Looong Weekend

Not good.

Apart from gaining weight, I also gaining laziness.

How to work like that?

Nua like sai like that...

Laziness concluded from the amount of blog posts I have for Dec... 4 grand posts. Maybe one more before 2009 finish.

Gosh. Think I have to be thick skin and ask my boss to extend my website deadline tmr/later.

Up in the west

Apart from my Uni internship, all my work places had always been in the west.

From Buona Vista, to the farther Boon Lay, then Jurong East in my last job, all are in the west. The current AMK location is temporary, the actual project location is at Bukit Panjang/Gombak (Both location seemed applicable), and how I rolled my eyes when I first knew where I was supposed to work. From what I see, the location gets nearer to north each time (by MRT tracks).

Maybe this is a subtle sign my next job will be somewhere in Woodlands?

Will be going to BP to officially start work tomorrow, I knew the day will come, but can't help but feeling a little sad to leave the AMK colleagues whom I got along so well in the past 8 months. And despite being in AMK for the past 8 months, friends and colleagues still got a shock and asked why so fast (to go project location).

Well, I would say it was very sudden, just a call and I was due to go. I had expected to go down sometime next year.

Anyway, I hope the guys there will be happy to see me lah, the mysterious girl who didn't show up for 8 months. LOL. I always secretly thought my DVP put me there to soften the environment, as the team is made up of guys only. But, I must prove my worth!

Like my fav song 子曰 goes：

搞不懂就问人
搞得懂就答人
没有人懂还可以问神

如以why为本体
表现在具体的生活上
come on everybody一起来

要懂得推理要心存怀疑
要充满好奇要钜细靡遗
要打破砂锅问到底

Busy fooling around with Satio

Can't be helped, too many ways to play it.

Battle of the Sexes

Had a mahjong session with my colleagues on Friday night. It was a battle of the sexes, Yishun Ladies V.S Bishan Boys.

After 2 - 3 hours of friendly battle, the Yishun Ladies, having home ground benefits, won a total of $2.80.

It seems not so cost effective to play for $3 for 3 hours, but we had the fun and laughter. Too many funny quotes. I pity Edmund who's my 下家， coz he could only 靠自己 as I always discard lousy tiles. He's also the funny one.

Funny quotes
Edmund:

• Siqi 的 pong 有杀气！
• 赢30cents, 输60cents, Haiz... 抽屉都 kang kang liao
  
• Mae 被我喂到很饱 （Mae: Ya lor, 爱死你了！）
• 我慢，还没pong, Siqi 就抓牌，结果每次can only pong second round
  

Me:

• To Edmund's empty drawer: Aiyah, 你是赢小小的， *pause, but 输多多！

I feel happy for others when they spend money

Ha ha, it is very true literally.

Went shopping Miss Kim last Saturday, she got herself a pretty lacy dress and a pair of pretty shoes. The dress was really very pretty and I found a matchy lacy shoes, but Miss Kim scared it would be lace-overdose, so she got herself a the crocodile print black/white heels instead, which matched almost everything. I myself was tempted to buy the croc heels, but I didn't succumb to the temptation of getting a totally want-shoe, so I stuck to looking for my white heels to match my dress to wear for the coming cousin's wedding, which I did. I also finally found a pair of aviator sunglasses (my first pair) which doesn't hang being stuck on my fat face. The thing is, I cannot smile too brightly else the sunglasses will be dangling off the nose. If only I had a sharper nose. =( Miss Kim was amused when I wore it and chanting "Eh! I really like this very much leh!"

Under Jia's sai nai plea, I went shopping with her at Northpoint, to my utmost displeasure. I was really ungroom to the max, but since it was within 1km distance, fine lor, go shopping. Jia whacked a grand total of $300 on 1 dress, 1 top (I picked one!), 1 crop jacket, 1 pair of shoes and 2 bras (which took the SA 15 mins and searched the whole shop for her, lol). When she was trying the dress, she tried to visualize how she looked like when matched with a cardigan (dress was sleeveless), which totally did no respect for the dress as it has a very unique front. So I grabbed both the sides of the cardigan and dragged it to her back so that it looked like a shrug, and voila, it looked amazingly good. I am so proud of myself. I really should work as a personal shopper leh! Then when she was trying out the crop jacket, she threw her stuff all on me like I'm a maid leh... well, it amused the SA lor, coz my face was totally sibeh chao. Anyway, I just need to accumulate another $112 then I can become member already.

Well, after shopping consecutively on 2 weekends, somehow it depleted my shopping energy, that I was totally in no mood to shop today. Went to a private sale at Woodlands, but then hor, I don't enjoy as there was a lot of people, they all knew each other so I felt a bit left out, and it was a little hot and stuffy. Rather buy them through online where at least there was an element of surprise expectation. Shall leave this to another blog of how I really feel.

I went Causeway point later, saw the lacy heels again and I was tempted to buy it myself, as it seemed to match one my top which I just bought (waiting for it to arrive, from F21.) But then I think I want to KIV first lah. Went to cut my hair instead, as I was fed up with it already. Got myself a bang fringe, and the new haircut made me felt very recharged. =) And also felt like dressing up again -> totally sianz to do makeup for work last week.

Been wearing those comfy old polo tees and neglected those nice tops that I bought, must really packed old clothes to one corner liao, else those clothes I bought will never get a chance to see daylight, just the back of my wardrobe.

After writing all these, shopping mood is back. Ha ha.

Good Samaritan or Sabohritan?

In my company, there is this weird culture of not pressing the lift for others. Not that we engineers are a bunch of jerks, it is just the culture, it is more of "monkey see monkey do". So today, while I was waiting for the lift, I reminded myself that I must press the "door open" button so that people can stream in without getting kiap by the lift door.

There weren't a lot of us, just me and 3 other guys waiting for the door. So, I was the first one to get inside, so I pressed the button to keep the door open. But very soon, the door was closing and the guy was halfway in only, then I quickly hit the button a few more times, but the door was adamant on closing, but luckily, the guy had already hopped in.

So while the lift was traveling up, as per usual, we all looked at the ground, looked the door, looked at the posters. There was a manager from my unit but we didn't greet each other anyway. So as I stoned looking at the buttons, I realised, I had been pressing at the "door closed" button.

No wonder the door closed so fast.

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Jamie got lucky!

She found $1, got a $15 cheque from the Flame of the Forest publishing coz they picked her story (which Jia and me edited a thousand times and still not happy with it coz it was too plagarize but she won anyway) and she managed to squeeze into upper EM2, which really took out burden off. Her class focus more on Maths and Science coz their English too powerful already. Apparently due to her distinction in English New South Wales paper.

Heng ah.

Baby Arm Floats

I went for my breast-stroke swimming lesson earlier. After swimming almost 20 laps, I was kpkb how my arms were aching yet I'm dying to tone them.

There was this other lady, somehow misheard it and thought I said I wanted to put baby arm floats so that my arms wouldn't ache.

"No lah, my floats are natual one!", I replied, raise my arms and shook the "floats".

No money no problem or no money sure got problem?

Got news that a cousin a year my junior is getting married.

She an N' level grad, works as cashier. Her partner is a car mechanic.

This got me thinking.

I noticed (well, actually the govt did the stats too) that people with higher qualifications married at later age. It's like the more papers you have, the later you marry.

My theory is, because we used the time to study instead of pak tor, so we ended up dating later. So more papers qualification = more time spent = less time for dates.

Then, when you have higher qualifications, you have higher expectations, and this applies so exceptionally true for women. Maybe only 20% of the females I know don't have such criteria.

Another thought, we always felt that we need money to get marry, we need even more money for marriage life, worse if you have kids. My colleagues and I did some assumptions calculations, if we really scrimp, $3000 seems to be enough, but then is better if there's double income lah, more elastic when it comes to financial planning.

So, back to my cousin, I think their incomes add up to <$3000, so, what prompted them to marry? Why do they want to marry? The first image that came to my mind when I knew she's getting married was a scene of a mother nagging at the father of his low income while 3 kids are wailing on the floor. Heck, I don't even visualising romance at their proposal.

Kaoz, spinster thoughts at work again.

Anyway, I think higher qualification grads are planning too far ahead, assuming the problems that had yet to be real, and hence throwing away potential chances at their own love life. Well, it can't be helped, the higher education taught us to assume, plan ahead and avoid mistakes.

But for lower education, mistakes are meant to be learnt, so it's alright to make them. And thinking far ahead has never been their way of life, I mean, to put it bluntly, "I am only O'level grad, what can I do, at most cashier all my life". It's like they think in present tense only.

Seriously sometimes I think education screwed us badly, and backfire on gahmen's plan on more elites in the future. You know, more degree holders get married = more brainier kids? I see more divorce rates and angsty kids.

Real work makes me sick

Literally.

I was tasked to do a small web system for our internal project team. So today I was looking at the code and deciding how I wanted to do it.

I had to view the code in Notepad, which really strained my eyes. Tried to rest my eyes, but to no avail.

At knocking off time, my coordinators asked if I was ready to go with them. When I looked up from the computer screen, and told them to wait for me to pack my bag, both of them went, "Alamak, why you looked so pale!"

FYI, I hardly looked pale, even when I was very sick. So if I'm pale, this kinda implied that I was really tired out by my task.

But then, I am happy that I got some real thing to do, and "bad thoughts" just stay away.

NC16, M18, R21

The conversation between me and my colleagues has gone from PG, to M18 and recently R21. Boredom really drives us nuts.

Case #1: M18
So, we were having our lunch and 2 colleagues ate extra much than usual, we teased them about having second puberty. Then, Colleague A started asking whether our breasts hurt during that period, and all of us went stunned for a moment and started laughing.

“You mean guy or girl?” someone asked. (Can’t remember was it me or the others who asked)

Colleague A: “Guy. One of sec school mate had breast pain, and we loved pushing and thumping him on his chest.”

At this point, I was secretly thinking, he was the one but he used a classmate as shield. Maybe the others were secretly thinking like this too. LOL.

Anyway, we started engaging in a debate on how guy can feel pain there, but Colleague B mentioned that it was possible for men to have breast cancer, why not breast pain blah blah blah the anatomy of guy’s chest.

Then, Colleague C burst out saying to Colleague A, “Eh, later we must go toilet take off your clothes and check liao.”

Wah ha ha.

*We googled, and quote from ehow.com: Nearly all girls and some boys experience breast pain during puberty

Case#2: R21
Colleague S bought a bunch of bananas after lunch and asked if we want some. Those naughty ones started teasing, "Your banana, don't want lah. Too dark liao." LOL, S is very dark. Anyway, they started joking about the length of the bananas, and then somehow it lead to the "action". So I spontaneously grabbed one, and did the "action". All of them stunned, then burst out laughing, coz it was so unlike me to do such kind of acts, but they thought it was hilarious. After all the laughing, Colleague M pointed out to me that I got the anatomy wrong. Confused, I asked how wrong. Oh, turned out that I "grabbed" the wrong way round, and hence, instead of moving up and down from the top, I was doing it from the bottom.

"Paiseh lah, aku no experience. Learn from online, didn't observe carefully."

Felt like an idiot

You know, those colorful file dividers that comes with a content page? Well, I never used the content page, preferring to write it on the tab itself.

And so today, I was tasked to do some filing, using the dividers. My instinct was to write the labels on the tab, but I realized I was to use the labeling machine and paste them in the content page. So I only wrote one wrong tab, and then waiting for further instructions from the person.

This person, saw my writing on the tab, immediately showed disdain and chided, "Why you write there? Use the machine!"

"I know..." I replied, nonchalantly.

"Secondary school got do before what, you dunno meh? You print the label, then paste them"

TNND, secondary school I used to write in on the tab, coz the content page not enough and it was far less efficient. It was much faster for me to search by browsing the tabs, nothing wrong what. Why must he sound like he's teaching a primary school kid how to do filing?

If I wasn't the only female (newbie) left in the office, I wouldn't be doing this. The trend had always been the slim girls' work. Well, I'm not complaining that I didn't get to do the sai kang that time, what I meant is I'm doing the sai kang now coz no more girls.

Bloody hell.

Top Secret

Our office is bustling with work, well, at least for those with 2A clearance. Security audit is coming and many staff were deployed to assist with this audit, to ensure there is no discrepancies in the information, and all were logged down properly. Those without clearance can't touch the files.

So, a colleague was doing some checks and packing up before knocking off, and he asked us, "还有没有Top Secret 的东西 or information？"

I answered, "有，我的三围lor!"

LOL.

不拉不相识

There's a lot of ways of making friends, and in one Chinese saying, "不打不相识" which means from an exchange of blows friendship grows. Well for me was from an exchange of zip friendship grows.

There is this tiny lady who was the secretary of our Com VP. Both of us hardly made small talks as she is always busy. Today, in her midst of her busy phone conversation, I saw that her zipper was undone and I could see her rose colour undie. I immediately stood behind her and signal the other secretary who was in front of Tiny, to tell Tiny that it was undone. As I don't really know her,I don't dare to just zip it up for her, so I stood behind her and protect her rear view. So this other secretary told me to just zip it.

Tiny turned around and looked at me in shock. At this moment, she was already putting the phone down. Then, the other secretary told her why I did that. Tiny turned into a tiny tomato. Her face was so red!

And that's how we started talking.

Apparently, the guys saw it but I think because they don't want to admit they saw it (is kind of like admitting they chikopek), so we (the girls) weren't inform out of courtesy that Tiny's zip was undone until I saw it. (There were a total of 4 woman in the office, 2 were in front of Tiny and I was back facing Tiny, so we really didn't see it until I turned back.)

Well, it seemed that Tiny is a klutzy lady who always had embarrassing mishaps, so it was just like one of her another days. LOL.

My Idol Has a Son!!!

I was so appalled by the news: Jimmy Lin had a son!!!

I was so into him when I was young, coz he was so cute, and never mind the fact he couldn't sing very well. I bought his album, I cut out news that was about him, I followed his every movie, I bought every photo I could find of him until the age of 13, when I stopped. But then, my heart still skipped when I saw news about him!

Until today, my heart almost stopped.

He announced he had a son! And in the photo, he doesn't look like 35!!! Seriously, what a handsome father! *Drools*

Aww... and his fiancee was younger than me! 24! They were together for 5 years! OMFG!

When I was gaga about him from aged 7-12, I used to fantasize being his wife (come on, who doesn't do that at that age about their idol?) Then I would always secretly direct the scene which he would say "I'm too old for you" and I would look at him lovingly and answer "Age is not a problem". Very cliche, I know, but that was what the shows were all about in that period!

Now, at age 25, I do think 10 years gap isn't that big. Haiz, I missed the chance leh!

Another secret thought: I had wanted to lose weight, go work in in his record company, hopefully I would meet him and fall in love with him. LOL.

Still, as his fickle-minded fan, I wished him all the best and may he and kelly (his fiancee) had more kids in the future.

Maths

Was dealing with Jamie's math an hour ago. The question goes like this:

A teacher has a certain amount of money. If she buy 4 balls, she need $3 more. If she buy 3 balls, she will have extra $4. What is the amount of money she has?

Jamie was very certain that her method worked, and she was teaching me how (eh, this part is weird coz I was supposed to help her with this question as she claimed she dunno how to do) and I couldn't really quite get her method, which goes like this:

$/ball ----- $ for 4 balls ----- (+$3) ----- $ for 3 balls ----- (-$4) ----- ok?
#####################################################
1 --------------- $4 ---------------- $7 ------------ $3 ------------ (-$1) --------x
2 --------------- $8 ---------------- $11 ----------- $6 ------------- $2 ---------x
3 --------------- $12 --------------- $15 ----------- $9 ------------- $5 ---------x
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etc.

She got the answer as $22, while I did exactly the same method, I got $25. Neither one of us refused to admit the other party has the correct answer, Jamie was very confident and I was indignant that a 10 yo could get it correct.

So Jia intervened, so that we wouldn't have a tie.

The best part? She gave a totally different theory: the maths question is set wrongly.

In the end, it took a combined effort of Jia and me to solve it simultaneously, and the answer was indeed $25. Seriously, I wasted 15 minutes doing the trial-and-error method while I could solve it within 5 minutes using simultaneous equations.

Brain is getting rusty indeed.

P/S: I also got Jamie to edit the grammar error. The teacher was a she and later become a he. Had to add an S to it. Ha ha.

My obsession with neatness extend to Jamie's Chinese compo, almost had to got her to rewrite the whole thing coz sentence structure was too long-winded, too many repetitive words and super untidy!!!

She said "Oh Shit" immediately when Mum threatened her she won't get to go holiday in Dec and have to stuck with me if she can't complete her homework.

Ha, I'm her nemesis.

Dangerous when alone

I think I mentioned before, I am very dangerous when alone. There's no limit to what I buy.

And today, I survived! I didn't buy anything!

I alighted at Yishun Interchange today as I wanted to talk to my office buddy a while more. Both of us are the same kind of people, and we clicked exceptionally well, even tough she looked a bit haughty when I first saw her.

Anyway, she meeting her mother at Northpoint, so we talked all the way; from the time we boarded the bus to the terminal.

When I alighted, a big signboard greeted me in beautiful pink! SASA!

Buddy just laughed and told me not to buy anything (she knew my weakness), and I jokingly replied, "Won't lah, no spare cash. " No-Spare-Cash joke shall leave to some other day to blog about. Or had I talked about it before?

I happily stepped into SASA, browsing at the items. Many times, I wanted to drop an item into the basket, but I endured. Well, SASA's promotion wasn't very enticing, so I left. Turning into the new extension, more discounts await: Beauty Language Sale! The Loreal Anti Frizz Serum was just that close to being my possession, but well, I still have the sample and seriously, 7ml can last me for quite some time. =)

Then I continued to my favourite shop: The Face Shop! Wah... it doesn't matter if they have sale or not, I love their products, pretty packaging! I was surrounded by beautiful products, huge temptation! Keeping my hands straightly in the pockets, I checked out some products, compare the prices, making a mental note of what to buy when my current product finished. This thought perked me up.

I left Northpoint, with my wallet unharmed. Heh. So proud of myself.

Finally, my 1000th post!

I thought I would reach this number last year, but I was too demoralized in my last job to blog anything.

To add joy to this rather nonsensical occasion, I'm back to 78kg! It's been 4 years since I last saw this number on my bathroom scale. It was full of trepidation when I stepped on the scale just now, as I just gobbled my dinner (rice less, veggie a lot) and ice cream at 9.30pm.

3 cheers for myself! Hee...

I think I weigh 78kg in the day time too.

Factors taken into consideration:

1. We usually weight lighter at night, so, if I weigh 78kg after a a satisfying dinner, technically, I weigh 77kg on an empty stomach.
2. And so, assuming that I weigh myself with an empty stomach in the morning, which we usually weigh heavier, giving a little allowance, I still weigh 78kg. Right?

Tmr must control my food intake.

Jamie suaned me as a one-week jogger. K lor, tmr jog for her to see, hmpf!

Motivation

A few new "passengers" enjoyed my blog, especially those old posts. Very motivated to start writing frequently. Lot of ideas running up and down already.

But, it's 1.30am now, and I am super tired. See if I could sneak a few blog posts preview at work tomorrow, or rather later. =)

I really have a super lots of things to blog which I didn't. Time to dig those memories out.

Fr3b.com

My colleague WSNN recommended me this website, which I think is fabulous. Try the sample first before buying! Couldn't be any better for me as a beauty junkie!

Write reviews after using the samples and earn points! Then using the points, you can redeem more samples! Just that easy!

Free 6 points upon signing!

Check out the website now!

BAB

I met up with the lady behind the BAB.com.sg to exchange. She is so friendly! Because the jacket was a little defective, not really defective but the button hole was sewn up and I had to "open" them, she gave me 4 edollars credit for me! So nice of her.

Her items are really fashionable and good quality! Love shopping there!

Jogging

Super shagged.

Was supposed to go jogging after work today, ended up I ran before I knocked off. Well, not exactly ran, but still, it cost me sweat and energy.

The few of us (newbies) were lobbied to do a video for the company. As it turned out, it was an fire emergency safety video!!! My task, or rather our task, was to run down from the stairs and made it out of the exit door frantically. We did at least 15 takes for that, which equate to 15 runs. Not our fault, our "main lead" had placed his hand either too high or too low while making a phone call.

Although the whole thing took about 40 minutes, but it felt like 4 hours. Hot, sweaty and sticky. I stoned for the rest of the day and deleted the evening jog off my schedule.

My arms and legs are still aching too.

But, I saw a slight wave silhouette on my waist today, instead of a straight line, so this is going to be my motivation!

GANBATTE!

Selling weapons but not allowed to kill

Since Mon and Wed are dedicated to swimming, my colleagues and I went jogging on Tuesday.

After a 3 rounds jog and X rounds of walking & chatting, WSNN and I dropped by the MRT station to top our ezlink cards. Before we made our way back, WSNN went to the bakery, wanted to buy the next day's breakfast for herself. And both of us were seduced by the sushi roll bread, which looked ultra delicious. We decided to share.

After getting the lady to cut it into halves and packed separately, we made our way out to the other exit of the station and started devouring the sushi bread. It wasn't until I was finishing our last mouthful of it, when WSNN exclaimed, "We can't eat!".

Just as I was about to muffly ask why, with the rolls busy rolling inside my mouth, she continued exclaiming: "We in MRT station!"

OMGGM! We totally forgot we were not supposed to eat inside the control station. As we were nearing the exit, we doubled up, hastily covering up that we were eating.

When we were out of the range of "No eating", WSNN angrily commented, "Stupid lor, this is like selling weapons to us but telling us cannot kill. So stupid. Shouldn't rent stalls for food mah if don't want us to eat!"

She indeed made a wonderful point.

2 times virgin

I went for my 2nd virgin swimming lesson after 14 years.

Damn, the water kicking is tiring lor.

And my whole body aches like an old grannie.

Gossip bits flying all around

When one is too free, one will find something to do.

For me is to talk talk talk.

Recently, very suddenly, I turned from the gossip head to the gossip end, receiving news flash all around. One or two I just detected it by chance.

Some interesting, some sad, some just confirmed my suspicions.

Nevertheless, harmless one can tell one I sure blurt out some way some how in my own unique way (landing myself in trouble most of the time), but most bits I will immediately turned on my amnesia switch and forget it.

Coz saying out won't make anyone happy.

And because of all those gossips which some were supposed to be hidden, came my quote of the month:

"The more one conceals, the more one reveals." Anyway, there's gossips because of secrets.

I'm a very frank, straightforward, open-minded and very kaypoh person. If you tell me cannot say, I won't say. Maybe only to my teddy bear Baby.

Past lessons learned had taught me to watch my mouth, dun anyhow shoot. Apparently, I didn't learn much from it. My personality just can't help it sometimes.

I don't really understand why I'm saying all these. Maybe, I just need to say something yet I cannot say so I anyhow say.

Understand?

Random

I just saw my 30th Aug post popped up in the main page. Blogger been giving me some problems.

Went to St James again last Fri, I felt stupid. Coz every time someone passed me a drink, I asked, "Do I have to finish it?" LOL. Stupid. And for no reason, I just had to drink it from a straw. Weird.

Had 2 driving lessons back to back today, because I woke up late, I went driving on an empty stomach. With no fuel in me, I couldn't concentrate. The instructor almost pengz for 2 hours until the last minute I could steer beautifully on the outer lane. The next lesson was the same instructor, he pengz again coz I couldn't steer left properly on the inner lane. LOL. Luckily he fasting, so they had to be patient, cannot showed temper. =D He said one.

Before the St James, had dinner at Mushroom Pot, super expensive for dinner. $33.60 each. We had 2 tables as we had 11 people, the all-guys table sure can eat, think they had endless of plates coming up lor. We were down after 3 or 4 rounds.

Just packed my makeup/skincare drawer, I still have samples unused, yet I still buy. really itchy hands. Some eyeshadow pots long past their 3 years life shelf, but can't bring myself to throw away coz some hardly used. YET, I am now using the new colours already. Throw or not to throw, this is the question.

My neck super aching now, coz I had the tendancy to look up when driving, coz instructor said, "look far". My instinct was to look up.

Must learn to look far and not look up.

My legs are so tired...

Manual driving really requires a lot of coordination! My head was boggled with instuctions after 2 hrs...

Damn... I have some back to back lessons

Bobbi Brown Makeover + Workshop

Last Fri was the makeover, and Sun was the workshop, totally enjoyed it! Especially the workshop!!!

The makeover includes a hairstyling and photo shoot, costs $80. The workshop is a 3-hr event and costs $150, both are totally redeemable! I whacked 6 items after the Sun workshop, combining both vouchers. The products not cheap, chalked up to $300+.

Back to Fri makeover, I went with my colleague Mae, who joined me in with this makeover. We selected the 8pm slot. After doing such nice makeup and hair, it was really a waste to just go home, so I gatecrashed her friend's birthday party at St. James. Mae showed me around St. James, we went to at least 5 different clubs, including Dragonfly. I thought Dragonfly would be very hip, but when I went there, I was totally aghast! Got lao ti kos and chi jo pek lor. When the young female dancers went onto the podium and danced, got one uncle looked at one lewdly and shaked his body. Eww... I was so bored, or maybe tired, that I yawned, which was very paiseh coz I was given free drinks and good seats. LOL.

The Sunday workshop starts at 10am, I chose the earliest slot. It was almost 10am when I reached Centrepoint, so I quickly grabbed a Milo from Mac and made my way there. Turned out they gave out breakfast set consisting of a mini bowl of fruits and pita bread, I think that's what I heard. I didn't get to eat my share coz I was full from the milo, workshop was starting and so the facilitator helped us put aside. At the end of the workshop, one lady took my unopened share, while she left her eaten one behind. Sibeh duiz...

Anyway, the facilitator was a very young and skinny guy by the name of Wymond. Cute looking too. Me and the other ladies took turns being his models, where he would makeup on one side of the face, and the other half was for us to try. I was modeled under "Brows", where he showed us the technique to draw eyebrows. I was a bad model, coz I didn't trim my brows, and he teased about it. So Paiseh!!!

I can proudly say that, other than the concealer and eyeliner part, I did quite well for the rest. I think I did especially well for mascara, heh heh. Anyway, he had to praise us, if not we won't buy the items, right? Thtoughout the workshop, we could try the skincare and the makeup. I was totally sold by their skin care, smell nice and felt good on skin.

As I spent more than $200, I became a member and was given 6 free 1-to-1 makeup coaching. Not bad huh, another $100++ more, I will become a lifelong member. I like lifelong membership!!!

Try the foundation stick, is good. Get them to test the swatch colours to find one most suitable for your skin tone! =) Mine really blends and doesn't show patchiness!

Sorry

I finally contact a friend whom I hurt with words 2 years ago. A big load off my heart!

Meeting her this Saturday!!! =)

What a day...

I started my day forgetting my employee pass.

And then during the 10 mins break, I:
-realized my zip was open
-dropped my temp pass into the toilet bowl
-washed the temp pass, but forgot my hands

The climax was the pork flew onto my shirt instead of my mouth and left a bloody stain right in the middle.

And I ended my day by leaving one shoe behind when entering the restroom.

Best day of my life -_-|||

Daphne

I saw this name as Jamie's nick on Beacon Street Girls. So I asked her, "Why Daphne when your name is Jamie?"

"I like the name mah, very nice!"

"Nice meh? 达芬妮。。。 大粪泥！Indeed, a piece of shit!"

Home Alone

Parents away in Ipoh until Monday! Wosh!

Apart from our usual eat-outside, this time round we actually have some plans to cook, coz we are so sick of outside food already plus I am still coughing and partial sniffing the mucus, not exactly good for me to eat outside food also.

Met JY today and watch "Where got ghost". Expect Neo's lame joke and overly done at family ties. The ending credits were so much finnier than the movie itself. Out of the 3 stories, the first one is the best.

When I'm alone, I really know how to buy things. Whacked a tissue pouch, hand cream, BB cream, dress shirt and masks within an hour. Ho Ho. I am happy.

Yesterday went to ION's Swensen for their dessert buffet with my colleagues, and managed to try all the exotic flavours, but at the expense of my throat. I couldn't string a proper sentence without coughs interrupting. Anyway, after the buffet, we went walking around and my colleagues were teasing me that they wanted to see my how I spend my money. Well, apparently, I don't spend a lot when I'm with friends. Like I said, I'm dangerous when alone. =D With spare cash. Then they further joked that I should place the spare cash with them.

No spare cash, still got cards leh. LOL.

Work is still nothing much, I only know I am being a parasite, riding on people's hardwork. Despise myself lor. Haiz, I am truly worried when I get to real work

It's a small world...

Hosted by Mark Lee, this is one show that has my 100% attendance, except for week which I forgot to watch. But some fan had actually record it and hosted on YouTube. Thanks goodness for Internet, else I have to record the old way.

It's so funny!!!

PMS vs Menopause

It's world war 3...

Diaoz, I left my handphone in the office.

Blur blur blur

Must be the flu lah, makes me blur.

Now 90% flu cases are H1N1, I'm dead scared that I'm having it! So far, no fever yet. But headaches and mild fever happens at night.

KNS, head too painful liao, shall sleep.

FTT tomorrow... -_-|||

They say I "Ah" with a lot of people...

Where got? I just talked more that's all. It is so deja-vu. 3 months ago, I was sabohed to be the planner for dinner date with the May batch. Once again, I am the planner for the June-July batch dinner date.

Both decided without asking my opinion. Oo( >_< )oO

They said I am so friendly, so detailed-oriented, has exceptional conversational skills, so it will be easier for me to ask the people. Weird, coz from what i remember, I kenna suaned, and I suaned back. People kenna teased, I joined in the fun.

Not that I mind, just smsing and checking out people's free time, but, why me??? It's not easy to coordinate 15 people's time and getting a good location. Then there's the fear whether this place ok with everybody mah etc.

I just had trouble 3 months ago, now it happened again?

I still don't get it. Or maybe I do get it.

I think they all enjoy "bully" me! -_-Y

Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince

雷声大雨点小， HP6太令大家失望了！

There were a few scenes which we could do without it, and many scenes in the story which we could not do without it. The flow is also choppy, as usual, squeezing the thick book into 3 hrs.

The ending is so not nice at all.

Jim Broadbent isn't a good Horace choice in my humble opinion. Micheal Gambon as Dumbledore this time round is better this time, not so outrageous, still the first one was better. That Lavender is so bimbo can?

Overall, the book is better although a bit lor soh!

I hate weekends coz it's too short! Random talks and thoughts.

It's Sunday already?!?

2 days of training at AKLTG, energy-sapping but fruitful. Learning how to communicate with people, how to engage with people through subtle body actions etc. Although the instructor was talking most of the time and I had to keep shaking my legs and move my body to keep myself awake, this module had the most fun so far.

I wonder what module 3 is like. Every time the lesson ends, I feel like being one of the instructor too. LOL.

The downside of going for courses was that we ended so much earlier than usual and there was no crowds at the shopping places, which in turn made the process more enjoyable with the service assistant serving you more attentively (not the persistent kind), and hence likely to spend more money. Not exactly helpful in my case as I'm a seasonal shopaholic.

I hit $93 within 30 minutes.

I only wanted to buy shoes, but was attracted to the fashion boutique next to it. Blouse here, shoes there, and when I was leaving, there was O2 Skin having some promotion. -_-|||

It's really dangerous for me to be alone.

And today, more shopping. Gosh! But then, cheap bargains. Finally found a crop cardigan that just cover the flabby arms, not the usual kind with buttons in front. Also bought 2 DVDs: Sea Biscuit and In Her Shoes. Had watched these 2 shows online and really loved the stories. One is motivational while the other one is kinship about 2 sisters and a grandmother.

Spend about 3 hrs trying to do my finance. Checking my expenses, drafting my next month's allowance, calculating my debt. Ha! Working doesn't make me richer; only spending becomes bigger.

At least, I become more diligent in keeping track my money in-out flow, and somewhere here and there, I actually scrimped and saved. 省小钱， 花大钱 is the way it works for me. =D

So far the biggest expense is the driving lessons, but I don't regret signing up learning in school coz I like the systematic lesson plan.

Helped Jia to paint her face today for her Boss's wedding. I must say, I do have some talent in this beauty thing. Ha ha. I didn't expect myself to pull off that look for her, just going with my instincts. Other than being a little too heavy handed (I tend to put in too much strength), I thought I did quite well for that partial nude look (Put a little drama on her eyes).

The best thing about the makeup was, I was actually applying tips and tricks I learned, although some weren't exactly the way it was suppose to be. But still, it worked. =D

One must be flexible to make all things work.

I am hungry now coz I didn't eat dinner.
I didn't eat dinner coz I was napping.
I was napping coz I was tired.
I was tired coz I woke up early.
I woke up early coz I help Jia.
I help Jia coz I am good at it. ^_^Y

Nature's Diamond Ring

The sun looks like it was slapped with round mask during the eclipse. Slowly, the mask was peeled off and revealed the "diamond ring". Gorgeous right?

Just watched the rerun of the CCTV's direct report on the eclipse, they even showed how pandas responded to the the eclipse. Ha... one got really aggressive and he was supposed to be the docile one!

There will be a partial eclipse on 6th August, and SG will be able to see 30% of the Sun covered.

Angel and Devil

I was very touched by the lady who shared her umbrella with me this morning! I was just waiting at the traffic light while the sky drizzle down at me, and all of a sudden, the drizzle was gone. I turned and I saw a stranger smiling at me. So touched neh!

It's my lucky day! I tot.

Then when I reached the office lobby, I saw the lift door just closing, I ran and I looked at the auntie who stood beside the control and signaled her to open the door for me, but she just looked at me and do nothing. Eye power lor!

And I couldn't't help, but blurted out loudly, "Wah Lao, Si beh helpful lor!"

What a morning!

Sun Yanzi Rocks Indoor Stadium!!!

The money is all worth it!!!

I had bought my seat later than my darling SF and SH, hence, I was a row in front and I thought that we would missed a lot of fun together.

But hey, some person sitting beside them did not come, and I was able to join them!!! Hooray for the person! Thank you ah!

Back to the concert, it was AWESOME!!! The overall show effect was superb, the dance was great, the hologram was unique, the outfits were so cool, and her singing was perfect! I enjoyed so much that when it came to the climax, we just stood up and started waving the lightstick. I didn't even care if my flabby arms were flabbing the whole night. Too bad for the person behind who had to see my flabbing arms lah! The three of us were so engrossed that we danced to the tune, sing to the song and encore with the crowds. Oh, I feel young again!

The whole stadium sang birthday song for her too! Damn shiok lah!

I saw Yanzi's Mum and Dad, she is an exact replica of her mother! I also saw 881's Little Papaya, so skinny and fair!!! Saw Cruz Teng when we were outside queueing, and again when we were seated. He walked past us in the front and I must say, he looked gansterish with the jacket and the hair. LOL. Oh, Zhou Chong Qing was walking right behind us when we left the stadium, and I snagged the chance to take a picture with him. Heh. I like his shows, both radio and tv. I had to use the poster to nudge him on his shoulders to get the attention, was a little rude but he couldn't hear me callng him mah. SF took the picture for us, and then I couldn't help it but tell them his Steak Joke again. Ha ha ha.

Let the pictures do the talking!

Blog Block

I have a lot of thoughts when I'm in the office, but they all disappeared when I am in front of my laptop.

Finally, after 2 months, I have something constructive to do, but because free for 2 months, I can't really start the brain-gine, and because I wasted 2 months, I have zero idea what I should do.

Panick is my first name. Went to zap the ADA bible, hopefully I can help do some stuffs.

I realized I can't direct people and I need to be directed, shit, where's my leadership skill and initiative? My mind was just filled with question marks during discussion. Alamak.

2 Aries in this project, hopefully their charging nature can help us charge all the way. Chiong ah!

Scorpios scored again for being brainy, they really take in info like a sponge.

We got a Virgo, not exactly a perfect perfectionist, but I believe she has a never-say-die attitude.

I trust the Libras to ensure fair share of work among us. Ha ha.

Aquarius, which is me, shall be responsible for entertaining them. I'm quite a target board for jokes.

One certain zodiac totally reminds me of Roomie, die die must win arguments, so I zipped my mouth.

Deep down, I'm actually panicking. Yes I like doing nothing, but then it irks me and hate myself when I have no contribution to things need to be done. Seeing everyone has something to contribute but me, seriously, I don't envy myself.

Someway somehow, I learn not to take in seriously what people said, especially comfort words and compliments. Comfort words like "Good what, relax ah!" is adding poison to my heart. Compliments are like satay sticks dipped in chocolate, looked like innocent Pocky sticks until you eat and kill yourself.

I am slowly losing my trusting nature. I always think twice when people say this and that. I even consider whether they were just patronizing me or not. Maybe Jia is right, I think too much over nonsensical things le. But then, skeptisim is good someway somehow.

Haiz, real world sucks!

I'm singing in the rain...

I hated the rain last week because I chopped off my hair for the period of hot weather and it started to rain everyday since.

But today, exception. I love the rain.

Because, if the rain hadn't got heavier at the point when we wanted to return to office after lunch, I would not have met mr. hobbes!

Damn it, I saw him from from the corner from my eye when he got off the taxi and the butterflies started making entrance in my stomach.

How many months have it been since I last spoke to him/blog about him?

Ho ho ho.

Passed! Failed!

Yeap, I passed my BTT last friday! Hooray! A step nearer to driving a car!

But I failed terribly on the eyesight test! Ha!~

To legally drive a car, one need to have good vision with spectacles. So I straight away went to apply for driving lessons once I passed my BTT, and at the counter itself, we could do an eye test done by the counter staff. I had to look into this machine and said out the words she dictated which row.

So, there was this particular with miniscule fonts, so she asked me to read out the word below the 7.

The tiny font looked a bit fuzzy to me, but I still could make out that it is a "R", so I said "R".

"Read the character below 7", the lady repeated.

"R!"

*repeat the last 2 sentences 3 times yourself.*

Apparently, I must have pissed the lady pretty much coz she adjustedthe machine, which then knocked into my head and caused uber pain, and then she shoved a piece of card to me. The card was right on the table from the start and I couldn't see it.

It says, "Read the symbols this way: 'E' facing up, down, left or right".

Oh, I made a mistake. Upon scrutiny, the character was "E facing up", not "R".

I think I will be the stereotypical female driver who can't check the blind spots.

我做了件傻事

同事E看到我，就说："好可爱哟！你剪娃娃头!" - 唉，因为剪了刘海才像娃娃头， 加我的娃娃脸， 能不娃娃吗？

同事K看到我，就说："你受了什么刺激？！？头发剪这么短！" - 真想说是想不开

同事ER看到我，就说："你这个发型很适合你！你年轻很多！" - 我也没很老啊!

新发型，有赞有弹， 有褒有贬。

18 岁也曾剪过这样的发型，当时觉得还好，只有一个朋友说太想小丸子，不好看。
再剪这个发型，觉得有点不好看了，因为十足孩子脸。
现在工作了不适合这样可爱的造型，我 也没法carry the style like a chic chick.
老板今天看到我，有种想笑but不敢笑的sei.
无所谓啦，3个月后， 又是性感宝贝一个！
头发， 真的很重要。
细致的长发，很有sex appeal!
我的长发没了，顿时觉得好像downgrade to a little girl.
咳，我的头发再也不要短过肩了！

5 inches 的痛！！！

Tolerance to stupidity

Equation of my tolerance, T, with respect to my intellectual at different age, A and other people's intellectual, P is:

T = P/A

If P=A, then T=1 where it is at the norm level: We tolerate each other.
If P>A, then T>1 where it is beyond norm level: P can tolerate me.
If P<1 where it is below norm level: I cannot tolerate P.

I got so pissed with those boys in my Jap class. The 3 of them were talking loudly. So whatever they chat could be heard by all of us and drown our voices, especially when we were practicing the sentences on the white board. I was so pek chek that I turned around and told the boy nearest to me that they were very distracting.

That shut them up, although not for long, but at least they whispered after that.

I'm also getting balls as I get older. Openly display my displeasure to people I buay so.

Pony Comes, Money Go

Just received my second paycheck sometime last week. Kept reminding myself: do not spend unnecessarily.

After a week of endurance, I bought an i-nouvi makeup brush set after I saw it online. -_-|||

It's expensive de lor, but quality so much better than my the-body-shop set. The brush very soft you know! It's pony hair!

Gonna name the brushes like they are my pet ponies.

Taxi Uncles

Most of the taxi-uncles I met are always chatty and witty, if the journey is long enough, sometimes I also know what occupation they were before they started taxi-ferry.

This uncle I met today was once a Chinese orchestra instructor leh, no wonder the Chinese words he used all so cheem one. Like all taxi uncles, he gave me some word of advice.

Don't Marry, unless one is truly very well prepared.

In his years of driving, he had met so divorcees that he was convinced that the marriage nowadays are not true love, and if there is really true love, why is there divorce? He had 2 daughters himself, which is why there's this fear in him that no point marrying if the love is conditional.

The only unconditional love is parents' love.

Well, he's not the first one to tell me not to marry. And I think I'm kinda brainwashed also.

Drag Me To Hell

Watched this movie on Friday, was advised by my colleague not to have a full meal before it, I thought otherwise, coz lao niang don't scared easy.

Well, the movie did have an amazing fear element, but it wasn't the scare-you-to-hell that we will grossed out, it was the unhygienic effect in the show. I was really grossed out. Many movie-goers, including me, kept Eww, Yikes, Oh Gosh + Vomit Action.

I was half irritated by this hamchi guy on my right. He was totally scared shitty to hell by this show, and he was complaining loudly how come this show is rated PG and kept using his cap to hide his view, which really turned me off. The Ahmad him beside kept asking him to shut up, and at first it seemed like they were fooling around as friends. Until when the hamchi guy zaoed immediately when the show ended, it dawned on me that Ahmad was equally pissed as us. My friend shhed at him twice, and I shhed+scolded him during the show. When I did those, he looked at me so intensely that I thought he chao beng, looked me buay song leh. And I suspected he deliberately keep brushing against my elbow to annoy me. I leaned so much to avoid him that I almost crushed my friend on my left. If he wasn't trying to annoy me, then he was damn afraid that Ahmad would beat him up.

When we left the theatre and there was light outside, did we see his true form: Nerd/宅男. Oh man, the cap he was wearing, I had one exactly given by my school lor. He was wearing this purple stripes pole tee, tucked in neatly into his khakis long pants. Oh, and he had this humongous pri-sch-heavy bag which was taking my seat before I arrived.

Apparently, he lacked social skills. He doesn't know what is courtesy, and he doesn't know know when to whisper. He's nut also, my friend saw him in 7-11 while buying drinks, and he was mumbling to himself, which explained why he was talking loudly to himself during the show. Somehow or rather, he doesn't know how to read or listen also, he had thought this Sam Raimi's show was a comedy.

It was funny in some parts, but then, doesn't the word HELL elaborates enough that it is a horror show???

Wah liew.

Newspaper cutting collections

My cute Daddy actually told Mummy to tell me to cut those newspaper clips which had the photo as keepsake, even when it was repeated on Sunday paper!

老娇！LOL!

Shoes Madness

My shoes... Not that many right?

惭愧

I never expected, but R apologized to me, which I never really expected it, and I'm really touched by her gesture and what she said, loosely translated into English: "I'm more attached to you so I don't want you to be angry with me", agak-agak meaning is there lah.

Seriously, she's the second person whom I blahed out in my blog and read my frustrations vomit. The last one who did totally ignore me and treated me like I'm a disease, mind you, he's a first class honors student but had a heart narrower than the space between my nail and nail bed. Self-centred bastard. It's the truth.

Whereas R is as normal as any person and the first thing she thought was to say sorry to me, instead of thinking what a bitch I am.

我自己都觉得惭愧了。

She's almost 2 years my junior, but her bravery is far bigger than me. Till now, I had yet to say sorry to a fren whom I hurled hurtful words at 2 years ago. Anyway, when R told me why she was feeling 郁郁寡欢 whole day was because she felt sorry to me and she hadn't mean it that way.

R, I'm sorry too, as spoken, those were just moments of anger, well, not exactly angry anger, more like utterly shocked anger, and I'm glad we talked about it.

=D

Still I wished I could be as slim as you. Heh. No trouble buying clothes. Heh.

Love you, my Iron Dad

I posted an article about "Daddy's Smile" last year for the Father's Day, which I did not win. But then, they used the picture as promo for this year!

Geez, me and Dad are so photogenic!!!

AMK Hub, AMK Ha

I realized I always had funny or stupid encounters at AMK hub.

• I lost my student ez-link card but was able to retrieve back at the info counter after triple-confirming my identity. It was the spec and no spec difference.
• An uncle approached me and asked for my number, not forgetting to tell me how beautiful he thought I am. *Shudders...
• I saw a man in the ladies' toilet, and both of us were stunned, stared at each other for 3 seconds, thinking the same thing, "Am I in the wrong toilet?" Turned out he was salah coz he had assumed the ladies' to be men's after seeing the kid's urinal. Duhz, the toilet sign is just above the urinal, he had obviously used his "head" below to think.
• I accidentally knocked into a woman's tits while waving bye-bye to my friend. It felt weird to be touching somebody's boobs other than mine. I must say her ones were very bouncy.

I recalled this was the second time I touched a woman's boobs, accidentally. The first time was actually very funny, coz it wasn't really accident, but neither were I the one who made the move. I was just grabbing the pole in the bus, when this lady just rest her boobs comfortably on my hands. I was busy talking to PZ that I didn't realize it the soft cushiony boobs until I was gettiing off the bus.

Ha~~~

I like this

LOL

My almost senile Jape teacher couldn't recognize me, when I was totally dressed up with makeup and no specs. He thought I was a MIA student.

He passed me a stack of old homework and asked me to find mine, even though I clearly said I came for lesson every week.

Just upload my prehistoric photos of recent events. Too bad I cant blog at work, else those time will not be wasted.

Yesh! It's Friday once again!

It's 3rd week into work, but felt like 3 months. But then, if it's 3rd month into the work, I doubt I am blogging now, hearsay my project is very very demanding.

Can't help but felt that I had pissed my RO a little bit, coz I had this nagging feeling that he was twirling me around in his hands. First, he asked me to sign up for this Course A, I got all the necessary procedure done, including getting the AO (RO's boss) to sign and approve, before he replied me that I need to go for Course B first. Neh~~~ The chain of command is horrible, and I am afraid of troubling so many people and in the end nothing is done, you know.

I hope I am just thinking too much about this horrifying feeling, I don't want JnJ to repeat again. I tried to impress, but I think much could be seen in the work I had done for the research write up he asked me to do, seriously under standard. Haiz...

It's hard to communicate with my RO since he was at site and the site is 与世隔绝, I still can't really remember what he looked like. AO stationed in the office, and I felt sheepish whenever he caught me talking to my neighbour behind. Just the other day, he asked me when I signed my appt letter, I think he is disgusted to see me loitering around.

It took me 3 weeks to find out I had the compiler installed in my computer, alamak. Wasted 3 weeks, could have done some programming to keep me awake rather than reading the Ada.

Monday shall be a fresh start!

Croak

I lost my voice.

Wordless

Why is it that every time I have secured a job and a seemingly better one come along?

CRA called me after 3 months. Haiz...

A bad time to fall sick...

My body sure know how to pick a good time to fall sick. I'm running a fever @ 37.4 degrees, whole body aching, throat feeling lumpy and sore...

I suspected I got ill was due to:

i) Dirty water, my office pantry is so so so so so dirty! Got the urge to clean for them, but then, I am not paid to do that.
ii) Walking in the rain today.
iii) Too many biscuits hence got heaty.
iv) Viral infection (por bee not this lah)

It's been a week at work. So far so good, pretty much like internship. There's nothing much we could do till we are cleared of any possible treachery, known as Cat 2A. 2 newbies joined us this week, and my talkative nature had turned my conversations into an informal induction plan for them, and formal source of gossip for my batch (people who on board same day as me). Kinda like the middle woman between my batch and the newbies. I actually answered queries on the newbies' behalf.

Lucky me has a PC to work on, and supposedly fastest among all the CRTs and White Dells, P4 leh! But then with ebuddy blocked, life is pretty boring, so I sought my best friend, Uncle Zhou! Been on fishing trips, tea session, chess games. The record was 5 times a day! Can't help it when we are supposed to self-study using books as thick as the width of my palm.

Buay tahan, told my neighbour to wake me up if I'm off to dreamland again.

Found a buddy to take BT with me, yeah! I'm finally putting words into action! Coz I hate long journeys, so I decided to by a car! After I pay off my loan to Dad... I heard my team has extra incentive$ for supporting the system, so I think I should be able to survive, if not eat bread lor.

One thing not used to was the office politics, seriously, I don't sense any until my very fair (as in skin colour) colleague, asked me to observe, dun anyhow anyhow, dun garang garang. My observation skills has never been the top, and I treat everyone equally, and I just do what I think, you know. Anyway, it's better to follow what she said, since she previously interned at this coy, and know the culture better than anyone of us.

Counting down to payday, Yes! And we've been discussing what credit card to get, lol. Those coordinators must be secretly shaking their heads and sighed, "Young people..."

My first impression to people is slowly being take over by my true nature. Been displaying stunts, like doze off, put cold water in coffee mixture, tot my handphone lost when it was inside my purse. The sotong is slowly coming out.

And one thing for sure is, the guys aint treating me like a girl, seriously. One actually gave me a friendly budge on my shoulder. The kind that you pat using the back of your fingers then showed 4 in the air and exclaimed, "Wah lau, why you like that!".

Maybe that's why I am posted to an all guys team.

Wearing skirt doesn't turn the old charm on. Shit. Size does.

No, I'm not bothered, just intensely found it an interesting behavior. Maybe I should try an experiment by losing weight and test for a different reaction?

Doing Nothing

My clearance has yet to pass, hence me and my other newbie colleagues were bored to death today.

We won't be assigned a pc till we are assigned a job, which means the clearance has to pass first.

Gonna bring my Harry Potter 5 and 6 with me to work tomorrow, should be able to finish.

Then what am I going to do for Wed, Thurs and Fri?

Point here, Point there

I went for my pre-employment check last Tuesday. It was a clinic in Jurong Point, called Point Medical Group. It took me quite a while to find it, coz it was located at 6th floor, but then there was notice saying that it has been relocated to level B1a, I went to B1, I saw many clinics above the japanese food court, but I had no idea how to go up. After a big round, I found the escalator to it.

Those clinics were segregated together hence, it took me a while before I saw the word Point among all the big signboards. I quickly made my way to the clinic, slapped my form on the table and told the lady coolly, "Pre-employment checkup".

She looked at me with a big disbelief written across her face, so did the few other customers. Then the strong smell of disinfect reached my nose, and I realized, I was in a dental clinic!

"Oh? This is a dental clinic ah?" I asked sheepishly. The uncle who stood nearest to me laughed. Ok, I got my answer and I quickly left the clinic. Then I saw the Point Medical Group was right beside where I was, so I thought, "alamak, I visited the neighbour by mistake?"

I looked up at the dental clinic signboard, it was "Jurong POINT Dental Surgery".

Argh.... Dui!!!

I was feeling very dui that I forgot to use my GV card when I bought the 4 tickets to the movie X-Men Origins - Wolverine, coz members should be entitled to discount right?

I was more dui when I saw members could exclusively get the FCUK dog tag if they buy 4 tickets at GV Vivo or GV Marina.

I had wanted to watch at GV Marina but switch the venue to GV Plaza coz our last outing were at Marina the last time.

I hardly go to movies, hence the lack of practise to use my card.

Shit de neh. Could use the dog tag to pin my donkey bag!

Unforgivable Shoes Spree

I bought 2 pair of shoes today... and this make my list of pending new shoes to be worn to 4.

I only wanted to get rid of my super high heels which I wore with excruciating pain exerted on my fat feet every time. So I brought it along with me to the new shoe boutique which is offering 15% for old shoes trade in. What a timing for me! I was thinking how to get rid of it the other day! My aim was to get ONE pair of shoes for work, since I have only 2 pairs which are more appropriate. I ended up buying TWO pairs coz I was seduced by the buckle one they showed me while I was waiting to try the shoes. -_-|||

I have 2 pairs of shoes currently being rotated for wearing, the black one being my favorite, which is quite worn out, the white one for dress-down day. 2 pairs more for pretty pretty only. Recently snagged one from Jia coz she couldn't wear it.

Anyway, I am almost hogging the shoes rack all to myself already. I own a total of 12 pairs, which is just 5 pair less than Dad's, Mum's, Jia's and Min's all add together. =D

Min corrected my blog heading, I wanted "Unforgivable Shoes Sin", but she commanded, "You should type Unforgivable Shoes Spree!!!!!!!!!!"

Ok lor.

Hard to manage Hair

It's been a month since my haircut, not sure whether it is because of the hot weather, or it is just my hair, it has become very 鸟。。。

Like 鸟巢 like that...

Has an urge to cut it even shorter... but the, it probably doesn't do me any good, and my fat face will be fatter...

Got straightening tongs, but not too keen to use it coz I will be sweaty by the time I finished pulling my hair sleek.

Rebond, no money and I don't think I need super straight hair, i just want it to be be naturally straight. The right side perks like Jamie's butt.

How???

哟！可爱到~~~

我们都几乎忘了她曾经是这么可爱的小怪物！


以后长大就会像这个大怪物！哈哈！

Wah Lau Eh

I went to sign employment contract today.

And I brought my IC photo along as stated by HR. So I assumed it was for the employee pass.

Well, never assume, it really makes an ass out of me.

Because I had assumed, I went there in my most casual form: Hairband, specs, no makeup, not even my makeup base which tones my face color.

And in the end, I have to take a picture for my employee pass, by the HR people themselves. I was utterly shocked, shocked, shocked. I had enough of ugly pass photographs!

I can imagine how ugly the pass photo will be. Shit. And I'm thinking how to hide that picture already.

I'm employed once again!

I was so happy, elated and excited that it totally felt like I received the letter of offer from NTU again! The adrenalin rush is so overwhelming!

I totally could forgive my hard disk for dying on me!

This job was totally unexpected, coz the second interview was the formidable lady interviewer and I didn't feel like I performed that well. Still, I'm glad that they decided to give me a chance and offer the job.

It is like how an unrequited love being requited!

Ever since I graduated last year, I totally shunned the software engineer jobs, coz I don't think I like it. But then, to be a network engineer, I have to start from bottom low, which was totally unexpected, coz I expect my degree + CCNA to give my a jumpstart, you know? Anyway, life work in a miraculous way, they more you run away from it, the nearer you get.

After I left JNJ, I was hitting nails for my job hunt. So, I went to pray, where my aunties said very zhun and I told the gods, please please please, let me find a suitable job, a good job, a nice job. And it so happened this job was the first interview I went after after praying. And really miraculously, I was informed of a second interview, 4 hours after my first interview. I really believed the gods heard me. I had thought that I behaved like a monkey in front of the 5 panels for the first interview. So a second interview was totally unexpected. Furthermore, I met the formidable lady interviewer again in the second interview. I saw my chance evaporated.

A lot of thoughts passed through my mind during my jobless period, "How? No money already", "Haiz, cannot buy", "Dunno can survive till when", "Guan Yim Ma, did you hear my prayers?"

And the job came to me like a beacon of light. It seems like 冥冥中自又安排。越觉得不可能发生的事， 竟然发生了！Dun want to believe also cannot.

Of course, I shall prove to myself that I could actually be a software engineer! A good one too! There were many times when I thought I can't make it, but I did. So shall this time too!

And you know, it's a good karma! Because I am happy that I got a job, so I want to buy some food home as a mini celebration. I happened to be in PS, coz I was actually there for a interview, but then, after some twists and turns, the interview was pushed to Mon and then after that, I had to cancel it coz I accepted the job offer. Then I remembered this roasted shopin PS Kopitiam, opened by the Mediacorp actor whom my Mum like very much. So I decided to buy from there. And because I went there, I saw the actor! So star struck!

Must make use of the opportunity to take picture right? I was telling him how much Mum likes his show and called every guy she saw "Machi Boy". I forgot to shake his hand after the picture, but then he already had his arm around me, who cares about the handshake? Mu ha ha ha!

Damn it, his face is so small compared to mine!

Back to my hard disk. No more heartwreching about those files, but still, need to bitch a bit.

I knew my current portable hard disk was near the end of its life, that was why I wanted to transfer the files over to the new one when it died. Suay lor. Managed to revive it for 10 minutes by putting in the fridge for about 30 minutes, but it wasn't enough for me to transfer all the photos over. The hard disk still runs when connected, but the drives just refused to show up.

Bo bian lor, 2008 is photoless year for me. and 2008 is so full of wonderful memories!

Maybe can hog friends who had my photos. =D

I'm not a kid doesn't mean no praises.

My wardrobe's knob has been hanging loosely. My parents had tried fixed the knobs for me twice, but it didn't last more than 3 months and it started dropping out again. So today, I observed a little bit, and decided to fix it the other way round. The screw was driving in from the inside, then the knob would push to the screw from the outside. So I fix a screw inside the knob and screwed in from the outside, and it worked great, just to need spill some glue inside to fasten it. I was so proud and happy, and I told my mum that "I am very clever because I fixed the knob", coz it's not everyday that I do some carpentry.

Instead of getting praise, all I get was a string of cold words, "Of course you have to be better than us what, you study so much!"

I was thinking, "Why I am I getting diss? Did I just pour sarcasm on my mum that she diss me?"

Is it so hard to earn praises?

Wifely qualities

Jia commented on my entry on the "Wife".

True enough, we were so much more independent when it comes to housework, and not to mention that we pass with flying colours sometimes. The training no doubt, brought some special envy amongst friends and relatives when they knew we could do this, we could do that.

You should see how Jia and I "work" during CNY, some aunties are so god damn envy of my mum who produced such good daughters, ha ha. Yes we complained about the tiring work, but we still do, coz is a family tradition.

Of course, I am proud to say that I do a better job in cleaning because of my low tolerance level for dirtiness. Not to say Jia don't do a good job, just that she has an unusual oversight when it comes to dirt, so I usually do the cleaning.

However, one thing I never do was to wash the toilet, partly laziness, coz I only do things I familiar with, and toilet washing was something I hardly do. Before Feb 2009, I think I only washed my home toilet thrice.

And now, my newest hobby, is washing toilets. I think my mum will be proud, now that I wash it on regular basis, especially during my bath time. My dad will probably faint when he sees the bill next month.

Next time, go market also must change clothes.

Wah lau, I was practically threw into the situation without any preparation.

My mum had been helping my next door PRC neighbor sourcing for a job, so today, our 12th floor neighbour, whom my mum was working for, had a similar job offer for the neighbor, and said that she would bring her there.

Well, I assumed my mum would go along with the neighbour, aunties mah, get along much better.

So I prepared my bag, thinking after sending the neighbor, I would make my way to Northpoint.

To my utter shock, I was to go with them! To Novena!

I had no time to change out of my pajamas, which were like a super nua old T-shirt and a shorts that kept rolling up. Even if I had requested them to wait for me, I could just imagine my mum nagged the following at me:

"Aiyah, no need lah! You always wear like that go out mah! No need to change! Anyway, she (12th floor) will drive you all there, a short while later you all make your way back, not going shopping, no need to chnage lah! Don't waste time already, she got appointment!"

Even if I wore pajamas out to somewhere, at least not so nua, you know. Like a sports berms, with better slippers. I'm sure you all have a standard dress code, like which types of clothes are to be totally wore at home only, some for wear within 1km, you know. I'm walking around in shopping area wearing my sleepwear! To think I spent time packing my bag instead.

Feel so totally awkward, coz the shorts kept sticking to my butt because of my sweat, had to pull them inconspicuosly!

GAWD! Totally felt so uncomfortable! This taught me not to be too lazy next time.

But then, I probably looked quite alright, else my mum would have nagged at me already. She had been dissing me for wearing pajamas wherever I go, but then those were like better looking, you know.

A Wife

It was just a random chat about a random topic with a male friend whom I had known for about 4 years.

He was mentioning that after knowing me for so long, he still doesn't know what I like to do for leisure. So I replied I do read, usually on girly stuffs. He said girly stuffs reminded him of cooking and sewing (my girly stuff actually meant beauty tips and fashion), so I casually told him that I do know how to cook and sew, although they aren't really my hobbies.

"Wah, you know how to cook ah? Then you make a good wife leh!" He typed back.

Excuse me, I can't help but feel a little dignified, why must a good wife knows how to cook and not husband? I was quite appalled that he had such primitive thoughts, I always assumed he was those modern guys, who will tell their gf/wife: Dunno how to cook/wash/iron nvm, we get a maid lor!

I'm not trying to promote feminism, but then, if one can cook makes a good housewife, is that why all the adultery with the maids happening? Then what makes a good husband? Bring home the bacon?

As we debated on the issue, I further probed him what makes a cooking wife such a big turn on for him (Yeah, it turned him on, heat up the stove babes!). Was it because it kinda make him proud to have a wife who knows how to cook, compare to someone's wife who doesn't. He nodded.

"So, your potential future wife must know how to cook?" I retorted.

"Not a must, but good to know." He replied. Hmm, so in so, still must know how to cook lor, and must be part of his package, which I think is Beauty + ___ Skills (Fill in the blank yourselves.), cooking is a bonus.

I dunno if I will ever cook for my future potential just because he loves it, but I do hope that future potential will learn how to cook for me though. However, most of the time, it is the women who pampered and stroke up the men's ago leh. I think men will only cook during the pursue process. I've seen many cases where my female friends who can't even fry an egg, went to learn cooking just to shower love on her boyfriend, because he likes to eat this. Just too many cases which kinda put me off at times. What did the bf do to shower her with love other than empty promises and fading flowers?

Oh god, I sounded so much like a spiteful spinster once again.

Can't help but to mention it once again childishly: As much as I heard so many compliments about my cooking skills (er hem, the baked potato lor), cleaning skills (I am damn proud my obsessive cleaning and organization skills), and being praised by a guy that I makes a good wife who can cook(roll eyes), where is The One?

Bloody hell. I think I know why.

Doggy Closet

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Aiyoh, I cannot finish again!

The psychometric test was tougher than I expected leh... I couldn't finish the first part, think I still have 10 questions to go...

The second part was relatively easier, still, I think I accidentally shade the wrong answer at the last second. Think I spend too much time reread the questions.

The personality questions were... too many! I took exactly 45mins to do it, some people finish halfway through the sessions.

Am I too slow or too kiasi?

Chor lor Jamie bump into my face while I was drinking, and then I accidentally bite the lips. Painful siah!

The interview is tomorrow, porbee porbee please Tua Peh Gong and Guan Yin Ma!

Big 8

Crap! My weight on the scale hit the big 8 again! Shit!

Formidable Lady!!!

If only my wish could be as true as this, I indeed got back the same lady interviewer as last time, which is my worst fear for this interview!!!

As if having 5 panels was not bad enough, of all things, I least expect to see this lady again.

Roar... and she recognize me some more, I must have given her a memorable answers the other time. (That interview was disastrous)

I was still wishfully thought, even if I got back the same interviewer, she would not remember me. I have shorter hair, and the colour is different, and this time round no specs.

Yah right, the moment she saw me she said I looked familiar.

So much for the change.

Another interview upcoming. Tua Pek Gong, please please please let me fly though this Thursday's job interview.

Challenged for compliments

I'm a very non-competitive person, so basically, I'm always not up for challenge. But then, when the situation arise, it does ignite the tiny weeny spark somewhere in me to accept the challenge.

And in such situation, usually because the compliments are not directed at me, so I feel disappointed, and I know I have to do something to earn those compliments.

In a way, I survive on compliments because I do bothered by people's opinions at times, which isn't very good lah, coz will think too much about other people's thoughts. But, who doesn't like to be complimented, right? Just have to sieve the quality and quantity out of it, truthful and sincere compliments.

It's a good cycle: want compliments, work towards the goal, earn the compliments, feel good about, put in more effort to achieve goals, earn more compliments.

Right, so I shall turn words into action. Time to hit the gym again.

In love with this

Somehow for some reason, I'm obsessed with this kind of hobo bag...


Nah, I don't need a Gucci. I first lusted after it when I saw a United Colours of Benetton hobo at Taka. The print looks like Coach tho.

So I try to search for a similar one at C&K, which I did, but I dislike the strap.

Then today I lusted another bag... Miss Gwee lah... The bag looked so nice on her.

I better get a proper one for interview and work, the current one is gonna break sooner or later. The strap has already started to tear.

Early Morning Rage

It's only 8.40am, and my house had been down with 3 raging fire moods.

The first was Jamie, then me because Jamie made me so with her mood, then my Mum.

Needless to say, my mother slashed out on the all of us the whole morning, finding everything with fault and scolded us all. Her lasted the longest. She was still kpkbing to my dad right now.

If only she could calm down, she would have realised we didn't not do those things to make her pissed, I mean why would we want to kenna scoldings from her? For fun?

I would have cleaned that spot if I had seen it, obviously I didn't. Didn't she hear all the water splashing inside the toilet, what, she think I play with water is it?

Really bad day to start with. And tomorrow I'm stucked at home to help her with those offerings making, she better in a good mood.

Heaven knows how long she needs to be in this mood, 说来就来。

Sucks to be woman.

Some entertainment

You are warned, please do not eat while reading the following entry, coz I think you will just burst out laughing with your rice flying everywhere. =)

I'm having an interview tomorrow, but instead of devoting my time to prepare my questions and answers, I actually dig out all these photos and had a good laugh! And the reason why I dig out all these photos was because, I need a passport photo for tomorrow. 独乐乐不如众乐乐！The below photos are in my hall of fame/shame, ha ha ha. I have it because it is either very nice, or it is very damn ugly.

PAP K2 grad pic, look at those puppy eyebrows! Apparently, my double chin has been with me since 6 years old.

This was taken in P4, after school, hot and sweaty and grumpy. My eyes looked cocked, the specs looked more cocked.

This was taken in Sec 1! I remembered queuing up, and then adjusting the tie, and I was still very happy in the first shoot, then without warning, the photographer just kachak the next shoot, hence the dulan face. The hair obviously was very very very untame.


This probably in sec 4, dunno for what and dunno why so sad/grumpy/listless. I like the hairstyle tho, that time very popular. Supposed to be layerised, but I combed it behind the ears.

Oh! This one is taken at a model agency! Yeap, you saw it right, model agency. Out of boredom after O'level, me and my friends went to this agency, and we signed up as Calefare! =) My "first show" was 笑傲江湖，and there were Fann Wong, 李茵珠， 曾诗梅， 陈秀丽！And I sure know how to make a grand entrance, I fell flat on my face the moment I entered the studio! And without specs, I actually dun recognize the above actresses, even when I was holding 曾诗梅's hands.

This should in Poly year 2 already, coz I am wearing a T-shirt bought on purpose to piss someone, I was wearing contacts and my hair is coloured. =) I like this photo! Had a nice tan colour too.


This photo was taken in the instant photo booth at NYP, on my way to NCS for interview, and was pretty last minute. The booth takes 4 different shoots. The first 3 was okie, but the last one was a mistake coz I tot someone pulled open the curtain! My smile was stiff too, coz I was so hot and sweaty and nervous. First job interview leh!

Ugly like shit... The hair especially...

Complimentary photo shoot from the primary school I worked at, it was supposed for the pin-up staff photo on the board. I never thought I needed to be in too, so I wore tee-shirt to school, and ended up had to borrow a blazer from one of the school clerk. I used to wear tee, 3/4 pants and slippers to work, until the VP suaned me. By right I had lost quite some weight, but then, still looked fat and with a huge double chin.

Somehow, I think I looked like a bouncer. If you cover away the boobs, I do look like a fat man.


Ooh!!! My favourite and most recent photo, taken last year in NTU instant photo booth. Had a good hair day, nice brow week and radiant look.

Gonna take a nice one tomorrow, just in case... I don't have any more passport photos already.

Comparing the poly one and the most recent one, I really aged a lot siah...

Missed out one Ultimatum Ugly like Hell pic...

Everything is so wrong, the Hair, the fringe, the specs, the face, the Chin, the neck, wait, no neck. It is ugly beyond words!!! I am not surprised if someone who don't know me see this pic and assume it is a guy. I looked like those boys with spilling fats over the pants and had to keep pullng the pants up every 3 seconds because I am too fat and lumpy to keep the pants on! Wah kao, fugly is a better word! This was during 1st 3 months at YJC.

Hideous! And what's wrong with my face siah? I looked so tiko!!! Machiam I saw some panty and grinning to myself stupidly!

Empty Threat

Did I ever mention that, Jamie is like a mini me?

Despite the astrological difference, there are just too many similarities between the 2 of us, I feel at times.

The way she buy things like she has a lot of money, ha ha ha

The amount of chocolate she could lay her hands on and stuff herself with it

Not to mention she copied my current hairstyle, had a red specs and have clothes that the mini size of mine. Hmm... machiam my die-hard fan siah. (I is bhb again)

Anyway, so to say, Jamie's many actions reminded of myself and very often, I know what she was thinking.

Something was not right when Jamie told me on Monday that she has to stay back on Wed to do some Science project research. It was weird coz it seemed like she had the plan brewing in her for a long time. The excuse was too well planned to me and for someone so blur like her, it is weird. So, I told her, don't stay in school, ask her friend to come to our house to do, got food, got drink, got computer mah! What a nice place to do research, right?

Then on Tues, she said her friend couldn't make it. Ok, fine, can't make it, then Jamie will have to come home.

Then on Wed, after I had waited for her 10 mins outside the school gate, she called me on my mobile that her form teacher requested that she stayed back in school to help another teacher to do something...

Very very not right... Why so coincidentally that she has to stay back to help teachers after she told me her fren cannot stay back for the research? Anyway, I asked her what time would it end, so that I could come and pick her up. She said 2.30pm. Fine.

So I got home, wanted to email the form teacher whether Jamie was speaking the truth. But then, I don't want the teacher to have a bad impression of Jamie, and i scared she will confront Jamie in the whole class and embarassed her. So I didn't email.

I went to fetch Jamie at 2.15pm, as it was a 15mins walk to school. At 2.20pm, Jamie called me and asked where am I?

Now, based on our past experiences, Jamie would always give us a call and determine our location, so that she would have ample time to make like she was indeed in school or doing whatever we thought she was doing. She deployed this tactic the last time she pontan tuition class.

So, I was pretty sure that she wasn't in school helping teacher. So when I saw her, I lied to her that I had emailed the teacher to check whether she was telling the truth and should it not be, she is doomed.

Now, usually in such cases, if she was indeed truthful, she will exclaim loudly, die die also say she is correct. However, this time, she just kept quiet. Eyes look shifty some more.

I think I behaved the exact same way when I was caught playing with friend instead of at an ensemble practise when I was in primary school.

Anyway, at night, I received her full apology plus her own meted punishment in a "love letter" laid on my dressing table. My empty threat worked and I didn't even tell her that the teacher replied or not.

她屁股一翘， 我们都知道是小号还是大号！She can't lied to us at all.