Sept was a busy busy mth at work as i was doing dual roles, old role as Account Payable Lead (full load) & new role as Financial Analyst (forecasts, budgets, etc). Sept quarter-end closing was really big sweat too as everyday i was fighting battle. So glad i managed to tide it over. Tomorrow mark the start of my Oct month-end closing for my new role. I actually brought some preparation work home to do over the weekend but the motivation to start my brain cells is 0! I intend to go in office earlier tomorrow as my brain juice is at its optimum in the morning!
Some of the interesting activities that took place in Sept & Oct are:
- Sep - Pulau Ubin trekking with my new gang of christian friends (Trina, Samuel, Daniel, Clement, Tai Vie, etc) & Brian too. It was a great time trekking and taking care of my brother Brian. It is great to be ner nature again & we get a chance to visit "Ah Ma" house in Ubin. Ah ma is a 70+yrs lady who has stayed in Ubin island all her life. Her family has moved to Spore but she still feel Ubin is her home and her daughter will visit her & stay with her over weekend.
- Oct - Mooncake celebration with my new gang of friends at ECP. I co-organised this together with a friend as we got 'arrowed' for this event. The event was fun as we have a group of 20 new friends having a great time with singing, games, riddles & lanturns.
- Tuition maddess - final lap to pump Limin & Nikhil for their Olevel exam. To date, i have tutored 10 students over a span of 8 yrs. Amazing. Today is my 2nd last lesson with Nikhil and i am very glad that he made some good improvement & efforts. 4 Nov Wed evening will be my LAST tuition session, for this season of my life....so tired of tutoring or shd i blame it on my diminishing passion?
- 2 friends' dad (Michelle Baoyu & William's dad) passed away these 2 mths...both dads are young, in their 50s/60s so it also reminded me that life can be so short & unpredictable.
- 30 Oct Fri - Partied at Howl at the moon pub to celebrate Hen's party for Michelle buddy as she is getting married next Sat 7 Nov. 8 girls simply went mad as we drunk too much, played so much, danced so much & Michelle was very sponteneous to go up to the stage to play drum for song Cloud 9 & wore bunny costume throughout. Haven't party for a long time but i do acknowledge it is mentally & physically very draining.
- 31 Oct Sat - Watched "This it is" movie filming Michael Jackson's concert rehersal, before he passed away, with Mum & Brother at Downtowneast Cathy cinema. From the film, MJ is really a perfectionist (live up to Virgo's characteristic as mum said he was born on 29 Aug, which was supposed to be my scheduled birth date but i came out 4 days earlier!) & he is really passionate on his work. This is a great learning point to pick up from MJ, a great Pop star legend for this era.
- 31 Oct Sat - attended Methodist Church Marketplace seminar. I was too tired to listen attentively as i slept at 3+am and woke up at 8am to rush for the full day seminar. I learnt to appreciate healthy level of tension is good so i shd stop avoiding & learn to handle the conflicts between me & my team mate.
- Visited Michelle Baoyu at her home this afternoon. Michelle always have a way to let me see different perspective. The analogy of "TV vs DVD player" & "Creative brand vs Apple ipod brand" really striked my heart. Will anyone want to go for reformatted old DVD player when one has the chance to buy a new DVD player? Why is the use of being that old reformatted DVD player when one can put up itself on display shelf to be a new DVD player? Someone out there who is looking out for DVD player, will appreciate this DVD player. Everyone like new gargets so why am i still so stubborn? Am i being afraid or too lazy for to adapt to changes?
