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Saturday, October 31, 2009

I got an email from our consultant saying that I am under performing.
Saying that I am unconscientious with my work, etc....
What happened is like this:

He wants a flight to be booked i.e. Friday night @ 0020hr.
So you know when you book a flight at this time,
the itinerary will show the date as Saturday, 0200hr.
(Cos it's Friday night, Saturday morning)
When the itinerary was shown to him, he said he wants it on the previous day.
I forwarded the email and have our travel agent do it for him.
So the travel agent was confused & called me to check.
I explained & thought everything was cleared
But it wasn't and the flight was booked one day before the preferred flight.
And the best thing was:
When the e-ticket was issued, that fellow did not check.
And now he is putting all the blame on me.

I was quite disheartened when I saw that email.
I have never worked so hard before.
Trying my best to do everything as I was expected.
I asked myself: am I really as lousy as he made it out?

I sat there and thought long.
And I finally understood that the problem doesn't lies with me.
It lies with him.

when the e-ticket was sent to him, he should have checked.
He didn't do that.
And I think that serves him right!

You don't even bother to check your own flight timing to make sure that you are booked on the correct flight?
Then I think that's what you deserved!

Now he wants my manager to handle his flight for him.
So good for me!
Lesser contact with such people will mean lesser problem for me.

I will not put what had happened on my heart.
He is no one to me, anyway.

I trust myself that I have the ability to handle such situation.
Not all situation will be win-win situation.
So I shouldn't just give up because of such minor setback.
I will learn from mistake and emerge a better person!!

Labels: Life, Work

IcYb3|| counted snowflakes at 12:23 AM

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

If you notice, I have added another 3 friends in my facebook.
They're my childhood buddies.
Friends I've known since I was young but have lost contact over the years.
I'm glad we found each other again!

October is coming to an end.
This Friday will be the last day of the current month.
November... then December... then 2009 will come to an end.

2 exciting events coming up in November.
To be precise, it's only exciting for me cos it only concern me & my son. =)

3rd week of November - Travis primary school orientation day.
I'm totally excited!!!!!
It's like 'WOW!', my son will soon be receiving his primary education.
The first 6 years of fundamental education.
I can't believe that time flies so fast!!!!!!

4th week of November - Travis Graduation concert
The first graduation of his life!
*I will have to start enquiring on the purchase of the concert DVD.*

A new childcare from NTUC situated just a street away from my place will be opening soon.
I was thinking of enrolling Rhys there when he turn 2yo.
But MIL doesn't want baby Rhys to be in childcare at such early age,
so she voted against my idea.
I will have to wait till either he's older or he got on my MIL nerves, whichever comes first, before I can send him there.

Labels: Kids, Life, Memories

IcYb3|| counted snowflakes at 1:17 PM

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Guess what am I doing now?
Hint: Something damn bo liao and retro.

LoL!

Like what i did in my younger days, I'm blasting techno now!

Hahaha~
I can see alot of eyes rolling & head slapping already..

No one was at home when we returned just now.
So the first thing I told dear dear was that 'yeah! we can blast techno liao!'
Hubby agreed it's a good time too since no one is ard.
So here we are, blasting techno and surfing net!
(And a little dancing too, LoL!)

Another way of relieving stress, I guess.

I was in the library this morning from 10am-3pm for revision.
And you guess how many Qs I did???
Only 4 questions!
It's all so damn difficult...
I'm having mock exam tomorrow.
Exam will be here not long after.
I feel so stressed!

I really hope I will pass my exam.
But hoping does no help in passing the exam.
I still have to put in effort to make sure I doesn't fail.

Wish me luck, will ya?

P/S: Video of Joe dancing will be posted to facebook shortly hereafter. Enjoy laughing, ya? LoL!

IcYb3|| counted snowflakes at 8:46 PM

Saturday, October 24, 2009

I've composed a very long post regarding some happenings recently around me
but decided to erase it after reading it through a few times.

The reasons behind this - 事不关己，己不劳心; 人言可畏。

Though I don't really agree with what S is doing,
but I think I am in no position to make any comment.
So I erase everything and anything that will remind me of it and try not to think about it.

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Received a letter from Travis new school,
orientation day will be on 21 Nov 09.
And he has already been allocated a class.
I'm so looking forward to the day he's in his primary school uniform!!!

Grandma was admitted to TTSH last evening due to infection of the cyst in her kidneys.
She wanted to visit my aunt in Bangkok end of this month.
Given her situation now, I think she will have to postpone the trip to a later date.

I will be visiting her later in the evening.
Will spend my afternoon doing some revisions.
Hopefully everything can go into my mind.
It's like whatever goes in one way will come out from another way.
It's so frustrating!!!!!

IcYb3|| counted snowflakes at 2:16 PM

Friday, October 16, 2009

I have alot of things to blog.
And as usual, it all flew out the window once I'm at the 'New Post' page.

IcYb3|| counted snowflakes at 8:48 AM

Thursday, October 08, 2009

I'm on training today, again...
This is actually a make up class for the previous one that I missed.
Powerpoint is so the same with excel.
It's like whatever I've learned in excel, I'm learning in powerpoint now.

I read through my previous blog posts.
Some dated a few years back.
It's really amazing how time flies.
(And how time can make or break someone.)

Whenever I thought of how time flies,
another thought will come into mind automatically - death
Another minute you live is another minute nearer to death.
Death is inevitable.
No one can cheat death and live on forever.
I am not scared of dying, but rather the way I'll be dying.
How would I meet death?
Motor accident?
Killed by a mugger?
In my sleep?

How?

No one will know until that day comes.
And I hope that I'll die the natural way.
That's a kind of blessing, at least to me.

'We're all athletes preparing for the big game'
Use your time and prepare it well.
Cos when the time comes, you won't have a chance to back out.
This is a game you must play, you must take part in.
There's no running away from it!

I believe that when someone bully you, be in verbally or physically,
that person is actually washing away your karma for you.
And unknowingly, adding it to his own scoreboard.
The more karma you do in your life, the worse kind of death awaits you.

There's some truth in this sentence - 'there'll be a time for justice to be done'
Sit back & relax, and you can see what karma will do to those compassionless players.

I always tell my sons it's ok to be bullied, but never be a bully.
I will never teach my kids the 'an eye for an eye' theory.

I still remember when I was in my primary school,
there was this girl who won a lot of prizes in the national singing competition
that showcast on channel 8.
She's an Indian-chinese mix.
Her father is an indian and her mum is a chinese.
She was very arrogant then.
So I made a comment to my friend like
'Wow, she's arrogant! Is there a need to act this way? It's just some singing competition only, not as if she won the whole world.'
And you know what happened the next day?
Her dad and her mum came to school & find me.
Her dad gripped my arms tightly
and keep saying things like 'you dare to say her again, I'll kill you! I'll catch you and sell you away......'
Can you imagine the kind of fear that build up within me?!
My friends were there too, and I think at the age of 9, everyone will be scared hearing an Indian man saying such thing. (I am not trying to be racist. But if you know the way the older generation Chinese teach their kids, you'll know why I make this statement.)
I was on the verge of crying..
But that man still wouldn't let me go.
He was holding onto my arms and both him & his wife was scolding me.

Upon seeing this, one of my friend ran off and alerted a teacher nearby.
The teacher came over and that was when that man finally let me go.

I forgotten what did the teacher said to the man.
But I remember vividly that he was actually shaming him.

That man still comes to school, but never near me again.

Now, whenever I thought of this incident, I will laugh.
I laugh at the parents and I pity that daughter.
With this kind of parents, you can never learn good values.
Without good values, how far can you go in life???

Labels: Memories

IcYb3|| counted snowflakes at 12:54 PM

Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Very often, we will neglect the feelings/needs of the people around us,
causing much distress to them unintentionally.
When such situation arise, we normally would speak with someone whom we trust.
We would tell him/her the problem we're facing and, more often than not,
looking for some consolation & hoping that person will assent with our thoughts.

Most of the time, we will get negative response from our 'listener' like
'you should have known better!','You should have treat him/her better', etc.....

I call this kind of reaction 'conversation killer'.
If someone react to me in this way, I would never tell him/her my problems again.
I hate this kind of reaction.
It's like you're not me, you don't understand how I feel.
You don't understand why things turn out this way.
Why judge me?

I would be greatful if you point out what went wrong in a situation.
I would be greatful if you advices me what to do.
But I hate it when people start judging.

So don't judge!

IcYb3|| counted snowflakes at 12:22 PM