Wednesday, September 28, 2005

My thoughts...

These two days after the 1-week event has ended, have alot of thoughts in mind. Slack these two days till i bored till death! Feel that there is actually alot of things to learn from IPP (though there is nothing much we have do in the event, just runner, usher only.). Even in the office, Staff will have their own 'clicks' to hang out, talk with. There may also be staff dislike each other, hardly interact with each other though they are "colleagues". (Just like wat movies does, 'qua ming' fu qi).

What i learnt from this company is that, they are busy throughout, in regardless of before, during and after event, each will have work to do.

Before event: Doing planning, meet up with clients, do proposals, setting budgets
During events: Do up visuals, working manual, printing out the plans, preparing the stuff needed for the event. Getting the necessary crew and equipments, meeting up with vendors. Doing up the guest lists all that.
After event: sending invoices, tallying up the numbers of equipmentused, etc.

Though i have yet to do all these by myself, but for sure, events are not that easy to carry out. I believe that for an event to be successfully launched and remenber, the event companyhad did a big part in it rather than the host company/ organiser. They are like the backbone fr the body, without them, nothing can be done. Therefore in my blog, i salute them! XIN KU LE!

Lots of things happen recently, like the dengue fever that has direct impact on the nation. From such a not that serious health problem to an 'alert' and highly cautious illness. Just like the bird flu, from one area of a country to other countries, it such a highly contagious diseases!

Just hope that everything will soon come to an end and not taking more lives and lastly make the world a safe place to live in (rather than country itself)

Must use Miss congentiality kou tou chan : " WORLD PEACE!"

Monday, September 26, 2005

One whole week of summary!

Two weeks has yet to update on the days i have been thru. The last two weeks, ahs been busy since the time my 'supervisor' has step into the office and plus that the event RSVP has become closer and closer. So didnt really have the time to write during office time and also i have change my seat for that week. Sian!

Ok now, i 'll talk about last week. Since last last sat (17/9), i have been at the hotel for the help out and set-up (something like that) of the stuffs for the upcoming one whole week event. i will talk briefly each day cos too many things to write about.

17/9 - this is the first day that we are suppose to go down to the hotel to help out. I was late and also cause joanne to be scolded even though she was earlier before the meeting time. She was sick that day so went home early, left me there doing the stuff. I was put to direct the transporters for the rental equipment to the 'storage room' @ one of the hotel's meeting room. The meeting room's key got problem so have to keep on asking for help from the hotel staff, especially Jimmy, think he is the in-charge supervisor for the meeting rooms. He had helped me alot as i have to keep on moving about and the door needs to be lock when no one is in the room. The first equipments for me to take charge is 2 big copiers from Fuji xerox .

below is the pic, something like that: (dunno is it the same one)












Make a guess about how heavy is this machine each?
Answer: the copier itself : 300 KGs
the sorter : 197 KGS

Can you imagine how heavy it is? One is about 500 kgs in total!

And the bad thing is that the machine need to be moved the next day to its so called 'permanent' place for the one week event and the place was on the other side of the hotel -_-'' sian. Somemore i still need to learn how to oerate it all that. Then next still got printerss and fax machine, again need to know how to operate. At first thought i was only going to teach others next time but i was wrong! I have become the technician for the whole week!!!

18/9 - 23/9 I have become usher, technician, runner all you can name it sian... I seems to be even busier than the hotel staff, have to run about here and there. Though it is fun, sometimes the time past so fast that it is time for meals/ going home. I stay at the hotel for 3 nights cos the next day the crew call is 6am so why not stay in the hotel since got place for you to sleep =). However, dear was quite worried when i stay in the hotel, worried about my safety. I stayed on the 47th storey that i have such a wonderful view of the bustling town! One regret is that i forget to bring along my camera and my hp's camera isn't that good at capturing cos too small le sian.

One bad thing about the event is the people i working with, some are so hao lian one, so dao, can fixed some stuff then think they all li hai le. Only know how to order people and cant do hands-on by themselves, and also making unreasonable demands. Dun even communicate with their own staff and also ask so much '' EXTRA" people around dunno for what. Doing the same event still wants to steal from us. Just dunno what they all thinkin!

One good thing about this even is that i get to know alot of people, be it the foreign guests, local guests, registration staff or even the hotel stafss, just like to say a big thank you to all who has make the event a big success!

CONCLUSION: I have ENJOYED the event though i have suffered some tough times =)


Friday, September 09, 2005

Friday is the driving day!

Now in the office slacking like mad, just go to the websites like carrefour, ntuc fairprice, cold storage and mustafa, to find plugs. Was suppose to buy it yesterday, cos LO came to see us, then 3 plus le, kind of late, plus not urgent, so just drag to today. Think today by hook or crook have to buy, also hope to get thing done asap.

Yesterday, my 'supervisor' asked me to go buy 50 multi plugs, but guess what, how much did she gave me? Make a guess.... Is $50! -_-'' equals to one plug $1 only hai sian. Silly right then i also blur blur one loh keep ok ok all that loh. But at first thought what she say the multi plug was that can plug three different powerpoint together loh. But no what she wants was the international one, that can put both the rounded one, slanted one and all that, not just the one we used at home. (everytime give me such a challenging job hor! -_-'')

Then after knocked off, went to took bus 8 or 90 to toa payoh, cos very fast and then can estimate time for today's driving lesson loh. haha. Walked to the bus stop like very long distance but i like brisk walking think reach there before 10 min haha. Rushing like mad loh.

Then now, 'supervisor' just reach and also think i will be going out soon to search and buy the plugs le loh. haha tata

Thursday, September 08, 2005

LO coming to visit us today

Before talking about the LO , lets' talk a bit more after i knocked off from work. I wanted to try if taking mrt will be faster as tomolo i was going to resume my driving lesson. (The instructor was my dad's fren and he was like very popular loh, hard to book him one. When i first passed my theory test, i go apply PDL: provisional driving license; for you to drive on road. He say must apply first so i apply in may but only get too book him on the month of july.-_-''). My lesson will start at 6.55pm but i knock off at 6 so more or less must rush loh, now finding the best way to reach there.

Then hor, i took the wrong bus, have the misconception of that the bus 125 will past by the mrt station as the bus was available opposite the mrt station, so i board it since it came earlier than bus 100 loh. Aiya then this kind of thing happen sian. I have to walk a long way as to the mrt was suppose to go straight but then the bus 125 turn to the right so i alight knowing that i was taking the wrong bus.

So i walk all the way to the mrt, waste my time siao sian. But dunno i walked fast or the traffic was too jammed. By the time i reach the mrt bus stop, the bus 100 just reached only haha. I like walking very fast loh haha.

My left eye was like swollen. they called the yan zhen, it was due to too 'hot' in the body loh. But there is another older saying was that you peep on guy bathing -_-''. When i told my dear about it, he asked if i peep on guys bathing. So sad, sob sob, he think me that way, so i say if i see guys bathing, then that guy will be him haha =p.

Today LO will be coming in at about 3pm, dunno if my real supervisor will make it, but i think wont cos think he will go on site or whatever (who cares, i dun like him, so do he dun like me so what for cares =p) Just hope that he wont give mi back remarks becos he dun like mi but the way i work. Hope that he will be gong shi fen ming loh! haha. Slacking now, cos my 'supervisor' not in yet. ( For ur info i so called got 2 supervisor in this company. The guy was the real supervisor cos maybe he say he supervise us on the first day??? Dunno. the other ' supervisor' can be considered as my senior colleague as my real supervisor asked me to help her out with the upcoming event loh. LOL, confused le ma? Those few dys that i so called got 'scolded' or 'tell off' was by the 'supervisor, a lady haha.

Sian i go watch my flash from yesterday. Yesterday slack whole day, yipee! But hor damn sian to be slack too. Bye

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Slacking day!

Haha, think this is the first time i've been writing my blog for the day itself instead of the past few entries that was written for yesterday. =p getting better le after these few days incident that happen to me. Tell quite a few people to vent up all those shou qi and most of all they think i'm not totally in wrong for everything that hapen to me loh. Thanks guys.

This morning by right can wake up later cause my 'supervisor' asked me to collect documents from the swissotel early in the morning at 9.15am. Need not have to sign in early cos she say i can go down straightaway. But hor, my sis so stupid keep on waking me up, ask me to go bath all that cos she later need to go school, then maybe will have to use the toilet loh. Then hor, i asked her to shut up, she dun even want to go bath still calledme to. What the hell! Hardly i can sleep later yet got disturbed. So pissed off then i wake up around 7 plus, go bath all that, keep thinking if i manage to catch the transport to the company then i go company. But i have missed it, making me reaching bishan mrt at 8am. Hai. As no backup plan was been planned, so i just thought, ok take train see how long take to aljunied, but when i reach the city hall mrt, i think otherwise, forget it, i dun want to waste so much money on the train cos i cant even claim it, might as well save some money in my ez-link card and save it till i meet my dear haha. It's it a good idea? =p

But very sian thing is that i reach city hall at about 8.20 ( i think ), then n choice got to shop a while or what. Remenber didnt top up money in the wallet, only left $2 in the wallet how to survive? So went to withdraw $$ and also top up my ez-link cos inside left only $3 plus, just in case later need to travel all that loh. Since the ATM is in the basement of the raffles city shopping centre, so might as well go see if got anything to grab a bite cos very hungry, last nite didnt eat much. haha. Saw subway, thought they will sell sandwich early in the morning but they didnt, sell something like bun like that. Cost me $5 for the bun, a cup of tea and as well as a cookie (the person say order a set cheaper and got cookie; buy just the cup of tea and the bun costs $4.80, might as wel pay $0.20 to get a cookie. (like i very easily got tempted away haha.) Just sit down not long ago then my iriver got flat, cant listen to music so sian -_-'' just charge on sunday, so fast flat le, think maybe i forgot to off last nite that's why so fast flat haha.

Say was 9.15am meet the person, but i eat le so sian so just give her a call see if she is in the office a not then i can get the document from her asap then go back to office. Meet her about 10 min later, , got it and went back to office. Reach office around 9.40am, quite fast ma. Guess tonight try to take train home see how long then can estimate what time reach driving centre. haha

Now slacking finally! Ask 'supervisor' got anything to do a not, she say got but too busy to pass the info to us, so i say need to call back ma, then she say dun ant to waste time on that, so here right now slacking loh lol... Hehe dunno what to do lei, most frens not in msn, then scare play games got caught hai, really dunno how lo. see ya!

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Today's wei qu

Hai, i'm back again. Just my luck today . Hai so sian. Dunno why all these hapeen on me. hai. First is that 'supervisor' asked me to find the singapore embassy to help ask about whether need to apply visa for visitors coming to singapore from the Democratic Republic of Congo. So i just thought visa, ok maybe singapore tourism board may have the answer i need, so ijust search the web to look for tourism board's number. When i call to the board, they say s not under them but instead is the immigration side, so i asked for the immgration number and also ask them the information i need.

After i call the immigration and asked them about the info, told my 'supervisor' about it, instead of getting said the job is done or there are other work to do, she just so called 'scolded' me in front of the colleagues saying that: "I ask you to call the singapore embassy, why did you call the immigration?" Then i explained to her say dun have and i cant find then she give me the kind of being offended look and said " i asked you to call, listen to me" in a stern way.Go find the singapore embassy of singapore for the number. I was so puzzled by her words and what the hell loh, how to search in yahoo or google on: singapore embassy of singapore or singapore embassy. I only hear singapore embassy all tat is when u are in different country all that and not these. So i search the web again, as well as asked joanne to help me. Then i think that she saw me asking others and have yet to get back to her, she asked u haven find it ah. Then she say i ask you to call 100 and ask why didnt you call them? Then she say so loud "Foget it, I call myself" then she called them. While she was calling i very bu suan so i told joanne if they give the number same or cant find, i laugh till jaw dropped. True enogh, she gave me the immigration number loh. Then i show her the number previously i called together with what she give me and pass her the info. dunno is she wont admit is her mistake or she dun apologise, she just take and keep quiet.

After cooling down a while, she asked me to call this person and ask the timing of his as i'm going to collect thing on her behalf. However, ths stupid guy could not give me a time so i have to report to the supervisor thrice to four times like that, making her pissed and like she vent it on me. I wanted to say to her was that what the hell, you everytime like this, without getting clear of the info all tat then anyhow scold her. Even she not happy also dun vent at me, cant becos of yesterday i make mistake then count it together and scold in total ma. Am i right to say that?

At 12, i went to tell her i go get the stuff, she gave me $12 for cab fare loh. Then i HATE take cab loh cos i will get headach, so i forget it and took. then nvm go there do u know what i take? ONLY 3 CARDS LOH! What the hell! Total to and fro cost $10 loh which mean 1 stupid card costs $3 loh, stupid, not only cause me to get headache and also waste my time all that. Complaint to my mum she say nevermind, since she is like that one loh.

Then by the time i came back, she already went out so i just keep the stuff with me till i went for lunch. Scare that i will miss her if i go out for lunch, i leave the cards and the change with her and went for my lunch loh. Guess what? When i was buying food for myself she called and just say like this (cant really remenber): "Where you now? Me: I outside having lunch. She: " Then where is the thing, i need it now and i going for meeting soon." (sound damn pissed off like this like as if i didnt do for her and wont let me speak.) After she finish saying then i say, i leave with the colleague, when she hear it, not even a word of thanks or wat, just say ok and hang. What the hell loh, think what. didnt put on your table cos scare you cant find it and vent on me and your tone is as if i offended you and cant be given second chance and must get back to the office to pass the thing to you. Making mistake previouslyt more or less, know your style le, would i be so stupid to make mistake and let you scold, think so fun to let you scold ah. I came to learn things, not here for you to vent anger to. Even my parents will reason out before scolding so what make you think you can just shoot me anyhow just becos i'm in this company and you are my senior???

Hai like what chinese proverbs say da ren bu ji xiao ren guo. Hope that next time she will make clear of the situation and then scold people also not late loh. Must tell my dear about it and asked him to sayang me.

Bye.

What a bad day!

Yesterday was quite a terrible day for me. Hai. First got asked to do stuff for my 'supervisor'. Then need to tell the receptionist about it and asked her to call for the courier services. Next when asked her about where to get envelope, think she was quite pissed off becos she dun understand and also she was going for her lunch break so myabe pissed off and ask me to go find at my department.

Being in the company for less than three weeks and been doing the same old thing everyday, how am i suppose to know where they put their stuff in and i dare not asked my 'supervisor' cos i'm afraid i pissed her off then later worse so i went to find the envelope. Finally found it le but it was too damn big as the document to be delivered was only A4 sized, you cant possibly asked me to get an envelope that is bigger than A3 size loh. -_-'' The place where all the envelope is either too big or too small, really no choice and have to find jiu xin lo, luckily my jiu xin save me loh. After finding the envelope, the documents need to get stamped and all tat, but i forgot to let her signed two visuals that are suppose to be delivered, when i about to seal the envelope, i asked her to reconfirm but she like ignore or too busy and just asked me to proceed sealing.

But after that, 430pm she called and 'scold' me say that forgot to let her sign the visuals and she dun want to go down signed again cos she went down twice le. Hai dunno is my fault or wat loh, just accept it and went down to the raffles city, get the visual to be signed on her behalf and rushed back to office. So sian. But seriously, i feel that both of us got wrong haha.

Told my mum and my dear about these incident but luckily they understand and support me. My frens too say that just get over it loh. Just saw my 'supervisor' in the office, dunno wat she say. Then i say sorry, she say dun say sorry in the morning. haha. Got to work le sian...

Monday, September 05, 2005

Summary for the weekend...

Last friday, hear from my 'supervisor' that we will be doing new stuff, hope that it wont be telemarketing cos i have been calling for a whole week and i'm sick of calling le. If it is call in, i still wont mind but call out, forget it then. I just hope that the callers will get back to us themselves. 'Praying hard!'

Moreover, after leaving the workplace, went to suntec. Got to take bus there as there seems to have bus to city hall, so went to took it, but the bus was too crowded and could not get in, so have to wait for the next bus. However, the next bus make us wait very long that we decide to take bus to mrt so that we can take train to city hall faster. Meet shari and en at the raffles city shopping centre and then walk to the suntec. Boon was late cos he has to go home to get changed. -_-''. ( Fancy a guy asking three gals to wait loh.)

First, we went to the comex IT show, it was fully packed and a lot of things to see. Feel that you are in Sim Lim Square cause there are people giving out flyers from the enterance to the exit loh! Managed to get to seesome of the slimest and lightest laptop and also unknown brand laptop which is both cheap and light. (dunno is true a not). After that went to level 6 for the food fair, though the food fair ad seems so appealing with a lot of unique dishes or stuff u dun get to see daily, in a whole, just quite common loh. The most unique food i seen for the day should be the apple chips, the person selling say that it is not deep fried, however was air dry loh. And it is so crispy and have a taste of sweetness loh. Regret didnt buy on that day cos i ask mum if they want to try , she say no. Boon treat shari and i a bowl of shark fin's haha, dunno buy there is to make up for his lateness or really want to treat us hehe ( guess only he knows it himself loh.) Went home quite late and both dear and mum were worried. (* dear, sorry about it)

Guess that is all for friday loh... Saturday has been slacking the whole day with mum around the house, all you can hear is her voice haha. Dear went straight to cck to his grandparent's house to see his grandparents, guess it's becos his mum is off and also want him to go up to see them cos after he went ns, all his weekend is either washing clothes or meeting me, so didnt really go up as often as last time. Plus he is vey filial loh, so must understand and let him do his stuff. (use to tie him down, haha) But now has learn to forgo some of his freedom back to him. Perhaps i've been very protective and want him all by myself ( so selfish of me, but come to think of it, feel like i like his mum, jealous about his doing, pei mi more than his mum, so i must not be like his mum from now on)

Yesterday was thinking of meeting him and make salad for him, but we didnt get to meet cos it was raining very heavily on both our areas and also his toes was on medication so dun want to come out. All those said above is not the main root of not meeting, but the main was that we quarrel before we were supposed to meet cause we feel that we cant meet when both all so pissed off and yet to cool down... Hai becos of that, cause us a whole week didnt meet le. We didnt mean to quarrel these days but maybe both are stressed (in ns and workplace) and we havenot been communicated well recently, that perhaps trigger and cause our communication to breakdown some more. Though now is solved, but i still hope that we will not quarrel anymore loh. Sick of quarreling. I think i have to control my temper nowadays too.. Sorry darling...

Friday, September 02, 2005

Friday's blues

I always like to combine two days' blog into one as i will only be writing my blog in the morning when i 'm in my office early. Like to blog in the morning as you know what has happen the whole day.

Let's talk about yesterday, has finally finished calling all the invitees for the WSD 2005 but i think we still have to call back or drop email to those who didnt reply to us or we haven get hold of them. I received a extremely very bad news from my dear, he is going to TAIWAN for training on his BIRTHDAY!!! When i hear about it, i was extremely sad as for this three years of being together, i have yet to celebrate his birthday on the day itself... Hai, for the first year will be becos we just stead for 2 months, his mum invite me to his birthday 'party' (actually more to family gathering), i was so pai seh that i decline no. Second year, his mum have chalet for him, again family one. Third year, he got to prepare for his A'level' so didnt celebrate, and now this happen hai. Really dunno what to do nor get what for him. Just feel that monetary will be the best as if he was given time to shop then can buy some local products back, BUT he MUST NOT go and FLIRT! Or he will get from me.

Last nite got a quarrel with him over the trip, so upset and i cried but he seems unaffected when i cried. hai i really dunno what to do.Just let the nature takes its course loh...

Dunno what to be done so have to faster tabulate before my so called supervisor come in loh....

Thursday, September 01, 2005

Tuesday and wednesday's blog

Didnt have the time to get to write my blog as i have been very busy in the morning cos i have to tabulate the no. of calls that i have called out for the day together with my colleague, Andrew. So sian loh, see no siao le, then have to call back, and after that have to do the consolidation. Hai, even doing a telemarketing job is also so stressed.

Think tues nothing to talk about. Cos I have been doin the same old job loh, so sian but manage to call my dear and have a chat during the office hours (shhh...) haha... Anyway, yesterday (wed) is andrew last day, and i realise that yesterday i have been given a task (finally), dunno should be happy or not, cos i been taking over andrew's job to follow up sian...

My dear went back to the camp last nite, lose his cap that day when he book out, and when ask about his cap whether can find a not, the person in charge say that he cant have it even it is found, hai hear that both of us so sad cos the cap is i bought for him before he went ns and to mark the first bbq i went in his family's gathering. Guess that it will end the memories. However, lucky i have some of his photo with the cap loh. Tell him to buy a cap when he books out, and there will not be just one but two of them hehe (cos i also have loh :p)

Last nite very the sian loh, wanted to write things do in the log book but when take out, keep dragging the time and in the end went to watch tv and talked to my dear and shari and i have yet to update last week and this week. Think i have to update it by this week, by hook or by crook cos my LO is visiting us on the 8th sept, must show her by then.

Ok lah got to get back to work, really sian...