Sunday, August 26, 2007

New coy happenings


Not really a very eventful week I must say..

1) Been onboard a vessel and worked till night (NO OT PAY)
2) Been tossed around like a rag doll running errands
3) Paperworks thrown at me within the 1st week
4) Meet some workers (mostly blangalas) and found they're really okay
5) Been to a high-level sales meeting and met the MD for the 1st time
6) Shopped ard in a heartland mall buying my safety boots, helmet and googles
7) Wore a 'teletubby' white overall to work. (comical)

Adwin and Eric had been nice and patient with me till now. K (the ASM which I am replacing) knew I was gonna take over him afterall. But K is not leaving the coy, but he is doing something else when i take over his job. so i reckon we wont have any bad blood. but I DID NOTICED that his ability to communicate with me is minimal.

The MD just joined the coy 4 mths ago, taken over all the duties from the out-going MD. he's not a very easy man to get along. He's extremely disciplined and was sharp in taking note of things. Infact, I was chided for being late in the sales meeting when he shook my hand. *Malu*

Well, the story goes like this, Adwin wanted me to sit in the sales meeting that day, and everyone in the sales department was there. Must have been 10+ ppl. and the MD came in, talked some trash and Adwin says is there anyone he never meet or know.. so everyone wanna help the MD, some high-level mgrs was looking in my direction as he speaks. So I reckon I volunteer to introduce myself rather than acting like a dumb-mute.

I stood up and raised my voice across the conference room. "Hi my name is east, and I work for New building dept. Looking forward to all your guidance and suppport!"

So the MD heard and said "east eh? Welcome to G" and proceed to shook my hand.

In anticipation I shook back, and says "Thank you Sir!"

then he spoke, "I noticed you're late today? 815am and your car came in."

-then everyone laffed. -

Its not a kind of laff I liked. Its the kind of laff that means Oh-no-I-make-Adwin-malu-by-coming-to-work-late-on-my-first-week-at-work-and-he-looks-like-he-will-murder-me-later. Call me sensitive, but in the eyes of the high-level ppl, even stealing their stationaries contradicts to a death sentence.

So on Sat, (half day) K told me that Adwin is looking for me. So I goes inside his office and sure enough he mentioned about the MD comments on that weekday meeting.

I did explained that it was raining at the KJE that day and there was a jam, and funnily enough it wasnt raining in Benoi. (or else I could have arrived at 8am sharp)

He isnt repriminding me, but sure, I have his message across. He also mentioned that I always have my polo-tee collar up and asked if this is my style. (But it is my style, coz my neck isnt really long, so I covered it up)

He says its not professional and maybe I shld do something about it. When your boss' boss says something about it. BETTER LISTEN. I am gonna wear my PSM usual office clothes to work the next week. Sleeves rolled up of course.

And of course, the white tele-tubby affair. pretty funny to wear overall to work and onboard a ship. being a long time since I ever wore one since my poly ITP days. White is for enggrs and execs who goes onboard. Workers wore blue. So I reckon that means the white and blue collared difference.

I haben tried wearing my helmet of course. but its inside my car boot. The boots itself is quite heavy and uncomforable. There's steel plates on my soles of the boot and very thick on the bottom. For safety sake I have to wear it.

The politics in the office I have not figured out as yet. One thing I knew is that my late-ness to work comments had spread across the HR, some depts and even some of their mothers and fathers. For a simple comment if I not sure it had been blown out of proportion, I suppose there is nothing i can do about it. HR is being treated like God there. So is the accounts dept.

Some of the ladies there is single and available, which I heard from giving a lady from another dept (she is married) when she tried to get a lift from Eric, I told Eric I would give her a lift since she is going to Woodlands as I am on my way home.

Call me stubborn,but I had no interest watsoever, office romance is tantamount of hindering my success in here. STRONGLY OBJECTED TO this kinda affair.

Rumors in here spread very fast. Even the pay,profits,bonuses of indivudual dept. This is something Adwin hated. (Dept 6x had the biggest payout of course must hush mah, wait some green-eyes monsters from other dept buey song how?)

I have not gotten my first pay from G as yet. but the 1.2K transport allowance ballooned my basic pay to a sum which PSM cant compare. this 1.2K is non-deductable from CPF and requires no declaration for vehicle usage. Its like giving you this money but you can do watever you do with it. I feel my comfort level had returned from this lump sum. I was drastically trying to survive on PSM paycheck 2 mths back now I am quite relaxed. Travelling anyone? haha

But of course, my 3 weeks paycheck arrived from PSM yesterday. I must say this is quite a trying time for me till my next paycheck arrived. (after paying for everything)

A friend is getting married in September. hehe. knew him since alamak days. He's living near me. (no its not matt XD)

Watched Rattatouille yesterday. Long animation that last 2 hrs +. My butt is sore from all the sitting. but its still quite okay. More good movies coming soon.

Now, I am busying updating all the entries in the order book into xls format. Hope I finished it by today. Tomorrow will be better management day for me.

Hungry Ghost Praying ceremony is taken very seriously in heavy industries like the shipyards. Tomorrow is no different. I will be taking part as well. Eric told me he never did prayed on one time, and he went quite un-smoothly for the entire month. Better to believe than dont. Esp in Sales.

Till then, will let you guys know of any interesting thing I came across.

P:S I noticed MY ENTRIES IS GETTING LESSER COMMENTS. AM I THAT BORING!?? SAY SOMETHIN LA! =p

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Oops sorry for the late updates


I have been in a roller coaster mood lately.

Having left my beloved company of 3 years, with only 2 days to pickup my feelings and devote myself to another new company by Monday. You have to forgive me for not blogging.

Like I said, I packed my last belonging on Friday, and everyone stayed on to say goodbye. truly emotional affair. I gave some of my stationaries away to my ex-colleagues. There's also one cute 'head-nodding' toy that been on my desk for the past 3 years. I gave it away to Suhaily. She promised that she will invite me to her house on Hari Raya as well.

Darren was also there, having came back from Vietnam just a few hrs from the plane. Hand over all outstanding issues to him, cleaned up my laptop programs and personal stuffs inside :P

I am gonna miss my laptop. =(

Gave the old colleagues a nice tea treat. Bought some donuts from vivo, Beard papa, Old Chang kee and some pastries from Bread talk. (andIalsogaveaboxofdonutstosomeonewhohappenstomoveintoPSAbuildingHUR) Fate is really cruelllllllllllllll :P I move out, she move in. *BLEH*

Anyway, Alice (Pantry auntie) gave me a nice chocolate cake for my departure too! SEE! even my pantry auntie loves me! *haolian*

The weekend was spend in a prawn farm at FarmMart CCK. Very quiet place. I fished there and enjoy the farm life. Also dun want to have any noisy outings that week. Like I said, emotional roller coaster.

Drove to my new coy on Monday. Traffic had been good to me. Reached there at 740am. (And it is quite deserted lol) and I was told no one comes early. They only arrive at 810am onwards. I have not seen the CEO as yet. was told he's a very petty man. Words had spread that he once marked an account asst for not greeting him. and the gal promptly quitted soon afterwards. (scary man)

Adwin (new boss) was telling me, like everyday, REMEMBER TO GREET HIM AH! (but I have not made any direct contact with him, although we shared the same toilet on the same floor)

Adwin and Eric is very nice. Perhaps initially the phase is kinda warm. My department (Dept 6X) is the most profitable dept in the whole company. Most of the staffs and requests from that dept are usually done on a priority basis. Even the parking lot is reserved for Dept 62. I feel so lucky. But it also means I have to be extra hardworking on these basis.

I'll be attending a safety course for shipyard this coming 28th Aug. Its a compulsory course for all engineers to attend so they can go onboard a ship. Yes. its so rare for me to even set foot on a cruise liner. I have the chance to go onboard and meet shipowners and professionals.

So 28th Aug is like a 'eat snake day' for me. Course is 8 hrs long, but i doubt i'll fail anyway. and its in town! More like tanjong pagar. All the ah nehs took this course and passed with flying colors. this is the basic requirement. and I will be issued a pass with photo so I can travel to shipyards all over Singapore with ease. There's also a safety supervisor course which will be schedule later. More hard and needs more studying as well.

So these few days, I am just trying to see what's happening in the dept. Every morning, the workers will gather outside the department. and all started talking. Who goes to which shipyards and henceforth. I only seen them in the morning. they never came back till the next morning. to update on their work status. Kinda messy but I guess all these years its become a norm. and it'll be especially quiet after they left.

I spend my time reading up the catalogue pages. Amazingly this product had only 2 company in SIngapore carrying. and its highly competitive for both of our companies. the profit margin is usually 100% or more. (More labour intensive) There's also quotations to read up. and disgustinly, there are complex calculations to do prior to submission. But its still okay, standard formulas.

Also have to submit some more documents pertaining to the Ships classification. Still learning. But I think the next paragraph will interest you.

Dept 6X had no less than 6 mths bonses (+ 13th mth) every year. Yup, 6 mths! Work 1 yr free 6 mths! Sort of thing.

No wonder all so hush-hush in this department. Oh yeah,I also heard there isnt much activities for the staffs there. all work like hell, received the yrly bonuses and that's about it. No D&D. =(

Our department is targetting 7mil this year. (I was doing 1mil plus per yr in my ex-dept in my own sector). 7 mil is a tall figure. But looking at the work orders (each ard 10K minimum), 7 mil doesnt seems so difficult. I guess.

Today I was on board a vessel in a highly sensitive place in Sembawang. It was a USA vessel and I have never been so upclose with a warship. and the security checks at the front entrance is also quite stringent. Photo taken and IC taken. Temp pass issued. Passed thr 3 more security booths before reaching the ship. and had to walk. Reach the ship, also have to issue pass (their personal ones) before we can inspect the engine gearbox. All done in a hush-manner.

I also seen some NZ defense troops inside. Something you hardly seen in Singapore. (although I have not obtained my cert yet, I was still allowed to go inside the ship =x) very lucky and nice experience. Eye-opener. and I left my workplace at 3pm and came straight home after that! Haha!

Parking is more convenient now for me. As I came back when the skies is still bright and sunny (530pm), I got the best lot in my MSCP. but of course, I am using a desktop in my coy which I am still getting used to. (at least dun have to bring my work home)

Another nice thing about this job, there is ample opportunities to go overseas as well. and its usually a few days job and straight back to Singapore. Was told to prepare for at least 10 jobs per year overseas. Oh well, we will see how much this company takes me.

Higher perhaps? We shall see. :)

Till then, BYE!

Thursday, August 16, 2007

I used to think I've forgotten...


Before I touched on this topic, Bee tagged me on some interesting games she had found from her blogger's friend.

You need to blog 10 quirks about you or interesting experiences in your life. Then tag another 6 people. (I think I'll stop at myself) No tagbacks.

1. [Newspaper]
I been reading newspaper from back to front. Maybe its one of those habits I developed since Poly days. Newpaper always have the sports column at the back.

2. [Psychopath]
The worst female experience I ever had was knowing a junior was my secondary school. It was by chance that she is my penpal and she wrote to me. I meet her like twice and found out she's so hooked on to me, paged me till the mailbox is full and she's on anti-depressants and had a counsellor. I subsequently changed my pager number and forgot about her. *Whacko*

3. [Clubbing]
Used to go clubbing for the sake of getting drunk. and I managed to stay sober most of the time and finally succumb to alcohol till the doctor says I must stay out or carry on vomitting blood. Unsightly.

4. [Secret]
I let loose my secrets easily with strangers than with friends. why? Because strangers will take my secrets away but my friends will always bring it back.

5. [Wealth]
I wonders what's the deal about people raving at me being rich. I just do not see the need for much money and adequately enough all these times of my life. Quality of life is more important that the sums in your bank.

6. [Being Leo]
Tyypical Leo. Over-sized ego. Proud of my zodiac and confident of doing things others don't. Self-arrogant. But... still humble to others.

7. [Cars]
Never knew cars can be so... Zhng-able. Wasnt a car fan or any sorts till I got one of my own. and I been studying forums as much as I worked. hehe

8. [Mutton]
Must be something wrong with me or I have a deep affection with goats and lambs. Never liked mutton. The after taste smells so bad. HATED it like crazy. Why cant mutton taste like beef?

9. [Movies Maniac]
Record of watching 5 movies in a single day. Venue is not a problem as long I watched all the previews. Had a chance to write column with 8 days in my early 20's. Free movies and paid for comments. Bliss.

10. [Confrontation]
Never liked confrontation. When facing the inevitable, I will grab the nearest guy/gal and throw them in the rage of fire. Cruel? Irresponsible? I just hate to confront ppl. heh


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Been receiving farewell lunches and dinner all week. Was dining with Qup the other day, and she took me to a nice pasta restaurant in Tanjong Pagar. Great conversationist.

Johnny gave me a treat of chicken rice the other day. He got himself a new car and I was really amazed by the jeep-look of the Toyota Rush. Gave him some poisioning advices on how to maintain his paint job.

Irene gave me a treat at Botak Jones today. and it was her who reminded me that someone birthday is today. *sighz* I not faulting anyone. I remembered. but.. remembering is a useless thought. Like what I told Kahua today when I drive him back to his office.

Stupidity and loyalthy lies on a thin thread...

So, Happy birthday N... Have it been.. 5 years? :)

ANYWAY!
Tomorrow is my last day at work! I cant wait to knock off and scream, ORD LOH!!! hehe

Monday, August 13, 2007

A little tale from the 7th Month...


I not sure if you would call me... telepathic.

but I am pretty sharp in hearing things.. perhaps its something I deduce from digging my ears with jossticks since young.. and it kinda trained me for some unknown sounds from beyond...

Just yesterday nite when I was about to go to bed, I heard a lot of 'clinking' sounds, like chains below my void deck. its not a single chains, but multiple chains that resembles hundreds over windchimes ringing at the same time. Coincidence? Hard of hearing thus I am imgaining? perhaps so.

But Not when the dogs from neighbouring army camp started howling like 30mins. Super errie. (We always have those dogs loitering near our HDB looking for scraps.)

But my little story did not end here. I was driving home from Ave 5 today. There was an unfortunate accident involving a taxi and a bike near the bridge across the expressway. thus, I drove very slowly and halfway thr the journey, I realized I had to pay some credit card bills hence I did a short stopover at the Yewtee MRT AXS machine.

Saw a little piece of credit card receipt from someone who dropped it. Credit used S$11K , credit left $900. Some ppl really can spend manz! (Just being kpo la ;p )

I paid up promptely and went to my vehicle and continue my ride home. I normally used the main roads to get to my MSCP. but this time I was nearby a little road, which is leading to another MSCP (not mine) and the exit is leading to my MSCP anyway. I took it and because there is pedestrians using the sidewalk, I had to drive very slowly, because some of them like to wander on the road.

I was going at 20km/hr (for driver you know how SLOWWW it can be) and something tells me... it doesnt look right on my right hand side. there were about 20+ ppl on the sidewalk today. I looked at my watch, 1030pm. All the backs were facing me. We were travelling in the same direction.

My headlights were on. Yellow beam. Ppl walking at different speed. Wearing differnt color shirts. ONE STOOD OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB. JUST ONE.

Usally when we walk, if you see NORMAL ppl walking, because we use one leg in front and one leg behind, from the back view, you will notice that your head will be bobbing up and down, up and down. coz of your leg adjustment la.

SOMETHING TELL ME, someone isnt really walking normally. A girl (from the back, long hair) was in between an old auntie and her son I think. She walks like.. you know.. gliding. yeah. its like she hardly uses her leg at all so you cant see the head going up and down. its like one straight line.

I was like 10m away from her, that freaks me out. and she was in black long dress (someone did expect white eh? lol) and just 'walked' behind the auntie and her son. I was really spooked by then. I managed to go pass her.. and boldly managed a sneak peep thr my door mirror. Viola! No one is behind the auntie in my mirror!

I stepped on my pedal and did a 50km/hr in a HDB lot and scrambled the hell outta there. (I hope I didnt caught 'her' attention guLPZ*)

I reached my parking lot and ran for my home. Mom saw me entering and face white as sheet. She asked if I am okay, I just told her I saw an accident just now and it upsets me.

Yup.. 7th month is finally here. The death amongest the living again. No more late nights and OT for me.

Saturday, August 11, 2007

NDP '07 & counting down my days


It was a nice NDP'07 I had this year. The fact that it is only days after my birthday, and I am in the heat of birthday aspirations.

I checked into a local hotel over-looking the Esplanade. yes. I did.

I told my friends I am overseas, and just immersed myself into the 3D2N. Soaked in the bath tub. Nvr answers any calls nor work calls. (But I did replied the emails la)

And the hotel is nice enuff to offer me free parking and broadband. Less than 400 hundred dollars. Carlton if you wanna know.

I spend the entire day inside the room on 9th Aug, watching TV live from the water platform stadium which is less than 300m away from me. and glad to say, I did not missed the fireworks from my windows. Something squeezing wif ppl on the roadsides and smelling bodyodours cannot buy. MAJESTIC.

Carlton also give free breakfast on top of the rooms which is quite a gd deal actually. reminds me of the gd old times I once had in hotel 81 with a bunch of folks. (YES MASS ORGY XD)

They send newspaper to my room everyday and I am so pampered I refused to check out on the 10th LOL haha. just kidding.

I watched RUSH HR 3 as well. Chris Tucker is so funnY! Esp the part when they are interrogating the small asian man and ask the nun to intrepret the french asian guy. haha GO WATCH IT :P

I did watched SKIN WALKERS premier on the 8th Aug, but it was a crappy movie. Although the baddie she-wolf is hot-looking. but.. the plot is miserable. and the werewolves is so.. lame. More furball than claws. zzz

Missed some movie like DOnnie Yuen FLASH POINT. I prefer kungfu movies like those. and Simpsons I missed as well. (Hardly a fan, gimme southpark anyday)881 seems like a gd movie with Royston Tan directing it. I was at vivo the other day and caught the charity gala and saw the casts. Good hokkien songs! (maybe jac will like to see it? the very 'hokkien-pai' charbor i ever knew anyway hehe) t

4 more days to my departure from PSM. haiz.. I been dreading this day since I start counting. Mon on leave, left Tues, Wed, thurs and Fri. The new guy will be here anytime soon I guess. Hope they will get used to working with him. :]

I am sure there are better pastures out there.. that my eyes nvr get to experienced. and I am taking my bold steps.. walking towards the unknown.

WISH ME LUCK~ i need a lot of it!

A little bit of trivia here. Guess how much the parking cost after parking downstairs for 2 full days?

S$32 freaking bucks! Lucky the complimentary parking slip come in handY! Phews!

Monday, August 06, 2007

Aftermath from the Party


First I would like to express my sincere thanks to the following guests who makes this event happen (random order):

1) Bee
2) Vic
3) Nut
4) Debby
5) Huili (Best dressed winner Female)
6) Zan
7) Matt
8) Celia (matt's mate)
9) John ( Best dressed winner Male)
10) ggp
11) Haodong
12) Cat (Haodong mate)
13) Weiwen (HKE)
14) Gaogao (HKE)
15) Ah bit
16) Guojin (For being my personal walking stick throught the night)
17) Huixin
18) Tailong
19) Jiahong
20) Jeslyn (JIahong's mate)
21) Junjie
22) Iris (Junjie mate)
23) Evon (who later went to DF)
24) Olivia
25) Amos
26) Karryn (Amos's mate)

THanks for giving me face on Saturday in making this party possible. Also like to thanks St James mgr Aziz for making this event possible, and the most coveted corner in Powerhouse, Sofa 1. hehe

Insights on the night:
Guests started arriving at 930. Junjie were the first to arrive. Late to arrive was Tailong. Ordered a cannon rack (For those who duno wat is a cannon rack, it means for drinks over a certain litre, you would need a rack to install the bottle on, you cant hold it manually with your hold to pour the drinks)
A shutter of Tiger (its call a Beer tower)
2 free champagne bottle from ST james.
Mixers free flow that night.

I arrived early hence able to enjoy the discount. Boy was it lucky. Tiger shutter going at 50% dis for happy hr. Cannon rack another 10% for happy hr + 5 % for member. I saved ard 2 hund bucks for all these. (15mins to end of happy hr, very lucky LOL)

I received some nice gifts from the guests as well;
1) A pair of CK boxers! (From john, debby and nut, thanks hor, maybe you know I am a boxer guy issit?)
2) A Pierre cardin engraved pen from Etel and Vic kor XD (Useful for my next apptment in new coy, thanks)
3) A friendship band + ascendas wallet + A face cream or something (huili and zan)
4) A small fortune cat soft toy (from Junjie and gf)
5) A small bottle of perfume (from Uncle Henry, unable to make it)
6) A Esprit pink striped shirt (From Guojin & Huixin)

It was very nice of you guys to give me the presents.

There is a little segment that night, call the best dressed clubber. Boy was the poll hilarious! But despite the oddity that most of the clubbers I invited dont really know one another, there is an awkward silence surrounding them. but luckily there is certain grps that started talking hence not so weird.

yeah the poll. I gave each a slip to let them vote whois the best dressed. and 90% all voted for Irene aka bobdog! Hard not to win it. Coz, she's easily the best dressed around. and very different from her usual self. many ppl gave her good comments like ;
"Irene is very sexy tonight!!"
"She look very different from usual"
"Nice haircut"

And of coz the best dressed male.. (Goes to me actually =x but no point giving myself a prize from my own money, so i have to give it to the next in line)
And I probably thinks they voted me out of courtesy as well -_-"

Some 'NICE comments' from the guests on me includes;
"Eugene looks so fit today"
"I guess no one will vote for him, so I vote lor"
"eugene, Beware he is playboy! (till now I duno who the F wrote that)
"Eugene, simply he is the bdae boi and bdae boi wins"
all sorts of crap comments.

Why John won was funny. Most of them wrote, "John, why? Because he requested (LOL). He won by 3 votes. Amos actually is the winning one with 4 votes, but after eastking vetted through the 4 votes and realized all 4 slips of paper are IDENTICAL AND BEAR THE SAME HANDWRITING. hence disqualified him. (and he also voted his gf 4 times in the papers)

Crazy, funny night.

then the torture comes when Tailong enters the room. No one can escape the fate of the old timer when he comes. I was forcibly downed some cocktails which is damn poisionous in my own opinion. FLAMING LAMBOR. WATERFALL. tastes LIKE DEATH.

Umpteen cuppa of Hennsey with Coke (Sometimes NO ADDITIVES AT ALL) Burns my liver manz.

I fell flat after all these. But it was ok. Last yr I fell flat within an hr. THis yr I can talk for an hr and being drunk the next. both yr, same thing happen.
1) I left early
2) Matt send me home. (We were poor chaps last yr, sat in cab, this yr he drove my car, so he purposely dun wanan drive his *cough* with gd intentions la hehe)

I missed the later part of the show. could only relish the moments when the chatters came in thr msn and talked abt it. Hope huixin enjoy her virgin night out in a clubbing scene. (She's only 19 and huili lil sis)
Olivia (BDINOGAL) was absent for a long time, seen her now. very quiet the whole night. left early too.
Was talking to nut and debby and they are more narratives in the event. I heard the whole cannon rack (3L hennesy) was finished in the entire night. (HKE folks must have drank a lot)

Jason who came with a gal, sorry bro, I couldnt talk to you much. 30% conscious isnt gonna be a great conversationist.

I was photographed in my drunken stupor and stupid someone wanna post it on her blog. *ahem* But all in all, I think everyone deserve a good time. and the host cant really teach them how to let loose. and they can do, is to follow their instinct and explore the place. perhaps find a good music and start to groove.

I finally 'merlion-ed' at my MSCP after alighting from the car. Behind my car. Lucky nvr merlion-ed in my own car. or I would have cried.

I think I did quite a good coordinating this year. (All by myself k) but fails in the presentation. (Loud music all cannot hear me)

Still a few more days to my birthday, so I guess I might meet more ppl who wanna wish me a happy birthday on the 7th!

Happy birthday east. 29th is coming. Career comes first. Love can wait. really.. it can wait. :)

Saturday, August 04, 2007

Tonite is the NITE!!!


hehe, the big 29th is coming.. in just 3 days time.

As usual, there will be bashes coming in. but unlike last year, this yr bdae bash was toned down to only 1 event. The st James party. (Last year I had paintball and party)

Yesterday the staff of PSM gave me a farewell buffet lunch in the office. Oh did I mention CY took me to an Italian restaurant on 1st Aug at Senso, Club street. Oh man, it was amazing.

Anyway, the farewell buffet was Thai food. Not many ppl had Thai food for lunch. Infact Jane was wriggling her nose in disgust. (Hard to please this old lady heh)

CY and Leelee left early for 'shopping' prior to the buffet. When they came back, they had 3 gifts for me.
1) An ice-cream cake from Swensons.
2) A addidas sports wear
3) A soviet Titus metal watch

I was so touched by their gestures. Darren gave me the presents and everyone start tucking in to good food. But they wanted me to say something first.

I thought long and hard. and I told them this.

"For 3 years I came to work, Be it in bus or car. I left my living room, travelled an hr to find my living room back in Pasir Panjang again. Thank you all for your kind assistance you have given me, although I am leaving for a higher apptment, I will never forget you guys. I hope the next replacement will be as handsome as me, but I doubt that *make a face* Thank you and enjoy your lunch!"

-everyone laughed-

For those who is trying to figure out what I mean, (WOLS reader) it mean that PSM is like my home. I left my home to reach my home. geddit?

The Soviet Titus watch looked so cool. Black face with metallic finishing. I will be wearing that to St James party later.

Few days ago I had a mahjor arguement with my mum. and I realized that I have grown up. I dont like the way she expressed herself. she was ranting and raving at me for not following her instructions. But she forgotten one thing.

Her son. Dont take instructions. It was a long story with a pathetically lousy ending, so I skip it. We are not on speaking terms for quite a few days now. and IT IS REALLY GOOD. (coz everyday she call me up is so irritating, she digs into my private life every now and then. I feel so LIBERATED NOW)

(Before you readers started thinking whois right or wrong. You have to understand my character first. I dont do this kinda pissed off action unless it is justified)

Was doing 'overtime' for PSM again today. I went to the heat treatment house in Joo Koon Circle today to see how the tested part fares. We have to heat treated a brass part for a customer, because the taiwanese supplier gave us lousy quality.

Went early. punched some rivets and called up my boss. HE is sleeping. so is mY QC, also sleeping. (he promised to come with me, in the end, I have to do it myself)

then I went back to the office, printed out some party invite list so I could pass it to the POwerhouse door bitch. and I even printed out a small slip of paper for polling purpose. (we're having a little segment call best dressed clubber)

then proceed to Eunos Ave 4 and look for ah guang again to doll up my car side skirtings. Need some touch-up. Looks beautiful now. but N, isnt finished yet. I will post N pics up when she is done. I haben even took a picture of N and me together, since receiving the ride.

Was idling at home when I received a call from a fellow St james member that he had invited a gal whom is on odds with another gal whom I invited. Its really gonna be a 'surprise' party for me. I hope there wont be any war breaking out. =/

Hell lots of explaining to do. Its not i am on odds end with the gal. But I have to make a decison. So I weigh the pros and cons. The gal whom the member invited, I had invited her to MOS last yr. and left the other gal out. So this year, I invited the gal that I have missed out last yr to join in. I believed in my own opinion, is fair and square.

But I doubt anyone knows this. Haiz

Perhaps the gal would think I hated her or something. and even worse, if she saws the other gal, maybe they will walk out in anger or something? really complicating. But I hope to make an early exit if this happens =x.

(Pardon me if I says this, I have no problems with guys watsoever =x )

Anyway the damage been done. Hope they gave me adequate face not to ruin my party. Or else, I'll really walk out anytime. (prays hard tonight gonna be fine)

Later go Lot 1 walk walk. This time, I'll be taking the MRT. (My MRT card still have some value left keke)