Leianna Love

FYP

2010-05-17T08:18:00.000-07:00

I'm kinda frustrated with the lack of progress after such a long time. The only notable achievement we've done so far so far is to nail SPMF as our beneficiary. But until now we are unable to proceed because of alot of checking with this person and checking with that person.

We haven't even managed to secure our funding and its only 4 months to the start of the event. I'm getting nervous about the timing. I wonder if we're able to get everything on board and going within the timeframe that we have stipulated.

It seems like there is many things to do and not enough time. I'm really worried. Is it normal that our progress is so slow? Are there any groups out there who are meeting the same snag that we are having right now.

I really am an impatient person. I apologize in advance to my groupmates is i seem a bit brisk sometimes. It's not on purpose.

Sigh i still haven't started studying yet and there seems to be alot of things that needs to be memorised this time round. I wonder if i'll be able to hit my target of a GPA of 3?

Service Standards

2010-05-09T06:06:00.000-07:00

It seems to me that most businesses seem to have forgotten the Golden Rule that the customer is King. Most business nowadays pass over individual clients instead choosing to focus more on their corporate clients.

Any business is dependent on the customers patronage whereas they are not obliged to give us their business. Service standards will only go up when companies learn this golden rule. Why spend tons of money wooing others when you can't even retain your current customers.

Many companies now seem to have lost their personal touch. They have forgotten that their customers are only human too and at the end of a frustrating search to solve their various problems, they just want a listening ear that sympathize with them.

Most companies with good customer relations tend to fare better in the long run because they have a loyal base of customers that supports them. They also need not spend alarming amounts of money in promoting themselves as they have a group of free advertisers extolling the virtue of using the companies products. Word of mouth in this industry is a double edged sword and as such must be wielded with finesse. Only then can a company succeed.

Doubts

2010-04-15T08:01:00.000-07:00

Seriously wondering what I'm doing still keeping this blog active. I seriously doubt anyone reads my posts anyway. Besides I'm still very old school and prefer writing down my thoughts on paper than typing it out. It's such a hassle, you have to wait for the com to start up and then wait for the internet connection to be established and then you have to go to the site and wait for it to load.

I guess that I'm just the impatient kind. I just hate sitting around doing nothing. But at the same time i find it hard to multitask. Besides it's been scientifically proven that multi taking is not good you are unable to give full attention to the items at hand.

Next monday school term starts again. But i still don't know what I'm going to do with myself after that. Should i start working or should i continue with my studies?

I have also been feeling lonely these few weeks. Everytime i think about going out i always think who should i invite but then i always answer my own question with answers like their studying, they're busy, they won't be interested. Why is it that i am surrounded by people but i find myself increasingly lonely? So far there hasn't been anyone who truly understand me and i feel like i'm living a shallow life that still has lots of potential. In fact everytime i read the news about a youngster whose life is so full of promise but had passed, i feel guilty. Because 20 years of my life has passed with little to show for it.

Event Information

2009-12-31T06:04:00.000-08:00

List of Japanese Companies in Singapore

1) Ajisen (F&B)
2) NTT DOCOMO (Telecomm)
3) All Nippon Airways (Aviation)
4) Ajinomoto (F&B)
5) Canon (Camera)
6) Daihatsu (Car)
7) Nissan (Car)
8) Daikin Industries (Air-Conditioning)
9) Fujitsu (Electronics)
10) Hitachi (Electronics)
11) Honda (Car)
12) Kenwood (Electronics)
13) Meiji (F&B)
14) Mitsubishi (Car)
15) Konami (Entertainment)
16) Mitsubishi (Conglomerate)
17) NEC (IT)
18) Ninetendo (Entertainment)
19) Nippon Paint
20) Nissin (F&B)
21) Olympus (Electronic)
22) Panasonic (Electronic)
23) Pentel (stationary)
24) Pilot (stationary)
25) Pioneer (Electronics)
26) E-Royce (F&B)
27) Sapporo Beer (F&B)
28) Sony (Electronics)
29) Sumitomo (Conglomerate)
30) Suntory (F&B)
31) Suzuki (Car)
32) Takashimaya (Departmental store chain)
33) Toyota (Car)
34) Uniqlo (Clothes)
35) Waccoal (Clothes)
36) Yamaha (Conglomerate)

List of Korean Companies in Singapore

1) Kia (Car)
2) KBS (entertainment)
3) MBC (entertainment)
4) LG (Conglomerate)
5) Nong Shim (F&B)
6) Samsung (Conglomerate)

List of International Singapore Brands

1) CapitalLand ( REIT)

2) Charles and Keith (Women Shoes and Accessories)

ITP

2009-10-12T19:25:00.000-07:00

Now i am suppose to be at work but as you can see i am not really working very hard right! This is my last week and i am a tinge bit relucactant to leave. But will write more later at home!

H1N1

2009-07-13T06:41:00.000-07:00

Hi guys i know i haven't blogged in along time and i ask for your indulgence as i am and have been busy with a flood of projects.

Anyway what i wanted to share with everyone is the interesting snippet that one of our DEPM year 2 classes have a suspected H1N1 case. And before and of you guys freak out and decide to buy masks or "Pontang" your lesson please note that we are now in the mitigation phase and the student is in a stable condition.

So.... what this means is that you are not likely to be let off classes and life will go on as normal. Besides the regular screening before you even step in the school gates and the twice daily temperature reading nothing is different.

So don't jump for joy and start planning how to spend the 1 week LOA cause it is likely to cause more work to pile up and cause more trouble in the long run. Pray for good health and that the current strain will give us the immunity we might require if a more virulent and deadlier strain of the H1N1 were to come up.

That's all for now! See you soon! Meanwhile keep safe. :-)

The Lost generation

2009-07-02T07:27:00.001-07:00

I was reading articles online about mixed race children and adopted Koreans overseas and the discrimination they face. This contrast with what i had in mind of Koreans as a friendly and warm people. I just find it weird that they would discriminate against their own blood.

The bullying that many of these kids faced in Korea is also frequently reported in the media but the government seems to do nothing about it. What's wrong with loving a person of another race or nationality. Why must everything be in terms of benefits. Every country only do things which they might benefit from. I really don't understand why so many governments are so willing to tear apart families just because one of the parent is not likely to contribute much in terms to the development of the country. I know that they are just being cautious of their citizens being used to get citizenship by other people. But i still believe that each case should be given the benefit of the doubt.

First day back

2009-06-29T08:27:00.000-07:00

Hey feels nostalgic but the thing i hate most about new school terms is getting the biological clock to return to normal and dragging and hauling my ass out of bed at 7 am. Lucky for me most of my classes start at 9.

Started my first day of duty today. Was bored to bits cause it was the exams period for the rest of the school when i have already taken my exams. So most CCA trainings were canceled. Further more, it was raining thus chasing away even the more adventurous swimmers. In fact there were only 8 people in the pool the whole time i was there.

What does my lifeguard job entail you might ask. Well we have to responsible for the safety of those in the pool and the surrounding areas. We also check the pool areas for defects which may result in the injury of the users. We patrol around the pool area from time to time and lock up the place when everyone has gone home. And that's basically it. Sounds easy but if something really happens (Choi! Choi!) we will be held accountable. We will have to write a report of all major incidents which will be submitted to the caretaker.

And that basically sums up my first day as a lifeguard. Quite uneventful i guess! Lucky me?

NUS lifesaving competition

2009-06-28T20:04:00.000-07:00

Well it's over with the grueling training the past week. I didn't win any medals but I'm still happy i went as it was a good exposure. But i feel a bit disappointed that i didn't do any better.

When it was my turn to compete in the 100m manikin tow with torpedo tube with fins, only then did i start getting nervous. When the gun fired i plunged and was one of the few in the lead but when i reached the 50 m mark and clipped the manikin, i was such a butter finger that i lost my lead. I didn't finish in the top few and didn't know what position i was in. I hoped i wasn't in the last position. While i was swimming my mind was filled with thoughts of what if and tired limbs and not letting my team down.

I only had that event so i was sitting on the stands the whole day seeing my fellow teammates compete. I felt like a redundant left limb. The whole day i was doing nothing but stoning. O felt like the proverbial rat! i had nothing going on and i was one of the slowest swimmer in my team. I felt like a burden and though i seemed unbothered my role in the team but i couldn't help but be sad. I was a bench warmer wanting to pull my own weight but unable to do so! sigh!

This must be one of the few really depressing posts.

Lifesaver

2009-06-23T08:59:00.001-07:00

Hi long time since i last posted.
Well i finally completed by BM and can now be a certified lifeguard. I'm also having a NUS competition this Saturday so wish me all the best yah! I currently only work in school but still it is better than nothing after all i get paid 7 an hour.
Currently other than rotting at home, training and completing my Holiday assignments, i have done nothing. So i feel a bit bad cause i have not been putting my time to better use. Lol!

Life iN the Little red dot

2009-05-03T00:29:00.000-07:00

Lol. How long has it been since i last wrote anything in here. It's starting to feel empty.

Studying

2009-02-19T04:12:00.000-08:00

Well its been a long time since i last added a post and many things have happened.

The latest news include my breakup with Wisdom. We've been together almost 6 months already and even though i'm not cracked up over the breakup but i still miss him a bit. I think i can safely say that all along i felt more like a close sister and friend rather than an actual girlfriend. He was always sweet to me and bought me stuff when he went overseas. He was a family guy and i guess that was what attracted me to him. He was also gregarious and lots of fun. But the thing that turned me off was that he liked to talk about basketball and the various personalities in basketball their triumphs, lessons learned and he also like fights. Not in the WWF part but more the free style type. I didn't like any of those and always tried to direct his attention to a topic that i could participate in. Afterall i knew little or nothing about fights or basketball. I was also always lazy to learn more about that two interest of his and i guess after awhile we would have gotten sick of each other.

Now i am supposed to be studying for my last test Project Management. It is very scary to study because it feels like there is nothing to study. I am not even sure if she will be setting another of those common sense question or the out of the blue radomness question. BTW if you are wondering who i'm talking about, its one of my lecturers but i won't say who cause those of you who know will know who she is.

Today i studied at CCK library with Vivien. We went to Pastamania to eat lunch. After that the full lunch and hot weather made us feel sleepy so she went and carried a bunch of magz to our table and i ended up reading and pouring over the latest fashion. Then my terrible shopping itch came over and i had to literally restrain myself and breathe through my mouth. I forced my attention back to the boring and dry chapter on management style. But at the end of our long (but full of distractions and breaks) study session i can proudly say i swallowed two chapters. They tasted funny and are now swimming in my head like planets with my brain as their revolving sun. Lol!!!

Studying can be tedious but it is also lots of fun. In fact i missed crunching numbers. I missed the good old days of crunching up questions during secondary school. I miss the old familiar patterns of maths questions. But i need not wait long to satisfy my bizarre numbers craving. Next semester i'll be taking a accounting and finance module which shold be lots of fun.

Anyway to my fellow friends who are now busy studying for various tests, all the best. To my JC buddies who are looking for jobs, good luck job hunting. May your spoils be bountiful.

Back From KL

2008-12-13T22:52:00.000-08:00

1st Day

2nd Day
Breakfast at Hotel

KLCC twin tower sky bridge visit.
Lunch at A&W Fast food outlet

KLCC Facility management office.
Tea at KLCC basement office

Short sightseeing trip which includes:
The Chocolate Gallery Malaysia
The Sultan Palace
The War memorial

Dinner at seafood restaurant
The firefly visit
Back to hotel

Sneak out to eat Durian. (RM30)

3rd Day

Ren Yuan

2008-12-08T00:38:00.000-08:00

The Chinese have a phrase "Ren Yuan" which i feel seem to describe my day yesterday when i was working at Furama the Banquet Hall.

Yesterday i was doing a banquet weeding for this couple. While the couple's best friends were testing out the video, i saw a very familiar face opening the bridal car door. It was a guy from my secondary school.

This is the first time in the 1 year that i have worked at Furama that i have seen someone who i recognized.

Even more surprising is that when i was on the way home in the bus, i met my JC classmate who like me dropped out at the end of the year to pursue a Polytechnic education. I was so surprised to meet him that i smsed him on the bus. He waved to me. Because he was with his friends so i did not get to talk to him. But it was nice to see him.

Anyway I'm depressed about something, my Boyfriend is having exams this week and will be flying back to the Philipines this coming Sat when i will be in Malaysia. I will be in Malaysia from thur to sat. That means we won't be seeing each other until he comes back.

NO.............!!!!!!!!!!

But then it can't be helped since he goes back almost every term vacation. I''ll miss him but until he comes back i will have a picture of him and of course the usual msn chats.

Thing I would have never know

2008-11-22T01:33:00.000-08:00

I'm telling you a polytechnic education is a blessing as well as a curse.

It's a blessing because you will have more time for yourself and the various interest that you would have otherwise have neglected. For me the interest is my books and all things beautiful. One such beautiful thing that i came across was a series of photos by Zhang Jingna. I find her pictures to be breathtaking and bring out more soul and places words in otherwise silent pictures. I find her portraiture to be in a class of its own. I also have the time to read up on Jewelry and Royal Families and the sports of Horse showmanship and many other cool stuff.

I also get to work at events and get a lot of cool freebies 0_o

But as with all the fantatsic stuff comes the heavy draagy stuff which is that you have to seriously have good self discpline to survive. Cause the temptation to PON lessons is very strong. Also when the time comes around to submit the many portfolios and stuff that part and parcel of a "fun" polytechnic education be ready to survive on rations of Coffee and Adrenaline. But i also learn fun stuff about the exciting industry that i will be a part of.

All in all i have a love hate relationship with my school.

School LIFE relieved

2008-11-17T17:02:00.000-08:00

Today, me and my classmates from DEPM/02 YR 08/09 dressed up in our old school uniform. It was awkward to walk around in Clothes that reminded me of hot sweaty days in boiler like rooms. But everyone had fun. We even took some pictures that i will share later.

Yan Ling, Yan En and Oi Xin are having their final A level paper today. Wish them all the best. Can't wait to catch up with my old frens who i have not seen for many months since September.

Today is also my not so important IDEAS presentation that is part of my SP Core Module. Was kinda nervous. Felt like A level project work presentation all over again.

Semester 2 - My new resolution

2008-10-12T00:07:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is the new semester and i want to make a couple of new resolutions.

Firstly i will try to do my work more diligently and try to keep my GPA in the range of 3.

I also hope to try to cure my fixation and obsession with anime, manga and drama serials.

I also realised something that my hols have been largely unproductive and i hope to change that this time round by taking up more jobs or signing up for some courses.

Olympic Silver Medal

2008-08-17T06:49:00.000-07:00

Just finished watching the exciting Olympic Table tennis match between China and Singapore. It was trilling and many times i was at the edge of my seat. We had a number of near misses. Although i felt really sad that we weren't a match for China the home of table tennis but i felt our girls did great. WELL DONE.

Many years from now i will always remember the day we got our second Olympic Silver medal after waiting for almost 40 years.

They helped create a new chapter in Singapore 's sporting history and will always be remembered on this special day.

Thank You girls. Safe Journey Home. We love you always.

Current Fixation

2008-08-03T06:56:00.000-07:00

OK well this is a list (a very long list) of my current fixations.
I've started to get hooked on Japanese stuff ever since my younger brother initiated me into the world of anime, manga etc... So i've been sorta guilty to admit that i am slowly killing myself. I haven been doing my work with due diligence, haven't been studying even though exams are around the corner.

Shit off topic.

Well here they are (Listed according to how fixated i am with it) :
1) Hana Kimi (Manga)
2) D. Grey-man (Anime/ Manga)
3) Zero no tsukaima Princess no rondo (Anime)
4) Rolling Fried Rice (Taiwan Serial)
5) Neopets
6) Hana Kimi (Taiwanese Serial)
7) Holland V (Singapore Serial)
8) Coffee Prince (Korean Serial)
9) Princess Hours (Korean Serial)
10) Mummy - tomb of the dragon emperor
11) 12 lotus (Singapore Movie)

Museum Night Race

2008-07-28T06:22:00.000-07:00

Well the Museum night race was held 26-07-08 and it kicked off at around 8.30pm friday night. I joined the race with 14 of my classmates. Me, Bing Sheng, Lena, Benjamin and Ting Leong formed a team and we named ourself Indiana People.
Here is a picture of our group before the start of the race.

Burned Weekend

2008-07-23T07:07:00.000-07:00

My weekend is toasted. Arggh... After so many late nights working on my projects for school i was actually looking forward for the first time in a long while to curling up and hiding away in my hermit shell for some R&R. But as usual i will be dragged around this friday evening on a heritage trail, Sat morning on the kinderland event and sat late afternoon helping out in a CLAP! event. Stupid me for being a sucker and always being so eager to be in the thick of action. I probably won't be able to watch batman again this week i guess. SOB...

Anyway for those nosey parkers who seem so interested in how my BF looks like here's a pic of him and me at Central Clark Quay.Some background info on him
He is 19 this year.
He is a Chinese Filipino.
He studies in Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
He is in his second Year of study.
We met at the 3rd red camp(2006) organised by NP.
We studied at the same JC (Pioneer Junior College) for the first three months. He was in the science stream while i was in the arts stream.
He has 2 younger sisters, one of which is the same age as me. We kinda get along well i think.

I think this is enough to satisfy you people right!! lol just joking.

Anyway i would consider my relationship with him to be in the initial stages where both sides are still getting to know each other. We mostly meet during weekends cause that is the only time both of us are free. The weekdays are hard to find time to meet cause he stays in toa payoh while i stay in cck. Furthermore he also got his rock climbing training and i got my lifesaver training. Anyway, one thing i learned was that it is really tough to maintain a relationship because both sides must find time for each other.

Gotta get back to do some of my work so will blog more soon.

My First Term Test

2008-05-28T01:19:00.000-07:00

Well this week will be the 1st time i'll be taking my term test. Not sure why but i'm feeling a little too relaxed. I'm worried for the 2 test that i have taken already which is construction and materials. Now i have only Law left which will be on Friday. Feeling happy that the test is going to end but worried about the huge amount of work given for the holidays.

Ate chix rice today at the foodcourt in school together with some of my classmates. Bought a T-shirt at the store near LT1A mac. Black in colour with a nice pic and words made of some soft teddy fur fabric.

Anyway feel like slacking before going back to mugging for exams.

Will be going out with Wisdom on Sunday to Vivo City to watch Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspian.

Anyway best of luck to all DEPM 02 students.

First School Term

2008-05-21T08:09:00.000-07:00

Well it's almost 6 Weeks since i started my new life as a student at Singapore Polytechnic School of Built Environment. Life's been pretty interesting and i have made bunches of new friends. Had great fun during the 4D3N BE Camp starting on the 31st of March. Had lots of fun, got really wet and dirty, also had countless sleepy periods and even watch the sunrise which was an awesome experience i can tell you. Although my allergies flared up but since i enjoyed every moment of it, it was well worth the experience.

My Class is DEPM/FT/1A/02. We are a group of 21 and we are made up of 4 male homo sapiens and the rest of the species are female. Right now i am busy studying for my term test and is currently feeling quite stressed. Been busy with my CCAs, Lifesavers, Emcee, Jap Culture and OOPS. Well with that many Co-curricular activities, it's no wonder i have any time to sleep. Anyway will tell more when i have more time.