Day #1 at OCBC

Uggh.

My first, and final word on the first day. After waiting for the guys to arrive, we reached there promptly and went up to the HR Division on the 40th floor after exchanging our ICs for temp passes. Me, Faizah, Dao Li and Liang An were posted to CSC on the 12th floor. Shu Min and Saihah went over to the East Block while Huiqi went to the 13th floor on her own; Si Hui went to 7th floor.

My department is .. mostly female, with about 3/4 guys around. After being shown a cubicle for us to stew in, so to speak, I waited for a bit before Chao Yoon, my Team Manager for the Admin Team showed me around the office; introducing me to some of the staff, showing me where the pantry and ladies was.

After that, I was promptly "dumped" at the counter to assist the 2 staff there, Phoebe and Edweena with their work. Basically I'll be stuck doing sai kang but its better than nothing. For the rest of the afternoon, I was taught the basic day-to-day operations of CSC. Had to learn what turnover time was .. was reminded to have completeness (follow-thru), punctuality, blah blah. Also made friends with the people who delivered letters and packages to us .. one thing I haven't got the hang of is knowing who sits where. Its not so much a problem about identity since the staff have name tags at their cubicle but .. it is a bit hard to remember the seating arrangement on the first day.

Kena arrow by one of them when I couldn't remember my 3rd person to bring a file to sat. The word "corporate" itself stresses me, uggh. Went for lunch at BK today, have made up my mind to go and explore more places for lunch .. BK's prices is daylight robbery.

Tired, but at least I know I have something to do everyday. 3 months .. I wonder how long I can take it. Oh, and I have NO internet access AT ALL. The intranet is only available after I sign forms requesting for access. Pfft. OMG no laptop .. I'm dying, I tell ya.

I'm tired! Even if I DO get some hours of sleep . . argh .. I'm turning into a zombie or something that needs A LOT of sleep.

Anyway, updates lets see .. ok I'm posted to OCBC's Commercial Services Centre at Raffles for my IPP lasting 3 months, and I'm to report there on Monday 8.45pm .. Goin down on Saturday to get my bearings so I won't be late or anything on Monday.

And nothing much, except I've this song for repeat for a day now, don't ask me why I like it



Pain - Jimmy Eat World

I don't feel the way I've ever felt.
I know.
Gonna smile and not get worried.
I try but it shows.

Anyone can make what I have built.
And better now
Anyone can find the same white pills.
It takes my pain away.

It's a lie. A kiss with opened eyes.
And she's not breathing back.
Anything but bother me.
(It takes my pain away)
Never mind these are hurried times.
Oh oh oh
I can't let it bother me.

I never thought I'd walk away from you.
I did.
But it's a false sense of accomplishment.
Every time I quit

Anyone can see my every flaw.
It isn't hard.
Anyone can say they're above this all.
It takes my pain away.

It's a lie. A kiss with opened eyes.
And she's not breathing back.
Anything but bother me.
(It takes my pain away)
Never mind these are hurried times.
Oh oh oh
I can't let it bother me.

I can't let it bother me.

It takes my pain away.

It's a lie. A kiss with opened eyes.
And she's not breathing back.
Anything but bother me.
(It takes my pain away)
Never mind these are hurried times.
Oh oh oh
I can't let it bother me

Takes my pain,
takes my pain,
takes my pain away!

HK Cafe PART 2

Tons of food, so I wanted to put em seperately. Ok, to start off, this is what we ordered while waiting for Gerald and Jaslin to arrive, Har Gao (shrimp dumpling) and Siew Mai















My milo dinosaur (whee at last I got to try it, and the cup is so cute)
















Then I ordered a main dish, because if you only order dim sum you'll get hungry real quick. I decided to get their HK Wanton Mee (dry) that Clement recommended, while Spin got the soup version. I really really love the fried wanton, its crispy and manages not to leave a cloying aftertaste in the mouth, and not too oily as well.















Clement (madjerk) got French Toast (the size is like, whoa)




















Gerald got pork chop spaghetti (to me its so-so, I could have this at home)




















On my second round, I got shrimp wrapped in beancurd skin. This wasn't really nice, it was much too oily and the skin was rather hard to chew through















Jaslin and me shared Japanese rice mochi with red bean paste and vanilla ice cream for dessert. I LOVE the mochi to bits, its OISHI!! And it looks too cute to be eaten lols
















But the real highlight of the meal was the Mango Snow that we ordered. I don't have the pic but its colossal, and we couldn't finish it =x On the way home I got this from Jaslin (its supposed to be a Thai snack and I don't know the name either, at first I thought it was some delicate toy because it looked so real! Then Jas said it could be eaten) Cute isn't it?















Spent about $15 plus total on the food .. went home feeling bloated but otherwise happy

That's about it as far as posts go, probably won't update again soon.

Birthday Updates .. and HK Cafe PART 1

My chocolate sponge birthday cake from Polar - before
















And after. I commented that it was like weps that were +10 and my sis agreed lol. Geez, finding parellels among GE and real life @@
















And then, there was an impromptu arrangement to go out to HK Cafe @ Kovan on Sunday 1pm for a belated bday celebration. Jas, Spin, Gerald and Clement turned up, which was quite ok. From the outside:















The inside view. Its cozy! I love the setting <3
















And after we were done with our meal I opened my prezzie that Jaslin passed to me, a cute little voodoo doll keychain and a handy fan:




















Thanks jie, I love it ^^

Gonna put all the food we had in PART 2

This bugger spoiled my mood

I'd been having the IOF bug for days, where I don't get the loading screen when I run to it, my chars get stuck, then when I dc from it it takes like 10 mins before I can login again. Being sick of Skull, I decided to go and try IOF today, to see if I still had the bug.

This faggot called Deepsie who was w/o a faction was killing my sqd mates. When I went to ress them, he/she targeted me, and me only. Repeatedly killed me even when I ran, used soul crystal to ress myself, then this biatch would be back again to kill me.







































































Because of him/her my mood is spoiled. He/she has earned my eternal hate

On my bday~

I chipped these stats myself, woots. Bday gal is lucky! haha

I bought 10 88 chips .. and the first chip I used struck jackpot










Then I went to chip my own rapier












So happy ^^ As for my prezzies .. on GE, Spin got me 70k g pts =0 THANKS SPIN!! Jas is mailing me my prezzie, Jerry gave me pure otite lols, SQ gave me a +5 Silver Cont ATK (the one that I chipped), Blue gave me Edward's White Grim Reaper Summon Ring, Tunes is gonna pass me my ERM which he said he would chip to DR3 FOC, Rildiz gave me a Desert Storm and the rest wished me happy bday~

As for real life .. my mum went to Polar Cakes when she went for her follow-up checkup on Thurs and bought a cake .. damn tempted to see what the cake looks like, ahh! But usually I will ask them not to buy a cake .. its only symbolic so we usually get those teensy cakes and order Pizza Hut or eat out. But this year .. both my sis n brother are coughing so we'll be staying home. But, she IS treating us to Mac Breakfast hehe .. and I'm supposed to be sleeping so I can wake at 8am .. or rather later but I'm still awake.

More updates later~

Food

First, fresh fish sliced soup that I had on Monday 2 weeks ago, $3.50 from Koufu















**updates from last tuesday to friday**

Then on Tues, me, Mei Hong, Sihui, Andy and Raymond went to Yishun for lunch. We went to the laksa stall behind the bus interchange and had lunch there .. the dessert stall uncle was not very nice.

I've missed THIS laksa SO much. Oishii~ $2.20, from the side store (the front one is FAKE)















And then we got the durian ice cream too .. creamy, thick durian full of goodness. I swear by the authentic aroma of fresh durian~ $2.20















Then on Friday when I went to visit my mum at the hospital, I bought my dinner at the Tangs Marketplace .. hehe luckily I did get there alright

The shark fin soup .. $2.50 which turned out to be vegetarian full of mushrooms

TWILIGHT

Forgive my fan gushing but its really .. awesome.















Kristen, Stephanie (the author) and Rob on the set of Twilight. It's already to die for, ahhh the hawtness .. but there's more

Ok, the official teaser trailer for Twilight is out here:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=33429669

And the first teaser poster is out too:


http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/05/06/twilight-poster-designer-ready-to-tackle-sequels/

Kristen and Rob really, and I mean REALLY ooze chemistry! God, this is like any fangirl's dream come true - the director is staying true to the novel and the actors are staying true to their characters .. OMG its awesome. I can't even count the number of times my heart stopped watching the trailer (my nth time already) or looking at the poster .. and this is just the teaser! Everything's so intense, you can really SEE Bella and Edward in your head.

More links, which are really cool too:

Interview with Kristen and Rob:

http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1585986/20080421/story.jhtml

Interview with Joey, the guy who shot teh awesome poster:

http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1586900/story.jhtml

Intro to NYP's Food

This post is mostly for Spin's benefit.

Showcasing:

Brownie covered in hot fudge with chocolate ice cream, $2.50. Milo freeze - $2, both from Splash and Decker. I used to order this frequently but now my cravings have changed. I still like it that it looks deceptively small - the taste is to die for. Choc ftw.
















Then we have soup and bread rolls from The Grinning Gecko, $1.80. Some of you would have seen my pics of Surf and Turf already (and yes I had it for lunch today cos I missed it, and also the soup). Lovely, thick creamy home cooked broth. They use fresh ingredients, like fresh mushrooms or tender chunks of chicken, no Campbell Soup for them. And the bread is actually chewy~ toasted not fried.
















Next, Laksa from South Canteen, $2. I don't really like the soup because its too thick for me, but portion wise its served in a nice, chummy bowl. The ingredients are ample enough for cheap fare.
















And last but not least, Tempura Udon from the Japanese stall in Koufu, $3.50. The udon is a thick, chewy affair.
















Will showcase more when I get the chance. Going down on Friday with my sis to visit my mum, so I'll pop over to Takashimaya on the way to satisfy my craving for pretzels woot~

WOF Outing .. and updates

Forget mid may. My mum is having the op at Gleneagles on Thursday morning .. and she'll be discharged by Saturday if everything goes well. So on Friday and Saturday we're taking turns to go down to visit her. $10k .. which I don't think we'll be able to claim from insurance.

Next, WOF outing on Saturday. Met with Jas at 6pm, and we walked over to Funan IT Centre where the guys were already settled. BB En was there! Ahhh she kept smiling at me :D so cute. And yes the atmosphere during WOF was tense lols, but I'm glad we won. After that we went for dinner at Subway (originally would have gone to Mac but they were out of space for 15 people .. then we went to Delifrance .. and we'd already sat down when they spotted Subway. I feel sorry for the Delifrance staff .. business kena poach lol)

Anyway, I got Subway Melt~ and here's the pic of us. vivo refused to have his pic taken.



















left to right: Firearmers's GF, Firearmers (Mike), viv's Sis (Fiona), viv (Adrian), ZmojaZz (Raymond), Baby En, Opheliia (Michelle), Valkrin (Eliza), Granaldo, DreamField, cyctoo (Francis)

in front: Gualian (Jerry) and madjerk

Ta for now.

I've been lazy. Incredibly lazy the past weeks. I actually neglected to blog T_T

Anyways. My mum is due to undergo an op to remove her womb sometime mid-end May. It'll be for the best. My dad has a torn ligament in his knee. My bro refuses to buck up for his exams. And my sis .. O lvls is coming and she's seemingly casual about it.

Myself .. currently deliberating whether to go down Funan on Saturday to cheer my fac mates. IAH is organizing War of the Factions that day. Craving - laksa, pretzels (why can't I find any Aunt Anne's pretzels in SG =x), ice kachang, grilled stingray, dried mangoes.

Looking forward to Paul's return from Aus where he's doing his post-graduate studies. Dude you owe me a DVD session!

Last but not least, my new siggy on sGE forums: