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現在正追看的台劇…

還記得嗎?
那一天，下雨了　　　
躲雨的你，就這樣 突然闖進了我的世界。　　　
世界彷佛 只剩一個傘下的圓　　
只剩我們 隱藏悸動的視線…　　
我想離開，卻又不忍讓他一個人淋雨　　　
那一天，雨停了
心跳，卻無法停止　　　
今年初秋面對愛情，讓你再次的真心悸動…　　　

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신념...

I said to my soul be still, and wait without hope;
For hope would be hope of the wrong thing; wait without love,
For love would be love of the the wrong thing; there is yet faith.
But the faith, and the love, and the hope are all in the waiting.
Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought:
For the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.

~ T.S. Elliot

The Reason Why I Love My Boss...

Recently at work... ABC magazine has an upcoming special relocation issue, which got this particular eng-eng director all excited. She immediately sent me, cc her boss and my MD to ask if we can send some articles for publicity. As though it's my first day at work...

So I tried my luck to contact the editor, and fortunately she was nice and asked me to forward our articles but no guarantee that they may be selected for feature. Fair enough... The eng-eng director was cc in all my emails with the editor.

Just when I thought everything has been settled, the eng-eng director sent another email, ccing her boss and my MD again! This time, she asked my MD directly if there's any budget for advertising. Duh?! My MD will still come to the Marketing team for any advertising spent. So I forwarded her email to my boss and she came back with an excellent diplomatic reply:

Hi... Agnes passed your email on to me and I would like to clarify the situation regarding available advertising budget in Marketing. In the current 2010 APAC Marketing Budget we do not have spare $$$$ for advertising in this publication however - as you would expect as part of the acquisition we are looking at current global advertising spend and current commitments across both companies for 2010. This may be too late for this particular issue of this publication but it may help us moving further forward into the year. In the meantime Agnes as you know has been in touch with the publication to try to get an editorial placement.

That's the reason why I love my boss...

좋은 소식인지 나쁜 소식인지 모르겠다...

Just got to know that my company has actually acquired a competitor firm this morning... No wonder, HR called for a last minute huddle at 9.30am when all members of the senior management team are at Bintan for an offsite retreat.

Well, acquisition may be good news to some. New leads and clients which include some financial industry big players...
But to many, especially support staff like me... we are all wondering if our jobs are safe?

I was a bit comforted when I spoke to my boss in the afternoon.
She mentioned that there's no APAC marketing team in the acquired firm. So, I'm keeping fingers crossed... hopefully no major changes after the completion of intergration process.

Now into my 4th year, I'm really used to working alone with no immediate boss breathing down my neck!

보고 싶었어…

昨晚，我夢到了他…
前2次在MSN問候他，他都沒回應
猜想又是他麻吉上线了

他應該在醫院吧…
他一定正在努力戰勝病魔

所以…
你一定要加油!
我也會在這裡默默為你加油的

당신이 보고 싶었어

2010年星運魔法書!

It has finally arrived!
A Shanghai colleague was in Singapore office this week and I managed to get him to buy this book for me ^^

Am I Ready?

It's crazy...
Just today alone, I had 3 assignment referrals and they don't come from my agent.
They are mostly students' and friends' recommendations.

It suddenly dawned on me...
Perhaps I'm ready to quit my full-time job and teach full-time!
Am I ready?
Am I....?

Barossa @ Esplanade

I had a college dinner last Friday...
This time, we decided to be adventurous by trying a new restaurant, Barossa @ Esplanade. We were pleasantly rewarded with good food. I fell in love with the pizza!


Photos taken by Shirley: Chicken wings, scallop salad, ham pizza and nachos! I'm hungry again!

루이뷔통 지갑!

My new toy ~ Damier Azur Elise!!

愿你走出黑暗…

我們一生中有很多事
錯過了就無法再回頭
尤其是愛情…

既然他選擇錯過你
為你們這段感情划上休止符
希望你能在傷心悲痛中選擇堅強!

這只是人生過程中的一段小小插曲
雖然現在或有一段時間會無法釋懷
但我相信你可以走出黑暗
再次
相信愛情…

好友Shirley 祝你生日快樂!

2010년 새해 첫 일출

The first break of dawn in 2010!

The sun was a bit covered but the rays shone through the clouds, giving the brand new day of 2010 a magnificient glow!

Happy new year everyone!