Christmas was a simple affair this year. No overnight mahjongs or hanging out till late. I met up with my ex-colleague for a movie and then headed to my sec sch fren's place for a bbq dinner. As i didn't feel like going anywhere, i went home after the dinner and my christmas eve was spent sleeping at home. On christmas day, had dinner with a poly fren and he showed me his makeover portfolio that he shot. must say he looked good in it.
Boxing day was my first day of work at my new company. My new colleagues in my dept are nice and seem to be cooperative and responsible people whom i can work with. it was a blur of faces and names as i was introduced to many people. it will take time for me to get to know everyone. my email was not up yet so i spent the day leisurely by getting to know how things work around here and i find that to get a task done, there are standard procedures to follow, even for the simplest item that is required. to have my email set up, i need to submit a request form, signed by my director and the fc and it was only near the end of today that the form was signed and the IT guy only came much later to set up my account. when i left the office today, my email as still not up. hopefully the IT guy will continue with the setup early tomorrow morning so that i can quickly get down to work. it has been frustrating these two days to have no email and i felt handicapped as i could not do much. there are lots to be done.....i am glad we have a hardworking assistant in our dept and she helped me a lot by telling and showing me what things to do and how to do it.
went for a boxing day dinner gathering for symphonia after work yesterday. i was glad to see y and we catch up on wat's going on lately with each other. his advice and questions to me made me went blank for a moment. i didn't know how to answer his questions and he said something is not right if i dun know what i want before i take any actions. he is probably right. i am still unsure of what i want. i still dun know how to answer the question. almost everyone left for zouk after the dinner and a bunch of us stayed on for a chat with my conductor. he asked my fren a question where would he see himself 20 years from now. seriously i am not sure what i will be 20 years from now. career wise, i want to be a successful manager in a job that i love, which i am working on it right now. i believe i'm on the right track. as for relationship, its a blur. i am not sure where i am.
as i walked to my office this morning, i saw a long queue outside isetan scotts. they have a private sale today and the queue stretched up to the thai embassy. i was amazed at the length that singaporeans are willing to go to grab the best bargain in town. christmas season is always a peak period for retailers as singaporeans are willing to spend. shopping is a national hobby for many but after reading an article last week by a ST writer on how disgusted she is with consumerism in singapore, i agree with her that boasting a great shopping bargain to your friends may not be something that sinaporeans should be proud of. what is there to be proud of if you got that dress at a steal? christmas is about givng and sharing. but in the process of this, there are just so many wastage. what happens to redundant and useless presents that you received at your company gift-exchange? most of the time, it ends up in the rubbish bin, left aside to collect dust or given away to someone else. it is wasteful and meaningless. but i must say the presents i got this year are practical ones which i really like so i guess i was lucky. i'm glad i didn't give any meaningless pressies to my friends this year. cos i didn't buy any.....i would rather spend time having delicious food and interesting conversations with my friends and loved ones. i'm glad i did.....wonder what the new year brings for me....new heels?
27 Dec 2007 10.13pm
Boxing day was my first day of work at my new company. My new colleagues in my dept are nice and seem to be cooperative and responsible people whom i can work with. it was a blur of faces and names as i was introduced to many people. it will take time for me to get to know everyone. my email was not up yet so i spent the day leisurely by getting to know how things work around here and i find that to get a task done, there are standard procedures to follow, even for the simplest item that is required. to have my email set up, i need to submit a request form, signed by my director and the fc and it was only near the end of today that the form was signed and the IT guy only came much later to set up my account. when i left the office today, my email as still not up. hopefully the IT guy will continue with the setup early tomorrow morning so that i can quickly get down to work. it has been frustrating these two days to have no email and i felt handicapped as i could not do much. there are lots to be done.....i am glad we have a hardworking assistant in our dept and she helped me a lot by telling and showing me what things to do and how to do it.
went for a boxing day dinner gathering for symphonia after work yesterday. i was glad to see y and we catch up on wat's going on lately with each other. his advice and questions to me made me went blank for a moment. i didn't know how to answer his questions and he said something is not right if i dun know what i want before i take any actions. he is probably right. i am still unsure of what i want. i still dun know how to answer the question. almost everyone left for zouk after the dinner and a bunch of us stayed on for a chat with my conductor. he asked my fren a question where would he see himself 20 years from now. seriously i am not sure what i will be 20 years from now. career wise, i want to be a successful manager in a job that i love, which i am working on it right now. i believe i'm on the right track. as for relationship, its a blur. i am not sure where i am.
as i walked to my office this morning, i saw a long queue outside isetan scotts. they have a private sale today and the queue stretched up to the thai embassy. i was amazed at the length that singaporeans are willing to go to grab the best bargain in town. christmas season is always a peak period for retailers as singaporeans are willing to spend. shopping is a national hobby for many but after reading an article last week by a ST writer on how disgusted she is with consumerism in singapore, i agree with her that boasting a great shopping bargain to your friends may not be something that sinaporeans should be proud of. what is there to be proud of if you got that dress at a steal? christmas is about givng and sharing. but in the process of this, there are just so many wastage. what happens to redundant and useless presents that you received at your company gift-exchange? most of the time, it ends up in the rubbish bin, left aside to collect dust or given away to someone else. it is wasteful and meaningless. but i must say the presents i got this year are practical ones which i really like so i guess i was lucky. i'm glad i didn't give any meaningless pressies to my friends this year. cos i didn't buy any.....i would rather spend time having delicious food and interesting conversations with my friends and loved ones. i'm glad i did.....wonder what the new year brings for me....new heels?
27 Dec 2007 10.13pm
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