February 24, 2011

Lesson #1 - Don't assume, ask.

Making unwarranted assumptions can be an extremely dangerous thing to do, especially when it relates to an important decision.

Making the wrong assumptions can cause u anything from inconvenience to disappointment and even regret.

While asking and clarifying may tk up some of your time b4 u start on a task, that 10 mins spent could have saved u from a tricky case of service recovery.

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February 23, 2011

Lesson Logbook

They say success comes from failures.
They missed out an impt point.
Success comes from LEARNING through failures.

While school and curriculums build us up on our technical knowledge, life's lessons are far more abundant and practical.

Everyday we face situations whr we can learn and gain new skills, new knowledge and new realizations. But the other impt component abt learning is remembering and applying.

Sometimes (or most of the time) we tend to get so caught up with what we are doing or need to complete that we only have time to heave a sigh of relief before we move on to the next task. I barely have time for implementations, don't even talk to me abt evaluation!

But if we chug thru life like a train in motion, gng whr the tracks lead us, stopping whr the stations are, we probably can go with the just-do attitude. But if we wanna soar thru life, like a plane in the boundless sky, we'll have to know whr we're heading, chart out our journey, pay attention to the information we are receiving and also feedback promptly when we sense danger. Soaring thru life requires us to participate in it actively and attentively.

And so is learning. To learn from all the impt lessons that life provides, we have to learn actively and be attentive.

I'm gng to start a my Lesson Logbook where I'll jot down lessons which I've learnt thru my job or my everyday life.

Lets see what life teaches me :)





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February 16, 2011

Sweet Love of Mine :)

Was pretty determined that I don't want to celebrate valentines day bcos it's a day which we share with everyone else. I even told pops not to get anything for me coz I'm not giving him anything (read: broke aft the little splurge on his bday prez :X)

But I guess the lovey dovey atmosphere all ard got the better of me :|

So just hours before valentines day, I went on a mad rush to buy sth for him. Popular was packed to the brim -_- thank God not many ppl are into getting electronics for vday present so BEST Denki was pretty empty :)

And aft dat, it's home for craft time!



















My "environmentally-friendly" version of a valentines snow globe!




















Ok, doesn't look like one, but it's the same concept...

And a simple little present :)
(love the wrapping paper!)







My original plan was to sneak up to his desk and place the pressies there early in the morning so when he arrives at work, he will be pleasantly surprised :)))

But I dropped that idea since I doubt I can wk up so early :/

So I changed to a better plan - to pretend I'm not giving him anything but plop the stuff on his table when he has gone for lunch :D


















He removed the sticker on top coz he didn't want to be 'Forever Friends' :P

And when I returned to my desk aft lunch...






Heeeeeeeee






Pops wanted to get 6 red roses (representing him) and 6 purple ones (representing me) but the purple ones were long out of stock :( but it's ok, still pretty :))

I left it in the office coz my was just complaining abt all the dried flowers I have at hm :P






It makes me smile when I see it
:)






Intended to leave on time for dinner but ended up leaving at 7pm -_- which was scary becoz the restaurant will release our seats if we're more than 10mins late. Reservation was at 730pm btw :X

Oh but we made it lah, thanks to Poppy's skillful driving ;)






Korean BBQ for vday dinner, quite original right?! Heheh and so sweet of him to bring me to the place I've been longing to go - Esplanade!












Went for a little walk at my fav place aft dinner :) and caught the performance at the open stage. They were sooooo good I thot it was only 1 guy singing with -1 tracks until I saw a bunch of guys - doing acapella!













So much fond memories :))

Poppy made his confession there, I planted the kiss of acceptance on his cheeks under the fireworks there, we have overnight HTHT over there, we dated there, we went there to welcome the New Year, we celebrated vday 2008 there, we went there the night aft I met his parents... And so many many more lovely moments, I never get sick of recounting them again and again :)
























It was a truly happy valentine's :))

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February 11, 2011

24th Wishlist

Been so busy lately I have to resort to writing my wishlist on the busride to work :X

As the tradition goes (at least for my bday), I'm posting up this wishlist to make present-buying a whole lot easier ;)

I have to make this disclaimer again this year: gifting is NOT obligatory, this list is just for reference!

Ok here goes :)

Scents
- Gucci Guilty






- YSL Parisienne





Timepiece
- Sth with goldtone/ leopard print (subtle pls)






- Michael Kors












- FCUK






- A/X












iPhone 4 Covers
- Agnes B (Gold)






- Marc by Marc Jacobs

Cosmetics
- MAC PowerPoint eye pencil (Duck)





Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On eyeliner (brown or dual)



Techies
- MACbook Pro (teeheehee)




That's abt all I can think of for now!

And of coz, I wish for LOVE JOY PEACE and bountiful BLESSINGS to surround my loved ones always :))

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February 6, 2011

I wish...

That we still have time to sit at Esplanade and talk till midnight.

February 4, 2011

真的,没那么简单

没那麼简单 就能找到 聊得来的伴

尤其是在 看过了那麼多的背叛

总是不安 只好强悍

谁谋杀了我的浪漫

没那麼简单 就能去爱 别的全不看

变得实际 也许好也许坏各一半

不爱孤单 一久也习惯

不用担心谁 也不用被谁管

感觉快乐就忙东忙西

感觉累了就放空自己

别人说的话 随便听一听

自己作决定

不想拥有太多情绪

一杯红酒配电影

在周末晚上 关上了手机 舒服窝在沙发里

相爱没有那麼容易 每个人有他的脾气

过了爱作梦的年纪 轰轰烈烈不如平静

幸福没有那麼容易 才会特别让人著迷

什麼都不懂的年纪

曾经最掏心 所以最开心 曾经

想念最伤心 但却最动心 的记忆

February 2, 2011

The start of Peak Period

The previous week had been a major madness!!

Tuesday - RP career fair
Wednesday - Orientation
Thursday - NUS career fair
Friday - NUS career fair
Saturday - D&D

So everyday im talking and standing and talking and walking. I'm spaced out by 6pm everyday.

RP CAREER FAIR

RP career fair was not too exciting but it's my first time to RP so there's still sth interesting... They have a nice campus and their students are SUPER dressy. SUPER.

ORIENTATION

Orientation was crazy coz me and bud were still preparing for it at 8pm the night b4 and there were sooooo much logistics to take care of!

But facilitating orientation was damn FUN :) thanks to the enthu and sporting crowd :)) Wish we prepared better for it, but I guess they couldn't really tell :P It was nice to catch up with the peeps that I recruited coz I don't get to see much of them after induction the 1st day :(

NUS CAREER FAIR

Then there was NUS career fair.... Man was I excited! I guess every recruiting personnel has to go thru a career fair at one pt or another, esp uni career fairs... Have to say our 'business' was pretty good for both days... Nanny was there and he popped by our booth to say hi but I had completely NO time to talk to him... I almost had a line of ppl waiting to ask abt the jobs available...

Met a number of ppl like juniors, peeps from SDE, Blast ppl, my ex-colleague from my 1st temp job when I was waiting for my O's results, Eunice, JC frens, and most random of all I realised that the lady handling one of our ads account was a BLAST alumni!!! My Gosh!

One impt lesson we learnt, pre-book a cab if u're not driving to a career fair.

We waited for close to an hr for a cab, and took another hr to reach office. The 3 of us we silent in the cab, completely zoned out.

DINNER AND DANCE

Then we had D&D on Sat... 'Cept for the performance which were a little weird (both had to do with UV light/ glowing tops, etc), the whole atmosphere was great :) Most ppl dressed up, and it was very fun! The Snr Management did a runway show whr CIR dressed up as the King and we have Snow White, Shrek and Fiona, Harry Potter, Cinderella, Alice, Willy Wonka, etc etc... They were so awesome! Many of the staff rented costumes and alot of them looked gorgeous :)








And I thot poppy make quite a cute pirate :P He was on stage for one of the Best-dressed candidate :))


Should have taken more photos of work coz nw my post only has D&D photos...

Anw, I'm so glad I've made it thru the week, thank God for every once of energy and strength He had given me :)

These are the times when u look at it initially with doubt and worry, not sure if u can make it thru, but look back at it with great satisfaction that u've made it :)

Looking forward to the CNY break, was supposed to bring some work back but I conveniently forgot my thumbdrive zzz....

Wonders what the new "year" will bring as we have a "new" manager with our team :) I believe God has His plans and all I have to do is trust and obey...

Happy Bunny Year to all!!