Sunday, September 30, 2007

qian wants to slack more!


was on leave this mon n tues! check out wat i did!

ktv with e sistas


had dinner at xin wang hk cafe. food's not bad.

we were quite tickled by their soy beancurd, cuz of e gigantic tub n scoop it arrived in.

i was so sooo amused. haha~

tink e last time i sang ktv was on my bdae, n tats like more than 4mths ago! ktv is simply too exorbitantly priced on wkends.

look at e colours we'r wearing! im like e fusion of the rest's colours. black + white. haha~

speaking of wat im wearing, it's my latest acquisition, costs oni $19 (frm isetan) n i love it!! pretty decent dress huh? hoho~

looking forward to nx mth's sistas outing! whose turn 2b organiser?? hehe~

Mr Chan's bdae brunch

i was quite appalled by how decrepit e bldg housing Red Star Restaurant is.

e elevator looks older than my grandfather. oops, sorry grandpa~ LoL~

inside, it's juz a normal old-fashioned chinese restaurant lahz.

oh! guess who's oso at Red Star?? Mr OZK. plus a whole table of PwC A2s (see pink arrowed). can be more qiao anot~

i bot 4D: 1230. 12 is my table no, 30 being Mr OZK's table no. *dio dio dio 1st prize!*

Red Star is famous for its affordable dim sum. it's owned by one of e '4 heavenly chefs'.

not bad lorz, e dim sum. e fried stuffs are realli quite oily tho. yum cha's dim sum are more high class tho.

Chan family's fav dishes: cuttlefish + jellyfish thingy, sweet sour pork, n char siew chee cheong fun! yums!!

after tat i went shopping for my winter clothing, in prep of my upcoming china job nx mth.

love tis hooded sweatshirt frm mango!

din purchase cuz its woolly thingy comes out easily n irritates my nose. plus, it's pretty impractical. realli love it tho. sigh, i want winter in sg!

Friday, September 28, 2007

e sisterhood @ dan ryan's



it's an american restaurant situated at some ulu corner of orchard road, @ tanglin place (beside tanglin mall).
e deco is uber american, so nostalgic for me n ting lehz. hehe~

e bar counter is especially american lorz, look exactly like Applebee man! awwww~

while waiting for food to arrive, lijun handed us our lil 'anniversary' gift. to commemorate our 1st year in PwC! thx lijun for e sweet gesture!~

food is finally here! look at our sumptuous meal! hoho~

dan ryan's serves american-sized portions too, me n ting were like how shocked by e size of their bfast deluxe. haha~

dor has a funnily funny pose. LoL~

oh n check out lijun's extremely SM stockings at e end of e post! hehe~

us relishing: bfast deluxe, dan ryan's special burger, chix caesar salad, dan ryan's lasagne n cheese mushroom omelette.
actually i tink e food is okay nia. like e cheese mushroom omelette tho.

after our tummies were filled, kl kj n dor xchged pointers on some audit issues, while e remaining population simply photowhored...

those xchging pointers were so engaged, they nv hiu us at all lorz. evidently, e camwhores are e slacker half of e auditoress population. LoL~

happie anniversary to e sisterhood's career in PwC! cheers to great PwC times ahead! thru thick n thin tog! *muackz*

Thursday, September 27, 2007

to each his own


u'r exercising tact, im being unpretentious.











GET-ME-OUT-OF-HERE!! argh!! *scream screech shriek*

SHORT-TERM GOAL: to stay alive till nx fri! n i'll be washing my hands outta u bloody piece of shit client for gd!!

shit jobs juz effortlessly increase an auditoress' tendency to throw THE sacred letter. bah~

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

e auditoress is 1 yr old!


happie 1st anniversary to me n my fellow runnies! 250906

exactly a yr ago, i joined PricewaterhouseCoopers Singapore as an assurance associate, together with 30+ other fresh graduates.

*connected, worked, slogged, slacked, frolicked.

still rem how slack i was in e early days of my career in PwC, juz enjoying. audit peak came n went, i was pretty lucky as compared to some of my peers.

n nw, im starting to get e gist of wat audit is about. learning at an exponential pace (it is recently tat i discover e fastest way to learn is to kena a shit job, hehz) .

cant realli say tat im loving audit, but as of nw i dont mind doing audit.

occupational hazards come not only in e form of stress and late hrs, but also e depression tat comes along when u see ur fav snrs leaving e firm. oh well, it's an industry with high turnovers anyways.

oh, my work outfits has taken up more space in my wardrobe than casual outfits. work outfits can be pretty too! hehe~

e auditoress' past posts:

last days pre-employment
Go-Audit 1 training days 1
Go-Audit 1 training days 2
Glitz & Glamour - PwC DnD '06
PwC's logo
Winning in Asia 1
Winning in Asia 2
A bad day at work
NTU recruitment
my 1st paycheck
counselling grp outing at Sunrice
slacker loves PwC
PwC xmas bash '06
super slack dec
PwC quenches your thirst
xmas lunch by PwC
e auditoress stocktakes
monday blues
post peak bash at MoS
off peak!
cheers to bonus!
tea breaks - part of PwC culture
welfare at client's
auditoress' food finds
one of my fav client

looking forward to many great days ahead with PwC! lesser hrs, lesser shit, better snrs, better team mates, better pay! hehe~

Friday, September 21, 2007

e auditoress @ harbourfront


my 9th storey ("酒楼") harbourfront client lorz. shipping business. officially one of my fav jobs.

e audit room was too small for e team, hence i volunteered to sit outside. n whatta surprise i've got!

tis is my work station at client's place lorz, looks like it's nth special rite?

but, hey! check out my view!

sentosa island to my extreme right. can even see e monorail gg to n fro wor.

moving left... sg's famed PSA.

n e best part, right in front of moi...

vivocity! wahahaha~

how distracting to face sg's biggest shopping centre when working lorz. it's juz so ez to juz gaze n daze man. hehe~

tats my fellow A2. he was quite disgusted by my ability to memorise e names of my client's vessels. 338, Power & Moon. LoL~

both of us were pretty awestruck by our seats' view at nite wor, even more awesome than in e day.

aiya e pic abit too small for u blog readers to witness its magnificence vicariously. oh well.

e big boardroom's view is lagi best. little did we expect tat our privately-owned client wld have such great view wor.

e mighty miclyn team! e biggest team i've ever been on, with e most no. of A2s.

v gum with e team, which makes working late less unbearable. had so much fun working wif e team of young associates! hehe~

e client was pretty nice to us throughout e whole audit, one free lunch, not much temper thrown at auditors.

but half of e team pulled out tis wk, which made e audit room super empty. (sissy: look! im using e calc u bot me! hee~)

tis wk's my last on e job too, hope nx yr they can get e whole original team back too! *heart*

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

e auditoress' food finds


one of e tiny pluses of being an auditor is e opportunities to discover gd food all ard e island (okay tats provided ur clients are all over e island). these are some of my fav finds...

SingTel ComCentre canteen (beside Somerset MRT)

it's like food heaven hidden amongst e orchard area, their prices are realli low! eg. their korean bbq chicken set is oni $3! or isit $4? aiya it's cfm <$5 jiu dui le...
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quite nice lahz. i prefer their kimchi soup ($3.50) tho, shiok-ly spicy with lotsa liao. woohoo~

their chendol is oni 50c if i nv rem wrongly. damn cheap lahz, all their food. n they have like 10+ over stalls there, sells all sorts of things. heard lee hsien yang likes e laksa there.

e grilled fish with mushroom sauce is v nice too. oni $3 oso i tink. yums!~

Noodle Place Restaurant @ Centrepoint Level 1
my mgrs treated me to tis restaurant. muahahaha~

love their sweet n sour pork! vv crispy n juz e right amt of sweet n sour!~

they'r famous for their signature porridge. it has super alot of liao inside: pig liver, pork ball, duck meat, youtiao, abalone, egg, blahblah. not bad, v filling. affordable price too.

retro bakery @ Tanglin Halt (behind Commonwealth MRT)

it's like e most retro place i've ever been in sg nowadays. love how retro e place looks. hope it doesnt get upgraded...

look at their bakery! sooooo old fashioned! i like. haha~

we always go there to buy custard puffs. it's damn cheap, 30c per puff. we always buy em in boxes as tea break snacks. quite nice.

but other than e cool retro setting n cheap puffs, nth else is nice there. food kinda sucks. heard tat all e great foods (duck mee, wanton mee) are opened at nite oni, mayb tats why.

Don's Pie @ Far East Square (Raffles Place)

it's pretty famous n juz a street away frm PwC Building. $3.80 for a quarter pie, served well to fill my tummy. but can get quite gerlaat towards e end.

lotsa stuffings inside: potato, egg, chicken, mushroom, some peas n carrot. savoury n peppery taste. nice nice~

bak kut teh at Environment Building canteen level 2

it's not a place where ppl usually goes tho. unless u go enviro bldg to pay fines or to renew hawker licences. haha~

e bak kut teh is nice, in my opinion. oni $3. quite alotta ppl buy oso.

soup is not too herbal-tasting, which is gd for me. e bak kut is kinda diff to disintegrate into bite-size tho, but they taste gd with chilli black soya sauce! =))

Han's @ Great Eastern Building level 1 (Raffles Place)

e restaurant's HUGE n veri posh-looking lehz, n their set lunches are like how cheap lorz.

$8 for below set: coffee, soup, fish & chips, fruits. whatta surprise find in e CBD area!~
yes, i realised im wearing e same top. it's juz pure coincidence lahz, tats definitely not e oni working attire tat i have horz. bleahz~

paisey for e photos' poor picture quality, i dont always bring my lumix to work eh. tats all for now, till nx time when i've accumulated more gd food finds!~

Monday, September 17, 2007

wat did u wanna be when u grow up?


i wanted to be a doctor.

it all began with tis HK drama serial i watched when i was young, which probably over-glamorised a doctor's life. but oh well, i love it anyhow.

then i start to fall in love with lotsa other doctor-related dramas, latest craze being Grey's Anatomy. juz bot season 2 frm yahoo. hoho~

i realli tot it's great 2b a doctor. u noe, to save lives / cure ppl. e sense of achievement wld have been unbelievable.

it wld a real meaningful job, like, real gratifying.

even tho a doctor's hrs mite be realli long, they'r losing slp for gd reasons rite? unlike auditors who work 90hrs a wk with e aim of... wat, delivering financial statements to investors promptly?? bah~

my team-in-charge told me: 'we save lives too. our audited financial statements lowers e occurrence of investors frm jumping off bldgs cuz their stocks crash due to fraud.' -_-
anyways, afterwards i realised i spent double e efforts on studying biology as compared to maths, but still fared so much worse in bio than in maths.

decided to choose wat im gd at, rather than wat i aspire 2b. stopped taking biology n thus forgoing my chance at trying out for med school.
not tat im regretting my choice, but juz wondering if my life wld have been better as Dr Chan. hehe~

oh well, i guess tats life.