miss him so.

sigh.. after a long week of work, i have not closed any sales. and the thing is i am worried about my future. lucky my mentor told me that it is a common phenomenon. I am not that worried now. although there are a lot of surpressed anguish at the stuff i'm getting at work sometimes, i am lucky to have one guy in my life and that's (no surprise) Gary.

He's been around me all the time, comforting me, making me feel better although 90% of the time i am just spewing words after words of anger at the people i met for interviews and what they do to me.

i really miss having him around me all the time. stupid me got too used to his continuous presence in my life just before i started work. so guess what, it hurts thinking about him especially when i dun have work to distract me. tough but challenging first week, just the way i enjoyed it (i get bored when a job gets too boring). =)

i'm just very thankful for him being around. talking to me evening after evening. thank you for being a pillar of support when i really needed it. thanks. i do hope this job works for me as you said many many many times. =)

i don't usually do this on my blog. but then.. i really love you dear.. =D

phases of our lives

seeing that the start of the next 40 years of my life is approaching.. i think it's a good idea to view my life in phases, so that life won't be too boring!

Phase 1: the Carefree years

From the time you are born till the time your parents decided to enrol you in childcare where they teach you how to read, write and sing song... (maybe 2-3 years)

Total = 2 to 3 years

Phase 2: the Mugging Phase
pre-school (if any) = 1-2yrs (??)
Nursery = 1 yr
Kindergarden = 2 yrs
Primary School = 6 yrs
Secondary School = 4-5yrs
JC or Poly = 2-3 yrs
University = 3-4 yrs
Masters = ?
Doctorate = ??

Total = 19yrs to as long as it takes to get your doctorate

Phase 3: Working

for as long as you work and longer. The retirement age now is 65 yrs.. Average life span is 77 yrs for a typical Singaporean (from http://www.singstat.gov.sg/papers/snippets/life.html). This meant that there is a gap of 8 yrs before we all "gua le". We take out the money in our CPF by 55 yrs. Most of us start work when we're around 20 yrs to 30 yrs old for both gender. this meant that we spend 35 to 45 yrs working our hearts out (PROVIDED we retire at 65).

but retirement do not necessarily mean not working any more in singapore terms. there are elderly still working till when they past retirement age. because they need to survive. suppose i assume that i OFFICIALLY stop working at 70yrs, the total number of years in phase 3 would be...

total = 40 to 50 years!!!!!!! OMG

Phase 4: Retirement years

after counting the number of years in phase 3, i'm no longer interested in counting for this phase.... boo

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so... i was wrong in the beginning of this post... the start of the next 40 to 50 (!!) years of my life is in 2 days time.... shitified....... so for those still studying.. if you think you are going through shit.. think again.. that shit you are going through is small case (less than half) as compared to what you are going to go through after you graduated.... so enjoy your studies while you STILL can... meanwhile.. i'll try to prepare myself for 40 to 50 years of waking up at 6am every morning and dragging my feet to work.. boo.....

Taiwan Pics

Here are the pictures taken before, during and after the taipei trip

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Day 1



just before departing

lunch on board (looks deli no?)

Entrance to our room. Wer're tucked away in a corner (very cosy right?)

rooms are connected.. so nice

here's how the room looked like (very messy hor.. actually, this room is the neat one)

The MRT system of Taiwan (very complicated no?)

The MRT station near our hotel





This is their MRT card. Lotsa design (like old days yeah?)

dinner menu (in Shilin Night Market) --> please note the "hong shao chou dou fu"

"Hong shao chou dou fu" --> doesn't taste too bad. but smells horrid (all thanks to Peiru lo)

View outside hotel room

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Day 2

Us before setting our for our Day 2 program (the day that killed us)



Taipei City map in Japanese!!! The katakana reads as (Shi Di Ma Pu).. Most part of the city have signs in 3 languages (English, Chinese and Japanese). Proves that learning Japanese is useful.

esLite Cheng Pin Shu Dian (very big leh. so many books.. a lot of variety. though i cannot say much for their fiction section -- that's a little outdated)

Taipei 101 in the day

My breakfast Mister Donut, which is near Taipei 101 (the hotel breakfast ain't fantastic la)

The Living Mall. We took an hour to get their from Raohe Night Market (that's the walk that killed us. Our feet are aching like crazy)

it's 25 degrees that night.. amazing right.. they report the temperature on almost all tall buildings!!

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Day 3:

Early in the morning, after breakfast, we went to Taipei Main Station for our trip to Taichung





It's 27 degrees outside!!!!!





Us in the Station waiting for our train





Lookie what we saw in the station (i wondered who sat on it.. heehee)





This is the normal train travelling between cities





Ours is the semi-express train (that only stops at certain stations). Here's the interior (pretty eh?)





Me in the neat, clean train!!!





Cross junction near Fengjia Night Market (in Taichung)





Notice it's raining (we're more or less caught in the rain)





we came back victorious!!! so many things (see??)

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Day 4

Us in Longshansi Station



Having Caramelized Apple (it's very nice leh!!)


A whole display of caramelized apples!!!! hungry leh. and they are so cute.. too bad we can't buy it back for our family and friends!

An apple up close.. this apple probably doesn't help keeping doctors away bah...

Von and I outside the shop selling caramelized apples (waiting for Ser Yin and Peir to be done shopping...)


The famous Ah Zhong Mian Xian (no tables and chairs. Everyone stands and eat bowls and bowls of piping hot noodles)

Mango Ice (bought the wrong one). The ice in this bowl is too coarse (it should be snow ice type)

Interior of the shop that sells shaved ice



Gone crazy after eating shaved ice

Peiru's supposed to be smiling.. grrr

Ferris Wheel in Miramar (very high!!!!). Very scary

View outside our cabin (so nice right?) the cabin's pretty cosy leh.. only 4 of us. so unlike the up and coming Singapore Eye (seat 30 people)..

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Day 5


On the way to the Airport (5am in the morning - don't look like right?? very bright outside)





Me in the transport towards the airport





Our luggages (the check in limit = 80kg, our total check in weight = 59kg). unbelievable eh..





in the airport le.. on our way back le.. we're nearing the chek in counter





In the plane on our way back (sobs). I'm seating next to von!!

View out of my plane window (i got window seat) - cool eh.. hee... but thereafter i conked out for 4 hours out of the 4.5 hours flight.. i even skipped on board breaky... hee...