Second day of having an offshore PM is not very good. We spent the first day chit chatting half the time, surfing net, playing iphone, msning and going off on the dot. Today was abit better, packed with 3 long con calls but still doing non work related stuffs in between the calls.

We are so not disciplined.

Both ah hui and ah seng were at my place yday! Ha. Ah hui abit shy n quiet whereas ah seng like macham at his own house.

Melbourne this Friday! No tix no visa no tours booked yet! I'm only thinking if I shd bring my new or old boots, and which jacket I should bring.........all my jackets seem to be calling me :/

Busy day yesterday! Trial facial at Jean yip, teppanyaki lunch at sakae with mum, went home to tidy up my eyebrows (damm messy la) n den went to see tivoli with boy. Our agent was an old man called ah kong who was naggy, couldn't answer my questions and best part, gave a 140k discount by mistake. Wow. I should have OK I BUY immediately when he offered that 140k discount.

He called boy 3 times after we parted at 5ish? From tivoli we went to vibes to lavinder loft. Boy was tempted with vibes, I was only tempted that it's a penthouse. Although it's just opposite margaritas, I personally don't feel it's in a very ideal location. Why? Cos of my kids who will have to walk over to marine parade road in the mornings when it's still dark. It's a freaking small unit although yep penthouse but these days penthouses are no longer the usual penthouses like in my estate n mabel's. (she stays in a freaking 3000+ sqft where u can shout from one end and the other end can't hear!)

Mabel came to join us in the last showroom at the sound and their finishings are really beautiful, rooms are to my standard and wardrobes are big enough. (ha! Mabel told boy no more space for his clothes)

We had dinner at kallang's long beach cos uncle is apparently a regular there and has VIP discounts. We had premier alaskan crab which was a freaking 600+ for that crab! O.m.g lah !!

SELLING for.......SGD 350 nego.

It feels weird when Melbourne is one week away but no air tix booked yet. Only thought of which jackets to bring and whether I should wear my new or old boots?

Melbourne's great ocean road is a nice place to...................kneel down n ask a question? I wonder how many females have asked this question? Hahaha. I think boy will be shocked. Hor?

Since someone doesn't wan to marry me............

I marry meimei! I bring her to nz for honeymoon.

Our app go-live has caught the attention of someone 1 level below our CIO. Wow. Suddenly everyone is interested of our learnings because it's the first customer facing app on cloud.

Ok. But. I don't really like it that my boss's bosses seems to be riding on our limelight, like macham they were involved liddat -_-

Mum is backkkkkk! I woke up halfway cos I felt someone tugging my bolster away :/

She bought quite a fair bit, and said she would have bought more if they had another day at the outlet. A Kate spade each for me n Mabel, coach for herself n joy, 2 beanie cap for me n mabel (den joy leh?), one Marc Jacob sunglasses, one coach sunglasses, levis jeans for herself me n joy (Mabel leh?). I guess its good to be the only child sometimes :D

Ah boy, I also wan go......why u nv buy cheap Kate spade come back one

My Aussie cheque hasn't got credited yet but! My dbs's stocks paid out dividend! Yay thanks for my Mel's air tix!

Mum's coming back, boy's coming back! End of the family taking turns traveling, back to me again!

I just remembered we knock off early this fri to have dinner with family! Ice cream making, bayshore viewing, dinner with some pilots, a wedding showcase at grand hyatt and a korean BBQ dinner with cousin's mohamed bf this weekend!

Mum's finally coming back from alaska tonight! With the infamous Kate spade bag I'm alittle dreading.

Buddy's not here today and it's terribly slow at work, facing a lessons learnt document and some test scripts. Last week's excitement is over so fast.

PM gave me a new title - minister of cloud migration during dinner -_-

My app officially went live at about 5.05pm, with the help of many people and teams.

I thank the following -
My PM
My buddy
Project engineering team who worked till very late last night to solve the last min issues
Engineering PM
App's business owner
Site manager
Sustain engineering team
Release team
Service desk team
Service manager
Domains team
Support team
Security team
and also 谢天谢地 we could go live today!

To quote my pm, I was running almost the whole show. To quote my bf, I'm just busy sending emails everyday.

Anyhow, I really thank the teams involved for cooperating and aligning towards our timelines. Seriously, it was stressful this past 2 weeks glueing everything together and PM is not as simple as just sending emails ok? Pimples on my forehead is evidence.

Shall have a good sleep tonight!

Jialat eh, I'm actually checking emails at bedtime. Thankkkkkk god my SSL issue is resolved. We spent the whole day trying to find the correct team to create and redirect the URL for us when it took only less than 10 minutes for it to be done. The genuine relieved smiles on our faces was priceless. Buddy was bloody relieved cos otherwise he would be flying to japan with a heavy heart. I was relieved cos I didn't want my first project under me to be delayed, not even for a day! Tmr's go-live is abit of a 硬硬来, with 15 severity 1 bugs unfixed, and best part, no proper UAT cos no one had a Korean credit card. Buttt, I managed to get one and did my due diligence of testing when testing isn't my job ok.

I suddenly feel like eating Dallas, having passed by it everytime I go for my powerplate classes. Boy! I treat u this sat k! Valid on this sat only :D

Go-live date postponed. Bleah.

16 severity 1 bugs found by security team -_- sianness.

i noticed im such a workaholic these days. its a freaking public holiday today and after reading the papers, i went to check and reply emails -_-

my first migration to cloud is suppose to go-live this friday, but thanks to business's dilly dally its potentially delayed. if we do go-live this friday, it'll be another celebration together with PM and colleague's farewell! ah, budden bf isnt around for me to treat. first project go-live as a PM in ms wor. enjoy your ribs n donuts in chicago ah boy.

To be honest, I felt alittle relieved and a sense of freedom sending him off at the airport. One week with him was nothing but just the usual dinners. I started to feel I always have to rush through my day's work just to meet him on time for dinner and I'm always caught sending last minute emails before being stressed by him to leave work. I also couldnt go for my runs since meeting him took priority.

I have now two full weeks of freedom and i hope this sense of freedom will continue to linger around until he is back. I can then concentrate on my work and go for my runs!

Hahahahaha. I wonder if this is a good thing? Buy me a lonsdale shirt, my 2 longchamps, my extra gift box n paper bag AND bring me to melbourne k!

I probably have one of the most modernized thinking grandma. Over dinner she kept wanting to give us money to buy bubble tea. Half way Mabel brought up the house topic, and she told me again to 蜜月婚礼，不用摆酒。haha. Even if I want to have the proper dinner n all, I dun have money! I go where n vomit out $$?!

Even if the income ceiling is increased, I still don't qualify and neither do I want to wait for few years before it's ready (i seriously dun mind BTO or DBSS ok!) neither do I want to stay in punggol nor Yishun. Friends tell me Aiya everyone oso stay punggol. I'm not one of the 'everyone' :D punggol is freaking one hr away n yishun prob almost 2 hrs away.

In this aspect bf has been extremelyyyyyyy accommodating. I buy u nice furniture next time ok!

hcmc day three

pri school on a sat noon

some museum we didnt want to pay to go in


independence palace

again, we didnt pay to enter

some famous cathedral

viet's traditional costume on a freaking hot sunny day

post office

ha! streetside hair dresser

finally found our way to this french restaurant

bloody ex drinks

salad

my fish

his steak

super not worth

got cheated by this shopping mall

yummmm yummmmm

this part looks like perth city!

our last massage

some prawn in potato

last day at hcmc!

Overall, hcmc was alright except for the freaking hot sun and humidity. Mekong river nor Ben thanh nor the cheap fruits isn't much to boast about, but! Exploring hcmc with boy was! I still dunoe if he snores cos I always fall asleep within minutes :/

shophouses across my room
ben thanh is just there! (the shorter red roof building)

last pho in hcmc!

I didn't cry yday! Yay I get a free lonsdale tshirt from someone :D

Faster come back n go Melbourne!

hcmc day two

day trip to mekong river!
toilet stop with lots of hammocks

some big buddha on a freakingly sunny n hot day

the most pathetic lunch in hcm

so many chicks around!

coconut candy tat smelled like ah neh's coconut hair oil

some fruit tasting

playing some games in the park

i didnt get to try this!

prawns in coconut...someone said gonna make for me

only 1 buck!