Hey people, i want to really thank you for all the concerns given. I have reach New York safety and have more or less settle down at my housing. Work has started and since i am new and all, it is really quite challenging, but i guess it gets better as the days goes by. Anyway, some of you have been asking for pics but i really do not have the time to post it rite now however i promise i will post some asap. I will be heading out to boston from mon to tue so i don't think i am able to be online for these few days. Will update once i am back. This time i will give a more detailed information.

My laptop is officially dead. Apparently, it is either the monitor or the hardware that is the problem. It of course didn't bore well on me since both require quite a large sum of money to repair or replace. My first thought is omg how am i going to survive without my computer. Thank goodness i am working now so at least i can use my com in the office but it just isn't the same having your own.

My next thought is ' is my com still under warranty?'. I called up the dell helpline and this very Indian accent voice says that i need to purchase a new warranty since mine have expired before he can assist me in any troubleshooting. So i said ok and ask him to send the quotation over. When i read the email that he send me i got a big shock. It turns out just 1 year of warranty would require me to pour out about 400 bucks and that is excluding GST. It is almost half the price of a new PC! So if anyone have any suggestion on what to do in this situation, please please tell me. oh in case you are there wondering how i manage to post this entry, it is because i am temporary using my dad's netbook but the small keyboard is killing me here. So can any kind soul help me out of this?

There is nothing better than a new outlook for me to get started posting entries again. The old skin is getting too boring and yes that is one of the reasons why I stopped posting. The last couple of months seems to be like sort of “fill in” months for me while I anticipate my great getaway in May.

I have been taking up temp jobs to occupy my time as well as earn some extra income. My current temp job is as a telemarketer at a recruitment agency. I really praise the lord for giving me this job because at first I was actually offered a position that is around the mount faber area. Imagine how far it is going to be for me to travel. However at that time, I was really desperate for a job and I actually wanted to accept it. When I call back to the agency to give my answer, the consultant said that that is another job that she is intending to recommend me, which is working in their agency.

I was so happy because not only the location is at CBD area but also they are paying me at a rate that I am satisfied with. It is really only Him that can turn everything around to make it all good for us. The other upside about this job is that they are really flexible about my working period. If I want to leave earlier I just need to give them a few days notice. I have planned to set my last day to the end of the month that is if they do not terminate me on early notice. Haha.. so people there will be another celebration end of month. The celebration of Melissa’s last day at work!

Alright here’s another entry since I am so free today. This year Christmas, the poly side people had another fabulous theme. We are always talking about having a pyjamas party and finally we decided to go with it this year. To make it even more challenging, we are to wear our pyjamas to the host house which happens to be at Harry’s house again. Thanks goodness he didn’t put up the Halloween displays like last year. Haha..

I would like to thanks van for driving me there that day and so spare me the embarrassment of taking public transport. It is really quite funny seeing everyone wearing pyjamas. Our sus once again try to strive for attention by wearing her hot pink long pao. Van not to be outdone, changed two set of clothes that night.

The night is not all peaceful, for a period of time we thought that the police might be coming for us since there is a mad man that called the cops to complain about us being nuisance at the void deck. We weren’t really doing anything too, maybe a little shouting of Merry Christmas and running about, surely it doesn’t constitute to have a warrant on us. Anyway the police did not come in the end. For gift exchange this year, I pick Stella and got her a photo album and coincidentally, she picked me too and gave me a pair of billabong slippers.