Hey.... it's now 4.49am in Singapore and here I am writing this blog. Why, you might asked? Well, because.... I just finished showering after I got home from clubbing. Actually, it's the 2nd night in a row that I got home around this time..... well this all happened because Lorraine is only here till Tuesday and she wanted to check out the clubbing scene in Singapore before she left, so......
Thursday - after work I went out for dinner with 2 friends at Din Tai Fung.... had the usual xiao long bao and beef brisket noodle combo. Then as planned before, I went to MoS (Ministry of Sound) at Clarke Quay later that night. There were 6 of us in total....... basically we just want to check the place out since we never been there. It was OK.... there were 4 rooms that we are aware of..... the RnB room which is very very packed, the main room where we hang out most of the time, and on the 2nd floor (they even got an escalator inside!) there were the disco/retro room and a lounge (i think the theme is house music, not really sure). So we spent most of the time in the main room, and that night the DJ was from Hed Kandi with a guest saxophonist named "The Lovely Laura". She was good.... I really enjoyed it. Then we went home at around 3 (although with someone complaining "what? it's only 3!!") --> I won't tell names haha
Today..... at first I realize that my curtain is not thick enough..... it was like "aaaaahhhh.... sunshine!!! nooooooo!!!". Then I finally managed to get out of bed at around 12, but that also only because I had to get ready to leave for church, which started at 3, but it's so freaking far, and I had to get there early because it's Good Friday. Don't have time to have lunch, so I only ate some biscuits. And the mass was sooooo long, and I got really really hungry during that. Afterwards we ate some roti prata, which is just right outside of the church. Then another friend asked me to go watch a movie, so I said OK..... we watched "Shooters", starring Mark Wahlberg. It was OK, much better than "The Number 23" which I watched a few days ago. Then after movies it's on to St. James Power Station. It's THE clubbing scene in Singapore now. It is HUGE. If you think MoS is big..... think again. This place have 9 rooms altogether (although they don't have an escalator haha). We ended up in the room called Movida... there were a band playing Latin music. They were pretty good :)
So yeah, here I am ready to go to bed now since my hair is already dry. Not sure what time I'll wake up later.......zzzzzzzzzz........
Saturday, April 07, 2007
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
FLOOD!!!
So, funny story.... I never experienced flooding when I was in Indonesia, but it happened to me just now.... in Singapore, at a 7th floor apartment. Imagine that!
As I mention earlier, today I got home quite early because of my attachment. So when I reached home, I suddenly feel quite in the mood of cleaning the house. So I swept the floor, but (luckily) I didn't mop it.
Then at 7.50pm, just when I was about to dial in to my conference call, suddenly I felt some strange sensation on my feet.... it was wet. So when I look around, the floor was already flooded. The water came out from my flatmate's room, and the room was locked!!!
So I kinda panicked for a bit... tried to call my flatmate but she didn't answer the phone.... then I call the locksmith to come, then I have to join in the conference call.... so I joined in while trying to get as much water into the other bathroom (with no avail). After about 2 minutes, my flatmate came back, so I decided to skip the conference call tonight and deal with the crisis first.
As suspected, it was the evil bitch (literally) who did it. Leony the bitch, to be exact. The bitch that always scratch and pee on me everytime she sees me. Aaarrrrghhh!!!! I hate that bitch!!! She chew through the bathroom pipe so the water burst everywhere.
In the end, it's kinda funny coz now the apartment looked very clean.... after we mop and mop for about half an hour....
So now I'm exhausted, but American Idol is coming up.... luckily I don't have to come back to the warehouse tomorrow....
As I mention earlier, today I got home quite early because of my attachment. So when I reached home, I suddenly feel quite in the mood of cleaning the house. So I swept the floor, but (luckily) I didn't mop it.
Then at 7.50pm, just when I was about to dial in to my conference call, suddenly I felt some strange sensation on my feet.... it was wet. So when I look around, the floor was already flooded. The water came out from my flatmate's room, and the room was locked!!!
So I kinda panicked for a bit... tried to call my flatmate but she didn't answer the phone.... then I call the locksmith to come, then I have to join in the conference call.... so I joined in while trying to get as much water into the other bathroom (with no avail). After about 2 minutes, my flatmate came back, so I decided to skip the conference call tonight and deal with the crisis first.
As suspected, it was the evil bitch (literally) who did it. Leony the bitch, to be exact. The bitch that always scratch and pee on me everytime she sees me. Aaarrrrghhh!!!! I hate that bitch!!! She chew through the bathroom pipe so the water burst everywhere.
In the end, it's kinda funny coz now the apartment looked very clean.... after we mop and mop for about half an hour....
So now I'm exhausted, but American Idol is coming up.... luckily I don't have to come back to the warehouse tomorrow....
Random updates
Yes I have not been updating my blog for quite some time now….. primarily because of laziness haha. So now since I have absolutely nothing to do, here’s some updates…
Work-wise…. I have been bored to death these few days. Nothing much to do because it’s not the peak period of the system (submission deadline is every 15th of the month, so I’m only busy around 1 week after that). The only exciting thing happening was last week when I conducted a training for the Singapore users. There were around 40 people attending the session. Luckily everything went smoothly and there were nothing that I couldn’t handle. Then after that I asked my boss if I can travel around the region to conduct the training, but then she says “errm…. we don’t have any budget for that. Why don’t you just go around Singapore and familiarize yourself with the sites?”. Not really the ideal situation, but how can I say no? So here I am in one of the sites (warehouse). I’m supposed to stay here for 2 days, but I think I’ll skip tomorrow and go back to the office. It’s much much nearer and better than this site (it took me 1 hr 45 mins to go here this morning).
Oh, some exciting news related to work… the HR policies in the company has just been upgraded. Basically last year Exel was bought over by DHL, and now they become DHL Exel Supply Chain…. so they “harmonized” the HR policies. The most exciting point is that I get S$1,500 per year to be spent on dental, optical, specialist/outpatient treatment, insurance and…… gym membership! But the policy will only be effective 1st May, so I still got about 3 more weeks to get fat haha.
I also just got a new work laptop… a Dell Latitude D420…. it’s very small, compact and light, but the downside is that the screen is rather small (12” widescreen)….. maybe I just need some getting used to.
Social life-wise…. have been very active these past weeks. First of all my friend from Bandung (Christina/San2) came to Singapore to look for a job (she already find one now… prestigious company [Jones Lang La Salle], with office in the CBD, no less), and so we have been hanging out quite a lot. And then she introduced me to her friend, who brought along another friend, and the chain reaction goes on….
Also, Lorraine (my former classmate in Beijing) is here until next Tuesday, because her boyfriend is now working in Singapore for 3 months, and since she still haven’t found a job yet in HK, she decided to get the best out of the situation and come here for Easter holiday. We went out to Zouk last weekend, and planning to check out Ministry of Sound and St. James this coming long weekend. Yay! Haha..
Hmm…. what else to write? Oh yeah, accommodation-wise…. well, the last time I wrote an entry to this blog I haven’t even move in to the new place. But now I have lived there for more than a month. It’s a good place, just a tad expensive. Anyway, last time I mentioned that the other room is a Singaporean right? Well, not anymore… coz he “run away”. Long story, not really worth mentioning, so let’s just leave it at that. But the good thing is that his replacement now is a guy from the Philippines, and he is much friendlier and nicer, and around the same age with me and the china couple (the Singaporean was this 40+ weird guy who had problems with his wife, that’s why he moved here).
Anyway, this new guy’s name is Aldwin, and works in a software company. He also travels around the region quite often. And he is a self-proclaimed party boy haha. So I think we’ll become buddies in no time.
But another thing is that now San2 (not Beijing San2, but my friend that I just mentioned earlier) has found a job and she’s still staying with her friend. So she asked me if I want to find a place to share. I don’t mind as long as it’s cheaper than my current place. So we are in the process of apartment hunting now.
It’s now officially 1.25pm, which means I still have another 3 ½ hours to kill….. I think I’ll just go back around 3pm, pop into the office for a while to check email. Till next time then….
Work-wise…. I have been bored to death these few days. Nothing much to do because it’s not the peak period of the system (submission deadline is every 15th of the month, so I’m only busy around 1 week after that). The only exciting thing happening was last week when I conducted a training for the Singapore users. There were around 40 people attending the session. Luckily everything went smoothly and there were nothing that I couldn’t handle. Then after that I asked my boss if I can travel around the region to conduct the training, but then she says “errm…. we don’t have any budget for that. Why don’t you just go around Singapore and familiarize yourself with the sites?”. Not really the ideal situation, but how can I say no? So here I am in one of the sites (warehouse). I’m supposed to stay here for 2 days, but I think I’ll skip tomorrow and go back to the office. It’s much much nearer and better than this site (it took me 1 hr 45 mins to go here this morning).
Oh, some exciting news related to work… the HR policies in the company has just been upgraded. Basically last year Exel was bought over by DHL, and now they become DHL Exel Supply Chain…. so they “harmonized” the HR policies. The most exciting point is that I get S$1,500 per year to be spent on dental, optical, specialist/outpatient treatment, insurance and…… gym membership! But the policy will only be effective 1st May, so I still got about 3 more weeks to get fat haha.
I also just got a new work laptop… a Dell Latitude D420…. it’s very small, compact and light, but the downside is that the screen is rather small (12” widescreen)….. maybe I just need some getting used to.
Social life-wise…. have been very active these past weeks. First of all my friend from Bandung (Christina/San2) came to Singapore to look for a job (she already find one now… prestigious company [Jones Lang La Salle], with office in the CBD, no less), and so we have been hanging out quite a lot. And then she introduced me to her friend, who brought along another friend, and the chain reaction goes on….
Also, Lorraine (my former classmate in Beijing) is here until next Tuesday, because her boyfriend is now working in Singapore for 3 months, and since she still haven’t found a job yet in HK, she decided to get the best out of the situation and come here for Easter holiday. We went out to Zouk last weekend, and planning to check out Ministry of Sound and St. James this coming long weekend. Yay! Haha..
Hmm…. what else to write? Oh yeah, accommodation-wise…. well, the last time I wrote an entry to this blog I haven’t even move in to the new place. But now I have lived there for more than a month. It’s a good place, just a tad expensive. Anyway, last time I mentioned that the other room is a Singaporean right? Well, not anymore… coz he “run away”. Long story, not really worth mentioning, so let’s just leave it at that. But the good thing is that his replacement now is a guy from the Philippines, and he is much friendlier and nicer, and around the same age with me and the china couple (the Singaporean was this 40+ weird guy who had problems with his wife, that’s why he moved here).
Anyway, this new guy’s name is Aldwin, and works in a software company. He also travels around the region quite often. And he is a self-proclaimed party boy haha. So I think we’ll become buddies in no time.
But another thing is that now San2 (not Beijing San2, but my friend that I just mentioned earlier) has found a job and she’s still staying with her friend. So she asked me if I want to find a place to share. I don’t mind as long as it’s cheaper than my current place. So we are in the process of apartment hunting now.
It’s now officially 1.25pm, which means I still have another 3 ½ hours to kill….. I think I’ll just go back around 3pm, pop into the office for a while to check email. Till next time then….
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