Chance

The month of November

2011-10-26T13:23:00.001+08:00

At the salon now waiting for my hair to dry. The year come and go so fast aye? It's a wonderful break in the week. School has started this term and I finally got to teach. Plenty of lectures and tutorials and personally I like tutorials. I get to know the students better and it was fun interacting with them. I wonder will they go goggle about me.

Met up with those ladies last night. That was the only picture taken. :) it was just our usual updates and everyone was so busy so it was hard for us to get together. WR is in Australia and we have been planning to go visit her but then schedules have to be met and stuff. We are all different individuals and speaking of tolerance level, we all have our different expectations and wants. Ultimately, we all want to be happy. It has been a long friendship and sometimes I do feel like a character in some drama getting involved in the different stories. We don't like to watch happy endings on TV, at least for me, because it always seems too good and idealistic to be true. In reality, we all want happy endings but it's so long to come and things are always ever changing. 爱 finally finished last week and people was complaining that it is such a long drama. Think about life. So many characters, unforeseeable circumstances, values and mother nature. You never know when a tsunami or the flood is visiting. Nah, not being emo but we all want everyone to be happy. That's what I'm trying to say.

Yes, that's my latest toy which Love help me with. :) my colleague has been giving him different names. Bumble bee, 小黄, Yellow cutie and etc etc. I've not named it but I named my GPS Daniel hahaha and he comes with a British accent. Funny! :p there, you see him saying hello. He saves me from all those smelly people on the bus and all frustration.

You just have to take a look at her! :) here you see her resting her head on my thighs. She is the little energizer in my house now. Her chuckles gets so contagious at times! :)

Because Love says I get very outdated on my blog, here you will see some Batam pictures! :) I won't get to holiday this end of the year but still, :) doing abit of traveling for the next two months. I'm pretty excited about December! Love is coming back and he will be by my side! It's a new thing because we have been apart, not apart apart but apart hahahaha. It's hard on him to be shuttling back and forth every week and it is taxing on our finances on airflight fares and phone bills. :)

It's coming to the end of the year and happy deepavali! :) happy holidays!

With changes and a random test

2011-09-21T11:40:00.001+08:00

There is an app for blogger! Like oh yea, which means I can blog more
now. You see, there is nothing wrong with shouting on facebook but I do value privacy and *whispers* not many people know my blog address and even if they know, I don't think they will be here haha.

On a totally random note, it's amazing how things have turned out. I don't know if it is good or bad but I wish Love all the best! :'( I spent money again. My most expensive buy ever. Till now, I still wonder if I was too impulsive but then but then, I guess it's all worth it. Best part of all, Love decided to help me with it. :) As usual, here is a random photo to test out this application! Ciao everyone and take great care!

A random Friday

2011-08-19T15:45:00.004+08:00

I wasn’t exactly busy but my weekends are never enough, well, as always. I like Fridays and I think I am not the only one, everyone is basically with Friday. Morale is so low in office, it is all written in everyone’s face.

I am very much like a student here, except that I am a more hardworking one. I read materials, I try to digest and I let out. Haha, yea, pretty much the digestive system just that whatever comes out is not really shit per se but my sweats and blood. Oh then, that is pretty gross also right. Well, I think you get me. I was kinda disappointed this week, not that I have not expected it but the fact that it become reality just kinda sting me a tweeny tiny. I applied to attend a conference in the U.S and Canada. Yea, wonderful thing is I got turned down because I am still relatively fresh to the organization. Right, I should be contented that they have been approving all my local courses. I guess the thing with big organisations is you have to wait for your chance. To make it even better, Love is going. Oh yesssss, how wonderful. He might probably get to go to London too for ANOTHER conference. That’s like marvelously fabulous that I will just, oh well, great. Don’t mind me, I will just continue to sob sliently. Right, I was just kidding.

Ok, lets not be all whiny and boring. Here are some photos to entertain you, oh yes, if there are people who still bother to visit here. :)
Here is a glimpse of my mummy’s new job.

That is Ms Shernice Giam. This is the most recent photo of her trying to communicate at 3 months. Basically, I think she said, "Can you play with me and not walk away as and when you like?" Yea, pretty much that I guess because that is what we do with her. Like she poo-ed and we will simply return her to my mommy.

Thats her communicating again a few weeks ago. Her mittens are still on then. Now, the fingers pretty much function like drumstick. Babies are amazing, they just smell fantastic!
Sheepishly her. She is still sleeping when I disturbed her. I think she has the ability to recognise me. She opened her eyes and smiled at me. Lucky me is always armed with camera!
So cute eh? She is a happy baby, basically she laughs like this all the time! Sometimes, when I was complaining to my mom about something? She breaks into giggles. (-_-)''' Maybe she misunderstood me.
Oh, this happens all the time as well. Haha!
There were plenty of birthdays going around this month. One of it is Love. I havent got much time so photos another time, oh, maybe on Facebook. Kekeke, feel like I am so talkiing to myself.
A model I built during class for assignment. I told you I am a student, didnt I? Just that I am a smart one. The kiddos took 4 lessons, I did 4 tutorials in 1 lesson. *smirk* Yea, I know, not apple-to-apple comparison.
*whispers* and I won something from GV and got my face on newspaper. Ha!
Visited the terracotta some time back. The above? Some weird terracotta man I met. (O_o)''' I think he was trying to seduce the woman or something. I dont know how imitating a girl can attract attention but then, let him be. I cannot believe this man is going away for freaking 3 weeks to so many places. Oh yes, let us not start on that US thing again. Hmph! *disgruntled*
I think these men are adorable. So cute. At least they are not heading to US. Oh yes, I am on it again. Canada!! London!!! Hmph, London now got strike. I think I am now emotionally unstable and I need to seek help. :(

Before I do that, I got to play lecturer to my students first. I am ultra responsible being. I wont leave people in the lurch. Oh my god, I linked myself there again. I told you I am emotionally unstable, didnt I? I think the extend is really quite bad. Damage control urgently needed!!! Arghghg!

Ciao, got to go meet the students. (-_-)'''

July

2011-07-09T13:49:00.005+08:00

This is a hot Saturday afternoon and I have neglected this space. There are so many places to update like the facebook and my diary. Well, I am getting a little sleepy so I will go catch some nap soon but here are some photos!

We sent WR off last night. Lucky her got married to a young doctor who cherishes and loves her. She's the envy! Where did all the sweet guys go? Bahz, attached and married, probably or maybe they just couldnt survive the majority. You know how the herds work.

This was her hens night.
It was fun seeing her evade the questions we asked. Of course, she was sporting enough to go on the stage and wear that horrendous top I made for her.
We were trying to get her dressed up in LP's car. That was fun and although I am not much of a marriage person, I love weddings. It is always heartening to see that albeit the fact that it is not easy for two worlds to merge, two people are trying to take that on, compromise and live side by side each other with hands firmly held. That is definitely not easy! Secretly, I believe I am a diehard escapist. I am totally useless in relationships and as much as possible, seek the easiest way out. For them, they have been apart most of the times so that was really hard to come. Well, you really need plenty of resilience and determination. Being abroad means you do not have much time to do anything else. Now in a LDR myself, although things have improve significantly, distance sometimes can really be a burden. The greater the distance the more skills and effort you require for effective communication. Ha! Easy said than done. I have been comfortable in school. Most of the time, I feel like the student. I am actively taking up courses on pedagogy. Oh my goodness, I am using that word! But yes, this is what it is all about in school now. I learnt more on various teaching methods and on communication. When I was in my previous job, it sort of eat into my personal life. Now I hope with all these skills, I would be able to be a better person. Oh yes, digress again. Look on for more photos!
This really is sweet! Both of them were really meant for each other!
A sweating me. I was running around trying to organise photographs, preparing the logistics. At the end, my hair all messed up and I was sweating like mad. I hope their life will get better and better in Australia and we are really planning a trip to visit them down there!

I am sure I mentioned that I have been to Greece. Athens, Mykonos and Santorini. That was before I started on this new job. It was a good break and it is really beautiful. Oh yes, that was before they started the rioting on the government. You know? The whole greek debt thing which runs on the Money page almost everyday? The people there are more liberal and they went about demonstrating their displeasure on the street.
The wild flowers on the road with the deep clean blue sea and the beautiful sky. I risked my life to take this photograph, there were many reptiles hiding inside the flowers! Ahhh, goes to show the risk in trying to get near to some wild flowers.
This is absolutely stunning! No castle there anymore but it serve as a wonderful place to catch the most talk-about sunset in the whole country. I have never seen a sunset nor sunrise in my entire life before. I remember this incident when I was at the Esplanade trying to catch the sunrise. It turned out I was facing the wrong direction and worse, I fell aslp and I woke up trying to find my slipper which I dreamt that was stolen by some sweeper. It was a joke. Subsequently, all sunsets nor sunrises never materialise, it was either because I was facing the wrong side or that I simply cannot wake up for it. I managed to catch sunsets in Mykonos and in Santorini which was really great. Oh, and I visited a volcano, steal some black sand and swam to a hot spring. All and all, it was a wonderful trip.
This was after scaling 260 steps. The sun was beaming and it was uber-ish bright. The weather was cooling but the sun just wasnt going to lose.
The track in Athens. The Olympic stadium just lost its glory after 2004 and now, its just a white elephant. It was unfortunate because the Greeks has invested heavily in the whole stadium. Oh well, bad planning and Singapore has its own side of the story with the YOG. Yea and it was only the YOG. Well, I guess lessons learnt.
Well, Athens is rich in history. This is Acropolis. This reminds me of Turkey and I have to say it is less preserved. But then, they have big statues which are really majestic and set you looking in awe. I love visiting such places. It always give me the feeling of being just immense in being part of being human and being smart because those historical people are SO smart.

I guess that is really quite a bit. I do really feel sleepy. My biological clock is getting used to the 6.30am thing. I woke up this morning at 7.10pm in a shock thinking there is school today. I was so glad that I managed to go back to sleep but something woke me up at 9. I guess it is a luxurious thing to be able to take some nap in the afternoon.

Have I told you how much I love things to be straight forward? Unfortunately, some people always tend to be too eager to please and they cannot handle having to say "no". That complicate things quite a fair bit. Some people call it lying, some calls it I-dont-want-to-hurt-you. Yea, me, myself is guilty of that. It always come with this inner struggle and it battles on with your heart and mind on what is to be done. People. Sometimes we forgot, much as the truth hurts, it is always the shortest pain you could have possibly endure. At least that is what I always believe. While you take the time to consider the pain you could have possibly cause to that person, why not break it out as soon as you can so that the recovery period can kickstart as soon as possible. Oh, I never can fully understand people. While opposites do attract, I guess sometimes you cannot take that too far and it will really be easier to live with people your own breed.

Goes to show how much I really need my nap. Yawn.

Of occupations, views and judgement

2011-05-05T18:54:00.000+08:00

I am at the airport now, waiting for my flight. The end of my holiday is coming. I am heading back to tie up some loose knots and then next week, I will be heading to Greece. Work is commencing on third week of May.

Right, I have gotten the job. It is a long wait but this break is good. I managed to spend my time with Love, sticking myself to him all the time and trying to assist. Of course, sometimes I do get destructive, be it at work or personally but to me, it is time well spent. I really wasn’t kidding when I said I wanted to be a teacher at P4. Right, it was one of those common ambitions. That’s probably because we are only aware of a few occupations - the few occupations that we always see. For the record, I think most guys wanted to be policeman. Rarely will you find one that tells you he/she wants to be a banker because they most probably associated bankers with the bank tellers. I wanted to be a teacher and somehow, along the way, stumbled into Building and lost myself in it. Graduation came and I couldn’t let those 4 years go, besides the construction industry is a place full of dynamic and fun. So the whole thing about teaching was shelved. Opportunities came and I took it up so voila, Ms Koh became a Lecturer. :) I had a hard time convincing the panel. The fact that I was only 27 wasn’t helping much. I did not have masters in my pocket and this just compounded to everything. 3 rounds of grilling and there, Ms Koh is in now! I think the thing about poly students is they are a more mature lot to deal with and that is really something I am looking forward.

Speaking about age, I think the fact that Tin Peiling was fielded as a PAP candidate was a timely opportunity for me. I faced the same constraints that she faced when I was doing my interviews. Having said that, it does not mean that I like her or in any way approve of her presence in parliament. The fact that someone of her calibre is up there getting a fat pay check next month onwards just seem ridiculous. That is $15K we are talking about and we are paying for her tuition and grooming fee in Parliament. I often wonder on the sets of criteria that she was being judged on. How did PAP see her? Do they see her as the wife of principle secretary of PM Lee? How do the people see her? The fact that she is married to someone powerful and influential puts her up there? I was talking to a friend who happened to have a friend who knows TPL personally. Apparently, many of them feels that she is not ready. To me, this is just one of the many examples of complacency and not listening. Ahhh, goes to show how much I have been influenced by the book that I am reading! I am reading “what the dog saw” by Malcolm Gladwell.

We judge, no matter how hard we try not to, we judge. I have been away for almost 2 months, on and off, I come back to Singapore but having spent some time overseas, I must say Singapore is really uniquely safe and clean. I do have a problem with the pay that our ministers are paying themselves but I must say other than those issues, undeniably, they have not done a bad job. Corruption in other countries seems bad and the thing with corruption is it tweaked systems and systems are an integral part to making things work. Someone I was talking to overseas, in his country’s defense, mentioned that he see no difference between my government and his. While mine got paid legitimately and his is not, the amount of money lost is the same. In fact, corruption only works for the rich citizens and not for the poor and tax works in a miraculously way. My point was that my system has stayed intact and my people know exactly what to follow and where not to go. Nobody flaunts the rules knowing there are no other ways to get by it where corruption like I said, just make everything goes. For that same amount of money spent, we have a reputation and a system in place. Of course, that does not justify the high pay. Like Ms Sylvia Lim has said, politics is an occupation worth more than money. Our ministers salary are definitely outliers if you compare it with the world leaders. As a matter of fact, if I would probably advise a Senator running for election to come to Singapore and do politics instead. The fact that you are paid almost 7 times higher than Obama, something, somewhere has to be wrong. As a small country like us, to many, this whole politics thing we have seems like a joke to many.

Despite the grueling conditions, some of our opposition members have held strong. For Mr Low to come out of his comfort zone and go into the unknowns, I bet many fear for him. He is a strong voice I will want in parliament. It is a shame that this voice will come at a sacrifice of the residents in who has voted for him but I believe his area will not be managed any poorly. Indeed, the resources might be scarce and the residents might have to make do with whatever there is but what they will have will be a MP who will listen and serve. I have not heard about my MP nor see her physically until recently. I was having ice cream with a friend the other day and she told me residents in Potong Pasir even have a say in the paint colour of their flats! How cool is that?

People like Mr Chiam and Mr Low touch hearts. For someone who has contested 9 times and won 7 times, that is totally commendable! My friend uncontrollably emailed Mr Chaim expressing her regret that she cannot vote for him because she doesn’t stay in that area. For someone who has stood strong in difficult times and stand there firm, I find that touching. I, for one, kept asking and asking, for what does the opposition stands for? For fame and glory? For the hefty allowance? For being that voice in the parliament? Then you are all standing on the wrong side! That’s so because PAP can offer more. As a matter of fact, if you want to represent the people, you should have joined PAP because they are the ruling party! People from the opposition puzzled me and they are beyond my logics. Why? For the detainee who was locked away for decades, refusing to give in and relent, I cannot explain nor understand. What was it that motivates and keep them going? I saw Mr Chiam’s make shift cubicles and my heart goes out to him. His weak and frail body trampled by illness was held on by so strong a mind and determination that it inspires. I don’t know what makes him strong but I know he has earned my respect and support. I would love him as my MP.

It is a long, long way to go and it is not easy to be in politics. In fact, any job that deals with people is never easy. We are not easy to please and with one policy, the number of people affected and its outcomes can be of drastic ends but people like Mr Chiam and Mr Low, they are worthy politicians. Mr Ong Teng Cheong too. :) That is a very long post. Change might not be bad and some people do need our support. Yes, I know you heard this a thousand times, but please do vote wisely because your that vote will mean a future involving you.

Meanwhile, I hope for the best. Do take care and have fun!

Or so I heard, that changes are constant...

2011-04-07T12:26:00.006+08:00

Somehow, I miss being in projects. The hype, the people, the relationship, the tones, the money and the urgency. That feeds on brain cells but it is fun. This little period of mine, no, I am not selling ice-cream, I am trying to do a little administrative work with bigger agendas and intentions. Things I do for love. My second week in KL is coming to an end. I look forward to the weekends. That day I attended this seminar at Hotel Chulan. The room is huge :) the location fabulatastic! March comes and go, Mr Yu got me this for my birthday :) It is easy to follow your heart and do whatever it says so but ultimately, does it really serve the best for you? Yea... I am talking about this job opportunity that I am pursuing. Qin Ai de did this for me! Dinner voucher already claimed! I really have to thank all for the surprise, painstakingly planned by Love and executed by my loved ones. I read the facebook messages and have a good laugh at it. :) I am so lucky I have these people with me. There are limited pictures because my dearest Sis and her bf got me this. The whole night I was using this aged old camera. In the end, the lighting was not good enough and the pictures couldnt be developed. (-_-)'" Otherwise, I thought the camera is really fun! It looks like a toy? :) My sister and her ideas, she's full of them. My *gasp* EX-COLLEAGUES. hahaha, I have since moved on and I still keep in contact with this bunch of fun loving people. Love's mommy gave me this. It comes with a full hearty breakfast of course. :) It is almost 1 and it is only half way through the meeting of minutes. Haha, the good old days... I certainly miss them but time to move on...move on...move on... Or so I heard, that changes are constant yet there are people in their life, comfortably settled. Even when you are settled, does that mean that there are no changes in your life at all? Changes are good, some jolts you up and you tend to look at things in a totally new way. I was on the plane the other day, yup yup, I tend to fly more these days, they are all short trips but just putting you in the plane space makes you feel different. I reached the apartment and think, "Just how wonderful and amazing is this, one minute I am comfortably in a job all settled in and the next, I packed up, leave and packed and take a flight and voila, I am mopping the floor and doing my own laundry." The world operates in a fascinating way that I never managed to fathom. While I take some of the variations and changes hardly, there are some which simply creeps their way in and there I am, totally adjusted to it. I supposed changes are good if they come in dosages, mlid and exciting in a certain way. Well, I am a complicated being which I have been stressing on but then again, who isnt? Till then, take care and tata, :)

Earthling, it is another year...

2011-03-15T16:14:00.000+08:00

:) Accordingly to my father, I have picked the right day to be born. The middle of the month is the time when he get paid so I was born when he is the richest. I love March, if I have not mention but yea, I love March, particularly this one. It is unfortunate that Japan is in such a crisis and I hope they recover soon. I was supposed to visit Japan in April, I have wanted to see the cherry blosoms but oh well, I am sure there are other times. Besides, I have been bugged by Mummy Koh ever since the earthquake started. If you havent seen one gan chiong spider, you should really come my house.

Oh and now, I am very free so here I am. I did something for myself in the morning *grins* :
Just so I can hold some of my earrings when I go over. Ha...

I am still trying to pack, the plane sets off tomorrow and my luggage is still empty. I have received calls but still, no email from them. The wait is long and tormenting but oh well, I am happy.

Eddy, King Mun and Wai San got me a cake yesterday! Eddy and I are "annual friends", the last time we met was one year ago. It was also for KTV.

My fellow colleagues also bought me dinner! :) The la-kopi session was abit depressing with KY talking all about his Ferrari and the Mayan calender. Pat was all about his legs dangling at the bridge.
Ban Ban and Ah Hao are heading over to Seattle and they are in Narita Airport now. Thats like so cool. They will be there for a month!

I organised the photos in my laptop these days that I am free. I also finished reading two books and wrapped like 5 books. That is really therapeutic.

We used to be this big when the days were good.

I dont know why but there are many pictures of my desk.
Those little things are gifts I bring back from overseas. From left, the hello kitty was somethingmy GM brought for me, apparently, it is there to help curb the fear I have for the felines. The crystal rose is from Shanghai, the ah gong has got an ah ma, it is from Taiwan, Koala from Perth, Bunny is a gift from a friend, the house from turkey. The chip from Macau, the long ruler from Taiwan. The tortoises have been with me since I am 16! *gasp* My 16th birthday gift from a friend. They are 11 years old now!
Thats me, errrr with my not so messy table. Yea, it was taken pictures for so many times for a reason.
This morning, I am greeted with this:
It just make my day. Thats my cute daddy leaving a note for me. :)
This is from my little bro. I wonder who he takes it from but no surprises. He asked if I wanted anything from Bodyshop. I said shower gels and he brought back and said they were my birthday gifts (-_-)'" Luckily, he is attached now.

My goodness, it is 4 already. (O_o) Somebody still hasnt wish me, is he going to repeat the same thing he did a few years back? The last time he forgot, I told him I was going to grumble all the way till I am 75. He cant possibly chu the same stunt again right? I thought his own birthday is the best hint ever! *grumbles grumbles*

Love is coming back later and Mummy Koh is preparing food. I am a happy being now. :)

Take care everyone. Be happy! :)

Changes

2011-03-02T23:36:00.003+08:00

I love March, like how I told a friend, I love March. It just makes me feel better and it just get better knowing there are 31 days in it. I dont really like July, I have no idea why but I just dont like it.

For the past 3.5 years, March is the time where I get real busy, where people chases after one another more aggressively than the rest but still I like March. Of course, more particularly to a specific day in March. This March, :) no more chasing, at least not for me. I have finally put my plans in motion. I finally tendered my resignation. I decided since I am going to do it anyway, why not have a wonderful March this year? So... I did it, with no cast-in-stone plans, I did it.

It feels good. It really does. I dont know what took me that long. At work, I am this cockroach that never gives up. Never. Shove and push me around, no, I stay. Thats just pure stupid stubborn-ness. I am doing my little read up now to set my plans in a better motion. The wait is long and horribly torturing but I am confident and this is what I will want to do. :) So? We shall patiently wait and endure! The plans will be cast in stone one day! :)

Talking about waiting. *sneers* I am a forgetful person and at different aspects of my life, undeniably, Joanne behaves differently. I forgot faces at times, I forgot the reasons, I lost myself in my own thoughts. I like things to be simple and I dont like question marks. Question marks sap me off my brain cells, you know, like literally feeding on them and I am complicated enough, I dont need to be anything more than that.

I love Thursdays too and yes, I am heading to Japan for my little break. :) That is a good thing. Simple enough and the wait is short.

You take care.

It has been awhile...

2011-01-31T13:44:00.007+08:00

When I am here, it will probably mean I am not working and why am I not working? I am down again and it has been a horrible time. There is this pain on my back that it is so unbearable. I hope it is nothing more than a muscle tear and that my fever comes down soon. :) Otherwise, 2 days MC.

Here is a little update:-

Ms Seet is back from Australia for her marriage! :) We managed to catch up with each other and give each other an update and that is great. Her love story is one of a kind and that is so romantic!

Ms Kuah is a lady boss now with her shop opening at NEX. :) Castle and Roses! Its a small shop with unique decor. Thats our gift to her on her shop opening and Fizzie got married as well. Thats like so man happy happenings right?
Thats my usual colleagues. We were celebrating the bosses birthday. That explains my comfort zone which reminds me that something has to be done to it. :p
The kids have left for home so the house is exceptionally quiet now. Those were really sweet memories.
That is cocky Eadgyr for you. Look at the number of people needed to change his top! He is so adorable now that you just simply want to love him.
It is abit late and you might have see from my facebook now. The night for elves and fairies. That was my first attempt at something more daring after "Rainbow". Amazingly, "Rainbow" was something I have thought of. To make my year 2009 as colourful as rainbow. In the end, it did. It was more than what I have expected and colourful does not necessarily mean good but well, it is over. I am just thankful that everyone who came was very sporting and they have taken the effort to dress up and fit in. It was really fun. Ha. That gives me morale to try more things for hmmm.. probably this year. :)
This is pretty, dont you think so?

Look at Eadgyr, it takes alot to attract his attention. Oh yes, thats all of us filling up the dining table.

Yes, I am in love again. :)

All about pictures

2010-10-24T00:44:00.007+08:00

I am waiting for all the data to be tranferred to my laptop now. A few months ago, the hard disk of my lappie got into a big problem by deciding that it should burn by itself and I lost everything. I think I did a post on that. I was kinda upset by that because it contained everything since Uni days. Work data, school assignments and those reports I have worked on, all gone. What affected me the most was all the pictures that I have. Pictures are wonderful thing. Everyone smile for the camera or in most occasions, activity like photo taking is usually done on a happy occasion.

People walks in and out of your life and pictures of them are good souveniors you can keep. I washed my photos and they are all under the bed. When the lappie died on me, I was so glad that I actually washed some of the photos. I also thought of going to the people to get the photos from them. I do backups but on a hard disk which I have forgotten the password. Thats pretty silly right? The password was not set by me and was set by a friend. Tonight, I googled for ways to hack into my own hard disk and while I was watching TV, I typed in something and I GOT IN!!!! :) Can you imagine the feeling of getting something that you have lost???? I can tell you the feeling! ITS WONDERFUL!!! :D I am ultra super duper happy!

Its going to take a while more before everything is transferred but I am not going to take any chances. I will patiently wait for everything to be transferred over. :) I realised when I do backup, I just copied everything over so there are many duplicates around. Looking at the pictures, I came across this:-

The babies are going back end of this year. Maybe I should compiled all the pictures for them to bring back. Maybe pick and choose and wash those pictures for them, afterall its their childhood and with their working parents, I dont think they took as many pictures as I did but the above is Treveze with his botak head. Now, if you being him to the salon, he will tell the Auntie himself that he doesnt want to shave his head although shaving his head will grow more hairs. :) He has more hair now. Its wonderful watching a child grow. Their love is always unpretending and it always filled you with warmth.

Its pretty fast! 10 more minutes and I am done! :) I will have to figure out the password so that I can use this hard drive. Meanwhile, some more pictures for your viewing!

This is us in Cu Chi tunnel. I will upload the video when I am done. Hee, I have the chance to just try out. Oh my goodness! It was only a 20m walk and we were all screaming to get out. This guy in front of me was screaming for more and I almost kicked his arse to ask him to shut up. :p
Thats Ms Tan in a super exhilarating face. I think everyone of us has that face when we came out of the tunnel. I managed to rest in the tunnels (I know, its only 20m) while waiting for the gu niangs. I was waiting to take a pictures of them but I dont know what they were doing. In the end, we trailed so behind from the others. Ohhh... thats probably the reason why I did not kicked the guy's arse. *grins*
I think this is the straw hat that you must wear in Vietnam! Mei mei right??? The boat (wait, I dont know if it classifies as a boat), the sampan was so shaky and I did not moved an inch at all. In all my photos, I have fear all scribbled on my face. :p So, this is my traveling mate's picture. Haaa...

I cannot figure out we managed to squeeze our time. We were basically rushing from one place to another although in the initial initernary, we had the last day free. Haha, I thought when you go for holiday, you are supposed to have time for coffee at 3pm at a cafe, admiring the busy crowd rushing from places to places. Oh, you will have time for a drink at a local pub at 11pm because you dont have to wake up early next day. That did not happen for my trip. HAHAH! For every coffee break we take, we are filled with guilt. For pubbing? My goodness, we wake up earlier than usual when we go for work (say about 6 or 7 am), by the time it hits 10pm, all of us are exhausted, all we want to do is shower and go to bed. Madness. Or is age catching up on us? I have been feeling exhausted since the day I returned. I slept at 10pm everyday. HAHAHAHA!!! But hey, we did many things and visited many places this time round! Haha, this thing about ostrich meat eating? Whoever that I have told, everyone was just so amazed. The joke is this, we were supposed to go to Mango Garden Resort for grass skiing and ostrich riding. The car ride took us like 1.5 hours because its the outskirts (oh outskirts, hahaha must 抱紧紧! Another story for another day!). In the end, we couldnt find where the ostrichs were and ermmm, the barbeque smell was just too enticing to be refused, we sat at this place in the greens and had ostrich meat. *guilty* I was so overwhelmed with guilt that I was so afraid that the ostrich might throw me off when I am riding it. :p The feathers wasnt looking too clean so we all, unanimously, agreed that we will skip it. HAHAHAHHAHA!!! Le Trang was so surprised that we drive all the way there for lunch. :x

This is me at Notre Dame Cathedral :)

I am not a christian but all the building materials from this building was shipped from France! Aint the French atas? Heee... so, of course, I must pay this place a visit! We attended their mass!
Ah Ping got a new toy! Quick!!! Guess what is it???

Just holding it makes you look stylo mylo liao!
HAHAHA!!! By the third day, she was taking pictures like a pro! Errr, we are seeing the photos tomorrow. I am expecting all pictures to have the person super clear and the background super blur. HAHAHAHHAH!!!

Oh something like the below:-
This was done by Le Trang! :) It was done on purpose, I mean the background. Haha! All the time, when we tell Ah Ping to take pictures, its because the place is beautiful. Can you imagine, looking at the pictures and all you see of is yourself? (-_-)'" We ate at this roadside stall and the tables setting was awesome so she showed us this picture of us. Nothing shows the table setting. (-_-)'" At times like this, my laopok sony T77 comes into good use!
We met more people this time. Ah Ping was flirting with the tour guide and another guy at the airport. She was practically talking to everyone! *slaps forehead* Ms Tan has got a caucasian flying kisses at her! We met 2 doctors from Denmark who is going to be in Vietnam for 4 months for their attachments and they introduced us to another 2 Australians who are also doctors. Thats me and one of the girls. We are cruising Saigon River and at the same time, having our dinners on the ship. We went drinking together the next day! :)

Here is one of my favourite shot. It shows my dimples and my earrings!
This is a pretty long post ehhh? :D Its late but I am happy! *hopping around* I am meeting the girls tomorrow to look at the pictures!

Night world!

I am so tired.

2010-10-19T22:22:00.003+08:00

I am back from my trip. They said time files and when you are happy, it gets even faster!

I have meetings starting from tomorrow onwards and people have been trying their luck, trying to call me. I dont think I have that many meetings when I dont go for holidays but yea...tired and I cannot wait for the weekends to come to catch up on some sleep.

I have uploaded my photos! :) I cant wait to see the rest of the pictures especially those taken from Ah Ping's SLR!!! Oh, and from Le Truang's camera.

Here is a glimpse:

Its tiring but I love this kind of trip. Although I am still short of a few destinations that I missed, our schedule was really packed to the MAX. :D

By the way... hmmm... never mind. I will talk about it next time. Exhausted and I really need to catch up on some sleep.

Night World.

Ra với các cô gái!

2010-10-14T01:31:00.002+08:00

Hola! I try to remember my last trip and I thought I haven't been away for quite a while but guess what, I was in KL only last Saturday. The last time I took such long leave? Jan! I went on a shopping spree with the girls to Bangkok. It was extremely fruitful and our luggages almost burst. Those videos, muahaha, should never be seen. :) I'm going off with them again, this time to Ho Chi Minh! It's going to be a good break, almost 4 days off from work! Yiiippeee! Oh yea oh yea, I've also been to Langawi in August.

Look at the initernary and it's relatively packed. Ms Lim did a very good job in the planning! Let's hope we get all things planned swee swee executed!

Yiippee yeah yeah, got my specialist diploma this week. The result for the other course will most probably be next week. Scary~

Tired. Tata everyone. :p have fun!

(hahahaha, I know. A totally total nonsensical post)

Time to read some books...

2010-09-18T21:53:00.005+08:00

:) Hello there. All my courses have finally ended, or so I think. Boss went on trying on convincing again that I should take my SCEM. I am even contemplating if I should carry on with my SISV since ultimately I might not even carry on what I am doing now. Its a relief, really. Now, I am waiting for all the assessments results and really, I am done, at least for now. I just hope everything will be fine and voila. Good enough. I am thinking to really pursue my studies, MBA will be good but lets take a break for now. I guess plenty of thinking to do, that includes what I wanna do and also everything pretty much depends on my finances.

I have got so many books that I can read now, other then all my stupid notes. Yeah! Haha, I get tire out by all these additional things that I am doing that I have not been reading and on MRT, I cannot really read much. My latest buy, Generation A from Douglas Coupland keeps me giggling in the train. I remember reading his JPod and laughing over the things that he ridicule. He is still as funny, making a dig at almost everything.

I have spent more than 3 years in this company and today was the third staff conference I have attended. These 3 years, I have learnt many things and this bunch of people has went through alot with me. MD was saying, "Joanne has come a long way, she really has." What he doesnt realise is I have come a long way, yes, not just that episode with him in it, the mediation in Supreme Court was really just a very small part of the long way. There were many changes these 3 years. In terms of jobscope, I have changed my job scope various times. I have my very bad moments, dealing with different people and doing different things. Personally, I also went through major changes which, if you all have been reading, should have know. When I finished my exam yesterday, I was sitting at the bus stop and I suddenly see images of these three years. It must be this song I am listening. 说再见 by Jay Chou, heard it at the concert and I thought that was very nice.

There were good moments and extremely bad ones. I have made mistakes, some of which I managed to salvage and some made me lose things. I have did something right, some of which proves to be wrong and some of which makes me gain something. I believe things all happen for a reason. Having said that, it doesnt mean I am at my emo moments now. :p

Totally irrelevant but there are some pictures for your pleasure viewing:-
:) On the eve of my exam, I just have to do this. HAHAHAH!!! The last time I took my FSM, prior to my exam, HAHAHHAHA, I went for a cruise. :p I think this is just a very bad habit.
The infinity pool! :)
My room.
This is also another habit which I cant seem to quit. Toilets of the pictures. :) I have quit the habit by not randomly taking pictures of ALL the toilets I have been to. All thanks to a toilet project that I have done. (-_-)'" after that, any new toilets I go, I cannot stop snapping!The right is toilet and the left the shower area.
Jacuzzi overseeing Gardens by The Bay. Oh yea, now its called Construction Site. :)

Comfy!It was very good time spent. :) Ohhhh...墨攻going to start liao! Haha, seriously, I cannot remember the last time I watched something at home on a Saturday night. I can blog, rest early and read. :D

3 quarters almost gone...

2010-08-29T21:24:00.006+08:00

And I realised I have not udated anything here for almost 2 months. 9 assignments to hand up and I have one last to go. I was supposed to finished it today but no... :x I am busy. I met the JC people for badminton today, it was good working out and be smelly, this makes you appreciates yourself for smelling nice (like now). I have also not moved my arse for a few months other than the weekly swimming because of that stupid sprain. It really feels good to be able to move around, running about... Now, I am so tired, I dont think I can work on my last assignment. :x EXCUSES. Bah!

The month of Sep is going to be busy. I am on course again, this time, part time, its ending soon and the assessment will be in Sep, the same goes for my specialist diploma. I have no idea why I have to bag so many things but yea, I just take things as it comes. Seriously, I need to relook into everything and decide on what I really want to do. I really want to sell ice cream so that I can preserve my brain cells. Not that I am saying selling ice cream doesnt require any brain cells, contracts just take up more than it should. At times, it gets so comfy, I really want myself out.

You probably miss me so here is me waiting to see Jay Chou.

You know him.
One more with the dancer.
It was filled with technology and it was fun, an eye opener, although I wasnt an avid fan of his.

For the long holiday in August, I was also away in Malaysia. I took the aeroplace myself for the very first time in my life and my flight was also delayed for the first time in my life. I almost missed my flight to Langkawi because my flight to KL was delayed. I jumped quene and that has got to be the most embarassing moment of my life! I went to Langawi for a little R&R. Check out the pictures below:-

The little house I am staying:-

My courtyard

The waterfall.
The rented car. :p Drove around without proper maps and road signs but I must say Langkawi is quite easy to move around. I road hogggggggg... kua kua kua...
Ishan spa! Pure bliss. The ambience is good and the service is gooooooood.
Something I spot in the Aquarium.
Pregnant maiden lake. :p I will upload more photos when... when... I have more time and energy?
:) As always, my pillar of support, my place of re-energising. We celebrated my little Bro's birthday. Yea, he doesnt really qualify under the word "little" anymore but well... he is my little brother.
PM Lee is on TV and I always thought he is funny. I wonder what it feels like to have so many people's fates in your hands. I watched Liars Game yesterday, it was quite interesting! I wonder what will happen if I am in the game. I, if you do not know, kua kua kua... totally paranoid and ridiculous. *rolls eyes*

As you can see, I am blabbering, totally no link and disorganised. If you know me, that is how I am. Just randomly, randomly, pffff... The month of Sep is coming. I've got 2 plays and a long weekend, oh yea... I know, totally excited about the 2 assessments and project too... SO EXCITED. ptffffffffffffff.... Hmmm long weekend, should I head out too?

There, I have updated. Take care everyone. Thank you for the motivation, I. :0

The whole of June

2010-07-02T23:38:00.008+08:00

Uploaded my photos to my iphone and thought I will drop by here. Its all random but its all pictures-filled. Oh, I just added my Aunt in Facebook, thats like so cooool! Haha, I actually mistaken her as my colleague till I saw our common friend which is my another cousin. :D

The second time in my life, I just had a sprain.
This has been for two weeks! Gosh and it is not recovering. The pain does subside and I just removed the bandage tonight. As I was doing so, I was trying to recall what happened the first time, did it actually take that long too? When they said NUS is also called the University of Steps, it surely prove its name right. I remembered my first sprain, I had a difficult time just getting to school. Luckily, someone was beside me then. Oh well, good old times. This time round at work, everyone just treat me as though I am pregnant. (-_-)'" Today, my designer shouted from the container until my contractor couldnt stand him. The more they asked him to stop that because it was exagerating, the more he does that. Today was indeed not a very good day because it was raining so heavily and the floor was so wet.

I have got this colleague who is weird. He complained to all the people about how he cycled me back when I fell the previous time and how heavy I was. Today, when everyone was showering me with all the love and concern, he said I deserved it because I have not obediently take the medicine that the doctor has prescribed me. (-_-)'" If you know me well enough, seriously, I can take forever just to pop 2 pills in. I cannot swallow and I admit openly that I am not good at it. I had my umbrella today and he said he will sheltered me instead. We finally reached the train station and he said, "Actually... you are not bad." I am completely clueless on what was that supposed to be and he said he meant I actually dare to drink water in the MRT station. Tell me, IS HE WEIRD OR WHAT??? (o_O)"' Because of my leg, I have actually skipped belly dancing, kickboxing and taiji. :`(

This is me in the belly dancing studio before the other people arrive. It was the first ever time that I reached so early in class.

Joined the JC mates for some games. I love games, they are so fun. We were playing this game called Saboteur and I never failed to get the Saboteur card. I dont know how the rest get it but they just decided right from the first hand that I will always be the bad guy who will sabotage everything.
The puppet used for Taboo. :) I love games, so much laughter and these games just chew on your brain cells thinking how to outsmart the other teams. It was also fun catching up with them, you hear about relationships being over and some people getting married. Thats life, it just feed you with everything.
That was us before we head for Mich's wedding!
Baby T also turned 4 years old in this June. :) It is actually very fun and interesting to see how a kid grow. He was the baby who never fail to get up and do a somersault everytime he fell. :) Its also amazing how babies can forget that easily, he doesnt have any recollection of how he was like when he was young. When he was much younger, he is the super fierce baby, now? *shakes head*
He gets bullied in school everyday and the teachers love him. We have to literally teach him how to retaliate when the other kids hit him. On a typical day when you asked him if anyone hit him today, he will said, "我每天都被打." After, we taught him how to hit back when informing the teachers doesnt seem to work, when asked if he retaliated, he will respond, "oh, 我忘记啦." Dotz...

This is another one. :) Brings so much joy to the family with the things he is doing. For the whole night, I was trying to run away from him because the slippers that Mum bought for me attracts him. His walker is a killer and my foot cannot go near to him.
Got caught in the act! He grabs, pulls and eat EVERYTHING. :x
Out drinking with my colleague, contractor and designer.
That is Glutton Ho for you. Ice cream must be big big, mango ice must be big big, EVERYTHING must be BIG BIG. :p

The pretty flowers. :) They look so nice in pictures.

I travelled on my own for the first time in my life.
When you are alone and there is no one to share the scenary with you, you just take your camera and SNAP, SNAP and SNAP and SNAP and SNAP. Every other little thing, you JUST SNAP.
It was a very exciting episode in my life because I went with my right foot bandaged. :) Got everyone worried for me and the next day, when my colleagues went to Malaysia for their durian feasting, they called me and everyone take turns to talk to me. Tsk, so loved! Boss was so worried that people might throw me off the bus or drop me somewhere ulu. Ha! :p I got all jittery throughout the trip too because I am all alone and I am afraid that when I for my toilet breaks, the bus will drive off without me. Phew! Luckily, everything went ok.

This is a super long post. :) Getting tired, Yeah!!! School has ended and no more lessons on SATURDAY!!!! :D

Till then, night night!

The month of June

2010-06-15T09:58:00.004+08:00

:) Hi there. I know it is the mid of June and I have not came in here for quite awhile. Currently, I am in class and time really files because the 10 weeks are almost over and I will be getting my specialist diploma soon. Oh, speaking of that, the 8 or 9 assignments are not done yet. Yes, submitted zero. I never fail to get amazed at myself, like how in the hell can you take so long to start writing? Unless its the last week, Joanne never gets to writing. See, instead of maybe start writing on something, I visit the blog and start blogging instead.

Plans are still shelved and its not moving although prior to the start of the course, I was already mentioning that I am going to start planning. Yeah, talk about procrastination.

I had a very busy May and some things have changed kinda a little. For instance, I have got a new blog. I am blogging religiously in that blog. Ok, not changed a little, to a certain extend, it has changed quite a bit, but on the other hand, I dont know how to put it across.

*Stop blogging because Boss came and sit beside me*

17 June 2010
Ive also started to blog elsewhere because my iphone doesnt allow me to blog at blogspot. I have no idea why but yup, its just weird. My laptop's hard disk crashed and all the photos were gone :( Thats the thing about keeping remnants of memories. When you are ready, you just collect everything in a box and down the chute they go, ready to embrace a new beginning, strongly believing that whatever that is important enough to shape you or affect you is already deeply imprinted in your brain matters. That is all you will need to know and you will not need anything to remind you of other things else. When you are not ready, you are being forced to believe that what you have lost is nothing important and not worth remembering. The most funny thing is I have got a hard disk and I cannot remember the password and I have backup till where.

Oh, Ms Koh is so free today? Yeah, I am home. I sprained my ankle for the second time in my life. Now, the foot is swollen and my left leg is so tired from the walking because I sprained the right foot. It has been an eventful week, I have seen doctors the 4th time for a Thursday in a week. Never been better. :x I also faint last night and hit myself on the head. Yeah, never never been better.

Time really files. ;) Dont you think so? Its going to be an exciting week next week. I hope the suayness stops and I will get well soon. Oh, can you believe it? Other than taking belly dancing, kickboxing, I am starting to take taiji! Hahaa, this taiji is weird, it teaches people how to fight (-_-)'"

Tata for now. :)

Ringing through my mind...

2010-04-27T15:12:00.002+08:00

It is my past that shapes the person I will like and its the future Joanne that I would like to spend my time with...

Hi there May, April is going to be gone sooooon.

2010-04-27T00:09:00.002+08:00

Well, I just finished some work and I thought I will drop by here. Not that there will be anyone following this anymore. In fact there's nothing much to follow and this has more or less become a desserted place.

Work has really been rather taxing and I think it will probably be for next few months to come. I have been making plans and oh yes, I am curently taking a specialist diploma course at Singapore polytechnic. Yea and I was so wrong to think that its cool to take some time off work because in school, basically, I am still working.

Check out my casing although I dont really errr... like it. It makes my phone bulky. I supposed the thing is it does offer good protection to my phone.
Otherwise, I really prefer this better! I just used the red cover for one week before I chucked it one side and used back this one!
Seeee. Mommy couldnt even tell if there is a cover attached to it. Hah, being hiao in school.
Its just a super random post. If you have my facebook, the pictures in school and Universal studios are all there. Magic of iphone again. :)

Right, I do sound a bit funny, dont I? :p I am talking to a friend in MSN and it sort of brought me back some things which hmmm... I dont know how to say. This brings back to the issue of me being a control freak. Hahaha. I guess I dont need to know and right, I dont need the answers to come ridiculing at me. :)

Sometimes, time passes you so fast, you have no idea how fast it can get. Oh ya, I am taking yoga again! :D and belly dancing. HAHAHHA! Funny right? Yea, trying to be more feminine so that I wont be left on the shelf. Its fun.

I have got Jay Chou's tickets at hand and its good seats! Its just right beside the catwalking stage. Cool! Hahaha, but I am comtemplating to sell the tickets away although my friend will really get disappointed.

Oh no, its late! I am so looking forward to Oink oinking with my colleagues this Wed! :)

Night world.

My new toy

2010-03-18T22:50:00.004+08:00

And this is the first entry using my iPhone :) well well, there are really plenty of things tt I can do with it. For instance, I'll be on channelnewsasia in the morning on my way to work, access facebook during office hours and so much more. Sync it with my working email as well, I did told my colleague, nope, I'll purposely not read my emails although it's sync. Riiiiiight, work has become impossible to do tt now. He also commented tt my phone is impossibly red while I said d iPhone is stupid enough not to on itself for alarm.

This is my first present to myself n I nua-ed with it at home on my birthday. Lucky me has got great buddies who gave in to my brat-like tempers :x compared to last year which I have given myself a laptop, I'm counted stingy la hor... Haha :D thank you soooooo much!!!!

second gift? :) not sure if it is a gift yet.

Why is the raven like a writing desk? Yes, let's mock at the people who must have an answer to everything. :)

The Tinman asked: if I ask for a heart from the wizard, do you think he could give me one?

What am I talking about? I ain't Alice so there won't be six impossible things for me everyday.

Sick

2010-03-03T17:42:00.005+08:00

And I am down. Its weird how you never keep to your routines when you are healthy. Other than work, I havent got much things on my table and I actually tell myself that I should be in bed by 11 everyday, of course, if it gets earlier, that will be even better however, that is so difficult to accomplish.

Last night because I was sick, by 9.30pm, I was already in bed and it only took me 2 minutes to totally black out. 2 days MC and I spent my afternoon reading emails and answering phone calls. ya, they see your emails and they take the opportunity to call. Its good to see that you are needed and your absence is felt but after vetting a set of documents, I get so tired, I decided tomorrow will be no work for me. Of course, I will still read my emails but physically, I will be at home resting.

:) I spent my time with him today.

He is so talkative and he resembles the young Xzavier. I try to stay away as much as I can but then I think he was the one who passed the illness to me.

I was also reminded of a taxi driver whom I have met weeks ago. He was a very jovial man who talked non-stop of how lucky his life is. It was 11pm when he picked me at my office and I was all tired after all those work. He asked if that was my normal timing, and if I am occupied till 11pm, how am I going to spend time with my loved ones. I told him I try to do dinner at home at least twice during the weekdays and he asked then weekends for boyfriend. I told him no, no boyfriend.

He asked a strange question, he asked if I have set my priorities wrongly because ultimately it is not my career who is going to stay with me for life, I should find someone special and this should be my top priority. Not like I have had a career to start with and not like I have no special someone in my life before but I told him it ended and subsequently, work just took over. Anyhow to keep the story short, this was what was impressionable to me:

TD: I have a lucky life because I have a wife who loves me and after all these years, I have been married for more than 30 years, I know she still loves me. You know how I know she loves me? She often tells me something. Make a guess what she tells me?

Me: Hmmm, I am lucky to have you by my side?

TD: HAHAHAHHAHA!!! What?!?!? No, she tells me I am lucky that I have her by her side. Nobody will be like her to want to hang around with me.

Me: HAHAHAHAHHA! ok...

TD: You know why that shows she loves me? Because she actually think I am very jialiat and she still wants to be with me, this means she loves me!

Me: HAHAHHA. ok.

TD: I will treasure her and I will make sure we grow old together. hmmm... but say like that say lah, but if one day, I lose her, .... aiya, life got to be happy, i will go find a younger wife.

Me: HAHAHHAHAHHAH!!!! Like that wan arr...

TD: Life is all about being happy mah, but I really want her to grow old with me and I really love her.

(-_-)'" And the story goes on about how lucky a person he is, his children and his grandchildren and I have a feeling his children actually gave birth very young and was married due to shotgun or something. He said something along that line, like how he was angry but looking at his grandson now, he said it was all worth it.

At the end of the day, I think it is really important to know and appreciate life as it is. Thats what he has taught me. I walked out of the taxi thinking how lucky I have been to have doting family members who stood by me as a family and spoil me rotten, friends who take in my nonsense and laugh with me and bosses and colleagues who have been very understanding towards me. I have been and still is pampered by these people. I am just short of that someone special who might or might not eventually come but otherwise, whats there to lament about life?

The last day of CNY

2010-02-28T18:27:00.007+08:00

Happy CNY! Today is the last day and it goes to show again how fast time files.

It has been a very eventful 15 days and I will upload those pictures in facebook soon. In fact, I have already uploaded the pictures for the dinner because everyone is doing it so fast.

I am still very obsessed with the camera. :p have since pasted more things in my diary and I am sourcing for cheaper films!

I also met up with my varsity mates during this period.
It was fun updating each other although the group has shrank a little. Well, as you aged, you get more busy and it is more difficult to get everyone together.
The first kid that my Mom takes care? He is as tall as me now! This is so so so scary!
Speaking of time, it was also our first annivarsary together. :) Monster and Me on the 14th of Feb!And I met up with my what I called my annual friend yesterday. Ha, we meet once a year, and King was asked to come along. It was so fun just yelling inside the KTV room and King was just dead stoned thinking why is he out with 2 siao kias who try to cheat him to come over to Yishun. :p

Errrr... this is my Boss and me. We are in the midst of something very serious and this is in Supreme Court so it is really serious. It has got to be the experience of my life and I even got chided for being out of the line by the Mediator. Damn it but well, experience learned.
This is a happy me preparing for the dinnnnner! Haaaa...
This year we have a theme for the dinner. There were many funny things for this dinner because Boss made one of my colleagues the chairman and I was not even appointed as the advisor because my Boss said he wants someone to control me. Yeah, speak about controlling, who do you want to control. Anyhow, I am so glad that everyone was so sporting.

I was voted as one of the Ms Shanghais. It was funny because I am one of the organisers and I have all the questions to the Q & A and I also set the winning criteria. :p I am fair de lah, how can I win right?
The cheong sum is very cheap, less than $10 and my shoes were 199baht (-_-)'"
The roses gang! We all have roses tattttooooo.
I got the fan that LBK drew on.

The people who attended! Its such a nice view right? The ladies just made everything look so much nicer!

:) Time for dinner le. My sista sent me a weird email yesterday. The first paragraph starts like this:

一个苦者找到一个和尚倾诉他的心事。
他说：“我放不下一些事，放不下一些人。”
和尚说：“没有什么东西是放不下的。”
他说：“这些事和人我就偏偏放不下。”
和尚让他拿着一个茶杯，然后就往里面倒热水，一直倒到水溢出来。
苦者被烫到马上松开了手。
和尚说：“这个世界上没有什么事是放不下的，痛了，你自然就会放下。”

:) 难道不痛就放不下吗？世上没有东西是放不下的，拿久了，自然会累，自然会放手。时间就是最好的良药。有时候痛未必就会放下。

:D

2010-02-22T23:36:00.003+08:00

HAHAHA, you get what I mean, I take pictures of my pictures. :p

I told the kids to choose one of it because the other one is going to be on my office desk. (-_-)'" They each chose a different one. Is this some kind of scam to cheat me of my share?

:p I survived Monday and I am starting my day late tomorrow. Awww... the kids... a joy to have.

Tata.

:)

2010-02-21T22:01:00.004+08:00

Tired and it is going to be a very busy week ahead. Yup, I will head to bed earlier tonight. On channel 5 is The Lost room, well, it looks interesting with ordinary objects having empowering people with special powers. Oh yes, I was supposed to say Happy New year! :)

My friend quitted and I wonder will it go through. Wow, the show is really interesting. Yeah, I have been watching Legend of the Seeker faithfully with the kids too. They will be here tomorrow and BB E is coming too. I kinda miss those noise that they make and BB T is on my wallpaper. :x Others mistaken that as my son. Oh, join the order and talk to God and Joe is looking for his daughter.

I finally watched The imaginarium of Dr Parnassus. Yes, its about choices and I often wonder who invented choices, who invented freewill? Just like Little Children, when do you get carried away? When do you start doing the right things, making right choices? When do you do wrong and then given the chance to make things right again? Or, will that even happen? :) Yeah, I would probably land myself on Dr Nick's side. I think I already have.

Check out my new toy!

Its a birthday gift and it really comes too early but nonetheless, I am touched by this gesture.

:) I had a fun time playing with it yesterday but the films are so expensive! I think I am really funny, I take a polaroid picture and I used my digital camera to take the picture I have just taken. (-_-)'" And if the picture was meant to be a gift, there is only one and only one can keep it so you will use your digital camera to take that picture! Ok, am I thinking too much or thats the way things are supposed to be? :p I realised something though. Its good for people with diary because I can take a picture and instantly, the picture comes out and voila, I stick it to on my diary and write my thoughts immediately! When I look back, there, the picture with the words!

Having said that, this picture is now really in the diary and my diary will have faces, objects, colours and everything. :D There! I found a use for it.

Hee, I have gotten myself a laptop last year. What should I get myself this year?

Hmmm...ok, I am really really tired and I should get some rest gearing up for this week. Maybe I should do what M did. :x Alrighty, nights.

Work is killing me

2010-01-31T23:07:00.004+08:00

Been working till now and I am really tired. Ok, I watched the TV while I worked but why are Mondays coming earlier than they should? Argh! These days I get so tired, afternoon was facial and I was snoooooozing off like I havent been sleeping for ages and tomorrow is Monday again. Argh!

Collected the goodie bag for the Safari Run on Saturday. This year, I AM GOING TO BE THERE, RAIN OR SHINE. :)
The goodie bag was a disappointment. Last year, the bag was so cute and this year the things were in like what my colleague described, chiong kind of plastic bag. Tsk tsk, I thought economic crisis was over?

Then, the boys tried on the clothing I bought for them. I do not know why Xzavier look so glum but they sure love what I bought for them.

Haha, Xzavier still look like a shu shen although he was wearing a flirtatious shirt. (-_-)'" That huai ren, wear checkered shirt still look like huai ren. His dad was saying he looked like Tarzan, want to go and fight and collect protection fee. Bought something for the babies as well. Met my best friend on Friday too. :p We both are gluttons. If we are going to have ice creams, we are going to have the largest, all by ourselves.
And I said I was going to blog about this.

We were talking about Furama Hotel and where it is.
J: Its at clarke quay right?
R: No, not the one at Chinatown ley
J: Yah... the one at Havelock Road right?
R: I dont know what road
J: Ok, the one opposite MOM right? Ministry of Manpower?
R: (gives the super ultra shock shock face) Ehh.... 倒了...倒闭了对吗???
J: HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA!!! How can the ministry 倒???????? WAHAHAHAHHA!!! Are you saying MINISTRY OF SOUND?
R: (beat me and roar into laughter) Ya ya, I thought you so sua ku.
J: Please loh, that place has become ZIRCA and although I have only been there once, I know MOS 倒了 lor.
R: Ok lah, I have never been there. Tsk! STOP LAUGHING (beat me again)

Now, when I remember that shocked expression, HAHAHAHAHHA, I am still laughing loh! I laughed my way to Borders and till now. HAHAHAHHA!!! MOM 倒了?!?!?!? HAHAHAHAH, ok, stop it. When she read this, i think she will kill me. She even said I am pretty so that I will not blog about this. :p

Esther turned 21! She looked like the maid in this picture loh. :p She is so adorable.

Our arrival at BKK.
Our arrival at Changi Airport. Yeah, I know. 3 women let loose and this is what you have.
Basically, we shop, eat, sleep and massage. I have to lug back 30kg of luggage. My pocket burned a big hole and I doubt it is even there. :) Kua kua kua, no one to control me. I even bought a new luggage, super pretty loh.

Tonight, someone from the past talked to me.

Hmmm... things are progressing and I think I am in line to meet my target. No more stunts and I will be there soon. :) No more things associated to dangerous.

Ok, my eyes are closing already! I will talk more soooooon! :) Night night everyone and hello to being a slave again.

Movies and babies

2010-01-17T21:25:00.003+08:00

I just hugged Thane. :) Babies are so funny, they always smell so nice. Is it all those creams that the adults apply on them? Or they just naturally smell good.

Oh, Thane? Who is Thane? He is the interim baby before Edagyer comes along. :p He is one talkative baby, he loves talking.

This is to show you how big he is compared to my Monster!

The kids crowding around him. I was back from Hong Kong and I asked the kids who this baby was. Xzavier said he is someone my Mom's friend forgot to bring back. (-_-)'" I asked Treveze and he said this baby is Mama's friend's baby.

Anyhow, I have watched many movies last week!

Lars and the Real Girl - I have already told you what it is about.

Little Children - I like it. :) It says of adults who at one point of their time lives recklessly and irresponsibly, only thinking about their own happiness and nothing else. Just like little kids, who doesnt know that eating too much chocolates is harmful to you. They just enjoyed that moment. Momento mori. Of course, adults can never be children again.

Marley and me - I am so so so so so going to swear off any movies with dogs. My last doggie movie which was years ago, had me walking out of the cinema sobbing like someone just raped me or something. I thought when you are 25, your heart gets harder. Wrong, I still cried like crazy. Boooohooooo~~~~ No more doggie movies

Little Prince - I always love Little Prince. So, :) its very meaningful and I hope to meet him soon. I think only he will understand that the thorns are for spites and beneath that spites is the affection which you cannot see. Yea, those that are important are invisible to the eyes.

The Morgans - Funny. It goes to show how much love, patience and tolerance it will takes for 2 siao kia to be together. I think it is more funny that Ms Lim actually walked in thinking we are watching Fourth Kind. I wonder where she got that idea.

Daybreakers - I love it!!! It is so nice!!! It was a different vampire show and I love the poster!!! So cool! Can I keep a laboratory like that? :p Mine will only take in the boys. HAHAHAHAH!!! Hmmm...wonder where I can get the poster? So nice loh!!!!!!!

Did I mention that work has been a killer these days? I was back in my office doing work today. Dangz.

Ok, I shall not think about it. I am flying off on Wednesday with the girls! Yeah! Our first trip out together!!! So excited!!!

Ok, night. tata. take care. Thane is talking and I just saw someone I used to know on TV. Oh no, the kids are reminded of him again. Momma told them he went abroad for studying which is why he will never come again.

Great.

Lars and The Real Girl

2010-01-10T20:00:00.006+08:00

Thats a movie. :)

I was supposed to get some work done, well, I did. Sort of. I rented some movies yesterday, it has been a while since I rent DVDs, wrong, I have never rent DVDs, someone does and I chose the movies I want to watch. Anyhow, it has been a while since this has happened. Junction 8 has got a new ezy video and I rented a couple yesterday.

Lars is a guy who likes to coop himself in his room and he doesnt like to interact. His elder brother who is the only family member left in this world has a pregnant wife who always try to get Lars to join them for meals. There is a girl named Margo, who likes Lars, and she's fun and cute. Lars doesnt interact nor is good at communicating so towards her advances, it was nothing but cold.

One day, he got himself a Love Doll. A doll who is anatomically correct, whose purpose was to satisfy those men with needs. A woman who doesnt talk. Its name was Bianca. He treated Bianca like she's real and his brother, Gus, got freaked out. They went to the doctor and the whole town played along. It was through Bianca that he eat with his family again. It was through Bianca that he joins his collgeaues. Bianca was a channel where people get to him.

Watch the movie if you want to know the ending. :) I am not sure though if you can accept this kind of movie because you might think the story is kinda far fetched and ridiculous. Its just sad because it is about this person who is terribly lonely and in need of companion and love because he doesnt react well to people. People is always asking him to hang out together but he simply just rejected them. He has no social life until Bianca comes along.

Lars remind me of someone. Someone I used to know. I dont know but the movie alone reminds me of this person. Well well...

Look what I did in the morning:-

Its not that easy and in the end I have to seek help from the internet just to get this taipei presidential palace up. I call it Joanne's going-to-topple Palace. :) Going to put this on my office desk, the only thing I had from Taiwan on my desk the other time was this lao ah gong, which well, originally was a pair with another lao ah ma which probably got thrown away.

Since this is my first entry for 2010 so Lars and the real girl is pretty dark and emo right?

So, some pictures for your viewing before I sort them out.
John got the girls the devil horns while waiting for the fireworks to start at Taipei 101.
Fireworks started! I will post the video. the atmosphere was great!
I got a nagging from Boss. He doesnt understand why someone like me, who has spent a considerable amount of money on Lasik will go get a pair of spectables. Hiao mah~~~ HAHAHA!!!
Last picture after spending 8 days out of Singapore. Taipei was colder than Hong Kong and Changi airport is way like hot. We were actually perspiring when we stepped in.

I will be flying off again with the girls in about 2 weeks time. After that, I think I got to start to restrain myself. :p People has been commenting that I have been flying alot and I have been telling them thats because I am out of love. I cant possibly use that forever and I think I will need to save up for more constructive things. Well, maybe flying to further places. :x Like Venice? Sounds good? HAHAHAH!!! Incorrigible. Ms XJ, steady lah, year end we go Venice!!! So romantic!!!
On an entirely different note, no, no courage to stand beside the Queen's head. I spent most of my time out of there. This is the only picture I took there and I left. I waited for the rest in the bus. You know, you dont really need the walls to repent, you can do it in the bus.

Oh no, its monday on his way. I cant wait to set off. :)

Take care everyone.

Yes, my first entry of the year.

My year end entry :)

2009-12-29T02:04:00.005+08:00

Warning: Before you go on, let me tell you this, you might not like what I am going to write. It is going to be emo, very emo. My year end entries are usually done on my diaries, not on blogs. My diary for this year has filled up and I dont know where I can write so here I am. :) That's it. You can skip this post. No big deal.

It has been a very eventful year and sometimes, I still wonder, can all this be real?

Perhaps lets start with my Xmas gifts?

I woke up on Xmas morning to find this. :) It has to be from my beloved Sista...

And tadah~ Its a calender! :) I have wanted to get one and I am so amazed that she actually knew what I want. So sweeeeet... It also reminded me of something. Last year this time, I was also going around looking for calenders for somebody. I got it and I decorated it and was ambitious enough to go through the whole year and I wrote down many things. Yea, that must be one of the sweetest things I have ever done but oh well...

Back to this calender, I am sure you noticed the little angel beside. So cute and heartwarming...just like...my little baby sister. :)

I guess you can never understand how family played a role in my life this year. Indeed, I have always been very close to my mommy and we share everything but this year, my family has really given me all the support that I have needed. Of course, the worries that I have caused mommy this year is more than what she had for the past 3 years but things have happened and there is a limit to what I can do. I guess I am also training her sms skills :) This year I received so many sms-es from her. I dont know how to better put it across other than saying I am thankful. I seriously am. Everyone in the family was so understanding towards me as I start to get more adventurous, be it in my personal life or at work. At the end of the day, when I come back home, I am glad that this little hut of mine is a charging place for me to face bigger things out there.
The boys were so sweet and delightful to have. As they grow, they got more defiant, they got more naughty, they tend to get more noisy but it is always a joy to be hugged and kissed by them because for that moment, you forgot all your worries. You feel so loved. You know that no matter what might happened, you have them to love you at the end of the night and sometimes thats more than enough. I am really thankful that I have this little hut of mine with those two viruses. :) The third one is coming soon...

And I am more emo than any other days because today, I came back from a jog with Ms XJ and I found this.
As I read the card, I almost teared. It is a card from my Qin Ai De who has went through the many of the highs and lows with me this year. Mostly lows but just like what you have said, I am glad that you are around and I am thankful to have your company. I am grateful that when I need someone to sms to, I sent to you. Those jacuzzi moments were god sent and after each session, it was always comforting to me. I have left my brain somewhere this year and I am glad that you were here to be brainless with me. :p I am sorry if I did influenced you but I am truly very thankful. Besides, I think I show so much of my gratitude by watching Bruno with you :)

I dont know. Was it because of tha fact that I lost my relationship that I learn to cherish my family and friends more?

That day I was watching Guess Who because I was switching channels and I saw Ashton Kutcher. Relationships, unfortunately, can be so fragile. You might quarrel all the time but ultimately, can you forget that both of you love each other dearly? I learn that quarrels are inevitable in relationships and if you love this person, you will have to accept who he/she is. I learn how to cherish. Ashton Kutcher was also in Butterfly Effect. If you have that opportunity, what will you do to change things? He tried so hard to make things right but in the end, each time, things just went from bad to worst.

It is almost 3 am now. :) I am taking the 8am flight tomorrow to Taipei and I will also spend a few days in Hong Kong. I think you can call that adventurous. The last time I was in KL, I felt like a broken heart being pulled out and hammered a thousand times. Images just flood in and you cannot stop them, you are in that same place, this time, alone. I am challenging myself again. This time, beside the Queen's head, there will only be me. :) I aint going to do butterfly effect. 2009 is ending and I should sort things out with my, myself and I. I cannot possibly scream I am out of love everytime.

When the clock strikes 12 and 2010 comes, I will be under Taipei 101, I will forget and as the fireworks soars into the sky, there will be a new beginning. I have been so harsh to myself, forcing myself to heal and stand up. In the end, I ended up hurting people and for that, I am geninuely sorry. Sometimes, I tend to overestimate myself, sometimes I am weaker than I think I am. This time, I will take my time, it will heal someday and I will get the chance to look forward. I suppose that is the way to simplified things. :)

On an entirely different note, I finally got my Hong lou meng. A friend got me the english version.
:p This is an attempt to brainwash you, to make you forget what I have just wrote. I am still me. The world is still revolving.

See you next year! Happy new year... :)

Someone new...

2009-12-13T16:57:00.004+08:00

Helloooo...My fingers are turning blue already and its not even Monday yet! :p I have had a nasty last week. Work was horrible, I got out from one trouble to another and to another again. Tired, tired and of course, tired!

Anyhow, :)

He is related to this virus here.

We were watching Legend of the Seeker and he quickly put his hand on my hand and slowly, there you go. The picture above. He is a huai ren.

Now, you know who he is. Thats makes three. I often tell people World war 3 is always happening every evening close to me. You reached the stairs and you will hear things like "Dont run!" "Bang Bang! Bang!" Or, wrestling happening on the bed, or my poor, I still dont know if it is a monkey or a cow but Didi calls it "Monkey" and you see pooooor monkey kena dragged out of the room and squashed. Occasionally he does show some forms of affection to it, when ermmm he feels like it.

When there's three, I think world war four is inevitable...

Its November

2009-11-15T11:48:00.004+08:00

Yeah, as if you do not know and guess what, its already mid of the month.

I woke at 9am today, went back to bed and woke at 10am. Sat here by 10.30am and I was supposed to finish my work by 1pm as I have badminton later. It is 12pm now. Progress? 0% and I am here. :) Well done, how am I supposed to complete everything by 1pm? Uhhh...whatever~

I was at the body exhibit yesterday. I think Da Vinci was better. All the bodies look so plastic, it is difficult to associate them with real bodies when they are supposed to be the real bodies. Ha.

Mum was saying he is wasting the resources because he is not putting effort into the drawing.
Me: what is this?
Him: this is 彩虹。
Me: Huh?那里是？这么难看。
Him：这个是我头脑想的东西。
Me：Which is?
Him: 我不要跟你讲
Me：（-_-)'"
My bro came in and asked him the same thing and he just gave this face. He always have this attitude. Yeah, he is lucky he is cute!
KM bought me this from Macau. He said the moment he saw this book, it is so me. Heee, sounds like a sentence I will ask everyday.

我可以不要做工吗? 我要天天都出去玩!!!

(-__-)'"

45 minutes more.

Time to start work.

I hate the world.

I survived the Monday

2009-11-09T22:53:00.000+08:00

Tired, tired and tired...

Saturdays

2009-11-07T14:17:00.006+08:00

It was just about 2 hours ago that I have woke and now, I am tired again. :) Last week this time, I was, if my memory doesnt fail me, having pizza at the H cafe, almost zonking out from the morning class. Stuffed the pizza into my mouth and rushed off to catch the bus to Nagoya Hill which is one of the biggest shopping centers in Batam. It seems dark, I hope it is not going to rain soon. I will be heading back to NUS to tonight. :) I dont know, it just seem kinda weird.

Yup, received an sms on Thursday and next, I was riding the waves with my qin ai de to Batam on Saturday. How impromptu.

The loot from Nagoya Hill. Geeez, I am horrible, it was too impromptu and I have no idea what to do at Batam so I did my research and realised we have to get Lulur Mandi so I did, so much so, it seems like I really have super rough skin. :) They were alllll so cheap! I got plenty of body lotions tooooo.

It was also Halloween and the hotel staff informed that there will be fireworks in the hotel. :p I was telling qin ai de, lets get some bazooka and set the night in fire.
We were bought by the security guards to the roof top where the fireworks were. :) I bought my share and ermmmm it was so dangerous. HAHAHHA! I will upload the videos when I get it from qin ai de. There were 144 sticks that we have bought and I only managed to set off one before the security guard came looking for me. :( They must have thought I was some terrorists or something.
Totally not relevant but this 19 years old taxi driver asked me to give him a call so that we can do dancing together. ;p I told you it is totally irrelevant.

The pool was good and the beeeer was cheap. Incorrigible but lunch was beeer and some chips. The day bed was so comfy and the ang mohs spent their time reading and getting a tan. WE really have no time! So it was a good quick dip in the pool and some sun before we head for sauna and the 3 hours spa. :)

The 3 hours spa was gooooooooooood. It was a body scrub followed by a massage. Subsequently, they did a body mask and you end off with a milk bath. We each had a pavilion to ourselves and we could see the people from the outside but it was good time spent with myself. I had a good time talking to the masseur with my very limited bahasa Indonesia.

I was seriously amazed. She has a daughter who lives in batam from her ex husband and a boyfriend who lives in Ang Mo Kio, yup, our Ang Mo Kio, who visits once a month and usually stays for 2 days. The boyfriend is 16 years older. Hur hur, my guess-she is the Batam mistress. This boyfriend that she is talking about probably has a family. When asked how long the relationship was, she said 5 years. Woooooo! I was watching TV just now and there was this man who brought the woman to the church because she doubted his love. So touching but I was telling Sis, he is a cheater. It turned out, HE IS A CHEATER. When confronted, he said he knows only in such a sacred place will a woman like her believe him. (-_-)'" Why must things be so complicated?This is the last batam view that greeted me. It feels good to see that as I walked to my ferry.

I just need things to be simpler. Can it be any more difficult than that?

So Sweeeeet~ Featuring F4!

2009-11-02T23:52:00.002+08:00

=)Forfeits...

Babies Birthdays

2009-10-29T23:53:00.004+08:00

My dearest boy turns 5 today. =)

Time really files and I can still remember that face when you first came. =) And now he's five! =)

Plenty of birthdays. Gone is today and a minute later, its your birthday. The princess of this family, you know we love you, more than anything. Like I always tell you, I will always be here, we will always be here, by your side, if you need me, if you need us.

I hope you will have a great birthday.

Yes, my girl is turning 18 and I hope she will continue to strive for what she wants. Do us proud and stay happy. My dear, happy 18th birthday! =)

Monday over...

2009-10-26T22:32:00.004+08:00

There are still tinges of blue around and plenty of things I do not understand. Well, I dont think you can understand all the things. I know curiousity kills the cat so perhaps not understanding can be good in its own way.

Its Monday so there you go:

Long long time ago, at some hotel which I cannot remember the name. =) This was also one of the places which we frequent quite often for the next few months because someone needed counselling session. =)
Plenty of colleagues around at a company event which I have also forgotten the name. :p
This is the one and only photo taken on the bowling alley.
This is good place, the ambience is ooohlala. We have got the guitar man singing and the place is wonderful!!! Its one of the NUS guild houses.

Speaking of which, I will be paying a visit to NUS soon. Yeah, I wonder what it will feel like...

Nights.

ba long long day

2009-10-22T14:03:00.005+08:00

I am on MC for 2 days with a rotting throat and a very bad nose. Last two nights has been a real torture. The medicine made me real tired but the nose got so stucked, I cannot sleep. The pain in my throat was horrible and I did not realise but I was gritting my teeth so much, now my teeth hurt. It is killing my appetite for food too. I was thinking Doc was so nice to give me 2 days but now I think he is the Doc, I am the patient. He is right and I am wrong. =) 3 tyes of medication for just the throat and I am playing the super nice patient by taking them all. Yes, it was that painful~ Hah, my colleague actually think I will dump all the medication in the dustbin. Yea, great guess but I do feel so much better now and I have been playing those mindless Facebook quizzes and mahjong since I woke this morning but now I have got no money. Sad. But that pretty much explains why I am here... =)

We met up after the last gathering in 2006 and I realised I worn the same shorts for that gathering too. Time files~
I dont think I have mention but I met the girl who I used to give tuition to. yup, she's all grown up and that day I met her was the day she graduated from JC. Bad me but I forgot her name. =p Her question was funny, she asked if I got married. (-_-)'" I told her no and she automatically said oh, then it must be soon. You see, at situation like this, I seriously have no idea how to respond. I dont even remember telling her about my ex then but she was with all the details. Well done.
So in this gathering, someone also mentioned he heard that I am getting married. WOW! To who? In the first place, hear from who????

Anyhow, this girl is so cute eh?
My twister finally come to a good use!
It is not easy to manage a bunch of kids.
Tired looking. The massage chair is shiokalalallalalala!!! I fell asleep! =)

We will be setting of to BKK this Jan!!! So exciting!!!

Yea...plenty of hearsay. I hear this and I hear that but you have no idea which is true and which is not. Until you truly go and find out, hersay remain as hearsay but sometimes we got so gullible, we believe in hearsay, so much so, even if you found out the opposite, you choose to believe in the hersay. Sometimes, we can be diiotic creatures, especially women, we believe in instinct. My instinct tells me that and my instinct tells me this. Seriously, thats rather pathetic.

Yup, snap out of it. Before my ba long long day comes to an end, I will go watch some CSIs and catch up on some sleep.

=) Take care everyone, remember, nothing is more important than your health. If you get depressed, you will never get well. Drink plenty of water and take good care of yourself.

Decadence

2009-10-18T19:07:00.006+08:00

I said I was going to blog about this and so I am. I remembered it was 3 things yesterday but today I woke up only remembering 2. Not like I did many things today but I am feeling so tired now, I think I can go to bed again. (-_-)'" No, I did not wake at 8am today, I woke at 1pm but I dont feel satisfied at all, I just feel tired. So tired.

Back to the 2 things, I think I am mixing with the wrong crowd. Opps, I think I figured out this too late all the times.

First, my friend, who is married, said nothing matters, except for the errr hemmmm, sperms. (I think she meant it literally)

Secondly, another friend said, marriage is expensive because for now, the amount for alimony is expensive. You got to look at the girl and think is she worth $500 a month. (-_-)'" These two remarks were in response to the topic of "MARRIAGE". Tell me, I am in the wrong crowd, am I?

Yea, I am starting to think I am incorrigible. =) They look like loots here, dont they? My loots call themselves Kate Spade.
Loots uncovered and wow, they all come in difference sizes!
I said I am incorrigible and I am greedy so~~~~
HAHAHAHA!!! This is so cute right???? I is like those ling longs... =D

On an entirely different note,

I was in East Caost again. Guess what, the times to East Coast to me, used to me countable. I dont know if I remember correctly but for the past 5 years, other than this year, I have never been to East Coast for more than 5 times, maybe not more than 3! This year alone, I have more than made up for it. =) The same errr.... hemmm... goes to alcohol, I never used to drink but this year, I think I also made up for it too. =p

Now, I am really tired, I wonder can I stay up till 10. I thought Flash Forward was interesting, when you see your future, those who see the bad things, try to steer around it, but those that see good things? You cannot wait. So fun.

=) I think the decadence has stopped, the withdrawal has kicked in.

Ooooohho!!!!! Time to eat grass lor!!!! My Nov plans has yet to materialise and I am going to morph into a siao kia again soooooon!!!! Yeah!!!!

So fun. Tomorrow is Monday. Riiight, I do not sound convincing at all. Right.

touche

2009-10-11T17:38:00.003+08:00

And its almost 6~ which means my Sunday is almost ending!!! *pulls hair bites nails* I am getting kinda sleepy but I aim to sleep really early tonight so that like I always tell people, I turn violet instead of blue.

Weddings are like everywhere nowadays and I am attending one like almost every month.

I dont know if you remember but Sentose used to have this big 2-storey chalets which is really scary. They have those underpass just outside your chalet which the Japanese used long long time ago. Yes, in those childish times, those who kena the forfeits were asked to go down to the tunnels and it freaked me out. You can also do your BBQ-ing in the court yard but it is really ulu. Now? OMG!!! Its the new Amara hotel!!!
The court yard which you used to do your BBQ-ing has transformed!!!! Its now a lovely outdoor courtyard with Jacuzzi!!! So romantic~~~~ For some rooms, you even have your own individual pool!!!! Ok, I just realised the one I went to is a courtyard suite, the one with pools is a one room pool villa.=) Not very expensive, the courtyard suite is cheaper than Rasa Sentosa seaview room. Check out the types of rooms here: http://www.amarahotels.com/en/locations/sanctuary/rooms.html
Heee and this is the lovely one who bought me there!!! =) 我们俩还真是浪漫!!!

OK, time to go for a run. I have not moved for 3 weeks, and I am horrible, I cant run but I bought a new pair of running shoes and it has been sitting there for ermmm, =x 3 weeks. =)

I acknowledge the fact but... how do I quit a habit which is obviously eating me?

Guess what, I have a new favourite line these days! "adehiiiooutty" and I repeat it 3 times everytime I say it. Even in my love letters to Ms XJ, I wrote it like many many many many times. So much so, I qualify myself as a siao kia. Yeah, we will see how it goes.

Take care everyone!!! =)

Tonnes and tonnes of pictures

2009-10-04T13:24:00.015+08:00

I hope I will really write lesser. =p I am going to fill this post with tonnes and tonnes of pictures! My body is aching from yesterday's games. 3 sets of games in one row and I do not have the habit of doing warm-ups. I saw my colleague doing the warm ups and I was like duhz! Great. I wonder do people paste salonpas on their bum bum because I just did. =x Am I lousy of am I getting old?

This heart shaped thing has got a story. When a girl was turning 21, the both of them with a group of friends baked a heart shaped chocolate cake with chilli substituting as cream. Now that yours truly has turned 25 and more, Mr Yu decides to return the heart shaped mould to Ms Tan. I think they stay super far away from each other, maybe one in North pole, the other in South, which is why, it takes 4 years.

We were trying to be cheapskate and this was the ball I caught. I will spare you the story, I can be an idiot sometimes. Heee...
Together with the Bride and the other jie meis in Powerstation.

I am just being vain. =p That is also before I dye my hair.
The full team together with Miya!!! Her grey stockings is a killer!!! Pai Ka still must fight with the other jie meis for the bouquet. Heeee... Its funny nowadays, everybody siam the bouquet instead of catching it! Maybe when you get older, you will fight to get it?

Our rewards!
I have to gross everyone with my knee in the morning! =D I do not have the time to bandage it so I went with all the pus and blood which you cant really tell from the picture. Hiak Hiak Hiak.
The bride and the groom

The hosts for the night. It was getting so bad but I was equally vain so I had to manage with my heels and my knee. It was taking ages for the host to get up on stage and I was treated like a dowager. Limping host, how many weddings can you see one?

This was that fateful day after my fall. Yeah, I still can manage to go catch a movie after that although I really have difficulty walking. Once I go out of the camera, the frown automatically comes onto my face because it was hurting so badly!
Do you know what is wrong with this locker?
Yeah...where is the lock? We went for Forest Adventure at Bedok Reservoir. It was so fun!!!
It was fun just climbing around and flying!!! Well, next day, the whole body was aching but it was worth it!
This chou loh kia pulled out everything. Super formidable right??? HAHAHAHAH!!! =) Can you believe it? You are taking the lock together with the key, so what is the point of locking when there is no lock?!?!?! We were laughing so happily because she asked how come the key is so big? (-_-)'"

That is us in Lory Loft. Ms XJ has got free pass to the Bird Park. We have wanted to bring the babies along but these days, BB X and BB T are so busy! They have classes during the weekends. In the end, we went ahead without them.

Ms Ng was called up as a volunteer!

The sign reads: The world's most dangerous creature Homo Sapiens
Yesterday. I hope no one has burn down anything. Mine was fire free and for the first time in my life, I finally hear my name in the LUCKY DRAW. Ya, great, 10 packets of I dont know what you call it. When my number was called, I wasnt even paying attention, luckily I told everyone my number =x

Thats my prize together with my team members. =)
It was German food after that. Pork knuckles, sausages and beer! =D I've got very brown hair now!
We know we will definitely not get anything so we spent some effort trying to get the "Best Dressed" award. Well, we almost won but because we did not wear the masks throughout, we were out. Anyhow, the prize wasnt too fantastic to start with. =x

Your very drowsy looking Owl. After the German beer, my face was really heating up and as usual, my eyes got really teary.
Pink panther, Fox, Lion and Owl.
We did not wear it in the competition but we wore it for pictures taking at night. =x The kids were so fascinated with us, I think they almost wanted to buy our masks.
Everyone was so worried that I will start to traumatise everyone inside the cinema. =) I did not, out of the 5 stories, I slept like a pig for the first 2 stories and woke up only during the third story. Yup, riiiiight, movie for the night was Phobia 2. i did not even watch Phobia 1. =p I am always watching the wrong show at the wrong time. It was mid autumn!!! Why the horror show? Hah...but then I have watched the others so there really isnt much to choose from. Surrogates is nice nice wor~ Go watch it!
Totally random but....
J is me and that is proof that I have gotten 137 points! =D That was not for yesterday but for a game we had in Genting. It was a miracle because my average score is always not worth mentioning. Yesterday, the highest point I have gotten was ermmm maybe 85? HAHAHA!!!

Ok, I am getting a little tired now, it has been very very long since I had such a long post with so many pictures!!! Anyhow, I have wanted to post my china pictures BUT I think you can just view it from here: www.picturelicious.shutterfly.com

=) That is long outstanding! The teams are heading over to Macau this October for business and I wonder is Team 4 (aka my team) joining them. Hmmmm... planning something in Nov as well, I hope it will materialise. =p

Take care everyone and have fun!!! =D Hmmm... I am thinking should I paste more salonpas and go for a run. =x It has been weeks since I ran or swim because of my rotting knee.

P.S. Tomorrow is Monday!!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

October is coming

2009-09-27T23:40:00.005+08:00

Or do you prefer Monday is tomorrow?

I owe people pictures and I still have not uploaded any. =p

Retail therapy is great and I hope I am less blue tomorrow. I had a fall and I am recovering well. Here you go:

This is the what I call the more friendly version. I was walking with a limp for the next 5 days. For someone like me, with my wings broken and not being able to take flight, you know how I feel. Frustration.

This is one of the most fateful mahjong game that you can speak of. OMG! The thought of it gives me the jitters. =p

It hasnt been really of a good Sep and I hope Oct will be better. =) Tired, off to bed.

Dreams

2009-09-03T10:32:00.001+08:00

There was this sentence that I read the other night in The Time Traveler's Wife which I think was very interesting. I cannot remember the exact sentence now but it goes something like this, "Maybe I am dreaming you, maybe you are dreaming me; Maybe we are dreaming each other but when morning comes, we forget about each other."

It rings through my mind till now. The book is interesting. We are looking at a couple whose husband time travels. One moment he is having breakfast with you and the next he might be with your six year old self back in the past playing chess with you. Interesting.

I've also read "Who moved my cheese?" and wonder am I Hem or Haw.

I guess enough of wondering. The weekend is coming and this weekend is going to be exciting. =) Off to meeting.

Tata

September

2009-08-30T01:53:00.003+08:00

Yes, its coming. Time files and it is getting scary.

I had a super packed Saturday and tomorrow I have got work to do. Bloody hell, I sms-ed my GM to rant about things and he did not reply. Ok, what was he supposed to reply then?

Great, I forgot what I was going to say. I think time for bed.

Oh ya, there will be sales for Kate spade bags and my cousin is sort of consolidating the orders so you can visit www.bagsloft.blogspot.com =) You can email her and ask her about the prices. =)

Yea, 堕落. I have used this term like 187592385 times today.

Joanne vs Partner

Joanne
Did pedicure - Checked
Visit The Arts House to look at the Dead Sea Scrolls - Nope
Go cycling at East Coast Park - Nope
Go bowling - Nope
Go movies - Checked but watched Bruno. OMG! Dont even remind me, I mean THE SHOW IS TOTALL TOTALLY EXPLICIT!! WhAT has become of R21?!?!?! No more sex scenes? No more boobs and women??? OMG. 堕落. 堕落. 堕落.

Totally not in the plan but I went back to work in the morning. Dangz!

Partner
Did manicure - Nope, did pedicure instead
Visit The Arts House to look at the Dead Sea Scrolls - Nope (anyway, this is not in her initinery. I somehow have already figured out her expression had we really went ahead. Her mind is only on hmmmm...wanton meee???)
Go cycling at East Coast Park - Nope
Go bowling - Nope
Go movies - Checked and she was the one who gave the go-ahead for Bruno. Enough said.

So Joanne 1, Partner 0. =x

Oh my, now I am really tired and time for bed. I have got a strong feeling I will not be able to wake early tomorrow.

Nights.

Its Monday tomorrow.

2009-08-23T22:33:00.006+08:00

I like this picture, in the picture, the lady seems trouble free and if she is moving, she will be spinning, without troubles, without worries, without fear and she will be smiling.

Its another weekend survived. =) I finally finish my dvds, the last 5 episodes in one afternoon. Do I have some sort of a claustrophobic thing? Why so I feeel ants crawling all over me when I am in my room? *Rolls eyes* yeah, tell me about it. I still got 4 movies to do and I have many many weekends!!! Yeah!!!
It was 3 siao char bo watching the bowling pins and swinging around. Yup yup, when the hubby is not in town, the wife brings 2 ladies back. the games were fun, the rabbids especially, super duper cute. We were laughing at the things we have to do, like talking on the handphone in the cinema without gettingn caught and apparently, the girls said real sounds came out. I was especially good at throwing papers at teacher while he is not looking ang playing with the chair when the boss is not around. Thats was super cute. Ms XJ got hit a couple of times coe she threw papers at the teacher when he is looking. =p Now you know, who is the good student in school but then looks can be deceiving. =D

Here is the bride for your viewing. =D
The hong bao boxes? =)

Now it looks like it is Xj and my wedding because you noticed how that heart was placed between us? It says "Our Wedding" hahahah!

By the way, I finally finished Snow. Its a book about how a turk who was exiled to Germany and then how he went back to Turkey again. It was also about religion and politics. I bought it in Istanbul airport last year but took so long to complete. =p The subject was kinda heavy so I needed time to digest.

=) I still have couple of books to read. My bedside story, "The Goddness and the bull" barely reach the 4th chapter. =p Work was so tiring that everyday when I reached home, I lie flat on my bed. The maximum I can go is 4 pages and off to lalaland I go.

Last Friday, I cannot resist but I bought another new book. =x Incorrigible. My colleague was so amazed that I can managed to read different books at different time of the day. If my boss know about it, he probably think that I am too free and will dump more work on me. =x

Okie dokie, off to read my new book before I head to Zhou Gong's. =) Nights!

Mouse

2009-08-19T23:01:00.004+08:00

A: Can you stop charming me?
M: Ehhhh... don't say I never warn you, dont, dont ever fall in love with me because should that day when you feel like I am god send, I will tell you Devil send me.
A: HAHAHHAHA!!! You are super thick skinned.
M: You know how you feel about me. Dont hide and dont surpress. I love underground, I promise things will work out and your bf wont even find out.
A: HAHAHAHHAH *speechless*

I have been getting TLC from my colleagues recently and they are all females! Weird. One of them just sms-ed me telling me she got me lozenges cos I have been coughing and she reminded me to take my medicine. Awwww...

BUT Oh please, take my medicine? Huh? What is medicine? I was describing to her how hard it can be for me when you ask me to take medicine. I do what I do best, I stare. =) Hahaha. Two things that will totally knock me out - medicine and cats. Of course, recently, I have added the third thing. Aint telling what is it... *whistles*

I had a very fun conversation the other day with another colleague who is considering marriage. Ahhh!!! These days I dont know why but everyone is getting married. I just found out yesterday that to get married, for the good hotels, you will actually need 1.5 years earlier! Gosh, this is crazy and I cannot actually imagine that marriage can be such popular thing to do nowadays. Oh one more thing, ROM only costs $26. Hah, to buy someone's life legally is actually so cheap ley!

A: I am thinking next year, haha, actually I dont know when he will propose.
M: Next year? No good.
A: Huh? Why?
M: Tiger year. No good.
A: Huh? I got hear that before but why?
M: Cos tigers fierce, they will eat up your marriage.
A: Are you sure that is what they mean? Means rat year best lah? Harmless...
M: Also no good.
A: How come ley?
M: Rats are classified under pest so no good.
A: Then which year good?
M: Hmmmmm...I dont know. But I got a suggestion. You marry me, every year good cos I promise to make our marriage work.
A: Ehhh, they said you ki siao, I dont believe. Now, I think hearing, seeing is believing. You need help anot?
M: Need, so you marry me.
A: . . . . I think I need to ask your boss to send you for counselling ley...
M: Thank you arrr...No need, I always get that so you marry me. Your bf no need to propose, I can guarantee my proposal will be the most romantic of all.
A: *walks away* I think you really abit something wrong liao. Tell your boss dont stress you so much lah~

HAHAHAHAH!!!

Then another group of colleagues were eating some biscuit and apparently, the sticks have got meanings on them so they decided to decipher the meaning. USEYBT got this:

She passed it to me and said it is best suitable for me. She meant the mouse portion. Unfortunately/fortunately, I cannot find the courage to go and pursue. I do not dare to go and find out what I want to know. I am a little timid mouse who indulges in being one at times and believe me, I can even find 1001 exuses for being one.
Yes, incorrigible but unfortunately/fortunately, I do what I do best. I stare.

H.I.A.T.U.S

2009-08-16T16:00:00.001+08:00

I have wanted to post my holiday pictures but there is some problem with blogger. I supposed it is ok because I will have plenty of time to do so. My weekends, =) I can spend all of it posting.

Yes, this time I really want to try. I think I need it to clear my mind and know where I am heading. I've made a pact with the girls that I am determined to make it work this time. I still havent managed to find ONE person who think I can do it but Me believe in Joanne. Me, myself and I believed that I can live with being alone to think through what I really want.

=) Yeah, so much so for saying that but...hmmm... Ms XJ, can I see you on next Wed, Fri, SAT and SUNDAY?!?!?!?! =D How about the next next and next next next?

oudeic

2009-08-12T00:24:00.004+08:00

oI oupeah ouuay ereia aeviongh ea oundeirfualw iofeil iothouuatw eim.

aeppyh ioxs ounthioveirsaerym.

August

2009-08-05T17:56:00.004+08:00

If Someone is punctual like he said, I will have 15 minutes more but I doubt so. I like this, I am at MOS burger now after a super packed day, blogging aka talking to myself and listening to my MP3. The song on it now, The One (Crying like a baby) by Utada Hikaru. Nice song.

I am still coughing, wonderful. Everyone has shunned me because they associate me with you-know-what, they called mine the H10N10. Because of that, I have been getting attention from Someone (who is obviously not punctual since I have not receive his sms). There was this day after Sing dollars, I got on the car with Ms XJ and there was this bowl of weird stuff which is for me. Hah, Someone actually cooked bird nest for me. It was so much effort that now I am getting instant bird nest instead. =) BB X actually associate him to being my chauffeur too. HAHAHAH! On a typical raining morning, he will ask if Someone is coming to get me because he is worried that I get caught in the rain, awwww, so sweet.

Speaking of Sing Dollars, OTOT and Sing Dollars were funny and I am comtemplating to go to The Extraordinary V conference and The Hossan Leong talkshow or something. We shall see how. =) Anyhow, I am so amazed that they managed to incorporate Michael Jackson's death and Mingyi Fa shi's case on Sing Dollars, that is like so current!

Its August, time passes so fast, dont you agree? Was it because everyday is as busy as shit or because I have aged? It feels like everything was just yesterday yet many have happened. That is what will happen if you leave a woman by herself with an avenue to talk. You get all the weird weird thoughts on writing.

Ok, other than words, this is what I look like now. Played with the webcam.

Ok, I looked like one completely bored woman talking to myself. =) Have fun everyone and take care. I am off for a little getaway this long weekend. The weather will be great and I heard its freezing cold up there.

Tata~

Sick

2009-07-28T12:30:00.000+08:00

Fever since Saturday. Visited the Doctor on Monday and its another 3 days MC.

Heee, temperature for my last reading is still good. Maybe its the blokus at play last night that is keeping it at bay. Mommy was so good in it although it was her first time playing. She knows how to block while the 2 babies watch on! Tsk Tsk Tsk, the Blue was abit jia liat, let him go first and he still cannot win. =x Maybe he is getting abit jittery playing against the 3 women in the house. =) It was a wonderful evening although my forehead was burning.

Tsk, tomorrow is Wed. I had wanted to make the jog with XJ a weekly affair. Nope, I have not propose to her yet.

Blogger is still going abit cranky. I am going to take my temperature now and hopefully it will be ok.

Take care everyone.

Dead Tired

2009-07-24T00:45:00.002+08:00

Dead tired. Work only finishes at 11pm tonight after those interviews I had.

Damn and this little thing is giving me the headache.

=) Found it on the front seat when someone came to give me a drive home tonight. It's so cute and small, ahhh and the most wonderful thing is that its red! yeah, smaller than an A4. =)

Ok, internet is up now.

-Updated on 25th July 2009-

I am sick on a weekend. =( Visited the doctor just now. Now, the medicine is kicking in. I am off for a little nap.

I think Blogger is abit cranky nowadays

2009-07-21T22:45:00.004+08:00

The formatting is wrong and etc. Well, I am currently trying to apply for my passport renewal because it is expiring in Dec this year. Right, I am going away on a holiday. Sometimes I get amazed by the frequency (its almost 3 months once) that I am going away. The other time when we had that meeting, we had this impulse to fly to Tokyo. Yeah, siao kia, not like I am rich or what but I love traveling and I have never been to Japan. After all those chops I have collected, I am changing my passport. The most unique chop that most people do not have was from Turkey. Most people still ask, oh, why Turkey, thats an unusual place to visit. Too bad, new passport on its way and my friend is trying to help me with my photos now. Heee, talking about photoshop, should have asked him to make me look prettier. Ahhh, he is GENIUS, so fast and is done!!! =)

Ok, done with the application, hopefully, it will go through. Anyway, I am not going to Japan yet.

Tonight is also the night when one of MY BEST FRIENDS sent me the photos for my birthday last year. Yeah, you heard me riiiight, LAST YEAR. It was a BBQ and it rained heavily and there were photos of us wet and carrying stuff and what was my friend doing? Riiiiight, TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS while everyone rushed to get the food in and he said he was comtemplating whether to send me because you-know-what happened. =( Riiiight... Anyhow, he is going to make up for it by paying for my dinner when we meet. Sobz... No, he doesnt deserve any sympathy.

In case I talked too much here, I am going to log off and go to bed now. Riiiight, when I dont update, things happened.

Riiiiiiiiight, things happened and they happened for a reason. =) Or for many many reasons... Or for MANY MANY MANY MANY reasons...

Nights.

M.O.N.T.H

2009-07-05T22:05:00.007+08:00

Hello, I am updating! =) It has been a busy month with my new job and I am back to the steep learning curve. FYI, I was in office at 2 today and I only finished at 6+. Bloody Hell. can someone spell Sunday for me? HAHAHA! I was on course for 3 days last week, thats shiokalala~ The course was fun and I think I did pretty well for the assessment. Oh, another thing that is shiokalala, someone drives me to work today and to class last week =p

Something is wrong with blogger, I have planned to talk less and put in more pictures for this post because pictures speak more than words but too bad, the pictures cannot be posted although they claim its being posted. Weird~

I am targeting to sleep early tonight, life is super packed recently. Week by week, it just goes by.

To make a note of what the pictures are, so that I will remember to upload them:-

~LP's wedding (I bet you are dying to see the ang pow boxes, seriously, XJ and I are so proud of them) Ok, the main lead to see, of course is the bride and the groom.

~The babies outing. =) I really bring them to see Ben 10 and to ECP. They have so much fun. BB T is wearing a Ben 10 t-shirt tonight and he kept pointing at them and calling out to me to bring him to see Ben 10. (-_-)'" He thinks Ben 10 is always there for him to see. It was a very fun outing. =) I was totally shock when I see the quene and it was a regret that the boys did not get a chance to take a pic with Ben 10.

~Saint Pierre - I would love to show you the food I had although my phone did not do it justice. The wine was so nice and the foie gras melt in your mouth. Ok, I also almost melted on the spot when I saw the menu, seriously, just short of screaming at Max because it was helluva super ultra expensive!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, I think that meal alone can last me 1 month for my huo shi fei. Its just french food, why so expensive?!?!?! Ok, I am going to stop grumbling like some stingy old woman BUT SERIOUSLY, seriously seriously x124738741984723894789, I almost faint on the spot and I mean literally!

~Outing with the Girls at Chalk =) Fun outing and this outing was arranged about 1 month in advance. Everyone was that busy. We had desserts and we had creme brulee, panna cotta etc etc...

~Indochine with Becky. It was BB T birthday and father's day so... ermmm...eh... I wished her belated birthday the next day and atone for my sins. =p I guess Indochine is a good place for chilling but not for dinner. Sometimes I missed out so much, I dont know whether that is a good or bad thing. Well...

I also booked tickets to OTOT and Sing Dollars!!! I cannot wait! Long life was painful to watch, and =p I dozed off on a few occasions because I have a course on that saturday morning.

Tsk tsk tsk, my neck is giving me the problem again. I should go now, after all, I was supposed to sleep early tonight. I will upload the pictures some other days, maybe one month later? =D

Someone been really nice, nice, nice... I've just been kissed!!! =D HAHAHAHA, by BB T. Thats him, showering you with kisses when he likes it.

Back to someone being nice, ALAMAK, kena kissed again! Okok, back to someone being really nice, someone who dao tie to be nice...Argh! Kena kissed again!!! Nights!

I'm here to tell you its Monday tomorrow

2009-06-07T20:58:00.010+08:00

Guess what? Nothing done over the weekends although I have plenty to do. New jobscope has set in and I'm trying to organise. Thats pretty difficult but I hope I get the team up and kicking in one months time. Boss was asking me if he was to dump me at one place for 6 months, am I ok with it. Yah, why not? Well, I guess its still too early to tell if everything will go ok but its funny how someone called it as a hurdle. I wonder, hurdle to what and who?

It has been another eventful weekend. Caught The Crab Flower Club on Friday. =p Ms Joanne asked if there were crabs to be served during the play.

There is, but its served to the Father, not to Joanne. =p Not bad and there is no re-run and it reminds me of vagina monolouges. =) i actually prefer vagina monolouges because I dont really like the part where the girls kept chanting. It made me feel like I am in a cult or somethng =p

I will be catching this next week!
I hope it is nice because timbre yesterday was BORING although it was supposed to be fun. The bands came in and tune and tune and tune and tune and tune and tune and tune and tune and played a few songs and another band came in and did the same thing. The mood was fluctuating the whole night and we couldnt stand it and we left, for Settlers. =p

Settlers with the 14K is OMG! They do not behave like their age at all, every game they won, they did the 14K thing and it was funny. They called themselves the TPY boys, haha and it was the old vs the young. I am the in between but I joined the old. Haha, seriously, this was so much fun than Timbre.

Anyhow, the wedding is next week! =) We spent one afternoon trying to get the ang pow box and a night to get all the materials. Trooper OPW contributed by buying all these.
It was so sinful!!! The durian in between the puffs was OMG!!! Well, not to mention that OPW really think that we are all piggies. So, the smell lingers on while operation is in process.

I specifically asked someone to get the UHU glue, the one on the right, someone (aka the bride) went down and got me the left. Apparently, like what she said, she has not pass art in school.
Sweeeeet...
The completed product! I am just going to show you the top profile. So sweet ehhhh... The colour scheme is the same as the bride's gowns!
After the back breaking session, I head off to The Hort Park. =) Finally managed to set my foot on the 9km thingie... =)

Pretty, isnt it? One day, I am going to try to walk in the day. I did not manage to finish walking, we stopped at Henderson Waves because we started the walk without dinner. =p I must say someone was thoughtful enough to hide some M & Ms and water and flashed them out when the growling symphony starts! =) I seriously thought he churn them out from the branches when we were walking across the canopy.

It's that time of the year. 2 years ago, I started work and how time files, I have already clocked two years worth of working experience. It was also this day that mummy was born. We bought the kids out and they were, as usual, happy.

BB T was sucha cutie, he actually took his own things and told mum that it is meant to be a present for her. Awwww... It goes to tell again, family and upbringing is important. He's turning 3 soon and he knows how to give presents! =) He said he wants a Barney cake for his birthday =) Ok, I actually got so ambitious these days that I am thinking to bring them go see Ben 10 at some shopping centre in this June. Ok, we shall see how.

Does this reminds you of something? I simply like the glitters on it!
Yup, the same colour scheme as the Ang pow box. =) After the wedding, I will show you how the ang pow box look like!!! Hmmmm, just what am I going to say in the wedding? You may swallow the bride? (o_O)

Its 10.30pm already. Should I start on work or should I sleep? Tick Tock Tick tock, I cannot wait for the weekends to come.

P.S. Apparently, BB T has showed signs of chicken pox. Oh dear...

Work

2009-05-24T18:10:00.006+08:00

Its never ending and I am super lazy. My feeling is next week is going to be worst. If it is any comforting, at least the training date has been put forward and there will be one item less soon. Shopping with XJ was good yesterday, at least something off work. Its 2 weeks to the marriage and I hope I will have the time to meet up with LP to do up her Guest book and the box.
Speaking of box, what does the above look like? Hahaha, Someone was exceptionally nice to stock up a box full of food for me. =) Its filled with cookies, sweets, chocolates and I havent been able to be able to look whats inside yet.

Speaking of chocolates, the chocolate buffet at Fullerton was kinda disappointing for the price that it was charging but I also make it worth by spending the whole night there =p The sofa was so comfy, I wish I have that for my office chair.
I dont know why something as nice will become like this. The hot chocolate was nice and it was interesting to see chocolates being cooked with milk.
I have realised over the weekends that I REALLY LOVE my job. I have fun touching each and every flower in Fullerton just to see if all the flowers are real. I have fun playing with some toilet bowl while shopping also. Yea, just short of taking a shot together with the toilet bowl. Tsk, just like how my lecturer used to put it, "I just cannot resist but take off my shoes and feel the floor with my feet because those granites are so expensive."

Thats AKG (Ang Kong Gong) entertaining me for the whole Sunday afternoon. Once you are tired, you can hug it and you feel much better. The best thing about it is it is a free gift I have bought back from Su Zhou. =) I just realise the person accompanying me is also wearing red like AKG. =x

Ok, back to work. =)

Mask

2009-05-21T18:36:00.004+08:00

Alright alright... The clinic was in a frenzy and people who walked in with high fever were given the stares. The Doc was especially uptight when she realised I just came back from China.

It was a good day off but it was also today that I was "assuming" my new role at work. I wasnt even at work and 70% out of my emails were for my new role. Tsk tsk tsk... Not ready, not ready...

Yeah, while the top people are trying to set everyone ready for my new role, my colleagues trying to figure out what is going on, I am at home surfing for stripper, yea, literally...Well done, come what may...

Take care everyone, keep yourself healthy! =)

Marriage

2009-05-16T13:42:00.005+08:00

I woke early today because I have got work to do. Boss talked to me yesterday because he has other plans for me. My jobscope is going to change and I said I will only accept a temporary arrangement and I hope it is not going to be permanent. Seriously, I dont know why I agreed. Sometimes, I just cannot resist the temptation. The temptation to try something different and to try something new. I get bored easily and I jump at opportunities to change. For the next few months, it is going to be fun swimming in work and more of them are heading my way. Well, lets see what is coming.

The title, hah, no, I am not going to get married. Someone is. Thats life. I remember us sitting on the floor getting all comfy, pouring all things out. My eyes were swollen from the previous day and she seem happy. While I'm asked to reconsider things, she was asked to live her life and not to look back again. Who knows, just a few weeks later, she head all out to go back to a relationship that she has walked out on. The next few weeks, she played Drama Mama and tadah, now they are back together again, all set out to walk hand in hand in life.

Me? Status quo, but so much happier and lighter. Now, I only have got crystals. I can only take camera and take pictures. I can only be kena arrowed by the hubby-to-be to be the emcee on that day and fear for my life because hubby-to-be's colleagues are from my competitor's firm. (Gasp!) Meanwhile, the happy bride-to-be continue to swim in happiness. It was the rainbow after the rain, it was the heaven after the hell, it was the happiness after all that pain she has been through. It was lost and found.Congrats my friend! =D I am happy for you although I am now alone in this boat that was built months ago. We're no longer in the same boat =( Hahaha...

Oh my! The sky seems dark, how am I going to go for blading later?

(Chants) Follow your heart, follow your heart... Its a Saturday, follow your heart. =)

Work Work Work

2009-05-13T20:45:00.004+08:00

I was supposed to work but I am so tired now, I am so dead. I have been out the whole day for the past 3 days so the paper work are all piling up. I dont know how I can have so many things to do. I was complaining to my friend, ok, let's give him a name, OPW, opps arrr, how come he has the same name as the long ear hare?! =x Errr, he also never ask if I have a blog, so whatever I said here, he wont be able to read it. =O HAHAHAH!!!

The point is I am busy and feeling lazy.

I realised someone is imitating Bro^5 and Bro^5 is imitating Liam Neeson =x HAHAHHA!!! Those lines were super sia, I mean who can have your daughter kidnapped and still stay so cool, its ridiculous lor BUT the actions were good. It's not like House of the flying daggers, you slash and slash and Zhang Ziyi goes dying but you wonder when is she ever dying. I actually laughed out so hard when the air con pipe broke and OPW said I have 职业病. I mean com' on, we know air con pipes do not break that easily. =x

Ok, I am going to reply one email and get one Minutes done before I go shower and chiong for the rest of the work. =( I is poor thing.

Meanwhile, some pictures for your viewing!
Ahha, my dress for the night. Yea, save the ironing. Mum was happily asking everyone to ask how much it cost. =x

Thats my Uncle. We missed out the youngest female cousin in the family, she is actually 10 (If I am not wrong). I was actually sitting in between my another uncle and his wife that day so that I can see the bride and groom. Well, ended up getting quite abit of a preaching from him. ea, you know the usual things about how you should open your eyes real big etc etc. Hur hur...remind me of KC. Oh ya, he has to talk about my previous relationship also. (-_-)'" Seriously, I never realised that people were thinking that way till things happened. I mean I did not even realised that people were actually noticing. Ok, you dont have to figure out what I am talking about. I was just eating and eating for the whole time he was talking.

OK!!! I really got to get to work! TATA!

Characters...

2009-05-10T15:57:00.010+08:00

I have a wedding later in the night, my cousin is getting married and he is my age. Time and tide waits for no men, how true. I often tell people how I always fail to catch up with time and forget that I am actually no longer young. In fact, in survey groups, I have already fall into the next category.

Anyway, tried to play with crystals and this is the end product. Haha, the funny thing is I am thinking how to clear my nose, will the crystals be stucked inside? HAHAHHAA!!! Ok, I think I am disgusting!

The camera is a disaster! Heee...I will show it another time.

Speaking of characters, you know him...

He is sucha cutie although sometimes he said the wrong name sometimes but is ok, he is always forgiven. So loved...
Hello, his name is OPW =x Someone is going to kill me...

I am shy..
And warmest welcome to someone who just joined my watch family! This has got to be the biggest other than my Fossil. =)
Lastly, this is KC. He always look like this and the person who gave me this also look like this =p I forced him to wear a red boxer.
He look nicer with the boxer =p Both are not hanging at my handphone anymore... Things have got to be simplified and so, he is being banished into the 冷宫. White has become black and he is being hung on my desktop now.

Sweeet sweeet desserts... =)
Got to go dressed up! Take care everyone.

Back to the Sunny Island

2009-05-05T17:30:00.005+08:00

Its hot here but I am glad I am back. Seeing the news on TV last night while I was having massage really put us on our toes. Yeah, talk about the swine flu...Masks were all snapped up over there and the stores were having difficulties replenishing them. As a matter of fact, I heard from my friend that masks in Singapore were also snapped up when he went to get some for me before I left. Lets hope the thing blow over fast.

I spent the morning working. Haha, thats like so funny because I will never care about anything in the past. My friend was saying I should have just gotten half day instead of a full but I touched down at 5 this morning.

Anyhow, here is something for your viewing...
The colours are so matching aye? Thats after a very expensive lunch in Hang Zhou. =)
The famous West Lake. Matching colours again!
Super match!
=) This is the best buy! Actually its not a buy, its a free gift! Its a speaker that comes in a soft red teddy! =) Super cute and now, I just have to think of a place to put it. Ahhh, so happy... Heee...
After a river cruise in Suzhou, this river is so looooong...
Its matching colours again =p
The emperor visited this place 6 times. We were speculatingof course he will want to visit. The whole place is like a maze and its interesting. We suppose the emperor will play hide and seek with his concubines, yeah, god knows what he will do when he finds them. =p Lots of secluded places to errr hemmm... HAHAHHA!!! =o The guys were saying the chase is fun but not the kill (-_-)'"
I am not the emperor not the empress, and maybe a little old to be called a Princess but I found my fun toooo. HAHAHAHAH!!! He is from Korea. =p I dont know why he looked so glum here, it wasnt like that when he gave me that look =x

Actually, to laze around at home like today is good. Hee, maybe I should take a couple more days of leave and enjoy like now.

Back to the issues, =) I think I have sorted them out. I have made things complicated and during the trip, I did some factorisation and simplification. Tsk tsk tsk, by next week, by next week the equation will be at its simplest form. =)

Now, the best thing to do now is to head to the pool for a swim.

Everyone, take care and ciao.

Greetings from SuZhou

2009-05-03T00:12:00.003+08:00

Wala! =) Weather here is great although it has been drizzling for the whole day. It got especially cold today with the wind coming. We are all freezing our arses off just now. We have just reached here today and yesterday, we were in Hang Zhou which was warmer, probably about 22? I am really enjoying the weather =D

Had abit of retail theraphy and it is really good. Lotsa of sleep, lotsa of rest...

=) Lotsa of things on my mind too. I left behind my boots in Istanbul, this time, I am going to leave more things behind. Some things are not meant to be kept. Some things are not meant to be. =) I just lost the little plane on my luggage today and I dont even know how it got lost. If only things that are meant to be lost can be lost the same way... Ok, I am talking too much on a strange land.

Tata and take care.

Flying on a Jet Plane...

2009-04-29T11:26:00.002+08:00

Its pouring heavily and I have this song.

A combination of Sakamoto Ryuichi and Utada =). I am trying to bring this song together with me to Shanghai. I am going to start packing. =x

Cya soon~

Exciting April

2009-04-25T14:32:00.015+08:00

I've received my emplacement letter! Hee, nothing to be proud of but at times like now, its good to be emplaced. Aye, the weather these days is pretty hot! I really cannot wait to fly on Wednesday! I heard the weather there now is beautiful, 20 by the day and 12 by the night. L-O-V-E-L-Y! =)

I've had a very exciting month and I am looking forward to the weekends every week. I have also tried many things, went to many places which I have never been. I was telling a friend yesterday, its amazing because for the past one month, I have been to east coast park 3 times! I also learnt a new word "futsal" yesterday, yea, I will try it out soon. =)

Chalk at Old Skool was good. I have never tasted such sweet beer before and it wasnt that expensive. It was a good chilling place and you guys should really try it. Oh, The Blu at Shangri-La was also good, the scenary was beautiful. =)

We have attempted some postures before this shot and only after the shot, the photographer snapped. The product.
These were all purchased last Friday =p Yea, leave me alone for one Friday and this is what you are going to get. I have not add on 2 tops and the bikini that I bought. I have finished reading "Curious case of Benjamin Buttons". After watching the movie, I have been wanting to read it. Talking about the movie, this movie became one that I will never forget. The irony is that this is a very touching love movie. Movie is very different from story. The two characters in the movie had undying love for each other, no matter where they go, who they are with. In the story, Benjamin Buttons detested the fact that the wife was getting older, in the end, their love weakens and fail. Too realistic and so I wish I have not read the book.
My desk has been vandalised every now and then. I find it amusing that when I go back office after meeting, I get my things messed up, I get messages.

Yea, sometimes, the poor devil gets stuffed inside my candy jar.
I have stuffed my candy jar with sweets now. =p This is to prevent any more casualities.
This came along with the packets of medicine, cream and ice-cream! =) I actually had too much to drink the other day and I puked for the 2nd time in my life. Terrible because I spent the next week playing Sun WuKong. Medicine is still there, untouched. I hate medicine =p I stare and stare and wish they will teleport themselves into my stomach, always to no avail. Thats so hard to change. Sometimes, flaws made up who you are. I was waiting for a bus yesterday and I waited for at least 20minutes and guess what, the most funny thing was the bus doesnt run on weekends. (-_-)'" I have commited this mistake so many times, I lost count. I never learn. I laughed at my own silliness, yea talk about stupidity.
That was yesterday! The NUS BLDG gathering. Everything is weird weird de... HAHAH!
We were termed as the Queens because we just sat there, waiting to be served.
That is us checking in!!! So exciting lor!!! I seriously think we should do it more often! =)
全家福？My chinese is horrible. HAHAHHA!!! =p
我们大家都是很忙的lor!
We love each other so much, we have to take a bath together. Thats pretty squeezy but its ok, we love each other. Love is great, love is good, love is everything.
Awwww... I love this shot. WR is my little submissive wife!
I wonder whats on our mind
The lovely sea behind us
Well, unfortunately, she is not always submissive and I resort to force. =p
A walk by the beach.
Back to hotel!
凉茶with potato chips!!! Thats a good combination!
Coffee with salt? Bad... Bad.. BAD! All of us had to taste what salt with coffee taste like just because LP mistook the salt for the sugar!
I'll save the second day for another day, probably after I come back =p
May is coming. Sometimes, I wish things will sort out by themselves.

First thing first, I am flying on Wednesday!!! =) I am looking forward to the week!

Take care everyone and have fun! Cya sooon.

Monday Blues

2009-04-20T08:02:00.005+08:00

And I have all the reasons to suffer from it...

I had helluva weekend last week and it started on Friday! =) Awww, I miss that I miss that! I've cleared all my emplacement interviews as well last week =) The interview was pretty funny because he remembers me and we had a little chat. Yeah, the most funny question to me was why is Joanne not in a construction site. *shrugged*

Anyhow, I've uploaded the photographs last night and they were lovely! I want to go back again!!!

Here is a little preview to it!
The view that greeted me in the morning when I wake!

Now, I wanna go back to sleep but the day is just starting.
No, I am not there now, I am at home facing not the leaves but my dum dum laptop reading emails.

Its another 5 whole days before the weekends. I cannot believe I have another meeting later. Tickets to my holidays have also been booked! I will be away at the end of the month! I can't wait!

I remember 2 months ago, Boss sms-ed me.

Boss: Lets arrange a trip away and set to fly when the projects are over.
Me: ASAP? Ok, so thats like when?
Boss: Projects will end in May so we fly after that?
Me: Woah, thats like so far away. I feel like dropping everything and go now.
Boss: Ok, then only I am available.
Me: If only you are 25 years younger and 25cm taller, we will fly off immediately.
Boss goes silent after that.

HAHAHAHHA!!! He was complaining to the rest that he was trying to be nice and doing what he can and I took the opportunity to suan him. =p

Opppps, its 8:30 already! Time for work!

Tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock...

Cats and Memory

2009-04-12T16:03:00.008+08:00

I have a weird relationship with cats. I dont know what have they done to me or was I traumatised in the past by them but I just keep them at 18783945739 arms length away from me. By chance, I got free tickets to this play. Hahaha, I always have this kind of perks, just BDBJ (bo dai bo ji), my friend has got free tickets to the show and I was invited.

My first response was, "why not? Its a famous play and its free." Hahaha, in my mind was, "Ok, I hope their make up is no good." HAHAHA!!! =x Yes, things are that bad with cats, I am terrified, mortified whatever-fied. So off I go and before I did, I did a google on it so that I can roughly know what it is about. I read a little on it and I realised it was by Andrew Lloyd Webber, yup, the same guy who came up with Phantom of the Opera and I listened to the the song, "Memory".

The storyline was simple. They introduced the different kinds of cats and what they were going. The crew was very interacting. Before the start of the show, they were running around pretending to be cats and mingling with us! The funny part is I was really kinda scared although after awhile it went away. I did let my friend know that I have this phobia and he was funny enough to tell me not to worry because he will bark like a dog if they come near me. Funnily, there were people who really barked like a dog during the play! =)

All the cats names were long and it was so difficult to remember them! I could only remember two names which is Gus and Grizabella and my friend was actually amazed. =x Because he said he cannot remember any and so during intermission, he went to get the Program. HAHAHA!!! Above is actually one of my favourite cats, Rum Tum Tugger! =p I am a lady so it is no doubt that I will like him. =p Super confident and flirtatious! *Slurp slurp* I like I like. HAHAHA!!!
Grizabella is the Glamour cat who left the group awhile ago and now yearns to go back to the group. She sang "Memory" and my friend who said this play was not his cup of tea thought it was all worthwhile to come and watch just because he heard "Memory".

It is a sad song and I am still listening to it now. Imagine I was listening to it yesterday when it was pouring! W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L!!!

Daylight
See the dew on the sunflower
And a rose that is fading
Roses whither away
Like the sunflowerI yearn to turn my face to the dawn
I am waiting for the day

Midnight
Not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight
The withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan

Memory
All alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again

Every streetlamp
Seems to beat a fatalistic warning
Someone mutters
And the streetlamp gutters
And soon it will be morning

Daylight
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I musn't give in
When the dawn comes
Tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin

Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale cold smell of morning
The streetlamp dies, another night is over
Another day is dawning

Touch me
It's so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory
Of my days in the sun
If you touch me
You'll understand what happiness is

Look
A new day has begun

Have you watched this? I got reminded of this movie when Grizabella sang "Memory"

It has a very interesting plot. The guy actually went to erase the girl from the memory because he found out that the girl has erased him away from the memory after they broke up. I remember the girl's name is Clementine but the guy who is played by Jim Carey, hah, I dont remember the name. During the erasing process, Jim Carey regretted and tried to do whatever he can to keep Clementine in his memory. He failed.

Later, they met each other again, fell instantly in love, not knowing that they have fallen in love before. Nurse in clinic sent them recordings that they have made before the memories were erased and they realised everything and still decided to be together. Throughout the whole movie, they also showed people who chose to erase either their dead loved ones or pets from their memories because it was too hard for them to take. The devastation was not bearable and so, there you go, a very interesting movie. Go watch it if you have not, of course, if you are madly, deeply and happily in a relationship, no, dont watch it. Hah!

You combine "Memory" and this movie and the fact that tomorrow is Monday and that you still have to work tonight, that will be a great concoction named "Bang the wall".

Seriously, is there anyone you would like him/her to be erased from your memory?

Facelift

2009-04-04T17:46:00.014+08:00

Welcome to the new space!!! =) Its still here, still here with a new facelift! i know this is pretty simple and stuff but com'on, I dont think you should expect much from an old lady. =) In the first place, I hesitated for quite awhile if this space should even continue its existence. Like I have said in my earlier post, many things have happened and this space has became one of those that i avoid but oh well, oh well, but what past is past. Don't you agree?

My throat kinda hurts and I wonder was it the shouting last night? Geeez, weakling! I was with the girls last night and tadah~ It was all worthwhile! It was a nice place and the songs were great, not to mention the company!

AND because of that, I missed Frisbee this morning. =x I sms-ed one of the members yesterday when I reached home and he was totally like oh man, do you ever reach home early? My reply to him was, ALWAYS, early in the morning! =x HAHAHAH!!! They are going to diving next week and I am super envious. Few weeks ago, I almost signed up for a diving course. You know, things get a little emo and I missed it and these days I kept hearing the word "diving" coming back to me. That night, one of my friends showed me the pictures he has taken when he went to Sipadan and OMG, it was so freaking pretty!!! I was so tempted to join them and the woman behind my back said NOOO!!! Hur hur hur, next time next time!!! I will go find out more! So interesting!
Now, for the emo emo part... haha!!! Are you ready? Awhile ago, Mr. Ng and I broke up. To cut the story short, we broke up. If you really want details, I am sorry I am not able to provide you with that. Yes, we've been together for what many people will define as VERY LONG but thats about that, its over. Nevertheless, the earth is still rotating and I am still here. Ok, now the REAL emo emo part comes. I am very thankful for the many things that different people have done. That was really deeply appreciated. You know what? Couple should really try breaking up in the month of June to July because there's not many festive seasons around and Valentines' is way away and I really think it is easier to bounce back. Whatever the case, the people who I have least expected support from provided 24/7 support without fail.My bosses and colleagues, they are a wonderful lot and it made me understand what it feels like to be in a team. Especially my bosses, it was endless numbers of dinners and coffee sessions just to get my mind out of everything. They even offered me extreme measures which I did not take up =p Of course, it was also a good opportunity to dump more work on me so that I have lesser time on my own. Or so he said. Their care and concern made me feel so loved and pampered.

It was also at this period that I turned 25. I was thinking to myself, what a wonderful gift?

Again, words can never reflect truly what I was receiving. I received so many sms-es from my bosses, colleagues and friends! Thats technology, something as warm and touching came in the form of cold sms-es but it touched me tremendously. Boss even tried to arrrange a birthday dinner for me. Hahaha! Ok, at this point, I suddenly remember one CHAO TURTLE called me to talk to me and completely forgetting that it was MY BIRTHDAY. You know who you are and like I said, I am going to nag till when I'm 75. hahahaha!!! You are so going to be DEADMEAT! D-E-A-T-M-E-A-T!

After which, was my friends. They prevent things from crumbling. WR suddenly became super responsive, volunteering breakfast when she cannot do dinner with me, checking on me occassionally. Awwww~

It was a dinner and SOMEONE said he was going to the toilet. I thought he has dropped into the urinal or what? Yea, imagine dropping into the urinal. HAHAHAH!!! The next he came back nonchalently and cooked up some excuses for the long absence. Suddenly, the crew was clapping and singing birthday songs and in their hands, A MANGO CAKE behind my back! TOTALLY SURPRISED!!! As usual, many tricks up their sleeves and I got caught again. Tsk tsk tsk, I never would have know what to do without them.

I seriously was trying to control myself from not crying because I felt really loved when the crew walked in with the cake. Luckily, tear gland has malfunctioned for quite awhile since =pLastly, I cannot miss her out. The woman behind my back. I think it was harder for her than it was for me during this period of time. Often, I have to do the comforting role and tell her to let go which is funny, isnt it? I mean com'on!!! I am the one who is to be comforted! Worst thing of all, on my birthday, she lost $20 to me because of a stupid bet. =p I got real arrogant for that because I have tried ways and means to convince her that she was going to lose the bet for sure! Now you know how I got this stubborn, it runs in the blood. Nonetheless, I really appreciate the fact that she stood behind me all the way. Btw, this woman still owe me that $20. =x I will go BUG her later! Muahahaha!!!
Someone gave me this! Her name is Emi which means smile! =) Heee, one of my birthday gifts! She is so cute eh? Now, her cheeks are slightly black and haha, I dont know how she got it! I think she gets cuter that way! =x
And then another surprise from some Lovelies! The pendant is so pretty and the chocolates are delicious! HUr hur, was this the cause of my sore throat? Hmmmm...
Hohoho, and this has got to be my most expensive present! Joanne gave this to me!!! Look what it has become!!! =x JOANNE PAID FOR IT FULLY!!! Hahaha, pocket has got this one big hole and can you imagine I am planning my next trip. *shakes head*
Ok, last but not least, YOU. You are probably not going to see this and I reckon one day, if you ever find out the existence of this space, you might jump the roof and tell me to go eat shit and die. HAHAHAHA!!! =x We will wait for that day to happen, I know whats it is like to be kept in the dark and I can fully understand whatever that is going to happen but but, heeee, we will see how then lah~ =p
I would like to say thank you for everything that you have done and for enduring all my nonsense. Someday when you are able to see this, I think you will be super touched to know that I did mention about you here. HAHAHHAA!!! Or you might just hit the roof! HAHAHAHA!!! Whatever the case is, you know I meant it, my thank yous are really true true true and I really appreciate your presence.

Ok, thats like a super long post isnt it? Like I have said, I will try to blog more often now. I hope by the next post, I will be able to let you know where I am heading next for holidays. =p HAHAHA!!!

People, really thank you and thank you. I would have written 100000000000000000 thank yous to you if I can and if I can hug and kiss you, I will actually do that 930843742907432984 times toooooo. Heee... I will spare you guys the agony of reading something so mushy!

Uh oh, I am running late. Someone is on the way here! Have a wonderful weekend PEOPLE!!! One more day to Monday!!!

Take care and tata

New Beginning

2009-03-29T21:30:00.004+08:00

Hi All! Did you miss me? I am sorry this space has been so deserted and I think no one comes here anymore. =p

Anyhow, I am just going to leave a short note. Many things have happened during this period of absence and I promise I will fill you in later. For those who have already know about it, well, THANK YOU. Your patience, love and pampering was really deeply appreciated and you know how grateful I really am. I am not going to get all mushy but I am really really REALLY thankful that I have you guys with me.

Things are really picking up and I am amazed by the things that I have missed out. Well, in life, I guessed you missed out some and you gained some.

Guess what? I was out early this morning playing frisbee with a group of people who come from different walks of life. That was so cool and I totally enjoyed it although the sun was merciless and I am totally like burnt. They were such a fun and diverse lot. We have teachers, editors, producers, national bowlers, doctors and of course, errr hemmm, project managers. I hope I can keep up with it and join them weekly! They were all very impressed with me because I slept at like almost 5am yesterday and today I was up and running at 9am!!! Gosh, I am totally so proud of myself!

=) My body is now aching with pain and the rashes are appearing again. Well, guess I got better, at least the itch doesnt come. Gasp! Ok, that was really a long short note. The pictures that I owe you guys, heee, I will upload soon. I promise promise! I will write more too since I have gotten myself a new lappy all thanks to someone!!! =D

Okok, I got to go and before that, my favourite line, I cannot BELIEVE the weekend is ending and MONDAY is coming!!! Gosh!!!

Take care everyone!

Chinese New Year

2009-01-29T03:09:00.015+08:00

Back from Australia!!! I was actually in Perth and well, it is really a nice place to rest in and retire in. All shops actually closes at 5pm on weekends and only some places open till 9 on Fridays. The weather is freaking hot and I really regretted bringing so many clothes down there, yeah, blame out weather forecast girl who told us, its going to be at 18. Well, actual fact, the temperature is DOUBLE of that value you just saw. Riiiiight, I am black (not tanned) now.

Yeah, I'll upload the photos soon but before that, check out the new year photos! This year, I bought my camera around and took pictures with the relatives we have been visiting for years! Speaking of which, Australia has no Chinese new year and it all seems like normal days over the other side. The people are friendly, they are always saying their greetings and stuff. Oh, remind me of the first night where we were too noisy at the hotel, one of the guests actually shouted "F**K You!" HAHAHA!!! We were all laughing like mad. I'll upload bit by bit for each day haha in case history repeats itself. Heh...

First Day!

Yup, talking about squeezing for all of us... My siblings and cousins.
The tradition.

Second Day!

Third Day!
Nothing fantastic, head back to work though everyone is still resting and cleared whatever I can. Packed at night.

Fourth Day
Still packing and head for flight! I reached Perth at about 10pm! I guess the photos are pretty self-explanatory. =) KUDOS to my sis for bringing the camera to me on that day else omg, can you imagine travelling without the camera?!?!?!

The first night in Perth.

Fifth Day
King's Park!
There were plenty of picnics going on!

The seagulls!
Lok carefully, haha I think they do not really welcome guys there. =) I think it is funny and we had a good laugh over it. Cockburn Central!

Sixth Day
Feeding the Kangeroos!
The lazy Koalas

Seventh Day
We visited Fremantle Prison and it was really an eye opener.
The cells
The cathedral

These are the few out of the 533 photos! Hahaha and I still have some with my colleagues. Woah, I am fast aye? =)

Have fun everyone, CNY is ending soooon.

Long Overdue...

2009-01-24T13:42:00.013+08:00

I just received my parcel today, heng arrr, else I'll have nothing to wear. Yeah, poor planning, I was supposed to fly on the second day of CNY so I just bought one set of clothings. Heee...

This post is going to be all about pictures! Like the title suggests, this is super long overdue! Yup, my graduation pictures which was taken 1.5 years ago by someone who only sent it to us now. I cannot believe time files so fast that I can never catch up with it. We look so happy, yeah, make me go gaga over going back to school again!

Guess who... Heee

Ok, the wrong footwear but comfort is the way! =)
Check out the background! Thats me pouting away! =D I cannot remember what I was doing, but I was caught pouting in a couple of shots. =x
Yeah, all under the stars...
This got to be one of my favourite shots! We look so blissful here like we are never going to get out of school. =( I miss the good old times. That day I was shopping for presents for the X'mas exchange and I came across this:
"The best thing about the good old days is we werent good nor old then."
Awwwwwwwwwww~~~
Then of course, here are some of my turkey pictures...

Beautiful, isnt it? I think I am going to blow this up and put this in my office.

The very grand threatre behind us...
The turkish boys who requested Mr. Ng to take a photo of them.

The ruins

The book finally came!!! I regretted the minute I walked out of the bookstore without the book when I was in Turkey. It was selling at YTL$67 and it was too expensive for me so I came back to Singapore and start sourcing for it, what the... Borders? no! MPH? no! Times? no! Arghhh!!! In the end, PageOne ordered for me! Heee!!!

Yeah, will need to start packing again. =) I've got plenty to tell but I simply have no time. I'll upload more pictures when I come back! Yeah, that is going to burn a super big hole in my pocket when I wash all the photos!

Have fun collecting ang pows, happy new year! =)

Sick and kicking

2009-01-10T14:03:00.003+08:00

As the title suggests, I'm down with flu and stuff. Anyhow, will be out later to shop for MD's desk. Bleh, I cant tell why the responsibility is on me but yah, still doing it anyhow.

Just a short note before I go prepare myself. I had just recover from what seems like a fever last night (haha) and I still feel kinda nua now. Its a pity because Mr. Ng's best friend's korean gf came back and we were supposed to have dinner yesterday. Yah, I should have skipped work but I was too kpo to skip the meeting in the morning.

Anyway, some photos for your viewing!

This is when we just reached Istanbul airport. Mr. Ng said I looked like an army boy waiting to be enlisted. Hahaha!!!
In between the two famous mosques in Istanbul, the Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque!
Freaking cold outside The Blue mosque!
Galatya Tower with the view of Istanbul behind us!
Thats about all. I am still feeling not well, my throat is killing me and I am feeling nauseous. Well, luckily its the weekends else I really dont know how I am going to function.

By the way, can you imagine how efficient the Australian people are? I dont know if I am sua ku or what but I just applied for visa online and they sent me an sms telling me that the visa has been approved by the Australian Government, almost instantly! Oh my! Ok, maybe there's nothing to hooha about haha but to me, thats definitely something new.

Yup, I'm heading to Australia at the end of the month! Yeah!!! Its another imprints of mine on another part of the world! One of my varsity friends called last night and asked if I will be interested to go to Vietnam during May and I told her I am flying to Australia end of the month. Her comment was that I have been travelling so much ever since I started work and I must be very rich. Kua kua, as a matter of fact, things are on the contrary!

BF: Baby, if we go Venice, can you go anot?
GF: Can...
BF: You got money meh?
GF: YOU asked if I can go mah, of course I CAN but on money issues, MUahaha, YOU HAVE MAH!!!
BF: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GF: =D

Boooohoooo, he always complain that I chi ruan fan! Anyway, Australia is with bosses and colleagues so it will be on my own. Booohoooooo, got to work extra hard liao!

Take care everyone, dont fall sick like I did.

2009

2009-01-01T23:17:00.006+08:00

Ok, turkey photos not really ready because we have like 1600++ of photos and I promise to upload them when I am free.

Here is some for your viewing:

This is the first view of Turkey. I think it is about 5am in the morning.
Having breakfast at some Turkish cafe!
The Trojan Horse!

Canakkale!

And ohhhh, that super expensive hot air balloon! This is taken when our balloon started to rise! Believe me, it is so cold in the morning!
Yes yes, I will show you those expensive views we got up there! It is breathtaking!

So back to the little island, our division has a little gift exchange:

It was quite fun and we did not have it last year. I got a tic-tac-toe glass set which I put to good use in my little "count down party". =)

After which, it was our last day and we had our little celebration without our Bosses at Furama. Food is quite ok.

The theme was "Rainbow 2009". =) Like I have told the rest who were coming, I know it is abit cheesy and stuff but I think everyone will hope that it is a colorful 2009 that we are looking at! So, everyone was supposed to come dressed in one of the rainbow colours! Everyone, under the threat of Raki, all guai guai followed! =D TY's shirt looked white but it was in fact yellow.

Another one! I will post more when I am free ok? We had games and drinks and some er hemmm some "cocktails". No chance to try raki but stilllll... there's always a next time! =D

I must really thank everyone for bringing the food and granting us your presence! It was really fun last night and it was a good start to the coming year! Thank you everyone! =)

I better get to bed already. =) TGIF! Take care everyone!

12 days and 9 nights in Anatolia

2008-12-14T01:32:00.013+08:00

If you are wondering where is Anatolia, thats actually Turkey! Yeah, in ancient times, Turkey is called Anatolia. It is 1:41am in the morning and I am not feeling the least tired. I have to attend a wedding at JB tomorrow and the meeting time is 10am which is 4am in Turkey time! I dont know I am going to do it. Haha! If I am in Turkey now, it will be like 7pm lor and I will be waiting for dinner to be served! Turkey is a beautiful country and guess what, I actually see snow for the first time of my life there and I was like a kid, hmmm, really thinking to stuck out my tongue and taste it. =p

Ok, this was an entry which I was supposed to do before I leave for Turkey but... =) I am doing it now!

I am still grumbling to everyone I see that I met this stupid travel consultant and he told me thermal wear is not needed!!! My fooooot!!! It was SNOWING and thermal wear is not needed?!Everyone is like so equipped heh heh, and my luggage was the smallest of them allllll...

And I tried to like start packing 1 week before! Hey, even if I took out 1 top per day, it is still STARTING to pack ok...Hahaa, also because the last weekend that we were in Singapore, it was a very packed one.
This is my first luggage in my whole life. I am such cheapo, I always borrow luggages when I go abroad. =p Hahaha, ok, this is a FREE luggage. UOB rewarded me. =)
This is what it has become. It is mine, remember?
And this is my camera, proudly sponsored by Mr. Ng.
And...this is what it has become. It is mine, remember? =)
This camera is good stuff!!! No, dont ask me why didnt I get the pink one although it is pretty because I am seriously abit sick of my phone now. Black is good and there is no red. It is touch screen and it is super sleek and nice! I can even write notes on it!!! Yes, a typical photo that I take after I scribbled on it looks like this:
Kua kua kua, in that way, I can remember exactly what did I take and not to mention that it has super many functions!!! I am still trying to learn. =) Thank you baby!!! Heee heee...
Speaking of which, he also think I am totally imposible because this is the scene you see at his front seats. =x
Thats my papillllllos, sandals and wedges. =p I like to change shoes wherever I go. =x So I have no place to put my feet when I am in the car. =x I cleared them all already lah by putting them in the boot =x Wahahahaha!!! =) I know you still love me. HAHAHAH!!! Speaking of which, he also think I am very heartless because I left this behind in Feronya Hotel in Istanbul on the very last day.
Speaking of which which, you do know that Istanbul is not the capital of Turkey right? Ankara is. =) Those butterflies were sewn on by my mummy, the original design wasnt like this and I modified it.
Unfortunately the skin has cracked and it has become quite disgusting if you look at it closely. The fortunate thing is because it is very light in colour, you cannot really see the cracks and my next pair of boots is going to be light in colour. I will definitely remember you, I really feel weird leaving you behind but my luggage was bursting and I really have no more space plus I dont think it can tahan for long.

I actually brought this at SHanghai when it was on sale. I set my eyes on a pair of heels which was over my budget and I bargained for this pair. It was walked me through the streets of SHanghai,

...Suzhou,
...Taiwan...
and of course, its last stop, Turkey...
It has brought me so much warmth but but time to move on. =x HAHAHAHA!!! I guess I will get my next pair when I go for my next holiday. HAHAHAH!!! I saw this leather pair at Adidas in Turkey and it was so nice but way beyond my budget although it is on sale. Ok, I better stop, I am starting to regret it already. It is only price, argh, when do you get a chance to go Istanbul to buy a pair of leather boots from Adidas, Arrrrghhhh, I should have just take it when Mr. Ng said he is getting it for me. There is no way you can get it in Singapore because the boots that Singapore Adidas sell is horrible! Booohooo, Mr. Ng is now trying to comfort me.

And heng arrrr, he made me go back and got me this ZARA Xiao Long Bao.

Hahaha, really look like Xiao Long bao right? ZARA really charge exorbitant prices for the bag which is why I comtemplated for quite awhile but Mr. Ng just bought me back and got me the bag! =) Its all worth it now because it is from Turkey and a present from Mr. Ng!!! Kua kua kua, Mr. Ng said I is high maintenance, =x

Guess what, its 3am and I seriously think I should really try and get some sleep. 2 siao kias is like still living in Turkey and treating now like its 9pm and I am feeling alil hungry because my body tells me I missed my dinner. Yeah, 2 siao kias feeling super alert and awake. Hahaha, we wanted to catch a movie at 1pm today but guess what, we slept till 1+ waking, thinking its only 9+. I feel so tired trying to force myself to wake, only to realise its 1pm!

So, I will go try and get some sleep and before that I am showing you one of the beauties of Turkey.
Yeah, leave my fat face alone. Check that handsome beside, he was so nice and smiley trying to peer through the chairs to look at me. Was it that Mickey Mouse bag at work? Haha, that bag is really worth the money, I wonder if Disneyland still produces it. If you are going to Hong Kong, hee hee, help me see ok? In case, it got worn out like that pair of boots, it is good to have backups. =p

Wherever I go in Turkey, I am that alien surrounded by Caucasians look-alike Turks. People were staring at me and asking to take a picture with me. Yeah, Asians are quite rare there and usually only the Koreans or the Japs visit them so wherever I go, I hear Konichiwa by the friendly Turks.

Yeah, work is on Monday. 103 emails unread, gonna start working and try to mend that big hole that Turkey did to my pocket. Mr. Ng is still having his holidays while trying to mend his pocket, yeah all that love for his Love doesnt come cheap. =x He only have 20% of his US money left, muahaha...

Ok, I promise to upload as many pictures as I can this time round. (as usual) Nights!!! (Mr. Ng is asking me to go sleep now, haha)

Random post

2008-11-23T17:47:00.004+08:00

Yeah, if you have my facebook, you should have seen that new hair I have. Basically, it just make me loook toooopid!!! XJ was saying I look more demure and my colleagues just cannot get used to it. I cannot either lah, the last I spot such fringe was ...let me think... P4???????

Yup, Avenue Q was good and it was quite interesting. I was at a wedding the other day and the whole table was talking about it. Haha, the next play will be next Saturday.

Next weekend is going to be a busy one. I have one last week to clear up my work and I have not packed yet. Then there's this play and then I am thinking of getting a camera and SITEX is next week too! Ever since Mr. Obama won, the US dollars has been rising! Bleh, I should have changed my money then! SO many things to do but I am really looking forward to the trip. Its a long long break. Haha, there's this hot air balloon thing which I am still considering but it is a reaking US220, wah piang eh, can you imagine how much things I can buy with it?

Gonna go start on work.

Yeah, Dec is coming and Mr White Beard Man is coming sooon tooo.

Take care!

Its a Monday

2008-10-27T17:00:00.008+08:00

Ok, just a short note before I go prepare myself. I will be attending my friend's wedding tonight, he's the second who has invited me and the first that I am going. I even asked my friend how much to give for ang pow. =)

Yup, its a MOnday and I have gotten myself a new hairstyle. Nah, not showing any pictures, I, myself hasnt got used to it yet! *gasp* Thats doesnt sound very promising riiight. Hahaha. I've also been trying to read The Shock Doctrine but I take forever, it is so diiiificult to read!!! Faint, so online shopping is easier. =0 You cannot believe how much I am spending because it is so fast, you see something, you emailed and then wala, TRANSFERED and done, wait for it to come! Anyway, shopping is good, I dont spend like that on a typical day but look!

Yes, I am going to Avenue Q! =) The sneakers and the tickets are sponsored by Mr. Ng. Yeah, it has to be else my pocket, wait, if all are by me, I wont have any pockets left, haha, pants also no more. =x

And for the first time (I think), that is my maternal grandmother. I think it was her birthday the previous week. I have a big family and when we wer young, we will just crowd around in that little house. Now you imagine that same space plus all the beaus, wooohooo, how spacious! Hahahaha...

We have such telepathic powers that night, we were all dressed in BLACK. Hahaha, my lovely cousins and me.
And that morning, I found this on my bed.
You think I love sweets so much that I will put them on my bed? This is so with kids, there was one time I had this ultraman sticker on my bag and Boss asked me why am I acting cute? The stickers are everywhere, you will have them sticking on your hair, on your butt, everywhere! Treveze loves to bring things into my room and hide them under my pillow! Imagine on a tired night and you just throw yourself back and OUCH!!! Your head hits the GUN! Yah, you think I am a hitman that hides the gun under my pillow because Zorro is coming after me? The gun is the smallest thing and the least painful, try the big train.

Talking about toys, Mr. Ng's mum bought a new HP the other day and she insisted to take a picture of me so that she can show her students how her son's gf look like. (-_-)'" Mr. Ng was napping so there is this BIG fat face in the HP now, she came so near!!! This is Mr. Ng and he just woke, haha, cannot escape her clutches too.

Ok, gtg. Taking some course this week so it is a shorter week. Yipppee... I've checked on some enrolments last night, boooo! It seems like I still do not have enough working experience. Bleh! Ok Ok, really got to go prepare.

=) Enjoy your week, Nov is coming. Tata.

Tio Sabo

2008-10-12T16:41:00.009+08:00

Name 20 people you can think of:(Not in order)

1. Mummy
2. Daddy
3. Jocelyn
4. Samuel
5. Treveze
6. Xzavier
7. Mr. Ng
8. Xiao Jing
9. Rebecca
10. Liping
11. Wen Rou
12. Louis
13. Chin Sun
14. Andy Lau (haha!)
15. Ruijing
16. Angeline
17. LBK
18. John
19. King Mun
20. Marilyn

How did you meet 14?[Andy Lau]
HAHAHAH!!! On TV? Magazines? Newspapers?

What would you do if you have never met 1? [Mummy]
I probably cannot do much 'cos I should be dead.

What if 9 and 20 are fated? [Rebecca and Marilyn]
I dont know, fated fated lor!

Will 6 and 14 date? [Xzavier and Andy Lau]
HAHAHA, I DONT THINK SO!

Describe 3. [Jocelyn]
She is kind and young and she will always be loved! =)

Is 8 attractive? [Xiao Jing]
Of course!!! She is sweet and just abit canky, just the right kind of attractiveness!!!

Describe 7. [Mr. Ng]
He is smart and gifted in languages.

Do you know 12's family members? [Louis]
Yes, we happened to be DISTANT cousins!

What if 18 confesses that he/she likes you? [John]
HAHAHAH!!! I will laugh my arse offffff...

What language does 15 speak? [Ruijing]
Her own language. Kua Kua

Who is going out with 9? [Rebecca]
Marshmallow.

How old is 16? [Angeline]
My Age.

When did you last speak to 13? [Chin SUn]
I cannot remember. =p

Who's 2's favorite singer? [Daddy]
Seriously, I have no idea. =0

Would you date 4? [Samuel]
I might if he is not younger and not my bro.

Would you date 1? [Mummy]
I might and might not. She is my mummy!

Is 19 single? [King Mun]
Yes

What's 10 last name? [Liping]
Lim

What is the school of 3? [Jocelyn]
YSS.

Where does 6 live? [Xzavier]
My house and his house.

What do you think of 5? [Treveze]
I think he is kinda weird. He likes to kiss and hug me when he feels like it. SOmetimes he use force so that he can kiss me. When he strokes my hair, he is the sweetest guy ever. However, when he is angry, he always said he doesnt want me. Ohhhh, I miss him so much.

Have you seen 2 naked? [Daddy]
NO!!!!

I was supposed to name 5 people who will do this stupid thing. Haha, nope! Aint going to do it. I am so bored now which is why I did this!!!

Here:

Haha, I dont know why I put my head out like the emu but yeah, I havent been taking photos of what I eat or anything anymore but Ms XJ said we should. =)

I did not edit the pictures, she did! So nice ehhhh...

Ok, time to find something to do. I am having a bit of a rash now, haha, my body is abit slow, it takes one day for the rash to come . Orbi good lah!!!

=) I am going to say my line! Monday is COMING!!!

HAHAHAHHA!!!

Sunday

2008-10-05T15:09:00.004+08:00

What do you do on a Sunday?

=) I am looking for new games for my DS, heee, getting bored with those existing games. Mr. Ng has been doing his marking and now, he is playing some fifa thing. I've also been "window-shopping" online, but nothing really caught my eye. Re-decorated my DS this week and I suddenly realised the next holiday is on the 27th.

A sunday filed with leisure for me and more marking for him. My mind automatically shuts down although I have tonnes of work to do.

Took the kids out on Hari Raya. They love it while Mr. Ng and I were dead beat after that.

I do look like a mommy here, dont I? They are so adorable yet can be quite a handful. Treveze loves Mr. Ng very much and that is something we can never figure out. We can never figure out what they are thinking.

I was exploring my career options the other day with Mr. Ng, like how I ended up doing Building in NUS and what are my options now. Yeah, was just thinking what if someday, I get sick of discussing about Fire safety requirements, about the material to be used for my ceiling, the green label carpet...Booo, they sound boring.

Thats about it, Monday is coming.

Take care.

Yet another Monday coming.

2008-09-28T21:08:00.009+08:00

Yup, its Sunday night and the F1 race is on.

Yes, that's me driving. Sis took that when I drove her, she happened to be the first person other than Mr. Ng, who sits in my car. No F1, just the normal road and that's her reaction below.
It was after this badminton game we had with Bro and his friends. Well, my driving is definitely not that scary and I assure you that she is just exaggerating.

Speaking of F1, I almost had a chance to be there be F1 today, booohooo, Mr. Ng had this friend who worked in Shell and she got this room at Level 21 at Pan Pac. Booohooooooooo, we cannot make it.

And if you talk about driving, carrying babies can be quite scary for some too! Well...

Thats a little tiger in my arms. My friend's kiddo.
No, that kiddo has got nothing to do with food. There is this resturant, Eltoro restro bar, they serve spanish and traditional latin food and the ambience is not too bad. They have nice members cards too for ladies and gentlemen. Yeah, do frequent it if you want some nice music and food. Check it out at www.eltoro.com.sg. =)

It is totally irrelevant but that is my new phone. OMG, sometimes I cannot stand it, it is so pink and girly and haha, I suddenly remembered what a conversation I had with a colleague.
C: Oh, you've got a new phone. Gosh, so girly and PINK!!! I like!!! (She happened to have the black one.)
Me: Yeah, I know. I am so totally not into pink.
C: Yeah, I know.
Me: Haha, how did you know??? Can you be a lil' less frank and pretend that I am actually into pink?
C: you are not what, so, tell me the real reason, whats up with the pink? Who are you trying to kid?
Me: No one. Pink was the latest colour and it was launched like last week.
C: I knew it!

Not that I hate pink or what but it's just not my colour, I am either first choice, a red or second, a black. I hope the next few weeks it will not launch any red or I am so going to Argh! Hahahaha.

To make things worst, look what has it become now:

=) More girly.

Imagine me taking out the phone and I answered it and I start to $&%^*!&## the contractors, so weird hor? HAHAHAHA!!!

Alright, its back to work tomorrow!!! I cannot wait for Dec to come so that I can go and see my Trojan horse but it's 2 more shitty months to go! Work has been busy busy and I am buzzing off like a bumble bee everyday! *Breathe in and Out*

Tata everyone. Till the next time!

Third week of Sep Coming.

2008-09-14T16:11:00.008+08:00

This is going to be another Monday blues entry. Haha, no, just some progress reported since I havent been writing.

Mr. Ng is just opposite me now and we are at some Coffee Bean outlets. Students in Singapore is really pathetic. We were at some library earlier on trying to find some seats and tadah, NO SEATS at all. There were just groups and groups of students burying their heads in piles and piles of books. Gosh! I have completed quite alot of things this week. For instance, I have tried parking in multi-storey carpark! I have also tried to drive on an expressway! =) More training to come!

And guess what the both of us is doing now, obviously I am blogging and Mr. Ng, is trying to do some marking. 3 minutes ago, we were sms-ing each other. =) My handphone bills is taken care of by the company but his is not. Yeah, both of us, siao kia.

Work has been busy. It is that time of the year where there are endless projects going on. I was in a war zone almost every day last week. Difficult client who screwed up and tried to push the blame. Fortunately, Boss was suporting enough and also ok, bonus was better than expected (haha). Oh, he was also nice enough to lend me his handphone. The other day, he was even nice enough to request for iphone from the company on his account so that I can use. Wahaha, a pity, I am M1 and we went through it and it was not feasible. Anyhow, quite a few of my colleagues bought the iphone at freaking $49 and some at $o. If you remember, phone bill is on company. =) I have saw a phone which I have taken a liking and well, we'll see how. Nope, not iphone, it has no video calls function and so not my type.

I am getting kinda tired hahaha and I forgot what I was going to say. So you know what happens what I am lazy to write.

Its that special time of the year again. 4+ years ago, I met this guy at a camp who came and asked for my number. He already had it then, yeah, you dont know what is he thinking, he was repeating my numbers in his brain as he asked me for mine.

Yes, it has been 4 years already and there were tears and laughter. It was school then to work and I can still remember so vividly like it has all happened yesterday. Words cant describe everything and you know what I mean. =)Take care everyone.

Its going to be another blue monday

2008-08-17T13:01:00.002+08:00

Yes, and its not even here yet.

I just lost my freaking handphone for the first time in my life. Yeah, I dont even know how its being done. I would usually forgot to bring my handphone to work almost 3 times a week and I will have to go back home to retrieve it. My work depends on the phone because I am usually outside and my parents find it amazing that I can actually go out without the phone. You know when I was young, I would forget to bring my school bag when I go to school. =) Thats Ms Koh for you.

This is the 2nd day and tomorrow will be the 3rd. I am slowly starting to enjoy, being handphone-less. I was thinking can I make it a week? Boss would probably start jumping and maybe be kind enough to buy me one. Wishful thinking.

When was the last time you go without your mobile?

Its such a gloomy SUnday already, can you imagine what happens when Monday comes?

AT last, a monday that is not blue...

2008-08-11T22:59:00.003+08:00

If you know me, you will know how much I dread going to work on Mondays. I simply turned BLUE. You know Violet in Chocolate's Factory? That is what will happen to Joanne on Monday, she becomes Vioanne and I wonder how you pronounce it.

Somehow, today was different! Early in the morning when I reached office, I received an email from someone who reads like this:-

Dear Joanne,

How are you doing? I hope you are enjoying your work at XXX.

I am planning to write a paper on the use of tracking devices, based on your UG thesis plus some info that I have collected later. I would like to put you as my co-author. Let me know if you agree with this. You need not do any work on this if you have no time. I will do all the writing.

Regards
Joanne's Uni Sup

!!! My first thought is OMG!!! You mean you google scholar for Ms Koh's name and you can find a paper with my name?!?! After that, I cannot breathe. (I know I am such weakling.) I tried to stay calm so that I will not start screaming in office for whatever reasons and I called Mr. BF although I know he should be sleeping because its a school hoilday today.

Me:Hellllooo!! Are you sleeping???
BF: Ya...
Me: XXXXX just EMAILED ME!!! *proceeds to tell him whole story*

I was shouting whispering or whispering shouting because I am so damn excited!

=) So i replied the email and tell him I am perfectly fine with the arrangement and will be happy to work on it. I dont know whatever that co-author means but I suppose it must be something good? He is really one good SUP and the whole afternoon I went daydreaming again (even though I have never ending meetings).

Where did my dreams went to? =) I dont know but the dreams were definitely trying to give my brain the possibility of a permanent head damage.

So exciting and later in the afternoon, its more projects coming in again. Argh...

However, this Monday is not blue. =)

Its all random...

2008-08-10T23:47:00.004+08:00

Read about this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_FamÃlia

Yeah yeah, read about that. My first thought was Fwahhh, this is crazy. Designed by Antoni Gaudi, this building is scheduled to be completed only in the year 2026!!! The La Sagrada Familia, gosh gosh gosh...Please read on to find out when construction started and they said 2026 is disputable. You know what, people like me, where we are in the construction industry, we actually hate designs like this, construction unfriendly and can you imagine the labour and money put into it ,but think about it, without architects like him, will there be memorable buildings that is worth those unspeakable feelings you experienced when you are there?

I actually have plenty to say. You know, of the Olympic and stuff... But well, work is tomorrow and i am lazy. If there's a reason why I posted Antoni Gaudi today, thats because I have take on some design work for some public toilets and I aspire to be HIM. Yes, me, completely knowing nuts about design. Hahaha, riiiiight. I am sure he never started out with toilets before. Imagine what he will do with toilets? Yes, I will let you know where so that you can pay a visit if it ever materialise.

Pardon me but I actually is in a midst of a very serious discussion with Ms XJ now...

Tata.

08.08.08

2008-08-08T23:40:00.004+08:00

Its a special day so hard to come by. Tomorrow, we will have the statistics of the number of couples who got married today. Tomorrow, we will also know who won the 8 million dollars TOTO.

Yes, by tomorrow, we will get to know many things.

Are we there yet?

having the turkish dream...

2008-08-03T17:27:00.006+08:00

Yes, picture me there. =)

Monday Blues

2008-07-28T12:14:00.009+08:00

Here I am at this building again. Apparently someone is inside the gym jogging, I wonder who? Maybe Ah Boon? Hahahaha...Just imagine if you walked to the gym and you realise no one is there, woah... CREEPY... Hahaha!

Yup, serious case of blueness every Monday. I dislike Mondays, you come back every Monday and all you get is shit and of course the fun you had yesterday and the day before just compound to everything. Saturday was the company review, yuppie, bonus sooon and this is the first time in my life that I ever get a FULL BONUS. 13th month was a portion only because I joined the company in June and so was performance bonus last year. All I had was a fraction. This year, YEAH, FULL! Apparently, company is not doing too bad so yeah!!! I have been sitting on the fence for quite awhile, whether to go or not to but opportunities kept coming in on my face. Duhz, this is tough. I wonder when can this procrastination stop. *rolls eyes*

NATAS will be around and bonus will come in good use. Speaking of which, I really should get myself something to remember about this bonus. My colleague said she brought whole of it and walked inside a LV shop and paid cash for the wallet. Siao lah, hahaha!

Anyhow, outdated pictures for your viewing:-
The day I got my FSM certificate. No pay increment because I didnt get a building but thank god. HAHAHAH!!! Seriously, picture me as a FSM, do you feel safe? =) Yeah, You better do. I was thinking but I am a covering FSM from time to time, doesnt that warrant me that few hundred dollars? Good idea, I shall talk to my Boss soon.

And guess where were we? Its a late night and an impromptu decision. You know its good to breathe in the air and think you are going for holidays soon. Hahaha... Just that day, my client said the tolilets there is good. Haha, and now all I do when I go to places is look at their toilet. Pathetic.

WaLA, its time for lunch and I got to go. There's plenty of things to settle and this Saturday I will be back again in this building. Hur Hur, Horrible.

Oh, I've taken to driving recently. License has not come yet but I can still drive. First drive was from Shunfu back home and tired Mr. BF was suddenly so not tired. Haha, can't find the triangular plate but I think I will go get one. Oh, if you want to know where I usually drive so that you can keep out of my way, its usually around Bishan to the whole of Yishun area and also around Bukit Timah and Bukit Batok area. So fun!

Ok, ok, I really got to go. Monkey faces have been the "in" thing lately. So check this out:-

Take care everyone. The weekends are coming!!! *pulls hairs and bite nails*

Are we there yet?

A taste of victory

2008-07-21T22:25:00.013+08:00

Today is Racial Harmony day. Yup, a day to remember that racial harmony cannot be taken for granted. Maria Hertogh riot and the day when the CHinese fights the malay, that was a day that no one will want to se again. HAHA, yes, that was what education taught us. I remember in my schooling days, this was the day for the girls (or guys) to get dressed UP! =D Hahaha, so... because I am in sucha good mood today...

TADAH! I won traditional costumes for the 4 years in secondary school. I remembered how I was locked inside a toilet when I was in Sec 1 by my friends because they want me to wear the malay costume. At that time, no one wears it. I wasnt ready to be in everyone's attention, in the end, I wore it. No photos and memory of it is blurred.

So I show you Sec2...

Yup, I cannot remember when was the last time I spot such short hair. SOmetimes, I really have the impulse, to snip short and see what happens. Hah... This also reminded me that, I had short hair that time round was because of someone. Wellll, story telling for another time. Lets move on.
And you see how the trend changes...
Hair was starting to grow and I got siao enough to let my mommy tie my hair this way. =) Well, you can definitely SPOT ME.

And of course, SEC 4 where this generous INdian lady took out her whole wardrode of SARIs and lent it to us. This was the toughest to wear but the most beautiful because it is silk and the collar is so special and.. and...it has this hole at the back. Kua kua kua, but it is also so tight that I cannot breathe. HAHAHAHHA!
Here is another one....

I could not remember what happened in J1 but I dont remember what I wore so lets jump to J2! I dont know why Ms XJ is so grouchy, she always is. HAHAHAHA, someday I am going to ermmmm post her LAO DA picture that we have taken at the FAMINE CAMP. *sniggers*
And... the last of all is one of my favourite shots that we have taken on the RUNNING TRACKS. Yup, PE lessons and refuse to change and the teacher punished us by asking us to walk around the track in the costumes and walala, you can seeeeee, we are happppy de lor...........

Ok, except somebody who got super pissed because she took the picture for us. HAHAHA, technology is so advance now, someday I can always photoshop her in! =D And LP is so cute in the picture, OMG.

Yes, the missy here has aged and its really scary that time gives no mercy.

Anyhow, the main thing today, the happppppppppy thing, that has make me a jubilant being is......... I AM NOW A CERTIFIED DRIVER!!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!! PASSSSSED!!! I GOT THE MOST EASY ROUTE (apparently) AND I GOT MYSELF A REAL FRIENDLY TESTER!!! It was raining so heavily that I thought it was gone case BUT BUT BUT I PASSSSSSSSED. OMG!!!!!!!!! Hahaha, anyway, I was so happy that i almost JUMPED UP ON HIM TO KISS AND HUG HIM. *rolls eyes*

Okay, I think my brain now is filled with clouds now.. Now I can drive!!!!!!!

Okay, nights. *faint*