I understand your need to celebrate, I really do.... it's your special occasion, after all. But do you need the whole fucking neighbourhood to suffer in your celebration? I don't know if you can call it a celebration when the other 300 odd people in the neighbourhood is suffering. No such thing as a quiet weekend when you're celebrating!
And what is with the bad singing? REALLY? I mean, really? Its not enough that you're making NOISE, but you can't even have a little decent music?
ARGH...... SHUT UP!!!!!!
P.S. Now looking forward to going to the Idol finals to experience real singing. :)
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Slacking with Mr ''URTI''
My exercise plan was going pretty well. Up until recently, I went to exercise at the gym or swim or some other activity like 2 or 3 times a week. Last week, I decided to exercise everyday. Went to gym on Mon and Tuesday, rested my muscles on Wednesday, then swimming on Thursday and Friday. I don't go out and exercise on weekends for fear of the many misbehaved kids.
This week, I went to swim 16 laps. And then I fell sick! Haha... I had had a sore throat over the weekend but nothing to worry about, then now its grown to full on phlegm. I hope its not, but it might be the beginning of the Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URTI) again. Which, if anyone recalls, I had one earlier this year and a really bad one last year....
So now I can't even sing at home cos my voice just can't do it. I just spent the day totally slacking adn that's what compelled me to write this rather mundane post.... And hearing some advendtures from my sis who just got back from Belgium, Germany, Holland and Paris. You know, its my dream to go to that area, but our dollar is so weak among the Euro that I might not have as much fun there.... :(
Left with 100 more pages in Dracula. It's difficult to read an unabridged version of a classic book cos they really write differently in the past. And the words that I don't understand, sometimes I can't even find in the dictionary cos maybe its an old word or something.... I've been reading this 440+ page book for over a months already. Wanna faster finish it so I can go on to something much easier, like Twilight's Eclipse. Ha.
This week, I went to swim 16 laps. And then I fell sick! Haha... I had had a sore throat over the weekend but nothing to worry about, then now its grown to full on phlegm. I hope its not, but it might be the beginning of the Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URTI) again. Which, if anyone recalls, I had one earlier this year and a really bad one last year....
So now I can't even sing at home cos my voice just can't do it. I just spent the day totally slacking adn that's what compelled me to write this rather mundane post.... And hearing some advendtures from my sis who just got back from Belgium, Germany, Holland and Paris. You know, its my dream to go to that area, but our dollar is so weak among the Euro that I might not have as much fun there.... :(
Left with 100 more pages in Dracula. It's difficult to read an unabridged version of a classic book cos they really write differently in the past. And the words that I don't understand, sometimes I can't even find in the dictionary cos maybe its an old word or something.... I've been reading this 440+ page book for over a months already. Wanna faster finish it so I can go on to something much easier, like Twilight's Eclipse. Ha.
Friday, December 11, 2009
3 brothers and a distant cousin
Watched An Education at Vivo's Cinema Europa with May Ann on Monday. I liked the movie. For me, the title has a double meaning to it and I do recommend this film to young ladies like myself. Lead actor Peter Sarsgaard could have been more man candy, but I think his face and eyes make up for his lack of muscles and a lot of chest hair! I like his look but I think a lot of ladies here might not like his look, so it was an interesting casting choice!
After the show, I thought about it for a while and came to this conclusion....
Ladies and gentlemen, let me present... from left: Kiefer Sutherland (24), Peter Sarsgaard (Flightplan) and Ewan McGregor (Star Wars, Moulin Rouge) !
Someone please cast them as brothers??? They do bear a sort of resemblance to one another, no? And they do have the tendency to play troubled characters.... So I'm thinking.... 3 estranged brothers who are torn apart by a family dispute, but they have to come together to save the day! And if you really wanna make it interesting, you can let Kiefer do his ''I'm very manly, give me your gun'' thing. Peter can extort money out of someone, while Ewan distracts them by singing his heart out! Oh, and Jude Law could play a very pretty distant cousin or something....
Something to think about........ :)
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Insignificant
Referring to my previous post... Yes, the New Moon movie is better than the book. I'm so on team Jacob. Now looking forward to Cirque Du Freak the movie. Also about Vampires and I read during my secondary school days.
On another note....
I'm still waiting for my next job to start. Its been 3 months since I've been unemployed. People think its sooo easy to stay home and not do anything. Ya, you try it. See if you can stay at home, have an inquisitive, questioning mind and be completely alone with nothing to distract you from yourself. Just you and yourself in a death ring of life and questions. Ya, its easy.
With so much time to think, one thing that pops into my head is how completely and totally insignificant I feel. Recently, I went on a short trip to KL. My mum had a ton of people to inform about the trip and there were people who were like 'huh... why you going? What will we do without you?' I didn't tell anyone about the trip. I thought 'why bother?' Then, this crossed my mind.... Would anyone miss me if I'm gone?
Yes, I might look like I have the perfect life from the outside. Wake up people... NO ONE has a perfect life. I just don't tell you certain stuff and you don't bother to look deeper.
I appreciate the people in my life soooo much... just for being who you are, you are enriching my life. Did you know that?
But these days, everyone is moving on with their life and its ok! I'm happy for you!
Its just that now... its just me, my thoughts, nothing to distract me from them and no one to save me.
On another note....
I'm still waiting for my next job to start. Its been 3 months since I've been unemployed. People think its sooo easy to stay home and not do anything. Ya, you try it. See if you can stay at home, have an inquisitive, questioning mind and be completely alone with nothing to distract you from yourself. Just you and yourself in a death ring of life and questions. Ya, its easy.
With so much time to think, one thing that pops into my head is how completely and totally insignificant I feel. Recently, I went on a short trip to KL. My mum had a ton of people to inform about the trip and there were people who were like 'huh... why you going? What will we do without you?' I didn't tell anyone about the trip. I thought 'why bother?' Then, this crossed my mind.... Would anyone miss me if I'm gone?
Yes, I might look like I have the perfect life from the outside. Wake up people... NO ONE has a perfect life. I just don't tell you certain stuff and you don't bother to look deeper.
I appreciate the people in my life soooo much... just for being who you are, you are enriching my life. Did you know that?
But these days, everyone is moving on with their life and its ok! I'm happy for you!
Its just that now... its just me, my thoughts, nothing to distract me from them and no one to save me.
I dreamed I was missing you were so scared
But no one would listen cause no one else cared
After my dreaming I woke with this fear
What am I leaving when I'm done here
So if you're asking me I want you to know...
When my time comes forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed
And don't resent me and when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory
Leave out all the rest
I'm scared. But that's alright... I think.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
There's a New Moon
I'm on the mailing list of Borders and they sent a voucher that says I can get a Stephanie Meyer (Twilight) book for 50% off. Now, that's a pretty good deal! I decided to succumb to popular culture and see what the fuss was all about.
So I dragged my mum down to Borders and of course there's a catch. The 1st 2 books in the series are already at a discounted price of $12 which means that I can't use my voucher. But still, $12 is a good bargain. So I got the 1st 2 books and managed to use my voucher for the 3rd book. All of them cost about $33. Bargain, yea!
I'm pretty free these days and since this was a teenage book, it was pretty light reading and I got through the 563 pages of New Moon in 3 days and 1 night. That's fast for my standard and ya, it was quite interesting. I watched the 1st Twilight movie and am now ready for the 2nd one. I got a feeling... Although most books kick their movie's ass, I think for once, the movie might be more interesting than the book... I dunno.. Guess I'll have to wait until 3 December to find out! 2 weeks after the American release, btw...
And Angie, my dear friend.... I think I'd rather join Jacob's pack. Hee.... I think he's sweeter! :)
So I dragged my mum down to Borders and of course there's a catch. The 1st 2 books in the series are already at a discounted price of $12 which means that I can't use my voucher. But still, $12 is a good bargain. So I got the 1st 2 books and managed to use my voucher for the 3rd book. All of them cost about $33. Bargain, yea!
I'm pretty free these days and since this was a teenage book, it was pretty light reading and I got through the 563 pages of New Moon in 3 days and 1 night. That's fast for my standard and ya, it was quite interesting. I watched the 1st Twilight movie and am now ready for the 2nd one. I got a feeling... Although most books kick their movie's ass, I think for once, the movie might be more interesting than the book... I dunno.. Guess I'll have to wait until 3 December to find out! 2 weeks after the American release, btw...
And Angie, my dear friend.... I think I'd rather join Jacob's pack. Hee.... I think he's sweeter! :)
Thursday, October 29, 2009
This Is It
I passed my basic theory test today! Nearly after a year that I signed up! Haha... Now I got my PDL and I'm looking forward to starting to learn how to drive! One thing I gotta say about BBDC... The girls there all look like they're into anime or something... Almost all are really white, have dyed brown hair and fake eyelashes. Then the instructors there look tired, like they just smoked a carton of cigarrettes and their skin took a beating from that! What a place of contrast...
After that, I popped over to Jurong East library and found some nice books. I found out then that they blocked my IC! Cos I lost my wallet and therefore my IC in 2005... So I had to replace the card. After I replaced it, I took the 2 books that I found and walked out... without checking them out yet! The alarm went off and all the security guard did was just to sit in his chair and look at me! Haha... ended up borrowing an encyclopedia of Calligraphy and a book on Art Deco.
In the evening, mum sis and I went to watch Michael Jackson's This Is It. Boy, if I were a fan, I think I'd be bawling my eyes out. Everytime I saw the trailer for the show, I got a bit emotional and watching the film wasn't any different. It was the parts when he talked about the ideas that he had and trying to perfect that segment of the show. You see the genius that he is during those moments. The first half of the show I was rather emotional but as it went on, I found myself smiling and just appreciating who he is. I really hope and pray that people will pay one last sign of respect to this great man of our time and just go, just pick yourself up and go to the cinema to watch his last moments. Please do not illegally watch or download this film because it will be nothing but disrespect to the King of Pop. Oh, and another suggestion... if your bladder isn't bursting by the end of the show, or if you're not in any rush, try to stay until the credits finish! :)
After that, I popped over to Jurong East library and found some nice books. I found out then that they blocked my IC! Cos I lost my wallet and therefore my IC in 2005... So I had to replace the card. After I replaced it, I took the 2 books that I found and walked out... without checking them out yet! The alarm went off and all the security guard did was just to sit in his chair and look at me! Haha... ended up borrowing an encyclopedia of Calligraphy and a book on Art Deco.
In the evening, mum sis and I went to watch Michael Jackson's This Is It. Boy, if I were a fan, I think I'd be bawling my eyes out. Everytime I saw the trailer for the show, I got a bit emotional and watching the film wasn't any different. It was the parts when he talked about the ideas that he had and trying to perfect that segment of the show. You see the genius that he is during those moments. The first half of the show I was rather emotional but as it went on, I found myself smiling and just appreciating who he is. I really hope and pray that people will pay one last sign of respect to this great man of our time and just go, just pick yourself up and go to the cinema to watch his last moments. Please do not illegally watch or download this film because it will be nothing but disrespect to the King of Pop. Oh, and another suggestion... if your bladder isn't bursting by the end of the show, or if you're not in any rush, try to stay until the credits finish! :)
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Food + Opinions = ???
I have been blessed with wonderful weekends!
Mid week however.... Sis cooked a meal for her boyfriend as an early birthday present abd we all helped a little. Then the next day we went to watch My Sister's Keeper and cried our eyes out. I read the book recently and thought it was pretty good. The movie however... I know you're supposed to view the movie and book as 2 seperate entities but no matter, under any circumstances, I think, that you should change the ending of the book! Sure, it'll probably please a lot more cinema-goers, but... wtf?!?!?!?
On Friday, I went to the zoo with a close dear friend and was pleasantly surprised when they all still remembered me and let me and Angie do some stuff for free! Sometimes I miss working there... Haha...
Saturday I met up with my poly girls. We caught up with Yu En on married life and the rest of us just chatted our girly talk. We walked from Far East to Orchard central and finished it off with a movie (500 days of summer) at Cineleisure. Orchard central? I didn't really like it... It didn't have much flow for me and the shops there weren't too interesting. I prefer Ion, if only I had more money... :)
Yesterday, someone told me that ''I look pretty, if only... its just my weight only...''. If I had a dollar for everytime I have heard that...
I wish that I could tell it: ''I don't have a problem with my weight or the way I look. YOU are the one with the problem, and before you say anything about me, why don't you take a good look in the mirror first? Being skinny does not justify you as being beautiful. Who the hell are you to let your opinions out for everyone to hear? Why don't you just take your opinions and shove it up your asshole of a brain?!''
Ah, if only we could say things and get away with it... :)
Mid week however.... Sis cooked a meal for her boyfriend as an early birthday present abd we all helped a little. Then the next day we went to watch My Sister's Keeper and cried our eyes out. I read the book recently and thought it was pretty good. The movie however... I know you're supposed to view the movie and book as 2 seperate entities but no matter, under any circumstances, I think, that you should change the ending of the book! Sure, it'll probably please a lot more cinema-goers, but... wtf?!?!?!?
On Friday, I went to the zoo with a close dear friend and was pleasantly surprised when they all still remembered me and let me and Angie do some stuff for free! Sometimes I miss working there... Haha...
Saturday I met up with my poly girls. We caught up with Yu En on married life and the rest of us just chatted our girly talk. We walked from Far East to Orchard central and finished it off with a movie (500 days of summer) at Cineleisure. Orchard central? I didn't really like it... It didn't have much flow for me and the shops there weren't too interesting. I prefer Ion, if only I had more money... :)
Yesterday, someone told me that ''I look pretty, if only... its just my weight only...''. If I had a dollar for everytime I have heard that...
I wish that I could tell it: ''I don't have a problem with my weight or the way I look. YOU are the one with the problem, and before you say anything about me, why don't you take a good look in the mirror first? Being skinny does not justify you as being beautiful. Who the hell are you to let your opinions out for everyone to hear? Why don't you just take your opinions and shove it up your asshole of a brain?!''
Ah, if only we could say things and get away with it... :)
Monday, October 19, 2009
Thank goodness for 3 small digits
What a contrast thes past 2 weekends have been! Last weekend I was running around attending my friend's 21st birthday party (on Sat) and helping my uncle do a performance (on Sun) for a close friend of his' daughter's birthday. Needless to say it was a packed weekend and by Sunday evening I was exhausted, collapsed on my bed and slept completely still for about 3 hours.
This weekend... I wanted to make plans. Call my 1 of 2 single girlfriend and see if she wanted to do anything or call my guy friend and see if he was doing anything. But I decided to spend some time at home with mummy. We went grocery shopping Friday evening and bought stuff to cook on Saturday....
See, I've recently been in a cooking phase. I'm interested in it and I would like to improve on that skill while I have some time. So I've been watching cooking shows on TV and even bought 2 cookbooks! And after watching the movie 'Julie & Julia' I knew I wanted to cook something this weekend! Btw, that movie is quite funny! More of a chick flick and a long chick flick at that!
So on Saturday we cooked corn soup with toufu, eggs, steamed pomfret and stir-fried spinach. And on Sunday we cooked curry. I wanted to break out a recipe from the cookbook but I thought I'd begin with something more familiar, to my mother anyway, so she could teach me some skills.
And it just so happened that the Borders email that I subscribe to, this week, has a voucher for 25% off any Jamie Oliver cookbook! And since I'm a member, I get an additional 10% off! Guess I'll be making a trip down to town this week!
I also bought 2 new CDs this week. (I've been running out of cash but I got some extra money from the performance, thank god!) Paramore and Mika. Paramore still sounded pretty much the same, not too much groth to them, and each song sounded similar but not in a good way. Mika, however, was fantastic. I was doing housework while listening to him and managed to listen to the CD 3 times! There were variations in each of his songs and a total Mika-ness to them... But, after listening to it, I really have to wonder if he was gay or not. Look out for tracks: 'Blame it on the girls', 'Dr John', 'Good Gone Girl' and 'Touches You'. If you're a fun, quirky person, you'll definitely like this album!
This weekend... I wanted to make plans. Call my 1 of 2 single girlfriend and see if she wanted to do anything or call my guy friend and see if he was doing anything. But I decided to spend some time at home with mummy. We went grocery shopping Friday evening and bought stuff to cook on Saturday....
See, I've recently been in a cooking phase. I'm interested in it and I would like to improve on that skill while I have some time. So I've been watching cooking shows on TV and even bought 2 cookbooks! And after watching the movie 'Julie & Julia' I knew I wanted to cook something this weekend! Btw, that movie is quite funny! More of a chick flick and a long chick flick at that!
So on Saturday we cooked corn soup with toufu, eggs, steamed pomfret and stir-fried spinach. And on Sunday we cooked curry. I wanted to break out a recipe from the cookbook but I thought I'd begin with something more familiar, to my mother anyway, so she could teach me some skills.
And it just so happened that the Borders email that I subscribe to, this week, has a voucher for 25% off any Jamie Oliver cookbook! And since I'm a member, I get an additional 10% off! Guess I'll be making a trip down to town this week!
I also bought 2 new CDs this week. (I've been running out of cash but I got some extra money from the performance, thank god!) Paramore and Mika. Paramore still sounded pretty much the same, not too much groth to them, and each song sounded similar but not in a good way. Mika, however, was fantastic. I was doing housework while listening to him and managed to listen to the CD 3 times! There were variations in each of his songs and a total Mika-ness to them... But, after listening to it, I really have to wonder if he was gay or not. Look out for tracks: 'Blame it on the girls', 'Dr John', 'Good Gone Girl' and 'Touches You'. If you're a fun, quirky person, you'll definitely like this album!
Sunday, October 4, 2009
A nice weekend
I like Sundays spent at home.... Mum's at home so there willl always be food when I wake up. She washes the clothes and burns essential oils so the house smells heavenly. I laze around as much as I can until mum chases me to do some housework! Haha... but today we're both lazy to do housework so it's extra shiok cos I can truly laze around! (Frankly, I'm tired of lazing around... can't wait to start work!)
Yesterday Jess and Ruyi came over for a little while. We have been trying to meet up for the longest time but Ruyi missed Jess by just 10 min! Trying to meet up on Monday night for dinner...
It was also my friend's wedding yesterday. A lot of people are shocked when I tell them she's 22. But hey, when you're ready you're ready right? It was so exciting cos she's the first person whose wedding I went to that I am close with. Also, all my classmates caught up with each other cos the last time we saw each other it was graduation! How quickly life moves along... and it's only been a year!
It's been a while, so here are some pictures...
Watched Funny People on Friday and it was hilarious! I cried at one point cos the family dog was licking the kid's ear... something Dixie used to do to me, only me... God, I miss her... I can't really remember her smell anymore.......
Saturday, September 19, 2009
feel
It's true what they say... ''There is no pleasure without pain''.
Without experiencing what it is like to hurt... we would not know the joyous sensation that is happiness.
It's like a story with no ending... it's incomplete. While we're on that matter, it's like a story with no beginning! You need both the beginning and the end to tell a story. The journey itself is inevitable.
We need both pleasure and pain to exist. Life is all about balance. Only when the scales are tipped does tragedy happen. Miss one emotion and you might forget what it's like to be human.
To be human is to feel.
So my friends, if you're hurting right now, fret not... embrace the hurt and make good use of it. Know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel... That after all this suffering, some good will come out of it.
Without experiencing what it is like to hurt... we would not know the joyous sensation that is happiness.
It's like a story with no ending... it's incomplete. While we're on that matter, it's like a story with no beginning! You need both the beginning and the end to tell a story. The journey itself is inevitable.
We need both pleasure and pain to exist. Life is all about balance. Only when the scales are tipped does tragedy happen. Miss one emotion and you might forget what it's like to be human.
To be human is to feel.
So my friends, if you're hurting right now, fret not... embrace the hurt and make good use of it. Know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel... That after all this suffering, some good will come out of it.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
It's been a long time...
Wow... it's been 3 months since I updated! I've just been really busy and some things have been going on and I found other things to do beside surfing the internet on my computer which I feel can give out on me anytime!
Ok, summarized update on what's been going on...
Been in a lord of the rings watching phase these days... I just think that the extended edition box set is THE BEST DVD ever! Movie is good and the extras are AMAZING...
Also, much to the delight of my friend Kalthoum, I've been watching Supernatural too. I put it on right before I go to bed and then after watching it... I find it hard to go to sleep! Haha... But it's thouroughly entertaining and the brothers really do grow on you.
I've also been trying to explore Singapore after many of my colleagues said that I'm a tourist in my own country. I'm doing it with someone who's just as much a tourist in her own country... Kalthoum! We've only been to Chinatown and Arab street so far and there's still many places to go! We basically just pick a street to start off with and just walk around for hours. Man, I enjoyed Chinatown cos there were so many antique shops and I even bought a very old version of Shakespeare's Othello for $10! Now, if only I understood the text...
I got a new phone: Nokia E75. Yes! I finally got rid of my Samsung phone! Seriously, I was irritated with it and often found pleasure in casually throwing it down on my bed whenever I had the chance! This Nokia is sooo much better. It reacts so much faster and the functions are just so easy to get. Plus, it has a horizontal keyboard that you can slide out and type so much faster! Love Nokia...
Some of my friends have recently turned 21 and I've been to their wonderful parties... Next one is Chin Yan's at Marina Square! And my lil niece is about to turn 1! Yay, older then can start ''bullying'' her like her father ''bullied'' me! Muaahahahaha...
Well, that's pretty much it. I reallly hope I have the discipline to update it more! :)
Ok, summarized update on what's been going on...
Been in a lord of the rings watching phase these days... I just think that the extended edition box set is THE BEST DVD ever! Movie is good and the extras are AMAZING...
Also, much to the delight of my friend Kalthoum, I've been watching Supernatural too. I put it on right before I go to bed and then after watching it... I find it hard to go to sleep! Haha... But it's thouroughly entertaining and the brothers really do grow on you.
I've also been trying to explore Singapore after many of my colleagues said that I'm a tourist in my own country. I'm doing it with someone who's just as much a tourist in her own country... Kalthoum! We've only been to Chinatown and Arab street so far and there's still many places to go! We basically just pick a street to start off with and just walk around for hours. Man, I enjoyed Chinatown cos there were so many antique shops and I even bought a very old version of Shakespeare's Othello for $10! Now, if only I understood the text...
I got a new phone: Nokia E75. Yes! I finally got rid of my Samsung phone! Seriously, I was irritated with it and often found pleasure in casually throwing it down on my bed whenever I had the chance! This Nokia is sooo much better. It reacts so much faster and the functions are just so easy to get. Plus, it has a horizontal keyboard that you can slide out and type so much faster! Love Nokia...
Some of my friends have recently turned 21 and I've been to their wonderful parties... Next one is Chin Yan's at Marina Square! And my lil niece is about to turn 1! Yay, older then can start ''bullying'' her like her father ''bullied'' me! Muaahahahaha...
Well, that's pretty much it. I reallly hope I have the discipline to update it more! :)
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
I'm 21!
Yup, I'm fully legal now... is that a good thing? Haha... Better watch my behaviour now, anything goes wrong and its straight to jail!
Went to KL over the weekend for a shopping trip. We literally stayed there for only 24 hours. Bought loads of stuff though... A lot of books and some shirts. KL sure has a lot of places to shop at! We stayed at Berjaya Times Square which is the biggest hotel I'be ever stayed in. It has a living room, pantry and multiple doors in the toilet itself! We walked from the hotel to the twin towers and yup, it is pretty tall! Man, sis and I took a whole load of funny pictures there. Too lazy to upload it and not sure if I want to! Haha...
Thank you to all who celebrated my birthday with me!
Assumption mates... It was a very fun day going to the games cafe which is always something I always wanted to do, thanks to may ann for organising that. Special shout out to Chin Yan for buying me those accessories... We have so much in common girl! Let's meet again when I can! Hee...
Kal and En, thanks for accompanying me to the Da Vinci exhibition. It wasn't all that great, but I think we enjoyd ourselves. Special thanks to Kal for giving me that special edition Jane Eyre book. I couldn't ask for a more appropriate book for turning this age. And, you're the first one to give me a book when I love to read books adn have always wanted one for a gift!
Last but not least, thanks to my cousins for bringing me to dinner. I love that Chelsea shirt with Ballack's name on it and I wore it at home during the last match of the EPL season! I really love the Tiffany & Co. necklace with the silver key... I've always wanted something from them!
I know a lot of people expected me to have a big birthday bash. Honestly, because I have such a wonderful mum, everyday is sort of like my birthday. I don't need a major party cos everyday is kind of like one! Haha... Anyway, I couldn't have asked for a better celebration: with people that matter.
Thank you! :)
Went to KL over the weekend for a shopping trip. We literally stayed there for only 24 hours. Bought loads of stuff though... A lot of books and some shirts. KL sure has a lot of places to shop at! We stayed at Berjaya Times Square which is the biggest hotel I'be ever stayed in. It has a living room, pantry and multiple doors in the toilet itself! We walked from the hotel to the twin towers and yup, it is pretty tall! Man, sis and I took a whole load of funny pictures there. Too lazy to upload it and not sure if I want to! Haha...
Thank you to all who celebrated my birthday with me!
Assumption mates... It was a very fun day going to the games cafe which is always something I always wanted to do, thanks to may ann for organising that. Special shout out to Chin Yan for buying me those accessories... We have so much in common girl! Let's meet again when I can! Hee...
Kal and En, thanks for accompanying me to the Da Vinci exhibition. It wasn't all that great, but I think we enjoyd ourselves. Special thanks to Kal for giving me that special edition Jane Eyre book. I couldn't ask for a more appropriate book for turning this age. And, you're the first one to give me a book when I love to read books adn have always wanted one for a gift!
Last but not least, thanks to my cousins for bringing me to dinner. I love that Chelsea shirt with Ballack's name on it and I wore it at home during the last match of the EPL season! I really love the Tiffany & Co. necklace with the silver key... I've always wanted something from them!
I know a lot of people expected me to have a big birthday bash. Honestly, because I have such a wonderful mum, everyday is sort of like my birthday. I don't need a major party cos everyday is kind of like one! Haha... Anyway, I couldn't have asked for a better celebration: with people that matter.
Thank you! :)
Friday, May 15, 2009
The countdown begins
It's been a while, huh? Well, these few weeks i've basically been saying to goodbye to anyone that i'm clsoe with. Met up with the 4/5 gang last Fri for steamboat then Gastro bar to chill... then on Mon went with (now a very ah lian looking cousin... ha) Ruyi to Kbox. I had to get the urge out of me! Then the rest of the week is just filled with work + home.
Man, I dislike the bus ride home, but i've learned very well to sleep on the bus! I can practically sleep the whole bus ride home (50min+), if I'm sitting inside. Yesterday on 185 home, I got the 2nd last seat and the lady behind me wanted to sit, but this stupid middle aged man but his briefcase on the outside seat. I later learned that he did not get down anytime soon... Anyway, just when I thought chivalry was dead, this young man (17-22) gave the lady his seat. Now, that woman hardly muttered a word of thanks! Urgh... Then the gentleman asked the middle aged man if he could sit at that seat. The gentleman also later gave up his seat to an old man after another young man practically snatched the last seat from him! But... I think the gentleman might've been a bit siao cos he was talking to the middle aged man beside him!
Over the past 2 days, I've encountered some lovely animals! Yesterday while crossing the road to work, a car passed me and there was this terrier just sticking its head out of the window! I just broke out into a laugh there and then! It looked like it was so happy just being a dog and sticking its head out the window! Aw.... Then this morning outside my mum's workplace, there were these 2 robins doing some sort of mating dance! The male was going after the female and the femal was doing a good job trying to eat as he did his dance! Mum and I stood there for a few minutes just watching them! AWW....
21st birthday coming up soon... I thought I might dread turning a little older, but I'm quite looking forward to it. We're going KL for the weekend and anything I buy there is sponsored! Haha... I'm also quite proud of wahat I've achieved over the years. I know its not fantastically much, but I like it. One thing I haven't achieved yet: to lose all the weight and buy clothes! Haha... Well, once the project starts, I'm sure I can do it!
Looking forward to the weekend! Someone said I have presents... :)
Man, I dislike the bus ride home, but i've learned very well to sleep on the bus! I can practically sleep the whole bus ride home (50min+), if I'm sitting inside. Yesterday on 185 home, I got the 2nd last seat and the lady behind me wanted to sit, but this stupid middle aged man but his briefcase on the outside seat. I later learned that he did not get down anytime soon... Anyway, just when I thought chivalry was dead, this young man (17-22) gave the lady his seat. Now, that woman hardly muttered a word of thanks! Urgh... Then the gentleman asked the middle aged man if he could sit at that seat. The gentleman also later gave up his seat to an old man after another young man practically snatched the last seat from him! But... I think the gentleman might've been a bit siao cos he was talking to the middle aged man beside him!
Over the past 2 days, I've encountered some lovely animals! Yesterday while crossing the road to work, a car passed me and there was this terrier just sticking its head out of the window! I just broke out into a laugh there and then! It looked like it was so happy just being a dog and sticking its head out the window! Aw.... Then this morning outside my mum's workplace, there were these 2 robins doing some sort of mating dance! The male was going after the female and the femal was doing a good job trying to eat as he did his dance! Mum and I stood there for a few minutes just watching them! AWW....
21st birthday coming up soon... I thought I might dread turning a little older, but I'm quite looking forward to it. We're going KL for the weekend and anything I buy there is sponsored! Haha... I'm also quite proud of wahat I've achieved over the years. I know its not fantastically much, but I like it. One thing I haven't achieved yet: to lose all the weight and buy clothes! Haha... Well, once the project starts, I'm sure I can do it!
Looking forward to the weekend! Someone said I have presents... :)
Sunday, April 26, 2009
The Portrait
Life is grreat right now. Work is fine and I just got my pay! Hee.. Gotta limit my spending if I'm gonna save more! My one (hopefully) expensive purchase this month will be for my hair cut and highlight. Gotta get it trimmed before the next project starts!
I have more time to read now. Recently, I finished The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Unabridged, first edition (copy), mind you... :) Its a book about influence and how Dorian got a wonderful painting done of him, a painting that showed his true soul because everytime he did something bad, a scar would appear on his portrait but he would remain ever youthful and untouched. In the end, it was revealed that the picture was more of Dorian's conscience, hidden behind a beautiful purple and gold curtain. He tried to run away from it, but it was always bugging him. Until one day he decided to destroy the picture. I shan't reveal the end to you now...
I think that is something many people hope for these days. They wanna have youth and a pure-ness about them but rarely anyone can do that now. You see SO many beautiful people but you just never know how their portrait will really look. What's behind that beautiful curtain?
I'm sure we all hide our bad thoughts and deeds away in some corner of our mind. But as the book is trying to say: you can never run away from them. Sure, you get battle scars from life, but when it comes time to face your portrait, will it kill you?
My portrait has a few scars already (of course). Though, they're not really self-inflicted. Someone else did that. As some of you might know, I am blessed to have my life. My portrait is not so different from me right now. I am still young. But when I look at my scars, I know how they got there. Each one. Don't ever lose track of your scars...
What will your portrait look like?
I have more time to read now. Recently, I finished The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Unabridged, first edition (copy), mind you... :) Its a book about influence and how Dorian got a wonderful painting done of him, a painting that showed his true soul because everytime he did something bad, a scar would appear on his portrait but he would remain ever youthful and untouched. In the end, it was revealed that the picture was more of Dorian's conscience, hidden behind a beautiful purple and gold curtain. He tried to run away from it, but it was always bugging him. Until one day he decided to destroy the picture. I shan't reveal the end to you now...
I think that is something many people hope for these days. They wanna have youth and a pure-ness about them but rarely anyone can do that now. You see SO many beautiful people but you just never know how their portrait will really look. What's behind that beautiful curtain?
I'm sure we all hide our bad thoughts and deeds away in some corner of our mind. But as the book is trying to say: you can never run away from them. Sure, you get battle scars from life, but when it comes time to face your portrait, will it kill you?
My portrait has a few scars already (of course). Though, they're not really self-inflicted. Someone else did that. As some of you might know, I am blessed to have my life. My portrait is not so different from me right now. I am still young. But when I look at my scars, I know how they got there. Each one. Don't ever lose track of your scars...
What will your portrait look like?
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Quirkology
Phew! One down and a few more to go! This is the first time in a month where I got a weekend to myself! Last weekend was the end of my show and this week was the end of another show that I helped out on! I also said goodbye to one of my colleagues, so the past 7 days were really something different...
Boy, this job is un-normal hours, but the things that I get to do and the people that I get to meet are truly unique!
There's a new woman on the job and she's got experience. That's really helpful! I'm so glad that she's here so that she can help out more and I can learn from her too! Now I know, experience is a really big advantage. Even if you have a really good degree or whatever, unless that degree teaches you how to survive in real life, it doesn't count for much.
Aren't the things we learn in school supposed to be useful? They make you memorize so much crap but they never teach subjects like ''how to deal with difficult people'' or ''human-ology 101'' or even ''workplace survival''. Sure, when you go Poly they teach you one step further but is there a way where schools can truly prepare you for the workforce? Or is everyone just supposed have a crash course in learning what really matters?
Ah, enough about work! I met up with Bestie today who is down with an allergy reaction that gives her rash! Darn!
I also watched 3 movies so far this weekend. Knowing, crossing over and the fast and the furious 4. I fell asleep during fast and furious, an action movei, after I had 8 hours worth of sleep. I think that tells you enough... Crossing over is a really intense film about how people are doing anything they can in the hopes of finding a better life in America. Knowing is the best of the 3. This highly un-publicized film stars Nicholas Cage and you gotta have an open mind when watching it. But the visuals are AMAZING. I mean, the last time I had my mouth open when I watched a movie (cos it was visually stunning) was probably 300. It had me crying and just curling up in my seat, wanting to close my eyes but couldn't bring myself to do it. Go watch it. And confessions of a shopaholic, but warning: its a girly movie!
I bought a book today called Quirkology. Another one of those useless facts book. I only read like 10 pages so far but I know that the date of your birth doesn't really affect how you are as a person. I hope to finish my other book, the picture of dorian gray by this month? I've been working on it since February so hopefully I can finish it soon so I can move on to the next one!
I've put a few new photos up on facebook, so guys, go check it out!
Boy, this job is un-normal hours, but the things that I get to do and the people that I get to meet are truly unique!
There's a new woman on the job and she's got experience. That's really helpful! I'm so glad that she's here so that she can help out more and I can learn from her too! Now I know, experience is a really big advantage. Even if you have a really good degree or whatever, unless that degree teaches you how to survive in real life, it doesn't count for much.
Aren't the things we learn in school supposed to be useful? They make you memorize so much crap but they never teach subjects like ''how to deal with difficult people'' or ''human-ology 101'' or even ''workplace survival''. Sure, when you go Poly they teach you one step further but is there a way where schools can truly prepare you for the workforce? Or is everyone just supposed have a crash course in learning what really matters?
Ah, enough about work! I met up with Bestie today who is down with an allergy reaction that gives her rash! Darn!
I also watched 3 movies so far this weekend. Knowing, crossing over and the fast and the furious 4. I fell asleep during fast and furious, an action movei, after I had 8 hours worth of sleep. I think that tells you enough... Crossing over is a really intense film about how people are doing anything they can in the hopes of finding a better life in America. Knowing is the best of the 3. This highly un-publicized film stars Nicholas Cage and you gotta have an open mind when watching it. But the visuals are AMAZING. I mean, the last time I had my mouth open when I watched a movie (cos it was visually stunning) was probably 300. It had me crying and just curling up in my seat, wanting to close my eyes but couldn't bring myself to do it. Go watch it. And confessions of a shopaholic, but warning: its a girly movie!
I bought a book today called Quirkology. Another one of those useless facts book. I only read like 10 pages so far but I know that the date of your birth doesn't really affect how you are as a person. I hope to finish my other book, the picture of dorian gray by this month? I've been working on it since February so hopefully I can finish it soon so I can move on to the next one!
I've put a few new photos up on facebook, so guys, go check it out!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
go buy 4D
Today, a miracle happened... I came home before the sun set! Because of circumstances... I managed to come home before 6pm! Oh my god... this might sound like the most simplest thing for most of you out there, but for me, it is indeed a rare miracle...
I came home, rested, then...
I did my work from 9.45pm to 12am...
Sigh... I guess work is never done!
I came home, rested, then...
I did my work from 9.45pm to 12am...
Sigh... I guess work is never done!
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Still sick
I went to see doctor yesterday. Finally let myself take an mc after working for the week being sick. I still don't feel too well and doc says that my upper respiratory tract infection is back, but i'm still alive and well, i could be worse.
I met someone interesting this week... Too bad I was sick and didn't bother to look at all decent because I was sick! Ah!
I realised my blog has been lacking of pictures. I haven't been taking pictures at all so nothing for me to post up of myself. I was watching Harry Potter on TV just now and they looked so cute and so different now! So I went through my collection of Potter pictures and decided to post a comparison picture of the lovely Emma Watson...
Wow... she grew up, huh? Last I heard she was looking to go to an Ivy League school! Beauty and brains! Just like Hermione... aw... I'm sure everyone heard about Daniel Radcliffe taking it all off for a stage play. And Rupert Grint has a new movie with a more... adult theme. We certainly are growing up...
Tomorrow's Sunday and I have something work related to attend to at night. Next week's gonna be a hectic one. I already told my mum that she'll be seeing lesser of me. Ha. Let's pray I don't break down again! Keep it together!!!
Take care ya'll!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Hi all
Work's hectic. I had a breakdown on Tuesday from frustration. I'm sick now cos of ''exhaustion'' and i think my upper respiratory tract infection might be coming back. Doing anything possible to not let that happen.
Enough about work.
I watched 3 movies this week. Witch mountain, the tale of despereux and dragonball. All rather entertaining films. Now Saturday is like my mum and I's movie day. We usually watch 2 movies in a day. Can't live without my movies, they're my way of relaxing...
Also celebrated my cousins birthday this week. Too lazy to upload the photos. I barely transferred them. Cousins, don't expect to get the pictures anytime soon! Haha... :)
Alright, gotta go have a quick dinner before I go off to see a rehearsal for the show.
P.S. Congrats to my bestie May Ann for getting the job she wants! :)
Enough about work.
I watched 3 movies this week. Witch mountain, the tale of despereux and dragonball. All rather entertaining films. Now Saturday is like my mum and I's movie day. We usually watch 2 movies in a day. Can't live without my movies, they're my way of relaxing...
Also celebrated my cousins birthday this week. Too lazy to upload the photos. I barely transferred them. Cousins, don't expect to get the pictures anytime soon! Haha... :)
Alright, gotta go have a quick dinner before I go off to see a rehearsal for the show.
P.S. Congrats to my bestie May Ann for getting the job she wants! :)
Sunday, March 8, 2009
What personal life?
I've been working until like 11am everyday for the past week. I just found out that I'm on another project on Monday and the girl left on Tuesday. Thanks for the heads up, ya....
So now I basically just come home to sleep. I'm too busy to even think about missing home. And the only time I can watch movies is on weekends. $10 per ticket. Boy, they really know how to take money from us.
Everyone's saying ''welcome to hell''. We passed by the institue of mental health the other day and my producer was saying that I might need to check in next month. I told him next week can already. Then he said I should probably go book a suite so that I would be comfortable. HA. Well, at least we can still joke about it...
They're also saying that I should say goodbye to my personal life. Ya, I think I really have to do that. But there are the occassional times that I think I can go out with friends and cousins. So my dear lovelies out there, when I can go out, please see me? Cos you'll never know when you can see me again!
On Friday night, I got ''moderately shitface'' with my cousins and the dragon boat team. Boy, after a week of hard work, its quite nice to get high and laugh my ass off at the silly things people do when they're drunk! Met some new and nice people and got to know the old ones better!
See ya sometime people...
So now I basically just come home to sleep. I'm too busy to even think about missing home. And the only time I can watch movies is on weekends. $10 per ticket. Boy, they really know how to take money from us.
Everyone's saying ''welcome to hell''. We passed by the institue of mental health the other day and my producer was saying that I might need to check in next month. I told him next week can already. Then he said I should probably go book a suite so that I would be comfortable. HA. Well, at least we can still joke about it...
They're also saying that I should say goodbye to my personal life. Ya, I think I really have to do that. But there are the occassional times that I think I can go out with friends and cousins. So my dear lovelies out there, when I can go out, please see me? Cos you'll never know when you can see me again!
On Friday night, I got ''moderately shitface'' with my cousins and the dragon boat team. Boy, after a week of hard work, its quite nice to get high and laugh my ass off at the silly things people do when they're drunk! Met some new and nice people and got to know the old ones better!
See ya sometime people...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Someone invent a Teleportation Machine!
I fell asleep on the bus today. I've been doing that everyday, really. My producer called me and woke me up. I panicked, thinking that I had missed my stop. And since every bus stop along that road looks the same, you can't blame me.
That's when I got a little frustrated. I live very much in the west and am therefore out of the way for a lot of things. That means travelling time will always be longer than most.
I hate how I have to spend 1 whole hour of my life just to travel to get to somewhere. If only there was a safe time machine that everyone could use. We would get so much more done.
I saw this girl who was doing her homework on the bus home (her handwriting was neat!) and I was thinking: great for her! But I can't do that! Reading is a fantastic thing to do on the bus, but not when the bus driver likes to step on his brakes at every possible chance! I don't wanna lose my lunch ya know...
So please, someone invent a teleportation machine... Or at least a faster bus route from my place to other possible places.
That's when I got a little frustrated. I live very much in the west and am therefore out of the way for a lot of things. That means travelling time will always be longer than most.
I hate how I have to spend 1 whole hour of my life just to travel to get to somewhere. If only there was a safe time machine that everyone could use. We would get so much more done.
I saw this girl who was doing her homework on the bus home (her handwriting was neat!) and I was thinking: great for her! But I can't do that! Reading is a fantastic thing to do on the bus, but not when the bus driver likes to step on his brakes at every possible chance! I don't wanna lose my lunch ya know...
So please, someone invent a teleportation machine... Or at least a faster bus route from my place to other possible places.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Weekend wind-down
Ah, finally, a weekend I worked for! Went out with my poly girls last night and it was so nice to catch up with them and see Jojo's new look and real Gucci bag!!! I haven't had pics on my blog in a while, so here they are...
I know its a little overdue, but here are some pics from my cousin's signing of the wedding thingy (haha).
Well, its back to work tommorrow. Wow... haven't said that in a while! My diet is totally KIV right now and as I'm typing this, i'm eating a yummy-ly sinful cup of cup noodles! Hopefully I can work out a plan for next week... :)
Thursday, February 19, 2009
It's a New Path
Hey all... I'm busy pretty with work these days. The hours are longer than expected but no 2 days are the same so far. I've gotten to meet some interesting people and I had my 1st live show on Tuesday! I had to come in at 9am and leave at 10.30pm though... Tiring but fun.
Unfortunately, I cannot talk about my job here. If you really wanna know, just ask me when you see me. :)
Take care!
Unfortunately, I cannot talk about my job here. If you really wanna know, just ask me when you see me. :)
Take care!
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Update!
I've been pretty busy these past few days. My uncle is visiting from Australia, I attended 2 weddings and it was my Dad and Mum's birthday.
Cousin Charleston had his wedding dinner which was at Novotel Clarke Quay and it was pretty nice! I like the decoration... The balloons at the ceiling were a very nice touch. My nephew and nieces, towards the end of the dinner, took some of the balloons and sucked in the helium! They were funnny... Then the next day was cousin Bryan's ROM signing (if that's what you call it) over at his house. It ended pretty quickly and the food I thought was not enough for all the guests. The festivities ended rather early and cousin Jess and I watched A Walk To Remember while the rest left for home or other activities. No super interesting pictures so I shan't post them up. ;)
For Dad's birthday we just went to Zhou's Kitchen at Jurong Point. The food was great and the service was excellent. They especially made a cake for us and we sang happy birthday veery loudly so that everyone looked at us! Then yesterday was Mum's birthday. It was a family affair. We went to Ritz Carlton for lunch (dim sum) then walked around Marina Square. Dad won Francis Yip concert tickets so he and mum went to watch it. Sis wanted to have dinner with her boyfriend and I was on the verge of being alone. Luckily I asked Kal and she was free to meet up! So we went for an impromptou dinner. We haven't seen each other for a month and that, for us, is pretty long! It was nice to catch up with herand tell her about the things that I've been going through. You understand me girl!
I find that in these modern times, special mass holidays like Christmas and Valentine's day seem to lose their meaning. Instead they become a time for mass consumption... Sadly, I am kinda one of their victims... Yeasterday, I practically spent my ang pao money. I bought a beautiful pair of white Birkenstock which was $98. Then a Harry Potter wand (Lupin' wand) which was $91. Then a Chanel lipstick for $40. And an All American Rejects CD for $18. I wanted to spend more but I resisted! Haha... but pretty soon I'm gonna be spending my own money cos...
I got the job as an Assistant Poducer! I start work on Monday! Wish me luck ya'll! :)
Cousin Charleston had his wedding dinner which was at Novotel Clarke Quay and it was pretty nice! I like the decoration... The balloons at the ceiling were a very nice touch. My nephew and nieces, towards the end of the dinner, took some of the balloons and sucked in the helium! They were funnny... Then the next day was cousin Bryan's ROM signing (if that's what you call it) over at his house. It ended pretty quickly and the food I thought was not enough for all the guests. The festivities ended rather early and cousin Jess and I watched A Walk To Remember while the rest left for home or other activities. No super interesting pictures so I shan't post them up. ;)
For Dad's birthday we just went to Zhou's Kitchen at Jurong Point. The food was great and the service was excellent. They especially made a cake for us and we sang happy birthday veery loudly so that everyone looked at us! Then yesterday was Mum's birthday. It was a family affair. We went to Ritz Carlton for lunch (dim sum) then walked around Marina Square. Dad won Francis Yip concert tickets so he and mum went to watch it. Sis wanted to have dinner with her boyfriend and I was on the verge of being alone. Luckily I asked Kal and she was free to meet up! So we went for an impromptou dinner. We haven't seen each other for a month and that, for us, is pretty long! It was nice to catch up with herand tell her about the things that I've been going through. You understand me girl!
I find that in these modern times, special mass holidays like Christmas and Valentine's day seem to lose their meaning. Instead they become a time for mass consumption... Sadly, I am kinda one of their victims... Yeasterday, I practically spent my ang pao money. I bought a beautiful pair of white Birkenstock which was $98. Then a Harry Potter wand (Lupin' wand) which was $91. Then a Chanel lipstick for $40. And an All American Rejects CD for $18. I wanted to spend more but I resisted! Haha... but pretty soon I'm gonna be spending my own money cos...
I got the job as an Assistant Poducer! I start work on Monday! Wish me luck ya'll! :)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The 2nd year
I used to cry when I thought of you in the past tense.
It's different now.
Only happy thoughts of you remain.
And if any tears should be shed, its because I miss the way you make me feel.
You didn't need smart words or talent.
You just needed me to care for you and to love you.
Lessons learnt over 15 years.
They don't know what they're talking about.
Everyday your smell gets fainter.
How you felt in my arms is now a distant memory.
I could go on forever but I think its enough.
Forever, you'll be missed.
Thank you for being you.
It's different now.
Only happy thoughts of you remain.
And if any tears should be shed, its because I miss the way you make me feel.
You didn't need smart words or talent.
You just needed me to care for you and to love you.
Lessons learnt over 15 years.
They don't know what they're talking about.
Everyday your smell gets fainter.
How you felt in my arms is now a distant memory.
I could go on forever but I think its enough.
Forever, you'll be missed.
Thank you for being you.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
My House 2009
I just love it when people come over and my house is all neat and clean! This year we had to invite people over earlier (we usually do it like the last weekend of CNY) but cos this year we have 2 weddings to attend on the last weekend, our plans changed. Which mean... people still have other visiting to do. Our yearly invite ended very early with everyone leaving, on a
Saturday night, at a very lame 9 p.m.!
Saturday night, at a very lame 9 p.m.!
But all was good... I think it went ather well. This year there were a few new additions and they were well received by everyone. I didn't want to gamble but cousin Shaun was bugging everyone to gamble so I took out $10 and... lost it all! Haha... but mum covered me back by giving her winnings. She started out with $4 and ended up with $14! So now my ang pao money went up by that much!
Watching TV.
Them gambling. I told Issy to do a funny face and she gave me that. How charming.
Some of my nephews and nieces. Aw... they're growing up!
My dear cousins and I in my beautiful room! Seriously, I love my room! :)
Alright... so that's basically it for CNY this year. Only one left is cousin Jess' house. And 2 weddings. I'm proud to report that my ''losing weight'' thingy is kinds working! I can fit into things better now, so hopefully by end of this year I'll look different, eh? :)
Thursday, January 29, 2009
CNY 2009
This year was pretty fun, I must say! There were a few changes to the visiting schedule this year, but I had so much fun at the houses I did go! I was just telling mum that this is my favourite celebration cos there's just so much to do! Like, I can't imagine those angmohs where all they look forward to is Christmas and maybe New Year. I mean, we do those too but they don't do what we do, ya know? Haha... And even though I don't speak the language that well, I really enjoy my culture. :)
Awesome!
Here comes the pictures...
My family just before we left for visiting
Ah, the entire extended family, all the cousins! And the 2 little ones were even looking at the camera! 
My sis and I shocked all our nieces and nephews with our very bad rendition of ''My Humps''. 'Nuff said. 
Cousin Jess' friend found this adorable silky terrier and I decided to name it Lunar. Not sure if he'll stick to the name though.. 
My other half of cousins at Cousin Trixy's house. 
After a rather fun time at Jac's house (we entertained ourselves of course) playing cards (I won $10!), shouting at Taboo and laughing at lotsa things, we took this goofy pic right before we left. 
Awesome!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Franken Berry
Ok, its no surprise that I love My Chemical Romance and absolutely idolise the words and music of this wonderful band. Allthough many people think that lead singer Gerard is way cool (don't tell him that, he doesn't ever wanna be cool), he is in fact a totally sweet, cute geek at heart. Here's a blog post of his that's on the band's official website http://www.mychemicalromance.com/
WTF...
posted by Gerard on Jan 18, 2009 11:22pm
-does a guy have to do to find some Frankenberry in the state of California?Did they stop making it? Do they still make it and just don't ship it to Los Angeles?Am I going to have to order some of Amazon?
Picture that for a minute...just close your eyes let your imagination bring this scenario to life...
A person, me, you, whoever- logging onto amazon, pulling out an actual credit card, inputing the exact numbers and the desired shipping address, possibly even selecting "Next-Day Air" to get some goddamned Frankenberry in a motherfuckin' cereal bowl.
I have searched several supermarkets in the last month and have not come across ANY of the cereal monsters. They always have Lucky Charms and all that other awesome sugar-shit but no F-Berry.
I don't even know how I even ended craving it in the first place, but I now have it strong.
F-berry.
***update***I am just now learning that there are some people that live in California that have never even HEARD of Frankenberry. I mean I don't even know what to say about that...you've been deprived...I'm sorry.Heres all you need to know-It's cereal that tastes like "strawberry flavor" but it's not exactly "strawberry flavored".It has marshmallows.It gives you pink sugar-milk.Frankenberry has a giant head and red nail-polish...and he has two friends (he used to have a third but Fruit Brute is a bit elusive) -Heres a link...it's listed as a"Monster Trilogy" of cereal...like no shit... http://www.amazon.com/Monster-Cereal-Trilogy/dp/B00152KJMG/ref=pd_bbs_sr...
HAHA!!! Click on the WTF link to see the picture of this cereal that he's talking about. You can also read of his comic fetish and reality TV ''obsession''...
I am having a fantastic Chinese New Year! I haven't uploaded the pictures yet, but expect them sometime soon...
WTF...
posted by Gerard on Jan 18, 2009 11:22pm
-does a guy have to do to find some Frankenberry in the state of California?Did they stop making it? Do they still make it and just don't ship it to Los Angeles?Am I going to have to order some of Amazon?
Picture that for a minute...just close your eyes let your imagination bring this scenario to life...
A person, me, you, whoever- logging onto amazon, pulling out an actual credit card, inputing the exact numbers and the desired shipping address, possibly even selecting "Next-Day Air" to get some goddamned Frankenberry in a motherfuckin' cereal bowl.
I have searched several supermarkets in the last month and have not come across ANY of the cereal monsters. They always have Lucky Charms and all that other awesome sugar-shit but no F-Berry.
I don't even know how I even ended craving it in the first place, but I now have it strong.
F-berry.
***update***I am just now learning that there are some people that live in California that have never even HEARD of Frankenberry. I mean I don't even know what to say about that...you've been deprived...I'm sorry.Heres all you need to know-It's cereal that tastes like "strawberry flavor" but it's not exactly "strawberry flavored".It has marshmallows.It gives you pink sugar-milk.Frankenberry has a giant head and red nail-polish...and he has two friends (he used to have a third but Fruit Brute is a bit elusive) -Heres a link...it's listed as a"Monster Trilogy" of cereal...like no shit... http://www.amazon.com/Monster-Cereal-Trilogy/dp/B00152KJMG/ref=pd_bbs_sr...
HAHA!!! Click on the WTF link to see the picture of this cereal that he's talking about. You can also read of his comic fetish and reality TV ''obsession''...
I am having a fantastic Chinese New Year! I haven't uploaded the pictures yet, but expect them sometime soon...
Friday, January 23, 2009
5,4,3,2,1... Game On!
I'm in pain cos... I went to play paintball! Haha... Thanks to cousin Spence I finally got to try something I've wanted to try in a while! The place was near Yishun and that prawn fishing place and I went with the dragon boat people. The people are nice, the game is fun and it costs about $50.
It was real fun too... Unlike Laser Quest, this one is so much more exciting cos if you get shot, it will HURT! We played at night so it was cool and windy. I got like 7 shots and a huge ass scrape on my knee cos I slid to the barrel. And I found out that I was not bad! We had to shoot down a small cone before we could collect our targets and I'd take it down in like 10 seconds!
We had to wear a mask to protect our face and man was it stinky from other people's sweat! And we wore our own clothing, they did not give us a guard or something so our clothes were all spattered with paint. And for someone quite large... I didn't get hit in the torso that much! I got hit on both knuckles, my side, right knee, left arm, back and butt which I didn't even feel (prob too much flesh there!). The bruises are real interesting too. Here are the ones in the more exposed areas...
This is my knee scrape. On the left you can see where another paintball hit. It doesn't look as bad in pictures, so those that'll see me during CNY, you can see the real deal!
On Tuesday I went back to the zoo to say hi to people and to my friend who's going back to the Phillipines. I was pretty happy people still remembered me, but I could tell some forgot my name! But most importantly, the ones that I was nice with greeted me with a smile!
Today (Thursday), mum and I did something we haven't done in a while... we watched 2 movies in 1 day! We caught a 12.45 show called Love Matters. Another Jack Neo movie. People... don't expect too much from it... The ending was not good and it wasn't believable. Have an open mind while watching it. The 2nd movie was... Inkheart! Quite an interesting movie, I must say. I who love books kinda enjoyed this movie. The special effects were awesome and I love the set design. If you watched the trailers for this movie you'd probably notice some writings on the characters/animals. Interesting how that came about! So Inkheart is recommended!
I'm looking forward to Bride Wars next week and... Chinese New Year! Ang Pao... here I come! :)
It was real fun too... Unlike Laser Quest, this one is so much more exciting cos if you get shot, it will HURT! We played at night so it was cool and windy. I got like 7 shots and a huge ass scrape on my knee cos I slid to the barrel. And I found out that I was not bad! We had to shoot down a small cone before we could collect our targets and I'd take it down in like 10 seconds!
We had to wear a mask to protect our face and man was it stinky from other people's sweat! And we wore our own clothing, they did not give us a guard or something so our clothes were all spattered with paint. And for someone quite large... I didn't get hit in the torso that much! I got hit on both knuckles, my side, right knee, left arm, back and butt which I didn't even feel (prob too much flesh there!). The bruises are real interesting too. Here are the ones in the more exposed areas...
This is my arm. The white spot is where the paintball hit and you can pretty much see the rest of the impact! 
This is my knee scrape. On the left you can see where another paintball hit. It doesn't look as bad in pictures, so those that'll see me during CNY, you can see the real deal!
On Tuesday I went back to the zoo to say hi to people and to my friend who's going back to the Phillipines. I was pretty happy people still remembered me, but I could tell some forgot my name! But most importantly, the ones that I was nice with greeted me with a smile!
Today (Thursday), mum and I did something we haven't done in a while... we watched 2 movies in 1 day! We caught a 12.45 show called Love Matters. Another Jack Neo movie. People... don't expect too much from it... The ending was not good and it wasn't believable. Have an open mind while watching it. The 2nd movie was... Inkheart! Quite an interesting movie, I must say. I who love books kinda enjoyed this movie. The special effects were awesome and I love the set design. If you watched the trailers for this movie you'd probably notice some writings on the characters/animals. Interesting how that came about! So Inkheart is recommended!
I'm looking forward to Bride Wars next week and... Chinese New Year! Ang Pao... here I come! :)
Monday, January 19, 2009
Knights of Dust
Isn't it amazing how dust just seems to creep into every single possible place? NOT!!! Man... when you don't touch something for a year, it just fills with dust. As if you haven't guessed, I did my share of spring cleaning today. Some noticeable changes in my room this year... I got 3 new shelves from Ikea! Yes... I finally got them. That day was real nice too. We went to watch Changeling (I cried a few times. Its very emotional), had Kenny Rogers for lunch (at Great World) then went over to Ikea where Sis joined us too.
I spent the whole of next day fixing it and 2 days after that to rearrange my room. And now its safe to say that its 95% done! I just have to put up new stuff on my walls. So, here are my new additions...
My books finally have a proper space to rest! And bookshelf Billy has Billy Junior for company now!
Ikea had a perfect shelf but we felt it was overpriced so we bought 2 cheaper shelves and stcked them on top of each other!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
The Old Days
On Jan 10, me and my poly girls went back to the place where it all began...
I always liked this area but it was usually occupied by the cleaning auntie during lunch!
Yea Man!
We were not happy that we couldn't get the goody bag cos we were not born in the year ''1993 or later'' but we amused ourselves by meeting our lecturers and going around school...
Kal and I reminisced on our FYP by visiting the new solar technology centre! The 1st pic is the more common photovoltaic cells, the ones that you'll mostly see around. The 2nd one is embedded in the windows! Cool, saves space, provides shade but not very effective. Why wasn't this space around when we did our FYP???
I always liked this area but it was usually occupied by the cleaning auntie during lunch!
When we were stressed from our projects, this is a recuring theme in our photos! :)
We found an open classroom and snuck in! Trying to act out the old days...
This is how much we love our school... even the toilets mean something to us! Haha...
After that, I showed the girls my old house followed by a session of Kbox with En. Thanks Kal for driving us around! :)
Yesterday, someone from a job interview I had with a big company called me back and asked if I was still interested in the job! And today, while I was having my hair cut, someone from Prudential called about an interview for financial advisor! That one sounds fishy... I told them I'll think about it and they said they'll call me back but they didn't. Oh well... maybe tomorrow then. That one doesn't matter much to me.
Besides that, I'm still doing the same thing. I started eating healthy so I hope that that will go well! And I've been quite the handy woman too, fixing up shelves for sis and mum. I just wish that I'd get my shelves asap!
Friday, January 9, 2009
The Search Is (not) Over
Nothing much going on around here. Jus pretty much slacking everyday. And looking for job of course. After the ''advertising'' job turned out to be... not an advertising job, I'm more cautious than ever. With the recesion now, I'm just gonna cross my fingers and hope for the best. For those that could possibly be affected by all this, all the best!
On Jan 6, went out with my 2 dearest cousins for a shopping trip at Vivo! This is honestly the first time I went shopping without my mum and I certainly felt the pinch! I managed to buy a new year's dress and hairbands. Man, that day was fun and I certainly felt very girly that day, just walking around and laughing with them.
It was also the day after cousin Jess' birthday so... Happy Birthday! :)
The (emo) birthday girl
Ok, this is just something I wanted to share with you guys. We bought this bottle from Ikea to put water or something in our fridge. My mum washed it before we used it and this was what happened when, I think, she put a little soap inside! It was such an interesting picture that I just had to take Violet out and snap it! Oh, what would we do without our digital cameras?
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Music of 2008
Happy New Year everyone! How was your new year? I spent Jan 1 having a real nice dinner with my extended family. And sis came along too! Then we headed over to Jess' place and had a blast playing Taboo! Let's do another round!
I didn't have time to post this last year so here it is...
2008 in music was alright. Funny, I can't really remember too much about it! So no lists for this category. I'm more picky about my music so I don't have enough to make a ''top ten''. Here's some music stuff that struck a chord in me last year.
Ash. Thanks to cousin Trixy, sis and I managed to get free tickets to go see Ash. A trio from Ireland that plays somewhat alternative rock music. It was at Fort Canning Park and we got prety good lcoations. 2nd row and the girl in front of me was short so I got a full view of the singer. The bass player was sexy man. Great night...
Goldspot. This really little known band from LA is, I find very cool. The singer is Indian and you totally can't tell when you listen to them. Go check them out on Youtube. I really like Friday.
Paramore. I think I really got into them when ''That's What You Get'' came out. Before, I just totally admired lead singer Hayley for her beautiful voice and I love how they write and compose their own songs! Then ''Decode'' came out about the same time with their DVD and I was hooked. Go check out acoustic versions of their songs on Youtube. Wonderful.
We Will Rock You. Early in 2008, one show changed my view on musicals. It was the most rocking musical I ever watched and I had the pleasure of watching it twice! For details, check out my previous blog post about it... February I think.
Singfest. My number 6 moment of the year. And I got to meet One Republic! If only we got there earlier to get better seats. But still, it was awesome and I had a great time with Sis and her friends!
The Script. The best discovery this year. The first time I saw them was at last year's MTV Asia Award. After so many out-of-tune artists that performed, they came on, were in tune and had a wonderful song. ''The Man Who Can't Be Moved'' was my number 1 song of the year. Their CD was pretty awesome too and their Irish accent is kinda charming! Go check them out if ya got the time...
I hope that this year there will be more interesting acts coming to Singapore. I reeeaally hope that acts like Paramore, The Script, All American Rejects and Jason Mraz will come. MCR is currently taking a break, being normal people, so I wish them all the best and guys, please come out with new material soon! And if not, have a few kids! Haha... :)
2009 is upon us. Let's all hope that it'll be a better year and that the recession will pass us quickly, ya?
I didn't have time to post this last year so here it is...
2008 in music was alright. Funny, I can't really remember too much about it! So no lists for this category. I'm more picky about my music so I don't have enough to make a ''top ten''. Here's some music stuff that struck a chord in me last year.
Ash. Thanks to cousin Trixy, sis and I managed to get free tickets to go see Ash. A trio from Ireland that plays somewhat alternative rock music. It was at Fort Canning Park and we got prety good lcoations. 2nd row and the girl in front of me was short so I got a full view of the singer. The bass player was sexy man. Great night...
Goldspot. This really little known band from LA is, I find very cool. The singer is Indian and you totally can't tell when you listen to them. Go check them out on Youtube. I really like Friday.
Paramore. I think I really got into them when ''That's What You Get'' came out. Before, I just totally admired lead singer Hayley for her beautiful voice and I love how they write and compose their own songs! Then ''Decode'' came out about the same time with their DVD and I was hooked. Go check out acoustic versions of their songs on Youtube. Wonderful.
We Will Rock You. Early in 2008, one show changed my view on musicals. It was the most rocking musical I ever watched and I had the pleasure of watching it twice! For details, check out my previous blog post about it... February I think.
Singfest. My number 6 moment of the year. And I got to meet One Republic! If only we got there earlier to get better seats. But still, it was awesome and I had a great time with Sis and her friends!
The Script. The best discovery this year. The first time I saw them was at last year's MTV Asia Award. After so many out-of-tune artists that performed, they came on, were in tune and had a wonderful song. ''The Man Who Can't Be Moved'' was my number 1 song of the year. Their CD was pretty awesome too and their Irish accent is kinda charming! Go check them out if ya got the time...
I hope that this year there will be more interesting acts coming to Singapore. I reeeaally hope that acts like Paramore, The Script, All American Rejects and Jason Mraz will come. MCR is currently taking a break, being normal people, so I wish them all the best and guys, please come out with new material soon! And if not, have a few kids! Haha... :)
2009 is upon us. Let's all hope that it'll be a better year and that the recession will pass us quickly, ya?
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