my jobless daily routine

Dont you just love your jobless days? I dunno about yours but mine was pretty much the same everyday. At this moment, i wish I have two kids to keep me busy...

woke up around 1 to 2 ish, star blankly into the computer screen, checked emails, facebook, blogs the usual stuff.

finally got my ass up and cleaned the coffee table and kitchen. then start digging into the freezer and brainstorm wats for dinner/ lunch.

Then defrost, chopping, washing, stir frying (a little tip : the killer for stir fry is nice white pepper! u know those from sarawak.)

Then i will enjoy the meal infront of TV watching those hk series I brought back. (which im almost out of them!)

Then I will get on the phone with darling hear him complain how bored his day is.......and I will tell him the same thing:

so am I!!!

Alright, I finally got these photos tagged from facebook, just thought I 'd share or load them up here so I could look back ten years from now.....

1.30pm at Best Western Hotel meeting up with the engineers.

Ring ceremony is strictly closed door and no camera, thus this is at the reception


group photo after the reception on the way to the bar
waiting for the bar to open, we were 15mins early!

at the bar.........long table..............

I regret we didnt take any dancing video at the club.......we all got shit faced!

the Iron Ring Ceremony

It was the Iron ceremony yesterday, because I still havent unpack, and my camera is drowned in one of my suitcase. Thus I dont have any picture. The ceremony is close door anyway, no camera and friends are allowed, only the recipients and presenters are allowed.

After an hour of boring ceremony, i felt so stuffy in the small room with 400 other sweaty enginners. We finally got our ring. it was nothing great, but it meant something... it meant years and years of hard work, and it carries our obligations as engineers. We had to read our oath holding a big iron chain on our right hand, i have to admit the whole ceremony is weird.

Anyway the highlight of the day is partying with bunch of engineers. they scattered around downtown, some at hugos, some at social club, we went to element, I danced my ass off before I decided to suddenly pass out. Darling brought me back to the store, which thank god only 10 mins walk. and he wasnt feeling good and we took a nap on the couch behind.

I woke up around 3 feeling better, and drove us and doggies home.

When I came to work this morning, I saw D's car is still there, they must ve still asleep in the hotel room, wonder if they got lucky? haha


anyway it was nice to see everybody again, but when i was at the club last night, I was looking down at the dance floor, although my mind was a little bit tipsy, but I saw a pool of ppls, mostly women danced their ass off, there is a corner of stuck-up asian chicks, swirling their body to get attention, but of coz they are not as wild as the white chicks, rocking their body and booty hard! and males were just around where I am checking them out, saw M dancing with one after another, change women as the song changes, and was told that P was making out with this woman wildly on the couch, they almost had sex on that couch!

I told darling I will really hate this kinda life, will you prefer it? and of coz he said No, mei sei koh mehh, haha but I do believe him.

Isnt it empty life like that? I mean i have friends going out every weekend just to get laid. everytime with different partner. i mean....

I guess from a man's point of view, as long as they get to please their little thing, it doesnt really matter. oh why? Im wrong? alright maybe not all men are like that, but I do know alot of them.

The pictures of that pool of single (who knows) ppls dancing on the dance floor under red and blue lights still appear clearly in my head. even though im so hang over right now and wish im home asleep , or drinking more :P but honestly I was one of them, and man i do not ever want to go back to that life! I love the feeling of secure, and settlement. I love my wedding ring, my husband, and my dogs, soon my children.

Saw a friend that I hvent been seeing for two years on the way to work today. She and her husband was carrying the baby trolley down the stairs, and she is so adorable! oh my god, I really wish I am pregnant now.....

But no, just finished school, I gotto at least work for a year before anything. Guess what!? I got a call for an interview, he's going to email me the details , is a small company - maybe just around 10 ppls? a friend worked there before, he didnt really like it but for some reason i know Im going to learn so much from a small structure company like that.

Wish me luck.... now i got my ring, i just need a job and followed by my cert in June.

Job Hunting Status

I must ve sent out 20 applications, and still havent hear anything from anybody...

This is getting really frustrating especially when my bank account has reach the point of negative! so much for my past year saving - i threw them all on the wedding.

well, gotto start from zero again,

I called my ex boss finding out their new hiring plan.

B: " do you know KE is hiring again?"
me : " yea i know, and i had applied to it but he had rejected me before..."
B: " well doesnt mean he's going to reject you forever..."
me : " true, well ok i ll give him a call to find out..."

so i hung up and call KE

KE:" KE speaking"
me: " hi is Nicole...bla bla bla...so I saw you have a new posting, do you think i still stand a chance?"
KE: " well.....I dont think so, coz it hasnt been that long since your last application and we are looking for someone with more experience"
me : " alright...just though I'd check"


.................ouch!......................

I m really hoping I could go back to Schneider Electric, its such a good company to work at. And Im waiting and checking everyday for the new postings like B said is going to be up.

Gosh....I so need a job and get my career started.

House is still a mess but in a good way, we ripped off all the carpet and putting on new laminate floor. It doesnt cost too much coz darling is doing it on his own, Im so proud of him! he actually did a very good job! the room is finished, and just needed the wall painted and installing the baseboards. But we can wait on that one since our new king size bed doesnt come till this thursday.

Living room is in the process of installing baseboard, hopefully we can set up the living tonight because is darling's bday tomorrow :) I am getting rid of the single seat armchair and the recliner, and instead of that im gonna throw a bean chairs to save some space. so the living area will be more spacious and Lex will have more room to move around.

What is my contribution? well nothing really, I just painted all the doors which was an easy job and i guess im painting the room's wall tonight.

what a big expense for us :

the floor
the paint
the bed
the bedsheet
the baseboard

gosh I lagi need a job !

Europe Expedition

That two weeks was overwhelming, well why m i complaining when i get to see the world!? but we were on the go everyday, different hotel every night and avg 5 hours on the coach, the only cities we get to spend more than a night are Rome, Paris and London.

We ve visited so many cities, countries - London, Brussels, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Venice, Nice, Monaco, Vatican city, Florence, Lichienstein, Assisi, Lyon, Piza and Paris.

I mean we were most amazed with Brussels, maybe because that was the first city we stopped in but after a while, all buildings look the same...and have we ever had enough of buildings now....

anyway, let the pictures do the talking.

Brussels, Belgium (Belgium Beer, Chocolate, Waffles, Fries)

Best banana chocolate belgium waffle!

Brussels Market Square

Paris, France (Eiffel, Louvre, Mona Lisa, Romance, Louis Vuitton!!)

The Louvre

Eiffel top - we saw a guy proposed to his gf , so romatic

Paris Disneyland, I was back to 8

Lake Lucern, Switzerland ( Swiss Knife, Watch, Army knife, coo coo clock)

Swiss Chesse Fondue with their home made garlic chili sauce, sooo goood!

Italy(Historic ancient towns, Roman Empire, Roman Catholic, Vatican city, Pizza, Pasta, Gucci, Prada)

Florence, the town of leather

Leaning tower of Piza

Monaco (Casino, Tax free country, most expensive land in the world, second smallest country in the world after Vatican City)

we were outside of Prince Monaco's resident and saw him driving in

looking down Nice, French Riveria

Venice (floating / sinking city, handmade glassware, gondola ride, romance, pigeons)

Venice on Valentine's day -it was unforgetable

The Vatican City ( Museum, Catholic, michalangelo, Basicilicas, churches, chapels)

The Vatican Museum, we were amazed how grand the Popes back then used to live.
Michaelangelo's ceiling painting was quite something

Colosseum, Rome - I think darling had most fun, he was always amazed with the roman empire

London, England

This was towards the end of our trip, we stayed a few nights with Kelly

My best buddies all reside in London - well kelly had recently moved to switzerland

A close one

as i mentioned the house was in a disaster, the first instinct we got is - we cant keep Lex anymore.

Thus I posted ads to sell him, surprisingly i got alot of responses, i mean his pictures just stole their hearts. and we found a good candidate for Lex. This couple own a town house with nice back yard, and two cats. She works from home so she could spend time taking care of Lex, and he wouldnt be left alone.

They met Lex yesterday and took him for a walk, fell in love with him and paid me 100$ deposit to take him. Made a vet appointment the next day for vet check, and if Lex passed the Vet check , they are going to take him. We cried last night, and this morning while I packed his bowl, toy, clothes and food.

When i picked Lex up from the shop and about to drive away, Darling stopped my car and asked " are you sure we want to sell him, i mean this is it, there is no turning back "

we talked and talked, we even flipped coin. I mean i filled up this questionaire about the dog's temperaments, he is an excellent dog! obedient, gentle and full of love.

Eventually darling drove to the vet with the deposit and returned to them, we decided to keep him, we cant be part with him anymore... she cried and still trying to talk us into selling Lex. I know they care for him, and Lex will be in good hands. but we just cant do it.

I mean, he's our giant baby..... I admit, Lex was my mistake, but we almost made another mistake we gonna regret for the rest of our life...

wedding pictures!!!

I finally get to upload them!

welcome back to the reality

after a long long long long flight...we finally got home. with the excitement to see the dogs, we were also prepared for the worst because we ve been told the house is a disaster now!

after saying hi,kiss kiss, hugz hugz with the dogs. we began to explore..... our bed is a complete gone case, and the bedroom smell worse than our high school toilet. Carpet is covered with black spots!

i ve been back for 12 hours now and i havent taken a shower because the bath tub is clog and i ran out of clean clothes because the "cleaned" clothes in the room smell like pee and air canada lost our luggages.

house is freezing cold right now because the heat is out - we just put 500c$ of oil b4 we left and that usually last us a year but it ran out after two months this time....

man, i guess what i can say is - welcome back to the reality!

a little preview on my new eyes....

i finally got it done!

after dayz of sunny beach and salty ocean (yuck!) , Im back from the islands.

first thing to do in the list was to get my double eye lid surgery, hehe i never mention i was going to do it and it wasnt totally random too. we were all born with mata sepet, and im sick of being called the slenty eyes! Mom got her done 10 years ago, sis got hers last year and they are all beautiful. Finally i got mine yesterday, it was just a 30 mins minor surgery - although i look really awful right now but i hope it will all be worth while.

Im staying in for abit until cny perhaps? wont be seeing nobody.......sighhh i ve been hoping to spend cny at home, but mom decided to plan a family trip to thailand, is a sweeet getaway for her to escape all the cny work, but but i kinda wanna spend time with the rest of the family and friends.....

oh well...it ll be fun.

kong hei fatt choy everybody!