Missing In Action

staff pass

lift lobby at 4th floor

my desk with MAC

our dept, cool props

more properties props

my desk, no more MAC (phew!)

other depts next to us

our break area
(free drinks for staff from vending machines)

our break area
(cosy booths)

its been 18 days
since i last blogged
days passed very fast
when you are working
really cannot keep up
with blogging everyday anymore

all i can summarized is
for my last 19 days at work
has beem fulfilling, satisfying
though working after 8 is a norm
I am not complaining
well, at least not for NOW.
colleagues and supperiors are great
environment easy to blend in
plenty of freedon and flexibility.
i guessed its the culture of this company

our lunch hour is always somthing
to look forward to
colleagues are adventurous
to lunch far and out:
chinatown, wisma, harbourfront, bras basah
just to name a few for now.

come this Oct we wouldnt be enjoying
these little adventures anymore
we are moving out of atrium@orchard! :"(
HR has named some possible locations
loyang (boo!), changi (boo!), imm (happy),
capricorn at science park (boo!),
100 near harbourfront (boo!)
but they are still looking
but hinted that renting
office space in orchard road strip
is no longer possible due to sky high rental

so much for the sad news.
the good news is i have received my pay!
yar, it was credited into my acct
on 15th July and its a full months' pay
check with bee lan and she confirmed
our pay day is 15th of every month
its as good as every staff
gets an advancement
of their half months' pay ahead!
wah! american company rulez man!

till next time i blog (dont ask me when)
hopefully we will know
where we are moving too

Day ONE at Work - MTV/Nickelodeon Viacom Consumers Product

was almost late this morning for work
traffic jam at BKE/PIE
unexpected even though
day One starts work at 10 am.
made it on time
even to go 'PS'
'anxiety shit' la :"P

introduction and office tour
orientations start
with my dept managers
they are fun people
no air no problem
GREAT team, seriously!

bee lan was my appointed buddy
(whom i have known for many years)
omar, my senior director
who also started work today
and whom i am reporting to
is also someone i already knew since
my Warner Bros / Cartoon Network days
its like one big family gather ubder the same roof again.
AND EVER so coincidentally
Indra, Omar and myself all share
the same birthday on August 10!
How much more 'family' can that be!

lunch break was brief
cos its back to orientation again
at 2.30 and ended at 5.30

so its back to organising my desk
'orientation' with the MAC **sweat**
sooooo not used to it **CRY**

my Day One ended at around 7.30
left with bee lan
looking forward to day Two.

my last 'rotting' day at home

9.30 am was at MTV office
to sign my appointment letter
their staff benefits are GOOD!
annual leave is 18 days
additional 3 days of Family leave
so i get 21 days a year!
wow!

now i know why the lady
from HR has such a 'thick' accent
she is wearing dental braces
ha! no wonder..
sorry about that
i will get my staff pass tmrw
and yes stationery are provided

had a brief meet up with jack
who walked me thru the dept
introducing me
jack said bee lan, my friend
is my appointed buddy for lunch and all
hahahahah, that is great!
tmrw Omar will come onboard too
and i reports to him
knew Omar briefly thru
Cartoon Network
but not well
dont think he remembers me
but my name should ring bell

all that settled in my new office
i sped down to The Arcade
to do my medical check up
as required by the company

the wait was brisk and orderly:
registration, urine test, chest x ray,
blood test, eye test,
weight & height measurements
and finally meet the doctor
test results will be sent to office

strike by hunger pangs
headed for the dingy HAN'S
at the basement for quick lunch
and my caffein fix :")
the lunch crowd was begining to fall in
better get out now

sms cousin gillian
who's office was nearby
and we ended up meeting
to jalan jalan abit
i am really not a shenton way gal
so i am not interested
to hang around the area for long
the afternoon heat, the LUNCH CROWD
eeeeewwwwww, i better run man!

got back home
did all the laundry
got on the net
to finish up
all my unfinished blogs
for the last 2 days

ok, gotta go
loads of form to fill in
to be handed back to HR tmrw
and loads of materials to read
Spongebob, Patrick, Dora, Diego, Kai-lan, Avatar,
and other friends whom i can't recall now
see you all at work tmrw!

catch up on saturday & sunday

SATURDAY 28.06.2008

pandan cake baked on friday: worst crack ever!

remember in my Friday's blog

i mentioned i was baking

Pandan cake for 5th aunty

instead i created an EARTHQUAKE! :"P

the top part was so badly cracked

that ah lim said it looked like

Volcano craters!

hahahhahah...so bad! :"P

but luckily

apart from the ugly 'topping'

the cake is still very much edible

pandan cake baked on saturday, still cracked but taste not affected

orange chiffon cake baked on Saturday: beautiful!

so i decided to bake a new one on Saturday
together with another orange chiffon cake
for my regular family gathering on Saturday
sad to say, the pandan cake still cracked
but better than Friday's
taste wise also not affected
but the surprise was
the orange cake baked in
a round cake tin instead
of the tin with cone
and the result was good too
YEAH! 5th Aunty liked
she said this orange cake
better than the previous one
that she complained too 'egg-gy' taste
of course la
cos that previous one
i 'hamtam' only
use Pandan cake recipe
to bake Orange cake!
Hahahahahah....
i have also attached here
lydia's peach & apricot cake
baked on Saturday
Nice!
she said i should try bake this
ok i will try on my off days

lydia's peach & apricot cake

National Day 2008 rehearsal at Farrer Road:
air display - heartshape

air display : fan (i think)

National Day is nearing
9th August
and Farrer Road's skies
will be swarm with
air fighters and helicoptors
practising for their air display
BEST SPOT to catch
all the spectacular display

SUNDAY 29.06.2008

saw this new BABY G : nice!

went for hair cut this morning
my 'nest' up there need a trim
and relaxing the curls on my fringe
will be good too
as for colouring
i will save it until 2 weeks later
to do it with lydia
(must save $$$ first) :"P

while getting my 'nest' fixed
i was reading some magazine
saw this latest Baby G watch
red face, like rubber strap
and analog face
kinda like it
wonder how much
time to visit Lorraine again
at Prestige Watch :"P

New discovery for great passport photo-shoot

told Chris i needed to take
some photos to make staff pass
so gave me that extra touch
to my nice haif cut with hair spray
she and the shampoo girl Alfie
both strongly recommended
this small photo shop at Lucky Plaza

so i went
the shop so tiny
i almost walked pass it
the price board says:
$10 for 8 copies (passport size)
additional $3 for photo touch up
additional $10 for soft copy on cd

the 'studio' is so small
that when u r taking your shot
you get Filipinas looking at you
they were all over the shop
this you must be able to overcome
the photographery uses a pro camera
no light effects
and you have to hold
the reflection board yourself
NO HAIR & MAKE UP PROVIDED
hahahahah...

i chose to touch up the photo
cos of my OBK and
that irritation brown sun spot on my cheek
all in i pay:
$10 - 8 copies + $10 soft copy
touch up FREE he said
so 'ho kang' (hahahaha)
ready for collection
within 10 mins
the result of the photo
VERY SATISFIED!

here's the address to share:
ALLAN CHENG PHOTOGRAPHER
#B1-107 Lucky Plaza
Mon-Fri: 10 am - 7 pm
Sat: 1 pm - 6 pm
sun: 9.30 am - 6.30 pm