Paul's Fulfilling Life

Although I am still a little sick and my exam is in 17 days time, I still felt that I need a break before I restart my engine to complete my revision and my new job responsibilities from Monday as I will be taking over from my resigned colleague for the time being till either a replacement has been found or my resigned colleague managed to solve her domestic problems. It was a 1st time experience for me going to Andrina’s place by bus. I was forced to do that due to this incident . The bus ride from my place to Yishun was fast, but the same cannot be said for the continuing journey from Yishun to Sembawang. Although, at least now I have some idea which are the buses that goes to her place, should the MRT fails again. It tends to happen frequently nowadays. Sang this song as the last song with Lance. It was my 1st time doing duo singing with him, and we are happy that we managed to do it well, despite of my slight flu. :) Sang this song as well. Had to do a minus 2 for this due to my fl...

Me with my colleagues, Anna ,Ms Woo, my mum, Jinn Der and Amy (my manager) (Photo courtesy of Anna) The short week started early for most of my colleagues and myself were invited to my manager’s daughter wedding at Sheraton Towers Hotel on Sunday night. I apologise for the lack of photos for this wedding as the lighting in the ballroom was not conductive for photo taking. Even my manager thinks that the hotel is in need of some renovations to save itself from some tax deduction. (Read Section 14Q Deduction) :p I was down with throat infection on Tuesday, which meant that a part of the no MC bonus is gone for the whole year and a hole in my pocket as I have seen the doctor twice in the past 2 days for my ills. It was great to be back on Wednesday, only to discover that my colleague had brought forward her resignation notice to today, as there is no one to look after her children. My colleagues and bosses are hoping that she would be back to join us soon, as soon as she is abl...

My colleagues and I were invited to my manager’s daughter wedding at Sheraton Towers Hotel. I think this is the most interesting weddings that I have attended. It is interesting to note that my manager’s daughter, Cheryl is about 5 years younger than me. Yet, she prefers old Chinese songs from Ge Lan. Zhou Xuan so much that she decided to incorporate them into her wedding march in theme. It is certainly hard to find young people who likes and appreciate such music. It certainly help them to blend in with the older folk in the crowd.   Personally I enjoy such music too. This shows I am not the odd one out. :)

My boss has asked me to help to source for a replacement for a tax executive. The replacement will be for my colleague, who would be departing at the end of next month. The reason that she is putting me in charge of the hunt, according to my manager, is she is hoping that I can find someone who is trustworthy, humble and able to work with all of us. My boss has stated that she does not mind if the person can only start work 2 or 3 months later. Here are the requirements for the job. Able to communicate with clients for required information in English & Mandarin for ECI and request for tax schedules. Able to work on personal tax computations and corporate tax computations independently If you are interested in working in a audit firm, dealing with tax matters, do feel free to contact me. By the way, its a five-day work week job.

I nearly had to run like a cheetah to make it for this session with Qiqi, Gonnie & Lance as some last minute stuff caused me to walk out of the office 13 minutes before the meeting time. This session was suggested by Gonnie, as he said that he never heard me sing before until yesterday. Here are some of the photos we took for the session. Photos courtesy of Qiqi.   Some of the duet songs we sang include :- It was certainly good to sing all my stress away with them. They are a fun bunch!!!

I had a unexpected busy week as my colleague took a week off to care for her baby daughter, who had passed motion with blood in her stools. It ended up all the unexpected things turned up with her clients’ tax problems. It was really a week that I was really in the firing line, facing the problems and clearing the problems one by one with the help of my senior and manager. Let’s hope my colleague’s baby recover over the weekend. This incident also shows the compassionate side of my boss. She asked me to tell her that she should take care of her child first to ensure that she gets well, so she can get back to work. The busy period was littered with a piece of good news on Thu. I had received a call from Ms Rena Soon, IRAS Corporate Communications Officer, just before I was about to knock off. Here is an excerpt of the conversation. R denotes Rena, while P denotes me P: Yes, Rena, how can I help you? You have good news for me? R: Wah, you really save our numbers in your hp. Yes, ...

I have tried my hand to ballot for NDP tickets, since my family and I have not been to NDP before. I was quite surprised that 2 of my friends offered to me their allocation of the ballot should they get theirs. I guessed it pays to be nice to people. At the same time, I have signed up for the World Cup package, as my dad, my brother and I are all soccer fans and I think it will be better to catch the matches at the comforts of my home, rather than rushing to pubs or coffeeshops to catch them. I welcome my friends who are staying near me to join me to catch some of the matches if they wish.