American Idol and Sex in the City 2

Well the recently concluded American Idol 2010 had Lee as it's winner and oh I like Crystal than him. Even so, Lee is also vocally talented and yeah people of America loved him so there, he emerged as the winner. Well, good luck to both artists.

Anyway, I went out with friends to watch Sex in the City 2. This movie never failed to make me really really laugh. I like Samantha portrayed by Kim Catrall because of her really outlandish and woman - trying to live life with age as not a hindrance to celebrating life. Well the funny Charlotte and the nerdy fashionista in Miranda also made the movie really fun. Not to forget, the not so usual life of " the " Carrie Bradshaw, makes all the movie even fun to watch.

After watching the movie at Tiong Bahru Plaza, we went to Holland Village for an hour of chit-chat at Coffee Bean cafe. We had some cakes and regular chocolate drink. It was like really refreshing updating each and everyone's life - future travel and plans definitely were not a miss.

We went home at around 3AM and ofcourse, I was not able to sleep that early as again I played DOTA. This is a mild addiction I guess....

Planning to watch Prince of Persia today ;) Hope you guys had a great weekend and have fun :D

Yehey, we found a place !

It has been a long battle searching for a nice place here in Singapore. We are currently staying at Holland Drive which is pretty near the "Holland Village". This place is where most expats stay and with that, the price is really high.

The situation left us troubled at times because we might end up homeless. To add to that, our agent kept on telling us that it might be hard to get a flat because of the Chinese New Year. The problem of this agent we have was that he talked nonsense sometimes and there was this instance that I was in a fiery mood and that I talked to him upfront and cut him off. That made me to decide not to deal with him always so I allowed my other housemates to talk to him most of the time.

So there was this certain flat that we were interested in just same block as ours but then it was like in a bidding process and the unit was pegged at 2000 SGD for a year contract. There was one bidder at 1950 so we bid for 1960 SGD. We were so ready with the money but then it turned out that the unit was not allowed by HDB to be rented out. Another unit located at Holland Close which was okay looking but the flat didn't feel right. Somehow the vibes was a bit negative so we did not get it. There was another unit at block 12 where it was at 2200SGD for two years and fully furnished. At first we decided not to get it but we were too close of our deadline already so we took it for 2000SGD for two years contract unfurnished but there was this prospect client and they did a bid for 2100SGD unfurnished. I was personally vocal about this bidding stuff going on in HDB so what we did we just declined and decided not to do a bidding. I am honestly disgusted about this bidding stuff in these HDB because of the fact that agents could have some sort of fishy alliances and that they will play with the clients just to raise the prices of the units. I do not know if this is legal or allowed by the Singapore authority. Anyway, I personally don't agree to join the bidding game because we had a limited budget and it might turn out just a way to raise prices. I just hope that there is a cap or some sort of legal way to prevent an unreasonable price hike of flats. Because as I have said, it might be just the case of agents conniving to make the prices high.

Anyway, we found a place already though it would have resulted in a bidding game but I insisted to our agent that we want the flat already at 1800 for a year contract and if they wanted to have it two years then we asked them to lower the price to 1750SGD simply because for two years they will not have a hassle of looking for new tenants and their income will be more stable. I actually sensed again of the bidding process as there were other people checking out the place. I just made my point up front to the agent and told him that he should help us get the place. If he would have answered and explained things that it's like this and that, I would have told him right then and there that we are cutting off any business relationship whatsoever and we will look for another agent. Somehow he felt my stand and he made the right move. So we got the unit at 1800SGD which is fully furnished and good for a year term....

So right now, my housemates and I were very happy and at last were off the stress already. House hunting in SG is really tough especially if you really want convenience which in our case we were also looking for value of our hard-earned money. Somehow, I just learned to be a bit aggressive and realized again that I have to be very patient at all times.

The Sunday I had and my Lucky Friday the thirteen.

Well it has been a blast for this week. There were just too many things going on in just a week. Can you imagine?

Last Sunday was the final day for us. I mean it was the day to leave the Ghi Moh flat. There was a bit of tension. It was really really bit scary for a fact that the agent we hired kept on telling us that the agent of the flat's owner is or will be taking some legal actions. That night, there was a confrontation and with out her knowledge, we recorded the conversation. The thing is, we were able to entrap her into blurting the words that the flat is not an approved HDB and that we told her that we felt cheated and fooled by her. We argued that she should have informed us early on, prior to renting the flat. It was a little tough but I was able to control myself not to say insulting or demeaning words other than telling her how I or we felt. Anyway, she as a bit shaky when we had that conversation and it was like there were five of us or rather four of us versus her in that tensioned conversation. After it was over, we part ways and we proceeded to our new unit in Holland Ville. Then we had dinner.

The next day, Monday that was, I was a little bit scared already as to what is the status of my employment. Basically it's the third month of my probation in the company. I felt that my efforts were not enough and I felt that I have not given everything so there it was. I would honestly pray to God that I will be regularized and that I would not think too much about it. When Thursday came, Olga told me that she has been regularized already. And so I was a bit panicky of my status. I will be able to know my status actually on Friday or on Monday. Friday came and I was like planning to ask or not about my status, or should I wait until Monday. The night came, and my manager and project lead talked to me. I was a bit scared when my project manager called me up over the phone. Well he talked to me about a confidential matter but it was not about my job status. After the talk, I just continued the task that I was doing. Even if the current project I have seemed to be still on the rocks. At around 7PM, my project lead called me up and asked me if I can spare like 10 minutes of my time. I told him yes but he noticed that I was into something so he just said that he will wait for me to finish what I was doing. In actuality, my head was running around and it was like too much. I had already the feeling that it's going to be my status that we are going to talk about. When I finished my email, I informed my project lead that it's okay to have the meeting. So we went to the conference room. He then asked me about the status of my tasks. The target dates. The things to do and more. Basically I was having a hard time explaining everything. By the way, my project leader is Chinese but he can speak in English and so it was okay to talk to him. He then asked me about how many months since I started, and I told him that it has been 3 months and officially this March 16. So it was the moment of truth. He asked me if how I was or what do I think about my performance. I told him that it's not great and I told him that I need to learn more. He then said that I have to be more confident. Well he then told me that they have regularized me. I was happy to know that they are regularizing me. Yehey! I was even amazed that they have appreciated my being so independent and dedicated to my work and that I was willing to learn and I am also a fast learner. He even noted that they like what I was doing. Well at the back of my mind I was wondering how they'd like it because to be honest with you all, I have not submitted my work just yet. Even so, I was wowed that they saw the attitude. Compared to my previous company that failed to see that. I was so happy, period. My project lead then asked me what can I say. I told him that I am happy that I am regularized and that they have given me a chance and opportunity to work with them. I also thank them for trusting me. Then he said that it's not them that regularized me and that it was because of me. So I was even happy to hear that. After that, Olga was actually waiting for me already as we were going home. We were actually planning to watch a movie entitled, "Race to witch mountain", but we decided not to watch it because I don't like watching it alone as well. So we decided to head for Holland Village for a simple dinner. We rode the 91 bus and arrived at Holland Village after 10 minutes or so. We then checked out every restos. There was a crowd but wasn't flooding. Anyway, we ended up at Thai Express. The food was a bit expensive as it costed 3 times more than that of hawkers. I had a full dinner so not bad for the price. I just did not like their mango smoothy because I get to compare it with the sweet mangoes in the Philippines which are of premium quality. In Japan, Philippine mango would be a money drainer. I actually missed the Philippine mangoes and sad to note that no Singapore supermarket is importing them. Anyway, after the dinner Olga and I went home and we were just walking. My feet got so tired but it was okay as I was still very happy. Imagine after that intense Sunday, Friday the thirteen came with full of great fun. Thank God :)

We are moving out @ Holland Village

This is going to be the shortest post I have ever made. This deserves to be just twitted but I like to blog it here.

Instead of denying the fact that we are getting a bad service, might as well move out in order for us to preserve our state of sanity.

We have a decision, and I think we are going to move out already. Our future address hopefully, will be at Holland Village.

That's it! We are moving out :)