its been a pretty bz week.. its my first business trip out to client's place.. a total different experience but I do hope to get back soon as the journey to the destination is pretty far.. hope I get to learn a lot through this experience & in time to come (hopefully very fast), I get to handle my very first case by myself.. I'm really eager to learn all the necessary steps to completing a case.. hope this day comes fast before the deadline I set for myself comes & deciding its all over..

just back from shopping & movie with xm.. watched so much to watch ma ma mia but tickets are selling fast so we watched painted skin in the end..



Adapted from Strange Tales of Liaozhai, this film is about a married man who falls for a beautiful woman who is actually a vixen spirit, and her appearance the result of a piece of beautifully painted skin. (adapted from gv.com)

not too bad a show with laughter & sad part.. tocuhed by the love the general has for his wife.. besides that would say a typical ending kind of show..

I'm so happy.. going for my first concert.. watching Wong Lee Hom concert!!! Happy.. happy.. **would be even happier if I get my hands on jay's tickets the last time or gary's thou.. but at that time was pretty broke..** waiting for tha day to come!! but that would mean exams coming soon too.. DREAD!! wish time would just stop for me to catch up on whatever I'm unclear.. not confident of passing at all...

been obsessed with surfing watches website lately.. if not for my location at the client's place, I would be surfing the website every lunch break.. ever since the gang was discussing about watches, I've been looking out for new models.. love tag heuer watches but its too huge a indulgence for me.. I'm content to just look at the display window for now.. prob when the time I had a windfall, I'll step into the store!! currently, having my very first LV would make me just as happy.. probably I should buck up on my studies, passed the exams & give myself a treat.. **if only I passed.. would I?? Haiz.. everyone was shocked to know I'm crazy to take 2 killer papers together.. ya.. come to think of it, I'm really crazy!!

I must buck up tml & try to complete the set of questions he gave us.. "die die must pass" is my motto!! I'm happy that I drew good lots too.. hope things will all be good and smooth..

Realised that its been a long time since I last blog.. getting lazy typing down with life being so hectic.. wonder how I made it at times.. Haa..

been attending class for consec 4 days in a week.. a pretty blessed gal with really nice classmates who's wiling to share with me their notes & teaching me stuffs which I have doubt in.. & I'm finally done with all the extra classes & its now back to normal timetable again.. FINALLY!! I'm feeling so deadbeat that I need a week sleep..

let me think what happen for the the month..

watched Wall-E with xm, wj & j... its a movie with meanings behind it.. the rubbish that humans threw each day is accumulating at some an alarming rate that we should start conserving our earth before it turns into a rubbish cute.. the robots in the movie are pretty cute.. I wouldnt say I really like it very much but not too bad to the point I wanna sleep.. Its also the day which I lost my coursepack.. was in j's car when I realised my coursepack was missing.. haiz.. called all the places we went to but none has news of my book.. I'm so demoralised as all my important notes are lost & I have to buy a new one.. cost me 50 bucks & feeling "bu hao yi shi", I didnt put it under co. expenses thou I think I can claim it as my book fees.. anyway, as mum says "po cai xiao zai"..

Have been sick for a week, so sick that its been a very bad flu & cough but recovered now.. Hope won't fall sick again.. despite falling sick, I went ahead to meet xm for shopping after my class.. sneeze so badly that I gave up shopping further..

last thurs was xm's b'day.. Happy b'day to my dearest friend!! ate dinner with her for the night to celebrate her day.. a friend who tide thru with me in uni & befriending her group of friends who are now my weekly outing kakis.. been thinking a lot lately.. when we gain smthg, we'll lose smthg in return.. its probably very true & smthg which closely relates to me.. but anyway, I'm really happy to have friends beside me whenever I'm feeling down..

its been a hectic 2 weeks.. had class from thurs to sun.. that goes all my weekends.. after class on sat, went to my cousin's house for gathering.. its really nice to see all my cousins & do some catching up.. after dinner, had overnight ktv session with xm, wj, ej, j & jw to celebrate xm's b'day together.. oh gosh!! we sang all the way till 5am.. we were all longing for our bed.. we had bf at mac before j drives us all home.. decided to go for a jog when I got home.. I'm crazy right?? after my jog, went for class again.. I'm pretty dead right then.. but I survived thru the class & watched F1 race in the night.. its really cool!! xm & I made a pact that we'll def be there next yr if there is another race next yr!! I wanna see Hamilton & Raikkonen!! Haa...

will be down at client's place for probably 2 weeks depending how fast we finished the job.. hope we get it done fast..

yve - tts lazy lin's updates... heez.. life pretty busy, not with work but studies.. Haa..

My first run began on 20 Jul 08.. its my first ever run & a short one of 5km.. happy to accomplish it in 1/2 hrs.. its fun to be running in the open air, running ard the CBD area with all the high rise buildings ard me..

Completed my 2nd run of 10km - safra army half marathon.. its a diff one compared to the last with the distance being longer & a whole different bunch of pple.. went over to wj house with xm for sleepover so that j can drives us all there in the morning.. when we were abt to sleep, one of the unit at the opposite block was having their music so loud that we couldnt sleep at all.. the 3 of us sat by the window peering over looking for the inconsiderate people.. we tried our best to sleep & wj couldnt hold it longer, she called the police.. haa.. we sat by the window again waiting for the police to come.. its a totally thrilling & fun experience.. wj kinda tongue tied & said she lives at rivervale mall.. coz she always tell her friends she lives near RV mall.. the police walked ard the void deck for quite some time, not knowing where to head.. I nearly wanted to shout over, "Go up to the 4th floor la!!!" we watched the whole episode of the 2 policemen finally walking up the stairs & the music finally stopped when the police knocked on the right door.. its finally peaceful if thats what you think.. their voices were still so loud that I could hear clearly their laughter and shouting.. in the end, I didnt catch a wink, just closing my eyes waiting for the alarm to go off..

we had a fast washup, ate our b/f in the car & reach there ard 6am as j & WQ's flagoff is 6.30 for their 21km.. I can nv run tt dist at this moment when I nv even completed 10km.. the 4 gals then sat along esplandae trying to sleep while waiting for our flagoff time.. feel so happy to complete the run.. I conquered 10km!!! a distance I nv tot I could do it.. one discouraging pt is that I started walking after reaching the 7km mark, walked another 2 km then run again.. to show I ran hard, the soles of my shoes are on the verge of coming off along the run but I survived home thou.. while running, witness lots of fun stuffs & saw encouraging moments.. there's lots of thing in life which we would nv know if we can do it until we attempt it.. our treat for the day is dim sum at "Hong Sing".. ate to our heart contents!! then shopped ard suntec with xm b4 heading back home..

Looking forward to my next run in Dec- SC marathon.. still thinking if I should join NB run as its a tough one.. gonna train hard to improve my timing & to finish the run at one shot with no walking..

In this week, was so pissed off with XXX.. I'm trying hard but yet went unappreciated.. its just a total turnoff.. prob just as E says, friends are just sparetyre, remembered only when needed.. true?? guess she's the only one who knows how I feel & share my thoughts.. glad that I still have a friend who is willing to listen to my grumbles and a friend I can get consolation from.. just telling myself, people who's not worthy are not worth the attention.. anyway, just wanna vent off.. will be fine again when I cool down..

My life now is all about eat, sleep, work & study with the first 2 being what I'm best at & the latter 2 what I'm worst at.. I had an unexpected little surprise too with an extra exemptions that I got.. but the bad news is I have to attend lessons on Sat & I'm TOTALLY lost.. who can save me in consol??

I guess I know what I love now.. as much as I hate economics in the past, but now, I love theories from smith, keynes, akerlof, etc.. rather than remembering accounting rules.. at least economics is smthg which revolves ard our everyday life.. well.. at least what I need to memorise is all the formulas.. its been some time since I last come in contact with a/cg stuffs & its taken a toll on me now.. with the benchmark set so high, I'm freaking stress how am I going to survive & achieve the results set.. I'm not Michel Phelps who can set WR even if his goggles were filled with water..

I'm crazy to be taking the 2 hardest & killer papers right for my start.. am I courting death, digging my own grave?? I don't wanna lose out when the race is not even done but I no longer have the old gang of friends who tide through with me together back in uni, with everyone of us working out solutions together.. its a lone journey here with everyone almost to themselves.. someone told me he's ASPD.. maybe I'm one too? may good luck be with me & i'll tide thru this..

its the olympics game now.. & people from my office is so engrossed in it.. its interesting that we all come from different countries & each of us has a team in it.. they'll be like checking out how their country did in the medal tally but I'm checking out athletes from other countries than my very own.. well.. at least for me, none of them fascinate me so I rather be going wooo & ahhh over someone else.. haa.. its great that s'pore finally getting into the finals after 48 years but its the sport which I dont have an interest in..

Have been sneezing away for the past few days & splitting headache.. but I still have to attend night class.. decided to give myself a break tml.. yeah!! sld I go for a morning jog tml morning (with my tissue??)??

Inflation has been hitting hard on s'pore with price hike for everything you can think of.. seen the doct & its a $4 increase in consultation.. if not for avoiding passing the virus to the rest, I would let it sneeze on.. anyway, I've zo-bo-ing now.. guess I wud study at home tml..

its been quite some time since I last updated my blog.. sneezing non-stop now upon reaching home but yet can't get to sleep so here I am, trying to recollect what happen for the past few weeks..

Many things did happen...

9th Jul was the day which I had the most smiles.. prob the happiest day of my life to date.. mum & dad was there to see me in my gown & motarboard on.. Days before my commencement, I was complaining to mum why didnt she want to buy me flowers.. During the actual day, out of sudden, mum told me she thought flowers was all just part of shows shown on tv & she never expect people really doing it.. we has fun helping each other with the gown & lots of phototakings.. when I was out from the dressing room, mum surprise me with a "lion" (the lion that symbolised our sch & s'pore)..


thats my lion!!

we had more photoshoots after the ceremony in sch & esplandae..







was bz with work when I get back... had my first marketing session with clients.. met with many different people but sadly, no asians.. tried my best to mingle around.. had dinner with my colleagues thereafter at Boton Jap rest.. the meal was really nice & it was pretty fun & had our share of laughter..

21st was dad's op.. expected him to be only staying for 3 days but he ended up there for a week.. got a fever on the 3rd day which wouldnt subside so poor dad has to bear with it & stay put.. its sad to see the pain he's experiencing.. it might not be a dangerous op to others but for his case, it is.. the doct had wanted to call all of us there "just in case" but dad said not to call me as work is more impt.. haiz.. got a scare when mum told me abt it.. but all are fine now with him recuperatin at home & a naggy daughter saying not to eat this & that.. its a pretty scary place, seeing people with tubes attached all over & dad even had infection bcoz of the plaster...

on the day when dad started having fever, "lao da" finally have the time to talk to me & discuss all my concerns.. main highlight of the story was that I was confirmed.. happy thing is I got an increase in pay & sad thing is I got to start studying.. thou he said I could do it at my own pace but I hope to finish it fast (provided I pass!!).. taking two subj this sem & lessons gonna start next Mon.. oh mine!! I wanna still be a student but now, prob not as much...

its a rotten wk I had.. feel rotten, demoralised & utterly beaten.. I wish I could put all down & leave.. it only sets my determination stronger to realise that little wish.. this wk, everything just seems to provoke me at the slightest, I don't show it but feeling so upset within myself.. don't understand what people are thinking at times.. I know I'm becoimg grumpy but I can't help it.. was it bcoz of the no value added wk I had or was it bcoz of the decision I made or was it just my prob.. will things ever change?? I wish things would become simpler & people would be more innocent & pure.. I'm not perfect but trying hard to perfect myself in this inperfect world.. I should pratice more? as the sayings goes??

Its 9th July, the special day marking the fulfillment of my dreams & most importantly making mummy proud of her daughter.. its my commencement in a few hours time.. I should be happy but feeling sad at the same time as I bid final farewell to the place which fills my memories with happiness, stress & sadness..

Happiness: having a group of wonderful friends whom tide through with me the difficult times of school & breaking our brain cells on the forever never solvable econs qns.. meeting them was the best thing that happen to me in school.. the days at hall is unforgettable too.. racky the good food in school.. exploring different part of the sch.. picking out our most lovable lecturers is one fun part too.. joining NVAC was fun too as I got to know fun-loving friends who shares the same passion as I have in volunteer work.. Lastly, I'm graduating!!

Stress: It got to be exams when I dug myself in books & notes, trying my best to memorise everything in my limited storage space of the brain..

Sadness: Leaving the school..

Love & definitely missing the days spent in NUS with all my friends & rushing for lectures.. & of course no one will be scolding me even if I day dream in lectures..

Blogging from office.. I just wanna cry!! when I'm about to finish, the comp hangs on me & I have to redo the whole formula sheet for 16,000 rows.. I have to wait 30 mins for the file to be opened & each time I copy over the formulas, I need to wait for at least 15 mins.. still waiting for the updates now.. hopefully its successful this time.. I don't wanna camp in office.. why am I so down on my luck??? I wanna cry!!

I tried to shun away from the comment coz I didn't know what to say nor what I really want.. used to know what I want but now I wish I didn't have to think too far ahead..

**the dates are according to US which is a day behind us**

9th June 08 (Mon), Fort Lauderdale, Sunny

Its the start of our training.. we each had a thick arch file with our notes inside.. there's about 40 over people from different states of US, Canada, London & me!! the only one from Asian country.. Its really great knowing everyone.. It wasnt as bad as I thought it would be, it turns out to be fun.. I'm eating every 2 hrs as for each break, we had some snacks for us besides our main meals.. the first night was a group dinner.. my dishes include salad, appetiser & my main was seabass & ending with tiramisu for dessert & drinks too.. its really nice but the portions are too huge for me.. ended up with my main halfway done.. learnt a lot about others & interesting to be with colleagues whom are too far for me to know about.. its a nice night!!

10th June 08 (Tues), Fort Lauderdale, Sunny with later of the day drizzling

My second day of training and I decided to go with the new friend I made to walk around the area via water taxi after the session.. initially it was only just the 3 of us & it became 7 later on.. the others are gg to the Hooters which we ain't really interested.. it was starting to drizzle & I was kinda disappointed if we cant go in the end but it subside by the time we got there.. the water taxi is fun & we saw lots of mansions along the stretch of the banks of the sea.. its so nice to be living there but you will need to super rich to afford the residential there.. (*wish I was rich*) we settle down at a cafe for dinner as we couldnt find the elbow place which was much recommended.. didnt really like my main as it was really salty but the dessert is a thumbs up!! creme brulee!! yummy!! after dinner, we went to the beach for a walk & chat along with K & her husband.. kinda sad to be leaving them & I had a great time with them..


the group of us...


Karen & me..


on the water taxi..

It's my last night at FLL & I enjoyed everyday & every single minute of it minus the part I have to sit in the conference room for training.. started on my packing when we all got back..

**kinda tired... will continue another day for the later days**