Woohoo... last day of 2008 le... time for a records of happens in this yr...
this yr... is indeed better than 2007... but i hope it will be better next yr...
Career:
i am glad dat i have almost completed 1 full year in my current company, Schering Plough, as a Quality Control Chemist...
- shift work is indeed tiring & i fell sick on at least once every 2 months... I took a total of 4 MCs & cover 4 another days with my leave. If not, I would haf took 8 days MC...
- also lost a total of 10kg and managed to gain 5kg back... lol...
- it is a 2-yr contact & i'm left with 1 yr balance. Even though many of my colleages felt dat my chances of being converted to perm is quite high... but i still got some concerns especially with the current market status...
Cool items I bought this yr:
- LG KS20 phone... after using it for 5 months, i decided to trade it in... (Bad investment)
- 16Gb iPhone (Black)
- Sony Cybershot T700 (Silver, black is out of stock~!!)
- PSP slim 3k (Black)
- crocodile wallet (black)
- zinc bag which so much problems... sighz... (Bad investment)
- Picard leather bag (black)
- high back polyureathane chair (black)
- My 2nd diy PC with quite gd parts and softwares, dat cost me near SGD5k (Black casing)
- samsung washing machine, so dat the old one can finally retire after serving my family for almost 20yrs (Silver, coz dun haf black... lol...)
fyi: black is not my favourite color... but it is 1 of my well likes colours... my favourite is purple... red, orange, white, blue, black & green... r the colors dat i like...
Major twists:
- I tried to quit maple twice... it didnt work the 1st time, so i decided to resort to firmer & underhand measures to ensure dat i dun go back or not being welcome dere anymore. it's been 5 months already & it is working so far... after quitting maple, my social life starts to pick up again... also partly becoz of my mum, i decided to quit maple... but mum, if u happen to read this, will u quit playing mahjong almost everyday for me? :(
- I applied for quite a couple of credit cards... POSB everyday, DBS American Express black card, UOB-Singtel, Citibank SMRT, Citibank master(bad choice), Standard Chartered Visa(bad choice) & DBS Live fresh Visa(bad choice). Credit cards r gd is u r able to pay off ur bills when pay comes. They gives rebates & discounts too... also they gives reward points also. MY favourite 3 are DBS AMEX, UOB-singtel & Citibank SMRT...
Relationship:
yes yes... i'm been single for 11yrs of singlehood already... but my decision is still firm as b4, so long as i dun clear my bank loan. i will not get myself into any relationship... like any other man, i do haf a dream gal... a twist of fate landed me in the same company as her... but after a few months, she resigned for a better prospect which offers her a perm job... based on the current situation, her choice is wise... i am such a fool... i agreed to meet her up for lunch 1day but i overslept... the event was right after my night shift... i tried to ask her out for a couple of times, but it was never successful... while clearing my wardrobe juz now, i saw all the letters & cards she wrote to me... maybe i never really confess to her directly, coz i always felt dat i may not be able to bring her enough happiness with my current state... dere's song dat i always thought of her whenever i listen to it... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIl0Bh2DwWo&feature=related)... i do miss the chocolate dat she made me during my 3rd yr in nus... on her last day at work... she made chocolate too... but i juz recovered from fever... in the end, our colleagues finished all up... (cheek frenz of mine who read this... u all better not make fun using this... else i sure dig out all ur dark secrets & tease u back... bawahaha...)
Family:
- i told my parents, so long as i dun get my masters i will not make any plans for marriage or car... unexpectedly, they din dare to ask for too much money from me
- for my dad, i'm paying the house utilities bill ($200+ max/month). I got for him a supp POSB everyday, in case of emergency
- for my mum, $150 and I got for her a sup card of Citi SMRT card., in case she needs it. I will still meet my mum up at least once per week for a meal or go shopping with her
my mum is still recovering from her stroke since last yr march... her left hand & leg are still quite weak...this yr alone... she tripped & fell at least 5 times... she factured her left hand and it was put on cast... after the cast was removed, she fell and her left hand is on cast again... SIGHZ... i'm not sure how long she will last but i will visit her once per week and to make her happy while i still can. currently, she seems to be addicted to mahjong & plays it almost everyday... i felt dat one or twice per week is ok... but she's over-doing it...
- my brother, he left his job in oct... will be working again in jan... hope dat he will stay in this job for long... as far as i can rmb he never stayed in any job for more than 2yrs... he also dun much savings too & spend quite alot too... i hope he will be able to realise it one day dat it is always wise to keep 2-3 months of ur salary in bank for rainy days... recently, he turned to me & ask me to use my credit cards to pay for a mac book by installments... lol... unknowingly to him, i got plans to get a mac book too... i need it for my iphone... :X
- 2nd mum, still healthy but still as bad-temper... lol... i guess dat's her nature ba... usually when she goes off... my dad & sister are the ones dat suffer... overall, she's a kind-hearted person...
- sister (also most of ur so-called daughter... lol), getting more naughty and lazy... gives up on studies too easily... i think i got to give her extra care and attention... for her poor results in pri 2, we adults r partly responsible too...
Regular meet-up frens:
- Eugene & JunHao: 2 science freaks from nus... lol... a major in physics & a major in computional science... with a chemistry major... 1 cheese luver & 1 veg eater... with a meat luver... having meals together could be quite a hassle at times... we swam, jog & went ktv together... btw, jh cant sing well, he is always half to 1 beat behind... :X... as for eugene... his voice will only sound gd in certain songs...
- Raymond Koh: not u... sengwei (dun be angry seng wei... the most, i'll let u stroke my thigh :X)... lol... this Raymond is my kindergarden classmate... sec sch mates, 3 years poly classmate, army spec course mate, stays in my neighbourhood, his birthday is 1 day b4 mine and current colleague of Esther... he's been single thru out his life... i strongly believe he's still a virgin... btw, quite a gd catch... & a joker too... gers who r interested in him... do let me know...
- Esther Lim: knew her since yr1 in nus... unexpectedly became a colleague of Raymond...
- Gravin: my junior in SP, landed up in same company as me... i guess among all my colleagues, he is the closest to me...
Resolution for 2009:
- Try to stay healthy with less MC for work
- Will lose extra weighs in a healthy way with regular exercises
- Complete clearance of my study loan with a total of ~3.4k left (Target Jan 09)
- Travel to Hainan Island to visit my grandparents' homeland (Target 2010)
- Travel back to Belgium again after 10yrs... (i was dere in 6 nov to 2x dec 1999)
- Go Batam to shop & for spa
- Settle down with a stable relationship
- Continue on to learn
- Save at least SGD$15k
- To commit myself with at least an 1hr of swimming & jogging every week
- To keep in touch with frenz dat i dun get to meet for a long time
Long-term goals:
- to persuit a masters in chemistry, likely overseas (Target yr: 2013)
- cherish my family & relatives
- to stay happy & able to make others happy too
