To Call Or Not To Call?

Have been feeling down recently because it has been 3 freaking days since we last communicated. Yes. You've heard it right. 3 days. 3 days after that incident. I am not sure how I should be feeling right now. Sad? (Too mild a word) Confused? (Check) Depressed? (Check) I must admit that I was very angry at that point of time, to the extent that if I could sever all ties with him on the spot, I would >: ( However, for the past 3 days, though I am still feeling mad for his bloody inconsideration, I kinda miss him ; ~ ( Many a time, I was caught in a dilemma to whether I should just give him a ring. Then again, would things go back to square one if I did? Man~!~!

Last Monday evening, Adam, Sunshine Boy and I ran out of the office and headed to Loof - to celebrate Adeline's departure (What a way to put it : P ) Met up with King Kong (His office is just directly below) and was dismayed to know that the rest would be late : ( Adam left after a while as he had driving lessons. Had a few rounds of free-flow satay, strawberry margaritas and Heineken before Adeline, Chicken Little, Fanny, Taka, Sharon and Isaac arrived : ) Chatted and snapped a couple of pictures before both King Kong and I decided to call it quits (We were going to puke anytime) We proceeded to Rochor beancurd to fulfill my craving for icy cold beancurd

: D~ before going home.

As for yesterday, as I was tired and did not feel like going to town, both King Kong and I had our dinner at Alexandra Village before strolling around Anchorpoint Shopping Centre. Sometimes, it's nice to get away from the usual Orchard Road, Marina Square, Bugis and Suntec and wander around in neighbourhood shopping centres : )

Back to the problem..having said so much, should I call...? Or should I not? *confused*

Sharon, Adeline & me

Chicken Little, Adeline & me!

Monday Blues (Again!)

Woke up with a heavy head this morning. Was very tempted to continue sleeping, send an SMS to Boss and go to the doctor's for the precious MC - The ticket to a free day at home (Wow!) However, the thought of having to deal with the additional bulk of clients (now that Adeline has left) as well as the farewell party for her later in the evening made me drag myself to the bathroom for an icy-cold shower (Groovy, Baby!)

I did not regret my decision - Absenteeism is at its peak today. 4 of my colleagues are on MC today and I wonder how Boss would react if there were 5 (including me) : P

Last Friday evening was Adeline's last day, after spending about 2 years half with the company. Though sad that we had to part (and frankly, I thought I would cry out loud), I am happy that she is just a phonecall away (that's what she keeps assurring me about : ) ) and I believe we will meet up as much as we can (She is not somebody who forsakes her friends after moving on to the next stage of life) After work, we made our way to Molly Malone's for Sunshine Boy's 24th birthday dinner and drinks : ) Perhaps I was kinda emotional that evening, I must say that I did not really enjoy...(Just followed the flow and ensured that emotions were well-hidden) Went home and slept soundly - Guinness is a good substitute for warm milk before bedtime ; )

As for Saturday, I did not meet up with my university mates for tennis : / Instead, I met up with Fat Boy, Dickie Boi as well as Baby Cousin at her house for mahjong at about 11am : ) However, before going to her house, I was feeling abit unhappy. Earlier on, Fat Boy was at my house and I suggested reading newspapers while waiting for my hair to dry. A car advertisment caught his attention and he began to make numerous phonecalls to the car agent and brother without realizing that it was high time to make a move. Feeling bitter, I sat on the sofa quietly and regretted not meeting up with my university mates (at least I would feel happier) At about 10:30am, I gestured to him about the time and we made our way to Parkway Parade for lunch before going to Mandarin Gardens.

Met up with both Dickie Boi and Baby Cousin and we started our mahjong session. However, we were interuppted by the constant ringing of his mobile phone - The car agent was anxious to close the deal and kept heaping pressure on him. Finally, he said he needed to excuse himself for a while because he wanted to take a look at the car and if possible, close the deal on the spot. Though we shuddered at the idea, we reckoned that it would be pointless for him to remain when his interest was obviously elsewhere. We went ahead with our 3-man mahjong and had dinner ourselves. He only came back at 4 hours later (Can you imagine my furor?) Despite numerous apologies, I didn't relent (I didn't know what I should do) Proceeded for a foot rub and Yong He beancurd...(but I was not happy...)

As for yesterday, met up with King Kong for lunch. We had the famous Margaret Drive chicken rice (Yummy!) before heading to Suntec City to repair my phone (The colours on the screen jumbled up) and for my oily massage : P Had Han's for dinner (We had seafood bee hoon topped with vinegar-soaked green chilli!) and watched "You Don't Mess With The Zohan" The best part of the day was having beancurd along Rochor Road. I think cold beancurd taste very nice ; )

Hmmm....

Hahaha...the time is 4:09pm, another 2 hours and I will be out of the office : ) Have plans to watch "Get Smart" with Adeline, Chicken Little and King Kong at Cineleisure later on : ) (It has been a long time since I activate my humor motor) This week, especially today, is quite slow. What I have done since I stepped into the office:

8:25am - On the PC and started to comb my hair vigourously to prevent ugly flyaways
8: 35am - Stared blankly at my Inbox and sieved candidates into the respective slots
9:00am - Played "The Dot Game" with Adeline and continued to focus my energy in Facebook
10:15am - Interviewed an Auntie candidate for an Accounts & Admin Manager role
11:00am - Interviewed a candidate for the team and sent him out of the door because he sux
11:35am - Waved goodbye to Adeline, Sharon and Jacintha as I did not join them for lunch
11:40am - Slowly made my way to Heatwave for a pair of shoes as my feet was badly blistered
11:55am - Decided on a pair of black shoes after 10 minutes of walking around in the shop
12:00pm - Met up with King Kong and we went for lunch at Philips Street
12:25pm - Went to collect my blazer from the laundry's
12:35pm - Went to the cafe to have my daily dosage of Chinese tea. Nibbled on kaya toast too
12:55pm - Went back to the office and continued to daze
3:00pm - Interviewed another candidate for the team and kept him in view
4:00pm - Continued to daze and decided to blog

By the way, I have already completed the 3-month cycle with the famous Joo Chiat Neo Neo yesterday. However, something struck me when I was standing near her altar - There was this devotee who was carrying an LV Neverfull (Bah, that's not the point : P She was in her 20's and was with her mother) and appeared to be agitated. Curious, I eavesdropped their conversation and this was what I pieced together: She had some issues with her boyfriend - He did not give her a ring when he proposed to her and that made her very mad. Ultimately, she swept her displeasure under the carpet and she would rake up that incident every single time they had arguements. The funny thing was that instead of resolving her issues with the guy, she chose to seek help from Neo Neo, who was supposedly to possess divine powers; and what struck me most was that the latter actually cut her off when she obviously had more grievances to pour : / (I was totally turned off)

From this incident, it reminded me of both Fat Boy and myself. I must say that though it has been quite sometime, I couldn't really jump out of the vicious cycle, no matter how hard I tried. Seriously, I have no idea what I should do...

3 Girls & A King Kong

As usual, there was nothing much in the workplace yesterday (Peaceful eh?) At the strike of 6, both Adeline and I happily skipped out of the office (Yay!) We went to Sakae Sushi in Wheelock Place to meet up with Rightie and King Kong : ) As we were early, there was no need to queue : ) We chat and sipped green tea while waiting for them to arrive. Rightie was terribly late; by the time she reached, the three of us had filled our tummies : )

As we were too full with carbs and fish, there was simply no room for dessert, which was earlier planned by Adeline : / (Good thing as well as I did not have to agonise over whether to eat or not : P ) We proceeded to Acid Bar for an ice cold - The place was kinda cosy, but as we were seated near the entrance, it was quite warm and after a while, we decided that it was ridiculous to pay for discomfort : / Headed to Ice Cold Beer and indeed, it was much better (at the very least, we did not feel warm) We ordered fried chicken wings and Hoegaarden (I still prefer Heineken) Chatted and played pool (and won King Kong : P ) before we dispersed and went home. Had wanted to stay longer, but Rightie had to fly to Vietnam for a business assignment the next morning...(Had wanted to wake up at 4am to wish her bon voyage; apparently, I overslept : ( )

Byebye, Bro...

Today is finally Monday and I am sad that Bro has to be enlisted for National Service : ( Woke up in the morning to find Daddy, Mummy, Gramps and Aunt Maddy assembled in the living room, with Bro :~ ( The atmosphere was sad with Gramps sobbing and Aunt Maddy red-eyed (Initially, I had wanted to apply for leave to accompany him, but on second thoughts, I was afraid that I might join in the tearing session, so...) What irony - When we were much younger, we disliked each other and hoped that either one would get lost, but right now, we actually missed each other...Man!I am so sad. Nobody is going to open the door for me whenever I forgot my keys! Nobody is going to accompany me for dinner when I have no programs! Nobody is going to bring Boyboy into my room whenever I feel lazy to do so! : ~ (

Last Friday evening, after work, I rushed to Marina Square to have my massage and cold wrap before meeting up with Aunt Maddy, Fat Boy and Bro at Waraku for dinner (I promised the latter a farewell dinner : ( ) Actually, I hate farewell dinners because there is simply nothing much to talk - Everything is so tear-sensitive. We started to talk about anything except his enlistment. There was not much of an appetite too (which might be a good thing too as I did not burn a big hole in my pocket : P ) After dinner, we proceeded to Swenson's for ice cream aws Fat Boy wanted to give Bro a farewell treat too. Satisfied our sugar cravings with a large-sized "Earthquake" before we headed home.

As for Saturday afternoon, I met up with King Kong before we went to Eastpoint to stock up biscuits, bread and water for the paranormal experiment that was going to take place in Pulau Ubin later in the night. We headed to Changi Village for dinner before meeting up with the rest and taking a boat to the island : )

We went to the German Girl Shrine and did the necessary setup. Our task - to summon spirits via two different types of ouija board (the western and chinese style) and communicate with them. Had a hard time convincing King Kong to allow me to participate in the experiment as he was afraid that things might go haywire and we all know that it's no fun offending the dead : / (I was so happy that I was allowed to be a participant though ; ) )

Did the necessary prayers to the deities in the German Girl Shrine and we proceeded with the western style ouija board. There were 3 participants - match80, mistak3 and me : ) and I must say I was so nervous, being left alone with the other 2 to summon the dead. The moment we chanted the lines, the atmosphere was heavily filled with tension and the cries of crickets were louder than usual. Though the coin did not move, both match80 and I heard coughings and shuffling of footsteps in the background ( He mentioned that he caught a whiff of opium in the air and he heard footsteps of children running around. I must say that I actually felt a force trying to push my middle finger, but I actually resisted it as I thought I might be hallucinating : P After 20 minutes, the coin did not move and we ended the experiment. However, I did feel drained : /

Proceeded to the second experiment despite King Kong's dagger stares. This time round was via the Chinese-styled ouija board - It was an A3 sized paper with hundreds of Chinese characters jumbled in a circular fashion. The participants were Jimmy (a 50 year-old Chinese guy who had a great passion for singing), mistak3 and me (again! yay!) We were told to recite some Taoist sutras and despite chanting a couple of times, the dish did not move. Jimmy began to chant louder and in a more aggressive manner, leaving both mistak3 and me puzzled and nervous. Sensing that he was about to go into trance, I cut him off and told him to relax (which he did, fortunately) The dish began to move in a swift and light manner and it answered our questions, straight to the point (There was no way one of us played punk as it was impossible for any of us to search the right Chinese character within seconds) At the end of the whole process, the dish moved in a swifter manner and stopped abruptly (which was later explained that it was accurate as the dish stopped the moment the "yin" hour was over. In addition, sensors went off as well : /)

As the second experiment was a success, it was unnecessary to execute Plan B, which was to conduct the whole experiment in the cemetery : ) We went back to the chalet where a debrief was held. We shared our thoughts and guess what? We were ready to go back to mainland : ) By the time we touched down, we were extremely exhausted : /

During the trip, King Kong made sure that I was mozzie-bite free by hanging a mozzie coil around me and ensuring that it was burning. He also made sure I was not hungry, well-hydrated and happy by constantly pushing me water and biscuits : / Didn't he know that I am on diet? : P Nevertheless, I must admit that he is really very sweet and I felt loved : )

That's me during the experiment. I looked tense eh? : P

Happy Times

Last Saturday morning, I had to drag my bloody feet to the branding workshop at The Screening Room in Club Street : ( Presentation by the faciliator was brief (but still boring) - It was about the new company logo and slogan, which I found it childish : / (doesn't matter anymore eh?) The whole affair ended within 2 hours (somebody, please inform him that it was a waste of our time!) and we made our way to the Central Mall to have lunch at Waraku : )

Ordered Nigiri B which consisted of 9 types of sushi (wow!) and I guess the best part in our outings is not the food, but our sharing discussions : ) As usual, we spoke about how ridiculous Boss was, to embark on a branding project when he was so damn reluctant to spend a single cent and how disgusting the Vicious Lady was, with her usual antics (I hate her : ( )

After lunch, both King Kong and I headed to Godpa's house in Ubi for the SPI newsletter project. Both of us were surprised when most of the editorial team members were absent for various reason; but proceeded with the meeting (I must say it was boring and I did excuse myself several times for a whiff of fresh air!) Dinner was spaghetti drenched in tomato and mushroom sauce (cooked by Godma), pizza, chicken wings and garlic bread from Pizza Hut as well as honey glazed chicken from Giants : D~ (man, I feel fat) Continued with the meeting for a while before we wrapped up and both King Kong and I left for our own programs : )

As for yesterday, both Adeline and I could leave earlier than usual as our weekly sales meeting has been pushed to Fridays (Bah!) We went to a nearby hair salon as I wanted to trim my long fringe : / The whole process took about 10 minutes and we went on our separate ways - I went to meet up with Baby Cousin, Fat Boy and Dickie Boi at City Hall. We had dinner at Cafe Cartel before going to Lavender for a good foot rub! Guess we must meet up more oftenly before she flies to Japan for a year~! (Think I will miss her badly)

Time To Go?

After much hoo-ha (The termination of Evelyn Chee and the resignation of Sharon) that occurred during the past 2 weeks, I felt very demoralized and sick (Yeah, severe cough, think psychology plays a great part in the healing process?) Coming to work became a greater drudgery and there was absolutely zero mood for closing any deals : / The more I thought of rotting in the dead working environment any longer, the angrier I felt...Time to leave? (I really hope to give Vicious Lady 2 tight slaps before I leave, really. I cannot imagine she had the power to kill the laidback culture of the company. Damn!)

I must say that I was very happy when I first started out with the company. Everything was at its initial stage and office politics was non-existent. Though the working process needed lotsa fine-tuning and telemarketing was tough as extra effort was needed to create brand awareness, everybody lived in harmony. Everybody wanted to make it work and grow together alongside with the infant brand...

With that positive energy and hard work, we succeeded in growing the tiny clientele and candidate pool; but Boss did not appreciate our effort. He was mean, stingy and began his military regime - Fine systems for late-comers, cold treatment towards those who took slightly longer luncheons and knocked off on the dot (Sick eh?) Regardless, we still took pride in our sales achievements and tolerated his nonsense...until....

She was previously an Operations Manager with the Cannery Group - Left the job as she felt that she could not be accustomed to night life. Initially, she came to register as a part-time foodtaster and as fate prevails, became our colleague. She was a regular face in our wine and dine outings and ultimately, became a common rival due to her greed...

It is really sad that the fate of the company has to be in this manner...the effort of laying bricks and mortar at its initial stage has all gone down the drain, all because of her greed and his pure stupidity and myopia...I must say that I love this company, but not its management...Somehow, I hate to go, but I know it's time for me to say goodbye.

Monday Blues...Not!

Woke up at 7:20 am this morning and felt ultra weak - My throat felt dry and cracked up and my head went spinning : ( Decided to snooze for a while more, but by that time I was fully awake, the time was 7:40 am and I reckoned that I would not be in time for work (No point contributing to the petty fine system)

Went to see the doctor and the diagnosis was a viral infection : ( She gave me antibiotics, cough drops, antiseptic cream for my forever-churning-crusts left ear as well as an MC! (Yes, that was the most important - MC!) Left the clinic happily and doggpacked mixed veggie rice for lunch (from the stall which always serves minute portions : ( )

Last Saturday afternoon, both Fat Boy and I went to JB. After having chicken bryani for lunch and a relaxing foot massage at City Square, we proceeded to Jusco Tebrau for some light shopping before having a good seafood dinner (We had chilli crab, sambal kang kong, sambal mussels as well as Canadian oysters!) and going back to City Square to catch "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" I must say that the initial part was boring with all the character introduction and dialogues. The best part was the war scene between the Telemarines and Narnians (As usual : ) ) By the way, Fat Boy was snoozing away after finishing his popcorn during the show. Guess it was too boring for him : /

As for yesterday, King Kong called me at 8 am, saying that he had reached. I jumped out of bed, had a quick shower and met him at 8:30 am (Our meeting time was 8:45 am - He was way too early > : ( ) We drove to Old Airport Road to have wanton noodles and while he was wolfing down the 4 bucks worth of noodles, I couldn't finish even half of my 3 bucks worth of noodles. Guess it was too early for me to eat anything : / Proceeded to Pasir Ris puppy and fish farms and had great fun viewing at the different kinds of puppy breeds. Saw a grey Labrador puppy and thought that she had the most beautiful eyes. Frankly, I was tempted to spring out my Visa card and say "I want her", but on second thoughts, guess having BoyBoy was enough : )

We continued our fun day by going to a baby shower, organized by one of the SPI members, in Woodlands. He was a proud grandfather of a one-month old baby boy and his mother was just 23 years old (I felt so old) After saying our "hi"s and "bye"s, we proceeded to JB (Yes, he had always wanted to go JB for its value-for-money food and Thai massage)

Fortunately, it was smooth traffic. We drove to Jusco Tebrau and realized that it was quite impossible to go in - There were long snakes of queues even at the parking area and we reckoned it would be better if we go to City Square. Along the way, I mentioned to him that it would be nice to have a mug of ice cold A&W root beer on such a hot day. We tried to find our way to the A&W bistro, but to no avail. Undaunted, he wanted to continue hunting down the place, but I was in need to go to the washroom...: ( We were right; it was indeed a right move to go to City Square, where we had our chicken bryani for lunch, massages and movie (We watched "The Orphanage") before heading back to Singapore and I must say traffic was a headache. We spent about an hour on the Causeway : ( (Actually, it was not so bad with his company : ) )

After spending 2 consecutive days in JB, guess I have had enough of the place for the time being...Hahaha...then again, with its value-for-money food, massage and pedicures, who knows?
; )