Leave over!

After some 2 weeks of rest, my leave is coming to an end. The grand finale will be my trip to BKK next week. For now, it is back to work. I will be on shift from tom till next wed. Most of the time i will be doing the morning shift. Woo. Long time since i woke up at 4am in the morning. But no choice. Lots of sentiment whenever i think of leaving the company after clearing my leave.

I have been in this com for more than 2 years. In between, i went for my studies in NTU before returning to finish my liability with them. Come to think of that, i am really one of the senior staff in the company. For one simple reason, the staff turnover is extremely high. When i went back, what i saw were unfamiliar faces. The only face i recognise was my boss cum supervisor. He dun have a choice and thus needs to stay longer than others. After almost 6 months working with them, i forge new friendships.

It is always the pple that makes it so tough for me to leave. However, it is time. I have seen more than 3 generations change. Starting from the ancient era of Agnes, Lionel, Dhalia and Chong Lian till Joe, Shuyuan, Lionel till today's Terry, Shareen and JJ? So much have happened over such a short time. I really treasure the time over here. Hmm, think i will have more to say when Jan 05 arrives!!

Aftermath of the merger

Saw on TV that Mr Ernest Wong went to SPH auditorium in a bid to welcome staff from SPH to Mediacorp. I tot that was sincere and gracious of him. Well, some may argued that it is for show. I got to disagree. He got more impt decisions to make than to attend a stupid 'induction program" for his new staff. Afterall, he is still the man that i got to take my hats off. He might have feel the importance of his appearance to all the new staff who came over to Mediacorp. The strange thing was most were previously his former staff. Ironic!

Over at SPH side, i understand from sources that pple like Wang Yan Qing, Lina Ng and Evelyn Tan were given desk bound job. Only Evelyn had rejected the offer and decide to retire from TV for good. Maybe it is a good choice for her. So the end of pple like yanqing, lina. Not forgetting retrenched staff like Peter Yu, Cherrie Lim, Ericia Lee, Hui hui, Wenhai. Say goodbye to them! More importantly, bye bye Channel I and MEDIAWORKS!!!

Frenzy at Mediacorp and Mediaworks

My goodness. The conslidation report is out. More than 200 workers from mediacorp and mediaworks been axed. Poor thing. However, it was pretty expected. If not, like wat Mr Ernest Wong said, they would be absorbing the losses from SPH. There is no rationalisation at all. I got to agree what he said from the point of a chairman. But too bad, those affected are usually pple on the lower levels like u and me.

I am worried cos if i decide to go over to the media giants, i wonder they would have jobs for me. I hope there really is and it will not be a hoax. The news came pretty scary to me... Anyway, need to end my story here. Need to make a phone call. Update again tom.

Homely Gathering

Was outside with jun and her "kor" this afternoon. Quite a warm heartening event cos i really feel like a homely gathering. Her "kor" was friendly and chatty. We met for lunch first and headed to Bakers' Inn. Over there, we really had an enjoyable afternoon accompanied with coffee, ice teas etc. hee... This guy had lots of trekking experience to share. Pretty interesting and entertaining. I bet he had a very fun life during his teenage years.

I am not the kind who likes outdoor activites. Maybe i am used to the comfort that i lived in. I understand that some pple treats outdoor activities as part of their life. I really salute to them. I cannot stand the stickiness, the sweat, carrying a huge chunk and yet spending quite a substantial sum of money. And probably that explains why i always join those indoor, easy ECAs. I hated uniform group when i was a student. Cos have to wake up early, attend camps. SIANZ. Those were the days lar. Anyway, a new week has begun and i am still on leave. Woo Hoo!!!

Thai Friend

Ed has really become a native thai. ha.. I guess he is really keen to give up his pink ic for thai membership. He flew back on wed and met us up today. Boy, he had lose weight and looked skinner now. I think it must have been all that hectic job despite his posting to BKK. Anyway, i also met up with Wanqi and Gavin. Before meeting Gavin (who is late as usual), we had dinner at Thai Express.

Strange enough, i have been to Thai for many times but the food they sell in Thai Express is so different from what i had in BKK. The conclusion that i gave was Singaporean Thai food have blended local flavours. As a result, wat we had was a mixture of Sing-Thai food. ha... We were gossiping at the table when i realise that many of my NTU school mates had found fantastic jobs. Some working at JP morgan, some at Barclayscapital. GOOD PAY! I seriously believe that foreign banks pay better than local banks. I should consider getting a job in a foreign bank, but as far as i know they din have any openings at the moment. haiz.... Wish me luck at the 2 interviews that i went. Hopefully, i can get something in return. Really.

Mambo Nite

Woke up pretty early this morning for my dental appointment at SAFTI. I stayed in SK and have to travel more than 30km to reach there. When i arrived at SAFTI, i realise the dental centre is located right at the other end of the entrance. I wonder how far i walked to get to the centre. If you happen to be a cadet there, i suppose it will be terribly bad to carry many things at one time and walk all the wayl there. Fortunately, they have a shuttle service and the medical cum dental centre is located near the cadets' accommodation blocks.

So much of my complaining. Last nite was very fun. The crowd was fantastic at Zouk. Despite the last episod of Singapore Idol, clubbers prefer the Mambo Idol. There were at least 250 pple in Zouk at one time? Well, I was dancing at the platform with ken. I begin to realise that the clubbers in MU are better looking. The standard in Zouk seems to have fallen. However, they are excellent in all that retro hand sign but not the rest. Their legs dun move a lot. My legs felt numbed when i din move. Some hand sign were indeed interesting yet funny. I was dancing and laughing at the same time. Who in the world came up with all these funny stuff??? I tried to ask but no one gives me an answer! Do get ready next time if u r heading now to mambo. Be prepared with all the hand signs!

PS: I did hand signs too, but not as pro as them!

Date with Artise

Am i lucky today? I met a few artise this morning and afternoon. First i saw Felecia Chin, then Wen Yong da ge. They were shooting for some serials or programs. This is ok cos they are working. I mean everyone needs to work, they are just doing part of their job, so nothing special to brag about. Then in the afternoon, i saw Zhang Yao Dong! He was at FF with his friend.

My goodness. This is the second time i saw an artise in a gym. The first time was when i saw Adam Cheng. But he was in SSC clubfit gym. Yaodong is more classy, he chose FF. (Does that mean that i am classy too?) He was training under the PT Alfred. I think he is quite pro, imagine u r the PT of an artise. Sounds glam and it adds on to his testimonial as well. In case u r still wondering who yaodong is, he is the cast who acted in Ye Man Qin Jia as Ding Mu. He loves my classmate Rui-en but she prefers Vincent Ng!

When i left FF, i saw another artise if u consider that as one. Miss Helen Chong from Channel U. She was shopping with her chinese friend. Anyway, i am going to mambo tonite. whoo hoo! It has been sometime since i went zouk! Ha...