Work

Time to divulge more about my job. I am working at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) as an administrative assistant. My office, the Graduates Studies Office (GSO) is on top of a hill. So I have to climb up a slope from the bus stop where I get down. By the time I reach the office, I am already sweating. LOL.

First week of work was lonely alone but luckily my colleagues were super nice. The person who hired me, Mui Gek, is SUPER nice. I had lunch with her and another temp. staff in the first week and I could actually chat with Mui Gek like as if she's my friend. :) She has a really cute laugh. 

Before I started working on 6 Jan, my agent had called me and asked if any of my friends were interested as there was one more position. I immediately started asking around and my Orientation Group mate, Meiyi, was both available and interested. So we signed her up. Then during the first week of work, my agent called me again and said there is one more position. So this time I signed Jessica up. 

Another one of the perm. staff, Doreen, had told me that Jess would be in the same section as another guy she had just hired. So I was like "Oooh, who is this mysterious new guy?" And on Sunday night, my friend Neeran messaged me and said that the new guy is her friend, Siddarth, whom I coincidentally kind of know since he is from the same college as me and is friends with my friend Shamira. What a small world!

So on 13 Jan, I met up with Meiyi, Jess and Sid at Jurong Point and took them to work with me and I no longer felt lonely any more. :D We eat lunch together, go to work together and usually go home together. I like our camaraderie! We also met a nice guy at work from Hwa Chong, who has finished his National Service and is waiting to start studying at NTU. He's called Tze Hao. 

Meiyi and I are both in the Exam committee and have to keep doing different things throughout the day and get really tired sometimes while Jess and Sid are in another comm. and do the same thing the whole day, which can make them really bored and their butts sore from sitting down for too long. So there are pros and cons.

Meiyi and I keep laughing during work!! Hope we continue to be able to entertain each other this way. :D

That's all for now. Bye! :)

New year, same me?

The whole "New Year, new me" thing? It doesn't seem to be working out. I am the same :/

Anyways, time for new year resolutions (belated, I know)

1. Draw Closer to God

I have been going to more religious meetings lately. Just went for one last night and returned home from there at 11pm. LOL. It feels so good to get together with everyone and praise God.
Today I learned a new worship song called This is the Way. It's really nice.

2. Get a healthier lifestyle

NEED. TO. GO. RUNNING. Unfortunately with work, it's hard to find time. Fml. But I bought new running shoes (and they are very pretty) so I feel that it may motivate me to go running. xD 

3. Make new friends but keep and treasure
the old

Met really nice people at work :) Hope to get to know them more. At the same time, I must not lose touch with my sec school and JC besties.

Met up with Reetz after VERY long. We ate at breadtalk cafe at Westgate and talked and talked and talked. Glad that despite not meeting for over a year, everything's still the same. :D Same closeness. <3 br="" nbsp="">

SO HAPPY FOR REETZ FOR GETTING INTO OXFORD. Gratz girl! :) I must hang out with her more before she goes off to UK in August. :(

That brings me to the point, what am I doing with my life?

4. Be a better daughter

I must admit I lack many qualities that a good daughter should have. And sometimes I even talk back to my mom. :( Need to stop that and treasure her more. After all, I love her more than anyone else in the world. AND I need to spend more time with her. Going to watch a bollywood movie with her in the cinemas later :)

5. Have more adventures

By adventures I mean try out new things I have never tried before. For example, going hiking. :)



Short post, I know. Ok I have to go now. Toodles :)

Uncategorized Thoughts

Well, I have a lot of stuff to say and I am going to chuck everything into one post so here goes:

A supernatural upbringing: 

I will NEVER, EVER, give my future child (if any) a supernatural upbringing. Do you have any idea how much damage it does? Take my mom for instance. Ever since my dad has died (Mr Dore says "passed away" is a stupid term) my mom has kept the living room lights on throughout the night while we sleep as well as a lamp on in her room. We normally sleep with all lights off.

Why the sudden change? Because she is afraid that my dad's spirit will visit the house. -.- I am a Christian who firmly believes that there are no ghosts, and that the dead do not come back to haunt us. Demon, I believe. Demons trying to scare us by "acting" as ghosts, I believe. But not spirits of dead people.

So while I sleep in peace, my mom is restless at night, fearing that she will see my dad's spirit. Gahhhh. The electricity bill this month is damn high thanks to her. I tried talking sense into her but it hasn't worked so far.

Hiking at Bukit Timah:

I went hiking at Bukit Timah for the first time with Judy in December! Unhealthy me was panting while going up the steep slope! I was glad to be in such close proximity with nature. The flora and fauna, the sweating, the fresh air and the company...I loved them all. Definitely going back there soon. In fact, maybe this Friday. (if my mom allows)

I was also glad to be able to spend some time with Judy NOT STUDYING. Because before that, during A levels, we met almost everyday to...study. And I am sure we both could use some exercise.

Here are some photos:

Look who reached the summit

Beautiful canopy

The trail of doom

Trip To Sentosa On Christmas Day:

Went to Sentosa on Christmas day with Wei Chin and Wan Ling. Darren couldn't make it...something about an upset stomach I think. Oh well, the three of us enjoyed ourselves at Palawan beach. We took the boardwalk there from Vivocity rather than take the tram. We should grab whatever chance we can to exercise right? Haha! Although we did take the travelator for most of the journey.

Wei Chin and I were worrying about the crowd but Wan Ling assured us that it won't be crowded from her experience of going there last Christmas. And she was right! Phew! And at Palawan beach we realised something interesting. A certain part of the beach has hard and rough sand while a certain part has really soft sand. At first we sat on the hard sand and had our picnic. Then it started to drizzle and we packed up, disappointed, and was waiting for the shuttle bus to GO HOME when it stopped drizzling. So we just came back to the beach again and we decided to change location and that's when we accidentally discovered the soft sand. It's near the bridge by the way. Near the CAUTION sign. :D

I hadn't met Wan Ling for AGES before that day so I must admit I was worried about awkwardness, despite the fact that she's my secondary school best friend. But I shouldn't have worried. :) Best friends never get awkward around each other. We hugged when we met up at Vivo and it was like old times again.

BFF Wan Ling :)

L for Love

Romantic right? U jealous?

Weight Issues:

Recently I tried some Xndo products. Basically Xndo provides meals, the ones we usually eat, but their meals have way less calories. For example, Tom Yam noodles may generally contain 300 plus calories but Xndo ones only contain 176 calories. 

"Our delicious complete meals are calorie controlled with at least 50% less calories of its similar traditional meals so you can keep eating the foods that you love while you limit your daily calorie intake. " Found this on their website.

I am sure I can trust their credibility but I was more worried about the taste. Well I tried the Black Pepper Fish, which is one of their bestsellers, and the Milk Tea. 

THE MILK TEA HAS NO TASTE. I don't mean to diss them or whatever, I'm just saying the honest truth. However, the one useful thing about the milk tea is that it can act as a carbohydrate blocker. If you drink a cup before a meal, for instance dinner, it will block the carbohydrates in that meal from being stored in your system. This is good for people trying to lose weight.

The Black pepper fish Bee Hoon is actually quite nice (very spicy). I would try it again :) 

Now for the price: 

Black pepper fish with Bee Hoon is $11.95. For one meal, that may feel like a hefty price to pay. So I would only recommend this company for despos who REALLY don't want to exercise and would rather diet. 

The milk tea, which consists of 5 sachets, costs $9.95. Once again, if you are despo enough go ahead. 

I for one, might not buy the meals again just because of the cost and the tea again cus I can't taste anything. But if cost is not a factor, the meals taste fine :)

for more information you can check out this website: http://www.xndo.net/

Where to buy: nearest outlet is Jurong Point B1 :)

Goodbye 2013:

And lastly, goodbye 2013 and HELLO 2014!

Hope it will be a healthy and blessed year for all of you and myself. :)