to redeem my hotlink reward points but I'm having problems logging in to the
Hotlink site. Kept getting the error message "Your Login is unsuccessful. Please check that you have completed all required fields. Please try again." Its the same problem a few days now. So okie...I tried again...making sure my username & password are correct, and I made sure I ticked the check box "Yes, I have read and understood the Terms & Conditions". Same error.
Okie...fine...MAYBE I keyed in the wrong password. So I clicked on "Forgot username/password?" link and got it to reset my password. Got the new password sent to my mobile and I tried again. Same error.
Okie...MAYBE I got the wrong username? So I clicked on the "Forgot username/password" link again and got them to send me the username to my mobile and I reset my password again and tried. Same error.
Frustrated with the error...I searched for a customer service number or something similar on the site. No such link on the site. Nevermind, I searched Maxis's site. Got the Fault Repair number and gave them a ring.
So this indian chap picked up my call promptly, I was quite please to be honest. He couldn't speak english very well...that's weird for Maxis to hire someone like that to be at the front line. He got me really annoyed after that. The conversation went something like this:
indian dude: are you sure you are using the correct password?me: *huh? nvm* I reset my password and I keyed in correctly.
indian dude: oh you reset your password. Did you change your password after the login?me: *HUH? a lil annoyed* well, I'm having problem logging in, that's why I called you.
indian dude: yes. but did you change your password after the login?me: *WHAT? R U KIDDING ME?? annoyed* How do I change my password when I can't even login?
indian dude: okie. can you give my your username and password, i will test it out.me: err...okie. username is dxxxxxxx. that's D for Denmark.
indian dude: bxxxxxxx. okie.me: *more annoyed* its dxxxxxxx. D....for Denmark.
indian dude: madam, is there a space between the 2 words? me: *VERY annoyed. tech support dude dunno username no space in between =.="* username? no...of course no space between the 2 words =.=" (really tempted to say: u mean u dunno that???)
indian dude: what's your password?me: *gave password*
indian dude: pls hold. i'll test it out.*************5 minutes later *************
indian dude: madam, I'm getting the same error.me: *YES. OF COURSE. that's why I'm calling at the first place. VERY ANNOYED* yes. and what is wrong?
indian dude: I dunno why. You will need to call back tomorrow during office hours.me: *WTF??? then why do you have a 24hrs tech support service!?!?!?!* WHAT...
indian dude: Please call again tomorrow during office hours.me: *OMG!! WHATEVA!!! STUPID MAXIS* =.=" rite...
indian dude: Thank you for calling Maxis...bla bla bla bla bla (obviously reading from script)i think there were more annoying stuff....i was very occupied on not giving sarcastic remarks n trying to be constructive that i can't really recall......I wanted to just hang up on him while he was on the bla bla bla bla bla part........ =.=" but of course I didn't...
Today's cravings
In a span of 3hours, I've got cravings for the following:
- chili pan mee
- pork ribs / pork shoulder -nyammm
- hot soup / tom yam soup
- ceaser salad
- sushi
- Thai fish cake
- wan tan mee
That's a lot of things to crave for in 3 hours.....
Frustrated
I'm feeling very frustrated with my current firm. Frustrated coz I actually liked it for the last 3.5 yrs, and when I decided to move on, they are making things really hard...they are making it really hard for me not to burn any bridges! Frustrated frustrated frustrated.
Correct me if I'm wrong, the 1 month notice period is to a) finish up / hand over all outstanding jobs in hand, b) assist in the smooth transition, if any.
I understand it when I was pulled out of a mega project, to maintain continuity. That's fine. What I don't get however, immediately, I was thrown a group of companies, all first year audits and was expected to complete within a short period of time! As if I don't have any jobs in hand to clear off!! On top of that, I was given another client with a huge scope to complete within the same period!!!! I'm not sure of the exact message. But this is what I feel though - since I've resigned, there r no needs or whatsoever to keep me happy.
HR actually helped me secure a position with the same firm in Sg - "to keep me with the firm" they say. Another huge disappointment. Given the circumstances and the fact that they could have easily offered something better to keep me with the firm, they didn't. Although they matched the offer from another firm, their offer was a little unfair.
My current partner said I can't be so calculative about the few hundred dollars. Yes, shouldn't be calculative. We shall revisit this point in a short while. She also mentioned that given my current level and position, Sg didn't have an obligation to offer me anything better. Yes, no obligations of course. But who's talking about obligations now? I was offered a better position with another firm and your argument is "there're no obligations to offer anything better"? The fact remains that the offer was unfair and insincere, hence the message sent out was - unappreciative employer. Typical Y-generation, I just can't find myself to bow down and accept an offer from a firm that is unfair, insincere, and unappreciative!
Now back to the point about being calculative. I think for a near 3.5yrs, I've not once been calculative about anything! I wasn't calculative when it comes to claiming mileage, parking charges at client's, OT and meal allowances. I wasn't calculative about the work that was assigned to me. I wasn't calculative when she only treats the engagement teams from special audits that gave her whole lot of revenue. I wasn't calculative about my increment or bonus. I wasn't calculative, wasn't even slightly unhappy when they decided to just pay us 50% of our AL which we could not utilize due to work commitment! Being calculative she said? I just received an email from HR, that I owe them RM1883.08 for my CISA examination & review classes (I've not served 1 yr since my claim was reimbursed, I am 2 months short of a yr!). I could not utilize the Time-Offs I've earnt in the past after I've resigned. She's the 1 to talk about not being calculative? *roll my eyes*
She expressed her disappointment that I didn't manage the situation well enough and maturely. I want to express my disappointments too!! I am disappointed with the firm for not handling the situation fairly. I am disappointed that she is taking this personally, and that she is not behaving like a professional. I am disappointed when I am trying to leave the firm in good terms, the firm is burning the bridge instead. I am disappointed that I trusted some of the "friends" who turned their backs on me for self-serving reasons. D-I-S-A-P-P-O-I-N-T-E-D!
That's all the venting I'll do today.
