Wednesday, June 29; 6/29/2005 09:35:00 PM
oh did i mention tt i watched initial d alr?
slow la i noe
i told my cousin tt it's nice
n he was like
watched it on the 1st day le...
dotx...
but nvm
i'm happy n crazy
SO NICE!!!!!!!
whyever did troy say it's ok only i dunno
haha
i'm trying to upload some pix of initial d
but the moment i tyr to upload
my IE hangs
sux man
i hate my com now
i wanna haf my own laptop too....
anyway back to initial d
wa edison so shuai!!!
i'm renewing my craze for him
hahaha
i was so freaking irritated juz now
wif who?
my cousins of coz...
nvm tt they dun appreciate it tt i wake up early juz to gif them tuition
nvm tt they dun do my homework
nvm tt the fee is pathetic
but
the least that they can do is to juz listen to me
n concentrate when i'm teaching them
rite?
early in the morning
i was at hougang
i finally got my cuz settled somewhere near the table
wif his books out
tt took 15mins
den his mum came back wif breakfast
he runs out to eat his 'breakfast'
when i had alr seen him eat so much when i arrived...
tt took another 1/2 an hour
den he had to keep holding on to his damn mirror
n kept looking at his teeth
refused to listen to me
*jeez is he a boy or a ger*
den after tt he started playing wif his toy aeroplane
was freaking pissed by den
didn't even make him think
gif him the ans ask him to write down
takes abt 15mins for 1 qn
n it's only english
thot i'll let him do a less stressful subject today...
the productive part of the lesson was less than 1/2 an hr
nvm
thot i'll go amk central walk walk den gif tuition to another cousin
thot i'll haf betta luck
guess wad
this cuz kept falling asleep
we were less than 1/2 hr into the lesson
n he kept nodding off
nvm
i understand tt
i used to be like tt too
so i asked him to go wash his face den walk ard den come back again
he refused.
juz sat down there
n kept nodding off
did maths
reaching the 1 hr mark
it took divine intervention to make him lift his pen to fill in the ans
so thot i'll do science instead
divine intervention wouldn't haf worked.
so pissed
i juz dismissed him.
n went outside to watch tv.
make me wake up so early on a holiday
den travel all the way to hougang den come back to amk
only to haf achieved nothing
waste my bus fare
i might as well have stayed at home n rot.
argh!!
Sunday, June 26; 6/26/2005 01:08:00 AM
was watching vcd snow angel juz now
got toro yan xing shu n wang yu jie
ending so kns lor
in the end yan xing shu died while trying to save toro n wang yu jie
budden toro n wang yu jie didn't get together in the end
den also dunno wad happened the bad guy
had i known the ending i wouldn't watch it...
haiz
yesterday marked my last day in ocbc..
qt sad to leave...
coz over the past 6 months
i've learnt many things there
got to noe many pple
spent a lot of time there
so haf built up many memories there...
they thot me many things n guided me even when they knew tt i was only staying for 1/2 a year
thank you so much..
the pple there r very nice so a bit bu she de
as i was on the way on the train last nite
i was thinking wad vcd shud i watch on my next nite shift
den i remembered tt i won't be doing anymore night shifts...
seow got me a pack of pig trotter bee hoon coz i said it 's very nice n coz it's me last day
den rachel got me a big pao n pumpkin kueh for breakfast very nice
chinhan treated me at beng tin restaurant
even tho it was only this past few weeks tt i started toking to him...
dinner was on jean...
so nice of them...
den at the end of the day they gave me a bottle of perfume n a card...
so sweet of them
n so touched...
didn't really feel like leaving
coz i knew tt the moment i stepped out of the room i won't be coming in as an ocbc staff anymore
so we stayed n tok n took pix until 11+
thanx rachel for pei-ing me
thanx guys
i will study hard n do well
eh i will try to da ban da ban...
haha
Wednesday, June 22; 6/22/2005 02:43:00 PM
i'm having a cold today
sneeze n sneeze non stop....
haiz~
yesterday went to work...
guess u all heard abt the mastercard n visa server being hacked into on e news...
no?
tt's too bad...
guess wad tt means...
it means more work....
coz mastercard released to all the banks a list of compromiised cards...
so i was doing the 2nd round of calling...
to the mastercard holders...
1st round like got 300 over ppl to call
lucky i wasn't working on tt day...
heng ar...
but 2nd round was to contact those tt were uncontactable during the 1st round...
tt's like 100 over...
i only called managed to call abt 60+
b4 i started my colleague was like
'i felt like a parrot after all the calling'
'i'm beginning to think tt i belong to jurong birdpark'
after i did the calling...
i had the exact same sentiment
in addition i felt like i belong to the night safari...
coz got qt pissed sometimes...
so like tigress lor...
heng i not working today...
haha
den the customer service side is even worse...
those pple whose account wasn't compromised but were worried
called in n demanded for a replacement card...
can u imagine how bz they were
n ocbc was not so bad...
coz our card base is not so broad...
imagine uob or citibank
think they're flooded...
haha
out of the info tt was taken from the mc n visa server...
only 2% concerns the asia pacific region...
can u imagine wad US n european banks are facing?
haha
but there were some rather interesting conversations yesterday...
here are some excerpts...
1. me: hello, can i speak to mr so-and-so pls?
cm: yes speaking.
me: this is lishan calling from ocbc bank.
cm:ok....
me: sir b4 i proceed can i juz do a simple verification pls?can i haf ur (wadeva info tt ifeel like asking for)
cm: how do i noe tt u calling from the bank? n tt u r not fishing for info?
-_-"
me: errr.....u can haf my employee no n my name?
cm:ok...but i dun understand y r u calling me?i dun haf an a/c wif ur bank...
me: but u haf an ocbc credit card rite?
cm: oh ya har!
me: ..............................
tt's one...
2. me:hello, can i speak to mr so-and-so pls?
cm: yes speaking.
me: this is lishan calling from ocbc bank.
cm:again?
me: erm sir someone has alr called u?
cm:ya, she called me regarding my vc.
me:ok...but sir now i'm calling u regarding ur mc
cm:ok....
me: sir b4 i proceed can i juz do a simple verification pls?can i haf ur (wadeva info tt ifeel like asking for)
cm: blah blah blah blah
me:mr so-and-so,i'm calling to inform u tt................so we would advise u to stop using ur mc n a replacement card will be sent to u.
cm: no no u can't stop my mc. i'm in germany rite now n i only haf 2 cards ur vc n ur mc if u stop both wad am gg to use to pay my bills?
tok abt bad luck...
haha
3.me: hello,can i speak to mr so-and-so pls?
cm: yes speaking.
me: this is lishan calling from ocbc bank.
cm:ok....
me: sir b4 i proceed can i juz do a simple verification pls?can i haf ur (wadeva info tt ifeel like asking for)
cm: ok but i also haf to verify u too coz anybody can call me tell me tt they r calling from the bank n ask for this kind of info.
me: ok...i can gif u my employee no n name...or u can also call our customer service n ask them to transfer back to me?
cm:ok wad's the no to call?
me: blah blah blah
cm:ok...*hangs up*
-after 10mins, receives a call looking for me-
me:hello ocbc lishan speaking
cm: hello lishan this is so-and-so speaking
me:oh hello
cm:this is juz for u to feedback to ur management not tt i'm angry or impatient...i'm sure u guys receive this kind of complaint everyday n i noe it's very frustrating but i called the no tt u gave me juz now n i thot tt it was the most unproductive n inefficient thing n it doesn't exactly bring u to where u want to go...n i hung up halfway thru...*almost burst out luffing*
me:den how did u get this no?
cm: oh i received ur letter abt this matter tt i was gg to see to tmr n this hotline was given...
me:oic...so sir can i verify u now?
cm(trying not to luff): oh yes u may....
diaoz~
haha
n the whole speech comes out again....
act this guy is actually qt nice abt the whole thing...
come to think abt it...
he was rite to do wad he did....
w/o verifying who called u
u juz of out all ur personal info...
it's act qt dangerous...
pple juz some advice la
-try not to do internet txns wif ur credit card...
-if u haf to can request to lower the limit on the card tt u r gg to use for the internet txn to reduce the loss in case of fraud.
-if ur parents or relatives receive the letter from the bank saying tt their card has been compromised
-call back la.... saves us work n u trouble in future...
-update the info given to the bank....
-things like tel nos. n add n company's name...
-easier to contact in case anything wrong n more things to verify.
*u cannot imagine how frustrating it is if u r trying to call a cm n all the nos in the system r not in use*
in this case our first word is always 'F***" haha
-den when u r gg overseas or doing some txns tt u normally dun do...
gif a call to the customer service to ask them to make a note or sth
-easier for them to judge whether ur card is being used illegally ma...
ok la tt was qt a long entry
gg off le tata
Monday, June 20; 6/20/2005 07:27:00 PM
went ntu wif maureen for the medical checkup...
now i noe y kaiwen say ntu is xiang xiao...
haiz~
took the train to jurong east...
change to boon lay
den walk 1 whole big round around the interchange
to get to 179
den take bus to ntu
act the medical centre very near the entrance de
but the bus went one big round around ntu...
den taking the bus was like taking a roller coaster ride
up down up down...
den after we alighted
we were looking at the map to get to the medical centre
thank goodnes for the map...
walked in the hot sun....
den finally found the medical centre
saw some pple whom i haven't seen in ages...
aqilah in the medical centre
rong rong outside the medical centre
she was exploring ntu
den denise goh at the clinic at jurong point for x-ray...
oh ya after the checkup
we were figuring out how to go to the student services centre...
we walk walk walk
walked into a few dead ends...
finally we had to climb up a very long flight of stairs wif 112 steps
in the extremely hot weather
to get to the centre...
on the bright side i had gotten the exercise tt i had missed for the last half a year...
haha
tired
think i will be carrying the map around the first few weeks of sch
altho i will look qt dumb
but nvm
dumb betta than lost
haha
Monday, June 13; 6/13/2005 01:31:00 AM
hey hey
working again tonite...
tt's y i'm blogging at this time...
haha
juz now i went to the ladies
den realised the darn security guard off all the lights
in the ger's toilet
in the corridor outside the ger's toilet
n at the lift lobby
got a shock when i saw tt it was all pitch black there
do u all noe how scary tt is
only me there
n the best part is
somebody's radio has a timer
so it will automatically start playing in the middle of the night
ya at tt moment the radio was on
dun understand the guard
not as if it's his hse
y help ocbc save money
esp when u hear all the stories abt night shift....
ok la
nothing much le
was juz bored coz got nothing to do...
so i thot to update lor...
Saturday, June 11; 6/11/2005 04:09:00 PM
finally saw cherish online last nite
she sent me some photos
act only 3 photos
tt we took in korea
on her digicam
i'm gg to try to put it here
hope it's successful
haha

us @ everland after the parade...
look @ high tightly the guy is hugging cherish...
budding romance??
haha (j/k)

@ lotte world
no childhood?
dun ever let chin han see dis pix
o/w he'll suan me till i die
haha
yay i did it
at least i learnt sth @ the blog workshop
haha
*eh maureen i'll send them to u when i see u online*
Friday, June 10; 6/10/2005 07:25:00 PM
was watching qing ding ai qing hai on tv last nite
*i noe i was supposed to be working*
*reception in the room a bit bad*
BUT
i still think tt greece is beautiful!!
next time when i got money...
i want to go tour
greece
turkey
*it's a beautiful place too*
korea again
*can't think of any other places off my mind now*
this colleague of mine was telling me abt her previous officer...
really noe how to enjoy life
said tt her officer is gg on a holiday
go kenya to see animal migration
-_-"
then i think dubai is in the itinary also
den get to stay in the hotel tt's in the shape of the sail
can't remember the name
juz tt it's super expensive
think cost abt $5000 or sth
shiok or siao?
haha
den she was saying this same person went for a holiday in india
then stay in a boat hse
got 4 rooms n personal maids n attendants serving them
like royalty
all that for $2000+
shiok eh...
another colleague juz came back from her honeymoon
bought back chocs for us
swiss chocs
damn nice
4 of us finished half a pack in 1 day haha
she went bangkok
den came back
den flew to europe
envious of her man
took like 500 over pix
took us like foreva to go thru all of them...
gg to watch qing ding ai qing hai le
tata
Tuesday, June 7; 6/07/2005 10:16:00 PM
was giving my cuz tuition dis morning
vomitted blood as usual
den took a bus to amk
walked 20mins to aj
took less than 5mins to collect my cert
den went home
waste my time n energy walking...
haha
was watching house of fury on vcd
so funny
coz the actions all so exaggerated
haha
i juz realised after gg to kr
i'm madder abt kr than ever
i honestly dun mind gg back there again
provided i got the money...
haha
Monday, June 6; 6/06/2005 06:02:00 PM
was watching yu le 100% juz now
my mum seemed to haf juz realised da S n xiao S r real sisters
den she kept insisting tt they r not real sis as they dun look alike at all
kept saying xiao S looks like the elder sis
while da S looks like younger than xiao S
haha
i was like eveybody noes tt they r blood sisters
even their names can tell le
y u keep refuting this fact
haiz~
haha
my mum
haha
hello
back again
finish my work le
eating choc chip cookies now
yum
from marks n spencer de...
where was i?
oh ya
the blog workshop...
the speaker was like
u wanna add music to ur blog?
can...
but muz take note of copyright issues...
den he never tell us how to do it...
u wanna change how ur sidebar looks like?
can...
den never tell us how...
*shakes my head*
haiz~
it's the great singapore sale!!!
bet u guys r shopping like mad...
me?
no money...
atm card my mum kept it..
i was kind of like hoping that she would have forgotten tt i took the atm card to pay for the kr trip
but apparently she didn't
i went home this morning then she was like
"shan, go put ur atm card in the drawer"
haiz~
wa first time me n my partner finish our work so early...
coz normally we tok n work at the same time
means we work slower
so we finish at abt 2.30am
den we eat supper
den we sleep at abt 3.30am
coz today diff partner
so diff working pattern
so faster lor
haha
got nothing nice on tv now...
oh the show my bf is type B is not too bad
lee dong-gun is cute...
maureen or rather zhane says tt monsters-in-law is quite nice
shud go watch...
hey hey
working now...
wondering y i got internet access?
coz i'm using someone else's id...
muahaha...
very bored...
yesterday went for a blog workshop at rp
so crap lar...
it was like meant for beginners...
as in pple who dun haf a blog...
felt so overaged when the speaker said
"i guess most of u all r in upper sec"
diaoz
ok got to work now...
update lata
Thursday, June 2; 6/02/2005 01:38:00 PM
haven't really felt like updating ever since i came back from kr
somehow i feel as seem time has flown by...
it wasn't too long ago tt we were still mugging for our As...
it wasn't too long ago when we were still poor students looking for a job...
it was not too long ago tt we were still losing sleep over our A level results...
it wasn't too long ago tt we went for our first job interview
then we found a job
i can still remember my first day o work
it was not to long ago when we were planning n preparing for our trip to kr
then in a flash
all tt has passed
my contract is coming to an end
eileen's one has ended
vin's contract is ending tmr
kr?
been there done tt...
how i wish time can move slower...
when my contract ends it will be the closing of a phase in my life...
i haf met many interesting pple
wif interesting stories to tell
i will be leaving a familiar environment
which i have grown comfortable wif over the last few months...
being the 'xiao mei' n everything
den it will be another new beginning...
ok enuff of the sentimental stuff...
i had been wearing the heels tt i bought in kr to work the last 2 days
they r killer heels man
wear until my legs damn pain leh
the straps behind keep falling off so can't even walk properly
well tt's for being vain
dbs is really desperately looking for authorisers
n they r trying to poach vin
coz her contract ending soon
vin's considering
they're offering a perm position
in contrast wif a contract from ocbc
giving her higher pay
n more allowances
n betta yet a promotion...
to sgc...
all in all
i think it's quite a good deal...
but the decision still lies wif her...
actually i dunno wad to say
so i guess i shall stop saying anything
haha