Sunday, June 19, 2011
6:19 AM

Sun, 19 Jun 2011

The feeling of donating blood is just out of this world! i was quite nervous at first but after giving almost one bag of blood, i felt good. Happy that i may be helping someone in need =) couldnt give the entire bag of blood because the lady was worried i would pass out due to my small frame but its good enough. at least the blood's enough for a baby haha - according to my colleague =p

But yea, there were 4 of us. 2 couldnt give, one had asthma not long ago and the other couldnt seem to get blood flowing from both her arms. and the thing is, both of them were repeat blood doners. Whereas my other colleague and i were new donors and we were able to donate haha.. so funny. my 'rocker' machine kept on beeping, indicating that the blood is not flowing smoothly and whenever it beeps, all the nurses turned to look at me cos they were worried i might faint anytime lol..

Good news! I passed my CA exam! =) Woohoo! its not a great mark cos i marginally passed but i wasnt expecting that i'd do well cos i didnt finish almost 1/4 of the paper. lucky i dont need to do a supplementary paper whew.. and pass rate was 67%. Dont know if i shld be feeling happy about that. mmm.. anyway, its time to start on my next module - audit. most dreaded one of all. eerrrwwkk! so dry and boring..

I just got a new phone. the sony ericsson xperia arc =) still trying to play around with the phone functions and applications. The good thing about this phone is the ability to customise the look on ur screen. Time to get creative! ;) i've missed the phone camera.. been out of touch with it for abt 2 yrs.. finally got to use it and its an 8mp camera! AHHHH i just love it! when i go back spore, i'm gonna take lotsa pictures with u guys!

Been putting the phone camera to good use when my family and i went to the newly refurbished St. Mary's Cathedral in perth, just opposite the royal perth hospital. Such a beautiful place.. the church excuisite designs can blow u away.. cos it did for me =D

The altar..




Beautiful coloured glass panes everywhere in the church..






Standing inside the entrance of the church..



Outside the church..

I must say they did a beautiful job of restoring the church =)


Only thing I didnt fancy abt the it was the echo. Because the church is so big, when the priest speaks, u can hear echo.. Other than that, the church is wonderful!








Sunday, June 12, 2011
7:12 AM

Sun, 12 Jun 2011

Sorry to all my friends who have waited so long for me to update my blog. or those who have given up waiting =p

I found it really difficult to juggle work and study life together. It was hard to breathe and I didnt have time for myself. No time for self-indulgence, just felt like a hermit crab at home. I didnt even touch my hotmail account or facebook as often as i used to.

Just glad that I've finished my first exam. Can relax a little now but there's still stress at work. But at least its more manageable with one less thing to worry about or work hard at =)

I looked at all ur graduation holiday pics =D they're awesome! Bet u all had fun! Sadly, i've never had a graduation get-away.. or maybe, I didnt have anyone to go with to start. Besides, with work and studies now, I cant even dream of getting away =(

Got the pep-talk with dad today.. apparently mum forced him to talk to me about my house contribution. She was haunting me the past 2 days about how much i gave to support the household. Made me feel like an unfilial child =( I did ask earlier on how much I shld give or a rough estimate but u didnt want to say. I asked because I didnt want this to happen. Now u're making me feel like the bad guy.

I wont say its ur fault cos the both of u arent working anymore. Now the whole family is counting on me to support them. Suddenly, I feel like I've taken on such great responsibility and a heavy burden. Wont be able to save much on my salary but I've no choice. My parents retired early and i'm the only breadwinner.

Forgive me for this is such a big shock to me. Give me time to adjust to this cos i'm suddenly earning much more but also giving away a lot. I hope u'll understand the heartache and pinch I'm feeling but I promise u I will do my job. Just allow me some time to wake up from my dream of still being a kid..







Sunday, January 16, 2011
8:50 PM

Mon, 17 Jan 2011

Had my first crystal jade xiao long bao meal with my ex LTC colleague - zha jiang mian! learnt that a lot of pple whom i noe during my internship have left the company.

On sat, i met up with jordain and a few others. had german cuisine and beer at 313.. it was nice catching up with them.. =)

And lastly, i left the best for the last - i got the bank job!!! To start 7 feb.. at least i get to spend my cny in spore =D i'm so excited! super busy filling up forms and preparing for my CA/CPA enrolments but happy that the super long wait is well worth it!

ok that's about it. didnt blabber a lot, maybe cos im tired from takin drowsy medicine =p till nxt time!







Sunday, January 9, 2011
8:30 PM

Mon, 11 Jan 2011

Mum and sharon came back to spore last night.. and i saw Chinese Artiste Elvin Ng at the airport when i went to fetch them!!! ARGHHH!! I just finished catching the chinese serial 'Breakout' somemore.. lol.

Had frog leg dinner at Bukit Timah after that.. It isnt as good as the one that Siew Hui brought me to at Chinatown.. =D



I'm growing more and more anxious about the job outcome by the day. I've already missed my CA program enrolment because of the bank. I dun wan to miss the CPA enrolment =(







Friday, January 7, 2011
11:17 PM

Sat, 8 Jan 2011

Had a wonderful time yesterday with sec and JC friends =) ate too full! till my tummy ached after i got home. indigestion.. =p lol.. First agenda was officially welcoming chel-min back home to spore =D

Had lunch at NYDC at bugis..
Yummy warm choc fudge cake!

Mango tango cheesecake.. nicely done! my favourite ;)

Then it was dinner at vivo with JC friends. Had japanese bento sets and dessert afterwards at a fruit tart shop.. The most delicious thing i ever ate! everything there was good! I especially loved the mixed fruit tart! When we wanted to order more, everything was sold out =(

Jackson and his "I LOVE Freshmen Girls" T-shirt.. lol.. Got to play with mw's new DSLR Canon camera too! =) long time no touch! brings back alot of old memories in JC.. good times. heex..







Monday, January 3, 2011
2:43 AM

Mon, 3 Jan 2011

Its the beginning of the new year.. i ended last yr with a lovely macdonalds bfast with evelyn and michelle.. its so nice to see evelyn after so long =D she still looks so pretty..

Also had lotsa good food! On the day i landed, uncle brought us to eat rojak, chicken wing, fried oyster, satay at east coast.. Then i had nasi lemak da bao from cck mrt 2 nights ago. Last night, i met up with my fellow sec sch classmates and had bbq at a friend's condo. He cooks fantastically! His food are so tasty and they're not burnt at all! Today, I had the famous chweeh kueh from ghim moh and putu mayam! * drools.. More to go! =)







Wednesday, December 22, 2010
10:14 PM

Thur, 23 Dec 2010

Been busy baking and making stuff =D baked banana cake for david's 21st bdae and also gave some to my nando's manager who's been so nice to me..

Also bought pavlova from the supermarket and topped it with whipped cream and plenty of fresh fruits! Pavlova is actually just a fancy name for meringue base.. haha.. Looks appetising huh? Yum yum..

The accounting firm called me twice today.. first the director then the recruitment manager.. guess they must really be desperate to have me confirm my employment with them before they go off for x'mas and new year. But i'm still waiting for a reply from the bank. Feel so bad for lying to them about taking a road trip with no internet connection and i even lied about not receiving their mail cos i was already away. But they HAD to read me the contents of the letter. And so, I was literally pressured into verbally accepting their offer but i told them i'll mail them the signed contract by mid january as i'm not home. arghhhhh!

Stupid bank! why must u take so long to get back to me??!!! What if the bank later offers me a job as well? How am i going to turn down the accounting firm? i wouldnt have signed the contract yet but will they be cunning enough to voice tape my conversation with them and sue me based on that verbal confirmation? SIGHHHHSSSS..






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Charmaine a.k.a Charmander

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