~*angie's lil reverie*~

The Piggies at Action City.

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Angeline winks
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Uniform Fitting

I had uniform fitting after work yesterday.

But...

THE UNIFORM LOOKS HORRIBLE!

I can't imagine myself wearing that uniform day and night for work.

Oh man.

This would mean that I could only wear beautiful clothes on weekends.

I have a sad life, don't you think so?

(I've decided not to put up any photos of uniform fitting on my blog as I feel that it looks very ugly. It's really that ugly. But, I guess I should be glad that I'm a girl since girl' s uniform looks much nicer that the guy's shirt & pants. Haha.)

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Angeline winks
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Sunday, June 26, 2005

Huiyi's Housewarming

Don't you think the flats below look just like some condominium?

It's Huiyi's house at Sengkang...

Her house is simply very well-decorated. Simple yet Classy. If not for the fact that we had to leave in a rush, I would have taken more photos of her house.

Me, Huiyi and Yuanmei. (Please ignore my messy hair)

Me and Huiyi. It seems like both of us have a fetish with pink.

Her room is very sweet and I love this deer found on her bed! Don't you think this deer look very cute? I just can't help but to take photo with it!

With Huiyi living so near my house, I will have one supper kaki now. Yeah!

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Angeline winks
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Family Dinner

After complaining of being broke in my previous entries, I had finally gotten my pay!

It felt great to have some money in my new OCBC account.

Though my pay was meager, I was happy to give my family a treat at the Crystal Jade. It was a wonderful dinner with good service. The waitresses and waiters were very polite and I was totally very impressed with their good service. The food was simply great too! The most important thing was that my granny was very happy and that meant a lot to me. All these years, she had been taking good care of me, and I felt that I must definitely bring her out to eat regularly. Thus, I must work really hard to earn a lot of money so that I can give my family a treat at least once in a month.

Family photo (without my brother)

As I start to grow older, I realize having a family dinner together is quite hard at times given that all of us would be busy working. But, I seriously hope that even when I start work officially next mth, I would still have time for such family dinner.

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Angeline winks
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Saturday, June 25, 2005

Get to Know Yourself Better

Your view on yourself:
You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You are a true romantic. When you are in love, you will do anything and everything to keep your love true.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

The seriousness of your love:
You like to flirt and behave seductively. The opposite sex finds this very attractive, and that's why you'll always have admirers hanging off your arms. But how serious are you about choosing someone to be in a relationship with?

Your views on education:
Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.

The right job for you:
You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.

How do you view success:
You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying.

What are you most afraid of:
You are afraid of having no one to rely on in times of trouble. You don't ever want to be unable to take care of yourself. Independence is important to you.

Who is your true self:
You are full of energy and confidence. You are unpredictable, with moods changing as quickly as an ocean. You might occasionally be calm and still, but never for long.

Adapted from Get to Know Yourself Better

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Angeline winks
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What A DAY

Though I have been looking forward to this weekend since monday, it hasn't been a wonderful day for me. A series of unfortunate things had happened to me since morning...

Before I left home this morning, I realized I had lost the watch which Kai had given me last year (as my anniversary present) at my yoga class last night! Instantly, I could sense that it was going to be an unlucky day for me and I was right.

I failed my HI exam.

Seriously, I was very disappointed as I was quite confident actually. Sigh. When the word 'FAIL' flashed on my computer screen, I had no idea how to react. I thought I was dreaming but I wasn't. It was something which I hadn't expected.

As a result, I was in a daze for the whole day. And everything seems to go wrong. Can you imagine that I could actually fall down from escalator? My hp and camera was low batt and I nearly lost my ATM card! Luckily, the shop assistant was helpful enough to help me find my card if not I would be even more upset that I couldn't even use retail therapy to make myself feel better...

Whatever it is, I just hope it will be a better day for me tommorrow.

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Angeline winks
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Friday, June 24, 2005

Bad News or Good News?

I have 2 bad news to tell you guys.

I'm going to start work on the 9th July (Sat).

I'm not going to work in any of the ocbc branches in town.

But the good news is...

I may be posted to a branch somewhere near my house.

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Angeline winks
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Thursday, June 23, 2005

Initial D

The movie which all comic fans have been waiting for...

Since 1995, over one billion people in the world have been hooked to a wildly successful comic book. Over 39 million copies of manga, 39 episodes of anime, 23 novels and an animated movie have been spawned. In 2003, the eagerly awaited PS2 game of the franchise was finally out in the market, raking the world by storm.

It's INITIAL D.

It's a world of car drifting where the battlefield is the mountain road. And bow... for the first time... it comes to the screen in live action, directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, the miracle duo behind the hugely successful Infernal Affairs trilogy.

For five years, 18-year old Takumi has been delivering tofu in his father's obsolescent Toyota AE86 every morning. Not only has he become an outstanding racer, but he has also unwittingly perfected the art of drifting. He was never partial to hill racing until he is nudged by his father to drive his AE86 in a David and Goliath race against RX-7 FD.

A glorious but unexpected victory awakens the competitive genes in his body, while his overnight fame inevitably leads to hell-raising races one after another, each one more perilous and exciting than the previous one. - adapted from http://www.gv.com.sg

I had just watched it and I must say it was a movie worth watching in cinema! It's exciting and humorous as there are many interesting characters in the show like Takumi's father and his friend... Other than anticipating those exciting racing scenes, there are numerous funny scenes which would definitely tickle your bones. As for romance, you got to check it out yourself.

Though this may be the first time in which Jay Chou is acting in a movie, I think he has done a reasonable job. He is basically being himself - acting cool and just be himself. I shall not reveal too much since I guess many of you would be wanting to watch the show yourself.

In short, I would strongly recommend all of you to watch this movie - as the guys can watch it to admire the stylo cars (or the female lead) and the girls can admire Jay Chou or Edison Chen in the show.

Duration: 110 mins
Rating: 4/5

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Angeline winks
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Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Isn't this sweet? This picture is dedicated to my sis and future bro-in-law, Alan

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Angeline winks
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It's all about Selling

After 2 days of intensive training on the products that we are going to sell, we had role-playing sessions today in which some of us were supposed to act as PFCs while some will act as nasty customers. It was a great experience as it made me realize that not only do we have to know the products very well, we have to be able to SELL. In order to close a deal successfully, selling technique will definitely play a very important role. I was totally very impressed with the way the premium bankers (esp Kelvin!) presented the products! It was very convincing and smooth. They really live up to their position. I guess I must learn to talk like them in order to sell the products to the customers. Just like the trainer had said, practice makes perfect. I hope that as I started working in the branch, I would be able to talk smoothly like them. >_<

It's already my third week in the training program. Out of the sudden, I wish my training program would be much longer...

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Something to share

Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in the same direction.

Do not marry a person that you know you can live with; only marry someone that you cannot live without.

You don't love someone because they are beautiful, but they are beautiful because you love them.

The most important thing in life is to love someone. The second is to have that someone love you. The third is to have the first and second to happen at the same time.

I can never understand why some couples can stick to each other day and night. So infatuated in love? Or they have nothing better to do? Love is not about possession. If you grow to be so dependent on your the other half, that is not love. This may actually be an extra burden to your the other half. To me, I think it's important for the couple to give each other some breathing space. Other than spending time with your the other half, one should also go out with friends occasionally so that it will turn out to be a more normal relationship. Don't you think so?

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Angeline winks
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Sunday, June 19, 2005

Honeymoon Period

In contrast to my previous posts, I think I'm starting to enjoy attending lessons everyday at the OCBC Centre. Puzzled by my statement? I shall explain why...

7 Reasons Why It's Honeymoon Period NOW

1) On most days, I can actually meet my friends for lunch at Raffles Place. But, when I start working at the branch, I doubt that I can even have a proper lunch at lunch time. Joyce (the HR person) even told me that sometimes we would be so busy at work that we can only eat our lunch at 3 plus.

2) And sometimes, we have really LONG lunch break. It really feels great to have a long lunch break. We can take our time to eat and we can even go shopping!

3) Since this is a training period for us, there is no sales target which means that there is not much of stress for us. Though it can be stressful at times trying hard to absorb new stuff everyday and studying for the CMFAS, I guess this kind of stress is incomparable to what I would experience when I'm posted to the branch.

4) When the trainers manage to finish the lesson early, it would imply that we would have Free Period - the time for us to chit chat and slack.

5) Other than the free milo/coffee/tea we can brew at the pantry room, there are Free Refreshments like fruits and cakes to eat at times!

6) We have Unlimited Toilet Breaks as well. For now, we can go toilet as and when we want, but I think when work officially starts, I guess we may not even have the time to go toilet at times.

7) Most importantly, there is no OT for us! >_<

And I really love my classmates! They are a bunch of fun people to hang out with. We are a class of people with different personalities but we have one thing in common and that is We All Love to Talk. Haha. I should really just enjoy this honeymoon period before the REAL thing starts in July.

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Angeline winks
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Saturday, June 18, 2005

Life! Horoscopes

Libra (Sept 23 - Oct 23)

The drive to acquire new stuff is strong, but will it really fill the void? The stars say you may need to look a little deeper to discover what you truly need. Material possessions are just a distraction.

How true. I was trying so hard to find something to buy at suntec today. Something must be very wrong with me. I'm broke, yet I have this strong desire to buy some nice things for myself.

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Angeline winks
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Sunday, June 12, 2005

An Update for the Week

Training

Life at work has been so busy and stressful that I don't have the time to update the blog regularly. Being an internet addict, I would like to go online everyday, but time doesn't permit me to do so. Besides, most of the time, I would be so tired that I have no energy to face the computer. Moreover, even if I have the time, I guess I should spend time studying or reading newspaper to prepare myself for the work in future... And I finally understand the meaning of being so tired that your brain is totally so STONED that you could not even think.

Though training has been tough, it can be quite fun as my class mates are really nice and fun people! It's just like attending lessons in NTU except that in this training, we see one another day and night. And nobody will understand how xiong our training is except US. As all of us are new and are currently "students", there isn't any competition among us. However, I guess when we are posted to the branch, things would be different as we will be talking about sales and commission. And that's the time in which the seniors may just "bully" you. That's the true fact of working life.

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Class Gathering

Anyway, I had a class gathering with my secondary school friends yesterday. Initially, I thought there would be a few of us, but in the end, there were quite a lot of people meeting us for dinner. There were people like Wai Cher and Chee Boon whom I hadn't seen since I had graduated. We talked about our plans for future and I'm really glad that the guys are striving to improve themselves. As usual, Peihui is so funny that he keeps on making me laugh like mad. Though I'm not really close to him, I think he is a very nice friend as he always tries very hard to make it for the gathering! Just like Alex, he always tries to organize outing for us and knowing that it's very hard to organize an outing, I would always support him.

As we all grow up, I guess it's getting more and more difficult to organize gathering as all of us have other commitments. It seems like we had just graduated, but now, most of us are currently working, while some are still studying in university. Maybe when we meet next time, some of them would have become CEO or what! You never know! Haha. Whatever it is, I really hope for the best for all of them! All in all, though it was a short gathering, it was really great seeing them! I really hope that 10 years down the road, we all would still gather at some place talking about our life and recall those funny incidents in secondary school.

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Shopping Madness

Are you one of the shoppers at Suntec last night? I was there and it was really crazy! There were so many people down there that I feel like we all were gathering for the New Year Day Countdown or what! I even met many of my friends! It was indeed SHOPPING MADNESS! All the shops were open till 2am and I was so tempted to buy everything! Eventually, I bought clothes for my work instead as I figure out that I had too much casual wear that I wouldn't have much chance to wear except weekends. Though I really love the clothes that I had bought, I could feel the pain in my heart for spending so much. I wish I would be getting my pay soon...

I'm starting to hate GSS as it's making me VERY VERY VERY broke. Yes, I'm really that BROKE.

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Angeline winks
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Tuesday, June 07, 2005

First Day at Work

My first day of work had finally ended! Though I'm really tired right now, I must say I had a great day at work today. Nice colleagues but with boring talks. Celene and I had managed to make friends with 2 nice girls namely Karen & Hui Ching. We attend lectures together, gossip together during tea break and we have great time giving people names too. >_<

Anyway, we were given our one mth training schedule. The training program is so packed that I guess I'm going to have a stressful and busy month starting from tomorrow. Not only do I have to attend training everyday from 9-6.30/7, I have to spend time every night after work to study for the exam held every Saturday! That's worse than studying in NTU, isn't it? And our seniors have actually said that this training period is supposed to be our honeymoon period. So, can you imagine how stressful my life is going to be after this training period? Irregular working hours with constant pressure from the top management. I dare not think about it. Nevertheless, since I've already chosen this path, I will persevere no matter how difficult this job is going to be. I'm inspired and determined to succeed in this job.

By the way, some of my beloved friends and relatives have been really nice to remember the exact date in which I'm starting work. I would really like to thank you guys for your wonderful wishing and encouragement. It means a lot to me. Just when I was feeling nervous and worried about my first day of work, your smses have simply brightened up my day! Thank! If any of you happen to hang out at Raffles Place during lunch hours, remember to ask me out for lunch!

I'm all excited to go for work tomorrow!

P/S: My sweet student had given me a really nice notebook to me tonight. So sweet of him.

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Angeline winks
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Sunday, June 05, 2005

Monday Blues

I'm feeling lonely, depressed and bored right now.

Nothing can perk me up.

Though there are a lot of good shows to watch, I'm totally not in the mood to watch them.

In fact, I'm not in the mood to do anything.

If I'm in a pub with my friends now, I bet I would be dead drunk within half an hour.

Why am I feeling this way?

It must be the Monday Blues.

Maybe I should just go and sleep now.

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Angeline winks
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Men and Women

"Women are cuter animals but with bird brains", so said all the grumpy husbands. But when women have normal brains, men are in trouble.

Conversation (1)
A couple drove down a country road for several miles, not saying a word.
An earlier discussion had led to an argument and neither of them wanted to concede their position.
As they passed a barnyard of mules, goats, and pigs, the husband asked sarcastically, "Relatives of yours?"
"Yep," the wife replied, "in-laws."

Conversation (2)
A husband read an article to his wife about how many words each woman uses a day: 30,000 to a man's 15,000.
The wife replied, "The reason has to be because we have to repeat everything because men are absent minded and not so intelligent.
The husband then turned to his wife and asked, "What?"

Conversation (3)
A man said to his wife one day, "I don't know how you can be so stupid and so beautiful all at the same time.
The wife responded, "Allow me to explain. God made me beautiful so you would be attracted to me; and stupid so I would be attracted to you!

Conversation (4)
Husband and wife were in the midst of a violent quarrel, and hubby was losing his temper. "Be careful," he said to his wife. "You will bring out the beast in me."
"So what?" his wife shot back. "Who is afraid of a mouse?"

Conversation (5)
A man and his wife were having an argument about who should brew the coffee each morning.
The wife said, "You should do it, because you get up first, and then we don't have to wait as long to get our coffee."
The husband said, "You are in charge of cooking around here and you should do it, because that is your job, and I can just wait for my coffee."
Wife replies, "No, you should do it, and besides, it is in the Bible that the man should brew coffee."
Husband replies, "I can't believe that, show me."
So she fetched the Bible, and opened the New Testament and showed him at the top of several pages, and indeed it says...."HEBREWS"

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Angeline winks
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Saturday, June 04, 2005

I'm simply a Wonderful Girlfriend

I'm never good at any craft work. I had always failed all my Home Economics Practical Exams back in secondary school. Nevertheless, as a wonderful gf, I have decided to do something really sweet for yukai. After been poked by the needle several times (and with the help of my sis), I had managed to do a decent work. Here it is...

It looks nice, isn't it? Don't I deserve some applause?

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Angeline winks
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Thursday, June 02, 2005

7th June - The Beginning of my New Phase of Life

The kids have just started their holidays while my long summer holidays are finally ending. Though I must say that I'm kinda excited over my job, I wish I have more time to accomplish millions of things which I'm supposed to do since my exams had ended.

I want to stay in chalet and have a nice BBQ.

I want to fly to another country just to enjoy life.

I want to go East Coast Park to cycle.

I want to sing KTV for at at least 5 hours.

I want to go Wild Wild Wet to enjoy the rides once again.

I want to meet up with my other friends whom I've not met for ages.

I want to watch many VCDs which have been rotting on my table.

I want to play mahjong with my friends.

I want to play my SIMS.

I want to go swimming every week.

I want to go jogging 3 times a week in the morning.

I want to go sentosa to have a good tan.

I want to eat supper as and when I want to.

Most importantly, I want to sleep early and wake up late.

Argh! I have only a few more days to enjoy...

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Angeline winks
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