tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69042332011-04-22T08:32:28.528+08:00Days of our lifeJiong Ting's rants and chants.JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.comBlogger1811100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-11195643817670991712007-05-13T21:32:00.000+08:002007-05-13T21:44:17.067+08:00Sunday now. Quite a nice feeling actually to be able to sit by your laptop on a Sunday evening and not have to worry about work the next day.Thinking back now, I feel kinda bad being in such a bad mood most of last week in office. The braces and what ever was going around that week shouldn't be an excuse to just remain sullen.The party wasn't bad but wasn't exactly alot to shout about with only JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-55229561859101865032007-05-11T01:24:00.000+08:002007-05-11T01:25:40.443+08:00Last day before the bash tomorrow and the start of the leave periodJIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-19731433042736545342007-05-09T02:16:00.000+08:002007-05-09T02:19:30.029+08:002 more days to the spring party and 3 more days to the start of the holidays.JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-31534541905741134402007-05-08T00:57:00.000+08:002007-05-08T01:14:26.395+08:00Quite a sian day. Call me a cynic but I honestly do not understand the motivations of people applying to corporate finance if they are not ready for the kind of hours. Why bother transfering to corporate finance if all they want to do are to sit around in office and erm read their own materials. The market must be that hot that almost everyone who applies will probably gets a job in CF if he or JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-70609854610001325772007-04-24T00:51:00.000+08:002007-04-24T00:58:08.385+08:00Hmmm... think I have been complaining too much of late that I forgot to congraulate you Denise for landing your intern with Barclays Private Banking!Though not with the investment bank or with the research, I think its a fantastic addition to your resume girl!! Your exams are coming too right? All the best for your revisions and projects!!I better start getting into the mode for revision too JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-81435853504935475312007-04-23T00:55:00.000+08:002007-04-23T01:08:24.018+08:00*absofuckinlutely sians*Not exactly in the best of moods... The dental brackets still hurts (I don't even want to think about the extraction and the rest of the brackets that are due this week), a wasted sat and the CFA that's due in like 5 weeks or so. Damned. Tell me there's a rainbow after all this.Dental BracketsHurts... and its only two of them for now. Can't think of the pain when the rest JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-2366976198772042082007-04-11T01:17:00.000+08:002007-04-11T01:21:50.820+08:00Finally the project is coming to an end...It's been about a month since the preparation for the project began and its been a really tiring month. Tomorrow's an off day. At least till 930 in the evening when we are to have the conference call with the engaging parties and I sure will be sleeping in till late.I wouldn't mind another one or two of projects like this just that the organizing could JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-43302116850849157202007-04-05T01:57:00.000+08:002007-04-05T02:21:32.888+08:00Pardon my languagebut I am just so absofuckinglutely shag and worn out from 10 straight days of shit from the Laos and Cambodia proj.The project is moving in such a haphazard manner and things happen at the lars minute (punt intended) that it just tires you out but to be fair, it had been an interesting trip but yeah I am tired. So tired.Here's the chain of event leading to yesterday's arrival JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-45581219667036901302007-03-11T22:11:00.000+08:002007-03-11T22:24:29.692+08:00just got back and damned... I am really shag.Oh I was saying... On Friday, I met up with Fiona, my ex colleague from my post JC, pre army days working at Citibank and her friend Jacq for lunch. Good to see that she is doing well now in her work at DBS. Ain't it just nice to hear that your friends are doing well. Good that she brought along her pretty friend too.That night was the going away JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-56557813340293667842007-03-11T18:50:00.000+08:002007-03-11T20:27:38.298+08:00The weekend's been good so far; that is if you discount today which seems pretty much like any other workday.SaturdayGot a call from Jason last night when I was out with the Wakeboarders and learnt that he's now heading for Deutsche and man, am I glad for him. Finally he will be getting an ibank pay for doing ibank work. Hmmm now where does that leave me? Damned. Just got to be patient I guess.ItJIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-31195264042000614092007-03-08T00:06:00.000+08:002007-03-08T00:31:34.303+08:00Argh… I feel terrible… down with the flu and fever… but well… it means a day off tomorrow not that I am complaining about the work load this week. Perhaps, this is what they call the quiet before the storm.Yesterday was another early day too as the result of the two Sumatra earthquakes that occurred just before and after lunch. I wouldn’t have mind staying back if not for the fact that everyone JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-43616483946103546752007-03-04T04:12:00.000+08:002007-03-04T04:36:02.112+08:00More Pictures on Impresario 07's gatheringImpresario... 05, 06 and 07 The beauty and the beasts?The beauties? Ermm...The Superhost?Super economist? JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-40986800670483627742007-03-04T03:21:00.000+08:002007-03-04T04:10:32.242+08:00Just back from Impresario 07 and it was definitely nice catching up up with all the familiar faces again.Gathering at Carl's Junior Extended Impresario family Superhost Lee Teng and myselfThank goodness there was no drinks involved in this time's outing... still got to head back to office after lunch tomorrow to prepare for my trip next week. Did I mention that I will be Thailand, Laos and JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-33220625754974536892007-02-28T22:27:00.000+08:002007-02-28T22:44:03.884+08:00Guess what? I might be Myanmar, Laos and Thailand bound next week for a total of three weeks which I really don't mind if not for my Bahasa Indonesian classes. Denise!! you better practise B. Indonesian with me or intro other pretty Indon girls to me to practise the language. The learning curve these past three months has certainly been steep and I can't say how much more I am learning here than JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-88053969031303439852007-02-27T23:46:00.000+08:002007-02-28T00:19:26.287+08:00Not even mid week and I am already feeling worn out... must be all the late nights I've been staying up to finish the movies on my hard disk and from the purchases made during the last JB trip.Blood diamonds is really a gem of a show - sending out a powerful message not just about the trade in blood diamonds but the plight of the poor africans suffering from the internal strifle and the blood JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-48353938287220838692007-02-25T21:03:00.000+08:002007-02-25T21:14:12.689+08:00Just back from dinner and its like 9.... ten hours and counting... In case you still don't get what I am doing, I am pretending to be an ibanker hence the moniker, ibanker wannabe in a place rule by auditors. No offence to the auditors though.Here, we do stuff that the bankers do but we also do the things that the auditors don't want to or can't... nevermind... I am not thinking straight but yea,JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-22830083987406985672007-02-25T19:06:00.000+08:002007-02-25T19:40:41.885+08:00Here I am, back again after such a long hiatus…Today is Sunday and somehow it feels exactly like any other day of the week being in office except that I am in jeans and tees. So much for trying to reduce my work hours… I am way maxing out my overtime leave in no time.Chinese New Year was a good break but again, I got too many a drink too much and was totally wasted last week. I had way so much JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1168459816672452872007-01-11T04:03:00.000+08:002007-01-11T04:10:16.686+08:00Just got back from winebar and man... am I wiped out... and yea I still need to wake up early in 4 hrs time? Not for work but for dental appointment. Yeah.. I am so gonna get my braces this year...Didn't expect to do winebar tonight but headed down anyway cos Denise called and she will only be staying till Sunday before she flies back to Boston so I figured I might as well do some catching up JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1167330487123073732006-12-29T01:53:00.000+08:002007-01-11T04:13:16.706+08:00It's been a long time since the last entry. What's new? What's happening?It's been so long that in the time since last my last blog entry you probably think that this blog exist no more, and in this time, I have been to Thailand and back, mugged for my CFA paper, started on my new job, and endured a slow and uneventful christmas and it''s just three more days to the new year.ThailandThailand was JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1160118931672129132006-10-06T14:20:00.000+08:002006-10-06T15:15:32.270+08:00Feeling sians...Just had a whole champagne truffles mooncake to myself... and the sians part is not just about the mooncake part though I am really going to suffer the consequences of too much good food.There's a storm brewing in office... first no music and now claims are subjected to a much more lengthy and bo liao process...and thats not the end of all. Throw in the complications and JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1160033920349797962006-10-05T15:28:00.000+08:002006-10-05T15:38:40.366+08:00@#&%$ Argh… they have now banned listening of music by earphones in office! How am I gonna stay awake. @#%$&Yet another calorie laden meal… that makes it three super fattening meals in two days…Had buffet over at Hilton last night and italian fare for lunch today… what was I saying about my diet again? Hai…JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1159946485114811152006-10-04T15:04:00.000+08:002006-10-04T15:21:25.126+08:00So much for my diet... just back from a super duper heavy lunch at the StraitsKitchen over at the Grand Hyatt.The selection of local food on offer wasn't that bad and I quite enjoy the malay and indian fare. Yummy. Think I can give dinner a miss liao... The decor over at the place was quite nice. There was just so any nice tea pots on display but their choice of songs was just terrible - a JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1159843882950669182006-10-03T10:35:00.000+08:002006-10-03T10:51:22.966+08:00TodaySigning up for Salsa later i hope~!Lunching with Baoli and Michele later in the afternoon. Sure has been a while since I have met Baoli. Speaking of that, my stomach is growling... umph... I must control~!Haha, I have this piece of A4 piece pinned u infront of me with the words FAT 胖 in front of me that's so supposed to remind me of my supposed diet... Yup, just two words in bold and font JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1159755061444786382006-10-02T10:09:00.000+08:002006-10-02T10:11:01.456+08:00I want to pick up Salsa again!JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1159644444151533732006-10-01T02:55:00.000+08:002006-10-04T15:23:43.136+08:00Earlier in the day: Impresario gathering organised by our MAS girl, ShiminGave the morning KTV session a miss though cos by the time I woke up , they were already at KBox Marina Square and by the time I made my way down after much dilly-dallying it was already 4 in the afternoon?It must have been like a month or two since the last catch up session and I am just glad that most of the bunch are JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1159515890599164962006-09-29T15:42:00.000+08:002006-09-29T15:44:50.620+08:00Finally done changing the blog interface...Time reads 3:43 PM. Can't wait to embrace the weekend.Catching up with Impresario Bunchie tomorrow....JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1159499786210342152006-09-29T11:14:00.000+08:002006-09-29T11:16:26.233+08:00This morning:Couldn’t wake up this morning.Last night:It must have been the run last night. Yeah, I ran last night, or rather, earlier this morning at two? By the time I showered and hit the pillows after some reading while awaiting for my hair to dry up it must have been three thirty.Pretty mad you must be thinking. Yup, perhaps so. Had KFC last night and boy, do I feel fat after that and havingJIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1159415095790955642006-09-28T11:44:00.000+08:002006-09-28T11:44:55.806+08:00Paycheck day and finally, a decent sum.Today has been anything but interesting; time creeping by so slowly and I am supposed to like meet this insurance agent from hsbc whom I don’t have any bearings about. It is not that I am adverse to insurance agents; just that you have so many of them calling.JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1159275084504843492006-09-26T20:49:00.000+08:002006-09-26T20:51:24.520+08:00It has been three months and counting since my last entry… life’s pretty much still the same I guess. George Bush is still in power, Singapore is still as hot and the world still as chaotic.Things are not getting any rosier, hours not any shorter. Work has been manageable I guess but then it is being set off by preparations for the cfa paper that is due the first week of December, a date not too JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1150687302112894172006-06-19T11:17:00.000+08:002006-06-19T11:21:42.126+08:00Requoting the quotes that Addie had plastered over his site.Do take some time off to read them25 quotes regarding friendship."Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." - Anaïs Nin"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You, too? Thought I was the only one."" - C.S.JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1150092356777276282006-06-12T13:44:00.000+08:002006-06-12T14:05:56.793+08:00Home sweet homeArrived back in the tiny red dot we call home on friday evening and after a much missed mom prepared meal, I was out again for good old Singapore prata with Derrick and chan Fan, followed by drinks and the opening match of the world cup over at Robertson quay.. and it wasn't till 6 in the morning that I finally hit the pillows.The next day was pretty much the same, meeting up with JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1149343110036971932006-06-03T21:51:00.000+08:002006-06-03T22:03:44.080+08:00In one of the roman internet centres now.. just did the tour of the Vatican museums and man.... the queue to get in was mad! 3 hours. can u believe it...Haven't gotten the chance to send out my postcards from the vatican city yet because they closes at 2.30 and it was impossible to get into the Vatican post office at St Peter's square cos of some mass they are holding today... but so far I got toJIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1149152513855263632006-06-01T16:58:00.000+08:002006-06-01T17:01:53.873+08:00brr... I rreally can't take the winds here no more.... thank goodness i wioll be heading for rome tomorrow... and the transport system here is just so inefficient you would think it cease to exist at times-hence the reson for me sitting here to blòg...apparently the train just got delayed for an hour... and it's not something unusual here.. and outlet shopping which was supposed to be at 9.30 hasJIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1149000331467332092006-05-30T22:37:00.000+08:002006-05-30T22:45:31.486+08:00I am freezing my butt off here in florence man....so damn cold... and boring... and i tot the parisian cold was behind me... so wrongstuck in this campsite thats like an hour away from the city center but thank godness there's not much i wld like to see here... lucky thing is thye organise trips to sienna and st germingo and one for outlet shopping at the discount stores of the guccis and armanisJIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1148754909013152662006-05-28T02:13:00.000+08:002006-05-28T02:35:09.033+08:00Just ran.... my first run in close to 2 weeks i think... talk about keeping in shape in Milan. hahaha nope, Milan aint cold. It's like Singapore... Love it after being in the cold for so long...my coup so far in Europe goes like this... 4 shirts (1 polo ralph, 2 zaras and one spanish brand that i can't even remeber), 1 springfield jacket and tee and belt, and 2 andrew's ties and i bet they cost JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1148382002047357112006-05-23T18:56:00.000+08:002006-05-23T19:00:02.060+08:00In Nice now in one of the internet cafes checking my emails.The weather has been great though it can still be a tad chilly in the morning. The pebble beach is pretty nice and i love the old street zith its cafes. Simply amazing - the sights and the food that isJIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1148251662762539692006-05-22T06:03:00.000+08:002006-05-22T06:52:09.380+08:00Completed my mini Da Vinci code tour today and man... the Lourve was sinply huge... (below are some pictures of the Lourve) and heading out to Nice and Monaco tomorrowSee the glass pyramid below? The Arc below Headed to see the Eiffel Tower while Zehan went off to Notre Dame (I covered that yesterday) and caught three rainbows while up there (a pretty pretty sight) The Eiffel TowerCan u see the JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1148169729669064252006-05-21T07:48:00.000+08:002006-05-21T08:02:09.686+08:00First day in Paris n already the metro system n keyboards are driving me crazy...Visited the notre dame church and St Supice Church [u know... the da vinci code] and will cover the lourve tomorrow...Had a very satisfying dinner tonite but it sure was priceyAt the home of the champions, BarcelonaFat cat at La Roca, the shopping district for past season items on outskirts of BarcelonaOne of PicassoJIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1148067509802825692006-05-20T03:25:00.000+08:002006-05-20T03:38:29.843+08:00Went on the Picasso walking tour this morning and cleared the Barri Gothic area today and some of the architecture are just simply amazing but i think sagrada familia still comes out tops on my most amazing place to see in Barcelona.Bought another shirt and a belt today from zara and springfield. man... i love barcelona. if there´s only more time here to just explore all the various streets and JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1147992245608942642006-05-19T06:34:00.000+08:002006-05-19T06:44:05.620+08:003rd day in Barcelona and we went for the bus tour which i seriously dun think was that worth it... you fall asleep cos u cant make out what they were saying man... but yeah it´s a good way to get to have a glimpse of everything.hmm the trip is going well i suppose but guess thereçs just somethings that zehan and I don´t really agree on like the things we enjoy doing but i guess it works out fine JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1147903501238974312006-05-18T05:54:00.000+08:002006-05-18T06:22:12.730+08:002nd day of Barcelona expedition and it sure was full of ups and downUps - I got two shirts; one cufflink and one from polo from La Roca Village (the factory outlets on the outskirts of Barcelona), getting to soak up the atmosphere of the catalan crowd over at La Rambla as Barcelona was playing Arsenal and seeing the magnificent Sagrada Famalia. That piece of work by Gaudi really makes up feel JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1147817630295322222006-05-17T05:56:00.000+08:002006-05-17T06:13:50.306+08:002nd day of a european tale; sitting in the internet room of a barcelonean hostelArrived at Heathrow aiport at approx 5 in the morning yesterday and it wasn´t until 2 this morning that I hit the pillows.Visited West Minister, Big Ben, Trafalgur Square, Soho Street, met Denise and Ann Marie for lunch, witnessed a deomstration (what against? I got absolutely no idea. will post some pics of it later)JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1147361755019522932006-05-11T23:23:00.000+08:002006-05-11T23:42:42.923+08:00Some of the pictures over the past few days with my new camera phone. quite sharp pictures for a cam phone i must say.Wenting's sending off. Lucky it didn't cost me to fail my CFMAS test (grammar intended - it cost over a hunderd buckeroos per time) Smiley Group members, Rongming and Cheewee. Talk the hand, he says.Japanese restaurant like I mentioned; Nice food served.Throw in a bunch of hunks JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1147360703351503752006-05-11T23:12:00.000+08:002006-05-11T23:46:22.636+08:00hmm.. correction... seems like got people misread what i was saying in the previous blog.anyway haha that couple from my advanced corp class this sem can't be refering to myself lah or my friend.. to be more explicit before anything goes more out of line, I shall name the lady character the qian nu otherwise the one whom looks manly, Ir*s and her friend. Kudos to the one who thought it up (commonJIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1147164476182966582006-05-09T16:39:00.000+08:002006-05-09T16:47:56.196+08:00Haha… so funny to have made it past the previous HSBC Hongkong telephone interview with the advanced financial test scheduled on Thursday. Why So? When the interview was conducted in mandarin and 30% of my replies were in English, that’s why.But, the chances of me getting to an eventual offer is so slim that perhaps it is next to zilch as I will be Europe bound come this Sunday and it is unlikelyJIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1146892363038381412006-05-06T13:05:00.000+08:002006-05-06T13:12:43.050+08:00so shagged now....slept at close to five last night to finish booking accomodation for London (was sure not easy trying to figure the value for money hostels that aren't in too seculded area far away from Heathrow) and Verncie.woke up at 10 plus today to head down to vote... my first time le... yeah, guess age is catching up with me...Lunch tomorrow?JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1146581558308402332006-05-02T22:46:00.000+08:002006-05-02T22:52:38.326+08:00Brenda called just now to catch up and see how things were going on my side.Thanks girl, if you are reading the blog. That was real sweet.Yea what she said pretty much make sense. Think it must be cos i am too free these days thats why just thinking too much.Will just use Europe as a getaway and get a good break before work starts i guess.12 days more to go.JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1146477872862443612006-05-01T17:49:00.000+08:002006-05-01T18:04:32.876+08:0013 days more before europe. can't wait to catch up with denise in London. sure has been a long while since i last saw her before she went over to Boston.No dinner plans tonight. My fault maybe for not confirming it?Heading out to join Biyu and Wenting to do some studying later at Macs. Never seem to be able to do much at home with the bed and comp around.Why am i feeling so sian now that uni lifeJIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1146335921941694002006-04-30T02:36:00.000+08:002006-04-30T03:16:47.550+08:00pretty uneventful day today....finally through with the drama and yea, don't watch it if you are intending to...met martin (a.ka. Ah ma) to borrow his basic theory test booklet and to catch up earlier in the evening at west mall. now contemplating whether to change phone tomorrow (my 6230 better be in functional conditional tomorrow i hope). Ah ma's still pretty much the same though he looks JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1146140594287684902006-04-27T20:17:00.000+08:002006-04-27T20:26:51.243+08:00made a minor crack on my floor this afternoon when the weights attached to my dumbell wasn't secured properly and fell. damned. luckily the crack ain't all that noticeable.otherwise, has a pretty plain sailing day... just idling around as you would put it. need to hit the cfmas material later though.cyndi wang really can't acts in the drama show i am watching right now... haha its so bad that it JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1146067347258606582006-04-26T23:53:00.000+08:002006-04-27T00:27:06.886+08:00wasn't much of a phone call today but yea still feel quite good about it : )cleared the remaining bits of my room today and read up a bit for the cmfas paper and yea it is so so dry... and in between i somehow managed to squeeze in six episodes of a taiwanese drama, tian guo de jia yisome of the pics of my den... JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1145977657957794212006-04-25T21:31:00.000+08:002006-04-25T23:07:38.713+08:00watching da chang jin now...went Ikea today and got a new quilt and quilt cover and yeah some of the sofa beds really look damn nice and when I got home, to my surprise mom actually asked if I want to get a new bed. haha talking about things going right...JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1145891710246695622006-04-24T23:14:00.000+08:002006-04-25T02:36:34.790+08:00Just off the phone = )Had an enjoyable dinner last night and I certainly don’t think I could have asked for more : )Pretty slow day today as it is with most of the past few days. Didn’t do too much cept for cleaning up my room a bit before heading to the gym.Still have to read up a bit for the cfmas paper but yea I think I will probably get the sense of urgency come next week.JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1145731135340749072006-04-23T02:35:00.000+08:002006-04-23T02:51:41.666+08:00Just got home from dinner and movie with Brenda and the twins; had Mediterranean at Esmirada over at Orchard Hotel followed by the show, firewall starring Harrison Ford and Bill Cox. Don’t really want to sound like a cynic but yeah the show is kinda a bit too unbelievable to have Jack (Ford), the bank’s computer security specialist overcoming the whole bunch of bad guys himself single-handedly. JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1145385857620976772006-04-19T02:42:00.000+08:002006-04-19T02:44:17.633+08:00Finished with the last of my papers today but still one CFMAS test to clear before the trip to Europe. Think will go down to the IBF centre tomorrow to register for the test on the 10th May so this way I will finish papers with the smiley gang and get drunk silly. HahaSure seems like time has just flow by rite? Three years and suddenly, POOF! Uni days are over!One more interview up today and I JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1145286894219160542006-04-17T23:12:00.000+08:002006-04-17T23:14:54.233+08:00really need to replace my mobile at the end of the month when my contract crosses the 21 mark...now still have to go around looking for friend's contacts again that were not recorded in the sim card... damned!16 hrs more! I will survive!JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1145197754391041512006-04-16T22:27:00.000+08:002006-04-16T22:29:14.403+08:00Going crazy~!!!One and half more days of suffering to...JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1145068786563242802006-04-15T10:31:00.000+08:002006-04-15T10:39:46.576+08:00Kinda going crazy with exam preps. Really pressed for time with a jc gathering to still factor in this evening at boon leng’s new place but it has really been a while since I have caught up with them.Time has really flown by. It’s like 7 years since the days of St Andrew’s and I wonder how the rest has changed or settled down in their respective careers, and school for the guys.3 more days of JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1144959278715733242006-04-14T04:11:00.000+08:002006-04-14T04:14:38.726+08:004 am already and I am semi brain dead but endure I must for it’s just under 5 days to the end of my last paper.Got the call from Omega cap I was waiting for today, and guess I will now be able to just sit back and relax a bit while I explore other opportunities. No complaints about Omega though and I think I should be able to get a wealth of experience in corporate finance in a smaller set-up. ItJIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1144834424233078322006-04-12T17:31:00.000+08:002006-04-12T17:33:44.246+08:00Just a thoughtFunny thing rumors can be. i have been hearing I have secured this and that offer that I sometimes I only hope those rumors were true. Haha…Not panicking yet though. Still waiting for the outcome from the interview yesterday and scheduled for yet another next week. Man, I would definitely rack up the points if there’s a point system for the number of interviews attended. Please justJIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1144583375504550792006-04-09T19:47:00.000+08:002006-04-09T19:49:35.610+08:00Sunday – another slow dayChelsea has just conceded a goal with a man sent off... let’s just hope Man Utd can beat Arsenal later to see the title race back once more.Revision has been kinda slow but let’s just hope I can get through two more sets of lecture notes later.Hmmm it seems that my cousin, Geneicia is through to the final rounds of Miss Singapore Universe 2006. Can’t say I have been JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1144413128234942142006-04-07T20:29:00.000+08:002006-04-07T20:32:08.246+08:00Probably the worst of my investment banking interviews so far.. it wasn’t as if the psychometric test was too hard (was the same copy as that of HSBC which I finished before time) or the interview too technical. It was just one of those days there everything don’t really seem to go right.Friday: 11 days to the end of academicsReally fast time flies huh? Already reaching the three year milestone JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1144174323970021052006-04-05T02:09:00.000+08:002006-04-05T02:20:13.600+08:00我曾經那樣倉惶失措的想着妳 (Wo chen jing na yang chang huang shi cuo de siang zhe ni) - that’s the title of the song that’s I am listening to right now.A blast from the past indeed. Was having supper with Wenting and Biyu on Sunday at Bt Gombak when I saw someone so familiar walking past from afar… A small world indeed, and finally I guessed it was time for that long overdue hi to be delivered. And in this JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1143534050177426112006-03-28T16:10:00.000+08:002006-03-28T16:20:50.193+08:00Tuesday, the day after the rejection email. Seems I won’t get to be an Investment Banker. Yet. Well, there is no time to dwell on it and be miserable but just have to move on I guess but it sure hurts to be dumped at the last round.Went down to a fashion show at The Tent, Takashimaya thanks to Brenda’s complimentary tixs. Well, the event was kinda dumb; waiting for say 40 mins to catch some girlsJIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1143133413669984222006-03-24T01:03:00.000+08:002006-03-24T01:03:33.683+08:00Feeling sian but just can’t get into the frame of mind to study…I just hate waiting… I actually exceeded my own expectations and made it through to the last round of eight candidates or so according to the regional hr manager whom I spoke with on Tuesday but then again it doesn’t matter if you are the fourth or fifth on their pecking order and just fall short.The past three weeks had been real JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1142857673038935992006-03-20T20:02:00.000+08:002006-03-20T20:27:53.093+08:00Just back from my interview… a lost cause? Seems so… We shall see how tomorrow…Well… anyway I have never thought I would have gotten this far, with the bloppers in the first interview followed by the 3.5 hr long assessment test…Not disheartened. Just tired from having to prepare and prepare for the different rounds of interviews. Well, I supposed nothing good comes easy.The past week had been JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1142050251571196122006-03-11T12:06:00.000+08:002006-03-11T12:20:49.723+08:00Just back from my run and man… does it feel refreshingLife has now returned to normal with the end of The Analyst competition or has it? There’s still the submission of our final year project in two weeks and examinations in five weeks before the final chapter in my university life comes to a close. It has been a pretty good life with more ups than down I guess but I guess you can’t avoid meetingJIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1141494849181865872006-03-05T01:50:00.000+08:002006-03-05T02:02:40.820+08:00Spent most of today in the free access lab with Han Wei and Chee Wee churning out the presentation material for The Analyst finalsYea… surprisingly we are through to the finals of The Analyst, a stock analysis competition organized by SMU and sponsored by Kim Eng Securities because the report we submitted was quite briefHai… not to forget, there’s also FYP which is due soon…Having done with The JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1141115347872142172006-02-28T16:06:00.001+08:002006-02-28T16:29:07.883+08:00Just back from my swim and now in the comfort of my air-conditioned room... This sure is bliss.This must be my most relaxed semester ever in my university life and I sure can't complain about not having any social life or time to myself. Haha. I guess I do kinda deserve it after all the overloading of modules and activities the previous 5 semesters.Think the rest of today will be trying to catch JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1140985955181780992006-02-27T04:23:00.000+08:002006-02-27T04:32:35.196+08:00Superhost 2006 and Supper maniaJust back from the finals of Superhost 2006 and damned, Leeteng should so have won but for the lack of his smaller fan base… I mean, we really tried with 200-400 calls each from the impresario bunch but support for Cui Fang was really too overwhelming I guess. It sure was disappointing to see him lead all the way only to falter at the end. But still, it is still JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1140879676480876802006-02-25T22:59:00.000+08:002006-02-25T23:01:16.496+08:00Damned tired from the JB trip, the Hong Kong drama serials, FYPing and planning for Europe…Today really ate way too much in JB. There wasn’t really anything else to buy or shop for.Friday - Social Etiquette CourseWas down at the American Club yesterday morning for half a day of learning table manners and socially acceptable behaviors… Not much complaints just that it was way too early in the JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1140644297624688862006-02-23T05:36:00.000+08:002006-02-23T05:38:17.653+08:00Had been wanting to update this site for some time now but just hadn’t really done so… so here I am… The past few weeks has been pretty eventful and let’s see what I can recall.This week is the one week break but then again it probably doesn’t feel too different from the other weeks I have this semester. Contrary to what most people believe, I rather be having more on my plate right now.Wait!!! JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1139358600639215102006-02-08T08:23:00.000+08:002006-02-08T08:35:46.610+08:00Been a while since i last blogged... a bit of update for the past week...Body AchesRecently has been trying to get back in shape and been heading to the gym… and now I am so paying the price for it…. My body aches like hell. DamnedChinese New YearThe past week has been a week of guilt and vice, just think of all the food and gambling over the few days of Chinese New Year celebrationMet up with JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1138599579835210912006-01-30T13:26:00.000+08:002006-01-30T13:39:39.846+08:00Second day of Chinese New YearJust back from run… Eh can’t really help it since I did supper with Adrian, Biyu, Wen Ting and the twins.Never really a big fan of the Chinese New Year, it just means that shops are closed, everywhere is jam packed and they play the same music over and over again but yea it is indeed a good time of the year to see friends and family you probably don’t see for the JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1138336374129962622006-01-27T12:28:00.000+08:002006-01-27T12:32:54.143+08:00Posting here a story that I have read a couple of times the past few days. It is even on some of my friends’ MSN as a nick but somehow I don’t quite agreeTree===The reason I'm called tree is because I'm good at painting trees. Over timeI start to use a tree on the right hand corner as a trademark for all my watercolors painting. I have dated 5 gals when I was in Pre-U.There's one gal who I love aJIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1138335105563509102006-01-27T12:11:00.000+08:002006-01-27T12:11:45.576+08:00No call from Fortis yetMaybe I should have just redone the form… and not asked alpha maps to re-use the one I used for HSBC…JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1138333993845114902006-01-27T11:52:00.000+08:002006-01-27T11:53:45.343+08:00Just got my pay check Sure feels good, even as an intern. I guess one can’t really ask for too much right?Had it not for my not so frugal life style – maybe graduation trip could have been much longer even with more destination. Chinese New Year eve is tomorrowThat’s fast, isn’t it? Time to sit back and enjoy the once a year gambling sessions. Haha Day before today - SchoolWas back yesterday JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1138172725568231512006-01-25T15:04:00.000+08:002006-01-25T15:05:25.583+08:00Some thoughtsFor those who don’t quite understand the poem, One Art, maybe you can take a look at http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/639.html . There are some comments made by various readers I guess that’s where the beauty about literature lies – everyone can have different interpretations to one piece. Personal thoughts:“Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture I love) I shan't JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1138170258650712312006-01-25T14:23:00.000+08:002006-01-25T14:24:18.663+08:00Movie Review – In her shoesGo watch the show – it is worth the money so In the show, Maggie Feller (Cameron Diaz) stars as an irresponsible, practically illiterate alcoholic who sleeps around or steals to get by in the world. Her sister, Rose Feller (Toni Collette) is a self-conscious, workaholic lawyer who is dating her boss and indulges in her one passion, fashionable dress shoesIn other words,JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1138098938215351762006-01-24T18:35:00.000+08:002006-01-24T18:35:38.226+08:00Tuesday, two more days to the end of Investment Banking internshipStill hard at work researching…Really should take a good break now that I am into my final semester and having packed on so many activities and modules in the prior semesters but I will still have to start reading up on all the chapters that I have missed so far. Will really start serious applications for jobs and not take JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1137699689725911422006-01-20T03:39:00.000+08:002006-01-20T03:41:29.740+08:00Just ran… probably will take some time for me to fall zzz so here I am penning some thoughts.Dragonfly – More like a HouseflyDidn’t get the dragonfly internship but why ain’t I the least bit upset over it?Maybe because I probably wouldn’t have wanted to commit six months to some crap firm; I have not always been accurate in my assessment of things but yeah, the way I see it, the internship with JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1137414139009443632006-01-16T20:21:00.000+08:002006-01-16T20:22:19.030+08:00TodayJust had a power failure, and with that some twenty minutes of data and information I was on went pfommp~! Thank goodness I wasn’t doing my final year project or my internship report just then.The analyst just told me he might need help and asked if I could stay late… well… what can I say? Haha. I can’t just leave him there to die can I? Otherwise he probably still be in office at three? Ok…JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1137158667955025362006-01-13T20:09:00.000+08:002006-01-13T21:24:27.996+08:00The last day of internship notMet Hanwei and Adrian and I will probably see them tomorrow and on Sunday again… Today is quite a sian day… Getting a stiff neck from all the hours sitting in front of my terminal… and today will probably be yet another late night again and there’s the interview tomorrow…JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1137038292297250152006-01-12T11:55:00.000+08:002006-01-12T11:58:12.306+08:00I am so f$#king tired. Ya… I probably deserved it Just recalled in the morning that I have got a Citibank interview scheduled this Saturday morning but I have promised to go down to MOS this Friday. Sians….But life ain’t so bad after all. Learnt this morning that my internship has been extended for 2 more weeks!JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1137009405750592382006-01-12T03:55:00.000+08:002006-01-12T03:56:45.763+08:00PARTY TIME!!!!It’s 3.48 and I am just back from Zouk and it was probably one of the better nights out despite Zouk being unusually empty it must have been the rain if not for MOS and as Brenda’s friend Faz would put it – Zouk’s being raped by MOS!) Finally met Brenda and the twin’s friend Cheng Hua and yeah he really is an interesting character and a few of her friends. It was my first time in JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1136909974830044452006-01-11T00:02:00.000+08:002006-01-11T11:37:44.566+08:00Been a week or so since I left anything here… and school will be starting soonThis is the last week of my internship with the bank and hopefully not the last of my foray into the world of corporate finance. Time really flies huhPast weekThe past week or so have been rather packed. Went out with Angela on Sunday, had a meeting for the constituent youth group which I am helping out at, met Chee JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1136210952697156342006-01-02T22:05:00.000+08:002006-01-02T22:11:04.593+08:00A brand new year and along with it - new goals, new resolutions and new peopleYear 2005 was not too bad and I am sure 2006 will be a better year (let’s all put the negative mentality aside! It’s only the second day of the New Year… the bitching can come later)Week leading up to the New YearThe past week has been kinda slow in the office with most of the staff on leave.I am more or less done with JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1135731760499468362005-12-28T09:02:00.000+08:002005-12-28T09:02:40.510+08:00Feels like the start of a good day… better be a good dayShould nothing go wrong I will be able to leave office early to meet Meiling for the Isetan private sale… yeah so much for the frugal lifestyle I am supposed to lead…Angela’s back and Lingman’s flying today. Joshua will be flying on Saturday I think… Oh yeah, the both of them are going to Canada… what a coincidenceJIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1135662459145762912005-12-27T13:47:00.000+08:002005-12-27T13:47:39.156+08:00Time is now 1.45pm and I still haven’t had lunch… and it seems like I am the only one in office today for lunch… pretty amazing how I have been pretty free in the morning before all the arrows come all at once…Maybe it is a sign from above that I should go on a diet and eat less…JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1135608770840735952005-12-26T22:51:00.000+08:002005-12-26T23:11:20.743+08:00Hmm the holidays sure are quick to pass when you are working…Tomorrow will be the start of yet another week of my internship; my sixth week before I head back to schoolSpeaking of school… I will be doing a one day week next semester… with 7 hours packed into my Thursdays… sounds too good or too mad but yah, I have paid my dues and the price of doing too much in the previous semesters… Did I JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1135531193733061452005-12-26T01:18:00.000+08:002005-12-26T01:19:53.746+08:00Just back home from dinner with Wenting and Biyu, a belated treat from them for my birthday (hmm... that was quite sometime back though) as well as to celebrate Christmas. It really has been some time since I last caught up with them after the exams ended.Dinner was at Outback over at Millennia walk and as usual the pictures on the menu are misleading, and after which we had dessert at Gelare andJIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1135497943645823282005-12-25T16:01:00.000+08:002005-12-25T16:14:43.976+08:00Christmas day 2005Just back from a 30 minute run… hmm to help ease the guilt from last night’s (this morning) Ba Ku Teh and drinks and the so called feast over at Hanwei’s placeMet up with Hanwei and Adrian around six in the evening to prepare for a Christmas feast for us three single (unwanted?) guys… and it was really a dinner meant for nine instead of us three … Ok~ it was my fault that we JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1134957919062397642005-12-19T10:04:00.000+08:002005-12-19T10:05:19.073+08:0019 Dec – MondayAching all over – the consequence of a day of cable skiing in Batam yesterday.Results will likely be out today or tomorrow… *sigh* and Christmas, just around the corner.So far the day have been pretty quiet… no work for me… hmmm should I call it a blessing or should I complain about not having opportunities to learn more (can’t be I am that screwed up that no one’s giving me stuff JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1134721498487829292005-12-16T16:24:00.000+08:002005-12-16T16:24:58.496+08:00Today, Also known as the ‘end of the week’, has been a fairly slow day with nothing out of the blue as most of the senior bankers were out for a business lunchNow???They are back in office but I am still pretty sleepy… Call me mad. I actually asked if they require any help more than thrice today.I should so be taking my own sweet time to do my stuff… Too bad I had forgotten to bring my thumb JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1134613308984625522005-12-15T10:20:00.000+08:002005-12-15T10:21:48.996+08:00*Yawns* I really got to be sleeping earlier… pimples starting to pop… Thursday… The start of yet another day of my internshipAnother day to Friday, another two days to Saturday…Ran into Iris who was on her way to JPM this morning on the train when Vivian called to cancel lunch because of the Mango sale… TK~~ you should so tell your girlfriend to spend less~~ Last nightWas again at the place I wasJIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1134537812195773152005-12-14T13:23:00.000+08:002005-12-14T13:23:32.206+08:00The time is now 13:17… Stomach growling…Awaiting the analyst in my office to go for lunch together because Vivian couldn’t make it due to her stained pants? Sian…Results are going to be out soon… Double sian…Just submitted the first draft of a profile to my associate for review… bet it will be all in red when it comes back to me… Hmm… the bank just increased the dinner allowance to $20 from $8 JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1134051703674014552005-12-08T22:19:00.000+08:002005-12-08T22:21:43.686+08:00Not bad… not bad at all. Actually had a three hour long lunch today courtesy of the bank… but that three hours was in part due to the poor services and attitude by the staff at this restaurant at Boat Quay - the supervisor was the worst of the lot; when one of the associates declined to pay the service charge, instead of apologizing he actually tried to argue that we were in the wrong (by JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1133505348890700762005-12-02T14:28:00.000+08:002005-12-02T14:35:48.903+08:00It really have been some time since my last entry… I think three or four months must have just flown by…The Past:The school semester has come to an end…. Exams are over [sure am glad for that… I think I really screwed derivatives which was a really easy paper and Research Methods was just as bad…Exams aside, Business Solutions was formed, the Case competition was held, people participated but JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1122381653280186402005-07-26T20:40:00.000+08:002005-07-26T20:40:53.286+08:00Today is only the second day of school and I am already running out of breath…Reached home from KL at 1130 hrs yesterday and by 12 I was in school for the wakeboarding booth and had to meet up with the faculty along with Iris and YS for the Case Club meeting before returning for the wakeboarding booth.Today was not much better. Almost forgot that I had derivates lecture this morning and it was JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904233.post-1122113546496200882005-07-23T18:12:00.000+08:002005-07-23T18:12:26.500+08:00The holidays are about to be over soon with just another day and half or so to go before the new term.Looking back, the holidays sure has flown by quickly particulary in the last 2 weeks or so and denise too will be flying off for Indonesia soon and then for boston, her home for the next three or four years as she begin her new degree in business.With the start of the new term, it means only two JIONG TINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393523135111533200noreply@blogger.com0