a moment of clarity

happy birthday :)

2007-06-01T23:55:00.000+08:00

we just celebrated my little brother's birthday.
the surprise was masterminded by me, and executed together with bigbro. i casually told smallbro at the staff get-together there were 4 flavours of tarts/cakes and was just wondering which he thinks would be nice. cake flavour was then smsed to bigbro who bought a blackforest cake from crystaljade. and i kept him in the room while bigbro came back and we were rushing about finding needles, toothpicks and lighter. when all was ready, i pretended to ask him to come out to help me with something and even then, he didnt smell anything fishy... until he saw the brightly lit cake with all the candles.

i hope my smallbro stays happy and cute always and may his english grades improve!!

zebra stripes

2007-06-01T23:42:00.000+08:00

sunday's dimsum plans got cancelled because he was going with his soccer mates. boo but nevermind, i need some time to myself this weekend, to clear my reading and perhaps go for a facial and i would think he would have a more smashing time with his guys than me. :)

today we had some staff get-together from 5pm onwards, at the penthouse which i heard cost $2 million to build. the view was really quite lovely at 26th level. gorged ourselves silly with sheperds pie, sushi, takopachi balls and whatnots.

if you are wondering how i spent my vesak day...
i caught Pirates & Shrek with my brothers. wanted to lunch & bring them to the science centre, but the weather didnt look too promising and the smaller one was going anyway on weds with his class, so we went to Jurong east complex (the more ulu the better when catching blockbusters on a public holiday) for our movies. I dont understand why people pay $9.50 to catch a front-row movie!!i was sitting happily in the last row albeit buying the tickets just before the show started.

after that, we went watsons for shopping, and bought some blueberry cheese tarts before heading home for dinner with our parents. then jianz called and we went to julian's place to play board games. original plan was to go out with the boyfriend after having dinner with my family but....
me: arent your friends playing board games?
him: *eyes light up* yeah hor.
me: how come i know your friends schedule better than you!!??
.... ...
yet another day of our lives.

and, Pirates was soooper un-entertaining! i actually fell asleep! wheres the engimatic jack sparrow. and what the hell was the soliloquy with all the crabs from nowhere. beats me man.

much ado about nothing

2007-05-31T12:58:00.000+08:00

went to planet fitness for pump, combat and hot yoga class with yl that day. quite fun, esp the pump class. combat kickboxing just leaves me feeling uncoordinated. yoga was a challenge for my painful back. bahh, my back hurts bad nowadays im not sure why. going to see a specialist on saturday. Boooo. hope its nothing serious.

went to watch Priceless last week with jianz. i love french films. and i love watching them with him.
went Brewerkz on Tues. the food there is quite awful!

today i had planned to go IMM and then science centre with my brothers. but the weather makes me feel like staying at home. im worried for jianz cos he told me he felt abnormally breathless during his soccer game.

st james on friday with colleagues, now thats something to look forward to!

silverstone

2007-05-26T00:53:00.000+08:00

ROM of Jianz sister today. we missed the actual ceremony due to some circumstances, basically the combined powers of everybody to play a part in being late. was quite unhappy because i dont like to be late, especially on events like these, but i guess i didnt leave early enough to go scot free anyway so will just shhh.

okays, 1st ROM and nothing fantastic, just lots of video & pictures taken. but i see the value as being able to spend time with everyone who usually has to work. we went for timsum at red star restaurant (divine roast duck) and then split up. the in laws did house visiting whereas me and jianz went off to vivo to run some banking errands & shopping. i cant believe my luck, the 2nd pair of satin pants at a discounted price. In my size too! i have been doing some research on satin pants & what constitutes a good pair and i think the polyester-cotton-spandex ratio is very important; too much polyester and it becomes a tad too hot for my comfort. luckily i didnt buy the black one at $90! i can safely conclude that noone in singapore likes satin pants but me. he spotted a gorgeous looking blazer but no size! i think he looks great today, im such a sucker for guys with their sleeves rolled up, especially if they have tanned forearms. i think i fell in love with again when i saw him put on that blazer. methinks he should wear it everyday, preferably to bed too. but who cares about methinks, methinks never constitute anything logical and realistic.

after that, we met the rest of the ROM folks at kbox for intensive k-ok session. im amazed by senior He's singing abilities, he knows every single song, from oldies, to hippies to the what-the-hell-is-that songs. and his mom's dance steps. i saw a different side of her today,that of a exuberant and young mom. i have made up my mind to do my lifetime's worth of dancing when im young because its just so wrong to dance in front of your children. not wrong like wrong, but just, weird. even though they say, dance like noones looking. HOW TO, when the whole world is looking!

dinner with the folks (his parents & auntyuncle) and then we went holland v for latenight grocery shopping (chicken soup tomorrow to celebrate chong's false chicken pox alarm).

im super tired. spotted 2 skirts that i likey. maybe next week. shopping beckons. am slowly building up my arsenal. 3 weeks into work & back hurts like hell. payday came & left me feeling slightly excited at my first, well, payslip. :)

life is short, be happy my folks! :) shop at zara!

a trip to the dentist

2007-05-23T15:53:00.000+08:00

went to the dentist yesterday.
eeks i didnt have a troubled childhood revolving the dentist but when i heard the drilling sounds when waiting, i actually was quite afraid. afterall, its been 7 years since i acquainted myself with dentists.

was a little bit painful while she attempted to scale bits close to the gums, and had me clutching my fists tight and contemplating giving her a kick, but well we both survived at the end.

was glad to know i have no cavities or any major problems, just an accumulation of tartar. and the traditional reminder to floss my teeth after each meal.

i should have studied dentistry! $50 for about 10 minutes of mowing peoples teeth. but im not sure if i can stand bad breath after bad breath.

7 years

2007-05-19T12:46:00.000+08:00

its been 7 years since i went to the dentist.
what a mistake!
**
going to the cage at kallang later to watch the NOL soccer boys kick ball at the shippers league. ha ha so cute.
**
next friday is Eat With Your Family Day, so we get to go off at 5pm to have meals with our family members or loved ones. it also happens to be the day of jianz sister's ROM, so im thinking of getting a full day leave instead of half since there isnt going to be much point going back for 2 hours.
**
i went on a intensive shopping trip on thursday and once again spent a bomb but this time round, the purchases were really nnnnniceee so makes it less of a guilt! anyway im just left with one more pair of pants and i will not go shopping anymore. anyway must start to shop like men, focused and efficient.
**
there are so many fantastic movies coming up, I CANT WAIT.

spin like a lily

2007-05-19T00:38:00.001+08:00

after a twist of events, i had to switch from being a runner to a.. cyclist for the osim race.
just now, i headed to the gym after work (since i had to wait for him to come anyway) and spinned myself crazy. i think cycling has a way of numbing my mind. i was just pedalling and pedalling, without a care. although i must say i was rather weak, with my thigh muscles threatening to cramp up minutes into my ambitious level 10, upslope ride (i dont learn my lesson do i?). did some intensive slope work and then switched to random with a level 4. definitely i need some stamina cos i was tired by 7 miles/km (not sure which!)
but it was a good workout cos i sweated like a pig, and fell asleep on the situps bench for 15 minutes with my legs way above my head.

dates are great

2007-05-19T00:21:00.000+08:00

yay, fancy dinner tonight at Halia, botanical gardens. the occasion? my belated birthday dinner. we didnt have time to meet up for a slow meal since november with his exams & my schedule so i met him after gym for a dinner at the botanical gardens.

the service was THUMBS UP! he greeted jianz (since the reservation was under his name) and he still remembered his name at the end of the meal. AND, he pushed my chair in!!!! the dinner was littered with their thoughtful and genuine service basically. we started off with lobster bisque soup, followed by black pepper soft shell crab, and then i had fish, steamed in some paper with truffles and japanese rice, whilst he had the usual rack of lamb, which was really really good. mine was so-so, fish was fresh but im not exactly a fan of fish, but the truffle was great. we ended off with the Crème brûlée which was infused with ginger, and accompanied by ginger sorbet.

highlight of the night was a little surprise from him,in the form of a multicolored dragonfly gem, no prizes for guessing why. i was really surprised, because i thought he hadnt gotten me anything since he was bad at buying presents, i think he hated it as much as going to the dentist. so i was thoroughly thrilled when he suddenly took out a blue box from under the table. i think i like the dragonfly he drew on the card more than the pendant, though. too cute for words. maybe ill upload a pict of his version of the dragonfly when i feel like it.

random updates

2007-05-16T20:53:00.000+08:00

ive been eating spicy stuff non stop.
have had 3 laksas, 1 tomyum soup, and 1 tomyum fried rice between last saturday till today, weds.
and im still craving for more!
:|

techie friends please check out igoogle (www.google.com.sg/ig), its so fun watching the theme pack change as time passes, one even updates according to the local weather! look out for the changes in seasonal scape & bus stop! :)

one box of krispy kreme brings with it one truckload of delighted feelings. i love washing down the original glazed with milk, ahhh.

met the boyfriend for lunch today at vivo, thai express (again!) was a last minute thing, but i was glad nonetheless. he showed me his $420 raoul receipt!!! Of course, part of it came from his friends, but!!!
i havent been exactly good as well, having blown $140 in merely half an hour. Desperate situations call for desperate measures! i realised how awfully inadequate my wardrobe is!

the thing now is

2007-05-14T21:26:00.000+08:00

had a pretty packed weekend.
friday's at queensway sanlor horfun place & mind cafe.
saturday morning biking at sentosa.
sunday brunch with the boyfriend.
weekend dinners with families.

this week, i shall catch spiderman3, and think about the consequences of buying a pair of shoes that cost $109.

i cant work no treadmills

2007-05-10T22:20:00.000+08:00

went to the gym today after work.
did a set of 30 mins 4km run followed by a loserish 10 mins of upslope bike pedalling and i was totally gone, gone gone! super lousy! its rather depressing cos the bike auto stops when it sense movement that it considers too slow for the power to be engaged, like autoshut. For the record, i had mine shut down 3 times. definitely need to work at it. yay going back tomorrow with my colleague.

there is a serious dearth of short sleeved smart-looking tops in my wardrobe. whos to blame for all the business wear??!!
got my staff pass today, which turned out better than i expected. Phew. was afraid of falling into the ugly staffpass syndrome that seems to have plagued everyone.

i need to pay a visit to my dentist. when!!?

today went to meet the world's local bank wealth managers, ade and sheryl for lunch at thai express, vivo. the tomyum noodles was so-so! cant wait to eat the fried rice again!

went for breakfast on weds with the boyfriend. he came to pick me up and then we went over to clementi before dropping me off at work. :)

phases

2007-05-09T22:13:00.000+08:00

Start of work this week was pretty exciting! met lots of people, and felt like i was a valued employee of the company even though i was just a new nobody. met the VP and was told that i shone at the interview. Hahhh. Nice to hear, but urps.

Its still orientation though till the end of this week. and then will work towards being a excel expert. hahh shudders.

Happy mostly cos i love the culture, environment and the people here.

But tired too initially. Hah, theres a reason why the owls never got to the worms fast enough, but coping well by sleeping in earlier.

Alright off to bed!

funfilledlabourday

2007-05-03T23:46:00.000+08:00

going to the beach on labour day = beach volleyball + jacuzzi
after that we drove to Purvis Street for a very traditional meal of chicken rice, hainanese pork chop (yet con). Bugis Junction was to kill time and also for Potateo to fulfil his long-time-no-shop self. we had a fun time at The Mind Cafe after that, playing Saboteur, Around the world in 80 days and Mouth gab (finally a game mrsleepywhenplayingscrabble-potateo excels in!)
one would think we went home after that, considering the fact that we started the day at 1030, but no, we dropped by selegie road for rochor beancurd after that, and spent time talking about work, urine tests...

it was simply fantastic. now that everyones mostly working, we hardly get to meet up and that day sparked off many memories of our trip to redang. hopefully, we can go next year when everyones settled down into their jobs. seriously, that night made me think, woah, im really at the peak of my life, no problems too tough for a 22 year old, no obligations whether financially or family, and just young and financially independent. i wish theres a pause button somewhere. its only like 5 months into the new year and i feel like ive gone on a rollercoaster ride with numerous changes, peaks and downs. sure, bad awful things happen now and then, sometimes making me feel as if my world just crashed, but then these moments, i wouldnt want to erase them for anything because they make me better to face others that come later in life. i feel stronger, less breakable. and somehow, i feel that these shit dont get to me as easily as before.

going to start work soon after one last weekend. a little bit excited, but mostly a good kind of buzz all around. im like just waiting to see whats in store for me in terms of the job scope, the dynamics in the department and life as a working adult. BRING IT ON.

ps: korea lard dell tease, guess a word.

the bad and the good

2007-04-29T22:26:00.000+08:00

looking in retrospect, a $20 parking summon doesnt seem that bad now.
**
caught wild hogs over the weekend (damn $9.50 tickets although i didnt have to pay a single cent haha thanks bro)
went to botak jones again! :)
was so overwhelmed by what i saw, and heard, that i had to meet sh to talk it out because i think out of all my friends, only she'd understand.

bad weekend!

amazing how it can turn from wow to wham.

life beckons

2007-04-27T23:10:00.000+08:00

im no longer unemployed!
will start work on 7 may. wont disclose where yet until ive settled down into the job.
but all i can say is, i'm gladddd. its a very attractive offer in terms of the benefits the organisation is providing. i was like flabbergasted when the HR officer went through the benefits. GP, specialist, dental services, maternity, bonus, wage supplement- which is all pretty cool! maybe i'm just new at all these career thingy.

hello there!

sleepy thursday

2007-04-26T19:56:00.000+08:00

feeling lethargic and slightly under the weather :(
went to maxwell for lunch hoping to catch tian tian chicken rice but it was closed!
ended up eating zhen zhen porridge which was Superb! is it called Sedap??
after that we dropped by vivocity for some groceries shopping & bought some beef, pita bread & pillows & engine oil. haha a certain kuku was trying to ascertain the quality of the pillows by performing CPR on each individual pillow, using both palms to pump the fluffy things. SOHILARIOUS.
after that we split up for his tuition & my interview.

the interview went quite well. :) and that was all i asked for.
lots of my friends are going overseas, USA, Japan, Germany, and HK. a teeny bit envious but taking off for a holiday is the last thing on my mind now. maybe next time!

goodnight everybody!! :) good luck for those approaching the last of their exams!

glory days

2007-04-25T00:14:00.000+08:00

dear diary,
i think i can sleep like a baby tonight.
the 4km run was so good. the knees still feel konky but it always does when i am too lazy to stretch proper. but the pace was good and thats enough!

i'm going crazy with online shopping!
love,
JT

goldfishes going places

2007-04-24T17:21:00.000+08:00

Had an interview today at Huntington Communications (apparently an affliliate of MS&L worldwide which is a very big communications group) and well, it sounds easy enough, just lots of writing & managing media sources. i don't really want to think about my career choices although i'm sure its inevitable. Well, go with the flow! Have a 2nd round with NOL on thursday and then i hope i'm good to go!

other than that, have been managing some trivial bill matters for my superhaphazard mother. went to IMM again for lunch & banking needs ony my own. supposed to go for a evening run with W but she's late! nothing much planned today besides this & i'm glad for the time to be on my own. Suddenly feel as if time's running out for me to do my own stuff if i start work soon.

will i have time to finish the bookseller of kabul!?!

gripe #437

2007-04-23T17:53:00.000+08:00

you know how it's like when you're unemployed and when people ask you what you're doing these days, you have no other choice than to say "nothing much, i'm trying to find a job"

well, it sounds funny because sometimes i think the working folks are the ones who do less substantial stuff. i mean, most pretend to work, it's just a matter of to what extent. of course, i am not discrediting those who do real, hard work but that's few and far between.

and i hardly think doing laundry, changing bedsheets, feeding pets, helping kids learn, watching spongebob (oops), meetups with people who are important to me, and enjoying life any less meaningful.

oh! i've signed up to be a bread deliverer at Food from the Heart. its really meaningful to me at least because i always have a thing against food wastage while many others starve not just in Singapore but other parts of the world.

day like that

2007-04-23T17:37:00.000+08:00

stole some time off today and we went to bukit timah, originally turf city but ended up in guthrie
house, and walked around cold storage trying to find that bottle of wine. turf city was a deep drive in & quite frankly didnt looked appealing at all. after the unsuccessful hunt for moscato, we went to have :) apple strudel! the glazed pastry & the generous chunks of creamy apple all swirl in my mouth with that wonderfully sweet taste. we shared a 1/4 and i brought the other 1/4 home (YAY). nice sitting there watching the rain fall & cars swoosh by. we should do this more often!

if you want to try the yummy apple strudel, here's the address
833 Bukit Timah Road #01-10 Royal Ville
Ps: i heard theres a branch in thomson too!

and the other day, we went to science centre for a short walkabout. perfect for the geeky boyfriend. we saw really cool kinematics toy at work, and also a cute bunch of 4 year olds who squealed when they saw their teacher carry a packet of popcorn. later on, i saw the very same bunch of 4 year olds sitting quietly holding a filmsy packet containing a fistful of popcorn. absolute cuteness. i cant say the same for the rowdy bunch of primary schoolgoers though who jumped, hopped, shouted at everything in sight.

dullsville

2007-04-22T12:58:00.000+08:00

Been doing pretty much nothing these days. Which isnt news exactly.
Woke up really bright & early today. I should do this more often.
Yesterday was spent eating lots & lots of suppers, and playing foosball. Turned out I'm better than i thought!
And last week, Jianz & I woke up at dem!dem!dem! 7am for breakfast. Remember our pact? Sort of on-off now, but Jianz has brought it to a new level by imposing a fine but i refuse to be subjected to it.
I bought cabbage patch and muffet necklaces, heee!

the solution to global warming is YOU

2007-04-20T21:31:00.000+08:00

i've recently gotten 2 new students and they fitted into my impending 5 day work week like a breeze. now my weekends are all packed which is perfect. And the even better news is that, they are both located Really Really Near my place, ie a 10 min drive away and 1 of them is in fact, 1 block away from my existing student. Now, I just need to put them back to back :)
Total student count: 6!
**
I've always wanted to do my bit for the environment but used to procrasinate because it didnt seem that urgent and frankly i didnt know where to start. But looking at the kind of natural disasters & the fact that Mother Earth is being turned upside down by us (no maple & wine?!?), I've decided to do my bit for the place we call home. I've got it all worked out, the gameplan is to head to the recycling bins in my neighbourhood and turn in my old shampoo bottles, waste paper. Its not much obviously but this little bit, I can still do. Its abit bothersome but i think its worth the trouble. and definitely less troublesome than having the Earth display all sorts of erratic weather changes, north pole melting, jungles diminishing and destroy the habitats of some very endangered animals. Thinking about all these gets me all miffed (already!)because I always am impressed by how ugly most humans are- the fact that many can sit and act as if all these is happening somewhere out there and none of their business. People go on with their daily lives, taking unnecessary plastic bags (the more the better in fact), switching on the air con even on a cooling day... And in other news, IKEA has stepped up as well to do its part for the environment (no more plastic bags FOC on 22 April) which although im sure will meet with some inertia from who else but the ugly singaporeans. Why is it that these people can get angry over the fact that companies are trying to help these inconsiderate people Do Their Bit i will never know.

If you want to find out more about how maple and global warming are related, go to the link below!
http://archive.seacoastonline.com/news/04162006/news/98000.htm

consumption culture

2007-04-20T11:07:00.000+08:00

i usually make it a point not to go into details about my purchases cos it just sounds so.. i dont know unreal and dumb? but yesterday, i felt like i won lottery (even better in fact) with the 2 purchases i got so i definitely must put it down somewhere.

anyway, yesterday was like a shopping marathon! the agenda was to help angel scout for her skinnies, + shoes to complete the outfit. she ended up buying 2 jeans which she believes to have adverse effects on her health, but so gorgeous/sexy/desirable, whatever angel!

for me, i wasnt looking for anything in particular except for a pair of cotton/polyester pants in a delicious shade of dark gleaming brown. they had it in my size but it was pretty steep at $90 so i was having lots of 2nd thoughts about getting it just because they had my size. i took one last look in the fitting room and decided i wont get it, and when i returned to the rack, i saw something similar except that this time round, it was slightly slimmer cut and had a rectangular patch of sequins, going for $35. it felt like winning lottery, that moment! saw a nicely cut & well made vest but wouldnt pay that much for one so walked around far east to scout for cheaper ones but the cheap ones were all rather ugly. anyway i think sometimes they remind me of banquet waiters so im still thinking of. come to think of it, ive been thinking since years ago, cos i remember vests came, left and resurfaced again. probably look around for a really good one to layer with when i start work.

i love buying things when im clear-headed not that senseless buying which used to result in endless clutter and accumulation of junk. definitely not cool.

anyway im really bored after all these superficial jabber, so say hi to my good purchases!

lovely night

2007-04-19T01:34:00.000+08:00

i think the only thing thats on my mind now, is that:
I LOVE THE MR (Market research) GIRLS

we met up for dinner and spent the entire time talking laughing and its funny because theres never awkward silence or those clumsy questions like so what are you working as now that people tend to ask and answerers hate to answer. and it was good to see ade & ryl moving on well into their job and becoming better at it. i actually felt proud of them! we are meeting up tomorrow (minus the goldfish ade) to go shopping since its only a few days before angel heads overseas and then its byebye for a few months to her.

meeting them was one of the best things that happened to me.

time crisis

2007-04-18T12:55:00.000+08:00

now i finally understand why they say a lifetime is never enough.

after the interview yesterday with NOL, i went to jianz place first for a jog. it started off as a brisk walk because i had so much to tell him about the job interview and my concerns, and then we were still talking incessantly when the run picked up, talking about how he wanted to do commodity trading and how he's going to get there. i think it's one of the best things ever to know what he wants to do, and share our thoughts for the future. and it makes for pretty tough running as well, talking normally while running (ha im super unfit lahhhh)

we went out for dinner (got mad at each other a little over steamed fish) and then the real highlight was going out for movies. its been AGES since we actually went out for a show (the shooter). and at the end of it all, i just cant but help think that it was really beautiful being able to spend such a long stretch of time with him. at the expense of sounding like a deranged girlfriend that is. but those who know me well enough know that its not everyday that we do such normal things other couples do. he's always busy on weekends and the occasional weekdays where we are both able to make time, we head out and just try to make the best out of it.

but one thing the time traveller's wife taught me was, you have to be patient for love. the way clare waited years for her husband to come, and after he was dead, the decades she waited for him to show up once again. how heartwrenching.

the way we are

2007-04-16T22:07:00.000+08:00

sometimes things dont turn out the way we expect them to.

for instance, what was initially planned (a evening run) gave way to an afternoon flipping books & magazines at a cafe.

and buying a absolutely adorable necklace.

yes, sometimes they dont turn out the way we hope, especially when we are Procrasinators!

here's what happened

2007-04-16T21:56:00.000+08:00

a quick snapshot of my weekend

car & cage were washed & waxed
cocktails & beer were drank & live music was heard
live soccer matches were abandoned
sharksfin, prawn bombs, fat chicken were ate
fishes and hamsters were fed
mini chocolate fingers were left forgotten (oops)
book was finished (goodbye time traveller's wife!)

okay, till the next weekend i suppose.

intelligence and poise HA!

2007-04-14T21:57:00.000+08:00

you know, there are just some people who suck your positive energy away. like really.

dont you just cringe each time you watch the MSU clips they are showing these days?
i find it hard to suppress my laughter when i read about the hobbies of these intellgent and beautiful women.

i didnt know watching movies, spending time with loved ones & supermarket shopping count as a hobby.

ZERO social life is beckoning i say.

2007-04-14T21:33:00.000+08:00

soccer was on the agenda tonight but unfortunately for us, we just made a pact to Wake Up Early Every Morning so!

Your three favourite colours for clothes: white, light blue-green and black

Your accessory weakness: i love layered necklaces. kitschy & quirky or vintage charms especially.

Your favourite gem: i suppose diamonds?

Your favourite clothing: short dresses/ cotton shorts & tee

Your must have jewellery: a necklace & i'm good to go!

Your watch: rectangular face with blood red strap

Your favourite pair of jeans: i hate wearing jeans but skinnies are a different thing altogether

Your favourite designer: noone

booky days

2007-04-13T12:31:00.000+08:00

If you remember, me & angeline trembled our way out of the theatre after watching The Last King of Scotland.

I managed to get my hands on the book and after reading it, i think the book was much more scarier. there were some details that were not featured such as idi rumoured to have eaten a human spleen straight from the morgue.

it really makes you think twice about going south africa.

anyway, going on to The Time Traveller's Wife next. and there's The Terminal Man. and many other good books waiting for me! (haha nothing thrills me more than a good book)

these days, my idea of quality time is listening to my discman with phantom of the opera soundtrack inside, whilst reading on my bed.

Quimby

2007-04-12T18:24:00.000+08:00

i used to love being in ramona's world when i was young.
here's a hilarious excerpt from one of the books!

In the Quimby's house, Ramona and her older sister Beezus share a room, but on a day when everything goes wrong, Ramona wants the room all to herself. She wants to be wicked and beat her heels on the wall. Bang! Bang! Bang! That noise ought to make everybody good and mad. "Mean, mean, mean!" she yelled, in time to her drumming heels. She wanted to make her whole family feel as angry as she felt. "Mean, mean, mean!" She was glad her heels left marks on the wallpaper. Glad! Glad! Glad! Why did she have to get into so much trouble? Anyone who knows Ramona knows that she never tries to be a pest. Ramona just had to boing her classmate Susan's thick, springy curls one last time.

which scissors?

2007-04-11T17:09:00.000+08:00

i've signed up for a daily subscription to baby blues and ever since, i'm offically hooked on babyblues. the only comics i ever read was archie's & the random bits i got out of the papers.

never fails to crack me up!

ps: click to enlarge!

the one about water

2007-04-10T17:39:00.000+08:00

one of those moments where i have tons to do. and yet dont feel like doing any.
i get these kinds of moments pretty often nowadays.

and thanks to efficiency of singnet broadband (hur hur), my internet is up & running.
anyway, singnet broadband mio team is indeed inefficient & totally unsure about what they are talking about. ive been getting half-cooked explanations from different staff from the call centre, counters, and technicians.

i need to buy envelopes. and hang my laundry.

anyway, yesterday i had a sort of farewell lunch with my bro who as you already know by now, got enlisted today. we ate loads (him at least)- i couldnt work up much of an appetite & was just fiddling around with the food. fortunately for me, im finally done with sakae. hooray to that.

i've been trying to adopt this Drink Lots Of Water thingy every morning when i wake up. because i've heard all sorts of good things related to drinking water. apparently they prevent memory loss, lighten scars etc. i've always had a habit of drinking a glass of water first thing in the morning or at least head to the pantry straight when i reach the office, but now i'm increasing it to 4 glasses. 1.5 cup when i wake up, another 1.5 after i wash up & the last 0.5 cup before i head out. i'm still trying to get used to this increased intake but i have to admit 4 glasses is simply too much even when spread out over a period. but luckily, ive always liked drinking water so its not too much of a change for me.
i must have been really bored to talk so much about water.

tuesdays with morrie

2007-04-10T15:15:00.000+08:00

i have once again returned from a subway club meeting with my fellow club member angeline, with a mind full of questions. i wouldnt exactly think its confusion, but rather you always realise that life is a myriad of choices and that we are young and in a position best to embrace it.

eating subway & just talking about life, jobs, our dreams, what we want in life.

looking forward to the next subway club session. with wraps of course.

subways with angeline

BOOOO.

2007-04-10T14:23:00.000+08:00

my brother went to NS.

popsidelic reminded me

2007-04-10T01:42:00.000+08:00

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up and about

2007-04-07T23:33:00.000+08:00

dear diary,
i am trying to find ways to kill time.
heres what i tried this week. or is it last week. you see, time has no meaning for me anymore.

number 23 with chong potateo mich. and manhattan fish market bleh.
subway & 300 with angeline & brother.
freedom writers with my brother.
music & lyrics under the stars at botanical gardens with jianz.
phantom of the opera with jianz.

in between reading papers, last king of scotland, packing my ever-messy room, sending out resumes (as if) waking my hamster every now and then because it is sleeping way too much.reading baby blues.

ha but i shall not complain because very soon, i have a pretty strong feeling i will miss all these.

love,
the serial time murderer

pee emm asss

2007-04-07T23:09:00.000+08:00

i typed out a entry only to find that i had left my ipod cable at home.
!!!
i have a sneaky feeling my period is coming & its turning my life upside down.
i eat alot & feel like nothing has gone.
yet my stomach looks like its boundaries are erased and i just see multiple folds of endless flesh.
and then every little thing gets magnified and makes me feel extremely irritable.
nothing satisfies me.
except.
an ice cream cone.

long beach

2007-04-03T17:55:00.000+08:00

have been leading quite a peaceful and happy existence.
meeting friends, swims, movies, dinners, books, papers, films, trips.
quite frankly, this stretch in my life has definitely got to be one of the best.
wandering around with nothing that i hate to have to do.
but its all going to end!! im starting my jobhunt, scanning Recruit, sending out resumes booo! work is useful, just not something a free-willed person would want to do.
anyway, 1st interview on thursday!
P.s. freedom writers is veryyy gooood. best film this whole year.

the price we pay for Jones

2007-03-28T14:50:00.000+08:00

please do not go to botak jones.
unless.
you do not mind getting a sorethroat.
and 3 hugeass pimples on your back.

i was so looking forward to the next trip there.
now, im having second thoughts & hello salads, green tea!

PS: ate 2 thick slices of ginger yesterday, eeew but good!

mid-week

2007-03-28T14:37:00.000+08:00

i hate spending hot stuffy afternoons at home. because it only makes me feel drowsy and taking a nap doesnt leave me feeling any better. gah.

and i feel like i need to go somewhere yet frankly im too tired after yesterday's shopping marathon to want to go anywhere.

and the humid rainy weather just doesnt help either.

i started my day bad, with a nightmare about a ghost at my new student's house. i think the ghost part was inspired by this pseudo beggar i saw ambling towards our car at the custom. i thought & felt he looked like a ghost coming out of some horror scene and slithered down in my seat hoping i wouldnt have to deal with him. grrrr.

and then i have one whole basket of laundry to do which the weather doesnt allow.

i think i'm just too free. but yet again, i dont wish to be busy for something which i dont care about i.e. working.

i want to move to taipei. over there cars are cheap (hello minicooper) & they eat out of wooden boxes (eating out of plastic boxes is so unhealthy) & hey,they care about the environment! 3 traits which matter to me all rolled into little taipei. but then, no friends no family no boyfriend howww, and left hand drive howwwww. im such a coward gahh all talk and no action.

the little things

2007-03-28T00:45:00.000+08:00

been spending more time with jianz ever since he submitted FYP.

and its been such wonderful times.

its such a lovely feeling holding his hand & just walking about doing nothing & going nowhere. he's probably one of the few people who makes me jump up & say "yes!" each time he asks me out. its not like we always do fantastic things like going to expensive places for dinner (which we used to do very much) or exciting things like going to the zoo. simple moments where we don't talk & just enjoy each other's presence, laughing at each other - things i could do forever. i think that might be love? you know until now, when people ask me "how do you know you love someone?", i still find myself dumbfounded with no concrete answer to give.

and probably, thats just the way love is. hard to be quantified or measured, and so fleeting its impossible to put it down concretely. i always find myself lacking when trying to express my love for him in the cards or messages i send him, there seems to be so much i want to capture and convey yet i am unable to do so through the words i conjure up.

how tuesdays are spent

2007-03-28T00:30:00.000+08:00

jusco.
sushi.
rrrrrrrrrrrahhhh-omantic.
kiss on hand.
being spinned.
cereals.
oreo cheese cake.
myvi 1.3
clams.
curry.

the above pretty much sums up my day.

ooooorrhhhhhh-perrrrrr-rahhhhhh

2007-03-23T22:30:00.001+08:00

we are going to Phantom of the opera!
Is that great or what?
*beams*

carbo rush

2007-03-23T22:00:00.000+08:00

the boyfriend & i decided we needed some sinful indulgence today & headed over to botak jones after school ended for him. just this monday, me, mary, chong & weijian had wanted to go there for dinner after badminton but it was closed!

can.i.say.its.bloody.good.

i was super famished by the time we reached (thanks to the efficiency of NUS closed stack section gah) and was in bliss when i sank my teeth into the mountain of fries & coleslaw. i had cajun chicken (grilled chicken breast with cheese on top) & jianz had double patty burger. both came with generous portion of fries & coleslaw! i really loved the way they did the coleslaw. yummy!

im wondering just when my next trip will be.

PS: remember to check out their witty menu. haha about upgrading from GIRLFRIEND 7.0 to WIFE 10.1!

day out

2007-03-23T10:40:00.001+08:00

ive been buying lots of knickknacks online & everywhere.
think heart earrings, slogan tees, pinafores, black skinnies.

yesterday, me and kukuboyfriend met up for a swim at safra. it was nice getting back in the pool again doing laps and forgetting everything else in the crystal clear waters. we had a quick lunch nearby before heading home to shower and change out before driving out to cinleisure- we'd wanted to catch music & lyrics but didnt manage to find a suitable showtime. so we went fareast for his books & my jeans, and went home way before the coupons expired gah. we were both feeling sleepy-eyed from the swim ha!

keep the courts clean. trash your opponents.

2007-03-23T10:12:00.000+08:00

and so the kukuboyfriend's birthday came & went this wednesday. he's 25 years old - that's quarter of a century already!!

anyway we spent that day being apart from each other only to meet up at night for seafood dinner at Long Beach in east coast seafood centre together with his family & relatives. which only bought me more time to complete the stuff i was planning to do. i made a card & delivered to his house around 2am the night before, and spent the day working away at the photobook (yes, the one i procrasinated for ages) & wrapping up the other presents (one paper automata toy & a shirt) i could see he loved the photobook alot (ha i expected no less because i made 3 trips to the photo outlet just to get it perfect ugh!!) cos it was really funny the way i merged the storyline with the appropriate photos,expressions, and speech bubbles etc. actually, i wished i could have another copy of that to keep!

the seafood dinner was great though. the garlic clams were divine!! im not a fan of eating anything that requires my hands to get dirty outside but from the tiny morsels that jianz opened for me, i think the crabs were really good! the meat just disintegrated into slivers of supple meat. and then his cousin bought a chocolate mousse cake and after much trouble (which had us switching off the fan, and borrowing a stove lighter) we managed to light the cake. yes, birthdays are tiring affairs but when i see him grinning like a little boy the entire night, i guess that made it worth it! i'm just happy that he got to spend it with the people he love the most, and also not to mention, bagging alot of presents.

okay, at least now i have 364 days to rest and prepare for the next one. haha!

bedsheets + boxes

2007-03-22T21:39:00.000+08:00

some ikea therapy always leaves me feeling better, more organised.
just last week, i went to ikea with ilynn & bought boxes, bedsheets & chicken wieners. and while i was packing my room today, i discovered i already have 2 sets of bedsheet+comforter, and countless other bedsheet spreads.

anyway, the chicken wieners were really, really good.

life's good

2007-03-17T22:37:00.000+08:00

its saturday night & i'm at my boyfriend's house with my trusty laptop, typing away at what constitutes to be merely 1% of work.

today must be one of the few rare saturdays that i've been out- went to peoples park (AGAIN) & vivocity with ilynn. bought our belts, drank my sourplum drink, got some toiletry essentials before we went to vivocity where i did some exchanges, and tried some pinafores (lovelythings).

i really must curb my bad habit of doing exchanges every other time i buy something. gah.

we ate TV dinner (what a girl wants), talked a bit and headed back to do some heavy duty typing.

life's been pretty good. because. i can. wake up naturally. every day.

someone commented that i was fatter after a hug.
i ought to be flattered, no?

kuku goes town, tear coupon never count

2007-03-15T18:46:00.000+08:00

i'm back!!

went town on my own with a enormous cage in hand, shoe box, and a huge red umbrella to run some errands scattered around far east & lido. because i did not want to compromise on the new baby hamster, i bought the entire cage with the water bottle, sandbowl, tunnels & the cage was sooo heavy to lug around. i went to get my shoes expanded, bought a pair of flats, and also bought presents for jianz.

the new hamster's been acting like its terrified each time my hand reaches out to touch it. :(
they actually feed it with hamster cheese balls, wow.
it's cute but i still miss my other hamster.

ps: moron jianz has been coming up with poems based on ME.
the 1st one revolved around kukupok drinking tequila pops. ugh. but i find it super funny somehow even though its at my expense.

waiting eagerly

2007-03-15T01:06:00.000+08:00

its been a few months since my 1st pet (a hamster) died. i've been missing having someone to take care of & have resorted to feeding my dad's fishes too rigorously sometimes. but fishes are no fun. they dont roll around or look at you. they just swim all day in their little bubble of a world.

tomorrow, i will be a proud owner of a hamster once again.

best invention

2007-03-15T01:02:00.000+08:00

seamless undies are one of the best inventions of mankind.

we are going to the mall mall mall

2007-03-14T01:20:00.000+08:00

spent the past 2 days hitting the shops.
And buying nothing substantial. Unless you count running shorts & laundry bags essential items on the tobuy list.
One of those days when you are itching to spend some cash but see nothing you fancy. everything looks hideous, ugly, too knitted, too short gah.

today is the day my kukulieutenantboyfriend has his IPPT, 4 out of 5 items to be precise due to the rain. i almost couldnt escape from the clutches of The Claypot Rice cos we went back to the food centre for dinner, until i spied nice slippery hor fun the old couple was having. Haha, ilynn fell prey unfortunately. By the way, I had some really yummy almond jelly. They dissolve the moment they hit the tongue, ooh.

I spent the day combing chinatown for dresses & sourplum+lime juice, and ended up feeling very futile because the dresses were all too fugly for me. but then again, i have bad taste in clothes. speaking of, my package came today & that, together with the deliriously cooling morning weather, cheered me up bigtime.

it feels very wonderful to be spending so much time with miss ilynn (& the other primary,seconday school students). we've been laughing at crazy things/shows, making fun of crazy people & doing crazy things with her dog ah max like smacking his snow-white butt which seems to irritate him big time. wahha, cute timid dog!

hamster behavior

2007-03-10T13:23:00.000+08:00

i'm feeling achey after 3 runs this week.

i've been feeling so low & lost the entire week and decided that the best way to get out of this rut would be to exercise, and to flood myself with the much-coveted endorphins that everyone believes to be good. and indeed, i felt great after the 2nd run, but the 3rd run and i'm wondering why did i ever agree to it.

jianz ippt is next tuesday. i have a feeling very soon i will miss these running sessions.

loofed

2007-03-10T13:01:00.000+08:00

we went to loof yesterday with E3 & chong, potateo & jianz. we spent the night chowing on pizzas & other wonderful finger food, sipping daiquiris & puffing away on cigars.

and it was st james next. i have a feeling very soon the boyfriend will apply to be a member at his neighbourhood nightspot.

we went for tim sum breakfast at chinatown before his tuition.

what a nice way to spend the start of my weekend.

by the way, its 2 years + 4 months today. :) we don't make a point to celebrate but i wrote him a little note out of courtesy.

paris je t'aime

2007-03-07T01:27:00.000+08:00

so today is D Day. the day when me and jianz pant our guts out all over bukit purmei, telok blangah and tiong bahru.

we laced up and headed out for a run at around 7 plus. i had an awful run-stitches hit me at my 1st step and it was just run-grimace-run a little bit more. totally not a fruitful session! i've been getting increasingly annoyed by people who show no consideration for runners and have resorted to clapping my hands to get their attention so that they would get out of the way. you would think that i'd have been more civilised and just a "excuse me" would have sufficed. but no, these people, on top of being blind, they are hearing-impaired as well.

after that we drove out to have our dinner before watching paris je t'aime. it's a series of short films centred around love set in paris. stars include natalie portman & elijah woods, maggie gyllenhal etc. some were really brilliant, like the one about a little boy whose parents (both into mimes) met at the prison. mostly, it was a refreshing look at the things people in Paris do for love.

and can i just say that driving a manual car on rainy days during rush hour traffic is a bitch.

There are times when life calls out for a change. A transition. Like the seasons. Our spring was wonderful, but summer is over now and we missed out on autumn. And now all of a sudden, it's cold, so cold that everything is freezing over. Our love fell asleep, and the snow took it by surprise. But if you fall asleep in the snow, you don't feel death coming.

overwired

2007-03-07T01:21:00.000+08:00

i feel awful. bitchy, snappy & pesky.
i get irritated easily by slow walkers who have no sense of their surroundings at all.
i get irritated when jianz talks a little bit louder.
i get irritated by illogical books whose story plot my fertile imagination can never conceive.
i get irritated when the 2 guys in front of us take forever to choose their seats. what's so hard to understand about "choose from the light blue seats"?!?

*takes a deep breath*

before the night is over

2007-03-05T00:35:00.000+08:00

in contrast to the uneventful & rather monotonous saturday, sunday was spent more meaningfully as i got to spend time catching up with various people in my life.

as i was in the area, i paid my driving instructor a visit because i've been wanting to catch up with him & send my new year greetings. it was really good to see that he was healthy & in good spirits as before.

we rounded up the last of chinese new year festivities (in other words, stuffing ourselves with new year goodies) by paying wendy at visit at her place. we slugged around on her couch, spending half the afternoon talking about tv shows which had me feeling almost left out-and i thought i was some sort of a tv queen in my own rights! there really are more hardcore TV Queens out there whom i must relinquish the remote control to. i'm pretty sure ade knows every show possible out there. we left her place for sakae's at westmall & spent the whole time clowning away about weekiat bosses (pun intended), real boobs that one can test by plunging chopsticks at oneself (let's call it the chopstick test) & how to sell banking products to heartland hokkien grannies (ie by snatching their thumbs). it was really hilarious & we were just like a bunch of hyenas which would have probably cause a lot of raised eyebrows from the people doing the last lo hei of the year.

after that i went to find the boy for dim sum at geylang. it was the first time i went there for the dim sum & ooh, it was so good. not fantastic but the chee cheong fun was so nicely seasoned i couldn't resist & that coming from someone who doesn't really dig chee cheong funs, speaks a lot. and it was so cool cos while we were finding lots we saw the last bit of the traditional procession that brings the last bit of festive cheer for everybody. i really love noisy chinese affairs, like going to chinatown & river hong bao (not on supercrowdeduntilcantbreathe days of course)

i'm in such unbelievably good spirits today after meeting the girls. it's amazing but the dynamics of all of us put together is just KABOOM! like-minded girls who are ever ready to laugh at ourselves & dig out the snoops of our fellow mates or just mindless banter about the loves of our lives, men(or can i say boys) in general & aspirations, worries of the New Undergraduate of the New Economy. we never run into awkward silences & are always giggling or laughing with food in our mouth (that's me!)

not missing someone doesn't mean you don't think about them anymore, but rather you've always kept them on your mind all this while.

2333

2007-03-03T23:25:00.000+08:00

today was basically a vast stretch of 24 hours which i've been trying to spend by doing nothing.
it was the 1st saturday of the year where i didn't have to go anywhere, do anything or meet anyone. i spent half the day eating copious amounts of food, running little errands like buying books/umbrella & developing photos (ugh). i'm rather pleased to say that i've landed myself with a pretty venetian red umbrella for the car. i've been wanting to get one but never got around to doing so & it just happened that we were stuck out of the car without one. and after all the errands, i self-appointed myself to be the chauffeur for anyone going anywhere because i didn't feel like staring at any screens (tv or computer) anymore! and i ended off the night devouring greasy fries, contented & wishing i never have to spend any more days like this.

going places

2007-03-03T19:44:00.000+08:00

i'm getting more and more confident with my driving and am actually going places now.
i used to find myself very much restricted by my lack of navigational skills, to the extent that i'd avoid these places altogether or leave my car parked comfortably at home whilst i squeeze with the millions of other commuters. there's really 101 excuses that a lousy driver can give- here are some classic:
i can't drive to town cos its one way & i wouldn't know how to get to taka if i'm on the opposite.
chinatown is too bustling full of delivery lorries and old carparks.
holland village is full of road diversions and ongoing construction works for the circle line.
maybe xyz's carpark too steep and i will roll back.

for the past few days, i've been going to places on my own, finding my own way & feeling very happy about proving myself wrong.
i've been to chomp chomp/serangoon gardens and back via the PIE/CTE/AYE, and finding my way there from kallang way. and not feeling nervous about losing my way. there was this inner peace within me, months ago, i would have just bit my fingers and be very distressed.
i've drove from tampines back to my place alone. tampines, which i visit once a year during chinese new year.
i've made friends with Mr PIE and Mr CTE, byebye Mr AYE my life will not revolve around you alone anymore.

but all these would not have been possible without jianz help and constant berate. you know how guys get impatient at female drivers, especially lousy female drivers seated beside them. it was rather scary when i first got my license because i was just one scared chick behind the wheels, learning how to parallel and vertical park with him. and i hated it very much. i knew it was for my own good, because i really needed someone to push me, otherwise i would just keep repeating my mistakes, or worst, never venture out of my comfort zone. without him, i'd probably still be stuck using my car only in places i know. lookit me now, independent and fearless (sometimes lah)

despite the control & freedom, i still prefer being driven around now & then. the thing that sucks most now is that i rarely get to be his passenger anymore, boo to that.

catching up with friends

2007-03-03T19:25:00.000+08:00

is something one should do every now and then.

sometimes, i'm not exactly the social animal that goes around engaging in banter with virtually anyone you set sight on. most of the times, i don't hesistate to show my disdain for people who i find disgusting.
people say i should change. but i wonder, how they go about being so neutral and exceedingly warm towards people they feel no genuine love for. how? it's not like i don't try, but i find it so damn hard.
i guess, they are just treating people the way they want themselves to be treated and seriously, there's nothing wrong in that.
i always think that as long as i'm in my little world of real and genuine friends, nothing will happen. but then i realise that, this little bubble of a world that i exist in, gets thinner and thinner, and is ceasing to exist altogether.
i can easily muster that fakey "ooh so nice to see you,i'm working where and where, what about you,ooh your dress looks nice (while secretly wishing she would disappear from the face of the earth instantly or at least within my visible range)"
i should just stop judging people altogether. especially bad people. but i really can never, like proud and arrogant, conceited idiots.

ooh, im so angsty today. really, why let abovementioned proud, arrogant and conceited idiots ruin my perfect saturday!
**
on another note, i attended a housewarming party yesterday,friday and spent a very happy evening catching up with meilian, sylvia , ogl & minjia. it was nice, because i haven't talked to these people in ages and it was nice knowing that we're all connected one way or another. the food was superb (!!) & the music was great. EIC churned up lots of songs about love (apparently the theme of the night) and it was just so nice being in the outdoors in our comfortable bedroom slippers instead of some stuffy dining room. although, some people just looked a little bit weird in their nice shirts & fluffy bedroom slippers!

counting teabags

2007-02-27T15:39:00.000+08:00

turning into a teabag queen, scoffing down an average of 2 cups of tea every day- sometimes 3.

images of the way animals are being reared are frightening me. i hope they scare me enough to make me swear off meat! have always wanted to turn vegetarian, at least partly (the i'll-just-eat-fish-and-eggs kind) but never got around to doing it. excuses like im growing invariably surfaces each time i see delicious meat on the table. who can resist steamed oily chickens, KFC, sausages?!?

for now, i'll stick to abstaining from meat once a day each week.

ugly is the new beautiful

2007-02-26T21:34:00.000+08:00

while the stars busy themselves with outrageous hairdos and last minute collagen shots,
my monday consisted of just the following:
a very stuffed lunch, of steamed baskets of timsum (all paid for)
traipsing around the pots section looking at induction pots and what nots
and a longing to watch paris je t'aime

last drips of cny fun

2007-02-25T23:55:00.000+08:00

saturday's at grace's house was Incredibly Fun. the people who turned up were mostly from hall, expedition folks and some others. the food was great- so many dishes of nice chinese food like curry chicken, chicken soup, meatballs (hardly chinese) and hmm chicken wings, i think quite a lot of chicken was sacrificed for the party. and then there was yet another episode of superfunny gamblers playing blackjack. chong who insist on pressing on and trying to prove grace's "dogs will have bad luck at gambling table" theory wrong, but only succeeding in proving her right. and mary, the superdrama aunty from powergamblinghouse who stirs things up and is also super lucky. and kristian who was super superstitious. almost all the lucky charms in the house was taken out to faciliate the gamblers' luck. there was a talking golden pig who wishes you luck, and then the auspicious oranges fwahhh. i really had fun and it was nice that grace organises this year after year, this is already the 3rd year running. especially nice to see some of the older folks from hall whom i usually would not have met if not for this.

and then sunday was the lunch celebration of jianz paternal grandmother. i drove (tailgating jianz very closely haharrr) to tampines safra cos the event was at sakura there. the food was okay, nothing fantastic as compared to the sakura i've been to at toapayoh. the usual stuff like noodles, rice, baked salmons, raw salmons, abalone, sharksfinssoup, assorted teppanyaki, limited japanese offerings, ice cream, nice chocolate truffles though i couldn't find the vanilla ice cream puffs which i loved so much. it's quite stressful meeting his extended family though cos it's probably only my 2nd time meeting them, but it was still nice to be part of the big family hubbubs. i love big, chattering, noisy chinese families events like these. probably cos i never grew up really close to my relatives so its nice when you get together on these big events. after that, we headed to one of his uncle's house for cake cutting and that was where i met doudou the maltese which was very cute. he was chasing people who were running away from him and this aunty fell down after being chased by him round and round the stool!

something very trivial but im super amazed by- jianz paternal and maternal grandmother share the same birthday! haharr

big night out

2007-02-25T23:28:00.000+08:00

i usually scoffed at the idea of hitting the clubs on a weekend and knowing me, i am the sort who would enjoy herself 5 times more with a book in bed on a quiet saturday night. or at least the movies, or supper, or coffee - you get the idea.

hardly the party animal, i went ahead anyway to st james on the saturday that passed, and ended up getting drunk and puking all the expensive alchohol out. it was super fun though and we were enjoying ourselves at dragonfly's together with the live band there. there were lots of other sections, and we got lost a little bit where we wandered into the jazz section where a school uniform costume was going on (think ac uniform, convent girls)

it was a pretty expensive night though ($10 for a vodka pop!! fun stuff! put the coaster on and 'pop' it on the table!) and it was very interesting for me at the very least. i really ought to go out more often rather than hiding at home. i kind of like the atmosphere there, generally a older crowd and less rowdy and foolish than the typical teenyboopers.

jianz thinks im a bad drunk and an angry drunkard though. and he is probably never going to come out with us next time (or at least bring me out :(). we went as a group (me+jianz+jianz sister+jianz sister's bf+jianz cousin) and the 2 guys were having trouble looking after the bunch of drunkards unleashed.

it was so fun towards the end when we walked back to his house since it was only 3 stops away. and then there was a big slumberparty of sorts cos all 5 of us were too drunk to drive and bunked in at their house till the next day. pictures(from super cool and sharp cameraphone ooh) of drunkards next time!

there's a zit on my chin that i'm dying to pop.

2007-02-24T01:28:00.001+08:00

i love sappy korean movies, complete with sappy incomprehensible korean love songs that i find it hard to resist swaying to.
and i love how they always manage to find each other at the end, despite numerous cliched obstacles, ridiculously unreasonable parents & outofthisworld reasons that seperate them.

i was never a believer of love/love at first sight/soul mate etc and always firmly believe that i'd die alone and probably be in a club for spinsters when i'm 38 with a house, a dog and lots of potted plants which i shower my love on. never would i believe that i'd meet someone who i loved & loved me back. especially i'm so anti-social, critical of guys and their gross habits and bad smells.

and knowing me, i'm not that sort who'd give Love a try just because someone was interested in me. i always think it's a waste of everyone's time if you tried it out just to see if it would work. love is never like buying shoes. i'm snobbish that way.

but things turn around pretty quickly, even before i realised it i was walking right into a relationship without me ever predicting or forseeing it. and i guess, that's the beauty of love. it lands on you when you least expect it. the magic of it all completely took me by surprise and i could hardly believe my luck. me? with a guy i love and who loves me back? how is it possible man!!? come on!

so now, when i meet friends who complain about being single and being bugged by kaypoh relatives, i just know that they will one day meet someone they love and believe in love eventually.

its friday night & i have nowhere to go

2007-02-24T01:07:00.000+08:00

01) What is the phone brand?Nokia 7260
02) What are the last 3 digits of your mobile number?694
03) What does the 2nd message in your inbox say?sorry hor but my moles would like to issue a general press statement stating that they have no connections whatsoever with kukungsashimitempuraudon (jianz)
04) Who’s the first person who comes up under the letter M?M
05) Who’s the last person you rang?my brother
06) Who was your last missed call from?my brother too
07) Who’s the 2nd person who comes up under D?david ong
08) What does the last message in your inbox say?No lah.. if u walk back alone i'm afraid you might scare other people mah :P hahaha why is the mushroom always invited to parties? (jianz)
09)Who comes up under J?jackson jami jeanettewee jeanette jean jemima jerraine jerry jessica jiali jialin jiayun jingshen jingyang jocelyn joey jolene joyce juliana julie
10) Go to your Sent Items - what does the 10th message say? dont keep sent messages
11) Who’s the 4th person who comes under S? shaoyong
12) Who’s your network provider?Starhub
13) How many messages are currently in your inbox?143
14) What do you have as your background?my picture
15) Who’s the 2nd person who comes up under R?raf
16) Who do you have on speed dial 3?dont store speed dials
17) If you’re on Pay as you Go, how much credit do you have?NA
18) Who’s the first person who comes up under C?car (??who is that??)
19) How many bars of signal do you currently have?full
20) What do you have as your main ringtone?Drag

lost in translation

2007-02-23T23:54:00.000+08:00

we caught yet another movie(letters from iwo jima)
the number of movies you watch is just a proportional indication of how free you are.
and indeed, i've been very free these days.
parking in town is veryyyy expensive.
we were tearing coupons like nobody's business.
i didn't even feel like walking around after that.
have developed a obsession with subway sandwiches-nothing better than cold cuts & veggies to detox.
we were supposed to go for a swim or jog at least after the dinner.
i packed my bags, stuffed with swimsuits (forgot the goggles!) and running gear & it had to rain.
driving in town is stressful. parking in town is even more stressful. lots of eye power and "is it mine or his ahhhh?"
i'm so stuffed from eating nothing and everything that no amount of green tea will help me.
tomorrow, carwash, develop prints & breakfast with brothers.
YEOW!!

fatt fatt fatt

2007-02-23T23:42:00.000+08:00

the chinese new year that went and passed was nothing spectacular to be frank. somehow, this year's festivities just didn't appear as I expected them to. I didn't do alot of visiting, just the obligatory ones & I was mostly off spending time with my friends. not to mention, bugged down by work which I procrasinated big time during the one week prior to the new year. i was busy typing away even before the steamboat dinner we had. there was the typical visit to my grandmother's, some aunty's place and also michelle's house for the e3+chong+jianz gathering where i lost money playing inbetween. risk-adverse people from me should not dabble with gambling, evil stuff! on the other hand, the boy is having lots of luck on the gambling table it seems! har har.

nothing makes me more gun cheong than the fact that i have not paid a visit to my boyfriend's parents! we have tried to match our timing, but he's always busy when i'm not, or else they're not at home which makes it such a pain in the ass to fix.

this weekend will be devoted to doing the chinesenewyear things-a visit to grace's house on saturday & jianz grandmother's birthday lunch on sunday (shudder:meet parents whom ive not visited formally yeow!!)

driving in circles

2007-02-21T01:32:00.000+08:00

its not like anything life-changing or earth-shattering happened, but the past few days has made me realise how important jianz is in my life.
we tiffed a little on the 1st day of new year (impatience of his,slow JT at mahjong & gahhh!) & the thing about me is i never can see myself settling down with a quick-tempered man so i was soo sure that's it for us. and then he called/smsed me and had this brilliant idea of me training him to be patient while he trains me to be a better navigator/driver (my driving skills or lack of are another of his pet peeve) and i felt so good about it because of him wanting to set things right and sticking around because he wants to.

so, on the 2nd day of the new year, we took the car out for some serious action which involved me going from his house to orchard 5 frickin' times (ohmygawd how is that possible you ask me) & then his house to city hall/bugis/chinatown 3 times. it was so cute of him, cos i think at my 3rd attempt & wrong turn into hoot kiam road, he seemed to be bubbling with frustration & yet trying to look like its all normal. i believe i was really trying his patience big time cos even i got pissed off with my lack of directional abilities. the thing about me is i tend to find it difficult to memorise things, how else 5 times!?!

after that, we headed to this italian restaurant which i wanted to surprise him with was closed! (even thought of blindfolds haha but he thinks JT+wheels+JZ+blindfold is Extremely Dangerous) so we went over to have indian naan at bukit timah.i always love chatting him up like hes a good platonic friend because i would like to think that even if we cease to exist as a couple, we would still hang out with each other like good ol friends, and so that was what we did over naan and spicy curry. we also spent the night guessing car models as they pass us by on the roadside. i can't believe its 2 years & im still absolutely smitten by him!

smoke gets in your eyes

2007-02-18T02:55:00.000+08:00

1. protege is nice, in meaningful way at least. the plot was nothing much to speak about though. which brings me to this, why would anyone want to watch Norbit!

2. i drove back from plaza singapura and i actually know the way. he still thinks im a kayu driver though. men & their expectations... they expect women to look good, have a killer body, can cook, can drive, have brains & some say boobies. i now know how to go ilynn's place, chinatown & kang ching road. not too bad! i so want to muster the guts to drive to town on my own & also geylang and all the tough one way parallel parking places.

3. is it me or does anyone else feel much better after watching "stars without makeup"?

4. its never too late to set the year's resolutions and here are mine:

*get my fitness back (swimming, running, the works etc)

*get better at cooking

*be 100% comfortable driving to anywhere

*and the usual ones each year like being patient & kind to the people around me

last year the focus was on being a better person, in terms of my personality. this year, i want to focus on the hard skills instead, stuff like driving & cooking - basically things that will be useful in life. and probably, these are enough to keep me busy the coming 300+ days!

to chinatown we go!

2007-02-17T15:15:00.000+08:00

what's chinese new year without a visit to chinatown?

so yesterday at 11pm, me+kukuboyfriend+his sister+his sister's boyfriend trotted down to chinatown for sightseeing & crowd-squeezing after i ended the play "a feast of fate" @ UCC.i drove to his place and we set off from there individually only to meet at the carpark in pearl centre. it was fun, because we were just there to soak in the atmosphere & trying to feel festive! we went to try the much-talked-about bratwurst sausages sold by this austrian man & it was nice, warm & freshly grilled although i think the ones i've had in school loses out by just a little bit cos it's not as hot. after that, we walked around a bit more (amongst shops seling huge pomelos, sweets, nuts) & went to have supper at cheng mun kee's. hee, nice fatty meat & meat ball soup! after that, we went back home whilst they went ahead with their midnight movie. we had wanted to catch one too but the next one was way too late & he had to wake up early the next day. Plan to catch one tonight yay!

Chinese new years are so fun after i have the kukuboyfriend in my life. there's the trips to chinatown, the midnight movies, and the trips to his & his grandmother's house yay. and at home, the festive decorations & flowers are up, the goodies too although we probably gonna stock up more later, and the yummy steamed chicken & rows of fried ngor heung wahhh.

PS: his sister sports a new shiny,diamond ring on her ring finger, teehee i hear wedding bells & her boyfriend's ears just turns red when we mentioned it.

bikini club

2007-02-15T23:23:00.000+08:00

I spent the entire day out catching a movie, shopping for bikinis & rounded up the night with a nice dinner at a japs outlet with my 2 favourite girls wendy and angeline. the movie (last king of scotland) was fantastic, very moving and somewhat terrifying - we were both trembling after that! am going to find the book though!

we started a search for bikinis after that due to someone's impending trip to a beach getaway mwahwha. what started as a trip to accompany her and boost her guts ended up with me leaving the shop with 1 halterpiece. sighhhs. well, i suppose i could see it as a commitment to my next beach trip. we tried 101 bikinis in various cuts,colors and styles which were supposed to be "flattering" for our body shape,and it was fun peeking out at each other and being ok about our body hangups. i have a super boyish frame, think small chest, nonexistent butt and waistline, and i'm surprised that i can actually deal with it.years ago, i would have cringed at myself and feel upset the whole day. probably it's lucky for me that the society is generally more tolerant towards skinny people so i don't get issues with my body hangups especially when i am on the skinny side. even though i hardly think its ideal, but rather just the way it is & if i cant change anything about it, the least i can do for myself is to be happy about it.

dinner was at a soba place- i had the chilled soba with assorted tempura, salmon sashimi & grilled mackerel (all my faves!) and dessert at PSBB after that was banana mango crumble. heavenly way to end the dinner, cept that i was too full after that to appreciate anything. but had a wonderful time spent talking about nuts and bolts.

and now staring at my new bikini, i just feel like i have to get back in shape soooon! after all the bak kwas of course.

wha?!

2007-02-15T11:03:00.000+08:00

was flipping through the papers this morning (ahh a luxury) when i saw the news that Uberburger has closed down.
not sure if its good or bad news that we no longer can dream of feasting on $101 wagyu beef (think massaged cows that drink copious amount of sakae/wine)

seriously, why would anyone pay $101 for a burger?! really baffling.

my little surprise

2007-02-14T17:42:00.000+08:00

feeling grumpy and bothered by the mountain pile of work i had to do, i went to take a short nap and was woken up by a call from jianz who asked me to meet him downstairs immediately. i woke up and hurriedly went down and he presented me with a little present mwaha which left me feeling really brightened because he is not one to shower gifts on the girlfriend, especially on valentines day! the only thing running through my mind now is heeeeeeeeeeeee. i especially like what he wrote for me inside the book, and the fact that he took time off his busy schedule to do something he usually wouldn't. *beams*

snip

2007-02-14T02:14:00.000+08:00

I went out and had my hair snipped off today. a trip to the hairdresser is like a form of therapy for me, although most of the time, it leaves me feeling supertraumatised in the wherehasallmyhairgone sort of way. today was no difference and i knew it was bad when i stared at myself in the rearview mirror and remembering the same moment when i looked, stared and then sat in my car crying many months ago. I had an awful haircut by my old hairdresser and i never returned to him again. he had his moments, days when i stepped out feeling good & bright - but that one haircut just destroyed any confidence i had in him. i've now switched to someone else but i still think i can find someone better. end of the day, i know i will never stop going to the hairdresser's each month because i crave for that feeling of being reborn when i step in and out as a different person.

now, where's the cap?

working from home

2007-02-14T01:43:00.000+08:00

requires a great amount of discipline.

That means no TV, no MSN chats.

I forsee sleepless nights. & needing many more soft doughy, chewey cheese pratas to keep me up.
**
the boy was also up till his neck with some big project that's due somewhere around his birthday in march. i tried to be a nice & supportive girlfriend by not bugging him too much (means no sms saying hello kuku how are you, i am blahblahblah/picking my nose/watchng tv)and being his personal chauffeur & also meals caterer.

okies back to work! booo.

donut surprise

2007-02-10T17:07:00.000+08:00

Got a lovely surprise on Thursday when my colleague, wl brought me TWO krispy kremes all the way from sydney. They were the orignal glazed ones which I love so much. I thought I was gonna convulse from the sheer pleasure of tucking my teeth into the rings, but I didn't. Sigh, one moment it was there and the next it was gone.

I was feeling so hyped up about donut factory, but it's probably gonna be overrated from what i've heard.

i heart krispy kreme.

the boyfriend had his 1st attempt at cooking porridge, and the weird concoction (drumsticks & mussels wha!?) ACTUALLY tasted better than I expected. But then again, I'm a sucker for porridge so any porridge is good porridge. But for now, I'm just going to look forward to his next cooking adventure (chicken soup next time) especially when I've been tasked to buy the chicken(!?!) He's got me all excited about cooking, probably I'll get one of those whims to start whipping something up. Been a long time since I baked as well.

I've had Japanese food twice this week.I think I'm turning Japanese soon if this carries on. Oh but don't we just love the sashimi, the little cups of silky tofu... Imagine it sliding down the throat. I'm such a glutton sometimes.

HOT lunch date

2007-02-08T00:39:00.000+08:00

The Nice Boyfriend came over to have lunch with me today. It's nice because he came all the way just for lunch, and not because he wanted to go somewhere near my office. Especially when men are creatures of convenience. (this shall be dealt with in detail later)

We emerged from piles and piles of trendy bugis village streetwear into the Hot & Even Hotter Bugis hawker centre which is known for good & cheap food. Naturally, we had kway chap (i am a woman of circumstances, but believe me, the kway chap is The Best I Ever Had,and Will Have). The kway was slippery smooth & melts in your mouth, and the soup with slight herbal taste, ahhh.

After that, he went to fix his flap-flap shoe with a cool & totally talented cobbler uncle by the roadside.

I am impressed by cobblers.

the one where we got locked out

2007-02-07T16:49:00.000+08:00

I simply cannot believe that i've been locked out for the 3rd time in my life on tuesday. we came back from our run only to discover an additional padlock on the grill which we did not have the key to. we panicked a little, cursed a lot before finding a phone & trotting over(jelly legs after run) to chong's (jianz best friend) place where we quenched our thirst, soothe our jellied legs & yours truly managed to get away with 4 books from his brother's impressive literary collection. the wonderful books i've laid my hands on! i think i can survive many weekends alone at home with this stash of books, hoho.

the great gatsby
mister god, this is anna
the accidental
the bookseller from kabul (which his journalist brother highly recommended yum)

and i just don't know what i would do if i got locked out for the 4th time in my life (choy!!!)

PS:i think people who read alot, are immensely charming.

anyway, the run was good. i can feel it getting better and better. the pace, the strides, & the intensity but still panting like there's no tomorrow. we dined in later on, since a twist of events resulted in his sister coming back with The Key & hence us joining her & his aunty for dinner at home. Dinner was yummy herbal soup, scallops+mussels, steamed fish & deepfried yam ring, downed with wine, chocolates & potato chips, rounded up by a game of scrabble. I suck at Scrabble. i only managed to come up with primary school words like "pie" and "cap" whilst words like "diver" and "latex" were splattered on the board.

m.b. (not wickedly expensive shoes)

2007-02-06T10:49:00.000+08:00

1. I woke up feeling like a zombie.
2. no more late night suppers! yesterday we headed all the way to bishan for kway chap (not a keen lover for animal intestines but bobian, the boy holds kway chap close to his heart & stomach, and i hold him close to my heart so i learn to eat kway chap too. the things i do for love.)
3. wore my chunkymod purple beads to work today & feel slightly better seeing them.
4. monday was a mixbag of feelings. i went to work with the classic case of monday blues(prolonged struggle on bed+reluctance to dress up+slow draggy steps) but along the way, little incidents came by and perked me up a little. i met beano on the way to work and it was nice chatting to her-who-went-hiding-god-knows-where. after that, still feeling bluey, me & colleagues decided to have japanese food for lunch. and if you know littlemissgreedy, nothing cheers her up like good ol' japanese food. and of course, throw in a hefty bill.
5. after work, i headed to suntec with my colleague for a teeny bit of retail therapy. went to spy on a pair of red shoes (mwaha) that i was eyeing, and bought mouthwash & body gel. shopping for the domesticated, me like.
6. and today, i met chuanhui on the way to work. wheee, definitely nice having someone to go to work with.

where's the rewind button

2007-02-04T20:51:00.000+08:00

I wished I could go back to simpler days where live revolved around shoelaces, ugly backpacks, fast food, truancy & pimples. The glorious days of adolescence!

Now.

It's all about supercheem stuff like personal finances, multiple bank accounts, cards, loans, tax, bonus. Instead of getting money from our mommies & daddies, it's giving them money. Nothing wrong with that, but indeed, times have changed and pimples are now termed blemishes for us. I don't want to know what lies in store for me at 23, 25, 26, 27.

Okkkkayy, bedtime.

new ride

2007-02-04T18:20:00.000+08:00

Things are going to change around here.
New bills to pay.New convenience. New lifestyle.

A book so moving, The Memory Keeper's Daughter

This stunning novel begins on a winter night in 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy, but the doctor immediately recognises that his daughter has Down syndrome. For motives he tells himself are good, he makes a split-second decision that will haunt all their lives forever. He asks his nurse, Caroline, to take the baby away to an institution. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child as her own.

excitement not guaranteed

2007-02-04T16:37:00.000+08:00

I spent the entire weekend doing nothing exciting.
No bungee jumps, no dancing, no drinking, no speeding.
Kosong. Zero. Zilch.

On Saturday night, I turned down my boyfriend's kind invitation to go St James with him, and spent the night snoozing on my couch while watching TV. I woke up, watched some more TV, read a few chapters of my new book (The memory keeper's daughter) & promptly fell asleep. Ahh, life's little pleasures come in various forms. One day, I walked in & saw my little brother sitting on the bed with a book in hand (Why do men have nipples) and a cup of milk placed neatly on the stool beside him together with a hotdog. It didn't looked grand but i could tell he was obviously enjoying himself. That's just the way I am as well, I'm pretty contented staying at home the entire weekend reading books, watching TV, DVDs & sleeping. Once in a while, a nice dinner here & there would do. But otherwise, a cup of malted milk, some TimTams & a good book would do just fine thankyouverymuch.

But i really ought to act my age rather than the speed limit sometimes. Otherwise, I'm gonna turn out to be one of those old ladies who have redpurple hair and behave like they're young when all's too late.

a book a day

2007-02-02T12:32:00.000+08:00

Here's a list of the books I've read in 2006, mainly during the long vacation.

A long way down - Nick Hornby
Shanghai baby - Wei Hui
The Bondmaid - Catherine Lim
Following the wrong god home - Catherine Lim
When you look like your passport photo, it's time to go home - Erma Bombeck
Vengeance, the true story of an Israeli counter-terrorist team - George Jonas
Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Screw it, let's do it - Richard Branson
One business, 99 lessons - Nanz Chong
Whatever you think, think the opposite - Paul Arden
It's not how good you are, it's how good you want to be - Paul Arden
Marley & Me - John Grogan
The kiterunner - Khaled Hosseini
Slow man - J. M. Coetzee

running sesh

2007-01-30T22:36:00.000+08:00

Today's run was great, quite simply the best out of 3 sessions cos my knee wasn't hurting as much (thanks to proper stretches & me channeling the impact off the knees but onto the thighs) & the pace was comfortable. Felt great after that even though I wasn't sweating much! Probably need to increase the distance to be effective!

Introducing my running buddy to you!

As usual, it was time to hit the hawker centres (maxwell this time) after shower. We were both aiming for the porridge stall but it was closed. I had grilled fish (butter & lemon grill) & prawn dumplings meekia for dinner, followed by a portion of hashima+longan+fungus shared with Jianz. After that, the boyfriend was a darling and sent me home at the expense of his new-drama-of-the-moment. And priceless is having him hold your hand while you fall asleep during the ride. A peck, a goodbye & a slamming of the door - that's all it took before we were seperated again. Not one to sound like a superglue girlfriend, but I really miss spending time with him these days. He's been busy with his FYP report these days & we haven't had time for quality sessions except for the weekly run. But I know that's a big commitment on his part since his week is usually packed with his own events. Well! I'm happy now at least because you tend to notice how things were taken for granted only when they're gone. Time is a luxury that we both can no longer afford.

PS: someone needs new shoes,flap flap & it threatened to come off on the way back.

For that special someone

2007-01-29T23:40:00.000+08:00

My newest pasttime (shopping doi) saw me rampaging the stores for the perfect satin top. And that, well, was the end of my point. Making unsupported sentences is one of my forte, sentences that make you go: huh, so what is it that you want to say again?

Decided that it wasn't too early to start shopping for the Valentines Day Gift so as I saw a nice little photo album in Prints, I knew I had to get it for one of the dearest person in my life (the others include beloved ex-hamster, little brother etc) As the years pass, I find it harder and harder to gather my creative juices and get my "crafty" hands together,and just sit down and think of what to make and actually go about doing it. Well, this year I'm not going to let that be an excuse! Seems to me that most relationships are short-lived and its better to realise that you are able to do things for the one you love before the moment is over and people has moved on to new phases in their life. Such negative thoughts are obviously unhealthy for the relationship but I need morbid thoughts before I learn to cherish someone or somethings in my life. Hunted high & low before I found the perfect album, in terms of color and design. I didnt think he would like girly prints, psychedelic stripes found all over the shop, and it was hard to find something manly, classy and simple at the same time. Is it me, or are the price tags at Prints totally unhelpful? I had to ask the shop assistant every time I spotted something new and of potential. Eventually, I settled on a simple & clean black album with classy emboss all over.

A sneak peak.

PS:Will post pictures of final album when done! Stay tuned!

And, is it too late to learn the simple truths of love after 2 years of being in a relationship? Because I've only got to recently understand the meaning of 2 lessons in love.

#1 "If you love someone, you got to accept all their flaws"

#2 "Love is unconditional & does not require anything in return"

All geared up

2007-01-29T22:53:00.000+08:00

1st day back at work and the Monday blues were chased away with a piece of good news from the office.

Might have a possibility of working from home somewhere in February!

I am looking forward to February, very much!

PS: have already made plans of things to do in that 5 weekdays!

Bountiful

2007-01-28T18:06:00.000+08:00

In between getting sick & pretending that I'm not that sick, I've been doing some online shopping!
Cheers me up big time.

Bought a necklace (think gold puffy heart) & tshirt from abercrombie.

Is it just me, or does every graduate who's just stepped into the working world miss wearing casual?

Tshirts, puffy shorts, tank tops, flashy slippers, cute clutches!

Shopping for necklaces for a friend's birthday & trying to find cute studs.

hello immunity!

2007-01-28T17:36:00.000+08:00

After 4 days (holymoley!!) of rest, I finally feel fighting fit! Fit and ready for... work!
I was still feeling a little bit awful yesterday, especially after tuition & then rushing off back to school to get some stuff from Mary's room. But then, a sleep & many gallons of hydrating fluids later, I feel A-okay! Good to go, and didn't feel too cold on the bus just now.

It's amazing what rest can do for me.

I've been terribly bored at one time or another, but it isn't too bad because I've got the TV, the internet, games like Text Twist & Diner Dash, and the 2 brothers to entertain me with (not to mention fight with me for the computer haha)

What's a bout of sickness without plenty of nutrition & food for the upsized littlemissgreedy?

I've been averaging about 4 meals a day (which is lesser than normal) & accumulating some flubber around my belly area. Result: have taken brother's advice to do leg raises, ha and go to the gym with them next weekend!
PS: leg raises are evil, now I have a stiff & painful stomach.

Yes, another meme...

2007-01-26T20:48:00.000+08:00

1. My ex is: noone.
2. Maybe I should: have taken a degree in Journalism.
3. I love: Krispy Kreme donuts.
4. I don’t understand: why people can adopt such a "can't care less" attitude towards recycling.
5. I lose: memories pretty fast.
6. People say I’m: impatient & wacky.
7. Love is: something mostly intangible.
8. Somewhere, someone is: running away from bullets.
9. I will always: forget to floss my teeth.
10. Forever is: a word that appears in fairytales.
11. I never want to: smell bad.
12. I think the current US President: is someone very irresponsible.
13. When I wake up in the morning: I pull the comforter closer.
14. My past was: a blur mix of people and places.
15. I get annoyed when: people behave like they think with their wrist.
16. Parties are for: people to unwind.
17. My dog is: hopefully a golden retriever next time when I have my own place.
18. My cat is: is... what cat?
19. Kisses are the best when: they are given by someone you love!
20. Tomorrow: I hope to have bittergourd soup.
21. I really want: to be a more patient person.
22. I have low tolerance for people who: are irresponsible or rude!

Because there isn't anything to watch on TV

2007-01-26T19:58:00.000+08:00

10 Favorites
Favorite season: Spring
Favorite color: Green
Favorite time: Night/Evening
Favorite food: Mexican
Favorite drink: Hot green tea
Favorite ice cream: Chunky Monkey
Favorite place: Home
Favorite sport: Swimming
Favorite actor: Either Andy Lau or Johnny Depp
Favorite actress: Nicole Kidman

Currents
Current feeling: Tired
Current drink: Hot green tea
Current time: 8:08pm
Current show on TV: Some variety show
Current mobile used: Nokia 7260
Current windows open: Gmail & MSN
Current underwear: Plain black haha!
Current clothes: Navy blue shorts & t shirt
Current thought: Shall I go have dinner?

8 Firsts
First nickname: Jeng
First kiss: Hmm 2005
First crush: Can't remember
First best friend: Can't remember
First vehicle I drove: Mini clubman (1979)
First job: Waitress @ Mexican restaurant
First date: Can't remember!
First pet: Hamster

7 Lasts
Last drink: Mocha latte @ Food Barn
Last kiss: Last Saturday
Last meal: Bread with runny eggs
Last website visited: Gmail
Last movie watched: Borat
Last phone call: Can't remember
Last TV Show watched: News

6 Have you evers
Have you ever broken the law: Definitely
Have you ever been drunk: Yes
Have you ever kissed someone you didn’t know: No
Have you ever been close to gun fire: No
Have you ever skinny dipped: No
Have you ever broken anyones heart: Don't think so

5 Things
5 things you can hear right now: TV, Mom, Brother, Dad, stomach growling
5 things on your bed: Bolster, pillow, comforter, clothes, handbag
5 things you ate today: Fish dumpling hor fun, bread with eggs
5 things you can’t live without: Phone, Books, MP3 player, Keys, Sunscreen
5 things you do when you get bored: Talk to myself, Go online, Eat, SMS

4 Places you have been today: NOL, Food Barn, Jianz house, Home
3 Things on your desk right now: Calculator, earphones, Double sided tape
2 Choices
Black or White: Black
Hot or Cold: Hot
1 Place you want to visit: Spain

The one about dancing

2007-01-26T19:55:00.000+08:00

[traveller's dreams] dreaming a dreamer's dream. says: matt dance very well loh

[traveller's dreams] dreaming a dreamer's dream. says: he can control his body parts

upsized JT says: hahahah hahhahahha

upsized JT says: control body part

upsized JT says: den i think CE lost his remote control

[traveller's dreams] dreaming a dreamer's dream. says: remote control for?

upsized JT says: to control his body parts

[traveller's dreams] dreaming a dreamer's dream. says: !!

Trivial Queen

2007-01-26T19:54:00.000+08:00

im down with a bad sorethroat and took the day off!

its not such a bad thing, because i actually get to rest. walking around in my pyjamas and track pants, eating porridge with gasp roast duck & prawn fritters (haha better dont like jianz see this), & just aimlessly surfing the net. will probably watch the rest of my shows later! not too bad eh. but i'm achy all over! and i cant think clearly. wonder how i am going to sit for the written test on friday... come to think of it, i feel sleepy already... ** me and the also-sick ilynn went to west mall yesterday for TF shopping. haha. we were both sick & tired, but we still had to go shop no matter what. and after that, i came home with alot of food. i lovveeee pasta mania's potato salad! so creamy & nice.

my latest interest is reading up on trivial facts. haha. stuff like what is the color of the baby white whale yada yada. in amazingly high spirits today despite being sick.

Eating a horse

2007-01-26T19:53:00.000+08:00

i have a insatiable appetite.

after the run yesterday, we were at chinatown temporary market & its not the old, bustling feeling anymore.anyway, before i digress further. i am appalled by how much i ate for dinner and breakfast today. we shared a big claypot rice between the two of us, and by sharing, i mean we each had 3 bowls (standard small plastic bowl), and half a porcelain jar of watercress soup, and -some credit to myself- a plate of char kway teow all by myself. and to top it off, i drank a big bowl of black bean soup when i went home. i was so full i had problems falling asleep even though exercise & food makes for a very drowsy JT usually.well, and if it didnt scare me enough, i bought a packet of chicken rice & a soy bean drink for breakfast this morning at 915am. and just as i am typing all these, 30 mins later i will be heading out for lunch. there you go, the journey of a girl with a voracious appetite for life and all things yummy.

i have a feeling many of the recently acquired work skirts may not fit me in time to come.

First try @ cooking

2007-01-26T19:52:00.000+08:00

Today's menu
Steamed promfret teochew style
Bittergourd with egg
Pork with ginger-spring onion

Didnt do much today though, bulk was done by Big chef otherwise known as Papa. Sliced the bittergourd, pork & fried them. The fish is still a challenge though. Had jianz over for lunch today. We sat around reading papers, watching tv, playing games for a while before heading out for lessons. Niceeee. We should do more of this! In the evening, the entire family headed out for a wedding dinner at Dragon Gate restaurant. I really loved the steamed fish and or-ni. Proud to be teochew! kay, konkout work tomorrow.

Remembering Hong Kong

2007-01-26T19:50:00.000+08:00

Of us on the plane (cathay airlines)
The famous Hong Kong nightlife (not complete without the red cab)
Boarding the Tram (going up The Peak)
On the sleigh @ Ocean Park

**
Ocean Park was fun! The dolphin/seal show there was very entertaining. Plus we got to see jellyfishes up close. A pity I didn't go up the rides. They have all these cool escalators running throughout the park, and it was such a godsend. After I've been to Hong Kong, I've come to view escalators in a entirely different light. Best invention of mankind methinks! There wasnt any pictures of us in Shenzhen. Basically just lots of shopping, and lots of chinafolks. Ha ha. And a wary JT of course. One night we went to a fancy Shanghai restaurant with Isabel's friends from Hong Kong. Yummy little dragon dumplings (haha potstickers at maxwell market), some slab of pork with fatty meat (ooh iloveit) & some abacus thingy which I've seen before in Singapore.
Alright, enough about food. Making me hungry. Which cannot be, because I just ate KFC fries. -_-

Glorious food

2007-01-26T19:48:00.000+08:00

Looking at all these pictures bring back fond memories of my round and purely satisfied tummy during the few days that I was there. :) The donuts were absolutely sinful, and we had one every morning while walking to Central MTR station, where we would thereafter head to somewhere for breakfast (like toast, sausages, scrambled eggs, hot lemon honey tea) I remember the cold icy air hitting my face the minute we stepped out of our apartment's lobby, feeling so comfortably bundled up yet immediately shoving my hands into my pockets. The slow trek up and down the slopes where old women sold vegetables in big wooden stalls or on the floor. Past ubiquitous cafes selling italian & other fanfare. The 1st dim sum we had, was meant to be famous as it was featured before, but turned out a little bit strange. We finally had the yummy dim sum at a big restaurant, and the mango pudding there was 100% fresh & natural. My fantasy with pork chop noodles- I had it straight for a few meals. ha ha. Plain pleasure. I regret not buying back more donuts. Bought 2 boxes back (1 dozen) but 1 box was snapped up by the boyfriend (smart chap)! And the weird squid we had at Ocean Park. Ha ha, just weird.

Endorphins for you & me

2007-01-26T19:45:00.000+08:00

Running was good- I felt brand new right after the warm shower and dinner. Like TheRightTrainer says, its the release of endorphins lah. Seems like I will continue paying my dues to TheRightGym (muhaha)! Certainly feels good having a workout which has been procrasinated for about 3 months. Yikes, that's how bad it gets. 3 months. What is a young, active person like me rotting and slugging around for 3 whole months with not one single strenuous activity (besides the rapid clicking of my mouse or remote control of course).

We drove out for dinner after that at Maxwell market. Went to find the ever-elusive hokkien mee but ended up with almost-famous curry chicken noodles in the end. Not a fan of curry chicken noodles me. Gravy too thick, and definitely too oily for me to taste anything besides the slippery feeling, but i loved the cheekens. Give me laksa any day! And, did I mention The Zitz I've developed just after the past few weeks of feasting around and near Liang Seah Street? It's famous fish beehoon/tom yum/tze char/duck noodles every day. And its taken a toll on my skin. Yikes. Can't even bother to slap on moisturiser at night, the moisturiserisnotgoodforoilyskin is too good to be untrue.

Me like tuesdays. Sweat grunt, squeaky clean & famished, full & comfortably drowsy. Comfortable date with the boyfriend, no rapid heartbits or fluttery stomachs, just holding that warm pair of hands, knowing that it was time well spent. Me like Tuesdays a lot!And yes, plans to expand the route are in the talks!

Ice cream?

2007-01-26T19:44:00.000+08:00

Am thinking of bringing the boyfriend to a ice cream parlour (ooh so old school) for some wicked & dangerous scoops of ice cream. Love doing things like these. So spontaneous, and for the moment. But 2007, and I have come to realised that the true and best form of Love, is not one that seeks excitement, not one where lots of dates, good dining and affection is involved. But rather, a quiet and often, unnoticed form. True love is not always happening at the most exciting of places, but it is mostly there, just perhaps I have not noticed it thus far. I feel guilty for often wanting to throw love out of the window in pursuit of something more tangible.