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[coolerthanthou]

Hello everybody, Cheryl desu~

It is an hour and 38 minutes into the last day of 2012 (true to time of type) and here is the annual summary post for the Year 2012. (:

January

Started like any January of a poly school year - Continuation of the last semester for Year 2. Lots of presentation and interviews have be done. Pretty boring if you were to look through my planner (being completely honest here) and also still being stuck at Etude House, working part time on the weekends for them because they are forever lacking in manpower in the Parkway outlet (makes no sense to me. They can always hire more people, right?)

Chinese New Year this year was much similar to the other years where you can always find Cheryl stuffing her face away at every house she visits. Another thing that makes no sense to me: My weight (& I shan't continue before I get all bashed up for it).

February

School goes on and tries her very best to murder us with quizzes and practical assessments (Oh thank God for tiding me through without causing any explosions in any labs!! Not kidding here. Lab, labworks and Cheryl? No. No fate at all. /: )

School hasn't got much choices of CDS for me to select with special thanks (ugh) to my timetable and so you guize can imagine how bad it was (&how much it was a joke for everyone) that I have to deal with submission dates for my fashion assignments  
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Thankfully, February also marks the end of my Year 2 in TP.

March

Started off with the last semestral paper that I have to take. Only God knows how badly I fared when I came out of that freezer room and to know that my calculations worth 15marks and one of the 15marks essay question is completely going down the gutters.

Part time work still continues on but in a more friendly (to me) location/environment and with another manager. A heck lot of closing shifts because the manager doesn't like (this is so real that it's super scary. You can totally feel the biasness in the air during work!! She even tried to cut down on her working days just because!!) this other staff who opts to do closing shifts for most of her working days.

Went for DCFC when they came down to Singapore!! Totally worth the money (and considering how cheap it was!!) and you guize totally missed out if you didn't go catch them!! They were so so so good.. (insert fangirling spazz here!!)

March also gave me the heads up for whats coming up for me in the coming four months/semester - SIP.

April

Saw me working through the first few days of the month and also attended the launch of a project work that is to be done during our time spent over SIP. SIP officially started on the second week of the month, where we were all separated and I was all alone in one small nutrition company.

The first day of work was quite something for me: 1. I've never ever worked in an office setting before. 2. I'm all alone. 3. I'm super overdressed (too formal, fml.). 4. They had nothing for me to start with. 5. I don't even have a space to sit in.

And when my supervisor found something for me to do, I couldn't leave the office until 7PM because I am not done with work. Ugh. Woes of my internship life have been carefully plastered out in my past entries, which I am very sure that you guize have gone through it during that span of time. It must've been hard for you guize. I just seemed to pour everything out without filtering much through the entries. Sigh. Deffo one of the lowest and longest moments in 2012 for me.

Perks of internship? THE. BUS.STOP. CUTE.GUY. 'NUFF SAID. :3

May

Internship is on her second month for me and there are new things to do every day over at work despite the endless data entry that I was tasked to do in late April. New projects streaming in rather frequently that makes me wonder how in the world does so many big clients know about such a small company located so hidden away from the world.

The people there are really good (let's not talk about my supervisor, really) and they took me in as part of them really easily even though I'm like such a rude addition to that place. It's like BAM!! One new face and that she is supposed to be working with everyone just like that. Or maybe that is how I feel towards the whole internship issue. Lunchtimes were the best - nothing about work was being raised and all we talked about over our meals are about the things we do in life, the mothers among us sharing their bits and pieces of family lives that seemed to be too interesting and the best part being the discussions on how inefficient the management is. BAHAHAHA!!

Working there also gave me ample times to do my fangirling acts because really, things there are moving at such a pace where I get distracted a bit too easily. (Nope, fault isn't mine!! :P) Not forgetting nap-taking too ˘⌣˘

There was one ridiculously long phone call that I've taken during work about one of the bigger projects that I happened to tag along. It was a complain-call and the woman on the other side was going on and on about what she felt was unfair and unjust and expecting our side to do something about it. It was super memorable because I have actually counted the ridiculous amount of things that she wants us to look into, and is beyond the company's reach to be >10. Everyone in the office except for my supervisor took notice of the amount of time that I was on the phone (because the admin staff is not around and so I have to take up her job) and when I was finally done with it, I had to do what seems like a presentation on it on the way to lunch at the nearest mall. Madness I tell you.

June

Came and more work was done in the office together with my naps and the countless tea times that I took. Went for a mini getaway with the family over at Malaysia over the weekends and it was definitely refreshing to spend time with family when all you deal with at work is nothing but pure crap.

Also saw me through a police case, but I'm just glad that everything is over now

Work at office is really getting to me by then but the perks every weekday morning quite makes it up, and also depending on my ability to wake up and leave the house with my face on proper every morning.

And by this time, social life is never on my side anymore. He left and left me all lonely and blue ´¬`

July

Started with internship (sorry, this is the last one!!)

AND YOU GUIZE HAVE NO IDEA HOW HAPPY I WAS WHEN I WAS DEALING WITH THE LAST WEEK OF WORK!!!

I was totally having this happy I-AM-LEAVING-SOON vibe everywhere I flip-flopped around in the office while helping out. I'm pretty sure everyone could tell that I was genuinely happy about it and also that my admin colleague is also back in the office = no more picking up on calls and going extra happy and cheerful at 9 in the morning (crazy, I tell you. I had to be all happy and cheerful on the phone while dealing with my morning temper can 凸-.-凸)

Last day of intern saw me in full black and my highest pair of heels (HAHAHAHA!! Last minute decision on that morning) and lots of work that I have to hand over which I have been doing ever since that week started. The final and the last thing to handover was the dataentry work (that endless list) and I have to have it done before lunch because the other colleague who wants to have it back will leave the country after lunch time (this is how people in my office roll. They fly almost anytime that I'm almost always in envy.) Rushing it out and having my ears all perked when they talked about where to have lunch. I didn't think that they would care to give me a farewell lunch since I'm just an intern ever since they turned down the idea of lunching at Gardens by the Bay because of the lack of time and people have to fly. But they did!! (°◇° )ノ

Lunch was good and the day just couldn't pass fast enough for me to go home. Meh.

But that morning, I wasn't on the dot and decided to do something mad brave and embarrassing on the coming Monday -- and I did. I'm glad I did, but there's no response. But tbh, I wouldn't know how to respond to it if a reply will ever come my way.

July is all about leaving the company, really. Hehehehe! ＾▽＾

August

SPELLS HOLIDAYS!!

Spent the time working with a company that rivals my internship company, with good company, and also gotten myself a new job as a part time  BA for L'oreal.

Meeting up with my poly mates for dinner one night and it was so good to see everyone again. It's been 4 months since we were being ripped off of social life. All was good ˘⌣˘

And it really just sums up my entire month there.

September

Working on my new job and comes Major Project to ruin my life. Have to take the WDA Hygiene Test again just for a module that I am going to take for the last semester of my poly life -- and thankfully passing it on the spot for the most embarrassing 3rd time of my life ^▽^

And the part where major project eats up my entire remains of my holidays goes in here ×̯×

October

Still had some time on hand to earn some more moolahs to tide me for the remaining of 2012 while dealing with project interviews and meetings that was much needed ー△ー

AND CHERYL TURNED 18 FOR THE 3RD TIME THIS YEAR!!! ♥‿♥ THROWS CONFETTI*

With awesome friends gifting me what I really wanted/needed and me giving them mini heart attacks when I talked about getting it on my own casually when I get the chance meet up with them in school (our timetables clashes so much that it's so incredible.. meh.).

A Malaysia trip was scheduled here initially but the plans was postponed into December. ・＿ ・

November

Saw my MP group and I visiting the hospital so frequently that it's too tiring for me to even record everything down. Everything was passing us at a really fast pace and we were really trying our best to catch a breather at every little moments that we get.

School is also throttling us at our throats with all that curriculum to be done and every assignments seems to be graded now that we have mp at our throat.

There was a fortunate meeting with the doctors over at AMK which changed and made our lives much easier with the change of scope of our project with their injection. My group were delirious and so giddy at that point of time that everything seems to be much better for that moment since there are some hiccups that isn't going away anytime since there aint replies.

December

Saw me working my life away for assignments and more work for MP. I can't even remember when the ridiculous interview we had for MP was exactly that got my group and I so reffed up that we had nothing in us to come up with something to spit in that dumb woman's face.

December also gave me some time to catch up on social life, which also have left me while I was all occupied and tied down with school and MP. The first week of the 2 weeks break that we were given was all filled up with dinners and meetings -- not complaining because I really needed them.

I am still very glad that people still remembered me despite the number of times I have to push them down and away because I really hadn't have time to spare for them (bad time management, I know and I am really sorry about it!! ): ). I am very glad that they still called me along and are willing to fill me up on the gaps that I have missed during the times that I couldn't make it.

Christmas was spent at Leeann's and I couldn't be happier since my side doesn't celebrate it at all and who can complain with all that good food and company? Plus it takes me off from the usual that I always anchor myself with since I have nothing on my hand ever since that Christmas. Thanks for the invite, Leeann!! You know that I lubchoo many many ♥‿♥

It's now the last day of the year with all of us living pass that Mayans' lie.

2012 have been one of them longest year that I've ever had with little high points through the year. The second half of the year got me too busy with school work that it sets everything off-balance (yes, still very miffed about it) and only given merely 2 weeks to make up for it all. Gah ; Д ;

To really think about it, I am really thankful that there weren't much for me to regret about in this year. I have been doing everything to the most of my ability and did everything without leaving anything behind to mope about. I have awesome companies to tide me through the times and also aiding me along in every single way. I must admit that I am living very dependently on the people around me, to leech off their vibes every now and them and also to ride out every single bumps that comes along. I am very thankful and appreciative of the support that was given to me. *bowsdeeply* m(_ _)m

Here's my take on 2012, everyone, with the next post being the (usual/annual) Resolutions' List for 2013.

Have a good one on the last day of 2012.

Here's to ending off the year,

x, Cheryl.