came and left a footprint.

came wanting to leave some pictures but blogger seems to dislike the idea and didn't give me an opportunity. hence, decided to leave some thoughts instead. i never thought i was pampered but i realized i am. from not exactly doing housework at home nowadays to creating commotion at home in a bid to convince my mum. but over the incident, i learnt to compromise. travelling is a luxury, something that i know my parents do not fully agree with especially since they came from an era where they worked their entire life upon supporting the family. hence, i have decided to take a step back and not always demand for things that would upset my parents.

last week was a super hectic week where one of the kids have exams approaching and tuition frequency increased to 3 times a week, effectively i had 5 sessions in 6 days. everyday after work, it was tuition. by friday, i was so shag. what made things worse was that i seem to have troubles sleeping every night.

i have yet to say a special thank you to my brother and his friend who took one day of his time off his busy schedule to take grad shoots from my friends and i! the camera may not have been the best, but i believe all my friends are very happy with the photos and the editing done. some pictures do show the character of the photographer.

this week wld mark the end of my 3 months in standard chartered as a temporary staff but it doesn't mean i have decided to stop working, only changing my working environment. i have learnt a lot from the people, from the things i do. there are so much more i've to learnt from the staffs who each have so much more experience. they have been excellent boss, excellent advisors and great collegues. i had a couple of lunch treats, some of whom i have lunch for the first and last time, yet they treated me to restaurants. They taught me, what goes around comes around. not expecting anything in return, they only asks me to rmb to treat my intern or temp staff next time. they are indeed one of the warmest people i have seen. maybe i have grown more attached to the people here than i realized. i wonder if the offer my boss asked to join them would still be remembered in the years to come. gee, but i realize now why they are so keen to get me on board initially...cos they get referral fees! *smilez* nonetheless, i do enjoy the life of working 9am to 6pm daily in this working environment with minimal ot-ing yet good pay. indeed standard chart was my dream bank and it still is. i enjoyed working in the global wealth department much more than i realized. i enjoyed looking at the various funds and using bloomberg occassionally. *smilez* despite being the last week of work, i can't say enough thank you to the boss who still send me to another bloomberg training on fund analysis.

July was a month that really flew by. Company with the stand chart interns really brightened my days at work, kept me smiling and time really flew by over lunch, over our tea breaks.
the group of guys! entertaining in a different way. lol.
my buddies on level 3 after we shifted down! had tea breaks with them in pantries and always helping one another whenever whoever's work is overwhelming. great buddies.

the gers! haha thanks to them, i nv had to eat alone, nv had to feel lonely, nv had to stop smiling. great company!

goodbye to my buddies n the 2 gers. i'll be lonely on level 3, at least there's still company on level 8.

National Day Parade Preview 2009.

pari might *ahemz*....if she sees this photo. posing with my fav toy for the night! i was lucky to get to view the parade once again this year. each time, it left me with a good feeling. i love this year's parade in particular. felt it was funnier and more interesting than the normal ones. more engaging too with the live broadcast news idea and some laughter. *smilez*

one nice fireworks photo.

random. some baby photos that i managed to dig out from my almost lost photo albums when i shifted house. luckily it was found! otherwise i'll have almost no baby photos...haha then, my fav milk bottle :)

so sweet, so adorable. :)

graduation me, 15 years ago. wonder why my face looks so fierce then...

15 years later, proud to be wearing the convocation gown and graduating from NTU NBS.

many many things came up, went by and time flies too. there are so many things i believed had not been blog. the memories may be lost along the way, like the steamboat with the temps, the lunches in pantry and loud laughters that drew complains, the shopping during lunch etc etc. one of the biggest realization i had was striking a balance in everything. there will be a time we have to give up something for another. I used to believe strongly in maintaining a good balance in relationship and friendships, yet gradually i realized one has to prioritize at times. with a close to 7-workdays boyfriend, we have gradually stepped into the arena of our very first hurdle to cross. on our first day tgt, i rmb saying: what awaits us is not petty issues but life challenges. i never thought schooling days would pose much issues but i believe working life would be difference and both will have to adapt to time management while pursuing our careers.

why the sudden urge to blog? it's to tell myself to believe and trust each other. *smilez* this is one big challenge, but it'll be halved when both interests are aligned. the real challenge will begin in 2 months time, so meanwhile enjoy! :)