Fashion Bazaar

This coming weekend i'll be at Kallang Leisure Mall to lelong my pre-loved stuff on both sat and sun from 11-11. i've cleared out half my wardrobe of mostly new and worn-once clothes, bags and shoes just for this. so pls come support, drop by to say hello or show your disapproval of my shopping habits! =p And if you are interested to sell your stuff, you can follow this link to the organiser's website for upcoming events. Cya this weekend!

Gender Issues

giving my ears a break. damn it hurts, and my earrings arent even real gold. these days, i can't go out without bigass earrings to feminise myself. (wearing skirts is really not an alternative option) that so if i dun wanna end up being mistaken for a boy for a third time. yes, it happened a second time in the ladies. sigh. i think im getting used to it already. but sometimes i swear i get stares from people. like they're taking a second glance to make sure im not a man in drag. hahaa! i find this hilarious, comparing myself with those psycho ah peks. wats up with these uncles anyway? like the world is not in enough mess as it is now.

speaking of mess, here's a song-of-e-moment video to share.

Earth Hour

Turning your lights off for an hour is not much. but its still a start. Make a difference. http://www.earthhour.org

got caught in the rain. again. and got totally drenched on both counts. time to bring out the umbrella i guess.

oh yes! HAVE to share this. favvie of the moment, Khalil Fong. His Orange Moon album is awesome! this song with fiona sit is from another older album though. enjoy!

方大同- 四人游

On Turning 26...

that dreadful number. i get a shudder everytime i see it. yes, getting quite sensitive abt digits recently. the age, the weight, the waistline, the cash balance. omg its depressing. the only good abt bdays is the gathering of frens and family, feeling the love, stuffing ourselves with food and of cos, receiving presents!

lunch at kushinbo. yes, mr leong, the foods not really fantastics.

dinner at sis' place. lovely food by chef j. kwok.cake cutting! the kids love to blow candles btw, i wonder y.

dim sum at chinatown with the gals. (sorry no better pic to post)

so although i may complain, i still love bdays. cos hey, at least im still alive ritez? hahs. anyway, thank you all, for the bday wishes, gifts and being such great ppl! love ya~ and to some, although i may forget urs, jus noe that i wish u well in everything that you do. =)

and before i forget again, Happy CNY to all!

Niece & Nephew's Bday

year end is the time for celebrations. xmas, new year, and bdays. this year, sis decided to hold the kids' bday on the same day. good for her, good for me. cos me no need to decor twice. heh. anyway, i recycled last year's banner but added some color to it. dun ask me abt next yr, i dun wanna think abt it yet.

the bday banner.

the bday cake.

the feast

the bday boy and girl.

the family.

From all of us:

Happy Bday, Nicole and Jayden! Muaccksss!

Last Post for the Year

after ages of inactivity, i tot i might sneak in one last post for the year - or infinitely. so xmas this year - nothing elaborate, just a simple dinner with the family on xmas day itself and lunch with frens on the 3rd day of xmas. did some seriously last min shopping on xmas eve and hence the bo sim gifts (sorry frens) and lack of pictures of handmade gifts this year (apart from a couple of knitted purses. another post next time). *sigh* truth is, im not inspired nor in the mood for the celebrations or anything for that matter. think im getting old and all the energy and enthusiasm are somehow being sucked outta me. yes, i am in need of some excitement. anyone wants to go bungee jump a cliff with me or sth?

Halloween Day

friday at work was abit crazy. i reached the office to find a whole bunch of scary characters running wild - fallen angels, witches, wizards, monsters, devils, phantoms, supermen.. there's even sweeney todd and mr. bean. well, the staff at the store decided to make halloween big and play dress up for the day. i, in my tee and jeans, obviously didnt prepare for it. someone just threw me a hat for the pic. hahaa.. but it was rather interesting, seeing my colleagues gg all the way on this day for the customers. ok more pics soon.

Spelling Lessons?

this is nicole and she's turning 5 in a few months. and the piece of paper proudly pinned to her bedroom door carries the names of everyone dear to her. and according to nicole, we love to play *heart*

but having taken a closer look at it, i was saddened that i do not feature in nicole's world. everyone's in it. jasmin, her 舅母, jeffrey, her 舅舅, cynthia, her mummy, derek, her daddy, jayden, her brother, poh poh, her 婆婆. by golly, even her plush toy, pig bao bao, had its name on it. so feeling slightly indignant, i asked her abt it. and you nv would have guessed. her response threw me off completely.

nicole pointed to the extra 2 "E"s on her name and say "got lah, its here! Yi Yi!"

sigh. im thinking someone needs to send her kid for some spelling lessons soon.

唯独你是不可取替

short update. been busy watching my 管家仔. i tell you, the show's hugely addictive. i find myself tearing away from the tv every nite and dragging myself off the bed in the morning. and rite now, im sick due to lack of slp. yes, the evilness of the show but im loving it. few more episodes to go and i shall savour every last min of it. anyway song of the day. cun get enuff of it, it's on repeat single track on my player for the past few weeks.

唯獨你是不可取替 - Sammi Cheng

and just when i tot im getting tired of it.. i found this and fell in love...

youtube his other videos pls. his name's 黄嘉威

Train Man

so its october already. seriously, i hafnt a clue on wat i've been doing for the past mth. work's been kind of a drag lately and i wonder how long i can stay on in my current position. there's no challenge, no excitement, no satisfaction, and obviously no pay increment. just the same thing over and over again. even my gay boss' jokes arent that funny anymore. the only slight pleasure i get is in the morning when im on my way to work, sth reminiscent of the Train Man. its all very silly but wat do u noe, me aint the only one being silly. *nudges winnie* anyway, will bitch more abt work another time. and also on my first (and last) walkathon, the trials and tribulations of knitting and my stupid aching jaw. but slp for now.

Let The Engines Roar

i've finally decided to be kind and stop scaring u visitors by updating this god forsaken space. i noe, its the same fucking puppets everytime u enter this page.

and speaking of tt, congrats to my dear fren on getting herself a baby! though its not under the ideal circumstances that this was announced, i am still very happy for u. dun lose slp over tt issue lah, we'll meet up soon ok? but its weird how ur name pops up when i come across books at work, particularly titles tt run along the line of controlling ur emotions during pregnancy.... ok bad joke.

emotions also ran wild at work for me the other day. i nv really knew how it would be to jus lose it without considering the consequences. now i noe, though nothing really bad has happened right in my face yet. and to think of it, work's not really a popularity contest where u haf to win over everyone to ur side. no, i do not have a problem with tt, though i shd haf realised it sooner.

and i've come to realise tt people ard me are slowly, but surely changing. and i mean apart from some who seemed to have expanded and grew more distant. take tis fren who i've not spoken to for quite awhile and prob the last person on earth i tot would tok to me abt marriage. and there the other nite, he's preaching to me abt the importance and responsibility we have to marry and procreate. and i tot soccer and gaming were the most impt things in his life.

funny it seems im on a roll here, picking up relationships where i've left them. just hope i'll start where i'd stopped.

Apples and Trees

scary looking couple i noe. but this was the puppet show i went to last weekend with the family at act3 international. free tickets courtesy of my sis in-law. the plot revolves around a loving old couple, an alcoholic drag queen, a zombie and an apple tree. but the fingerwork of the performers were smooth and the music + lighting was perfect. i love the music. have been googling and asking at music stores but cun seem to find any. it's a uk band, scary looking trio producing great music, if falsetto's ur cup of tea.

so are u loving it already?

Dinner for Tonight

not to sound like an ungrateful daughter but this is not the usual for dinner, Mum.

wat can i say, my mum's got some sense of humour. though the only thing missing next to the plate is the can opener.

Visiting the Garden

while it could be insufferably boring for some, visiting the singapore botanic gardens for the very first time was quite an experience for me. throwing myself into the arms of mother nature after a full week of crap at work and repressed anger was quite liberating. all the greens and flora, how could it not be?

more exaggerated details at xuefang's blog. =p but really, the day was productive. having the company of a great fren, soaking up the sun (and rain), meeting new ppl (like somewhere there's a father with his hot lawyer son working in spore), shopping in town, and completing a whole season 2 of sex and the city. all in a day.

Nation's 43rd Bday

while wat may seemed like the whole of singapore was at the marina, the group of us found ourselves at viv's love nest (yet again) - but for the same purpose of celebrating the nation's 43rd bday. yes, happy bday singapore, can we start with wii already? ok so they (or shd i say we) put up a good show for the parade, but really, its just the same thing over and over again so much so that jeral could already tell us wat's happening next. and i mean besides the fact tt its way overshadowed by the olympics opening? wii's more interesting indeed. but somehow, someway, the siao-on host still got us to sing along to the national anthem, waving the flags and reciting the pledge - much to winnie's astonishment. well, im kinda thinking its the water.

//was supposed to start on my performance review, which is coming up this thurs. and here i am blogging online and watching sex and the city (ironically loaned by the manager). certainly hope i dun start on season 2 tmr.

Tickle Nibbles

another reason for me to start using sunblock.

finally got into the mood to clean my room, and you wun believe how much junk i've kept over the years. art sketch books, folios and drawings from sec sch. im quite sentimental abt those actually. imagine all the hard work i'd put into it, couldnt quite bear to trash it lah. but wat surprised me was i still kept my english compositions! omg i noe. was myself abit embarrassed by the crap stories i'd written in the past. hah. but greeting cards and letters are the hardest to part. i've kept almost everything from pri sch to poly. good thing im not that popular in sch, imagine i'll have a mountain of it. anyway i think i'll keep it for the moment, you noe, read thru everything, get a good laugh and then trash it.

speaking of a good laugh, winnie and i went to try the fish spa thingy tt's quite the hype now. we were very tickled (and stressed out) by the fishies and like winnie said, the shop shd be named tickles instead of nibbles. in my opinion, $18 for 15 mins isnt really worth it. by the time i'd gotten used to the fishes' nibblings and beginning to relax, time was up. and apart from the tickling, the sight of a sch of fish ard my legs was quite enough to freak me out. pics taken with the hp so not very clear.

winnie in agony.

pic taken by a very talkative boy from hkg.

am looking forward to national day. yeah, public holiday! =D and gathering at viv's place for makan and exchange of photos. cun wait to see the pics taken at the nite museum. it was quite an experience. yeah to the museum peeps!

//mum just told me all my "trash" are gone. supposedly taken by ppl who appreciates my stuff more.

Overdue

havnt been diligent in keeping this blog updated i noe. but at least i got the photos up. like finally. weekdays are filled by work and once i get home i just wanna eat and slp. have a feeling the working hours is getting longer and longer, or maybe im just not kept busy enough at work. (again?) and the past few weekends are spent going out with the gang. bday celebrations, shopping, ice-skating, the zoo and science centre. pics and details at Vivien's blog.

//seriously having a writer's block.. been sitting in front of the screen for the past 10mins and just couldnt think of anything to write. oh well, at least i've tried.

'Twas A Feeling I Had

something happened today that shook me up from my denial that im not getting any younger. ok, i noe its abit contradictory cos i keep saying im old and everything BUT i've always only referred to my age. wat i fail to realise is that the body and health deteriorate in the process. pretty obvious to everyone else but me. its like im so used to associating my apparent youth (ppl keep telling me i look 18) to my health. cos ive never done much to keep my body fit and healthy. i seldom give much tot to wat i consume, the amt of calorie and fat intake and wat not. and i hardly exercise, apart from walking. and all that could possibly explain wat happened.

i was commuting to work on an overcrowded train as per usual. had to stand since all seats were taken. upon entering the train, i buried my nose in my book. yes, dean koontz again. everything was as per normal before i began to feel some slight discomfort at ang mo kio as more ppl squeezed themselves into the train. so i kept my book and tried to get more air. but the discomfort persisted and breathlessness ensued. when the train reached novena, my vision started to blacken at the perimeters and some invisible hand seemed to turn down the volume on my music player. i started to panick, but all i could do was tightened my grip on the handle to avoid the embarrassment of collapsing. "will get off after novena to get air" was wat i told myself. but novena never came. i did not see, was unable to see the cabin doors opening. all i heard was the intercom announcing the next stop. newton. orchard. somerset. as i began to tell myself im gonna die, my vision brightened abruptly and i could once again make out wat joss stone was singing. i also became aware that most commuters had alighted and i was still standing, gripping onto the handle in cold sweat but very much alive, thank god.

i tell u, that was the longest ride. ever. and a traumatising one too. the repercussion is apparent as i kinda get that breathless feeling whenever the train approaches novena. its like i dunno when it will happen again and its damn scary. i think i seriously need to go for a health checkup soon and watch my diet or do something. and if its not my health, then it could be due to the start of a brand new week. my, tok abt monday blues.

So It Goes

woah, had it been 2 weeks since i've started my new job? cos time seems to be crawling for me. i really wonder why. anyway, i've actually wanted to post sth neither-here-nor-there. but well, since i've got connection, i may as well do a proper one. so. sequential updates on the a-mui concert, kc's bday, bro's rom and my new job so far.

A-Mui Live Concert

well, it wasnt as electrifying as jacky cheung's world tour (obviously) or as meaningful as shooting stars. but i've got to say tt alice lau is really good. great voice, outstanding potrayal. it would have been better if she had sang more of anita mui's songs.

Kacee's 25th Bday

hehe, the 3rd in our group to enter mid 20s status or wat i may call the aging-denial stage. we met at some restaurant for the usual meal-cake-photo celebration. nothing elaborate but i hope she liked the universal voucher we got for her! =D

Brother's ROM

i never tot i'll be saying this, but im beginning to get worried abt my singularity. imagine being the only target to be bombarded with tt dreadful question at new year gatherings. awful. anyway. the proceedings at the ROM didnt go as planned due to weather conditions. it rained. lots of last min changes were made and guests were abit lost on wats happening next. but the couple got married nonetheless. the exchange of wedding vows was particularly touching. i dunno if this happens alot, but the couple actually read off from memory each and every word on the vow. for me, tt's committment.

New Job

i could go on and on abt it but erratic would be one word to sum it up. i dun quite noe when i'll need to work weekends, when i'll be asked to go for a look-see, when staff would be away, and when i'll need to move from one computer to another. but i pretty much enjoy the working hours, shopping during lunchtime, the lax working environment and the freedom of flipping thru books when i get sick of the computer.

oh, update on the japan trip will have to be done much later (if at all) cos there's too many photos to be uploaded and i rather not post sth skimpy like the 1-para malacca trip. (hor, kc?) so i'll update again. soon.