hello world~~~
i think i have gotten use to working life le. its just like that. monotone, repetitive, stressful at that moment, but when you reach home, the world seems to come back to life. :)
i have learn to accept my job, my responsibilities in my work place. so, i'm practically trying to enjoy work! :) (kudos to amanda for the inspiration -.-) hahaha ...
anyway, i'm totally living with my own money now ... so its a good thing to earn more. i know i complained that i have no more time to relax and chill, but now, i'm driven for money! no kidding, i really want to tuition more people, especially secondary school kids. i want to know how their mind process and stuff. very interesting to analyst. hopefully i can get one soon. :)

anyway, chinese new year is coming :D
and i have a STRONG liking for the COLOUR RED now!!! red seems so auspicious and all.
the colour of red <3!

this new year, i'm going back to jakarta. so peops, i'm sorry you cant visit my house for ang paus! lol. my mum really want us to spend it here. so that she wont have to cook and tire herself playing host to my other extended family members. BUT. my dad is totally into the notion of everyone to come and celebrate together at my jakarta house.
worst thing is that they use ME as the reason why their notion should be supported by the rest of the family.

an example:

in the living room

mum,"i think this year we cant go back to indo for new year. fanie got work already. sure dont have leave one. so i think cant go back."
dad,"-.-"
mum," :) "

mum walked to her bedroom

dad looked at me warily

dad,"why cant we go back to indo?"

me (shock!) ("hello! its mummy who dont want to go back!") ,"um .."

dad,"next year new year you will be at US, your uncles and aunties just want to see you for the last time .. wish you well and all. your little cousins also misses you ... everyone will be happier if we go back to indo for new year"

me,"er ..."

dad,"i check the calender already. i have book ticket on friday night. can come back on tuesday, no problem. wednesday, go back to work.... PLUS! there is a golf tournament going on during the new year. you can have the chance to watch!"

mum comes out of bedroom

dad,"i book ticket. fanie say no problem can go to indo for new year."

mum,"-.-"

me,"?!?!??!!"

lol, isnt it funny!? they USE me! i felt mistreated -.- make me the source of trouble. is not only once lerh. in another occassion, my mum wants to go shopping at city hall. so she told my dad that I need to go shopping to buy a bag. then my dad ask me to go shopping, i say i dont want. then my dad told my mum he also dont want to go. soooo my mum practically beg and conjole me to go, so that my dad will also go. -.- gosh ... my family is unique siah!

it just show how important i am in this family. oldest child, favourite of my parents (: everyone please get jealous! hihihihi ...

its so pressurising now that most of my extended family members are JUST coming to jakarta so that they can bid me goodbye for US (and give me extra pocket money for my studies) when the US schools havent even confirm my attendance in fall 2007 :/ sighhh ... all hope should not be lost though ... i know i can DO IT! :) wish me luck, mates!

now that my parents like to dress up and 'feel young', it becomes SOOOO hard to pick clothes that doesnt look like their kind of style -.- hahahahaha ... i have to sorta stay away from a few types of clothes cuz my mum and dad likes to wear those ... hihihi! it is a good thing to have 'feel young' parents ... nowadays, they gamely bought me new clothes each time they shop cuz they must prove to ME that their fashion sense is the most updated one ... HAHHAHA .. is really funny ... but i'm not complaining. i think my parents have changed a little since i reach 16 years old. they are now much happier and livelier bunch. maybe they feel that i'm already grown up, and can start supporting the family or something. sometimes, i have to restraint them from purchasing un-necessary stuff, like new dry-fit shirt or a t-shirt with different colour tones. plus reasoning sensibly with them on certain actions they make, like eat lesser oil etc -.- oh man .. is that a sign of them getting old? for me to now take care of them and not they take care of me ... haha ....

lol .. this blog entry is badly done .. with poor english ..

dont mind me ..

i'm just ditzy from all the occassions and appointments ...

anyway, welcome back s17 boyz :)

princess tsjim

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hey girls!

very very busy at work?

no time to shop?

or ...

singapore's collection toooo boring for you?

my colleague is co-owner of this online BOUTIQUE (imported goods from KOREA)

the collection is really not bad (especially the boots, earrings and dresses). so have a look around and inform me if anything TICKLES your fancy (:

www.amegus.com

princess tsjim

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I'm sure every job has its own frustrations, be it the people, environment, workload, lunch, pay ... ETC!

my gosh ... there's just so much things to fret about when working!

* WELCOME TO THE WORKING LIFE!*

now i begin to believe the elders when they say that studying is sooo much easier.

you just have to study hard & pass examinations. NO other worries.

Plus, everyday you get to meet your friends, chat & have fun :)

On the other hand, working life is kinda mundane and repetitive. haiz...

However this is just the begining of my working life! I'm going to work hard.

Princess is soo frustrated from the HEAVY workload, while i'm so frustrated from the LITTLE workload ... (lol, first time you hear of people complaining of no work to doyea?)

How ironic ... if only we could divide the work equally among us.

Well at least, it's not that bad, we dont have to worry about lunch time because we have each other & 4 other people to lunch with :)

Currently i'm getting more work too!

This is my 4th week at work already. okay i'm starting to take a greater liking to the place, people & maybe work. My colleages are friendly and love to joke. BEST OF ALL I TELL YOU! OH MY GOSH, one of my colleages is Mr Lim's brother-in-law. hoho .. pressure. lol.

This morning I saw one of my managers walking behind me, so i held the door for him even though he's lyk probably 15 feet away. But, he saw me open the door for him so he ran towards office so that i can stop holding the door. haha .. so cute!

The environment here is super relaxed. Some people like to 'blast' their music so i'm hearing like 3 songs at one go, what more is that they may be of different languages. woah ... ok-ay! save time, expose myself to more songs .. haha, lame!!! But that's the best part of work, hearing music while working :) thankfully my nearest neighbour (colleage) loves korean dramas & shows, which is exactly what i love! whoops! Another of my colleage is a drummer .. wow, it's quite cool when he 'drums' along to those rapid pop/metallic music.

My work entails more moving about than steph's job. Thus, i often take the lift up & down to various offices. I take the lifts sooooo often that this cleaner recognises me & can even hold a conversation with me!!! it's so funny la. everytime the lift door opens ... i see his face, he sees mine & we would laugh a silly laughter. *doinkss....

the worst part about working is the travelling part. everyday i have to take the SUPER ULTRA crowded mrt. ewww ... i hate it when people (esp guys) brush sooo freaking close to me & touch where they're not supposed to touch!!!! argh. oh another thing my fren says is, she hates eating other people's hair. SO TRUE. LOL. Put that one side. today i saw 2 couples taking the mrt together. oh my, they're so sweet & thoughtful of each other. the guys will put a protective hand around each other's wives and draw them close to their selves, preventing others to bump into their wives. when the time comes, they'll bid farewell & part, heading off to their respectively office destination. lol, next time i dont mind travelling this way to work with my husband, even if it means that we have to take the ultra crowded train.

well working is definitely a totally different experience. no matter what happens ... come what may! i cant do things i like so i'm going to like the things i do. i'm planning on giving tuition too cause i love teaching :) i'm really going to work hard. push myself to the limits!

ONWARDS! ~*

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hello

work has been pretty sucky. i was v angry on friday but i keep a smile on my face. :/ my supervisor assistant came back from 2 days of MC and innocently said, "next time there is new bills for me, you just settle for me."
again, to those people who are unaware of my work scope and my department, we settle bills.
SO IT OBVIOUSLY MEANS THAT I HAVE TO DO HER WORK! THE WORK THAT SHE IS PAID FOR! BILLING IS ALL THAT WE DO. so new bills are like new folders we have to settle, despatch and keep track of. that is the basic of our work!!!! so if she push all her work to me, then what will she work as?!
oh yes, she makes a lot of mistakes, make the boss angry of her work ethics, cause she forgot some simple procedures and have many things to settle, plus she is sick. BUT it doesnt mean she has to push her responsibility to me! I'm practically pointing out all her mistakes the other time, which she ignores, then the boss queries her working procedures and BOOM! she kana questioning! -.-
my supervisor even pitied her and whispered to me, "today, i dont give you any work, you help her finish her stuff okay?" -.- its crazy! everyone is helping her! my supervisor also took some of her problematic case files and settle it herself (admist all her other responsibilities)
so yeah, i'm very irritated with that. PLUS! the way she settle her bills (writting cover letters, filling, etc) is totally different from the way my supervisor does it (a more slipshod way, i must say) sooooooo ... i have to freaking remember 2 ways of doing the same things!
(mind you, a bill is super thick, super messsy, super confusing - thanks to the nurses upstairs)
i think i have to work overtime next few days. cant finish all the work. i have HER bills to settle which is already pending since 17th jan. haiz! work is pilling up!
PLUS PLUS! my supervisor is quitting her job on 7th feb, AND they cant find a replacement for her. so the boss has discussed that I TOOK OVER HER WORK SCOPE. lol! very funny, take over her work scope and being paid the same amount still? its pain labour siah! can some lawyer fight for my rights or something?! I WANT PAY RISE!

since manda nv really blog. i shall blog her life too (: she also got some work frustations - from having NOT MUCH. its quite sad to have nothing to do, its also very sad to have TOO many things to do.
manda wanted to help me in my work. but finance = money = tricky business = might have a lot of mistakes = not good for her to come down and help. siggghhhh ... it will be great if she can come down!
maybe you should go to HR .. and say,"hi, i feel very unchallenged in my work scope. i hope you can introduce me with more responsibilities that i can put my skills and talents to a test. i know my capabilites, and this is certainly not the limit. i wish to be more challenged in my work scope....."
hahahahhahahahhah ... good idea?

piano tuitioning students who told me openly that they dont like piano or music is a TORTURE. seriously. they never practice, so practically tuition time is practice time. and they are not even serious! they laugh and drag and run off to the computer room to play MAPLE STORY! and i will be at the piano, telling them to come now for tuition. BUT i keep an open mind, i'm really earning money by the minute! so i just smile, joke and really try to have fun. i wanted very much to instill 'love for music' to these people. i hope that they can be brilliant musicians and play music with their heart and soul, get rid of their teenage awkwardness to beauty, love and passion. its only the 2nd lesson, i hope i can make a difference in their life and help them instill some DISCIPLINE to their life. one is a 12 year old boy, the other - his brother - is 14 years old. i'm 18 for goodness sake!

then there is the other 2 students i have for piano and maths. GIRLS! i totally enjoyed teaching them. though they are not geniuses that impress but they are soooo WILLING to learn. especially the little girl (piano) - she is my sister's friend, 8 years old. i use to dislike her cuz she is very brazen at my home (when playing with my sister) but lately she is being really nice and she respect me and listen to my instructions attentively! i told her to feel the music like a dance, and she did wat i said and her music was so beautiful! the other girl (math) - also my sister's friend, is so mature at thought! she want to go to NUS HIGH and become a doctor/scientist when she grow up! such a determined girl, i'm totally going to do my best so that she can reach her dreams (:

i estimate i can earn $510 from tuition each month! (4 students) not bad eh? hihi!!!

okok too lonng an entry, i will talk bout my family Chinesenewyear dispute another time!

love,
princess tsjim

p.s: 36 year old grandmother sound soooo wrong! it means me and my daughter practically give birth before our 20! lol!!! SICK SIAH!

p.p.s: i'm dueting with my sister on her violin examination. i play the piano, she with the violin! it sound super good!!! gosh i totally love harmony!

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huh? i dont get it... yesterday is a very very happy day meh?!?!?!
lol ... mayb cuz you got to keep see-ing the new guy intern at HR is it???
OMG! haha i didnt know amanda is also boy-crazeee!!!
okok .. i wont fight with you larh .. you can take that 'JOAKIM!', kiss and lick him for all i care :P
lol! i got work to do now .. but i'm slacking .. cuz its really TOO MUCH work ...

more about my work place:
our team is in-charge of bills - bills for companies, insurance companies, individuals
we take care of outstanding bills, refunds, the finale of ALL bills that run around this hotel and all the other clinics.
the figures can be very big: one bill (outstanding since 2005) reach 1 million singapore dollar.
yet i dont see any money around, or cheques around ... all the money is under the system :( :( :(
most of the time, i will be typing some patient code number, check whether that person pay or havent pay bill yet, then check on the 2-10 pages detailed bill on things that can be payed under medisave or under the insurance or individual self-payment

okay those are the nitty gritty.

i'm from the finance department. but i dont work at level 11 (amanda wong work at level 11)
i work at ................................................... level 3
doesnt sound bad rite? "level 3 only ... sure okay wat"
its only that level 3 is actually THE CAR PARK
lol! so my office door merges with the car park wall ... when i open the door i will see cars lining infront of me. and there are chances that i may get knock down by a car everytime i come out from my office -.-

otherwise, my collegue is pretty fine ppl.
my 'supervisor' is retiring from this office soon. cuz she cant stand working here. so nowadays she try to teach me lots of things (so i can take over her duties) not that her duties are very executive kind ... its the same: billing, typing bills, checking bills, filling bills, taking calls for bills, call customers for bills, write reminder letters to ask for outstanding bills.
not very related to finance she say .... oh well
then got this poly student under attachment: one sentence - she is a boy crazy girl. and she likes to stick her leg on the lift door to prevent it from closing.
the other 2 of my collegues, one is a talkative grandma, the other is late 20 something supervisor assitance. i work with my supervisor and supervisor assistance.
my colleages are super hardworking okay ... i feel so ashame that they allow me to go off early (6pm) apparently they stay till 8pm haha! i work from 0830-1800. yesterday i even do OverTime work!

oh yes! the mail room is smelly -.- cuz its also the housekeeping room.
and the hospital kitchen is also at level 3 carpark. poor patients, they have to eat the hospital food.
AND! i have yet to enjoy a good meal for lunch :/

my lunch kakis: 3 rj, 1 vj, 2 nj

cheers,
princess tsjim

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HOHO!
on my way back, i saw RABBIT! omg, he's sooo cute! lol.
he lives at amk too. wow! so many ppl live ard that region :)
today's a happy happy day!

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HI colleage! :)

yea .. today's princess first day at work. sigh .. too bad, we're not on the same level.
lucky her .. at least she got some work (maybe ALOT!) to do on first day, i rmb i had to find work to do. tsk, hee.

now at least, i'm getting more work :)

today's regina's dsta interview too. All the best!

..... waiting for 1pm: LUNCH TIME!!! .....

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its been a long long long long time since anyone update this blog (:
short updates about my life:
1. i'm no longer jobless
2. i'm a full time working girl - holding 2 jobs: office job at raffles medical group and tuition jobs (piano and maths)

its tough siah .. especially tuition jobs .. must exudes some sort of interest and act stupid .. so the kids will love you (: oh well is really a good pay and i feel satisfied being able to teach another something i have learn from 18 years of education? haha (:

hope office jobs will rawk big time too!
the queen is my collegue btw ... (:

cheers,
princess tsjim

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i'm jobless ...
how can?!

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