Sunday, December 29
after a bit of a drought with my movie watching (the two weeks notice premiere not counting) i've finally managed to watch LOTR: the two towers (if anyone wants to watch it again, let me know!!), and gangs of new york.so what do i think of them?
i loved two weeks notice.. but then again i'm a sandra bullock fan, and i love romantic comedies. ok ok, hugh grant looks pretty good in it too, and the movie's pretty funny! it's such a feel good movie, you can't help but just leave with a smile on your face! (just keep in mind i'm a hopeless romantic!!) great date movie i'd say..
lord of the rings was brilliant, but of course, everyone knows that already! i loved all the scenes and legolas is yummy! although aragorn's got that real macho thing happening too.. it's just one of those movies that transports you into a whole different dimension so well that you really feel like you're right there in middle earth. thank god i'm not really, those orcs and uruk-hais i can do without! i can't wait for the third installment to come out now.. but i recommend you watch the fellowship of the ring before watching the two towers - the memory refresher certainly helps!
gangs of new york.. well, i think i expected a bit more from it. the fact that it was three hours long didn't quite help! martin scorsese is really one of the best directorial minds around.. but a predictable plot failed him a little here. i'm not a huge fan of leonardo dicaprio (the only thing i liked him in is romeo + juliet), and i don't think this movie helped that notion along any! cameron diaz's character might as well not have been there at all, but daniel day-lewis was absolutely brilliant. i loved his accent in the movie! it was just so noo yawk/brooklyn-ish. and coming from a guy with a real strong irish accent, that's pretty damn good! and jim broadbent.. i think he's another genius! i always remember him as harry zidler from moulin rouge - because we can can can!
but curses to heaven, i still haven't watched james bond yet! i don't care what people say about it.. i'm a james bond fan, so no matter how bad it is, i'll want to watch it anyway! so many movies, so little time!
*phew*
can you tell i'm trying to be diligent with my links?
Thursday, December 26
i admit it - i'm addicted to all these damn kylie songs. they're impossibly catchy, distractingly upbeat and just so.. happy!christmas turned out to be pretty quiet.. my sister and i got dragged to my parent's friend's house for lunch again. the company isn't too bad there - people we normally see like three times a year (christmas and chinese new year) but my parent's friend's wife is one of those socialites who thinks that she's more important than everyone else because she's got more money. they've just moved to perth because their brat of a daughter couldn't handle being in school here, and she says she just bought a house in 'mosman park, one of the most affluent areas'. geez, i didn't realise affluent was an adjective to describe a suburb. most people use words like 'peaceful', 'safe', 'quiet', 'cozy'. AFFLUENT? just bring out the bank book and show us how much you've got woman! i know you're dying to do that! *rolls eyes*
so we sit around for too many hours while my dad gets drunk, and we get really bored and finally go home. my sister's got a friend's wedding to attend over the weekend, and she and her friends decided to have a theme to their dressing - one's going in a kimono, another's in a punjabi suit, one's in a cheongsam, and my sister's wearing a sari! which meant we had to head down to little india to get a sari for her. i'm proud to say that my digging-at-racks-and-pulling-out-a-great-piece-of-clothing skills paid off when i pulled out this gorgeous green/lilac cloth with diamantes scattered on it, which my sister immediately loved. *beams* am i good sister or what! so off she's gone to get her sari made, and then we came home and collapsed a little later..
i tagged along with my sister to a friend's friend's party, mainly because i didn't feel like sitting at home with my parents not doing anything at all... but i think it might have been more fun staying at home and watching tv.. but what can you do, when your friend's friend's have boring friends! hahahah.. but oh well! so we headed home rather early and just went to bed.
the bad news for the day is that the computer chair broke.. while i was still sitting on it.
NO, it didn't break coz i was too fat or heavy or anything (at least i hope not lah!) but we've had this chair for almost 8 years (actually, i wouldn't be surprised if it was almost 10 years) and it's been kind of wobbly the last few weeks.. so when i rolled over to my bed to check on something (it's one of those office type chairs with the wheels) i kind of just tipped over in the chair and fell to the ground.. and realised that one of the legs had just given up. so now i'm sitting on a hard wooden stool, which is probably the wrong height because i'm slouching away, giving myself a bad backache.. but then again, i slouch too much anyway, so it's probably not the stool's fault! i wonder when we're getting a new chair..... if we're getting a new chair at all!
come, come into my world... *bops head*
Tuesday, December 24
ooh i forgot to sayMERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!
*bops head around*
i've been listening to kylie's songs and champagne supernova the whole morning (okay, i've only been listening to two.. i really should go and get the album instead of just listening to mp3s!) but i swear her music is such a pick-me-up sometimes because you just can't help but be in a good mood after! christmas eve has been pretty alright so far.. i got woken up a bit earlier than i'd like to have been because my sister had to go to work, and for some reason my dad decided to come into my room and turn on the computer to check his email (like he gets that many in the first place!)
someday you will find meeeee, caught beneath a landslide... in a champagne supernovaaaaa, champagne supernova in the skyyyy
i'm in such a good mood! it's amazing what difference a phone call can make.. but i'm absolutely just bouncing off the walls now, maybe this christmas will be good afterall!
i just hope i don't overeat! haha!
Saturday, December 21
i admit, my week got alot better after that tuesday (thanks yan for pointing out the right day). wednesday night was the office christmas party, and i have to say it was quite fun! we had a slight hiccup before we got there (it was held at the oriental) but once all the games began, there was no stopping us! we played all the typical party games, screamed out lungs out and cheated like mad! we won, of course, but that's besides the point! ahahaha.. each magazine has to put up an act - a lip synching, dance type of act. i laughed until i almost cried! it was just soooo funny, and i couldn't stop tearing!one of the good things that come out of the party was the goodie bags that they gave to each of us - three huge bagfulls! there were things like moisturisers, lipsticks, foundations, a pair of ray ban sunnies, orange juice, face strips, two shirts, enough shampoo to last me the next year, body lotions (like 6 types), room scents, an ambi pur thingy, handcreams, facial cleansers, perfumes, and god i can't remember what else! and for the first time in my life, i won something in a lucky draw that i actually wanted! so now my household is the proud new owner of a barbeque grill! it might seem like an odd thing for me to want, but i know my mom's always wanted one.. and wishing for the business class plane tickets to bangkok was aiming a bit high.. maybe next year!
the rest of the week seemed to go pretty slowly.. i'm definitely going to need a break sometime soon, and hopefully it'll be sometime in january.. now all i need is a place to go! where would be a good place?
goodness gracious me, it's almost the end of the year already.. somehow time seems to have lost importance to me, it wasn't until i saw a calender and it said 20th Dec, that i realised 'oh my god, christmas is like 5 days away!' i just hope that i'm not wasting my time away! and i've barely done any christmas shopping!
ARGH! that means i'll be getting older soon.. *sigh* it feels like i've gone through way too much already for a 22 year old. i don't even want to imagine what the next 22 years are going to be like! i used to say when i was younger i just wanted to enjoy life to the fullest, party hard, play hard, and experience what life had to offer... then end it all when i hit 21. go out with a bang!
but here i am, i'm 22 and i'm still around.... and from the looks of that life line on my palm, i think i'm going to be around for a much much much much much longer time... oh boy, how am i going to keep myself occupied for all those years.. all those decades! egads!
time to lounge in bed, and see what crap the tv has to offer..
Tuesday, December 17
it's been one of those weeksand yes, i do realise it's only wednesday, but i'm ready to crawl under my blanket, curl up in a ball and just wish the world would disappear. it's mainly work that's been making me like this - everything that can go wrong, that could go wrong (although it shouldn't) has gone wrong. it's been five months since i've started work.. i haven't taken any days off, and i think i better do that soon otherwise i'm going to just burn out and start seriously messing up at work.
i need a holiday. somewhere relaxing.. preferably with lots of spa treatments! wouldn't that be great?
sigh. i miss my life!
Sunday, December 15
i know i know i haven't been writing that much.. just didn't have much to say i guess!this is one of the most lazy weekends i've had in a really long time.. i actually had time to stop and say 'i'm so booooored! there's nothing to do!' which hasn't happened in a really long time!
so what's happened this whole week/weekend?
the week's been kind of uneventful.. wake up, squeeze with the rest of singapore into the train, get to work. while at work, do work. finish work (usually later than the official time!) go home. have dinner, bathe, go to sleep. the good news is that our team is back to almost full strength! yipee!
on friday night i hopped down to the citylink mall to meet wonderful girl ryl for some dinner, where we sat and chatted and waited for other people to show up.. then we headed down to double o (or dbl o as it prefers to be called) where we waited for even more people, and had lots to drink! i must admit, it was kind of fun just being able to let loose for a while! i really don't think i've laughed that much in a really really long time..
saturday morning was spent lounging around the house trying to find something to do.. we all went over to joanna's house after that (my jaw is still on the floor.. her house is amazing!) and chilled and played around..
and now sunday is upon us.. i've managed to paint my toenails *wiggles toes* and well... that's about it really! but i guess it's good that my weekends have become boring, because it means i'm not back at work trying to finish something or other, and it means that i'm not sitting at home, doing work either! i've even stopped dreaming about work now, so it's back to the normal nonsensical weird stuff that i normally dream about.
hmmm.. i feel like playing pool!
or maybe i need more hobbies?
since christmas is almost here (where does the time fly to?!) here's a funny list:
20 Things you can get away with saying only at Christmas
1. I prefer breasts to legs
2. Tying the legs together keeps the inside moist.
3. Smother the butter all over the breasts.
4. If I don't undo my trousers, I'll burst!
5. I've never seen a better spread.
6. I'm in the mood for a little dark meat.
7. Are you ready for seconds yet?
8. It's a little dry, do you still want to eat it?
9. Just wait your turn, you'll get some!
10. Don't play with your meat.
11. Stuff it up between the legs as far as it will go.
12. Do you think you'll be able to handle all these people at once?
13. Anyone want stuffing?
14. You still have a little bit on your chin.
15. How long will it take after you put it in? .
16. You'll know it's ready when it pops up.
17. Just pull the end and wait for the bang.
18. That's the biggest bird I've ever had.
19. I'm so full, I've been gobbling nuts all morning
20. Wow, I didn't think I could handle all that and still want.........
Saturday, December 14
10 REASONS TO GO TO WORK NAKED10. No one ever steals your chair.
9. Gives "bad hair day" a whole new meaning.
8. Diverts attention from the fact that you also came to work drunk.
7. People stop stealing your pens after they've seen where you keep them.
6. You want to see if it's like the dream.
5. To stop those creepy programmer guys from looking down your blouse.
4. "I'd love to chip in... but I left my wallet in my pants."
3. Inventive way to finally meet that 'special' person in Human Resources.
2. Can take advantage of your computer monitor radiation to work on your tan.
And...drum roll...the Number One reason to go to work naked :
1. Your boss will never say, "I wanna see your ass in here by 8:00!" ever again.
Tuesday, December 10
[Rules For Work]1. Never give me work in the morning. Always wait until 4:00 and then bring it to me. The challenge of a deadline is refreshing.
2. If it's really a rush job, run in and interrupt me every 10 minutes to inquire how it's going. That helps. Even better is to hover behind me, and advise me at every keystroke.
3. Always leave without telling anyone where you're going. It gives me a chance to be creative when someone asks where you are.
4. If my arms are full of papers, boxes, books, or supplies, don't open the door for me. I need to learn how to function as a paraplegic and opening doors with no arms is good training in case I should ever be injured and lose all use of my limbs.
5. If you give me more than one job to do, don't tell me which is priority. I am psychic.
6. Do your best to keep me late. I adore this office and really have nowhere to go or anything to do. I have no life beyond work.
7. If a job I do pleases you, keep it a secret. If that gets out, it could mean a promotion.
8. If you don't like my work, tell everyone. I like my name to be popular in conversations. I was born to be whipped.
9. If you have special instructions for a job, don't write them down. In fact, save them until the job is almost done - No point confusing me with useful information.
10. Never introduce me to the people you're with. I have no right to know anything. In the corporate food chain, I am plankton. When you refer to them later, my shrewd deductions will identify them.
11. Be nice to me only when the job I'm doing for you could really change your life and send you straight to manager's hell.
12. Tell me all your little problems. No one else has any and it's nice to know someone is less fortunate. I especially like the story about having to pay so many taxes on the bonus cheque you received for being such a good manager.
13. Wait until my yearly review and THEN tell me what my goals SHOULD have been. Give me a mediocre performance rating with a cost of living increase. I'm not here for the money anyway.
Monday, December 9
[live and let die]monday blues have hit big time.. i was slightly miserable at work today because i had a million things to do, plus a meeting to attend, and then writer's block. argh! not a good combination when you're trying to rush out the pages that you're working on. even gave myself a mini stress attack at work because for a second i just didn't know what i was doing. it was suddenly like 'what the hell are you doing here? what's the point of all this?!?!'
but fear not, i regained my mind back... slowly, but surely! i did give up on the writing though, and got my general admin stuff out of the way. i just hope life balances itself out soon!
i've been toying with the idea of asking to be the beauty writer, since i've practically taken over.. i'm still weighing out the pros and cons though. it's really not as easy as everything thinks it is! product after product lands on your desk, and you've got to see how you can put together a story featuring other brands with similar products, and please your advertisers at the same time..... but what say you people out there? should i stay or should i go (on to be a beauty writer that is, not leave the company!) maybe you guys can help put some things in perspective for me!
other than that, i hope the week passes quickly.. although there really isn't much for me to look forward to on the weekends.. i end up staying at home and rotting! but hey, that's good for the mind sometimes..
Saturday, December 7
i've been coughing my lungs out the past few days, and yes, i've actually gone to see a doctor. (those who know me will be thoroughly shocked, the last time i saw a doctor i was coughing my lungs out for about a month first, and i only went coz i couldn't take it anymore!) but i've finally found a doctor who doesn't nag at me when i'm sick, and always looks surprised when he sees my tongue stud (either that or he's got a bad memory!) either way, he always offers to give me a MC every time i see him. i had to turn him down when i saw him on tuesday though, because it would have been pointless - i'd have had to go to work anyway!!work's been busy, as usual. not helped by it's punctuated by bouts of coughing! but i have to admit that since i've had to take over the beauty pages, i'm kind of enjoying it. and i certainly have a new found respect for beauty writers, it's fun learning what all the new trends are, and although everyone says the freebies are so fun, after a while seeing product after product after product land on your table, you just want them all to go away! plus i'm running out of space to store it all!
i don't believe another week has just flown past.. and for the past week i've been feeling very uneasy (hopefully it's not just me being sick). i've been really irrititable, especially with my family.. i think it just need some space on my own, without having people walking in and out of my room all the time. i don't know why i get so snappy half the time, and they're the only ones who seem to be bothering me. i guess what they say about family is true - you can't live with them, and you can't live without them (although they say the same about men!)
it's funny how when one part of my life is going well, the rest seem to be crumbling apart. my career is going pretty great, i don't know what state my love life is in, and home life is taking the biggest toll on me. my health needless to say is doing pretty crap! i hope things get sorted out soon.. just so i can get on with the rest of life..
yesterday i went out with my friends, and put on my mascara thinking i'd try to do it with my mouth closed.. but i was concentrating on not smudging it, i forgot.. and i probably had my mouth wide open while i was doing it too! hehehe, we went for a steamboat dinner at suntec, where we ate too much.. then went over to illusion bar to meet another friend, and i found myself in a state of hell because all they played was retro music (i HATE retro music) but by about midnight they started playing some more 'recent' music, so i had a pretty good time! it's been ages since i was in a night club.. and even longer since i had any alcohol! i couldn't take too much because i'm on medication, but enough to make me happy :) i even managed to sit down and talk to my gorgeous friend, and realised that some of the situations that i'm in, she understands them alot more than i realise.. sometimes it's just nice to know that someone out there understands!
and i can't believe that the whole world has seen james bond except me. ME! and i'm the james bond fan!!
here's an email that my friend sent to me the other day.. another one of those inspirational stories!
Once upon a time, there was a very strong woodcutter. He asked for a job from a timber merchant, and he got it. The pay was really good and so were the work conditions. For that reason, the woodcutter was determined to do his best. His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he was supposed to work.
The first day, the woodcutter brought down 18 trees. The Boss was very much impressed and said, "Congratulations, Go on that way!" Very motivated by the words of the boss, the woodcutter tried harder the next day, but he only could bring down 15 trees. The third day he tried even harder, but he only could bring down 10 trees. Day after day he was bringing down less and less trees.
"I must be losing my strength", the woodcutter thought to himself. He went to the boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand what was going on. "When was the last time you sharpened your axe?" the boss asked.
"Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut trees.
The moral of the story:
Our lives are like that. We sometimes get so busy that we don't take time to sharpen the axe. In today's world, it seems that everyone is busier than ever, but less happy than ever. Why is that? Could it be that we have forgotten how to stay sharp? There's nothing wrong with activity and hard work. But we should not get so busy that we neglect the truly important things in life, like our personal life, taking time to care for others, taking time to read etc. We all need time to relax, to think and meditate,
to learn and grow. If we don't take time to sharpen the axe, we will become dull and lose our effectiveness.
So start from today, think about the ways by which you could do your job more effectively and add a lot of value to it. Hope this story has given yousome insight to life, may you be happy always!
"To handle yourself, use your head. To handle others, use your heart".
Monday, December 2
questions for the day:Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed?
Why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"?
Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?
Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?
Why is it that to stop Windows 98, you have to click on "Start"?
Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it?
Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?
Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?
Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?
If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
In case you needed further proof that the human race is doomed through stupidity, here are some actual label instructions on consumer goods.
On a Sears hairdryer: Do not use while sleeping. (and that's the only time I have to work on my hair).
On a bag of Fritos: ..You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside. (the shoplifter special)?
On a bar of Dial soap: "Directions: Use like regular soap." (and that would be how???....)
On some Swanson frozen dinners: "Serving suggestion: Defrost." (but, it's "just" a suggestion).
On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom): "Do not turn upside down." (well...duh, a bit late, huh)!
On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding:"Product will be hot after heating." (...and you thought????...)
On packaging for a Rowenta iron: "Do not iron clothes on body." (but wouldn't this save me more time)?
On Boot's Children Cough Medicine:"Do not drive a car or operate machinery after taking this medication."
(We could do a lot to reduce the rate of construction accidents if we could just get those 5-year-olds with head-colds off those forklifts.)
On Nytol Sleep Aid: "Warning: May cause drowsiness." (and...I'm taking this because???....)
On most brands of Christmas lights: "For indoor or outdoor use only." (as opposed to...what)?
On a Japanese food processor: "Not to be used for the other use." (now, somebody out there, help me on this. I'm a bit curious.)
On Sunsbury's peanuts: "Warning: contains nuts." (talk about a news flash)
On an American Airlines packet of nuts: "Instructions: Open packet, eat nuts." (Step 3: maybe, uh...fly Delta?)
On a child's superman costume: "Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly." (I don't blame the company. I blame the parents for this one.)
On a Swedish chainsaw:"Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals." (..was there a lot of this happening somewhere?)
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i'm 24, a pisces, working in a magazine, sitting back and watching life go by.
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