Random links

I was just doing some random googling to see if my blog is hidden from searches when i saw the link... http://www.peiqi---doraemon.blogspot.com/ !! For a while, i tot that peiqi created a blog for the both of us and hid it from me. Then after a while, i figured that it wasn't peiqi's character to do things n not tell the whole world about it. And i was right, it wasn't her. :)

The calling

My mum called me during lunch today. It's rare, but she does it sometimes when she needs help with her PC. Today, it was different. She started telling me about her customer, and their business was to matchmake singles... So after hanging up, she sent me an sms with the name and number to call.

Just when i almost forgot... it's time to start working on resolution number 2 for the year - find a husband!!

Passion

One of my deepest passions is teaching. Throughout my life, I had been teaching all kinds of people about all kinds of things, from IT to accounts to SAP to tkd. Each time i teach, i don't expect anything in return because it's my burning passion.

Today, i was conducting yet another training for EY. Somehow, i felt that my passion is not as strong anymore. I seem to be drained of the teaching enthusiasm, and i'm still doing the root cause analysis of it. Is it because i dun have enough sleep for the last few weeks n hence i'm tired? Or is it because i dun like the training contents? Or is it simply because i am sick of teaching already?

I have decided to go back to tkd training this sat and see if i still have the passion in me. That will probably lead me to the answer... that i'm probably just thinking too much.

Emo CNY

CNY is coming to an end. For the first time in 3 years, i don't need to rush back to china. And somehow, i feel CNY is not like what it was before. I mean, the standard questions are still there, but somehow the atmosphere is just different. Is it that Singapore has changed so much that it feels different now? Or is it just me?

Recently, i have been quite emo about work. FYI i was always very professional. But when i hear the grievances from the ground, i feel that i need to do something. Yet, i know that my hands are tied to a certain extent. I wanna help, but there's a whole bunch of them. Who should i help first? Every other day, i'm trying to think of different strategies to see how we can make things work. But how can i push things through more quickly? Old habits die hard. And as a result, people are all wanting to leave. It's such a pity...

Right, tomorrow is the last day of CNY. Hopefully my emo state will end together with CNY. :)

Another year

Yet another chinese new year with the "visit relatives" SOP. So glad that all was over, with my ang pows deposited with my younger sis. Actually, not really all. There's still the 人日 dinner at conrad tomorrow night, and the weekend event at home where my house turns into a gambling den. Without the cigarettes and drugs. That reminds me.. i haven't called the caterer!

Just before CNY, i was having a cold war with my mum. Once again, i had no idea what it was about until my grandma called me to remind me to give money to my mum for CNY. Sighz. What else can it be right? The last time my mum had a cold war with my younger sis when she felt that my younger sis gave her too little money.

Finally cut my hair today and at the same time got coerced into colouring my hair. OMG, the colour was like 90 bucks lor! And i forgot to ask the price cos i was so pressurised by ms toh. ARGH! Yet another expensive haircut, which means i can't cut my hair for the next few months so that i can depreciate this expense on a straight line basis.

Had been pretty moody the last few days. Not sure why... actually maybe i know. Even my colleague is saying that i'm touchy. I need my alcohol.........

All about maldives

I finally have some time to sit down n blog again. Now it's time to recollect my maldives trip. It's a lesson on, whatever can go wrong WILL go wrong.

And so, i left office at around 6.15pm to rush home n pack my luggage. My flight was at 8.30pm, so i was home by 7pm. I timed it according to my JIT principle - 5 min to pack my luggage, 5 min to get out of my house, 5 min to get my wallet from my older sis's house, 5 min to the airport from her house. While packing my luggage, i started panicking.. Where's my passport??? I recalled my last trip... scotland! That means.. my passport is in my bag, which is in office!!! DAMN!!!!! Quickly called my colleague to confirm my nightmare. Yes, it was in office. At 7+pm, it was super peak in raffles place n getting a cab was almost impossible. Plus the jam on ECP...

Still i had to try. Got my colleague to meet me at the airport with my passport, n called my sis to do the same with my wallet. And hence, i went to the airport with literally just my iphone. I had never travelled so light before. Fortunately, my colleague arrived at the airport at 8pm. I never felt more thankful in my life, though till now, i still haven't figured out if i was breaking out in cold sweat or just keeping my cool at that time given that it won't be my first time missing a flight anyway. But this is still a stupid reason to miss my flight.

Right, when we arrived, it was pouring. The club med guide said that maldives hasn't rained in a long time... and yes, only when i arrived. And i didn't know that the place was muslim such that alcohol was prohibited. I had to declare my riesling bought in germany to the customs. Only consolation is that they will return it to me at the end of the trip when i leave.

After the roller coaster boat ride in the storm to the island, we walked in the rain with a towel to our room. During the entire trip, i had more than 50 mosquito bites. When i covered myself with a blanket at night, the mozzies bit my face. Those were commando mozzies lah!

Anywayz, i konked out that night n rested for the sea activities the next day. But guess what? When i woke up, i realised that my period was here! And i had no pad. ARGH!!!!!! So my next few days in maldives at sea with free snorkelling n sailing n other things were like... screwed.

Ok, the good parts. I still went snorkelling, sailing n water polo with a lot of extra care. And then i had alcohol (cocktails, hard liquor) by the beach and pool like, morning, afternoon n night. Every single day. Crabs were running around on the sand, popping in n out of their holes. Saw sharks swimming so near me. And then on the last night before we left, it rained. Again. So we danced in the rain.

So yes, despite everything that went wrong, some things still went right. :)