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I’m officially transferring on December 1st.

I met with my new boss about a week and a half ago, to touch base with each other and for her to find out if I was interested in the position. The meeting went well and that was when my move was confirmed. Today, we had our first team meeting. It was mostly for handover purposes as one of the senior execs has resigned and she has to pass off her duties to someone. So that ended being my first real introduction into what goes on in strategic planning.

I’m a little overwhelmed cos I realize that my learning curve is gonna be very steep. A number of things that I have to become familiar with and learn and catch as quickly as I can. At the same time, I’m feeling excited. Because it genuinely sounds interesting and everything is so new to me. It’s like oooh pretty new shiny things! And a new challenge and a fresh start of sorts.

On the flipside, it’s sad to leave my team. Our projects are just starting to take off (though I will still be as involved in the 6 Sigma project as I can be cos I want to be a certified Greenbelt!) and I was looking forward to getting my hands dirty. Who knew busin.ess process im provement would turn out to be interesting to me? (Haha. Proof that I am a nerd, after all.) Plus I like my boss and my colleagues and after a year, I had finally gotten comfortable and chummy with people. I’m sad. And it’s not even like I’m moving that far away! I’m only going to the other aside of the same floor! Haha. /lame

With the economy and jobmarket turning absolutely terrible (cutting bonuses, retrenching, salary cuts), I’m at least glad that my job seems secure enough. :P And I guess the downturn is giving me the time to learn as much as I can in this new position because it hardly seems like the best time to make my big plan come true. So we’ll see, play it by ear and see what happens as we go along.

Something absolutely noteworthy: as of 27th November, my 2-year bond with the company will officially be up. \o/ I still remember the misery of my first 6 months, when I thought that I wouldn’t survive the 2 years. Things turned out well in the end, yeah. :D

Ni.ck Cart.er (yes yes, the original OTL) has abs. I kid you not. (See 1:13 at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3t8Fti67lg) Um… what? Brain does not compute, ZOMG! o__O

(Okay, there was also that OMG thing about the Dark Lord aka Kevin making an appearance and singing the encore with them. All 5 Boys, YAYYYYY!)

He killed my brain cells two years ago, and he was still chubby then. And I already thought he was hot as hell when we saw them in KL earlier this year. But now? I don’t think I will survive meeting him. Between how ridiculously gorgeous he is nowadays and how happy, zen-like and at peace he seems, I think this is the Ultimate Nicky C. He has never ever been more attractive and that’s saying a lot coming from me, who thought of him as attractive like 95% of the time.

Third time’s the charm, right? I sure hope so. I NEEDS TO MEET HIM. He’s like the only OTL I haven’t met and he’s the first one. Please, Universe, work with me here.

And speaking of blasts from the past, fTbB has emerged from the cave he was hiding in (which apparently was a studio) and has released a M.alay album. I told myself no more stupidity… so now, I have to enforce it. I’m def over the stupid phase but it’s mighty tempting to wanna make him wanna regret his inaction. Like, hey bb look what you missed out on. AHAHAHAHAAA. Ugh, let it go already, woman. *kicks self*

Sometimes, I really think that FB is TEH BEST THING EVAAAAR! Awesome pics from the W.ade workshop.

:D :D :D

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJkWvXxyXbU

I know I link a lot of dance videos and I rave about this and that and OMG THIS IS SO HOT/AWESOME/WHATEVER. But really, even if you’ve never ever bothered to humor me and watch the video, WATCH THIS ONE. I promise you, it is beyond worth it.

I don’t even know what to say about it, because there are no words. None. As a dancer, it amazes me in a rational sense. But it’s not about reason and acknowledging their movements, their musicality, their use of space; all that is just a vehicle through which they externalize what they feel and them sharing the experience with you.

I would love this if it had been choreographed, but the fact that it’s all improv? There’s this level of honesty, vulnerability that astounds me. This is quite possibly the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Every moment is just complete and utter perfection. This is what they mean when they talk about dancing from your soul.

It’s quite evident that I was in the COOKIE-FTMFW!!1!!!-camp back in May. Lil Archie was like a talented non-entity in my world.

But that sneaky little thing has been growing on me like fungus. It probably really started the night he did With You cos wow that was hilariously awkward. Yet endearing. And then the finale results when he was just so cute and nice and so so gracious. If you hate on Archie, you have a heart of stone yo. I don’t know how it’s humanly possible to be that adorable. He’s like a puppy!

ANYWAY.

Fast forward half a year later, after watching post-finale Coo.kleta interviews, months of Cookl.eta adorableness (I READ COOKLETA SLASH! *FLAILS* BUT IT WAS REALLY REALLY WELL-WRITTEN. REALLY.), the concert I saw and I’m a convert. I am hooked on Ar.chie’s “Crush” like woaaah. It’s so damn catchyyyy.

And *cough* the lyrics resonate with me *cough*. It’s like, OMG I TOTALLY FEEL THAT WAY WHEN I HAVE A CRUSH ON SOMEONE!1!!1!! I dunno, the song just encapsulates that exhilarated-nervous-uncertain-high feeling of liking someone. Le sigh.

…. oh God, or am I just still 14 on the inside? (That could be true.)

I’ve been listening to it a lot in the past few weeks cos (a) it got stuck in my head; and (b) it puts me in the right frame of mind to write fic. Heheheh. I’m weird. And I love it more than I love Cook’s Li.ght On. Who would’ve thunk???

Arch.ie’s album is out today and I’m in the middle of acquiring it, lol. His AI stuff is still yawnfest to me so I hope the album strikes a balance between showing his great voice and reflecting his young age. Bonus: our dear JC Cha.sez has songwriting credits on the album!!! Fandoms collide yo.

But hey, just cos I wanna squish A.rchie doesn’t mean that Cook isn’t still my OTL. Baby’s album will be out on the 18th and I haven’t bought an actual album in a looooong time. But I’ll be buying his to show my love and support. My only disappointment (apart from the first single) is that the album is self-titled. WHYYYY?!?? It’s a letdown coming from the word.nerd who named his indie solo album Ana.log Heart. He can make it up to me by coming to Singapo.re next year, hahahaha.

Two things that are not good:

1) I’ve been very lazy.

My room has reverted to being a pigsty. Usually I’m all about organized chaos, but even this is too much for me. I’ve been meaning to clean up, do laundry and all that… but I’m lazy. LAAAAZY. I’ve spent this entire weekend in hibernation, catching up on sleep and reading. Basically I was a bum.

To make things worse, I spend my weekdays being a bum too. Except for my Thursdays wherein dance classes are a permanent fixture in my schedule, all my weekdays evenings were spent at home. I can’t even remember what I did… nothing productive, definitely.

THIS HAS TO CHANGE, PEOPLE. I am not gonna sleep my life away. I need to start doing things, exciting things, new things.

2) The return of the shopaholic.

So I went through two months of not buying anything, or at least not buying anything that would put a major dent in my back account. Leftover effect from my trip wherein I bought a shitload of stuff. But that has changed in a MAJOR way.

I bought a massage and facial spa package. I just bought a lot of M A C stuff from the nord.stroms website. And I bought some stuff from spree sites. PLZ HELP.

In my defence: the spa package was a damn good promo deal and the M A C stuff is cheaper than buying in stores here.

BUT STILL! Need to not spend money like water. Must start hardcore saving for the projected LA trip next yeaaaar. Or Eur.ope. I really wanna go to Eu.rope. Wherever it is, I needs $$$.

….. My life is so friggin’ unexciting.

YES WE CAN.

\o/

(You know that in my heart, I’m Ame.rican. Heh.)

The post below is locked cos I talk about work-stuff. But, the password is the same as it has always been so if you know it, I’d appreciate words of wisdom cos I’m like o__O right now, hahaha. It’s not a bad thing, just that I was really surprised.

And now, you’re intrigued, right? LOL.

So, you know that I love TEH CHEESE, right? No surprise then that I went to watch HS.M.3.

All I have to say is: MMMMMM, ZEF.RONNNNNN!

Srsly. Boy is HOT AS HELL. Thank God he is now legal so I don’t feel like a complete perv over my lustage. His eyes are so amazing. And his biceps, nnnghhhhh. HELLO BICEPS!

But mostly, I’m a major major sucker for Tr.oy/Gabr.iella. THEY ARE SO SWEET, YOU GUYS! They give me a toothache and if I think about it too much, they are so so dysfunctional. BUT I DON’T CARE COS THEY ARE SO SWEET. The way he looks at her just slays me. I want a boy to look at me like that, le sigh. And the dance on the rooftop, OMG! *clutches heart* I need a boy to dance with me like that. And I want to dance in the rain. Sighhh.

I love all the T/G songs, sucker that I am. Listening to the soundtrack, I think I might love them more than I loved the ones from the previous movie.

In terms of storyline, I prefer #2 cos this one felt… choppy somehow. The 2nd one was more coherent overall. Sha.rpay was underused as was Ryan. Ch.ad was just there. But #3 is slightly less cringe-worthy. Fewer *facepalm* moments, hahaha. In terms of songs, I initially thought I prefer the 2nd one too but since I’m listening to the soundtrack now, I’m changing my mind. It’s currently a tie. Heh.

Oh, I also love the bro-mance song and dance at the car-junkyard. That was made of win!

But really, I can’t get over the dance on the rooftop. And their 2nd dance when T.roy made his surprise visit. *swoons* They are so adorable, I cannot take it.

So, yes… despite moments wherein the overabundance of cheese made me giggle and/or facepalm, this is a fun feel-good movie. It makes me wish that life could be that uncomplicated and that everything can work out in the end.

…And Ze.fron is always a good reason to watch a movie. ;)

I’ve been a Wa.de fan since them *NSYNC days. I remember being all o__O when I first found out who their choreographer was and how young he was. I remember watching Making The Tour and being all fascinated by Hilter!Wa.de (my fave Wa.de personality, cos I’m weird like that). It was around that time that I was getting more interested in dance and Wa.de was pretty much my first dancer!boy crush.

I can wax poetic about how much I love his work and admire his dancing but suffice to say, I’ve been a fan for a loooong time.

Being in Wa.de R.obson’s class was like a dream.

I mean, really… I couldn’t have guessed years and years ago that I would be at this point where the idea of being me in his class isn’t completely ludicrous. And that it would be more than just something born out of fangirly-ness. LOL. I wouldn’t have thought that I would really start to get into dance and then to love it so much that I torture myself regularly. And that I’m at a point in my dancer-life where I wouldn’t feel 100% lost in his class.
 

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