Sequel to Cost Cutting...

This is a continuation of my previous posting of Cost Cutting...

See I have downgraded from tissue to kitchen towel. Its more cheaper to use kitchen tower then tissue for cleaning up during my daily brushing regime.


Today in our greatest surprise, the papers are back!!! Hooray

Cost Cutting...

During this difficult period of times, many companies are exercising cost cutting measures in order for their company stay afloat & paddle through this downturn situation.

My company being in a semiconductor industry is also not doing anything less to cut operating cost within the company.

Not mentioning all those drastic WFM (Work Force Manage) or laid off effort which has been on going almost in every other month, there had also been many other things that were done.

We have to take 5 days of annual leave during Q109 (Nov08 to Jan09) & also another 5 days in Q209 (Feb09 to Apr09). Not sure will there be the same in Q309????

No unnecessary travel can be made. Only customer visit or other crucial. But not sure why that fellow still travel down every quarter to SEA for meetings??!!????

All the corridor plants had been removed. Now the walk way looks so bare :(

THE BEST OF ALL!!!

There use to be paper towel dispenser in the toilet for us to wipe our hands.
NOW IT IS GONE!!!!


Poor me have to bring my own when I brush my teeth!


We are laughing, in the future every beginning of the year, each one of us will be issue 1 roll of toilet paper for ALL use. If you finish your quota, too bad. No more paper or you have to purchase from the paper dispenser. All proceeds land into "who else..." gross margin. hahahaha!!!!

A deep Sigh...

Guys whom knows me well knows I don't really blog about my work. Not that its not worth writing but its just too many things & too many variations like what I like or don't etc...

Over the years close colleagues of mine will know there was a "dark" time in my career. Throughout the years of organization changes, my dear bosses will try at their up most best to keep me away. I truly, deeply & gratefully thank all of them for it!

However life is always so ironical & endlessly posses great challenges to me.
Many encouragements arrives :-

1. Forgive & Forget
2. Embrace the Challenges & turn to a stronger character
3. Hubby says - you always have my support no matter any decisions made.

I am going to take it all 3 & continue what I could do best.
Do you have a job for me?!?!?! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

I met an accident

I have never admit I am a safe driver. I do drive fast some times. I do beat the lights some times if I think I don't want to break abruptly. I will horn or flash at other drivers if they cut my lane or do silly things. Of all these I am still ok la.. other then does minor scratch marks accidents which was incur by me in the past, I have never met a road accident throughout my 5 years of driving.

Last Friday was dreadful. Rush back from doc appointment & have to go to my bro's place to fetch him to the airport. Ya ya .. his another x trip to Tel Aviv (Israel)

I am at the right most lane, the lights at the junction was green, I continue going...
I saw a car from the other side of the road doing a U turn WITHOUT checking on coming traffic i.e. ME!!
I horn (VERY LOUDLY & NOT letting go) & step on my brakes, the car continue to U turn..
OMG.. the car is not Stopping (almost half the car length was in my lane)!!!!
I check my mirrors & immediately sway the left.
There was contact. I can feel it. Signal to the left & we all pull over.

Eric was with me in the car. Immediately he got down of the car & check the damages.
I tell myself "Do Not Panic"... Saw the driver & I yell immediately (喂!!! 你怎么驾车的)
Translation - ooi how you drive one!!!
He knew the fault at his so there were no argument. He apologize & we took photos of both vehicles & exchange phone + IC numbers.

Damages??? Well thank goodness I did the sway to the left & both our damages were very minimal. Minor scratch marks on the right side of my bumber with minor abrasion on one of the front right rims spooks. Bumper mildly indented but not obvious at all.

This is what I meant.



Today I took leave. Got the car entire bumper patched & re-spray. Now is back as new :)
Glad all is over.

What a way to start the 牛 Year

Last week, my status at Facebook was - Joanne broke her wrought iron gate!! Oh no!!

Isn't that great! I can have such great strength to break my own gate. Frankly I really don't know what happen. I just as usual put the keys in & open it.

It started to have some cracking sound but I ignore it. Later when I attempted to close, it can't be closed. After trying a few times (end of the day - rather slow in mind), then I saw the hinge of the gate was sheer off at the joint!

Seriously I have no idea how can this can be happening as wrought iron gates are meant to very tough & hard! Tried calling people to come & fix it but to no avail. Its either they charges me exuberant prices or no workers around...

I have no choice but live with a broken gate throughout the Chinese New Year...

See below. This is the broken hinge.


And this is what it should be.

Ok ok I live up to my Nick...

Yes my nick is Layzze because as most friends know I am generally quite a lazy person.
It has really been a crazy month! Lots of work, lots of errands to make & it has been so overwhelmed that I almost don't have much time to do the stuff that I like to do like blogging for example :)

So what really did happen? Well I went for a holiday to China - Sanya. Scenery was nice but people wise a bit... Probably because that is a touristy place & their main source of industry is Tourism.
Anyway I will share some pics here soon. But prior to this I need to solve my photo website Photobucket. Lately it just refuse to allow me to upload :(

Then I had a change in reporting boss Again... hahahaha. I was telling my staff the other day.. in 2 year of time frame I think I change 5 bosses! Change boss also means a bit change in job scope. More things to do.

What else. Oh ya collected new car. Busy adapting to it & thinking what to change kekeke...

hmmm these are the major happenings. I will really write more soon!

Getting the Nose Fixed

Friends of mine will know I do have on and off nose problem. Either sneezing or an infection that leads to a fever. Lately this nose of mine is also not giving any problem less. It get painful which causes a migraine and I would say this is not something that I wish to bear along with.

Therefore today I went to see this ENT (Ear Nose Throat) specialist at Mount Elizabeth Hospital. The clinic name is YH Goh Ear Nose Throat, Head & Neck Surgery. Sound scary thou.

Dr Goh is friendly & he has such good complexion that I even thought he is an Aesthetic doctor instead.

Well Dr Goh is very knowledgeable in this field & after consultation + a scope view (eeks) into my nose. He deduce I am not suffering from Sinus (Phew) but its more of an Allergy.

He gave me a list of Food that I should abstract... see below
Some of the food that you are taking may actually be making your allergic symptoms worse. It is widely believed that what you eat may be a bigger risk factor to your ENT symptoms than inhalation (air borne) triggers. Some of the commonly encountered food allergens are:

Main Food Group
Milk & Dairy Products
Chocolate
Peanuts
Eggs (egg white)
Chicken
Wheat
Alcohol

Minor Food Group
Citrus food
Banana
Coffee
Tea
Chilli

Plus a bunch of Anti Histamines for Day & Night + Nose sprays + Nose Wash!!!


Haiz....

Monkey Business

Guess the economy is really bad, even the monkey has to come out of the forest & look for food.

These pic was taken 10 mins ago from my kitchen looking down. The monkey seems to have found something & happily chewing.

Friends whom had been to my place knew I stare rather near to a mini tiny forest. I share this with my friend Zinc on IM & she replied...

Zinc Low: hahaha
Zinc Low: 给我一点吃的吧
Zinc Low: 哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈

Where have I been????

Well I can't say I am lazy eventhough I am called Layzze by my netizen name, but I have really been rather caught up with many many things to do over the last couple of weeks.

Not to mention about work as it still the same old stuff, in fact nothing exciting & its part of the routine. Its really had been the off work activities that ate away most of my blogging time.

First I had to prepare for the up coming mooncake festival & spend some time tasting & buying mooncakes. *Burp*...

Then I attended a wedding lunch where my cousin wedded her daughter. hahaha!! Not that I am admiting old but my cousin is I think > 10 years my senior la.

Later comes my birthday which I celebrated last Wed. Thanks to all my good friends whom gotten such wonderful gifts, I REALLY LOVE IT!!!

PS: I shall blog about my Wii Fit later :P

At the same time had many lunches & dinners with them as well.

The biggest exciting thing is - I've got a new hairdo! Finally decided to snip off the > 5 yrs kept long hair of mine. I like the new look & the new style as well. Guess this will be my hair style for at least couple of months if I decided to cut it even shorter.... HAHAHA!!!!

This was a shot taken @ home before I went out.


Then this is how I look like many hours later.


Ruiqin took this photo, testing out my cam :)


This was taken during a dinner with Keryn, Alan & Hock Leng. Thanks for the treat.



This was taken the next day dinner with Yueh Bing @ Tao. *Yummy*

Dumb Blond

I told my friend the other day - I suddenly became a Dumb Blond but without the blond hair....

Incident # 1
We have this company benefit where we are allow to claim annually $450.00 SDG for any purchase or services made. However the catch is no chemical related or health harming purchases or services.

I am going on a holiday soon & bought air tickets online. The only receipt given was the e-ticket.

Me : Oh I can use my air tickets to claim the flexi benefit?!?!
Friend : Oh ya you could. Do it immediately just in case company policy starts changing.
Me : Huh???? Use my e-ticket to claim??? What if other people use my e-ticket to fly instead?? Then I will not get to go for my holiday....
Friend : Hello... to use your e-ticket, you have to present the passport as well!!!!
Me : Oh ya hor :P


Incident # 2
Talking to my travel agent who will be helping me to book my hotel.

Me : Hey Ken, I'd purchase my air ticket on line. Very cheap!
Ken : Great! I am glad you manage to secure the tickets at a good price.
Me : But hor... because its budget everything needs to pay lo.. Lugguage, Food & even Seats.
Ken : What seats?
Me : When you almost finishing your tickets purchase, they ask you which seat you wanna take ma. Each seat you chose must pay one le!
Ken : You mean you've pre-selected the seat?
Me : Ya....
Ken : Did you also select the insurance as well?
Me : Ah.. this one I smart. I didn't!!! Cause I know I can get my own travel insurance without the need of going through the Airline.
Ken : You are smart not selecting to buy insurance, but do you know you can skip the step of seat selection as well?
Me : Really?!?!
Ken : YES!!! You just need to click next & proceed. Comes the day of flight, make sure you are the first in the queue & its free seating!!!!
Me : ......

Speachless already la...

The Good Old Days (Part 1)

I was browsing my photo album in Photobucket; it brought back some nice memories viewing the pics.

Just to share with you on some nice captured moments.

The bunch of dudes I work with.

Thank you for the meal

Last Saturday I went to Terminal 3 for lunch because I need to pick up from Brother who is flying back from Tel Aviv. There are many food joints there & we decided on to this fast food place - Popeyes.

Popeyes is a fried chicken outlet. Most of my friends knows that I am a Chicken-tarian. hahaha.. My main meat intake is chicken because I does not take beef nor mutton. Pork is minimal for me as well.

After finishing the meal & enjoying my drink. A group of 3s came & sat beside us. The male of the threesome went to get their meal & came back with their feast.

Before they start, they are discussing or deliberating about something. One said, "ok ok I will say it but mine is very simple..." I went quite puzzle & listen on...

Then there are some quiet whispers.. Later I realized they are saying their grace...

Immediately I stare at my pile of chicken bones & mumble to myself as well.
"Thank you chicken for growing to be so fat so as I can eat you to fulfill my craving for today. You are so delicious"

My husband sitting in front me sigh & shake his head in dismay. He is a Christian by the way... HAHAHA.

I am soooo bad :D

Direct Feeds

Nope I am not feeding any animals or people.

I've just linked my blog posts into Facebook. See occassionally I will put some notes on Facebook, but then you know I blog as well. So some times I realize the stuff that I put on Facebook is similiar.

Maybe I very suah-ku (moutain tortoise in hokkien), didn't know about this feature that is available.

Very happy now as I only need to update one portal from now onwards. Yeah!!!

A women's weakness - Shoes

I love to buy shoes. I enjoy buying shoes. I can't help myself on having a weakness for shoes.

Last weekend, we went to Central Mall for dinner. After the meal, Eric says he needs to go the bathroom. "Big Business" ... My eyes blinks with excitement. Not his business but I knew I had at least 10 mins to roam around.

As usual I quickly took an escalator to level 3, turn a few corners & found my favourite boutique. Its a small little boutique which sells some very interesting & nice clothes & SHOES....

I have been eyeing on their shoes for a long long long time. However I just can't bring myself to buy a pair as its Not Cheap... & also Eric will nag at me as usual on buying shoes Again.

Knowing I have some time, I went into the store, try a few pairs & got my eyes caught by this.




Fell in love with this immediately. Both sides are not identicle. The sole writes...
"Love is One Kiss, Two Kisses, Three Kisses, Four Kisses, Five Kisses, Six Kisses..."
So sweet.

Yummy Yummy...

Couple of weeks back I've gotten my mom to cook for me where I have inviting some friends from Penang to come over to my place for dinner.

It was rather a tiring day where at noon I am already at her place doing food tasting & helping her to prepare the feast for the night.

Definitely the meal was yummy & I always loves my mom's cooking. I am so fortunate to have such a wonderful mom.


However I didn't realize this meal had cause some mouth watering gastronomy well comments from some friends where they saw it on Facebook.

Busy busy busy

Outta sudden don't know why sooooooooo busy. Thousand & one things to do but really no time.

Got so many things wanna to blog blog, but no time.

My status message on MSN : - Things will get better.
My status message on Facebook : - I have no time to BLOG!!!!

But :- I will survive!!! Till then wish me well :)

The scary aspect of Mother Nature

By now you have read & hear many news or write ups for the recent Cyclone Nargis hits Myanmar badly which lead the country to a devastating stage.

Just last week end, although there weren't any cyclone that hit my neighborhood, the rain & thunder did causes some damage.

It was like 3.34AM on Saturday 10th May. I was woken up by the huge storm with extremely loud thunder. The thunder were not just a single bang & dies down, it actually sounds non stop for almost more than an hour.

The next morning when I woke up, my husband told me there was a fallen tree & it hit a car.

Here was what I manage to capture from my kitchen window.

The broken tree truck hits a Renault Kangoo.


Workers clearing the fallen tree trunk & chopping it to pieces.





Time for the owner of the vehicle to inspect his damages


Thank goodness the it was not very severe & the vehicle is still able to drive off.


This was how bad the damage to the car.

Working on SUNDAY!!!!

Today is 2nd of March 2008, same as yesterday I am still being camped into this small meeting room for the sake of the Project.

Again there are more food on the table other then the laptops.

I want to go home & sleep!!!!

Working on Saturday

Today is 1st March 2008, myself & a bunch of man are working very hard in the office.

There are lots of food on the table.

A pot of Chinese tea with compliment from me.

I have to stay till late tonight in here.

No air con & haiz....

Its gonna be a MaD & CrAzY week

Finally the time has come for the last stage of project execution. Friends out there, please pray hard for us to have a smooth sailing project transition & all of us won't end up to be like this...