Sunday, June 24, 2007

Japanese Curry Rice...



In the mood today to cook dinner.... so menu for dinner is just Japanese Chix Curry Rice with something outa place... Fried KaiLan with Oyster Sauce (very chinese huh?) We feel like eating that too.
DAWN:
Tomorrow (25th June 2007), my dear friend, Dawn, will be back from Brisbane for winter vacation for a month! Haven't seen her for 1 whole year! Wondering whether she's grown fatter, thinner, taller, shorter, prettier, uglier, more tanned, fairer, longer hair, shorter hair? Haa haaa.... Coming back with a "AngMo" boyfriend or "asian" boyfriend or just coming back alone? Can't wait to meet her again! But these few weeks, i will be busy with training at my new job.... will not have much time with her. PLUS already planned some activities with other of my friends.... Need more time!

Friday, June 22, 2007

First week with Pfizer..

Finally, I m in a totally new environment.... somewhere I ever wanted to be in.. and now i m in it - Pfizer, "the largest pharmaceutical company in the world." (quoted from Wikipedia) And on the other hand, i can't believe that I have walked out of Parkway Laboratory Services (my comfort zone) to move on to a new career. I m still thinking of those days that i was in Parkway Lab Services.. how i spent my time in the morning with my colleagues, how i solve my doctor's problems and requests, how i lead my team, how i do my paperwork (including Budgeting - my annual nightmare!) in the office etc...
Well, with Pfizer, i will be doing the same thing, just that i will be selling a different product, covering a different area (after this, i have completed covering the WHOLE island wide of Doctors!) and representing a different company... occasionally, i do intro myself on the phone as I m calling from Parkway Lab... feels so weird to change, must think twice before introducing myself. :p
So far, for the first day, i was pretty lost.... blur! I think it's a normal feeling.... Pfizer is Darn big... with heaps of sales reps in the company! My boss's a guy... pretty nice! Get to know more about him and my team more as time goes by. For the first few days, i had this regrets of changing my job to Pfizer.. i wish i can be back with Parkway Lab. I was dragging myself to work for the first few days.... then finally, these 2 days (Thurs and Fri) we had event at Novotel Hotel with team buildings and some other meetings.... I get to know more ppl and know alot more about my team of colleagues and I feel so much better. I think I can do as well as I did with Parkway Lab.
Today, during one of the team building game, I was appointed to be the leader for the group of 25 people... being new, i admit that i lack of confidence... I don't know most of the team members in the group of 25. But i definitely do my best to lead... but i do have some other colleagues came fwd to help me too. At the end of the game, we won! And i was being "sabotage" to say something about the game.... And i commented that Team Work is very important... and everyone of us has got this inborn leadership skills in us and we came fwd to help each other and that is why we won! (of coz in me, i feel a little disappointed that I m not confident enough to control such a group well. Maybe I feel intimated that because I m NEW.) But everyone was surprise that I m Ok to stand fwd to be the leader for the game because I m only 5 days old with the company. Heee.... I myself also surprise too!
Pfizer is a fun American company... so generous with its employees. Today after the event, we had our dinner at Hooters! We had games! Sabotaging the new comers.... and I manage to escape from it! I was in the loo when my name is being called.... :p
So far, I m doing well, although initially i feel sucks! I m sure I will do even better as time pass... :p Wish me LUCK!

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Eve of my first day with my new employer...

Goash... it was indeed a well spent 1 week holiday during the transition between my previous and current employers. Had a break at Ho Chi Minh City, spent more time with Alvin, grooming my new "boyfriend", catching up with friends and families. And i think that's enough.
Tomorrow shall be my first day of work with my new employer - Pfizer. Hmmm.... not as excited as when I first started with my previous employer (My first job after i graduated from Uni)... but more QUESTIONS in my mind like who's my boss, male or female? Is my boss nice? What kinda drugs i will be selling? Which areas will i be covering? Good for me if I will be covering my old areas when i was with my previous employer. Can i handle? Coz i will be driving to clinics, will i get lost on the road? Etc... But at least i know what to expect in this new job... it's gonna be the same as what i was doing- visiting physicians to get business. Just that i will be representing a different company and selling different product. But i really hope that i will be covering the same group of doctors whom i used to cover. Whatever it is.... I believe in WHEN THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A WAY!
But overall, it feels weird to start over again... getting used to new environment and learning new products. It's like a Boy-girl Relationship... it's sad to break up with someone... and so lazy to get to know/explore someone new. Maybe my laziness makes me loyal. :p So maybe it's good to be lazy sometimes... But on the other hand, we all know that we should change for better. And i strongly believe in it. Know what we want in life and make changes to be happier. Agree? :p

Saturday, June 16, 2007

CLICK CLICK CLICK....


Click click click... while being driven around by Alvin! Nice to be a rider then a driver! :p Yah Yah... i know i m vain... Just feel like clicking becoz i think i m simply bored! haa haa.... Bear with me....
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Thursday, June 14, 2007

HO CHI MINH CITY

It was a another shopping city with terrible horrible traffic! To get CHEAP bargains... one must withstand the HEAT and the stuffiness! I was so tired and hot... that i don't feel like posing at the cameras!

We had Pho (Famous Viet Beef Noodles) for almost every meals! We are beef lovers! heee hee... enjoy our pix!

Ho Chi Minh City

My "Boyfriend" - Alvinni

His Outter Beauty...



His Inner Beauty....

Oh.. the padel can be nicer than what u see... just that i don't want to remove the wrapping..


Isn't he handsome? His inner and outer beauty "drives" me crazy... :p

He's born on th 8 June 2007. First person to meet him, besides Alvin and I, is Jialin, then Cuiyi, then Steph! Met them with Alvinni for lunch yesterday. Soon will be my parents.... :p then Yunxian!


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Thursday, June 07, 2007

The Final Farewell

Today's my last day with my current company.... the handling of duties was successful... intro my colleague to some of my doctors, called and email my doctors and some other business associates to inform them about my resignation etc....
Yesterday, my girls from my department gave me a "farewell" lunch at Novena Sq.... and today, gonna be in office the whole day alone, i gave a lunch treat to my other colleagues (aunties). They wanted to treat me... but in the end, i was faster in footing the bill... hee hee.... But that was indeed sweet of them.
My girls from my department gave me a name card holder and a well written card (didn't read the card in office... coz i know i will weep in front of them).... Big boss's secretary gave my company's pen... and another supervisor gave me a little pouch... :p
When i woke up this morning i told myself " hey u.... stop being a baby and stop weeping in front of ppl!" And I got sms from friends like Yunxian and Daniel to remind me not to teared! And calls from Alvin to remind me not to "open my tap". So indeed, i tried so much to hold my tears... BUT I still weep twice in the office.... ERGH! it's so difficult to hold back my tears... got caught by one of the managers! DARN! WAT A SHAME!
Anyway... it's a nice farewell to everyone in the company.... but on the other hand, it's tough to hold back my tears for the whole day... Glad it over!
Okie... gotta sleep early tonite.... gotta wake up super early later for HO CHI MINH CITY!

Sunday, June 03, 2007

Bye Bye... on 7th June 2007....

Yes... on 7th June 2007 (Thursday) shall be my last day with my current company - Parkway Laboratory Services after 3 yrs 4mths of service to them and my doctors. Dragging myself to leave the company... but I know i gotta move on.... it's an great opportunity to be with Pfizer and also was my dream 3 yrs ago before i joined Parkway Laboratory. Joining Parkway Laboratory is like a stepping stone for me to be in the Healthcare industry in Singapore. Now my dream (although my dream is to work in Australia, this is good enough too!) has came true and now dragging myself outta the company, gonna miss all my colleagues. Some of my colleagues outside my department learnt about my resignation last Friday... some of them was chatting with me and giving me advise on Saturday. So glad that they care! One of them (auntie!) commented that as a friend she also hate to see me leave... but on the other hand she will be happy for me to move on. WOW... i almost teared.. but i held back! Sigh! Darn! too emotional! I can't believe that myself is leaving in 4 days time!

Anyway... I've got about 10 days to my first day of work in Pfizer. So just right after my last day of work with Parkway Laboratory. On the 8th June 2007, Alvin and I will be going on our "2nd honeymoon" to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, for 4 days before we meet my "BOYFRIEND" (Guess Who?) on 11 or 12 June 2007. Can't wait till 8th June!

Gee.... this yr is Indochina Traveling Year for us! haa haa... we just got back from Cambodia in Mar and 2 mths later, we are going Vietnam! Or rather u can say we are too poor to travel for our honeymoon but have to travel to the 3rd world countries... hee hee... Goash! Can't wait for the shopping and FOOD!!!! :p