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The first LCD TV

1 or 2 years ago i tell myself someday i will buy a 4o inch lcd tv for my family (back then it is $3x plus),  finally did it today…in less than an hour with a bit of impulse purchase and mess I got a Toshiba 40″ LCD tv for my family for $799 at the electronics fair!

Buying the TV is not an impulse thing since my mum been wanting to buy for weeks as her room TV is spoilt but the selection is quite an impulse thingy. i been trying to convince her to buy after I get my bonus! But since there is this electronics bazaar so no harm seeing Hahhaa…..used all my expenses $$ for the month + $200 on credit to buy this TV! how am I going to survive! whahhaa…is again dipping into my saving again. this is bad, i just kept using my saving despite i am working! but cant wait for the TV to be delivered to my house for use hahah… dunno if the TV is good or bad but at the spot both me and my friend felt that it is sharp and colour is nice

But because of this $799 burn in my pocket, my tennis racket plan shall delay till i get my bonus! >.<…provided the bonus can cover the $799…lolol.

 

Next shall blog about my first assignment at the new unit!

Yesterday went back for an exercise and this is considered the first assignment at the new unit since I have only been reading so far. However, things did not go smoothly. I just get to know that I can take taxi there so i decided to go to work by taxi but little did I expect that it took me half an hour to get a cab (even though i called forone after i couldnt get one for abt 10-15mins), then we got stuck in a traffic jam at bukit timah road~~~ In the end I reached my office at 2:05pm, when I came out at 12:55pm … and I am suppose to reach at 1.30~2pm.

Then because I was late, was abit panicky as I was upset that I missed the chance to observe the verification of the system and I thought soon it will be the time for the activity that I am supposed to perform. Was quite unfamiliar at setting up since it is my first time despite I practiced at test server before. So bad that I even replied ”I dunno how to do that!” when i was prompted to use telnet to check my connection. Indeed I am not familiar since I hardly use any command line before be it for windows/unix, but i shouldnt have answered in that tone and should not be so nervious…

Then subsequently when I was doing whatever I need to do, then i realised I used the wrong version of the s/w. My impression is that the older version is only for me to play around…never expect thats the one to use in prod system, especially when I did not have the older version in my system even when I am learning how to do the stuff I need to perform on sat. but I should have thought of it, the newer version is in testing, how can it be prod copy. Then after that there are some settings that I did and did not notice that the auto was changed to manual after I commit the changes the 2nd time =.=

All in all…i am quite disappointed with myself . Feeling abit down since ytd…but I shall pick myself up … Shall gam ba te in future. One very prominent weakness…command line, i am totally cui in this area =.= But this set back shall not deter my interest for the unit, I shall continue to learn and am still looking forward to work each day at here.

 

What a day though, was woken up by rain and thunder at 5plus am…then woke up at 8am just to stare at the rain ruining my tennis game. then the cui-ness at work. hai… gam ba te gam ba te gam ba te!!!

Tennis racket

Been thinking of getting a new racket for sometime. My current racket been with me for 2-3 years, actual playing is abt 1 year. think is time i get a racket with more control, less forgiving.

Current racket comes with a headsize of 110 sq inch, which is quite forgiving, currently looking at rackets with headsize of 100-105 sq inch. Been reading a bit online, fall in love with the wilson K factor! am aiming for a wilson K factor racket but here are a few that i am keen in, not sure which to get…lol:

 

 

Wilson K Factor KTour Team.FX

As a lighter version of the popular KTour, the KTour Team.FX offers an extremely maneuverable and spin-friendly response. Though lighter weight, the KTour Team.FX maintains excellent stability with the FX technology. The Quad Shaft construction in the throat area of the racquet provides 23% more torsional stability and a more evenly distributed mass. With FX, you can have the lightweight maneuverability but retain some of the playing qualities of a heavier racquet. The 102 sq in headsize offers a generous sweetspot. Our TW testers found this to offer easy pop and comfortable feel even outside of the sweetspot. With its lightweight, topspin was easy to generate from all areas of the court. Superb maneuverability meant angles were easy to find when attacking the ball at midcourt. This lightweight KTour Team.FX is a great option for players looking for a more powerful, more forgiving version of the KTour. All in all, this comfortable ‘tweener racquet is a must try for players at the 3.5+ level or the advanced junior player.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wilson K Factor KZen

This maneuverable racquet is an excellent choice for the intermediate level player looking for a control oriented racquet that’s more forgiving than an all out players stick. There’s some impressive stability to be had when blocking back hard struck shots or when pushing forward to knock off a volley. At net the racquets offers lots of control and a solid sense of depth and directional control. The 9.9 ounce weight and 310 swingweight (RDC) provides a perfect balance between mobility and stability, making this one a great choice for a variety of player styles at the 3.5+ level. Long fast swings result in some nice pace and easy access to spin. The open string pattern provides plenty of bite on the ball and the stiff frame response seems to further enhance the bite and action of spin shots. The open string pattern also provides a somewhat lively feel and good comfort at impact. More forgiving than an all out player’s stick, this one is the perfect choice for the player seeking some added mobility and pop without giving up control.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Light, maneuverable and offering plenty of power, the KBold brings lots of court performance at a great price. The 100square-inch headsize offers the perfect blend of power and control. There’s plenty of bite from the 16×20 stringbed for added spin and feel. At net the racquet feels mobile with a clean feel at contact. At just under 10 ounces strung, even smaller framed players will find it easy to generate fast swing speeds on serves and groundstrokes. All in all this racquet offer lots of performance for the 3.5 and above level player.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Base on the NTRP rating, I rate myself at 3.0 and all these racket are for 3.5 and above, hope I am not over ratting myself Select mainly due to the K factor technology and the headsize of 100-103 sq inch, medium power etc .

Must think think which one i prefer..haha

 

 wanna blog abt my work but too sleepy i guess i will leave it till tml!

Tai chi master!

I am really amaze at the level of “tai chi” that i see recently!

Recently been “crossing stance” with S quite often since the first meeting. I must say i am really not good in this but after a year here I have learn to not accept certain things and maybe because there is a young one to “protect” so i am less weak and slightly firmer in certain stand.

But what i see today really disgust me, to think S ask me to continue to hold the fort … knowing I rotating away. Luckily someone came to my rescue hahah..thank you!

Though amazed and digusted, i think is a lesson learnt. Probably is a test to me in my life to stop being a Yes gal and say No and be firm at certain stand at time Testing if I have matured abit after a year ? ^^|

Enough of complain, lets talk about my new work Today finally started something more solid…learned how to verify the system and inject orders! hahah…is some operational stuff but at least saturday would be useful.

Still uncertain what I can achieve at the end of 6 months though…just try my best to learn as much and as fast as I can. Somehow I kept feeling that I am lagging behind, must chase back these 2 weeks of time.  Hope can have some solid foundation and contribution lah.

Enjoying the feeling of looking forward to work everyday! hahhahaa….so many people noticed that recently i look happier / more carefree. hahaha…i am just so easy to read!

Poor Newbie….

Recently the 3rd batch of TA joined our company and I really pity them man…one came back on sat till abt 10pm on first week of work, the other OT 2-3 time already within 1 week of work and is till abt 9-10pm! Aiyo…

As much as i hope they don’t need to OT, it is important for them to be involve in what they need to do also. Hope SP wont be traumatize by all the work, still have more to handover although we have cleared one the most time consuming part. but thats only like 20%…more to come man!

Considering QA work have been handed over to QA, I hope he can manage the rest…really have my empathy for being required to OT so early … hai!

For myself, alot more to learn and improve on guideing people. Realise sometimes i didn’t go into detail enough although I already felt what I gone through with him is already much more detailed as compared to when I first join the head office.

Still remember the first time I do monthly report, KPI dashboard, meeting minutes and etc. KPI dashboard and vendor meeting especially was just throw to me without much explaination or info…then comes the QA part lolol. How time flies!

Today MS and I have dinner/lunch together (dinner for her, lunch for me for the whole day I only had my first food of the day at abt 3pm which is birthday cake and then a super late lunch at ard 7pm!). Talked about guideing people and work attitude and having a life outside work…a good chat, can feel that she is also someone worth learning from

Back to work…so much to clear man!

New unit :)

Split between 2 units again! hhaha…but new challenge and excitment coming up. Can feel the excitment to go work everyday Can felt the steep learning curve but shall work hard to learn as much as I can! Hahah…must chop chop finish the ex unit report.

So much to handover…aiyo, handing over is never a simple job. but everytime i think of the new things i learning / going to learn let me feel energetic! Gambatte!!!

 

Meeting my new boss 1 on 1 tml…formally meeting her on a 1 on 1 basis. wonder what will become my KPI!

Japan – day 1 + 2

in Japan, Nikko! had sashimi (still not used to it), very nice yakitori, my favourite “fan tuan” and first time i find soba also can be very nice enjoying the nature here, the cool temperature

Itchy Leg

Watched Karate Kid … hahaha everytime i watch a kong fu movie it always makes my leg itchy

Seriously this should call kong fu kid, is not karate! any case..the tournament reminds me of my own tournament…

Can’t find any pics from my tkd time…only got some screen capture of a training came video when i was yellow belt

 

watching the movie…the reminds me of the time when my knee give way and i fell with deep pain during tournament, lying there holding my injuried knee…ouch!

Also reminds me another match where i fought in semi final and the opponent kicked my injuried knee (yes…when the rule is must kick above belt level =.=) with a back thrust and i have to spray the “pain killer” thingy …wipe my tears and continue to win the match to fight in final. haha but reality is not as beautiful as drama…lost my final. but well thats like one of the happiest time in my life to win a medal.

how memorable is those time when we all train together

sleep lor…all now are just memories…cannot kick anymore! hahaha the thirst to whack someone’s head cannot be satisfied by fencing nor other sports >.<

No tennis for the week!

Had a great game yesterday … so much so that I don’t feel like stopping when I felt a bit lack of breath … or when I sense both my knee sending out signal that it is hurting. It is just a few more minutes i told myself, Mind over body!

Guess what? My body break again…sometimes when I mind over body … my body will break~~ Aiyo…at least 1 week no tennis!

Really feel like having some light tennis to crench my thirst for it! haha…but I know for my knee sake and I should rest properly at least for a week and maybe start playing next week earliest.

But yesteday’s game was a great one! I can felt that I am getting the hand on the top spin (actually i dunno if it is…maybe or maybe not…hahah). My backhand also getting not bad, starting to grip the drop shot and nice winner to the other side of the court at the net! I love it each time I get such winner! hahah.

Jumping and whacking each ball, feeling is fantastic!!! Omg…when can I play my next game?!!!

Managed to catch the 4th round of the french open, Justine Henin vs S.Stosur….it wasn’t that great a game for Henin, from the low number of winners it is pretty obvious that she didnt hit very well.

Sad that she loses…I was hoping to see her winning this french open for the 5th time! aiya…what to do … cant play tennis and no more Henin’s match to watch … hai … sad~~

Who to watch? Elena Dementiva? C.Wozniacki? aiyo……i wanna play tennisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss~~

A fruitful holiday :)

This morning played tennis with LY, felt that we both play pretty well today, at least we manage to rally quite ok, infact the occsaional drop shot (or due to my lack of strength LOLOL) that result in net play was fun and exciting

Love it whenever the tennis game goes right! hahahha

Afternoon KTV was cancelled thus I revised my Japanese for about 2 hours! hahaha….yeah! shall try to study a bit tml also. Need to improve my use of the language, it is deterioting as I practice it less and less!

Then I meet my parents and sis to have dinner at watami! Ordered lotsa food, eat until my stomach gonna explode liao! But we finished everything ^_^ The bill goes up to $90 for 4 of us. The food taste pretty nice ( i love the mango + ichigo (strawberry) daifuku!!!!) + service is really good! (they kneel at us to take orders….omg! i was so shocked!) + the price is very reasonable => overall is value for $$ and I will definitely go back. hahha

Then after that we braved the rain and reached the foot reflexology place where we have our 45mins foot + shouder + hand massage! I am thinking of making this massage thingy + family outing a monthly event ^_^ … but this one day event costed a $200 bill on my pocket!

After the massage, we shopped at CK and have ice cream + french fries + coke at Mac for supper! haha…super full, even till now I still feel so full from watami and mac.

Now watching French Open (Roland Garros), not Henin’s match but Elena Dementiva’s one. I doubt she will win as I see that her injuries is affecting her playquite a bit. But look at her determination to play on…gosh my heart really goes out to her! Whats worst for an athletic to be injured! A pity that she might not cruise pass this round. Gam ba te Elena, you fought well when you play with Henin, hope you can continue to play in this tournament!

 

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Oh yeah Elena Dementiva won her page and cruised on!!! hahhaa….hope Henin will win Maria Sharapova tonight and cruise pass and meet Dementiva some day on the way

Coming to an ending here…and a new beginning is coming!

After all the late nights, struggle, fun and excitment, I am coming to a year working here. Am ending the rotation here soon to move on to next unit. Looking forward yet at the same time i start to feel abit missing here.

From great excitment, interest to worried to for a moement not enjoying the work here to now…I realise I am Ok with the work here just certain data entry / mandate work that I inherited which was not in the original scope that i think is really not my cup of tea…I actually liked the the audit and budgeting experience. In fact, I am coming to appreciate the report that I am working on. Appreciated the guidance and teaching that was giving to me and working with the big bosses

I think working here really let me learn quite a bit also…soft skills and working with bosses, report writing skills and etc. Thank you all for helping and guiding me. In a month more…I will have to move on to next rotation.

New place…been talking abt it for quite sometime, finally it is getting near. Can I catch up on speed? Can I perform up to expectation? hahaha..despite advice given on not to tie myself down with trying to meet people’s expectation, I still want to do things well.

Well, we shall see when things come Anyway today have a fun and delicious future team dinner, enjoyed it! haha…just like a preparation dinner before I join in! Once I join, my mentor will change to another UH…mmm…wonder how it would be like.

Enough of work, lets talk abt the trip that I went on last sat! the food is wulala but the trip is quite tiring (enjoying also though) ! Took a boat to pengerang and cycled  abt 35KM to and from the seafood lunch place!!! But the lobster is wulala!

A nice cooling coconut after the sunny hot afternoon of cycling!

After the fabulous lunch, we cycle /chiong back and did a completion jump at the jetty

Group jumping after we completed the ~ 35KM

Enjoying the seabreeze on the way back (almost fall over…as I was dozing off! hahaa)

kk…very tired now..need to go and sleep le…