Monday, April 30, 2007

Flutterby & Me, at Vivocity

Finally I got it done.
An e-scrapbooking piece of pictures of Flutterby & me taken at Vivocity.
Flutterby especiall intructed that we must take pictures that day cos we have not been taking pictures together since our Taiwan trip last year.



不约而同地穿了黑色衣着.
Thatinspire me to come up with the title "Ladies in Black"
Btw, pics courtesy of Flutterby, using her camera phone (sony ericson K800).

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Sunday, April 29, 2007

Headhunted

24 Apr 07

Never ever expect to encountered this in my life.

Was headhunted today.

Remember I had to struggle btw 2 offers from two diff organisations last year? "Headhunter" is the Asst director who interviewed me from the organisation which I had rejected the offer from.

To cut the story short. It turn out that he had jump ship to another organisation in the same industry. And they are short of manpower there. Apparently, he must have brought along my resume with him.

Initially, I thought it was the HR who sms me, but later when I requested for the email address so that I can get my friends who might be interested in the job to send their resume to, he called me up and i gotta know abt the "story behind".

As I had just settled down in my new job, I find it difficult to take up the offer. Even when I recommended friends for interview, he still mentioned that if I find my current workplace no good, can give him a call.

Even though till now I dun have the faintest idea that what have I done in the previous interview which impressed him ( i tot i was halfway "sian" by the jobscope mentioned that I was very direct in voicing out certain things). 还是有点 沾沾自喜。

自认不是个很有自信的人。偶尔需要别人的肯定，才觉得自己在这世界上至少还有点价值。



25-28 Apr

Wonder did "headhunter" has this 先入为主mindset, for its seems like my 2 friends did not pass the interviews. According to my ex-colleague, he even told her he wish I could work for him. And she asked me why I din take up his offer then.

And it seems strange that for those friends I had mentioned abt the incident to, all are in favour of me to go for the interview and jump ship if there is a pay increment.

huh? I just settled down and will feel a sense of guilt towards my current company leh.

The song "Should I stay (should I go)" came into my mind.

Some said “Loyalty doesn't count nowadays.". Since the headhunter seems to prefer me to work for him, i have a upper hand in negotiating for a higher pay & have a better prospects in promotion.

这是个金钱挂帅的社会....

Yet i worried abt not being able to match his expectations if i got a higher pay....
Yet I will have a sense of guilt if i cross over.
But i still will have a sense of guilt towards the headhunter too.

What I am doing now is what I am interested, and the job scope he's offering now is what I used to do.
What I am doing now is related to the course I intended to study; however the workplace is much nearer to SIM than my current "鸟不生蛋" workplace.


有朋友说，“要吗就趁。”，before i signed any bond with my current company.... before my current workplace starts to show some problems...

Coincidentally, on friday evening, manager mentioned that there might be changes to the organisation structure and re-allocation of our job scope. but all these will be announced at a later date....
I dislike instability, i feared whatever I am interested in doing will be allocated to my fellow colleague.
难道这些都是预兆？

平时做事都是很果断的，怎么现在还犹豫不决。
也许太感情用事了.


LY 说得对，我好像一直得在Mr Headhunter 和Ms Current Manager 之间做个抉择。

Arghh, what should I do.

(本想去观音庙求个签，请菩萨指点。谁知到了哪儿，庙宇已经关门了。难道老天爷是要我自己做选择吗？）


怎么办...怎么办...

(我不是唱着SHE的歌哦)

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Tuesday, April 24, 2007

went to bed at 2am this morning. Was working on the temp staff' timesheets. Woke up 4 hrs later and embarked on the long journey to work.
Managed to complete the checking then keying in the entries and then checking the report at work. Phew! At least Stage 1 is clear.

In a few days time, will be busy generating the payslips. Last month, I took over the HR role from my colleague and generate the payslips earlier than what she did usually. Which leads a colleague commenting " Wa, this month very early."


Think sometimes, I set such high standards for myself that I "spoilt market".



Flutterby & I seems to have caught the "香香公主" virus. Coincidentally, we had purchased new fragrances. Flutterby wins, think she bought abt 5 bottles from her HK trip. I stuck to my favorite Estee Lauder's Beyond Paradise and bought Body Shop's Lotus Petal EDT too.

And am already contemplating on getting Issey Miyaki L'EAU D'ISSEY next month.....

hmm perhaps I shall put it as one of my wishlist.


Speaking abt wishlist , then linked to birthday. I am involved in my company's Family Day planning and one of the suggested dates to hold the movie-watching event is the day after my bithday. Cross my fingers that they will choose the other dates instead, or else I can't proceed with my plans for the usual Aug gathering.


So until they finally settle on the date for Family Day, then I can start planning for this year's gathering.


Had thought of the theme though...

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Sunday, April 22, 2007

arghhh

have not been updating blog mainly because i spent most of my evening away from home for the past week. family problems... happen after my dad returned home from his overseas trip.



Dun like the way shedeal with things.

Dun agree with the way she said "大人的事，管你什么屁事!". Bro is part of the family, was around then, how can he not get affected.

If din concern us, why does she keep on shoving those so called evidence to me when I dun wanna comment abt it.





Yes, can say I'm partly in denial, that is why i choose not to come home for dinner after what happened. Anyway since she din wanna cook too.





Thanks to those close friends who are willing to spent the time to hear me whine, or to accompany me even when I may not wish to tell you the story.



Went to St James on Thurs nite for the 1st time. Left at 11+pm after watching the 1st set of performance by the singers at Dragonfly, a quick tour around the different pubs then a quick round of KTV at Mono's hall. We went mainly just to check out the place. Like what The Ex said, "去一次就够了。" The drinks rather ex. $35 for a jug of rather diluted Vodka Ribena , just enough to share between our 3 glasses。 It was so diluted that you actually tasted more of Ribena than Vodka. The jug of bourbon coke at Mono's was slightly better ， （but still ex lah, $35 a jug）。 I like the decor at Mono. Love the black-grey wallpaper and matching seats. But hor, the standard of the guests singing at Mono that day was.. ermmm... bad. While waiting for our turn, The Ex & his friend said they are waiting for me to save the nite, so u can imagine how's the standard of singing that nite. ...



Lots of "crop-ups" at workplace too. Systems down, slow response from HQ, shortage of one day due to payroll cut-off date falling on a Sat added fuel to the fire. Was a frustrated by all these but what surprised me was that my manager told me not to take it too hard, as long as 自己尽力就好了,dun care abt what other depts say. In my previous workplace, Monster boss would have nag abt it if he ever receive any small feedback from other department.



btw, gossip gossip. According to my ex-colleagues, my ex-Monster Boss had resigned from my previous workplace.



Ok gotta work liao . Below is the latest e-scrapbooking I had done.
Purple poodles.In the shade of purple that I liked. Photo courtesy of Flutterby. Anyone able to guess where it was taken?

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Sunday, April 15, 2007

updates

Blog have been stagnant for days...

1stly, it's due to me being sick. Started off with a minor cough last Wed, then by Thurs, lost my voice. Never had I lose my voice due to cough . Self-medication of Pi Par Gao and Bai Cao Xian dun seems to work. Seen a doc on Sun mornng , and the verdict -- cough (with lost of phelgm) + throat infection+ flu + lost of voice due to phelgm stuck in voice box.

Wa, seems serious hor. and I dun even feel feverish for having flu then....

So in order to get back to work on Monday, i take the full dose of medicine, slept thrice on the Sunday.

难得可以睡睡睡！


In the mid week, recived the photo from Sips, guessed it shall be the last photo taken with Monsters at the Ark.

Just did some digi-scrap with the pic. had a hard time thinking of the title . Wanted to put "Monsters & Chibaboms" but Chibaboms weren't in full force that night and one of them is not a Chibabom~er yet. So gave a very uncreative title:




Also, have been listening to 孙燕姿's new album for the past few days. Cos bought Orginal version of her albums （her latest album 《逆光》& her last compilation album) from the Chinatown stall.

Below are the lyrics of the top 3 fav from the album

我怀念的
歌手：孙燕姿 专辑：逆光

我问为什么 那女孩传简讯给我
而你为什么 不解释低着头沉默
我该相信你很爱我 不愿意敷衍我
还是明白你 已不想挽回什么

想问为什么 我不再是你的快乐
可是为什么 却苦笑说我都懂了
自尊常常将人拖着 把爱都走曲折
假装了解是怕真相太赤裸裸
狼狈比失去难受

我怀念的是无话不说
我怀念的是一起作梦
我怀念的是争吵以后
还是想要爱你的冲动

我记得那年生日
也记得那一首歌
记得那片星空
最紧的右手 最暖的胸口
谁记得 谁忘了

想问为什么 我不再是你的快乐
可是为什么 却苦笑说我都懂了
自尊常常将人拖着 把爱都走曲折
假装了解是怕真相太赤裸裸
狼狈比失去难受

我怀念的是无话不说
我怀念的是一起作梦
我怀念的是争吵以后
还是想要爱你的冲动

我记得那年生日
也记得那一首歌
记得那片星空
最紧的右手 最暖的胸口
谁忘了

我怀念的是无言感动 我怀念的是绝对炽热
我怀念的 是你很激动 求我原谅 抱得我都痛
我记得你在背后 也记得我颤抖着
记得感觉汹涌 最美的烟火 最长的相拥

谁爱得太自由 谁过头太远了 谁要走我的心 谁忘了那就是承诺
谁自顾自地走 谁忘了看着我 谁让爱变沉重 谁忘了要给你温柔

我怀念的 我还有想要 爱你的冲动
我记得那年生日 也记得那一首歌
记得那片星空 最紧的右手 最暖的胸口

我放手 我让座 假洒脱 谁懂我多么不舍得
太爱了 所以我 没有哭 没有说


第一次从广播听到这首歌，不觉得它比《逆光》好听。但自从有了它的mp3后，发觉这是首很耐听的歌。连续听第二遍，仿佛可以通过孙燕姿的演绎，感受到歌曲中的故事。感动得起鸡皮疙瘩。好几回，每晚沿途从地铁站步行回家的20分路程，我的mp3 player 就一直重播 这首歌。记得曾在一片CD review 中读到：


“...... 想从这专辑里找出一首能让我在CD播放机重播一遍又一遍的歌，.... 就是这首《我怀念的》”



逆光
歌手：孙燕姿 专辑：逆光

(v1) 也许我一直害怕有答案
也许爱情仅在风里打转
离开释怀 很短暂又重来
有时候自问自答

(v2) 我不要困难把我们击散
我责备自己那么不勇敢
遗憾没有到达 拥抱过还是害怕
用力推开你 我一人留下

(C)有一束光 那瞬间 是什么痛得刺眼
你的视线 是谅解 为什么舍不得熄灭
我逆着光 却看见
那是泪光 那力量 我不想再去抵挡
面对希望 逆着光 感觉爱存在的地方
一直就在 我身旁


repeat (v2) (C)

(b）我以为无路后退 反复证明 这份爱有多不对
背对着你 如此漆黑 忍住疲惫
睁开眼 打开窗 才发现你就是光芒!

repeat (C)

光芒 你是光芒


This is one of the "perk me up" songs I listened to during my long journey to work. :P


安宁
歌手：孙燕姿 专辑：逆光
作词:林倛玉作曲:林倛玉

夜的宁静 是时候好好反省
月的阴晴 圆缺就像我的心
夜下着雨 天在哭泣 不知道何时才放晴
我忽然非常想念你


你的背影让 我失去了理性
你的放弃 让我迷失了自己
你的离去 就像刺青
永远烙印在我的心
是如此痛而如此的美丽

我努力的想哭泣 却哭不出泪滴
一次又一次的灰心 才发现早已麻痹
终于发现自己已经不在乎你
原来分手也能如此安宁


Have to listen to this song at night, more "feel". 跟朋友提过，总觉得这张新专辑的快歌不比《完美的一天》所收率的快歌出色， 反而是觉得《逆光》专辑里的“分手歌” 如《我怀念的》，《安宁》较好听。 不知是否听过着整张专辑的朋友也有同感。

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Sunday, April 08, 2007

Monsters Finale@ Muchuan

Pic 1st, talk later.

Had spent more than a day retrieving pics taken with monsters over the 2 years . And then attempting to do it on Photoshop (yeah, just got it installed). And here's the result of my 1st attempt using photoshop . Wonder will some of them "kill" me for exposing their "early stages" photos.

click on the pic to view it at 100%

Updates on 8 April 07:

(Am suffering from flu+cough + fever + lose of voice now. Before my medicine taking it's effect, better continue writting this piece.)

Monsters' Finale @ Ark (木船）, 31 March 2007 (Sat)

没想到，这一天比预期得早。

收到着讯息的那晚，我翻查部落格，原来Monsters 陪伴我将近2年3个月与4天了。
从Apollo Centre 的Muchuan, 到 Safra Town Club 1 楼，再搬移到Safra Town Club 2 楼的木船。


第一次听Monsters 的表演，是在2004年12月27 日。(看起来好恐怖). Ironically, that was not my idea, but just to accompany someone who wanted to see her crush. 觉得这党还挺有默契的，hence was quite surprised to learn that they had just formed a few months ago.


喜欢听Monsters 的表演，是因为能从中听到不同种类的歌曲。
例如：惜妹和健华常常唱的新谣 -- 水的话，从你回眸那天开始
美莲唱的粤语歌-- 追
阿杜所擅长的英文歌曲-- Journey, Drops of Jupiter

还少不了一些“另类”歌曲-- 爱到才知痛，无言的结局...


这两年来，Monsters 也在我人生扮演不小的角色:

1) Had a Farewell Gathering with SPH Colleagues at Muchuan on 31 Jan 2005
2) Held 25th Birthday Gathering at Muchuan.

当然，除了参与了他们的1st& 2nd Anniversary Parties, 这两年来，也“借用”Monsters所唱得Birthday Song, 提不少朋友庆祝生日。当让还少不了请Monsters帮忙 "sabo" Birthday Boys/Gals.

就如其他在场的顾客见证了这些"故事", 我也在Monsters的党看了不少“戏” 或“故事”。
最令人反感的就是一群假装“Sabo" 朋友上台唱歌，可是“受害者”早有准备 。 （Chi-ba-boms will know who I mean).
最令人感动的还是关于“一粒球”和“一张纸” “一个月来一次”的承诺。


老实说，自从木船搬到Carpenters Street 后，就不再对木船有感觉。唯一让我在去木船的，就是去听Monsters 表演。

也许就是为什么，我不会因为Monsters 离开木船而难过。 因为就如他们所说的，那不是Monsters 的最后一次演出。

当晚虽然是全桌爆满，但气氛是有点沉重。
健华病了，但是很专业地表演到凌晨12点。
惜妹哭了，但还尽量把《想念你的歌》唱完。
还是酷酷的美莲表现得最稳。

应该是从阿杜“自high"地演唱“Superwoman" 后，气氛才变得较轻松。

最后一个钟头的快歌+组曲表演，大家都尽力地拍掌。但是听到他们开始唱 "当你孤单你会想起谁" 时，气氛又变得感伤了。


情形那晚没什么其他事物，见证Monsters在木船的finale。不过，还是有点遗憾。因为那晚，my gadgets' batteries all played out on me.

本以为可以利用Mp3 player 把当晚的表演录起来，没想到一个钟头后，battery went flat.
所携带的digicam & 3 batteries all went flat too.

所以，只能靠脑收藏这些回忆....

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Wednesday, April 04, 2007

plastics

Want to post abt Monsters' Finale @ Ark on 31 March 2007 (technically speaking, it should be 1 April 2007), but think must wait till I am in a mood to write it.

Have been listening to the mp3 of their 1st hour of performance which I managed to record on the journey to work...

Shall talk abt it when I have the time to write. Hmm maybe this Friday -- a Public Holiday

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seems like i have this thing for decals or rather plastics...

came across this pic a few weeks ago

(source: winkplay.com )

And immediately, I thought of getting them for my room . What an innovative way to decorate. Decals for walls, how ingenious.

Checked out www.winkplay.com, but find that the prices a bit steep though...

and

Just this morning, came across this link abt Garskin.

Plastic protector covers for laptops. It's what I am thinking to get for my lappy.

This design caught my eye:

Pity the webpage did not state if it can be found at retail shops and the selling price. I will definately buy it if it is less than s$50.

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