M posting this entry as I wait to have dinner w Mangojo & Bro Bear n hopefully 2 surprise guests :P almost 2 hours 2 kill... xians... wanted 2 go home 2 get e car intially coz we were sup 2 meet @ Central but then decided agst it coz 1) I m lazzee, 2) I didn't bring e keys n i dunno which car Dar drove, 3) petrol is ex now coz cant go in2 M'sia 2 pump :p n more imptly 4) i dun wana navigate a manual car goin up the carpark... it can b q scary LOL
Dar n I went for our fittings ystd n we will haf the final one next wk... getting all excited abt e photoshoot. wld hafta meet up w e photographer for a discussion soon. Dar was happy 2 see my gowns; i got 2 see my lovely lovely bridal gown again also my evening gown w all the beads sewn on... muz say it was v nice. Only dat it was a little too tight due 2 all the yummz food we were eating in Bali haha. Hopefully I can lose a bit of wt b4 e photoshoot but no time 2 go gym n swimming leh... haiz.
As for e gd n bad news... bad news is dat I will be transferred to Tiong Bahru Branch next Thurs :( (n i kept thnkin it was Fri haha) but the gd news is dat, it will only be for abt a month or so coz I was successful in my internal job application!!! :) As there is a "policy" of some sort that the staff wld hafta b transferred within 2 mths, the "latest" that I wld hafta there wld b 9th July but they r pushing for an earlier date. Am q happy although it wld mean that I can't go home @ 5pm anymore n I most prob wld hafta work late n it is further fr home so Dar cant give me a lift to n from work but this is what I wanted when I accepted the job n i m glad that I have been successful. It is also an ops job which is q similar to what i haf been doing but might be boring for the first year or so coz i gota help them 2 set up their new system but the head said that I cld ask for a transfer to do another thngs within e dept aft a year so guess it is alrite. Hopefully everythng wld work out nicely :)
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Back fr Bali
*groanz* I wish I didn't hafta come back fr Bali... Was there for about 5 days but it wasn't enuff!!! Technically wasted abt 2 nites coz we arrived on Sunday nite n our flight back on Fri was Fri afternoon; they didn't have any more seats available on the later flight... Enjoyed this trip other than the fight that I didn't get to walk the nite markets/shops enuff n I didn't get to chill out @ the pool/beach so I didn't get a tan but it was def a rather relaxed holiday :)
A recap of wat I did in Bali:
Day 1 - Surfing in e am which was sup 2 b 2 days but I gave up coz i was damn pissed off w e instructor who spoke to me in a condescending tone. *blech* to that a**hole.
- Had lunch @ Warung Maude which is highly recommended by the locals n food was cheap n good!
- Walked ard Kuta area
- Had seafood dinner @ Jimbaran Bay which was yummz but a little ex... but it was worth it coz we had lobster, squid, 2 large pieces of fish n prawns
Day 2 - Whilst Dar frenz went surfing, we went shopping ard Poppies St. Had q a fun time bargaining w them heh
- Lunch @ Kunti... Jap rest which is def THE best. We had a mix of sashimi (21 pieces of 7 varieties) @ only... get this... $7.50!!! Can u beat dat?!?!? N they had v yummz Avocado Juice as well :)
- Massage time... 1 hour of massage followed by body scrub, body polish n milk bath. Q nice n my skin felt so smooth aft dat :)
- Dinner @ Kudeta in Syminak (dunno how 2 spell :P) sup 2 b THE most happening place in Bali now. Pricey food but rather gd view
Day 3 - ATV!!! It was v fun; I rode tendem w Dar and it rained n my feet got all muddy coz it rained but we enjoyed it v much. N as we were driving thru e village, the kids ran out to say hello to us n i actually saw this gal peeing heh. She muz haf been surprised 2 see us drive past. But it was rather not worth it coz the village was v far n so we spent half a day getting there n back.
- Went to factory outlet whr I bought a camo bikini n 3 quart pants n then... we had dinner @ Kunti again! Dar's frenz thot it was v v v worth it as well! The agedashi toufu was also v nice but I didn't eat lah
Day 4 - Half e am was wasted coz I was watching American Idol haha. Dar was v nice abt it but aft bf he was like "u come on hol to watch TV??" Gave up on the results coz I thot it was a 1 hr show... but in e end caught it @ nite :P
- We rented a motorcycle & went to this place called "Sukawati" whr they sold lotsa carved sulptures which were really nice but which we dun need @ the moment. Bought many handicraft bags of various colours & size coz they were damn cheap! @ least e pp here didn't quote as high a px as those in Kuta did.
- Oh yeah muz mention dat alg e way, Dar actually bought car rims!!! He actually spotted e shop on e way 2 ATV n somehow we came across the shop again :) He said it was cheap n the pp there were q nice coz they agreed to send the rims back to the hotel for us (which was abt an hour's drive!!!). N smart sleepy told Dar 2 ask them 2 tie the motorcycle on the van so dat we needn't take the motorcycle back :P (also coz we were also afraid wait they drive off w e rims lah)
- Walked ard some of the surf shops some more then had dinner @ Macaroni Club. Dar is so sweet, he suggested the place coz they sell italian food n he knows I like Pasta :)) q a nice place, food was ok but cheap heh. n the tiramisu was yummz! Wanted to go for foot massage aft dat but they were all closed :(
Day 5 - Went factory outlet again coz I wanted 2 buy board shorts but dun haf :( Went to some other surf shops n all too soon it was time to go back 2 the hotel, pack up n leave Bali liaoz sobz
Dar n I r definitely goin back again esp since Dar loves Bali a lot! N the pp there were really nice, n they dun pester u if u dun buy the stuff. This was 1 trip where Dar also felt it was too short haha! I told him I wana stay in the villa next time n his reply was "Can... we dun go Caribbean lors" :P much as I like Bali... I thnk i will still aim for Caribbean :)
PS: no pics in this post coz they r all on Dar's comp... will post them up soon
A recap of wat I did in Bali:
Day 1 - Surfing in e am which was sup 2 b 2 days but I gave up coz i was damn pissed off w e instructor who spoke to me in a condescending tone. *blech* to that a**hole.
- Had lunch @ Warung Maude which is highly recommended by the locals n food was cheap n good!
- Walked ard Kuta area
- Had seafood dinner @ Jimbaran Bay which was yummz but a little ex... but it was worth it coz we had lobster, squid, 2 large pieces of fish n prawns
Day 2 - Whilst Dar frenz went surfing, we went shopping ard Poppies St. Had q a fun time bargaining w them heh
- Lunch @ Kunti... Jap rest which is def THE best. We had a mix of sashimi (21 pieces of 7 varieties) @ only... get this... $7.50!!! Can u beat dat?!?!? N they had v yummz Avocado Juice as well :)
- Massage time... 1 hour of massage followed by body scrub, body polish n milk bath. Q nice n my skin felt so smooth aft dat :)
- Dinner @ Kudeta in Syminak (dunno how 2 spell :P) sup 2 b THE most happening place in Bali now. Pricey food but rather gd view
Day 3 - ATV!!! It was v fun; I rode tendem w Dar and it rained n my feet got all muddy coz it rained but we enjoyed it v much. N as we were driving thru e village, the kids ran out to say hello to us n i actually saw this gal peeing heh. She muz haf been surprised 2 see us drive past. But it was rather not worth it coz the village was v far n so we spent half a day getting there n back.
- Went to factory outlet whr I bought a camo bikini n 3 quart pants n then... we had dinner @ Kunti again! Dar's frenz thot it was v v v worth it as well! The agedashi toufu was also v nice but I didn't eat lah
Day 4 - Half e am was wasted coz I was watching American Idol haha. Dar was v nice abt it but aft bf he was like "u come on hol to watch TV??" Gave up on the results coz I thot it was a 1 hr show... but in e end caught it @ nite :P
- We rented a motorcycle & went to this place called "Sukawati" whr they sold lotsa carved sulptures which were really nice but which we dun need @ the moment. Bought many handicraft bags of various colours & size coz they were damn cheap! @ least e pp here didn't quote as high a px as those in Kuta did.
- Oh yeah muz mention dat alg e way, Dar actually bought car rims!!! He actually spotted e shop on e way 2 ATV n somehow we came across the shop again :) He said it was cheap n the pp there were q nice coz they agreed to send the rims back to the hotel for us (which was abt an hour's drive!!!). N smart sleepy told Dar 2 ask them 2 tie the motorcycle on the van so dat we needn't take the motorcycle back :P (also coz we were also afraid wait they drive off w e rims lah)
- Walked ard some of the surf shops some more then had dinner @ Macaroni Club. Dar is so sweet, he suggested the place coz they sell italian food n he knows I like Pasta :)) q a nice place, food was ok but cheap heh. n the tiramisu was yummz! Wanted to go for foot massage aft dat but they were all closed :(
Day 5 - Went factory outlet again coz I wanted 2 buy board shorts but dun haf :( Went to some other surf shops n all too soon it was time to go back 2 the hotel, pack up n leave Bali liaoz sobz
Dar n I r definitely goin back again esp since Dar loves Bali a lot! N the pp there were really nice, n they dun pester u if u dun buy the stuff. This was 1 trip where Dar also felt it was too short haha! I told him I wana stay in the villa next time n his reply was "Can... we dun go Caribbean lors" :P much as I like Bali... I thnk i will still aim for Caribbean :)
PS: no pics in this post coz they r all on Dar's comp... will post them up soon
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
1st day of block leave
Well, technically I'm on off today; block leave starts tomorrow till next Fri :) Wanted to do my photoshoot this week before goin to Bali next week to relax but Tucky's not free this week so gota postpone till June. Then intially Dar wanted to go to Indonesia to look @ some boats but my cousin didn't reply our email and we didn't want it to be a wasted trip so decided not to go but instead hopefully spend some time this week settling some wedding stuff.
Was kinda bombarded by phonecalls from office tdy; actually was contemplating whether to cancel my off today coz they were actually short of staff but wanted to acc Dar to the eye Dr so decided to heck it. First call fr office came in the am to call some HR gal then subsequently had another 2 calls wrt 2 a cx and also coz they didn't really know how to do e inventory to the staff. Sometimes I really thnk the call centre service sucks big time and I dunno if it is coz of the foreign "talent" they employ and to thnk they juz won some award... GEEZ! Wat hap was that this cx actually came to the branch 3 times to try to find out why there was a transaction which he claimed he didn't do. When he came the 2nd time, the retail side of the call centre actually called him to do some verification and told him that they would get back to him but they didn't. Partly my fault as well coz I didn't follow up w call centre. Cx came again on Mon and I asked call centre to help but they needed verification so I asked them to call cx. (n then e spastic thng is dat, retail side wldn't call the cx so cx wld ultimately have to call retail side... sounds confusing rites?) So the gal called e cx but cldn't contact cx n left a msg w the cx to call back call centre. I told e gal 2 keep tryin 2 call the cx coz he was already an unhappy cx but she insisted that they haf left a msg and didn't want any call back. Well, I managed to contact the cx ystd n told him 2 call the call centre 2 lk 4 dat gal but guess what, apparantly he did call the call centre, but cldn't get thru n so left a msg to be called back but NO ONE CALLED HIM BACK!!! so back he went 2 e branch again tdy n he was fuming!!! That's why my colleague had 2 call me since I was the one liasing for cx. V bad service isn't it? I wldn't b surprised if the matter is still not resolved coz somehow 1 side can see the transaction n the other side cant so I also won't b suprised if he complained n actually I hope that he WOULD call complain haha. N there was this other time when I called wrt some other cx transaction the gal totally didn't understand what I was toking abt even aft explaining like 5 times which got me so irritated that I juz hung up the phone on her :P
That aside, I q enjoyed myself tdy, spending it w Dar :) we ran some errands, had lunch @ Old Airport Mkt whr I had yummy n cheap spaghetti n we went to watch Ironman. It was indeed q good!!! Well worth my $12! Being the cheapo that I was, wanted to use my smart$ to change for the tickets but was told that I cld only use it to the tickets that had free listing. But in any case had a discount w the Cr card so juz as well. Dar enjoyed the show as well coz he found it q realistic :) n watching it on a wkday afternoon meant that there weren't too many pp as well. n it's been a really lg time since we have watched a show in the cinema... since we r always watching dvds instead.
For the remaining days, gotta get all the timings/dates for the wedding customaries (coz the dates they gave us were all in the lunar 7th mth n Dar wasn't v comfy), Dar 2 do his fitting n finalise his guest list n hopefully for him to do his fitting. Oh n 2 finalise the videographer which I have been procrastinating like forever!!! Hope everything works out coz the date is drawing nearer n nearer...
Was kinda bombarded by phonecalls from office tdy; actually was contemplating whether to cancel my off today coz they were actually short of staff but wanted to acc Dar to the eye Dr so decided to heck it. First call fr office came in the am to call some HR gal then subsequently had another 2 calls wrt 2 a cx and also coz they didn't really know how to do e inventory to the staff. Sometimes I really thnk the call centre service sucks big time and I dunno if it is coz of the foreign "talent" they employ and to thnk they juz won some award... GEEZ! Wat hap was that this cx actually came to the branch 3 times to try to find out why there was a transaction which he claimed he didn't do. When he came the 2nd time, the retail side of the call centre actually called him to do some verification and told him that they would get back to him but they didn't. Partly my fault as well coz I didn't follow up w call centre. Cx came again on Mon and I asked call centre to help but they needed verification so I asked them to call cx. (n then e spastic thng is dat, retail side wldn't call the cx so cx wld ultimately have to call retail side... sounds confusing rites?) So the gal called e cx but cldn't contact cx n left a msg w the cx to call back call centre. I told e gal 2 keep tryin 2 call the cx coz he was already an unhappy cx but she insisted that they haf left a msg and didn't want any call back. Well, I managed to contact the cx ystd n told him 2 call the call centre 2 lk 4 dat gal but guess what, apparantly he did call the call centre, but cldn't get thru n so left a msg to be called back but NO ONE CALLED HIM BACK!!! so back he went 2 e branch again tdy n he was fuming!!! That's why my colleague had 2 call me since I was the one liasing for cx. V bad service isn't it? I wldn't b surprised if the matter is still not resolved coz somehow 1 side can see the transaction n the other side cant so I also won't b suprised if he complained n actually I hope that he WOULD call complain haha. N there was this other time when I called wrt some other cx transaction the gal totally didn't understand what I was toking abt even aft explaining like 5 times which got me so irritated that I juz hung up the phone on her :P
That aside, I q enjoyed myself tdy, spending it w Dar :) we ran some errands, had lunch @ Old Airport Mkt whr I had yummy n cheap spaghetti n we went to watch Ironman. It was indeed q good!!! Well worth my $12! Being the cheapo that I was, wanted to use my smart$ to change for the tickets but was told that I cld only use it to the tickets that had free listing. But in any case had a discount w the Cr card so juz as well. Dar enjoyed the show as well coz he found it q realistic :) n watching it on a wkday afternoon meant that there weren't too many pp as well. n it's been a really lg time since we have watched a show in the cinema... since we r always watching dvds instead.
For the remaining days, gotta get all the timings/dates for the wedding customaries (coz the dates they gave us were all in the lunar 7th mth n Dar wasn't v comfy), Dar 2 do his fitting n finalise his guest list n hopefully for him to do his fitting. Oh n 2 finalise the videographer which I have been procrastinating like forever!!! Hope everything works out coz the date is drawing nearer n nearer...
Sunday, May 04, 2008
Sore Neck
sLeePy woke up w a sore neck ystd am n it was sooooooo bad I cld hardly turn my neck sob sob! It muz have been my sleeping position coz I always like to curl up to sleep or maybe it is the many hours spent in front of the comp heh :P
Had a free facial session ystd n actually had a choice to change to massage instead but decided to go ahead w the facial coz I juz went for massage 2 weeks ago n was hoping that the facial came w a shoulder massage n it did!!! :) well it did help aft the gal massaged for me but aft the facial I still felt a little sore and thus asked if I cld do a shoulder massage. Instead, the gal brought me to this machine that was sup 2 help put out e kinks n it did help... a bit lah :P
Met Dar in e evening n my complaints were endless haha! He tried to knead for me but it was still sore so we decided to buy the Yoko Yoko to rub. But i had open skin on my shoulder n it was damn painful when it seeped in... aftwhich Dar was v careful not to apply on the skin where it is open... so sweet hor him :) It is still sore now but is much beta... guess if worse comes to worse, I'll go n see this chinese dr my fren recommended.
Anyways... shd b hafing loads of gd rest aft tmr coz exams are over!!! Yipee!!! I thnk I m happier than my kids hee! :) n m looking forward to my block leave as well!
Had a free facial session ystd n actually had a choice to change to massage instead but decided to go ahead w the facial coz I juz went for massage 2 weeks ago n was hoping that the facial came w a shoulder massage n it did!!! :) well it did help aft the gal massaged for me but aft the facial I still felt a little sore and thus asked if I cld do a shoulder massage. Instead, the gal brought me to this machine that was sup 2 help put out e kinks n it did help... a bit lah :P
Met Dar in e evening n my complaints were endless haha! He tried to knead for me but it was still sore so we decided to buy the Yoko Yoko to rub. But i had open skin on my shoulder n it was damn painful when it seeped in... aftwhich Dar was v careful not to apply on the skin where it is open... so sweet hor him :) It is still sore now but is much beta... guess if worse comes to worse, I'll go n see this chinese dr my fren recommended.
Anyways... shd b hafing loads of gd rest aft tmr coz exams are over!!! Yipee!!! I thnk I m happier than my kids hee! :) n m looking forward to my block leave as well!
I dun wanna go...
It's the worst piece of news that I can ever receive; THEY R GOIN TO TRANSFER ME TO ANOTHER BRANCH!!! My boss told me once she got the news (which was abt 2 weeks ago so it goes to show how long I have been in denial!). And the branch that I will be posted to is... *drumroll* TIONG BAHRU Branch!!! Not only is it an extremely busy branch; it is also an extended hours branch which means the branch is open till 4 on Sat! Well that means that I will have an off day everyweek which Dar feels is gd, well in a way it is gd but i juz dun wana go there.
Although I heard that it is not as bz as last time, & the manager n deputy manager there are v gd, it is nonetheless a heartland branch where queues are formed even before the opening hours & many pp will come and ask what hap to their FD and blah. Fair enuff, I dun thnk it is as bad as Orchard branch where some of the cx can be v demanding but still...!!! Some more there is no pantry in the office, the office space is q cramped and e officers there are umm... kinda slow (I know coz I went there 2 relief b4) n the toilet is outside n apparantly it is v dirty! Haiz... n there's no more lib for me 2 go to during my lunch hee. Dar was asking how come I am being posted over since I will still be essentially doing the same thing when I m there; well they say it is staff development coz TB, being a much bzier much, chances are I will encounter more "variety" of issues and thus will learn more.
My staff r kinda sad that I m leaving too n I know dat I will definitely miss them coz here I know who I can turn to if I need help but there I wld hafta find out all over again. Of coz I wldn't be as free also when I m there and it is also further fr my hse... but oh well wat to do? Was debating whether to ask for "deferment" till aft my wedding but I dun thnk my boss will help; I did try 2 ask her if I cld go NOT go over but she said unless there's a v gd reason. sighz... guess I will hafta accept my fate n find a job aft the honeymoon which was my actual plan as well. But then mkt doesn't seem 2 b v gd n Dar was saying if I change jobs I may get retrenched... then how now brown cow leh???
Although I heard that it is not as bz as last time, & the manager n deputy manager there are v gd, it is nonetheless a heartland branch where queues are formed even before the opening hours & many pp will come and ask what hap to their FD and blah. Fair enuff, I dun thnk it is as bad as Orchard branch where some of the cx can be v demanding but still...!!! Some more there is no pantry in the office, the office space is q cramped and e officers there are umm... kinda slow (I know coz I went there 2 relief b4) n the toilet is outside n apparantly it is v dirty! Haiz... n there's no more lib for me 2 go to during my lunch hee. Dar was asking how come I am being posted over since I will still be essentially doing the same thing when I m there; well they say it is staff development coz TB, being a much bzier much, chances are I will encounter more "variety" of issues and thus will learn more.
My staff r kinda sad that I m leaving too n I know dat I will definitely miss them coz here I know who I can turn to if I need help but there I wld hafta find out all over again. Of coz I wldn't be as free also when I m there and it is also further fr my hse... but oh well wat to do? Was debating whether to ask for "deferment" till aft my wedding but I dun thnk my boss will help; I did try 2 ask her if I cld go NOT go over but she said unless there's a v gd reason. sighz... guess I will hafta accept my fate n find a job aft the honeymoon which was my actual plan as well. But then mkt doesn't seem 2 b v gd n Dar was saying if I change jobs I may get retrenched... then how now brown cow leh???
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