Thank you ...

Friday, November 12, 2010
God really does provide.

With His Grace, i am now in a new company ....

Thankful for Him leading me to this place ...

Thankful for His guidance in the past 3 years in the previous co ... without going through those years, I would never appreciate what I have now ...

Thank you Heavenly Father .........

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posted by Francesca Cecilia at 11:25 AM, | 0 comments

Going back to work

Thursday, April 15, 2010
Yes, my maternity leave will be ending in a week's time and i will be going back to work.

these 16 weeks were quite 'well-spent', i think. ha ha ha.

apart from spending time bonding with my two children, i had also finally went for my CPA pre-admission course. i must say, it is seriously overdue.

initially, i thought i will be the oldest candidate but i was quite surprise that there are several not so yound candidates and some of the reason why they are only taking it now is because 'oh, it's my company's requirement.'

during the time that i had to go for class, Caleb fell sick - coughing, especially late at night and ended up being a merlion. it was quite a stressful period for me. apart from having to take care of a unwell toddler, i had to handle the little sister and also tried to revise for the subjects covered.

dearie suggested that i postphone the exam. Yes, they have modified the passing criteria for the exam - instead of achieving 50% pass for the entire paper, we are now required to have 50% pass for EACH module and there are 5 modules. Being working for so many years and with so much changes to the FRSes, it is pretty daunting.

thankfully and with God's grace, i perserve, took the test and passed the exam. i finally got it out of my way ... ha ha ha ...

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posted by Francesca Cecilia at 11:56 AM, | 0 comments

Wondering ...

Saturday, September 05, 2009
been working for 8 years already. as i moved from one company to another company, i realised that office politics are almost present everywhere - it's just a matter of how directly i am impacted.

recently, something happened. though i am not involved, i can't help but feel a sense of deja vu.

will i be able to handle it better as compared to 6 years ago? or will i take flight (with a big belly, haa)? I guess only time will tell.

in the meantime, just focus on what i need to do .
 
posted by Francesca Cecilia at 5:02 PM, | 0 comments

An update

Thursday, February 19, 2009
Work has been super busy … there is never-ending amount of work that needs to be done…
important and urgent
urgent but not so important
important but not so urgent …
things that are complete waste of time …
day in day out … so busy
and suddenly, I realized that apart from marking claims, marking this, marking that, I need to do pr as well …
pr with xx so that yy can get things done
pr with aa so that ee can get things done
pr with oo so that it will be easier to move things …

in the midst of these pr-ing, have I offended anyone? Would the bomb explode back in my face?
I dunno …
Each day, it’s just act 1, scene 1, 2 and 3
After lunch, it’s act 2 bla bla bla …
 
posted by Francesca Cecilia at 1:19 PM, | 0 comments

Bye, 2008

Thursday, January 01, 2009
Lots of life changing events this year ...

my boss left .... i cant leave as i was pregnant .... learnt to work with my boss, called my own shots etc ...

gave birth the baby caleb .... worried if i've got enough supply to feed him ... wondering how to take care of him ... realised that i need to rely on God for His wisdom to guide me ... being a mum sometimes require me to make decision on behalf of baby caleb .... e.g, when he had too high jaundice, papa kwee asked ... should we rent a machine back or ward him .... hmmm how would i know ... but logic tells me that i should ward him so that he can receive better medical attention than us, his blur parents ... ha ha ... this was just one of the many more instances where we had to make decision on the spot for baby caleb ...

family members ... are super important ... i am really thankful for the support givn by my parents .... they are just so GREAT! ....

went to beijing for work alone (ok, at least for 2 days) leaving baby and family behind ... made me realised one thing which i told my single friends - see the world if you want, work overseas if u dare ... do it before you get married/have baby ...

finally, sent in the form to ICPAS... i am now officially a provisional member ... yea, it's 4 years late ...but late better than never ... and as i wasnt very conscentious in asking my ex employers to give me a testimonial, i dun think i can be converted to a non-practising cpa yet ...

on the last day of 2008, baby caleb fell sick ... and docs, Pd were closed .. so we had to bring him to the walk-in clinic at Mt A ... better clear his bug before it gets worse ...

2009 .... has to be a better year for me ...
 
posted by Francesca Cecilia at 11:07 AM, | 0 comments

A Father's Love

Wednesday, December 24, 2008
God works in His own marvellous ways ....

FA says:
i went for Recon on Mon
FA says:
something happened
FA says:
K. wanted to go with me ..... i was thinking 2x to bring him or not, then he said'Daddy wait for me ok i go take bath and change, don't go w/o me ok?"
Francesca: says:
K. is the big one rite?
FA says:
no small one
Francesca: says:
wow
Francesca: says:
ha ha
Francesca: says:
so did u bring him?
FA says:
so i brought him along , then no space in audi had to sit outside , but right infront of screen
FA says:
15 mins after that he was fidgeting , then just fell asleep
FA says:
so the lady next to me saw me struggling with him and asked whether its ok if she carried him while i went for confession
FA says:
so i passed him to her and we talked a bit since it was crowded, told her abt his snoring cause of his med issues, then i went for confession upstairs, few mins Charlotte came n told me he is awake and crying
Francesca: says:
keep writing i reply u later
FA says:
so i went to look for him, he was holding this lady's name card, then the lady told me , send him to me i will take care of him for Free .... her name card says she is a Specialist in Child Development
FA says:
so i thot she was a childcare and told her he is already in PAP , then she said no i will take care of him to my best to support his speech and writing issues No Charge .......
FA says:
I was so surprised, she said thats my Xmas present for him and your family.......so i gave her a hug and thanked her......
FA says:
she and her family are not from this church , from Holy Spirit
FA says:
she opening a new center in Sembawang
Francesca: says:
wow
Francesca: says:
wow wow
Francesca: says:
so are u going to do that?
Francesca: says:
God is really good ...
FA says:
yeah enrichment on Sats for start she said
FA says:
thats why i said your title today is nice "A Father's Love"
Francesca: says:
really touching lei
FA says:
u telling me
FA says:
i was walking on a cloud feeling that nite
 
posted by Francesca Cecilia at 2:27 PM, | 0 comments

Time Flies ... we are two years old!

Monday, October 13, 2008
Woo! Time flies ....tomorrow, we are celebrating our 2nd wedding anniversary :P

What has happened this year?

Well, I got pregnant, and gave birth in July to a cutesy baby boy ...

Hubby and I are learning to cope with baby ...

From being husband and wife, we are now parents ...

Anyway, here's wishing ourselves many more happy years ahead ....

Muacks muacks!
 
posted by Francesca Cecilia at 9:28 PM, | 0 comments