woohoo!! i finally hv internet access in the office. haha. its much faster then the connection available in the hotel. but unfortunately, all email n chatting softwares r banned. sobs sobs. i can't even use the singtel internet sms thingy. *wails*

oh wells, when all else fails, there is still miniclip.com to help time pass. =)

brief summary of my job here at ocbc shanghai, sze ying n me share a cubicle in the bank reconciliation dept. other than sai kang like filing n photocopying, we get to do pretty cool stuff like balance accs n checking errors. we also got an all-access card hanging around our necks making me feel so bloody impt! whee~

the bosses r really nice n a majority of the top ppl r singaporeans so there was really no prob in communication n guess wat? we got permission to fill up our log books in eng!!!! *happy*

my direct boss for the moment is betty n she is a really nice girl who bought my mom a dictionary when she heard abt her currently on-going language degree course. so sweet rite? plus, today i didn't indulge in my usual starbucks bcoz burger n i promised tiffany to limit our spending.. seriously, u guys shld see the rm burger n i share. its like world war 3 only w/o the blood. =P

today the semester grades came out n i hit an all-time low. kinda disappointed with a couple of subs n with ppl around me all whooping with delight, i felt like i needed my mommy more than ever. n i finally understood why the girls always cry when their parents call them at night. i guess i hv been having too much fun tt i nv really got around to missing the ppl back hm.

tiffany's entire family is coming to shanghai to visit her n they r even gonna stay in motel 168 with us. perhaps, i'll miss mine more when i see them happy tgt. u noe, its something like seeing lovers on vday when u dun hv a date. its definitely not resentment but more of self-pitying which i'm v prone to. heeee.

tonight, the six of us (cheeleng, cairong, sze ying, tiffany, xinyi n me) wun be painting the town red with bimbotic umbrellas le. the past few nights of high life hv kinda sapped us all n we'll be gd homely girls who goes straight hm aft wrk! ahhh, looking forward to my warm bath. such a pity there is no tub. *fantasizes*

another thing, i desperately need a new laptop. mine is so obsolete tt my msn gives screwing up! for me in a faraway land, having no access to the webcam is virtually a death sentence. *groans* oh ya, the orange juice they serve at breakfast is warm. i noe tis sounds random but all the hotels here do it tis way so i guess its the norm. juz like cheap alcohol. beer is cheaper than coke so even the teachers order beer for us at dinner. its kinda like 60 cents SGD for a whole bottle!! i suppose darren will feel so at hm. wahahahaha!!!

yesterday i got new shoes. fire engine red heels! sexaye! lol. hmm, i kinda find tis entry totally full of rubbish ramblings.. tts wat u get when joy joy gets overly bored. =( to save money, sze ying n i became real office workers n packed our own lunch frm the hotel buffet breakfast. so aunty considering an average bento box frm the supermart is 7 yuan or S$1.40. last night, the girlies n i indulged in tis ultra posh looking italian restaurant in the middle of the financial district - near uob kay hian - the bill for 6 of us came up to only RMB 130. my share was a measly S$5 for tuna pasta, grapefruit juice n blueberry cheesecake. ok, lets not be high n mighty juz bcoz s'pore has a strong currency.

but but, i really hv to say tis, single trip bus rides frm one interchange all the way to the other is S$0.40!!! n cab wrks out to only slightly above S$1 each frm town to the hotel abt 20 min away. but i suppose all the money i save here n there i blow it on cute pens n killer heels but tis entire trip has been an experience alright. =)

mommy, if ur reading tis, pls call me tonight. juz keep jamming the front desk until they link u up to my rm.. i miss u.

misses

shanghai is damn bloody cold. its so darn cold my bones ache n mist comes out of my mouth. n the freaking heater is down.

n to make matters worse, the dense low-hanging clouds hv ppl expecting snow like tmr?!?! shit man i hate wrk!! n ya, it has been raining so i'm effectively a poor, wet n pathetic girl. oh shucks, i miss hm. =(

worktime!

play time is over.

the princess starts wrk tmr... ocbc shanghai is less than 30 min away frm the hotel n she hv a direct bus straight to the doorstep of tomson commercial building. pretty awesome hur? wish me luck..

p/s (i wanted to upload pics but the lousy china internet is not coorperating.)

feeling sorta sick now. damn bloody cold!! n i kinda spent a significant proportion of my money already. so so so so so sian can?!! ok, i shld stop making ppl worried.. but my china card hv $$$ already n the hotel allows me free incoming. so pls do call to say "i miss u" coz i certainly miss hm alot. haiz.

hmm.. been intending to blog abt my chinese new yr (i even brought all the pics to china frm sg) but its really really alot n i'm really really lazy to sort through them. hey, i hv newer more exciting sights in china. plus, there is no curfew. oops, i hope mommy is not reading tis. lol.



my latest obsession! DIY clay accessories.. preeeeeetty!



on one of the boring evenings, liying n i organised an impromtu gathering with the v free alumni n the v busy itp labourers. heee. william treated us to dinner at a thai restaurant in bugis n we followed up with dessert at ice monster. we got all the flavours (strawberry, durian, kiwi n mango) for taste.



my vday lunch date!



for the later part of the day, my darling xinyu was my movie date!!! we caught P/S I Love You on its opening day. it was a v touching show... i cried. end of story.



junhong like to say i look like doraemon.. really meh? i certainly am not blue!!



someone said: "i like u bcoz i believe i can make u happy."

its the most touching thing i hv ever heard. but a relationship is supposed to be mutual so i'm sorry.



i guess tt rounds up the week before my trip away frm hm.. hv been living in the land where ppl anyhow spit for 3 days already. everything has been great (other than the horribly salty food)!!! but the sightseeing, the company, the shopping n the fabulous exchange rate is making me a really happy girl with the exception of my luggage on the verge of giving way. zzz.

anyway, i finally got my china no. n the really few priviledged ppl i smsed, pls dun forget me!! daddy dearest was the first to reply.. so my sms kinda came flying to me frm dubai. but junhong was the one who made me feel really really special when he made me the first among everyone to receive a phonecall on the new sim cards! n i was by the lake at the lovely summer palace too! can the ambience be anymore perfect?? lol.

peking duck tmr! yummy yum yum!!

"hello" from beijing

hello hello hello!!! today starts my first solo voyage away frm hm. 7 wks in the land of my ancestors! god bless me. =)

beijing hv ppl setting off fireworks in the streets! its damn cool i tell u. the weather is invigorating.. not too cold, not too hot n smoke comes out of my mouth when i speak. haha.. i experienced tt in japan n korea but its funner now bcoz i hv cheeleng, tiff n jess to play with me.

cheeleng: "oh my, i keep losing joy."

fyi, i do not wander off inconsiderately okay!!!!! she juz happen to like walking fast n i so happen to hv short legs. so there! =P

anyway, i wanna say a big big thank you to xinyu for waking up early just to call me. trix n mommy for sending me at an ungodly 6am. n junhong for the all phonecalls which u noe mean alot to me. i love u all n wish i was back hm.

boring boring day

overslept for the exco interview.. rushed to sch, feeling pissed off with the damn crowded morn train n anticipating william's tauts when i arrive unceremoniously late at the clubhouse. but surprise surprise, everyone (william, jason n thiam hee) greeted me rather warmly although there were 2 yr 1s waiting pathetically outside for late queen me to make my presence. =P

the interviews dragged on n on n on till abt 3. it was quite funny at times...

1. jason to favian: "i heard u like running around w10 alot."
2. joshua to us: "i only run around with favian coz he likes playing catching alot."
3. william to cixiang: "you always run around with favian n i notice u run faster."
4. jason to kenneth: "do u hv some infectious smiling disease? why do u keep grinning?"
5. william to lin yue: "dun be so nervous. i hv a tendency to laugh v loudly when ppl r scared."
6. jason to a late cheeleng: "will u be late on dates with me too?"

but ultimately, it was quite a bore n choosing the appropriate ppl for the right positions was a chore as apparently nearly everyone tot rather highly of themselves. zzzz. anyway, the final decision is not exactly my ideal com n certain positions hv been deleted forevermore. *poof*

the new exco will stand at 9-men strong n hopefully, meeting attendance will be healthier n there will be less disputes coz obviously, there r less mouths. lol. we risked certain prominent ppl n i pray really hard tt our decision will not backfire in our faces. anyway, everything is beyond me already. yups yups. ^^

aft my responsibility was reasonably fulfilled, i ringed up the best fren in attempt to salvage wat was left of my boring day but alas, shopping has lost its kick. =(

yeah, u didn't here me wrongly. joy joy has juz said SHOPPING IS BORING! *sulks*

we thronged malls at bugis before heading to town. buying bags n stupid stuff for the sake of buying n i nearly fell asleep while trying on a skirt. seriously, either i hv been shopping too much recently tt everything juz seems blah or i hv juz simply outgrown bugis as ting said, "tis is so damai days."

arrgghh!! i need an emergency spa! ok, tts too high-end.. i suppose a full body massage will suffice. =D

tmr is new yr's eve! the hse is decorated, the fridge is stocked with goodies, my new clothes r pressed n smelling nice, my shoes r lined up n waiting, i can't tink of anything else to make my life more va va voom perfect!

oh ya, my mommy n my uncle loves me!!! juz yesterday, i went for the china itp briefing where everything was finalised. today, i hv complete maps n print outs of all my hotels, 3 diff routes to my office frm my hotel n 9 shanghai bankers on my speed dial. (9 coz my hp only has 9 nos. like duh?)

wat to do, mommy is totally freaked by "worst winter in 100 yrs - shanghai reuters" tt she exhausted her contact list n tapped onto my uncle's influence in cheena... so girlies, tell ur parents ur safe with me! wahahahaha!!

oh oh oh, i'm going to wrk at OCBC!!!! whoopdeedoo~

hip hip hooray! freedom at last...

woohoo!! i'm now an unofficial old bird final yr student! =D

juz finished the draw line line paper tis afternoon aft a v impt spse exco meeting.. perhaps, i'm not missing out so much in the club nxt yr afterall.. time to quit moaning n move on to greener pastures! n surprisingly, i dun feel as sour anymore.

over lunch with william (yeah, prob the last time juz 2 of us can sit down n chat over chicken rice.) he kinda enlightened me on how guys in general perceive relationships. n u noe wat? i tink men r selfish. v selfish.

No I can't let you go

You're a part of me now

Caught by the taste of your kiss

And I don't wanna know

The reason why I

Can't stay forever like this

Now I'm climbing the walls cause I miss you

over TA, i kept pondering over wat he said n i mis-spelled stupid jap candlestick names. harami become harabi. marubozu become maboruzu. grrrrr!! bc low better give me my mrks or i'll hv yet another reason to strangle the entire male population! lolx. =P

aft submitting the papers, serkee n i met up with cheeleng n xueqin to go to funan where i had the most expensive n worse paper prata i had ever eaten. NOT SWEET DE!!! *sulks*

i sure hope tmr's post exam celebration with darren (he tmr then end paper.. so poor thing.) will be much more satisfying.. JACK'S PLACE!!!! yay yay yay! ^^

left the girls to meet mommy aft her wrk for some retail therapy.. ok, ALOT of retail therapy.



see all my shopping bags?? haha.. oh ya, i lost weight leh! coz i spent 15 mins arguing with the levis salesman tt my size was ___ though he insisted i looked 2 sizes smaller. turns out he was right! i bet he analyse too many women's butts liao tts why so pro. wahahaha!



shopped till abt 9.30pm before heading for dinner.. can't keep ignoring rumbling stomachs ba?! parkway parade is still my ultimate shopping paradise! brand names i adore w/o orchard rd crowd. i'm loving it...



handmade hairpins for my mom's upcoming bdae.. i dunno glue my fingers tgt how many times liao.. i guess i'm not a v handicraft sorta girl.. =(



on a totally sidetracked note, i was reading tis comic while attempting to study with darren.. sounds so like me hur? heeee.



david n goliath is so so so bimbotic.. but i likeeeee.......



muz put tis smaller coz its not really something to be proud abt. i'm trying to control. really!

oh look, its over midnight! tis means feb's allowance is in my bank already!!! another spree tmr! =X