All day and some old pictures
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Pulled myself out of bed early morning and made my way down to Buona Vista to get my letter of appointment signed. I still can't believe I made this decision. After all, I never expected myself to consider this as one of my career options at any point in time before this.
The Editorium was half-filled by the time the speaker (she's like the english version of pengkwee, my sec school chinese teacher) started speaking. All of us got our sets of letters, forms (ohmy so many), presentation slides, and the speaker quickly ran through her presentation with us.
Appointment information. check
Medical clearance. check
PPT/EPT. check
Benefits. check
Salary information. check
Leave scheme. check
Got down to the 3rd level where we had our photoshoot (totally un-ANTM, wrong choice of word) for the PScard. I had a very cute lady telling me "okay you look ready!" when it was my turn for the take. We sat beside each other during the briefing and I found out her name's Lilian, and she used to be working under NUH's operations management. What a mid-career switch huh.
Met up with Siao at Wheelock and we went to have XIAO LONG BAOs at Din Tai Fung. They were slurpingly good. And then Siao asked me how did the soup end up inside those baos. We guessed the 'soup' oozes out from the meat-filling when the XLBs are being steamed. Anyone here who really knows the answer?
Had the most torturous walk from Wisma to Far East after our 10 XLBs. gawd I hate those heels. Made some impulse buys that wasn't so good for our wallets (& I got a new one!) before we had HALF-PRICED WAFFLES at GELARE! I can't believe it's her first time at Gelare's but anyway, we should go again next Tuesday!!!
Headed back home for Grandma's birthday dinner celebrations. Caught up with relatives and my little cousins (who are morphing into little terrors). Had a long chat with one of my older cousins about joining NIE. He's taking a mid-career switch (engineer-turned-D&T/CPA-teacher) because he feels that the prospects are really not that bad. We might bump into each other in school in future because he's going to end his contract and start lessons at NIE real soon! I seriously feel better now that I've talked to him, & I guess that's mainly because he told me not to worry bout the 8-years bond. "aiyah, at most break bond only mah" lol.
And now... for some way-overdue pictures! Taken when Siao just got her new Canon EOS baby. Anyhow anyhow also can take real artistic shots please! DSLR就是不一样!
Photo loot:
cherry garcia, choco mint, ny superfudge chunk and some coffee-flavoured one served with a generous dollop of whipped cream, brightly-coloured M&Ms and chocolate fudge. doesn't sound too bad eh?
chocolate and rose macarons! It was our first time trying them, and the rose flavoured one really caught us by surprise by being slightly crunchy on the outside, while maintaining a moist, chewy, and flavourful interior. $1.50 each from the pastry shop beside Ben&Jerry's at B1 of Raffles City shopping centre. I can't remember the name!
ff-fatface :( anyhow, she keeps saying it's a great shot cos there's a background and a foreground. um, okay lo? lol
siaosiaosiaosiao!! stark contrast from previous 3 pictures, no prize for guessing who took it. okay, the artist in me is just waiting for the right time to break free. okay, i'm kidding, there's no artist in me. boo
That's all of the photos I have for today. I hope she'll bring her baby out more often so we can take more pictures and then I will have a blog filled with artistic pictures that only DSLRs are capable of taking. Woohoo! dream on aijia!
Random mother things to end the post with:
1) Today, I talked to Mum about staying in hall.
2) She saw the card that bf made for me, and then tried to pluck out the saga seeds that bf pasted on it (!!!!), before asking, "he make one mor?" I think she was kinda surprised that he would actually make something like that for me. hohoho. Plus point for you, bf!
1:11 AM
The Editorium was half-filled by the time the speaker (she's like the english version of pengkwee, my sec school chinese teacher) started speaking. All of us got our sets of letters, forms (ohmy so many), presentation slides, and the speaker quickly ran through her presentation with us.
Appointment information. check
Medical clearance. check
PPT/EPT. check
Benefits. check
Salary information. check
Leave scheme. check
Got down to the 3rd level where we had our photoshoot (totally un-ANTM, wrong choice of word) for the PScard. I had a very cute lady telling me "okay you look ready!" when it was my turn for the take. We sat beside each other during the briefing and I found out her name's Lilian, and she used to be working under NUH's operations management. What a mid-career switch huh.
Met up with Siao at Wheelock and we went to have XIAO LONG BAOs at Din Tai Fung. They were slurpingly good. And then Siao asked me how did the soup end up inside those baos. We guessed the 'soup' oozes out from the meat-filling when the XLBs are being steamed. Anyone here who really knows the answer?
Had the most torturous walk from Wisma to Far East after our 10 XLBs. gawd I hate those heels. Made some impulse buys that wasn't so good for our wallets (& I got a new one!) before we had HALF-PRICED WAFFLES at GELARE! I can't believe it's her first time at Gelare's but anyway, we should go again next Tuesday!!!
Headed back home for Grandma's birthday dinner celebrations. Caught up with relatives and my little cousins (who are morphing into little terrors). Had a long chat with one of my older cousins about joining NIE. He's taking a mid-career switch (engineer-turned-D&T/CPA-teacher) because he feels that the prospects are really not that bad. We might bump into each other in school in future because he's going to end his contract and start lessons at NIE real soon! I seriously feel better now that I've talked to him, & I guess that's mainly because he told me not to worry bout the 8-years bond. "aiyah, at most break bond only mah" lol.
And now... for some way-overdue pictures! Taken when Siao just got her new Canon EOS baby. Anyhow anyhow also can take real artistic shots please! DSLR就是不一样!
Photo loot:
cherry garcia, choco mint, ny superfudge chunk and some coffee-flavoured one served with a generous dollop of whipped cream, brightly-coloured M&Ms and chocolate fudge. doesn't sound too bad eh?
chocolate and rose macarons! It was our first time trying them, and the rose flavoured one really caught us by surprise by being slightly crunchy on the outside, while maintaining a moist, chewy, and flavourful interior. $1.50 each from the pastry shop beside Ben&Jerry's at B1 of Raffles City shopping centre. I can't remember the name!
ff-fatface :( anyhow, she keeps saying it's a great shot cos there's a background and a foreground. um, okay lo? lol
siaosiaosiaosiao!! stark contrast from previous 3 pictures, no prize for guessing who took it. okay, the artist in me is just waiting for the right time to break free. okay, i'm kidding, there's no artist in me. boo
That's all of the photos I have for today. I hope she'll bring her baby out more often so we can take more pictures and then I will have a blog filled with artistic pictures that only DSLRs are capable of taking. Woohoo! dream on aijia!
Random mother things to end the post with:
1) Today, I talked to Mum about staying in hall.
2) She saw the card that bf made for me, and then tried to pluck out the saga seeds that bf pasted on it (!!!!), before asking, "he make one mor?" I think she was kinda surprised that he would actually make something like that for me. hohoho. Plus point for you, bf!
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