~ just the two of us ~

Yup, that's right.. it's my workstation in the office. So far, all the companies I've gone to, this is by far the best. The space is HUGE. I can put so many things that I feel sometimes it's too big and my stuffs are too little. :)

Overview of my workstation....

my darling philo's pic on my wallpaper :)

My lil pots..

Check out the lady-birds.. hahaha...
(used to have a garden-full of animals, horse, dog, giraffe..)

Cute baby posters I got from Singpost...

Lavender pics from Ikea.. did some "borders" to them..

Calendar cards.. I used to put it up on the wall.. took it down to put the baby posters.. heheh..

One thing I'd miss if I'm leaving the company is this.. my workstation.. :P

Posted in: chit chat, work on 1 August 2009 at at 11:18 am 0 kay-pohs  

Today, another round of retrenchment happened at my office. I thank the Lord that so far He has see me through rounds of retrenchment here in both the companies that I've been to and the current one. He not only sees me through.. but can really see His favour upon me. :) I'm blessed, the Lord has been good to me!

However, I can't help feeling sorry for those who had to leave. Though I've only worked with them for awhile, but they were good colleagues. And plus, I couldn't believe that one of them, pregnant 7 months also got retrenched! But the company paid them well I guess... Else, they won't be beaming from ear to ear.. but then again, what comes after the money gotten is able to last them for the few months, perhaps the year? Will they be able to secure a job quick enough? Most have family and mouths to feed.. What next? Especially if you're of a certain age group, it's so difficult to find jobs... In these times, I can only look to Him as our Provider and Giver of our needs.

As I've mentioned over and over again.. God is good! Not only to me, but to Jason as well.. All glory, honour and power to His name! Amen!

Posted in: chit chat, work on 26 February 2009 at at 10:35 pm 2 kay-pohs  

It's finally confirmed.. with the worsening of the current economic situation, can't deny that business has slowed down tremendously.. and everyday I hear this and that company is having retrenchment and so on, so forth....

Posted in: chit chat, work on 13 November 2008 at at 10:03 pm 4 kay-pohs  

Not too long ago, I did post an article on what is the number 1 reason people leave the company; their managers. Yup. It's because of their managers. And I thought that everything was falling into place when I switched over to this new place because of the boss. He's a believer, and not only a manager, but he's a friend to all of us. Very gila (crazy), just like us... sometimes, even more. Hahaha. I'm not complaining about him, but I'm just sad that through the current re-org that the company is going through, I will be transferred to another entity (something like a business unit) like from company 1A to company 1B. Still under company 1, but different entities, A & B. And, through this re-org, I'll be reporting to another boss come 1st Oct.

People said I'm great in adapting to changes. (I mean looking from the time I got married, then moving on to Spore in less than 4 months after marriage, then change to another job within a year here in Spore)... I mean, I'm not sure how much these changes affects me. To tell you the truth, I hate changes. Totally. Just that I have no choice, but I have to learn to embrace changes. And now with Jason about 80% busy with his classes, it's another new change for me.

In less than 3 months in the new company, I've learned that I have to switch bosses. I thought I was not affected mentally. But it did. It really did. Because, first, I was just trying to settle in to the whole new environment, and most importantly, p-e-o-p-l-e. And when just I'm about to do that, I have to go through another change. It's very rare that you get a boss who is a believer, and who walks his talks and ultimately, protects his people under him. All these 3 months I was going through hard time with customers, and internal people, he was there for us. Mentally, emotionally and most times, spiritually (He encourages us by forwarding daily Bible verses via email).

Ok, ok, I'm not complaining about the new manager, but sigh.... it's just different. Yes, I've seen the new manager, and he seems to be an ok guy, but he's more of the "work" person. Very work-oriented person.

Sometimes I question HIM, "Why me? When I just thought YOU have given me this job, the people around me, and now, another change?? It has been a trial time for me the past 3 months, and now it's like adding salt to the wound..."


I would still be at the same place. My new boss would be based in another plant. So I still get to hang out with my current colleagues and boss. I hope things don't change too fast. I'm not able to cope. And this is when, I really just give up and surrender all to Him. I can't cope up with my own strength, but I know I can with His as it's in His Word, "I can do ALL things, through Christ that strengthens me". (Phillipians 4:13) "...and those who HOPE in the Lord will RENEW their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. (Isaiah 40:31) Amen!

Posted in: chit chat, feelings, work on 17 August 2008 at at 12:25 am 0 kay-pohs  

The thing: An interview.
When? : Tomorrow.
Time?: 2pm.
one word to describe how I feel: anxious, nervous, jittery.

Please pray for me... to keep my cool, ultimately, to surrender it up to Him, to let everything be according to His will. Actually, I shouldn't be having all those feelings described above since I've been to like 3 interviews within the first quarter of the year. :P
But not this one. No, no, have been aiming for this for rather a long time...And when the HR called, it took me awhile to realize that YES! it's them! Woo Hoo! I literally gave up hope on this application a long time ago...

Will update the results tomorrow. Am trying NOT to get my hopes to high though, just in case He wants me to stay in my trials & tribulations that I'm facing right now. Hehehe. But looking through the past 3 months (btw, I've just been confirmed last Friday :P), how He has miraculously answered our (my colleagues) prayers, and now this.... I'm just speechless... totally amazed at what we thought is impossible, to Him, it's NOT.

So, wish me the best and do pray for me... thanks!

Posted in: chit chat, feelings, work on 30 July 2008 at at 9:32 pm 0 kay-pohs  

This morning, there was a commotion in the office. I heard one of the managers got retrenched. Since I was attending to customer's quality issue, I was at the production floor and did not surface up to the office floor till close to about 11am.

That's when I heard the shocking news. 5 people got it, where out of 3 were managers, and out of it was my plant manager.... Seriously speechless...

With all these ongoing, plus the deployment of the industrial section, and "job-match" session ongoing, it kinda sets the uneasy mood. There will be another wave to come.. just praying and hoping things goes smoothly for myself and colleagues in the same dept..

Hallelujah!

Posted in: work on 18 July 2008 at at 6:30 pm 0 kay-pohs  

Going through lots of changes at work lately. A lot as in a re-org, an interview for a new project (internal transfer).. and if I get accepted, I would have to pack my bags and leave for Switzerland by mid Aug for 2 months of intensive training and do a project transfer here by Oct. All these are happening too fast. I'm only in the job for 3 months. Different. No more handling chips. But big bulky machines. So-not-my-field.

And right now, I'm just about to grasp the whole mechanical stuffs that I'm currently doing. And now, a bigger and more complex project. This will mean extra commitment, intensive working hours (not 24 hrs on call though).... but in long run, I believe, this could be the future of tomorrow's industry. Looking at the pics of the whole project scares me. It's huge. Like a monster. :P

There were thoughts in me to actually quit. (Yes, my darling hubs gave me the green light and ask me to take a break and rest in Malacca while taking my time to look for another job :D) The current stress and environment that I'm in just push that thought to me. But I guess, I shall just persevere on to see what He has in store for me.

I can only leave it to God. I'm not sure what I want. Part of me wants to stay where I am now. But another part of me wants to move on. One factor of stress will be eliminated when I move on, but there may be lots of new factors of stress that I may have when I move on. Well, I'm hoping it's purely work stress and not people stress. So I'm not sure what to pray for, but all I can say that "All to Jesus, I surrender all." Let His will be done in my life. Amen?! Thanks to my cell leader for lending me her ears and taking time to pray for me during this period.. :)

Posted in: chit chat, feelings, work on 17 July 2008 at at 5:41 pm 2 kay-pohs  

Yesterday, being a public holiday, we had nothing to do, so we lazed around at home for almost the whole day. But hubs was bored, so he arranged for a movie watching session with the rest of our friends. Ken,Jon,Clone,hubs,me. We watched The Iron Man, with the digital version. We went to The Cathay (nearest MRT station: Dhoby Ghaut) and it was worth it! I love every bit of the movie. I shall buy the DVD when it's out because I don't mind watching it again.

After that, not knowing where to eat, hubs suggested... guess where? ChompChomp! He was the only one who has not been there, so there we went. Thank God Ken drove, else it'll be a bit of a hassle. (Yin & Jess & KL, when are you coming down to have our carrot cake again? )

This is the black one we (Jess,Yin,me,Ting) all enjoyed! Yummy

Yummy-ly thin crusted pizza :P

Mouth-watering chic wings

Giant juices!

Posted in: feelings, food, Happenings, movies, work on 2 May 2008 at at 10:46 pm 2 kay-pohs  

Yups. Today was my third day at work. As some of you might not know, I'm no longer in AMD, but switched to Flextronics Tech @ Changi South Lane. I'm a QA engineer/SQE. It means, I deal with one customer, but with many suppliers pertaining to that one customer's product.
So, I guess, it would be hectic for me. QA process here is rather minimal compared to what I did in Damonqi. But still, to put something in order isn't something that is easy. Hehehe.

Anyway, environment is good! I can get to MSN in the office. This is mainly because they do not have Microsoft Communicator, so they use MSN. And, plus, my cubicle is one of the biggest I've ever gotten in my experiences in the other two company. It's like almost 3 times the length of the one in AMD, in L-shape. I shall take the pic when I have the time. :D I have lots of s-p-a-c-e.

My boss, is friendly, and so are a handful of my colleagues. As most of the time they are rather busy and hardly at their desk, I don't get a chance to really talk to them. However, have been rather close to two of them, and we usually go out for lunch with boss (driver). And yes, lunch time is so different for me this time because I finally get to eat different stuffs everyday unlike eating at the canteen or the 2 or 3 places when I was in AMD. Partly because we have a very nice boss who is willing to chauffeur us around everyday. And yeah, did I mention that he is also a Christian, and three of my colleagues are too.

Another thing is that, we don't have to scan in for attendance, and no more x-ray checking when we go in or out. And the pantry is bigger than my master bedroom now in Spore. And they have microwave, rice cooker, boiler, coffee maker and so on. Even a nice dining table set for you to have your meals there.

My boss have been showing me around to the production floor of the various customers' products. Will be starting on a "cleaning" up project of the IQC lab soon.

So, that's about what I'm currently doing, as I know, some of you even thought I was going back to Melaka to work. Hehehe. Anyway, tomorrow is a holiday! Not sure what I'm going to do, but what the heck, it's a holiday! The thought makes me so happy. I didn't have any breaks in between the old company and the new. But I will soon have a week's break (yeah, unpaid leave) on the first week of June for the church camp and also some shopping in Bangkok. Thank God my boss verbally agreed to it already. Woo Hoo! Can't wait. :)

Posted in: chit chat, feelings, work on 30 April 2008 at at 8:42 pm 0 kay-pohs  

“Why can't we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together? I guess that wouldn't work. Someone would leave.Someone always leaves.Then we would have to say good-bye. I hate good-byes. I know what I need. I need more hellos.” ~Charles M. Schulz~

This was what was written on my first line of my "goodbye" email. It was a difficult time. In a sense, everyone was rather tensed because the retrenchment exercise was supposed to be done on that day itself.

Anyway, after having breakfast, I immediately went on to do all the clearance procedure before an employee can leave. Two days ago, during my final dept meeting, they presented me with a farewell gift. A handbag! And a silver necklace. And of course a cute card with touching messages. On Friday, my manager gave me another gift. A thermos flask with tea strainer, and a name card holder, which she said it might come useful for my future job. So thoughtful. Even though I've been here for just about a year, they treated me as though I was there for 5 to 10 years! Hehehe.


Anyway, I managed to leave earlier at about 2.30pm. Hehe. Went home to do some housework, and after that went to Bugis to meet up with my friends who were coming down for a visit!

Posted in: chit chat, feelings, work on 25 April 2008 at at 5:05 pm 0 kay-pohs  

WooHoo! Two days left in AMD, and I'll be gone. :)

Just brought back my office plants yesterday, and so my desk is now, very empty. Nothing. My drawers have all been cleaned, and all my little hanging stuffs have also been brought down and back home.

Had a farewell lunch with my colleagues at Din Tai Fung on Monday. Everything looked good, but I wasn't feeling well and my taste buds were off that day. Hahaha. Anyway, hmm.. forgot to take pic. But, I shall take some pics before I leave.

Sigh.. Will I miss AMD? Well, I will say that I miss it "like the cannibal who misses his vegetable side dish". (Got this quote from the book Jason was reading, -Monkey Business). Kakaka.


I guess I will miss the people, the friends whom I've made and known, the colleagues, and lunch partners. Hehehe. But I will never miss the company as a whole. Hmm.. for no apparent reason at all. :P Oh well...

Posted in: chit chat, feelings, work on 23 April 2008 at at 11:40 am 0 kay-pohs  

Find the above situation familiar? Hee hee hee...

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Posted in: chit chat, work on 11 April 2008 at at 10:33 am 0 kay-pohs  

This morning, as I opened my email inbox, an email with title heading " Staff Reductions" captured the attention of my eye.
Of course, without even putting my bag down, I quickly opened it. It was an announcement by the President & COO of AMD, to AMD-ers world-wide.

Part of it read:
"....staff reductions of approximately 10 percent of AMD’s total workforce..."

Wow. This is even worse then the website which was rumoured to have a 5% headcount reduction (And there were many sites which were telling us about the forth-coming retrenchment exercise). Well, at least top management have the courtesy to inform all of us before this exercise is rolled-out.

When I first came in, on April 24th 2007, a week or so after that, retrenchment was ongoing. And the worse part, it was done so discreetly that one moment you saw this person here, the next day, you might not see the person there anymore. Pretty scary. It was my first experience with retrenchment in the company. Only after the exercise was half-way completed, management informed us.

And now, close to a year later, this same thing is going on. And guess what? My last physical day in AMD is on 25th April 2008. Hehehe.

Anyway, I'm so grateful that I've secured a job amidst this "turmoil" in the company. Really thank God. It could not have come at a better time.

As for Jason as most of you have asked, he'll stay back, to continue with his studies. Besides, his position is quite secured as his position is considered critical and in fact, they need more manpower.

Grateful. Veryyyyy grateful. *phew*

p/s: Motorola also just had a retrenchment exercise sometime last week I think if I'm not mistaken...

Posted in: chit chat, feelings, Happenings, work on 8 April 2008 at at 3:10 pm 5 kay-pohs  

Last Thursday, after a meeting, I came back to my desk. And I saw an email from a name so familar. It was my ex-classmate, GSC!! I clicked on her properties profile to see which AMD site is she in, I thought she was in the Penang plant, but she was in the Singapore plant!

Immediately I searched her through IM and found her and asked where she was sittting. I went over to have a chat and tea-session with her. It was her fourth day at work, and she only realised I was in the same company after checking my Friendster profile. Wow... Never thought it can be a good source of information. Hehehe.

That goes to show, it's really a small world. But when I told her I was already leaving, she had this 'regret-look' on her face. She's still thinking whether she made the right move to go to AMD. Hehehe. But just like me, it's just like a stepping stone to come to Spore.

All the best, girl!

Posted in: friends, work on 27 March 2008 at at 2:31 pm 0 kay-pohs  

I've finally tendered in my resignation, on 7th March 08. It was truly a mixed feeling for me because I've kind of settled in and I have great friends and colleagues to work with. But why the shift?

First reason would be because of my job scope. I just plainly don't like what I'm doing. I feel I'm like in the Misc. dept. Get the drift? I do not have a proper job scope, and it's so difficult to explain to people what I'm really doing. :P I tried to give myself a chance, but sigh...

Secondly would be because like the saying goes, "never put two eggs in the same basket". This is what my previous boss in Damonqi told me. And yes, the company is not really doing well, so it's kinda risky for the both of us to be in the same co. (Of course, this is just an excuse used for my main reason of leaving, but in actual fact, it is not the main cause :P).

Thirdly, I have always wanted to go back to the position I held before I came over to Spore. Even though it was barely half a year I was in that position, I find it pretty interesting (even though the workload is perhaps 2-3x more than what I'm currently doing now) and challenging, as well as I get to broaden my scope of knowledge.

Fourthly, I prayed and waited for His own timing to grant me the said position I wanted, and yes, He did it! I went for 3 different interviews. The first one was so close, yet so far, and I was kinda mad at Him that I literally "sulked". Second one was a big no-no for me. The interviewer sent shivers to my spine. And finally, the third one, the interviewer was so fatherly, and he did tell me that my experience is not enough, and so I actually just surrendered it to God, and didn't apply for anymore jobs after that last interview. Partly I was kind of tired going through it emotionally, and disappointed after each interview.

And that, I guess was the turning point because 4 days after the third interview, the HR called and negotiated with me about the salary. I was confused at first because I thought I didn't have the chance for it; and he told me that among the other candidates, the hiring manager wants to consider me. Wow. I was just doubtful at what He can do and what are His plans for me. Not only that, the hiring manager is also a believer. That's bonus for me.

Praise the Lord that He truly provides especially when we're at the lowest; and most importantly when we let go and surrender it to Him.

May His name be glorified forever and ever. Amen.

Posted in: chit chat, work on 18 March 2008 at at 10:24 am 0 kay-pohs  

13th Feb 2008

We had dept dinner for our dear senior manager who was leaving us and moving on to Suzhou for a year. It was also a dinner to celebrate CNY and to "lo sang". We went to this seafood restaurant, and mind you, the food is yummy! The pics below will show you how yummy it is...And I seriously recommend anyone the butter cheese spicy crabs. It's super yummy! Even a plain bread dipped in the sauce is really sinful. Kekeke. :P

Posted in: food, work on 17 February 2008 at at 2:03 am 0 kay-pohs  

To stay?
To wait?
To move on?

Pray, pray, pray.

God, give me directions...pllllleeeeeeaaaaaassssssseeeeee... :(
Amen.

Psalms 25:4 - Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths.

Posted in: chit chat, feelings, me, work on 24 January 2008 at at 3:32 pm 0 kay-pohs  

Attention to all those of you who are actively seeking for job employment in Singapore. (Or if you want to look-see)

There is a job expo held this weekend (organised by jobsdb.com) . Details as below:

Date : 18 - 20 Jan 08
Time : 10am - 8pm daily
Venue : Suntec Singapore Halls 403 & 404 (Level 4)

But if you can't make it for this one, there will be another one also organised by jobsdb.com in Malaysia. Details as below:

Date : 28 Feb - 1 Mar 08
Time : 11am - 9pm daily
Venue : KL Convention Centre, Hall 1 & 2

Remember to bring a few copies of your resume, certs, and also your passport/IC/photos. :)

And no, I don't get commission for advertising this. I'm just happy to welcome Msians to work here.. so that.. I got more friends :) Hahaha...

Posted in: Happenings, misc, work on 16 January 2008 at at 11:07 am 2 kay-pohs  

What club, you might ask? The ex-IFIC/Qimonda-ians (Spore) club. Hehehe. Welcoming our new member is LHW, who is today, his 3rd day of work in Spore. So far, we have 11 members!(me,Jason,LC,GSP,GNY,YRS,TPK,CEF,LTY,LHW,LSW). Did I miss out anyone else?

Last night HW came for cell group with us at Sunnydale. We had dinner before that, and he was sharing his 2-days working experience here. Well, want to wish him all the best, and may God be with him always...HW, more experiences to come. Hehehe... :)

Anyone else joining the club? *wink*

Posted in: chit chat, work on 5 September 2007 at at 10:35 am 0 kay-pohs