Paul's Fulfilling Life

My brother had been complaining that he needs a better camera phone for his school projects, but I was not too keen to get him the Samsung Galaxy S2 as I feel that he does not know how to take care of his belongings well, and I feel that he should be taught that money is hard earned. In the end, I got the Samsung Galaxy S2 for myself and passed my Galaxy S for him to use. I thought I have gotten a good deal, paying about $200 and I got some accessories (2 covers and a portable charger) that came along with it, although I didn’t get the colour that I wanted in the end.

Every year, during Chinese New Year, I would invite some of my friends to my house for a Chinese New Year gathering. This year, with some of the usual people that I invited, I invited some new friends, whom I have met in the last year to my place as well. I would like to thank the following people for accepting my invitation to come over to my place for the gathering. Jonathan Ah Liang Alex Raymond Ann Sharon Chloe Gonnie Kian How Bryan Jasmine Wendy Huiyu Ricky & Eileen (with their 2 children,Ryan & Charmaine) I hope u guys enjoyed the gathering, especially the homemade yusheng that my mum. I also would like to thank Chloe, Gonnie & Eileen for the photo taking. =)  

It has been a hectic three months at work as although it was bonus month in December and salary adjustment month in January, it was indeed a busy period these 3 months as I was rushing the corporate tax returns for my clients in November. Little did I expect that the IRAS to issue the tax composition fines in January to our corporate tax clients that we had not completed due to various reasons, which I would put it down to communication breakdown. During these 3 months, a lot of “office politics” happened in office too, making it going to work is like working in a place, where a war is happening, and you must have your weapons ready to fight the war or defend yourself to avoid getting hit. Let’s hope that all these will end in February as my boss promised to look into them after January. Although I feel that I have been quite adequately rewarded in the bonus and in the salary adjustment exercise, I would prefer to work in an environment where there is no 溏心风暴(fighting for power) ...

I know this may be a little late, but since the Chinese New Year traditional celebration is for 15 days, it is always better late than never. Wishing all my friends and blog readers:- a Happy & Prosperous New Year. May the Year of The Dragon brings the fire in you to make it the best year for the Year 2012. 新年快乐，万事如意，恭喜发财，身体健康！！！

I know this may be a little late, but since the Chinese New Year traditional celebration is for 15 days, it is always better late than never. Wishing all my friends and blog readers:- a Happy & Prosperous New Year. May the Year of The Dragon brings the fire in you to make it the best year for the Year 2012. 新年快乐，万事如意，恭喜发财，身体健康！！！

I had boarded the bus (Service 128) from my usual bus stop at Royal Plaza at Scotts on Thursday This service is a semi-express bus service that serves from Shenton Way to Ang Mo Kio during evening peak hours. As I settled down on my seat on the bus, I noticed that a young girl sitting beside me appearing anxious as the bus travelled past Newton Road. The bus had not stopped as it was part of its express route, which would take the bus to Bishan MRT. My guess was that the gal had boarded the wrong bus. She seemed rather lost. I tried to talk to her, asked her where she was heading to. My guess was right. She told me she was heading to Newton Road. I told her that the bus will stop only at Bishan MRT. She was stunned at first, but I managed to calm her down told her to follow me as I would be alighting at the station. She called her mum in the meantime, telling her that she took the wrong bus. I believed that her mum told her to take a cab when she reached Bishan. I could not under...

The dinner was initiated by me as I felt that I had to thank the group for shelling out the “Zinc” bag as my birthday present during my birthday celebration KTV last month. After a group discussion through Whatsapp, the date, time , place for the birthday dinner was set. I asked the birthday boy, what he wanted for his birthday and managed to get the present with the help of Chloe. The meetup was on Wednesday at Marche Restaurant at 313 Somerset. It was fortunate that I had made a reservation for the seats as it was surprisingly packed for a weekday. I had managed to get a cake from The Icing Room before heading in for dinner. The tiramisu cake I got for the birthday boy, The cake melted and was saved by Jessica & Kianhow. The guests for the birthday dinner with the birthday boy, Jessica, Kianhow, Lance & myself Gonnie with the beautiful ladies, Chloe & Jessica Gonnie with me, Lance & Kianhow Gonnie with his gift from us Photos courtesy of ...

This year marks the 1st year that I have ushered in the heartlands. I had wanted to try out how it was like celebrating at the heartlands and had wanted to avoid the crowds at Vivo City & Marina Bay, after an experience last year. I decided to purchase the ticket from my Resident’s Committee, which was priced at $2, and there are snacks, drinks, goodie bags & a chance to win a lucky draw. It is definitely more worthwhile than jostling with the crowd and sweating it out. The countdown was held at the Jalan Kayu Community Hall, which is about a 10 minute walk from my house. I was asked to help by the CC manager with the Games stall, as a result, I was at the venue at about 8pm. The good thing about the hall is it is pretty spacious and air-conditioned. I could usher in the new year 2012 in the comforts of being in an air conditioned hall. The booth I was manning with fellow RC member Mr Ang. The queue for this game was surprisingly long. We had to make som...