Life of a night owl.

"If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse." - Jim Rohn


And so goes my 3rd night shift, with 2 more coming on Saturday night and Sunday night... This weekend shall be a real test of endurance... bball at 2.30pm --> report for work at 7.30pm --> report off work at 8.30am --> reach home at 10am --> sleep till 5pm --> report for work again at 7.30pm. tough shit. =D

Shopping tomorrow!!! shall go and cut my hair, settle some bills matters, shop around and finish the day off at esther's bday party. =)


"If you're climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Don't look too far up, set your goals high but take one step at a time. Sometimes you don't think you're progressing until you step back and see how high you've really gone." - Donny Osmond

Does salary really matters? Where's Mr-job-satisfaction?

It seems to me Singaporeans are working very very damn hard...for money, that is... when economy is good, everyone wants a piece of the pie. "We should have pay rise since everyone else are getting more." "We deserve better for working shit hours." blah blah blah... and when economy goes down, everyone doesn't want a pay cut...and since i started this semester and especially during my job search days, tho not very long, till now, i have always heard people talking about how good a salary people are getting...to the extent that it is getting on my nerves...!$#@$@#$...

where oh where is Mr-Loving-my-job-irregardless-of-pay...

Does having a higher salary equates to a happier life? if you think having a higher salary will give you a happier life, then when you get that higher salary, you will continue to want an even higher salary so that you can be happier and the cycle goes on...so when can one be really happy?

On the other hand, if you do not expect a higher salary in the first place, no expectations no nothing... and eventually when you do get it, i believe you will be able to use this "bonus" money to do stuff that make you happy... im no saint here, and i admit, i do get a prick in my heart when i know there are friends out there making more than me. but well, at the very least i know my own salary is enough for me, for spending and saving, and frankly, i don't really ask for more...maybe cause i come from a not-wealthy family that i feel all these are adequate for me.

And then there are people who pity me for having to work on weekends, public holidays, or even improper lunch time and lousy canteen food...well, i don't really pity myself for that. sometimes, its abit sad when people just think negative about your working condition/environment without a thought for others, whatever don't work for them doesn't mean it doesn't work for someone else. so what if my job requires me sometimes to go without lunch or pack lunch back to the centre to continue working? so what if i have to work on saturdays? thats my choice and i ain't complaining...urgh...im in a fussy wussy mood right now...LOL...

And there are those people who always exhibit this hideous negative force field that seeks to affect others along with it...if you don't like your job, don't go around telling people how bad it is!!! bad or good ain't for you to decide, but for that person to see and decide on their own...this is very very very bad when your mentor or senior is someone like that. I'm lucky i have a strong resistance to such influence...haha...can you imagine going to work and the first thing your senior ask you is, "why do you want to join psa ah? whyyyy~~~~?" two hours later, she ask again, "i really wonder why you want to join psa??" and before you knock off, "I still don't understand why you want to join psa? why ahhh~~~~??" and its obvious from the tone and manner its more of her complaining, "why do you wan to join ah? this is not as good as you think, you know...shift hours sux big time...its so tiring and i want to quit~~~~~!!!" ...i just shrug it off...no wonder my boss wants me to attach to my shift duty manager instead...
sometimes, people really have to take other people's words with a pinch of salt...

Does salary really matters that much? And why is people never satisfied with their jobs?

I dont understand.

Busy busy tired tired~!!! =D

Guess where I am! =D

The Sacred Seat

Okay its Saturday night and i was on NIGHT SHIFT. the second time. this time im more well prepared. slept for 1.5hours before i went to work. The nap sure helped me in staying awake longer...my sleepy spell came at around 5am... looks like i need to sleep more before i go for my night shift...next week i have THREE night shifts....good training for me to stay awake... LOL

Well anyway, I went on top of the CRANE! yub thats me in the crane in the first pic. Secretly took that shot while the operator was doing his own stuff...hurhur... Guess how high it was? hmm...maybe about 5storeys or 4? imagine yourself trying to control a spreader to grab onto the containers from so high. and if you think this is high, wait till you get to the quay cranes (cranes at the wharf side). went up there on Friday...woah... its 34 metres high...so about 7 - 8floors high...and the speed is much much much faster...i stayed there for about 2hours and feel like vomitting after that...all kinda wobbly...hahaha...not because of the height...but because of the speed and the position we are in ... as we do not know when the operator is moving forward and stopping, theres alot of jerks and inertia, its like sitting on a roller coaster and it goes forward, grab, then trolley back to the wharf side then trolley forward again...repeat that 30 over times and *pui*... but i like it up there...its like playing game with 2 controllers...hurhur...

View on Top I

View on Top II

Bad time to fall sick...

okay...feeling damn bad after night shift...had little sleep after that cos i went back to Sheares Hall for food tasting...LOL...after one whole day + bballing at the indoor court, i guess my body couldn't take it anymore and started to feel unwell...woke up this morning with a super duper headache, coupled with an aching body with a dry soar throat. bad bad... now i know, before a night shift, GET A SHORT NAP, REST UR BODY AND DRINKS LOADS AND LOADS OF WATER... its been a loooooooooong while since i fall this sick..always manage to subdue it before it breaks out. but now it's subdued me! GET AWAY YOU DEMON!!!

Kota Tegap. its 1.30am in the morning.

Rear view.

Some other ships...

My task for my night shift. Walk down from one berth all the way to another to see the ships and note down their peculiarities and features. so alone, i walked down 7-8 ships...if each ship is about 200metres, i have walked 1.6km...good workout...lol...the best thing is, after i got back to my control centre, it POURED HEAVILY. heaven loves me and couldnt bear to get me wet! =D

at around 2.30, in the heavy rain, we went to lau pa sat for our supper...good thing one of them has a car. =D and its war after we come back. ships need to get sail on time and everyone is busy pushing their workers and equipment...needless to say, they have no time to entertain...damn..with nothing much to do, apart from watching what they are doing, i was feeling DAMN sleepy...another reason to grab some sleep before work...but they dun feel sleepy cos they have stuff to do mah...zzz...

Let's hope i can recover partially at least for work tomorrow. one more cycle and its PAYDAY!!!

stand tall and do what you believe in!

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No matter how people look down on you, dun despair. prove it to them. show it to them. let them know that you are more than what they think you are. My mum told me today that when i was young, my grandfather will always knock me on my head...though i cant remember it..maybe its due to the knocks...anyways, she said that my mum and dad, my dad being the youngest, wasn't that favored by my grandfather then and me and my bro wasnt really well liked by my aunties...well...now i think me and my brother is doing pretty well as compared to my cousins... CONCLUSION: don't let anyone who belittles you prove it right. prove them wrong!

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and seriously, i feel like i'm living the lead of those female characters in those family drama serials that needs to go through hurdles and obstacles to be with the male character. and the obstacles are the queen and king. heck...and you think you only see them in drama serials... come on, its already 21st century.

"we do not endorse this relationship." _|_

so what can you do even if you don't endorse? Its not like i never tried to do something now. fark off.

CONCLUSION: do what you believe in and prove them wrong!

Starting shift come monday! hoooray!

Yesh! Finally starting shift on monday~ =) at least now i do not have to stay with one of the four i was with...he talks too much...tries to impress too much...ask this ask that, talk about this talk about that...seriously its affecting how much im absorbing... there are so many things to know, its not like you ask so many questions, you would know everything faster...absorb what they give and ask later when you come across it lah! zzz...

In any way i think next week will be a busy busy week...after night shift on wed, going for bball at nus indoor court...sat before night shift got bball competition, going to report to work in a shag condition, somemore its night shift...lol... sunday have another bball gathering again...wooo... I think since i started work, i really have very little time to go online... if i'm ever online, i'm not at my pc most of the time...hopefully things will change once i'm on shift as i will have longer hours of free time... no msn, no surfing of net, heck...those who can surf the net in the office, you people are one lucky bunch. =)

Midweek already!

At work! Nothing to do till 930am!

Today's lesson - Safety! look how the corners are not aligned! Safety!

Wah... the week really flies by very fast... its WEDNESDAY already!!! Work's going real fine...thought im raring to go on shift! not on shift yet!!! though we are really damn slack now...but the fact that i have to wake up early everyday makes me feel soooooooo tired... =(

My "secret manual". --> have to study... =(

Lunch time! we had 2 hours break today! so we went to...VivoCity! =)

Afternoon class - the Artistic Side of Me

There seems to be alot of stuff to do...but i do not seem to have the time...or do i? Sat and sun always seem so short for me...arrrrr....but at least for now, i still haven't start to dislike working...as all who graduated and started working always tell me, "you are going to wish you are back to school..." well! i'm not having that feeling yet!!! =D in fact, im looking forward to learning more and more of my responsibilities in my area...hmm maybe its just me lah... 开心就好，什么都别想。

personally i think its a good place to start learning and this is really one of its kind...plus the people here are nice, for now! in the event that i want to change job, there are always the options of moving on to a shipping line company like Maersk, NOL, etc etc as we will gain relevant shipping experience as we deal with them directly. =) but from what i see, i have better gear myself up for a busy busy year ahead.

Today i went to check on a prime mover (big big truck), got "ah neh"s and chinese and also locals (a few only), check to see if they are working for 24 hours straight not...some contractors are "sugarcane" hawker, they squeeze and squeeze their workers... went up on the ships too...some are so damn large you dun realise until you look right into their hull, at least 4 storeys high...

End of my first week of work! =D

Caroline's pig trotter!

And so concludes my uneventful first week of work. =)

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And further affirms my decision not to start working life with a 9 to 5 job...haha...went out almost everyday from mon to fri, by the fourth or fifth day i was already feeling the toll of late nights early mornings, making feel sickly and lethargic. well of course, I could have chose to sleep earlier but that would mean less time for my friends and family. Give and take. So at least for now, i think Shift hours will still serve me better, i guess. but then again, i think i will not know how tough it will be until i tried shift work...

Back to Sheares Hall last night, still misses the days in hall...oh my oh my...gone are the days of fun, laughter and slack. =) What must go must go, oh well, i'm not too harped on this... had a nice gathering...kudos to Kent for organising it, good food and good company... =D let's hope we will have more of this in time to come. =D and just nice, it is David's bday today and we gave him a small celebration. P.S no ponding this time. although one would be nice cos we were all stinking and sweating at the end of the bbq. but well, time REALLY flies and we have to go home...i thought it was ten only when it was actually eleven...

Charles, David, Jun and me.

Happy Birthday, David~!

3rd day

hahaha...despite all the negativity spoken to us on the first few days, we finally had someone who talked abit about the positive stuff... in short, you like it if you like it, you do not like it if you do not like it...just try and if its not for you, pack up and go... =D

anyway, just back from NUS from bball...kinda tired...i guess im really getting old...at this rate, im not gonna be in the right condition for division I bball next year...work out or quit...! hmmm...

First day at work =)

Just settled down. back at home around 7plus. Bathe. Have dinner. and then now...im blogging...

been a looooooong day at work...well its 8am to 6pm today...its not THAT long, but its the talks and moving around that are dragging and some are damn boooring...hahz...well, i guess today's aim was to let us know all the people we will be working with and meet up with all the "big heads". (not referring to SiokEe...its the big bosses...) =)

My terminal manager told us, "For the first year, all of you are liabilities." =(
Cruel words. But i think there's some sense to it. The turnover rate for this job is Very High...like every month one will quit? lol. i guess thats why we seem like liabilities to them...cos if they spend time and effort to teach us and we just quit after that, its really kind of a waste of energy and assets. Personally i think this line of job if you can survive well for the first year, everything will be smooth going...but if you are having a hard time, i think can get ready to say bye bye le.

Despite all the harsh words said and demanding expectations put up (there are ALOT of KPIs and if we don't meet it, we are expected to give a very good reason for it. hence the stress level which some couldn't take it, i guess.), i'm still quite positive about the job. =D Whatever happens, we shall see as it goes. for now...OFFICE hours till next Tuesday!!! that means i can go for bball on Wed, BBAXN on Sat and BBQ on block E rooftop on Sat night. =D

Starting work in 9hours time~~~ =)

At coach's place, NUS IVP captain preying on Coach Dave's daughter... =D She's going to be a babe next time~

At Taka B2, transformers and spidey man toys! and a very cool remote helicopter!

I bought my webcam at the IT FAIR!!! =)

1.30pm --> Coffeebean at Wheelock place.

4pm --> Takashimaya Library --> Kinokuniya --> Basement 2 Toy Fair

5.30pm --> Fraser's Suites at River Valley Road. Gathering to bid Coach Dave's farewell.

10.45pm --> Back home getting ready for work~~~

Looooong day today before i start work tomorrow...I'M READY TO START WORK...so excited!!! Shall go and iron my clothes and get ready for work!!! **work work**

倒数三天

再过三天，我就要开工了！

其实，我想，我觉得，我已经休息很久了。。。呆在家里要闷死了。。。该做的事都差不多做完了，该见的人也差不多见完了。。。出门花钱，不出门又没有什么东西做。。。快点开工，快点开工！！！当然了，我知道我一开工，要等到下一次这种没有读书，没有做工的机会就是三十年后。。。well, 早晚都得做工，早做早晚。。。hopefully。。。

预期退休年龄：五十岁
“做工要开心！！！” =)


哈哈。。。我的华文不错吧。。。