Wednesday, August 11, 2004
TODAY
Phew! First day at work today. Had to wake up early and come to Raffles City Tower. So tired just now... *yawnz* Right now is lunch hour so get to do a bit of surfing :P Had lunch with the project manager Pauline just now... she was so nice.. even treated me to lunch tho i insisted on paying for my own share. She had two sisters who went to study in Toronto a while back as well. Anyways so far so good. Everyone here seems to be so amicable and helpful, which is great cuz i am kinda ignorant with minimal experience... *bleah* I have to say it is a largely female working environment so far tho. hmmz... only met 2 guy colleagues so far. some more my desk is situated in the midst of females. yikes! no more corny jokes for johnny. what a sad thought. :'(
I have been posted as an intern under corporate group (CSD/Marketing Communications). Kinda cool cuz i had to read through lots of documents that i had to sign (i.e. secrecy act etc.) cuz i am "technically speaking" working for the govenrment... so i'll have to shut up more often from now on i guess :P also got issued my own access card to access certain levels and rooms in the building. As well as my own desk and PC. i also get free one month's membership to the gym at Raffles. not a bad deal eh? hiakz. gotta nail down my working hours tho. they said closer to the day of the event (Global Entrepolis Singapore 2004) I'll need to stay in after hours but in the mean time I hope i get regular work hours.
YESTERDAY (Tues 10 Aug)
had my haircut at holland v. as usual didn't really get to cut it short since i thought i'll have plenty of time to enjoy really short hair once army starts. but it is a lot neater looking now i guess. optimal for working i should say :) met up with nicki for lunch... went to Scotts food court and then we caught a movie at Lido. Watched a martial arts/romance film "house of flying daggers" featuring Andy Lau and Zhang Ziyi. For Nicki i guess what mattered most was "takeshi aka Jin Chen Wu" lol. The movie was alrite i guess... action was good... cinematography was good. plot was erm... so so. i found that halfway through the movie it became a bit repetitive. but it was alright overall. went to coffee bean after for a cup of "berry'd treasure"... yummy! went home and then over to bro-in-law's house for dinner. realized that it's been a long time since i saw his family. they are as nice as ever tho. and aunty's cooking is still delicious! then we went to the airport to pick up mom and jie.
THE WEEKEND
spent the weekend in jakarta, visiting relatives. saw grandma again and some of my cousins.. mostly the male ones. cuz the gals are all over the place. did lots of shopping with my mom and sis on some really cheap stuff (DVDs, games, working clothes, shoes, sports gear etc). can't believe how cheap some of the stuff were. neways, what stood out the most from this first trip of mine to Jakarta in over 3 years is probably i) the horrifying indo traffic; ii) the numerous mosquito bites which i got. i guess i can't complain tho cuz i did get to spend some quality family time with my mom, sis, and bro-in-law. also had BBQ @ uncle cung's house and watched the charity shield match over there. can't believe man utd's squad is sooo depleted now. when will we ever get the lucky break in terms of injuries and call-ups at the start of the season? sigh.. needless to say they lost 3-1. a match the gunners deservedly won i guess.. tho i hate to say so. i love alan smith. and i hate chris eagles!! what an irritating sight to see him squander possession time and time again. oh well, i guess it's easy to get ticked off when ur team is losing. came back to sg a day earlier (than my mom and sis) with my bro-in-law cuz i thought resting for a day before work starts would be a good idea.
Phew! First day at work today. Had to wake up early and come to Raffles City Tower. So tired just now... *yawnz* Right now is lunch hour so get to do a bit of surfing :P Had lunch with the project manager Pauline just now... she was so nice.. even treated me to lunch tho i insisted on paying for my own share. She had two sisters who went to study in Toronto a while back as well. Anyways so far so good. Everyone here seems to be so amicable and helpful, which is great cuz i am kinda ignorant with minimal experience... *bleah* I have to say it is a largely female working environment so far tho. hmmz... only met 2 guy colleagues so far. some more my desk is situated in the midst of females. yikes! no more corny jokes for johnny. what a sad thought. :'(
I have been posted as an intern under corporate group (CSD/Marketing Communications). Kinda cool cuz i had to read through lots of documents that i had to sign (i.e. secrecy act etc.) cuz i am "technically speaking" working for the govenrment... so i'll have to shut up more often from now on i guess :P also got issued my own access card to access certain levels and rooms in the building. As well as my own desk and PC. i also get free one month's membership to the gym at Raffles. not a bad deal eh? hiakz. gotta nail down my working hours tho. they said closer to the day of the event (Global Entrepolis Singapore 2004) I'll need to stay in after hours but in the mean time I hope i get regular work hours.
YESTERDAY (Tues 10 Aug)
had my haircut at holland v. as usual didn't really get to cut it short since i thought i'll have plenty of time to enjoy really short hair once army starts. but it is a lot neater looking now i guess. optimal for working i should say :) met up with nicki for lunch... went to Scotts food court and then we caught a movie at Lido. Watched a martial arts/romance film "house of flying daggers" featuring Andy Lau and Zhang Ziyi. For Nicki i guess what mattered most was "takeshi aka Jin Chen Wu" lol. The movie was alrite i guess... action was good... cinematography was good. plot was erm... so so. i found that halfway through the movie it became a bit repetitive. but it was alright overall. went to coffee bean after for a cup of "berry'd treasure"... yummy! went home and then over to bro-in-law's house for dinner. realized that it's been a long time since i saw his family. they are as nice as ever tho. and aunty's cooking is still delicious! then we went to the airport to pick up mom and jie.
THE WEEKEND
spent the weekend in jakarta, visiting relatives. saw grandma again and some of my cousins.. mostly the male ones. cuz the gals are all over the place. did lots of shopping with my mom and sis on some really cheap stuff (DVDs, games, working clothes, shoes, sports gear etc). can't believe how cheap some of the stuff were. neways, what stood out the most from this first trip of mine to Jakarta in over 3 years is probably i) the horrifying indo traffic; ii) the numerous mosquito bites which i got. i guess i can't complain tho cuz i did get to spend some quality family time with my mom, sis, and bro-in-law. also had BBQ @ uncle cung's house and watched the charity shield match over there. can't believe man utd's squad is sooo depleted now. when will we ever get the lucky break in terms of injuries and call-ups at the start of the season? sigh.. needless to say they lost 3-1. a match the gunners deservedly won i guess.. tho i hate to say so. i love alan smith. and i hate chris eagles!! what an irritating sight to see him squander possession time and time again. oh well, i guess it's easy to get ticked off when ur team is losing. came back to sg a day earlier (than my mom and sis) with my bro-in-law cuz i thought resting for a day before work starts would be a good idea.
yeongest 1:41 pm