donkey @ loose

time flies and donkey is biding us goodbye. i have worked with him on his first engagement and the whole team (with goofy, scallop & pp) hit off well since then. we had lots of fun and laughter during the engagement, making the work seemed less stressful then. it is great sadness that we are going on separate paths to pursue different dreams...

there are many characteristics of him that leaves ‘deep impression’ to us which i thought i should probably share a few here.

he is someone,

who looks like the donkey in the movie, ‘shrek’, but refuses to acknowledge it.

who spends time styling his hair but looks like a ‘bird nest’ to us.

who gives the nickname ‘tian mu’ to pp and gets his ears pulled by her every time he says something wrong.

who subscribes to the daily horoscope via his handphone and takes heed to them at times.

who shows others the ‘tube’ video clip and gets excited over it every time he watches it again.

who crumples up the schedules that the client gives him.

who plays the role of ‘christine’ and gets goofy baffled during the engagement.

who eats up the client’s biscuits and yet blames us of having a share too.

who talks very loud over the phone as if someone has owed him a great deal of money.

who reminds us of the after 5pm ‘happy hour’ when he will start cracking jokes and making us laugh till our stomachs are in pain.

who sings real good and gets high singing david tao’s and jay chou’s songs during ktv.

well versed in geography and teaches scallop that london is in england and paris is in france.

donkey and me @ dinner and dance 2005

donkey, thanks for the wonderful times and from the bottom of my heart, i wish you the very best in your future endeavors! you will be greatly missed…

take care!

wee hours @ one raffles quay

it is in the wee hours of the night and i am still in office... trying to finish the work so that i can have a peaceful break next week.. there are a number of things i want to do during my break.. well, probably going to be a busy week as well, but i guess i will enjoy it much more.. meeting up with friends, reading some books, watching some movies or simply just day dreaming at home.. time to recharge my batteries and have some quality time with myself...

are many of us too immersed in our work that we forget how to communicate and understand ourselves better? to find out what we really want in lives or just letting ourselves go with the flow? probably time is a main factor since we are always occupied with the daily routine stuff that drain us so much.. the first thing we want to do when we get home is just to lie down in our beds and sleep.. before we know it, the new day has begun and the routine starts again.. will we ever get out of the cycle or the environment/circumstances just does not permit us, leaving us with little choices? or are we brave enough to make a U turn and go against the flow?

i guess i am currently with the flow, trying to anaylse the whole situation that i have put myself into.. keeping myself busy by observing what others are thinking and doing.. this makes everyday more interesting and fulfilling.. haha..

i hope i have the courage to make my U turn at the next cross junction...

a week @ work

wow… it was a busy week with a number of things happening in office. i was assigned to a new job at macpherson this week since my other job could not start on time.. how fascinated i was when i saw the client's office. it was an open concept where all the meeting rooms were glass paned and the partitions of the cubicles were low. you could see the expressions of everyone when they were having meeting in the room. haha.. how amazing.. my team got settled down in a smaller meeting room called ‘think tank III’ and i thought the name sounded quite interesting too.. however, the round table in the meeting room was not big enough for the 6 of us and 1 of the assistants had to work on the sofa outside the meeting room.. he looked quite cozy working there though. haha.. the team members were friendly and nice and 1 of them was my final year project mate in NTU.. i finally got a chance to work with her ever since we joined the firm.. haha.. we got busy flipping through the files, enquiring the client and documenting our findings throughout the week..

i also attended my firm’s annual dinner and dance this thursday (7 december 2006) at swissotel the stamford.. it was my 3rd time attending the dinner and dance and i wondered whether there would be a 4th time.. haha.. i shall wait and see till then.. everyone was dressed up for the occasion and it was a round of eating, drinking and photo-taking with the colleagues. as part of the entertainment programme, those new colleagues who had joined us recently were asked to put up performances according to departments. 6 departments participated and my department won the 3rd place, while the tax department emerged as the winner, 2nd time in a row. it brought back sweet memories when i recalled my 1st year joining the firm. i participated in the performance that year and we won the 1st place! it was the team effort of everyone and some of us got closer ever since.. i left around 11 plus after the lucky draw, winning nothing this year. a colleague in my department won the big prize of $5,000 travel voucher! haha… she was real lucky!

the team and our manager, chih shyan (4th from the left)

finally, my firm was busy shifting to our new office premise at one raffles quay on friday. all of us were busy packing our stuff last week, taking those that were needed and throwing away those unwanted ones. i was looking forward to the new office with new furniture and a pantry as well. haha.. i shall see the new office next monday then.. for remembrance sake, i took a few photos of the office where i had spent my last 2 ½ years busy working in before moving to the new working environment.

my workplace

this summed up the busy week and i could only get busier when the peak period is approaching.. shall brave myself through it one more time..