Flash Floods Alert

I woke up in the middle of a storm this morning.
To say I woke up from it is such an understatement. I was jolted awake by it.

All my windows slammed in such great synchrony it's difficult to ignore even at 4.30am, when I'm supposed to be deep in slp. One can only imagine what a fierce gust of wind it had been.

I sat up in bed and tried to peer out the window. It was misted up by the rain that had splattered intently on it. Or was the rain so heavy that the block of flats opposite suddenly appeared so faint and distant?

And yet the lightning was so frequent and sharp, it had the ability to light up the entire sky, creating such a sharp contrast to the rain's effort of forming a mysterious veil.

It's the kind of lightning that has the ability to make even the bravest little girl cry. I hope the timid ones sleep right thru it.

I'm glad that my loved ones are all safely at home with me. I would be how worried if any if them are caught in the storm now... I hope it's peaceful and calm in Bintan, with no storm in sight.

And now I'll gladly return to my dreams. But it wasn't a very sweet one to start with...

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Flashbacks

Pops away at Bintan for company's Sports Cell retreat so I have a full day of rest and me-time today :)))

Slept a whole lot and completed some home projects.

I've been wanting to flip thru all my old mags (from 2009) and rip out all the nice, informative and useful articles for my "inspirational folders".

Finally did it today :)

Spent some time doing a project for work and went blog-hopping after I lost concentration on the work.

Ended up at my old blog.

The past couple of years in uni had been so amazing, I didn't realise till I look back...

I studied a course I'm interested in, I danced and performed for various events and competitions, I wrote tons of reports, did crazy things for presentations, partied and have fun, taught tuition, learnt driving, went for mission trip, had an insightful internship, travelled the world (well, couple of places), met so many awesome ppl, made new friends and started on a lovely relationship :)

While reading my blog posts, I realised I blog alot more when I'm studying for exams. I won't say I miss studying (esp when it comes to studying for EXAMS), but I definitely miss the experiences I had.

I know I did not try everything, grab every opportunity or went all out in what I did. There were regrets and disappointments along the way, but looking back, a college life like this, I really shouldn't complain :)

Tons more photo memories, but I really need to slp.

**And I realise we used to eat BETTER when haven started working... Now we live on the limits of our punnyyy salary -_-

A 3.5 Days Work Week

The thing abt me and being sick, is that I seldom fall sick, but when I do, I take extremely long to recover :(

Doc gave me 2 days MC because I was running a temp when I visited him yesterday.

Gng back to work when u're apparently not well is really not a good idea. While I managed to seat thru the interview, I felt like I'm highly infectious and I'll be extremely guilty if anyone in office fell sick these few days...

So I went home aft the interview.

Thanks to my awesome dad who sent me to work and back w/o a single complaint. And to mummy for cooking chicken macaroni in soup, what better than nice warm home-cooked lunch for a sick sick person :) And to granny for being sooooo swt, keep checking to see if I'm running a fever...

I ate and slept. Thank God for the brilliant weather. It was raining like mad and I got to hide in my blanks aft a warm soupy lunch, how nice :) Wld be nicer if I wasn't sick, of coz.

Told pops that I'll be working OT tmr to clear all the stuff that have piled up over these 2 days. He said he'll be staying back as well and he'll bring me for nice dinner aft wards :) Very swt... but I figured it'll be such a waste coz I can't taste nor smell anything now :(

Still, I look forward to a night out with him, if I'm better tmr... Haven't spent time with him this wk, except for dinner on tues....

Saw the news that Eiffel Tower has been threatened with bomb attacks couple of times. Those evil ppl better not do anything to Effie :(((

** Yearns for a nice traditional English tea :) **

Shower power

I love showers (although I s'times find them cumbersome when I'm in my super lazy mode).

But it always makes me feel so relaxed aft a nice warm shower, especially aft a long day at work.






Another career fair tmr, I better slp!

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Chasing Numbers

I hate numbers.

My maths was horrid, my stats mods were blah.

But as much as I hate them, I've been spending my whole life chasing aft them.

The 1st position in class.

The #1s in competitions.

The band 1s.

The PSLE aggregate.

The A1s.

The L1R5.

The CAP score.

The no. on the weighing scale.

The no. on my paycheck.

The no. of ppl I recruit.

The no. of places I've been to.

The no. on my clock.

Can we ever be free from this number chasing game called "life"?

What numbers have u been chasing?

Busy Day!

Our organisation celebrated it's 18th Bday today and oh yeah it was a big deal!

The celebration started yesterday, but today is where all the exciting things happen :)

In the morning, there were performances by our senior management. They acted, danced, sang and even performed magic tricks. They were SHO CUTE!!

I can imagine the time and effort they put into all the performance and the SACRIFICE! We had ACs acting as fallen trees, DCs acting as magician and school boy, even the commissioner wasn't spared! I wish I was at the auditorium to take photos :P

But it was still nice to watch the 'LIVE' telecast thru the VCL with my colleagues :)

Then there was divisional gathering and award presentation which I had to plan with another colleague and emcee.

The logistics were -_- but the event was quite fun lah... Interesting experience and a good exposure I must say...

Anw, realised I haven't been posting photos for a LONG time, so here are some piccys!

Opening of L&I:

We had to submit home innovations for the innovate@home contest, guess what I submitted?

:D

Divisional Celebration

With CSD:

With HRB:

SUPER tired when I left work today.

Went town to collect pop's trousers and have dinner.

Initial intention was to save money so we went foodcourt to eat.

And we did!

But I end up with 2 shopping bags in my hand when we left for home -_-

1) Bossa + Samba compilation :))))))))) Now I can LOAD my iPod with Bossa tunes! Come to think of it... It's probably the 1st CD I bought since..... 8 years ago.

2) Leather black heels from Zara. Now I can retire my one and only pair of black heels that's comfy and not sky high.

With pretty in-soles too! :)

Off to rip my CDs. :D

Breezy Breezy Night

Emo momo mood today.

Wanted to go jogging, but figured it's too late when I came to the decision.

So I walked home from the stn. Slowly.

Breeze in the face, music in the ears.

The path I used to frequent with my dancing shoes, I now walk with my heels-clad soles.

Those baggy clothes, gave way to the tapered blouse and hip-hugging skirt.

A little earlier than I used to return home aft practices.

A little more lights along the streets.

That aside, same me enjoying the same therapeutic effects of the breeze, the music and the walk in silence.

If you think this post is gng s'whr, well, not really.

I'm just in a reminiscing mood today.

Thinking abt things.

Alot of things.

Random.

Have to remind myself not to get too caught up with life.

Curiosity kills the cat

What's worse than being curious and not having the courage to find out?
Maybe I should stop being so curious abt certain things.

But honestly, I have no idea what to expect - something or nothing.

This is one of those things I'm itching to know, but I can jolly well live in ignorance as well.

Maybe it's my hyper-sensitivity that's picking up signs that probably do not points to anything.

I think.
I should stop thinking.



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Perspective from the Pinnacle.

Spent half the day at Hyatt for a HR Pinnacle.

**I think Boss' presentation was great, although it was 67 slides long**

Coming from a non-HR background, the talks and panel discussions were quite informative for me.

Albeit the short amount of time, I felt that I learnt quite a bit, especially of the different HR practices in various industries and organisations.

Everyone has constraints in terms of the the program and policies implementations.

The large MNCs have their problems with connecting their staff across the globe and ensuring that whatever benchmarks they have for staff in 1 country is equivalent to those in another.

The public sectors may have more rules and regulations to follow (or red tapes, so to speak), which is inevitable because these regulations allow them to function more systematically.

The SMEs may be less financially loaded to provide as comprehensive a benefits system as the bigger co. and may face problem in talent retention.

There are best practices out there that we can learn, but no one has the perfect HR practice.

I believe the staff will always want more and the organisation will always be finding ways to cut costs.

And no co. can adopt another's HR system wholesale because numerous factors (like staff strength, culture, composition, nature, resources, etc) will come into play.

Made some contacts during the pinnacle as well. Quite interesting because several of them are actually fresh grads like us, and we were sharing with each other abt our work culture and our respective HR practices. You know how networking used to be like a thing for the "adults"? Now I really feel like one :X

As suggested by Julie, we also bought Royce for boss to cheer him up :) and me, Gill and Tholmas went for an early chill session at Toms after that :P

BUSY day at work tmr, looking at the number of things I left unchecked on my To-Do list today :( Gng for a talk tmr morng, lunch club aft dat and interview in the aftnn. ARGH~!

Oh well, at least it's TGIF!!! :P

Jesus loves me

"Jesus loves me, this I know.
For the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong.
We are weak but He is strong.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
The Bible tells me so."

No matter how difficult ur situation is, this truth will never change.

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