For Poor Mommy

Dear friend,

No need to rush home to cook balance meal for your kids. You can only do so much! The only thing you cooked is that they don't come with msg that is good enough. Try to cook one dish meals. They get their nutrients and you also don't tire yourself out.

Here are some ideas for you.

Fried Rice
Claypot Chicken Rice
Chicken Rice
Bak Kut Teh
Spaghetti put a can of campell mushroom over spaghetti and you are done
Porridge
Cook soup with slow cooker then put Udong in and you are done

Most of all use timer to set time on slow cooker before you leave the house. Then when you reach home you have hot rice.

I am open if you need recipe (Sorry this applies to Poor Mommy only hor ;)!

No Respect for other ppl's area

Sigh .. working with youngsters really a pain in the butt!

First thing in the morning, instead of consulting me if I want those ads coming through the fax, that girl throw it away. I have to go pick those up from the trash. Lunch time didn't join them either as I really do not want to have the feeling that I am not wanted. Still, I have to like talk nicely to her. I seem to feel so low about working here with people like that :(

Anyway, I also notice that I have been treated like transparent. They work with me seem to be a torture for them. To HELL to them man! I could care less about what is going on. End of the day I just leave the office with my job complete.

Monday morning

Its Monday morning 8:15am of 25 Feb 2008. I got no keys to office and have to wait for the gatekeeper of the office who comes late to arrive. So went to Bukit Panjang Plaza to have my morning breakfast since I arrive near my workplace, also at Bukit Panjang. Yum Yu, Burp! Tasty! Nothing left when I am done with it

OK.. still early... so stare at other people working. Look they are polishing the floor. Didn't know they do that at Kopitiam. So I took a snap shot of this to show while some of us rushing for work, people like them cleaning up the place.

14th Treatment - CITISPA

Today weigh = 61.16kg

Not very good coz I ate something good last nite... hhahahahh..

The girl who usually do for me has disappear without even a warning :(. Never mind. At least my stomache rubbing has finished.

Office Desk Feng Shui

I normally do not believe in Feng Shui things but some how my career luck hasn't all that great either. Especially, my desk has always been located next to the door and with no walls behind me. This is already a bad sign according to the Feng Shui article I found.

According to this article, you can actually make it better although you can't really move the desk to somewhere else nor change desk with your colleagues. Here are some tips to ease the Feng Shui at your office to improve the well being in your career.

Positive energy can be attracted to the desk by placing five elements that attract work luck. These elements should be placed according to the Lo Shu grid. This is how things should be placed:
» North: Your cup of coffee or tea
» Northeast: Crystal paperweight
» Northwest: Computer terminal
»East: Fresh flowers
» Southeast: Small green plant
» South: Desk lamp or something red
» West: Golden Ingot

Interested to know more about Feng Shui in other areas? HERE is the article

Depression

Quite recent that my male boss announced to us that the lady boss has been admitted to hospital with depression. I was the most shocked person as I have just joined the company not long. It was hard to cope with this type of news. It has recent pondered on me if I were in depression, would my husband even notice the signs and symptoms of it?

Without adieu, below are some of the signs and symptoms in which I found over the internet and feel that information like that should be shared to those who are reading my blog.


Feelings of helplessness and hopelessness

A bleak outlook - nothing will ever get better and there's nothing you can do to improve your situation

Loss of interest in daily activities

No interest in or ability to enjoy former hobbies, past-times, social activities

Appetite or weight changes

Significant weight loss or weight gain - a change of more than 5% of body weight in a month

Sleep changes

Either insomnia or oversleeping (also known as hypersomnia)

Psycho motor agitation or retardation

Either feeling "keyed up" and restless or sluggish and physically slowed down

Loss of energy

Feeling fatigued and physically drained. Even small tasks are exhausting or take longer

Self-loathing

Strong feelings of worthlessness or guilt. Harsh criticism of perceived faults and mistakes

Concentration problems

Trouble focusing, making decisions, or remembering things

Irritability

Easily annoyed or frustrated. Lashing out in anger or snapping at others

Aches and pains

New or worse physical symptoms, including headaches, backaches, diarrhea or constipation abdominal pain, and aching joints.

People suffering from depressionoften show distorted thinking. Everything loos bleak to them, and they hold extremely negative views about themselves, their situation, and the future. Trapped in their pessimism, they obsess over their problems and blow them out of proportion. Unable to see a light at the end of the tunnel, they may even start to see suicide as their only way out.

Information extracted from HERE

13 Treatment - CITISPA

This is annoying again!

The manager at CITISPA keep asking to take a few more treatments and I already said I NO MONEY LIAO... Argh ... which part no $$$ don't understand!

Today weigh = 61.0kg

The usual person doing the treatment for me on MC. Sigh ... the story about working with youngsters are like that. They seem to be every where

So much for FLEXIBILITY!

Well, today I go try ask the girl who is doing the payslip to give me a copy of this months payslip in advance coz I want it to apply credit card. However, she refuse to do it X(! Hey I only ask for a paper not for the money leh! Like that also cannot! Where got flexibility! I don't even need the boss to sign what! Some people really don't know how to bend leh! Somemore say this company got flexibility! WHERE GOT!

Next, I tell her the rules and regulations of this company not consistent leh! It says on my appointment letter 7 days to give employer notice period of resignation or by paying 14 days to employer. I like har! Ain't this line suppose to balance as in 7 and 7 instead of 7 and 14? Where is the logic to that! Then the worst part came! She tell me GOT! Company policy mah! Like that also can har! Wow liao like this call flexibility har! No meaning leh!

I G I V E UP!

12th Treatment - CITISPA

Today weight = 61.24kg

Was a bit heavy? Kind of lost track from last weight. Hmmmm...

[Checked] No what! Last weight is 61.28kg I have still not heavy X(!

White Hairs

I recently discovered that I have few more white hairs that have pop out from my follicles. YIKES! Am I growing old? People used to envy me that I do not have white hairs and I look young. Try saying that to me now. With a job and two kids to work with, no wonder white hairs have start to pop out one by one just like a pop corn but slower.

So, why do people have white hairs even before they reach that "old age"? I found this article to be rather interesting. Here is the SUMMARY of it!

Having white hairs may sometimes be considered as heredity from parents. Other times, it may be due to lots of stress level and homornes level. A B-12 deficiency, a thyroid imbalance, and anemia can all cause premature gray hair according to an article below.

So it is good to know the reason behind having white hairs so you could take caution in whatever way you can. However, I do need to say that some things cannot be avoided that is heredity :).

To read more about it, click on this article.

Becareful where U swing that BackPack of Urs

Ok.. this is annoying!

If you are carrying a backpack, it is good to notice where you swing it especially in a crowded bus where many people are standing. Why? Some people never notice that their back packs hit people when they move into the bus. This is not nice when your back pack is filled with things and especially things that hit people very painful. Some of us wouldn't like to be hit by your back pack earlier in the morning and get bruised by it :(!

That is why I always push back packs off my face when I sit down and when someone passby me with a big back pack on his back. Bring your back pack down when you enter a bus and stop swinging it when you move

10th Treatment - CITISPA

Today's results don't seem good as it was during Chinese New Year and ate a bit more then usual. Its F R E E so can't help it mah!

Weigh = 61.28kg

If you have been keeping watch at my blog, you know what was the previous results like ;)

Depressed Situation

I am being put in a bad spot joining this new company! Thanks to my male boss :((! The Lady Boss has been hospitalized for some reason I cannot say. This has some how affected me in some way. How? Male boss wants all of us which includes me to pretend that this has not happen. She is going to be away for 2 months (estimate), how to pretend? Sigh.. bad spot man! I am suppose to pretend it didn't happen and I can't visit her at the hospital . Needless to tell you why I can't visit her at the hospital. If you are idiot! Here is why! If I go, then I already know what is going on already right? This will not help in her condition to recover. Sensitive situation right now so can't burst all out! So many exclamation marks to today's blog. Now I feel like a jinx in this company coz this thing have to happen when I step into the company! No male boss .. your comfort with "no it is not you" doesn't really help to ease it! Ai yo... she treat me like a friend and I can't go and see her coz I work for her. Tell me what to do ... what to do?

MRT poles

Some people can be so in considerate when it comes to MRT poles in the MRT. If you haven't noticed it, MRT poles are meant for people to hold on to if there is an emergency stop attempt in MRTs. I may understand that you may be tired and need something to lean on but don't you think it is a bit selfish of you to hug the whole pole and others may not hold on to the pole?

Still, there are other times that some people really have thick skin until they can't even feel other people hands are already on the pole and yet still lean onto people hands. P L E A S E ... quit doing that! Perhaps if you are one who encounter situation like this, try pinching that person who have no consideration, just perhaps they might understand the message you are trying to convey .. hahhahhha

Swimming

Went swiming today as whether was good!

Ok.. took out my swimming costume and YIKES... it seem to have shrink. The rubber have worn off as I haven't been using the swimming costume for a year or so due to pregnant and busy with baby. So went to hunt swim suit last minute.

Wow.. swim suit cost S$69.00! Of course it is branded one lah! No way I am getting this coz it isn't all that nice either. More for sporty girl type. I more mature don't really suit me. Then shop shop... manage to find one that only cost S$31.00 so I grab it.

CNY

This year my Dad and my step-mother is not able to join us for CNY celebration. Why? This is becoz step-mother's mother passed away on new year eve 4am in the morning I guess.

So this year we went down to my relatives place ourselves. Same old practice like every year. Nothing new nothing old.

This year at my father-in-laws, I came home early not wanting to wait for the relative who always come late and stay late ;).

Another Busy Day

Ok.. everyone's been telling me that "they" need to get used to having you around speech. Give yourself some time. Time is ticking and it really is COLD here with all the attitude from young colleagues.

Again .. hate this! Have to wait for the gate keeper to come open the door. One young colleague, male ask me to catch the lift my boss is in and we wait here. I say to myself ... har .. what is that .. I might as well go basement and tell him I need the key. See how silly one person can tell me to do that. My jaw drop.

GATE keeper ... please come early if you want to keep to keys hor! Some of us would like to go to office and start WORKING and not waste time! Some of us have L I V E S!

Ok... another thing I need to say that things will be extremely hard to change. Yesterday, my boss gave the close shop dinner and I booked the table. Seeing that everybody else is busy I go to the restaurant first to put my butt at the table first. Wait and wait.. then colleagues all came together. Guess what ... they sit away like as if I got disease or something. Alright .. very mature! Forget it.. ! So I continue reading my book until my boss come. Not sure if she noticed it that but who cares. Actually I didn't want to go either but not nice. But guess as much I end up like that. So much for warming up!

Then there is my Boss constantly hounding me. Give me a break ... I can only do so much.. if you think I am slow then go get the last person to do it for you lah. I feel that I already doing so much and I am not complaining. They could have tell me we are a place of fast moving and I do mean fast moving. Give you something to do ... 1 minute later I will ask from you.

And there goes this thing where can you make up your mind. Here I already advertise for the position and they ask if you got friends. I thought you should have ask this question before I advertise for the position? If have then why would we want to incur that expense? Funny!

Now I really want to pray to the LORD that I don't really think I am capable of completing this mission you have assigned me.

Busy Weekend

It's that time of the year again! Chinese New Year is a time for Spring Cleaning. Only this time of the year I would bother to run through my things and see what I don't need, trash out and hoping for the brand new year would be good.

Wake up very early in the morning say 6am to do housework, before my babies wake up. Wipe the dirty study tables. Clean the window grills. Boy it looks damn good now. The dust have been collected that thick. Clean the master bedroom. Ok I am exhausted... leave the rest to tomorrow.


Buy bak kua which cost a bomb this year for my parents and father-in-law and not forgetting my babysitter too. Then drop by my father's place to give him the bak kua and also let him play with my babies.

Dinner was at the new place Chong Pang Steamboat located somewhere in Boon Keng MRT. Boy was it smoky.

9 Treatment - CITISPA

I almost half way way there.

Today's weigh = 60.9kg

After treatment = 59 kg

Good results that I am dropping in weight. Hope I can keep this and go below during the Chinese New Year :)

@ Work

Phew ! For a moment I thought the boss wants me to finish the research today! I expected this to happen some day but didn't know that soon. Boss, are you NUTS! Do research how can complete in one day one!

Anyway, I just went to ask him say. Sorry I got appointment, can I finish whatever research you need me to do on Monday? He was kind to say, do whatever you can. Thank you BOSS hor! However, this do make me feel that whatever was told to me during the interview, wasn't TRUE! Hhhhmmmm... my list of wanting to stay seem to have doubts. No matter how I still have to complete my contract with the employment agent. Tick tock tick tock.. counting the days do really drives me crazy. Just like it was when I was in Chartered, always wondering if they will keep me or kick me.

Colleagues.. I think I am warming up to them. Perhaps except one. One of which was on leave today. I really don't know if she is the blacksheep in which every company definitely will have one. Fears are there no doubt but I still have to strive hard for the money.

Work wise, it has been crazy. So many things keep going on round here. Can you believe that they are still using such an old copier machine that boots up so slow everytime I open the drawer to insert a paper in? What's more, no self feed feature too :((. Pretty pathetic machine. Need to help them to change.