Chaa chaa dai phraa lem ngaam (Thai) - Slowly, slowly, you get a beautiful knife.
A reminder that patience leads to the best results. Not to rush things. Take my time to understand as much as possible before making a decisive decision.
Work
September is a really busy month for my office. I'm not really that involve but as HR - "Internal Operations", I need to know pretty much very thing that is going on with the office.
The Greeks colleagues from our Athens office and the owner of the company came to the office. The Greeks were here for 3 days while the owner was here for 6 days. Then 5 of our German colleagues from the Hamburg office came down for the IUMI Convention at Sentosa from Monday to Wednesday. Due to the success of the event, we had 7 meetings with potentials spread out on Thursday and Friday. Then Friday night, there was a MarineTime One Scholarship ceremony, which I attended with my CEO as we awarded a scholarship to our intern.
Then next week, 2 of my German colleagues and 2 of my local office colleagues will be going to KL for 2 days to meet up with potential clients and contacts. The following week, my French colleague from the Hamburg colleague will drop by the local office for a week, to prepare for his transfer. He will be posted to the local office for the next 2 years, with effect from October onwards, though I'm not sure of his start date. Also, there's another 2 day convention, a half-day seminar and a networking event during the same week. There's also a couple of dinner meetings with clients along the 2 weeks.
I just want September to be over but on the plus side, I honestly feel that I have more things to say and leverage on during my appraisal.
In Shaa' Allah, I will be able to get what I am targeting at.
BTO Applications
So it was another unsuccessful attempt at applying for a BTO.
- First time, it was back in February 2022. I applied for Tengah BTO and I was unsuccessful.
- Second time, it was in March 2022 via the Open Booking of Flats exercise. Apparently, the remark stated that I did not attend the flat selection appointment. If I remembered correctly, 1 day before my appointment, I received the text stating that all the flats were selected.
- Third time, it was in November 2022. I remembered that my number was 1,057 and there was only 600 units so I didn't bothered arranging for an appointment since there was a difference of almost 400 applicants. But apparently, now HDB stated that there was 16 units available by the time it was my turn.
- Fourth time, it was in May 2023 and I got the queue number of 1,052. There was around 400 units. I pretty much wrote it to cancel my application because I thought I could apply for the next batch of BTO. After that, then I received the notification stating that I could not apply for the next batch until the process for the May 2023 batch was completed.
- Fifth time, it was in October 2024. I applied for Bedok BTO and I was unsuccessful.
- Sixth time, it was in February 2025. I applied for Tampines under the Sales of Balance Flats exercise and I was unsuccessful.
- Seventh time, the most recent, it was in July 2025. I applied for Tampines BTO and I was unsuccessful again.
The next BTO exercise is in October 2025, I will applied for the Bedok area. Based on the maps, it is in between Bedok MRT station and Bedok North MRT station. It is also 9 mins walking distance from Masjid Al-Ansar.
In Shaa-Allah, I will get it.
