For the first time since I took up the job, I felt the stress and anxiety associated with the role. We were in a meeting discussing the changes to be made to the last report, and I kept wondering how it's going to affect the next report that I'm supposed to produce. Wish me all the best! I'm finally seeing the true colours of consulting...

I'm meeting jk and p tomorrow to celebrate p's birthday over dinner! (if she turns up, that is. her boss has been giving her hell i heard.) after 2.5 years (according to jk), the three of us finally met up for tea last saturday, and we decided to meet up for dinner again because it's p's 26th birthday. i hope i remember to take photographs! i brought my camera to our tea session on saturday but i forgot all about it. damn.

my grandma is visiting next sunday! time flies.... i actually managed to convince her to come visit, and i'm feeling proud of myself. she's not that interested to visit initially, because her legs have been bad and she can't walk around like before. i told her i'm graduating, my sis is graduating, we can take photos together. and my small sis wants to fly on SQ to kl and back, and she'll only get to do that if my grandma is coming together. and then hopefully my house renovation will complete and she can visit the new place (come to think of it, it's quite unlikely). and i intend to go to kl in august and i can bring her back by flight. wow i have good convincing powers

one last note about the house renovation. we just brought 2 contractors up to the unit this evening to take some measurements. so we're waiting for detailed quotations and we're going to decide who we want to hire. i think we both have an idea already, but we want to follow through the process. can't wait to move into my new place. it's going to be FANTASTIC!

I have stopped thinking about the phd for a couple of months... until I went back to school a few days back and I started talking to people. I really like academia life, the environment, the freedom and the ability to do your own research. But I'm still not convinced that I can or should do a phd. Oh well. I'm distracted!

That aside, I had a great time catching up with friends. Met M, T and S for lunch, and we were discussing T's girl troubles and S's upcoming japan trip. M's supervisor is leaving, so he's also having a difficult time ahead. Then I met NH, and till today I wonder why it's much easier to talk to him as a student or friend, instead of working with him. I remembered how fed up I was. But what's past is past Anyway, after that I had a quick chat with R too. Perhaps the only soul in the campus who lives without a handphone and insists on not having one. I miss these peeps! Hope we'll keep in contact!

It's been a great sunday for me so far. H and I woke up early, went for breakfast, and then made a trip to our future home to take some photos and allow the feng shui master to give us his comments. Thankfully, he said it's "good for the money", feng shui-wise. We have to make some adjustments, but not much really. Will take his suggestions into serious consideration when I decide on the final designs.

And I'm really getting excited about moving into my own place. I went for a swim at H's place after we went for coffee cum lunch at CBTL, and throughout the swim I thought that it will be wonderful if I could get some friends over for a swim together over the weekend at my own place. We can chill by the pool, have some beers, sandwiches and exchange stories. I can't wait!

Back to the swim.. I think it's therapeutic. The weather has been pretty gloomy the past few days, and I really appreciated the sun today. I was the only person in the pool (which was surprising), and I swam on and on and didn't feel tired at all. Quite lost in my own thoughts. I'm starting to feel the tiredness slowly creep into my body now though. And I think I got a bikini line almost instantly.

I managed to do some cleanup too. Did the laundry, vacuumed the house...

I'm feeling contented and pleased. I look forward to moving into my own place so that I can enjoy my own perfect sundays!

Today's good friday and it feels like a saturday instead. It's a public holiday, and it's really great to have a break from the crowded trains and long journey to and back from work!

I think I'm settling into my work rather well. I know exactly what's going on and what I have to do for the next 3 months. We're officially starting a project and it's going to end by July. I hope it'll be a simple, straight-forward one! Meanwhile, I've also managed to secure a meeting with a prospective client. I would be so damn proud of myself if we end up signing a contract with them at a later date! We really need to work on business development for the rest of the year.

Personal life wise... we haven't decided on which renovation contractor to use. There's a guy who seems pretty confident of his designs, but his quote was 20k higher than the rest! There's another guy who seems to be rather reliable, but I'm still not convinced that he knows what I want. The third contractor is even worse... we met him and told him what we want, and the quotation he gave us had lots of mistakes. He totally forgot to quote the costs for an entire room, and added things that we said we won't need. Why is it so difficult to find someone I really want to work with!?!!