New Job, Same Company...

There's some problems with the internet connection on my lappie recently... sometimes the IE is able to function normally, but sometimes the page juz doesn't seems to load although it says connecting... Wonder what's the problem with it?? Probably bcoz it is getting old and has insufficient memory already...

Anyway, juz on Monday, I was being approached by my AVP to ask if I am keen on permanently transferring to one of the Account Services unit called Internet Banking/Service Desk. It is still an operational job under credit ops, but now this job deals with internet banking transactions and requests. Hmmm... at first, I thought it sounded quite interesting to me. But after a brief explanation, it doesn't seems as interesting as I thought. Since I have always been complaining about my job, I have decided to go for it after considering over it for one night. And so I submitted my name to my boss for the transfer on Tuesday morning.

Never did I expect her to come back to me to say that my request has been approved on that very same day and I will be moving on to the new department on next Monday!!! Diaoz... Although I may be keen on the transfer but this is too fast for me to accept it. From that moment, I started to have mixed feelings! Many things started to run through my mind, making me doubt myself whether I am regretting on accepting the transfer now!!

I am starting to feel scared and insecure... scared of loneliness in the new department, and having to adapt to a whole new environment and new colleagues all over again!! I am starting to miss my current colleagues although I have always been complaining about some of them... I am worried about the new boss that I will need to work with!!! Moreover, everything seems to be so unconfirmed and uncertain, except for the info that I will be reporting to the new department on the lower storey on next Monday. I am still unsure about the new job scope, who I am reporting to and whether I will be able to get a good work station location in the new office... I mean I dun wanna be sitting near or opposite my direct supervisor again just like now!! Hehee...

So fast, tomorrow will be the last day that I will be working in my current department... Feels kinda happy yet sad... Happy bcoz I don't need to do the same things that I have been doing for the last 1.5 years after tomorrow, but sad that I will not be able to mix around with my current groups of colleagues already.

Somehow, I have this bad feeling about my transfer. I kinda feel that the job description conveyed to me might not be what I will be doing after I report to the new department... bcoz... before I agreed to take on the new role, my AVP kept saying that the department is called IB which means Internet Banking, but after I have accepted the 'verbal' confirmation on the transfer, the department name used in the email sent out seems to have changed to Service Desk!! Wonder if it is actually a scam to make people want to transfer out so that they can reduce the headcount in my current unit...

Anyway, tomorrow my unit will be holding a farewell lunch for us (Actually still got Vanessa and Su also transferring out - Vanessa will be with me but she will transfer over 1 week later than me and Su is still unconfirmed on the department that she will be going to)... Why is everything happening so fast?????? Now that I feel like staying on instead... but I think it is too late. But if I have a choice to stay on now, then I think I will soon start to complain about my current job again... Hehee... But then again, even before transferring over, I already have doubts about the new job. Sigh... That's me... Forever undecisive and not easily unsatisfied! =P

If I can get to be transferred out successfully, please wish me luck to have a good boss, nice colleagues and to sit at a good work station location! Heehee!

Happy Anniversary and Valentine's Day 2009

Deardear celebrated Valentine's Day with me 1 day in advance, on our 4 years and 1 month anniversary. Once again, this is bcoz he has to work on 14th February.

First, we went to East Coast Road to eat the $10 jumbo prawn noodles for our lunch... and then we went to Queensway Shopping Centre to buy my running shoes.

Before we left for East Coast, I gave Deardear his Valentine's day card and present, and insisted that he open the present before he drive off. Heehee... Surprise for him!!! Eh... I actually bought a trucker cap and a leather wristband from Ed Hardy for him and I am so glad that he likes the card and the presents! Hee!! When I went to shop for Deardear's presents at Ed Hardy, I also bought 2 other caps for myself! =P

After opening his presents, Deardear told me to open the presents that he has bought for me but I told him I will prefer to open it later. And so we went off to East Coast Road to try our luck bcoz it was already 3 plus and we were wondering if they were going to close soon. Luckily, when we reached there, it was still open. And so we managed to cure my craving for the big prawn noodles and the ngoh hiang!

After a late and fulfilling lunch meal, we proceeded to Queensway to buy my shoes. As mentioned previously, I have been putting on alot of weight recently, so I will need to buy a pair of running shoes to go running at the gym or go running with Deardear. Deardear also bought his tennis shoes at Queensway.

I somehow did not like all of the running shoes that were sold on display... The colours are either too boyish to me or I did not like the combinations of colours with the pink on the shoes... I prefer those from the Nikewomen range that are used for training, dancing, yoga and aerobics coz they look more girlish to me. But Deardear insisted that I cannot buy those coz they are not meant for running... So, I ended up buying a white pair meant for running from Nike that has a pink swoosh logo. However, it is not one that I really like very much but bought it juz for the sick that I needed it.

After purchasing our shoes, we proceeded to VivoCity Pull and Bear to collect a pair of 3/4 pants which I reserved on the previous day. And when I reached there, I ended up spending more than what I should (as usual). While I was making my payment, Deardear said that he met Peter outside one of the shops... And he told me that Peter was waiting for Meiye... So qiao!! Anyway, after that we also went to the National Geographic store to take a look... Some of the things are quite interesting but I hated the section that has lots of frog posters!!! I think they look gross and yucky!!! I hate frogs and toads!!! Yeeee!!!!!

Enough of seeing gross things, I prefer going to see cute things in Sanrio!!! Hehee... Oh, I knew Deardear gave me some thing from Sanrio coz his presents were wrapped in the Sanrio wrapper and placed in the Sanrio paperbag!! I suspected that he bought me something from Tokidoki for Hello Kitty but just wondering what it would be. Ok, so before I went to Sanrio, Deardear bought a drink from Coffeebean so that he could enjoy his drink while I spent my time in Sanrio... Hahaa...

And after shopping at Sanrio, Deardear suggested going to town for awhile before we go for our dinner. I had no idea where he is bringing me for dinner coz I wanted it to be a surprise. And so we slowly walked back to the carpark. When I looked at my watch, it was 7plus already! So fast... It's dark... When we got back to the car, I decided to open my present this time. Tadah, I was right!! Deardear bought me the Donutella with Adios and Ciaociao mirror that I wanted so much when I first saw it at Takashimaya Sanrio the other day and also the cute Donutella toy figure!! I am SOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY!!! Hehehehehe!!! I LOVE IT SOOSOOSOOSOOOO MUCH!!!!!! v(^.^)V

Alright, so after surprising each other with our presents, what's next? Deardear drove to Orchard and we went to Paragon coz he wanted to see if there are new arrivals in G-Star... While in G-star, guess who we met this time? We met Eileen! Hahaaa... We met 2 friends on the same day.

We spent some time walking along Orchard Road and initially wanted to buy tickets to catch a movie after dinner... But I preferred not to watch movie that night coz we can always watch a movie on any other days.

As time passed, it was almost 9.15pm. Deardear has pushed the reservation for dinner to 9.30pm since we had a late lunch in the afternoon. So he drove me to the place for dinner... On our way there, I kept making guesses on the place that he was going to bring me to... After several wrong and silly guesses, I managed to guess the place correctly!! Hehee...

He bought me to Cicada at Portsdown Road. I managed to guess it bcoz he once drove me to that place and we passed by it. At that time, we had some difficulty looking for it coz that place seems quite dark and secluded last time.

When we reached there, there were many couples dining there. Almost every table was sat with a couple. The ambience is very quiet and romantic wor!! As for our food, we ordered lobster bisque and seafood salad with mango as our starters, I ordered tenderloin steak and Deardear ordered lamb steak for our mains and lastly, profiteroles for our desserts!! Everything was nice except the dessert which I think is not special enough. And I also did not really like the mocktail that I ordered... they called it the Candy Floss... which tasted like the cocktail called Snowball but tasted quite bland. It would have taste better if it was sweeter.

We took out time to eat until the restaurant closed at 12pm. Then we went to Millenia Walk which was our first dating place to relive our memories!! Ahahaaa!! It was so fun to go back to the place we first dated... But stupidly, we kept smelling breezes of cowdung after we sat there for awhile!!! But we were not able to find any cowdung near us. We wondered where the smell came from??! Kekeke!!! Anyway, the 'bah-wu' spoils the atmosphere!!! And so we decided to leave and head home once we started to smell the stinky air constantly between the short intervals of fresh air. Hahaaa...

25 Random Things About Me

Someone tagged me in this on Facebook... Didn't feel like writing it initially but since I am feeling bored now, might as well do it... Hee... Thus, I pasting it here too.

1. I love the sun!! I used to go suntanning at the beach with my uni friends on almost every weekend!

2. I once picked up tennis together with my uni friends and started buying a whole lot of tennis outfits for the sport. In actual fact, I can't play but just wanted to dress like a pro. =P

3. I am a fashion freak and super shopaholic. I can spend alot on clothings, shoes, bags, accessories, cosmetics, hair and nails... I love collecting nail polishes and have collected up to 3 big boxes, and even own all the tools and equipments needed for mani, pedi, nail arts and acrylic nail extensions! I tend to overspend and then feel guilty about it after that. =P

4. I love painting my own nails and designing nail arts on them!

5. I hate wearing office attires to work bcoz they make me feel old and uncomfortable!

6. I think my eyes are small and that's why I love wearing black eyeliners around them to make them look bigger.

7. I take cab to work everyday bcoz I hate standing and squeezing with people on public transports. In fact, I travel to almost everywhere by cab except for travelling home from work which I will take the stinky bus 854.

8. I have intentions to quit my job every now and then bcoz I feel being used as a sparetyre but is not given the recognition, yet I have to undergo scrutinization on my punctuality... I feel stuck in the banking industry currently and is living in despair everyday. I think my current job fit is a total mismatch for me. However, I am staying on for the sick of $$$, especially during this recession period!

9. I was once locked out alone in the open space outside the enclosed swimming pool (which required card access) on the rooftop of the shortstay apartment in Melbourne during winter, freezing and shivering after a swim wearing a wet bikini with a towel wrapped around, all bcoz my boyfriend accidentally mistook my room keys back with him, which was left behind for me by my room mate. Hahaa...

10. Sometimes when I feel unhappy, I will blog about it but not publish the entry.

11. My favourite colours are pink, white and gold. In addition to that, I love anything that is colourful, bright, bling or psychedelic!!

12. I love all Hello Kitty and princessy stuffs! And can turn totally crazy over Tokidoki items!

13. I have always wanted to open my own shop either selling clothes or providing manicure services.

14. If I am given an opportunity to study again, I will want to study fashion design and marcom...

15. My cupboards are overpacked with clothes that I have difficulties searching for them everytime.

16. I can take up to 2 hours or more to get ready before I leave my house.

17. I have put on weight recently and is losing that self-confidence which I used to have previously. I miss the figure that I had 4 years ago. =P

18. I am a perfectionist when it comes to my appearance but is also a very messy person at home and hate doing housework!

19. I love taking photos of myself!!

20. Sometimes I will lock myself in my room, turn on the music really loud and then start singing and dancing in front of the mirror as if I am a superstar!!

21. My ambition was to become a singer... I once signed up for a singing audition secretly and went for the audition alone, but I ended up forgetting the lyrics after singing 2 phrases at the audition!

22. I once sung at The Hark Cafe for my exposure experience when I attended singing classes at the Hark Music School!

23. My favourite number is 13 bcoz my birthday falls on 31st, my boyfriend's birthday falls on 3rd, I stay on level 13, my boyfriends stay in block 13 and coincidentally, both of us got together on the 13th.

24. I used my milk bottle until Primary 5!

25. I tend to daydream about marriage whenever I listen to the song "Can you celebrate?" by Namie Amuro. I wish I can to use this song as my future wedding march-in song!

More CNY Celebrations...

Tomorrow is the last day of CNY le... Let me upload somemore CNY related piccies before CNY comes to an end for this year...


Last Tuesday, my management catered lunch buffet for the whole office as I have mentioned previously... Hmm... But the 'Loh Hei' Yu Sheng was kinda pathetic for sharing between 2 departments! Damn kiam lor... Some of my collegues even chose not to 'loh' coz there was not enough space to accommodate all with just 1 set of Yu Sheng... At least should order 1 set per department mah!! But what can we expect??! It's recession leh!!!... Sigh... This is the only reason that everyone will say when portions of everything start to shrink or reduce this year! Be it bonuses, performance appraisal rankings (so that lesser people can get their bonuses), even for the mandarin oranges given from our management - Last year, each staff was given 1 box of oranges which contain about 20 oranges in a box, this year we were given only 2 oranges each - rather don't give better...


Ok... anyway, on last Saturday, we also had dinner at Deardear's house... Bernard drove Deardear and I to East Coast Park Jumbo Seafood restaurant to tah-bao chilli crabs, black pepper crabs and Yu Sheng... while Bernard went to Lagoon side to buy BBQ stingray, hokkien mee and cuttlefish kang kong.


After dinner, we played Blackjack... Hmm... Think my luck was not so bad that night, maybe bcoz Deardear and I were wearing couple t-shirts... so we have got couple luck!!! Hahahaa... Ok, nonsense I know! =P