Have canned the idea of buying a car, that frees up some cashflow for a trip. The (uni) boys have been pushing me for a trip. Why? Cos their papa's are sponsoring their holidays! Well, at least a good portion of it. I'll be too embarrassed to ask my parents, doesn't feel right for me anyway. At least not when my dad's retired. We hunted for trip details over a week or so, and if we had picked each itinerary we had discussed seriously, we would have been around the world already. From Tasmania to Brisbane, from China to Nepal, from Hokkaido to Christmas Island, South Africa to Egypt, Korea to Cuba. In the end, we decided on Europe from 2 Aug - 12 Aug. After a significant budget raise from $1500 -> $2XXX. Oh, it runs over my birthday so I'll be spending my first birthday overseas! There's going to be a huge hole in my pocket soon though. I guess this will replace my post-grad long road trip I had envisioned, given that I'm planning to work not long after my final exams.
Credit Suisse has offered a job for me to return to after graduation. I haven't seen the terms, but it should be the standard "starters' kit", which ranks amongst the market's premium. Thank God really. Cos I took about 2 months to grasp the gist of my role, which wasn't very impressive. But thankfully, things started picking up after I shifted desk to sit with the team. Communication was more open and I learnt pretty quickly thereafter. My vice-president said I had exceeded all expectations by the time my stint was over and he was pleased to offer me a job if I was interested in returning. Honestly, I will love to return because I like the corporate culture and of course, because of all the individuals that I've come to love working with. So hopefully, there'll be no surprises in the "starters' kit" and I'll be pretty much set to sign. In the meantime, although my internship had ended last friday, I'm still working on extension of contract. So full day Mon, Wed, Fri and half day Tues, Thurs for lessons in school til 28th July! I like what I do, and my managers like my work, so both side wins! Praise God! Hehe :)
Finally, I'll be waking up early tomorrow to catch an early cab to JB. Will be flying to Kota Kinabalu for mountain climbing and white water rafting from Fri-Mon. Pray for my safety ya? And I should be loading the blog with interesting pics and commentaries soon enough.
Cheerios,
Dan
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Sunday, June 11, 2006
End of Days
I'm at the end of the long winding path. I'm entering into my final week of work before I jump back into my last year of studies.
It's been an eventful past 21 weeks and it's somewhat saddening to have to peel myself away from a lifestyle I've come to love. The people I worked with, played with, ate with and lived with in Credit Suisse have been most wonderful. I truly cherish the new friendships and vast experiences I have had as wonderful blessings.
It's been an eventful past 21 weeks and it's somewhat saddening to have to peel myself away from a lifestyle I've come to love. The people I worked with, played with, ate with and lived with in Credit Suisse have been most wonderful. I truly cherish the new friendships and vast experiences I have had as wonderful blessings.
Here's a brief extract from the Summary chapter of my internship report:
"In retrospect, the work endeavoured was most fulfilling and yet, enlightening. Every task was inched cautiously towards accomplishment, yet in concerted progression, the know-how built up meant a new efficiency in prospective responsibilities.
The knowledge taken back was not just limited to banking finance or project management facts, but a greater understanding of real world needs and application for logical analysis disciplined by engineering academics. Beyond quantifiable erudition, having co-worked with close colleagues from Credit Suisse and the wonderful memories shared was modestly invaluable.
The initial apprehension of an internship in Credit Suisse was inevitable for a student of computer engineering discipline. Stepping into unfamiliar scenery of monetary numeration, financial instruments and all things banking was predictably daunting for the author (that's me) . Nonetheless the author was able to appreciate the new environment and take the workload in his stride. All in all, the reward was much more than just monetary; it intensified into an incalculable experience."
The knowledge taken back was not just limited to banking finance or project management facts, but a greater understanding of real world needs and application for logical analysis disciplined by engineering academics. Beyond quantifiable erudition, having co-worked with close colleagues from Credit Suisse and the wonderful memories shared was modestly invaluable.
The initial apprehension of an internship in Credit Suisse was inevitable for a student of computer engineering discipline. Stepping into unfamiliar scenery of monetary numeration, financial instruments and all things banking was predictably daunting for the author (that's me) . Nonetheless the author was able to appreciate the new environment and take the workload in his stride. All in all, the reward was much more than just monetary; it intensified into an incalculable experience."
Global Day of Prayer!! It was quite a fun day 
One Raffles Link, gonna miss ya and all the ppl insideSaturday, June 03, 2006
Marni
I just feel so monetarily (is there such a word) challenged at the moment. I hate having made dumb decisions and wishing I had done/said/chosen some other path in retrospect.
Yes, I do want the Credit Suisse job. There's been talk about wanting me back after I graduate, and there's been talk about wanting me to work on til my semester starts. I'm meeting my vice-president in a meeting invite he titled "catch up" on 12th June. He always names serious 1-1 meetings as such. This seriously makes me wonder,"Is he gonna hand me a contract?" Followed by, "Is this the job God wants for me?"
Yes, I have another monetary issue to think about. Am I too idealistic? Am I too optimistic? Or am I too unrealistic? At this point of time, to think about commiting myself to something of this magnitude (relative to my bank statement) before I have anything substantial in hand might seem so. My greatest problem in money is not the fear of lack, but the lack of it. Perhaps somewhere in my mind I always see the half full cup, and I've never been steered otherwise only because somehow, God provides so extensively abundantly for me. Oh the grace that paves my way. Truth be told, I've never been in lack, any sense of it.
Yes, I've counted my costs. I've worked the math. I've weighed the intricate balance needed to hold the equation together. If God be willing, let me have my contract and show me the way to go. I want to turn back to know I've walked the highway and not the by-way. Yet not as I will, but as You will.
Yes, I do want the Credit Suisse job. There's been talk about wanting me back after I graduate, and there's been talk about wanting me to work on til my semester starts. I'm meeting my vice-president in a meeting invite he titled "catch up" on 12th June. He always names serious 1-1 meetings as such. This seriously makes me wonder,"Is he gonna hand me a contract?" Followed by, "Is this the job God wants for me?"
Yes, I have another monetary issue to think about. Am I too idealistic? Am I too optimistic? Or am I too unrealistic? At this point of time, to think about commiting myself to something of this magnitude (relative to my bank statement) before I have anything substantial in hand might seem so. My greatest problem in money is not the fear of lack, but the lack of it. Perhaps somewhere in my mind I always see the half full cup, and I've never been steered otherwise only because somehow, God provides so extensively abundantly for me. Oh the grace that paves my way. Truth be told, I've never been in lack, any sense of it.
Yes, I've counted my costs. I've worked the math. I've weighed the intricate balance needed to hold the equation together. If God be willing, let me have my contract and show me the way to go. I want to turn back to know I've walked the highway and not the by-way. Yet not as I will, but as You will.
Sunday, May 21, 2006
What was missed
Akhil, me, Wahyu and Steven. Just one of our many Lunches at n.y.d.c.
Jere vandalized the ECP stone table. >_< 
Eliz, Joey, Cheryl, Rachel, Shalom and the vandal behind. Hehe
My first PAP rally.. w00t.
She just wont stay still!! And she loves her biscuit. <3
Story of a transvestite
Story of yours truly in the lions den
Story of praying, happy people
Darren and Samuel's spontaneous genius
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Luke 10:41-42
"Daniel, Daniel," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better (sitting at the Lord's feet listening to what he said), and it will not be taken away from her."
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Feeling
Everyone's blogging about something, so I've decided to do some justice to my vacated warehouse of empty thoughts and vain rants.
Nothing substancial enough to keep you readers grovelling for more, unlike best-selling novels and blockbuster movies. But maybe some thoughts and rants for the scrutiny of curious cynics. The world is endlessly spinning on its axis, and if it hadn't been moved for milleniums, what difference could a grimacing writer make? Moreso when its a composition short of impish bits and pieces of random thoughts, fed with short glances back in memory. Is this piece of literature worth your time? You decide.
Its funny how a weird permutation of simple formulated scribbles can represent entirely different fragments of understanding. Just when you think you're UP to the task and you're all SET for successful. An ironic concatenation of them both leaves you all ready for an UPSET. Kewl play of letters, as we are by what else but the neverending gyration of the world on it's own axis. I'm hard-pressed, perplexed, persecuted, struck down. What happened to the not crushed, not in despair, not abandoned, not destroyed? When the skies turn grey, the world darkens. Your beautiful pearl vanilla canvas would inevitably take on a shade of matt nickel. U thought you were a STEP ahead, but you were SETUP for a cliff drop instead.
I'm done with poems. They strike a chord only with the wise foolish who lock a world of understanding amongst themselves hoping someone would see their plight through tightly-woven shreds of cotton. Blind sight. A mad dash to the finish, only to realize you hadn't started in the first place. File the memories locked to time, only relive them when you're too old to feel grief. Having nothing isn't perpetually bad. An itsy increment is an infinite fold. If you find your itsy some day that is. Good luck trying.
Some people have IT. Some people just don't. Some people were born for IT. Some people just aren't. What gives me this great honour of being so inconspicuously distinguished? I don't understand, my dear Maker. I don't understand, I can't comprehend. What must I do, what have I done? Who on this spinning axis can I give the gyrating world to talk to... everyday... again?
For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. Which, therein, do I choose?
I want both :)
Nothing substancial enough to keep you readers grovelling for more, unlike best-selling novels and blockbuster movies. But maybe some thoughts and rants for the scrutiny of curious cynics. The world is endlessly spinning on its axis, and if it hadn't been moved for milleniums, what difference could a grimacing writer make? Moreso when its a composition short of impish bits and pieces of random thoughts, fed with short glances back in memory. Is this piece of literature worth your time? You decide.
Its funny how a weird permutation of simple formulated scribbles can represent entirely different fragments of understanding. Just when you think you're UP to the task and you're all SET for successful. An ironic concatenation of them both leaves you all ready for an UPSET. Kewl play of letters, as we are by what else but the neverending gyration of the world on it's own axis. I'm hard-pressed, perplexed, persecuted, struck down. What happened to the not crushed, not in despair, not abandoned, not destroyed? When the skies turn grey, the world darkens. Your beautiful pearl vanilla canvas would inevitably take on a shade of matt nickel. U thought you were a STEP ahead, but you were SETUP for a cliff drop instead.
I'm done with poems. They strike a chord only with the wise foolish who lock a world of understanding amongst themselves hoping someone would see their plight through tightly-woven shreds of cotton. Blind sight. A mad dash to the finish, only to realize you hadn't started in the first place. File the memories locked to time, only relive them when you're too old to feel grief. Having nothing isn't perpetually bad. An itsy increment is an infinite fold. If you find your itsy some day that is. Good luck trying.
Some people have IT. Some people just don't. Some people were born for IT. Some people just aren't. What gives me this great honour of being so inconspicuously distinguished? I don't understand, my dear Maker. I don't understand, I can't comprehend. What must I do, what have I done? Who on this spinning axis can I give the gyrating world to talk to... everyday... again?
For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. Which, therein, do I choose?
I want both :)
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Bi-Annual Blog Review
After reading through a couple of blogs recently, I've come to the conclusion that my blog needs to be reviewed. At this juncture, I can't conclude whether my blog is boring or if it's the contributor himself that's boring - yes, that'll be yours truly.
My life not very happening u know? But as the title says, it's never a bore!
Lack of pics I think. But it's hard to contribute anything with my daily hours working and weekends taken up by church. Hmm.. would working til 11pm last night, or having to work this coming sat sound exciting? Haha.. Oh boy. Sigh.
Maybe I'll blog from office this coming Sat. :)
My life not very happening u know? But as the title says, it's never a bore!
Lack of pics I think. But it's hard to contribute anything with my daily hours working and weekends taken up by church. Hmm.. would working til 11pm last night, or having to work this coming sat sound exciting? Haha.. Oh boy. Sigh.
Maybe I'll blog from office this coming Sat. :)
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