Babe For Life

I have been alighting from this bus stop at Lornie Road, outside MacRitchie Reservoir since the day I started work in MediaCorp. For the past 10 years, I have never faced an incident like today.

Apparently, a tree has fallen mostly due to the heavy rain the previous night. And it blocked the pavement that lead to the overhead bridge. We were all caught by surprise when we alighted at the bus stop this morning. First thing that came to my mind is to walk all the way out to the traffic junction down the road and cross from there. However, it was really too far away.

Then the lady who alighted at the same bus stop said, 'just climb over lor.' So despite of the fact that I was wearing a dress today, I decided to climb over too. Fortunately, an uncle climbed over before me came to my rescue. Felt so unglam, and the cars were zooming behind me.

Finally after 10 years of service in MediaCorp, I have my 'first time' again...

Oh My God!!!

I really think, sometimes I really take things for granted. I have been blogging for more than a year, and I thought we can only upload 5 photos in a blog. How can a blogger website be so user unfriendly? And I even went to make a combination of my pictures into power points before uploading into my blog.

I have read blogs from others, and I was wondering, how come these people can upload so many pictures and yet I can not do it. I am thinking, maybe these blogger pay for extra space?

'5 photos at a time' and 'only 5 photos' makes a big different. Now that I know it can be done, I can upload lots of pictures in my blog.

Stay tune!

I thought I had blog all my Taiwan trip and I can start blogging on my Bangkok trip (I know, it was very long ago already, but it is my virgin trip to Bangkok, so must blog.) and I realised I missed out the Firework part!

I never had a chance to play with Firework, and my experience were always from National Day parade. Since we were be spending a night in 清境, we bought a lot of small firework and sparkling lights. We had fun! Until a little girl told us that we could actually buy fireworks from 李大哥.

Why not!!!! We never had chance to play with them in Singapore, and now we were given a chance, we all pool in to get 2 sets. Anyway, our heroine is MPP, because none of us dared to light up the wick. This was the first time I was so close to firework. Normally we only get to see them during National Day, when it was really high in the sky. Now we were the one who lit the wick and see the sparks shot up and the explosion up close.

I did took video of them, and I really wanted to share, but something seems to be wrong with Blogspot, because it failed. After my 3rd failure, I gave up...

Do try it out if you have the chance. You will never regret it.

Finally finished blogging about Taipei, after going MIA for more than a month. And I have not even blogged about my First Ever Bangkok Trip!!! Yes, I was too busy and also too tired. Had been working OT since April and never want to look at the computer screen again when I came home from work.

Many things happened in the month of April, good and bad. Really do not know how to start, but never mind, we go with the flow ok.

I have a great news to share, ok, not great news, it's world greatest news!!! I am no longer a lone ranger in work!!! My Sales Group merged with Group 3 and now our group has the biggest number of group members in TV Airtime Sales. Best part is I am now in the same group with Niang Niang, and we are now buddies together with Lijun and Pearlyn.

This explained my OT-ing in April. As everything as to change to the same format as Group 3, I was trying to do change all the reports that we have to submit to the same. In addition, it is target setting period. Niang Niang was busy compiling targets for both groups, and I think it is better to stay and help her in every way she needed me to. Churning out numbers, checking on numbers, checking on everyone numbers. I had a record of working to 10.30pm to 11pm every night for one whole week.

And this lead to an incident that happened to me that scared my gym family. As I had to work OT every night, I can not go for my gym classes. So Saturday is my only day which I can go workout with my gym family. I went for Jam class and Pump class as usual, and I even had a hearty breakfast, as I know I had to take 2 classes. Everything was still all right when I was in Jam class. Came Pump class and I fainted right after the 2nd track! Ya, fainted. I already felt dizzy when I put down the weight, and was trying to catch my friends' attention, but they were all loading up their weight and never notice me. Susanna saw me lying on the board in the end, but she thought I was just playing like I used to be. Pfeiffer nearly had to stop the class to attend to me. Fortunately, Julian was still around and he saw the commotion in the class. So pai sei, because so many people stopped their workout and attend to me. My gym family said I am now famous in the gym, as everyone including people doing workout outside the class and the Private Trainer all know what happen. Whenever I go to the gym now, I will have to say hello to everyone who smile at me, or asked me if I am feeling ok. Hahaha!

April was also the month for Star Awards. I had spent 2 weekends in MediaCorp and Resorts World Sentosa. Though it was tiring, I enjoyed it. This year, the concept in Resorts World was quite interesting. I was impressed that they can tied in Voyage De La Vie and came out with a circus theme.

That is how my April was.

成品书局 is one of my favourite shops when I goes to Taiwan.

Though there are mostly Chinese books and English books are really limited there, I love to spend a few hours there to shop for my books. And not to say, I will frequent the shop more than once. Furthermore, it has a 24 hours branch!!! The books are cheaper than Singapore, and I will always have my luggages way overweight!!! How I wish I can buy all the books back and not to worry about lugguage space.

It was a very famous bookstore in Taiwan, just like Kinokuniya in Singapore. During my first trip to Taipei, I actually did not heard of it before. It was by accident that I found it. I was left alone for a few hours, as my friends wanted to go to a place that it is inconvenient for me to go with. So I went shopping alone, and went into it by chance.

After that, it is forever a Must Go place in my itinerary. Many people might think what so nice about a bookstore. There are many things you can find in the store. Not to say all sort of magazines and books, there are also stationeries and diaries.

Do go and take a look if you have time, and you will find your own 'treasure'!