Apprentice Days...

Since my attachment n vacation job last year, its feels good to have ur own allowance n freedom.

It was fun during those intern-student days. U r not tied down wif responsibilities. U r young and everyone view u as fresh, willing to learn and thus, some are willing to teach. Though things maybe a little harsh(to those who know), by the end of the day, u can meet up wif ur buddies for fun.

It is one of the happier times of school life. Though my workplace was on the other end of the island, on weekdays, I often have dinner wif some friends n later, window shop n talk craps at void decks. I will be hm by 11PM n the next morning, I muz be up by 5AM n latest, 515AM.

I usually nap in the washroom (provided no bombers in the premises).

On Fridays my friends n I will go on double dates, going to town for a gd dinner, load our stomaches wif ice cream, Ramen, buffet, pastas n seafood! There were times we wanted movies... but everyone's ultimate goal is that cosy bed.

On weekends, its spiderman at the beach(hee... hee... Yin, don't scold me) and meeting up wif some pals, having drinks on the beach n talking abt life.

But now, everyone's facing politics n OTs n more OTs. Everyone's sense of humour n fun is wearing thin. For some, they feel screwed up by the pressure.

I know I can do little to help u guys, but try to relax. Life is not all about work.

How I wish I'm an Intern now ~ Am I really that restless?.

Business Suits again....

The letter for graduation ceremony has arrived... we r required to dress formal in suits n don all covered ladies shoes.

YUCKS! Its "Wu Ya" dressing again... Black business suits, black skirts n black shoes... I feel like a trussled crow in formal...first its presentation, now its this.

I remember being forced by my partners to don in suit n covered shoes n bun my hair for a presentation though the dress code was casual formal. As a revenge, I made everyone wear their suits n ties to the canteen for lunch at 1PM... N everyone was complaining of the heat...

See... its a humid n tropical country... we r not in Europe.

Why must every graduation be so solemn. We have been donning suits in presentations... why can't we wear some comfortable since we r the ones graduating? I dun mind my Junior jacket n pink boardshorts.

I have a good mind to get my Business attire fr someone in town... U can hav my junior attire for once. Haaa!

Sunday again....

Hi everyone... its sunday again. The weather today's is cool n its an excellent day for a swim n cycle... But the pool is packed wif kids n family... I juz I hav to wait for my dip on weekdays then.

I still feel drowsy... feel like climbing into bed n snuggle under the covers. But its not a gd idea since mum is launching operation clean.

Bro will be back tonight... I better utilize all the time I hav online before he's starts hogging.

Today's Updates

I feel drowsy today... Maybe its the cool weather... Nevertheless, I did some spring cleaning since I'm in the mood.I fell asleep at 6PM, waking up at 9PM, feeling more drowsy.

On minus side, my wound starts hurting again. Is it because I hav been sleeping on the side recently? It worsens when I hang the clothes out of the house. Or it is the wind in my stomach? I can't get rid of it. It has been 10 months. I hope the surgeon did a clean job else I hav to go back to that room again... I dun wan to....Wails :....<

I got dinner at 10PM n saw my sec sch mate, Hui Fen. I'm glad that's she's doing very well in her job n put on some weight. If u happen to see this blog Hui fen, u look prettier wif more flesh!

She is also a BIT grad. We talk abt school, our modules n jobs. Our conclusion is that BIT is a useless diploma in the industry n u r not specialised... U learn everything n u gain nothing much. This kind of comfort the both of us that we r not alone feeling helpless n angry over our diploma.

The funny thing is that we used to be so called competitors in school, aiming for the class positions in mid n final year exams.
There is a due amount of stress from teachers, parents n other classmates to do well. As classmates, its juz a friendly competition.

Most of the time, we r neutral n friendly, sometimes even crazy... with me poking fun of her kanjong-ness. But we never quarrelled or learn to hate one other in school or booed at the person if they did better. We r good losers n winners. That's secondary school life...

If working adults bear less grudges, learn to be forgiving, would'nt everyone enjoy yourselves in a win-win situation?

Naw... there's unfriendly competition out there... Sigh...

Birthday Wishes

Today is my bro's birthday... Happy birthday! All the best wishes n hav a good time for ur attachment!

Juz now I went to the older estate to get him his birthday cake... I was tempted to draw a birthday rats on his cake.... Heee!

Later we r heading off for dinner... Hope u like ur beef steak.

I'm have change back to this blog skin after I found the Pooh's skin squashing up my blogs... Thanks to Wen helping mi hunt for more skins.

That's all

I reaLLi DuNno...

With my approaching adulthood, I really dunno want to do or want I want in Life.

From my childhood, my dream was to become a farmer, like Farmer Brown, who rears cows n sheeps in some fairy tale story. I dreamt abt sleeping in the ranch with a snowy horse n munching apples fr a near by apple tree. I ran to my mum n told her my farmer ambition. She was aghasted.

Next, I was curious abt how mum's cooking n I will take my milk bottle n watch her cook. My next ambition was to be a hawker. The next thing was, my mum barred me from entering the kitchen.

After having no one to tag after, I followed my dad around n watched him repair the fans, tv, fix the lights n reading all kinds of manual. I was amazed by how he solder wires n make things work. This started my interest for sciences. I love to do things with my hands n I would secretly steal the screw driver n open all the plugs in the house n wonder what the red, green n black wires are. I wanted to be an engineer when I grew up.

As for my only bro, who's 2 years older, his childhood n current dream is to become a businessman. My mum was so proud n she worries abt her farmer/ hawker daughter.

Throughout my pri n sec years, I love Science n I only did well for any Sciences related subjects. Chemistry is my forte n my ambition was to become a chemist or if i did not do well for my O levels, I will go into the engineering field.

Unfortunately, things did not work out the way I plan.

I chose Business IT n I got in. That was a new start of my life.

For 3 years, I struggled with business environment. Firstly, I nv enjoy Business in the past n present n what irritates me the most is that business ppl see things fr a very different point of view fr Science ppl. They will jump into conclusions with out much observations n they dun analyse based on the facts given. Its all about having the business air around u n ur beautiful tongue.

In my IT modules, I find a bit of relieve but programming n Database r nv the things I like to do, though I have a bit of promising analysing skills in database.

Now 3 years have past n I feel that I'm back to square one.

I want to go for a Bioengineering degree. At least fullfill my dream of working in a sciences field. But age is catching up wif mi... sigh... Maybe I can sneak up his eng books to read.

As for my bro, things r not the way he plan as well... he's doing a Mechanical Eng degree n he dreams to be a businessman....n breathe the business air.

Y not this... we exchange certs... Let us all be satisfied.

As if it is so easy... I wonder if this is one of the career challenges I muz face in Life...

Yawn!!!

I'm feeling sleepy... Thanks to some individual in my hm hogging the net. I can only use it late after 12.

I must also thank the next individual who promised to fixed up my hm router n disappeared wif a stupid lame call, citing tat his busy wif his FYP. Fucker... Thanks to him, I hav to put up wif the individual's hogging at hm.

This individual made me go to sch to teach him how to use crystal reports... n after unsucessful hunting of computer labs for 3 hrs, tat idiot juz copy my FYP into his thumbdrive n drove me away... Its 1 PM n his lesson starts at 5PM.

WAT A GENTLEMAN.( My middle finger salute "l")

I need my sleep. On Sunday, I had 2 hrs sleep. Monday, I had 6hrs. N last night...opps, I mean this morning I slept at 6AM, only to find my hm phone ringing incessantly at 9.30AM. Went I reached the phone, the person hung up. THANKS! %$^&**(

I'm having some trouble catching some sleep. I want to be in bed by 1 but I need to use the net for job hunt purpose since someone is hogging for the whole day. So, eventually, I will be in bed at 3 or 4.

However, its always mum coming at 8.45 sharp to use the hairdryer next to my bedn telling me the chores of the house..." Gal ah... keep the floor clean hor... dun eat in the living room... wipe the table, its oily"( Hey, i nv eat in the living rm... its that hogger ...) N at 930, that hogger will come to my bed, tickle me n turn off the fans... Its always the same question he ask " Xuan... wat's for lunch? R u going out? Can help ur pal buy lunch?" N he snatches my pillow n stares at me when I turn my back to sleep.

Goodness! There goes my sleep. Its so irritating. He can enjoy his beautiful sleep by keeping his rm door shut.

I took the trouble to subscribe the net at EXPO where he was working at the IT fair n all he say is that he's too busy to go down to the internet booth to subscribe.

Now, he's hogging the net all day, eating all his meals in the living rm, watching the TV n playing Football Manager 2005 n Lan craft. I'm to clean up his mess.

How Nice.

Today, I manage to chase him away fr the laptop... n now he's playing winning eleven on the desktop in his rm.

Y r boys so fortunate?

Life as an IT person

To all my fellow IT friends out there. Have u even got frustrated over explaining ur job to others? I have. Here goes....

Its a nice once in a while lunch at Granny's Joo Chiat home for some festival praying n incense burning. As a Hainanese lunch, there will be all meaty stuff on the table; roast pork belly, 2 giant chickens, succulent roast duck, fried fish, mountainous heaps of fried prawns,stir fried liver n pork n plates of vegs n of course... my targetted chicken soup.

Being the youngest in my Paternal family, I'm used to keeping quiet n listen to what my cousins(who r at least 10 years older than I am) talk abt their career, stock market stuff, which sch-offers-the-best Masters n adult knots...That's either before lunch or during lunch. I usually go play wif my granny's hm old mongrel, escape to the MaMa shop at the corner of sleepy Joo Chiat Road for Mentos or stuff myself busy wif food during lunch, to maintain my silence as the young one.

I know its difficult for cousins to communicate closely since we have a wide age gap n we dun meet often.. Sometimes I do feel awkward n being stuck on wat topics to talk abt. So I feel appreciated when my cousins try their best to communicate though the awkwardness is still around

However, on this eventful lunch things took a bit of a change. It begin when my cousins start the usual " how is mei mei doing question." I told them" I'm in my final year of my Diploma In Business IT." " Well, r u busy?" "Yup." I replied. N my eldest cousin asked me what modules I went through, i told the usual Biz n IT modules. "U do programming?" "Yup." I replied.

Before i knew, my cousins asked me a wide range of IT questions. "Mei mei, my computer's speed is kinda slow after it got hit by a virus... wat can I do?" All I know is to format the com n dump it to the tec if u can't fix. " Mei mei, how to look out for email attachments wif virus contents?" ~ Sorry for my rudeness... but virus dun read" ATTN-DUN OPEN>>> I"M A COMPUTER VIRUS " on email messages.

I told my cousin nicely that I have no idea n to play safe, open the attachment mail in the office computer if they r afraid of virus invasion on their hm PC. "But Mei mei, there must be a way to look out for virus in mails" -_-
"Mei mei, how do u know if a ADSL broadband modem is confirm a ADSL broadband modem..." "Wat's the startup for C programming?"" How do u know wat object is in C?"

I'm not trying to be rude here but I feel kind of helpless. I'm a Biz major IT student. I patiently explained that I study little programming n there r lots of programming languages out there in the market which is not in my module since I'm not a pure IT or Com eng person. I have no helpdesk knowledge as IT sch dun teach us how to save a dying computer. I told them I specialize in datawarehouse, ERP n SAP, they look blank..."arh.. that's oso programming? -_- "

I almost choked on my roast duck... but this time, I can't stuff myself quickly n retreat to the kitchen for chicken soup as my wound will hurt.

Its hard being an IT person... IT in laymans term = Repair Computer n programming.

Can't go into asiagroove / Sunday sucks

Its a warm lazy sunday afternoon. Juz wat... I hate sundays cos to mi its the most meaningless day. I hav to be at hm, clean up the house... Plus this stupid warm weather drives mi crazy.

No... Its not that I dun wan to go out...Traditional sundays r meant for family gatherings. But mum's always wanting to clean the house. How I wish we could leave all these household chores aside n go to the beach or picnic in a Kangoo!

Speaking abt Kangoo, I'm in love with vans. Its cheap, spacious, comfortable n most importantly, cheap to maintain. Hey... its not that I'm a cheapo but I'm juz a fresh grad n y should I work like a horse over a vehicle when i'm not even 21?

Mum's revolting abt mi driving in a little kangoo or berlingo... "Ai yoh... Y u want such an ugly thing? Wat will ppl say? Ur daughter deliver gds one arh?" When mum remarks " This kind of lousy thing how can fetch ppl? Where am I going to seat? The back? Ur bro can't squeeze at the back! "
Then I suggest getting a pickup.. like the new age Musso where the internal compartment has leather seats where 5 passengers can seat comfortably n additional 3 can seat at the back... Mum screams " Where got so many ppl for u to fetch!" Haaa! Looks who's going to get her priorities right.

One of my cousins got a Nissan March fr my aunt as a gift for getting into Medical school. Mum has been nagging into my ears " Look, this is the kind of cars gals should drive. Or that cute "gu" car - Mum's refering to Volkswagen Beetle" Please... Be more practical... who's paying for the vehicle, road tax n fuel? My mum is not. I'm not as lucky as cousin who gets her car n petrol paid for. Anyway, a vehicle is something I wan to work for n pay for in my career. A vehicle is not something for me to show off... Anyway, a beetle is not much spacious as compared to a kangoo.


The very minus point of today is I can't go into asiagroove for 2 days. Is there something wrong wif the website? I can't help but I need my retreat... It has been a rough week.