Monday, September 28, 2009
mooncakes are definitely a must-eat in this festival
Turns out that the snow skin mooncakes are generally popular than traditional egg yolks mooncakes.more pictures can be found @ nanda's blog.
7:14 AM
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Thursdays are my official off days!
But i have to work on every alternate weekends to compensate for that. I'm still working 5 days per week,just that my off days are different from 9-5 jobs.
So, i met Charmaine for a little meet up after her work in the afternoon for lunch.
We shared about our poly years, about dreading projects & how our poly years flew so fast... Rekindling the past memories, as well as looking forward to our future endeavours.
When you just sit down and chat about the past, glancing back what you have gone through, at the same time embracing the future with our outstretch arms.
Oh gosh,i really must have more meet ups...
I liked the feeling of sitting down with a friend, sipping coffee at a cafe and recollecting our past together. But i'm doubtful i do get the chance and luxury to have more meet ups right now. Time and work is such a concern factor on my list. Sometimes you hope it speeds up like a F1 race car,but there are times you wish you could freeze it in your refrigerator,hoping it doesn't melt away like how it always do.
8:00 AM
抉择&Prioritise
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
一直以为在报馆实习，只要努力、虚心学习、敢于尝试，或许我就能凭着些“装备”，学会怎么写一篇好的新闻报道和当个好记者。
现在发现，我的出发点看似理想，但因为心有余而力不足，有时候一不留意或慌神了一下，便忽略一些重要的讯息。明明嘴巴和心里都一直在告诉自己要努力，不许轻易放弃,而我却没有完完全全把这话转换成行动。
我是的想法是单纯吗？电视剧不是常演这些片断，男女主角凭着坚强的毅力，最后修得正果，闯出一片天地。现实工作显然和这种愚昧的想法无法挂钩，事实和幻想必定存有差距。
不规律的工作时间是记者会面对的，无论早上晚上，如有新闻可采访就要随传随到。OMG~
今天，原本打算下班后去参加地板钩球的练习，不过因为我手头上还有未完成的工作，我就得放弃练习的机会，继续埋头赶完那篇稿。
顺便提一下，我竟然浪费一天半的时间完成它，重新修改两次后才通过主任那一关。哈哈，我的速度慢得像蜗牛一样，难怪主任在给予我耐心教诲时还不忘提醒我要注意时间的拿捏，她句句都是名言真理，我听了之后，思绪竟变得十分清晰，所以连忙点头表示同意。
当时我兴致勃勃准备下班去练习，心里早有打算练习之后就继续修改那篇稿，然后对主任说声Bye Bye，她有些惊讶地看着我，神情严肃地说：“现在你有两个选择：一，撇下这份未完成的稿件，去运动，不过要明天呈交。二，马上完成稿件，好让我批改”。最后，我选择后者。因为我讨厌放置东西不管，我觉得不安心吧，当天肯定睡不好，整夜辗转反侧只因为我没有把今天的工作完成，我自己也觉得难受啊。
回家的时候，脑子突然闪过一个画面，我想象日后也会有同样的状况出现，那时候我或许不能常常与队友一同练习。
抉择，真的很难。
要放弃一个，而选择另一个，就要衡量轻重，挑选较重要的。
英文有句词--Prioritise--，中文意思是区分优先次序，也就是把最重要的事情摆在第一位。
现在，我得学会如何取舍轻重，善于安排时间。
或许可能有一天，我会放弃地板钩球，因为工作关系，还是其他尚未出现原因。
这是我最不想想像的画面，当地板钩球脱离我的世界，那时候的我生活是否依旧精彩？
6:55 AM
Monday, September 21, 2009
I've been staying indoors for the past 3 days, i hadn't had the slightest intention to go out to breathe some fresh air,or something like that. I kept myself occupied by picking up a book which i didn't managed to finish before my internship starts. It was enthralling to see how each stories encapsulates the lives of characters from the fictional world, and how i even managed to fill up my little world of imagination by just simply reading (and digesting) words.
It's tells Ten short stories about love,but not those kind of typical love novels about "how a girl met a boy". I especially love the suspense and thrill laid in the stories. I usually read about love novels that portray pure,long lasting love,but this book depicts love that explores the boundaries. Revenge, mystery and the unexplained truth.
8:08 AM
I've got 3 days mc starting from today
Thursday, September 17, 2009
12:53 AM
Monday, September 14, 2009
I got tired just from reading the papers and doing nothing.
I yawned a zillion times at my desk.
Oh man...that's like such a bad start.
I think tomorrow is my official working day.
Cause i got a event to run early in the morning when normally i'm supposed to be still in my bed. Ok,I'm anticipating for more to come.
7:18 AM
So what's next?
Sunday, September 13, 2009
I know time is ticking and in less than 12 hours time, i'll be working as an intern in sph.
I'm not certain if journalism is the right career for me,that's why i'm trying and taking this opportunity to learn new things which i have not been exposed to yet.
Right now, i'm picturing myself in a 5 months journey which is full of uncertainties and obstacles. I'll never know what's in there for me. Let it be a series of unpredictable events lined up everyday, good or bad, i have to face it no matter what. I have to.
But, one thing i'm pretty sure of is that i'll have lesser time for everything.
No more free time. I'm glad actually,mainly because i would rather be tied down by work than rot my days without achieving a thing. Sometimes,i hate doing nothing. I know it's good that when you literally do nothing at all, you are freed from many things. No work, no school. And also,no life.
Ask me if i'm all set and ready to start this learning experience as an intern, my answer is yes.
I'm prepared and ready to take in new challenges, somehow a part of me tells me that "staying in my comfort zone makes me feel safe and secure". Okay,there is a little contradiction, and a voice inside me says that maybe i'm not really ready after all. I need to break away from all that pessimistic thinking, it would make me grow neither. Please throw that away.
Alright,so i guess i have to put my best foot forward and strive my way through my intern days.
Tomorrow will be the new chapter for me and my friends who will be starting our 1st day of internship. All the best to those who are having all the jitters and nerves, i know we all can do it. I don't know why, but I'll be eagerly awaiting January 29th 2010 to arrive. Well, at least that's my tiny source of motivation for now.
7:05 AM
Time Traveller's Wife+The Cove movie outing
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Met zhihui and huiwen to catch Time Traveller's Wife at The Cathay.
It proved just as good as the reviews. Imagine having that ability to travel through time, you are able to cpature images of your past and future. But true enough, these special ability seems ultraordinary yet somewhat saddening at the same time.
Today.
It happens to be 9/9/09. Great day to tie the knot for lovers,though the hunger ghost month doesn't bode well for auspicious events like marriage to take place.
I woke up early in the morning all got ready to go for floorball trainings and only to find myself turning back home. Turns out that training has been postponed to 5pm.
Met up with shihui for a movie. I was like 15 mins late.Opps~ sorry shihui for that wait.
Then we walked aimlessly around Orchard Ion. No shopping mood at all.
We made our way back to PS to get our tickets and realised only the front seats were available. So good game to us.Haha... While waiting for the movie,we slacked at mos burger for drinks.
notice the guy on the right,he's the main focus in this pic
Dinner @ Mad Jack restaurant at PoMo
we shared a veg fish set with tasty mashed potatoes
After the cove movie,we headed to Daiso.
To get shihui's 蜡笔小新biscuit
great day out!
8:24 AM
Monday, September 7, 2009
Ever since i stopped working, i had more time.
I actually wanted to have meet ups last week but there wasn't the perfect timings available,hence i was left to stay indoors.Slacking.
Last saturday, i went shopping with my mom and aunty nancy.
She was the one who introduced me to the part time job in that financial firm, and i always wanted to find a chance to give her a nice treat for her kind recommendation. At first, i asked what she would like to have. But she always seem to reject me whenever i asked that question. Then i realised that i was quite dumb cause i had indeed drop an awkward question on her. Obviously she WILL NOT take my offer. I mean it will not be that nice of her if she were to reply me that she needs some bird nest or whatever tonic for nourishment.
So...i decided to treat her to a meal.
And we ate at 鼎泰丰... and stopped for a little while at Ngee Ann City where there was a lion dance competition going on.
Today was the internship briefing and the day we would know of our posting results. I was glad and relieved that i got into the choice i wanted badly. SPH! To me, that was the last straw i was holding on to, so my hopes on that were pretty high. Yes,now im left with 1 more week before this internship starts. So, im really trying to have more meet ups this week.
For about 2-3 weeks or so, i caught the cough virus. It was a dry cough,the kind which is not so serious but gets irritating at times when i couldn't stop coughing. I didn't see the doctor because i thought that a little 枇杷膏or lozenges will do the job.
Guess i was totally wrong.
my waiting number 7
So,i visited the doctor today.
Oh..the doctor is Dr Kong, he appeared on the newspaper for winning the Good Neighbours Award. While waiting for my number 7 to appear on the electronic screen, i heard a number of patients entering the room saying congratulatory words to him.
When it came to my turn, i spent last than 5 minutes seeing him and i was soon out of the consultation room, waiting eagerly for my name to be called at the counter. After which,I walked back home with my medicine on my left hand and 2 pieces of chicken wings on my right hand. I felt it quite ironic at that moment. But don't get me wrong, i wasn't trying to disobey the doctor's words at all. It was for my sister who had cravings for fried chicken wings.
5:12 AM