Tohya

Long time no post

2009-01-11T12:59:00.004+08:00

Haha! I've been too busy on Facebook... in fact, most my my notes on Facebook are analogous to my blog entries. I should find time to post them here. Anyway, this is my latest acquisition... Tokidoki x Onitsuka Tiger!

Lessons learnt from The Little Nyonya

2009-01-05T13:02:00.000+08:00

1. It's ok to be an SPG*, cos, she really wears one!
2. 就因为我们出生低微，所以不能笨笨地把好料给别人。把陈

奚打发掉，红毛那个我自己上！
3. It's not my fault that I am gorgeous and 盈步婀娜，blame those horny guys for thinking with their dumbstick!
4. Why would I need to learn to cook? Refer to lesson 3.
5. 人家对我们不仁，我们应该用同样的方式对待他们。以牙还牙。月娘啊，你麽麽没教你，你也该自己学阿!笨到。。。
6. On the other hand, if I really like 陈奚, I should have just ran off to England with him. F everyone else and their mouth!
7. 珍珠和月娘应该做BFF** 因为两个都是SPG!

That's all I can think of for now... :-/

*Sarong Party Girl
**Best Friends Forever

New Year resolutions I will break

2008-12-28T13:09:00.000+08:00

Everyone is making new year resolutions right now, so I thought I'd do up a list of new year resolutions that is pretty much meaningless and that I will never achieve. Hahaha....

1. I will be more patient.
2. I will stop bitching.
3. I will stop using a spoon to eat peanut butter.
4. I will stop eating chocolate.
5. I will stop correcting people's english.
6. I will start working really hard.
7. I will cut my hair really short.
8. I will stop spending money.
9. I will stop being judgmental.
10. I will stop collecting dolls.

Muahahahah I almost fell off my chair when I made the list. Hahahahah!

Thoughts and feelings

2008-12-18T13:09:00.000+08:00

As the year and my two weeks' holiday draws to a close, I keep thinking about many things, to the point where I suddenly feel depressed. I think I feel depressed cos my holiday is coming to an end and I spent 5 days of those two weeks nursing a horrible illness that I have never gotten in such magnitude. And I am still coughing and having a throat that hurts like a bitch.

And my dolly friend is leaving for the US soon. Good part is, my Coach purchases and dolly purchases 终于有着洛了！The bad part is, there will be no one for me to call during office hours when I need to bitch for 5 seconds (or maybe more) and to share dolly news etc. It is only for one year though, next X'mas 阿桃的妈妈 will be back in SG :)

Wish my holiday can continue on and on but I know that will not be possible, I will have to start work soon. Just wish soon would not be THAT soon. Haha!

What have I achieved this year? Other than infuriating traders and annoying my family and co-workers? Hmmm hardly anything else :-p I am not a very ambitious person where work is concerned, so I hardly ever set targets for myself. I would rather succeed in life in other ways. Different people have different ways of achieving fulfillment in life, and mine is quite simple: to be happy.

What makes me happy?
- The doorbell ringing and my parcel being delivered.
- Being able to have uninterrupted sleep till the morning when I wake up on my own.
- Receiving emails/calls etc asking how I am :)
- Being loved/being in people's thoughts in a pleasant way.
- People asking me things/confiding in me because they trust me.
- Making people around me happy.
- Lying in bed watching one movie after another in high-definition.
- Reading fashion magazines one after another and remembering the outfits celebs wear to premieres.
- Being in tip top shape/health.
- Everyone around me being in tip top shape/health.
- World peace. This one is less important to me, but should be important to everyone.

See? Not everything in my list has to do with $$$$$$$ de ok! There's no LV/Prada/Gucci/Burberry Black Label in the list! Those are tangible, transient things in life. They make you happy, but they don't keep you happy. You need to live a happy life before you can be considered happy.

Do not save me!

2008-12-17T13:10:00.000+08:00

The fever I've had in the past four days set me thinking... if my fever got so bad that I lose consciousness or my brain gets damaged from it, what do I want the people around me to do? Try their best to resuscitate me? Or just let me go?

I think I prefer them to just let me go if the chances are pretty high that I will not regain consciousness. I don't even need 'beyond reasonable doubt'. Cos I watched the show on TV which Christopher Lee hosted abt the girl who had fever and fits and a viral infection that affected her brain... she is totally dependent on people for all of her basic needs etc. I mean, I admire the family's courage to keep going and not losing hope, but I told my mum the other day when I was having fever that if it ever came to that situation, just let me go. Do not waste time and money trying to keep me or a shell of me alive.

She said I never write a will and there are no witness leh. But I wrote a note here and all of you read it so all of you can be my witness :D

I DO NOT WANT TO BE RESUSCITATED IF I AM A PIECE OF CAI SIM. DO NOT SAVE ME.

My complexion is none of your business?

2008-12-08T13:11:00.000+08:00

So, I was going to groom my brows yesterday in anticipation for Annie's wedding, because I don't want two gargantuan caterpillars framing my face when I am there. I dropped by Browhaus cos I signed a package with them for threading.

When I reached there, this lady (I assume she is from China from her accent) attended to me. Whilst she was yanking away at my hirsute and unruly brows, she commented that I have (had, I extracted it haha) a pimple above my brow. I said ok I'll get rid of it when I am home. For a while she said nothing more, then out of a sudden she handed me a mirror and let it rip! Started saying how bad my complexion is, how I have shit stuck in my pores etc. then started asking me what sort of cleanser I was using... I seriously thought she was being concerned, until she started saying she has a good cleaner etc for me.

From there I realised that she was pimping her goods. How could I be so dense and not see through the sales technique at the first stage??? Dammit! I told her my skin is breaking out due to stress, then she retorted that I should not make excuses for my sloppy skincare regime. Chao chee bye!!!!!! I was fuming inside but my brows were at her mercy, so I just smiled and pretended to be nice. I am never nice, just so you know. -_-

Anyway, she did a good job with the brows, but I was 'inspired' enough by her sales technique that I decided to drop her management a letter. And here is how it goes:

"Hello,

Today, I was at one of your outlets in the town area for brow threading. The lady who threaded my brows was good at what she is doing, but she was hardselling your facial products.

Within 15 minutes, I heard that my complexion was bad at least 5 times. I understand that she is trying to sell her facial cleanser that is made with natural botanical (which botanical product is not natural? hmmm...) extracts etc etc that can supposedly improve my skin condition... but I feel that is absolutely no need to let me know that my complexion is no good cos I am living with it on a daily basis so I would know.

If a facial product really can solve my skin problems then it would be a miracle. But you and I both know that ain't going to happen, so maybe your staff can improve on their selling technique with a different angle... the 'breaking down the self esteem' method might not work for everyone.

I do not want to name anyone because I don't want the staff to get into trouble, and in this trying economic situation, I do not want to contribute adversely to anybody's gainful employment.

Regards,
xx"

I mentioned that I would not name her, but if they asked a second time I would! Hahahah!

Update: I received a reply!

Thanks for taking the time out to write us your feedback regarding your visit to Browhaus; we appreciate your time!

On behalf of our staff from Browhaus, do accept our sincerest apologies over the unpleasant incident that you experienced during your most recent visit with Browhaus on 8 December 2008. The sudden decrease in service standards are appalling and we're equally upset over what has happened. Do allow us one working day to thoroughly investigate the matter with the staff involved, and I will get back to you by Wednesday, 10 December 2008.

Once again, I’d like to apologize for the inconveniences that we’ve caused. We hope to be of assistance for you. In the meantime, should you have any further feedback, please do not hesitate to contact me in the near future, thanks and have a pleasant day ahead.

It's not even 8 Dec lor... it's 7 Dec... the time stamp on my email is 8 Dec 2008 12.40AM

Random useful useless information

2008-09-04T13:12:00.000+08:00

Recently I encountered a lot of silly incidents that made me find out about a lot of information. I will just list them down, you may find them useful someday :)

The cash deposit machines only accept $5 as the smallest note. $2 is not accepted. $100 is the biggest note that they accept, $1000 is not accepted.

If you rip your fingernail from the nail bed, it will bleed and be displaced, but eventually it will grow back and form the natural nail line. It may take up to two weeks though.

You can open a postal savings account if you are a visitor in Japan. But you cannot use it to pay for your Yahoo! Japan auctions because they don't have bank transfer agreement with the rest of the banks in Japan. :-(

A friend was asking why we cannot be richer. I find that it is a paradox... when you are not rich, you have relatively more time to yourself, and therefore you will want money to enjoy yourself. So you find a better paying job. But that will usually mean you have to put in extra hours in the office. So yes, you are earning more money, but you don't have time to enjoy the money anymore. What the hell?

If you have a UOB Visa card and you want to send parcels overseas at Singpost, make sure they give you 10% discount!

Door 14 from Novena MRT station will successfully get you to the exact point where the elevator is when you reach Clementi MRT station.

Bus 961 goes from Bukit Timah Shopping Centre to People's Park.

Bus 175 goes to Depot Road and Great World City.

Bus 188 Goes to IMM direct and Choa Chu Kang. But it takes about 45 minutes to reach CCK from AYE.

The counterpart for Singpost in Netherlands is GLS Netherlands, not TNT Post. Don't go calling TNT Post in Netherlands for help if you have an undelivered parcel, cos they are entirely useless and don't even tell you that they don't handle mails and parcels from Singpost. Fucktards.

Fastest way back from Novena to West Coast is to take CTE and then AYE. BKE/PIE cost much much more.

Any more? Please add by commenting! :)

2008-07-24T19:41:00.002+08:00

Going home by taxi
5.35pm - Leave office, stroll to Novena Square. Go to Celio to try a cap.

5.45pm - Stroll to the taxi stand, board taxi, give directions, lie back and relax

6.10pm - Reach home happy contented and cool :)

Going home by public transport
5.26pm - Rush off from office for the lift. Walk briskly in the underpass, run for the escalator at Novena MRT station.

5.33pm - Board the packed train with no seat. Stand and smell Eau De ABNN.

5.43pm - Reach Raffles Place MRT station. Watch in dismay as the connecting train door closes and leave just as your fucking train door opens. Wait another 4 minutes for next train.

5.47pm - Board connecting train. Stands really near the exit ALL THE TIME so I can alight without jostling with a million people. Train stops a million times. 5 million people rushes in from various stops. Train door closes, pause, open train door, sound signal to close train door, close train door and train moves again. Stops at Buona Vista station for an eternity, close train door, open train door, sound signal to close door then close door again. Listens to a brat scream, blows ear piercing whistle, listen to someone else's ear phone blasting heavy metal music, share poles with an auntie who keeps inching towards my already non existent personal space, listen to a mundane conversation between two Chinese Nationals about the term "catching a movie", looks at the hairy pits of a woman wearing sleeveless blouse, cringes and recoils in horror. Repeat the last step 5 times.

6.13pm - Reaches Clementi Station. Jostles with a mad man who wants to rush inside the train even before the passengers alight. Scolds the man "U SIAO SIBOH!!?!?" before pushing myself out of the train. Rushes down the escalator.

6.12pm - Watches in dismay as my connecting bus leaves the bus stop. Wait another 6 minutes for the bus to arrive. Jostle up the bus with a kiasu auntie who slides in front of me to board the bus to plant her saggy ass onto her favourite seat.

6.22pm - Finally reach my bus stop. Totally drained from all the drama on the journey home. Feel rattled and unerved.

6.28pm - Finally reaches home. All worn out and sweaty from the battle.

Save the environment by taking public transport? Fuck the environment lah!! My sanity is more important ok!?!?! I am taking taxis as often as I can. Sorry Gaea, unless you suck all the remaining droplets of fossil fuel from your womb, I am going to drive and take taxis whenever I can! Public transport here just sucks so much ass!

I just watched Casino Royale

2008-07-13T10:26:00.003+08:00

Yah I know I'm like slowwwwwwwwww.... but damn, was that a good movie or what? I winced everytime his balls got whacked in the scene below o_O it just looks SO painful you know. Haha!

And Vesper Lynd aka Eva Green... wow she is soooo pretty! I love her outfit when she walked into the casino and kissed Bond.

Wedding

2008-06-29T12:02:00.001+08:00

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Originally uploaded by weixianfongling

Yesterday was Gary and May's solemnisation ceremony, and I was tasked with taking their photos. I am quite pleased with the results of the photos, and enjoyed the photoshoot. :)

Go Speed Racer!

2008-05-11T16:56:00.001+08:00

I got this pair of shoes. They are from Puma. Even the soles are pretty! I've watched the movie and it's super awesome!

Yummy food!

2008-04-21T20:06:00.002+08:00

Last Sat, my cousin and I went to Haig Road to try the food from the stall owner who enlisted the help of a chef to spruce up his menu. Quite tasty I must say! :)

This is the chicken chop rice set. only S$4.00!

This is the dish that attracted me when I saw it on tv. It's pork chop, but the moment you cut it open, cheese will ooze out and you can see a layer of ham inside too. Heaven! S$6.00

Before that, on Friday, I was at Jurong East Central. They serve pretty good Japanese food at very affordable prices!

Chicken Don set with egg at $4.00

This is the curry rice set with chicken and fish fillet. S$4.00 too!!

Yummy food at great prices, I love!

New Phone! :)

2008-04-05T09:30:00.001+08:00

Bought on 31 Mar 2008. My previous phone was bought on 26 Dec 2007. I'm officially a handphone slut!

New hair :-D

2008-03-30T23:10:00.003+08:00

Ahhh... I am one step closer to Japan... well sort of. Haha! I got my hair cut by a Japanese hairstylist. It was a fun experience. I did not know whether Yohei can speak English, so I took a photo of the hairstyle from a Japanese magazine into my phone and showed it to him when I was there. Turned out he can speak pretty good English! I did wish I can speak better Japanese though, he asked me who recommended me to him , and I should have said とみだち, but I said my friend. Haha!

Anyway, he was pretty good too, and everything was finished within an hour. His assistant washed and blow dry my hair, while he styled it with wax. Me is happy!

Latest acquisition

2008-03-23T11:22:00.002+08:00

Swee a not? Haha! My mum says they are dancing shoes :-D I've always wanted shiny pleather shoes so this pair was it!

This cute little thing made my stone cold heart melt a little... haha!

2008-03-07T20:13:00.002+08:00

I was at VivoCity today, and I saw this cute little Chihuahua in the pet shop. I know we're not allowed to take photos, but whatever, he was sleeping and I did not use flash so I did not harm him one single bit. He was soooo sleepy, he opened his eyes and looked around a bit and struggled to keep his eyes open, but in the end his eyelids won the battle and he went back to sleep... and he even has his own little blankie!! Awwww!!!

New TV :D

2008-02-03T11:28:00.000+08:00

Sorry

2008-02-02T00:22:00.000+08:00

How many of you have used this word before? I bet it is one of the most underused(oxymoron?) words in English, other than the word supercalifragilisticexpalidocious, but I'm digressing. I'm talking heartfelt, sincere apology that springs from the heart, not those half assed ones that one says just to get themselves off the hook or to absolve themselves from guilt. Well, I admit, I am one of those who are headstrong and always want to win but is always the last to offer apology, if ever at all. Why am I like that? Well, it could be due to the fact that I am constantly facing challenges as a person, and it gets really tiring. People are always judging me before they know me, and even after they know me, they do not take the person I am at face value and is always thinking there is another side to me. Well, there is the bitchy side but I am digressing again.

Anyways, I should not be using that as an excuse to be nasty. I really shouldn't. It does nothing for me but makes people see me in a negative light even more. Should we apologise readily whenever the need arises? I do not think so, but I think you should apologise and say sorry when you sincerely feel so, not to absolve yourself from guilt. But always remember this: do not bear grudges. When you finally feel like apologising to that other person, it may be too late because that person has already left the world. Not speaking from personal experience but I am in a introspective mood today.

Do not bear grudges, just let it go and be a happier person. This will be my motto from now on. :) Aside from being a funny bitchy person to all my friends and co-workers :D

On a lighter note, I have this whiteboard in office, which is supposed to be used for updating my status whenever I am not in office, but I have turned it into a rant board.

Yes, I am always ranting about the anorexic amount of leave I have compared to my other colleagues who joined earlier. I find that I always think better whenever I am feeling irritated or frustrated. It's like frustration is my inspiration, does that happen to anyone else? Haha! Sometimes I end up writing something really bitchy and mean but to whoever read it and has a sense of humor, it is actually funny. Self praise is international disgrace? Haha!

Pet hamsters in my aunt's house :D Really random I know :D

Anyways, I bought a LCD TV, and it is arriving tomorrow! I'm so excited! I can finally watch my Blu-Ray discs in all their HD glory!

Cherish this post, because the thoughtful and introspective me is few and far in between!

My list of recently purchased DVDs and BD :-D

2008-01-20T11:11:00.000+08:00

Due to the fact that Amazon is offering Buy One Get One Free, I went crazy and bought lots of movies in the past month

Curse Of The Golden Flower [Blu-Ray]
Spider-Man - The High Definition Trilogy (Spider-Man / Spider-Man 2 / Spider-Man 3) [Blu-ray]
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen [Blu-ray]
X-Men - The Last Stand [Blu-ray]
Windtalkers [Blu-ray]
Not Another Teen Movie (Unrated Director's Cut)
London
Cellular (Coincidentally, or not, both Cellular and London stars Chris Evans, Jessica Biel and Jason Statham)
Street Fighter Alpha - The Movie

I'm still waiting for three of them to arrive but when I am done my BD collection would have increased exponentially! Yahoo!! :D

Yay!!! She's mine!!

2008-01-13T10:57:00.000+08:00

When I saw Renee, I thought she was super cute and would make a good playmate for Arashi. So I gotta have her, but only for retail price. So I waited and waited for Volks' AE, and landed her easily! Woo hoo!!! Come to daddy!!

And the goddess decended upon earth...

2008-01-05T23:39:00.000+08:00

Zoe at her birthday party. It was quite fun! Everyone had an opportunity to go up on stage to take photos with her. They had to sit on her left, but when I went on stage i requested to sit on her right. Then she asked me "Is it because your right side is nicer?" hahahah!! She also know! I told her because my left side is fatter :p

Three typical behaviour when photo taking

2008-01-01T11:23:00.000+08:00

I brought my camera to office yesterday for our year end party, and wanted to take photos of my co-workers. But, they avoided the camera like it is some form of soul sucking cannon, so I got pissed and kept it away.

Anyway, I did a live demo of their behaviour. Behaviour 3 is the best, very sporting!

My office is infested with germs!!

2007-12-31T08:17:00.000+08:00

Every other aisle, every other minute, I can hear people sniffing, coughing, sneezing.... imagine how much germs is being sprayed into the enclosed air... it is super gross you know! On top of it, it is annoying to hear people cough and sneeze every other minute. I know this sounds insensitive but that is exactly how I feel. :-p

La la!!! Happy post!!

2007-12-30T18:04:00.000+08:00

I'm going to Zoe's birthday party this coming Saturday!!

I still can't get over this song :-p

2007-12-09T00:54:00.000+08:00

An accoustic rendition by Marie (Ma-ree-eh) Digby

What are you thankful for?

2007-11-23T19:03:00.000+08:00

I am thankful for:

My wonderful job. I love my job so much. Others may see it as a boring piece of shit, but not me. I love it to bits. It is not challenging, plus it is monotonous... totally suits me!!
My wonderful colleagues. They joke along with me, buy me donuts (:-p), share their chocolate with me, confide in me, ask me questions about their work... I don't mind because they approach me because they think I can help them, and for that I thank them because they think highly of me.
My good health. I was not too healthy last time when I was bigger. I was suffering from hypertension and was breathing heavily when I walked. The change of lifestyle was an important part of making me what I am today.
My dolly friends. We share more than just a passion for dolls. We travel together, bitch at people together, share our happiness and sadness with one another... they are my friends to treasure for life!
My parents. They indulge in my every whim, and I am a total spoilt brat because of that. But who cares! :-p I love being spoilt!
My wonderful ex-colleagues who have been keeping in touch with me. You know who you are. :) I know I don't always meet up but then it does not mean I don't care. Hee!!
My poly mates. All of you rock so much! I love my gatherings with all of you. It always seem like it was yesterday that we were still in school! Love you all!

And no, I am not typing this because I am about to die or commit suicide lah! I just thought that I am a really lucky person to have nice people surrounding me and making me feel so loved. I really appreciate it! :-D So for once, a non-bitchy post! Hahahaha!!! xoxo

One more reason to hate those ABNNs...

2007-11-08T19:01:00.000+08:00

My cousin was assaulted by one in the lift two weeks ago. My cousin was nice enough to hold the lift for the ABNN, but when the lift door opened, that fucker punched her in the nose until she bled. For no freaking reason at all! She lodged a police report liao and went to see doctor liao, and now everything is ok, but of course it left her shaken. She dare not go downstairs early in the morning anymore.

If I ever see that ABNN, I swear to heaven that I will fucking punch all his teeth out! KNN!!

Hee so happy....

2007-10-18T11:23:00.000+08:00

Yesterday 4D third prize is my hp num... :D Usually I dun buy for weekdays, but on Monday I was bored, and there was no crazy long queue so I just bought $2 worth... then jackpot!! woo hoo!!

Some stuff I was reminded of...

2007-10-07T18:06:00.000+08:00

Last week, and the remainder of this week, I am on ICT. There were a few things that I was reminded of...

Army LOVES wasting food. Fuck them.

Constipation is a bitch.

I hate my stuffy bunk.

I hate how so many things are done but nothing gets accomplished.

I hate wearing boots.

I HATE GETTING MY HAIR CUT STUPID STYLE.

I hate going outfield.

I hate not bathing when outfield.

I hate not being able to bask in the comfort of my airconditioned room.

I love being able to sleep for the whole day.

I love staring at the fan above me for hours on end while lying on my bed in my bunk.

I hate how rejuvenated I will be on the first day back at work and then subsequently I will revert back to being tired and listless all the time due to lack of sleep.

I hate not being able to go to gym.

I hate eating gross army food.

I like the SFI aunties though, they are nice and friendly.

Argh my brain hurts. :-(

Lil' Bunny

2007-09-23T08:09:00.001+08:00

I once knew this lil' bunny. It hops around ever so often, looking at statistics. And on the way, Lil' Bunny will stare at other people to see what they are doing. How endearing and inquisitive!

But, Lil' Bunny is so excited and turned on at seeing statistics, it does it 43 times an hour! Yes, this lil' kpo counted. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!

What else does Lil' Bunny do? Well, Lil' Bunny will compile statistics that put itself in a good light and send it out to everyone, especially its boss. Awww... what a smart lil' wabbit!! Does nothing all day except compile nice statistics and hop around looking at monitors...

Wait, there's more! Lil Bunny does compile bad statistics, in order to push people in other dept to do better in his dept... but the thing is, those people are not really under its jurisdiction... so this lil' kpo does not like it that much.

Well Lil' Bunny, you can go about your 'endearing' ways, just don't infuriate this lil' bitch typing out this message... cos if you do and get this lil' bitch into a flying rage, your pretty cute little hairy ass might get burnt! Wabbits do not look nice with a burnt out ass :-)

Observations made on a bus :-)

2007-09-22T21:36:00.000+08:00

The bus is a form of public transport which we are all very familiar with, unless your name happens to be Zoe Tay. But if you, like me is just a faceless and nameless person walking aimlessly on the streets, then you are stuck with the public transport. There are many people taking the bus with you, and I have come up with a summary of a few typical ones I have encountered:

Indians: Usually, they will press the bell and want to alight from the bus just when the driver has closed the doors for people to alight and is about to drive off. -_-

Japanese teenagers: Individually, they are quiet and ok, but if you put a pack of them together, they turn into hyperactive hyenas and cannot stop giggling and talking loudly with all their exaggerated mannerisms. Entertaining if you are in a good mood, but grating as nails on chalkboard when you are moody or sleepy.

Local teenagers: Loud and obnoxious and play their music really loudly with total disregard for the people around them. Ever heard of earphones?

Chinese Nationals: They talk REALLY loudly. Like, if they are on the upper deck, the bus driver can hear their conversation. Please, comrades, the conversation is between the BOTH of you, not the whole of the bus. -_-

Fat people: When they sleep, the snore. REALLY loudly. :-X

Me: When I sleep on the bus, I drool. REALLY badly :-O

A little update, plus some pics... :D

2007-09-16T22:30:00.000+08:00

This is the view from my office window... last week, I was walking to the fax machine in the morning and I spotted the funny color in the sky. I guess it was about to rain... anyway I took this pic :) If you know where I work from seeing this photo, then shhh... and if you don't, shhh also. ;-)

Oh aren't they cute? Guinea pigs!!! Taken at my Eunos house :)

Tomorrow I got helpline!!! :( I hate it! I hate answering stupid questions! I hate dealing with stupid people!

Erm, don't ever crash diet hor!

2007-07-15T02:06:00.000+08:00

I was looking through my old photos and saw a pic of me back in 2003. Wah that time I still thought I looked great, but look closely and you will notice that I lost a lot of hair!! All a result of me losing my weight too quickly. Yuckers!! Hmm I also noticed that my face seemed to have slimmed down over the years... have a not? SAY YES! -_- hahahaha!

Phone etiquette... or rather, my pet peeves

2007-06-30T17:51:00.000+08:00

1. Return a phone call with a phone call, not a SMS. If that other party called you with a phone call, it is with a good reason (ie. to get the message across and not spend time messaging here and there and back and forth.) Sometimes, it takes only one minute to get the message across with a phone call, and half an hour with messages. Get it?

2. And if returning a phone call, let the phone ring for at least 8 rings. The receiving party does not have the phone surgically attached to their ear, it is probably in their pockets or handbags so they do need time to find the ringing fucker. It is most irritating when you fish it out of your pocket and then when you want to answer the call, it stops ringing. -_-

As a personal practice, if I make a phone call and it was not answered, and the other party messages me in response, I DO NOT reply.

And if the phone does not ring reasonably long enough for me to pick it up, I don't CALL BACK either.

Of course, if you don't need my help, my rules do not matter, but when you do, you will panic and piss your pants. Not my problem though. Wahahahah!

Just my fave song at the moment haha

2007-06-20T23:33:00.000+08:00

Rihanna Umbrella Lyrics

Rihanna Umbrella Lyrics

What an eyeful!

2007-06-13T07:47:00.000+08:00

Do you often get eyelashes that fall inside your eye? I get that on a daily basis!!! -_- It's a bitch to try to get them out of the eye, and they prick like hell!! One method which I discovered is to use a dry digit of your finger, like really dry and sorta brush it against your eye. That little sucker will stick to your finger and it will come out.

Mother Nature should be gang raped for her fucked up eye design. Who wld design an eye that eyelashes fall in?

Feeling pretty fucked up now

2007-05-23T08:38:00.000+08:00

Cos I woke up at 3am in the morning, after I semi-dreamt of my primary school enemy. Her name just floated across my mind and boing! Cannot sleep liao. Bloody bitch is still haunting my thoughts after all these years. Maybe you can say that I am a petty person who cannot let go of the past, well, whatever lah. You did not go through what I went through, and at that age it was pretty traumatic. It is the one thing that I will never forget. Betrayal and deceit are two hard pills to swallow.

When I was younger I was always wishing she would drop dead, but nowadays, you know what is the sweetest form of revenge? Walking on the streets and seeing her struggling with a brood of kids, with dishevelled hair and being totally out of shape and looking more haggard than her 31 years. Muahahahah!!! Pauline Lim from NHPS 1988, you must look like a big fat shapeless cow now. Show yourself!

I want this goddamn phone!!!

2007-05-21T08:28:00.001+08:00

LG Prada phone!! My username is not pradaspice for nothing!

Bad start to a good weekend?

2007-05-18T08:31:00.000+08:00

I am feeling sleepy as hell at work right now. If there is a bed and pillow I would have dropped dead on the spot! The cause of it? Well, yesterday there was some major sewage pipe replacement in my toilets, and my mum was cleaning up the toilets after everything was done, when the water pipes decided they wanna join in the fun too and get clogged up. :-/

I tried using the plunger to unclog the pipes but it did not work. I was plunging away like a madman for almost 20 minutes and still nothing happened! Argh!! And I was squatting down, so when I got up my knees were shaking. Yah I know I'm weak, but you should try having your water pipes all clogged up and having to unclog them. It's really fun!

And since yesterday I was all sneezy and my nose is all clogged up. I certainly don't want to fall sick again, since I've already taken 5 days of MC this year, and it's not even halfway through!! :-O

Inniway, hope I'm able to stay at home and play with my dolls without incidents this weekend. I've had no time for them for weeks!!

New word of the day

2007-05-13T23:40:00.000+08:00

Pussy·licious
–adjective
1. Cute cats who enjoy licking themselves.

Contributed by Richard aka Sonic. Muahahahah! :-p

Photos of my trip to Vietnam

2007-05-13T00:54:00.000+08:00

Denise and me at Ha Long Bay. It's a beautiful and scenic place. Really wonderful!

Fae, me, Denise and Richard on the boat. Fae took this pic with her phone! Hee!

May and me. My face looks like a big pancake cos I was holding the videocam myself and my arms are only that long lor. what to do? hahahah!

Richard and me. Richard is Fae's good friend.

~~Gary is missing from the photos cos I don't have a pic of him and me in my camera. Going to get from them tomorrow :)~~

It was so nice to travel with such a fun loving bunch of people. If I had the chance I would want to travel with them again. This is the first time I travelled with a group of friends. The first time I travelled overseas on my own, it was with my brother. Second time was with Freddy, but that was not such a big group, basically in the end it was just me and him. And the special thing about this trip was, I basically only know about three people in the entourage, I have not seen Fae and Richard before the trip, we met only at the airport. But everything was ok, great even!

I've heard horror stories of best friends who went overseas together and came back bitter enemies... in fact it happened to a couple of my friends. So, it was unavoidable that I felt apprehensive before I left for Hanoi. I don't wanna spoil any of my friendship with anyone of them, cos they are precious friends. But yay! Everyone enjoyed the trip and everything was fine. So I guess the problem is more about people getting along with one another and not that going overseas together is a relationship killer.

So many places to go, so little days of leave!! How?? I have two days left from last year, and 18 days for this year. I definitely want to go some place again this year, I dunno if I should go to Japan, Hong Kong or Taiwan. I don't think I can hit any European cities this year, because I have spent way too much money. I did not save a single cent this month because of my trip and the fact that my PC broke down! Shit! So basically, I cannot spend any money in May. :( But I still want to buy my Louis Vuitton wallet next month, for my birthday. I'll try really hard to be good this month, I promise! :-D

Pho Ga is fantastic!

2007-05-06T18:03:00.000+08:00

Finally had time to calm down and write this short little entry about my trip to Hanoi. Numberous different things happened before and after the trip. Well, before the trip, I thought I could relax and get my week over and done with, cos got helpline but Friday was my day of salvation (ie. first day of trip lah). But, and that is a big fat juicy BUT, my stupid colleague had to contract chicken pox! And I have to cover her work. And she is the slowest person in my team. And she has a lot of backlog!!! :-O Damn irritating lor! Good thing is, I managed to clear up her stuff before I went to Hanoi, so I am happy.

After I got back, I only have two work items in my tray. She has a ton! I did not look through them cos I have my current work to do as well. Also, the day I got back, I kena food poisoning! I worked till near to the end of the day before I could not take it anymore and told my boss I had to leave early to see the doctor cos I felt like throwing up. I got home and started to have diarrhea. :-( Not hot! Had MC the next day and went back to work on Friday.

Anyway, on to the trip. There were 6 of us on the trip, and of the other five, I know 3 of them but not the other two, Fae and Richard. But they were really easy going people so we hit it off right away. The first day i got there, I had a huge shock, cos the air was quite badly polluted. There are tons of motorcycles on the streets, and there are no traffic lights so you just have to cross the roads based on your instincts. I just basically look at the polluted skyline and adked myself whether I should have come for this trip to breathe in the bad air. But I told myself, that is just the spoiled and pampere Singaporean in me talking. I shall give this city a chance and let the inquisitive and (slightly) adventurous side of me take over for the next couple of days. The first day was spent exploring the area around our hotel.

The next day, we went to this superbly scenic location called Halong bay. Before the trip though, you have to go through several hurdles to reach your junk boat. There are too many boats and too little pier space, so the boats are all randomly stacked against one another. You have to be there to experience the mad spectacle. Haha! We had to literally jump from one boat to another. Of course, when it came to my turn, I hesitated but I went ahead and lunged myself forward anyway. After we got on our boat, we went visiting various caves in the Halong Bay region. Some of the caves had no proper steps for us to climb, so we were climbing on rocks. It was fun for a while, but when I looked down, I got scared again and dared not climb furthur cos I know it's easier going up than down. One of the tourist asked me whether I was afraid of heights, and I told him, I did not know that until right now. Wahahaha!

It was enough adventure for the day, so in the evening we just laid on the sun deck and chilled out after dinner. It was one of the most relaxing feeling, seriously. We are out in the open sea, no lights coming from anywhere except the moonlight. And the night was spent chilling out with nice buddies talking rubbish... oh it is the life I tell you! We were contemplating sleeping on the sun deck but decided against it in the end. Well, Dee and Fae were up for it but Richard and I were not. But in the end both girls went back to their bunks. Haha!

The next day, the adventurous ones, Fae, Richard, May and gary went kayaking. Dee and I were not experienced so we went to visit a floating museum instead. On the way to the museum, we passed by many scenic stones that seem to rise out of the sea. It was a truly majestic view, and there are no photos or videos that can capture the scenic beauty that is Ha Long Bay. You truly have to experience the place for yourself. After that, we proceeded back to our boats for the journey back to Hanoi.

When we reached Hanoi, we were all pretty pooped so we chilled out at tamarind cafe. It was this nice place just opposite our hotel. After that we went walking around again, and went to eat ice cream. Haha! I was careful and ate only a little. I don't wanna gain weight you know.

The next day, May, gary and I decided we need some retail therapy. Dee, Fae and Richard wanted to enrich themselves intellectually and spiritually instead, so we went out in separate groups. Shopping gang really let loose and went crazy shopping for bears, bags and souvenirs. We went to this nice wholesale market and the prices there are really reasonable. We shopped for a whole day, it was so much fun!! Intellectual gang went for massage and spa after their sightseeing, so we met up for dinner. After dinner, they did some more last minute shopping cos we were heading back to sg the next day. I filmed everyone's thoughts about the trip down, because it will make it really memorable.

On the last day of my stay in Hanoi, I was actually sad to leave, because I have only experienced the tip of the iceberg, so to speak, about this city. There are still other things to see, new experiences to feel and knowledge to be gained. It is not a financially rich city, but what they don't have in wealth, they make up for in other ways. The people here can live a simple and happy life. Sometimes I wonder why I am so caught up in this materialistic world and have so many wants. But then again, I believe it is the society that shapes us, and if you live in a city like Hanoi, maybe, just maybe, you will be contented to eat by the roadside stalls, riding a motorbike with your loved one sitting behind you and leaning against your back...

Wahahahaha!!!!

2007-05-01T00:21:00.000+08:00

"Dear XX

Thank you for taking time to meet with us at our office.

We have carefully considered your application and regret to inform you that we will not be pursuing it further. Should there be any other suitable openings in the future, we will contact you again.

We appreciate your interest in our Bank and wish you all the best in your future endeavours.

Regards
XXXX
Human Resources
XX Bank Limited"

Hmmm... I'm glad you don't want to pursue it too cos, it's nothing personal but the job sucks. Wahahah thanks for rejecting me cos I would have been afraid of hurting you by rejecting you :p

My photoshoot for Men's Health magazine...

2007-04-25T20:26:00.000+08:00

It was on 12 Jan 2007. It was a drizzly morning, and I had problems getting a cab. I waited 25 minutes for the cab to arrive, but eventually I did manage to reach SPH on time. Another small setback, my phone suddenly cannot detect the mobile network!! Shit! So I had to go to the lobby to call Melvin to open the door for me.

When I got upstairs again, Melvin was at the door waiting for me. He brought me to the pantry for an interview, and it took about 15 minutes I think. Later on, we just chatted while waiting for the photog to arrive. What a coincidence to realise that his father and I are working at the same place. Haha!

Later on, when it was time to take photos, I met the magazine editor Raymond and the assistant editor. We went into the studio and they had to pin my t-shirt because it was not tight enough! Haha!! I thought it was the tightest that I have already! I had to pose this way and that way, and I think in the beginning I was not smiling properly, because I was trying too hard. Hahahaha!! If I was a contestant on ANTM I would have got eliminated! I do hope I manage to get a good picture though, and they better airbrush out all my blemishes! Haha!

Fat bitch

2007-04-25T14:53:00.000+08:00

Well, this fat bitch has come a long way. hahahahahaa

Two more days!!

2007-04-25T08:10:00.000+08:00

I am going to Vietnam on Friday! Woo hoo!! :) And also, just to let you guys know, if I don't get a scan in yet... please buy the May issue of Men's Health magazine cos I am going to be in it! Haha!

Sleepy! :-O

2007-04-17T08:08:00.000+08:00

Why must coming to work be such a chore? I am still so sleepy! If I want to watch Desperate Housewives then I won't have enough sleep! It's so not fair! :( Anyway yesterday's was a good episode.

Ok, just a mention, whatever unhappiness that happened at work last week has been resolved and I am a happy camper. :)

And a big big sorry for not turning up at my outings :-p Scheduling is such a bitch eh? Hee! Will try to find a time that everyone is free, then we can all meet up.

What am I doing in office so early?

2007-04-10T07:44:00.000+08:00

The sadder part is, I've been here for the past 40 mins, which means I've been in office since 7am! Why? Cos hor, I want to finish my work mah! So come in early lor. I prefer to come in early and leave on time. But, and that is a big freaking BUT, bosses don't see that as OT, cos they don't ever come in early. Another big frigging BUT is: I don't care! I come in early not to impress them, but to finish my work. For all those who want to do OT to impress their boss, more power to you, but definitely not my thing lah.

In other news, the stuff I orderred from Japan just arrived, lookie at all the cute phone straps!! Yum! I can use one per week and still cannot finish using in one month!! So happy! :D

I hate my job, I hate the bitches there, I hate, I hate, I hate!!!!

2007-04-07T21:50:00.000+08:00

It seems lately that I am complaining more and more about my job. I still enjoy my work, but overall, I am beginning to hate it. Does that make sense? We just had an appraisal with our boss, and she mentioned that we are calculative and like to complain. Fuck, would you want to do a job that is not yours, when you are busy as hell as it is? If she does not want to hear any complaints, then she employ robots lor! But too bad, robots cannot do value added work like MAKE DECISIONS. Get that into that big fat head of yours!

And to add to that, our service standards has been raised to ridiculous levels. Previously, we had 6 days to complete our work, now it has been reduced to 1 day!! Fantastic isn't it? Even though I usually finish my work in a day, I am feeling the pressure. And lately I have given myself so much pressure that I have been getting headaches daily. I finally went to the doctor on Wednesday so as to get MC for Thursday. Doctor said I am too tensed up and gave me medicine to make me feel more relaxed. Shit lor, I know it's stupid but I cannot help it, on one hand I want to bochap and not do anything about my work, but on the other hand, pride prevents me from doing that. Haha!!

Help me!!! Can all of you please pray that I find one big pile of money on the floor, tio TOTO or just get rich suddenly so that I can stop complaining? Hahaha I think you all rather pray that you get rich first lor, don't think I dunno! :-p

My Celebrity Look-alikes

2007-04-05T09:28:00.001+08:00

http://www.myheritage.com

I need morphine!!!

2007-04-02T07:35:00.000+08:00

After gym yesterday, I had to immediately go out and attend the full month celebration of my friend's baby. After that, my parents picked me up and we went to Cathay to take a walk. But I think I was not sufficiently rested, because I felt achy all over and I was cold. I'm hardly ever cold!! We went back at around 4 plus and I was lying in bed soon after.

The worst thing that could happen is that I knocked my knee against the bed corner!! What a wonderful feeling right? And I jammed it really hard against the bed too!! And to add to that, I just did leg presses in the morning, so on top of aching muscles I have a sore knee. :-/ I practially limped myself to work this morning, bending the knee really hurts.

Wahhhh I just want to be put out of my misery!!! hahaha!!

Can I quit my job?

2007-03-21T08:52:00.000+08:00

Lately, I have been very dissatisfied with many aspects of my job. Firstly, it was from a team meeting last week with one of our directors. What she said made me think that the organisation (or maybe, it's just her) is very heartless. She said something to the likes of "if you're not happy with your work, you should let your feet do the walking". Wah sipeh lau lan leh that sentence!

Then earlier this week, lagi tulan! I hate doing helpline, but then this stupid chee bye in my office by the name of Big A wanted to arrow me to do at the last minute. Of course, I was severely displeased, and I rejected her by saying she gave me very short notice. Then the chee bye go and approach my boss and asked her to come and ask me to do HL!! Wah lau eh, that chao chee bye is really the chaoest chee bye to the power of 1,000,000,0000000000000000!

That CB walked over to my desk and said my boss wanted to see me, I said no, I'm not going over! Then my boss called me, and told me to do HL. I sipeh buay song, so I told her over the phone that I am not pleased that I am informed at such short notice, and that I hate people approaching my boss to ask me to do things! I quite tulan with my boss also, cos she dunno how to reject people, only know how to arrow people.

The next day, I came to office and opened my mailbox and found another arrow!!! Wah lau eh! Lagi tulan lor! I have to call a stupid person and explain something that can be explained by a toddler, and what I had to explain is not even the issue! That person on the other line kept harping on another issue which was what he wanted to harp on in the first place, so it was not even necessary that I made the call. See, my boss even arrows such stuff to me, if you , will be tulan a not? Wah, you should have seen my face, it was black the whole day of Tuesday cos I was super pissed off! Everyone kept asking why my face so black. haha!

In fact today my mood also no good lor, if that chee bye come and ask me to do HL again, I will scream at the top of my voice. Serious! I don't care if there are people in the office, I dun owe anyone anything, and certainly not her by a long shot!

I really hate to say this...

2007-03-15T21:59:00.000+08:00

But I cried when I watched the Fann Wong show just now. Haha! Her adopted son died, and Ezann Lee, who acts as the retarded (no, really) sis says she misses her brother and starts crying... I see liao also cry lor. hahahah bloody hell, should not watch tv next time, after work so tired liao still get myself so worked up. hahaha :-p

Me so happy :)

2007-03-01T20:33:00.000+08:00

Got lots of dolls to play with, lost weight, got AI to watch in bed... but then got to do HL this week! What the fuck!!! I got a new buddy at work, she is new so I have to teach her the stuff that I learnt. I think I will have more time next week, so she will have to wait.

In other news, June is getting married some time this month, and I have to be her security guard... for her dolls! Haha! :D

My training blog

2007-02-25T19:39:00.000+08:00

I have been keeping this under wraps, but decided it might be helpful for whoever is reading, which is only, hmmm... 3 persons? Hahahah! Anyway, here is my training blog. I have been conscientiously updating it daily for the past 9 weeks. It's called '10 Weeks To Being Beautiful'. Why that? Cos it's loosely based on Vincent Ng's book. Basically my goal was to lose weight but maintain muscle mass. My target weight is 76kg, I am still around 78kg right now, but I am happy cos I started with 81.6kg.

Anyway, without furthur ado, here is my ten weeks. :)

Skinny shit!

2007-02-25T19:22:00.000+08:00

Chinese New Year has gone and went, and It was alright. :) Saw lots of relatives and had nice chats with them, collect a decent amount of ang pao money, going to save the money, cos I might be going to Europe in Apr/May.

Back to the topic, I was walking along a row of shops today, and I saw my reflection in the mirror. Hahaha I was checking myself out :-p so who doesn't? The black tank top makes me look so skinny from the side, I love it! :D

Inniway, I can't wait for March! Cos ehhh... my silly 'dream' might be coming true that month. Hahahah! Yanlin wld know!

Chinese New Year is coming!!

2007-02-15T08:58:00.000+08:00

Along with the madness, you can see people queuing up to add trans fat to their diet in the picture above. They might as well advertise with the slogan "Spend money to shorten your life!" Haha! I am just being mean lah, those people are queuing up for 肉干。It is rather delicious but I really don't understand why the queuing madness for it during Chinese New Year. It is available ALL YEAR ROUND, for fuck's sake!

In any case though, I only had a nibble of it about two weeks ago. That's good enough for me. And since I am sick right now, I will probably have to skip all the delicious goodies that usually accompany CNY, like kueh bangkit, love letters and pineapple tarts!! That one I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!! But of course, anything that I ♥ usually is not kind to my waistline. Hahahaha!

Anyway, it is a good time to rest, and hopefully by next week I would have gotten rid of this pesky cold that I am having now, it is really annoying, I will be meeting relatives too, but I will just go hi, bye at them. I think I will be spending most of my time on my laptop, since I will be away at my aunt's place.

And oh, today is my brother's wedding, I am going to have to prepare and clear one of my memory cards to take photos later... till then, see y'all!

Shit lah, when will my flu go away?

2007-02-13T19:26:00.000+08:00

It's time my illness went to the flu purgatory already!! It's been a week but I am still not getting any better, and those stupid medication is just making me drowsy and retarded the whole day! I went for an exam yesterday and I was groggy throughout the exam. Hopefully I will pass lor, if not hor not worth it!

It sure does feel great now that the exam is over though, I am enjoying myself at home doing nothing hehe! I am reading magazines and books and basically doing nothing much lah. It feels great!

Chinese New Year is coming up soon, so there is going to be more rest days and I am really looking forward to that! Woo hoo!!

I've always wanted to be ill :-/

2007-02-08T18:53:00.000+08:00

Except it came at the wrong time. I have not been sick for the past year, but it just so happens that I fell sick when I took leave. Shit right? And actually, it ain't that bad, I just have a sore throat which got better already, but I developed a runny nose and my mum made me drink this medicine which totally knocked me out. Now I am feeling stoned half the time I am awake, and I hate that feeling, especially since I have to study for my exam next monday :(

Oh shit!!

2007-01-25T14:47:00.000+08:00

Yah, literally. :-/

Just now I lau sai in office. Haha! Maybe I ate the wrong food? But cannot be leh, I cook my own lunch leh! I washed the broccoli thoroughly, and cooked the chicken until it's nice and tender liaoz... hmmm guess it's just one of those days. But it's ok, cos lau sai makes me feel really clean and as if I have detoxed. Hahahaha!!

In other news, I just lost two kilograms! So happy! Work is busy but cannot let it be an excuse not to work hard! Haha! :-p

Anyway hor, one more exam to go and I am free!!! I wanna go travel! 从台北到北京我就爱新鲜加刺激。。。 hahahahahaha!!! :-p

Woo hoo!!

2007-01-16T15:49:00.000+08:00

I passed that blasted exam! :-) At least I did not waste my 3 days of leave. Haha!

Is an ass a donkey?

2007-01-14T00:35:00.000+08:00

No, it's me. Hahaha! I totally embarrassed myself at my cousin's wedding just now. But come on, it was not my fault ok? There was this ~~incompetent~~ emcee. Speaking is his duty, but he cannot even do it properly! He tried asking people to keep their mobiles to silent mode but ended up saying in Mandarin "请把手机保持在关闭状态。"

-_- "'

Please keep your handphones at a closed state. Ahem, dude, if I have a Motorola Razr, it IS already at a closed state, I don't need you to tell me that.

I only rolled my eyes at that one, but at the next faux pas, I really buay tahan! We are supposed to stand up for the wedding march, but this ~~incompetent~~ emcee said "Please raise to welcome..." I was so peeved I literally screamed "Please rise lah! Simi raise??!" I know I was loud, cos many pair of eyes were staring at me. Muahahahahaaha!!! Sorry lah, cannot help it can? I hate bad english mistakes lor!

Then later on, at the very last part, they served dessert. Dessert was pretty appetising, there was a variety of cakes, tiramisu, cheese cake and what not... I wanted to choose one, but one of my relatives was like an escapee from the 7th Month, whatever I reached my hand out to take she said she wanted, so I was like totally pissed off and decided not to eat anything. I think she knew I was pissed cos she kept saying "let's share lah, let's share lah" Sorry lor, limpeh not interested anymore, you can eat everything so as to maintain your ~~out of~~ shape. Pissed off ah!!

My new(ish) notebook

2007-01-13T15:31:00.000+08:00

I've had it since last month, but have not had time to take photos of it, so here are the pics... I did Skin it though, but I thought I'd add some bling of my own to it. Haha!

And the winner of America's Next Top Model is...

2007-01-12T18:30:00.000+08:00

not me. Muahahahah! Today I finally realised what a klutz I am. "Relax your eyes!" "Smile more!" "Don't purse your lips!" Hahahahahah!

"You have to pack up and leave the loft immediately."

Oh well... ;-) I think I look kinda puffy today. hahahahaa! In other news, I think I have to attend that wedding tea ceremony tomorrow afternoon. Another boring round of questions from relatives... 'What are you doing now? (talking crap with you here of course!)' 'When are you getting married? (married? just get someone to fuck can liao, marry for what?)' 'Do you think the bride is pretty? (I love california raisins because they are all dry and wrinkly!!)'

Woo hoo!!

2007-01-06T23:47:00.000+08:00

I can't wait for next friday!! I will have to wake up early to get something done, which is almost equivalent to one of my dreams coming true... how exciting is that?? After that, on Saturday I will have to attend my cousin's wedding... don't really like to attend but no choice, it's a family thing and it will take one full day!! Afternoon is the tea ceremony and later at night it's the dinner... I am more excited about my friday though. Haha!!

Merry X'mas in office! Plus the departure (from the office lah!) of a dear friend...

2006-12-22T22:37:00.000+08:00

This photo shows the gifts that I am going to give to the people in my office... well as everyone knows I love cutesy stuff so the gifts that I am giving people have absolutely no practical value at all. Haha! I love giving people stuffed toys, and I guess they love receiving it from me. :-)

This next photo is at Cece's table. The girls placed all the gifts they want to give people together, so it looks like there is a whole lot of stuff. It looks really nice to see so many presents together!

And this last pic is me and my little sis Yanlin. Today is her last day in office, she is going to move on to a new job in January and I am really happy for her, but I will miss her as well, because we used to spend so much time shouting across our workstation about insane stuff. Haha! I still remember the first time we met, it was at our job interview! Such a coincidence that we were accepted into the same job together. This is her first job so I was rather protective of her, and now that she has a new job liao I told her to call me if anyone bullies her. I will ~~bite~~ bitch their heads off! Haha!! :-D

Who knew being beautiful can be so tiring?

2006-12-21T23:40:00.000+08:00

Damn, trying to achieve the goal of having a beautiful body sure is tiring! I'm like aching all over every other day, and I am so sapped of energy all the time... damn if you add work to it of course you'd be out of steam! I am so glad that we are going to get a long weekend so that I can rest properly.

Merry Christmas to everyone, and I hope the new year will bring in new hope and opportunities for those who need them. :-)

I need to hit the sack liao, goodnight!

ABNNs are the worst yet!!!! Gross!!!

2006-12-18T08:01:00.000+08:00

I dunno why these ABNNs have to perpetuate the myth that they are assholes, and I have tried again and again to change my perception of them but they reinforce my opinion of them through my encounters with them.

On saturday, I had some USD to exchange, so I went to People's Park and asked around for the exchange rate. I first asked a chinese shop, and they quoted me a rate, then went to an ABNN shop to ask for the rate, and they gave me the same rate. I went to a third one just to compare rates and I still got the same rate, so I just went ahead and decided to exchange there.

BUT, and that is a big fucking BUT, the ah neh punched in another lower exchange rate!!!! Fucker!! Think I never see is it!!!!! So I asked him why he punched in a different rate, and he told me that it's because I gave him smaller notes ($20 denominations). Fuck lah, nobody else said such nonsense, so I said I wanted my money back and exchanged my money at the chinese who I think is more straight forward and honest.

I heard from my colleagues that they experienced the same thing. Fuck I am going to write to the papers and expose all of them! No wonder they earn so much money and buy land!!! Damn angry!!! Earn your money through honest means lah!! Everyone else is doing the same!!

Citibank makes empty promises!

2006-12-10T21:45:00.000+08:00

Gross!! They recently launched a new card, called the Visa Platinum SMRT card, and they promised same day collection *shing shing* So I got all excited and applied online at around 8.40am on Friday. Then someone called me around 12plus and asked for verification blah blah and I thought I could collect that evening or something. But no, nobody called me :-( Then I waited till saturday and still no call. Today sipeh tulan liao, so I called their hotline to bitch. First I asked nicely, then they said I could collect tomorrow, that's when I turned nasty and started bitching to them, telling them that they should not promise same day collection if they cannot fulfil that promise. That girl sipeh kns, like want to cut the call short like that, so I just hung up on her lor.

I still feeling tulan, so I sent an email to them as follows:
Hi, recently I applied for the Citibank Visa Platinum SMRT card. It promised same day collection (although I looked and you guys added a disclaimer, sneaky). I sent in my online application on Friday, at about 8.40am. Around 12plus on the same afternoon, one of your personnel called me for verification purposes. I thought I could collect the card on the same day. But I waited and wait but still no one called me to let me know anything or give me updates. Very disappointing! DO NOT promise same day collection if you are not able to fulfil that promise. Remove that line from your webpage, don't leave it there and then add a disclaimer. That's like a restaurant saying "Our food is nice, but today our chef is not here so the food is going to suck." Just leave that line out so there will be no controvesy. Place it up again when you are SURE you are able to fulfil that promise. I applied on Friday because I was sure I was free to collect the card on that day, but now I am not so sure anymore, since I am always busy in the office. Really, this is one of the most disappointing incidents that has happened to me. I have many credit cards and all the other companies have provided better service. I think I'll just stick to UOB from now on.

Hahahahah!! I am going to make SURE they delete that same day collection bullshit from their website.

(Probably) My last marathon...

2006-12-04T11:25:00.000+08:00

Ok, so maybe this one will end up being my last marathon run. Why? Well, apart from the aching legs and the horrible migraine that follows after every run, I am no longer getting a sense of satifaction from completing the run already. I mean, this is already my fifth time running.

I know I know, I can always up my ante and go for the 21km right? Wrong! I don't want to die! Haha! I don't mind aching legs but I hate it when my migraine is triggered. I get sick and feel like throwing up whenever I get a migraine.

So there, my very last medal :) Oh, by the way, my timing this year was poorer than last year. Expected, since after about 70% of the run, I was out of steam already, so many people overtook me. Even my friend who was doing the 21km and started earlier overtook me. Haha! Oh well, I'll just continue jogging in the park then :)

I've been STOMPed!!

2006-11-26T00:07:00.000+08:00

I've been STOMPed!! I was at the Hello Kitty Exhibition preview (thanks to Guolong! Muaks!) and the Stomp photog approached us for a photo op. Me, Lai Keng and Fanny too a picture together. I also had a picture taken with one of my idols, Kit Chan :-)

She's very nice and friendly! She smiled readily at everyone, and when I approached her for a photo, she stopped for me even though she was rushing off. My poor friend (Chern Liang) wanted to take a photo with her too but she was rushing off. Sorry, I could not stop her for you :-(

Here are the rest of the photos at the Stomp website

Zoe's signed magazine cover

2006-11-12T02:38:00.000+08:00

I feel like crying now...

2006-11-12T02:17:00.000+08:00

In fact, I just did. Haha! My good friend May even had to drop by with Gary to check out how I was. :( Oh well I'll live lah I think. I just need some time, and maybe even a good trip overseas.

Time will heal all wounds yeah?

Lone Ranger

2006-11-10T16:22:00.000+08:00

Sometimes, especially at times like these, I just want to be totally alone. All friends, colleagues, all those things sometimes just feel so fake, like it's just a word. There is nothing behind that word friend. Really, sometimes I just cannot help feeling like that. Haha!

When you're alone, you don't feel the need to be accountable to anyone, you can just go wherever you want, whenever you want. That's what I like about being alone. I don't mind if there is no one for me to speak to. No one is more reliable to me than my own self. :-)

Horrible mindset, some of you may think, but if you actually think about it, when it REALLY comes to the crunch, there is no one there for you, except yourself.

Lala!

The baby post

2006-11-05T18:38:00.000+08:00

Congrats to my good friend John, he's going to be a daddy some time in March next year. Charlene is going to give birth anytime, and my dear Jane discovered she is pregnant recently. I'm so happy for all of them! :)

Does that mean I have to give ang bao next year? Haha! I Certainly don't mind, because they are all my dear friends. I bet their children will all be cute!

My fave song of the moment :)

2006-11-05T17:37:00.001+08:00

More Scissor Sisters lyrics and videoclips on Lyricspy

All of you LJs should drop dead!!!!

2006-10-29T16:41:00.000+08:00

First off, a disclaimer. I don't go out to hate anyone with a different religion from me, as that is not one of the criterias I set when making friends. BUT, and that is a big but, if you ever disturb me from my sleep, you will get hell from me! This afternoon, I was feeling drowsy so I took a nap, and I thought it was going to be a nice long one, but just as soon as I dozed off, the doorbell rang and I woke up with a start! I went to the door, and there was no one at the door, but someone placed a piece of brochure in the grille. I took a look, and immediately flames lit up in my eyes. Yes, one of those Lackeys of Jesus (LJ) just rang my doorbell. Don't they have better things to do than to go around ringing people's doorbells on a lazy Sunday afternoon? Sorry, that was a rhetoric question, they really don't have anything better to do after Mass.

You can go and disturb everyone else, but why do you have to choose me? When I am taking my nap? Did Jesus ask you to do that? Please let it be known to you, and Jesus, that I do have my own religion, thank you very much. Your religion is like your wife, when you have a wife, it's pretty rude when a stranger comes along and asks that you get another wife. I did not question your belief in your religion, so don't you come questioning mine. Anyways, if it is THAT good, why do you have to go around spreading the gospel? People will come flocking!! Come on, this is Singapore, people know a good deal when they see one. Conversely, when they avoid it like the plague, you know something's not right.

Another incident happened when I was on the MRT. This young and attractive looking ang moh kid came up to me and tried to chat me up. I was not in the mood for being chatted upon, but entertained him anyways. Talked all sorts of rubbish and then later came the real deal. Kid wanted me to go to his church, and he was an elder or something. Handed me a card with a pic of Jesus or God on it, I'm not sure. When I went back to office and described what he wore and showed his card to my Christian friends, they said he's a Jehovah Witness, whatever that is.

What I'm trying to say is, everyone has their own beliefs. It's good that you want to spread yours when you think it is good, but please do it at your own turf, when people approach you for information. Going up to people and questioning their beliefs and hammering your own into their heads is just plain rude. Eeks!!

Congratulations, you're still in the running for... Singapore's Next Top Model???

2006-10-24T00:35:00.000+08:00

Ok, I had this modelling kick just now right after watching ANTM, so I went to check out the modelling agencies in Singapore. No, I am not scouting for an agency, I look like the Marshmallow Man right next to those manorexic male models, so yeah the only modelling I can do is in my dreams. Muahahahah!

Anyway, I was scrolling through those agencies' websites and I came across a photo Of. My. Friend!! He was my army friend from wayyy back. Let's just say I am old enough not to receive any change when you give out three red colored notes. Ahem. -_- I mean, I'm happy he got signed on to an agency and all, but what made me LOL is the fact that the photo is a million years old! The agency did not even bother to change it one bit! I remembered seeing it on the website years ago and it's still the same old photo. Haha!! Anyways, I think my friend is pretty goodlooking and he is ripped as hell. Too bad he did not seem to get any modelling jobs. Would have been nice to be able to brag about a friend who models. Hahahaha!!! Shallow!!

I hate working!

2006-10-13T16:21:00.000+08:00

I knowing working brings home the bacon, and my bacon is a mighty, juicy and fatty piece. But, and that is a big BUT, I hate handling the helpline calls!! It's so irritating to speak to stupid people!! And for those few nice people, I feel helpless when they have a system problem but I am not able to lend them a helping hand, because it is out of my control. :( And even worse, you have to be wary of people talking behind your back. They see you walking around and start to assume that the people in your whole team are very free, but of course they fail to mention the fact that I come into office earlier than anyone of them, and that sometimes I bring reports back home to do. Getting really sick of the people here sometimes.

My dream job would to be a travel writer. Ain't that fun? Or even a gossip column journalist. Or a magazine editor. Fashion magazine of course. Haha!!

On a happier note, it's Friday!! Woo hoo!! I'm going to catch a movie later!! Hopefully I don't fall asleep in the cinema, because I am really sleepy right now!! :-p

Die big fat black ant Part II

2006-10-10T19:54:00.000+08:00

Haha!! Finally I can get to post Part II. Basically, I spent lots of time in camp pespiring like crazy, cos the weather was hot and there was no aircon, plus I was doing a fair bit of manual work, like packing ration and stuff. I said only a fair bit, cos my two capable storemen did most of the stuff. They are so nice and proactive, I don't even need to tell them what to do, they know their stuff. I am deeply grateful to them. I am VERY happy with my OC as well, he's a super nice guy, always volunteering to help and there is no airs about him at all. On the very last day, I went up to him and asked him whether he was happy with our performance (store lah), and he just said that he does not mind whatever happens as long as we stay safe and happy. Everybody together now, AWWWWWWWWW....

Now, on to the monsters. Firstly, let's talk about the real monsters. Remember the scene in The Mummy Returns where the mummy splits into a million cockroaches? Well, I experienced something close to it last Wednesday. I was washing an insulator, and I noticed some ants on the cover, so I thought I should wash them off. I took the cover to the sink and proceeded to wash it. There is a metal part and a white plastic part to the insulator, and those who have been in the army would know what it looks like, so I separated them to wash it inside.... WAHHHHHH! A lot of red ants spilled forth!!!! They were crawling all over the sink!!! I had to use copious amounts of water to wash them away, and for a while they were winning, cos they float and they can scale the sides of the sink, but being the competitive bitch that I am, I would never let those ants win, so I kept pouring water all over the sink to make them drown. I think I was doing it for a good 10 minutes before anyone came to my rescue :( Hahahaha!! Anyways, the plastic part of the insulator that is supposed to be white has turned black, cos no one washed it. Yucks!! I took it to the cookhouse kitchen to scrub it clean, so whichever intake is using it should feel really lucky cos you are using a super clean insulator. I think I'll bring dettol and boil all the insulators the next time I am there.

And on to the real monsters... my CSM. Ok, this time round he was not as much of an asshat as the last time, but he became totally bochap. Why can't he be somewhere in the middle? He did not do anything nor organise the guys to do anything properly. I had to call my OC numerous times to get things done, and on the last day we were supposed to get the guys to return all their bedsheets and stuff and I told the CSM to relay the instructions but of course nothing got done. My storeman had to walk through the whole block to each room individually to tell everyone to do it. Damn, we're doing his shit job!! That, I felt in part led to the delay which is realted to the big fat black ant....

Fucking big fat black ant handed over a less than spectular block to us, and yet when we were trying to hand the block over, he expected us to MOP the floor of every room!!! And we had to clear the rubbish bin!! I was so fucking pissed cos he delayed us so much that we were the last company to out process, so I argued with him and asked why the hell we needed to clear the rubbish when they have employed cleaners to clear out the building. He gave a fucking lame excuse like we threw things inside blah blah... HELLO, that IS a rubbish bin, you are SUPPOSED to throw rubbish in it!!! In the end, due to all the delays, we out processed one hour later than everyone else.

And the best part? All the toilets were not working. They could not be flushed. My storemen and I had to go to each and every individual cubicle and pour water into the tank and flush it. And some idiot must have had a superbly bad stomachache or something, at the squatting toilet, he could not even aim properly and his shit exploded all over the left side of the toilet!! Shit lah, learn to aim properly!! Even at point blank also cannot aim ah??? Wah lau!!! Lucky I could still eat my lunch after that. Hahahaha!!!

I am going to complain about the fucking ABNN's attitude. I hope he die!!!

On a sad note, one of my colleagues who was employed at exactly the same time with me has left the company. Goodbye Jackie, we will all miss you and your monthly handphone changes. Hahahah!! :p

Die you big fat black ant!!!

2006-10-01T20:35:00.000+08:00

I'd like to declare that, with the exception of the SUPER nice guy who drove me out from that godforsaken place yesterday when I called for cabs and NONE wanted to pickup, my previous bosses and those living in my block cos they are nice people, that most ABNN folks are huge fucktards!!!!!

This fucking ABNN in my camp kept asking me to do area cleaning. Ok, so in the morning I cleaned up the area liao, but due to the fact that the area I cleaned is high volume traffic area, it kept getting muddy and dirty, so he walked past again and told me to clean up again. I was quite pissed, so I told him straight that it is never going to be clean. My officer was there so he dare not raise his voice at me, so I made use of the chance to go even furthur by bitching him and asking him whether I need to station one person permenently there to sweep the fucking floor. Hahahaha!! :p

Fucking ah neh, you want to carry your boss' balls, go right ahead and sweep your own damn floor. I'll just sweep it once and that's it. Please do things within reasonable expectation. You are in a camp for fuck's sake, not a hospital. It's BOUND to get dirty.

And to all the fucktards who walk ard with dirty boots and throw your rubbish outside of my store, I hope you suffer from PERMANENT erectile dysfunction, retrograde ejaculation and enlargement of the prostate.

Learn to keep things neat and tidy and your royal bitchiness will not curse you. :)

人言可畏

2006-09-17T00:47:00.000+08:00

真的。办公室的人真空闲，爱讲是非。老板应该给他们多点东西作。

That's right, their bosses should take away their lunch hour and give them more work so they would be too exhausted to gossip. Bitches.

I dunno why, but...

2006-09-02T10:14:00.000+08:00

when I logged into Friendster today, I suddenly miss my friends. Haha! Sec sch friends, army friends, work friends, misc. friends... just feel like i have not seen them for a long time :-)

The ad that makes everyone go stiff...

2006-08-29T20:30:00.000+08:00

Zoe I still love you no matter what. Those ad people are just idiots!!

Is that cute? :-)

2006-08-27T18:18:00.000+08:00

Anime 1

anime 2

All the better to see you with my dear...

2006-08-14T07:42:00.000+08:00

I went to my optometrist yesterday, and he mentioned my eyesight is slightly better! :D Leftie improved by -0.05 SPH and -0.025 Cyl. So right now my right and left eye has the same prescription for myopia and just -0.025 difference for astigmatism. So happy now! :D

Anyway, I made a pair of Tag Heuer spectacles. Cost? Erm, S$580.00 :-O

Argh!!!! I want LASIK!!!

2006-08-13T09:23:00.000+08:00

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This is an approximation of what I am seeing without spectacles... if LASIK can cure it without side effects, then I'm flying off to the doctor!!

In other news, my mummy will be going for eye surgery soon. :-O

Life is indeed a bit of a bitch. Haha!

2006-08-08T14:32:00.000+08:00

I am still on leave, relishing in doing nothing the whole day... but that is the problem. When I'm at work, I keep thinking of a million and one things to do on my day off, but when I actually have a day off or two, I don't do anything except walking listlessly around the house. Yesterday was better, I went shopping for a while and went jogging but today I am really hard pressed for things to do. Should I play with a new doll? Hee!

It's Kit Kat time! :-)

2006-08-03T07:35:00.000+08:00

Woo hoo! I'm taking two day's leave next week, and plus the public holiday, that means I'll have 5 days of uninterrupted rest time! :-) SO looking forward to that!! I have not been sleeping well for the past couple of months! :-O

Judge me not, when you are an ape yourself

2006-07-31T21:52:00.000+08:00

I've recently learnt that being someone of high authority does not naturally make you a flawless person. You can be judgmental and not conduct yourself in a manner befitting that of someone in that position. How do I know? I bore the brunt of it.

Don't you just hate it when people practice double standards, especially right in front of your face? And judgment just from the superficial observation of you and not knowing you well enough as a person? It's people like that who makes life a dull and grey.

It's fucking irritating, and right now, I am just tolerating and smiling just because I still can, but if that fucking bitch ever steps on my tail again, I will claw out her eyes and shit on her face. May her husband leave her for another MAN and may her daughters grow up to be harlots!

Sorry, just had to vent. :-p

Something interesting I spotted

2006-07-26T21:20:00.000+08:00

I was at my cousin's place and about to leave when I saw this. They were performing some rites with Ji Gong. Quite interesting, I thought :)

Today is just one of those days...

2006-07-16T21:02:00.000+08:00

Where nothing goes right. Well, the morning went ok, but the afternoon was a bit of a downer. I was talking on the phone with a doll dealer, and she mentioned that new dolls are in stock, because I asked about Monte Carlo a couple of days ago, I was really happy and wanted to go to buy it. Lo and behold, I took one look at my new mobile phone and part of it was warped! Mind you, when I bought it, I sorta suspected that it was used before by someone else, and it was confirmed when I saw a list of unfamiliar contacts in the phone. I decided to let live though, because it was still new-ish, but when I saw the warp today I immediately called the shop and requested for a new piece, and I mentioned the numbers i saw in the phone. The fella on the other line told me to go for an exchange today, so I went.

It was a fucking sweltering day, and it was so bright and sunny that I felt sick. The journey there took about an hour. This time, he really broke the seal off a brand new box in front of me, so I was convinced that it was a new phone. You know what he did with the one I exchanged? He packed it back into the plastic baggie and pasted back the protective plastic covering the screen taken from my current new phone and put everything back and passed it off as a new one! Good luck to the next purchaser!

From there, I took a bus in the sweltering weather to the dolly shop. This took another hour. When I reached there I was so damn happy and practically waltzed into the shop, and the lady boss happily asked her husband to bring the brand new spoils out to me... to my horror, it was Lady Luck, that hideous getai singer wannbe!! Eeks!! I told her I wanted the Model Muse Monte Carlo doll!!! Then she said she made a mistake and the doll has not arrived yet. (-_-) What a fucking waste of my time!! Then I had to travel all the way back home! In all, by the time i reached home and had lunch, it was already 4pm!!

In the evening, me and my parents went to Far East Plaza to have dinner, and proceeded to shop around in Orchard Road. Fucking Scotts Shopping Centre, their air con seems to be off! We felt like we were in an oven when we were there! I promised myself NEVER to ever step in there again. The basement of CK Tangs was no better, and so I told my mum that I've had enough of warm weather for one day and I wanted to come and bask in the coolness of my air con. And so here I am, bitching about my shitty day in the comfort of my air conditioned room... life can be a bitch but can be sweet at times too... but hang on...

Tomorrow I have helpline!!!!! :( :( :(
I guess life is always a bitch. Haha!!

Laters!

Circa 1995

2006-07-16T17:47:00.000+08:00

See what 11 years can do to you? Haha!! :-p You slim down, get clearer skin and generally look better!! Ain't life grand? Muahahahahah

What I got for my birthday :D

2006-06-15T23:59:00.000+08:00

My colleagues were very nice, they got me a LV card holder!! Woo hoo!! They know I'm an LV slut, so they got it as a gift for me. But I had to spend the whole day hunting for it, because they hid it somewhere and I had to decipher clues to get to it. In the end, it was hidden in a trash can! Haha! They are really naughty but really sweet! :)

That was a bit of fun (ok, actually, lots of fun) on an otherwise normal workday. ;-)

I'm so fucking sleepy now

2006-05-29T11:07:00.000+08:00

And my office computer system is so slow, I can practically walk to Orchard Road, browse and buy stuff and then WALK back and still the system has not got back to my query. Sucky shit! The person who wrote the program shld get shot! And then get reborn and get shot again. Hahahah!!

Ok, other than that things are ok, but I am rather busy at work and have no time to reply to emails! :( But I am hoping to be able to go for an overseas trip sometime in July, that would be fun :))

My baby and me :-D

2006-05-28T16:07:00.000+08:00

Isn't he such a cutie?? I mean Tohya of course hehe! How can I compare to His Royal Cuteness?? I've never had a proper photo taken with him before.

Geez, I'm so sleepy now...

2006-05-05T11:40:00.000+08:00

But I'm at work and I have to handle pesky phonecalls. Yucks! Haha!! :-p

Other than that I am ok. I havenot been updating often because i am so dead tired from work!! And I don't have time to play with my new dollies!! I have got many new dolls, like Yukinojo and some other new Momoko dolls, plus I bought some vintage Barbies which should be arriving soon! :)

Hope y'all are ok :) Seeya!

My dear ex-business partner

2006-04-01T17:58:00.000+08:00

You are such a cunt face. Stop under cutting my prices on Ebay.

Love,
Your ex-business partner

p/s: My mum think your hair stinks. Go wash it. xoxo

Ok...

2006-03-17T23:23:00.000+08:00

the haircut was not as bad as I thought it would be :D Now I look a little dorky, but I've always looked a little dorky, just that there is less hair. Haha! I've gotta go crash, the gym session, lack of sleep and generally stressing over cutting hair has taken its toll on me.

Laters!

:-(

2006-03-17T14:01:00.000+08:00

I don't want to cut my hair :-(