may day

Yo yo my friends! Time's passing by too quickly, we're already halfway through May! Much has happened over the past few weeks since the previous post! (PS, this was supposed to be posted end of May but #procrastination hehe)

1. Joe's Surprise Party
Decided to throw Joe a very belated surprise birthday party, simply because he deserves one and I absolutely love him! Over April, he was feeling kinda down because he had to stay in for his birthday and could not come out much during weekends (most bookout schedules: sunday morning out, sunday night in). He most definitely wanted his own party, considering how his brother had one himself. So, me being me, I decided to put things together and gather his close friends for a simple get-together!

Started getting some of his friends together with Zuzu about a month back and we had to book them way in advance because everyone's super busy these days! It wasn't easy planning because Joe's schedule was super erratic! Sometimes, he could be out on a Saturday and then the following week he could be confined.. After all the changes, we decided to put it during the Labour Day weekend and just had to pray that he won't get confined! Thankfully his full schedule before the Brunei trip came out shortly after that so we could confirm that he would be free that Sunday night!

Over the course of April, it was super hard to keep a secret. It was a.g.o.n.i.s.i.n.g! Joe was pretty upset/angry at times and we would get into quarrels and I just felt like telling him that we were throwing a party for him so stop being so angry. But, patience. Sucked it all in, because I knew it would be worth it! The party was at Donovan's place, and I was really glad to see how the surprise turned out! Spent the whole afternoon just going around collecting/buying party stuff and heading to Nat's place with Jasmine to chill and watch movies before heading to the venue to prep!

When Joe came, he was really surprised to see all his friends and honestly, my heart was filled with so much happiness for him that night! :-) I didn't get much time with him that night, and yeah I was a lil' upset but nothing beats knowing how everything was done well so that he could get something he wanted! Plus, I've spent every birthday with him since he was 13? It's been a good 9 years of celebrating and I'm pretty sure I'll be spending the rest of his birthdays with him HAHAHA CHEHHHH #thickskin. Blessed 21st birthday Joe, you deserved it! :-)

love how everyone's so unprepared but yay :-) 

games comm swag

So, May was kinda upsetting for me. With all the downs of work (as you read on below...), it couldn't have gotten worse knowing that Joe would be away for 24 days!?!? That's over 3 weeks of not seeing to him/having bad connections while talking to him. Looking back, I managed to only talk with him for less than 10 minutes over the course of those few weeks. 

headed to adventure cove one day during his off-in-lieu! i love water theme parks :-) 

Before his Brunei training trip, there was this family day where we could head in to take a look at what would be happening during the trip and I must say, it's quite a sight! Those guys had to kill quails FOR THEIR SURVIVAL in Brunei and there were live demonstrations on how to do it. Girls, just be very thankful you're not a guy because I don't think I would be able to survive all those cutting and carving of wood or trekking up and down mountains!  

family dayyyy

And so, it was the start of 3 long weeks of VERY MINIMAL replies... Slay them soldier, you'll get your JCC badge! 

2. Work
Decided to stop working with Cityluxe sometime in early May. I really had fun working in Taka, because I got to meet a lot of people (staff & customers). Must say that the Taka staff were the people who really got me going to work each day, and made me look forward to working there! It's kinda mundane because everyday customers just walk by and sometimes they aren't even interested to buy. Time also passes really slowly for some reason, but once it hits 7pm THAT'S IT, time is on a roll baby! Thank God I managed to share my Christian life (a small bit of it, and how I view Christianity more of a relationship with God than a religion) with some colleagues there! I've met all kinds of people there, but I'm glad I still keep in touch with a few of them & I do hope that I'll continue to keep in touch with them! :-)

After my stint at Cityluxe/Woodwick, I decided to try an admin job at Taiwan Trade Centre (recommended by my friend). She said it was a little dodgy because there were some internal politics (& come to think of it, I am ashamed and didn't really reflect God in my attitude when I was there because it was all gossip blah blah..). But WOW this job was the shortest stint EVER. Recommended Sarah to work there since she had nothing to do and decided to join her after the candle job. It was a really chill job, I must say, because it was just data entry/calling companies. Other than that, my time was spent surfing the net/playing games/talking to Sarah HAHAHA plus the pay was good so woohoo! BUT after the 2nd day of work, I was told that the company was not going to hire anymore temp staff due to their lack of budget. I was utterly stunned because I had only worked for 2 days and my last day was the following day at an event. The work ethics that some of the staff had were just purely horrible. To be honest, I was kinda bumped when I had to be retrenched from that job because the pay was really good & it was a slack job (things teens look out for in jobs nowadays..). But come to think of it, I'm glad it ended because the office was pretty far away and I think staying in that company would have made me become much more of a gossipmonger & I'm pretty sure I would definitely not have grown to be more Christ-like over there!

I was pretty bumped that my job at TTC ended because the pay was good for an admin job! $8/h doing pretty much minimal work! But really thank God that this unemployment didn't last long because not long after, I was given a chance to work at Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks! All this is thanks to MelChew, who started working there before I & Sarah decided to join the STSS BSC club haha! So, I chose to work at the AMK Hub outlet (duh), & I seriously save on transport because I walk there whenever I work. Also, as employees we get to choose 2 items on the menu daily! This is a huge savings part for me too, because I save on lunch-dinner! I work Tuesdays-Thursdays from 1.30pm-10pm, well technically it's till about 10.15/1020pm because there's clean up. So yup, that's my life at STSS, so far so good! I've tried everything except the crepe floss/sausage, should definitely try it before I quit hehe!

3. Graduation!!
So, guess who has graduated from poly? ME! Over the past few months, I've been either working/slacking at home doing nothing much. I don't really like going out nowadays because bus/mrt fares are so expensive?! Plus, going out = spending money, so no thanks! To be honest, schooling life is way easier. It was definitely an eventful day I looked forward to, going back to school, meeting friends + teachers once again, to receive my graduation cert and take many pretty photos in my grad gown haha!

Looking back, my poly life has been extremely fulfilling! There were times when I detested school, and some assignments just made me want to rip my hair out and to be honest, I could get really agitated at group projects. I've cried pretty much at least once in each group project (the iconic one: being placed in a group with a particular person that EVERYONE ELSE did not want to be with, which was quite bad...) but there were those group projects that got me looking forward to completing work eg. Y1's coding module with hipsters, Events Mgt for Light Up A Life. Huge thanks to my lecturers at NP FMS as well, who have guided me & taught me valuable life lessons. I'm closer to some of them, and it really touches me knowing they still remember my name despite teaching me about 2 years ago & bother to ask about my life! Big BIG shoutout to the company who were a part of me the past 3 years (& hopefully will be in the years to come too)! I think it's needless to explain how much each of them mean to me and how very grateful I am to each of them :-) So, presenting to you, the not-so-complete class of 2016! Or in this case, cheryl's version of the class of 2016, we did it friends!

fms showcase 2016 w my favvvv teacher!

that lifebuoy can't fit through his big head

Mr Hsien - ciesta all day everyday!

Mr Yoka - radio production teacher!

Mr Ramani, or as I call him Mr Rams - taught me feature writing & that a high GPA doesn't matter if the industry doesn't want people with no character

Simatupang - logs saikang warrior

fsv cambodia minus me duh

events management team not full strength obviously

megan & xiong - 2 individuals who played a big part in my final sem, & started my poly life in sem 1 on a high note too! :-)

yuyan & trini

geena-si - since pl 2011, man we are golden and prolly also through the next few years of uni life

team pl-np :-)

boon - huge THANKSSS to this uncle, actually surprised we got through 3 years of dealing with each other's nonsense? he really understood the way i functioned, how he knew he just needed to leave me to cry when i was stressed out & made me laugh my butt off when he made comments about stuff (oops). very thankful we grew so close over the past few years, & i'll definitely not forget our gang giving him the best birthday (surprising him at his place with a mahjong table) and also the worst hated birthday (dinner at saizeriya) hehehe ;-)

xiong - 1st person to always ask me to print notes for him & chope seat in class, intro-ed us to the wonderful smu pasta & laughed at my studying methods of literally scribbling on paper while studying for exams! always asking me if he looks good & could probably be the most vain person i ever know! he'll be the one who pops into my mind (along with boon) when i hear '4 hao' outside (inside joke). but also ultra THANKFUL for this guy, kept me insane the 3 years!

kiang - my singing partner, coming up with random song+games such as our mulan game just to entertain ourselves?! won't forget that night in cambo when he really opened himself up to us & i've never been more thankful for that night ever since! anyone who needs a designer for events, please contact him @kjdaryl online because this guy is talented! prolly will also engage his designing services when i get married next time too hehehe! THANKS for filling my heart with music :-) 

chung - gained a sis in poly, so glad we live near each other cos it means we get to meet up without the guys and have girl time! my 3 years with her were filled with so SO much girl talk i won't know who else to turn to for comfort! watched her grow & watched her hair change to all the colours of the rainbow! we're definitely going to grow old together with our 40 cats in our big bungalow, & also watch out for us, we're heading to hawaii for our grad trip! :-)

hipsters since 2013

joe - hehehe he made it for my grad, like 3hs earlier? haha! came with me to take a photo in my gown after his uni interview, & i'm honestly glad to be standing here with him at the end of my poly life! i think poly hasn't been easy for the both of us, there's definitely LOADS of anger involved but hey look at us now, we looking fineeee~~ THANKS for being by me all this time! :-) (next hurdle, uni together and then we stuck together till the end of time)

supportive family - needless to say, they have been so supportive! supporting me through my daily expenses, sending me to/fro school, encouraging me, listening to my rants/stories about school & friends, enduring my mood swings, well the list goes on! i know they must have been very proud of me that day, and I hope that i can make them happy once again after i complete my uni! :-) 

4. PL Ebenezer Funfair 
PL turns 100! Managed to head down for this event and boy was it crowded! It was not just full of PL girls, but I noticed boys from other schools also came? Honestly, I've noticed that funfairs are usually a time for single-gender school students to come and mingle and widen their circle (if you know what I mean...). Anyway, it was definitely a fun time for everyone! Didn't take any rides because they were way too expensive & we were kinda on a budget! So we just spent our money on food HAHAHA! I think we've come to the age where all we wanna spend our money on are for food + clothes! It was surely a great time catching up with the girls, not A LOT because we were being our crazy self and laughing at good memories but who cares? The company mattered the most!

Well, all in all, the month of May has just been pretty much occupied with work and trying to find jobs after quitting/being retrenched, and obviously graduating from school and revisiting my secondary school were highlights! Thank God for how He has provided me with different kinds of jobs so that I'm able to experience a small variety of industries such as retail/admin/f&b within this short span of time! The month of June is going to be a busy busy month, so stay tuned to find out more! See ya~~