e FAST (wiebber) n e FURIOUS (me)

FANCL D&D 2008

2008-11-15T01:24:00.004+08:00

It came and went, juz like that. After months of anticipation, it was over in a nite.

Well, I din get anything during the lucky draw, but I got the Best BA 2008 Award!!! Something that i have been aiming for the past year! I'm so glad I got it and actually the excitement din set in until today. haha... abit slow to react.

My dad use to tell me if I'm a good girl, get good grades, wait for him to strike Toto, he'll bring me to Tokyo Disneyland. 'Daddy, when u strike 4D, can bring my kid. I'm gg next year!!!'

Somehow the award has been enlightening. Kinda like a wake up call to work harder and brush up on my image. It's worrying that pple might start to dislike me and stuff.... but i dunnoe, i guess i'll juz have to take things one step at a time. *think*

Photos of D&D are up on my facebook!!! Check them out! XD

P.S I dun wanna count down to my wedding day coz there's countless things not done yet. =P

Pre-Wedding Outdoor Photoshoot

2008-10-22T01:01:00.002+08:00

Photos taken by Qinlei uploaded on facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=170012&id=733895690

Enjoy! =)

99 days to our wedding

2008-09-26T00:47:00.002+08:00

Since its past 12 midnite, it's now officially 99 days to Hanbin and mine wedding.

Juz finished bathing after a long day of pre-wedding photoshoot. The weather was great, lighting brilliant, even the sunset was vv cooperative. =) Thanks for Qinlei and Tina for their help throughout the day. The tube gown kept sliding, and I needed them to look out for me and pull it up every now and then.

Hanbin, qinlei and I den proceeded to meet Shui, Jingwen, Ham and Hao at Lau Pa Sat for dinner. Famished, we gobbled down the rice, kangkong, butter squid and stingrays at extremely quick time. Hehe...

Now we wait for next meet-up with qinlei so she can pass me the photos she's taken with her DSLR. She look like the photographer's asst, snapping at every chance. Thanks babe!

I'll upload soon... after i claim my beauty sleep. Have a great F1 weekend!

109 days

2008-09-16T02:23:00.008+08:00

Countdown...

109 days

...to 3rd Jan 2009

Today we went to see Superband live. They were pretty good...but not fantastic. 'Screamm' was pretty brave to try out 'Maria', made popular by the k-movie 200 pounds beauty. The high notes were all hit but there was juz not enuf impact. According to the judges, this had to do with ur lung capacity.... So i better not try this, even at home. Haha...

We've sent the invitation cards for draft printing. Kinda sort out the attendants (jiemeis n bros) for the wedding party. HB told me his elder bro prob wun be back from US to attend our wedding, kinda sad, coz he's like my elder bro too.

Juz 2 days ago, we were discussing how to call each others parents after we wed. As unoriginal as usual, HB juz said he will call my parents wadever i call his parents. Mei chuang yi!!! I tested it out with my parents and asked whether they'll be comfortable with HB calling them Ah-Pa and Ah-Ma... and they juz kept laffing. So i guess, i'll juz stick to 'Mother & Father' for awhile. It juz doesn't sound natural if i called HB's mum as mummy, coz that's how i call my own mum.

Wiebber still doesn't have a role in the wedding for fear of him peeing on guests, tables and my gown. Haiz.... How i wish he's juz tad little bit more well-trained. =P

P.S: I dunnoe wad happened to the spacing(s). But since i can't separate it, i juz colour coded diff paragraphs, so ez reading... Cheers!

Wedding Updates 1

2008-09-03T22:03:00.003+08:00

Dear friends,

since we aren't able to meet up often enuf, I've decided to update my wedding stuff so tad u all can be informed and feel vv part of my big day. =)

Change in venue:-
Initially HB and I wanted it to be at Haising coz we both met there and spent many of our days in school (for all the st john stuff). Unfortunately, due to the change in principal and the fact that MOE sent them such a timely memo that ANYBODY can be a terrorist and a school is an easy target, they decided to reject our plan to use the school. (yes NOW, at 4 months from the wedding) After a weekend of recce, we've now got our new venue

HORT PARK

It's a pretty new park off Alexandra Rd, near the Henderson bridge, and it's NICE!!! The moment HB and I reached the lobby, we've already decided to hold the wedding there. Big Thank you to Shui and Mandy for letting me noe abt the place.

Change of date:-
The vv next working day (1/9), we called NParks and found out that the original date of 16th Jan is already booked, so is 17th Jan. So the new date is

4th Jan 2009 (Sunday - Buffet Dinner)

So for ALL OF U, MY DEAREST FRIENDS, sorry no more holidaying for that particular long weekend. But i'm sure u wun mind. ^-^

We've gotten the draft invitation card done, now we're gonna finalise the design and send it out soon so that nobody goes for holiday den... The customary stuff will be done in the morning of 3rd Jan. So hopefully nobody gets too exhuasted, although many of u whom i greatly need ur help will have to have busy days ahead.

Anybody who wants to volunteer for anything can let me noe. My polymates dun need to let me noe coz compulsory...whahaha.... We'll be meeting up soon so that we start discussion on decor and get ur assignment.

Love ya pple! HUGS!

P.S More updates to come. =)

26 August 2008

2008-08-28T11:35:00.002+08:00

--- My first white hair.

---Abt 7cm long, white from root to tip

I guess for some, this post might sound strange. Coz i'm 24 and complaining abt my first white hair. But i'm still vv affected, coz Hanbin dun have white hair yet, and my parents didn't until they were in their 30s. But it's juz one... I juz hope it stays at this 1 for many many more years.

Mentally, i'm still 20, so i totally cannot deal with white hair or hairs.

我要结婚了！

2008-08-23T00:17:00.002+08:00

Counting down...

145 days

...to 16 Jan 2009

*Squint with anticipation. Cannot bite nails coz i wanna do french manicure.*

Gold or Silver for Singapore

2008-08-15T18:16:00.002+08:00

YIPEE!!!

After a medal drought of 48yrs, we are finally gonna get a medal again! The semi final against Korea was fantastic. Both teams were strong, even their last korean player attacks with God speed. Gosh, was it exciting...

I cannot remember when i was as excited, but this is really the kinda adrenaline pple yearn for. This is the reason y pple q to get tickets to watch the games. And this is y the Olympics is the biggest game i look forward to every 4 years.

Good job, Team Singapore! We are truly proud of your achievements!

China Trip 2008: Part 2

2008-04-22T15:06:00.010+08:00

China Trip 2008
Part 2: Suzhou

Day 3 - Suzhou 苏州

We took a 2-hr coach from Hangzhou to Suzhou. Upon checking in to Motel 168, we step out to SHOP!!! Staying rite in the shopping area is fantastic. =P

On the streets of Suzhou, this is a pedestrian onli shopping street

My mama in high spirits

Russian?!? No... Juz english pasted in the wrong direction

As it also happened to be Tina's bdae, we surprised her with a cake at Harry's Bar.
(Left - right: Ah Bing, Tina, Apple)

Day 4 - The Best of Suzhou 1-day Tour

As corny as it sounds, it really was quite good, minus the silk and pearl factory visit. Introducing 1 of the 4 famous Suzhou gardens, The Humble Administator Garden.

The brilliance of Suzhou's garden lies with the secret of meticulous planning on how its scenery changes each time the visitor views through different windows, direction, etc. As land is scarce in Suzhou, the gardens cannot be big, so views had to be 'borrowed' to make the garden seem bigger than it was. As above, the pagoda is not part of the garden, merely borrowed into the scenery. Brilliant!

This is not photoshop-ed. Shot through blue glass in the pavilion, it gives the look of winter and soothes the heat in the summer.

Floor plan and map of Suzhou - 200 yrs ago

Awaiting for a cruise ard the moat of ancient Suzhou

We den proceeded to the Cold Mountain. It was famous due to its mention on a poem, apparently by a very famous poet.

Haiz...if only SG had seasons... Anyhow plant flowers oso nice

I simply adore round doors... personal fetish...

Next stop was the Tiger Hill 虎丘.

They happen to have a floral fair, so mum was extra pleased.

The pillow-rock

With this entrance, U enter into another realm

The leaning tower of China in the backdrop.

This is the main plaza. According to folklore, an emperor had invited all the craftsmen to a celebration upon completion of his tomb building. But he din want anyone to leak out the secret of where he would be buried, he poisoned the wine and the blood of the innocent men stained the rock creating lines of red crevices. Creepy....

But we got jolted back to modern china with signages in Chinglish telling us to be decent and pay attention to security.

My vv posed papa

Lavenders!!! Like in Summer Scent.... NICE

Parting shot at the Tiger Hill atop its bridge over its moat

After all the visiting, we continued with shopping, trying to get to as many shops as possible before leaving for Shanghai the next day...

...TO BE CONT...

China Trip 2008 Part 1

2008-04-22T13:07:00.007+08:00

China Trip 2008 (29th Mar - 08th Apr)
Part 1: Hangzhou

Day 1 - Dep Singapore - Shanghai

Yeah!!! Departed from Terminal 3. Damien and Anning came to pick us up, but with too much luggage, we had to spilt into 2 grps with my mum and sis taking a cab. Met up with Anning's family (they specially came to see us off), my 3rd uncle (aka Sa-gu) family and Hanbin and had Popeye's b4 checking in.

Arrive Pudong International Airport (Shanghai) @ 11pm.
Daddy and Uncle Wuming picked us up and we drove for 3 hrs to Hangzhou.

Arrive at Hangzhou at 2am, checked in Pod-Inn. Vv nice and comfy and CHEAP!!! Haha... Every room was with its private toilet and small table, best of all, free internet and computer for EVERY BED!!! Great for travellers!

Day 2 - Hangzhou 杭州

When in Hangzhou, there is something you must see, and that is the West Lake (西湖). With all the folklore of Leifeng Pagoda and Madam White Snake and the tragic romance ingrained as part of the landscape, we went strolling and first experienced the Chinese garden wonders 一步换景.

Where there's flowers, there's my mum's smile

Under the Plum Blossom Tree

Wierd fire extinguisher BOX in Yue Wang Temple (to commemorate 岳飞)

We came across our first out of many more Chinglish

After strolling for at the West Lake for the whole morning, we den had lunch at this pretty girly restaurant. Everything was pink and flowery and the food was all served in girls' portion. Most of them good for the skin or wadever... This is 玲珑小镇. =)

And we had the famous Three-cup chicken. Vv nice but not served in cups.

After lunch, we took a split into 2 grp, 7 followed Uncle Wuming in the Mini-Bus and the others went on a cab. Reached this place where there was a vv huge Milefo (Laughing Buddha), but becoz the entrance fee was quite expensive - 100RMB per pax (equivalent to S$200 if everybody went up) - so we gave it a miss. My Sa Gu actually said that my father was stupid for not wanting to spending that LITTLE money, which made us quite unhappy becoz my father actually told him tad if he wanted to go, we will wait for him. *So angry* Little $$ for him, but not for my family...

Even though we din go up the hill, we still took a photo at its entrance. This is 灵影寺.

We den went shopping at 丝绸街 (Silk Street) where i bought PJs and some pashmina and scarves. My Sa Gu bought some ties and got change in counterfreit 50RMB notes. So for pple gg china, muz make sure u check the texture of the notes wor.

Dinner was at 外婆家 (Grandma's Kitchen) and it was DELICIOUS!!! It was like fine dining, the chinese way. Luckily we had reserved tables beforehand as it was packed by 7pm. And it doesn't do any advertisement. Great food draws pple from afar. As there was time b4 dinner, Tina and I took the chance to cam-whore outside with our coats.

Like some k-drama scene

Wat a spread!!! Yummy!!!

After dinner, the Sgreans in us says its time to shop. So we went to its 古街.

My parents posing with Milefo, and they keep touching the children figurine...
Like duh... U 2 wan more children ah... Whahaha....

McD was like everywhere, so i had to pose with my old friend.
In China, even Ronald sits in a demure position.

Day 3 - Hangzhou - Suzhou

At Pod-Inn's lobby to do the checking out. Nice decor...

...TO BE CONT...

IM BACK

2008-04-10T11:22:00.002+08:00

11 days of wonderful vacation has past and i am back in Sg working... Gg to meet up with friends soon. Await my sms!!! =)

To Xinying, good luck with ur projects! When will u be free to meet?

A China We Will Go

2008-03-28T22:29:00.002+08:00

Counting down

...18Hrs & 25mins...

to flying off from Changi Airport T3.

Will be in Shanghai/Beijing from 29 Mar 08 - 8th Apr 08. Sms me if anything. =)

random thots

2008-03-04T16:42:00.002+08:00

Wiebber is finally back. Thanks to Hanbin who took the effort to pick him up and pick me up and sent us home. Whaha...like so complicated process liddat. Wiebber slept with me the whole nite last nite (so happy!), but i noe he miss his papa too.

- I miss Ipoh hor fun (dreamt of eating it and drooled)
- I din have enuf white coffee (dreamt of it too)
- I wanna watch CJ7...no longer at cinemas
- I wanna watch The Leap Years....gonna do it tonite

this post is so random i have no other things to write liaoz.... Guess tad's abt all my blogging life is. Whahaha....I wish i can rant abt some work policy, but i'll be so long winded, so forget tad.

Malaysia Trip 2008

2008-02-21T11:01:00.008+08:00

Went to malaysia from the 9th - 15th feb...

Did Ipoh and KL.

Ate alot. Gained 3kg (i think!). And got a lot of mosquito bites...

Haha... Dun have all the photos yet, but here are some. :)

Fotos are not in chronological order....

Visit to Sam Poh Tong, natural cave in Perak.

And i found an ancient wooden horse for ride... vv ancient...

Explanation on the how the Sam Poh Tong came abt

Eating in Ipoh was unusual biz... They have good food EVERYWHERE. U name it, they have it.

Dim sum, Ipoh shredded chicken hor fun, curry mee, Yong tau hoo, popiah....

endless.... Something interesting lurk in the menu even when the dining place looks normal.

I was like 'huh?, they sell foundation here???'. haha.... let me explain. The circled actually means u can juz buy the noodle tgt with the soup, regardless of buying their other separate items. =P

Introducing my cheeky half-nephew, Chengyi.

He's so cute, u wanna pinch his cheeks everytimes he comes near. He's oso vv cheeky becoz he tries to imitate the way u laugh or do funny facial expressions like 'chilli, hot' and 'lemon, sour'.

A total charmer at the ripe age of 14 months....

He's muz be wondering y this jie-jie is putting a camera in front of her face all the time.

We even managed to catch fireworks as Ipoh celebrates CNY.

Something misc that i shot was this super ah-beng car.

I can see all the pink lovers coo....

Time to get into KL portion!!!

Was staying at the Melia Hotel directly opposite the Berjaya Times Square. So after checking in we headed to the mall for lunch. Check out their CNY display. Big lor...

On the way to change trains, we passed Planet Hollywood, for a shot.

Oh yes, KL train system is vv cork-up.... I dun understand y it was made tad way.... But it really doesn't make vv much of a sense when it comes to connection of different lines..........

And yes, the big catch, the pride of Southeast Asia.

How do u miss KLCC when u have already planted ur feet at KL!!!

We were vv lucky to get tix for the skybridge tour despite it having a near full load that day. I hate to admit it, but it really was quite stunning.

The view... Gorgeous...

How can i miss a foto with the cladding n teardrop-shaped eaves?

Waiting for the skybridge tour and walking ard KLCC proved too tiring for me. So i plod myself down to play lego when i went past the toys dept at metro-jaya in KLCC...

Candice's mansion

The fountain started by the time we went to walk the park. Oh yes, being V-day, all the couples were sitting ard sharing little bits of food while admiring the fountain, and erm, gaze in each other eyes. Whahah... I was busy jumping to get a good shot....

U cannot get enuf of the KLCC cam-whoring and u gotta do it yourself. Not bad at all!

My parting shot of the KLCC busk in the evening light.

How should Love be

2008-02-18T00:47:00.002+08:00

I often wonder how it really should be like to fall in love with someone.

Do u juz feel like being with this person feels 'right', or do u have to have an unexplainable passionate urge towards this person...?

Sometimes i wonder too much and things go wrong coz many are my own hyper-imagination. But den again, this is me, and i can't help it. Control yes, but e thot will always be there.

If love means acceptance of one's weakness or shortcomings, i think i have done it. Actions of love shouldn't be delibrate, many a times, i think being spontaneous is wad keeps the flame burning.

I rem once when we went to a charity dinner and had to be official photographers. Even though I noe u din like to take fotos(of urself), I still tried to shoot u while u were focusing on taking fotos (of others). It satisfies me juz by looking at u doing something u like and enjoy. Juz like the times u cook and bake. But when u realise i was taking ur foto, I was reprimanded for playing and not concentrating on doing my job. Both of us got pissed. U, by my unseriousness. And me, by ur lack of interpretation of my love.

I agree relationships change as the years goes by. I'm not looking for eternal unchanged love, but a love subtle yet existent, after 'wear n tear' over years. So many incidents have come and gone tad i no longer wish to keep track. It onli hurts me and in turn, hurting u.

Maybe wad i'm asking for is impossible, but it still warms my heart when i see couples in their 60s in each other arms as they stroll in the neighbourhood park. If even holding hands is so difficult and unattainable after 6 yrs, I cannot foresee myself doing the same after 40 yrs.

Probably i wun live tad long to have my hair turning grey with the other person. Sometimes fate is vv cruel. But bearing death in mind puts ur perspective right. During a funeral, no colleagues will cry, onli those who have loved u, will. Work always place an important part for the modern pple. But i think love is vv neglected even when technology offers solutions.

Somehow, I dunnoe wad this post if leading to. If u are reading and feel confused, den this post probably is it. Becoz the person who's writing it is equally so.

An Anniversary

2008-01-11T00:03:00.001+08:00

Today should have been wad would be our 7th anniversary, but it isn't. Even though I should not be lingering at this topic since i initiated it, I can't help but feeling a lil special for wad the date represents.

I bought u the t-shirt as a gift for this day, but I know it is unfair to tell u that, as it will juz reopen the wound I have created. I juz hope u understand and like the gift.

Thanks for the ride home today and it was vv thotful of u to help me carry the stuff back up to my place.

Sleeping with n.a.p, the cuddle blanket, since last nite, think it will accompany me tonite as well.

the quiet house

2008-01-06T23:22:00.000+08:00

Coming back from work, i quickly retrieve my keys from my bag to minimise any barking, onli to realise a second later that there wouldn't be any.

My tears flow like an open tap and it makes my flu worse. Can't wait for next next thu to pick him up! V(^_^)V

Needy

2007-11-24T16:07:00.000+08:00

As u grow older, life gets more complicated. It's as if the more u noe, the more u realise u still have no knowledge of.

Haben been surfing my friends' blogs for a long time, saw their updates and are really vv happy with the life they have now. I terribly miss my poly friends....

Hao finally found his One to hold, Lei is back after spending time with her love, Ham is happy with plans God has laid for him, Shui isn't having the smoothest of time but he's still our dear all the same, XY forever happily-obsessed with taking fotos of herself and photoshopping them, Mei should be less bz with her school work by now and Juan....I have no idea, but i guess no news means good news.

Can't help smiling when i see their updates. Somehow, the one above made me chose architecture to meet them. If I had done something else, I probably would be more miserable than I am now.

I miss u guys so much so much... Can we meet up soon?

Random foto of silly times spent in studio
(was it CNY or NDP?)

Fancl D&D 2007 Part I

2007-11-19T20:21:00.000+08:00

Finally, I am back after a loooonnnggg absence from blogging. Haha~ I apologise to my friends always checking in to find an un-updated blog. >.<

Alrite...since there hasn't been much I was doing other than working at Fancl, the biggest event I can share would be the Dinner & Dance!!! I was appointed the emcee, which had made me palms sweat for 3 whole days prior to event. Amazing, even for myself. Luckily, my nerves din take over me during the dinner and I had an extremely great evening. Here's some fotos to share.

Jolyn (head supervisor n ex-SIA girl) with me

Me with the Jap Bosses

Me, Sandy Ho and BoonBee (Asst GM of retail dept)

My dearest Niang n Area Supervisor Carmen with Sandy Ho (my ah-yee) and Me!

Ex-Junction 8 staff group foto...okie onli yiting is ex-j8. haha...

My product trainer and co-host for the nite, Elaine

Hamanaka-san, me, Nakajima-san and Kellye!!!

With the big eyes girls, Jacelyn and Josina

The nite was quite fruitful for me and many others. Even though I din get the Best BA or Best Service-Oriented (which would have given me a free work trip to Japan), I still got a kick out of getting the Best Dressed award(thanks to the wig) and a reptuation as a good and natural host. I guess that's considered vv good for a staff who have juz joined Fancl this year in Jan. Good things require patience and I hope it will come. Gambate!

P.S When i rcv more fotos from my col, I will post again. More fotos!!! =)

- bored -

2007-08-18T00:42:00.000+08:00

I'm so bored, nothing interesting is happening.... NDP'07 came and went, the usually patriotic Candice missed the parade for the 1st time in her life. Missing zouk's Mambo too. I need to revive something in me. Something i think is important. Cheers everybody! =)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Feng Huang

2007-07-30T01:11:00.000+08:00

Inspired by Ah Shui's blog entry on the 26th July (http://shinjifusion.livejournal.com/), I decided to help him out in doing the visuals of the Chinese version of Harry Potter.

Block buster featuring 中港台artistes, behold while i work my PS magic....

Dumbledore's Army

Starring (From left-right):

Weasley Twin I - Richie Ren
Neville Longbottom - Zeng Zhi Wei
Luna Lovegood - Zhu Ying
Hermione Granger - Sheh Shi Man
Harry Potter - Jimmy Lin
Ron Weasley - Jay Chou
Ginny Weasley - Cecilia Chung
Weasley Twin II - Jiu Kong
Cho Chang - Joey Meng aka Ma Xiaoling

Order of the Feng Huang

Starring (From left-right):

'Mad-Eye' Moody - Chow Yun-Fat
Nymphadora Tonks - Gong Li
Sirius Black - Andy Lau
Remus Lupin - Tony Leung
Albus Dumbledore - Zhang Fei aka Fei Ge

I feel extremely tempted to add the soundtrack in.... but well, better not, b4 i get sued. Enjoy~

Bdae Genting Highlands Trip

2007-07-29T15:01:00.000+08:00

Birthday Trip to Genting Highlands
(20 & 21st July 2007)

For my bdae present this year, Hanbin decided to treat me to a short trip to Genting, which was a pretty good choice, as i onli had 2 off days and he hadn't been there before. After all my urban legend of being able to touch the clouds and freezing cold weather, he decided that Genting it shall be, 4 days before the 20th. haha...super last min...

We booked a twin room at Genting Hotel and since it has 2 queen size beds, my mum and sis decided to come along. =)

Reached Golden Mile at 7.30am and it was smooth traffic all the way, but ard 11.30am, the bus stopped suddenly on the Malaysian North South Highway. Great~~ Bus broke down!!!

We waited a freaking 2hrs for the repairmen to arrive and fix the problem. And it was back on the road with a sun burnt nose...darn....

Reached Genting onli at 4pm (sheesh~half a day gone), checked in and immediately went to have 'lunch'... 1st stop - Marrybrown!

Den it was shopping and cam-whoring time. I haben been there for the past 10 yrs, so it was a big change from the Genting i remembered.

Lovers' Bridge

we came across the k-box sector and decided to climb a half-floor and saw this! Literally, K-box... Karaoke in a box @ RM 2 per song (expensive)

Their cultural village where there are diff shops named after diff asian countries selling that country's particular stuff. E.g. bangles at the India shop and ao yai at Vietnam shop. Den we saw this poster which showed like the countries' and their beauties. Singapore one is FIONA XIE! Wah, international leh... I had to prove i was juz as good...

As we reached Genting late, we decided not to go to the Theme Park, so my sis had to take pics to show she had rides afterall

After dinner at Kenny Rogers, which ran at m speed, my mum rushed to the Casino. Her highlight for the entire short trip. We juz went in to see the looks for the future IR. Gosh, the gamblers looked as stressed up as the dealers. I really admire the dealers for their concentration. It's not ez...seriously. After 2hrs in there, my sis and i decided we were not gonna take up any IR jobs unless it is non-gambling related. Like tending to the F&B stations.

My mum hadn't enjoyed enuf after 2 hrs of jackpot machine so we decided to let her roam on her own while we waited outside. Guess wad made my sis so psyched~!

BASKIN ROBBINS
Hanbin said i exaggerated abt the touching of clouds, so we juz took this foto. He kept saying it's not cold...

Day 2

We onli needed to check out at 12pm, so we decided to wake up early to have breakfast at the Genting Resort (which, according to the Five Star pple, is fabulous) I din really think so.

My mum again proceeded to another casino (there were many) and the 3 of us roamed surroundings.

Some famous chinese temple / pagoda down the hill...

The 3 of us met up with my mum 2 hrs later and went ahead to check out from the hotel and diligently waited for the bus at First World Bus Terminal. There we go again...7 hrs trip back to Singapore.
(Reached 10pm - took longer than expected coz it rained heavily)

Overall, the trip was nice. I might go again, but maybe when i have a child coz i think big children dun enjoy it as much as young children. HB agrees too. We could onli shop at their vv limited boutiques. Carlo Rino and Bonia was too expensive for us to enter anyway. Haha~

Next stop - India???

Random photos

2007-07-20T01:05:00.001+08:00

Qinlei's bdae celebration at Fish n Co. (Mid-June)

And I took a foto with Chen Han Wei!!!!

Haha...A friend who happens to have the same name

Celebrating Wiebber's bdae (9th July)

Wad ur purchase says abt U

2007-07-20T00:55:00.000+08:00

Though i'm no paparazzi, and the man was nowhere near famous, I decided to peek at wad he was checking out at the NTUC counter.

1. Rechargeable batteries and charger
2. 2 packs of instant noodle
3. Insect Repellent

Looks: Average, middle-age, starting to bald, expressionless.

I conclude he was a bachelor (explains the battery, wad the hell), living alone (explains the maggi mee) in a non-aircon room/apt (explains the insect repellent).

I noe the above is nonsense but I have not much exciting gg on except to resort to peeking at pple while I wait in line. Cynthia Koh, Tan Diya and Carrie visiting Fancl no longer excites me. Skin is better off without disgusting make-up (as described by Diya).

Happy 23rd Bdae to Qiumei and Me! Cheers to our mum screaming tgt this day 23 yrs ago. =P

'Congratulations on your FIRST... chiropractic adjustment'

2007-06-11T23:12:00.000+08:00

I thot the title might give some of u a shock, so i tried....Haha....

Anyway, this was exactly wad the doctor told me after cracking (not like fracture, like chinese sinseh kinda tui-na, wadever) my mid back and neck. Chiropractic refers to specialising in spinal alignment and tries to correct vertebral subluxation.

Subluxation: when ur spine is not locked in a correct position causing possible nerve damage or posture problem.

*The above is my vv own explanation, which in no ways should be vv medically correct.

Okie, gg back to the chiro session. After taking several fotos of my postures and viewing the X-rays of my entire spine, it was found that i had subluxation at my neck, mid-back and lower back, which caused....

Neck: Stiff muscles at upper back and 'frozen' shoulders
Mid-back: Pain when pressing on muscle near the spine
Lower back: Unequal height of pelvis - soreness in legs after strenous activities (eg. housework)

Dr. David explained it was not as bad as the X-ray seem and there is still hope. So we headed to the stretching and exercising area to do my FIRST CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENT. He was like telling me it will not be painful and stuff and *CRAACKKK* I felt like a thousand elephants (ok, maybe juz 1 fat man/woman) had juz sat on me and bounced back up. I nv ever expected my back to have produced that kinda crunch. Followed by my neck being nearly twisted twice, once in each lateral direction. And i tell u, it feels GOOD!!!

I wonder if u all had the experience, but i often like to crack my joints, and when they dun produce sounds, i get disappointed. At the chiro session, it was like a series of joints being loosen up. Like, SHIOK lah! Well, but shiok costed $75....

According to the doc, I will be able to get my spine adjusted to its optimal position in a shorter period as i'm still not vv old yet and i will be able to go back to my regular activities. Yeah, beach volley!!! but if i do not correct it, it will lead to deformation of my vertebrates, inability to move painlessly and POOR HEALTH.......

So i'm gg back tomorrow for my solutions report, when i will need to sign a package of God-knows-how-much (machiam spa pkg). I'll keep all of u posted on how it all goes. If it's good, maybe everybody can get adjusted to a healthier body. =)

Above visit to the chiropractitioner made possible by my dearest Mummy, who sponsored me 90%, so tad i can run again. *Muacks* Ma!

Saigon Forever

2007-06-04T22:22:00.000+08:00

Day 1 - Arrival Ho Chi Minh City

It was still pretty early when we got to the hotel. Couldn't check in so we just left our bags at the counter and went ahead to explore the city.

First stop : Notre Dame Catheral

Kop-ed this photo of the interior of the church from WeeB. Fantastic.

Next stop : Post Office

Next up : Reunification Palace

This was where the US Army surrendered and fled by getting into helicopters from the roof when the Viet Cong stomp in by their tanks.

After the Reunification Palace, we wanted to head back to the hotel. Alas, we got lost and ended up at Ben Thanh market. So we had our lunch and den went back to the hotel. Hao and WeeB slept all the wae to dinner time leaving HB n I exploring the quaint little alleys.

It started raining in the evening so we pretty much stayed in the hotel. Ample of time to rest and recharge for the day2!

Day 2
Chinatown, Pham Ngu Lao, Huong Sen Hotel, Apocalypse Now & Liquid Bar

Day 2 was by far the most exciting day. Hao got better and shed off the fever, WeeB was less grouchy from the lack of sleep and HB n I were raring to go.

A temple styled catholic church at Cholon (Chinatown)

Chinese temple at Chinatown built and maintained by the Fukien Association in HCMC

We den headed to Pham Ngu Lao, the Backpackers district to check out the shopping and book our day tour to Cu Chi Tunnel.

Lunch at Sinh Cafe

Election van along the main street of Pham Ngu Lao. I think the voting not vv exciting actually. (Communist - style)

We headed back to the hotel as we still had a long nite of partying ahead. The 2 guys snoozed while HB n I went out shopping....again...Haha....

Hotel De Ville
Once a very high class hotel for foreigners, currently taken over by the People's Association to run as their headquarters.

How can u miss a foto with Uncle Ho?

After the shopping of supermarket kopi powder to bring back as souveniers, we met the guys back at the hotel, who apparently were waiting for us to come back coz they had more than enuf sleep. Haha... Upon Hao's suggestion, we headed to the Saigon(g) River for dinner.

On board the TOURIST FLOATING RESTAURANT... on Mother's Day!
It was actually pretty fairly priced, lots of locals and authentic chinese-viet style cooking.

As it was still early after dinner, we proceeded to Huong Sen Hotel for a massage, thinking it was juz gonne be like good ol' thai massage. But damn, we were wrong! The girls were in like tight polo and white mini skirts!!! Well, since we were there, might as well....

It was truly the most 'lesbian' experience i ever had. Imagine having the girl wearing mini skirt SITTING on e back of my thighs, near 'u noe where'.... And the girl was heavier than me. Sheesh...more pain than pleasure. HB n I shared a room so the girls were pretty pissed coz APPARENTLY, they ask the guys whether they wanted 'Special Service'

After laughing it off, WeeB was abt to ask whether their 'Special' was all-the-wae, we visited Apocalypse Now (stated as the MOST happening bar by Lonely Planet, but it wasn't)

We juz had a drink and left for Volcano (supposedly). But through a bloody scam taxi driver, who charged us sky high rates and got us to Liquid Bar instead.

Luckily the bar was happening.

Intoxicated at Liquid Bar

Day 3 - Cao Dai Temple & Cu Chi Tunnel

Long bus ride outta the city and we landed at the Cao Dai Temple. From wad we could barely understand from the local guide, the Cao Dai Religion believes in 1 God and all saints are acting under 1 order. So this smart alec decided to put EVERYTHING in 1 temple. Like the Goddess of Mercy beside Guan Kong, who stood beside Jesus, complete with the All-Seeing Eye and Quran.... Weird or wad lah!

I dunnoe wad style of architecture is this. But in the middle there's the All-Seeing Eye, Left scuplture is the Goddess of Mercy n Right is St Benedict. Must see to believe.

Attending their mid-day prayer session (must pray like 4 times a day). Church like ceiling with stars and clouds supported by dragon laden columns.... Mind Boggling... o_0

All aboard the bus, we stopped by the petrol station for refuelling, with the ENGINE STILL ON!!! and with us ON THE BUS!!! I was in perpectual fear that it might blow up....

Next up: Lunch!

From 1 place to another, it gave us like 1 hr of snoozing. Which is a LOONNNGGG time. Fortunately, before my neck went stiff, we reached the Cu Chi Tunnel.

The Cu Chi Tunnel was used by the Viet Cong who launched guerilla attacks on the invading US Army. It was quite brutal and gross as they showed the injuries and damage to the land and people substained by the Vietnamese War. To deter the US soldiers from getting into the tunnels, the location of the entrances were unmarked and remembered totally by pure memory of the Cu Chi People. The size of the entrance were a mere 30cm x 60cm, as shown below.

Now u see it

Now u dun!

A brand new tank of the US Army was blasted even before entering the forest, destroyed by landmines planted by the Viet Cong. According to Vietnamese folklore, the deceased will stay ard the places they died to figure out their deaths. Creepy~

We also had to chance to crawl a short distance in a slightly enlarged tunnel to experience how it was like. Even though it had been reconstructed, it was still cramped and i felt a slight claustrophobia. It came to a point, in the mid of the tunnel, that it was so dark, I couldn't even see my fingers placed right in front of my face. Needless to say, no fotos were taken...

Before leaving the tunnels, we got a group foto before some horribly mangled and retrieved bombshells (not the blond type)

After wad seem like a forever bus ride, we were back in Pham Ngu Lao, had a lousy dinner and headed to FANNY Ice Cream!!! Finally!!!

We found FANNY!!! (with the help of a map and taxi driver)

Our ice creams and WeeB's Creation which had 10 scoops of wonderfully delicious ice cream with fruits and 3 types of dipping. All these for a mere S$11. I wanna eat FANNY again!!!

Day 4 - Last Day and Last Scam

We went to the Ben Thanh Market to do last min shopping. WeeB and I got our coffee beans. Thinking we could have a cyclo experience before we left the city, we got into a SCAM...

Trust me when i say WeeB's smile was totally wiped off after we alighted

I wanna knock his teeth out and rip his head off. Bloody money-thirsty, foreigners-scampster, cyclo rider. It is these pple who give Saigon a bad reputation.

An advice to anyone who plan to go HCMC: DO NOT! take the cyclo, even if you all have talked and decided on the rates before boarding.

All in all, it was a good trip. It's nice as it is still pretty simple and alot less polluted and noisy compared to Hong Kong or Bangkok. But language is still a little of a barrier. I could go again for sure. Especially for FANNY's. Haha... Hope the fotos din disappoint. =)

Friends from Fancl

2007-06-04T22:17:00.000+08:00

Random photos of my ex-cols cum friends made at Fancl

(when i still had LONG hair)

Sweet pretty things (whahaha) Eileen Yeo and me

I so love the scarf

Catherine & I q-ing for donuts (4hrs n it's crazy)

A lot of phlegm

2007-06-03T23:50:00.000+08:00

I'm not sure whether i got the 'Phlegm' spelling rite (time to watch spell cast), but yah, think u guys get the idea. The throaty cough and endless clearing.

Since we got back from HCM, Hanbin fell sick and went through the whole fever - sorethroat - cough process, as he got better, it slipped off my mind and we shared.......a drink during a show. And there, the flu virus has been successfully passed to me. Great!

So yeap... spent a few days nursing my flu. Luckily my seniors were very thotful and allowed me to changed my work shift to 8 hrs ones while pushing the full shifts to later the week.

Not much fotos to share...oh yes, i cut my hair. But still no fotos yet. Kekez....

Procastination is very much my weakness. =P

Random Fancl Foto

2007-06-01T00:20:00.001+08:00

FANCL Girls @ J8

Bob

2007-05-20T22:45:00.000+08:00

I cut my hair. Back to the bob. My head suddenly feels so much lighter. Snipped of my painstakingly grown (2 yrs) hair is surprisingly un-traumatic.

When i get a more decent foto, i'll post. =)

Counterfreit Software Suspected

2007-05-19T12:02:00.000+08:00

For so many days, I have been deprived from MSN, hotmail, gmail, blogger..........JUZ becoz Microsoft suspected my OS is pariah........

Finally solved. Thank God!

Will publish my Saigon fotos soon. Ciaoz! *BIG GRIN* :)))))

Correction to dog issue

2007-05-06T01:14:00.000+08:00

Dear All,

With regards to the prior entry, I forgot to point out that the Westie (Girl Girl) is not mine. It's actually Hanbin's boss' dog. But we are helping to take care of it, and to heighten its self-esteem. Becoz the boss house got many show dogs, so Coco might not be able to flourish. But with Wiebber, who, in comparison, is somewhat stupider, i think she now has SUPER HIGH self-esteem. Keke....

I am so anxious to intro her that i forgot to mention that. Haha...

Have a nice Sunday! (while i slog)

P.S Thank you everybody who has been popping by to read my blog. I'm so touched! So glad to be back.

I have 2 dogs

2007-05-05T02:34:00.000+08:00

Boy boy meets Girl girl

Girl Girl (Coco) - West Highland Terrier, 6months, Female, Straight hair, rough coat
Boy Boy (Wiebber) - Miniature Schnauzer, 2yrs +, Male, Curly hair, Soft coat

She - pure breed, looks n walks like a pedigree, very expensive

He - pure breed, looks n walks like some local cross, expensive

4th MAY

2007-05-05T01:41:00.000+08:00

Today i was supposed to meet up with Ham and Lei at Tampines.

As usual, Ham onli woke up at 1.30pm (which was the time to meet), so he decided to stay ard AMK for the day as he had a nite flight to Nagoya. Lei onli landed at 1.30, so she came straight to Tamp from the Airport to meet me for lunch.

After much thots, we decided to lunch at our regular Pastamania, which i foresee Shui rolling his eyes, coz it's PM AGAIN.... Anyway, we chatted happily abt wad happened recently, work, bitch abt cols...Haha... Yeah...and travel plans. Moved our butts at 4plus. Lei went home and i went to Ikea juz to walk walk.

First stop in Ikea, toilet. And there i saw THiS!!! I love it!!!

This is a toilet bowl seat sanitizer. I noe many pple dun really care abt this, but i'm seriously a stickler for good toilet hygiene. Guys might not even have to go through such matters, coz they juz stand. U noe how 'icky' it is when u have to clean the seat becoz the last person din leave it 'cleanly'??? Now when u clean, u clean it with help! With Sanitizer!!! It might not clean abt 100% virus and germs, but it does makes me feel more at ease in the cubicle. I juz wish there were more of this. Like install in Junction 8 toilet!!! *cross fingers*

DEN!!! My mum called to say she's at Tampines. So there i was...taking a bus...back to tampines. Sheesh~ I accompanied my mum to shop for working clothes and my dad, tina, hanbin and ah bing subsequently joined us for dinner at Tampines 800+, which is a kopitiam and has a great FROG porridge stall.

With a vv satisfied tummy, we detoured to Bubble Tea Hut at Downtown East and headed home to watch 'The Private Eye' It's so damn farnie. Not sure how many of u had, but it was a vv popular show in the past.

Main characters are Sam Hui and his 2 bros. The eldest one always trying to act clever and is vv stingy, the middle one (Sam Hui) is the good looking dude, while the youngest looks like he is in-his-own-world and easily cheated by the eldest bro. (seems alot like me and my 2 younger sis - in same order) The spastic scenes and pure stupid coincidences really gave all of us a good laugh, eg. the chicken exercise, supermarket fight n many more. If u have not had a good laugh for long, get this movie. It's in Cantonese, but there's dual sound in mandarin with chinese and english subtitles.

Have a good weekend! =)

Live to blog? Blog to live?

2007-05-05T01:35:00.000+08:00

I'm sure he wasn't addicted

Random Pics of Wiebber

2007-05-05T01:25:00.000+08:00

Y suddenly take my foto??? I'm juz slacking with my mummy!!!

Ah-ma bought a new hat and mummy's head is too BIG, so it's mine.

Beautiful face with a scar

FYI, Wiebber is male. And he is not a rabbit, despite the large ears.

Hola!!! .....back.....

2007-04-24T16:41:00.000+08:00

After several chiding from my friends with regards to my Advanced Happy New Year (latest) posting, I have decided to declare my comeback.

'I'M BACK!!!'

Okie, let's see....I do have a lot to catch up which will probably take eons to write and end as a draft, so to cut the L..O...N...G story short...

Current Occupation: Beauty Advisor at Fancl Asia Pte Ltd
Been there for: 3 months (yeah, probation over!)
Outlet: Bishan Junction 8 (Come find me, come come)

Probably it will take a few by shock, but i guess since the pple to read my blog are pretty close friends, they should have known this news long ago. Started work on the 22 Jan (mum's bdae) till now... Workplace is all fine. Pple nice and all smiles (if onli all smiles were from the heart), i'm lucky to get the nicest senior in the entire company. Compared to my last job, this place is heaven, although it stimulates less brain cells. Dunnoe how long i'll be staying, but juz trying to see if there is room for more growth in other areas of the company. Who noes, maybe i can ask for trsf to work in Bangkok? Hahaha.....

Still owe u guys my Chiangmai fotos...maybe put it in a seperate post.... keke.....

Oh yes, even though my life is pretty mundane, I still have opportunities to meet my friends. Feb went Waraku to celebrate Ham's Bade, March went Dbl O to celebrate Hao's Bdae, April got Shui and Juan's Bdae...but....unfortunately...ermz....sorry Shui, we din eat out den. But we did YESTERDAY!!!

After so many many weeks of not seeing Ah-Shui, finally met up with him, hao and ham ytd for dinner. It was pretty last min, but due to Shui's 'mei-li', the 4 of us managed to get tgt, meeting up at Clarke Quay (Central-so big and so confusing). Eventually settled down at a Jap restuarant inside Mediya-Supermarket at Liang Court, which practises echo system when greeting customers. The ramen was good, the soup fantastic. Mmmm...Thank you Ham for the treat. (U can see that flying gives good pay) Many japs there, so i guess the food is pretty authentic. I like!!!

Den we moved on to Archipelago for some beer... Not bad, light and crisp... Can ask for tasting first to check out which one u prefer, before ordering. Hao and I went for light beer, Shui a dark beer (Java) and Ham a Chardonnay. We juz laugh, chat and catch up over beer and peanuts. Toking abt times we vomitted after bring intoxicated, new work (ya, for all of us), and finally, we decided to do our old-time fave, KTV!!! We again walked to Cha Ren Zi Jia for 11pm -3am singing. Wah, totally satisfied my craving for singing, juz hoping the girls could have joined us... Kinda miss the days we skipped classes to kbox tgt... Mei the VV serious singer, Lei the Diva (A*Mei), XY the always faster by half a beat and Xiujuan the....okie...she kinda shy even singing with us.

Haiz...those were the good old days. Everyone's so busy now, with work, school, our own life. It's amazing how friendship works. U think it's gonna be a lil awkward meeting after long breaks of not seeing each other, but the moment u see one another, the warmth in ur heart works up and there u go, chatting like u've juz been seated next to them at studio the day before. I love my friends, no matter how shitty my life works out to be, I noe I have been truly blessed. To those in school, I say open ur hearts and accept ur friends, enjoy the days and laugh alot.

Ok...this has turned into a VV lengthy post...and wordy...as usual. Keke....but at least i got the momentum back. Now time to organise the fotos, Ciaoz!

Chiangmai-Bangkok Trip 2006

2007-02-15T15:20:00.000+08:00

Thailand trip (14th - 18th Dec 2006)

I planned, organised, coordinated, did not pay, for this 5D4N Chiangmai - Bangkok Trip for my family + extended family of 10. =p

14/12/06 - 5am

Bound for Tiger flight to Chiangmai, and guess wad, Manning and family came to see us off!!!

At 5am!!! So touched!!!

We finally board the plane, without the use of an airbridge and was sleeping our heads off for the next 3 hrs...till we planted our feet in Chiangmai International Airport. Our guide and van driver picked us up and we continue on a road trip of 4 hrs to Chiangrai.

14/12/06 - 1pm : Chiangrai

The GOLDEN TRIANGLE at Chiangrai

It's not the sight that amazes, but more of the proximity and implications this 'closeness' had resulted to the shaping of Thai history. The viewing platform belongs to Thailand, while the sand mass behind is BURMA.... like....close lor. Further up the river is LAOS.
Anyway, this river is da infamous MEKONG river. Vv murky that Loch Ness's cousin might still be residing in....

Han Bin and his fave monster, the NAKHA, aka the Mekong River monster, cousins of Loch Ness. He was so infatuated by the TV documentary 2 yrs ago which was in search of the Nakha, and has finally found peace by taking a pic posing alongside it.

Architecture is still my fave. Tina and I in awe of this BC temple, made of, Volcanic Ash!!! I dun really understand the material but Tina started this long lecture of hardening lava after so many freaking years and wadever. The blocks are vv porous, so it's a wonder it's still standing after so many years, playing host to million of visitors all these time.

After tad, we travelled down to the Hilltribe community to take a look at their crafts and lifestyles. Here's a pic with the Karen (aka Long Neck) Tribe.
The brass coil is like super heavy (5kg!!!)

Instead of joining Hanbin and I into the Hilltribe thingy, they lingered outside to take a breather and capturing memories with the skull of a...eeks.... MAMMOTH!!!

14/12/06 - 8pm : Back in Chiangmai

After checking in to our fab hotel, the shopping genes started stirring in all of us. Night market, here we come. But before tad, dinner first.

Vv touristy seafood restuarant. Although not expensive (SG standard), but I really think there's better Thai food around. But bring big family vv difficult to eat at authentic small stalls... So here we are.

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2nd Day: 15/12/06 - 9am : Chiangmai Elephant Camp

Waiting for the Elephant show to start. Touristy, but nice! Amazing Thailand... whahaha....

And my dad says he was NOT EVEN A WEE BIT AFRAID. *Evil Giggle*

Before leaving the Elephant Camp, we decided to take a photo with the landscape. (Read: Natural) Apparently, the girls still can't get over the whole Elephant thingy. And my mum did a secret *victory* V

My mum couldn't resist the fruit stalls along the road, so we got pineapples, apples, a cross btwn apple and jambu, and STRAWBERRiES!!! Vv sweet and tasty, juz a little smaller compared to its ang-moh counterparts.

We den headed to the handicraft tour. The guide brought us to Silk factory, Umbrella, Silverware and lastly the Leather factory. Not a fan of these stuff, we juz sat outside.

15/12/06 - 3pm : Wat Doi Suthep

One of my fave part of the Chiangmai leg, although i've visited before, it always have a calming effect on me. Like maybe how pilgrims feel. According to Guide Kob, praying at the Wat Doi Suthep is equivalent to praying 7 times at other temples. Pilgrimage indeed.

15/12/06 - 6pm : Royal Flora Expo @ Chiangmai

Leaving the hills, we arrived back into Chiangmai city for the Royal Flora Expo. This was done in honour of the King's 60th year on the Royal Throne. Plannings started 2-3 yrs back and, my, were they successful. Other than an amazing display of local agriculture, other foreign countries oso took part by displaying their best at allocated plots.

Here I pose with Hanbin before the Bottle Trees, specially freight in from Australia. Nice!

HUGE roses with many many petals. Here Bingo and I pose.

At the Japanese Garden (sponsored by the Japan)... So posed...

After the Flora Expo, it was back to the hotel for dinner and continue to do last minute shopping at the nite market. Had the final roti from the roadside stall to truly satisfy the thai junk food craving.
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16/12/06 - Travel from Chiangmai to Bangkok (full-force shopping)

At Chiangmai International Airport, waiting for the Airasia staff to start work and allow us to check in. Apple and Bingo showing off their Flora Expo's mascots. I muz admit they are cute, the mascots.

The silly flight was delayed and caused Jaaey and gang to wait for us for over an hour. Jaaey, Nuie and Nan were friends i made during the Poly Attachment Trip in Thai from 2002. So glad to have them still as friends.
Of coz, the new friend is TON TON !!! Jaaey's first baby!!!

He is SO ADORABLE. I tell u, U will fall in love with him at first sight. His laughter is EXTREMELY contagious. Nice to see ur friends settling down and having their kids. I wait for this to happen in the clique.
Hehe.... Btw, woman is my mum and backdrop is my uncle (mum's bro)

And Jaaey and Tong treated us all to this expensive seafood dinner and Nuie even remembered I like black pepper crabs and delibrately ordered it for me. Man, I'm touched. *Shed tears* No wonder Thais are well known for their hospitality. Love 'em!

They later insisted on sending us back to the hotel even though they have to get into the massive Bangkok jam. Upon reaching Asia Hotel, we said our goodbyes to Jaaey, Tong, dear Tonton and Nan.

Gearing up for crazy shopping at Chatuchak the next day!!!
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17/12/06 - Chatuchak Market and Dinner with Nuie

Din take any fotos at Chatuchak (how to, too distracted by shopping already lor)... Got back to the hotel at 3pm, washed up and headed to MBK to meet Nuie and family for dinner. Here I posed with Wah-Zai outside GV. Sigh...my hero on horseback....

Er Jie posing with Ronald. Oh, notice Ronald does diff things in diff countries. In Thailand, it's the 'Wai'. Anyway, in Thailand, Mac serves pork but no beef, due to the countries majority of Buddhist believers. They had pork fan-tastic, although it din look vv fantastic.

Y do we not have such interested posters or wadever u call it at our cinemas???

MK Steamboat dinner with Nuie, Nuie's sister and bro-in-law, who visited Singapore sometime ago. It was their treat, again........ so embarassed by all the treatment. Actually many things happened as there was a cork-up on which MK to meet, but i shan't say coz it's a really long story. Apparently there were 3!!! MK restuarant in 1 shopping centre. Okie.... demand i guess is great.

Before returning to the hotel, the girls did not passed up their Get-Fat chances at Dunkin' Donuts.

Look at their variety!!! Alot lor.... They bought many of the star-shaped ones. Incredible how pple can be so infuated with donuts.
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18/12/06 - Last day of Trip + Teeth Whitening Session

Tina and I woke up the earliest to find our dental clinic (with prior appt) and went to do our teeth whitening. The clinic is very foreigners-oriented so it was pretty high class and all. I was feeling juz a little jittery until the chairside treatment started. I tell U, it's PAINFUL one lor!!! I nearly wanted to stop the dentist, but becoz i already paid the S$400, I had to endure. The longest 1 hr.... I'm glad i onli paid 400 for the suffering compared to 1K, if i had done it in SG.

We later met Apple and Bingo at the hotel to go MBK to do the last last min shopping . Hanbin went to pray at the Si Mian Fo when i went for dental. We all eventually settled for lunch at Black Canyon, savouring the best coffee and great Thai service. Final 1 hr of shopping before we headed back to the hotel to check out.

At the new Suvarnabhumi Airport, q-ing for check in. Flashing that laser-polished smile at u!

Alritey folks, that's abt all.
Next stop is Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Ciaoz!

Last Day of 2006

2006-12-31T02:18:00.000+08:00

Advanced Greetings: Happy 2007!!!

Keke....okie, today is the last yr of 2006. Ain't gonna say any emotional stuff. I've got rid of the old hag (according to her, it has been an unfortunate yr for her, coz she broke her leg, got into 2 car accidents and had me as an employee. looks like i'm pretty honoured.) and landed myself jobless. Hmm... Nv had this happened since i started working, I've always had the other job waiting for me, but well, there's always a first time.

I would so much lurve to bitch abt wad happened on the last week of my work, but well, wad's over is done with and it's time to move on without a unnecessary burden. GOOD START TO 2007!!!

I thank God for all the wonderful and good things that have happened. I pray that all who have done wrong will be forgiven. And I hope that those pple whom I have done wrong to, will forgive me as well.

Sometimes it's impt to have a faith, juz so that u can hope and release certain problems, worries and burdens to higher powers. It doesn't matter which faith u belong to, becoz, as long as u believe and it teaches u to do good, den u are taken care of.

I believe everything happens for a reason. I joined the company to learn distrust between man and goodness in friendship. Having wonderful colleagues allow you to temporarily breathe in otherwise tight situations. I have learnt and I will treasure every single lesson. I hope many will be the same. No matter wad happens, it is the journey that matters. The results could either be a bonus...or bullsh*t.

Wishlist for 2007:-
1. Get a job (ASAP)
2. Backpack Europe (I'm jio-ing, anybody?)
3. Get a good job when i'm back from EU
4. Save some money (every yr, it fails)
5. Hanbin to do something he likes
6. To have the foundation on my Punggol house done (okie, HDB pls hurry)
7. Less natural disaster ard the world
8. Pple to love pple
9. Decide on wad to study for a degree
10. WORLD PEACE!!!

If onli it were after GCE O'levels, den I would get 12 choices. But nevertheless, I hope all my friends' wishes will be fulfilled too!!!! Take care everybody, and have a good 2007 ahead!!! =)

I love my job, juz not the BOSS

2006-12-22T10:04:00.000+08:00

I hate to turn my wonderful, wholesome blog into some complaints page. But on the account that I haben been seeing my friends much and need to update them with some b*tching, I shall write wadever i muster here.

So.... I was due for a long leave from 14 - 18 Dec'06, travelling to Thailand (photos i will update soon soon!) The day before 14th, was supposedly the only day i could meet my boss as she had also juz finished touring Japan. 'Unfortunately', I came down with diarrhea (actually had it since 12th dec) so I took MC in the fateful 13th Dec. She was vv angry with my apparent avoidance of her majesty and wanted to terminate my notice period when i came back from TH.

Fast Fwd to 20th Dec...
*I will refer to Her Majesty (since the son is a mother-proclaimed Prince) as JNR*

I reported to work as usual and after bouts of whispering to my colleague, JNR decided to talk to me during LUNCH TIME.

Started toking abt intergrity to company etc etc...blah blah blah... and finally went into the main topic of me providing a drawing for an architect in her absence. Story is: JNR was supposed to get back to the architect since eons ago, but as SHE was UNABLE to find the suitable drawing for him (amazing for someone with gigantic network in the industry), she left for Japan w/o getting back to the architect. Somehow, the architect called the office and requested that I sent him the drawing by that evening. (Note: JNR was still Japan skiing and not breaking her arm). So, on the account that I should help the company, i bloody exhuasted nearly all my poly contacts and called whoever i knew was still working in the archi (drafting line). Finally, through Alex, I got to Karen who decided to help me despite her already vv busy with her work. And I sent the details to the architect.

Accussation by JNR: I should have intergrity and initiative. I should have stepped out long ago with the drawing since I had it. (The fact is that i din)

After my explanation on that matter, u noe wad JNR did? Gave me a smirk say 'Oh, that's good. I juz thot that u always had the drawing but did not want to give me.' *smirk again.

I can tell u, at that point of time, I so wanted to slap her stupid face off her skull.

Okie, den we talked abt my last day of work in the company. I handed in my resignation 25 Oct and my notice was till 24 Nov. At that time, JNR requested that I stay becoz she had no found a replacement yet. On account that I have not found any job yet, I agreed to stay till end of the year. It was a verbal agreement that my last day will be 31st Dec.

Den on 20th Dec, JNR decided she cannot take me anymore, my existence in the office of traumatising her due to her compulsive and constant fear that I would steal some company information and sell it to the competitors. (Perhaps JNR had prior experience so she was fearful) So she started off by asking whether I still had a lot to do at work. Is she stupid? In all companies, all employees shouldn't be too busy once they resigned, becoz they are supposed to pass their duties for pple to follow up.

Me: 'No. Just tidying up the drawings to be converted (from hand drawn to .dwg) and the manual.'
JNR: ' I was just thinking whether you would like to leave earlier since u have not much to do already.'
Me: ' I'm ok. If the company wants me to leave earlier, I dun mind, provided the company pays me till end of the month.'
(Becoz the verbal agreement is till 31st Dec, so I stand by the agreement)
JNR: *shocked face* 'No Candice, I'm not gonna do that... ... ... ... I thot it was flexible.'

Now, someone, pls tell me abt wad is so flexible. I have already done my part and extended my notice as the company need pple, but the agreement had been set on 31st Dec. No flexibility about it, man.

Me: 'No, it's not flexible. We have agreed that my last day was 31st Dec and I believe you are a person who will honour your words. And I think it is not fair for me, juz becoz you would like to terminate my services.................'
JNR: 'No, no, i'm not terminating you. You resigned, remember.'
Me: 'Yes, I noe I resigned. (U stupid fool!) But you asking me to leave earlier than the notice is called terminated my service early. I juz think it's not very fair for me if you were to give me a sudden notice and pay me only until today.'
JNR: 'Oh, no lah... *Starting fake smile routine coz she realise i'm not taking her nonsense* The company is happy to have you here until 31st Dec.'

Den there she go again talking abt intergrity to your worplace, becoz the world is very small. One day, I might be her employee again or she might visit my restaurant where i'm a waitress *wad the f*ck is wrong with this person*

Me: 'Dun worry abt my intergrity, JNR. I know the world is round.'

Conclusion: JNR was damn buay song abt my attitude towards her becoz i am no longer a push-over. But she got no choice but to conclude that my last day is confirmed on the 31st Dec, Becoz she is supposed to be a 'Manager of Her Words'. She now is trying to think abt how to 'dui fu' me.

Countdown to 4 more full working days!!!

I do not want to name the company, becoz it is a good company. It's juz the manager here....

Gimmick Makeover

2006-12-12T11:36:00.000+08:00

Okie okie.... It was a part gimmick, becoz when we recieved the call, it was from NetsRewards and apprently, we DID NOT win anything. It was part of their promotional exercise (read:routine) to do trial makeovers for potential customers to win them over to sign photogrpahy packages.

The stylist was not great. His sense of style....sucked. Like korean costume with chinese fan?!?!?! duh.... Anyway, the makeover artiste was good, vv friendly girl and understands colours very well. Photographers on the other hand were a tad amateur. Poses they asked us to strike were so.....unoriginal.

Alright, so here are the 2 FREE photos (out of 80, they took many so u'll be tempted to buy extras at extravagant prices). They might not be the best looking, but it reflects us the most.

The photo on the left is the only i managed to do the 'V'. They keep emphasizing we should be natural but they keep asking me to pose 'xiao nu ren' or sexy poses. This is ME! This den call natural hor. *Fake lashes rulex*

ATC'06 Pictures

2006-12-05T10:55:00.000+08:00

As promised, here are the photos that were taken at the Annual Training Camp 2006. According to Shilly, we took a total 526 photos, which, well.... isn't a lot for a group of narcissistic pple. (Juz 1 camera for 40th recorded 262 photos)

We so slept in tent... Left to right: Serene, Me, Diya

Corps photo! Seniors and members could possibly be on a 1-on-1 ratio...

HSCS SJAB 40th Birthday Bash

2006-12-05T10:42:00.000+08:00

Last saturday was Hai Sing St. John 40th Anniversary. Preparation was crazy, took many of us lots of contact hrs after camp meetings and in the past week. But all was paid off. The birthday bash went GREAT!!!

Although not all of the guests turned up due to last minute commitments, we still had a good number of pple and most importantly, we all enjoyed. The prep, balloons, fashion show drove us all on a crazy and hectic schedule before the event started, the heat was turned onto some but i hope everyone understood it was for the good of making the event successful at the end of the day.

Here's a collage to share:-

Thank you each and every member, alumni, teacher, officer who made this event a success. May the next 10 years be even more happening for Hai Sing Catholic Corps!!!

ATC 2006

2006-11-28T17:15:00.000+08:00

Give me a bed anytime now and I will fall asleep in front of u immediately. I'm so very sleepy!!!

Was at Hai Sing St John Annual Training Camp since last Friday, till ytd. The meeting of my 88 batch juniors were fun filled as usual, they had juz finished their A levels and starting the life of slackers till they get themself planted in jobs. This year's trainees weren't extremely funny or interesting.

Most stoners......... Or perhaps they were juz too freaked out by the camp officers.

As i stood in the sun with them, run with them, I realized it was really tough. (But it shouldn't be an excuse to be lacking in discipline) Suddenly, I could no longer recall my life as a trainee. Time seems to pass so fast. Sec 1 was like...... ..... 9 freaking years ago. Den I was *toot* like nothing. Beyond imagination and you shouldn't even try to imagine. Kekez...

My diet and exercise plan fell through totally. Specially brought my Biotherm slimming gel to utilise for the PT sessions and endurance hike. It so turned out that I missed PT (becoz i was lazy) and Endurance Hike (becoz i had to stay back in school to accompany a female trainee who wasn't feeling well). Poor gal, but I TELL U, she one of the more passionate Sec 1s i've seen. I would have loved to walk the treetop walk, but well, it wasn't meant to be. Next time!

I took many photos, maybe when i get my hands on them, i'll post it here. All those narcissistic photos Diya and I forced SNC to take. Hehez...

This year's position in camp was Discipline Officer. It is a natural hate-able post. Trainees dun like u coz u are placed there to decide punishment for them and to obtain good discipline standards, we had to scold them the most. I've mellowed down alot, no kidding, ALOT. I no longer cannot find much excuses to scold them anymore. Even inspection of area cleaning was a quiet affair. I noe they dun like me becoz during Triage, 1 female trainee sincerely, earnestly ask the NCO whether they can cover my mouth. I was shouting becoz i was supposed to be suffering from closed shin bone fracture. Obviously, being unable to cover my mouth, i continued shouting 'Help Me' (Mermaid Hairianto style) before 1 Sec 1 male trainee said ' Ma'am, even if you shout, nobody is going to help you.' I was like......duh.......I thot i was in a Triage and I supposed you are the first-aider *roll-eyes* <-- Fave activity of some.

BBQ was fun although there was a light drizzle caused by Weiwen washing his car. There were performances by all. Trainees, NCO, Senior NCOs, Junior Officer and Officers (we were obviously sabotaged). After much discussion, we decided to act out the outrageous stuff the trainees did and said during the Triage. They couldn't understand, becoz onli the seniors were laughing, they much have thot we were doing some demo of First Aid........ *roll my eyes yet again*

Guess photos would speak better, but that can wait. I have so many things stacked in my TO DO list that it's bursting at its seams. In the meantime, enjoy! =)

Updates

2006-11-22T09:30:00.000+08:00

I miss the urge to always wanna come back to blog abt stuff.

The bazaar went ok, although the crowd was not as good as expected. We finally identified the correct group of pple buying bags so we are gonna go all out to get this target group. A good start and hope things get better. Maybe I will post photos of Bing and Manning attending to the booth soon. Hehez...

This blog is slowly turning into some personal complaints board. I hope something happens soon to change it. Please hang in there while I surf/ski/cable-ski through this rough waves.

overwhlemed

2006-11-15T10:51:00.000+08:00

There's so many things going on right now that I dunnoe which to do first. I have bag-to-differ blog site to revamp (which reminds me i have not advertised it on my own blog yet), the bazaar at SP, do the many time-consuming and useless things the b*tch makes me do, invitation card for the 40th hsc sjab, the deco concept, zone 10 presentation slideshow, the bank cheque for presentation, hsc ATC team-building programme..........haiz.......

My blog is so boring, mainly becoz there are no major changes, except for the fact that i no longer noe where to head.

God Bless.

e END of e BEGINNING

2006-10-27T09:48:00.000+08:00

Sorry all for the lack of updates. Life has been pretty mundane, daily bitching abt my boss isn't something i should write on my blog, although it is factual.

Latest update: I QUIT! Not verbally only, gave the letter already. Last day should be end of Nov. I have no job waiting for me. This is like the first time ever that i'm doing something as risky as this, but i hope all will turn out good and as planned.

After leaving, I can den put more time to settle the St John Stuff, like attending the camp, 40th anv etc. Will also be setting up a website to sell bags that are currently sold onli in Japan!!! Look out for that! Most prob will take up a part time job at cafes to get some F&B experience.

My plan to backpack Europe is still intact. Recently found 2 female friends who might be interested in joining me. GREAT!!! I hope everything turns out along the line. Still awaiting confirmation and listing out places i MUZ visit and wanna visit.

Nothing much to update otherwise but will be busy preparing all the SJAB stuff and Bag Selling in the next few weeks. ::: e END of e BEGINNING :::

Vivocity / Ah-Gong Hse

2006-10-16T11:43:00.000+08:00

Gosh!!! Up till now still haben put up photos of Nuie's visit. Kekez... Will try to do it soon but in the meantime, hopefully u guys can get abit of updates on my weekend.

Saturday - Went to Vivocity after the St John meeting. It's freaking crowded coz everyone is rushing down to witness the buzz. And the TRAFFIC JAM started the moment u exit ECP to Keppel Rd. I've nv seen such a long Q of cars q-ing to get into a new shopping centre. If so many went Vivo, means other shopping centre sure vv empty lor...

Anyway, only 60% of the shops were opened. Official opening of Vivocity will be 1 Dec 2006. So pple who haben been there, take ur time, some shops are even slated to open onli in Jan 07. There's Topshop, Espirit, Warehouse, Bata, Watson, Guardian, Giant etc etc (Sounds like any ol' SC in Sg) I muz say there's nothing VV interesting, although the sheer interior size is enuf to win any others hands, feet, body down.

Vivo ain't big... it's GIGANTIC

Crikey... This croc is BIG

Some more interesting stuff were the small shop by Cold Storage that sells superbly fresh imported food stuff. So fresh and makes u salivate at the sight of it. *Beware saliva cannot touch computer*

Veges never looked more tasty... SO COLOURFUL!!!

And there was this apple which is so damn big, like half the size of my face. Couldn't take a comparison shot, but pls try to compare it with the pear (which appears puny) beside it and note that it costs a whooping $15.90 per apple!!! Imported from Japan, the land of rising prices.

HB verhemently refused to take photos for me AND the apples...

HB had Carls' Jr for the first time and complained that the burgers were too expensive before he saw the sheer size of it. With attempts to make the meal as neat as possible, we later proceeded to Toys 'r' Us to enjoy the megastore of childhood dreams.

Me & Geoffrey at the entrance (Zi pai one okie, got skill sia)

Hanbin with his eternal fascination with Transformers

After the crazy walking around, we unknowingly walked back to Habourfront and reached this BIG Superstore (its called Big) and bought a garment steamer + fan at discounted rate. Laziness prevails!!! I love at the garment steamer!!!

Sunday - My Ah-Gong is finally discharged and back home. After numerous pleas by my aunties and mum, my uncles decided to employ a personal maid to take care of my maternal grandfather. My Ah-Gong went home on Saturday and my uncles threw a homecoming party at his place on Sunday. My Ah-Gong so happy when he saw so many pple visiting him, makes him the Homecoming King...

Wiebber was at his Sunday's best, wore the 2 yrs old girl toddler OP crossback tee to visit my Ah-Gong too. Somehow, he knew he had to be gentle and went slowly to my grandfather's side to lick his fingers. Well, Wiebber's the STAR, as usual, which caused jealousy from my uncle's crazy Chihuahua ' Giogio'.

Mid-Autumn / Lantern / Mooncake Festival

2006-10-09T16:18:00.000+08:00

I'm so sleepy in the office, i have to resort to bloggin to keep myself conscious. Hate Mondays, but anyway, this entry is abt last Friday so we shall get started.

Last friday was the Annual Mid Autumn Festival when the moon is at its biggest and brightest and where all families are supposed to unite. (Vv difficult these days due to globalisation), some pple call it the lantern festival (becoz the children would carry lanterns for fun) or the mooncake festival (the mooncake is a seasonal food, if u eat it at other times of the year, u're crazy or unorthodox).

For your information, I did none of wad i WAS supposed to do.

1. Admire the moon - Cannot make it. The moon retreated coz gahmen say muz avoid vigorous outdoor activity. So cannot see moon.
2. Reunion with family - Was with the St john family, meeting abt the rest of the year and with totally starving pple (aka stanley)
3. Carry lantern - Cannot coz i carry camera. (see photos below)
4. Eat mooncake - Vv expensive to buy the snow skin ones and i hate the traditional ones.

Below are photos, childish or not, but it shows the hardworking pple of St john celebrating the festival tgt.

After all the lanterns were lighted.

Double D: Doreen & Diya

:SNC: A smoky affair with sparklers :Huiyi:

The hands involved to make SJAB

Charlotte & Teck Leong (Wedding 081006)

2006-10-09T11:02:00.000+08:00

Ytd night went to The Legends @ Fort Canning Park to attend the wedding of my 2 St. John seniors. The ballroom was great, albeit the unchanging deco, and the wedding couple was so happy. I've nv seen Deliang smiled as happy as ytd and Charlotte was juz so radiant. Woo~ the wedding bliss!!!

Met up with the usual Singma (Singapore-Malaysia Competition) party consisting of shan sri, jeff (e QUACK doctor), bingxiang, peiying, huisian and, aiyah, many many more pple. Took some photos after the entire banquet. Here they are:

From left to right: Junyang, Me, Huisian, Shan, Jeff

From left to right: Me, Jeff, Shan, Peiying

Ermz... no photos of the couple. They too busy so onli can use the official photographer. Hopefully they can send us the photos den i can post it again. So handsome and pretty sia. Wonder if I would be equally radiant on my wedding day. Anyway, from the photos, I can see my arms are getting fatter... Time to cut down on the snacks and work my body.

It's always nice meeting with the Singma pple coz we are all so lame, especially when high on red wine. =p

Godspeed

2006-10-03T10:50:00.000+08:00

A few nites ago, i was taking a cab and noticed this taxi driver kept changing gear at the wrong time, resulting to super un-smooth ride. I was juz curious at wad speed he decides to change the gears when i saw the photo of Christ pasted over his speedometer!!! No wonder he dunnoe when to change gear and he drove really fast once we hit the highway!!!

First time i read the word 'Godspeed' was in Dan Brown's Angel and Demon, when the Vatican Guards were supposed to find this annihilator within a vv tight frame of time.

Junior Guard: 'Captain, how long do we have?'
Captain: 'Godspeed, Godspeed.'

So i interpreted that Godspeed = vv fast (like God).

Is the taxi driver praying for God to look after him on the road, no matter wad speed he goes? Or he decides to stop seeing the speedometer and move as God wants him to???

Maybe one day when the traffic police catches this pious taxi driver and charges him for speeding, taxi driver can say 'the signs only put number, but i moving at Godspeed. Gahmen nv say cannot wad.' o_O

Takes so long to style

2006-09-27T10:10:00.000+08:00

Okie, I truly miss my straight hair. At least it juz takes combing through and i'm ready to go. Today woke up bloody early and still turned up late for work. Juz curling my hair and styling it took nearly 1 hr!!! Well, but paid for it liaoz, might as well keep it. There goes my beauty sleep...

Took this shot juz 5 mins ago in the office. My eyes look like they need alot more rest than they have. The curls are truly wasted w/o highlights. So my fixed expenditure in thailand end of the yr is gonna be teeth whitening (S$400) and highlighting cost. No more shopping $$...

New ME

2006-09-26T14:14:00.000+08:00

Ytd met my mom at Substance, ground floor of stamford court, to utilise this voucher Erch has won through contest. It was $300, more than enuf to do wad she would have wanted (rebonding), but she gave it up due to regular tying of hair and laments the rebond effect will be wasted.

Initial plan was to let my mum go for rebonding ($209) and me haircut + treatment. It turned out that my mum's hair was too layered, so rebond already oso no effect. So i could spend more. Hmmm...so wad do u think i did..................

Within the past year, there's been lots of changes to my hairstyle. Good thing my hair grows fast. =P

The Hair-pic Journey

September 2005: Cleopatra Hairstyle

1 year later, Early September 2006

Human held in Alien Scientific Experiment

Tadaa!!! Presenting the NEW ME! (act cute tie)

I noe lah... The curl...digital perm...not obvious. The stylist say MUZ colour + highlight. Seems like it really is the case, but the price is absurd, S$194!!! Maybe i can try my luck in Thailand and risk looking like a Thai-Girl again... o_O

I'll post a photo of myself, not tying hair soon. Hehez....vain pot (notice all photos w/o braces..haha)

Wiebber's Day Out

2006-09-24T14:45:00.000+08:00

Ytd was Saturday and I was free for the day so i decided to bring Wiebber to the beach... AGAIN! And since tinaornana mentioned she haben been to Sentosa for a vv long time, I roped her in for the short day trip. (She claims she was being treated like a maid, but well... Wiebber is worth it being pampered, right?)

Here are the photos:-

On our way to glorious Sentosa. Location: ECP

Test water

Wiebber & Mummy @ Siloso Beach

Bollywood moment: Running along the beach

Wiebber @ The Merlion Walk

Wiebber N his admirer, Tinaornana

Wiebber: 'Taxi! I wanna get away from these monsters!!!' (The one sprouting water at the back)

Okie, tad's all for the photos. Actually still got alot, but these are the essence. Hope y'all enjoyed.

Transition

2006-09-22T11:05:00.000+08:00

Got sick of the appearing cute monster but can't find any blogskins that i like, so decided to land up with a template while i continue to search.

My last blogskin made the fonts super small....so now that i change the skin, the fonts are so DAMN BLOODY BIG.... so fugly......... Dun tell me how difficult to read the previous posts are, coz i noe they look like kindergarten children's scribbles. Eww...

Nothing much to write abt myself, simply becoz nothing much is happening. There are many pictures that i 'planned' to post, but they are currently still in my gorgeous camera, so yeah, gotta wait for the good stuff. Hehez.... In the meantime....

Was chatting with my sis on MSN ytd when i asked her wad my darling was doing (it was 1pm)

Erch: 'he's doing wad he does best. I take photo and show u'

And there u go, a dog ignoring all human life and sleeping like nobody's business.

My mum says Wiebber and me are getting more and more alike. She claims i'm starting to look like Wiebber (!?!??!) and Wiebber's sleeping habits are like mine (which is pretty true). In fact, being the DOG in my family is pretty mundane, here's how his timetable looks like.

8am - Wakey wakey
8.05-10am - Eat breakfast, go toilet, brush hair
10.05am - Figures everyone's out to work, so he sleeps
*He sleeps throughout the afternoon, with or w/o pple ard*
6pm - Abit more energetic coz everyone starts to come back from work
7pm - Dinner and free to run abt
*the whole nite will be playing, running ard and making trouble*
11.30pm - starting to find places to doze off
12.30pm - Really snoring away... ZZzzz.........

I think it's pretty wierd y he's always so tired in the afternoon. U noe, dogs are supposed to be people pleasers, but when it comes to his afternoon naps, he doesn't care who's at home and he juz want to sleep. As proven on right.

But of coz, we disturb him all the time, and here's some photos of bringing him out, thus destroying his beauty sleep.

This is Wiebber the model, posing to publicise the newly opened Ben & Jerry @ Downtown East. Yah, now DTE has everything, soon will have cinema too. Pasir Ris Rulez!

But before the cinema arrives, here's Wiebber-in-the-bag at Tampines Mall. Trying to be as inconspicuous as possible, when a lil brat shouted out 'Mummy, see, got dog in the bag!'

Damn.

His name is James (#29)

2006-09-21T10:47:00.000+08:00

Ytd evening I recieved a phone call from an unfamiliar number, but i picked it up anyway to see wad this whoever has to say.

???: 'Halo, is this...you, yu, yue...tian?'
Me: 'Ermz, yes, i'm yutian. May I noe who's that on the line?'
??: 'Oh Hi, I'm ur new agent taking over ur policy. My name is James.'

This bloody agency had no one taking care of my policy since my last 2 agents left. Take my $$ every month and onli sent me a replacement agent after like....8 months?!?!?! So the conversation continues...

Me: 'I'm sorry, James, but i have decided to transfer my policy to a friend who juz got her license (aka huiyin or Yvette)'
James: 'Oh...aiyah....so i too late lah. I juz take over ur policy only. I very good one, u noe.'
Me: 'I have been w/o an agent for the past few months and your agency only transfered my account to you. I think your agency is not very responsible.'
James: 'Den nvm lor, so who is this friend of urs who is taking over? I quite TOP one leh.'
*SO!?!?!*
Me: 'She's noes she wun be earning from taking over my policy, we have a common understanding.'
James: 'Wah, she really good friend hor. She work how long already ah? I'm going to be promoted to a manager soon.'
*SO?!?!?!*
Me: 'She juz got her license but i feel safer knowing who my agent.'

And so we said the normal polite stuff and hung up the phone. I'm not usually so pissed, but i dislike him the moment he started toking. Why the hell would i want a TOP soon-to-be-promoted-to-manager agent when his BIG agency cannot even take good care of my account???

Some agents just dun understand pple buy insurance not for u to earn $$, but it is a safety net to fall upon when something happens to us. It doesn't help when u beg us to buy ur policy, tell us we can eat cheaper food to save more $$ to buy an insurance policy or dun go shopping. We, the non-agents, are not suckers.

That's y i like Huiyin (aka Yvette) coz she doesn't do that. If any of u wants a Prudential agent to do assessment, get her mobile no. from me. She'll be more than glad to help, w/o obligations. =)

It's our Style Box

2006-09-15T15:12:00.000+08:00

www.its-our-style-box.blogspot.com

For those who do not know, I come from a archi/design background. I might not be the most creative person, BUT i have a lot of CREATIVE FRIENDS!!!

And when my creative friends turn to designing hobby, these young pple are showing their passion in their works. One of my friends, Hana, has brought her jewellery making skills to a higher level. Customising and show-casing on the website above, her partner and her are taking in YOUR orders and selling it to u at an affordable rate. Do give the website a visit, and who noes, U might be the very next customer!

Cheers pple, give local designers ur support! =)

Danish

2006-09-13T15:03:00.000+08:00

Mr Henrik Sarfelt and me at Boat Quay after appt at Steven Leach.

This photo not vv handsome leh, maybe becoz cannot see his BLUE eyes. It's nearly husky (the dog) kinda blue, near white... Iris and pupil totally diff colour. So Cool!!!

Group photo at One Fullerton. After Dinner at Black Angus Steakhouse.
From left to right: Jas (admin col), yours truly (me), my boss, henrik(danish visitor)

Took this photo with a N73 camera, reviewed on the fone still quite good, but it proves inadequate for night shots. Okie, it's a fone camera, but they boast it can be CAMERA-FONE wad.... I dun wanna buy already.

My Panasonic Lumix, my favourite!

late nite with SMS

2006-09-13T10:08:00.000+08:00

I muz have committed such wrong before, but I've definately learnt my lesson. To pple who doesn't turn in to bed before 12am, STOP FREAKING SMS ME IN THE MIDDLE OF E NITE!!!

I'm not angry, but i have fragmented sleep due to msg tones that come on at like 3am... I once had a friend who reprimanded me that i could always switch off my phone when i sleep, den Y these pple cannot reply sms in the morning!!! Personally, i switch on my phone 24-7 becoz i like to be ever-ready for pple who need me, but if u are juz replying to a msg i sent out at 4pm den u can wait till next morning. If I need an answer really urgently (life n death), I will call u (ur mobile, ur home, ur office).

Maybe I have nothing else more interesting to write abt..... *grouchy*

4 million smiles

2006-09-11T12:13:00.000+08:00

10-20 Sep Nicoll Highway Closed

So it has begun. From now till the 20th, our country is gonna be on high alert, since Bintan doesn't allow protesters to use loudspeakers anymore. As much as i detest the trouble we have to go through, the detours, closure of roads and linkways, I still couldn't resist smiling. Not so much for the well-being of the delegates, I admit i'm pure narcissistic. Check this out, Hanbin and I smiling to be part of the mural.

who lives in the PINEAPPLE under the sea

2006-09-11T11:19:00.000+08:00

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!

In ultimate Monopoly frenzy these days. I now have 4 diff versions of the age old boardgame at my house: Uniquely Singapore, Original, Disney, Spongebob!

The Disney one was bought along those temporary shops at Changi Village and cost onli $10!!! Obviously it isn't real, we weren't planning on getting the real thing anyway.

Ytd nite, Hanbin and I decided to get the next one: Spongebob Limited Edition!!! So fun! There was a Plankton game version, Pineapple house, Krusty Krab hotel and all our favourite characters from the cartoon. Next time my friends come to my place, they'll have so many choices of Monopoly. I love Board Games!!!

Danish Visitor

2006-09-08T10:27:00.000+08:00

Wah....he handsome lor. But my boss memory stops somewhere, coz she says he's in his late twenties some yrs ago...and she still expects him to be late 20s. Whahaha....he mid-30s already lor and starting to have white hair lah.

Interesting facts:
1. Danish speaks a lil' like Indians
2. Denmark dun have Andersen Ice Cream of Denmark. (i feel so cheated of the $$ i spent on this foreign ice cream)
3. Danish pastry appears everywhere of the globe, except Denmark

Interesting fact outside of Denmark:
1. India dun have ROTI PRATA!!!

Keke.... look out this space man. I'll be posting photos with the handsome Danish(not Hana's nephew). Haha...

ironic or not

2006-09-06T18:51:00.000+08:00

Tourism Queensland is having a fair at the Basement of Parkway Parade. And the fair includes Super Bee, Candy Making, Sand Sculpting...and the most famous of Queensland...Crocodile Hunter at Australia Zoo.

So everyday, as I walk ard in Parkway Parade, I see posters of the late Steve Irwin doing his stunts feeding crocodiles and a promotion for kids to take photo in that infamous Khaki costume and fake stuff toy resting on their small shoulders.

It's kinda sad seeing his posters and knowing he juz passed away freakily. Wonder if the photo-taking stall has less customers now as chinese parents are quite 'pan-dang' one. There was also a 'Little Croc Hunter' Contest, organised by Young Parents Magazine, where kids are supposed to dress in khaki costume and act like some explorer... The managment has dutifully changed the contest name to 'Little Zoo Keeper'. The new name is a little lame, but i guess it was a necessary decision to change the name, at least.

Tml and Fri got visitor coming to office. Danish guy, abt early 30s. Hehe...if he handsome, i will take photo with him to post it here. But if he not handsome ah, means my boss 'pian' me lor.

SHOCKED

2006-09-04T15:22:00.000+08:00

As i logged out of my hotmail, it automatically redirected to sg.msn.com, which showed such a headline:

Australias Crocodile Hunter Killed on Diving Expedition

It turned out to be Steve Irwin, the famous naturalist, who never fail to show up on Animal Planet Australian or conservative wildlife series.

Although i never especially liked his shows, I muz say he is a very captivating person. And when he starts rambling abt the animals behaviours, U can see real passion in his eyes. Somewhat dramatic but u feel sincerity.

Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray's barb, off the coast of Port Douglas, where he had been fliming his latest wildlife series. Although it is extremely sad to hear the news, I somehow find comfort in knowing he was, at least, doing the things he loved.

Although no one of concern (like his family etc) is gonna read this post, I hope his family will find the strength to go on and his children will grow up remembering their father as a passionate naturalist and affable TV presenter.

Life is so unpredictable, I guess everyone should really be doing wad they WANT to do, so that they will not regret it when the moment is over. There were many times i set out to do something, only to give up due to society pressure or monetary reason. I wished I could take time to do voluntary work overseas, help the less-fortunate children, be a paramedic / nurse, backpack around the world to experience vast cultures. But i haben done any of these, because if i do not work, i have no $$ to pay my bills, other jobs pay better and do not require u to be on a 24-hr standby.

I salute Steve Irwin for being so passionate towards nature and hope he rests in peace.

my ^^^fast^^^ weekend

2006-09-04T10:34:00.000+08:00

Haiz... Happy times also past so fast. 2 days on weekend seems juz as long as half a day in the office. This weekend has been fruitful, did many things (except going to dentist). Maybe that's y time past so fast...

Woke up so damn early on Saturday... Like 9.30am (vv early for me hor), to go for HB n my Adult First Aid Re-exam at St John HQ. It's called a re-exam because u have to renew ur first aid license every year... not that we failed the exam. In fact, I managed a FULL MARKS / 40 for the test. Hehez... so proud!!!

Den both of us headed to Suntec to meet up with Shui and Jingwen at K Box. All of us were late, supposed to meet at 10.30, but we onli turned up at 11.30. =P We ordered the yuckiest food and chicken rice for the K-lunch pkg, i think they delibrately made the food bad so that pple will come for the more expensive pkgs in the afternoon/nite. It wasn't as 'high' as usual (the singing), probably coz there onli 5 of us (plus xinying) and the songs we sang were pretty mellow.

***And this is the 4th time my boss enter the office while i blog (10.37AM)***

So after the kbox session, we went CoffeeBean to tok, xinying to continue sketching and left for her group project discussion at 3pm. Shui & JW left shortly after she got an emergency call from her office, leaving HB and I to our 'er ren shi jie'.

Long long time din go shopping with HB already... We were like those young dating couples again, holding hands while we walk along shops at Marina Square. And HB was in a mood to spend, on himself.. Hahaz... By the time we ended up at the foodcourt for dinner, he had bought 1 wallet from the walletshop, 2 tees + slipper from Ripcurl.

Went home and slept quite early as HB was tired out from all the walking + gaming till 3am the nite before.

Sunday: Woke up at 11am to prepare myself and drove my sis to tuition, HB n I den headed to Tampines 201 for his barber haircut and lunch. We've been eating at foodcourt n hawkers these days, which is a good thing as we REALLY need to SAVE. Den i drove him to Expo to attend the Cat show (where pple show their cats) and i headed home to pick up my parents and visit my grandfather at TTSH.

Left abt 3pm after my dad keep asking my mum whether we should go already...blah blah blah... Not sensitive at all!!! My mum juz wanted to spend more time with my ah-gong, coz he so lonely after we all leave, den keep meddling with his handphone signaling his bored. I so hate him for his self-righteousness (translate: I am always right) attitude. Not forgetting he spoilt my entire Sunday by picking a quarrel out of nowhere due to his low self esteem and lack of confidence. I shan't elaborate, and i'm sorry abt saying such things abt my own father, but i really cannot handle him anymore. I'm so upset with myself for being so upset with him. =(

Well, wadever, after visiting my Ah-gong, my parents and I headed to Tampines Mall to meet up with my sis and HB, who are changing their phone at Starhub and M1 using my mum's account. Tina got a Sony Ericsson W800i and HB got himself a Sony Ericsson W618i. We continued to Best Denki to get my mum's fruit blender and den to Haagen Daaz to exchange 2 boxes of Cookies & Cream Crunch with Starhub Points. Woohoo~ Heavenly!

Ok, den i drove everyone home, HB to change his uniform and picked up Wiebber and 3 of us went to catch the St John Annual General Inspection at Serangoon Stadium. We were...erm...late.... Onli got to see the march pass...whahaha!!!! Den tong-pang SNC to pasir ris and we headed to HB's place for dinner.

Nauti Wiebber Pee-ed on Hanei's bed which resulted to him having no pillow to sleep for the night and decided to head back to his rented room in Jurong West.

All in all, the 2 days past extremely fast and pple ard me are all in spending frenzy, except me. Not becoz i'm thrifty, it's becoz my cheque haben clear. Whaha....

*this is a damn boring post, sorry pple* Part of the reason i blog is due to extreme poor memory, therefore should i be questioned wad i did weeks ago, i can always come back to my blog to refresh my memory....kekez

Retainer Status: Lost

2006-09-01T15:42:00.000+08:00

My barely 4 month old retainers have decided to leave me for good. Not that I dun need them anymore, I need them badly, but I obviously did not do a good job at taking care of them. I guess they muz be struggling with some other litter at Hans or NTUC Marine Parade. Poor thing, they were still so pinkish and new, w/o scratches and nice. Poor me....going to spend another $250 to get a replacement. I better have the study model of my JAW still. Tml is journey to Bukit Gombak to get screamed at by my nurse. Bless me.

this time last year

2006-08-31T16:17:00.000+08:00

About this time, last year, HB n I attended my thai friend's wedding at Rayong. It was a quaint town where tourist were scarce and yet, has the best seafood and beaches in Thailand.

Until now still dun have the photos we took with the wedding couple. I think i muz go demand from my friend... Haha...

By the time my friend and her husband decided to visit Singapore for their honeymoon, she realised she was pregnant. In June this year, she had her 1st child. 4.25kg at birth ok!!! wad a feat...

So cute rite?

His nickname is Ton Ton, which literally means heavy and weighs a ton. How aptly named. =)

Logic Lessons

2006-08-30T20:06:00.000+08:00

My sis sent me an email with a title as above which contains muses of life and wad i added below.

" If your father is poor,
Count yourself unlucky.
But if your father-in-law is poor,
It's ur own stupidity!!!"

Look's like I'm pretty unlucky and a lil stupid. Hahaz... (,") (",) (-_-) (*o*) ('~')

$50,770

2006-08-24T14:30:00.000+08:00

It's fun when u win in Monopoly. U become like the invincible player of the game and the wade of money $$$ feels right at home in ur hands.

After all the losing and being the first bankrupt player every round, it's so shiok to recieve $$ from all players and see their sad faces when they land in ur hotel.

Family record - whooping SM*$50,770.... battle btwn HB, Erch, Ah Bong and me. So fun!

Can't wait till next sat when my friends come over to chiong board games through the night. 1 set not enuf lah... Muz borrow 2 more sets from other pple liaoz... I wanna buy a few more sets!!! Limited Edition!!! Hehez...

SM*$ - Singapore Monopoly Dollars

German Monopoly Set

im so addicted to putting up pictures these days. sorry if u have to wait while loading the page.

punggol beach

2006-08-21T15:05:00.000+08:00

U can reach Punggol Beach by SBS bus 82... It's open to public and many pple haben been there. My first time stepping on the fine sands of Punggol happened juz ytd.

I've been to that particular road for like 2-3 times, always mentally topped by this 'NO ENTRY' sign put up by the coast customs. Den ytd Hanbin say can go pass the gantry one......... So i decided to risk it with Wiebber to believe his papa for once.

Oh, so the jetty was further down the road and the coast customs was further too.... Means the beach is accessible, and boy, the beach is AMAZING!!! Fine sands, CLEAR water (can see big stone at seabed near shore), even better than Sentosa. Although the shore is pretty shallow....like 5 big steps from grassland to sea.... the place is really nice. Wiebber went for a skinny dippy and tried to make a friend before his attempt to 'hump' turned the other owner off. Here's some photos from a proud mom.

I thot he was afraid of the water. Turns out it could be the last expedition weather was too cold. Wiebber pretty much enjoyed this outing.... Made himself as dirty as possible with the salt water and sand. I had to sit with him at the back of the van while his papa drives from Punggol back to Tampines. Gave him a good bath and he pretty much fainted by the time he got home at night.

travel plans

2006-08-21T12:02:00.000+08:00

Any minute now...... my boss is gonna walk into the office. For like the past 3 entries, i had to be so lucky that she step rite into the office while i am blogging. Not that i care though...

Work is hanging on a thread woven by Missy Spidey. My boss doesn't accept my resignation and tell me to let her think abt the entire company structure and see if we can do something abt it, something other than me resigning. At the same time, she says she cannot stop the Angmoh boss from giving me a 3-7days notice if he said it. So yah, company win everything. I juz wait. So i juz flipped papers everyday and wait. Worse is me being unable to commit a start date, therefore deeming interviews useless.

People ard me have been encouraging. Thanks!

My parents have confirmed on the year end family trip. YEAH!!! Thailand, here i come!!! So there will be 10 pax travelling SIN-CNX-BKK-SIN (5-6days). If u are interested, gimme a buzz!!! Anyone can join, bigger group, bigger bargaining power. When the tours are more or less fixed, i will publish the full itinery. Hehez..... Come lah.....I bring u ard Thailand..... =)

combustibility

2006-08-18T00:00:00.000+08:00

It's crazy when I can't see wad lies in life for myself. It frustrates me being indecisive. And it sure doesn't help when all environment u are in is so highly combustible. I guess that is the reason y many pple sought refuge and peace online. Becoz if someone pisses u off online, u can juz shut the person up totally, from that monitor of yours.

In reality, u cannot shut pple down becoz they talk bad abt u, it also rules out 'blocking' stressed up pple from throwing unneccesary tantrums at ya. But maybe u can try the invisible mode... Honestly, I believe I already am, a lot more fortunate than some (many) pple from the rest of the world. While i'm bitching abt work, they are probably trying to get their hands on the next edible thing they can find.

Juz to declare, I have resigned from my current job. Yes, the marketing one, in case ur info still remains at the travel agency...or worse, the paint company. U might think i'm a job hopper and some brainless pple commented i have not tried hard enuf. To those pple who think i like job hopping, I say i dun. I enjoy possessing a stable job and an ability to wake up in the morning knowing wad I should do next. To those pple who commented that i haben tried hard enuf, f**K off.... U dun even noe the real situation.

My mind is a funny piece of instrument that tries to figure out what my heart wants.

the road ahead

2006-08-15T11:15:00.000+08:00

I know the previous post sounded chirpy with all the bdae msgs.... Well, I meant them to be chirpy, it came from the bottom of my heart. Juz that in other areas, it's not that smooth.

I'm starting to lose confidence of myself. Maybe i'm juz so normal afterall, if normal is even achievable. I have always thot i can be a good marketing personnel, but it doesn't seem to be the case here.

This period has been the dimmest of all times, ever since i started working. I always knew what i wanted and what i should be offered. Maybe i'm not humble enuf to accept the realities of life. Suddenly i do not know where i am heading to. Should i go for my degree, if so, what major? Should I find another career path, if so, which industry/position?

Life is full of uncertainty. It hits u when u least expect it. When i started this job, I was so full of enthusiasm and hope. Hope I can finally strike it out as a marketing personnel, Enthusiastic that i can finally be given such a job despite the lack of experience in the area. But it is not meant to be..... Maybe it was never meant to be.

Now i onli can be strong, and when i fail to do so, I know, fortunately, I have pple to lean on. Perhaps, God wants to show me the real path of my life. Maybe I need to realise the real purpose of life. Maybe i should work in a career which can bring meaning to my everyday life.

14-15-16

2006-08-15T11:10:00.000+08:00

Happy Belated Birthday to my dear gal, Xinying!!!

May we have many more birthday outings to attend and all the best for ur future!

Happy 26th Birthday to my Darling, Han Bin!!!

**Wiebber says Happy Birthday to his Papa too** All the best for your work and let us strive for what we have set out to achieve. Love Ya! Muackx!

Happy advanced Birthday to my P.sch Best Friend, Ailing!!!

I still cant make myself call u Jessica...Haha.... But anyway, have a good celebration and God Bless!

:::ME:::

2006-08-10T17:54:00.000+08:00

Sorry that I haben been blogging much for the past few days. Not in the right mood and things juz aren't going the right way. = ( Life could have been better, I should learn how to make life better. Even though so many pple blogged abt their national day, amazingly, i do not even feel the urge to blog abt it... It's not that i'm not patriotic ( I LOVE SINGAPORE ) , juz not as excited as I was during the Preview. Muz be the venue.

Was juz surfing my friend's blog when i came across this website abt characteristics of astrological signs. It's pretty interesting and now i noe it's not my fault for being contradicting. Hehez... anyway, have extracted the (vv looong) para from the website and highlight those points which i feel is more relevant.

The Crab

June 22 to July 22

Traditional Cancer Traits
Emotional and loving

Intuitive and imaginative

Shrewd and cautious

Protective and sympathetic

On the dark side....

Changeable and moody

Overemotional and touchy

Clinging and unable to let go

The Cancerian character is the least clear-cut of all those associated with the signs of the zodiac. It can range from the timid, dull, shy and withdrawn to the most brilliant. It is a fundamentally conservative and home-loving nature, appreciating the nest like quality of a secure base to which the male can retire when he needs a respite from the stresses of life, and in which the Cancerian woman can exercise her strong maternal instincts. The latter tends to like and to have a large family. `Nest like' is an appropriate adjective for the Cancerian home, for its inhabitants tend to favor the dark, mysterious but comfortable type of house which has something of the air of a den about it, a place which belongs to the family rather than existing as a showcase to impress visitors. That is not to say that the Cancerian is unsociable, just that for them there is a time to socialize and a time to be solitary, and this is part of the apparent contradiction in their nature.

Outwardly they can appear formidable - thick-skinned, unemotional, uncompromising, obstinately tenacious, purposeful, energetic, shrewd, intuitive and wise, sometimes with a philosophical profundity of thought verging on inspiration. Their intimates, however, may see a very different character, one with a sympathetic and kindly sensitivity to other people, especially those they love. They are able to identify with the situations of others because of the keenness of their imaginations. They are often over-imaginative and prone to fantasy, sometimes trying to shape their lives to fit some romantic ideal.

They are appreciative of art and literature, and especially of drama, where the spectacle and ebb and flow of action and feeling particularly excite them. They may themselves possess considerable literary, artistic or oratorical talent. Their sharp ears and talent for mimicry can sometimes give them success on the stage, though their tendency to be emotional may make them overact. Interestingly - because they give the impression of being down-to-earth - they are often fascinated by the occult and are more open to psychic influence than the average.

If they can reconcile the personal conflict of their urge to be outgoing with the reserve that causes them to withdraw into themselves, then at best they can inspire a generation, especially the youthful part of it, by their idealism. A job in which they can express this, and in which they can do well, would be as a leader in a youth organization.

In their personal relationships they are mentally a mixture of toughness and softness, often emotional and romantic to the point of sentimentality in their fantasies; but in real life and in marriage, their loving is not so sentimental but tenaciously loyal. Even if they have affairs (and they may do so, for the male in particular is open to sensual stimulation), their first loyalty remains to spouse and family, of whom they regard themselves as the protector. Both the
Cancerian man and woman love unreservedly, giving much and asking little in return - in fact, one of the most important lessons they have to learn is how to receive gracefully. They are too easily influenced by those they love and admire, and swayed by the emotion of the moment. They are also loyal friends, the negative side of their faithfulness being clannishness, the narrow patriotism of "my country right or wrong"; and closing ranks in suspicion and coldness toward outsiders.

Cancerians have a retentive memory, particularly for emotionally laden events which they can recall in detail for years afterwards. they are strongly governed by childhood memories and since they live intensely in the past in memory and in the future in imagination, a chance meeting with someone for whom they had an unrequited love, even if they thought they had conquered the feeling, will easily rouse the emotion all over again.

The Cancerian has many potential faults. They can be untidy, sulky, devious, moody, inclined to self-pity because of an inferiority complex, brood on insults (very often imagined), yet are easily flattered. They can be tactless and difficult yet, because they are normally ambitious, they will curry favor by floating with majority opinions, outlooks and fashions of the day. As a result they often change their opinions and loyalties and, indeed, their occupations, and lack stability. They are easily corrupted and, because they are convincing romanticizers, can make successful confidence tricksters. Their romanticism in another sense make them ardent supporters of causes, for example a football team with whose heroes they can identify in a world of fantasy.

Their abilities fit the Cancerian for a wide range of occupations. As they are interested in what people are thinking and able to judge what they can safely be told, they can be good journalists, writers or politicians, though in this last capacity they are more likely to remain in the background rather than attain prominent positions of power. They may, indeed, change their party affiliations. They can serve in other departments of public affairs, especially those which involve looking after others, for example in any kind of service from welfare and nursing to catering - their own love of comfort and good living makes the Cancerian an excellent chef or housekeeper. They sometimes have a penchant for trade or business and are often successful as a captain of industry. This is because they are excellent organizers with a good sense of value and economy which they may combine with a flair for inventiveness and originality. The romantic side of their natures make them enjoy grubbing about in places where exciting discoveries may be made (old stamp collections in attics, etc.), and if they can do this professionally as a secondhand dealer or specialist in antiques, they will be happy. More common occupations which suit some subjects of Cancer are real estate broker, gardener and sailor.

Physically they are average to below average in height, with a fleshy body and short legs in comparison with the rest of them. Their hair is usually brown, their faces round, their complexions pale, their foreheads prominent, their eyes small and blue or gray in color, their noses short, perhaps upturned, and their mouths full. They sometimes walk clumsily.

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The post is like damn long... If you had taken the time to read it and to assist u in knowing me better, THANK YOU VV MUCH. At this juncture of life, I do hope there are pple out there who understands me. Anyway, the description is pretty true... Therefore, ur impression of me could be juz the facade of the day. The truest of all sentence lies with the last. I do walk clumsily, ALL THE TIME. Hehez...

Internet Connection

2006-08-03T20:37:00.000+08:00

I'm blogging right here in St. John HQ. This is like ultimately COOL~ Can u imagine we are still using lifts that moves slower than climbing the stairs, aircons that are either too cold or not working??? AND WE HAVE UNLIMITED INTERNET CONNECTION in every FREAKING MTG ROOM!!! So very very cool lah~

NDP 2006 Preview

2006-08-03T00:00:00.000+08:00

Keke...yet another postdated entry. But come to think of it, most people's entries are postdated too. Who really have the luxury to blog as and when they like. Yeah yeah... I juz like to think i'm not lagging. Whaha....

So as promised, here's some of the photos of the Pre-parade. For those who are (lucky enuf) to go for the REAL NDP parade, beware! spoilers ahead... =P

We started walking from Kallang MRT at abt 4.30pm and planned to meet Hao and Ham at the stadium. Keke, fortunately, HB managed to spot Ham at the traffic junction juz after the MRT and we all headed to the stadium tgt. Along the way, these 2 lucky guys managed to change tix from green sector to BLUE. So we all sat tgt. Onli knew this week that Xinying was also there at the preview, and was sitting at the green sector. It's not amazing we din see her, the crowd is red and crazy. If onli she called me, den more pple to scream tgt. Haha... FUN! Anyway, this yr seem to be a lucky yr for us, not ez to get parade tix and there we were 5 pple out of a clique of 8, present in the same arena.

The preshow was great, really warmed up the crowd by using the clapper-or-clappo stick and the Kallang Wave...It'll be many many years later for us to do the 'kallang' wave again. Till the new National Stadium is built. Perhaps den we will host some SEA games or smt. Seeing Ian Thorpe in flesh in Singapore will always juz be a dream, since we will nv have enuf space and land to host the Olympics...hahaha

The parade started at abt 6 plus, with the contingent and Members of Cabinet filing in, all these with the intermittent performance by the Idols. (Got Vasantham star, Anugerrah Skrin and Fei Chang Superstar - Kelvin Tan) Infantry and the rest of the contingent jogged into the square. Shui was part of the infantry 2006 formation. Tried spotting him, but to no avail, of coz. It's like trying to see a grasshopper in a sea of tall grass. There was also this funny guy who apprently was too tall....... head + helmet sticking out of the contingent.... whahaha....

The best and climax of the night was defintely the fireworks show. SOO GOOOOD!!! The most magnificent of so many years. It's truly a tribute to the old National Stadium. It will be going off in a bang. Multiple colours, firewoks that twirl in the air after exploding...etc etc...... I would love to post the video that we took, wonderful myraid of colours... if onli someone taught me how.

lil creatures

2006-08-01T16:53:00.000+08:00

OOOhhh...welcome to my new blogskin!!! Nice ah??? Tried the little creatures already...so adorable. Hope u guys like it, albeit the small width n fonts. Hehe...will upload my NDP Preview pics asap.

~ Oh, Cabaret ~

2006-07-31T15:09:00.000+08:00

Though not very much in the mood to blog, coz of morning unhappiness, I shall still do justice to the musical I attended last Friday. - Cabaret, by Toyfactory -

Cabaret was set in the 1930's Berlin (Pre-WWII) at the infamous nightclub, the Kit Kat Klub. There was love stories between a writer and KKK's toast of the mayfair, the long-time spinster landord n the elderly exotic fruit seller. It was funny, raunchy and VV entertaining. Vv wild too. Emma Yong (KKK gal) was main character, vv good singing....totally enjoyed all her renditions. Fei Xiang was the emcee of the musical, who appears during scene change, and of coz, the vv beginning of the musical where he introduced the 'gals' and smacked their bottoms. Karen Tan was Fraulein Schneider, the long time spinster who initially rejected her love due to fears of Nazi rules against Jews (exotic fruit seller is german jew).

All in all, I enjoyed myself, the serious moment were punctuated with occasional jokes to lighten the atmosphere and the raunchy moments, hmm... really raunchy...... Haha

Feixiang was, i guess, the main crowd-puller as local production has nv seen such good responses. To be honest, he's singing was onli...good...not fantastic. I was definately more impressed with Emma Yong and Karen Tan.

It was also my first time to step into Esplanade Theatre and OMG... It was BEAU-TI-FUL!!! Even if u bought the cheapest tix, i guarantee u'll still see the stage w/o obstruction. It is so beautifully carved, juz like the inside on a fruit...whahaha.....the durian.

rollercoaster

2006-07-28T11:57:00.000+08:00

i'm a complete idiot when it comes to html stuff...this skin totally dun match the colour of the fonts (default).... and i knows nuts abt changing the dumb colour.

The virus is spreading.....Be afraid, be VV afraid...... the bad-mood & pissed-off virus has spread through airborne / verbal contamination from my boss to me..... It has been encountered by my admin, who is trying hard to counter it.

It's not a good day, so i'm looking forward to my evening..... Cabaret, FX, here i come!!!

Can't wait to hear the fantastic voices of Fei Xiang and Emma Yong. Karen Tan is in the musical too. I hope it's gonna be a good one. My first time in Esplanade Theatre! YEAH! =)

family chalet

2006-07-24T11:05:00.000+08:00

Current status: Running to toilet frequently to clear my bowels

Cause: Muz be those BBQ... ... ...

Had a family chalet last weekend. Long long time since my aunt booked a chalet, all due to increasing costs of Aloha chalets in Loyang. Settled in Aloha Changi Fairypoint Chalet 1 on Sat. Accompanied my dad to Coral Bistro to pick up the marinated BBQ stuff and headed to check in with my grandparents. According to my aunt, my grandfather (aka Yeye) was vv excited and have invited everyone he knew, to come to the chalet.

Fairypoint 1 & 7 are like the biggest chalets in Aloha Changi. It is so big that it has its own porch, living room, kitchen, 7 toilets and 5 rooms. Incredible with a 2 storey bldg and a SHED!!! Yes, u read rite, a shed. Who has a house that comes with a shed these days. I surely wouldn't noe, coz i'm one of those who benefitted from late Mr Lim Kim San's housing plan. *Salute*

BBQ for sat nite...din eat much though, nv liked to eat too much during BBQs coz there's juz so many pple squeezing at the pit. I hate the smoke and i paiseh to eat wad pple have hard-workingly BBQed. Brought wiebber to the Changi Boardwalk as well, great exercise for him. Practically fainted by the time we brought him home. Hmmm...should have cut his nails since he was so tired out...hehez...

Went back to the chalet on Sunday afternoon, in time for the buffet lunch ordered from Coral Bistro (again!). The food was, well, usual.... There were many many guests, and all of us had to help out in the cleaning of the wares and packing the place.

Had a game of captain's ball abt 4.30pm with my couzzies and uncle n my dad. My side won and tad's because Damien left the pitch to fetch pple coming to the chalet (i think). All the girls were a great sport.... some of my male cousins (esp the young ones) are definately not. The skools obviously are not doing their job these days. Guys juz stick to playing the computer and grow fat. Not all of them, i still have a P6 cousin who attends biathalon. I think all these are their parents influence. Those who usually dun like to play, well, their parents (my uncles) are vv similar in habit. KTV might juz be their fave sport.

My stomach's been tumbling ard since last nite, i hope it will get well soon. Pls dun and get someone to call me to let me get out of this office. *pray*

Prezzies

2006-07-21T16:34:00.000+08:00

Ooo...I love presents. Not much surprise this yr...well, at least no one attempted. Every present is premediated, with makes it more practical for my needs. =)

::: FROM :::
Col (Jas & Eunice) - Pastamania lunch (Crayfish pasta w linguine)
Company present (welfare budget) - Bodyshop retractable brush & waterproof mascara
Tinaornana - Haben claim my meal yet
Parents - Cash + bdae dinner (BPC!!!) + Swensen cake
HB's parents - Cash (woo~ i love $$)
HB - Gucci Envy Me (to buy from Chris's Perfume shop)
Poly clique - $70 of 'i-haben-decided-wad'
Yongren - Tix to Cabaret
Shan Shan & Jeff - Food treat! (Jeff is included coz he's juz going for a free treat)
Huisian - Hmmm.... she say she will get stuff for me from HK...hehe

Some present haben claim, but everything is good. Anything from other pple is GOOD! Hehe... I sounds pretty materialistic, but maybe i am!

Check out my wishlist (below excludes outrageous stuff like europe air tix):

- Canon IXUS 60
- Puma sneaker
- Korean / Thai learning CDs
- Clarins bust gel (heard it works)
- Best Denki Vouchers

Hunny Chew haben offer to get me anything yet, my last yr air tix expire liaoz (he say coz i din claim within bdae month...WTH). Maybe i can extort a Korean meal at Chinatown...hehe...

I love bdaes.... especially my own. Keke... next yr : 20072007 (so many pple are gonna get married on my bade)

*Zhng car Alvin's voice* Thank you everybody! Everybody loves Candice!

TQ everyone who remembered

2006-07-21T09:57:00.000+08:00

Thank you everybody for ur warm wishes on my bdae (20/07/06). So happy to have recieved so many sms. Guess i'm a person who feeds on love. Whaha...

Bdae schedule: -
Morning - After HB went for work, I fold, wash and hang clothes to sun
Noon - HB brought me to lunch at Hisshou (jap rest at Elias CC)
Afternoon - Spent the whole day watching cable programs and cuddling with Wiebber
Evening - Went to the dentist for review on retainers
Night - ATE MY BPC!!! black pepper crab!!! Tinaornana bought me a Swensen's ice-cream cake and forced my mum to make red eggs for me.

** That was it for my 22nd Bdae. No presents, all waiting for me to get them myself. List includes Puma sneakers and Gucci Envy-Me perfume.

I think Wiebber is a AP (read: Attitude Problem) Dog. He wasn't thrilled at all, for me to be home. Pics below shows activity when sun was up.

Been wondering if a friend could be right saying that i have been too superficially strong all this while. Maybe i'm a weak person, juz that i have to act strong. It's taking a toil especially when pple whom i thot should care, no longer does at much. I'm, afterall, a sucker for attention. Pretty disappointed and the PJ (pu-jua) eyes ain't helping.

I already know today is gonna is lousy day at work. Dun ask me y, i juz noe. Feel like being unreasonable today, juz feel like it.

Juz for sharing, ants dun like G-cup pple.

close friends = blessing

2006-07-17T15:03:00.000+08:00

I have many friends. But I actually am vv lucky to have several close friends. Hi-bye friends are aplenty, therefore, making time to meet with ur true friends is definately rewarding.

Saturday met up with Huiyin n Yongren, gave them a treat at Changing Appetites. Post bdae treat for yongren n advance treat for Huiyin (who will be finally celebrating her 21st in Sept). I dunnoe how we started this wonderful friendship, but it juz happened. Having Huiyin to lunch with is nv a bore, she always interesting n hilarious, Yongren tends to be the listener (a good one), would give praise den serves the ultimate 'suaning' eventually. It's been a long long time since we managed to meet up and this lunch is truly a blessing. Not to forget that i got a treat too, at Andersons. This treat was a belated for my last yr bdae or his first pay. Haha...too long ago, cannot rem liaoz, but I can soon extort 1 more when this 20th cometh.

Sunday was lunch time with my freaking poly clique, kekeke.. It muz have been MONTHS since i last met QM. Her complexion has improved alot and i hope mine will soon too. Her current status is to enjoy slacking before contracts starts. She's still a lover for pizza and we decided to go to Pizza Hut at Centrepoint. The best part abt having vv close friends is that u no longer need to say wad u want, coz they noe. Like Miss Q who generously offered to order drumlets, lots of it, coz she noes i like them. Ham ham having started on his beauty regime, have become more groomed, refined pores and all. Gambate! Ah Shui n JW were with us too but pretty quiet most of the time. Think they juz needed more time for warm-up, coz by MOS burger (drink break), they became their usual chatty self. It's a pity we were still short of 3 pax, XiaoHao, Xy and Dav.

Amazingly, we all miss each other at some point of time (tad is wad i choose to believe) and it is vv difficult to have such a big clique. Maybe we will be able to have a HUGE gathering soon. One of these days, one of us will succeed in organising that BIG one. We are juz like one big family and I hope we will be able to be like these forever.

Bad Moodswings

2006-07-14T10:53:00.000+08:00

Is today already 'rear-llie' Friday? Ooo...tad's fast. Can't seem to recall wad i did the past few days to miss out on the bloggins. Actually, i noe, it's becoz i have a sad life. It's either routine or down. Getting 3 National Champs was a roller coaster ride, once u are so 'high' up there, the onli place u can head is ...down...

But wadever, life is a (vicious) cycle. These will change very soon. Maybe things are getting better at this very moment. I do hope so and I'm gonna dance/drink my life away at Dbl O tml. Their drinks are like really cheap although i feel i was paying $12 for Ribena (instead of, VODKA ribena).

I have to change my blogskin. The viewing window of the blog content is too small....and i need the archive. Still an idiot when it come to the html stuff.

** Wiebber, get well soon. Mummy loves u**

happie belated bdae, Wiebber

2006-07-10T14:23:00.000+08:00

I'm so ashamed of myself. All day long, i tok abt Wiebber, how much Wiebber loves me n I love Wiebber and how cute he is, etc.... And.... I actually..... forgot his bdae was ytd (9/07)!!! I'm so sorry my dear. I know you will nv read this post but i hope u can forgive ur mummy.

Muz have been the hectic busy sat-sun at St John and being delirious with winning, We din even have dinner with u. I'm so guilty.... but i'm sure as hell ur daddy haben even realise. Mummy will go east coast to get small muffin for u. Maybe a toy too.

See ya tonite! Muacks!

Before i become guilty tml again, Happy Bdae to Vivian! =)

Zone 10 Hai Sing: 3 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

2006-07-10T10:08:00.000+08:00

Yes....u saw it rite. 3 National CHAMPS!!! Yipee! U guys rox! Thanks to Doreen, Desmond, SNC, Huisian for their determination and effort to train and allowed the comp teams to produce such results! Hi-5 to Hairianto for winning his long-awaited Best Team Leader. Sweet eh? Especially after working so hard for it. Swept the Nursing Adult, Ambulance Adult and Ambulance Cadet catergories. Nursing Cadet is a tough challenge as usual, vv competitive as always, so to our NC team: There's always next yr!!!

This competition was the Annual St John First Aid Competition. FIRST TIME in our corp history to get 3 overall champs. It juz feels SHIOK!!! I screamed till my voice turned hoarse. Although we haben been able to do a clean sweep, I believe this day will come. Doe, Sian, Des, Jeremy, HB, all of them cried when they saw the pride in the comp team. Their hardwork n belief had come true. Yeah, free treat for all soon!!!

So tired now, energy level is at all time low. Wasn't even able to climb out of bed to watch my WC Final. Until now i still dunnoe who won....so dumb...haha....later den check the webby. Stayed up throughout the sat-sunday. Sat afternoon: Went to school to try and help out in the training, den evening when to meet Hao n Ham to go Dbl O. Vv cheap drinks, affordable cover and retro music for my liking. Hehez... Watched First half of the Germany-Portugal match at the club before the music died down for the nite and headed for supper. By the time reached home, it was 5 plus am... Germany has won 3rd place in WC 2006. Good for the GERMS!!! Bathed and left home with HB to go to school for preparations before the comp. Stayed at Guangyang Primary School throughout the day for the comp, WON, took lotsa photos and went to Huisian's place for dinner before heading home to ZZzzz.....Sunday 10pm

GOOD WEEKEND!!! Next on my SJ itinery... ATC'06!

**Wonder if xiao lei got my Puma sneakers...hehez...

Dae Jang Geum Meal

2006-07-07T23:13:00.000+08:00

I thot abt it and felt maybe i could start a 'FLOG'.... an online log on food... haha...den maybe i can make restaurants pay me to advertise their 'mum-mum'. Yah yah rite, like as if i'm some famous blogger. juz daydreaming as usual. Hehez...

Ytd Hunny Chew treated his bro n I to Da Chang Jin (Korean: dae jang geum) meal at Crystal Jade Ginseng Chicken n BBQ, a Crsytal Jade branch that specialises in Korean cuisine, at Ngee Ann City. Juz like other Crystal Jades, the atmosphere and furnishing are classy and the prices are mid-priced (read: a little above avg). We had Ginseng Chicken Soup, Grilled Saba and Seafood Pancake. These of coz came with the many side dishes, as per korean dining tradition.

The Ginseng Chicken was superb... vv nourishing, the soup was thick enuf, the chicken was vv tender and the ginseng was aromatic. Hunny Chew, i believe, is addicted to the soup as he was so looking forward to the soup. I swear he had mentally salivated at the sight of the dish being served. Highly recommended - 5 STARS!!!

The seafood pancake was okie, i felt it tasted more like the 'nian gao' coz of the similar base ingredients used. Was pretty starchy, so the portion would be good for 4 person sharing. The grilled saba was BIG... but a little too fishy.

I felt that it was Korean food cooked the chinese way. Maybe becoz the chefs were all from other Crystal Jades, so the method of cooking was vv much chinese/cantonese. Even the side dishes din taste vv korean... coz they made it less spicy/salty.

To be fair, this slight alterations of the original korean taste should have been made to accomodate the taste buds of locals. To make a sudden change and eat authentic korean food could be too much of a change to the tastebuds, risking the food to be rated un-nice. Therefore, it is a good place to bring your parents who wants to taste korean food but fear being not used to the taste.

Next time, i will bring HB and Hunny Chew to the korean restuarant at Chinatown, which is super-authentic. Korean chef, korean lady boss, korean waitresses. Korean chopsticks, spoon and bowl too. Den i will order the ginseng chicken, which i missed the last time, to compare the standards. Makes me drool imagining how good it will be. Hehez...

Congrats, my girl

2006-07-06T15:30:00.000+08:00

My vv close female friend has been offered a job by Silkair already. After the umpteen rounds of interviews, robe tryouts, swim test, etc. She's made it! So happy for her. Now it's up to her to decide whether she wants to take up the offer anot, maybe it would be a dilemma as she is enjoying her current job. Anyway, girl, I will support u no matter wad ur decision may be. =)

Saturday nite: Germany vs Portugal. Pick urselves up, Germs. Win again and put a smile on ur countrymen's face! U all can do it! Shall glue myself to the TV. =)

World Cup 2006

2006-07-05T14:51:00.000+08:00

Some of the pics i extracted from the WWW that i felt were quite interesting n nice. A pic speaks a thousand words yeah... Hope you enjoy viewing it anyway. Cheers!

Supporters - The motivating force of the players (other than $$)

France - Brazil Match. The winning goal which was executed beautifully.

Above are those who have conquered the match...

...And those who tasted defeat

GriEVinG

2006-07-05T13:47:00.000+08:00

Y??? Why are there so many upsets in the World Cup 06??? My Germs... they should have won! Stayed up throughout the night so that i can support them through my telepathic energy, but it was not to be. Italy 2 - 0 Germany. 2 goals in the last 2 mins of extra time. How devastating. If it had been maintained at 0 - 0....den my Germs would have won for penalty.

The players cried, their supporters cried and i nearly cried too. (;_;) So emotional. Maybe that's y pple like to watch soccer, it's as if u are part of the team and their work will depend on ur supportiveness. Although i was vv tired by 5.30AM, i juz couldn't sleep right away. Part of my heart was torn by the defeat Germany had felt. Toss n turned till near 6am.

The moment Hanbin woke me up this morning, I told him Germany lost. He looks shocked n wonders if i'm sleep-talking. I juz replied 'Yeah, so sad' and fell back to sleep.

Credits to the Italians though. They were vv fast on their feet and they look like little mighty man who were smaller in size but stout. Germs looks a little disoriented by their speed and ball possession wasn't gd. They are good lah. Ok lah, win lor. But i muz say they were pretty rough. Many a times, i felt the ref should have given the Italians a yellow card at least. A pic i got from www.channelnewasia.com to illustrate.

Ballack n Podolski was the common target for rough play, throughout the entire match. Poor guy, so handsome though. 1 of the small rewards of watching soccer. Haha....

Wiebber's lastest FAVE movie

2006-07-04T23:40:00.000+08:00

Wiebber is always HIP. He does everything according to the latest craze in town, including his sleeping pose. When Wiebber's mummy was obsessed about Da Vinci Code, he slept like the Vitruvian man(dog).

Inverted Vitruvian actually, coz Wiebber feels it might be too vulgar exposing his own (u noe). So DVC has finished its long run at the cinemas, n like the always HIP dog, Wiebber has decided to pose like the 'S'man in RED underwear.

NalGene, good AH

2006-07-04T12:03:00.000+08:00

Bought my first Nalgene bottle after continous nagging from my cols to stop drinking mineral water. I guess this is my small little step to prevent 'stone' from forming in my gall bladder in the long run. It's pretty in Pink, but abit too costly.... Onli good thing is it can take HOT water up to 135 deg C. Abit guilty for not getting the blue one for HB coz he oso wants it.... or maybe i should get it and ask him to take it as his bdae prezzie. Haha...me so cheapo. =P

Just wanna add on smt to ytd's post on Mac delivery before i sound unreasonable to my readers. The delivery centre was juz a freaking 7mins or less bike-riding time away from my place.

Mac-Donner

2006-07-03T14:45:00.000+08:00

Went to Aloy's place with tina on sunday early morning (3am) to watch the Brazil - France match. Totally disappointed with Brazil, they seem to underestimate France and played w/o the fire they used to possess. Although i supported Brazil, I muz say France played a terrific game and they deserved to win. Vv coordinated attacks and well-defended at the back. Zidane played like he was still in his prime and Henry gave a splendid 'kick-in-e-air' goal. But wadever, coz Germs are gonna be the ULTIMATE winner of this world cup!!! YEAH!!!

TIP OF THE WEEK: Call for your Mac, or wadever, food delivery before start of game so that they can deliver during half-time.

Yeah, back to the title of the blog. Aloy, tina n I decided we could make do with some finger food and with the Mac board right smack in the screen of the match, we gave in to temptation n called for a delivery. We were asked to wait 1 hr.... Ok, reasonable, considering many pple are up n watching n might have been calling too. Alas, the food did not arrive even after the match ended. That's like nearly 2 hrs from the time i called. Furious, i called to cancel the order.

Juz when Aloy was seeing us off at the door, the Mac delivery guy appeared at the lift asking if we ordered. We told him we had cancelled it due to long wait, and he good-naturedly said it's ok and left. Lucky for him to be good-natured. Tina n I waited for him enter lift and went down before we got on our short journey home. (like 1 block away...whaha) There we were bitching in the lift, complaining he muz be watching soccer at Mac and din bother abt our order, blah blah blah... Den we saw him again, at the void deck, struggling to start his vv old bike repeatedly.

Me: 'Wah, so late den his bike still spoil. He will surely reach home vv late'
Tina: 'Huh, it's his bike ah. So poor thing. Den he like bai pao yi tang.'
Me: 'Who ask him watch the match liaoz den send us our order. But he wun need to pay for our food lah. Juz wasted his petrol $$ lor.'
Tina: 'So ke lian. Jie, actually i dun mind get from him lor. I oso feel like eating something.'
Me: 'Ok lor.'

So we U-turned from our lift loby back to void deck near aloy's lift lobby, approach the delivery guy and told him we'll still take the order but he needed to bring it up to our place. He looked pretty relieved and told us it was his last order b4 he heads home. And so we paid him at our door and he thanked us again n apologised for the long wait. Both of us den opened up to already soggy twister fries, nuggets and cold McWings. Obviously, the food has been prepared long ago and had stayed in the bag till he FINISHED watching the match. Too bad for us, we were juz so soft-hearted and kind. Tina and I were complimenting ourselves, saying the guy should be grateful coz we eventually took the order and hoped he would fix his bike soon so that he can go home.

Sunday evening, was going to HB's house when I saw the SAME mac delivery guy fixing his bike at my place's multi-storey carpark. So he's onli like staying in my neighbourhood!!! Gosh, I can't believe how Tina n I could have thot we muz have helped the guy at getting home early. Who noes, he could be juz staying right in the same block as us. o_O He muz have thot these 2 girls were nuts for thinking he would be grateful.

Juz rem, advertisements are fake. REAL Delivery men dun appear in the midst of (WORLD CUP) games to send u ur long-awaited food.

Runny Streak; Losing Nose

2006-07-01T12:08:00.000+08:00

My nose is currently an opened tap. 2 tablets of Febs for every 4 hrs did not help 1 bit... cough oso getting more serious. Hope everything will clear by Sunday night. Or else i cannot imagine wad will happen on Monday...

2nd round of Monopoly ytd, i'm the FIRST to lose AGAIN!!! Damnnit... I think i made a right choice at not doing any finance related course. Tinaornana won ytd and she was sitting at the same place as my mum did the last last night. Therefore, our house has declared that it is the 'Cai' (fortune) position n my dad placed the Laughing Buddha aka DPNN (dua pui ne ne) there. It has been there since last night, hasn't budge and is still blocking the TV. Whahah...so silly right, but no harm putting it there if can win 4D tonite. If win, buy more TVs lah. Whahah...

Oh yeah... Ytd went to collect NDP Preview tix my mum n sis won at Far East Square. Walked all the way to Chinatown and decided to eat Korean food. Everybody should go yah, VV nice. FANTABULOUS!!! The shop is called 'Jang Won'. All staff are koreans and there are many expat koreans patronizing. It means the food is really good n similar to standard in korea. Hahaz... There's actually several k.restaurants along the stretch of shophouse but this one was the classiest. They have complimentary drinks (tea) n small appetizers (cannot spell) which is vv typical korean. It's super affordable too. 4 pax we onli spent $40!!! Had Kimchi soup, BBQ saba (vv fresh n big) n Bi Bim Bab... Absolutely filling. Coz I have yet to be given a treat of DJG meal by Hunny Chew, I had to curb the craving by eat anything korean. To anyone who reads this: Let's go eat K.meal again! Hehez!

German WON!!! 4:2 lahz! Wiebber's so happy, his grandfather's land din fail him. Too bad Argentina n supporters, all of u can come support the GERMS now for Semis! Ytd match was super exciting coz I din have scv coverage for the game, my neighbour was out and i din go Mac. So wad did i do? Okie, my sis demanded updatez from her male friends abt the match n they provided us with the live commentary via MSN Messenger of the game's happenings. So exciting, esp when there's no visual and u could onli depend on wadever's typed on ya screen. Thank you aspiring police n violent yuan!

Okie, vv longwinded already. Vv shiok coz I'm bloggin on my new PC n it juz exudes the use-me-i'm-so-fast attitude. Pray, by the time i blog again, that my runny nose n losing streak will end.

MONOPOLY - MONOPOLIZE

2006-06-30T15:24:00.000+08:00

Haben been in good shape for the week. Monday down with fever, Tuesday diarrhea, Wed & Thu cough, today (fri) flu. Although it's like dumb to wish i get sick during the weekend, current work situations forces me to think this way. Better to be sick when no one knows and get back to work on weekdays.

Yeah! My family new CPU will be arriving tml. Acer with 256+512MB of ram running on AMD Athlon Processor. Not fantastic definately, esp when pple buy lappies and iMacs w/o budget constraints, it's still good for my family as it will be alot faster n better than our current one.

Played with my youngest sis new Singapore Ed Monopoly last night with erch, dad n mum. Ah Bong couldn't play coz she got test the next morning. I was the first to get bankrupt who did a lousy deal at exchange of properties. Erch was basically giddy due to my parents gan-chiongness to move their players and the vv colourful game board. My mum was the angel who took our property in exchange of cash owed due to landing at her hotels and my Dad was the schemer who eventually lost it all by building too fast and became cash-poor. The fun thing abt Monopoly is that it teaches u value n concept at investing, striking a balance btwn assets n cash and, of coz, quality time spent playing with each other. Gonna play again today...whahaha!!!

Wooo...haben complete my specs and I have an appt to go later. Till i blog again! (^_^)

activities, anybody?

2006-06-28T12:36:00.000+08:00

I'm nv good at being consistent. Candice n Consistency does not exist on the same page in the dictionary, for sure. But i feel guilty for not writing, esp after hana wrote an intro for her readers to come blog-hop. Doesn't do justice to my referer (cant spell), so i shall persevere. Hehe...

Thanks Hana, the notion of introducing of blog is vv sweet. (^_^)

23.06.06 - Last friday went to celebrate the bdaes of my st john friends, Shan Sri and PY. Din noe they had the same bdae all these yrs, coz we nv really celebrate much tgt. So i bought the cake from Swissbake parkway and met Sian at Juntion8. We had planned to get a bouquet of flowers each for the 2 girls + joy who was celebrating her 20th bdae on the 25th June. We were all hyped abt wad flowers to buy, onli to find that the shop was closed for renovations. Ok, vv disappointing, and we were already late for the dinner, but we still wanted to get flowers, so we walked to Bishan Central....walked so far aimlessly... onli to find the ONLI florist outside of J8 was CLOSED FOR THE DAY. I dun understand... y the hell do they close so early??? It was onli like 7.45pm!!!

In the end, we went to NTUC Fairprice (yes, u read correctly) to grab Pink Gerbera, White/Purple carnations and some yellow phoenix. Due to the lack of space, both of us, unglamly, started sorting out the flowers to form 3 bouquets, at an empty counter!!! People were like staring at 2 of us, wondering wad's wrong with these 2 girls. It was absolutely embarassing, but i was too busy doing up the bouquet to care. Thank you Huisian, for i believe she is the onli one who would accompany me do such silly stuff.

So we went to Din TAi Fung to meet up with everyone. Sian and i wanted to surprise the bdae girls, so we lighted the candles, took the cake, checked the table whereabts and advanced to our awaiting party. Alas the waitress gave wrong info!!! Instead of the table being right at the back, they were sitted in the middle, and they looked at us [amusingly] when Sian and I walked passed with our necks craned to finding them. So all of them had to shout our names and call us back. Haha...since they have seen the surprise, it was not so much fun anymore, but everyone had a good laugh coz we were so BLUR.

Throughout dinner, i was teasing n being teased by Uncle BX. I hate to say this, but i think i muz have done smt wrong in my last life to incur the wrath of Maris guys (Read: Deliang, BX n YR). Mrs Lim ordered like so much stuff that she had takeway the fried rice and we were all so full. Luckily she din force us to eat more. *whew* Ooohh...after-dinner activity: KTV!!! 3hrs of non-stop fun and realization of friends i have known for at least 5-7 yrs. BX can;t sing (whahaha, like me), Jeff has a vv superb voice (vv unlike his normal talking), PY has an excellent range (got train one okie) and Shan refuses to sing. We ended the session at 1am, with songs like 'Ai Bu Pa' from Grasshoppers, bringing the event to a high. Everyone was still raring to go, but it was not to be. Reached home at 2.45am, bathed and slept.

24.06.06 - Saturday, not much happened. Bath Wiebber for 1 hr, exclude drying. (Yes, it take such a long time, but i shall tell of the concoction next time). Brought him to my ah-gong's house. MY AH-GONG WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE ME!!! Yippee!!! Stayed till like 5pm before we head home to dropped de dawg at home and went to Coral for dinner with my paternal family. Recieved a call from my maternal small uncle that we won $2k at 4D and wanted to give us a treat of CRABS for supper. YEAH YEAH YEAH!!! Vv affordable crabs at the Zi-Char stall below the flats, but having crabs is always a gooooood thing. My mum swears i'm gonna become crabby some day. Yepz, maybe.

25.06.06 - Sunday. Went to my one n onli nephew's 1-yr old party and had the best Choco-Banana Cake by Sweet Secrets. Bagus!!! Juz in case u were wondering, i din carry my nephew, coz i brought n carried wiebber.... and my cousins were pretty stringent on hygiene... so i onli watched him from afar. He grows ALOT everytime i see him, coz they stay in Perth n onli comes back SG once a yr.

26.06.06 - Monday. HB left home for his 1-week reservist at a far-off camp near Pioneer road at 6am. I'm gonna miss him so much, he probably will miss me too for a 2 mins span from lying in his bunk n falling unconscious due to fatigue. Hahaz...tad's juz so HIM. Wiebber can't really be bothered, he dunnoe y his daddy is up n changing in green clothes so early when the sun hasn't risen. So for these few days, I in charge of Wiebber's needs and i hope he'll be absolutely cooperative.

Ytd - Tuesday. Completed my Sweet Bride (Xin Niang 18), k-drama by Han Ji Hye n Lee Dong Gun. It was absolutely nice n sweet, vv fast-paced (compared to DJG) and hilarious. There were lotsa touching parts towards the end when the 'haramunim' (grandfather) fell ill n passed away. The show is really good, anyone who wants the VCD can borrow from me. Highly recommended since it's onli 14 disc. ;)

Today. Had a good sleep in my sis room (yes, i'm afraid of the dark w/o HB) and Wiebber has been a vv good boi. Aiming properly at his pee pan and not dirtying himself is a feat. Whaha... Ok, updates of the lastest should not be in this long-winded-back-dated post. Haha....

mOOdy

2006-06-27T17:33:00.000+08:00

Haven been bloggin for the past 4-5days. Either din use the comp or too busy to blog. Actually got many many thing to mention, but coz feeling moody...dun feel like writing too much. Maybe tml.

Special of the DAY: Happy birthday, Ah Bong. Finally 16, but too late for the Da Vinci Code (NC16) movie that u wanted to watch. But wadever!, stay -lame-. Cool man!

my first credit card

2006-06-22T21:18:00.000+08:00

Haha...actually the headline is misleading, it my FIRST supplementary CREDIT CARD!!! It's like a big thing to me, although it would have been better if it were my vv own credit card. Well, maybe most who have turned 21, already have their sup card, courtesy of their mama & papa. But I dun really care, i'm juz thrilled it's my turn. YEAH!!!

Noe who's the main card holder? My mummy?-No; my ah-pa?-Nope; My old & wrinkly imaginary sugardaddy?-There's no such person; My darling HB?-No, he juz got his sup card too. Hehe...enuf of the mystery... It's Mr Chew Hunny. He gave us (HB & me) the card to... ... ... HELP HIM EARN POINT. Arghhh...cheapo! ('HE' - juz joking, dun cancel my card prease)

Okie, thanks to him i got to fill in my particulars on my FIRST sup card application form but one qns, got us all fumbled.

Relationship with main card holder? Options: Spouse; Parent; Sibling or Others:________

Okie, we have a complicated lawful r/s. I'm neither of the above and u dun exactly specify 'sibling's girlfriend' as an explanation. Vv intellectual H.E Chew actually suggested me to put siblings *roll eye*, i was like ' halo...diff surename, see!'. A status of 'friend' doesn't seem to warrant a sup card too. It brought to my mind that those filthy rich old man always give sup cards to his young toys, are their status 'mistress' to be declared???

In the end, we decided on status: Sister-In-Law. Ok, we aren't exactly able to produce a marriage certificate. But, wadever! =P

Wait till Wiebber gets his own sup card, his status would be DOG. Whahaha...

Quote of the Day

2006-06-22T10:50:00.000+08:00

'All that is gold does not glitter, not all those that wander are lost'

-courtesy of Ms 'Jln Shan Sri'