TGIF :)

One of my many items for breakfast today, this yummy butter cookie (yikes, at my desktop).

Cute or not?

Fish Fingers

I had a massive craving bubbling when I was almost reaching home from work. I detoured to Cold Storage and bought a box. Had 4 fingers fried for dinner...

YUMMY!


PS: Not cheap!

30s SUCK!

I thought being in my 30s is supposed to be the real deal. Comfortable in my own skin, knowing what I want, etc.

For the past 48 hours or so, I was confronted with my fear. Not my usual fear towards spiders, lizards....I thought the worst emotion one can experience is coping with separation. Fear to move out of comfort zone makes it a very close 2nd.

Not consciously looking for a job, something which I did 4-5 years ago caught up with me 2 days ago. I decided to give the interview a try because I have been out of practice. 7 years! The position was extremely daunting: A Head of Division overseeing 60 staff in 3 departments.

If someone was confident and wanted to take an ego trip and/or face more challenges in life before hitting the big 4-0, he/she would have jumped at the chance and not be like me, had apprehension written all over my face.

I've gotten over the scope of the position. I've not gotten over my fear yet. It's very real.

Re-surfaced!

I'm sure I blogged about this or him 2-3 years ago. Deserted and stranded...My sister suffered the same. This morning, he re-surfaced. An unidentified number, I answered the call and found out that he's returned, shamelessly catching up as if nothing happened in the first place.

Our then-financial planner.

I knew he left for Thailand for a business venture. December that year was when the airport was shut down by protestors. Thailand was never really the same again, until today.

I quote him - "I never really left the industry so I'm back again." YAH RIGHT. He completely lacked the foresight to burn his bridges so badly. I contacted sis and I quote her response - "no way in hell will I use him again". That makes 2 of us.

Goodbye forever.

Dear John...

I'm in love.......with John.

In Dear John, to be precise.

Umbrella

And I'm not referring to Rihanna's hit single.

I was told, or rather 'being gossiped to' that my company's Human Resource Senior Executive cannot spell 'umbrella'. It's not like it was a typo. She was caught out. During a discussion while she was typing the minutes, she paused, typed, hesitated, back-spaced, typed again, etc. You get the drift.

So proud of Nanny. She found out that Singaporeans are heavily subsidized for an English course lasting f0r 3 months (twice a week, 3 hours each class) so she signed up for it. She told me that a few PRC Nationals are in her class too. They have to pay the full school fees but are undeterred. Such is their positive attitude.

Singaporeans should be so worried, only then we will stop being complacent.

Angie's Last Day

* Courtesy of T at 3 years old

Mask Up!

I work in an office with an open concept seating arrangement. By this I mean there is only a low wall (23com in height to be exact) of separation between myself and the person seated in front of me.

I'm used to it. Afterall it's been 7 years (yes, unbelievable!) so I have no real concerns unless the person is coughing every 5 secs, with phlegm audibly present and he makes no attempt to be apologetic about it. I have low immune system and Becks' exams are round the corner so I finally told him, with a smile - please wear a mask.

He complied right after lunch. :)
A box of fresh masks sits on his desk now.

PS: Slight sore throat now as I type!

Film Fest

I'm actually itching to go see at least one show...it's been a long time. Sigh.

Follow Your Heart

I told my colleague yesterday that I am facing a small dilemma and she advised me to 'follow my heart'. Wtf does that mean???? I was too polite to ask further.

This morning she called me and said actually it is through counselling sessions to bring one to the stage of 'following ones' heart' ah...at least this makes sense). She is taking a degree course in psychotherapy now so she said she would go through her materials again to refresh herself and would volunteer to counsel me. Despite the amateur setting, I'm game. I don't want regrets.

iPhone...and users' discretion

Hands up for those who own an iPhone.

It's a bane of my existence where the office enivornment is concerned. In the past, I see a staff hunched over I know he/she is engrossed in trouble-shooting, scrutinizing a document where details have gone wrong. Now, it's the iPhone they are fiddling with. Worse that Facebook has taken over Asia (finally) by storm...one more fun reason to surf the internet.

In Feb (Chinese New Year), we were invited to a lo hei lunch by one of our vendors. Seated with the Managing Director, even though there would be an obvious lack of conversational topics, one should still wring our PR juices to make small talk. Right? Wrong. 3 of them at the same table whipped out their iPhones and started doing the familiar-and-irritating swipe of their finger. Right to left, up and down...I was embarrassed. Embarrassed by their lack of grace, embarrassed for my lack of courage to tell them off (they are in their mid 30s. Adult on the outside, what is on the inside?!).

Professional discretion takes a back seat.
May God bless them.

About Singapore

I just got 'arrowed' to write an essay about Singapore.

Apparently our HQ is keen on posting such stories on our intranet to share with our subsidiaries worldwide. I think the wordcount is about 300...I have till 30th. I'm not sure how the final product will turn out but some ideas are already forming - chewing gum ban, IR, 'chope' seats at food centres with packets of tissue, YOG, Formula One, sloppy dress sense (bermudas and slippers in Orchard?!), etc.

Anything else? :)