@ 5.5 years anniversary, my cupcake bought me real jewellery - white gold chain + pendent
^__^ max happy
now my neck dun feel so naked when i wear a nice dress out
i dun usually wear assessories, so this is great for me
simple and wearable on all occasions - just like e trusty Swatch watch SMU folks bought for me on my 21st birthday

Sidetrack to another happy news - Phoebe gave birth to bb Desiree Khoo and she is exactly one week old @ my 5.5 years anniversary! Cool.

@ 5.5 years anniversary I also witness how horrible a very senior manager treats his staff and make them all afraid of him. You do not ask your staff to drop things immediately to meet with you when they have an equally important meeting just about to start. I guess not unless you are the owner or CEO of the company. You are just a senior manager of a department. Please respect the work of others as you do to yours - only then you will create a winning team.

My learning? Give trust but make sure verifications are in black and white especially when money is involved.

i tendered my resignation on Jul 9th, 2010.
this is my 1st official resignation in my life
feeling wistful that i am leaving behind a great team of colleagues.
some people whom i have come to consider as my friends
i hope to stay in touch with all of them
casey, henry, jacquelynn, geraldine, ada, angela, lyna, andre, rossze, all my psg sgp employees and managers.
i will miss serving them
of course, that aside, i will have to move on with my life.

clearing a day of leave tomorrow.
^__^

chilled with a bunch of close colleagues @ little bali last night.
if wasn't for the rain i would have loved to sit outdoors - more ambience
it was a great evening where drinks and food flowed but nothing beats the conversation that we had. definitely enjoyed myself thoroughly with this company.

a new MAP-mgmt assoc, was also this session. Interesting fella as we got to know him better during chillout.
He was born in Singapore, moved to HK and then to the US and now he is back here.
I would match his personality to his face at the first impression
Very rich life experience this person has.

just before chillout, I had an intense meeting with the council and I was chairing this meeting alone with the council members (some are quite senior ranked). I was very proud of myself at the end of it. I felt very high level executive, directing, influencing and managing the conversation flow and decision. Very enriching, but hard work due to all the preparations before. Of course I was brought back to reality since the action items have to be done by me. If I really was a high level executive, I wouldn't be doing the mundane shit work.

Now I can imagine myself how I would be like in the future at the top of the corporate chain! I need to be more pushy. At this point, I think I have the confidence, but I am too soft on my approach and this is not good for meeting deadlines. - note to self to be more aggressive.
I am afraid of offending people more than anything else since I do best when other people are happy around me.

I am very happy to hear feedback from my peers that I have got what it takes to be at that level.

breathe..
almost there..
just hang in there for a little while more..
and I will get there..

got feedback that I am too giggly.
how can I change that..
till today I am still like that
no matter how hard I tried to shake it off.
I guess I have improved a little..
given that I have to deal with so many senior execs on a daily basis
I am just a bright and cheery person, so shoot me..

hope i can share good news soon!

A blessed soul who meets good people all around. A strong believer that good begets good. A positive person who dreams of life being a bed of roses. Even when it's not, take it as a journey and learn from it. A kind and loving person.