Random drawing

11.11 savings - Xiaomi Pad 6!

Retail $459 and I paid only $327.

Got myself a new shiny gadget at a huuuuge discount, so ecstatic! Free magnetic cover some more! Plus, this was after I sold off our 3 (?) year old Samsung galaxy tab for $110. Not to mention my org reimburses up to $200 for IT enablement. 

Cheap cheap must buy!

The home I spent my infant years at

Dated 21 Nov 2023. Parents and sis drove past otw to Rengam. 

2 days to IPPT

Like not much difference (see link) LOL.

But I definitely trained harder since then! Weekly jog + alternate day sit ups + almost daily push ups.

Now, time to rest my muscles and be in optimal condition on Wednesday! Cool weather during the run will be ideal!

Update: I got Silver!!! And perhaps my best 2.4km time in a few years!!!

COVID-19 Resilience Medal

Pleasantly surprised to receive the COVID-19 Resilience Medal along with many colleagues and several airport counterparts such as SATS, Smartcarte and union groups. 

A short video was put together to celebrate how far we have progressed (air traffic now almost 90% of pre-COVID), it highlighted the support and teamwork from the airport community, and lastly served a stark reminder that those dark gloomy days were not so distant behind. But together, we braved the storm and eventually emerged victorious, united, and more resilient. 

It may have been just 3 years ago but I struggled to recall what I was involved in to deserve this medal... After watching above mentioned video and chatting with a few awardees did I recount these:

- During the initial outbreak and before Circuit Breaker: Oversight of ground ops, count of pax and medical workers within transit area. While not on ground, was in OCC collating ground info and providing live sitrep.

- Volunteered to be member of Aviation Cares, a ground-up community within the organisation to provide support for essential workers on the ground. The group gathered freebies from brands, packed them into goodie bags and distributed to several hundreds of them. 

- During CB, I also volunteered my service to buy and deliver groceries to elderly neighbours who had low immunity and/or required movement assistance. 

- When vaccinations were invented: oversight of T4 vaccination ops, counting and recording numbers and providing ground intel.

Finall, to leaders and unsung heroes from the fellow airport community, here's to clear blue skies for many more decades to come. 💪

Setting up the Xmas tree just got easier

Because of them! Haha! So enthusiastic to put on the stars they didn't need any help this time.

长大了 🥲

Rapunzel and her Prince

November = Novation???

What a terribly hectic week it is, felt like I've done so much already whereas it's only Tuesday?! Still, if all things progress smooth and well, we will see ourselves exit the tunnel by end of the week! Every action every email counts towards a step towards that direction. Go go go!!! 💪

Update 6 November: 

It's done. It's signed. The dust has settled. We've emerged from the tunnel. We've come to the end of an chapter, and the beginning of another. It's an achievement whose idea I admit I sniggered at, when it was suggested a few months back. It hasn't been done before in the organization, and now it has. It's a landmark, it's a precedence, it's been a helluva ride. Immensely proud to see our efforts come to fruition eventually after how much the team pushed for it to happen. We bashed, pushed, nudged, probed, debated, pestered and negotiated. Sought approvals, went through processes and drafted legal agreements no one in the organisation has ever done before. And WE FREAKING DID IT. Levelled up gao gao this one. 

Perhaps should buy 4D.