Tuesday, December 30
[insomniac]it's nights like this when i'm glad that i have my own room again. for some reason i can't seem to get back to sleep, even though i'm quite tired, and i know i'm going to need all the rest i can get for the next few days. if it's not the wedding that i'm being paranoid about (have i got everything? will i miss out anything? what shoes should i wear so i can actually remain standing at the end of it? oh god i hope i don't screw up!), then for some reason i keep dreaming about lord of the rings! and even with me in this state, i can't imagine what leanne and lenard are going through..
we had a wedding rehearsal earlier on today, and i was made a 'happy helper' top to wear, so everyone would know what my role was. not that it was anything egoistical - everyone had labelled shirts! 'bride' 'groom' 'bridesmaid' 'mother of the bride' 'father of the bride' 'mother of the groom' 'father of the groom'
ahhahah, kind of makes it a nice touch to being a happy helper
Sunday, December 28
[a little bit of pampering]it's always great when you've got a bit of time just to look after yourself. today i arranged for leanne and her bridesmaids (and i included myself very thoughtfully) to all have our nails done. i have no problem doing it myself actually, and i quite like doing it, but there's just something about having someone scrub and moisturise and paint for you. it's almost like being a princess! just sitting around and having people take care of you.
it's good for the soul, i swear!
now i've got a mask on my face to try and get those pesky spots on my face to go away, and it would probably help if i drank more water to try and flush out all those horrid things i've been eating over the holiday season. oh man, i can't imagine what chinese new year is going to be like!!
[a love to last a lifetime]
i've just come back from a party thrown by one of my best friends. she's getting married next wednesday, and this was a sort of post-christmas, pre-wedding party. and watching her and her fiancee together is just amazing... it's times like this when you see a couple like that together, that you really do believe that you can have one love for the rest of your life. that it's possible you'll find that person who'll be with you through the rest of life's journey. and it's just so sweet. but at the same time i feel so sad, because i can't help but wonder if i'll find someone to take that journey with me.
i know everyone will say 'but you're so young, you've got so many years ahead of you.' but it's the uncertainy of the future that sometimes makes you a bit scared, because there's always that chance that it won't happen.
and then what? 'oh well, you gave it your best shot'?
i think it's fitting that she chose the last day of the year to get married, because it means when she wakes up in the new year, she'd have started a new path in her life, with a new journey to go on. not that there's anything wrong with getting married on any other day of the year.
love's a funny thing isn't it? it makes you want to do the things you normally wouldn't. it makes you feel and care about things you probably wouldn't even notice before. and it's not just romantic love that makes you feel that way, even friendship and respect can do that. but that's the basis for a great relationship anyway.
will i ever find love, and not have it hurt me in return?
i hope so.. and maybe one day i'll be writing about how excited i am to begin on a journey with someone i love, and who loves me in return.
i guess for now i'll settle for watching these couples, and living my 'couplehood' through them..
but i want to wish them all the best for the future, so congratulations len and leanne, you guys are made for each other :)
i realised i haven't talked about my christmas yet..
every year we pretty much do the same thing - we go round to people's houses and do a little visiting and much too much eating. it feels like this year i ate even more than i normally do, although i think i might say that every year! christmas eve was spent with laksa, mee siam, satay, kong ba, prata, mutton curry, chicken wings, ham, turkey, roast beef, sushi and sashimi, along with some cheesecake, chocolate fudge cake and tiramisu. shamelessly, i had a bit of everything.
christmas day itself was spent with more mee siam and some penang laksa (i think i prefer the non penang type) after which i spent the rest of the time with the cast from the Lord of the Rings: Return of The King (of which i am now obsessed with and want to watch again). and then with some murtabak later on.
it's been a nice christmas i must say, even though i'm behind on the present buying and have given a total of no christmas cards. but i'm sure everyone will realise that the spirit is willing, just that the body is weak (and alright, its lazy too).
and on that note, MERRY CHRISTMAS (slightly belated!) to everyone :)
Tuesday, December 23
i've actually gotten my first bit of non-office related christmas shopping done. it's a grand total of ONE present. haha! what can i say? it just seems a bit harder to get my christmas shopping done on time, and at least if i wait till after christmas, i'll have my bonus to go and buy presents with.i still cant' decide what to get for my mom and sister though. they seem to have everything they could need.. or want. but then again who am i to say? i look like i have everything i could need, but there's still lots of things that i want!
and if anyone wants to know, i wouldn't mind recieving one of those mini hi-fi's that play DVDs too. multi-functional! heehee
there's been a problem with my blogger at home (but it's not blogger's fault i think, i can't seem to log on to anything except msn when i'm at home) so although i've been wanting to put up lots of posts the last few days i just haven't been able to!
i've been redecorating my room the last few days, i've put up an extra cabinet with a swivelly mirror thing, put up a new lampshade and put a new cushion for my chair!
at the moment though i'm sitting in the office and i've got a rather bad headache because my wisdom tooth has started acting up again. but i'm refusing to believe that i'll need to get anything done about it. i mean really, if there's enough alcohol you won't notice the annoying pain anymore!!
last saturday was leanne's bachelorette party and i must say she was really very sporting to have done all the things we wanted her to do!! she's got some pictures of what happened that night, so as soon as i get my hands on them, you guys can see what went on too.. hee!
alright, it's gift exchange time in the office.. i've gotten my colleague a cushion from ikea because she kept stealing mine!
Friday, December 19
(this was actually written on wednesday night but blogger wasn't working, so i'm putting it up now)so here i am sitting in my very own room!! i moved in last night after my grandmother finally went off to new zealand. i don't know how long she's gone for, and frankly my dear, i don't give a damn!
i spent a few hours just moving things about and clearing out ALOT. i don't know what it is with old people and collecting empty boxes, but i think my grandma had enough empty boxes and plastic bags to have started her own shop. it's amazing what they'll hoard! and the dust, and the dirt! oh my god i almost had a nightmare.
but thanks to the muscles of chad, i finished the rest of the moving and cleaning today, and the room is about as good as i can get it. there's still a couple of things that i'll need to get from ikea (like a mirror for one, how am i going to get changed in the morning with no mirror?) just to add the final touches.
ahhhh my own room. suddenly i've got so much more space to spread out and have things where i want them to be. the only problem now is that i can't play my playstation and lie in bed at the same time. dang it! but you can't win them all...
tomorrow's also the office party and each year all the departments have to do a little skit to perform for the rest of the company to watch. it's something we all hate to do because we feel so silly, but at the same time it's such a blast to watch everyone else perform. you can really laugh till you cry at some of these performances.. and then there's always the great big goodie bags that they give out to us. oh that reminds me i better wrap the present i bought for the party!
(today's bit)
i've just come back from our annual office christmas party, and despite what people say about the typical christmas party, the ones we have are such a blast! we play the usual games that involve alot of running around, oranges and cucumbers, and even though the big boss says 'AND NO CHEATING' we all laugh and cheat like there's no tomorrow! then there's the skits we do, which always has us in stitches with tears rolling down our faces. of course we all love the taka vouchers we get every year and the lucky draw (this year's top prize was 2 three day two night all accomadation and flights paid tickets to chiangmai! i didn't win obviously, otherwise you'd know by now)
but mannn.. it was fun!!
Sunday, December 14
i'm stealing a bit from janice here, but it's a pretty good idea!so here's a list of what i want for christmas, in case anyone needs any ideas!
category 0: >$500 - aka things I wish for but will not get for christmas
1) bmw z8
2) either an iMac or an iBook
3) new handphone - the samsung one would be nice!
4) personal training sessions
5) a 14th and 15th month bonus (i'm stealing this one from janice)
category 1: >$50 - aka things I may get from pple who love me a lot
1) a new wallet
2) battery for my digital camera
3) a backpack to use while i'm biking
4) kenneth cole shoes
5) miss sixty jeans
6) pilates dvds
7) lulu guinness handbag
8) sneakers
9) polaroid camera
10) nice bras
category 2: <$50 - aka things I will get if people share :)
1) necklaces
2) earrings
3) sunglasses
4) gym gear
5) massage voucher
6) body scrub voucher
7) handbags
category 3: <$20 aka things I will probably get
1) gold class tickets for lord of the rings: return of the king
2) a book of spells
3) two tubs of uncanny cashew from ben and jerry's
4) incense holder
5) name card holder
6) silver polish for all my jewellery
category 4: <$5 or free - if you're broke
1) ice kachang
2) chai tao kueh
3) a big big hug
4) a fighting fish
5) a sincere compliment
Friday, December 12
[a self declared long weekend]it's a friday morning and i'm sitting at home, instead of in my cute little cubicle at work (which i think might be in need of redecorating again soon.. itchy fingers!) the sun is shining outside although it does look like it's going to rain really heavily later on. i'm heading off to pick up sharon before we go and have a nice macdonalds breakfast and then to ikea to let our inner interior decoraters run amok. then we're going to do some christmas shopping!! or at least i hope to, knowing me i'll probably end up buying things for myself instead. haha!
ooh sharon just messaged so i better go now!
Wednesday, December 10
in the words of queen:Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my -
Bicycle races are coming your way
So forget all your duties oh yeah
Fat bottomed girls
They'll be riding today
So look out for those beauties oh yeah
On your marks, get set, go!
Bicycle race bicycle race bicycle race
Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
Bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want a bicycle race
so yes, i got my mountain bike today and took it for a spin. and man it really feels like i'm a kid again! the wind in my hair, going round and round. i just wish i wasn't so unfit so i could enjoy it a bit more!
Monday, December 8
[on a roll]i thought today had started off pretty badly when i had to trek all the way to loyang way for a meeting. LOYANG! there's not a spot that you could have picked that was further away from my home at 930am in the morning. and once i got there we had to wait an hour for the lady that was supposed to meet with us. in that time i could have made another trip back home.
so i sat there, for an hour, freezing my ass off, with my stomach grumbling like crazy. and in the end the whole meeting took 15 minutes.
sigh!
but back to the office i came, where i went out to meet lorraine for lunch shortly after (burger king, yumm). and then i headed back to the office to do work and that sort. the great thing about it is that i just found out that my grandma will be heading off to new zealand next tuesday. YIPEE! my own room!!
and then my boss asked me to find these prints that we'd bought some four years ago, and for the first time in my life, i found them in under five minutes! at first i just kept laughing because god knows where they could be. i mean, four years ago! but then i remembered this pile of big envelopes that has been sitting at the back of my desk since i got here, and BINGO! there they were!
i'm really on a roll today! so now i'm hyper and happy because everything's been going so well.. i can't wait to get my bike either! yesterday chad and i went out and on a healthy binge we bought bikes! which means now i'll be able to get to his house without having to huff and puff my way there by walking. (thank god he lives so nearby though!) and i'm just so excited about it! if only i didn't have to wait another two days for it to get delievered!!
now if only someone would declare undying love towards me, my day would be completely perfect!!
*waits*
*no sound*
oh well, i guess it's good enough as it is :)
Thursday, December 4
[yelling matches]my mom just came into my room not long ago and recounted what had happened earlier in the evening.
my father had asked her to pick him up from the mrt station after his daily drinking session, except my father has a habit of only telling my mom after he's left the club that he needs to be picked up. unfortunately for him this time, my mom was out walking the dog.
now our poor dog has been having a bit of trouble with her hips, so getting up the stairs after a walk can be a bit difficult, so it takes alot longer than usual.
my mom tells him 'i'm walking pebbles, it will take a while'
and he says 'come when you finish'
and my mom asks 'come to the club or clementi?'
and he says 'clementi'
once he gets in the car at clementi, he starts yelling at my mom about why she needed to verify with him whether she was picking him up from the club or from clementi (which if you ask me is a really stupid thing to get angry about). and when my father yells, he keeps on yelling, and his arguments get more and more warped as he goes along.
but this time however, my mom started yelling back.
and she yelled and yelled. and yelled. all the way from clementi mrt station, all the way to sunset way. mind you, that's about a 5 minute car ride in good traffic, and a 10 minute one if you get all the red lights.
my mom says it's the first time in her life she's yelled that loudly. and it's the first time my father's had to tell her to slow down (she was speeding at the same time, apparently she told him 'WHO CARES!' after he said to slow down!!).
and i think my mom felt pretty good about it!
GO MOM!
today was a bit surreal.. i actually did about 1% work today, and spent the rest of the day doing spring cleaning with my boss. or it was more like redecorating. and it all started because i said to her 'i think we need to do something about those used picture bags.. that cabinet just isn't holding them properly.'
so three hours later, lots of sweat and grunting and cleaning and shoving, we'd moved two long cabinets, one metal filing cabinet, one smaller metal filing cabinet and another wooden cabinet into different locations, not to mention having cleaned each one out, sorted and refiling whatever was in there. it's amazing what we found though, there's a section that one of the art designers had been using to keep some of her things and in it i found:
- one deformed unopened bottle of mineral water
- one deformed opened bottle of soya sauce
- enough packets of chili and tomato sauce to fill up a bottle
- rice
- three hole punchers
- lots of napkins
- lots of paper cups
- a lighter
- bathroom cleaner
- spray mount
- shoe polish
- cans and cans of food (tuna, luncheon meat, curry tuna, and one with no label)
- bowls
- chopsticks
- aluminum foil
- cling wrap
- a crowbar
i still can't believe there was a crowbar in there!! i pulled it out of the cabinet and just sat there looking at it wondering 'why do we have a crowbar in the office?'
that was before lunch.. (lunch was with dave, gary and tamara at funan, which i admit was really fun just getting out of the office and catching up with everyone again!) after lunch we decided to clear old files and chuck everything we didn't need into the recycling bin (which was quite alot actually). but it feels good to get rid of stuff that we really just don't need. a bit like clearing the clutter from your life! hey, maybe the feng shui in the office will be better after this..
but there you go, when the singapore women's weekly spring cleans, we really spring clean! i just wonder why my boss chose today of all days to do it, when it was the one day in a blue moon that i wore a long skirt to work! but now that she's gotten me into the mood to clean, i'm going to work on the cabinet next to my desk tomorrow.. we're so short of space!
so i'm a little zonked at the moment because i hadn't expected to be doing so much manual labour in the office. after work i went to meet housemate for a bit of christmas shopping. or failed christmas shopping rather, i ended up buying two bracelets for myself instead. i just can't help it if i like pampering myself!
here's me and the housemate :)
Wednesday, December 3
everytime i think i have something i want to put on my blog, i'll come to the page, log in and then.. stare at the screen and not know what to say!it's like i've got blogger's block.. but then again the last few days feel like one big blur. i've been sitting in the office getting things done (not just pretending all the time either!) but at the end of the day it's almost like i can't remember what i've spent my time doing.. or i'll get up from my chair and walk over to the other end of the office because i know i had to do something.. but once i get to where i'm supposed to go, i can't remember why i'm there! i've even walked into my bosses' office a few times and said 'ermmm.. yeah. there was something i was going to ask.... but i've forgotten!'
lucky for me my boss usually just says 'go back to your desk, when you remember then come back!'.
if only i could remember to take my gingko biloba pills!
Monday, December 1
i've started going back to the gym again, and i like the fact that i'm slowing getting fit and healthy again. (as lorraine puts it - 'be lean!! but not mean..')of course, that doesn't mean that i'm going to give up any alcohol, but hey, at least i know i'm not doing as much damage now! and even though it feels like my trainer's trying to kill me, at the same time it still feels really good. and well, alright, the fact that two people told me over the weekend that i'd lost weight helped too!
hmm, suddenly my mind's gone a complete blank.
lorraine's gone off to london, on a trip i was supposed to take with her. unforunately my plans were thwarted, so i'm still in singapore, and not going anywhere. i guess maybe it worked out for the best, i can save up my money and go next year instead, and at least i'll be able to do more shopping! and it also means i didn't have to rush a month's worth of work into one week. it'd be nice to go to london though, because i've never been there before. the furthest north i've been is either tokyo or beijing, whichever is further up (the last time i took a geography lesson was a long long long time ago!). i hope she remembers to think about me when she's off shopping!
sharon's finally finished her exams, so we met up for dinner tonight, as a preliminary to lots of partying we'll be doing. it was nice though, just the two of us, and we had a funny moment when we asked for the menu to see what desserts we wanted, and the waiter brought us the bill. he was really embarrassed and he kept apologising, poor thing. it's not like we got mad at any rate! somehow when i'm with sharon, we just can't stop laughing (sometimes at other people's expense, but hey, that's half the fun!)
i can't believe that it's december already. it seems like the time is just flying by so quickly. before i know it, i'll be old, and probably still stuck in the same place that i am now. man, i can't imagine being a 40 year-old editorial assistant! ahahahaha... i think i may just have nightmares about work tonight!
tomorrow will be the one day of the week that i don't have any events or appointments to attend to, and i'm hoping that i'll be able to get lots of work done. i seem to be moving a bit slow this month, and although most of what i have due is done, it still feels like i'm just working at half speed.
ooh my december horoscope is up!
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