Met up with my secondary school girlfriends few weeks back and again, last week. Bee & Stacy! 2 of my closer girlfriends! Really glad to meet up with them after 13 years! We still had lots to talk about, and were just as close as we used to be in school days. I really miss old friends heaps and love them lots! As we chatted, I realised that all of us have been through a lot. But we're here for one another now and that's what matters most. :)

Met up with Winston today - another long time old friend whom I've known since I was 16 but have lost contact for quite a few years now. He always calls me Brother in public. Coincidentally he works at the same building as me now but on the 7th floor. Had lunch with him today and I discovered that he's been through so so much! His mum and my dad both passed away in 2008. His daughter was also born in 2008 and he had a tumour in 2008. My goodness.. How much did he go through all in a year?? Pleased that he's been through it all now and hope that all will go well for him now. We've also promised not to lose contact again! :)

Agnes won the vertical challenge today! 8 mins for 44 storeys! She's really amazing and determined! So a few of us went for drinks to celebrate at Harry's. Got to know Sharel and she's kinda cute. :) Haha. 6 years of friendship with Agnes and she told everyone my true character - I am someone who cherishes friendships and holds friends dear in my heart. ^.^

So I've been re-contacting and keeping in touch with old friends, and also getting to know new friends. I'm contented~!

Have always loved and enjoyed watching sports action on TV. I go crazy whenever there's Olympics, World Cup, or whatever sports action I can get to watch live, including sacrificing my sleep.

Of coz, Michael Phelps is the man that I like currently for swimming. And Ryan Lochte too! It used to be Ian Thorpe but he retired. :( Swimming action means a lot to me coz grandpa insisted that all his grandchildren learn swimming since we were kids and I've always fancied water (despite the fact that I nearly drowned in the sea a couple of times). It's still a big part of me no matter what.

But Michael is gonna retire after the 2012 Olympics in London. And I think I'm gonna be really really sad after that. Need to find a new idol for swimming after that! Haha. But for now, I'm going to enjoy every single moment watching the action live in the pool daily!

Then off we went to dinner at Ristorante Bologna located at Marina Mandarin. Even before ordering dinner, we were doing shots and vodka and wine. Broker kept disturbing Andrew and Andrew, being egoistic, kept taunting broker back. Had to do 4 shots in a row (supposed to be 5 but I helped him with a shot) and after that, he was half gone (I asked him this morning how much of last nite can he remember and that was where his recollection ended).

Plenty more drinks later, poor Andrew couldn't walk straight - even had to use me to steady himself. Haha. Yet, ego still kicked in and some of the guys went on for 2nd round with him while I headed off home. Had a good catch up session with Jackson as well while the others drank and chatted and ate. :) Overall, I felt the whole nite was brilliant! Lotsa fun and laughter though part of it came from seeing Andrew drunk. Lol!

I am really treasuring every moment with my team now. Nothing is for certain anymore and I might as well just make the best of my time spent here. Be happy and enjoy and treasure every moment! Carpe Diem!!!

Hope Kelv gor's mum recovers soon!!!

A day where for the 1st time, I saw the harsh realities of the world I work in. My mentor cum good friend, Jackson, was retrenched for no rhyme and reason. Everyone who works with him knows him as Mr Nice Guy who has been with the bank for 13 years. And that's what the bank did to him.

That dreadful morning, he was being bullied by the team to treat coffee coz he was on the morning shift but came a bit late. As I was downstairs helping the team to get the coffee, he was told the news. I came up and my colleague told me that Jackson was retrenched. I told my colleague to not joke and he said he wasn't. Tears fell from my eyes uncontrollably. Silent hot tears slowly rolled down my cheeks.

Jackson was the 1 who 1st interviewed me, who thought highly of me and wanted the rest of the team to meet me and hire me. He was the one who taught me everything I needed to know now. We shared many secrets between us and he trusted me with things going on in his family. He was 1 of my best friends on the floor cum the 1 person whom I talk to the most about stuff. Without him, I wouldn't be where I am right now..

As Jackson came back from HR to pack his things, he even finished up his end of day commentary to send to our London colleagues. That is how freaking responsible he is!! What did he do to deserve this?!! I hate our London counterparts coz they think way too highly of themselves and backstabs everyone which did Jackson in along the way. Assholes! I really detest these London bastards who are so arrogant. They will not come to a good end.

After Jackson has packed his stuff, the whole team just abandoned all work n sat around to chat for an hour before he had to leave. I couldn't control my tears at all!! How embarrassing! And when he finally looked at me and shook his head, I bawled. The sad, dejected and disappointed look in his eyes and on his face caused memories of the past 1 year to flash thro my mind. Couldn't hold back anymore. :( Sigh..

Since then, the whole team has been in this really nonchalant mood - we sit around as a team to chat more than we work. When we work, we are soulless people who will rather listen to MP3s and work. My boss is upset too and he's decided to take a couple of days off. We know it's not his fault so we don't blame him. It's those above him and his counterparts who are the fuckers.

My team went for drinks that nite (We stopped work by 4pm since no one was in the mood.. honestly who cares? Working hard doesn't pay off anyway!) and we really jus drank, talked and drank more. Wonder when our morale will be back to normal. But I know 1 thing for sure - I will always keep in touch with Jackson as a friend. He will always always be a good friend to me despite not working together anymore. I hope he gets a job with the brokers. Then we can all hang out together again! We even checked with the brokers - they are more than happy to hire him!

Hopefully, this turns out to be a blessing in disguise for him n prove all those bastards wrong!

I'm still underweight - BMI & BMR says that. Visceral Fat is at a fantastic level of 1 - the least that anyone can have. Phew.. The lady doing the checkup thought I was only 24 years old. YAY! Haha. The system somehow manages to calculate the age of the body through weight, height and some other factors. It says that I have a body of a 19 year old. :p I'm happy with that but the lady said that an age difference of + or - 10kg is not good. BOO!

Anyhow, my blood pressure was very low on the 1st test. 2nd test was slightly higher but still low. Somehow heartbeat was pretty slow - dying? Which reminded me of the time when Jer was sick and I went to the doc with him. Doc took Jer's blood pressure and stuff, had a look at me n mentioned that I looked more sick than Jer was coz I had nose block. He took my blood pressure and it was also way too low. Told me to take more iron. Guess.. Something has to be done again now? :(

Even my metabolism was below normal - normal is about 1200, I'm 1148. Not too bad but still low. So I decided to do some exercise in the afternoon. Went to the gym for a 2km run, a 2km cycle and a 20 lap swim in a 25m pool. Pretty decent I guess but some abs pain now. :) Good kind of pain so I don't mind.

Took a day off work yesterday (04 July) after 5 consecutive months of endless working. Decided to pamper myself a bit and wanted to straighten the front of my hair that was getting frizzy. The stylist is now a sales guy but due to the office being shorthanded, he had to be a guest stylist for me. Kept persuading me to curl my hair but after my horrible experience 1 year plus ago, I was hesitant.

Gordon (the stylist) was very convinced that he would do a good job so I agreed to it - I kept emphasizing straight in front, curls only at the bottom. No overly permanent curls nor super small curls. Big wavy curls only. And I kept telling him about my horrible experience and how it made my tears roll down my cheeks involuntarily. I think he was a little overwhelmed.

I must say, Gordon is 1 of the best stylist I ever had. Soooo caring, gentle and thorough with my hair that I think my hair fell in love there n then. He treated my hair better than I do!! Can you believe it?? He made my hair feel really pampered and loved! I have never encountered such a stylist before (he's not gay by the way). And I felt bad to have him do my hair in shirt and pants.

He never complained, just carefully did my hair the way I wanted it. Front straight and bottom curls. I have never loved my curls more than this, and this is my umpteenth time curling my hair. I walked out, feeling happy with my curls. And I still felt happy with it today! :) Thanks to Gordon for making me feel pretty! I doubt I'll ever forget him, esp the part when he asked "are you having school holidays?"!