A week has gone by since I've started work at my new job and it's been really good so far. I must admit that I was a nervous wreck last Sunday but am very glad that concerns are unfounded. Office is really such a welcoming place and with so much going on, the day really goes by quite quickly.
Commuting has been an effort so far. I do miss walking to work and waking up after sunrise but I guess it's a small price to pay. It was quite a drama though last Friday when the trains broke down. I guess I really need to evaluate alternatives to the LRT just in case it happens again!
Don't forget to buzz me for lunch if any of you guys are in KLCC! :)
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Monday, October 02, 2006
Around the World in 12 Days
It's my first day at the new job and amazingly, spent the whole day in meetings, 5 altogether! It's good feeling somewhat 'productive' on Day 1 :) Kinda eases the nerves when there's ample information given. Knowledge is empowering.
Also attended a meeting to clarify a work trip I'll be taking. Come October 26, I will be travelling literally around the world!
First up, I'll be heading to the city of Louisville, Kentucky via KL - Stockholm - Newark, NY - Kentucky. I'll be there attending a 5 day conference which is not just fully paid for, but being the only guy, I get the entire hotel room to myself!
Then after about 7 days in Kentucky, I'll be heading down to Boston via Chicago. Boston's agenda is simple. Check out the competition :)I'll be in Boston for a grand 4 days with a day off to shop!
After Boston I'm off to LA for a short stopover before heading back to KL via Taipei through the other side of the globe. In total, I'll be away on travel for 12 days!
It's going to be a heck of a trip but it sure beats morning commute!
Also attended a meeting to clarify a work trip I'll be taking. Come October 26, I will be travelling literally around the world!
First up, I'll be heading to the city of Louisville, Kentucky via KL - Stockholm - Newark, NY - Kentucky. I'll be there attending a 5 day conference which is not just fully paid for, but being the only guy, I get the entire hotel room to myself!
Then after about 7 days in Kentucky, I'll be heading down to Boston via Chicago. Boston's agenda is simple. Check out the competition :)I'll be in Boston for a grand 4 days with a day off to shop!
After Boston I'm off to LA for a short stopover before heading back to KL via Taipei through the other side of the globe. In total, I'll be away on travel for 12 days!
It's going to be a heck of a trip but it sure beats morning commute!
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Passport Drama
I went to renew my passport this morning at the Immigration branch at the old Subang Airport. Heeding advice from friends, I left the house at 630am hoping to arrive by 7am and beat the crowd. I did arrive at the AREA at 7am but got lost and ended up at the queue at 8am.
It's amazing how I got lost though. In retrospect, it was so easy to find. But knowing me, probably unsurprising. Anyways, when I arrived, the place was almost full! However, service was darn quick. Even with the queue, I left by 9am, only an hour's wait.
So will be going again tomorrow morning to collect my passport. This time round, I don't plan to wake up so early. Will do that next week when I start my new job in KL. :)
It's amazing how I got lost though. In retrospect, it was so easy to find. But knowing me, probably unsurprising. Anyways, when I arrived, the place was almost full! However, service was darn quick. Even with the queue, I left by 9am, only an hour's wait.
So will be going again tomorrow morning to collect my passport. This time round, I don't plan to wake up so early. Will do that next week when I start my new job in KL. :)
Friday, September 22, 2006
Last Day
It's here. I'm packed. It's time to go.
I'll be leaving behind a lot of memories but come October, life will be very different. For the better or worse? I'll soon find out! :)
I'll be leaving behind a lot of memories but come October, life will be very different. For the better or worse? I'll soon find out! :)
Monday, September 18, 2006
5th last day at work
The countdown has begun marking the last few days at my current workplace. When I resigned from my previous company, I remember the elation and relief as well as the excitement with the prospect of being released from the bonds of employment! This time round, I must say I am feeling quite sad. There's a lot I will miss but definitely not enough to make me stay but it's still very much an opposite of what I felt the last time!
I've packed all my things which surprisingly filled only 5 shoeboxes. Was expecting a whole lot more but guess my miniscule office limited my packrat nature. Come Friday I will be enjoying joblessness for a week before I am back again in the never ending rat race :)
Squeak squeak!
I've packed all my things which surprisingly filled only 5 shoeboxes. Was expecting a whole lot more but guess my miniscule office limited my packrat nature. Come Friday I will be enjoying joblessness for a week before I am back again in the never ending rat race :)
Squeak squeak!
Thursday, September 14, 2006
All my bags are packed...
I am melancholic... it's been a week of farewells and next week promises even more as I slowly uproot myself from the college and prepare for my new job come October.
It's terribly upsetting leaving a job you enjoy but it's also immensely exciting having the prospect of a job you could enjoy even more! Either way, it's bittersweet... and as much as I'm looking forward to be in KLCC, I'm going to miss the college, my colleagues, students and my desk.
Change is definitely the theme of the month. On top of a new job, I'm also looking at many other new things with a new house being on top of my mind. With certain circumstances, I feel like moving out. Too many memories in my place and I think it may be time to upgrade from a renter to an owner. It's a nagging thought and we'll see how it goes.
I've never been one to hold on to the past. Gawd knows I've hardly ever kept up contact with old friends... can't even remember my friends in secondary school. I have for the most lived in the present with an eye to the future but with age and experience, I have to say that all this moving forward stuff can be delusional. Sometimes, it would be nice to live in the past and remember where you came from and those who helped you through.
Melancholy in September never fails...
It's terribly upsetting leaving a job you enjoy but it's also immensely exciting having the prospect of a job you could enjoy even more! Either way, it's bittersweet... and as much as I'm looking forward to be in KLCC, I'm going to miss the college, my colleagues, students and my desk.
Change is definitely the theme of the month. On top of a new job, I'm also looking at many other new things with a new house being on top of my mind. With certain circumstances, I feel like moving out. Too many memories in my place and I think it may be time to upgrade from a renter to an owner. It's a nagging thought and we'll see how it goes.
I've never been one to hold on to the past. Gawd knows I've hardly ever kept up contact with old friends... can't even remember my friends in secondary school. I have for the most lived in the present with an eye to the future but with age and experience, I have to say that all this moving forward stuff can be delusional. Sometimes, it would be nice to live in the past and remember where you came from and those who helped you through.
Melancholy in September never fails...
Monday, September 11, 2006
Happy Birthdays!
Aimo and Chun! Happy Birthday! Hope you guys have a blast with lots of cake, goodies and presents!
It's been ages since we celebrated birthdays ala MMU days. I can still remember the homemade cards and parties at the playground :)
It's been ages since we celebrated birthdays ala MMU days. I can still remember the homemade cards and parties at the playground :)
Friday, September 01, 2006
Picket Fences
I've had an interesting week of neighbourly encounters. First up, I found in the backyard some broken branches from the insane tree that's growing. When I first moved in over 2 years ago, the tree was just a spindly shrub barely 1 feet high. It's now a towering 10 feet tree with beautiful umbrella like branches which unfortunately tend to extend into my neighbours 'delicate' back porch. Thus the broken tree branches left on my side of the backyard like Mafia style warnings.
So in the interest of neighbourly relations, I chopped the entire tree down and my frumpy grumpy neighbour is now all smiles. I guess the centimetre long invasion into the airspace by my tree threatened her sovereignity. People can be quite possesive at times (myself included) so like I said, in the best interest of everyone, a tree is now dead.
Then there's this other neighbour, the one with the biggest most renovated house on the block who wants to build gates at the entrances to the back road. Given the 'recent rise' in crime and the 'threat to safety and belongings', the gates are 'necessary' and since its in shared interest, we should all chip in.
I don't know about you guys but the only ones to gain here are the ones with most to lose. Given that, dividing the cost 'evenly' is practical but somewhat unjustified so I decided to pay nothing.
I do live in a nice neighbourhood but people with high walls and big gates do not nice neighbours make.
So in the interest of neighbourly relations, I chopped the entire tree down and my frumpy grumpy neighbour is now all smiles. I guess the centimetre long invasion into the airspace by my tree threatened her sovereignity. People can be quite possesive at times (myself included) so like I said, in the best interest of everyone, a tree is now dead.
Then there's this other neighbour, the one with the biggest most renovated house on the block who wants to build gates at the entrances to the back road. Given the 'recent rise' in crime and the 'threat to safety and belongings', the gates are 'necessary' and since its in shared interest, we should all chip in.
I don't know about you guys but the only ones to gain here are the ones with most to lose. Given that, dividing the cost 'evenly' is practical but somewhat unjustified so I decided to pay nothing.
I do live in a nice neighbourhood but people with high walls and big gates do not nice neighbours make.
Monday, August 21, 2006
Grounded...
I have a problem. I am a shopaholic...
This Megasale has been great thus far, though for all the wrong reasons! I've hardly been to 3-4 malls but have been spending like crazy. It's fun most definitely but at the end of the day, the one having the most fun will be my banks :)
So I've grounded myself from any malls until the sale is over. At least on the upside, I hardly ever pay regular price. But flash that 70% sticker and out comes my credit cards in a flash!
It has been a great sale though I must admit. It won't be long to the year end though and we all know what that means :)
This Megasale has been great thus far, though for all the wrong reasons! I've hardly been to 3-4 malls but have been spending like crazy. It's fun most definitely but at the end of the day, the one having the most fun will be my banks :)
So I've grounded myself from any malls until the sale is over. At least on the upside, I hardly ever pay regular price. But flash that 70% sticker and out comes my credit cards in a flash!
It has been a great sale though I must admit. It won't be long to the year end though and we all know what that means :)
Friday, August 18, 2006
Bye bye furry friends...
It's now official... I am now bunny-free.
All the bunnies in my backyard have found new homes. It's a little sad seeing them go but with the career move, I just won't have time for them. Even at the moment, they're pretty much on their own, though occasionally they do come in useful as 'entertainment' for the kids.
I have learned something though. I no longer want a dog and I most definitely do not want children. I guess the idea of personal freedom is very crucial to me.
My parents will be severely disappointed I am sure but who knows, I may just adopt someday. Maybe at the age of 5 when they're housetrained and fully-teethed. :)
All the bunnies in my backyard have found new homes. It's a little sad seeing them go but with the career move, I just won't have time for them. Even at the moment, they're pretty much on their own, though occasionally they do come in useful as 'entertainment' for the kids.
I have learned something though. I no longer want a dog and I most definitely do not want children. I guess the idea of personal freedom is very crucial to me.
My parents will be severely disappointed I am sure but who knows, I may just adopt someday. Maybe at the age of 5 when they're housetrained and fully-teethed. :)
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Nervous anticipation...
It's confirmed. I've tendered my resignation from the college. Signed the offer letter with my new employer. Stamped the agreement. And went for the medical checkup. So come October, I'll be working in KLCC!
It's a great career move. Very generous salary hike, great benefits, and the promise of challenges but it's definitely nerve wrecking. Moving out of a comfort zone is definitely scary, especially when it's a very nice comfort zone but some opportunities are rare and I don't want to regret not taking it later in life.
Will definitely miss life in the college. It will be sad to hand over CreativeKids to new teachers. And even rabbits have to go. And in the future, perhaps even a move out of USJ. It's a lot of change but I'm game for it :)
So wish me luck! For friends in KL, well, here I come!
It's a great career move. Very generous salary hike, great benefits, and the promise of challenges but it's definitely nerve wrecking. Moving out of a comfort zone is definitely scary, especially when it's a very nice comfort zone but some opportunities are rare and I don't want to regret not taking it later in life.
Will definitely miss life in the college. It will be sad to hand over CreativeKids to new teachers. And even rabbits have to go. And in the future, perhaps even a move out of USJ. It's a lot of change but I'm game for it :)
So wish me luck! For friends in KL, well, here I come!
Friday, August 04, 2006
Time For Change
Change is in the air! I've quit my job and am moving on to a more challenging undertaking but one that is more rewarding as well. Out of the 20 or so applications sent out, only 2 responded and I've managed to clinch one. Thankfully, of ALL the ones I've sent out and hoped to get, the job I did get is the one I truly wanted. I am definitely very lucky this year.
Will post more details later. Right now, am basking in rays of change and all pumped up. I am a happy boy.
ps: LOTS of vacancies for fulltime lecturers in multimedia, advertising, mass communications and similar... buzz if keen :)
Will post more details later. Right now, am basking in rays of change and all pumped up. I am a happy boy.
ps: LOTS of vacancies for fulltime lecturers in multimedia, advertising, mass communications and similar... buzz if keen :)
Monday, July 31, 2006
Tis' the season to be spending... falalalala...
The Malaysian Megasale is back and gosh... am just so pumped. Went on a mini shopping marathon over the weekend and got myself a whole bunch of goodies.
I am such a shopaholic. Someone needs to take my credit cards away from me... all 8 of them.
I am such a shopaholic. Someone needs to take my credit cards away from me... all 8 of them.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
A weekend to remember...
I have to say I had a GREAT weekend! Went up to Genting on Friday and had to admit, was a little trepidatious (is this a word?) as most of my trips uphill have ended in some form of trauma. (Flashback: - brakes failed while going downhill, - battery died and had to be jumpstarted, - got lost walking, - diarrhorea, etc.).
This time round however, everything went perfectly well! Checked in without delay, got great rooms with great views. Weather was blissful! All nice and clear while driving then suddenly all misty and cool when I've parked. Just perfect!
Throughout, did the whole Genting fanfare. Went on rides, watched movies, went for the Mysteria magic show, ate like a pig, and had a ball of a time!
I want to go again!
This time round however, everything went perfectly well! Checked in without delay, got great rooms with great views. Weather was blissful! All nice and clear while driving then suddenly all misty and cool when I've parked. Just perfect!
Throughout, did the whole Genting fanfare. Went on rides, watched movies, went for the Mysteria magic show, ate like a pig, and had a ball of a time!
I want to go again!
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Gimme a 'H' 'O' 'L' 'I' 'D' 'A' 'Y' and what do you spell?
Am off and away! Will be on leave from tomorrow till the weekend. Going off to Melaka, then to Sunway Lagoon then off to Genting. Doubt it'll be 'relaxing' but it'll be fun!
HOORAH!
HOORAH!
Monday, July 17, 2006
Muddled Monday
I am full of gibberish today. Not sure whether it's all the sleep I got on Sunday or the fact that I'm underdressed (in t-shirt instead of shirt) but today is one muddled Monday.
It has been ages since I have literally nothing to do and it's amazing that it's all tied up to my machine. My PC is in the shop being upgraded to XP and without it, I'm utterly useless. Furthermore, with this week being a mid-semester break, I have no classes to go to and no students are around for consultation.
Summary is... I'm bored.
To make matters worse, only 7 of my colleagues are around and from this 7, only 2-3 are about in the office. Having 14 people on leave certainly makes a huge difference to what is usually a lively office environment. It's just so dead today.
It's now 2pm and I've exhausted all possible time with emails... rearranged the pens and pencils... went to the bathroom almost every 30 minutes and ate lunch twice.
Thankfully, my machine will be back tomorrow and hopefully, life at work will keep me busy again. I like being useful.
It has been ages since I have literally nothing to do and it's amazing that it's all tied up to my machine. My PC is in the shop being upgraded to XP and without it, I'm utterly useless. Furthermore, with this week being a mid-semester break, I have no classes to go to and no students are around for consultation.
Summary is... I'm bored.
To make matters worse, only 7 of my colleagues are around and from this 7, only 2-3 are about in the office. Having 14 people on leave certainly makes a huge difference to what is usually a lively office environment. It's just so dead today.
It's now 2pm and I've exhausted all possible time with emails... rearranged the pens and pencils... went to the bathroom almost every 30 minutes and ate lunch twice.
Thankfully, my machine will be back tomorrow and hopefully, life at work will keep me busy again. I like being useful.
Monday, July 10, 2006
Friday, July 07, 2006
SEGi Community Day (8/7)
If you are around the neighbourhood this Saturday (8/7), do drop by SEGi College Subang Jaya for an activity-filled day! With over 30+ external vendors, Futsal challenges, carnival games, computer games and lots of FOOD, the day promises to be full of fun!
Look me up for 'discounted' coupons :) Hope to see you guys there!
Look me up for 'discounted' coupons :) Hope to see you guys there!
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Introducing Raisin!
A new baby bunny has emerged from the burrow and it's Raisin!
Here's Raisin with his mom, Biscotti and dad, Fudge.
Here's Raisin with his mom, Biscotti and dad, Fudge.