Twenty Twenty Three - Year-in-Review

Wow, i just realised i have yet to do up my Year-in-Review for 2023, and 2024 is coming to an end. I have all the photos ready, but i didnt really sit down to pen all thoughts down. What... Oh wells. 

I think January flew past before i knew what was happening...
Chinese New Year's gathering at my 4th Uncle's place. 
Things are rather different seems the passing of my Grandmother. 
Nobody seems to be bringing everyone together alrd. 
It's kinda sad.

Also Chinese New Year's gathering at my Small Aunty house!

So glad we are still meeting each other every year.

Although we dont see everyone so often...

No idea what happened in Feb and March... 

Old alrd, memory is shit. LOL

Went on the long awaited Korea trip with the 3 ladies.

And i was being a bitch to send in my resignation just before my flight. 

LOL.

But honestly, i think i made the right decision to leave...

I have my thoughts in my draft. Seems like it doesnt matter anymore.

So yup, the Korea trip. 

Same thing, i dont exactly remember what happened then...

But the epic moments are, me saying not being able to sleep, 

and then next moment they told me i was snoring liao. Opps. 

A very demure me.

We do jumpshot ah, just jump!

After taking the shot, we zoomed in to all our faces. 

ALL STARTED LAUGHING. 

Oh yah, and i did my hair in Korea. 

Hahahha. Cheap and good.

Photos are really a good reminder of what happened at that moment. 

So we should start taking more photos!

Oh yes, then i left LTM. 

This was the first show i did after coming back to freelance, in May. 

I remembered Rush asked me to drop all the Bosses a hi, because out of sight = out of mind. 

I need to remind them that im back to freelancing. Hahhaha. 

I really did that!

Then i went on a holiday trip to Perth, Australia with my Sister's family. 

Of course with my niece. Hehhe.

First cow milking experience.

Took a picture with the Koala.

My Sister took this photo of my niece and me. 

So cute, this has been my wallpaper since.

Another one. 

Then we took a photo together.

Little girl is so cute.

She shared the bed with me. Wahahha. 

But she rolls here and there, 

i had to wake up in the middle of the night to check on her.

Forgot when was this though, i think it was after the Perth trip.

But, i might be wrong. 

Had a staycation with the lil girl in September, 

because school closure for Teachers' Day. 

Then a visit to Michelle's place. 

So cool lorh, she has a KTV room in her house. Hahhaa.

Fast forward to December. 

The mandatory shot when in Shanghai...

Lost count how many times i've been there liao. 

The team for Agency of the Year, Greater China 2023.

The team for AOY SG 2023.

Oh yes, back track to September.

I took in Orangey ( He was called Brad previously )

People posted in the Facebook group that he was found by the canal near my place. 

We decided to take him in. 

Wahahhaha.

And now, i have 2 cats. 

Still fighting even until now.

Idk how to make them friends. 

And then there's this photo. 

Hehehhe. 

Just look at the way the lil girl looks at me. 

So cute. Aiyoh!!

Such unconditional love for this lil girl. 

Okay, im done for 2023. 

It's always better late than never. 

I think i should prepare for 2024 year in review soon. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 

Bye for now. 

thhsamantha!

For Lee Boon Chin. 

"I've never expected this to happen, i think no one expected this to happen.

We've just finished 2 huge projects prior to his departure.

He was still well and okay when i left RWS, texted him to drive safe somemore.

He still can reply me and tell me he KO-ed at the loading bay slope...

That was the last time i saw him..."

- 25th December 2022

This Uncle, -.-

I asked myself why i was so affected by his departure, 

and i came out with the few points...

#1 - I was given a position in LTM as an intern in 2011, that's 11 years of knowing him. And because he stingy, always don't wanna fork out extra budget for operators, he always put interns on board, that's where i learnt all my video skills. "Throwing you into the ocean, then you will learn how to swim" mentality. But of course, there will always be a full timer there to oversee lah. 

#2 - The Uncle really dotes on me a lot. I mean, other people also say like that lah. But i remember very vividly on 2 separate occasions, the first one was my Grandma's funeral, i told them i wanna eat durian, he really went to buy durian before coming down to the wake. 2nd one was during my birthday, i took leave that day, but when he wished me i told him i wanna eat ice cream cake, he asked his wife to send me a Swensens ice cream cake. I was shocked... And then my many many Grab boss moments. Be it the Vellfire, Ferrari or Mercedes grab boss... He knows i dont like it when they speed, so even in his Ferrari also he drive normal speed. LOL. 

#3 -  He has major trust issues... but he entrusted me with issuing cheques, and handling his paperwork. Made so many mistakes while issuing the cheque, ( I didnt know you have to pay for chequebooks ), having to trouble him to go over to his brother's place to counter sign on the mistakes. He has never once scolded me for all the mistakes that i've made. Idk if he told any other people about all these lah, maybe he scold me behind my back i also dk. LOL. But he patiently taught me to do what i need to do, and how i should do what im supposed to do.

#4 - He held me back 3x despite me wanting to leave 3x... I handed in my resignation 3x, if i never remember wrongly lah. Plus the fact that he took me in after leaving so many times. I think i went in and out of LTM 3x, i think ah...

I remember there was once i walked into his office telling him i wanna leave. He said "since you dont know what you wanna do yet, then just stay for the time being lorh, still got pay to take mah"... 

Then another one time i went in, telling him the same thing, and started tearing inside his office. I just sat there and cry, then he just continued doing his work. Which boss let you do such things sia. Aiyah, see lah, the more i type, the more i miss him. Tsk. 

#5 - Everyone says im his 乾女兒... Even when they started calling me his 乾女兒 in front of him he also never deny. Actually, i've regarded him as my 乾爹 long ago... Just that i didnt tell anyone nia mah. Aiyah. This Uncle. 

It's sad to see that a legacy built for over 20 years is coming to an end. 

I think i wont even have this post dedicated to him if not for the closure. 

LTM started in 1988, back then when mobile disco was a thing.

Every good thing will eventually come to an end. 

It has been a good 13 years working with LTM.

Maybe 12 years lah, because i havent been called for work in 2024.

Thank you for taking me in as an intern back then and opening up the pathway to the industry. 

 Twenty Twenty Two - Year-In-Review.

I just realised i havent even done up a 2022 year in review. WOW.

Honestly, i dont quite remember what i did in 2022. 

I'll try to recall. LOL.

Maybe, with photos i will be able to recall alil more. 

Right, i became Covid positive for the first time, during CNY. 

Good thing i havent gone out for visiting yet, cause i was positive on the 除夕.

Remember i was having a bad sore throat, i thought i ate too much of the CNY goodies...

Turned out it was Covid19. LOL.

Honestly, if i wasnt having fever, i wouldnt even have done the ART test.

So yup, took a good 6 days off work, but meh during the CNY holidays lorh...

I remember i was singing negative negative positive at home, 

who knew i would really become positive. Hahahhaha. 

Ohh, then i brought my office cat back home. 

He came home with me on the 28th of January, then i got positive on the 31st. 

Poor thing, maybe he thought i was abandoning him.

Because i got sent to the quarantine facility few days later...

But look at how he was sleeping in the office and at home. 

So much difference...

Anyways, he has an Instagram page, follow him! @maplethemeowple

And then, i really cant remember what happened from then until May...

Ohh, i think i was so shagged until i wish i become positive again so i could rest. 

What logic...

Fast forward to May.

I celebrated my 31st birthday with a bunch of friends. 

Ate so much, i dont even dare to weigh myself now. LOL.

Yup, diet gone haywire. Havent exercised since idk when. 

Same thing, lost track of what happened from June till August. 

Ohh, how can i forget what happened in July...

WOW.

Worst experience of my life. 

Called an ambulance for the first time, 

got carried on a stretcher by paramedics for the first time. 

Wheeled into the ambulance for the first time, 

ambulance on the siren the whole journey...

Got admitted to the hospital for the first time. 

WOW.

It was such a bad experience, i wouldnt want to experience it again. 

I really thought i would be crippled for the rest of my life. 

What in the World. 

I had a relapsed of the slip disc... This time round it was pressing on the nerve.

That i couldnt even stand up straight that day.

SO SCARY!

Went to Bangkok in September with my Sister and Family.

Of course, with my niece. 

We fed the giraffe, pony and i forgot. Hahhaha. 

Kaylaa was so so cute. 

Now also very cute, but recently she dont want Fat yiyi. 

I also dk why. 

But seriously, what a memory. I cant even remember what i did in Bangkok.

Memory has been really bad recently.

Came back continue doing events...

Oh yes, then we did the McLaren Legacy Lives On exhibition during the F1 period. 

That was the period when i broke my record of not sleeping more close to 50 hours. 

I think i knocked out most of the days when im able to. 

Then in October, one of my closer friend got married. 

They dated for 15 years before they get married. 

Damn long sia. 

Also in October, W0LF(S) was in Singapore for their Moon Landing concert. 

Erm, all i can say is Star Theatre isnt really built for concert. 

The speakers were too over powering, even sitting next to the console was meh. 

Went shopping for the Lay Zhang concert, which we didnt even use the Mac Studio...

But the concert was a good experience, although we trouble shoot like dk what. 

Okay, my colleague did the troubleshooting most of the time. 

I went on a cruise after the concert, it was a 6D5N cruise trip. 

Nothing much done on the cruise. Still as boring, hahahha. 

But we are heading for another 10D9N cruise in 2024. 
LOL.

Came back to an extremely bad news...

My Boss passed away. 

I didnt even know what to do when Ahxiang called breaking the news to me.

Sigh, gone too soon.

I was talking to him on the phone just 2 days before he left.

And, the last time i saw him was 20th October 2022...

Sigh. I miss him, really miss him. 

This Uncle, he left behind a legacy...

The office will never be like before anymore. 

Then in December, caught an online concert of C AllStar. 

One of my idol is a Father now!!

So happy for him. Hahaha.

I think that's all for my 2022...

So boring. 

Cant wait to fill my 2023 with more fun things. 

Covid made everything so boring.

But now that every countries are opening up, 

there shall be more adventures...

I hope.

Till then, 

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR 

to everyone out there. 

thhsamantha