the clock is ticking slowly

today is the day to pull out of the client's place!! whoohoo...
cos the GM doesnt want to see us tml so we have to pull out today..

pros and cons of pulling out today.. we have to get whatever documents we have to get from the client cos it's the last day here at the client for interim.. so we have to rushh and finish our work.. one good thing is there is higher possibility that i can get my half day tml since i'll be back in the office and not pulling out of client's place..

the team is not really in the mood to work today cos it feels like it's the last day on this engagement since we'll be pulling out today, and tml is the last day on this engagement for most of us. and xmas is coming!! hahha.. we're just hoping for 6pm to come.. but the clock is ticking by very slowly.. we're all tired of all the credit reviews we haf to do.. we're just doing whatever we can to do.. i kinda pity the new senior who will have to do all the follow up and clear the review points after all of us leave the job tml.

OH 6PM, pls come faster..

alvin and the chipmunks

i saw alvin and the chipmunks at raffles exchange during lunch today!! they look so cute..




and i finally applied for 2 weeks of leave in early july 2010.. yes 2010.. better apply now or else i'll see more jobs being plotted on my retain and my leave planning block shifted further back.. one week of annual leave remaining.. shall decide when to take a break before peak starts next year.. i guess this is the only industry where u have to plan your leave one year in advance.. it's real time management!

loving the korean language

im falling in love with the korean language!! im currently auditing a korean bank and so i get to hear bits of korean here and there.. i think they sounded nice and polite although i do not know the content of their conversation. it's just like how some ppl think tt cantonese sounds good too.

im so thankful tt i 'rented' the mobile broadband from vincent. i do not feel so disconnected to the outside world.. now i can get to go msn and even update my blog, which i had neglected it for the past month or more. :P

guess having faced the laptop for the whole day during work, im kinda tired and lazy to on the screen at home.. i didnt think i'll be saying this but i get sick of the screen when im off work..

a week without the sun

finally it's the end of a week of OT till 12am everyday.. i dunno how i managed to survive the week but im so glad tt it's over now...

all thanks to my great manager who is alr back at home in India celebrating deepavali.. hahha.. we had to rush everything out from him before he left on his flight on fri morning at 8am.. i think my buddy is the best.. she stayed on till 630 on fri morning just to finish up the things for him!! she's an iron woman man... i salute her.. hahah

im so looking forward to next week cos it's training week!! means i get to leave work early and no more OT!! hehe =)

oh i have some advice for other auditors out there.. never take the black, super high class looking cab under SMRT.. the brand of the cab is chrysler.. the inital fare is alr $5.00 and the meter jumps like mad.. $0.30 per 365m travelled.. I was so shocked when i see the rate the meter jumped when i board the cab.. i din even know tt this cab existed!! got a shock of my life.. but luckily it can be claimed.. if not i'd really be broke..



and i took the only pink london cab in singapore!! the whole cab is really in hot pink and it looked so cute!! i wanted to take a pic of it but not in time to react cos we were busy praising on its cuteness.. hahha.. the cab can take up to 6 adults and the fare is reasonable (comparable to the normal cab).. i dun mind taking the pink cab again if we haf 6 ppl.. i think it's cheaper than taking 2 cabs..

(without the wedding ribbons of cos.. hahha)


i guess the one great thing abt being auditor is tt i get to experience of taking different kinds of cab in singapore.. hahha.. at least i get to have some surprises to add on to my life.. hahhahha.. on the flip side, i had to incur quite a bit of cab fare ($224 for these 2 weeks of oct), before i get my reimbursement.. =(

pictures overload

LAST WEEK

training ended last thu.. Group 1 had our last lunch together.. the organiser however did not join us cos he has to prepare an entertainment for the class cos his group got the least points.. poor guy.. hahha

last pic



went back to the dept on fri.. was doing admin work the whole day.. preparing current year file to bring to client's place when we're gg in to do field work.. printing, pasting, punching hole etc.. whatever admin job you name it, i think i did it.. hahha.. this is my fri.. i finally understood why big 4 no need to hire admin ppl cos the G2 are the admin ppl.. we had to do all the admin work..

fri was relaxing time!! had a drinking cum wii session at roomie's house.. it was supposed to be a drinking but WII was just to appealing tt it stole the drinking's limelight.. hahha.. thanks david for the expensive ice wine =)

~WII~




while waiting for the wine








the drinking starts!!






drunkards




THIS WEEK

i guess i will not be going down to client's place until the end of this week cos the client changed the year end to 30 sept and they are still in the midst of preparing the accounts for us. so my day in the office is helping my senior to shift the planning documents and being a courier..

i spent $40+ on cab in 2 days.. cant believe it.. i had to deliver the urgent documents the client's office.. but i think i kinda enjoyed it cos i no need to be cooped up in the office.. hahha..

most of the people in the same batch as me are already out to client's place.. so i dun really haf a lunch buddy and had to find ppl to lunch with me.. so if i sudden call you up on the day itself to lunch with me, lunch with me k? hahha

i wana complain!!
i wasted 45mins after my official end work time waiting for my buddy to return from her client's place for a kick-off meeting for my next client.. who knows at 645, my senior told me tt i no need to attend the meeting and can go home alr... dots.. i waited so long then you tell me.. on the brighter side, i no need to stay back till much later.. dunno what time will the meeting end in the first place..

luckily i haf clare to complain to during these few days.. if not i dunno how i can survive.. the both of us are like complaining to each other about the things we had to do and maybe abt the senior.. hahha..

yy!! what happen to our weekly complain session??? lol

1st week @ KPMG

1st week of work is over and im glad i survived it!! still not used to waking up at 7 in the morning to get ready for work tho.. think i'll need some time to adjust to my new work life..

some updates on what happened during first week of work.. we had a 2 day onboarding programme arranged for us for the first 2 days.. kinda like orientation where we had introduction talks, some team building games and we even had amazing race around cbd area.. kinda lame but i think my group (Table 1) had a great time.. hahah..

im so glad that my group members are a bunch of crazy and fun loving ppl.. it seems like all of us click on the first day and there was non-stop laughter throughout the the 2 days of orientation.. guess i enjoyed myself and not drag gg to work mainly due to ppl in my group.. hahha.. so sad we were split up for the rest of the training
=(

table 1



last to complete amazing race, but still so happy.. hhaha


we were all distributed a suitcase each to bring home on the first day.. the suitcase is so attention seeking tt i felt so embarassed to carry it home on the bus.. esp with such a big pic on "I LOVE KPMG".

items in the suitcase

here comes the most stressful part.. there was a welcome dinner organised for us at Grand Copthorne where we get to meet the partners and managers of our unit.. the dinner was really a social night where we had to talk to the big shots!! trust me it's really very stressful sitting at the table.. my manager was like asking questions and we had to answer one by one around the table.. there was totally no time where i can stone or be less alert... so glad tt it's over now..

from thu to next fri will be training, trainig and more training.. hahha.. but one good thing is that we can get to go home early at like 445 or 5.. i hope tt it can sustain until the end.. cos i know this is impossible to go back at such timing when we go back to our unit and start on audit..

i had been assigned to a department that is mainly doing the financial sector.. i wasnt really interested in this but i guess i had to adapt to it.. but one good thing is that the dept is doing some other industries as well and we can get to be rotated.. so i hope i can be exposed to others other than the banks.. haha...

heard tt my department is a 'drinking and eating' department cos the people (from partners to associates) there really love to eat.. hhhaha.. we had a mini welcome party for the new associates on thursday, and they are planning for an overseas eating trip for us in november.. i guess it's a good thing cos i can get free food as well? hhaha.. i kinda like my department alr, tho i haven start work cos so far the interactions and meetings with the people there is great.. they all seem so nice and approachable.. =)

i think i haven been blogging for a long time tt i feel so weird having to blog again.. i feel my writing and language is a little off.. not as smooth flowing as it used to be.. i need to adjust back.. :P hahha

it's the weekends!! whoohoo!!

foc 2009

went back for hall 9 foc last week.. bring back many memories of the times when i was in foc.. all the cheering, running, initiation etc etc.. went back as a role of a LJ feels so different.. we just slack around, joining the programmers in the tekan-ing, having all the time in the world.. no need to fret over what is gg on backstage.. of cos it means less fun and interaction.. nonetheless, i still enjoyed myself with all the same company =)

my dearest TITUS!! best OG forever..

blk 47.. poor hq is blocked by martin who popped in last min..

4 generations of CGLs =)

lost contacts again

i dunno what's wrong with my hotmail account.. this is the 2nd time i've lost all the contacts in hotmail and msn.. urgh... the first was during the korea trip and now it happen again...

it's so troublesome and irritating tt i haf to add the contacts one by one.. went to hotmail help website and found tt there are others with the same prob as me.. hope tt they can help me retrieve my contacts =(

oh ya... and i think my account automatically sends spamming emails to the whole of my contact list!! if you receive any weird email asking you to check out this website etc, dun open!! you've been spammed... BUT NOT BY ME!!

overdue pics

celebrated yy's 22nd bdae at crystal jade xlb @ holland v.. it's a simple yet super filling dinner.. i think we ordered a total of 18 longs of xlb.. and i managed to hit my target of 2 longs.. hhaha..


poor yy had to haf her imaginery candle and knife for her cake.. it's kinda memorable rite yy? hahha... you're 22!!



it's my first time to marina barrage on one of the saturdays with laura and joanne!! the scenery at marina barrage is super pretty and the sky is so nice!! really a good place for photoshoots and picnic and fly kite.. but it's really hot in the day!! i was sweating profusely and the heat was really unbearable.. we had to go back to the car for some aircon before gg back near sunset and to watch the fireworks =) although it was blocked by the IR.. hahha

i'm a mystery shopper

got the job as a mystery shopper for wingtai, thanks to jenny's recommendation =)

will be starting work on mon.. gg to be a mystery shopper for g2000, adidas, yoshinoya and pumpkin patch (nv heard of this brand).. feels excited for the job cos i can shop but lonely at the same time cos i haf to shop alone.. tried to match with jenny to see if any of our days clashes, but there isnt many.. and worst of all, i haf to dine at yoshi alone!! i've never dine outside alone!! if anyone is interested in joining me at yoshi, pls tell me..

I DUN WANA EAT ALONE!!

=)

yeah yeah!! just checked my ntu mail and i received an email tt i got additional tickets to my convo ceremony!! so this means tt my whole family can attend!! whoohoo~~ so happy =)

had been conversing thru emails abt how to take pics tog during the convo day but it seems like we cant come to a conclusion.. it's really very hard to meet since all the ceremony timings are so different.. we shall see how as the discussion goes on.. hhaha

convo gown collection

met jen n yy to collect convo gown at serangoon broadway after tennis yest.. (and the 3 of us happened to wear yellow.. hhahaha..) it was such a tedious journey to the studio.. we missed the stop and the next stop was so far away from the previous, we had to take the opp bus back.. who knows the bus route opposite did not bring us back but to somewhere else.. so we had to walk under the hot sun for some distance before we finally reached our destination.. thanks to jen's umbrella tt sheltered us from the heat.. hahha

the place was so packed, with all the graduates collecting their gowns, but the service speed was quite fast.. my tut mate was working there and so she served us.. luckily she din hard sell the package as i heard from others tt they will try to.. hahha.. saw other familiar faces working there too..

i think the gown looks a lil oversized on me, but it's alr the smallest size they had.. we discovered tt the 1 motarboard size can still be separated into S,M,L.. hahha.. cos the 3 of us tried the same size for the motarboard but we discovered tt the sizes are not of the exact measurement.. we ended up take the same size but in S,M,L instead (we gave the S,M,L sizing.. =P)

the colour of the sash for accountacy is orange and white.. i think it's one of the nicest colours they had.. hahha..


we saw a super big bear in the studio!! i wana take individual shot with the bear for the grad pic if my parents allow.. hahha.. so cute!!

~Wii~

yesterday was a day full of activities..

caught ghosts of girlfriends past with vincent, dinner with vin, jen n hw and most fun of all was wii session with 47 peeps!!

it was the last day of screening for the movie and vincent got pass 1 for 1 =) was thinking of watching the movie online the day before but my com hung.. and it's just so coincidentally tt i got to watched it yest.. thanks vincent!!

the theatre played the wrong movie.. we watched 15mins worth of trailers before the 'movie' was played.. the first screen was a lil weird showing some mountain top.. and then vincent said confirmed play wrong show.. they had showed transformers instead.. hahha.. im quite relieved tt i din watch transformers cos i think i'll fall asleep.. first few minutes was not tt appealing to me alr.. hahhah...

after the movie was dinner at crystal jade and wii at novena sq 2.. it was a shop opened by andrew's fren.. had lots of fun playing guitar hero and 'raving rabbit' (forgot the name of the game).. hahha.. i screamed so much for this game cos i cant seems to control my rabbit!! hais.. hhahah.. it was a great session afterall =)

someone pls get wii and we can play more!! hhahaha.. i understand y elaine craves so much for wii.. lol

intensive week

it's been ages since i exercised so much in 2 consecutive days...

fri was vball at punggol park with laura.. i think it has been a million years since i last stepped into the park.. hahha.. although it was 5 mins walk from my house, i hardly patronise it.. =P the only thing i could rem abt the park was i did my 1.6km there every year during pri sch.. hahah..

it's definitely a good spot for playing vball on weekday evenings cos it's not crowded and it's shady!! so i do not have to get under the hot hot sun.. hahha..

sat was cycling with s11.. we cycled along the whole PCN.. we took only 4.5 hours, despite small interruption from the passing rain.. so proud.. =)
ecp --> changi --> pasir ris --> tampines --> bedok reservoir --> siglap --> ecp
i kinda reminded me of night cycling.. hahha.. haven cycled so much since then..

guess i'll have to wait a while to receive the pics from the owners of the camera.. hahha

NBS graduation gift..

it's a cow!! quite cute~~ (except for the weird looking smile) hahha

tennis session

resumed tennis yesterday.. as usual, the sun is shining super brightly.. but our session ended with dark clouds over the sky.. vincent found a new lunch place, the potato farmland.. so we decided to head down there for lunch.. the address was at yishun ring road blk 239 (i think), but we mixed up and told the cab uncle 293.. luckily, 239 and 293 was just opposite each other.. so we din haf to walk tt far.. hhahah

we tried lots of the dishes, and it's all potato..


it wasnt really fantastic.. the food is a lil bland, and the fries arent crispy.. i think it'll attract lots of first timers and curious ppl, but it will haf a hard time retaining the customers.. hahha... not really worth the try i would say..

i bumped into mr ang at one of the flats in yishun while walking back to the mrt after lunch.. so qiao.. i happened to see mr ang's car parked along the road.. think he's preparing for his daughter's 21st bdae or something.. hahha..

driving

finally there's something more exiting to blog about..

i failed my first drving test yest.. 28 demerit points and 1 immediate failure.. =(

i totally hate the tester man.. i finally understood the phrase don't judge a book by it's cover.. when the tester first called my name at the waiting room, i tot: hmmm.. he looks like a nice tester.. but who knows i'm absolutely WRONG!!!

the first thing we got on the car, he still talked in a nice way, telling me to do whatever i haf, no need to care about what he's doing n his expression.. don't worry about what you did wrong, we'll discuss abt it after the test.. up to this point, im still convinced tt he's nice..

so i started by gg into the circuit.. it's the start of my nightmare and torture for my mind body and soul.. first task: parallel parking.. and this was where i got 20 demerit points cos i strike kerb thrice.. i guess i was quite nervous cos it was the first taks n im still adapting to the process.. it got better but i alr failed.. hhaha..

back to the tester.. he just talked NON STOP throughout the entire test journey, critising whatever im doing... like you drive too slow (when im in the circuit.. how fast u expect me to go? 50km?), you change only your clutch at the biting point blah blah blah.. he's so disturbing and irritating.. make me feel even more nervous and unprepared la!! cant concentrate on the road and all.. i din even strike kerb before for my circuits can!! if he could just zip his mouth, i could had been more calm n not make so many mistakes... think tt was his evil plan... keep talking and talking to distract me.. i guess his plan succeeded.. another one fell into his trap.. hais..

after the test, i told mr ang i fail.. then he ask who is the tester and i showed him the paper.. the tester name was POH AH SOON (rem this name forever).. then mr ang say im suay to get him.. so he himself took 5 times before passing.. so he wans the rest to take at least 3 times then can pass.. what de... mr ang said i shld haf bai bai before i took the test..

but overall i guess i realised and understood more on what kind of driver i am.. this will better prepare me for my next test.. first is to ignore the existence of the tester (if he is a bad one) which will most prob be in sept/oct!! i just checked the website for the retest date and it's 28sept!!! i wonder how i am gg to take lessons when i am starting work.. i always tot tt i could pass before i start work.. but it seems impossible now..

thanks all for the msges!! i'll try harder the next time =)

big thanks to my beloved 47 neighbours

a big big thank you to my dearest neoghbours for celebrating jf, andrew and my bdae yest.. although it's not a big affair, i truly enjoyed myself to the max with all your company and thoughts =)

had dinner at shokudo.. it's full attendance!! so glad tt we all managed to make it despite our diff schedules.. *claps claps* hhahah..

all our food

it's our bdae!! =)

let's all dig in with our forks!!

us all

slacking around macs

we took such a long time to part.. with all the endless, out-of-no-where, funny conversation.. it's kinda hilarious.. think the ppl around were like thinking we're a bunch of crazy tourists or something.. hahha...

thanks DAVJ for the present!! you know who u are.. hahhah

it's been about 2 weeks since the last of my papers.. been slacking at home, meeting up with frens and most importantly, doing the last paper works for our grad trip.. south korea has reported 2 cases of swine flu.. hope tt we'll all be safe and not be infected.. to all those gg hk, pls take care too!!!

feeling very lazy to blog about all the events.. shall do one for the latest one.. sentosa cum picnic at sentosa with hp, elaine, david, andrew and vin.. guess we bought too much food and we ended up with half the food remaining..

our picnic menu:
1. 5 packets of chips? (3 packets remaining)
2. 1 whole chicken (1/2 chicken remaining)
3. 300g picnic ham, bread, cheese (left a few pieces of chesse)
4. 2 tubs of ice cream (1 tub remaining)
5. drinks (finished all)

we arrived when the sun is shining at its brightest and hottest.. got sunburnt on my shoulders and they're not peeling anytime soon i tink.. i concluded that i hate hot and sunny days.. cant play too long in the hot weather.. me n elaine had to seek shelter once in 15 mins? hahha..

and i broke half my toe nail with trying to play volleyball with my feet.. the nail flipped upwards and it didnt break.. thanks doc david for flipping the nail my for me.. your first successful operation.. hahhaa.. and for driving me home too =)

shopping

us






oh ya.. had my first circuit driving yest.. it's so tiring to drive in the circuit.. my legs are aching now from all the half-clutches i've done yest... im like so worn out after the whole circuit.. been sweating in the car, mainly due to the hot sun shining in.. parking in the circuit is a lil different from tt of doing it outside.. like the instructor said, the first time in is to let u haf a feel of how the circuit is like and to 'play play'.. hahha.. shall have more practices man..

i think i'll have to start packing my luggage soon.. to arrange what to bring for the 11day trip... cant wait despite the flu.. :P