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What a nice weekend for me.. It is a nice Sunday that I have as compare to last Sunday when I am totally occupied with project report. Sigh… But the report has handled in liao.. So… this week I should pamper myself and really take a good rest though 5x newspaper articles which need to be hand in on coming Tue (01/08) and a test on coming Mon (31/07) are in my mind.

Had a nice breakfast in Coffeebean & Tealeaf with both my parents at East Coast Park. Brought my car for a ‘bath’, fuel top-up and checked tire air pressure. Coming back home clean my fish tank and now, the fish tank water is so clear and it is definitely worth the time with the kois swim so ‘happily’ with good water quality.

Though, in fact, I did have a busy morning but it worth my time coz I am doing something that I am comfortable with and seeing my kois swimming healthlily with clear water, it boost up my morale for teh day. At least, I still have to revise for tomorrow test (31/07). Haha   

Sigh.. after few days of rushing of my report, today onwards mark the day I should really take a good rest for the next couple of days to come. Beside I need to hand in a newspaper cut out summary of 5x and my WMB test which is on next monday (31/07).

Though my grp didnt present all the slides as there was a time constraint.. n I think my lecturer, Mr. Dennis know the contents of my report and the income statement before hand as I sent him for vetting few days before today’s submission. I really must thanks him for cutting short coz I was the last speaker and after I presented 2 slides, he asked for a stop though I still have two more slides to go.

Way before my grp presentation, I was feeling unwell. Maybe partly coz for the past 4 days since last friday (21/07 till 25/07), I only have max of 4hrs of slp from 2a.m. Sigh… feel completely helpless and first time ever in my life I am feeling so fragile. Somemore, I was sitting where the air-con blow the coldest, at some point during the class, I feel cold outside and hot inside… Not to mentioned during afternoon, when I was in my office, mentally feeling too weak to do anything before my can of red bull.

Anyway, unhappy things have become past tense and I have let my feeling made known to my grp members. Just that I have to say when there is a gain, there will always a lost. This unhappy incident with one of my grp member has taught me a lesson in life that there are selfish pple out there who may only care for themselves w/o knowing or realising that others is suffering. And my lost… I am more than willing to lost that friendship of mine with that grp member since his action has leaded to this decision of mine and for all the workload that I have for the past few days. 

Wow.. for the past three days, from sat 22/7 to today 24/7, I must admit I really have a hard day… Got to come out with a report for my night class project and with so much things to polish up. Coming out income statement, advertising leaflets, etc… I am the one who did the most of the entire report. Coming out with idaeas… though yes, I did have a group member with me to come out with the report.. But sigh.. I dont want to comment much… I feel that I can handle the job better than with an extra person.

Then come sun 23/7 when my mum and young sis returned from UK trip. My sis went for a summer school in Uk.. So last night went to airport to fetch them and had dinner outside. Immediately after the dinner, I started burning mid-night oil to complete most of the parts in my report. I slp at 2 a.m. today and know what come next! I have to bring my young bro to his camp at Tengah air base!!! leaving home at 630 a.m. and at the same time, on the way, I also send my young sis to NTU for her training for IMF at 8 a.m.

I do have a really hard day.. I really need a good rest after tomorrow immdiately after my grp presentation on the report I am doing now. BUT… before that, I still need to come out with the powerpoint and finalise all the parts in the report.. Pls.. my dream of a rest is still quite far…   

Doing a project alone usually dont seem to be a big test for me as I know when and what I want to do and this will bring out the best of me. Though sometimes, ya, running out of ideas… But working with one more extra person really "kill" me!!! Imagine if my message to that party and they didnt receive it clearly… it is a big problems. Trying to explain time after time and yet still cant figure out… REally want to book out my M16 and shoot. No wonder recently when I look at myself in the mirror, I have so many white hair. Sigh… Better save my energy on my report… Printed out the draft and found out so many funny mistakes. Must be last night when I typed my report till quite late… Pastly also coz one of friend who are kind enough to keep me accompany in MSN while I type my report. … So… a bit lost track of what I typed. Haha…

It’s mid July and I am about 2 months before I will complete my second diploma. Looking back those days when I first started my course while I was serving NS… Till now, I am just one major exam and one vacation module to go and that’s it. I graduate.

For the next few months or I should say in simple term, my future. I am really looking forward to it. Working in HK and a chance to fly around country to country. But mostly cities in China, HK and Singapore. Otherwise I am planning to go to countries like South America - Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Asia - Japan, Vietnam… etc… As long as those countries that involve in Textile. haha… too many to name in actual fact. It will be a totally new experience In term of knowing more cultures, lifestyle of that countries. Of course, at the end of the day, meet the objective of the journey - Explore new customers and expand my current company’s customer base. It is definitely a challenging job as meeting a client’s requirement is not easy. Sometime I must say is tiring. Haha… in the world of textile, there are already so much things for me to learn and it will never stop as long as human beings are still wearing clothes. Unless some ‘Stupid’ scientist comes out with a special kind of suit that look like Fantastic 4… That’s is really time I need to consider in other areas.

In the mean time, what I can do is learn as much as I can… And study hard… Still got to finsih my report… Sigh.. sad sia.    

It is really a very nice KL trip (14/07/06 to 15/07/06) by car. I personally drove the whole journey n the total distance (to and back) is abt 800+ km. I cant imagine that I am able to conquer as my previous two outings were mostly covered by my dad… Haha… coz for that two outings, I went into sleep after making the 1st stop. Sigh…

Anyway, I feel that this time round, we met the objectives of this trip. My dad n I and a few people from Singapore actually went up to KL coz we need to question the management team of our investment in one of the condo we bought there since they are organising an AGM. I even voiced out to question the management team! With little knowledge on the problems but I do read up on the letters that they circulate to my dad. So, I do have some understanding on the issues they discussing.. Just that I feel it is very tiring reading all the history and what actually happened.

But once I go to Hk to work, I doubt my dad will be going to KL often as he feel it is somewhat a tiring trip. Somemore w/o me accompanying him. So, he will not make any future trip/s up unless it is very important. Afterall, I am looking fwd to my new life in Hk as I am really stepping into my family business, helping them with the best knowledge I have after 13 years of study in Singapore. 

Today (14/07/06) I will be going to KL for one of my company’s property AGM… Actually I do like going to KL, esp if I drive… but… what I dont like is the AGM… It starts at 1930hrs and that’s mean I have to stay overnight at KL with my dad… Sigh… Return back to Singapore on Sat (15/07/06) morning…. Sian… Still got my Strategric Marketing project not yet finish… I think got to drink plenty of coffee on Sat and Sun to rush through my report… Haha…

Finally, my 1st task after being employed by my dad’s company. To pay a visit to one of the Singapore client in garment industry. It is definitely nervous. The day I called to make an appointment till the very few seconds before I stepped into the office.

The office located at Toa Payoh and it is quite a new place to me as I dont travel to that area often. After exit from CTE, I was totally like guess and drive kind of thinking… Coz I am not sure the area, so the street directory was just next to me on the passenger seat. But of course, I did read teh directory before I head down to their place. Only that, at one point, when I thought I may need to stop at the bus stop and have a look at the directory, then I realise that it is not necessary as I remember right turn at the junction where there is a petrol station will bring me to their office. Reminder to driver that dont do this as it is definitely risky.. Haha… yet I still do it. Ooopss…

Upon reaching their place, the lady from the counter brought me into the conference room and wait for the manager. Then, surprise that instead, a lady from their sourcing department approached me. In my mind, I was like… erm… it is suppose to be a Mr. and not a Ms. Coz I feel that I cant speak very well and confidently in front of lady… Maybe coz too distracted from their beauty look and "shy". Haha… Just kidding. Soon, the person I made an appointment with went in and that’s where we had a serious discussion on the samples I brought to show them.

At the end, ya, I definitely gain very much in one to one experience though the meeting lasted abt 40 mins. The manager and the lady is very approachable but I think they can see that I am too new in the line of Textile industry. So, I think there are a lot more for me to work on and definitely plenty of homework to do… But I will start to pick up more when I return to HK office starting in Oct 06.