Was not in a good mood when i came online. Even though i do not seem so while chatting to my friends at the moment.
One of the "ah shuis" mentioned something which almost brought me to tears. No, not that she made me upset, but make me feel 感动。
Wah, i really wanna cry man. Getting emotional liao....
1) When "anything" means "testing"
When boss mentions "anything",
he is just testing u.
Hence, do not do nothing.
Yesterday, boss asked me to get a quotation from a vendor for an addition 1/2 day photoshoot of our clinics as I pointed out to him that it is unlikely we can have 30 shots of 4 different clinics done in 1 day.
Me: Any budget?
Boss: Anything lah.
(look at the quotation for 1 day photoshoot).
Boss : Should be around half the price. U ask them if they could charge cheaper.
Me: Do u want me to show you the amount they quoted when I receive their quotation or shall I pass the quotation directly to executive to raise PR and u check it out from there.
Boss: Directly pass it to exec.
However , instead of charging us half of what they quoted us for a full day shoot in the previous quiteation, the vendor also charge us half of what they quoted for the pics touch up services too.
Personally feel that they should not factor that it as we are just spreading out the photshoot of 30 different scene from the 1 full day to 1.5 days . So went to update boss abt the price quoted before he question abt it when he see PR.
After taking a look at the new quotation , he said: Anything lah.
(after working with boss for more than a month, we notice that there are times when boss like to crap and seems to test our response to his crap, so my response to that was:)
Me: yah, whatever .
Boss: Whatever , Anything lor.
I remembered Boss ever gave a serious talk on A-Grade and B-Grade performer and of cos I knw it is not wise to do nothing though he seems fine with "whatever & anything" the vendor quoted. So called by the vendor and queried abt the exra charges. It was rather easy as I have valid reasons to ask for the waiver of the extra charges.
Less than an hr later, boss passed by my workstation , and i passed him the lastest quotation -- $250 lesser than the previous.
Need not mention in detail abt his reaction, all i can say is that it was approved in less than 2 hours after my colleague had raised the PR.
2) It's a small world after all
Singapore is such as small world. It really could not be smaller when I found out that the candidate who applied for the post of Asst Manager used to be my ex-colleague from the 2nd company I had worked for. Not only that, she is also ex-classmate of my colleague who also reports to my boss.
Needless to say, boss did ask me for my opinion of her.
Though I was not close to her then, there wasn't any bad blood between us. As far as I know, she's a good worker , and definately can perform up to my boss's expectations.
As the sayings go:
"多一个朋友，好过多一个敌人”
"Always leave the company in a good name".
I could not imagine how awkward it would be if she is selected and we aren't on friendly terms .
Boss even asked me if i have any message to pass to her before he went to interview her. As for her second round of interview, he even ask me to fetch her to do some catching up and say I could meet her for breakfast .
what i dun understand was his comment:
“(if she joined us)会很好玩。你们两个都认识她”
ehh what exactly he meant by "好玩"
Finally came up with this (just a preview)
i know some parts are not proportionate..., but pardon me, i can't see straight lines lah.
Also fretted over the guest list, as this year, the venue can only accomodate 40 people.
More friends by the year yet have to invite less. Headache arh. I also wish I have a bigger budget to book a bigger place.... Basically , i think the company charges a lot just for the privacy and air-con.
The lst and previous visit to that bakery was 3 years ago, with my SPH ex colleagues. From then onwards Breadtalk's breads became nothing to me (breadtalk was still a hype then). Their breads are so soft! I love their chocolate twists.
Rencently, when checking the new Central (the shopping mall above clark quay mrt), the shope Petite Provence caught my eyes. The mini croissant buns really seem like a chip off the block from Provence. And I was right abt it, Petite Provence is a subsidiary under Provence. See their website
So this time round, even though I was going home for dinner, i bought a cheese bun and a cinnamon bun. Initially thought of saving one for spper but even before i took the bus from Holland Village to home, both buns were polished off. Whahaha
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First thing I did after reaching home and showering is to revive my mp3 player. Was
for no apparent reason. Finally, when i hooked i up to it's "life support system" -- the laptop, it show signs of "breathing".
, while reviving my mp3 player, i also listen to my 2 top-hits for the moth on the media player. The 2 songs are
what i have is a full recorded version from radio. Just happen to be walking towards the bus stop after work when i heard the familiar intro ："新歌”。 So just selected the record function wile I have a hunch that it's going to be Jay Chou 's latest song.
As for the song. Well...very
rock .. Really reminds you of The Reason ( "Mrs Wong" pointed that out to me) and Chasing Cars.
"Mumbling Mode".
2) Thanks to "Mrs Wong" who pointed out her liking for this song, I began to took notice of it.
In case someone saw this and thought of me, i hereby announce that as a purple freak, I have this bottle of Anna Sui Dolly Girl Bonjour L' Amour liao.
How could I not resist the purple packaging, even though the fruity scent is not to my perference.
The notes include grapefruit, sweet lemon, cinnamon, orange blossom, magnolia, tuberose, jasmine, muguet, rosewood, cedarwood, orris, peach, raspberry, coconut, amber and musk . I had made sure that there was no trace of lavender in it. Quite ironic right, where a lavender-colour lover is allergic to the flower.
The next perfume on my wish list is actually this:
The conical shaped L'Eau d'Issey Summer, packaged in a 100 ml bottle decorated with green grasses. The notes are the same as last year's: rosewater, freesia, cyclamen, lily of the valley, white pepper, peony, osmanthus and woods.
However I have to forgo it due to budget constrain for these two months and I already have 3 different types of perfume on my desk now. Unless I tio 4D or toto lah!
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By the way, for those friends who had attended the Superstar gathering last Aug, please reserve yr 17 Aug nite
for De Oriental aka 中国“疯” gathering . More detail to be updated soon.
As I have a fondness for pastel colours and ribbon stuff, i couldn't help screaming "nice nice" in my head while browsing the website.
Had always wanna get a potted plant for my office. During Nana's shop opening, I initially thought i could get a potted plant from her when i applied for half day leave (so that i can bring the potted plant directly to my workplace) . Well... i din expect that just a few weeks later, I made my decision to accept the new job offer. Saw from her website that this month they have a special promotion for indoor potted plants
Have to wait until my probation over then i can apply half day leave wor. ..
~*Harmonie's Sentimental World --心情日记*~ 
