Saturday, October 18, 2008

Phew...


The last day of the course finally came. After a round of project presentations in the morning, we were allowed some time off to do our own stuff before waiting for Big Big Big Boss to come and present us our certificates. So the girls from Table 1 (A X 2, MJ and I) went off to Borders + Marks & Spencer to buy some thank you gifts for the sweet organisers - a card and some nicely packed soap.

And then came the brief ceremony. In his closing speech, Big Big Big Boss said we must all be "winged octopus" (...) I think he meant someone with the ability to (1) multitask, (2) handle pressure from multiple fronts and (3) keep his/her eyes on the big picture somewhere up in the skies.
(I am already trying very hard. I hope my tentacles don't get tangled up in the midst of trying.)
Shopped with MJ for a while at Far East Plaza after the course while A X 2 went to cut their hair . Bought two dresses and a pair of earrings within 20 minutes. No joke but retail therapy really works.
Flew back home to grab my laptop before meeting S for project discussion at Siglap Mac. Thank God we managed to lay a decent egg for Monday's presentation. It had felt like a difficult pregnancy + long and painful labour. Maybe I am just getting too old and rusty for term papers.

And then Mum and Sis packed dinner for me while we went up to the old house to do some last minute cleaning before the big handover tomorrow. I finally said goodbye to my good old faithful bicycle of 10 years. It will be henceforth "donated" to an unknown trainee pilot who needs to navigate his way around the run down Seletar camp.

Phew... a bit exhausted... I think I have accomplished quite a fair bit on this last day.

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