Take leave?

Yeah, the 1st 50% explains how i feel. However, the after-vacation part is not the same. Tons of email have to be cleared and tons of work to be done. Therefore i serious don't like off-in-lieu and i love public holiday. Thanks deepavali for its arrival and thankful that hari raya haji is on a sunday that give the following monday a public holiday across the whole singapore. My users/clients/colleagues don't work, so work don't build up.

Since now is november, it is the usual season that my boss will nag nag nag regarding clearing leave, but in fact he started long ago.
I started to clear alot of leave just before the start of the new project, bringing the number of days to clear by december to 9 days.
Still as issue. =(

9 days to clear by December 2011
9 days to clear by March 2012
6 days to clear by 21 Apr 2012 (wedding leave)
Then, if i stay on in the same co
9 days to clear by December 2012

How to clear 9 days within 2 months when
1. Cannot take long leave >> scheduled meeting on monday & thursday morning (Project C)
2. Cannot take full day leave >> key user only works in the morning/half-day (Project B)
3. Afternoon are packed with clearing work (Project A, B, C)

In fact, the best option is to clear on afternoon (option 03), but considering that i cab to work, it would be a $$-saving if i take a full day leave. Haizzzz

Worse still the OT returns, not that frequent, but enough to make me feel sad coz i'm generally alone or with ah boy who OT becoz he got nothing to do even he goes home =S.

I want a good break... why work recently no low-peak at all? =(

Crap before Maid Arrives

MOM rejected my application for a maid becoz we use Joint-Employment Scheme.

Parties to blame
MOM - Inflexible
Maid Agency - not good enough w MOM Schemes

Some background information:

We wanted to employ a maid from myanmar to help us in day-to-day household chores. As i will be moving out approximately 6 months from now, i think that it will be better if we employ now so i have some time to teach her how to accomodate to our family life-styles as well as making her a part of the family before.

Therefore, after some research, i got into this agency becoz i like the maid 1st impression from the photo. Her CV/Resume/Bio-data seems to be what we are looking for. After 1 hour or less discussion with mum, we are ready to employ her.

The agency gave documents to fill in such that she can apply as a Joint-Employment Scheme for us. Currently, regardless if i'm the employer or my mum is the employer, we are entitled to concession levy due to my dad's age. However, this is no longer application for me if i change the address on my NRIC. Therefore the best opinion is to put my mum's name, but since my mum is not working, there is a need to submit somebody(which is me)'s income tax to proof our ability to employ a maid. So anyway, the in-charge in agency say "Can can, Joint-Employment!" WTH. Her lack of knowledge gives me more problem because MOM rejects my application based on the following rules

For Joint-Employment Scheme, both employers need to be working and the salary as an individual is not enough to qualify to employ a Foreign Domestic Worker

Then the stupid agency person says "But you cannot apply under sponsorship scheme becoz you are staying together!" WTH! Joint-Employment also cannot wat! You dunno say dunno, dun act smart, tell me you dunno and i would have called MOM to check before submitting the application, wasting a good 3-5 working days of waiting.

Anyway, now, the application is with MOM, waiting for approval. In such scenario, just apply under sponsorship scheme and with a signed-letter, explain that the sponsor is moving out of the house soon so would prefer someone(w no income) living in the house to be the employer. It has to be manual submission with the letter, and cannot use online application. For all scenarios that you are unsure, i suggest that leave a msg at the MOM website, and they will get back by latest next working day. Forget about calling them, their hotline sux.

Totally crap ass.

By the way, in case you are wondering why we din apply using Fixed Deposit Statements, coz it is a hassle for my mum to travel down to do the barang barang, so i rather settle for her. =)

Maid from Myanmar

Next year, i will be moving out from my current house. Part of "care-giving" policy, decided to get my parents a maid. They prefer one from myanmar, so now we pending for her arrival, Documents have been completed, now pending MOM approval and things to move forward. Personally, i like her from the photo, hopefully she will help to make things better at home.

Collected keys on 14 Sep!

Back-dated post coz you know, after get the keys, alot of barangs to handle.

14 Sep - Collect Keys Day!

Super proud owner of a happy unit in Natura Loft. Collected the keys, and follow FIL & MIL to do some praying before we go in. Mum came too, surprisingly stood there quietly and act like a passer-by. Some un-understandable steps in praying etc, but nvm.. just follow lor.. Hubby went back camp, while i went to buy some barang barang. Bought us a pair of matching slippers from Ripple, only to realise that i buy the wrong size for him. He say he is not size 8. =( must remember again, is 9! I even train down to ikea for my happy red dustbin. ^^

15 Sep - PM leave, SP Services is coming~

Finally get my water & electricity! Those who buy a dbss will need to consider that they should ask for a turn on schedule on the day they collect the eys, 14 Sep was horrible, no water, no air-con. 15 Sep was wonderful. i enjoy the cold air from the aircon and the ability to wash my feet~ *happy* And immediately, i bought a red pail with matching mop for hubby to clean the house!! *evil*

17 Sep - House Inspection + Gas switched on.

Very happy to have da jie & yan to help us on house inspection!! My house was like full of masking tapes with label after the day. Gas was switched-on on the same day and we finally had hot water coming out from tape. *happy x2* Dad came over to peek at the new house, BIL bought us lunch. Little Shannon was very happy running in the small but empty house. Godpa & Godma came over for a sneak preview too. Thanks everyone including yan's parent who gave us a lift home.

After 17 Sep (the day we submitted defects), we spent our time finding more defects and checking on old defects. Slam table is a very important step in this phase. Good luck to me.

Hard Time vs Happy Time

Recently, life have been very messy.

1. Got my keys & busy time
2. Some issues @ home making life tougher.
3. Other things regards to wedding is on going
4. New project awarded, old project not closed, double busy.

Follow me on twitter if want more updates. But be all prepared to see complains.

Will update soon ^^

Polling + Photoshoot + Ramen

A hectic month is coming to the end with listening to stories from the different candidates. In fact, i wasn't very concern about it. Read up before the day to vote and make sure i know how the 4 ppl were. As far as i know, i make a valid vote. It seems like i have successfully build a can't be bothered attitude such that i din care abt the election, nor the pre-wed photoshoot. The only thing that got me excited was the phone call on 26 Aug from Hubby that we are getting our keys in Sept!! =D

From Polling to my long weekend

27 Aug - Election

Woke up in the morning with a hungry stomach. Coz was OTing till freaking late the night before and din had dinner. Brother came and gave me buns but i wasn't in the appetite. It was polling day, so i took a ride in bro's car and went over the PS to cast my vote. went home to rot infront of the TV for a while coz i nv watch TV for long. Then went back and mug some korean drama before dressing up to meet Max 5 for BBQ session. I dunno if i'm suay or what but the 2 BBQ in the month failed due to the rain. so we had steam boat instead.

Pin bought Tea Machiato for us which makes me totally hooked over it.

After steamboat, we played games related to Chinese Language and it is damn funny. I love them for the fact of the similiar level of Chinese such that we can enjoy such games. And they gave me another reason to love them! They bought me a mahjong table and mahjong set for my bday!! *hugz* exactly what i need for my new house!! I hope yun will win with this set! =D

28 Aug - Bridal Fitting again

Bridal Fitting for alteration in size before the photoshoot. The lady was so nice to remove the 2 awful gem for me as i really dislike them. After fitting, i wanted Hubby to try Freshness Burger Onion Rings but only to realise NEX Freshness Burger is closed =( Wendy's does not look appetiting, so we ended up in Wala Prata, which turns out to be pretty good. *happy*

30 Aug - Preparing for Photoshoot + Mooncake

Last minute prep, do gelish nails, cut hair. The UV lights to dry the gelish nail polish is damn hot compared to the 1st time i do. I secretly suspect that it is gg to make my hands dark. =(

After mani-pedi, i met up with Hubby for a good lunch at Togi. At times i need my korean food replenish. I love Togi food, and i'm looking forward to trying Kim's one day. Since at that area,

Hubby & I went majestic restaurant to pick up some mooncake for my Godma. I seriously think Majestic Baked Skin Mooncake rox, but i cannot say the same for the snowskin.

01 Sep - Back to ZHSS

I was almost in tears when i see Mrs Koh. I din get to see her when i was back previously and is really happy to see her. Mr Choo increase his size by approx 50% from 10 years ago (Man in middle-age). After 10 years, i still see him getting beaten by secondary school girls. Wonder if he is M too. Ms Tan (bio teacher) has moved to another school, gotta email her soon to keep in contact.

02 Sep - Photoshoot

Am i the only bride who is not interested in Photoshoot? Apart from waste a day of leave, i need to wake up early, reach there to do my makeup & damage my hair with tons of styling products and curling tools. We had indoor photoshoot till 4pm, then proceed to 3 different places for outdoor shoot. Sis was so sweet to pop by with lunch and drinks for us. After the whole day of physical torture, i thought i will be really dead-tired but no. I reached home and cooked penne for Hubby as dinner ^^. However, that night i slept early and for 8 hours, which is very rare for a little sleeper like me.

04 Sep - Ramen Champions

A sunday that i woke up early but have nothing to do. I spring-clean my whole room while waiting for Hubby to have my 1st meal of my day, aka dinner. I decided to go for Ramen Champion at Iluma after reading tweets from kevin in the morning regarding bario ramen. Tried bario & tetsu ramen. i prefer the bario's soup but prefer tetsu noodles. As tetsu's gyoza is not my taste, i went in search for nicer gyoza and ended up at ikousha.

After buying the gyoza, a small incident happen.

When walking back to my seat, someone called me. I looked at the person and think if this person is from zhss, nyp, nus. Nope, all wrong. then i look at ppl ard him and got a shocked. And i walk off... T___T How on earth can i forget someone who i just saw few days ago and just msg like minutes ago? =( Damn paiseh after that such that i msg the person to apologize. especially for walking away!! I think i was freaky rude!! =(