[::..enjoyable day ..::]
[::..enjoyable day ..::]
met up with line, sher and jean today!
hehe supposed to surprise sher with my appearance at haagen daaz for chocolate fondue session, as i bluffed her that i had a date with my twin. hahaha! wah the chocolate was dark belgium chocolate can. omg. i feel that it was so much nicer than the max brenner's.
after our sinful act, we took pics outside the esplanade like some siao cha bors, taking pics with trees or doing stupid actions. next, we WALKED, and i reli mean WALKED around city hall. firstly, we shopped around chijmes and took nice pics of one particularly nice flight of stairs. each of us took individual pics with it. sounds stupid, but who cares! haha!
and then. we WALKED around marina square as we couldn't find suitable slots for any movies or KTV. window-shopped a lil and tried to source for a nice dining place for our dinner. finally settled on OLIO, in suntec. i've realized that other than eating, we have been walking around for the whole day. ok, i had crayfish linguine with crabmeat sambal sauce (same as jean), ade had her fettucine mushroom kinda pasta, and sher had her seafood risatto. lastly, not forgetting DESSERTS! we had brownie and chocolate truffle.
anyone has recommendations for nice chocolate cakes? lol. or recommendations for nice food?
anyway, we walked again. yes WALKED again, to raffles place. my workplace, hahaah the feeling of home, my 2nd home. we chatted awhile, about BGR, about guys, about stuff. girls, you guys must be XING FU k! ahhaha.. hope that 10 yrs down the road we can all be taitais and enjoy hi-tea like nobody's biz? lol!
yea anyway, really enjoyed my day. though a lil tired and still felt abit sick, maybe from lack of rest, but today was fun and enjoyable. had super talk cock sessions and funny photo-taking sessions! more to come! cycling on monday and KTV next sat? lolz
hehe supposed to surprise sher with my appearance at haagen daaz for chocolate fondue session, as i bluffed her that i had a date with my twin. hahaha! wah the chocolate was dark belgium chocolate can. omg. i feel that it was so much nicer than the max brenner's.
after our sinful act, we took pics outside the esplanade like some siao cha bors, taking pics with trees or doing stupid actions. next, we WALKED, and i reli mean WALKED around city hall. firstly, we shopped around chijmes and took nice pics of one particularly nice flight of stairs. each of us took individual pics with it. sounds stupid, but who cares! haha!
and then. we WALKED around marina square as we couldn't find suitable slots for any movies or KTV. window-shopped a lil and tried to source for a nice dining place for our dinner. finally settled on OLIO, in suntec. i've realized that other than eating, we have been walking around for the whole day. ok, i had crayfish linguine with crabmeat sambal sauce (same as jean), ade had her fettucine mushroom kinda pasta, and sher had her seafood risatto. lastly, not forgetting DESSERTS! we had brownie and chocolate truffle.
anyone has recommendations for nice chocolate cakes? lol. or recommendations for nice food?
anyway, we walked again. yes WALKED again, to raffles place. my workplace, hahaah the feeling of home, my 2nd home. we chatted awhile, about BGR, about guys, about stuff. girls, you guys must be XING FU k! ahhaha.. hope that 10 yrs down the road we can all be taitais and enjoy hi-tea like nobody's biz? lol!
yea anyway, really enjoyed my day. though a lil tired and still felt abit sick, maybe from lack of rest, but today was fun and enjoyable. had super talk cock sessions and funny photo-taking sessions! more to come! cycling on monday and KTV next sat? lolz
<__i'm // who i am* . > - 1:53 AM
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i contracted food poisoning since tuesday. supposed to be on MC on wed and thurs but i went to work on thurs anyway. had a very groggy week after my illness. for the past 2 days of the weekdays, i totally got screwed up by the many discrepancy issues that i nearly fainted and had a throbbing headache after work each day.
i finally got the chance to communicate with the brokers, to confirm the orders and to send them the allocations of the stocks there were traded, their quantities and portfolios. ooooh cool! i totally love it!
i reli felt so so so tired from the many discrepancy issues that i nearly dreaded every ring i hear from my phone on friday evening, as i know every ring surely constitutes a discrepancy issue and it rang continuously till near 7pm.
it was really the first time, and i reli mean the 1st time, that i felt myself working in a fast-paced position. had a short chat with my trader over my lunch, and we chatted about his work life. as we all should know, life as a trader is never easy. looking around my workplace, i've concurred his point of a very fast-paced lifestyle for our department. other departments could have their own stress and datelines and all, but my department - mainly my traders - were the ones who always have to keep up with the market prices, or even overperform from the benchmark prices. they have to act fast, think fast, decide fast, so that they can get the best prices for the fund managers. always having pressure and all as they are on the frontline. really, all the principles that mr cheong had taught us were totally applicable in this job. as their assistant, i have to keep up with the pace and send info and allocation to brokers as fast as possible too. compute performance for their trade executions as fast as possible. and do distinction projects on futures, options and many more for them.
ARGHHHH i'm stressed out. how can i not be. but i'm trying to take it easy.
i attended an interview for UOB KH, as a biz development clerk. the post has got something to do with the handling of IPOs and prospectus, usually more backroom and desk-bound kinda job. i wasn't very keen so i din reli promote myself that much, just talked cock a lil and kept silent, as i reli hope that i will be able to get an extension for my current job. haha if i can be shortlisted i will tou xiao man.
the Japanese trading company asked me down for an interview, but i postponed it till next tues. was super sick and weak in my knees that i felt so jellyish and nua throughout my whole body. tot for a few days and realized that 1.3K is reli a lil too low, even if bonuses and leaves were to make up for the low pay. DBS called me up and asked me whether i am interested for a position as an Operations officer or assistant. haha but i was sick on that day, hence i wasn't able to attend the interview. just too bad. although the company sounds good and looks good on my resume, but my trader advised me against joining local banks and jap companies. leng also has a fren who learnt very limited knowledge while working in dbs, i wonder if i will be like him? so just too bad for them! hahahaha!
anyway, my trader was proposing to me that there is a high potential that he will extend my contract. dun ask me how i get him to talk about it, i led to this topic unknowingly. was quite sad that my frenz on contract basis were due and left on friday but he brought up this topic and brightened my day when he said that he will be renewing my contract. hahaha. but he also mentioned that i am not convertible to perm (yet) due to company restructuring programme (not very sure did he mention the word YET, but if he did, i will be very happy =) ).
haha god pls BLESS me~ wherever u are~ whoever u are~
i finally got the chance to communicate with the brokers, to confirm the orders and to send them the allocations of the stocks there were traded, their quantities and portfolios. ooooh cool! i totally love it!
i reli felt so so so tired from the many discrepancy issues that i nearly dreaded every ring i hear from my phone on friday evening, as i know every ring surely constitutes a discrepancy issue and it rang continuously till near 7pm.
it was really the first time, and i reli mean the 1st time, that i felt myself working in a fast-paced position. had a short chat with my trader over my lunch, and we chatted about his work life. as we all should know, life as a trader is never easy. looking around my workplace, i've concurred his point of a very fast-paced lifestyle for our department. other departments could have their own stress and datelines and all, but my department - mainly my traders - were the ones who always have to keep up with the market prices, or even overperform from the benchmark prices. they have to act fast, think fast, decide fast, so that they can get the best prices for the fund managers. always having pressure and all as they are on the frontline. really, all the principles that mr cheong had taught us were totally applicable in this job. as their assistant, i have to keep up with the pace and send info and allocation to brokers as fast as possible too. compute performance for their trade executions as fast as possible. and do distinction projects on futures, options and many more for them.
ARGHHHH i'm stressed out. how can i not be. but i'm trying to take it easy.
i attended an interview for UOB KH, as a biz development clerk. the post has got something to do with the handling of IPOs and prospectus, usually more backroom and desk-bound kinda job. i wasn't very keen so i din reli promote myself that much, just talked cock a lil and kept silent, as i reli hope that i will be able to get an extension for my current job. haha if i can be shortlisted i will tou xiao man.
the Japanese trading company asked me down for an interview, but i postponed it till next tues. was super sick and weak in my knees that i felt so jellyish and nua throughout my whole body. tot for a few days and realized that 1.3K is reli a lil too low, even if bonuses and leaves were to make up for the low pay. DBS called me up and asked me whether i am interested for a position as an Operations officer or assistant. haha but i was sick on that day, hence i wasn't able to attend the interview. just too bad. although the company sounds good and looks good on my resume, but my trader advised me against joining local banks and jap companies. leng also has a fren who learnt very limited knowledge while working in dbs, i wonder if i will be like him? so just too bad for them! hahahaha!
anyway, my trader was proposing to me that there is a high potential that he will extend my contract. dun ask me how i get him to talk about it, i led to this topic unknowingly. was quite sad that my frenz on contract basis were due and left on friday but he brought up this topic and brightened my day when he said that he will be renewing my contract. hahaha. but he also mentioned that i am not convertible to perm (yet) due to company restructuring programme (not very sure did he mention the word YET, but if he did, i will be very happy =) ).
haha god pls BLESS me~ wherever u are~ whoever u are~
<__i'm // who i am* . > - 1:12 AM
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omg omg omg he talked to me!!!!
ok i'm not supposed to be hua chi. but here goes nothing.
it was my company dinner at the boathouse, with freeflow of food and drinks. it was already 8+pm, and almost everyone had left for the office to complete their work. Everyone, except 2 tables - his and mine!
i was on my way back from the toilet and walked past his table, when he asked me to join him for a drink. omg i nearly fainted. i so so so wanted to sit down but my mouth said another thing "oh but my frenz are over there..".
Him: "okie, i'll join you then."
hahaha so happy that i nearly hit the ceiling.
LOL! and i asked him to join us for our clubbing trip nx week and YES! he agreed!
but bad news. he's attached. BOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO. sad. haha
anyway, i've got new frenz! so so happy!
zhi chuan from marketing. i totally love her man. she's cool and young, 23 only, and she's a real bf-lover as she flies over to HK fortnightly to visit her BF who's situated there for his job. had a nice time chatting with her and my frenz at the boathouse, and she encouraged me to go overseas for studies as she just came back not long ago from london. arranged a clubbing trip with her, angeline, kane, lina and HIM! lolz!
adele. she's damn funny and bo chap kind. a young mum at the age of 25 but totally carefree and talk cock with me. but she left already boohoohoo. her contract was due yday! but she may come back in a month's time. hope to see her badly!
as the legend goes. there could be alot of backstabbers and politics in office. but im so glad i've such nice frenz who bo chup with me and we enjoy life in the way we want and work hard at the same time. haha so line and jean, please dun dread work.. join me in the fun! hehe i reli find work happy and worthwhile!
ok i'm not supposed to be hua chi. but here goes nothing.
it was my company dinner at the boathouse, with freeflow of food and drinks. it was already 8+pm, and almost everyone had left for the office to complete their work. Everyone, except 2 tables - his and mine!
i was on my way back from the toilet and walked past his table, when he asked me to join him for a drink. omg i nearly fainted. i so so so wanted to sit down but my mouth said another thing "oh but my frenz are over there..".
Him: "okie, i'll join you then."
hahaha so happy that i nearly hit the ceiling.
LOL! and i asked him to join us for our clubbing trip nx week and YES! he agreed!
but bad news. he's attached. BOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO. sad. haha
anyway, i've got new frenz! so so happy!
zhi chuan from marketing. i totally love her man. she's cool and young, 23 only, and she's a real bf-lover as she flies over to HK fortnightly to visit her BF who's situated there for his job. had a nice time chatting with her and my frenz at the boathouse, and she encouraged me to go overseas for studies as she just came back not long ago from london. arranged a clubbing trip with her, angeline, kane, lina and HIM! lolz!
adele. she's damn funny and bo chap kind. a young mum at the age of 25 but totally carefree and talk cock with me. but she left already boohoohoo. her contract was due yday! but she may come back in a month's time. hope to see her badly!
as the legend goes. there could be alot of backstabbers and politics in office. but im so glad i've such nice frenz who bo chup with me and we enjoy life in the way we want and work hard at the same time. haha so line and jean, please dun dread work.. join me in the fun! hehe i reli find work happy and worthwhile!
<__i'm // who i am* . > - 1:07 AM
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Monday, April 24, 2006
[::..Recap ..::]
[::..Recap ..::]
met up with ade, sherlyn n jean on saturday. sherlyn was so blur! we were supposed to catch a movie at the new cathay cineplex, but she got off the train at orchard. hahaha anyway it has been quite some time before i get to meet the girls.. shelved off so many roller-blading sessions all becoz of my stupid ankles! but there is always labour day or vesak day to compensate for it. haha
anyway, we bought tix to The Hostel. this show is definitely not recommended for the weak-hearted. although i claim to be very man, but i practically covered my eyes for most of the gross scenes can. and i squealed and got shocked by the gruesome sight. omg. no. it shld be OMFG. damn er xin can.
argh i felt so sick in my stomach after getting outta the theatre. it was the first time i encountered the sensation to PUKE, all thx to the visual and sound effects. i reli dunno i shld recommend or discourage pple from watching this show man. sadistic pple who love The Saw 1/2 would probably love this show! haha with the only restriction of the rating R21. lol! just too bad for those xiao di dis and mei meis. haha do we look old? LOL. maybe i reli look like 25, like wad one of my colleagues said. sad case.
we went to the glasshouse after our show, for Fish and Co. haha super sinful day, but who cares as long as we enjoy? haha.. we saw miss singapore's 1st runner-up in the restaurant too. she was dining.. Below US! and tt made ade and sherlyn very happy indeed to be above one of the miss singapore, as they would take tt as a compliment tt they are far prettier and rated above her? lol
walked all the way to cityhall station before going home. this is definitely ade and jean's idea to make me and sherlyn send them there so that they need not transfer train back to BL. smart ah?!!
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sunday:
KTV with my EX-classmates. haha most of us were late! my idea was to meet at 12.45pm but i woke up at 12.45pm anyway. hahaha! ash was worse, 1+pm already and he was still in lala land. so hp and i travelled to town in a cab.. if we were to take a train, i think ys and james would go crazy waiting for us.
the KTV session was so enjoyable! i had a session with pq and lt not long ago but i have not been singing with my classmates for quite some time. their lameness were soon back in action. ahahahhaa. we started getting a lil huai jiu. sang old songs that emerged in my vivian zhou's, tarcy tsu's and wang jie's era. the songs were soooooooo NICE!!!!!
after ktv, tim and HP were smart enough to escape from spending more money. we had our dinner at tanpopo in liang courts. we had buta shabu shabu and ramen, and spent 25bucks each. oooh they have tatami room too, and as usual, i'm Mdm CHUA, the cook! wah it has been so long ever since i've cooked shabu shabu! kinda miss those days when i worked in Chikuyotei. tomomi has brought me to tanpopo before and she always pays for more than what she shld. haha i feel so paiseh always and promised to treat her to coffee, and she suggested for high-tea at a cafe that serves coffee priced at 20+bucks per cup. faintz. haha
anyway, kinda shocked tt mr Han DODO and jamez tasted before the ramen at ken's noodle house. simply delicious! their tamago ramen super duper nice! and not forgetting their gyoza. oooooh. oh yea and we are planning a trip to gallery hotel this friday. HAHAHAHA the ramen i've eaten before as well! also recommended by tomomi (as well as han dodo's mum). she reli noes where the good food are man. anyway the dry noodle is nice, with an additional sauce base, preferably the one other than miso-based (as there are two choices). a must try i think! haha
talking abt food. i shld jian fei liao. kept eating n eating n eating.
company event tml! so happy! free-flow of food and housepours. wad more can a contract staff ask for? hehehe. and line, our motivation all comes about becoz of Ls~ hahaha bet only jean and sher will figure this out. lol
stressful day at work today. things cocked up at the last min and no one's around me to help~ nearly resorted to shouting in the gents' to check for my traders' presence. i've learnt new things today, but think many of my brain cells got frightened to death. hahaha. anyway, went for interview at the agency. the basic pay for the perm job is only 1.3K, but there will be bonus and extended leave as compared to local firms, as the jap trading firm offers more annual leave (FYI, living in Japan enables one to enjoy more Public holidays than any other countries. their public holidays include events such as the Sea Day and Grandmothers' Day). abit extreme. but whatever. the more i think the more i don't feel like working in a jap company. but funds hedging sounds cool huh. aiya i dunno ahhhhh!!!!
anyway, we bought tix to The Hostel. this show is definitely not recommended for the weak-hearted. although i claim to be very man, but i practically covered my eyes for most of the gross scenes can. and i squealed and got shocked by the gruesome sight. omg. no. it shld be OMFG. damn er xin can.
argh i felt so sick in my stomach after getting outta the theatre. it was the first time i encountered the sensation to PUKE, all thx to the visual and sound effects. i reli dunno i shld recommend or discourage pple from watching this show man. sadistic pple who love The Saw 1/2 would probably love this show! haha with the only restriction of the rating R21. lol! just too bad for those xiao di dis and mei meis. haha do we look old? LOL. maybe i reli look like 25, like wad one of my colleagues said. sad case.
we went to the glasshouse after our show, for Fish and Co. haha super sinful day, but who cares as long as we enjoy? haha.. we saw miss singapore's 1st runner-up in the restaurant too. she was dining.. Below US! and tt made ade and sherlyn very happy indeed to be above one of the miss singapore, as they would take tt as a compliment tt they are far prettier and rated above her? lol
walked all the way to cityhall station before going home. this is definitely ade and jean's idea to make me and sherlyn send them there so that they need not transfer train back to BL. smart ah?!!
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sunday:
KTV with my EX-classmates. haha most of us were late! my idea was to meet at 12.45pm but i woke up at 12.45pm anyway. hahaha! ash was worse, 1+pm already and he was still in lala land. so hp and i travelled to town in a cab.. if we were to take a train, i think ys and james would go crazy waiting for us.
the KTV session was so enjoyable! i had a session with pq and lt not long ago but i have not been singing with my classmates for quite some time. their lameness were soon back in action. ahahahhaa. we started getting a lil huai jiu. sang old songs that emerged in my vivian zhou's, tarcy tsu's and wang jie's era. the songs were soooooooo NICE!!!!!
after ktv, tim and HP were smart enough to escape from spending more money. we had our dinner at tanpopo in liang courts. we had buta shabu shabu and ramen, and spent 25bucks each. oooh they have tatami room too, and as usual, i'm Mdm CHUA, the cook! wah it has been so long ever since i've cooked shabu shabu! kinda miss those days when i worked in Chikuyotei. tomomi has brought me to tanpopo before and she always pays for more than what she shld. haha i feel so paiseh always and promised to treat her to coffee, and she suggested for high-tea at a cafe that serves coffee priced at 20+bucks per cup. faintz. haha
anyway, kinda shocked tt mr Han DODO and jamez tasted before the ramen at ken's noodle house. simply delicious! their tamago ramen super duper nice! and not forgetting their gyoza. oooooh. oh yea and we are planning a trip to gallery hotel this friday. HAHAHAHA the ramen i've eaten before as well! also recommended by tomomi (as well as han dodo's mum). she reli noes where the good food are man. anyway the dry noodle is nice, with an additional sauce base, preferably the one other than miso-based (as there are two choices). a must try i think! haha
talking abt food. i shld jian fei liao. kept eating n eating n eating.
company event tml! so happy! free-flow of food and housepours. wad more can a contract staff ask for? hehehe. and line, our motivation all comes about becoz of Ls~ hahaha bet only jean and sher will figure this out. lol
stressful day at work today. things cocked up at the last min and no one's around me to help~ nearly resorted to shouting in the gents' to check for my traders' presence. i've learnt new things today, but think many of my brain cells got frightened to death. hahaha. anyway, went for interview at the agency. the basic pay for the perm job is only 1.3K, but there will be bonus and extended leave as compared to local firms, as the jap trading firm offers more annual leave (FYI, living in Japan enables one to enjoy more Public holidays than any other countries. their public holidays include events such as the Sea Day and Grandmothers' Day). abit extreme. but whatever. the more i think the more i don't feel like working in a jap company. but funds hedging sounds cool huh. aiya i dunno ahhhhh!!!!
<__i'm // who i am* . > - 11:05 PM
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Sunday, April 16, 2006
[::..realization ..::]
[::..realization ..::]
i've realized that i shouldn't complain so much.
just face it and live life to the fullest! we still have frenz and family to look upon to.
i bet everyone else who is working (except the bitching bunch) would feel the same way, or even worse than i do.
even individuals who have climbed to the top of the corporate ladder would feel tremendous pressure from their subordinates or the ultimate boss.. moreover small fry like me. unless i'm some multi-zillionaire, who have looks, brains and all the money in the world for people to want to suck up to, life will never be smooth-sailing at work for one.
just face it and live life to the fullest! we still have frenz and family to look upon to.
wassup for my itinery for the week? work and shopping. shopping wasn't too fruitful for me today. i think i will buy the cream-coloured blazer i saw in zara. it's nice!! but it's a lil exp at 119. i shall see how shopping goes tml! hope i'll get some skirts and a bag!
<__i'm // who i am* . > - 11:36 PM
haha i'm going for tarot reading tml with ting. joycie is interested too. wad shld i ask? i think france trip is a must. and nx would be my career, am i reli suitable for finance. lastly, relationship? ahahaha.. no im not despo, ask for fun can. maybe i can ask her to get an answer from the cards for the number of bfs i had, to test her reliability. since i had none, if she gave me any answer other than that then i can jolly well forget about wad she says. ahahaha! shopping trip with joycie tml too! i'm seriously in need of formal wear!! money-depletion in progress.. lol
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Friday, April 14, 2006
[::..pissed to the max! ..::]
[::..pissed to the max! ..::]
haha ok i'm gonna complain again.
but first, let's talk about my departmental dinner on wednesday. haha dun be so excited yet abt my deptal dinner. my dept has 3 of us only -- 2 traders and ME. lol
we went to far east square for a late dinner, after staying in our office till 7.40pm. ahaha talked about my background, their work and the risks of being a trader. haha.. they mentioned that finance is not an industry to stay for life, and tt they are prepared to be sacked any moment. heard that a super experienced counterpart of theirs was sacked becoz he or she underperformed or sth. leng i totally agree wif ya in ur latest post, the harsh realities of this world.
oh oh i heard that my company's gonna have a dinner, an event or sth liddat. shld be held two tuesdays later. hehe interesting.
thursday was HELL. really. i was kept busy the whole day. in the morn from 11-12.30, i was out of office to attend a bloomberg training course. hehe cool. but i learnt super basic stuff, some of which i have already learnt from my trader, and i know abit bit more! hehe. so maybe i shld request for some other courses! free sandwiches and beverages provided. the beverages, such as pink dolphin, milo, juices, just wadever la, could be found in fridges like those we see in 7-eleven. super duper big and spacey kind. =D i shld have kope more pink dolphin back to keep in my pantry!
the people in bloomberg mustn't be easily distracted man, coz trainees for courses were always walking around, chatting in their pantry which is not enclosed and just nx to their work station. there will be courses conducted there weekly, more than once per week, yet they could be so focused in their work. *admire sia.
i also wanna become someone of that calibre. yes. someone of worth. haha
oh yea.. but too bad the sandwiches have mayo. YUCKS. so i da bao some hotdog and salad to lunch in. hehe enjoy life man. sat in pantry and chatted with angeline. and my traders were back from lunch again, and i gotta go back to work. their breaks super short, it was like less than half an hour can.
then i started packing one of my traders' belongings. files, papers and practically everything on his desk into boxes i've found. yea our finance side is currently conducting a re-structuring as there are a few pple who have no seats in the office at all. too many input, too less of output. so my area was shifted to the back of the office, in a corner just next to the pantry, from the area nx to the sales and marketing dept. so saddddd.. i couldnt talk to the pple there anymore. just got to know one ger there. she looks young and frenlY~ i like her!!! ahahaha sorry im not les.
started talking to other fund managers abt the shift. heard from my trader that we will be shifting to another building in raffles as well sometime next year. will i live to see that day in my company? hahaa.. and i happily chatted with a few while packing. but the FI pple still as dao as ever. sai. only one person is fine there. it was such a gd day for me. but matters on price discrepancies crept in.
it wasnt my fault la. haha my trader got the prices and quantity from the respective brokers and sent the info to me, and i just followed wadever i see on the email and keyed in its respective prices and quantity. who knows the brokers had given us the wrong info. in the end i had to send several emails to rectify this problem even though the problem was talked through the phone and in person. i had already told the back office that the new and correct prices from the brokers were stated below. so isnt it straightforward that we shld use the new prices? aiyah i dunno them la. so i sent a SAME email back, with the same info on new prices and quantity and stated again for them to use the new prices.
this wasn't going to end my day. i happily found one stock stranded on my system, which was in a "confirmed" status, signalling that the trade wasn't sent for settlement yet (it shld have been cleared 2 hrs ago actually). so i called them (the same dept as previous matter) up for assistance. one actually lashed at me, "in confirmed status how to export the trade out?". i was so stunned. coz all the while the trades must be changed to "confirmed" state from an "approved" status by me or my traders before they can export it out. i checked with my traders and confirmed my doubts, and i told her tt the trade cannot be exported if it was in an approved state, not confirmed. in the end, we ended the call unhappily and i seeked help from IT. it's like, she din even get the facts right and snapped at me. wad the.. aiyah why do pple i liaise with seem to hate me so much. and pple around me are so nice. why can't they be as nice as those pple around me? sad, isn't it? when those whom i needed their cooperation treat me in this way. but the lady who snapped at me always smiles at me, ahaha maybe she doesn't know who i am. if she does, she'd probably gimme a black face. sad case.
but first, let's talk about my departmental dinner on wednesday. haha dun be so excited yet abt my deptal dinner. my dept has 3 of us only -- 2 traders and ME. lol
we went to far east square for a late dinner, after staying in our office till 7.40pm. ahaha talked about my background, their work and the risks of being a trader. haha.. they mentioned that finance is not an industry to stay for life, and tt they are prepared to be sacked any moment. heard that a super experienced counterpart of theirs was sacked becoz he or she underperformed or sth. leng i totally agree wif ya in ur latest post, the harsh realities of this world.
oh oh i heard that my company's gonna have a dinner, an event or sth liddat. shld be held two tuesdays later. hehe interesting.
thursday was HELL. really. i was kept busy the whole day. in the morn from 11-12.30, i was out of office to attend a bloomberg training course. hehe cool. but i learnt super basic stuff, some of which i have already learnt from my trader, and i know abit bit more! hehe. so maybe i shld request for some other courses! free sandwiches and beverages provided. the beverages, such as pink dolphin, milo, juices, just wadever la, could be found in fridges like those we see in 7-eleven. super duper big and spacey kind. =D i shld have kope more pink dolphin back to keep in my pantry!
the people in bloomberg mustn't be easily distracted man, coz trainees for courses were always walking around, chatting in their pantry which is not enclosed and just nx to their work station. there will be courses conducted there weekly, more than once per week, yet they could be so focused in their work. *admire sia.
i also wanna become someone of that calibre. yes. someone of worth. haha
oh yea.. but too bad the sandwiches have mayo. YUCKS. so i da bao some hotdog and salad to lunch in. hehe enjoy life man. sat in pantry and chatted with angeline. and my traders were back from lunch again, and i gotta go back to work. their breaks super short, it was like less than half an hour can.
then i started packing one of my traders' belongings. files, papers and practically everything on his desk into boxes i've found. yea our finance side is currently conducting a re-structuring as there are a few pple who have no seats in the office at all. too many input, too less of output. so my area was shifted to the back of the office, in a corner just next to the pantry, from the area nx to the sales and marketing dept. so saddddd.. i couldnt talk to the pple there anymore. just got to know one ger there. she looks young and frenlY~ i like her!!! ahahaha sorry im not les.
started talking to other fund managers abt the shift. heard from my trader that we will be shifting to another building in raffles as well sometime next year. will i live to see that day in my company? hahaa.. and i happily chatted with a few while packing. but the FI pple still as dao as ever. sai. only one person is fine there. it was such a gd day for me. but matters on price discrepancies crept in.
it wasnt my fault la. haha my trader got the prices and quantity from the respective brokers and sent the info to me, and i just followed wadever i see on the email and keyed in its respective prices and quantity. who knows the brokers had given us the wrong info. in the end i had to send several emails to rectify this problem even though the problem was talked through the phone and in person. i had already told the back office that the new and correct prices from the brokers were stated below. so isnt it straightforward that we shld use the new prices? aiyah i dunno them la. so i sent a SAME email back, with the same info on new prices and quantity and stated again for them to use the new prices.
this wasn't going to end my day. i happily found one stock stranded on my system, which was in a "confirmed" status, signalling that the trade wasn't sent for settlement yet (it shld have been cleared 2 hrs ago actually). so i called them (the same dept as previous matter) up for assistance. one actually lashed at me, "in confirmed status how to export the trade out?". i was so stunned. coz all the while the trades must be changed to "confirmed" state from an "approved" status by me or my traders before they can export it out. i checked with my traders and confirmed my doubts, and i told her tt the trade cannot be exported if it was in an approved state, not confirmed. in the end, we ended the call unhappily and i seeked help from IT. it's like, she din even get the facts right and snapped at me. wad the.. aiyah why do pple i liaise with seem to hate me so much. and pple around me are so nice. why can't they be as nice as those pple around me? sad, isn't it? when those whom i needed their cooperation treat me in this way. but the lady who snapped at me always smiles at me, ahaha maybe she doesn't know who i am. if she does, she'd probably gimme a black face. sad case.
but it's okie. most people treat me nicely. although i cannot rule out the possibility of two-headed snakes. at least most of them smile and make small talks with me, not like those dao aunties, whether they were gossiping abt me or not. i dun care now. high class pple like me don't gei gao with low-class biatches or gossipers.. and i don't need them to talk to me to survive there. no thanks to contaminating my pure mind, and thanks for giving me all this shit.
anyway, the cleaner auntie advised me to zao after finding a perm job. haha dunno la. anyway i got good deals man. my trader gave me hongkong disneyland's stamps. LIMITED wor. super duper limited. think it was issued to or bought by customers who visited HK disneyland on its first day of opening. given by one of our brokers, and passed on to me! hehe and i got a new set of board game i think. some game to unravel tomb secrets or sth. also a water bottle and a hp pouch for participation in the fire drill, which made me walked down 25 storeys becoz of a fake fire on the 15th storey. haha best thing was, i was clearing my station when i came upon one notebook left behind by an experienced trader. oooooh.. my trader asked me to bring it home for reference. cool!
it's finally GOOD Friday! a day when i can sleep in and wake up late. but sadly, i shot up at 9am today! dunno am i too used to waking early that i jerked awake upon seeing sunlight. haha oh and i met up with my insurance agent today. she wanna poach me into her company whahahaha. she wanted me to attend the casual interview at their chalet, with interactive games and one-to-one talks with the director, who will personally select his desired members for his new batch of recruits. she said i will surely get in after the interview and tt i have wad it takes to be a successful agent. does crapping constitutes an agent's character? haha she told me that she has been waiting for this day for so long, after prior discussions with another agent who also knows me. both of them feels the same way and wanna get me into the team. i got an agent's face ISSIT!!!! tell me honestly!! sad. haha.. being an agent can be a stepping stone to the finance line, not forgetting the huge amounts i may earn. but i seriously have no passion for selling policies or offering such advices yet.
anyway, the cleaner auntie advised me to zao after finding a perm job. haha dunno la. anyway i got good deals man. my trader gave me hongkong disneyland's stamps. LIMITED wor. super duper limited. think it was issued to or bought by customers who visited HK disneyland on its first day of opening. given by one of our brokers, and passed on to me! hehe and i got a new set of board game i think. some game to unravel tomb secrets or sth. also a water bottle and a hp pouch for participation in the fire drill, which made me walked down 25 storeys becoz of a fake fire on the 15th storey. haha best thing was, i was clearing my station when i came upon one notebook left behind by an experienced trader. oooooh.. my trader asked me to bring it home for reference. cool!
it's finally GOOD Friday! a day when i can sleep in and wake up late. but sadly, i shot up at 9am today! dunno am i too used to waking early that i jerked awake upon seeing sunlight. haha oh and i met up with my insurance agent today. she wanna poach me into her company whahahaha. she wanted me to attend the casual interview at their chalet, with interactive games and one-to-one talks with the director, who will personally select his desired members for his new batch of recruits. she said i will surely get in after the interview and tt i have wad it takes to be a successful agent. does crapping constitutes an agent's character? haha she told me that she has been waiting for this day for so long, after prior discussions with another agent who also knows me. both of them feels the same way and wanna get me into the team. i got an agent's face ISSIT!!!! tell me honestly!! sad. haha.. being an agent can be a stepping stone to the finance line, not forgetting the huge amounts i may earn. but i seriously have no passion for selling policies or offering such advices yet.
haha i'm going for tarot reading tml with ting. joycie is interested too. wad shld i ask? i think france trip is a must. and nx would be my career, am i reli suitable for finance. lastly, relationship? ahahaha.. no im not despo, ask for fun can. maybe i can ask her to get an answer from the cards for the number of bfs i had, to test her reliability. since i had none, if she gave me any answer other than that then i can jolly well forget about wad she says. ahahaha! shopping trip with joycie tml too! i'm seriously in need of formal wear!! money-depletion in progress.. lol
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Tuesday, April 11, 2006
[::..a new chapter of my life.. ..::]
[::..a new chapter of my life.. ..::]
hey hey!!
guess many of you miss reading my long long longgggggggggg postings rite.
i am soooo tired.
what is happening in my life!???
guess many of you miss reading my long long longgggggggggg postings rite.
i am soooo tired.
what is happening in my life!???
ok. back-tracking. a final get-together with most of my classmates on the 23rd march 2nd April (oops! hehe), done by spending our day in settlers and makaning at night - steamboating. haha i ended up super oily! but i enjoyed myself tt day hehe. the DON was kind enough to send us home when i discovered that i had misplaced my wallet in ew's bag. haha
24th march was my first day of work (my bro's bday too!). it was a friday and also the day one of my traders left for zurich for his studies. i was briefed on my responsibilities and allowed to be put on test by processing a few transactions. the people there were.. serious. only got to know a contract staff and a german guy on my first day.
as my team was only left with a trader for the past two weeks, he couldn't guide me most of the time and i'll be left on my own to speculate and ask questions. subsequently, things got on fine. i'm more familiar with my work and hv done alot of excel thingy. luckily MA and BD trained us for staring at sheets man! but i am still quite weak in macros. my projects on options&futures and TA are also stalled as many adhoc work regarding previous months' trade entries came in recently. haha a timely break for me to get away from FO.
i have been using bloomberg for the past few weeks to research on the prices of stocks, but was still quite clueless on how to navigate through the system for other things like news and charts. hehe my traders signed me up for a basic course on how to operate bloomberg, and i have my own ID and pass for it now! hehe! so happY!! i have access to reuters messaging too, which is just like MSN, just that i can add staff or brokers only to my platform.
want instant chat? no worries. EMAIL me!!! hahaa adeline sent a mushy little love letter to me last friday morning, with a timestamp of 2.20am in the morning (to ai ai: aNgGGgZzZzzzz). ahahha i started laughing once i saw the email, and started looking at it whenever i felt sian or tired. ahahaha. as i had to check my emails on the lotus notes regularly for trade price discrepancies or info for processing, i will reply as instant as using MSN. come come. ask me for my email add. hahaha
now.. my colleagues~ kane (doesn't this reminds u of CHOKESLAM!?) and priscilla from the finance dept would buy kopi or tea for me whenever they go for hi-tea break, or we lunch together with lina (from the unit trust dept). alternatively, lina and angeline (communication marketing) will go lunching and chat (or shld i say 3 gu 6 po?) together with me, as we are in the same office. ahaha a diversification of positions amongst my frenz! and we can talk cock together too! lolz! who ask my department only have 3 people, including me? the rest of the people around me are like so stern and only fun among themselves (those FI pple who are in their 30s or 40s that kind). An exception for a few of the sales and marketing people, as they're cool and frenly and always smile at me! =D it simply made my day. the german guy whom i've known since day 1 has become my regular chat partner now! haha! some fund managers are nice too, LOL one of which is rather cute. but i'm now being labelled as a hua chi by joycie, ade and maybe hp as well. ahahahaha
oh YEA~ went MOS with joycie and zhenzhi (twin's fren) on 1st april. oooh cool i like it. haha. tt place is nice. we bought a jug of long island and a bottle of red wine. lol spent alot sia. oh saw pearl there too. haha so qiao! twin and her frenz arranged another session on sat, and angie is interested too whahaha. this ex-colleague of mine is damn funny one. like to talk to her! a spitfire once you've stepped on her tail. she owes me drinks can. coz she fly my aeroplane last weekend! lol!
oh yea. did i mention i wanna bake? i think i did. but i'm lazy to wait for an appropriate timing to travel to frens' places, hence i am gonna buy one myself! shopped in best denki with my bro but i guess i will shop in courts before i make any decisions! sherlyn~~ u can come my place anytime soon!! hehe! oooh and im gonna buy a laptop for my sis too, as she needs one for her studies. this is reli a money-flowing month!
P.S. i bought super nice pair of shoes from DMK. =D reli super nice colour + design! maroonish purplish? lol wadever!