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.......

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.

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! :)

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! :)

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... :)

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?

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!