Acres

I feel like becoming a volunteer with Acres...
The Animal Concerns Research & Education Society...

Went to their website and saw so many categoris of where they need volunteers...Let me think about it first and see if I can commit the time...Hmm mm...

Am thinking of becoming a lifetime member as well...$300 to be one...
Or $30 to be an annual member...REnewd yearly of course..

Hmm mm.....Any takers? Kel maybe?

T-I-R-E-D but H-A-P-P-Y

I didn't quite realise how tired I was till I dozed off in class yesterday..
LOL..I have never dozed off in classes before..The only time I ever did was in secondary school but that was cos I was running a fever.. haha..

And so yesterday when I woke with a shock after having dozed off, I was quite alarmed.. haha lol.
Bruno was very draggy yesterday trying to explain a new grammatical concept to us...he was droning on and on...
It got better afterwards when we did the exercises in the workbook...
Eric spoke to me during the class break and he joked that I looked like a drug addict...
Dark eye rings, thin, stoned & spaced-out look.. haha...kns!!!

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And the reasons for my tiredness??
Didn't sleep well on both Thursday & Friday nights!! Abit worn out by the activities on both days!
Hahaaa....nevertheless, it was a happy happy time...=)

Thursday was a usual work day..I am still in my honeymoon phase. Reading up on past projects, trying to assimilate into the work culture and ofice environment...
Rushed home that day..wet and shivering...I remember it was raining the whole day..
Got changed, packed my overnight bag...and then went downstairs for Ling & Susan & Jierui to pick me...

Went over to NTUC in Tampines Mall and bought stuff...had a rushed dinner at MOS burger and then we were off again...to Aloha Loyang...
Met up with Gail there...checked out the chalet, washed up and then got to "work"...

The chalet was huge..living & dining rooms, kitchen, garden space, 4 bedrooms, a courtyard with BBQ pits...piangzz...really big...
It was kinda surreal actually. The whole day's rain added to the effect..everything was cold and damp, the grass was wet, the stone brick walls were cold, the air seemd misty and dewy...
And it felt so quiet an dout of the world...we were just only 1min away from the beach too...that close to the sea...

What work did we do? Hahaha...As "sisters" for Gail's wedding...we pledged ourselves to churn out various tasks that Adrian's "brothers" had to do...
We made glutinous rice balls with torturous fillings...wasabi flavoured ones, lemon fillings, chilli fillings, bittergourd fillings, etc...
We made water balloons. We made clothes out of garbage bags for the brothers to wear...
We wote Chinese tongue twisters for them to read...

We had a blast.. haha laughing our way through the night...while our hands did the work...
We slept at 2-plus in the morning...crashing our tired selves onto the hard beds in the bedrooms..
I slept with Susan, ever conscious of whether I would snore..I don't think I snore actually...but ahboy begs to differ.. ahha...and I still don't know if he is joking or not...

It wasn't a good sleep..tossed abit in the unfamiliar and hard bed...I was facing the window and a silly part of me expected some kind of monster to crash through the window at some point in the night...I remember in my semi-conscious state, I even recited Hail Mary 3 times...
Dumbo.. ahha...

And the next thing I knew..it was 630am..4hours passed just like that...I think I only slept for half the time haha...
Woke up, bathed, dressed...And it was time to prepare again for the guys' arrival..
Cooked the rice balls, brought out all the apparatus & euipment and whatever props we prepared the night before...

Gail's parents & brother were already there..sitting & chatting quietly in the living room of the chalet while we went about our business...

Took a quick bite of our Mac breakfast...sent by delivery of course...put on make-up and voila..we were waiting just for their arrival...

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And they arrived on time...830am sharp...Amidst loud blarings of car horns..

The sisters worked the guys...push-ups...rice balls eaten with grimacing faces...cool guys who soon were awash with sweat in the slowly gathering heat and the slowly growing sunrays...
Hell, I was so hot I felt a little grumpy haha...

And then voila...the tasks were over...the sisters got their angpows...and the guys were in the chalet compund...One more task of singing "Xiao Wei"..

And Adrian finally got through to opening a final door...and seeing his bride...

Gail was pretty...so pretty!...She wore a tube gown..white of course, with specks of gold & light beige embroidery of little flowers along the waist & on her train...A little green ribbon ran roung the waist and ended in a knot at the small of her back...with the tails of the ribbons flowing freely behind her...
Loved the beaded hair piece that the make-up artist wove into her hair...

A kiss from the groom, a few shots from the photographer...and the bride got the chance to step out of the room and finally see daylight hahhaa...
Her first reaction just before she stood up was "Wah, very bored to wait in here leh..." hahha....

More pics...and finally all of us, brothers & sisters alike all made our way to Adrian's out for the tea ceremony...

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Gosh, and it was the first time ever that I'd seen such a big wedding entourage.. ahha...
This batch of brothers & sisters are all darn rich.. ahha...

Amongst the wedding couple & 6 brothers & 5 sisters....there was 7 cars in total I think.
A merc for the bridal car, a lexus, 4 toyota vios-es and 1 mazda...
Haha it must hav ebeen quite a sight for passers-by to see such a long line of cars,...all with flowers & adornments....speeding along the roads & the expressway... haha...

Ahboy & I went home & crashed after the tea ceremony & lunch buffet was over at Adrian's house...
By the time we woke, it was already 515pm..ahaha..gosh, I was supposed to be at the place at 530pm... haha...

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MHotel...I was assigned the role of the Polaroid photographer.. haha...sneaking up on guests, interrupting their conversations, intruding into their private times, hijacking their smiles and snapping moments of time onto little pieces of film.

It was cool I think...guests wrote their well-wishes on the pictures which came out...and the pictures were displayed onto boards near the recep table. The Polaroid I took with Ahboy turned out to be so nice!..=D

The dinner was wonderful...The food was very good!! And they had Orh-Ni as dessert...my fav!! hhaa...The atmosphere was nice...relaxed and casual ulike some of the stuffy dinners I attended before...I guess in part because there were so many tables who knew each other...The Duman sec gang already took up 4 tables at least.. ahha...

With AhGim at my table..somehow I knew trouble was brewing.. ahha...She brought 3 bottles of Martell there...of which...2.5bottles of it was consumed within an hour...myself? I managed to get by...drank some....and got off sometimes by acting blur.. ahhaha....survival skills....=p

I think some of the other tables were just staring at our antics...some uncles were just open-mouthed at how much we were drinking...and also...at how much AhGim was drinking...
She drinks like as if Martell was just plain water quenching her thirst.. ahha...

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We gatecrashed the couple's suite after the dinner...parked ourselves cosily there...watched abit of TV...BraveHeart was showing on HBO....
Played 5-10, drank abit more...took some more pics...and then finally left Gail & Adrian to their night ahead.. hehe...

Ahboy & I got home around 3-plus in the morning...Guess it was impromptu that he slept over at my place.. haha..he was tired and well...abit tooo woozy for the drive back to his place...

And so...we slept...he slept like a pig..
I woke up a few times after dawn broke..I dunno why...the adrenalin from the day before perhaps?
Woke, had lunch and the both of us went to visit Granny...

Went for my class after that...came home, watched abit of TV, bathed....
And slept at 10pm...and I fell into such a deep sleep within a few minutes that I missed Ahboy's call at 1020pm...He called again, spoke with him for a few minutes and crashed again....

Till 1030 this morning. I'd slept for 12 hours straight without waking a single time...Been a long long time since I did that....But it felt great.. haha...

Wokr up and then had to do household chores the whole day...from washing clothes to changing sheets to even frying meesiam....piangzz...my mother worked me hard today.. haha...

And now at 930pm....I feel the still air is lulling me back to sleep again...
Ah...the warm confines of my new sheets....The way it cocoons me when I get into bed...

Think I'll go sleep again soon.... hee....
Long long entry today.. hahha....

oh my lovely pc....hang in there...

I loaded Trend Micro PC-cillin into my comp...
And now the comp is very unstable.

I've backed-up all my data...
It sorta crashed on me on Monday night. Blue screen and fatal erroe messages came out and all...Piangzz...

Left it to rest yesterday...And tried my luck today and voila..it's back to normal...
But the connection to the net is extremely S.L.O.W.....

*crosses fingers*
Hope it doesn't go bonkers on me...

rantings

Yesterday was the actual day of the Mid-Autumn Festival..
Interestingly, I did not stop to look at the moon...
I did not eat a single piece of mooncake...
I did not drink any tea...
I did not carry any lanterns..
I did not

Aand this morning, I wondered why I didn't do any of these...
Haha so tonight..I had a little piece of mooncake with yolk...
I took a slight glance at the big full moon...
I lit a candle to burn aromatheraphy oil...(take it like I am lighting a lantern ahha..)
And I am now munching on some pomelo...

Ok lah...abit late but well..I tried haha...

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Mum's birthday today...Forgot to wish her in the morn...gosh..
Called her immediately when I got to office...

Apparently my Dad...at the grand old age of 65...tried his hand at being "romantic" and "acting cute"..hahaha...

After I left home this morning...he woke up..and was still lying in bed when a boliao idea hit him...
He used his mobile to ring my mum at home...she was just in the kitchen...
She ran to get the phone...and when she picked up...
He said "Happy Birthday Darling!!!"

And my mum went..."Oh thank you?! Err, who is this??"
Hahaa...LOL....

"Romantic" idea back-fired... haha

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Ok...1.5 weeks into a new job..
And I said something dumb to the Director during the weekly meeting this afterenoon...
In front of the whole team...Sigh...

Must have seemed like an airhead..

:(

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Parents going to Genting again in second week of October...

And hehe..conned ahboy into cooking something for me...

He said ok!?!?! Can't believe he said ok!

Oh well, let's see if my wish gets fulfilled haha...
Oh, instant noodles and any other instant food don't count..
That's one of the rules. Heh.

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It's been a long long time...since I actually "chased" and watched a locally-produced TV serial.

But the 9pm show on Channel 8 is surprisingly interesting.
Totally new approach..never before have they gone to such lengths to produce a police drama show of this sort...

Though it's a replica of those HK police shows...complete with the thing about a woman heading the police team...
It's still a nice idea to watch familiar faces do their "thang" on local shores...=)

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Hmm mm...company offsite is confirmed on 5th & 6th Nov.
In Msia. No $$ to go BKK.

Heard the guys are really good drinkers...at least those in this clique...
And um...there'll be a night session...

I feel like I am suddenly transported to LHUB offsite days... ahaha...lol...

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I messaged ahboy on the way home today.

"It is hazardous to work in suntec. Too distracting on the brain. Too taxing on the eyes. And too tough on the pockets. haha..."

It's true!! When you have to walk past like more than 30 shops before you reach the MRT...it takes helluva lot of will to stop your eyes from wandering around hahaha...Nah, make that 50 shops at least.. aha...

Anyway, I have deicded not to walk citylink when I am heading home after work anymore...
I will walk on the top...i.e. along the roads...Though it's hot...but for one, it's slightly nearer...And for two...there's nothing to distract me.. hehe..

my pissed off friday...

Friday night...was a pissed off night...
Too long a story to elaborate here...but in conclusion:

1) I did not get to eat nor drink at Brewerkz and/or Barfly.
2) I did not get to have a proper dinner, only managed a few chicken wings and 1 little piece of popiah.
3) I spent a bomb and hopped across 3 pubs and..............
4) I DID NOT REALLY ENJOY MYSELF AT ALL.

Went to Indochine Forbidden City then went to MOS.....
Then went to Crazy Elephant...Piangzz...

And yes, I think I will not want to go out or arrange anything with that particular person anymore.
Which particular person?
Someone who tries to act like a person who is everyone's best friend.
Somewho who doesn't want to seem like she's opposing anyone and wants to be be accepted by everyone.
Someone who wants to be seen as easy-going but yet has alot of comments to make in the end.
Someone who deep down in her heart wants things to be done her way.
Someone who gets very defensinve when questioned and shoves the crux to another person.

In conclusion.
It's my 2nd and final time going out with this group of people. And this person in particular.

zzzzz....

haha Xiao Bai...Me not pics person lah...=p
But But But for you......I put up some lor...hahaha..

This was at the D&D I organised in mid August...theme was Oscar Night...so well..I had some boys decked out in gold...rather...spray-painted in gold from top to toe.. hehe...candid shot that the events organiser took of me!! By the way, this poor boy was freezing.. haha...

And another candid shot..dunno why people take such pics..kaozz...The guy I was talking to is the events organiser.. haha..quite cute actually...and the other lady...hmm...my ex-HR manager...

This one here was my reception girl..young lady...20 or 21 only I think..
And finally..Tada!!

This was at st James Dragonfly after the D&D...stayed thre till 403am I think ahha..lol...

This guy was good..on the guitar I mean...vocals sometimes okay, sometimes not.. haha...but check out his "Ang Kongs"...

Beez-Nezz Neuzz

Some business snippets...
Did you know that....

• Sho-U in Central is under Apex-Pal? The company who owns the Sakae Sushi chain of restaurants?
• The Spizza chain of restaurants is under the Senso brand name?
• Ding Tai Fung is managed by the Breadtalk company? They all come under the hands of George Quek...
• St James Powerhouse shares is split in these ways: 33% Dennis Foo himself, 32% by Metro Holdings & the owners of Sushi Tei, 30% by FJ Benjamin and 5% by Breadtalk.
• St James has about 18,000 members now? Each paying about $268 for a lifetime membership...hmm mm...
• The Popeye Chicken fast food restaurant over at level 2 Changi Airport T1, will open another outlet at the Singapore Flyer next year...

Haha...am I boring you here?

RATS!!

Ratatouille...

I finally went to catch the show last night..it was superb!!
It was so hilarious I was laughing from start to end...Hell, the whole cinema was laughing from start to end.. haha..

I was still laughing to myself when we were driving home from the cinema.. haha..
He said I was mad..

But I LOVE THE SHOW!!
haha...And yes, I think Gusteau's French accent was absolutely great too!!

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Sank my teeth into my 1st piece of mooncake for the year 2007.

It was a piece of a double yolk with macademia nuts in the traditional lotus paste filling..
Not bad, quite nice but abit sweet..
I can feel the sugar rush coming soon... haha lol..

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For the past few days, I've been eating like there's no tomorrow...
And I will be eating like this till tomorrow night.

Was on course on Thursday & Friday and as usual, there'll be the morning & afternoon tea-breaks...with abuffet lunch.. haha...Furam City Centre's buffet lunch is quite good actually!!
Went for dinner at Ajisen with ahboy yesterday..

Will be going to Wah Lok at Carlton Hotel this evening to celebrate mum's birthday...
And tomorrow night...aw man..my first official dinner function as a new member of the team.

Will be enteertaining guests from China...and so..yes, will be heading to the Iperial Treasure Restaurant at Suntec.

When my colleague informed me that I had to go...my first thought was:
Shit. Guests from China. How the hell am I gonna communicate with them? My Chinese sucks..
Hope they are proficient in English hehe...=)

Might be slated for a business trip to Taiwan in Feb next year...I should be 5 months old by then and should have an almost complete set of information about the business and its process and also the other legalities involved...

One of them's going to Bangkok this October and another's going to LA..
Heard they've been to other exotic locations like Puerto Rico, Tunisia, Lisbon, South Africa...amongst the usual countires like US, china, HK, etc....

Looking forward... ahha

tired but doing ok!!

kinda tired.. hhaa
am just not used to waking up before the sun rises...seems kinda strange opening my eyes to a sky that is still pitch black or very dark grey...

i am officially a suntec kid already..i've even appplied for the suntec card..
used to have it 5 years ago when i was working there..apparently it qualifies you for discounts in all stores...how much? not sure though..anyway, it's free, get liao then say.. ahha

only thing i hate about it is the long walk back to the mrt station at the en dof the day...and the convenient distractions beaming though the shop windows at you from the dozens of shops lining the path to the mrt...

good thing is that there's a shuttle bus to bring me from city hall mrt to suntect in the mornings..heh..

a colleague staying in pasir ris just told me today that there is an express bus going back to either bedok or pasir ris...will go check it out tomorrow...
hope i dun end up in sum ulu part of pasir ris.. ahha...=)

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2nd day at work..quite ok so far...
the place seems relaxed..maybe it's a lull period..cannot judge so fast...
people generally nice..yeah, i think i suit the govt sector better haha lol...colleagues helpful..

and best thing is that hahaha..MSN is encouraged.. ahha...
it's the only place i've been that even 40-somethings are on msn..haha...

but they're using lotus notes for their email system..bleah...abit unfriendly..still trying to figure out how to use it..been so used to outlook...used it for the last 5 years liao haha..

am waiting for my laptop to come in..should be this friday...IBM X61!! woo hoo!!
sleek and small...steady and reliable..haha..

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ISO...kaozz!!

it just seems to follow me everywhere!!
was spearheading it for my department in ntuc lhub...over in achieve, it was somewhere on the plate in the next 1 year (though i left first haha)...
and then now over here...........................

i'm going for ISO Internal Audit course this Thurs & Fri...haha...
can't seem to shake it off..

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met up with the girls just now..
so fast..Gail & Adrian's wedding thing is next friday liao...

Think Susan's & Binggen's should be in last quarter of next year...

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mind abit dazed...dunno what i'm wry-teeng leooow...

zzz.....

nigh nigh..

zzz

Had lunch with Yan Bin today. Ex-classmate from French class...we were in the last 2 semesters together but he stopeed for this semester...
Wasted. Cannot ask him French or copy his notes liao. haha...

Smart ass.. haha...studied for 4 years in Stanford University...gosh..
I've never ever known any peer from an Ivy League university before...
(Bosses of course have lah..NXXX bosses has lots from Oxford uni & Cambnridge uni.. haha....)

Guess where we went?
Piangzz...went to Seasons Reasons at City Hall basement..no choice cos the rest of the others places were all full liao...
Am starting to get abit sick of the food there liao...ahhaa

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I should be sleeping by now. Getting up about the same time I usually get up for work.
Need to be at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal about 1.5hours before boarding time.

Sheesh...think 1 hour before boarding can lah.. haha..

Ok. I'll go dilly dally for a little while more before I shut down for the day...

One last comment.
The girls for this season of America's Next Top Model...hmm mm...not quite up to standard leh...

goodbyes

It's always not easy saying goodbyes.
Even though it was a short 3.5 month stint at Achieve, there was still a sense of loss when I left Temasek Tower after my exit interview with Susan.

Loss of what? I dunno.
Possible close friendships? Possible breakthroughs in my growth as a marketer?
Possible this, possible that.
I guess that's where the term "opportunity cost" comes from.

Taking a choice of action means a loss of something which could have been if that choice of action were not taken.

There were some of the usual "Goodbye, wish you all the best!" and the "Take care, keep in touch!" and the "I'll miss you alot definitely!"

On the way home, I thought to myself, how much of these are true? When one says keep in touch, do you really mean it? Miss me definitely? Hmm mm...hahaa..
Not condemning anyone here. I am guilty of dishing out such empty statements as well.

I've uttered "keep in touch" umpteen times to different people....and yet only kept true to my word for a handful of those chaps. And I am pretty sure many of us are guilty of this.
Sort of like these phrases have become a standard response.. haha..a courtesy auto-reply spweing forth when confronted with a goodbye?

Eric gave me a bible. A Precious Moments bible..light blue plastic cover...Quite sweet...
I opened his gift when I was on the train home..And I felt so touched the moment I laid my eyes on it. I thought it was such a nice gesture on his part. He also compiled some pictures for me and burnt them into a CD. haha...Kudos to him for such efforts...=)

This morning when I checked my email, I realised he dropped me a note to my personal email.
A super long email chronicling events from the 1st time we met till my last day in the same office.

LOL. I thought I was emo. So I try not to show my emo side to omuch in front of others...I guess I only show the emo side in here and mostly to those who are close to me..
For him, a guy, to write such a long email...I was quite pleasantly surprised...

He said I was real. That I didn't bother being too much of who I wan't. He didn't say that a good or bad thing though. Just said that he liked people who are real and sincere.
And then he gave a list of chapters that I could start reading through from the Bible.. haha lol.

It's funny when sometimes a goodbye comes too suddenly.

Of course, not all goodbyes are closures. Some represent beginnings of new chapters...and of better things to come.

Next Monday. New place again. New adjustments again. New routine again.
New friends to make. New things to learn. New politics to handle. New bosses to suss out.

Jiayou to me...Jiayou to my new career path...
And may some of these new-found friendships continue to grow to stronger ties in the future...

Last Day of Work - 12th Sept

The boss treated me to a proper lunch yesterday.. haha we went to vivo city...
I've forgotten the name of the restaurant already...but it's the funny looking restaurant next to Tung Lok's Signatures.

The main course of Grilled Garoupa was way too mediocre though.
But the escargot appetiser was quite well done.

Went with him to Watsons after that cos he needed to get toner for his face..
*faint* I've never done this with a male boss before ...cone to think of it, not even my female bosses... haha

I toured the other aisles while he took his time discussing skin textures & skin elasticities and dunno what else with the sales promoter.
I happened upon a guy whose back was facing me. He was staring hard a few shelves.
"Must be trying to figure out which brand to buy" I thought.

He took a box hurriedly and then whirled around to head for the cashier. Needless to say I was in his path and he seemed mighty embarrassed.
Haha no wonder...through his fingers holding the box, the letters D-U-R-E-X screamed out loud in white against the stark black background of the box.

Aiyah...so embarrassed for what? Liberal world, liberal society. haha...
Quite a clean cut, well-dressed, good looking young chap. Too fair & too short though.. hehe...=p

Anyway, it was a long lunch out with the boss. Went back to the office close to 3.5 hours later...
Spent the next few hours doing a rushed handover, sending out a goodbye email to everyone...and well..doing an exit interview with my HR manager.

I love the way she speaks. Not so much in the way she projects her voice or the way she pronounces her words or even the nuances of her voice. Nothing of that sort.
What I mean is I love the way she is able to translate every single thought of hers into comprehensable words & phrases.

Not everyone has the ability to do that. And to speak to one who can do that just leaves me listening with rapt admiration. Haha...It is quite interesting how she can juxtapose every line of complex thought, lay it bare in front of you and make you understand it like as if it were as simple as the alphabet..

It was also during the exit interview that I felt the tremors. Felt it only for a short few seconds though.
I thought it was my chair that was being wobbly...My HR manager didn't even feel a thing!
Hahaa...

Anyway, left Temasek Tower at 8plus..got home late around 9plus..
And then cooked my fav soba...yum..=)

kiwi shell likes tomatoes!!

In a bid to curb curb curb my mouth...
Which can't seem to stop chewing these days...
And in a bid to curb curb curb myself...
From stuffing whatever I can find in the cupboard into my mouth...(which means mostly are junk food in the cupboard)

I have bought...
CHERRY TOMATOES!!!

Yup, bought a box full of them just now form NTUC...think there's about 30-40 in there man..

Haahha...Feel the urge to munch? No worries!!
Just grab some, run them under the tap to clean them abit..then pop pop pop them...
Healthier choice yeah?
Haha...Plus the sourness of some sort of puts you off to take more.. ahha

Am I a genius or am I a genius??? hahaha...
Self-love to the max!! hahaa..woohoo!!!

p/s: re-stocked my Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds...re-stocked my HL milk...wheee!!Healthy living!!!

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Had a disgusting salad fro lunch today...
Vendor ordered wrongly for me...We were at Coffee Bean..and then it turned out to be some kinda yucky chicken with peanuts....
Even the dressing was bleah...super weird...

No choice people treat...and 1st time meeting her..not nice to throw tantrum.. ahha
So just munched it down anyway.. ahha...

Karen is super kantang..turned out we're of the same age.. haha...
Flunked her Chinese all the way...f9 all the way...for her Chinese & Maths.. haha..
WOW was the only reaction I could muster hahaaa...

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Received a Friendster message from a long lost sec sch ex-classmate.
Hmm mm...think the last time I saw her was in 1994..
Then she migrated over somewhere...can't remember...think its either Australia or the States...
Think it's the States...

Said she's coming back for a holiday in December and wants to arrange a gathering..
I went like...err....oh no...did PQ get the same message too? Better check with her..
Gosh...this is someone whom I've not seen for like 13 years?
And things weren't quite friendly between us back then at age 14...

Hmm mm...see how it goes...

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Counting down...to my last day at work...

Meeting Yan Bin on Thursday for lunch...French class mate for the past 2 semesters...
But he's not taking it now...
So well thought we'd catch up.. haha

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Today is the last day of the lunar 7th month...GOOD.

The past month hasn't been good for me..Health wise, emotionally, relationships wise, workwise.

May the lunar 8th month bring more fortune & good health & love to me & everyone else!!!

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Heading to bed with a tummy harbouring 5 cherry tomatoes!
haha....nites....

Tomorrow, I shall blog about a bizarre dream I had last week...
So freaking bizarre I though I was in some kinda sci-fi freak show....

Tata for now.

gosh...nothing to do...

Cold weather again...
I've been lugging my brolly around with me for the past 2 weeks...
And it didn't rain in the mornings over the last 2 weeks..at least not during the short window of time when I was walking to work from the MRT.

And....when I didn't bring my brolly today...
It just had to rain in the morning!!

LOL..Life's little jokes...
haha..

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I am 90% of the time not doing anything in the office already.
Don't even know who to handover to now when there's no new marketng person...
Gosh...no idea why they want me to stay till Wednesday...

There's really nothing to do now except to ensure a good handover..
How to ensure it now when there's no one?

Have to grab the boss by the collar liao and talk to him.
Totally not the way to handle things.

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The weather is cold...and I have a craving for soba..
???? haha...

Been eating alot in the past week or two...and BIG Auntie hasn't arrived yet..
Am feeling overly bloated liao...bleah...

Hope it holds out till after I come back from Bintan.. haha...

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Rest in Peace Pavarotti...
The 3 Tenors will never be the same without you...

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Dunno if I should head down to Central for some simple shopping tmr night..

Bonding with myself...hmm mm...

Anyway, I am tired.

I will go and sleep now.

ditty ditty ditty

Haven't had much rest over the past few days..
Out on Monday night for my own errands...And somehow, all the bags I like..are all at least $100..
Is it me or has prices incresed in recent months??

Had a lovely lovely dinner session with Jenaline on Tuesday night..went to Waraku in Marina Square..
Haha...turned out tobe a 1.5hrs listening ear session as she poured out all her grievances...
It's nice how things have turned out actually...From my boss with whom I toiled with back in 2004...to a friend...
And it's always nice to talk to her. I'll always feel so encouraged & so comfortable..haha

Oh yah, the codfish paper pot is lovely as always...fish was so bloody fresh that it tasted so SWEET!!!

Spent the night with boy on Wednesday..
It's abit tough when you knock off at 6pm and your bf knocks off at 8pm. Not much of a shopper actually and it's tedious having to while away the time in between sometimes...
You can't spend the time munching snacks or having tea too...cos you're having dinner with him later..

Makes me wonder how it'll be when I shift over to Suntec for work come 17th Sept..

Anyway, went Central for dinner..and then just lounged in Coffee Clu at Clarke Quay after that till 11-plus...It's amazing the amount of people there on a weekday night..
The cab queue was lihgt 50 pax long???

Got home at 1145pm and my mind was a blank by the time I slept at 1230am..

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Workwise....well..I am interviewing people for my own replacement.
First time I have done that..and I still think it's a strange thing to do.

Feels weird as well when 80% of the time you're interviewing people older than you by at least 4-5 years..

BUT!! It feels nice when you can play the bad guy at times and ask questions that "dig deep" haha...

Relationship with the boss is mediocre..though I am irritated by him more and more. I think I am speaking to him in a more and more defiant tone as well..better curb it.. ha

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Friends...
Met up with Patricia!! Finally!! hahaa..after close to a month I think...or cancellations, postponements blah blah blah..

Think it's fated that we be friends as well..Having known her in 2002 on a pure working relationship...to losing touch for 4 years plus...
To finally meeting again and hitting it off so well...

We met on Wednesday for lunch at Temasek Towers..I had my laksa and she had her fav soy sauce chicken.. haha
Glad to hear her wedding preps are going mighty fine and well in time for the big day November..

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Went running just now...which I regretted almost as soon as I took my first few paces...

Never run...after you've had 2 consecutive long days running around in heels..

hier et avant hier

Watched The Bourne Ultimatum on Staurday...
Wanted to catch the Rat movie..but the seats left as at Friday night when I tried booking online....weren't that great...

The Bourne show was ok...exciting right from the start...
But the ending was abit duh.......

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Started with French Elementary 5....i.e. semester 5 of the Beginner level..
New teacher again..Bruno...nice old gentleman...

Huge pot-belly..walks with a cane...Very humourous...
Has taught drama & the french language for the past 20 years or more...

Big on pronunciation.. hahaa...the whole class had to stand up & read out passages together...
Gosh..when was the last time I did something like that? Not even in JC man...that makes it like more than 10 years ago?

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Went for a JC gathering last night. I've not seen some of them for the last 9 years.
Surprisingly...everyone still looks the same...
Ok lah, maybe hairstyles abit diff, put on more make-up...but then no one has changed drastically or what...

Out of a class of 24, about 12 turned up...which is quite good already..considering some MIA ones...
Close to 70% are in the financial sectors...piangzzz...that industry is really boom-boom-booming...
Wonder how long it can keep up...

Don't think it can last till after '09 though. So for those interested in carving a career in the financial industry...best to go in now& reap some rewards...before it all starts going down in 2-3 years time....

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Headache for almost the whole of yesterday...Woke at 10am...read papers, had lunch, popped panadol...
Went back to sleep at 1245pm again...
Snoozed till 4pm.

Bleah...

FRIDAY...FLY-DAY!!

Fridays are happy days! Hahaa...
Today is a happy day! hahaa..

Char tendered yesterday afternoon...My initial reaction was shock...and then a whole load of other feelings..
Empathy for Kat...from a team of 5 pax when I joined in end May..now Kat only has 1 other team member...She needs to do a whole load of hiring & training again...
Excitement for Char...new roads, new paths...always exciting isn't it? =)

And I also felt a perverted sense of happiness... haha...no idea why..!!
I was laughing when Char told me the news.. haha Kat was asking why I was so happy...

I asked myself too! And um..I don't quite know!

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Heavy heavy breakfast...
Mum packed half a bun for me this morning to bring to work..

Walked past this stall whilst on the way to work...and couldn't resist...
Fried maggi mee with a piece of luncheon meat...

Thought of throwing away the bun and then pangs of guilt hit me....
And so I gobbled that one down too..

Bleah...feeling darn full now haha...

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Lots of gathering & lunches & dinners up ahead for next week..
Not quite sure how I am gonna squeeze everything in...Bound to have some last minute cancellations too I think...

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The company owes me $340 bucks..
They'd better pay me soon...

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Bintan...sun, sand, sea....WHEEEEEE!!
But short one...3D2N only....

Come back...and then start work in new place......

And prolly I can't take leave anymore.......6 months probation...bleah....

dreams....scary..

My dreams are all so morbid & surreal...it's scary..
Dreamt last night..or rather.. I think it's this morning...early in the wee hours...
Somehow have a gut feel it was in the morning...

I dream I was in my kitchen..feeling unwell & feverish..
I took out the thermometer...the traditional mercury kind..

The person who last touched the thermometer was my mum.
But unknown to both her & me, the thermometer was broken after she used it.
And by the time I used it, somehow or other..instead of sticking the bulb into my mouth..I stuck the other end (which was the broken part) into my mouth...I must have been too overwhelmed by the fever in my dream...

Marcury started flowing out and onto my tongue...Surprisingly, the amount that flowed out was highly disproportionate to the size of the thermometer...
It seriously felt like as if 2 or 3 tablespoonfuls were cascading down my tongue and onto my lips...

I freaked out. I took out the broken thermometer and laid it on the kitchen countertop..
I spit out the mercury...I rinsed my mouth and my tongue with water running from the tap...
I took my toothbrush & started scrubbing my tongue as well...

It felt hot. My tongue felt hot, the parts that were in contact with the mercury felt warm and hot...And I was so afraid I would be poisoned by the mercury..

Mum was so apologetic about it..hovering aroudn me while I frantically tried to srub my tongue clean of all traces of mercury..The more I cleaned myself though..the more I calmed down...

And all the while, somehow...I think my granny was in the background..I cound't see her in the dream clearly...she was more like a presence in the background..fuzzy wuzzy but there nevertheless.

I can't remember how the dream ended...

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went to check out what certain things mean...
I still can't quite figure it out except that all my dreams lately denote high stress levels and of being emotionally upset & generally not mentally strong at this point of time..
Comments in pink.

metal = endurance, high strength, need to stay firm in basic principles...(couldn't find mercury..but well, it is type of metal right? ;p)
(ok, so I need to stay firm in my basic principles and do what I think is right?? is that it?)

kitchen = nourishment, productivity, new developments in life.
(true in a way...starting new job soon..new friends..and lately i have laid out new plans for myself)

table = place of activity, workplace, ready to start with your plans
(ok, at least this sounds positive.)

mother = approval or disapproval, from what do you need to feel nourished and protected
(this one..I don't understand at all)

grandparent = gentle authority, kindness, seeking support and shelter, inheritance
(oh well..when you feel down, naturally you'll need some support here and there)

sick = upset, unwell, part of you is ready to be healed
(yup, I have been upset recently)

poison = injury or harm, destructive thoughts or actions, there is something that no longer nourishes you
(this is true to a certain extent..there was something that nourished me alot..it hasn't stopped nourishing me..just that things took a change and it's no longer nourishing me like before...)

heat = intense emotions, stress, situation that needs to be cooled off
(yes, i feel stressed & emotional..have been so for the past 3 weeks perhaps)

cleaning = restoration of order, purification, maintenance, everlasting friendship.
(this sounds positive too..)

couldn't find explanations for fever, tongue and toothbrush...

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my previous morbid dream involved swimming, drowning, lots of water & dead bodies/cadavers...

wah lau eh.....

I know I am not feeling too strong at this point in time..and it's true my stress levels are higher compared to 2 months back...
But to have it come forth in my dreams this way...

Is way too scary & morbid man....

kaozzzz....

Anticipation

I have this feeling within me
That I am close to reaching something
That I am close to finding something
That I am close to well....something

The spark of a brilliance perhaps
Or maybe a revelation of some sort
Or maybe a self-discovery of some sort
Or maybe simply a morphosis of some sort

It's just a feeling, an inkling
One of those times of anticipation that makes you tingle
And makes the muscles in your body restless and jumpy
Of something to come and something to look forward to

Hmm mm...
Am partly looking forward to whatever is to come..
Am partly feeling irritable that there's this itchy scratchy feeling..
What if nothing materialises in the end? haha..

Come what may?