Quick updates from last year....
If I'm not wrong, this happened on the day when Sze Yee had her carolling at Orchard Road. Ai Ping, as usual, decided to monkey around in the fitting room! We met the Three Wise Men near Sze Yee's concert venue and Ai Ping and I decided to take photos with them. Surprisingly, we met Ding Yi and Matthew when we caught Sze Yee's performance at both Simei and Orchard Road cos we didn't know they were also carolling with her!
These few weeks have been a rather hectic one for me as work has literally left my otherwise free days occupied so, social gatherings have to be pushed to the evenings. I've been working in my aunt's office as an accounts assistant/data entry staff for about a month now and I've more or less gotten used to waking up in the morning and joining the rush hour crowd.
Money is really not easy to earn. Initially, I thought grownups said it for the sake of making us appreciate our academic years but after I've experienced it myself, I can feel the pain!
Doing admin stuff and calculating payment vouchers and receipts can really be drudgery when one has to do it like clockwork everyday but I'm glad to have met Sarah, the other temp worker they employed. My supervisor's also a nice lady, very systematic in whatever she does and very patient but lately, I don't know why but she's having this short bursts of moodswings and she'll start to lose her patience with us. Of course, sometimes it may be due to her having high expectations of us but otherwise, I find them quite unnecessary. Nevertherless, this work experience is one of the best I've yet to experience ( cos the others were quite bad!)
The view of Great Eastern Building from my office is really nice although it may not look as great here. In fact, I think it looks better at night!
Doing OT wasn't as bad as I expected, partly because of the $10 dinner allowance each of us were entitled to have as well as the free cab ride home.
We had Sushi Tei and drinks from Mr Teh Tarik for dinner during the previous OT.
Sushi Tei's Chicken Katsu Don!
Going to work with Joan and Samantha have reduced the boredom of morning train rides (especially on Monday!) Now that my office is gonna shift to the Tanjong Pagar vicinity, it will be even more convenient for me to lunch with them...haha...
Met Sam for dinner last night before her driving test....
As for today....
I SAVED THREE LIVES TODAY! Haha!
Met Midori at Yishun for the Blood Donation Drive at church today. Initially, I was OK about giving blood and all but when Midori started to feel all nervous and paranoid, I almost wanted to back out but thank God I didn't! Esther's parents also accompanied her for moral support...
The whole process took an hour: after all the form-filling, medical screening and blood tests.
Actually, I felt that the only bad part was the blood test and maybe the anasthesia applied before they administer THE NEEDLE into your arm. THE NEEDLE is the one thicker than a cross-stitch needle which draws blood from your arm. Actually, I didn't really feel the blood draining out but gradually I started to feel sleepy, exhausted and breathless when I was with Midori at Northpoint.
We were each given iron tablets to "recuperate" and some Chicken Essence after having some light refreshment at the Cafeteria.
Really have to thank Midori for constantly trying to distract me from feeling nervous throughout. Now I have a pretty orange bandage that will probably accompany me to Vietnam to remind me of today. It was really quite a pity that Midori couldn't donate today due to her persistent bouts of diarrhoea but she has already donated twice!
Oh man, can't wait for tomorrow! Till then! :)
