End Chapter for UOB

Today marked the last day of service for me with United Overseas Bank. its been already a year with that bank and a rather fruitful one. i shall chronicle my life in UOB.

October - I joined UOB as a phone banker for the Credit Insurance department.

November - Passed my probation with the department and received a pay increment from S$1,500 to S$1,800.

December - Due to a lapse in Customer Due Duligence Checks, the department was shut down for an indefinite period of time.

January - We started a new project, Credit Limit Review. 50 applications free to the Bank. whereby the 51st to the 100th application gets you S$3.00 each. The 101st application onwards gets you s$5 each.

February - Salary was increased from S$1,800 to S$2,100

March - Sale of Credit Insurance was given the green light to resume.

October - I decided to not renew my contract with the Bank. And chose to join another local bank instead.

so yeah.. i learnt quite a bit from the bank and how it runs.. and am eternally grateful to my first manager who hired me.

some sketches

five more days to my last day with UOB! its been a year with the bank and i learnt so much from the kind people there! anyway at work just now i was like totally freaking bored. so i drew some sketches! hope you like them! They're clothes inspired by Nine Muses..

Hyemi! my favourite member from the group!

Here's Erin

And Minha... my second favourite member from the group..

i drew these on office supply paper and the medium was a blue ball point pen. took a picture of them with my iPhone 4 and the app that i used to edit the effects was instagram!! hope you like them..

oh p.s. these are exactly the type of models i draw for alll my sketches. extremely skinny, all limbs and huge eyes with lashings of mascara. they do look manga-ish sometimes..

Give up tonight. just give up tonight. I don't fly that way.
You stole glances at me a few times, and you try to poke at me. You thought you could have me, I guess not.

Go away, you play around and you'll get hurt. You'll be yelled at if you keep hitting on me, oh hey lady, oh no.

Slowly hunting, yet quickly you hook up, the blove that i remember isn't like that. Patiently you wait, patiently you approach, to take my heart. Now that is the right way.

Gone by the midnight, i don't want to be hurt anymore. If that's how its going to be, please, please leave.

Quickly wanting to leave, quickly getting annoyed, thinking of it too easily. that's not right. Deeply soaking and genuinely wanting, making me tremble. Thats the way i want.

Gone by the midnight, i don't want to keep on switching. If that is how its going to be, then please just leave.

tea @ Berjaya

hello people! i went for afternoon tea with my best afternoon tea kaki yesterday at Berjaya Hotel's Cafe l'espresso. it was sooo good!!

The setting is so Antique Cafe.. There's a sofa lounge are at the other end of the cafe..

i was obligated to be dainty on that day..

the entire tiered tray! this set, including tea of your choice is going for S$52++. its really nice and so worth it! and the setting is so quaint.. the hotel is a row of shophouses all conserved together. the cafe was really quiet and very very suitable for a lazy afternoon or a great office get together.

The sweets tray. This consisted of fruit tarts, the Berjaya cake (so good!!) l'operetta cake, and mini butter cakes.

The savouries. there's smoked salmon with capers, ham and mayo tuna sandwich and foie gras. i didn't take the foie gras. its too cruel for me.

Lastly its the macaron and biscotti tier. i'm not a fan of macarons because its just sugar and shit. but the biscotti was awesome!

all in all it was a really nice place with great food and company. service was exceptional. the waitress was a local lady and she walked through with us the canapes served and how it should be eaten. i'd definitely come here again with my friends. definitely.

omg... i was happily minding my own beeswax when a Toni Braxton song started to play on tv. then this stooooopid brain of mine started to reminisce and dig out old memories i had with this Braxton.

i used to love, and still do, Toni Braxton. i first heard of her in 2003 when i was just 16. She was promoting He Wasn't Man Enough at that time. i loved her immediately for her really deep and luscious voice. If i have to compare her voice with something, it had to be food. Prolly vanilla ice cream made of real premium beans topped with thick oozy warm butterscotch sauce and splashed with a just nice tinge of whiskey for that subtle yet effective kick.

so today, i shall dump my kpop idols for a Braxton tribute! i don have much favourites from her but i'll post whatever i love from her here! so i hope you enjoy!



omg i love her voice in this live performance! totally flawless!



a must have from Braxton!!



THIS SONG IS AWESOME! its so touching and emotional.. i nearly teared listening to this!



He wasn't man enough for me was a great song! still love it today!

Bo Peep Bo Peep

T-Ara has made their official Japan Debut! here is the japanese version of one of their hit singles, Bo Peep Bo Peep.



and i don't like it! it looks very messy and tight.. i liked it better when T-Ara was a 6 member group..

Here's the original song in korean.



I think this one is better. and they look more classy.

i finally got a few job offers!! yay!

well the first one was really cool. it was for the National Library. The work hours are either from 10am to 3pm or 3pm to 9pm. Yay i can finally sleep in!! no more smelly 9 to 6 jobs! whee! BUT, it is a temporary contract for only 6 months and the salary is miserable i tell you. its only S$720 monthly. i was like WHAT THE FUCK?! i can't freaking buy anything with S$720 dammit! but i want that job because its something new and i love trying new stuff.

So that Library stint i told the headhunter i will consider, but i'll most prolly will give it a pass BUT if a permanent position in the library were to come by, i'd be very most interested in it.

the second job offer was with the Ministry for Manpower, a government body. I was to be delegated as a Customer Service Officer at the building at Havelock Road. I love that area! its so quiet and nice! BUT this is where all the good stuff ends. work hours are from 8.30am to 6pm. i can't freaking wake up for a job that starts at 9am!! the salary was slightly better though, it was for S$1,390 monthly. That means if you deduct 20% off for the pension scheme thingy, i will be taking home like a measely S$1,ooo-ish monthly.

Such a huge contrast with what i am earning as a phone banker now with UOB. come on Singapore what's with the stagnant salarie!?!?

this is officially the first post for september! hello september goodbye august!