13 July 2012 - End of PA

Professional Attachment - Letters to remember it by
Dear Prof Wong,
Today is the last day of my 10-week internship and I would like to thank you for being an awesome Faculty Supervisor! I've heard from my classmates, of supervisors who do not even reply to their emails, so I'm really glad that I was assigned a supervisor who has been providing me with guidance and advice whenever I need them.
This is my first and possible last (given that I'll be graduating next year) internship, and certainly a very unforgettable one. I'm grateful for having gotten this internship. During Phase 1, we were told to pick up to 2 companies, and me being me, I put only one - M.I.C.E. Matters, and I told myself, if I don't get this, I'll just go to Phase 2. My friends said I must be crazy, for there are people who couldn't get internship places right down to the final phase, yet I am wasting a precious chance.
Indeed, I received a rejection email for M.I.C.E. Matters. However, in an amazing twist of fate, I received a call from the Career Affairs Office, who told me M.I.C.E. Matters decided to accept me in the end. I don't know what happened in between the rejection and eventual acceptance, but 15 minutes after the call from CAO, I got another call from Michelle about going to KL. I couldn't believe how lucky I was!
There was so much excitement and hype over it that perhaps I got my expectations a little too high up. With that, disappointments were inevitable. But I'm grateful for the assistance and guidance that my colleagues have rendered me. And I've learnt. Even though I gained very little knowledge of how things work in this industry, I reflected and thought about my own attitude, my work experience, my abilities and my skills and everything about myself. So through this internship, surprisingly, I learnt about myself.
Thank you very much for everything, and see you!
Regards,
Wai Min

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Hi Wan Min

Today is your last day with M.I.C.E. Matters. Hence, I want to take this opportunity to say good bye to you.

Thank you for all the countless encouragement and support to the MICE team, during your time spent here with us. We wish you all best wishes for a successful future. Thank you for everything.

Take care, god blessing be with you always. Keep in touch.

Please kindly return all the T-shirts, jacket and shirt in hand with you.

Thank you and best regards,
Jean Seet
M.I.C.E. Matters Pte Ltd

I love Jean as a person, but this email is hilarious. Love how it ends with her demanding the return of all company attire. She couldn't even get my name right, as do the other people in the company. Respect!

8th December 2011

6th December 2011 - Already Famous + Supper Hop
Heeee! Watched Already Famous.

Loved Xiao Gui! He was SO adorable in the movie, with his dimples and smile-wrinkles - how can anyone ever resist such a cute guy!

The movie was alright, but I think certain parts (which were not part of the main storyline) stole the limelight because they were the funniest ever!

After this, we started on our Supper Hop, as planned! First stop was Cold Stone icecream, for Annie, who just broke up. ):
Groupie!

Next was Bedok 85!

Hee, it's not like, FANTASTIC fantastic, but it's lovely hawker fare! Loved the chicken wings.
Stingray was not bad, very fleshy and soft. But I still miss Taman Jurong's!
The famous soupy Bak Chor Mee, which everyone apparently queued for. The noodles are not bad, but it's just ohkay to me, not really worth the looong wait.

I can't remember where we went to next, but I think we circled around Geylang looking for some place which we couldn't find, to Swee Choon which was closed, and in and around Little India.

At Mustafa Centre. Had fun exploring all the levels!

Hahaha. The red one was actually really easy to bend!
Posing with a tennis racket.

After this, I think we had ice cream, Kelvin F and I. Then we went to have Bak Kuh Teh near Zouk, and finally prata at Nikki's. KF drove KK back to NTU, and then us home.

FUN!

26 November 2011

24th November 2011 - Random Mugging Session, Lunch and Dinner!
Heheh volunteer appreciation gift from YMCA! Thank you YMCA, and Roger, who presented it to me! (:
Lunch, Roger's recommendation. Not bad luh!
With Jessica! Why my eyes closed! :O
Proper one!
Bo Jie and Roger, the look-alikes, haha!

Went to Cold Storage for some snack-shopping after lunch, after going to the printing shop to get Jessie's sticker labels. Bought chips, and the rest got more!

The Christmas tree was fixed by the time we came back from lunch. So pretty right! (:
Can't resist!

After that, I mugged all the way until evening with Bo Jie. Called Yi Le to come and meet us for dinner, and asked Karen too! Success last-minute outing! Bo Jie said he would bring us to a China Chinese restaurant but warned that it gets rowdy with all the Chinese men. I was expecting movie-like scenarios of Chinese men throwing beer bottles over our heads at each other while we eat in peace in our own little bubble.

Haha but it was fine, just a busy restaurant, not rowdy at all!

Karen Yee!

Omg haha what is this! Got a shock when I discovered this on my phone when I was home.
Wah!
Some veggie thing, a little spicy but it's really refreshing. Like the thai salad but better. Very fragrant and appetizing.
According to Bo Jie, this is fried pig's thigh meat. Tender, and especially nice if you eat it while it's still hot.
Fried rice. Nothing particularly special about it, but it's not bad for $4.
Didn't eat this because it's spicy. Oh man, look at all the chilli powder.
Enjoying the meal!
Big intestine. It's chewy and the texture is great, but it reeks of shit. Think they didn't remove the smell.
Me with my green tea. (:
Dumplings. Similar to the Xiao Long Baos, but this is much better somehow.
Almost done!
Bromance.
Opps. Trying to do a muacks pose but the photographer FAIL.
I don't know about this...

Finally a decent one.


More...

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Group Photo. We wanted to find some other place to camwhore, but everywhere else was closed.
Last one, and home for the night!It was an enjoyable last minute spontaneous dinner! The food is superb and fairly cheap, will definitely go there again!

22 November 2011 - Mugging Session
After my Service Ops Finals, I went to meet Bo Jie and Yi Le, who'd come to NTU to mug with me. Actually the real purpose was for Bo Jie to borrow some books from the NTU library for his dad. I suggested meeting for lunch, so he asked Yi Le along!
Got our lunch and went to SR18 to study.
Unglam!
This one is nicer!
Random.

Anyway, Yi Le and I went to the Library to help Bo Jie locate his books while he mugged for his insurance agent exam, and Yi Le found one of his textbooks too!

The rest of the time was spent on unproductive mugging - too much stealing of phones to spam Karen's Whatsapp, and too much laughing. At one point, Bo Jie even fell down from his chair! Everyone in the room looked at him and he went really red. (:

On the way home! Tata!