Star-studded week

Rafa (Nadal) yesterday, Josh (Groban) tomorrow and who knows who's next on Sat!

Had free (crappy) tickets to the ATP finals last night and it was an epic 3 hour battle between nadal and roddick. got to leave work at about 6pm, yay.

D bought us tickets to a josh groban concert tomorrow night, i hope it's good. at least i get to leave work early again tomorrow.

Lots of stuff undone in the office, and i need to tell myself that I have 2.5 more weeks and that's plenty of time, because it isn't! getting chased left right and center and my mind is swirling with all the different company names and profiles. i just hope i don't start dreaming of them, because that would be REALLY sad. i actually did a couple of WEEKENDS ago. i dreamt that i discovered a new species of insect, whose name was actually the name of one of the new companies I was looking at that weekend. ARGH. job hazard.

In other news, rumour has it that the first snowfall is due. Google says it will be -6 on Friday. Now that's insane. it's already snowing in Copenhagen - wish I was back there.

Also, William and Kate are getting married on 29 Apr! yay to a 4 day week, followed by a 3 day week, and then another 4 day week. i think I wouldnt want to go back to a full working week after that! wooo hooo!!!

better sleep now before i start seeing stars in the morning, dizzy from tiredness.

the ironies of life at 23

so many things to look forward to, but so many things to do before i get there.

too few hours to have, and yet too many wasted...

"the right thing at the wrong time is the wrong thing" - Josh Harris

it doesn't hurt when you've spent the last 2 years thinking you're 24, but are still barely there after 2 years.

addicted (part 2)

oh crap. boots is doing it again. another round of that crazy £12 worth of points for 2 days next week, ARGH! at least i'll be busy checking out josh groban next Wed night.... heh.

Addicted.

to online shopping. argh

I never thought i'd live to see the day... i see the merits sometimes, esp when there's free delivery and free returns. it's cheaper than going to the shop (£1.80 to get to town and another £1.80 to come home). it's faster, and 24/7.....

my massive boots order just arrived today (boots is a pharmacy btw.... heh). the box was so heavy the concierge had to help me carry it to the flat. haha... i didn't even ask, he volunteered! how nice is that. i now have a whole year's supply of shampoo, conditioner, soap and cotton wool. i think. i don't even think i need 8 bottles of soap for 1 year (half price). or 6 bottles of shampoo & conditioner (buy 1 get 1 free). but i kinda convinced myself that it's much easier to have them deliver everything so that i don't have to carry everything back. of course, there was the "spend £50, get £12 worth of points" which makes it even more attractive. to be fair, i will offload some of these stuff to D when i next see him so that he can help to use.

but then again, they just had ANOTHER round of that same offer the week before, and i also succumbed. i bought foundation 4 shades too dark for my skin and got scolded by the skin specialist at the clinique counter today when i went to get it exchanged, haha. but it was >20% off, plus another £7.50 of points.

i also think i have enough boots points for all my shopping there for the next year. heh. at least £50 worth. and i just found out that i can get boots points by shopping at asos too! HAHA, it's never ending. you can literally buy anything online in this country. i have never done more online shopping in my whole life than this year alone. tsk. i even bought a whole camera (my Canon S90) from ebay for £250 when it was $800+ in singapore.

(of course, this post only shows that i am super auntie, for i neglect to talk about all the virtual shops i visit too. let's just keep it that way for now.)

the last step i have not degenerated to is grocery shopping online. and the only thing stopping me is the lack of free delivery because of the special refrigerated trucks they use to deliver the stuff. the day will come (hopefully not, fingers crossed). but for now, i shall continue to carry cartons of milk etc physically back home. Afterall, I don't think I could buy a year's supply of milk, can I? :p

i need therapy! not the retail sort....

Rainy Days and Sundays

always get me down. (badly misquoting the Carpenters)

it's so depressing when I take ages to get to church and after 2 buses and 2 trains, i'm still late. and then, repeat 4 times every sunday. the journey really stresses me out. i estimate a total of about 5 hours every sunday spent feeling sick on the public transport network, bleah.

today was especially bad, because the jubilee line was down (again) and it started pouring after church so I was entirely drenched. I guess the lack of daylight makes it worse because when i was on the DLR going to church at 5+pm, the operator was asking some people if they had far to go before getting home, and i was actually travelling AWAY from home, knowing full well that I have to come back the same way. in the night, coming home after YF, it was freezing cold too, winter's just depressing. i also forgot to tap my oyster card when i got off the DLR today, so i incurred another £4.30 penalty charge on top of my already maxed out my day's travel (£6.30 or something like that?)in the 1st half of the day.

it's remembrance Sunday today, maybe it's meant to be a sober and sad day anyways.

i also don't really like having dinner at 10pm on Sunday nights and then sleeping late and starting Monday feeling really crabby.

therefore, i REALLY need to find a solution, and i need a solution fast. this is driving me crazy. every week i feel more and more like giving up.

in other news, work has been stressful too. it's appraisal season - i meant to write my appraisal over the weekend but never got down to it. there are also a million refinancings. why do all companies decide to do the same thing all at the same time, grrr. and project por cu pine flopped, it was just announced :(

3.5 more weeks to finish up for the year. come on Carol, time to man up. :( SO MUCH WORK.

Rainy days and Mondays will get me down-er. so it better not rain tomorrow!

Windy Remembrance Day

11/11 is remembrance day in the UK and other allied forces of WW1, also known as armistice day. At 11am, there was a tannoy (what we know as a PA system) announcement that there will be a 2 minute silence marked. the entire floor fell silent, without even the sound of tapping on the keyboard. everyone had their head bowed (well, except for me because I was busy looking around), and just like that, the entire nation remembers those who gave their lives for the fallen empire, and continue to do so in various lands.

as autumn gives way to winter, the process of dying is almost complete. the walk to work today was an insane battle against the wind. it was reported that this week the winds would go up to 70mph (113 km/hr). i dont think it was that drastic here, but it was crazy enough to make me feel VERY insecure in heels walking to work. i was actually panting by the time i got there because it was super tiring. walking home today down a flight of stairs i was holding on to the railing for dear life. both ways, i couldnt decide whether it was better to have the wind with me (such i feel like i'm falling over forwards and i was literally propelled forward dangerously), or against me, where in order to move forward, a great deal of force was required. as i walked further on, i saw that nothing was spared, not the strong sturdy trees, as the wind ripped through their branches and raped them violently, resulting in their yellow leaves stripped off. those already fallen leaves were not left to rest in peace either, as they were repeatedly swept up in circular motions upwards, almost as if they were possessed by spirits.

severe gale warnings have been issued across the country, heralding the start of the weather warnings i remember from last winter. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11734050

of all days, today I took an excursion out of the office in the office. a group of us were headed to a business school in the city to speak to a class of Masters students. it was a very interesting experience, though I thought i didn't do a good job answering the simple question my big boss made me answer in front of the class, sigh. the contingent comprised our overall team head, 2 other directors from the team, another director from another team, another grad and me. really strange but was a very good opportunity. for some strange reason we decided to take a 15 minute walk from the DLR station instead of taking the tube to the station 5 minutes away from the university, and when we emerged from the underground, it was pouring. That on top of the crazy hurricane like winds, we arrived in style indeed, all drenched and windswept. They certainly expected bankers to emerge from a cab or limousine, first reality check. haha. didn't quite realise how much i talked to the students during the refreshment session. at the end of 1 hour plus, I was exhausted. we went to the pub after (where i had coke (how unlike me!) in an attempt to pump caffeine into the system). the top hunchers decided to call it a day and not return to the office, which was my perfect opportunity to escape as well, but i stupidly didnt. got back to the office at about 5.30pm and found that I really couldn't function.

I wish i had a chance to work in the city, it's so charming and it's actually London as everyone knows it... maybe one day, or maybe it will always hold its charm for me because I don't work there?

this is such a pointless post, but i thought it was a day worth remembering anyway. i'm losing it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 more day to the weekend, 1 more month to Singapore, and a million things to do in between.