interning at mot week 1/8

Today marks the end of my first week in MOT. It wasn't to long ago when lily took me around the office on my first day of work, introducing me to colleagues from different departments who probably identify me as yet another intern and me wondering if i am ever going to bother remembering all their names, to the wondrous view on the 33rd floor of psa building, and to the really low foosball table which has been my only source of entertainment in the office and a dull backache as well.

Over time i have gotten used to the unfamiliarity of the surroundings. Its sad being the only intern and hearing stories of others in mha or mom having bunches of interns together, but in a way i m forced to learn and be resourceful on the job myself; my jobscope is not a multi-player project based kinda thing but i work fairly independently. drafting some internal comms strategy and tasked to see it through the weeks in mot might be a small task compared to the macro-ness of what most others are doing, but i am secretly glad i am not making coffee or shredding paper (lol)

Its one week on and I havent started fb-ing or done casual surfing at work. i am desks and desks away from anyone who seems like a fb user and its not the type of question you would ask anyway, you watch and learn. And i am kinda sitting beside a T junction where people just mill or walk past every other minute, so might as well get that thought off my mind, not that i am getting withdrawl symptoms anyway.


fyi, I wouldnt consider asiaone as casual surfing.

moe suspends AWARE sex education programme

Whose phyrric victory is it now?
The new guard? Or the 'Old' new guard?
Or both?

utu lecture. yeah nasa spent millions, billions, but i would rather have them spend on it than financing wars. resolves the cynical side in me. =3
an afternoon chat resolves a fair bit in expectations and all.
never had a meal in anothers' house that tastes so much like home cooked food. has one of it yesterday. just a small gathering among friends, mutual friends and yeah thanks for the invite zhengchuan; still have the greatest respect for you since arts camp last year.
felt a little ackward making that choice not to play mj (simple) or ban lat (a little harder). may and wb were like asking why not play. its quite hard to differentiate principle and faith after a while, and its not that faith makes it impermissible to play. so i just said i didnt feel like. not the best answer or the most politically correct one but i just didnt bother to explain too muxh esp when everyone seems so engrossed.

is it you, god?

busy busy saturday, during the weekend before school officially opens on monday.
went to gy's place for his birthday lunch, then for a moe networking session,
then to geylang to meet timo and ting ting and a few other army peeps before heading off to changi for aloy's farewell.
seems like i m pr-empting a busy semester ahead so i m doing all these things now.

but above all, god's laying out a platter for me it seems.
was in a cab as i went from yck to serangoon that afternoon.
the usual chats about school, wah u serve ns liao ah...
and then he asked me out of the blue, in all earnestness:
ah boy ah, you mei you xiang guo dang lao shi ah?
(ah boy, you thought of becoming a teacher?)
.....

i was shocked
speechless for a couple of seconds.
i must say i was a little freaked out.
those who know me well enough know that i have been tethering around,
to apply or not? since time eternal
a bit too timely isn't it?

i was thinking
seriously,
where did this guy come from?
in any case, its something i wont forget so easily.

reunions and gatherings

decembers are often the time for catch-ups and gatherings
not that everyone is really so busy to do so during term time
but its the the year where nobody has an excuse not to meet up actually
so it was actually a surprise b'day celebration coupled with an reunion of sorts.

we chatted
gossiped like there was no tomorrow.
about current times
about old times
the stupid events
the scandals

it must have been the umphteenth time we have heard of one another talking about it
but we never get tired of it
every time round, we catch one or two new stories
'collective memories and imagined communities'
how true.

was it a birthday celebration under the pretext of a reunion?
or the other way round?
maybe at the end of the day,
it doesn't matter.
in the most secular sense,
you give a good account of yourself,
then eat, drink and be merry.
and hope that satisfies.
i think it did for that night.

a restful december finally.

have not been blogging at all since early this month when my exams ended on the 5th. but life has been so so busy since then.

i was tasked to assist in the old queens street team in a way i would never imagined myself to be: a but part in the musical. say a few lines and dance? oh dear, when in school i am already so against myself taking anything ts (theatre studies), that is the last thing i would expect myself to be doing. i didnt exactly know what was on my mind when i agreed as anais called, maybe i was too stressed out with my labour econs paper. first practice was on the 5th, and for once after an examination, i didnt splurge or 'enjoy' myself like the way i did before.

more practices and domestic(dog) chores took its toll as my parents went back to hk for their regular dose of erm, whatever you call it.. and so bangkok was kinda a relief. holidaying without having to worry about transport woes i must say is a real blessing. chanun's family was great and the company too. at least i knew i was in safe hands if i landed up drunk. (which i didnt, obviously)

back in sg on the 15th wee morning, and that night i had my first serious rehearsal. there would usually be 2 runs per night so we could get in character quickly. kudos to those who came in after work, cus even for me, it was kinda tiring. reaching home at 12 and having to work the next day is no joke.

ccis -
i believe it epitomized the yc call to be called to transformed to transform.
not gonna put anymore details into it.
thanks to those who came down to watch and i hope you were blessed by the message.

life is back to the after exams feeling. friends leaving for sep in the next few days, together with some church members flyingoff/coming back so i foresee some trips to changi. but then sometime this week, i believe i can finally afford to chill by a joint in a lazy afternoon, book in hand, and while the time away.

my god... when am i gonna really really wind down and chill?

yr 2 sem 1 ended yesterday at 4:30.
i could have made it end earlier
if not of my neurotic fears of
the examiner forgetting to collect my script.

looking back, it has gonna be one of the hardest semesters i have ever been through. once again i must reiterate, doing 4 mods without one of your closest modular buddies to listen in with, copying notes with. yeah there are always other buddies, but then, it just feels different. =3

seems like the hectic schedule of work has not ended for me yet. went airport to see my parents off, then to expo to grab some books from the borders sale, then to yia's place for the regular lan session, then to church for the pract.

hope that thurs works out fine.
then i can get a time to chill
get drunk in a safe environment
and just basically veg til sunday

if i can make it back in the first place/

and then the grind continues til christmas...

i just need some time off
with an engaging read
at a secluded coffee joint
alone
perhaps for one afternoon