'Puk Kai'

Thats cantonese for fallin on the street.... yes, that's wat happened to me yesterday morning on my way to office. Injured my left knee and leg... its swollen, red and bruised (as u can see pic). Have to slow down my walking pace and limb today.. :(

Happy Belated Birthday!!

I hv been quite bad these past yrs in keeping track of ppl's birthday. I used to make sure that I wished my friends on their birthday, get them a card/ presents and organise a dinner or a gathering. However, since last year, I totally lost it! Cant really remember ppl's birth date anymore. Sometimes have to rely on other friends to organise something...

So, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my friends who is born this month a 'Happy Belated Birthday!'. Who are they? Let me list them down:

1. Shueh Yue - Highly stressed schoolmate of mine. I really admire her dedication towards climbing the corporate ladder even though that means giving up free time. Yo, really admire your dedication towards work. Keep it up!

2. Eric - A good friend since Form 2!! He's like a brother I never had. We may not see each other that often but when we do, its always nice to share our life story and keep track of each other's life. Hey mate, you've been a good friend. Hope life gets more exciting and fulfiling for you!

3. Cat - My ozzie housemate for 2 yrs. She's really fun to be with and sometimes can give really good advice. Currently happily settled down in Melbourne (no, she's not married. Just moved). Hey Cat, just read your email abt how ur turning 30! Dont worry, life has just begun for you as a professional worker! heehehee Take care n keep in touch yea.

Roaming sucks!

I seem to be getting my sms ONE DAY LATE! Thats not the only problem. Some sms comes in broken into half.. and i wont get the other half until the next day!! I dont understand.. i'm paying so much monies for roaming and this is what they are doing to me?!?!?

Funnily enuf, this only happens when i'm here in europe/uk. When I was in Cambodia, I dont hv this prob. Speaking abt charges... my phone bill sky rocketed to around RM350 for the 3 wks stay!! and this is only minimal call made.. mostly only sent sms. Sigh...

The other irritating thing is that I keep getting the same sms damn alot of times!!! On avg I think I get them like more than 10 times before it decides to stop. Frus man just deleting sms... The only good thing about this is when my bf send me nice, sweet sms and I keep getting them for like a day.... it really brighten up my day... :)

Hamburg

As I promised, some pics taken in Hamburg. Remember I was only there for 2 days, i.e. dont hv time to explore the place at all except for the path I took walking from the hotel to the office & the car journey to & from the airport and hotel! I am starting to understand why ppl say business travel is no FUN!

Max is always with me, everywhere I go... so cute rite. This was taken in the hotel room.

















Morning view from outside the hotel restaurant.

















The walkway to office besides the lake. Bloody slippery to walk on snow on non-spikey shoes! Luckily didnt slip and fall on my face...
















The view of the lake besides the walkway. Its soo cold until the lake is frozen!

WEIRD!

I have been forbidden from my own blog!!! Anyone can explain to me why pls???!!??

First Day in London

The world is getting smaller and smaller. I bumped into my ex-EY partner while waiting to get out of the plane upon arrival in Heathrow. See, even going to another continent also will bumped into ppl from KL. On top of that, my ex BOSS!

We were both sitted upstairs in business class, with me in front and she at the back. Thats why didnt see her at all. Me no need to walk to the back you see. The wash room is in the front. She told me she's here to attend her sis wedding.

I told my manager here that I bumped into her, and he asked me whether she was on economy class or business class. It would be quite funny to see her in economy class and me in business class... it would really justify why I left EY!! haahahahaha But of course, it didnt happen.

I'm just curious if she would compare the benefits between EY employees and MNC employees... Maybe then she will not be so 'angry' or feel betrayed when ppl leave...

Off to Hamburg tmrw for 2 days!

Assignment No 2 - HELLO LONDON!

Hv been tryin to get ready for my second assignment... Back to London!! This time its for a longer period... 3 weeks! Within that 3 weeks, I'll be going to Hamburg for 3 days.

Everyone has been quite 'envious' of my current jet setter lifestyle. A part of me thinks that "Wow! I have gotten quite far in my career path... to be able to fly around for work (which is what I wanted to do." The other part of me is thinking "How long will I be able to sustain this kinda lifestyle?".

In all honesty, its not all that nice... visiting different places & meeting diff ppl are probably the nicest thing abt this job. What's 'not so good' ? I can list down a whole bunch of things:

• Being away from loved ones for a long period of time
• Screwing up my body clock, esp when it involves going to diff time zone
• Eat like a pig! I think i hv put on like 2 kg from my last trip
• High expectation from the bosses. If not, they wont send me ard rite?!?!
• You get too tired at nite after work to do / think about anything else.

So you might be thinking, since there are quite a few 'not so good' things, why i still wanna take up this job? I think maybe cos I love the challenge, I wan to experience different things. An ex-colleague's mother told me before I joined "You're too comfortable in EY already! Time to experience other things"

Of course I dont like to face challenges ALL THE TIME. But sometimes its good to hv a challenge. It sort of test you how far you can go and perform. When you fail, it gives you a chance to improve on areas which you're not good at.

Cambodia Pics

You can head to Flickr to view the pics I took while I was in Cambodia --> http://www.flickr.com/photos/34674549@N00/

Took quite alot of pics but only loaded the highlights.. enjoy :)

Bye Bye Phnom Penh!

I know I promise to put up the pics.. but I was too lazy last weekend. Must spent quality time with my babe and sleep! heehehehe Will try n upload them this weekend.. I promise.

Today is my last day in Phnom Penh... been here for 3 weeks.. time really flies.. in a flash and I have complemeted one assignment! How do I feel? Not too bad.. helped the general auditors with 2 processes and I came up with 2 memos... but of course since I'm new, am not too good in writing the memos their style. But it has been a fun process, ppl here are very nice and helpful. Of course being an auditee sometimes they tend to be abit defensive and question every sentence you put in the report. Overall it has been a good experience!

Next stop, London & Hamburg. Will be flying off to London for 3 weeks in another wks' time. In between, will be going to Hamburg for 3 days. Seems like its snowing in Hamburg.. its gonna be bloody cold!!! :S