10 months later

someone recently reminded me that i've not updated my blog for the longest time. when i logged in, i was surprised that i didn't touch this blog for 10months! gosh, it has been a very long time indeed. i guess i've stopped ranting about life and work. well, that's supposed to be something good rite?

honestly this yr seems to fly by very quickly. it's also the year which i turn 30! yes, i know, the big 3 0! sounds soooo old!!! in view of this, i've finally bought myself a dslr which i've been saving a long long time for. (it's actually an excuse to buy an expensive gadget, hiak hiak) got my nikon d90 with 18-105mm kit lens in may. loving it more and more each day.

must admit that it's not easy to get used to the dslr initially. in fact till now, i've not fully utilised every single button and feature on the camera. there's just too many things to learn. since may, i've added an ultra wide angle lens (tokina 11-16mm) and a speedlight SB900 to my collection. it's the BBB virus! now saving for my prime lens sigma 30mm f1.4 and my whole collection would be complete. yeah!!

lately been busy with lotsa activities happening. this yr has been very very bad for my company due to the poor economy and the strong yen. it's killing all of the japanese car brands including honda and toyota. the car sales went to kia who recently launched the all new kia cerato forte and koup. good for them but bad for us. :( just hope that things will start to pick up in 2010, else we're really dead meat.

am so looking forward to my eastern europe trip with my uni frens in dec. it's hard to arrange to go on a tour together esp with our different schedules. it's gonna be freezing cold and hopefully i wont turn into a frozen block on ice.

2 more months till end of the year, lets hope for the best! will try my best to update stuff soon. somehow still too lazy to post photos in my blog, perhaps that would make things more lively. hahahaa!

all messed up

had to terminate someone today. felt really really bad to ask someone to go. she has a young daughter here and she's a foreigner. terminating today means she has to leave the country within 7 days. it's painful but as the saying goes, "short pain is better than prolonged pain".

her communication skills somehow hasn't improved alot as in i often hear negative feedback on her customer service skills from all aspects (ie. customers, sales pple, management team). really had to let her go even though i'm short of manpower.

i feel so bad being the evil one. bo bian... wish her all the best.

busy busy

it's time to get busy with work again! events are coming, projects are due, things to clear...it's neverending indeed!! luckily i had a good break in apr at bangkok (leisure) and hongkong (business cum leisure).

the sg govt recently unveiled several plans for development of sg. seems very exciting indeed! hopefully it would turn out as good as it seems. then again, such activities planned would probably push up the housing prices in those affected regions. sigh..vicious cycle.

later this afternoon there's a customer care event for the screening of the blockbuster 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull". i'm soo not interestedin that show so i'll give it a miss.shall just go there to set up, then go off to shop at vivocity!! shiok sia...it's the annual GSS!!

drained

my energy is being sucked out of me at an increasing rate. 2 major events happening concurrently is causing me to lose steam. hv to try to surge ahead and get past feb in 1 pc. my colleague is away on long leave...how envious!

prob i should start planning for a short holiday to reward myself after my hard work. just hope that boss is aware and had better reward me accordingly else it's time to start packing up and leave. honestly the pay they give is not fantastic and i'm not counting on the bonus esp with the new rules announced by govt regarding the numerous ERP gantries. i'm sure car sales will be quite badly affected for a period of time.