Chairchu's Journey

Lenny gave me a pack of mask last week because I told him I need them. Z keeps coughing without covering his mouth even though I told him a lot of times to cover. In the end, my throat started itching. It felt prickly and I started coughing too. Drinking and resting over the weekends help. So I am no longer coughing. Meanwhile, Z came back to the office coughing AGAIN. Zzz thank God for the masks, one which I am wearing now. It's honestly so fucking annoying working with him, whether it's his working style, or his hygiene practice. This sucks.

This morning, Z asked me for the nearest MRT station to office. I told him Tiong Bahru. He asked which bus to take from Tiong Bahru. It's a simple question which I can easily answer but I feel just so fed up. Mainly because I don't know why he doesn't wanna use Google Map. Why do I feel annoyed? I asked him for the address and how to go of another location previously and he told me to use Google Maps. Lol. Why doesn't he do what he fking preach. Contempt is definitely building up for some reason, and for quite a while already. It started out with him being incredibly messy. Then it became the wrong use of English words which changes the meaning of sentences. Example, using "compromises" instead of "comprises of". His English is so bad sometimes. This morning, he asked me if it's a single 'p' or double 'p' in the word 'Maple'. I dk, what do you think? Then today he borrowed my mechanical pencil. And he used the eras...

I started playing Maple M yesterday, but the server was unstable. It wasn't until today that I managed to steadily connect to the game and progressed on. I've passed the Level 50 mark yay! Sadly though, there will be maintenance from 3.30pm to 7.30pm. So cannot farm during work. Super impressed the the game graphics, they really compressed the computer graphics to fit into mobile. The graphics is super smooth, and movement is relatively easy (except for jumping up to the left or right). I think the maps are largely similar. What I love most is that there is an auto-quest function. With this auto-quest function, I am simply able to easily access the next available quest and the character will walk itself to the NPC. Yes. the character will go through portals by itself, and even the the NPC chat on its own. I just have to make sure I am there to click the "Next" or "Continue" button to ensure the flow goes on. The character will then move off on its own ...

Took care to be early today. The first performance review. We started off the session by filling up a form J handed out. The form asked for what we think we did well and areas we feel we can improved on. I was the first to go into J's office and had a chat with him and SS. It wasn't particular scary. But it wasn't entirely comfortable either. Wish I had more courage and brains to voice out what I think the company can improve on too. Loooool.

Happy Graduation to Chairchu and penutzz! To myself and Lenson. HAHA. We're finally going up the stage almost 1 year after receiving our transcript and cert. When I was much younger, parents and relatives used to constantly remind me that studying hard is important so that I can go into a good university and get a good job in the future. It was established then that a university degree was a prestige, and will give you an edge over many. There days, many people stopped studying after obtaining a Diploma and go straight in to work for experience. Which is very very valuable. A lot of times, experience can be more sought after than a cert. There's no right or wrong, should or should not. I've always believed in pursuing what I did was best for me. Which is why I will never regret choosing my path to a degree from The State University of New York at Buffalo, at SIM. It wasn't about society's expectation, but more of a goal I've set for myself s...

And so it begins. The start of the current batch of interns leaving one-by-one. I don't think I'll ever be too attached to the current workplace. It's not like the office is beautiful and my sense of belonging doesn't seem to increase for various reasons which I probably might share next time. But this current batch of interns is so bonded, every day feels like a work day with friends, and not just coworkers. Sadly, they're here only as interns. Short term. And they have to all go eventually. Starting with Raj. I'm glad we have this tradition somehow and I'm invited :) . We decided to start the farewell dinner with Mexico cuisine. The food was so-so. Not really my type of food, and I won't go back there again. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed the fun and laughter we shared that night. Everyone is happy for Raj that he will get to start another internship at the next company where it will probably have a better work environment. ...

Raj and Priyam joined me in Lenson's car as we headed to NUS. Today is Boon's graduation (finally). Lenson and I are specially going down just to take pics with him. Since we won't be attending the ceremony. Here are some of the nicer pics! Most of them (a lot not shown) were taken in bad lighting sobsob. I don't know why the image is pixelated sobsob. Went to IKEA Queentown with Wilson and Gina to have dinner! Gavin had plans so he went off on his own. Great evening, great company. But most importantly, happy for Boon that he is now a certified smartass!

The day at work was exhausting. Documents and files still feel like they were everywhere in the Google Drive. It's still far from ideal, the speed and ease taken to find a specific document. I spent the work hours mostly on preparing documents to help make the communication for onboarding clients easier. Hopefully, it's gonna be of value to whoever is meeting clients (including myself in the future maybe). Went to Lenny's house for dinner after work. Didn't eat much before I was still full from the lunch in the noon left from the food catering. After dinner, Lenny and I headed to IKEA where we bought quite a number of stuffs, including a new jar for me to put makeup sponges, my wireless charger, a new blind for himself (as screen for our movie nights), and lightbulbs for my vanity area in his room. The new wallpaper in his room was done earlier on in the day and it is amazingly nice. Now, his room looks like a room+hotel combined. Okay, that's a ...

Woke up and lazed around before heading down to the living room with Lenny to finish watching our Extraordinary Houses documentary on Netflix. Went out for our $2 caifan lunch after that and went to Orchard area. First to Apple Store to get his adapter. I swear I am super amazed with technology these days but it can be so overwhelming with that many tools and cables needed. Yes, even though everything can be made so convenience, particular the transferring of files. Then we headed to Muji to check out the different products they have. Storage organizer for makeup items. (Y) I am quite excited for the future vanity area at his bedroom but I think living together with Lenson is gonna be tough because he is a neat freak and I am kind of the opposite lol. Not that I like to be messy though. I'm just not as neat as he is. When it comes to living area. Sadly. And yes, the highlight of the day. Ear piercing. Third time piercing ears make me sound like some typical rebellious kid who...

Lenny's advice to me was to wear pants, something more comfortable. Forgot if he mentioned to wear covered shoes or sports shoes. Apparently, he had something planned for us but he didn't wanna disclose. According to him, there was somewhere he wanted to bring me. That sounded damn romantic okay. The thing about Lenny and I is that, we our preference for leisure activities is largely similar, except that he is okay with adrenaline and I am not. He is definitely dependable to plan entirely for a leisure activity for us both. I figured it might be something like a theme park. But since he ended work in the afternoon and we would only be able to head to JB (yes it's at JB) after that, I have a strong hunch it might be a carnival. Lenny brought me to a mall nearby, and we had some window shopping. He allowed me to buy the Crayon Shinchan cookies for my younger brother which made me damn happy. We had dinner first before slowly walking to the destination. And... Right ...

Sooooooo, Boss finally decided that the new LCD screen needed setting up. To my disappointment though, he gave me the Dell one. Which is super elongated but still short. It's great for gaming and movies but not so practical for my work since I need to read long emails. An ordinarily proportionate one would be more preferred. No matter how he tried connecting the cables, it just won't work. And it perplexed him because he hasn't use it since the time he bought it long ago. I went for lunch with the interns and was ranting a little about the short monitor and how it's support was toooo noob. ): when placed on the table and adjusted to the maximum possible, the monitor was below eye level, which made viewing uncomfortable. Well... I have been using the laptop at below eye level since I started work already but if I am using a new monitor then of course I hope it will make my working more comfortable what... I think maybe the Universe heard my call. Eventually aft...

Woke up feeling extremely tired. Not sure when I had insomnia and couldn't sleep even 1 hour after Lenny did. I tossed and turned and it felt like by the time I started having a good sleep, it was time to wake up because the sun was up and the aircon was offed. Lenny and I went down to have breakfast before I started working on Konbini's stuff on his Macbook while he was in his room tearing things down. The shelves, the bars, and the bed-head cushion. Then we went out for lunch at Hougang Mall. We refers to Lenson, his brother, their parents and I. We checked out a wallpaper shop at Hougang Mall but there wasn't any that Lenny really like. Then, Lenny dropped his brother and dad home before him, his mum and I went to Oxley BizHub 2 to check out wallpapers at Wallhub. Lenny finally saw one that he felt was okay. It was a dark brown one. Which I think will look good I hope? I trust Lenny's taste haha! We went back to Lenny's house and his dad was done with smo...