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Jaded...

2011-03-01T22:20:00.003+08:00

Jaded...

It's disheartening to know that you've tried your best but yet confronted otherwise.

Even disheartening to get pulled into a complaint which you've never committed to.

Makes one very jaded.

The only good thing to happen today was to hear the colleague's son blabber his school poems. Cute.

So tomorrow's only gonna be better. I hope.

Catching Rapunzel

2010-12-29T22:35:00.007+08:00

Catching Rapunzel

K and me have been trying to catch Rapunzel on screen for the longest time but have yet to find time to do so.

During Christmas, we've finally decided to catch it on Tuesday after work. But fate has it that the timing sucks and I'm still recovering from my bad flu, and thus, plan failed.

Today, K messaged to tell me that the timing is a hell lot better today but alas, branch dinner for me and we did not manage to catch it AGAIN! Just as we were resigned to watching it on dvd, our messages spurred on to a totally different topic, which goes on like this...

K: Really have to wait for the discs liao...

Me: Yea, I guess so..

K: Nvm, my jie fu not keen. so any other sugg?

(and no, our whole conversation did not mention abt any jie fu or suggestions whatsoever)

Me: ??

K: My sis hubby lar.. any sugg?

Me: I noe what is jie fu! But we were talking abt rapunzel rem?

K: Oh ya hor! Haha, asking abt new year eve plans lar!

Duh, I think all my friends are like that. They NEVER give signals for changing topics! Dangerous road hazards!

Anyways, K never ever gives up and we finally can watch Rapunzel tomorrow! Shall keep my fingers crossed!

Sick on post-boxing day sucks!

2010-12-27T22:24:00.000+08:00

Sick on post-boxing day sucks!

It sucks to be sick on boxing day, or post boxing day, as a matter of fact. Especially, when you're off and intended to get out for some fresh Christmas air and shopping!

Apparently, the body reckons an off day at work is equivalent to an off day for the immune system as well. That explains the continuous sneezing and forever running nose. I swear I've never sneezed so many freaking times in my life before! It's like 342348203849283402834 times, continuously, consecutively, whatever-ly for a straight 2 hours. A hiatus of like, 10 minutes ensue before it starts all over again.

Sucks ttm!

A nice and warm affair

2010-12-25T23:43:00.002+08:00

A nice and warm affair

I love Christmas parties! They're always filled with warmth, joy and laughter amidst crazy people and their antics.

It makes you, me and everybody else feels loved.

Don't you think it's marvelous?

Merry Christmas peepz!

2010-12-25T00:00:00.000+08:00

I ♥ Christmas!

2010-12-23T22:31:00.003+08:00

I love Christmas~!

Santa has just given me the best Christmas gift ever!
In the form of A+, A, A- and 1 B+....

I love Christmas!

你不知道的事

2010-12-11T22:40:00.001+08:00

你不知道的事

And you have moved on...

So should I...or so I guess...

Up up and away!

2010-04-21T23:56:00.000+08:00

Up up and away!

My travel shopping list

2010-04-16T22:52:00.001+08:00

My travel shopping list

List of things to buy @ HK:

Earrings... I'm a earrings addict
Clothes....Office, Casual, whatever!
Pretty shawls / scarves / etc
Iphone covers....though I don't own a Iphone YET
Shoes
Ettusais makeup
Masks

Hmmm....what else leh???

Countdown officially starts today!

2010-04-15T21:49:00.000+08:00

Countdown officially starts today!

A day lost

2010-04-12T19:37:00.003+08:00

A day lost

On my off day today, I've originally intended to:

Pack my clothes
Iron my clothes
Pack / organize my stuffs, bags, etc
Go to Maybank to enquire about study loan
Sort out my DBS Internet Banking
Start digging my toiletries / cosmetics bags and what's not to prepare for my upcoming HK trip
Sort my mail

And I ended up nua-ing the whole day, none of the above is accomplished!!!

And it's a freaking hot weather and I can't sleep comfortably without sweating!!! I feel I'm in a toaster, really. Why doesn't it rain on my off day!!?!?

Great, I just wasted one off day.

Craving again!

2010-04-10T20:58:00.002+08:00

Craving again!

Jaded~

2010-04-08T21:09:00.002+08:00

Jaded

Sometimes I can't understand why people can finish their work way before 5 while I'm slogging away like hell everyday. This week, amidst my never ending daily work, I've approved like 13 corporate accounts and still counting and yet the mountain of accounts is still not seeing any signs of decrease. The in-tray is breaking, seriously.

Another thing I can't understand is that how people can eat, talk, sms, read newspapers a la leisure mode while waiting for me to approve their work when all along they can do so for each other in their supposedly "leisure time". Fine if they insist to wait, but I simply can't stand it when the minute it comes to their turn, they start to rush me like I'm the one who's slow and delaying their work! WTF! I don't remember myself like that when I was a CSO. Initiative must have died somewhere....

And though I have 2 ears and a pair of hands, I can only handle information with one freaking brain. Call me incompetent, but I cannot process information with one on each side asking different questions while approving a totally separate case.

Sigh! Don't know why I'm working so hard for. Feeling super jaded and hence the blast out.

To keep myself going, I shall not forget the following:

Next time you are stressed, take a step back, inhale and laugh.
Remember who you are and why you are here.
You are never given anything in the world that you cannot handle.
Be strong, be flexible. Love yourself and love others.
Always remember, just keep moving forward.

And so I shall.

At the highest spot

2010-03-07T15:31:00.000+08:00

At the highest spot

Was up at the highest spot in Singapore (or so they say), for 2 consecutive days. Friday at the UOB Penthouse and Saturday at City Space.

Needless to say, the view was gorgeous. Especially when night falls and skylines start to light up.

And when you are at the highest spot looking down at all the buzzing cars on the roads which seem so minuscule, you tend to let your thoughts wander. Every car seems to know its destination and I can't figure out my life's destination. Having said that, do we really need a destination?

I'm confused. Like always.

Why try to change me now

2010-02-27T14:57:00.004+08:00

Why try to change me now

I'm sentimental

So I walk in the rain

I've got some habits

Even I can't explain

Could start for the corner

And I end up in Spain

Why try to change me now

I sit and daydream

I've got daydreams galore

Cigarette ashes

There they go on the floor

I go away weekends

Leave my keys in the door

Why try to change me now

Why can't I be more conventional

People talk

And they stare

So I try

But that can't be

Because I can't see

My strange little world

Just go passing me by

So let people wonder

Let 'em laugh

Let 'em frown

You know I'll love you

Till the moon's upside down

Don't you remember

I was always your clown

Why try to change me now

1st Movie Gala

2010-02-23T16:33:00.000+08:00

1st Movie Gala

Wee~! Going for M's movie gala laters~!
Though the co-stars are not really some big shots, but still, my first movie gala!

Till then!

Work already?!

2010-02-16T23:33:00.004+08:00

Work already?!

Aw...why are the holidays ending and work starting so fast!? There should be 15 days of holidays if I hadn't said it already!

Sigh! I realized not even China or Taiwan has 15 days of holidays. Only 1 week max.

I shall go nua and sleep to prepare for tomorrow's battle!

Of clothes ironing...

2010-02-16T14:29:00.000+08:00

Of clothes ironing...

Word of caution: Never ever buy clothes with weird collars, pleats or bubble.
And what happens when they are all together?
Bloody chore to iron!

I'm a fan of such clothes.

初一

2010-02-14T23:20:00.000+08:00

初一

Ah! Finally back from visiting. Not as if much visiting was done, since our usual tradition is to congregate and slum at 大舅's house to collect ang baos for the whole day. Muahahaha!

I guess ang baos really get lesser as we age. Another thing about getting older is that people start asking you when you're getting married so that you can't get ang baos from them next year. Hah! And so I told them that it's gonna be a long wait since I haven't got a boyfriend in the first place and they seemed genuinely surprised. I don't know who's the one who spreaded the rumour about me being the next one getting married after my cousins. Seriously, I think I have the "I'm attached" or "I'm gonna get married" face. Perhaps that's why I'm still single. Not that I mind anyways, since my relatives are all very accustomed to the fact that there is a silent tradition of "单身主义者s" in my family. Oh well.

Another round of visiting with the colleagues tomorrow. Yay! Finally can get to see coconut head!!! For now, online mahjong!

And before I forget, may you and your loves ones have great prosperity, good fortune & happiness in this new tiger year and always!

Huat ah!!!

Of the slightly betta things this year

2010-01-12T20:00:00.003+08:00

Of the slightly betta things this year

I can finally see the bright sky when I left work today.
Splendid. =)

Got the increment letter. Like what the boss says, "It's not much, but you can find satisfaction in other ways!"

Splendid. And I'm gonna do just that.

First week of 2010

2010-01-07T22:53:00.005+08:00

First week of 2010

The first week of 2010 is a crazy one, with lotsa customer service issues, long queue, plenty of accounts to approve and tons of emails to reply amidst almost impossible new targets to meet.

TGIF tomorrow and I'm so looking forward to the end of the week.

Of 2009 & the New Year!

2009-12-31T16:12:00.000+08:00

Of 2009 & the New Year!

I've learned a lot this year....

I learned that things don't always turn out the way you planned, or the way you think they should.

I learned that there are things that go wrong that don't always get fixed or get put back together like the way they were before.

I learned that some broken things stay broken, and I've learned that you can get through bad times and keep looking for better ones, as long as you have people who love & stay by you.

Have a fantabulous new year ahead peeps!

Merry Christmas peeps!

2009-12-24T11:01:00.001+08:00

Merry Christmas peeps!

Before I leave for the chalet thingy, here's wishing all a Merry Christmas!
May we all have a joyful Christmas and blessed new year ahead!

Random-ness again

2009-12-21T23:22:00.004+08:00

Random-ness again

My feet freaking hates me now. I promise never to shop in heels again!

The guy at the gift wrapping counter freaking cute can!

My blog is turning into short posts in random coz I'm such a lazy arse. But in reality, I actually typed a very very very long post about Christmas shopping and the cute guy but I got DC & DC & DC many freaking times. For this short random post, I got DC-ed three times.

The gist of it - my internet connection sucks!

Grateful thoughts...

2009-12-20T17:32:00.003+08:00

Grateful thoughts...

For the family I couldn't have, I live it through my friends.
And I'm grateful for it. =)

I love Christmas!

2009-12-19T14:31:00.000+08:00

I love Christmas!

Wee~! X'mas party and lotsa good food laters!

I love Christmas!

Karma

2009-12-14T21:29:00.001+08:00

Karma

The thing about monitoring other people is that karma always finds you and you end up being monitored yourself.

Da Big Day!

2009-11-21T01:29:00.004+08:00

Da Big Day!

It's Esther's big day ~~tomorrow~~ today! After almost a decade long of pak-toring, they have finally decided to tie the knot! And we are all very excited about "acting pretty" tomorrow...until I realized that I look exceptionally ugly recently sia...with all the pimples popping out like nobody's business. Coupled with sneezing like nobody's business every morning which somehow resulted in my puffy eyes, bloated face, whatever. Everything is just so wrong.

Anyways, still gonna try act pretty tomorrow, gonna see lotsa long time no see friends. At most, I hide myself near the toilet exit hahahaa. =D

In other random matters, can somebody explain to me the rationale behind adding a complete stranger as a friend in Facebook?!?! I was on the cab after walking in my torturous shoes for the whole day in Orchard and keep kena-ing escalators under maintenance which made my poor feet climb like hell.

Well, I was digressing. What I was really trying to say was that I was on the cab and I overheard on the radio the discussion about adding strangers in Facebook. The DJ was asking this gal (which I suspected to be a teenager) whether she will add complete strangers to her Facebook and she answered a meek yes. And when asked if she will go out with these strangers if they do ask her out, she answered no, because they may kidnap and do bad things to her. Fair enough. And finally, when asked, why in the first place would she add them then? She answered an intelligent "For the fun of it" and proclaimed that it's not just a statistical addition to her "friends collection". Like, wtf!

Tell me I'm not the only one with this huge question mark on my head.

Finally...a random update

2009-11-17T21:17:00.003+08:00

Finally...a random update

I've been super busy lately and hence the lack of updates. Can't seem to finish my work nowadays which resulted in the "Pimple fiesta" on my already-full-of-pimples face.

It's a good thing that I've finally managed to leave office as early as 5.30pm for yesterday and today. I didn't know that it can be so therapeutic hearing thunder roar while bathing as early as 6pm! Life's simple pleasure. Hah!

In other emo matters, sometimes I wish there's a delete key in my life so that I can just delete everything bad in my life.

I'm such an escapist. Really.

God wants me to know...

2009-10-18T21:47:00.000+08:00

God wants me to know...

On this day of your life, Eileen, we believe God wants you to know ... that it's time you remembered who you really are.

You are not your wallet, your job, your kids, your house. You are not your activities or your worries or the labels other people give you. Like an actor you play these roles, and like a good actor you sometimes forget who you really are. Time to wake up now, and remember that you are a being of immense power and breathtaking beauty created in the image of God.

Random-ness

2009-10-10T15:46:00.000+08:00

Random-ness

I'm going for Jevon's birthday party later. Going to take lotsa pictures of the cutesy dimpled boy.

Argh! I hate the fact that my block leave is ending soon!

The thing about addiction... & on leave~!

2009-10-05T15:39:00.004+08:00

The thing about addiction... & on leave~!

I'm on freaking one week's leave to celebrate my 大寿!

Being on leave is a wonderful feeling coz you get to sleep in on rainy days and not having to worry about getting up late and being late for work. And one week's leave means I get to sleep in on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday! The entire freaking work week! Wahahha, I'm such a lazy arse!

Actually, I'm supposed to do a million zillion things to fully utilize my leave. Things like, packing my room, organizing my huge collection of backdated photos & uploading them on Facebook, organizing my music folders, washing my laundry, and many others. Instead, I'm hooked on playing Bejewelled on Facebook! I can play for hours man! The horror of 1 minute games! Now, my latest addiction concurrently with Bejewelled includes Cafeworld & Online shopping!

Speaking of online shopping, I'm supposed to find dresses for the upcoming 2 wedding dinners I have. I think I have a thing for bubble dresses & ribbons. I've found one white & one black, both bubble dresses & ribbons either front or back. And I'm thinking of wearing the white one in the morning & black at night. I'm seriously wondering if my friends will think I'm bubble-siao or not.

So there! I'm back to playing my Cafeworld!

Addiction is never a good thing!

Emo...

2009-09-25T22:34:00.002+08:00

Emo...

Did you ever notice that there is always that particular line in that certain song that always stands out in that certain way? and reminds you of that one person you can’t forget.

It may not be that one song. It may be a few songs. Songs that were in a certain era and bring back memories. Happy or sad.

Today, I'm hooked on one song. A song without lyrics in fact. A song I've never heard and should never bring me any memories so to speak.

But then, somehow, I turned emo. Emo must be something I picked up from someone.

Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn’t make you strong. If anything - it makes you weaker. Because you’re doing it out of fear. You have to take chances. You have to know when to let go and know when to hold on with everything you’ve got, and that’s what makes us who we are. Taking risks - that’s living, being too scared even to try; that’s just a waste. We all make alot of mistakes, but we shouldn’t regret things. Because at least we didn’t spend a life standing outside, wondering what living would be like.

Told you I was emo.

Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me

2009-09-21T14:19:00.003+08:00

Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me

Wee~! Bangkok laters!

2009-09-03T23:26:00.003+08:00

Wee~! Bangkok laters!

I'm setting off for BKK in like, 7 hours from now and I've yet to pack my bags! Fantastic!
And shit, I think I've got a zit popping out and that means my pictures will be fugly. Double fantastic!

In any case, the thought of leaving on a jet plane never fails to put me in a good mood.

And what the fuck am I still doing here when I should be scrambling to pack my bags and catch my beauty sleep?!?!

So there!

Rainy Memories

2009-09-01T22:06:00.004+08:00

Rainy Memories

It rained today. Real heavy rain.

On my walk home, I took a deep breath. The after-rain freshness and cold wind.

And suddenly, I miss my home back in Tampines....

Shopping Day~!

2009-08-25T18:01:00.005+08:00

Shopping day~!

Went shopping with the colleagues today and emerged as the winner! The one who spent the most, that is.

Why do I always spend the most even though I had nothing to buy in the first place?!

Argh! I'm such a spendthrift!

PS always ends up as the devil who asks you to buy buy buy and she ended up buying almost nothing. She clocked the record at S$5.90 for a hairband. Like that is a lot.

J came in second last with 2 pairs of shoes at S$56, I think.

F was very disciplined coz she declined buying anything after her Crumpler backpack at S$75. She rounded up the day by buying another S$30 worth of Royce chocolates. So S$105 in all, I guess.

Now me, the one who didn't expect to buy anything except my skincare face gel ended up buying:

1) Skincare acne gel @ S$20
2) Etthusais loose powder @ S$60.80
3) A pair of shoes @ S$29.90
4) Kiehl's lip gloss @ S@26

Total damage? S$136.70!!! Excluding other random stuffs like eating and nitty gritty. Now, if I wanted to make excuses, I would say # 1 & #2 are like totally essentials. No?

Haiz, shopping is evil!

On a sidenote, we went to the Luk Yu Teahouse @ Ion for morning dim sum today. Everything with prawn is superb coz firstly, I like prawn and secondly, their prawns are fresh & succulent. Too bad I was so busy eating I forgot to take pictures.

I took one of the egg tarts though.

They have a variety of egg tarts and we ended up ordering the original and green tea. In my opinion, the original was way much better and the crust is really crispy. A must try for the sweet toothed!

Now, if you'd excuse me, I shall go whine in denial again about going back to work tomorrow.

The four seasons

2009-08-23T19:00:00.001+08:00

The four seasons

Got this from one of the notes published in my friend's facebook. Found it quite meaningful.... or perhaps this is God's way of telling me that this is just the Winter season of my life that I'm going through right now.

There was an old man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.

The first son went in the Winter, the second in the Spring, the third in Summer, and the youngest son in the Fall.

When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.

The 1st son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted.

The 2nd son said no it was covered with green buds and full of promise.

The 3rd son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.

The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.

The old man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but only one season in the tree's life.

He told them that you cannot judge a tree or a person by only one season, and that the essence of who they are, the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.

If you give up when it's Winter, you will miss the promise of your Spring, the beauty of your Summer, fulfillment of your Fall.

Moral of the lessons:

Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.

Don't judge life by one difficult season.
Persevere through the difficult patches and better times are sure to come some time or later.

Social Responsibility please...

2009-08-17T21:45:00.003+08:00

Social Responsibility please...

I wonder why some people doesn't have social responsibility. Especially at times like these where H1N1 or whatever flu strain is so rampant.

When you have a cough, admit it. Don't deny and continue drinking other people's drinks like nobody's business. Especially when that "other people" has specifically told you not to drink - not once, not twice, but THRICE! Yet you continued to lie blatantly in her face, conveniently forgetting that you have told her about your cough this morning.

Some people just don't find themselves in the wrong every time.

Tired.Sad.Sianz.

2009-08-10T23:06:00.001+08:00

Tired.Sad.Sianz.

This pretty much sums up my state of mind now.

伤感。。。

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

伤感。。。

今天，感到莫名的伤感。。。不知为什么。。。
想哭却哭不出来。

我讨厌这种感觉。

Stupid Me...

2009-08-05T22:09:00.001+08:00

Stupid me......

I was supposedly charging my phone till I realized that the power was never on in the first place. And this was 2 hours after.

Argh! Stupid!

Drunk or Sleepy?!

2009-08-01T02:31:00.001+08:00

Drunk or Sleepy?!

Somehow, I can't get drunk.

People always get drunk before I do. Weird.

But I'm really sleepy though. I think it's the early morning cheer thingy today.

Stupid, but I'm gonna do it again tomorrow. And the days after....

Shit.

To Kill a Hummingbird

2009-07-21T23:04:00.002+08:00

To Kill a ~~Mockingbird~~ Hummingbird

I think I have a hummingbird at work. Not literally a hummingbird per se, but that hummingbird literally hums from my left to right, and then right to left, for almost a few times every day.

The best part? I can't make out a single melody in the hummings.

I'm so evil sometimes.

Deleted?

2009-07-15T23:22:00.004+08:00

Deleted?

I just came to realize, unwittingly, that a certain somebody has deleted me as a friend on Friendster.

I'm just a bit puzzled, since my Friendster has become like, almost dormant. And, is there really a need for that?

Weird. Maybe I think too much.

Me, Myself and I

2009-07-09T23:31:00.003+08:00

Me, Myself and I

There are many things on my mind now....things that I don't seem to be able to sort out.

Sometimes, I really don't understand the things happening around me or the people around me, so to speak.

I don't understand my mum.

I don't understand my dad.

I don't understand him.

I don't understand why we've yet to get a permanent roof over our heads.

I don't understand my wretched life, which has gone stagnant somehow.

Most of all, I don't understand myself and what I really want.

In the process, I think I've hurt somebody who could have been happy if I've never crossed his path.

I hate myself.

Me, myself and I. I think it has been that way all along.

Sorry.

奇怪

2009-06-30T23:24:00.002+08:00

奇怪

不知为什么，最近总是心不在焉。。。

I do not understand...

2009-06-25T22:47:00.005+08:00

I do not understand...

In light of the recent recession, I forwarded the following picture to my colleagues to brighten up their otherwise boring day.

Then one started to reply, telling me to look carefully at what they are eating coz bread and eggs ain't cheap and telling me how Bengali used to peddle their ware on their head and so on.

What I don't understand is how the above translate to my email on the chickens having their kids for breakfast or having food on the table is good enough in such bad times.

Perhaps, we were on the wrong frequency...

What say you?

Confused...

2009-06-24T22:11:00.001+08:00

Confused...

Sometimes, I confuse myself with my own nonsensical thoughts.

In denial....yet again

2009-06-23T20:28:00.000+08:00

In denial....yet again

I so do not want to go back to work tomorrow.

Yes, I'm in denial again. This must be the 734792348273429 times I've said this.

To top it off, I was told that we have to greet customers at the door every morning. And no, I'm neither working at a restaurant nor at a departmental store. I'm freaking working in a bank! Can you imagine my incredulity when I heard this??

And yes, I'm still sticking to my job, for better or for worse.

Times are bad lar.

Doctor beri 帅！

2009-06-22T23:42:00.000+08:00

Doctor beri 帅！

Was off today and met up with S to go shopping. Not exactly shopping per se, since I busted my budget for this month and couldn't buy anything much. I only bought a pair of earrings tho, star earrings. Hee!

S bought a couple of things though. Manuka honey for her boyfriend, baby clothes for M but nothing for herself. Wahahaha. Very 伟大!

All of the above 不是重点. Here comes.

We were at Raffles City basement and there was this free chiropractic screening going on, held by some chiropractic clinic. Since it was free, doubled with me & my friend feeling bo liaoz and also complaining of aches at this young age, we decided to go for it.

We had to complete some questionaire, then did a simple X-ray (I think) to see how disaligned our spine has become over the years. Then we were given a printout to show us the difference between our supposedly "disaligned" spine and the ideal spine, followed by a short video presentation of spine problems and how the clinic can help us. Quite fuzzy about the details since I was "electrocuted" in the later part.

Shortly after, we waited for our turn to have a one-on-one brief consultation with the doctor. Let's call him Doctor Wash Sofa.

I cannot help but notice that the Doctor Wash Sofa was beri 帅lor! Complete with his electrostatic eyes which I nearly got electrocuted. Wahaha.

I think he's in his late 20s, if not, early 30s and he have this US slang (since he studied in the US) which I tried very hard to understand when he was explaining my condition. Nevertheless, he's still beri 帅! Slurps!

Then again, to give him some credits, he was rather spot on in his diagnosis. He did pointed out some areas which were bugging me lately. I somehow sort of "zek tio" my left shoulder about 2 weeks ago. And when he asked me how, I said I had no idea. I think I kena 电到啦。。。

I did not sign up for the second consultation though, since I was broke and didn't foresee myself following up on all those treatments which must be bloody ex. S signed up and claimed that it's mostly because she have this constant lower back pain recently. Me thinks that this is just a smokescreen to see the handsome doctor legally. At most, I give her 10% for seriously considering her back pain and 90% for drooling at the doctor's desk next Monday. That 花痴 woman somemore came back and searched for him on facebook lor! I simply came back and blogged about it hor. I did tell F about him lar and she said that she has never seen me talk about a guy so much. I told her that's because there's no worthy guys around her for me to talk about in the first place.

By the way, my office people are very concerned about my single status recently and go all out to match any Tom, Dick & Harry with me. I will say yes if they find somebody like Doctor Wash Sofa. Muahahaha. We shall talk about that some other day.

I shall go dream of Doctor Wash Sofa now.

New Layout!

2009-06-21T23:07:00.002+08:00

New Layout!

Gotten quite sick of the childish pooh layout, so after much searching and tweaking, I've finally gotten my new layout up & running!

Saw a few which I really liked, but somehow didn't work out. I think my coding skills are getting rusty. Coding is very tiring one you know? Or is it just me?

Nevertheless, I pretty much like this layout. Something like Masquerade in Phantom of the Opera, which is coincidently, one of my faves.

Very artistic leh.

So there.

退步了！

2009-06-20T00:32:00.004+08:00

退步了！

今天在打email 时，想打个很简单的字。可是，这个字，我怎么都拼不出。
你应该以为这是个很难拼的字。但是，相反的，这个字，简单的连小学生也应该会。

我想拼的字，是脸色的“脸”。“脸”应该以“lian”拼成，但我却一直拼成“nian”。

我这才警觉我的华文还真是退步了！真的是晴天霹雳啊！亏我曾经还是位高级华文生！

因为工作的关系，我们常以英文沟通，也渐渐地把我们的母语给淡忘。我想，也是时候好好练习我的母语了。所以才决定以中文写今天的blog, 希望能借此恶补一下。

其实，还蛮吃力的喔！

My First Coming Back Entry cum Rant

2009-06-18T23:01:00.004+08:00

My First Coming Back Entry cum Rant

My ulcer hurts like hell! It's hurting so much that I can't even bring myself to smile! Bloody ulcers! I hate ulcers! Hate hate hate!!!

For some strange reason, I've always been plagued with ulcers. As a little girl, I used to think that scraping off that white thing over the ulcer would heal. Something like, what it's not there doesn't hurt. (Wow, I had such logical thinking since young!) Then again, I think it's a stupid idea coz it certainly hurts and I remembered bleeding like hell. Stupid idea.

I think I'm blogging incoherently coz I'm sweating like mad in my suana-like room. I hate humid hot weathers! Doesn't help when I don't have an air-con to boot! Shit!

Did not expect my first coming-back entry to be such a rant. I think I've lost the touch of blogging and ranting. Words are like bits and pieces of my incoherent mind and pieced together like a bad jigsaw puzzle. Bleh.

Did I mention that I'm also bloody hell broke and behind in payments?!?

The shopaholic cum money spender in me still managed to chalk almost everything that involves money! And it's just simply over the weekend! Fantastic right?

Just to make myself feel a little tad guilty, my fantastic money spending activities as follow:

Hair color & treatment - accomplished on Friday
Laptop Sony Vaio !!! - accomplished on Saturday
Signup new mobile broadband plan - accomplished on Saturday
1 new laptop cover (tho I've got a free Sony cover) - accomplished on Monday
1 dress for this Sat's wedding dinner - accomplished on Monday
1 top - accomplished on Monday
2 belts - accomplished on Monday

I amaze myself sometimes. Till then.

Stuck in a rut

2008-08-28T18:39:00.003+08:00

Stuck in a rut

I'm a procrastinator's daughter and thus, I'm a natural procrastinator. The procrastinator and daughter are still very much stuck in a rut. Thank you.

Lots of stuffs are still being archived... I don't think they work anymore. Shit!

I'm just testing to see if this still works. Lo and behold, I still remember my passwords.

The rest of my life is still pretty much status quo...which I bloody hate.

Till then.

Hiatus till ......?

2007-05-05T02:05:00.000+08:00

Hiatus till ......?

Today is prolly the last day I'm gonna use the computer coz it's gonna be sealed up in a world of darkness (god knows where?!) till I'm gonna find a permanent place to settle down.

Being a procrastinator and a procrastinator's daughter, only god knows how long it will take for everything to settle down.

Used to have plenty to write and tons of pictures in my comp, too lazy then and no chance now.

Hope dear old comp will still remember me till then!

Adios!

回忆

2007-04-30T23:22:00.000+08:00

回忆

世界很大，双腿太短；
身体在这边，心在那边；
嘴巴很静，心却很吵；
时间在流逝，生命侧原地踏步。
自我了解是一场不止的旅程。

A picture speaks a thousand words!

2007-04-21T08:39:00.000+08:00

A picture speaks a thousand words!

Jolin~!

2007-04-07T15:19:00.000+08:00

Jolin~!

Ah~~~ Jolin's concert later~!

Can't wait to see 公主 dance~!

One fine rainy day

2007-03-15T23:28:00.000+08:00

One fine rainy day

One rainy morning, I just had to sleep in (again) and was late for work (again). But this time, I was super duper late because I didn't managed to catch any cab and my ~~crappy~~ good boss offered to hire a helicopter to fetch me but I waited for eternity but no helicopter came. That was crap obviously coz I didn't wait for the helicopter nor cab. I was a good gal that day coz I walked to take the train. But that was beside the point.

The point is, as I was walking towards the MRT station in a fluster, armed with my sweet pinkish umbrella and 3/4 jeans, I heard somebody asking, "请问你是依琳吗?" I continued walking coz in my 24 years of living, I don't remember anybody calling me by my chinese name except my parents, and they obviously will not ask if I am 依琳 right?

And thus, I continued walking briskly.

Another "请问你是依琳吗?", I peeked out from my pinkish umbrella and did not recognize the guy who is calling my name.

Guy: 请问你是依琳吗?

Me: 是啊，你是...?

Guy: 你还记得我吗？我是你幼儿园的朋友...

So chimz sia, 幼儿园.... I was stunned for a moment before realizing it's Kindergarten.

Me: Orrh, sorry, 还是不记得...

Guy: (some random intro to see if I can remember)

Me: Sorry, 我赶时间，我可以先走吗?

I was very late already ok, where got time to 闲聊?!?

So, I rushed to the train station to take my MRT. On the train did I realized, how the hell did he recognize me when I couldn't recognize him?!? Does that mean that I still look the same in my pre-school years?!?

Shit, that means I still look like ah-gong. Must be the short hair and bangs.

I'm gonna grow my hair. No more haircuts till end of the year.

Concerts

2007-03-15T23:10:00.000+08:00

Concerts

I'm gonna catch these shows.

I think I'm going broke very soon, especially after the Cambodia trip. Talking about Cambodia, we took a gazillion number of pictures. Which I'm going to procrastinate and never post them as usual.

Oh well, perhaps just one for now.

I can't imagine living on USD50 per month. We are one helluva lucky people and we should be thankful for that.

新年快乐!!! 恭喜发财!!!

2007-02-21T20:40:00.000+08:00

新年快乐!!! 恭喜发财!!!

I know this is a bit late, but nevertheless,

新年快乐!!!
恭喜发财!!!
财源灌进!!!
步步高升!!!
万事如意!!!
身体健康!!!

Me still thinks that the government should declare public holidays from 初一 to 十五晚.

I'm such a lazy arse ~~sometimes~~ all the time.

Sick again

2007-02-08T23:22:00.000+08:00

Sick again

I think the freaking virus might have mutated in my body coz I'm feeling sick and groggy once again.

Shit.

I want to eat New Year goodies.....

Just graduated?

2007-02-05T22:52:00.000+08:00

Just graduated?

Today, a customer actually asked if I've just graduated from school and joined the workforce.

On normal days, I would have felt very happy and flattered, if not for the last sentence he added. "Because only young people have pimple...."

Shit him.

Yes, I've got a not-very-huge pimple above my lips, very small in fact, but bloody prominent because it looks like it's going to burst any moment.

And bloody hell am I going to burst it now.

Shit.

Sick

2007-01-23T19:28:00.000+08:00

Sick

Me is sick until want to die already.

Me thinks this is a very good idea to lose weight coz my throat bloody hurts until I don't feel like swallowing any food and my cough seems like it will bloody cough out everything I swallow. For the record, I only had one meal per day since Saturday.

Fabulous lose weight idea. Not counting the fact that I'm already underweight at 49kg.

Great. Now I'm blogging erroneously as well.

Till I'm better, hopefully.

Happy New Year 2007

2007-01-01T11:58:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year 2007

New Year eve was spent at K's house eating potato salad (with tons of bacon bits, I LIKE!) and watching the countdown programme followed by Stephen Chow's dvd, 济公. I think my chaps and I are becoming boring people. Or are we old already?!

It seems just like yesterday when I just cut my hair short and wished you guys a Happy New Year 2006. And I still remembered that I spent a bomb on a NY dinner @ the Boathouse near Fullerton. It was freaking $100+++ ok!!! Surprisingly, this year, I spent nothing at all, not even transport. Heh heh.

I never believed in NY resolutions, since I never ever seem to fulfill them, especially the one on "being punctual". Nevertheless, I thought I will make one for the new year.

Anyway, wishing you guys a happy new year and a fabulous year ahead.

Merry X'mas!

2006-12-25T16:35:00.000+08:00

Merry X'mas!

As the years go by, Christmas has become a nondescript event to celebrate. And in the end, we just went out for countdown because of countdown. Boring, isn't it?

And no, there wasn't any countdown actually. No 5 4 3 2 1, Merry X'mas! Simply blowing silly party packs and poppers... I foresee the same stuffs another 7 days later, and then we would have survived yet another year.

In any case, I would like to wish you guys

Christmas Eve

2006-12-24T13:22:00.000+08:00

Christmas Eve

This Christmas, I'm gonna kidnap Santa and make him give me presents for the past 24 years.... Ho Ho Ho~

So what are you gonna do this Christmas?

Christmas shopping

2006-12-22T13:05:00.000+08:00

Christmas shopping

I intended to do some Christmas shopping at Orchard yesterday, but lazy me woke up too late to drag my lazy arse all the way to Orchard, so I settled by shopping at Tampines instead.

It was only 3pm, which was neither lunchtime nor knock-off time, but the whole of Tampines was so freaking crowded as if it's the weekend already! Tell me, did everybody take leave to shop or what?!

Anyway, I finished majority of my christmas shopping (hopefully), and successfully burnt, not one, but plenty of holes in my wallet. I'm officially, VERY BROKE in 2006. Not a very good start to 2007 hor...

Plenty of dinner functions this week.... Third dinner today, and counting... More broke and fatter...

So there.

IQ Test

2006-12-12T23:26:00.000+08:00

IQ Test

Hah...I doubt the accuracy of the test coz I'm a bit sleepy leh....

失忆

2006-11-26T21:16:00.000+08:00

失忆

Food!

2006-11-13T19:45:00.000+08:00

Food!

It's been a very long time since I posted any drool worthy pictures. Not hunks please, food ok...

I also happened to be too lazy to write about them in my food blog, so please make do with these.

Symphony D'lite Restaurant

Relations Restaurant

Osahime Sushi Restaurant

Fin Restaurant

So there! These shall last till I'm slightly less procrastinating...which might never happen though.

Haha.

Phantom of the opera

2006-11-12T13:53:00.000+08:00

Phantom of the opera

I want to watch this!

The last time it was here in Singapore, I was only a poor student in Secondary 1 and could only make do with reading the book and hearing from my very rich classmate how fantastic it was.

Almost a decade later, I can finally watch it!

Not that I'm very rich now... In fact, I bloody overspent in the last 2 months and very poor indeed now.

=(

Those were the days...

2006-11-06T17:43:00.000+08:00

Those were the days...

On a boring Saturday afternoon, I decided to take a bus ride home instead of walking. As the bus rode past my Primary & Secondary schools, I realised with a tinge, that I really missed those carefree days of yonder.

I missed the days when we would play police and thieves or hopscotch in the Primary school court during recess and after school.

I missed the days when we would walk home together after school, chasing each other like it's the best game ever to play.

I missed the days when we would gatecrash at a friend's house to play Super Mario and Sonic all day.

I missed the days when we would take out & enjoy all our titbits and games on the bus journey to those excursions like Haw Par Villa or Tang Dynasty.

I missed the days when all 3 of us would squeeze together on one bus seat, singing the latest pop songs.

I missed the days when we would take silly photographs of each other during those excursions.

I missed the days when we would play UNO card games during P.E. lessons.

I missed the days when we would loiter in shopping malls and take silly neoprints after school.

I missed the days when we would walk from school with those heavy instruments on hand to the community centre opposite for Chinese Orchestra lessons.

I missed the days when we would giggle like silly little gals whenever our favourite senior walked past.

I missed the days when we would buy the same stuffs so that we could form a clique.

I missed the days when talks of growing up seemed far far away.

I missed the days when worries could be cast far far away because our parents would always be there to solve them.

And then I wonder, 10 years down the road, would I miss this bus journey home?

Back from Phuket

2006-09-17T13:42:00.000+08:00

Back from Phuket

I came back from Phuket with 2 wounded toes, one slightly swelling thumb-toe, and a 浸水的 spoilt handphone.

Somehow, my miraculous adidas bag managed to stay dry on the outside and trapped buckets of water in the bag. Can you imagine the awe on people's faces when I started pouring the water out from my bag like how one would pour water out from a jug?!? Frankly speaking, it's not very exciting to see your stuffs swimming in your bag. Especially electronic stuffs....

A good thing I decided not to bring along my MP3 player out to sea that day, or I can imagine how 损失惨重 & 伤痕累累 I will be.

That said, the beaches were fantastic, with crystal clear water so clear, you can actually see the fishes.

Pictures & blog later....if I'm not procrastinating.

The test

2006-08-30T22:12:00.000+08:00

The test

Through many tikams and various wrong calculations ......

I PASS!!!

Muahahaha!

Never so 准

2006-08-29T13:49:00.000+08:00

Never so 准

About one month ago, I dug out my antique calculator from my secondary school days upon knowing that I'm gonna take the stupid financial test.

Seeing that the antique calculator is still miraculously working despite so many years of non-usage, I jokingly told my colleagues that the calculator might suay suay die on me on the fateful day when I'm gonna take the test.

Now, one month later, a day before the fateful day of my test, my calculator indeed, died on me.

Tell me, why am I never as 准 in predicting toto and 4Ds numbers?!?

Off day = Studying? Packing?

2006-08-28T18:05:00.000+08:00

Off day = Studying? Packing?

I'm supposed to spend today's and tomorrow's off days studying for this financial test which I'm supposed to take this Wednesday.

Somehow or rather, I spent almost 3/4 of today MSN-ing, exchanging 1990s old songs(yes, you heard it rt!), gluttoning in front of the TV and reading random blogs.

I've yet to do anything remotely to studying for that stupid financial test, which I've already forgotten what it is basically about, except for loads of formulas which I've also conveniently forgotten how to use the stupid calculator from my secondary school days. Splendid.

Also, I realized that I should use this time to pack my already cannot-make-it garbage room, which I promised many many many blog entries ago, that I would pack, but somehow or rather, did not materialise. Splendid.

Now if you are going to believe me again, I promise to study and pack tomorrow, where tomorrow, is a never-ending equation.

Passport photos

2006-08-24T23:17:00.000+08:00

Passport photos

All that panic for nothing. Change or no change in passport number didn't matter as long your passport is still valid. Chey!

Anyway, the online application for my passport is still pending because I submitted some random photograph of me which somehow did not meet ICA's requirements. Clever ICA people.

Since I overslept for work today, I took morning off to take a decent passport photo and didn't dare touch my tempting bed and pillows again for fear of oversleeping AGAIN!

By the way, I hate taking passport photos....Must look straight at the camera, must be able to see the ears, fringe cannot cover eyebrows, so leh chey.... They also make me look fat, stoned and auntie-looking.

On the other hand, I luuurve taking neoprints... They make me look like some superstar. Muahaha!

I shall scan them and let you guys see k.... That is, when my brother comes back to scan it for me. By the way, why is he not back yet????

Lo and behold, I have a new stalker.

Overslept

2006-08-24T09:51:00.000+08:00

Overslept

I freaking overslept for work today.

Passport expired!

2006-08-21T23:56:00.000+08:00

Passport expired!

Ho seh! Now I'm going into panic attack coz I've just booked a flight to Phuket under my IC number, which supposedly is my passport number. But my passport has expired and lazy arse me have procrastinated and yet to renew the freaking passport. And then I realized that they are now issuing some new bio-metric passports, and the freaking passport number is no longer the freaking IC number I've registered my flight under!!!

Panic strikes! I'm gonna call ICA tomorrow.

Random stuffs about bonds....

2006-07-21T21:42:00.000+08:00

Random stuffs about bonds....
Training today after work....Not something I'd look forward to since I'd have to drag my lazy ass from a long tiring day to listen to boring stuffs like money & capital markets or bonds or what's not.

Anyway, we learnt today, that bonds traded in the US market are interestingly called "Yankee Bonds".

Then bonds traded in the Japanese Market are called "Samurai or Sushi bonds"

And then, since I'm still quite in the Korean craze, I wondered, are bonds traded in the Korean market called "Kimchi bonds"?!?

Senseless thoughts after a senseless day.

So there.

Garfield?

2006-07-11T00:30:00.000+08:00

Garfield?

I know that it's been ages since I last posted anything but then, I'm simply too lazy.

Every single time when I thought of something worthy to blog on the train journey home, be it sentences or paragraphs I've formed...What the hell, maybe even the entire blog entry.... I come back to my cozy little bed, in front of the little black box with the little remote control in my hands.

And then, I fall asleep.

Mr Eeyore says I'm simply like Garfield.

Worse than Garfield actually.

So there, back to my cozy little bed, little black box and remote control again....

Off to Bangkok!

2006-05-13T12:24:00.000+08:00

Off to Bangkok!

Sawadee! I'll be off to Bangkok in a few hours' time....

Wee~

Crap show

2006-05-03T21:46:00.000+08:00

Crap show

I think the 永不言败 show is a joke...

2006-04-22T22:04:00.000+08:00

默写 nowadays

The other day, I was sitting beside two primary school kids on the train who were reading aloud and trying to memorise some lines which I suspected was 默写.

You know, 默写 to me was like eons ago where we have to memorise stupid passages like some random 唐诗 or excerpts from the textbooks.

Being curious what they were trying to memorise and since I was bored, I took a peep at the passages they were supposed to memorise.

It went briefly like this:

男人
微黄的头发, 健美的身材, 高大威猛, and blah blah blah huge chunk of words describing 男人

女人
秀长的头发, 苗条的身材, 漂亮的脸庞, 笑起来眉毛像弯弯的月亮, and blah blah blah huge chunk of words describing 女人

No more random 唐诗 or excerpts from the textbooks. Or maybe that was an excerpt from the textbook?!

No doubt, I was amused, especially when they sounded dead-pan reciting the descriptions.

I laughed. Bad.

我觉得...

2006-04-10T20:04:00.000+08:00

我觉得...

如果男生偶尔能十指紧扣的牵着女生的小手...
偶尔能单纯的拥抱女生给予安慰...
或偶尔能温柔的亲亲女生的额头...
也会是件很甜蜜与浪漫的事...

你觉得呢?

Random MRT Ride

2006-04-06T20:35:00.000+08:00

Random MRT Ride

You have a bad biased feeling that the guy sitting beside you must be somebody bad because he's acting a bit weird and smells too....

Then, without a word, he gets up from his seat for an elderly man.

You realised, with a smile in your heart, that you may be wrong afterall....

Suay

2006-03-10T22:27:00.000+08:00

Suay

You know you are suay when the customer threatens to complain about you not because of anything remotely about your service, but because you tried to tell them that Raffles Place and Balestier Street are two different places.

"What is the address?"

"xx Raffles Place"

"And the street name?"

"The street name is Raffles Place..."

"I tell you, stop playing punk with me. NO! It is Raffles Place, Balestier Street! I'm gonna complain about you and you're going to get hung!"

"But Raffles Place and Balestier are two different places....Are you referring to..."

"Do you know what is stop making fun of me??? I said, it's Raffles Place, Balestier Street!"

Piak phone.

Go and die.

I want go clubbing...

2006-02-27T21:54:00.000+08:00

I want go clubbing...
//Listening to: 潘嘉麗 - 爱，无力

MOS sent me a postcard for some "I'm gorgeous" - Free candy floss free lollipops for the ladies thingy.

My friend asked me to go this Wednesday.

It's been a long time since I last went clubbing, and I sooooo wanted to go.

But I also know I'd be god-damned freaking burned out if I go coz' I'm on an almost 7-week working schedule this week.

Hell.

My mum

2006-02-26T21:24:00.000+08:00

My mum

A typical tele-conversation between my mum and I goes like this.

Mum: 要不要买饭?

Me: 要

Mum: 要 nasi lemak 还是米粉?

Me: 米粉

Mum: 你不要 nasi lemak ah?

Me: 不要, 我要米粉 ...

Mum: 米粉要加鱼吗?

Me: 随便 lor...

Mum: 要加鸡蛋吗?

Me: 不要, 鱼就好.

Mum: 要加鱼饼吗?

Me: 什么都不要啦, 米粉加鱼就好...

Mum: 要加豆干吗?

Me: 不要啦, 米粉加鱼就好...

Mum: 那你要 nasi lemak 还是米粉?

Me: 不是讲米粉了 lor....

Mum: 为什么不要 nasi lemak?

Me: Aiya, 那你随便买 lar...

Mum: 那你要 nasi lemak 还是米粉?

Me: 米粉...

Mum: 讲这么久浪费我的电话费...

!!!

My hair

2006-02-21T21:10:00.000+08:00

My hair

The gals say they love my new hairstyle.

The guys say they prefer me with long hair.

Mr Eeyore?

Nah, he says I'm perpetually ugly.

I suspect a conspiracy somewhere.

Guess who?

2006-02-16T21:04:00.000+08:00

Guess who?

I met a certain male celebrity at work today.

The gals were going ga-ga taking photos.

I is professional.

Wahahaha.

The Service Industry

2006-02-15T21:12:00.000+08:00

The Service Industry

Sometimes I think I have the tendency to meet the craziest customers.

Like the other time, there's this woman who asked me to swipe her library card to access her personal details. Like, as if I've got the access. Besides, I think library cards are obsolete, now use IC leh.

Or the other time, this guy went off without a word to some random place God knows where and came back to tell me he don't have all the freaking time in the world to wait for me, when in the first place, he's the one agreeable for me to retrieve some fax documents for him, and I was only gone for like, 3 minutes. Like, what the f**k.

Or the other time, this guy came and insulted from top to bottom, saying I don't have a degree and thus failed Maths and some random rubbish. Like, what the freaking f**k has Maths got to do with it. No logic lor.

Or the other time, this guy came with his medical appointment card and claimed it's his IC. Then, he freaking took out $10 and tell me it's $1,000. Lagi no logic.

I think the list could go on and on. We should have a list of customers blacklisted under the category "Mad people". I think it would be really useful indeed. Like, everytime a mad customer comes in, we "scan" through the blacklisted for his/her name, and thinks, “Oh, so he/she mad one ah…. Ok don't mind him/her so much” I think it will make our lives so much easier. Heck, I sound so much like a discriminator.

Sometimes, I think customers ask the silliest questions.

Like the other time, this guy queued for like 20 minutes and came to request for broadband access. Like, what the f**k does it got to do with a Bank? “This one not Starhub ah?” He asked. I was tempted with the urge to slap my forehead and ask him, “Which freaking part of the logo or name does it remotely looks like Starhub??!!?”

Or the other time, this cute auntie came to the Bank and asked me a ton of questions of ANOTHER Bank, and when I finally clarified with her. She told me, in fluent Mandarin no less, “我明明看到 xxx 银行的 logo 才进来的啦!!” So funny I didn't know what to say.

Sometimes, I wonder how long am I going to stay in the service line. People has been telling me to change my job, but I cannot visualize myself sitting in that freaking cubicle, breathing stale office air, staring at the computer, with minimum people contact, from 9-5. I think I will die lor. Freaking die I tell you.

Talking about stale office air, is it the ventilation or something I don't know, I just think they have the same kind of smell in almost all office departments. The “smell-and-you-know-it's-office” smell. I think.

I think I like meeting different people everyday. Not that I'm a socialite or something, in fact, it seems all weird coz I think I'm an introvert.

By the way, to digress abit, I told my colleagues I'm an introvert and they laughed at me. “Introvert my foot! Don't look like lor.” But, I'm seriously introverted lor. I think my close friends would believe me lar. Especially when I like to tell them that I'm an introvert and shy. But most of the times, they refute the shy part. Shit man, why they don't believe me?? Don't they know introvert and shy goes together?? I'm seriously an introvert lar. I think only Mr Eeyore will agree with me. Then again, most of the times, he only nods in disbelief.

Anyway, to conclude, I'm seriously an introvert. Me, typing all this nonsense in front of the computer can attest the fact. IT IS A FACT. I don't go around talking about all these in front of real-life people, I blog about these, remember? But then again, I think I did. Sheeesh.

Back to meeting different people. As an introvert, on normal days, if you were to ask me to chat up some random strangers, I will balk at the very idea and die I tell you! But somehow, it seems the perfect and natural thing to do at work. In fact, I think I can “snook” customers very well. Wahahaha~

In any case, I think Singapore needs to look into the concept of servicing in the industry. In other countries, the service industry can be considered one of the “prestige occupations”. But in Singapore, service providers are treated like, shit. Like they are of second-level and earn no respect. Like, they owe you and are born to serve you. Some ya-ya people are like that. Like, the other time this stupid woman told me that we shouldn't have lunch because we should serve them so they can have their own lunch, and we can have our freaking lunch after banking hours. Terrible I tell you. Like, you are human and I'm a robot ah?

Why so big a difference?

I seriously think we need to educate the customers. You and I, the customers and the service providers, need some coaching, someway or another.

Valentine's Day

2006-02-14T12:19:00.000+08:00

Valentine's Day

You know what, I'm starting to hate Vday, not because I don't have a date, but because I think Vday doesn't seem to like me.

Like, last year this day, Mr Eeyore chose to fly to Auzzie on this freaking day!

This year, I am freaking sick!

Not that I have a whole line of programmes today, but it just sucks to be sick on this day, especially when you've specially taken leave to go out.

Shit. Now I'm stuck at home, sneezing away.

Might as well. I reckon the streets outside will be infested with lovey-dovey couples, with girls holding freaking expensive roses given to them by their supposedly loving but dumb boyfriends, and sold by those freaking evil florists meant to "ka" these supposedly loving but dumb boyfriends.

I will personally kill Mr Eeyore if he buys me any roses. I'd rather he buy me something practical like a phone or some random gadget anytime.

Since I'm on the topic of lovey dovey couples, I shall also mention that it's not a very good idea to be working on this day as well. The last time I worked, every freaking customer was a freaking lovey dovey couple interlocking hands, whispering sweet-nothings and smooching like nobody's business. Like I'm transparent.

I know this is cliche, but if you're happy together every day, then every day is Valentine's day. No?

Oh well, maybe I'm just jealous because I'm stuck at home today.

The Wedding

2006-02-11T15:11:00.000+08:00

The Wedding

Yesterday, I went to my polymate's wedding dinner at Holiday Inn Atrium. I was so stupid, I took MRT to Tiong Bahru Station, then waited a whole 20 minutes for cab. When in actual fact, I could have taken to Orchard MRT, then take bus 16, because the freaking hotel is just opposite Zouk and I know how to go to Zouk.

Anyway, this is the first wedding dinner I've attended of somebody who's of the same age as me. I've always thought that 24 years old is a little bit too young to get married, like you can enjoy a few more years of singlehood before getting hitched. But then, I've also came to realize that if the next few years of dating life is going to be the same as your past years, then why waste time when you can start a new phase of life? Just some random thought.

My friend looked gorgeous that day. I supposed every bride is at her most beautiful on her special day. I read somewhere that women are always fantasizing about her own wedding. Funny though, coz I have not actually thought of how my own wedding would be.

I think a wedding dinner is also a good place to mingle and catch up with friends whom you have not seen for a long time. Another friend commented that wedding dinners nowadays are like so "express", you can finish it within 2 hours or so, as compared to your ah-ma times. I think it's because as you get older, quality time passes like a flash, especially so when you come for the dinner late as compared to your ah-ma times, when people arrive for dinner at 6 and you are young without friends of your age, so you just sit at one corner and rot while everybody else is busy talking.

On a sidenote, I realized just yesterday how gentlemanly my friend's boyfriend is.

You know, gentlemanly guys never fail to impress me.

Random shit

2006-02-07T23:11:00.000+08:00

Random shit

Shit! - I think I overspend again this month. It's been happening far too often and I wanna die.

Double shit! - I missed the first epi of the new season Desperate Housewives despite numerous reminders to stay at home so that I can catch it on tv. Failed.

Triple shit! - Right now, this moment, I'm sneezing like nobody's business and I really feel like shit lor.

I hate pimples!

2006-02-05T20:23:00.000+08:00

I hate pimples!
// Listening to: 杨丞琳 - 理想情人

I have a nasty outbreak of pimples!!!

My face is once again infested with those nasty things called pimples. There used to be only one or two (which I already think is unbearable) massive pimples on the nose, but now, it has escalated to the forehead, chin and everywhere on the bloody T-zone. Like, 3 on the forehead, one in its "pre-stage" on the nose, one somewhere around the upper lips threatening to burst, and I think another one also in its "pre-stage" on the chin. The horror!!!!

I just want to die.

Mr Eeyore is happy to comment that I should change my name to Pimple Heng instead. Why, thank you very much.

Sometimes, I suspect it's Mr Eeyore himself who's cursing me with the pimples. Like, when he's in Australia, I don't remember my pimples being that bad. Moreover, he's been cursing me with one pimple per cab ride to work.

That explains it. I think I've been taking a tad too much cabs to work recently.

Shit.

Happy New Year 恭喜发财!!!!

2006-02-01T21:43:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year 恭喜发财!!!!

It seems like just yesterday when we were still very hyper during 除夕, and especially joyous because we have an extra holiday off on 初三 this year, making it a straight 3/4 days off work. Whoa, like so shiok!

In a flash, the holidays are over and we are faced with an impending workload. Work seems especially dreary when you are supposed to be in a joyous mood, eating bak kwa and pineapple tarts. I luuuurve bak kwa.

Sometimes, I'm so lazy, I think the government should give us holidays from 初一 all the way to 十五晚. Good idea right? Muahahha.......

Anyway, after 团圆饭, I sneaked out to meet S at Chinatown to squeeze with the crowd. I think the human traffic was horribly jammed lor, sometimes, the jam was like totally NOT moving at all and I wondered what is so fantastic up in front to stop them from moving.

Talking about "human jam", I personally think that it is understandable that the crowd can get pretty unbearable. Most probably you can't move, feel stuck with nothing to see, sweat like nobody's business, short of breath or whatsoever, but you've got to understand some people just like to bask in the festive mood by simply jostling in the crowd. But it's expected right?!

There was this mad man, I presumed, that knocked me so hard, I nearly fell off balance. I think he did it on purpose, after knocking me, he was still clenching his fists, with his arms arched like a wrestler ready to fight anybody in his way. I swear I was not exaggerating because everybody else started to "siam". Siao right, know sure got alot of people wan mah, don't like don't come lar, come here and knock people for what, sekali I fall how?? Never say sorry somemore! How gentleman. Shit you.....

I think I must forget about this guy, just make my blood boil. New Year must talk about happy things. We shall look at pictures. By the way, I think the Taiwan muah-chees are in-vogue now, they were selling like mad at any other stalls.

By 初三, which is yesterday, me and fellow colleague F got so bored because we only have visiting on the first day, decided to go Marina Square for some KTV.

New Year, KBox also have new interface and system. They even have games lor! But somehow, I couldn't get the "Play" button to work on the games part. We were also having some problems adapting to the new system. So in order to familiarize myself with the new system, I decided to "test-drive" by pressing this button and pressing that button. At one point, I even touched the screen to test if it's upgraded to touch screen. Heck, not so advanced yet lor.

I think I pressed too much, the system suddenly rebooted and all the songs I've painstakingly selected are GONE!! We called the service staff and he said it's new system so he also don't know. Like I know like that. Colleague F nearly murdered me for erasing her playlist.

Anyway, back to work today. Like I said, I really don't feel like working today, they really should give us more holidays lor, 3 days not enough. In actual fact, I think it'd be better if everyday is a holiday. Like money will drop from the sky.

To start the first working day in the New Year, bosses gave each of us a 开工红包, which is actually a Big Sweep ticket.

I was hoping to strike the $2 million, or second or third prize also can. Then I can throw letter and 过个大肥年. But like previous years, I have no luck in such things. Haiz.

Some random food we had include sushi, 鱼生 and red wine, that was pre-celebration before new year that is.

In other matters, I met the most outrageous and stupid customers today. Please tell me, what do you actually do with stupid people?

Let me end this post with a 恭喜发财 once again.

身体健康 and 财源滚滚来 !!!

Happy New Year!!!

Blur

2006-01-27T21:03:00.000+08:00

Blur

You know you deserve the title of being "blur queen" when you thought that you forgot the keys, and waited at the door for your family members to come back. After waiting about half hour or so, you get frustrated coz' nobody ever picks up your call for help, including Mr Eeyore, you empty the contents of your bag out of sheer boredom.

And then, you realized the keys are there all along.