as mentioned, today was teh start of my ia!!! hmmm there're good and bad stuff...
good cuz my sup seems to be quite a nice guy.. he doesn't seem like he'll abandon us halfway to do our own thing w/out any help. plus, he treated us to lunch at jurong ctry club today! altho the meal wasnt really expensive (bout $15 pax w/out gst and teh etc charges) but still it was a nice gesture..and it doesn't hurt tat the food's tasty too..*winkz*
also, my only ia mate seems to be qte ok.. qte frenly.. not overly stuck up or shy. so far the only thing bad bout him is tat altho he lives near teh city and he drives, he din offer to fetch me to work or fetch me back to somewhere near city. its not as if he doesn't noe i live in lavendar, and tat he doesnt noe its not exactly very convenient for me to get to work. i was like waiting for his offer but it never came. heh. but its ok~, there's nothing wrong w walking some distance to the bus stop alone (on the road cuz there's no pedestrian pavement next to the roads) to catch the bus which goes to boon lay interchange. there's actually company transport from within the company compounds, but it turns and winds so much that it's faster if i take the sbs bus.
on the bad side, i discovered i'm really gonna have to do alot of thermodynamics stuff in my ia.. and guess wat i got D for my year 2 thermo and i failed my yr 3 thermo. i was hoping that my ia wld depend more on fluids (which i got A and C for) rather than thermo.. looks like i lost the gamble..
plus! im allocated to the production side of the company which means i'll to spend qte a large part of my time with monstrous, greasy and noisy machines.. and its not juz one or two.. its 2 entire warehouse sized blocks (of 2 storeys each, connected by those kind of steep metal industrial stairs.. and of cuz i have to climb them) of them. and when production picks up to teh usual rate, it'll be so noisy i'll have to wear ear plugs. the environment is worsened by the slippery ground.. and the heat resulting from massive amounts of steam usage. and it does'nt help that i'll be the ONLY attachee in tat horrible place.. cuz my only ia mate, who happens to be a guy, got allocated to the warehouse side, which is totally clean, cool and quiet (at least for today). furthermore, i suspect he wont even be in the warehouse much.. cuz his scope is bout developing a barcode system, so i gather he shld spend most of his time sitting in front of his comp in the airconditioned and comfortable office. sighz i wonder if our job scopes got exchanged or sthg. heh.
yet another bad thing is tat we discovered that we're the pioneer batch of ia students in this company.. as such, our sup is kinda overly idealistic and he expects us to be very involved in teh business..
hmm mebbe i shld say, he expects my ia mate to be very involved in teh business.. cuz somehow i feel that he has a severe lack of confidence in me.. but well actually i lack confidence for myself too.. cuz really la my job scope is kinda more suitable for a guy.. plus when he was telling me how the machines work using thermodynamics stuff, i was really blur and i htink he cld see tat.. bleah.
actually its qte paiseh cuz the hr personnel who led us ard, my ia mate, and my sup seems to get tat impression that i'm really scared and worried.. mebbe its cuz i'm really scared and worried, but i din realised that it was tat obvious. haha.

wow i've written so much for my ia. okok i've whined so much bout ia. heh. but actually qte a few bloggable things happened to me after i knocked off too..
hmm was qte disturbed by some tots on the way home.. but i guess i muz have patience.. for time is the best medicine :)

first i went on a solo shopping trip again!!! wanted to juz buy my work shoes (wont be in office so cant wear heels.. have to wear stable shoes.. like covered flats with nonslip soles) but ended up buying 2 pairs of casual shoes and nothing else from the shoe fair at bugis. cost me $33 bux totally.. i feel like i spent a bomb but actually its qte cheap.. cuz the shoes cost less than $20 for each pair. and i almost bought a black miniskirt, but i din have enough money liao :( i discovered i really have ALOT of things to buy.. but i seriously have no money to buy them..

lets see.. here're the things i NEED and the estimated cost
purse $5 ( i lost mine a few weeks ago and now my notes and coins are scattered all over my bag.. its kinda inconvenient to dig for them when paying for stuff.. and of cuz its unsafe la)
work shoes $20
chill: brazil cd $20 (i promised to give that to a fren)

and the things i WANT with their corresponding estimated cost are
a new hairdo!! $150 (more than one guy has asked y i never rebond hair.. resulting in "kew kew" hair.. i guess teh english translation wld be "hair with unruly curls and sticks out at weird angles" .. and a gal fren commented tat my fren was "cui4" ie "crispy" in english. but yet, another gal fren told me that my hair looks quite nice.. hmm who shld i believe?? mebbe my 2nd gal fren cuz then i can save $150.. haha)
the black miniskirt i saw juz now $26
a black top i saw at the same shop $26
a bag suitable for work and school $35
accessories! cost unknown cuz i dunno how many and which ones i want..
UG $30

of cuz there're more things i want.. juz tat the above lists the things that i wanna buy NOW. i can still live w/out the other stuffs for now.. haha.

so assuming that im gonna buy the things i want and need, i'll spend a grand total of $312 plus gst approx = $327.. wow. hmmm i dun think i can magic out tat amount.. so.. sighz. oh well.

anw i learnt some stuff bout buying shoes today..cuz when i got home i discovered some probs w one of teh shoes i bought.. and its cuz when trying them on i din go lookout for wat teh shoe shld be.
1. always check soles. if the soles are smooth, ask yourself if you mind sacrificing good friction for beauty/price/etc.
2. when trying the shoes, look out for any minute sign of discomfort or any slightest thing you have to do besides juz walking, so as to prevent probs when walking long distances.
3. check the base of teh shoe. dun buy if its furry cuz when water gets inbetween teh base and your feet, the fur will stick to your feet and dirty them. (this tip was given courtesy of rainne)also, ask yourself if you mind hard shoe bases.

hmm think i shld stop now.. cuz its 137 am and i have to wake up at 6am tmr.. lucky i din yawn infront of my sup today, hope i can keep it up tmr.. :P