Hmmmm... this is the real thing!
office mailbox starting to get full
emails to read..
emails to reply to..
document reviews..
solutions to provide..
meetings..
conference calls..
Simply,
brain draining..
chaotic..
nerve wrecking..
stress level to the maximum..
Nothing more to say.. I hope I could call it a day but need to get to work some more at home. Waaaahhhh...
Read more...Last Thursday was my Nanay's (Mom) bday. The day before I already called to greet her and we had our usual chitchats. I terrribly miss her and my tatay. If calling them everyday isn't too expensive, I would do so.
It's been more than a month since we applied for DSL line in PLDT but unfortunately, they have lots of excuses for their very slow service (saying it will take another 2 mos for a line on our place to be available). Grrr...
Anyway, I can also feel that she misses me so much but usually ensures that I won't feel lonely. She usually talks about her weekend visit to our house. How she plans to put some more plants on the garden area and what other things must be improved.
Last night, Mon and I called her again. :) She's happy that we still called her despite of the other night's chitchat. I also talked with my nieces and I am really close to tears talking to all of them. Especially our dear Kiara. Still the ever talkative one (though we don't know what she's saying). Haha.. :)
Oh well.. days when you really miss home.
Read more...Now that my first week (4 days actually) of being a newbie is almost over, I'm pretty sure what I feel is very common for those who just shifted jobs. New environment, new set of colleagues, new chapter in my life. I have mixed emotions -- optimistic, pessimistic.
PESSIMISTIC ME: nervous, quite insecure, paranoid, quite overwhelmed
OPTIMISTIC ME: excited, up for manageable challenges
Jittery... Hmmm, come Monday, I will be working on a project (what the?!--sa Pinas, 2wks normally bago ka isalang sa project hahaha). I had a little background already but I hope to catch things up fast (determined to do so) or else! haha...
For now, I'll just try to enjoy the weekend. :)
is a unfortunate/fortunate for me. Just when I arrived at the office, I realized I forgot the key where my laptop is placed. :(
UNFORTUNATE ME: No choice but to go back to our place. I called Mon before coming out the office vicinity, feeling so frustrated and disappointed (how could I forget it?! It's the first thing that I took note of while I was arranging my things for the next day).
FORTUNATE ME: I came early to the office and our flat is near but I have to take the cab (costly mistake).
Anyhoo, I rode the cab and had a relaxing conversation with the cab driver. He immediately told me that he's sure that I left something at home. A fortune teller! haha.. He talked about how my situation normally happens.. that it's one of the things that makes us human. He also talked about SG being a nice place to be but the cost of living is really high. I agreed. haha..
Just when I am near the hawker area, Mon called me and told me he has the key with him! He accidentally picked it up while we are arranging things at our room. Panalo! He was already at Sheng Siong that time. I waited for him at our block and we took the cab again (Lady Driver kewl!). I dropped him off to Commonwealth MRT and I went back to the office.
Now, I am still burning my brows to the numerous product documentations. Quite hard because no hands on yet so I still can't visualize how things work. Oh well, I'll get to that on the coming days. For now, I'll enjoy my coming home early days. I'm sure if I'm already assigned to a project, it'll be OTY for me. :-s
Yep! Today’s my first day at work. Finally, I am a working woman again. :) I got up a bit early since I don’t want to be late on my first day. I even had the time to read yesterday’s newspaper as well as sort some things at our room.
Since my office can only be reached by taking 2 rides (one is via 2 buses and another via MRT-Commonwealth + bus), I have to “experiment” the most convenient route as well as the right time to leave the flat. Today, I tried the first option and the travel time is as follows:
Walk from our block to bus stop 3 mins
Waiting time for Bus #1 to arrive 6 mins
Bus # 1 (6 stops) 5 mins
Waiting time for Bus #2 to arrive 1 min
Bus # 2 (2 stops) 3 mins
TOTAL 18 mins
Saturday Game Night
Morning and afternoon of Saturday is just spent to relax and chill at our place. Come evening, we decided to play monopoly. It was the most fun monopoly game I ever had. Kulitan lang kasi. What made it more fun is that Cel's Monopoly is the Here and Now Electronic Edition. Gameboard is based on London's landmark places and since it is electronic, no more play money. We are using credit/debit cards which is updated using the Banker's unit. Very nice.. really nice.. :D
One of the days where Noreen and I decided right away to meet. :) It really is much okay at times when meet-ups are not super planned (kasi hindi natutuloy) hehehe...
It should be me (with Mon), Noreen, Chello, Gina (with Mark) and Vivi. Vivi and Chello couldn't make it but we opted to go as planned. There's always next time. :D
So off we go to IMM (Jurong East). Met with Mon at Dover station, and met Noreen at Jurong East station. Chikahan right away while waiting for the IMM shuttle to arrive (which took light years hehe..) We had dinner at the food court where we had the sumptuous fried rice plus sweet and sour fish (continuing our chikahan of course :D).
We just strolled afterwards and met with Gina and Mark. Since it is a dinner date, kain ulet. This time, the three of us decided to have the zagu-style drink while the couple ate a heavy dinner. And as usual hindi nauubos ang chika, so tuloy pa din ;) Too bad no pics with them.
Yes, I'm busy. Busy as a bee. Finally landed a job! hahaha.. After weeks of searching, I know I found the right one (as they say, the first one is not always the right one). Actually, I am beginning to feel impatient but later on realized that God is probably still preparing me and my job-to-be. And prayers really do wonders! Days after that, calls poured in and there I get to pick the ONE. ;)
Actually, today should be my first day at work but I just got my EP approval the other day. Then, I still went through medical examinations. I got off really early but still finished just before lunch. Haayyy... Oh well, at least my first day is moved next week. Haha..
Being busy does not mean no time to celebrate our first anniversary. Mon already created the entry on this blog as well as on his blog so no nee to elaborate. :) All I can say that our first year together has its ups but we definitely encountered rough roads along the way. All I can say is that we are committed to working together as well as continuously improve our relationship. We're pretty sure that we still have a long way to go, more lessons to learn and more rough roads to pass through. It won't be easy but as long as we stick together, we can make it.
I just hope despite my new work, I could still regularly post updates. ;)
We had our first wedding anniversary here! We haven't realized how much we've grown, how much we've learned, and how much we had accomplished in our first year.
Anyway, since our first anniversary was a Monday, and I can't take any leaves yet, it had to be a dinner and a movie!
We had dinner at Marché Vivocity, as recommended by Cel. (Thanks Cel!) This is the first Swiss restaurant we tried -- and it's great! Let's just wait for Che to put it the pictures here (the new "career woman" is busy today.. :) hint hint). Anyway, the full review of the place is here.
Last Nov 6, Mon and I went to Tiong Bahru Plaza to open his salary account. Afterwards, I asked if we could eat at MOS Burger. I have been wanting to eat there since I tasted their famous MOS burger in Hong Kong sometime June. I think there are only two branches of MOS burger in HK, but here in Singapore, you'll see it in just about every mall. Hehehe..
As a backgrounder, MOS Burger originated from Japan. MOS stands for "Mountain Ocean Sun". And according to the ever reliable wikipedia, it's the second largest fast-food chain in Japan after McDonald's. :)
Eating in fast-food restos here is expensive, but we tried ordering two of their meals, MOS burger with cheese and Teriyaki chicken burger. Yum yum! What amazed us is the background music inside the resto... MYMP! Hehehe.. We're sure there's a Pinoy staff in MOS and true enough, the one that served us is Pinoy. :) Aliw..
The day before Ate's birthday, we went to Marina Bay for an eat-all-you-can dinner. 'Twas my second time to eat there. First one was with my ex-ISI officemates (unfortunately, we were not able to take some pics haayyy.. CAMERA!!!! grrr....). Anyways, the pics will say how much we enjoyed the food and of course each other's company. :)
Haayyy.... Woke up a while ago and felt a bit of emptiness. I then realized that I miss my family so much. I miss the morning chikahan with my Nanay Malou.. I miss the small chitchats with my Tatay Danny. I miss hugging and kissing my nieces. It's really hard to be away from loved ones. :(
Yun lang...
It's almost a month since Mon and I arrived here in Singapore. Time flies so fast! I was not able to blog for a while either.
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