Heard from the grapevine today that …

1)my boss-to-be has quit and that means I would have no mentor here. As it is , I already have no peers in terms of the job and now , no mentor?! Would have one in the big boss but she and the other people are in the States….then how???

 2) I was under the impression that the first project I was going to work on has been cast in stone already. BUT apparently not, now it is still in the tender evaluation stage. So it either means I wouldn’t have a project if the tender is not awarded or I would have to work at the projectg from its infancy stage and prove our/the company’s worth. Either way, it is going to be really stressful. Urghh…

Tell me…should I set my panic alert on now?!?!

Posted: May 16th, 2007 under Uncategorized.
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I have been watching quite a bit of Mars vs Venus on telly these last couple of weeks. Actually..a bit is an understatement, I catch the show whenever I am home in time for it. It is one show I can watch in peace cos by then the little fella is asleep already. These days, he sleeps at 8.30 so we get quite a bit of me/couple time. Anyway…back to what I was saying…the show…. I like it a lot for various reasons. One being that there are lots of quotes peppered in the show and more often than not, they touch on the relationship between men and women, husbands and wives. Or rather the fundamental differences between men and women. I like pondering over these quotations and trying to make sense of them and sometimes, relating them to ourselves. Some episodes back, the talking point was communication or rather an absence of communication. From a spectator’s point of view, it is so easy to point out what is lacking in the relationship and what the couple ought to do. But I am sure sometimes we commit the same folly without even realising it. Communication is something I am very particular about because I have seen and felt the effects of how detrimental a breakdown of it can be. Not between me and Iz but between D&M. Which is why we keep telling ourselves that we must be open and frank with each other. No secrets , no hidden thoughts whatsoever. Sometimes, definitely easier said than done but we try.

Again I digress…the other reason why I like the show is cos they always have the ‘inner voice’ of the person speaking. No, I am not a schiz or anything like that, I just like to hear how people think and see what kind of a thought pattern they have. I then tend to analyse why they think they way to do. Hahah…maybe this is just my innate sense of kaypoh-ness. And having this sort of ‘inner voice’ narration always reminds me of SATC.

>>>Had a wee little break here cos we were asked to go shift the copier away from the renovation site. Took 7 of us to move one bloody heavy copier. 2 guys and 5 ladies. Good thing we are not the dainty dainty type.

 In the show, from the different characters, you can even pick up some traits you want to have and some u would never want.One of my greatest fear is becoming truly aunty-fied…messy hair, drab clothings, face sans make-up, running after the kid/s and nagging at the husband. Not a pleasant picture ,is it? Must make sure I never become like that!!!Am a vain mummy and shall stay one!

Posted: May 16th, 2007 under Uncategorized.
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I may not be the perfect communter on the train but I do not:

• Share my newspapers with others by constantly jabbing their backs with it as the train moves
• Plonk my entire body/backpack on the poles thus depriving others of just holding on to it
• Try to style my hair and in the process swinging my entire ponytail into someone’s else face
• Try to be mimic a statue and stand right smack in the middle of the entrance though people behind are trying to get out
• Keep pushing the person in front though the person is alighting as well
• Rush headlong into the train though people are trying to get out

Enough said…you get my point!

Posted: May 10th, 2007 under Uncategorized.
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• I am not informed of meetings and I am left out of it.
• I have to keep wondering what the meeting is about.
• Paranoid me thinks..” Is it about me and my impending departure.”
• I feel excluded and out of the league.
• I feel I am losing my place here.

Posted: May 8th, 2007 under Uncategorized.
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It feels sort of like an oven out there today.Though lunch and company was nice, it felt good that I was back in my nice cool office. U know, I think I am going to miss this office when I leave. The cosy-ness of it and all…wonder what it will be like in the new place. But guess, if I dun get out of my comfort zone now, I probably never well. I like trying new things but it worries me too.Oh..I digress..I was going to write about lunch. It was a nice lunch and the good thing with meeting up with good frens is that though u dun meet for a while, when u do, it is like you never left off.

Oh…whilst walking back from Bugis, I saw this lady…wearing denims, carrying an LV bag and a pink Hello Kitty umbrella. Individually, they look all right but when put together, they look so wrong. I mean…an LV bag and a Hello Kitty  umbrella?!?! Not that I have a great fashion sense but there are just some things I won’t put together.

Posted: May 7th, 2007 under Fashion, Observations, Weather.
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Had a relatively easy and stress-free weekend. For the most bit of Sat, I was taking care of M cos Iz was working. Though sticky, he was such a sweet little boy. I liked it most when he was just lying on me and watching telly. He probably watches a tad too much telly but it does entertain him so…esp the song/dance ones. Quite cute to see how he learns new stuff each day…new words, new ‘dance’ movements. These days, he is also able to string words to form simple sentences. This morning he said,”Mummy, I want you to carry.” He has progressed from ‘up’ to ‘carry to ‘Mummy,carry.” to this. My little boy sure is growing up :) 

Yesterday, we went for dinner at Peramakan, which has shifted from Joo Chiat to Keppel Club. It is much bigger and nicer now. Food-wise, it is still as good. The whole restaurant was full yesterday and apparently, they had 3 seatings as well. Jeff met a few people he knew from Wesley there as well. Family dinners are great but think with 3 little restless kids, a sit down dinner does not work. Interaction is minimal cos at some point of the other, someone will be out walking one of the kids. And yesterday was worse, it was a really long table so could really talk except to person across and beside. We really need to find more places where and the adults can eat and the kids can run about as soon as they are done.M had his first taste of buah keluak and evidently he did not like it much. Tried a teeny weeny bit of it, grimaced, spat it out and cried. I love it though. So since he would not eat it, I could have the entire nut to myself. Hahaha!! M was such a gentleman yesterday, MM asked him to greet the BHL and instead, he stuck out his hand to shake her hand. It was quite a sight and though we laughed at him, I was secretly quite proud of him….Hmm…a man in the making. When he was just a sac and later a wee one in my tummy, I used to wonder what he would look like when arrived and now that he has arrived, I wonder what sort of a boy/man he would be. What sort of characteristics would he have???

Posted: May 7th, 2007 under Family, Parenting.
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