The past weekend was my own birthday fest...
wahaha..i can remember nothing but eat nia....
there were cakes, TzeChar, Seoul Garden, MianXian, MacDonalds.....haha..
Seriously...i dunno how many kgs i have gained yet again....

Perhaps 1/3 of my life gone already..
Cannot say i am anywhere near perfect or successful...
I have a long way to go before i am really proud of any achievements...
Of course i still do have things i am happy about already...

I yearn for more..all that i wish for...
haha..things that are good of course...
Nothing fanciful ... I just hope to live happily without having to worry too much..

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Completing a full month of my new appointment..
Any followers out there should know how challenging it is getting...
I only mentioned about staffing problems...
But i can just say there are tons more out there...
things that are simply too complicated to put into words...

It sure is a challenging one..
Sighzz..i am trying best to cope...
Looking at things..i am averaging 10hrs per day...(Official 7.33hrs)
I have to settle my own dept..my own staff ... and also look at branch-wide generic problems..
Eg. Posters, Decorations, Cleaniness, Stock-readiness, Customers...blah blah..

My Grp Manager happened to come for store inspection yesterday..
NNB - i have a famous 80% rate of always kana him de lo...
i.e. normally the 1st TL to see him will entertain him to store walk the branch..if the manager nt ard...
And he sure post more problems for me.!!!!
I think he already start his tekan treatment for me liaozzzz...arghhhhh....

Supposed to be meeting my Delta mates today for timsum and KTV..
In the end, my dear Kangaroo-mate has got an interview to go for..
But nvm..hope for gd news from him..wahaha..

So i still decided to go out..
City Square Mall @ Serangoon - New store that just opened..
just to see and survey wats new ma...
walk walk see see also..but regret abit la..Not much stores are opened yet...

Thereafter i came back to NorthPoint..
Starbucks the place i spent...........2hrs - sitting alone..
Has been sometimes i spent peaceful time by myself..
thinking ............ thinking ............... thinking .............
dun ask me wat - i normally think alot de....

Normally my off days are spent doing reports at home..
or doing rosters...or reading company emails....or replying also...haha..
Since i am out liao..so might as well stay out lo...
Phew..sometimes its really good to keep yourself to yourself..
looking at pple...10001 kinds of pple...
SHIOK..haha

(Are they signs of being over-introveted and loner-ism..??)haha..






This wk alone...
1 staff with eye infection (4day MC)
1 staff quarrel with husband...need long leave...(may resign as she wanna go back to her country)
1 staff husband admitted to hospital ...(need leave, although she is resigning..)

I hope thats the end of a very "challenging" month...

Drained...Every aspects of myself..!






Sometimes, I simply just cannot believe it...
Let me think wat had happened for this past 2weeks...

1. Staff cut finger whilst cutting chicken (Result: 4days MC)
2. Staff cut hand whilst clearing carton (2days MC)
3. Staff calling up @ 6.30am on my off day, vomit and fever. (Urgent Leave)
4. Daughter having mood problems, wanting to do the "extreme" (Urgently needs to go home)
5. Freezer spoilt on my off day, had to rush back to look-see (waste my morning on off day)
6. New staff claims mother seriously sick in hospital (1week missing)
7. Staff husband suffer stroke (has to take adhoc and long leave)
8. Internal Audit (came on a day where i was Fbusy..becos of those pple on top)

SIghzzz...for all the above...
Guess wat happens when the pple above are not ard...
*Anyone thinking abt me???? - lucky i haben die..haha..Strong leh...

Exciting right..my workplace...yeah..


SIghzz..and also..
on a day one of my ex-collegue was having his wedding dinner..
I couldnt go...due to one of the issues on top...
Seriously lack of manpower...
If any1 notice a mad chicken running ard...perhaps tats me...!!!

Sometimes this job has got its disadvantage and a perfect example surfaced..
I am very scared of invitation to events on weekends and PHs...
The main KPIs of my job will come from these key days...
and u do not know how much crowd will come in..
maybe a rainy morning can ruin everything and thus can slack whole day..
well we nv know...
hope my frends...the already beri little groups out there understand..






Finally, the thing that bugs my mind for the past month..!
SETTLED!
Went to uniSIM today to submit the documents..
before that had to rush to take photo for the application...
I was somewat excited and was quite rushed as the time was already 4plus pm..

Everything was so smooth...
I cannot imagine also..i actually took 25mins to reach uniSIM from Yishun..
i planned for 40mins de lo..haha..
Well..as i reached uniSIM..i waited just 10mins for my turn..

Just as i tot all was going well...
submitted the transcripts and certificates...

".....u know ar..this BSc in Logistics response is very overwhelming...so...the chances are quite slim...perhaps they may put u to the July intake.."

I dunno to take that as an advice....or wat (or suan mi...)
Simply put..all my plans in the mind are thinking abt Jan..
I dun mind July...BUT....
But gimme that interview (suppose have an interview de lo..if too many pple apply..)
and i will sure clear it...

But of course..nt really surprising la..
the Open House talk...the course manager did say that this course darn popular..
100vacancies got 400 pple apply...
sighzzz...

Why suddenly so many pple interested in Logistics ar...
Then how come all my poly mates nv work in this line de...
So where did all those bloody pple come from to vie with me to get into this course...
Arghhhhh....

Now just have to wait till mid-Nov liaozzzz....






Sometimes i just think i also have my own weakness..
Seldom pple tell me but i do feel and think so myself...

Ever pple said i was too lorso...kind ... slack...
these are some that i know of pple saying infront of me..those saying behind me i dunno lo..

Well..i am starting to dwell upon the fact of being too initiated..
One example..now i need to submit many diff reports to boss...
because i did once to show him - THAT I AM DOING MY JOB...
This boss is one kind that will like to come and ask to get updates...
then "advice" you accordingly..

Well..if he knows the plans that i have for the dept..(now branch)...
he tends to be slightly laid back and not come to "disturb"...

Sighzz..now i can feel the workload suddenly so jampacked..
FYI - Some of the reports for Aug not submitted yet lo!!!! and Sep will end soon...
SIghzzz...and the poor thing is..some are promised to be monthly done .... BY ME!!!

AIyoyo..so i was thinking ... am i doing the right thing????
haha..i come to the conclusion that too much initiative is also a problem...
maybe can say being "too clever'' liaozzz...(must act stupid abit..)

On the update of studies..
More or less my documents are ready..
I managed to dig out the Diploma...which has been hiding in my cupboard for 1.5yrs..haha..
and other relevant certs and documents...
Maybe going to SIM for certifying true copy..

This will be a big challenge seriously..
for which i am very concern and anxious how am i going to cope..
maximum output for the next 3-4yrs maybe..
Phew...as i type this out..i also feel like sighing..
becos...the 1st thing on mu mind is still how to overcome the 2accounting modules...!!!

*Freakzzz..as i end this post..
received a call that 1 of my staff got cut on the finger and went to hospital for treatment..
(I shall not use NNB/KNN here...) sighzz..i reiterate that BM is an exciting place..haha..
lucky she is alright..






I just finished filling up one longgggggggg document...
well..i am planning to take up PT BSc Logistics & Supply Chain Mgmt @ uniSIM..

The stage is set..
My mind more or less quite focused..
Only if anything cock-ups..

It surely will be a challenge sia..
The time, money, ability will really be put to the test..to the max...
Well..we shall see..still need to interview before being accepted...
Not easy...

Just something to share...
There was this kid who was caught for stealing today..
Guess the age...Pri6
Guess the item .. a bloody useless (to him) Health-kit like thingy (contains masks, pills etc.)

After being detained by our Security pple..
He was struggling and put up quite a bit of challenge with my Security..
When i heard that the walkie sounded..."Any Male TLs pls come down......"
Something was wrong..normally they call name..
Now is ALL..ANYONE..
haha..i thought it was somekind of big-sz fit guy orwat..

Its also interesting and exciting to interrogate an Ah beng or somekind of tattoo gangster..
Becos they did something wrong and u got the upper hand..
Anything just threaten with police, which we are liable to anytime..
then they will LL and follow suit our procedure..
(But thats in store..outside store sometime also must lookout de...)

So back to this P6 boy..
We will drilling him for 15mins..
till he managed to get hold of the mother..
I salute him..he didnt cried thoughout our interrogation..
One look from our experience is this boy is too steady to be a 1st timer..
We waited for the mum to come pay up..

The moment the mother came..
As usual .. the scoldings and why why why thingy..between the mother to the son..
What made me felt for them was the fact that the son cried after seeing the mother cry too..
She was one of the regulars too..She certainly felt quite paiseh..

The moment i saw the boy cry..i knew he could feel for the mother..
I always use my logic to the child shoplifters ...
"Why must u do wrong .... and ur dad or mum come here and say sorry for u....."
He cried further...i dunno if he understood me...

I almost felt my own words..i always did..
Recalling last time what i did wrong before...Now i can feel it myself..
I always make it a point to "wash" their brain..
Hopefully they can get it and dun ever do it again..

Moral of the story..
Cherish and Love ur family..
Dun let them down....






At the moment u r reading this....
my beloved N81 has left me...
forever ..... unless some kind soul gets hold of it and return me back..

Well..i will touch on later how i managed to lose it...so miraculously...

I was at uniSIM yesterday for the Open House..
I am somewat interested and determined to take up the BSc Logistics Mgmt course..
Perhaps to seek advice from boss and see hw i can finetune my work time to fulfill this commitment..

Amazingly..i must say it seems that so many pple i knew are there..SIM..
A poly classmate..A sec sch mate..ex-company collegue..a hi-bye frend...
I was like walking every 30mins there seeing some1 familiar..

However, i must also say that i will nv forget the Japanese food in the canteen(right at the end)..
It was so amazing tat i might nv try other Jap food again..including theirs!!
The Oyako Don was somewat like a bowl of overnight rice with some scrambled eggs on it..
Kaozzz...$4 - Arghhh..

I guess that was one drawback..
Hmm..regards to the course..i think i am abt 70% confirm to take it up..
subject to money and work commitments..

Then i left SIM..
Took 852....I was so tired that i slept on the bus..
Answered calls which came and broke my gd slp..
And then i held it in my hands throughout the journey..

Suddenly, I woke up just nice to alight at my home...
Walking back was 5mins to home...
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where my PHONE!!
Then i ran all the way back to the Interchange..
get the pple to help me go to the bus ... BUT...still dun have..

The point is..the phone might be still somewhere..
It was not switched off...
Another point is...becos i was in the SIM for those briefing sessions..
I made it SILENT..so i didnt change it to normal mode back..
NNB...sighzzzz
I guess thats fate...and the rest is history...

Becos of my job..i cannot make it w/o the phone..
There surely will be a call or sms daily abt something related to work..
Sighzz...thn no choice but to rush down to Westmall to get a new one lo....

Kaozzz..I hate Clementi lo..(Sway area sia..)
I think not many pple know right...
3rd day in NgeeAnn....I lost my laptop...!!!! (Long story also...I no mood to tell story now..)

Now..haven even study uniSIM..
Already lose handphone...!!!
And tats the 3rd lost HP in my life...Wabiangzzzz..

HP Nos collecting in progress..sms me ur numbers pple..!






Yep - it has begun..
The stepping up action has started .. with my new position...a new role..

I can almost feel the invisible responsibility instantly..

1st task - Record breaking interviews...
Well, some pple might know that i badly need more pple at my branch..
cannot understand why there isnt many pple whom seem that can work..
those that came had all kinds of problems..

We seek help from HQ and was assisted with a newspaper ad that "invited" pple to come for interview...
The thing is i was only told at the last minute..
Becos such things has to be co-ordinated properly..
with a place to conduct interview..questions to asked...holding area..blah blah..
Next bomb was when boss say : " ....we will conduct the interviews ourself..HQ is not sending pple here..."

Kaozzz...Meaning i guess i have to do it myself liao lo..
Becos bulk of the vacancies are from my dept..
I dun mind doing it..just that should have prepared me ma...
So i had to stay in office from 9-12pm straight...(the duration of the walk-in interview period)

And i set my personal record...
8 interviewees in 3hrs...Wabiang...
Sounds easy right...Imagine repeating the same old questions and replying their usual questions...
Pay..Offs...Benefits...Working Hrs...Days...Blah blah..

If all are ok nvm..the whole 3hrs..
probably only 2 can make it...
each interview takes about 15-20mins...
Calculate how much time i wasted..thanks..

Haha..this is retail - so ever "funny" ...
i like the job becos sometimes we have stupid things and pple to deal with..
1001 kinds of stories...situations...scenarios...

The 1st wk of my new role...is sure interesting..
New things are..dealings with Town Council, Landlord, Finance.....
at least for now...
Suddenly i am accountable for up to 105 staffs..directly and indirectly..

#"with greater power comes greater responsibility"#