Iron Man 3

Caught the movie with bf today! Yea, the most talked-about movie currently~

Although I'm not a fan of Marvel or DC or whatever else comics you have out there, I particularly like Ironman (and Batman because it was my childhood hero) because of Tony Stark's incredible humour. :) And Robert Downey Jr fits the role so well. 

Ironman 3 is not SUPER awesome but it's still considerably good. Stark's humour is definitely a thumbs-up for me. Action scenes are pretty good but not thrilling enough I feel.

What I liked most about the movie is towards the ending where many of Stark's suits came to rescue him. :) It was such an amazing sight to see so many of these suits fighting on their own intelligence. Pardon me, that was enough to wow me. XD

ANNDDDDDD

I cheated. What I liked most MOST is the scene where Stark asked JARVIS to destroy all the suits remotely. That was quite emotional because it was Stark's hard work and babies. But in order to prove to Pepper that he would stop his obsession, he made such a decision. And he was back facing the "fireworks" show the whole time. Awwwwwww~~~ Bf said he was thinking "wtf was he thinking" -.- But I was like "that was so sweet!" okay! I was so touched I almost cried! 

Bf was so sure there were no after-credits, he asked to leave. But I was there sipping my drink and texting, kinda reluctant to leave yet X) Somehow I just wanted to be proven that there would not be any after-credits. And tada! There was the after-credits scene!

And it ended with...

IRON MAN WILL BE BACK



My rate: 8/10

Tranquility, the need of

Been a really hectic and busy week for me. Worked for 8 days straight. Yes, that's every single day for the past week. Had to juggle between Boardroom's scrutineering and Topman. There's always a once for everything, and I hope I don't have to go through this 8-days-work-week again XD

Sad to say, both my Boardroom scrutineering and Topman Bugis has ended. I'll miss the usual faces I see during the scrutineering, like ZQ and Raymond.. ZQ is always there to bullshit and crap with me and it makes time pass very fast. :) And Raymond is undoubtedly a nice Associate Director I can chat with. Although he is kind and nice, he can be pretty stern at times.

I'll miss my Boardroom intern friends (ZQ, Ame and Ern) as well BUT! we're going to go for ANOTHER singing session again haha! Yay! :D

Went for the Topshop/man Bugis pack up today.. Mixed feelings for many of them. I was new, so I wasn't really into the "mood". And tbh, it was a little awkward. Haha. Very nice of a few of them to invite me to participate or hang around though :)

Super looking forward to tomorrow! FINALLY A REAL FREE DAY :D Prolly gonna meet Wee and YJ as well :) And gonna get the Miss Selfridge dress on sale! Muaha. :D Been spending a lot recently. Gotta control!! And of course, to meet bf to catch Ironman! Haven't watched any movies lately and have not completed my drama...

That's all folks!

(TOPMAN Bugis)

xo,

Grace

Topman

So I started my first day of work at Topman Bugis last Sunday. But I did not have time to write about it.

First day! Reported at work to meet some nice and friendly people :D My nice Topman colleague Mannan walked me through the procedures, rules and stuff. And the nice and soft spoken Azry too. He's really helpful and very patient in teaching me stuff. ^^ And also the pretty Amirah(?)! Got to know that she's also an NP Accounting student lol! My junior! :D For the seniors we have Yan Feng, Bass and Rhoda.

It was pretty alright, greeting customers, smiling, looking enthu and all~ Tried to make some new friends some the Topshop side :) The people were all very nice. It's quite sad that Bugis Topshop/Topman is going to close down for renovation and many of the staff will be transferred or quitting.. So I may only see those faces a few more times :(



Second day of work on Monday, afternoon shift again, I met Ade who wasn't present the previous day. He appeared quite shy and soft spoken as well. But after working with him (usually just the two of us on the shop floor) for the whole day, I got to know him better and he started joking around. :) On this day I got to meet my Senior-In-Charge Justin as well. Despite being a friendly and approachable guy, he can be quite stern too.

This day was pretty slack because there were lesser customers as compared to Sunday. And I THINK I may have met the "mystery shopper". I don't really know what it is but I THINK I met them lol! Otherwise, it's just two very troublesome and absurd ladies.

During break, when I was buying subway, Jes walked past and saw me and she came to talk to me and agreed to meet me in the storeroom when I've not spoken to her at all. How nice! :) She's so funny and outgoing haha! Super nice girl :)

During housekeeping, Ade asked me to wipe the mirror. He asked if I knew how to clean the mirror. I'm like "err... no" then he was speechless for awhile. And I continued "you use the spray thing and newspaper right!" Then he said "yah. I don't know how people can NOT know how to wipe a mirror hahaha!" LOL well, people like me XD

Ade actually told me to wipe the low shelves. But Bass came along and told me to clean the high shelves =\ which means I will need to climb a ladder to wipe the top shelves. Then she asked me if I was afraid of heights. I said "a little bit". Then was like "huh? you scared! Where got people scared heights one" in a joking manner. But I was still "it's okay. I'll clean it. I'm fine". Then after two shelves, she asked me to come down cos she was afraid I would fall lol! XD It's actually quite high leh! Like climb up to almost the top of the ladder! And I was holding on to my dear life by grabbing onto the hanger rack and ladder XD It's scary lah okay. No support, no nothing.

During closing we had some free time so Jes started taking pics with everyone haha! :) Here's one of us! Pretty Jes and I! (I can't get the rest in cos my com refuses to read my phone -.-)

And just got news from Justin that I would be posted to Topman Ion. But then it was changed again, to Ben Sherman @ C.K. Tangs. But I didn't really like working in the men section because it was hard for me to differentiate the trousers and blazers and white shirts.... okay seriously, they all look the same to me... So after taking a walk to that Ben Sherman outlet, just nice I was in the vicinity, it was such a small shop area! Like probably the size of my room =\ So it makes me want to request a transfer even more. And so I did. I asked to transfer to Topshop or any female apparels. He replied he can ask for me but not guaranteed. I acknowledged and said that I'm better at female apparels. He said it seemed I'm good at both female and male apparel. (but nooooooo, I suck at knowing and differentiating male apparel >.<) Then I was pretty persistent haha! I said because I had more experience in the female apparel line (about 3 years), so it's better for the shop and I. Therefore, Justin managed to get me to Topshop Ion. Yay! Not really excited about the location, although it's quite convenient for me to go home, cos I heard the standards there are a lot more higher than the Bugis outlet =\ okay.....?

And once again, I'm gonna be stuck in Ion again lol! Previously at The Box I was also mostly in the Ion outlet. Oh wells~~~

Topshop here I am! Gogo!



xo,
Grace

Embrace yourself

Embrace your body, love who you are.

Never try to be someone you're not. Because you'd never know you could be that "someone" somebody else wants to be.

You are born to be who you are born to be. Don't change anything about you.

Ladies, don't feel insecure with your body or looks. Because beautiful is who you already are. Sexy is to be confident. Confident is to "be comfortable in your skin" -Miranda Kerr.

A day to rejoice

Today's a very special, and lucky, day for me! (Despite having to wipe and clean my wardrobe... -.-)

1) During lunch I got a call from Wing Tai. I went for an interview yesterday to apply for a position on the sales floor. I was notified that if I was selected, I would be contacted within a week. However, to my surprise, I was contacted just one day after! So I was excited to hear what position I could take up. Well, I was invited to work for this... I forgot what's it called. "Dressing salon" or something like that? (ETA: okay I think I got the event name right) And because I am going to be occupied with my Boardroom scrutineering, I will not be able to work for quite a number of days. Hence, she said she wouldn't put me there. Instead, she will place me in TOPMAN. I was like "okay!" but I was thinking "err okay...? TopMAN...?" I know Topman/Topshop is pretty much the same but I've never worked in a guys' section before so I was a little... ????????

But anyway, I agreed to that. So I'm actually looking forward to starting work this Sunday! :) It's been a year since I was in the retail line and after a year of office life, I thought I need a change. It's definite that an office-job pays higher though. Butttttttt I really felt my youth and life being sucked out of me. So I need a new environment for me to meet new people. So here I am! :)


2) My dad came home with dinner, bread for tomorrow and letters. While flipping through his letters, he said "NTU?". I looked up and was waiting for him to continue what exactly was it that thing from NTU. then he continued with "congratulations...?". He passed that letter to me. I wasn't sure if it is that one letter many of us have been waiting for but I dare not put my hopes high. I opened it and it read "Congratulations! The University Admissions Selection Committee has...... to read Linguistics & Multilingual Studies....". The only excitement I can manage was "=O" lol! I didn't jump for joy or anything but I was so so so happy! :D

If you read my previous post, you would have known I went for the course's interview not long ago. And in fact after that I was wondering if the professor was being all exaggerating about "highly recommending" me, or if he told every interviewee the same thing. And today I got my answer! :D

Thank God!

3) I was able to find my bank book and passport-sized photo (for tomorrow's signing of Letter of Appointment). Okay I know this sounds stupid. Like what, aren't you supposed to have already kept your bank book somewhere. BUT! Yes, the previous time i kept my bank book SO WELL, that I forgot where I put it -.- And then... I shifted its location. Until just now, I had no recollection at all where it was placed at. So I started looking at random places and TADA I found it :)

Then my passport-sized photo too. I wanted to use the one I took for my driving license but gawd I can't seem to remember where I put it! And it doesn't help that these little photos can be slotted anywhere. -.- After finding drawers after drawers and shelves after shelves (and even my wallet), just when I was about to give up, I spotted that small white envelope behind my mess of accessories. YES!! I don't need to spend another 8 bucks taking an ugly passport-sized photo :)




xo,
Grace

The easiest way to lose something is to want it too badly...

The easiest way to lose something is to want it too badly..
Or to take it for granted and stop WANTING it all over.

Happiness in Love

We always take for granted the people who love us, don't we.
We always expect to get back what we give the people we love, don't we.

Love, is sometimes being expected too much of. An overstatement, sometimes.
The love we deserve is the love we already receive. We, however, tend to have a greedy nature. We expect more than what we already have.

To love is to forgive.
To love is to understand.
To love is to be humble.
To love is to give.

Happiness isn't that far away if you know how to look back and count your blessings.
As cliche as it may sound, appreciating what you have and thanking God for His blessings will help you realize how fortunate and blessed person you are.
No matter how bad circumstances are, as long as you can look back and see all that you have, you will know that you are one child envied by many.

Bottom line: Love is a beautiful canvas painted with shadows. Happiness is what YOU allow yourself to have.




Have a blessed one.
xo,
Grace

75% there!

Just went for an interview for NTU's Linguistic and Multilingual Studies. My first choice for NTU. It's the only school that offers this course and I was so excited to place it at the top of my choices. Because I do like to learn ABOUT languages, and also foreign languages itself. Also, this course touches on some psychological aspects of languages as well, which happens to also be what I like. So I decided this is going to be THE course for me :)

When I first got the call from LMS, I had no idea. I was in Spain and I didn't want to pick up a call from an unknown number. I gave the call a miss and went to google the number. It turned out to be from LMS and I was so shocked and panicked that I immediately got my bf to call them back. Thankfully, my interview was being rescheduled (I just returned last Saturday) and here I am travelling 2 hours to NTU all by myself!

Went I went into the waiting room, there was this sweet girl with dimples who smiled at me. So I said hi and smiled back. Because it was so awkward for both of us to sit facing each other in such a big room, I struck a conversation. Then we were joined by another girl and guy.

The essay topic and writing paper were given. It was a 30 minutes essay, only limited to one page. When I received the paper, I read the topic and I was like "what the hell is this!", totally not what I would have expected. "Singlish is basically Hokkien grammar with mostly English words. Do you agree or disagree?". okay, now what?! Thank God I did my research about the course beforehand (shows how much I want this course huh) and tried to apply the theoretical stuff I memorized on the way there (yes, 2-hour journal, enough for me to study). I didn't have much confidence given that only half my essay was focused on the topic itself.

So after the essay writing was the interview with one of the professors. Despite me being one of the earliest to reach, I was the last to get called in. You have no idea how nervous and tense I was! It was probably because I really wanted to get into the course hence putting more stress on myself. When I met the prof, he was very nice and friendly. He sat me down and we greeted each other. And the next thing that came out of his mouth just made me go "=O". He said "your essay was outstanding! Look, I wrote 'outstanding essay!' here". I was taken aback. To be honest, I would be happy if he was satisfied with my essay and me. However, his gracious comments and compliments just made me all shocked and happy. I barely managed a "oh my gosh, really? Thank you so much!".

Then we went on and on about why I chose the course. He even told me his "life story" of how he ended up in LMS as a prof and talked to me about his dreams and vision. I'm not sure if he told the rest the same thing too but I sure felt comfortable around him. :) He even fished out some curriculum papers and students' tests to show me when he asked if there were any questions and I answered with "What is the percentage of written tests and projects for modules?".

What made me so ecstatic was that he mentioned I "would probably be offered a place" to "you should be offered a place" to "I would recommend you" to "I would highly recommend you!". Damn, I love him as much as he loves me! XD

It was definitely a memorable, unique and great interview experience. One of the best interviews I've attended. :) He ended off with "I hope to see you in school" and yes prof, same sentiments here ;)



And I will like to thank all the people who gave me their best wishes, who believed in me and who are proud of me :) Thank you guys so much. It means a lot to me to see encouragement and to know that your faith in me has never wavered (especially my mum and bf). Thank you guys for being genuinely happy and proud of me too :)

xo,
Grace

Thinking...

I used to have another blog. Well, an active one that is. I used to blog a lot about my JJ Lin, Fahrenheit and kpop craze (back from year 2006) until I decided to end it all when I entered poly 3 years ago (wow how quick time passes, it's already 3 years). Afterwards it's just filled with emotional stuff that I go through, just a place for me to rant and pen down my thoughts (except that it's no more happy-fan-girl-posts). Some friends still patronized the almost-dead blog and were concerned about the emotional stuff up there. It was probably because I only blogged when I was feeling upset, so it seemed as though my whole life was darkkkk. But that wasn't the case, I had my good share of happiness :) I appreciate my friends' concerns but after awhile I decided to lock the blog because there was no point showing these temporary bad feelings to people who care. Ever since then, I haven't touched on blogging much, just a few entries every now and then.

I've always liked blogging, ever since I started in 2006. It's a space for my to express my thoughts. I'm someone who loves, and probably needs to, write things down be it on a blog, twitter or texting my bf. Writing helps me think too. I know recently blogging has become so popular that everyone is keeping a blog, and that's part of the reason why I didn't want to "revive" my blog or create a new one. And then you'd be thinking "so what the hell are you writing this post on". Haha the main reason, and the only reason, for this blog was to keep a record of the movies/dramas I've watched. I do watch a lot of movies and dramas and more often than not, I forget what the title is or how did I like it. So I guess creating an e-journal should help?


1) I have no idea why I'm writing this post.

2) Maybe I just wanted to comment on something. Granted, your blog is your writing space and you definitely have the freedom to say whatever you want. You never know who's reading this space and you'll never know what they think of you (unless they leave a comment). That's one scary thing. You may gain followers and have people who like you, but with lovers come haters. I guess this is one thing bloggers have got to understand and get used to after making their lives so transparent to the world.

That's just what I've got to say after reading a blog. About hateful comments and stuff~

It's okay for people to hate you, just don't lose yourself along the way. Don't be someone whom others want you to be, be yourself. Love you for yourself and people will love you for you too. 



Maybe soon enough I'll start writing about myself again.. Maybe? Haha~


-Grace

Love 911

Caught this on the plane back from Barcelona. 

Charming male lead. The plot is not too bad, there's suspense, romance, drama, comedy.. 

One thing, I still don't know how the male lead's wife died. Died at home because she couldn't breath? Or did no ambulance get to her? The part where his wife died wasn't explained well despite how they emphasized on his guilt towards her. 

Also, did the female lead go for her surgery? What was the outcome? 

This movie is supposed to be sad, but... somehow it didn't make me FEEL for the characters.

My rate: 6/10