Corporate World

While my friends are voicing out their dis-pleasure from having to endure racists remarks cos they are living in a so-called 'developed' country and we're from a 'developing' country, I am facing my own kind of challenges. The CORPORATE WORLD...

Before, life in EY was quite fun... growing up with your peers, going to parties, drinking ever so frequently, bitching & complaining about our managers, studying for professional papers, etc. Now as I've moved on to join the so-called 'commercial' industry, my outlook has definitely changed.

For a start, there's so much politics in the organisation. Everyone is looking after their own backside. Makes auditor life so much harder... its like survival of the fittest !!!! Seriously, no kidding.

I'm currently having a flu, with my eyes swollen and nose red with mucus flowing down non-stop trying to complete my review while waiting for my boss, sitting in UK to call me... What a life!

Anyway, its Dav's birthday tmrw... looking forward to a good celebration. A colleagues suggested champagne with strawberries and cream... hehehehe

Dating

Dav and I went to Ikea 2 nites ago cos he wanted to get some filling stationeries. On the way there I realised that its our first outing since we both came back (exclude all the hse visits la).. so I told him 'Hey its our first date since we came back!'. Then he turn around and said 'We still date meh???'

OMG!!! So you're saying we dont date anymore???? Why after being together for more than 2 yrs, there's no more dating?? Then how would u classify the times we go movies, shopping, dinner, meeting up with friends, etc... So those are just considered 'OUTINGS' ?

It didnt really register well with me... surely there must be some kind of definition for these rites? Lets examine the relationship cycle:

1. Get to know each other stage (become friends first)
2. Dating stage (relationship with each other abit blur now - friends / more than friends)
3. Confirm feelings for each other (start seeing each other exclusively)
4. Further enhance on relationship (ie spend more time wth each other! - same as dating?)
5. Assess whether partner is marriage potential (at this point, for those who cannot commit, pls jump back to #1)
6. If everything goes as planned, get married and have kids.
7. Work your life off for the sake of the kids life and education! hahahahahah

Quite a sad cycle, but thats the truth....

I would like to think that every outing with your loved one is a date. Then everyone wld be expected to behave in their best behaviour, showing off their best side... hahahaha not to say there is a bad side to hide, but to make it a good experience, everyone will give-in to each other...

Wats your view?

Long time no see

Past few weeks hv been quite hectic.. with all the travelling, tryin to meet up with friends in Spore, having some quality time with Dav and worse of all WORK is pilling up!

Was downloading the pics from my new camera and realise I totally failed in taking pics while I was in Spore!!! Only managed to capture some pics in Sentosa.. nothing interesting to put up.

Am really glad that Dav is back... and looking forward to our trip to Cambodia in Sept. But before that can happen, I've got some major travelling to do ... the usual, fly here fly there. But I think the worse is yet to come. Just realise I might spent 5 wks in Sydney!

Dav is back from Houston, so its kinda nice that both of us are in the same place at the same time. He also spent some time with me last week in Spore...

Nothing significant is happening. Besides the usual stress. Been reading a few of my friends' blog. Seems like everyone is so much better at writing... me just dunno wat to blog abt these days. Life is kinda mundane. Feeling tired now.. gonna sleep. ZZzzzzZZzz....

Passing of an aunt

This seems to happened when I'm overseas.

My aunt (dad's side) passed away this morning in Spore. Currently waiting for my dad to arrive in Spore to join them in the funeral ceremony. He & my other uncle drove down this morning.

New Alarm System

we had an alarm installed into our house today. took a whole day for one person to install it. drilled holes everywhere... its kinda funny to see what a clean freak my mummy is... with this kinda of 'activities' going on, a normal person would wait for everything to complete before starting on the cleaning process... but NO, my mummy, have to vacuum and mop the whole house everytime the guy walk pass.... I actually observed her after i came back from work. She actually did the vacuuming & mopping at least 4 times in the period of 20 mins!!! seriously i think she has OCD!!! hahahahha

anyway, so after all the installation done, the hard part has arrived... teaching my parents how to operate it.... its another funny story. let just say i need to repeat the steps a few times before they got the hang of it. this alarm system quite 'canggih' one... can call the mobile phone and switch off the alarm using the mobile phone.

I think my mummy abit anxious about activating the alarm cos both my dad & I will be travelling this wkend. I'm away longer than my dad, but still the initial feeling of using something unfamiliar is quite scarry. I think my dad is more worried than my mummy.... hahaha we'll see if there is any drama in the next few days.

Am off to Spore this sunday! Cant wait to meet all my friends there... gonna get a new digital camera tmrw and bring it over with me. Will keep everyone posted!

happiness

How do u measure happiness?
Based on your mood? Life achievement?
Issit something more tangible, like being able to obtain something
Or issit just something more intangiable? like you're feeling happy today

some even consider being healthy contributes to happiness

have u ever asked yourself if you're happy?
how would you interpret or define being happy?
can money buy happiness? maybe... maybe not
is being happy tied to being materialistic? sometimes
does the ability to obtain material objects allows the person to be happy?
some say yes, some say no

is there long term and short term happiness?
why do people want to be happy? what's the purpose of being happy?
has anyone thought abt that?

Wake up Steph!

was reading Cat's blog (she wrote abt the war in Lebanon) and suddently realised I've been so engrossed in MY own life... non-stop complain abt MY loss, MY suffering, MY pain...

its time to expand my horizon and thank god for all the things I have...

Thanks Cat for indirectly make me realise there's more to life than all that I've complained abt!

obstacles

been trying to recover as much as i can after the thief took majority of my gadgets!! when i say recovery, i mean try and find a replacement. Definitely no money to buy another watch AND a camera.. luckily the laptop is insured.

One thing i really dont understand is the thief's mentally... how can u steal my 02 charger & data transfer usb cable and not take the ipod with its mini speaker?!?! n it was sooo obviously convenient.. i'm sure the ipod will bring in more money than the charger. So i had to go n get a new charger and usb cable. Initially found one which only cost RM50.. so damn happy.. then only to be let down by the fact that the adapter doesnt work for O2 Atom! sigh.... so no choice but have to buy the original one.. which costs RM160!!!

Ok, thats settled. Second bit, camera & SD card. I was kinda proud that I finally have some money to buy my own camera, and now its gone. The stupid thief didnt even take the charger, battery & usb cable! I'm left with all these accesories which I dont know what to do with it. Being a lucky girl, my dad has graciously offered to buy me a new one! So now the dilemma is whether to buy the same one or get another model. If I get the same one, then I"ll have an extra set of accesories. If I get a new one.. I can opt to get a 'better' one.. hehehehe

My watch.. the only one I've worn since uni days. Imagine I have not worn a watch for the past 4 years. Then now.. its back to not wearing one. And to think that I spent so much effort looking for a particular design... sigh. Anyone wanna offer to buy me a dual time watch???

My heart is aching....

On top of all these, I have to 'endured' my non-direct reporting manager, who keeps complaining abt how slow everything works here (the manager is from Spore, go figure). Ranging from how slow it is to get me a brand new replacement laptop, how slow it takes IT to configure my new laptop to why HR sent my confirmation letter to my Singapore when I"m a Malaysia staff... sigh.. I also cant answer her.. imagine I'm an IT auditor some more... how like that?? give IT a 'Requires Attention' opinion issit.. sigh

my ranting not ending yet.... so i've just been confirmed. It was due in June.. but as my boss is so damn far away, it was delayed. Good news is I've been confirmed and my salary was revised. Bad news is I've just realised I may not be a very good auditor. In my evaluation, under weaknesses, my boss say I have not raised alot of audit points! I actually agree with him... have not been able to perform since I left EY. I realise my strength is in organising and planning. Am thinking of venturing into project management... anyone know who is hiring?!?!?

thats it all.. dowan to complain anymore..