I'm trying to keep myself slightly organize in my post, trying to recall where did I stop and where should I start from. So about 3-4 posts before, I was at the end of 2011, where we applied for a flat, then I got hospitalized and discharged.
And so. that was the closure of 2011. Time for 2012.
Seems like the entire 2012 just swept by, I really can't remember much things. Let's try to go by months/events. Baby and I celebrated our 2nd year together.
so this time we headed to Bintan. Baby won a free chalet stay during his D&D at one of his company's resort, Nirwana Gardens in Bintan. so, 2 person packed and off we go to Bintan for our 2nd anniversary in a double storey, 3 bedroom bungalow. Creepy it may seems but at least we enjoyed ourselves there. We soiled our white crocs together at the tar-filled beach.
on a lighter note, Lady Gaga was in town and baby agreed to go with me to catch her concert. I'm simply wow-ed by her charisma and her vocal powers. this lady indeed can sing and she's often mis-read by many. she's got so much love to give that I actually became a fan of hers. As i'm typing now, i guess she's still recovering from her injury. Mother Monster, get well soon!
then there came some job opportunitiy knocking which in the end, started me out on the hunt for a new job. I was actually already struggling with the thought of moving out. started off with the remuneration package issue. not really an issue but the thought having an extra bonus actually brings about lots of changes especially when marriage was on our cards next.
to add salt to the wound, lots of unhappiness arised even though I had extra 'helping hands' at work. my effort was overlooked due to past mistake made. not forgetting, the mistake was made when i had to cover 2 person's job single-handedly then and it was a mistake made a year ago. It was really a demoralizing period for me when i learnt that whatever learning opportunities and growth for my job was halted because of that mistake. it didn't help when there was someone constantly making you uncomfortable at work day in and out. Especially when biasness starts in a department and if i'm not the only one reading it, i see no point staying on to fight. I dont wan to and hope i'm not sounding like a soar fella here. it was a mix of both push and pull factor, that i decided to take the leap.
a few opportunities came waving at me and i went for interviews with 3 companies, 1 of them even invited me to a 2nd interview. but i ended up landing myself in my current job which the interview took less than 30 mins and made me felt i had no chance at all! anyway, i took up this opportunity and today, marks the 365th day I'm with this ST. Wow~ time flies?! I still remember how it was like on 23 Jul 2012 when I first stepped foot in.
and so, new company, new job, every start afresh. I'm still adapting here. trying to learn as much as i can. although it's emotionally and mentally stressful in terms of culture and environment. not the best but definitely a challenge.
Baby's maternal grandma passed in late July last yr. she was admitted to the hospital in critical condition about 1 week after I started work. It was a sorrowful event. His maternal family is huge and they value kinship very much. I had only met her once, during CNY and the next time i saw her, she's unconsicious lying in the hospital bed. :( RIP granny. I'm very much reminded of my late grandma too.
then came baby's birthday in Sep 13. honestly, i can't really remember what we did... i remembered it was a working day. that he didnt applied for leave. neither did I. I was on site-visit that day and i went to grab 2 small cakes to surprise him after work. we had the celebration after his actual birthday or was it before? Brought him to Fullhouse for lunch (it's closed down already. Boos.) then we went to Gardens By the Bay. our virgin trip there. heh. then it was a virgin late night movie at Gold Class Golden Village. Think we caught Resident Evil? See i really can't remember. Birthday gift wise? Erm he gotten it way before his birthday. it was a LV wallet. bought it for him after I accepted the job offer somewhere in June. so that was pretty much it for his birthday.
then for mine... i also gotten my present on the same day we got his. And he got for me a Prada wallet. Pink one! for a change. :) Love it lots. and so... what did we do on my birthday. Hmmm... i too can't remember. Great. I knew i had a dinner out with the girls at Uncle Leong Seafood @ punggol, another session with Kenny, MQ and Jo (a must do)... and what exactly did baby and i did? Hmmm... I think my celebration was not on the actual day but I just can't remember what did we do ... let me go back and look at my pictures. and we will continue with part 2....
Ciaos!!
Monday, July 22, 2013
Monday, July 15, 2013
Muted Meows
Hi guys!
I didn't go missing in case you are wondering. Life at work had been busy. Usually for the first 2 weeks of every new month, that's the case. Esepcially on the month after a quater month.
So what have I been up to? Been kind of busy at work. Have not been really resting over the weekends as well. Started to train a bit on my running speed versus time because I'd signed up for the Yellow Ribbon Run! My first run. Gonna make it more meaningful to myself, hence the training.
Also, I had started volunteering myself at Voices For Animals (VFA) on Sundays. It was my 3rd time there just past Sunday and there was an adoption drive! Weee.. glad to know that there were 15 furries being adopted. I wished I could adopt one too but nah, hubby doesnt allow. Anyway, there's no room for more although I would really love to have Jac Jac... (she such a baby).
Anyway, am gonna post regards to the title, Muted Meows. Have you already gotten any idea what is it? It was all over the headline news couple of weeks back... Got it? No?
Presenting to you... the mouthless Meows~~
Yeah that's what I'm talking about. The whole of SG was in a Kitty Craze 2 weeks back.
Ever since the last Kitty Craze 13 yrs ago... I was still a secondary school student then... 2013 hit another crazy record~ Thanks but no thanks to Mcdonalds.
In fact, initially the kitty craze wasn't that bad when they started with the Wizard of Oz. I remember the crew as still asking if I wanna buy 2/3 days after the first launch date, 30 May 13. I was still telling him that I wanted the Singing Bone and teasing him if he could let me have that instead. That's the only one i like!
So the first kitty was still available island wide after it was launched. The same goes for the 2nd kitty, the little red riding hood I think... But then starting from the 3rd, the frog prince, the kitty craze started warming up... and by the 4th kitty launch (the ugly duckling), people were already queuing for it even before it was launched. Not forgetting, that was the week where SG was hit by bad haze. PSI was about 190+ high that night. Remember I posted about beating the haze for a kitty plush? That's the one.
Then come the 5th Kitty... Initially, I thought I would have a high chance of getting it by going to the drive through on 27 Jun morning to grab breakfast. BUT. Looking at how fast the Ugly duckling went off shelves (within 3 hours from 0000hrs of 20 Jun 13 - thanks to the 24 hours Mcdonalds outlets) I know it's impossible for me to take that option anymore.
Am not a collector of kittys. I wanted the Singing Bone though I've never heard of the fairy tale, because I like it being black! and I thought it was really 'special' compare to the rest of the no big deal kitties. And so, i told my hubby about it and after getting to know about the madness over the 4th kitty, he actually agreed to go with me for the black kitty! I was so happy but worried at the same time. I was thinking of many ways to beat the crazy Q as hubby had to work till 10.45pm on 26 Jun 13.
Ended up, i waited for my dear hubby to finish work, and head to the neighbourhood Mcdonalds together. It was only about 10+ pm, i already saw the facebook trending with posts of people going to queue or already queueing.. and boy, the Qs were extremely long. I was thinking of heading to the drive-thru. but hubby said it might be closed. Anyway, we took the bike there and headed to Avenue 4's outlet. 11.30pm only, the Q was 2 - 3 blocks long. I just Q-ed.
A friend offered me a Q spot, guranteed a kitty at Jurong. Alas, because it was at Jurong West, i didnt agree because hubby probably found it too far. In the end, we regretted like mad. Cause, even before 12midnight, we were told that the kittys were 'sold out' because Mcdonalds gave out coupons. The first 150-200 customers who got the coupon will be able to get the kitty. 1 coupon = 4 kittys.
more than half of the Q didnt' have it. I was still naive enough to think that not everyone will buy 4 kittys, determined to continue Q-ing. After the Q started moving at the stroke of 12, a couple of Mcdondald's manager came out to advise us to stop Q-ing because there's no more kittys left due to the coupons which were all distributed out.
I was literally super upset. I got no kitty. No chance. not even anywhere near to getting a coupon! no kitty and i forgo-ed a chance a Jurong. :( I was also exremely angry with those people who are buying the kitties JUST TO SELL at high prices. Less than an hour from 0000 hrs, I already saw people posting on facebook selling their 'owned' kitties.
Come on!! Shame on you. Look at us people who really just want to buy for collection/keep sake. You took away our kitty to make it ur money making opportunity?! You money-faced people out there. You know who you are... yet you people dare to call the PRCs money-faced. Aren't you doing the same? And you're killing your fellow Singaporeans for that? SHAME ON YOU! Some people are arguing that there's nothing wrong with buying and selling where there are willing parties. But hey, how much difference are these from black market sellers? You're just ripping people off! Imaging those parents who just want to get the kitties for their kids? We even have reports that police were called in due to disputes when q-ing for the kitties. Goodness. EDUCATED SINGAPOREANS, PLEASE STOP SHAMING OURSELVES OUT THERE.
Look at this scenario: a family of 4 goes to Mcdonalds to Q together. So 4 people, 4 kitty coupons, = 16 meals. BUT, remember? only a family of 4. I dont even want to think about what's gonna happen to the food. Do you freaking think they will eat all 16 sets of Mcdonalds at 12 midnite? Do you think they will donate them away? Do you think they will eat Mcdonalds for 3 days? Hell No!! Most of these food just go to the bin. for what, for the kitty?!!?
Lets do some maths...
Lets say a meal cost $7.00, 1 kitty at $4.60. Total cost: $11.60. Round it up, $12.00
Do you know how much they sell a kitty for? From $20 (the first few kitties) to $80 and above for the Singing Bone kitty.
That's like how many times profit???
You tell me that's nothing wrong? That's not a rip off? That plush itself is not even that expensive!
And let me tell you. 10 years down the road, these kitties are going to be found lying in some trash bin or some recylce bags when the family moves out of their home, lying at some void deck. This is Singapore. Tell me, I'm not shameful? I am truely disgusted by how our people behave.
Hubby's friend knew that I wanted this kitty and offered to help us get 1 since his gf was gonna Q for it. Later then he found out his gf wanted to sell us this plush at a high price too! C'mon, you even want to rip off your bf's friend? In the end, hubby bought it from her at $20.00 even though i had protested much. I relented after much thought. Just to pay her for the 3-4 hours of effort she took to Q. Yes, people started Q-ing at 8 plus. MADNESS!!!! I'm still not very happy about the price of $20.00. I can pay you $12.00 = buy you the meal. Call me a stingy freak or what but I find this totally unaceptable and unethical. Where have the moral values of our people gone to?
I had encoutered the same thing with Jay Chou's concert tickets as well. These evil people hogged the website, causing the website to be unstable. tickets gone in 1 - 2 hours. The real concert goers can't get tickets and then get offered by these black market sellers at prices that are raked up. imagine, you can catch the concert at a near $200 rate. Black market sellers selling a pair at $800+ it's 100% profit!
So I've come to a conclusion. In order to stop such black market sellers, we must BOYCOTT them. We must have the determination to say NO unless the item is let out at the cost price. it is because when there is demand, there is supply. So the next time, these sellers go snatch up all these, nobody buys them, then they are stuck with all these items. They will have no choice but to let out at either cost price or even lower!
I have already told my hubby, never ever support black market sellers. No more next time. I would rather live w/o the kitty. Although it was a very sweet gesture, he knows i wanted it pretty badly.. I know he loves me but still I dont want to add on to the feeding of these black market sellers. Let them rot with what they had snatched from us.
The only way to stop this black market sellers group from growing is to STOP FEEDING them. Think about how ur hard earned money goes to their pocket. Think if it's worth it.
That's all for today!
Ciaos.
I didn't go missing in case you are wondering. Life at work had been busy. Usually for the first 2 weeks of every new month, that's the case. Esepcially on the month after a quater month.
So what have I been up to? Been kind of busy at work. Have not been really resting over the weekends as well. Started to train a bit on my running speed versus time because I'd signed up for the Yellow Ribbon Run! My first run. Gonna make it more meaningful to myself, hence the training.
Also, I had started volunteering myself at Voices For Animals (VFA) on Sundays. It was my 3rd time there just past Sunday and there was an adoption drive! Weee.. glad to know that there were 15 furries being adopted. I wished I could adopt one too but nah, hubby doesnt allow. Anyway, there's no room for more although I would really love to have Jac Jac... (she such a baby).
Anyway, am gonna post regards to the title, Muted Meows. Have you already gotten any idea what is it? It was all over the headline news couple of weeks back... Got it? No?
Presenting to you... the mouthless Meows~~
Yeah that's what I'm talking about. The whole of SG was in a Kitty Craze 2 weeks back.
Ever since the last Kitty Craze 13 yrs ago... I was still a secondary school student then... 2013 hit another crazy record~ Thanks but no thanks to Mcdonalds.
In fact, initially the kitty craze wasn't that bad when they started with the Wizard of Oz. I remember the crew as still asking if I wanna buy 2/3 days after the first launch date, 30 May 13. I was still telling him that I wanted the Singing Bone and teasing him if he could let me have that instead. That's the only one i like!
So the first kitty was still available island wide after it was launched. The same goes for the 2nd kitty, the little red riding hood I think... But then starting from the 3rd, the frog prince, the kitty craze started warming up... and by the 4th kitty launch (the ugly duckling), people were already queuing for it even before it was launched. Not forgetting, that was the week where SG was hit by bad haze. PSI was about 190+ high that night. Remember I posted about beating the haze for a kitty plush? That's the one.
Then come the 5th Kitty... Initially, I thought I would have a high chance of getting it by going to the drive through on 27 Jun morning to grab breakfast. BUT. Looking at how fast the Ugly duckling went off shelves (within 3 hours from 0000hrs of 20 Jun 13 - thanks to the 24 hours Mcdonalds outlets) I know it's impossible for me to take that option anymore.
Am not a collector of kittys. I wanted the Singing Bone though I've never heard of the fairy tale, because I like it being black! and I thought it was really 'special' compare to the rest of the no big deal kitties. And so, i told my hubby about it and after getting to know about the madness over the 4th kitty, he actually agreed to go with me for the black kitty! I was so happy but worried at the same time. I was thinking of many ways to beat the crazy Q as hubby had to work till 10.45pm on 26 Jun 13.
Ended up, i waited for my dear hubby to finish work, and head to the neighbourhood Mcdonalds together. It was only about 10+ pm, i already saw the facebook trending with posts of people going to queue or already queueing.. and boy, the Qs were extremely long. I was thinking of heading to the drive-thru. but hubby said it might be closed. Anyway, we took the bike there and headed to Avenue 4's outlet. 11.30pm only, the Q was 2 - 3 blocks long. I just Q-ed.
A friend offered me a Q spot, guranteed a kitty at Jurong. Alas, because it was at Jurong West, i didnt agree because hubby probably found it too far. In the end, we regretted like mad. Cause, even before 12midnight, we were told that the kittys were 'sold out' because Mcdonalds gave out coupons. The first 150-200 customers who got the coupon will be able to get the kitty. 1 coupon = 4 kittys.
more than half of the Q didnt' have it. I was still naive enough to think that not everyone will buy 4 kittys, determined to continue Q-ing. After the Q started moving at the stroke of 12, a couple of Mcdondald's manager came out to advise us to stop Q-ing because there's no more kittys left due to the coupons which were all distributed out.
I was literally super upset. I got no kitty. No chance. not even anywhere near to getting a coupon! no kitty and i forgo-ed a chance a Jurong. :( I was also exremely angry with those people who are buying the kitties JUST TO SELL at high prices. Less than an hour from 0000 hrs, I already saw people posting on facebook selling their 'owned' kitties.
Come on!! Shame on you. Look at us people who really just want to buy for collection/keep sake. You took away our kitty to make it ur money making opportunity?! You money-faced people out there. You know who you are... yet you people dare to call the PRCs money-faced. Aren't you doing the same? And you're killing your fellow Singaporeans for that? SHAME ON YOU! Some people are arguing that there's nothing wrong with buying and selling where there are willing parties. But hey, how much difference are these from black market sellers? You're just ripping people off! Imaging those parents who just want to get the kitties for their kids? We even have reports that police were called in due to disputes when q-ing for the kitties. Goodness. EDUCATED SINGAPOREANS, PLEASE STOP SHAMING OURSELVES OUT THERE.
Look at this scenario: a family of 4 goes to Mcdonalds to Q together. So 4 people, 4 kitty coupons, = 16 meals. BUT, remember? only a family of 4. I dont even want to think about what's gonna happen to the food. Do you freaking think they will eat all 16 sets of Mcdonalds at 12 midnite? Do you think they will donate them away? Do you think they will eat Mcdonalds for 3 days? Hell No!! Most of these food just go to the bin. for what, for the kitty?!!?
Lets do some maths...
Lets say a meal cost $7.00, 1 kitty at $4.60. Total cost: $11.60. Round it up, $12.00
Do you know how much they sell a kitty for? From $20 (the first few kitties) to $80 and above for the Singing Bone kitty.
That's like how many times profit???
You tell me that's nothing wrong? That's not a rip off? That plush itself is not even that expensive!
And let me tell you. 10 years down the road, these kitties are going to be found lying in some trash bin or some recylce bags when the family moves out of their home, lying at some void deck. This is Singapore. Tell me, I'm not shameful? I am truely disgusted by how our people behave.
Hubby's friend knew that I wanted this kitty and offered to help us get 1 since his gf was gonna Q for it. Later then he found out his gf wanted to sell us this plush at a high price too! C'mon, you even want to rip off your bf's friend? In the end, hubby bought it from her at $20.00 even though i had protested much. I relented after much thought. Just to pay her for the 3-4 hours of effort she took to Q. Yes, people started Q-ing at 8 plus. MADNESS!!!! I'm still not very happy about the price of $20.00. I can pay you $12.00 = buy you the meal. Call me a stingy freak or what but I find this totally unaceptable and unethical. Where have the moral values of our people gone to?
I had encoutered the same thing with Jay Chou's concert tickets as well. These evil people hogged the website, causing the website to be unstable. tickets gone in 1 - 2 hours. The real concert goers can't get tickets and then get offered by these black market sellers at prices that are raked up. imagine, you can catch the concert at a near $200 rate. Black market sellers selling a pair at $800+ it's 100% profit!
So I've come to a conclusion. In order to stop such black market sellers, we must BOYCOTT them. We must have the determination to say NO unless the item is let out at the cost price. it is because when there is demand, there is supply. So the next time, these sellers go snatch up all these, nobody buys them, then they are stuck with all these items. They will have no choice but to let out at either cost price or even lower!
I have already told my hubby, never ever support black market sellers. No more next time. I would rather live w/o the kitty. Although it was a very sweet gesture, he knows i wanted it pretty badly.. I know he loves me but still I dont want to add on to the feeding of these black market sellers. Let them rot with what they had snatched from us.
The only way to stop this black market sellers group from growing is to STOP FEEDING them. Think about how ur hard earned money goes to their pocket. Think if it's worth it.
That's all for today!
Ciaos.
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