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!?!!

(1) Book Phuket trip. YEAH!!! I’m doing my hotels research and I’m quite serious about splurging a little on the trip. Right now, Westin is on top of my list.

(2) Get the renovation quotes from another contractor. This is becoming kind of routine.

(3) Hunger games tonight. Don’t like the cinema but it’s the closest one. They should seriously upgrade the seats. They’ve increased the ticket prices over the years but the seats remain atrocious. If I remember, I’ll bring a back support pillow.

(4) I wonder if I can get any exercise done at all…???

(5) Sleep more. Rest more. From Monday onwards, I’ll be taking over one of the projects at work, which means the honeymoon is officially over. I hope I won’t have to OT!

my dad had a health scare this week. he said he saw blood when he goes to the toilet, and he started panicking and requested to see a specialist asap to get a colonoscopy done. to cut the story short, we went to the hospital this afternoon to keep him company, and the procedure is completely without a glitch. turns out that the bleeding originated from piles. even though the doc commented that the piles may need to be surgically removed if they cause problems and won’t heal, it’s considered “good news”. he was more worried about cancer obviously. phew.

i bought two books from kinokuniya yesterday and i’m dying to find some time to sit down and read! unfortunately, my personal life has been packed with chores and tasks, and i’m more busy when i’m at home than when i’m at work. anyway i’m home today because my colleague is overseas, i don’t have any meetings, and all i need to do for now is to write a research article, which i can do better at home than in the office. but for the entire morning, i’ve been scanning and photocopying documents, doing filing, checking bank accounts etc. arghs.

back to reading.. i’m getting excited about having my own full-height bookshelf in my new place. i wonder if it’s enough, or i should add more columns. let’s see what the interior designers recommend, and the price of course. can’t wait to have my own study room! and of course, my own place!!!

h said he’s received a deposit for his car… transaction will be closed by the end of this month. so from next month onwards, h and i will be sharing my car. part of our plans to cut unnecessary costs!

work’s fine so far. kind of bored actually. because i’ve not been given much to do yet. i’m helping out with little tasks here and there, but if my colleague is not around, i wouldn’t have much at hand. he’ll assign some tasks for me, but they don’t really take very long to complete. during my free time, i do surf the net to learn more about our competitor’s offerings. i think i’m a good employee.

other stuff…

my uncle sent me a message on fb, saying that they’ll probably be celebrating my grandma’s birthday this coming weekend. i think my sis already ordered a hamper for her. oh and my sis will finally be starting work next monday! i think we’re all worried for her. cos she’s not that confident to start with, and i wonder how she’s going to cope. i don’t even know how she’s going to stay awake the whole day, since she’s so used to waking up after 10am everyday. wish her good luck. the most i can do is to get my hubby to send us to nearby mrt stations whenever possible. so let’s just hope that her start-work hours are slightly flexible.

i’m slowly getting used to my new work life. things had been slow in the first few days, because of induction classes and the fact that i haven’t been thrown into a project. i’m quite sure that things will pick up pretty quickly in the next few weeks, because my colleague has deadlines coming, and he’ll need a lot of help with other stuff.

i was just given a huge dataset yesterday and i’m now in charge of “fishing”. surprised that they haven’t tried lots of statistical analyses on the set yet. and i sent out biz development emails to some people… hopefully someone will be interested. i really want to work on the sales part.

right now i’m pretty bothered by the house renovation thing. thinking about whether or not to renovate, how to do it, and who to look for. i’m also thinking about changing my phone. it’s losing its connectivity and reception, and i don’t know if it’s the provider’s problem or mine. i know i’ve dropped the phone tooooo many times and it’s my fault.

Feels good to be back home!

Well day one at work isn’t that bad, but I’ve been sleepy the entire day, and my eyes felt quite dry. They have arranged induction classes for the newbies, and they will take 3 full days to complete. I honestly can’t wait to start my tasks, because time flies faster when I’m busy. Btw, S told me that I’ll be sitting in for meetings with clients occasionally, and have to help out with sales/marketing, and I’m actually excited! The EC team does cool stuff too.. if I have the chance to do a project with them, I’ll definitely grab it.

Work is fine, just that the traveling isn’t. Woodlands and Hillview aren’t too close to town after all. Hillview will be much better after the mrt lines are completed, perhaps 3 to 4 years from now. And the packed trains aren’t making the journey more pleasant.

I hope H will get something he likes soon. Really, really, really worried about his career.

I’m starting work this wednesday! Can’t believe the break is over… I’m re-joining the rat race again. This time round, as a small prawn in a big big pond. I hope that I’ll like my work, my workload is manageable, my colleagues are nice, my boss is great and supportive, and the mrt will not break down!

I met j, a, c and e over lunch and in school today for a quick catch up. Will be starting work next week, so I doubt I’ll be able to go back to school to catch up with people after that. I haven’t had the chance to meet the psych peeps though. It’s a real pity. Hope we’ll be able to stay in touch! Btw I’m still trying to convince more people to go for the anniversary dinner. I’m seeing it as a reunion dinner!

J from the lab finally got her phd! That’s a tremendous achievement! I messaged her a few days ago and she said that the reality hasn’t kicked in. So, she doesn’t have concrete plans for celebrations yet. That’s unbelievable haha. If I’d been conferred a phd, I will throw a freaking huge party and I’ll be jumping up and down and screaming out loud. Maybe I’ll do a bungy-jump and scream my lungs out to commemorate. To me, it’s THAT incredible. They’re probably meeting next Friday for dinner cum celebration.. hopefully I’ll be able to attend.

Last few days of freedom, but my days are already packed with activities, whether I like them or not. My sis has a 21st bday party tomorrow, and on Monday we all have to go renew our passports. And it’s going to take an entire day. I hope they won’t piss me off again.