~broken down palace~

2006-03-16T23:58:00.000+08:00

sent.

i want out.

missing posts

2006-03-15T17:19:00.000+08:00

for those of you wondering what happened to my previous posts, you can go to my other blog to find out more.

if you don't have it and want to know what the address is, please msg me on msn to find out.

ode to the one-&-only tyrant

2006-03-10T08:47:00.000+08:00

the weekend's just round the corner!

*yipee*

that also means that there's two more days before the tyrant leaves for hongkong

oi tyrant!

even though you've left a scar on my foot,

made my level of hearing plummet, &

ruffled my feathers a couple of times,

sa here's going to miss you shitloads 'cos for the last few years you've been one of my best friends.

i know i can call you anytime (other than when you put your phone on silent) when something's wrong,

count on you when i'm going through rough patches (you know what i'm talking about),

gossip endlessly,

bitch endlessly,

take silly pictures,

do girlie things,

shop till we drop (on those few occasions), &

sit around doing nothing until it's time to go home.

better make sure you take good care of yourself when you're there..

i'm going to go over and visit you real soon 'cos yes,

as much as i always say i won't, or roll my eyes when you mention it,

i'm still gonna miss you shitloads.

2006-03-05T02:56:00.000+08:00

so my friendster account got hacked into.

i have a strong niggling suspicion as to who did it...
but nevermind.
you only deleted my testimonials.
they can be replaced.

2006-03-03T01:06:00.000+08:00

oops.
just realised that i don't know some peeps well enough to love them as much as i love my good friends and family..
but nevermind..
let their faces be a representation of the many others i left out~

2006-03-01T21:34:00.000+08:00

whatever pain experienced due to naivity cannot be blamed on anybody else but yourself.

~*~

on a better note,
i'm thinking of going to hk over Good Friday weekend!
need to get out of the c'try for a while;
work's kinda made staying in singapore somewhat unbearable so i need to run away.
away from work,
away from sour memories.

omg.
i just heard abt a fantastic deal to tokyo!
$500 inc. taxes!
omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg.
i want to go!!!!!

2006-02-23T00:30:00.000+08:00

*sigh*
i like him a lot
and he makes me really happy
but sometimes i come out feeling empty.
~*~
what is the meaning of life?
what happens after death?
not knowing freaks me out
and i'm scared.
~*~
i go hoping for a better day
i come back feeling more frustrated.
what on earth am i doing?
i should try to make the most of it,
but how do you do that when you don't understand,
you can't comprehend what's going on?
where's my source of motivation, of inspiration?
what on earth do i want?!
~*~
it's on days like these when i just want to curl up into a ball
and not know.
not think.
not feel.
not question.
not fear.
not worry.
~*~
i wish i could be like wonder woman.
strong,
courageous,
and most of all,
a cartoon.
'cos cartoons don't have feelings.

2006-02-13T23:56:00.000+08:00

the irony of life is that you live to die.

2006-02-08T22:37:00.000+08:00

i am addicted to 2 things currently...
shopping and Full House!
so much for not shopping anymore..
i've bought a pair of shoes, one shirt, 1 dress, 1 top, 1 pair of shorts, 1 pair of slippers, 1 wakeboard & bindings, 1 t-shirt, 1 set of lingerie...
i'm considering buying a shirt-dress from Raoul for work now!
it never ends!!

thank goodness for Full House..
it keeps me occupied during the nights although now it's not at home so i haven't watched it since monday.
suffering from withdrawal symptoms.
so much so i downloaded the two main songs in the show.
yes...
crazy isn't it, considering i kept protesting about having to sit @ home to watch tv.

i have to come up with an enforced slaving plan!
after this month ends.
i need to change my handphone plan & get it transferred to my name once my mom comes back.
am considering upgrading my maxonline connection to my name so that i can get the 15% corporate discount at double the speed (i get to upgrade from MaxOnline 3000 to MaxOnline 6000 - they're about the same price so i may as well... cheaper once i deduct the 15%)
i have to get a grip on my shopping.
i need to get him a present. i've already found the perfect pressie! i like it so it has to be cool.
i want to learn how to make my own jewellery.

one day i hope to be creative enough to make all my own clothes and jewellery!
one day though.. since i wasn't any good at home econs i don't think i'll be any good at sewing.

2006-01-27T11:54:00.000+08:00

heh!

i have succeeded in not shopping for the past week!

tonight it's going to be a BAT party @ MoS celebrating CNY!

woots~

it's gonna be fun fun fun watching all the others get drunk.

sisters are coming for this too so this is a first..

the three of us in one club @ the same time.

heh.

gonna take many pictures, as expected by my colleagues!

~*~

went to chinatown twice so far, gonna go to river hongbao on saturday to catch the fireworks!

isn't it funny?

when we were younger we detested going to chinatown during CNY but now?

i love it!

i look forward to going there every year just to walk the streets to try to catch the festive mood.

and it works!

the office gave us FOUR KILOGRAMS of kum to bring home.

and since there's fumagation going on during the 1 week forced factory shutdown we also had to bring home all our food and stuff.

i looked like i was either 1. quitting the office or 2. going to ethiopia to feed a hord of starving kids.

i had to bring back two bottles of wine, packets of chocolates, the kum, 1 huge bottle of love lettuce, my work, my gym bag... lev had to bring back 1 bottle of wine, the kum, her laptop, her handbag.

then we had to squeeze through our rotating metal gate to get out of the office & to the main road so that we could hail a cab... the both of us got stuck! then we almost got run over by mad cyclists who didn't really care about us.

anyway,

gonna go and see if i can get a haircut.

snip away the bad luck from 2005 before the new year begins.

maybe i'll go and do my nails as well..

hmm.....

sounds like a plan!

2006-01-21T03:17:00.000+08:00

i have a problem.
i shop too much.
but if you have a problem you'd need therapy right?
hmm...
what about Retail Therapy?
everytime i walk around in any shopping centre i feel the urge to buy something new.
it's not that i need it, it's just that i feel like i've accomplished nothing if i return empty handed.

i wasn't always like this.
there was a point in time where i seriously didn't like shopping.
after 1 hour of walking around aimlessly not knowing what to buy i'd feel pooped.
now!?
i walk and walk for hours, gaining arm strength with every shop i pass 'cos i'd come out carrying more and more bags.

like today.
all i intended was to kill time by walking around raffles city for 1 hour before reunion dinner started.
in that 1 hour i managed to buy:-
1. 2 t-shirts
2. a pair of heels from nine west
3. 3 soft toys from sasha bears - 1 for each sister!
arghhhhh!

when i came home i found my credit card bills that i knew were gonna give me a headache (but not kill me since i kinda estimated and set aside a significant amount) and true enough i hit my worst case budgeted amount.
you have no idea how glad i am for my CNY entitlement of free cigarettes (for me to resell..!) and to start giving tuition again.

*sigh*
how did it become so bad!?

here's my plan though.
i'm not going to step into town for a long while.
i've bought more than enough to tide me over for a long long time.
instead,
i'm going to spend more time with friends,
spend more time @ home just doing nothing much,
spend more time @ home finally watching my totoro,
go rollerblading,
eat at home more often,
stop snacking so often (other than weight gain i realise that i actually pay to snack, i.e. if lunch is free and i shouldn't be silly enough to pay for a meal after when i should be full by then)
spend more time @ work doing real work.

oh well,
as long as i'm happy.
i think i deserve it..!

$453.35

2006-01-19T00:14:00.000+08:00

singtel sucks.
they always say that now that there's pay-as-you-roam you don't need to subscribe for auto-roaming.
my advice?
SUBSCRIBE FOR AUTO-ROAMING!
@ $10 a month it sure is cheaper than paying 20% of your auto-roaming bill
(in my case that came up to $55+)
another piece of advice?
calls are cheaper than smses.
one sms can range from $0.55 to $0.69 depending on where you are
(in my case it was $0.55 and $0.59 in sydney and $0.69 in KL)
thinking that smses were cheaper
my fingers went crazy.
so did my counter which had to be restarted after every 45 or so smses.
now i have a fricking $453.35 telephone bill!!
for ONE month.
my friend was right.
i could actually use that money to learn scuba diving!
ARGHHH!!
i've learnt my lesson now.
either i get an ICC account or i only entertain phonecalls.
fark!

now awaiting my last credit card bill to come.
settle my debts once and for all.
thank God for Chinese New Year and my tuition classes starting again
otherwise my bank would be a classic case of a "what-not-to-have" case study.

~*~

it was unexpectedly nice seeing you tonight when you collected your stuff.
that we can talk as friends is somewhat comforting,
yea,
we're cool.
after being so close for a while it'd be tragic if we kicked each other out of our lives...
wouldn't it?
i've moved on and i'm happy,
but i'm glad that you're happy too 'cos otherwise what we went through would be a waste.

2006-01-15T09:18:00.000+08:00

sudden weather changes make me very sick.

now nursing the terrible combo 3.
i.e. flu, cough and cold.
super disruptive to weekend plans.
i missed out on 2 opportunities to go wakeboarding and church.

luckily the sun's out.
maybe i can just lounge at the pool and maintain the tan that i have.

on another note,
i hope the company reimburses me soon!
i anticipate a fat credit card bill about to come in.
i just settled 2 bills yesterday and now the account is feeling very tiny.

on yet another note,
colleagues and i have pretty much decided to go to hk in mid-feb!~
woots~
another travelling trip we go!
and once i get confirmed and receive my bonuses and increment,
i will treat myself to that lovely pair of boots i saw @ shanghai tang!
hopefully they will still be there and be on sale!
end march come quick!

~*~

everytime i cough
my head wants to explode
my eyes want to pop out and
my chest hurts.

off they go

2006-01-10T23:26:00.000+08:00

suddenly a lot of my good friends are talking about packing their bags and going overseas within the year.
others have their work schedules packed with overseas business trips.
no more last minute impromptu meet ups.
no more coffee bitchfests.
say hello to spending more time in boeing747s, 767s and 737s.

this sucks.

where's he when i need to talk to him over the phone or in person??!
a damn 13 hour flight away with a 7 hour time difference.
not to mention he's jam packed with his course.

this really sucks.

~*~

a poem i took from a friend's blog that makes you look at elderly people differently.

Crabby Old Woman
What do you see, nurses?
What do you see?
What are you thinking
When you're looking at me?

A crabby old woman,
Not very wise,
Uncertain of habit,
With faraway eyes?

Who dribbles her food
And makes no reply
When you say in a loud voice,
"I do wish you'd try!"

Who seems not to notice
The things that you do,
And forever is losing
A stocking or shoe?

Who, resisting or not,
Lets you do as you will,
With bathing and feeding,
The long day to fill?

Is that what you're thinking?
Is that what you see?
Then open your eyes, nurse,
You're not looking at me.

I'll tell you who I am
As I sit here so still,
As I do at your bidding,
As I eat at your will.

I'm a small child of ten
With a father and mother,
Brothers and sisters,
Who love one another.
A young girl of sixteen
With wings on her feet
Dreaming that soon now
A lover she'll meet.

A bride soon at twenty,
My heart gives a leap,
Remembering the vows
That I promised to keep.

At twenty-five now,
I have young of my own,
Who need me to guide
And a secure happy home

A woman of thirty,
My young now grown fast,
Bound to each other
With ties that should last.

At forty, my young sons
Have grown and are gone,
But my man's beside me
To see I don't mourn.

At fifty once more,
Babies play round my knee,
Again we know children,
My loved one and me.

Dark days are upon me,
My husband is dead,
I look at the future,
I shudder with dread.

For my young are all rearing
Young of their own,
And I think of the years
And the love that I've known.

I'm now an old woman
And nature is cruel;
'Tis jest to make old age
Look like a fool.

The body, it crumbles,
Grace and vigor depart,
There is now a stone
Where I once had a heart.

But inside this old carcass
A young girl still dwells,
And now and again,
My battered heart swells.

I remember the joys,
I remember the pain,
And I'm loving and living
Life over again.

I think of the years
All too few, gone too fast,
And accept the stark fact
That nothing can last.

So open your eyes, people,
Open and see,
Not a crabby old woman;
Look closer . . see ME!!

adobe photoshop anyone?

2006-01-08T13:55:00.000+08:00

boohoo!

i need adobe photoshop for both PC and mac.
does anybody have?

i can't make my photo collages till i get it!
but the program is so expensive...
it's like what... $300+ for an original?!
*sigh*

and to think i still need to buy and settle things... like..
1. chinese new year clothes
2. wakeboard and bindings
3. credit card bills (dammit. when's the office reimbursing me my $1500!)
4. creating a proper savings account.

should i do something to my hair?
i doubt it right?
i quite like it the way it is but my hands are itchy.
i can't have the same hairstyle/colour for too long before i grow bored of it.
everyone seems to be perming their hair but i've tried it before and fark man.
it makes me look damn bloody old although everyone else looks younger with permed hair.
how how?
do what?

zonked

2006-01-07T23:20:00.000+08:00

off to belgium he goes after a 16 hour flight delay due to technical problems.

just woke up from a 7 hour "nap".
......................
i guess i just wasted one entire day huh?

anyone up for rollerblading on tuesday?

i'm back!

2006-01-04T15:28:00.000+08:00

i'm back from sydney!

the holiday was a little more stressful than it should've been; ended up actually looking forward to coming back to work and coming back home.

i accomplished the tasks i set off to sydney with though.
1. a tan, and
2. lotsa shopping!

i spent shitloads there man... not all was for me though; bought tops for the guys, pressies for my sister, accessories that i think are cool that ron would probably think sucks and dresses for me! also bought 2 pairs of sass & bide jeans there since it's cheaper in aus than it is here. burst my purse strings but i guess i don't do this very often! not to mention the flight and accomodation were free so i guess that kinda expanded my budget by a fair amount. now i'm just dreading the day that i receive my credit card bills... *gulp*

i got a really good deal though; i bought a top for AUD59.95 but when i checked my credit card slip the next day i realised it only registed AUD5.95! i couldn't go back to the shop to let them know about it either because the shops were closed till the 3rd, which was the day i was flying back so i guess i should be more than satisfied with my 90% savings!

:)

bought 2 pairs of shoes too! one was from FCUK - the price was reduced from AUD160 to AUD39.95 and the other was from nine west - from AUD149 to AUD59! good deals huh! :) :)

i spent almost all my days at maroubra beach! the last day i was there, the temperature hit a high of 45degrees! luckily the sea water was really cold and there were pretty strong winds so that kinda took our minds off the sweltering heat! the next day there was a pretty drastic drop in temperature though, 24degrees! i went on a boat that day for a surprise bday party for my auntie. damn cool ;P met up with a guy whom i used to think was quite cute and was talking to him during the 4 hour party so that was cool (till mom and my auntie got drunk though...)

still, i couldn't wait to come home to my dog, home and work (who would've thought that work would be something i'd be looking forward to right??) and i'm glad i'm back :)

happy new year everyone!

say bye bye to a bad 05 and hello to a good 06!

aussie land

2005-12-30T17:08:00.000+08:00

g'day mates!

in aussie land now having a well-deserved break! or maybe i'm just running away from everything that has been happening. not that i really give a fuck shit but what the hell man. at least i'm out of the fricking country.

MUAHAHAHA.

the weather's been good over here; only sun and clear blue skies. no rain, no clouds, no idiots to rain on my parade.. i wonder why people always think that australian girls have hot bodies. they're cellulite-cum-stretchmarked-hippos walking around the sandy beaches. ok. maybe they're just beached whales but hey. they're massive nonetheless. i actually get to feel small amongst the whales! woots~~! :)

been controlling my spending but not too well. still bought a lot of things considering that the total time i've spent in shops is only about 2 1/2 hours max. but nothing can beat my $3,500 credit card bill friend. muahaha. i'm the credit card saver... better start eating your plastic ron! otherwise if you ever intend to spend that kind of money please get my assistance. FREE OF CHARGE! you can just pay for my shopping. HEH!

ok.. i'm going out of my mind here in aus. it must be the air here but i'm starting to talk a shitload of nonsense. hahaha. shall go spend more time in the sun till i come back.!

guys

2005-12-23T17:07:00.000+08:00

i just found out today that one of my colleagues went up to JB and spent RM68 fucking 3 girls, and today he came back to office and was gloating & hao lian-ing about it to 2 other colleagues. when i mentioned it to a colleague from a different office he said something which is pushing for me to never get married.

"you seriously think that after 6 months, 10 months, 1 year, 18 months or even 10 years your boyfriend/husband would never have done anything behind your back? dream on!"

so i'll never meet a guy who will be entirely loyal to me. i'll meet a guy who i cannot trust 100% ever at any point in time in the relationship.

doesn't that violate the concept that the foundation of every relationship is trust? the fact is that if i don't trust you 100% it's as good as my not trusting you at all right? because that minute percentage of my not trusting you can do a massive amount of damage in a relationship.

if you ask me to look back and analyse the relationships i've been through i daresay that i only fully trusted two guys during the entire relationship. so i know it is possible to fully trust someone. now i guess the question is, after hearing that statement, will i ever be able to fully trust another guy like i trusted them?

if i can't, then there really isn't any point in developing a relationship with any guy, since i would want that relationship to develop into a marriage, is there?

:)

2005-12-21T22:30:00.000+08:00

i am happy!

i've gotten my new handphone! in my favourite colour too :) set me back a few hundred but i like it shitloads, no matter what people might say.

i've been getting the daily calls which brightens up my day too! the attention i'm getting is more than welcome ;) pity about that one major factor though, so it's not like i can do anything about it right? not that i would now anyway.

things are getting more exciting :)

high time too!

sunway lagoon

2005-12-19T22:07:00.000+08:00

battle of the bulge!!!

there are too many stories to blog about, esp. regarding my trip to sunway lagoon. but i had a lot of fun and i made a lot of friends :) i loveeeeeeeee my colleagues~! and maybe some more than others too. hahaha!

i thought that being single was a scary thing but i think i'm really starting to enjoy it now :) the freedom to do what i want and to hang out with people and not having to worry about what someone else might think.

it's time to party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

frustrations

2005-12-12T09:36:00.000+08:00

so i have a well-paying job with fun-loving colleagues and many nights of free clubbing and partying.

i should be happy right?

NOPE. i am suffering from job frustration because i've not been doing much. totally demotivated because what i'm doing now is quite insignificant. frustrated because i badly want to do marketing but here i am in supply chain.

ARGH!

what should i do...?

2005-12-11T15:20:00.000+08:00

my eye is swollen :(

i can't tell if i've got a pimple or if it's a sty. all i know is that when i touch it, it hurts like hell and it gets in the way of me blinking. it's also causing my eye to secrete some kind of sticky liquid which kinda blurs my vision.

gonna get it seen to by the company doctor tomorrow.. i guess that means that working on the floor in the manufacturing department is out of the question this week cos of the dust content in the office. come to think of it, my infection only came after friday's maintenance where all the machines were switched off so that they could do the weekly cleaning. dust was everywhere! it was like walking on a dust carpet..!

went for a wedding dinner yesterday at bar and billiards @ raffles hotel. omg. the desserts were brilliant! so were the alaskan crab legs... *drools* mellie and i kept helping ourselves to these desserts that were so damn awesome. i had 5 of these fruit-mixed-with-alcohol shooters and she had 3 of these exotic lavender thingies. tummies were stretched to the max which led to a bulge that i think was present during zoukout. O_O

speaking of zoukout, the queue to get in was crazy! veron, me and tongtong cut the line and barraged our way through the line, we made it in pretty quickly considering the queue! :) the partying with my colleagues was insane. free drinks, decent music (i never realised that i quite liked techno/trance shit.. armin was pretty decent i think!!), cooling rain!

i think dancing in the rain is damn fun! it certainly takes the heat away and refreshes you while you're dancing; just one thing though. it was freaking cold! but hey, all in the name of fun right?

met up with jem's friends. they're funny. they got drunk and they kept partying. then when it was time to leave (since we all live in the east we decided to share a cab to go back home) they dragged me out to breakfast even though i needed to sleep damn badly. finally rolled up at home to see rosalind (my maid) walking my dog @ 8.45am.

:)

a new chapter begins

2005-12-07T15:44:00.000+08:00

a new life, a new beginning. they say that when one chapter of your life closes another is just about to begin. but there is still some continuity. let's hope that all the good things from the previous chapter of my life carries themselves forward to this new chapter. the bad things can all just stay there and never come back again.

what the big man said is true; you can't have experiences if you never learnt from the incidences. experiences aren't experiences if you just go through them without trying to draw some lessons from them.

i've learnt some pretty painful lessons which i guess some of you may already know by now. 2005 hasn't really been a good year but at least i made new friends - some close some notsoclose - got a decent job and am slowly, but steadily becoming more financially independent. this year really tested my patience, my tolerance, my ability to love and my ability to withstand adversity. while i've discovered that i'm not as flippant or as heartless as i was when i was younger i know that underneath it all i'm still me; strong and able to pull through the tough times, even though my confidence gets affected and i grow more cynical in the process.

that's what friends and family are for, right? those who are really my friends, i.e. people i trust and love who trust and love me in return, and my family, who i don't usually confide in but know that they would listen if need be, have been pillars of strength. even a couple of my colleagues have managed to reach the friend status. something i don't do so easily.

i definitely miss my younger days when so much of the current responsibilities lying on my shoulders weren't mine to bear. but i try to look at it this way, if i reverse the famous phrase from Spiderman "with great power comes great responsibility" then i'm en-route to becoming a more powerful person right?

so i guess that's it. i'm growing up. i'm getting old. the vulnerabilities and insecurities that i've been trying to run away from have come right smack into my face. i guess i have to somehow think of how to deal with it now huh? now that i'm on my own i guess i only have to take care of myself... not anyone else.

will i ever get to take care of someone else? i don't know. right now i'm not confident in saying that i dare to trust or dare to love someone else as much as i love(d) him. i do know that the next time round there has to be a better balance of things, and hopefully the next time will be the last time 'cos i'm pretty darned tired and skeptical enough of love.

which leads me to another question.

is love for real or is it just a gimmick?

2005-12-04T23:20:00.000+08:00

KL!

2005-11-28T00:46:00.000+08:00

i spent the entire weekend in KL!

first time ever going there in my life and it was for work...

*grumble*

but hey! it's all cool;

my colleagues are damn fun people to be with :)

raleigh's damn cute; young at heart but maternal instincts 24/7,

henry, aka lao da, is damn funny,

daniel, aka da niu, is chief bao biao, &

wayne is super party animal!

the BATM DnD was super well done!

the food was pretty darned good but what was even better was the live performance(s) by the malaysian idol winners!

they sang damn well!

the comedy part is damn hilarious as well, taking the mickey out of the malaysian politicians.

the lucky draw was the best man!

2nd prize was a return ticket to venice, 1st prize was 6000ringgit in shopping vouchers!!!

all the chairs were lined in blue velvety cloth with equally plush red cloth as bows.

our hotel rooms got upgraded!

we went from 2 normal rooms to being upgraded to a suite!

i was in hotel heaven sia!!

the partying after the DnD was utter madness.

we went to this place Poppy which has an outdoor concept..

the minute we walked in we felt like we were in a bloody sauna!

but the music was good & the people were fun :)

met some people from BATM whom i'll definitely meet again in 3 weeks' time!

yayy!!

then we moved on to this place called Channel cos wayne wanted to go there.

omg.

canto-trance shit!

i hate trance,

i don't listen to canto songs,

i hate canto-trance even more!

stayed glued to the chair though i used that opportunity to take more pictures :)

finally reached the hotel at 4am,

fell asleep while talking to da niu halfway!

finally back home in Singers :)

i think i need to improve on my photoshopping skills.

haha.

going delirious.

time to do the K in my newly given nickname, JKS.

Jiak.

Koon.

Sng (i think?)

hahahah!

2005-11-21T08:30:00.000+08:00

was in town on saturday when i got approached by a scout from a talent agency that apparently sources for mediacorp. the girl was apparently rushing off for an errand but decided that she had enough time to stop and whip out her handphone to get my number.

go check out its website & tell me what you think.

http://www.uanworld.com

they actually called me last night at around 6.45pm to arrange to meet me on tuesday evening, which i guess i'll be going just to see what exactly they want from me. i don't think it'd amount to anything much considering the fact that a. i'm working and b. i'm not exactly the kind who can wayang in front of a camera or on a stage.

stop laughing!

it's true. sa here gets stage/camera fright and becomes a totally different person. don't believe it? think about what happened at timbre, or whenever someone passes me a microphone, or shoves me in front of a camera (we're talking about when strangers are involved. i'm cool with being a digital camera-whore with my good friends). i clam up, my palms start to sweat and all words just seem to disappear from my head.

then how? i don't know.

we'll just see how it goes? tell me your opinion on what you guys think about this company, and if tuesday goes well whether or not this kinda thing is worth considering.

and yes ron, if one day i become rich and famous, i will definitely still have time for you and tongtong. fame and money are nice to have but they're only material. friendships are worth more than what money can ever buy.

another one bites the dust~

2005-11-14T10:48:00.000+08:00

goodbye mr. guerrero..

you provided me lots of entertainment when i watched you on tv.

you with your car.

you with your abs.

you with your stunts.

you with your sass.

a potent combination it was,

and always will be.

thanks for making WWE that much more interesting and exciting.

rest in peace

2005-11-10T14:00:00.000+08:00

got this from the tyrant!

more pix to come

beam

2005-11-09T15:56:00.000+08:00

it turned out better than the day had started off

i'm happy!

~*~

i am thankful that i have a job & that it pays me really well.

but i cannot stand the fact that all i've been doing the whole week is reading a book.

the same book that i have to summarise & create an introduction manual by the end of my two YEARS.

years. not months.

and not to mention that for every section, of which there are 5 and each section has 3 chapters, i have to create a powerpoint presentation & present and educate the rest of the department on what i've learnt from the book.

i think i've fallen asleep at my desk about 5 times today; i've never fallen asleep @ work before.

in my boredom i thought i'd check out victoria's secret online and guess what?

i got this greeting:

SurfControl

Access Denied
Access to the requested URL has been denied by SurfControl

argh!!!!!!

i'm trapped in boringnessland!

ARGH!!!

2005-11-06T15:25:00.000+08:00

i am incredibly annoyed!!!
i uploaded some pictures onto my PC then proceeded to delete them from my memory card.
now the pictures i wanted have disappeared entirely from my PC and i have no way of getting them back!
ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i hate it when this happens!!!!!!!

halloween 2005

2005-11-01T23:14:00.000+08:00

haha!
halloween 2005 has come and gone..
went with big big sister sam
and met somemore people there @ zouk!
it was crazy!
sheer and utter madness...
the queue was ridiculous!
it snaked all the way past the carpark and beyond!
hung out at wine bar the entire time
and apparently got checked out by some dude
but i don't care!
i'm not interested in the least.
oh yes.
in case you can't tell...
my sister's a referee (yes, a rather scantily clad one)
and i'm supposed to be goth.
i think my costume got confused along the way though
but heck lar!
a costume is something that you usually wouldn't wear,
and i sure as hell don't usually wear
1. bra straps sticking out under a tube top
2. fishnet stockings
3. arm warmers that are cob-web printed
4. fake eyelashes
5. double eye-lid tape
6. knee high boots
all in one outing.
i like the butterfly i drew on my face
:)
got it from my colleague, levina!
oh well,
at least i had a little bit of fun!
my friend said my eyes were huge!
and we all know that isn't normal.
hahahah!
i shall end off my halloween post!
btw,
have i mentioned that my colleague ate a worm?!
live!
ewwwwww....!

asian invasion

2005-10-25T23:06:00.000+08:00

i miss you girls and one guy.
i miss meeting up for crepes at torino.
i miss all the bday celebrations we had.
i miss all the happy hours we had.
i even miss moving out of the mad house and getting potatoes rained on us.

i just looked through the pictures we took in milano.
how out of touch some of us are.
*sigh*
i'm glad i still talk to ariel, shiu, rara, simona and camille..
where are mai, hannah and francis?

are friendships so fleeting that they end once you're no longer in physical sight or proximity of each other?
*gloom*

busy busy!

2005-10-25T11:17:00.000+08:00

been trying to keep myself busy so that i won't think.
so far i've been quite successful!

dinner with 2 of my closest colleagues on Thursday - they've been my pillars of strength in the office, keeping me sane and keeping me company; dinner with a new friend on friday followed by Dbl O after, which led to my drinking copious amounts of alcohol that got the princess so intoxicated that she slapped one colleague and kicked another (without really remembering) and knocking into a table such that she's got a 5cm wide and 5 1/2cm long bruise right under her knee cap! thank God for nice friends and colleagues who were understanding enough not to bear a grudge against me that night and for still sending me home afterwards! *phew*

saturday was busy busy all the way!

returned some stuff in the morning when i woke up, went wakeboarding with the tyrant, michele and eephing, watched deuce bigalow: european gigalow (finally!) followed by nydc mudpie and mango tango! (i still prefer the lemon shiver though) finally got to drive mom's brand new c180 as well! as much as i hate to admit it the merc is a nice drive. but i still prefer the rx300/harrier! nm... i will save up for that... one day it will be mine. all mine! HA!

sunday was a lot slacker than sat..

had lunch with dad then went to catch some wakeboarding action @ the HSBC world cup @ bedok reservoir. body was in a total wreck from saturday's wakeboarding! word of caution: attempting to continue where you left off before a 3 month hiatus kills your back. and thighs. and butt. met up with some old friends whom i hadn't seen for yonks so that was good :)

monday.........
work. boring as usual... read a book and made notes. part of my education project, i.e. i'm supposed to create an introduction guide to supply chain and gain references and all from this book, or rather, summarise the entire book and convert jargons into layman terms so that it's easier for everyone to understand.

the special thing about monday though was that it was daddy's bday! dinner at the famous sin huat eating house - the same place that world class gourmet chef (i think) anthony bourdain said is the 2nd best place in the world to eat. the place has an interesting concept. the chef only cooks for one table at a time, meaning that if you go late and you notice 5 tables that haven't been served yet, well.. let's hope you're willing to wait it out. it's freaking ex though the food is really good, so it's all worth it. *pats my bulging tummy*

now i'm back at work again on a boring tuesday waiting for lunch hour to come. have to do a presentation to some people about conducting a teambuilding camp overseas once lunch is over so hopefully that will go well! and after that presentation? finally meeting wifey for dinner after God knows how long. BBPP had better not come along. it's wife-to-wife time.

pix from friday and last night will come up soon enough.

lalala.

yawn

2005-10-07T08:44:00.000+08:00

omg.

today was a near disaster day!

first i woke up at 6.45am (instead of 6.30am), then i dozed off on the train and woke up at Yishun!!! waking up at Yishun was good. if not for the fact that i woke up as the train was picking up speed. arghhh!! but that's just the start of today. i'm not sure how the rest will be like.

*FYI, i'm blogging while at work. there is no web-mail and there are no chatting programs. O_O

so far the first week of work has been pretty cool; induction the whole week so i've just been going around the little departments within the whole of Operations to find out what each department has to do. tiring though cos i've been asleep for only 5hours each day! *groan*

watched Goal! last night. the actor is hot stuff man! woots~! i would watch it again just for him but then the show is a tad bit too draggy. but i reiterate the main point of that show. SANTIAGO MUNEZ!! hubba hubba~!! that's his character's name btw. freaking hot stuff; sedap!

got a department dinner tonight @ Shima! for those of you who don't know, Shima's in Goodwood Park Hotel. pretty good stuff! used to go there with my family for birthdays and with smellie mellie and the rest of the 4 leaf clover :)

aaahhhh~~

gotta jet; induction's starting again!

tyrant's bday!

2005-09-30T19:46:00.000+08:00

Ron's Bday @ Thumper!
lilflobowl

wahoo!
celebrated ron's bday @ thumper!
it was crazyyyyyy!
many many people which called for many many pictures!
made new acquaintances, got numbers of old friends :)
if you enlarge the image you'll see the girl in the red dress.
look carefully...
you can see the boob paddings!!!!!!
aiyaiyai!
O_O
the aftermath of her bday: knees that are in dire need of massaging.
*pengs*
free night stay @ Copthorne WaterFront!
woots!
toodeloo~!

whee!!

2005-09-23T00:55:00.000+08:00

after much thought about getting a new one and little thought about which one to get i've finally got it!

i have a new toy! :)

it's the one, the only... *drumroll*

ooohlala! isn't she seck-si? i'm gonna call her Ixy (pronounced as Ick-si)

i decided that since i'm not going to be buying a car (the finances do not work in my favour at all!) i should just buy myself a new camera and stop thinking about it. especially since my beloved FinePix F420 is starting to lag and its battery life is terrible.

BUT! i still believe that the FinePix is a good camera. i love it. it's not disappointed me at all in the last 3 years that i've been using FinePix. it's just that the battery life for my beloved has finally gotten to my nerves. i still love my baby though, so it shall be in good use for family functions :) Ixy shall be for my exclusive use!

been standing on my feet for the last 2 days for an average of 7-9 hours a day. my tootsies are dying. i mean it. they cramp they protest but they're still stuck in those pretty boots of mine. yesterday was pretty uneventful; just gave out the brochures and hid in the toilet once in a while to rest. today was interesting.

some ang moh guy from a neighbouring exhibit came over and wanted to take a picture with me. that's ok given that i'm decked out in sponsored attire to apparently attract attention. about an hour later he comes with a pen that's in a casing and says "this pen is for you for taking a photo with me earlier". that's fine too.

what's not fine is when after lunch, at around 3+ he brings 2 friends over and says that one of his friends has been observing me for a while and is impressed with me. so he wants to strike up a conversation, which he does and i just basically answer his questions (pretty standard stuff like if i'm still studying, what i got my degree in, blah blah). and then there's this weird awkward silence. have i mentioned that all these guys are italians? short, 30-40 years old, not exactly slim but not chubby either.

i don't like italian guys, remember?!

and just before the exhibition left, the ang moh guy looked over, waved and said, "see you tomorrow!"

o_O

5 days old and counting...

2005-09-19T00:51:00.000+08:00

my new baby cousin Joshua!

he's sooooo cute! cheeks so chubby and pink, with a good mass of hair on his head :) my uncle (he's only 29/30) and auntie's first born :)

Joshua - D.O.B. 14th September 2005

the star!

the proud papa!

the first-time parents :)

sleeping baby

;)

old pics

2005-09-13T23:26:00.000+08:00

pix from ivp!

more of them at least.

more good news! Volkswagon called me today regarding the internship position i had applied for (which pays damn well for an internship) and i have an interview tomorrow @ 3.30pm! hoorah! wondering whether or not that's a better alternative than BAT. the super good thing about it is that it's in Great World City! so much closer to civilisation and home!!! and the best thing is the job scope. it's more closely related to what i've done and studied all my life, compared to BAT's supply chain management position.

so it's a dilemma now. or at least if/when they do offer me a position. ok, so it won't be a dilemma if Volkswagon doesn't even offer me anything.

btw, anyone up for halloween clubbing!? i've actually NEVER dressed up for halloween so it'd be super fun! i know what i'm gonna come dressed as. hahahaha! time to start preparing the costume! :)

~*broken down palace*~