Saturday, December 30, 2006
It's the time of the year again. The clock is ticking, and we are getting nearer and nearer to a brand new year. Sort of a brand new beginning for some of us. Sounds cliched? Perhaps thats what everyone says every year. In retrospect, Year 2006 has been a great year. Now i sound GP-ish hor? No no. Now i sound Chinese bah! Ok. Back to topic. As i usually do, I will sum up the year by listing out the most memorable moment(s) of each month(which can be inaccurate at times because its done on the spot lah dey).
January 2006
I can only remember that 13th Jan was Patrick's last day and I went out with HP and Chief Clerk to Ghim Moh to buy food and all.
And then we JANUS Migration? And then we changed our seating position and all? And then, yeah basically it was all about work.
If CNY was in January(was it? perhaps end Jan), I did duty on the day of the Unit Anniversary. Lol. Yes. Correct?
And then went over to Emily's House for CNY. When Brian and Timothy were fresh and new.
And during CNY, I went to Genting for 3-4 days with Kelvin on a last minute basis. He suddenly asked me online at 2300 "Ridza, Ive nvr been to genting before. You want to go tmr? But must meet at 0530." LOL. It was a fun trip.
And Yeah. The craze of MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA. Watched it with Hakwei on a Sunday i think.
(Wow, the memories are flooding back and I'm supposed to summarise everything!)
February 2006
Spent my 20th Birthday in Thailand(Bkk) with Emily, Kelvin and Kenny(fellow S1 Branchers). It was a fun trip, especially since we got the free upgrade to the family suite. The room was heavenly. And i spent a total of only(yeah right "only") 500 bucks for the entire holiday(half for air tix and hotel, the other half for shopping). Oh. And i never had a holiday ever since then. And oh I actually went all the way done to Apple Centre to get my Ipod replaced as its warranty was ending(based on the advice given by my friends).
Hew Wing, Ade and Andrew gave me a very nice Bday Present(which had smtg to do with my 19th Bday present from them). Ha. Can't wait to meet them again on New Years Day. Ok the last statement has nothing to do with Feb 06
March 2006
Celebrated Pwee's Bday at Ekta's Place. Bought her some cake Doranne chose from Secret Recipe at Upper East Coast.
Drove to Orchard to catch Date Movie. It was hilarious. Not only the movie, but the company. Esp when fiona asked for the packet of chips and pwee threw and it landed right on fiona's face. Lol. And then fiona threw back and then it landed on pwee.
And then Doranne was like the Driving Instructor in the car. And farah, pwee and timothy were behind. Ha.
April 2006
Cant really remember much.
We had a new OIC. I had a hard time explaining everything to her cause she used to do Active stuff so yeah. Dont wish to talk about it though coz it wasnt very pleasant.
Once again we shifted our seating position in office.
I think we had some branch movie outings. Ice Age 2 at Cathay. Took Greg's car then he was charged twice for reversing after passing through an ERP gantry. Also watched Mission Impossible(or was it in May?)
May 2006
Started doing what-i-usually-do-on-weekends
Did house visits at night with the then OIC. Was quite a busy month. Think Huiping went HK. And then yeah. Was anticipating the opening of Da Vinci Code so watched with Timothy(not the decotta one, but the one in taiwan now) Prashant and Greg at Marina Square. Lol. But i didnt really like it. Still prefer the book.
And then also met up with QB, Ade and Hew Wing(ALSO at Marina Square) for dinner at the foodcourt during one of the weekdays.
June 2006
Had MDA dinner at Parkway Parade. Sat with Ramzi and the rest of AYMC. Then the branch went to Chinatown for a session at KBox. And i ended up taking a cab home after that and had to pay like 20 bucks? Ha. But it was fun. Those few months were the moments when the branch was really united.
Also had branch outing earlier in the month, went cycling and then had BBQ at Prashant's place. There were really alottt of food left after the event.
At around the same time, a very rough conflict arose at the workplace between my closest colleagues in office(literally for one of them). and then she left.
July 2006
One LK ICT. Cant remember much abt it coz it was only 4 days.
Went for TPJC band concert at the end of the mth. And then went out for some coffee shop food near parliament house there with the section batchmates plus clarice. Ha. And i still owe her 6 bucks for the cab(but i think she has kindly waived it off)
Also met up with Andrew and Hew Wing for dinner at Pizza Hut. Lol. I still remember hor.
And i even went to NSSC for some CDMB briefing. And then the person I/c was like.. "So you are the Ridza i've been emailing" HAHAHA.
And oh. I bought new shoes and new belts. Really like them!
August 2006
National Day month.
Had dinner at Royal Plaza At Scotts (Cafe Vienna) in view of Timothy's 1 year tour to Taiwan and Kenny's ORD. Had a good meal. Hopefully we can organise one more once the hotel reopens(perhaps for Shaun's ORD in ? 2 months time).
And Oh, i was finally promoted to CPL. Still remember i went straight to S1. And then he quickly called the promotions clerk(who told me the same thing before that actually.. that the new directive just came out.. )
And for the first time in my life Gabby(the promotion clerk) taught me how to roller blade lah! Oh some of us attended this open office course then they kept disturbing me with the Course Facilitator cause she kept attending to my questions. Then we played pool blahblah.
September 2006
Had 2-3 weeks of ICT and mob standby. A busy month. Lol.
The friday before ICT, had CO's Evening at Civil Service Club in Bukit Batok.(and then in jan, the Unit Anniversary is conducted the friday before the ICT)...
Fasting Started
October 2006
Hari Raya. Started to clear Off/Leave bit by bit.
Has Lo's Farewell dinner at Mad Jack's at Bukit Timah.
And i took down my TRIANGLE(Finally!) but still park like a L driver(no lah, not that bad now lah) and still nvr pump petrol before(coz no money to pay lah)
Went out with Chinkee and Jacinth(see. i mentioned u all). Had dinner at Seoul Garden Ngee Ann City to celebrate Jacinth's Bday! That LITTLE YOUNG GIRL..
I bought a new HP. Coz my 7610 died. And because Chinkee is reading this, I am not revealing what phone i bought.
November 2006
Went out with the Branch for movie again. Oh yeah. It was that disgusting charmed-like movie which actually is not bad i think. Ha. And then had Unit event at Sentosa. And then had farewell lunch for Chief Clerk and Jason. (wah. been quite long since we've been chief clerkless).
Went to Melf's spa. And also went to Steph's Bday Party.
December 2006
Current Month.. Have been catching up a lot with friends. And yes Priscilla Ma(according to yr nick), Xmas is indeed an excuse for belated meetups. Ha. So yes. I have been clearing leave. I think i cleared abt 8-10 days this month.
And you might wonder.. Why i bother mentioning about all these seemingly insignificant events. I think we have to appreciate the smaller things in life to see the big picture.
Plus if you're wondering why i dont talk much about weekends its bcoz im doing-the-things-i-usually-do.
Although it seems that i have gathered nothing beneficial or truly meaningful, I guess the greater things in life are always intangible and cannot be compared.
I dont know.
If you think that theres no reason for anybody to be happy because its only another new year, just take it as the beginning of a new chapter, and the closing of another one.
Pardon me for the incoherent writings and typos here and there and everyhwere because i dont bother to check. I dont even know what i'm writing sometimes. This is to maintain the naturalness of my thoughts.
Goodbye 2006
Hello 2007!
And oh its Hari Raya Haji tmr.
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