Doraemin Time Machine

Finally my 4 days of long break is over! Aighs… So depressing! Time flies… It’s time to 重新奋斗、继续加油！

Had been zz late for the past few days, almost 3am everyday! Oh dear! My beauty sleep… Woke up @ 12nn today & still feeling tired… I’ve decided (for the nth time), I must try to lead a normal life after tom! Sleep before 2am! New resolution from today!!!

Was spe to meet Z for cycling @ 430pm! But I was late for more than half an hr, opps… luckily she’s clever enuff to be late for 10mins but still… Anyway, bishan park is really too far away! I tried walking there but halfway thru I gave up & decided to catch a bus. I happily hopped on after driver told me that bus goes to bishan park, unfortunately it’s the other end of bishan park (near the amk area)! *DIAO* so I walked all the way back… aighs… my poor legs… finally I reached the place where angry Z is waiting & I was made to pay for the rental of 2 bikes as punishment… haiz… Anyway the start of every cycling session is a torture! So malu… I always got difficulty getting on the bike & worst, today I seemed to have no ctrl over the stupid bike which is taking me in a zig-zag direction… Oh dear, super malu… I kept braking & screaming… aighs… Perhaps I shld just give up cycling! Swimming & running is so much easier… Y am I here? Torturing & maluing myself… Anyway I suspected a gear problem & decided to call for help. After adjusting, it seems abit better… Ok… but y so many pple here today??? And y are pple walking, strolling and chatting on bicycle paths? So inconsiderate! What if I knocked into them? Anyway I very nearly knocked into a dog which suddenly crossed the path. Ahhhhh… An emergency brake & I nearly fell, o dear, soooo malu… haiz… But anyway, I managed to conquer 2 humps today after several attempts, so it’s quite an accomplishment after all! haha… Z tried to persuade me to join her for blading next time. No thanks! I shall stick to cycling for the moment!

AFinally after 2 days of nuaing, I managed to do something fruitful today!

1) Met panda for lunch, had a nice chat & further realised how unsuitable I am for my current job! Aighs… =( I mean, if I knew from some other sources, that my fren is chasing a story, I will not think of chasing the same one, seems a bit unethical, like I’m stealing his story and worst, resources are the same… hmm… dilemma… Even if it’s a super hot topic like yest, think I’ll still drop it. But panda thinks otherwise… so I quote another scenario:

H: Like prev, I knew S is planning to do that story & I think quite interesting…

P: So u will also do it?

H: No I will just give it up cos it’s not my idea in the 1st place..

P: DIAO!!!

hmm… so what I am thinking was wrong all along. P said, if I felt strongly that it’s good for the company, I shld proceed despite it being others’ idea, and end up my fren’s story will be out later cos radio can be broadcast earlier… hmm… is it really alright to do that? 我从来都不喜欢跟人家抢东西，就算打篮球，球已经到手，如果有人来抢，我还是会自动放手的！这是性格。(Then I think editor suits u better) err… ok.. but i dun wanna be editor… hmm… speechless… >_<

2) Met up with insurance agent who seems glad I finally wanna take up a plan with him. Quite impressed, he actually had lotsa views on political issues, unlike a lot of young pple who dun even care abt politics nowadays… maybe can interview him next time… =)

3) Went swimming & managed to conquer 12 laps this time. Next aim: 15 laps with less breaks in between

4) Met up with BK & R, another round of chatting! Faint… haha… apparently we arranged to meet @ 6pm cos they expect me to arrive @ 630pm. But they are quite impressed cos I was only late for 5mins! Both agreed that my current job had changed me for the better. But actually, I’m still late for wk & it’s getting from bad to worse! hmm… anyway I realised journalists are not that punctual after all BUT nevertheless I shall try to improve! Talk abt the good old days, the current situation and decided that we shld meet up next yr: 25/08/07 to check if we have turned into unscrupulous devils due to our jobs!

5) Chatted with cousin & decided that we must really make our BJ trip work out! Perhaps throw in 2 days of HK as well! Yeah! Looking fwd! =D

What an eventful day! 明天会更好！

今天看了“有话直说”，谈到外表对寻找工作是否重要。其实我是蛮认同的。现今社会，能说外表不重要吗？对此，和老弟也有意见分歧。他总认为应征时，外表和守时是不重要的，只要对答如流就行了。或许我们两姐弟都有同样的问题，面对应征时总是舌头打结，不知道要怎么sell urself! 即使resume 再怎么impressive 也总是栽在interview 这关。我从来都不是一个说话很有说服力的人，不会辩论、也不喜欢辩论！But still, 我还是认为，我们不应该否定外表和守时的重要性。

Anyway 我好像有点离题了…

What really strikes me in this programme is this couple! 妻子对丈夫不离不弃的精神真让人感动。男主角在车祸中失去了样貌，甚至身体有缺陷，会影响未来的工作能力，当时女主角还不是她的女朋友，（我一直以为他们车祸前就已经是夫妻了）不过却在男主角出事后，当所有人都遗弃他时，对他伸出援手，照顾他、关心她，最后还嫁了给他。

蔡深江问妻子：“你在车祸之前就已经喜欢你老公了吧？”妻子含泪不语。场面感人。

或许是吧，我相信是。可是，有多少人能够在事发后，当对方已经面目全非，几乎失去工作能力的情况下，仍坚持自己的爱情，而且还是单方面的爱情。我想，妻子是伟大的！或许，她也是幸福的吧！如果没有那场车祸，她的丈夫也不可能与她患难见真情，甚至他们也不可能在一起。现在丈夫重新站起来，甚至成为肉骨茶店的老板，他很感激他的妻子。

经历了磨难的夫妻才会更珍惜彼此的感情。在现今讲求速食爱情的社会里，这对不离不弃的夫妻之间平淡的爱情故事，是不是更叫人动容呢？

Yeah! It had been quite some time since I last took a break from work! After I resigned in late Jan, I plunged into this new wking environment. Everyday there are things to learn, everyday I know there are areas I need to improve on, everyday there’s something happening… (of cos la! What am I saying?)

Finally 23-26 august, I dun have to wk for a good 4 days! Wow! Actually am supposed to go HK with my cousin, but somehow we 摸摸摸 so the trip was cancelled. Might be going Beijing thou, looking fwd!

Anyway, back to my long awaited break. I think I kinda need the 4 days break desperately. Productivity & morale had been low recently, I need to recharge myself! I need energy! I need a break! 休息是为了走更长远的路，不是吗？

Somehow my blog benefitted from this. When one is too eng or too down, will think of penning something… So here I am again! In fact, July is an eventful mth for me, but no records of it here at all… How strange! Isn’t a blog meant to record all the happenings? Hmm… just a thought!

最近工作不算顺利… 其实是自己的问题。写稿的时候显得力不从心，明明可以很简单地处理，偏偏我还是写得不好。到底为什么？已经在这儿工作了7个月，还是懵懵懂懂的，好像没有什么进步，还有开倒车的感觉。唉… 很同情我的主编，改稿改到要吐血了！我该怎么进步呢？真的真的，要下定决心天天看报纸才行！

其实，有时候真的不知道如何去处理一些新闻。面对公说公有理、婆说婆有理的情况，我会被搞得很乱，很想理出一个头绪，很想为受屈者做些什么。可是，新闻工作者其实只要负责据实报道就行了，不是吗？谁对谁错，谁知道？我又能做些什么？

最糟的是，当你为此内心挣扎很久后，对方竟然还嫌你没有报道出他要的重点，真的会觉得身心疲惫。饶了我，我不是神，我的能力有限。

幸好，最后对方还是讲理的。或许是我自己给自己太大压力吧！

不管怎样，明天会更好！=）

最近，健康不是太好，可能是没有按时吃饭吧！肠胃本来就不好的我，身体开始抗议了！要好好注意，听说胃病是不治之症，我可不想为了工作搞坏身体。决定暂时不喝咖啡了，即使是凌晨4点半的大早班，再想睡都不喝。果然，胃部不再有搅动的感觉，舒服多了！

健康无价，千万别为了工作，牺牲一辈子的健康！

It had been ages since i last penned something… Oh dear, I’m really 1 lazy gal, haha… nevertheless, i shall write something abt my "adventure" yesterday @ National Stadium!

YX and I were chosen to cover NDP this yr, which means any news related to NDP, we have to cover. In fact, I was quite happy! Just imagine, so many pp have to ballot for tickets, but with a media pass, I can just go into the stadium on the actual day & watch the spectacular fireworks! WOW! I’m really looking fwd to the event! 也许很多同行会不以为意，不过，我真的很期待！

As early as July, we started having a number of media briefings. August came, oh dear… gotta do 1 story on ndp everyday, diaoz… getting a bit sianz… briefings also quite boring, dunno how to find lead… more sianz… But can do my 2nd bubu, so actually I’m quite happy also la! (I like doing bubus, more satisfaction, dun have to worry abt lead, can 铺叙 alot before going into 重点。哈哈，很适合我！)

9 August came! Yeah! The long awaited day… Actually JY was saying, maybe I can try filing live if I find anything interesting os… hmm… stressed! I haven pass my voice training! CF said, if I’m not confident then it’s ok, learn from ee sim 1st. Mixed feelings… If I can do it, of cos I wld like to try, but I’m really not confident and I dun wanna make a mess out of everything. What shld I do??? Nevertheless, all 4 of us-JY,JB,YX & I did a live roving with a few pple os the stadium @ 4++pm. Aighs.. even though I more or less thought of what to say, but… still gabra! Haiz… even the public speaks better… Wld really like to hear my voice on radio though but I din get to listen to radio then… =(

4.40pm: Went off to a boring media brief (again!!!) reminding us of dos & don’ts

After the briefing, we went back to commentary room & eat dinner. 5.40pm YX file live while I went ard to get sots for the roving @ 6pm. Poor YX! If I’m the one doing, I guess I’ll be super stressed! Was busy interviewing pp & I missed her roving rpt & even the 跳伞表演！Aiyah was kinda looking fwd to dat! Met Max there thou, what a surprise! Later I even met up with panda & watched half of the show with her =) It’s gd to have someone for company. We had fun taking photos & comparing who’s photos are better! Even asked her to be my interviewee for my litter bag story! haha… The fireworks captured our attention, but I din manage to take good photos (zoom too close), what a pity!

Last round of fireworks (the most spectacular), spe to get down to wk but everyone is preoccupied with watching firewks! Me too, looking into the sky, I froze… dun wanna take photos anymore, I just wanna take photos with my eyes, remember the scene, let it remain in my mind… Wk start, even managed to interview the wife of a german ambassador! What an experience! Ran out to grab pple who used the lucky draw litter bag & caught a fun grp of pple who helped alot! They even took photos of me interviewing their frens! haha… 1 guy even asked to take photo together! It was quite fun! I always like cordial chats with the public.

The company bus arrived so panda & I hoped on, but I forgot I am spe to meet Jiamei to take cab back! O dear!!! What shld I do?? I really din mean it…

Went back to office and rush news pkgs, but decide to do 1 extra one and knocked off at 2am… Poor YX, dunno if she’s done with her bubu & news.. scary!

Later into the nite, it started raining! Perhaps it’s fated, the rain started after NDP! Cant imagine the chaos if it suddenly started raining during NDP.