Sunday, September 29
[the esplanade]i woke up this morning at about 7 am.. god knows why though, because i thought i'd finally be able to sleep in and catch up on my sleep. oddly enough i didn't feel tired until about two hours ago (it's 12 14am now) so i guess i must have gotten alot better sleep than i realised! so i decided it was time to clear the clutter in my room, which would hopefully clear up the 'clutter' in a feng shui sense. hey, at least it was motivation enough to get me to clean my room! so i did that, then hung around the house for a bit.. had a shower and got dressed. hopped onto the bus and then the train to meet lorraine at 11am so we could check out the esplanade.
it's a wonderful place i'd say, with big glass windows and amazing decor. alright, so i'm kind of biased, but that's not the point! we even got to go up to the rooftop, which has one of the most amazing views of the city i've ever seen. it's a wonder that people don't go up there more often, and i'm sure it must be such a sight to behold at night. the theatre and the concert hall are gorgeous, of course, and i was so happy to have been able to catch a short and sweet performance of the t'ang quartet which showed off the acoustics of the concert hall wonderfully! *in heaven* it got quite crowded though, from about after lunch time.. and that's when kelvin had come to meet us at the esplanade. lorraine and i had been sitting outside a cafe, and we both ended up with one-armed suntans! ahahaha, we should've swapped seats to even out the tan!! so we walked over to marina square to have some lunch, sat down and chatted for a bit. headed back to the esplanade to meet rachel, and catch the t'ang quartet performance.. after which we went back to marina square and caught the tuxedo! i think we were all pretty pleasantly surprised to find that it's not that bad a movie as we thought! there are some really funny parts, and as jackie chan always has it, the spoofs at the end of the movie are hilarious!!
after the film, we bought a bottle of water for poor rachel, who was still hard at work at the esplanade, and headed back to give it to her. so all in all i went to the esplanade three times today!! *grins* i guess i just can't get enough of the place.. but it also showed the ugly side of the singaporeans. rushing in to see everything, trying to get free somethings, queueing up for anything. but at least there was a great turnout, and i'm really proud of chad :) he's been working really hard on getting the open house and opening festivals up and running, and i have to say sweetie, you did a marvellous job!
when i got home after a rather noisy train ride, my mom showed me some of the jewellry that my grandma had left behind for us. my mom got this really beautiful pair of diamond earrings.. even the back studs of the earrings are so pretty! here's a picture of it i just took (it's a little fuzzy though, but you can make out the back studs!). if only they made earrings like that nowadays! my grandma left me behind a gold bar (yea, a gold bar of all 5 grams! i call it more like a gold slice) little pieces of jade, and a pearl hairpin. i quite like the hairpin, even though it's quite obvious that the pearls are nowhere near real, but it's got that slightly old world feel which i love about things!
i'm such a vintage girl.. i swear i really must have lived through a couple of lives by now! i just love that old world charm!
alright, enough rambling for today!
Friday, September 27
so today started off pretty mundane.. i actually managed to find something to wear pretty quickly but of course with days like this, i end up taking my time to get ready anyhow..and then things started going slightly downhill from there.. i was hungry, i was sleepy, and i was cold! it was raining the whole morning and most of the afternoon, and the office starts to act like a fridge when it rains outside.. and my big boss came back from KL which meant that by the time noon came around, i had about 30938234 new jobs to do, and i felt like i'd been sitting at my desk for a week doing work! so i escaped the office to have lunch with some of the harper's bazaar people (i sometimes end up wandering back there to have a chat, and then remember i'm supposed to be doing work!)
but you know.. after lunch the day just got better and better! i managed to finish up a couple of articles and projects that had been hanging over my head (there are still a few more hanging somewhere out there, but what the heck) i've gotten all the materials i need for a story i'm working on, plus a bit section for the december issue is DONE! DONE! and with about two weeks to spare too! *grins*
i just hope that the rest of the weekend goes as great! :)
now here's my friday five! i'm so proud of myself for being so prompt! ahahahah!
1. What are your favorite ways to relax and unwind?
a nice long hot bath, lying in bed reading a good book.. or hanging out with friends and laughing the night away. another one of my favourites is lying in bed, talking the night away with chad..
2. What do you do the moment you get home from work/school/errands?
plonk all my stuff down in a corner (and never in the same corner, which is why things sometimes go missing for a while!) usually i check to see if i've gotten any emails! then i surf for entertainment gossip.. heh!
3. What are your favorite aromatherapeutic smells?
peppermint because it's such a pick me up scent! and i like lavender when i want to mellow out..
4. Do you feel more relaxed with a group of friends or hanging out by yourself?
depending on my mood.. there are times when i know i want to be alone, just doing my own thing.. but there are other times when being with my friends is makes me more relaxed.
5. What is something that you feel is relaxing but most people don't?
hmmm.. beading and sewing, somehow i find it very theraputic!
alright, it looks like i'm a sucker aww shucks type of mood, so here's another one of those heart warming things!
A simple friend has never seen you cry.
A real friend has shoulders soggy from your tears.
A simple friend doesn't know your parents' first names.
A real friend has their phone numbers in his address book.
A simple friend brings a bottle of wine to your party.
A real friend comes early to help you cook and stays late to help you clean.
A simple friend hates it when you call after he has gone to bed.
A real friend asks you why you took so long to call.
A simple friend seeks to talk with you about your problems.
A real friend seeks to help you with your problems.
A simple friend wonders about your romantic history.
A real friend could blackmail you with it.
A simple friend, when visiting, acts like a guest.
A real friend opens your refrigerator and helps himself.
A simple friend thinks the friendship is over when you have an argument.
A real friend knows that it's not a friendship until after you've had a fight.
A simple friend expects you to always be there for them.
A real friend expects to always be there for you!
Thursday, September 26
a heart-warming story..*awww shucks*
You know, he almost didn't see the old lady, stranded on the side of the road. But even in the dim light of day, he could see she needed help. So he pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out. His Pontiac was still sputtering when he approached her. Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. No one had stopped to help for the last hour or so. Was he going to hurt her? He didn't look safe, he looked poor and hungry. He could see that she was frightened, standing out there in the cold. He knew how she felt. It was that chill which only fear can put in you. He said, "I'm here to help you ma'am. Why don't you wait in the car where it's warm? By the way, my name is Bryan." Well, all she had was a flat tire, but for an old lady, that was bad enough.
Bryan crawled under the car looking for a place to put the jack, skinning his knuckles a time or two. Soon he was able to change the tire, but he had to get dirty and his hands hurt. As he was tightening up the lug nuts, she rolled down the window and began to talk to him. She told him that she was from St. Louis and was only just passing through. She couldn't thank him enough for coming to her aid. Bryan just smiled as he closed her trunk. She asked him how much she owed him. Any amount would have been all right with her. She had already imagined all the awful things that could have happened had he not stopped. Bryan never thought twice about the money. This was not a job to him. This was helping someone in need, and God knows there were plenty who had given him a hand in the past...He had lived his whole life that way, and it never occurred to him to act any other way. He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance that they needed, and Bryan added "...and think of me". He waited until she started her car and drove off. It had been a cold and depressing day, but he felt good as he headed for home, disappearing into the twilight.
A few miles down the road the lady saw a small cafe. She went in to grab a bite to eat, and take home. It was a dingy looking restaurant. Outside were two old gas pumps. The whole scene was unfamiliar to her. The cash register was like the telephone of an out of work actor - it didn't ring much. Her waitress came over and brought a clean towel to wipe her wet hair. She had a sweet smile, one that even being on her feet for the whole day couldn't erase. The lady noticed that the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant, but she never let the strain and aches change her attitude. The old lady wondered how someone who had so little could be so giving to a stranger. Then she remembered Bryan. After the lady finished her meal, and the waitress went to get change for her hundred dollar bill, the lady slipped right out the door. She was gone by the time the waitress came back. She wondered where the lady could be, then she noticed something written on the napkin under which was 4 $100 bills. There were tears in her eyes when she read what the lady wrote. It said, "You don't owe me anything, I have been there too. Somebody once helped me out, the way I'm helping you. If you really want to pay me back, here is what you do: Do not let this chain of love end with you." Well, there were tables to clear, sugar bowls to fill, and people to serve, but the waitress made it through another day.
That night when she got home from work and climbed into bed, she was thinking about the money and what the lady had written. How could the lady have known how much she and her husband needed it? With the baby due next month, it was going to be hard. She knew how worried her husband was, and as he lay sleeping next to her, she gave him a soft kiss and whispered soft and low, "Everything's gonna be all right; I love you, Bryan."
Let this light shine. Don't put it under a basket. Please pass this on to friends because "what goes out will come back to you"
Wednesday, September 25
it's mid-week and thank god for that.. this seems like it's been one of the longest weeks i've ever been through. the days just seem to drag on and on like there's no end. but thank god it's mid-week!other than that, i don't know what else there is for me to day. my left eye has been bothering me and is in a constant state of slight redness. but me being the vain one i am can't give up wearing my contacts.
i know i know, my eyesight is more important than my vanity, but i can't help it!!
hmmm think i'll laze around in bed now..
Saturday, September 21
forgot to add in yesterday's friday five.. so here it is!1. Would you say that you're good at keeping in touch with people?
i'd say i'm pretty good! there are times when i lapse a little because i'm caught up with work, but i like keeping in touch with people.. maybe it's partly the busybody in me! and i guess i really enjoy being around friends, it re-energises me! well, most of the time lah :P
2. Which communication method do you usually prefer/use: e-mail, telephone, snail mail, blog comments, or meeting in person? Why?
email, telephone, and meeting in person is great for me! sometimes it's a little hard to meet someone when they're overseas, so i love using email to keep in touch, and there's nothing like a 5 minute phone call to let someone know that you're still thinking of them, even if you're really busy!
3. Do you have an instant messenger program? How many? Why/why not? How often do you use it?
yes of course! i think i'm addicted to them! i've got icq and msn, and i use them both everyday at work and at home. it's just the easiest way to talk to someone and multitask at the same time *grins* msn is the first thing that comes on when my computer boots up at work, but i've got to use icq lite so sometimes it takes me a while to log on during work..
4. Do most of your close friends live nearby or far away?
hmm.. in singapore i think it's a bit hard for anyone to be really 'far away'!! but yeah, most of my close friends live in singapore, i've got a couple that still live in australia, one in the US, and one in denmark
5. Are you an "out of sight, out of mind" person, or do you believe that "distance makes the heart grow fonder"?
i'd say mainly 'distance makes the heart grow fonder' coz i tend to think of people when they're far away (i'm a worrier, i know!) honestly, if it's someone that i don't care of at all, then i become a 'out of sight, out of mind' person. but you'd have to be pretty damn unpleasant for that to happen!
it's now 10 38 am, and since i've been up at 9am, i've found out that vivian's baby girl, chloe was born last night at around 9 pm, weighs 3.6 kilos and was a grand length of 50 cm! congratulations vivian! i've also cleaned up my room, fed the fish, mopped the floor and updated my blog. i managed to have a look at the terribly unglam photo of me in the newspaper that sharon pointed out to me yesterday. *covers my face* i can't believe the newspaper would put in a photo like that! argh! good thing there are two huge ducks to take away the focus from me. will you guys still be my friends despite the rest of singapore seeing my unglam side???
*stretch* maybe i should have gotten a bit more sleep.. well, i guess there's always tomorrow too! hehehe don't you just love the weekends?
i've got such a weird family.. it's not even 11 am yet, and my grandmother and my father have already had lunch. LUNCH!! *scratch head* must be old age!
Friday, September 20
last night, smart little me thought if i stayed up and watched CSI plus whatever else was on tv, i'd be so tired that i'd fall into a wonderful deep sleep and be well rested. the problem with me is that i get very vivid dreams, which makes for great insight into the subconcious, but also leaves me kind of tired. so today i was quite unwilling to get up in the morning, and having to attend two pretty boring press conferences didn't really help either! i think i used up more energy trying to stay awake..but work went pretty well, there are a ton of little things that i have to take care of, but i think there'll always be little things for me to take care of at work!! one of our art designers has finally gone into labour! she's overdue about 4 days so they finally decided that enough was enough! the baby's being born today! *grins* and i realised that i've never seen vivian (the art designer) not pregnant before.. i'm not sure if i can recognise her without her big tummy!
and speaking of big tummies, my cousin is getting ROM'ed tomorrow, and i was trying all these dresses that would look presentable enough for a wedding-ish occasion, and i realised that alot of the dresses i'd bought for 'those occasions' don't fit anymore!! *wails* i was quite upset actually.. i hate it when this happens, my weight gain just kind of sneaks up on me because i tend to gain weight everywhere and not realise it until i try on something that i haven't worn for the longest time. i'm going to stick up pictures of nice toned slender women to keep me motivated to LOSE THAT EXTRA WEIGHT! i must! i must! i must decrease my bust (and waist! and hips!)
Also known widely as the Fire Bird, the phoenix is a profound symbol of the circle of life. It has a life cycle of 500 to 600 years and after that amount of time, it sets itself on fire and dies in the flames. Then after three days, it rises again from the ashes. It is a completely benign creature who lives in dew. It is said that the phoenix has a beautiful melidous song which grows ever more mournful as its life comes to an end. It is a symbol of the sun and immortality. The phoenix is a very worthwhile beast.
What mythical beast best represents you?Take the quiz!
Wednesday, September 18
today is quiz day!
Monday, September 16
[days like today]days like today, are days that i like! it started off very slowly.. so slowly in fact, that my mother had to wake me up twice! and that usually never happens, i was just so unbelievably tired, and i just figured if i sleep in a little, no one would have noticed. but of course my mom did.. and so i dragged myself out of bed, but the good thing was i knew what i wanted to wear! right down to the shoes and bags i knew would go!! *does a little dance of joy* it's rare that that happens, oddly enough. you'd think i'd know everything in my closet inside out, and i'd know what matched and what didn't.. but i guess that's why there are still fashion victims out there in the world! hehehehe..
the rest of the day went pretty alright, i did the usual work, made myself blind with the photocopying machine, faxed off things, sorted the mail, wrote more emails.. i had a photoshoot around 3 pm which was quite fun, i quite enjoy photoshoots.. but only for about the first two hours. anything that takes longer than that just uses up too much of my energy! but while i was at the photoshoot i decided i needed a bit of a change!
so when i got back to the office, i called my hairdresser's up and said i was coming in after work!
i love going to the hairdresser's! i always end up leaving in such a great mood because i look so damn good! *grins* it's amazing what a little pampering like that can do for you! i've given up my quest to get my natural hair colour back, and while i was at the hairdressers, i decided to get some highlights. not just one mind you, i asked for three different colours! hey, if you've got to make a change, you might as well make it a major change! and as luck might have it, chad finished work early, which means i got to see him!!!!
that may sound rather normal, but it's a weekday, and i haven't seen chad during the week for... damn, i can't even remember the last time i saw him during the week.. so i'd say i was a very lucky lady today, a great new hairdo and my man :)
let's just hope that tomorrow stays that way.. well, at least i know the hair will still look the same, and i'll still have my man, so that's half the battle won!
Friday, September 13
let's answer today's friday five first!1. What was/is your favorite subject in school? Why?
hmm, i think that'd have to be geography, while i was still in high school. i just loved finding out about how the earth was formed, about all those natural landscapes. i've always said that if i had infinite amounts of money, i'd be a photographer for national geographic! in uni my favourite subject was cinema.. only coz we got to watch a ton of films! the lectures weren't as fun though.......
2. Who was your favorite teacher? Why?
mr c! otherwise known as mr chaveriet.. (i think that's how it's spelt, we just always called him mr c) when i was in HKIS in 2nd grade. he just made everything so much fun!
3. What is your favorite memory of school?
it'd have to be lunch time! not because i could eat, but because i could sit around with my friends and just hang out!
4. What was your favorite recess game?
to tell you the truth, i really can't remember! i remember most of my recesses being spent just sitting around chatting with friends.. kinda what i like to do now!
5. What did you hate most about school?
pretty much everything! especially after i'd come back from hong kong. i'm not very academically inclined, and the way singapore works, results are everything! so after a while i came to dread every school day........
at least working life's a little better! i don't have to ask for permission to go to the toilet! ahahahah.. *grins* yesterday was such a busy busy day for me with the 4 events i had to attend. but i think it was pretty worthwhile! i got to make a swarovski bracelet, plus i got instructions on how to make a ring (which my sister will be very happy about!) and i got a swatch watch too! it's great being the media! hehehe..
today was a little less hectic, there's alot of trying to tie up the loose ends before the weekend comes.. i'm kind of looking forward to the weekend just so i have time to just relax and unwind.. kelvin's just gotten back into town, and lorraine should be arriving in about 2 hours time! YAY!
the only thing that's been plaguing me today is this bad stomach of mine... i can't quite figure out what it's unhappy about.. but i guess until i do, i'm just going to have to put up with its tantrums!
Wednesday, September 11
although i think i've heard quite enough about September 11, that doesn't mean i'm a cold-hearted person who doesn't care.. it just means that i'm a sensitive and emotional person who doesn't want to have to go through that all again. i cry too much sometimes! so this is an article that's on the age website.. i've decided to paste the whole article here, because i like what paulo coelho had to say, and he's also one of my favourite authors..Gaining freedom from the losses
Paulo Coelho, the Brazilian author of the international bestseller The Alchemist, sees the attacks on the United States as an opportunity for people around the world to improve their lives.
No one will ever forget where they were, what they were doing and who they were with when terrorists attacked the World Trade Centre. I was in Munich, Germany, ready to go to a book signing, when a representative from my publisher's office knocked on the door of my hotel room and shouted: "Turn on the television! Quick!"
Every channel showed the same pictures. First, one of the towers in flames. Then another of the second plane approaching, a new fire and the collapse of both buildings. As I gazed in horror at what looked more like a scene from a science fiction film, I had two immediate responses: a sense of impotence and terror in the face of what was happening and a sense that the world would never be the same.
With these feelings in my heart, I switched off the television and headed for the book signing. I was convinced that no one would be there, that everyone would instead be caught up in the search for more news, new details and some reason for the attacks.
I walked the deserted streets of Munich. Although it was only 4pm, people had congregated in any bar with a radio or television turned on, trying to persuade themselves that the attacks were part of a nightmare from which we would all awaken.
To my surprise, when I got to the bookshop, hundreds of readers were waiting.
They were silent, and I knew it was a silence that came from the depths of their souls. And then I understood why they were there. At such times, it is good to be with other people, to find comfort in simple human connection, to fill the silence with the sounds of humanity.
It is always very hard to accept that a tragedy can, in some way, have positive results.
Even now, a year later, people are still trying to make sense of September 11, of the massive tragedy in which we all share and of the thousands of individual tragedies it set in motion.
Did all those people in the World Trade Centre towers die in vain? Or can something other than death, dust and twisted steel be found in the rubble? I believe that the life of every human being is, at some point, touched by tragedy. It could be the destruction of a city or the death of a child; a baseless accusation or a devastating illness that appears without warning.
It's always difficult to face that inevitable suffering. We can blame others. We can find some justification. Or we can imagine how different our lives would have been if the tragedy had never occurred.
But none of that matters.
What is important is that we move forward, that we take time to re-evaluate our lives, overcome our fears and begin a process of reconstruction.
Years ago, I heard a story about a group studying Zen Buddhism in Japan. They were gathered in a house in the country when the caretaker burst in with the news that a nearby building had burnt down, leaving a mother and her daughter homeless. One of the female students immediately started a collection to help the family.
Among them was an impoverished writer. The woman decided not to ask him for money.
"One moment," the writer said when she walked past him. "I want to give something too."
He spent a minute setting down on paper what had happened. Then he placed the sheet of paper in the jar being used for donations.
"I want to give everyone this tragedy," he said, "so that we will always remember it when we think of the minor upsets in our own lives."
In the case of the September 11 attacks, we can gain something more than the feeling that, however bleak our own lives may seem, they are much better than those of many others.
Such moments give us the opportunity to make a radical change in our behavior.
When faced with a great loss material, spiritual or psychological there is no point in trying to recover what has gone. Instead, we should try to see the loss as a large space that has opened up in our lives, waiting to be filled with something new.
At the moment of loss, the emptiness we feel also provides us with a large slice of freedom. Instead of filling that space with pain and bitterness, we can focus on something positive.
The terror attacks have prompted us to take a new look at our values. On the morning of September 11, there were probably many people in the World Trade Centre who were following a career that didn't suit them, doing work they didn't enjoy simply because it was a safe job, one that would pay their bills and guarantee them a pension. How different their lives would have been if they'd had the courage instead to pursue their dreams.
But if we now can do that, if we can rethink our own lives and values and see the new horizons that have opened, then those who perished on September 11 will have not died in vain. They have driven us toward the destiny of which we always dreamt.
The moment has come to rebuild.
Not just the towers, but ourselves. It is our attitude to what awaits us that will make the difference.
There's a story about a man in Dresden right after the bombing of the German city during World War II. He was walking past a rubble-strewn plot of land when he saw three workmen.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
The first workman turned around. "Can't you see?" he said. "I'm shifting these stones!"
Dissatisfied with the reply, the man spoke to the second workman.
"Can't you see? I'm earning a wage!" was the reply.
Still unclear what was going on, the man decided to try one last time. He asked the third workman the same question.
"Can't you see?" the third workman said. "I'm rebuilding a cathedral!"
Although all three men were engaged in the same task, only one understood the real meaning of his work.
Let us hope that in the world now taking shape, we can lift ourselves out from beneath our own emotional rubble to rebuild the cathedrals we have always dreamt of but never dared to create.
Paulo Coelho, a novelist and syndicated columnist, lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Translated by Margaret Jull Costa. © 2002 Paulo Coelho Distributed by the New York Times Syndicate
despite the fact that a slight sombre mood hung over the world today, work seems to be getting better for me.. we even joked that maybe the starhub blimp would try and crash into the building! i think it's important that we can laugh at ourselves and what's happening, otherwise everything in life just becomes too serious and depressing..
i think my boss has been in much better mood! which is great news for me, of course, because i don't have to get stressed every time she walks over to my desk.. what made it even better was that i approached her with a story that a lady had called up to ask if we wanted to do, and my boss said 'well done on some good story spotting!' *beams* i have to say though, it wasn't entirely me, because the lady did call up to tell me about it, but even the lady seemed so grateful when i called her back to say we could run the story about her sometime early next year. what a feel-good day it was!
tomorrow though, looks like it's going to be busy busy busy, i've got 4 events to attend, plus a stack of work to do! i guess it's that time, when things get really busy, they get really really busy!
Monday, September 9
it was just another one of those days i think.. i almost couldn't drag myself out of bed, and just wanted to curl back up into a ball and fall asleep. i got to work slightly late, but that was fine because the train was really empty.. i even had enough space to myself to stretch out and not hit someone else in the head! not that i tried to do that, of course.but then it seemed to just get progressively downhill from there. *sigh* the big boss came back today, and for some reason she kept nagging at me about things. she usually does this anyway, but for some reason it kept making me feel really stupid today. i should be glad though, she didn't bother me as much as she usually does.. on a normal day she comes over and gives me about three things that have to be done NOW. and she does that about 20 times a day.. but the nagging just stresses me out! and then a guy from a publishing company calls me up and starts telling me off for losing a CD-ROM that they'd lent to us. first of all, i was just relaying a message that another writer had asked me to pass on.. yes, we did lose the CD-ROM, but it wasn't MY fault. that's what that guy kept trying to insist it was!
'it's irresponsible', he says 'we gave you the CD in good faith that it would be returned to us. i don't hear from you guys in months and suddenly i get an email saying that you've lost the CD. it was the only one we had, and we gave it to you, under the assurance that it was going to be returned to us. that's just very irresponsible.'
well shoot me then, what am i going to do? i wasn't even around when the CD was borrowed from the company, i have no idea what the arrangement was like, or what the CD even looks like, for goodness sakes. and if that's not enough, the guy writes me a mail afterwards going on AGAIN about how it was given to me personally with the assurance it was going to be taken care of. PERSONALLY? I WASN'T EVEN WORKING THERE AT THE TIME, IDIOT!
*grrrr* he got me so annoyed and pissed off! all he could do was just go on and on about what a poor excuse it was for us to lose the CD.. it's not use yelling at me the whole time, that's not going to make the CD mysteriously appear. and in the first place, what kind of publishing company only makes ONE copy of the CD? c'mon! have a bit more business sense!!
*sigh*
and this job i was really keen on going for has turned out to be out of my reach.. apparently i've failed a writing test, so i can't be employed by SPH. it sounded like a good job too, entertainment reporter for streats. well alright, i know streats isn't like ground breaking or anything, but i think i would have made a kick-ass entertainment reporter! i think it wasn't meant to be.. all the signs were just pointing it to the wrong way.. it's just fate i tell you.. life's just full of fate..
i'm probably just meant to work at sww till fate decides something better will come along..
just one of those days it was.. just one of those days..
i've had two glasses of wine since i got home, so at least i'm ending the day on a happy note (even if it is a fake type of happy!) it was my mother's suggestion actually.. she says we've got too much wine at home and we'd better start drinking it..
no objections from me!
cheers!
i got this in an email from julie.. it's slogans that would make great bumper stickers!
1. SO MANY MEN, SO FEW WHO CAN AFFORD ME.
2. GOD MADE US SISTERS, PROZAC MADE US FRIENDS.
3. COFFEE, CHOCOLATE, MEN ... SOME THINGS ARE JUST BETTER RICH.
4. DON'T TREAT ME ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU WOULD THE QUEEN.
5. I'M OUT OF OESTROGEN AND I HAVE A GUN.
6. WARNING: I HAVE AN ATTITUDE AND I KNOW HOW TO USE IT.
7. OF COURSE I DON'T LOOK BUSY...I DID IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.
8. DO NOT START WITH ME. YOU WILL NOT WIN.
9. ALL STRESSED OUT AND NO ONE TO CHOKE.
10. HOW CAN I MISS YOU IF YOU WON'T GO AWAY?
11. DON'T UPSET ME! I'M RUNNING OUT OF PLACES TO HIDE THE BODIES.
12. IF YOU WANT BREAKFAST IN BED, SLEEP IN THE KITCHEN.
i just love number 7! it's something i'd stick up in my cubicle! but i don't think i have enough guts to... heheheeh!
Sunday, September 8
 | You are Gonzo! |
i used to watch the muppets with such a fervor when i was a wee little lass! i got that quiz from vanessa's site
Saturday, September 7
isn't that just typical of life? just when i've got the money to go out shopping, there doesn't seem to be anything to buy!!! it must be a conspiracy of some sort, just for me to save money instead of spend it!*gives a big sigh*
but at least i still managed to find some things to buy! i've finally gotten myself a new pair of jeans from topshop, which are sooooo comfy! a pair of shoes, and a cute pink mambo skirt! it's not the greatest haul i've had, but it's a pretty decent one i guess!
here's a cute little quiz!
 | You are Civilian Calvin! You don't get to travel much outside your neighborhood, but you still manage to get in plenty of trouble. When you're not acting up, you like to wax philosophical. Take the What Calvin are You? Quiz by contessina_2000@yahoo.com! |
Wednesday, September 4
i've finally gotten my first pay! and i think it's about time too.. i was down to about $60 in my bank account, and i've got one of those horrid accounts that starts charging you a 'fee' if you don't keep at least $500 in there. pfffbt! but hey, now i can finally go shopping! i feel so deprived not being able to go have a look around town.. i've almost forgotten what topshop looks like! *sobs*but i did get a reality check at the same time.. my sister's moving onto a new job, and she calculated that the amount that goes into her CPF each month is about the same amount that i'll be earning (minus my CPF contribution) every month. that's a little sad!!!! but i guess it's all perspective.. she's been working for 4 years already, which is definitely alot longer than my one month :P but it's alright, i'm on my way to earning more money! slowly but surely i'll get there!
i wonder what's the first thing i should buy.. hmm!
Tuesday, September 3
when i woke up this morning, i seriously thought it was thursday.. and i thought to myself 'yipee! the weekend's not far off!' then i realised it was actually tuesday, and i still had a pretty busy week ahead of me! *sobs* i was decieved by myself! at least my wardrobe decision making today wasn't too hard.. there are some days where i try on outfit after outfit because i just don't know what to wear! i'm just indecisive i guess.. and i hate that feeling of not liking what you've put on, like a half hour after you've already left the house.my mom and my sister went shopping today, i, of course, was stuck in the office. i just realised i haven't really gone shopping for the longest time! i'm starting to forget what the inside of topshop looks like! *shock horror* but once that paycheck comes in, i'm off to the malls! actually, my mom and my sister didn't buy as much as i thought they were going to! hehehe, which could be good, but maybe it just means that there isn't much out there to buy..
hmm, i think it's time to do a little online shopping!
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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