It's been a long time, hasn't it?
Let;s get down to bidness right now. New year came and went like that. I took the day off and just stayed at home with my family.
New year came and for some reason I felt like this is THE year to make resolutions and changes to my life.
First of all, I have started to go to church regularly. Instead of attending the Mandarin version of church which I find so difficult to focus on because 1) i only partially understand what they are trying to say 2) i think the people who attend mandarin services are quite boring :(( i am so getting hell for saying this. I KNOW I KNOW. it's not the person but the way the services are conducted in. the mandarin ones I attended were too proper and traditional for my liking.
I am attending City Harvest Church now. The singing gets to me sometimes I find it too loud and I get frustrated that I can't see the lyrics in front coz I'm too short WTF. But I truly enjoy the service because the pastor is also young like the rest of the attendees and the way he preaches resonate with your style or rather the young people's style.
I want to open my heart to fully accept Christianity, to accept God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. This doesn't happen overnight. I want to attend the Sunday service regularly until I am sure that I can leave my past behind and start anew. Whoever hurt me in the past shall be forgiven, all mistakes and sins I have done will be left behind. This is the hardest thing for me to do as I CAN"T just forget like that. It still haunts me to this day and until the day I learn to forget and let go, I cannot fully accept Christianity. I am also learning to have more faith in something that can;t be seen with the naked eye and have faith that an entity is able to help solve my problem instead of me carrying the entire burden. Like that is not what I was brought up to believe you know.
I'm still starting but I want to make serious progress with this.
Secondly, a new job. I guess I have my friend to thank for this. Thank God your father has a really huge company and is so kind to hire me. Haha. No seriously. I am starting my new job in march and it will be normal working hours plus Sat/Sun off which allows me to regularly go to church without feeling guilty that my staffs are slaving off in the restaurant while I'm sitting in air-con room listening to a preach.
I want to stick to this job and perform so well that my boss thinks 'I did not make a mistake hiring her' :) and get promoted too *positive.
Thirdly, this year will be my last attempt to lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle. After all those talks abt living healthy, I think it's nigh time to walk the talk. Without busting my bank account, I have found easy ways to incorporate simple exercises to my daily routine.
One way is to use my dogs and the thing called a road that has been paved outside my house >.>
One of my friends once said, 'you want to lose weight? look outside. there's the road. walk it. ' WTF.
So now I would take any chance I have to come home early and bring my dogs out for a jog early in the morning before I head off to work. Usually it's a 30-40 mins walk/jog. Which is better than nothing.
In addition to that, I have a staff who's like a little birdie. Constantly reminding me not to eat rice/noodle and not to eat after 9pm. She even text me early in the morning to remind me to go jogging at the tasek Lama.
She wants me skinny before CNY which is a miracle if that happens but I guess it's the thought that counts *winks.
Fourthly, to be financially smarter. I told myself I will start saving ideally $1000 every month starting from this month and put the down payment for my first house on the day of my 26th birthday. Coming from this generation, we are all smarter than the previous one - financially. We know the exact way to secure our future finance wise however because we are so consumed with the material things around the us, we tend to ignore it. The latest phone is a must today. I guess when you earn 5K a month, you have no problem with that but because I earn less than 3K, I have to plan ahead.
Taking the fact that I'm still young, I need to start investing into something more concrete such as real estate. I will only see the return maybe 15 yrs later but it's a start.
However, now I will try to clear the problem in front of me which is my credit card debt >.>
I have 500 bucks on it and should be able to clear it by the next paycheck yay!
BUT! There always is a BUT. I am going to KK next week for CNY shopping and Bali next month. Considering that I have gotten most of my CNY loot from ASOS, I think I won't spend too much in KK except for shoes. I need shoes....I nearly bought a pair of Tory Burch flats online the other day. Then I was like 'No Lesley! You're supposed to be buying a house when you're 26 remember!'. So maybe I won't get new shoes then :(( *sad life of a poor girl ...
As for Bali, oh well, that will be my last extravagant holiday for the year. Just kidding..I mean it's Indonesia. How much can you spend there? US$500 should be more than enough to cover 5 days over there. Sightseeing, activities are all relatively cheap. Not much shopping tho..maybe a couple of souvenirs here and there. Reminder to self: You are there to enjoy yourself, not pretend to be millionaire!
Finally, be less of a burden to the Mother Nature! I sound like Captain Planet back there. Recently my house encountered a problem with the piping and we couldn't have water for a few days. Hence we had to fill up pails of water and you know the old style of taking a bath.
I found that I actually enjoy it and that I was able to save so much water using the pail. Usually when I use the shower head, I tend to let it on while I was brushing my teeth/taking a dump/piss whatever waiting for the warm water. Then I'll read my Archie Comics and get so engrossed that I don't want to get up from the toilet WTF!
All these while, the clean water are all wasted and going down the drain. So this year, I will pledge to save water. Last but not least, I want to volunteer and donate to charity causes. Mine is is the CAS - Care and Actions for Strays in Brunei.
With more time on my side to actually get involved with these activities, I know this year will be the year to realise these resolutions and to maintain them.
Whatever your hopes and dreams are for the year 2013, I hope you have thought it through and may you be blessed with the willpower to keep them up :)
TO 2013!
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Monday, October 1, 2012
Vietnam Day 1
| Hey! Just a few pictures of the first night we arrive. Yunn's friend Duong (pronounced Yong) got his driver to pick us up at the airport and send us to the hotel. I swear hotel is so cheap over there. US30 per night person for a near to 4 star hotel standard. We had dinner at Duong's restaurant and we went to two clubs after that. |
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| At Velvet |
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| With Duong. |
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| Witht he two beautiful Vietnamese sisters named Queenie and Victoria. I swear Vietnamese girls are so skinny and tall! |
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| Oh yeah! Our room. It's not very big but it is just nice for two person and for the price you pay, TOTALLY worth it. |
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| Mango, looking proud as shit. This is outfit Day 1. |
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| On the AirAsia flight to HCMC. This is where the flight attendant asked if I was pregnant. -____-'' |
Day 2 coming up. Not that we went to many place anyways.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Disappointment
So I got shot down by MOFATS...so was the chef.
Drats!!! *points fist towards dark gloomy sky with lightning in background*
We are opening the 2nd Fish & Co for sure by end of this year, it will definitely be finished.
It's too bad I have a different agenda for myself. But it won't be soon, more like it will take a year or two to materialise. NO! I'm not getting married.
I am trying to change my entire diet and I am trying soooo hard. No like diet diet but the type of food I eat..no more instant noodles, potato chips and fried stuff.
Also cutting down on carbs like rice and noodles..i still eat them tho but only a handful, enough to fit in my palm..(too bad, my palm is huge!)
Anyways!!! So yeah, I am really really really trying hard.
And I also have not put up pics from Vietnam...but here's a preview of what is my favourite part of the trip.
My future dog!! A yorkie who is also a hotel lobby ambassador wtf wtf. Her name is Mango btw.
"Are you taking pictures of me??" *seriously suspicious dog with sideway glance*
I miss her so much!!
Drats!!! *points fist towards dark gloomy sky with lightning in background*
We are opening the 2nd Fish & Co for sure by end of this year, it will definitely be finished.
It's too bad I have a different agenda for myself. But it won't be soon, more like it will take a year or two to materialise. NO! I'm not getting married.
I am trying to change my entire diet and I am trying soooo hard. No like diet diet but the type of food I eat..no more instant noodles, potato chips and fried stuff.
Also cutting down on carbs like rice and noodles..i still eat them tho but only a handful, enough to fit in my palm..(too bad, my palm is huge!)
Anyways!!! So yeah, I am really really really trying hard.
And I also have not put up pics from Vietnam...but here's a preview of what is my favourite part of the trip.
My future dog!! A yorkie who is also a hotel lobby ambassador wtf wtf. Her name is Mango btw.
I miss her so much!!
Monday, August 27, 2012
Green pandan custard
I had the weirdest dream ever.
My mum was in a coffin (choichoitaikalaisi knockonwood) and apparently she passed on. Cut long story short, we break open the coffin and accordingly to other people that were there, her body has started decomposing. When we opened the coffin, naturally everyone covered their noses and fan the air around them 'Wow, that stinks!'.. but strangely I don't smell anything.
I saw her lying staright on her back on a very narrow plank on top of a green gooey substance. Now that I think of it, it looks exactly like the green pandan custard that goes with the cakoi I always eat in Chat Thai wtf.
Her body is pale but everything looks normal. Nothing is rotting away.
I saw her eyelids flicker and then she turn to lie on her side wtfwtfwtf. She opened her eyes for a while as in she just woken up from her sleep. But it was a blank stare. She closed her eyes again and all of a sudden, fell into the green custard. She then starts to sink slowly with air bubbles popping here and there.
Finally when she was entirely submerged into green custard, I broke into tears and was inconsolable.
I woke up and continued crying WTF.
It seems so real T_____T
I repeat choichoitaikalaisi. Only in my nightmares.
Ahhhh..i want to go home and see my mummy!!!
My mum was in a coffin (choichoitaikalaisi knockonwood) and apparently she passed on. Cut long story short, we break open the coffin and accordingly to other people that were there, her body has started decomposing. When we opened the coffin, naturally everyone covered their noses and fan the air around them 'Wow, that stinks!'.. but strangely I don't smell anything.
I saw her lying staright on her back on a very narrow plank on top of a green gooey substance. Now that I think of it, it looks exactly like the green pandan custard that goes with the cakoi I always eat in Chat Thai wtf.
Her body is pale but everything looks normal. Nothing is rotting away.
I saw her eyelids flicker and then she turn to lie on her side wtfwtfwtf. She opened her eyes for a while as in she just woken up from her sleep. But it was a blank stare. She closed her eyes again and all of a sudden, fell into the green custard. She then starts to sink slowly with air bubbles popping here and there.
Finally when she was entirely submerged into green custard, I broke into tears and was inconsolable.
I woke up and continued crying WTF.
It seems so real T_____T
I repeat choichoitaikalaisi. Only in my nightmares.
Ahhhh..i want to go home and see my mummy!!!
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Sitting on the fence
Hey y'all...
Things have died down a bit and as of right now, I'm just waiting for time to pass. To be honest, I don't know I feel about my job now. Not saying that I hate it already but I am *points to title.
One end - I am so grateful that my boss actually wants to train me and take me under his wing. According to my other boss, I am paid way higher beyond the normal rate and that there are people out there who are not very happy with it (well fuck u. not my problem you didn't study hard when you were young). If things go accordingly, I am second in line to advance to the executive management team. As in like you get your pictures taken and it gets shown to all the new employees going into RBC so they know who the so-called bosses are. HAHAHHAHAHAHAHA - u believe??
The other end - I want to do something else..something directly linked to what I studied. Yah...in the restaurant I get to organise and handle a few events as well but it's like once in a blue moon. I have applied to 2 different positions all being in the events industry and seeing that they are government-related, it will take about 3-4 months before they call me for an interview.
And here I am...waiting patiently. The pay right now is quite good and what if, I am called for interview and the salary is like peanuts? Should I go for it because I'm 'passionate about it'? I don't know the answer. We all work for money don't we?
Money...pfft. Such a trouble-maker.
Besides the good pay, one thing I love is how I can accumulate my PH and use them as annual leave. Awesome isn't it? But the nature of my job doesn't allow me to have off days during holidays and weekends anyways unless it is my annual leave.
Sis has left to Singapore last week now it's just my parents, youngest bro and myself at home. And the two dogs. Can't wait for my leave in Sept, I'll be heading to Singapore and Vietnam. Just want to get away from it all for a while.
I might meet up with the cute chef I met while I was training in Singapore. And? Hook up? Or not? Just kidding I won't go and find him. He has a girlfriend. I feel sorry for his gf. They are still together but I feel sorry that her bf was texting me to send him pictures of my boobies.
Did I send? Hmm...
No. Besides me being self concious abt my body, I think my parents raised me better than that to not make similar mistakes wtf.
Which reminds me, I need to help my lesbo chef partner to buy sex toys from Singapore. Maybe a huge ass rubber dildo or some vibrators? HAHA, any recommendations? I told her if there is any good ones, let me know I might buy one for myself wtf wtf. I just hope the customs officer doesn't ask me to open my luggage when I'm back to Brunei due to 'suspicious looking weapons' HAHAHAH
I am still single right now and I think my mum is desperate to marry off her daughter already.
The other day we were eating in KB and suddenly, my dad saw his younger colleagues. One of them came over and chatted to him. After he left, my parents were saying like 'he's such a gentleman! and quite good looking as well'...and I told them my noodles were not salty enough and proceeded to add more chilli sauce and white pepper powder.
Maybe once I'm thin, I'll go and eat all the guys out there WTF. I am still doing my personal training with Rama (that's the name of my trainer). She actually trains the princesses in the royal palace! AT first I thought she was just shitting me. But turns out it is true. So I will stick with her I think.
Weight wise, I am not losing yet. But I can definitely feel myself getting stronger- I can do more situps and more leg lifts and whatnots and my thighs are not jiggly anymore. It will probably take me 6 months before I can compete in Asia's Top Midget Model 5ft and below version wtf. I only see her 3 times a week. And the rest are work it out yourself. Wonder how will Marie France Bodyline help? Hmmm
I can't believe I'm saying this but I think I might have a crush on my younger boss who's married with 2 kids. Jeez, guess my parents forgot about this while raising me. I have issues. Dammit.
Single and bogged down with all this trouble!
Anyways, my big older boss is going to open the 2nd Fish & Co in Gadong. The project is already approved so which means I have 3-4 months until I have to pick out staffs from my first sore to help in the 2nd store which also means - promotion for me to senior manager and salary upgrade! If no one ask me for interview la.
Toodles~
Things have died down a bit and as of right now, I'm just waiting for time to pass. To be honest, I don't know I feel about my job now. Not saying that I hate it already but I am *points to title.
One end - I am so grateful that my boss actually wants to train me and take me under his wing. According to my other boss, I am paid way higher beyond the normal rate and that there are people out there who are not very happy with it (well fuck u. not my problem you didn't study hard when you were young). If things go accordingly, I am second in line to advance to the executive management team. As in like you get your pictures taken and it gets shown to all the new employees going into RBC so they know who the so-called bosses are. HAHAHHAHAHAHAHA - u believe??
The other end - I want to do something else..something directly linked to what I studied. Yah...in the restaurant I get to organise and handle a few events as well but it's like once in a blue moon. I have applied to 2 different positions all being in the events industry and seeing that they are government-related, it will take about 3-4 months before they call me for an interview.
And here I am...waiting patiently. The pay right now is quite good and what if, I am called for interview and the salary is like peanuts? Should I go for it because I'm 'passionate about it'? I don't know the answer. We all work for money don't we?
Money...pfft. Such a trouble-maker.
Besides the good pay, one thing I love is how I can accumulate my PH and use them as annual leave. Awesome isn't it? But the nature of my job doesn't allow me to have off days during holidays and weekends anyways unless it is my annual leave.
Sis has left to Singapore last week now it's just my parents, youngest bro and myself at home. And the two dogs. Can't wait for my leave in Sept, I'll be heading to Singapore and Vietnam. Just want to get away from it all for a while.
I might meet up with the cute chef I met while I was training in Singapore. And? Hook up? Or not? Just kidding I won't go and find him. He has a girlfriend. I feel sorry for his gf. They are still together but I feel sorry that her bf was texting me to send him pictures of my boobies.
Did I send? Hmm...
No. Besides me being self concious abt my body, I think my parents raised me better than that to not make similar mistakes wtf.
Which reminds me, I need to help my lesbo chef partner to buy sex toys from Singapore. Maybe a huge ass rubber dildo or some vibrators? HAHA, any recommendations? I told her if there is any good ones, let me know I might buy one for myself wtf wtf. I just hope the customs officer doesn't ask me to open my luggage when I'm back to Brunei due to 'suspicious looking weapons' HAHAHAH
I am still single right now and I think my mum is desperate to marry off her daughter already.
The other day we were eating in KB and suddenly, my dad saw his younger colleagues. One of them came over and chatted to him. After he left, my parents were saying like 'he's such a gentleman! and quite good looking as well'...and I told them my noodles were not salty enough and proceeded to add more chilli sauce and white pepper powder.
Maybe once I'm thin, I'll go and eat all the guys out there WTF. I am still doing my personal training with Rama (that's the name of my trainer). She actually trains the princesses in the royal palace! AT first I thought she was just shitting me. But turns out it is true. So I will stick with her I think.
Weight wise, I am not losing yet. But I can definitely feel myself getting stronger- I can do more situps and more leg lifts and whatnots and my thighs are not jiggly anymore. It will probably take me 6 months before I can compete in Asia's Top Midget Model 5ft and below version wtf. I only see her 3 times a week. And the rest are work it out yourself. Wonder how will Marie France Bodyline help? Hmmm
I can't believe I'm saying this but I think I might have a crush on my younger boss who's married with 2 kids. Jeez, guess my parents forgot about this while raising me. I have issues. Dammit.
Single and bogged down with all this trouble!
Anyways, my big older boss is going to open the 2nd Fish & Co in Gadong. The project is already approved so which means I have 3-4 months until I have to pick out staffs from my first sore to help in the 2nd store which also means - promotion for me to senior manager and salary upgrade! If no one ask me for interview la.
Toodles~
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
A beautiful day off
HIHI!
I am so free today I have decided to write something here. Needless to say, the restaurant has been consuming most of my time infact I eat, sleep, breathe and shit Fish & Co.
Was given a 15% salary raise by the boss so did the head chef in charge. Yeah to the dynamic ladies of Fish & Co. !!
Previously in the month of May, the boss was discussing with Kathy and myself on which staff to promote but all my staffs recieve increments and some were even promoted. All of Kathy's staffs also received salary increments.
Anyways, was eating lunch at 3pm the other day wtf when I got a call from JPKE which I actually do not know stands for what, I think it is Jabatan something. I applied in February to be a Project Manager and they called me 4 months later for an interview. If I do not remember wrong, the salary was at least 3k. It's okay....I'll slowly work my way up. Getting 2700 now is still survivable wtf. Save save! Most importantly, I am getting one on one guidance from the big boss of RBC. He will personally groom me to eventually be one of the RBC's senior management team (that is if I do stay that long - which I am currently doubting).
I am still very much learning how to be a manager as opposed to a staff. I'm not quite comfortable with the idea of not doing anything while my staffs are slaving away. My duties as a manager apparently is just to make sure people who are given duties, carry out their duties and talk to the customers only. Do some PR.
So if I ask my supervisors to deploy staffs for the dinner shift, I need to see the supervisors making sure the people who are deployed to certain stations stay in those stations.
Sheesh, it's too 'inception-y'.
Also I take care of payroll thingy which I will eventually pass onto my assistant manager so I can focus on the bigger picture. I am also heading to a 3 days financial and report training in The Empire Hotel. Nice one...
I am currently expriencing a little weeny problem with staffing. One of my assistant manager is Singaporean and she used to work in Fish & Co Singapore. To cut a long story short, the Spore side thought we poached her over (stealing staff worrr) and now they are fucking pissed.
To be honest, in a way we sorta did but hey, you need two hands to clap ok. So tomorrow I will need to sit down with both my bosses to discuss on the next step. Damn.
Freaking Singaporeans damn kiasu. And I'm also getting fat. Argh! Back to the gym and this time, I'm actually going to get a personal trainer. Money bye bye :((
I am so free today I have decided to write something here. Needless to say, the restaurant has been consuming most of my time infact I eat, sleep, breathe and shit Fish & Co.
Was given a 15% salary raise by the boss so did the head chef in charge. Yeah to the dynamic ladies of Fish & Co. !!
Previously in the month of May, the boss was discussing with Kathy and myself on which staff to promote but all my staffs recieve increments and some were even promoted. All of Kathy's staffs also received salary increments.
Anyways, was eating lunch at 3pm the other day wtf when I got a call from JPKE which I actually do not know stands for what, I think it is Jabatan something. I applied in February to be a Project Manager and they called me 4 months later for an interview. If I do not remember wrong, the salary was at least 3k. It's okay....I'll slowly work my way up. Getting 2700 now is still survivable wtf. Save save! Most importantly, I am getting one on one guidance from the big boss of RBC. He will personally groom me to eventually be one of the RBC's senior management team (that is if I do stay that long - which I am currently doubting).
I am still very much learning how to be a manager as opposed to a staff. I'm not quite comfortable with the idea of not doing anything while my staffs are slaving away. My duties as a manager apparently is just to make sure people who are given duties, carry out their duties and talk to the customers only. Do some PR.
So if I ask my supervisors to deploy staffs for the dinner shift, I need to see the supervisors making sure the people who are deployed to certain stations stay in those stations.
Sheesh, it's too 'inception-y'.
Also I take care of payroll thingy which I will eventually pass onto my assistant manager so I can focus on the bigger picture. I am also heading to a 3 days financial and report training in The Empire Hotel. Nice one...
I am currently expriencing a little weeny problem with staffing. One of my assistant manager is Singaporean and she used to work in Fish & Co Singapore. To cut a long story short, the Spore side thought we poached her over (stealing staff worrr) and now they are fucking pissed.
To be honest, in a way we sorta did but hey, you need two hands to clap ok. So tomorrow I will need to sit down with both my bosses to discuss on the next step. Damn.
Freaking Singaporeans damn kiasu. And I'm also getting fat. Argh! Back to the gym and this time, I'm actually going to get a personal trainer. Money bye bye :((
Sunday, May 6, 2012
The 3 weeks in Spore was unforgettable. First of all, I got to flirt with Spore boys wtf. And also I nearly missed my flight T__T
I went to the other end of the terminal and boy!! I was running until my calves were cramping up. I had to get info desk girls to call my gate and ask them to wait for me. In the end, I did make it but the plane waited for me the entire 5 mins. Not bad...
Now I'm busy training my staffs and also doing other things other department should be responsible for like procurement and PR. Like wtfffff. RBC management -= fail.
I'll be heading this restaurant with Katy - the head chef. We are the twin terror ladies muahahah wtf. Excited :))
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