wow..last weekend was a realli fun and interesting one.
Fri went to Choir practice. Wei Wei and Jeremy 'psycho' us to go JB on Sat.
At first we told them we can't coz both of us had an appointment at X-Style salon..
but somehow..they managed to 'psycho' us and Rachel.
Sat, initially meeting Rachel at Jurong East, 10am. However, i couldn't find my passport and spent quite some time seraching for it..so pissz..
Managed to reach JB at around 1pm..after which, Jeremy drove us to Grand Bluewave Hotel for Hi-tea. Not bad..international buffet..like the crepe with choco ice cream..yummy!
After a great hi-tea, we proceed to Holiday Plaza. I wanted to look for my D&D dress but din manage to find one. After tat, we went for RM 8 manicure..the staff there were not veri pro..coz the lady who did for me dun realli noe how to shape nails..and i had a cut. Through the chatting, i realized they were actually beauticians (who seldom do manicure) trying to push their facial and slimming package. After much persuasion, Sis bought their facial cum slimming package...hmm..can consider quite cheap compared to S'pore..well seems like we will haf reason to visit JB often..hehe..
At night, Jeremy brought us to JB pasar malam..interesting! The pasar malam there quite different also..they sell raw fish, vegetables and grilled chicken. We stopped at the fruit stall the longest..coz we took quite some time choosing the mangos. We also bought a package of Cai tao kway and half grilled chicken and had our dinner at a prata stall.
After the pasar malam tour, itz already quite late. So we decided to go Jeremy's house to stay overnight. His mum quite nice..shared with us some of her recipe in making chilli paste and tried her home-made otah..veri nice..
Dozed off half way when they are watching privated VCD...Eight Below..(so cute..can see pple walking up and down..and a towel covering the camera at times.)
On Sun, woke up at around 12 noon..washed up and went for Yong Tau Hu lunch with Jeremy's family. So paiseh..his dad treated us..and we forgot to thank him..opps..
Managed to rush back home at 4 plus. Washed up and went for Kate's wedding dinner at Furama Hotel. Ah Peng and I took a cab there. We went to her bridal room to look for her..room 1926... she's so lovely with her sexy wedding gown.
She had been complaining that things were quite rush for her during the preparation. Initially, they actually planned to haf their wedding in Jun...But unfortunately, her dad passed away at the beginning of the year. So according to some traditional chinese customs, they haf to get married within 100 days. We were quite sad when we were watching her ROM video..coz that time her dad was there to withness her ROM.
hmm..glad to see her happi smile again..and she is fortunate coz she had a nice and understanding husband...reminds me of the happy ending in faiy tales "...prince and princess living happily ever after..." realli envy her..and I started joking with Ah Peng to faster look for one too..keke..A message to Kate --> Congratulation! All the best to both of you in mani years ahead! Dun forget to invite me to your baby full month..hehe..
Oh dear...a sudden sense of loneliness strikes me again...haha..
Today, we had a GM dialogue in the afternoon.
Initially, I thought that the session will be a long and boring one...but it turned out to be otherwise.
GM started with screening a very funny video...on a few customers being caught on camera when they tested on the "water bed"...and another cartoon on ants @ work.
After which he briefed us on some changes in the Club and re-emphasis on the core values and meaning of the logo to all staff.
Mission Statement
To provide every member of this Club with an environment that is conducive for forging closer ties among families, friends and fellow servicemen.
Core Values
Promote Professionalism by paying attention to members' interests.
Respect the members' feedback and their views.
Instill a spirit of sharing, learning and co-operation among the staff and members.
Deliver quality customer service by discerning the members' needs.
Express our commitment by embracing the core values.
He also illustrated to us the organisation structure..similar to the potted plant above.
He summerised the whole dialogue with this:
Meaning: Begin each day with a smile and you will bring smile to many people.
He ended the dialogue with the following four letters word:
L - Learn (skills & knowledge)
E - Experience & enjoy
A - Appreciate (Appreciate we have a job, appreciate our colleagues and friends, appreciate colleagues help etc.)
F - Fun (meaning have fun!)
Hmm...itz quite an unique way of conveying the message to us..meaningful too! And I remember it till now...keke..
Yeah!! Managed to change my blog skin with much trying...thanx Gillian mei mei...hehe..tried a few design but finally decided to haf tis...itz from 1 of Jimmy's comic..first time came across his comic drawing was during the screening of the chinese movie..'di xia tie' (in english..subway). Itz simple yet meaningful... The little girl is standing near a lamp post..although the lamp is brightly litted..but she still seems quite lost..she can't see the path in front. I think it reflected mani of us.....a lot times, opportunities are there..but somehow..one haf to decide whether to catch it or to let go...and once the decision is made, there's no point of return...even if there's lots of hurdles to overcome...think i had experience standing underneath the lamp post for the past few years...and even till now..i'm still quite lost..One of my colleague told me tis afternoon tat she might be leaving. She was so call head hunted by a company..higher pay..very attractive offer...and higher position..all of us felt that itz a good opportunity for her to advance in her career...but the sad thing is..we will definitely miss her laughter...think she is quite tempted to hop over too..but the only thing that stop her is coz of us..a grp of cute colleagues..hehe..haiz..somehow...we started asking ourselves..'wat are we still doing here for??'..for the pay? for the opportunity to advance in our career??...I realli dun noe...perhaps..for the opportunity to learn...haiz..i'm juz trying hard to make myself feel better...A message to her:Follow your heart...we can still meet up for gossip sessions..keke..and i will definitely keep my promise!!!Went to Choir practice juz now after work...missed the photography session..haha..so funny..Xiao Qiang was saying maybe I should get the soft copy from the photographer to cut & paste my head into the pix..using someone's body(cannot tell u who)..keke...i'll definitely flip through the newspaper next week to take a look at that articles..hehe.. There will be a performance next sat at Boon Lay CC..so sad..i haf to gif it a miss again..sob..sob..haiz..maybe itz realli time for me to 'retire' liao.
