Hazel & Me

Here's Hazel & Me. She mms-ed the pic yesterday while I was doing facial. This pic was taken last year, outside Singapore Post Centre, after work. She looked sweet and pretty in the punjabi suit.Can't exactly remember what was the occassion for that she got all dressed up but all I can recall was, at that time, she was in LOVE. It's all written on her face!

Have not seen her for quite a while and other friends at SPC and TEPL, well except for Hariana. I'm coaching Hariana's daughther. Lately, met up with Sophia. Really miss all. Thought of dropping by to see Irene Chan at SPC. I heard that she undergone some surgery. Anyone reading especially those at SPC, please update me on Irene's conditions. Thanks.

The last time I saw her was last August.Can never forget Ms Irene Chan on the day she interviewed me. Some staff scared to work with her. Don't know why but Zanna got along well. Zanna even missed her so much and wanted her back when Irene was seconded to TEPL as Manager. I know she can be demanding but aiyah.. can't say much la.. cos I never got a chance to work directly under her supervision. But anyhow, I think she's great and a brilliant Team Leader. Love her and all!

Career-Switch

Good News! I passed my medical examinations- one of the criteria before I can be sponsored and accepted by SMCP and TTSH. The Accelerated Diploma Course in Nursing will commence in January next year and so it's back to school, if everything goes well. I am really looking forward to this. Wanted to enrol last year but missed the registration deadline due to work contraints, as well as the timing was not right. Now, I am glad that I made the right choice to quit from SingTel , else I would have missed this opportunity again.

The application/interview process was quite fast. I applied under the Strategic Manpower Conversion Programme (Nursing) Sponsorship. After the online application, I was called for 2 half day attachment at Tan Tok Seng Hospital. Followed by an interview with National Health Group. I was interviewed by NUH Educators. They wanted me to re-consider my choice of hospital. I had listed my 1st choice to be TTSH and last choice was NUH. I told them I'm comfortable with any one. I decided my preferences by distance. Soon after that, I was given a Letter of Offer from TTSH. It is a conditional offer meaning that it will be void if NYP rejects my application. So the next huddle is getting 2 sureties, and application to NYP.

Spoke to 2 of my ex-colleagues and both are willing to be one of my sureties but have to check if they qualify. There are conditions too. It is easier to ask someone to be your surety than to be a surety for someone, what more if he/she is not related to you. I am so grateful to have known them.

To both,eventhough it's not confirmed yet, thank you for having the trust in me.

Tiny Cute

Tiny Cute,
originally uploaded by .y..

This is how Tiny use to look like, before our dear friend Tynie adopted her. Now, Tiny is so chubby! Thanks to Tynie for feeding Tiny so well! Confused yet?

Teacher's Day, B'day, Yesterday

First off, hope all the teachers had a good Teacher's Day, 1st Sept.

Next, I'd like to say Thank You to all well-wishers for my b'day.

Watched the movie Open Water at PS while my wife went for her facial. Not a bad show, and unique in a way that its shot entirely using digital media, meaning there are no tricks, no special fx. You can actually see some pixelation in some parts. Now stop reading if you hate spoilers.

I thought the plot was pretty straight forward and realistic. Like the way the sharks 'test' their targets numeral times 1st before actually making a move to actually attack. There's also no hollywood-make-people-feel-good-so-we-sell-more-tickets kinda ending. Well, that means one thing, they die. Which is what would've happened, in real life. Props to the producers too for not making a typical hollywood happy ending, I've seen enough of that!

Following that, we wanted to watch Stepford Wives or Face, but the show times were either too early or too late. Right at that moment, a young lady approached us and offered us a complimentary pass for the Tom Hanks movie The Terminal to us cos her friend couldn't make it. And the show starts in 10 minutes! Thank you! I wanted to give the nice lady a big hug, but decided to control myself in the end, heheh.

A nice little B'day gift from my guardian angel perhaps? So we got to watch The Terminal in a couple seat. Not a bad movie, also based on real life events, your typical feel-good movie. But I gotta say it was damn funny. I laugh so hard I had tears in my eyes. At one point people were clapping too.

After the show, I then saw this cute little car coming out of the car park. It's the Daihatsu Copen! Not bad. Cuter than the March I think. Oh, ran into Mei Chen, who's on her way for facial, too. She is so slim now. She said she exercises a lot, that's why. Asked for her hub's name again, and now all I can remember is "Tong" again. She also mentioned that she didn't like the ending of OW. I can understand why, but to me its a very cool ending. I'm surprised she recognises me, what with my very short hair and relatively pale complexion now. Tomorrow I hope I can catch either Face or SW. Should be good!

My ratings for Open Water - 4/5.
No special effects, realistic situation and ending, not your typical movie. Maybe cos I SCUBA dive too, therefore I could be biased. (Mei Chen dives too, so maybe she prefers a Hollywood happy ending, I guess)

The Terminal - 3.5.
The laughs and the supporting characters saved the movie. We know Tom Hanks can act, but this movie is as Hollywood as it gets. Only kids will be fooled into how the staff at the airport will leave their posts like that just to see off a bloke they hardly know.