i just can't wait to blog this!!

wei just called from Switzerland and life there is so amazingly different from here.

- the shops closed at 4-5pm daily
- mcdonald meals are going at Euro 5.30, *2.5 if converted back to S$. piang, think their patties are made of gold is it. daylight robbery.

anyway,

- it's 4-5 degree celsius there
and
- 6pm there when it's 1am here. i can't imagine talking to someone at a diff time zone. feels weird leh.. haha....
-she saw water fall, mountain range made out of pearl white snow in the distance, etc
- bought a T-SHIRT for Euro 29, S$70+, and it's only a Tshirt. her only purchase item until now. poor her.
- people in the office are so courteous and well-mannered. unlike S'porean and CHINA-ESE. boo.

I can't remember much... but it's already excited enough to listen to only part of her adventure.. can't wait for more.. haaa!!

YES!! one more thing... she was CONNED!! by a turkish man...... for 2 kebab sandwiches, and a bag for gummy bear sweets~~ for a blood sucking Euro 49!!! bout 150 bucks loh... but Dirk saved her day! hurray~

bloody fat turkey, you can jolly well just choke on your gummys!!!

That's all bout Switzerland......

Kai yin was telling me bout her interview with HSBC tomolo.. wow, and it's in a securities operations.. that's so totally cool... even if they pay me 1.6 I will go for it. but i dun have the chance la.. haha... Let me know bout the results tomolo ok... God bless your interview... =)

today at work was really boring. all i did was only to read materials all day long. there is a hell lot of stuff to read loh. stupid irish guy stood us up for training and wasted my half hour staying back. no OT claim leh... nvm, look at the bright side always. Im always looking forward to work each morning. Thou the people over there were not as friendly as expected, im still excited!!

smile colleen~~

SMILE =)

my money had been spent on shopping!! im broke big time!!

thanks Yin who told me bout the crazy mega sale at M in short. everything is going for 50 - 70 % off! but the designs were hmm... off~ not up to expectation. bought a few bottoms and that's all.

eeee... Saw 1 is on the TV now. all i did was to listen, not watch. so totally gross and pervertic.

anyway, for those who's looking forward to watching Norbit. let me tell ya. it's not the least funny at all. but the story line was hmmm, ok.

today meet up with Hua and Joe. I had my passport size photos taken out of a digital camera, and developed at a price of 2 bucks for 8. cheap. had our dinner at NYDC. it was good. i had lala croft salad, hua had baked ham sandwich, and i recommended mushroom Ham pasta to Joe. it's superb. really deli.

so, KTV was the next thing we did. at paradiz centre. we were laughing at joe's really really miserably pronounced chinese wordings. hmmm, you need to start learning dear. i had improved in my mandarin. sang till 1130 before we headed home.

more to add. we met 2 super ill-mannered persons today. what a spoiler.

it was a really fun evening today. next time when AMK HUB is completed, we can meet up more often ya, girl. so that's it for today. needa sleep for work tomolo. God Bless my day and yours too...

ok now, for my first day at work. =)

it was...... ok..... for the first day. unit head attached a guy to me to guide me through briefly. training will officially starts on monday. till then, there's no need to go to work. yes! no work for tomolo. brillant!~

ok. something brief about my job scope. initally i wanted to get a job somehow related to my coursework but i guess it's not easy to enter into that field without experience. but today I realised cash transfer involve forex because I have to transfer funds from one country to another. but no actual trade involved. hmm.. somewhere close I'm satisfied enough. smiles~

under my overall team, Rebekah is in charged of E-banking and Australia market. but there's a new unit she is currently setting up to head the New York cash transfer, and im in that team. sounds cool huh (as one of the pioneer batch). but all i can see is just never ending piled up work ahead of me. haa!

bout new people I've met at work. they're.... hmm.... as young as me and even younger. there's only like 3 to 4 senior staff in my team. i can say it's a young and energetic environment. I was talking like non stop today.. haa.. maybe they were thinking im talking a lil too much.. but dun care. i need to break the ice and Im not afraid to do it at all. =) just dun overdo it. superficial yeah.

aunt worked at causeway today. and she said that the Lo'real lady was praising me for my good sales and effort. haha. there are shit people as well as nice people. but it's nice to hear a lil praises to motivate you sometimes.

again. no work tomolo until Monday. going for some shopping again at bugis tomolo. im pretty broke by now. hee. shall update more.

Anaconda 2 is on the tv now but i've watched it billions of times.

today was fruitful, glee and tired. went for a shopping spree with aunties and grandma and spent like 300 bucks on food shoes and clothes. feeling sooooo happy now. cos i've gotten so many goodies back home. yippie.

had Mushroom Pot for dinner and it was splendid. the soup was nutrtious and yummy. the side dishes were heavenly. and it came up to a bill of 230 for 6 pax. i foot part of the bill. hee. expensive i know, but it was all worth it.

yes yes. i've bought 2 heels shoes. i think i can now learn how to walk in heels. dun really have the chance to wear it when im schooling. so thrilled! haha.

that's bout it. im gonna watch Pan's Labriyth now. it's a spanish film. oh. and i muz remember to burn Borat for the girls. muz rememberrrrrr!

bye bye. hugs......

Have a Blessed New Year

China Town was soooo CROWDED yesterday!! we were practically squeezing skin to skin with one another. mum dad me and van were there yesterday to buy new year goods but went home with only one bundle of fake flowers.. haha..

i was late for reunion dinner yesterday. but never mind.. hee.. the food on the table was.....WOW.. so yummy... dad cooked fried fish, vegetable, abalone, abalone clams, lap chiong, mushroom, prawns and soup... what a meal indeed!

mum is bugging me not to go online for long. so I shall for gone now... HAppy New Year To All!!!

felt uneasy without blogging for 2 days. haha. but here i am again!! it's going to be long. so be prepared! haa.

sales was good at causeway JL. my nail polish counter was almost emptied! but it also brought angry eyes upon me. the aunties and girls over there are apparently jealous over my brisk sales. there's no doubt that they will talk behind my back. and please loh, can anyone imagine that i was being scolded by an auntie for selling my ONE miserable lip gloss! pathetic her. taking sales so hard, accusing me of stealing her customer.

little did she knows that I was the one serving her FIRST! speechless.

and i was feeling bad that whenever anyone came over my counter with products of other brands, they will end up putting them back and bought mine. but what can I do?? i couldn't possibly ask them not to buy mine right! turned out that there were customers who left other products on my counter and I have to iterally put them back myself, and the promoters were like staring at me without blinking, thinking I cut their sales.

childish old women.

whatever it is, I would like to sing a song for our dear Min!

happy birthday to you
happy birthday to you
happy birthday to Min....
happy birthday to you

=)

they celebrated for her yesterday but sad as it is, i cant go loh. cos of stupid work. but she will understand one, right girl? =)
hua and wet came looking for me after work and note, it's at 1030pm ok! big sacrifice for hua cos she lives so far away and have to travel back alone. poor ger. we used to travel back home together from causeway.

girls, we have to make it a point to meet at least twice or trice month ok. for dinner or something. love ya! hugssss

starting work on wednesday. everything seems to be moving smoothly but my schedule is soooo packed. hmm.. let's see.. supposed every month I earn 1.8, then:

CPF $360
monthly savings $500 to be kept by auntie
Insurance $100 - plan to get one from NTUC as recommended by dear uncle
Mobile bill $50 hopefully
internet bill $58, maybe will get mum to pay that. hee.
CPF repayment $100
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remaining a miserable sum of $632 disposable income

where got enough!!! joe spent a thousand every month loh. moreover it's me, Colleen! the glutton and the money wasting queen. but shall learn to scrimp and save from now. aiyah dunno la. so hard to control fianance. worst, I'd thought of things to buy already:

new sets of working clothes which I have none of it now!
new pairs of shoes
Estee lauder Cyber white whitening Essence. I can tell you it's super super good. you can feel the immediate effect. but it cost a bomb. $145 for a bloody small bot.

thinking about 4 years back when I took on a job which allows me to earn $100 min per day. In less than 15 days, I've earned around $1.3k. guess what's that?
well, it's outdoor sales. during those days, I can afford to bring home 5 pairs of brand new shoes home in a day shopping. its too many until wei have to bring some home for me in case mum scolds me. haa. but its definitely hard work.
now, it's not even a new pair of shoe for months. haha. but good food!! it's no wonder why Im fat and round. haa. but i dun care. as long im happy, nothing else matters. the outer apperance doesn't makes me low in confidence. I am me, Colleen, that God created me to be, the one and only me! thank God! smile!

just yesterday, for the first time, Aunt made a remark that caught my attention. ever since my grandad's death, it's the very first time she accepted the fact that he's already in Heaven. and this morning, she said maybe in future, there's odd to be technology which allows human to die and go up to visit Heaven and down to Hell, just to make sure that there's Heaven and Hell as stated in the Bible. I was like, wow, its an improvement man. from someone who totally believed that nothing in the Bible is true, is now pondering over the fact that maybe it is.

oooo... so late.. i need sleep. going for body check up tomolo morning. shall update soon. bye

woke up this morning with no missed calls. was wondering when will the news come, be it good or bad. Though I'm not that anxious to be taking up the job, but im not happy to accept rejections as well. haha. especially on my first job interview.

first and foremost, I got the position. haa!

Yvonne called this noon and asked "how's the interview yesterday?"

not being confident of the outcome, "it went on fine, but they did not get back to me yet." not knowing Yvonne will be the one breaking the news to me.

"oh, i was about to get back to you about the outcome. She was very happy with your performance and arranged for you to meet up with the HR dept."

I of course, was over the moon.

uncle picked me up after work and in the car he said he could recommend me into HSBC cos he know of some one in the investment sector and she's dealing with multi-million clients. it would be good to be introduced by internal staff into the company. uncle will get to her tomolo. I await for good news.

anyway, Between CitiBank and HSBC, I preferred HSBC as it is the highest paying company as compared to the rest. but dunno la. will see how tomolo. thurs will be the day Im going down to Citibank to confirm everything. guess im pretty much left with no other choice.

shall pray about it and let God lead the way.

It seems that im blogging everyday. and recently bout the job at citibank. and probably for the next few days too. haha. being at uncle's house is the feeling I missed for so long since the study week. August never fails to stick to me again. well, I love it. hee. Aunt is getting much better over the death of grandad since I last saw her. im so happy to see her smile. everyone is getting on well with their life.
It like this. after every loss, be it family friends or anything, we have to accept, pick ourselves up and move on eventually. the world will rotate, I chose to live each day meaningfully.

one regret in my life till this day, is the relationship with my dad. if i had to choose, I would never had choose to quarrel with him 5 years back. just last week, the fear of losing a love one sets into my heart. what if my dad is left with just a few more months, few weeks or even days. I would never had got the chance to show him that I love him. I cried for a couple of days. Silly as it may sounds, but i really felt that.

God, please bless my love ones with a healthy body so that they will live to glorify your name

That's my Spotty!

my ever so lovely spotty~

the interview went well. there were 2 rounds of it. First by Rebekah. She asked me loads of questions which I actually find it too tedious to answer her correctly. the lists of questions she asked (in random order):

1. How would you describe yourself as a person?
(Ms Anne asked me this question before and thank God i rememebered)

2. What makes you interested in this job?

3. How did learning at DBS bank taught you about Back Room Operations?

4. What do you understand by back room operations?

5. Describe one situation whereby you make decision to solve a diffcult problem.

6. Are you persuing a degree by any chance?

these are just some questions she asked. there are more but i couldn't remember.

the other interviewer was a man. he was casual and easy going. one bad thing bout him is that he ignjored my handshake and actually remembered it some time later and apologised. nvm.
got a feeling that if ever I took on this job, i'll be so underpaid as everyone in the office is expected to leave not on the dot, but 2 hours after the usual timing. the pay doesn't seem to justify the long working hours and the amount of work volume. doesnt seems like OT can be claimed, except cab fare home. it too much of a commitment already. im still contemplating bout it.

haha. talked so much and yet have not a single idea whether am i employed not. haha.... shall wait for news tomolo..

keep y'all updated..

later @ 6, im having an interview with Citibank. if everything goes well, i'll be starting work right after new year. hopefully it's the job im interested in. otherwise, im never doing it unless you tried killing me. haha. anyway, im looking forward to it.

went church yesterday. and I was so lack of sleep. slept at 4am the previous night and woke up with terrible headache in the morning. yeah. its was nice being in the house of God once again.

went shopping after lunch with wei and rach. didn't actually bought anything i like. until after dinner with Joe, i settled all shopping in just one shop, Outfitter girls. short and sweet.

Michael joined us later for dessert. went shopping again. this is the dunno how many times I round the mall since noon. In fact, 3 times!! and the crowd is so horrible!! how i hated town on weekends.

sat was another shopping day. but the crowd was getting us so breatheless. again, i bought nothing and the girls went home with jeans and eyeliners. but i enjoyed just as much. deep fried Mars bars was delicious.... and so was the dinner.... =)

anyway, was chatting at Tcc with the girls. there were much to talk about work. and interesting too. about how people revolve around you at work could create a friendly and relax environment, as well as a hostile and full of schemes environment. whatever it is, as long as I become a better person, nothing else matters. one thing for sure, pubs and clubs are the first NO on my NOs List.
been to clubs twice actually. i hated the smell and smoke so much that it irritates my mood. it stinks loh. if it's not for some special occasions, i'll never never step inside.

and talking bout cigarettes, i was being burnt by one inconsiderate malay along the street. it was as if he was the only one exisiting at orchard, and swinged his lighted cigarette faceing outwards like nobody business. he was like "sorry" for a sec and walked away like nothing happened. not feeling a lil remorseful at all. it taught me to be watchful of smokers around. and who the heck invented cigarettes? nothing would be far worst than having a puff going into the body. it's so toxic loh. also, please spare a thought for the people around. if you're gonna smoke, move away. it not like i enjoy inhaling your exhaled smoke. stinko!!

im being too agitated here. haha. sorry.

mum is so pissed with spotty running and jumping on the bed, playing with that vibrating dolphins of his. but i find it so hilarious, to see mum scolding him and he never seems to bother.

cute.

van got her "O"s results yesterday. i was the one who went to her school on her behalf.

and Ms Chin-nia rememered me! surprisingly. and knew i was van's sister. her malay friends recognised me too. hee hee.

well, sisters we are, scored the same L1R4 and L1R5. so so so so sisterly right!?! but, she seems to be disppointed in her results. for like past few months ago, i can see her putting in lots of effort to study. can understand her feelings.

unlike me, started studying only like a month before, right Shan? we used to study at coffee bean with wei and Wyna. those were the days. and always i'll try to play funny, by trembling my legs against the table. haha.

wyna's going Aust for studies. All the best girl!!

wow. hua's msg from her blog is really touching man. especially when it comes from within her heart.

and something for my dear girl too.......

Friendship With You

There's a wonderful thing that gold cannot buy
a blessing that's rare and true,
and that's the gift of a wonderful friend,
like the friend I have in You!

There's so many things I wanna to say. but that was just too much to express.

thanks for everything you've given to me. the encourage, the support, the laughters, the cries, the anger.

you mean the most in my heart girl... my companion in almost everything. you made my life brighter....

In just 3 words.....

I love you!! muacks~

wow. i can finally breath the air of freedom. but some how, on the other hand, a little out of place. although i'm always skipping lessons and lect, there are people in class and outside class whom i'll be missing. and i'll always remember the kindness they've shown.

something i felt. there will definitely be persons who had gone through my life. did good things and did not so good things. but ultimately when it comes right down to the end, I'll be missing them for their kindness, rather than hating them for the things they have done that irritates.

is that the power of loving each other? =)

guess so.

to be truthful. i've never really been through turmoils in life. I had what i wanted, what I needed. never really need to work hard and save hard for anything. i've beautiful friends, wonderful family and a loving joe. couldn't ask for more. I thank God for everything. He is indeed graceful.

the next phase in life, well, is working of course. so many jobs opening so many to choose. but which is the one chosen for me??

God, please pave the way and lead me. i need to listen and make the right choice. my knowledge is limited whilst yours is bountiful. i am yours to mold.

something bout Fiona Xie i read about from the magazine yesterday while waiting in the clinic.

well. she claimed she had suffered much from pain and suffering she's been through but no one could really sees that. She was looked upon always as the endorsement girl but not a girl in real life situation.

a girl been judged based on the surface. that's what normal people does. the reality world is indeed so cruel. hmmm.... sad....

but what made me mad!!!!! was the doctor who attended to me yesterday.

i had problems with my gastric for like years i could hardly remember. seen countless of doctors and all of them gave me sound advice. just too bad their medicine doesnt seems to take any effect on me. so yesterday, i was struck with the pain again. i visited the family clinic nearby.

as usual, clinic usually opens at 630pm in the evening. wanting to be the first to be seen, i reached at 620 and started waiting. i was crying out in pain and yet, waiting for the stupid assistants to slowly buy their dinner, open the door and close it again. nvm, i waited loh!

640, it's finally opened. but what's the use of opening at supposely 630 but now 640, and the doctor is not even present yet!!! she came in at 7pm loh!!!!

nvm..... i ren. by then, half of my pain is gone. i went in, she examined my tummy. said it's just bloated and stuff.

"but this problem has been persisting for a very very long time" me

"since you only have it once to twice a month, what do you wan to do about it?!?" stupid doc

"huh? you mean I have to live with it for the rest of my life???" me

"then what you want me to do about it?" doc

big fat madness!!! crazy woman!! who is being the doctor here? asking me back my own question. brainless piece of faeces.

"ok then. so what should I eat and what shouldn't I eat?" me - trying to forgive her

"er. this I can't help you. You have to find out for yourself what have you eaten to cause you the pain."

wa lao... as if this I dunno. she's really no different from a pig loh. telling me constructive answers which any could know

"at least there's a range of food not to eat that causes gas in your stomach right?" me

"sorry. i can't help you. you have to find out for yourself"

at this point, im going so wild!!! Slamming the door while getting her out of my sight. bloody old cocky woman. i can literally slap her if she keeps telling me the same thing.

but at least the med works better on me.

Good morning!!!! =) it's monday again.

to start off, let me talk about last saturday. b'cos i saw the most disgusting thing ever.

A MAN PEEING AT THE BUS STOP!!!

I was sitting at the bus stop waiting for that slow coach joe who took forever to arrive. It was it. A handicapped man walking with 2 walking sticks by his arms went passed. An indian man was with him. A perfectly well-being man.

"So pitiful." i thought to myself. not knowing that soon this thought will be completely vanished.

i was the ONLY one facing their backs as they walked on.

Note: i was observing their every movement cos im bored.

Suddenly, at apx 2 metres away, i heard water gashing out from some where. and saw the stream of "water" spraying out from that handicapped's "....." . It was an unbelievably strong flow of water...... and it was splashing all over the floor, I heard it so loud and clear loh! maybe he was really too urgent i dunno. and i didn't see that thingy lah. that indian man was blocking. i only saw the water spraying out, aiming at the grass spot which is obviously too far to be reached!?!?

wahahahaha. it left me thinking what was it spraying afterall. cos i cant imagine urine can be so strong.

and i did something stupid. really stupid!!!! to confirm it was urine, I tried smelling any traces that could possibly been blown towards me by the wind. it was windy. and i was close to that spot ok. now, WHO WOULD WAN TO SMELL URINE?!?! i did that, yes it's true. realizing the stupidity that was shown, i squeezed my nose. haa.

what i thought was really funny, not that man who pee-ed, and not me that's smelling it.

wahahahahaa.....

it was the numerous number of people who stepped on it!!! and gotten urine under their shoes!!! how many chances in life will you step on a pool of urine. dud. i was really laughing hysterically over it.

so next time, look out for isolated mysteriously looking puddle of evaporated water on the ground on NON-RAINY days.

Being stupid all the while, i thought of something which i did back then. some people could have heard it before lah. i was at the men's shoe department. and don't you find the smell of the leather nice?!? i was attracted by the smell of the leather no doubt. hahahaha. and i picked one shoe up and smell-ED it. it was still a few seconds i was enjoying the smell. then my aunt saw what i did... and made me realized, "wa lao....... dunno how many people tried it on with their stinko feet loh."

silly right? guess i cant change the silly habit. what's in me will be in me no matter what.

There's a man standin' on the corner
With a sign sayin' Will Work For Food
You know the man
You see him every mornin'
The one you never give your money to
You can sit there with your window rolled up
Wonderin' when the lights goin' to turn green
Never knowin' what a couple more bucksIn his pocket might mean


(Maybe) (What if) (he's) (she's) an angel sent here from Heaven
And (he's) (she's) makin' certain that you're doin' your best
To take the time to help one another
Brother, are you gonna pass that test
You can go on with your day to day
Tryin' to forget what you saw in (his) (her) face
Knowin' deep down you could have been (his) (her) savin' grace
What if (he's) (she's) an angel

There's a man
And there's a woman
Livin' right above you in Apartment G
There's a lot of noise comin' through the ceilin'
And it don't sound like harmony
You can sit there with your TV turned up
While the words and his anger fly
But come tomorrow when you see her with her shades on
Can you look her in the eye

A little girl on Daddy's lap
Hidin' her disease with a baseball cap
you can turn the channel
Most people do
But what if you were sittin' in her Daddy's shoes

will load the song up soon. it's the one song that describes perfectly well how people live their life. meaningful to me.

what should i write bout?

Van's fish died of Dropsy this morning. Dropsy causes the scales of the beta to be poking out! like an acorn. makes my hair stands upright alright. you can see the how it stands from the sample pics below. GROSS!!!








eeeks. cant stand on another second looking at it. bye