Friday, November 13, 2009
Happy 3rd Year Anniversary
Wow, how time flies. It's been 3 long years but all thats in my mind are the happy memories. May we continue hand in hand down this long, windy road :) together 4eva :) love ya :0
3 more weeks to the end of exams. Really can't wait for the day to arrive. And may i be blessed to maintain my results :)
This sums up my mood for the day:
knock knock,
who's that?
it's me once again :)
so boring :o
time to go :)
bye bye :p
3 more weeks to the end of exams. Really can't wait for the day to arrive. And may i be blessed to maintain my results :)
This sums up my mood for the day:
knock knock,
who's that?
it's me once again :)
so boring :o
time to go :)
bye bye :p
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Interesting Job
Things started to get a little more interesting as i went into my 2nd and 3rd day of work. The unfortunate thing was the need to come back on alternate saturdays which is why I am in office now! Then again, its a norm to work on saturdays for property management.
We walked into tenant's premises to see air-cons, climb to the roof top to see water coolers and to the basement to look at chillers. Walking about in the building definately helps to kill time. I also began handling calls regarding tenants' complaints. Most of them were friendly although i heard my colleagues talking about some unreasonable ones.
There was a guy, lets call him Complain King, in one of the units from an insurance company. He was sitting next to the window and complained that the noise from the expressway, since we are next to ECP, is distracting him from working. Thus, we sent a technician to check who reported that the window was properly sealed. However, Complain King was still unhappy and continued to call us and claim that we did not do anything to solve his problem. He even chided our admin assistant and threaten to storm into our office!
I think Complain King is a bit paranoid since he is not the only one sitting next to the window. Usually, people would love to sit there due to the eye-catching view from our Grade A office building; overlooking the distant Indonesia islands of the Riau Archipelago, Sentosa and southern islands to the west.
The solution: Buy an ear plug for him :)
We walked into tenant's premises to see air-cons, climb to the roof top to see water coolers and to the basement to look at chillers. Walking about in the building definately helps to kill time. I also began handling calls regarding tenants' complaints. Most of them were friendly although i heard my colleagues talking about some unreasonable ones.
There was a guy, lets call him Complain King, in one of the units from an insurance company. He was sitting next to the window and complained that the noise from the expressway, since we are next to ECP, is distracting him from working. Thus, we sent a technician to check who reported that the window was properly sealed. However, Complain King was still unhappy and continued to call us and claim that we did not do anything to solve his problem. He even chided our admin assistant and threaten to storm into our office!
I think Complain King is a bit paranoid since he is not the only one sitting next to the window. Usually, people would love to sit there due to the eye-catching view from our Grade A office building; overlooking the distant Indonesia islands of the Riau Archipelago, Sentosa and southern islands to the west.
The solution: Buy an ear plug for him :)
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Happy 30th month anniversary
Today marks 2.5 years of relationship with my dear eileen.
How time flies ...
Suddenly, i feel like a poet:
Gone were the days when we were young,
between the years is where we grew strong,
now is the time when we become bold
to continue this relationship long and on
How time flies ...
Suddenly, i feel like a poet:
Gone were the days when we were young,
between the years is where we grew strong,
now is the time when we become bold
to continue this relationship long and on
Intership at CB Richard Ellis
Yesterday, I went to CBRE's head office at Standard Chartered Building to meet with with the director regarding the intership. The director, Marianne Ang, was a nice lady who told me what to do and tell me more about the job scope.
Today, i arrived at 78 Shenton Way, where i will be working for the next 10 weeks. Bus 700 was crowded with so many people; plus the jam was quite bad that i though i would be late on the first day of my work. However, things saw an abouturn when i reach Orchard area thanks to the provision of bus lanes. In the end, i was 25 minutes early.
Formerly Apollo Centre, now know as Shenton Building, it is undergoing construction to build an extension Tower 2. I was to work in the management office alongside 5 colleagues; The Complex Manager, Asst Complex Manager, M&E Manager, Pty Executive and an admin assistant.
The Complex Manager decided not to assign me any work on the first day and here i am blogging and surfing the net.
Shenton Building, supposedly a Grade A office building, looks rather old although the artist's impression of the revamped and renovated office looks excellent in the brochures. The systems in the building are non-intelligent at all as you can only monitor the components of the building but not control them. The only thing that can be monitored and controlled is the air-con. I went to check the web and found an article that state that Grade A buildings are generally those in prime locations, have column free floor plates, high ceilings and are well maintained. I guess Shenton Building does meet those criteria. The Assistant Complex Manager termed the systems in the BAS room "dinosaur".
This marks the first day of my intern job. Oh ya, i ate muslim food. The rice was quite appetizing and i finished everything as i was famished.
Today, i arrived at 78 Shenton Way, where i will be working for the next 10 weeks. Bus 700 was crowded with so many people; plus the jam was quite bad that i though i would be late on the first day of my work. However, things saw an abouturn when i reach Orchard area thanks to the provision of bus lanes. In the end, i was 25 minutes early.
Formerly Apollo Centre, now know as Shenton Building, it is undergoing construction to build an extension Tower 2. I was to work in the management office alongside 5 colleagues; The Complex Manager, Asst Complex Manager, M&E Manager, Pty Executive and an admin assistant.
The Complex Manager decided not to assign me any work on the first day and here i am blogging and surfing the net.
Shenton Building, supposedly a Grade A office building, looks rather old although the artist's impression of the revamped and renovated office looks excellent in the brochures. The systems in the building are non-intelligent at all as you can only monitor the components of the building but not control them. The only thing that can be monitored and controlled is the air-con. I went to check the web and found an article that state that Grade A buildings are generally those in prime locations, have column free floor plates, high ceilings and are well maintained. I guess Shenton Building does meet those criteria. The Assistant Complex Manager termed the systems in the BAS room "dinosaur".
This marks the first day of my intern job. Oh ya, i ate muslim food. The rice was quite appetizing and i finished everything as i was famished.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
