work and play

2:57am. another new record begins.

these mad crazy days

will they ever be over?

point of exasperation.

i could live like this

best work day in eons.

quoted "I haven't got a single email since 3pm" !

the smell of liberation is so sweet.

mid term appraisal

i do doubt myself - more often than i think i should.

"Everything was going according to plan. What caught me off guard, however, was the fact that this eagerly awaited phase brought a sense of loss to me that triggered a whole new wave of soul searching I had not anticipated." — Carolyn Custis James

and then.

happy chinese new year all :)

few days back i received confirmation on my job movement to brand building, something which i've wanted since the very beginning. it will be effective from march but here's the chance so let's run with it.

Practice Collective Hypocrisy

back then when we went under ms k's tyrant ruling - regardless of how many times she walks out from our class or the fact that she calls us cretins, she comes back soon enough and made sure we got through our A levels in the end. she didnt expel us or at least I hope she didnt get anyone expelled.

back then, she said we should get used to it... there are people worse than her out there.

hah. we thought that was her idea of a joke.

but she is right.

end note:
PCH..practice collective hypocrisy. how true del.

tiresome.

after 8 months of corporate whirlwind, things has begun to slow down. i'm slowly checking off my objectives for the year and am anticipating change. its really time to.

PROJECT FATFACE

and look how fast my hair grows!

balik kampong

the theme for the family day was balik kampong - it's a about re-living the kampong spirit. the past 2 months has been a logistical nightmare, dealing with irresponsibilities, unprofessionalism, sacarsm, unappreciation. but we got through, because of people who care enough to give help, advice, support, friendship, people who appreciate enough to say thank you and understand the effort that went behind all the planning.

this is the kampong spirit.

.................

finally, this disastrous week is over.

a not so fun gathering

2 weeks of meeting ahead. omona.



CN Blue

heart & sweat

for the past few months, i've been working on a particular project which requires me to give a training to the entire field sales force. After many discussions with my boss, my team, the management, colleagues, doing up presentations slides, changing presentation slides, discussion, more changes, OT, OT , OT, it all paid off last night. all the positive encouragements i've got made it all worthwhile.

and manda: i was THISSSSSS close to going fly with them. haha!

back to sleep.

scatterbrain

i'm always either screwed over by my own laziness or forgetfulness.

kao.

recognition

wooohoooooooooooooooooooo!

friday im in love

it's friday and im counting down to shopping time laters. And the fact that I am able to write shows that activities here at the office has mellowed down from the crazy-over-the-top weeks to the usual hubbub. and im so glad its friday, cos the weekends are the only breaks i get now. i haven’t been able to clear any leave because its either (1) too busy, (2) boss is away or (3) colleague is away. The only time i managed to ‘escape’ was when I fell sick and was on MC last friday.

but other than that, its so fwah so good. there's work and there's good fun too. i've gotten new projects on hand whilst things on the trade side are warming up to the race season. and there's also our girls' day out, or sponsored lunches, party invites, family day.

at least im no longer that lost lamb in the herd now, not so lost anyway.

Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn't even start
It's friday i'm in love
.......The Cure - Friday I'm In Love

i love (the perks of) my job.

mid year review

had my first formal performance review with my boss today and (thank goodness) it was more of a moral boost than a downer. she gave me more credit than i thought i should be given and hopefully i get the pay raise more than i expected too. yosh!

you! me! dancing!

Los Campesinos - You! Me! Dancing!

See our evolution in the beginning for the MV, the music expresses it perfectly.

If there's one thing I could never confess
It's that I can't dance a single step

It's you!
It's me!
And there's dancing!

i'm hanging out with my colleagues later, for some saturday shopping and hangabouts since our family day has been cancelled due to the whole flu saga. the point saying is that, comparing to this quote "and now we work to silence, work related questions, dry laughs if any. no jokes are cracked because there's nothing to make fun of and neither would the colleagues find it funny" unquote. lunch now is always filled with much laughter, and we've also made it for some midweek magaritas and mojitos (Cuba Libre) as well. friends!

today is a friday

e: "please tell me today's friday"
j: "today is friday"
e: "do i have to go to work tomorrow?"
j: "yes you have to go to work tomorrow."

urgs. the morning after the midweek dinner is always so difficult.