back to office once again

Finally back to work after being missing from office for 3 days. was on mc for 2 days then on course on mon. yest was obviously a mad rush in the office. mailbox was flooded and of course, lots of followup to do. but oh well i m still ok though a bit overwhelmed cos i will be on leave on fri! :) then next wk i will be on a 2-day course. then the wk aft will be cny! yoohoo! festive season here i come! :)

at the start of 2008, i thk God is currently teaching me hw to learn to be patient. yes friends who know me know that i can get a little too impatient sometimes. oh well i admit. Not that i dont trust God but its just that i will pray but sometimes i wil expect the answer to come quickly. so yup thk at least for the nxt 6 mths, i will keep reminding me abt the verse from phil 4:6-7.

6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

but no matter what, every experience is a God given opportunity for learning and personal development. :)

ok time to start working. :)

bad beginning to the new week

woke up on monday with my head spinning :( prob cos sun night i cldnt sleep as my nose was blocked the whole night. so decided to tk the day off and slept at home. but well though i began the wk on a bad note, at least my wkend was not too bad. met up with a fren on fri night for a movie (which i hvnt done so in ages). then sat had a cg fellowship at my plc. hvnt met for such a long time. good gathering i must say. the nightmare began when i stepped into office on tues. Gosh. since when are ppl in my office so efficient. i was walking back from the pantry aft filling up my flask when someone was alr lookg for me. and it was only 840 then! :( then this guy started screaming saying i didnt give up what he watned on mon. but like hello, m in office on monday?!?! unreasonable fellow. then thats not the only addition to my bad day. next is my boss. she wanted me to go for this meeting without any background. when i told her abt it, she keep saying she also didnt knw anythg abt it. i was so angry that i told her upright, if you dont knw do you thk i wld. i mean u keep telling me i must surface thgs i m not sure to you. but when i really surface to you, do you care? like dont say thgs for the sake of saying it. i will forever rem her telling me " your boss will always protect you ".

and todays alr wed!! and i tot it was only mon yest so i told my dpts i will furnish them with some details on wed. but who knws i got the days all mixed up!!!! urgh blur lynette. and todays a really cold day. my kakis in my office are all on course. i m now sitted in some lonely corner where no one wld walk past. haiz. oh well hopefully i can conc better. at least i hv my ipod to keep my company in case its too quiet. oh ya and tlkg abt that, i simply love the song from shania twain...from this moment on...ok call me sua gu...i hvnt heard of this song until recently...after my colleague gave me the mp3....:p but yup nice song... lyrics as below:

(I do swear that I'll always be there. I'd give anything
and everything and I will always care. Through weakness
and strength, happiness and sorrow, for better, for worse,
I will love you with every beat of my heart.)

From this moment life has begun
From this moment you are the one
Right beside you is where I belong
From this moment on

From this moment I have been blessed
I live only for your happiness
And for your love I'd give my last breath
From this moment on

I give my hand to you with all my heart
Can't wait to live my life with you, can't wait to start
You and I will never be apart
My dreams came true because of you

From this moment as long as I live I will love you,
I promise you this
There is nothing I wouldn't give
From this moment on

You're the reason I believe in love
And you're the answer to my prayers from up above
All we need is just the two of us
My dreams came true because of you

From this moment as long as I live I will love you,
I promise you this There is nothing I wouldn't give
From this moment I will love you as long as I live
From this moment on

first post of the year

the past yr zoomed past so quickly. yes sometimes too overwhelming but i must say i have really learnt alot the past yr. have not finished compiling my resolutions this yr just yet. perhaps too many. hee. nvm i will post it up once i have it ready :)

this wk is my nightmare wk. jus as when i tot mon i will go to wrk and clear thgs up with my colleague who will be gg on maternity leave, she is alr on leave cos she gave birth on sun! Gosh! so many outstanding issues which i have no backgrd at all! and to make thgs worse, its closing wk and i cannot finish!!! phone keep ringing, ppl keep hunting me for figures!!!!!! Growls. I only have 2 hands mind you. if i can help i will. but like hello if its not urgent dont keep calling me!!!!

ok sidetrack...you might not knw what i am tlkg abt below. but yup i need to write down what i feel. thk perhaps some of you might knw.
one has always heard that words hurt. but sometimes they land you in trouble or insult you instead. no matter where we are, we always have to thk if what we are gg to say is appropriate or not. if sth is spoken at the wrong time, the subj which you are tlkg abt is in a way insulted. be it in work or outside. basically thk b4 you tlk!

back from taiwan! :)

8 days flew past so quickly. perhaps because i was so busy keeping my distance away from dogs. yes dogs are everywhere in taiwan....big, small, those that run fast, those that can tk its own sweet time to stroll towards you...you name it they have it...but one thg that is v v v v strange...thoughout my 8 days there i hvnt heard a single dog bark. weird...maybe its the cool weather that makes them have a better temper then our dogs in singapore.

to be honest there isnt much plc to shop in tw other than ximending. bought one bag, few tops and some shoes. the remaining of the plces i visited in tw are only for sightseeing purposes....scenery really v nice and all....its like just by staring at the mountains and seas...you feel so at ease....and def u can catch God's magnificent creations. :)

as for food wise, i dont thk its as nice as wat u see on tv and nope its not abt me being picky abt food. even my colleague who went last yr share the same sentiments. perhaps its because i joined a tour group and hence it was a mad rush from day 1 to day 8. nonetheless, as lousy as the food is, i thk it was a gd break. spent more time w my cousins cos we dont get to spend so many days tog so often. i m sure the giggles and laughter spiced up the trip. and its also about learning how to accomodate everyone's likes and dislikes.

and now that i m back. life is back to normal again. back to work :( totally no mood to work. cos still in holiday mood. hee. esp during this period when so many ppl are not in office. (and this explains why i m blogging during office hours)

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ok sidetrack. had a discussion with my frens few days back. is it gd to hv expecatations. if you dont hv expectations, or rather lower expectations, you will feel more easily contented. and when someone does sth nice for you, you will feel much happier. but the pt is if you dont expect sth to happen, and when it actually does, you might thk its too gd to be true. dont you thk so? hmm somehw i guess the prob that lies with me is when i start forming expectations, the list gets never-ending. and when i stop hving expectations, i wld thk that sth is too gd to be true.

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had a prayer meeting with my colleauges today. we shared our gd thgs in 07, and bad thgs in 07. then we shared abt our wishlist in 08. it was a gd time of laughter and sharing i must say. though it was with bosses etc, but w our dearest suz around, prayer meetings are never too serious. ok or rather put both of us tog, prayer meeting is filled with giggles and yup nonsense...heheh dont u agree girl? ;) so yup after sharing our wishlist for 08, we had to pray for the person on our left. gosh. this boss (not my direct boss) started praying for relationships that i will come across in this coming year. she explicitly said out, i pray for lynette's relationships in the coming year. be it girl or boy relationship. once my big big boss heard it, she gave a little giggle. oh man that was so embarrassing!!

ok 15 more min till 6 pm. time to go home :)

i am tired. i really am. i thk i need some time to myself. away from everythg. to just let me enjoy some time for myself which i hvnt done so in ages.

an exciting december ahead :)

kinda excited over the arrival of dec! yup cos this sun will be the pre tour briefing of my taiwan trip in dec! then following which, next wk will be Jean's wedding! the big event of the year hee then then it'd be long awaited for end of the year break! and when i come back, xmas is only days away!!! yippee!!! but well many activities means lots of time to catch up with my work needed. first mth end closing with my new job scope would start nxt wk. so that means strss level is building high next wk. boohoo.


flight time has been changed to past midnight. i love going to the airport at night cos it makes going overseas so exciting cos i mean hw often do u go to the airport late at night right? but well the bad part is i can never fall asleep on the plane and since the tour begins next day, i thk i better learn to be less fussy and jus fall asleep on the plane. hee.
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today is a real bad day. we hv been trying to handover our new job scope to colleagues since last wk.the person who is gg to handover to me keep saying she is v busy. ok everyone's busy so dont give me that excuse. so i tot ok nvm wat ab next mon latest since thu is closing alr. "oh but thu i got to do this writeup which is due on tue. and wed i got no time to brief you cos sure got amendments to make" i looked at her and told her closign is starting on thu. i need to learn. the next sentence if the most annoying sentence and the most irresponsible sentence i hv ever heard I will help you do closing( I just knew she wldnt be so kind. so read on). you do the difficult portion i do the easy portion anyone with a sane mind would that you that is nonsensical. for goodness sake, you nv handover to me hw i do the difficult part? yes i seldom blow up at ppl in face nv in office. so dont try ur luck. i was so mad at the sentence till i cld feel my blood pressure rising. urgh. irresponsible. yes you are gg on maternity leave next month. i m covering your duties but pls be more responsible in handing over. instead of cc me blindly all those stupid emails which i dont need info at all. handing over means clearing outstanding issues then hadnover. not throw ur shit to ppl for ppl to clear!!!

i thk my current job is really making me v drained. woke up this morning with a headache. then aft takign medication, now i feel really dizzy. i feel i can faint anytime. gosh. i hope i can still make my way out of office later safely. :(

Been really busy last few wks as there were alot of returns due. hmm looks like nov onwards will be even busier. Got news last wk that there will be job rotation in my team. that means new job scope. well i wont say its bad cos ultimately my new job scope will let me learn much more as compared to my current portfolio of departments. My current depts are not very active so nothing much to handle other than the occasional ad hoc projs which drive me nuts. well somehow it seems as if God is teling me i shldnt move out of my current job. I was so close in securing a job. Ended up being the last 2 to be shortlisted for the final interview. but the final one just has to fall on the day i had to attend a course. then subseq when I came back, I was told abt the new job scope. It seems like God is tellign me that either 1) the new job isnt suitable for me or 2) I shld stay i my current job to learn. Will definitely cont to pray for it.

ok time to wrk. ;)