*Jiale*
eighteen
-tv-
*shopping*
PILOTS are my current love

Not a particularly exciting day today. spent the whole morning reading this document which was so difficult to understand fully due to the legal terms. then went to the bankers' meeting. the drama only started when the so-called new "investor" arrived. he was trying to get the bankers to accomodate the company with more loans with his many stories while the smart bankers tried to make him come up with some corporate guarantee. talking about bankers; many of them don't exactly look like a banker. as in when you walk on the streets and see them, you will probably never think of them as bankers but rather as a normal office person.
had pret- a- manger for lunch. the taste was not too bad; fillings are different from the normal sandwhiches you get elsewhere. and i learnt that sandwhiches are to be eaten cold, not warm. i was even told that should i try frozen peanut butter and margarine bread, i would never eat bread another way again haha. i shall try it one day.

a busy day, relatively to the first. at least i was kept occupied throughout the day. in the morning, we went to the new supreme court. it looks cool and high tech and so the issue between the new and old supreme court is something like our national library argument. went to the chambers as it was to only file OS but we waited for close to two hours when we stayed in the chamber for less than five minutes?! but it was said that the judges tend to be nicer when interns are around and so pl was quite glad that i was there haha. i probably contributed to the short time we were in the chamber and that translates into less scolding. it's quite amusing to see the judges scold lawyers and that happened during my next hearing at the subordinate court. we were the prosecuters for a case in which a guy practised tcm using a fake certificate. it's sort of an almost sure-win case for us but it's weird that the accused refuse to plead guilty. and so it dawned onto me that should i enter law, i might as well aim to be a judge so i can scold people haha. it's also important to aim to be a lawyer with real substance and not like some other useless lawyers(our opposition is an example).
anyway the culture of our firm is really nice, not like other firms which tend to be more impersonal and political. the seniors also treat us to lunch and coffee often and i heard that lawyers elsewhere don't necessarily do that. interesting people on the whole :)

First day today. typical first day with nothing to do. seriously, another new intern and i slacked the whole day away in front of the computer, surfing websites, (most are prohibited, even yahoo movies!) chatting and finding all means to keep ourselves occupied. my new colleagues are very nice though! they treated us to a thai restaurant at boat quay and after lunch, we still had time to go tcc for coffee. look at the lifestyle of lawyers. lunch took close to two hours. it was fun talking to them though, know more about the process of studying law and they also gave opinions as to what courses to take up in future.
anyway the dress code at the court is really strict. it has to be black and white. the white shirt can't even have stripes or they have to be hidden by the blazar which is also a must. so i had to go get shirts last minute. i have spent quite an amount on office clothes so far- never mind, i shall see them as an investment. i think anyone who sees me at raffles place will always see me in black and white from now haha. court session tomorrow :)

Met up with tyunn, weiqi and jane today to have dinner at glutton's bay. it's quite a nice place to eat; refreshing; something different from your usual shopping centre restaurants. there's this cute dish called "happy pot". it's this huge clay pot which has soup and you can throw in noodles, vegetables, meat and whatsoever that you ordered into it. delicious and the best part is? the soup is free-flow! the guy was quite nice too, helped us to set it up and even used tissue paper to stabilise our rocking table.
and weiqi was absolutely funny. two incidents.
1) she's a blockhead. i was putting plaster onto my blistering foot when she came along...
wq: eh go buy the oyster ommelete can?
jane: but her leg pain lehz, got blister.
wq: oh yarh, wear pumps is like that one larh.
jane and i: stare at each other...
it's so obvious that we were hinting that i shouldn't go buy the food but poor weiqi didn't get an inkling at all. even after we laughed she was still blur blur haha.

2) we were walking towards the esplanade river when this guy at the stall offered jane a mini donut(which was really tweeny by the way). as weiqi was walking quite ahead, she didn't get it and tyunn and i quickly told her about the free donut. immediately she turned around and went to the guy at the shop and announced loudly: "i also want one!" apparently the guy was also quite blockhead or maybe stingy, and hence weiqi was deprived of an additional donut and had to share it with jane. gosh weiqi was super funny, totally like her when it comes to food. haha.

weiqi don't be angry when you read this! just trying to share how funny you can be at times :)

Second driving lesson! today was basically a bending lesson. drove to the more deserted upper thomson area. it's a really good place to practise bends. seriously the entire route was nothing but bends. so now i'm more confident when it comes to bends as previously i was afraid of "over-steering". but i still can't do turns so i just have to practise more. next lesson will be gears time!

my expenditure for this month has reached $500. but most of it is spent on transport, driving, necessities and clothings for my internship! didn't pamper myself very much except for that raoul shirt. can someone please console me and say that this amount is not very much

I finally get to go out after being cooped up at home for two days and literally bored to tears. dinner at sun and moon with boon and lian. nice place with nice-looking food. but since i have limited income for the time being, i can't splurge too much on food. still the food that we ordered were quite good. it's something like claypot rice without the dark sauce.
and i must say boon is really funny- talking about "attracting" the wrong kind of people and her dubai boyfriend. i never stop laughing for a single minute whenever i'm out with her.
and lian is really gullible- she believed boon's made up dubai boyfriend(ok i did as well) and that i was going to be a social smoker. haha both boon and i tricked her into believing that. but now i know who's my true friend k :)
now it's just bong and charl who has to update me :)

got a last minute assignment as a receptionist at sc bank. the generous bank actually paid me $7.50 per hour to answer phonecalls to make bookings for the meeting rooms. since the phonecalls are not incessant, half the time i was either staring at the computer screen or looking around. and i got to help myself to the fridge full of drinks haha. and now i know how to use microsoft access (at least the bare minimal) so chia tyunn, don't u dare laugh at me. it was quite an interesting experience but i can't imagine doing that for months man, it's too... sedented, not my cup of tea haha. and i actually got to witness office politics on the first day- is that cool or is it cool? haha

and charmok, i know you are spying on me. hehe.

I had my first driving lesson today! it's super fun. and guess what, first lesson only and i got to drive on the road- from braddell to clementi and back. wonder how i got to do that? it's because the car is specially fitted: at the front passenger seat, the accelerator, brake and clutch are also installed. so the driving instructor is able to intercept the student anytime. cool isn't it. and my driving instructor is quite interesting; his mantra is to teach students how to "fly" first, which means to drive on the road before teaching them about the gear stuff. and he said that the circuit is for sleeping haha. this is the beauty of private instructor :)

Served at the children's ministry for the first time today. it was quite an amazing experience as it has been a long time since i actually spent time with children. and i do not exactly like children. so i got to learn how to communicate with them: pokemon and maplestory language. came across all kinds of children- those who love talking to teachers (i'm one of them :)), those who fight, those who are shy and those who really talk a lot. and as the service proceeded, somehow i continuously plunged into deep thoughts and realised that such thinking was quite rare; thoughts which brought further thoughts. it was pretty tiring but somehow i find that talking to kids is so much easier talking to people of your age. you can talk to them about anything and the best part is you don't need to think and give politically correct answers. it has been a good choice to serve the children :)

When you're perplexed, let him be your Wonderful Counselor.
When you're weak and fragile, trust him to be your Mighty God.
When you feel that everything around you is changing, remember he is your Everlasting Father. When anxiety knocks, lean on the Prince of Peace.
When you're searching for what completes you. look to your everything.

this is so irritating. everyone is working and there's only me who's trying very hard to keep myself occupied everyday- like watching vcds. even my biological clock has gone haywire: i sleep at 9pm! can you believe it?? it's like the earliest time i've ever slept in somewhat ten thousand years. and i wake up at 5am. and the whole cycle happens again- vcds, eat, read, sleep. i have been looking for jobs and i applied for like 4 positions at one go. it's just none of them are efficient enough to reply by the next day. maybe i should just do what wong suggests: go train to be tai-tai of the future.

I took photo with my Prince Charming! he won the inter-jc pageant and was crowned the king! yay! seriously he's tall, suave, gentlemanly, the PERFECT guy to bring home who will get parents' approval :)

bongz
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