1 july is here

time really flies. 1 july is tmr! haha. a few mths back, was super looking forward to start work cos scared e job offer wasnt secure. tt time was thinking tt e job is only secure when i settle down on my desk. a few weeks back, was quite sian abt starting work, cos felt [...]

my 100 days buddy

e past few days hav been diligently trying to squeeze out some time to do my online modules. out of e 46 freaking mods, i hav completed 10! hahaa. hav done interest calculations, time value of money, NVP and IRR, probability, financial mkts – an intro, money mkts – an intro, foreign exchange – mkt [...]

temp job at CommunicAsia

my temp job last week, from tue to fri, was really a very slack one haha. went to expo hall 3 at 9am in e morning to help set up e booth with e other temp staff, yanni, who happens to b from NBS as well ha. will also wrap some kacang puteh while waiting for [...]

happy fathers’ day

fathers’ day was last sun and we celebrated it on mon over a nice dinner at shin yeh, which is a tung lok restaurant in liang court. in my family, we do not have e habit or culture to express our love and gratitude openly. alot of things are unspoken and they remain deep in our hearts. [...]

day 15 and 16: tokyo

finally, i hav come to e final post of our grad trip. yup our last 2 days, or rather, 2.5 days  in japan were spent in tokyo. checked into mercure hotel ginza upon reaching. we booked 2 rooms and so 3 shared one room. it was a refreshing change after many nites of hostels and [...]

day 14: yokohama

xinwei decided to 赖床 and tt was wad she got in return. hahaha. 
anyway we had our breakfast spread in hakone before leaving for our next stop: yokohama
actually planned to stay in a capsule hotel in tokyo on tt night one. but well, luck wasnt on our side. e capsule hotel tt we set our sight [...]

day 13: hakone

before we left for hakone, we had a gd breakfast at matsunoki. it was indeed a spread haha.
e journey to hakone wasnt easy. after taking train, we still hav to changed to bus. e bus ride up e mountainous area was nt too comfy and it was expensive! haha.
after a tedious journey, we finally reached [...]

day 12: okayama

we checked into a ryokan called matsunoki ryokan in okayama. due to some misunderstanding, dinner wasnt served as wad we previously thot. breakfast will still b served though ha. all of us will b staying tgt in one big tatami room. nice!
today’s itinerary was relaxing. there was jus one place of attraction to cover – [...]

day 10 and 11: hiroshima

next up wld be hiroshima by qida. reached hiroshima and checked into hana hostel, where we stayed for 2 nights. e 4 gers shared a room with double decker beds while lucky me and qida gt a tatami room hahaa. shiok la. oh and this little hostel comes with an elevator! which made lilin very [...]

day 8 and 9: nagasaki

our train from fukuoka to nagasaki was great cos we were given first class seats haha.
it was raining heavily when we reached nagasaki and so we decided to take a tram ride to reach our hostel – akari. walked passed spectacles bridge and saw our hostel finally ha. checked in only at 3pm man.
e rain [...]

day 7: fukuoka

e tour guide baton was officially passed to jasmine and she brought us to fukuoka ha.
reached fukuoka and our hostel – khaosan - was quite a distance away from e station. on our way walking to e hostel, we passed by a restaurant offering cheap set lunches and thus decided to fill our stomachs before proceeding. oh e [...]

day 5 and 6: osaka

before we left kyoto in e morning, we stopped by a post office to send out postcards to our loved ones in sg haha.
next stop: osaka (with me as e guide). e city tt was very affected by H1N1 flu in japan, besides kobe. so well, once onboard JR train, we put on masks, just [...]

day 3 and 4: kyoto

took JR train in e morning from nagoya to kyoto, our next destination, and with xinwei as our guide.
we checked into nihonkan, which is a ryokan near kyoto JR station. it looks like shit on e outside but looks can b deceiving rem. indeed, inside was great haha. and this time, all 6 of us [...]

day 1 and 2: nagoya

reached changi airport terminal 3 at 9plus pm on 26 may 2009 and met up with e rest of BBS. everyone was feeling excited abt e trip! haha. after a goodbye to our sendoff parties, we walked into e departure door.
our scheduled SQ flight at 11.40pm was delayed for one plus hr. sian lo. but [...]

london trip confirmed

it’s confirmed. hav received e details abt this trip a few days back. instead of a month as previously thot, i will only be in london for abt 3 weeks, from 30 august (though e program officially starts on 1 september) till 19 september.
this program is a fast-paced and intensive, designed to equip us with [...]