OH MAN I CAN’T BELIEVE IT, I PASSED MY DRIVING TEST TODAY. I was initially quite nervous today before the test and I feel as if the whole world is looking upon with high hopes and I don’t really want to disappoint my Dad anymore and all my friends. So I prayed real hard and God answers my prayer and well now I can officially drive. I got 18 points which is just nice to pass and well the examiner commented that my driving is ok just that I tend to not check my mirrors especially the rear mirror. Well if I do drive again next time, I will remember the points and check my mirror often. After the test, I went to take the photos and also to make the license which took 1 hour plus of waiting. After all these, I went to PS to meet the RE temps for dinner and also to shop around for ideas to make Ivy’s birthday present. Well I got a cross stitch and it is going to be a real challenge but I’ll do my best.
ANY P PLATES TO DONATE TO ME. LOLZ
Another temps outing on Thursday to celebrate Shawn aka Lord Moon’s birthday. This time we have a new addition which is Maisy who joined us for the dinner at Crystal Jade La Mian and Xiao Long Bao. We had the La Mian and also Wo Tie and the Xiao Long Pao. The food is not bad and the prices are reasonable too. After the dinner, we sang happy birthday for Shawn at the eatery and went to a open space near somerset to just talk cock for a while and thereafter went to play pool at Le Meridian.
Had driving lesson on Saturday and well it was not too bad just that my turning are a bit close to the kerb for some reason. Think it’s probably because of the test like coming in Monday which makes me a little nervous. I really hope that I would be able to pass this time. After driving, was swimming with Liang Ying and later we went to eat. Dinner was at
Finally completed all the essays needed for the scholarship application now only lacks a signed letter of recommendation and after that just pray hard.
Tomorrow is finally my second attempt at the driving and I really hope that I can pass this time around. May God watch over me.
This week has really flew past with the long weekend from Friday to Sunday and lots of things happening in this week. Wednesday was Nathan’s last day and he is now off to CLSA in the compliance department. He finally got his wish for a more relevant temp job. On Thursday, the temps went out for dinner at Cartel to celebrate Nathan’s birthday. We ordered the 2 huge platters and shared it among ourselves. After dinner, we went to Mind’s café again to play games and when I went home, I was in time for the last train. On Good Friday, I went to church in the morning for service, lunch afterwards and at 3 had my circuit practice and I almost forget all the things in the circuit. Thank God for this practice.
On Saturday, I went to AMK at around 10 to wait for Nathan to pick me up but when I reached at
Finally it is Friday and it has been a really busy week for me and it is also full of ups and downs for me.
On Tuesday, we had a temp staff outing at Minds Café and it is my first time there. It is a place where groups of friends can come together to play some board games and to chill relax over drinks and some snacks. At Minds Café, there are some really interesting board and card games where I have never played before and for the 2 hours there, we played this game where one had to mimic the sound of the opponent’s animal if the cards corresponds to each other’s when played. The second game was somewhat like connect 5 where 2 teams had to try to get 2 gets of 5 pieces on the board in a row first. After that, we had 2 rounds of this card game where there are 2 types of people, the miners and the other the saboteur. The miners had to build roads to reach the gold while the saboteur had to prevent it from happening. The last game we played was taboo the all time favourite and we certainly had lots of fun guessing the words.
This week is super busy with lots of interviews arranged and also attaching a lot of people here and there but in the end the results for the week is fill 2.0, one perm, one got some clearance problem after starting work on the 2nd day and the one that really spoil my week was a initially 3000/mth package but reduced to 2500/mth. Initially I was very happy cause this was going to be my first big case and this had to happen and right now the candidate is still considering whether or not to take it up but deep down in my heart, I rather he do not take it up. What a screwed up employer.
It has been a long time since I updated and I have many things to say. I finally got my reservist unit after waiting for a long time and to my dismay it was not PPB but rather I got posted to 822 SIR which means I am now going to chiong sua for my reservist as an infantry man. Guess what, I even got my first ICT date liao, which is on 15th Sept. This is the first time that I felt that the SAF is so efficient. I am also reminded that I have to take my IPPT test.
I have another tuition student at woodlands and I start my lessons with him on Monday. This is only 15 per hour for a primary 4 kid but since it’s the start, and there is hope of long term so maybe in the future I might be able to increase the fees. The best part is also the flexibility of the schedule which makes it even more attractive when I start school in august and I can continue to teach to make some pocket money too.
Today was really an exciting and emotions filled day for me. In the morning, I told Alicia that if that guy is not suitable, then there is no need to find anymore. Last night I was thinking about it a lot and prayed hard about it and a though suddenly came into my mind saying that if this guy is not suitable, then I will stay on all the way. So it happens that the guy did not want to be a RC but they kept it from me and even told me that today is my last day and tried I might to appear normal, I could not help but feeling sad and disappointed as I had completely no preparation to this coming and my last day being today. Alicia then handed me a contract saying that she had a parking case for me to handle while she had lunch and I asked if I was getting the STB. She said yes and when I look at the contract, I saw my own name there and it states duration to infinity and I knew what was going on. They were having me on by telling me that the guy wanted to be RC in the first place. So they were not that bad after all and indeed it was hard to leave RE and well I am not leaving till its time to go to school.
Now that I have decided to do this, its time to not only fill temp but also try to do some perm position too. I must at least learn something from spending around 8 mths on the job. I stayed till around 7 plus today to do some housekeeping and to prepare for a new day, a new week and a new start ahead.
29th February of 2008 would indeed be memorable for me. On Friday, it was the day Govt shift out from here to Taka and also the day that Glenn is leaving RE. Everyone will be sad that friends are leaving and we cannot work together anymore and also cannot have lunch together. Worse still, now we need to share the office with another division and I wonder how it will be like on Monday. The life of the office will be pretty much gone. After work, we headed down to the NUS Guild House located at the rooftop of
I got up at around
Had actually wanted to go for the K1 Motor Sport carnival which is held downstairs my house, but it was raining heavily the whole day and I guess the go kart is cancelled and also I am not feeling well now, down with a cold too. So after coming back from Church, I took a bathe, wash my clothes and went to rest. Had a nap at around 3 and it was good and I felt better. Hope I don’t fall sick, must drink lots of water.