Weekend is over before I know it

OMG, the weekend has passed me by before I know it...

Din really do much this weekend except cleaning up the bedroom and catching a lot of sleep.
Did not even get to play basketball cos there were too many people at the court on Sunday.

What a waste of a perfectly nice weekend to sleep it off just like that... Damned...

Weekend is almost here...

OMG, I'm still working at this hour...
Going to turn into walking zombie soon..

Grandma's Ok now

Grandma got discharged from hospital today. Think I should get everyone to bring her out for a walk or meal if possible. Probably this or next weekend, especially when bro is back, and before he flies off again to Germany.

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Done a customer visit today together with my AE, and through my own analogies to the customers, then I unknowingly realised that the demo instrument I was using, was going to get a 1 month holiday in HK!! And I still do not have concrete holiday plans of my own! The instrument has got a better life than I do! Stupid isn't it. Ha ha ha.

Actually I felt a small sense of accomplishment today, that I'm starting to see myself slowly improving my presentation skills in today's visit. Guess I do like the attention that comes when I'm able to capture my audience's focus and click with them. Hopefully I'll get better and better as I grow more and gain more experience.

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Just saw the most disgusting thing that can ever happen to my stuff in my room. Why must this happen on Monday?.... I still have to wait through the entire week to get some time during the weekend to clean up the whole room... damned.... dun even feel like sleeping in my room now...

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Oh ya, watched Spidey 3 on Sunday with dear. Pretty good show, but it was a bit over-elaborate on the drama and love scenes. I mean come on, guys watch Spidey mainly to see all those web swinging and bish bashing stuff, not too much lovey dovey stuff. I liked the final fight though, a mass fight with plenty of action. Reminds me of the good old video games (dun get to play em anymore...)

I need some rest!

I still have much to learn in my job. Still not being efficient enough, ending up having to work/read till late every night, which isn't the right way to do things.

A colleague told me that having enough sleep is critical in our line, so that we will have the focus n concentration to chiong at work in the day.

Some times when we are overwhelmed by tons of work, it is easy to overlook such simple stuff. The old way of doing things simply cannot adequately address my increasing workload & stress. I must change my old mindset of sacrificing sleep for work.


Visited grandma again after work today. Think she looks a lot better now, and can talk more to me already. I hope she can recover quickly and get discharged from the hospital. Though I was never really that close to grandma, but the look of despair and resignation in her eyes when i see her so bored and lonely in the hospital ward really pains my heart. I guess it hurts her even more when other patients always have large groups of people visiting and she has few or none.

I really love to see her eyes light up whenever I mention something that makes her happy. It really brings me comfort to be able to know that she is happy whenever we do something for her, irregardless of how simple the task is. Looking forward to bring her out for dinner when she can return home!

Hope Grandma will be ok

Grandma has been going in n out of hospital with alarming frequency recently. I really hope that nothing bad will happen to her this time. Though I'm not particularly close to her, but afterall she is my grandma, and I hope that she will be able to see her grandsons get married.

I'm on quota with effect from this month on, so life and work will gather even more speed as I work harder to let my career take off!

Still haven managed to catch Spider3 yet...

US trip

I will be leaving for US for 2 weeks of training!
Will be visiting Colorado and Santa Rosa for a week each.
Let me know early if anyone wants me to tumpang anything back from US.

Bek has finally got his dream job today!
Was pretty concerned about his situation cos it looked exactly like what I was going thru 6 mths ago. Slow calls, little news, considered abt taking masters/PhD, going for SIA pilot interview. Its really too much of a coincidence. Hahaha.
Good thing he has got his desired outcome. Congrats Bro!

Went for Choon Yin's wedding dinner last night. It was nice meeting up with my ex-colleagues at DSTA. My ex-bosses were also glad to see me enjoying my current job. Its a pity that some of our young engineers gang were not present at the dinner, and too bad it was on Sunday night. If not we could have went for some KTV after the dinner.

Guess thats abt all for now. Will update more after i come back from my US trip.

Fruitful Year of 2006

Its only 1 more day to the end of 2006, time to consolidate and evaluate this year's major landmarks:

1. Finally graduated from NTU with a 2nd Upper. All my dedication and hard work has paid off.
2. Made my graduation trip to Phuket with the guys. Great fun and laughter. I wonder when will I get another chance to go for another all guys travelling trip
3. Made lots of fun frens in DSTA !! (it doesn't matter if my blog gets picked up by the HR again)
4. Finally brought dear to Taiwan for vacation. Plenty of fun and great memories. Made a couple of frens over there too. Probably will be going back for another vacation within the next couple of years.
5. Got into my dream company, and in a very sought-after position!
6. After 3 years of fruitless toil, I have finally managed to break the 5 hours mark for the Standard Chartered Marathon this year (and by a big margin). My training has paid off! Another bonus is that I managed to avoid post run injuries this year. Recovered really quickly this time. I'm feeling good enough for another marathon next year!

Overall, 2006 has been a pretty good harvest year for me, seeing the rewards for all my efforts coming in from various fields. I'm really satisfied.

2007 will be a challenging year for me, I hope it will be as good/ or even better than 2006 !!

Its Christmas again...

Thanks to everyone for being so sporting and making the effort to come for the mini BBQ get-together. Hope you guys had fun. Maybe we can make Bek organise this next year. Hahaha.

Dang...Forgot to take pics....

Wishing..

JS, success in your money making project and finding ur love quickly.
Bek, to get ur dream job and may XL get obedient students in the coming yr, and both of u to quickly tie the knot!
YQ, to settle the germany issue and Lilian all da best in ya job. Finally got to see Lilian in a proper setting after so many years! YQ should bring Lilian to join our gatherings/outings/dinners more often! (of course its after u come back)
Derek, all the best in your job and may promotions and pay raise come your way quickly. (remember to send me your blog..)

May everyone have a Merry X'mas and a Happy New Year !!