Christmas Gifts Ideas needed badly .....

Help !!! I've not bought any Christmas Presents yet!!! There's presents for buddies, for colleagues, for parents & for the guy I'm kinda dating, Goodness.... & I've yet to buy anything ! I'm scheduling myself to do one full day of shopping today. Too late for online shopping as presents might not be delivered on time.

Then there's the budget, sigh ... it's tricky, if the present is not big or expensive enough, would people think I don't care enough? At least with colleagues, we have a cap on $15- each. Most of us might just get something from Watsons or even Ikea. Buddies, well maybe I'll suggest we just go for Christmas buffet, everyone love those. Parents, better still, they claim anything I give them, they'll love. I'm thinking of sending them to an all-paid 4-day Hong Kong trip. They can enjoy the cool weather & also get some lunar new year goodies there. But is it too late now to book?

Then there's the new guy ... sigh... that's a tricky one. Anything too extravagant might send the wrong message- that I'm "too into him", I don't want him to get that impression . Anything too 'normal' just reflects badly on me. I so wanted this to mean something. Just can't give him something from the pic below right? lol....

Office romance :))

If you are wondering what happened to the ghost in our office toilet, well you've come to the right place. Sorry took so long to update ...haha..

We didn't engage any ghost busters or bomoh. Cleaning auntie brought some prayer items like joss sticks, fruits, $4- packet rice & candles & offer them to the ghost. That's without consulting my boss or management, only we knew. Sure enough, after the prayers no sightings were reported anymore. Not that anyone really saw anything in the first place, it's just hearsay, everyone frightening each other with over the top stories.

Anyway another more exciting thing happened that distracted ALL of us.  Someone caught one of our oldest colleague (53 yrs old, widower for 20 yrs) having lunch with a 40 yr old sassy colleague from another department (nickname "uncle killer" ...lol...). We should be happy for him, he has been lonely for 2 decades but Uncle Killer is no ordinary chick. She carries birkin, we counted she has 3 total, 3 Chanels, only wears Ferragamo , she has them in different shades. All her accessories were either from Cartier or Tiffany's! And she's seriously gorgeous. Are we jumping the gun too fast? people often lunch together right?

Wrong, not Uncle Killer. She's different. Reliable sources claim, if she don't like you, she'll never have anything to do with you. Hmmm..... interesting, we'll see what happened next!

If I'm not wrong she has almost the whole collection ! So jealous ...lol...

Who'll you going to call? GhostBusters???

Something super strange happening lately. 

I don't understand why a perfectly respectable, mundane business like ours attracts so many "sensitive" individuals. It's just not fair. All one do in our business is to say hi to our customers, return, tranfer their cash when they request. Advise clients of some pretty standard financial stuff, open /close accounts etc... nothing in all that to make one go all cuckoo & start seeing demons all over the place. It'll be different if we are running a marijuana joint.

Anyway last week, one of my colleagues insisted that I accompany her to see Boss for a transfer, as she has been haunted by a " ghost" of  a 'demonic nature' according to her (from the ladies restroom.) This is not the first case. Cleaning auntie has been filling everyone's mind with stories of creepy incidents that happened only when she's cleaning. This week I realize everyone has been using another restroom.

I'm not sure what will happen next. But it'll sure be interesting !

One night in Bangkok ....

I'm a firm believer in not letting disgusting things be witnessed alone. 2 weekends ago ,me & a couple of my friends went to Bangkok for a short shopping trip. When I entered the hotel room, from afar I could see a cockroach crawling across the top of the sofa which is at the end of the room. I quickly called my squeamish roommate (who was still chatting outside ,with 2 of my other friends) to tell her the precise measurements (it's huge) & trajectory of the roach. If I had to sleep in that room for the night, knowing where it had been, I'm taking her down with me.

AS expected she screamed, almost deafen the bell boy whose helping us with our luggage. The manager was immediately alerted to our crisis & immediately change us to a better room on a higher floor :)) Bangkok is wonderful !!!!

Such a beautiful place !!!

When a friend leaves ...

Yesterday I received a text from a colleague from another department, a good friend, he had joined the bank almost the same time as me. That's probably why there's sort of a kinship between us. He gave it to me straight, he is leaving. I felt the base of my stomach drop out, just for a second, like it does on a roller-coaster, when you're at the top & about to tip over & it's too late to change your mind & go back.

I cant believe it. He's the second person I'm close to, who's leaving! My favorite lunch partner left beginning of this month. Feeling a little depressed right now!

A perfect boy friend for me?

February was great- the month is short & there's CNY & Valentines. I had a really good time. March would be seriously challenging (31 days !!!!!! ), thank god there'll be Good Friday at the end of the month. So looking forward to it!

A minute ago a colleague just invited all of us to her house warming this weekend! What a relief!!!
Something fun to do at last. I love house warming parties. Most of my colleagues have such good taste, I'm serious. The few houses of my other colleagues that I've been to were so tastefully renovated, makes me want to go buy a house immediately. I told my colleagues that & they reminded me, first I've to find a new boy friend- RICH one preferably , then quickly get married!

After that day, some of them have been trying to "fix" me up with several guys- all ready to buy me that ''dream house". If only it's that simple. Today's lunch would be such a date. My boss must be getting restless as he's into this craze as well. Today's date, is someone he knows, a client/friend, the perfect guy for me, as he puts it! Oh Boy ......

The thing about Reunion Dinners.

Today is my Family's CNY reunion dinner. I don't remember when did it started to be held not on the traditional CNY eve & way before it like today. It's probably born out of necessity. See my siblings are married & they have to attend the reunion dinner of their spouses' side. So.... which side to attend? In the end it has been agreed that we choose a weekend that's 'convenient' for everyone.

Then on the actual CNY Eve, I'll end up having to be the only one dinning with my poor parents, who are not really that happy about the situation. It's like they have to give in to the other side! Anyway I have remedied that situation. I'll be inviting other "homeless' people to my place. Not really homeless as in no where to stay, rather there's a big group of people with no where to go during the eve. You'll be surprise!

I've a single mum friend, a couple of foreigner colleagues all without immediate family to 'celebrate' the eve. So they will be coming to my place :))