Before I know it, I have worked for 1 month... Time flies~~ So "Happy 1st Month" for me and my job~ Lol...>.<

Learnt quite a lot in this job, for example how to effectively keep track of record, how to trace record whenever it is needed, the inventory system, etc. Personally felt that the company I worked in is quite organized, everything has its procedure and quite easy to follow after knowing the reason behind the procedure, although sometimes it is bored after finished the works on hand and no new tasks are given yet. Anyway, so far life at work is still fine to go along with~

This week should be quite a nice week. With things to busy on, time tends to pass faster and won't feel bored. And for this week, I can be more 'freely' during work. Lol~ =P (Start to go astray after 1 month working, hah~ - -")

So fast, it's Thursday tomorrow. Two more days to be back at home. Hah~ And it's time to plan something~~~ ^^

高兴，因为又到了周末，可以回家。

自从开始工作以后，就更加地期待周末。比在求学的时候更想回家，虽然在求学时我几乎是每个星期都回家啦~ 但不知怎的，现在这种盼望能回家的感觉更为地强烈。

或许是回到家的感觉，是那么的轻松自在，像能让自己解脱般，暂时抛开一切。放下工作、放下课业，所以感觉特别地舒服~

但是周末总是那么的短暂。

也许就是因为这样，才显得它是那么的可贵，那么的令人期待~

突然有个想法，很想去旅行。

想暂时放下所有，旅行散散心，让自己充充电。

梦想有一天能无忧无虑，自由自在地环游世界，到世界每个角落去开开眼界。

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不想回新加坡。

想到待会儿会遇到的交通阻塞，就不禁摇头叹气。想到明天要工作，更加深了不想回去的念头。但却由不得我不回去。

现阶段仍处于心情调适期。想在工作上找到满足感。

但是什么才叫满足感？是种怎样的感觉呢？

我只知道，现在我必须努力工作，来实现我的兴趣和完成我的梦想。

过了一个‘胆战心惊’的早上。

首先是被要求更改做好的东西，因为出现了一些偏差。

再来就是老板叫我用打字机在一份很重要的文件上做更改，而我却不小心打错了地方。又不知道原来用打字机打错字，是能够修改，然后重新再来的。当知道的时候为时已晚。结果，一颗心忐忐忑忑走到老板面前去‘自首’。还好，没有被骂，只是说下次必须小心一点。

接着，老板要我打电话去询问一些事情。因为之前这件事情并不是我负责的，所以一时间我有点手足无措。在电话里要怎么说才不会失礼，要找哪位负责人等。而且我觉得讲电话是有技巧的，当然我所指的是这种因公事而打的电话。想想我应该培养多一点这方面的信心~ 还好最后任务顺利完成。

午餐后，帮忙检查文件里的数目算得对不对。发现比起自己现在所负责的，它显得复杂得更多。必须很专注，不然容易出错。我想等我更熟悉公司的运作，所负责的东西也会越来越深入。就这样，两份厚厚的文件让我做了一整个下午直到下班。做得还蛮充实的，发现自己很喜欢数字~ 哈！

期待明天回家~ 因为屠妖节的关系，有三天的假期，可以在家待长一点时间。

珍惜与家人在一起的时间。珍惜与朋友说笑谈心的时刻。珍惜身边所拥有的全部。

**Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.**

Went for celebrating Cyn's bday at Nihon Mura yesterday~

Tired and sleepy on the way back home... >.< Old liao uh? Anyone has any antidote so that I won't felt tired so easily? lol~

Some of the photos taken yesterday: A bit too dark~


- Happy Birthday, Cyn!!! =D


- It's group photo's time~ XD

- Piano Concerto Extravaganza
- The Concert Hall


- Taken before going in
- In music library


- Say 'cheese'~~ lol

星期二晚上，回新大看了场音乐演奏会，名为“Piano Concerto Extravaganza”。很好听，是种不错的享受。演奏者是来自Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music的学生，真是有水准。看到他们弹琴的指法，真是由衷地佩服他们。弹到快节奏的地方时，从远处看，我只看到手的幻影。其中印象较深刻的是"Rachmaninov Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op. 18"（佩服演奏者的俐落指法,曾经听过Movement 1, 有种似曾相识的感觉）和 "Chopin Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11"（让人有种陶醉于其中的感觉），还有当晚最后一首曲目"Prokofiev Concerto No.3 in C major, Op. 26 3rd movement" (演奏者一气呵成的ending印象深刻）。此外，演奏者们也完全融入于音乐中，很是陶醉。

今天晚上，到武吉知马那里与Cyn吃饭，去了一间名为“一品味石锅肉骨香”的餐馆。食物还不错，服务很好。肉骨茶盛在石锅里，热腾腾的。酸辣豆腐有泰式风味，好吃。还有其他的，下次可以再去尝尝。这件店坐落于武吉知马美世界中心的对面，地址是5，Cheong Chin Nam Road，Singapore 599730。不妨可以去试一试。

This week is the 2nd week since I started working. Basically so far so good, slowly have a grasp on the job duties and is able to do it. Thanks to my 'buddy' HT that guides me with a lot of patience. My colleagues are nice and funny people too. Although I'm still not very close with them, but still good working together with them.

However, this morning suddenly had a mood swing. Haha. Felt so 'sien' out of the sudden. Thanks to the short sms chatting that cheered me up a bit. Soon the feeling disappeared after lunch and I carried on with my job.

Been thinking on when and where to start my piano lesson. Maybe I shall be more 洒脱 and just act without taking too much factors into consideration. Or maybe some of the factors I considered are just unimportant. Hah~ Always has a liking on piano music and would be great if myself can play them on piano. Have an interest in harmonica too. Still remember I played with my aunt's harmonica during my secondary school time. However it is a normal harmonica without the sharps and flats scale. Anyway it's still fun playing with it and I find it not easy as you have to blow and inhale to play the note. Impressed by a harmonica master when I went to a harmonica concert last time. A small harmonica can actually play a nice music.

Looking forward tomorrow's Piano Concerto Extravaganza at NUS Yong Siew Toh Concert Hall. A little relaxation after knocking off from work. A small spark besides routine working life~ =D

寻找目标，认清目标，再向其迈进~

为兴趣

为梦想

为更长远的路

加油~

刚收到电话单。。。看到数目时，差点不敢相信自己的眼睛。。。上个月的总额竟然比平时的数目高出接近一倍半！！！

Pay as you roam好可怕~~ =S

因为准证的问题，身处在马来西亚的我，常接到公司打来的电话，而不知不觉累积下来的数目，竟然接近新币五十元。。。我的天~~ o.O

电话费从来不曾那么高，要“破产”了~~~~ =（

Went for a musical concert as named above which was presented by Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music this evening after knocking off from work. A good opportunity to rest your mind while listening to the nice melody. The presented musical pieces are French Sonatas and Sonatines for winds with piano as accompaniment. Really great!! Can say it's a 享受... somemore it's free admission~ Will go for more concerts like this... There will be a Piano Concerto Extravagenza on 14 Oct 2008 (http://scmapp.nus.edu.sg/events/details.asp?e_id=762). Wanna go too~~ Haha... something to look forward~
For more details on the events, feel free to browse on this link:
http://scmapp.nus.edu.sg/events/eventcalendar/index.aspx

Today is the 2nd day on job. So far still can cope with it. There's still a lot to learn and to familiarize myself with the operation and culture of the company. This morning made a mistake and being reminded by my manager. Haha... anyway I admit that's my mistake... so learn from mistake and never commit again~ heh... Work and study is really difference... lol~ but if you ask me, I think I will say being a student is much much better~~ haha... 怀念 my student life again...wahaha~

However that's unavoidable to experience the life as a working adult~ So keep on moving~ And once a while reminisce the bittersweet memory as a student~~~ lol~

Went for a dinner gathering with my Thai teacher and my fellow tutorial friends at Tuk Tuk Thai Kitchen.

A nice and full dinner. The food there are tasty. Aacaan (thai word--means "teacher") ordered quite a lot of food for us and there's dessert somemore. We even played 终极密码 to finish off the food. After that, there's some simple logic game to guess the trend of words. Hah. And Lexin keep on urging aacaan to play 'facebook'. Lol~

An enjoyable evening with them, catching up with each other. Here are the photos (more to be uploaded). A reminder from aacaan: thaa may suay, may day say 'facebook' kha (if (photo) not nice, cannot put to 'facebook'). lol~


with my Thai aacaan and tutorial friends. I'm holding the coin purse from aacaan to us.


An enjoyable dinner gathering.

Nice to have a great aacaan and easy-going tutorial friends. khop khun maak kha (Thank you very much). =D

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.