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friday was fun. Saturday even funner.

Wad i enjoyed abt my solo JB day trip was the super yummy Chicken Chilli FLoss bread!! YUMMY! I never tried it before in sg cause those were not offcially certified Halal here. I just love the texture! :p So i had to buy another. I quite likd the BEEF Foldover from Mac Donald's!! (they dun have that in Sg!) yummy. embarrasing was when i paid 2rm (of which 1rm is the coin) at Macs for ice cream only to realize at that point when informed by the cashier that they dun accept that anymore!! lol. i was very paiseh cause that was seriously my last change! she said its okie and smiled. I sheepishly said thank you and hurried to the money changer. WHen i returned to pay the remaining she said its okie. (she charged 1RM so "dun tell anyone"! haha :P) i was unpleasantly surprised that the MPJB swimming complex was closed!! wad pools close on Fridays!! (then again its m'sia.. fridays are muslim prayer days) haha.. so i had to make a detour with the cab.. but it was a quite a good tri nevetheless :)

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Loco night was very enjoyable. I danced with people i'm not so used to again! Let me recall; Joyce and her sister was it Jean? Then there's the two girls Kelly and Jessie. Wei wei. Oh there's Daph! I still haven't dare to be the one to ask her, or the other instructors for that matter, cause i still feel im not good enuff. But we danced anyway on friday. It would have been more fun if i know more moves AND if i didnt hit her... oh no i think she almost fall when i dip or or sth.. I was somehow made to dance with Ida alone! I don't like the feeling of being watched by everyone.. so stressful. the expectation to put up a good 'show' kills my enthusiasm or should i say composure? to enjoy the dance fully :p bleah.. Nevertheless it was sure fun. :) I was all sweaty, VERY sweaty, and i hopped on to the bus to Cathay Cineleisure, to watch John Tucker Must Die with Jiyah and they all, only to realize upon reaching that i'm supposed to be at Cathay- THE CATHAY! at Dhoby Ghaut.. damn.. i could have danced a few more if its dat near.. I was quite disturbed at first but it was really my fault i din really read the sms properly. I guess first impression (of the sms) counts as i remembered it says Cathay Orchard. But the movie was quite entertaining! :P I only realized yest when Mel told me its the Desperate Housewives guy!! DUH!! no wonder he's so freaking familiar!!!

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A lot of things happen on sunday. Both Deen and I was late to meet mel. So she gymed alone in school. We met for lunch catchup at Sakura Far East Plaza. With Amin, her good frd. On the way saw a very LONG queue for Cafe VIenna stretching all the way to Pacific Plaza!! wow.. of course hotel food, esp that it's halal too!, at 7.90 er set lunch is very irrestible indeed. Met Hana and her family. (woah her siblings even looked more chn than her la!! But still she's the hottest! ;) ) ANyway, then we parted cause Mel and AMin went to watch the Banquet Movie. (oh yeah LADC performance team got through the auditions for the Dance Floor!! Kudos to them pro! I can;t wait to see them on tv!!)

Then me and Deen went shopping. I got a wallet from topshop! Yay! And .. AND THE FX Creation Document Bag/briefcase that i've been eyeing around for ages!! like 3 years?!? REALLY! I;m so HAPPY that they still have the model i want in Metro Paragon cause they didnt at Taka. IM SO HAPPY!! Can't wait to bring it to work!! :p After that went to Dhoby Ghaut.. Oh this is funny. Deen and I queued to buy tix for him and Abidah- who's meeting Deen later- at The Cathay. THen at the counter the lady informed abt the seats and also that the red seats are couple seats. SO at that moment deen looked at me.. and he wanted to laugh! He even say actually im not watching with him.. etc.. I was like hahaha! (not out loud though) SO at that juncture i just moved away so that he can complete the transaction. was so hilarious.

After that we went shopping around again. I saw a book at TImes at PS and i instnatnly want it as soon as i flipped the pages. I can;t remember what the book title is but its about how to do well at work.. I just felt that the contents from the little i see randomly across resonated to much with me! I MUST BUY IT! (I postponed cause i wanted to save $2 using the TImes voucher that i got from VIVACE- eventhough i wasnt a freshman! Haha!) Oh anyway i must add this guy cashier at Times is really bad.. I noticed it when a pair of lady customers commented sth like "eh that cashier not very friendly" so curious me spied on him and YES!! Affirmative. He sounded like he's working against his every will. He didnt smile at all. He's words were too robotic and i find it rude. and he have barely any eye contact. I was rahter disgusted at such level of service... I think perhaps he really worked his ass off SMILING during S2006.. yah right.. Hmmm.. i should have caught hold of his name and like write a letter.. i swear he shouldnt work in service line..

Oh then as Deen and i was about to leave and part, we saw Mel and Amin. So he went to pick up Abidah while I walked towards the rest.

girl stranger: "Excuse me, you malay or chinese"
me: "er..?"
girl stranger: "you malay or chinese?"
Me: "why leh?"
girl stranger: "You Local or overseas? Malay or Chinese?"
Me: : "Im malay.."
girl stranger: "DO you have the habit of saving?"
Me: pause and thinks.. then realization! (WTF #$%^&*().... "oh.. its okay"

wat the heck man! i felt cheated..truth be told i taught like shes some weirdo interested in me or thinking i was like someone or sth.. and then the sudden shift in question!!!? That's unethical marketing u mktg bitch! hmm let me rephrase that you survey slut! haha. well i related to the rest and they cant help laughing too. I must say it is a novel sales technique, at least to me, not carrying a survey in you rhand and pretend that you're just an innocent stranger trying to chat. Worse still she looked like shes desperate running after u and asking all these questions.. Unethical i say. Kudos to her though for getting my attention.. (and the curses) but well i think it made the day more colorful! :p

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After Dragones, i grabbed dinner than made my way to the Singapore Swimming Club for some Indian Festival.. ( will add name here later when i rem) I was apprehensive at first cause i dun feel that i fit in cause i'm not DRESSED properly!! THere me in jeans surrounded by the colorful crowd decked in their festival best!! I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT MYSELF A DECENT LOOKING KURTHA if had more knowledge of what everyone else is wearing.. i tot it was like bhangra nite since kirti said jeans are ok! LOL. But thk god some unfashionable men were donning jeans ans non traditonal attire too! YAY!. Playing with the sticks was so much fun!! It's like a massive Casino to non stop Hindi (i think) music!!! (will upload some snaphosts from the festival soon!!) I wished i would stay longer but it was the nite leading to the 1st of Ramadhan so i'll feel bad hanging out so late. PLUS cab fare will be a killer.. Mounbatten to Jurong!

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Its almost an hour after we started fasting.. i;m having hiccups!!! i think i will have to sleep this off instead of drinking it down.. haha..

tommorrow, i mean later Sunday i have lotsa things i would like to do before i commence work at MWB tommorrow on Monday!!! ;P so excited!!!

I Accepted!!

yay!

i'm finally convinced to accept the Reseach Associate position at Millward Brown!!! Will start work next monday! (second day of the fasting mth) Look forward to start work and seing some familiar faces in the office like Deepa, Audrey, Munirah and Fiza of course! So exciting!!!

I hope i dun get fat on the daily diet of numbers! LOL.

wish me luck people! :P

(p.s. darn its earlier than expected.. i have a few more days to slack and enjoy freedom! haha)

the next wave 2006 rocks!

had a blast watching nus dance ensemble earlier today. they were amazing. the highlight of the evening was definitely Dan Kwoh's Breath of Life. it is truly amazingly exhilirating. A visual spectacle. An performance of epic majesty. it is so va va voom. the costumes the music the meaning. i loved the scene where the the girls mounted on 2 poles carried by guys in a procession like grandeur; the scene where they swung on top of the pole into the air in a beseige-like precision. and the wonder of it all: the enchating goddess with her long flowy white drapes basking in the fortune flowing from the heavens.

oh my. wad an impression it left me. i LOVE Dan Kwoh!!! and the dancers were all great. they were all in character and i was truly transported to this magical oriental world of splendor. a truly Great 'Breath of Life' it was.

broke to the bone

i'm broke to the bone. really. there's so much thing that i want to do and buy right now but i can't. Like joining Lyrical Jazz 2 classes or maybe Turns 2 at LADC. and yes renew my membership. Pay by bills. settle my final outstanding instalment for my loss flute. wad else? oh yes catch up-dinner/lunches with frds! thank you gifts! especially to my previous employers.. long LONG overdue! haha.

well i think its a good thing in a way because i will be more spurred on to look for a job like very very soon. Job hunt has been quite encouraging albeit slow. Its close to the end of 4 weeks since i start sending out my first wave of resumes. (oh!note to self: get Sat's Classifieds!- i forgot last week).

My second interview at Millward Brown went pretty well. I am very pleased with myself for actually having put together a presentation after analysing about 36 tables and several graphs. Felt quite accomplished. What's more i am SO HAPPY that the interviewer said it was "a very good analysis". She said it twice!! cause my first 'thank you' probably sounded rather obligatory. Actually I didnt expect that she will say that really, cause i didnt know what was the standard and I am unsure of whether i was doing the right thing.

I think it was a good interview too. I was calm and quite confident. (though there's a few things, esp my replies to her question, which could be better done). But in all i was proud of myself! YAY! I think my chances are quite high since apparently i made some buzz (positive) in the office. But then again the whole quantitive dept are ladies! So if they decide that i might not fit in as well as the other 2 women candidates i wouldnt be offered. BUT its okie! I'm really elated that i made a good impression. :) I hope to hear from her soon (by wed apparently), so i can move on if i'm not offered.

Anyways, I've finally sent out my resume to Gallup Organization (Research Analyst). Was a damn tedious process. I think in total i did like 60 over questions about myself- like i have to tick which of the statemtents describe me best etc. I did answer (quite) honestly so i reckon i won't hear from them. Gallup just caught my eye not only because its research too but because Ogily Mather (the ad man himself! RIP) worked in the Gallup Poll before way before he become THE GREAT COPYWRITER/AD MAN. He said that anyone wanting to know and get first hand insights of the population of a country should start of in the Poll because that's where all the stats are (i.e purchasing habits, etc...). I thought this to be so true.

I think after preparing the case study for that MWB interview and having went for it i am more convinced that i CAN be comfortable with numbers. I realized i always find it hard to answer the question of "are u good with numbers" because i am "bad with money!" so yeah money=numbers hence i sort of feel guilty each time i say i am good/comfortable with numbers. Lol.. I think i can now! haha. we shall see.. (if i get offered and take up the job that is!)

tommorrow's NUS Dance Ensemble's Next Wave!!! Yay! If i feel brave tommorrow i shall ask Zaini to take a picture with me!! :p (Zaini i love your HUMAN BEHAVIOR piece so much!!!!!! One day i get loads of money and will sponsor an encore of it just for me!! My wedding concert perhaps!) ok im crazy.

oh yeah.. i dun sat morning trgs anymore cause im offically out of caderas.. i;ve graduated! boo hoo hoo... Mixed feelings. mainly sad la. and a bit of relieved not to have to wake up early (and be late and do like 30-5o push ups week in and week out!) for trgs. :p


i need a sugar mommy (or daddy!)- Any takers?

my sis' 21st

my sis is 21 on the llth of september. how time flies.
how i wished i had like money to buy her NICE presents but i havent.
'cause unemployed still i am.

my sis and I (4 years apart)

job hunt's been quite good thanks to Fiza who reccomended me to Millward Brown.
i think i would like the job. would be perfect timing so i got a few people that i could hang out with during lunch during Ramadhan- it will be a pity for me if i have to spend lunchtime alone somewhere and not get the chance to mingle with colleagues cause it'd be too wired to hang out with them at lunch and not eat?

among other reasons why i want the job is because after a couple of weeks of jobsearch i realize i want my first job upon graduation in a respectable place like an MNC. I think i should fully maximise my SMU degree and try to get me to land in such organizations. Plus if things don't work out the 1-2 years spent in a respectable company will be an asset in my future job hunts.

of course ideally what i desired was a position in the Qualitative side of market research doing those focus groups, etc which are SO fun! but i figured the quantitative side, dealing with numbers and analyzing those numbers will give me a good foundation and hopefully hone my analytical skills.

so today was the first interview. we did an aptititude test that mainly revolve around reading/analyzing data tables. none of the other 2 interviewees finished it too! :p so it wasnt so bad. I suspected that there was 2 trick questions but after some post test discussion with the other candidates (amra & vienna), i think i was the one who prob didnt comprehend the table! lol.

they showed us a clip of a tv ad and gave us materials to work with for our next interview/presentation. I am already excited 'cause it has to do with advertising! :p I just have to make a meaningful argument/reccomendation with the data provided.

if i get in i'd probably be the only GUY in the office in that position! woah.. tempting eh? haha. anyway's the other 2 candidates are good too. AMra is my senior in SMU and she got some experience in a PR agency while Vienna is a grad from australia. She did a thesis wusing quantitative research- some 100 page. I bet she knows a whole lot of statistical tools. seriously i dun. My differentiating strengths.. hmm.. i think im very passionate about advertising/ and marketing and communicating and finding out about people! curious minds?

on another subject altogether.. i only realized yesterday that during my sis bdae dinner that my 2nd bro has braces!!! SINCE MAY!!! omg. that just shows how much i communicate with him lol.. i want braces too!! they sparkle one's smile! :D

gtg and read the case study! its about some coffee tv ad launch in UK!

cherating pics uploaded

uploaded pics for the Malaysian Salsa Festival 2006 at cherating.

last Emix performance

it was a blast!

i love the crowd at MOS! thks guys for the support! both caderas & emix peeps! MUACKS!
i think it went well. personally i think i felt i gave my all. I dun think i did any (obvious) mistakes plus i went all out! i can feel my energy level at such a high! :p i feel like i'd probably gave 3 times more than what i did 'full out' during rehearsals. Yes, till my necklace broke in less than a minute into the performance! damn. I swore i would look COOLer with my bling blings! but it was my fault.. i attached two of them diamon dog tags! (i never done that before!)

i will surely miss performing with emix especially the guys cause we all got in at the same time. I'm the only non freshie :p

anyway, i LOVED sheila's chereograhy for that bash item. its so Cool! but i must say it is one of the hardest hip hop chereo i learnt- esp the counts! there's os mnay off beats. anyway, here's some pics from that nite!