happiness,

2 more days of Night shift and 1 more day of Day shift and i will have my leave in such a long time~~~really lotsa stuff to do, parents nagging to me to pack my stuff, shopping for my own stuff, this and that, i wonder if i can do that over the 3 days leave i have.. oh well we shall see...

"Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you turn your attention to other things, It comes and sits softly on your shoulder."

Sometimes, when you are not looking out, happiness sits there just besides you and you dun realise it until you walk away and saw it from a distance. im glad that for most part of my life, i did not miss out on the stuff/people/happenings that mattered...sure there are times i hope this would be better, that would be better...but im really blessed with what i have now...sometimes when i go back school, people ask me how come i always seem so free, like i dun have to work...haha...i cant really answer that...i guess coming back for all the hall stuff and meeting all the people reminds me of the good ol' days of the past and make me cherish what i have now even more and the connection there isn't something to be broken easily, not at least until the people i know have mostly left the hall. =)

shopping~!!

woohoo...shopping spreeeeeeeee today~!!! spent like 300+ today...bought one berms, 2 Tee shifts and 1 jacket and one freaking basketball~! Shiok~! Retail therapy~! =D Now I have one new shirt to wear for my chu Yi so that i can wear it to work too. hehz.
One more cycle and a HALF and i will have one day leave to settle all my stuff and get ready for CNY~! Lotsa stuff to settle for Feb and lotsa things to anticipate~ February is a "gadget" month...anticipating my ipod Touch, laptop and my new phone~! woohoo~! heavy heavy expenditure~! muahaha....

CNYCNYCNY~!!

oh no i haven bought any CNY clothes yet...not that i make it a MUST to buy every year...but im freaking lazy to go out and buy. LOL anyways, i dunno what i should buy too. hmmm...but first, i think i need to get down to clearing my room first, clear my wardrobe, my old clothes, all the un-used stuff and every everything...

Been kinda busy lately with all the running back to school for handball and bball....love the rushed lifestyle with so many things to do, but i think after handball, im going to use my 3rd of Feb to clean up my room and get settled down. oh yay, im going to use my LEAVE~! i think since i started work, this is the 2nd time i used my leave...now i have 28 days of vacation leave and 3 days of PH leave, with CNY over, i will have an additional 2 days of PH leave...muahaha...now i can start clearing them monthly, two shifts per month~! =D

Tiring week past...

Again, i was on a 36hours no-sleep spree last weekend, going back for handball after my night shift. got myself some "tan" under the freaking hot sun at 12 noon...and then Sunday went for bball and boy was it shiok to feel the jersey scrapping your burnt skin...makes you high...lol...i need tons of banana boat aloe vera gel to cool me down... oh well, but it sure was quite a workout...still felt the strain in my muscles...

can start to expect the next few months to be the same, or worse..gotta start training for Division I bball if i want to get into the team. hehz. Jiayouz~!

Half year appraisal! =)

Went back office to meet my boss for my half-yearly appraisal on Wednesday. Good time to do appraisal. Needed to get some opinion from my boss. Some confirmation. Had a brief chat...In general, it was a positive meeting, i think...heh...My boss said my progress had been abit slower compared to my peers due to the fact that i switched groups initially, disrupting the learning process. but he said i have improved alot, exceeded his expectations and to keep it up. woo hay~!

Yesterday, went back to follow up with my boss to do the final confirmation and my boss was supposed to give me his rating of my performance. In general, its common for year Ones to get C+ (meet expectations) for decent performance...my boss told me hes going to try to get me a B (exceed expectations) as he ranks me the highest among my batch peers in my terminal. Sweeeet~! =D Will get the revised rating after all the big bosses meet up to rank the same batch officers among all the terminals...but its okie to get a C+ for now. Knowing how my boss sees me is good enough for now. hur.

1st book of the year - 360 deg leader -

yay~ i completed my first book of the year! 360 deg leader by John Maxwell. Its quite a simple, refreshing read. Some of the stuff actually seems common sense, but people dun practise it, whether its their nature not to or they are simply reluctant to do it. Most of the topics can be very much related to my workplace and i believe, in all other working place too and i was actually quite surprised at how relevant it is to me and how it made me re-think about my role in my workplace. heh. Some of the highlights from the book...

["The 57 Rules to Deliver the Good."
Rule 1: Deliver the Goods
Rule 2: The Other 55 Don't Matter]

- Every boss needs someone to be the Go-To player. In times of need and emergency, the person that people (your boss) go to are the ones that always deliver the goods without fail in times of "peace".

[Banish the future. Live only for the hour and its allotted work. Think not of the amount to be accomplished, the difficulties to be overcome, or the end to be attained, but set earnestly at the little task at your elbow, letting that be sufficient for the day; for surely our plain duty is, as Carlyle says, "Not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand."]

- sometimes we fall into the trap of dreaming of where we want to be and grunting of how people, things and environment are stopping us from getting to where we want to be...and then we forget that to get to where we want to be, we have to start from where we are. We need to climb to the top of our game first before we are ready to play at the next level.

Guess what i added to my collection...

Went for my company retreat at Pasir Ris Bungalow last night with my big boss giving an opening address, updating us on 2007 and what to expect for 2008. New equipment, planned projects, upgrading, problems foreseen and all that may come in our way for 2008. 2008 certainly looks like an exciting year ahead and knowing that we are part of all these "hoo haa" kinda gives one a sense of ownership.

And then comes the makan session and the mahjong session...well, there wasnt much players around, so i have to join in first and then share with another colleague that arrived later...lost 30+ bucks at the end of the day after splitting the cost. The stakes played was really big, the person who throws the winning card plays for all 3 players. So the minimum is 4 bucks and i gave my boss a "5 tai", which is 40 bucks. Never mind.. must "por" my boss abit...LOL...for the record, the one i paired with lost 300bucks the other time round. some people just dun have the luck in gambling, I also dun have the luck for gambling. tts why i dun really like to gamble.. hah...

Supposed to go cycling this morning, but oh well, kena fly aeroplane by someone...haiz...SMSes wasted...mega SNORT...then meet jun for lunch and the "pilot" was still sleeping when we were at bugis *flumes* *_* and then... we shopped abit and guess what...i bought a pair of bball shoes...HAAHAHAHAHA....one more pair added to my collection. first thing i do when i got home was to quickly smuggled back into my room before my mum sees it. =P

tiredness~

And again...i slept very little these few days....Thursday night watch The Longest Yard on my laptop in my room till 2 plus before sleeping and then waking up 3 hrs later to get to work and then at night met up with friends and played pool till 2 plus...slept for 2 hrs plus again before waking up and going to work AGAIN...and ta DA~! im finally back home, DEAD TIRED~! my eyes are swollen, making it looks smaller and i doze off too damn easily. haha. =)

Start of the year and its already jam packed with lotsa stuff...company retreat next friday at Pasir Ris Bungalow, lunch date(one on one~!) with my Terminal manager which is my boss's boss, IHG and so much more (Birthdays and birthdays!)...

WELCOME BACK, PAULENE ONG SUILIAN~~ I want to see your taiwan trip photos~! =)

Goodnight people, my eye lids are on auto-shut mode now...zzz...snorts...

Year 2008 is here~! and life is beautiful~~

Goals for the year 2008
1) I want to be multi-lingual~ i already have my "tools" ready~~
2) I want to start my regular exercise regime~~in the process of planning out!
3) I want to re-do my wardrobe!
4) I want to FILL my closet with white tees~!
4) I want to go to work with more zest and energy, be focused and learn something new everyday!
5) I want to go for some self-enriching classes...need to look for partners now!
6) I want to finish the books in my house, old and new ones! at least one a month!
7) I want to learn to play a musical instrument. not a recorder, definitely.
8) I want to tidy up my photos~! its in a mess~!
9) I want to live my live to the fullest! keep moving forward! =)