I just cant concentrate nowadays, lacking focus. How I wish it's vacation time hehehe. Some of the perky and nice things these past two months.
Martyrdom day
I find it difficult to respect leads who do not know what they are supposed to do, and still claims credit at the end of the day for things not done by them. (I do understand that it would be quite difficult for me to be a lead here, considering this is SG and not Ph) But then how can UAT logs become my sole responsibility! Doesnt mean that nobody knows how to do or want to do or too busy to do should be me doing all the work. I stayed one night till 3am to finish those recon thing just so we (vendor) can live up to our 'consultant' image and they (the gods) can face the client the next day during the meeting. So what happened after working till 3am, I took the next day off and went KTV by myself hihi. Anyhow, I am not that thirsty for credit anymore. Just when I had a good rating, then came this recession thing that caused all our intended salary increase to disappear into bubbles :p. God knows whether I'll be part of retrenched employees in the coming months, crossing my fingers.
Lucky Day with IT Shopping
Seems like I have my lucky charm whenever there's an IT show. This time I was wanting to purchase extra 1GB for my RAM. Vista's really d*mn slow with 1GB. However because there were 2 slots filled with 512MB each originally in my laptop, I was somehow forced to buy 2 pcs of 1GB. I politely asked if there's discount since I was buying 2 (flashing my friendly smile, of course hehehe). I was just asking for a round down of the total price, and the final price they gave me was 15% lower than my asking price. Hehe see there's no harm in asking :p Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and you shall be opened. Hey that's a serious one.
Porma Days
Because of the screwed project, UAT was not smooth and suddenly they placed me in client site to work directly with the users of the report. I was working with VPs - bank executives who are properly dressed. Syempre di tayo magpapatalo, in the span of 1.5yrs+ in SG, I was best dressed last week hehe, complete with blow-dried hair, skirt, heels and even some make-up.
Hair Galore
Speaking of hair, finally I dyed my hair back to a normal color. I think my mom and sisters back home will be clapping their hands when they see me this December. :p I had hair highlights last July, the color fades and gets lighter each passing day. Sept vacation, I'm still okay. Come October vacation and my sisters and mom started nagging me that if they were me, they'll be going for a haircut. (Note that my mom rarely messes with me for hair matters, and she was saying I was giving a slutty impression for guys, oops) My achi claimed that I looked like Thai gays with the freaking streaks. Of course, knowing me (stubborn), I didnt mind. November, some more friends commented that I looked like a Geylang babe. One day it just hit me, I dont like what I see in the mirror anymore, the color is not light brown but yellowish (yuck!). So that's it, I went to my suki salon and had it done nicely. Right after that day, in a span of 2 days, I got like 3 comments saying my hair looks nicer and that my curls are very natural. (at wala naman talaga ako ginawa sa curls ngyon, dati pa yan ganyan pero ndi napapansin) Wow ang haba ng buhok ko :p Enuf is enuf, at least I'm glad I tried.
Reflections
I would say I wish to be a travel bug but recent happenings somehow has struck me. Bangkok rallies in the airport that trapped foreigners who were on vacation, depriving them of a flight back to their country (oops my hausmate was one of them). Mumbai hotel bombing, and one of the killed victims is a Singaporean female lawyer who was on business trip. I read the news article of her husband narrating how her wife was strong despite being held captive (they were sms-ing each other) just so people wont worry about her. He loved her dearly that he didnt even want her to get wet in the rain, and the tragedy got her wife death with shots in the head and abdomen. See the other side of life - sh*t happens. Life seems to short not to love.
Almost that same time, I got an sms from a friend about beware of pickpockets in Lucky Plaza by a Pinay gang, who has stolen an LV wallet and Ifon 3G from kapwa Pinays. Probably this gang chooses kapwa Pinoy/Pinay as victims as they believe same race will be merciful not to send them for whipping/caning, if caught. (that is the punishment here) Thank God, I actually dont look like one anymore (i think) so I guess I wont be a victim. Really really uuuggh. Singapore has been a disciplined country and it's too saddening to know that people from our country has been trying to take advantage of it.
Mama's Coming Over!
I'm so excited for my mom's visit! I started preparing her itinerary, and of course trips for shopping and eating would be top priority. Too bad I cant schedule too exhaustive tasks for her, but I'll make sure she has all the best hehe. Eversince I was a child, she was never really strict. We were just an 'average' family, and considering there were four of us in school that time, there wasnt really a lot of 'luho' so to speak, unlike the generation now. However despite so, she would always tag me along and buy me ice cream or even fishballs (hehe mababaw lng talaga kaligayahan ko) Probably those were one of my fondest memories. When I started working, we would always have our Chinese dimsum or buffet pig-out sessions in Binondo. She doesnt pressure me much to introduce to her personally each single people that I was out with on a night-out party or out of town vacation - see that's how much she trusts me. When I started working in Singapore, I would always buy her clothes as pasalubong (ehem I have a talent for buying clothes for the matanda, the colors, sequins and burloloys hihi). And now, all her amigas and neighbors would compliment how nice her blouses are and they will say 'wow your daughter has good tastes' hihihi. My mom's the nicest mom in the world! Super bait.(quote me) :p
P.S.
I am actually supposed to study for my final exam this coming Wednesday! My goodness, I really cant concentrate. I am thinking too much of things I dont even know whether I should be thinking. I am expecting a different vacation this time. Looking forward. Love it!
