hi to all!! i'm currently at taiwan airport.. spending my last few minutes here saying good bye to taiwan.. really love this place and enjoyed myself a lot. thinking about going back to singapore means going back to all the stress and being bounded.. sigh.. but this trip is really a fantastic break for me from school, from work and from home..

having planned our trip from scratch, till now, we finishing the whole itinerary.. i really want to give myself a pat on my back.. haha.. btw, i brought one luggage to taiwan, and brought 3 back.. and i had to handcarry one cos it will result in excess baggage!! haha.. really spend quite a bit man.. gotta go and earn back my spending.. haha..

alright.. i'm going for boarding soon.. will update on my trip when i return to singapore.. tata..

let me just say a few thoughts before i leave for tpe..

my mom talked about getting a new car and chipping in a bit for it. of course i dun mind.. provided i get myself a full time job soon. then there was an issue with the amount to chip it with my sis.. sigh..

then i was thinking: why the sudden thought of getting a new car since we have one provided by my dad's company.. then my mom told me my dad has already sent in his letter of resignation, and will stop work at the end of this month.

that was quite a sudden news.. and i seem to be the last one to know in the family.. hmm.. nvm.. but then, now i'm thinking if he's getting a new job, or he's retiring for good.. that of course made me drop the thought of considering continuing studies..

but now that i'm into SQ interview, hopefully it can go smoothly.

the day has finally come!! haha.. for me to go to taiwan with my bestest of the bestest friend.. i'm really excited and i can already picture myself with her enjoying ourselves.. away from all the troubles here.. finally.. we graduating soon.

spoke to a friend over the phone.. talking about friends.. and i really envy him for having a really good bunch of friends who will take the effort to organise outings.. spend time with each other.. and i believe they will in future still stay as a group of close friends who will meet up regularly..

however envious, i feel really blessed to have the best and close friends that i have now. the best friend that is there for me.. i had a weird dream yesterday.. i dreamt that at the age of 26 i find myself friendless.. and i'm scared that day will come even before i turn 26.. sad..

went for SIA interview today.. got through the first 3 rounds.. will go for the 4th when i come back from my trip.. kinda looking forward and of course it'll be best i can secure my career soon.. it feels good to pass it.. and it feels good to have people to share the good news.. thanks dear..

tmr will be going off for 12 days.. will update when i can..

finally got my itinerary for my taiwan trip settled.. we did the itinerary on the whole of sunday.. and settled our accommodation in taipei on monday at giamso.. we went to change money too.. and ailing was like so panicky when we got the money.. haha...

we'll be meeting shao and gang at the hotel in taipei.. and that's quite cool la.. haha..

when i first entered cathay, i got a new pair of hush puppies heels.. by the second day, i couldn't walk in those shoes.. so, they gave me a pair of seasoned shoes.. and i survived on it till yesterday... it gave way.. and they gave me a new pair of shoes.. and it turns out to be the shoe that i first got when i got into cathay.. looks like wad goes around comes around huh...

i'm beginning to feel the excitement of going to taiwan.. so is my manager!! haha... she gave me a passport holder, a toiletries bag, and a luggage!! so nice of her to offer her help and her things for me to use.. haha..

till the end of this week, i guess it'll be quite difficult to lift my mood.. saw stefanie sun.. chked in to eygpt.. looked kinda weird in real.. but i got her signature on her boarding pass!!

grandma is getting better le... a load of my shoulders.. phew..

i think this new year is a bad year for me.. 2nd day of new year my grandma fell sick and was hospitalised..

she was still quite active during the first day of new year.. giving out angbaos.. and the next time i see her.. she was lying on the hospital bed, weak and frail, going in and out of sleep so very frequent, sometimes i dunno if she's just resting or she's really asleep. her eyes seem to be tearing every now and then.. and i know she feeling pain.

on my contemporary interview day, worked in the morning and quarrelled with my colleague.. cried.. eyes swollen.. plus still feeling sore about my grandma.. and the interview din turn out well as well..

got pang se by friends.. left alone aimless.. dunno where to have dinner on my own..

then today got complained by passenger.. when i honestly dunno where i went wrong.. nvm la.. it's just not my year.

went to visit my grandma again.. she got transfered to the icu.. her intestine or stomach seem to have a hole and she vomitted blood yesterday.. now she can't eat or drink.. but she seem to be more concious today.. i wonder what going through her mind.. she probably doesn't want us to worry about her.. that's why she kept asking us to go back and dun need to visit her if we got no time for her.. she's probably being selfless.. before i left.. i told her not to think too much and rest well.. think she couldn't take it anymore and show signs of crying.. of course i got affected and teared too..

i'm thinking of the worst situation, but of course i wish to see her standing on her feet again.. and i'm keeping my fingers crossed.. she will get well.

for the first time i joined cx.. i feel that i'm unsuitable for the job.. i can't control my emotions well enough.. now i'm doubting my passion.. doubting my choice of career..

and my mom has to bring her friend's son to waraku and see me work.. and intro him to me.. make me so paiseh.. wth.. i want a bf.. but i'm not so despo to resort to matchmaking can.. fed up.

i finally have time to sit down at do my own things...

had a CNY dinner with the FBMA people.. and first time i 'lau hei' le!! so exciting.. then we got to use those long long chopstick to 'lau' the thing.. haha.. cool..

managed to finish my research paper on valentine's day.. and went out for a 'romantic' date with ailing at P.S.. where ever we went, there were long queues and the most ridiculous thing is: in the queues were all couples!!!! my god.. it's really quite funny la.. like.. couples only go out on v day kinda thing? haha.. so the restaurants above 1st level were all full.. and we tried out luck at the basement fast food.. and we observed that the people in these fast food restaurants seem to be for friends only.. haha.. so there we went to have our dinner at yoshinoya.. alright.. after v day is pia time for work!! haha.. working everyday.. at cathay and waraku.. but of course, there's always time for beauty.. so of course.. manicure is a must!! haha..

then, it's CNY.. and amanda and i wore our new jeans for the first time!! haha..

and of course.. visiting my grandma.. where everyone congregates..
my grandma.. with her sons, daughter.. and daughter-in-laws.. hehe..the sons of lee...
the male cousins of mine.. macham like some poster for some boyband.. haha..

and of course!! not forgetting myself!! i like the top.. hehe.. it's from topshop..

one more thing.. i went to my dad's boss's house.. and then saw thing mahjong table.. then shuffles the tiles.. and stack them up.. AUTOMATICALLY.. haha.. and that's quite cool la..

haha... every year i have the same persons asking me the same qns.. and everytime it's always the same qns.. haha.. but this year at my mom's side got a lot of new born babies.. so many that i dunno who is whose.. haha.. but as the different year passes.. u can always spot the fashion trend each year.. haha..

today is my 1 yr anniversary for driving!! haha.. finally can get away from the triangle plate..

went to T2 on wed.. to look at the decor for CNY..

and then it's back to sch on thursday.. our country manager came and gave a talk.. but i din manage to get any souvenir from him.. hmph.. btw, take a look at the difference before and after SIP.. BEFORE...
AFTER...

yap.. and on friday we celebrated linda's birthday in advance.. her bd's on 11th.. but she's going to hkg.. so here i wish u a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

if u din notice, it is a heart shaped cake.. cos steven bought a v day cake.. haha.. they even had the chocolate thing on it.. haha.. but it's a very nice cake.. and because it's an ice cream cake.. and it is quite hard.. so linda had a hard time cutting the cake.. haha..

and... FINALLY!!

and while the cake was being taken care of.. liyan and i were self entertaining ourselves!!and the "diao" face.. with the extra help from sharmaine... and sat is like hell day.. cos it's fitness test.. let me tell u the state i'm in now and u guess wad happened k? i can't walk after the test, and used up one whole pack of salompas (10 pcs)on sat night.. and another pack (another 10 pcs) tonight.. so.. there u go.. i conclude i'm not a sporty person.. haha..

btw, i wanna thank amanda for supporting me and encouraging me during the test.. feel really bad for pulling u back.. love ya, freaky twin!!

we just had to discuss about who's face is fatter all the time..

karin left for australia to further studies le.. take care babe..

everyone has been asking me the qn since last yr.. and i finally got the answer.. it's really a load off my back.. but i believe all will turn out well. hmm, i'm seldom so optimistic huh...

last sunday we had a IG AY04/05 gathering.. it was fun and having all the ppl back together really brings back memories... how we worked together for events and activities.. well, sha and i drove around to get cake and satay.. then went to mich's house. funny thing is we walked in from my house, and we were there earlier than the owner of the house.. haha.. so we sat at the porch.. and have fun taking pictures...

yeah. haha.. the 'family' picture will be uploaded soon..

my outline is finally approved!! yeah.. and ms tan was really helpful in guiding me to do my research paper. after that, went to TM with mich to get my mom's watch fixed.. and i bought a couple of things for myself as well..

then, off to airport to make my new airport pass. going back to the CX office.. oh man.. i miss that place.. saw ppl like shiow li, azean, min, charmaine, steven, and many more.. and shiow li gave me more working days!! yeah.. more working days = more $$. haha..

look at the picture below.. look wad the airport police did to our face.

they like stretched our face horizontally la!! haha.. but it was quite funny.. had dinner at sakae sushi... and gossiping.. as usual.. the bimbos at work. hehe.

oh, and today i went to the national library with mich and ailing.. my god, it's like the first time i've been to a quiet library??!! so quiet the 3 of us 'talk' through msn.. when we're just next to each other.. haha..

btw, my mom has been telling everyone she knows, we have the same face..

really?

i had a super memorable day yesterday.. haha..

it was lunch with ailing and mich.. sat at mushroom for 45 mins waiting for mich.. and with the super strong wind blowing at us from all directions.. i must say, it is a 'feng'full day. haha..

lecture was kinda boring.. with 3 speakers.. my outline finally got approved!! haha.. then off i went to meet my aunt with amanda to borow her car for the night..

drove to yishun, linda's place for pyjamas cum mahjong party. haha.. mahjong from 5 plus till 3am.. but i lost 10 bucks. we had mango cake, beard papa, brownie with ice cream, dessert, fried chicken, vegetable, egg and prawn, etc. it was so filling man, but shiok.. haha..

alright.. after mahjong, we did the most outrageous thing that i've ever done in my life.. go to orchard road cineleisure to k in our pyjamas at 3am in the morning!! haha.. yes.

we sang till we felt the itch in our throat.. and really went all out. haha. it was fun, trying to run about trying to hide from people staring at us. oh btw, it's really convenient having a car. we drove to cineleisure, and then made our way to east coast park to catch the sunrise.. so romantic right? haha..

look at the obasan walking on the reflexology stone early in the morning.. in her pj.. haha..

morning condition of the bedok jetty... dark and cold..

look at our face. it's the face of not sleeping for more than 20 hours. haha. amanda still looked quite bright huh.. haha.. we were bored while waiting for the sunrise..

in the end we feel the sky getting brighter.. but no sign of the sun at all.. then we realise we might be waiting at the wrong side of the east..haha.. but hey. we caught the first glimpse of daylight k?

looking at our hair, you should be able to imagine the strength of the morning 'breeze' right?

then it's off for breakfast.. and we decided to settle it in the car.. so we went to mac's drive thru.. hehe..

so all thanks to the car, we are able to move around the island in minutes.. and relax.. haha.. by the time i send the obasan home, she was dozing off already.. haha..

and to end of the outing, cheers to us!! (time of picture taken:08:05am. notice the sleepy eyes of the obasan..)

going back to school is not as exciting as i thought it will be.. seeing lots of htm people in the com lab, chionging their portfolio.. brings back memories.. both good and bad..

thought i will be busy with sch tutorials.. end up i only need to go back to sch 5 days in total within the 3 weeks!!!! my god.. if i had known earlier i'll definitely give more time for work at CX.. hmph.. now it's less income for me..

had a slight fever yesterday.. probably was due to too much thinking on monday.. redoing my outline.. and worrying for my best friend. isn't there another way to break the news? i feel so sad for my friend. but there's always me around k?

spent yesterday and today at home rotting.. except work tonight almost killed me and my back. ouch.

day 93..


the last day of internship is kinda solemn.. morning shift.. and all i wanted to do was to get through it peacefully... and thankfully, i did..


got lots of well wishes from my fellow colleagues and i'm glad i'll be coming back in feb for work.. i really will miss this place..


i'm really sad to leave this place.. man..


after work went over to T2 to receive pamela from the transit.. so nice to see her back home.. and she became so pretty!! haha.. she was so touched she cried.. and had lunch with her bf and family.. so nice to have family members like hers...


this marks the end of my internship.

day 92..

2nd last day of internship.. i will really miss this place man.. all the people there.. the environment.. the exposure to my kind passengers.. the excitement at the gate.. the jokes we made.. the friends i made.. i'll definitely miss them all..

i will be going back to work freelance at CX in march.. cos i need the income.. and i cannot leave the airline environment now that i've stepped into it..

yesterday got my aunt to book the tix to taiwan.. yeah!! so exciting.. but got a lot of research to be done..

ailing left for phuket today.. so sad.. can still remember the beginning of SIP when she went to bkk.. now it's already the end of it.. but this time is better.. went into the transit area to look for her and for the first time she said she finally get to see me in uniform.. haha..

did departure duties today.. everything went well.. love my job..

the day is nearing.. omg.. i'm so not able to sleep well this night..

tmr all the OSIP ppl are coming back.. i'm gonna give someone a surprise if time permits..

day 91..

my rooster is kinda sucky these few days.. off.. morning.. off.. morning.. it's morning shift today again.. and today there was no supervisor on duty.. the only person that's happy is the stupid prada la.. so irritating.. but i had a good time complaining about him to samantha during lunch time.. haha..

jacinta told me another news today.. dunno to be happy or to be further confused..

yesterday i got an invitation out on sat.. adds on to my confusion.. but i got to give it a try somehow.. let's just see how it goes ya?

met up with ailing, kai and nic yesterday.. nice company.. we should have more of such gatherings.. thanks guys..

now.. picture updates..

tp open house day.. 18th jan..


the TAS area in the chatroom..


and the picture taken 2 years ago.. now used as TAS poster..


i'm proud to say: i'm part of them..


the company for the day..

sunday: dinner at brewerkz..

tuesday: dinner at waraku the central

( i love this pic..)

day 90..

went to brewerkz with karin, van, michelle and ailing yesterday night.. was caught in a whirl of confusion.. god!! give me some signs!! no.. a sign will do!!

can't get to sleep.. so woke up at about 3.30am.. went through my closet.. took time to do everything nicely.. bunned my hair.. make up.. and i think due to the lack of sleep.. i got a bit high the whole morning trying to keep myself awake..

today's assignment seemed a bit too coincidental.. well, at least it helped me get by the boring morning.. but it adds on my the confusion mind that i already had..

thanks to all who have been giving me advice..

day 89..

another info i got today.. i'll be working morning shift on CNY eve..

busy day.. from the moment i sat down at the counter at 6am.. i worked non stop all the way until about 10.30am.. my god.. the passengers were consistantly flowing into the queue area.. and i dun even have the time to take a short water break!!

i come to know that my good good friend is attached. that's good.. and bad news.. oh well, i guess that's her choice and i will respect it regardless of my opinion.. but there's one thing that's bothering me: i think i'm jealous. of her situation.. i dunno.. it just feels helpless not being able to do anything to help her.. i failed as a friend.

did dish up again at waraku.. for the first time after about.. 6 months? getting rusty.. and the new menu which i have not been trained on.. and the new kitchen supervisor that i have not worked with.. i seriously almost died..

spent the whole of yesterday with my IG seniors.. went back to TP open house.. had a chat with ms choi.. went to bugis to look for jasmine.. then to Miss Clarity Cafe for early dinner.. then off to parkway to k.. ya.. after i just got my voice back like 2 days ago.. but it was fun.. will post the pics soon..