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Today

Went to work early today at around 9 due to there being a team meeting at the Funan store. Now I'm at the Suntec store and today turned out brain-numbingly boring. Not many customers, at all. No sales code anyway so I'm not too bothered but once I have it, I have no idea what to do to make those people come in and buy stuff. Guess its another problem for another day.

Moving!

Finally had my long awaited break. Going back on Sunday as tomorrow is off as well! I just received news that I'm moving to the Suntec branch suddenly. Not really happy about that as of now but didn't really have a say in this matter. Oh well...

Anyway, probably do my surveys tomorrow and tried to go for either a run or a swim or maybe even both. Hmm...

First day at Dell

First day was yesterday and I'm going back tomorrow. Training day 1 and it wasn't too bad. Quite alot of stuff to remember but I reckon it will alright by week 2. Last and second day of training is on monday, but like I said, I'll be there tomorrow to start work despite not completing training ^^

Anyway, sold a laptop for the whole of yesterday. Didn't really expect to make any sales as it was my first day but the man who bought it was pretty nice and it was for his daughter anyway. 

Quite fun though...the people there looks friendly =)

Resolution

Ok, I know how I almost never follow those resolutions, but well at least listing it out as a reference ought to be useful (yeah right...)

Anyway, just a brief one as I got to get to sleep since my job starts tomorrow. Besides, too long a list makes everything sort of unimportant. ^^ In no order of priority then.

1. Learn basic Japanese by end of this year. At least the level of which I can converse with a 12 months old Japanese kid. *hopefully*
2. At least complete 1 SAT. Results not that important, just wanna try it out
3. Continue my studies and keep my focus there. 
4. Find a decent job which I can study and work part time. I find working gives me a new perspective on stuff and keeps me refreshed. Besides, its a good distraction at times and I get to learn new things; meet new people. 
5. Start 3 websites which I'm planning now, each specialising in a certain field eg shirts, football, japan stuff. Just hope it can get off the ground although any expansion or progress is still quite far off in the future. Hopefully it can get to the point where I can earn some extra cash from the affliates programs. My global empire dreams!***maniacal laughter***

Anyway, that's all for now. Cheers and welcome to the new year!

New Year!

Spent new year at home, a contrast to the one last year when I was out clubbing. Just didnt feel like getting into large crowds and elbowing my way through this time. Went to watch Transporter III with Ting a few days ago, due to free tickets from Teenage mag. They called me pretty late in the afternoon and then mistold me the time causing me to me late by about 10 minutes, but since its free, no complaints ^^

Job

The guys from Dell sms-ed me yesterday, saying that my work starting day has been postponed to Friday, 2nd Jan. I'm fine with it, heh =D

OMG! Its DELL!!!

Just received news from my 'agent' at recruit express that Dell wants to hire me. I got to go down to their Orchard office tomorrow to sign the contract. She was rather irritating today, kept buzzing me with calls and smses. Think she was more enthusiastic about the job then me ^^ 

Went for my 2nd interview with Dell this afternoon before they confirmed me.  Apparently there was this other girl involved and it was either me or her so there was a last minute 2nd interview which was not what usually happens. After the interview, which I thought I was ok, my 'agent' called and sms me a few times to ask me how was it/what happened/was the guy happy/did he buy etc...and I got to explain the entire process to her. No idea why was she so excited/enthusiastic about the entire affair at all...doesn't she have any other things to do? Hmm...

Anyway, sort of glad that I got the job at Dell. From what I have seen, it looks like a nice place and a rather comfy job which I think I might grow to like. A new experience I guess....for the next 7 months or so. Work starts on the 29th so yeah, hopefully everything goes swimmingly.

Cheers!

Hiatus

No reason really. Just got slightly tired.

Went with the dec guys to watch 

on Friday, 12 December, also our ORD day. It was an interesting experience btw, going into camp for the last time. Everything felt so new, so transient and I felt really sad at times. Not really sad sad...maybe sadness tinged with faint joy. Its hard to be happy when you are tearing up inside after leaving the place where you have worked and lived and sweat and bleed for the past 2 years. 

The show was pretty decent. Not too terrible and the CG was quite good. Keanu Reeves was acting as though he's still stuck in the matrix. Guess he got his default face on...There were some chinese dialogue which sounded really terrible and made my toes cringe, but other than that the movie was fine. The main aim was to go out and just commemorate our ORD day. Junyi, edwin and GY was there as well despite them ORD-ing almost a month ago. Guess the feeling is different... Went to Sunshine Plaza after that but was kinda disappointed with what I saw. China Square Central today was much much more impressive. Bought a full-drillized Gurren Lagann, the bikini Saber and the figma Rin today. Got a gundam for free as well at Liang Court for replying to that AFA survey.

Went to watch Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging with Shakthi on the following Monday. Haven't seen him for some time and he seemed not to have shaved ever since he ORDed. Had a nice and long chat with him before the movie and after that at Subway. He got the tickets free anyway because of a Teenage contest, and the organizers were freaking late despite them saying distribution will start at 730pm. Think it was around 8+ before they started giving out tickets.

The show was slightly ok. Thought it was like a Sex & the City but for teens. Definitely definitely targetted at girls. Felt I was at the wrong show when I was watching it. It did has its funny parts but I guess there were some parts where girls will appreciate it more. Some parts it was pretty draggy but overall I guess its pretty alright. Quite funny and definitely worth a watch if you are into chicklit. Yeah, its that kinda show.

Had a Dell interview on Friday. It didn't really screwed up and overall I'll say it ran pretty well. There was a quiz before it with MCQ and open ended questions. Was stuck on a few open-ended questions and basically put down a whole ton of stuff. The common 'write down everything if you know nothing' tactic. Which works ^^ 

Watched Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist with the army guys at Cine after my interview. Cine had RapidCulture and I bought a Melissa nendoroid there as it was selling slightly cheaper than the other shops. The prices are surprisingly rather good. The show was quite brilliant, or at least I thought so. Have half a mind to look out for its soundtrack. I liked how it had traces of Juno around it, from its main actor Michael Cera to its indie directing style to its small-town sensibilities in a large city. Really liked the show and how it depicts life as being a remarkable sequences of coincidence, and where every decision you make will fare you better than if you have never made it at all, no matter how awful it seems at first. It shows that by venturing into the unknown, risking yourself, maybe things will turn out for the better after all. It blends all this with humour, self-deprecation and common sense in a realistic movie-world. One of the better movies I watched this year, along with Juno of course. Thank You for Smoking was another standout for me.

We went to Botak Jones after that, just opposite Cine. Embarassingly enough, it was my first time eating there. The food was pretty good and rather affordable for its location and portion. 

Yesterday, Ting and I went to watch this. Finally. He was about 30minutes late but didn't really miss anything much so its kinda alright. Didn't regret it at all. Great show, great direction, great cinematography. Liked how they blended all these characters together and make the audience care and laugh and ache for each and evey one of them. Great work by the director especially on the attention given to character growth and personality. The way he fleshed out every character was admirable. He blended the past and the present very well in the film and made it very very smooth. The film was really funny at parts and the end had me rooting hard for the actors. 

Went to CSC today and got my above-mentioned figurines. If not for my bloody gum pain which I have no idea why, the week will be rather perfect. Looks like my ex-wisdom tooth might be causing me some problem. Swelling slightly and all that, feeling as if I have just extracted it. Bloody hell....and Singapore lost to Vietnam 1-0 at home despite dominating. 

Kinda expected though...been watching Singapore long enough to know that they always bring your hopes and expectations all the way up before deflating them suddenly like a loud balloon. The National Stadium was filled up, almost max capacity. Which occurs very very infrequently in the local football scene. The other previous occasion I can remember and was there were when Singapore played Malaysia (which they lost 4-0) . Hence history repeats. Might be the pressure though, the team couldn't finish at all despite having quite a few great chances. Was some scuffles after the match but didn't really see what happened. The home crowd was hostile though, not in the postive sense. Even I could feel trouble brewing long before the match was over.

Guess that's all for now. Will try to update tomorrow.

Funan

Went to Funan this evening to do my surveys. Wanted to get some stationery for my posters but by the time I was done, the shops were all closed. At least I got a trim at Kimage though, didn't wait too long. 

My original plan was to watch Cape no.7 with Ting but then he turned up not free in the end. So might as well finish the surveys.