Random Bird Talk

Oh wow, its been at least 4 months since I wrote anything here!! And guess what got my attention? A comment by Sweet Pea.....

Dearest Sweet Pea... You're indeed so sweet! Sometimes I just need a kick in my wobbly butt to get something done, and your comment definitely got me motivated at once to write something... ANYTHING!!!!! So, I hope you'll be pleased and I hope to get to know you and interact with you some day! ^.^

That being said, this would be a post of all things random....

My New Job:

Yea, where I last left off, I finally landed a new job. It has so far been SUPER DUPER BUSY and yet it has been fun. There was not a boring day at work, in fact, everyday brings its share of surprises... in the form of problems and challenges. Nay... I'm not the kind who would say to people in the interview that I love challenges.. but I love to fix problems. So, in a way, the problems are still keeping me motivated at work.

It has been a complete culture shock moving from a MNC environment into a local organisation.. and Club environment. It's the first time I need to deal with employees who are unionised, employees who falls under the "rank and file" category.. who are in the F&B industry etc. The set of problems are really challenging, and also can be heart wrenching... I honestly wonder how long I would last. But at the moment, I am still inspired, and I feel I could make positive contributions, and will still give it my best.

The months of December to March was crazy! It's the madness season for HR dept with all the tasks, issues, and events - including the annual Staff Party. I'm glad to have Sylvia as part of the team to tackle all these, and she's been a blessing. After 4 whole months of burnout, my body finally crash.... that's why for the whole of this week, I've been home on sick leave. Asthmatic bronchitis, sinus infection, spiral fever... all hit me at the same time. Even right now, my brain's a little drugged because of the cough medication. Somehow I don't feel that I'm "flowing" in what I'm writing. I think when I read back on all these later, it's all gonna sound disconnected. hohoho....

Tomorrow I'll be back to office again, and there's gonna be lots waiting to do. I just hope I'll be able to cope and things would really be more regulated.

Phuket Holiday in May!

Yeah... I'm looking forward to a Phuket Holiday with my darling Jeff in mid May. He was approached by the Marriot Club (those time-share kind of club where they would want you to invest in some packages or at least force you to sit and listen to them for 2hours) and offered a 4 days 3 nights stay at a resort in Phuket, at USD250. We thought that is a good deal, and decided we will take on the offer, and will sit through their 2hours "introduction" when we are there. I've never been to Thailand, so of course, never been to Bangkok or Phuket.. I just hope that whatever unrest that's happening right now in Thailand would subside by next month. Jeff told me that Phuket is a distance away from the heart where all these are happening and we should not have much to worry about. Oh well, I hope so! And I hope that I will be fit enough to enjoy the holiday!

My new toy : the iPhone~!

Hehehee.... another thing which have been keeping me entertained and occupied is the iphone 3GS. After Jeff got his in Jan, I got mine not long after... and since then, I've been distracted. Though I do miss many features on my SonyEricsson phone (e.g. the multi-tasking, the ease to convert any mp3 sounds to alarm or ringtone, the cybershot camera functions, the ease to transfer songs and other files via bluetooth etc.), the fun and practical applications available for the iphone helped to balance it. I'm adaptable, I suppose, hehehehee...

Well, at least I've experienced the iphone gadget. Right now, I'm just a little concerned about how I'm gonna backup my data on some of my applications should the iphone fail me one day. I've not done enough research on this device..

A Walk at the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve Park :

Sigh.... weightloss has so far been unsuccessful and I've not been exercising since I started work. This would be a lifelong battle but I hope that I can build in more time for walks and swims. I need to keep 10kgs off in order to take the strain off my back, knees and ankles. Yes, I'm guilty of procrastinating and guilty of not watching calories and all. Darling has been sighing silently at my weight gain and I know it.

Thanks to this whole week of being sick and loss of appetite, my weight dropped by 1kg to 67.8kg. hahahaha... OK that is still sad. As of June 2008 I was merely 57kg. So, I am definitely in need of shedding 10kg, and that is not yet even the ideal weight. Ideal weight should be about 55kg. Oh well, if I can go down to 60kg, I'll already hold a big celebration.

Anyway, last weekend, before I fell sick, we managed to do a walk-in-the-rain trip to Bukit Timah Nature Reserves. It was fun!! This was Jeff's first ever trip to Bukit Timah Hill~! We took the blue trail first, that being the shortest and easiest. We had 2 cans of Asahi Beer which we bought for the trip and we drank 1 can after reaching the end of our 1st route. After which, we walked the main path, explored a little on one of the side paths in the woods and decided it was a little too tough for my knees and turned back. Upon getting back to the starting point (Visitor Centre) , we decided to take a look at the Hindhede Park as well. Oh what a pleasant surprise when we came to the quarry lookout point! The air was misty and I felt as though we have came to a different world. Took some pics and had some fun with the camera too!

Oh yes, I'll post a few here :

Somehow I couldn't shift the photo sequences after I upload, donno why, but heck la~! Either blogger has done some changes or I've forgotten the correct way to do so~

The misty Quarry lookout point at Hindhede Park:

The trail (main road) leading back down :

At our 1st route Destination : where we drank our 1st can of Asahi

Camera Fun at the Quarry Lookout point:

Camera Fun at our 1st Route Destination :

MacRitchie Reservoir Park Walk :

This reminded me too, haha, that the week before - we went to MacRitchie Resevoir for a walk as well. It came about as a random spontaneous idea and Jeff welcomes it.

Hence, we put on our exercise shoes and drove over. Mum came along as well....

It's been so long since we've visited the place and it is so different! Definitely the place to go more often.

We took Route 2 - Purple trail that goes around the water edges and greeneries. The walk took about 2 hours, and it was great fun! I really enjoy walking in "nature", having the trees to look at, the scenery, hear the birds singing, and anticipation of something new and unexpected.

Along the way, we saw a monitor lizard (or whatever it is) swimming and gliding gracefully in the water. Yes, I got a picture of it!!!

After the 2 hour long walk, we sat down near the kayak station for a rest before heading home and enjoyed the sunset.

That's darling standing at the bottom left corner :

Then, we even witness a monkey running to a group of shrieking ladies and robbing them of a bag of Calbee pototo chips, LOL~!!!! That was truly awesome! Wish I had taken a video of it. However, I managed to have a blur shot of the monkey though....

The monkey running off with it's loot :

The monkey enjoying crunchy chips :

Routine Routine Routine..

Life somehow have settled into a routine for me...

I wonder if I've lost personal flavour?

Hmmm... guess not. However, I must not let life settle into a rut.

I guess that's all for now. It's a good start. I shall be more diligent to blog.. because it is my memory lane. I can't be too lazy!!!!!

SO... Thanks again, Sweetpea, thanks for the nudge!

Cheers~

Tweetie!

Starting a new job!!!

YEY!!!! I'm starting a new job tomorrow!!! 1st December 2009.

Finally!

2 weeks ago I was contacted for an interview. It was for a HR Manager position at a local Sports Club. I'll call it the KKKK* - for urrrmm.... confidentiality purposes, because I am not sure about how seriously the Company treats matters as employees blogging about their work & office! Hence I better not spell the name of it in full in case it was googled, haha!

For the past month from 26 Oct till 27 Nov, I've been working part time at GZ as a temp HR Admin staff. It has been the best working days of the year, considering that I've only worked 3 months at the Cosmetics Company. I am so grateful for the temp job at GZ because the pay, though humble, helped pay my critical bills and tide me through. Moreover, I have so many "angels" at GZ who have been my best friends and close buddies - I was so well taken cared of and made to feel at home there. Deep inside, I wished I could work permanently for GZ should any position open up.

However, I am also grateful that after 2 interviews, I was offered the position at KKKK and at a comfy salary. It will not be a bed of roses and the job will have its challenges, but I am very positive about it and hope that the job will be enjoyable and a career that may last me for years, providing me with job security and income stability. And importantly, IT'S A HR JOB!!!!!!!! (No more Secretarial bullshit for me!!!!!!)

So, tonight, I just wanna pen these happy thoughts down and then get on with preparing for tomorrow, and have an early night.

TOMORROW'S GONNA BE A GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!!!! ^_^

* KKKK (Kinkapore Krick Kret Krub)

My true love, Jeff

I love Jeff.

Its as simple as that.

He has been the one who was there for me.. in my most difficult moments, and he's been there by my side since the day he took the courage to woo me.

Since then, he has always been consistently caring, loving, pampering, supportive and sweet.

He sends me an sms every morning.

He calls me every night.

He spends time with me every weekend.

He puts up with all my nonsense.... ok.. most of my nonsense. I'm not an easy bitch to handle.

He has been the only guy so far who has proven his love and faithfulness to me.

There is no other reason why I would not marry him when the time comes.

And most of all, I believe things will work out between the both of us.

He is the most wonderful and sincere man, whom I know I can depend on.

I love you darling, thank you for loving me.

.... and thanks for the Carlsberg Special Brew 8.8% which inspired me to post this. hahaha....

Muacks~!

Morning Walk!

Guess what?!? HAHA!!! I woke up this morning at 6.20am.. and went for a 30mins morning walk to start the day with!

This has been something I've been talking about doing and thinking about doing for a long time but never did made it! What to do... I'm just not a morning person! But, I'll try!! Always!!

Well.. honestly, it was a struggle to get out of bed. And the usual negotiations happened in the mind, to postpone it to tomorrow when I could have perhaps had a better night sleep. At 4.30am I was still somehow awake and unable to sink into Zzzz-land. But then, what the hell, just roll outta bed and see what's next!

So what's next was me, staggering to the toilet, splash water on face and freshen up.
Was changing into my T-shirt & shorts when mum knocked once a the door and opened the door! *What the....!!*

And she asked, "What's wrong with you???!!"
I blurred for a moment, and then instance annoyance rose within me. "Huh?! Nothing wrong ah!?" was my (ungrateful) reply.
So mum said, "But why did I smell alcohol all over the toilet? Did you go drinking and threw up or ????!!"

Hahahahahaa~!! That's funny!!! hahahahaah...
So I told mum .. "NO LAH!!! That's because I rinsed my mouth with Listerine lah!!!!!!!!!"
"Orhhhh.... cheyyyyy..." was her answer before she return to sleep.

-_-

Anyway, the next frustration was looking for my Nike Air in the dark. Not wanting to disturb anyone in their sleep, I tried searching around, but can't find them. Grrrrr.... Tweetie begin to feel annoyed again! Finally switched on the lights.. still can't find! Not in the balcony! Not at the door! Not in the shoe cabinets! Not in my bedroom's shoe boxes as well!!! WHERE!!!!!!!????!!!!! Rrrr...rrr..rr... I just can't figure out where my shoes could've gone to! Just then sweet Joan got up (she's our maid) and asked what I was looking for (sigh... i didnt wanna wake her up and now i've donnit!!). Told her, and guess what? She had washed it and its at the foot the balcony wall to dry. Grateful, I said thanks, and soon I'm on my way to the little "hill" near my place to have my morning walk.

Wow, felt so good! Right now I'm back to my bedroom... just cooling down and will have to get ready to go to work soon.

Things are gonna change. Yes, there will be changes!! AGAIN!!!!

And now, to go transfer stuff to my new handbag.
(Yes... I bought something really nice for myself yesterday after watching Mamma Mia with my sweet sis/cousin. I decided that I must pamper me!!! hehehehee... )

May everyone have a beautiful Monday!
Cheers~