I used to hate going to work when I first started off as a SOIC in PSA.It was pretty tough yearning for respect from the more experienced oldies sitting in front of me. And its more tough to not feel bothered by the harsh working enviroment everyday.

As time passed, I got to know the people in the control as well the ground. Things got easier and work became less dreadful. Slowly, I mastered the skills of a SOIC and gotten used of working with the same old people every now and then. Work became an important part of my life. Work became fun.

However, things changed.I got promoted to SDM. Frankly speaking, I hated it. Maybe its like my journey of becoming a SOIC and things will get better. But I still hate it. Firstly, they have to change my entire group of ppl whom I was so used to working with, the people who are my friends.It might sounds gay but I really missed Fiona. She was kinda my motivation to work back then.

I am not saying that the new group of people are not good or what, they are definitely a fine bunch of fun-loving people. They are awesome out of work. As of at work, they are just as new as me, desperately seeking recognition from people around. It is really a difficult task trying to seek recognition from people and gain respect all over again. I dont feel the power which supposedly comes with the title. In fact, I feel sucky after every shift and I hate the fact that I know I haven't earn the respect from most yet. It is easy to tell.

And the worse thing is, SDM hardly get recoginized. SOIC get praised for a good shift while SDM get blamed for a lousy one.

Oh wells. I am sure things will get better. As for now, I shall work hard to be an awesome SDM. You never know, maybe one year later, I will be posting how awesome it is to be an SDM and not wanting to promote to AM.

My boyfriend left for India this morning for 28 days. It is actually not that long nor that short. But, ever since his Norway exchange in 2008, we haven't part for so long....

Oh wells. Despite him complaining about how sucky India will be, I am sure he is gonna have a great time. As for me, I shall work hard and slogged in Singapore. *Secretly wishing that I can go on a work trip too.*


Missing you already=) Be safe.

My mum is sick again. She has to be admitted for observation.

I am currently at TTS hospital waiting for the
nurses to arrange a ward for my mum. It is pretty depressing here. Seeing sick and old ppl groan in pain and waiting aimlessly for an arrangement.

Worse of all, I just overheard a conversation between a nurse and an old uncle. The uncle complaining that he had been waiting at the arrangement area since 4pm. That is freaking 4.5hrs. I hope we don't have to wait so long because there is no freaking seats here for visitors.

All in all, I hope my mum will get well soon.

Meleka Road Trip With the old Simpsons Clique feat Alex, Chong Mend, Denis, Jun Wei and Me.


Its not the first time for most of us thus, sightseeing was sort of out of our plans. And thus, we are left with shopping and eating.


Hmm.. maybe because there were 4 guys and only 1 girl, shopping was down to minimal too. And all we did was eat!!!

Let me explain how our trip went...


Day 01
We set off from Alex's house with Alex being our designated driver for the trip.
We crossed the causeway and entered Malaysia, missed the slip road to the NS highway.
We sort of found our way back onto the highway with a partially pre-downloaded google map from my iphone.

We stopover at Yong Peng for breakfast or maybe brunch(at 11plus). Bought some snacks and carried on with our journey. Arrived at our Hotel, Equitorial Hotel. There was some problems with the check-in thus the hungry ass guys finished the snacks they bought while waiting for Alex to settle our check-in.

Finally we were checked in. And since the delay was due to some 'internal problems', we were upgraded to a better room, a club suite I think, with the choice of city view of sea view. Alex and I chose the one with the seaview, totally disappointing as there was not much of a view. The sea was sooooooo far away at the extreme corner.

However, the room was great. It was spacious and the pillows were extremely soft...=) Anyway, After check-in, we went on to the famous chicken rice ball stall at around 1plus. After having our lunch, we went on to have deserts (chendol etc). On the way we picked up some durian snacks and some drinks.

Then we proceeded back to the hotel, showered and headed out for dinner. We had Zhi Char, ordering like typical Singaporeans, too much to finish.

After dinner, we headed to Jonker Street for a walk. Nothing much to buy, we headed back to the hotel for a short break. I fell asleep. Alex woke me up and dragged all of us down to Capitol Satay for supper. As much as I felt like sleeping, I was glad he woke me up.

The satay steamboat was really nice and special. No wonder there was still a queue at 2am.

After that, we had some beer and bananas back in hotel before heading to bed.


Day 02
We started the day with international buffet from our hotel. Followed by a short one hour shopping and then again, we went to eat. We went to A&W=)

With that we ended our adventure in Meleka and headed back to Singapore. Guess what?!
Yup, we stopped over at Johor for dinner, Abalone noodles and durian for deserts.=)


And finally yes, we ended our foodies road trip in Malaysia.


All in all, I would just like to let whoever is actually reading my blog knows, all these time in Malaysia, we were never hungry other than maybe our first meal at yong peng.

Photos are here

I haven't been exercising for months. It's time to start getting fit. Though I haven't gain much weight, I have been losing much muscles and gaining those flabby fats. Hmm... Lazy still...

Today is the last day of my 5 days OFF and also the last day before my death cycle.
For the next seven days, I will be working six. For the next week, I will be working 72hours.

I just hope it is not as tough as it sounds.

*Jia You*

Tokyo May 2011

Most people wonder why we decided to travel to Japan after the Quake, when everybody still lives in fear. First, the airfares are super cheap and since Japan is a country in my must-go list,why not go now. Anyway, I can assure that it is totally safe to travel to Tokyo and everything seems normal.

Tokyo - City life
Tokyo is so much alike Singapore. Skyscrapers, lotsa shopping mall and many things to eat.



The things that are different are that they have ridiculously many people everywhere at anytime of the day. But at least there have more better looking human beings than we have here. So no harm braving through the crowd very noww and then.=)



Also, their houses are really like those seen in Doraemon or Crayon Shin Chan, tiny landed property with paper looking doors.

Next, I would say they have tasty food and the most creative way of selling them < in a vending machine>



For me, it is kinda a Little waste for me to go Japan. It is because I can't eat most of the delicious looking food. I am a picky eater, I don't take vegetables, raw or fishy stuff. Thus, I am always eating Ramen and tempura in Japan.

Anyway, I did tried the really expensive sushi(7 pieces for SGD$60) in Tsukiji Fish Market. Sorry to all sushi lover out there, I puked out a SGD$12 sushi. Lucky Alex, he happily finish all, other than the Tamago Sushi.=)



Also, we met Hachiko!!! The faithful dog who waits for his owner to return everyday.



Check Tokyo part 1 and Tokyo Part 2 out for more photos.

Tokyo - DisneySea

We figured since we have been to Disneyland Paris, why not DisneySea. Once again the no. of people there is crazy. Luckily, Japanese are sooo efficient, the queues although long, were quickly shorten with the efficiency of the theme park and their staffs.

It is really quite insane on how much Japanese worship Mickey and friends. They are willing to wait for 50mins just to take a picture with Mickey Mascot. And most people even bought Mickey's teddy bears. Duffy (ダッフィー) and Shellie May (シェリーメイ), exclusive to DisneySea at the Tokyo Disney Resort.



It is so insane that every 10 patrons in DisneySea, 7 will be carrying one or sometimes even five. Their passion for Disney even influenced Alex. He wanted to buy Duffy and Shellie too?! I would not deny that they are adorable but..... but... I am not the fluffy stuffed toys kinda girl. So We decided not to buy.

Check out DisneySea for more photos.


Tokyo - Hakone

We made a side trip<2D1N> to Hakone to check out Mount Fuji. Too bad it is not the season for Fuji climbing thus, we took the all kinds of transport just to catch a glimpse of Fuji-san.

Day 1
We went on the train, cable car, river cruise but to no avail due to the bad weather.
This is all we can see.





Fortunately, we booked a Ryokan with our private onsen for the night. Check out the photos and you will know how heavenly we felt in the freezing cold weather.



check Hakone out for for photos.
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Day 2
We decided to head to Gotemba Factory outlet. We spent quite alittle at the outlet. I even bought my first really expensive bag from Coach. This is the bag.



And this are all the things we bought. < Coach, Burberry, Lacoste,Adidas, Gap and many more>


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The best things we get from going to Gotemba Oulet are not only the shopping items but is the full view of Fuji-san. Weather was awesome and Fuji-san is magnificent.



For more Fuji-san, check this out.

Eileen Khoo Yi Ling

A Doggie Lover
- Mom of Mr Rusty Tan-Khoo, Mini Schnauzer

A Touch Football Player
- NTU Captain 09/10
- Singapore Womens Team 08

A Cheerleader
- UNISUS 2007 & 2008

A Pork Lover
- simply love the taste of pork

A Shopaholic
- never return empty-handed

A Model Wannabee
- Singtel Grid Girl 2008 Top 44
- Toy, Comic & Games Convention 2009, Playbabe Finalist
Feel free to contact me for any event jobs or editorial shoots=)
eileen_0209@hotmail.com

A Travelling Lover
Been to:
-Australia (Sydney,Melbourne,Port Macquarie)
-Austria (Vienna)
-Belgium (Brussels, Bruges)
-Cambodia (Phnom Penh, Siem Reap)
-China (Beijing, ShiDu)
-Czech Republic (Prague)
-England (London, Manchester)
-France (Paris)
-Germany (Munich, Berlin, Bremen)
-Holland (Amsterdam)
-Indonesia (Batam, Peneng)
-Italy (Rome,Pisa, Florence, Venice)
-Japan (Toyko, Hakone)
-Korea (Seoul, Chuncheon, Suwon, Jeju Island)
-Malaysia (Johor, KL, Malacca,Genting)
-Norway (Oslo, Bergen)
-Sweden (Stockholm, Kiruna)
-Taiwan (Taipei, Taizhong, Hualien)
-Thailand (Bangkok, Krabi, Pattaya)
-Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang, MuiNe)

A Total of 20 Countries and 47 cities.

I used to hate going to work when I first started off as a SOIC in PSA.It was pretty tough yearning for respect from the more experienced oldies sitting in front of me. And its more tough to not feel bothered by the harsh working enviroment everyday.

As time passed, I got to know the people in the control as well the ground. Things got easier and work became less dreadful. Slowly, I mastered the skills of a SOIC and gotten used of working with the same old people every now and then. Work became an important part of my life. Work became fun.

However, things changed.I got promoted to SDM. Frankly speaking, I hated it. Maybe its like my journey of becoming a SOIC and things will get better. But I still hate it. Firstly, they have to change my entire group of ppl whom I was so used to working with, the people who are my friends.It might sounds gay but I really missed Fiona. She was kinda my motivation to work back then.

I am not saying that the new group of people are not good or what, they are definitely a fine bunch of fun-loving people. They are awesome out of work. As of at work, they are just as new as me, desperately seeking recognition from people around. It is really a difficult task trying to seek recognition from people and gain respect all over again. I dont feel the power which supposedly comes with the title. In fact, I feel sucky after every shift and I hate the fact that I know I haven't earn the respect from most yet. It is easy to tell.

And the worse thing is, SDM hardly get recoginized. SOIC get praised for a good shift while SDM get blamed for a lousy one.

Oh wells. I am sure things will get better. As for now, I shall work hard to be an awesome SDM. You never know, maybe one year later, I will be posting how awesome it is to be an SDM and not wanting to promote to AM.

My boyfriend left for India this morning for 28 days. It is actually not that long nor that short. But, ever since his Norway exchange in 2008, we haven't part for so long....

Oh wells. Despite him complaining about how sucky India will be, I am sure he is gonna have a great time. As for me, I shall work hard and slogged in Singapore. *Secretly wishing that I can go on a work trip too.*


Missing you already=) Be safe.

My mum is sick again. She has to be admitted for observation.

I am currently at TTS hospital waiting for the
nurses to arrange a ward for my mum. It is pretty depressing here. Seeing sick and old ppl groan in pain and waiting aimlessly for an arrangement.

Worse of all, I just overheard a conversation between a nurse and an old uncle. The uncle complaining that he had been waiting at the arrangement area since 4pm. That is freaking 4.5hrs. I hope we don't have to wait so long because there is no freaking seats here for visitors.

All in all, I hope my mum will get well soon.

Meleka Road Trip With the old Simpsons Clique feat Alex, Chong Mend, Denis, Jun Wei and Me.


Its not the first time for most of us thus, sightseeing was sort of out of our plans. And thus, we are left with shopping and eating.


Hmm.. maybe because there were 4 guys and only 1 girl, shopping was down to minimal too. And all we did was eat!!!

Let me explain how our trip went...


Day 01
We set off from Alex's house with Alex being our designated driver for the trip.
We crossed the causeway and entered Malaysia, missed the slip road to the NS highway.
We sort of found our way back onto the highway with a partially pre-downloaded google map from my iphone.

We stopover at Yong Peng for breakfast or maybe brunch(at 11plus). Bought some snacks and carried on with our journey. Arrived at our Hotel, Equitorial Hotel. There was some problems with the check-in thus the hungry ass guys finished the snacks they bought while waiting for Alex to settle our check-in.

Finally we were checked in. And since the delay was due to some 'internal problems', we were upgraded to a better room, a club suite I think, with the choice of city view of sea view. Alex and I chose the one with the seaview, totally disappointing as there was not much of a view. The sea was sooooooo far away at the extreme corner.

However, the room was great. It was spacious and the pillows were extremely soft...=) Anyway, After check-in, we went on to the famous chicken rice ball stall at around 1plus. After having our lunch, we went on to have deserts (chendol etc). On the way we picked up some durian snacks and some drinks.

Then we proceeded back to the hotel, showered and headed out for dinner. We had Zhi Char, ordering like typical Singaporeans, too much to finish.

After dinner, we headed to Jonker Street for a walk. Nothing much to buy, we headed back to the hotel for a short break. I fell asleep. Alex woke me up and dragged all of us down to Capitol Satay for supper. As much as I felt like sleeping, I was glad he woke me up.

The satay steamboat was really nice and special. No wonder there was still a queue at 2am.

After that, we had some beer and bananas back in hotel before heading to bed.


Day 02
We started the day with international buffet from our hotel. Followed by a short one hour shopping and then again, we went to eat. We went to A&W=)

With that we ended our adventure in Meleka and headed back to Singapore. Guess what?!
Yup, we stopped over at Johor for dinner, Abalone noodles and durian for deserts.=)


And finally yes, we ended our foodies road trip in Malaysia.


All in all, I would just like to let whoever is actually reading my blog knows, all these time in Malaysia, we were never hungry other than maybe our first meal at yong peng.

Photos are here

I haven't been exercising for months. It's time to start getting fit. Though I haven't gain much weight, I have been losing much muscles and gaining those flabby fats. Hmm... Lazy still...

Today is the last day of my 5 days OFF and also the last day before my death cycle.
For the next seven days, I will be working six. For the next week, I will be working 72hours.

I just hope it is not as tough as it sounds.

*Jia You*

Tokyo May 2011

Most people wonder why we decided to travel to Japan after the Quake, when everybody still lives in fear. First, the airfares are super cheap and since Japan is a country in my must-go list,why not go now. Anyway, I can assure that it is totally safe to travel to Tokyo and everything seems normal.

Tokyo - City life
Tokyo is so much alike Singapore. Skyscrapers, lotsa shopping mall and many things to eat.



The things that are different are that they have ridiculously many people everywhere at anytime of the day. But at least there have more better looking human beings than we have here. So no harm braving through the crowd very noww and then.=)



Also, their houses are really like those seen in Doraemon or Crayon Shin Chan, tiny landed property with paper looking doors.

Next, I would say they have tasty food and the most creative way of selling them < in a vending machine>



For me, it is kinda a Little waste for me to go Japan. It is because I can't eat most of the delicious looking food. I am a picky eater, I don't take vegetables, raw or fishy stuff. Thus, I am always eating Ramen and tempura in Japan.

Anyway, I did tried the really expensive sushi(7 pieces for SGD$60) in Tsukiji Fish Market. Sorry to all sushi lover out there, I puked out a SGD$12 sushi. Lucky Alex, he happily finish all, other than the Tamago Sushi.=)



Also, we met Hachiko!!! The faithful dog who waits for his owner to return everyday.



Check Tokyo part 1 and Tokyo Part 2 out for more photos.

Tokyo - DisneySea

We figured since we have been to Disneyland Paris, why not DisneySea. Once again the no. of people there is crazy. Luckily, Japanese are sooo efficient, the queues although long, were quickly shorten with the efficiency of the theme park and their staffs.

It is really quite insane on how much Japanese worship Mickey and friends. They are willing to wait for 50mins just to take a picture with Mickey Mascot. And most people even bought Mickey's teddy bears. Duffy (ダッフィー) and Shellie May (シェリーメイ), exclusive to DisneySea at the Tokyo Disney Resort.



It is so insane that every 10 patrons in DisneySea, 7 will be carrying one or sometimes even five. Their passion for Disney even influenced Alex. He wanted to buy Duffy and Shellie too?! I would not deny that they are adorable but..... but... I am not the fluffy stuffed toys kinda girl. So We decided not to buy.

Check out DisneySea for more photos.


Tokyo - Hakone

We made a side trip<2D1N> to Hakone to check out Mount Fuji. Too bad it is not the season for Fuji climbing thus, we took the all kinds of transport just to catch a glimpse of Fuji-san.

Day 1
We went on the train, cable car, river cruise but to no avail due to the bad weather.
This is all we can see.





Fortunately, we booked a Ryokan with our private onsen for the night. Check out the photos and you will know how heavenly we felt in the freezing cold weather.



check Hakone out for for photos.
http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

Day 2
We decided to head to Gotemba Factory outlet. We spent quite alittle at the outlet. I even bought my first really expensive bag from Coach. This is the bag.



And this are all the things we bought. < Coach, Burberry, Lacoste,Adidas, Gap and many more>


http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
The best things we get from going to Gotemba Oulet are not only the shopping items but is the full view of Fuji-san. Weather was awesome and Fuji-san is magnificent.



For more Fuji-san, check this out.

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