Another Year!

Another Year!

Time flies!
Another year has just flown past...

Just heard tt 1 of my colleague has tendered his resignation...
sigh... he's a nice person to work with. I'll definitely miss him.
Hopefully the next person who come on board will be as nice!

We'll be having another 2 new senior management staff joining us next year (which is just 2 days away by the way!) and have just heard tt 1 of them doesn't really have a good reputation.
Oh well! He ain't gonna be my boss so whoever is going to work under him - GOOD LUCK!

I'm actually also toying with the idea of looking for greener pastures.
I find that the place is getting alot more corporate and I am really not sure if its for the better or the worse. I've been in this company for over 3 years now... I like the people in the company but with so many staff leaving over the last year... I really dunno.

My trip to Jinan next month (mid-Jan) has been postponed. I spoke to my boss to tell him tt given the current economic situation, I rather stay put and give the chance to my more senior colleagues to go since my area is not tt urgent anyways and volunteered to re-look at the possiblity only after June but boss said to re-look at it after the 1st Q... oh well... we shall see then.


On the home front - Kady is getting difficult. Her patience level is really short and would throw tantrums when things dun go her way. I really hope that we will be able to teach her well and that she would like to respect her elders.

Vera is now 8.5mths! She is already crawling pretty well and is learning to stand. She pulls herself up easily and will let go of support and able to stand for a few seconds on her own.
Vera is pretty smart for a little baby. She is able to understand my simple instructions of asking her to sleep. :)

Early Xmas celebration

We celebrated Christmas with our friends early this year on 23 Dec.


Made Sangria for the 1st time and it was a hot fav!
Everyone said its a great drink and asked for the recipe... :)

For those who are interested:
- 1 btl of red wine
- 2 Thai Green Lemon (seedless)
- 5 Limes
- 1 Orange
- strawberries (quartered)
- ice cream soda or 7-up

I cut the citrus fruits to small wedges and put them in the red wine.
Then let it soak overnight.

Before serving, I throw in some strawberries, ice and mixed in ice cream soda with the wine.
stir and serve!
The next time I make this, I'll throw in some mint leaves. ;)

On the menu we had:
- spaghetti,
- turkey roll
- ribs
- pork knuckle
- salad
- chicken mushroom soup
- grilled chicken drumsticks
- buttered sweet corn

Had so much left over that we made our friends pack some home.

Mom said depending on how tired she is, if she's up to it - she wanted to make Bangers n Mash either today (Xmas eve) or tomorrow (Xmas day).

A few Updates...

Again, I have been laxed in updating my blog...

I've been really busy at work and getting all stressed out.
Now that the Chinacoat event and distributors' meeting is finally over, I can breathe a tad easier.
*big sigh* Just got back from Guangzhou last week and was down with throat infection.
So bad that I totally lost my voice. And guess what? My boss asked me while we were waiting for a cab at the airport - "Are you coming to the office tomorrow?"
This is after me telling him the night before that I won't be going to work on Friday on Wednesday night. And again, on Thursday when we were returning to Singapore.
All the rest of the overseas' senior management staff who were traveling with us told me to take a break and that I should rest but my boss asked if I would be going back to the office???
Needless to say - I was really really disappointed... sigh...

On another note - Kady has changed her CC from Jln. Jurong Kechil branch to the one at Royal Road. So far so good. Today is only her 2nd day. The teacher in charge was able to pick up on the 1st day that Kady needs constant reminders on her water intake which was excellent as this was 1 of the issue we had previously with her old CC!

On Vera - dh insisted that since his office has moved location that is about 5 mins walk away, it would be a hassle and also stressful on the roads for him to drive to and fro fetching and sending us to the baby sitters' and work. So Vera stayed with the Nanny with effective 1 Dec. We will pick her up on Wed, send her back on Thu, then pick her up on Fri and send her back on Mon again. But already I am missing my baby loads! :_( *cry* I just told dh that with my traveling schedule, already I am seeing less of my baby. with this arrangement, I see even lesser of her which I really do not think its fair. Since its so much of a hassle for him, then I will go and pick Vera on my own after work. This is not exactly easy as from my work place, I need to take a bus to the mrt station, take the mrt for abt 2 stations, then take the bus again to fetch my girl, then take the bus back to the mrt station again, and take the train back home... oh! the price I have to pay to see more of my little darling!