Going about ur daily life, you are aware that you use japanese products. Of course, I mean you chose to buy them. But working in a japanese bank, you are made acutely aware of it. Like I use Za foundation and majolica eyeshadows which are both owned by shiseido, and then I use shiseido eyeliner too, a shu uemura eyelash curler. My lip balm has some japanese words on it but is made by Mentholathum (ok i just found out its a japanese company too. I use hada labo skin care...and my baby wipes are pigeon brand.
and i also realized that i have tons of meiji biscuits in my office drawer, and i love to drink yakult.
Sometimes these things are so ingrained that u don't take notice
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
The excitement of F1
The F1 weekend is finally over, the roads have cleared and there are no more jams...
I remember just a year ago, I had started work @ BNP. It was barely into my 2nd month and an exciting time for me. The F1 weekend had started and the office was just next to the track. We went to the 21st flr @ 4pm during woek to see the F400s. I remember practically racing to one fullerton after work to stand next to the track just to listen to the sound of the cars and soak up the atmosphere! I even had a ticket to go to the Club21 hospitality suite on race day and got Khiels goodies :)
How time flies, its been a year since then and I'm at another new job.
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I remember just a year ago, I had started work @ BNP. It was barely into my 2nd month and an exciting time for me. The F1 weekend had started and the office was just next to the track. We went to the 21st flr @ 4pm during woek to see the F400s. I remember practically racing to one fullerton after work to stand next to the track just to listen to the sound of the cars and soak up the atmosphere! I even had a ticket to go to the Club21 hospitality suite on race day and got Khiels goodies :)
How time flies, its been a year since then and I'm at another new job.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Friends or Colleagues
Starting at this new place, it really makes me miss my friends at the old place. The lines here in this bank are very clear cut, colleagues are purely just colleagues, maybe I am new perhaps. But then I notice that it is the same for everyone else. We go about our business, maybe talk a little bit here and there, go for lunch together. Could also be the age difference but then there are a few younger people around too.
Back in BNP, the lines of colleague and friend really blur and mesh together. Especially amongst the FGIPs who started mostly at the same time. Perhaps we stuck together because of the program or perhaps because we were the only age group in the bank. But there were other bunches who also formed their own clique and didnt hang out in the same circles.
Like I told Karl the other day, back in BNP when i lunch alone, most of the time its by choice because I need to run errands. But, if I am lunching alone nowadays, it is hardly due to choice.
I miss that feeling of camaraderie. =\
Back in BNP, the lines of colleague and friend really blur and mesh together. Especially amongst the FGIPs who started mostly at the same time. Perhaps we stuck together because of the program or perhaps because we were the only age group in the bank. But there were other bunches who also formed their own clique and didnt hang out in the same circles.
Like I told Karl the other day, back in BNP when i lunch alone, most of the time its by choice because I need to run errands. But, if I am lunching alone nowadays, it is hardly due to choice.
I miss that feeling of camaraderie. =\
Friday, September 17, 2010
Credit card dilemma
Well...I've been working for a year plus and when I first started I applied for 2 S$500 credit cards from diff banks. Now that I finally meet the min income requirement, its time to decide if I should upgrade existing ones/ get a full card.
These are my points
1. 2 S$500 are really very manageable and help to keep my spending down. With int at 2% p.m. as long as I service my debt reasonably the interest will always be lower than the min payment. Well as a credit analyst and business student, one understands that a little bit of debt is not a bad thing... As long as its manageable. Optimal debt-to-equity ratio u know?
2. If I get a full cc, I will have much more spending power but that will req me to exercise superb self control cos I will have to pay whatever I swipe! That means no random packages from ASOS. :(
3. I can't go on with my 500 buck cards cos its not v fair to karl who has to always use his cards or to my friends who always have to pay with their cards too.
So that's my dilemma. Bankers help?
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These are my points
1. 2 S$500 are really very manageable and help to keep my spending down. With int at 2% p.m. as long as I service my debt reasonably the interest will always be lower than the min payment. Well as a credit analyst and business student, one understands that a little bit of debt is not a bad thing... As long as its manageable. Optimal debt-to-equity ratio u know?
2. If I get a full cc, I will have much more spending power but that will req me to exercise superb self control cos I will have to pay whatever I swipe! That means no random packages from ASOS. :(
3. I can't go on with my 500 buck cards cos its not v fair to karl who has to always use his cards or to my friends who always have to pay with their cards too.
So that's my dilemma. Bankers help?
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Sunday, September 12, 2010
It's been a long time....
In between, I went to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam with Mr Marshmallow and also Desaru Malaysia. Had some fun times and now its back to work proper...time to save up for my goals for the next 2 years:
- Go for Lasik Surgery
- Finish my driving
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