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.