you see (and hear) them everywhere now... previously it was as food servers etc in food courts, national athletes etc... now they drive our public transport, man our cashiers at department stores, work at mega sales at Singapore Expos... guess we can't do without them...

Moved from Bt Batok to Woodlands today... Lower rent and more space... The lease here will run 2 years... hopefully, the property market would be more favourable in 2010 and I would have enough savings by then to get my own place... This reminds me, I should get a compass to check the positioning of the apartment... or perhaps I should just use the ( Read more... )

i realised out of the blue today that i will be 33 in less than 3 months... i am glad that i have had the opportunity to try out a couple of things that I have always thought of trying... although some of it did not work out, there are no regrets, and i am glad i can say that i have 'been there done that'... moving forward, i guess it is to focus ( Read more... )

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things have been stressful at work lately... one colleague resigning after another; an awkward meeting which ended in tears for someone; not knowing when we can bring in more help ( Read more... )

Work is starting to be more demanding with a spate of resignations in the local and regional offices. With 1-person less in my team, more responsibilities... which means more late night teleconferences (and less evening gym sessions) etc... but to look on the more positive side, i am finally moving into a role that I had been looking forward to and ( Read more... )

as i sat alone. . . having my tea in the food court, i was reminded of you. . . happy mother's day

i wonder what it is that we have done in our previous lives or in the past that resulted in things being the way it is today. . . and how would things today affect the rest of our lives or perhaps our next lives. . .

so the trip to BKK turned out to be a non-event... it looked like my Thai colleagues were whining over the phone just for the sake of it... things were not as bad as we had expected... though it sounded worse when we spoke to them last Fri... so long as my trip was initiated and approved by boss ( Read more... )

Did a consultation at California Raffles Place today, which is rather timely due to CNY binging and the fact that Dad's condition is more stabilised and it is time for me to concentrate on other matters ( Read more... )