LiFe oF gUohU|...cHp 170

Gone is another busy week. Of working and working and working... busy but happy. esp with the wonderful bunch of colleagues ard. esp how the aunties always mention abt introducing their daughter to me. esp when i get to play billiard and enjoy life in the lounge. esp when i get productive in my work. and all the little talks makes my day. and the wonders of application of electronic knowledge like ESD in our everyday life.

not forgetting my A grade for my ITP so far.

But the thing is i'll be so damn tired when it's the end of the week.

and... oh nvm... shall continue again. i need to eat.

guohuilist turned back time on Saturday, March 25, 2006.

LiFe oF gUohU|...cHp 169

and all it seems, time do fly by and i'm into my second week of my attachment programme, out a happier person. Lots to be done, lots to be learn at my attached company. and 4 more weeks to go with the nice ppl there. and 4 more weeks of billiard and pool at the rooftop lounge.

the only thing tt bothers me is the distance. i mean from tampines to boonlay isn't exactly the distance i call near. and i'm just not a morning person. not ever since i entered poly. so waking up early and turning in early is definitely a chore for me. and working time before noon is horrible for me. i find myself dozing off more often than nt. and it takes more than a cuppa of coffee to perk me up... arrrgh... working generation.

which brings me to an interesting pt today. gotta know this prudential agent at the tampines interchange. whom i actually listened to her for a cool 30mins for her to introduce me to the saving plan they had. which i din took up of course. ya. and it turns out tt i spend more time interacting with her than the time she had in mind to introduce her to saving plans. and it all turns out to be chatting session on both occassion i met her. anyway, she's joanne. 23. an outdoor "enthus" (as she likes to call herself). and we find ourselves sharing various chat points. exchanged contact number and all. ( numbers so tt i can get back to her for the presumed saving plan thing and all for the well, further conversations). i mean tt is pretty interesting. i mean, to all of a sudden find myself a friend to be all because of something nt related. tt's way too interesting. ok ya. the job link, she worked 1100 to 2300 7days week to do promotions for her company. her job. but 7days a weeks 12hrs a day isn't exactly wad i call a nice working environment, despite the freedom to roam abt an area and having a outgoing mood all day long to chat up ppl to listen and sign up their saving plans. yet she stayed on the job and it is meant to her permament job. ( she told me so). and for tt, she worked for quite a long time. i mean tt's something applausible in my opinion. ok, for the past week i worked with machines and PCBs ( nt counting the colleagues i had, human interaction), i find myself yearning for freedom to roam. somehow, deskbound jobs dun really suit me for the moment. more often than nt, i find myself roaming the company or visit the washroom so as i have the chance to actually get myself on the move. despite being very busy with my task on hand.

and the ironic thing is i always wanted something stable for my career. my heart somehows decide otherwise. and damn it, i'm an engineering student. i duno how i gonna survive facing machines and computer-related stuff all day long for the next 30yrs of my life everyday. as in servicing. maybe tt's why i started to dread using the com when i get home, having rather to spend the time doing real life chats with some frens over dinner or at the coffeeshop, void decks. i dun remember i had much fun either doing retail sales at sportslink either. probably it was nt a busy job. i'm more of a person who enjoys doing things over busy doing nothing. i'm just not a very slack person. i dun deny the times when i wish i could just drop everything on hand an lazes ard, basking in the sun to enjoy the transquility and to ponder abt issue. but work wise, i relish challenges and well, basically doing things. yet i dun really like to follow thru the motion at times. hmmm contradicting. i'm such a difficult person to please.

so as i am following thru this attachment, i'm actually thinking of my future career. do i really want to be an electronic engineer? i realise tt i enjoy communication, working with ppl. which is ironic again, coz sometimes, i realise tt i spoke too much outside tt i rather remain silent at home. hmm... food for thought i guess. i am 19 this yr... and i gonna be in the working world real soon. it's really time to sit down and think abt my career path.

which i think that there will be a possibilty tt i wanna experience work for a yr or so before really getting into uni. and maybe i'm nt gonna venture into the electronic engineering field. which is like OMG. esp when i am doing tt diploma now and into my 3rd yr already.

and with tt, i realise tt i sidetracked a lot from my initial decision to enter polytechnic education. now i see it as an experimental 3yrs to consider whether i still want to consider electronic engineering. and with tt, i realise tt NTU, SMU and NUS wun be my college with my current diploma. if i wanted to have a change of major. of course if i am the top 5% of the cohort, it will be different. but i dun really dream of tt. esp after yr 2. hmm.. suddenly, i seems to be so stuck with my career path.


ok, tt aside. i realise tt once again, i'm getting in touch with all the ppl i lost contact with thru these yrs. and thank gosh, we are getting contacted again, ppl like wanling and cedric. nice knowing u all stil remembers me. and i've been going out for movies more often than ever. Date movie is nice. if u ask me.

and more damn nice movies are coming out. so prob next weekm it'll be dorm with vanessa and co, and i wanna watch, his,yours, mine( i forgot the title but i presume it sounded this way), failure to launch and shaggy dog. and tt breast cancer movie by mariam cheung.

and all it seems, my weekend is abt to draw to an end. and it'll be work work work. cheers =)

guohuilist turned back time on Sunday, March 19, 2006.

LiFe oF gUohU|...cHp 168


busy guohui had a busy week and is busily gonna blog again. ok first time first... all's well and starts well for guohui gonna end off well i presume.

touching the topic of my attachment programme. i was initially very disgusted with my attached company at SimLim for their sales and work antic, displeased with the working environment and the boss which i had mentioned in the earlier post. So i wrote a complain email to my Liasion Officer and feedbacked to Singapore Poly. the next day, i mean 2 days later, i reported to work at Speedy-Tech, a companyed based in Boonlay, Singapore with ISO recognised standards and subsidaries abroad. A reputable company so as to say and from then, i am working happily ever after with nice colleague, regular working hours and a pleasant environment. A total far cry from the Sim Lim environment.

So i guess a pen is mightier than a sword and complain letters to work to an extent. and words are indeed powerful. ok. maybe it was my writing. or even me who decided to bow down in silence to the ugly nature of the company i supposed.

though boonlay is 98mins of travelling distance from my house, i guess it is all worth it. Even though there is a shuttle service which i had yet to take. My transportation fee so far had been nt so optimistic. a close SGD 8.55 per day and a SGD 20 cab fare today is added to the tally. So i do hope i can catch on the shuttle service.

other than tt, i am so contented with the regular lunch break. a 5 day week from 8am to 5.30pm as compared to the 6days a week 10am to 8pm+++ working hrs at simlim. to tink the ministry of manpower states that students are only supposed to work lesser than 44hrs per 7 days.

i guess some of my other frens at simlim are less fortunate than me to have find a better attachment company. and of tt which sees me attached with 7 other SP students like my fren WY, peishan, huimin and all. all very nice ppl.

even though there are some who complain abt how bad their supervisor is when it is their attitude who dun seems to be correct. Like wad i told them, their supervisor is NOT their mentor or lecturer who is supposed to teach and tell them wad to do. but rather a very real stimulation or rather a reallife working situation which could very well happen. No one chooses his/her employer or her jobscope at the company. so be glad to be offered a job and appreciate wad her supervisor had done for her so far. to set her thinking. and to think she have not experience the work in simlim.

and i realised that there is so much to be learn from the attachment. from all lvls. from admin stuff to operator workscope. A lot in fact. i think i really benefit a lot from the workers who worked there. like the really helpful roslan and the many aunties who are always ready to help me and share their experience and their laughter. whr to eat for lunch and all. really really appreciate them lots. and i tink i gonna enjoy my attachments there. oh btw, i worked in a PCB company by the way.

lots to be done and i am real tired at the end of the day. so i shall skipped how i got a 2 day MC after my last post, movie with jasper and ziyan [ underworld evolution ], suki sushi with the gang, ziyan and esther; even though i din exactly enjoyed it very much coz i was still very sick at tt time. but it was to comemorate jasper's freedom before he go for BMT the next day.

went cycling from east coast to Zong rong hse to take jasper hp coz he left it there. and back from zongrong hse in bedok to east coast to return the bike after the suki buffet. had fun with it.

and soon it was work today. and 5 more weeks to go. and i gonna be alone at home tml. family is on vacation except me. i need companions for dinner. anyone wanna a reservation? call me at 98224062 and i shall be most willing to comply. cheers =)

guohuilist turned back time on Monday, March 13, 2006.

LiFe oF gUohU|...cHp 167

i'm nt gonna complain abt my boss and my work. my rights abused and pride hurted.
i'm nt gonna complained tt my boss kept me at work till 9.30pm onwards for the first day and 8.45pm ( after i told him i have got something on) when my working hours are 10am to 8pm.
i'm nt gonna blog abt how miserable my pay is as compared to the repair fees i earned for the company per laptop and PC.
i'm nt gonna blog abt having no break and irregular lunch break and late dinners
i'm nt gonna blog while i have an oncoming high fever.

on a brighter side, maybe tt will gimme 2 days of MC. it always does when i get sick once in a blue moon. and i'll be down real sick and weaken. blessing in disguise? no idea. i feel real sick. feverish.


on another note. for those who understand me. it is i who like her and not her who do so. at least to an understanding. so let's just wish tt our current situation remain. much as i wish to see us together, my key now is not to throw away a keeper too soon. nt tt i go FBX, but the feeling do remains. but my doors are always open to anyone. just t i dun trip and fall for anyone tt easily. and yet.

for those who seen sees and know this. i hope u can help me keep this little hope of mine glowing. may it for the better or for the worse. at least i made my decision.

nevertheless, cheers everyone. and wish me get well soon. i'm still the guohui u guys know, complete or nt. for those who do not know me just as well, u are always of course, welcome to.



gosh. this fever is burning my thinking cells off. i need a break. not a kitkat. =)

guohuilist turned back time on Wednesday, March 08, 2006.

LiFe oF gUohU|...cHp 166

back from my bali trip on sat... bali was fun... with all the snorkelling, sight-seeing, para-sailing and all...pics with zq and i shall be getting from him and post it up here...

one thing abt bali is the damn currency.... SGD 1 = 5000 rupiah.
tt mean we have to convery currency every now and then... and ended up getting cheated if not careful... like how we were cheated to buy LAYS and DORMITO at SGD 8 each....

but one thing i dun really like is the over friendlines of the balinese... or shld i say, the extreme approach towards tourism.. whr excellence in service is too much for me to bear.. somewhat like service is part of the balinese culture. and the over welcoming service from them. maybe it's just me... but somehow, i dun really like it to a certain extend. though in singapore, the service is nth compared to theirs.

other than tt, it was fantastic. besides the NO night life... shall blog in details on tt soon.

ok... pissed out on my first day of attachment today... very pissed
and tired.. thank gosh i met familiar faces like bernice and stef to cheer me up... haa...

so not gonna blog much....cheers.

guohuilist turned back time on Tuesday, March 07, 2006.

LiFe oF gUohU|...cHp 165

back here very much exhausted and drained. today marks the end of my papers for this semester. yea... no more miseries and craze.

slpt at 3 for a 9am paper, went to Great World City with my class ppl for lunch at Jack's place, travelled home, den to Tampines safra to extend my passport expiry date, went to TM to have dinner, accompanied zr to tampines safra again for him to extend this passport, went back to Tampines Mall again to watch Final Destination 3 with some neighbour frens.

all in 24hrs. omg omg omg omg. how interesting is tt.

and in 6hrs time, going to bali with jasper, zq and zr till 4/3/06....

packed packed packed packed.

omg, i tink i am going bonkers and drained. but am looking forward to the trip. awww. the brothers on bali... omg omg omg. tt's nice.

i duno why i am OMG-ing these few days. omg.

oh ya. went down to support the girls for their campcraft com. again. and guess who i saw. YES. angeline tan ian bin from bishan park. the chairperson i knew from national camp 02, who went on to be my best fren in ATC in CIBTC. the cute cute pretty pretty girl... awww... we still recognise each other. and she talked to me first... awww. raymond, sameer, jj, DID U HEAR TT RITE ! omg omg omg...hahha

and i tink i am getting to know a lot of ppl who i haven met for ages. like angeline. and guihao started txt-ing me. fabian from npcc. natalia who NOW have LONG HAIR! and the list goes on.

and yes, u ling wei. nice hearing from you. ya. nice to know tt you remembered me. even though we only like met in 2 occasions. maybe we can keep in contact, can't we?
do add me at dreamz_lite@hotmail.com for MSN if u want to, guohuilist@gmail.com for friendster and of course 98224062 via hp. haha... just means of getting to me ya. but i wun be in town till sunday. aniwae, hope to hear from u soon...

okok. time to game a little before i slp.... wad a day. and i haven even done my claim form for Ms wan, my resume for my industrial training programme, pack my luggage... awwww... and my movie review for final destination 3. a horror show which got me in laughter due to spastic humour and lots of slapstick. omg

PS: best wishes to all my DEAR FRENS collecting their As result today. CHEERs =)

guohuilist turned back time on Wednesday, March 01, 2006.