Saturday, August 26, 2006
i don know what look is tat.. ?? 
standin up.. pOse and smilez =D
@ starbucks.. chill out.. o e left, mag, jiajun, dodo, shuli and mel..
shOpping spree..
Things that i bought and burnt a hole in my pocket.
1) A nice haircut at KlearCut at Far East Plaza ==> Haircut + Highlight + Treatment(normal) + Hair clay = $113
2) A nice, sexy white top + a denim short skirt = 67 bucks
3) 3 pair of earrings.. = 10 bucks
4) A pair of false eyelashes from MAC = 18 bucks
5) A tinted lip glass from MAC = 26 bucks.. *its really nice..
There goes.. 200 ++ I like my shopping spree..I've been thinkin of buyin.. but yup.. i bought it.. and I like.. all of them.. e only thing perhaps i regret doing.. is Highlighting my hair.. ok.. enuff of shoppin for this month..
The past two months.. I've been using my salary to buy working clothes.. and yup.. enuff.. anyway.. one week only 4 days need to dress more formal.. actually smart casual la.. so.. yup. I guess its enuff.. My white sexy top.. can wear to work also.. =D I like e denim short skirt i bought.. its been a long while since i ever look at shorts, skirts... anything.. that is 1 inch above my knee level .. yes.. i've totally revamp my image.. and ppl do say i look like Japanese, younger.. mature.. just different. At least they did noticed.
Went salsa alone.. on a sat night. Not my usual self. cos i don normally salsa alone.. intimidated.. At first, it was awkward.. i was alone.. Luckily i met boon beng.. i always call him e osaka guy.. cos he studied in Japan.. we chatted awhile before e music starts.. and thr i go.. dancing.. almost non-stop..
I did e most paiseh thing.. but heck.. ask one of the guy to dance with me.. (he nv dance with me before).. but.. e music turns out to be merengue.. so i din dance with him.. after that.. it was still merengue.. and he had to guide me.. it was malu.. Well well..e most malu part is not this.. after this song.. there was "raeggeton" - hip hop kind.. he ask me to dance.. i was like.. NO NO... but i still did.. i can't shake e way he was shaking.. haiz.. but well well.. at least e ppl watchin me.. will know.. nv to ask me dance anything other than salsa, bachanta.
Clarence din turn up.. disappointed. kekez. well.. i'm glad that I went.. and yup.. it wasn't so bad after all.. =P
Tired. Happy. Satisfied. Tml.. another night of salsa..at Brix.. It's Xinyi's bday tml.. she is celebrating in Brix i guess..
Good night everyone. I jus need to blog.. abt my shoppin.. kekez.. =)
Friday, August 25, 2006
Tapas tree at Clarke Quay
Had a co. dinner yest at Clarke Quay with my colleagues and bosses.. It was a rather hectic day for me.. rushin my work.. from morn.. end up.. still not good enuf.. I hate it.. when your boss just ask u do sth and he needed it e next day.. c'mon when i had so much free time earlier in e week.. why don't u say so? haiz.. why must I rush into things.. hmm.. often, i end up giving sub-standard work.. which i dreaded it.. but given so little time.. and i got many other things i had to do.. hmm..
This comin monday would be a real challenge.. 3 deadlines.. and i had to complete it. I'm not going Jakarta yeah.. gonna attend a course next week.. so .. out of office.. =P In that case, it means i can go off work earlier. right after my course. =P
Went to Union draggin my feet.. i had a bruised little toe.. painful when walking.. but was ok when i started dancing.. =P Met up with clarence and Ql, bren they all went along.. it's not a good day..because yest was damn crowded.. no place to dance.. =(
And finally..u all get to see how Clarence look like.. not handsome, not tall right? but.. he is cute i think.. Kawaii kind of cute.. I got so comfortable dancing with him that makes me think twice when i go hunting ard.. esp when my skill just stagnant.. and not improving at all..
Got a feeling that someone's after me.. but I'm seriously.. taking a step back.. becos.. I don't like him? I think I am too greedy.. kekez.. i mean.. yeah.. yao qiu kao kao.. nah.. it's just me. maybe it's isn't just me.. i mean most gals think alike?
O.. yest while having dinner.. my mentor was being grilled by my small small boss.. Then, i realised that he just broke up with his gf.. so sad.. They were laughing la.. because they were in e same boat.. i mean both of them just broke up.. after a good long dist relationship.. When asked abt me.. my ans was. Hey i am happy being single. I mean c'mon.. there are like 8 girls in our dep.. and 1 married. 1 attached. The rest.. happily enjoying their carefree life..
Happily single does not = not lookin for a partner.. hmm. let nature take its course. =D
Friday, August 18, 2006
Love like you've never been hurt before.
Just finish watchin Kim San Soon (korean drama) on Youtube.. I've heard abt this drama.. but too lazy to go Utube to watch.. decide that I've got nth much to do this sat aftnoon.. so just surf net and watch it.. It's a really nice show.. i think compared to the other korean drama (Rain and Song Hae Hyo one.. )
Why this show is better.. because I see myself in e drama..
It's really nice.. I mean.. Dance like no one's looking. Sing like no one's listening. Love like you've never been hurt before.. I supposed most of us.. heard of this before? yeap.. something to remind ourselves.. despite our hectic and busy lifestyle that we are all leading now, gals..
Last thursday, i went salsa class all by myself.. after that i went Union. Met my new classmates thr.. and yup. I was supposed to be e senior one la.. Yup.. they picked up dancing.. after i stopped which is like 4 mths back? yup.. it was fun. And thru out e lesson, Gupson was pickin on me.. on my basic steps.. I really din learn that la.. anyway.. this isn't e first time..he was pinpointing me in front of the class.. =P
It seemed like.. I'm not too busy last week.. but got things to do.. haiz..
I really think a girl's instinct is quite accurate. Hmm.. anyway. I think.. I'm still having a good time here. =D
Enjoy ur wkend, my darlings!
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Nothing going right for me.
Yeah.. plane touched down yest morning. finally.
The journey started on wednesday night.. while travelling to the airport around 8 pm.. i was on my way and i saw the fireworks.. on e ERP.. there was a slight jam.. and i realised that drivers are getting out of their cars to watch e fireworks.. making traffic jam.. even e taxi driver was askin if i wanna stop e car to watch e fireworks.. I was like no. I don wanna miss my flight. And yup..
Finally. I reached Jakarta around 10 pm (JKT time) and our company driver picked us up.. Dear Mr Amin. Many first times to start with. Its the first time i sat on a Camry. It was definitely comfortable.. much much more comfortable than Avanza or Innova.. (SUV). And we reached Shangri-la Hotel (Shang) at about 10 plus.. We were taken to the Horizontal Club.. where i suppose its a better service than e normal hotel room in Shang. We then checked in.. and stupid me.. I did ask to increase e amt in my Citibank corporate credit card.. I had to ask my colleague to help me pay first using her mum's credit card. So ma-lu right.. anyway.. This is the first lesson of the day - Never Bring a credit card.. with zero amt. U feel so helpless ..
Yes.. I did post e pics of the room that I was staying. It's really a big room. relatively large la. .. There is some wow factors.. like.. there is speakers in e bathroom.. so that you can hear the TV even when you are bathing.. There was a bathtub.. which i bath for 2 nights after work.. I simply just soaked myself in e lukewarm water.. and relaxed.. I feel so pampered.. =D
i suppose this is just one e little perks that i got from biz trip.. Because i worked till 9 pm on my first day.. and having my dinner around 1130 pm singapore time. It was supposely a good dinner becos.. my co. pay.. we went to eat at a Chinese restaurant in e Hotel. And i had Peking duck, Szechuan sour and spicy soup, beefs, veg at abt 11 plus.. I was damn full. But, I'm not hungry.. I just felt sleepy.. as my face ooz out alot of oil and makin me bit uncomfortable.. We all had our desserts before callin it a day. Even though i felt so bloated.. i ate my Mango pudding.
This is what life is about huh? Food and work. Enjoyin e luxury - with money of cos.. hmm.. That's what businessman do? Sad life isn't it..
oke.. my second day was much fun.. becos my day ends ard 3 pm.. And i did some shopping at Mall Kelapa Gading.. all thanks to our driver - Amin. He had a really busy day that day.. driving us up and down.. from hotel => Co. => Carrefour => Co. => Mall => Co => Hotel.. The driver looks young.. like my age..
The carrefour was really big. Because the driver drove us to the underground multi-storey Carpark.. so as to drop us off.. It is really huge. .. twice the size of the Suntec's carpark.. We din mange to shop e whole Carrefour as we had to leave in 20 mins.. That is because my boss had to rush back office for e TV meeting.
Later, me and minli went to the Mall. It's like Marina Square in Singapore. .U see lotsa of familiar brands like Breadtalk, Giordano, Rotiboy, New Zealand Naturals ice cream.. etc. Its like singapore la.. so e prices ain't any cheaper.. We only did some window shopping.. and I ate Baskin Robbin's ice-cream at the super-mart .. I heard tat there isn't any sellin in Singapore.. I tried the Almond Fudge.. It's nice.. I like it. We then bought our dinner before headin back hotel at abt 6pm. Adi - whom we work closely with in e pricing -team (based in Jakarta) wanted to join us.. but we decided that we are tired.. and just feel like gg back hotel rest.. He is really cheeky.. and his sms really looked like wat a Singaporean would normally text.. btw, he a indonesian. yup..
And off we go back hotel.. It took us quite a while.. like 40 mins? there was a big jam.. Then, i had this imaginary thought. Its really scary like how you watch News.. and people just put fire on a car.. and there you go vanish in e flames.. scary hor.. I mean, its not that scary in Jakarta.. But, you never know..
Blessed to be back.. and yup.. biz trip comin soon.. let me enjoy e clean air of Singapore.. had a migrane over thr..I think its e air over thr.. =)
xinyi is back.. yeah..
p/s: sini.. are you ok? I don know if you are readin this.. do take care ya.. =) bit worried here...
weighing machine found in e bathroom. Cool right. I tried to weigh myself.. refusing to achknowledge e truth.. =(
after shower.. look worn out right.. its 1 am Singapore time.
see two toilet bowls? wonder what's e other used for? washin my butt? nah..
another pic..
my KING size bed.. for Me and me only.
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Pretty fireworks.
Watched the Singapore Fireworks last night @ Penisular Plaza. No squeezing with e crowds.. all thanks to my dear fren- Ms Q. I knocked off abt about 7 plus.. realised that I forgot to get my tickets becos my boss din approve my BTAs.. shocked.. and all e "scolding" - actually.. they just say i very blur.. =(
I had to call up Yusen - my co. travel agency.. and you know. The boss knows me very well. The last time, i forgot to collect my Visa.. this time, my tickets.. haiz.. why am i that blur!! Very pissed with myself.. =(
Anyway... wanted to go back office this morning.. But didn't. I realise tat it is fated.. I end up waking up early (becos i had to call e agency) and watched the "zao an ni hao" - morning variety show. And you know what.. i saw them inteviewing Nelson Kuei and some of the VJC choir members. I heard that they are rank 8th worldwide. I am so proud of them. I was once a part of them. heez.. Thinking back. when was e last time i ever sing in a choir? 4 yrs ago? I realised how much I have aged.. =D Suddenly, i just feel like watchin a choir performance.. not just any choir but my alma mater - VJC choir. Longing to hear them sing.. =)
Recently.. i feel happy. Happy at work. I don't know why. But maybe i know. Whatever it is.. it's a good sign.
ciao~ See ya girls in 3 days time. I'm off to Jakarta to work.
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Bruchette receipe. ..
I bought some baby tomatoes.. tot i could buy some, some vinegar and olive oil to make my bruchette.. from Jason's place at Rafflescity. In e end, i only bought e baby tomatoes.. because I forgot which vinegar i should buy. It was very funny also cos Kelvin came while i was shoppin halfway and he offered to help me carry my basket.. But, inside contain my "mian bao" - my sanitary pad and 1 packet of baby tomatoes.. I felt paiseh if I allow him to carry it for me..
kekez..
Anyway.. i had a fun-filled wkend.. very ful-filling.. On sat, i met up with my JC frens.. my sisters.. This bunch of sisters.. very funny bunch.. very well-travelled.. gg for ex-change and comin back. and goin again.. haiz.. How i wish i were them.. Because Dodo gg Denmark for exchange this comin August,. we decided to meet up.. and we are gg to meet up next sat for some satay at Serangoon.. phew~ We met at City hall and went to eat at Thai express and catchin up with one another.. Like Mag and Shuli who just returned from US exchange.. Mel just came back from UK (vacation now) .. Jun who just came back from this country, Khazitan? near Russia, doing missionary trips.. it was fun, hearing them talk abt their trips thr.. talkin abt guys.. abt how open is e current generation.. Then, i realised that.. although most of my frens.. are degree-holders.. well-educated, well-travelled.. we hold strong core values in us.
We are not that "liberal".. although the topics that we talked about are no hold barred. And yup if mel is reading this, I think you deserved being love by someone as devoted as M*.. and yup.. happy to know this piece of good news.. from u. All e best ya.. ! U proved to me that LDR do works! salute to u and god bless..
AFter that.. i went to Bugis street, did my medicure.. pampering myself.. and met up with Ada for dinner at Esplanade.. At Ichiban restaurant.. the queue was long.. but it was worth it.. because while eating our dinner, we saw the Fireworks.. outside the glass panel.. (we were sitting beside the window), the scene was beautiful.. At that moment, i felt like.. woah.. it's really good to be living and enjoyin my dinner with e fireworks going on.. =)
On Sunday.. i was so excited that my colleague dated me out.. that I woke up at 5am.. hopin that time would pass soon and that I would wake up and meet my fren.. Anyway. I felt cheated when i reached the destination. It was at Kallang Indoor stadium. It was funny. While my fren was parkin his car, I saw alot of ppl walkin towards e stadium, I said "woah! alot of people leh!! I tot the biggest church in singapore is City Harvest?" I looked at him naively.. He turned and look at me.. " Ya, it's City Harvest wat!" .. I was like stunned and shocked.. It was after i walked out the car.. then, i realised tat I am gg for a service.. I felt so cheated. Immediately i tot of calling Xinyi.. but she is in China now..
Anyway.. when i entered the stadium, the whole stadium was filled to the "brim".. It was very exaggerated.. I was amazed.. There was a stage in e middle.. and we sat e sector behind the stage.. still managing to catch the stage quite clearly.. I saw the whole service.. It was an eye-opener.. They sang.. with so much conviction.. so much faith in God. I didn sing along.. Pastor Renfred Kong started preaching.. he was very lively.. very inspirational speaker who is charimatic as well ..
It was amazing.. Because.. several yrs back while I was in JC, I brushed through god.. times when I was down and felt no sense of belonging .. I simply had to look some place to relieve my stress and release my unhappiness.. and i turned towards this faith half-heartedly.. I attended bible study.. It didn' work.. I tried to go for morning prayers once or twice every week.. it din work.. I enjoy listenin to my frens singing this worship songs.. They have angelic voices.. very beautiful.. *Yanqing was thr too.. *
Maybe I have commitment phobic.. to me.. turning and believing in god.. Means changin my whole life.. I am afraid of such changes..
Sometimes i feel empty.. although i do have activities occupyin me.. Is this God's will? Anyway.. after the service which finished ard 2 pm plus..we went to city hall and had BK for lunch.. the people are very friendly.. very friendly.. They looked sincere.. I felt at ease talkin to them.. but because I woke up early.. i felt tired.. so I didn talk much.. But, Mingyao.. was talkin abt his car experience that was makin me laugh my head off.. The part abt him..tryin to pump petrol at the petrol station..thinkin tat he is very shuai..and walked out of this car.. then realised tat he parked at e wrong side of the petrol pump..
I can see myelf.. attendin more of the service.. but its still up to my schedule.. not this comin wkend.
kk.. finish update.. ve a happy wk ahead! =)
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Dangerous Liaisons..
Tired. Too much playin and too much food.
My department very empty today.. cos my boss goes to thai. I am gg biz trip next wk.. on National Day? hmm.. e night of National day.. maybe.
My girlfren also gg abroad. hai.. no salsa. No body movements class on fri.. i already marked it on my Lotus Notes calendar.. Anyway.. No salsa this sunday.
Gg more holistic event.. gg to my fren's carnival at Expo? My fren driving me thr.. coolz.. if not for his car.. i wouldn't go. It's a church event. I said. No preachin from u k.. " please la.. only e priest preach.. i don preach lo"
I am fantasizing now.. office romance.. sounds dangerous. . yet exciting. Someone up is answering my prayers.. =X
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
very full. Very bloated.
Went for Kushinbo buffet at Suntec with e gals.. woah.. ate damn lotsa.. lotsa of soup.. lotsa of sushi.. I din eat sashimi.. after all.. ate the teriyaki.. and lastly e desserts.. gorging down all e mua-chi, e cakes.. the koniaku (aga aga).. and wat else.. ice-cream.. o..ya and the SNow crabs.. was busy cutting.. e crabs.. Jac was doing it with so much enthusiam.. and singing the kushibo song repeatedly.. askin her to shut up.. a few times.. before i almost vomit onto her..kekez..
Been out almost every evening.. movie on monday.. dinner on tuesday.. buffet on wednesday.. and thursday? gym? think i be too tired to go.. go home instead.. =P my wkends are packed.. with JC gathering.. with.. visits to flea market .. to visit the Maa-- farm to drink goat milk.. all YY's idea.. ???? Sec sch carnival.. and what else? hmm..
interesting.
Do you believe in Karma? I believe.. sometimes. When i was feeling sad donkey yrs ago.. I would try to console myself using the Karma theory.. I can't believe it.. But, it seems all too real. Anyway.. I am happy. I couldn't deny e fact. I was telling Xinyi.. how happy i was.. she couldn't believe that I was so tremendously "euphoria" .. pardon me for the e improper use of the word.. anyway.. nth could describe how i feel.
E first thing that Xinyi said.. " u happy becos u can get back with him? " nah.. I am not thinking too highly of myself. Anyway, I said, " He is not good enough for me. Woah.. what a cool answer right? kekez..
Anyway.. recently one of my close fren.. just got divorced..after 7 months of ROM? She is someone very close to me.. And.. I just feel that.. love is so pathetic.. so vulnerable..
I do not want to generalise as in to say tat I do not trust love anymore. We all take love for granted. I admit this.. Thus, I do think that it is important to cherish e ones beside u.. let everyday be as if e last day.