Saturday, August 31
Here's the flylay fai for this week! okay, i realise it's saturday, but better late than never right!1. What's your favorite piece of clothing that you currently own?
hmm.. my favourite piece would have to be my dorothy perkins peasant skirt! it took me ages to find one like that, it's nice and loose (a little too loose sometimes) and makes me feel really girly!
2. What piece of clothing do you most want to acquire?
alannah hill tops! they're just absolutely gorgeous! light, slightly frilly and just perfect! they're of course, extremely expensive as well :( if not, song + kelly stuff would be good too!
3. What piece of clothing can you not bring yourself to get rid of? Why?
my old brownie uniforms from my HKIS days!!!! they're just so cute!! but if you're talking about things i bought voluntarily, i think there are a ton i can't bear to throw out.. i'm just convinced that one day i'll fit into it again :P
4. What piece of clothing do you look your best in?
my black mango top, it's makes me look skinny, and that's all i need to hear! and it's black, so it matches with everything!
5. What has been your biggest fashion accident?
unfortunately, i think way too many! I'm probably still creating some to this day.. but the biggest one i'd have to say was this slinky blue tie dye dress, it's a wonderfully soft material, but it's an unforgiving cut, and i'm not exactly the skinniest girl... not a good look!
Wednesday, August 28
*super rambly alert*[my father]
i know i've talked about my father before, and well, it's always about the things that he's done. today i got back from work, to realise that my dad got a little bored during the day and rearranged the furniture. IN MY ROOM! *sighs* i guess it's bad enough that my sister doesn't have enough space at home to actually live with us, now my dad's gone and moved things around, so there seems to be even less space! and the funny part is that now there's a whole lot of crap that used to be in the writing table he's moved into my room, spread all over the dining table outside! good thing they had guests over before he decided to move everything about!
i think he seriously needs a hobby.
*shake head* how did i ever end up with a father like that? i think it's one of those questions that i'll never know! i guess it was kinda sweet of him to try and make things a little different, he even put in more extension cords so there wouldn't be wires running all over the room (God knows how many times i've tripped on them!) but at the same time, i guess i just want more control over the place i spend so much time in. i don't want to come home to a room that isn't me. i want to be able to come home to a place that i'm comfortable with. and i know all that empty space on the drawer now is just going to get filled up with my own crap!!!
a bit of a sidetrack now...
every morning i take a train to work, sometimes i'm lucky and i get about a forearm's worth of space around me.. usually enough for me to grab a pole so i won't fall down when the train sways back and forth. but most of the time i have to cram with all the other singaporeans rushing about trying to get to work on time. and i noticed some things that make me so annoyed with singaporeans sometimes..
1) impatient people that really aren't don't need to be.. they're just in a rush rush rush all the time, they try and get ahead of everyone, but end up having to wait just like the rest of us. alright, i admit that sometimes when someone tries to push ahead of me when we're both getting off at the same stop, i try and get ahead of them, just to get back a little! it's mean i know, but i just can't help it! what's the real rush? we'll all get there in the end.. as my momma used to say 'more haste, less speed!'
2) the amount of women out there, who just don't realise how UGLY it is to have such a painfully obvious panty line!!! now, some people might find it weird that i get annoyed by things like this, but c'mon! some of these women look like real top executives, with smart outfits on, just the right amount of makeup, and hair just styled perfectly. but then there's that panty line that just shows up! if you can afford to get such a nice skirt, i'm sure you can afford to get underwear to go with it too! the next time you're on the train, just have a look (not too hard!) but there are ALOT of vpls out there!!
3) people who read on the train when there's just not enough space to! i respect anyone who likes to read, i think there aren't enough people out there who are reading, but there are just some times when there just isn't enough space for you to put your bags down, shove your elbows out, and have enough space for your book so that it isn't an inch in front of your face. what's worse than one guy reading on a crowded train? three guys reading on a crowded train. and, of course, they're always the guys that are immediately around me. *sighs!*
gosh i've turned into a real whiner tonight!!
and this woman called up my house today and spoke to me in chinese, so i asked her 'who are you looking for?' to which she replied 'is this the doctor's?'. i told her politely 'no it isn't' and less than a milisecond later i heard a 'click doooooot doooooooooooot' man! what ever happened to saying 'sorry, i've got the wrong number?' she didn't even bother! she just HUNG UP! i guess i was pretty surprised by it, coz she certainly didn't sound like she was poorly educated or anything, she was effectively bilingual and spoke well in both languages, but even then she didn't have any common courtesy just to say sorry. isn't it sad that we need courtesy campaigns to remind us to be polite to one another?
alright, i guess in defence of us singaporeans, i do see people that give up their seats for pregnant ladies and the elderly folk.. and not everyone seems to rush for seats when they become available (except for the occasional auntie who don't wait till you're out of the seat to sit down!!)
maybe there is still hope for us! *cross fingers*
i sat down to watch my weekly dose of CSI, and was quite happy to find that it was still going to be shown on cable.. so i sat captivated in front of the tv for an hour, and then walked out to talk to my mom and my sister, and walked back to find, oh goodness me, there was another episode was on! for those of you who decided that the x files on free to air was more interesting, you missed out! but then again, they're showing another B grade starring Jean Claude Van Damme. (if your name is more than three syllables long, that's a bad sign!) so the x files might not have been showing at all... but at least i still got my two hours worth of CSI! YAY!
well, just to end on an even more cheerful note, this is a little something i read on a blog
A funny thing happened to me this morning..
This morning, on my drive to school, this dude in a huge black pickup truck the size of Rhode Island must have passed me by going at least 90 miles an hour. He kinda motioned to me disapprovingly that he believes 65 is much to slow on crooked Alabama roads.
About five miles down the road I came around a sharp corner and saw flashing lights. As I got a lot closer I quickly realized that the same guy had just gotten pulled over. The officer seemed to be writing a little something up for him.
I pointed and laughed at him as I went by. It was great.
posted by Daniel Horton on 9:50 AM
ahhahaha, don't we just need more moments in life like that?
Monday, August 26
monday mondayi seem so tired today.. i'm guessing it's probably got something with the photoshoot i had to do in the blazing sun, plus the fact that i somehow got roped into moving the magazine archives in the office. it had something to do with me being tall enough *scratch head* funny the things that they make you do in the office, when you're one of the little fledglings!
alright, off to bed i go!
Saturday, August 24
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Here's the website - Pass it along to all your friends.
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Friday, August 23
it's funny that when i come home, one of the first things i do is sit in front of the computer, check my mail and then read all my favourite website. it's pretty much the same thing i do at work (except for the reading my favourite websites bit) and when i do it at work, it makes me tired, but when i come home and surf the web, it doesn't seem as tiring! it's probably the tons and tons of emails that i seem to get a day! the email server was down for a while in the morning, so there really wasn't much i could do except sort out all the stock pictures that we have archived. they're in a right bloody mess, photos just everywhere. there's no real filing system for it, except dozens and dozens of labels, some with only one photo in it. gives me a heart attack just thinking about it! so vivian ng, one of our art designers and i sorted through it and finally got some order into it. thank god! and i stuck a 'depressed/thinking hard' label on her, because that was one of the categories for pictures! hahaha, that was quite funny :Pi had one of those mornings where i couldn't figure out what i wanted to wear.. tried on just about everything i could pull out of my closet before i finally settled on this lovely lace top from topshop (which got lots of compliments! as did my necklace!) which i'd forgotten was even in my drawer! sometimes i wish i could have a list of all the clothes i had in my closet at that point in time.. at least i'd know what i could wear. this laundry blackhole that i have is truly terrible! *whispers* i think i'm down to my last bra, unless my mom does the laundry soon!!!
i'm quite glad it's friday.. it means that i've got two days of rest before the whole rush at work starts again. okay, so i may complain about work, but i do kind of like what i'm doing. people think it's all so fun and great because i work at a magazine, but there's a lot of hard work that goes behind it, and it doesn't help that i've got a boss who has a funny way of asking for things to get done. makes me kinda nervous everytime she walks towards my desk! i just try and look too busy to listen to her. never works, of course, but hey, at least i try!
my mom and i indulged ourselves and had burger king for dinner.. i upsized (or as the aunties that work there say up-sai) our meals, and we ended up with WAY too much to eat! it's just nice to have some beef once in a while. *doh* i just remembered it's friday.. we shouldn't have been having meat at all!!! ahahaha, oh well, abit late for that now! we got home and found my dad mopping the living room floor. shock horror! i guess it's a good thing that he's pitching in with the housework a little.. it's just a pity that he seemed to have drowned the living room while he was at it. i think the poor guy at tangs would have had a stroke seeing how he used my mom's 'wonder' mop.. it's supposed to be one of those that picks up dirt really well, but isn't a conventional mop where you need like a ton of water on it. in fact, the guy at tangs kept telling us that it's a 'dry' mop, so no need to worry about slipping and falling! it's a pity my dad couldn't have seen his demonstration! then at least i wouldn't have had to tip toe from the living room to the kitchen, fearing for my life!
yesterday i watched monsoon wedding with housemate c .. and i'd heard it was a good movie, but didn't know anything else much about it, but it really is quite good! it's an indian movie, but not one of those classic run-around-the-trees-with-a-song-at-every-other-sentence type of movie. it was funny, heartwarming and quite charming! we decided to head off to have a drink after the movie, and bumped into sharon, who was with her poly friends.. and while sharon was sitting and chatting with her friends, and i was with cindy, leanne came past a while later!! i think that's got to be the most number of people i've bumped into without any prior planning! it was quite funny though! :) i never knew the coffee bean at scotts was so popular!
hmm.. i read in a magazine at work today that angelina jolie and billy bob thornton might be getting back together!! i know it sounds bizarre, but i hope they do! they're both kooky and quirky, and i guess that's why like seeing them together! and besides, i've had enough of all these hollywood marriages just falling apart, just like that. alright, so it probably happens to non-famous people (or civilians if you'd like!) too, but hey, it's always more fun to follow a celebrity's life!
i still think tom cruise is an idiot. he gave up nicole kidman. NICOLE KIDMAN!!
alright enough of that!
here's a friday five! i've never done one before...
1. What is your current occupation? i'm the editorial assistant at the singapore women's weekly
Is this what you chose to be doing at this point in your life? Why or why not? hmm.. i guess it is, i never thought of myself as ever being in a magazine, but hey, the world works in funny ways!
2. If time/talent/money were no object, what would your dream occupation be? i'd love to be a photographer for national geographic! or playing in a symphony orchestra..
3. What did/do your parents do for a living? Has this had any influence on your career choices? my dad was some computer guy at IBM, my mom was a secretary. hmm.. i don't think they had any influence on what i wanted to be!
4. Have you ever had to choose between having a career and having a family? no.. not yet anyway, but i doubt that'll ever be something i have to choose between.
5. In your opinion, what is the easiest job in the world? What is the hardest? Why? hmm.. the easiest job is always the one you love doing, the one you feel most passionate about. the hardest is the one that you hate the most, dread every second of it, but you just know that you HAVE to do it, because you have no choice.
hey waitaminute, that was more than 5 questions wasn't it! hehehehe..
i think it's time to take a nice hot shower.. climb into bed and see what's on tv.. i still feel so cheated for having missed out on CSI!
Wednesday, August 21
oh what a day i've had! my mom brought me to this little flea market place in sungei road, which she says is called theives market, because when she was little, that's where all the theives brought stuff to sell!! it was great seeing all the stuff that people had to offer, like really old cameras, shoes, clothes, even those dial phones that you need to turn round and round to dial!! i just love all this vintage retro stuff, and if i had the time and money, i'd definitely go out and collect old vintage polaroid cameras! or even just vintage stuff!!man, lorraine and i were right, i really must be an old soul trapped in this body! i even like all the old stuff!! ahahahaha.. but i guess that's the way that life works.. even though i like all the new gadgets that are always churned out for us to use, i can't help but love the olden stuff, the stuff that our parents used to have to put up with before everything to so automated! there were lots of people selling mobile phones there too, but that just seemed a bit dodgy! c'mon, would you buy a mobile phone from a guy selling stuff off the road? they weren't even on tables! they were literally, on the road itself! that's definitely one place i'd like to go back to though, but with my hair tied up, my legs in shorts (i was wearing pants, silly me!) and lots of small change.
one guy who was selling an old acordian camera kept telling everyone his stuff was $140. i guess he figured everyone's going to bargain anyway, he might as well set a high price to start with!
argh, my stomach's been feeling icky all day.. but then again, my stomach always has had a mind of its own, never likes to behave when i need it to, and doesn't seem to work as well as it should! maybe it's time for a detox diet... hmm!!
ooh, better be off, CSI starts in 15 minutes!
Tuesday, August 20
i had a couple of things i wanted to write on my blog.. but now that i've got the page open in front of me, my brain's decided not to work anymore, and i can't remember what i wanted to say!i guess that's kind of good though, because when i've got a whole lot to say on my blog, it usually because i've had a bad day (who can forget the day things just went horribly wrong, over and over again!) i've almost been working for a month already, and that means i'll be getting my first paycheck soon! yipee!! i've got so many things i have to buy (and pay off) that there probably won't be much of that paycheck left by the time i want to save any of it!
oh the evils of money! so many things to buy, and just not enough time and money to buy it! unfortunately i don't qualify for a credit card just yet, and i probably won't for quite a while, otherwise i could enjoy all those wonderful discounts that everyone's offering just because you show them a card..
here's a little thought-provoking reading for now:
15 Things You Probably Never Knew or Thought About:
1. At least 5 people in this world love you so much they would die for you.
2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.
3. The only reason anyone would ever hate you is because they want to be just like you.
4. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.
5. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.
6. You mean the world to someone.
7. If not for you, someone may not be living.
8. You are special and unique.
9. Someone that you don't even know exists, loves you.
10. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good comes from it.
11. When you think the world has turned its back on you, take a look: you most likely turned your back on the world.
12. When you think you have no chance of getting what you want, you probably won't get it, but if you believe in yourself, probably, sooner or later, you will get it.
13. Always remember the compliments you received. Forget about the rude remarks.
14. Always tell someone how you feel about them; you will feel much better when they know.
15. If you have a great friend, take the time to let them know that they are great.
doesn't it just make you all warm and fuzzy inside?
Monday, August 19
[monday monday]sometimes i wish they'd just banish mondays, so we'd all start work on tuesdays instead. but knowing us humans, if they did that, we'd just start complaining about tuesdays instead! the day started off pretty well, despite the fact that there was a terrific rainstorm brewing outside my office window.. it's just the kind of weather that makes you want to crawl back into bed and sleep!
sleepy sleepy, after i left the office my energy levels seem to have just gone straight to zero. i guess that's the way it is with working life..
alright, i'm off to have my dinner now, then i'm going to hop in the shower and lie in bed!
ahhhh, i love my bed!
Sunday, August 18
*sigh* the weekend once again is over. it seems like the time just flies by sometimes, but i guess the good thing about it is that at least the week passes by quickly too!my brain's gone kinda numb for the moment, so i'll just post a joke that someone forwarded to my mom, it's about the different type of viruses out there:
The AL GORE virus: causes your computer to just keep counting.
The CLINTON virus: gives you a 7-inch hard drive with NO memory.
The BOB DOLE (AKA: VIAGRA) virus: makes a new hard drive out of an old floppy.
The LEWINSKY virus: sucks all the memory out of your computer, then e-mails everyone about what it did.
The RONALD REAGAN virus: saves your data, but forgets where it is stored.
The JESSE JACKSON virus: warns you constantly about illegitimate file reproduction, while illegitimately reproducing files in the background.
The MIKE TYSON virus: quits after two bytes.
The OPRAH WINFREY virus: your 300 MB hard drive shrinks to 100 MB, then slowly expands to restabilize around 200 MB.
The JACK KEVORKIAN virus: deletes all old files.
The PROZAC virus: totally screws up your RAM, but your processor doesn't care.
The JOEY BUTTAFUOCO virus: only attacks minor files.
The ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER virus: terminates some files, leaves, but will be back.
and last but not least ...
The LORENA BOBBITT virus: reformats your hard drive into a 3.5-inch floppy, then discards it through Windows.
Saturday, August 17
I am truly passionate.
Find your soul type at kelly.moranweb.com.
What is YOUR friendship type?
You scored 30% Loving Sister
You're an affectionate, sensitive, intuitive sweetie who takes her friendships very seriously -- people love being friends with you because they know you understand them. You nurture your friends, which is a constantly-renewing gift: you're the first one to step forward with chicken soup if they're sick, tissue if they're crying, and a phone call if they're lonely. You love being cared for yourself, too -- not that you'd ever admit it. It's not surprising that you build such strong bonds with your friends, loyal and steadfast as you are. Be careful not to pamper your buddies too much, though, since it can drain you of much-needed energy and encourage otherwise good friends to take your big-hearted nature for granted. You might incorporate some Lone Wolf traits into unbalanced relationships that take more than they give.
You scored 30% Lone Wolf
You're an independent, intelligent free thinker who cherishes her individuality as well as her friendships -- people love being friends with you because you inspire them to self-reflection and self-improvement. Your friends may not see you every day, but they know you support them and care about them, and you share your knowledge and your gifts freely when asked. People look up to you because you understand yourself well, and you understand your own needs for stimulation and personal growth. As independent and forceful as you are, though, you may sometimes leave a buddy out in the cold. If you're worried your friends may find you aloof, improve your dependability with some Reliable Advisor qualities.
You scored 20% Bright Spark
You're a kick in the pants, an inspirer, an activator -- people love being friends with you because you're full of energy and fun ideas. You aim to make the people around you feel happy and comfortable, and you nearly always succeed. You have a wide circle of devoted buddies and admirers, and you take vicarious pleasure in their successes and accomplishments while inspiring your friends with your own passion for life. Although you may sometimes resent the pressure of being everybody's muse or ray of sunshine, you try not to let it show -- but do listen to those voices in your head that urge you to slow down and savor your friendships more fully. Consider deepening your friendships with a dose of the nurturing that your Loving Sister friends bring to their relationships.
You scored 20% Reliable Advisor
You're accomplished, thoughtful, and generous, a font of wisdom and constructive criticism -- people love being friends with you because they know you've got their back. Your trustworthy nature and balanced, fair judgment make you a superb confidante and mediator, and while you may sometimes feel that your friends turn to you for advice about everything, you'd never let down anyone you cared about. Besides, your friends know your opinions are too valuable to do without! Your insight and loyalty are in high demand, but be sure to make friends aware that you're not just Old Faithful. You're the leading actress in your own life -- if some relationships make you feel more like the trusty sidekick, put a new face on your friendship by adopting the some of the attitude of your Bright Spark buddies.
Thursday, August 15
got this from the housemate!
you're parents were lucky with you. you're sweet.
innocent. helpful. and cute.
what kind of child were you?
(brought you by april)
Wednesday, August 14
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIE!my most favourite sister has just turned 26! well, alright, so she's my only sister, which by default makes her my favourite, but hey, at least i bothered to describe her as my favourite!
and boy did i use alot of commas in that sentence!
you can tell my brain's a little scattered at the moment! i was terribly busy at the office today, was out from 10 am to about 3 pm, and got back to find my desk had been piled full of work to do.. i wanted to stay late to finish it up, but because it was my sister's birthday we had dinner together. which woud have been alright except my dad decided to come along.. *grrr*
now my dad, to anyone that hasn't been unlucky enough to meet him, is one royal pain in the ass. you might think i'm being kind of mean by saying that about him, but all i can tell you is that you haven't lived with him for the past 22 years. he's a typical chinese type of guy - very MCP about how things are done. he pulled a black face all the way to the restaurant because my family had to come pick me up from work. my dad's the type of guy that doesn't like going somewhere if he doesn't know the way and will constantly ask about 20000 times which way we should be going. sometimes really, there's nothing more that you can say than 'just keep going straight!' to which my father will say "straight and then where?' my sister responded with a 'till the road runs out lah!!'
*rolls eyes*
he's the type of guy that will go on and on about ONE thing.. he got an ericsson t39 just the other week, and has been going on and on and on and on about how most people don't know how to use it because it's got too many additional functions for a nokia. how good the phone is, because it's got all these additional functions from the nokia. so his solution to it? 'i turn off all the extra functions coz i don't use them!'
so essentially, my father's just turned his ericsson into a nokia!
he's the type of guy that expects his wife to be there at his beck and call, even if it means she's got to stay at home waiting for him to make up his mind about whether or not he wants to go out, or makes her sit around for hours and hours with his buddies, so he won't have to drive or take a cab home. my dad's rather unpleasant after he's been drinking alot (which is fairly often), he repeats himself even more than he does when he's sober (all that going on about the phone? that's when he's sober!) asks the same question about 20 times, and generally just makes a pretty big fool out of himself.
sometimes all i can think is MORON!!!!! (it's okay if anyone else wants to call him that, i really don't mind!) he should just be glad that my mom's still with him after all these years!
*shudder*
anyhow, let's talk about something else.. i went to a restaurant today because they've just employed a new chef and wanted people to come and taste his food. and boy, oh boy was it delicious! there was so much to eat, and it was all so yummy, by the time lunch finished, i was convinced i was going to burst, and then promptly fall asleep at my desk while my food was digesting.
and if you're really interested to know, the restaurant i went to was the olive tree at hotel intercontinental!
*ah choo!*
hmm, someone must be thinking about me!
ahahah, okay, enough ramblings for tonight, i'm off to dry my hair so by the time 11pm rolls around and CSI comes on, i'll be all prepared in bed!
Tuesday, August 13
This is an actual letter of resignation from an employee at Zantex Computers, USA, to his boss.His boss apparently resigned very soon afterwards !
Dear Mr Baker,
As an employee of an institution of higher education, I have a few very basic expectations. Chief among these is that my direct superiors have an intellect that ranges above the common ground squirrel. After your consistent and annoying harassment of my co-workers and myself during the commission of our duties, I can only surmise that you are one of the few true genetic wastes of our time. Asking me, a network administrator, to explain every little nuance of everything I do each time you happen to stroll into my office is not only a waste of time, but also a waste of precious oxygen. I was hired because I know how to network computer systems, and you were apparently hired to provide amusement to myself and other employees, who watch you vainly attempt to understand the concept of "cut and paste" for the hundredth time. You will never understand computers. Something as incredibly simple as binary still gives you too many options.
You will also never understand why people hate you, but I am going to try and explain it to you, even though I am sure this will be just as effective as telling you what an IP is. Your shiny new iMac has more personality than you ever will. You walk around the building all day, shiftlessly looking for fault in others. You have a sharp dressed useless look about you that may have worked for your interview, but now that you actually have responsibility, you pawn it off on overworked staff, hoping their talent will cover for your glaring ineptitude. In a world of managerial evolution, you are the blue-green algae that everyone else eats and laughs at. Managers like you are a sad proof of the Dilbert principle.
Seeing as this situation is unlikely to change without you getting a full frontal lobotomy reversal, I am forced to tender my resignation,
however I have a few parting thoughts.
1. When someone calls you in reference to employment, it is illegal to give me a bad recommendation. The most you can say to hurt me is "I prefer not to comment." I will have friends randomly call you over the next couple of years to keep you honest, because I know you would be unable to do it on your own.
2. I have all the passwords to every account on the system, and I know every password you have used for the last five years. If you decide to get cute, I am going to publish your "favourites list", which I conveniently saved when you made me "back up" your useless files. I do believe that terms like "Lolita" are not usually viewed favourably by the administration.
3. When you borrowed the digital camera to "take pictures of your mothers b-day", you neglected to mention that you were going to take pictures of yourself in the mirror nude. Then you forgot to erase them like the techno-moron you really are. Suffice it to say I have never seen such odd acts with a ketchup bottle, but I assure you that those have been copied and kept in safe places pending the authoring of a glowing letter of recommendation. (Try to use a spell check please, I hate having to correct your mistakes.)
Thank you for your time, and I expect the letter of recommendation on my desk by 8:00 am tomorrow. One word of this to anybody, and all of your little twisted repugnant obsessions will be open to the public. Never f*** with your systems administrator. Why? Because they know what you do with all that free time!
Sincerely
Darryl Brewer.
Monday, August 12
i've got a headache because i was staring at the computer screen too much today, i think, and my contact lenses decided they would dry up just when i needed them!*sigh* what i'd give for perfect eyesight.
actually, what i'd give for a slimmer body! if i could have that, i think i could live with the imperfect eyesight!!
Sunday, August 11
what a wonderful thing it is to have a long weekend!HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE!
i spent lots of time with my mom, chad and his family, and i kept thinking friday was saturday and saturday was sunday, so it was great to wake up on sunday (the actual sunday) and realise i had an extra day to just waste away!
the only bad thing about the weekend was this massive, and i do mean massive, pimple that's decided to show up on my left cheek.
*shudder*
okay, time for another one of those quizzes i got from savannah's site i don't know where that girl gets all of them!
it's a quiz about your significant other:
their name: Chad Lim Tao Jern
their age: 26
their birthday: March 5th, 1976 <-------same as me, only four years older!
their religion: ermmm.. his own?
their occupation: publicist for the esplanade: theatres on the bay
their shoe size: ehhh.. US size 10
favorite color: red and black
favorite song: depends on his mood really
favorite music group/singer: all time favourite would have to be david bowie, or metallica
favorite food: anything except popiah (which he doesn't mind but prefers not to have), and seafood coz he's allergic to it!
favorite movie: godfather trilogy
favorite website: hmm.. espn and nhl? oh oh, amazon!
favorite store: dvd stores, borders, kinokuniya!
favorite word: moooh-ron!
favorite tv show: sopranos, sex and the city
where was your first kiss? his living room in melbourne!
who introduced theirself first? hmm.. to tell you the truth i can't remember, i think someone else introduced us.
what attracted you to them? there was just something about him, like a very 'familiar' feeling
how long have you been together? three years plus
when did you realize you were truly in love? when i felt i was brave enough to say it.
where did you first meet? at lorraine's place! it was a farewell party for his housemate.
how often do they tell you they love you? every day
did you ever think you had a chance with them? really had no idea at the time, but i just knew i wanted to at least get to know him better
where was your first date? officially? this jap restaurant that we can never remember the name of! (CHUJI! the place is called chuji!!) unofficially probably at charltons or his place
what is your song? Kiss Me by Sixpence None the Richer, and Cruising Together by Gwenyth Paltrow and Huey Lewis.
most attractive feature: his laugh and his smile!
most unattractive feature: his habit of sleeping.. and sleeping.... and sleeping!!
biggest pet peeve: people assuming things that he'd want to do
greatest thing ever done for you: understood me when i needed someone to
greatest thing ever said to you: hmm.. 'i appreciate the things you do for me'
most annoying thing they do: not wake up when there's a whole day to be spent together!
favorite thing to do together: play playstation.. watch movies, lie in bed and talk
first thing they bought you: i believe it was a single stalk of rose!
best memory with them: the one friday we wandered around town, just talking and waiting for 11pm screening of minority report.
and that ladies and gentlemen, is my history with chad :)
Tuesday, August 6
[one of those days]i had one of those days today, where i really didn't know whether to laugh or cry. i woke up feeling pretty alright, even though i had to get up earlier today to get my minidisc down to mediacorp radio (that's another whole damn long story!) but i got into the office about 8 30am, which is half an hour earlier than i usually have to. at this point i'm still feeling pretty alright. but then it just went downhill from there.
there was no one thing that happened that made me feel that way. by the time 11am rolled around, all i wanted to do was go home, curl up in a ball and just lay in bed. i think all the constant emails and projects coming at me might have taken a bigger toll than i expected!! all i know was that i didn't feel like doing any work at all, i just wanted to get home!
but, of course, fate's kinda cruel sometimes. i had to attend one of the most boring press conferences in my life, even though i dreaded the thought of going. but hey, i'm on the lowest rung (professionally speaking) which means that the events that the other ladies don't want to go to, i usually end up having to go for. on a normal day, i don't mind as much. but when you're cranky, and tired and not in the mood to work, and having monthly hell, it's not very pleasant! so i called up the PR lady and said that i probably wouldn't be able to make it for the press conference in the afternoon. she begged, and i do mean BEGGED me to go, and i guess i didn't have much of a choice. but i found out later why she begged, because there were only FIVE of us that turned up. FIVE! that's sad, i'm sorry to say. and even though the PR lady promised (SHE PROMISED!!) that it wouldn't be more than 45 minutes long, i only walked out of her office TWO HOURS later.
*pulls out hair*
so i get back to the office, just happy that the press conference is over, and start clearing the stuff that's been accumulating on my desk. 6 pm rolls around and i think 'great! i can finally go home'. except that my mother isn't at home, which means getting to my house is a real pain in the ass! i've been living here 6 years and i STILL don't understand why my parents chose to live 20 minutes from the main road! *rolls eyes* so i thought i'd take a cab home. but 6 30 pm in shenton way is not a good place to take a cab. and while i'm standing there i realise 'oh shit i have no house key'
*pulls out hair again*
i end up walking to suntec city from my office (grand total of 15 minutes) and sitting around and waiting for chad to finish work so that i can either a) have dinner with him, or b) hang out at his place till my mom is done with her golf.
so i wait. and i wait. and i wait. an hour and 15 minutes later, chad's done with his work and we go off to have dinner. but you know how life is, when i've ordered my food, my mom calls to say she's at home. *sighs* but i end up enjoying dinner with chad, because it's a real treat to be able to see him during the week, even though i'm dead tired, about to cry because of my bad luck, and just plain grumpy coz i also hate waiting. it's not his fault i had to wait though, it's mine really coz i should have had the house key with me anyway. but still, i had to wait, and i hate waiting!
okay, i realise i'm seriously rambling on here, but bear with me, it's almost done!
dinner goes well, we stuff ourselves with dessert even, and then hop into a cab home. and i have to say, the cab driver we had is one of the funniest i've ever encountered! when chad opened the door, he asked 'are you for hire?' to which the cab driver promptly said 'i'm not for hire, but the cab is!'
ahahaha, that just cracked me up... he kept talking to us through the trip, telling us about his family (he has three kids, a daughter 22, a son, 18 and another daughter, 14) all the things he'd encountered during the two years he was driving, like the time he saw a car get into a pretty bad accident, and when he drove past again a couple of hours later, they were still trying to get the guy out of the car... another few hours later and there was only a candle and some fruits put there as an offering (which meant the driver had died).
he was a real funny guy.. asked when chad and i were going to settle down. he told us that he'd gotten married when he was 23, and had his first kid when he was 24..
he said more funny stuff, but now my brain's tired and i can't remember anymore!
if i could only decide what to wear to work tomorrow, then i could sleep that little bit more peacefully! damn i hate being indecisive!
i think i should just head off to bed ...
Monday, August 5
so dead tired today..we had a spring cleaning session at the office today, so now my desk is much more organised and neat, and so is the rest of the women's weekly office area for that matter! but because i've been hit by the monthly curse, it means that i was dead tired even before i started doing the spring cleaning. and me, of course, being the editorial assistant, had the most running around to do!
well, at least they know they're getting their money's worth!! hehehe, but it was a good distraction from doing the normal everyday work at least!
alright, i better go to bed before i fall asleep at the keyboard!
Friday, August 2
i got this from the lonely planet website..Divide and Rule: How Stalin Put a Hotel on a Bottle
According to a Russian newspaper 'Gazeta', Hotel Moskva in Moscow is the most famous hotel in the world. The management at the Ritz or the Waldorf Astoria might argue the point, but there's no denying that this hotel is an internationally recognised landmark, even if its main claim to fame is that it appears as a logo on the labels of Stolichnaya vodka bottles. Despite this iconic status, however, authorities in Moscow have decided to raze the Stalin-era hotel and then rebuild the whole thing from scratch,
this time more in keeping with the original architect's intentions. A close look at the Stolichnaya label reveals that the two wings on either side of the central section of the building reflect distinctly different architectural styles. The story goes that, in 1935, Architect Alexei Shchusev presented Stalin with a blueprint showing two different facades
drawn on a single sheet of paper, divided in the middle. Instead of clearly indicating which design he preferred, Stalin signed the blueprint right in the middle of the page so that no-one was sure which version he had approved. Builders unwilling to question the Soviet dictator decided to follow the instructions literally and built the Moskva with two
different wings. It is still not clear which design will serve as the blueprint for the new version of the hotel.
Thursday, August 1
whoa, three posts in one day! i guess i just keep finding stuff to put on here!
What kind of Drug Addict are you?
wooohoo, my favourite type of drugs!
*looks around* did i just say that out loud?!?!
oh no!
that lovely old lady who we've all come to know as the McDonald's Aunty has passed away :(
here's the story from the straits times..
i've been meaning to write for the past few days, but all i do at work is type, so sometimes by the time i get home, i don't feel like touching the keyboard too much!! i'd blog at work, except my computer there seems to be slower than a nun on a bike. i don't know how people get their work done that way!!!
the other night my mom brought back some of my grandma's old belongings, like some of her clothes, her shoes and her bags. i, of course, with the bag fetish i have, thought it'd be great to look through the bags that my grandma had to see if she had any cool bags. i now know where i get my bag fetish from!! my grandma must have easily had just about as many bags as i did, and coming from a lady who'd been sick for the past 4 years and didn't go out much, that's ALOT of bags!! *grins* so i did manage to find a couple that i really love, and i've decided to keep them for myself, so i can use! so finally i can blame my bag fetish on genetics. heh!
work's been pretty alright, by the time 6 pm rolls around i usually don't have very much to do.. of course, that's just for now while the workload is still relatively light! i'm still trying to rearrange all the files around my desk so it's easier to find everything, but i think that's something i'll probably be doing until i leave the company!
anyway, off i go to shower, then i can sit in bed and rot in front of the tv!
about me
i'm 24, a pisces, working in a magazine, sitting back and watching life go by.
i love escaping into movies and magazines, and most of all my friends.
but for now just relax, life will happen when it happens.
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