Wednesday, June 29, 2005|10:59 a.m.
anyone seen the bravery's new video? i love the ending! :b it's so silly. woo. they've got a very distinct sound. when i heard helena, i thought it sounded like all american rejects (where've they disappeared to??), but the vid is cool too.
Tuesday, June 21, 2005|01:44 p.m.
muffins, pizza & grass pigs!
pictures of chocolate chip muffins are blurry. made them err last last weekend. was pretty busy the whole week with jianxi :) cranberry almond crunch muffins were from saturday night. the silly recipe told me "best if batter is refrigerated overnight", but the day after, the batter was all cold & took more than 20 (more like 40) minutes to bake. didn't even tell me how many & what size they were supposed to be. MEH. wasted so much of my precious cereal. and this was lunch yesterday. made mini pizza dough from this recipe in a kiddy cook book :P i have SO much trouble measuring out butter in tablespoons. desperately need a digital weighing scale. also a baking thermometer. anyway, the dough turned out biscuity & a bit too dense (couldn't pat it out more, cos of my DUMB microwave oven size), and the brother hated the onions. the grilled fish was more like fried :D in a pot, i loved it! oh yeah, i went for the pharm medical checkup on friday & got accosted by all those club ppl. a little overwhelming / freaky, should have faked some details hrm. K. i need to go shopping soon! see what GSS has. meanwhile, GRASS SEASON!! oops. i meant wimbledon.
Saturday, June 18, 2005|06:27 p.m.
1 failure to date: those stupid stupid wet scones (i tried to make them not biscones this time) that merged and ended up tasting like dough bleahhhh. as to success, i guess there've been 4 big blast oatmeal cookies (2 chocolate chip & 2 raisin), 1 half-tray of chocolate raspberry squares (aided by jx.... his maiden attempt at baking. whilst i was busy with some wardrobe men, he happily put the dry ingredients into the oven to bake... without the butter), 4 buttermilk biscuits (yummy). no pictures, cos the batches are all so fricking small hurhur. i've been following the small-batch baking recipes mmm :) it's pretty good to indulge on a whole variety of cakes/cookies/biscuits/breads. btw, the guthrie house cold storage absolutely rocks if you need to find any thing for baking. they have frozen pie crust dough to a variety of yeast & ghiradelli baking chocolate etc etc etc. i have buttermilk & raisins & dried cranberries & more cranberry almond crunch! next time i'll get half-and-half and the various creams. wish i owned a supermarket like this one...
Tuesday, June 14, 2005|09:29 p.m.
argh. my internet is lagging so frigging badly. anyway, i made a batch of 14 muffins the other day! half corn & half chocolate (there about). they're all gone... gotta figure out what next. no pictures, all gone too fast hehe. they were pretty good! i've taken to baking at night, cos jianxi is back for the week. & i really need to get that no-egg baking book. the father is suffering from my eggs! ha. also had to research egg sizes. silly seng choon eggs are medium-small. sigh.
Sunday, June 12, 2005|11:40 a.m.
life goes on with CACTUS
been buggery busy a little. the recipe for scones was supposed to make 8 buttery big basic scones. however, the dough turned out way too wet & un-kneadble; hence i made 4 trays of biscones. heehee. that was tuesday night. so wednesday was half gym in the morning & POP in the afternoon.. not allowed to put up pics :) camera shy! thurs, went to serene's house to watch vcds but we didn't watch any vcds and went for lunch & talked rubbish instead (she has too many beckham books!!) then i left go 6th ave for lunch & home. woo. friday, i wanted to bake but i still haad so many cookies & biscones with noone who wanted to eat them. j8 i think to eat lunch at mos then back home. saturday, met up with kailyn, mz, joan & alex for lunch at nydc... those girls couldn't finish their food :P i did! and of course alex did. maybe mz drank too much fake irish cream. dinner at the cousin's house (groan free willy 2). listening to the adults talk is terrible. when i was small, i thought everyone had a happy family & also i couldn't understand what the adults were talking abt in their cantonese. sneakily, i picked up on what they were talking about over the years, and it suxxx cos now i know who's divorced, who's angry with who, who's fighting.. nasty stuff lah. i don't wanna know!! :( anyway, must sail soon. there are so many things i thought i'd do during these holidays that i haven't done. nehnehs.
Tuesday, June 7, 2005|09:33 p.m.
hi guys. my haul from gss includes... 4 books (2 baking, 1 general cooking & 1 french book - yes trying to see if i can selfstudy :P nearly bought a book entitled advanced mathematics, but we'll see where we get on the french first) within the span of 3 days. book crazy!! k my mom wants scones tmr for breakfast :) lets oblige! heh.
Monday, June 6, 2005|10:29 p.m.
omg just realized that my camera is 2.0 megapix!!! wtf. i always thought it had like more.
Monday, June 6, 2005|09:42 p.m.
a favour
my mother can remember when jianxi's posting date is... (may 17th) but she bugged me every alternate day for my interviews and essay test dates... isn't that blatant favouritism? :( it's like she doesn't hear or bother remembering what i say!! anyways. i'll be attending pop all by myself... i'll be both parents hurhur. and pictures are up.. kz the crazy cake was the best of the lot, the texture was pretty good but the icing wasn't so great. perhaps some raspberry sauce would have been better.. the chocolate chip cookies were a disaster.. they weren't very chewy & the batch was too big imo. i won't be able to finish them! and i hope the ones i gave serene weren't hard, cos there was this batch that was a little bit hard. & the pictures are terrible, i don't know why the colour turned out the way it did. the icebox cake? i couldn't cut mango wedges nicely for the life of me. the cream was great! but i don't think it set well.. i need a nice cold fridge just for chilled baked goods :P and it was really tough to get the cake slices out of the tray because the finger biscuits had gone soft (they were supposed to). also couldn't photograph because i thought they were fugly anyway and they melted so fricking fast. i really DO need an icebox.
Sunday, June 5, 2005|10:09 p.m.
sigh.
i just saw the laser trophy results...
Saturday, June 4, 2005|06:43 p.m.
been preeetty busy... talk about burnout, i take that back! over the last three days, i made crazy cake on thursday (no eggs) with yummy frosting, chocolate chip cookies on friday (supposed to be big and chewy but my oven is painfully small, only 6 cookies per 20 min) & mango icebox cake today! pictures soon.... :b haven't whipped out my camera yet, but the crazy cake is almost gone. bought 2 books at kino - the weekend baker, and small-batch baking, neither of which have pictures on every page :( and i bought a packet of ghiradelli chocolates!! yay. heh. i made pasta with ham and corn and stuff for jx today for lunch :P and then made him eat the cookies and crazy cake. and he's been bugging me for the mango cake for ages.. soo.. STUFF HIM. bak kut teh for dinner today! hm. seems i only talk about food these days. but i've been to watch madagascar on thursday & gym with serene on friday. so... not that lifeless!
Wednesday, June 1, 2005|10:12 p.m.
heehee. i'm so addicted to pintsize & geeky webcomics like questionable content - "that is the single most frustratingly open-to-interpretation statement I have ever heard someone utter." meanwhile, davydenko vs robredo ( no more safin :< my hottie is gone!)...
Wednesday, June 1, 2005|12:22 p.m.
no cake
burnout/too busy.. it's hard to do baking when u have to make lunch & maybe dinner too. got mango icebox planned for sat though.. and maybe cookies tmr. i want to make cake & bread & stuff. and i just bought a new wire whisk & 2 metal mixing bowls (big and small!) jx coming out for law tea session today ... i missed mine. & apparently so did er mz & khel.. so it wasn't just me. but the parents are pissed off cos i refused their offer to try to talk to dean of medicine (wtf right). they'll bring it up sooner or later again, no doubt. oh yeah, we had sailing dinner on sat (without EH & WK & jo) & amazingly we didn't take any pictures this time!! HAHAHAHA. i regret lah. i want to take pictures only when other ppl don't want to take pictures. anyways, next time we will tell everyone to be there at 5, and book a place for 7. nehnehs indeeeed. i have lots of inertia when it comes to agreeing to go out and do stuff. once we get past that hurdle though, i think we can do anything.
Sunday, May 29, 2005|11:39 a.m.
i don't wanna be
i'm tired of looking 'round rooms wondering what i'm trying to door who i'm supposed to be
i don't want to be anything other than me dad was asking me about whether i was going to appeal. then i said i didn't know & he kept harping on how it's up to me & how only i know what i really want to do. everyone else says that too. i guess they don't want to be responsible for my choices. but, how do they know that i know what i want to do? i really don't - at all... - made cranberry almond muffins yesterday :) pictures here! they turned out ok. the recipe was supposed to make 6 large muffins, but somehow i turned out 12. the first batch were slightly burnt too & more gummy than the second batch. made crepes today. but crepes are always problematic. somehow, after i butter the pan the first time, the first crepe is always different looking from the next two. maybe crepes for the whole of next week! :b
Thursday, May 26, 2005|12:00 p.m.
muffinman
haha. spoiler! refer to previous entry to see who won AI. hurhur. i'm so happy. i made cornbread muffins today. they smell good! picture here! but i probably spoiled the taste a little by adding minichocolate chips. also, cornmeal as stated was replaced by cornflour, because i didn't know where to get cornmeal. & i added oil instead of the yoghurt. & substituted the buttermilk with yoghurt+applecidervinegar. amazingly, the muffins turned out moist (thanks to the oil) & pretty good. except maybe overdone, because i neglected to watch the oven :( shiv. dad suggested mac, mom said "get mac for what, so incompatible with everything". that's all she knows..... got leftover pasta to make lunch with. mrmm.
Wednesday, May 25, 2005|09:24 p.m.
goo carrie! :) the finals were terrible imo. they sung much better last week. i suppose it happens at every final - they're trying to sing their hearts out, yet they've got nerves in a tangle am almost at the end of "a clash of kings", got a few pages left. ooh yeah finally went to the gym today, didn't spend much time there (inconvenient :P) & went to the library to borrow some books; only cookbooks hahah.
Monday, May 23, 2005|09:53 p.m.
Store wars! support organic food :) (even though it is very expensive) purty puppets & their very own darth tader. still mulling over it; cos i know the chances are slim & i'm satisfied. yet the 'what if' hangs over me, along with everyone else. been busy! sailing on saturday was a blast. standard was easy to sail until the winds blew up after the juniors went back for lunch. saw lyilin on the pboat! (i lost my nalgene bottle cap! it sank. sigh. it's a sign that i need a new one.) then we headed back to shore to recover, whereupon someone's rudder refused to dislodge itself; whilst the sails caught wind & mine half-capped on the rocky walls of the ramp. who should appear just then but EM & WK (in a precious radial :b)? by then, the safra ppl had decided to stop stoning and help us recover. er. but we decided to head back out. wind was terrible! thankfully i swopped boats with wk & gained a few bruises.... couldn't keep up though esp in a radial, but heck i wouldn't have been able to keep the standard even 45deg flat. nice day to get a tan though :) cousins came over for the holiday from m'sia... young girls & their mom. didn't really give them much hospitality cos jx was back for the weekend :P but i did go shopping with them on sunday, and i didn't buy anything either. breakfast at mac's; dinner at jx's, tennis today (terrible, forgotten everything) & lunch at crustacean (i loved the fish! and the set lunch was quite worth it) am wondering about the diving thing. feel like going somewhere. bali! tioman.. australia.. hk. but i don't want ppl to fuss over me & i want to be able to read the map & guide myself. will ponder. meanwhile DH calls! :)
Friday, May 20, 2005|07:21 p.m.
to whoever wants to know
i got pharmacy! haha. i'm not upset, so don't ask me are you ok. really really quite happy :P what did everyone else get?
Thursday, May 19, 2005|11:47 a.m.
a clash of kings
finally finished game of thrones! can't wait to get onto clash of kings. actually i was really surprised cos i kept anticipating that robert would be killed in the next chapter but he took a REALLY long time to die. & i keep skipping to the end of the chapter, cos the suspense is really killing me, especially since i've already read the book once, and just need some refreshing. hurhur. forgot all about the game of thrones & robb the king in the north. gtg lunch/gym
Wednesday, May 18, 2005|10:08 p.m.
just got online - all thanks to acs. they decided that 5 syf golds was a great achievement (as is anything they do) & gave my brother a holiday! so the dota servers were kind of busy. anyway, yesterday we had a little dinner; just how i like it (small). then again, i'd liked to have seen some other people too. i'm so terrified that 3485405454 ppl on orchard road will think i'm lesbian. i didn't actually do anything, besides being groped & kissed. so i was trying to be helpful & not the typical singaporean and walk away... this tall, darkskinned man came up to me & asked me where scotts road was. so i told him. then he told me he was new in singapore & asked some not particularly personal questions like how old i was and stuff. so i answered. and he told me he was a psychologist from new york & was new in town. (actually he looked like an indian without indian accent) then he said i looked stressed. after a while, he asked me if i wanted a drink! fyi we were outside wisma. but i don't drink, so i said no.. then he asked me if i wanted oranges (juice?? maybe) and errrr. so. i shan't be friendly again.
Tuesday, May 17, 2005|04:40 p.m.
beware flaggers!
omg. when i read this article, i was thinking: hey that could have been me! only i wouldn't have stood there staring at my feet la. i would have been eyeballing her, and telling her to screw off politely... alternatively, i woulda just walked away. don't just stand there and be intimidated by her! but i guess i can understand the feeling. what a bitchhh! the photos make her looking like she was yelling & wanting to hit them. hmm.
Tuesday, May 17, 2005|04:19 p.m.
i don't want it to happen again. again again again. fux.
Monday, May 16, 2005|09:35 p.m.
sunday was the first time i've eaten russian food (i think). it's really nice! unlike mediterrean food: don't really like couscous & all that dip & burnt turkish kebab :( had egg millionaire (which is probably not russian): basically egg mayonnaise in egg shells, borsche, beef shashlik on a hotplate (super tender). dessert was baked alaska - heavenly heavenly. thanks to the other parents! :) go fedster! let's hope the fiery safin stops hurling vulgarities at referees soon & stops losing his temper. bleah. don't wanna see him lose. ok gtg. CRAFTWORK now :b *hinthint*
Saturday, May 14, 2005|12:24 p.m.
i got my havaianas! but they're not red cos i can't fit 7/8. sigh. got the white brasil ones. lucky i was lazy; and lucky no one wanted to go down with me - because there isn't training today!! teachers too busy with ora. hmm must be ora tmr.
Thursday, May 12, 2005|11:02 p.m.
i wish people would be more intuitive & quit asking the obvious & the same thing so many times. that's impossible i suppose, since what what i tell one person the next wouldn't know. but i'm so tired, and my patience is running out especially since i've got the best anti-alloftheabove at home.
Thursday, May 12, 2005|06:14 p.m.
double driving today, & lunch with shan (so used to saying ren) in between & of course spying on our favourite pervie - yes mr pink shirt . hurhur. now i need to find 3 more lessons so i can book prac test! yay.
Wednesday, May 11, 2005|10:42 p.m.
SARA: I have a problem with authority. I choose men who are emotionally unavailable. I'm self-destructive. All of the above. - to Grissom in 513:nestingdolls i like that term - "emotionally unavailable"
Wednesday, May 11, 2005|11:36 a.m.
too easy. nothing to be squeamish about. (compared to sticking fingers up someone's orifice, not the front one either :b)
Wednesday, May 11, 2005|10:25 a.m.
haoxiang, where's your article? is it coming out next week? huhuhuh. THIS IS A PSYCHE UP SPEECH TO MYSELF.
(clare was telling you over dinner the other day about trainee doctors sticking their fingers into other peoples' asses. you don't have to do anything even close to that, besides the anatomical location... just need to pump it that's all! you can do it! it's really easy. don't wuss out. it'll be over in 10 minutes, and then you'll find it really ridiculous. so. half an hour to go. IT'S NO BIG DEAL.) i haven't eaten breakfast yet.
Tuesday, May 10, 2005|02:34 p.m.
26th July 2005
No it's not Harry Potter.... It's the long awaited release of George R. R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire Book 4 - A Feast For Crows!. When I say long awaited, I really mean long long long long long awaited. Gotta go and hunt for the first book in the library so I can reread the series in time for the release :B haha. I can't remember a thing, but he's my fav fantasy author. I can't get through Tolkien, but I can get through his books easily.. Fav characters - Arya and Dany of course! :) Sansa's bloody bimbotic! Actually, I adopted the whole Stark family a long time ago :P OH WELLOHWELLOHWELL can't wait! >> turns out the brother bought the first book! but in a different edition
Tuesday, May 10, 2005|12:38 p.m.
the other day, hx asked me whether we sit or stand on the laser for his article in mind your body. MIND BOGGLING. i tried to answer that in 160 characters (x2 maybe)... and he also asked me what sails were made of. googled on wap turned up tons of stuff i couldn't really sift through because my screen is too bloody small!! anyway... serene says:
i dunno what! it doesn't sound very tiring the way u describe it "always sitting down"
serene says:
i had the impression u sat in the boat and read a book attempts to explain to serene failed, until i showed her a picture of some dude hiking in medium wind... then she was enlightened!
Monday, May 9, 2005|06:52 p.m.
confessions.
i've gotta be honest; i think you know, we're covered in lies but that's ok. there's somewhere beyond this, i know, but i hope i can find the words to say never again, no, no never again. 'cos you're a god, and i am not, and i just thought that you would know. you're a god, and i am not and i just thought i'd let you go.. i've been unable to put you down, still learning things i ought to know by now. it's under the table, so i need something more to show somehow, never again, no, no never again 'cos you're a god, and i am not, and i just thought that you would know.. you're a god, and i am not and i just thought i'd let you go.... i've gotta be honest, i think you know, i'm covered in lies and that's ok, there's somewhere beyond this, i know. i hope i can find the words to say, never again, no, no never again... 'cos you're a god, and i am not, and i just thought that you would know. you're a god, and i am not and i just thought i'd let you go... you're a god, oh and i am not, and i just thought that you would know, you're a god, oh and i am not, i just thought i'd let you go.
Sunday, May 8, 2005|11:14 p.m.
what happened to roddick and safin! the top 2 seeds screwed up. hmm i wish we could have a postnotsosecret of our own
Sunday, May 8, 2005|08:58 p.m.
got an open blister on my left index finger - it's like healed, only tight when dry, but when it's wet it sort of dissolves :( - and a couple of grazes here & there, and bruises on my elbows and the back of my thighs and on my knees, but it's all worth it.. thinking of eq to buy haha. it's mother's day! yea happy mothers' day! was wondering what to buy (the price range was going higher and higher); in the end i got chocolates, but turns out that she's asking me to do smth for her that is more than chocolates. MMPHFF. first experiences. shan't talk about it here.
Saturday, May 7, 2005|10:54 p.m.
i'm so happy!!! i have my watch tan back. the downside is the bootie tan which is awful. yep. went sailing today finally! after all that talk and no action. (didn't get to go on the manager's keel thou :( sorry hx! hope u'll pick it up soon) the wind was ok in the morning for me to handle in the standard, felt like shit after i swopped with kevin for the radial. now i officially feel like radial sucks. however, i couldn't fricking do anything on my own :( can't lift the sail anymore (then again, it IS a standard), had to rely on chris hurhurhur. actually, i thought my sailing would be rather screwed up after not sailing for so long. as it happened, the last time we went sailing, jx and i went kayaking instead. but, dunno leh. the standard made me feel pro! haha. yeah. and hanging around chris makes me feel like i'm talkative -_- after a soggy wet beehoon, relaunched into shitty wind cos we didn't know if nsc ppl had launched and chriz was gaying in the hot sun. the wind picked up as the sky grew dark and darker and the rains came (light rain) and thunder rumbled in the distance. then ppl decided to go back to shore (that is, after we spent hell long sailing to the other side to wait for them to launch, especially chris who spent much time gaying in his boat), and we did too after cruising up and down a few times. actually the lightning and thunder were damn far away, and the sky was clearing up, but nm lah so we sailed back. the trolley is so mother heavy. and i'm so fricking weak. gayyyyyy. all in all, a great day! looking forward to more :)
Friday, May 6, 2005|11:03 p.m.
man. i love tom! (from palau)
Friday, May 6, 2005|01:53 p.m.
i suspect i have some sort of mental/physical problem after that silly med interview. maybe schizo? the nervousness made me break down, while the other half of me was trying to overcome that and answer their questions.. all in all, i'm happy its over! now back to the gym (cardio today plus weights to make up for yesterday) in a bit of a fix, cos i told hx i'd go with him to sail on sat. thought he'd be sailing topper cos that's what ppl learn.. he told me "sailing q-boat".. and i was wondering wth is a q-boat (u-boat, q-boat), and the picture chris sent me looked nothing like a sail boat at all, thought maybe it was a keelboat - which still sounds like fun. but but but, they're sailing tomorrow:( and i wanna go. meanwhile mz has flown off this morning at 8, on a work assignment by NTUC Income... yeah right! haha. no she is going to slack happily in penang. i hope she has tons of fun, no KT for all of one day :)
Wednesday, May 4, 2005|10:18 p.m.
i admit, it's not you it's me.. it has nothing to do with you at all... bluntly put, the thing is that i like spending time with him; plus he is/was going into ns for the next two years, so i figure we shld squeeze in as much time as possible. there's cause and effect at work here. when he gets out, yes i'd like to spend time with him too. i know when he gets out, and hence i can plan ahead. whereas if u tell me a day in advance about impending plans for the weekend, it's probably too late - even though i'm just as likely to refuse just to spend more time with him... dunno lah.
Tuesday, May 3, 2005|11:14 p.m.
i preferred the old days of icq, when i could go invis, and no one would BUGGER me, and msn was it's poor cousin. these days, icq is troublesome and makes funny bubbly noises just like IE, so i have stopped using it and msn seems to be what everyone's into. just that, along the way, the transfer of contacts was incomplete - the people i wanted to talk to didn't get transferred... AND i haven't figured out a way to not give out my msn email to people i don't want to get all chatty with.
Sunday, May 1, 2005|10:36 a.m.
mothers have a great influence on us. just think about how much power they have.. hm. my mother keeps telling me how large my thighs are, how fat my stomach is, how big my ass is. this naturally makes me conscious about it, but what can i do - the thighs are probably muscle/bone, and the ass is the ass man! the only thing you can do is tone, tone, tone, and of course, watch the kind of clothing i wear. but you know how it is, what they tell you sticks in your head, forever, even if you don't necessarily agree you will keep looking in the mirror at those awkward bits. anyway, gym isn't because of what i said above; i'm doing it to get stronger & fitter. so. anyone knows why they took down the starbucks at thompson?
Saturday, April 30, 2005|06:27 p.m.
OOOOh hx is going to try his hand at sailing. i think i'm going to tag along lol. after all those gym sessions, i started thinking about other people. how many of them actually have the time to exercise like 3 times a week? i mean, i don't find exercising on sat and sun actual exercise. most people sit on their asses the whole day; at the end of the day, they either go shopping/partying or home to cook dinner and do housework. whatever time they have to spare, they go and do trivial things like their nails... i've been trying to get my mom to go and exercise. but it's like trying to talk to a rock wall, she hates public pools (cos my idea is to go swimming after sending my brother off to school), and of course when she comes home, she cooks and stuff. thinking that maybe if i take over cooking on friday, and we eat out one other night, she could maybe get in 3 days a week of exercise. haven't pitched it yet, BLEAH. oh, wanted to get a red esprit jacket today! it had a nautical theme, which was my main attraction. i didn't though, cos it's too fucking hot to wear a jacket these days, i'd rather go to queensway and buy shorts and stuff. although it was on 30% :( sigh. thinking back, sailing was a really really really good thing for me. thanks you guys! we could not have had a better team (not including the j1s). i had so much fun with you guys, and i do have a lot of fond memories. i wish it could have gone on for many many many years, and i hope that we do try to keep in touch. "every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end". sailing for me was a huge beginning, so big that it engulfed the ending before, and made it all worth it. i knew coming into jc that i didn't want it to be like ny, i wanted it to be exciting, busy and fun. it was better than i expected, and i owe it all to you guys... not just sailors i guess, 3n, and everyone who was a part of my life. i love you guys! :)
Thursday, April 28, 2005|11:26 p.m.
The Dubai-based Gulf News was irritated by Mr Bush holding the Saudis responsible for high oil prices. Saudi Arabia "is producing near to capacity now and cannot suddenly turn the taps on for the greedy benefit of the US", it said. "The reason behind high oil prices is quite simple, and Mr Bush knows what it is. Namely demand. If the US reduced some of its profligate energy consumption, maybe then oil prices will come down." -- from here i found it quite funny.....
Wednesday, April 27, 2005|01:06 p.m.
it becomes apparent that i was pmsing! sorry for being such a grouch. to think i was considering sailing today. i always consider. :b but it's all talk no action. definitely hitting the gym though
Tuesday, April 26, 2005|06:29 p.m.
bored out of my mind i was playing all the yahoo games again and cping. this is when i know that i should start going out more, even if it means shopping, because when my ass is on this chair, i neglect books, tv, going out in general, and my playlist gets overplayed and drilled into my head.
Sunday, April 24, 2005|08:54 p.m.
worn me down to my knees, i did everything to please
ever get the feeling that you're supposedly posting to everybody, and yet deep down inside you know you're only posting to yourself cos it feels like no one is reading what you write anyway, but you don't care to disclose overtly personal thoughts and feelings here either, and yet you continue for no particular reason. i suppose this is one of those times then
Saturday, April 23, 2005|11:42 a.m.
i was feeling so damn happy, surfing adidas and adidas hongkong in fucking chinese to find my >>>rod laver<<< bag, and dailycandy and whatnot, when someone said something to piss me off. i'm in a terribly irritable mood. you just don't understand do you. it's simple, leave me alone!!!! actually i'm not pissed at you, cos i would have probably said no anyway. i'm pissed at YOU for telling me about it and made me feel more left out, and normally i wouldn't have even minded. but thank you very much, cos this comes on the heels of yesterday. msgs unanswered, words left unsaid. wtf lah. i don't even know who i'm pissed at now.
Saturday, April 23, 2005|09:46 a.m.
friday fives
the link to FF is here... 1. What is the first record/tape/CD that you bought?can't remember... it might have been spicegirls :( actually it probably was a tape, so might have been one of those mixes.
2. Who is your favorite all time band/singer?
all time is a big problem, cos punk bands generally are not all time..... my playlist doesn't have music from bands/singers i listened to two years ago. right now, i'd pick robbie williams.
3. What have you been listening to lately?
all the music off the o.c.: the killers, u2, the walkmen mainly. an episode at a time...
4. What is your favorite radio station, what do they play, and where do they broadcast?
class 95! tracks that aren't so hot on 98.7/98.0 anymore...
5. Can you recommend a good song or CD that everyone should listen to?
sometimes you can't make it on your own by u2! on the other hand, everyone should probably listen to candy shop too!
Thursday, April 21, 2005|09:55 p.m.
these days, i'm thinking abt the swinging singles club... strange how the leader has abandoned it eh? :) i'm just wondering why it is that the remaining members are still there. what is it that you're looking for? are you waiting for THE one? i remember the 2382382328 characteristics that you guys listed he must have. the perfect guy. i think now that illusion's gone, but i don't know what's holding you guys back haha. independence? what attracts you the most? the eyes? the ears? the brain.. what? what do you think is the most important characteristic? do you think that opposites attract? or must you be twins? when do you think you'll settle down? now? uni? or like 20 years down the line still looking for the perfect match... or perhaps you're not even looking, you're thinking they'll fall right into your lap/sweep you off your feet? perhaps i've been thinking too much........... OMG! arrested development is damn hilarious.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005|05:41 p.m.
today is such a great day to sail. it would have been, if in fact, i had actually gone to sail. was contemplating going, but the lazy side of me kept procrastinating. ARGH. actually, safra's boats suck, i'd have to bring my boots for hiking because the hiking strip is too tight, and it's the seatbelt material. and my boots are so heavy; thinking about lugging them down to sail and launch by myself isn't such a great idea after further consideration. sigh. wish one of the guys would quit army haha and go and sail with me, or girls u can quit work and come and sail at safra. haha. or lets find somewhere with nice hiking straps. meanwhile i passed ftt so hooray! just have to hope i don't keep getting that silly instructor who sounds exactly like my mom so negative! it's precisely due to him that my driving becomes lousy when he's there. or maybe cos he's more nitpicky. so i should tolerate it cos the TP are like that too eh?
Tuesday, April 19, 2005|06:51 p.m.
ever since i changed my hair parting (hahaha), i have run into a number of "talent scouts" along the whole wisma - heeren stretch. not only that, they tried to stop me :( firstly, i am insulted because they are probably temp staff who are paid $6 / h and are just trying to get in as many names as possible for commission, hence they couldn't care less about the quality. that in itself, is insulting because i saw the rest of the ppl they stopped. and they're probably going to trix me into paying $3473438 bucks joining fee or er comp cards or makeupsets. secondly, i like being dark as hell, and i'm certain that no one appreciate the scars on my leg :b on top of that i have dark dark dark knees that look like they desperately need to be scrubbed... and i'm shortttt. AND i was eating a cheese hotdog today too. so wth! not that there is anything wrong with all the above, but the above characteristics aren't modelly!! they're only good for being me! except the short bit. i'd really like to be 1.72 heeehee. gym was a bit disappointing, don't know why my arms don't feel tired, but i couldn't really do so many weights. sailing tmr? :) we shall see...
Tuesday, April 19, 2005|02:00 p.m.
i feel a huge sense of relief cos i just typed out the first draft! did you know that rachel yamagata's 'worn me down' was on the charmed OST? i didn't know it was so old... i'll take you to the candy shop
boy one taste of what i got
i'll have you spending all you got
keep going 'til you hit the spot whoa!
that's candy shop by 50 cent & olivia! WHOA! :P
Monday, April 18, 2005|08:55 p.m.
7s
singapore sevens was a blast! i love the grandstand atmosphere! wish i could have been a year or two younger hehe. i want a f#%k bob! zim pensioner supporter cap!! :)
Friday, April 15, 2005|05:19 p.m.
hollaback girl is damn cheer. settling into a routine; being alone most of the time is ok i guess. thinking about my PS right now. what can i say? er. i felt like it yesterday. sure. it'll be bullshit. but it mean i don't want it any less than if it weren't bullshit. oh well. bored. let's start friday fives again, even if fridayfive.org is gone:
1. Describe your telephone: It's an art phone! blue and er funky, I guess. it's something someone gave my mom. i think.
2. Do you have a cell phone? yeah.
3. Why do you / do you not have a cell phone? so i can call people, and not use a payphone (remember the thing about ppl putting hiv infected needles where you get your change from?)...
4. Who is your favorite person to call? who else! (:
5. What is the longest time you've spent on the phone? too long, perhaps 5 hours? i don't know if the SLOO conversations were longer (although those weren't really conversations, more like SLOO typing and making funny noises...)
Tuesday, April 12, 2005|05:30 p.m.
work one month, quit, shop for one month, work one month, quit.. i thought that was a great plan, seeing how i spend my days after gym wandering around town, draining the bank account. (shopping addiction - hongkong induced probably) then i realized, that if i did that, i'd miss my gym sessions too much :( what now? yeah i met esther (the girl from 3k who was at ntuc income for 9 days) at mango too. sigh.
Friday, April 8, 2005|09:21 p.m.
anyone with cali membership and unemployed? i need a gym buddy...
Wednesday, April 6, 2005|09:54 p.m.
no more playmate:( i am glad i'm not working. it really saps up all your time. it'll probably get dull after tmr though, hopefully i can fill it up with driving and gym and stuff. only reason to work would be money to go shopping!
Monday, April 4, 2005|10:01 p.m.
frick. there isn't a single auto slot available in the whole of may (except 30th).. not even NIGHT slots. :( i'm so screwed
Sunday, April 3, 2005|09:31 p.m.
anyone going to hk anytime soon? meanwhile i will scout out all the adidas stores to find it, and perhaps bug the sales people for catalogues? i can't really remember EXACTLY what it looks like now, but the fact that i don't have it makes it extremely appealing haha. btw, the object of my desire is a small black adidas rod laver handbag, can't even find a pic on the internet though.
Sunday, April 3, 2005|01:52 p.m.
i should have bought it in hk :( going crazy looking all over the net for that black adidas bag! sigh.
Thursday, March 31, 2005|09:58 a.m.
i just spent half an hour talking to cheang. :) she makes me feel better... she has a tremendously good memory, even though i probably mentioned marine biology about ONCE/TWICE in my entire rj history. i shld go and get her a big enormous present.
Thursday, March 31, 2005|08:29 a.m.
anyway hk was a blast. total shopping mania.. I'm quite sure it would have been different had it been any other school year, rather than after As.. the mom was quite relaxed with the cashflow (mostly..) and there was tons of food, and starbucks everyday! it's more cosmopolitan than i imagined, and shenzhen was like hmm (this doesn't look like zhenqing) but hk was tons better. more civilized :P it was cold, and we ate a lot of roasted food, and shopped a lot. i kept a travelogue, but it's so fricking long that it wouldn't be worth typing out. Every doctor I've met so far has given me different reactions to the whole med sch thing. So far, there's been only one with a positive reaction, ie.. the whole being a doctor is good you get to help people thing. The rest have been like... don't be a doctor, or shocked rxn. The one I saw yesterday, told me to go and do finance and become an investment banker.... All the hsa ppl seemed to think med was the best, but that's probably cos they're not doctors. and they said at the end of the day, i have to decide what i want to do, and like it... career guidance is probably a little bit late now... esp as apps close tmr. any change i make, actually even the med decision, is going to be questioneda lot, and if i chose smth else now... i probably couldn't give a better reason than it sounds interesting. i mean, what the last doc said made sense, he said just do a general degree first then a masters later when u've made sense of your life; tho the mother said he was just trying to keep the doc pool small (surely).. ponder ponder... going gym to ponder ponder ponder..
Tuesday, March 22, 2005|11:31 p.m.
the adventures of zoom & jax
woo! Today was totally great compared with silly Sunday. Beginning to feel tons better about that dumb backhand, even though it's still pretty much uncontrollable. HK beckons.... My mind is thinking of AUSSIE!!!! and Bali... And Phuket though :P BTW, I watched Spongebob Squarepants! Hahah. I actually got Jx along! "DJ! Time for the test, No baby can resist singin along to this!" We know the lyrics to the Goofy Goober song :b Did you know that Avril sang the themesong... INVERSE!!! It's supposed to be a pirate! And the Shins contributed a song too...
Monday, March 21, 2005|06:35 p.m.
hsa
Visited HSA today... Dr Tay is like eloquent version of Yeo. He seems to know everything! And he makes it sound super interesting too.. Cos he probably put it in layman terms that I could relate to. He described ballistics, questioned docs, narcotics, criminalistics etc, and then left me in the charge of Mrs Tan (Dr?) in the DNA profiling lab. Their lab seemed to be much noisier than the rest of the labs, where silence occupied 99% of the room. It seemed like school science lab again, only with high tech eq. She essentially told me that med was the way to go, and her other colleague agreed that the career prospects for life sciences isn't that great as compared to med... Even pharmacy is better. Depressingly unoptimistic, as this dude called Chris started laying down the stats for me. 3483433493843 graduating from life sciences flooding the market, plus the poly grads, and life sci industry is apparently not growing all that fast either. And I'm really not into DNA profiling :P I much prefer the other side of the labs - physical evidence/toxicology, which requires a degree in chemistry. Yeah. I don't see myself doing chemistry. Reminds me of SHISHI. And the environment seems rather too quiet. I guess my mind is almost made up. As they said, interest is one thing, career prospects are another. mother also said the same thing to me, in the form of, "If you don't get promoted within three years, start looking for a new job.." It makes sense in a way, stagnation is not one of my options :P Then again, she's speaking in a corporate sort of sense. Then there's the another point to consider, which is family. Mrs Tan said so too. BLEH. I'm too young for this. Maybe HK will help. Anyway, I wish I were in their year instead. I would definitely like to hear it with my own ears, so my complaints wouldn't be pure hearsay. What I mean is that I'm not even the one experiencing it, and I tear (i.e get pissed off) hearing about it. Quite serious about that writing to/seeing the principal thing, purely cos I don't understand/like the way things are going. I wouldn't try to pacify. I'd prefer to stand and fight his mutherfutherhisfuckingass, because no matter how powerful/great he thinks he is, people can see for themselves what a shit/DICKHEAD he is. I hate bullies. And I hate seeing people get bullied. The thing I hate most is to sit back with my hands tied, and watch people get bullied, helpless just as they seem to be. There's my sense of justice for you. I'd like to take matters into my own hands, but obviously I can't. Politik also. zzzz. What a fucking waste of time. Some people like it natural, compared to synthetic/alternatives......
Monday, March 21, 2005|06:28 p.m.
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Wednesday, March 16, 2005|07:14 p.m.
today I ran into a bunch of inverse mats. I was on the way to the MRT station, passing under a sheltered walkway. This group of mats walking towards me decided that walking in one line was a great idea! Being unwilling to squeeze past them, I stepped out into the sunshine and walked off the path so they could pass. Two of them said "Hello..." in the way that KL said "What's your name" to Janice; ie. like perverts. Just ask me, I'll demonstrate :P I pointedly ignored them and continued walking. Then they shouted back at me, "FUCKING ARROGANT!" and then when I didn't respond, they shouted louder. HURHUR. Just because you're in a big group doesn't give you the right to be rowdy. I know it makes people feel more powerful and more secure. But deep down inside they're a bunch of insecure assholes! It would have been a waste of my time to have responded... Personally, I would have liked to have bashed their faces in. Yea. I don't talk to strangers anyway. Strange, and rude dickheads! // Yesterday was fun. We went to NSC and stoned for a long long time, before we walked to Safra and burned our feet so they got blisters walking in the blazing hot sun. (Believe me, walking on the white line instead of the black tarred road is tons better) That wasn't the fun part... We took a double kayak out and lazed around in the water! And paddled to one of the buoys. It was rather tiring, cos of the strong wind and all. Got sunburnt. At least I didn't get sunburnt only on ONE arm, unlike somebody HURHUR. Didn't get to sail though :( Too lazy to rig up haha. And the wind was very strong. Dinner was a blast :) Especially with bongbongbong drinking half his tea and letting the rest spill out onto the table, and the rest of the boys (no NS MEN :P) cracking me up with their silly jokes. The food was great (super duper great) too. Crazy people, I wonder how we were able to eat so much. Bowling was hilarious. No super high scores, but the highlight had to be bongbongbong doing as the name suggests... Charging like an orc down the lane and throwing the ball. CHIONG! (maybe too much army?) Every single time... All attempts to teach him appear to have failed after he regressed several times. Have you ever seen anyone hold a bowling ball with 1, 2, 3? All very weird/unique if you include the pool bridge:P Anyway, another inverse thing occurred today! I shall leave MZ to describe it, if she decides to blog :)
Monday, March 14, 2005|06:53 p.m.
Today was the first time in a gym for a long long time. It's a pretty nice place I guess, but I felt totally n00bie, seeing those regulars down there. And I'm so obviously UNFIT, got a stitch midway into the 2.4 I was attempting, and I was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoo slow. I got the Nike bag! :) I was contemplating between the small one and the big one, and eventually got the big one. HURHUR. More value for money eh. But either way, the series is so pretty! I like the colours. But terribly afraid of the white getting dirty. Or worse, stained.. Oh well. I guess it's not going anywhere remotely dirty.... Like sailing tmr! HEEHEE YEAH, sailing tmr! Glad it's the holidays... Though there are some people that you can't help but despise, and be disgusted by their selfish, mean-spirited actions. Now I need a gym bag :) Definitely not white. Lugging that enornomous yellow thing around sux.
Thursday, March 10, 2005|07:51 p.m.
"This one, we cannot take..." We ended up taking the girl anyway. How do you define fat? I mean, I know some people who might be considered plump, but they are in no way fat. Some one with a triple chin, a trunk of a neck and flab all around the tummy and ankles, would definitely be considered fat. Being fat is definitely a big disadvantage. The same goes for being Malay/Indian (I don't know why either). It is in no way discrimination on their parts, I believe. The higher-ups would definitely deny that it is practiced. However, it is the lower-down supervisors who have to deal with the temps on a daily basis. I guess the ISO standard means productivity is high on their checklist for a temp. Certainly, I know being Chinese does not necessary make you productive, neither does being skinny. However, being fat implies laziness here. Probably because they have had too many experiences with people that are fat/Malay/Indian. Hence, we look out for these people, and they are less likely to be hired, or the supervisors will complain. It's not a good practice I suppose; looking out for the old, the fat, Malay, or Indians. Hence, the majority of temps that I call up end up being mainly young girls/boys like me. I can call Malays/Indians (I can't tell from the form who is fat..); however, I can't place them in the same section. I guess that's the reality of life. They have more to prove than I do.
Wednesday, March 9, 2005|11:09 p.m.
My mom emailed her way to the director of the Center for Forensic Science for me. I was like OMG! She told them things that made me blush haha. So embarrassing. Anway, we're currently in the process of arranging a trip to CFS. I'm so excited, but I don't know exactly what she told them, and what if on that day, I have absolutely nothing to ask them? WOOO. TRIXY.
Tuesday, March 8, 2005|10:09 p.m.
I thought it'd be over by Wednesday.... Didn't know when I announced my last day would be Wed, that Christine would say NO NO NO... So Friday it is.. I'll be so glad to get away from KT the menace. She's so irresponsible and forgetful that it's no wonder she blames everyone else for her own mistakes. AT LEAST, after two months, she finally knows my name (I heard it for the first time today). Dunno if I'll go back in April, or whether they'll take me... But I think I wanna try smth new. :B Maybe a petshop? Anyway, kept checking my new gmail today... And I got a reply from HSA!!! So disappointing, they withdrew their scholarship this year. They're not giving anymore out. What a pity. It's the ONLY scholarship I wouldn't mind with a bond. Score one for med... Btw, ANWAR ROCKED today. I think him and Carrie have like the purest voices in the whole competition. The perfect final.
Sunday, March 6, 2005|09:32 p.m.
food
Dinner was at Bee Heng Palace Restaurant on cecil st, PIL building. That place is soooo obscure, and Cecil street is practically deserted on a Sunday night. PIL building was pitch black, no lights on. It was a reference from our makansutra guide for hokkien mee (dark). Unfortunately, the hokkien mee was braised haha, it feel far short of our expectations, esp my brother. He was so excited; he wanted to order 2 large plates, and we barely finished the single medium plate. The rest of the food was quite a good deal: cereal prawns, braised pork with buns, and bean sprouts with salted fish. The portions were pretty generous... Anyway! Our star attraction turned out to be not the star attraction, so I guess we can cross that out from the makansutra guide :b >> Probably going to quit within the next few days. I need time to contemplate my future haha. There's barely enough time on weekends to slack. WOOOO.
Saturday, March 5, 2005|10:26 a.m.
heading down to the wilson tennis centre with jx today! wooo. mom and bro going to simlim; her thumb drive crashed his motherboard, or smth. wee. supposed to get wifi soon :) but i told them no need to get a new comp cos i'll get a laptop in july. anyway, i realized that no matter how you do at o lvls, it doesn't matter, cos once you start jc, you start on a clean sheet. and i'm thankful that i had a lot of good teachers, esp cheang. ha ha. without her, there would be no d for math s. the rest were of no less importance: yeo, ms teh, pq soonbeee, bananaboat(HURHUR).. i didn't get to thank the teachers the other day; probably need to find some time to do that properly.
Friday, March 4, 2005|10:39 p.m.
bailey's irish cream souffle, with expresso vanilla cream on top... ... makes me happy!
Tuesday, March 1, 2005|08:58 p.m.
asshole alert
simon's being really really nice today. weird. anyway, there was a really nasty dude who called in today. he's too nasty really to be called a dude. i'd lump him in the same category as agnes, krishna & sunny. i don't even know his name. he called me, and the conversation went something like this (probably more longwinded):A (for asshole): Hello, can I have the phone number for HR Department..
Me: This is HR recruitment... Who are you looking for?
A: Just give me the phone number of some HR Department officer or manager...
Me: What's this regarding?
A: I don't want/cannot tell you what it's regarding...
Me: If you can't tell me I can't help you.. Is there anyone in particular?
A: Err.. there's a huijie...
Me: We have a Huismth but she's busy.
A: Just give me her number...
Me: What's it regarding? Then I know who to transfer you to.. This is recruitment...
A: *refuses to say what*
Me: I can't help you if you won't say what it's regarding. And I can't give out phone numbers (esp since I don't know who's number to give out).
A: WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T GIVE OUT PHONE NUMBERS?
Me: Maybe you can give me your name and contact number and I can pass a message for you... if you can tell me what it's regarding..
A: WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
Me: Lisa...
A: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING HERE?
Me: I'm a temp staff.
A: NO WONDER. What kind of servicing company do you call yourself when you can't even give me a simple phone number?
Me: I have direct instructions that I'm not allowed to give out phone numbers.
A: GIVE ME YOUR FULL NAME.
Me: I refuse to give you my full name -_-
A: *KBS ME SOME MORE* I WILL CALL YOUR CEO TO COMPLAIN!!! *hangs up*
What a retard. He reduced me to tears, as I was unable to tell him to FUCK HIS STUPID ASS UPSIDE DOWN in a courteous manner. I feel that it is unfair that he knows my name, and i do not know his. What do I care if he complains to the CEO. If the CEO chooses to entertain this sort of asshole, he can go to the pits of hell with him. After all, I'm just a temp.
Monday, February 28, 2005|09:36 p.m.
what is up with aunties on the mrt? there was one today (in a lime green shirt, no less) who shoved her boobs straight into me to squeeze out of the mrt.. this, even though train wasn't even that full, and it hadn't even stopped yet. i hope i squashed her boobs. she didn't even have the basic courtesy to say excuse me, it was just like shove, you should know i want to get out. hey.. i was getting out too?! there are a lot of them out there... *mutter* desperate housewives tonight! not feeling especially chatty today.
Sunday, February 27, 2005|08:05 p.m.
more ball training today... it's the best thing of the whole week i think. but the only thing standing in the way of me actually making it routine is my mother and her favourite family day. sigh. anyway, i hope i'm getting better. esp the backhand, cos whatever he says, it's in my brain.. but the brain doesn't connect with my hand when the ball's coming at me! i just whack, i don't really think. bleh :( i need my salt & vinegar chips!
Saturday, February 26, 2005|06:58 p.m.
watched team america: world police today... haha it was hilarious. chris remember me of sean william scott a lot! and i was quite surprised they didn't cut all the sex scenes hurhur. there was a very inspired pussy/dick/asshole speech too. i was surprised that they portrayed matt damon as a retard (he only says one thing... "matt damon...") but i read some trivia and they wanted him to be intelligent but the puppet turned out looking retarded so they made him dumb :P imagine if the screen actors' guild were really named the film actors' guild. worth your money to watch! unless you're a pussy hmm.
Friday, February 25, 2005|07:53 p.m.
Too lazy to make a new template this time. Hahaaa, perhaps working has that effect on me. I had so many pictures I could use but then I have no proper computer time so well. TGIF! The two boys are stopping work on Monday....... Hmm, maybe SUBWAY TREAT :P hurhur. Mz is vehemently against my Tues Cold Cuts, Thurs BLT, Mon + Wed + Fri Mos plan. She's rather vehement about a lot of things! Like SARDINES!! which she professes are the most disgusting fish on earth cos of the cruncy bones which crumble in her mouth. I find out new things everyday hurhur.
Thursday, February 24, 2005|10:13 p.m.
guess what? the main basis for my mom not allowing the comp to be moved out of her room is cos she's afraid my brother will DOTA all night or smth. it's pretty ridiculous esp since he's in here ALL the time any way. and after this he starts his DLs, thereby making the comp 1/384374374373 times slower than before, while he goes to his room to play more games w/o internet. i bet like when he's my age, he'll prob have his own comp in his room with the internet up and running. it's such an injustice in a way, cos he's the irresponsible person not me, and she's just punishing me for it. i get chased out by 11. plus when they come up to watch tv, i can't listen to any thing on the comp. or they also want to use the comp. i don't particularly fancy when they turn the lights out on me and it's pitch dark, except for the bright lights of the comp, then 5 min later there's someone nagging at you to get out. come to think of it, irresponsibility seems to follow me everywhere i go. i thought it'd left it behind somewhere in the depths of sec school, but apparently it followed me thru jc. facing one mega monster of an irresponsible person right now. i don't really understand how she got this far. i don't know. i'm running low on emotional fuel! i get irritated at little things that don't get done perfectly properly. it's probably because every day i go to work with that dreadful feeling that i'm gonna hear her voice hurhur. i loved it when she was absent. it was like PEACE at last. i probably give her the more attitude than i wish i would. something i will probably regret, since she's not THAT bad. i hope some people are feeling tons tons better.
Wednesday, February 23, 2005|08:37 p.m.
my first time eating at olio today. not dome... yea, and my first time eating medium done beef! hurhur. the small looking portions turned out to be enormous. tasty!
Monday, February 21, 2005|09:35 p.m.
hmm i don't know how much longer i can work here for. one thing's for sure, i know i definitely won't do HR in future. or become a teacher or smth. i have so many pet peeves and everyday i go argh, and don't know how i manage to keep smiling. of course some days, my temper just gets the better of me. but seriously, people can hear it over the phone when you're not smiling. so, it's like grimace *screw you*, smile, and put on your best chirpy voice! unless of course your name starts with k and ends with y and rhymes with smoorthy. the one thing that gets on my nerve most is punctuality. quite a stickler for punctuality. lateness + attitude = screw you!! at least be apologetic right. what a waste of my time. i don't know how they manage to act so nice about it. probably want to get many many compliments for good service huh! inverse. can't wait for lyn to get back. hmm. i didn't know paula abdul was actually that famous. OH! we found weevils inside the rice. gross. must be my brother put his wet hands into the rice. pls come my house for dinner! may you find weevils in your meal :)
Sunday, February 20, 2005|11:53 a.m.
sailors dinner yesterday at fish and co! glasshouse was strangely so so empty, there was barely any queue outside at all. dinner was great, fuelled largely by army boys hilarious and retarded stories about er army. movies i plan to watch sometime.. constantine, hotel rwanda, million dollar baby, ray, a very long engagement, howl's moving castle & team america: world police! :p haha on top of the MUST SEE spongebob squarepants movie.
Friday, February 18, 2005|09:21 p.m.
i need a layout change. tgif man! i'm so happy every time it's friday, but i bet i'd probably be bored as hell without work. everyone's panicking now i suppose.... time to face your doom in exactly 2 weeks time guys! :)
Thursday, February 17, 2005|10:04 p.m.
The plague is taking us down one by one. I'm talking about the mega-coughing monster!!!! aka L. Ng clone. Sigh. She's such a pain... Don't you hate it when people don't even attempt to remember your name? It's like you're not even worth that much.
Friday, February 11, 2005|07:09 p.m.
blogging from malaysia :) i feel quite restricted here... ping pong between eating, mudding, watching tv and stoning really... yet when i get home, i'll probably miss the food here like shiv! got a sore throat now, probably from one too many packets of kimchi seaweed, that bowl of curry laksa, those irresistable pineapple tarts, and of course, curry for every meal on the first day of CNY. yea anyway need to get mom's birthday present! on 15th. sigh. :] speaking of which, my young cousin received a bracelet from a "friend" of hers that cost between RM 50 to 100.. :p
Saturday, February 5, 2005|09:47 a.m.
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Thursday, February 3, 2005|10:17 p.m.
fyi: i don't like older guys. i don't like guys that are too straightforward, too sneaky(the kind you don't know exactly what they're feeling/thinking), too silent etc. not that it matters to me anyway, given the current status...
Thursday, February 3, 2005|09:46 p.m.
hi! pissed with krishna..... he was such an asshole. he called me rude! of course i'm rude to horrible, mean bastards with superior complexes. i was how nice to the other people. if i could i would have slapped him, punched him, kicked him, kneed him etc. but then of course he'd complain to his MP... sadly we don't live in a less lawless world. yea.. lyn warned me... who on earth would give an ass like him a job? it's no wonder he's remained jobless for so long, since he refuses to accept certain jobs and kaobeis so much about other people who just happen to be offering the jobs. TIP: be nice to people who are offering you the job! happy birthday to u!! :) :) :) :) met qinghan on the way home
Wednesday, February 2, 2005|07:08 p.m.
shiv. jx and mz are down. it's like one man standing.. and all the perms are asking me if they're coming back tmr. meanwhile.... i have to do like their phone calls etc, temps IA. strangely i've only had a fuzzy head for a bit of this morning, probably me psyching myself into thinking i'd come down with something too. despite the busy day, i'm feeling almost right as rain, almost. to the asshole who was burning incense or whatever shiv u were burning: YOU ARE INCONVENIENCING A LOT OF PEOPLE PLUS YOU ARE CAUSING AIR POLLUTION. maybe the ash was like floating all over bugis and near raffles city la. it kept getting in my face and hair. and the smell was disgusting. screw you!
Tuesday, February 1, 2005|09:54 p.m.
in a little bit of a holiday mood already! want this week to be over quickly, and still have to go shopping for presents etc. so far i haven't found the time yet.. everyone's falling sick bleh. i think i'll be the only one at work tmr. sorry for snapping at you... perhaps i just get a little flustered. it's rather hectic down here, and i just like getting things done quickly. guess i have to slow my pace down. i must admit i do enjoy working hmm, but i wouldn't like to do it all my life. it gives me something to do, which is better than nothing... but my brain feels like it's rotting; it seemed to slow down tons today when i was trying to do mental sums haha and when i tried to silly aptitude test. dinner on thurs and sat! hope you're well soon hmm.
Sunday, January 30, 2005|11:41 a.m.
wow! we totally managed to outfox the fox! what a sneaky birthday party man. especially with the full cooperation of herself (in carrying her own groceries and folding napkins etc etc), her mom, alina and the rest of the people involved! despite small slips (eg vince and edward), the fox didn't realize a thing was going on! it was hilarious describing to her how we trixed her. though i must admit we didn't plan what to do with her when she came home. "SHHHHHH" and she still didn't think there were so many people there. if only she'd opened her main door, she'd have seen all the shoes there! but nooo.. these people have their own personal lift, so she didn't see the shoes at all hurhur. thanks to everyone who made it happen! yes even the shift workers :b
Tuesday, January 18, 2005|09:41 p.m.
land trials tmr! 4pm :} hope we make it down on time. work has been slightly crazy. the HR people are great! but the people on the other end of the line are insane... they think we're 12938720382 ppl operating a call centre, when it's just 2 people from a department that isn't equipped to handle this sort of nonsense. some of these people are so self-centred and unreasonable, and think that the whole world revolves around them! or that they deserve to be given VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVIP treatment. or the people who waste your time because they didn't read what you wrote properly or at all. or the people who pointedly ignore your advice. the worse are the people who threaten you with "I KNOW YOUR CEO! I AM GOING TO CALL HIM AND COMPLAIN." like anyone cares right? owell, it's the nice people that make your day :) bleh ipod shuffle! it's way more worth it compared to my muvo, even the 1gb one. quite tired, off to do more e-learning for basic theory.
Thursday, January 13, 2005|08:07 p.m.
can't believe i'm working in HR! haha. i just wanted a data entry job. but now i'm doing everything. spent the better part of today making recruitment calls (i had a script) hurhur. i guess doing so many things makes it quite exciting. at the same time, i don't know if i can handle the job after she goes on holiday! some procedures are very complicated, and i'm scared i'll forget stuff:/ anyway, am familiarizing... should be ok by the end of the mth! btw when you ask me how's work at the end of a long day, it's quite hard to answer:p it's like parents asking me how's school at the end of a long day.
Monday, January 10, 2005|09:19 p.m.
have you ever woken up to find your double eyelid has become a single eyelid, and your eyelid bulging like no one's business? and one eye is slitty while the other isn't? and it hurts? i have a stye. and i went to work on the first day with it, they were asking if i didn't sleep enough. it's fucking painful!!! but at least the double eyelids have returned, and i've got viscous eye cream to stick into my eye. btw if you're too lazy to click on that link, it's like a fricking pimple. it's an infection caused usually by Staphylococcus aureus. there's PUS inside. ewwwww. it just hurts reading all the spam now so, going off!
Saturday, January 8, 2005|10:14 p.m.
so. my brother is trying to make a leyden jar... using a plastic container and some aluminium foil, chicken wire, a plastic chair leg... and some cloth, the last i heard. but then no one i've spoken to seems to kow what it is. HAVEN'T ANY OF YOU EVER PLAYED PEPPER'S ADVENTURE IN TIME? here is a definition for those who were too lazy *glare* to google: "A Leyden jar is a device that early experimenters used to help build and store electric energy..." i had my first tennis lesson yesterday! :b "EYE ON THE BALL! EYE ON THE BALL! WHAT'S THISSSSSSSSSSSSSs!!!!" hurhur. quite fun lah. my arm hurts though. i'm not used to not flicking my wrist. and i can feel my arm stop instead of following through. so well! tomorrow, tennis again will ali and amos too.
Monday, January 3, 2005|04:27 p.m.
"The pledge to never fail to bring you the most failsafe inspiration & ensure you do not miss us in the maze of lookalikes... Drive fast & take risks. Wear nice clothes & stay out late. Be true to yourself all the tme. Never do what is expected. Have no American idols. Australia is fail safe."
Sunday, January 2, 2005|07:02 p.m.
i need a job soon. being unemployed means being a maid. house elf sounds infinitely better:P
Saturday, January 1, 2005|10:03 p.m.
to be a forensic pathologist: you need a med degree and surgery degree... WAHHH. am considering pharmacy.
Saturday, January 1, 2005|05:30 p.m.
langkawi
happy new year guys! it's 2005. i just got back from my holiday with my family today! after a 2 day stopover in kl, we went to langkawi despite finding out about the tsunami 2612. imho as i've already gone on and on too much about it, it sounds suspiciously like 911. we were prebooked into sheraton langkawi, and the hotel reassured us that everything was ok so there wasn't a plausible reason for us to waste the room. sheraton langkawi beach resort was basically made up of chalet style rooms. it was pretty hilly so it didn't really get touched by the tsunami, except for captain's grill and the boardwalk which was destroyed, and some of the equipment being washed away. we had a pretty big room, cable tv! a bathtub that we never used cos we'd have to close a sliding wooden door. and a porch! with a day bed. wooo. on the first day we just explored kuah town which was on the opposite end of the island and definitely more urban than the rest of langkawi. the duty free shops suck, they're full of rubbish that no one will really buy, plus the prices and normal too. and i discovered cult! :b yeeeah (it's really hard to find on google, just like felt, so i haven't found their site yet) dinner was at kitta restaurant (some seafood no freshfish cos of tsunami) and quite thai like. i had a suspicion that they had 22 different sauces that they poured out to make different dishes on their menu. and then we went back to the hotel and watched bourne conspiracy (my first time). matt damon looks good in that movie :P can't say the same for talented mr ripley though. on the second day, we awoke to find it was 10.15 with breakfast buffet closing at 10.30 -_- and a FROG in the bathroom. bleah. shlda cooked the frog. i think this was my first time being in a hotel where the lobby has plenty of skimpily (bikini) clad people walking through like there's nothing unusual. it's the only way to the pool and beach! eheh. after breakfast, we went to the gym, which is very very very very nice! it's like fully outfitted with equipment, plus it's glassed and facing the beach. at first there was this lady playing loud zen music and doing yoga on the floor, pretty hard to run to that sort of music ahah. then she left and this redshirted pan-asian guy that i never saw again (ahem) started playing club music! woo. after gymming we went to the beach at the poolside to suntan! (just the mother and me, cos my brother and father preferred to be holed up in the room. btw brother played comp games in the room thru out our trip) all the caucasians! WOOOO. beach bums. you have to get there early to get a special spot. the beach was small and they didn't lemme go out on the water. SO HRMPH. so much for a beachy holiday. i know a lot of people were concerned about the beach and the sea.. going "WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T GO TO THE BEACH" x 123283232737 times, that comes from watching too much CNN and thinking that we're at the epicentre when really langkawi was barely hit. in fact i saw a catamaran and a laser out in the water. yeah so those warnings? NOT HELPING. dinner was at pakpoh. OVER PRICED FOOD. way over priced. not very nice either. i'm addicted to butter prawns with oats btw:P v nice! but pakpoh had like not crunchy oats. bleh. second day was the same, breakfast then tanning. then we went to look for this famous shooting range (the CG98 one) which wasn't on the map. duh. there was a perfectly good reason why it wasn't on the map. but father insisted on finding it (because i think he likes sightseeing while i do not) so he asked the hotel guy where it was, and the guy pinpointed a road. then we drove to near kuah and up and down the road, and followed every single turn off that didn't say KAMPUNG, and finally we found it on the top of the bloody hill and it was frigging abandoned, DESERTED! yeah. see. after that was lunch in kuah and a bit of shopping (which is quite bad cos the only shops worth going into were adidas/nike/asics/ and the cult shop :P and i didn't buy anything from the first three cos the prices were so ordinary), and then GOKARTING. which was adrenaline pumping, but a little boring and only for 10 minutes! (we drove all the way for 10 min) hurhur. yeah and brother got burned by the engine even though the guy said DON'T TOUCH THE ENGINE. anyway, father lapped me twice (guy who likes driving 160km/h on NS expressway), brother lapped me once, and i lapped my mom! hahah. and i spun :P cos i braked around a corner too much. oh well. it was fun... for all of 10 minutes. but then all the rocks and gravel flew into my pants and now i've got a graze on my ass. bleh. makes sitting down painful. then we went for dinner at pantai cenang. this brightly lit restaurant with MANY MANY ppl. the prices were so so, and it was very touristy, but the atmosphere was great and the buttered prawns were great, and the food was great! and the bill was almost half the previous night. definitely more worth it. :/ bleah. and then the next morning, gym again (though i didn't see any body this time just some jap tourists), and the wind started picking up. could see white caps out at sea! whee. checked out and flew back to kl. where we spent NYE which was disagreeable with me, because i was trapped between adult conversation (where they discussed serious tsunamis -_- between wine and laughter) and the children. the younger children esp the boys are at the age where they think that saying cunt in front of me or asking each other what cunt means is very funny. another girl was erh telling lewd stories i think, or the ridiculous things she does! so i just started reading (to my little malay cousin who kept flipping thru the book and pointing to random objects) and eventually fell asleep, only to be woken by their SILLY RIDICULOUS white candle thing which involved NO tsunami related wishes i heard, but mainly have a happy new year -_- uhuh. not fun. anyway, there was an earthquake i think in kl, my aunt's wall is leaking water. i've realized that i dislike driving an hr to find food. :b and that i'm not a night person, unless i'm doing something interesting enough to get me through the sleepy part of the night (EG BBALL GUYS :P)
