2009 Handbook

Health:

1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
5. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, and prayer. (does staring into space counts?)
6. Play more games. (i do play fetch ball with to.to)
7. Read more books than you did in 2008. (hoho... this is not too difficult)
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. (this i can too)
9. Sleep for 7 hours. (i also hope can do so)
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
2. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits. (knock off on time!)
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip. (lolx gers u hear that??)
16. Dream more while you are awake. ( i dream of having a huge house for me to store my clothes, shoes, bags & scrapping room; i dream of holiday around the world)
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch. (This is so true!)


Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything. (Buddha does that too)
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come. (i truly hope so)
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
40. Share happiness with your family and friends.

Happy 牛 Year!

Super busy for CNY!
Why do every year's CNY seems such a tiring and busy event???

Anyway a brief summary:
Sat - Help mum spring cleaning at turbo speed, changed my bedsheet, ironed 2 months supply of my clothes (including new year clothes) & visited Strip

Sun - Send jt's IceT to bath, spring cleaning at turbo speed part 2, bath to.to, picked up sis from airport, help deco house for CNY mood, prepared CNY goodies, chilled drinks.

Mon 初一 - The yearly practice of visiting Ah ma & 四姨婆 house.

Tue 初二 - The usual tradition of inviting my dad's siblings over for steamboat (Coz my dad is the eldest), played host from 12noon to 8pm.

Wed 初三 - Visited missy's new house & steamboated there, she come my house 拜年 to my parents & mj.

Thur 初四 - Went RH for full body medical check up (complementary from Prudential), going to KK's house 拜年.

Fri - Going jt's buddies' house 拜年 at night.

Sat - Watching "Design for Living" theatre.

Sun - Going Coconut new house for steamboat or will go sec sch fren's house.

In the planning stage: Loh Hei with sp-rians, get my foundation, Movie catching of "The Wedding Game" (coz my parents want watch), "Milk" , "Changeling" , "Bride Wars".

Ain't i busy!

hello kitty kitty

i can so imagine KK & miss reporter loving this:

And if this is still not enough, how about this:

a hello kitty theme hospital!

Or how about staying here during your holiday?

春天里

每年春节，家里都有满满的homemade goodies from 阿姨们.

*好吃 好吃*

u know what. . .

im going Shanghai in Mar
AND
Hongkong in May!

i know following on my previous entry on my current status & given the current economy,
it's not really the best time to holiday.
But the temptation of one with free accommodation + driver + tour guide
AND
the other with super air fare promo;
prove too huge to be resist!!!!!

woohoo~
i'm a happy girl again!
(except during working hours)

it's hitting me

The current recession tsunami is finally hitting me.

As the nature of my job industry relies heavily on economic outlook, such situation pose a huge challenge in achieving sales targets.
To make it worse, the main source of revenue for my employer comes very much from advertising revenue. Hence, when prospects look weak, our P&L are greatly affected.

And so in view of such situation, they will be implementing a few new measures to counter the current recession.

The 2 main points that hit me most:

1. Common Leave Days

The application of annual leave for all employees on common days.
This allows operations to be shut down, thereby reducing utility costs and other overheads.
It will affect ALL employees, except those performing 24/7 services such as News, DMC operations, Live Radio and Advertising Administration. Staff who have to continue their duties while the company is on common leave will clear their leave at a later date. The scheme will kick off during this coming Lunar New Year period, when we will shut down from 28 to 30 January 2009 following the nation-wide holidays of 26 and 27 January.
*That leaves me with 14 days AL to play with after deducting 7 days of Common Leave Days*

2. Alternate Short Week Scheme

The application of No Pay Leave for all employees on common days.
The principle is that we will reduce our work hours in line with the expected business volume. Every alternate week, we will adopt a 4-day week and one of the days will be declared a common “Company Day Off”. As there is no work on this Day Off, no salary will be paid. Across the 52 weeks of a year, there will therefore be 26 “Company Days Off”. Staff who are required to perform 24/7 duties will be required to take their “Company Day Off ” at another time within the calendar month.
* That is about 10% pay cut by taking No Pay Leave during Company Days Off*

i guess i will have more time to spend with u all.
Now i muz go make my holiday plans carefully with the limited AL left!

sweet talk

happy gal got her dessert fix yet again

one of the yummiest ice cream
woohoo~

cheena woman

this is just a small incident.
But i still want to rant about it.

5 Jan 09 1pm @ ttsh foodcourt:
me holding a tray of soup noodle wanting to walk towards my table, standing right behind a cheena woman who is a missy at ttsh.
Without warning & suddenly, this cheena woman jam brake & turned around.
Alas, my soup spilled to her slightly (size no bigger than a normal hp size).

No surprise, cheena woman kicked up a fuss

Me: Ops! Sorry sorry!
Cheena woman: How can u walk so close to people when u're holding such hot soup!
Me: i was just standing there with the tray waiting for u to walk further before walking. But u turned around yourself suddenly!
Cheena woman walked away mumbling some cheena words that i don't understand.
Me walk back with half spilled soup & carry on my lunch with parents.

15mins later. . .
Cheena woman suddenly stood besides our table & stared at me wearing a different colour set of uniform.
i din recognize her immediately.
Cheena woman: U knock into me with your hot soup & pretend not to know me.
Me: i couldn't recognize u.
Cheena woman: u knocked into me yet don't even know how to apologize.
Me: i did say sorry twice.
Cheena woman: That apology of yours is not sincere.
Me: u are the one that turn around & knocked into me, but i still apologize to u.
Cheena woman: u caused me so much pain & my skin is reddish. Yet you din even give me a sincere apology.
Me: U are the One that knocked into my tray & spilled my soup, so should i be blaming u for spilling the hot soup to my fingers.
Cheena woman: No matter what, your apology is not sincere.
Me: U being a staff here, wearing uniform, creating a scene here, disturbing a family of the patient here, Who do think is more at fault?
Cheena woman: So i can only treat it as my unlucky?!
Me only gave her a "couldn't be bother" look & carry on eating my lunch while she walked away.

i know what sincere apology means to her...
it's obvious that all she wants is some monetary rewards.
But her attitude is so bad that all tables around us are helping me to tell her off.

super turned off by all these cheena people who are flooding our tiny island.
All these people are interested in is money.
at least 99% of em' are, esp the women.

Gatherings!

i luv luv luv meet ups!

such activity gets frequent with festive season.
it's little wonder that with all the good food, good desserts & good companion,
my weight gets moves north. :p

Here's some highlights:

the sp-rians luncheon at Aston @ The Cathay
the apmi quart Geylang dinner + durian feast + lost way + Mac coffee
the citigals brunch @ Brown Sugar + tea @ Keppel Bay + ktv + dim sum supper

Unwrapped

Out:

In:
Finally unwarpped all my Xmas pressy
Some are thoughtful, some are cute,
some are ateable, some are useful.
No matter what, Thanks all!