Awas!

Was watching rachaelray this afternoon and a book titled "The Dangerous Book for Boys" was featured in the show. The book was written to encourage boys to get out of the house and try some outdoor activities instead of playing computer games at home all day long. It covers around eighty topics, including how to build a treehouse, grow a crystal, or tell direction with a watch. Also included are famous quotes, stories, battles, and phrases that "every boy should know." I think that it is an interesting book and if I have a son, I will definitely buy him one though he may injure himself while trying something from the book. I think injuries are part and parcel of childhood and parents should not overreact when their child falls down or knocks into something by accident. He won't learn to walk properly if he doesn't fall down right? Just like he won't appreciate riches if he has not been poor before. But well, I still do not have children of my own yet, so I guess it is still too early to say all these. Who knows, I may change my mind about what I have just said 5 years down the road when I become a mother myself. =P

Dale SMS-ed me last night and told me that the 8 July batch will start on 15 July instead. I was hoping that my first day will be postponed too then Sharon SMS-ed me this afternoon to remind me to report to work on time on 1 July and dashed my hopes. That will make me two weeks their senior. =( Feeling a bit 心理不平衡 now. =X

Been lazing around the house doing nothing all day except for tuitions in the evening for the entire week but I still feel tired. Gary had been saying that I had been working myself too hard when there was no need for me to do so and I think he is right. I had been working so hard and made myself so tired that no amount of rest will be able to relieve my fatigue completely and I brought this upon myself. With only three more days to go before I NEED to start working hard again, I think it is a bit too late that I only realise this now. SiGh~! Please pray for me. -_-

The much anticipated (super short) break has finally arrived!

Cancelled 3 out of 4 tuition yesterday because I felt sick when I woke up in the morning. Felt better in the late afternoon so I went to teach Mark in the evening.

Passed HI this morning. All four certificates are in the bag now. The much anticipated (super short) break has finally arrived! Shall devote my precious time to make myself pretty. Am going to do that by sleeping early and masking everyday. =) Just tried the Neutrogena T&U mask and found it really good at controlling facial sebum. The oil-free effect lasted for quite awhile. Love it!

Shopped around Suntec City with mommy after my HI examination. Bought a few towels from Aussino and a tunic from Mango. Bought a lot of clothes from Mango recently because of their end-of-season sale. Spent too much money there. Feeling a bit poor and damn guilty now. =X

Training will start on 1 July. Finally it is coming. Looking forward to that. =)

It just doesn't feel the same anymore...

Took the CMFAS M8 examination yesterday morning. Met Dale and Hui Jun who were also taking the same examination at the same time slot. We were among the first few to come out of the examination room and all three of us passed. Isn't that amazing? =D Went to have coffee together at Starbucks after the examination and chatted for a while.

Was late for tuition because of the coffee break. Didn't really wanna go for tuition but went anyway because of the money. I hate myself now. =/

Marcus asked me out for a movie last night. The way he asked me was exactly the same way he did one year ago but when we were out that night, the feeling was totally different. Though we both tried to be natural with each other, it still felt awkward to go out with him again. I think I was the one who was being very formal with him and thus caused the awkwardness. I spoilt the whole evening. SiGh~!

Shan got a new tutor to replace me. The reason being him not able to concentrate because I am too pretty. I really don't know what to say when he told me that. Is it wrong to be pretty? =/

Went out with Wei Qi today. We went to the Kwan Yin Temple in Bugis to pray first. Took a bus from Bugis Street to East Coast Road after that. Went to Aston's for dinner. There was already a long queue outside the shop when we arrived. Took a while for us to get a seat there and for them to serve us our dinner but we had a satisfying dinner so it was all worth it. =)

Walked to Parkway Parade after dinner. Went to the Mango end-of-season sale at Isetan and bought two tops. Security was very tight there. All the shoppers need to have their bags fastened with fasteners before they could enter. Fasteners would only be cut when payment was made or when the shoppers exit the area.

Gave Wei Qi a tour of the shopping centre after leaving Isetan because it was the first time she was there. Had ice-cream at Scoopz before we left. Scoopz's ice-cream is delicious! Still my favourite after all these years. Yummy! =P

I have four tuition scheduled tomorrow. I am tired. I wanna quit tuition. SiGh~!

Life after final year examinations...

Had dinner with my ex-colleagues from UOB at Wheelock Place's NYDC last Wednesday evening. The gathering was amazingly fun though there were only six of us (Kenny, Ian, Isaac, Wei Lin, Eugena and I). Dinner started at about 730PM and ended at around 1030PM. After dinner, we took a leisurely walk to Somerset together before parting ways.

Sister Kenny...

...and his gay partner, sister Ian. Oops! =P

Sadako!!!

Nahz. Its Eugena and Kenny. Smile!

Ian, Wei Lin and I.

The guys...

...and the girls. =D

Where is Ian?

Oh, there he is. =)

Miss all the them. =( Hope to see everyone soon.

Took the CMFAS M5 examination at SCI last Friday morning. I woke up at 4AM to study for the examination, thinking that it was scheduled at 11AM. I only realised that the examination was to start at 9AM when I was checking my organiser for the day's appointments at 730AM. When I realised that fact, I quickly packed up and rushed out of the house. Managed to finish all the questions in an hour and passed. Thank god.

Had dinner with Jonathan Sim at Velocity's Fish & Co in the evening. He shared some of his experiences as an accountant with me and we had a good time laughing at each other. After dinner, we went to Spinelli for a cuppa coffee and continued our nonsense there. Left the place at around 11PM.

Went shopping in town after teaching Shan in Balestier last Saturday. Bought a total of 3 pairs of heels from Far East Plaza, a bag from Robinsons and two tubes of hand cream from Marks & Spencer. It was super crowded at Robinsons because it was having a sale; GST was absorbed for all the items sold at the departmental store.

Yesterday was Shu Yan's wedding day. Supposed to tutor two students in Marsiling but I postponed them because I was too lazy to travel from Yishun to Marsiling after lunch. =X Stayed around at 二伯's house for a while before going home to prepare myself for the wedding dinner in the evening. The wedding banquet was held at the Antica ballroom in Orchard Parade Hotel.

Sis and I.

Mommy and her two pretty daughters. =P

Shu Yan and her husband, Chee Leong cutting their wedding cake.

Champagne and bubbles!

The toasting ceremony.

Group photo with the bride and groom.

Stayed at home to study for the CMFAS M9 examination the whole afternoon. Was a bit late for the examination this evening. It just begun when I reached SCI. Fortunately I managed to finish the examination within the given time frame and passed. Thank god again.

Saw Vinci selling credit cards for ABN AMRO at Suntec City on my way to SCI. I doubt he saw me though. Didn't get to say Hi to him 'coz I was running late for the examination. Saw my cousin, Shun Hui at Suntec City after the examination too. He was with a girl. Scandalous. =P

Paid the credit card bill just now and realised that my account balance is running low. I better stop shopping before I get my pay next month. SiGh~!

小女人的日记

Finally got to go out with Gary last Saturday. The plan had already been kept in view for a few months and I was over the moon when he told me on Friday night that we can finally have dinner together. ^^

He took me to the Sushi Tei at Paragon for dinner. The restaurant was full when we went there so he left his contact number for the staff to call us when there are available seats while we go shopping.

Went Sony to look around. We were looking at camcorders when the salesman came. The blur salesman mistook us to be a married couple and recommended a camcorder with night vision so that we can bring our kids to the night safari. He even recommended an LCD TV for our bedroom. -_- Gary and I didn't correct him though. =X

Then we went to Marks & Spencer. Nothing much to buy there so we left after rounding the store once.

Went to Toys'R'us after that because he wanted to look at the helicopters. While we were looking at the helicopters, the staff at Sushi Tei called to say that the seats are ready. The poor boy was famished because he missed his lunch and so we hurried to the restaurant.

He wanted to order sea urchin sashimi but changed his mind when he realised that I have not tried the "delicacy" before and do not dare to eat it. I wanted him to order anything that he wanted to eat but he said that he will not enjoy eating the sea urchin sashimi if I do not like it. Awww, so sweet! He really wanted me to try the sea urchin so he changed the order to two sea urchin sushi so that we each can have one. Other than the sea urchin sushi, we ordered a plate of gyozas, a BBQ squid, an ebi don for him and a bowl of curry udon for me. It took me a while to muster up enough courage to try the sea urchin sushi. He looked at me as I tasted the sea urchin and knew immediately from my expression that I don't really like it. He asked if I was OK and I said I am not worried because if anything happened to me, he could save me. =P The bowl of curry udon was enormous and I couldn't finish everything. In the end, I had to waste food. =X

Wanted to catch a movie at Cineleisure after dinner but all the shows except those showing after midnight were sold out. He was uber sweet to offer to watch a movie with me at Causeway Point if I really wanted to watch a movie so that it would be easier for me to go home after the show. I know he had to work the next day and I didn't want to keep him up with me, so I said there were none I really wanna watch.

Instead of watching a movie, we went back to Paragon to have coffee at Coffee Bean. We had a good time talking and joking with each other there. He was really humourous and I really enjoyed talking to him. The conversation would have gone on forever if we didn't have to go home. =) That was the first time he concentrated on talking to me and not reading his medical journals at the same time. =/

After the coffee break, I asked if he needed to go home and rest since he had to work the next day. I was surprised that he wanted to continue walking with me and said he was OK because he had plenty of time to rest the next day. So, we took a walk together until we reach Tangs, where we realised that there wasn't much to see at that time. He asked if I want to go home early and I said OK. As I was approaching the escalator, he suddenly remembered that Borders only closes at midnight on weekends and suggested that we go and walk around there. I agreed and we went to Borders. He is a big fan of Jamie Oliver and we spent some time browsing his cookbooks. It is hard to find a guy who enjoys cooking as much as Gary does nowadays. He is one rare gem. =) Then we went to the Children's section and reminisced our childhood memories. =)

It was getting late and he said we need to go. He took the train with me to Toa Payoh where we said our goodbyes and I continued my journey home from there. I did not expect him to take the train with me because it is more convenient for him to go home by a direct bus service from Orchard Road than to take the train and transfer bus. I was touched. =) He said he will see me again but I wonder when will that be. =/

Just had my last paper, Auditing this morning and that marks the end of my final year examinations. However, that was not the end of the day for me.

Went straight to Raffles Place after the paper. Wanted to eat at Five by Aromas where Jason works at but it was super crowded and I had no time to wait for a seat there, so I just said Hi to Jason and left. Went to the hawker centre at Market Street to eat nasi lemak instead. It was very difficult to find a place to sit at the hawker centre too. Almost all the empty seats were taken up by packets of tissue paper. Though I have heard of people "chopping" seats using packets of tissue paper but it was the first time I saw people doing that.

Tutorial started at 2PM. Mingled with the other personal financial consultants and found out that I am the only one in the group to report on 1 July while the rest of them only need to report on 8 July. There is only one other person in the tutorial group who will report to work on the same day as I do but she is a mobile banking executive. SiGh~! Why like that?!

Went to Suntec City after the tutorial to meet Daphne for dinner. We had our dinner at KFC, where we met Andy. He joined us for dinner and left shortly after he had finished his food. After dinner, Daphne and I went to Carrefour to buy a hair dryer.

On the way to City Hall MRT station, the blister on my foot burst and I was bleeding. I endured the pain and continued to walk till I reach the MRT station. Took a train to Marina Bay so that I can get a seat on the train and managed to limp home in my killer heels.

It was raining when I reached Admiralty. Unfortunately, I had forgotten to bring an umbrella with me when I came out this morning, so I called home and asked mommy to come and pick me up from the MRT station. However, she said that it was not raining and asked me to come home myself, which I did. Needless to say, I was drenched. =/

Will be meeting the dudes and dudess from UOB tomorrow. Haven't seen all of them in a while. Looking forward to seeing them again. =)

It had been a tiring day for me today. I need to rest. Goodnight!