Archive for the 'Musings' Category
The only colleague outside my department that i chat with regularly is moving to another office. How sad. That said, i’ll be moving seats too. My new seat will be in between my new & ex-boss. Should have more privacy than my current seat though. My current desk is in full view of my boss [...]
Recently, I caught myself thinking, “oh dear. There’s nothing I can do except to pray”. Then I realised that’s wrong. The first & most important thing I can do is pray. Taking action should only come after that.
City boys’ shame after rugby email goes viral For four young City high-fliers, the adage "what goes on tour, stays on tour" has unravelled after a private email with their "tour rules" went viral. George Boulton-Lee, James Hill, Daniel England and Rory Jones By Donna Bowater and Anna White 6:00AM GMT 09 Feb 2012 In [...]
Marsh woes continue as London executive is dismissed By Andrew Cave 12:01AM GMT 04 Nov 2004 Marsh, the American insurance broking giant, has dismissed an executive in its London operations, it confirmed yesterday. Julian Taylor, a senior vice-president of Marsh’s terrorism insurance unit, was suspended while Marsh examined allegations that he charged a client "slip [...]
For some strange reason, I can post to the blog via my ipad, Nokia and blackberry, but not my laptop. Why why why? It’s easiest using laptop!!
A rather busy first week at work. Felt a little stressed mid-week when a number of enquiries was given to me to handle but thankfully, I managed to sort things out by Fri. Most people assumed it’ll be a honeymoon period since it’s a new job… but the thing is, I’m doing the exact same [...]
My 3-week break is OVER! Starting work at my new office tomorrow. Sian. Break not long enough. I haven’t nuah-ed enough. Sigh. Gotta go pack some essentials to take to office tomorrow… on the MRT some more. Bleah! I hate public transport.
If you like to eat local food, you’ll know that no 1 local dish is exactly the same. There’re many places selling char kway teow but every cook will have his own style of preparing the dish. This is probably why once a Singaporean has grown to like a particular stall, the eater will make [...]
As of 5 Feb 2012, I will be officially “in between jobs”. A pity I only get to bum around at home this week before I fly to USA for a 2-week holiday. Will be back on 17 Feb & will start work at my next company on 20 Feb 2012. Many people have asked [...]
Happy Chinese New Year everyone!! Enjoying my 3-week break before starting work at my new company. Had dinner with my new colleagues last week. I think it’ll be good. It’s a lean team but everyone is technically strong so i believe this team will rock the market. Two underwriters told me that they’re glad the [...]
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