Two things. I'm sitting at the KL airport now waiting for transit, and I'm trying to arrange my thoughts into a systematic chronological fashion. Rather tired haha, considering that I stayed up overnight for my 640am flight which was only an hour long. My life has been moving at an extremely fast pace these days.. I'm so glad I finally found this window to gather my feelings by myself.
So let me run you through the events in sequence, shall I? For you and for the sake of my future 110yr old dementia self hahaha.
Internship
Remember a few posts ago, I mentioned that I'm working for a startup that has got to do with losing weight?
Okay. Lai liao, I am ready to talk about my work. The way I put it the other time was too misleading. I have this friend who asked me "erm.. so they hire you to be the "before" model is it?" HAHA. My sister isn't any better. She went "eh, does your client know about your weight?" in the genuinely concerned tone. LOL. I just weighed myself at the luggage weighing machine and I got the shock of my life. Jialat. Dear God, if your plan is for me to be fat, at least let me look cute like Doraemon T_T Hahahaha. Okay, so my company is actually a new initiative that focuses on raising awareness of preventive healthcare in Singapore. My boss founded the company when she's 26 right after she left SPRING Singapore, as she is very certain about her vision. She has this very strong desire to help the society because of her family background and also her volunteering experience with the elderly, so much so that she almost majored in Social Work.
I was very motivated when I first joined the company because I found meaning in its cause. My job position is "Care Coordinator". LOL sound a bit too gentle for me but it's a fact ;) Basically, what I do is to design care experience for our clients according to their needs. Weight management is just one of the tracks they can choose to take. So far, I have helped to plan and arrange group fitness and diet sessions where clients of similar conditions gather to learn more about exercises and healthy eating. Of course, my job scope was way beyond that. People are right about startups ahaha. You really get to stretch yourself. If you are are doing programs, you also gotta do logistics, marketing, admin, public relations and more. Hahahaha. So other than activity planning, I'm a 'nanny', a poster designer, an admin temp staff and a content writer. But I'm not complaining :-) It was really a good exposure for me, as it's my first industry experience! First time, nobody from my past followed me into this aspect of my future. Hence, I comfortably introduced myself as...*chiang chiang chiang* Charine. LOL.
*Insert namecard*
The only problem my company faces is the practicality and sustainability of its business model, I guess. Would you pay $790 for a 6 months program that aims to induce lifestyle modifications for healthy living? Maybe..maybe not. Humans are reactive. We tend to only take actions only when problems surface. This includes taking care of our health. I certainly hope my boss could work things out :-)
Though I did have my fair share of unhappiness at work, I'm glad it still ended on a good note. Haha. My boss went to my party, albeit alone! I learnt a lot from her too. Important work ethics such as timeliness, focus.. consistency and kindness. I hope I can bring these values forward with me everywhere I go!
<Continued @ Airbnb apartment in London>
Kodaline Concert
Kody!!!!!! So glad Hyung and I decided to go for it *v* BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY SO GOOD LIVE. It's like all those youtube videos coming into life, holy! Good music is essential to my soul T_T
Happened to buy my first Canon D on the same day with an ultra zoom lens 55-250mm! Lucky me hohoho!
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| Cried when I sang along with this song. It's so emotional. And the night felt ethereal :') |
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Songs really feel and sound different live. There's an added character to it. Could be the atmosphere, the crowd..and simply the band reaching out to you in their presence.
People complained that SCAPE sucks but I felt that it's a positive move towards creating a music fest culture in Singapore. An open free standing space where people congregate in front of the stage and do singalong~ So I was really turned off by how self-entitled some Singaporeans are. I was standing at the steps which gave me quite a marvellous view. I stood upright when Sheppard started jamming to their songs. However, the people behind me chose to sit down on the steps. Well, that would be alright, if they didn't start tsk-ing at me and my friends for blocking their view. Hello...free standing for a reason right? Not free seating leh. Lame poks. If they have asked nicely, I might have considered to step aside. (Actually, if they are pretty la, I'm superficial like that LOL.) Nobody sits down at a concert anyway?!? Also not musical, play or orchestra.. concerts are supposed to be HYPED UP! Those little girls indie wannabes had better learnt. Grow up la. Hahahahaha.
These aside, I still had a wonderful night heh. Thank you Kodaline for those amazing songs :')
21st Birthday Party
Hosting a party has really opened my eyes to who really care for me in this world. I'm glad that it has pushed me even closer to my family now :') Really. I'm so touched by whatever they have done for me selflessly and unconditionally, that I had a pretty bad meltdown at the party...LOLOLOL.
Invited my long lost childhood best friend to my party with just a week notice, and he came anyway tho he's alone! I introduced him as my secret boyfriend HAHAHAHA and some people jaw-dropped-to-the-ground. I'm really touched by people who came to my party by themselves without company, because it's really for me that they are plucking the courage to be awkward and to feel so alone in those few hours of their lives.
I will recount my birthday party story some other day heh, maybe when closer to my actual birthday or when I'm missing home. Ok the latter seems really really hard. LOL.
I tried to upload more photos but my startup disk is full and my mac is starting to show attitude to me..*bitch face* Hahaha. So I will edit this post again next time~ when I'm...less busy with LONDON!
"Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."
— Samuel Johnson
Stay tuned for my updates on London! ;)
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