Packing

I'm flying to Hanoi tomorrow and then Manila thereafter. Yes, it's like a mirror image.. Manila, then Hanoi then Manila again.. it's sucha deja vu.. In fact, i'll be taking the exact same flight i took for the Manila trip..

In any case, i'll be doing some serious travelling now that the year-end is approaching so I thought i'd clear out my toiletries bag a little and refill it somewhat. And since some of you have asked how i usually pack my bag, i thought i'd take a photo log of the packing process..

Here's my toiletries..



and all these go into the toiletries bag..



then comes the gadgets..these are my specs, my skype headset, my handphone charging cable, ipod and earphones and thumbdrive..



here're my ties and namecard holders.. i usually bring 2 namecard holders cos i hate to run out of namecards..which i have once in a while.



then comes the shirts.





with the suit..


then they're put in the suit bag..



then the suit bag is folded..



then placed in a special compartment in the suitcase



then i have my slippers.. just in case i want to go out at night..



Then i have my book.. i bring 2 books.. my sis gave me the orange book..depending on my mood..one is more serious and one's more light hearted..



here's the bag.. all packed.. with some casual tops.. for sleeping in.. usually i'll bring a long sleeved tee and boxers cos usually the air-con's very cold..



and of course, the most important of them all..my passport and wallet..

Bye

My Grandma passed away last weekend.. over the long weekend.

I had to cancel my trip to Hanoi.. i'd hate to sound callous but it's a bad trip to cancel cos i had to do 3 projects on this trip. Never in my previous trips did i have to handle 3 on the same trip.. so it was tough having to call 3 clients.. but well..

yeah.. so my grandma died. im fine cos im not very close to her. and i didnt want anyone to come visit so im posting this now cos i just got back from the cremation.

dont mind me but i've got to head back to checking my emails.

im fine.

Some Pics

Just remembered i took some pictures on my recent trips..

here's where i stayed in Pattaya.. beautiful hotel..







here's where i stayed in Langkawi... huge room.. quite old actually but the downside is that there's no broadband internet.. just dialup.. quite dumb..



but the interesting thing they had was this chocolate in the room..



lots of hotels have chocolates..so i didnt think much of it.. i lifted the cover and wondered how come it's so sticky one.. eeeks.. never wash the cover clean is it??? then i realised that the cover was made outta chocolate too!!!!

argggggggggggh.. the whole thing is made outta chocolate.. just to show how big it is.. i took a pic of it beside my hp. i actually bit part of the cover too.. muhahahah.. not bad...

Whizzing

I'll be going Hanoi next week. Some might remember that i got to know an interesting russian babe the last time i was in Hanoi. But she has since left for Canada for studies. Oh well..

And then next week, i'll be going Manila..

Random Thoughts

I have some things to blog.. but they're quite random.. and therefore i'll poat them as they come to mind.

I never told much people abt the job position which i interviewed for. It was a pretty high position. To give a perspective:

1. A senior, called X who left the company 3 years ago joined the same company.
2. 3 years later, X got promoted and now he reports directly to this guy, called Y.
3. If i get the job, I'd be the peer of Y.

muhahaha.. can you imagine that? 3 years down, i'm the peer of my senior's boss.

and the dumb ass thing is, when i went for the interview, i bumped into him at the office. After he knew i was meeting the director of HR, he stopped asking. haha.. that was dumb.

but it's a nice job, i think. One that could potentially triple my salary. but i wonder if i could do the job. Everyone knows im brimming with confidence, sometimes over-brimming and exploding really. But this time, im not sure.

Very coincidentally, my boss was telling me abt his friend who was made CFO of this huge huge company and his friend was feeling the heat and the stress..and i made this comment about how sometimes when we apply for jobs, we tend to sell overselves and our abilities. Soemtimes the hiring manager might overjudge n think that actually you're suited for this super impt and huge job and actually gives it to you when actually you're not not up for it. Like dat how? do you still take it up? or do you tell him, hey dude, im not as good as you think. i made this comment to my boss and brought up the point of this new superior i blogged abt here.

I was scouring my entire blog to see where i spoke abt her but i realised i didnt say much ever since she came.

She was a total disaster really. absolute total disaster. for some reason, for all her experience and age, she wasnt good. just plain lousy. i dont typically diss people so openly but when a 1 week old newbie can edit her report and spot a ton of typos, i just knew she was a lemon. my boss mentioned to me once in a while that if not for the heavy load we are expecting in year-end, he'd have dropped her.

I had the wonderful opportunity to edit her report last weekend cos my boss dumped it on me. It was a wreck really. concepts are wrong, english is bad.. i went to office on monday to give it to my boss cos i think he shld talk to her abt it, not me, since she's my superior.

then he told me he sacked her last friday.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT??

I remembered before i left last friday, he asked her to the meeting room at around 6pm plus to "catch up". he likes to use to phrase "catch up" to mean a lot of things.. discuss reports, discuss schedules, discuss the other staff and everything else. then she said she was on her way out of the office liaoz cos she wasnt feeling well.

he said "oh"

after 2 minutes, he called her again and said.. just five to 10 minutes only". and then she went in.

siong man.. on a friday evening, when you're going home, when you're feeling sick. you just got dropped the bomb.

anyway, back to my favourite topic, myself, i dont know if i shld take up the job, should they offer it.

Langkawi

Just a quick update, Cornball will be going to Langkawi tmr to relak one korner there.. short trip.. will be back before the weekend.

Pattaya

I'm in Pattaya right now and quite bored...nothing much to do cos nowdays im supposedly quite free.. i even borrowed some dvds from the hotel to watch..

anyway, i ordered some room service.. green curry pizza.. muhahahah and glutinous rice with mango and mango smoothie..

i love mangos

MC Days

I was on MC the most part of the week cos of my tooth.. I always told ple and i cant rem if i blogged it, that it'd be nice if i got an MC for some illness that isnt very life-threatening or expensive to treat or painful to me .. but requries me to stay home.. actually chicken pox is a good one.. cos other than itchiness, not very dangerous.. but than i got the pox before in JC..

i guess wisdom tooth MC isnt THAT bad.. except that my gums still throbs once in a while and eating isnt that fun of late..

I managed to convince my boss that i shldnt go to KL on that Thursday i was on MC..cos there's just too many people going.. hee ... largely cos there was the Isetan private sale on thursday..

i brought my mum there.. she was quite adament we took the MRT but i said the weather was hot and that i was a patient.. so we shld take the cab..

we arrived at 1pm.. thinking that after lunch, the crowds would have dissipated.. but noooooooooooooooooooooo... tons of ple man..i ws trying to find a reason as to why i shld be shopping.. hmm.. and i thought this is the first time im shopping after my promotion.. oook lor..muhahaha

i bought a belt that came in this box..





and cufflinks that came in this very interesting box..





and i bought some boxers..



i met up with my mum and asked her what she bought.. she told me she bought a ladle and she showed me in the taxi back (yes, i was still a patient). the ladle came in a nice box...

I was like "one box one ladle eh? very good eh."

My mum went " yes, made in germany"

I asked " so what's so good abt this ladle"

She answered " this has more stain"

I was like " huh?? more stain??? more stain then why buy???"

she thought for a while " oh.. no no.. more steel, more steel... it's stainless steel.. more steel, not more stain"

Resigned, i asked " so how much is it?"

She replied sheepishly " S$27"

gosh.. S$27 ladle.. jolly well have tons of steel inside..

ps: Anyone who makes fun abt my mum abt this will definitely incur my wrath

Horlicks

I just got home from mahjong and my mum said this to me..

" you're a workaholic"

"your dad is a alcoholic" (cos he always likes to go to the kopitiam to drink beer)

"i'm (my mum) is a shopaholic"

"your sis is a milo-horlick" (cos she likes to drink milo)

What the... you cant blame me if i make lame jokes sometimes

Pounder

I've been getting some recurrent backaches and neckahces recently and kaitlynn was kind enuff to give me a pounder.. to pound my back when it's stiff...the pounder is actually a stick with a heavy but cushioned head.. you hit the cushioned part on ur stiff back/neck..

then she got one for herseelf and she showed it to be..the moment i saw it, i knew i had to get it for my mahjong kakis.. the dream team.. i actually bought it some time back.. but there was nvr a chance to give them since we didnt meet..

We did today.. muhahaha.. it was a blast..



this is the one kaitlynn got me..

Pained

After i went for my interview, i went to the dentist.. to cut the long story short, he pulled out my very very stubborn wisdom tooth.. i'd say more and take a pic of the tooth some other day.

my left mouth is now swollen and i was given 5 days MC.. but i was back at work on Tuesday cos i had to rush something.. worked till 10pm.. im gg to stay home on Wed to rest.. but then i am going to KL on thursday for a day trip.. for a potential US$1 million deal.. so my boss hoped that i went.. and ill rest at home on Friday.

And im going to Thailand next week.. think the new airport is opening on Thursday. Hopefully no hitches at the airport.. i hate hitches..

Major Decision

i still havent decided what to wear tmr for the interview. no mood really.

Jobs

i was typing out a rather long blog.. but i was then too lazy..

im going for an interview tomorrow. It was one which a headhunter who called me and asked for my resume and then gave to someone and then said i got shortlisted for an interview..

huge company..but it's at 4pm.. but since it's quite a big company.. so im making some excuse to go for it...told my boss i was going to the dentist...which isnt entirely false cos ill be going to the dentist after the interview.. my mouth hurts so much i cant even smile properly.. how to charm the interviewer with my silly grin man?

it's actually a pain in the ass cos now i have to sneak my suit out of the office..

Been some time

It's been some time since i blogged... cos there's really nothing much to blog about mostly.. I was in Beijing and Shanghai last week ans it was ok.. sometimes,you really got to think before you wish for something. I told my boss earlier this year that i'd like to travel more this year and that i've nvr been to Phuket and the other resort destinations in Thailand and Beijing.. and then in the end, i've been to Phuket twice, Hua Hin once, Pattaya once, Bangkok four times and Beijing twice.. and i might be going to Pattaya and Bangkok next week too.

I managed to meet up with my shanghai friend again (as mentioned before here) this time i was in shanghai.. here're her pics..

Glass

So my drinking glass at the office was broken that day..

In keeping with the fine Ritzenhoff tradition, K@itlynn got me this the other day..



another view..




from the top view.. there's a picture at the base of the glass..



parting view..

Ugandan Gift

Goddess went to Uganda.. duno for wat.. for a holiday it seems.. wonder why anyone would go to Uganda...

in any case, she got me these..



here's a wooden spoon



Actually i have no idea wat this is...looks like those pandan chicken thingy u eat at indonesian restaurants..



then this is a pure honey stolen from a bees' hive..she got stung doing it.. but i doubt this is the actual honey she stole..



and then this is a beeswax candle.. it actually smells like bees' ear wax... weird smell..



Another look at the gifts...this time with the paper bag.. she emphasised that the paper bag also from Uganda..

Gifts..

Edna was kind enough to get me this abercrombie and fitch polo from Taiwan... it's pink cos i told her that im looking to more gay and pastel shirts now.. very very unfortunatley, it's a tad small... i'd need to lose some weight else, i'd look like a fat gay, as opposed to just gay..



then the other day, she was very kind to send me this Phil Collins cd cos i was feeling shitty.. why phil collins? cos she says i'm stuck in the 80s and i love the ah peh songs.. :( seems like every gift is a snide stab at me.



anyway, then i remember i have this phil collins watch..



check out the signatures.. same same..

Yawn

ive been told to blog since i was sianz..

i was just told i'll be travelling to Beijing and then to Shanghai next week. Will be away for the entire week.

So there you go.. i blogged

Ache

as mentioned earlier, i have a toothache... i finally managed to go see a dentist today and i found i had gum infection :(

Cost me S$150 with the x ray and all :(

Given one day MC :)

But duno if ill still go to work or not :(

Then the dentist said that my wisdom tooth coming out...need to extract.. will get 5 days MC :)

but cos my teeth are so crooked, need a specialist to extract.. that'll cost me S$800 :((

but can use medisave ：）

sigh... health is very important guys..

Chocolate and Spice

I queued up for this muffins that day... queued for a good 30 mins..largely cos this woman in front bought S$100 worth of muffins.. then the woman after her bought tons...



my 2 male colleagues gobbled theirs even after their full lunch. Kaitlynn ate two of hers when she got it even though she felt bloated.. i think jaz waited for Kaitlynn to eat then she ate.

I bought some for my family too.. no one liked it.. bleah..