Thursday, May 31, 2007

coincidence or supernatural

Some freaky stuff happened at work.

1. I got retrenched! (seriously, but not cos i was slacking or anything but cos all 4 magazine promoters got the boot. only 5 newspaper promoters were left)

2. I got immediately re-employed by the uncle whose booth is opposite mine, selling magic stones, herbs, flea infested pillows, paintings, candles and all sorts of other stuff that don't really link. (Sounds crazy already right?)

Background...

There are 4 SPH booths, each booth has 3 promoters, which should include at least 1 magazine subscription and newspaper subsciption promoter. 3 booths are at the 4th floor where the bookfair is actually happening. My booth is the only booth on the 3rd floor, where the lifestyle exhibition is at. another 2 girls (newspaper promoters) were grouped with me. Business at our booth is the worst, cos human traffic is very little, plus they are mostly old people who are more interested in magic stones and herbs than the daily news. So opposite our booth is this booth 2x our size that sells a whole range of random stuff that interest uncles and aunties. The owner and his 2 temp promoterw who are around our age soon got aquainted with us.

How it all happened...

On tuesday the uncle asked me what my zodiac sign was. I told him i was a tiger. he took a piece of paper and asked me to write a number for him. then he asked the other 2 girls who were rabbits to write a number each for him. and we realised he was getting them for 4D, but he only had 3 numbers from us so we asked how he was getting the last number. He said it would be perfect if he got a number from another girl who was born in the yr of the horse. There is this other girl who sells newspaper at our booth, so we asked her what her zodiac was and low and behold.... she was born in the year of the HORSE! and so the uncle got a number from her too. He said he cldn't tell us the number cos then it won't be lucky. but of course we cld always ask each other.

Wednesday (4D day). The 2 rabbit girls got their relatives to buy the number. the uncle bought the number and showed us that he swapped the middle 2 numbers. we were all rather puzzled why. and then i got retrenched. so the uncle initially wanted 3 promoters for his shop, 2 guys and 1 girl. but now he has only 2 guys. then he said if he wins he'll employ me for the rest of the days of the fair. and i didn't expect him to win or anything cos i mean... what are the odds?

6.30pm was an exciting time. phones started to ring. the girls started speaking in hushed excited voices. the ORIGINAL number that they bought won 2 prize! OMG! the uncle then recieved a call and was speaking happily. apperently he also bought the kind where the numbers don't have to be in order, so he also won something. but that would be less than winning the one where the numbers are in order. however, he was WAY too happy to just have won a little bit of money cos he went around the whole 3rd level giving all the other booth vendors ginseng tea. so we're suspecting tt he did buy the original number too. and if u buy $1 u can win more than $1000 for the 2nd prize. and i think the uncle bought more than that. at least $20.

so when i came back from my dinner, and found out they all struck 4D, he asked me to report to his booth today at 11.30am for work. he didn't tell me how much tho, cos he doesn't want me to tell the other 2 guys how much he's paying me. but he says it'll be enough for my expenses. and i think it'll be more than the other 2 guys cos i helped him strike 4D right? i told my mum and i tot she'd flip cos i didn't negotiate the salary, but she was cool with it cos she says these ppl believe in karma, and since i brought him luck, he won't act in an ungrateful way.

I am still quite freaked out by these events. seriously WHAT ARE THE ODDS?! first the zodiacs that match, then the number REAlly winning, 2nd prize somemore. its a big deal. 2nd prize! this is just crazy. and the 2 rabbit girls and i actually share the same surname! how is this all so coincidental? i don't know man. thinking about it makes my hair stand sometimes.

ok, so i'm off to my new job. and i guess i could tick off the item that says "find some interesting job" from my list of things i want to achieve this holiday.
What could be more interesting than selling herbs, magic stones, bug infested pillows and other random stuff. you can't beat that hahaha..

charlyn recorded history @ 9:12 AM

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

its been 2 days

Its been 2 days since the release of my sem 2 results. I did really well, and i must say its a miracle i didn't get a C for social work. And that i actually improved a little from last sem. yes, i know that's crazy, cos i'm still in disbelief. Its been a crazy 1st year. Really. You have no idea.
I have never felt so.... empowered? Well, if u know me from way back, i was really quite a retard in school. I started getting 50+ for chinese when i was in P2, I cldn't count, and i cldn't spell to save my life. hahaa... actually i still suck at chinese, maths and spelling so nothing much has changed there. I just sucked a lot at almost everything. hahaha... and now, i don't know how ( and i'm not complaining or trying to be modest), i'm doing so well. i managed a dean's list and 5 CCAs in hall and i did manage to have a bit of a life. i still can't believe i did it; survived my 1st year really well, and i am really amazed. not at myself, but at how much God has blessed me. I won't have been able to do this myself.

I started work last friday promoting magazines and newspaper subscription for SPH at the world book fair at suntech. WOW... its damn tiring to stand for 9 hours per day. the book fair is on for 10 days. so its 90 hours of standing for me. money is really damn hard to earn.

charlyn recorded history @ 12:06 AM

Thursday, May 24, 2007

2 more days

2 more days till its saturday.
2 more days till its 26/05/07
2 more days till the release of my 2nd sem results!

I am trying not to panic or freak out. I have tried not to think of it but i can't. Maybe working tmr wld take my mind off things. I tried to keep myself busy today by folding paper flowers and sewing. yea i know i sound like some old lady in a retirement house. well the paper flowers are for my aunty who got hospitalized. sighs... she just went for an op to remove some cancer cells in her tyroid, and here i am fretting over whether i'd be on the dean's list or not. I feel so shallow, cos this seems to be one of the most impt things in my life. Am i taking this too far? My desire to want to do well in uni? I keep asking myself why i'm doing this and why it feels like it means so much to me, and if its worth it. My parents have never been more proud of me, and i like the feeling. but i feel really tired of being such a nerd? i think something is missing in my life, and i think i'm trying to fill it with good grades. sadly i can't figure out what's missing, and i don't think good grades can fill it.

charlyn recorded history @ 11:04 PM

Monday, May 21, 2007

Friends

I am so blessed to have so many great friends. No, nothing particular happened to make me feel this way all of a sudden. I just feel like talking about how great they are. Life is so much more worth living with them around. My friends are such a strong support for me. I always believe that true friends inspire each other. They encourage each other to be the best they can be. They truly care. And something strange about great friends is that u have chemistry with them. Like even after a long time of not meeting up, when you finally do, u guys would still click like u met everyday.

These wonderful individuals tt i'm gona mention below are my cheerleaders, my shoulder to cry on, my essential dose of laughter and they take up LOADS of my memory space. haha...

Candice n Zara

These 2 girls rock my life! They're always there for me. Although i'm the eldest among them, they often have to put me in the right track. they always have to correct my terribly broken english, and put up with my crazy behavior, worse, my deepest darkest thoughts. whahaha... They're always only a phone call away. Can't wait to be the bridesmaid at their weddings. hahaha... for candice, za and i even picked out a dress already. hahaha...

Jan, mei n mag

These girls are like my sisters. actually come to think of it, i've known them even before i knew my own blood related sister. haha.. My dearest pri sch to sec sch friends. Although we only really became close after going to kcp, i guess it was being in the same pri sch tt brought us to each other in the first place. The 3 of them are always protecting me and treating me like their baby even though janice is actually the youngest. haha.. now, even tho we only meet up once in a while, they're always there to lend me their encouragement n support.

shimon, zhiyang, dorothy, sherilyn n daryl

Dot, sheri, daryl n i were only in the same class for half my sec sch life, and i was nv in the same class with shimon n zy, but somehow i can't remember how and i don't think i even know how, we became a little group. and since then we've always been celebrating each others birthdays, even tho of late we haven't really been doing that. but whenever we do meet up, we still have so much fun together. They were the best part abt sec sch. Esp sheri n dot. sec sch life wld have been hell w/o them. And i love that we're still such good friends even tho we seriously hardly meet. we really should meet up more often so i would miss them less. haha..

These girls, the R&D girls. hahaa... we went to cambodia together as a group. We learnt so much together and from each other. I wouldn't have wanted to survive cambodia with anyone else. We haven't met in almost 1 yr, but i'm sure when we do, it'd be a totally girly affair.

Last but not least, my sailors. I've nv been on a team until i joined np sailing. but i found out that it was more than a team i joined. I became part of the most HAPPENING family! (evident by the amt of pictures i have of them) We always have so much fun even though we might be out in a storm or crossing the finishing line of a race last together. Whenever i'm with them, all my troubles and worries seem to disappear. that doesn't mean they're only sunshine friends, cos when theres a storm, i'm sure they'll be there by my side too.

I Love my friends, even if i didn't happen to mention some of them in my post doesn't mean i don't appreciate them for just being my friends and accepting who i am. i'm really blessed by all my friends.

charlyn recorded history @ 9:14 PM

Saturday, May 19, 2007

I LOVE MY SINGAPORE!

I am so glad to be home. Bangkok was…great, yet terrible. Shopping there is really quite fun cos theres really a lot of stuff to see. Sadly I wasn’t able to do much of that or any other plans I made cos I got food poisoning on the 2nd night. So essentially half my trip was gone. It was SO BAD, I puked like 5 times in 5 hours? Omg… It was terrible. After the 2nd time I puked, there was just digestive juice left to puke. By morning, I was so weak I could hardly even walk. I ended up having to stay in the hotel the whole day. And the next day, I was well enough to walk, but we couldn’t go too far cos I still wasn’t feeling terrific. plus we had to leave for the airport at about 5pm. So mum n I did our nails. Mummy’s manicure and pedicure took at least 2 hours or so! Super long! But it was really nice. She really really really and I mean REALLY likes it.

After going to Bangkok and getting sick from eating the food there (btw, it wasn’t some any how roadside shop food tt made me sick. It was their local restaurant dad brought us to) I realized once again how lucky I am to be living in Singapore.
I LOVE SINGAPORE! I truly deeply madly love my Singapore. When I got off the airplane I was smiling like crazy cos I was just so happy to be home! To be in my clean and green Singapore! The water here tastes great, the food is CLEAN, its so safe to go anywhere, even the air seems sweeter now!

All you Singaporeans out there should be proud to be a Singaporean. I mean how can you not?

The indicators of quality of life in Singapore are one of the best in the world. Our security is wonderful, the crime rates are extremely low. Of course we have really strict laws to follow in order to achieve that. But don’t u think its worth it? I think we also owe a great deal of our development to the government who has put in much planning and who try to be as transparent as possible. Yea, we all learn this in secondary school. But I seriously believe it to be true and not just propaganda. There are also very very few beggars and homeless people in Singapore. Almost everyone has a roof above their heads. Yes, it may be a HDB flat, but how can u complain when there are people in other countries who sleep on the streets! I think its amazing how people are able to be so racial harmonious here. I like how everyone can be so different yet able to live peacefully in such close proximity with each other.
OH I do LOVE MY SINGAPORE!

This is my country, this is my flag
This is my future, this is my life
This is my family, these are my friends
We are Singapore, Singaporeans!

charlyn recorded history @ 5:20 PM

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

packed my bags again

i'm leaving for bangkok in about 10 hours or so. i'm really quite excited. I don't think i've been to bangkok before. not in my recollectable memory at least. My dad's going on a biz trip so mum n i are tagging along. Woohoo... i seriously hope i have some fun there, shopping eating and spa-ing! hahaha that's the life. I am so blessed!
I've been having really bad sleep recently, i don't know why. but its taking a toil on me and i'm getting really bad black eye rings, like as if my normal black eye rings wasn't enough. makes me look like some druggie or something. haha... i hope all the shopping n walking wld make me tired so i can sleep better. ok then so its back to thailand for me! from not having gone to thailand in like... 15 years to going there 2x in 2 weeks. quite a record i must say. haha..

charlyn recorded history @ 1:29 AM

Saturday, May 12, 2007

the low after the high

I have just spent my saturday watching TV... E! TV to be exact. from 11 plus when i woke up till now. Non-stop. other than managing to buff my nails, i've done nothing constructive at all. This must be the low after the high.
The highs would be...
1. exams
2. partying after exams
3. phuket with my 2 darlings, zara n candice, and her dad. It was such a blast even tho i was sick n the weather was damp, but like i've said before, its the company that really matters. we had "little" adventures, and we met some interesting ppl like mr pina colada, and mr cute bell boy. haha.. like the other trips i've made with my friends, i'm nv gona forget this. cand n za are really so sweet, they make my life complete! (that rhymes! haha)

so now that i'm back...today's the 2nd day. yesterday was also a boring day until 7pm when i went over to jan's house and met up with her n mei. supposedly for some mahjong thing which didn't happen. haha.. then i had to run quite a few family errands. yup, back to my chauffer job. but today omg... i don't think i'd be even stepping out of the house one bit. argh.... next week theres gona be another high cos i'm going to bangkok. but after that, it'd be back to the low again. and no i don't like being low.

charlyn recorded history @ 4:43 PM

Sunday, May 06, 2007

I seriously hate it when my parents fight. Why can't they fight less? why can't they get along for at least 1 week w/o fighting huh? i like peace. and this fighting is definately gona affect my outlook on certain issues. i'm prolly gona be the kind of partner that lets my partner abuse me cos i don't want to fight. i'm prolly gona be the kind that takes in all the shit and gives in, cos i just want to be happy and i don't want to fight. even thought this might seem out of character for me. but i know that i will be that kind of person. i will give in all the time even tho its not what i really want and even tho i'm prolly being treated like crap, and when my friends all tell me that i'm being treated like crap i wld just turn a deaf ear and get abused. yea... my life is gona be this way cos i don't want to fight with the person that i would supposedly vow to love for the rest of my life. maybe i'm exggerating, but i don't want to fight. i want to be happy. i don't want to be angry or upset all the time. maybe if everyone just relaxed and compromise and don't think they're right all the time, and don't be so emo, then everything would be alright.

charlyn recorded history @ 11:54 PM

Saturday, May 05, 2007