A Celinerella Story

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To the beautiful world!

My Boy and Me…

This is the award winning piece -

This is my favourite!There’re too many wonderful pieces at the festival. It definitely look much prettier than the pics.

As much as I dislike shopping, my boy got irritated with my usual dressing. And he did the shopping for me instead. He bought all these clothes for me by himself! I am so proud of him! He is doing a great job on choosing the bags for me too! Muackz!

I like it when there’s a surprise awaits for me.

He was the one who inspired me to do websites. He created one for me and he wants it to be so perfect that it took him a long time to match his ideal design and expectation. So along the way, as you all visited celinerella dot com years ago, I just tried on my creating/designing website itch to do up the amateur website.

Presenting his work… It is so organised, well-designed, great layout and it looks like a website! Not like what I did. This is an uncompleted site and will never be completed…

During these 4 good weeks of rest, I’ve been thinking alot. Thinking about what should be my next step?

This is totally crazy. As I’ve shared, at this stage of life, you have to seriously think of something – YOUR FUTURE!

As I was still searchng for answers, I went up to a recruitment agency to submit my resume. I don’t really like this agency but they seem to be the biggest in SG and I assume they’ve alot of jobs opening with them. He rejected my expected salary request and he said that DIPLOMA HOLDERS are getting less than what I’m asking and even with the wondeful long list of experiences I have. He shared with me that DIP HOLDERS at my age are getting only that lower range of salary and DEGREE HOLDERS are getting what I’m expected.

Then as I leave the agency, he called me up again and asked if I would like to join the agency as a consultant instead. My reply: No, another branch of your agency had asked me before and to the stage they already showed me the commission and etc. I’m not interested at all. I hate the working environment. It’s like ‘fighting’ in the office and hitting the quota thing sucks.

Again, I left the agency with a very bad impression.

There I was – standing on the streets searching for an answer. Or maybe a clue.

Since my cert is getting me no where and the pay isn’t going to go up to anywhere. What should I do?

I know myself – that I hate the corporate world as it all seems so fake. But it’s ok, because there are still good companies out there who truly care about their employees. Then again, the point is – how long am I going to survive in this complicating battle? How far and what I want to achieve through my career process?

I always regard it as a JOB not a CAREER. With my qualification, I would stuck forever in my Executive level. No point. I’m just going to the JOB and get done with whatever JOB is given to me and I will get a salary for the JOB produced. No matter which company I go to, it will always be a process where I got to start over again and almost the same thing. The only difference is the job environment and people around.

What is the point?

I can’t believe I have a wonderful boss in my life. She is always so ready to help me and so ready to give me advice on what I should do. That’s why she told me again, the job in the office she had for me is only temporary. She felt that it’s such a waste to stay in the office doing that routine job. She wants me to venture and experience some other stuffs. Something that would last me after I get married, after I got kids.

I don’t want to see myself even after having kids, I still wear those executive wear and go to office and do routine stuffs. This society is that cruel. The better advancement jobscope are given to those who have done their degree.

Options and opportunities are offered to me now.

The options to choose to go back and find a office job.

The opportunities to start something I enjoy doing.

I have all the great choices now showering to me. I’ve been getting ok-jobs that I like to call me for interview and I’ve been getting the guidance to show me how to start my little business in the area that I like to do.

My short-term plan is to get another job with a salary coming in for a year. The long-term plan is to go for studies in teaching next year.

It seems good. But now, I’m given the choice to pick up the opportunity on starting the mini business plan and the best part – it’s in the education line! Both of the option and opportunity are the path my boss created for me. She pushed me out to look for a new job and she is also the one who shared with me that business. How can I ever thank her enough??

I’ve always encourage everyone to go ahead and do something for yourself than to be a slave to the company you’re working for.

Nana, deep down I am really so happy for you that you’re doing great in your business and everytime I read your blog, your motivation and determination keeps me going. Seriously!

More and more friends have been starting up online marketing – doing their selling and all thru the internet. Now, what do I want? What can I do for myself, my family? To be serious, I can hardly survive with the monthly fixed pay, let alone to think about the future – where I will be having a house to pay and a baby to feed. Pathetic isnt it?

Of course there are much more choices out there than the ‘normal job’. If I studied to become a doctor/chemist/nurse/pharmacist/optician/baker/paino teacher/school teacher blah blah… Too bad, I’ve none of the skills! I ought to learn something.

Alicia dearie, go ahead with the plan that we always talked about in our little cosy corner. It’s going to be harder when we all have a family to commit when years to come. This is the best time to start. You know you always have my support, girl. I’ve already got a lot of ideas after all these months of research. You’ll be doing great! Like your mystery friend (whom haven reply) said – you are super smart!

So much so for my nagging. Now… what should I do? i know opportunity don’t knock on me twice…

For all who know me, knows that I LOVE to watch horror/thriller movies. And now, I don’t know when I had lost that courage in me… Probably last year. For last year, I only watched Vacancy and SAW IV. I still get the kick while watching SAW IV. But as I watched Vacancy, I found myself moving my eyes away from the screen and prevent myself getting a heart attack.

It has proven my conclusion when I watched P2 a few days back. It’s a thriller and I can’t bear myself catching that heart thumping moment.

It’s when my evil friend trying to bring back my courage and brought me to challange for watching The Strangers. Thanks for the thriller ride, I gave my virgin scream in my ever history. Oooooh! How great is that huh?

To even think back where I’ve watched numerous horror/thriller movies and they are my top favourites when choosing from screen. For those who wanna watch Prom Night – I could say I didn’t get any much of the thriller part and the story is in the end is quite disappointing. Do I need to say more? Find my ‘popcorns rating’ at the sidebar for my personal rating on each movies.

The last movie that I watched was Art of the Devil 3. I didn’t know there’s part 1& 2 but I don’t think they’re linked. I feel quite ok with this show just that it is super gross. I guess I am ok with gross like SAW series. Because only I was concentrating and got so amazed by the makeup skills! I had those scars, bleeding and gross thingy on my skin while doing a role a few years back so somehow I don’t feel as terrible. When the roller credits was up, the first credit was to The Makeup Artist! Haaa! So that’s the highlight of the whole show.

I have to admit that I’m really OLD now! I don’t have the courage for all these horror and thriller shows. Boo! I found myself more inclined to watching love comedy! To think that I had even watched The Maid alone – yes all by myself on the first lunar day of the seventh month! I don’t feel scared at all while attending the premier. Well well… The next horror movie that I would find myself watching on the coming 1 Aug (1st day of 7th month) will be Huihui’s first movie…

I miss them…

When my bestie SMS me in the middle of the night and tell me she’s on her way to my place, I knew something was wrong.

I rushed down and walked out of my block to make sure she is alright.

It’s drizzling.

And the 2 friends just walked on the road.

We don’t usually breakdown infront of each other the minute we met but deep inside, both of us know something went wrong. That’s the chemistry.

I offered her hot drink and showed her some pics. Then, I asked her what is wrong.

As she talked, she’s in tears.

There’s nothing I can do.

What she needs is the man who broke her heart to wipe the tears.

Why some men are such a letdown?

If a guy know how to love and treasure her girl, there won’t be any sad teardrop.

Don’t try to paint our world with rainbow and then wash it away with water.

Don’t you remember the pain, time and effort to draw the paint? It took my bestie YEARS of youth to give you the colours and you even used the colours to do the painting. But now, you’re ruining it bit by bit with the tears you created.

So there’s no happily ever after, after all…

She keeps waking up every 2 hours during her sleep at night.

And every 2 hours then, will make her go into deep dream.

It’s driving her MAD!

Please let her sleep well every night. . .

Okay, so this toilet bowl post is going to make you faint.

I almost fainted too.

One fine evening, after movie at a mall, I went to the washroom with its half-lighted lights on. I have the habit to lift up the toilet seat as I always feel that the seat is so dirty with either the urine or the shoe stains.

And as the seat cover was lifted…

It’s a horrifying sight – I saw a baby cockroach!

Okay, I photoshop that cockroach in, so it seem so BIG in this pic on the toilet bowl. Of course when I saw that black thingy in the toilet, I ran out immediately.

Girls, do remember to LIFT up the seat to check if there’s any hidden thingy underneath. Imagine, I didn’t do that and I sat on the seat with the thingy under there. Gross!

SINGAPORE: A series of public consultation sessions shows that barriers to marriage and parenthood include difficulty in finding suitable partners, owning a home, financial security, work—life balance, and childcare arrangements.

Singles in the group cited difficulty in finding suitable partners and would rather focus on their career in the meantime. They said they had hardly any time to socialise and did not know where or how to start.

Some of those who were in a serious relationship said they would only consider marriage when they have the ability to own a home.

As for married couples, they cited financial security, work—life balance and childcare arrangements as key considerations in embarking on parenthood.

They said the costs of bringing up a family in Singapore are high, especially when tertiary education is taken into consideration.

Some had suggested that fathers should be allowed to claim tax benefits that are currently meant for only working mothers, as more women are choosing to stay at home with their children.

In the area of work—life balance, there were concerns that demanding work commitments could hamper family and social life. Some female participants even said they were afraid of losing their jobs if they took longer leave to care for their children.

Participants of the consultation exercise also pointed out that some seemingly unrelated policies would affect their time with their family — high ERP charges generally discourage people from going home early.

Many couples in the consultation exercise said they did not want their children to be raised by domestic helpers, but there seemed to be a lack in infant care and childcare services that were good and affordable.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/cna/20080716/tap-446-singaporeans-list-key-challenges-231650b.html

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One thing for sure, I belong to the numbers that I want to get married and have a lot of kids. But the thoughts of even to buy a house and pay off the loan is a great headache to even think about having children. Even planning for marriage cost a great deal! The money never seems enough. When you got enough for marriage, then you have to save for honeymoon. And your pocket burnt a big hole.

Then, you got enough to buy a house, you gotta worried for the reno and furnitures and kitchen applications. After all these are paid off, you wouldn’t even want to think about spending your next thousands on a newborn.

At least, that is what I thought of now. It’s pathetic isnt it?

And when they talked about giving $3,000 for your first child. That would just gone in a year of enrichment classes at 2yrs old or that would just gone in less than hour for the buys of baby’s cot, diapers, bottles, milk powder etc etc.

So is that amount a great one to make us to have a baby? I don’t think so.

The work-life campaign that I have been doing for the past year was slowly getting its result. Result in seeing people participating but not executing. It somehow reached to the extent to make me think that is it really workable?

I really like those words that I bold. They are the facts that we’re facing now. “high ERP charges generally discourage people from going home early.” So whose fault is that now?

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* All the above is based on my personal thoughts and nothing to do with any or all other parties. *