last couple of mths.... only 1 word to describe it... hectic... totally crazy too... my colleague and me were practically clocking in more than 12hrs of work almost every day... i wonder how we survived... haha. with my vietnam nightmare over, i now have my sg show to "look forward" to... more OTs... more wkends burned.... dont even want to think about it -.-"
so... what have i been up to? work work and more work... been to ho chi minh city, vietnam for a week for the exhibition that i was handling... overall good show, and great exposure even though its quite an "experience" to be working with *ahem* the locals. well lets just put it as language barriers... sometimes i just wish i could speak Vietnamese in an instance so that they would be able to understand what i'm trying to put across... otherwise most of the time, i'll be wondering if they really understood me cos they have the tendency to nod their heads and reply "okok" and you could get something else that's totally not "ok"! therefore in the process, alot of patience will be required in communicating with them in order to ensure that things will be done your way. overall, the Vietnamese are really friendly people and helpful too.
the trip to Vietnam was pretty enjoyable.... our boss even graciously extended a 1-day stay for some of us... hehe... so that we can go shopping =P .... and believe me when i say tailoring in Vietnam is VERY cheap... you get the material from their local markets or one of their well known touristic place, Ben Thanh market.... and then proceed to the tailor to get the kind of tops/ dresses/ pants that you'd like tailored.... their workmanship only costs (avgly) SGD10.00. Any idea how cheap that is??? It means we can get a pair of pants tailored (including marerial & workmanship) for as low as SGD21.00!! With a pair of Mango pants that's purchased in SG, you can get 5 pairs of pants there, TAILORED to fit you. now thats cheep!!
bcos this is my first time there, well i didnt go totally crazy... but before my next trip, i'll be sure to do enough research so that i'll be able to do my shopping there... keke. totally worthwhile manz.
generally, (besides those at the exhibition halls & having to co-share the room with someone on the top of my "hate" list at the moment), life is pretty slow paced and relaxed over there. it is good to be able to enjoy good food every day, the only regret is not being able to try the delicious lobster which my colleagues were raving about.... haha.
i fell sick thou, the moment i touched down in sg... so was in pretty bad shape but slowly recuperating now and trying to get back to life here back in sg... it felt so different to be back again after this stint in Vietnam (even though it was only for a week)...
and then we had our annual D&D yesterday evening... the theme was Shanghai Night (1940s).... thanks to the wonderful support of my beloved colleagues, i managed to get the best-dressed award! hahaha... like finally, i was nominated twice in the past but never did manage to get the top prize. SO, you must be thinking what I was dressed in?? Heheh.... i took loads of pictures with all of them... even thou none of the cameras belonged to me, so will have to wait for all of them to download and forward the pictures to me... and if you're interested to know what i was dressed up in, well stay tuned until i have downloaded all the pictures yeah? promise i wont take too long... hehe, will also include the pictures of those that was taken during my Vietnam trip... many many act cute pictures, but well the owner of this blog is by nature "kawaii" eh? hahahahah~