Wednesday, October 29
retail therapy is the best!i stumbled onto a great sale, and i scored myself a pair of nine west shoes for $59! FIFTY NINE!
i couldn't believe it. even if i couldn't find anything, i kept thinking to myself 'at $59, cannot find also buy!'
i love sales!!!
i'm one very happy chick now :)
Tuesday, October 28
i didn't sleep very well last night because i woke up at about 3 am, and then tossed and turned till about 5. i still don't know why.. but tonight i'm feeling sufficiently sleepy to hopefully just snooze through the night.so yes.. off i go to bed.
sweet dreams!
ooh speaking of which, the other night i dreamt i was going out with george clooney. i woke up a very happy girl :)
actually i wanted to go back to sleep to continue the dream, but alas, so that was better than nothing i guess!
Sunday, October 26
[flashback]Lying in my bed i hear the clock tick,
And think of you
Caught up in circles confusion
Is nothing new
Flashback warm nights
Almost left behind
Suitcases of memories,
Time after
Sometimes you picture me
I'm walking too far ahead
You're calling to me, i can't hear
What you've said
Then you say go slow
I fall behind
The second hand unwinds
If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall i will catch you i'll be waiting
Time after time
If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall i will catch you i'll be waiting
Time after time
After my picture fades and darkness has
Turned to gray
Watching through windows you're wondering
If i'm ok
Secrets stolen from deep inside
The drum beats out of time
If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall i will catch you i'll be waiting
Time after time
You said go slow
I fall behind
The second hand unwinds
If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall i will catch you i'll be waiting
Time after time
If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall i will catch you i'll be waiting
Time after time
Time after time
Time after time
Time after time
- time after time by cyndi lauper
i was watching VH1's Top 100 Songs from the Past 25 Years, and this was one of the songs that they were showing (i think it's in there somewhere between 20 and 30.. i lost count!) but what a great song eh? the lyrics are just perfect... i think it can describe anyone's life at one point or another..
chad and i went exploring today, and we ended up in ang mo kio! now it might not seem like much of an adventure, but we're two west-people and going to ang mo kio is like going to a whole new place.. but i've finally found my puzzle fighter game! i'm deliriously happy :) now if only i could find my lara croft angel of darkness one, life will be complete.. for this week! then off we went to geylang to have the delicious beef horfun.
i'm thoroughly satisfied now, especially now that i'm having my glass of wine :)
Saturday, October 25
here's some pictures that we took last week at dinner. i know, i'm a bit slow, but better late than never right??
And here's the cutie pie just as she's about to yawn!
when i was still in high school i made out a list of the qualities my ideal man would have. funnily enough it included things like 'should have played rugby before' and 'plays the saxophone'... there were about 20 qualities listed down, and i don't know if i still have that bit of paper, but i just think it's so funny that i could get so specific about what i wanted. i think if i had to come up with a list now, it probably wouldn't have as much as 20 qualities (i've come to realise there just isn't a man out there who can satisfy all 20, let alone 15 or 10!).
and i don't know why that popped into my head...
Friday, October 24
10 things you might not have known about me (in no particular order)1) i can't tell 24 hour time. well, ok i can.. it just takes me too long to do it so it's easier to ask someone else.
2) i don't like glitter. sure it looks pretty, but glitter seems to be attracted to me, and then it's just EVERYWHERE.. for the next three days.
3) i love soaking in the tub.
4) i have a shoe fetish.
5) i also have a bag fetish.
6) i'm sometimes uncomfortable around drunk men.
7) i like hugs!
8) i'm incapable of being nice to people i don't like or have no respect for.
9) i have problems telling asparagus from brussel sprouts (don't ask me, i have no idea why that happens either).
10) i like taking photos, and despite what the kodak woman says, i still think polaroids rule.
Thursday, October 23
[flashes of agony]by right i should be really excited right about now, because this is the moment that i've been looking forward to for the whole week! it's finally the start of the long weekend, and there's the cleo party tonight.
but i'm sitting in the office waiting for julie so we can go for dinner (which really isn't so bad) it's just that i've got a blinding headache which appeared sometime this morning and is showing no signs of letting up. i have a feeling it's my contact lenses.. i think it might be time to go and get my eyes checked to see if i'm wearing the correct degrees.
argh, i hate having a head that won't stop pounding.
and i'm not very hungry, but i know if i'm heading down to zouk, i better get something into my stomach otherwise the headache tomorrow is going to be 20 times worse than the one today. at this point in time all i want to do is reach into my eyeballs and yank out my lenses... but seeing that i'm in the middle of the office, i think that's a bit unglam! hehehehe not to mention unhygenic..
okay i'm going to start packing up slowly...
maybe the headache will go away with a bit of alcohol.. hmm!
Wednesday, October 22
the midweek has finally arrived!i've been having one of those blah fashion weeks, and every day i don't seem to be able to know what to wear (except for tomorrow, i'm excited about tomorrow!) and i figured this morning it could be because i'm just not excited about the clothes that i have. everything i have just seems to boring.
sigh. maybe it's time for a wardrobe overhaul.
any excuse eh? hehehehe
i was on my way to work today and i saw a bus that's from my kindergarden. oh the memories it brought back! soemtimes it still feels a bit funny because i've been to so many schools, but there are bits of my kindergarden that i just remember so clearly. those cute little uniforms, that big playground.. and the guy who said he was going to marry me when i got older! ahahaha, that still makes me laugh.
this is a little something i got from ron's site, who got it from someone else and someone else
History
Ten years ago...
- i was at that age where the most important thing was watching enough tv, listening to enough music and getting my homework done on time.
- i was still in secondary school in singapore
- puberty hit. it still hurts!
- i wanted to be a scientist. then i wanted to be a deejay. then i just wanted to be an adult.
Seven years ago...
- i was in perth, studying in boarding school
- i matured by leaps and bounds. i matured so much by being away, even i surprised myself.
- i met some great friends
- i was alienated by the indonesians in my school because i hung out with the angmohs, until one of them realised that i don't speak indon, and couldn't understand them!
Five years ago...
- i moved to melbourne
- i was in love for the first time
- i partied hard
- i didn't study as hard as i partied
Three years ago...
- i fell in love for the second time
- i thought life was complete, and that it couldn't get any better
- i loved living in my own place, and being responsible for myself
- i never wanted to leave melbourne
Two years ago...
- i travelled around australia and had a blast
- i finally graduated!
- i didn't know what i wanted to do with my life
- i got confused easily, and only wanted to be happy
- but i also realised i'm alot stronger than i thought i was
One year ago...
- i had my heart broken
- i got my first job in an industry i never thought i would be in
- i learnt alot about life and friends
- i became more responsible (but somehow slightly more forgetful!)
Today...
- i went to a boring press conference and almost fell asleep
- i did reception duty and nearly froze to death
- i couldn't decide what to wear in the morning
- i cleared lots and lots of old emails - either filing them away on a CD or trashing them!
- i had a drink before bed
Tomorrow...
- i will have a blast at the cleo party
- i will give everyone at the office a big hug
- i'll hopefully make someone's day a little brighter in any way i can
- i hope to find true love (haha!)
- i know what i'm wearing to work.
hmm i feel like getting myself a glass of wine, but for some weird reason my father's just sitting in the kitchen doing nothing. he's probably too drunk to get himself to the bed that's what. i'll just have to wait till he moves to go get my wine!
it seems like alot to go through just for a glass (or two, depending on how much's left in the bottle) but i'd rather take these measures than have to talk to my father.
yes, i have parental issues, but mainly with one parent. and let's just leave it at that.
i had dinner with the girls today at baker's inn which was quite lovely. it's been a while since we all had dinner and just sat and talked. i took photos as well, but they don't seem to be downloading on this computer so i'll have to wait till i get to the office to do it. it's amazing but we've all known each other about 10 years already, but sometimes it still feels like it was just yesterday we were all running around in our school uniforms, trying to finish up homework we'd forgotten to do the night before.
those were the days eh, when all you had to worry about was homework!
but then again, the biggest of my worries most of the time now is what i should wear to work.. sometimes freedom of choice is such a pain!
ah! my wine is here :)
now i'm a happy little camper..
i like days like this.. when i've got the room to myself, a nice glass of wine and songs playing that i can sing really loudly to..
So you sailed away
Into a grey sky morning
Now I'm here to stay
Love can be so boring
Nothing's quite the same now
I just say your name now
Chorus
But it's not so bad
You're only the best I ever had
You don't want me back
You're just the best I ever had
So you stole my world
Now I'm just a phony
Remembering the girl
Leaves me down and lonely
Send it in a letter
Make yourself feel better
Chorus
But it's not so bad
You're only the best I ever had
You don't need me back
You're just the best I ever had
And it may take some time to
Patch me up inside
But I can't take it so I
Run away and hide
And I may find in time that
You were always right
You're always right
So you sailed away
Into a grey sky morning
Now I'm here to stay
Love can be so boring
What was it you wanted
Could it be I'm haunted
Chorus
But it's not so bad
You're only the best I ever had
I don't want you back
You're just the best I ever had
The best I ever had
The best I ever
- Best I Ever Had by Vertical Horizon
Sunday, October 19
[cold ribena]ahh i was rummaging around the fridge for something cold and sweet to drink, but unfortunately the only thing we had was guinness and beer. and i wasn't in the mood for either, but then i stumbled onto the ribena bottle we have tucked away in the corner for the kitchen. and tadah! i've been transported back to those childhood years again with a big glass of cold ribena..
ahh!
yesterday night i went to see intolerable cruelty and george clooney is absolutely gorgeous! *yum* i would just kill to have a husband that age who still looked that good..
oh the dreams we have!
but catherine zeta jones looked pretty good as well, although i was expecting a bit more out of the movie because it was a coen brothers movie. intolerable cruelty just seemed very unlike them.. not that it was bad. but if you're looking for something nice and fluffy to watch (with lots of eye candy) then that's the movie for you :)
and i must be getting old.. even my eye candy is getting older!!
but i've had a rather lovely weekend of just relaxing and lounging around. it's almost 430pm and actually i'm still in my pyjamas! i love having those days once in a while, where you lounge around the whole day in one set of pyjamas, get showered and change into the next set. that's the life i'd say!
hmm i wonder what's there to watch on tv tonight.. ooh, actually i wonder if there's anymore wine left! haha!
my mum was making a chocolate fudge cake today and had a bit of left over cake, so she made a mini one-layer chocolate fudge for me! woohoo, go mum!
Thursday, October 16
*sigh*sometimes when i'm sitting at home, i love a glass of wine.. or 4.
you can't blame me, i'm a pisces. we love our drink, and substances (we're truly escapists, we just like anything that will 'transport' us to another world. haha!)
heehee
it's like suddenly everything's just a bit happier when you've got some wine in you, things seem a bit funnier, and oddly enough my face starts to go slightly numb.
it's the day after that my hands go numb. i know i've had too much to drink when i can't feel my hands the next day. i know i've had WAY too much when it's like that for the WHOLE entire day.
weird how that happens.
but yes, i love my wine.
actually, i just like alcohol.
hmm.. i do sound like an alcoholic don't i?
i can't help if it i like to feel happy!
i'm one of those happy drinkers. i don't think i've ever had a drink and then cried. i don't like people who do that. if you know you drink and cry, then please, just stick to coke. or something like that
i tried some pepsi x today. it's a new energy drink from (who else! duh!) pepsi.
it didn't taste too bad, except that all the extra 'energy' stuff in it made my hands shake. so it was almost like i had parkinsons disease.
okay so i exaggerate, but you know what i mean.
tomorrow's thursday! how lovely. that's just one day closer to friday.
and i can just imagine what lorraine is going to say when she sees this entry. 'you've lost it!'
heheheehe
what can i say? she's not around! it's boring without her here. *sobs*
mmmm.... wine.
i don't even know which wine it is (shut up gabe! stop asking me!) i just know it's red wine that my mother put in the fridge to chill. and when i pulled it out to ask 'can drink or not!' she said 'CAN! pour me a glass!'
maybe it runs in the genes!
so really it's not my fault. it was all pre-destined that i love wine!
okay!
that's enough from me today
off to bed i go.
i know what i'm going to wear tomorrow, thanks to chad! so i don't have to think anymore!
let's just hope i have nice dreams tonight :)
GOODNIGHT!
Tuesday, October 14
i'm nursing a slight headache (non-alcohol related mind you). it's probably more from the water i'm (not) drinking. i know it's a horrible habit, and i really should try and drink more, what with the 8 glasses of water a day giving you glowing skin and all.i'm rambling slightly here. it's the incoherent dehydration i'm suffering.. heheehe
and it's only tuesday!!
argh i better start planning what to wear tomorrow... oh decisions decisions!
Monday, October 13
i've just discovered a great winamp station that's playing lots of great pop hits. i just hope that i remember i'm in the office and i don't start singing along loudly! damn those catchy pop songs.last night i was watching an MTV special on the best 100 songs from the past 25 years. it was quite good actually, so it's a pity i fell asleep before it finished. i guess i must have been alot more tired than i thought! which might explain why my head's been in a cloud all day like i hadn't slept at all.
*yawnns*
at least it's 10 more minutes till i can get off work.
time for some retail therapy me thinks.
yesterday i was in a sentimental mood, but i think i'm finally letting go of some things, and that's when i heard this song..
Another turning point a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist directs you where to go
So make the best of this test and don't ask why
It's not a question but a lesson learned in time
It's something unpredictable
But in the end is right
I hope you had the time of your life
So take the photographs and still frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial
For what it's worth it was worth all the while
It's something unpredictable
But in the end is right
I hope you had the time of your life
It's something unpredictable
But in the end is right
I hope you had the time of your life
It's something unpredictable
But in the end is right
I hope you had the time of your life
- Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) by GreenDay
how true is that?
it's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right... i hope you had the time of your life..
i know i did.
Monday, October 6
[the career woman]it seems as if the last few weeks i've suddenly become little miss productive. i'm doing work so efficiently, i'm actually finishing two, three articles a day. i'm actually on 'top of things' (of all things to be on top of!), and hopefully this is a mood that will last for a while.
apparently i'm being sent on my first trip for the magazine! i'm not going to say anything else in case i jinx it, but if all goes well by mid november i'll be back from a one week trip with a great looking tan.
this is a conversation i had with my boss today
me: 'i've got good news! the approval for kate hudson came through!'
my boss: 'i love you! i'm going to marry you! i'm marrying you!!'
me: 'no really, it's quite alright!!!'
my boss: 'now you've rejected me!! i've been rejected! i'm going to make your life hell from now on!!'
she was kidding of course...
at least i hope she was!
but i feel really good about work this past week or so, for a while it seemed like i just couldn't get myself started on anything, and i was taking forever to finish all my articles. finding pictures was a nightmare because i couldn't seem to find the right ones. maybe it's all part of that whole cycle of the universe, the same old thing about how you need to go through the bad to appreciate the good. the only thing that worries me is that when work goes well, all the other areas of my life doesn't.
and i have no idea what disaster is going to strike, or where it's going to strike for that matter..
one year ago today, my life changed. i used to think that i had it all, and that life was complete because i had everything i wanted.
but sometimes the universe doesn't see it that way... and what i had wasn't meant for me. maybe it's for the better, maybe it's not. i guess there's nothing else for me to do but wait.
like i told dave today, i'm just sitting in the waiting room of the universe, waiting for my turn...
I know you think that I shouldn't still love you,
I'll tell you that.
But if I didn't say it, well I'd still have felt it
where's the sense in that?
I promise I'm not trying to make your life harder
Or return to where we were
Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
I know I left too much mess and
destruction to come back again
And I caused but nothing but trouble
I understand if you can't talk to me again
And if you live by the rules of "it's over"
then I'm sure that that makes sense
Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
And when we meet
Which I'm sure we will
All that was then
Will be there still
I'll let it pass
And hold my tongue
And you will think
That I've moved on....
Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
- white flag by dido
Saturday, October 4
[the day of insight]the handwriting analyst on friday said to me:
* i'm picky about my friends - i don't let them choose me, i choose them. and that i have alot of friends, but there's a core group that i'm closest to.
* i'm a team player, i like working with people and i'm not the sort that has to strive to be number one.
* i'm either the youngest or the oldest (i'm the youngest) because i'm protective over my space, i like it just the way it works for me.
* i'm objective - i like to listen to all sides of everything before i make up my mind.
* i have a really good memory, i retain alot of information because i like to read alot.
* i'm observant, which along with the good memory would make me a good features writer.
and you know what? they're all pretty true! i kept saying 'that's so me!' while he was talking about my handwriting.. i love to find out things like this.. hehehe! and here's a test that i took as well.
The Ultimate Personality Quiz: Your Results
Your type: Girl Next-Door
As a Friend:
Always ready with a listening ear or a heartfelt compliment, you know the meaning of true friendship and loyalty, and your mates know it. Although you’re hesitant till you know people well, you’re affectionate, open and warm with people you trust. You have a close circle of core friends, ‘n’ you'll do anything for 'em. Caring, thoughtful and good-hearted, people know they can count on you to be around when they need you, and you take pride in being a good friend. A genuine and sincere person, you are a giving, trustworthy and steady pal.
At School:
You’re well-read and curious about the world, your grades reflect your intelligence. Easily intrigued, you’re constantly reading, listening, watching and finding new ways to challenge your mind. You do well at whatever you put your mind to, and teachers say you’re a diligent and conscientious student. Subjects like history and geography probably have the most appeal to your analytical mind.
In Love:
Natural and unpretentious, you’re friendly but not intentionally flirty. Videos and snacks on the couch with a nice bloke is your ideal date, and most guys are over the moon to find a gal they can hang out with and just be themselves. Don’t settle for less than you deserve though, hon. Your sweet and undemanding manner can sometimes makes you vulnerable to being taken for granted, so make sure you don’t put up with any mind games. Once you find the right guy, you’ll be your man’s best mate as much as his girlf, and your loving nature will make him want to hang on tight and treat you right.
Your Career:
You're an ambitious and reliable lass, who likes to gather all the facts before coming to an informed decision. Observant, focused and dedicated, you can tell the difference between fact and opinion easily. You’d make a fantastic journalist, doctor or nutritionist.
Deep Down:
Living a stable life and helping other people are your most important goals. You set high standards for yourself and other people, which means that you sometimes get down on yourself and are easily hurt and offended. You’re gentle, responsible and organised, but you can be cautious or even a little afraid of changes and new experiences. Sometimes this makes you feel too 'normal', and you wish there was a little more drama in your life. Try not to turn down new experiences out of habit; trying new things can help you feel stronger and more confident, and you might discover a great new friend or hobby.
mmm alcohol good.
going out too much, funnn
trying to stay awake after two late nights, hardddd
went to an event and there was a handwriting analyst there, and he's really accurate! but i'm sleepy, so i'll talk about it tomorrow
*zzzzz*
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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