working makes me sit down for long hours and gives me time to think.
think abt lots and lots of stuff.

stuff such as wasting youth in the office.
and facing a mid-20s crisis by then.
stuff such as how time can be used to slog for money or used to create meaningful miracles for others.
its a choice.
stuff such as how hard it is to achieve job satisfaction and passion for our careers in future.
bcos not many ppl can achieve that.
stuff such as the difficulty of climbing the corporate ladder while still being well-liked by all.

also,
stuff on interpersonal relationships.
comfort vs cordial relationships.
being true to oneself vs staying with the norm.
there's nth such as the best of both worlds.
it's all a matter of choice.

and also,
stuff such as the irony of commitments.
and ponder over the existence of stagnance or volatility in the near future.

i need therapeutic convos.

cant wait for sha/donna/ming to come back.
and cant wait to see some others too.

just a quick update here since i'm alr online now.
well, acty i want to avoid using the comp at home, after facing the pc in office for 8 hrs everyday.
oh okies, 7 hrs acty.
my colleagues and i have lunch breaks that stretch to almost 2 hrs most of the time.
but the 2 hrs are always spent on talking abt office politics... tsk tsk.
oh anyway, i'm online these 2 nights bcos i've yet to finish settling sponsorship stuff for FOC!
sigh.
SDU better reply me quickly, and it better be good news!
And I've to settle my hall application stuff too. The hall admission scheme is ridiculous to set such high standards, how do they expect to have local senior residents in hall next yr? well, other than the jcrc.

hmm anyway,
nbs trial camp has ended and it was fun!
though i'm having a few bruises here and there now. sigh.
but it also made me realise that my fitness has dropped so much! i've to start exercising, if not i'll never make it thru the upcoming 3 camps, haha.
camps are indeed a great time to bond and mingle around. i had a great time talking crap, playing brainteasers, guessing lame jokes and got to know more faces in nbs.
so let me share the most unforgettable joke which i've learnt in the camp this time!

Qn: What will a banana become after it rolls down a slope?
The answer shall be revealed next time! Meanwhile, let me know your guesses! =)

Anyway, its Friday tmr!
Lets celebrate for the fact that i can wear denim to office tmr, for the fact that everyone will be in a relaxed mood in office tmr, for the fact that the weekend is nearing!
TGIF!!! =)

oh great, blogger is finally alright again, just when i've decided to post sth, after quite a no. of days.

i have alot to rant abt my work, but oh wells.
i guess, every job has its pros and cons.
i will persevere for a while more and see how it goes.
and i'm very very tired now, so i'm not gg to elaborate much.
its just that after 8 hrs in the office of facing the pc and using so much eye power, after i reach home, i still have to log online and check emails abt sponsorship stuff, cos my office pc's internet doesnt allow mail or chat websites.
yeah so its really taxing.

will be off for trial camp this weekend.
have been kinda dreading having to play the games, and so i wasnt in the camp mood at all.
but after starting work this wk, i'm really looking forward to trial camp alr.
simply cos i want to be in the company of ppl my own age, my own league again.
it may sound weird i know.
u just gotta try working in the corporate world to know how it feels.

photo galore of wonderful meet-ups! =)

ming and yc =)

jas and sf celebrated my birthday for me at marina sq. haven seen them ever since sem2 started! had a great catch-up session with my oldest frens, and we updated each other on everything, including our family members (yup we've known each other for so long till we know each other's families alr.) haha. its a pity jos, est and ph couldnt join us. but we'll arrange another meet-up soon! and my dear girls, lets not forget that our nxt trip tgr will be to HK ok! =)

birthday treats for the 2 girls who were just born few hrs apart in the same hospital 20 years ago!

my proj mates gave sha and me birthday treats yst at Big-O! after lunch, we were totally at a loss of wad to do, so we decided to catch a movie. But there arent many good movies showing now, so in the end, we just randomly decided to catch this jap horror movie called Retribution. Even though none of us really like watching horror shows. Well, it turned out to be a movie that leaves u going ??!?!?!?! after it ended. we just couldnt catch wad the motive behind the plot was about and when the credits were rolling, i was like "huh? the movie ends here???" and we're sure that we werent the only ones feeling so. So hmm, basically its just a waste of 7 bucks. Tsk tsk. To make ourselves feel better, we decided to eat nice food again, so we went to The Vil'age. haha yup, it was a day filled with yummy and sinful food! and by the way, we ate much more than whats shown in the photos. haha. But well, this is the kind of life which we can get only during hols! missy XIAOWEI! come back soon so we can embark on another foodie outing tgr again!!! =)

alrights, so long for now. i'm gg off to meet donna and claire soon! =)

Hitting the big TWO-O!

It feels great to have my birthday just right after exams. The joy of celebrating my birthday with frens double up with the exhilaration of seeing my beloved ones whom i haven seen for so long! I'm really really grateful to all who remember my birthday and take time out to celebrate for me. Also appreciate those who sent their well-wishes in one form or another. =)

And just to mention some...
Thanks to mich who sent me an ecard twice! cos i didnt receive it the 1st time. really thanks for remembering and making the effort, even though u're in london now. =)
Thanks to xiaowei, although i didnt receive ur sms, i appreciate ur thought! and its so wonderful that u're flying back sooooon, cant wait to see you! =)
Thanks to s41! There was supposed to be a jc cls gathering on sat night but i couldnt make it. And at 9 plus pm, i suddenly received a bombardment of sms-es saying "happy birthday daph!" haha it was really funny! hope to be able to attend the nxt gathering! =)

Thanks to my family and frens, for making me feel really blessed. Reality has now sunk in that i'm really getting old, after having the transition of being 19 to 20 now. It's time to bade farewell to teenhood! haha. of cos, i hope my twenties will be fascinating! =p

Anyway, i met up with yc and ming on fri! There's such a fuzzy warm feeling seeing them again, haha. thanks for the dinner treat!

ming: our 1st yr in uni has ended just like that.
me: yahhh and i've only 4 sems left.
yc: daphne is going to be rich in future!
ming: yah nxt time daphne wants to go fine dining, but i'll still be a poor undergraduate, then we wont be able to eat tgr alr.
yc: nooooo, nxt time she'll treat us cos she'll be getting a salary alr!

oh gosh, it didnt really occur to me that i'm going to grad a year earlier than most of my old frens until this conversation took place. haha no prob girls! =)

And oh, before i went to meet them, i acty went back to hall to return keys. As it was nearing 5pm, i was freaking scared that the hall office will close any moment, and then i wld be making a wasted trip! So, i walked really really fast but when i was at hall 5, my fav pair of heels, which was bought from overseas, just couldnt take it!

Yeah, see? The ribbon in front broke! I tried to continue walking to hall 4, but when i was at blk 24, i just gave up and decided to walk barefooted to blk 23, my own blk. Well, the worst thing was that i had moved everything back home last wk alr, so there wasnt any pair of shoes/slippers left in hall for me to change into!

Well, thank goodness for having jcrc neighbours. Jieying hasnt moved her things away yet and she became my lifesaver by lending me a pair of shoes. But anyway, since this has been my fav pair of heels (my prof had even praised it when i wore it for a presentation!), i was just really sad and still brought it home cos i couldnt bear to throw it away.

Oh wells. Sigh.

Anyway, i'll be starting work on 14th at credit suisse. Will be dealing with structured products, meaning tailored options, and in my interviewer's words, "just sth more complicated than the usual bonds and stocks." Oh gosh, i think its going to be rather challenging. Hmmm shall just see how.

And oh no, it kinda slipped my mind that i have to attend FOC and hall camp in july, and in the end, i've scheduled some plans that are going to clash with them, including my job. Sigh really dunno how, but oh wells, just see how everything goes i guess. I seriously dunno how i managed to forget abt FOC and hall camp acty, esp. when i've been taking part in organzing them.

For now, i'm just so looking forward to this upcoming wk before i start work! Time for catch-up sessions with frens! =)

the 1st episode of my series of girls' night out!

my pretty ladies from vega

this was taken through a frosted glass!

had a great catch-up session with fang and estelle at manhattan fish. the taste of the food isnt all that identical to fish & co's. quite a nice restaurant. haha. yup, and thanks for the present and the cards!!! =)

alrightttttt.
so f.i.n.a.l.l.y, my 3-mth break is here!
woah.
my ONE & ONLY 3 mth break available.
so yeah, i gotta treasure it. =)

in this break,
4 camps to attend.
some sch stuff to organise and plan.
some meet-ups planned.
some new things to learn.
and yeah, i'm going to work.
but i dun just want to spend it like that.
feel like getting back in touch with music again, but hmmm, i haven figured out how to go abt doing it.
i'll think harder.
whatever it is, at the beginning of august, i dun want to look back and think that my 3-mth break has been wasted spent on just work and sch stuff.

been up this morning calling and sending emails to sponsors.
then spent alot of time trying to arrange my hotmail contacts into organized groups, so that when i send out mass emails in future, i dun have to look for so many email adds randomly.
but guess what?
its not an easy task!
my contacts have been accumulated since sec1, and there're just so many addresses that i cant recognize anymore.
and there're also quite alot of addresses that were saved in the past with no names at all.
and then, i would have to look thru various committee/class contact lists to find out whom those addresses belong to.
thats why i really appreciate those email adds with their names in it. (just like mine! haha)
makes my job way easier.
but eh, no offence to anyone ok.
and the hotmail page takes ages to load after i've completed editing every contact.
oh gosh!
i'm only at 'B' now. so tedious.
i shall continue another day. haha.

have moved everything out from hall alr, but havent returned my keys yet.
supposed to return today since i was going back sch for nbs carv meeting, but now it has been postponed.
so i'm contemplating when i shld go back to return keys, before nxt mon's deadline.
but hmmm... its such a chore!
back and forth tampines to boonlay, just to return keys! omg.
well, i suppose i could arrange it so that i make a pitstop when i'm on my way out with frens.
but stilllllll.........

see? this is wad happens when u live miles and miles away from your sch.