... and so is my first month at work! Let's say it has been interesting. People in my dept are great to work with, but I have to say that it is quite often an empty office as everyone is busy at their various customer sites. The main customer I deal with currently is a really good one too - easy to work with, and very pleasant people. Only two urgent issues got raised in the past two weeks, and both of them were handled and resolved, though some follow up action is required. Enuff said about work!
I have got my beautiful little Toyota Sera now. Still have to fix the windscreen and the hydraulic arms that hold up the doors, but they have to be ordered from Japan and wont be in till Feb next year at the earliest. Also trying to decide whether to repaint the car or not. Right now it is a silvery colour, and Husband is trying to convince me to change it to Red (the colour of the Sera I used to have in SG). Anyway, while I wait to get the final bits done, and think about whether to paint it or not, I drive my pretty little car to and from work - and it is a helluva lot cheaper than driving our big car. RM55 for a full tank of gas, and it has been 1.5 weeks since I filled up the tank, and I still have a quarter tank left. Well, I guess that is the advantage of a 1500cc engine, as opposed to the 4700cc engine on our big car. I've also taken to leaving the office at 5.30pm sharp, as it then only takes me 35 minutes to get home, as opposed to 1.5 hours if I leave later. Mind you, I come home and connect up to the company vpn, and my company phone is active 24 hours, so I guess it doesn't make a huge amount of difference where I am.
Xmas is now over too, and we had a great time! Husband and I were at my parents in PJ by Sat afternoon. #1 niece and #1 nephew had been in PJ since Thursday, and their cousin (my sister-in-laws niece#1) had been there since Friday. Brother and Sis-in-law turned up on Sat evening. Sister & her two boys, and my parents, and Nieces and Nephew went for the carol service, while Husband, myself, Brother and Sis-in-law went to our favourite pub (Decanter, in D'sara Heights), and had dinner and a couple of drinks. Got home after 11pm, expecting everyone else to have already arrived home from church, and were surprised to find that we got home earlier than they did!
Sunday was spent in cooking (the maids did the work, supervised by my Mum and Sis-in-law), shopping, snoozing (Husband) and reading (me). The entire family were together in PJ by 6.00pm and the noise level went up correspondingly. Lots of talking, laughing and yelling. Sister brought along two chickens for roasting, as part of our Xmas Eve get-together dinner - and BOY did we have a feast! It is at times like this that I am truly grateful for the maids that my sis and sis-in-law bring along - they are such a big help, and definitely deserve the ang-pows that we all give them!
Anyway, we dragged dinner out as long as we could, just to torture the kids who were just waiting to open their Xmas pressies, but, what to do, dinner had to come to an end eventually, and the pressies got totally stripped of their wrapping - resulting in 5 totally thrilled kids :-) It was good fun!
Xmas day itself is always quiet - my parents hopped off to church nice and early. The rest of us slept late, but woke up in time for appam and chicken curry breakfast at 9.00am... followed by a humungous lunch! Our good friend, K, and her husband (B) turned up for lunch, plus one of my Brother's doctor friends and his wife and son, as well as Sis-in-laws brother and his two boys.
Brother et al left for Melaka around 3.00pm, followed soon after by Husband and I - after we finished washing up the last couple of dishes (the maids had done most of it), and vacuumed up the messy floor in the dining room.
In the evening Husband and I met up with some of my friends for dinner at Khaana Peena (in Mont'Kiara plaza). Sat and yakked from 7.30 to 10.30 and, of course, ate too much again. We both had a really good time! Didn't realise that it was so late. Of course, didn't sleep too well after that as we were both too full.... and had to get up for work this morning. Mind you, it was an easy day, so I'm not exactly complaining!
Now we are in the last week of this year, and heading helter-skelter into 2007. We dont really have anything planned for New Years Eve, other than being together, which is the most important thing for us. We may go out for a meal, or we may just put our feet up at home and relax. There is nothing that I would rather do than spend the time with Husband!
Anyway, to all of you out there who read my blog - I pray for you that the year 2007 will be full of blessings, joy, and love, and that it is the BEST YEAR YET.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Saturday, December 09, 2006
First week at work over!
Yep, I have been working for a whole week now! It has been pretty interesting so far - though I doubt that my first week is typical of what the rest of the weeks are going to be like. Some of you have been asking me what exactly I do... well, it's like this. The company I work with has several MAJOR clients who are big enough to warrant having several people (called ESD Managers) globally, dedicated to just THEM. My base of operations is APAC/Japan, with focus on just three clients. So far, my first few days at work has been concentrating exclusively on one such client - meeting them at their various offices, getting to know them, identifying ways we can work together to make sure their needs are met, etc. Next week and the following weeks I should be meeting up with the other two clients who I have been allocated to.
People in the office are interesting, and generally pretty helpful too. The department I am in has a wonderful lady (let's call her "L") who looks after everyone in the department - my first day at work she had sorted my desk, my supplies, a temp laptop (while waiting for my new one to be delivered), instructions on how to use the phone, where things are, etc. The office is physically located right smack in the most traffic-jammed area of town, right near KLCC. Morning traffic is OK - takes me about half an hour from home to office. Evening traffic seems pretty OK EXCEPT on Fridays when the whole area is like a major car park. Mind you, last Wednesday was BAD! It had been raining pretty much the whole day, and there were flash floods and downed trees. I left the office at 6.15pm, and eventually got home 1.5 hours later. Sigh......
My main boss is based in KL (and he really is a good boss to have), but I also have two lady bosses - one from the US and one from SG. They were in KL last week, so had the opportunity to get to know them a bit. Nice people! They are sorting out various trainings I should be going through as well, to try and get me up to speed on the job in the shortest time possible.
Enuff about me. Husband has been busy at home as well - getting our cosy little apartment into shape in terms of setting up our STUDY properly, putting in proper desks and bookshelves to keep the one million and one things that we have accumulated over the years. Well, to be more precise, the one million and one cables, wires, music books, camera items, computer items, music related items, etc, that beloved Husband has accumulated! As of today the study is pretty much done and it does look rather good. Next step is the guest bedroom - to put in two decent cupboards, dismantle and discard the old single cupboard and dresser, and paint the wall where it was. Final step is to get rid of all the old cupboards and tables, and to give away a 6-seater dining table that we had in the master bedroom which I was using as my study table. Now that my husband has the study itself sorted out, I've moved all my stuff out of the master bedroom and into the study, so the dining table can now be given away and we have much more space in the master bedroom (probably to clutter it up with other stuff instead).
So, folks, we are getting settled in and sorted out, and should be ready to receive guests in the not too distant future. Just let us know when you are coming, so we can make sure there are no clashes in schedules with other visitors :-)
We also had a GREAT get-together with the whole gang from my last company in KL ("T"). It was almost literally a laugh-a-minute. I enjoyed working with all of them, and if there is one thing I can thank that company for, it is for giving me the opportunity to get to know this bunch of people, and for giving me the chance to claim them as friends. Both Husband and I had a lot of fun, and we are already looking forward to the next get-together.
Till next time, take care, and may the days ahead be filled with joy and blessings.
People in the office are interesting, and generally pretty helpful too. The department I am in has a wonderful lady (let's call her "L") who looks after everyone in the department - my first day at work she had sorted my desk, my supplies, a temp laptop (while waiting for my new one to be delivered), instructions on how to use the phone, where things are, etc. The office is physically located right smack in the most traffic-jammed area of town, right near KLCC. Morning traffic is OK - takes me about half an hour from home to office. Evening traffic seems pretty OK EXCEPT on Fridays when the whole area is like a major car park. Mind you, last Wednesday was BAD! It had been raining pretty much the whole day, and there were flash floods and downed trees. I left the office at 6.15pm, and eventually got home 1.5 hours later. Sigh......
My main boss is based in KL (and he really is a good boss to have), but I also have two lady bosses - one from the US and one from SG. They were in KL last week, so had the opportunity to get to know them a bit. Nice people! They are sorting out various trainings I should be going through as well, to try and get me up to speed on the job in the shortest time possible.
Enuff about me. Husband has been busy at home as well - getting our cosy little apartment into shape in terms of setting up our STUDY properly, putting in proper desks and bookshelves to keep the one million and one things that we have accumulated over the years. Well, to be more precise, the one million and one cables, wires, music books, camera items, computer items, music related items, etc, that beloved Husband has accumulated! As of today the study is pretty much done and it does look rather good. Next step is the guest bedroom - to put in two decent cupboards, dismantle and discard the old single cupboard and dresser, and paint the wall where it was. Final step is to get rid of all the old cupboards and tables, and to give away a 6-seater dining table that we had in the master bedroom which I was using as my study table. Now that my husband has the study itself sorted out, I've moved all my stuff out of the master bedroom and into the study, so the dining table can now be given away and we have much more space in the master bedroom (probably to clutter it up with other stuff instead).
So, folks, we are getting settled in and sorted out, and should be ready to receive guests in the not too distant future. Just let us know when you are coming, so we can make sure there are no clashes in schedules with other visitors :-)
We also had a GREAT get-together with the whole gang from my last company in KL ("T"). It was almost literally a laugh-a-minute. I enjoyed working with all of them, and if there is one thing I can thank that company for, it is for giving me the opportunity to get to know this bunch of people, and for giving me the chance to claim them as friends. Both Husband and I had a lot of fun, and we are already looking forward to the next get-together.
Till next time, take care, and may the days ahead be filled with joy and blessings.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Starting work... TOMORROW!
Well, we arrived back in KL Sunday evening and were awfully anti-social since then... didn't even dropped by to say Hi to my parents the first couple of days - more because we are both very very tired - not having slept at all well the last two weeks in SG... so we have been catching up on sleep, rest, and some errands.
Husband quit work as of end October..... and, due to the way the apartment lease was written (a standard in SG), we have to keep the apartment till end-Feb.... We have two of our good friends (a Dutch/Scottish couple) who were coming to SG for a LONG break from Europe and since we are going to be in and out of SG, and will be using our apartment there only off and on (and more by Husband than by me), they will be staying as our guests, and keeping an eye on the apartment for us.
Anyway, early November Husband and I had already made two flying visits back to KL, just loading up our car (and our friends car once) with all our stuff to bring back. Which was already tiring - "flying" journeys when one is actually driving 4 hours there and 4 hours back are TIRING! Then we headed back to KL again on 11th Nov, returning to SG on 15th... we did not actually plan to drive back to KL again - but then, something interesting happened.
I used to have a little red Toyota Sera 6 years ago in Singapore (to see what it looks like, go to Google, and key in Toyota Sera, and check out the images!!). We sold it when I joined my last workplace in SG, since Husband was in the same office building and it did not make sense to have two cars! Well, Husband knows I love that car, and we have been keeping an eye open for one for the last few months... and, believe it or not, on Friday 17th Nov, I got home after yoga, looked up the Malaysian Motor Trader web site, and there was a Sera for sale, at a dealers in an area called Sungai Buloh which is about 30 minutes drive from our KL apartment... so Husband said "Pack up, let's go".. and we did. Packed up the car again with lots of stuff (particularly our bowling balls!!) and drove back to KL on 17th afternoon, arriving at night. Saturday we went to the dealers, and put a downpayment on the car, then drove back to SG early Sunday morning.. in time to make sure that we were back at our SG apartment before our friends from Europe turned up. That was, to put it mildly, an exhausting weekend.
Heniway, 20th to 24th Nov, I was busy with my friend, K, helping out at a conference that she was involved in organising for the National Institute of Education in Singapore. 25th was a birthday dinner for our Irish friend Tony... then on 26th we got ourselves onto the 2.00pm MAS flight back to KL. It landed late - weather was bad over the airport, so the plane had to maintain a holding pattern, and by the time it landed it was 3.30pm. We got home by 4.30pm!
Up early on Monday morning - to go to the bank to get money out to pay for the car, met the dealer with the Sera in tow, at the bank, went with him to HIS bank (right near our bank) to deposit the money, collected the Reg card, the insurance paper, the receipt, and drove the car straight to our regular maintenance people (They are Toyota and Lexus specialists) and have left it there for them to check out and do whatever is required to get it into shape. The body is in good shape, but it is a 16 year old car, so there is a lot to be checked in terms of engine, brakes, aircon, new radio, gear box (it is an auto), lights, overhaul, hydraulic arms (that hold up the gull wing doors), etc. It will probably take about 2 to 3 weeks to get things done, and in fact some parts have to come from Japan and that could take up to 3 months.... It is a silvery grey-blue colour.
We had also left our Lexus with a car dealer to see if it could be sold (actually, another reason was that we just did not want to leave it in the condo carpark as people notice when a car is not moved and they know that the owners are not at home!!)... anyway, interestingly, there is one guy who wants to buy the car, but could only get a loan of RM150K, which leaves him RM20K short that he would have to top up on his own (not counting the RM15K he has already coughed up for the deposit, insurance, etc). Heniway, he is in the process of 'mobilising' his funds to get the cash and that is gonna take a couple of weeks, so the dealer agreed we could take the car back and continue using it... and if the fella gets his money together, well and good... if not, well and good also!! As we would be quite happy either way!
Tuesday morning we went to Malaysian Immigration to put in the application to extend Husband's work permit (it expires on 16th Dec), and we were amazed that it went so smoothly - we got there at 9.30am, and we were out of there by 9.45am. It was unbelievably fast, smooth, and FRIENDLY!.
Wednesday early morning we drove the Lexus to SG, to pick up a painting that we could not fit into our SG hired car (the painting is 1.1m x 1.1m, and approx 3cm thick, not including the packaging) and we just could not get it into the Merc - not into the back seat, and not into the boot either. The Lexus is big enough to take it in though, so we drove in on Wed, picked up the painting around noon, had lunch, then drove straight back out again.
Something really interesting happened when we drove INTO SG. At the Immigration, when I inserted the Autopass card, for my car, into the reader, it showed ERROR. When I asked the Imm officer, he checked, then said..."When did your road tax expire last?" and I said 15th Feb 2006, but I renewed it. He then said, "Obviously you have not driven this car in Singapore since then". Apparently SG programs the Autopass card to reflect the cars road tax expiry. If you enter SG after the road tax is expired, the LTA must check to see that you have renewed your road tax first, and then they update the Autopass card to reflect the next expiry date. So, we got our Autopass updated, and LTA confirmed also that this was the first trip into SG this year for our car and that we have 10 free days still left to drive in SG.
NEXT, we get to Customs, no hassle there, but just as we were about to leave, we got stopped by an officer who tells us that our car has THREE outstanding summons in SG!! We were flabbergasted, as we go out of our way NOT to break laws in SG (or anywhere else for that matter!). Anyway, we parked our car, followed the guy, and he took us to the duty officer who showed us the records for the three summons. Would you believe, the offenses were committed on 18th, 20th, 22nd Feb 2006 - and we both IMMEDIATELY knew it was not our car - as we have been living in SG as legal residents since 6th Feb, and we are NOT ALLOWED to bring a Malaysian car into SG at all!! and, in fact, our car (as LTA had just confirmed) had never been driven into SG in 2006, prior to 29th Nov! So, to cut a long story short, the officer gave us the details, told us who to write to and appeal, and let us through. He also advised us not to pay if we are absolutely sure it is not us, and he said that until this matter is cleared up, whenever we exit or enter SG, we will be stopped again. Enuff said.
Heniway, the last piece of news is that I start work with a major MNC on Friday 1st Dec (which makes it a nice short week), but next week already promises to be a busy one. I will be in Cyberjaya on Monday for meetings, and in Penang on Tuesday for more meetings - all with one of the key customers of the organisation I will be working for, whom I will be managing here in Malaysia.. .
Well, that's our story for now.... I will keep my blog updated as and when I can... but have no idea what my time is going to be like once I start work. Wish me luck :-)
Husband quit work as of end October..... and, due to the way the apartment lease was written (a standard in SG), we have to keep the apartment till end-Feb.... We have two of our good friends (a Dutch/Scottish couple) who were coming to SG for a LONG break from Europe and since we are going to be in and out of SG, and will be using our apartment there only off and on (and more by Husband than by me), they will be staying as our guests, and keeping an eye on the apartment for us.
Anyway, early November Husband and I had already made two flying visits back to KL, just loading up our car (and our friends car once) with all our stuff to bring back. Which was already tiring - "flying" journeys when one is actually driving 4 hours there and 4 hours back are TIRING! Then we headed back to KL again on 11th Nov, returning to SG on 15th... we did not actually plan to drive back to KL again - but then, something interesting happened.
I used to have a little red Toyota Sera 6 years ago in Singapore (to see what it looks like, go to Google, and key in Toyota Sera, and check out the images!!). We sold it when I joined my last workplace in SG, since Husband was in the same office building and it did not make sense to have two cars! Well, Husband knows I love that car, and we have been keeping an eye open for one for the last few months... and, believe it or not, on Friday 17th Nov, I got home after yoga, looked up the Malaysian Motor Trader web site, and there was a Sera for sale, at a dealers in an area called Sungai Buloh which is about 30 minutes drive from our KL apartment... so Husband said "Pack up, let's go".. and we did. Packed up the car again with lots of stuff (particularly our bowling balls!!) and drove back to KL on 17th afternoon, arriving at night. Saturday we went to the dealers, and put a downpayment on the car, then drove back to SG early Sunday morning.. in time to make sure that we were back at our SG apartment before our friends from Europe turned up. That was, to put it mildly, an exhausting weekend.
Heniway, 20th to 24th Nov, I was busy with my friend, K, helping out at a conference that she was involved in organising for the National Institute of Education in Singapore. 25th was a birthday dinner for our Irish friend Tony... then on 26th we got ourselves onto the 2.00pm MAS flight back to KL. It landed late - weather was bad over the airport, so the plane had to maintain a holding pattern, and by the time it landed it was 3.30pm. We got home by 4.30pm!
Up early on Monday morning - to go to the bank to get money out to pay for the car, met the dealer with the Sera in tow, at the bank, went with him to HIS bank (right near our bank) to deposit the money, collected the Reg card, the insurance paper, the receipt, and drove the car straight to our regular maintenance people (They are Toyota and Lexus specialists) and have left it there for them to check out and do whatever is required to get it into shape. The body is in good shape, but it is a 16 year old car, so there is a lot to be checked in terms of engine, brakes, aircon, new radio, gear box (it is an auto), lights, overhaul, hydraulic arms (that hold up the gull wing doors), etc. It will probably take about 2 to 3 weeks to get things done, and in fact some parts have to come from Japan and that could take up to 3 months.... It is a silvery grey-blue colour.
We had also left our Lexus with a car dealer to see if it could be sold (actually, another reason was that we just did not want to leave it in the condo carpark as people notice when a car is not moved and they know that the owners are not at home!!)... anyway, interestingly, there is one guy who wants to buy the car, but could only get a loan of RM150K, which leaves him RM20K short that he would have to top up on his own (not counting the RM15K he has already coughed up for the deposit, insurance, etc). Heniway, he is in the process of 'mobilising' his funds to get the cash and that is gonna take a couple of weeks, so the dealer agreed we could take the car back and continue using it... and if the fella gets his money together, well and good... if not, well and good also!! As we would be quite happy either way!
Tuesday morning we went to Malaysian Immigration to put in the application to extend Husband's work permit (it expires on 16th Dec), and we were amazed that it went so smoothly - we got there at 9.30am, and we were out of there by 9.45am. It was unbelievably fast, smooth, and FRIENDLY!.
Wednesday early morning we drove the Lexus to SG, to pick up a painting that we could not fit into our SG hired car (the painting is 1.1m x 1.1m, and approx 3cm thick, not including the packaging) and we just could not get it into the Merc - not into the back seat, and not into the boot either. The Lexus is big enough to take it in though, so we drove in on Wed, picked up the painting around noon, had lunch, then drove straight back out again.
Something really interesting happened when we drove INTO SG. At the Immigration, when I inserted the Autopass card, for my car, into the reader, it showed ERROR. When I asked the Imm officer, he checked, then said..."When did your road tax expire last?" and I said 15th Feb 2006, but I renewed it. He then said, "Obviously you have not driven this car in Singapore since then". Apparently SG programs the Autopass card to reflect the cars road tax expiry. If you enter SG after the road tax is expired, the LTA must check to see that you have renewed your road tax first, and then they update the Autopass card to reflect the next expiry date. So, we got our Autopass updated, and LTA confirmed also that this was the first trip into SG this year for our car and that we have 10 free days still left to drive in SG.
NEXT, we get to Customs, no hassle there, but just as we were about to leave, we got stopped by an officer who tells us that our car has THREE outstanding summons in SG!! We were flabbergasted, as we go out of our way NOT to break laws in SG (or anywhere else for that matter!). Anyway, we parked our car, followed the guy, and he took us to the duty officer who showed us the records for the three summons. Would you believe, the offenses were committed on 18th, 20th, 22nd Feb 2006 - and we both IMMEDIATELY knew it was not our car - as we have been living in SG as legal residents since 6th Feb, and we are NOT ALLOWED to bring a Malaysian car into SG at all!! and, in fact, our car (as LTA had just confirmed) had never been driven into SG in 2006, prior to 29th Nov! So, to cut a long story short, the officer gave us the details, told us who to write to and appeal, and let us through. He also advised us not to pay if we are absolutely sure it is not us, and he said that until this matter is cleared up, whenever we exit or enter SG, we will be stopped again. Enuff said.
Heniway, the last piece of news is that I start work with a major MNC on Friday 1st Dec (which makes it a nice short week), but next week already promises to be a busy one. I will be in Cyberjaya on Monday for meetings, and in Penang on Tuesday for more meetings - all with one of the key customers of the organisation I will be working for, whom I will be managing here in Malaysia.. .
Well, that's our story for now.... I will keep my blog updated as and when I can... but have no idea what my time is going to be like once I start work. Wish me luck :-)
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Are we almost at the year end ALREADY?
Where does the time go, and why does it go so fast? It is already the end of November, and it feels like just last week it was January and Husband and I were off to Singapore! Why is it that, as we get older, time goes faster, but we slow down? One of the many mysteries of life.
Well, we are in KL again. I should be starting a new job on 1st December (my boss-to-be said that 4th Dec is bad feng-shui!), and will be diving headlong into customer meetings already. It should be interesting, if not fun :-) Husband will be back and forth between KL and SG - as we still have the apartment there until end-Feb and should, therefore, make use of it. It will be a nice break for him to be able to just float between the two countries as and when he likes, meeting up with the 'boys' for a drink and talk session.
We have friends (Ben and Christine W) staying with us in SG, as they are in SG for a break, and we have invited them to come and stay at our SG apartment so they dont have to worry about hotels and such... especially in SG as it can be drastically expensive! They are truly lovely people - so easy to share time and space with!
This is a short posting, as I am tired and yawny and need a rest. Will do another post within the next week as there is a lot happening this coming week!
Till then... may only good things happen to you and yours.
Well, we are in KL again. I should be starting a new job on 1st December (my boss-to-be said that 4th Dec is bad feng-shui!), and will be diving headlong into customer meetings already. It should be interesting, if not fun :-) Husband will be back and forth between KL and SG - as we still have the apartment there until end-Feb and should, therefore, make use of it. It will be a nice break for him to be able to just float between the two countries as and when he likes, meeting up with the 'boys' for a drink and talk session.
We have friends (Ben and Christine W) staying with us in SG, as they are in SG for a break, and we have invited them to come and stay at our SG apartment so they dont have to worry about hotels and such... especially in SG as it can be drastically expensive! They are truly lovely people - so easy to share time and space with!
This is a short posting, as I am tired and yawny and need a rest. Will do another post within the next week as there is a lot happening this coming week!
Till then... may only good things happen to you and yours.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
To and from KL...
Well, it has been just over one week since Husbands last day at work, and it is surprising how busy it has been. Sorting out stuff, selling stuff, packing stuff, getting tax settled, Emp Pass/Dep Pass cancelled, etc, etc, etc.
Husband rearranged the furniture that was left after our friends took the stuff they wanted and suddenly the sitting and dining areas look HUGE again. Our friends who are taking the TV still haven't collected it from us. We've cancelled our cable TV, but kept the phone and ISP (all same supplier - StarHub). Can still watch basic SG television stations, but that isn't exactly a wealth of good stuff!!
We still haven't decided what to do with the waterbed - have advertised it in the Finder magazine for Dec, to see if anyone wants to buy it... but if not, we will ship it back to KL and figure out where to put it later!
We drove back to KL on 5th Nov with a car FULL of stuff - including loading up another friends car with stuff too. Unloaded everything, sorted most of it out - though all the shoes are still sitting in huge plastic bags in the guest room - just haven't had the energy to sort it out! Came back to SG yesterday (8th), and are heading back to KL on 10th. Not sure whether we have to make another trip back and forth with the car, to take the last of our stuff back or not. Not counting the stuff we are taking back on the 10th Nov, we still have bowling balls, a carpet, an iPod speaker system, 2 cushions, a large 1.1m x 1.1m painting, this laptop that I am using now, fax/printer/scanner/copier machine, and, of course, the last of our clothes and shoes, to take back......
I have to be in SG from 20th to 24th Nov inclusive, as I am helping a friend at a conference for a major educational institute here in SG.... and then we are heading back to KL on the 26th Nov. After that I guess I have a few days before I have to start work!
On the job front... yes, I have a job (again)....and my new boss will be the SAME guy who was my boss in an earlier job in KL... which is good, as he was a good boss then, and he should be a good boss now too. I am supposed to meet him on Monday to sign the letter of appointment, and I should be starting work on either the 1st or 4th of Dec. The office is in Jalan Ampang, so it is back to KL traffic jams for me again!
Husband has been getting lots of people calling him to do part time work for them - both in MY and SG, and he has told them to talk to him after Xmas and NY. Hopefully, they will still be calling then, as I still cannot imagine him being totally retired 100% of the time. I mean, after 2 days at home he gets restless and starts mooching around... so he needs to do more than just his hobbies (varied though they are) to keep him occupied.
That's it for now.... next installment will have more news :-)
Husband rearranged the furniture that was left after our friends took the stuff they wanted and suddenly the sitting and dining areas look HUGE again. Our friends who are taking the TV still haven't collected it from us. We've cancelled our cable TV, but kept the phone and ISP (all same supplier - StarHub). Can still watch basic SG television stations, but that isn't exactly a wealth of good stuff!!
We still haven't decided what to do with the waterbed - have advertised it in the Finder magazine for Dec, to see if anyone wants to buy it... but if not, we will ship it back to KL and figure out where to put it later!
We drove back to KL on 5th Nov with a car FULL of stuff - including loading up another friends car with stuff too. Unloaded everything, sorted most of it out - though all the shoes are still sitting in huge plastic bags in the guest room - just haven't had the energy to sort it out! Came back to SG yesterday (8th), and are heading back to KL on 10th. Not sure whether we have to make another trip back and forth with the car, to take the last of our stuff back or not. Not counting the stuff we are taking back on the 10th Nov, we still have bowling balls, a carpet, an iPod speaker system, 2 cushions, a large 1.1m x 1.1m painting, this laptop that I am using now, fax/printer/scanner/copier machine, and, of course, the last of our clothes and shoes, to take back......
I have to be in SG from 20th to 24th Nov inclusive, as I am helping a friend at a conference for a major educational institute here in SG.... and then we are heading back to KL on the 26th Nov. After that I guess I have a few days before I have to start work!
On the job front... yes, I have a job (again)....and my new boss will be the SAME guy who was my boss in an earlier job in KL... which is good, as he was a good boss then, and he should be a good boss now too. I am supposed to meet him on Monday to sign the letter of appointment, and I should be starting work on either the 1st or 4th of Dec. The office is in Jalan Ampang, so it is back to KL traffic jams for me again!
Husband has been getting lots of people calling him to do part time work for them - both in MY and SG, and he has told them to talk to him after Xmas and NY. Hopefully, they will still be calling then, as I still cannot imagine him being totally retired 100% of the time. I mean, after 2 days at home he gets restless and starts mooching around... so he needs to do more than just his hobbies (varied though they are) to keep him occupied.
That's it for now.... next installment will have more news :-)
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