Paul's Fulfilling Life

As I am writing this, my KTV group friend, Ann should be resting at home, recovering from her operation. I had arranged a group visit to the hospital to visit her with some of the KTV group members, when she was warded on Sunday. I am glad that Sharon, Evelyn, Liang, Alex, Raymond, Weng Kiat, Mandy & Jonathan were supportive of this and joined me for this. This hamper was what we shared for her, wishing her a speedy recovery. I must say her parents were rather cheerful and friendly people. It was nice talking to them. May Ann recover soon and join us for further KTV gatherings.

After a 3 month hiatus,I finally found time to organise a KTV session for the Singing @ K Group on Sat. This gathering was quite special as most of the regulars was not able to make it, but there was quite a number of newbies that joined us for the 1st time. I certainly hope that they enjoyed themselves at the session. This session was nearly marred by the fact I was nearly overcharged. Fortunately, I managed to get the manager, Carol to return the amount overcharged to me, after I had a meeting with her at the end of the event. This was because, Partyworld had made a revision of the prices upwards recently, and I was not aware until the day of the event. I am glad that I managed to get the discount back for the group. I think most of the attendees were rather understanding and were able to understand my explanation and did not blame me for it. They were able to wait till the next KTV session. But there were some attendees that thought that I will not refund the money, and asked ...

This was a last minute event, but it was understandable as my friend, who is a bus captain with SBS Transit & his wife is a nurse at Khoo Teck Phuat hospital. I am glad to be invited to their first child’s 8th birthday celebration. According to Eileen, his mum, this was his first birthday party, held at Woodlands Point, MacDonald’s. You will be surprised that the birthday boy is pretty shy, unlike his younger sister, who is more proactive in interacting with the guests. Happy 8th birthday to Ryan. Hope u like the birthday gift from Uncle Paul as I feel that the gift will enable you to play & learn at the same time. =)

今年是非常特别的一年，因为那么多年以来，我家每年摆放的樱柳从没开过花。今年却在大年十四，开了美丽的叶子。 我非常开心的与几位朋友分享我的喜悦。朋友们都说我家人将在今年发了！！之前，听人家说，今年我全家犯太岁，因为爸爸和弟弟属龙，妈妈属牛，我属羊。我总是不会把这些放在心里，因为我认为开心也是过一天，生气也是过一天，不如开心的度过。为何要让风水和五行操控我们的人生。 妈妈看到樱柳开花，赶快的要拍全家福。希望我家人能在今年事事顺利，发啊！！

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) ...