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When I was younger, Dad got posted to U.S. for work. So it was, in the late 80s, that a tiny Asiatic family was to be uprooted and planted elsewhere on foreign land. We resided in California for a period of time, 3 years to be exact, living in a walk-up apartment of sorts. Being an ignorant little kid back then, I’ve vague recollections of the lifestyle we used to lead. I remember Dad’s colleague Uncle Andy (and his wife’s trademark marshmallow-&-sweet-potato Thanksgiving dish), Disneyland, the quaint old school where I used to go to, and the much anticipated holiday event -- Halloween. I clearly loved Halloween, as any other kid would be. This very once Dad brought home a pint-sized pumpkin. He had the insides removed (I wonder if Mum made pumpkin pie with it), carved a smiley face out of it, and sat it atop the black television set. I suppose I ogled at the 4-inch tall creation day and night; the naive child I was. Then came Halloween. Dad’s friend kindly informed him, on the morning of Halloween itself, that people could go trick-or-treating at the neighbourhood mall. My previous 2 Halloweens were spent at home without much fanfare; this was the 3rd already, and I naturally felt elated to be doing something different this season. We arrived at the mall slightly past dinner. The place was teeming with Ninja Turtles, Batmans and princesses. I had no fancy costume on, merely a tiny plastic bag to contain all sorts of treats. It felt queer initially. After I got my first sweet though, I had no qualms after that. Apparently they had people positioned strategically outside the stores, and all a child had to do was to go up to them, preceding which they would flash you a brilliant smile and drop a few nuggets of goodies into your container. I had photos taken with a guy in a menacing King-Kong suit, and a young lady (no more than 18 years of age) donning a Little Mermaid costume. They were trying to spread a bit of festive cheer. We went from store to store, till my bag got filled to the brim with chocolates, candies and bubble gum. I think it was the first time I truly enjoyed Halloween. Sadly, we don’t celebrate Halloween much in this part of the world, possibly because it is frowned on by our society as some sort of a pagan event. Ours is primarily an Asian society after all, and Halloween doesn’t hold that much significance in comparison to Christmas. Nonetheless, Happy Halloween to all of you. --- Take a moment to read the latest update with regards to missing China girl, Huang Na’s, case. posted by Miss Blunder on Sunday, October 31, 2004
Q: How would Miss Blunder react when she feels extremely screwed up?
A: 2) Gather her friends for a game of Russian Roulette (certainly not of the sexual variety). 3) Talk bull. (We sure make brilliant matadors don't we? The world is full of *bull* as it is) Argh. I am supposed to be in CT class right now (No, i didn't skip class for that matter). In fact, my prof is now in Madrid, Spain! Yes, Messrs Kirpal(read here) is in sunny Madrid right now for some International Storytelling competition, thank you very much. I only realised this in the morning via the email that he'd sent yesterday evening (from Madrid of coz). That happened just when i was preparing for school. So there. Pardon the amateurish wrting style i've displayed in this entry. This is it. My linguistic abilities are worsening. posted by Miss Blunder on Thursday, October 28, 2004
My sister, whom i shall nickname Butterfingers, dropped my precious DC2300 the other day. She wasn't actually holding the digital camera when it dropped. I'd left it near the edge of the dining table. What she did was equally destructive: She picked up a grocery bag, accidentally hit the gadget, and sent it flying 2 feet to the ground. Cam didn't shatter into pieces, but i dissed her all the same. It's bad when something fragile like cams & handphones are flung onto cold, hard surfaces. You won't know what happens next. Ok, so i headed for dinner on tuesday with the intention of taking photos. Photos are great as keepsakes; and then with digital prints i can post them online easily too. At the dinner table:
Me: Let's take photo leh! Others (these are my former colleagues): Okay! *Proceeds to whip cam out from bag* Me: Hmm? (Jabs at button repeatedly; futile attempts) Others: Huh? Me: Uh. It's not working. *Collective looks of disappointment from the crowd* I feel pretty sorry for the camera. The internal components must have dislodged themselves, thus rendering it a chunk of scrap metal right now. If it comes under warranty, i'll get it repaired. If not, i'll possibly deduct the repair fee from my sister's weekly allowance~ :)
Technology is just an indispensible part of our lives. We can't live without our fancy gizmos (handphones, PDAs, notebooks), vehicles (cars, buses, trains) & our toilet paper(try removing that from your household). 2 silly tech photos to share: * This one's for the guys. Goddamn it! Where's the ladies' version? * Hell. There wouldn't be enough space for this. posted by Miss Blunder on Wednesday, October 27, 2004
I'm tuning in to Michelle Branch's Hotel Paper.
Wish i could get 42 hours instead of 24 a day. But who am i to complain?
- which, i of coz, think are well worth a read - I'll be back soon. I promise :) posted by Miss Blunder on Sunday, October 24, 2004
I've been meaning to write about my week for awhile now; but for these few days my work-basket has been teeming with an inordinate amount of chores, so much so i survive on a meagre 4 hours of sleep a day. That kind of sleep is suffice to exist in a zombie-like state; but barely enough to sustain as a human. I've this inexplicable yearning to watch Maria Full of Grace. It'll be a form of escapism. I've been abnormally tolerant to flicks & cheap thrills lately.
I wouldn't want to bore you with an account of my week; since it revolves around the same themes day after day, week after week. The fact that i didn't realise Poh Seng Song was in my CT class merely proved 2 things: On a happier note, some bigwigs gave a talk on Friday:
Excerpt JUSTIN SCOTT is the world famous author of the “Ben Abbott” detective books and his best-selling novels include THE SHIPKILLER, RAMPAGE, A PRIDE OF KINGS, THE COSSACK’S BRIDE, HARDSCAPE, MANY HAPPY RETURNS, THE NINE DRAGONS. AMBER EDWARDS is a celebrated TV actress and film maker, specialising in making documentaries. Her internationally acclaimed award-winning films include QUICKSAND & BANANA PEELS (a year in the life of 2 principals) and AMERICAN STILLLIFE (on George Segal). She is an Emmy award winner and a highly sought-after producer and TV show host/actress. I was genuinely bored when i took this one:
I kept the photo though; the symmetry in the photo stuck with me. posted by Miss Blunder on Saturday, October 23, 2004
Had dinner at Pastamania (Cathay Cineleisure) yesterday with some good'ol friends; all of whom i've known since my secondary school days... Come to think of it, that was so darned long ago. Most of them ordered creamy chicken pastas (S$6.90 each). I geh kiang, ordered the carbonara (a whooping S$9.90!) & ended up not finishing it. Think of it this way: Linguini, laced with bacon bits & heaped with a creamy cheesy sauce, in a portion too big for me. Puh-lease. After the meal, we contemplated where to go next (the cinema, karaoke singing or shopping?). It was not meant to be; we adjourned to a cafe soon after & ended up washing down our food with beverages & small-talk. Anyways, I did mention something about posting pictures on my bloggie right? Muddle-headed me remembered to take photos after 3 out of the original 8 had left; so what you see here are the remaining 5 folks~
*Photos taken with my trusty low-end Benq DC2300. Yes, if you're wondering, that is the particular model Starhub gave away during a year-end promo. Quit guessing. It is capable of producing ONLY low-resolution pics.*
Ya, something wrong with that ah? Wanna find fault with me? I never had a weekend like that in ages. My weekends are mostly spent cooped up at home, struggling to finish up large chunks of what i call my homework. Wah! It actually felt great to be running around at West Coast Park. I actually flew my kite there; but there was little wind & not very much i could do. The kite hadn't flown very high before it got entangled with some silly tree. One can barely miss the ubiquitous McDonalds outlet there.
My sister didn't. Let me end this off with pictures of plants. My mum bought a pot of periwinkle today, so i took a photo of it.
And these are my cactus. Check out those spikes!
*Yawn* Gotta sleep soon, tomorrow's blardy monday (damn BGS) again... Hope i can get to meet YF & YL soon. Yups, till then :) posted by Miss Blunder on Monday, October 18, 2004
Got down to watching The Italian Job last night. It was a good movie, much better than my family had expected; if it were a bad flick i might have been trounced on by them. Charlize Theron & Mark Wahlberg are just impressive. Did i mention they're hot, like totally? Mmm. Dad got his new Toyota yesterday. He was elated with the purchase to say the least, & kept gushing over the paraphernalia on the dashboard. Apparently he knows barely anything about the gadgetry; so i guess i'll have to tinker with it. I'm heading for dinner later with a couple of friends. Wonder if it'll be eventful. I'll take photos, post them online & you guys can do a poll for "Miss Blunder's Sexiest Friends Alive"! *Chuckles*
Joss Stone's You Had Me. Right click & save target as, but delete within a day. Go support her latest offering Mind, Body & Soul; it's brilliant :) posted by Miss Blunder on Saturday, October 16, 2004
In any case you haven't heard of Friendster, it's an immensely popular social networking service; a virtual world where you hook up with your friends, or new people like your friend's friends, or the friends of a friend of a friend. Since its inception, 6 million people have flocked there, yours truly included. But the network is so irksome, it never fails to piss me off. There must be like tonnes of jaded Friendster users around. Bleah. Reasons for me to hate Friendster
Server
Friends
Testimonials Testimonials made up of entirely dots & symbols, and one-liners are equally loathsome. Seriously, people. Get a life. There's better stuff to say than "I dropped by on 14th Oct 2004!"
Profile In any case, I've decided to lay off Friendster for awhile.
Nothing remarkable happened on Wed. Apart from the fact that prof got pretty pissed off while trying to explain java concepts to me, it was the usual mudane blardy boring day. Spent a good 4 hours resting in bed; too worn-out. Have to work on the damn BGS research yet again. Perhaps our group should go to Johor Bahru (Malaysia) once we're done with the serious work. "I still need the silence. I yearn to be alone sometimes."
Go try the billards :) I'm out. posted by Miss Blunder on Thursday, October 14, 2004
I was playing Fifa 2002 just now. 2002, that period in time when Beckham was still part of Man U & Rooney wasn't. I had a lot of fun in maneuvering the pixellated players on the playing field. Man U v.s. San Marino. It ended in a draw. Eventually, Man U (my team) won based on the penalty shootout. I was never a good gamer to begin with. But, although the game was from eons ago, i still had a lot of fun in playing it. I bought The Italian Job vcd on impulse today. Usually it's just window shopping; but today i walked into the retail shop & came out in 5 mins flat, vcd in hand. Don't know what came over me. Kill Bill Vol.2 was on the shelves too, complete with a M18-rated sticker on the cd sleeve. I wanted to buy Kill Bill 2; but i figured it wouldn't be any fun if i hadn't had the chance to catch the first installment~ Think End of Days is screening on telly now. Always been a sucker for Governor Arnie's action flicks.
SINGAPORE: The 4-year-old girl who was thrown down from a housing block last week died on Tuesday at the KK Women's and Children's Hospital. Perhaps we should observe a moment of silence for the little girl who died wrongfully; her life snatched away from her at such a tender age. Digressing, i realised my classmate's suicidal tendencies are getting more intense. Apparently, she added dettol as though it were a creamer to her coffee & popped pills like M&Ms. I wish i could speak to her as a friend but i don't know where to begin. She's suffering from depression & needs medical attention urgently, that's what~ Like her, I feel my insecurities all the time too. I've profound fears; fears of not meeting expectations & fears of lagging behind in the ultimate human rat race. When i was younger i did harbour silly thoughts. That was hopping mad. Now i've learnt to loosen up (albeit a tad too much), simply by enjoying the little things in life.
Friendster parody. Speaking of which, I hardly use Friendster, Msn Messenger, etc nowadays. Loners like me enjoy living in their own worlds~ Ta da :) posted by Miss Blunder on Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Spent my week break moping around the house. The most constructive thing i did (& i suppose) was to skim thru my BGS textbook for today's test. A test which i most absolutely am flunking; which spent nary any effort on. Jeez. Damn you too, for setting such a confusing paper that left so many of us dumbfounded. A mere 10 T/F & 10 MCQs; but the choices you gave us were so alike. Grr. I watched America's Next Top Model (Cycle 2) just now. It's just too fun to watch gals bitch around in all their glory. Maybe i'll live out the fantasy of being a supermodel in my next life. Be waif-like & tall (like 5'10"). I suspect they merely eat tomatoes & cucumbers for lunch ala Beyonce Knowles. That explains their slender bodies. Maybe i should curb my cravings for Burger King's. Dah, this's a darned sloppy/crappy blog entry. Seems like i can't get down to writing anything good these days, so you'll have to forgive me.
Da America's Next Top Model website's here. So there. posted by Miss Blunder on Monday, October 11, 2004
While people yearn to own their set of wheels, I wanna get a pair of wheels instead. Not a bicycle, nor a pair of skates, but rather a scooter. A Vespa to be exact. I once saw a lady all decked in her office glamour, perched high on her vintage brown Vespa & cruising down the highway. So stylish man! Rather inexplicably, females on 2-wheelers always make head-turners. I suppose it’s hard to dispense with the stereotype (that gals should just stick to 4 wheels instead). And males always give biker ladies a second glance. What further piqued my interest in Vespas was ever so recently when I saw Kym Ng posing with her self-designed Vespa. It was so psychedelic-chic & so appealing… Duh~ Then again, my family wouldn’t allow for a dog lah, let alone a Vespa. Wait till I earn my first million, then i’ll settle for a convertible no less than a Merc. Make it a soft-top too. Haha.
 Goddamn funny picture, haha. End of week break. Going back to reality tomorrow.
posted by Miss Blunder on Sunday, October 10, 2004
Sometime this week, i actually sat down & pondered over my nickname. People usually associate Miss Sixty with fashion, Miss October with birthdates, but, Miss Blunder? What a silly-sounding moniker. I don't really know what came over me when i decided to dub myself Miss Blunder. My oafishness must have been the attribute. I remember a time when i was communicating with my uni classmate via MSN (i seldom use MSN nowadays). We had just gotten to know each other then, so we chatted animatedly, but kept our focus on schoolwork. Abruptly, she quizzed me on my moniker. Why do you call yourself Miss Blunder, she asked. So i told her i've mishaps happening regularly to me. I could easily walk across a short traffic junction & then fall flat upon reaching the other side. So happened one day, i tripped whilst i was walking with her. How embarassing. "Haha, now i know why you call yourself Miss Blunder." She chuckled. How true. I lost my bottle, left my stuff under the class desk & had to run back to get it, forgot to hand up my assignments, etc. And i slipped & fell at home, and bumped my knee against the chair -- all within a short span of 2 months. Oh woe is me! A large bruise on my knee is a testament to the clumsy oaf i am. Another friend of mine told me she actually loved the nick Miss Blunder. She repeated the moniker several times while we were discussing some project. Here's what i've to say: Your 'Hotsun' sounds equally cool. Hmm, wait. Hot is not cool, & vice versa. Some kind of irony.
I always watch Singapore Idol come thursdays. I love commenting on participants' lousy singing, gaudy outfits & silly hairdos. I think most people love to put down others. It's just human nature. Today they did rock & roll from the 50s & 60s, so some of the participants gave their renditions of Elvis Presley hits. Slyvester should have been the best male rocker of the night... tho i would've loved to see him dance a little *Rock & roll, boogie away!* I like Daphne, she has that spunk in her that i enjoy watching. And yup, does she always inject her own flavour into the tunes? I think Leandra can give Daphne a run for her money... watch them slug it out man! Taufik was surprisingly good -- he did 'Balls of Fire' -- but Jerry, um, i don't even know how he got this far. It's not that he can't sing; it's that he doesn't match up to the rest of the contestants with his 'constipated' voice, which very much reminds me of Rod Stewart. Jerry can do justice to country music. He can live on a farm & sing to the animals each morn; if not, he can jolly well be a bathroom singer. The power of voting. As Dick Lee & gang would have it: "We hope S'pore votes for talent, not looks!" Muhahaa~
I want to watch Wimbledon, that show starring Kirsten Dunst & Paul Bettany. I meant to go for a solo movie outing today, but i realised it wasn't screening at the nearest movie theatre. So i gave up the idea. What a lazy bum i am. If you guys have any watched any nice movies lately, tell me more about them. I will go to my cash cow, milk some money out of it & then i can watch as many titles as i fancy.
Before going off, here's some website for you guys to visit. Look at how Paris Hilton used to look! The ultimate dumb blonde look *Chuckles* I must to get down to revision really. I'm out! posted by Miss Blunder on Thursday, October 7, 2004
I've been living in Tiong Bahru for the past 10 months already. Everyone tells me this is a great place to be living in. Of course i agree. It's a mere 10 mins walk away from the nearest train station; in its proximity lies popular food centres & accessible shopping malls, and best of all, it's so near town! (Shopping, mwhaha) And just to make some of you green with envy... look at this, a view from my 16th floor flat! (For the sake of those not in the know, most Singaporeans live in apartment-type HDB flats)
But the good stuff stops here. There's this family that lives approximately 2 doors away. Ya, they're my neighbours. Or should i say, crazy neighbours? Oh wait, before i digress even further, let me clarify something. I don't have much against dim-witted nor disabled people. So there. Well, they are like any normal family; an elderly lady living with her sons. Her only daughter is married, & drops by from time to time. But, her sons are so damn freakish, i tell you. They're like abnormal beings from a different dimension, & most of the people here avoid them like the plague. Here's why: Son 1: He walks with a limp in one leg. I suppose he suffered from polio as a child, needs a walking stick. He is people-shy. For instance, if he sees you coming, he turns tail & walks away. Avoids taking the same lift. (Maybe inferiority complex lah, we don't know). My sis saw him once at a mcdonald's outlet nearby, picking from *gasp* people's leftovers. It's not like he doesn't have money! Wah lau eh. I heard he steals money too. Son 2: Tall, dirty, a bit 'siao' (hokkien for crazy). They should put him in a asylum loh! I got back from home this once, turned a corner and got the shock of my life. This 'siao' man was sleeping at his doorstep loh! In bright daylight~ Dishevelled, unshaven; he totally merged into the surroundings. And apparently he always wanks to females & pees anywhere he deems fit. That's sucky. Like i said, i don't have anything against disabled people. But these guys are such a nuisance, putting others' lives at risk. Especially females! Imagine an auntie saying this: "I always carry a handphone with me all the time... so in case that idiot (Son 2) tries to get fresh with me ah, i will call the police straight away!" Hello? The guy would just flash his stuff, pull up his pants & then proceed to run away. All within the short span of what, 5 secs?? Damn. I could have suffered a cardiac arrest the other time. WTH. Should have kicked his balls & made sure he never came back for more. Whaddya think? posted by Miss Blunder on Wednesday, October 6, 2004
Finally got my new blogpage up! Whee! posted by Miss Blunder on Wednesday, October 6, 2004
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