IE Singapore Interview

I went for interview at IE Singapore, also know as international enterprise Singapore at bugis junction. Applied this intern job on Nus career portal, I sent like 10 over applications but only one called. That shows how pathetic is my degree in sociology! I kind of screwed up the interview cause she keeps asking me about my future aspirations, why I applied for the intern and how the intern can help me, I am really not prepared for such questions. I really don't know what I want in the future leh.

I put bb cream and mascara for the photos below, just for the interview. I like the appearance of my skin after putting bb cream, it looks so perfect! No obvious red marks, dark spots and uneven skin tone- wonders of bb cream. I used Dr Jart sliver blemish cream which is quite good. I compared with lots of other brands and read the reviews. Apparently this is one of the best!

Yummy Food

After Bukit Brown Fieldtrip on Saturday, we (lx,Thinesh & xk) went to Adam Road to eat their famous Nasi Lemak. We waited for almost 15mins before it was our turn. I would say it was worth queuing,  the rice was soft and tender, complementing it with the chilli, yummy! We all ordered the same Royal House set which cost $5. It was kind of expensive for Nasi Lemak though. Since we are going to Bukit Brown again, we probably will try the prawn noodles there.

Last minute dinner on Sunday! Minghow msged me for dinner, lucky my mum hasn't cooked yet. We headed to my grandpa's house first before heading to Geylang Lorong 33. It is famous for its claypot rice! Business was super good that day. We had two tables to ourselves, there were 18 of us that day!

Apparently it was one of those restaurants featured on Channel U food variety shows! Seriously why are all the good food at the EAST side?!!!

Famous Claypot Rice. It was not that fantastic, I heard the Chinatown one is much better, maybe shall try that next time. But the queue for it is like 30mins plus.

Braised Pork- Full of fats! I only ate the mushroom.

Some of the other dishes we ate.

This was my favourite dish of the day! Poor-man Lobster-mini version of the actual lobster. Apparently people who are too poor to eat lobster eat these! These were coated with cheese, heavenly! Photo abit blur though.

The tofu was super tender, best tofu I have ever eaten!

The food was overall yummy! Dinner cost was $480 with no gst and service charge. It was about $26/pax. Not highly recommended but worth a try. After dinner, we drove to Old Airport Road to buy satay for Ah ma. I wanted to buy Lao Ban Tau Huey but the queue was super long. Think I would have to wait 30min so I gave up. Next time should go in the afternoon!

Bukit Brown Cemetery

Visted Bukit Brown Cemetery today with my geography mates, it was actually a fieldtrip organised by our prof, Elaine. Honestly I will never visit the cemetery if not for a project. The place doesn't mean anything to me, as in I am not affected by the tearing down of the place. I have no ancestors buried there so there are no social and family histories behind Bukit Brown. However after the fieldtrip, I thought actually the place is filled with many social histories, all tied to our past- maybe not personally mine. The culture of the burial practices, the fengshui of the graves (the graves are all positioned downward, as it signifies easier way to the underworld aka hell/heaven)- the significance is so great! But sadly because of development, this place will have to go soon. Now is the expressway to ease traffic jam, next will be "Oh, there are not many living spaces to build new housing so another part of Bukit Brown has to go again to satisfy the needs of the people, or should I say the needs of the government, their thirst for profits!"

Marche with yueqing

I went to check out Fitness first at Paragon with Yue qing yesterday. It was rather spacious but I found the classes system abit stupid. Though it is good to sign up for the classes to ensure space and limit the no of pax but it is so troublesome for ppl who wants to go 2-3 classes in a row. As in the first come first serve system doesn't apply to these people. And their membership is 142 per month, but they provide good service- relaxing area, Internet, drinks to replenish energy and some outlets have swimming pool. Still thinking whether to sign on gym, the promo is over so now more ex.

Wanted to eat at Medz Orchard central but it wasn't that appealing. In the end went to Marche since it was so popular. The system used there was 'tap the card' kind- order what u want at the various booths then the person will swipe your card. Before u leave restaurant then pay at the counter. The food wasn't really that awesome and the price was so ex. Buffet is so much cheaper nowadays but I can't eat as much as last time already so not worth it. Plus I don't eat any kind of raw food (jap/seafood) and beef. I am such a cheapo eater!

Nearly died in my heels! Lucky I had my slippers, haha. Still thinking whether to buy fitflops in the future since my Skechers did not last. Now got sale, priced at 95. Not too sure how beneficial it is for my legs. Yq introduced me the collagen she taking, I shall try that next time when it is on promo. Meiji collagen! Need to start taking when I get older.

Mahjong

Played mahjong at Jun yue's house yesterday night with Charlotte, huiting and lingxuan :) initially I won 12bucks but in the end lost 1/3 of my winnings to lingxuan. Think we were the only two winners cause we limit once respectively. But we played 10cents20cents, that's why won't win or lose much. In all it was still a good gathering, haven see Charlotte and jun yue since yr2. Should have more of such gathering, be it playing MJ or cards or even sports.

Need to secure internship soon then can decide whether can go overseas. Thinking of going Bangkok with lingxuan but we need two more ppl if confirm. 4ppl is the best combi for holiday, can share costs for cab & hotel, can spilt up to do shopping in pairs, can help one another take photos and many more.

Need to start printing readings already! Since cny, I have not been gg to gym, the momentum is gone! Fats piling back, not that I lost any haha.

Probably going to upload some cny photos here. A pity I didn't manage to take any group shots

Iphone 4 :)

Blogging at an unearthly hour, 6am plus. My dad never off his alarm so I had to wake up to off it for him. But I can't get back to sleep. Oh well!

I just my new iphone4, noticed I didn't say iphone4s. Haha. My old iphone4 home button had problem, I need to press super hard just to get to the home menu. Lucky me, my warranty ended yesterday and I was in time. Before heading to somerset, I checked my warranty status at woodlands on thursday and was told that it expires in 2days. So I thought it was till saturday. In the end, it turned out that "expires in 2days" included thursday as well. So I was indeed super lucky to get my phone changed in time before chinese new year. A new start! But my apps, photos, songs, games HIGH SCORES, whatsapp are all gone! Need to buy screenprotector soon.

Update to my to-buy list

• Dresses & tops & bottoms
• IPhone cover and screen protector
• Bag
• Haircut
• Shoes (Flats)
• Nail Polish
• Accessories (Earrings &necklaces)
• BB cream and makeup remover
 
I got all the items I needed except bag. Going to get it today! I bought many dresses this time, no shorts at all. Instead of buying flats, I buy platforms and heels- hope they are going to be comfortable as I am going to wear them to school.

Preparing for cny

Specially went to Green Poppies at Haji Lane to redeem my groupon yesterday. Though it was super far but it expires today so got no choice. Tried the 3 dresses but the last one I tried got no stock. Only took photo of the first two and I bought the first one instead. It will be my first day cny outfit, it is considered a romper I think. First time trying to wear such design for cny! The red romper is $34 :) now green poppies has promotion, 2nd item at 50% off but I couldn't enjoy it since I using the voucher. So in the end I bought the romper and necklace (only one piece, so unique) for $21. I paid $18 for the $50 worth voucher, the necklace cost $19 so had to top up $3. But still cheap.

This blue dress seriously not worth it, it is $49.

After green poppies, I headed to bugis street again and bought a flowerly dress and a top again. Then headed to fareast plaza to have my usual cny haircut. I always go there for haircut like 5-6days before cny. The good thing is there is no cny extra charge, it is just $10. I don't want to spend so much just for haircut since it will grow long and become out of shape anyway.

Before my fringe gets chop off.

After! Wanted to change my fringe parting, the hairstylist recommend me to change side, from left fringe to right since my fringe grows in separate directions. In the end, I asked whether can cut bangs instead. He said will change my whole look. I said okay, I mean worth a try. And outcome is liddat. I look like a china kid, looks so tutu! Hope it grows nicely.

Sports in school

Yesterday was the first time I played sports in school, apart from camps. After GE2206, I met up with Janice and Ryan at the bus stop and headed to raffles hall to meet Dajie. We waited so long for Dajie outside his room, think for more than 45mins. Then we changed and headed to the basketball court. The weather was super duper HOT! I think the people who were looking at us think we are insane! I haven't been playing ball games since JC, about 3years ago. I ended up playing basketball with netball style! The way I shoot, the way I catch the ball and the way I dodge. We didn't play really long because Janice was super tired with basketball and her shoe base was coming off.

After that, we went to play badminton right under the sun again. There was no shade at the court and the sun was so glaring. Stupid Ryan keep smashing the shuttlecock at me -.- because I can't use underhand attack. Lucky I did not get sunburn, if not I will be like a lobster during chinese new year. Playing sports is indeed more fun than just going out to watch movies, shop or eat. At least get to exercise!

Nowadays, I feel that there is an increasing of people becoming more self-conscious, as in they diet/go to gym/exercise/keep fit. Not that I am an exception but is this a trend in university and subsequently when you enter the working world. Maybe I should just continue to sign for my gym? But I only have 2 students now, income only $390, last year income was around 1k. What a drastic decrease! I need more tuition kids to teach. It is harder to find tuition assignments this year. Or maybe my standard increase? I don't accept any 20 per hour assignment anymore, my min is around $22 even for p2 kid. No wonder no one wants me to teach le. While blogging, I received a call from a tuition coordinator, I got a new tuition assignment. $23 per hour for p2 Maths and English at Yishun. Sigh there goes my 50% commission. But at least one more source of income. Now any addition assignments I will undertake will be based on rates. If the rate is above 25 per hour, why not? Haha.