One week to Xmas holidays

First week of work went by fast! I've been shadowing my colleague and reading FAQs, minutes of past meetings blablabla. Waiting to get my laptop and computers..... That's when the real work starts XD my colleagues are nice and my higher ups are nice too~~~ The office ppl like to ask "is this your first job?" then "Oh you're a fresh grad!" then proceed to ask what I did during my break from graduation till now. It's a small world, I'm actually replacing a wsband senior. My very first lab mate also whatssaped me on my first day cos he recognized my name in the email. Too bad we're at based at different office locations XD

Had my first video shoot and it was a great experience! We wrapped up around 4+pm. Not sure what time the filming started but we were very efficient woohoo~ the videographer was very nice too. I super love the decorations at the back XD our helpers should go become interior designers hahaha so thankful to every single one of them. The 80% completed video draft was already released to us on the night itself -kowtows to the enthusiastic videographer- it looks amazing!! I can't stop watching it and can't wait to see the final version ^___^ 

Photo by Simply Random. Please to not repost without my permission~

3 months of dance pracs and we finally made it!! Sniff sniff I feel so proud of the group. Now all that's left is to attend an event together. 

Onward to the next cos HAHA never ending X__X what am I doing with my life..... The following costumes are all for Rin as well-- my next year is going to be full of her. It's partly because she's the bf's fave character in Love Live. I personally also like her quite a abit after the main character :3 but I wouldn't have readily agreed to so many of the coses without the bf's 'encouragement' lolol

Mum when she saw me trying this on: WAH MAID XD

She like maid alot issit hahaha! See you all in this on sunday at down town east. I wasn't interested in this version at first because I think it looks like a flag. I still do but I'm now willing to call it a pretty flag ohoho. Costume fits me well, I'll need to iron it properly. And do the jagged thingy for the socks. And find a pair of suitable shoes. And find a way to stick on the blond tuft of hair on one side haha I very conveniently  kept a tuft after trimming my pokemon psyduck wig.  

I wonder if I will regret the bikini version T___T Show legs arms stomach I okay.. but this..... I said no more boobs revealing costumes but we shall see how it turns out T___________T It's not very revealing lah but I'm still quite scared.

Laughing my head off at this. They think I have butts on both sides issit. The front also so wide

Meeting the YYYYYs on thursday!!!! 

Pre trip rush

Spent a good half hour scrolling through a small fraction of the thousands of stickers and shortlisted those I would like to get. Will do some elimination and probably get 2 of them ^_^ edit: I got 3-- doggie, rabbit and bird XD

Wrapped up my cousins' gift (necklaces), they look so sweet :)) I'll be going msia this Sunday and making a shopping trip to KL too!!! Super excited because I've not been there since almost 10 years ago?? Shopping time!!!!! Wahaha actually mum's colleagues kept bringing their unwanted clothes for me to try on so I kinda have a nice pile already ahahaha 

Starting work really soon.. I had planned to start next year, given the way the interviews were going but this is a nice turn of events I guess. There was a written test which over the phone the person said no preparation needed. So I assumed it would be similar to the one from the previous interview, regarding what I hope to get from my career. Imagine when all 3 questions were industry related XD fortunately I did my reading up on the website the day before. 

I had to withdraw from a saxophone gig, makes me wonder when the next time I play the saxophone will be :( No more freedom on weekdays, no more afternoon naps. But money 8D and learning new things 8D

Birthday

I had a good birthday ^__^ so happy to read and reply the birthday wishes. XD Received my first figurines ever from the bf and they're lovely~ 

Especially Kurapika, he's exquisite *__*

My iphone6 arrived today guys!! A gift from my 小舅 cos I was supposed to order the 6+ for him and he made a gift of the 6 to me for the trouble. Unfortunately many things happened and now he's just pre-ordering in malaysia himself. I still get the phone though XD -thick skin- It actually got delivered yesterday but I was out to buy dinner ahaha 

Had a saxophone gig (2 x 20mins) on thursday and it was badddddd. I felt so mistreated. Dinner was supposed to be dabaoed by the hirers and we had 1+ hour in between our performances to eat. But the lady, after repeated pestering, told us that they had planed for us to sit at the table and have the food served together with the guests. We checked the menu and found out that dinner would be served at 815pm, 5 minutes before our next 20 min performance. Please, we're not being paid by the hour and it's not early either, I'm not going to stay back after the performance just to eat the last 2 courses of the dinner. And that's provided things don't drag (which they did -_-) I got home after 10 with aching arms and feeling super annoyed and hungry.

The snow halation costume is here! Our group has been diligently practising the dance and we'll be filming the video and doing a photoshoot soon. 

The jacket is sadly too big and I need to do some pinning. Wig is untrimmed also :( aish Was hoping that it'll come nicely trimmed. 

Went for another cosplay job at gardens by the bay on saturday then J and I rushed off immediately to JB for an event. My first overseas event!! It's a huge pity the bf couldn't join in due to some family matters. JB really has a different feel from singapore, so many run down places for shoots!! 

Photo by Maze, please don't re-upload without my permission! The sky got dark really quickly and we had, for dinner, awesome mexican european food at the mall near the customs. It's really fantastic eating in malaysia, can order so much and not go broke.

I was stuck at the malaysia customs really long both ways and when I was returning to singapore, they did a bag 'xray' scan thingy where as expected, my gun was noticed and underwent closer inspections. 

Hahaha I'm glad they didn't make a huge fuss over it like "OMG why is there this gun in her bag, SEARCH HER" XD The lady just very calmly pointed at my bag and I took out the gun (whose nozzle broke and was hanging off in a really sad manner) to show the guy. He politely asked me to wait and called for another guy to come take a look. The second guy glanced briefly at the gun while I explained that it was a prop and made up of plastic and foam. Then he waved us ahead. Really chill.

Sunday I helped out for a shoot where the bf did this bald old man with a mustache. Kept laughing while doing his make up hahahahaha

This morning I went for another interview and things look good! -_- My mum isn't happy when I told her the job description. She's getting irritating nowadays when she keeps telling me to take up a lab job. Hello you think your daughter life science very smart, can do research arh, and I dread the lab environment now, just thinking about bacterial cultures make me very sian.

Sometimes I look back on the past few months since graduation and feel very thankful that I'm able to pick up my saxophone again. And even be making money from both my hobbies :') It's not sustainable in the long term but I think it's been an amazing few months and I'm so happy and proud.

You've got to reply your email!

Gaaahh thousand word rant essay coming up. Updated

Not the first time there's a mistake in communication.

First time

Smsed me early in the morning (which woke me up) to say that there's a typo and that time for the  class was 1.30pm-4.30pm. Initially it was stated that class was 3-5pm. So I quickly cancelled my meeting with the Kurapika wig seller. I thought that it was strange that my 2 hour lesson was changed to 3 hours so I replied to confirm. After a few smses with her very broken replies (maybe she was busy and couldnt type properly, I dunno) I realised that she smsed the wrong person and it has nothing to do with me at all. Really lucky I was sharp enough to notice the discrepancy if not I would have really shown up at the wrong CC at the wrong time -__- 

She didn't apologise nor did she admit her mistake. Maybe I was being very petty because I was woken up at 8am and I had to delay my kura wig for nothing URGH but I really hated the feeling that it seemed to be my fault for being confused while she didn't even realise she was the one who made the blunder. So I told her nicely in the last sms that she smsed the wrong person and ended it with a smiley. 

Today

There was no indication under my name that I have any more classes after today's class of 4 at an east side CC. And I really heaved a sigh of relief that I no longer have to haul that crazy mountain of things and travel across Singapore.
Her email update came in at 11pm, again, LUCKILY I looked at tomorrow's class listing and just imagine my reaction when I see my class name and that there are close to 20 students registered.

O_O WTH The class has been confirmed but she didn't update anything under my name. Warao imagine if the kids turn up tmr  at yet another East side CC and I was still playing games/sleeping at home when the CC calls her and when she calls and screams at me.

I'm out of worksheets, plastic bags, milk, red food coloring and peanut butter. Worst of all, I've lost my voice. My fault entirely for eating too much chocolate and not drinking enough water and the terrible weather.

So it's not her fault that I lose my voice, but things are so last minute! Super lucky the class is in the afternoon if not I will cry because unlike the stuff which can be obtained at a 24 hour ntuc, no photocopying shops are 24 hour or open so early in the morning. 

So I immediately sent an email, and when there was no reply, I smsed her too. Took her super long to reply sia, I even smsed the other person in charge before she replied with the corrected schedule -_- much to the annoyance of the person who was assigned as my helper i'm sure. 

General rants, because i'm a pampered princess ok. 

Not worth the money i'm being paid. I was earning much more easy money selling stockings. Sure, it's more 'meaningful' but it doesn't amount to anything either. It is ridiculous that I have to lug around a bulky bread toaster to every lesson. I can understand the need to carry the ingredients (which are quite heavy already) but a freaking bread toaster is pushing my limits. It's only proper to request the class to be held in the kitchen or home craft room where the CC provides a toaster or a kettle (my other trainer friend has to carry that around) Carrying 3 large heavy bags and walking a lot.... I've never done such hard labour so consistently before. The $5 transport fees cover shit. 

Anyways my last class is tomorrow. My helper will do the talking and shouting. I look forward to the day where I return all the materials and stupid bread toaster to them, and of course, when I get my pay and money for all the things i've had to buy for class.

Okies.. i'm feeling more calm now. In a way, i guess this counts as a summary of the job, which I tend to write after I finish a job. Not my worst job experience, but it ranks among the last 3 definitely. 

Update: Managed to buy all my materials in the morning, but was unable to find a photocopying shop so I was planning to ask the staff at the CC to photocopy the worksheets. When I stepped out of the MRT station after standing for more than half an hour and feeling super unwell on the train, I received a call from my helper who told me that the staff at the CC says that the class was already cancelled a few days ago. Things started to fall in place.... I walked to the CC anyways and traumatized my helper and the staff with my voice. Was actually quite relieved that class was cancelled despite my wasted trip. Because such a large class really isn't easy to manage. So I smsed my boss and went home. Received an apology and assurance that I will still be paid for today's lesson :)

How's life again

Hello people!!!

I've been getting a taste of how my working life after graduation will be like-- Work, go home for dinner, anime/manga/game all night, sleep. Repeat cycle. And sometimes i'll go for out dinner with friends or watch concerts. 

Sounds quite unhappening but ahaha ahahaha I quite like this life XD 

Anyways the picture has nothing much to do with this post, just that I was reading the Fairy Tail and Rave crossover a while back and felt such a strong sense of nostalgia when Haru popped up that I took a screen shot =D Sadly though, out of all my anime DVDs, the first one I would get rid of would be Rave because there's no way i'd ever re-watch it. 

This holiday, I've rewatched Basilisk, Durarara, love love these 2 series soooo much, and finished watching Toradora as well as Inu X Boku SS for the first time. Good exposure I guess, but i won't be touching them again. Currently I'm just leisurely re-watching Gintama and playing my games in between. Completed 1 ending for Homura (Hirarin's seme voice unnng XD) I totally need to get back to finish up Tsubasa in Starry Sky winter and bloody call........ and I have a thousand and one untouched games in my hdd, it's shocking! Maybe they'll last me till next summer holidays hehehe

I've decided to take Japanese 1 next semester =D

Felicita in progress part 2

I did an almost full costest for Felicita minus blazer and make up. It went pretty well, cos the wig is so pretty. Currently I'm just missing the blazer and the black ribbons for the hair, and a small chain thingy if I were to be really picky about completing the outfit. The belt is quite off, but it's the best I can do right now..

Can only hope the rest of the team are on track with their characters.. YZ you reading this??

I've hidden the photos from view cos paiseh lah, read more if you wanna see them. It's an extremely embarrassing post only for your eyes okies..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOMARE DEAR

Just a quick update before ranting about my games

On sunday, I worked for the first time since last year and guess what... as a promoter again. My friends are going for attachments and internships while I'm selling stockings. Feeling so cheapo but it's still a source of income so oh well..

Moving on to happier stuff, I've finally fully completed Starry sky in Summer and Autumn (review two posts down) and for Winter, i'm left with the the other endings (except for the best ending) for Tsubasa and the memory routes. That's about 5 or 6 more routes. Tsubasa's my least favourite character in Winter but I'll pull through!

Following Shirokuma Cafe, Kuroko no basket, Sakamichi no Apollon and Hyouka this season and am very very happy with them. Dropped Hiiro no Kakera because the graphics just aren't up to standard despite the awesome cast. Also dropped Eureka 7 Ao because it was boring T_T Was wondering if I should  pick up Tsuritama last week and decided not to after watching up till the 3rd episode. I'm also starting to watch HxH 2011 (yes before last week I totally ignored it because the good stuff haven't started yet) and my genei ryodan babies are appearing soon!!!!

A reflection on these past 3 days

I realised that working as a promoter does not subject you to the wrath of customers as much as a cashier does. Infact, most of them were really polite in declining my 'advances' and I actually enjoy seeing them smile and say no thanks when spoken to :)))

It was physically more tiring than the cashier job though.. and since my job ended yesterday, I didn't bother drinking honey or barley after work---- had no voice when i woke up today. Horrified and swallowed a spoonful of honey!!! Haha my voice is better already, though still hoarse. Singing is unthinkable right now..

Nothing too interesting happened: very friendly (flirty) cashier, indecisive customers who appear a few hours later to grab alot of products when they said no before, and random ppl reading off the working tag I was wearing O_o At least 2 guys muttered the company name (which was on the tag) when I was walking around.

I think uncles in general tend to do that. Once i was wearing this t shirt with a panda on it, and this uncle mumbled to himself 'xiong mao' when i walked past him LOL

I'm also amazed at the amount of slimming products people are willing to spend on. Those were no doubt the best selling, followed by hair volumizing products.. The skin care products aren't that popular. I myself wanted to try the toner but decided against it in the end cos I like my current one =DD

Overall, the money is good by my standards but I will not, as much as possible, take up a similar job which focuses so much on sales in the future. It's good if customers buy but I can imagine the stress if they don't. This job is tougher than the nivea one (refer to the work tag at the bottom) and has crazy working hours.. Can't imagine working like this long term X_X

and i missed cosfest.

Changing impressions

What I dislike the most about university life is the printing of lecture notes. I know, i know, we can't be given printed notes all the time.. but =(

I also miss my student fare when taking public transport. Gone are the 45 cents rides D: Spending $10 on transport every week even though I live within 5 stops of the school.. Warao.. really not worth the 71 cents!

Currently income-less. Was planning to go for the UCC ushers interview but decided against because I seem to be biting off more than I can chew, with band making up most of the mouthful XD Giving tuition seem to be the best option. Also spotted some psychological testing recruitment on IVLE =DD $9 per hour!!! Sounds great right! Just go there, give your particulars and take some memory test or get some electrodes thingy stuck onto your head. Haha will try to apply the next time I see such a posting on IVLE.

I need a new bag, I need a pair of comfy slippers/sneakers. I need a colour printer.

It's funny how certain things are such a huge turn off that I automatically shut down and lose interest for good when I see that certain event happening. Human beings are really complex creatures-- I can't understand why the both of you are behaving this way.

Then again, it's none of my business! =D

The first time I wore a dress without shorts underneath

Right, the title sounds slightly obscene XD I wore a pair of super short shorts at first because my trusty ny ones were too long for the dress (!!!) and to my horror I realised that the short shorts were too loose and kinda dropping off. So off I went to the ladies to remove them.

First day of work as an outdoors promoter was alright, nothing too strange/ interesting happened. Hmm though there are a few things worth sharing--

1. I perspired like a pig despite applying rexona anti-perspirant deodorant all over my back and neck area. Perhaps it only works on the underarms =( Was kinda hoping to use it to keep my sweaty palms in control but I guess it just doesn't work that way.

2. While we (8 of us) were in the blue dresses and sitting at along the grass patch curb along chevron house, a lady suddenly squeezed herself in the middle of where we were sitting and got her husband to take photos. Ahahaa a groups of (pretty) girls wearing the same uniform sitting in a row = instant photo taking spot.

3. I'm really bad at using the silky girl eye liner I just bought.

4. My court shoes still take the skin off the back of my ankles despite the shoes not being new and the area protected with plasters.

There were more people who couldn't be bothered about the product even though I stressed the words 'free trial' and smiled so sweetly. Well, my job isn't to get them to buy so I don't mind cos most of the people were very polite in showing their disinterest. Of course, got daoed a few times too but that's alright =D Thanks to my good attitude. Will post pictures next time. Pictures posted

Halfway through, I suddenly thought about Hunter X going on a hiatus after chapter 310 and that got me a little moody =(

Yes, Togashi is taking a break yet again. Got the info from onemanga forums where forumers credited Koneta as the source of the news. They saw he's a reliable source so... -sobs-

I don't know what's up with Togashi.. taking the easy way out from the resolving the hanging problems in the manga or maybe he has already lost interest in continuing this series. I doubt the second point cos he could have ended it prematurely but he did not.

Most probably, Togashi wants to take his own sweet time to think of the future developments and then boomz! Release the chapters all at a go. Why can't he churn out a chapter once a week like all the other mangakas.. Or at least, publish a chapter once a month, I can bear with the wait. Going on such frequent hiatuses put him at risk of being cancelled from Shounen Jump and what will become of us fans then?

Just don't quit on me now, Togashi, I can't take it ( quoting bella here! Hahaha) but what choice do I have... -resigned sigh-

My hands smell strongly of money

It has been a crazy two weeks and I'm glad that I will be able to have some time to myself after sunday. Alot of funny things happened, you can read some of them at yuhsuan's blog hahaha i'm rather lazy to do a recount.

After the work at JL ends, i have many options. First is to resume my slacking days of rotting at home though there will also be many things to do ie write fanfictions, pack my manga and re-read X CLAMP, clean the house etcetc

Or I could go back to work at Paya lebah. They're short handed. The work, though boring, pays well and my eye candies are there.

I got introduced to another job-- similar to a sales promoter and I would like to give it a try but mum is completely against it. I'm stuck in between my potential (and encouraging) colleagues and my opposing mum. HELP T__T

At IMM just now, mum spotted a 'full/part timer needed' sign outside Crystal Jade Bakery and pointed it out to me excitedly. Yup so that's another possible job i'll take on.

Haha that sums up my current life and plans for the near future.

AAAAAAAAAAA

If i don't attempt to blog now, i might never feel the urge to blog again.. depending on what happens tomorrow

I'm ready to leave my workplace, in fact i would have already left last Saturday if not for some updating job my boss managed to dig up to keep me occupied.

Yesterday I had delipotato with my colleague at the Singapore Post at Paya lebar during lunch and it was her 1st contact with deli potato *shakes head sadly* Moreover she was unable to enjoy to goodness of the baked potato cuz of an irritant in her eye which we assumed to be a very persistent eyelash. It got so painful that we had to stop at the mrt toilet and to our horror, she pulled out a 3cm strand of hair-- from the inner corner of the eye (i've forgotten what it's called) X_X from my pov it was like watching magic.. the gross kind where the magician makes a fish appear from thin air hahaha XD

I will miss my colleagues when i leave the office =(( and my eye candies!!!

Recently i've just been using the comp to read manga and fanfictions.. Mostly CLAMP series and Hunter X. It's a pity there aren't many good hxh fanfics around because majority of the stories involves shounen ai or romance with an outside character which doesn't exactly interest me unless the writer writes with such skill that the characters do not stray from the manga personality. And that is hard especially for hxh as the manga has not a hint of romance (fangirls who insist that there is more than friendship between Gon and Killua should just go away) =X

However.. when it comes to the CLAMP series, almost all the stories i read are shounen ai-ish... and i enjoy reading them X__X the parodies and romance are a refreshing break from all that angst and character deaths. I also approve of certain pairings which are already painfully obvious so the stories aren't that disturbing. Kyaaaaaaaaa~ are those excuses? I strongly suspect that i have slowly transformed to become a shounen ai fan girl in denial

Just to keep ppl updated, i'm currently blogging from my new Acer lappie which is super cool and running on windows 7. This means that i have no pictures at all and so i am unable to post any pictures and we're stuck with just words =D

This could take some work

I achieved my goal (mentioned in the last post) of gaining a sense of accomplishment by the end of the week wheeeee~ It came with my 1st pay ever, in my entire 18 years of life. When the work you're doing as isnt personally satisfying, the pay matters a whole lot more. I don't think i mind not reading my fantasy books so much after knowing how much i earn per day XDXD

On the other hand... I really need to buy some clothes for cny. I've exhausted my very limited supply of new clothes because of work and surprisingly it isn't as hard as i thought to mix and match the clothings so that i wear sth different every single day. But i'm not exactly proud of my fashion sense so i can't brag about looking pretty and professional.

Of course, I won't miss my manga updates and will check the manga sites daily but they're currently not the focus of my life. Will be taking time to blog about Black Bird this weekend =DD

Point number 4 generated more responses than i though hahaha XD on both msn and the tagboard so i guess it's worth elaborating on. There's no need to feel excited for me *ahem yufei* cos i don't even see them for more than half a minute per day. 3 seconds when i arrive and say good morning. 2 seconds if one of them comes up to the office to speak to the boss (my eyes have to be permanently stuck to the computer monitor and files) 5 seconds when i say good bye before leaving.
There you go =D not much chance to talk, except on one rare occasion hehehe. Plus they are ehhh... over 25 years old i think? I don't know, it's really hard to tell.

Somehow, i feel that this post doesn't belong here. Blogging about money, clothes and guys all in the same post makes me sound.... different XD in a bad way

The worst decision of the day

Was to take bus 154 from paya lebar mrt all the way to clementi. Was trying to avoid the mrt crowd so i chose the bus instead. Sure, i got a seat but the ride was soo freaking long and the guy sitting beside me across the standing area kept coughing out saliva and viruses and bacteria. I couldn't sleep properly =( Took me 20 minutes longer than the standard mrt ride due to the traffic jam.

I have been looking diligently for a job and was disappointed when i missed a few opportunities but now that i have a proper 8 to 5 job, i don't feel exactly satisfied. Doing accounting -__- Or rather, just keying sales data into a new system. Not that i prefer rotting at home and reading fantasies late into the night.. It's just that.. i don't know.

Good points
1. I am employed and will receive $$$$ =D
2. My colleagues are very nice =DD
3. My boss hasn't scolded me yet
4. There are a few good looking guys working in the factory downstairs (HAHAHA... i can't believe i actually typed this out)
5. Boss is known for his generosity in giving bonuses

Bad points
1. Office is so cold and i'm almost down with a flu from staying up reading for the past few weeks
2. Boss well known for his merciless scoldings
3.My desk is in the same room as the boss (it's supposed to be the secretary's seat but oh well)
And that means i can't even sign into msn/ sms
4. Keying in 2009 data is really boring and brainless
5. Accounting is so far off from what i like to do/ plan to study in uni

Wah shoot it's only the 1st official day of work and i have so much to say. Haha either way i plan to finish the accounting stuff asap so that i can help the others with office work which seem more challenging and can prevent me from nodding off right under the boss's nose. Hope to gain more sense of accomplishment by the end of the week. Go me!!!!!!

P.S I hope my boss doesnt ever read this. If he does.... BOSS I LOVE YOU YOU ARE THE BEST GUY IN THE WORLD K?!

'Thankyou for the trouble'

Went down to orchard recruit express branch to try my luck at getting a job. Took me quite some time to find the specific lifts at tower A which lead to the offices so that was one bleah point.

2nd bleah point: I started off wrongly and the lady thought i was looking for a particular working staff rather than just someone to introduce me to a job and we spent an awkward minute trying to clear things up.

3rd bleah point: It was close to lunch hour and i was given very little time for the interview and to fill in the form. Not being clear in the mind after all that confusion, i only filled in the 1st page thinking that was it. When the lady told me about the incomplete form, i took it back and filled in the last page. Ahhhhh and during the interview, to my horror, she opened the form and there were 2 more pages inside that i conveniently skipped. T____T i think that kinda pissed her off =(((

Conclusion: She definitely wasnt impressed and i only have myself to blame. Before leaving i said sth very stupid--- hence the title of this post