the last day.. @ Dsg

not taken at the last day but at the second last.
3 of us had mo qi to wear all black together!

Lets have a look at D office:

DesignSingapore Council.. the entrance.

me in my make shift office.. kapo space from the meeting room..

my messy table..

doing newspaper cutting for our archives!

still the colorful windows.. view from office.

surprises came early in the morn when i reach office.. wendy and ying ying got breakfast for us! i am so touched..

da cakes are from cedele!

got ma fav walnut carrot cake some more!

p/s: da story of cedele cake.
my first contact with this walnut carrot cake is at dr milton's bdae when they got it for him. super nice and i keep telling ying ying and wendy. and they remembered! =)

surprise package on table when we reach office..

let you see who its from but not the message for me. haha!

andrea got something for me too!

even thou i knew that they had something for us, i was still quite moved la. got a little bit emo.. but still i am very happy! the small farewell party.. even dr milton came la! he so busy still come.. i really appreciate all that they had did for us!

alot of makan! ying ying and wendy busiest..
thanx!

discussion on how to eat those kuehs..
still say can see if there is peranakan blood in that person if they know how to eat it!

elaine i think she is the organiser.. she is cutting the cake for us!

woohoo~! do i have to explain more?

so long.. good bye..
i will miss this place where i spent 11 wonderful weeks..
i will miss this place lots!

remember KAKA?

presenting to you..

KAKA!

woohoo~! got bring back alot of memories not? haa.. it brought back alot of mine! i still remember when i was young i use to buy it at the mama shop outside my sch SECRETLY cos i would be scolded if i am found skipping lunchs for these todbits la~

used to be 20c per pack.. but now i got it only $3.50 for a packet of 50s! uncle cheated our money for a long time.. T_T

anw, my re-discovery of kaka started some time last month, when ting bought a big pack of it to work to share with us! i am so happy to see it again after so many donkey years! and so i started bugging her to tell me where she got it.

after some "bribery" of kopi and other snacks, i was told it is at Bedok sheng song supermarket.. so the very far la! but luckily she's going there to meet her hubby and baby.. so i headed to BEDOK with her! that area was actually my "old territory".. lived there for 13 years not for nothing de ok! haha.. she soon left and i am thrown there alone on my expedition to rediscover KAKA<<< style="text-align: center;">*****

it was HERRY's bdae yesterday.. how can i not celebrate for my BEST BRO IN POLY!!!!


gathered some of us for a meal and chill out for cake. me and herr both had the feeling somehow its like not complete cos some peeps arent there.. well.. thats another story to be told next time.. anw we had pepper lunch!


went to this cafe at the level two or three of cine.. the 24 hour one.. and we cut cake!

those who are buay on ones.. left after this.. but me and herr, jess and dil went on to walk ard before settling at MOS burger and talk.. all the way till 11!

HAPPY BDAE HERRY!!! I HOPE U LIKE EVERYTHING THAT IS PREPARED!!!

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its our lucky day today. jus as we are about to leave MICA in a few day's time.. we're just in time for the FIRE DRILL! bad day la! for the whole of 3 months here i have not worn so formal like today.. didnt fold up sleeve.. nice nice.. and they drill us!!

stressed in the morning due to adn conference (yes conf ended but not the stress yet) so i went over to hitsu's place to chill for a sec.. and then we heard the alarm! tot what happen, when her colleagues say we have to get down soon or else we will b e too slow and "up stairs" will email us.. haa.. but still, i dilly dally back to my office where all of us there still dun really feel like moving.. thinking someone jus accidentally activated it.. till the PA system start to shoo us to the field downstairs.. i think its like the 3rd time the alarm sounded then we started to move.. got fire Dsg people sure first kena one.. haa~!

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complaint time again.. sighs.. still the adn conference la.. PAN PAC HOTEL JUST CANNOT MAKE IT! i wonder how they handled the IMF period seriously.. here i am jus making a booking for 15 people they also can mess up until so jia lat..

1) error in my booking dates.
all of my bookings are short of one day! and only make known 4 days before those peeps arrive!!! panic panic. i dunno how huiyu solve this prob in the end, i dunno if they upgraded their rooms, they jus suck.

2) run after us asking us to pay.
worse of all, right in front of the guests! on the last day, i was at the hotel in the morn with only andrea there "assisting" me to gather those peeps.. huiyu is at ya kun already so its only me who is there to incharge.. jus as we were abt to board the coach ( and half and hr late) the came and ask one of the delegate to pay for his room. IN FRONT OF everyone! wa laoz disgrace us only lo! cos the arrangement is that we are suppose to pay for him already and sudden wanna ask him pay. and they are like "you are not leaving till you pay".. pissed pissed pissed!

3) charge the wrong person.
guess whats even "bad-der"? they charge some of the key persons when they are not suppose to be paying!!! all of them jus pay and didnt tell us.. i think they are also embaressed to do so.. only when hong kong peeps asked us then we know! worse, the guy from guangzhou doesnt know he is charged! they charge him thru the credit card details he gave when he is booking the room to secure the room.. freak rite! charge liao then will inform, what nonsense!

i cannot take it anymore. they are just stressing me. i shall not further bad mouth them.

i think they are out to screw my attachment at the very last week and waste all my efforts from the start!!! gee. bad. dun go that hotel anymore. =(

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a must watch!

on ADNC2006... (part 2)

BUSY is the only word that i can describe the last week. of cos, not forgetting TIRED and SICK. so sorry for peeps coming here and not seeing new posts on my " sua ku " expedition out with Design Singapore.. i shall be less sua ku and blog about what quite happened!

31102006 - Tues

second day of the conference. some more coordinating job but this is still ok, not the busiest part YET. lunch's suppose to be back at the not-so-nice public buffet so i decided to give it a miss. wanted to walk ard before grabbing some fast food when huiyu reminded me abt the lunch session with those speakers for the workshop tml. (restaurant also booked by me [",] ) only one of us supp to go so i decided to offer this opportunity to andrea for exposure but she seems to be scared in EVERYTHING that she has to do.

i think she wanted to go but no want to be alone. indecisiveness in the end caused wasted time on the tight schedule we already have. in the end very malu. cos i got frustrated cos i need to wait for them to go before i can leave mah. and i started to get a LITTLE unhappy in my tone to her. cos she is simply WASTING TIME. in the end huiyu asked both of us to go. so embarassing! like i am stayin and jus waiting for her to ask me to go!

sighs la! i dunno lo.. sometimes my "rushess" to finish some things jus give people the wrong impression of me!!! angers angers. but anw, the food there is really nice!! nice ambience too!

high up at level 37th.

still waiting for the guest to come. my colleague huiyu, andrea, my Deputy Director aaron.

the food is irresistable!!!

the lunch dragged till quite long and ended like at 3. after that i have to rush back to office to burn all the slides thru the conference for the delegates. STUPID! cos alot of cock ups! i have to rush here and there and run ard like a crazy idiot!

master copy of the slides damaged. have to get those events people to come pass me the slides. in the end i nearly missed the night event at the museum! supp to be there at abt 6 but 730 liao i still in office. with only one cd burned!!! =X

luckily i still manage to go to museum on time.. jus that the cds are pushed to the next day to be burned..

our event is at the new part of the museum there. the glass dome de basement. cool rite???


01112006 - Wed

morn is back at office for the cds. havent been back here properly for a few days and i am missing it badly! haa. chatted with eliz whike burning the discs.. certainly helped to kill alot of time!

at abt noon took the cds down to pan pac where the workshop is.. and settled it quite quickly while making arrangements for the night.. opening of the 20/20 exhibitions!

brought back fresh from london! still in crates to give the idea that design is fast moving and there arent even enough time to unpack them! *as heard from the curator Jackson, one of the guy on the star hub ad at dhoby ghaut mrt!

very eye opener.. cos i might not have known this event if not for interning here at Dsg! up next is the dinner at no sign board.

the coconut cost 4 bucks! but really nice.. juice cooling and alot of flesh!!

02112006 - Thur

fwah~! by this day whole person is like withered up liao! super tired! cos all the early mornings and late nites killing me! last nite the dinner at no signboard is nice but no really have appetite! thou the chili crab and cereal prawn is sedap!

the un-well feeling continued today. another early day to be at the hotel early to gather the people and bring them to ya kun at far east square - a place i have no concepts at all! previos experience at this place is only to come here to get the ndp tic.. and so its quite messy! with the stupid hotel to screw up at this time too with some billing probs we are likee behind time for 45mins in the schedule!


very tired, thus the lack of pics for today. we went to a nice restaurant at novena garden there.. and also after that ti Siemens VDO to see their design dept.. not forgetting the Asian Civlisation Museum!


and so this marks the end of the major project i did thru my attachment here at Dsg. no regrets, cos i noe i did my best. so cheers!

on ADNC2006... (part 1)

its going to be at suntec for this two days..

what i have been working hard for the past month!

finally.. D-Day has came. pretty nervous. quite kan chiong in the morning that i have a stomache (again) and have to exit at dhoby ghaut for toilet.. since i am like late for 10 mins liao i just went straight to suntec to wait for huiyu to bring the delegates over. excited can! i have been communicating with these people on email for the past month. and now finally i see their "real face". jus like meeting a pen/net pal? most of them are "friendly" looking.. at least on first impression la! how much can i tell within that short few minutes? -.- also finally saw PRADYUMNA, our india delegate that has traumatised cheryl so much! he looks ok la.. maybe its still too early to say anything.. haha! but he has already given me one big headache! early at 9 plus sudden give some brochures ask me foto copy 30 copies.. and SUNTEC THE SO CALLED BEST CONVENTION CENTRE DOES NOT EVEN HAVE A BUSINESS CENTRE TO FOTOCOPY!!! -___-" i have to walk ard like a fool cos no shops are opened yet.. finally found a bookshop that offers that and get it over with. gee~! what "good" first inpression. haha!

this is somehow the look of our conference room.. Suntec Meeting Rm 311.
theres even a booth in there for the translator!

the not very nice buffet we have for lunch

tea break.. the second one already actually..haha!

anw, its a very interesting presentation of all the delegates. they presented on their organisation and also an event that is prominent for the year.

Jacks asked me how i find the conference and how i can link it to what i am studying. i do find that it is somewhat diff from what i major (which is business) but some way i can link them together if it is looked at a different prospective. well, afterall its good to be able to look things at different prospective rite?

conference ends at 4 plus and its rest for the delegates for an hour while we rush to clear up things and arrangements for tml.. huiyu and me were rushing like crazy! later part of the day is the tour to red dot museum and FLOS introduction of the Lightouch competition! co-organised by us.

first time at the red dot museum!

interior.. interesting designs everywhere!

even the tap at toilet also diff from others!

FLOS.. very HIGH CLASS..

anything here will cost a BOMB..

i didnt know that introduction of a competition can be made so GRAND! there werent press there, its more like a private party. with waiters walking ard in their white-and-black, wines or snacks in their hand and they will ask you politely: any drinks/"food name" for you sir?

OMFG. just like in the movies lo. haha! please excuse me for my sua-ku ness..

the finger foods are things like ham and biscuits or some cheese or chicken liver and some exotic food! cos FLOS is a italian company, they serve italian finger food like these.. dun believe how great ther were? catch a glimpse here:

mozarella cheese with tomato, smoked beef with black pepper, cheese ham, some cheese stuff and salmon roll. believe it now? and this is jus a glimpse of what they have in store!

my boss, my chairman, FLOS boss

after the speeches and sorts.. the delegates were sort of tired lo.. and so some headed back hotel while some drops off at chinatown.. i dropped off at chinatown.. with liyen and lynn and hui yu and the rest.. thinking we are going to reach home soon.. how soon can 1.5 hours later be? haha.. "soon" indeed..! we stayed for supper la..

well, i am quite happy with my performance so far.. hope the rest of the things can go on smoothly.. the small glitch at the hotel arrangement thingy arent our fault really, its HER fault.. (read: 23102006 post) hhaha!

*****

快乐并没有什么不好，
只是让别人快乐会更好。
痛苦并没有什么不好，
只会让快乐看起来更好。

- "这本书" - 黄俊朗 -

D-Day... and the stress coming with it...

sick sick sick. of all time. why only when i am so busy with all the things?

*****

anw, tml is D-DAY for them to judge my capability.. i hope the event will turn out well and those parts that i am in charge does not have any problem.. its OT day for me cos start early end late.. will update more on that later!

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i am super pissed off at work today.. sometimes i jus dont understand why some people jus wanna make their existance the misery of others. why give me attitudes? there is already this little staff that is willing to work at that particular outlet. and now the arrow has started to turn to me. good. i am happy that SHE noe i am the only part timer left. cos the other one has been scared off by her! i j us hope that i am able to hang on for the time being.. pls.. dun let me explode...

i want lingzhi to come back!!!

***ripped of cruzteng.com***

i am very startled with this news. can anyone please tell me its jus a joke?

more to add on to jess's bdae last sat.. hmm how to say leh.. i liked this kinda small celebration with family one.. it always gives the feeling of "closeness" lo.. i believe that its a special time lo.. so.. cherished!

it doesnt matter how many was there. it doesnt matter how "grand" the whole event was.. was telling Tat that it was the company that matters! Tat was saying that he didnt talk much.. but i feel that its the matter of being there that counts lo.. people can feel the effort put in.. and so we agreed that it werent the quantity that counts.. its the QUALITY.

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today is just another kan jiong day!!! rush rush rush and finally done with the list of participants for the ADNC and sorts of arrangement. its really like a big big stone finally off ur chest! like i can finally breath smoothly again.. cos it was jus so uptight and i cant allow myself to make any mistakes la! haa..

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remembering today for lydia cos she said she had accomplished on alot! she reconcilled with frens whom shd had not contacted for long and those that drifted apart cos of comm break down.. when will it be my turn?

when will i get my share of satisfaction?

well she did mentioned that effort needs to be put in.. but when u have put in ur best, then there is nothing to regret liao lo.. i agreed with her.. maybe cos i have been through this too much.. that it is a bit to late only to realise it.. ahah!

for this i give her my respect

*****

miss ma ting ting.. please remember what u have said.. haha!

just how many days had i not blogged again? i lost count.. hen lei leh..

20102006 - Friday

had a hair cut. its at the new place that hitsu intro-ed. its not that bad actually! quite nice! jus that i find that it is a bit too short le.. haha! but i still love it!


special thanks to hitsu cos she not only brought me there and also waited and after that we had prata! at the place that's so familiar yet so strange... Athar! my old hang out during sec sch days... that row of shop house has changed so much! athirah is gone.. and a few new eatries has replaced several old shops.. well, some things are jus gone for good.


21102006 - Saturday

work work work.. its Deepavali! and i am so happy to work on a PH.. cos i got 1.5 pay~~! woohoo~! even thou i miss out on fun and outings, i dun really mind la. cos in the first place its not as if anyone got ask me out to have fun or wat so eva!

headed to east coast to celebrate jessica's birthday!!! full of surprises for her!!!


Finally got to the correct place with Kel reaching there earlier than me, helping me with some of the stuff. Dad and Boy set up the pit and try to start the fire (Apparently, the charcoal is partially wet), Mum was setting up the place and making sure of every single detail, Bro was chasing Dooris all around as she was once again fasinated by skaters and with me entertaining Kel, Tat and Janet after they reached.

Surprise No. 1 - Tiramisu with a picture of me and Patrick (Spongebob's BESTEST best friend)! Love the cake but I seriously don't know how to appreciate the cake coz I dun take chocolate (Not because of dieting, i just naturally dun eat chocolate. Dont try to ask me why m i still so fat) and it was way too creamy for me but i ate 1 slice, at least! Hee. Took a couple of pictures, with me practising some of my "Hide the face" techniques, Haha! Janet, Tat and Kel ate ALOT that day and i mean really a lot and i was asking janet "Where did all those food went?" while looking at her *er hmph*. It was eating, crapping, gossiping and taking pictures after that until Surprise No. 2.

Surprise No. 2 - Meiling actually called to say she couldn't make it coz of coming home late at night after clubbing, felt weird as the fact is that she went home at 3am in the morning that day but it was actually one of the earliest time she actually reach home after clubbing. She usually goes club hopping and goes home only at 6am. But anyway, i tot that she was really not coming. But she came at 8+pm that day, really glad she came down all the way to East Coast (Same goes to Kel and Janet but not Tat, Haha).

Surprise No. 3 - I opened Kel's present as he told me he actually made one of the gift himself! Well, only those who went knew wat he did. It's a secret!

Surprise No. 4 - Knowing that im a big big huge large humongous fan of Spongebob, they got me the Spongebob soft toy from Toy 'r' Us! Actually my Boy got it for me for my birthday last year but i'm glad i got another one coz i was thinking of getting another one as the previous one has turned into Dooris's dirty, smelling companion.

P/S: sorry i am too lazy to type it out... so i jus adapt la k? forgive me my dear readers!!! i spend quite alot of effort la.. and i think she really enjoyed it? thou its us like a small small gathering of family and friends.. havent got the pics from tat yet. will post them up as soon as i got them!

da cake.. by me.. haha!

23102006 - TODAY

hectic day. i was reminded that the ADNConference is NEXT WEEK!! i always tot that end of the month is still far far away.. til today i start to count the date and bring my self to horror! so many things has not been settled yet! hotels not finalised, name badges not finalised too. and worse of all those %^&*%*(^&*^ jus dun wanna send me the slides soon! i cant get them printed and every thing starts to screw up. even the hotel girl tries to piss me off by saying she KNEW that my side would get messy and i will be lost. wtf...

anw, i shall settle them all by this wed.. all shall be done!

like i cant say anything that is quotable by others leh.. maybe thats y i always quote others.. haa! useless la i am not a good blogger... but i like to quote when i see things that is meaningful and they speak what i am thinking too.. maybe i am jus place lazy.. -_- well heres today's feed..



anw, i think i am jus someone bad at organising surprise parties...



i jus hope that sat will turn out nice and jess will be happy and it will be memorable...

my next challenge is MR HERRY'S birthday up next! planning planning.. =) i am open to suggestions!

our government very kay siao

our NEA hor very kay siao one leh!

with this kind of hazy view.. they can tell us:

kns... haha.. but anw todays weather was real bad! was on msn with jess when she actually said.. "u never notice meh? govt always only weekend then say PSI over hundred one.. cos they scared everyone no want go out work.."

-_-

but that comment was overuled later in the afternoon..

wooo~! hitting new heights when the skyscrappers out of my window getting blurer... i am also starting to feel the irritation effect on my nose.. ahchoo!

trying to kaysiao again as going home time is approaching.. no improvement in the haze out side! and the air still has that burning smell.. i dunno how come they can calculate the PSI to decrease.. haa! maybe they scared we stay at office no want go home lo..

o.O

anw, last to leave office today, cos of some last min assignment to prepare for the council meeting tml.. having no one in t he office.. i plucked up the courage to....


eat those food in the common table! haa!!! always alot of people paiseh mah.. i ate the butter short cake which i dunno is who bought from which country but defiantely overseas.. and also the mooncake from the oriental hotel.. not bad la.. i was aiming for the mooncakes from the raffles but it disappeared before i knew.. =(