Yes guys, I'm finally back and I'm finally blogging again! I was in HK for training and later in Manila for our mini-conference and here are the pics! It's Vesak Day today!! YAY...cos it means that it's a PUBLIC HOLIDAY! For some apparent reason, I feel really tired these days and I think it's because I caught a cold...sniffle...ok...pics!

Maryann, my colleague in Phils; Bruce, my boss; and myself!Vicky, my HK colleague, and myself.Carol, my HK colleague, and myself.

Check out my room in Shangri-la Makati!

Aren't these toys cute??? Each one comes with the mango/strawberry drink! The waiters were biased towards me...hee...they took all 3 and allowed me to choose my fav while also allowing me to take a pic of all 3 toys! All the clients got tigers and elephants while I got the iguana! :)

Ok, you would ask me whether I had fun or not...well, in some ways I did but mostly it was because I got to know people and I got to learn how things were done. The thing I like about my new role is that I get to go out there on the 'field' if you call it.

I'm now sitting in my HK office and waiting...waiting for my boss to come out of a meeting and waiting for training to begin. Stayed over at Armin and Ram's place last night and their place is really nice. It's on top of Braemar Hill and the air there smells good. Fresh. It's quite unbelievable that there's a lot of pollution going on. However, Ram told me taht it's Golden Week in China as well, so many of the factories stopped work...hence less haze and less pollution. Ok...I feel bad blogging @ work. TTYL.

I start work at my new place tomorrow and I'm kinda excited and scared again. Doesn't help that I'm having menstrual cramps and a pounding headache at the same time. Serves me right for downing 4 drinks yesterday and sleeping only at 4am this morning...*eyebags*

My boss didn't reply to my email asking her what time I should report to work so I'm just going to turn up at 8:30am tomorrow. Hahaha...

I really should start packing my luggage eh...throw in all my suits and lovely shoes...shoes...I love shoes....ok, I'm digressing. I've got to meet tons of people in HK...oh, that reminds me, I've got to reply to my former neighbour's email. I'll be staying with them for 1 night before heading off to Bishop Lei hotel. I'm hoping that I can change my hotel...Bishop Lei's kinda far from Chater House and I don't like to wake up earlier JUST to get to work on time. Ah well...we'll see how things go. :) Wish me luck and that people like me!

The Five Love Languages

My primary love language is probably
Physical Touch
with a secondary love language being
Quality Time.

Complete set of results

Physical Touch:		9
Quality Time:		7
Words of Affirmation:		6
Acts of Service:		5
Receiving Gifts:		2

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Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don't understand our partner's requirements, or even our own. We all have a "love tank" that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled, and there are different ways that we can express love to others.

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I can't believe it...it's only about a week more before I leave GS for my new work place. I'm a little scared and a little excited. There will be a lot of challenges for me I'm sure. And I'll be flying off on 7 May to HK and then 15 May to Manila (from HK) and will only be back in Singapore on the 18th. I'm trying to push my flight there on the 6th so that my bro and I can leave the airport together. It's final. My bro's booked on a flight to Heathrow and flying off on 6 May and will be back on 15 Dec for a holiday? Ah well...I don't feel my age until I realise that I'm working and have done so for almost a year now. I'll soon spend the rest of my life working..*shudders*

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The moon looks pretty full tonight...wonder whether it's the 15th day in the lunar calendar. That would explain my distress. I'm being torn between 2 firms....1's pulling me to end my term at GS early (so that I can start earlier there...duh) while GS wants me to end as late as possible. *sigh* Let me play HR political warfare here. I'm stuck in the middle and there are unhappy people around me. I can't please everybody ya know.

I did a french manicure myself for the 1st time! I'm pretty pleased with the results :) I wanted to take a pic of them but couldn't get a pretty one.

My room's in a mess...I need time off just to clear it up. I don't want it to turn into a cesspool of germs/dust bunnies/dead matter/paper....it might end up looking like my student's place *gasp*!

Gor's off to London in mid-May. My brother the trader. Sounds weird. My bro a trader? Hmmm....hahaha....I'm so mean. Too bad I can't help him relocate...thanks to my WORK committments. I still can't over the fact that my bro's going to be a trader. So now both of us are in front office. Brilliant! :)

Next week is going to be madness for me. I'm looking at my work calendar and I can faint from the sheer no. of companies and analysts marketing. Why do they ALL love next week so much? Esp Friday the 13th?? I NEED A HOLIDAY!!!!

Went to the clinic downstairs from my office and the regular doc was out. Thus, a replacement doc was in and boy is he CUTE. I'm talking Daniel Henley kind of cute. Great skin, rosy cheeks, buff bod, great smile and he's freaking rich. He's only in his mid-3o's but looks my age. He used to work for hedgefunds (he only practiced medicine for a few years) and he came back from London 8 months ago. He's thinking of starting a hedgefund of his own here in Singapore or HK. What does this mean? He's damn freaking loaded. I can imagine Sing going, "What are you waiting for? Chase after him!" Well, he gives off playboy vibes and he's obviously very vain. He had his 2 or 3 shirt buttons undone. Any more buttons undone and you could see his abs. I'm serious. Ok...I think Sing and Moon are drooling now. HAHAHAHA... Anyways, the conclusion is that I've got hay fever and my sinuses are infected. Great. That explains the headaches and constant sneezing in the office. Doesn't help that my boss is woefully sick. Help.