八宝带



Everybody has a second Home. This is mine.
My mom just walked into my room and commented that my work-station is super messy.
I beg to differ. I call it Home. Cluttered it may be but its a familiar mess and Im comfortable with it.
Know what's the most important item here? That little eye-drop solution.
Without it, I cry literally and kiss my screen when it gets bad.
Actually there's another important item that's missing in the picture...




Tadah!! Axe brand medicated oil! Cures all morning sinus, and boss driven headaches~~

Lemme see, I used to have this to my collection as well...



When its heavy days, I love to stick this right up my nose. Damn ugly I know but 老娘can afford it heheh..but it can be damn disgusting cos the tap's over-flowing and the plug has a tiny hole to let the vapour out, Im not sure if some of my insides drips into that tiny hole...maybe I would know when I feel some swirling holding it >_<"



Since I'm at it, let me find a pic of my lovely Eye Mo eye-drop





Remember my Laosai boss? Refresher: Link1 Link2
When he was still around, one day he came round my table and stopped short at his track and exclaimed with bulging eyes

Cherandy!!!
You use these?? (Pointing to my beloved items)

I nodded to which he made a beeline to his cubicle, came back and with a thud placed his own collection of Nose inhalant, Eye drops and Medicated oil and they were all king sized! Anyways that's besides the point, you know what this means??
I have become a true blue obasan liao~~~~

At 11:50am today I thought my colleague was shaking my chair, I turned around ready to fire a missile but the joker was at her cubicle, next thing on my mind was someone must be thumping on the floor really hard, and I swirled round ready to launch rocket. But nobody, nothing.

Then why on earth am I feeling dizzy like the whole building was moving? Bcos the damn blardy building was really moving! It's Alive!!

Alarmed, I stood up and saw quite alot of heads peering from their partition as well. It just flashed across my mind "Prarie dogs! haha" just like Discovery Channel....the eh simi taiji??

Some clown voiced out maybe some really heavy-assed vehicle drove past and caused the tremors. Finally a mensa genius spurt it could likely be an earthquake!

Everybody was asking aloud "how? wanna get out of office or not" ask already can still stand there looking blur like its the most difficult question of their life. It was nearing lunch anway so I said 'eh lets go la, better get out of office' , then they can still stand around!! You guys waiting for the subtitles or neon flashlights issit!??!

Heck care liao, I just take my pouch and head out. My dept was on the 10th floor, on the way down it almost made all the stops and people were trying to get in. This gave a little edge on how serious it might be.

Down at the ground floor I was greeted by wave of office workers standing around aimlessly. All wear until so smart and sharp but the face damn aimless like chickens without heads lidat. Stand directly under building somemore. Then machiam like gangstars greet each other lidat, I walked into 2 ladies and we stood there exchanged gangstar lingo:

you from which building wan?

samsung

oh samsung~~

you from which building wan??

capital square

oh capital square also shake ar~~

ya

the whole siiiinnnngapore island is shaking lor

aimless people standing around everybody on the phone the Hong Hei Lians from the other building

so we went for lunch and everybody's on mobile phone: call family, bf,broker,maid etc

went back office about 1.5hrs later

around 13:50pm we were seated at our cubicle and wheee here we go again

this time it lasted longer about 8-10seconds? we looked at the window blinds and it was swaying like it was trying to be sexy and the water flask at my table was having a mini tsunami.

I felt sick and walked out. My VP popped up and announced

"I donno about you guys but I think we should evacuate again, it's your own decision"

Bumped into a colleague who was standing by the cargo lift, he heard the lift banging against the elevator shaft, bumpy ride for those in there heheh

This time we took the firemen staircase. The moment we opened the door, we heard a gang of elephants approaching. I remember hearing my colleague say "wah lai liao..." meaning those herd upstairs are making their way down

Times like these those kopitiam uncles are the happiest. Everybody come down sure patronise them mah otherwise do what. We chose table nearest the road so even if the kopitiam cave down can quickly jump out onto the road, then one joker say ya and get run over by a car, stupid comment sibeh salah but damn funny.

Some time later they said we could all head back office when all I wanted was to head back home. No joke man, this roller coaster ride is one where you cant jump off cos your whole world is the coaster. There were news that the millenia office were released to go home which Im so envious of. Another claimed OCBC didnt even allow their workers to evacuate assuring their building is safe, she told my colleague via sms amidst the shaking to remember that she likes lilies...

Where got lidat wan?? You as a manager forbid your employees to even evacuate when the building is swaying, you assure people with what?? So many lives at stake. There's always the "what if" Then you OOPS issit?

Anways early lunch, forced tea-break and a planned birthday celebration, nothing much was done on this day. If there aint casualties I dont mind disco every once in a while man.

Sadly there were casualties over in Sumatra where the quake all started:

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=232234

Have a good life and times like these please make your own decision. Dont wait for stupid PA announcement or ladder drop from Heaven. That manager who assures you could be the manager that pushes you down the stairs so that he/she can rush to the ground level first. Assure my ass

That stupid Kong that upturned my life

I have a friend at work called hao peng you. Dont ask me why but somehow one day that term just stuck on for us and whenever we see each other down the corridor, we would go "yo hao peng you!"
Once I brought it up to him that it sounds like what chinese would term the spirits that comes from the nether world entered via the gates of Hell. But we just laught it off and its always hao peng you along the corridors. Im thinking those other colleagues who believes in such might actually slam the toilet doors shut whenever we shout out down the corridor. Dont have to come out of the toilet already. Hao peng you echos the walkway.
Recently hao peng you found a job elsewhere and though it was sad while nearing the day of his departure, it was good that he could move on. He cannot just move on, he must go and buy some tidbits for my team, some farewell goodies. One of those goodies killed me.
It was some snack in a tin box, it started out innocent enought. Some nibbling here and there, pretty soon I was hugging the tin box and munching outta it.
When it finished, I stared at the bottom of the empty tin and I thought I saw blooshot eyes reflected off the tin.
Days later I could think of nothing except the stupid tin box tidbit. One hot afternoon just right after my lunch, I walked past cold storage and made a beeline to the tidbits corner. Holy Jellybeans!! Beautiful tin box were staring back at me and I felt my heart leap out. I reached for it and this is where I made the greatest mistake. I reasoned and rationaled. Firstly it wasnt very cheap secondly it's a little awkward walking around CBD area with a big aluminium tin. I thought I could buy it at another shop during the weekends when I have the car. Big Big mistake.
Today me and my parents racked thru cold storage island-wide. Stupid tin was sold out?! It felt like the world was out to get me. When I wanna eat, everybody else wants a bite!
At one point, we did chance upon it but it was a small tin and at that time I wasnt convince it was really that extinct! So I moved on to another location thinking I could find the standard box. Exhausted the locations and I was getting desparate.
I called hao peng you outta exasperation scolded him first for getting me hooked onto a tin and begged him tell me where he bought it. Sheng shiong supermart!
Ang Mo Kio has 2 it seems! I asked for directions to the biggest outlet but he wasnt very sure of the exact street just the blk number.
I toured Ang Mo Kio but alas the blk evaded me. Big or small tin, I drove back to Hougang where I discovered the small tin. You'll be surprised, its sold at a Guardian Pharmacy. Well it was certainly medicine for my soul, I was in withdrawal.
As I was heading down Hougang, hao peng you called. He went to the Sheng Shiong near his house and true enough not a single tin! But en route home he actually found some damn packets (not tin form) lingering around! He bought 6 packs straight but I was too far away to return to AMK. It was very nice of him and I made him promise he cannot touch a single packet wahahhaa. All for me!
Im really happy now cos I've got a small tin at home and 6packs waiting for me. It should last me for quite awhile =)