What a wonderful KPMG Party!

yupz, aft hearing of other big 4 holding welcome parties, finally it's KPMG's turn to throw a party! it's held @ Brewerkz, Riverside Pt. dun ask me y it's held @ a pub. mebbe it's really lyk wat de rumours r, tt KPMG pple prefer drinking session?! haha, but aniwae, me, lihui, yeelian n jeya haf arranged to meet @ clark quay stn ctrl to go together. a wk b4 this day, i sent an email asking de hr dept wat's de dress code, n de reply was smart casual. wat exactly is tt? can they stop using such words tt r so much lyk oxymoron n so hard to interpret? to play safe, i've been asking de pple ard on their interpretations. n most pple told me it's a blouse with formal skirt or pants. but isn't it kinda funny to wear tt to a pub? still, i followed wat they said, but i was wearing black blouse w/ black skirt to make it not so formal. later in de evening, jeya sms me asking if we shld meet @ redhill stn since both of us r living so close to each other. alrite, i'm fine w/ it. then, when we met, both other eyes were so wide opened, staring @ each other's clothes! haha, apparently, we had extreme interpretations, as she was wearing a simple top w/ lace n jeans! n thru'out de journey we haf been very worried, it's either she's gonna be embarrassing herself or me out of place. then she's been calling her other frenz whom she has told them jeans r fine, pple lyk iris, cheryl, rick... waa... i nvr noe they gonna be in de same firm as me! yeah! will be able to meet them quite often i guess... both iris n rick haf decided to wear formal coz dun tink appropriate to wear jeans, n as 4 cheryl, she said she did call up de hr dept n they told her it's perfectly fine to be in jeans.

so when we reached clark quay, both of us saw quite a variety of interpretations of "smart casual" ard w/ pple waiting 4 their frenz @ de stn. other than our interpretations, there's even pple wearing party dress n dresses meant 4 clubbing. yeelian n lihui haf reached, n they were wearing de same formal wear as me. @ least i dun feel out of place. so when we reached Brewerkz, i gotta realized tt jeya is in de same dept as me! wah, mebbe we're really fated to be together. in jc, we were in de same class, same cca, n we were alwaz seen as a package in front of our frenz. n history's gonna repeat itself! haha... aniwae, i'm really very happy tt we're in de same dept, then i wun feel lonely not knowing any pple.

so thru'out, there's buffet n drinks n beer. most of de kpmg managers n partners drink beer. mebbe de rumour is true afterall. then i saw my partner, kenny, whom i really dun wanna meet. he din give me gd impression, tt's all i can say. we haf been so occupied w/ de mingling session tt we dun really feel hungry. but i really dun wanna speak too much, if possible. afterall, i've still not fully recovered. so, when it's ard 9pm, yeelian asked me if i wanna leave. me n jeya wanted to leave, but dunno y each time when we're abt to move out of de pub we keep bumping onto frenz n we've no choice but to @ least exchange a few words. n these took us some time b4 we could really make a move.

n guess wat's another surprise? we saw mediacorp artists acting in clark quay! there's oni 2 artists, de gal is 1st runner-up of project superstar (season 2), whereas de guy is de main lead in 凡间新鲜人 as 牛郎! he's such a hunk! so charming in real person! n his well-built body really makes him look good on any clothes! no wonder he's an ex-model. tink we've caused such a commotion there as de crew has been asking us to keep quiet. n u can see fr their expressions tt we're really disturbing them. so we quickly made a move.

but it's really such a memorable nite w/ all these wonderful things happening...

my virgin speech...

2dae i was invited by my pa office to brief de juniors on my pa experience. n somemore i'm de 1st to speak among de 3 of us (who ask me to be a gal, n who ask there to be such a phrase "ladies 1st"). @ 1st i tot i'll oni be facing 200 students. then when i got in, to my surprise, de whole theatre was full! there's really nthng much to learn from this pa briefing, y u guys r so free to come n listen instead of staying @ home n study 4 ur exams? my goodness! tis is my 1st time standing on stage n toking to 1000 pple! n somemore, i've been down w/ flu n cough since last wk. really not in de mood to tok man! but surprisingly, everyone has been sick. de manager of opa (office of professional attachment) is sick, desmond, one of de speakers, has been having flu since 2 days ago, n benny, another speaker, has been coughing since last mth, n he told me he even coughed blood! aiyo, is this a sickly season? y de whole world seems to be sick?

when it's my turn to speak, i really dun wanna spoil my throat, so i asked de 1st qn to lighten de atmosphere by asking, "who's going to kpmg?" juz as expected, none raised their hands. n i'm lyk a clown. then i quickly tell them wat i've to say, really brainlessly smoke thru, praying hard tt tis whole thing will end so tt i can rest. then later it's desmond's turn, n he's so gd @ attracting pple's attention thru his speech, then 4 benny, he's been really calm n noe wat he wants to say. tink i'm de oni jialat 1, who ask tis to be my 1st time...

then when everything ended, pple did come n approach benny n desmond, but not me! so paiseh... but tis is more or less expected, coz who got qn on auditing? it's been so common liao. so in order not to further paiseh myself, i excused myself by leaving 1st. haha... but really interested to noe de 2 guys beta, coz they seem very zai, might need their help in future.