我爱他-<丁当>

他的镜框留在 某一节车厢

地下铁里的风 比回忆还重

整座城市一直等着我

有一段感情还在漂泊

对他唯一(如果还有)遗憾 是分手那天

我奔腾的眼泪 都停不下来 若那一刻重来

我不哭 让他知道我可以很好

我爱他 轰轰烈烈最疯狂

我的梦 狠狠碎过却不会忘

曾为他 相信明天就是未来

情节有多坏 都不肯醒来

我爱他 跌跌撞撞到绝望

我的心 深深伤过却不会忘

我和他 不再属于这个地方

最初的天堂 最重的荒唐

如果还有遗憾 又怎么样呢

伤了痛了懂了 就能好了吗

曾经依靠彼此的肩膀

如今各自在人海流浪

我爱他 轰轰烈烈最疯狂

我的梦 狠狠碎过却不会忘

逃不开 爱越深越互相伤害

越深的依赖 越多的空白

该怎么去爱

我爱他 轰轰烈烈最疯狂

我的梦 狠狠碎过却不会忘

曾为他 相信明天就是未来

情节有多坏 都不肯醒来

我爱他 跌跌撞撞到绝望

我的心 深深伤过却不会忘

我和他 不再属于这个地方

最初的天堂 最重的荒唐

如果还有遗憾 又怎么样呢

伤了痛了懂了 就能好了吗

我奔腾的眼泪 都停不下来

若那一刻重来 我不哭

让他知道我可以很好

Luanne & Jindao's Big Day

Congrats to Luanne & Jindao! They finally tied the knot after 11 years of courtship...wow...they have been together for sooo long!

The beautiful bride and handsome groom.

3 attempts of photo-taking and the groom's eyes were still closed, so not my fault! =P

They performed for the guests.

I love Luanne's lime green dress!

Time really flies, I have left SQ for almost 2 years already. Having to meet many of my ex-colleagues at Luanne & Jindao's wedding lunch last sunday, I felt nostalgic...it seemed like yesterday that I joined SQ as an AO. I really missed the good times I had in SQ. In fact till today, I am unable to explain what prompted me to leave the organisation...hmm...

With Kaisin and Eugin...they are the AOs of my time. =)

The pretty ladies from SD. 2 of them (excluding me) are ex-crew, can you guess who?

The past and present CCAOs

Sadly, my camera ran out of battery so couldn't take picture with Seth and Angie. =(

Sandwich

I feel like a sandwich for the past few days...and I think I will continue to feel like one till 5 Feb. Sighz, I just hope that people can be more understanding. If I have a choice, I don't wanna take up your time too. But if ad-hoc requests keep coming in, what can I do?

Dinner @ Iluma BenTen

When we passed by BenTen @ Iluma after our steamboat buffet last week, we saw this super huge ice-cream being displayed outside the restaurant...and thus, we decided to dine at BenTen on Friday! Honestly, the food wasn't fantastic...though they looked good.

What we ordered

Smoked salmon salad.
Though I am not a salad fan, I like the salad dressing.

Mini katsu don.

I prefer the one at the $6.90 Japanese restaurant at Chinatown

Teriyaki Chicken Udon

Teriyaki Chicken Soba

Both Udon & Soba tasted too sweet

Spicy Ramen

I never tried this. But both Kelly & Ee Wa didn't like the noodles.

A group picture of the gals

We are Gen Y!

Knowing that Vincent is a huge ice-cream eater, we decided to order this

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The bigger tube of ice-cream I ever had!

The server must be feeling tired after preparing this.

Taking turns taking picture with this amazing thing

And within half an hour, it is all gone!

Mysterious Cuts on my fingers

I have 4 cuts on my fingers,

3 of which I don't know how did they ended up there...

TGIF

I love Friday coz weekend is coming!

Went for steamboat buffet with Ee Wa, Sandy and Kelly at Illuma after work.

This is the place. We are not allowed to take photo of the surroundings. What is the reason? I don't know...

The raw food

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after 5 mins...

The cooked food.

I love the sukiyaki soup base

Sandy ordered so much vegetables...I think she should have born in the year of cow since she simply loves vegetable

Camwhoring and more camwhoring...

We were all stuffed after 2hours of steamboat buffet. =)

Ee Wa and I take turns taking pictures

Why is Prudential taking so long?

What is Prudential's SLA for responding to customers' enquires or complaints? Or should I ask whether the company has any SLA?

Despite waiting for 3 days, I failed to get a reply from my agent on the name issue which I wrote about in my previous post. Is it really that difficult to check the database and correct the mistake? Does the company need a few month just to change my name? Well, in the first place, I don't understand why they can get my name wrongly keyed in the database. This is such a careless mistake. And the fact that they failed to correct it promptly made the matter worst.

As compared to my AIA agent, this Prudential agent is such a failure...Well, I don't doubt that she can be really good in coaxing her customers to purchase insurance products from her and earning loads of money from closing the deals. But she is really a disappointment in servicing her clients.

Disappointed with Prudential...Again

Why is my name still not reflected correctly on my insurance policy statement? Didn't I informed my agent of this mistake a few month ago? Didn't I fax my IC her? How come it is still wrong?

I am really very fed up with Prudential...but yet I can't surrender my policy without suffering a loss. So I have to continue to feed them money despite being unhappy with their service. wtf!

This saga started officially in May 2009 when I received a mass sms from my Prudential agent. In her sms, she stated that she has decided to leave the company and her sister will be taking over her client servicing role as my prudential agent. Since she did not include her sister's contact no. in the sms, I reckoned that I needed not to contact this new agent as she will be taking the initiative to call me soon.

A few weeks later, I received a letter from Prudential that informed me that my agent has changed and this new agent is supposed to call me within a month.

However, I waited for about 2 months and there is no call or sms from this new agent. Having purchased an investment-linked policy, I wanted to get some updates from this new agent (my last update from my Prudential agent was about 2 years go). Thus, I sms my ex-agent to request for her sister's no. I am disappointed that she failed to reply as it proved a total change of attitude as compared to the time when she tried to get me to purchase the policy.

I finally get to speak to the new agent after going through rounds of calls with the contact centre staff and an unsuccessful attempt to log my request on the website (I deemed it as unsuccessful as the staff who was maning the website only called me 2 weeks later...I really wonder whether this is their SLA). The excuse that the new agent gave me was really quite lame. She said that she was busy moving house and thus, she had no time to contact me...wow, I didn't expect to hear such an excuse. How long does it take to make a phone call?

This incident was a really unpleasant one. Yet, I chose to give her a chance to be my agent. And now, I am disappointed again.

When I received my policy statement a few months ago, I noted that my name was incorrect and thus, I asked her to make the amendments. Yet till today, the mistake still persist. Did she take the effort to make the changes for me? Is there something wrong with the operations of company?

Just for Laugh

OFFICE ARITHMETIC
Smart boss + smart employee = profit
Smart boss + dumb employee = production
Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion
Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime

SHOPPING MATH
A man will pay $20 for a $10 item he needs.
A woman will pay $10 for a $20 item that she doesn't need.

GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

HAPPINESS
To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.
To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.

LONGEVITY
Married men live longer than single men do, but married men are a lot more willing to die.

PROPENSITY TO CHANGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.

DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUGGING YOU ABOUT GETTING MARRIED
Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, 'You're next.' They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.

2nd time on SG Flyer

This is my 2nd time taking the flight and the place is relatively quiet as compared to my first visit in 2008. In fact, no one is queueing to purchase the flyer tickets. Well, this is not surprising. Taking the flyer is nothing exciting. I would not have gone there if not for my corporate ticket. And of cos, I wanna to accompany auntie since she has not taken the flight before.

Taking picture before taking the flight. I was trying to make myself feel excited about the experience of taking the flight...though I know there is nothing to be excited about...

FK was totally bored...his mind is full with work issues

Tickets booked!

I finally managed to book my tickets to Europe! Will be stopping over at Paris for 4 days before we head to Berlin and Hamburg. This is my first time travelling during cny and I am so excited. It's gonna be super cold in Europe and I got to start sorting out my winter wear again.

Staying in hotels in Paris is sooo expensive. I was checking out the rates with my sis yesterday night but couldn't find a reasonable priced and comfortable hotel at a good location. I think we will probably spend 1 or 2 nights at the Disney Resort hotel as it is relatively cheaper...

Europe during CNY?

I am planning to visit Berlin, Austria and Slovakia during the cny week. Managed to find ticket to Berlin that doesn't have long transit time...now eagerly waiting for my sister in Berlin to let me know whether to proceed with my booking. I really hope that I can make it to Europe this time. I am in need of a holiday!!!

Life with simple pleasures

My long weekend was plain but happy. Spending time with my loved ones, lazing at home, eating good food, watching shows...though there wasn't any fanciful party, I am really glad that I am still given to time and opportunity to do all these. Life is so unpredictable and I think I begin to learn to appreciate people and things around me.

Ok, I shall not start my new year being so emotional...Come on, high note please! Greedy me gonna blog about some of the good food I had during the long weekend.

Dinner @ Blk 442 Jurong West on New Year Eve

Asam fish head - I am not exactly a fan of fish head because I can never find the meat and thus, I always end up having the gravy and miserable vegetables. Well, glad that I had this asam fish head with caring FK on New Year eve. He never fails to dig out the meat for me...hehe...

Dinner @ Waraku with FK, WQ and Belinda

I had a sumptuous set meal which consisted of:

Salmon Sashimi - My favourite!

Tempura Prawn & Vegetables

Grilled seafood on don't what leaf...

I shared some of my food with FK so that I could also have the beef with egg which he ordered. =P

This beef with egg is really yummy. I prefer this to my grilled seafood.

FK said that I looked like Dong Ku Man (Cantonese) with my trimmed fringe...that ugly meh?

We went to Meritus Mandarin for drinks and desserts after our meal. Had an argurment with the waitress as she told us that we were not allowed to dine at any of the restaurant in the hotel in shorts/berms and slippers...Damned! Didn't I just dine at Chatterbox in shorts a few weeks ago? But of coz, we were allowed to dine at restaurant after she checked with her Manager...

The company, the desserts and the drink.

Dinner @ Hup Choon Seafood near Bukit Timah after Badminton session with FK, Joey and Winston

Cuttlefish with Kang Kong. Heard from them that having too much Kang Kong will have cramps. Is that true? Nevertheless, this dish is delicious!

Yam ring request by me. I think I ate half of the ring...

Prawn paste chicken. I had 3 though there were only 8 pieces...so greedy

This curry fish head is good...I depended solely on FK to dig the meat for me. =P

Now is time to diet and exercise...in preparation for more good food to come.

Boxing Day

Met up with Amy, Grace & Mary for tea on Boxing Day at Tea Cosy. This is my first time dining at Tea Cosy and I really love the deco of the place.

Lovely deco and delicious food...the vintage chair which I sat on was for sale for $500++! Luckily I didn't damage it... =P

Satisfied ladies

Went for dinner at Zion Road, followed by KTV at Party World with another group of friends. Greedy me was too busy eating so didn't take any pictures of the food.

The group at Party World

FK and I posed for a picture with our presents

I pray for my friend

I couldn't sleep well last night. I was really worried that he couldn't pull through. I really don't want the office cubicle beside me to be empty. God, can you please save him?

End of Spa saga? Hopefully...

Atos Wellness group offers to take in stranded spa customers
Channel NewsAsia - Friday, December 25

SINGAPORE: The spa industry took a blow more than a month ago when two outlets shut down overnight leaving customers stranded. But another company has stepped in to help those affected.

What used to be known as an outlet for pampering and relaxation has, of late, been seen as a breeding ground for empty promises and confusion.

The sudden closures of Wellness Village and Simply Spa left clients who had paid upfront for their services in a lurch. All this left a scar on the industry and players said business has dropped by about 10 per cent since then.

But not all is lost for some 500 spa patrons. Atos Wellness Group is offering to provide their unutilised treatments at no extra cost.

It is also working with four other companies — Subtle Senses, Beyond Beauty, Beauty Express and Rustic Nirvana — to help customers.

Ananda Rajah , CEO, Atos Wellness Group, said: "We felt there was a lot of negative publicity about the spa industry in Singapore in general. And we felt it was important for us to show a vote of confidence that the spa industry is able to cope with any kind of negative setbacks due to the closure of any particular spa."

Nellie Chan, a customer affected by the spa closure, said: "I’m very pleased to receive such good news because it’s like a Christmas gift. So I will be interested to really sit down, meet up with them and discuss what are the things they can offer to us."

Going forward, Atos is thinking of setting up an association to help anyone affected by a spa shutdown.

The Consumers Association of Singapore said it welcomes efforts by the industry to help consumers when a business closes. It is also willing to look at proposals of setting up the association, urging bigger players to think of concrete processes to safeguard consumer interests. — CNA/vm

Mary and Grace are so sweet...we were discussing about my Wellness Village saga during our tea session on Saturday and both of them proactively sent me the link before I even google for it. I really hope that I can claim my unused sessions without any terms and conditions.

StrengthsFinder 2.0

KY gave me this book as my Xmas gift...

About StrengthsFinder 2.0

"Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?"-- Benjamin Franklin

Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day?

Chances are, you don't. All too often, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths.
To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced the first version of its online assessment, StrengthsFinder, in the 2001 management book Now, Discover Your Strengths. The book spent more than five years on the bestseller lists and ignited a global conversation, while StrengthsFinder helped millions to discover their top five talents.
In StrengthsFinder 2.0 Gallup unveiled the new and improved version of its popular assessment, language of 34 themes, and much more. While you can read this book in one sitting, you'll use it as a reference for decades.
Loaded with hundreds of strategies for applying your strengths, this Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and USA Today bestseller will change the way you look at yourself -- and the world around you -- forever.
-- Adapted from http://www.strengthfinder.com/

My Top 5 Strengths

• Maximizer

People who are especially talented in the Maximizer theme focus on strengths as a way to stimulate personal and group excellence. They seek to transform something strong into something superb.

• Futuristic

People who are especially talented in the Futuristic theme are inspired by the future and what could be. They inspire others with their visions of the future.

• Analytical

People who are especially talented in the Analytical theme search for reasons and causes. They have the ability to think about all the factors that might affect a situation.

• Harmony

People who are especially talented in the Harmony theme look for consensus. They don’t enjoy conflict; rather, they seek areas of agreement.

• Competition

People who are especially talented in the Competition theme measure their progress against the performance of others. They strive to win first place and revel in contests.

The Yomik gals @ Jumbo

Yuan is back from Canada and Hui is back from Japan! As they missed the Singapore Chilli crab, we decided to meet at Jumbo!

Yuan was the first to arrive. According to her, people in Canada are seldom late. They are either early or on time. We took this picture while waiting for the rest.

The crabs & prawns which we have ordered. The chilli crab was delicious! The sauce tasted soooo good.

We were given the bib to protect our clothes. Looks like apron huh...

Hui and Yuan were happily eating the durian pudding...they must have been badly deprived of durians aboard. I don't think I can ever understand that feeling coz I dislike the fruit.

Hui bought Japanese kaka for us...Yay!

The Yomik gals on 22 Dec 09

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The Yomik gals in 2006...We still look the same rite?

Didn't know that toilet rolls are so expensive in Canada. According to Yuan, a dozen of toilet rolls costs S$20...ridiculously expensive rite?

Oh, and the bus drivers in Canada can earn up to S$10,000 per month...maybe I should just migrate to Canada to be a bus driver? Haha...