My transfer.

Ok guys, here's the story..

It all started from last last Tues -

B for boss
Me for me
A for Auntie L (who was also my mentor)

B: Hi Bess, we have a great offer for you.. something really different from what you have been doing.. and trust me, you will learn alot.. much more than you have been learning so far. We have all thought about it, you are a U-grad.. shouldn't be wasting time doing what you are doing.. Are you interested to try out Litigation at our Main office? You will be working directly under one of our partners - OBL.

Me: Er...

A: It will be a good option for you. If its other lawyers, I may not encourage.. but if its OBL, I think you will really learn alot of things there.

B: Yah.. OBL is very knowledgeable.. and he is just like a walking Law dictionary.. you will benefit alot working under him.

Me: Hmm.... I'm ok.

B: Wow.. really? I'm surprised you agreed so readily..

Me: I would like to try something new anyway..

B: Great... very good! That's the attitude.. (to A) See, thats's why I always say.. youngsters are very adaptable and they really have very good learning attitude.

A: Yes.. (nodding)

Me: I love challenges.

B: Ok very good.. It's definitely going to be VERY challenging, so i need you to wrap all the cases that you have in hand.. you will need to clear whatever you can do for now and I want you to pass ur files out by tomoro..

Me: Tomoro???? When would you like me to move over?

B: Asap... I'm looking at Thurs. (2 days later)

Me looking astonishingly at A.. (wtf?)

A: Ermm I think it's better for her to start next monday. At least let her start on a new week.

(Me nodding hard....)

B: Ok lar, so it's set. Next monday you will move to the main office k. I will call OBL to inform him about the good news.

Me: Ok, thank you Mr XXXX.

The end. The end to my happy, carefree life in Toa Payoh Office.
But its also the start. The start to my hectic life..
In simple words.. Its from Heaven to H.. erm.. I mean Earth, back to earth.

Fyi, the main branch is well-known for the residence of many famous kungfu masters.. Namely, the Viper, the Praying Mantis and the Tigeress(es). You will know what I mean if you watch Kungfu Panda.

The Advice from Many: "Never step on their toes or give them a chance to step on urs".

Thus explains why I haven't been able to come online to update my blog for SOoooo long! (I used to do this during office hrs.. heehee) Now I'm scared they catch me!

Back to the political world...

I was lucky they put me into a "chamber" of my own.. until the current secretary moves out of OBL's office. So till now I have made less than 3 friends, after 6 working days (that's quite a record man!).

Well, on my 1st day of work.. OBL told me ALOT abt why he wants to replace his current secretary.. and I'm like "huh.. why she like that??"

After more days of working, I came to realise that his current secretary is actually not that bad really! She's quite knowledgeable and good in her work.. She also told me her side of the story and I'm like "huh... very different from what I've heard". But well... when 2 person can't get along.. they simply can't.

I'm worried.... cuz till now I still duno the real reason why OBL dislikes his secretary.. I'm just worried to end up having the same fate as her. We shall see abt that, right now, I'm working on it.

Jiayou Bessie, jiayou!

Job Transfer!

I'm getting a job transfer starting next Monday!

My biggest boss called me into his office yesterday and asked me if I would like to try out something new - Claims dept.. instead of what im doing now - Conveyancing. It was auntie who encouraged me, so I agreed almost immediately..

Thus, I will be shifting to the main office at Chinatown point. Goodbye, Toa Payoh... I will miss you! Apart from getting ready to meet new people, report to new lawyer and adapting to my new work desk, i will need to wake up at 7am everyday (I sleep till 7.35 everyday)! Well, for the short term, its going to be a lil' tougher.. But I'm moving to Tiong Bahru in Sept so travelling will be no problem then!

Excited, worried but looking forward~ as always, I'm a super optimist! :)

Last Sunday, went to collect my free ipod shuffle from Funan.. then continued our pat-tor to Maxwell. But it was only 5pm, too early for dinner, so we went opposite to take a walk at the majestic 佛牙寺 (buddha-tooth-temple). It was really grand! Nice lor, so I took some pictures..

The facade of the temple

The "Signboard" at the entranceI stole a shot in the ladies
cuz it was a nice toilet, with lotus carvings on the basin

The buddha feet - the toes are of the same length..

Buddha upon attaining enlightenment...

Meaning of 善哉 (the monks always say this)Very interesting, we also managed to read the story of Buddha..

Reminds me of a movie I have seen many years ago.. think the man who acted Buddha was Keanu Reeves.. wonder if u can remember?

Wednesday… Finally!
1 more hour to knocking off.

Last night went Balestier to buy the rest of the lightings for our new home. We saw "陈天文" in one of the shops. He and his wife were also shopping around for lights. As what I will usually do when I see artistes on the streets, I will pretend I don't recognise them and walk on without looking at them. Haha, I guess… He will also be awkward if I keep staring at him right!
Anyways, we moved on to another few shops to continue out search for lightings. Saw this very very grand chandelier.. can anybody guess the retail price??

*hint: it's really expensive lor!!


Then we carry on walking and walking and we walked into "Palace of Lights".. and I finally found my "Diamond" light!!!! SO excited! The price tag showed $198, and I'm like "huh…. So ex for such a tiny light?" Think the Sales person heard me, then he quickly explained that the price tag is for "show" only.. The original price of this "Diamond" light is actually $95 only! Hahaha.. heng ar ~ He went on to explain that they purposely jack up the price so that when Interior Designers bring their clients to buy lightings there, they can 假假 give discount, and can still set aside some $$ for the Designers (so now u know why designers like to bring clients to buy lightings, eh?!)

Anyways, I'm grateful for the sales person 'Raymond' for being so nice and honest. Apart from buying the "Diamond" light, we also bought lights for the bathrooms. Just simple cubic lamps, with stainless steel borders around them. Will definitely put up the pictures here when the lightings are installed… Then u will know why I'm so crazy abt this "Diamond" light which I have been talking abt! Delivery this sat! Hooray!

Damage: $185.00

Sick, moody and poor!

Isn't it very sad? It's a Monday and I'm very moody.. So moody I can list down the reasons why I'm moody!!

1. I had a very sick weekend with a very bad flu, which means I didn't really enjoy my weekend

2. My flu has found his all-time good fren - Cough.. They always meet each other in the end, thou the flu always arrives a few days earlier

3. I lost my voice!!! Not totally, but I'm 85% on a "mute" mode now! I can't even sing along when I heard my favorite song on radio just now

4. It’s the TOTM (Time Of The Month) again!! At this timing meh?? On a Monday where I'm already so sick and they need to come together???

5. Woke up early morning and look into my wardrobe, wana wear white color top but realised that my nude-colored bras are not washed yet!!!

6. No choice… after thinking for quite some time, I decide to wear my black-colored stoned cross-backed top, and I realised the scars on my "wings" still visible!!

7. Ok so be it… scars... bobian. But the horrifying news is that I have a big 'O-Ceh' on my biceps area!!! Walau eh!!! I must have bruised myself when I knocked my arms against a cupboard the other day!

8. Nvm lor, then I just carried on my journey to the office.. was thinking.. since my boss doesn't want to reimburse our medical bills, then I will come to the office to spread my germs lor!

9. Sick still need to work, already feeling very moody right? Reach the lobby, entered the lift, then I realised that the f**king lift is going down, not up!! FREAK MAN!!! 9.15am already still take me for a joy ride!

10. So, in the end, I reach office… Saw my colleague, I try very hard to force a smile but she returned me with a "smelly" face (aiyah, anyways she always do that.. maybe she thinks she looks "chio" by trying to look blank)

Yah so you see?? I'm really f**king moody, sad and pissed to start off with this horrifying MONDAY!

Wakau, I realised I can get really bitchy when I'm pissed!!
Not that I want to rant my anger here, just that I can't find anybody to talk to!!! Because I lost my voice (read point 3!) and really dun wish to "show off" my yucky voice lor! I sound like a ba-pok now!

Pre-Wedding photo-shoot session finally over!

Phew, my pre wedding Photo-shoot session is finally over!
It was a really very tiring, hungry, thirsty and "itchy" event for me... I dun even know why the ppl who has been thru it says it's fun!?!?

Apart from the privilege of changing many beautiful gowns and makeup/hairdo, I was made to do 2 things that I really disliked - Posing in the Sun & Sitting on Grass!!! Posing means I'm frustrated but I still have to act happy! We didn't prepare any water or food so we were damn thirsty during outdoor, and I thought I almost had a heat-stroke! We went to Hortpark and Alexandra Arch for the outdoor shots, it was quite nice.. but HOT HOT HOT!!! FYI, I'm really not a SUN person.

Started at ard 10+am, we ended at ard 6pm. I didn't managed to snapshot myself until on our way back from outdoors. I think O was too uptight and nervous abt the photo-shoot, he totally forgotten abt me telling him to secretly take some shots for me. Anyways, this is the one and only one I took.

Btw, this is my tea-dress & not my wedding gown.

My little darling cocoa waiting on... for her turn to be "shot" with us in our casual wear!


My nice princess wedding shoes are stained with mud.. soaking the heels in progress.


Showing off my 3-D acrylic nail-art, first time trying, and should be my last too! Process was too long - 3 whole hours sitting in the medi-pedi shop waiting for my nails to be painted torturous!

Anyways, one of them chipped off already.. Think I will get it fixed after work.

Choosing my photos next Monday. Quite excited to see how the photos will turn out actually.. I'm quite worried abt the scars on my back and the fats on my arms!!! I heard technology is very advanced now… Adobe photo-shop should be able to do the trick!

Wanted a new skin for my blog… but still can't find a suitable one.
Last sat, I finally decided on the materials and colors to use for my house.. very worried on how the thing will turn out, although I mostly chose safer colors like beige, white, brown and black. I dun think it will turn out disastrous, just hope the colors will complement one another.

Monday was Euro 2008 Finals.. with Spain and Germany vying for the Champion.. & Hurra, my favorite Spanish Team won!!!! Thou David Villa was injured and did not managed to recover in time for the Finals! They still won, with Fernando Torres' help!

Watched the match at 2.45am all the way till 4.45am! Therefore, I refused to wake up for work on Monday.. (It's a Monday, you know!!) I took leave and rested at home. Initially, I thought that I would be lazing at home the whole day, but later on decided to go out buy paints and lightings for my new house. Since Uncle Tong (my electrician cum painter) was also available to bring me and my mum out to buy those stuffs.

Spent $116+ on paints + accessories and another $1026+ on lightings! Although the shop assistant already given us lots of discounts, I still exceed my own budget of $1K.. Moreover, I still haven't bought lights for both bathrooms and the passageway yet! Saw the "diamond-star" light at a fren's house, and I wana buy that for my passageway.. but the shop says only certain Design Shops sell those, so I still need to look around.

After running the errands, my bro came to my new house to pick us up and we went to the Henderson Waves at Mount Faber.. It was beautiful! Just that a few mosquitoes fed on me~ Wanted to take some pictures, but my handphone camera is only 2mp with no Flash.. keke.. Those pictures I took were all pitch black.

Anyways, O and me has decided to go back there for our outdoor shoot tomoro.. Since we have to chose 2 spots for our photoshoot, it would probly be Silosa Beach and Henderson Waves. Will try to sneak some pics for posting here (our own cameras and videocams are not allowed during the photoshoot). Luckily, we still have our handphones!

So excited about tomoro! Think I will need to sleep early tonight, thou I think the makeup artist will be able to cover my panda eyes. Will need lots of energy to pose for the camera! I should be bringing my Cocoa or Bibi for the photoshoot! My co-ordinator told me I can either bring my dog or a soft toy.. but I think soft toys are so … … …!!

Anyways, I think my dog will do better!