new job

it really feels very good to accomplish one of the resolutions i've made for 2007.

though it came very late seeing that it's already the last quarter of the year, and not to mention that my year-end bonus will be forfeited, i still made to decision to accept the new job.

so starting from 5 Nov 2007, i'll be at my new workplace at biopolis, where i'll be starting an entirely new chapter of work life as a research officer at one of the institutes of A-STAR.

no more shift hours, i'm going to have a normal 5-day work week like regular people, sleep in more on sat, and most importantly, where my weekends wouldn't be affected cos of work.

it is definitely worth giving up my bonus for. not that i wouldn't be feeling the pinch. having bonus at the end of the year is always good, since i always use the money to do a little shopping indulgence. but if i were to reject the new job just so i could get the bonus, i would definitely have regretted it.

and though i feel slightly guilty for leaving at a time where our headcount is very low and almost everyone is overwork, i can't always be thinking about that or i'll never be able to leave cos there'll always be not enough people working.

anyway, things in the lab is not looking very bright too. i'm already anticipating at least another 3 people to leave next year. i'm just the first one to go.

let's see...

*counts calendar days*

2 more weeks to my last day... ^_^.``

more on my eye ulcer...

this is what, my 3rd visit to the eye doctor. mind you, all 3 times i went, it was 3 different doctors who did the respective check-up.

however, i'm quite impressed with the way they did the follow-up. either their case sheets are written well, or they just get by with whatever they can.

eye ulcer is healing well, and up to this point, my vision is almost completely back in the right eye. i would gauge it at 90%. now, it's just slightly blur compared to the last few days when i almost couldn't see much past my right eye.

thank God for that.

though i'm still quite sensitive to the sun (eyes gets painful under sunlight), hoping that with another day's rest, i would be well enough to join the church camp tomorrow, or monday. my group is very weak! they need help!!

another check-up due on monday morning...

clear skys

well...

change in wind direction (FINALLY!) has brought clear clear skys to singapore... i'm sure everyone is glad that we can finally see our high-rises clearly even at night...


*shrugs*


so much for my multi-billionaire suing proposal yesterday...

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anyway, 1st week of fall anime just ended... i've d/l at least 10-13 of the new anime series that have juz started... will go thru them and see which ones are worth the watch...

summary will be up later...

driving test, among other things...

driving test

more on my God-sent miracle...

friday morning, house phone rang at around 8.30am... Raymond, my driving instructor, couldn't get me on my mobile since i switched it off...

imagine shock and horror when he told me some student of him got a last minute test slot at 10am!!

10AM!!!!

my test was at 11am and i was to have my warm-up lesson (plus circuit practise) at 9.30am!! b'cos of that student of his, that meant, i couldn't go for my circuit practise...

i was in a state of panic... really really panic... especially when my S-curve was the one thing i think abt every time i wake up... and i woke up alot of times the previous night too... >_<.``

he actually wanted to juz meet me before my test, without any practise or wat so ever! like i would ever pass if that happened... my circuit was already compromised, and he still wants to juz meet me before the test??!!!

in the end, he got another instructor, a Mr. Lai, to take me for 1hr, juz driving around the test routes...
well... at least that was better than nothing at all...

and thank God i did haf that 1hr of practise... b'cos the last route that Mr. Lai led me through was the exact route that i took during the test... though i had more marks this time compared to my 2nd attempt, the important thing was that i PASSED!!

i really really PASSED!!!

WOHOO!!!!!

other things...

went for a Dick Lee musical on sunday night with the hong sisters, Man of Letters, staged as the grand finale for NUS' centennial celebrations...

inspired by Professor Arthur Lim's "From a Doctor's Diary", Dick Lee wrote the music and lyrics, while the script was written by Jean Tay... set in the politically unrest Singapore in 1955, the story tells of a geeky medical student who falls in love with his childhood friend once again when they meet during their freshman yr... of cos, in comes his best fren who juz so happens to likes the girl too...

i love the musical... really really love it... Dick Lee is a genius... hands-down... there's no question abt it...

and i have to thank Ike for getting free tickets for us... heehee... Master See was invited to play the violin in the orchestra...

and of course, Lydia for asking me along for it when she was told we could get free tickets...

another of Dick Lee's musical, "Forbidden City", is having its 3rd rerun at the esplanade in Sep... and it seems like Kit Chan will be reprising her role as the young empress dowager...

hmm... i'm thinking of whether i should go for it... since i missed her in Snow.Wolf.Lake...

3rd attempt

PASSED!!!!

3rd attempt for my driving and i passed!!!!!

WOHOO!!!!!

i'm so so happy...

but seriously... i think it's a God-sent miracle... more abt wat happened in my next entry... needa go sleep now...

it's past 12am and i'm still not asleep yet...
i have work tmr!!!

arghhh........

but... i PASSED!!! i really really PASSED!!!!!!!

^_^.``

Dramatic Morning

very long never blog liao. everytime i blog is either i am freaking angry or something big happened. for this entry, something big happened....

okie i should start from the moment i wake up (sorry if i bore u to death, but i am not very good at story telling, especially in the form of writing)

0900 - woke up to go blk 328 prata store with daddy

1030 - finish prata, daddy took bus to alexandar hospital see dentist. i went home to spay pesticides (debug my final yr project)

1140 - daddy called my HP... he juz said hello then say call me back later

1200 - hospital called said daddy had reaction to anethesitic... daddy's heart pumped very fast and felt giddy. OMG, i nearly fainted... they asked me go hospital escort daddy home...

*fast forward (change clothes, went to draw $$ take cab*

-in cab liao-

meow: uncle, alexandar hospital

*cab driver looks at meow meow, puts on sunglasses (acted like very stylo like dat) and start speeding towards the heavy afternoon traffic*

kaoz, he drove freaking fast lor. then cut lanes like nobody's biz. he nearly crashed into a large cargo lorry. i saw the lorry driver showing him middle finger and he juz ignore... hahaha... but thanks to him, i reached AH is less than 20min

-in the hospital-

*meow meow locates dental clinic*

nurse: your dad blah blah (explains my dad's condition and possible cause)

*daddy was still resting, looked pale*

he scared me lor, first time in my life i muz handle this kinda thingy alone

i muz compliment AH for having very caring healthcare workers. my special thanks to nurse leow and dr tina. they showed genuine conceern for my dad, helped us with the administrative work and escorted us to the taxi stand... they are wonderful....

after that is the boring stuff liao. reached home, went to buy lunch for daddy blah blah blah....