Back at home. Feeling nice.

Finally everything settled and got the approval from MOM for my EP application. Going for medical check-up next Mon. If everything goes right, I can get my EP done by the end of this month. Going to start working next month. Looking forward~

Went to De Coder's cafe for the 4th time. Lol~ This time round was with BH, YF and Ying. A relax afternoon. I like Cluedo. Next time must play again~

4 episodes more to finish watching "Nodame Cantabile" anime. Really a nice anime. I love the music in it. Suddenly have an urge to go for musical concert. Haha~~

Currently is reading "19 minutes". A bit confused by the plot. (XD) Think the plot will slowly get clearer once I read more into it... (hopefully, hah~)

Signing off......

刚看完《哈利波特与死亡圣器》，连续从下午一直看到刚刚，终于把故事看完了。。。哈哈，终于知道了故事结局。。。故事主人翁哈利波特与他的朋友们都过着幸福快乐的生活，而慌乱的世界也自此变得一切太平。。。好的结局，哈~

前几天，突然心情变得有点低落。。。哈哈~ 现在好多了。。。明知道应该有乐观积极的想法，但是心里被某件事情烦着，想着想着，还是不自觉地郁闷起来。。。时间太多，然后又想太多的结果~~

现在事情还没解决，还在等结果，希望尽早办妥吧！祝我好运咯~

会试着不让自己继续为这件事心烦，这样只会苦了自己~~ =)

乐观积极面对生活不如意，还有很多事情值得期待~~

A change in the blog skin, quite satisfied with the result, lol~ =P

A change in my hairstyle, long time never sees my hair in a smooth and straight conditions le. Price paid is sitting in the hair salon for several hours to have my hair re-bonded. - -|||

A change in employment status, from unemployed to employed. Found an admin job in a local civil engineering company at somewhere near CCK and Kranji. However, it seems like there’s some problem in the work pass application, it’s still not being approved. Hopefully can start working as scheduled. Otherwise, will have to back to square again~~ My job hunting process is“波折重重”。。。XD

I’m watching Nodame Cantabile animation. Like it very much, like the classical music in the show, enjoy listening them. It’s a 享受listening to the music played in it. Always have a liking on piano music. Learning piano has always been my wish, hope can realize it soon.

I’m reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Chinese translated). Still have 2 books on hold, waiting me to read. Thanks Si Li for lending me “19 minutes”. =)

Came across this MS office online training course by chance. Quite a useful website. I’m exploring the applications now, never know that MS office has so many features and functions.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/default.aspx

Hah, so these are my recent updates~~ =D Take care and keep it up for everything that everyone is doing now! ^^

Quoted from The Straits Times 03/09/2008:

Worried about entering the working world? Here's your guide to moving smoothly from student to employee.

Be observant

• The first step to making a smooth transition into your new role is to observe how the people around you work and interact.
• Every organisation has its own unique culture and the workplace requires a different set of skills from the university or polytechnic.
• By taking the time to observe how others operate, you will have an understanding of how things work in your new environment and you will be able to make a great impression.

• Never underestimate the importance of building relationships and the positive impact this will have on your work situation.
• You will feel more comfortable asking difficult questions and getting advice from colleagues you have a comfortable relationship with and this will contribute to your success in your new role.

• As you learn more, ask for feedback from people around you, especially your manager. It is never too early to learn the skill of "managing upwards".
• Put simply, this means keeping a good flow of communication between you and your manager, asking for feedback and keeping him informed of your progress on tasks before he has to ask you.

• A classic mistake many new employees make is to work themselves into the ground, believing that this is the best way to impress their colleagues and supervisors.
• In reality, you will make a better impression by working smarter, rather than working harder.
• Resist the temptation to work from home or put in longer hours just to make an impression.
• By doing this, you will run the risk of raising your manager's expectations of what you can reasonably achieve.

• A great skill and an easy one to develop is to approach your manager with solutions rather than problems. When you need t go to your manager with a challenge you are facing, get into the habit of always having a solution in mind.
• By requesting their approval on a solution, you respect their authority and involve them in the decision, but you also make their job easier while showing your initiative.

• Another thing that will help you to get ahead is finding yourself a mentor. Consider what you are looking for in a mentor and then approach the person of your choice. This may be a little daunting, but your chosen person is likely to be flattered and unlikely to turn you down. Alternatively, you may find a mentor relationship which progresses quite naturally after you have been in your job for a while.
• A mentoring relationship is invaluable when you are starting your career. You will have an experienced sounding board to assist you with problems and celebrate your achievements.
• No matter how small the challenge, your mentor will usually have experienced something similar before, and will be familiar with the trials and tribulations you experience on a day-to-day basis.

• Don't put too much pressure on yourself. The transition from studies to a career is exciting and challenging, but everyone makes mistakes along the way.
• You don't need to be perfect to be successful, but you do need initiative, a willingness to learn and a desire to achieve.

It's been a long time since I uploaded photos...

Here are some photos I took when I went to Cyn & Sally's convo on 29 Aug 2008. I like photos that are taken during daytime because they are nicer,hah~ For photos taken at night, to have a better effect, there need to make some adjustment in the camera setting which I haven't figure out yet.

Congrats to Cyn and Sally for their graduation~ =)


- Cyn and Sally -


- with their coursemates -


- me with Cyn -

- me with Sally -

- me with Cyn and Sally -

Graduation marked the end of undergraduate studies and the beginning of another journey in life. All the best in the future endeavour. =D

Happened yesterday~

Woke up early in the morning, met with CK and NY for breakfast, headed to NUS as NY would like to know more about the environment and take some brochures regarding post-graduate studies.

Went to Faculty of Engineering. I once lost my way here when I was in Year 1. To me, engine fac is like a maze, haha~ Later on, we made a trip to PGPR. Took a rest at TV room. Miss the time we spent there watching TV, studying and supper-ing.

Had lunch at Arts. Went Clementi with NY and Nicole to settle some stuffs before headed to Vivocity to meet CK, Jiang and Cyn for movie. Watched 4Bia. It's a combination of 4 short firms of horror stories. Personally, I think that this movie tends to present the 吓人 scene, not really on its storyline. Maybe because it is a combination of 4 independent stories. It do have its scary and eerie part. Anyway, that's just my personal view. =P

Fran and Jimmy joined us for dinner afterwards. Long time never meet Fran. Spent the rest of the time at the rooftop sky park, chatting with each other and playing logical thinking questions in a book. The questions are so tough~~ =S

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CK went back KT and NY went to meet his gf after breakfast this morning. Hope they had a good time for their stay in SG these 2 days. =)

There's an interview tomorrow morning. Thanks NY for telling me about this job opening. Going for Cyn and Sally's convo after the interview. Congratulations on your graduation~ =D

Basically this week in SG is meant for enjoying, lol~

Went for a seminar organized by PA on Mon evening...and got news from them that I'm not being offered the job I applied. Went back home rather disappointed but it's ok... I will not give up so easily =D

Met up with CK and NY, who came to have a 3D2N stay in SG, at Causeway Point on Tue and together with Sally and Cyn, we went to find NY's "hope"... haha, we called it NY's 希望之旅... lol~ However we didn't manage to find his "hope"... Later on, we met Jiang at Newton Food Centre and had our dinner there. Jim and WT joined us afterwards as they came from work. Left for De Coder's cafe(hehe, again~ but it's enjoyable) and along the way, NY's phone rang. *突然间，NY充满了"希望" ，整个人‘活’了起来，哈！* Wanna know the reason? Lol~ Tht's the call from our 希望之旅 's female lead-- NY's gf, Nicole. NY had been trying to contact her but to no avail. It's great that eventually they were able to contact each other and Nicole was coming to join us for the game. So, NY had found his "希望"~ haha, no offend ya, NY!

Spent the whole evening at De Coder's cafe, playing games and catching up with each other. And here Regina came after her lec. The bus was so crowded with people, took her 2 hr to reach De Coder's cafe from NUS. @.@ I think we all are belong to those 慢热型，haha~ cuz initially we still very 斯文 when playing the board games. However, when it came to a game which is similar to '比手划脚'... we shouted out the answers and the actions we made were quite funny till we kept laughing at them. And then some '人身攻击' came in... - -" lol~ but no grudge la, it's played for fun~ hehe =)

Around 10pm, we went back home respectively and that's the 1st day of CK n NY's "SG trip".

* To be continued.... *

珍惜现在所拥有的
珍惜家人
珍惜朋友
珍惜时间
珍惜机会
珍惜任何可以珍惜的

First, thanks Cyn again for bringing the De Coder's cafe into one of our entertainment choices... lol~

A pretty fun evening playing board games together with Cyn, Sally, Yin, Bill, Jiang and Jim...(too bad WJ and Regina not be able to join us, so next time ya~)

Played until 10pm, the shop closed for the day, then only we head back home. So reluctant to go home...haha...so much wanna continue playing...Next time sure must go again!!! The cafe has around 230 types of games available, but so far we only played 5 or 6 games... and this evening we only managed to play 2 games ("Cluedo" and "Bang!") as this 2 games required a lot of logical thinking and thus need more time...

For "Cluedo", it's a deductive game. From the clues that are collected along the game, the players have to make deduction on who is the culprit, the weapon and where the incident took place. A nice game in logical deduction, can train the mind to think, to narrow down the possibilities so that can be on the right track to get the correct answer.


For "Bang!", as named, we need to 'bang' people... as in we need to shoot people... There are 4 different roles(Sheriff, Deputy, Outlaws and Renegade) with different condition to win the game. Again, it requires some logical thinking to prevent ‘自相残杀’ as the role that each of the player is playing will be kept as secret during the game(except the Sheriff) ... lol~


Took some photos in the shop before going back home. Will upload it after I got all the photos. =)

花花世界的不简单
让人难以抓透
若不是身在其中
实在是无法感同身受

朋友的忠告
别一直处在被动的那一方
要有自己的看法和立场
了解也将牢记

人生的历练
不同的际遇
会让人变得成熟
也会发现自己的不足
而从中吸取经验并改进

毕业了，找工作是必然的。

互联网、报纸几乎成了我每一天的“良伴”。。。把履历通过电子邮件发了出去，等待着回音。。。若收到了电话或回复通知，就回到新加坡，准备到指定的地点与时间进行面试。。。

这些几乎成了我最近的“日常生活”。

累了，但不会放弃。相信总会找到适合的。=)

不同的面试经验，不同的面试者，学了不少。第一次的面试情景仍然历历在目。。。战战兢兢地走进了面试的房间，结结巴巴地回答着问题，心在发抖着。。。接下来的面试，虽说还未能应付自如，但相信比起第一次，是有进步的。。。

觉得每一次的面试都是一个学习机会。学习如何找对地点，如何面对不同的面试者，回答不同的问题，了解不同的环境与工作性质。。。这是之前从来不曾面对的。

发现原来自己错过了很多，也不懂很多。到现在开始找工作了，才发现自己除了学历符合以外，却缺少了相关的工作经验。。。所以，工作经验是很重要的，但是“Fresh graduates are welcome”还是有的。不然，我们这些“社会新鲜人”岂不是要饿死？=P

夜深了，要会周公了。。下次再聊~ =) 预祝我与及仍在寻觅中的朋友早日找到理想工作。。。也恭喜已经找到工作的朋友，要加油咯~ =D

刚看完“Contest”这本书。作者是Matthew Reilly。是一本好看的书，故事惊心动魄，很吸引人。

故事讲述主人翁Stephen Swain莫名其妙地被选入参加一场生死决斗。规则很简单：“七个参赛者，只有一个能离开”。。。就这样，在过程中，Stephen Swain遇见了其他的参赛者。。。其他不是人类的参赛者，甚至比人类更强、更大的参赛者。。。与它们展开了决斗。。。

故事描述了他们的决斗过程、Stephen Swain如何逃脱、如何在紧要关头救了他的女儿，如何在危险中思考对策。。。会让人有种想继续翻阅的冲动。。。=D

至于故事结局如何，我想我就不说了。。。=P

有兴趣知道的话，不妨可以读一读 ~~ =)

A birthday greeting for Serene~~ H@ppY B!RthD@y !!!
It's your big day today,haha~ wishing you all the best and have a loveliest 21st birthday!

发现有好多好多的东西
需要去探索 去发掘
发现有很多东西都不懂
需要慢慢地学习

知识的获取
经验的累积
是一门学问
生活中的一切
要以平常心淡然处之

Went out with Cynthya and Sally this afternoon to De coder's cafe. Quite a good place to hang out with friends,playing various board games and chit-chatting. Thanks Cynthya for recommending a new hang-out place to us, haha~ Next time can go there again with more friends...=)

Here is the link about De Coder's cafe...
http://www.decoderscafe.com/index.htm
The staff there is friendly and nice...It's worth going there to relax, to play games, to de-stress...lol~

词曲：子瑜
编曲：志豪
演唱/和音：淑仪，厚学

总是有好有坏
美好回忆也带着伤害
快乐与悲哀
是否还存在
单纯地对待是非的黑白
习惯期盼未来
世事无常全在意料之外
平凡和精彩
追求圆满 时间停不下来
学会割爱

一颗心不再徘徊
转角处坦然面对失败
无奈就要离开
实践愿望不可以等待
别让生命留下感慨
虽然跌倒也无伤大碍
勤快驱逐懈怠
奉献他人 成就自己的一份情怀

Just finished read this book. It is a book written by Dan Brown. It’s very nice!!! Never expected that the story would have a great twist and turn…When I first start to read this book, I felt it is bored, thus I’m quite slow in reading it…hah…Luckily I did not stop reading it half way through, else I won’t be able to know its trilling storyline now…

There are 3 other books in the same series which are “Da Vinci Code”, “Angels and Demons” and “Digital Fortress”. So far I only finished 2 of the books which are “Da Vince Code” and “Deception Point”. Hmm…will continue to finish the other 2 books…haha~

Quoted from “Deception Point”, the synopsis is as follows:

When a new NASA satellite detects evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory…a victory that has profound implications for U.S. space policy and the impending presidential election.

With the Oval Office in the balance, the president dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Arctic to verify the authenticity of the find. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic academic Michael Tolland, Rachel uncovers the unthinkable – evidence of scientific trickery – a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy.

But before Rachel can make her findings known, she realizes, perhaps too late, that such knowledge puts her and Tolland in deadly jeopardy. Fleeing for their lives in an environment as desolate as it is lethal, they possess only one hope for survival: to find out who is behind this masterful ploy. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all…

“Deception point” started to arouse my interest in finishing it when I read until the middle part of the book. It was where the wonderful part of the story came into picture, held me in suspense, kept me to continue reading it. I read till the end only I knew about the truth of the whole matter.

I like reading this kind of books, especially when there’s a lot of suspense, adventurous and a twisted ending at the end. You won’t know the actual ending or the truth until you finish it. I once read a book named “Sphere” by Michael Crichton is of this similar kind too. I am going to start on a new book named “Contest” by Matthew Reilly. I was recommended that it is a nice book too…hah~ Next few days I am going to be indulged in this book lo~ haha...=P