freaking stressful shift

"when the going gets tough, the tough gets going."
AHHHHHHHHHH...
Its been a long time since i felt this frustrated at work. so bad i can still feel the aftermath of the ripples after i wake up. fark.
Today is so gonna be a lousy day. I want stay in bed, and sulk.
Let the rest of the week be alot better. please.

Swimming

woooooooo.... i swam on tuesday and 3 hours ago...and the sun was bright and sunny! swweet! saw the same group of PRCs on both occasions, 1 guy 3 girls. why are they so free? they don't look like they are studying, given that they looked...about the same age as I am... and they can't swim. so why are they there? here to play with water? grow up. suntan? what's with the all-covered-up swimwear. oh well, i think its just a all-for-the-moment thing. guess i won't see them next week. =]

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Back to Group C to take over the SdM since the original Group D SdM is back. Group C seems so boring. the new guys seem borrrrrrring... damn... jeez...need to find ways to make them more lively, make the shift more lively...sleepy...shall go catch a nap before my night shift.. yawns... gdnight people...

Irony...

Irony is when the person you were under-studying from when you first came in to work are now working "under" you... Even though its for now until end of the month, its still shiok to be working from "behind" that girl and not alongside... i wonder how she feels... =) oh well...not that im proud or anything...but at least it goes to show that the bosses up there looks at ability and not "age" to push people up. and there still some ground to cover up between me and some of my other batchmates. GamBatte! Fighting~!

Life is SWEET...

WHEN the ones you love, love you back with much more...
WHEN you wake up each day with a purpose in mind and a task to accomplish...and realise at the end of the day that you did nothing that relates to that...
WHEN everything you do leaves things in a better shape than they were before...


WHEN you take things easy and also seriously at the same time...
WHEN people put their trust in you and you trust everybody back...no matter what other people says...
WHEN your friends are there for you, in times of good and bad...
WHEN your parents stick by your decision and gives you enough room to free-play...
WHEN you have a PS3 in your room that lets you play DVD, blue-ray, access internet and play games all at the same time. Add a HDTV to that. and maybe a surround sound system, sometime soon... =)
WHEN you receive a SMS from someone you havent seen for some time asking how you are...even better, when its a girl... =P
WHEN Paulene Ong gets to eat cedele everyday...


WHEN you drink a cup of red bull frostie on a hot day, followed by shopping and movies and you have no work the next day...and the day after...and the day after...
WHEN my boss sends an email saying, "Well done." when you screwed up most of the other times...
WHEN Sharon asks for a hug...through SMS..."Big HUG!" Press SEND.
WHEN I have time to work and yet, spare some time for my friends...even if it means meeting up late after work...
WHEN i sit around a table with my friends, just listening to the conversation, not making a noise and indulge...
WHEN we meet up for dinner and someone says, "lets go for mahjong.." and we go, "steady" even if theres work tomorrow... its even better if its at my house so i don't have to pay cab fare... =)
WHEN I ask my mum to give me a ride back home, and she comes all the way from home just to give me a ride...
WHEN I can wear a pair of shoes every day, and not see the same pair for the next 20 days...
WHEN you say, think and feel that it is sweet... =)

Happy [(100-5+29)/31)] years Anniversary, dear!

4 years. 1461days. 35,064hours.
126,230,400seconds and counting.
Here's to many many more anniversaries to come.



Love you.

time

somehow i do not really have MUCH time since I am back from the United States.
Why?
I don't know.
Less energy too.
Maybe being thrown into the new position right back from my trip really tips the balance right now.
Trying to get the right balance.
And it has been a brain-cells killing day today at work for my first of many independent shifts of SDM.
Stoned.
Now.
Can't
Think
Clearly.

The rabbit and the turtle

Was it the proud tortoise who went around boasting about her extremely fast legs without realising that the rabbits around her was laughing behind her? Was it the ignorance of the tortoise or she is just faking it to make herself feel better? Or is it ingrained into her hard shell that she is inpenetrable to any attacks on all fronts? was it...? oh no it isn't...this is a story to be said another day, another time.

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It's about the fable of the rabbit bragging about how he is the fastest runner and was challenged by the turtle to a race. Of course, you know it. The rabbit won in the end. no wait, that's the second race. The first one was won by the turtle cos the rabbit was over-confident.

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Slow and steady wins the race.
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I was thrown straight into the job of Shift Duty Manager to learn from my old irritating, impatient and temperamental SDM right on my first day back to work after 3weeks away from work. The slow reaction to matters and the need to think things through, remember all the nitty gritty details and constant nagging from the SDM certainly didnt make it easy. One more night shift tonight to learn the ropes from the current SDM as much as possible before i am fully ON MY OWN next week as the current SDM is going for his in camp training. I have to be steady but i can't be slow! Since my boss have the confidence in me by throwing me into the sea to swim on my own. I need to do GOOD. Climb, climb and climb higher.

The last burst to the end of 2008! Run and run all the way to the end!

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Genie, give a helping hand will you!?

U.S Trip

My long-overdue post on my US trip. Supposed to post when i wake up early this Tuesday morning, but guess what? i overslept. from 0130hrs to 2130hrs. TWENTY freaking hours without waking up for breakfast, lunch, dinner, peeing, shitting or doing anything else other than sleeping!!! AHHHHHhhhh....i cant rem the last time i slept for so long... I thought i slept for only 2hours when i woke up and saw the dark skies. "How come its still so dark? hmmm..." i looked at my handphone and saw the time "21:27hrs 02/09 Tuesday" WHAT THE F**K? i was stoned for 20 secs. I just missed my dinner date with Sab and i have tens of missed calls and sms-es. mega SNORTZ. and my mother din even bother to wake me up! =(

Just got out of the Subway from JFK Airport. Our first picture together at New York! =) Right next to Central Park~!

Broadway- we watched Mama Mia and it was very cool and funny. Makes me wanna watch the movie by Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan~ "Mama Miaa~~~ here she goes again~~~"

At Disney store - and we went to M&M's, NBC, Empire State Building, Museum of Sex and so many more that New York Pass has to offer. It's walk and walk and walk and walk mainly for New York City. No cabs. Just legs and Subway. =)

Madison Square Garden =)

Statue of liberty - didnt bother to go up to the top since there's a way long queue and we are sitting of waiting in looooong queues. That's one sickening thing in New York, where you have to wait in long queues to go to the places of attraction. and the security. Yucks!

and on to Orlando, Florida! Disney! It's almost the same as that of the Hongkong's Disney, but bigger. Still managed to enjoy ourselves here nonetheless and then its Tropical Storm Fay all the way. Yay Fay...Yay... T_T

Us near our hotels, walking down the road to search for food. Next time --> Get a Car! I wanna go back to FLORIDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sharon and I at the beach back at her place - New Hampshire! The day was Bright and Sunny, the air was cool and the water was near freezing point! yes....its so freaking cold that thigh-deep was all i could go. my feet was numb after just minutes into the water. Oh well, the Americans just dived straight into the water like its the norm for them.

Me at Tilton, one of the shopping outlets in New Hampshire. Shopping is sinful. I learnt that in U.S. which explains the polos, tees, jackets, shoes, belts, etc that i bought over here. For the next few months, its eat-grass time for me. heh.

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Back in Singapore as of 1430hrs 01/09/08 and there's a whole new bunch of things for me to look forward to until end of the year 2008 and it ain't far away.

(1) first of all, back at work on my first day i will go straight into my NEW jobscope/post as a Shift Duty Manager. 2 shifts of under-study before i am thrown into the sea by myself to live or die. yayyyyy....

(2) National Service awaits me on 12 November 2008. My country awaits me.

(3) A trip overseas with my friends. Long-awaited. but that means more $$$. looks like i have to choose a place cheap. or postpone to next yr. haha.

(4) Appraisal/X'mas/New Year/Sharon's Bday/etc etc.