After a month of hard work, trainings, debugging and countless meetings, my project was finally launched yesterday!

When I put my project live on Wednesday evening, my mobile phone did not stop ringing and I was so worried that my project did not go well. Luckily, the phone calls came in just to congratulate me on the project. Man…

So I came in to work on Thursday morning as usual. But what I didn’t know was the response people get from my project.Emails flowing in with compliments and feedbacks. When I was so focused on reading the emails, my managing director came from no where and showed me the SMS he received on how great the project has been. We were both ecstatic.

There was only a line that kept appearing in my head : "Celebrate this moment, Cherry. Today, all the lights of the hanamachi burn for you." Hahaha…sounds familiar?

In case you still can’t catch it, watch the Memoirs of Geisha then. I love this line. All the staff
had a meeting with my MD at 10 am to be briefed on the company mission. My MD compliments on the project again and my tear was almost rolling out from eyes. Thousands of thoughts came to my mind in a split second.

I have learned so much from managing this project. There were so many ups and downs but I am really grateful that I have a great team that supported and helped me a lot. My models have been very great too. Hah! Most of them did’t know that the models were actually our employees…so does the photographer *wink* And I have certainly learned a lot in communicating with people from different departments and worlds: very technical and non
technical people. Hahahahah..

This morning, my MD sent me another SMS to congratulate me…how sweet…I am very blessed and grateful that he gave me this opportunity. *Thank god*

11:41am: It has been a very emotional day. Looking at my desk and my ‘neighbours’, making me feel so sad of leaving all these behind me.

When I was doing the ‘hand-over’, I felt like I was giving my babies away. It’s the first time I feel so free and I have ZERO assignments. Very weird…I am still trying to look for something to do..may be I should go to the operation department to ask for small tasks..Em…

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Sometimes I feel like a nomad. I have been moving around since…I can’t remember when. Packing and unpacking, buying and selling…It is quite tiring actually. This is my last week working at this company and I felt so reluctant to leave.

The reasons?? Heaps. I miss the colleagues (aka neighbours) whom I chat and joke everyday, my lunch partners who take/drive me to new places for lunch, my bosses (who always take my complaints) etc.

I will miss my desk, miss reaching with a bunch of friends…

My colleagues have been treating me very well. We had a karaoke session last night. My very first time hanging out with my colleagues after work. We had Linkin Park and Maroon 5 songs back to back, everyone was ‘screaming’ their heads off when we sang ‘It’s my life’ from Bon Jovi. My colleagues also treated me lunches, dinners and etc. I feel so loved…=)

Man..going to miss all these people. My neck ‘hardened’ whenever they asked me when my last day was, it was just so depressing…

Anyway, I will be going to Singapore next week, to start a totally new life in a totally new environment. Man….

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As I mentioned before, I LOOOOVVVEEE my weekends as I get to visit new and interesting places. I went to this Indian restaurant for dinner on Saturday after watching the ‘Memoirs of Geisha’.

Ok, talking about the Geisha movie, I love it very much. The movie is so rich in colours and the screen play is great! The only thing I am confused about was, when they were communicating in English, they used some Japanese terms for certain things such the obi, okiya and etc. Anyway..

Oh ya, the Indian vegetarian restaurant is called Annalakshmi at Mid Valley Mall. (To be frank, I can’t and won’t remember the name of the restaurant. I took a picture of the serviette with its logo). In this restaurant, you can eat as much as you want to (co’s it is a buffet) and pay whatever you like. It goes to the charity anyway.

As usual, I can’t wait to ‘skip’ my main course for dessert. I always love to try desserts and delicacies from different countries.

Baturah…very puffy and it tastes good with curry.

Very tempted to try this one co’s it looked pretty…but the handsome waiter told me that it was very sweet.

I have tried this…very sweet but nice…

Will try this next time..

After all, these were what I had…ahahahahah. I was very grateful that the handsome waiter spent so much time with me to explain each delicacies to me…=) They were very cheap…mostly RM 1 and some were RM2 – RM2.50.

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I have been following the Malaysian reality show – Malaysia’s Most Beautiful since it first aired.

Yesterday episode was an interesting one. It shows how insecure a lady can be without wearing make-up. I think the longer you wear, the more insecure you are. The finalists had to ‘strip bare’ to do their last photo shooting. Jessy broke down because of her scar. She did not feel good ‘baring’ her scar to the public.

Worse still, they magnified her picture and her scar has actually become the focus and the main attention of her portrait. So bad…

And why did this lady (a celebrity…who cares?) pretended to be her fan, and went ga-ga over her..and trying to make fun of her. And guess what, the best thing was Jessy ‘dumped’ her instantly when she saw Amber Chia. Then this so-called celebrity was so upset because before the appearance of Amber Chia, they were like a pair of chopsticks – inseparable. Hah! Who asked you to pretend to be her fan first? You meanie! And that was so unfair while Dillia didn’t get the same ‘treatment’.

Why only Jessy get the ‘fake’ fan? If the host wanted a fake fan to serve whatever purpose they want to, be fair and have 2 ‘fake’ fans instead.

This game show is so mean. The 3 finalists were dressed up like princesses and were told to attend a gala with other celebrities. They had their hair done, facial, special chosen gown that catered to each individual… But when they showed up (right at the entrance to the ballroom, the host announced that only 2 finalists can proceed instead of 3 (based on the public’s votes).

I was not surprised to see the lady broke down when she was eliminated. Man ….whoever who planned this, su*ks big time! What’s wrong of having the elimination after the gala? Another example which got many people to talk about – the episode last week where the host brought back 2 wild cards. We thought the 2 wild cards (I mean they were very good wild cards) will stay in the game.

But in less than 30 minutes, the other wild card was voted out, AGAIN, by the finalists (the judge had no say in this). And again, the girl who was being ‘kicked out’ again broke down with smudged mascara. The judge, if they believed so much that she was the best, why not have their says and let her stay?

Why had her packing her stuff to the hotel and made her leave just like that? Grr…. My mom called me after the show and complained to me the same thing…ahahah I didn’t know she was hooked by this show too.

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I have followed up on xiaxue’s blog since she talked about molestation during new year. Plus, I read about this 25 years old lady was raped and murdered when talking an evening jog.

This pretty girl knew martial arts ok… These incidents chilled my spine to the max! I was molested once when I was in Singapore 2 years ago. Some perverts pinched my butt twice in a crowd. When I turned over, (wanted to bash up the pervert) but I just can’t find him (or may be her…ewwww). It was too crowded at that time and I was so miserable. A guy friend of mine actually helped me to look around. Lucky pervert, otherwise, he will sure get it from him.

I do agree of what xiaxue said about girls needing protection and security from guy. After all these years, I just have to learn how to protect myself instead of depending on someone. (cos you just can’t expect every guy to be a super hero) I must say HOORAY to her quote

"Those who won’t, will pat you on the shoulder, try to calm you down, and say f***** useless things like, "Never mind, next time just be more careful, ok?"…"

I do see the good intention of these guys when saying this, I know they are trying to console us at that point of misery but let me tell you guys, it won’t work. Ahahaha….both sexes are from different planets.

It just WON’T WORK! We want action, ACTION! ahahahah…

There was once when I had a dinner with my sister and her boyfriend at this restaurant. My sister walked out of the restaurant to check out the bookstore next door. Then when she came back, she complained to us that this group of guys disturbed her. In a split second, her bf walked out of the restaurant and went to look for the guys. Lucky fellas, my sister dragged her bf back before he started hitting anyone. I was like…WOW…cool man..

I wouldn’t mind sticking to a person like this…I am sure I will be safe..ahahahah..

My office desk

A. A christmas card from Elizabeth. (My COO’s daughter). My favourite thing of all.
B. All the TO-DO stickies. I will be super happy if I can tick every item off at the end of the day.
C. The roses that Hao Zhong bought on the 9 Jan. (see 9 Jan entry) They are still ‘alive’! hahaha…

The label..I love the handwriting! It is so lovely and original.

She drew it all by herself…(she is 6 years old)

Can’t remember when I wrote this sticky. I am sure it was on a bad hair day. Note: The ‘me too’ was added by my MIS manager who sits opposite my desk. One of the guy whom I chat the most each day and we love to imitate his accent.

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