Wednesday, April 01, 2015

Jobless...boo

Hi all,

Didn't found out that I had not updated this blog since Dec'14......

CNY came and passed and it was normal and found out that a relative tried to conceal his difficulties but it was revealed thru my dad and pretty much evident....hope that things would change for the better for him soon...since on our side we are unable to help him much...

Finally threw the letter and resigned on the 18th Feb , it was a much thought thru decision and without any confirmation or status given...it was really hard working there since if I was not confirmed I could run the risk of not getting any Variable Bonus...VB was vital to us since my basic wasn't high....Ending this asking of the FM for my confirmation...the FM was sacked 1 week after my departure...hmm...

Days without a job were unfulfilling, even if you wanted to go out you din know who to call and time became less important to you...you become lazy and ur throughts processing becomes slower...but luckily I found a job at a stat board which I am sure that it would be much better than the one- educational institute that I have given up..would be starting on the 20th of April, hope that the work environment would be gd...

Would be attempting to conquer Mount Kinabalu at the end of April, with Julie, Jenny, Boo, Sheng Long, Christine and 2 of Boo de ma lai xi ya peng you....Lets reach the summit altogether this time!

Going to test test see see if CFA is for me by taking it for the Dec'15 Lvl 1 exam...hope this sets some goals and hope for me...

Met up with Leo, Wei sheng, poh sheng, aik liang and kwang wen last Sun for Jin xing wedding...Only knw that they go JB regularly every Sat for their movie marathon, as such will be joining them this Sat

Went for my class 4 TP test twice and on both occasions I failed when I mounted the kerb for my vertical parking...will go for more practices before I attempt it the 3rd times.....this time more practices....

Alrite,shall write till here....Take Care all.

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Merry X'mas

Merry Xmas to all !

Its been a week of meet up with poly mates, the usual Bl and gang and with the cousins. In between met up with lee jie, Dan , Carine and Arnold for some good food at tony romas and MJ and soccer at Arnold hse.

It seems nthg much has changed for the poly gang, Kel n MY still earning good money with their Sales jobs while cheng wei is still in his procurement role in the pharma company but all 3 has cars..haha..cept me..but cars to me will always be a liability. Glamourous and convenient but the insurance carpark and all the la la cha cha expenses related to the car will surely overwhelm me...MRT and buses are good form of transport esp nw...

Cousins meeting was fun, we played a sort of guessing game using Hui ying phone...fun and engaging, it gt everyone in the hse playing even er pei and er shen...haha...Zhong wang and son came over as well and it was real fun...the experience was good, where genuine and gd pple really come together..you get that picture..er shen cooking was superb and I had 2 serving of her food...yummy...cant wait for CNY to come by to enjoy the companion of the cousins again.

Last but not least,  the highlight was the Xmas eve celebration at EK new hse, a beautiful hse...we had some vodka bought by EL which wasn't too good and gin tonic provided by EK which was superb esp with Lychee tea...woo hoo...played secret santa and yea we knew what we were gg to get...this was gd since we din had to buy or get smthg which we din had any purpose for...gt an invitation from YS and KQ in Jan'15, surprise as I was...I thk they make a good match together...

For me, my work continue to give me the shudders. Can you imagine 2 weeks of continuous checking of payment and journal vouchers, while the boss and her godson touch on the stock take aspect of the company. A stock take has plenty to learn, from the co ordination of the personnel, the stock take sheet, the variance...the adjustments...but yet she din involve me .
She and her godson shares a relationship which is incredibly close, on times when I see her godson ordering her to do stuffs or telling her what to do, I really wanna quit. This job has given me the downs, the esp heavy blues on Mondays.
I ponder for a while and I think I get it...the FM depends on her godson for ard 80% of the company accounts, and with 20% left, the FM does not have anything to teach me...imagine, you yourself are lost and unaware a lot of the stuffs gg on...you employ someone directly below you and you have nth to teach him...while the person with 80% knowledge is pretty stingy on his knowledge....I try to tell myself such stuffs happens anywhere but I thk this has reach a point where the FM leaves me dangling and not really telling me whether I am confirmed or not confirmed....I have decided to leave.
I din know that Keppel was such a good place until now...the current workplace teaches you to play Taiji, to correct pple unnecessarily, to throwback stuff to pple...but 0 accounting knowledge and worse, to pick up knowledge from a person who have yet to graduate from SIM accounting degree...I kinda have enough of such BS...I mean the colleagues there are good, with plenty of after work activites and friendly and funny pple....but if you drag your feet to work everyday, your attitude towards ur frens and family memebers worsen because of the work...I am gonna call it quits..

Alrite, it has been a struggle for the past 2 mths on whether should I quit. But since the job has such an adverse impact on my personal life....I shld jus follow what my heart tells me...heck that resume impact on a 6 mths job...the ball is in my court now...

Take Care.

Sunday, November 02, 2014

Job

I guess your job really takes a toll on you when : the usual Monday blue gets even down, you post smthg on facebook which attracted comments telling you to Jia you and to cheer up and you dread Mondays on Fridays...

Both the FM n her young talent getting too close to each other, sometimes I feel I am left out in decision making and things going on be it the accounting system or the receivable problems. I felt that I need to be involved but guess she feel I should be involved in my spectrum of work and not the overall realm of operational issues. This'nt  good as anytime she is not in office, I would need to take over any o/s issues.
Had a drink with Zhou wei and Ivan last Friday,  they were feeling a bit of injustice for me as FM extended my confirmation by 3 months...Reason was that I wasn't up to her expectation when the FM knowledge and performance wasn't any spectacular. It feels comforting especially when someone within the organisation understand your feelings....so far I have yet to see the FM making any decision, her answers were always, see last yr file, ask her young talent or to call Ivan the accountant @ IBP....sometimes I wonder why she is employed when all she does is ask questions and attend trainings...

Sometimes I feel  sort of suffocated under her as she expects a lot from me...she can reject a simple statement from me 3-4 times....she herself when I see her work especially Half yearly narratives was pure smoking the reader...

Anyway, I be having an interview this Wed which allows me to learn consolidation and chances for me to travel overseas....hopefully it be better than the current boss....loathe the feeling when you feel you need to leave a place not because of the work or colleagues but rather your boss....if it wasn't for her, I felt this place was rather good and conducive for me to grow...

Alrite should write till here.

Take care.

Sunday, September 28, 2014

Sundays & Weekendsssss

Hi all, been a couple of month since I last updated my this blog of mine....

Well, Work has been busy even much more than Keppel. People there are generally friendly but they
keep a safety distance not to be too friendly unlike Keppel. In terms of work, there's tons of reporting to do ,I mean , even the lights on utilisation rate they oso wan you to calculate. But advises from a few colleagues there told me this post is pretty stagnant. Have to make a choice between stagnating and moving on to a higher post role with more $$. Boss pretty much demanding though, much more precise in reviewing of your work, but shall stop here. All I can say is that if I ccompare the boss with Lincoln, Lincoln technical skills wins hands down.

That's y I have been sending out resume to accounting firms as well as audit firms....Hope that some good firms will call me.

Completed the Army Half Marathon 2 weeks back, and this run was quite smooth given as I had trained till 10 km and my timing was slightly more than 2.5 hrs....a good run with Martin, Sheng long and Boo..

Took part in the swim leg of the tri factor swim....my first swim out in the open sea for 1.5km...choppy swim, was a swim of 2 rounds of 750 m....they set up 4 buoys and after swimming rd 4 buoys you complete 750m..Bt the lack of training was evident as my timing was 42 mins plus...more than my target of 35-40 mins....but nevertheless , will take part in a Sprint Triathalon next year.


Saturdays and Sundays has been a bore for me, I mean after ACCA, weekends has been quite the same, swimming, Running and going to Bukit Indah to view ...ahem tat thing...haha...

I am not sure if I really need tat long a break to make up for that 5 laborious week days or my definition of relax is really to do nothing...LOL....I am not sure, but I NEED to find out...

Alrite shall write till here...take care.

Sunday, June 01, 2014

Mount KK and Bye Keppel!

Completed the Sundown 10 Km run yesterday, yes you saw correctly, it was 10 KM...haha..spurred on by Sheng long and Tiong Hoe to join, my first night race, was pretty shag ,don't know was it caused by the dragon boat training earlier in the Afternoon or was it the lactic/lateness of the timing that caused it. In fact, I wanted to walk after the 7 Km mark bt SL cheered me on and we completed the race in slightly more than an hour. It was a congested race although the presence of females outway the males by a lot, the overtaking and trying to zic-zag pass them was unpleasant. This being my first 10 Km race was unlike the half and Full marathon whereby the congestion ease after the 4-5 or max 7 Km mark and you could set the pace that you want...Overall a good experience, taught me to sleep in the afternoon in future instead of gg DB....Congrats also to another DB gal, Joan who completed her full Marathon! Way to Go,Joan!

Got back from Mount KK 3 weeks ago, managed to reach the summit to catch the breathtaking boulders and view. Our team consisted of Casey, Julie,Jenny, Sheng Long, tiong Hoe, Joan and Christine lai. The first part was reaching base camp, which was quite a comfortable climb, with temperatures hovering between 17-23 degrees and the many types of natural plants and flower, it was an experience to get connected with nature. The ascend to the summit from the base camp was done at 2.30 am and it was a tougher climb compared to the earlier ascend, 1 part involves holding a rope and bending your front body very close to the front to pull yourself up while another involves walking a path which is no bigger than the 2 of your feet put closely together side by side with the back a steep clift to forests and vegetation....this were the tougher ones, However some of our team members because of the cut-off timing at the check point before the summit were not foretold to us, and they did not meet the timing was denied entry to the summit...Feel kinda sad and guilty as we were supposed to be a group and everyone should reach the summit together, bt well I guess 1 person inability should not hinder anyone from achieving the summit...therefore, I might be gg to Mount KK again next year with them to conquer the summit again...if circumstances permits..

Workwise, has decided not to take up the offer for Mexico after some advice and the ever negative drug cartel and gang activities over there. Managed to found a job in an oil and gas industry company as an asst. accountant and will be starting in end of June'14. Job description is a close to full 2 pages! and I hope I am able to handle and settle in well over there. Currently, I am serving notice at Keppel and as of today, there are 14 more working days to go....how I wish these 14 days could jus fly past...Bt I am sure it will

Signed up for the run for cover race together with 7 others Keppel colleagues and we managed to pass the 1st qualifying race and will proceed for the 10 Km qualifying race this Sat..if we qualify we will end up in Ngee Ann city for a 24 Hr treadmill race...sounds fun..haha...

Been monitoring some stock counters the past few weeks and I am actually gg to put into practice the next week. Hope to see some returns consistently, have an aim currently, not too ambitious and hope that I can work toward achieving that aim.

Alrite, shld write till here..till next time,cya

Take care.

Sunday, March 09, 2014

Overseas or Local

Been feeling sort of down for the past weekends, been a bit wishy washy on whether should I leave Keppel...

Managed to retreive my resignation letter 1 week after cmg bk from Tioman..I guess I has been getting pretty stressed out from the prospect of no job and tat would mean no income as well...tat worries me a lot...

Now I am harpering going Mexico, which was the other alternative that Keppel offered me....Everything except the ironical spanish classes has not been finalised, which mean tat if the t & c isnt good engh, I would jus heck it and reject tat offer...no pt gg half the globe to do smthg tat you dont thk is worth it...

But the main reason is the departure of my working buddy-Sheng Long...he has been a constant joy not only to me but to the rest of the coy...he's meticulous in his work,takes pride and doesnt complain a lot...

All the OTs including closing ones def has him staying together with me in the office..and nw his last week gonna be this cmg week...no more jokes and laughter,someone to be ur advisor or listener or to shoot the boss haha...

Happy for him and I thk with his positive attitude and joyful nature he can go far,I am sure...Jia you Sheng Long!

Attending jian bang wedding tonight,am glad and happy for him;)

Alrite shld write till here.

Take care.

Friday, February 14, 2014

Tiomannnn...

Hi All,

Happy Chinese New Year to all! Today's the last day of CNY....managed to make it in time..haha

Got bk from Tioman 1 week ago, was at ABC one of Tioman;s hot site, but given it was a rather rundown village compared to Paya and genting....there wasn't much people on ABC.
Went with Kai Xin and Tai yuan to get our Advanced Diving Cert for me and Kaixin, while Tai yuan went to obtain his Rescue Diver which is 1 level above Advance at B & J Diving centre...

Did 5 dives, the first 2 being swimming pool dive, and Peak optimal Buoyancy where we learned a great deal of Buoyancy techniques, inhale to ascend and exhale to descend, gg thru metal triangles under the sea which were placed jus rite on top of each other...went Deep water diving next, where we went as deep as 30 Metres but it was a gradual one where we dive at 20 M for some time, 23 M for some time and so for until we reached 30 M.....

Did Wreck Diving where we swam round a sunken Navy Ship which was an eye opener for me, there were lots of Marine Life within the ship and managed to saw a school of Barracudas swam past me.....vision was 2-3 metres which was quite bad maybe due to the ending of the Monsoon Season...The last dive we did was Night dive and by the time we did our night dives, we were exhausted...the Deep Sea and the Wreck Dive had killed my enthusiasm....I had seasick after the Deep Sea dive and managed to feed the fish with my vomit ...

But,nevertheless, nite dive wasn't as tough tat it sounds out to be, every one of us held 1 torch and we were in a grp of 4-5 which was a pretty big grp....it was reallllllyy cooolld when we ascend the boat and was glad that the 3 dives in a day had finally passed..haha

This was the first time that I went Tioman without staying in Ronnie's chalet and Rose Ah yi company, a bit of foreign and strange especially when everything needed $$ haha, 1 dive = $160 Rm nt cheap leeh...... it was pretty much a good trip minus the vomiting...and oso the uncle who asked me blue or green Milo early in the Morning....lol...Tai Yuan came back 1 day later than us due to us having to attend to our work commitments...

Work wise, have tendered my resignation late last month after getting my B....A much thought decision, the new accountant came in, a Malaysian guy who claims everything is difficult bt managed to understand a lot faster than you would thought after spending 3-4 yrs in Abu Dabi, a nice guy he seems...

Bt it wasn't the case for one of my interview where the recruiter was very sarcastic, saying that Keppel is an govt entity and that we are pampered and that working in a big Finance team would means each of us are very relax....needless to say, I didnt express much interest in the firm even the HR lady who was sitting with us seems to agree that the Finance Manager was indeed too sarcastic....bt well all kinds of people exists and we jus has to ensure that at the end of the day, we are accountable to ourselves and to our set of core values and not to be bothered by those negative comments that are bound to arise

The above interview sort of  reduce my eagerness to find a job and preferring instead to stay in Keppel and hope that PH allows me to trfr to Fels fast....I thk the offer to withdraw my resignation is still there till next Mon and hopefully this weekend would allow me to think thru if resigning from Keppel is really what I want...

Till then...Cya