a day in the life of a lArdbAll..

New gizmo!

2007-03-25T18:29:00.000+08:00

I'm writing this entry now wif the use of my new handphone, nokia e65! Ha ha.. This is so cool! I'm a tech chick now!

things to do for FY2007

2007-02-25T17:41:00.000+08:00

was having lunch wif the man and suddenly, many thoughts were streaming thru my mind.

1. to start saving agreesively
- meaning no more extravagant lifestyle.
->if i wanna shop, make sure the things are on discount or i am purchasing them using vouchers
->no more ktv sessions
->no more redundant cab rides
->cut down on mj sessions

2. to finally learn driving
- hopefully, i can get my licence by the end of the year

3. to limit my holiday trip to a max of $600
-> this is for a greater cause man. wanna save up for the big fish. ha! perhaps a europe trip or aussie trip next year!

4. to not be a bum
-> actively make use of my gym membership esp since it is just below my office! no more tubby lard! ha..

5. to sign for stan chart half marathon
-> this year, the timing to beat is 2.5 hours

6. to read widely
-> first, i gotta finish my undercover economist and rachel holidays, i'm taking eons to do so!

7. to pick up diving
-> but of course, this will be the last priority since it is expensive

will come back and add in where i can think of more.
i need a palm top man! ha..to pen down all my thoughts..

happy new year!

2007-01-14T13:21:00.000+08:00

ha! i know it's a bit late..but better than never.

spent the new year at ho chih min and i enjoyed myself over there, especially those trips to the cuchi tunnel and the war remnants museum. will most probably head back to the country later this year..but to other parts and hopefully pop by cambodia to visit the magnificent angkor wat!

well, the new year is here and i've make 4 resolutions so far:
1. to know what to speak and what not to speak as well as to who.
bascially, it's just to remind myself to listen more and speak less.

2. to start saving!
came across this article about savings when reading her world. was inspired..(hopefully not just this week) and made a promise to myself that unless i have saved enough in my cushion acccount, if not, no more luxury trips to overseas

3. widen my knowledge
to read and learn more. knowledge is a powerful too and it makes me feel more confident about myself. if time permit (of course my wallet), would like to pick up a new lang. either jap or french? still pondering.

4. better my own half marathon's timing
bascially, there will be 2 runs which i will be participating this year. the AHM and stan chart. did a 2 hr 45 mins for '06 half marathon. could have been much better but i chose the easier way out, and decided to give up by walking halfway.

alright...it's getting hard to maintain the blog. ha..

the neglected

2006-11-05T10:24:00.000+08:00

it has been feeling really neglected such that it is haunting me in my sleep. loads of stuff had happened but i guess the more vivid ones are my trainings for the HM.

the BIG race is less than a month ago and i am so not prepared. to make up for lost time, the MAN had told me to run at least 5 times a day including a 2 hours run every weekend. the training officially began on thurs morning when i woke up at 530am but only left the house at 7am to run. ha! what a bum. fri was rest day and i ran another 20 mins b4 blading wif jean at bishan park. blading is soooo fun! opps. i'm digressing. heh..all the mini up slopes were killing me. i actually cheated by walking on the side grass patch. hah...but the down slopes were so exciting. really found myself rolling down.....

well, next sat we will be going to east coast to blade. but i will be doing my 2 hours run (hopefully!) instead of blading as we are gonna party at nite! ha..jean and our new fren are gonna bring us to either butter factory and attica. oooooo...now i have something to look forward to during the week.

oh ya, new year will be spent overseas this year, at ho chih min. i'm gonna miss the MAN =(

anniversary dinner at pete's place. i love the ambience and service there. 2 thumbs up!

sammie's wedding at chevron. congrats!

hanny was in town over the last weekend and together wif hx, we took part in the 10km run!

we did it!

ohh..one of the drinks station along the running route was actually the green man. ha...the MAN got worked up when he heard it. hah..and we saw some guys running wif their gf or wives. what's up man? i thought it's supposed to be a WOMEN'S RUN??!?!?!

after the run, we went to the movies wif nz. prestige is good! highly recommened show to watch..and i have decided to ditch departed due to the bad reviews which i have heard from my colleagues.

we went on to meet up wif hanny's frenz at ice cold beer before proceeding to the outdoor rouge for dinner. food was so-so but i'm a sucker for ambience. so i will be back again.

the programme ended wif ktv at cineleisure. ha..and meeting more of hanny's frenz. just so happened that one of them was jean's friend. what a small world!

retail therapy

2006-10-12T13:38:00.000+08:00

wanted to do grocery shopping last evening. instead, i bought a satin blouse and a green skirt. ha..totally had no intention of shopping but the clothes just caught my attention. i think i got quite a good bargain. and during lunch today, bought a turquoise blouse for 23 bucks, 6 pairs of flower earrings for $1.50! and finally i got myself an accessories stand for 10 bucks to display all my earrings and necklaces. horray!

fantasy..

2006-10-06T04:30:00.000+08:00

the bf recommended me a new blog popagandhi...he calls it the real shit to read..instead of i****'s blog which i have so religiously read. i mus say...this popagandhi writes with a different style. not all about her life...she really shares her knowledge on gadgets, and her thoughts on stuff...all kinds of stuff...but more of india. haha...whereas the former shares more about herself...and her training. called it narcissism then.

sometimes, i wish, i have a flair for writing and creativity. i hate the boring shitty me! esp when i'm stuck..and things aint within my controk..just like what i'm going through at work now. the thought of quitting is getting stronger and stronger...but i'll always rememeber this,
"pain is temporary. but if i quit, it's forever"

perhaps this is the transition period which i'm so trying to get used to...i need to definitely get my mind off work.. last weekend was fab! celebrated our anniversary at Pete's place and did lots of shopping wif him! and stuff which we have never tried b4...it has been a long while...and we talked and talked...the whole date was AMAZING! i wished next yr's will come soon...

and i finally went gym yesterday. did a 35 min run with a speed of 7.5-8.5km/h. nearly foamed towards the end. i really need to shape up for me 10km run.

painful

2006-09-23T23:34:00.000+08:00

i paid to suffer today..all in the name of vanity and beauty.

finally went for facial today as i felt the condition of my face was getting from bad to worse. all the pimple outbreaks and black head. yucks! and the skin on my face is thining...muz be due to the differin gel which i used for my pimples. had this blackhead that was embedded near my nose area for a month! aunty squeezed it out and showed it to me. gross!

as if the facial wasn't painful enuff, i did threading too. pain again!

well, hope the pain and the money spent will pay off. results in 1 week's time?

great bargains!

2006-09-03T09:37:00.000+08:00

woohoo..i got myself a new casio exlim camera courtesy of dearie as our anniversary gift! heh...and i bought myself the new neon 2! yea...can finally watch my friends! oh oh..i got him a pair of levi's engineered jeans...so whenever he wears it, he will think of me!

back to reality!!

2006-08-17T01:21:00.000+08:00

aloha!!

haha...was back since sun nite..but have been feeling kinda tired.

taiwan was great!! 2 thumbs up! never expected myself to enjoy so much. the company was great, scenary was beautiful and shopping even better! hahaha...had a lot of fun. it was really an experience. we did things which we have never done b4..and things which we have not done for a long time since odac days. we actually did hiking in alishan, water sports in kenting and 'camp' in a village in zhuo shui! like jean said...it was an all rounded trip! glad we were not 'bimbos' like those 3 gals we met on the place. applied make-up on the plane, file their nails and even painted them! stinked up the whole plan wif this nail polish. disgusting! wonder wat they planned to do when they touched down in taipei.

shit...i'm beginning to experience the partlycloudy syndromn. giggled and laughed to myself when i thought back on our trip. speaking about that, HEY BABES! WHERE ARE THE PHOTOS???!?!?!?

haha..muz pressure a bit....then u guys will see my blog entry soon..meanwhile, will start drafting. guarantee plus chop, it's gonna be FANTABULOUS!

wonderland!

2006-08-05T07:46:00.000+08:00

in a few hours time..i'll be jetting off..away to WONDERLAND!!

haha...finally! after waiting for so long...my 2 weeks break is here! really needed a break from work. hopefully i'll feel rejuvenated and all geared up for a new dimension of work life when i'm back!

as usual, i'm still packing my stuff. hee...came back around 11 plus last nite. was stoning away even though i was awake till 2. and i woke up at 6 plus today! think my brain is still damn active!

my arms are aching from body combat on thurs...haha..the result of being lazy and not exercising for long.

anyway, will be in foreign land till next sun 13 aug. feel free to contact me though...auto roam will be on!

meanwhile..see ya folks..and before i forget,
HAPPY 41ST BIRTHDAY, SINGAPORE!

haha..gonna miss the fireworks :(

p.s. take care bezomny. hopefully i'll be able to catch u when i'm back! =)

excited!!

2006-07-30T18:51:00.000+08:00

as the day to taiwan draws nearer and drawer, i'm getting more and more excited! ha...perhaps i have been waiting for this break for too day..or mayb this is the first trip where there are no familiar ppl to bring us around (we have hanny at jakarta) and guys along (there were jack and vin for the phuket trip and jack and rain for the kl cum genting trip). hence, there's this little element of mystery cum danger. sounds kinda cool eh? anyway, we babes have done enuff research (i hope!) on taiwan. now we juz need to find out where can we "tian deng" (light laterns) at Ilan or is there such an activity over there. so hx, listen up! i need yr help!! hahaha

by the way, this is for you bezomny!
"STOP DREAMING ABOUT SUMMER AND FILL UP THE BLURDY 7 randoms things!!" hahaha
mayb it's really time for u to update ur blog man..so we can read about the "interesting" things u have done there. ha!

tom's the deadline for the early bird reg for stan chart. still thinking should i join the 10km or 21km. hmmm...

blue is the colour

2006-07-27T13:31:00.000+08:00

dunno why..but i'm feeling the blues today which shouldn't be the case coz tom is fri! gonna have dinner and chill out wif my colleagues...some kind of celebration for our promotion...but the plans are still not concrete yet. haven't confirm on the places..probably this is causing the blues.

will be meeting up wif jean and partylycloudy later to discuss on our taiwan trip!! so excited! haha...but a part of me is dreading next week..coz all the review pts will be in and i have to clear up all my stuff b4 i go on leave..and still got adjustments to make..sigh...

decided to get my insurance instead of the camera. choice bet a life and lifestyle..of course i would choose the former. but was really hoping to have my own camera while on the trip. sigh...too much, too little.

i realised i've sighed twice in the this entry...whoops. time to cheer up!

was 'tagged' by roundie to do the random thingie...here it goes..

7 random things about me
1. dark
2. small eyes
3. loves money
4. lazy moody fart
5. loves shopping!
6. 'small' woman
7. NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT and tone up

7 random songs at the moment
1. because of you by kelly clarkson
2. apple of my eye by eve
3. hips don't lie by shakira
4. angels by robbie williams
5. if by bread
6. xin li you xi by daniel chan (i know this is damn retro but the tune is stuck in my head ever since last fri nite)
7. bad day by daniel powter

7 things i like most
1. travelling
2. money!
3. shopping
4. completing a run and feeling good about it
5. samy's curry!
6. reading on the beach (of course, sun tanning at the same time)
7. my family (read: family includes him. ha! save 1 choice)

7 things that scare me
1. growing fat and ugly!
2. sick and ill
3. not knowing enuff...hence, can't perform my work well
4. growing old and lonely
5. disfigured! (need to get rid of tat damn pimple!)
6. lizards!
7. meaningless life, with no aims

7 things i say the most
1. "my friend said..."
2. "hello?"
3. "wait, can u listen to me first?"
4. "thanks"
5. "bye bye"
6. "ha ha !"
7. "hmmmm..."

7 people to do this
1. jean
2. p chan
3. shaogal (if u ever read this!)
4. alex!
5. bezomny? (not sure if u still maintain ur blog)
6. roundie
7. seok kuan!

hahahaha
7.

home on a saturday!

2006-07-22T22:47:00.000+08:00

ha! it has been a long while since i was home on a sat nite. dateless on a sat...poor me! but i kinda enjoy staying in...jus find it nice and peaceful...u know, reading the newspapers, catching up on the latest on the isreal and hizbollah, reading my fave FEMALE...surfing the net..and the list goes on.

was out having brekkie wif dearie. though we only spent a mere 3 hours together, it was fun. breakfast at cartel was not too bad...cheap and good. and i had my weekly dosage of window shopping! tried on many GUESS sunglasses though he's persuading me to get an oaks. might buy one when bonus comes..having been eyeing it for toooo long.

was looking at digi cams too. thinking of getting one for taiwan.

ohh...did i mention about villa bali? went there a 2nd time but wif my colleagues this time. explored a bit more and realised they have more comfy seats inside. kinda reminded me of the balinese restuarant which hanny brought us too when we were at bandung. speaking about that...i feel going to the drive in zoo again!!

anyway, i signed up for the great eastern 10km run. and i'm gonna sign up for the AHM 6 km too. still contemplating on the half marathon....

mission aborted.

2006-07-11T13:56:00.000+08:00

decided to ditch early running coz i figured it will be dangerous. ha..so much for promises. but....i've packed my gym gear and i'm gonna spin after meeting my insurance friend.

visited the doc jus now..as there's this lump growing under my eye. god knows wat it is!! was kinda freaked coz i'm afraid it's some kind of oil cist that will stay there forever and ever. which means i'm scarred and disfigured for life!!! to make matter worse, the doc said she can't do anything about it. she's afterall not an eye specialist. but she was nice enuff to give me a prescription for cream to apply on oil glands. gonna give it a try...:(

be yourself, but only better

2006-07-11T04:58:00.000+08:00

well well, i know the quote sounds cheesy but it sort of woke me up.

i was lost in some ulu pandan land for the past 1 month? feeling lethergic, lazy and the flab keeps multiplying! seriously, i dunno wat i was doing. my body has been behving weirdly ever since i recovered from that 'major' illness. it happened 3 weeks ago. was sick for like thurs to mon? it was gross. i vomitted, had fever, flue, cough, sore throat and severe headache. all rolled into one. guess i lost a bit of weight then. but ever since i recovered, i just didn't feel like moving, and i mean not exercising.

my body is taking longer to digest (which is not supposed to be the case coz i usually eat damn a lot) and i feel like farting and burping after every meal. hey, wat's wrong?

was checking out the gym website when i came across that quote. sigh..i realised a lot of things have been late and overdue.
1. a month since i last visited the gym
2. a month since i last run.and i thought someone (i.e. me) was aiming to join the AHM, New Bal and stan chart race
3. a month since i last read Rachel's Holiday. the book is great but i just dunnno why i stopped reading it
4. a month has passed and i'm still reading my july issue of FEMALE magazine! gosh, normally i'll finished up in a day
5. a month since i last went shopping and that is so so wrong!

these are the things tat i loved to do usually.
perhaps it's the world cup. mayb it's the lack of exercising. probably it's the lack of quality time for myself. and i'm beginning to think he is right. sometimes, i think i need a shell for me to crawl under and rediscover myelf once again. besides work, i need to find some aims, motivations to make my life more fulfilling. it doesn't matter wat kind of work i do, wat matters most is wat i do after that.

i thought i have some aims. but after blabbering about it in the blog, POOF! it was gone! stop blaming on the SHAPE RUN. i should be blaming myself for being late on registering. stop blaming on your illness. if i have taken care of myself properly, that is drink lotsa water, eat loads of food and have a heathly diet, i wouldn't be that ill. lastly, stop blaming about the thing being late.

one word. WEAK. i am so damn weak. mentally, physically and emotionally. something within me is amiss. i need to find it. mayb even snatch it back.

so step 1. i'm gonna go for a morning jog since i'm awake now. bye for now.

coming to an end...

2006-06-14T10:14:00.000+08:00

finally i can start counting down to the days which i have left at ocbc centre. have been here for like 3 months?? really long... left 2 more a/cs not out yet. phew..will be pulling out on fri coz having A2 training on mon! yeah...does that mean i'm promoted? and will be having my pay increment? *fingers crossed*

my colleagues all overslept today and are still not in yet. and i thought i was darn late. ha! gotta start mt shredding campagin soon!

went for a run wif dearie last nite. he taught something called the Negative Run which i felt was an effective and useful work out.
first, we ran 20 mins at a leisure speed or rather a slow and comfortable pace. then, once 20 mins is up, we'll u-turn and ran back to where we started in 10 mins time. sounds fun and challenging eh? of course, we can make it to like 30 mins slow run and 15 mins a faster pace one, depending on how long we intend to work out.

however, while running, we had a small little tiff and i'm a bit affected by it. sigh...it always happen when we attempt to run together. the previous run we had was good. perhaps yesterday he expected much. first, it was my hair then the way i talked back to him. i blamed it on his lack of patience. we need to talk about it...coz it makes me wonder why can't we do certain things like running together. apparently, there's no issue wif swimming. hmmm..

and i start to wander about compatibility. i often think will it be better if his gf is someone more sporty and more inclined to running, biking and swimming. but i stopped a little when he texted me. he really knows what's he going on thru my mind. it's all about giving in and not trying too hard too impose ur own ideals onto ur other half. i think we are both running for different reasons, hence, the gap in expectations and standards. nonetheless, i'm glad and appreciative of his efforts, coming over to bishan to run wif me on a weekday nite. that means that he's gonna be super tired the next day and might even ruin his own training programme.

alright..time for my HALF TIME Great Singapore Sale report! i swear to myself that i'm gonna only buy things that are on sale. my royal buyings:

1. hand carry straw bag- $17 bucks from Tangs
2. beidge colour long sleeve top- $25 bucks from Mango
3. open-toed heels wif white ribbon-$26 bucks from Charles and Keith
4. kaki closed toed heels (after searching 4 CK shops, i finally found it!)- $26.40 from CK

now..how much did i save? the straw was on a 70% discount, top on 50%, shoes on 10% and 20% respectively. there's a whopping $76 bucks! whahaha...

the long awaited work out

2006-05-23T00:07:00.000+08:00

i' so happy that i went for gym today. attended the spinning class and body balance. was supposed to go for combat but the class was too full (and i'm was late too). but still..i'm glad i went for spinning instead. need to walk those thunder thighs of me. they are GETTING BIGGER! and i've got stretch marks and cellulite now! i'm so disgusted wif myself. am considering marie france in the near future.

however, the highlight of the day has to be the balance class. i realised i really missed body balance class. and julian is a really good instructor. he communicates wif the class and will even walk around to correct our movements and posture. and he is kinda funny too. i felt very much happier after the work out. i'm gonna try to make it for next mon class too. 2 work outs at one time. good.

the first ever women's only run is gonna be held on july. i'm gonna join the 10 km one! need to get my running form back again.

the plan now is to run 10 km for the SHAPErun in july, then another 12km run for the AHM...and if nothing goes wrong, i'm aiming for the stan chart21 km! haha. ambitious girl eh? wait till u hear about tjs...i'm thinking of becoming a tri girl! ha! guess the video which i saw from tube really inspire me loads. the father racing together wif his ill child. and my company is publicing real hard on the osim tri year. they even got our very own iron lady mika to conduct a preparation class! however, realistically speaking, i'm still not ready yet. so for now, i'm gonna master my run first and continue to leisure swim. one fine day...one fine day...i'll hit the roads!

hooked

2006-05-21T18:04:00.000+08:00

i've juz conqured 'the other side of the story' and now i feel like buying all the books written by keyes. i dun care even though they are chick flick (though i prefer them to be known as chic flick), i juz wanna read them all. think she has written a total of 11 or 10 books. i'm planning to buy them all. and maintain a collection of them. kinda regretted returning the earlier book. well, perhaps when i'm feeling a little rich i'll buy it as a collection. i think i'm going a little obsessed here. okay, a little is an an understatement.

i dunch know, but ever since i started working or rather stop schooling, i've this urge to read. i was never really a bookworm. when i was in uni, i hated reading. hated all those acc textbooks. but now i realised they harboured an immerse load of knowledge which is so vital to my work life now. looks like i may have to start stduying again. otherwise, i'll feel like an idiot at work and i hate that feeling.

finally watch da vinci code. was glad i caught it. my feeling about the movie? sadly, it's not neutral. nope, i'm not disappointed. neither was i very satisfied. i'm juz glad that i watched it. it feels like reading the book a second time. but i have to say they didn't portrayed some parts of it as per the book. still, it's worth the wathch.

the weekend is coming to an end. and the monday blues symptoms is catching up on me...help!

lost

2006-05-14T11:21:00.000+08:00

wonder why haven't i been updating my blog? that's becoz i lost my way..*joking*
it has been donkey years since my last entry. many things had happen..

the most interesting one
it gotta be my short getaway trip to genting cum kl. finally tried my hand at gambling and i won a whopping RM500 bucks! how i wished! haha...less that 2 zeros. but it was fun. i loved the kick when i win. opps. hope it don't develop into a habit.

bought a pair of squarecut levi's jeans for 100 bucks, the eve series.went to check out the original price and it cost 139.50. was so happy that i managed to svae 40 bucks. the sales person said it cost the same amount of rm in jb too. alright..i'm ashamed that i'm not contributing my share of progress package back to spore's economy but 40 bucks is really loads of money!

it had been a long while since i last had a happening nightlife. wala...we had it all there in kl. ate supper and played the drinking poker game on the first night. extremely hilarious. we had to stop coz there was no more water to drink and we thought 5 litres was too much! but it was certaining good for our body. cleanse our system eh...went toilet like uncountable times that nite!

we guys went pubbing on the last night. heheh..so much fun! alcohol is gooooodddd coz it makes one happy. it sure did for us. tried drinks like flaming lambohgni, graveyard and around the world. potent and deadly drinks. of course...we all KO. shall not divulge all the little incidents and dark secrets here...haha..shall wait for the pix and it will do all the talking.

the pig out!
the day after i came back from kl, went kushibo wif peanut and dearie. it was my first time there and i learnt from dearie that there's lots of knowledge involved in buffet. the 3 golden rules. first, avoid the fried and starchy food coz they killed ur appetite. keep them to the last. second, only take ur own share. lest we end up wif too much food and same food. last, began wif the seafood such as sashimi, crabs etc. these food are raw or steamed and they sort of open up our appetite. and u know wat, i broke all 3 rules in my first serving! haha...but i still ate loads of them.

the clean out!
dearie msged me the next morning at 6am. there was a 50% storewide sale at world of sports! he has been persuading me to get a new pair of track shoes coz the nb one aint that good. so..i ditched my colleagues last min and went to meet him at ps. the sale was supposed to start at 12 and when we reached that at 12 (yup. we were KIAUS), there was already a crowd of ppl lingering outside. once we are in, he rushed to get the mizuno shoes which he thought would be suitable for me and i went searching for gym and running attire. spent 140 bucks there and we bought a pair of super light nizuno track shotes (i love it!) and 2 nike tops! glad we went there early coz when i went back there again last nite, none of that 3 items were there anymore!

da dinner!
finally brought my family out for dinner. it was nice..and heartwarming and we went shopping after that. i felt happy and satified even though the food wasn't really nice. it turns out that they actually prefer seafood so the parents named their next destination: JUMBO SEAFOOD!!
i'm so dead!!!

da whacking book!
almost 3/4 thru to the other side of the story and i can't wait to finish it. dunno why..but ever since i started working, i have been wanting to read. why didn't it happen in uni day? then probably would have gotten better grades. well well...am considering collecting all of her books!

da running regime
armed wif my new shoes and new running singlet, i felt all motivated again. will i be able to do a half end of the year?

jp morgan chase run

2006-04-27T17:15:00.000+08:00

me and colleague guru came in last! can u believe it? we actually took 1 hr 26 mins to complete a 5.6km route, longer that what we took for our stan chart 10 km run! hahaha...we were waiting for our colleagues near the finishing line..hoping to cross it together. we didn't expect them to finsh much earlier than us (for some reason which i can't disclose here =P)!

didn't run a good race. think i ran for about 3 km then i started walking. had stitch and i felt like puking. u know..like one of those hall days..kinda think it was due to my bad diet. had been eating dinner around 9+ for the past few days coz knocked off work around 8+. hmm...and also overdose of seafood. too much toxins in my body? damn right...

oh yah...after the run, felt very cold and hungry. had a terrible headache too. so decided to rest at home. hehe...but instead of resting, i was doing online shopping! seriously need to destress!

my royal buyings!

but they will only be here in a month's time. boo~~~

seafood overdose

2006-04-17T00:54:00.000+08:00

i think i've definitely put on a few kg during the long weekend. went marina south for seafood on fri and jzu came back from kukup. and i juz voimited! not once but twice. simply too full and perhaps indigestion. kept eating and eating. gonna abstain from seafood, chilli and oily food for this week. need to detox man. i foresee pimples popping up in no time.

i have to say 65 bucks for a weekend trip is really worth it. though it's not the perfectly luxurious kind, but it's definitely nice to experience the simple life once in a while.

foudn my fave nestle apply jelly ice cream. damn, it's so hard to get it in spore though it's supposedly a new flavour.

shit! my tummy still feels weird. this will teach me a lesson not to overeat and be greedy.

early bird

2006-04-11T06:19:00.000+08:00

don't ask me why i woke up so early..it juz happened. well, at least it's a good sign, provided that i don't go back to sleep in 2 hours' time it's my turn to hold the key. *fingers corssed*

nothing unusal happened during the past week except that i got a not so good haircut. sigh, perhaps the first one was really good such that i expected so much for the 2nd. hence, normal became ugly. my hair colour is the same as the previous one (ok, i think i asked for it to be the same) and my fringer looks yucks. and the sides too, they trying to "q" out. sobz..quick grow longer! well, at least it looks neater now. it does rite?

went jb wif jean, partlycloudy and the bg on sat. supposed to discuss about our aussie trip. i guess we did somehow, but not much concrete plans since we can't book the tix first and jean needs to confirm her leave. but i've checked with the girls and they r fine if i wanna extend it myself. might as well rite, since i got 2 weeks leave. need to get away from spore and most importantly, work. getting a bit dry coz of the long stay at lee.

finally saw him on sun! ok, i last saw him last sun during sin bi but we didn't talk much. so that's not counted. met for dinner and chatted for a few hours. look who's the busy one! i guess it will always be him. anyway, the man is not happy that i'm 'freqenting' our neighours. his comments: u r juz not scared rite. hmm...a bit la...but i think i'll do fine. gonna go for a short kukup trip this weekend wif my colleagues and again wif my colleagues in may to kl cum genting. happening life rite? on the surface only! hahah...they are all so near. can't wait for aussie to come. oh yah, planning to take one more week off in oct since we are all supposed to clear our ot leave by end of the year.

was doing my sums over the weekend and i think i overspent. sigh...but i didn't do any shopping yet! guess it all went to eating. planning to get a mp3 player...gonna go to sim lim to scout for prices. hope that'll be good bargains!

alright, itching to shop. hahaha...

tired...

2006-04-02T02:22:00.000+08:00

worked till 4am on fri nite. that was the worst so far. sigh...hence, it resulted in a lazy sat. supposed to go cycling wif colleagues but was too lazy to head down after my dental appointment. speaking about that, it sure hurt today and he hadn't even tighten them yet. i can imagine the pain when i return in a month's time.

met the gang for dinner at this hk coffeeshop at amk. it's not hk cafe though but food was decent and good. didn't feel like eating for the whole day though i was kinda hungry. the teeth ache and feel strengthless..u know wat i mean.

well, meeting jean to sun tan tom! looking forward to that. finally..has been a long while...

lazy weekend

2006-03-26T18:48:00.000+08:00

it's weird that i don't feel like going out this weekend even though i juz received my interim bonus. perhaps i shopped too much the last weekend. but i think it's more of the i-wanna-stay-home-and-get-some-work-done attitude that is keeping me at home. brought some work back..hoping to get it done but nah, i still didn't do it. kinda sick. remember that i promise myself not to bring work back..juz can't help it. mayb it prevents myself from feeling guilty, u know, juz like the hall days. opps.

think i'm seriously sleep deprived and my eye bags are getting terrible. and now, i'm worried about wrinkles. might sound a little premature, but i'm seriously worried. wif the late hours and deadlines, looking old is inevitable, as told by my colleagues. really scrared that i'll look older than my age. gotta try to look for remedies.

woke up really early this morning. was suppsoed to support kp and dearie at the spore bi. but we reached ecp too late as we couldn't find a parking lot. hence, kp was barred from joining. could see she was realy disappointed. guess there's always another time. dearie enjoyed his race though, his last race as captain. am so happy for him. can finally focused his time on studies.

discovered this resturant at bugis called ma maison. fantastic food and ambience. but a little pricey though. guess indulging in sinful pleasures once in a while is aok.

looking forward to next weekend though. gonna go suntanning on sun! hurray! i miss the sun!

enuff to last...

2006-03-19T10:14:00.000+08:00

went on a shoping spree today! well, it was yesterday actually. haha...constitute me calling it a spree since i've only spent around 120+. i'm well capable of spending more though. thankfully i only brought out 200 bucks. the rest were locked out in another a/c. phew. and it was becoz we went out late. if we had met earlier, i predict more of my royal buyings. hahaha...

think i should continue this shop only at the end of the month thingie. it's kinda good i think. coz i used to splurge when i got my allowance or pay. thus, leading to the no-money-for-the-rest-of-the-month sorry sight. this suggestion was given by dearie which was given to him by wayne. the man juz spent a whopping 250 bucks on his crankset!

so i was quite proud of myself. love the feeling of having my hands filled wif shopping bags. every minute of it. made me feel damn satisfied. haven't shopped for like a month? think the last time when i shopped was when i was stationed near bugis. opportunities.

downed on myself a whole new attire. except that they can't matched one another.
bought
1st buy: 2 pairs of black 'button' earrings.
suitable for work and it was meant for it.
2nd buy: light pink top from zen.
multifunctional. can be wore for work or wif jean.still can't believe that i actually asked for a discount. total disgrace.
3rd buy: white open toes heels!
love it!now i have the right footware to match my while bag =)
4th stop: spring collection bysi skirt
absolute good buy! it costs only 23 bucks! mayb it ain't good material but who cares. i love it.
5th & last buy: mphosis black top
guess black is still my fave colour. versatile and i look the sleek and classy look which it can brings out. i figured myself buying more mphosis top when i'm out for my 2nd shopping.

hx was a good companion (jean too! i missed that time when we bought lotsa stuff from city link and raffles city!) and she sure did exert a lo to f self control. bet the sales girl at joop was hopping mad.

u see, hx was trying this jacket and she decided to buy it. the sale girl wrote the sales memo and walked us to the counter but she stopped midway and asked have we got the joop card. we said no and enquired about how to get it. we have to spend 80 bucks in a single to get that lifetime membership which entitles us to a 10% discount. so we decided to walk back to the joop section and combed for more stuff. since i was also planning to get that kind of jacket but not then coz i've already spent 120 bucks, i suggested why don't we buy next weekend? on 2nd look at the jacket, she decided not to buy it anymore. u know, juz dun feel like. so she told the sales girl and we left. ouch! there goes her commission. so near yet so far. she muz be cursing and swearing at herself. guess she was banging that we would buy one more item to make it 80. alas.

gonna meet jean and sha for dinner later. haven't been doing my work this weekend. decided to give myself a break. i believed i've been overwork. brain is cooked. hahah

but i better get some work done now. if not, this coming week will be hell.

5 babies & FINALLY!!

2006-03-16T06:16:00.000+08:00

alright please do not misread. it's not that i'm finally happy that i got 5 babies or wat. it's 2 separate issues.

i've finally completed the audit of all the 9 dormant companies. not that i did all, did 7 of them and in fact, was 3 days late. but heck. amd for the 5 really dormant ones, i did everything myself! from asm, sections work to srm. but of cours, there's more to come wif the drafting of fs and closing the file. hehe..so there u go, my first 5 babies =)

and the part about FINALLY!!, the pool strikers finally scored!!! hehe..all except cisse. he should have got that one in wif the header. tough luck, but nando got in wif the rebound. nice job! still trying to find out who scored the 2nd goal. was it an own goal by fulham? gonna find out from the website later.

saw a nice skirt and top from bysi. 23 bucks each! cheap rite? i'm so tempted...hahah. haven't been shopping since pay day. it's amazing.

malfunction eye cream

2006-03-11T14:04:00.000+08:00

perhaps i'm having too many late nights. the eye cream doesn't seem to work at all. my eye bags are still bad..and i'm feeling old =(

brought work back for the weekend though i promised myself not to. guess i didn't have a choice. this is an instance where deadlines really drive us DEAD! well, but i'lm looking forward to finishing my work. am i crazy or wat? i'm even contemplating about giving the dinner a miss...gosh..

locked out

2006-03-07T00:09:00.000+08:00

i still can't believe we were locked out of the client's office. in a bad mood now. coz my hp, wallet, laptop and stuff are all inside. things are undone and unpacked. i'm feeling so grouchy, messy and frustrated.

happy!

2006-03-05T10:40:00.000+08:00

i am so tempted to get myself a starbucks when i walk past the outlet every morning. thank goodness i did that on fri! coz i found my latest fave cookies inside! pepperridge farm milano!! can't believe they sell it there!! woohoo...definitely made my day! hahaha...then when the power of coffee and cookies combine, my thing came! finally...i was starting to think of myself as a weirdo. perhaps work has been causing unduly stress?

collected my specy on thurs. thus, decided to give my eyes a rest. have been wearing my new geeky specs for the past few days. dunno why, i'm in a mood for specs. and i feel like getting myself one of those big sun glasses but have been too lazy to go shopping. i bet many ppl are jealous when they see wat i've jzu typed. most of frenz are to buried wif work for shopping and here i am, complaining that i'm too lazy to shop. haha

think age is catching up wif me. now, i rather spend my sats at home chit chatting and gossipping wif my aunties then spend my afternoon squeezing through the crowd at orchard. well, mayb there was mahjong. and mayb coz i do not have anything that i want to buy badly. but i kinda think the most valid reason is because i'm trying to save. saving for my braces, saving for the aussie trip wif jean and partylycloudy, saving for the short getaway wif xiao, ys and gang, and most importanly, saving to make myself feel accomplished and happy! i rememebered i used to tell dearie i hate the feeling of relying on someone for money. i want to be financially independent. and i want it in a way such that everytime i spend, i dun have to think 'will i have enuff for the rest of the month?' that was exactly how i feel when i was studying. my parents did give me enuff. but enuff is never that enuff for me. i am someone who has a lot of wants. read. not needs but wants. everytime i save up, i'll end up spurging it on something ex. and before i knew it, my account is dry again. opps. terrible! so this month, i was a little bit ambitious. i put aside a huge chunk of money. and i'm trying to stay indoors as often as possible and spend as little as possible. well well, except for the cookies. but it's really nice. it melts in my mouth and really make my day =)

3 more weeks to pay day. if i eat less expensive food, think i can still set aside some money for shopping. hee

had dinner wif xiao, ys, discus, guru and slut. dinner was followed wif ktv. think my ktv skills improved. still sing badly but at least now i enjoy it more. didn't really like it last time coz i always feel its ex and the songs know me but i dunno them. mayb practice makes perfect?

the sun has been good. been dying for a swim. think i'll drown if someone throws me into the pool now. anyone game for sentosa? need a tan...my face is turning yellow...

alright, time to get some work donw b4 i join roundie at nus. we'll showing bao's support for her play, 'vagina monoluges'! wat a name. but i have this feeling i'll enjoy the play....

*gloom

2006-03-01T20:50:00.000+08:00

the view is breath taking...but it's lonely to enjoy it wif no one. still working..not complaining though..but am starting to feel bored.. my mind is wandering..of how my weekend is gonna be, how i'll look when i collect my new specs tom nite, how dearie is, and wat my future has in store for me..

feel like going home but my mind is reminding me tat there are 9 companies waiting for me..and 10 more stat reviews to do tom.

well, at least the room is big. i have more than enuff space to put my stuff and room for my legs.

not hungry yet but i'm thinking of the soft baked cookies from pepper field. yum yum. time to stock out.

juz realised this place is really near to george street and i have promised myself some kick ass body combating on fri nite!! looking forward to it!

good karma

2006-03-01T01:43:00.000+08:00

most of my colleagues are green wif envy. this is because i'm currently doing a particular job which everyone loves and hopes to go back for.

we have the entire conference room to ourselves. for me and my senior. juz the 2 of us for now. we're on the 41st floor and it has almost a bird's eye view of the entire spore. ok, mayb i exaggerated. think half?

i was happy for the day. i love the space and the view. can lay out all my files, stationery and do my work in ample space and comfort. so unlike the previous job in balestier. cramped to the max.

had lunch at tcc. felt even happier. drank the super sinful oreo mocha frappe. thumbs up!

mayb i shouldn't be so happy. coz the a1 who did the job last yr, completed the 9 dormant companies' fieldwork, done the stat review for the 9 and remaining group companies plus the fs in 2 weeks. which was 10 days. so that's my deadline. at most 1 company a day. and one day has passed.

good luck! ok, but i'm worried. at most work over the weekends again.

fragile

2006-02-25T03:48:00.000+08:00

juz came back from a fren's mother's wake and i learnt a few lessons.

1. if u are unwell, go see a doc. dun scrimp on the money and think the pain or ill feeling will go away after a while. u never know wat the pain is caused by. early detection is definitely gonna help you.

2. treat ur loved ones well and show them that u care. u never know wat's gonna happen.

3. always be skeptical and seek 2nd opinion if necessary.

4. have a healthy diet and always look on the bright side of life.

5. carpe diem and live the fullest.

so i'm gonna set some resolutions for myself. hope i fulfill them.

1. bring my papa, mama and da yi out for dinner. maybe Father's or Mother's day.

2. talk to papa more and share his problems at work.

3. be patient and do not be rude to mama.

4. clean and mop my own room.

5. save lotsa money! in case of emergeny.

6. study keep myself abreast with accounting knowledge and info

alrite, that's about it. oh yea, be a good gf and good fren to my frenx!

proud!

2006-02-19T20:32:00.000+08:00

i finally went to the gym today!! yep yep. so proud of myself. it has been a long time, really long. however, my stamina has dropped terribly. intended to do an hour run but when i hit the half an hour mark, i juz had to stop. was both tired and my stomach was killing me. guess i ate too much b4 the run. have to start training and exercising more regularly. especially when i've juz registered for the jpmorgan chase run wif my colleagues. it's a 5.6km run i think and i hope to complete it within 35 mins. alright, now that i've a target to work towards, hope i will not procrastinate my gym sessions and waste the membership.

oh..2 more things to be happy about. my weight is still the same! =) haha..was expecting myself to bloat due to the lack of exercise and all the cny goodies.

the final thing...'ness was on sale! hah! and i bought that green cardigan which i liked very much. it was on a 30% discount. good deal. now it's so much more worth it to buy. b4 less, it cost 40 bucks. fortunately i didn't buy it the previous time. if not i'd be kicking myself.

alright....seems that it's indeed a blissful week! oh yah..liverpool defeated man u! that's one more thing to celebrate about!

blissful week

2006-02-18T09:19:00.000+08:00

this week has been good. auditing for a new client at parkview square. really nice building with it's european-roman lookalike exterior and interior. it has a high ceiling wih exquisite carvings and a huge courtyard. was telling SA she can consider taking wedding photos here. the client is really helpful and the job is gonna stretched for 2 weeks. not too rush..but we're trying to pull out by tue since half of the fieldwork is done.

i'm really lucky. been having enuff sleep and shopping for this week. coz the office is within walking distance from bugis junction, we would have our lunch there...and shopping of course! haha...bought a top from GG5. it was on 20% sale! and finally bought my new big puncher. found a really good deal. so sinful rite? enjoying good food and doing lotsa shopping. well, at least i exercise this way. haha..wat a way to console myself!

back to the lucky issue. mayb god is on my side, or i've been saving up lotsa karma. after this job ends next week, apparently i'll be going to audit for another nice client. as compared to hx, i'm so much luckier. she has been hainv a tough time at tuas for the past 2 weeeks and she'll be doing 4 jobs in the coming 4 weeks. hopefully they are small ones. maybe i shouldn't be too happy since it's kinda early. the schedule might change.

if work is not hectic, i should really head to the gym. i've been throwing close to 2 months' subscription fees down the drain. think the last time i went to the gym was 30 dec??!?!? and i'm still not feeling guilty. dearie has been nagging at me. constantly reminding me about my flabby arms and untoned legs. oh ya..and that hamburger around my waist. it might ballon into a ramli burger. so watch it gal!

speaking about him. was really touched that he took some time off work and training to spend vday wif me. we had a nice little sandwich dinner at suntec's cedele though i was craving for samy curry at marina food court. but we decided to go for something light since his competition is this sun. curry is too oily. as we were enjoying our dinner, we were laughing at those ppl queueing outside tony roma's. i know it's mean but the queue was really long. i thought it was mad to wait that long. ya...i know most of us would like to have a nice candle light dinner for vday. but is the waiting really worth it? guess it depends on individuals. for us, we decided to take it easy and have a nice, 'slow' dinner while we catch up on each other's day. he was telling me about how ppl really dressed up for the occasion in nus. vday really does has its own significance, eh? well, i did dress up a bit. wore my new southhaven skirt and ck (read: charles and keith)heels. haha...even sa could infer from my dressing that i'm meeting my bf.

after dinner, he suggested having some nice cool beer at paulaners. however, i was been my grouchy self. u see, the heels were killing me coz i've been walking in them for the whole day. paulaners was full and the only seats available were the outside ones on those high stools which i didn't really want. and it was smoky and hot. on a normal day, i would mind all these. i mean how many times have i been to paulaners. but that was not the nite. i ahd to spoil his nite by complaining, 'it's so smoky and hot and i dun want to sit on the high stools.'

felt guilty about it as we decided to chill at starbucks instead. argghh...it's so rare that he wants to drink beer and i have to ruin it. but all was fine. he wasn't angry. he was making fun of me instead. imitating how grouchy i was earlier. and i apologised. it's the heels man. should have put on the plaster.

somehow, once in a while, jzu like now, when i reminscence about the times we have and things we do or he did, made me appreciate him and this relationship even more. everything is going on really fine and smooth for us. we hardly quarrel. some ppl might think it's weird. mayb we've seen enuff quarrels in our life and when differences arise, we talked things over and reasoned with each other instead of bickering and yelling at each other. we teased each other eg. he calling me fat and me calling him short. of course, not too much negative teasing. we know our limits as they can get hurtful if done excessively. we shared problems and sorrows with each other as well as the fun we have at work/sch or with frenz/colleagues.

i guess i've really grown out of that sad-when-we-dun-meet-each-other stage. and that maybe-he's-looking-at-other-girls stage. we no longer need that constant affirmations of love for each other. trust and respect is the main essence. as long as we have each other's in our hearts, that's all it matters.

and right now, i know he has me in his. that's enuff =)

wardrobe cleaning

2006-02-13T00:45:00.000+08:00

did a little clean up today. handed some old t shirts, jeans and shorts to my sista and aunt. i figured i have no use of them since i'm wearing office clothes for 5 days every week. and when it comes to weekend, if i do go out, it'll be my comfy levi's and a simple top. and if i dun go out, i'm be im my sleepy wear. so i decided to be heartless and ditch some of my fave but hardly wear clothes like my nike and adidas tops. some of my hall t shirts got the choop too. i guess the kids at salvation army will have more use for them. sigh..really hate to do wardrobe cleaning. first, my heart aches coz i really like them and hate to dump them away. second, i hate myself for spending so much on some of them yet i do not utilise them enuff. lastly, i always have this thought that some day, some occasion, i'll wear them again. and the result? i have this huge mountain of clothes. and my mama is screaming at me coz she can't fit them in everytime she's done wif the ironing. (yes! i'm one lucky girl. my mama still do the ironing and washing of clothes for me =)) and it certainly doesn't help when i keep buying clothes very few weeks.

wat to do? i need to de stress. haha..perhaps it's an excuse for myself not to feel bad. this week, even though was busy at work, me and hx sacrificed dinner time to shop at south haven. bought 2 tops, 1 skirt and 1 pair of pants for 55 bucks! cheap cheap! gonna wear the skirt to work tom! bought a pair of heels from charles and keith too since they were having major discounts. and i bought dearie a crumpler bag for vday! no discount though.

i realised i've been a typical victim. how often do i buy clothes coz i really need them? or i buy them becoz they were either darn cheap or on sale? but i really do need them!! see. self denial again. most of the time, it's the latter. these businessman are darn smart. they know and understand the minds of ppl, especially women. when a top is selling for 10 bucks, wat do u do? u buy them. sometimes even without trying it on coz he queue is juz too long. do u wear them? yes. then good for u. but i believe there are some of us out there who'll leave it in a corner, and tell themselves that they'll wear it one day. that's way happen to me and my clothes. poor clothes. they do not get to be worn out and seen by others. my clotehs are really fab coz i got good taste. hahaha...rite...not making any sense. hint that i should hate to bed. tom will be a better day! yeah rite...work work work...boo

keeps getting bigger...

2006-02-09T03:17:00.000+08:00

my tummy keeps getting bigger and bigger.

no worries. i'm not worry. the growth is due to SERIOUS LACK OF EXERCISE and the amount of cashew nuts and rice which i've over eaten!

boo boo boo!!!

i desperately needs to head to the gym this weekend! do not procrastinate!

happy chinese new year

2006-01-31T22:39:00.000+08:00

my sis is bragging about her winnings from mahjong and blackjack. she won over 60 bucks!!! and she's gonna hide them under the blanket..away from my mama....

i'm so jealous...have yet to play any mahjong this new yeat =(

caught geisha today. not too bad...it was good meeting up wif my colleagues. so tried..too lazy to do any work

roof roof...

2006-01-28T19:05:00.000+08:00

happy birthday to meee....

i feel old!! gonna head to river hongbao later..see ya

early celeb

2006-01-22T13:25:00.000+08:00

had really early celebrations this year due cny but all were good as i had ra ra good times wif my sec and jc mates.

on fri, we had a triple birthday celebrations at the the cafe@ fortcanning. we were supposed to enjoy the outdoor bbq buffet but due to the afternoon rain, the restaurant had changed its menu to a indoor buffet instead. food was not too bad. enjoyed the desserts most! haha..the sweet tooth..

and guess wat present i received? it's a book...about working efficiently. hah. implying something eh? alright, guess it will definitely come in handy for work...hopefully i'll have the time to read. still stuck at lance.

though the 5 of us had juz met up during the xmas dinner, but there wasn't much time to catch up and besides, the gang during xmas was kinda big. so it's tough to catch up on each and everyone's life.

it was really nice that after many so many years, we gals still make an effort to meet up and celebrate birthdays or the festive holidays. of course, all these would not be possible if none of us take the extra mile, spent the extra money in smsing or calling one another in order to organize an outing. what i really love and treasure about the cedarians is, even though we dun meet up that often, but when we have the chance, we girls can juz poured our hearts and souls out to one another without hesitation. it made me realise that no matter wat happen to me, i can always count on this bunch of gals, to share my woes and of course, the joy. =)

another thing which i admire about my girlfriends is, we accept one another as who we are, regardless of our flaws, backgrounds, the things we do, how our boyfriends look, behave and the list goes on. a classic example. no matter how late we are for our dates, none of us flared up. amazing rite? haha..perhaps we all have super tolerance level. of course, this doesn't mean that you can be late all the time! listen kp and bao! haha

another group of girlfriends which i can always look count on too will be my jc mates. met up wif shar, jean and noble for dinner at corduroy & finch. i have to say the place looks fab and the food taste fab too! esp the goulash. i love my goulash. oh yea..who can forget about the desserts!! gawk...esp the handsome strawberries and royal choc cake. wahahaha...i'm feeling hungry now. opps. would love to go back again coz i have a thing wif resturants that have nice ambience and good desserts! drooling already...

i'm kinda disgusted wif myself nowadays. coz i haven't been to the gym for 2 weeks and the worst thing is, i'm not even guilty!!!

dodgy chocolates

2006-01-20T02:36:00.000+08:00

terrible terrible terrible!! reached home close to 10 and intended to work late tonite but to my surprise, i fell asleep at 10.30! told sista to woke me up at 11. either she too fell asleep or she couldn't get me to wake up. gawk..was still telling xiao i'll meet her online to 'work' together but i guess the alcohol content in those chocolates were juz too strong. had 3 only and i concussed! can't imagine if i had finished the entire tray of it. hang over? high possible..

work was good..busy but not too stress. everyone is nice and kinda funny...guess auditors will always be auditors. only we understand and appreciate our own little audit jokes. hahaha...the partner came down and bought us lunch at old beijing at novena square. food was really quite good and the servings were huge! juz when we all thought we could finally had the dessert, the noodles came! and guess wat was dessert? tang yuan! arhhh...super gluey and full! result? carbo overload! was so full that i didn't even have dinner..lest for those dodgy chocolates.

had to ditch jean and gym today when mu sup called to confirm that the mgr wants to see the file on mon. mon??!?! did i hear correctly? speaking about tat, i better stop blogging and get started on work unless i wanna miss dinner and work late tom again. sigh...work work work. i wanna play play play!

by the way ppl. metro having storewide 20% this sat!

reminiscence...

2006-01-15T21:38:00.000+08:00

i realised how much i missed hall life when i went back to support the guys and girls softball game followed by a trip back to the new hall. perhaps the hectic work life has made me appreciate the goodness of hall life.

had heard so much about the structure and interior of the hall and how it would affect hall life in the negative way. but after meeting up wif bezoomny and seoks prior to the game and hearing wat they felt for the new place, i was kinda excited about stepping into it.

as bezoomy drove in, the place reminded me of a school with 8 storeys full of airconditioned classrooms as well as a carpark wif enuff space for a campfire. though the rooms are small, but it has its goodness. small also mean cosiness. and if u decorate it with the right accessories, the place can indeed look wonderful as i have witnessed for myself.

saw the freshies gathered in seok junior's room playing. sigh..how i miss my mahjong cum da di or bridge sessions! memories of drinking sessions held in the lounge and wee hours chit chats and gossips surfaced in my head. alright, mayb i exaggerated. but i really do miss hall life. participating in hall events, jcrc and comm work got me some chums which i can always rely on in trouble times or loneliness. hahaha..

the more we talked about hall life over dinner, the more i feel liek studying again. lucky for those who are now in nie and still can be back in hall.

guess the grass is always on he greener side. when u are studying, u wish u could get the hell out of there and make some bucks out in the working world. but when u are sloughing out in the real world, u regretted graduating too soon. this is life. u can never be satisfied. so we should learn to appreciate all that we have now as well as what we r doing now. coz one day, we'll be thankful that we have wonderful memories to reminisce about.

boo woo...i'm suffering the withdrawal symptoms of hall life..even though i'm Jem-ming now...and it's mon tom!! double boo! monday blues...looking forward to fri...

frustrating week

2006-01-14T12:58:00.000+08:00

it has been a terrible week..real bad, except for mon's bbq at guru's place. had a jolly good time mahjonging and gossipping. but that was about it. the rest of the week kinda sux..

first, got sick on wed. decided to take mc. i mean, wat's health compared to work? if u r sick, u can't work for sure. even if u can, efficiency will definitely be affected. well well..but i was kinda wrong. i guess during peak period, there are so much to do such that even if u r sick, that bit of work done is better than nothing.

when i go back to work on thurs, i was in an utter loss. so much to do and so little time. plus it's kinda a new job. with so much accounts that i've gotta perform work to, i was grasping for air. plus, the client wasn't all that nice and helpful. well, at least he doesn't scold us. so i should be thankful for that.

at the end of the day, i did almost nothing. was worried, flustered and frustrated. and he was rushing us to go off at 6 coz he needs to pick up his son. it's situation like that where u want to work late but u can't. at that moment, i really regretted taking mc on wed. so much could have been done. i should really learn to take care of my health.

thankfully, my a2 was wif me. she shared her experiences and i realised, there are times which u gotta work another way. not the way which we are taught to, but it's definitely a way that can get things done. mind u, i'm not talking about cutting corners. it's about flexibility. so much about being adaptable to situations. i realised i've been rather stubborn in the ways i do things. jus becoz i was taught this way, it doesn't mean that it will work for all situations. perhaps experience will teach u the other ways to work smart, yet still get things done.

went home. thought about wat i should do and had a rough plan for the next day. worked till 2 am. gawk, i felt like i was burning the midnight oil for a major quiz. but working late and getting some work done definitely made me feel better about the job. skipped lunch to look and search through their documents as i was so pressed for time. finally at 5, i had a breather. phew...was in a relax mood, waiting to head back to office to start my documentation.

gonna work in house today to complete my work. hopefully, i cna enjoy my liverpool match at nite in peace, and have a good time at the softball finals tom.

adieu..

ill...

2006-01-11T17:30:00.000+08:00

woke up wif a swollen left eye and cheek..and runny nose. decided to take mc..too hideous and weak to go to work. juz woke up from my nap..the nose is much better..almost fine. i muz say the flu medicine is good. but the swell on the eye is still there. the doc said it's cizer (dunno how u spell it) or otherwise known as ba chiam by the chinese. if it doesn;t recover, has to go for a minor op to remove the boil. *praying hard*

kinda worried about work. has to pull out by fri but hardly any work is done yet. sigh...

jem-ming away...

2006-01-08T18:39:00.000+08:00

jem rocks!!

check out her first and latest album " finally woken". it's FANTASTIC!

i so love it...haha..
d/l the entire album!

enjoying good music...

try sade too..by your side. but this is jazz..

and a Happy New Year!!

2006-01-01T01:27:00.000+08:00

i jzu slept way into the new year. so HAPPENING! this is the one year where i didn't go anyway. not like i have big bang parties in the prior years (gosh! auditing term!) but usually i will either be out catching movie or walking around the esplanade area to catch the fireworks. perhaps age is catching up. hahah..seriously, i feel old. am so afraid that ppl will say i look 25 or older.

attended a stock take this morning. stretched all the way till late afternoon. i'm almost at the tuas check point. it's juz getting further and further. caught up wif peanut over tea it's juz nice to meet up wif old pals and know that they r doing fine. and he's such a nice chap. drove me back home and later to wk's house. perhaps he was touched by the xmas gift we got him. though it's cheap, but it harbours the care and well wishers we have for him.

we got the same prezzie except a different character for cloud. think it came as a surprise for her too and we received a box of chocolates in return. it was nice and i ate most of it coz took it home instead of sharing wif him! haha..somehow, i juz didn't really satisfy my craving for chocolates this xmas, though he claimed i have been eating disgusting a lot. and it has been factually confirmed coz i put on 2 kg!! tsk tsk..but i have been happier these days too. muz be the endorphins from choco and the runs. well well, no issues about the weight..juz that tummy. heh

perhaps the one group of frenz which i didn't catch up wif gotta be the giap giap. i'm such a lousy fren coz i ditched them for cloud. haha..schedules la..diff to please and meet everyone's. but still, i believe we'll meet up soon!

the wee hours chats wif fellow colleagues were cool too. kinda feel intellectual and executive like. it was nice sharing our views and opinions on certain issues. this is certainly a good way to share knowledge since most of us are either too busy or too lazy to read up. but i guess it's more of the latter. haha..

anyway, my new yr resolutions?
none this year coz i almost always never fulfilled them. but hey, wat's last yr? i forgot!

alright, my new resolution is to have a fruitful and fufilling 2006!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS, ppl!

happy holidays!!

2005-12-27T00:33:00.000+08:00

i'm so glad there are 12 days for xmas! hahaha..of all the holidays. i enjoy xmas the most. it's a season of giving and wif giving, u receive too! kinda proud of the presents which i've gotten for family, frenz and loved ones. like the prezzies which i've gotten and there were some surprised one too.

he got me a starbucks thermal flask which will come in really handy during work. sista gave me a nice pair of earrings while auntie bought me a really sweet bracelet. wif the pearl necklace which shar gave me, the gifts actually make a full set of accessories! haha..in time for cny!

bought quite a few name card holders this yr. one for my papa and 2 for my xmas gift exchange wif colleagues. was hoping to receive one for myself too. and now i have it. thanx jean! of course, there's also the funny white pig from kp.

alright, that pretty much sums up for xmas loot! gonna head back to my liverpool newcatle game!

merry xmas!!

2005-12-25T04:27:00.000+08:00

HO HO HO!! merry xmas and happy holidays everyone! haha..received an unexpected gift from a fren...and i was still thinking perhaps i have bad karma coz i have been receiving really crappy prezzies during this year's gift exchanges. so wat goes around eventually comes around.

have yet to give him his present. added something extra inside. hope he likes it. he got me something from starbucks. haven't open it out coz i like the packaging. now both our gifts are sitting nicely on the table. how i hope there was a tree...

the first 1 hour of xmas was spent at the hospital. he got into really bad and severe stomach pains. i could see the pain in him coz his eyes were totally red. he told me it's really hurting and i suggested going to NUH since we were around that area. he didn't decline and i knew it's really that PAINFUL. this is the first time i see him in total discomfort and complaining about the pain. even the bad fall in ubin didn't get him to whine that much. we went to raffles hospital after his parents picked us up at NUH. the queue was simply too long and he could wait no more. so we decided to spend a bit more in order to alleviate the pain faster. there was no queue at raffles and almost immediately the doc attende to him. it's now official that he's suffering from severe gastric pain. in fact, it has been hurting him since the past few days. his threshold for pain is really high man..well, at least now we know he has gastric. so in future, if the tummy hurts again, he will know wat to take. was teasing him that he has to give up on coffee for the rest of his life..he doc told him to stop coz it's arousing the gastric juices. so peeps, please dun drink coffee on an empty stomach and dear all, refrain from coffee as much as possible.

alrite, i'm still trying to guess wat kind of stuff he got for me from star bucks. mug? flask? coffee maker? oh crap! good nite...

lucky lucky!!

2005-12-18T19:40:00.000+08:00

i was telling my colleagues how unlucky i am coz i have never won any prizes from lucky draws or contests. lo and behold, as i was opening my starhub envelope, thinking that it muz be another bill..i received a very pleasant surprise! i won 2 free movie tickets and combo meals!! hahaha...so thrilled! finally there's a change in luck. i have been smsing for the past 3 months for the starhub Monthly Movie Mania and finally i'm one of the 100 lucky ppl who won it! now i can watch movie during christmas! how exciting..and gorge myself silly wif pop corn and coke. heh!

officially broke

2005-12-12T02:02:00.000+08:00

fell asleep while reading lance armstrong. no no..it's not that the book is boring but i was juz drowsy after dinner. and i woke up in time to witness man u's draw wif everton. boo...haha

did some really heavy shopping this weekend. spent a bomb on my hair and i muz say, i kinda like it. this is a good sign. can u imagine after spending all those money and i actually hate it? gawk...then will have to wait months b4 it grow long again. looked so much neater now. and very guai too. not the usual loud hair colour. sigh..i miss those colours..haha

finally found the prezzie which i wanted to get for the leaders' xmas dinner. i'm soooo proud of myself. it's a darn good gift. u girls all gonna praise me. hhaha...

and i bought myself a new pair of kitten heels from mphosis. not that i wanted to. i have no choice. my heels' strap snapped while i was walking to meet my first 3 months classmates. how unlucky can i get. i realised as much as i wanted to save up, i can't. there are juz too many unforeseen and unexpected expenses. and most of them, i pretty much do not have the choice not to get it. first, it was the track shoes. then the heels. wat else next? stained my blouse while having my lunch tom? touchwood! i feared it coming!

tought i would save some penny by using partylycloudy's taka and isetan card. haha..but they happened to be points accumualation cards instead! she felt soo bad that she bought me 2 donuts. hehe..nice.

finally gotten the nike bag which i yearned for. not the original one which i wanted. but pretty much the one i liked. and i bought him his xmas gift. though we agreed not to get anything for each other, i figure my man needs a good XXX. the current one is in a horrific condition and i wanted him to have a new one b4 the old one gives way. was deciding very long bet the one i bought and the one on promotion. decided to pay slightly more for something newer and better. sometimes, u can't be too stingy wif frenz and loved ones. so i shall stop complaining about all these unexpected expenses. well, i mean nice ppl do deserve nice stuff rite?

haven't been to the gym for 2 weeks. and i am sooo not guilty. why? coz i'm contented being fat, flabby, untoned and ugly. =(

HORRID DAY!!

2005-12-07T22:15:00.000+08:00

first, i wore this realy ugly skrit to work. made my hips looks wide and me fat. then, we got scolded by this nasty client female client. stormed into our room and started scolding us for no apparent reason. gawk..why can't some ppl understand that we auditors are humans too? and we r not at ur mercy!! rite..mayb we are..so sad! =(
i'm secretly wishing that she remains a spinster for the rest of her life!! or if she's married...well..i hope someone will give u a real darn nasty scolding too!!

sigh..why muz ppl inflict misery on others? does that make themselves feel better? maybe the feeling of scolding others and knowing that they can't rebutt u is good..but i jzu can't understand..it's precisely becoz of scums like them that ppl this world a a terrible place!

went back feeling really sucky. and it didn't help that dinner was terrible. was looking to something much more nicer. not that i'm complaining about my mum's cooking..but sometimes, after a day of hard and in this case, nasty day at work, u look forward to a really nice and delicious dinner..to end off ur day. haiz...

well, my horrible day continue to be a horrible nite...until i saw...

haha...not i looked great in the photo, but it juz made my day! rather..made it a slightly better one..i realised i looked like shit while he looks so cool running...

i sooo need to cut my hair!

finisher!!!

2005-12-06T23:05:00.000+08:00

yeah..i'm a proud finisher, but only for 10km. hehe..but it's an achievement coz i have never ran so far b4. the results are out and i'm ranked 976th among all the females in my division wif 1459 females behind me. hehe..at least i squeezed into top 1000. hahah. clocked a timing of 1 hr 14 mins 33 secs. not bad..avg speed of 8km per hour. that's similar to my training speed in the gym. hmm..my gym workouts did pay off.

anyway, about the run...the last 2 km almost took my breathe away. esp when i saw so many ppl started walking, felt like giving out. fortunately, bumped into some hall frenz who were marshalling along the route. their encouragement helped to push forward...i'm so glad i didn't give up and walk. if not, i would have feel really shitty about myself.

bought a new pair of track shoes from new balance coz the old pair gave way. became a duck towards the end..had to rip it off...

oh oh..and i got one really cool place to recommend for dinner!! it's al dente at esplanade!! really nice ambience and extremely romantic. esp the al fresco on the 2nd level. perfect place for dating..haha..gonna bing wk there next time. i'm ditching menotti for al dente. al fornmo 2nd!!

dilemma..

2005-11-29T23:57:00.000+08:00

though i jzu got my pay last week..i forsee i'll be having a very poor xmas.

juz too much expenses this month.
first, my braces. second, gym subscription and hp bills. then money to my mama. and i juz saw the nike bag which i have always wanted at taka. and it costs almost 90 bucks. and i feel like shopping for working clothes too! and there's xmas dinners and presents too!! and and...there are so many ands!!! help!!!

i'm a glutton!!

2005-11-28T15:25:00.000+08:00

gawk..i can't stop eating!! wake up!! wake up!! juz becoz u r going to gym later doesn't mean u can pig out now!!

after eating a plate of $3.50 chicken rice wif oily veg, i ate the nestle ice cream which i was serching high and low for. lo and behold, i found it at sims drive!! can u believe it? of course, i couldn't resist it and bought the sour apple wif jelly inside. *drool*
and now i'm eating nips chocolate!! wait, i still have a packet of hello panda. oh no...wk gonna kill me if he finds out i'm pigging so much!!

better run more later to burn away the calories...somebody stop me....

'lonely' day..

2005-11-26T00:12:00.000+08:00

did my first ever stock take as an auditor and it was fun!! haha..it was my maiden trip to jurong island. fortunately for me, the items are huge ones so there weren't much difficulty counting them. and the clients who conducted the stock take wif me were terrible nice to me! one of then even commented that i looked like a sec 4 kid! wahaha..can be seen as compliment and not.

anyway, becoz the stock take ended earlier than expected and everyone else is working, there's no one i can find to spend the day wif. so i lunch alone at taka food court, at this japanese udon conuter. really nice. 6.90 for chicken katsu udon, salad, potota croquet and drink. very filling. felt like i'm in the middle of a busy street. around me were ppl like me. alone and having their lunch. so actually, it's not really weird to lunch and shop alone. in fact, it's fun and carefree. i can go to watever shops i want and spend as much time as i want. perhaps one negative thing is, there's no one to consult opinions if i wanna buy something.

hop to gym next. my jog was slower than normal i felt but i jogged ten mins longer. after 10 mins into the run, my knee caps began to sore. sigh, mayb it's sign to change new shoes. so many things to buy and too little money!!

it's baguana's big day tom!! feeling excited. gonna dressed up for it. hopefully my make up won't be a diaster!

my first ever...

2005-11-20T05:58:00.000+08:00

whahaha...i have sooo much FUN!!! coz we made baguana drink a lot, danced on the bar tops and removed lotsa plasters and stamps from those guys!! *evil laugh*
not to worry..actually we were really nice to her..coz those 4 guys were kinda cute..haha..thank god they came to look for us (applause for danielle's charm!), if not i would have approach that fat and 'hum sum' looking ang mo behind us! lucky her!! and she got a free waterfall too!! *envious* mayb we should all get married. bleah!

felt really happy for her. though some might think it's a bit young, but if it's the right guy, the right moment and right environment, why not? get married earlier then can enjoy longer and more happy moments together!

here's wishing baguana and her darling,
"Happy marriages begin when we marry the one we love, and they blossom when we love the one we married. may u 2 live happily ever after!"

p.s. baguana dear, muz sleep early and drink lotsa water this week. muz look pretty pretty on sat!

self-discipline pays off

2005-11-14T00:43:00.000+08:00

am so glad that i did my run at the gym this evening. was feeling really sluggish..if jean hasn't agreed to work out wif me, i would have given it a miss. thankfully i didn't. it was indeed a good run and i could feel myself going stronger. today was an endurance training, meaning that i would run for 1 hour on the threadmill. i have increased the speed to 8km/h and nearing the last few mins, did a 9. felt really happy and satisfied at the end. haha..now i dun feel so guilty getting myself that glass pendant. absolutely loved it. finally found the pendant that i wanted. though it wasn't the initial one, but this one is equally good. loved the earrings too. but 58 bucks for a pair is juz too expensive. perhaps when i'm feeling rich i would get that. heh heh..

it's getting late but stil not sleeping. sigh..muz be the monday blues symptoms. why does the weekend pass by so fast?

phuket- 29 oct to 2 nov

2005-11-13T22:55:00.002+08:00

i know tat's a super boring title. but hey, it's simple and direct to the point! besides, i can't think of any other better ones.

to start things off,

my luggage!
flight was at 7.05am and we have to check in at around 6. as usual, the last minute me only started packing my luggage at around 10+ the nite b4! and i was msning and taking my own sweet time deciding wat to wear and bring for the next nites. result: panda eyes as i slept only at 2am and woke up at 5 to wash up! but still, it was worth the little sleep since the idea of a holiday jzu perked me up so much!

we reached phuket international airport around 8.30 phuket time which is equivalent to 9.30 spore time. once there, guess we looked kinda lost as we didn't really know who to look out for. i was told to look out for someone who will be holding a placard wif our names on. so drama rite? haha..after some detailed surveying, we finally found our tour guide!! since all of us haven't had our breakie yet, we rushed off to buy some burgers and hotdogs from the cafeteria at the airport and we were off to our half day phuket city tour!

destination 1
some famous buddhist temple in phuket, built to honour some famous monks. obviously, i wasn't really paying attention when the tour guide was introducing the place. but the temple and the scenery was indeed beautiful. check out the pix!

my travelling kakis! less that lady in the background. boo!

destination 2
we went to this place, (again, i forgot or rather dunno the name) for our elephant's ride. have to admit that the ride was cool..but definitely not worth 600 baht! it was a half an hour ride and we travelled through the forest. i guess the most eye opening thing was to witness jackson's dumbo doing the triple act! the elephant was eating the leaves, peeing and shitting at the same time! wow! and we saw his fifth 'leg'. it was really loooonnnngggg....almost touching the ground.
then we went to the next hut and watch some live firing. the shooting was so loud taht we could go deaf any minute. since we were not interested in that, after having tried holding a real pistol, we left the place and head towards phuket town.

destination 3
stopped by the largest gem gallery in the world and bought myself a pair of ivory flower studs for 200 baht. haven't worn it yet.

destination 4
went to the 'dog shit' store and bought some local delights for mama! i like the love letters wrapped wif pork floss! delicious!

destination 5
our hotel- patong bayshore! though it was nowhere near amari watergate which we had stayed in for our bangkok training, this is still a decent good hotel wif the basic necessaties! wat's more, it's a cheap deal! we paid S$110 each for a 4 nites stay which include airport transfers, breakfast and half day city tour. indeed worth the money!

after changing and slacking in the room for 1 hour, we explored the area in search of the beach and lunch. had a satisfying lunch at this resturant which sells local thai delights as well as western food. this resturant serves the best pat thai. unfortunately, i can't remember the resturant name. boo me!

up next, we had a little sneak preview at patong beach. 'ride' the waves and soaked in the water for a good 2 hours. it was beautiful and the sun was good. we r coming back for more the next day!

after some recommendation from the tour guide who was stationed at the hotel, we walked to 99 for our seafood dinner. i was impressed that the thais are multi linguists! besides thai and eng, some can speak chinese and even cantonese! well, i guess in order to have patrons to ur stall, the more languges u know the better it is. easier to converse and tourists will definitely feel less frustrated getting u to understand wat they want.

the sumptous seafood dinner costs us around 800 bahts. good deal. next, we walked around patong area and the nite life there was indeed bustling. we walked into this road called bangla road. serious, i'm not kidding. evidence: look below!

okie, even though this is not a picture of the road sign, but it's a picture of the boxing stadium found at bangla road! anyway, this stretch of road are filled wif happening pubs and clubs. we saw lotsa of caucasians as well as asians. we also witness some bar top dancing and girls 'calling' for biz. heh heh..we were not scared but juz found it amazing. coz it's definitely something which we would not get to see in spore.

as we were walking back to the hotel, we saw this indian selling an improvised version of banana roti prate! and it was damn damn good! yum yum! we had a banana and coconut roti prata for like 25 baht (S$1). the prata was super crispy and the uncle gave us generous serving! the banana was long and huge, like those del monte one and he poured lotsa chocolate syrup over it. he was even considerate enough and gave us lotsa tissure to cover the bottle of the oily plate. really really nice uncle. we were all so tempted to quit our job and open a stall in spore selling that! franchise us, uncle! hahaha..well, guess his business was so good that he didn't open his stall for the next few nites. sigh..

day 2
it was a relaxing day as we spent the entire day at the beach. did parasailing and played some beach volleyball.

rented beach chairs and began our bargaining wif the uncle. in the end, managed to get parasailing for 500 baht only to realise afterwards that our round was cut by half. double boo! but it was still fun. i love the taking off part! haha..literally feel like flying. so carefree...and the view was enchanting from the sky.

after the little flying experience, we wilded our time by riding the waves again and playing cards. read one for my baby and this was like an ideal holiday for me. soaking up in the sun wif a good book and good company, except for the distraction going ob beside us. haha..the good looking (broken wrist) thai boy sure cracked us up wif his only little stunts. sadly, he still didn't managed to get himself hooked up wif the ang mo dude. yup. it's no typo and ur eyes are not playing tricks on u. there was some gay drama going on beside us! guess we would never forget about the hugging incident in the waters and the funny 'it's raining now?' by vincent.

dunno why, good times seems to pass by really fast. before we knew it, the sun was setting and we had to go..

i missed the beach =(

we had seafood dinner again and dropped by at the family mart. this is rather similar to 7-11 but we choose to patronise them coz we absolutely loved that 5 baht distilled water! we had to walk a few streets jzu to find our distilled water as the nearby family mart ran out of it. we made a clean sweep of all their bottles. haha..i even bought 2 bottles home as we couldn't finish it! had an early nite as we were embarking a trip to phi phi island the next day! yeah!!

day 3
sadly, the weather didn't seem too good. we woke up to find it raining cats and dogs outside. thankfully, it went lighter and we managed to carry on wif our trip. the most exciting part of the trip gotta be the bumpy speedboat ride. read me, i'm not being sarcastic but all of us enjoyed the speedboat ride. becoz the waters was so choppy and the boat was going so fast, there were many times all of us were flung off our seats! still, we enjoyed that and couldn't help but ask for more. it was like a mini version of viking! totally rocky!

the next most memorable part gotta be my painful experience wif the deadly sea urchines. somehow, i felt i asked for it. if i haven't venture so far and haven't had my back facing the sea, the dumbass me would't have walked right into one huge black stuff without realising it. bet my frenz were totally freaked out. hope i didn't make them worry too much. well, the good thing is, at least now i know how to treat sea uchine stings. essential tools. a bottle of vinegar and hard object. vinegar for pouring over the wounds and hard object for hitting against the wounds. ouch!

phi phi island got famous ever since leonardo dicaprio filmed the movie,'the beach' over there. basically, the entire one day tour was about visiting the different bays at phi phi islands where we alighted at some of them such as maya beach for snorkelling, monkey's bay to feed the monkeys, kial's bay and etc. didn't have much photos on phi phi island but will post them up at mulitiply once i received them from ys. for now, it's jzu this snorkelling pix!

day 4
shopping and more shopping! spent around 100 bucks on lingerie but i was happy! hahaha..very long never shop. and i finally got my lightings! hurray! saw them at bangkok but didn't have the chance to buy them. did traditional thai massage too and this was VERY VERY GOOD! 2 thumbs up! much much better than the one i had at bangkok! the masseu was experienced and know the right places to massages. i know this sounds a bit duh..but she's good in a way that she doesn't over crack or exert ur body. and for every part of the body, she didn't juz massage once, but twice and thorough! her skills are marvelllous and we gave them 200 bahts tips each! never in my life have i been so generous. but for good service, it's worth the tipping. =)

day 5
we woke up really early in order to catch our flight back to spore. hate to leave the place as i felt it wasn't enuff. i miss not visiting the beach and eating there on at nite. well, i guess there will be another chance in the future. i certainly would't mind coming back to phuket again!

wasted money..

2005-11-12T17:32:00.000+08:00

i skipped balance class today! juz wasted like 20+ dollars?? since the membership is 139 per month inc. gst. felt really sluggish and sleepy. stayed at office till 9 last nite. though it was not the latest i have worked, but it was the latest timing which i have stayed in office. i foresee more coming. joined dearie and his sch mates for dinner at holland v. wanted to satisfy my craving for haggen daz but the queue was jzu too long..so we had wedges and cakes at tcc instead.

i know this is weird..but i'm beginning to enjoy work. i think i am mad..perhaps becoz im still learning, so everything seems kinda interesting to me. anyway, peak is coming..and after hearing all the horrible stories from my seniors, i certainly hope the amount of fun from phuket would act as enuff buffer for me to tide over the next few months!

speaking about phuket, i know the entry is terribly overdue, but haven't had the time to really settle down and pen it all down. lotsa memories floating all over..but most of the photos are posted up at my multiply site except miss ys's!! send me ur photos!! quick quick!! haha..

anyway, things are spicing up the next few weeks. starting wif hanny popping in to spore, followed by baguana's hen nite!! i'm in a naughty mood..and have already thought of a few pranks! watch up for them!! opps..retribution next time? not so soon!! hehehe

after that would be baguana's rom! i'm so excited for her and really admired her courage. it's a really huge decision and one which would affect our life..congrats!! then..it will be the long awaiting STANDARD CHARTERED QUARTER MARATHON!! jzu checked out the time and my race starts at 7am. boo! so early man...good news is my running has been good. ran close to 8km at east coast last sun and i felt really satisfied. the beginning part was terrible coz my legs juz went jelly after 15 mins. thoughts of stopping surfaced in my mind..but my perseverance paid off and completed a longer distance which i intended! haha..that really made my day and the rest of the week too...perhaps, run again tom?

blues week..

2005-11-09T09:27:00.000+08:00

as i was jogging at east coast park on sun evening, i was reminded of the beach at patong. at that exact moment, i was reading 'one for my baby' at the beach while peeping occasionally at the iron ladies playing beach volleyball. can never forget about the 'renoma' boy beside us. darn, should have taken a photo of no. 83 too!!

and on mon, while i dragged my lazy body to work, i missed phi phi island..and the excited yet bumpy speedboat ride. and who can forget about the deadly sea urchins.

yesterday...all of a sudden, i have a severe craving for real chocolatey ice cream and the seaweed flavour lays pototao chips. so i went to ntuc and bought a box of cornettos, a large pack of real mcoy and 1.5l of lemon coke. sinful sinful.

it's already wednesday and it's not improving. i miss my dunkin donuts!!!

'deadly' spikes

2005-11-04T01:33:00.000+08:00

Sea urchins are spiny sea creatures of the class Echinoidea found in oceans all over the world. (The name sea urchin means sea hedgehog). Their shell, which biologists call the test, is globular in shape, and covered with spines. The size of the test in adults is typically in the range of 3 to 10 cm.

Typical sea urchins have spines 1-2 cm in length, a millimeter or two thick, and not terribly sharp. Diadema antillarum, familiar in the Caribbean, has thin spines that can be 10-20 cm long. Sea urchins are usually dull in color, common colors including green, olive, brown, purple, and black.

the 'deadly' one

The Black Sea Urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) is a very common species found in the temperate waters of south eastern Australia, including Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. This species can be found on rocky reefs and is rabid feeder and is known to decimate life on rocky reefs turning them into ‘urchin barrens’. This species is known to occur in depths of 0 to 30 metres however it is generally found in waters shallower than 10 metres.

this black creature can be found in phi phi waters too! and i got stung!! but survived! phew! wat a nerve wrecking (and painful!) experience!

jetting off...

2005-10-29T06:44:00.000+08:00

bye singapore...

phuket here i come!!!

hahahahah

bumpy thurs

2005-10-28T12:54:00.000+08:00

first, i couldn't stop sneezing at work. the flow juz couldn't stop. after my goody chicken rice, decided to get some cookies from 7-11. juz when i was about to attack the chips ahoy, i realised the packet ws already open!! gosh..the cookies sure looked mouldy. yucks!

probably the lack of energy affected my performace at the gym classes. either that, or 1 week of absence for combat made me look like a fool. somehow, i was very tensed up the entire session. kept worrying that my pants would drop off even though i tied it really tight. and my feet juz could not be relaxed. think i was exerting a lot of pressure on them. hmm... well, at least balance class was slightly better.

met the guys for supper. erm, it was dinner for me. was really hungry while waiting for them at paragon. the way i gorged reminded myself that my work out session has all gone to waste. who cares? i eat a lot buy i exercised regularly!

oh ya..the worst of thurs has not happened yet. i opened the door of bezomny's car, carried my 1000 tons document bag into the car. after i slammed the door shut, i realised my hair was stuck!!! some strands got caught in between! damn embarrassing. i have to scream at someone to open the door for me. david and bezomny couldn't help buy laughed hysterically. and it's didn't help when i learnt that ppl at the taxi stand was laughing too!

lastly, while waiting for them to dry the umbrellas, i enarly got caught by the hotel's automated door! haha..at a day! at least the apple crumbler rocks!

2005-10-27T00:01:00.000+08:00

as u can see, this entry is title-less coz it's gonna be really messy. my random thoughts..for the past few days. will be skipping here..and there..so dun go on unless u want a headache.

today, i forsaked my pump and bal class for my eye brows. went to pluck them. vain vain. i have been planning for a few nitez which classes to go since i'll be leaving for phuket on sat, hence missing the sat's bal and pump class. but ending the bal class at 9.50pm (if i have gone for it)juz doesn't seem very appealing to me. and becoz i could take a cab to bishan mrt, i found myself working to coslab.

well, i'm definitely going tom to paragon for the combat and bal class. tome to kick some ass. haha..haven't been to combat for a while. will be lost again..

am i getting too gym conscious? whenever i blog, i talked about my work out sessions. speaking about tat, i ran 8+km on sun! haha..wanted to run 7 but accidentally hit on the stop button when it was at 1+ km. so had to redo the entire run. but i felt good. a little seasoned now. haha..but still a bit worried if i can complete the entire 10km without walking. planning to d/l some of my all time fave songs so i can run along to the tunes. and if u see me running real slow, muz be eve, the apple of my eye.

threw a little tantrum at him on sun which resulted in me going to run late and subsequently arriving late at his place for dinner. decided to call him b4 i pack my bag. was a nice chat..but somewhere in the conversation, it juz made me feel that ..he didn't seem to me that he wanted me at his place. god knows why i thought that way..guess i was juz feeling neglected. as much as i tried to do my own things, live my own life, once in a while, i'll still feel sad, neglected and 'abandoned'. i know he's busy wif trainings, studies and tutions, but sometimes, i juz wish he has more time for me. to some, my endurance level is high, but it did not start off at that height. i was trained to that level. haha...thus, once in a while, i will indulge in self pity and shed a few tears for myself. is it worth it? yes. i definitely think it is. he's neither those romantic kind nor is he someone who whisper sweet nothings to me. precisely becoz he's not the typical kind, his rare stunts suprise and made me love him even more. acts like bringing me to nice resturants, writing sweet little cards and getting me gifts which i never ever expect him to get for me made the long, sometimes tiring journey worthwhile and meaningful.

until now, i still can't read him like a book. but it's okie. i like it this way. the beauty of it- it makes the relationship interesting and colourful. everytime we are together, i find out and understand more about him. there are juz so much to explore about each other. we share laughters and emotions which only ourselves know. even silence is endearing. perhaps that's why we r still together.

BUM- Big Ugly Man

2005-10-21T23:26:00.000+08:00

i'm such a bum. did none of the things which i wanted to do for the day, except the movie and dinner. argghh...bad bad.

and i jzu busted the entire reimbursement. spent my savings for the month on a white suit. now can forget about the esaver acc..sob. i'm gonna be broke again next month, esp wif the up and coming spree at the airport. i really wanna get those mascara and facial stuff. it's a vicious cycle..and i hate it!

grrr...i better drag my arse to the pool tom..

good old friday morning

2005-10-21T08:45:00.000+08:00

the morning smells fresh..and even though i dun have to work, i woke up around 7.30. it feels like one of those hall 3 days..where i woke up to the sunny cool breezy morning. i love the weather! but it's making me feel terribly hungry. ha!

finally had our indian food last nite. went wif some of the A1s who were back in office. disappointingly, the food doesn't taste as good as wat gillian told me. perhaps we didn't know how to order the right food but it was still a good meal wif good company.

got slightly depressed on thurs evening when my manager told me my schedule for the next few months. i know it's the peak period and i expected that. but when she actually told me, the busy work schedule suddenly dawned on me. true, it does't sound as bad as compared to some of my frenz who r going to those danky cranky companies. but would i still be able to have my weekly gym classes? watch my fave tv program and liverpool matches? spend time wif frenz and him? perhaps it's a good time to save..haha..that's one good thing for sure. however, i'm sure once after peak, i will spurge like never there's no tom.

already the past few days i ahve spent close to 200 bucks. the magic of reimbursements.

my royal buyings:
1. green beady necklace - $33 from Island shop
2. black heels - $15 from Mphosis
3. green pleated skirt & black spaghetti - $65 from Open Up
4. blusher - $23 from Stila
5. 1 black & 1 white tops - $30 from Southaven
6. bluish gren halter top - $28 from Forever 21

god..i spent a total of 178 bucks! though it's sinful, but i love wat i bought! especially the necklace and halter. looking at my list, actually all are sale items! except for the necklace and blusher. haha..finding excuses. no more shopping this weekend. i shall spend my time researching on the phuket trip and finish my book. saving up for the duty free spree!!! whahahah

feel extremely proud of myself on thurs nite. man..think this entry is darn haphazard. fri, thurs, weekends, thurs..opps.

speaking about thurs, i ran for 1 hour on the threadmill!! hahaha..i finished watching the entire tong xin yuan. actually i think i ran more than 1 hour coz i started during the chinese news. well, it sure was a good morale booster considering me haven't been running for weeks. perhaps the body combat classes did some good to my stamina. i was running at a really slow pace. 7km per hour. gonna try to raise it to 7.5 next week, then 8.. gonna run wif him this sun. ppl have been telling me running on threadmill and on ground is a totally different story. i've set my threadmill at grad 1. not good enuff?? mayb i shouldn't be too happy. juz continue training..and hopefully, i can complete the 10km run in 1 piece!

aim: run the entire 10km without stopping
even bigger aim: within 1 hour? ok, think 1h 15 mins more realistic. how about 1.5?

planning to swim later. i miss swimming. and it should be good coz it's a fri morning and there will be crowd! (i hope so!)

will be opening the esave acc later and meeting nz for movie and dinner.

ciao~~~

happy happy!!

2005-10-20T18:04:00.000+08:00

it's friday tom and i dun have to work!! yeh hoo!!!!~~~ hahaha..can sleep in and finally avoid the morning crowd. hate squeezing wif tons of ppl in the packed mrt. made me feel like a sardine. u know..packed like sardines.

what shall i do tom? hmm..think i'm overwhelmed wif activites. what should i do?? hmm..for now..gonna go eat my indian food. yum yum...continue tonight!

sinful weekends, sinful pleasures

2005-10-17T20:23:00.000+08:00

as expected, i failed to do my run on sun. slept right thru my alarm. wanted to run at the gym but bumped into my sec 3/4 classmates at the train station( wat a small world). they all looked so good!! haha..chit chatted wif them for a while. by the time i reach the gym, too late to run. but it's probably a good thing not to coz body pump practically took all my strength away! i was sooo hungry at the end. didn't even feel like going for the balance class. the work out was good, especially the lurges. i should try to go once every week. will be good to tone the body.

did lotsa 'sinful' stuff. besides gorging myself wif club sandwich at carl jr (i love the onion rings!! they r those REAL one which u can see slices of onions inside).

did lotsa shopping...but not really impulsive buying..i absolutely love the green beads necklace which i bought from island shop! the earring are gorgeous too..arrghh..and i wanna get that halter top from forever 21...

still at work...

2005-10-12T21:37:00.000+08:00

but i'm not grumbling =)
my sup has left and i'm the only one left at client's place, together wif the security guard. i'm beginning to love my audit here. some of u might think i'm crazy..but i really feel fun and happy. working wif GL is great. i kinda like the way she talks (does all ang mo speak the same?). whenever i tell her i have finished some stuff or made some findings, she will always give remarks such as "marvellous", "perfect", "great" etc. i guess it sort of makes me feel more appreciated and the feeling is nice. i can leave anytime i want so long i finish my stuff, which is why i'm staying behind alone to finish my stuff so that i can go to the gym tom. really need the combat workout esp since i didn't run over the weekend.

another thing which i love about working here is, the ppl at the client's place are really nice. mayb it's because most of the staff here are expatriates. the ppl here are really friendly and we say hello and greet one another in the morning or when we r leaving the office. ppl will jzu pop in to our room and ask how are we doing. the security guard even gave me a plate of fruits and offered to make tea for me when he saw that i'm still working at this hour! i guess all these gestures make working here seems more homely and warm. and it really feels great!

work at orchard...

2005-10-11T13:19:00.000+08:00

*burp* oppsie! had too full a lunch but of course, lunch was better yesterday. the manager treated us to dinner at tanglin club. cool ~~ ate fish and chips. my colleagues ordered the apple pie as dessert but i was jzu too full to try it. the club has a really nice and huge pool and it's so iniviting!! i should really try to swim this weekend.

work at the new client isn't too bad. nature of their business is really interesting and i bet i would probably don't have any chance to audit this kind of client again. most of the staff are expatriates and they are really friendly. when we went for our lunch, we walked past their conference (one of the many many) room and saw the entire company having group lunch there! amazing..team building eh..but it's really nice.

weirdly, work at orchard is kinda fun. was it that when i worked at taka giordano? hmm..not too bad. i love being the cashier though. alright, too much crap. back to work. so many contracts to read and type down.

looking forward to gym later. *hopefully* gonna be a solo routine today. time to find inner peace..ummphhhh~~~

cashless..

2005-10-10T05:53:00.000+08:00

dearie: remember u told me u hated the feeling of having no cash wif u?
me: i still do! but i can't help it =(

and thanx for reminding me.. think it's time to wake up my ideas!! sigh..juz saw a really nice and cheap bikini at paragon on sat..i'm so tempted! sigh..bad sign. so strapped of cash and i still wanna buy more things. moreover, it's not a necessity.

have been catching up some groups of frenz this week. (which pretty much explains the cashless situation). perhaps money is something which i have to part wif in exchange for quality time spent wif frenz. dearie said i ought to learn how to say 'no' at times. like getting a cheaper pressie and going somewhere cheaper for dinner. i tried...but it's jzu difficult. u gotta consider issues like fairness and making other's happy. well, when others are happy, i'm kinda happy too. maybe to others, i'm not as broke as i claim to be. i have a decent job and i dun have car loans or computer loans to repay. but i do have my braces to pay for and my monthly gym subscriptions. oh..not to mention my mama's insatiable appetite. hah!

guess once in a while i jiz need to grumble about stuff..like i'm fat and lazy blah blah. speaking about that, i didn't go for my run! decided to swim instead but i jzu wasted my sun away cutting my nails (yes! i finally cut it!) and watching scv. not my ideal way of spending the weekend..i would love to read my book at some cafe or his place while watching him does his studying (but dun wanna disturb him esp since exams are drawng near) but i juz can't seem to get my lazy arse off the house. it's juz the cashless symptoms. whenever i experience the all time low drought, i jzu dun feel like going anyway except hiding at home, hoping that my money wll grow into a money plant!

totally strapped...

2005-10-07T09:26:00.000+08:00

drinking a cup of sugarless cappucino..yucks! have been in office for almost the whole week..and work has been quite relaxed. guess it's good coz after been out for 3 weeks, it juz feels better to come back to office, lunch wif your frenz and knock off punctually at 5.30pm..except that i have been spending quite a bit this week.

celebrated bao's bday last nite. went ai qin hai again and the singing was quite good..at least i got to hear my kit chan's song from snow wolf lake. nice ~~

besides her present, shared another for another junior's 21st bday..and went munich lagering at paulaner again..took cab as well..gochness..the amount i spent yesterday can last me for one and a half week man...sigh..
really need to save..for the phuket trip and..raining days..

a good start

2005-10-02T16:23:00.000+08:00

went for a 4km run wif ulukia and her colleague at east coast. indeed a good start to my training regime esp since the stan chart race is 2 months away. i'm still nnot determined enough to do long distance run. although i wasn't that tired, i was jzu too lazy to run back to mac, coz that will be another 2 more km. wat a bum! but still satisfied. at least i'm starting somewhere.

friday was our 7th yr anniversary. some frenz have warned me about the 7th year itch. crap! hahah..we are still going strong and doing fine. brought me to al forno for dinner last night. it was good!! perfect ambience and the crayfish pasta cum pizza was a whoop!! we even had red wine for dinner. his whole face turned red and eyes were becoming slightly bloodshot. haha..i had to finish his glass for him. dinner cost around 70+ bucks. expensive but i guess it's ok to indulge in this kind of sinful pleasures once in a while. =)should have brought my faulty camera along..to capture that fab ambience

i've got a piece of good news too! my hotel booking for phuket has been confirmed!! yayayayay!!! i'm finally going for a holiday! and the agent gave us a discounted price. haha...all thanx to hx's bro

having trouble eating now as the dentist fixed 2 fake teeth on my upper set. and he tightened the lower set more as they r going a bit haywire. haha...and i was still telling him to make it tighter at the beginning of the visit. now i have it..

kanjiong spider

2005-09-27T22:52:00.000+08:00

nearly suffered from an anxiety attack today. couldn't decide on the no. of days we want for our trip and which hotel to stay in. and juz b4 lunch time, i realised the flight which we wanted have no more vacancy for 3!! gosh...my heart was thmuping. throughout the entire lunch, my mind was thinking about the plane tix. actually, i was thinking of it all the time during work today.

at 5.30, used my client's comp to book the tix. juz when i thought everything is going smoothly, we realised we dun have our passport expiry date wif us. so have to wait till we get home. and when i was almost done wif tiger, the comp hang when i wanted to print!! help!! alas....

nonetheless...

ta-da..hahaha..still managed to book everything eventually. couldn't wait to get home asap when i was on the bus so that i can hurry come back and book the departing flight as well as print tiger's confirmation.

finally everything is done..now i can RIP.

holiday on the rocks

2005-09-27T02:26:00.000+08:00

plans have been changed from bangkok to phuket. fickle, fickle..hope we can get the tix we want and a decent hotel over my head for the 4 days 3 nitez. *fingers crossed*

seems that i'm on my way to the stan chart 10km run! coy is sponsoring us and my colleagues had juz help me to sign. haha..too late to back out now. but after attending the body combat class for today, my morale is higher and i'm feeling optimistic about the race. definitely more motivated to train now. dun wnat to disappoint myself esp when i have to drop out halfway and puke. i want the race to be like AHM, where even i myself am surprised by my own run. no panting and no thoughts of quitting. clocked a rather good timing and i felt good about the run. can it happen again? Yes, if i start training..

wide awake

2005-09-25T06:59:00.000+08:00

had a munich lagar and watched the liverpool match wif jean over at paulaner brauhaus. gosh, wat's 2 girls doing there drinking beer? poor jean, i was the one who came up wif the idea coz i wanted to watch the match. haha..had this feeling they r gonna win. boohoo..the match only came alive like the last 20 mins??!?!?!? thought that 3 points were safe in the pocket but alas, the own goal.
well, the idea of chilling out there wasn't that bad as we realised they have live singing every mon to sat from 9.30. the crowd is not that rowdy and the ambience is not too bad. did i mention that the wedges was good? we had a basket of it and it was too much for the both of us. damn! there goes the work out for today..

speaking about that..soemthing really disturbing happened over at the gym, or rather the pool. poor jean (again!), she has to witness it while i was spinning away. fortunately, the management is taking action against that sicko.

the combat class wasn't as good as i expected it to be. or perhaps it's because i couldn't follow some of the steps..somehow, i feel the male instructors r better. the level of energy and tempo is higher and it makes me feel i really did work. well, tried all 4 outlets and i kinda prefer paragon and george street. but i like oub's outdoor pool!! sigh..i miss the sun..

'key-dam'

2005-09-23T01:54:00.000+08:00

i wanna go!! please please!!

and the BIG day is coming...=)

spinning..

2005-09-23T01:45:00.000+08:00

plans for body combat backfired as the class was jzu too full. was kinda disappointed. thankfully, jean spotted the spinning clas schedule and we dashed in for out very first lesson!! woohoo~~~ sme nice babe by the name of jo helped us wif the bike and the adjustments of seats. she looks cool too! but not as cool as the 'dude' beside me who was furiously spinning away rite from the start of the class. in case u dunno, the 'dude' was not really a dude. she's a woman wif scary speed and strength, hence, equivalent to that of a dude. the only guy in our class dropped out after 20 mins. so u ppl out there ought to applaude me and jean for staying till the end of 45 mins. gonna have a toned butt and thighs after a month!! persevere!!

holiday mood

2005-09-23T01:37:00.000+08:00

totally in a holiday mood. can't wait for nov to come coz i'll have 9 days of holiday!! that's inclusive weekends and public holidays la..haha..dun have that luxury of getting that many off days. was researching on plane tix and hotels. really hope i'll get my ideal situation- plane tix of 120 bucks and hotel of 70 bucks per nite. feeling anious about the trip and i juz wanna book it asap! goochness!! i'm such an impatient freak!

but of course, i'm still dreaming of rawa

new posting

2005-09-14T02:41:00.000+08:00

thought i could slack in office for the rest of the week since my manager has no posting to me. even planned to go for a swim at fitness first outet at OUB centre and try out the abt class. howeveer, without any warning, my manager told me i'll be going out now wif another team, to audit a firm in kaki bukit! haha..well, it still beats staying in office doing nothing. actually, i prefer to be out on job then stay in office. unless i have something to do, if not i'll feel terribly lost and disoriented. like yesterday, becoz there was simply nothing much to do, i was posted to the marketing department for half a day. ended up doing research on some fine dining places and spending 1 hour arranging name tags and forms. hmm, look on the bright side. at least these jobs dun require me to use my brains.

gonna stay for a week at this new client but another fellow a1 who's attached to the job hopes i'll stay longer since the team is really small. only the 2 of us and a sup. guess there'll be more things to learn coz lesser ppl means i'll get to try out more and different sections.

the fact that im away from office actually creates an inertia for me to go to the gym. sigh...it's really inaccessible to get to a mrt station from the place. unless i catch the office bus out to eunos mrt. seems like i have to leave the work out sessions to the weekends. willl try thurs, hopefully can leave early. need to start running soon. stan chart 10km here i come!!

satisfied =)

2005-09-11T17:13:00.000+08:00

this week has been really great except for the bad flu and sore throat which i suffered from eating too much 'ma ti su' and 'dou sa bing'. thankfully it didn't affect my run. felt strong during the run and never did i expect myself to complete 6.9km so smoothly. when i realised that the actual distance for the race was supposed to be 6.9km instead of 6, my legs were feeling a bit jelly. phew. probably all the runnings on the threadmill and group exercise classes gave me good preparation for the run. now i think i'm ready to take on the standard chartered 10km run in dec!

dear was very pleased that i completed the run. didn't clock a very good timing though. when we reached the finishing line, my watch showed a timing of 1 hr and 1 min. but we waited for some frenz to catch up wif us at marina promenade. think we waited for around 10mins. so actual time of completing should be around 50 mins. heh. dear was very proud of me. he said this run will be a milestone for me. i think so too. he said if i'm ready, he will go for the 21km AMH wif me next year!!

besides the run, i'm enjoying my gym sessions at fitness first. visited the outlet at 1 george street on tue and attended the body balance class. it's not bad but had problem getting the moves right. they have a pool there too. they even provided tshirt and shorts coz it's a fitness plus outlet which means they provide some more services compared to the one at paragon.

thurs went back to the paragon outlet and tried out the body combat class. it rocks!! hahaha...think for the time being, i'll stick to these 2 classes b4 progressing to the rest. gx intro class which i attended on sat was very useful. it gave us a intro to some of the common moves in body combat, balance and pump.

will defnitely be going to the club regularly. hope work will not be too busy.

anyway, anyone interested to run the standard chartered 10km??

1st session at fitness first

2005-09-04T21:38:00.000+08:00

before i start, let me curse first. damn it. why is my internet explorer in chinese?? even blogger is in chinese and i hate to read those words.

anyway, gym was fun!! hahaha. went for the body jam class instead coz we were 5 mins late for the body balance class. too pai seh to work in halfway so me and nz decided to work wif the equipment first.

ran 15 mins on the threadmill and i'm already panting. how to run 6 km next sun?? =( though the body jam class was an intro, we couldn't follow at all. the both of us really sux at it while the rest were rocking adn sashaying to the beat. think they were regulars for the class. nz had sweared never to go for any of those dance classes. i thought they were kinda fun juz that we need more practise.

gonna head down to the outlet at 1 george street on tue for the pilates class. hope i'll enjoy it more!

and..i juz bought myself another pair of heels! opps! haha..open toes kind. my feet needs to breathe man.

hall 3 puker

2005-08-28T17:08:00.000+08:00

that's wat he called me when i told him i puked while running this morning. was wearing the hall 3 yellow singlet with the words'Hall 3 Player' imprinted on it during my late morning run wif ulukia and s. haha..i'm in super off-form now. wait, when was i ever on form? only managed to jog from mac to the reclaimed pond near the food centre before stopped to puke. CMI. haha..how man? the army half marathon is in 2 weeks' time. fret not all. i'm running the 6km run. heh..hope i dun crawl to the finishing line!

flavour of the month

2005-08-14T16:00:00.000+08:00

i juz dun get sick listening to this song. it's the only song on my playlist for the past 2 hours and the past one week. it's that good.

Bell x1
Eve, the Apple of my Eye

lazy weekend..

2005-08-14T15:08:00.000+08:00

this week has been good..finally did my swimming on national day. swam a good 50 laps. had too much stored up energy, haha.

was posted to this company in henderson industrial park and this is by far the best company! good working hours (i knocked off around 7.30pm everyday!) and the clients are very nice ppl. ever since i left the job at tuas, the working conditions seem to have gotten better and better. serangoon was good coz there were hx and ys. when in doubt, we consult one another and we get to knock off around 10+. gonna be at henderson for another 2 more weeks till training starts on 25 aug. definitely looking forward to that 12 days of training coz it will mean normal working hours! of course, there will be a lot of learning too.

i'm looking forward to the next pay day too. really bad at managing my own finances. seriously, i have no idea where all my money went to. didn't buy a lot of clothes though. got a small cardigan and a white sleeveless for work. bought a new pair of heels for casual wear and a black dress for last sat's dnd. oh ya..i did manicure and pedicure and i did french manicure yesteday! god..now that i have listed down wat i have spent on, kinda figured out where all my money disappeared to.
actually, 2nd pay has to come and i'm already in bad debts. finally signed up for fitness first membership and the classes begin on sep. nz had to pay for my admin and joining fees first coz i would be dead broke for the remaining weeks if i had done so myself. joining the club means a monthly membership of 133 bucks. so i better drag my body over to the club eevry weekend and fully utilize thay money.

sometimes, i feel the reason i'm so broke is becoz i gave my mum a huge chunk of my pay. she insisted that i will still have enuff to spend if i dun buy so much stuff. do i really need those stuff? do i know myself best or is an external party better at judging the way i spend? ok, i admit that things like manicure and pedicure are unnecesssarily but becoz i do not know how to take care and shape my own nails, i dun mind paying ppl to do them for me. at the same time, i get to learn from them and in due time, i might be able to do it myself. although i did a lot of shopping in indo and bangkok, i still do not have enuff working clothes. perhaps it was bad shopping at those times, but i wasn't working then and i dun feel good spending so much. and it doesn't mean that when u shop wif an agenda, u will definitely get wat u want. the size, colour and price juz might not fit. and now when i'm earning my own $$, i felt retrained, perplexed and bonded that i can't get to spend on wat i want. i'm not trying to run away from the fact that i have to play a part in supporting the family, i juz want to be in control of my own money. i really dun mind giving her that amount of money, but rite now, i feel that money is in control of me. it decides wat i can spend on, not me who decide how to spend it. i juz dun feel good (safe maybe?) when i have that little amount of money wif me. earning 2k is not a lot. yah.. it's true there are many ppl out there who earn much lesser than me but it's also true that everyone's living and working conditions are different. i want to look good and professional when i'm working. to do that, i need nice clothes, shoes, bags, make-up and even a decent hairdo. read. i'm not saying i need branded stuff. i'm not into gucci, lv or tods stuff. but a decent piece of clothing would cost bet 20-40 bucks. how about a blazar? at least 50. $$ and $$. perhaps i've become more materialistic. but it's a cruel fact which i have learnt. ppl DO judge u by how u look.

unfit

2005-08-08T23:14:00.000+08:00

frenz who read my blog would probably think that i'm over paranoid but not only do i feel unfit, i fee fat too! the evidence came from my pants. wore my grey pants to work and it surely did feel tight! 2 weeks at serangoon and i've bloated so much. bad sign. but it was fun working there. pulled out today as the manager needed me back in office. not sure wat i'm gonna do. keeping my fingers crossed about getting good seats though.

left work early as the power supply over at client's place was shut off at 8pm. went pigging out wif hx and ys at amk. after that we went grocery shopping wif our laptops. now u know why i'm getting fat.

even though tom is a public holiday, i decided to 'chill out' at home. haha..itinery is planned. shall swim in the morning, make notes on wat i've learnt so far in the afternoon followed by tv! sounds good eh?

pay day!!

2005-07-27T00:55:00.000+08:00

actually there's nothing much to be happy about since i'm perpetually at work. thankfully my this new senior told us that he prefers to take work back home and do rather than going abck to client's place n work on a sat. so finally i'm having a weekend off! gonna go shopping and scout for my pilates or watever gym classes. probably will drop by the dnd bash later at nite. comes sun and i'm gonna drag dearie to go shopping wif me again! hahaha...

and i should really try to work out this weekend. did some push-ups and crunches jzu now.have yet to decide about the new balance run. haven't been running and need to find kakis to go wif me. pondering....

brand new day

2005-07-25T00:27:00.000+08:00

15 more mins to mon. i'm starting to feel the blues once again. this time round, no longer tuas but this company in serangoon. at least it's nearer to home and that means i can sleep more! haha..i'm such a lazy ass..

4th week at work and i'm still not used to working life. this is bad. din even know about the 4th bombing at london. so so behind current affairs, let alone catch up wif my frenz. but was glad that i spent last nite and whole of today wif dearie. kinda recharged me a bit though we spent our time playing hearts! god..now i'm addicted to it.

when i was bathing juz now, many thoughts were running thru my mind. despite the terrible working hours, i need to make my life normal once again. can't let work ruin it. I"M IN TOTAL CONTROL OF MY LIFE! so i'm gonna start reading the newspapers every morning or at least watch channelnewsasia for 10 mins. to be able to do this, i'm gonna sacrifice some of my beauty sleep. wake up slightly earlier. and i so need to exercise. kinda think i'm feeling depressed and lethargic nowadays due to the lack of endorphins. since i'm gonna be at serangoon this week, can afford to do some running or swimming before going to work. let's hope this job is less tedious than the previous one. and then, my friends. every weekend shall spend some time catching up wif them.

looking forward to tue. coz it's pay day!! horray!! haha..pilates here i come!

home early

2005-07-18T22:36:00.000+08:00

was back home around 9pm today. super early coz my senior decided to release us early. wanted us to rest since we have been working ot for 6 days non-stop. haha..actually i think the real reason is becoz she wanted to go home early to spend time wif her hubby who's leaving the country tom. all thanx to him i got an early day! but i've got homework to do. need to revise on my double entries for provision for bad debt and write off. =(

d/l my convo photos to my com. realised i looked so ugly! the gown and mortar board looked so weird on me. wonder why ppl make a big fuss over convo. guess it's not so much about the attire but more for the fact that we had graduated. here's a pic of me and my parents. now u know wat i mean.

alive!!

2005-07-18T00:10:00.000+08:00

it has been 1 week since i started work and i'm still alive! hahaha..for those who r still unaware, i actually worked ot on my first day! (excl. that 1 week at bangkok) guess wat time i knock off? 11pm! amazing rite? and i even went back to the client's place to work on sat! brought work back home to complete too. but dun worry frenz, i'm not being tekan or wat. juz so happened that i'm under this particular maanger who handles many companies who have a june financial year end. so the jobs are on very tight deadlines since the annual reports for listed firms have to be released within 90 days after their yr end. but i muz say i'm pretty lucky to be working under a bunch of seniors who r very nice and patient wif me. thus, even though i have to work late, i actually dun mind since they r so willing to guide me. it has been quite fun really, esp when u managed to balance some figures or discover some important findings.

convo was kinda fun though dearie couldn't make it. didn't take a lot of photos wif my frenz but i sure did take a lot wif my parents and auntie. my camera is giving me problems once more! guess it's time for me to fix it again. it was so difficult to put the hood properly on the gown. thank god david and my auntie was there to help. haha..i'm so useless man. even a guy is better than me. after that, watched fantastic 4 wif dearie and his frenz. quite a good show. at least it managed to crack me up.

another highlight of the week gotta be my freaking internet connection. couldn't get online since tue. then on wed nite, gave linksys a call and after spending 1 hour talking to them on my hp, they still couldn't solve my prob! was so damn pissed, frustrated and feeling so helpless. my temper was further worsened as the phone connection was sooooo bad coz my call was answered by the call station in philippines. there was a lag for like 2-5 seconds everytime i finish one sentence. i felt that my internet connection company is pushing the responsibility to the router side and they in turn r pushing the prob to the modem company. was f**king irritated. but miraculously, the connnection decided to get working once again after i called the company a 2nd time. phew! i dun are whose fault is it, juz give me my connection!

juz chat to dearie thru msn. he juz came back from port dickson and it was a good race. did a 2hr 33 mins which is anout 15 mins faster than osim! wow! i'm so proud of u =) he claimed the swim route is shorter and of course, he ran harder this time round. i muz say, though timing is impt, the essence and quality of the race is of far more value. he enjoyed the race tremendously and that is a good thing to hear. as for me, think i have to bid goodbye for the new balance run. haven't had time to exercise. shall give myself one more week. if i failed to run this week, then i shall cast the thought of joining aside.

OT on the first day

2005-07-12T00:20:00.000+08:00

i jzu got home 45 mins ago. and it's only my first day at work. it's gonna stay like this till the end of next week. working on a very tight schedule which explains the working into wee hours. thank god i have really nice seniors who r so helpful and willing to teach me. this will certainly make working easier and more enjoyable.

but i was a bit blur at work today. need to buck up man. and not be paiseh to ask for help.

for once, i'm actually looking forward to convo. coz i can take 1 day leave. hehe

sleepless

2005-07-11T00:28:00.000+08:00

gonna report to work officially at the office later but i'm still not sleeping yet. guess the teh-si i drank juz now was too strong. or perhaps my bio clock is still screwed up from my bumming days.

finally saw neil. had supper wif him and dearie at the kopitiam near my place. it's funny that he's dearie's childhood fren and we only got to see each other after 6 yrs. haha. somehow he reminds me of david. muz be the earring and the build. he's pretty much like dearie. the way they speak and his outlook on liefe. even their builds are identical. haha

was selecting my outfit for tom's work and i realised i didn't buy enough blouses. actually i had 4. but they only go well wif the black pants, not the other 3 coloured pants which i bought. (the colours are grey, brown and striped black) this really shows that when i shop, i dun think properly. and i need to get one my jacket. saw a really nice one at iora for $69. it was a black one wif a mandarin colour. it looked super cool and pro. almost bought it but stopped myself. coz i'll be left wif only 6 bucks if i do so. i'm praying for the 26th.

gonna run thru some of the training notes since i can't sleep anyway. hope i dun have panda eyes tom. and please, dun be lazy to put make up!

a new phase

2005-07-10T01:09:00.000+08:00

work has officially started. but the lucky me, together wif around 100 of my colleagues, got to enjoy a week of training at bangkok! haha. amari watergate is fantastic! the room is big and the breakfast and lunch buffet were good. think i muz have put on 1-2 kg from this trip. need to weigh myself. but regretted not buying enuff. i'm still thinking of those curtain lights and straw bags from suan lum market. damn! should have bought them there and then. think too much. but i thoroughly enjoyed my traditional thai massage. still can't forget her finishing touch. it was a killer!! but super shiok! haha.

not really looking forward to mon. sigh..work work work. but i muz say i got to know some really fun colleagues during the trip. these ppl will be those who will spice up my working life =)

me and dearie at the osim tri. his results are out and he improved a great deal from last yr's. clocked a timing of 2 hr 45 mins. i'm so proud of him. his training paid off! he's going to pork dickson next weekwend for another tri. hope he can achieve his personal best again.
haha. this is dearie imitating the olympics triathletes. he wanted to give me his medal, to inspire me to start racing in watever dreams i might have. truthfully, i'm kinda tempted. whenever i support him at races, i'll always feel motivated and inspired by all the participants. i admired them for their courage to take part and most of all, their diligence and committment to train.

i was surfing thru ickleoriental's blog when i was at t1 on mon. i was awed by her experience. i wish i could have done that too. but shuddered at the thought of swimming in the sea and cycling. i'm afraid i would drown in the sea and get bang down by ppl on the road. learnt from her blog that there's a new balance real run coming up in 28th aug. this run can be a starter. thought of joining but lack the courage. but seeing how dearie looked so good in this run, and the joy he got from training, it makes me wanna experience that similar kind of enjoyment and adrenalin. i want to have something to look forward to in everyday of my life. i want to have a positive outlook towards my job but at the same time, dun want myself to be bogged down solely by work. i need a balanced life. only the first week at work (and it's supposed to be slack coz it's training!) and i'm already feeling tired. i certainly need the endorphins to gear up my engine. these will give me the extra energy to work as a coporate slave (haha) as well as keep me in shape and stay healthy.

jioing a couple of frenz to join the run. i'm aiming to complete it. haven't been running for eons and have never attempted a 10km run before. this will certainly be a challenge to me. so far, only kp has agreed and yy is kinda interested. how about the rest? u gals interested?

greetings from T1

2005-07-04T07:32:00.000+08:00

dragged myself out of bed at 5.30am and boy, do i look sleepy. i'm so totally not geared up for this trip. it's a working trip, not a holiday trip. how can it be fun? my future colleagues all looked so exicted. some were even pretty dolled up. and me? i did even bring my cosmetics along. why is it so troublesome to be a female? i didn't even complete the advance preparation cd-rom. perhaps that's making me depressed. but then i have frenz who didn't even bother to go thru.but i guess like wat dearie said, there's always 2 sides to a coin. so, there will definitely be something good and positive coming out from it. *keeping my fingers crossed*

wah, i got 5 mins left on the com. juz realised the timer at the bottom of the screen. all right, frenz who need anythingfrom bangkok, sms me! it's free and easy for me after 5.30pm for mon-thurs! and fri is R&R! certainly looking forward to that.

ciaoz..

the "queen's" treatment

2005-07-01T05:05:00.000+08:00

since i still can't get to sleep, i better get down to blogging about the whacky good times i had in indo b4 my memory fails me.

firstly, why do i call it the "queen's" treatment? simply becoz i'm been chauffeured to all the places that i went to. it's a luxury for me as keong doesn't drive and my papa is too busy to fetch me around. 2ndly, i ate good food at affordable prices at posh-looking cafes (aka restuarants in spore terms) for all my dinners. lastly, stuff were either half the price of spore's or worth the buy which thus led to my empty pockets. i even had to borrow money from hanny as i still haven't bought everything that i wanted!

Day 1
dearie came to send us off at the airport. the ignorant me and nz thought there was no food served on board valuair so we had a filling bk breakfast.
hanny was there to welcome us at the jakarta airport. had some disturbing incident wif the custom officers while checking out. and we nearly lost our luggage as we were too busy buying alcohol at the shop! thank god we managed to find our baggage at the lost and found counter. hanny thought we were been kidnapped or something. haha.

the first place that hanny brought us to was Mangadua. direct translation- 2 mangoes. we had pempek, gado gado, otak, rojak and avocado juice there for lunch. my appetite was good as we finished all the food. although the outlook of mangadua is not exactly appealing, it is a shoppers' paradise as things are cheap. if u search hard enuff and know where are the good shops to patronise, u would be able to get cheap and nice clothing, shoes, bags and accessories! bascially, it's a one-stop centre! moreover, it closes at 7pm. thus, 1 day is not enough unless u already know wat u wanna get and where u can get them. we actually went there for 3 days!

i spent 40 bucks there on my first day. bought 2 tops for myself and 2 for my stephy too. was contented wif my shopping. wanted to start it slow and easy since it's an 8 days stay.

hanny's parents treated us to a really sumptous dinner at this nice chinese restuarant. again, my appetite was good.
we reminscenced the good old times as the 3 of us played dadi and chatted into the wee hours of the nite.

Day 2
hanny had to attend to some work stuff but it was good news for us as we get to sleep in late. heh. me and nz were such lazy bums!

went back to mangadua again! haha..had something like mee sotong for lunch. yum yum :D went mad that day as i spent 200+ on clothes and bags! but i totally enjoyed it. good bargain and i absolutely love wat i bought! so pleased wif myself. haha. bought 4 pairs of pants and 2 striped blouses for 110 bucks! finally have something to wear for work! and it's really worth it as one piece of clothing was less than 20 bucks! and i adore the working bag and black handbag which i bought too! other buys include 2 tshirts for keong and zh and 2 belts for keong and his dad. felt satisfied but was shocked at the rate my rupiah was disappearing.

had indo fried chicken wings, smelly beans and bamboo kueh (think it's called that) for dinner before zooming off to EX, the entertainment centre for a movie. watched madagascar for 6 bucks as there was a 50% discount for some credit card thingie. probably was too exhausted from the earlier shopping, plus the movie was kinda boring so i fell asleep while watching it halfway. had an italian soda and a slice of stuffed crust super supreme at pizza hut. the pizza hut over there is a vast difference compared to ours here. it's a happening and cool restuarant. they had nice music and many more types of drinks like soda, smoothie and even alcoholic drinks.

not much chatting before we sleep as we were all zonked out.

Day 3
this was a tai-tai day as we went for our 'spa' appointment at this house salon. we paid around 10 bucks for a full body massage, body srcub and hair spa. then, i went on to do a facial as i have never done before. finally, the 3 of us decided that we need to be more pampered and we went for the manicure and pedicure. and guess the price? i spent around 27 bucks for everything! although the facilities were not high class, the massage and quality of treatments was reasonably therapeutic. it was indeed a good deal.

decided to do away wif our clubbing plan as we didn't want out after-spa hair to stink of smoke. had dinner at cafe dermango which means pier, and sang karaoke.

had a relatively early nite as we need to wake up early tom for our bandung trip! excited!

Day 4
picked up hanny's fren, itah, from her house and together wif hanny's bro'z arez, we were all geared for our trip! on the way to itah's house, we passed by some really huge houses aka palaces. we even mistook one of them as a country club as it has a yatch parked outside the house!

watched 'be cool' and this japanese anime during the car ride. on the way to bandung, we dropped by at taman safari. the place was much cooler as compared to jakarta and was really fun. it is a drive-thru safari and the animals are free to roam on the roads. we fed the zebras, elephants, lamas and deers wif carrots and the monkeys, orangutans and even parrots wif bananas! haha. the orangutans were soo cute! i climbed up this railing to feed one of them thru the grilled windows wif bananas as it was locked in an enclosure.
took pictures wif adam and company and a tiger too! roarz..ahahah

had lunch at this traditional indo restaurant called dulang. all of us had to sit on the floor and eat from banana leaves. i dad nasi timbel which consisted of fried chicken wing, beans, tohu and lotsa raw vege. the balachan chilli was super good. we then continued our drive to bandung. checked in at savoy hotel and the room was huge! that was becoz we stayed in an executive suite. heh

dinner was at the vally. the place was really romantic as it was up the hill top and the lightings created the perfect ambience for couples. how i wish keong was there too. however, the food was not really that fantastic. perhaps we ordered the wrong dishes. my la fondue turned up to be not the cheese fondue i expected. instead, the supposed cheese became a pot of oil which i had to use to cook my meat and seafood. it was an oily dinner. but the ambience made up for the food.

next, we went to cellar for some live music. but we went a bit too late. we had red wine, smoothie and tiramisu for dessert. queen's treatment! had a rah rah good time playing heart attack.

Day 5
it's shopping once again! went to a total of 4 factory outlets. the clothes there were authentic but perhaps some of them had minor defects like wrong sizes or labels attached etc. at the first outlet, bought myself a mango striped blouse for 7 bucks! examined it closely but didn't find any defect. bought a nike top for sk for 2 bucks as i thought it would be useful for her pe career. also managed to get a nice shirt of weng.

the 2nd outlet was where all of us went mad. we tried many many clothes and both itah and me got arez to model wear the men's top for our bf and fathers. bought an abercrombie top, another striped blouse (wat's up wif me and striped blouse?)and a pair of white heels for myself. got 2 salt and pepper shirts for papa and keong and an oliver pink top for mama.

didn't buy anything from the 3rd one except borrowed their toilet. heh

over at the fourth outlet, i sort of completed my souvenirs' shopping. bought key chains for my frenz and a gap top for keong's mum.

and along those shop houses near to the mall which we were supposed to watch mr and mrs smith, got my mama a batik dress and a sch bag for weng.

dinner was chicken teriyaki steak at this cheap and good cafe, cafe chiba. paid less than 10 bucks.

boought a working skirt and a pink top for work b4 rushing to catch the movie at ciamplas walk. we missed the beginning as we were late for around 10 mins. sorry guys! the movie was good! and it cost us only 3 dollars! wow! had satay for supper. delicious but fattening. heh.

Day 6
after breakfast, on our way back to jakarta, we dropped by some shops to buy kueh lapis and keropoks. the kueh lapis were good but too bad i had limited cash.

the trip back was not too good as i was kinda suffering from car sickness. puked during the ride. thought i felt better but it became worse during dinner. puked out my fish porridge (so wasted! the food was really good!)and was feeling feverish. according to hanny, i had too much wind in my stomach due to the car ride. her mum made some chinese medicine for me but it was too bitter. had a sip and i refused to finish the rest. i hate to be sick during trips! fortunately, after a good nite rest, i felt much better but my appetite was poor for the next day. there's this queer feeling in my stomach.

Day 7
had a relaxing day as we enjoyed a whirlpool and suana session. my tummy felt much better. think the whirlpool had a therapeutic effect on it. did foot reflexalogy. awesome! haha.

dinner was at kafe pisa and the band was cool! the music was like top 40s. the crowd was spontenous too. the singer even invited me up to dance. i was in beach shorts! wat the heck. i went up up anyway since no one knew me there! soo fun!

Day 8
took cab for the first time. not too bad a ride. went to matahari shopping centre in search for our corn snack and chilli but to no avail. finally ate the curly fries from a&w though. at last my craving was satisfied.

guess wat? we went back to mangadua again! for some last min buy. bought a bag for mama, 1 pair of black heels and 2 pairs of earrings. alright. no more shopping! was contented. my shopping list was done! hurray!

as the previous nite's band and the food was good, we decided to go back to kafe pisa for our 'last' meal. hanny's cousins joind us too. my appetite was back as i heartily finished my crochet and calamari. it was hip hop music and i got to hear my fave black eyed peas songs.

the rest of the nite was spent packing my luggage. kudos to hanny for helping me stuffed everything in!

Day 9
home sweet home. i miss spore and the non-congested road. and i miss my family, frenz and darling too. bought back some dokin donuts wif the remaining rupiah.
wat a fruitful trip!

there u have it. my 8 days holiday, my grad trip. thank you hanny for being such an excellent host. we would not able to get all the good bargains and nice food without u. and nz too. for being such a shopping kaki and great companion for the trip.

my head is spinning now. i should sleep.

withdrawal symptoms

2005-07-01T02:38:00.000+08:00

had an ice cafe latte juz now and i'm suffering from its withdrawal symptoms. it's almost 3 but i'm wide awake. my tummy is feeling grouchy and i can't stop farting! help!

apparently, that is not the only withdrawal symptoms that i'm suffering from. after spending 8 days in indonesia, doing nothing but shopping and shopping, i STILL FEEL LIKE SHOPPING IN SPORE! yikes! wat's wrong wif me? i'm so totally broke as my bank acc is wiped out from the trip. yet after receiving my allowance from my mama on tue (yup. i'm 22 and still need to ask my mum for $$. how useless can i be?), i spent $67 in mango! arrghh..bought 3 items and only the white blouse is a necessaity coz i need it for my convo. but i have to say the green tank top and the white bag are good buys! heh. wat's more disgusting is i am actually thinking of wat to buy when i'm at bangkok next week! goodness! i'm such a shopaholic!

the last withdrawal symptom gotta be the bummer cum slacker symptom. i'm still trying to come to terms wif the fact that i'm starting work in 3 days' time. think i'm gonna miss the feelings of waking-up-as-and-when-i-like, swimming carefreely in the spacious pool, wearing shorts when i'm out and etc. kinda hope i would be starting work in mid aug instead. the break is not long enuff. coz i know once i start working, it will be a long while before i can go on a holiday. guess i have to face up to reality that the time has come for me to take care of the family. it has become my responsibiliy to pay some of the bills at home and share the burden of upkeeping a family wif my dad. was sharing wif yy and jean about my mama 'demanding' a huge chunk of my salary. it was funny how i had to bargain wif my mama about wat is a reasonable sum to give her. even though i'm still feeling the pinch, but i have to agree wif my mama. i can't compare wif my other frenz on the amount they gave to their parents. my siblings are still young and wif stephy entering the u next yr, more money has to be spend. besides that, weng's sch is quite a money sucker. and papa's biz is not looking too well. so it's always good to save for the future. and as the big sista, it's only right for me to contribute to the family since i was given everything that i've asked for, be it material wise or the freedom to do wat i pleased. well, all i have to say is, LESS SHOPPING FOR ME! haha..that will surely be a good start to everything.

it has been great!!

2005-06-22T20:28:00.000+08:00

greetings from indonesia!! woohoo~~~ hahaha..have been deprived from the use of internet for a few days. currently now in hanny's office, using her com while waiting for her to finish her jap class. then we'll be going for dinner.

basically, things are really cheap here. almost everything is half the price of singapore's! thus, urs truly here have been spending and spending. i'm offically broke now. as in penniless. there's no more $$ in my bank coz i withdrew all of them and brought them over to spend. kp, i need my pay!! haha..

when we reached jakarta on thurs, the first place that hanny brought us to is '2 mangoes'. it's a shoppers' paradise but it's unlike the malls, tus, the place is kinda old. but who cares, things are super duper cheap here!! i bought 4 pairs of pants and 2 working blouse for only S$112!!. haha..i feel like a queen here.

if u think that things r cheap in jakarta, wait till u go to bandung. we watched mr and mrs smith for only 3 bucks! let's see, when was the last time movie cost that amount in singapore?? the cafes over at bandung are romantic and full of ambience. their cafes are equivalent to our high class restaurant here. think fullerton and triple 3. even menotti can't be compared to them. and there are lotsa factory outlets in bandung which sell authentic branded goods! they have brands like abercrombie, mango, banana republic etc. they are actually factory rejects probably wif the wrong size attached. but if u search hard enough, u can get a real good bargain.

will be back on fri. so see ya guys. ciaoz..

jetting off..

2005-06-16T08:51:00.000+08:00

alright, in 2 hours time, i'm be flying off to jakarta!! woohoo!~~~ now waiting for nz to pick me up...i packed a suitcase and my nike bag to contain all my shoppings!! =P ohh..if u need guys need anything, juz sms me. me subscribe to autoroam.

will be back next fri. gonna miss ya guys and dearie. take care peeps! hope i dun get fatter when i come back!

1 more day!!

2005-06-15T12:17:00.000+08:00

yipee!! tom at this time i'll be on the plane flying towards jakarta!
gosh! i haven't packed my bag yet! heheh..tonite then pack. i'm going out to meet nz now. lunch and change money...=)

counting down..

to go or not to go???

2005-06-12T00:57:00.000+08:00

i know dearie worried and to tell u the truth, i'm a little scared.
there are warnings issued out by the US and Australian governments against unnecessary visits to indonesia, esp jakarta. sigh..why muz it happen at this time? esp when my trip is this coming thurs? i know he is secretly hoping that i will call off my trip but i will need to discuss wif nianzhi and esp hanny, with regard to the situation over there.

my heart aches whenever i think about the 241 bucks which i had already paid for the plane tix. but he's right. "that amount is insignificant as compared to ur safety and a lifetime of togetherness with a great person like me," smsed him.
guess my heart really aches not because of the money wasted but the disappointment which i have to endure instead. i was really looking forward to the trip. finally i can enjoy a real break. if cancelled, it'll be too late to go somewhere else and difficult to find company too. even rawa is not possible coz osim is nearing.

well, no point cracking my head over this. should juz wait for nz to come back and discuss wif her about it.

me and kp brought jo jo to the pets' fair at junctin 8 juz now. there were so many cute dogs!! heheh..i feel like keeping one too =)

flu bug

2005-06-10T20:59:00.000+08:00

ever since my throat started feeling itchy and dry on tue, i knew something was wrong. true enough, the flu bug has caught me. sigh...i hate flu! i rather have cough instead of that. makes me drowsy, sleepy and sneezy. after popping in many cold relief panadols, my nose is still runny.

i had my last tuition class today, unknowingly. thought i would still be back next mon to wed for one class each but they decided to cancel it. looks like i'll have less money to spend over at indo. miss the kids and didn't get the chance to tell them that i won't be teaching them anymore. probably won't be going there to teach since i'm starting my work soon. it'll be hard to relief too. it was enjoyable teaching them. some of them were really obedient, lovable and keen on learning. of course, there were also those little brats. haha..thank goddness i didn't have any of them for this week.

well, at least i can get to rest before i leave on thurs. which means more time to pack, catch up on my reading, spend wif him and FUTURAMA!!