Thursday, January 19, 2012
Elusive 5 years
5 years have passed.. Every passing minute of everyday, I feel as if I have wasted my time and my youth. I thought that my hardwork would pay off, that I would reap the fruits of what I have sowed. But no, 5 years in a row, my fruits have eluded me. Why? I really wonder why I am still persisting. After 5 years, is it time for me to really let it go and move on to something else?
I'm confused. I dunno. This year's zodiac sign is bad. Economy downturn is happening. Do I be reckless or should I carry on? I have dedicated so much of my time and life here. What am I gonna do? The promise that it will happen this year was broken. Promises are really meant to be broken? Always telling me to wait another year. How many more years of my life do I have to give and offer? I'm not getting young anymore. I don't want to be stagnant...
I drank beer during lunch. I couldn't take it anymore. I needed a drink. I had to de-stress. It felt good. Couldn't be bothered anymore. Left on the dot. Really really tired..
Luckily I had told Lynnie that I would be going to her place after work to visit her and her newborn, Kaelyn. Not to mention, the cutie Kayden. Wonderful catchup session and most importantly, I had a lot of fun with the 2 lovely children, making me laugh and forgetting all my sadness. :) Thanks Lynnie, Kayden and Kaelyn! Some pics of the sweetie Kaelyn.
A pic that a good friend, Stevo, sent to me from Sydney. No photoshopping on the pic. Beautiful and surreal. :D
Lastly, 2 lovely pics of Ed gor's twins that never cease to brighten my day and cheer me up everytime I'm unhappy. They are so adorable and I love the pic where they are holding on to each other. Sweet!!!
Ok, I think I feel a lot better now after ranting, having the baby smell on me and seeing so many lovely pics! :) Shall not dwell on it for now since I'm going on leave soon. Will leave the thinking to when I'm on leave.
magz [10:42 PM]
*will dreams come true one day?*
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Europe Part 1 - London 5-7 Nov 2011
Here comes Part 1 of my loooooong overdue Europe trip post!! Once again, I'll try to let my pics do the talking. :)
05 Nov - 14 hour flight to London!! Stayed at Eeyore's bro's (W) place. Poor W had to sleep on the couch while we were there. So sorry!!!!
Beautiful clouds in the sky!
Snow on the window halfway through the flight!!
Eeyore and I on the plane - I was super tired but refused to sleep! Look at the eyelids!
1st time I see a London cab!
06 Nov - Outlet shopping day!!!!
The view when I looked out of the window the moment I woke up!! Gorgeous!!
Check out the porthole window - that's the living room window!! Feels like you are living in a submarine!
Hahaha - Can't help taking this photo - the workplace! Right where I was staying! This is taken from the ground floor of the apartment. :)
Baker Street Tube Station - Sherlock Holmes on the wall!!
Train ticket to Bichester Village for Outlet Shopping! :DDD
Night view of Bichester Village!
07 Nov - Buckingham Palace day + watching a play in London! Watched "Woman in Black". Nice!!! Wanted "Wicked" instead but no tickets.. :(
Greenwich Building where GMT is!
Changing of Guards at Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace
Princess Diana Memorial Walk
Can't remember what's what..
Chinese Lunch @ Four Seasons Roast Duck Specialist (Chinatown)
This is 5pm! Look at how dark it is! Beautiful monuments!
Time for "Woman in Black" @ Fortune Theatre!
Yoghurt for supper at a place called "Snog"! Cute!!
After which, home sweet home to bed as it's an early morning to Paris!!
Til the next post!! :)
magz [6:54 PM]
*will dreams come true one day?*
Friday, January 13, 2012
Friday the 13th
Today is Friday the 13th. How was ur day? Mine.. Was jus.. Indescribable..
I was busy the whole morning at work. Screwed up some stuff and found out at my most hectic hour - 2pm Sg time. I was in such a state of panic that I was almost in tears and breaking out in sweat. Thanks to 1 of the sales guys I am close to aka Ding Ding and most definitely to the guys in my team - G & N for helping me out, and to my spot trader S for not blaming me too much.
Managed to resolve the issue after an hour and thanks to my team mates for not blaming me at all! Feel really blessed and touched for their help!! Was so worried and stressed that I had a headache and felt like puking. Phew!! Was busy the whole day after that.
Then.. I had an argument with Eeyore. Sigh... Sometimes words can be ugly even more so when the words are phrased as accusations. :( don't wanna talk or think about it anymore. Just wish for more understanding sometimes and not make my day worse than it already was.. Why is it so hard?
Anyway, dinner with El, Irene and Cher. Thanks for the lovely pressie and the nice dinner! Makes the horrible day better with friends and good team mates. Maybe that's really all that I need in life..
Life goes on.. Hope ur Friday the 13th was a lot better than mine!!!
magz [11:26 PM]
*will dreams come true one day?*
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Brief Recap of 2011
Ok, I know I've disappeared from my blogging world again. I've tons to update!! And most importantly, I've missed out on my year end recap post. :( So here goes all updates in 1 post (hope I can cut the long story short by letting my pics do the talking, will try to put in pics that are not on FB but too lazy to edit any of the pics)!
Was on leave the last 2 weeks of December for the 1st time since I started working 7 years ago. Never ever have I taken off on my favorite month of the year! Met up with a few friends on and off. Eeyore fell sick the moment we started our leave from Fri to Tues. So I cooked for him everyday b4 I headed out. :p
17 Dec 2011 - Cho's place with at least 20 bottles of wines finished and a huge turkey for dinner. :D
18 Dec 2011 - Gathering at Lynnie's place for Kayden's 1 year old bday. ^.^
19 Dec 2011 - Meetup with Bee, Bingjie and Stacy for a cooking & baking day cum Xmas gift exchange @ Bingjie's new place! :)
20 Dec 2011 - Movie marathon with Eeyore - MI4, 那些年我们追过的女孩 & New Year's Eve. Most enjoyable!
21 Dec 2011 - Meetup with my Onz gang ladies who happen to all be on leave! Food + shopping! :)
22 Dec 2011 - Back to office for lunch with Soks and Shi Min. :D
23-29 Dec 2011 - KL where we played tennis, visited friends, went for massage and went to Faber's Hill. Saw the sign below (LOL) and waterfall. Saw some buddy bears too! Did scalp treatment twice.. FOC!!!
30 Dec 2011 - A day of luxury sponsored by dearest Peg. Manicure and pedicure spa cum a yummy Japanese buffet dinner! Countdown to my bday with Peg, MZ and Eeyore. :)
PS: Congrats to Sid and Stef on their wedding!!!
31 Dec 2011 - A quiet bday with lots of bday wishes! Had brunch with Eeyore at the place we went on our 1st date (Marmalade Pantry), then to GV Grand for Sherlock Holmes Gold Class, followed by dinner at Absinthe (awesome dinner!)! Beautiful day spent with the one I love! :D
And so, 2011 ends on a brilliant note! The year has really flown by in a blink of the eye. As usual, a year of ups and downs but definitely a year with more ups and downs.
Significant ups would be that I've regained contact of many wonderful friends whom I lost touch with throughout the years. I've had the best year of work ever despite not being able to take leave for a year til the end of it. Best review and appraisal from my peers and my manager. :) Gained recognition for my hardwork and efforts put in from my team!
Only 1 significant down point of the year - when my mentor was retrenched. That was the saddest day of the year where I cried in office uncontrollably like a mad person. Glad that he's finally found a job now and starting 2012 well!! (:
Overall, I'm happy with life and 2012 has started quietly. Hopefully I'll get some good news soon (I don't mean marriage!!) in terms of work. Keeping my fingers crossed for something that might happen but not getting my hopes up by too much lest I come crashing down with a huge thud. Let nature take its course and may 2012 be a good year for all!!!
magz [6:39 PM]
*will dreams come true one day?*
