Birthday Part III

With the advancement in technology, it is amazing how I get emails, SMSes and phonecall from far far away with warm birthday wishes.

Although there is still a few more hours before I officially turn OLDER than 26. Here's the list of people I have to thank for their warm wishes and birthday presents and surprises ! And it is in order of what time they called / messaged. ( According to Janis, the people who called in advance and the 'belated' people should not be in the list )

Dennis, ( someone who doesnt like his name mentioned on my blog ) Janis, Felicia, Celine C., Michelle, David H., Dawn, Kenric, Crystal L, Verena, Astrid, Wai, Alex, Leon, Esther, Dave K, Meihui, Xiaowei, Doris, my aunt and godma, Justin L, Janine, Tuck, Rene, Kyle, Ker Ying, Doria, Imran, Stephanie G, Andrew E, Alyssa, Derek W, Siew May, Charlene, my cousin Kate, Aunts and Uncle, Michael, Pamela, Christina and still counting......

To Mouse, PJ, Cass, Julian, Justin who specially celebrated my birthday for my on Saturday. THANK YOU !

To the peeps at work, Sofiah, DH, Doris, Yuen Mun, Angeline, Crystal, Serene, Michelle, Joanne, Jeannie, Norman and Ah Boy ! Thank you so much for my lovely pink office.

To Astrid and Noah for Lunch.

To the few others that I have made plans with for the rest of the week, I will see you soon.

PS: Even Facebook wished me Happy Birthday ! hahahhaah

What’s cooler than having good colleagues ? Birthday part II

Having awesome colleagues that go the extra mile to welcoming you and preparing your birthday.

This is what they have done today,
1 ) Tricked me out of going for lunch early.

2 ) Boss's boss pretended that she has not had Jack's Place for a long time and wants to go there... knowing that it is one of my favourite places. Casually mentioned that we are going to Jack's Place today.

3 ) Pretended that she need to go to a store to do some exchanges and spent a massive amount of time there. ( So I played along ! )

4 ) Knowing that I have been coming to the office with dust allergies causing my eyes to tear frequently and contact lenses to fall out of place. The HR Department set up a mosquito net ( in bright pink ! ) and bought me all kinds of cleaning supplies !

5 ) Wrapped all different kinds of detergent, soap, brushes, wet tissues, hand soap, cleaning gloves, brushes individually and hanging them all over the pink net ! ( look below )

6 ) Treat me to a very scrumptious lunch at Jack Place

7 ) Bought me mango cake, learnt that I dont take mango, Bought me another slice of cheesecake !

8 ) Sang the birthday song twice

9 ) Bought me a Training and Development Textbook ! YIPPPEEEE !

10) Boss noticed that I always have a notebook with me and always scribbing away, bought a very very kick-ass classy notebook. THANK YOU. Very Thoughtful.

11 ) My birthday card says : Congratulations ! You survived your first birthday with us ! hahah



MUCHAS GRACIAS GUYS !

P.S You can see Norman's Office Curtains and my pick office !

My Birthday Week Part I

Last Year, I promised myself a good birthday this year. Unfortunately, I didnt have the time due to assignments and a change in workplace and jobs. In many ways, I think my birthday is off to a good start 2008.

Saturday 12th April 2008
Saturday night, the B.Boys tried to surprise me with a good old visit to Sizzler Salad buffet, catching up with hilarious topics from movies and weeds…

Julian, you look good in the new pairs of Jeans. DO not cut them please.
Thanks Guys, I really appreciate the $150 Raoul Gift Certificate. I can always do with extra corporate wear.

Sunday 13th April 2008
The entire family went out for a dinner at Jumbo seafood…. Yum Yum, Prawns, Crabs, Steamed Fish, Abalone, Scallop…. Thank you very much to daddy who gave me an advance on my ang pow money and paying for dinner.

I had a surprise call from someone I didn’t expect on Sunday night. You got the date wrong but you really made me smile inside because its good to know that after so many years. You still remembered my birthday and most impressive of all, you managed to track down my handphone number in Singapore ! Thank you for the phone call despite the time difference, and you have been greatly missed too. Your phone call almost made me cry.

My weekend

It has been a long time I hung out late ( late defined as past 2am at a bar / pub ) with my friends. We have all grown up over the last few months, ( and aged too! hahahaha... mouse with his army cut makes him look like he was still in NS !) but because everyone is so caught up with work it was a long time since we hung out. Many thanks to Juls, you gave us a good reason to meet up. I hope your poker game went well and you raised lots of money for charity.
My good long time OLD friends !

Good Friday long weekend was a good rest but I NEEEEED more.. Bring me away to Krabi please !!!

Now that I have been stamped with a clean bill of health from 3 different doctors. YEAH ! Its back to running for me.. ( I wonder if I can put a TV screen and a DVD player in front of the threadmill...

Its has been a two weeks break from singing and it has been a good break. I have been devoting my Fridays to singing and my singing mates but hanging out the Barker boys have made me realized how much I miss my old friends. I need to find a balance and I shall use the next week or so to find out what it is that I really want.

Until then, Ta Ta !

I must be

I must be a Thai in my previous life. I am not in a good mood today and there are lots of things bothering me. Hopefully, they will go away tomorrow..I came home today and flooded my room with Thai music and I feel much better already.

I dont understand every single lyric but I can sing along to every of the 20 songs that are playing. I remember Sai use to play Thai songs in the study room, and I would have post-its notes sticking all over the place teaching me thai.

I miss my best friend. where are you ? you should come back to asia my dear....

I need

I need to get away from ugly people, there are a couple in my office. I love my job but I hate the ugly people inside. Why does this have to happen to me ?
I am in the office at 7.30am every morning to get my work done, I am usually happy but at 8.30am I will see ugly people and ugly things floating around me.

Why why why ?

booooohoooo...

RIP : First it was a scratching sound, then I hear the painful coughing sound when I had to start it up, then it died.... my MAC hard dick is gone.. REST IN PEACE..... it was very very painful but I have to replace it.. hopefully it comes back to me before Friday.

CONGRATS : Dennis ! You made it ! You will soon join the ranks of the pilots ! So happy for you. It has been a long wait... about 2 years ?

SORRY : Joel, I know it painful. Hang in there

PROUD : Fel, you passed your Maths ! Very proud of you

I need to do this more, I think its a sign.

Its funny coincidence that I found this delivered into my inbox this morning and read my sister's blog about praying more.
hmmm........ coincidence ? a sign from someone great up there ?



on second thoughts, the dog is very very cute.

I am mad at you

Today, I conducted my last Product Knowledge Course with my beloved team. This is the last time I will be conducting this particular course with my present company. I love training and I love my staff. All of them, I will miss them very much.

I got into this line because I know training is something that I love and it is something that I have been doing for a long time. But I am angry at someone who took the joy of training away from me. I am angry because someone made me focus o drawing a clean and distinct line between being a trainer and a friend to my staff and because I respected her opinions and her years of experience but this was against my fundamental belief that being a trainer is like being a friend, sharing your knowledge and helping them to grow.

Over the last year and half, I grew close to a lot of my staff and they started to confide in me, they tell me their personal stories, they cry and sometimes I help them see a different point of view. I pushed them to go further in their studies, I challenge them to do more and I watch them grow. I share my lunch breaks and my personal time because I know I make a difference.

But someone took this joy away, she wanted be me to be like her detached and selfish. And this made me upset and confused for a long time. I spoke to some of my staff today and I told them about my departure. One of them said, you cannot leave, we are so used to having you around, having you to chat and one to talk to. We are like you now, we forgot who we were when we started and we are trained by you, so you cannot leave. It breaks my heart so much to have to say I am sorry guys.

So I am so angry at myself and also at someone. The biggest lesson I learn in being a trainer is this, go with your heart and your passion, impart your knowledge and only my heart knows whats best for my staff.

To all my staff, I am sorry I am leaving, I will miss you guys and I will be back to visit.

This the DAAAA shits !