Lau Pa Sat

Gone were de days where dad would drive us for supper at Lau Pa Sat. About 7 years back? When i was still in upper sec.

But thank goodness this didn't continue until today. Cos I remember I was then an obese kid. Could barely pass ma 2.4km run.

Aniwae I went there for dinner with dearie ytd. Ate zhar jiang mian. Tastes as good as before. Bought 4 bbq chicken wings, although I still prefer the ones in blk 85 bedok north market (now under renovation).

Met up with ma BT201 mates at raffles city. Later went temple before going changi airport for dinner. Went parkway parade before returning home.

Wanted to go for a swim if not for the haze.

Big sis said tremors were felt in Singapore earlier this evening. Although Dad and I thought I felt it yesterday afternoon as well.

Dad thought he felt giddy due to taking too much medication - for his eye cataract surgery lately and high blood pressure.

I felt a sudden giddiness at my table as well. And I thought I had overworked myself.

Anyhow, I felt wholly irritating today. Erratic moodswing due to never ending projects. I feel guilty if I have free time not being occupied by reading notes. I feel guilty if I just peer out of the train window, watching the world go by. I thought I should have gotten used to this lifestyle, since this has always been so ever since ma sec sch days?

Everything seems so aimless at the end of the day. Will I ever graduate? I've been a student since year 1990 - K1. And now is oredi 2009.

Weird dream

Woke up feeling quite uneasi todae.

dreamt of ma ex sec sch teacher, mrs khoo. ma no. 1 favourite teacher, although she's super fierce, but definitely not towards mi. dunno how come out of no reason will dream of her. tat her health wasn't good, and frail.

still remember got 1 time i ran an errand for her to buy pandan leaves from de market behind ma school. in return i got to eat her dessert. ppl owaes said i am her godson. but no lei, i dun bootlick! i dun curry favour.

wonder how's she doing now... i hope such dream isn't a bad omen.

Unwell

Met yk at raffles city's starbucks for project. Was packed full of ppl due to F1. The aircon was still ok initially. But not until de sunlight shone through the glass ceiling! Almost fainted when i look at de sun due to poor sleep for de past few days. Fortunateli i got ma big eyeshade with mi.

Bought tis eyeshade from jb for onli less than 10 sgd. Sis said bigger eyeshades look better on mi. Cos it will cover ma whole face. I agree with her undoubtably. The bigger de better! haha.

Weather's seriousli killing mi. Or could it be due to hangover effect from ytd's clubbing at zirca? was looking thru weather forecast on de net. places like tokyo oredi started to cool down as autumn's de new beginning. sg? year-round summer is stiffling mi. it'll be so gud if somedae i get to land a job overseas with distinctive 4 seasons. But ma dream will owaes never turn out to be a reality.

So fast it's mon now. School's reopening next mon.

Wed - proj meeting @ raffles city
Thu - proj meeting @ changi airport
Sat - proj meeting @ raffles city

J.B.

Went jb wif sis to buy wedding cards x 100 pieces. veri cheap. onli rm1.10 per piece. buy in sg costs sgd3 plus?

prior to that bought a cup of mango passion fruit ice blended from starbucks. it totalli sucks.

had earli dinner at old town. ate ma usual curry chicken mee. sis' ipoh horfun was nice too. ma iced white coffee got standard.

went 2 see and bought some mooncakes.

tis mooncake tin is damn big

ppl tis daes buy mooncakes also must see if box design is nice? packaging in marketing term is veri impt indeed.

Grabbed some cheap clothes at F.O.S before returning to sg. being poor all of ma life, i am pro in grabbing cheap, yet presentable clothes. tat's y i like shopping alone most of de time, coz i can haf all de time to do hunting. n i can get real cheapo tat isn't glamorous at all to be seen by others =) but at de end of de day, satisfaction level is more impt.

reached home at about 10pm. proj meeting tomolo. sian.



This bus uncle is super funni. kept walkin wif a can of soya bean on his head. never once topple. can be a gud model. lol.

Into recess week

Busy busy! Watched 2 movies this week:
- Time Traveller's Wife (must watch, very touching! Although ending soon?)
- Blood Ties (turned out to be a local production, so you can choose to watch if you have nowhere better to spend your money?)

Did not manage to work out this week. Although I've had a good tanning session by the beach with wc.

Went supper with cal at bedok earlier. Ate fried oysters and hokkien mee.

Guilt of eating at late hours did not get over me.

Would like to go jogging tomorrow, but some times I lack enough discipline to do it alone.

I want to go temple tomorrow. Since a prayer lot indicated that I should pray as much as possible.

Just read the assignment for business communication. Was totally excited coz the case is on Tiger Airways? At least that's something familiar and interest me. And so I must thank God it isn't any case related to banking or any other boring cases.

Recess week is coming. I must 'chiong' all my projects, as much as I could.

Phobia 2

ytd's test on persuasive letter writing was quite orite. luckili was still able to do it without mental block?

rained de whole dae n made mi super sleepi. went temple in bugis. reached home n slept from 2.30-4.30pm b4 meeting wc at ion orchard. ate cha soba at wisma atria cos tat was de onli food without meat cos was on a full-day vegetarian.

went raffles city where we settled at starbucks. tis time round i got de opportunity to teach wc japanese since he juz started taking beginner's level. still remember i had a hard time memorising de jap alphabets almost 3 years back when i first started learning.

todae went for a haircut. 2 stripes on ma left. watched phobia 2 wif dr at tampines mall. when dr was buying tix while i was standing beside him, counter gal asked for ma ic. i asked isn't it NC16? I got a shock when i am still being checked at de age of 24! maybe cos of ma short stature haha.

movie was horrifying. tat's de purpose of a horror movie? although tis daes i dun realli enjoi watching horror movie. cos at de end of de movie i'll usualli feel veri down. all de ghostly thoughts tat will flash thru ma mind incessantli.

nevertheless, decided to return home earli cos i got readings to do? although ma term has ended with quite a disastrous note, i'm glad tat until now i haf zero backlog to clear.

hope tomolo's weather will be fine so i can catch up wif mr sun.

Gone cruising!

Met sh n yojit to do our project on perceived quality of public transport. consulted prof sunanda regardin our progress. felt relieved when she said we were on de right track. but now going about conducting survey is a major problem.

tink anyone can find mi anitime of de day during recess week at city hall/raffles mrt doing survey? at least conducting survey still orite. cos onli nid to talk to people. worse is when we gotta do our parts on statistical analysis. hate numbers to de max!

after proj meeting went for BT201 class. today's topic was on transport, n was quite excited over de case on sun vista. anithin tat's related to passenger liners excites mi. but wat a pity tat sun cruises in de end gotta close down n sell off both smaller ships - sun viva I and sun viva II?

juz hope i can quickli graduate n find a cruise ship job. be it a janitor on board. "janitor travels the world?" but hopefully not local cruise liners cos onli sail to malaysia or thailand at most? cunard line's queen mary 2 sounds cool, but i tink i wun haf such luck.

still remember telling career foundations' trainer (an ex-air stewardess) tat i wanna work on a cruise. she asked: "why not fly?" isn't flying faster?"

But I prefer slow? At least cruise lines can chat wif passengers n joke loudly? how would i do tat on aircraft?

And oh! Am afraid of height & air turbulence!

anyway i managed to reach home in one piece after a disastrous train journey home. wx n i were like fish fillet being sandwiched in between others to become a double fillet o fish? another poor old man was trying 2 balance himself while a gal seated on de priority seat acted as though she din see him by reading a book? seriously i tink it's no use just labelling "reserved seats" above de seat itself. The whole seat should be painted in different colour instead so dat de whole world could see n exert pressure on those aren't willing to give up their seats?

Apology to Ritz Carlton Millenia Singapore

Where it all started is where it should end. I made an entry regarding Ritz Carlton yesterday, which I had it removed by my dearest Nazreen.

I should apologise to Ritz Carlton at the first opportunity about the damaging entry that I have posted yesterday regarding our F1 Work Attachment training.

Ms Linda Ong, the director of NTU Career Services Office called me after our training ended to inform me about the consequences of my action.

I come to realise that up to this stage, I am still not able to carry myself professionally, despite having been at the university level and what our trainer has taught us yesterday. Ritz Carlton's motto of "We are ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen" connotes the idea of being a service professional.

The trainer gave us a good example of what really is meant by being a service professional. It goes like this: a female employee had just broken off with her boyfriend. She cried incessantly on that night. Despite this incident, she was able to carry out her work the next day professionally, without mixing her emotions with work. Until today, I am still not able to achieve this professional stage.

I should have addressed my emotional outburst more tactfully, despite telling myself many a times that certain actions come along with certain consequences. This incident should serve as a wake up call to me, to think along the line of how my action will affect not only myself, but cause harm to other people around me.

My action is uncalled for, and I have no intention to damage the famed reputation that Ritz Carlton has built for decades by the sheer hardwork of her service professionals. Certainly I do wish to do my best for Ritz Carlton so as to leave with our guests a memorable experience during the F1 period. Because I know for certain that as an NTU student, I should have the means to carry out my duties professionally.

G Force

had a tiring networking session today. realli hate to talk. but somehow managed to talk nonstop for an hour?

watched g-force with dearie at marina square. 1st time watching 3-d so had to put on a 3-d glass. it was nice initialli but somehow i felt giddy after awhile.

had dinner at yoshinoya. had ma favourite salmon set.

reached home at 9 plus. tired dead.

Supper at Blk 85 Market

Ytd was a tiring day.

Went swimming in de morning.

Met yj at starbucks in t2 to do project at 5pm. Till 11pm before meeting cal for supper. did not have dinner and in de afternoon onli had 2 bread? i felt so much like collapsing maself at blk 85 market where i had bbq chicken wing, 2 otah n pork minced noodles with sugar cane water.

reached home n brain juice was almost left without a single drip.

today is the same. project work!

Vegetarian lunch

earli morning class is owaes a dread. nevertheless met sis for lunch. treated her to a vegetarian lunch, a restaurant beside the guan yin temple in bugis. was veri nice and costs mi about 40 bucks? which is considerably cheap considering it's her belated birthday treat. Goddess of Mercy saved ma day.

returned home and napped from 4.30pm to 6pm. did 1 reading on service recovery before unrolling ma hula-hoop to sweat out. don't wanna go running cos it's late and now is 7th month?

still couldn't forget de eerie encounter i had juz on tue.

at 4am sharp i heard and felt ma handphone placed beside mi vibrating. i decided to check after releasing ma pee. when i came back to de room and check who de hell message mi at tis hour (initialli i tot it was dearie who sleeps late), but neither was there a message nor a missed call.

i started to panic, and thought of all the movie snapshots, final destination, tat i watched juz tat night. maybe it was sis who hid behind de main door when i was about to enter de house tat realli ended ma night uneventfully.

so in de end i do not know how. when i slept on ma right side, i scared ma left side got something. left or right oso not a good choice. lying face-up scared later got something on de ceiling.

bad sleep. in fact i've had numerous nightmares ever since i moved ma bed position. last time mum used to sleep where i am sleeping now oso had bad nights. now i dunno how liao.

Final Destination

met dearie at orchard ytd after class. went ps to watch final destination at 5pm. it was veri nice.

weather after rain was even better. cool and was nice to sit outdoor, juz like how we did at mac's al fresco where i studied after dinner.

had our dinner at marina square's xing wang hk cafe. asked waitress if she could change the beef kway teow to pork kway teow instead, she said most probably can. so was happi.