Tomorrow is Chinese New Year! We'll be ushering in the Year of the Dog! Anyone out there I know who's born in the Year of the Dog? Sohma Shigure must be happy!

OKie...problem...my family really doesn't like me working at all. Especially since the other day, MagSTORM went out for a CNY celebration at Paradiz Ctr's K-Box (after a DW-organized buffet @ the office's balcony), and I reached home very late. But not as late as the others! I heard they got home around 4am the next morning! But in any case they didn't know I went there, only that they're very mad that I reached home after 12am. Hmm...I don't know how to appease the tense situation at home...

Anyway, you guys out there, I've one important message to tell you...:

NEVER give up.

Stick to that principle and you'll succeed in whatever you do.

Wow it's been a long time I logged in to Friendster...I'm working on looking for my colleagues and adding them into my friends list. I won't be seeing any of them for a couple of days...oh I'll really miss them all!!!

By the way I think I should've brought the family's new digicam to the CNY celebration last Thursday. Oh and one more important announcement: I love Mr Kelvin's car! I've always thought, What's so good about a car that there are people out there who get all obsessed about cars? When I got a chance to ride in his car that day when we went to Paradiz Ctr, that's where I found my answer...It's all on the inside. Whaa!!! I was so so so so very very very lucky to get to ride Mr Kelvin's car!!

Okay! Me lazy to type out lots right now, so see you guys again soon! Results (as in 'O' Level results) will be out next month! Good luck to all! *muacks*

Yesterday, my dad bought a digicam.

More importantly, yesterday I didn't go to work.

But even more important than that, yesterday was Min-chan's 1st birthday!

So in advance, I got permission from my director not to come on Sunday (yesterday). And came Sunday morning, I totally forgot that there's Gundam Seed Destiny to watch at 11am. Haha. I actually forgot about anime!!! In any case, I watched it, and a later after having a bath we all set off to Compass Point! 1st thing done was buying a digicam. Dunno why my dad so suddenly insisted on buying one. At least now we own one! Then after a little bit of shopping, we went to oneechan's place. Oniichan's family was there already, waiting for us. And little baby Yasmin was wearing a beautiful white princess-like gown! She seemed to like it, even though it looked uncomfortable.

But I still feel guilty for not coming to work yesterday. Kept thinking of how to 'cabut' and go for appointments. Haha. Like I told a few people, I love my job as much as I love my niece. That's why I still insisted on going to the birthday party even though I was supposed to go to work. I guess I do owe her one, for her parents getting the Biomag Star from me. Oh I love my niece!!

Otanjyoubi Omedettou, Min-chan!

Oh well, oh well, I will be going back to work today! Yay! And arrangements have been made for me to go to work with Syazwani-senpai! And better still, I get to see my manager today! Oh, don't get it wrong, I don't have a crush on my collegues or something, it's just that I simply feel so bonded to them all, I want to see them everyday, to get to work with them all the time. And Manager's usually only in on weekends, so I'll be more than happy to see him at work today! I want to see everyone at work today!

Yeah it seems the 4 years of girls' school education has made me a little conservative towards guys. But one thing I dared to do from the moment I stepped into the company, is to look straight into the eyes of the people talking to me, like I've really got nothing to hide. Heehee. Evidence of confidence boost. I've also suddenly and totally stopped telling lies to attract attention altogether. I feel like a much more better person now than before. Thank you so much for letting me work with MagSTORM!!!

Ah! I haven't ironed my clothes for today! Ok, that's all, byebye!!

Hey guys, sorry for updating yah late, but I'm working now.

Haha, is it a shock? So many a time I told you I've yet to find a job...still rotting...even in the last post, I was still only spending time at home. But now, I'm happily, energetically, and enthusiastically working in DW Group as an Accounts Executive (on Probation). It's a Sales and Marketing job. Actually the day of my previous post, that was when I received the job offer from my classmate Syazwani. Well, she WAS my classmate, now she's my 'sempai' ('senior' in Japanese). Asked me if I needed a job. And I was like, "Wahlau eh...your lucky day; you caught me at the right time! Yah I'm looking for a job right now."

So I went for 1st round of interview...with this very strict and scary lady. Gave me the go to proceed to 2nd and last round of interview on the next day. That same 1st day I got to know what the company was all about, i.e. dealing with Biomagnetics. Oh, and so the next day I came back for the 2nd interview with another person, a man. (I WILL NOT disclose what happened during the interview...it's too emotional to be expressed in words.) And he too gave me the go to start work on that very day. So I did.

Next day, 2nd day of work. We were told about company rules and also all the important people that run DW. And, oho hey presto, that's when I got to REALLY, VERY CLEARLY, understand who were those 4 people I wasn't very sure of...my 2 interviewers are my Directors, the person explaining to us these stuffs is my Manager, and my Presenter-cum-Orientator is Zee, my senior, same as Syaz. Oh but on this 2nd day my head felt dumb lah...so light-headed, made a spectacle of myself by stopping every now and then to try stop the whizzing. Also this day (Saturday, by the way) was the 1st time we had a group dinner; Manager brought us out to BK. And so happened that later in the evening our 2 Directors came to further explain other newly-made company rules. And a game was started by Mr Kelvin(our male Director). MagSTORM was divided into 2 teams, MagSTORM and MS LaserARCH. The purpose is for us to compete, see who can complete more appointments. I'm in MagSTORM, by the way, with Mr Alvin(Manager), Syaz, and 2 fellow AE(Ps). LaserARCH's an all-girls team. Haha. But that doesn't mean they'll win, no matter how good Ms Jaslin(our female Director) is supporting them. There's a deadline for the competition, and the team that loses...wahlau I CANNOT let my team lose, 'cause the penalty is quite huge...

Sunday came, and I STILL went to work. Yup, it's a 7-days-a-week affair. But anyway this day, an important announcement was told during the important meeting. Too complexed to explain, so I won't. But anyway everything went so fast, and off I was for an appointment with a client, attached to Zee as my senior.

Then Monday. Cool day. 1st time ever we had training session with Mr Peter, MagSTORM's Executive Director. And also 1st time ever our group had dinner with BOTH our Directors. Manager not in. And wahpiang I was sandwiched between the 2 Directors at the coffeeshop table.

It may just have been 4 days, but already I've seen changes in the way I look at situations and think about things. It seems I never ever think "I'll try" anymore; now it's always "I'll definitely do." Despite my family's unsupportive stance as to my job, I still love going to work. I come punctually, I want to leave late. Once I even wanted to stay overnight at the office, 'cause it was only 1 hr away to midnight. But of course I didn't lah.

I love this job. I think I'll find it hard to leave once 2 months is over (2 months because by the 3rd, Poly would have started and I don't want to work and go to school at the same time). Haha. Really, I love this job to the extent that right now I'm defying against my mom just to attend work. Love it.

Yay! Me going to shop a lot today!
1st stop: Marina Square/Citylink to check out on Happy House bedsheets.
Next: Orchard's Metro Paragon to get my mom's CNY pressies for her colleagues.
Then: Robinsons Centerpoint to check out the Cozy Kids bedsheets.
And...: KKnM and What!Comics!!! To get my pen-pal's belated 'Furuba Kyo stuff toy' birthday present, Amanda's D.N.Angel and Tsubasa Chronicles mirrors, and maybe Fullmetal Alchemist or Furuba merchandise for myself!!
After that, we'll see the bedsheets...whichever the better choice, I'll go and buy that one. It's for my niece's birthday present from my 2nd Sis and me.

Oh yeah! By the way, yesterday was Hari Raya Haji, so Kakak, Abang and Min-chan came to our house! They brought along a HUGE, GOOEY, DELICIOUS Toblerone-based chocolate fudge cake for us! YUMMY!!! (I've just gone to get one piece again...) Wow, she makes the best cakes EVER!!!

Okay, okay...my dad just went out. Didn't tell me where he's going though. Oh well. I'm in the process of sending Nazurah the 4 'Ayashi no Ceres' mp3s that I have. She likes Watase Yuu so much. Heh.

Mnn...I'm trying out a fanart right now...to send in to M.A.G.E. magazine. The theme's 'Holiday celebrations', so I've decided to do a scene of 'New Year's at the Sohmas', with Shigure dancing as the ritual for being the 'dog' in the chinese zodiac, ushering in the Year of the Dog. I have to find good pics of Shigure though, and maybe pics of that scene in Furuba where it was Yuki's turn to dance to usher in the Year of the Rat. Hmm...hope I can do it well...I did a mini fanart project the other day...apparently my copy-and-adopt skills are quite okay.

Next week'll be such a busy week. 4 out of 5 polytechnics will be hosting their Open Houses next week. This year I'll be going to all the 5 poly's OHs! Can't wait to see Temasek Poly's Kendo club, and MORE of Singapore Poly's Landscape Architecture diploma, as well as the Digital Media and Animation diplomas of all the polys! I've yet to sort my choices out on this matter, you see...

Oh, the mp3s transfers are done. Okay...

Anyways, peeps, I realise I do LOVE Furuba. Although it's a bit late and outdated...haha...but my 1st encounter with it was very brief; that was 5 years ago? Think so. Now that I'm reading the mangas, I'm hoping to get to finish up the whole manga series before my poly life starts to get on me!

The cat or the rat? Or even the ox, or the dog, or rabbit, or goat, dragon, snake? I dunno! All the Sohmas are SO good-looking!

Woah! 1st time me blogging 2 times in a day...haha. I simply forgot to put something in the previous post...something quite important...

The other day, when I was combing my hair before going out, I tied it up at the back, near the nape. Then I put my fringe to one side...and with the wonders of my hair-conditioning gel, horror of all horrors (or should I say wonder of all wonders), I stared at myself in the mirror...and
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I looked like Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye from Fullmetal Alchemist! Gawd, the hair! EXACTLY SIMILAR!!! If only my hair was yellow-blonde...and if I was a tat taller...man, I wouldv'e made a good Riza cosplayer.

Okay, yah. That's the important thing I wanted so dyingly to post about. What can be more important than news that I look like an anime character?! By the way I've just finished watching up to ep.12 of Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (a.k.a. Fullmetal Alchemist) So much so that I was motivated to go find a good picture of a transmutation cicle, and I did find one:



Nice? That's for human transmutation, mind you. (To transmute is to create/destroy something, using something else of equivilant value. In human transmutation...well, that means we're making humans here.)

Yah! A new blog template for the new year! Is it nice? I just got inspired after reading the Fruits basket manga my sister borrowed from her school library, and after receiving an e-mail from my pen-pal who LOVES Kyo from Fruits Basket.

Have YOU read Furuba? It's really a sweet and funny story. Once in a while with dark themes (esp. when Akito comes about...) For some reason I got hooked to the anime/manga again this time. And have been listening to "For Fruits Basket" by the late Okazaki Ritsuko. Her voice is so young! Brings back memoriesof OBS...

Oh! This is also my 1st post of the year eh? Happy New Year minna-san! My eldest sister's (as well as Amanda's) birthday was yesterday. Onechan didn't come over, though. But I composed a Happy Bday tune on my handphone and sent her an MMS. I can't wait to give her the pressies and 2nd sis and I got for her!

Ah...ritey...some of you may have noticed, I didn't mention anything about school or work. That's because, I'm not attending the 3-months course, and i haven't found a job either. Still looking...