went to sentosa with kurt on tues..really had a great time!! had a little pinic so all of us brought food and drinks along..oh man my jiu liang bian cha le..only 1/3 cup of vodka and my face turned red..>.< ok la it was a 40% vodka..haha so nt tt lousy afterall..
mm we started on frisbee after lunch, but of coz, with an ultimate motive behind it..wahaha we kept 'drifting' towards the sea in name of 'spreading out', ya hoping to get shan closer and closer to the waters so tt the guys can throw her in...sry shan!! =p so yea they did drag her into the sea in the end..i chose to guai guai walk in on my own (haha better than been thrown in right) and managed to drag a few 'dry ones' in and join us..=D
i stupidly suggested the buoyancy test when none of us have any floatation device >.< ya so in the end i was kinda being pressed down into the water and had a leg cramp...hehe clinged on kaixin and she ended up with leg cramp too! =p
finally got out of the sea and played beach volley..oh man, most of my nice shots were accompanied by 'ouches'..damn pain!! =x bt it was kinda bad coz none of us seem to be pros except for 3 other guys..wahahaa the game was totally going no where esp when i'm paired up with poh!! omg the 2 of us are totally on different frequency..its either he was too slow in telling me tt he's passing the ball to me, or i'm too slow in sensing/predicting his intended action..but well, all in all it was fun still! =)
went to 'wash up' aftertt and back to the game of daidee!! haha had my worst defeat tt day..only managed to throw out 2 cards..the pathetic 2 cards nia..oh man..i wonder if sx is really tt good in daidee or isit tt he has got super good luck...mmm..
went home at ard 6+ and only realised tt i'd turned into a steamed lobster >.< my entire back was RED..tian ah..and i can feel the latent heat trying to escape..
zhang da le..ye jian jian liao jie le hen duo shi..qiang chai de gua bu tian..qiang qiu lai de shi ye bu hui wan mei..
zhong ke yi da sheng shuo "wo zhong yu fang xia le!" sui ran bu rong yi, su rang hua le hen duo shi jian, dan shi wo zhong yu zuo dao le..zhe cai fa xian dao yao fang xia yi ge ren qi shi bing bu nan..que xu yao hen da de yong qi qu mian dui, qu shi ying...
xin li bu zai you ge ta..jiu rang ta zan shi kong zhe ba..bu ji yu tian man ta, shi ying wei wo hai xu yao yi dian shi jian, chong shi xing xin..
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
hmm friday was my last day in AIA le..chao ji she bu de..but no worries, i'll go back often and lunch with u guys yea =D
mm vivi and i treated the whole brokers team, chris, linas and zhantu to kfc lunch on wed since the 2 of us were leaving..erm but it kinda turned out to be a disaster..>.< evil ="p)">.< but well all was worth it when i saw their smiles and expressions on friday morning aft i'd distributed to them..(some even thought i bought those cookies XD)
i felt so touched tt day larh..i mean i din expect them to be so close to me and to even give me presents on my last day..in the end, surprises came after one another and i seriously love them so much..i shall go back and look for them for lunch more often!!!
maybe tt statement is true..one will only know the importance of something when he/she loses it..well i'd been thinking of leaving the company when i felt tt my work starts to get routine..bt hey, now that i'm leaving, i really cant bear to leave everything behind just like that..there are ppl whom i enjoy being tgt with..there are ppl whom i can really talk to..there are ppl who will tease me and totally brighten up my day..there are ppl who don't leave memories for me, bt to create memories with me...
the wonderful ppl in the brokers' team who had walked with me for the past 6 months, thank you for all the guidance and patience..
to pauline - thank you for getting me into the brokers' team and taught me everything starting from the basics..u're ever so forgiving to my mistakes and blur acts >.<
to huiling - thank you for your patience!!!! haha i know i'm nt a good student certainly (esp when i first started off with ghs) =p but u'd never scolded me or raise ur voice..not even once...and apparently quite a number of documents went missing from the files for no apparent reasons, i'd never seen any reproachful expression on ur face..
to jenny - thanks for those small talks and help tt u'd offered to me throughout the 6mths (though u tot i'd only worked for 2mths >.<)
to chin chong - haha doctor evil!! thx for all the white chips cookies frm subway ya!! apologies for those mistakes committed when i was doing those cisco claims..haha they must have flooded ur mailbox and exploded ur phone ba =x
to steffie - haha initially i tot u're a super fierce lady when u first taught me how to handle leggmason and manpower cases...haha bt then i slowly realised tt u're acty quite a fun and interesting person!! at least u're the fastest person among all my frens to have ur entire face red XD no offense ya...=)
to vivi - hey nurse!! haha must entertain the doctor evil when i'm nt ard k? n rem to feed him 'medicine' frm 2pm-5pm =p now tt i'm gone..no one will be there for u to tease and laugh at le wor..must self-entertain when u're feeling slpy ya! haha always rem the stupid actions which i'd taught you (rem the hands and legs coordination!!)
to gladys - no one to do coding for u in future le ya..haha so must get neater le!! if nt more docs will be gone missing =x must let me know when the baby is born k? haha best if is on the same date as my bdae =D
to stella - for the last time..i'm jasmine LIAN not jasmine LOW..haha next time no one to be cheeky with u le when vivi is gone as well..u'll miss me rite??? =p and no one for u to push the blame to when ur PC gets laggy or when the printer doesnt wants to print ur docs XD
to paul - haha mr gentleman..i eat cup noodles during lunch not solely coz i wanna save money, bt i'm seriously tired of thinking of wad to buy mahx...thx for being so patient when u were teaching me mercer stuff ya...so sry tt i din really live up to ur expectations though for nt being able to master mercer >.<
i'll certainly miss u guyss....
mm vivi and i treated the whole brokers team, chris, linas and zhantu to kfc lunch on wed since the 2 of us were leaving..erm but it kinda turned out to be a disaster..>.< evil ="p)">.< but well all was worth it when i saw their smiles and expressions on friday morning aft i'd distributed to them..(some even thought i bought those cookies XD)
i felt so touched tt day larh..i mean i din expect them to be so close to me and to even give me presents on my last day..in the end, surprises came after one another and i seriously love them so much..i shall go back and look for them for lunch more often!!!
maybe tt statement is true..one will only know the importance of something when he/she loses it..well i'd been thinking of leaving the company when i felt tt my work starts to get routine..bt hey, now that i'm leaving, i really cant bear to leave everything behind just like that..there are ppl whom i enjoy being tgt with..there are ppl whom i can really talk to..there are ppl who will tease me and totally brighten up my day..there are ppl who don't leave memories for me, bt to create memories with me...
the wonderful ppl in the brokers' team who had walked with me for the past 6 months, thank you for all the guidance and patience..
to pauline - thank you for getting me into the brokers' team and taught me everything starting from the basics..u're ever so forgiving to my mistakes and blur acts >.<
to huiling - thank you for your patience!!!! haha i know i'm nt a good student certainly (esp when i first started off with ghs) =p but u'd never scolded me or raise ur voice..not even once...and apparently quite a number of documents went missing from the files for no apparent reasons, i'd never seen any reproachful expression on ur face..
to jenny - thanks for those small talks and help tt u'd offered to me throughout the 6mths (though u tot i'd only worked for 2mths >.<)
to chin chong - haha doctor evil!! thx for all the white chips cookies frm subway ya!! apologies for those mistakes committed when i was doing those cisco claims..haha they must have flooded ur mailbox and exploded ur phone ba =x
to steffie - haha initially i tot u're a super fierce lady when u first taught me how to handle leggmason and manpower cases...haha bt then i slowly realised tt u're acty quite a fun and interesting person!! at least u're the fastest person among all my frens to have ur entire face red XD no offense ya...=)
to vivi - hey nurse!! haha must entertain the doctor evil when i'm nt ard k? n rem to feed him 'medicine' frm 2pm-5pm =p now tt i'm gone..no one will be there for u to tease and laugh at le wor..must self-entertain when u're feeling slpy ya! haha always rem the stupid actions which i'd taught you (rem the hands and legs coordination!!)
to gladys - no one to do coding for u in future le ya..haha so must get neater le!! if nt more docs will be gone missing =x must let me know when the baby is born k? haha best if is on the same date as my bdae =D
to stella - for the last time..i'm jasmine LIAN not jasmine LOW..haha next time no one to be cheeky with u le when vivi is gone as well..u'll miss me rite??? =p and no one for u to push the blame to when ur PC gets laggy or when the printer doesnt wants to print ur docs XD
to paul - haha mr gentleman..i eat cup noodles during lunch not solely coz i wanna save money, bt i'm seriously tired of thinking of wad to buy mahx...thx for being so patient when u were teaching me mercer stuff ya...so sry tt i din really live up to ur expectations though for nt being able to master mercer >.<
i'll certainly miss u guyss....
Thursday, July 16, 2009
some updates for the past few days..
went out with my dearest kurt members for dinner last friday..mm went to clarke quay manhattan fish market..its not the full strength though, all turned up except for yuru, diana and shaoxun. jem and liz left earlier too. but it was a rather fun session catching up with one another, not forgetting those dagger eyes staring at us (we occupied 10seats at the dinner peak hour =x) yea poh shen was so stress settling the bill while the rest of us abandoned him and ran out of the restaurant XD
some suggested to go mind's cafe but we ended up walking to merlion park. haha now then i realised how near my workplace is to clark quay. mm walked along those pubs, dun really like it due to the crazy ppl and smoky air...haha bad air pollution. =x took lots of photos along the way, will upload it when i have the time next week ya >.<
finally landed our butts at esplanade and had a great talk..planned our next outing as well (coming tues, 11am harbourfront mrt ppl!) we were so engrossed in the talk till we totally fgt abt time. adjourned at ard 11..till then guys!
mm i'd decided to end work by this week...well since i'll be gone on mon, tues and fri nxt week..then might as well right?? mm..it wasnt an easy decision to make though..after been tgt with those wonderful colleagues for half a year..its really kinda hard to bid farewell..hopefully i wun burst in tears on my last day >.<
Friday, July 3, 2009
The Wonderful Journey of 13 Kurt-ers
Yeah I'm back from OBS!! Alright, am not very happy about it though. 4 days zoom past just like that!! But I guess its all the fun we had that counts.
Went to OBS on Tues, thinking that I only know a few people and I'm gonna be the lonely soul floating around. At the same time, I was rather stereotypic as I actually have a mental image of people whom I'm gonna spend time with. You know, typical scholars. =x
Met Brian in the morning and went down to Punggol Jetty together. Was so grateful that I wasn't the only one who does not have the OBS form. Went into the OBS knowing a few people already, kinda glad for it. There were some dilly-dally here and there, so we sat under the Sun till the Insts finally got our groupings done in the most traditional way at ard 10am.
Started off with key-punch and the Zoom game which werent strangers to me at all (considering that i conduct these games to my cadets back in school -.-) went on with high ropes in the afternoon. All of us were busy packing our bag-packs at night, for the land expedition the next day. Gosh, I din know that 13 people can finish so much food!! and my bag is rather heavy coz of the pot and cans.
So we set off the next morning after learning all the basic stuff about orienteering. My group Inst literally asked me to shut up cause I was answering most of the questions he asked =x Yep so I lead the team along with Pei Yee and Yuting to the forbidden grounds of OBS and eventually out of it before we switch leaders. We went to a place whereby our Inst named it as the Shopping Centre, probably becoz there were many kinds of fruits grown there. Oh but before that, we actually went to another place and had our 'detour' thats why Brian's team waited for so long XD Pei Yee, Yuru, Shan and I were talking to the auntie who owns the 'shopping centre' during lunch time. She is such a brave woman, living on that big piece of land all along with only 2 dogs. Being an urban-liver, I really can't imagine how the auntie actually stayed there for decades with no form of entertainment other than her dogs. Really admire her..
We set off to puaka hill after that and I lead them up the hill to the top storey. The view was fabulous man, especially when the Sun shines down on the quarry and the water literally GLITTERS. It was so tempting for me to jump down into it at that point of time. Almost everyone was awed by the view and couldn't bear to go down. We soon left the hill and proceed to our camp-over ground which was the Jelutong Campsite. Haha not something alien to me too. So we went there, settled down, had some briefing and 'lights out'. Don't know why but I just cant seem to fall asleep before my sentry duty at 12.40am. Perhaps it was too stuffy in the tent bah. Went out for sentry duty till 1.15am when other team members took over, and went back to sleep. It was better this time round, got to sleep a little but woke up countless of times as well.
Third day was the sea expedition. Didn't volunteer myself this time round, was hoping to give others a chance as well as to not 'bring shit' to the entire cohort. Just to refresh you guys memories, the previous 2 times when I was the Sea-ex leader, it stormed for that 2 times. Yea so was wondering if I'm the suay one or what. Our macho man, Poh Shen, 'volunteer after much reluctance' to be the leader along with other 4 from different watches. We did a round of morning blessing before we set off. Apparently, 67 BLESSINGS couldnt fight with that ONE Blessing from our Inst. 'Cause whatever that he wished for (bad weather, low-tide swamp and storm) all came true and all ours couldnt win his. Yep so we had to waddle through the muddy swamp and brave the chompy sea + fierce storm. I have to say that this adds a new episode to my life. I mean how many people will actually get a chance to push your tri-yak through the swamp (over 100m??) with both your legs stuck in the knee-deep mud and entirely body covered with grey mud?? all 67 of us looked the same when we got out of the swamp, coz we all have the same colour >.< so after the swamp we finally embark on our return journey to OBS. well, I did sense the change in weather the moment we exit from the swamp but I din want to scare anyone, especially those who'd not tried kayaking before. So just as what I'd predicted, the storm came not long after we left the river and it was a fierce one. all of us had to retreat back to the river, while those who din make it in time had to seek shelter at a nearby shore. We set off again when the weather turned better, but I was so PISSED with the guy in front of me!! wah seriously a big slacker who knows nuts about kayaking yet complain so much about others. I bet Jeysthur would agree with me, boths hands and legs up!! Seriously no shame on sia!! I mean if the person sitting behide you is not someone whom u're very familiar with, will you lean backwards and comfortably lie down on tt person?!?!?!?! It was so irritating that I purposely knocked him with the shaft when i paddle, and splashed sea water on him. And he din just do it once, that was really bad. So being the only person who knows kayaking better, I had to force out every single bit of energy and transport the 3 of us back. Grrrr, irritated.
Went back, did some cleaning up, dinner, short debrief and went off to bed. next day was mainly on area cleaning, lots of sharing and the leap of faith (which i failed >.<) before we break camp.
frankly speaking, I'm really grateful for this group inst of ours - LJ!!! he's really the nicest one I've ever seen. no inst packs the store with the watch, but he did. No inst will be able to get so close to us, to the extent of patting our heads, but he did. No inst had inspired me that much, or trigger so much thoughts in me, but he did. This is the first OBS which made me teared during the last round of sharing. This is the first OBS which gave me the most wonderful memories of all - not because of the things we do, but because of the people who went through it with me throughout this 4D3N. Everything is all worthwhile. Though there were countless mozzie bites, cuts, lacerations and blue-blacks all over me, but I'll never regret going for this beautiful camp with the other 12team mates and 1 Instructor who forms up the perfect Kurt..
The Roll of Honour: (in no order of merit)
Instructor of Kurt - LJ
Members of Kurt
- Kaixin
- Diana
- Pei Yee
- Yuting
- Yuru
- Jemima
- Wei Shan
- Elizabeth
- Poh Shen
- Shao Xun
- Din
- Jeysthur
- ME
*A round of applause to all these wonderful people who helped build up the beautiful memories of the camp. It wouldn't have been possible without any one of you guys. A big big thank you! ^^
Went to OBS on Tues, thinking that I only know a few people and I'm gonna be the lonely soul floating around. At the same time, I was rather stereotypic as I actually have a mental image of people whom I'm gonna spend time with. You know, typical scholars. =x
Met Brian in the morning and went down to Punggol Jetty together. Was so grateful that I wasn't the only one who does not have the OBS form. Went into the OBS knowing a few people already, kinda glad for it. There were some dilly-dally here and there, so we sat under the Sun till the Insts finally got our groupings done in the most traditional way at ard 10am.
Started off with key-punch and the Zoom game which werent strangers to me at all (considering that i conduct these games to my cadets back in school -.-) went on with high ropes in the afternoon. All of us were busy packing our bag-packs at night, for the land expedition the next day. Gosh, I din know that 13 people can finish so much food!! and my bag is rather heavy coz of the pot and cans.
So we set off the next morning after learning all the basic stuff about orienteering. My group Inst literally asked me to shut up cause I was answering most of the questions he asked =x Yep so I lead the team along with Pei Yee and Yuting to the forbidden grounds of OBS and eventually out of it before we switch leaders. We went to a place whereby our Inst named it as the Shopping Centre, probably becoz there were many kinds of fruits grown there. Oh but before that, we actually went to another place and had our 'detour' thats why Brian's team waited for so long XD Pei Yee, Yuru, Shan and I were talking to the auntie who owns the 'shopping centre' during lunch time. She is such a brave woman, living on that big piece of land all along with only 2 dogs. Being an urban-liver, I really can't imagine how the auntie actually stayed there for decades with no form of entertainment other than her dogs. Really admire her..
We set off to puaka hill after that and I lead them up the hill to the top storey. The view was fabulous man, especially when the Sun shines down on the quarry and the water literally GLITTERS. It was so tempting for me to jump down into it at that point of time. Almost everyone was awed by the view and couldn't bear to go down. We soon left the hill and proceed to our camp-over ground which was the Jelutong Campsite. Haha not something alien to me too. So we went there, settled down, had some briefing and 'lights out'. Don't know why but I just cant seem to fall asleep before my sentry duty at 12.40am. Perhaps it was too stuffy in the tent bah. Went out for sentry duty till 1.15am when other team members took over, and went back to sleep. It was better this time round, got to sleep a little but woke up countless of times as well.
Third day was the sea expedition. Didn't volunteer myself this time round, was hoping to give others a chance as well as to not 'bring shit' to the entire cohort. Just to refresh you guys memories, the previous 2 times when I was the Sea-ex leader, it stormed for that 2 times. Yea so was wondering if I'm the suay one or what. Our macho man, Poh Shen, 'volunteer after much reluctance' to be the leader along with other 4 from different watches. We did a round of morning blessing before we set off. Apparently, 67 BLESSINGS couldnt fight with that ONE Blessing from our Inst. 'Cause whatever that he wished for (bad weather, low-tide swamp and storm) all came true and all ours couldnt win his. Yep so we had to waddle through the muddy swamp and brave the chompy sea + fierce storm. I have to say that this adds a new episode to my life. I mean how many people will actually get a chance to push your tri-yak through the swamp (over 100m??) with both your legs stuck in the knee-deep mud and entirely body covered with grey mud?? all 67 of us looked the same when we got out of the swamp, coz we all have the same colour >.< so after the swamp we finally embark on our return journey to OBS. well, I did sense the change in weather the moment we exit from the swamp but I din want to scare anyone, especially those who'd not tried kayaking before. So just as what I'd predicted, the storm came not long after we left the river and it was a fierce one. all of us had to retreat back to the river, while those who din make it in time had to seek shelter at a nearby shore. We set off again when the weather turned better, but I was so PISSED with the guy in front of me!! wah seriously a big slacker who knows nuts about kayaking yet complain so much about others. I bet Jeysthur would agree with me, boths hands and legs up!! Seriously no shame on sia!! I mean if the person sitting behide you is not someone whom u're very familiar with, will you lean backwards and comfortably lie down on tt person?!?!?!?! It was so irritating that I purposely knocked him with the shaft when i paddle, and splashed sea water on him. And he din just do it once, that was really bad. So being the only person who knows kayaking better, I had to force out every single bit of energy and transport the 3 of us back. Grrrr, irritated.
Went back, did some cleaning up, dinner, short debrief and went off to bed. next day was mainly on area cleaning, lots of sharing and the leap of faith (which i failed >.<) before we break camp.
frankly speaking, I'm really grateful for this group inst of ours - LJ!!! he's really the nicest one I've ever seen. no inst packs the store with the watch, but he did. No inst will be able to get so close to us, to the extent of patting our heads, but he did. No inst had inspired me that much, or trigger so much thoughts in me, but he did. This is the first OBS which made me teared during the last round of sharing. This is the first OBS which gave me the most wonderful memories of all - not because of the things we do, but because of the people who went through it with me throughout this 4D3N. Everything is all worthwhile. Though there were countless mozzie bites, cuts, lacerations and blue-blacks all over me, but I'll never regret going for this beautiful camp with the other 12team mates and 1 Instructor who forms up the perfect Kurt..
The Roll of Honour: (in no order of merit)
Instructor of Kurt - LJ
Members of Kurt
- Kaixin
- Diana
- Pei Yee
- Yuting
- Yuru
- Jemima
- Wei Shan
- Elizabeth
- Poh Shen
- Shao Xun
- Din
- Jeysthur
- ME
*A round of applause to all these wonderful people who helped build up the beautiful memories of the camp. It wouldn't have been possible without any one of you guys. A big big thank you! ^^
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