New Year Resolutions

Year end is coming soon. Yes, besides all the parties and yummy food that I will be stuffing into my mouth, there is also this thing called New Year resolution.

No doubt, I never seem to remember my resolutions shortly I made them. But this time I shall make easy ones so they can be achieved easily hehehe…

Resolution 1:
Get into my boss’ good books = Get a good appraisal – Get a good bonus

Though it is abit too late now to do anything about this (because I think she has already graded me), but then, it doesn’t harm to get into her good books now, in case I don’t manage to find another position, or another job in the next year, then at least I can get a good bonus?

Resolution 2:
Lose 10kg….

…..Make that 5 wahahaha… Ok la, if I can manage 5, I am more than happy already.

I have signed up with Amore. Believe me, I am starting my first class this Saturday.

Resolution 3:
Learn driving.

My mum has been urging me to learn, so I can chauffer her around when my lazy brother refuse to. She even offered to pay for my lessons! Hahaha.

Mum: Money is one thing. Making the effort to learn is another. But then, since you so want me to learn, I will make it my New Year resolution this year to learn.

Resolution 4:
Take up a course to upgrade myself, or learn a skill.

What, is a very good question. I haven’t thought about that myself. Give me some time…

Resolution 5:
Read more. Gain more knowledge.

Okok, some of you will say that I already read a lot. But all those that I am reading now are for leisure only.

I need to know more things. I feel like a frog in the well now. I need to improve my geography, in case next time someone ask me where is Liechtenstein and I don’t know.

That should be about it for now. Will add on to the list if I can think of anymore.

Boss coming back tomorrow…

:((

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Okok, I shall stop whining and work hard towards my New Year Resolutions now!

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Bad Bad News

I just received a call that dragged my mood to a new low.

Boss just told me that she will stay in Singapore longer, because Mr Workaholic wanted her to attend some launch on 8th December. So she wil stay here till 10th December, instead of going back to China on 4th December as planned.

8th Decmber! 10th December! The eve of my birthday she wil be around!!! HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN??????

Chow workaholic! Why ask my boss to stay so long??? Purposely one!!!!

And I thought I could shake leg and enjoy my birthday week….

Super SIANNNN……..

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Reflections

Yesterday, as I was doing all my chores, and making sure Elfie eats his dinner, and bathing him, it suddenly dawned on me that I have never really done anything significant in my entire life. As in, what have I done that will make people remember me, even when I am gone, or not by their side? Nothing. Zilch.

Serious, When I was a child, I always lived in the shadows of my sisters. I was always whose whose whose sister.

When I went to secondary school, I always hid in the shadows of my friends.

When I was in Poly, I was a little more outspoken.

When I did my degree, I opened up more to others, including Beach Gals.

But even then, I did not do anything that was very significant at all. Up to now.

Relationship – Needless to say, nothing at all. Oh yes, a huge pile of mess, a body and soul full of scars.

Family – This I can say I have put in a little more effort than all the other areas. I think we have grown closer these recent years.

Career – Pui pui pui! I pui myself, can? I am just an unambitious, lazy bum, who doesn’t know what she wants.

LBT ever said, (if I remembered correctly) that nothing is not achievable, as long as you put in a little more effort.

I am ashamed to say that, I have never really put in a lot of effort in my career at all. Most of my energy, I channeled to relationships that were not worth mentioning, or even worth remembering at all. I have wasted a great portion of my life doing all these worthless shit! And got nothing in return at all.

SIGH……

I always complained about my boss. But I think, a lot of it actually comes from myself. If I had only put in that little bit more effort, I think I will be able to handle her relatively well. She will even love me! Ahahaha…

Since I am not getting anywhere with my relationships, maybe its time to start on my career.

Is it too late?

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The Impatient Me

Just encountered another 2 carcasses of my arch enemies again this morning. Strictly speaking, not carcass yet, because they were still moving! But it wont be long…

Why is it that they are re-surfacing again after only such a short period of time? Is it because of the rain? We have fixed the rubbish chute door, so it cant be from there. Or can it??

I will seriously consider a man who will block them from me, help me get rid of them, clear their carcasses for me, my hero.

I just read Elaine’s blog, and she mentioned that men should at times, be slightly chauvinistic. I totally agree with that statement! *Applaud Elaine*

I am someone who doesn’t like to make decisions a lot. When I can, I will give this important task to someone else ;p.

When I go out with a guy, I prefer him to make all the decisions, from where to meet, what time to meet, to ordering food and drinks, unless there is something specifically I want to eat or drink.

For those of you who want to date me, please do not bother me with all these nitty gritty things ok. Please have a proper plan, and know what to do, instead of everything also ask me to decide. I like to just follow, ok?

(I was blogging happily this morning when I was rudely interrupted by a colleague usually based in China, and is back for some reasons, and decided to sit at Bubbles’ desk. For the benefit of those who don’t know, Bubbles is outstationed, so her desk is empty. AND HE CAN SEE WHATEVER I AM DOING!!! So I had to stop drafting my post and pretended to be hardworking. Continue after lunch!)

For that matter, I am not an indecisive woman ok. On the contrary, I think I make decisions quite fast. I really don’t like to be婆婆妈妈 you know. So I really hate it when other people are. Yes, I am a damn impatient person. All my tolerance has been lost over the years. To what, I don’t know. Maybe its accumulated, and once I start losing it, it goes like running water.

Like when I ask someone what to get for lunch, ‘随便’ is a common answer. But if I ask 3 times, and I get the same answer 3 times, I get fed up. And that person better eat whatever I buy or else!

Ok, I know I do the same sometimes, but I don’t think I will give that stupid answer if I am asked 3 times. At least I will say ‘whatever you buy’, or whatever comes into my mind at that time.

Like when I ask someone whether free or not, wanna go out, many times I get ‘看先’ for an answer. Well, 看 what? See if you got other dates, if not then you agree? Not first come first serve one meh? I am your reserve? How long must I wait for your answer? Right till the last minute? Fat hope! I will ask the next person already.

Like when I ask someone wanna meet or not, very often the next question I get asked is ‘Who else is going?’. Ok, I understand that not everyone is sociable and like to meet people so it’s a relevant question to ask if you know you are being invited to a party you know that many people you don’t know, or dont’t know very well, will be attending. But if you know that its an outing with a group of close friends, why do you still need to ask that question? Is there someone you don’t want to see? Or am I not good enough a companion for you? I don’t know.

And when I do find my other companions, please do not complain that I have change of heart ok.

All I know is that I get damn impatient and fed up easily nowadays.

Well, yes that’s me. The damn impatient me.

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Family Trip 2

We are planning our 2nd family trip over Chinese New Year. Any suggestions, anyone? Where can 5 adults, 1 elderly woman, 3 kids go for a holiday?

No beach resorts if possible, because I have not fully recovered from the sunburnts on my head yet…

Probably not a place that celebrates Chinese New Year, so that the shops, if any, will be open when we go there.

Beach resort is a last resort… If we cant think of anywhere else to go. At most, I will hide in the shade all day long, which I don’t mind hehehe… I also don’t wanna get any darker than I already am!

Anyone heard of Bandung Resort? My sis said it’s a mountain resort in Indonesia. If you have been there before, or knows what we can do there, please let me know ya.

Thanks in advance!!!

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Bosses Are All Fickleminded

Being a secretary means you have to put your boss’s wellbeing ahead of anyone else, including your own.

Bosses are all known to be fickleminded, no question about that. Its just the degree of ficklemindedness that differs from boss to boss, and how well they can take ‘no’ for an answer.

I think if all secretaries/PAs come together and write a book on how fickleminded a boss can be, the list will go on and on and on ahahaha.

Well, here is mine (to be fair to other bosses, because they might be better now, I shall just base it on my current boss):

1. The top on the list will definitely be – flight booking. Boss can never make up her mind which flight she wants to take. You will have to book at least 3 different flights for her all on the same day, going by different routes, to the same destination. Then she will decide how they want to travel. And she ‘decides’ does not mean tat there will be no further changes made anymore. She can suddenly decide to go somewhere else, or suddenly prefer to go by yet another route one hour later. She thinks that every airline will reserve one seat on every flight for her specially, so she can decide now where and how she wants to fly, and get the seat confirmation.
2. She cannot decide how she wants her filing to be done. One minute, she wants 3 copies to be printed, and filed in 3 different places. The next, she complains that there are too many copies floating around, and she feels confused, and wants just one final copy of the document. She has no f@%#king idea how long it takes to make 3 copies of the same document and file them in 3 places, nor does she know how tedious it is to retrieve all 3 copies of the document and consolidate it to one file.
3. This is filing related too. My boss has lots of magazine holders of documents. After shifting to a new office, which is relatively smaller then her previous office, she finds that she should make full use of space and put everything into one magazine holder wherever possible. But after 1 week, she was looking for something, and she called me into the room and scolded me for putting 2 different things into 1 magazine holder. I looked at her in bewilderment. She had personally put the things in herself. I DID NOT TOUCH ANYTHING AT ALL. But she had clearly forgotten about it.
4. My boss, being high up there, has lots of entertainment to do. And being entertainment for the company, of course she will make the expenses incurred for such events. My boss, being her, can seldom decide on the spot how she wants to claim those expenses. Sometimes she felt that she should claim under entertainment; at other times she feels that she should just claim under travel expenses. Sometimes, I will have to do, and re-do, and re-do her expenses at least 3 times, before she is satisfied, and endorses it.
5. My boss has high expectations of me. I think I did blog about this before, that she expects a human with 8 hands to be supporting her. One moment, she asked me to do something for her, URGENTLY, the next she starts lecturing me for something not quite my fault, and expects me to be standing there listening to her. Then, she will ask ‘so have you done that URGENT thing?’ OF COURSE NOT LA!!! If I said I have done it, I think she will be more scared than happy.

I think I am not good enough for her. I think she expects more from me. I think she would have preferred an alien with many hands, or an Octopus at least, to assist her in her work.

I think I need to undergo a surgery in order to do my job better. A surgery to implant more hands, and the ability to split myself into 2 or more when necessary.

Any recommendations, anyone?

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知足常乐

I had yet another very close shave with my arch enemy, Mr Roach again.

I was preparing to bring my baby for a walk downstairs. After putting on his harness, leashed him, sling his outing bag over my shoulder, I opened the door and went out. After making sure the door is closed, I happened to just glance down at my shirt. And saw ‘him’ clinging on to my shirt, right at the chest area!

How ‘he’ got there, dont ask me, because I DONT FRIGGING KNOW!!! ‘He’ was those red colour kind, not the brown kind. Same shade as my wooden door, which might explain why I did not see ‘him’ in the first place. I muffled a scream that almost became a deafening one (if I did not muffle it), and quickly shoved ‘him’ away. ‘He’ landed lightly onto the floor, and crawled hurriedly away, while I dragged Elfie away as fast as I could, looking back every now and then to see if ‘he’ still followed us.

Those whom I have told, and those who have read one of my very earlier posts, will know that I have a ‘very intimate’ relationship with Mr Roach. More initmate than alot of my friends, in fact. Not that I want to, because I have no wish to be associated with them in any way. But for some reasons I have yet to find out, they seem to take a liking to me, or rather, I seem attractive to them. Just like the jerkish men I meet.

Nice things seldom find their way to me. And if I try too hard to get to them, I will just get more disappointed. SO, I tell myself to be contented with whatever I already have, and everything else is is bonus to me. That way, I will be happier.

Right?

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Boring Skin…

Just trying my luck if I can post a short blog at home… If you see this, Means I can, la…

Ping asked me why I never changed my blogskin. I know this one is boring, Ping, but I dont know how to change to a nice one without those funny characters replacing my punctuations. I want my nice Rose skins too!

Time to pressure D… kekeke

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Not Fair!

One of my friends told me that there is a Victoria Secret Sale at a building near my office this weekend, starting today. I very excitedly pulled M along to see if there is any good stuff to grab, during lunch.

We happily walked to the building near our office, to discover that the queue at the cashiers was already snaking round and round and round. How horrifying!! Still, I wanted to see if there is any good buys. I saw CK Men’s briefs going for $10 (too bad I do not have anyone to buy them for now. Ha!), Mango Ts for $10, Adidas sweaters going for $15, and more and more and more…

BUT, the crowd inside was too much for me to bear. I am someone who doesn’t like crowds, and avoid them at all costs. You will never see me in town area on a weekend, unless I die die have to go. Crowds gives me headaches.

Anyway, the stuff were more like factory outlet quality. The tags were cut off, or a hole was made to cover/camouflage the brand name. So, I guess its not worth me fainting over shopping here.

M and I quickly walked out of the store and decided to grab some lunch nearby. M said that she needed to get something for her boss. It was her boss’ birthday!! And she had no idea what to get. She asked me, someone who has not worked with her boss before, and never spoke more than 10 lines with her boss before, what to buy.

I could only give her suggestions. Afterall, she should be able to know what her boss likes or dislikes better than me, right?

As we walked back to the office, I pointed out to M the shoe shop that I thought had very nice designs. I couldn’t resist stepping in when I saw a pair of red checked shoes. So pretty! But then, I managed to step out without buying anything, because my shoe rack is already full and almost tumbling down due to being overloaded with shoes.

WHY? Why do women have to own so many pairs of shoes, and still want to buy more? Men can own 1 pair and that can bring them anywhere for more than a year. Why do we women have to coordinate everything from hair accessories to clothes to handbag to shoes? Why do we have to spend money on skincare and cosmetics on top of everything I just mentioned, and yet, our salary range is always lower than that of a man? WHY?

Its not f-a-i-r!!!

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Taxi, Taxi

I met JS and GQ for dinner yesterday. We made this date last week when I bumped into GQ. Realised that we have not met for like almost a year?? Wow, that’s super long man, considering we used to meet every other week before. GQ told me that JS had broken off with her boyfriend of 5-6 years. I was a little shocked to hear that because all the while I had thought that they were perfect together, and for the past year or 2, they had been living together. Well, you just can never tell what lies in the future, do you?

As usual, I had to rush home to feed Elfie first before I can meet them. I cabbed back, cooked and fed Elfie,and cabbed again so I wouldn’t be too late. I must say this – ALL taxi drivers should take a test before they are allowed to drive a taxi around. A test of familiarity of Singapore’s road. And they should be trained to get their passengers to their intended destination in the fastest time/shortest route possible, without asking too many questions.

I admit – I am a taxi queen. There are many reasons why I take taxis:

1. Lazy.
2. Hate crowded buses/trains.
3. Rushing for time. I am someone who doesn’t like to be late.
4. Not familiar with the place I am going to.

I hate it when taxi drivers ask me ‘要走哪里去？’, the moment I sit in the cab and tell them my destination. For me, as long as I can get to where I want to go in the fastest time, I am fine with any route. Whats more, I am not very good with road names and directions, I am always at a loss when being asked such questions. And I hate it more when taxi drivers take advantage of that, and purposely drive me on a tour round Singapore before getting me to my intended destination. I feel like telling them ‘Excuse me. I am Singaporean. I don’t need a tour round Singapore, which I have to pay extra for.’ I mean, I may not be good with road names and directions, but I know it when I see it ok. I just don’t know how to say it. I know it when I am being brought on a wild goose chase ok!

Once I sat in a cab with this driver who obviously knows where I want to go, but keep saying he doesn’t know the directions. Every corner he turned, he asked me if he should turn or go straight. Judging from the speed he was driving with, it doesn’t seem like he wasn’t sure lor. And its pretty obviously that if he goes straight instead of turning when he is supposed to, we would be in a totally different direction already. Please lor, this is not the way to earn money ok, taxi drivers!

The taxi driver that took me from my home to our meeting place told me the moment I sat in the cab that he was new on the job, and don’t know his way around very much. Oooooook… I was going to orchard Road. YOU MEAN YOU LIVE IN SINGAPORE AND DON’T KNOW HOW TO GO TO ORCHARD ROAD AND YOU COME OUT AND DRIVE TAXI????

I don’t believe it lor. Anyway, this time I KNOW my directions so I gave him specific directions how to get there. Then…. HE WAS DRIVING BLARDY SLOW LOR!!! 50km/hr. Nevermind, I 忍.

As we were approaching my destination, I told him where I wanted to stop. HE BLARDY TOLD ME THAT HE CANT STOP THERE COS ITS BUSLANE!! Please lor, its already past the bus lane time. And there was no blardy bus behind us. He stopped me 2 buildings away from where I wanted to go. And I had to walk such a long way (I told you I am lazy ;p) back to my destination. When I alighted from the cab, I slammed the door so hard I think he must have had a shock. Hahaha.

Yes I know, I am a blardy bitch.

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