duduk di depan komputer 14 jam per hari sepertinya bisa membahayakan kesehatan fisik dan mental. apalagi kalo berhari-hari... mata gue udah burem-burem gini ngeliatnya. besok go-live and we still encountered errors today.. bunuh diri deh.. tsk! apalagi ngebayangin segunung dokumentasi yg menanti.

btw, british accent itu lutju ya.. hehe.. lebih gimana gitu dibanding american accent.. tapi tetep aja singlish accent terasa lebih homey.. ;)

I don't feel like doing my assignments now. the change in this blog template has proven it. I think I spent too much time in planning my timetable. the plan is good (or at least I thought so), the execution is not.. =(

anyway, got this template from blogskin. made some minor changes to it. I don't wish to list down my profile so I replaced that section with gallery. the same old stories, haven't got the mood to write more.

it's friday. the past week was tiring but surprisingly fun and wasn't boring at all. I moved temporarily to another building that's 5 minutes away for some intense UAT and knowledge transfer activities. the clock ticked faster there. contrary to my initial opinion, the team I am currently working with is a bunch of great people. I hope I won't change my mind later on. was a bit sad when the consultant left this evening. partly because I know I'll be alone from now onwards with nobody to turn to for immediate attention.. crossing my fingers for the coming week. this month is almost over and so is this project.

there's this particular life insurance company that always has its staff around MRT stations to ask the public to fill in their survey forms. I successfully rejected one who approached me yesterday. this evening I was approached by yet another one. I rejected him initially by increasing my pace. undeterred, he followed me and started asking me questions while I was still walking.

he: "can help me fill in the survey form so that at least my boss can see that I'm working?" (tsk!)
me: "I've filled that form for a few times already. can change the survey first or not? it's so boring."
he: just a few minutes lah.. since you've done this a few times it should be quick, right?"
me: yes but then you'll talk for another ten minutes."
he: "so, is life stressful in singapore?" (that's the first question on his list)
me: "yah."
he: "why?"
me: "'cos everyone's rushing. just like me."
he: *faint smile* "so how much do you save per month?"
...

just like a rehearsed Q&A session, he asked the standard things like, where does most of your money go to? how do you save your money? bank, endowment, investment? what kind of endowment? and finally the personal details. when I told him my name by spelling it, he 'accused' me of plucking it out of thin air and confirmed a few times that he hasn't encountered such names before. tsk, not my problem, what..

had a tooth filling today. plus small + big xray, which cost more than the filling. the xray revealed that the root of my decayed wisdom tooth is located quite near to the nerve. that means extraction involves a risk of damaging the nerve, which may cause temporary or permanent numbness on half side of lips, tongue and the stretch of teeth. now, that's SCARY.

having canteen food for lunch-in plus far-from-proper dinner meals (if they can be called meals, as I ate curry puff, ondeh-ondeh, egg tart, etc. in the bus) for few days in a row, made me craving for nice food.

I was quite upset to give the department chinese new year lunch gathering a miss on last wednesday. It was so last minute and I was stuck in an endless training, followed right away by another last-minute conference call. what a hectic day.. *wipe sweat*.. btw, I got 3 hongbaos from bosses this year.

there'll be another gathering on monday, involving popiah making. I guess I'll give it a miss too.. *sigh* the same goes to a dinner gathering with some colleagues early next month, for a different reason.

anyway, I went for proper lunch this afternoon. Had BLT wheat crepes at out of the pan. crispy bacon, lettuce, tomato and cheese wrapped in wheat crepes.

to my friend who requested the pics: click here, and here..

it's kinda fun to throw my 'action items' to someone else, esp. to a senior.. *evil smirk*

I know I'll survive this month. somehow.

it is sad to realize that there's only one thing that's connecting you with another person.. that single thing is going to be taken away.. and the whole thing will slowly fade away.

*sigh*

anyways.. happy new year, xin nien kuai le, wan shi ru yi.. =) reached singapore yesterday afternoon. went back for a quick unpacking session and then rushed to school.

ate too much during the trip back home, there's no chance for me to feel hungry. I ended up having stomach upset on the last day.. watched 'janji joni', 'catatan akhir sekolah' and 'fearless'.

some snapshots taken:





















at the top right corner is a snapshot of nasi liwet ikan asin.. really nice on its own actually, but we topped it up with lalapan, sambel, krupuk, tahu goreng & tempe mendoan.. yumm!! in the middle row I put the snapshot of batagor and lotek. they also served this funny dessert called es kelapa jeruk, young coconut in orange juice.. taste a bit weird but refreshing!