Sunday, April 11, 2010

{The day before I start work. Again.}

After 11 wonderful days of brainless break, I'm still not quite ready to get back to work tomorrow. My to-do list is less than half checked. I've got so many things left undone. Go for morning swims, update my more-than-ultra-outdated blog, get my hands on some scrapbooking, pack the overflowing magazine shelves, bring Gabster for afternoon picnics, do God's work and so on and on and on...

Even Winnie said her 2 months break is not enough, let alone my 11 days. Well, better than none at all. Having no work related thoughts at the back of my head felt funny the first couple of days. Now, I'm so used to not having to think about work that I don't how to start my engine tomorrow.

It's gonna be a brand new work environment, brand new culture and brand new personalities that I'd be coming face to face with in less than 24 hours. Excited? Yes, kind of... Nervous? Hmmm... not really... God is with me!

Let me pray the blessings of Deuteronomy 28 over myself and I shall start my new endeavour with His blessings and guidance! Amen!

    1 "Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth.
    2 "And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:
    3 "Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.
    4 "Blessing shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
    5 "Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
    6 "Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
    7 "The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
    8 "The Lord will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
    9 "The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord you God and walk in His ways.
    10 "Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you.
    11 "And the Lord will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you.
    12 "The Lord will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
    13 "And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.
    14 "So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
AMEN!

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Thursday, October 08, 2009

{Where are you Mommy?}


Mommy is in KL for a client workshop... alone in the hotel room missing you and Daddy terribly. Can't wait to be home with you again... hug you, kiss you, carry you, feed you, play with you.. just spending quality time with you and Daddy, just the 3 of us.

Mommy loves you and Daddy will be kissing you extra everyday on my behalf.

Be good, be blessed and I love you.

And I love you too, Gabby's Daddy!










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Saturday, May 24, 2008

{Back from BKK}

I'm officially a Level 1 Trainer in my company! I've learnt a lot from the amazing trainers in the 4.5 days of training. I'm inspired and totally envious! Every one of the trainers couldn't stop saying how much they love their jobs! I wanna be in that state too... doing what I love and loving what I do.

Thursday: The trainers planned a beautiful group dinner for us at Vertigo. We've heard so much about this place. It's on the top floor of Banyan Tree Bangkok. It serves great food. It has the best ambience and you can have the best view of Bangkok from this place.

We placed our orders the previous night and all bookings were made. So we met at Sukhothai lobby at 8.30pm, ready to stroll over to the restaurant 3 blocks away. When we got up to the restaurant, the host at the restaurant apologised profusely that the restaurant is closed due to the weather. It had rained earlier and was still threatening to rain when we got there. Our trainers were undescribably disappointed. The staff there tried means and ways to make other arrangements for us and it became quite a bit unpleasant. In the end, we all decided that it's the company that counts and we went back to Sukhothai pool bar to have pizzas, salads and drinks. Before we headed back, we went up to Vertigo to take a look and take some photos.

I didn't bring my camera along for the trip. Rahul, who's from Mediacom Singapore, went around helping people take photos with his Nokia handphone. Here's a photo he took.


He took my brief very well. I said I wanted lightning in the photo and he managed to capture it beautifully. :p These are my Filippino teammates - we worked on our project together. On my left is Rachelle who works in GroupM Jakarta now and on my right is Aileen who works in Mediacom Manila.

Vertigo is really really nice! I have to patronise them when I visit Bangkok again.

Friday: Training ended around 2pm. We hugged and bade farewell and set off separately - some rushed for their flight home, others (me inclusive) rushed off for some serious shopping! A few of us headed to Platinum mall together and when we got there, we went our separate ways. I was supposed to meet Allen at 7pm at Siam Square but his meeting ended earlier and he came to look for me at Platinum. I wish I had more time at the mall and I wish I had brought a bigger luggage!!

This is really a great place to stock up for your wardrobe! I bought 2 dresses, 3 shirts, 2 tops for my darling nieces, 5 T-shirts for my handsome hubs, some earrings and 1 pillowcase. I really should have brought a bigger luggage. I had wanted to buy bags and shoes but I decided to stop shopping because I knew I'd have problems stuffing them into the little space I have. Sigh... should have known myself better! haha

Saturday: Home sweet home! So good to be back in my handsome hubs' arms! (^__^)

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

{TTT Day 2}

I started the day at the gym today. What a great way to start the day - by sweating it out... :)

Training ended early today and people went shopping and all. I came back to continue making use of the 24hours of internet access that I bought since last night. Gotta make full use of the remaining time. Don't think I'd buy anymore internet access as it's gonna be full days at training from tomorrow.

Wed: 9am - 9pm
We're developing and crafting the full contents of our module!! loooong day...

Thu: 9am - late
We're presenting and training our fellow course mates, and then we're all going out for dinner

Fri: 8am - 4pm
Last day of training! And it's a short day!! :D Plan is to go shopping right after the training, then meet Allen (ex-colleague from Leo Burnett who's moved to BKK to work) for dinner and then maybe more shopping! hehe

Eunice and everyone else told me that I have to go to Platinum Mall - the entire mall sells clothes at wholesale prices! MAN!!! If there's only one shopping mall that I can go, I'm gonna go there! But, I just heard from Wendy that it closes at 5pm!!!! @#*$&@&#% DARN!!! I pray that either the training ends before 4pm on Friday or the mall really doesn't close that early! I WANNA GO SHOPPING!

Anyway, it began to rain as I ordered dinner through room service. Then when I turned on the TV, I realised that there are no signals at all to ALL cable channels! Damn! I have a B&O TV in the room and I can't watch programs on it, except Fashion TV, which keeps repeating programs over and over again in short intervals. I called up the operator and he told me because it's raining. When the rain stops, you'd get the signals! *Faint! Hope the rain stops when my internet access gets cut off later. I need entertainment!!!

Well, actually I do have homework to do for the training. So, maybe that's to keep me focused on the homework! haha...

Ok... gonna go concentrate on chatting with my handsome hubs before the internet access goes off.

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Monday, May 19, 2008

{TTT @ BKK}

Train-The-Trainer at Bangkok. That's what it means. That's what I'm here for. Some months back, I got an email to inform me that I'm 1 of 3 nominated to attend this course and it asked if I wanna take it on. I jumped at the opportunity! I wanna be a trainer! I'm excited, honoured and flattered to be given this opportunity!

Only downside, I'll be away for an entire week and I'll be leaving on a public holiday - robbed of a day of rest, a day of quality time with my busy husband.

The hotel that they put us in is beeeautiful... it's called Sukhothai. My colleague who came here sometime back for a conference described it this way, "the whole city may be in a mayhem, but once you step into Sukhothai, you step into a different world, a solitary retreat." And the room is soooo cosy... wish I have more time to spend in the room! haha

When I stepped into the training room this afternoon, I'm amazed at how the trainers have decorated the room and made it really nice with lots of butterflies - every decorative item has butterfly motifs! It symbolises transformation. I'm all ready to be inspired!

Today, we learnt about adult learning principles and how to write well-formed outcomes for the training modules that we develop. By the end of the training, we would have (in our teams) crafted training modules, presented them, have them critiqued, and would be ready to roll it out in our own markets. Sounds like hard work in 4.5 days? I think so...

Time to rest and gear up for another 4 long days. And then, it'd be shopping shopping shopping in one night - Friday night! Yippee!

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