Awesome!

As usual, hung out with SH, SM and SX on fri evening. I had been craving for ice-cream, gelato in particular. Hence, we went in search to satisfy my craving. Its kinda sad that there ain't that many ice-cream places that open late... We settled for the one at Cine, but it ain't gelato. =\ Neways, had fondue + ice-cream. A really sinful nite. Heh. Not sure how many ppl actually remember this bubble blowing thingy from their childhood. Its a small tiny tube where u squeeze out this clear like gluey substance onto one end of a tiny straw. Then u'll blow thru the other end of the straw and get this bubble. Size of bubble really depends on ur skill and the amt of gluey stuff. We were like 4 kidz, hitting the bubble around at the table! Of course we invited stares, but who cares? They bought me this dress which I wanted from the online store! Thx peeps!! =) I just felt like going for a spin after, but we couldn't really decide where to head to and I think they were tired as well. Thus, it was home sweet home.

Sat's a public holiday so I had no classes. Had planned to do revision on my own, but of course, it never did occur. I couldn't see my table even. How to study? Its bcos my nephew's at my place, so my room was in quite a bit of mess since things have to be rearranged whenever he comes. Alright, its kinda more like an excuse, but realli, my room's always a mess when he's here. Spent the entire Sat sleeping. This is the 2nd straight weekend where I slept for almost 24 hours. I have no idea why I'm that tired.

Stayed over at my bro's place on Sat. As my sis-in-law was out late, me and my bro spent the night chatting away while coaxing my nephew to sleep. He's kinda hyper-active. I love the long chats I used to have with my brothers when we were younger and all 3 of us shared 1 room. I really enjoy sharing with my brother and I missed those days when we were still kidz.

I've got a really wonderful brother. He woke up the next morning and even went for breakfast with me before sending me to Punggol Marina for my wakeboarding session. Wakeboardin is FUN FUN FUN albeit very tiring. I've got super improportionate feet! My left foot could fit the boot nicely, but my right foot was obviously too large for the boot. It strapped it down so tightly that there was no blood flowing through my right foot. Could see the toes all turning purple and my foot went numb. But I couldn't use the guy's board bcos the boot would be too huge. Just had to make do then. Think I'm not bad for a first timer, since I managed to stand and ride the waves for a short short moment. The phobia of fallin when wakeboarding is quite minimal as compared to rollerblading. Maybe its the perception that you won't suffer brusies and cuts when you fall in the water as compared to fallin on the roads. However, it does depend on how you fall as well, since the impact of hitting the water varies. It was a superb session! However, wakeboarding is too expensive a sport. Otherwise, I'll really pursue it.

Later that evening, went for dinner with my bro and his family. My nephew is sooo cute!! He was asleep in the car. But when my bro stopped to drop me off and said 'bye', my little nephew actually woke up to say bye. I so adore him ^^

Simple Life

I really wished that life could be a whole lot simpler...

Life seems all different when I'm in dance class, and I really wished for class to never end... Getting into the feel of the music... It just feels completely different, as though you've been transported to a whole new world with no worries and stress... Can I jus dance, dance, dance and dance??

Feeling weary, tired... a little too early to feel this way, but I really do...

I just yearn for a simple life... one without worries and stress... ...

<<宫>> 我的野蛮皇妃

L to R: Hyo-rin, Crown Prince Shin, Chae-gyung, Yul

Gosh, this has to be the best Korean show I've watched this year!! Its amazingly great. Its somewhat of a romance commedy. The initial part of the show was more of the commedy portion, and towards the end, its where all the emotions start flowing... ... awesome show! I love it to bits!! (cos i jus love romance flicks ^^)

The story is based on a comic series set in the 21st centruy yet with Korea still being ruled by a royal family.

Shin, having been brought up in the palace where strict rules outweigh family love, is a very cold person. The heavy royal responsibilities does not allow him a private life and has zapped him of all his dreams. He no longer believes in family, love nor frienship. As a result, he also treats Chae-gyung very coldly. After having spent considerable time living under the same roof as her, he starts fallin in love with her. However, he never told her how he felt and what's worse was that his way of showing her care and concern was also so harsh and sarcastic! But behind that, you can feel that he's really just trying to protect her. Whatever he does, he was just doing his utmost to let her be the happy-go-lucky gal she was before she entered the cold palace. And all that he did, he did at the expense of his own happiness! How noble he is... If only someone had taught him how to shower care and concern on a gal... ...

Chae-gyung had long felt Shin's loneliness and really wanted to help him believe that there's warmth in this world. She stood by his side regardless of the countless times she was snubbed by his sarcasm and no matter how Yul tried to win her over. Yul is this super sweet guy in the show who just knows what to say and what to do to make a gal's heart melt. Simply the exact opposite of Shin. Right from the start, he let Chae-gyung know how he felt towards her despite her being his cousin-in-law. Its a weird twist of fate. Yul was the Crown Prince till his dad passed away and palace rules resulted in his mom and him being forced to live outside the palace. If he was still the Crown Prince, then he would've been the one who got married with Chae Gyung. Yul kept planting ideas in Chae-gyung's head that Shin din like her and will never fall in love in her. He also tried to snatch his Crown Prince position back from Shin, hoping that in that way, he could be with Chae-gyung instead. His love for her made him lose himself and did all the evil things. But it was also because of his love for her that made him admit to all the wrong-doings.

Chae-gyung's love for Shin never changed no matter how Shin treated her. She was of course heart-broken when misunderstandings arose and she thought that Shin only loved his ex, Hyo-rin. The problem is that this couple never communicates!! They loved each other and only wanted to do what they could for the other to be happy. But the lack of communication was the result that their actions all ended up wrong! However, she was the one who tore down the walls around Shin, and restored in Shin the belief in family, love and friendship. In the last couple of episodes where Shin finally opened his heart to her, he teared... Awww... the last couple of episodes were really touching!!

The COLD COLD Prince Shin finally opened his heart to Chae-gyung ^^

What a fairy-tale... I want to be in Chae-gyung's position too!! LoL!!

So touched!!!

In the darkness, I saw this odd looking package sitting on my table. Trying hard to recall if I had bought anything online lately. Certainly not that I can think of. Perhaps its a bdae present... but from whom? Taking a closer look, the handwriting looks like that of my cousin's. Description of the package says pants... Have to be from my cousin!

It might sound silly, but yea, she sent me a pair of pants from London for dance. My dance class had started just before she returned to London for her final year of studies. This really is something totally unexpected and having been flown all the way from London and being the 1st bdae present I got this year, I really am touched.

We've never been this close before. It all started with the Europe trip last year. 3 weeks spent together really made a difference. A new travel khaki ^^

THaNKS for being soooooo SweeT!!!

Everything was fine, till... ... forgive & forget, SMILE ^^

Glitz & Glamour! Theme of PwC's dnd held last fri. Despite not being an employee any longer, I joined the Sept 6 bunch for the dnd. Compared to the 1st DnD we had, there seems to be fewer of us. I had this very warm feeling when I got to Swissotel. The familiarity of the place and the people. I really really miss it. Its weird how I missed last year's DnD while I was still with the firm, but I actually went back for tis year's one when I'm no longer with the firm.

There was the PwC Idol competition going on. Contestant no. 1 was the SM from the CG which I was from. When I saw the SA1s in my CG all dressed up in their rented costumes, how the entire CG cheered the SM on, I kinda felt a lost. I don't recall having so much fun with my CG during the 2 years I was there and I know that there'll not be such camaraderie with my new colleagues in my current employment. But I have to say the PwC Idol is one interesting idea. ^^ There was also a dance competition by the various line of service. My jaw dropped the moment I recognised the guy in shades and this blink blink shirt was a Partner whom I've worked rather closely with. I just cannot believe it. LoL!!

We only had a little to eat, then off we went to take pics. I was quite surprised that there're people who still din know that I had left the firm. As expected, there're more people serving out their notice periods, and others who'd left too. Turnover rate might be high in this industry, but the friendships built are equally strong! I seem to miss the people alot. I jus went round catching up with everyone else. But everyone only had 1 question for me - how's my new work. =\ I still haven't completely convinced myself that the new work is what I want. I still haven't psychoed myself to be able to say my new work is not a job but a hobby. All I can say is that the work is certainly more challenging and interesting than audit but there's nowhere else that offers the kind of work environment that PwC offers. Work environment DOES affect whether or not you like your work.

I was thoroughly enjoying myself... until...

Someone whom I saw, but din wanna acknowledge asked me to the side and said something extremely dumb to me. It jus spoilt the entire evening for me. I carried on partying the night away with my peers because 1) I din wan to show any signs of weakness in such a setting, 2) I was angry but not to the extent to allow it to spoil the evening.

The usual gang I hang around with all left pretty early, so instead I stayed on with my ex-roomie and her bf till about 2am. What can I say, but as usual, you see the same old people who enjoy drinking themselves silly and get so high and sometimes make a fool of themselves. But these are the people who made the nite more interesting. Heh.

On my way home, I thought back about the incident. I needed to talk to someone, and at that unearthly hour, only 1 person is awake, PS. But I couldn't get her on the line. Had to resort to sending her email. While waitin for her reply, almost blurted everythin out to another person. Luckily PS got back to me jus then. Guess its jus a sudden surge of emotions. Calmed down after the call and went to bed.

Woke up on the right side of the bed the next morn! I asked myself what am I angry over, why am I angry? But I had no answers. Then it dawned on me that I had truly forgotten the past. I have began writing a new chapter of my life! The anger dissipated from within and I felt so much better. With this I realise, its much easier to forgive and forget then to live with anger in you. Now I'm glad I din say anything scornful last nite, but instead, had kept my cool. Love even your enemies. ^^

Greener Pastures

During this year's peak, the 3 of us often met up for drinks and chill-out sessions. We were and they still are, sick and tired of the work. After I left P, the 3 of us haven't got together. Hence, on Friday, we agreed to go roller-blading! Got SX to joined us as well. Due to work commitments, we only managed to meet up at 11pm. Luckily, I got to use the car. Its always so fun and carefree when I'm with this bunch of people. For once, I don't have to watch my words nor be wary of how my actions will be interpreted and read. I can be who I really am.

From what they tell me, life in P for them is really sucky, maybe save for 1. They're still hanging there simply because they do not know what exactly they want for a career. We have concluded and we all know for a fact that life in P is so sheltered and comfortable as compared to the REAL world out there. Also, its a job that will be protected even when there's an economy downturn. There's no need to worry about protecting your rice bowl. The pay is relatively attractive and allows one to lead a comfy life. After about 5-6 years, when pay is in the 5's region, find a job in the commercial sector where they'll mark-up your last drawn salary by a certain percentage, be able to knock-off on time, not having to worry about unfinished work after office hours and over the weekends.. life will just be simple from then on. Frankly, it is only after I've left that this thought struck me SO hard. I had given up this simplicity to be out there, competing with a whole horde of other people, just to get myself recognised and move up the corporate ladder. Indeed, it is much more challenging and interesting, but at the same time, it is 10000x more tiring and draining. I must be mad to have done so.

So much for the all famous saying, "The grass is always greener on the other side." Yep, indeed, it always SEEMS greener, that is before you hop over to the other side and experience 1st hand what its like.

I'm tellin myself to perservere in there. I like some parts of my job, but on the hand, I hate bits of it too. Everyday, without fail, there seems to be something out of the blue that will either make me cry or laugh out loud. Just on Fri, something screwed up at work, through no fault of mine, and I spent an entire hour just trying to get in touch with some people to seek an explanation, an explanation that didn't explain how things turned out that way. So, wasted an hour and came to no conclusion. Conclusion came only after I had left the office. My heart sank when I thought "shucks, I need to make my way back to the office". It was already 8pm then and I have no wish to spend my Fri evening in the office. Luckily, my boss said I don't have to go back should I be confident of what I had sent out earlier in the day. I could just inform the other party over the phone. Right, I wasn't really thinking str8 then cos in my head I only knew that I wanted to go home. I confidently told my boss that I am 101% confident of the document sent out earlier, and with that I made my way home. Thinking back now, keeping my fingers crossed now that nothing will happen when I go back to the office tomorrow. But I do know that I am really fed-up with the party that screwed things up for us all. They had gone home at 6 odd, leaving people like me hanging around till 8 waiting to clean up the mess they created. But this taught me one thing, trust only myself.