Somewhere beyond the sea
Somewhere waiting for me
My lover stands on golden sands
And watches the ships that go sailin
Somewhere beyond the sea
She's there watching for me
If I could fly like birds on high
Then straight to her arms
I'd go sailin'
It's far beyond the stars
It's near beyond the moon
I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon
We'll meet beyond the shore
We'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll be beyond the sea
And never again
I'll go sailin'
I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon
We'll meet (I know we'll meet) beyond the shore
We'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll be beyond the sea
And never again
I'll go sailin'
No more sailin'
So long sailin'
Bye bye sailin'...
Move on out captain
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Gosh, this song has been playing in my mind and my disc player for the past few days liao hahaha...
My 3 songs of the moment:
Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
Hugh Grant & Hayley Bennett - Way Back Into Love
Bobby Darin - Beyond The Sea
lovely...:)
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Oh Damnit!
Someone just told me I look thin and dry.
In Chinese it goes as 瘦瘦干干...
She asked me to eat more...
Bleah I already eat alot lor.....
People who know me can definitely vouch for me....
...But ok, I will guzzle water to hydrate myself...:(
Damnit.
The desciption of Shou Shou Gan Gan definitely did not sit well with me.
In Chinese it goes as 瘦瘦干干...
She asked me to eat more...
Bleah I already eat alot lor.....
People who know me can definitely vouch for me....
...But ok, I will guzzle water to hydrate myself...:(
Damnit.
The desciption of Shou Shou Gan Gan definitely did not sit well with me.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Of Namecards and Colours
The marketer in me is extremely irritated.
I pay alot of attention to first impressions in the working world.
And your namecard is the first physical tool (right after your firm handshake) you use to achieve a good first impression.
I printed my own namecards when I first joined the company.
Paper quality, matt lamination, colour and grammage and toning were all chosen by me.
I couldn't change the design of the namecard and so I relied on other aspects to create a nice enough namecard.
I like it.
A batch was printed a few months ago. The Admin Mgr wanted everything cheap cheap cheap.
And she killed the namecard.
What came out was a shoddy piece of namecard. Colours were wrong, no lamination, paper was flimsy. It was so so wrong and I was glad I didn't order during that batch.
We recently had another new batch printed again.
I said my piece, gave all my views. HC said his piece as well. Complained that the previous batch was really crap.
Now I'm upset again. haha...(Complain queen hor?)
Paper quality is ok after all my feedback. But the colours are horrible....
Wah lau, we have red in our namecard. What came out was maroon. And apparently she cleared the sample artwork given to us by the vendor.
Wah lau, cannot tell the diff between red & maroon meh????
Argh, how to achieve consistent corporate identity like this??
I don't know how to tell this to others.
But I'm sure other marketers would understand exactly what I am trying to say. Right Ally?
I pay alot of attention to first impressions in the working world.
And your namecard is the first physical tool (right after your firm handshake) you use to achieve a good first impression.
I printed my own namecards when I first joined the company.
Paper quality, matt lamination, colour and grammage and toning were all chosen by me.
I couldn't change the design of the namecard and so I relied on other aspects to create a nice enough namecard.
I like it.
A batch was printed a few months ago. The Admin Mgr wanted everything cheap cheap cheap.
And she killed the namecard.
What came out was a shoddy piece of namecard. Colours were wrong, no lamination, paper was flimsy. It was so so wrong and I was glad I didn't order during that batch.
We recently had another new batch printed again.
I said my piece, gave all my views. HC said his piece as well. Complained that the previous batch was really crap.
Now I'm upset again. haha...(Complain queen hor?)
Paper quality is ok after all my feedback. But the colours are horrible....
Wah lau, we have red in our namecard. What came out was maroon. And apparently she cleared the sample artwork given to us by the vendor.
Wah lau, cannot tell the diff between red & maroon meh????
Argh, how to achieve consistent corporate identity like this??
I don't know how to tell this to others.
But I'm sure other marketers would understand exactly what I am trying to say. Right Ally?
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Blue Mooon - Frank Sinatra
Blue Moon
You saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
Blue Moon
You know just what I was there for
You heard me saying a prayer for
Someone I really could care for
And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will hold
I heard somebody whisper please adore me
And when I looked to the Moon it turned to gold
Blue Moon
Now I'm no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will ever hold
I heard somebody whisper please adore me
And when I looked the Moon had turned to gold
Blue moon
Now I'm no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
Blue moon
Now I'm no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
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I remember listening to this song when I was a kid.
Dad would play it, Mum would hum along...
All these and more on a lazy Sunday morning...
You saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
Blue Moon
You know just what I was there for
You heard me saying a prayer for
Someone I really could care for
And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will hold
I heard somebody whisper please adore me
And when I looked to the Moon it turned to gold
Blue Moon
Now I'm no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will ever hold
I heard somebody whisper please adore me
And when I looked the Moon had turned to gold
Blue moon
Now I'm no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
Blue moon
Now I'm no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
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I remember listening to this song when I was a kid.
Dad would play it, Mum would hum along...
All these and more on a lazy Sunday morning...
I've Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra
I’ve got you under my skin.
I’ve got you deep in the heart of me.
So deep in my heart that you’re really a part of me.
I’ve got you under my skin.
I tried so not to give in.
I said to myself:"This affair never will go so well."
But why should I try to resist when, baby, I know so well,
I’ve got you under my skin.
I’d sacrfice anything, come what might, for the sake of having you near.
In spite of a warning voice that comes in the night and repeats, repeats in my ear:
Don’t you know, little fool, you never can win.
Use your mentality, wake up to reality."
But each time that I do, just the thought of you makes me stop before I begin,
Cause I’ve got you under my skin.
I would sacrifice anything, come what might, for the sake of having you near.
In spite of a warning voice that comes in the night and repeats, how it yells in my ear:
Don’t you know, little fool, you never can win.
Why not use your mentality, step up, wake up to reality.
But each time I do, just the thought of you
Makes me stop just before I begin,
Cause I’ve got you under my skin.
Yes, I’ve got you under my skin.
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I've been listening to too much Michael Buble and Frank Sinatra recently haha...
I’ve got you deep in the heart of me.
So deep in my heart that you’re really a part of me.
I’ve got you under my skin.
I tried so not to give in.
I said to myself:"This affair never will go so well."
But why should I try to resist when, baby, I know so well,
I’ve got you under my skin.
I’d sacrfice anything, come what might, for the sake of having you near.
In spite of a warning voice that comes in the night and repeats, repeats in my ear:
Don’t you know, little fool, you never can win.
Use your mentality, wake up to reality."
But each time that I do, just the thought of you makes me stop before I begin,
Cause I’ve got you under my skin.
I would sacrifice anything, come what might, for the sake of having you near.
In spite of a warning voice that comes in the night and repeats, how it yells in my ear:
Don’t you know, little fool, you never can win.
Why not use your mentality, step up, wake up to reality.
But each time I do, just the thought of you
Makes me stop just before I begin,
Cause I’ve got you under my skin.
Yes, I’ve got you under my skin.
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I've been listening to too much Michael Buble and Frank Sinatra recently haha...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Sisters of the World Unite
When you're down, when you're confused, when you need a hand, girlfriends and other friends are important for a listening ear and for comfort and support...
PQ & I went for a run again last night. Same thing, ran to Pasir Ris...nice achievement even though it was a shorter route compared to last week's run.
Hopefully it did us both good to clear our thoughts a little...:)
PQ & I went for a run again last night. Same thing, ran to Pasir Ris...nice achievement even though it was a shorter route compared to last week's run.
Hopefully it did us both good to clear our thoughts a little...:)
A promise to myself
I promise not to chat on the phone till 2am anymore.
I promise not to chat on the phone till 2am anymore.
I promise not to chat on the phone till 2am anymore.
I promise not to chat on the phone till 2am anymore.
I promise not to chat on the phone till 2am anymore.
*stoned*
I need to realise I am no longer 18 and as energetic as I used to be.
I promise not to chat on the phone till 2am anymore.
I promise not to chat on the phone till 2am anymore.
I promise not to chat on the phone till 2am anymore.
I promise not to chat on the phone till 2am anymore.
I promise not to chat on the phone till 2am anymore.
I promise not to chat on the phone till 2am anymore.
I promise not to chat on the phone till 2am anymore.
I promise not to chat on the phone till 2am anymore.
I promise not to chat on the phone till 2am anymore.
*stoned*
I need to realise I am no longer 18 and as energetic as I used to be.
I promise not to chat on the phone till 2am anymore.
I promise not to chat on the phone till 2am anymore.
I promise not to chat on the phone till 2am anymore.
I promise not to chat on the phone till 2am anymore.
I promise not to chat on the phone till 2am anymore.
Monday, April 13, 2009
2 little lambs...
Shall take things slowly and go with the flow...
Dopey smiles and pua kang petals..
Spongebobs and meek lambs
两只小绵羊...
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Wednesday Night
I did something I was proud of.
But I ended up being a shack sack of potato thereafter.
PQ & I ran the park connector behind my place. We made it to the Pasir Ris fishing pond, ran a round there and then came back the same way.
I was panting and wheezing like nobody's business. Wah, this is the furthest I have pushed myself so far man. Ran as slow as err, how a turtle would run ahhahaha...
I think we hit 6-plus km?
Came home and totally concussed. haha.
I should try it again...hmmm, next week sounds good...;p
But I ended up being a shack sack of potato thereafter.
PQ & I ran the park connector behind my place. We made it to the Pasir Ris fishing pond, ran a round there and then came back the same way.
I was panting and wheezing like nobody's business. Wah, this is the furthest I have pushed myself so far man. Ran as slow as err, how a turtle would run ahhahaha...
I think we hit 6-plus km?
Came home and totally concussed. haha.
I should try it again...hmmm, next week sounds good...;p
Saturday
Saturday noon
Went to visit Granny as usual. It was a bad day for her. Not in the physical sense. In the mental sense I mean.
She was spouting nonsense again. I think she'd been thinking too much again.
Dad & I tried ways and means to distract her. We asked her loads of questions. Told her many "stories" from Marc's eting habits to how he's doing in school to how he's coping with piano lessons....to even discussing about the weather.
But every reply she gave us or told us was that "Everyone has left me behind. Everyone has gone out already. I'm stuck her cos I cannot walk and cos of this bloody thing (the walking frame)."
She kept repeating it in Malay. Everything we talked to her to. She'd nod and then she'd go into that same few sentences again. Sigh.
Hope when Adrian visits her today and brings Marc along, she'd be better.
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Saturday Afternoon
Met up with K at Kembangan and went to school together. We were early and thought it best to register for the next semester. And then, the fucking Q ended up being so long till it took us 45 minutes to get everything done.
Sigh, we did what teenagers would do. We skipped class in the end. Hahahha....we PONTANG!
Ended up at Bakerzin in Paragon whiling the afternoon away...
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Saturday Night
Met Dan & YL and Dan's friend Eric for dinner at Sketches in Bugis.
The tum wasn't cooperating. Felt very queasy and nauseous. Only managed to down a bowl of mushroom soup and a tiny piece of bruschetta (which tasted horrible by the way).
Voila, we adjourned to the National Library after that. Hehe...Went to catch Wild Rice's production "The Importance of Being Earnest".
Directed by Glenn Goei and starring people like Crispian Chan, Hossan Leong, Ivan Heng and Chua Enlai.
I loved Chua Enlai in the show!! hahah...but the entire cast did good lah. An all male cast but with at least 4 of them playing female characters...:)
Funny portrayals, funny scripts, good chemistry amongst the cast equalled a very entertaining watch haha. Though the first 10-15 minutes were a little messy and disorganised ha.
The Tang Quartet did a marvellous job of providing musical accompaniement. They perfromed many familiar pieces and I would dare venture that they struck many a chord with the audiences' hearts as well...:)
At least I know they touched me. :)
Adjourned to Mr Bean's at Prinsep for some light drinks and supper. The tum was still bad, I only had a piece of calamari and a prawn beofre I declared myself full. So unlike me haha...
Darling Dan & YL sent me home...;p
Went to visit Granny as usual. It was a bad day for her. Not in the physical sense. In the mental sense I mean.
She was spouting nonsense again. I think she'd been thinking too much again.
Dad & I tried ways and means to distract her. We asked her loads of questions. Told her many "stories" from Marc's eting habits to how he's doing in school to how he's coping with piano lessons....to even discussing about the weather.
But every reply she gave us or told us was that "Everyone has left me behind. Everyone has gone out already. I'm stuck her cos I cannot walk and cos of this bloody thing (the walking frame)."
She kept repeating it in Malay. Everything we talked to her to. She'd nod and then she'd go into that same few sentences again. Sigh.
Hope when Adrian visits her today and brings Marc along, she'd be better.
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Saturday Afternoon
Met up with K at Kembangan and went to school together. We were early and thought it best to register for the next semester. And then, the fucking Q ended up being so long till it took us 45 minutes to get everything done.
Sigh, we did what teenagers would do. We skipped class in the end. Hahahha....we PONTANG!
Ended up at Bakerzin in Paragon whiling the afternoon away...
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Saturday Night
Met Dan & YL and Dan's friend Eric for dinner at Sketches in Bugis.
The tum wasn't cooperating. Felt very queasy and nauseous. Only managed to down a bowl of mushroom soup and a tiny piece of bruschetta (which tasted horrible by the way).
Voila, we adjourned to the National Library after that. Hehe...Went to catch Wild Rice's production "The Importance of Being Earnest".
Directed by Glenn Goei and starring people like Crispian Chan, Hossan Leong, Ivan Heng and Chua Enlai.
I loved Chua Enlai in the show!! hahah...but the entire cast did good lah. An all male cast but with at least 4 of them playing female characters...:)
Funny portrayals, funny scripts, good chemistry amongst the cast equalled a very entertaining watch haha. Though the first 10-15 minutes were a little messy and disorganised ha.
The Tang Quartet did a marvellous job of providing musical accompaniement. They perfromed many familiar pieces and I would dare venture that they struck many a chord with the audiences' hearts as well...:)
At least I know they touched me. :)
Adjourned to Mr Bean's at Prinsep for some light drinks and supper. The tum was still bad, I only had a piece of calamari and a prawn beofre I declared myself full. So unlike me haha...
Darling Dan & YL sent me home...;p
Friday, vendredi
Friday Afternoon
It was makeover day with the sec sch peeps haha. Our appointment was at 2pm.
The 5 of us trooped into the Beauty Box Studio in Bugis at 150pm.
Eugene, Yen hui, PQ, TH & me...
I was the 2nd to be made-up..Hmm, totally not used to it.
Fake lashes, thick eyeliners, dark brows, dark brown eyeshadow....hair spray and voluminous tousled hair...
Gosh, I felt like a mamasan hahhaa...
Theme was black tops with blue jeans..
Nevertheless, we had individual shots and group shots...It was fun in a way lol.
Smile, don't smile, head up, chin down, head tilt, hair brush back, hand on his knees, hands on her hips, hand on his shoulder, hand on her arm, shoulder drop abit, elbow up abit, blah blah blah blah hahaha...
We chose about 8 individual shots and about 5 group shots as part of the package...hehe.
Wonder how the eventual prints will look like...!!
They rest adjourned to the new Iluma for dinner while I went off to meet some of the Frenchies for dinner at Holland V....
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Friday Night
Met up with K at Bugis MRT and we went down to Holland V together..
First thing he did was to laugh at my fake lashes haha...kns!!!
It was supposed to be a gathering with full attendance..but well, as usual, people fly kites.
From a full RSVP of 7 pax, it dropped to only 4 pax. And one of them came mighty late..
It was only me, K, Eric & YC. But well, we still had a smashing good time over at Baden Baden haha...German food and of cos Erdinger!
I stuck to Weiss...YC took Dunkel and hated it to the max hahaha....
It was a lame lame night. Lotsa crappy lame jokes and broken French spewed forth from our alcohol-laced lips haha...We talked about everything...from rooftops, to FB quizzes, to boybands, to the situation in Thailand, to our broken French, to food, to girls, to the smoking ban, etc aha...
I laughed till my sides ached big time...
Adjourned to 2AM dessert bar after that. Eric left...and so it became YC, K and me. YC's riend popped by for awhile as well..
We ordered 2 desserts. One was Chilli choc and another was some choc mousse thingy...
The chilli choc was errr...abit too exotic..It really was spicy. Spicy choclate ice-cream just does not sit will with my palate I guess.... haha... YC was guzzling iced water to wash it down ahha.
I was high. We were all high. Still spouting lame jokes and talking crap at 2AM dessert bar.
Toilet trips were frequent at the bar as well haha...the beer was finally finding its way down our digestive systems...;p
YC, K & I cabbed home togther since we were all easties. K was at the last stop and well...
The final bill came up at $40. Gosh, I've never ever taken a cab ride which came up to $40 bucks before leh haha....
Cool cool lovely night...:)
Wish I had more of these nights...:)
It was makeover day with the sec sch peeps haha. Our appointment was at 2pm.
The 5 of us trooped into the Beauty Box Studio in Bugis at 150pm.
Eugene, Yen hui, PQ, TH & me...
I was the 2nd to be made-up..Hmm, totally not used to it.
Fake lashes, thick eyeliners, dark brows, dark brown eyeshadow....hair spray and voluminous tousled hair...
Gosh, I felt like a mamasan hahhaa...
Theme was black tops with blue jeans..
Nevertheless, we had individual shots and group shots...It was fun in a way lol.
Smile, don't smile, head up, chin down, head tilt, hair brush back, hand on his knees, hands on her hips, hand on his shoulder, hand on her arm, shoulder drop abit, elbow up abit, blah blah blah blah hahaha...
We chose about 8 individual shots and about 5 group shots as part of the package...hehe.
Wonder how the eventual prints will look like...!!
They rest adjourned to the new Iluma for dinner while I went off to meet some of the Frenchies for dinner at Holland V....
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Friday Night
Met up with K at Bugis MRT and we went down to Holland V together..
First thing he did was to laugh at my fake lashes haha...kns!!!
It was supposed to be a gathering with full attendance..but well, as usual, people fly kites.
From a full RSVP of 7 pax, it dropped to only 4 pax. And one of them came mighty late..
It was only me, K, Eric & YC. But well, we still had a smashing good time over at Baden Baden haha...German food and of cos Erdinger!
I stuck to Weiss...YC took Dunkel and hated it to the max hahaha....
It was a lame lame night. Lotsa crappy lame jokes and broken French spewed forth from our alcohol-laced lips haha...We talked about everything...from rooftops, to FB quizzes, to boybands, to the situation in Thailand, to our broken French, to food, to girls, to the smoking ban, etc aha...
I laughed till my sides ached big time...
Adjourned to 2AM dessert bar after that. Eric left...and so it became YC, K and me. YC's riend popped by for awhile as well..
We ordered 2 desserts. One was Chilli choc and another was some choc mousse thingy...
The chilli choc was errr...abit too exotic..It really was spicy. Spicy choclate ice-cream just does not sit will with my palate I guess.... haha... YC was guzzling iced water to wash it down ahha.
I was high. We were all high. Still spouting lame jokes and talking crap at 2AM dessert bar.
Toilet trips were frequent at the bar as well haha...the beer was finally finding its way down our digestive systems...;p
YC, K & I cabbed home togther since we were all easties. K was at the last stop and well...
The final bill came up at $40. Gosh, I've never ever taken a cab ride which came up to $40 bucks before leh haha....
Cool cool lovely night...:)
Wish I had more of these nights...:)
Thursday Night
It was a night out with the uni peeps. A small cosy affair over at Timbre @ Old School.
I think I prefer the Art House branch the best though..
Kym, XL, Dan, YL, Chiewz, Rohlin, myself...K & his friend Maesh were there as well.
Pizzas, mushrooms, chix wings, salads, seafoods, breads, Erdingers, mojitos, martinis...
Loads of merriment, loads of ribbings, loads of laughter, loads of gossip...and well, loads of discussion over what guys are suitable for me.
HAHHAHA...my friends seem to be anxious for me and waste no chances to discuss the future of my love life right in front of me!!! Gosh. They're more kan cheong than me lor haha..
K & Maesh left for another of their gathering and the rest of us made our way to Dempsey.
Ben & Jerry's seemed to be the unanimous vote for the night.
Voila, two Merlionsters of 6 scoops each made the night for 6 of us. Yong Soon joined us soon after...
In the midst of munching...B&J had a blackout. zzzzzzzzz....we were eating in the darkness
Didn't really know what the hell I was munching on also haha...It was all a mish mash of flavours.
I think I tasted mint, macademia, raspberry, coffee, choc and some butterscotch haha...
Chiewz sent me home that night...That goondy was playing Jai-Ho all through the journey home...both the English and the Indian versions...
Now the song's stuck in my head... haha...
What a lovely lovely night...*beams*
I think I prefer the Art House branch the best though..
Kym, XL, Dan, YL, Chiewz, Rohlin, myself...K & his friend Maesh were there as well.
Pizzas, mushrooms, chix wings, salads, seafoods, breads, Erdingers, mojitos, martinis...
Loads of merriment, loads of ribbings, loads of laughter, loads of gossip...and well, loads of discussion over what guys are suitable for me.
HAHHAHA...my friends seem to be anxious for me and waste no chances to discuss the future of my love life right in front of me!!! Gosh. They're more kan cheong than me lor haha..
K & Maesh left for another of their gathering and the rest of us made our way to Dempsey.
Ben & Jerry's seemed to be the unanimous vote for the night.
Voila, two Merlionsters of 6 scoops each made the night for 6 of us. Yong Soon joined us soon after...
In the midst of munching...B&J had a blackout. zzzzzzzzz....we were eating in the darkness
Didn't really know what the hell I was munching on also haha...It was all a mish mash of flavours.
I think I tasted mint, macademia, raspberry, coffee, choc and some butterscotch haha...
Chiewz sent me home that night...That goondy was playing Jai-Ho all through the journey home...both the English and the Indian versions...
Now the song's stuck in my head... haha...
What a lovely lovely night...*beams*
Woo!
The long weekend is almost over.
It's been a thoroughly enjoyable past few days. Tres tres m'agreable.
Loads of laughter and carefree-ness..I've not had so much fun and laughter for quite awhile...
Laughter really brings a person much needed energy boosters..:)
But as usual, when I've had too much food and drinks, the tummy protests lol.
5 pints of Erdinger over 2 nights and German & Western food & ice cream... hehee...
It's been acting weird since yesterday....haha.
Will lie low for the next few weeks. Need to keep cholesterol levels in check.
It's been a thoroughly enjoyable past few days. Tres tres m'agreable.
Loads of laughter and carefree-ness..I've not had so much fun and laughter for quite awhile...
Laughter really brings a person much needed energy boosters..:)
But as usual, when I've had too much food and drinks, the tummy protests lol.
5 pints of Erdinger over 2 nights and German & Western food & ice cream... hehee...
It's been acting weird since yesterday....haha.
Will lie low for the next few weeks. Need to keep cholesterol levels in check.
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Monday, April 06, 2009
Twitch...
Maybe that's why my left eye's been twitching since Friday.
Cos I was gonna meet er jie?
Hmm mm...I met one of my blading instructors on the train just now too...
So coincidental. I keep meeting people today.
Maybe tomorrow I'll meet some others?
Hope the twitches are just muscle spasms from tired eyes..hmm mm...
Cos I was gonna meet er jie?
Hmm mm...I met one of my blading instructors on the train just now too...
So coincidental. I keep meeting people today.
Maybe tomorrow I'll meet some others?
Hope the twitches are just muscle spasms from tired eyes..hmm mm...
Er Jie
Or rather, I do not have the perogative to refer to her Er Jie anymore.
Let's call her E.
I've never met E outside before. Never over the last few years. Not once.
And then voila, I met her today at Suntec's TCC.
You can call it fate. Cos I wasn't even supposed to be there.
I was supposed to be home for dinner. Mum called to say sorry, she didn't cook today.
Fine, I was kinda tired and though I'd head home to cook some simple meal for myself.
PQ called around 6-plus when I was about to leave. Jio-ed me for dinner.
And so I met up with her & YY instead.
And so we met in TCC. Me & E. I said hi to her first.
And then the inevitable came. The questions. Some stories on her end as well. Anecdotes perhaps.
What happened between you two? "Go ask your brother" was my reply.
Why, what, how come, blah blah blah.
She shared some stuff on how the rest of her family's doing...and apologised to me as well.
I said no need. Afterall, things are over, so be it.
She left TCC before I did. Told me to take care.
Sigh.
The meet-up made me a little upset again.
I kept thinking of uncle & auntie and how disappointed they might have felt.
Esp uncle...
I have half a mind to do something.....but argh..nevermind, I shan't even think about it.
Let's call her E.
I've never met E outside before. Never over the last few years. Not once.
And then voila, I met her today at Suntec's TCC.
You can call it fate. Cos I wasn't even supposed to be there.
I was supposed to be home for dinner. Mum called to say sorry, she didn't cook today.
Fine, I was kinda tired and though I'd head home to cook some simple meal for myself.
PQ called around 6-plus when I was about to leave. Jio-ed me for dinner.
And so I met up with her & YY instead.
And so we met in TCC. Me & E. I said hi to her first.
And then the inevitable came. The questions. Some stories on her end as well. Anecdotes perhaps.
What happened between you two? "Go ask your brother" was my reply.
Why, what, how come, blah blah blah.
She shared some stuff on how the rest of her family's doing...and apologised to me as well.
I said no need. Afterall, things are over, so be it.
She left TCC before I did. Told me to take care.
Sigh.
The meet-up made me a little upset again.
I kept thinking of uncle & auntie and how disappointed they might have felt.
Esp uncle...
I have half a mind to do something.....but argh..nevermind, I shan't even think about it.
OMG
I'm really falling asleep.
It's a bad day today. Can't concentrate.
The only thing I am thinking of is my bed at home.
And free onlines movies and TV shows...
And my blanket at home...
And my pillows...
And
And
And...
zzzzzzzzzzz
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Canton Wok no more
I just read the news that Canton Wok at Joo Chiat will be closing down...
And its boss/chef is filing for bankruptcy.
Sigh...
The food there is quite nice...
Unique and nice and very affordable...
And its boss/chef is filing for bankruptcy.
Sigh...
The food there is quite nice...
Unique and nice and very affordable...
Saturday, April 04, 2009
......
People,
Will always make a lover feel a fool,
But you knew I loved you,
We could have shown them all,
We should have seen love through,
Fooled me with the tears in your eyes,
Covered me with kisses and lies,
So goodbye,
But please don't take my heart,
You are far,
I'm never gonna be your star,
I'll pick up the pieces
And mend my heart,
Strange that I was wrong enough,
To think you'd love me too.
I guess you were kissing a fool,
You must have been kissing a fool.
~Extracted from "Kissing a Fool" by George Michael~
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When trust was broken badly once,
Will things mend adequately,
For the soul to trust another again?
The List
There are 13 food establishments on the list.
I just want to try some of them and I am happy enough.
But K the goondu wants to go to each and everyone of them lol..
Wonder how we'll ever find the time and opportunity to try all of them!!
Especially when some are god-damn expensive places like Au Jardin and Les Amis and Il Lido and Aoki!!
Nevertheless, am glad there's a list. haha.
At least it's something to look forward to...
Oh yah and especially when one of the meals is gonna be a treat for me!
Muahahhaha...
I just want to try some of them and I am happy enough.
But K the goondu wants to go to each and everyone of them lol..
Wonder how we'll ever find the time and opportunity to try all of them!!
Especially when some are god-damn expensive places like Au Jardin and Les Amis and Il Lido and Aoki!!
Nevertheless, am glad there's a list. haha.
At least it's something to look forward to...
Oh yah and especially when one of the meals is gonna be a treat for me!
Muahahhaha...
FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD!
I've been eating. Alot. Don't know what's gotten into me.
Suspect it's the cycle which is causing this. I feel hungry all the time.
I eat breakfast at 930am. By 11am I am hungry.
I take lunch at 12pm or 1230pm. By 230pm I feel a little hungry again.
Bleah. I've been snacking..and eating lots.
I'm eating more than even some guys hahaha.
And I've put on 2kg since compared to before the trip in early March.
Opps..better monitor..
Suspect it's the cycle which is causing this. I feel hungry all the time.
I eat breakfast at 930am. By 11am I am hungry.
I take lunch at 12pm or 1230pm. By 230pm I feel a little hungry again.
Bleah. I've been snacking..and eating lots.
I'm eating more than even some guys hahaha.
And I've put on 2kg since compared to before the trip in early March.
Opps..better monitor..
Friday, April 03, 2009
Thursday Night
I had a lovely night yesterday…Full of fun, laughter, mad giggles, cackling and no-holds barred guffaws haha…
Dinner
I had dinner with Kyne first over at Curry Favour at Stamford Street…Their standards have dropped since I first tasted their food about 2 years ago…Wonder why.
We shared a side dish..fried fish with cheese in the middle. It turned out relatively tasteless and left a “tannic” feel on our tongues. Not sure if “tannic” is the right word to use haha, meant to say “siap siap”. Prices weren't very reasonable too...abit harsh on the pockets haha.
Substation – The Madhatters
And then we went to catch a stand-up comedy act called The Madhatters Comedy Company at the Substation…They’re a team of about 7-8 pax...mainly expats and one or two locals.
For those who know the US show ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?”, the performance was much like that show…with some audience interaction and absolutely zero scripts. Everything was done impromptu and with 100% improvisation.
Which made it a very believable and very laudable performance. I’m always very impressed by people who can think on their feet and within a split second’s notice. No no, make that a nanosecond’s notice haha.
There were times when we laughed our heads off like nobody’s business. It felt good. Very good.
To be able to open your mouth huge and wide and give a deep throaty laugh...One stemming from your heart :) Of course, witch cackles and high-pitched squeals came from us as well hahaha....
We were at the Guiness Theatre. Cosy place with a max capacity of about 100-120 pax I think.
The only dumb thing was that an Indian family . Expats I think, brought a 1-yr-old baby and a 3-yr-old toddler along. The baby was making strange noises at some point in time. After a few stares by some members of the audience, they brought the kids out. Sheesh. These people really don’t respect the performers leh…how can you let your kid interrupt the show in such a manner????
Will be watching “The Importance of Being Earnest” next week.
Looking forward to seeing Ivan Heng and Hossan Leong in action…Heard Ivan Heng’s performance is fantastic in the play…woot! :)
Harry’s Bar
Adjourned to Harry’s Bar at Chjimes for more chats, more gossips, more mad-capped laughter and of course Erdinger Weiss. Hahaa…
Slept at 1-plus eventually and woke this morning feeling a little stoned but nevertheless happy…:)
Dinner
I had dinner with Kyne first over at Curry Favour at Stamford Street…Their standards have dropped since I first tasted their food about 2 years ago…Wonder why.
We shared a side dish..fried fish with cheese in the middle. It turned out relatively tasteless and left a “tannic” feel on our tongues. Not sure if “tannic” is the right word to use haha, meant to say “siap siap”. Prices weren't very reasonable too...abit harsh on the pockets haha.
Substation – The Madhatters
And then we went to catch a stand-up comedy act called The Madhatters Comedy Company at the Substation…They’re a team of about 7-8 pax...mainly expats and one or two locals.
For those who know the US show ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?”, the performance was much like that show…with some audience interaction and absolutely zero scripts. Everything was done impromptu and with 100% improvisation.
Which made it a very believable and very laudable performance. I’m always very impressed by people who can think on their feet and within a split second’s notice. No no, make that a nanosecond’s notice haha.
There were times when we laughed our heads off like nobody’s business. It felt good. Very good.
To be able to open your mouth huge and wide and give a deep throaty laugh...One stemming from your heart :) Of course, witch cackles and high-pitched squeals came from us as well hahaha....
We were at the Guiness Theatre. Cosy place with a max capacity of about 100-120 pax I think.
The only dumb thing was that an Indian family . Expats I think, brought a 1-yr-old baby and a 3-yr-old toddler along. The baby was making strange noises at some point in time. After a few stares by some members of the audience, they brought the kids out. Sheesh. These people really don’t respect the performers leh…how can you let your kid interrupt the show in such a manner????
Will be watching “The Importance of Being Earnest” next week.
Looking forward to seeing Ivan Heng and Hossan Leong in action…Heard Ivan Heng’s performance is fantastic in the play…woot! :)
Harry’s Bar
Adjourned to Harry’s Bar at Chjimes for more chats, more gossips, more mad-capped laughter and of course Erdinger Weiss. Hahaa…
Slept at 1-plus eventually and woke this morning feeling a little stoned but nevertheless happy…:)
:)
I woke up today feeling happy and cheery..:)
I recall a conversation I had with Chloe last week perhaps...
Both of us were striving to sleep earlier and to get to work on time...haha...
Babe! Waking up feeling happy is achievable!! Jiayou!
Thursday, April 02, 2009
what is. what isn't.
The mind works in such a strange way I think people have tried to fathom it over many centuries and have come to no avail still.
And the way the 5 senses interact with the mind is equally wondrous.
The sight of a particular something unleashes a memory in the mind.
A smell evokes another.
A sound is linked to a fond thought of something.
And taste brings forth yet other pictures in one’s mind.
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Little things still remind me of a lot. I hate it when I’m trying to let loose and suddenly bham, a memory hits me at the back of my head.
I acknowledge the thought. That it is only but a memory…and store it in a cupboard...
Dust myself off, adjust my clothes and carry on with whatever I am doing.
- buying blades
- eating at marina square’s yoshinoya
- karaoke
- trips overseas
- JJ Lin
- Jay Chou
- David Tao
- Great World City
- HTC phones
- Eunos MRT station
- Mazda 3
- lychee green tea
- ah mei kopitiam in raffles place
- OGS
- Night Safari
- the pub in Pasir Ris Park
- char siew bao
- Yan Ge Restaurant
- Katong
- Kallang
- Massimo Dutti
oh fuck.
And the way the 5 senses interact with the mind is equally wondrous.
The sight of a particular something unleashes a memory in the mind.
A smell evokes another.
A sound is linked to a fond thought of something.
And taste brings forth yet other pictures in one’s mind.
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Little things still remind me of a lot. I hate it when I’m trying to let loose and suddenly bham, a memory hits me at the back of my head.
I acknowledge the thought. That it is only but a memory…and store it in a cupboard...
Dust myself off, adjust my clothes and carry on with whatever I am doing.
- buying blades
- eating at marina square’s yoshinoya
- karaoke
- trips overseas
- JJ Lin
- Jay Chou
- David Tao
- Great World City
- HTC phones
- Eunos MRT station
- Mazda 3
- lychee green tea
- ah mei kopitiam in raffles place
- OGS
- Night Safari
- the pub in Pasir Ris Park
- char siew bao
- Yan Ge Restaurant
- Katong
- Kallang
- Massimo Dutti
oh fuck.
The ubiquitous topic
The topic of how Singaporeans treat their domestic helpers has come into the spotlight again.
This is the umpteenth time over the last few years that an article has been published in the mass papers highlighting various atrocious acts committed on these ladies who have come from a foreign country in hope of a better pay and better future.
I was reading Melissa Heng’s article on My Paper this morning. She called for a government unit, possibly MCYS or MOM, to institutionalize a formal framework of procedures addressing the welfare and treatment of these domestic helpers.
She suggested for a 15-minute session to be held with each helper twice a year. This she said, could potentially make the employers think twice before putting a hand (or a cooking pot) on their helpers.
Plausible? Perhaps..This is also not the first time someone has called for a formal unit to be established to look into these matters. Nothing has been done, perhaps the people in the government are looking into these options right now….hmm.
I’ve seen the other extreme where helpers are treated very much like another rmember of the family. They eat together with family members, sleep and lay with their kids, go shopping with the family and even go on overseas trips with them.
But there will always be black sheep around. In whatever society or culture.
I’m just wondering why most of these black sheep highlighted in these domestic help abuse cases are educated professionals.
The more educated you are, the more warped your brain becomes??
It’s a strange world.
Really.
This is the umpteenth time over the last few years that an article has been published in the mass papers highlighting various atrocious acts committed on these ladies who have come from a foreign country in hope of a better pay and better future.
I was reading Melissa Heng’s article on My Paper this morning. She called for a government unit, possibly MCYS or MOM, to institutionalize a formal framework of procedures addressing the welfare and treatment of these domestic helpers.
She suggested for a 15-minute session to be held with each helper twice a year. This she said, could potentially make the employers think twice before putting a hand (or a cooking pot) on their helpers.
Plausible? Perhaps..This is also not the first time someone has called for a formal unit to be established to look into these matters. Nothing has been done, perhaps the people in the government are looking into these options right now….hmm.
I’ve seen the other extreme where helpers are treated very much like another rmember of the family. They eat together with family members, sleep and lay with their kids, go shopping with the family and even go on overseas trips with them.
But there will always be black sheep around. In whatever society or culture.
I’m just wondering why most of these black sheep highlighted in these domestic help abuse cases are educated professionals.
The more educated you are, the more warped your brain becomes??
It’s a strange world.
Really.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Mizuno!
Yes! I'll be getting my new pair of running shoes tomorrow...
The one I've been using is so not right for my bunions.
It's making my bunions even worse haha...
Am eagerly awaiting for my Mizuno Wave Rider...:)
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Running Lab will be opening an outlet over at Tampines One soon...
I think their staff has extremely good service and are very knowledgeable about running issues, shoes, analysis of your feet and your running styles blah blah....
The one I've been using is so not right for my bunions.
It's making my bunions even worse haha...
Am eagerly awaiting for my Mizuno Wave Rider...:)
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Running Lab will be opening an outlet over at Tampines One soon...
I think their staff has extremely good service and are very knowledgeable about running issues, shoes, analysis of your feet and your running styles blah blah....
off off off off off-site
The first quarter of 2009 is gonna be over in a few hours. So fast...
Went on a company offsite over yesterday and today.
It was a "working" first half of the morning yesterday cos I was part of the planning committee.
And I was the time-keeper. Lol..a role which I relished actually :)
Teabreaks, games, lunch, seminars, workplanning sessions...and finally dinner...
We were putting up at the Furama Riverfront Hotel in Havelock Road.
After dinner, a bunch of about 10 of us went to catch the movie "Departures".
Frankly, I've been very out of touch with what's showing in the cinemas...and I didn't even know such a show existed...
Yeah, am suaku I know haha.
But gosh...it was a superb show...Very emotional show.
I think I cried for the longest time...was puffy eyed by the end of the show..
Departures ties with IP Man in my list of good movies this year...:)
Went on a company offsite over yesterday and today.
It was a "working" first half of the morning yesterday cos I was part of the planning committee.
And I was the time-keeper. Lol..a role which I relished actually :)
Teabreaks, games, lunch, seminars, workplanning sessions...and finally dinner...
We were putting up at the Furama Riverfront Hotel in Havelock Road.
After dinner, a bunch of about 10 of us went to catch the movie "Departures".
Frankly, I've been very out of touch with what's showing in the cinemas...and I didn't even know such a show existed...
Yeah, am suaku I know haha.
But gosh...it was a superb show...Very emotional show.
I think I cried for the longest time...was puffy eyed by the end of the show..
Departures ties with IP Man in my list of good movies this year...:)
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Saturday = Food Day??
Oh Saturday...was a day of eating...
What more can I say except food florious food!!!
Lunchtime - mum's fried bee hoon...had an early lunch at 1130...
Was complaining of hunger by the time it hit 3pm...Had to wait till 4pm for the usual breaktime during class...jioed Kyne & YC to the cafe to buy food...
Ended up sharing mushroom quiche and potato salad with Kyne...yumyum...
Popped by Taka after class to meet PQ & Klive. Gorged on 2 yakitori sticks while waiting for them...1 chicken ball and 1 pork with asparagus...YUM YUM!!!
Adjourned to Coffee Club with them..the two goons only had normal drinks...like apple mojito and kopi...
I was the only sucker who had hot chocolate with a bacon and spinach quiche..
Yeah, quiche again...I like quiches lah haha..bopian...
It was fantastic...melt in your mouth. With the right amount of saltiness and fragrance!!
The mesclun salad by the side was rather nice too!!
Supposed to head home after that...but the time we hit the road....
The other two got hungry instead...
And so voila, Summer Breeze over at Pasir Ris Park became the next destination haha...
Calamari, Fish fingers and Wedges...
I ate about the same amount as them...
Shucks...I've been eating lotsa stuff lately hahahhaha...
And not been exercising cos of the cough...hmm mm....;p
What more can I say except food florious food!!!
Lunchtime - mum's fried bee hoon...had an early lunch at 1130...
Was complaining of hunger by the time it hit 3pm...Had to wait till 4pm for the usual breaktime during class...jioed Kyne & YC to the cafe to buy food...
Ended up sharing mushroom quiche and potato salad with Kyne...yumyum...
Popped by Taka after class to meet PQ & Klive. Gorged on 2 yakitori sticks while waiting for them...1 chicken ball and 1 pork with asparagus...YUM YUM!!!
Adjourned to Coffee Club with them..the two goons only had normal drinks...like apple mojito and kopi...
I was the only sucker who had hot chocolate with a bacon and spinach quiche..
Yeah, quiche again...I like quiches lah haha..bopian...
It was fantastic...melt in your mouth. With the right amount of saltiness and fragrance!!
The mesclun salad by the side was rather nice too!!
Supposed to head home after that...but the time we hit the road....
The other two got hungry instead...
And so voila, Summer Breeze over at Pasir Ris Park became the next destination haha...
Calamari, Fish fingers and Wedges...
I ate about the same amount as them...
Shucks...I've been eating lotsa stuff lately hahahhaha...
And not been exercising cos of the cough...hmm mm....;p
lol
I found it extremely hilarious when Yan Ling made a comment about wm on Friday night.
"那个混球啊??"
"PUI!!!!!"
Friday, March 27, 2009
Quickie Updates
The week has been a mixture of laziness, happiness, boredness and plainess.
Cough
I've been coughing for a week now. Hmm mm..Went to the doc on Tuesday evening and wranlged an MC out of the doc. Hehe, spent Wednesday at home. The cough's an irritating one.
It gets horrid during train rides where the airon is dry and the air is kinda dusty..irritates the throat quite abit and it's really embarrassing when I get into a coughing fit and can't stop coughing.
Told the doc Dhasedyl doesn't really work on me anymore and I was given a new type of medication. Something called Prospan. No alcohol and codeine in it, made with ivy plant extracts so it's quite natural..Textures like honey or maple syrup and sort of tastes like it too haha..
Am on a course of antibiotics...zzz...
Tuesday Night
Lovely lovely night with the duckies haha...As usual we had the round-table updates..
Pity Selin couldn't make it this time. Darn, it's so difficult to get all 7 of us in a single dinner outing!!
Our next gathering is a spa trip to Batam on 16 May. Hope it materialises...:)
Dinner was at Dome Cafe, the Marina Square branch. Their soups are great!!
Wednesday
Oh it's MC day. Spent the whole day at home. Concussed in the afternoon for about 2 hours and spent the rest of the time either working or MSN-ing. Spent some time looking at Chris Brown youtube videos as well lol...
Thursday Night
Had an impromptu dinner with PQ today. haha.
And yeah, we're boring old birds. Went back to Swensons again...:) Nah, make that two sick old birds..we were taking turns to cough through the night haha...
Girls talk. Now she's seen my crude and open side lol..
I love impromptu dates like these!! You start your day feeling bland but you end it with a bang!
Friday Night
Oh today! haha..Had a lovely time being a lamppost to 2 couples haha...
Daniel & YL and Wendy (Daniel's sister) & her bf..
We were at this well-known Jap restaurant at Mirarmar Hotel. It's called Ikoi..
Buffet at $33++ per adult. But the food's not bad!..Had lots and lots and lots of sashimi.. haha..:)
*beams*
Oh, and I've been naughty. Had ice-cream, fried foods, alcohol during the dinner...Hope my cough won't worsen..hmm mm..my voice has changed again...
Sounding a little like a tranny now...shucks...
Cough
I've been coughing for a week now. Hmm mm..Went to the doc on Tuesday evening and wranlged an MC out of the doc. Hehe, spent Wednesday at home. The cough's an irritating one.
It gets horrid during train rides where the airon is dry and the air is kinda dusty..irritates the throat quite abit and it's really embarrassing when I get into a coughing fit and can't stop coughing.
Told the doc Dhasedyl doesn't really work on me anymore and I was given a new type of medication. Something called Prospan. No alcohol and codeine in it, made with ivy plant extracts so it's quite natural..Textures like honey or maple syrup and sort of tastes like it too haha..
Am on a course of antibiotics...zzz...
Tuesday Night
Lovely lovely night with the duckies haha...As usual we had the round-table updates..
Pity Selin couldn't make it this time. Darn, it's so difficult to get all 7 of us in a single dinner outing!!
Our next gathering is a spa trip to Batam on 16 May. Hope it materialises...:)
Dinner was at Dome Cafe, the Marina Square branch. Their soups are great!!
Wednesday
Oh it's MC day. Spent the whole day at home. Concussed in the afternoon for about 2 hours and spent the rest of the time either working or MSN-ing. Spent some time looking at Chris Brown youtube videos as well lol...
Thursday Night
Had an impromptu dinner with PQ today. haha.
And yeah, we're boring old birds. Went back to Swensons again...:) Nah, make that two sick old birds..we were taking turns to cough through the night haha...
Girls talk. Now she's seen my crude and open side lol..
I love impromptu dates like these!! You start your day feeling bland but you end it with a bang!
Friday Night
Oh today! haha..Had a lovely time being a lamppost to 2 couples haha...
Daniel & YL and Wendy (Daniel's sister) & her bf..
We were at this well-known Jap restaurant at Mirarmar Hotel. It's called Ikoi..
Buffet at $33++ per adult. But the food's not bad!..Had lots and lots and lots of sashimi.. haha..:)
*beams*
Oh, and I've been naughty. Had ice-cream, fried foods, alcohol during the dinner...Hope my cough won't worsen..hmm mm..my voice has changed again...
Sounding a little like a tranny now...shucks...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Chris Brown
I've all along been a half blood when it comes to music. My tastes are varied and as such, I don't really have an in-depth knowledge of each genre of music...not to mnention the various artistes and bands or groups in each genre...
I never knew Chris Brown existed till the Rihanna punching incident. When I told Sashi this last night, he gaped at me and said how could you no tknow who Chris Brown is???
Gosh, and Sashi is 50 years old. AHahaa...Decided to do a YouTube on Chris Brown and I stumbled across the video below. Cool cool moves..check out the little kids somewhere in the 1st one thrid of the video...
I never knew Chris Brown existed till the Rihanna punching incident. When I told Sashi this last night, he gaped at me and said how could you no tknow who Chris Brown is???
Gosh, and Sashi is 50 years old. AHahaa...Decided to do a YouTube on Chris Brown and I stumbled across the video below. Cool cool moves..check out the little kids somewhere in the 1st one thrid of the video...
Sunday, March 22, 2009
I Broke My Record
Ok, today's my first blading lesson after missing 3 weeks of it.
And my rustiness definitely showed haha....
I broke my record today.
I fell a grand total of 5-6 times within 2 hours!!....
Gosh. So embarrassing!!!
Argh! My goal for next week is...not to fall more than ...hmmmm.....ONCE!
hehe...wait for my update next Sunday..!
And my rustiness definitely showed haha....
I broke my record today.
I fell a grand total of 5-6 times within 2 hours!!....
Gosh. So embarrassing!!!
Argh! My goal for next week is...not to fall more than ...hmmmm.....ONCE!
hehe...wait for my update next Sunday..!
The Younger Uns
(1) My Fav Instructor
Uh-oh..I'm bio-ing younger guys haha...
My fav instructor during my blading lessons is this fella who's 10 years younger than me.
He's only in JC Year 2 lol..
Pity he doesn't take Sunday classes anymore. He's taking the Saturday classes instead..but I cannot make it on Saturdays!!!
He's just so cute haha...tanned, wears specs, lovely big smile, patient and endearing..,plus his braces are kinda cute haa..
Ally, guess who I'm referring to? Hehe...
(2) Our Fav Classmate
It is now official. This little boy with huge eyes, chubby rosy cheeks and a solemn face during class is our fav little boy!
Managed to get him to open up to us today...hiakzz.. And then we discovered to our horror that he's only 6 years old. Gosh...and he's doing spin stops and whatnot liao..Puts us all to shame haha.
Forgot his name though. Am gonna sak him next week again! Some Chinese name...Shi Yuan or something like that...He'll be a heart-breaker when he grows up!
P/s: His solemn face is only reserved for lessons. After the lesson, PQ, me and two other little girls went on our own exploration around the area...he followed us and showed his terror side..
Flashing his toothless grin at us all the time haha..
(3) My New Buddies
Little girls can be irritating. Little girls can also be endearing.
I'm learning blading with a whole bunch of kids. There's a few girls who are always in my class. I know some of them have taken notice of us (i.e. the clumsy adults) but seem quite shy to get to know us...
Today I got to know 3 of these little girls haha. A pair of sisters Sheryl (11 yrs old) and Sherie (9yrs old) and another little girl who seems to have attached herself to me. This other girl is by the name of Glenda (8 yrs old).
She came up to me just now during lesson and asked for my name and asked if she could stand next to me. Haha I think she likes me!
These 3 girls are kinda sweet. We were taken on a trip through the park by the instructors...being the clumsy adults, PQ and I were the slow ones at the back of the group...
These 3 girls stayed back with us...encouraging us and even offering helping hands at times.
Gosh, imagine an 8-year old asking you: "Do you need my hand?" Wah so sweeettt!!
And when I fell, they asked me "Are you ok? You need any help?? You want to hold my hand??" Wahhhh...really so sweet lor!!! haha...
Looking forward to next week's lessons...:)
I found new buddies...and they're still in primary school ahha...
Uh-oh..I'm bio-ing younger guys haha...
My fav instructor during my blading lessons is this fella who's 10 years younger than me.
He's only in JC Year 2 lol..
Pity he doesn't take Sunday classes anymore. He's taking the Saturday classes instead..but I cannot make it on Saturdays!!!
He's just so cute haha...tanned, wears specs, lovely big smile, patient and endearing..,plus his braces are kinda cute haa..
Ally, guess who I'm referring to? Hehe...
(2) Our Fav Classmate
It is now official. This little boy with huge eyes, chubby rosy cheeks and a solemn face during class is our fav little boy!
Managed to get him to open up to us today...hiakzz.. And then we discovered to our horror that he's only 6 years old. Gosh...and he's doing spin stops and whatnot liao..Puts us all to shame haha.
Forgot his name though. Am gonna sak him next week again! Some Chinese name...Shi Yuan or something like that...He'll be a heart-breaker when he grows up!
P/s: His solemn face is only reserved for lessons. After the lesson, PQ, me and two other little girls went on our own exploration around the area...he followed us and showed his terror side..
Flashing his toothless grin at us all the time haha..
(3) My New Buddies
Little girls can be irritating. Little girls can also be endearing.
I'm learning blading with a whole bunch of kids. There's a few girls who are always in my class. I know some of them have taken notice of us (i.e. the clumsy adults) but seem quite shy to get to know us...
Today I got to know 3 of these little girls haha. A pair of sisters Sheryl (11 yrs old) and Sherie (9yrs old) and another little girl who seems to have attached herself to me. This other girl is by the name of Glenda (8 yrs old).
She came up to me just now during lesson and asked for my name and asked if she could stand next to me. Haha I think she likes me!
These 3 girls are kinda sweet. We were taken on a trip through the park by the instructors...being the clumsy adults, PQ and I were the slow ones at the back of the group...
These 3 girls stayed back with us...encouraging us and even offering helping hands at times.
Gosh, imagine an 8-year old asking you: "Do you need my hand?" Wah so sweeettt!!
And when I fell, they asked me "Are you ok? You need any help?? You want to hold my hand??" Wahhhh...really so sweet lor!!! haha...
Looking forward to next week's lessons...:)
I found new buddies...and they're still in primary school ahha...
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Jagged Shards of Hurt
She stood in front of the mirror, staring.
Her hair. Her face. Her eyes. Her cheeks. Her mouth.
"If It Kills Me" played in the background, in repeat mode.
And then it finally hit her. The thing she was afraid of.
The thing she held her own against for weeks.
The thing she held her head high against in stubborn defiance for weeks.
Her hair. Her face. Her eyes glistening. Her cheeks. Her mouth trembling.
The first drops were warm against her cool skin.
But what of it, everything felt warm after awhile.
Drops to trickles to flows. She let herself go. She felt weak. She felt tired.
Weeks of carefully built up defenses crumbling. Like. Dominoes toppling.
Weeks of pent-up anguish gushing forth. Engulfing.
Her body. Suddenly thin, suddenly frail. Racked with sobs.
Never has so much hurt coursed through her before. Strength seeped from her.
Her mouth opened. No words came out. Her mouth closed again.
She stood there. Rooted. Her hands gripped the wooden chair in front of her.
She felt alive but in so much pain. Pain makes one feel alive?
Her knuckles were taut. Tense. Maps of veins covered her hands.
Soft cries of anguish. But no one heard her. She was alone.
She was still standing. For two-thirds of an hour.
She was still crying. She rocked back and forth slightly. On the balls of her feet.
She felt as if her head were going to burst. Held her head in her hands.
Years of memories ran through her mind. Churning.
So much pressure. So much hurt. So much. So much.
Words and scenarios played in her mind. Moments, events, dreams, promises, laughter.
All but memories now. Intangible fragments. Jagged shards of hurt.
She felt raw. She felt exposed. She felt bare.
The song still played.
The rivers still ran.
The jewels still adorned her cheeks.
Her hair. Her face. Her eyes. Her cheeks. Her mouth.
"If It Kills Me" played in the background, in repeat mode.
And then it finally hit her. The thing she was afraid of.
The thing she held her own against for weeks.
The thing she held her head high against in stubborn defiance for weeks.
Her hair. Her face. Her eyes glistening. Her cheeks. Her mouth trembling.
The first drops were warm against her cool skin.
But what of it, everything felt warm after awhile.
Drops to trickles to flows. She let herself go. She felt weak. She felt tired.
Weeks of carefully built up defenses crumbling. Like. Dominoes toppling.
Weeks of pent-up anguish gushing forth. Engulfing.
Her body. Suddenly thin, suddenly frail. Racked with sobs.
Never has so much hurt coursed through her before. Strength seeped from her.
Her mouth opened. No words came out. Her mouth closed again.
She stood there. Rooted. Her hands gripped the wooden chair in front of her.
She felt alive but in so much pain. Pain makes one feel alive?
Her knuckles were taut. Tense. Maps of veins covered her hands.
Soft cries of anguish. But no one heard her. She was alone.
She was still standing. For two-thirds of an hour.
She was still crying. She rocked back and forth slightly. On the balls of her feet.
She felt as if her head were going to burst. Held her head in her hands.
Years of memories ran through her mind. Churning.
So much pressure. So much hurt. So much. So much.
Words and scenarios played in her mind. Moments, events, dreams, promises, laughter.
All but memories now. Intangible fragments. Jagged shards of hurt.
She felt raw. She felt exposed. She felt bare.
The song still played.
The rivers still ran.
The jewels still adorned her cheeks.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Yay!!
The course has finally ended. What a relief!!
Had a 10-minute one-to-one coaching today. Everyone had a personal session with the trainer.
Am told I have gotten rid of some of my idiosyncracies like swinging my body and fiddling with my fingers..
Am told my voice projection has improved alot...
And that by today's presentation, I look much less nervous and am more calm even if I am spouting "smoke" to throw people off guard.. haha
She's good lah haha...a very good trainer.
I hope the takeaway from the couse will stay with me for a long time...
Had a 10-minute one-to-one coaching today. Everyone had a personal session with the trainer.
Am told I have gotten rid of some of my idiosyncracies like swinging my body and fiddling with my fingers..
Am told my voice projection has improved alot...
And that by today's presentation, I look much less nervous and am more calm even if I am spouting "smoke" to throw people off guard.. haha
She's good lah haha...a very good trainer.
I hope the takeaway from the couse will stay with me for a long time...
Monday, March 16, 2009
I'm a Virgin
birdie
I seem to be having an unconscious effort to go abroad every month.
Let me update the list. lol...
Feb - Manila
Mar - Mexico/LA
Apr - BKK
May - Bintan
June - Sydney (not confirmed)
July - France (not confirmed but seems like this is going out the window)
August - Beijing (not confirmed)
September - nothing yet
October - Seoul (not confirmed)
November - nothing yet
December - nothing yet
Let me update the list. lol...
Feb - Manila
Mar - Mexico/LA
Apr - BKK
May - Bintan
June - Sydney (not confirmed)
July - France (not confirmed but seems like this is going out the window)
August - Beijing (not confirmed)
September - nothing yet
October - Seoul (not confirmed)
November - nothing yet
December - nothing yet
On Course - Mon to Wed
The Public Presentation Skills Course is a killer.
And a huge esteem-basher.
And a huge time-sucker.
Spent last night preparing slides.
Spent tonight preparing slides.
Will be bloody glad when the course ends on Wednesday.
Criticisms dished out to me today made me cringe real badly.
Am still suffering from repercussions.
Hope tomorrow and the day after would be better.
Hope I don't sink into my shell further...:(
And a huge esteem-basher.
And a huge time-sucker.
Spent last night preparing slides.
Spent tonight preparing slides.
Will be bloody glad when the course ends on Wednesday.
Criticisms dished out to me today made me cringe real badly.
Am still suffering from repercussions.
Hope tomorrow and the day after would be better.
Hope I don't sink into my shell further...:(
what do you do
What do you do to heal an embattered fragile confidence?
One which has taken more beatings in the last 3 months
Than in the preceding 12 months before that.
What do you do to encourage a perennially weak confidence?
One which has taken more shit in the last 3 months
Than in the preceding 12 months before that.
What do you do to motivate a seemingly punctured confidence?
One which has taken more attacks in the last 3 months
What do you do to motivate a seemingly punctured confidence?
One which has taken more attacks in the last 3 months
Than in the preceding 12 months before that.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
You'll Never Walk Alone
Lovely performance by the Reds last night against Man U. hahaa...Trashed them 4-1!!
It was absolutely entertaining to see Man U's keeper Van Der Sar stand rooted in between his goalposts for the last two goals which Pool rammed in...He looked absolutely bewildered and lost haha...
But a little article by ST's Sports Journalist Tay Yek Keak sealed the whole deal today for me. I thought his apt description of Sir Alex Ferguson was spot-on and agnonisingly hilarious!!! I was eating my fish porridge..couldn't take it, spluttered out my rice and laughed till I teared..!!
Paragraph extracted from his article reproduced here. (Source: ST Sunday Times Page 36.)
Anyone for Chewing Gum?
Saw the face of Sir Alex Ferguson? For most of the match, he was chewing gum as though he was in a Wrigley's advertisement. Then his face grew redder as it got blacker. By the time the match finished, he was gnashing his teeth.
The phrase in blue was classic man!!
omg
It's mid March already.
About 25% of the whole year has passed by already.
ACK.
So fast!
What have I done??
What have I achieved???
My Saturday
Ah..today isn't like any other mundane Saturday...which made it very enjoyable...though tiring.
Granny
Woke early in the morning. Adrian came to fetch me and off we went to Granny's. Picked her up from the Home and then whisked her off to Holy Family Church in Katong.
Spent some time praying and then brought her to lunch haha. Ordered some side dishes plus Katong laksa..*yummy*
Sent her back to the Home after that...she was feeling a little tired and breathless by the time we brought her back 2 hours later. Sigh...
Red Biscuit
Adrian dropped me off at Khatib MRT since he was gonna visit his mother-in-law there. Anyway, it was near my school too...Was about to head to the MRT when it suddenly occurred to me that Khatib was HB's hometown.
Gave him a buzz and voila, he was at home...Dragged him out and we had a catch-up of sorts...:)
School
Damn it. I'm totally CMI this semester. We have a new teacher taking us. A Chinese lady who speaks 98% in French. We can't understand her fully.
I can't understand her 99% of the time. I'm dead meat. We're all dead meat.
She enjoys giving dictations and had us do one today. Byt the time she finished correcting the passage with us...my paper was red and crossed in an amazing number of places....
*argh*
Pre-Dinner
Was early by more than an hour so spent some time loitering in Plaza Sing with YC, one of my French classmates.
The goondu had an appointment at 10pm and had 4 hours to kill hahaha...We ended up sampling wines at the Wine Fair in front of Carrefour..;p
The goondu was talking so much rot and he made me laugh till my ribs ached...It was a short but fun time with him!!
Dinner
Met up with Kym & XL for dinner at Pondok Indonesian Restaurant at The Atrium@Orchard.
Afterwhich we adjourned to TCC for drinks...
It's been awhile since we met, close to 3 months I think...seldom do we go so long without seeing each other hahaa....There was a time when I was seeing them every Friday for dinner and boozing! Good to have met up with them...updates and mindless chatter...
But I guess, we've all been busy...
C'est un bonne journee! :)
Home
Reached home at 1015pm and managed to catch the last 30minutes of THE MATCH with Dad.
Liverpool Vs Man U.
WOOHOO! Haha Pool trashed Man U at their home ground.
4-1 to Pool.
They're on a roll baby!! Trashing Real Madrid and now Man U...
Hope they can keep up the adrenalin and trashing streaks!!!!
It's 130am now. Tired & concussed...
Shall head to bed now...Blading tmr...I hope I can remember...Been 2 weeks since I last bladed haha...
Granny
Woke early in the morning. Adrian came to fetch me and off we went to Granny's. Picked her up from the Home and then whisked her off to Holy Family Church in Katong.
Spent some time praying and then brought her to lunch haha. Ordered some side dishes plus Katong laksa..*yummy*
Sent her back to the Home after that...she was feeling a little tired and breathless by the time we brought her back 2 hours later. Sigh...
Red Biscuit
Adrian dropped me off at Khatib MRT since he was gonna visit his mother-in-law there. Anyway, it was near my school too...Was about to head to the MRT when it suddenly occurred to me that Khatib was HB's hometown.
Gave him a buzz and voila, he was at home...Dragged him out and we had a catch-up of sorts...:)
School
Damn it. I'm totally CMI this semester. We have a new teacher taking us. A Chinese lady who speaks 98% in French. We can't understand her fully.
I can't understand her 99% of the time. I'm dead meat. We're all dead meat.
She enjoys giving dictations and had us do one today. Byt the time she finished correcting the passage with us...my paper was red and crossed in an amazing number of places....
*argh*
Pre-Dinner
Was early by more than an hour so spent some time loitering in Plaza Sing with YC, one of my French classmates.
The goondu had an appointment at 10pm and had 4 hours to kill hahaha...We ended up sampling wines at the Wine Fair in front of Carrefour..;p
The goondu was talking so much rot and he made me laugh till my ribs ached...It was a short but fun time with him!!
Dinner
Met up with Kym & XL for dinner at Pondok Indonesian Restaurant at The Atrium@Orchard.
Afterwhich we adjourned to TCC for drinks...
It's been awhile since we met, close to 3 months I think...seldom do we go so long without seeing each other hahaa....There was a time when I was seeing them every Friday for dinner and boozing! Good to have met up with them...updates and mindless chatter...
But I guess, we've all been busy...
C'est un bonne journee! :)
Home
Reached home at 1015pm and managed to catch the last 30minutes of THE MATCH with Dad.
Liverpool Vs Man U.
WOOHOO! Haha Pool trashed Man U at their home ground.
4-1 to Pool.
They're on a roll baby!! Trashing Real Madrid and now Man U...
Hope they can keep up the adrenalin and trashing streaks!!!!
It's 130am now. Tired & concussed...
Shall head to bed now...Blading tmr...I hope I can remember...Been 2 weeks since I last bladed haha...
En Meilleuire Sante
I had a health screening done on Feb 18...before all the trips.
Received the health report a few days ago..:)
I think it reads very good! haa..
My cholesterol level is very marginally borderline high...But if you break it down, my bad cholesterol is still within the normal range...and my good cholesterol is at least 20-25% higher than the norm hahha...which makes it overall good...:)
Woot Woot.
Liver, Kidney, Blood & Blood Pressure are all doing okay.
Woot Woot.
The only thing is err...I'm underweight. And I'm told my ideal weight is 3 kg more than what I am now. Oh well...haha, it's not as if I am dieting or what...I do eat!!
Anyway..yay!!
Am in fine health! hahaa...
Received the health report a few days ago..:)
I think it reads very good! haa..
My cholesterol level is very marginally borderline high...But if you break it down, my bad cholesterol is still within the normal range...and my good cholesterol is at least 20-25% higher than the norm hahha...which makes it overall good...:)
Woot Woot.
Liver, Kidney, Blood & Blood Pressure are all doing okay.
Woot Woot.
The only thing is err...I'm underweight. And I'm told my ideal weight is 3 kg more than what I am now. Oh well...haha, it's not as if I am dieting or what...I do eat!!
Anyway..yay!!
Am in fine health! hahaa...
Wow Wow Thursday
I was with Daniel at the IT show on Thursday evening. Or rather, we just passed by the IT show en route to the rooms which were hosting the Burberry's sale.
Suddenly, this girl grabbed my arm and stopped me with a "Do you remember me??"
OMG. It was Yurui.
The last time I saw her was when at least 6months to a year before I left Ducktours oh so many years ago. Which makes it sometime in mid 2003 perhaps. Which means I've not seen her for close 6 years.
I used to call her Xiaomei. She was our intern. A smart little girl who spoke with confidence and clarity. Now she's all grown up. And getting married in June.
Oh how time flies...
Ee Hong, do you remember this xiaomei?
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Had dinner with Dan at the Suntec branch of TCC...
Food was not bad...but portions were a little small though. :(
Or has my appetite grown bigger after the trips? Hahaa.....
It's always nice to catch up and update each other...:)
Was god-damn stoned by the time I reached home at 11pm.
Suddenly, this girl grabbed my arm and stopped me with a "Do you remember me??"
OMG. It was Yurui.
The last time I saw her was when at least 6months to a year before I left Ducktours oh so many years ago. Which makes it sometime in mid 2003 perhaps. Which means I've not seen her for close 6 years.
I used to call her Xiaomei. She was our intern. A smart little girl who spoke with confidence and clarity. Now she's all grown up. And getting married in June.
Oh how time flies...
Ee Hong, do you remember this xiaomei?
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Had dinner with Dan at the Suntec branch of TCC...
Food was not bad...but portions were a little small though. :(
Or has my appetite grown bigger after the trips? Hahaa.....
It's always nice to catch up and update each other...:)
Was god-damn stoned by the time I reached home at 11pm.
9 March 2009 - Last Minutes Sights and Home Sweet Home
Last day in LA.
Made cup noodles for breakfast and then met up with HC for some last minute sightseeing.
Olvera Street
We spent some time walking around Olvera Street.One of the recommended places to walk through. It turned out to be a little bland. Cos Olvera Street turned out to be a mini Mexico, a place where I just came from! Haa…Trinkets sold there were almost like what I saw in Mexico, except triple the price.
Chinatown, Little Tokyo
Then we took a quick drive through the few streets of what they call Chinatown. Oh well, the usual stuff, clothes stores selling cheongsams, lots of restaurants, some medicinal shops, some massage parlours, some temples and worship places, etc.
The only difference about this Chinatown was that it was not only Chinese shops which were there. It had a whole host of Vietnamese, Thai and Cambodian restaurants/shops as well.
Soon, it was time to bid farewell to the streets of LA and to head to the airport for our flight home…
Los Angeles Airport
The drive from downtown LA to the airport took roughly 30 minutes. I thought it was relatively fast…J Returned the rental car at the Hertz return car centre and then caught a shuttle bus to our international flights terminal.
Was in the midst of checking-in our luggage when OMG it was discovered that HC’s luggage was too heavy. It was 32kg, 7 kg more than the maximum allowed. My luggage was light. The officer asked us to rearrange our luggage I.E. transfer some of HC’s stuff to my bags…
So embarrassing. We were squatting at a conspicuous corner with our luggages thrown wide open. HC was frantically doing repacking of his luggage. My task was just to throw whatever he passed to me into my luggage. After more than 15mins, we finally went through the baggage check-in…
Moral of the story?? Don’t buy tons of toiletries when you’re touring another country…zzzz….I think HC is more than a shopper than I am lor….zzz.. haha..He bought at least 6 500ml bottles of body lotions and shower gels for his wife…
The flight home took about 17-plus hours, including an hour-long stopover at Tokyo Narita Airport.. haha. And this time round, I watched the following shows:
- Australia (Finished the second half of the show)
- Scandal Makers (Korean show…damn funny)
- The Butterfly Lovers (Chinese show..teenybopper idols acting in a period drama…very strange)
- The Women (a Meg Ryan girl power show on the bonds between 4 women but seriously lacking the sassiness and fashion sense of Sex & The City)
- The first 30 minutes of Happy Feet
Hmm, which makes it a total of at least 10 full shows on both to & fro journeys. Haa…
Home Sweet Home
Touched down in SG on 130am on 11 March (Wednesday)…Home sweet home.
Spent some time talking to the parents and unpacking. Did not sleep till 5am...after which I woke at 9am.
Mum & Dad were there to fetch me…:)
Made cup noodles for breakfast and then met up with HC for some last minute sightseeing.
Olvera Street
We spent some time walking around Olvera Street.One of the recommended places to walk through. It turned out to be a little bland. Cos Olvera Street turned out to be a mini Mexico, a place where I just came from! Haa…Trinkets sold there were almost like what I saw in Mexico, except triple the price.
Chinatown, Little Tokyo
Then we took a quick drive through the few streets of what they call Chinatown. Oh well, the usual stuff, clothes stores selling cheongsams, lots of restaurants, some medicinal shops, some massage parlours, some temples and worship places, etc.
The only difference about this Chinatown was that it was not only Chinese shops which were there. It had a whole host of Vietnamese, Thai and Cambodian restaurants/shops as well.
Soon, it was time to bid farewell to the streets of LA and to head to the airport for our flight home…
Los Angeles Airport
The drive from downtown LA to the airport took roughly 30 minutes. I thought it was relatively fast…J Returned the rental car at the Hertz return car centre and then caught a shuttle bus to our international flights terminal.
Was in the midst of checking-in our luggage when OMG it was discovered that HC’s luggage was too heavy. It was 32kg, 7 kg more than the maximum allowed. My luggage was light. The officer asked us to rearrange our luggage I.E. transfer some of HC’s stuff to my bags…
So embarrassing. We were squatting at a conspicuous corner with our luggages thrown wide open. HC was frantically doing repacking of his luggage. My task was just to throw whatever he passed to me into my luggage. After more than 15mins, we finally went through the baggage check-in…
Moral of the story?? Don’t buy tons of toiletries when you’re touring another country…zzzz….I think HC is more than a shopper than I am lor….zzz.. haha..He bought at least 6 500ml bottles of body lotions and shower gels for his wife…
The flight home took about 17-plus hours, including an hour-long stopover at Tokyo Narita Airport.. haha. And this time round, I watched the following shows:
- Australia (Finished the second half of the show)
- Scandal Makers (Korean show…damn funny)
- The Butterfly Lovers (Chinese show..teenybopper idols acting in a period drama…very strange)
- The Women (a Meg Ryan girl power show on the bonds between 4 women but seriously lacking the sassiness and fashion sense of Sex & The City)
- The first 30 minutes of Happy Feet
Hmm, which makes it a total of at least 10 full shows on both to & fro journeys. Haa…
Home Sweet Home
Touched down in SG on 130am on 11 March (Wednesday)…Home sweet home.
Spent some time talking to the parents and unpacking. Did not sleep till 5am...after which I woke at 9am.
I expect some serious jetlagging for the next few days..
Mum & Dad were there to fetch me…:)
Saturday, March 14, 2009
8 March 2009 - Of Glitz and Glamour
Hollywood
Today was allocated for sight-seeing in where else but the glitzy Hollywood!!
But well oh well, it didn’t turn out to be as glitzy as I thought it would be. Haha..the main stretch of Holly wood is this road called Hollywood Boulevard.
It’s just like any other big street in a shopping district, malls on both sides, some theatres, some other souvenir stalls, restaurants yada yada.
Then main difference is that on both sides of the road, on the sidewalks, you have loads of stars inscribed in the ground..each holding a special name from a forgotten era, from an era just past or from a current era…
That’s right, the Walk of Fame! Haha…I betcha didn’t know that Godzill has star to his name as well….as does Bugs Bunny haha..I saw stars for Michael Jackson, Alfred Hitchcock, Bette Davis, Woody Allen, Robin Williams etc etc etc..
I saw street performers from Zorro to Captain Jack Sparrow, from Catwoman to Charlie Chaplin and even Tigger and Winnie the Pooh. Hahaa..
Went past Ridley’s Believe It or Not Museum as well, but din not step in. HC said he’d get nightmares if we saw too many grotesque stuff haha.
Visited the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and had lunch at a Disney Café..loved the printed napkins which came with Mickey and Minnie Mouse emblazoned on it.
Shopped a little there and then my eye caught sight of a shop which made my jaw drop.
I saw a Giordano there. Kaozz.
Haha…but it was super upmarket there. Nothing like the Giordano you see back home. Different styles, and expensive pants.
We saw the famous Hollywood sign on top of the hill…but was too far away to take any nice pics of it. Wasted.
Didn’t get to see any celebrities too. Wasted!! Haa..
Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive, Sunset Boulevard
We explored Beverly Hills as well. Oh well, drove past rather..haha.
Went into some of the little streets to see the big big houses there. I was told Britney Spears lived somewhere there and had hordes of paparazzi camping outside her gates. But I didn’t get to see any of such stuff. ;p
Same thing with Sunset Boulevard. We drove past the stretch. It was in the afternoon and nothing was really happening there. I guess it was really more of a pubs/restaurants/cafes kinda place which would be more lively at night…
We took a walk down Rodeo Drive as well. One of the famous roads in West Hollywood. For the uninitiated…Rodeo Drive was the place where Julia Roberts went shopping in the movie “Pretty Woman” lol. All the big brands were there again. Bebe, Coach, Giorgio Armani, Thierry Mugler, Miu Miu, etc etc etc.
Farmer’s Market and The Grove
And finally we ended the day at Farmer’s Market and The Grove, one of the attractions in downtown LA. I loved the place!!
It was more like a mini town on its own. A very mini town filled with one or two storey buildings. Each was a store or a restaurant. Some brightly lit, others dimly lit. But all exuding the same charm over people who walked by. There were push-carts as well selling little trinkets and knick-knacks.
There were even little streets within this mini town…a large fountain area with some small bridges over it. The street lamps resembled those from the 1950s. Tall and black, looped over at the top with a hanging lamp from it
There were speakers all over, blaring jazz music. Felt like as if I was ensconced within a huge surround sound system. The weather was cold. I was huddled in my jacket, had gloves on and was strolling through the mini streets whilst the jazz music permeated through me…It was a lovely lovely feeling.
Dinner was at the Farmer’s Market section..BBQ chicken for me and some shish kebab thingy for HC..each of us has a hot drink…J
Ahhh…If only life could be like this everyday..Cool, relaxed, musical, lovely, without a care in the world…
Today was allocated for sight-seeing in where else but the glitzy Hollywood!!
But well oh well, it didn’t turn out to be as glitzy as I thought it would be. Haha..the main stretch of Holly wood is this road called Hollywood Boulevard.
It’s just like any other big street in a shopping district, malls on both sides, some theatres, some other souvenir stalls, restaurants yada yada.
Then main difference is that on both sides of the road, on the sidewalks, you have loads of stars inscribed in the ground..each holding a special name from a forgotten era, from an era just past or from a current era…
That’s right, the Walk of Fame! Haha…I betcha didn’t know that Godzill has star to his name as well….as does Bugs Bunny haha..I saw stars for Michael Jackson, Alfred Hitchcock, Bette Davis, Woody Allen, Robin Williams etc etc etc..
I saw street performers from Zorro to Captain Jack Sparrow, from Catwoman to Charlie Chaplin and even Tigger and Winnie the Pooh. Hahaa..
Went past Ridley’s Believe It or Not Museum as well, but din not step in. HC said he’d get nightmares if we saw too many grotesque stuff haha.
Visited the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and had lunch at a Disney Café..loved the printed napkins which came with Mickey and Minnie Mouse emblazoned on it.
Shopped a little there and then my eye caught sight of a shop which made my jaw drop.
I saw a Giordano there. Kaozz.
Haha…but it was super upmarket there. Nothing like the Giordano you see back home. Different styles, and expensive pants.
We saw the famous Hollywood sign on top of the hill…but was too far away to take any nice pics of it. Wasted.
Didn’t get to see any celebrities too. Wasted!! Haa..
Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive, Sunset Boulevard
We explored Beverly Hills as well. Oh well, drove past rather..haha.
Went into some of the little streets to see the big big houses there. I was told Britney Spears lived somewhere there and had hordes of paparazzi camping outside her gates. But I didn’t get to see any of such stuff. ;p
Same thing with Sunset Boulevard. We drove past the stretch. It was in the afternoon and nothing was really happening there. I guess it was really more of a pubs/restaurants/cafes kinda place which would be more lively at night…
We took a walk down Rodeo Drive as well. One of the famous roads in West Hollywood. For the uninitiated…Rodeo Drive was the place where Julia Roberts went shopping in the movie “Pretty Woman” lol. All the big brands were there again. Bebe, Coach, Giorgio Armani, Thierry Mugler, Miu Miu, etc etc etc.
Farmer’s Market and The Grove
And finally we ended the day at Farmer’s Market and The Grove, one of the attractions in downtown LA. I loved the place!!
It was more like a mini town on its own. A very mini town filled with one or two storey buildings. Each was a store or a restaurant. Some brightly lit, others dimly lit. But all exuding the same charm over people who walked by. There were push-carts as well selling little trinkets and knick-knacks.
There were even little streets within this mini town…a large fountain area with some small bridges over it. The street lamps resembled those from the 1950s. Tall and black, looped over at the top with a hanging lamp from it
There were speakers all over, blaring jazz music. Felt like as if I was ensconced within a huge surround sound system. The weather was cold. I was huddled in my jacket, had gloves on and was strolling through the mini streets whilst the jazz music permeated through me…It was a lovely lovely feeling.
Dinner was at the Farmer’s Market section..BBQ chicken for me and some shish kebab thingy for HC..each of us has a hot drink…J
Ahhh…If only life could be like this everyday..Cool, relaxed, musical, lovely, without a care in the world…
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
7 March 2009 - It's Time for the Big S. Shopping of course.
Woke in the morning stoned like a drunkard. Washed up, threw some clothes on, threw my trusty jacket on and then headed to the car. It was Factory Outlet day!! Haha…we’d already done our research previously…luckily I met an LA native during the conference in Mexico and he gave me some tips on which outlets to visit.. haha..
We were to go to the Desert Hills Premium Factory Outlet, located in Cabazon, at the east-end of LA. It was about an hour’s drive away…
HC was feeling quite comfy by now to be driving on US roads…He was speeding and overtaking some other cars on the highway…to my horror of course….I reminder him that we didn’t opt for insurance on our rental car…and he drove less fast after that ahhaha….;p
Reached the place at 10-plus am and headed to Mac for breakfast…After which, we hit the stores…
Wah lau. Was my first reaction when I saw the stores. I didn’t know where to start…130-over stores…lots of branded stuff.
Liz Clairborne, Hugo Boss, Armani, Samsonite, Nike, Nine West, Gap, Polo Ralph, Calvin Klein, Levis, Coach, Gucci, Banana Republic, Timberland, Sunglass Hut, BCBG Max Azria, Bebe, Max Mara, OshGosh, Anne Klein, True Religion, Miss Sixty, Jockey, DKNY, Ermenegildo Zegna, Callaway, Billabong, Tag Heuer, etc, etc, etc…
We walked and walked…separately though and combed through the entire 130-somdething shops..bags and bags of shopping…gosh. We didn’t really stop for dinner…Just a quick bite of hotdogs and a cup of hot tea,(coffee for him)…and then we were off again! Kaozzz, I didn’t know guys can shop more than women..HC bought more stuff than I did…..*faint*
The weather in LA was much colder than in Mexico…Plus LA had more winds blowing…my ears and fingers were freezing…Heng I brought gloves there just in case haha…
I spent close to USD$600 today alone I think.
We were to go to the Desert Hills Premium Factory Outlet, located in Cabazon, at the east-end of LA. It was about an hour’s drive away…
HC was feeling quite comfy by now to be driving on US roads…He was speeding and overtaking some other cars on the highway…to my horror of course….I reminder him that we didn’t opt for insurance on our rental car…and he drove less fast after that ahhaha….;p
Reached the place at 10-plus am and headed to Mac for breakfast…After which, we hit the stores…
Wah lau. Was my first reaction when I saw the stores. I didn’t know where to start…130-over stores…lots of branded stuff.
Liz Clairborne, Hugo Boss, Armani, Samsonite, Nike, Nine West, Gap, Polo Ralph, Calvin Klein, Levis, Coach, Gucci, Banana Republic, Timberland, Sunglass Hut, BCBG Max Azria, Bebe, Max Mara, OshGosh, Anne Klein, True Religion, Miss Sixty, Jockey, DKNY, Ermenegildo Zegna, Callaway, Billabong, Tag Heuer, etc, etc, etc…
We walked and walked…separately though and combed through the entire 130-somdething shops..bags and bags of shopping…gosh. We didn’t really stop for dinner…Just a quick bite of hotdogs and a cup of hot tea,(coffee for him)…and then we were off again! Kaozzz, I didn’t know guys can shop more than women..HC bought more stuff than I did…..*faint*
The weather in LA was much colder than in Mexico…Plus LA had more winds blowing…my ears and fingers were freezing…Heng I brought gloves there just in case haha…
I spent close to USD$600 today alone I think.
6 March 2009 - Adios Amigo, Hola America
Woke this morning thinking damn, time flies…I’m heading to LA today already…the whole conference has concluded…and I’ll be back in SG in no time again!!
Didn’t really buy much stuff in Mexico...just some small souvenirs here and there. Did a small calculation. Think I’ll be close to $2.5K poorer after all these. And the company will officially owe me more than $3K by the end of the whole trip.
Mexico Airport 200pm (SG 6am)
Am waiting in the MEX airport now. Bought some cookies and some small magnets at one of the souvenir shops earlier on…Darn expensive. Had a BK burger for a quick lunch, the burger was huge haha…
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zzz…OMG. There’s a delay for the flight to LA. Very inefficient system. They called us up to board the plane. Everyone was queue-ing for at least 40 minutes. And then they suddenly had an announcement that the flight would be delayed due to a technical fault..
(1) Wah lau, you could have made the announcement earlier right??? Damn inefficient.
(2) Wah lau, technical fault??? *freaking out*
After a bout of snoozing on the airport seats (I call it a power nap of about 40 minutes)...they finally called us for boarding again. By the time the plane left Mexico, it was about 2 hours delayed.
Los Angeles 1000pm (SG 4pm 7 March)
Reached LA at 10pm at night…The queues were quite long for the immigration but when it was finally my turn, I was glad my clearance was quite smooth & fast. J Maybe cos it was a Chinese guy who was doing my clearance.
Collected our luggages at our terminal, the Tom Bradley Terminal and then hopped on a shuttle bus to head to Terminal 1 to collect our rental car. Wah, after all the hassle, we managed to get a grey Mazda 6, equipped with a GPS hahah…HC was quite power to be driving quite smoothly despite it being the first time he was driving on the opposite side of the road…
Reached the hotel in about 40mins and voila…the hotel was grand. Absolutely grand! I think that was where the very first Oscars was held back in the 1930s.. haha..of course there were some refurbishments here and there…but the general feel of opulence is there.
Thick carpets, huge chandeliers, things in gold and ornaments in porcelain...haha…can’t say the same for the rooms though.
Even the light switches were super retro…much like those in the 1950s and 1960s…
Dumped our bags and went outside searching for food and 7-11. Food came by in the form of Domino’s Pizza aha…that was the only thing we could find within walking distance…We ordered a Beef/Bacon/Cheese small pizza, carted it back to the hotel and bunked in my room to have a late dinner..
Wow, it was the best pizza I’d ever ever ever tasted!! Rich, generous with toppings, warm and lovely to the palate! It cost about $12 and I thought it was very very worth the money spent hahah…
HC went back to his room after that…I showered, unpacked a little…and then slept like a pig that night…
Didn’t really buy much stuff in Mexico...just some small souvenirs here and there. Did a small calculation. Think I’ll be close to $2.5K poorer after all these. And the company will officially owe me more than $3K by the end of the whole trip.
Mexico Airport 200pm (SG 6am)
Am waiting in the MEX airport now. Bought some cookies and some small magnets at one of the souvenir shops earlier on…Darn expensive. Had a BK burger for a quick lunch, the burger was huge haha…
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zzz…OMG. There’s a delay for the flight to LA. Very inefficient system. They called us up to board the plane. Everyone was queue-ing for at least 40 minutes. And then they suddenly had an announcement that the flight would be delayed due to a technical fault..
(1) Wah lau, you could have made the announcement earlier right??? Damn inefficient.
(2) Wah lau, technical fault??? *freaking out*
After a bout of snoozing on the airport seats (I call it a power nap of about 40 minutes)...they finally called us for boarding again. By the time the plane left Mexico, it was about 2 hours delayed.
Los Angeles 1000pm (SG 4pm 7 March)
Reached LA at 10pm at night…The queues were quite long for the immigration but when it was finally my turn, I was glad my clearance was quite smooth & fast. J Maybe cos it was a Chinese guy who was doing my clearance.
Collected our luggages at our terminal, the Tom Bradley Terminal and then hopped on a shuttle bus to head to Terminal 1 to collect our rental car. Wah, after all the hassle, we managed to get a grey Mazda 6, equipped with a GPS hahah…HC was quite power to be driving quite smoothly despite it being the first time he was driving on the opposite side of the road…
Reached the hotel in about 40mins and voila…the hotel was grand. Absolutely grand! I think that was where the very first Oscars was held back in the 1930s.. haha..of course there were some refurbishments here and there…but the general feel of opulence is there.
Thick carpets, huge chandeliers, things in gold and ornaments in porcelain...haha…can’t say the same for the rooms though.
Even the light switches were super retro…much like those in the 1950s and 1960s…
Dumped our bags and went outside searching for food and 7-11. Food came by in the form of Domino’s Pizza aha…that was the only thing we could find within walking distance…We ordered a Beef/Bacon/Cheese small pizza, carted it back to the hotel and bunked in my room to have a late dinner..
Wow, it was the best pizza I’d ever ever ever tasted!! Rich, generous with toppings, warm and lovely to the palate! It cost about $12 and I thought it was very very worth the money spent hahah…
HC went back to his room after that…I showered, unpacked a little…and then slept like a pig that night…
Saturday, March 07, 2009
5 March 2009 - I'm Getting Fatter
Managed to clear some work during the morning conference. It was a public forum for any stakeholder of the international domain name community to air their grouses…And grouses there are…one after another..
I guess where there are criticisms, there will be improvement. Some of the comments though, sound more like hapless complaints. Hmm mmm…
Lunch
Went for lunch at a large Mexican restaurant…It was quite alright, I ordered a Fillete Mignon. It’s a slice of beef with accompanying mashed potato and some kind of strange looking vege…
As usual, bread and plain nachos were available for us to munch on whilst waiting for food to arrive. I tried the tortilla soup, nice! Filled with cheese and bell peppers and avocado…with crispy tortilla thrown inside and some dried chilli (or at least I think it was dried chilli haha…)
p/s: They love using cheese and bell peppers and avocado in almost everything!
Tried some of the tacos and enchiladas which the rest ordered…not bad not bad…
Language
The vast majority of people do not know English. Only staff at the hospitality front desks and some of the big swanky restaurants know how to converse in English.
Even service staff at shopping centres could’t handle us. Ask them questions and they reply in rapid fire Spanish. Ask them if they can speak English and they’ll just stare at you blankly. Not good not good at all…
Even the street hawkers in Bangkok can speak English!!! Even if it’s only a smatter of it…even the aunties in BKK can handle tourists!
Dinner
Dinner was hosted by the Chinese folks today. An all Asian thingy with the Chinese, Singaporeans, Taiwanese, HongKongers, Japanese and Korean…
Food was at a traditional Mexican restaurant with live bands singing again to entertain and “serenade” us. The food was good enough…but I loved the free flow of red wine…Cabernet Merlot 2007, from Argentina. Lovely lovely wine…!
HAha piangzz…out of 5 nights, 4 nights were sponsored dinners…with at least 3 of the nights having free flow alcohol…The westerners are really drinkers…
Self
Skin has been stretched taut but the dryness. Face is still peeling but the skin around the lips is better after a bout of intense water-drinking last night.
But the internal of the nose is bleeding slightly…too dry & maybe also dusty I think…L
I think I need to psycho the parents to get a larger suitcase. Mine’s only good for 6 days. Max. Zzz. I might need to activate the use of my extra foldable bag if I get things in LA.
It’s 4am now. Spent the last 3 hours planning LA stuff with HC. Whilst MSN-ing and replying some work/personal emails. I should head to bed soon…else sure concuss…
I guess where there are criticisms, there will be improvement. Some of the comments though, sound more like hapless complaints. Hmm mmm…
Lunch
Went for lunch at a large Mexican restaurant…It was quite alright, I ordered a Fillete Mignon. It’s a slice of beef with accompanying mashed potato and some kind of strange looking vege…
As usual, bread and plain nachos were available for us to munch on whilst waiting for food to arrive. I tried the tortilla soup, nice! Filled with cheese and bell peppers and avocado…with crispy tortilla thrown inside and some dried chilli (or at least I think it was dried chilli haha…)
p/s: They love using cheese and bell peppers and avocado in almost everything!
Tried some of the tacos and enchiladas which the rest ordered…not bad not bad…
Language
The vast majority of people do not know English. Only staff at the hospitality front desks and some of the big swanky restaurants know how to converse in English.
Even service staff at shopping centres could’t handle us. Ask them questions and they reply in rapid fire Spanish. Ask them if they can speak English and they’ll just stare at you blankly. Not good not good at all…
Even the street hawkers in Bangkok can speak English!!! Even if it’s only a smatter of it…even the aunties in BKK can handle tourists!
Dinner
Dinner was hosted by the Chinese folks today. An all Asian thingy with the Chinese, Singaporeans, Taiwanese, HongKongers, Japanese and Korean…
Food was at a traditional Mexican restaurant with live bands singing again to entertain and “serenade” us. The food was good enough…but I loved the free flow of red wine…Cabernet Merlot 2007, from Argentina. Lovely lovely wine…!
HAha piangzz…out of 5 nights, 4 nights were sponsored dinners…with at least 3 of the nights having free flow alcohol…The westerners are really drinkers…
Self
Skin has been stretched taut but the dryness. Face is still peeling but the skin around the lips is better after a bout of intense water-drinking last night.
But the internal of the nose is bleeding slightly…too dry & maybe also dusty I think…L
I think I need to psycho the parents to get a larger suitcase. Mine’s only good for 6 days. Max. Zzz. I might need to activate the use of my extra foldable bag if I get things in LA.
It’s 4am now. Spent the last 3 hours planning LA stuff with HC. Whilst MSN-ing and replying some work/personal emails. I should head to bed soon…else sure concuss…
Thursday, March 05, 2009
4 March 2009 - Of Merrymaking
After Dinner Activities
Ah..today is a very fun day…I mean at least, the “after meeting” activities were absolutely fun.. haha…
There was a gala dinner which a few hundred people attended. Free flow of booze as usual…with buffet food…Food was mostly snacks like kebabs, sandwiches, sushi, tacos, some traditional Mexican stuff like bean dips and salads, etc. It was nice catching up & drinking with some people I know…
And then voila, a Mexican I know jio-ed us to go with them to a traditional Mexican pub. Us being myself & HC , 2 Malaysians, 1 HongKonger and 1 Taiwanese. So off we went…20 of us all packed into a van and went off to the pub which about 7 minutes away from the gala dinner venue.
Live bands around…3 bands at a few tables playing. People dancing…drinking. Before I knew it, I was one of those dancing as well… haha…not bad leh, I can dance!! Albeit a little stiff hahaa….the Latinos can really groove… haha…A Mexican and an American were trying to guide me haha…
There was one thing unique. A game which they play. Apparently there’ll be this guy who walks around the pub with an device. This device has two insulated wires running from it, at the the end of the wires, there’ll be two metal sticks.
A group of people holds each others hands in a circle…One person will hold one metal stick, the next person will hold the other metal stick. And then the staff will turn on the device which shoots off electric currents…Everyone is holding hands and linked in the circle…so what happens is the current will run through everyone!
It starts off as a little tingling feeling which gets stronger and stronger as the staff ups the current running from the device. Whoever who can’t tahan the current and lets go (i.e breaks the circle) will buy that round of drinks hahaha…
Let’s just say it was interesting to see such a “game”…but I didn’t particularly enjoy it hahha…..
Ouch
TMD, fell down today whilst walking back to the hotel…zzz…
Either I was walking too fast in my heels, or I wasn’t paying attention…slipped on the pavement at a portion where there was a small downward slope.
Ended up kneeling on the pavement…There was this Mexican big burly uncle who came to my rescue… haha…helped me up…Think I gave HC a shock, one moment I was talking to him then the next second I was on the ground…
I now have one big bruise on my right knee…one big “orh cheh”, slightly swollen zzz…
Self
Ok, so apart from that dumb bruise..I think I'm a little worse for wear than back home in SG. Slight rash going on..I think it's the dry weather plus the constant temperature changes...HC said it's a cold rash...my legs are itchy...:(
Till Here
Not enough sleep…zzz.. haha…gonna dry my hair liaozzz then iron a top for tomorrow and then head to bed…It’s 245am Mex time (5 March) and 445pm in SG time (5 March)…
Ah..today is a very fun day…I mean at least, the “after meeting” activities were absolutely fun.. haha…
There was a gala dinner which a few hundred people attended. Free flow of booze as usual…with buffet food…Food was mostly snacks like kebabs, sandwiches, sushi, tacos, some traditional Mexican stuff like bean dips and salads, etc. It was nice catching up & drinking with some people I know…
And then voila, a Mexican I know jio-ed us to go with them to a traditional Mexican pub. Us being myself & HC , 2 Malaysians, 1 HongKonger and 1 Taiwanese. So off we went…20 of us all packed into a van and went off to the pub which about 7 minutes away from the gala dinner venue.
Live bands around…3 bands at a few tables playing. People dancing…drinking. Before I knew it, I was one of those dancing as well… haha…not bad leh, I can dance!! Albeit a little stiff hahaa….the Latinos can really groove… haha…A Mexican and an American were trying to guide me haha…
There was one thing unique. A game which they play. Apparently there’ll be this guy who walks around the pub with an device. This device has two insulated wires running from it, at the the end of the wires, there’ll be two metal sticks.
A group of people holds each others hands in a circle…One person will hold one metal stick, the next person will hold the other metal stick. And then the staff will turn on the device which shoots off electric currents…Everyone is holding hands and linked in the circle…so what happens is the current will run through everyone!
It starts off as a little tingling feeling which gets stronger and stronger as the staff ups the current running from the device. Whoever who can’t tahan the current and lets go (i.e breaks the circle) will buy that round of drinks hahaha…
Let’s just say it was interesting to see such a “game”…but I didn’t particularly enjoy it hahha…..
Ouch
TMD, fell down today whilst walking back to the hotel…zzz…
Either I was walking too fast in my heels, or I wasn’t paying attention…slipped on the pavement at a portion where there was a small downward slope.
Ended up kneeling on the pavement…There was this Mexican big burly uncle who came to my rescue… haha…helped me up…Think I gave HC a shock, one moment I was talking to him then the next second I was on the ground…
I now have one big bruise on my right knee…one big “orh cheh”, slightly swollen zzz…
Self
Ok, so apart from that dumb bruise..I think I'm a little worse for wear than back home in SG. Slight rash going on..I think it's the dry weather plus the constant temperature changes...HC said it's a cold rash...my legs are itchy...:(
I have small cuts on my left hand caused by my nametag and paper cuts. They don't seem to be healing well.
My face is peeling. Forehead, nose, cheeks...skin has split from my fingernails on three of my finger on my right hand...but darn moisturiser doesn't seem to be working very well...I am starting to have scaly front calves now...hmmm.,...
Oh yah, too much calories... haha..tsk tsk...
Graciousness
This is one thing I wish Singaporeans and Asians in general could have. A Latino held the lift for me for a very long time even thought I was like more than 10 metres away….
Guy caucasians would let me pass through the door first…the Mexican drivers of our hotel shuttle bus would call me “Seniorita” and help me down the bus when I’m getting down.
Till Here
Not enough sleep…zzz.. haha…gonna dry my hair liaozzz then iron a top for tomorrow and then head to bed…It’s 245am Mex time (5 March) and 445pm in SG time (5 March)…
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