When Ms P finally become Mrs Lui
I'm so backdated in my blog...blog abt events that happen nearly a week ago kind..but that's how it is since i started working...
25 Sep,i missed the morning 'groom fetch bride'..though my heart was constantly with them when i'm in office...
that evening, rushed down to inter-continential hotel where all the girls were already decked out in full slendour (including mrs chua which pple almost mistook it to be her wedding ..haha)
it was fun cos saw so many familiar faces among the crowd (desirable or NOT desirable), like it was a ssc event and we were still doing our 'duties' of registration, event management, last min briefing, emceeing, photography/videography, ushering, playing music 'now! now!'....
Hilarious part was of cos the much awaited photo montage where poor Ms P's 'past ugly' photos were exposed ( we are going to see the montage again and pause it to properly view the photos). I laughed till i teared not because of Ms P alone...BUT because i also CANNOT RECOGNISE the ssc girls sitting/standing beside her in the photos!!!!!!!!
Waiting for the post-wedding session, must make Ms P & Ms P's hubby play all the games they missed...the questions are still with me..
JMO with a baby in Tow
FINALLY, it happened! Maria brought her lovable 'look so much like my husband but not me' baby ah boy...
Eh...not to mention, this JMO is for us to celebrate Ms Shy Rainbow's birthday, as usual, think its becoming a tradition to send her flowers (3rd year running)..think we gotta think of other novelty ideas to surprise her for next year..hmm..
OK, more of baby marcellus....me playing wif him...
Marcellus still happy in the pram...
Then i carried him..ALL 7.5kg of him for quite a while & i was perspiring in the air-con place..!
Then, Shy Rainbow also carried him..
Then we wanted to feed him with tabasco sauce when mummy go toilet
Dont i look comfy in carrying him?!
The most happy person is of cos Marcellus Mama...Maria...when so many aunties can share the load of carring little baby....cos she started to play with Marcellus' toy
Next target..to see little Kenn....
as u can see, the babies are the centre of attention now...all the aunties kena sidelined....
Working
Nearly 2 weeks i have been working..
change of office environment- no longer do i walk some steps into my office, now it involves an elevator & an irritating pass which i have to bring along everywhere, if not, i have to wait for people to 'rescue' me else i will be locked out of my office. BUT i have a fantastic view from my level, especially from the pantry area ( which is a HUGE difference from the watering hole back in SSC). It's open concept, no partition walls, but the whole office was SO quiet that i was practically whispering the first week cos i was too embarassed to talk at normal volume.
change of colleagues - How i MISS everyone from office, save for von lah..she's the constant reminder of how fun the group of gals back in SSC and how young at heart & dressing & appearance everyone is at SSC....
change of lunch culture - I REFUSE to use tissue paper to 'chop' seats....the lunch traffic was horrible but variety & quality of food is excellent tho pricier.
rush hour jam - mrt is either packed or VERY packed. Everyone is just marching in one direction (depending whether AM or evening) and I have become just one of the many of them. miss seeing the trees and bushes of Kallang.
So how's my life after i started working..well..i have discovered work is still work and still face the usual fatigue & tiredness at the end of the day. I enjoyed my weekends more cos now i clearly distinguish between Mon-Fri & Sat/Sun, its not as fun as you think when everyday is akin to a weekend. Also willing to spend a little more knowing my account will get top up soon...and not worry about penny-pinching & not contributing to the households expenses.
10 years
It has been 10 years since I knew my group of galfriends....all the way back to the days of good ole arts club days at AS5, busy with rag and flag, freshman orientation camps, jam and hop! hah...seems so long ago..
NUS has changed so much but yet, the same windy pathway amidst old trees is still there, steep staircases after staircases to fight through the crowd all the way from LT11 to canteen....the char kway teow or my fav laksa stall...the segregation of heaven, earth & hell seats in the canteen...our fav is still the hell seats..where we usually gather for our meals...SMC at Library, where we occupy the long table..at times the individual cubicles around it..so many pranks and jokes shared in the quiet of the library...missed those days when we slept at AS7 or Arts Club room doing the float, practicing the dance performances to the tune of Vogue & Uptown Girl at AS7 for the camps with the rest of the arts guys, watching SooAnn & Melvin doing their everchanging strange dialogue, the funny little episodes during orientation camps.Those days, we joked and teased, with not a care and worry that stressed us out for long..save for exams and friends...actually i'm quite proud to say, we did make efforts to keep the group together despite so many changes of the way each of us have lead our lives and moved on to the different stages of lives, no longer are we bounded by the common quest for a degree...when we venture to the working society, its just so comforting to see each other faces even if we don't see one another so often but yet, conversation still flows and being shared so easily...Now in our midst, we have 2 new mothers, 1 mother-to-be, 3 married blissfully & the 3 singletons....really must dig out those photos we took and start comparing how much we changed..Recently, a few mths back when the 3 singletons were talking abt the future, realised that maybe in the near future all 3 of us may not be in Sg, and suddenly we, rather esp me, started to feel..hm.. a sense of loss? and started to say, 'ahh...if u r not ard, wat wil happen to me!' then at that point of time, i realise the deep bond shared between us. My first thought was oh no, who do i call when i have problems to share? who will go shopping with me? drink tea with me? definitely not my married friends...and all the more, i thought of sumiko tan's article on the Lonely Hearts Club that i blogged abt earlier on...
And what spur me on to write abt this is because my dear friend will be going away soon...out of Sg, of course not forever, but enough for me to miss her around...BUT after all that happened, I'm glad for her cos she is seeking her own happiness after so long and really deserve this 100%.. :) Dun worry, gal..there's your Sony Vaio, MSN & phoenix card! :O
