Aftermath

The dust has settled.
Changes in the division are finalised.
Funny~~~
Life seemed to have returned to normal.
Heck! I am as busy as before...
Work seems to take away some of the painful memories
But added some stress.
Ahh, bring out the chocolates!!

February is going to be a crazy week for me.
Just pray hard that they would leave my CNY hols alone.
Hehe... I hate singlehood.
Especially during CNY.
Everybody seems to be asking me when I will get married.
Just tell me if you wanna save your Ang Baos $$$!
Wahahaha!! :-P

I miss driving, Ok, I miss driving a lot.
Can't afford a real car...
I couldn't imagine what will happen when I actually get my licence.
Maybe I may just keep going back to the driving centre for refresher courses!!
Ahh! Better concentrate on something more constructive.

Sale!
That's a nice little 4-letter word.
I read the papers, first for advertisements, then for the news.
Getting bonus isn't doing it for me.
Gosh!
After driving lessons, my bank account is left with a gaint hole.
How I wish I can execute an equally nice 3-letter word - buy!
Ahh, bring out the chocolates, again!!

Fengshui

One of my colleague reminded me to get some red underwear.
I have been harping about it since last year, but just couldn't get the right fit.
I have heard that red underwear actually bring the wearer luck.
What kind of luck?
I have yet to find out.
I will let you know when I win Toto.
Then again, If I win really big, probably I will keep very quiet!
Wahahaha!!
So I made it a point to shop for underwear last weekend.
I needed some new ones anyway.
Only this time, I have to make sure some of the pieces are red.
Hehe... (quite embrassing...)
When I asked the staff if a particular "model" comes in red,
She did not even bat an eyelid.
Ok... What so embrassing about that?

Guess I belong to the "old-fashioned" generation,
Still not "open" enough to talk about "personal" things...

I dont quite believe in Fengshui.
I dont quite believe in things without scientific explanation as well...
But sometimes it is better to be safe than sorry.
I listen to every supertitious tale my dad has to offer, like:
(for the first 15 days of the new year)
1. Not supposed to cut your hair.
2. Not supposed to buy underwear.
3. Not supposed to buy shoes.
4. Not supposed to visit library/bookstore.
5. Whatever, whatever...
In saying this, old folks does not have to explain why.
And why you have to do certain things and not do certain things.
You just have to follow their instructions.
Sometimes it's a bit stifling, sometimes confusing...
Drats!
To follow or not to follow,
That is the question!

February - Month of Love?

Been thinking of a certain someone a lot lately.
Hmm... Is it a crush? Love? :-)
How do I ask him out?
Met him only a few times...
Ok, more than a few times...
What if he's already attached? Married?
Malu, Malu!!

Dun know why I am feeling this way.
Probably because of all the February magazines
Talking about love and falling in love...
Grrr... Getting all lovey-dovey~~~
Single and longing for couplehood...

3 weeks

Friday afternoon
Haha~~ Driving lessons...
Yeah, after three long weeks.
I tot I have forgotten how to drive...
Well, almost.

I got an Indian Instructor...
"Hieee~ Do you remember me?"
And I go, "Huh?"
"I teach auto cars one... But today got extra slots to fill in,"
I smiled, he has been talking non-stop since he got in the car.
My tension immediately eased.
I panicked when I saw my car number on the big screen...
Car 13... Sheesh! How unlucky!
I had a stomachache, my hands are all crammy,
And my legs are jelly.
Somehow all these disappear when he started talking...
Geez, guess I am still nervous about driving, huh?

"Ok," the instructor said.
"What do you wanna do first?"
He was referring to the circuit courses.
There are s-course, crank course, parallel parking, vertical parking and slope.
"I wanna do everything! Not been practising for 3 weeks liao."
We started with the slope, no problem.
Then we proceed to the vertical parking, no problem.
Next, the parallel parking...
"Stop, stop!"
"Huh?" I said.
"Which pole in line then you full lock to the right?" he asked.
Bonk! I forgot!
"Go out! Do again!"
Ok, ok... :-P

Next we went on the road.
Till we reached the junction in front of YCK MRT station.
Amber! Yikes! Brakes! Brake harder!!
I swear, the schoolboy at the side of the road was staring me...
Hoho! Even the bird perching on top of the traffic light is mocking me!
Well, on the whole, the lesson went ok...
Except I don't check blind spots.
I don't accelerate enough.
(They keep telling me that!)
And I always use the wrong gear.
(The car is moving and stopping under control, right?)

Recent "Tsunami"

Recently, our division was hit by a tsunami of decisions.
One of our engineering manager decides transfer to another division.
It was more of a business decision, rather then a personal one.
Our staff strength was cut by 4.
D*mn!
And we are already short-handed.
Everybody was apprehensive, no...
"Confused" is the word.
It is considered a major change for us.
The manager in question is a lovable man.
And he will be bringing with him, 3 other engineers.
But this is work.
They are going to help the other division to solve a million dollar project.
If it works out, they will be branded "heroes".
What about the rest of us?
We won't be doing engineering work anymore.
And that's a huge chunk of money for us.
The rest of us will, await our fates.
Whether we will remain as one department,
Or transferred to another division.
Nobody uttered the word "retrench".
Guess we are all too confused.
"Retrench" is such a strong word.
BTW, we may have our division's name changed too.....
No more Engineering...
Somehow the future looks bleak...

New Year Wish

2005 did not start off on a joyful note.
With the tsunami tragedy in the region,
Everybody is in a rather sombre mood.
New Year celebrations are being toned down,
Out of respect for those who had lost their lives.
One survivor in Penang said, "God has lent us lives, He has the right to take it back."
The poor woman has lost 5 of her 7 children, including her only son.
Lives seems so fragile...

My new year wish is relatively simple,
World peace.
Right, I am not some kind of beauty queen...
Not so much for man-made disasters, like bombing and fires,
But more on natural ones like earthquakes and eruptions...
Tsunamis and flash floods included.
Natural disasters are something man cannot prevent,
Sometimes difficult to avoid.
And they caused extensive damages, loss of lives.
I felt more deeply about this as compared to the 9-11 attacks.
Reason being: it occurred so much closer to home.
Which sets me to think
I shall never know for sure what is going to happen tomorrow.
Life is such.

Embrace life.
I will try.