Changed me?

Attended a meeting last week (on behalf of my boss) and someone inside mentioned that it was not my level to make certain decision. Came back to office and told fellow colleagues. They were very very very angry with this remarks. All throughout lunch, this was the topic. I just kept quiet and never commented anything. Finally, one of them couldn't take it anymore and asked me, why am I always so cool and calm? They have never seen me blow my top before. LOL. They are always and constantly angry over stuff which I don't understand. LOL. Maybe my "processor" is slower and "dusty" so all the "impacts" will never reach me. LOL.

I am seated beside a lady who gets agitated very easily. Those in front of us find it very amusing. We are just like North and South poles. LOL. And that is why we can get along very well. With all the negative thoughts that she has, I always view them positively. LOL. We just sort of "complement" each other.

Eh... I don't know what's there to be so angry about in the first place. LOL. Whatever people want to say, I just let them be. I can't control them. They said that if ever one day I scold someone (during working hours), that person must be damn "sway". LOL. I guess I am angry only when it comes to family matter. LOL. Like how my kids are being treated... etc...

Come to think of it, this wasn't ME last time. Before I went to States, I WAS someone who blow up at the slightest thing at work. I guess the 2 years at Phoenix, I really 面壁思过 and changed into a totally different person. I guess things will be very different if I am still the OLD me now. LOL.

Is this change better or worse? People might perceive me as a timid and gutless person... always kena "push around"... oh well, what's there to fight? I just want a normal 9-5 job, a job that can let me go home on time so that I can spend time with my lovely kids. Climbing up the coporate ladder is not really my cup of tea.

Did I mention to anyone before that I actually inspire to be a housewife (after having Kayden)? LOL.

Good 风水?

Saw a colleague yesterday when I was on the way to the car. Below is our conversation.

CK: When are you due?
Me: August loh... Around National Day that period.
CK: How come Procurement so productive one huh? First is Lay Peng, now is you. You all take queue number one ar? Who is the next one?
Me: Our 风水very good mah. Whoever trying for babies, can come to our side. We can "rent" our cubicles to them. *LOL*

Lay Peng is my "next door" neighbour and she had just delivered in April. A princess after 2 boys! She is also new to the department, joined 1 month before me. When she was in her 2nd trimester, she told me that someone around her must be pregnant also because this happened to her when she was expecting her first 2. She didn't know that I was preggie. I then "confessed" and said... "ya... it's me loh". She burst out laughing!!! *LOL* I was only in my first trimester then.

In a short span of 1.5 year (from 2008 till 2009), 3 other colleagues also conceived and delivered! Thus, I think our department really has good 风水 and is a 旺地 for babies. =D

Random update

Big boss just announced that there will be changes (re-org of the dept) coming up soon in the next 1-2 months. Hopefully with this change, my "sliding" days will be over soon... *LOL*

Took my Labour Day off-in-lieu yesterday and brought Kayden to Mum's place. He is still having the runs and brought him to see doctor. He managed to take a 2hrs+ nap which he will never on weekends coz just too many "distractions" around... Luckily he's not a milk "addict" coz he is to go on a "milk strike". Luckily he's able to go to lala land at night even without a bottle before sleep. =) I always know he's a fuss-free kid. He was such an easy baby when we were in States. Going to bed at 7pm and never waking up for his night feeds starting from 4th month. Can play on his own while I prepared meals in the kitchen. That's why I don't understand why someone will say it's very difficult to look after him. *LOL*

Life seems to change so much with this little kiddo around. Can't remember when was the last time I went to the cinema. Can't remember when was the last time I read a book. Can't remember when was the last time I did stuff that I used to do before he was born. Never know my life will change so much after having a kiddo. But I guess, those "carefree" days are over... at least I can proudly say I do enjoy those days when I was "kiddo-less". *LOL* Now, just hoping that he will grow up healthily and steadily. =)

p/s: still trying to search for my camera cable...

6 months working "anniversary"

I just realised that I have been here, facing the trees and garden, for 6 months already! Gosh.... Seriously, I have no idea what I had contributed... (oppsss... praying hard that my boss won't read this). Everyday is a challenge coz we always pray hard that it's good "weather". *LOL*

Maybe I should go out this weekend and celebrate my worklife "survival". Ha ha...

Random

Was given 1 week MC to rest at home and since so eng, finally managed to upload Kayden's Birthday Celebration photos on to Facebook. Ha ha... Coming to almost 1 month since we had the party... Lazy to upload the photos here... so, for those interested, please go to the link below.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=156622&id=721362661&l=a3a6aac2ee

Though on MC, but still need to work... sigh... Calls kept coming in non stop. Laptop will be back with me tomorrow and I can foresee the endless emails which I have to clear. Sianz... To think that Doctor still said I need to rest more... oh well..

On a brighter side, heard that the Bonus Letter was given out last Friday! As I was on MC, not sure how many months I will be getting... (but pro-rated... still, better than nothing). Heard that Div I is getting better than Div II... hopefully mine will be a good one... =)

It's been Confirm.. that I....

It's been confirm that I have been confirm!! (is serving my 6 months probation period) Mine is a new post, in fact, my whole team is a newly set-up one. I am very busy doing powerpoint slides and churning out pie chart, bar chart and all kinds of charts everyday!! So much so that my peer from another team is always laughing at me, saying I will become a powerpoint expert next time. Sigh...

My boss asked me into his room yesterday and started to talk to me about my appraisal. Been worrying for quite some time about this as he was rather nasty to another colleague who is also new to the company. Surprisingly, he spoke to me very nicely *phew* and said he will be confirming me... even gave me quite a good grading!! (Hopefully the upcoming Performance Bonus will be a nice fat one, though will be pro-rated, but still.. better than $0!!)

Been working for close to 5 months and next month, will be my 6th month here, in the gardens. *LOL* He asked me question like... whether do I plan to stay here long or I just want to take a walk in the garden and leave them next year. Ha ha... This was totally opposite from what he told the other colleague of mine!

Nevertheless, I think this is something that calls for celebration but sad to say, Kenneth will be working this Saturday and we already have plans on Sunday. Sigh... Family time seems to be not enough all the times.... and yet Government still keep asking people to have more kids. Ha ha...

As Busy As a Bee.....

Never update for a very long long long time because life is sooooooooo busy!!! Very busy with work and was sent to attend course... *phew* Still need to update about my Birthday Celebration 2010 (Part 3) *LOL*.

Looking forward to the month of February as this will be our very 1st Chinese New Year together with our little boy. =) And our bundle of joy will be having his 1st birthday celebration on this very month too!! Can't wait... already ordered his cake but yet to order the buffet.... and yet to buy those decorative stuff. Hope the celebration will turn out to be a fabulous one!! Although most of the people attending will be from my side. *LOL*

Also, in this very month, something special is going to happen!! I shall blog about it when I have the time. =) Might be going to Hong Kong (not Aussie anymore) in March... Still yet to book anything coz, as usual, very busy with work. *LOL* Weekends? Very busy resting and going to Mum's place. =p Planning to go to Bestie Ms Tan's house this Sunday... hopefully will be able to make it to her house this time round. *LOL*

A Pleasant Surprise...

I had a very pleasant surprise this morning (just less than 5 minutes before I made this entry). I received my very first birthday present!!! It is from my lovely colleague, Ms C.L. She was afraid that I will go on leave (or MC) and so being Kiasu, passed the present to me so many days in advance. *LOL*

The lovely card that she made! I always prefer home-made gifts because this is something that money can't buy and when people asked what do I need, honestly, I don't really have any NEEDS now... it's more of the WANTS that's a lot!! *LOL*
She also got me this lovely pair of ear-rings. Really know my taste after "hanging" out with me for 2 months plus. =D

This is her! The beautiful Ms C.L. The "belle" of our department. With her around, things are done much easier when we need to get things going with other department. *LOL* Btw, she's still single but not so available already. *LOL* (Pardon my bloated face coz I am still on medication....)

I guess this is the one of the few things that make my working life more interesting now. So glad that I have some "kakis" at work... else I will die of boredom facing the trees everyday! *LOL*

Busy Work Week....

Work has been madness-ly crazy these few days because out of the 4 managers, 3 of them took urgent leave / childcare leave!!!!! One needs to go back to Malaysia for the granny-in-law's wake, the next one needs to stay at home coz the baby having high fever and the last one, 2nd son having HFM Disease while the eldest son is being hospitalised!!!! And all of them will only be back next week!

So... with them gone, means left only me to cover the 3 of them... This also means I am very very very busy.. and my boss' face is black like 包青天!!

I wanted to go in and talk to him yesterday but was warned that the "weather" in the room was dark and gloomy! My colleague went in before me and told me that it was "thunder storm". *LOL* So, I very quietly retreated back to my seat... Who knows, he came out to look for me... But luckily, he still smile to me... *phew* Guess he should be grateful that I am around. *LOL*

So looking forward to the long weekend ahead... Looking forward to the time I can spend with my little baby and friends!

Random Update

The 4 of us plus one of the executive went into Boss' room yesterday. LP told him that she wants to clear her 6 days of childcare leave in December. Boss is not very happy about it. He claimed that this type of leave should be taken when we need to bring our babies for vaccinations, and asked us not to abuse it. -.-" And I thought government is very PRO FAMILY??????? Then he further said that LP and my section seems to be very quiet after office hours... eh... already after office hours... how "noisy" he wants us to be? He expects us to work OT... like the other section... sigh.... *ROAR* He asked if we can go for overseas assignment... well, what can I say? He knows that Baby K is well taken care of by my in-laws. Hopefully he will send me to some "decent" country. Sigh....

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Boss asked me and CL to walk around the office to introduce ourself to colleagues from other departments. He said we need to let our presence known so that work will be easier for us in future. Sigh... Am I being hire to be PR? Maybe I am in the wrong department. *LOL* I am still thinking of how to get this done... Walk around and distribute candy bars to key personnels who we need to liaise with most of the times? *clueless*

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Bumped into Lena and Duwei on the train the other day. Lena is one of the wife I met when I was in AZ. Very bubbly and cheerful. She said her hubby going to States again but to another place. As for Duwei, he is an old friend... AC's friend, to be exact. MRT seems to be the place for me to bump into old friends. *LOL*

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Walked into Sun Plaza after work yesterday and burnt a big hole in my pocket. =p Bought some dresses and tops and signed up a "trim eyebrow" package. *LOL* Like this, cost me SGD300+!!! Asked Kenneth if he wants to sponsor my spending, he said he will fully reimburse me!! *grin* Like this, why still need me to work since he can substain my spending... hahaha....

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Celebrating Ms Aw's birthday this weekend and the next weekend, will be celebrating Ms Tan's birthday! Both besties birthday are in November... same as Kenneth's!!

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Kenneth said Baby K is able to hold on to the side of the bed and walk a few steps. I am so sad... I miss witnessing Baby K's first step. Sigh... And when I am home, he never cruise around to show me. He barely knows how to crawl and now is trying to master the skill of cruising. *LOL* Maybe he will start walking before he even can crawl. *LOL*

1 month "work-ni-versary"

It's coming to 1 month ever since I started working after my 2 years plus of break. Got my first pay and it comprises of salary from October till November 09. Been such a long long long time ever since I saw such amount being credited into my bank account. Hee hee.... Think I should give a treat to Kenneth and my Brother-in-law coz they had been paying every time when we go out to eat. *LOL*

Work has been okie... Colleagues are FINE! So blessed to have my girls with me. Though I am with them for only 1 month, but they had already given me lots of advices with regards to human relations. *LOL* The best thing is, they are only 2 months old with the company! Good bye to my once peaceful life... Hello to the POLITICAL WORLD!

Lunch time is a torture! The nearest food court is like 15-20 mins walking distance away and we have to "climb up the slope". So, most of the times we just pack our own lunch and heat it up at the miserable pantry. FIL is very kind, he will pack my lunch for me, even prepare bread for me to bring to office to eat as breakfast. *LOL* But I just heard, the Old Chang Kee mobile van is coming to our office during lunch next week! We are soooo overjoy! Really looking forward to it...

Didn't manage to take any pictures of my green green office surrounding. Shall try to take some soon and post it up... and after that, some might know where is my office... *LOL*

KPIs?

I was told to come up with my own KPIs. What a joke!!! My section is a newly formed one. And now, they are not sure what I should be handling and asked me to work out something. Ha ha... Ok loh.. My KPI will be... Sit in the garden everyday, sip my tea and enjoy the fresh air. Good enough? =p

One Week Plus...

Time pass really fast! Without realising, I had been working for 1 week plus. Work is slowly but surely starting to "flow" in. Love my colleagues (close to 2 of them) as we share common interests. Funnily, one of them, the birth date is same as Kenneth's and the other one, the birth date is same as Baby K's! They said we are fated to meet here and be in the same dept. *LOL* Attended an offsite meeting and my ex-manager was there too. Funny feeling coz we are now representing our own company. Nevertheless, we had a great time catching up!!

Baby K had progress quite a bit too. He is able to sit for a very long time now and able to change into the sitting down position when he's on his tummy and he can actually do it with ease! Quite shocking for me and I really miss those days when I was always around with him 24/7 (mostly). He is also always up on his fours but doesn't know what to do after that. *LOL* I think soon he will realise, that position is actually for crawling. *LOL*

Sitting very upright! Good posture that babies have!
Smiling for the camera...

Check out the big head!

The baby who is always happy and smiling... =)

1st Day...

Yesterday was my 1st day at work. Nothing much to do, it's always like this on the 1st day. Was asked to browse through the intranet. Met 2 lovely colleagues, Lay Peng and Cara. The other people in my department seems to be very stress up at work. *LOL* They had been working here for a long long long time... eh... so not very young anymore! In fact, I am the youngest in the department. *LOL* Boss asked me to decorate my cubicle because it is very empty now. Only my notebook and few chairs around. *LOL* Slowly and surely, I will do it nice nice.. just like those days in the previous company.

This new work place is full of greens! I get to see trees and lots more trees everyday! Also get to see lots of doggies. Simply wonderful (as long as the dogs don't come near me)! Lunch is a problem though. I might need to follow Kenneth and bring home cooked food for lunch everyday! Hmm.. maybe should be his turn to cook for me now. *LOL*

Hope the rest of the days.. months... years will be good over here... =)
Simply love my new office and maybe will love my new workload... *LOL*