Wednesday, July 30
'The thing is, sir,' began Julie, quite obviously speaking off the top of her head, 'I think that love's more complicated than we think it is. Sometimes you fall in love with someone that's just no good for you. It's not your fault and in a way it's not their fault either - it ust is. And I think that's what happened here. Heathcliff fell in love with the wrong person. I ...' She looked down at her desk sheepishly. 'Sorry, sir, I finished the whole book over the weekend, sir. It's just that once I started I couldn't stop.' I smiled at her reassuringly. 'Anyway, I like to think that Heathcliff would've found the right person if he'd only looked. I think the right person's out there for everyone, but you can only see them if you want to see them. The thing is, Heathcliff couldn't see anybody but Cathy.'- My Legendary Girlfriend, Mike Gayle
i can't even begin to describe how true that is.. if only i'd see the right person, instead of keeping my eyes downcast at all the time.. who know what might happen.
Tuesday, July 29
decadence is having a few glasses of wine on a monday night.or maybe that's just called being alcoholic!
but it's a monday night and i'm happy, and that's all that counts! although i should probably get to sleep soon, otherwise i'll be a zombie at work tomorrow.
sometimes i just love my life!
and i'm not making much sense am i?
heheehehe!
Sunday, July 27
this is a little something i got from rainia's site. and since i'm 'doing' work now, i thought it'd be the perfect time to fill it in!The If Questions
if i were a month i would be: any of the spring months. i love spring!
if i were a day of the week i would be: saturday - it's the weekend, time to party!
if i were a time of day i would be: the sunset hour
if i were a planet i would be: saturn. i'd have a nice ring around me like a hula hoop
if i were a sea animal i would be: seahorse
if i were a direction i would be: all over the place
if i were a piece of furniture i would be: a bean bag. c'mon, who doesn't like a comfy bean bag?
if i were a liquid i would be: perfectly aged vintage red wine
if i were a tree i would be: a shady tree
if i were a flower/plant i would be: sunflower
if i were a kind of weather i would be: a perfect spring day - cool breezes with the sun still shining
if i were a musical instrument i would be: cello
if i were an animal i would be: butterfly
if i were a color i would be: sea-green (the nice shade of it)
if i were a vegetable i would be: eggplant
if i were a sound i would be: laughter
if i were an element i would be: water
if i were a car i would be: i'm keeping rainia's answer - Jaguar XK8 convertible
if i were a song i would be: annoyingly catchy?
if i were a food i would be: thai - hot and spicy!
if i were a place i would be: a cinema
if i were a material i would be: satin
if i were a taste i would be: nostalgic - like something you used to taste when you were a child
if i were a scent i would be: peppermint
if i were a word i would be: delirious
if i were an object i would be: a great car
if i were a body part i would be: lips
if i were a facial expression i would be: amused
if i were a cartoon character i would be: dory - i'd be able to speak whale!!
if i were a shape i would be a: marquise
if i were a number i would be: 5
Friday, July 25
[one year]today - the 25th July 2003 - marks the point where i've been in the real world for a year. today marks the end of the first year of my career.
i can't believe i've already been working for a year! some colleagues have said it only feels like six months, another one said she thought i'd already been here two years! but i guess i can relate to both. it feels like it was only yesterday that i first stepped into this office for my very very first day of ... the rest of my life? ahhah.. and although it's only been a year, i feel like i know these ladies so well it's like i've been here for decades.
one whole year!
Thursday, July 24
too much alcohol - no goodshoes that are too high - not very good either
having to work the next day - man don't even get me started!
realising tomorrow is friday - hmm.. things looking up a bit
getting to work and realising your boss is on leave the next two days - priceless
Tuesday, July 22
i can't wait for the weekend!!!!i just want to jump around until it's Friday!
hehehehe
Sunday, July 20
[my conscience]sometimes we don't like what our consciences have to say, but in the end we always know that they're right.
my conscience lives in scotland, in a town called glasgow.
she listens to everything i have to say, and patiently sits through my ranting and raving on the days that i get mad about something or other. other times she listens and laughs at me because it seems like i've lost my mind (although i'm sure she's very entertained when that happens!)
last night was partly a ranting night, and as my conscience listened to me, she pointed out something to me:
"cut people a little slack can? just in general? i've learnt that just because we can fulfil the standards we set for oursevles some people just can't. not because they don't try but because they are better at other things okay?
what you want and what they want is different. it doesn't mean they are not trying. it's just different way of doing things. different goals and aims. and that's just it."
it was kinda something i already knew... but when someone else points it out to you, it just hits home a little more. and it makes you go 'you are completely right. that's just it.'
she's already taught me that sometimes no matter how much you care about someone, leaving them to live their lives doesn't mean you're not there for them anymore. because there's only so much you can do to help someone. in the end, it's their life to lead and you have to be a little selfish once in a while...
she's also taught me that tennis and golf players are kinda cute too, but that's a whole different story.
my conscience, she's brilliant (she's da master!! heheh) and i'm going to make sure that by hook or by crook i'm going to see her graduate at the end of the year because there isn't anyone else i would want to show me around london :)
thank you conscience, i love ya!
Saturday, July 19
there are more pictures here! and don't forget the kid photos and the people photos!
Thursday, July 17
this is a video diary entry.. it's pictures i've been meaning to put up for the longest time!
this was taken at hideout.. a cozy little corner in boat quay that i love to go to...
my artsy shots!
these series of pictures were taken at sungei road, otherwise known as the theives market.. there's such an array of things that you can find there that's it's amazing. it's got such an old world feel to it. and look, someone's even trying to sell an old copy of the singapore women's weekly!
my very very sad attempts at taking the cityscape skyline, which were both thwarted by two DIFFERENT lorries! i couldn't stop laughing.
and since i don't want to clog up everyone's computer connections, if you want to see pictures of people and of kids, just click!
Sunday, July 13
okay i have a confession.. i didnt' make it to the gym again on thursday or friday. hehehehe but there's always next week. and i'm DEFINITELY going tomorrow!i swear!
i had such fun over the weekend though.. i ate, i drank and i was very very merry!! on friday i went to velvet for the first time (yessss i know, i'm a bit slow) and i really love it there! it's not as young (and ah beng/ah lian) as zouk, and a bit less frenzied than phuture. it was unbelievable though because we just kept drinking and couldn't stop laughing. my friends even managed to drag me to the extremely crowded dance floor for a while (see! i did get some exercise) where my toes got stepped on alot, but it was still fun anyway! dragged myself home at 330am with a really sore face because we'd been laughing and smiling so much.
the catchphrase of the week is now 'CAN YOU SAY THAT ANY LOUUUDER??'
and then amazingly enough, last night we played monopoly. until 4 am. it's been ages since i played monopoly and for the first time in my life, I WON! even though i went to jail a record number of 30234225623 times. okay, i might be exaggerating a bit, but i was in jail a damn lot. and it goes to show an ex-con can still win at the game! the board that my friend had was absolute vintage i tell you. it's one of those first editions of monopoly with mayfair, liverpool station, bow street and the rest. i wouldn't be surprised if that board is almost as old as i am!
later this afternoon i'm off to my nephew's one month celebration... i'll take photos when i can, because my nephews and nieces are such adorable things!
Thursday, July 10
ooh lookie, it's already thursday and that means that tomorrow will be friday! hmm what to do what to do? it seems like i haven't had much of a quiet moment in the last few days.. not that i'm complaining!maybe i should go to the gym again tomorrow... *flex*
Tuesday, July 8
i went to the gym yesterday.. and my muscles are sore!but i know it's a good kind of sore.. it means i'm on my way to being lean and meannnnnnnn
i'll become one of the charlie's angels!
*heeeeyah!*
Saturday, July 5
Love in, love out,Find the feeling
Scream in, Scream out,
Time for healing
You feel the moment's gone too soon,
You're watching clouds come over you.
Torn in two,
You close your eyes for some place new,
Torn in two
And I feel it's going down,
Ten feet below the ground,
I'm waiting for your healing hand,
One touch could bring me round
I feel we're going down,
Ten feet below the ground,
It's just the way I'm feeling.
Glow in, burn out,
Lost the feeling
Bruise in, you bruise out,
Nurse the bleeding
Torn in two,
Each time we bruise
And I feel it's going down,
Ten feet below the ground,
I'm waiting for your healing hand,
One touch could bring me round
I feel we're going down,
Ten feet below the ground,
It's just the way I'm feeling.
Yeah yeah, it's just the way I'm feeling.
Two different views,
As words confuse and break
I can't get out,
There's no way out of here,
I can't get clear.
Love in, love out,
Find the feeling.
And I feel it's going down,
Ten feet below the ground,
I'm waiting for your healing hand,
One touch could bring me round
I feel we're going down,
Ten feet below the ground,
It's just the way I'm feeling.
Yeah yeah, it's just the way I'm feeling.
Yeah yeah, it's just the way I'm feeling.
Yeah yeah, it's just the way I'm feeling.
Yeah yeah, it's just the way I'm feeling.
- Just The Way I'm Feeling by Feeder
Thursday, July 3
[my mother's mother, in other words - my grandma]
it's my grandmother's first death anniversary today. and it seems like it really wasn't that long ago that it happened. my grandmother had been sick for quite a while - she'd suffered two strokes, a few years apart - and like all stroke victims, her speech had become slurred and her short term memory wasn't great. but oh the stories she'd tell about her childhood. it was almost as if she had gone back in time and was telling us everything as it happened.
i'm ashamed to say that i never knew my grandma that well, because i'd always been overseas so often, and when i came back it was only for a few weeks here and there. so the only times i saw her was during christmas and chinese new year. and if i was around, for her birthday too. it was sad to see such a beautiful lady deteriorate, even though you could still see the spirit in her eyes.
i once found a picture of my grandma when she was about 20 plus (the one above) . and boy was she gorgeous! apparently i was asked at school to bring something we thought was beautiful for show and tell. i brought that picture of my grandma.
my grandma loved listening to the old classic pop singers like connie francis and frank sinatra. my grandma loved rock hudson and couldn't believe it when (in her words) 'they turned him into an ah gwa!'. i once asked my grandma who was more handsome - rock hudson or my grandfather. she didn't miss a beat.
'rock hudson!'
she kept calling me rita hayworth at one point, because i'd turned up with really red hair. she declared one day that she didn't want to eat porridge anymore, because she was sick of having porridge all the time. i laughed when i heard that, which was funny because no one else had understood what she'd said. my grandma knew when her time was up, she knew it was time for her to go 'i want to die already,' she said. 'i'm going to die today.'
my grandma was 81 when she passed away, just a month and a half short of her 82nd birthday. she had 5 kids - 4 sons and 1 daughter. she had 11 grandchildren (i'm the youngest), and 2 great-grandchildren. i'd like to think that she had led a full life, and done everything she had ever dreamed of doing.
damn the world for being so horrible. they just had to take the nice grandma, and leave the mean one behind!
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Wednesday, July 2
the joke of the dayThe guy wakes up at home with a huge hangover. He forces himself to open his eyes, and the first thing he sees is a couple of aspirins
and a glass of water on the side table. He sits down and sees his clothing in front of him, all clean and pressed. He looks around the room
and sees that it is in a perfect order, spotless clean. And so's the rest of the house.
He takes the aspirins and notices a note on the table "Honey,breakfast is on the stove. Love you." So he goes to the kitchen and sure
enough there is a hot breakfast, fresh newspaper. His son is also at the table, eating.
Father (F): "Son, what happened yesterday?"
Son (S): "Oh, the usual. You came home after 3 am, drunk and delirious. Broke some furniture, puked in the hallway, and gave mom a black
eye."
(F): "So, why is everything in order and so clean, and the food is on the table?"
(S): "Oh that! Mom dragged you to the bedroom, and when she tried to take your pants off you said "Bitch! Leave me alone, I am married!"
Tuesday, July 1
Here's a chance for you to know a little bit more about me... that and i'm at work and i'm kinda bored!5 THINGS I HATE
1. self-obssessed people
2. being told how i feel
3. being patronised
4. being too nice, and letting people make use of me
5. rude and late people.
5 THINGS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
1. other people. sometimes i just don't get them!
2. drunk drivers
3. maths. i was never good at it. i'm an arts student for goodness sakes!
4. horror movies
5. why people put themselves through reality shows, even though i'm addicted to watching them.
5 THINGS ON YOUR DESK
1. my fake aquarium that's actually a candle filled with seashells and a light light blue gel.
2. my evian water bottle
3. lots and lots and lots of files
4. my anubis figurine from the british museum
5. a 50ml bottle of chivas regal (shhhh)
5 OF YOUR CLOSEST (online) FRIENDS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
1. lorraine
2. angel
3. julie
4. cindy
5. janice
5 OF YOUR CLOSEST (offline) FRIENDS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
1. chad
2. giselle
3. keryl
4. ping wen
5. seok bin
5 THINGS YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW
1. trying to look busy at work
2. wondering why time's going so slowly
3. sitting cross legged on my chair (my legs are going numb soon)
4. chatting to some people on icq
5. answering phone calls
5 NEGATIVE FACTS ABOUT YOU
1. i don't drink enough water
2. i believe people too easily
3. i get distracted very easily
4. i never know what i want to wear in the morning
5. i cry too easily!
5 POSITIVE FACTS ABOUT YOU
1. i'm fiercely loyal to my friends
2. i try to make my friends happy
3. i'm creative
4. i have a warped sense of humour, that if anything, at least amuses my friends.
5. i'm open minded
5 THINGS YOU PLAN TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE
1. go sky diving
2. go scuba diving
3. travel the world
4. be happy
5. fall hopelessly in love, and be loved in return
5 THINGS YOU CAN DO
1. write with both hands
2. interpret dreams
3. type really fast!
4. give really good hugs
5. give a mean massage and crack backs
5 THINGS YOU CAN'T DO
1. bungee jump.
2. mental calculations, unless i'm at a sale, then i do it really fast!
3. give a damn about someone i don't care about
4. tell 24 hour time in less than 3 seconds
5. talk in a normal volume when i'm talking wtih my friends on the phone.
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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