A little rest and relax
Been very busy for the past 1 month..so i guess its time to take a break since its near to christmas soon!! Met up with law for lunch yesterday before going back to office to work. We went to Dragon Gate at Harbour Front for Tim sum. After we have been together for so long, this is actually our first time having tim sum together!
Yummy!!
His usual "funny" face
His usual "funny" face
Pre-Bday flowers?
kPmG dInNeR & dAnCe 2006
This is my very first D&D! Didnt go for last year's cos its on the same day as my sis's wedding. The dinner was held at Stamford the Raffles (Westin) on the 25th Nov. Here are some pics:
Team A (Augustine, Xiaoyan, Lillian, Sophia, Jimmy, Me, Yenling and Siti)
Haha..no, Jimmy is not a manager, but he sure pose like one!
Sarah, our birthday girl and my most impt junior!! (Thanks for your help at Smit!)
Best Buddies!!
Some of us (all S4 and below)
After the dinner, some of us made our way to New Asia Bar
While making our way up
The gang that went for second round
Cheers!! So Christmas-ly :D
The guys
Our shots
Last shot for the night
Team A (Augustine, Xiaoyan, Lillian, Sophia, Jimmy, Me, Yenling and Siti)
Haha..no, Jimmy is not a manager, but he sure pose like one!
Sarah, our birthday girl and my most impt junior!! (Thanks for your help at Smit!)
Best Buddies!!
Some of us (all S4 and below)
After the dinner, some of us made our way to New Asia Bar
While making our way up
The gang that went for second round
Cheers!! So Christmas-ly :D
The guys
Our shots
Last shot for the night
Side effect of P.P
One good thing of being in the midst of P.P (peak period), that is, its a natural way to slim down! :) Had put on extra weight since my last cruise trip in late Sep and didnt manage to loose them no matter what i did. But in these 3 weeks, haha i managed to loose them and even more! lol...haha at least i "feel" better about myself now :P
So true
Read this from an email:
No one is perfect.
Everyone has a lack of something.
Some couples are very loving with handsome earnings, but with problems bearing children.
Some people have the looks and talent, but could have a rough time in relationships.
Some people have a lot of money but they dont have filial children.
Some people look to have a good life, but their brain could be empty all their life.
Eveyone's life has been designed with imperfections.
You may not want it, but it will follow you.
The flaw in life is like a spike on our back, reminding us to be humble and empathetic with 0thers.
If there are no hardship, we will be complacent.
If there are no suffering, we cannot be compassionate and console those who are less fortunate.
Life cannot and never will be too perfect.
Having a crack to let happiness flow to others is a beautiful thing.
You dont have to have everything.
If you have everything, whats left for the others?
Recoginse that life has flaws and that you shall not compare yourself with others.
Instead, cherish what you already have.
So dont go around envying others.
Counting the blessing that heaven has bestowed upon you.
You will find there are more things that you have than things that you dont have.
And what you dont have although not lovable is very much part of your life.
Accept and appreciate it and your life will be much happier.
No one is perfect.
Everyone has a lack of something.
Some couples are very loving with handsome earnings, but with problems bearing children.
Some people have the looks and talent, but could have a rough time in relationships.
Some people have a lot of money but they dont have filial children.
Some people look to have a good life, but their brain could be empty all their life.
Eveyone's life has been designed with imperfections.
You may not want it, but it will follow you.
The flaw in life is like a spike on our back, reminding us to be humble and empathetic with 0thers.
If there are no hardship, we will be complacent.
If there are no suffering, we cannot be compassionate and console those who are less fortunate.
Life cannot and never will be too perfect.
Having a crack to let happiness flow to others is a beautiful thing.
You dont have to have everything.
If you have everything, whats left for the others?
Recoginse that life has flaws and that you shall not compare yourself with others.
Instead, cherish what you already have.
So dont go around envying others.
Counting the blessing that heaven has bestowed upon you.
You will find there are more things that you have than things that you dont have.
And what you dont have although not lovable is very much part of your life.
Accept and appreciate it and your life will be much happier.
My juniors
As this is my first yr being a senior, so its my first time coaching someone new. Its really an eye opener when you can see how dumb someone can be..opps...sorry for being so cruel..but its truth. I dun think we gave our seniors such hard times when we were 1st year auditors. Maybe its different culture and they are not used to our working style? My new batch of juniors came from all over asia. We have ppl from Malaysia, Indonesia, China and Shanghai with most of them being Australia Grads. They cant even follow simple instructions and would do exactly the things that u tell them NOT to do. That is something which i just dun get it. Whats so hard in not doing what you are told not to do? Come on..they are university graduates...if they cant follow instructions, then i dunno who can...
I have this particular junior (an Indian who graduated from Australia), lets call him P working under me for the past one week (which he would be continuing working under me for the next 2 weeks...god help me). He has the mentality that becos he work late the previous night, he can come late for work today. I tried telling him thats not how we work in Singapore, but then, liked i said, he just cant follow instructions. Law keep saying this to me, "You got to delegate more work to them, so you wont be crush by your work load and at the same time they can learn to do the work also." But then...the problem is..it would be more time consuming if i delegate the work and he made a mess out of it and at the end of the day, i got to spend more time re-doing what he has already done...and time is something which we cant afford right now...sigh..how i miss the time when i was still a carefree junior...
Tomorrow i would be starting yet another job with another new junior (this time from China). Lets pray that this one would be better.
P.P. (Peak Period)
My peak period has only started for a week, but its seems like eternity. The mad rush, the OTs, , the reporting deadlines and the pressure seem almost unbearable. What make things worst is when u know that your competitor's firm is going to give a $200~$300 pay raise to their staffs (by the end of the year) whose job scopes and work loads are much lesser than yours. What for stay in a company whose pay is lesser and work is more? Seriously speaking...what keeps me with my current employer is my colleagues..if not i would have left the company long time ago.
In such times, i miss my dear even more. Cos peak means lesser time to meet up. Weekends are burnt doing unfinished work and weekday nights also very hard to meet up for dinner since everything are on deadlines. Luckily he is on reservist now..so more time to sms me or to make small chats during the day (ya, he is more busy when he is at work...duhz..)
6 months more before my next off-peak arrives....
Motor show (12th Nov)
Went for the Suntec Motor show last Sunday. It was my very first motor show! At first i thought that there would be alot of nice sports cars with sexy/beautiful race queens..but it turned out to be quite disappointing. Only saw a few nice cars.
Liked this antique car..so unique. Have taken a pic with me in it, but thats with Law's cam...still waiting for him to upload the pics...
Other nice cars:
Liked this antique car..so unique. Have taken a pic with me in it, but thats with Law's cam...still waiting for him to upload the pics...
Other nice cars:
The highlight for the show was the motor show's performance by Russ Swift, the world best Stunt Driver. He showed us some stunts and ppl can even bid (with the proceeds going to charity) to sit in his car when he perform the stunts!
While waiting for the show to start
We also went to have a go at the "Drift-drive" but of cos its not driven by Russ Swiss..but by some Subaru driver. Well i would said that its quite an experience :P
Lucky i would say, we just happen to pass by the Nissian Exhibit area when they are giving out miniature of nissian model car. In about 10 mins, all were given out!
Dress for D&D
Finally, managed to get my dress for our company's Dinner and Dance which is on the 25th Nov.
Its a simple tub dress which flare down from after the breast level. The top part is layered (cant see properly from this pic as i took it using my HP cam). Good thing about this dress is that it can hide your big hips and budging tummy after dinner...lol.. was comtemplating between this dress and 1 which i saw from Dianel Yam (which is more unique but i feel that its very "long Zhong" and is more suitable for special occassion, not much chance of wearing it after the D&D). But after serious consideration and budget wise, i decided to get this, as the Dianel Yam dress cost $60 more! So the next thing that i need is to get accessories. Anyone has sutiable accessories to lend?? :P
YouTube
Guess you guys have alr watched this clip. But i never get bored with it! So for your pleasure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWmLAui6OOw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWmLAui6OOw
Meaningful Quote
I am only one,
but still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
but still I can do something;
and because I cannot do everything,
I will not refuse to do something I can do.
Edward Everett Hale
American Author, Clergyman
but still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
but still I can do something;
and because I cannot do everything,
I will not refuse to do something I can do.
Edward Everett Hale
American Author, Clergyman
SeNtoSa + kM8
Been a long while since i last when into Sentosa for leisure purposes. Thus decided to go in with Xuehui yesterday even though its quite hazy. Law managed to get us 2 Temp Staff passes, so Xuehui can get in for free. After which we used the pass to get onto Caslberg Tower. Its Xuehui's first time and we were so engross trying to take a decent photo with our hps that we didn't really have the time to look at the view..lol
Even though its hazy without much sunlight, the weather is suprisingly quite hot. We settled ourselves at Siloso beach and went for a dip. The water was very cooling. Stayed in the water and chatted until i saw a jelly fish!! Quickly got out of water and stayed on shore til Law became impatient and called me to ask when we gg for dinner. Didnt realised its alr 6.30pm. You know, when gals get together and chat, time really flew by..
Law joined us for dinner at Kofu after which he went home and Xuehui and i went to KM8 for a drink. This is my second time there. Quite a new place where u can lie down on the beach chair (no doubt a bit hard) to chat and to enjoy a nice glass of drink.
Xuehui ordered a Tequila Sunrise and i ordered a Canberry cooler. We chose the chairs that are facing the sea and its quite windy last night, thus had a good time chatting (again), munching on chips, drinking and enjoying the sea breeze.
Treasure the ppl ard you
Was feeling very bored just now and was surfing the net, when i came across the blog of a fren's fren. Starting reading thru the entries and didnt expect to uncover such a sad story. Sometimes life can be so unfair... some ppl can have so many things; money, good health, good looks and some ppl can be so poor, so lonely, so weak...
Do u think that its all fated when we come to this world? Who you meet, how your life turns out..even sometimes when u r doing something (be it some actions or some sentences that u r saying), it seems so familiar, as if u have done that before? Its like we are just acting what was written in the script and the ending has already been decided long time ago and we cant change it.
I am glad i belong to the "better-class" ppl, with all my loved ones ard me, good health and well paid job. So i must learn to treasure the things that i have and the ppl ard me.
To my fren's fren, i am sorry of what you are going thru and about your bro. You got to take care of yourself, be it for urself or for ur mom. You are so brave, so live on and live strong.
Animal colour test
You are Gold Lion, who is rather serious and polite type of person.
You value personal relationships.
You suppress yourself and act to be a sociable person.
But you are really a person who doesn't like to loose to anyone.
You dislike emotional atmosphere and vague attitude.
You want to make everything clear-cut.
You like to stay in your own little world.
If you get in a situation where there are lots of people you can not express yourself and act as a perfect person.
You are not very subjective sort of person, unlike ordinary women, but unfortunately you lack soft and gentle atmosphere.
You tend to be too bold.
You cannot help but stretch your hand to those who are in need.
You are very kind person who helps the weak.
You are also weak on compliments, and will work enthusiastically after someone has given a compliment.
You will go about your duty steadily and loyally, and not get in a rush to achieve the objective.
You have perseverance, and will work effortlessly until you reach your objective.
Something that you have worked steadily for a long, long time, will turn out to be an asset to the world.
You are careful and rational, and therefore place value to steady life.
After getting married, you will be a devoted mother and a wife, but you are really a very dependent person, and prefer to keep your own little world.
Well, its quite accurate for me too (courtesy from Christina's blog).Try it yourself
Halloween!!
Origin of Halloween
Halloween is a tradition celebrated on the night of October 31, most notably by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting sweets. The term Halloween, and its older spelling Hallowe'en, is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the evening before "All Hallows' Day"[2] (also known as "All Saints' Day"). The holiday was a day of religious festivities in various northern European Pagan traditions, until Pope Gregory III moved the old Christian feast of All Saints Day to November 1 to give Halloween a Christian interpretation.
Halloween is most porpular in Ireland, where the Celts celebrated Halloween as Samhain, "End of Summer," a pastoral and agricultural fire festival or feast, when the dead revisited the mortal world, and large communal bonfires would be lit to ward off evil spirits. According to what can be reconstructed of the beliefs of the ancient Celts, the bright half of the year ended around November 1. As October 31st is the last day of the bright half of the year, the next day also meant the beginning of Winter, which the Celts often associated with human death, and with the slaughter of livestock to provide meat for the coming Winter. The Celts also believed that on October 31, the boundary separating the dead from the living became blurred. There is a rich and unusual myth system at work here; the spirit world, the residence of the "Sídhe," as well as of the dead, was accessible through burial mounds. These mounds opened at two times during the year, Samhain and Beltane, making the beginning and end of Summer highly spiritually resonant.
Sigh..too bad Singapore doesnt really celebrate Halloween, if not it would be damn fun. Look what i saw at Giant @ IMM today.
Doesnt it really brings up the festive mood?? :)
Anyway, some jokes for u:
Q. What's a monster's favorite bean?
A. A human bean.
Q.What do you call a witch who lives at the beach?
A. A sand-witch.
Q. What did the skeleton say to the vampire?
A. You suck.
Q. Why didn't the skeleton dance at the party?
A. He had no body to dance with.
Q. Why did the skeleton cross the road?
A. To go to the body shop.
Q. What happens when two vampires meet?
A. It was love at first bite.
Q. What can't you give the headless horseman?
A. A headache.
Anyway, some jokes for u:
Q. What's a monster's favorite bean?
A. A human bean.
Q.What do you call a witch who lives at the beach?
A. A sand-witch.
Q. What did the skeleton say to the vampire?
A. You suck.
Q. Why didn't the skeleton dance at the party?
A. He had no body to dance with.
Q. Why did the skeleton cross the road?
A. To go to the body shop.
Q. What happens when two vampires meet?
A. It was love at first bite.
Q. What can't you give the headless horseman?
A. A headache.
Selegie 豆 花
Met up with Serene and Yongjun (a fren that i know thru friendster/msn) yesterday. Think it has been more than a yr since i last met him. Won a few rounds of Minesweepers in MSN from him thus this free treat of Selegie's 豆 花... :P We went for dinner at Hans @ National Library, Bugis. This branch has more food than the ones at Raffles place! Me ordered a Spaghetti that was cooked in a "Mee Rebus" style. Its spicy with a unique flavour. Quite nice. :)
Yongjun ordered Fish and Chips..but look at his wedges..haha only 3!!! So miserable...
After which we walked to Selegie for their famous 豆 花 .Actually i have tried their 豆 花 水 when i was auditing Casio (office nearby). The texture is quite smooth, but the 油 条 is nothing to shout about. Quite soggi..still prefer the ones at Gelyang, where its serve hot and cripsy!!!
Me and Serene
It has been a nice week for me, meeting up lots of frens for dinner and for chats. Guess in the next month or two, i wont have a lot of time to meet u guys, but of cos we can still stay in contact thru phone and msn ya. So if there is any meeting up or gathering, remember to call me! I will still try to make it.
Today marks the last weekday of my leave, tot i would be staying at home to spend the day, but dear called me early in the morning to "book" my time for the night (afraid that i would be gg out with frens again)..haha..guess its a bit "Kua Zhang" to use the word book right..but anyway looking forward to tomolo's blood donation drive. Have never helped out in such an event before..hopes that everything will go well...
New York New York
Went to this new restaurant at Citylink called New York New York yesterday. Its quite a nice place with very urban design. The pricing is also quite reasonable.
The waffers looks good but the taste is normal..nothing special
Overall the food is quite good and place also quite nice. Definitely will go back again.
They have nice seats!
Actually the main purpose of meeting up is to celebrate belated birthdays of Cheryl and Daphne..Haha its always our practice..to celebrate belated birthdays..so bad right..must change must change... :P
Daphne with her new Jacket from Fox
A grp pic - look at the blackground..nice right!
The best part of the restaurant is that, they served FREE CANDY FLOSS. And its self made one. When we were standing stupidly at the machine, the manager came over and taught us how to use it..haha and he is quite a joker..insisted that the candy floss is salty and its orange flavour (when its obviously apple flavour)..duhz...
Proudly present my first ever self-made candy floss..the shape looks quite good right..roundy :P
The desserts are quite limited..mainly waffers, and only 1 mudpie. But its quite a special mudpie, unlike the one from NYDC, this is more crispy and more biscuit like. Err... even though it doesn't look very nice, but it taste delicious!
The waffers looks good but the taste is normal..nothing special
Overall the food is quite good and place also quite nice. Definitely will go back again.
Meeting up old frens
Met up with Justin, his gf, Lifang and Qingyou aka Quentin yesterday for dinner. It has been more than half a year since we last met. And things has since changed. :) Justin was still studying at that point of time and now, he has graduated and has become the educator for the country's future (haha..teacher lah..). As for Quentin, he went back to Australia, graduated from his Uni and came back. And me?? At KPMG at that time and am still at KPMG now..lol...
We went to Raku Ninja, a jap rest at Citylink for dinner. Quite a good place and has nice cushions to cuddle :P On the way there, saw someone carrying the Wall Calendar from Precious Moments!! Its out!! Went to get one at Marina Square. Kaisu u might say..but i didnt manage to get the 2005 and 2006's calendar as they were being sold out in a very short period of time! Even when i bought the 2007's calendar, the sales girl told me that its selling very fast and they only have a few pieces left. So if u wanna get urs, better get it quick!
Its in a very sweet shade of pink
Some close up details:
After that, went to watch moive at Marina Square (Law joined us):
Movie : Death Note
Major Casts : Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kenichi Matsuyama
Duration : About 2 hours
My rating : 3/5 (Find the movie a bit draggy and dun like the ending..cos its those no conclusion type and u got to wait til the second movie to find out...duhz..)
PS: Thanks Justin for the dinner and the movie! And Quentin, remembered you said u wanna give me the PM card har... :P
Happy Deepavali
Happy Deepavali!! Deepavali normally doesnt have any impact on me and of cos there wouldn't be any festive mood. But its a different story for my aunt as she has married an Indian. Deepavali which is also known as festival of lights is when the hindus light the oil lamps. By doing so, it represents that the Hindus are thanking the gods for the happiness, knowledge, peace and wealth that they have received. Thus on this big day, my aunt has a Deepavali lunch celebration. They have the traditional food like the "koropo", mutton curry, pineapple rice...Was looking thru the photo albums when i came across their wedding photos. That was in 1993 when i was 13 yrs old..haha cant believed i looked that way when i was 13!! And how times flies..cousins grew up, got married and my aunt has 3 kids alr, with the eldest alr in sec 1 this year.
Taken with Krisha - my aunt's 2nd daughter
When going home, my dad made the silliest mistake ever! He was trying to off the alarm of his car, but due to weak batt (from his controller), he wasnt able to disable the alarm and when he open the door, the alarm went off. In a state of panic, he left his wallet on the roof of the car and got into the car to disable it. After that, he completely forgot about his wallet and simply drove off...only realised what happen upon reaching home...duhz...luckily some kind hearted and honest guy found the wallet and called up..else it would be damn troublesome to replace all the credit cards and IC...
Went to Yutang's house for BBQ at night. Law went along too. U never guessed where we have the BBQ...its actually at the baloncy attached with his room on the 2nd floor. When the curtains are drawn, u would never tell that there is a balcony out there. You have to step over the ledge to get over to the other side
Its a cosy spot where it can accomodate abt 10 ppl and Yutang has given this place a name! Its know as the "Secret Place"..lol
Yutang sitting here looking after the BBQ, CY working on the chichen wings and Boo boo at the back flipping the food. Its a nice night knowing more new frens and listening to Boo Boo talking about his travel adventures! Its a good night, but too bad we got to leave early as Law is working morning shift tomolo.
Yutang's beloved dog, Baby
Dress Personality
Your Dress Personality: Glamourous
Your Personality:
You are one sultry and sensational woman! When it's time for parties and limelight, no other girl (and we mean no other) even comes close. With your love for glamour and fun, you'll always be able to shine in the crowd - and you love being the center of attention. Your self-confidence emanates everywhere you go: because you're sexy and you know it. And being the natural flirt that you are, you are able to socialize with just about anybody.
Your Dress Style:
You love being beautiful and staying on top of fashion trends. You have an inborn knack for pulling off the ultra-sexy look in revealing apparel and slinky numbers without looking vampy - a talent which other women can only envy.
Try the test yourself