Raffles... Here I Come.

Feelings of getting the job:
1) Elated (of course! Got money to spend again.)
2) Worried (wondering if my PR skills can 'survive' me through all the rich people's expectations.)
3) Excited (new colleagues, new supervisors, new working environment.)
4) Upset (no more freedom and free time to meet up with my friends daily.)
5) Gonna miss Ward 11 colleagues more... *sigh*

Anyway, signed the letter of appointment today, collected the uniforms, paid the agency fee and did the routine pre-employment health check-up. All done! Starting work next Tuesday at 0830hrs. Orientations would be in October instead of next week.

Meeting Baku next Monday for dinner before he goes back to reservist again... Funny how I don't really miss him that much as I thought I would. Maybe because I am having daily activities to keep my mind off and that I still can get to chat with him daily.

So Happy!

Just called the official call from Raffles Hospital on my employment.
I would be going down on tomorrow to do some administrative work... Then start work officially on Monday.
I would also be going down to my recruitment agency to pay the fee of SGD 52.50 tomorrow....
My working area is Children's Clinic!!!! Hooray! Paeds- one of my wanted discipline!!! The pay is also higher than my expectations... Better than SGH pay... The amount is a secret but if you are curious and want to know then ask me personally ok?
The working hours are 8-5, 1-9 and 2-10...
By the way, I snipped off my hair tail already. No more havoc... 5 days more to working life again. Kind of excited and anxious...

Job Found!!!

Hey! I found a job finally, at last! So happy! It is at RAFFLES HOSPITAL! Cool!
I thought I blew it as they didn't get back to me for the past 2 weeks when they said they would get back to me by 17 August 2006. Thank God! I am very thrilled...
I got myself a job by my date-line of 11 Sep 2006. No more job interviews! No more endless waiting! No more resume application! Hurray!
Now I am just waiting for Raffles Hospital to get back to me with regards on the pay as well as furthur information on when I can start work! So happy! Although I am waiting for their reply now, I am waiting happily. At least I know I got myself a job confirmed! Hee hee! Lalalalala!!!!
I am really going to be one happy woman if they give me SGD 1700 as I have requested but SGD 1600 also can, as long as it is Raffles Hospital...

Reservist

Baku would be going on his reservist from tomorrow onwards until 7 Sep 2006. 2 weeks of freedom! Time to go wild and go the stuff I have always longed to do... Like chill out until late night...
Anyway, of course I also will somehow miss him but guess if I managed to keep myself busy daily, the missing wouldn't be that bad, right? Hopefully, I can get a job by the end of the 2 weeks. Kind of running low on cash already...
Tomorrow, Raffles Hospital 'promised' to give me a reply on whether I am employed or not. They have been keeping me waiting for their reply for so long. Wondering if they are making waiting is a bad sign or what. Nevermind, as I have already decided, if by Sep 11, I still cannot find a job, I would do private nursing which I feel would be more meaningful. One to one nursing...
Ok, peri-menses cramps setting in already... Need warm compress and rest... Bye bye...

Pissed Off

Kindly 'protect' yourself from such unethical service from SK Jewellery.

My husband and I bought a True Love wedding band from SK Jewellery last year. We were told that this series of wedding band is more durable for 24/7 wearing as the white gold they use is thick and the possibility of the diamond stud dropping is very minimal unless a hammer is used to knock the diamond out. Hence, he gave us a 99.99% assurance that this wedding band is durable.
Currently, what happened was this wedding band was only worn for 3 mths. Last week, after we sent it for 'washing' via their ultrasonic machine, one of the diamond stud dropped off. We were told that the ring would be sent back to their HQ for repair and a report would be given to us to let us know the reason for the diamond stud to have dropped off.
A week later, a customer relations officer called us and we were told that the staff of SK was not supposed to have use the machine to wash the ring or probably the SK staff had tuned the machine to a higher speed level which he/she shouldn't have. She also stated that every ring is made with a 'sensitive' spot. Thus, if the 'sensitive' spot had been knocked, the diamond stud would be loose.After much discussion, we were told that they would either refund us the full amount or they would just make us another ring. Since, my husband and I felt that we didn't want a refund, chose the second option of getting the wedding band replace. However, we had a request that should the wedding band be made with workmanship, we would reject the ring. The operational manager, who claims that that he is in the biggest position to make decision, refused to allow us to reject the replacement ring should the workmanship be poor.
My husband who was very unhappy about his attitude said he would be like to complain against him. Instead of apologizing for his poor service attitude, he continued to explain to us in a cocky attitude that he has the biggest authority in the company and his superiors would not entertain us, the buyers of their product, thus should we want to make a complaint regardless of what issue, it would be made through him.
My husband and I are currently going through C.A.S.E to resolve this issue. However, I would like to make this known to all ladies and gentlemen not to buy any product from SK jewellery so as to prevent such unfortunate event from happening to anyone else.Thanks for taking the time to read this...

Pix Updated

Took me the whole afternoon to upload my pictures... At last...
Do go take a look ok?
http://mintger.multiply.com/photos/album/15

My Trip

Ok, now I shall blog about my trip on a day to day basis:

Day1:
Reached Cameron Highlands at 7am in the morning after a 8 hour plus bus trip. The bus alighted us at a hawker centre for breakfast. The weather was very very chilling, so chilling that I have to grab my jacket to keep myself slightly warmer. Baku and I had a cup of hot syrup tea (I call it syrup tea because it was so sweet). We had in mind not to eat the food there as they don't seem to match our taste-buds. Anyway, we could have room-service when we reach the hotel. A mini van came to pick us up at 8.15am as we were the only two people in the coach going to Strawberry Park Resort.
Reached the hotel at 8.30am and was told that we can't check in yet as the rooms are not ready and the check-in time is at 2pm or earliest 12noon. Wow! We freaked out! We had no choice but to patiently await 2pm to come. By 9.30am, we were famished during our wait and decided to use our free breakfast coupon which wanted to reserve for the next day to eat the breakfast buffet.
At around 11am, the check-in counter lady finally allowed us to check in and we proceeded to our room. As we were dying for a good bath, we were shocked to read a notice in the bathroom that the water heater would need 20mins to 'produce' hot water. No choice... wait again. Then, we realized that the room had no towels for bathing. Baku called the reception counter and was told that towels were only available after 12noon. What the crap! Too bad... Decided to watch TV first while waiting for the water heater to be ready and the remote control of the TV was not working. I called the maintainence and was told that it was not their problem but they would call the housekeeping department.
After our bath, we took a nap until 2pm as we had a half day tour which is at 3pm.
first stop of the tour was cactus farm where we got to see different types of cactus and beautiful types of flowers. After that the tour brought as to strawberries plantation where I got to eat fresh strawberry, pluck my own strawberries and we bought 4 bottles of strawberry jam. Then proceeded, to a vegetable plantation where maize, cameron apples, cai xin, xiao bai chye were grown. Next stop was at the water-crest farm, we had to climb all the way down the valley to see the water-crest. The journey down was not tedious and the journey up was tiring and everyone was panting by the time we reached back up. After the water-crest stop, we were brought to plantation of bell-peppers. They grew different colours of bell-peppers: red, green, yellow, white and purple. Last stop was at the place where chrysanthum were grown. Very beautiful sight, yellow, purple, lilac and deep purple.
We were brought for dinner at a 'restaurant', not bad food except there were many houseflies around. *sigh* Village restaurant kind so what do you expect.
After dinner, we decided to walk the pasar malam there. Nothing much. Baku brought some honey and I bought a bunch of lilies which would cost SGD 120 but there it merely cost SGD 5. Vast differences right? Anyway, the roses there were also nice.
Returned to the hotel at around 9.30pm. Had a nice bath-tub bath and ate my strawberries while watching TV. We slept around 11.45pm as we had to get up around 8am to set off for Genting the next day.
Day2:
Proceeded to Genting at 8.30am. It took 2.5hours before finally got down from Cameron... The bus went on for another 2 hours and stopped by KL for a while and we transferred to a smaller van before driving up to Genting. After driving for around 1 hour, the van driver asked us to alight to allow the engine to cool down otherwise the engine would be over-heated. *Sigh* For the rest of the journey up to Genting, the van was crawling...
At last we reached Genting at 3pm. Checked in at the Resort Hotel. Not bad, the room was big with two queen-sized bed. We then proceeded for lunch at Kenny Rogers. At First World Plaza, there were so many people. The queue to but the theme park tickets was long too. It was the Malaysia school holidays, that explains the huge crowd, moreover, it was a weekend also.
After lunch, we walked around and proceed to M Spa to book our treatments at 10.30pm. The spa and treatments cost around SGD 120, including jacuzzi, sauna and gym usage. Cool!
Then, we went back to the hotel for a bath and we rest for a little while...
8pm, we woke up for dinner and a sucky place. Did you know that a plate of plain rice with fried bean sprout, fried long beans and a fried egg cost SGD 5?! So expensive and the food is not at all fantastically good taste. Baku ordered chicken rice which cost around SGD 4.50 and the taste of the chicken sucks.
Bought 1.15am movie tickets for the show Long Hu Men and went for our Spa. The swendish massage was good, not to forget the jacuzzi. Wow, heavenly indulgences... They even had one assistant to follow you to serve you. So nice...
Watched the movie in Cantonese, I had to read the English subtitles to understand what the show was about and our tickets is in the fourth row from the front. So we had to strain our necks just to watch the show.
After the show ended, we proceed to Coffee Bean at our hotel lobby as Baku was feeling very cold from the temperature, while I was enjoying the cooling-ness of the weather. We ordered Earl Grey tea, English Breakfast and a chicken pie.
Went back to our rooms to sleep at around 4.30am.
Day 3:
Woke up at 8am feeling hungry, had buffet breakfast at the hotel cafe which cost SGD 10. After breakfast, went back to our rooms to pack up, had a bath and checked out at 1pm. Boarded the bus back to Singapore at 2.30pm. The bus we took was a double decked bus. What made be irritated was this elderly man sitting in front of me! During the whole trip back to Singapore he was inclining and declining his seat so many times and as his chair was kind of spoilt, the chair inclined so backwards that it hit my leg few times. This man knew he the chair had hit me and he can't be much bother either and didn't even apologize. He just continued his ways of inclining and declining the chair as when he wants. I got so fed up and decided to use my leg to push his chair and I guessed it irritated him too as the last 2 hours back to Singapore, he did not decline his chair anymore.
Reached back to Singapore at around 9.45pm. Had dinner and went back home. So tired...


Okie, I am done. Photos would be uploaded at a later date. Will inform once it is uploaded...

Back From Trip

I don't wanna blog much too tonight. Maybe tomorrow... FREAKING TIRED AND IRRITATED! Will blog about the whole trip tomorrow. Photos will be uploaded soon when I go to Baku's place. Hee hee...
Looks like the Raffles Hospital lady is a liar... 90% of employing me in the ENT clinic.. (like shit!) Now it is ZERO percent. Nvm, I was considering private nursing as the last resort. Have until Sep 11 to find myself the job I desire.
In the meanwhile, will blog tommorrow again. Nitez!

Another Test

I did this online test of personality (gotten from CW's web) and wow, I am amazed by the results. The analysis is so pretty true...
You have always longed for tenderness, love and a sensitivity of feeling into which you would like to blend. You are a very gentle warm person and responsive to 'All things bright and beautiful'. This personifies a caring person, a person who 'needs' and indeed 'needs to be needed'.In the past there have been - and maybe there still are - many things that you have had to do without. You have now decided to set your sights on a position or situation that could give you greater prestige and which will afford you considerable self esteem.You wear your heart on your sleeve and since you are an emotional person you are apt to give your all - heart and soul - to all those that show you a little affection; but take care - it would appear that you have been extremely hurt in the past and you keep leaving yourself wide open for punishment.You are feeling trapped by the situation as it stands at this time and what is more, you feel powerless to remedy it. You are stressful, angry and disgruntled. You feel that everything that you try to do to change the situation is thwarted and your hopes and aspirations all seem to be receding into the ever distant future. You have reached the state where you now doubt whether your dreams will ever be achieved and this is not only causing mental stress but heartache. You need to get away from it all - you need to have time to think, to recuperate, to be able to make your own decisions.You wish to be left in peace... no more conflict and no more differences of opinion. In fact you just don't want to be involved in arguments of any shape or form. All you want is for 'them' to get on with it - and to leave you alone.

Idol Fever

My lastest crush of the Singapore Idol 2006. Jonathan Leong!
Can't believe that I would be like a young teenager fanatic again. Hee hee... In Singapore Idol 2004, it was Sylvester Sim and now Johnathon.
Anyway... off to holidays tomorrow. God bless this journey and may I return in one piece. Still awaiting the good news from Raffles Hospital. Hopefully, they would call me tomorrow, if they don't call means BAD NEWS... :(

Disaster

This evening, Baku and I sent our wedding bands for polishing and guess what... the diamond from my wedding band dropped out!!! OMG! The guy who polished could still tell us that luckily the ring dropped in their shop and at least they can replace it. They also 'blamed' that I may not knocked the ring too hard in these few months. What crap! I rebuked that when we bought the ring, the sales-guy told us that the ring is 99.99% hardy and the diamonds won't drop out unless we used a hammer to knock it out. That is the main reason why we bought the ring in the first place. They say that the diamond of the ring is virtually impossible to drop as it is placed in with laser technology.
Anyway, the shop would send the ring back to their HQ and get it investigated to check out on what is the fault that caused the diamond to drop out. We will only get a reply by NEXT WEDNESDAY (so long). Hopefully, they will give us a good and decent reply otherwise I will shoot them until they are speechless. Just 3months and the diamond drop out, talk about being durable and only hammering would cause the diamond to drop out.
By the way, to all couples or whoever who attempts to buy their jewellery from SK Jewellery, DON'T, cause that is where my wedding band is from. So lao ya one!
I have an interview tomorrow at Raffles' Hospital in an ENT outpatient clinic. Pray that I can get it and start work on 1 Sep 2006, $$ kind of running low already... At least, if I got the position, I can go for holidays in peace. *sigh*
(still shock and upset over the wedding ring matter) Stoned now...
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Cooking @ Ky's

Yesterday, Ky and me did some cooking together at her place. Met up with her at 0920hrs for shopping of ingredients at Hougang then proceeded to her house to cook lunch for her family.
Menu:
Chicken Salad
Penne with Mushroom sauce (pine nuts and chicken sausage added)
Stir fried french beans with pacific clams
Sounds like a simple fare right? Haha.. just hoped that her family members truly enjoyed the meal.

After the cooking, we rested for a while before proceeding to City Harvest at Expo. Been a long long time since I last attended church service and the last time I stepped into City Harvest was like 7 years back when it was still at Paya Lebar, managed to find Jaqueline, my cell group leader when I was in City Harvest. She looks so great and fabulous even after bearing 3 kids.

Appreciated the topic of the day: The Role and Responsibilities Of A Wife
Conclusion: The role of the wife is to be a helper to her husband and that is to encourage him constantly to pursue his dreams or visions. The main responsibility of a wife is to submit to her husband just as she submits to the Lord. However, submission doesn't mean blinded obdience.

After church service, Kyreen and I proceeded to Century Square for foot reflexology. First time doing a foot reflexology... Ouch! Lolz. Kyreen also met another 'admirer', a young man who doesn't look too bad, quite well built and tanned too. However, Kyreen feels that he is creepy... Haha... So Kyreen has a sugar daddy in SGH and a secret admirer from the foot reflexology. How lucky can she ever get, man!

Going on a short vacation this coming Thursday to Sunday.

Happy Birthday Singapore

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE!

Nice

Dayz Of Freedom:
1) Free and easy
2) Relaxing
3) Exciting
4) Elating
5) Dull at times when no one accompany me
6) Obstructive to my Baku ('cause I always disturb him)
7) Massive time on hand to waste :)

Guess I will rest and hang around until 11 Sep 2006 and if I can't get a job by then, then I would start to worry. LOLx
By the way, my ward staff threw a surprise farewell party for me today. So touched!!!! I cried! Yes, I, Amelia Chen, cried. So touched by their efforts... I thought that only happens to other people NOT me...

I Quit!

Tendered my resignation today. Thus, I am jobless now and a free bird.
Feelings:
1) Elated that I am free now
2) Relieved that everything is finally over
3) Worried for when my next job offer will come
4) Hopeful that the next job offer would be fast and good

Intend to relax for at least a month before taking up anymore job offers for now...
Been a tough 3 years of nursing...

This Song Expresses My Current Feelings

This is the lyrics to Corianne May's Journey. I somehow stumbled upon this song while I was surfing the net feeling all so depressed and yearning for something to to cheer me up. I am unsure why I was led to song perhaps it is the works of Him. Perhaps He is trying to remind as well as to reassure me, to let me know that He is beside me while I am all out of hope, feeling of overwhelmed with sadness, wondering when I would be truly happy again like I was 16 years of age.
Been confiding in Him a lot recently, telling him how upset and hopeless I feel as days past without any occasion that is worth my genuine joy. After hearing this song, I kind of feel like crying and hide in His presence forever. It just reminded me how carefree I was when I was younger and how confident I was that He is by my side at all times to protect me from any harm or hurt in my daily life. Somehow, I lost that confidence along the way when I entered Nursing and began starting my career as a nurse. So many unpleasant events happened since then, my confidence and pride suffered. I felt more and more helpless. I felt alone. I didn't feel any stronger but weaker.
PS: Thanks for your reminder to me that you are always by my side still after all these years while I forgotten about you and your presence. Thanks for letting me know that you still treasure me and have not forsaken me no matter what. Thanks for the reassurance that I can still seek your refuge in you. Thanks for all your blessings for my marriage to Jeff and please continue to bless the relationship for many years to come. Thanks for everything you have done in the past years since the day I know you, been 9 years now... Lastly, thank you for showing me the way back to your presence today... Amen. Thank you...
I feel so much better after typing this entry. Guess one of my longest entry since I started my blog. I am glad that I have regained my composure after losing it for nearly 7 years. Thank God.


It's a long, long journey
Till I know where I'm supposed to be
It's a long, long journey
and I don't know if I can believe
When shadows fall and block my eyes
I am lost and know that I must hide
It's a long, long journey
Till I find my way home to you

Many days I've spent
Drifting on through empty shores
Wondering what's my purpose
Wondering how to make me strong
I know I will falter
I know I will cry
I know you'll be standing by my side
It's a long, long journey
And I need to be close to you

Sometimes it seems no one understands
I don't even know why I do the things I do
When pride builds me up till I can't see my soul
Will you break down these walls and pull me through?
'Cause it's a long, long journey
Till I feel that I am worth the price
You paid for me on calvary
Beneath those stormy skies
When Satan mocks and friends turn to foes
It feels like everything is out to make me lose control
It's a long, long journey
Till I find my way home to you

Happy Nurses' Day

Today is nurses' day. SGH had their own celebration with lots of food, drinks, balloons and of course blasting music. NM Chan was in a pretty good mood, I was wondering why until much later my ward clerk told me that some of my ward colleagues had contributed cash to buy her flowers, chocolate and a card for nurses' day. No wonder...

Met Siti Muliani, my batch girl who graduated with me to Ward 53A and transferred to Ward 55A together. She said she was leaving to Mount Elizabeth in 2 weeks time. So nice... Everyone is leaving for a better future. Everyone has found themselves a 'back-door'. Everyone except me...

Anyway, dropped by Kyreen's new work-place and she just teared... Not sure if those were tears of joy, tears due to stress, tears due to being touched that we dropped by or tears of elation of seeing us again. *sigh* Miss her so much...

I started clearing my locker too. Felt so badly that I want to resign soon. Felt like an emptiness after knowing that Kyreen is no longer part of the Ward 11 'family' and NM Chan had gotten someone so fast to replace Kyreen. I am not sure why, but when I opened my locker to clear some of my stuff, I felt like a dreading feeling that the locker beside mine (Kyreen's ex-locker) is now filled with the new staff's stuff. Not that I don't welcome the new staff but I just find it so hard to accept Kyreen's departure from our ward. No more gossiping, no more jokes about that 'old virgin' and no more going home by NEL together... *sigh*