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Monday, June 27, 2005
patience is a virtue
Patience is a virtue that few possess... this is something i have learnt from my working life...
We always get calls frm our clients asking for help to make bookings... and most of them call looking for my Ticketing Manager, Pauline. She's the most experienced amongst all of us and thus the most popular. Armed with amazing memory and the skill of conversing with clients as if they're all friends, our clients obviously look for her more often than not. And with so many people calling for her, of course there are the unfortunate few who just can't get through to her and end up being bounced to us... lucky me, my number is the first one that her calls bounce to, so i get plenty of calls asking for her.
And when someone as popular as her gets so many calls, she can't possibly call back so many people. Thus, some people may have to wait longer than others... and then who do they blame when she doesn't call back? They of course blame the one who picks up the phone... and guess who's that lucky fella? more often than not, it's me... argh...
We always get calls frm our clients asking for help to make bookings... and most of them call looking for my Ticketing Manager, Pauline. She's the most experienced amongst all of us and thus the most popular. Armed with amazing memory and the skill of conversing with clients as if they're all friends, our clients obviously look for her more often than not. And with so many people calling for her, of course there are the unfortunate few who just can't get through to her and end up being bounced to us... lucky me, my number is the first one that her calls bounce to, so i get plenty of calls asking for her.
And when someone as popular as her gets so many calls, she can't possibly call back so many people. Thus, some people may have to wait longer than others... and then who do they blame when she doesn't call back? They of course blame the one who picks up the phone... and guess who's that lucky fella? more often than not, it's me... argh...
Sunday, June 26, 2005
gullible me
Remember that 'nice and charming' guy i was talking abt in my last entry? well, apparently, he's not all that i thought he is... it really goes to show how gullible and naive i am sometimes... i shld have seen the warning signs, so clearly they were displayed to me, even from the things that came out from his mouth... but being the naive and gullible idiot that i am, of course i didn't realise it...
Until on Sat, Elsie, my colleague at work warned me about him... she told me that he was married with a child and that he often does this - target young and new female employees... she told me to be wary about him... normally i wouldn't have bothered cos i did only go for drinks with him on account of being friendly, but when she told me that he's married, my thoughts became those of how his wife and daughter probably didn't know of his behaviour outside and how he could be such a jackass and do this to his family... and how i could have become his next 'victim'... i was kinda disturbed abt that cos life has been beautiful for me so far and i haven't seen such ugliness or the reality of infidelity till then... it was sort of a wake up call to me... to be more wary of people, esp whom i befriend and whom i shld trust and all... pple come from all walks of life, and not all are nice and whom they appear to be...
Anyways, I'm leaving this job once the month ends... i'm going to be working in a hotel... shift hours, lesser pay, lesser benefits... but one thing's for sure... the hotel promises me more room for progression and better prospects than where i currently am working at... i finally see how having a goal may move and encourage one to move on... i will work hard to accomplish my goal and move my way up from the very bottom...
Adeline's wedding was beautiful... she had on pretty dresses and a lovely sari as the last dress... and they look so happy together... the event was wonderful, with a couple of funnies along the way... got to catch up with a couple of mass commers who attended... it was fun talking abt sch and all again... really miss those days... we went up to the couple's beautiful suit after the dinner and with a few more congratulatory words, we left them alone, finally... haha...
Here's more for the newly wedded couple - all the best to you guys and i'm certain that you'll have a lovely family together, and a lovely life with one another... love is what makes the world go round and as long as u believe in it, everything will go smoothly as long as you have each other... thanks for the lovely evening and the wonderful gift of sharing your happiness and joy with us...
Until on Sat, Elsie, my colleague at work warned me about him... she told me that he was married with a child and that he often does this - target young and new female employees... she told me to be wary about him... normally i wouldn't have bothered cos i did only go for drinks with him on account of being friendly, but when she told me that he's married, my thoughts became those of how his wife and daughter probably didn't know of his behaviour outside and how he could be such a jackass and do this to his family... and how i could have become his next 'victim'... i was kinda disturbed abt that cos life has been beautiful for me so far and i haven't seen such ugliness or the reality of infidelity till then... it was sort of a wake up call to me... to be more wary of people, esp whom i befriend and whom i shld trust and all... pple come from all walks of life, and not all are nice and whom they appear to be...
Anyways, I'm leaving this job once the month ends... i'm going to be working in a hotel... shift hours, lesser pay, lesser benefits... but one thing's for sure... the hotel promises me more room for progression and better prospects than where i currently am working at... i finally see how having a goal may move and encourage one to move on... i will work hard to accomplish my goal and move my way up from the very bottom...
Adeline's wedding was beautiful... she had on pretty dresses and a lovely sari as the last dress... and they look so happy together... the event was wonderful, with a couple of funnies along the way... got to catch up with a couple of mass commers who attended... it was fun talking abt sch and all again... really miss those days... we went up to the couple's beautiful suit after the dinner and with a few more congratulatory words, we left them alone, finally... haha...
Here's more for the newly wedded couple - all the best to you guys and i'm certain that you'll have a lovely family together, and a lovely life with one another... love is what makes the world go round and as long as u believe in it, everything will go smoothly as long as you have each other... thanks for the lovely evening and the wonderful gift of sharing your happiness and joy with us...
Thursday, June 23, 2005
drinks
Went for drinks with a colleague today... just popped by one of the clubs on Boat Quay and being the gentleman that he is, he bought me drinks... just 2 vodka orange... not in the best form to drink cos i wasn't feeling well...
We just talked and he's really an interesting guy... charming and assertive... he's a great salesman too... haha... but he told me that if i know what i want, then i shld go for it, and believe that i can get it, no matter what. And after convincing myself, i have to convince the employer or whoever it is that i can do it, and do it well too... the mind really is that powerful...
We shall see how things go... tmr's Adeline's wedding dinner... haven't seen her in a while... looking forward to seeing her daughter too... and of course, to catching up with other mass commers...
We just talked and he's really an interesting guy... charming and assertive... he's a great salesman too... haha... but he told me that if i know what i want, then i shld go for it, and believe that i can get it, no matter what. And after convincing myself, i have to convince the employer or whoever it is that i can do it, and do it well too... the mind really is that powerful...
We shall see how things go... tmr's Adeline's wedding dinner... haven't seen her in a while... looking forward to seeing her daughter too... and of course, to catching up with other mass commers...
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
yawns
Here's what happened at work today...
Read the entire TODAY paper... and I mean every page... then proceeded to read The Straits Times... read through most of the stories and sections except the Life! section...
Oh, also helped to make a couple of bookings and answered a couple of enquiries... and most of the time, transferred calls to my colleagues... hmmmm... interesting u say? i beg to differ...
Read the entire TODAY paper... and I mean every page... then proceeded to read The Straits Times... read through most of the stories and sections except the Life! section...
Oh, also helped to make a couple of bookings and answered a couple of enquiries... and most of the time, transferred calls to my colleagues... hmmmm... interesting u say? i beg to differ...
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
on the lookout
I've figured it out... a little better at least... already am on the lookout for something else... hope something comes of it... i can't wait to get out of where i am now... i think i really made a bad choice there... this is not what i want... at least i know now... and though it's only been a short while, i know... and am certain...
adiyos the old, sad and misguided me... yoohoo to the new me!
adiyos the old, sad and misguided me... yoohoo to the new me!
Monday, June 20, 2005
bangkok bangkok bangkok
Everything at work seems to remind me of Thailand...
Did a booking for a trip to Bangkok today, which is very common anyways... found myself browsing through the fare lists for promo fares to Bangkok... and every morning, I find myself checking the schedule for flights to Bangkok, wishing i was on that very plane to that wonderful city there and then...
And today, it hit me even harder when 2 Thai girls (i think) took the same lift as me when i was returning to the office after lunch...
I MISS BANGKOK!
Argh... sometimes i think i'm born in the wrong era... i think i'm more suited to the life of easy living, a time when we were not so dependent on computers and technology... why can't we book flights like in the old times? Take down the names and particulars for the passenger and flight on a piece of paper, call the airline and book the tickets... simple as that... but no, everyone wants everything done faster and in a more complicated manner, with systems so mind-boggling i'm still trying to figure out how to use them after 2 weeks at work...
I find myself day-dreaming, or rather, thinking about my future and what i wanna do with it while i'm at work... dun misunderstand, i'm not trying to loaf, but rather, i have nothing to do when the phone doesn't ring... and when pple dun trust me with their bookings... but i understand... if i were them, i wldn't let me book the tickets for me and answer queries... i've put so many pple on hold while i scurry around looking for someone to answer the queries... and i'm not even that sure abt what i'm saying... geez... no wonder...
Back to my bleak future... i dunno what i wanna do with my life... i dun ask for much, just a stable income enough to keep me afloat... and a job that i don't hate... but currently i'm stuck doing something i dun enjoy as much as i thought i would... and it's because it's the only thing that brings in the money at the moment... i was so looking forward to graduating, to coming finally coming out to work in the real world... but now that i am no longer a student, i miss it dearly... i just have to find out what it is i wanna do...
Was thinking of entering the hospitality biz... and i do miss the publishing life in NP, no matter how much i bitched about it... i do regret not putting in my all when i was in sch... and if given another chance, i'd put in my all...
I need a new lease of life... i need something to move me along, to motivate me through... something to light up my otherwise dull life... i need to find out what i wanna do, basically...
time to grab the steering wheel, i'd say...
Did a booking for a trip to Bangkok today, which is very common anyways... found myself browsing through the fare lists for promo fares to Bangkok... and every morning, I find myself checking the schedule for flights to Bangkok, wishing i was on that very plane to that wonderful city there and then...
And today, it hit me even harder when 2 Thai girls (i think) took the same lift as me when i was returning to the office after lunch...
I MISS BANGKOK!
Argh... sometimes i think i'm born in the wrong era... i think i'm more suited to the life of easy living, a time when we were not so dependent on computers and technology... why can't we book flights like in the old times? Take down the names and particulars for the passenger and flight on a piece of paper, call the airline and book the tickets... simple as that... but no, everyone wants everything done faster and in a more complicated manner, with systems so mind-boggling i'm still trying to figure out how to use them after 2 weeks at work...
I find myself day-dreaming, or rather, thinking about my future and what i wanna do with it while i'm at work... dun misunderstand, i'm not trying to loaf, but rather, i have nothing to do when the phone doesn't ring... and when pple dun trust me with their bookings... but i understand... if i were them, i wldn't let me book the tickets for me and answer queries... i've put so many pple on hold while i scurry around looking for someone to answer the queries... and i'm not even that sure abt what i'm saying... geez... no wonder...
Back to my bleak future... i dunno what i wanna do with my life... i dun ask for much, just a stable income enough to keep me afloat... and a job that i don't hate... but currently i'm stuck doing something i dun enjoy as much as i thought i would... and it's because it's the only thing that brings in the money at the moment... i was so looking forward to graduating, to coming finally coming out to work in the real world... but now that i am no longer a student, i miss it dearly... i just have to find out what it is i wanna do...
Was thinking of entering the hospitality biz... and i do miss the publishing life in NP, no matter how much i bitched about it... i do regret not putting in my all when i was in sch... and if given another chance, i'd put in my all...
I need a new lease of life... i need something to move me along, to motivate me through... something to light up my otherwise dull life... i need to find out what i wanna do, basically...
time to grab the steering wheel, i'd say...
Saturday, June 18, 2005
fishing at penjuru
Almost got sucked dry by the mosquitoes at Penjuru today... went fishing with Dan, AJ and AJ's friend... read another book borrowed frm the library today... another of Kurt Vonnegut's masterpieces... his collection of previously unpublished short stories...
Despite the disappointing turn-out from the fishing (only caught one fish worthy of mention), i did manage to see these 2 really interesting shell creatures... looked like hermit crabs... but much smaller and they had blue feet... then also witnessed a stunning sunset - or rather just the aftermath of it... didn't really see the sun setting but the sky with streaks of orange turning to a deep red before deepening into a dark blue, finally turning into a night sky, complete with the moon and a blanket of stars...
Not to mention thoses blood thirsty mosquitoes... which caused us to leave, basically...
Despite the disappointing turn-out from the fishing (only caught one fish worthy of mention), i did manage to see these 2 really interesting shell creatures... looked like hermit crabs... but much smaller and they had blue feet... then also witnessed a stunning sunset - or rather just the aftermath of it... didn't really see the sun setting but the sky with streaks of orange turning to a deep red before deepening into a dark blue, finally turning into a night sky, complete with the moon and a blanket of stars...
Not to mention thoses blood thirsty mosquitoes... which caused us to leave, basically...
Friday, June 17, 2005
eye for a guy 2 & gimmick of the year
Eye for a Guy ended this week... for all those who didn't catch it... well, all i can say is that it was much better than the previous season... this season has got several great guys and Denise Keller is a lady suitable for the role - a pretty lady with so many men swooning after her... but i found a slightly over-acting in some parts, as if it was a all scripted and acted out show... but what the hey... good entertainment nonetheless...
I actually shed a tear for Howard when Denise picked Wolfgang over him... i like Howard... he's such a sweet guy... and such a hopeless romantic... but who knows whether he's just gunning it up for the cameras, or whether he's really like that... but he did capture my heart with his actions.. and he does have a certain charm about him, regardless of his lack of height and typical kaboom handsome looks... but he does make up all that with his sweet demeanor and romantic charms... the fairy tale, the notes in the house when she visited, the crooning of the love song in public, sacrificing his face and reputation... haha... and of course, who could forget the video that confessed his love for her... so sweet... even the kiss was such a sweet and spontenous one... awkward, but funny as usual - just as he is... gonna miss seeing that guy on tv...
Was reading in the papers yesterday about how Ubin will be poultry free cos of the bird flu... read that the ostrich there will be house in Jurong Bird Park... so sad... i used to look forward to seeing the ostrich whenever i went there... and now, i'll have to go to the bird park to see it... just like a typical tourist... nothing special about that anymore, now is there? geez... and the uncle whose house we stopped at for about an hour the last time... his peacocks have also been taken away... geez... so sad to think of that... having your own pets, as unique as they are and so unique that no one else in S'pore probably has due to land constraints taken away from you... heartbreaking... Ubin will never be the same without crazed chickens roaming the grounds... as well as the ostrich and peacocks... at least we can still visit the huge boar in the uncle's house...
I was visiting the S'pore National Library's website and came across this - they will be selling bookmarks with chunks of bricks from the now demolished national library @ stamford... a good marketing idea, actually... it's for charity, which is acceptable then... but if they're trying to make money out of it... geez... what a brain to think of this man! talk about the 3Rs! haha...
I actually shed a tear for Howard when Denise picked Wolfgang over him... i like Howard... he's such a sweet guy... and such a hopeless romantic... but who knows whether he's just gunning it up for the cameras, or whether he's really like that... but he did capture my heart with his actions.. and he does have a certain charm about him, regardless of his lack of height and typical kaboom handsome looks... but he does make up all that with his sweet demeanor and romantic charms... the fairy tale, the notes in the house when she visited, the crooning of the love song in public, sacrificing his face and reputation... haha... and of course, who could forget the video that confessed his love for her... so sweet... even the kiss was such a sweet and spontenous one... awkward, but funny as usual - just as he is... gonna miss seeing that guy on tv...
Was reading in the papers yesterday about how Ubin will be poultry free cos of the bird flu... read that the ostrich there will be house in Jurong Bird Park... so sad... i used to look forward to seeing the ostrich whenever i went there... and now, i'll have to go to the bird park to see it... just like a typical tourist... nothing special about that anymore, now is there? geez... and the uncle whose house we stopped at for about an hour the last time... his peacocks have also been taken away... geez... so sad to think of that... having your own pets, as unique as they are and so unique that no one else in S'pore probably has due to land constraints taken away from you... heartbreaking... Ubin will never be the same without crazed chickens roaming the grounds... as well as the ostrich and peacocks... at least we can still visit the huge boar in the uncle's house...
I was visiting the S'pore National Library's website and came across this - they will be selling bookmarks with chunks of bricks from the now demolished national library @ stamford... a good marketing idea, actually... it's for charity, which is acceptable then... but if they're trying to make money out of it... geez... what a brain to think of this man! talk about the 3Rs! haha...
The beloved ostrich in Ubin...
The uncle in Ubin previously known as the uncle with the peacocks... haiz...
The red brick from a beloved historical building... i'll miss that place... where countless hourswere spent researching for my projects in poly... haha...
dead end job
Stuck in an office job... some might call a dead-end job... i dunno why i'm still doing what i'm doing there... but at least it pays and keeps me afloat... the people there are really nice actually and I'm learning everything from scratch... but everyone's so patient with me... i really do appreciate it...
The job's related to travel, though not directly it, but we do help pple make their flights and ensure them a trip to their destination... the calls after i've gotten this job already... sometimes i wonder if i made the right choice... maybe i shld have gone with my heart and went to the zoo... low pay, hard work, but at least i might enjoy it better... who knows? something not confined within the office environment... something outdoorsy... perhaps i shld study more... i am missing life as a student...
And perhaps with a degree, i might be able to find my calling, and get more pay for that... what do i want to do with my life? that is something that has been hounding me for a while, unanswered all this while... perhaps it really is time to crack my brains and let them work once again... tell me where i shld go from here...
The job's related to travel, though not directly it, but we do help pple make their flights and ensure them a trip to their destination... the calls after i've gotten this job already... sometimes i wonder if i made the right choice... maybe i shld have gone with my heart and went to the zoo... low pay, hard work, but at least i might enjoy it better... who knows? something not confined within the office environment... something outdoorsy... perhaps i shld study more... i am missing life as a student...
And perhaps with a degree, i might be able to find my calling, and get more pay for that... what do i want to do with my life? that is something that has been hounding me for a while, unanswered all this while... perhaps it really is time to crack my brains and let them work once again... tell me where i shld go from here...
Sunday, June 05, 2005
i miss bangkok
I miss that wonderful city... I miss Suan Lum, Jatuchak, MBK, Baiyoke Sky - the hotel room, the shower in the room, the breakfast buffet, the wonderful view from the hotel dinning area... I miss the night market behind Baiyoke Sky, I miss the good food - papaya salad, beef noodles, tom yum soup, chicken wing... I MISS BANGKOK!
pondering
I dun wanna pity myself once again, but i do wonder why i've been like this... why i'm always the one from the outside looking in... i have no close friends... and i'm not even sure why it is so... it's difficult bottling things up inside all the time... but i guess that's just who i am, how i am... change? i dun foresee it in the near future...
Friday, June 03, 2005
finally...
I've finally got a job... it's at a travel agency... booking tickets for business men who travel a lot and stuff like that... just went for the interview today and the boss was so strict... so scary... geez... but the other guy who interviewed me was nice... not so intimidating... can see that he's also intimidated by the big boss...
Anyways, i start work on Mon... and i have to wear a skirt everyday! that's the dress code there... all females have to wear skirts... the office is located in Raffles Place... near the MRT too...convenient... a wonderful plus...
Can't wait to start work... but still quite scared and anxious... we'll see how it all goes... i'm actually on probation too so... have to be on my toes all the time...
Anyways, i start work on Mon... and i have to wear a skirt everyday! that's the dress code there... all females have to wear skirts... the office is located in Raffles Place... near the MRT too...convenient... a wonderful plus...
Can't wait to start work... but still quite scared and anxious... we'll see how it all goes... i'm actually on probation too so... have to be on my toes all the time...
Thursday, June 02, 2005
another hope
Another call, another hope... cross my fingers and hope that everything goes well...
A forray into the travel biz? Perhaps... not that far from my current choice of industry - hospitality and service... central area too... convenient... dun jinx it... we shall see...
A forray into the travel biz? Perhaps... not that far from my current choice of industry - hospitality and service... central area too... convenient... dun jinx it... we shall see...
photos
A couple more photos frm Thailand, courtesy of Aiway!
beary with a choco coated cherry... stuck on a spoon...
Us at a shopping mall near our hotel
Dan: "Is tht nice?"
Massage time... relax... note the 'cool' pyjamas! hahahah
Man In Pink! MIP!
Aiway and me at the buffet dinner
the unlicensed tuk-tuk driver
crazy tuk-tuk ride
Aiway with her bird's nest... lip-smacking good!
Bird's nest... yummy...
Dan in ecstacy mode...
Shark's fin soup and bird's nest at MBK... yummy...
at Swensen's...
when opportunity knocks...
When opportunity comes a-knocking, grab it... or learn it the hard way when it slips away... I answered too late... selling myself short? I don't think so... I'm not even that qualified... feel like kicking myself in the butt now... who says you shld always shop around and make your choice slowly? Now I'm back to square-one... and the cycle continues... it's a vicious cycle, no?