hi everyone
i have been working OT over the past few days. and today i m glad to be able to come home on time (slightly later) and have dinner at home. this case is really interesting and prob memorable. haha my dad is forever listening to me complain, while my mum only gets to see me on weekends now. i m now nearing the end of my 5th week of internship. 1/3 way down, 2/3s to go :)
so how has everyone been? i dunno who still reads my blog, but these entries are meant for my loyal avid readers. i have been reading abt gg to spain, abt spanish classes, abt applying for visas. many things to do man. i hope i can take unpaid leave to settle all these. embassies work from like 9 to 1pm?!? i want to be an ambassador as well!!! haha
my bro is playing wii next to me now. his exams are coming soon. he got his continuous assessment. not too bad, can be improved. let's hope he works hard for his exams to pull his grades.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Monday, May 21, 2007
hi guys
today i was posted to changi. the feeling of being posted out is quite exciting. but u know when u get used to there, the novelty wears off and u start reverting back to your old self. worse is have to work OT in office after being chased out of the offices premises.
hope i don't have to work OT. pls. but today, after returning to office at 7.15pm, i realise that the office was probably livelier than at 830 in the morning. everyone works OT! and i took tazi back with one of the IT busienss solutions person. he worked in san francisco before. and i think he prefers there. uncle dell, if my company posts me overseas next time, can i request for san francisco and stay at your place?
k tmr another day at changi. at least till thursday. think it can last me till next week? even after next week is gone, i would only have survived 6 weeks of internship. not even halfway of my 15 weeks internship. but hey, if time passes fast, why not?
today i was posted to changi. the feeling of being posted out is quite exciting. but u know when u get used to there, the novelty wears off and u start reverting back to your old self. worse is have to work OT in office after being chased out of the offices premises.
hope i don't have to work OT. pls. but today, after returning to office at 7.15pm, i realise that the office was probably livelier than at 830 in the morning. everyone works OT! and i took tazi back with one of the IT busienss solutions person. he worked in san francisco before. and i think he prefers there. uncle dell, if my company posts me overseas next time, can i request for san francisco and stay at your place?
k tmr another day at changi. at least till thursday. think it can last me till next week? even after next week is gone, i would only have survived 6 weeks of internship. not even halfway of my 15 weeks internship. but hey, if time passes fast, why not?
Thursday, May 17, 2007
at the request of my ardent fren, as well as my most reliable companion in such times, i have decided to blog. tmr, friday, marks the end of the fourth week of my internship. and i would not have come so far without the support of all my family and friends. many many things to update about.
WORK
i dunno if these 4 weeks have passed slowly or quickly. but i do know i have another 11 weeks to go. why on earth did i go for 15 weeks internship when i need to satisfy only 10? i wish they would fire me after 10 weeks. give me time to plan for my exchange and learn my spanish, book my tickets, apply for visa etc
and i really would not have got through all these times without andy, who is my co-slacker at work, without siu, who is ever-ready to chat with me, because i have no one to chat with in the office except my online siu, without kc, who was there to listen to me banter even though he ends work at like 1 or 2 am - uncle, u r only an intern!!! and of cos without sj, having to rush to everywhere from the outskirts mandai
EXCHANGE
i will most probably be going to spain for the next half of the year for my exchange program. have to stop my piano class, pick up spanish classes. sj is gg to france. it is pretty exciting, having to search up the airlines, accomodation, plans to travel within europe, SOCCER! but yesterday i started having those home-sick kinda feelings. my brother won't be there for me to scold. my mum would want her to call her every night. my father won't be there to eat dinner with me. my grandmother won't be up in the morning to send me to work. do u know every morning when i go to work, my grandma is always sitting in the living room, asking if i took my water bottle, umbrella, keys, phone, wallet etc haha she is real solid.
END OF MAY
end of may is coming. plenty of things planned with my best frens. everyone has been hard at internship. and it is good experience i guess. we can't depend on each other forever. we can share our experiences when we meet. and see the world. if our world is confined to the offices in shenton way. i think i m a restless kid. i can't sit still in office. i shd be a california fitness trainer. those who get paid for spending lunches with office ladies doing aerobics.
today my colleague said she was going on study leave and i told her to enjoy studying as it is more fun than work. that sentence of mine sparked off a conversation between us. let me give u a brief background first. my fept moved down from the 16th floor to the 10th floor on wed. my new desk now faces out of the manager's building, so it is not that dark and gloomy. today i saw the torrential rain. next time, i want a little window on the roof where i can see stars and watch the rain drop. anyway, before we moved down, this colleague shared a table with me. we were pretty hostile, but she started offering me tidbits. think we got to know each other as i had to help her.
so now we moved down and she is sitting far away from me. but we started chatting and she was advising me on what my first job shd be. she is studying for her cpa right now. more importantly, she said to do sth we enjoy. i feel like saying, but i dunno what i enjoy doing! she was like, when young, don't confine your choices to big 4 (simply because u r an accountancy student) i think it is very true. we always work hard to get into a dream firm. but the job turns out to be less than ideal.
lastly, uncle dell! these is an american in my dept. and he reminds me so much like you!!! he talks candidly. he acknowledges my presence (and not ill-treat interns like me) no i m not saying i m ill-treated. i have the privilege of leaving ON TIME. and he is forever disturbing us at work. haha he will come and steal food. and he is just really nice la. he is going back to new york soon i think. think he is based in washington, but he has spent his years in many places. cool right? just like u,uncle dell!
WORK
i dunno if these 4 weeks have passed slowly or quickly. but i do know i have another 11 weeks to go. why on earth did i go for 15 weeks internship when i need to satisfy only 10? i wish they would fire me after 10 weeks. give me time to plan for my exchange and learn my spanish, book my tickets, apply for visa etc
and i really would not have got through all these times without andy, who is my co-slacker at work, without siu, who is ever-ready to chat with me, because i have no one to chat with in the office except my online siu, without kc, who was there to listen to me banter even though he ends work at like 1 or 2 am - uncle, u r only an intern!!! and of cos without sj, having to rush to everywhere from the outskirts mandai
EXCHANGE
i will most probably be going to spain for the next half of the year for my exchange program. have to stop my piano class, pick up spanish classes. sj is gg to france. it is pretty exciting, having to search up the airlines, accomodation, plans to travel within europe, SOCCER! but yesterday i started having those home-sick kinda feelings. my brother won't be there for me to scold. my mum would want her to call her every night. my father won't be there to eat dinner with me. my grandmother won't be up in the morning to send me to work. do u know every morning when i go to work, my grandma is always sitting in the living room, asking if i took my water bottle, umbrella, keys, phone, wallet etc haha she is real solid.
END OF MAY
end of may is coming. plenty of things planned with my best frens. everyone has been hard at internship. and it is good experience i guess. we can't depend on each other forever. we can share our experiences when we meet. and see the world. if our world is confined to the offices in shenton way. i think i m a restless kid. i can't sit still in office. i shd be a california fitness trainer. those who get paid for spending lunches with office ladies doing aerobics.
today my colleague said she was going on study leave and i told her to enjoy studying as it is more fun than work. that sentence of mine sparked off a conversation between us. let me give u a brief background first. my fept moved down from the 16th floor to the 10th floor on wed. my new desk now faces out of the manager's building, so it is not that dark and gloomy. today i saw the torrential rain. next time, i want a little window on the roof where i can see stars and watch the rain drop. anyway, before we moved down, this colleague shared a table with me. we were pretty hostile, but she started offering me tidbits. think we got to know each other as i had to help her.
so now we moved down and she is sitting far away from me. but we started chatting and she was advising me on what my first job shd be. she is studying for her cpa right now. more importantly, she said to do sth we enjoy. i feel like saying, but i dunno what i enjoy doing! she was like, when young, don't confine your choices to big 4 (simply because u r an accountancy student) i think it is very true. we always work hard to get into a dream firm. but the job turns out to be less than ideal.
lastly, uncle dell! these is an american in my dept. and he reminds me so much like you!!! he talks candidly. he acknowledges my presence (and not ill-treat interns like me) no i m not saying i m ill-treated. i have the privilege of leaving ON TIME. and he is forever disturbing us at work. haha he will come and steal food. and he is just really nice la. he is going back to new york soon i think. think he is based in washington, but he has spent his years in many places. cool right? just like u,uncle dell!
Sunday, May 06, 2007
hello everyone
2 weeks of internship have passed and 13 more to go. everyone tells me not to start counting down so soon, but since i have started counting down, might as well stick with it.
work is not bad. i just wish they would give me more work to do. time passes much faster. but i m worried if i keep asking for work, they will find me irritating. already loads of work to clear and there is this bugger pestering for more work. need to explain, cos this bugger probably knows nothing abt what to do. i don't mind doing sai kang, data entry, anything. maybe i m doing that right now and not enjoying it, but i don't realise it is sai kang.
anyway i have an action packed week coming up. this week is mother's day and my daddy's birthday. and my best frens and i have embarked on a journey to keep fit by visiting the gym. thanks everyone, from coming from wherever u r to the gym. i think i m having this internship pretty slack. pls don't give me ot, but give me sufficient work to do, for time to pass faster.
kc's birthday coming up as well. so if u r reading this, remember to ask when his birthday is and give him a tau pok. haha.
later today, i think i m going to tell my piano teacher i want to stop my classes. i havebeen procrastinating. i look forward to work and travel usa and other overseas travel.
k till then byebye
2 weeks of internship have passed and 13 more to go. everyone tells me not to start counting down so soon, but since i have started counting down, might as well stick with it.
work is not bad. i just wish they would give me more work to do. time passes much faster. but i m worried if i keep asking for work, they will find me irritating. already loads of work to clear and there is this bugger pestering for more work. need to explain, cos this bugger probably knows nothing abt what to do. i don't mind doing sai kang, data entry, anything. maybe i m doing that right now and not enjoying it, but i don't realise it is sai kang.
anyway i have an action packed week coming up. this week is mother's day and my daddy's birthday. and my best frens and i have embarked on a journey to keep fit by visiting the gym. thanks everyone, from coming from wherever u r to the gym. i think i m having this internship pretty slack. pls don't give me ot, but give me sufficient work to do, for time to pass faster.
kc's birthday coming up as well. so if u r reading this, remember to ask when his birthday is and give him a tau pok. haha.
later today, i think i m going to tell my piano teacher i want to stop my classes. i havebeen procrastinating. i look forward to work and travel usa and other overseas travel.
k till then byebye
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