I Love My New Job!

Yes I do!  I feel I’m getting some stability in my life again!  The inspiration to do what I do best, create a whole Admin Dept again, from scratch!

I have a wonderful boss who, I have to admit, talks abit too much at times that I can’t get to work properly.  But who’s complaining? Like what family and friends have commented, I’m getting paid to chat with her!!

THE boss have been telling the other teachers that I am so efficient!  Its so nice to hear that!  Even the teachers have been telling me that Es, the boss, have been singing my praises since I stepped into the company.  She has been calling me her Guardian Angel!  At last! I feel appreciated at work again!

I guess I have lost all my self-esteem when I was working in my previous company.  The back-stabbing and the lack of resources to work with was taking its toll on me.  My last 2 years with THAT company left me unmotivated, torn and lost!

You know what? I feel like a dog now!  It’s like, I’m trying to get the job done quick and waiting for the praises to follow….. ‘Good girl, Shanna! You did a good job!’ *Pat Pat* And here I am, pant, pant, panting in glee!  I wonder when will my master praise me again… Note: Do not pee on carpet!  She may end up giving me a bone!

Everyone needs to be praised in some way or other.  When was the last time you praised someone? Or had someone praise you?  How did you feel? Great isn’t it?  So maybe, I’m in the right school, as their philisophy is to teach in a holistic manner, and their main form of teaching is to lather the student with praises!  Instead of commenting on their mistakes, look at the one thing they did right, and build up from there!  Honestly, its no use telling off someone who is wrong! They wouldn’t or may not know what they did right!  Wouldn’t it be great to let them know what they did right, and so they may avoid what they know will not bring praises?  (Wah! Shanna, you so cheem!  This topic is on ‘cheemology’) Yes, I know its complicated, I’m getting complicated just typing this down!  Just one simple rule, Praise someone!  You feel good, and that person feels better!  And knowing that person feels better, you’ll feel your best!

That reminds me of an old Singaporean song from the 80’s, Good, Better, Best, Never Let It Rest! Was it the Courtesy Campaign?  Or one of those many campaigns we had?

Now that I’m back on track, lets kick some ass at work!

My Current State of Life

I’ve finally gotten a full-time job again!  It’s been exactly 2 years since I worked on a full-time basis.  2 whole years of slacking!  I guess being a property agent for the past 2 years was not ‘me’.  I thought it was as it gave me the flexibility of working at my own time and target, and earning as much as I want!  Alas, I recently discovered, I am beginning to slack in my work and I need a full-time job to get me grounded again!

Property transactions are on an uphill now, it’s sad that I am not part of that cycle to earn millions of money!  See? I lack the motivation to sell houses!  I realise that I’m contradicting myself.  I’m not money-motivated like most people are, hungry for career and strive to be at the top, YET I wanna have lots of money and want everything in this world!  So how am I ever going to get the best of both worlds?  I have a huge debt to clear, thanks to me signing my credit cards on and on and on again….. However, I have since learnt my lesson and have stopped using them (Unless its for an emergency, or you HAVE to use that card to get a one-for-one deal, etc…).

I have already managed to clear half my bills in the 2 years in the property market.  Now, I’m straddled with ‘only’ about S$10K to clear!  I am hoping to clear the bills within 1 year using ALL my monthly salary, provided the husband of mine supports the family by paying for our daughter’s school fees and taking care of the monthly household groceries and stuff!

My new job doesn’t pay THAT well yet! But it will do for now… I’m already taking more than 50% pay cut.  I could maybe get a better paying job in town but considering the parking, petrol and ERP charges, its better sticking to this job!  On top of that, there is still commission for every new enrolment I get, so I could actually be earning more!

This company is similar to my previous job, in education.  I feel like I’m now back in my previous job, cos there is hardly any administration at all, like in my previous job! I have to start everything from scratch!  But you know what? I’m lovin’ it!  I think, for me, its more of a job satisfaction then anything else.

One of the Pros in this job is, I get to send my daughter in for classes, Free of Charge!  Thus saving me about $375 a term or $1500 a year, OR thousands of dollars in years to come!  I hope they start on their Maths classes soon!  Then my daughter can study there too!  You see, this company specialises in English Enrichment.  The teachers are all expats!

So looking on a whole, I’m saving about $100 a month for working nearby, approximately $125 to $150 a month on my daughter’s education, which works out to about $3000 a year! Not bad a deal!

Well, here’s looking at a great 2007 for me!  This is the year of Shanna!!!

Christmas Celebrations!

Christmas is over, pissed drunk as always!  Came home at 4am, I think!  I’ve lost count of how many glasses of wine and mugs of beer I have had and how I had managed to drive from one destination to the next, and still drive home in one piece!

Let me see, I started drinking at Dennis Wee’s house at 7.30pm and left at 12.30am or so.  I know I drove to Thames Pub in Siglap and was there til late!  I do remember parking my car into a lot and actually knocking over a motorbike!  But it wasn’t entirely my fault! Stupid bike parked too out of its lot!

Damn unfortunate that 2 friends of the bike’s owner just stepped out of 7-11!  I gave my card to them and asked the guy to call me, but when I left, the bike was gone and til today, no calls from him!  So I really do hope that he was too drunk to remember that his bike was damaged!  Maybe he lost my card?  Hope that his friends didn’t copy down my car plate number though! lol

Well, there goes another fruitful X’mas celebration!  Now its New Year’s celebration!! WOO HOO!!

Rain, Rain, Don’t Go Away!

Ah…. Beautiful rainy days!  So nice, so calming, and its making me feel SOoooooo LAZY! I just feel like just bumming around in bed and do absolutely NOTHING!

I have another 2 fruit cakes to bake but I have been too lazy to do so!  Thank goodness no one ordered my cakes YET! So I can be allowed to be lazy!

I remember the days I used to walk in the rain! It felt so wonderful and beautiful! Talking about rain drops keep falling on my head!  When I’m happy, I walk in the rain, and when I felt sad, I’d sometimes have the mood to walk too!  Cos when I am happy and walking in the rain, it feels absolutely wonderful getting soaked through and with no cares in the world!  And when I felt sad, the rain helped wash away the sorrows…. And I’d feel much better and wonderful again!

Just listening to the rain drops and feeling the cool night breeze makes me want to just step out the house now and get soaked through once again!  But I just remembered that I have just showered, Don’t think I wanna shower again! :p

There are few good reasons why I like the rain!

1. I just realise that I’m saving electricity when it rains this heavily!  Cos I don’t switch on the air con! Its so cooling to sleep in this weather,
2. Listening to the pitter patter of the rain drops makes me fall asleep so easily!  Thus solving my insomia!
3. I don’t even perspire at all!  When it is hot and sunny, just stepping out of the shower gets me all heated up and sweaty!
4. Singapore is shortage of water, so with this heavy rain fall, our reservoirs will be full, so we need not buy so much water from Malaysia?
5. I can also collect rain water easily, thus saving on water bill!  Can use the water to bathe the dogs, wash the clothes, water the INDOOR plants (Outdoor plants would be soaked with water to last them a year!), mop the floor…. Endless possibilities!
6. I get a free car wash! God knows that I don’t wash my car AT ALL! So HE’s giving me a free car wash, how sweet….
7. It’s a good excuse to tell sleazy guys that ‘Hey Sorry, Its raining heavily, dun think I’ll join you guys for drinks!’. (I just used this excuse yesterday and it works!)
8. For those who works, you can call your boss and say, “Sorry boss, its raining so heavily here that the water is knee high.  There is no transportation here now so I cant go to work today”. Which, from the looks of the rain these days, could give you a few days of holiday!
9. Since its raining so heavily, you can go fishing for Koi fish if the pond has over flowed and they’re swimming in a garden somewhere. (Its true! It was on the news tonight!)
10. Lastly, since its raining, isn’t it nice to MAKE LOVE, not war? ;p

That’s all for now! The rain is making me feel… YAWN…. sleepy…

My Love of Baking

I realise ALOT of my friends and family can’t believe that I can bake!  It has been a tiring Friday for me!  Spent the whole day baking 4 fruit cakes, some cup cakes and soft rolls!

Unfortunately, my soft rolls was more of hard rolls!  I think I may have knead the dough too much or not enough!  I’d better stick to my baking cakes!  As you can see, my cakes turned out pretty good huh?  Now to practise decorating it as presents!

I have to admit that baking cakes can be quite therapeutic!  Doing it alone makes it more fun and peaceful, at times!

Well, for those who can’t believe I can bake, I’ll prove it to you one day!  I’ve just gotten a wonderful fruit cake recipe from a friend who loves baking as much as I do.  So let me finish up what I have now and embark on this new recipe!

Since X’mas is round the corner, I’ll be baking fruit cakes day and night! YAWN! Speaking which, I think I’d better get to bed and get ready for tomorrow’s baking!

Wonder if anyone’s interested in buying my cakes?

My Inner Most Feelings, Revealed

Ok. I admit it. Behind this strong me, there is a softer side.  At times I don’t feel like drinking, at times I do. I just wanna let my whole self be free from all the problems!

Is there a way to be free without drinking? Fine. You drink. You forget your problems for the day. You wake up with a fucking bad hangover, and THAT kills your job.  You are lost! Not knowing what to do. Your friends advise you, but you turn a deaf ear.  What IS happening? To YOUR life?  All you can say is, “I dunno. It’s Life.”  Is it really?  That is such a profound sentence to use.

I am now staring at my husband who is sleeping blissfully, and I realise, he kicked off my sleeping clothes off the bed!!!! 2 ways to react, either just pick it up and wear it, OR pick it up (making alot of noise), throw it aside, and choose your new set of clothes! Hum…… Guess which I chose? The latter! Darn! I should have made more noise!!! Why should he have a peaceful sleep when he has no respect for my sleeping clothes????

Is he pissed off with me for drinking with my team mates tonight?? I hope not!!  Cos I have not been out with my team mates drinking unless its a team game, or if necessary!  IF he is pissed off, well, I have to tell him, darling, please go fly a kite!!!!  I have been a good wife, staying at home.  Hardly going out!  Is there a necessity to be upset?  Fine! If you have been bringing home the bacon, and I have been a naughty girl, please do spank me, I deserve it!  Well, I’m sorry, you have not REALLY been bringing home the bacon and YET you wanna control me?? Even though I hardly go out. You are UPSET?  PLEASE! YOU HAVE NOT RIGHT TO MY FREEDOM!

I did what I have to do before. I gave a chance when needed to.  I WILL have no choice but to throw away THAT chance if needed to.  AND I do believe, I will have a long string of followers who believes in me if I DO make that decision!

Sorry, I think I am speechless now.  If I am going to reveal too much, I, myself, will end up blowing up!

Twelve Days of Christmas!

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me,

a black-coloured CRV

On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me,

two diamond rings and a black-coloured CRV!

On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me,

three handphones, two diamond rings

and a black-coloured CRV!

On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me,

four brand new cues, three handphones,

two diamond rings and a black-coloured CRV!

On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me,

five handsome hunks, four brand new cues,

three handphones, two diamond rings

and a black-coloured CRV!

On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me,

six hours of sex, with five handsome hunks,

four brand new cues, three handphones,

two diamond rings and a black-coloured CRV!

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me,

seven masseuse massaging, after six hours of sex,

with five handsome hunks, four brand new cues,

three handphones, two diamond rings

and a black-coloured CRV!

On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me,

an eight days cruise, seven masseuse massaging,

after six hours of sex, with five handsome hunks,

four brand new cues, three handphones, two diamond rings

and a black-coloured CRV!

On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me,

nine million dollars, an eight days cruise,

seven masseuse massaging, after six hours of sex,

with five handsome hunks, four brand new cues,

three handphones, two diamond rings

and a black-coloured CRV!

On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me,

ten blank cheques, nine million dollars,

an eight days cruise, seven masseuse massaging,

after six hours of sex, with five handsome hunks,

four brand new cues, three handphones, two diamond rings

and a black-coloured CRV!

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me,

Eleven mansions waiting, ten blank cheques,

nine million dollars, an eight days cruise,

seven masseuse massaging, after six hours of sex,

with five handsome hunks, four brand new cues,

three handphones, two diamond rings

and a black-coloured CRV!

On the twelve day of Christmas, my true love gave to me,

twelve splashes of water, eleven panadols,

ten hours of sleep, nine glasses of water,

eight hours of lecturing, seven doses of criticism,

six more to come, cos I was so drunk!

I was hallucinating, of all the gifts,

he had given me, including the black-coloured CRV!

The End!

Copyright of Ms. Shanna Ng

Leisuretron Finals

10th December 2006.  That’s the day I shall remember!  My team and I (A.K.A., My Steam Mates) represented Club 678 and played in the Leisuretron Games and this very day was the day we played the Semi-finals and finals!  WOO HOO!

It was sad that we did not win the competition BUT my team mates are already very satisfied that we have come this far!  Most people said that we were like the under dogs, dark horse, blah blah blah… We, ourselves, still can’t imagine that we came this far!

The Semi-finals was a great game! Our team were tense! How are we ever going to beat Ice Cold Beer?  They had all the regular pool players, top players, players playing regularly in competitions! And my team? Erh… Most of us are just alcoholics, taking part in this competition so that there is an excuse to get away from our spouses and drink more!

The games started at 2pm! And I think our team were the only team drinking away! And by the time I played, I was on my 4th or 5th glass of beer!  I thought by drinking more, I could ease my hangover from the night before, and at the same time, cool down my tensed up nerves!  Our first player had just won 3-0 in the Men’s Singles and it was my turn!  I really made a fool out of myself in the first 2 frames!  I was missing so many shots.  Shots that even my grandmother could pot with both her eyes closed!  I was down 2-0 and I pulled my socks up and looked at the game differently.  I was pissed with myself!  How could I just give this game away?  Friend or no friend, sorry babes! I need to fight back! And suddenly, all my fears disappeared, I warmed up, and my game improved! It was such a beautiful come back! Eventually, I won 3-2!  With our team leading 2 games, all we needed was 1 more game.  Ice Cold Beer’s mix doubles team were bent on not giving us that 3rd game!  They played so well that Freddy and I just stood there modelling our cues!  Thank goodness, with luck on our side, we pulled through in the last game to go into the finals!

Can I not mention the finals?  Quite embarrassing… Shin Bar’s team were to strong for us! We were… White washed! Yes yes… I said it! Lost first 3 games, no point playing 4th game!  But it was a joy playing them!  I guess in their hearts, they knew the trophy had their name already written on it!  We were proud to be able to lose to them! They really had deserved to win!

For us, we are happy with our $4000 prize money as it covers our drinking costs from Day 1 of the competition!  It was much better than the $1500 we expected if we lost in the Semi’s!  So in the end, its still Happy Ever After!

My Virgin Post

I’m a Virgin!  Can’t believe I’m saying this! OK! Fine! To be more exact, I’m a virgin blogger! Happy?

I really can’t believe I’m actually doing this!  I’ve always told myself, how am I ever going to keep writing (sorry, typing) stuff in here?  even if I did, who would bother to read about my boring bo liao life?  Well, you did! Haha!

I’ve always wanted to try this blogging thingy, but then I’ve always thought that my England not powderful enough! But what the heck! Whose is anyway?  And thanks to Deb’s idea of publishing her site to voice her thoughts, I am now experimenting on this new wave too!

Doubt you’ll find deep dark secrets here. More of me cursing and swearing at anyone and everyone, not forgetting anything dead or alive. Oops! I can’t really do that right?  That is too nasty of me. Maybe I shall just entertain you with my friends’ lives, or my relatives? Or my bickering neighbours? Or my dog’s life?  Haiz.. This blogging thingy is getting very complicated!  We take things as it comes yah?

I guess I’d better keep this short and sweet.  Maybe come back another year to type another short paragraph!

Posted on 13 December 2006 on Friendster.com