Second Week, First Day

Today marks the start of my second week at the branch… and I am finally authorised to do what I’m supposed to do.

While a few friends of mine went on block leave last week, I wasn’t unhappy that I couldn’t join them. On the contrary, I took the opportunity to learn how to navigate around the system used when my boss wasn’t around.

No regrets, really.

I’m all ready to take on the world.

HAHA, just kidding.

A New Beginning Beckons…

It has been slightly more than two months since I started training… and today, I finally graduated.

I kinda have mixed feelings, because I really don’t know when I’ll see the guys and girls again. During this period of training, I have made new friends, good friends, true friends.

To the closer ones, I really appreciate their advice given to me when I was down and out.

Thank you, NEP’06, for all the wonderful memories.

Tomorrow shall be my 1st day on the battleground, and I have a long way to go.

Wish me luck!

hello world :)

It’s been more than a month since I last stepped onto the blogging platform of WordPress to type an entry.

I guess it’s really typical of most people to either get really lazy to blog about some updates in their lives, if any; or to totally skip blogging lest they blog about sensitive issues related to their jobs and get Google-ed out by their colleagues, or even better, their bosses.

I happen to be one such person.

Nevertheless, work is still fun thus far as I’ve made many new friends from this training course and I hope that the friendships forged will last even after we get posted to our respective branches.

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Human minds are really complicated. You can never fathom what’s on the other person’s mind. While he/she might say something to you, the very same person might say something else to another person.

Maybe he/she could be lying (to you, or to the third party).

Maybe he/she isn’t lying at all, because it might be that he/she didn’t see the need to inform anybody regarding any updates in his/her life.

Maybe, just maybe.

The world is full of maybe(s) and but(s).

If you never try, you never know.

Maybe.

The way to survive?

Know the rules of the game, and play by it.

Really Random

I realised ever since I started working, there are not many things which I want to blog about. Maybe I’m afraid of Google’s powers.

For this week, it was all about attending lessons and sitting for tests. I’m glad that I passed them all (so far) and have no intention of failing any. I mean, who wants to fail?

On a side note, I logged into iBanking this morning and I saw a slight dip in my spending account. I was really curious to find out the cause of the slight dip. Thus, I checked out the transaction history and I saw this:

…

Looks like I have to cancel this card soon. Maybe I’ll do it next week or something. I’m too lazy to make a trip to the bank again when I just returned home from another bank.

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Just recently, I spent on 1*BIG hoot… and it’s most probably going to be the hoot of the year (i.e. no more big hoots till 2010).

I really mean it.

HAHA.

Alright, I have 3 tests on Monday and it’s time to study later… with one of my friends! Somehow, I miss studying at *bucks…

Oh well.

*shrugs*

Overdue Update

Hi peeps!

I’m back!

After a really short hiatus of almost two weeks, I realised I’d better update bits and pieces of my life recently. *ahem* So, I had a new beginning at work on the 20th August.

Ever since that day passed, I’ve been doing nothing apart from studying. It’s very much like information-overloading and I think that it isn’t going to be easy to pass ALL the tests in just ONE attempt.

By the way, I think I have to sit for nineteen papers. Yes, you heard me right – 19. Nevertheless, I still hope for the best and… yeah Basically, apart from Friday(s), I’ve been home quite early.

Maybe it’s because I have to wake up early the next day.

My colleagues are fun to be with, and I really hope that the friendship will still last even after this training program.

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Went over to a karaoke pub near Boat Quay to chill last night and did some form of networking… then the guys wanted to head to Dragonfly at like 0200hrs? So, all of us went down and stayed till around 0500hrs before we left.

Amazingly, I woke up at around 0930hrs and went out. But when I reached home after lunch, I got KO-ed on the bed for almost three hours and that’s not surprising. Hah.

Alright, it’s time for me to rest over the weekend!

Enjoy the weekend, peeps!

The Final Three Days

It’s been a lull period for me since the end of 7th August, and it’s time to get my engine working again…

Yesterday, I went for a KTV session with Yong Ernn, Lee Koon and Wei Lun… haha it was quite fun and we sang 情歌王 by Leo Ku as the last song! Why do I keep seeing 曾恺璇 in the MVs?

If you don’t know who she is, you can watch the MV of 我不配, 搞笑 and 情歌王.

Anyway, it’s been a pretty good break for me – Met up with friends, exercised, caught two good movies,  and there are more to come. Hopefully I’ll have time for all of my activities!

It’s Family Day today, and I can’t wait to eat!

The Long Wait

After a long wait of almost a year, I finally got it!

The Claim

In order to make this claim happen, I had to send so many emails but at the end of the day, I guess it’s all worth it. Now that I’ve got this claim, I don’t have to worry so much about certain issues.

Alright, off to dinner!

Having a Kit-Kat

The National Day long weekend was particularly sweet for me, because I have a long break till 19 August. Initially, I wanted to go for a short trip to Shanghai with my parents, but sadly, there were no flights back!

How pathetic it is to be able to fly to a destination but unable to get back?!

I got so desperate to get out of the country that I was even considering to go on a short trip alone. But I couldn’t decide on the location AND suddenly, I’ve got activities packed for a few consecutive days.

The long weekend was spent rather happily – Met up for dinner with Xin Jin, Kaiwen and Cheryl (again) on Friday. We were supposed to head to Balaclava after dinner, but a few of them didn’t feel like drinking. Oh well. =)

On Saturday, I went to the gym and then had a swim with Xin Jin (again). I was feeling rather tired and didn’t want to do anything after that. In the end, I went home and took a nap which lasted for 3 hours. Maybe it’s the sleep debt which I had to repay.

Then I met up with the 4L peeps in the evening for dinner @ Pasir Ris Park. It’s a pretty nice and cosy place, and I think the setting is quite suited for romantic dates too, less the not-so-nice ceilings (don’t look at it)!

I spent National Day out @ Punggol simply because I wanted to explore places where nice settings are available for photography. However, due to time constraints, I couldn’t make it to the beach/jetty in time and I got a little angry at myself.

Haha.. so silly, eh?

Nevertheless, I’ll make my way back there again soon. Hoho..

Today was spent catching a movie – The Hangover. It was really funny, I tell you. But some of the scenes might come across to be pretty crude (to girls). Nevertheless, it’s still a good movie which is pretty light-hearted.

Then I moved on to ION Orchard (I seem to keep returning there) before heading to City Hall to meet my ME clique for dinner @ Din Tai Fung. It was a fun gathering and thanks to Ivan who made this happen.

Alright, out for another movie tomorrow, and I think it’s time to start sleeping early!

Goodnight peeps!

*Edit: Today, Min Hui asked me what would be my next toy. I didn’t know how to answer him. It’s either I don’t know which one to buy first, or I don’t have any targets in particular. Haha.

Of Buyer’s Remorse and BBB Syndrome

How many times have you experienced buyer’s remorse – the feeling of guilt after paying (possibly a hefty price) for something which you do not actually need?

As a matter of fact, I experience it quite often.

I keep buying stuff which might not come across as “cheap” to others, and on hindsight, I, too, don’t think that the particular item which I paid for can be labelled as “cheap”; though it’s relatively cheaper in comparison to a similar item.

The thing is that I don’t actually need them.

Maybe you can say that I’m vain and materialistic – I know I am, and have no qualms about admitting it.

But, I believe people pamper themselves in different ways. There are people who love to travel; there are also people who change cars faster than you can pronounce “Lamborghini“.

For me, I just like to pamper myself by shopping. I enjoy getting gadgets and buying stuff which will make me feel and look better. Since young, I have always believed in the saying that “Clothes maketh the man“.

In my humble opinion, unlike girls, most guys actually have very few accessories to play mix-and-match with. Most of my guy friends don’t have the habit of wearing pendants, chains, etc. as they don’t like to accessorise.

Neither do I.

Guys do not need 94 pairs of shoes; neither do they need 57 bags, 121 pairs of earrings and 47 necklaces. The only accessories which they might own are probably only watches, pens, and probably a good wallet and/or briefcase, depending on the job nature.

It just has to be that the shopaholic within me is contemplating to get a few (?) of the above-mentioned accessories. Oh, and it happens that whenever I show a friend something via the Net, he/she will somehow guess that I’ll get that particular item (real soon).

Time has not proven them wrong, yet (it’s a 100% hit-rate).

Maybe it’s true that I don’t like to wait. But, trust me – I do experience buyer’s remorse and I guess I’m suffering from the BBB (Buy Buy Buy) Syndrome. I really have to exercise strong discipline so that I won’t give in to temptation at the end of the day.

Nevertheless, the anticipation of owning a new item is really addictive…

Urgent Agent

Of late, I have been receiving calls from quite a number of financial planners from the various companies (I don’t think I have to name them, do I?). Being the very friendly (*ahem*) and feel-bad-to-reject-people me, I listened to what they have to offer.

Truth be told, I already have a few policies which began some 5 years back. For now, I know what kind of policies/plans which I need; I also know  how much money I can afford to put aside for the aforementioned policies/plans which I need.

I like to take my time to compare the policies/plans from different companies so that I can make a well-informed decision. However, I guess some agents are seemingly too eager to earn the money from this potential deal from me.

I don’t like this. =)

***

Met up with Wee Siang for a swim this afternoon and Edwin joined us for dinner at Chinatown. It was fun catching up with each other and engaging in Men’s Talk.

We went on to visit Kuan Sien, who’s fallen ill and got MC for 4 days!

Then the three of us headed to the MacDonalds at East Coast Park for some drinks before we headed home slightly after 2300hrs.

This is what I call, Life.

I like this.