Je me practiquer mon francais

J'envie de beaucoup d'argent. N'importe personne peut aider-moi?
Il y aurai le wedding de Kym et Xingli, le wedding de Alison et Keith, ;e wedding de Eddie et AyeMun, et finalement le wedding de Eugene et YanHui.
Il y aurai aussi des robes et des chaussures que j'envie d'acheter.
Il y aurai des "angpows" que j'envie de donner.
Et la fete de Noel est venira bientot!

Ah mon dieu!!

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I need lots of $$. Anyone can help me?
There will be the Kym & XL's wedding, Alison & Keith's wedding, Eddie & AyeMun's wedding and eventually Eugene & Yanhui's wedding.
There will be dresses and shoes which I need to buy.
There will be ang pows which I need to give out.
And X'mas is coming soon!

Oh My God!!

When Work Makes You Bonkers

Jane: Babe!! I miss you!! I love you!!

Me: err...

Jane: Eeee...Why you never say "I love you too"???

Me: Okay. I LOVE YOU TOO!!!

Me & Jane: *blows smooches in the air to each other*

Jane: WOO!! HAHAHAHAH!!!

Florence: *walking by* Eh, the two of you. XIAO AH? Sit next to each other still must like that???

What the?? $#@%$ Complain Time!!!

Wah lau, think I am 24-hours on call meh???

SMS me at 10pm to get me to settle something??
Cannot say earlier?? Must wait till at night 10pm???

*growl*

Just finished settling things for the boss.

Sigh, shall head for my warm shower soon....
He'd better give me a good bonus next April....

Surrealism and Reality

I was high and dancing in Zouk.
And as always, it seemed a little surreal when you're woozy from the booze.

Dark and hazy. Cold, artificial smoke blasting at you once in awhile.
Tingling your skin, making you shiver. Distorting your vision. You feel ensconced in your own little space for that few seconds till the smoke clears and you can see others again.

Green, purple, blue light displays.
Cutting across the faces of the people on the dance floor. Their visages sliced up by the light rays and taking on an eery mix of colours.

Writhing sweaty bodies. Couples gyrating against each other.
Dancers all in their own world. Just them and the music.

The music. Pulsating, alternating between fast and slow.
Booming beats and synthetic electronic rhythms vibrating through your body. While the booze just keeps travelling through your blood stream. Round and round.

Let's dance.
Just dance.

Hmm mm....

Let's dance.
Just dance.

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And then the clock strikes 3am and you think you've had enough of surrealism.
Time to head home.

But it sucks when the transition from surrealism to reality happens jarringly.

It hit 3am. Me, Xingli and Xingni were ready to go. We were gesticulating to the Susan & the Frenchman that we had to leave.

And then suddenly I felt a tap on my arm.

I turned. To see a bespectacled Chinese man. Slightly pudgy, dressed in jeans and a black polo-T.

Him: "Err Err...Can I...Um...May I may I get to know you??"

Me: "Actually I'm about to leave."

Him: "Nevermind. What's your name?"

Me: "Michelle."

Him: "Oh Tricia issit?"

Me: " MY NAME IS MICHELLE!!!"

Him: "Oh ok! Hi Michelle! I'm Cedric"

Me: " Hi Cedric. Look I'm really gonna have to go..."

And Xingni drags me off. *phew*....
Susan followed us out...and we bade her goodbye near the exit....She was going back to her Frenchman inside....

I waved a final goodbye to Susan...turned to walk out...And then wah lau!!!
Another tap on my arm again. Same guy.

Him: "Err err....May I have your...your contact? Your contact?"

Me: *continues walking* "Har?"

Him: *follows me* " Your contact! Your contact!"

Me: *continues walking* "Actually I don't think so...."

Him: *disappointed & a little embarrassed* "Oh....um...then nevermind..." *turns and heads back into Zouk*

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Hahaa....A small morale booster?
It's been ages since I got picked up by anyone man....lol...

Oh yes, the pics from my Sentosa stay-over that day... haha...

The room we had on the second night. 4-poster beds are so so grand!! haha
Bed from the front view...

This is to the right of the bed.

A little winding staircase to lead up to the little alcove above.

Voila! Here it is!

Two rattan deck chairs, a jacuzzi, an open air shower on the right and a lovely lovely view of the sea in front....

The little open-air shower stall

And the jacuzzi in full blast!

Took us almost 30mins just t ofill up the jacuzzi with water hahah...Imagine soaking in there and enjoying the sea view in front...Woo!!

The sun was setting when I took this from where I was sitting in the jacuzzi...

*cluck cluck*

It was not a wild hen's nite on Friday.
Haha, it turned out mild but we still had a blast!

Reached Wine Bar at 10-plus and we hung around for awhile waiting for the bride to finish her chicken nuggets (for dinner) before heading in to Phuture and then to Zouk.
6 of us girls plus one frenchman haha..2 ladies left eaarly so it was just 4 ladies and one frenchman.

This was before the drinks. Hair still in place, make-up still ok, eyes still bright.
We didn't tekan her enough on the drinks...but well, we made her wear a fake veil and carry a wand with trailing feathers and ribbons and a big shiny star at the end of it hahaaa....

Drinks for the night: 2 jugs screwdriver, 2 jugs vodka lime, 1 jug whiskey green tea and a couple of glasses of long island, lychee martinis and I can't remember what else hahha...

We made the bride go around getting some kisses from strangers. Most were game enough. And surprisingly, the younger ones were the most shy. Gosh.

How could they reject the chance to kiss a pretty girl??? I don't understand man! haha...A girl comes up asking for a kiss and ahug and they refuse??? *faint*

And as the night wore on, we moved from Phuture to Zouk. Which surprisingly was kinda quiet. When we went in nobody was on the dance floor. People were just crowding around it.

I have to applaud Xingli. Haha, as a barter trade for one drink which we orderd for her, she volunteered to be in the middle of the dance floor. Pity I didn't get good pics. It was kinda dark & smoky in there haha...But I have a blurry pic to show her efforts!!

Voila, the happy bride all alone on the dance floor hahhaha :)

Towards the end of the night. I think my camera's good...Haha, at concealing the red eyes and ruddy complexions...And I think we all don't look like we're approaching 30..Hehheee!!!

Woot Woot!!

Oh yah, I can't stress it enough, the crowd at Phuture was sooooooo young. Gosh.
The guys looked like they all just came out of the army. No real eye candy for me...xianzzz haha.

Happy Hen's Nite Xingli~!!!

Uh-oh, I really signed up for it.

Official French exam on 2nd December 2008.
Tuesday morning 9am for the written paper and after 130pm for the oral

written paper = 2 hours
oral = 20mins

Paid $65 for it.
Plus some admin charge so they can send the exam papers over from the official institute in France, and then send the results over... lol

Time to revise my past year's work.
Time to bite my nails.
Time to memorise the verbs and conjugations.
Time to memorise my vocab words.

Oh yah remind me to panic too. When end November comes...

Jiayou!!!

hen's nite

Speaking of which...

Heading to Zouk later for XL's hen's nite.

hmm mm..none of my friend's has ever had anything like that so I've never gone for any hen's nite....

But well, we do have some stuff lined up for her...

We'll see how it goes later...

I didn't go work today.
Been telecommuting from home the whole day.

Kinda lazy to drag my bum out of the house...hmm mm...

This is hilarious!!!

Below is a conversation which really happened on Singapore's Power 98 FM radio station recently.

DJ : Good morning. This is Power 98 & do you want to play a game?

Contestant : Yeah, why not.

DJ : Good. It is a simple game.
When I say something you have to give an answer that is opposite to what I have said.
For e g. when I say Sharp, you have to answer Blunt. OK?

Contestant : OK.

DJ : Sun

Contestant : Moon.

DJ : Black

Contestant : White.

DJ : Tall

Contestant : Short.

DJ : Man

Contestant : Woman

DJ : Cock

Contestant : CHIBAI

DJ : Ok, these things sometimes happen and we are on live.......
Let's take a commercial break here!!!

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Voila and good ol' Jane sent me this during a team meeting and insisted I read in immediately. She was just sitting opposite me and we couldn't help but giggle silently to ourselves whilst the boss was yakking away hahahhha....

F1

Had to go into the F1 site yesterday to settle some work business. Hahaa...
Went to the main site near the Singapore Flyer.
That's where all the main ops centres are and where the media communications booths are set up.

A colleague who's stationed there came to fetch me in with an F1 buggy. Damn cute...like those you see on the golf courses.

The whole place was buzzing. Not with excitement I feel...Rather it was buzzing with a kind of nervousness and last-minute rush.

Foreign workers were still setting up fences, barricades, scaffolding. People were milling about looking lost. Since not all barriers were up yet, there were members of the public who were wandering about all over the place. Taking pictures and adding to the chaos.

Security personnel were here and there. But generally looked lost as well.

Loads of BMWs were plasterd with F1 stickers and had sirens and flashing lights placed on top of them. All driven by big burly ang mohs. All of them looked like bodyguards. They were driving here and there. Not quite sure what were they supposed to be doing though.

I saw the track. A portion of it at least. Cordoned off to all cars and vehicels and buggies. Only the marked BMWs were allowed to go onto the tracks....

Hmm mm....I seriously wonder, if our contract is for the next 5 years, will the lights be taken down till next year? Or will they be left there...? Hmm mm....
Where will the buildings go? Or will they be left there as well?

The Cuzzie & Rising Prices

It was nice having dinner with Suli last night...:)

The gossips about our families, our other halves, our work...yada yada...
We hsould do this more often perhaps haha.

Gosh, she's so slim...dunno how she maintains it.. haha...

We munched at Sudoku? Shokudo??
That new jap restaurant at the corner opposite the Adidas outlet in Bugis Junction.
Food wasn't too bad. But prices were a rip-off I think. Gosh. A $60 dinner meal for two.

My chicken meaball pasta was quite good. Sauce was not too creamy and meatballs were nicely marinated. Tasted like those Tori-Q meatballs.

The Apple Vinegar drink however, was a huge let-down. Supposed to be their signature drink.
Probably cost them $1-something at cost price. It was charged at $5.80.
It tasted like any normal Zapple drink, with 5 small cubes of apple thrown into it, loads of ice cubes. And perhaps a dash of cider added into it for that extra sourness.
I can do it at home lor.

Conclusion. I'll prolly only go back there if I am feeling rich.

Drinks at TCC were a rip-off too....
Her tea tasted weird and my Russian Earl Grey tasted like PVC plastic.

$20 for 2 pots of hot tea.

Gosh. Prices these days are really atrocious.

The Grocery List

Louise Redden, a poorly dressed lady with a look of defeat on her face, walked into a grocery store. She approached the owner of thestore in a most humble manner and asked if he would let her charge a few groceries.

She softly explained that her husband was very ill and unable to work, they had seven children and they needed food. John Longhouse, the grocer, scoffed at her and requested that she leave his store at once.

Visualizing the family needs, she said: 'Please, sir! I will bring you the money just as soon as I can.' John told her he could not give her credit, since she did not have a charge account at his store.

Standing beside the counter was a customer who overheard the conversation between the two. The customer walked forward and told>the grocer that he would stand good for whatever she needed for her family.

The grocer said in a very reluctant voice, 'Do you have a grocery list?' Louise replied, 'Yes sir.'

'O.K' he said, 'Put your grocery list on the scales and whatever your grocery list weighs, I will give you>that amount in groceries.'

Louise, hesitated a moment with a bowed head, then she reached into>her purse and took out a piece of paper and scribbled something on it. She then laid the piece of paper on the scale carefully with her head still bowed.

The eyes of the grocer and the customer showed amazement when the scales went down and stayed down. The grocer, staring at the scales, turned slowly to the customer and said begrudgingly, 'I can't believe it.'

The customer smiled and the grocer started putting the groceries on the other side of the scales.

The scale did not balance so he continued to put more and more groceries on them until the scales>would hold no more. The grocer stood there in utter disgust. Finally, he grabbed the piece of paper from the scales and looked at it with greater amazement.

It was not a grocery list, it was a prayer, which said: 'Dear Lord, you know my needs and I am leaving this in your hands.' The grocer gave her the groceries that he had gathered and stood in>stunned silence. Louise thanked him and left the store.

The other customer handed a fifty-dollar bill to the grocer and said: 'It was worth every penny of it . Only God Knows how much a prayer weighs.'

THE POWER OF PRAYER: When you receive this, say a prayer.
That's all you have to do. Just stop right now, and say a prayer of thanks for your own good fortune.

So dear heart, trust God to heal the sick, provide food for the hungry, clothes and shelter for those that don't have as we do.

Amen & Amen

Boo Boo!

I love my boo-boo.

Haha, a lovely lovely man, a lovely lovely friend, a lovely kaki, a lovely bitching partner, a lovely listening ear, a lovely guide....

All that and much more!

I know I can count on you Burong...

Thanks for the fun, help & laughter!

Loads of MUACKSS!

Slack a little..woot!

My horoscope yesterday said

"Maybe it's time to slow down abit and even slack a little"

Hmm...well said well said..:)

Looking forward to October when the boss is out of town for like 85% of the time.

Time to take it slower when October comes.

Maybe my eye bags will fade a little.

Maybe my face will look that little bit brighter.

Maybe my fine lines will disappear.

And yeps!! Maybe I'll look less grumpy!

=)

Take a deep breath.

Zzzz

The Soup Spoon

Its been ages since I last had a meal at The Soup Spoon. More than a year and a half.

I think it's because of my refusal to slurp a bowl of exorbitantly priced soup.

Plus that fact that the last two times I ate there, the soup was laced with tablespoonfuls of MSG.

Today felt different.

The man & I were looking for something "light".

Given how "vain" we both are these days.

And the fact that both of us are watching our weights closely.

We decided to have our dinner there. At the branch in the basement of Bugis Junction.

We ended up having a medium sized bowl of Mushroom Soup, with a small bowl of Caesar Salad and some stuffed fried mushrooms.

It was alright.

The soup wasn't too great.

But the amount of mushrooms given in the soup was generous enough.

The creaminess of it all however gave me some shudders.

I was wondering how many cans or bottles of cream went into the soup to give it that texture.

It was anything but "light" actually. Haha.

The salad was good though.

Decorated with dried cherry tomatoes and sprinkles of bacon bits. Lovely.

With all that said, I still think it's overpriced.

Will not go back there anytime soon.

The Ker-Ching...Or Rather, The Lack Of It

I spent $1,000 in 3 days. On a trip, at The Body Shop and at M1.

With 4 upcoming weddings from October to December...

I think my bank balance will feel the heat of it pretty soon.

Looking forward to December

And the Year-end BONUS

I hope too that the bonus next April will be one to trigger a grin lasting for days.

Twenty-O-Eight

2008 seems to be the year to give birth and the year to get married...

Perhaps I was supposed to do one of the above too..things turned out otherwise...
But that's a different story altogether...

Anyway, Ah Ger had a little boy on 4th Sept..Gail had her own little boy on 17th Sept..
And now, Ah Seng will have his little daughter in early October...

Lots of baby rattles, nappies, booties and bibs flying around.. haha...:)
Well done, Singapore's population statistic has improved a notch!

The Horror of It All

Just because we humans have superior tools and gadgets doesn't mean we can have the right to treat animals this way.

WARNING: Some scenes are extremly shocking, gruesome and disturbing. So watch with um, some measure of self-control. Don't be like me..I watched a similar video without any warning this afternoon when someone sent me the link...and now I have some of those scenes stuck in my head...

Whatever it is, how could someone skin an animal while its still alive???
The world is seriously fucked up at times. These people are seriously fucked up.

And this all boils down what??? MATERIALISM AND CONSUMERISM. If there were no demand, these wouldn't have happened...If people were willing to pay exorbitantly high prices for such things, then these killings wouldnt have happened...

Sigh. What this what God had in mind when he first created the world?
I think not. I think not at all.

Of Words and Promises

promises, ever so easy to make

promises, ever so easy to break

words are but cursory?

words spoken hold little value?

words come cheap

actions speak louder I guess

it is always easy to say

but difficult to follow through

so please say what you really can do

and not just speak for the sake of sounding good

sincerity and insincerity

are but barely separated by a thin line

it holds true of so many

from friends to family to colleagues to bosses

how oft have you said something

but failed to deliver?

are promises made to be broken?

like the old adage reads

say what you can do

say what you mean

words aren't meant as a broom

to brush off others

An Addict

• of Post's Honey Bunches of Oats
• of plain water
• of Scramble in Facebook
• of Word Challenge on Facebook
• of sleep and 40 winks
• of whining and complaining
• of the strange worlds found in fiction books
• of century egg porridge
• of Il Divo
• of feeling strange in my own skin
• of chicken wings and sausages