Welcome 2009!!

Another 3 hours and it'll be Year 2009!! The Year of Ox!! WhOo HoO~!!

Time passes real fast. 12 years ago i was still in Primary 6, a girl in her puberty, growing and gaining weight, not to mention, a constant TAF Club member, failing my PSLE preliminary exams, playing and slacking away. Now.. Hoho~

Well well... Im carrying forward the fulfilments ive laid down in 2008 - Career, Travelling, Slimmer & Healthier, Investments, Future Oppa and Family Bonding in 2009. HOhoho!

[Intact List]
1. Career - To continue be a Budget girl if im given a chance after March 09 and strive to take more initiatives and be more confident in my "speeches".

2. Travelling - To be able to travel to another country, preferably Australia (initially going around Dec 08, but was on hold coz of work issues)

3. Slimmer & Healthier - Jog more (was lazy the past 2mths), Join more walkathons, Badminton more, Swim more, Guitar Hero more (fingers exercise).

4. Investments - To open a new bank savings + investment account and to purchase life policies and insurance after March 09.

5. Future Oppa - Well well.... nothing much to elaborate and specify on. Juz hope CBG and BIL dont keep "So how? who and who okay wat~" Thanks~

6. Family Bonding - CBG and BIL.. keep up the good work of visiting on Sundays and some other days~.

[Add-ons]
1. Improve my skill in socialising with new people in groups
2. Revive my baking skills since mummy brought out the oven~!
3. Catch up with long-time-no-chat friends virtually or physically
4. Improve my badminton skill, level up the game with lili!!
5. Have more chats with Papa and Mummy~
6. Strengthen my Korean Conversational skills!!! Getting ready for 2010 Korea Trip~!!

A Day Before 2009

Was busy the whole morning..

[Ding!] Level 7.. [Ding!] Level 3..
"Alex! Hallo" .. "Eh Hi!"

[Ding!] Level 7.. [Ding!] Level 3..
"Eh Alex! You again!".. "Eh! Why you at Level 7?" ..
"Meeting =.= "
"Wah! 12.25pm le leh! Still meeting? Today half day wor!"
"Yah.. Bo Bian.. Im sooooo tired!!"
"Me too! I was called down last min while fishing away"
"=.= Okayyyy~ Fishing. "

Yeah~ That was my busy morning.. Running up and down, editing, zapping, explaining....

Meeting was long... 2hours! Darn! Left with only 15mins to amend the figures! Arghh!! Don like the feeling of last minute rushing! Grrrrrr~

Went to watch Yes Man !! It wasnt as hilarious as ive expected. But I did WHAHAHA and clapped my hands at times. Hohoho!

Found out something about our MacDonald man - Bryan. He is really COOL! Toby and I were like WHAHAHA-ing and clapping our hands in some quite funny and =.= scenes and Bryan? Oh.. a mere "ha ha". Yah... "ha ha". Not even "HAHA"!! Hmmm..

Saw Xun Hui outside Caesar. Suddenly missed the days when people call me "Xundi". Am already getting used to "Denise" and was already used to "Omma", "Dee", & "Didi"... "Xundi" sounds so distant. Haha! But well, it was a nice call out by him. Hahah!! He's still as cute as before!! Never fails to make me smile when I see him. Kekeke..

Cleaning..Polishing..

Zzzz..Woke up super early on a Sunday morning to visit a dentist. *eeeks!!

Though im a constant visitor to the dentist during my Primary school days (always kana called out when the prefects go around the levels with the green dental list) coz somehow the fierce dentist was especially friendly to me than the others *hohoho!! .. I kinda chicken out calling out for dental appointment when i grow up.

I actually did not visit the dentist for the whole of my Secondary and Poly days. If not for the benefits of free dental checkups when i started working in FDI and the benefit of "cap of $200 dental claims annually" in PIL, i dont think the idea of "dental visits" will ever cross my mind.

(-(^o^)-)

It was till the 1st visit at Tebans with CBG and BIL that i was told that i have 2 wisdom tooth. !!! Wisdom tooth!!! A thing which i nvr thot that i will have it (coz i was always giggling whenever my friends told me how painful and how scary it is whenever they went to get rid of their wisdom tooth). And... I was told that i have a total of 3 wisdom tooth in my 2nd visit at GPA Dental near bugis.

3?!?!?! When did the other grow? Anw.. the dentist at GPA Dental told me to get rid of them asap coz it was deforming and will be "attacking" my gums sooner or later. However.... Hohoho!! The dental that i went to today at Jurong West - Chen Dental.. the dentist said that its not growing now, and that although it'll be better to pluck it when im at this young age, i basically don have to worry about making the decision whether to pluck it or not as long as i don feel the prolonged intensed pain. *phew*

Anw.. This time round, surprisingly.. No blood!!! Hahaha!! Coz blood were flowing out profusingly from my gums for the past 2 visits. And i hate the taste and the sight of blood!! So... Im gonna visit Chen Dental in future! Whahah!!

有感而发 (V)

“你了解自己吗？”
这是一个可能很多人都没真正去思考的一个问题。

有人说 ‘认识最久的朋友，并非是最了解你的那人’。
我同意。

最长久的朋友是你自己。
但有时，你连自己为什么会做出某一种举动、说出某一种话都不了解。

为什么一个人会一时哈哈大笑、又一时皱着眉头？
为什么一时对你有说有笑、又一时对你不理不睬？
为什么明明是不开心的，却要配合大家、掩饰自己的烦恼？

是否有时候你都不知道为什么自己心情的起伏会比直升机还快、比女生的大姨妈还预期不定？

会不会有时甚至觉得你是否患有什么绝症？
因为连你都不知你的“病”及时会复发。

时常听到人家对我说“你好了解我啊！”
可是。。
当连你自己都不了解自己的时候，你又怎么那么确定地认为那人是了解你的？

或许，你真的是那人所说的性格 – 因为‘旁观者清’。
但，这毕竟只是一个没根据的词汇。

总之。。

了解别人虽难，但了解自己更难！

Poly & Misc Post Christmas Exchange

Finally the day has come!! Hohoho~ Went to Hard Rock for our post Christmas celebration! That dumb dumb Lion made a reservation under my name. =.= His name sounds okay wat. Tsk.

Food there were not especially nice. The 'Chicken Cheese Macaroni' that most of us (5/7) ordered tasted good in the first few bites. But the cheesy taste is too much to handle. Haha.. Zhi Bang especially "complained" after his few bites.

But the good thing is that there's free re-fill of the drinks (non alchoholic) you ordered! Hohoh~ Okayy~ so now.. the [Lots..Picks..Fate?] session!!


>> ZhiBang..........(Speakers).......................................Lionel!
>> ME..................(Bear Light Ornament)..................Mr Yeo!
>> Mr Yeo...........(Mini Dustbin & Nike Shoe Bag)...ME!
>> Sebas..............(Waterbottle)..................................JiaYing!
>> Lionel.............(Piggy Bank)....................................Janice!
>> Janice.............(Mini globe & Wall wood poster)...Sebas!
>> JiaYing...........(Neck Massager).............................Lili!
>> Lili...................(Waterbottle)...................................ZhiBang!

Too bad Janice's down with a sudden flu, cough & sore throat (she seems fine in the morning), if not it'll be more fun! At least another pair of "childhood friends" to spice up the night. But anw, thanks Janice for the lovely tortoise!! I got another baby!! LOL.. and thanks JiaYing for the sweet kitty bag and handphone chains! Also.. gotta thank ZhiBang for the delicious chocolates and Janice again for the self-baked cookies!.. Err.. I think?

MERRY KURIMAS~!! 메리 크리스마스~!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

메리 크리스마스

TO ALL MY DEAR FRIENDS!!

HOPE THE LUCKY ONES HAVE RECEIVED...

CHOCOLATES~!

PRESSIES~!

CHRISTMAS MESSAGE~!

CHRISTMAS CARDS~!

FROM XUNDI.OMMA.DENISE!!!

HOHOHO~!!

(^O^)

Lyrics Composing

For a long period, Dave Tan's Till the End was one of the frequently played songs in my playlist. I was kinda in love with this song when i was watching 斗鱼 years ago. No powerful vocabs in the song, no complex musical instruments. But somehow, this simple song explains the feeling of a sweet romance, a devoted emotion of a relationship.

So... I shared this song with Melv and he thinks that the meaning of this song will be stronger if its in Chinese. So... I went to translate it into Chinese and with the help of Melv, the ending product of the lyrics sounds nicer. Haha! However, i still find English vers nicer lar. =x

[Dave Tan - Till The End]

(o'_'o)

Informal Company Christmas Exchange

WhoohoO!! Its gonna be Christmas again!! I love receiving pressies and giving pressies!! HohohO~ Got a pressie from Alice. So sweet~ She bought me a cuddly snowman!! *I don have to kapok CBG's snowman under her Christmas tree loh~*

Yesterday was our 'Informal Company Christmas Exchange' and 'Company Movie Screening' as well. Watched Bolt. Nice! Bolt's such a lovable doggy!! The scenes where he acted innoccent to families coz he was hungry is simply adorable!! Awwwww... CBG.. pls get a doggy soon~ This will make me run to your house more often.. (^o^)

Informal Company Christmas Exchange is fun! So excited to know who got whose pressie etc. Haha! Was telling Alice I love this kinda exchange coz its more or less related to "fate". Whaha! So...well...I picked Bryan's gift! A gift that he think is suitable for me - LED Candle. (-.-) Okayy~ Thanks. Hahah! I kinda like the gift lar. Coz it looked like those Polar Light or Northern Light. Okay.. think my imagination is getting abit over. Hohoh~ But the pressie fits in the Christmas feel. No real candle? Nvm.. There's LED Candle. HAha!

[Lots..Picks..Fate?]

>> Alice..........(Neck Massager)...Benne!

>> Benne........(Littlemon)............Erika!

>> Bryan........(LED Candle).........ME!

>> Denise.......(Musical Box).........Alice!

>> Erika.........(Thumb Drive).......Bryan!

>> Law...........(Dono wat)..............Toby!

>> Toby.........(Mini toys)..............Yannie!

>> Yannie......(Dono wat)..............Law!

[Back logs]

Recieved a Christmas flash vid done by Benne. LITTLEMON~! Hahaha! I kinda like this character that he thot of. Its not that "aww.. cute.." type.. but its rather "yee!..Whahah!" type. Anw.. Thanks Benne! Its sweet and heart-warming. Hahah! He has surely improved on his flash skills. Hiak Hiak..

Went to Law's Band Concert on Wednesday at Victoria Hall. Cool!! Its like watching a mini Nodame-like-concert. HAha! I love their Japanese Graffiti XII and the 3rd and 4th section of the Third Symphony by James Barnes.

The conductor - Leonard Tan is professional, cool and enjoyable to watch! Looking at him conduct makes the performance more entertaining, unlike the serious symphony orchestra i went to earlier this year.

This week and i predict the following 2 or 3 weeks will be super busy for me! I was so drained after coming in 730am or earlier for this week. And Wednesday's meeting was the most brain-dead meeting! 3+hours meeting with no breaks! And that's the meeting that loaded me with more work. (-.-).

Fortunately Ying Long was nice, allowing me to submit my Q308 Proforma next year Mid or End Jan. Hohoho~

[Coming Up..]

Another Christmas exchange with my poly mates and misc friends! HAhaha! Its gonna be a weird combi of different cliques that day. Ha!

Divisional Year End Dinner 08.12.2008

Division Year End dinner at NUS Guild House - The Bistro!!

A good get together session with the colleagues that ive never interact much before.

Wine drinking with Chairman and MD is WHOO~

Red wine is yucky. Whaha!

Food served was yummy!! Especially the dessert - Chocolate Royaltine.

Yum yum!! I love cakes! love chocolates!!

Appetiser - Avocado & Crabmeat Quiche

Appetiser - Yuletide Seafood & Mango Tower

Soup - Harvest Pumpkin Soup

Main Course - Grilled Seychelles White Fish with African Spices

Main Course - Turkey Cordon Bleu

Dessert - Chocolate Royaltine

2 girls whom MD asked for our name during the meal =.=

"What's the girl thats helping in budget?"

"Denise~!"

"*gulpz.. Har?!?! (while im sipping on my red wine)"

"Then what about the other one in your dept?"

"Alice~!"

"HI~!"

~Scary~

Happy Birthday Lili~!! 11.12.2008

Whoo!! Im singing with the clique again!! So happy!! Ended the 4hours KTV with ah mei's song (err.. forgot the title as usual). So glad that lili and I have not lost our 默契 after so long. Hahah! We completed the song with much satisfaction. (^0^)v

LV Card Case that we (Jan, JY, Lion and I) bought for Lili

Went to Crystal Jade Ginseng Chicken BBQ restaurant at Ngee Ann City after that when Lion joined. Cant manage to get a pit at West Coast? Never mind, we can always have a mini BBQ at Seoul Garden or this BBQ restaurant. Haha! Its was fun BBQ-ing the beef, chicken and deer meat. Quite a lot of meat were burnt coz i was busy eating and had forgotten to flip the meat. Nevertheless, its still edible and tasty okayy~

Deer meat was err... rubbery. They said it taste like pork, but i juz couldnt get myself to another slice of the meat coz the thought of eating deer in this Christmas month is quite cruel to the hardworking reindeers who have been putting much energy chauffeuring the heavy Santa. (o'_'o)

Dinner ended earlier than i've expected. Went to watch Four Christmases. Nice movie. Funny and heart warming. *You dont need crude jokes to watch a comedy*. Dont know about Lili and JY who's sitting infront of us, but Lionel, Jan and I were laughing like mad throughout the movie

(especially Lion who should control himself. His laughter is LOUD. Tsk.).

Happy and enjoyable night! Laughing away like we used to be in our Poly days. And *freezed* Lili is starting her "Omma.. 我告诉你一个秘密，潘裕文很帅~！" and her bullying-omma skill again!! *traumatised~*

Forever bully and bullied - NP 2006

Anyway.. I am looking forward to our Christmas exchange on 26th! Kekeke~

Cruising. NOT.

Went on shipping tour today~! A break from work, a break from calls, a break from using my brain cells. Hoho~

Reminded me of my Primary and Secondary school days. Excursions to the zoo, homes, museums, science centres etc. Those were the days.. always getting all excited to these after school programmes, rushing up the bus hoping to get a nice window seat. Competing the speed of the buses on the journey. Lining up, listening to teacher's command. Running around the place like nobody's looking. Shouting and screaming like nobody's complaining.

Its different now, no more screaming and running, no more rushing up the bus "snatching" seats. I feel so old. Nah.. i should say ive matured~ Whahah!

I was so shagged after the ship tour. Climbing up flights of steep steps in an enclosed and hot place. And was totally knocked out after our last destination at JDC. Fortunately my boss was kind enough to let me go off after the excursion. So sorry for those (err.. i think the rest?) who have to go back to work for another hour. Hohoho~

When your name is common

This was what happen when your name is common...

"Hallo.. Is this ABC? This is Denise from Corporate ah.. Im locked out of my K Drive again. Ive tried mapping it but i juz cant get it..Can you come down and see?"

"Orh okayy.. I'll go up now"

"Up?"

*hung up.. TSK.

15mins later~~~~~~

"Hallo.. Is this ABC? This is Denise ah.. Why you havent come down ah?"

"Err.. I went up already but XYZ said you were in a meeting."

"IYOH~!!! Im Denise from level 3 lar!! Not level 12 lar!!"

"Oohh~~ Budget Denise ah??"

"...................... (.=")"

Budget Screamz~!

BUDGET!!! BUDGET!!! BUDGET!!

That's what Zandra screamed about at lunch today. Feel like screaming with her too!! Hahaha!!

Im kinda traumatised with the word "Budget". Really. And somehow, ive been known as the Budget girl. Haha! Called Linda today for some vessels queries. When i said "Hallo Linda, this is Denise ah".. She was like "Denise?".. "Orh.. The budget girl ah?".. My immediate reaction was "err.. yah.. the budget girl". Hahaha!

Now.. it seems like everything is in a mess. Ive been pushing the respective departments for their projections and budget but they've been delaying their submissions. There are certain days when im super idle, waiting. And there are certain days when BOOM! all the files are sent and i gotta rush like hell.

But somehow.. I can feel their relief when they submit their things. Haha! Its like "oh yeah~ finally done with this thing.. finally no more "nags" from the budgeting people." Hahaha! I can really feel it especially when Grace told me she were scratching her head with the budget even when she's on leave.

So... Well done all!! Let's work hand in hand and ensure smooth success of the budget 2009! HAhah!

Emo-ing

Im emo-ing again.

I know its not good to emo at night especially when you are going to sleep.

You wont have a pleasant dream *omma's logic

Juz that.. listening the song by Remioromen adds up to my emo level.

Feel so lonely suddenly.

Think i gonna have split personality?

Talking senses into Ham and acting stupid in front of Ben Dan.

This is crazy.

Year Book

Browsed through Law's NS year book. Well well, i must admit that while looking at the pics..stories, grumbles or complains that Ben Dan told me many times flashed through my mind.

Somehow, i can more or less feel the hardship they went through. And I'm really happy that most of my NS friends have passed through their NS days with no major disabilities.

Spotted 4 Pics of Ben Dan in the year book and 2 of Law. Haha.. Looking at Ben Dan..Gosh! He looked totally different in the year book and the real him! Comparing his pics with the ones i have in our sec sch class photos...I have to tell Mr Yeo that "Hallo~ Who say the girls in our class are the only ones who have changed?!?!"

I started to wonder.. Is the person in the year book the one who have been chatting with me for decades or am i chatting with another person?

Ben Dan looked so man lor!! Whahaha! I cannot imagine his 'man-ly' image with the 'whinny' tone of his. Whahah! =X

Anyway.. yar.. He's still a Ben Dan to me. Full stop. Enough said.

Health Screening Report

Shoots!!!

Bood pressure - Borderline high

Blood cholesterol - High

Blood glucose - High fasting blood glucose

Im dying~

Shipping Familiarisation Programme

2 whole days of SFP. It was boring. Absolutely boring. Ive nvr coloured that many letters in my life (thanks to lili who somehow influenced me in gor-ing letters in my notes ever since poly...*Awww.. i miss schooling with her~) and ive nvr drawn so many non-artistic pics in my life.

But i muz thank PIL for having this programme still. It reminded me of my schooling days, sleeping throughout some of the lectures (especially in my uni days, where there's only theory.. theory.. and MORE theories..) =.=

Yannie's tortoise~ Not bad lar.. But the tortoises in my room are cuter~

Yannie's eyeballs.. Somehow, i find that it looked like 皮蛋s to me.. =x

Now my immature drawings.. I can only think of these kind of drawings.. My drawings sux.. I know..

No.

Im Cycling~!!

Wheee~~!! Omma Lim is finally cycling!! All thanks to the nice Melvin who willingly offered to double bike me despite of the injury on his palms. The experience of cycling is awesome! I like the feeling of the wind beating on your face when you cycle. And the times when there's slight bumps here and there. Overall.. I think im quite cooperative throughout the ride? Haha! Peddaling harder when he told me to at times when we will be going up hill, and peddaling faster when he told me to when we felt some rain drops.



Thanks all for fulfiling my dream of having the chance to feel some "cycling" experience!!

Me and Alice

Melv & Yannie

Went partyworld after that.

Melv's vocal is POWERFUL. And i mean real nice and strong. He definitely got the singer qualities. All of the songs that he sang were absolutely soothing to the ears, not a single notes off-tuned and i must praise him for "touching me" when he sang Yoga's 那首歌.

*Melv.. 你有 touched 到我。真的。

Yannie is damned hilarious when he sang one english song that even Alice is ??? of. Hahah!! Think its some oldies or what. Hahah! But the melody and the lyrics is super funny!! And Yannie's expression-less expression when he sang adds up to the hilarious limit!!

Alice leh~~ Whahaha!!! She should really be singing on every 7th month on the lunar calendar. Hahaha! Dont get me wronged here. Alice's singing is clear and loud. But the feel is like listening to those ge-tais especially after she sang the hokkien song. Whahah!!!

What a day really. Hahah!


Upcoming events

1. There's going to be a division christmas dinner at Suntec, The Bistro on 9th Dec.
2. Im looking forward to 19th Dec's Mini Christmas Party~!


Party Party!! Holidays Holidays!!

Threatened

Slept at 5am++ ystd night. Shacked! Was chatting online and subsequently on the phone until 5am++. Another level up! Gosh.. sometimes i really wonder, whether there's any legal job like phone or virtual chatting and where you can earn a fortune by purely listening. Hahaha!

Woke up and the 1st thing that came to my head is - Shit.. Gotta face the OOOhhh guy on Mon again. Kept thinking about the "threaten" he gave on friday. Indirectly saying that if i continue to keep quiet, not asking him questions, he'll sack me like what he did to one of my predecessors.

Well.. He asked me on fri whether 'I understand everything' or 'I am not interested', i gave him a "im in the middle of both" answer. He was like "Cannot lar~! There's no middle answer.". What?!?! Its true that i dont understand everything and I am still in the progress of building my interest in the industry (which should take a long~ time) what. Lame lor..

I was thinking.. there are pros and cons if he sacked me. Pros is that i wont have to face him and his Ooohhs ever and i wont have to rack my brain thinking whether im cut out for this job. Cons is.. It will leave a black mark on my resume - I did not leave willingly. But most importantly...

I WILL MISS THE NICE COLLEAGUES IVE MET THERE!! and I WILL MISS THE FUN & LAUGHTER (campus-like life) THERE!!

Alice, Yannie, Melv, Benne, Lawrence, Toby.. You are listed in the "missing log".

Why is there always something out of the perfect picture? Why cant there be a happy ending, a balance to everything? Haix~

But one thing true that Lili mentioned before - Don expect much if you dont have the capability (没有那么大的本事，就不要勉强自己做你做不成的事~) Yah.. I completely agree...

*nod head

Food! Glorious Food!

"Some" Potato Ala-carte Dish. Nice!!

Creamy Chicken & Mushroom Pasta

Crabmeat "something" Alio Alio

"Some" Baked tomato Pasta

"Some" Crayfish & Scallop Dish

Thai Appetiser - Crackers


Boneless Chicken wings stuffed with Minced Meat


Jungle Noodle


Phad Thai

Pineapple Rice