All Is Dream
The last 3 weeks have been pure insanity.
I have a number of personal errands to run, and 6 months on coming back i think i've finally tied up all loose ends and "settled".
The customer came down last week.
so it's been a week of constant alert and tiring meetings.
while we're at meetings the world moves on outside,
so the things to be done have to be shelved and piled up until you have time to get out of meetings to do them.
it makes it worse that the meetings are mostly about action items.
so the things to be done get piled up and you add more things to be done.
was telling my teammate i think we've our work cut out for the next 2 months.
there were so many things to do, i don't even know where and which one to start.
so in true procastinator mode, all things shall wait till monday.
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work is ok yeah?
there are some good days and some bad days.
should/if/when one day i leave, i think i'll miss the pple there. somehow.
there is a certain charm and innocence working with aunties and foreign workers.
i love the duality involved
one minute I'd be listening to someone asking someone else to "zhuang qiang"
"you ask her to zhuang qiang ok? you know how to zhuang qiang? want me to show you?"
and the next minute i'd be in the meeting room minding my "p"s and "q"s and discussing the frequency response of cables.
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the weekend was a welcome break.
yesterday was a fruitful day.
got some shopping done, got more personal errands i've been putting off for months done..
we also had a sec 2 reunion yesterday.
my broadband connection broke down for 2 weeks and when i finally logged on there were mails galore.
reunions reunions everywhere.
it was really nice seeing them again.
11 years on, and we all look and behave the same.
there were some awkward "what you up to now" sort of questions
but after a while it was just comfortable cos we talked more of the past
of the terrifying Miss Chong
of the mascot we had. "what mascot?" "where did that dog come from? we had a mascot?" "obviously it wasn't a unanimous decision to have a mascot"
of Potato Tan the chem teacher who threw 5 pieces of chalk at Thecla.
of how Ee Ling had a high fever during the java trip and someone had a bright idea to put sliced potatos on her to absorb the heat
Of naomi and her afro hairstyle and her mouse halloween costume
of how monica set off the fire alarm when she tried to prove the fire alarm button protective plastic cover won't break "won't break wan won't break wan...BRRRRRRRRIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG"
it really was a nice gathering.
we've all grown and not quite grown.
i have a theory that you sort of behave differently with different groups of frens from the different stages of life
there are some things i can discuss with one group which i wouldn't with another.
and i can't put this eloquently,
but i think the group also draws out a certain character from you.
2/5 was special and i think last night, the part of me that was so alive at 14 came out again.
so much so that luisa quipped that weips and i haven't grown at all.
"we're still the toys r us kid!"
i'm also glad that steph is finally back and based in singapore.
somehow we always end up in different countries.
when she's back for a long break i got sent to alabama and when i'm back she's off to the States again.
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so there'll be lots of catching up soon.
looks like there might be a primary sch and JC gathering soon....
also some uni frens.....
and i desperately need to head back to my juggling project
that poor thing keeps getting shelved in light of more urgent matters.
it is still now just a vague idea in the air
but so far i've found a hobbyist musician who's interested to collaborate
an unsuspecting hobbyist fashion designer i'm hoping to rope in
and a multimedia designer who is also a juggler
isn't it so exciting, how things just come together when you open up the radar
-----------------------------------------
so many things to do,
so little time!
The last 3 weeks have been pure insanity.
I have a number of personal errands to run, and 6 months on coming back i think i've finally tied up all loose ends and "settled".
The customer came down last week.
so it's been a week of constant alert and tiring meetings.
while we're at meetings the world moves on outside,
so the things to be done have to be shelved and piled up until you have time to get out of meetings to do them.
it makes it worse that the meetings are mostly about action items.
so the things to be done get piled up and you add more things to be done.
was telling my teammate i think we've our work cut out for the next 2 months.
there were so many things to do, i don't even know where and which one to start.
so in true procastinator mode, all things shall wait till monday.
-------------------------------------
work is ok yeah?
there are some good days and some bad days.
should/if/when one day i leave, i think i'll miss the pple there. somehow.
there is a certain charm and innocence working with aunties and foreign workers.
i love the duality involved
one minute I'd be listening to someone asking someone else to "zhuang qiang"
"you ask her to zhuang qiang ok? you know how to zhuang qiang? want me to show you?"
and the next minute i'd be in the meeting room minding my "p"s and "q"s and discussing the frequency response of cables.
-----------------------------------------
the weekend was a welcome break.
yesterday was a fruitful day.
got some shopping done, got more personal errands i've been putting off for months done..
we also had a sec 2 reunion yesterday.
my broadband connection broke down for 2 weeks and when i finally logged on there were mails galore.
reunions reunions everywhere.
it was really nice seeing them again.
11 years on, and we all look and behave the same.
there were some awkward "what you up to now" sort of questions
but after a while it was just comfortable cos we talked more of the past
of the terrifying Miss Chong
of the mascot we had. "what mascot?" "where did that dog come from? we had a mascot?" "obviously it wasn't a unanimous decision to have a mascot"
of Potato Tan the chem teacher who threw 5 pieces of chalk at Thecla.
of how Ee Ling had a high fever during the java trip and someone had a bright idea to put sliced potatos on her to absorb the heat
Of naomi and her afro hairstyle and her mouse halloween costume
of how monica set off the fire alarm when she tried to prove the fire alarm button protective plastic cover won't break "won't break wan won't break wan...BRRRRRRRRIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG"
it really was a nice gathering.
we've all grown and not quite grown.
i have a theory that you sort of behave differently with different groups of frens from the different stages of life
there are some things i can discuss with one group which i wouldn't with another.
and i can't put this eloquently,
but i think the group also draws out a certain character from you.
2/5 was special and i think last night, the part of me that was so alive at 14 came out again.
so much so that luisa quipped that weips and i haven't grown at all.
"we're still the toys r us kid!"
i'm also glad that steph is finally back and based in singapore.
somehow we always end up in different countries.
when she's back for a long break i got sent to alabama and when i'm back she's off to the States again.
-------------------------------------
so there'll be lots of catching up soon.
looks like there might be a primary sch and JC gathering soon....
also some uni frens.....
and i desperately need to head back to my juggling project
that poor thing keeps getting shelved in light of more urgent matters.
it is still now just a vague idea in the air
but so far i've found a hobbyist musician who's interested to collaborate
an unsuspecting hobbyist fashion designer i'm hoping to rope in
and a multimedia designer who is also a juggler
isn't it so exciting, how things just come together when you open up the radar
-----------------------------------------
so many things to do,
so little time!
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