i'm back! partly cuz i miss writing. and writing finance essays don't count please. a friend was just talking to me the other day about my future jobs since i'll be graduating this june. i myself have been toying with several ideas but i know one thing is constant. i want one which will allow me to travel. lol. anyway, he writes for the petrochem industry or some shit like that and was asking me to join him. and he's earning quite a fair bit, more so than the norm a graduate gets. plus he travels once a month for conferences. interesting. plus it's writing. opens up one more possibility aye?

having made the switch from accountancy to banking (which was not a good choice seeing the current financial turmoil now - then again, who was to foresee this coming?), i even thought of going into risk. hedging and stuff. very interesting. of course there's still the position of cabin crew which i'd so love to do for 2 years. oh by the way, ignore the post dated 5th may. i'm really considering if it's something i really really want to do. true, the status attached to being one is damn attractive. but the culture and all. shrugs. or a station manager with SIA. posted to an airport overseas which SIA flies to, overseeing all their operations. that's nice too. imagine being posted to paris cdg please. and it'd kinda fulfil my ambition of working for SIA. lastly, i've toyed with the idea of working overseas (kinda to escape wearing green, or so i hope). hong kong's very cosmopolitan, i like. france would be nice too. but the tax rates, hmmm. sigh. dilemma, dilemma.

on a totally different note, i was at this kueh stall buying some kueh. so i pointed to the makcik and told her i wanted 3 of those. and she asked me nicely, "what is this called?" and i was like "err... *smiles*". and my malay has never been the B3 standard it is on the certificates. sometimes i think i fail as a malay. lol.

ps. let's hope i'll keep this writing going. ;)

i know i haven't been updating for longest time! but this calls for an update! haha. last sunday, 270408, ahem, happened to be the walk-in interview for SIA cabin crew. i didn't wanna waste like my whole bday waiting and stuff. friends were like telling me to just go, just go. and i decided to screw it and just go. and look where birthday luck got me! i'm almost, almost with SIA! had my medical check-up last week and now waiting for the all important call of my life. sigh. the wait is horribleeee. i seriously hope my childhood asthma won't affect my chances of becoming a steward or something. i hope to start training in june. hopefully 090608. with xuemin. so got friend friend! i'm really hoping they will let me defer my reservist.

speaking of which makes me DAMN pissed. one, they informed us during last year's ict the dates for the second year ict. so okay, fine. noted and all. but up till now i still haven't gotten official notification when all my friends have already gotten theirs? so i e-mailed them like three weeks ago and they said they'd get back to me soon. got a call from some guy saying they'll update me by tuesday. nope, no such calls. zilch. why should i be disadvantaged when they said notifications are given six months in advance to allow for nsmen to plan their schedule and what not. basket. freaking inefficient. but that said, reservist or not, i still want to defer reservist cuz i know they won't touch you if you're newly employed. and i hope SIA won't schedule me for training after my reservist. touchwood, touchwood!

i'm so excited i can't even get myself to study. and i wanna buy nice ties and shirts for training already. SIA, please call me soon!

we're flying first class,
up in the sky,
poppin' champagne,
livin' the life,
in the fast lane.

hk2008.1

morning flight from changi.
took jetstar and it kinda peeved me a lil that the cabin crew were conversing in mandarin in front of passengers? hmm. =\

on the bus from the airport to the hotel.
i was clinging onto my directions like my whole life depended on it and this auntie kinda noticed it so she asked if i needed help. thank god i could understand mandarin.

the hotel room. abit on the small side but thats hongkong. would still prefer dorsett olympic!

an even smaller toilet.

all fresh and ready to shop! actually, not. i didn't sleep the night before and didn't get much sleep on the plane too. was a freaking walking zombie came the first night.

central. where h&m is.

a slice of thai in hongkong with lila and kate.

dinner plus games at some restaurant.

edwin's apartment. my first to a hongkong residence!

my buys. it's like winter there (totally loveddd the weather) so the clothes are totally not singapore-friendly. i got myself like 2 winter jackets, dunno for what also. but i got all these for like 500 bucks? quite a bargain! and yes, two ties. come SIA. i'm all ready!

well, if you haven't heard, i went for another shot at the interview for the coveted position of air stewards with sia. i kinda breezed through the first three rounds but i failed the last one. sigh. and the worst thing was i was put on the pending list cuz normally they'll tell you whether you're in or you're out after your last round. grr. now i want it even more.

i've made so many friends from the interviews, just talking and relating experiences while waiting for our turns. and they all passed. except for me lah. sigh. would be good if we could actually start training together.

haiyahhhhh.

i've got a whole load of accounting questions to do. sigh. doesn't help that i'm feeling feeling like i'm having holidays too. and it does suck to have school when 3023709 others are having holidays. then again, there's always the solution of skipping. but it's okay. i'll ren for a while. hk in 2 weeks! yays.

anyway, adit was in town 2 weeks ago to catch mychemicalromance in concert. can you believe it? boys his age would probably be listening to mika or something, but he's so into mcr. slept over at his place and i so couldn't sleep eventhough the lights were off. he was singing and doing actions of the band members and yada. all in the dark for a whole hour and a half. and he was playing with my ipod when i said most of it are french songs and he instantenously did the "ich ben lich grich dem" whatever nonsense thing. true it's probably more german than french, but the fact that he somehow knows french sounds foreign is just so cute. adit, adit.

my dad's overseas. my bro's overseas with adit. so i'm settling my own dinner and stuff. so i dropped by this place selling my all fave dish (one of many actually) at bt timah and pissed i was when it was closed. so i decided to cook it today and voila! it turned out quite good. quite like what i've always been having. yayness. mel, ndm for you? ;)

my mom was just asking me two days ago if i was wearing no-brand jeans and i'm like, no, they're from h&m! and i did a thumbs up sign and jokingly said we should go to hongkong. and she's like, if you want, i can claim mileage for you. and yes! i've booked the ticket to hongkong and i REALLY REALLY hope i get the flights i asked for. my mom, rather. i cannot wait already. but booking may not mean it's confirmed. the airline has to like, approve the reward before it's all confirmed!

and yes. thanks to sandie, my sia interview is no longer a secret. haha. i playfully sent in the application form online and never expected they'd call me down for an interview. and i thought since they already shortlisted me, i thought i could skip the first round (which is the most difficult one to pass) but nope, i went there and still had to do the first round. pui. and i said in my introduction that i speak french and the lady asked me how fluent and i said, quite, smiling and all. but alas. lol.

yesterday during hrm i learnt that if employers do not want job candidates to perceive injustice, they should allow for reconsideration opportunities. like giving the candidates another chance? maybe i should forward my notes to sia's hr dept. lol. righttttt.

eid 07.

my mom and me and my erm, dad's side.

my bestest mat's. and minah. excluding cheena minah. ;)

byebye world.

sigh.