Have a safe trip ERNS~!

Ern left for japan today. She must be one happy girl. And i felt kinda bad that i reached qte late, so i didnt really get to say much to her. Now it just struck me that I'm going to miss her loads while she's there. But I'm sure she will enjoy herself a lot there. After all, it's Japan. I mean, how boring can that place be? Jap food is one of the best in the world, and the men too (or so people and ern or egg would claim. but gimme a korean anytime).

Had a 2h lunch break today with monica. was feeling quite guilty but i'm really too tired now to really care. waking up at 5.30am is no joke -_-" my office just had a blackout. and too bad it didnt last long enough for me to take a nap :x

I'm dying to go for a movie. In fact, there is this particular movie that I would like to catch- Ninja Turtles. I miss my childhood. and this means Poor Stef probably has to go with me if no one does. HEH. now this shows just how wide my social dot is (:

I might be meeting up with DJ on Sunday, when she is finally back from China. I hope she gets me some Fahrenheit stuff (: (though i doubt so) And prisc on sat to return her HanaKimi, plus there is SnR outing on Sat. I hope it will turn out well with more people coming =D I miss them so much!! Weekends are so much fun, and I am really glad that this week is ending soon (:

On a side note, I had recently just decided that I'm going to marry a lawyer cos they can be so darn charming. It doesnt matter if they are old ugly or fat, but the moment they speak, i swear they can sweep me off my feet. I can just imagine your ugly cringing face as I say this. HAH.


EMAIL ME OFTEN ERNS. I'M GOING TO MISS YOU SO MUCH!!

My b'day(s) sucked. I'm anal and sore about it, but i cant really be bothered till today to actually complain about it. I think the best thing about my b'day was that I actually had one to look forward to, though there was nothing special about it anw. I had 2 lessons in the morning, and one of them irritated the hell out of me by dragging for another half hour (or more). I was trying hard not to fall asleep for the other one. Went our for dinner with my family after that, though it wasnt one of the best dinner I had, in fact I would think it to be almost equivalent to the daily solo lunches I have at Raffles Place. I couldnt be bothered to buy a cake (i didnt feel like blowing candles or wasting money to get it), the food at swensen's was ok but not fantastic, not that I liked western food and not that they knew i dont. Forgot to bring my wallet out so i couldnt buy myself a present. B'days are nothing special since i couldnt break my 11 o clock bedtime curfew anw.
In fact, I hated every single minute of it, it was just another sickening sunday which reminded me that I'm old. Monday was technically my Chinese B'day, and it sucked more. My mum ranted at my to let my brother use the computer (with the printer) cos all his documents were in there. Like mine werent, and like I didnt need the printer while he did.

I think I'm a temperamental asshole. Unfortunately at this very moment, I just feel like being one.
Life is just a chore now.

Got this off ern's blog. According to her, your blood type determines your personality.

Type B
Best Traits: Creative, passionate, animal loving, optimistic, flexible and individualistic.
Worst Traits: Forgetful, irresponsible, and self-centered.

Then I'm sure that there was some mix-up in my medical report, I'm not creative (though my horoscope insists that I am as well) and I dont fancy animals. Using Ern's scale of determining personality, I can just as well be Type Z. My blood type dont exist.
Well, I remember someone telling me, "Everyone's Unique." So which school of thought makes sense?



Can this week just end?

I just want it to pass,
damnit.

The Prodigal's Daughter

I'm just waiting to go home now. As usual i havent been doing much at the office, i sincerely hope they dont find me too much of a nuisance although they are terribly nice. We celebrated Shannon's (alawyer at the firm) b'day today at some japanese ramen place and the food there was really quite fantastic (: They got her cake from fullerton as well and it was really quite good though I'm personally not a great fan of chocolate. But still roche-flavoured chocolate cake can be irrestible (to choc-lover freaks), I guess i probably prefer ice-cream cake anytime. I think ice-cream beats any kind of food hands down. It's a sin to hate ice-cream and the greatest sorrow if you are allergic to it. I am not surprised to learn that my parents dated at swensen's.

Looking forward to my b'day, although i feel that now school has stopped and I'm not doing anything substantial, life has lost its meaning. I'm just plain bored, bored of how my life is progressing at the moment. And yet simultaneously very tired since I reach home qte late daily due to tuition. I'm secretly glad that tuition today has been cancelled. (: I know the centre principal is pissed (cos the students have yet to pay), but after 2 days of self- declared leave, I'm feeling slack and lethargic. I'm looking fwd to the coming of the nxt month when I would be able to do the things I would really like to.

Managed to complete "The Prodigal Daughter" by Jeffery Archer. I just love his "kane and abel" series although it isnt fantastic, or in fact, some people might consider it cliched and trashy. But darn it, I plan to finish reading his works by this hols. I started in sec sch and havent really had time till now to read so much. After all, it's always better to read trashy novels than play neopets at the office.

I've decided it's time to leave office (: try to stay ard long enough alr!

B O R E D O M

I'm super bored at the office cos there is nothing for me to do today. I feel awkward sitting here waiting for the day to end and playing neopets when the rest of the people are working hard. HMMs. and erns is busy today so there is no one to web-sms me and keep me entertained.

Meeting Feng for dinner tmr and tuition after that at clementi cos i clean forgotten about tuition last night. i suspect im going to get fired soon -_-" god bless. and today im going to break the news to him today to change time for lesson nxt week again cos ive dinner (for my b'day) in the evening. i really hope he agrees (:

Went to NUS open house with Stef ytd, and i ended up just collecting freebies and signing up for camps. Stef and I has decided that we are going to go for whatever camps that we can, as long as it doesnt clash with anything else. How enthu ehs? (: but thats cos both of us (though she might possibly receive a job offer) have nothing much to do during that period of time anyway. i'm trying to find some time to pick up sailing but it seems that all the lessons are on weekends and i probably cant make it (since i am a responsible person and would not forgo my tuition for it). Hope that PA would offer courses on weekdays! I really can't wait for April to come. I'm sure it would be a better month, I'm already planning to take up Hartha Yoga as well~! And maybe go for 1-star kayaking course.

I've officially decided not to heed my dad's advice and just anyhow apply for courses as backup (not that i dont have back-ups already). Prob only going to apply for medicine, and that means that i would have to start doing my personal statement and stuff soon :x GARR, i'm procrastinating and dreading every moment of uni application. (and the interviews more -_-")

About 20 more mins before i can try to leave the office discretely. Should i just excuse myself from work altogether tmr? Sounds like an extremely appealing idea doesnt it? (: Not that anyone would know, and even if they do, they wouldnt really care would they? I am a liability here.

Peishan's B'day Wish List

Birthday Wish List~!
(this is to remind you guys out there that my b'day is coming -on sun 18th march!- and a not-too-subtle hint on what's gd to get for me)

1. Bag (that i can carry to work)
2. POT Book 30.5
3. Fitness Hula Hoop
4. Kino Voucher/ Shopping Voucher
5. Nike Bottle (green)
6. Gym Membership/ Personal Trainer/ Weight Loss Programme/ Treadmill
7. Cute Boyfriend

this is all i can think of as of now ... though i'm sure that there are many things that i want and need (such as clothes and shoes) but its just too difficult for people to buy it for me. Oh yes,I need concealer for my eyebags as well. darn it.

A satisfying Day.

Finally finished my work for today, feeling proud of myself cos i'm not cross-eyed yet. Still have tuition and feeling quite sian-ned that i have to go down all the way to bukit panjang. At least it's only 1.5h, and it ends at about dinner time. Shall call home to have dinner kept for me.

Met Kaix for lunch at raffles place and saw Kayleigh with her group of friends at the hwker centre too (: she was saying that i should be secretly glad that i have work to do since krit goes to her law firm to prepare her tuition stuff. HMMs, i guess work is a blessing in disguise. At least time will pass more quickly in this manner. Trying to find a day next week to take leave, cos i sacrificed my today to complete work. Really need to put in some effort to do uni applications and stuff.


About 20mins more to self-dismissal. Wondering what I should have for dinner (: YAY.

Check out Erns' blog (enhui.livejournal.com) for the hottest pic of Joonie. He looks so darn good in there. (complete with black specs and hair and sexy earrings)

Slow Down Culture .. what absurdity!

I don't usually have the habit of reading chain mails but since today my boss is currently not in the office and I don't have much to do, i figured I can spare some time to read junk mail.
Chernwei sent me this msg that is really quite interesting:

Something we could use at work and at home.

An interesting reflection : Slow Down Culture

It's been 18 years since I joined Volvo, a Swedish company. Working for
them has proven to be an interesting experience. Any project here takes 2
years to be finalized, even if the idea is simple and brilliant. It's a
rule.

Globalize processes have caused in us (all over the world) a general sense
of searching for immediate results. Therefore, we have come to posses a
need to see immediate results. This contrasts greatly with the slow
movements of the Swedish. They, on the other hand, debate, debate, debate,
hold x quantity of meetings and work with a slowdown scheme. At the end,
this always yields better results.

Said in another words:
1. Sweden is about the size of San Pablo, a state in Brazil.
2. Sweden has 2 million inhabitants.
3. Stockholm, has 500,000 people.
4. Volvo, Escania, Ericsson, Electrolux, Nokia are some of its renowned
companies. Volvo supplies the NASA.

The first time I was in Sweden, one of my colleagues picked me up at the
hotel every morning. It was September, bit cold and snowy. We would arrive
early at the company and he would park far away from the entrance (2000
employees drive their car to work). The first day, I didn't say anything,
either the second or third. One morning I asked, "Do you have a fixed
parking space? I've noticed we park far from the entrance even when there
are no other cars in the lot." To which he replied, "Since we're here
early we'll have time to walk, and whoever gets in late will be late and
need a place closer to the door. Don't you think? Imagine my face.

Nowadays, there's a movement in Europe name Slow Food. This movement
establishes that people should eat and drink slowly, with enough time to
taste their food, spend time with the family, friends, without rushing.
Slow Food is against its counterpart: the spirit of Fast Food and what it
stands for as a lifestyle. Slow Food is the basis for a bigger movement
called Slow Europe, as mentioned by Business Week.

Basically, the movement questions the sense of "hurry" and "craziness"
generated by globalization, fueled by the desire of "having in quantity"
(life status) versus "having with quality", "life quality" or the "quality
of being". French people, even though they work 35 hours per week, are
more productive than Americans or British. Germans have established 28.8
hour workweeks and have seen their productivity been driven up by 20%.
This slow attitude has brought forth the US's attention, pupils of the
fast and the "do it now!".

This no-rush attitude doesn't represent doing less or having a lower
productivity. It means working and doing things with greater quality,
productivity, perfection, with attention to detail and less stress. It
means reestablishing family values, friends, free and leisure time. Taking
the "now", present and concrete, versus the "global", undefined and
anonymous. It means taking humans' essential values, the simplicity of
living.

It stands for a less coercive work environment, more happy, lighter and
more productive where humans enjoy doing what they know best how to do.
It's time to stop and think on how companies need to develop serious
quality with no-rush that will increase productivity and the quality of
products and services, without losing the essence of spirit.

In the movie, Scent of a Woman, there's a scene where Al Pacino asks a
girl to dance and she replies, "I can't, my boyfriend will be here any
minute now". To which Al responds, "A life is lived in an instant". Then
they dance to a tango.

Many of us live our lives running behind time, but we only reach it when
we die of a heart attack or in a car accident rushing to be on time.
Others are so anxious of living the future that they forget to live the
present, which is the only time that truly exists. We all have equal time
throughout the world. No one has more or less. The difference lies in how
each one of us does with our time. We need to live each moment. As John
Lennon said, "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other
plans".

Congratulations for reading till the end of this message. There are many
who will have stopped in the middle so as not to waste time in this
globalized world.

It wasn't really the idea about slowing down our pace of life that fascinated me but the fact that the swedish (POV: According to WIKI, Nokia is from Finland.) are able to be as successful as the prose claimed when most of them adopts a slack (by our stds) attitude in life. But does that really mean that if we were to all start slowing down, our economy would pick up instead? I really doubt so. After all, i think their success compared to us (singaporeans) can be attributed to the fact that they are more creative, and more in them to be venturous and daring and bold in their plans. Not because they adopt a slow pace of life. And i wonder, given their slow pace of life, are their divorce rates really lower than us since they have more time for the family, kids and friends and whatnot? (POV: According to stats, Sweden has a relatively high divorce rate, above countries such as Germany, Spain, Japan).

I think I have become cynical after coming to a law firm.
The mail sounds absolutely absurd to me.


I'm sleepy and nodding off in office.
and only looking fwd to lunch.

APPEAL FOR SAILING BUDDIES!

Here I am appealing for people out there who are interested in sailing to drop me a msg (: I;m trying to get enough people so that i can start sailing in april on WEEKDAY mornings and noon (cos i cant make it for weekends and most of the courses they are organising fall on weekends).

Time and day is rather flexible and i need at least 3 more other people to join me (: Please do help me spread the msg around cos i dont mind starting class with anyone if they are able to make it on weekday mornings (i understand that many people have work commitments), and preferably i can find buddies by April.

Feel free to drop me a msg for details~!

Indo Earthquake!

Today is technically the day when I should join the mad scramble for application at NUS and other UNIs. Unfortunately, I'm suffering from inertia, and am still currently doing nothing about it. But at least I have 2 weeks to go about fretting about such stuff and my boss says its perfectly okay to take time off to go settle my personal stuff during this period of time. (: how nice ehs?
Not that i really need the time since I'm not applying for scholarships of any kind. Wonder if there are bond-less partial grants out there that is available for any course of my choice overseas? That would be perfect!

Met Ahgake for lunch at raffles place ytd, and we sat by Singapore River having Mac's, cos the food was easy to take away and relatively more uncrowded than the rest of the other food places.
Went back to work late after a super heavy lunch, and was the eventually evacuated from the building cos of the Indo Earthquake. So decided to meet up with Ahgake after that to go shopping in City Hall. How well-informed we are about the safety precautions to take during an impending natural disaster -_-" but i wasnt the only one who was so nonchalant cos i did see alot of office girls grabbing the chance for early day off to do some shopping as well. But honestly, i hope that the condition in Indo wont be that bad. I send my condolences to the family and friends of the casualties.
Today is almost like work back to normal in Shenton Way, but I wonder how is it like in Indo? :(
Erns ytd was complaining that she didnt get evacuated cos she wanted to be off from work early. She's sucha a bum, even though i admit that i was secretly glad i could leave early. Cos i was feeling kinda guilty for neopeting and instant emailing people in the office already. And my workstation isnt exactly at the most secluded of places.


Kind of finished scanning the documents that I was supposed to read, and still wondering if I should take out my story bk to entertain myself meanwhile. But its kinda rude ehs? GARR, bored.
Hope that PKX can join me for lunch later cos its really boring to have to lunch alone. Self- entertainment can be exhausting.
Might be meeting erns and juan for dinner later at clementi before tuition.

I'm dead broke now and it sucks, cos ytd I had less than 2bucks in my wallet and my student's mum asked me to cab down to her house and she paid for my fare. DAMN it. I have to admit sometimes i get irritated at my mum for not giving me allowance and insisting that I save every single cent of my income. garr. and i wish my previous employer (aka uncle) would pay me soon.

Singapore River is actually pretty Romantic!

YAY, managed to find someone to lunch with me later by Singapore River (: Feeling quite smug now cos i realised that Ahgake was actually online at 9plus last night meaning that she was no longer working and hence available for lunch! That will definitely make me look less sad >_< though to be honest I'm not really that particular about lunching alone because i actually quite like the quiet time alone to daydream and stuff (and i end up smiling disturbingly to myself at times). I just made ahgake bring along a cam so that i can take pic of the river and fullerton hotel (i intend to get married there in future).

Neopets in my office is loading very slowly and I'm feeling even more guilty than ever that everyone knows that I'm slacking but they arent saying anything about it. And now i cant bring myself to tell my boss that i want to quit cos both of them are so nice. Though one of them was quite amusing today, he keep encouraging me to pursue medicine even though I'm interning at a law firm -_-" But still i wonder if he can read my mind, or have i made it a tad bit obvious that I'm not too into law? But of course, I'm still going to apply for both courses and see how things go. And that also means that I have to decide if im doing Uni in Sgp or UK. But fortunately, im not applying for any scholarship which essentially frees me a lot of time. Good luck to those who are applying for scholarships!

I swear Babe is on her way to Oxford to study that wierd math thingy of hers, and i can see her in 10 years time with a even thicker specs than she already has and speaking gibberish to a group of students with just as think (and huge) specs and scribbling odd symbols wildly on the board. HMMs, interesting eh? (: That disgusting girl has a more than perfect score. Someone out there slap her please.

Realised that it's still possible to apply for UK unis at this pt of time, and wonder if it is still possible for US? But of course, i wouldnt be doing so anyway. I am still currently basking in extreme disbelief. That I have miraculously escaped from having to deal with horrendous grades. And I personally feel DJ has more reasons for celebration than me since she has a scholarship and can go overseas fully funded and she has been slacking all these while with grades like FOFF and no CCA. Life can really be unfair, but it doesnt matter if it is doing wonders to me and my friends (: I welcome it always. Miracles, i call them.

Erns is contemplating on whether she should blog about Utada who has recently divorced her hubby (who is 15yrs older than her, a wider age gap than me and Chun). And i dont see whats so interesting about it cos it was pretty much very expected the day she got married? It's really about like Britney and Kevin Federline, the latter who's main flaws are that he is a backboneless talentless chap. And her being too impulsive when she jumped into that rlnship after getting dumped by Timberlake.

I'm feeling super hungry and its only 10.30am. I'm a goner larhs, maybe I should turn to Marie France Bodyline or Cenosis the next time i get my Paycheck, which is really quite soon! I wonder what my mum will think of it.

I'm currently crossing my fingers and hoping that my obsession with Fahrenheit will end soon, I'm actually contemplating on whether I should buy their xie zhens. Erns suggested i get the msian vers. Too Bad I havent gone there for ages, and my mum is paranoid about me getting robbed on my way there. Maybe its time to drop Hing a line to see if he is there? (: hehe, the power of networking!

Okay, shall go reply Erns on email now. BABE email me too! Instant emailing can be quite fun. Talk about creativity when it comes to avoiding webfilters. HEH.

Thank God for My Result Slip!

At "work"/"internship" now, though I'm obviously blatantly slacking cos there really isnt much for me to do except to read the appeallant case which is unfortunately boring me.
Had lunch alone, cos my boss isnt around to treat me today and orientation at the office lasted only for 1 day, so i'm pretty much on my own now. Decided to get NewPaper so that I would not look so awkward at Mac's (the hawker centre was clogged up with people and somehow in this part of town people use tisse packets to reserve seats.) Planning to find some excuse to quit my current internship soon, though i'm feeling abit guilty about it. The only problem being that I know this career is not for me and I am currently dreading every single minute. GARR.


Updates since release of grades: I did relatively well (: (perfect score!). I went hysterical the moment i got my grades, i was hugging Mrs Lee and shaking stunned people around me wildly (completely forgetting about upkeeping my glamourous image). And i honestly think that it's such a miracle that i did this well considering how much i studied in JC (and the amt of effort i put in during A's). DJ's the other miracle cos she managed to attain 3As as well, meaning she can continue staying in that sweaty wierd camp of her's and face the threat of getting blown up by a grenade (woohoo!). Congrats to the Loser Clique (who all did miraculously well, considering how mugger-ish we are), Monica Chong who still dare tell me the night before her A's were screwed when she got 8Ds, Stef Ko the all-rounder who is not fat and the 4 disgusting fac heads (esp jR) who obviously didnt mug as much as the rest of the 4As scholars in school but got the same grades anw. CONGRATULATIONS to all who did well!!
(yrmates, do did u people do? (: Fantabulastic i bet?)

Bought Fahrenheit's CD-DVD to reward myself for A's (and also cos i was feeling miserable that I had tuition after getting back results when i should be celebrating). I HAVE to curb my unexplained obsession with Fahrenheit. I have been spending days on end watching their clips on youtube, buying all mags with them (this week YOU weekly has them on coverpage!), and listening to their album everytime I'm in my room. This is scarily nutty!

Had family photo taking yesterday, it was quite fun, seeing everyone pose and dress up and make up. Though i didnt get to take many photos (not that i really minded) cos my grandparents took alot and so did my youngest aunt family. Looking fwd to seeing how it turns out! (: (hopefully my braces would get adobe photoshopped away.. hehe)

Ok, back to reading law-y stuff (:

First day at the Law Firm!

Sneaking a break just after lunch, cos im feeling a little bloated and too full and lazy. Actually I just feel like napping (:

Spent the morning reading a particular judgement concerning an insurance case. Rather technical but on my 2nd read, I'm starting to understand it better, and of course thanks to my mentor who had explained the whole thing to me in layman's terms prior to this.

I was treated to lunch by 2 lawyers who were really friendly, in fact everyone here is really very nice and helpful and smiley. Unfortunately, I'm not really into socialising with the people here (unless they take the initiative), so it's still kinda awkward between me and the other sects who alr know each other very well.

Meeting Prisc for dinner at hougang tin the evening, decided to give class sleepover at Kep's a miss. I need to prepare myself mentally for D-Day. I'm really having random panic attacks now.

Went for dinner at Bugis ytd night with Erns, and I was spent most of my time yakking on and on about Farenheit to her. I bet she was bored. Ended up not goilng to the gym after that cos my mum wanted me back home early for a break so that i could prep for today. Shall try to go today since I'm getting a full day off tmr, and have lie in late. hopefully, i would keep up that gd habit of mine (: