Friday, January 31
rain rain rain! it's so rainy now, so unlike the past chinese new years where it's always been blazing hot and scorching. i'm still in the middle of spring cleaning (a bit late i know, but better than never!)I Am
Which tarot card are you?
Spiritual enlightenment, inner illumination, hidden power. Link between seen and unseen. Balance of positive and negative forces. Receptivity. Unseen guidance.
A young woman sits on a throne holding a scroll labeled "Tora" meaning "law." On her breast is the sign of the meeting of heaven and earth, the Maltese cross. Her crown is the full orb supported by horns, the crown ofthe Mother Goddess Isis, who rules all things changeable, shown by the moon at her feet. Her power, upon which her throne rests, derives from the creative principle of duality, shown by the two pillars of light and darkness. To those who know and love her she dispenses the sweet fruit of the world itself, symbolized by the pomegranites.
Tuesday, January 28
OH. MY. GOD.the cutest guy walked into my office today, to see my boss for a casting (yes, he's a model, and damn right he should be!) i was standing at the reception area chatting to some of the ladies there, and one of my colleagues had her back to the door, and when this guy walked in, she turned around to look, then quickly looked back at me and had that eyes-really-big-oh-my-god-did-you-see-the-gorgeous-guy-that-just-walked-in look!
needless to say, i was giving her the same look back.
this guy really was just heartstoppingly cute. and i can assure you i very rarely have reactions like this to people, least of all, guys (no, not coz i'm lesbian or anything, although i do appreciate a good looking woman too!) i practically melted into the carpet right then and there.. *sighhhhhs* but janice had a good point - if only people had that same reaction when they saw us! wouldn't that be great, eh??
melbie counter: 31 more days!
damn, my request for a BMW pit pass for the formula one got turned down. i promise i won't do anything to the cars, i won't get in the way or anything..i just want the driver!!
Monday, January 27
i am officially exhausted.i feel like i haven't had a decent night's sleep in months, and i'm running purely on adrenalin.. and once that runs out, i'll just collapse in a heap, amid really loud snoring.. i don't know why i'm like this, i crawl into bed every night thinking 'sleep! beautiful sleep..' and wake up thinking 'damn, did i get any sleep at all?'
i think what i need is a week's worth of sleep, a good massage.. oh heck, what i need is to be pampered! a manicure! a pedicure! a massage! a facial! the full works! ... ha ha..if only eh?
it's 32 more days to melbourne.. maybe being there will refresh my spirits a little.. i really can't imagine being anywhere better than melbie (yes, i know, i'm very attached to the place!) one of the first things i'm going to do is just walk around the city, see all the places i used to go while i was there.. breathe in the fresh melbourne air.. get a wonderful melbourne tan.. and just relax.
man, suddenly 32 days seems so far away.. i just hope that when it's time for me to come back home (to reality) it won't make me too miserable again..
somehow i think.. or maybe i know, that i belong there..
32 more days!! i hope i can stay awake till then..
Saturday, January 25
top gear! what a delightful show! it's always on the BBC channel on cable, and somehow i always end up forgetting to watch it (like with most of the programs that i want to watch - inside the actor's studio being another i always miss) but i happened to be channel surfing just then and realised it was on. they were road testing cars with various celebrities and comparing their times (more specfically, it was called 'star in a reasonably priced car'!!), when suddenly they announced 'and next, we see which religion is the fastest!'so there i am, lying on my bed thinking 'wha..?' when suddenly a rabbi, a buddhist, a hare krishna, a catholic priest, a church of england priest, and a protestant priest appear.. they were all going to race in a modified car that was fit for a rally race! bloody funny this program is! and off they went, all racing around the track.. and when the hosts were announcing the winners, they were down to the last two when he quipped 'this is just like the 16th century all over again, because we're left with the catholics against the church of england!'
the priest from the church of england won. :P
i just listened to the new oasis album, and it's pretty good! it's not as angst-ridden as their previous albums, which is good and bad.. but the songs are still pretty great to sing along to at the top of your lungs anyway! there's a song on it called 'she is love' and it's very sweet - which is surprising coming from oasis. but sweet nonetheless.
last night i was over at a friend's place (i got hopelessly lost getting there!) and we watched the MTV Asian Music Awards... which i have to say was MUCH better than the one last year! but it was quite fun because the whole bunch of us couldn't stop making smart-arsed remarks about the whole show.. hehehe!
but as i was driving over to sharon's place to pick her up first, i realised that i'm a horrible driver when i'm driving alone - i speed, i curse, i swear, i sing really loudly (which probably makes the other drivers look over and think 'god look at that nutcase driving that car!') i pretend i'm a formula one driver and try to overtake everyone, i play my music too loudly (fatboy slim rocks when i'm driving!), and the worse of all is that i get distracted really easily on the road! 'ooh look, a sale!' 'ooh, that's a nice colour for a car..' 'oh, what's that red light? shit the car in front is stopping!' and i have bad night vision.. i end up trying to drive with just my right eye open! haha! imagine if someone looked over while i was driving: 'why's that girl winking when she's on the road?'
but don't worry, i'm really a very safe driver once there are other people in the car.. i'm sure keryl can attest to that! right keryl?!!?
here's the friday five for this week:
1. What is one thing you don't like about your body?
*looks around* is this a trick question?? i guess i'd have to say the boobs. if they were a little more gravity-defying i think i'd be pretty happy!
2. What are two things you love about your body?
the fact that i'm not an anorexic looking stick figure - i look like i'd actually still stay standing up if the wind blew! i like the fact that my hair is always very co-operative when i'm bored and want to experiment!
3. What are three things you want to change about your home?
three? i'm only allowed three?!?! i'd change everything! but i guess i'd start with having a bigger bathtub, having my own room, and getting nicer furniture.
4. What are four books you want to read this year?
sophie's world, the two sequels to the secret dreamworld of a shopaholic, and memoirs of a geisha (i've read it before, but i love it so much i want to read it again!)
5. What are five promises you have kept to yourself?
none. i'm horrible at keeping promises with myself. i should just accept myself as who i am!
Wednesday, January 22
Here are some comments made by sports commentators that I'm sure they would like to take back:1. Weight lifting commentator at the Olympic Snatch and Jerk Event: "This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing."
2. Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator: "This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother."
3. Grand Prix Race Announcer: "The lead car is absolutely, truly unique, except for the one behind it which is exactly identical to the one in front of the similar one in back."
4. Greg Norman, Pro Golfer: "I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father."
5. Ringside Boxing Analyst: "Sure there have been injuries and even some deaths in boxing - but none of them really that serious."
6. Baseball announcer: "If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again."
7. Basketball analyst: "He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn't like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces."
8. At a trophy ceremony BBC TV Boat Race 1988: "Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridgepresident is hugging the Cox of the Oxfordcrew."
9. Metro Radio, College Football: "Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field."
10. US Open TV Commentator: "One of the reasons Arnie Palmer is playing so well is that before each final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them. Oh my God, what have I just said?"
AHHAHAHAHAH, i just love the last one!
Monday, January 20
man, it's terribly hard to go through the day trying not to hear what the results of the golden globes are.. especially since they were broadcast live at 9am this morning, and it's now 1045pm. torture i tell you, torture!! i already know some of the results (damn the tv mobile on the bus!) but i guess i watch it more to see what everyone is wearing anyway.. so at least i haven't seen any pictures of that yet!who knew it'd be this difficult to stay away from the world of tv! i'd hate to think what i'm going to have to go through when the oscars are showing...
the day started off kind of badly.. but it's gotten better, so i'm going to just leave it at that :)
alright, i'm going to get my bed all ready and curl up and wait for the golden globes to start!
all hail tv!
Saturday, January 18
i've just decided to tear down my webpage and rebuild it again..this blog will still stay up and running.. but i can't promise the website will be the same anytime soon!
just came back from a few rounds of pool with joanna.. we went to play at bukit timah plaza and despite what we had imagined about the place, it's actually pretty decent! it's not crowded, not smoky, there's no loud obnoxious music playing and there aren't tons of underaged ah bengs yelling in hokkien everywhere you turn.. we have ourselves a winner!
i can't believe that chinese new year is just around the corner.. it seems like not too long ago when i was just trying to struggle to get through christmas and new years!
here's my friday five, one day late (hey i tried!):
1. Where do you currently work?
i could be corny and say 'in an office', but i won't! i work for a magazine called the singapore women's weekly.
2. How many other jobs have you had and where?
i'm a newbie! this is my first job, although i've done internships before...
3. What do you like best about your job?
getting to know all these new things (i'm doing some beauty writing which i've never done before), watching movies for free, getting makeup for free.. the satisfaction of seeing my hard work come to fruition when my stories are published!
4. What do you like least about your job?
having to do about 203923482 things at the same time.... tossing in bed at night and only being able to think of work - that sucks!
5. What is your dream job?
i'd love to work from home, to run my own little business!
and here's a cute girl with a cute cat!
Thursday, January 16
i'm feeling kind of hyper at the moment, even though i just ate my dinner a bit too fast and all i want to do is just sit in the chair and wait for my food to digest!i can't believe it's almost the end of the week already.. i know i've been horrible and not updating, but i still read everyone's blogs everyday! i just get too lazy to type.. hehhe.. it's just 43 more days till i get to melbourne for my holiday! my leave has been approved already, so everything is all set and raring to go! i can't wait for the f1 grand prix! *vroooom vrooooom!* ok ok, i'm sure f1 cars sound better than my feeble vroom vroom attempts!
tomorrow's friday!
yipee!!
Sunday, January 12
this whole weekend started with a night out, going slightly deaf because the music was too loud, and then croaking like crazy later on because i had to keep shouting over the music...maybe i should take it back a couple of hours.. i'd for once finished work on time, and all my colleagues had left the office by about 6 30pm. my friends said they wanted to go to embassy that night, and i figured if i went home i wasn't going to want to come out again. so in the office i stayed, waiting for my friends to say 'alright i'm done, let's meet!' and the time ticks by.. tick tick tick. it wasn't too bad to tell you the truth.. i put on a fatboy slim cd and cranked up the volume real loud (partly to get me in the mood, partly so that if anyone else was in the office, they'd know .. you can't see my cubicle unless you walk righhhht to the end) i did some filing, rearranged my desk, and decorated my cubicle with lots of lovely discovery channel pictures! then i headed off to meet keryl for dinner at cafe cartel, and then walked over to embassy to check out the people in the queue. we were slightly horrified to see lots of ah peks and ah mas waiting to get in.. and noticed that not a single person was wearing jeans! probably had something to do with the fact that no one seemed like they were under 30! so we figured if keryl and i couldn't get in with how we were dressed, the guys that were joining us probably didn't have a chance in hell of getting in either!! so off to embargo we went to have a drink and wait for the rest of the people to arrive.. i was going to leave after drinks because i had a photoshoot the next day, but somehow i got convinced to stay (what happened to my will power?!)
so off we went to centro, where we found a table after a bit of trouble, and i settled myself in. drink drink drink (two tequila shots, lots of jugs of bourbon coke and vodka ribena - our table never seemed to be empty no matter how much we drank!), and it wasn't very much later that i was a happy drunk :)
of course, about an hour later, i was a happy but really sleepy drunk.. and drinking we kept on doing.. we headed off to lau pa sat after all that drinking, although i didn't eat because i was just toooo damn sleepy. i was quite glad to get home, but forced myself into the shower so i wouldn't have to sleep in a cloud of smoke through the night..
fast forward to 8 30am the next morning, with me feeling a bit crap and extremely tired.. some people get headaches when they're hungover, i just still feel like i'm drunk! not a very good thing to feel when you've got a photoshoot to go to! i had to draaaag myself out of bed to get dressed, while trying to avoid the urge to run back into the bed and go back to sleep.. the photoshoot, i have to admit, went really well, and i'm hoping that the pictures will turn out great *fingers crossed* the rest of the night was pretty quiet, with the exception of 6 new additions to the family - 4 guppies and two more fighting fish (i've named them merry and pippin!) so my sister and i pottered around the house attending to the fish.. and then watched a pirated version of pluto nash (not very exciting, don't bother) and then headed to sleep dead tired.
so here we are now at sunday, where i met up with chad for some lunch (super greasy KFC!) and then walked around lucky plaza.. i was looking for more games to buy for my playstation (one.. yes i know i'm behind times, but everything for the ps1 is so much cheaper anyway!) then kelvin came to meet us for coffee, and then headed off again, while chad and i went to watch two weeks notice.. i still love that movie! even though it always makes me feel a bit sad... why can't something like that ever happen to me?! *sigh* i'm just a hopeless romantic.. i want the full works of it! the romance! the declaration of love speech! and it doesn't hurt to have those helicopters too.. heh!
i came home to an empty house (well, empty except for the dog and 25 fish) and put on my beloved fatboy slim cd (different from the one in the office!) and then had a nice long hot bath..i read charlotte's web while i was soaking in the tub, and sometimes it's just so great to read one of those classics from your childhood! so now i'm in my pjs, nicely moisturised, and just lazing..
so ladies and gentlemen, that was my weekend.
here's my belated friday five:
1. Where are you right now?
at home in front of the computer!
2. What time is it?
i'm going to avoid the cheesy line of saying 'it's tiger time' (but i guess i just did!) it's 10:07pm
3. What are you wearing?
my glasses, and my slightly faded but extremely comfy pepsi generation t-shirt
4. Any people or animals around you? Describe them.
the family dog - a rottweiler named pebbles - was just here, but she's just gotten up and walked out of the room.
5. What are your plans for the weekend?
well, if you've read up to here, then you'd pretty much know what i did for the weekend already!
and here's a lovely quote i just found :
"...We'd hoped vaguely to fall in love but hadn't worried much about it, because we'd thought we had all the time in the world. Love had seemed so final, and so dull - love was what ruined our parents. Love had delivered them to a life of mortgage payments and household repairs; to unglamorous jobs and the fluorescent aisles of a supermarket at two in the afternoon. We'd hoped for a love of a different kind, love that knew and forgave our human frailty but did not miniaturize our grander ideas of ourselves. It sound possible. If we didn't rush or grab, if we didn't panic, a love both challenging and nurturing might appear. If the person was imaginable then the person could exist..." Michael Cunningham, A Home at the End of the World
Saturday, January 11
| I am the Siren A man is often secretly oppressed by the role he has to play - by always having to be responsible, in control, and rational. The Siren is the ultimate male fantasy figure because she offers a total release form the limitations of his life. In her presence, which is always heightened and sexually charged, the male feels transported to a realm of pure pleasure. In a world where women are often too timid to project such an image, learn to take control of the male libido by embodying his fantasy. Symbol: Water. The song of the Siren is liquid and enticing, and the Siren herself is fluid and ungraspable. Like the sea, the Siren lures you with the promise of infinite adventure and pleasure. Forgetting past and future, men follow her far out to sea, where they drown. |
What Type of Seducer are You?
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polite_society hmmmmm.. i don't know how true this is!! but i kinda like the sound of it!
Thursday, January 9
A GOOD PUN IS ITS OWN REWORDEnergizer Bunny arrested - charged with battery.
A pessimist's blood type is always b-negative.
Practice safe eating - always use condiments.
A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.
I used to work in a blanket factory, but it folded.
If electricity comes from electrons... does that mean that morality comes from morons?
A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
Corduroy pillows are making headlines.
Is a book on voyeurism a peeping tome?
Dancing cheek-to-cheek is really a form of floor play.
Banning the bra was a big flop.
Sea captains don't like crew cuts.
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
A successful diet is the triumph of mind over platter.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
A gossip is someone with a great sense of rumor.
Without geometry, life is pointless.
When you dream in color, it's a pigment of your imagination.
Reading whilst sun bathing makes you well-red.
When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.
Sunday, January 5
i've finally done it! *arms up in victory*i've finally gone to see james bond!!! chad and i trudged all the way to woodlands (alright, we didn't quite have to trudge, we just took the MRT there) but i'm a suaku no more, and i'll sleep a bit happier tonight!
and yes, i did like it :) how could i not? i love all the bond films in all their cheesy glory! the cars and gadgets were amazing as always, those oneliners were classic.. i do admit the plot seemed to drag a little at times, but there was enough action there to keep me occupied!
*one happy girl*
i've also been watching my dvds of the mummy and the commentaries by the director and some of the cast members.. the commentary done by brendan fraser is soooo funny i kept laughing my head off. what can i say? i think i just like movies that make me laugh alot :)
now i don't feel like going to work tomorrow!
hmm.. maybe i'll watch the two towers again..... not now of course :P
Saturday, January 4
i had some weird dreams last night.. i can't quite remember them now, but i just remember waking up thinking 'what the ..?'i love my dreams though, and as weird as this sounds, sometimes i get pretty good answers from them too! especially at times in my life where i'm really worried about something. i guess maybe your subconcious really does know alot more than you realise..
such a lazy lazy saturday.. i've only just gotten out of my pyjamas, simply because my cousin is coming around later for a visit.. hehehe, if it weren't for that i think i'd probably just stay in my pyjamas!
hmmm.. tiramisuuuu.. i'm so decadent today! i think i'll do some glass painting later..
or maybe i'll just lie in front of the tv..
oh the choices!
Thursday, January 2
HAPPY NEW YEAR!new year's eve was pretty mundane.. i had to work the whole day, so i was pretty tired by the time i rolled up to tamara's house. the good thing about going to a friend's house to chill is that you don't have to watch your bag the whole time in case some idiot tries to take it, you don't have to shout to make yourself heard, and you can drink in peace! it was lovely though, being with old friends and just chatting the night away.. so although it was a quiet start to the year, i loved it :)
new year's day itself was another story.. i arranged to meet up with kelvin and chad to FINALLY catch james bond. but fate somehow seems to like toying with me.. but the time we got to the box office to get tickets, there were only front row seats left! ARGH! i'd figured that since it was the last few screenings of the movie, it probably wouldn't be so crowded. boy was i wrong! *sigh* so we ended up watching i spy instead, which is quite funny lah - no james bond though, but at least we got lots of laughs out of it anyway! and chad was such a sweetie, he bought me the die another day soundtrack to make up for not being able to watch the movie! so now at least i can listen to all the music that was in the movie, and pretend i've already watched it.. heheheh
we had two rounds of bowling while we were waiting for the movie to start, and i'd forgetten what fun bowling was!! well, despited the fact that i broke my nail, but still!! *grins* let's go again!! anyone want to go bowling?!?!?!?
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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