Tuesday, March 20, 2007
addiction to exercising
Think I've got an addiction to exercising...
after working out at the gym, I feel refreshed and high but once I give it a miss I hit a low...didn't exercise on fri n sat, felt really depressed... sunday went to the beach @ sentosa with Rach & AT and had a swim n i'm happy again... come monday... bz with biz feature...skipped the gym n i'm back down in the dumps... had a good 2 hours in the morning at the gym 2dae n i'm up again...
feels like i'm on drugs albeit a good one...but this emotional roller coaster is killing me...rite i shall try to make it a pt to work out regularly even if it's 30 min...
5kg in 3 months n also to keep my sanity....
after working out at the gym, I feel refreshed and high but once I give it a miss I hit a low...didn't exercise on fri n sat, felt really depressed... sunday went to the beach @ sentosa with Rach & AT and had a swim n i'm happy again... come monday... bz with biz feature...skipped the gym n i'm back down in the dumps... had a good 2 hours in the morning at the gym 2dae n i'm up again...
feels like i'm on drugs albeit a good one...but this emotional roller coaster is killing me...rite i shall try to make it a pt to work out regularly even if it's 30 min...
5kg in 3 months n also to keep my sanity....
Thursday, March 15, 2007
坚持与放弃
有人曾经告诉我，射手座的人与困难面对面时会很想落跑逃避。
射手座的我，那时候听在耳里很不是滋味，极力驳斥了这个说法。
言犹在耳，我开始注意自己和身边射手座的人果真如此，才发现自己确实是有这个毛病。
我不是不负责任的人，所以在想放弃的时候不会跑掉，但会选择暂时回避一下，等压迫感消失后再回头应战。就比如现在，我原本是应该完成我的试车vodcast video script，可是瞪了稿件很久，脑筋怎么都拐不过来，就逃到这里来发泄发泄。
最近在工作上遇到不顺、很想放弃的时候，就会想起两个月前访问的一名老板。
这名老板从事印刷业，最近开了一个培训学院，希望为我国印刷业栽培技术人才。虽然又出钱又出力，而且投资额相当庞大，但他没有什么把握能够从中赚钱。
商人从商就是为了赚钱，没有把握赚钱的东西一般都不会沾手，但他却自告奋勇地一头栽入，精神可嘉。
自认“择善而固执”的他说：“坚持、忍耐加上不停地钻研是我做生意的原则，总有一天会让我熬出头来的。这好比打麻将，只要你不推掉，还是有机会湖一把。”
像他这样一个永不言败，永不放弃的人，固然值得我们学习和赞扬。
然而坚持并非揭开每个挑战或问题枷锁的钥匙。
比如说，有些人可能为了一口气或面子问题，而坚持做一些会让自己继续不开心的事情，把冰冷的环境闹得更僵。
这个情况下，与其耿耿于怀，倒不如转过身离开。不欢而散好过长期冷战。
再说感情吧。它绝对是再执著，也不会有完美结局的“典范”。
当爱情走到尽头时，单方向的执著只会给自己换来无止境的伤痛，勉强只会让自己和对方承受不必要的痛苦。懂得放手就有机会迎接新的春天。
有时候放弃是自暴自弃，有时候放弃又是种幸福，你的选择是什么呢？
我两个都不选。
我比较希望自己能学会拿得起放得下，让自己开心一点，对得起良心更重要。
射手座的我，那时候听在耳里很不是滋味，极力驳斥了这个说法。
言犹在耳，我开始注意自己和身边射手座的人果真如此，才发现自己确实是有这个毛病。
我不是不负责任的人，所以在想放弃的时候不会跑掉，但会选择暂时回避一下，等压迫感消失后再回头应战。就比如现在，我原本是应该完成我的试车vodcast video script，可是瞪了稿件很久，脑筋怎么都拐不过来，就逃到这里来发泄发泄。
最近在工作上遇到不顺、很想放弃的时候，就会想起两个月前访问的一名老板。
这名老板从事印刷业，最近开了一个培训学院，希望为我国印刷业栽培技术人才。虽然又出钱又出力，而且投资额相当庞大，但他没有什么把握能够从中赚钱。
商人从商就是为了赚钱，没有把握赚钱的东西一般都不会沾手，但他却自告奋勇地一头栽入，精神可嘉。
自认“择善而固执”的他说：“坚持、忍耐加上不停地钻研是我做生意的原则，总有一天会让我熬出头来的。这好比打麻将，只要你不推掉，还是有机会湖一把。”
像他这样一个永不言败，永不放弃的人，固然值得我们学习和赞扬。
然而坚持并非揭开每个挑战或问题枷锁的钥匙。
比如说，有些人可能为了一口气或面子问题，而坚持做一些会让自己继续不开心的事情，把冰冷的环境闹得更僵。
这个情况下，与其耿耿于怀，倒不如转过身离开。不欢而散好过长期冷战。
再说感情吧。它绝对是再执著，也不会有完美结局的“典范”。
当爱情走到尽头时，单方向的执著只会给自己换来无止境的伤痛，勉强只会让自己和对方承受不必要的痛苦。懂得放手就有机会迎接新的春天。
有时候放弃是自暴自弃，有时候放弃又是种幸福，你的选择是什么呢？
我两个都不选。
我比较希望自己能学会拿得起放得下，让自己开心一点，对得起良心更重要。
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
My Second 5km!
Yay I did it again :) My second 5km! 3rd consecutive working day i'm at the gym in the mornings. It's pretty addictive....okie maybe the sense of fulfillment & satisfaction is...
Actually inclusive of cooling down I did about 5.3km... didn't burn as much calories today though cuz I managed to run a bit faster n finished everything in 40min... did 2km or rowing, 30 crunches n 3 sets of 15 for weights...
Goal: 5kg off in 3 months
Right back to writing articles...ciao!
Actually inclusive of cooling down I did about 5.3km... didn't burn as much calories today though cuz I managed to run a bit faster n finished everything in 40min... did 2km or rowing, 30 crunches n 3 sets of 15 for weights...
Goal: 5kg off in 3 months
Right back to writing articles...ciao!
Monday, March 12, 2007
My First 5km!
Just got down from the gym, managed to do my first 5km jog on the treadmill all at one go! Woo hoo....burnt 450 calories in 45 min....happy :) :) :)
Hopefully this is the start of a fabulous week ahead!
Hopefully this is the start of a fabulous week ahead!
Friday, March 09, 2007
恶梦停车场
要看我征服“恶梦停车场”有惊无险的画面吗？
上《我报》网看vodcast，保证你为我捏一把冷汗！
http://www.mypaper.sg/myvodcast/20070308carpark_a/20070308carpark_main.html
上《我报》网看vodcast，保证你为我捏一把冷汗！
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Tuesday, March 06, 2007
heavy hearted...
10 days later, i'm back at ttsh again n exactly at the same time...just that i'm finding myself at a floor higher up...
it's my mum's mum turn this time. though her condition isn't as bad as my dad's mum & probably have some more years to go, when mum called to say that grandma was in hospital, my heart fell...i really can't take another loved one leaving me...in the last 6 months, i've lost my grandma, my ex-bf n a friend...it's really too much to take.
before the fateful call, i had wanted to go the gym to wind down having had a rather rough 2 days at work... been running a one-man show as Chris is away on holiday. Wanted to exercise too cuz i've ballooned like crazy over cny n looked super round in my standupper...
it didn't help that as i was leaving the building, i saw someone in the lobby that made my heart sink further. i contemplated saying hi but chose to fake oblivion in the end so i won't fume or get depressed...i noe i've promised myself to get over it but it's been a very painful challenge...
back track to this morning...when i felt tremors for the first time today, my head spun and i really thought i was going to vomit & faint. Remember calling out to Michele who was in Chim Kang's room right in front of my desk...fortunately it was due to the tremors n not my body signalling red lights...i was seriously frightened for once...
reflecting on the year thusfar, i'm definitely a much happier person than last november n december, perhaps i'm getting used to the job or due to the fact that i've been trying to take things slower or simply cuz things are panning out smoother than b4. Having said that, i've still got some way to go...my mental & physical health still needs strengthening...
will go to the gym tomorrow, no more procrastinating...
God give me strength and be my guide...
it's my mum's mum turn this time. though her condition isn't as bad as my dad's mum & probably have some more years to go, when mum called to say that grandma was in hospital, my heart fell...i really can't take another loved one leaving me...in the last 6 months, i've lost my grandma, my ex-bf n a friend...it's really too much to take.
before the fateful call, i had wanted to go the gym to wind down having had a rather rough 2 days at work... been running a one-man show as Chris is away on holiday. Wanted to exercise too cuz i've ballooned like crazy over cny n looked super round in my standupper...
it didn't help that as i was leaving the building, i saw someone in the lobby that made my heart sink further. i contemplated saying hi but chose to fake oblivion in the end so i won't fume or get depressed...i noe i've promised myself to get over it but it's been a very painful challenge...
back track to this morning...when i felt tremors for the first time today, my head spun and i really thought i was going to vomit & faint. Remember calling out to Michele who was in Chim Kang's room right in front of my desk...fortunately it was due to the tremors n not my body signalling red lights...i was seriously frightened for once...
reflecting on the year thusfar, i'm definitely a much happier person than last november n december, perhaps i'm getting used to the job or due to the fact that i've been trying to take things slower or simply cuz things are panning out smoother than b4. Having said that, i've still got some way to go...my mental & physical health still needs strengthening...
will go to the gym tomorrow, no more procrastinating...
God give me strength and be my guide...
Monday, March 05, 2007
@!$*^(@*$%)@_
Think my new year resolution of getting a car would have to be unfulfilled for another year or 2 at least...perhaps instead of thinking of getting a car I should think about moving out...
I've made my intentions of buying a car known since november last year. Why is it that when I'm about to commit tomorrow that both of you become so uptight? If you were against it, you could have let me know earlier, not after I've been through and put others as well through all these trouble. It's totally unfair. It's even more ridiculous that you use threats to stop me from buying...what's the logic that since i have money to buy a car i should increase your allowance to $1000? i'm already giving you more than what my peers are giving their parents. If i don't fulfill that I need to pay you rent or move out? What's all these for? very very uncalled for. if you had told me earlier, i would also have been able to put the money in my account to better use instead of parking it there earning a miserable interest of 0.25%.
50k is not a small sum, trust me, before making this decision, i've considered many situations n done my sums. i've already budgeted to spend about $1200 a month at least. I'm realistic about how much it's gonna cost me and the purpose of me buying a car. Besides, it's not as if i'm going to short change you in any way. In fact it'll be best for you and you don't have to grumble about having to send me to work n picking me up every nite.
fine. i won't fight with unreasonable ppl or i'll end up having to suffer hell long term.
you win.
I've made my intentions of buying a car known since november last year. Why is it that when I'm about to commit tomorrow that both of you become so uptight? If you were against it, you could have let me know earlier, not after I've been through and put others as well through all these trouble. It's totally unfair. It's even more ridiculous that you use threats to stop me from buying...what's the logic that since i have money to buy a car i should increase your allowance to $1000? i'm already giving you more than what my peers are giving their parents. If i don't fulfill that I need to pay you rent or move out? What's all these for? very very uncalled for. if you had told me earlier, i would also have been able to put the money in my account to better use instead of parking it there earning a miserable interest of 0.25%.
50k is not a small sum, trust me, before making this decision, i've considered many situations n done my sums. i've already budgeted to spend about $1200 a month at least. I'm realistic about how much it's gonna cost me and the purpose of me buying a car. Besides, it's not as if i'm going to short change you in any way. In fact it'll be best for you and you don't have to grumble about having to send me to work n picking me up every nite.
fine. i won't fight with unreasonable ppl or i'll end up having to suffer hell long term.
you win.
Saturday, February 24, 2007
RIP
Thanks for being a great grandmother, we will all miss you very very much. I knew this day was going to come, but didn't expect it to be so soon. At least we spent chinese new year together this year like the way we do every year and an extended one this year. I'm glad you're in a better place now without pain & suffering. Rest in peace. Love you ah ma.
Will always remember the times you brought me to the market when I was a kid where everyone would comment how much I looked like u.
Will always remember you buying a lot of fish for me when I was a kid.
Will always remember you for letting me ride in the portable rides downstairs.
Will always remember you cooking and washing for Zee & I when mummy was away.
Will always remember you sitting in front of the prawn mee stall and will go get us you tiao & soya bean when we visit.
Will always remember how you would entertain me when I teased you with my stuff toys.
Will always remember how you said I "bo dua bo suey" when I gave you the name Grace in kindergarten.
Will always remember how your face would light up when you see Zee.
Will always remember how I always looked forward to chinese new year as you will come over to stay with us.
Will always remember the stories you told about Daddy as a kid.
Will always remember you calling me Leng Leng when I asked you who I am.
Will always remember you trying to count how many fingers there are on my hands and daddy's hands when we visit you.
Will always remember you calling my favourite pig let let, Baby.
Will always remember you enjoying the new year goodies I fed you.
Will always remember you waving at me everytime we leave and every single time I turn back to wave goodbye. Especially the last time you did it yesterday morning in Zee's room.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
开工大吉
最喜欢农历新年时候的新闻室。
原因很简单，因为有舞狮。
我是个非常喜欢热闹的人，所以很期盼过年的时候，有醒狮团来助兴，为办公室除旧岁，迎新接福。
除了热闹之外，整个仪式也非常逗趣，狮子采青后会向大伙儿抛出菜头、彩带、元宝、柑橘，甚至是美钞，之后还会在地上留真字。大家暂时放下工作和形象，争着接狮子抛出的福物，软化了平日紧绷着的新闻室，也带来许许多多的欢笑声。
今年我有幸接到一条葱头、一挫菜和一个柑橘，收获相当不错。
俗称：“偷挽葱，嫁好尪”、“偷挽菜，嫁好婿”，希望婚姻美满的女孩，如果偷摘葱或青菜，就能期待未来家庭幸福或嫁到好丈夫。接到菜头和葱头，正如我意。
去年犯太岁，不是很顺利，希望这些福物今年真的能带给我好运，让我转个运。最好是能从天上掉个白马王子给我hee hee。
这里祝大家开工大吉！
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oops，据老板说，我昨天接的不是葱而是蒜，还有不是菜头而是生菜。可见我不常上巴刹，煮东西也半斤八两，真是丢脸！
（ok lah...在英国的时候上的是超级市场，我买东西是看什么顺眼就买什么，煮东西喜欢自由发挥，所以真才不清楚正确的名称...hee hee很明显在为自己找借口 :p）
原因很简单，因为有舞狮。
我是个非常喜欢热闹的人，所以很期盼过年的时候，有醒狮团来助兴，为办公室除旧岁，迎新接福。
除了热闹之外，整个仪式也非常逗趣，狮子采青后会向大伙儿抛出菜头、彩带、元宝、柑橘，甚至是美钞，之后还会在地上留真字。大家暂时放下工作和形象，争着接狮子抛出的福物，软化了平日紧绷着的新闻室，也带来许许多多的欢笑声。
今年我有幸接到一条葱头、一挫菜和一个柑橘，收获相当不错。
俗称：“偷挽葱，嫁好尪”、“偷挽菜，嫁好婿”，希望婚姻美满的女孩，如果偷摘葱或青菜，就能期待未来家庭幸福或嫁到好丈夫。接到菜头和葱头，正如我意。
去年犯太岁，不是很顺利，希望这些福物今年真的能带给我好运，让我转个运。最好是能从天上掉个白马王子给我hee hee。
这里祝大家开工大吉！
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oops，据老板说，我昨天接的不是葱而是蒜，还有不是菜头而是生菜。可见我不常上巴刹，煮东西也半斤八两，真是丢脸！
（ok lah...在英国的时候上的是超级市场，我买东西是看什么顺眼就买什么，煮东西喜欢自由发挥，所以真才不清楚正确的名称...hee hee很明显在为自己找借口 :p）
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
猪年如意 猪事顺心 猪年行大运
祝大家在猪年里，健康快乐青春长猪，什么事都胸有成猪，身边人都夸你猪智多谋、猪颜有术、情人多到招架不猪，个个都对你按捺不猪。
猪年如意，猪事顺心，猪年行大运！
lotsa luv from me & my fav stuffie let let :)
Saturday, February 10, 2007
My First Vodcast!
Check out my very first vodcast!
http://www.mypaper.sg/myvodcast/20070209lexus_a/20070209lexus_main.html
Enjoyed myself very much doing this...but i'm sure my dear video ed n photog must feel like pulling their hair out working with a no brainer like me. Spent a long long time to this but all's worth it. Brings back great memories of Channel U days. Hope to do something like that again soon... but first I need to lose weight.... n maybe avoid bright coloured shirts... they sure make me look fat...
Had a very very very long week....crashing into bed...nitez :)
http://www.mypaper.sg/myvodcast/20070209lexus_a/20070209lexus_main.html
Enjoyed myself very much doing this...but i'm sure my dear video ed n photog must feel like pulling their hair out working with a no brainer like me. Spent a long long time to this but all's worth it. Brings back great memories of Channel U days. Hope to do something like that again soon... but first I need to lose weight.... n maybe avoid bright coloured shirts... they sure make me look fat...
Had a very very very long week....crashing into bed...nitez :)
Friday, February 09, 2007
What should I do with my hair?
CNY's round the corner...what should I do with my hair?
Streak it red again? Trim my fringe or let it grow? Do nothing? Suggestions more than welcomed!
Streak it red again? Trim my fringe or let it grow? Do nothing? Suggestions more than welcomed!
Thursday, February 08, 2007
I must resist!!!
Different ppl have different ways of relieving stress. Mine's shopping. Retail therapy works big time for me but only using my own money. Used to hate shopping while I was in school, didn't like the idea of spending mum's money... but things changed when I got my first paycheck and I guess i've sold my soul to the devil ever since...
Pretty tied up at work lately & haven't been able to go shopping physically for the last 2 weeks (good for my wallet!). Couldn't take the withdrawal symptoms, so I've resorted to online window-shopping for a quickie...
As usual...the internet has transformed into the devil, tempting me to part with my hard earned cash....Arghhh... I must resist!!!!
Rite...just like the old times, I'll post my lusts here & "pretend" i've already bought them so I won't spend money...
New S/S2007 Vivienne Westwood Fleet Wallet...love this wallet but somehow if i ever bought it, it's gonna end up like my mac...dirty...
Fred Flare Hot Shot Camera Ring...cute rite? I'm a cam whore.... would be great if cameras in future came in the form of a ring... den i can take as many pictures as and when i like!
Harvey Seat Belt Tote...been lusting after this bag for about 3 years now... it's commanding US$120...3 years ago it was going for $60...shucks...
Rite...back to my motoring review or my head's gonna roll...
Pretty tied up at work lately & haven't been able to go shopping physically for the last 2 weeks (good for my wallet!). Couldn't take the withdrawal symptoms, so I've resorted to online window-shopping for a quickie...
As usual...the internet has transformed into the devil, tempting me to part with my hard earned cash....Arghhh... I must resist!!!!
Rite...just like the old times, I'll post my lusts here & "pretend" i've already bought them so I won't spend money...
New S/S2007 Vivienne Westwood Fleet Wallet...love this wallet but somehow if i ever bought it, it's gonna end up like my mac...dirty...
Fred Flare Hot Shot Camera Ring...cute rite? I'm a cam whore.... would be great if cameras in future came in the form of a ring... den i can take as many pictures as and when i like!
Harvey Seat Belt Tote...been lusting after this bag for about 3 years now... it's commanding US$120...3 years ago it was going for $60...shucks...
Rite...back to my motoring review or my head's gonna roll...
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Mental Block
Boy...I can't wait for CNY to come... yes i'm definitely into the ang pows but what I'm looking forward to now is more of the time i'll get to stay home n get proper rest. Totally hit a mental road block 2dae. just can't conjure my sentences properly. In a mess. Prob cuz I've slept about 3-4hours each nite for the last week or so.
Ok no more procrastinating. Later...
Ok no more procrastinating. Later...
Monday, January 29, 2007
The Chuan is Back!!!!
Chuan's back!!!!
Me, Chuan & Xi @ Holland V TCC
Sheesh... i'm in need of the dentist & a crash diet... like xi pointed out... i was way slimmer months b4...never was the same after the weight gaining china trip man....
Me & Chuan @ Punggol Jetty
We're going wakeboarding early Sat morning followed by chalet @ Sentosa! Can't wait :):):)
But first I need to finish articles for the upcoming property supplement on Friday...先苦后甜...
Me, Chuan & Xi @ Holland V TCC
Sheesh... i'm in need of the dentist & a crash diet... like xi pointed out... i was way slimmer months b4...never was the same after the weight gaining china trip man....
Me & Chuan @ Punggol Jetty
We're going wakeboarding early Sat morning followed by chalet @ Sentosa! Can't wait :):):)
But first I need to finish articles for the upcoming property supplement on Friday...先苦后甜...
Saturday, January 27, 2007
I miss London
Saw decade old images of St Paul's, River Thames, Whitehall & Big Ben today n it reminded me once again why i'm so smitten with the place.
Things don't change very much in London unlike in sg & many parts of the world. With all the drastic changes & chaos going around, the sense of familiarity & stability has a comforting, calming effect.
Despite the regularity, there are always little surprises everywhere & exciting places to explore....it's bursting with life everywhere beneath the grey blanket cover. I miss my weekend shopping trips to oxford st, bond st, regent st, covent garden n sometimes to harrods...just for krispy kreme donuts... weekend trips to the various markets, esp petticoat lane mkt & brick lane on sundays...sunday dim sum brunches after church...2h long supermarket shopping sessions...midnite movies @ islington angel...taking the tube...hoping on n off the old london buses...sandwich shops & food caravans for lunch (jamaican jerk chicken...yummy) n kebabs for dinner or supper...chinatown for dinner or 97 for supper....dingy soho @ nite....ooohhhh yummy cakes from valerie's pattisere...oh so sinful cafe nero mocha...drinks @ allbarone or the local pubs...taking the train out of london for a day trip.... boy i can go on forever...
I miss London.It's my second home. In fact I feel more fulfilled & at home staying there. I actually enjoy British TV more than singapore or cable tv for that matter. Miss Channel 4's quirky shows, esp my fav Grand Designs & Location, Location Location and BBC 2's amazing political talkshows like the daily politics. I can watch tv for hours on end without ever feeling bored.
I'm definitely going back one day for an extended period of time. Watch me.
Things don't change very much in London unlike in sg & many parts of the world. With all the drastic changes & chaos going around, the sense of familiarity & stability has a comforting, calming effect.
Despite the regularity, there are always little surprises everywhere & exciting places to explore....it's bursting with life everywhere beneath the grey blanket cover. I miss my weekend shopping trips to oxford st, bond st, regent st, covent garden n sometimes to harrods...just for krispy kreme donuts... weekend trips to the various markets, esp petticoat lane mkt & brick lane on sundays...sunday dim sum brunches after church...2h long supermarket shopping sessions...midnite movies @ islington angel...taking the tube...hoping on n off the old london buses...sandwich shops & food caravans for lunch (jamaican jerk chicken...yummy) n kebabs for dinner or supper...chinatown for dinner or 97 for supper....dingy soho @ nite....ooohhhh yummy cakes from valerie's pattisere...oh so sinful cafe nero mocha...drinks @ allbarone or the local pubs...taking the train out of london for a day trip.... boy i can go on forever...
I miss London.It's my second home. In fact I feel more fulfilled & at home staying there. I actually enjoy British TV more than singapore or cable tv for that matter. Miss Channel 4's quirky shows, esp my fav Grand Designs & Location, Location Location and BBC 2's amazing political talkshows like the daily politics. I can watch tv for hours on end without ever feeling bored.
I'm definitely going back one day for an extended period of time. Watch me.
Friday, January 26, 2007
betrayal...
It's amazing how one's emotions can go through a roller coaster ride within a span of just a couple of mins.
Breaking news break hearts. Prob why i have a love-hate relationship with my job.
Earlier on, I was totally euphoric about chuan coming back and with a funfilled weekend all planned for next week but minutes later, I came to know of stuff that brought back all the unhappiness n bitterness i've tried so hard to leave behind...now my heart is aching with hurt from betrayal.
I should have known better when you asked whether I knew so n so n den proceeded into details I wished I had paid attention to. Never suspected anything then. And being me, I don't give a damn about such stuff. You knew these very well.
However, you still chose to play up my feelings and emotions and then at your convenience, turned around to torture with words of disgrace and condemnation and took actions you knew would scar. I still don't understand. What did you achieve from all this?
i'm no fighter like u but i've been trying... and you knew that full well too...so why? why? why?
i've tried hating u but i couldn't n i've promised myself i won't. I'm not going to be as childish as u.
I've decided.
From this moment on, i'm not going to let you get to me again. You can't hurt me if you don't matter at all.
Breaking news break hearts. Prob why i have a love-hate relationship with my job.
Earlier on, I was totally euphoric about chuan coming back and with a funfilled weekend all planned for next week but minutes later, I came to know of stuff that brought back all the unhappiness n bitterness i've tried so hard to leave behind...now my heart is aching with hurt from betrayal.
I should have known better when you asked whether I knew so n so n den proceeded into details I wished I had paid attention to. Never suspected anything then. And being me, I don't give a damn about such stuff. You knew these very well.
However, you still chose to play up my feelings and emotions and then at your convenience, turned around to torture with words of disgrace and condemnation and took actions you knew would scar. I still don't understand. What did you achieve from all this?
i'm no fighter like u but i've been trying... and you knew that full well too...so why? why? why?
i've tried hating u but i couldn't n i've promised myself i won't. I'm not going to be as childish as u.
I've decided.
From this moment on, i'm not going to let you get to me again. You can't hurt me if you don't matter at all.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
2 Days More!!!!
2 days more & KKN will be complete once again!!!! CHUAN!!!! COME BACK FASTER!!!! Miss u loads... it's been a year since all 6 of us r 1 again....just that stupid wows will be stuck in some ulu jungle next weekend... chalet spoiler :p
Actually hor... i think it's prob more of i can't wait for my junk food tees, sims 2 games n dvd...oh n my shampoo n conditioner if u've gotten it :p hiak hiak....(Yes, i made my fren lug shampoo n conditioner back for me cuz i'm a spoilt brat that can't be satisfied with what i can find here...) Just kiddin!
Come back quick quick!!!!
Actually hor... i think it's prob more of i can't wait for my junk food tees, sims 2 games n dvd...oh n my shampoo n conditioner if u've gotten it :p hiak hiak....(Yes, i made my fren lug shampoo n conditioner back for me cuz i'm a spoilt brat that can't be satisfied with what i can find here...) Just kiddin!
Come back quick quick!!!!
Monday, January 22, 2007
Summary of my weekend
Hit a wall trying to come up with tomorrow's biz feature so I shall write about my weekend...
Let's see...all I can remember of my weekend was that I coughed and sneezed like mad...slept 12 hours or more each on Friday and Saturday night to make up for my lack of sleep during the week.
Was plagued by the flu bug on Thursday...super groggy all Friday after downing medication...kinda floated through the day. Only redeeming factor was the super fun UOB Media Party at the end of it. Had a good time catching up with old friends and meeting new people.
Crashed into bed after showering and didn't wake up till 2pm the next day (ok i was woken by Rach at 9am but the medication knocked me out after that). Had lunch with mum n dad in front of the tv. Mum just subscribed to cable TV last Monday and both she n my dad are hooked onto the Asian Food Channel. Hopefully they pick up some really good recipes from there and cook up a feast for me soon. Oh ya, Godma & Godpa flew in from Australia on Friday, and they dropped in on us briefly.
If there's such thing called a itchy backside syndrome, I definitely have it. Despite coughing like I've got TB and my head spinning faster than a top, I actually managed to haul myself out of bed to go with Rach to the mega Ikea & Courts store at Tampines. To our surprise, both malls were pretty empty...we even managed to eat our favourite swedish meatballs n fried chicken wings @ Ikea without having to queue for a table at 530pm! I finally got my family our very first DVD player from Ikea... believe it or not...a multiregion player for just $49.90! There was a cheaper one going for $39.90 but it weighed a ton.
Talking about shopping the town down, our shopping rendevous (ok more of my mine since rach din get anything) didn't just end there....at 730pm, we actually decided to uproot ourselves from the east side of Singapore and travel all the way westwards to Queensway! I've been jogging in my ridiculous betty booper shoes for the last 2+ weeks so I decided it's high time I get proper running shoes b4 I end up having a bulging ankle.
Got to Queensway at 815pm and the moment I stepped into the first shop, I set my eyes upon the really pretty n very very light Adidas Chiba Pro running shoes! Too bad they didn't have my size so we moved on to the next shop and I wasted no time in getting it. Better still, it came with a 30% discount, so I only paid $90 for it. Love it! Can't wait to get better n start my jogging sessions again. Must say Queensway is a real treasure trove...will definitely go back for more.
Back to Sat, it was a pain getting home after Queensway since I live in the God foresaken part of Singapore called Sengkang... spent 2 hours trudging home on a bus... it's high time I go for a test drive n buy a car! Totally zonked out when I got home at 11 and didn't wake up 12pm the next day missing church for the 2nd week.... very very guilty....
Had lunch with mum n dad in front of the TV again and decided I should be a good girl n start tidying my desk since CNY is round the corner. It's amazing how much rubbish I can accumulate over a couple of months...threw away 3 bags full but my room still looks as cluttered as ever. Shall try again next weekend. Need to get new shelves too so that my 3 boxes full of stuffies can see daylight once again.
Highlight of the day....RAIN'S COMING concert! A friend had complimentary tix so I went with her to watch it. I've come to the conclusion that Rain is a dancing cyborg(neither did he sing very much nor have very much facial expression) and as merv says, the stage is definitely more interesting than him. Was very facinated by the stageworks n of cuz the fake rain n Rain's bare chest though. The whole concert seem more like a musical with a random plot. All in all, would say it's worth the lowest price ticket of 188 but definitely not 888.
That's the end of my weekend and also the end of my skiving... back to writing once again.....
Let's see...all I can remember of my weekend was that I coughed and sneezed like mad...slept 12 hours or more each on Friday and Saturday night to make up for my lack of sleep during the week.
Was plagued by the flu bug on Thursday...super groggy all Friday after downing medication...kinda floated through the day. Only redeeming factor was the super fun UOB Media Party at the end of it. Had a good time catching up with old friends and meeting new people.
Crashed into bed after showering and didn't wake up till 2pm the next day (ok i was woken by Rach at 9am but the medication knocked me out after that). Had lunch with mum n dad in front of the tv. Mum just subscribed to cable TV last Monday and both she n my dad are hooked onto the Asian Food Channel. Hopefully they pick up some really good recipes from there and cook up a feast for me soon. Oh ya, Godma & Godpa flew in from Australia on Friday, and they dropped in on us briefly.
If there's such thing called a itchy backside syndrome, I definitely have it. Despite coughing like I've got TB and my head spinning faster than a top, I actually managed to haul myself out of bed to go with Rach to the mega Ikea & Courts store at Tampines. To our surprise, both malls were pretty empty...we even managed to eat our favourite swedish meatballs n fried chicken wings @ Ikea without having to queue for a table at 530pm! I finally got my family our very first DVD player from Ikea... believe it or not...a multiregion player for just $49.90! There was a cheaper one going for $39.90 but it weighed a ton.
Talking about shopping the town down, our shopping rendevous (ok more of my mine since rach din get anything) didn't just end there....at 730pm, we actually decided to uproot ourselves from the east side of Singapore and travel all the way westwards to Queensway! I've been jogging in my ridiculous betty booper shoes for the last 2+ weeks so I decided it's high time I get proper running shoes b4 I end up having a bulging ankle.
Got to Queensway at 815pm and the moment I stepped into the first shop, I set my eyes upon the really pretty n very very light Adidas Chiba Pro running shoes! Too bad they didn't have my size so we moved on to the next shop and I wasted no time in getting it. Better still, it came with a 30% discount, so I only paid $90 for it. Love it! Can't wait to get better n start my jogging sessions again. Must say Queensway is a real treasure trove...will definitely go back for more.
Back to Sat, it was a pain getting home after Queensway since I live in the God foresaken part of Singapore called Sengkang... spent 2 hours trudging home on a bus... it's high time I go for a test drive n buy a car! Totally zonked out when I got home at 11 and didn't wake up 12pm the next day missing church for the 2nd week.... very very guilty....
Had lunch with mum n dad in front of the TV again and decided I should be a good girl n start tidying my desk since CNY is round the corner. It's amazing how much rubbish I can accumulate over a couple of months...threw away 3 bags full but my room still looks as cluttered as ever. Shall try again next weekend. Need to get new shelves too so that my 3 boxes full of stuffies can see daylight once again.
Highlight of the day....RAIN'S COMING concert! A friend had complimentary tix so I went with her to watch it. I've come to the conclusion that Rain is a dancing cyborg(neither did he sing very much nor have very much facial expression) and as merv says, the stage is definitely more interesting than him. Was very facinated by the stageworks n of cuz the fake rain n Rain's bare chest though. The whole concert seem more like a musical with a random plot. All in all, would say it's worth the lowest price ticket of 188 but definitely not 888.
That's the end of my weekend and also the end of my skiving... back to writing once again.....
Monday, January 15, 2007
Valentine
Does anybody out there have this song - Valentine by Martina McBride?
Have it on my old lap top but can't seem to transfer it over to my mac. Any kind soul who has it, pls send it to my gmail: liyunlin@gmail.com Thanks a mil!
Love this song to bits...never fails to make me feel all sentimental...if I ever get married, this song is definitely on the playlist....guess I better find a guy who likes this too...:p
Valentine
Martina McBride
If there were no words
No way to speak
I would still hear you
If there were no tears
No way to feel inside
I’d still feel for you
And even if the sun refused to shine
Even if romance ran out of rhyme
You would still have my heart until the end of time
You’re all I need, my love, my valentine
All of my life
I have been waiting for
All you give to me
You’ve opened my eyes
And showed me how to love unselfishly
I’ve dreamed of this a thousand times before
But in my dreams I couldn’t love you more
I will give you my heart
Until the end of time...
You’re all I need, my love, my valentine
And even if the sun refused to shine
Even if romance ran out of rhyme
You would still have my heart until the end of time
’cause all I need is you, my valentine
You’re all I need, my love, my valentine
Have it on my old lap top but can't seem to transfer it over to my mac. Any kind soul who has it, pls send it to my gmail: liyunlin@gmail.com Thanks a mil!
Love this song to bits...never fails to make me feel all sentimental...if I ever get married, this song is definitely on the playlist....guess I better find a guy who likes this too...:p
Valentine
Martina McBride
If there were no words
No way to speak
I would still hear you
If there were no tears
No way to feel inside
I’d still feel for you
And even if the sun refused to shine
Even if romance ran out of rhyme
You would still have my heart until the end of time
You’re all I need, my love, my valentine
All of my life
I have been waiting for
All you give to me
You’ve opened my eyes
And showed me how to love unselfishly
I’ve dreamed of this a thousand times before
But in my dreams I couldn’t love you more
I will give you my heart
Until the end of time...
You’re all I need, my love, my valentine
And even if the sun refused to shine
Even if romance ran out of rhyme
You would still have my heart until the end of time
’cause all I need is you, my valentine
You’re all I need, my love, my valentine
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Dilemma...
Right i know i said i wanna get a car real soon... however i haven't gotten off my lazy ass to go for a test drive so that I can decide whether the swift is for me...
To complicate things further, thanks to Carol from UOB (hee hee)... I'm now in a dilemma whether to go ahead n get the Swift or to switch camps and go for the Mazda 3. The Swift is really cute, sporty and comes in yellow but so does the Mazda 3.
Suzuki swift is smaller, easier to park and a great car from the many reviews i've heard n read...
On the otherhand, the Mazda 3, although costing $2000 more, has a higher OMV, is a proper sedan (k...to be honest, i never liked hatchbacks for aesthetic reasons, so SUVs, MPVs, CUVs are out of the qn for me though I'm in love with the Dodge Caliber big time...).
How how how...decisions, decisions, decisions.
Think the test drive will prob gonna b the tie breaker....heard the pick up for the swift isn't great... so if the mazda performs better in this dept, it'll prob win me over.
Hmm...having said the above...for a couple of hundred of dollars more I can have the Subaru Impreza...much sportier car & def value for money......or perhaps for a first car I shouldn't splurge so much n go for a cheaper all new Lancer...it's a beauty from the file pix i've seen...
To complicate things further, thanks to Carol from UOB (hee hee)... I'm now in a dilemma whether to go ahead n get the Swift or to switch camps and go for the Mazda 3. The Swift is really cute, sporty and comes in yellow but so does the Mazda 3.
Suzuki swift is smaller, easier to park and a great car from the many reviews i've heard n read...
On the otherhand, the Mazda 3, although costing $2000 more, has a higher OMV, is a proper sedan (k...to be honest, i never liked hatchbacks for aesthetic reasons, so SUVs, MPVs, CUVs are out of the qn for me though I'm in love with the Dodge Caliber big time...).
How how how...decisions, decisions, decisions.
Think the test drive will prob gonna b the tie breaker....heard the pick up for the swift isn't great... so if the mazda performs better in this dept, it'll prob win me over.
Hmm...having said the above...for a couple of hundred of dollars more I can have the Subaru Impreza...much sportier car & def value for money......or perhaps for a first car I shouldn't splurge so much n go for a cheaper all new Lancer...it's a beauty from the file pix i've seen...
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Night at the Museum
Just got back from the movies with BFF Rachel(result of reading too much pink is the new blog :p ). Had a wicked time :)
Caught a great movie - Night at the Museum. Would recommend it to anyone who has had a long week and wants something brainless & light hearted. It's super duper hilarious, definitely great for a Friday nite when all u wanna do is chill n keep the alcohol at bay. We need to keep our livers healthy b4 we challenge ourselves to the liquid buffet at Pan Pac.
Kiez I'm real tired & I have an interview 2moro at 11am...Before I concus, let me note down my fav line from the movie: Quiet. My Dumb Dumb wants to speak.
Love that easter festival stone face sculpture!
Nitez :)
Caught a great movie - Night at the Museum. Would recommend it to anyone who has had a long week and wants something brainless & light hearted. It's super duper hilarious, definitely great for a Friday nite when all u wanna do is chill n keep the alcohol at bay. We need to keep our livers healthy b4 we challenge ourselves to the liquid buffet at Pan Pac.
Kiez I'm real tired & I have an interview 2moro at 11am...Before I concus, let me note down my fav line from the movie: Quiet. My Dumb Dumb wants to speak.
Love that easter festival stone face sculpture!
Nitez :)
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Keep your cool with construction stocks
First and foremost, I must state that I'm no analyst or stock expert, neither do I invest in stocks (reason being that I don't get paid very much and have yet to save up enough to buy my first lot...don't believe in playing penny stocks either as I have no time to monitor them). The following is just my 2 cents worth on construction counters.
The increased activity and headline grabbing resurgence in sections of the property market have resusitated retail investor interest in construction shares. The sector is said to rebound from the doldrums with the two integrated resorts (IRs), upmarket condominium projects at Marina Bay and Orchard Road, and a hive of smaller residential developments.
In the past five trading sessions, penny construction stocks such as BBR Holdings, CSC Holdings and Hiap Hoe all registered gains of more than 60 per cent.
However, optimism in the construction camp has failed to win me over. Call me conservative or sceptical, I never had an affinity towards construction plays. Many are family-runned, don't possess a stellar track record, with some in the red for years, payout low or no dividends and somehow strikes me the way how china stocks are like to some investors.
I guess many in the market share the same sentiments as despite the buying interest, there is little research coverage on such shares, given that most analysts have given up on the sector after the property market turned sour a few years ago.
Investors appear to have made up their minds on which firms they feel will benefit from the pickup, focusing on niche property developers such as Hiap Hoe and Lum Chang Holdings.
With total construction demand estimated to grow about 12-15 billion a year for the next 5 years by some analysts, this will no doubt be a booster for construction shares.
However, investors must also be realistic that though the general market sentiment might be rosy for now, but at the end of the day it's just going to be the lucky few companies or counters for that matter who will emerge victorious from the tenders and stand to benefit. Buying into counters who are unable to jump onto the IR, Grade A office or luxury residential properties bandwagon will bring you nowhere. It has also been said that big international builders are expected to clinch most of the work, with the local boys becoming sub-contractors.
At this present moment, no one knows who the jackpot winners will be, so going with the flow and buying into random construction plays now would be equivalent to gambling. It's risky business.
As United Overseas Bank's head of deposits, investment and insurance strategy, Tay Han Chong would advise, investors should definitely use their heads rather than their hearts, keeping emotions and noise in the market out of the picture.
Besides, the optimism in the construction sector may be shielding an impending storm. Construction stocks have always been laggards. With blue chips looking to reach the end of their line in the bull run and laggards such as technology and construction plays joining the party, is this a sign that it's time to say goodbye to the good times for the STI?
Keeping in mind the last building boom in 1999, where construction counters fell in a heap the following year as the stock market nosedived in the wake of the dot.com bust, it definitely doesn't hurt to have your enthusiasm nailed down at this point in time where the road ahead for the local bourse is less picture perfect than before.
The increased activity and headline grabbing resurgence in sections of the property market have resusitated retail investor interest in construction shares. The sector is said to rebound from the doldrums with the two integrated resorts (IRs), upmarket condominium projects at Marina Bay and Orchard Road, and a hive of smaller residential developments.
In the past five trading sessions, penny construction stocks such as BBR Holdings, CSC Holdings and Hiap Hoe all registered gains of more than 60 per cent.
However, optimism in the construction camp has failed to win me over. Call me conservative or sceptical, I never had an affinity towards construction plays. Many are family-runned, don't possess a stellar track record, with some in the red for years, payout low or no dividends and somehow strikes me the way how china stocks are like to some investors.
I guess many in the market share the same sentiments as despite the buying interest, there is little research coverage on such shares, given that most analysts have given up on the sector after the property market turned sour a few years ago.
Investors appear to have made up their minds on which firms they feel will benefit from the pickup, focusing on niche property developers such as Hiap Hoe and Lum Chang Holdings.
With total construction demand estimated to grow about 12-15 billion a year for the next 5 years by some analysts, this will no doubt be a booster for construction shares.
However, investors must also be realistic that though the general market sentiment might be rosy for now, but at the end of the day it's just going to be the lucky few companies or counters for that matter who will emerge victorious from the tenders and stand to benefit. Buying into counters who are unable to jump onto the IR, Grade A office or luxury residential properties bandwagon will bring you nowhere. It has also been said that big international builders are expected to clinch most of the work, with the local boys becoming sub-contractors.
At this present moment, no one knows who the jackpot winners will be, so going with the flow and buying into random construction plays now would be equivalent to gambling. It's risky business.
As United Overseas Bank's head of deposits, investment and insurance strategy, Tay Han Chong would advise, investors should definitely use their heads rather than their hearts, keeping emotions and noise in the market out of the picture.
Besides, the optimism in the construction sector may be shielding an impending storm. Construction stocks have always been laggards. With blue chips looking to reach the end of their line in the bull run and laggards such as technology and construction plays joining the party, is this a sign that it's time to say goodbye to the good times for the STI?
Keeping in mind the last building boom in 1999, where construction counters fell in a heap the following year as the stock market nosedived in the wake of the dot.com bust, it definitely doesn't hurt to have your enthusiasm nailed down at this point in time where the road ahead for the local bourse is less picture perfect than before.
Monday, January 08, 2007
2007年要坚持亢奋到底！
在网上看到阿里巴巴集团（Alibaba Group）创办人及首席执行员马云曾经说过这么样一句话：“今天很残酷，明天更残酷，后天很美好。可是绝大部分人死在明天晚上，看不到后天的太阳。”
马云接着说，所以活着的人每天要非常地努力，活好今天，你才能走到明天，走过了明天你才能见到后天的太阳。
2006年可能因为犯太岁，过得并不是很顺利，但2007年我不会坐以待毙。我会努力，因为我不要一直处于黑暗，我希望自己是坚持到破晓时分的勇者，能有机会去迎接绚丽的彩霞，看见太阳！
开年之际，阿Q一点，给自己打气，勇往直前：加油、加油、加油！！！
马云接着说，所以活着的人每天要非常地努力，活好今天，你才能走到明天，走过了明天你才能见到后天的太阳。
2006年可能因为犯太岁，过得并不是很顺利，但2007年我不会坐以待毙。我会努力，因为我不要一直处于黑暗，我希望自己是坚持到破晓时分的勇者，能有机会去迎接绚丽的彩霞，看见太阳！
开年之际，阿Q一点，给自己打气，勇往直前：加油、加油、加油！！！
Friday, January 05, 2007
My first gym workout!
From today onwards, I'm a gym virgin no more!
Finally got my lazy ass to SPH's gym on the 7th floor this morning. Didn't have anything urgent to clear for today so I decided I could afford some me time before work. Besides I really ballooned quite a bit from my China & Bangkok holiday.... just had a scan through my bangkok photos... bleargh...
Fortunately there wasn't anyone at the gym so I could play around with the machines. Never used any gym equipment b4 cuz I always zao PE lessons in JC and thot that my daily walk to sch when I was at uni was more than sufficient exercise...
Managed to run 3.5km on the treadmill and did 50 crunches. Didn't take too long... about 35 minutes in total. Running on a treadmill is so much ezier than doing rounds in the park. Think I lasted longer and didn't feel as tired. Pretty good to listen to my ipod & think about stuff while jogging too.
Just that it was a little disappointing to find that after all that running I only burnt off 250 calories.... will be more careful with the rubbish I stuff into my mouth in future.
Hopefully I can keep up this routine at least twice a week. Aiming for 5km next! Kiez no more skiving at work so that I can have more me time in future... toodles...
Finally got my lazy ass to SPH's gym on the 7th floor this morning. Didn't have anything urgent to clear for today so I decided I could afford some me time before work. Besides I really ballooned quite a bit from my China & Bangkok holiday.... just had a scan through my bangkok photos... bleargh...
Fortunately there wasn't anyone at the gym so I could play around with the machines. Never used any gym equipment b4 cuz I always zao PE lessons in JC and thot that my daily walk to sch when I was at uni was more than sufficient exercise...
Managed to run 3.5km on the treadmill and did 50 crunches. Didn't take too long... about 35 minutes in total. Running on a treadmill is so much ezier than doing rounds in the park. Think I lasted longer and didn't feel as tired. Pretty good to listen to my ipod & think about stuff while jogging too.
Just that it was a little disappointing to find that after all that running I only burnt off 250 calories.... will be more careful with the rubbish I stuff into my mouth in future.
Hopefully I can keep up this routine at least twice a week. Aiming for 5km next! Kiez no more skiving at work so that I can have more me time in future... toodles...
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Happy New Year!
Here's wishing everybody a blessed and wonderful 2007!
I'm off to Bangkok in 5 hours... b back on the 4th...till den :)
I'm off to Bangkok in 5 hours... b back on the 4th...till den :)
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
in love again...
Roberto Cavalli velvet brocade mary janes
n this other green/gold brocade pair at Nine West which is on sale...
Someone please stop me...
Monday, December 25, 2006
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
What type of cake are you?
Was musing to a friend how I wished life was a piece of cake.
In return, I was asked if my life was a piece of cake, what would it be? Cheesecake, Black forest? And whether I would want to have my cake and eat it too?
Hmm...tough one.
Cheesecake: My life is pretty rich I must say as I experience and learn quite a bit of new things on a daily, if not, weekly basis with my kind of job. However, as time goes by, it can be pretty mundane n predictable.
Blackforest: I admit I have a split personality. Can't decide whether I'll like to be pleasing like the chocolate sponge cake, or smooth like the creamy bits or to be naughty, spicy & exotic like the cherries that gives the taste buds a different kick. Perhaps that is why my colleagues say that I'm an oxymoron....claiming that i'm sane when i'm actually half mad.
Tiramisu: I love alcohol and I need caffine (from tea though) to keep me going in the day...It also happens to be my favourite dessert (remembered someone telling me that it's not considered a cake) There's more than what meets the eye :) You have to know me well to find out how strong the rum is(Courtesy of AT).
Durian cake: Either you like me or you don't. I'm an acquired taste. (Courtesy of AT)
As for wanting to have my cake and eat it too, I must say I'm guilty of it sometimes. I thrive under pressure. Only when I'm overwhelmed with stuff will I be more motivated to complete my tasks on hand.
Besides, Comedian George Carlin once critiqued this idiom by saying, "When people say, 'Oh you just want to have your cake and eat it too.' What good is a cake you can't eat? What should I eat, someone else's cake instead?"
What type of cake are you?
In return, I was asked if my life was a piece of cake, what would it be? Cheesecake, Black forest? And whether I would want to have my cake and eat it too?
Hmm...tough one.
Cheesecake: My life is pretty rich I must say as I experience and learn quite a bit of new things on a daily, if not, weekly basis with my kind of job. However, as time goes by, it can be pretty mundane n predictable.
Blackforest: I admit I have a split personality. Can't decide whether I'll like to be pleasing like the chocolate sponge cake, or smooth like the creamy bits or to be naughty, spicy & exotic like the cherries that gives the taste buds a different kick. Perhaps that is why my colleagues say that I'm an oxymoron....claiming that i'm sane when i'm actually half mad.
Tiramisu: I love alcohol and I need caffine (from tea though) to keep me going in the day...It also happens to be my favourite dessert (remembered someone telling me that it's not considered a cake) There's more than what meets the eye :) You have to know me well to find out how strong the rum is(Courtesy of AT).
Durian cake: Either you like me or you don't. I'm an acquired taste. (Courtesy of AT)
As for wanting to have my cake and eat it too, I must say I'm guilty of it sometimes. I thrive under pressure. Only when I'm overwhelmed with stuff will I be more motivated to complete my tasks on hand.
Besides, Comedian George Carlin once critiqued this idiom by saying, "When people say, 'Oh you just want to have your cake and eat it too.' What good is a cake you can't eat? What should I eat, someone else's cake instead?"
What type of cake are you?
:)
Fun conversation I had with my lesbo partner Boo...miss living with u gal...(we used to icq each even though we were 2m apart...)
yun says:
all i want for xmas is prince charming
Twinkle says:
hahaha..
Twinkle says:
i buy barbie's ken for you..
Twinkle says:
hahaha..
Twinkle says:
prince charming...
Twinkle says:
/hehe
yun says:
ya rite...
yun says:
mite as well say buy frog for me
yun says:
kiss already become prince
Twinkle says:
hahaha..
Twinkle says:
also can..
Twinkle says:
but it might be a bit messy for you only..
yun says:
all i want for xmas is prince charming
Twinkle says:
hahaha..
Twinkle says:
i buy barbie's ken for you..
Twinkle says:
hahaha..
Twinkle says:
prince charming...
Twinkle says:
/hehe
yun says:
ya rite...
yun says:
mite as well say buy frog for me
yun says:
kiss already become prince
Twinkle says:
hahaha..
Twinkle says:
also can..
Twinkle says:
but it might be a bit messy for you only..
最熟悉的陌生人
事隔一个多月，昨天再次碰到他，心情还是不由自主地变得很沉重。
只是打了招呼，没和他交谈，但可感觉他对我有着强烈的厌恶。
可能当时我的所作所为真的令你很气愤，以致到了今天还是耿耿于怀。这里还是希望得到你的原谅。
真的不要求什么，只想挽回这段友情。
我很喜欢萧亚轩的《最熟悉的陌生人》，每回到KTV都必唱。昨天我真正体验了这首歌所传达的情感。
最熟悉的陌生人
萧亚轩
还记得吗
窗外那被月光染亮的海洋
你还记得吗
是爱让彼此把夜点亮
为何后来我们用沉默取代依赖
曾经朗朗星空
渐渐阴霾
心碎离开
转身回到最初荒凉里等待
为了寂寞
是否找个人填心中空白
我们变成了世上
最熟悉的陌生人
今后各自曲折
各自悲哀
只怪我们爱得那么汹涌
爱得那么深
于是梦醒了搁浅了沉默了挥手了
却回不了神
如果当初在交会时能忍住了
激动的灵魂
也许今夜我不会让自己在思念里
沉沦
心碎离开
转身回到最初荒凉里等待
为了寂寞
是否找个人填心中空白
我们变成了世上
最熟悉的陌生人
今后各自曲折
各自悲哀
只怪我们爱得那么汹涌
爱得那么深
于是梦醒了搁浅了沉默了挥手了
却回不了神
如果当初在交会时能忍住了
激动的灵魂
也许今夜我不会让自己在思念里
沉沦
我们变成了世上最熟悉的陌生人
今后各自曲折
各自悲哀?
只怪我们爱得那么汹涌
爱得那么深
于是梦醒了搁浅了沉默了挥手了
却回不了神
如果当初在交会时能忍住了...
只是打了招呼，没和他交谈，但可感觉他对我有着强烈的厌恶。
可能当时我的所作所为真的令你很气愤，以致到了今天还是耿耿于怀。这里还是希望得到你的原谅。
真的不要求什么，只想挽回这段友情。
我很喜欢萧亚轩的《最熟悉的陌生人》，每回到KTV都必唱。昨天我真正体验了这首歌所传达的情感。
最熟悉的陌生人
萧亚轩
还记得吗
窗外那被月光染亮的海洋
你还记得吗
是爱让彼此把夜点亮
为何后来我们用沉默取代依赖
曾经朗朗星空
渐渐阴霾
心碎离开
转身回到最初荒凉里等待
为了寂寞
是否找个人填心中空白
我们变成了世上
最熟悉的陌生人
今后各自曲折
各自悲哀
只怪我们爱得那么汹涌
爱得那么深
于是梦醒了搁浅了沉默了挥手了
却回不了神
如果当初在交会时能忍住了
激动的灵魂
也许今夜我不会让自己在思念里
沉沦
心碎离开
转身回到最初荒凉里等待
为了寂寞
是否找个人填心中空白
我们变成了世上
最熟悉的陌生人
今后各自曲折
各自悲哀
只怪我们爱得那么汹涌
爱得那么深
于是梦醒了搁浅了沉默了挥手了
却回不了神
如果当初在交会时能忍住了
激动的灵魂
也许今夜我不会让自己在思念里
沉沦
我们变成了世上最熟悉的陌生人
今后各自曲折
各自悲哀?
只怪我们爱得那么汹涌
爱得那么深
于是梦醒了搁浅了沉默了挥手了
却回不了神
如果当初在交会时能忍住了...
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Happiness is...
- Sipping hot chocolate / gingerbread latte on a rainy day, looking at the crowds shuffle by you.
Perfection would be sitting next to a fire place with some friends or just by myself reading a gd book...If only I was in London... Happiness is otherwise known here as that warm fuzzy feeling.
- Fettucine & Tiramisu @ Menotti's. Ever since I stepped foot in Menotti's 3 months ago, I constantly have cravings for their creamy Fettucine & the ever so delightful tiramisu. Simply yummilicious. Love sitting next to the window n people watch. This place also holds the best memory I have of 2006...... It was gd while it lasted.
- Chilling with friends @ Oosh or Altivo. 2 very different places but both give the feeling of tranquility. Situated in the heart of the city yet away from the hustle n bustle of urban life. Try hideouts like these if you feel like you need to catch your breath and leaving the country to a resort is not a viable option.
- Afternoon English Tea @ English Rose Cafe. Warm scones with butter, jam & cream and a pot of Earl Gray...brings back memories of London which are always memories of happy times for me. Hmm...come to think of it, I didn't have scones very often, scones were for breakfast while marmite n cheese on toast with Earl Gray were my staple afternoon tea after school. Idyllic Times.
- Shopping for the entire day. Retail therapy is the miracle cure to depression, stress n all forms of illness. Shopping and Relationships work the same way in my dictionary. Unique items and great buys appear when you aren't looking. Same for love. Love comes knocking when you least expect it. Happiness is when fate brings magic and pleasant surprises into one's life.
- Driving around aimlessly. I don't own a car yet but I hope to buy one soon. Driving gives me a sense of freedom and independence. Freedom I've been yearning for ever since returning from London. It gives me time of solitude for reflection and enables me to go to places further away to experience new things. Independence simply cuz I'm in control.
Perfection would be sitting next to a fire place with some friends or just by myself reading a gd book...If only I was in London... Happiness is otherwise known here as that warm fuzzy feeling.
- Fettucine & Tiramisu @ Menotti's. Ever since I stepped foot in Menotti's 3 months ago, I constantly have cravings for their creamy Fettucine & the ever so delightful tiramisu. Simply yummilicious. Love sitting next to the window n people watch. This place also holds the best memory I have of 2006...... It was gd while it lasted.
- Chilling with friends @ Oosh or Altivo. 2 very different places but both give the feeling of tranquility. Situated in the heart of the city yet away from the hustle n bustle of urban life. Try hideouts like these if you feel like you need to catch your breath and leaving the country to a resort is not a viable option.
- Afternoon English Tea @ English Rose Cafe. Warm scones with butter, jam & cream and a pot of Earl Gray...brings back memories of London which are always memories of happy times for me. Hmm...come to think of it, I didn't have scones very often, scones were for breakfast while marmite n cheese on toast with Earl Gray were my staple afternoon tea after school. Idyllic Times.
- Shopping for the entire day. Retail therapy is the miracle cure to depression, stress n all forms of illness. Shopping and Relationships work the same way in my dictionary. Unique items and great buys appear when you aren't looking. Same for love. Love comes knocking when you least expect it. Happiness is when fate brings magic and pleasant surprises into one's life.
- Driving around aimlessly. I don't own a car yet but I hope to buy one soon. Driving gives me a sense of freedom and independence. Freedom I've been yearning for ever since returning from London. It gives me time of solitude for reflection and enables me to go to places further away to experience new things. Independence simply cuz I'm in control.
Friday, December 15, 2006
羡慕他人的一天
今天真是一个让我很羡慕他人的一天。
一大清早进办公室，有一名很久没聊天的朋友突然通过MSN给我发了一个劲爆的消息：我们的旧同学今天要结婚了。
朋友结婚嘛，有什么好大惊小怪？
这名朋友是香港名模，丈夫来自香港豪门，婚礼被誉为香港世纪婚礼，简直就是现代Cinderella story。
在LSE念硕士的时候，我们四女一男属于同一个study group。我们开始并不知道她的身份，只觉得她好漂亮。后来从其他同学知道后，也没有向她证实，觉得没有必要。
她虽然是明星级人物，穿戴名牌上学，有个有钱有势的男友，但一点架子都没有，也没有要求我们给予她什么特别待遇。Study notes做得好完整。还记得考试前，我曾经到她家与她温习statistics。当时她的妈妈专程从香港飞到伦敦来照顾她，煮了好多好好吃的东西给我们，现在记起来都会流口水。
只可惜过去一年来工作太忙，毕业各自回国后就没有什么联络。
今天听到她的婚讯，真是为她高兴。祝两位白头偕老，早生贵子！
－－－－
没过多久，坐在我旁边的同事宇宁带了一大袋东西来到办公室。
原来她的爸爸在看了她写的恋物志后，买了一个圣诞袜子，装了一些小玩具和糖果，老远从新山来到新加坡送给她，当作“稿费”。
温暖牌礼物，真令人羡慕。
－－－－
唉，这样的爱情，亲情，何时也能如此倦顾我啊？
一大清早进办公室，有一名很久没聊天的朋友突然通过MSN给我发了一个劲爆的消息：我们的旧同学今天要结婚了。
朋友结婚嘛，有什么好大惊小怪？
这名朋友是香港名模，丈夫来自香港豪门，婚礼被誉为香港世纪婚礼，简直就是现代Cinderella story。
在LSE念硕士的时候，我们四女一男属于同一个study group。我们开始并不知道她的身份，只觉得她好漂亮。后来从其他同学知道后，也没有向她证实，觉得没有必要。
她虽然是明星级人物，穿戴名牌上学，有个有钱有势的男友，但一点架子都没有，也没有要求我们给予她什么特别待遇。Study notes做得好完整。还记得考试前，我曾经到她家与她温习statistics。当时她的妈妈专程从香港飞到伦敦来照顾她，煮了好多好好吃的东西给我们，现在记起来都会流口水。
只可惜过去一年来工作太忙，毕业各自回国后就没有什么联络。
今天听到她的婚讯，真是为她高兴。祝两位白头偕老，早生贵子！
－－－－
没过多久，坐在我旁边的同事宇宁带了一大袋东西来到办公室。
原来她的爸爸在看了她写的恋物志后，买了一个圣诞袜子，装了一些小玩具和糖果，老远从新山来到新加坡送给她，当作“稿费”。
温暖牌礼物，真令人羡慕。
－－－－
唉，这样的爱情，亲情，何时也能如此倦顾我啊？
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
I want a teddy bear...
Been wanting a big, brown, soft teddy bear for the last couple of weeks...actually anything I can hug when I feel lonely and a punching bag when I feel frustrated...
This is something I'm sure my mum will never approve of considering I've got so many stuff toys lying around at home already...guess it's Christmas n i've been seeing lots of cuddly bears everywhere I go :(
This is something I'm sure my mum will never approve of considering I've got so many stuff toys lying around at home already...guess it's Christmas n i've been seeing lots of cuddly bears everywhere I go :(
Monday, December 11, 2006
圣诞节的省钱招数
还有两个多星期就是圣诞节了，圣诞礼物还没买，圣诞卡片也还没时间寄出，所以过去的周末就上网看有些什么美美的ecard可以寄，无意中发现这则有趣的圣诞节省钱秘笈，这里和大家分享一下。
每年的圣诞节都是热闹喜气的,大街小巷都是人头攒动,而精明的商家(不管是卖衣服的,卖食品的,还是卖礼品的),都鼓足了劲,想趁着节日的升温大捞一笔,所以在这个时候唯一要做的就是---看紧你的钱包,让它在不被小偷惦记的同时,也不要成为商家的猎物!
1. 千万不要为了所谓的浪漫,去光顾西餐店(包括咖啡屋等等),他们早就准备好了磨得噌亮的大刀,等待能够痛宰你一刀!要想享受烛光晚餐的惬意,可以买原材料在家里做嘛,要是非要有摇曳多姿的烛光,也可以去买一个漂亮的烛台啊,不但经济实惠,还可以一直用到老,也算是给家里增添固定资产啊!
2. 千万不要去商场,在商家精心策划和准备下,很少能够有人可以抵挡琳琅满目的商品诱惑,人多地少,空气自然不会好,且不说把时间耗费在漫长的交款队伍中是多么无聊,就单凭在商场人流中挑选自己心仪的东西的艰难险阻,就可以领略到沙丁鱼般的拥挤!
3. 千万不要去超市,别以为过节折扣多,商家的手段是层出不穷的,总有办法诱导你去选择一些根本不需要的东西,自己还觉得占了很大的便宜.其实羊毛出在羊身上,俗话说得好,买的不如卖的精,对于天生对购物就有特殊感情的女性来说,直接不去考验自己的意志是省钱的不二法门!
4. 千万不要去娱乐场所,他们也早就为您准备了足够多的诱惑和新奇,如果您就是想好好玩,不计较成本,那么此条及以上数条对您都不实用,要是您认为不该花的不能花,那您还可以继续往下看!
5. 千万不要去看电影,什么迎节、无极之类的大片，商业炒做的痕迹太重,看了也许会失望,再说在假日去看大片,至少又得让口袋破一个大洞? 还是省下来好,在温馨浪漫的圣诞节咱不受这个刺激,关键是为了省钱嘛!
其实圣诞节不用去凑热闹,最后建议,不妨在周末和家人好好欢聚一堂,在家做顿好吃的,家人不在一起的朋友呢,给远方的爸妈打个电话,聊聊家常，不是更好吗？
每年的圣诞节都是热闹喜气的,大街小巷都是人头攒动,而精明的商家(不管是卖衣服的,卖食品的,还是卖礼品的),都鼓足了劲,想趁着节日的升温大捞一笔,所以在这个时候唯一要做的就是---看紧你的钱包,让它在不被小偷惦记的同时,也不要成为商家的猎物!
1. 千万不要为了所谓的浪漫,去光顾西餐店(包括咖啡屋等等),他们早就准备好了磨得噌亮的大刀,等待能够痛宰你一刀!要想享受烛光晚餐的惬意,可以买原材料在家里做嘛,要是非要有摇曳多姿的烛光,也可以去买一个漂亮的烛台啊,不但经济实惠,还可以一直用到老,也算是给家里增添固定资产啊!
2. 千万不要去商场,在商家精心策划和准备下,很少能够有人可以抵挡琳琅满目的商品诱惑,人多地少,空气自然不会好,且不说把时间耗费在漫长的交款队伍中是多么无聊,就单凭在商场人流中挑选自己心仪的东西的艰难险阻,就可以领略到沙丁鱼般的拥挤!
3. 千万不要去超市,别以为过节折扣多,商家的手段是层出不穷的,总有办法诱导你去选择一些根本不需要的东西,自己还觉得占了很大的便宜.其实羊毛出在羊身上,俗话说得好,买的不如卖的精,对于天生对购物就有特殊感情的女性来说,直接不去考验自己的意志是省钱的不二法门!
4. 千万不要去娱乐场所,他们也早就为您准备了足够多的诱惑和新奇,如果您就是想好好玩,不计较成本,那么此条及以上数条对您都不实用,要是您认为不该花的不能花,那您还可以继续往下看!
5. 千万不要去看电影,什么迎节、无极之类的大片，商业炒做的痕迹太重,看了也许会失望,再说在假日去看大片,至少又得让口袋破一个大洞? 还是省下来好,在温馨浪漫的圣诞节咱不受这个刺激,关键是为了省钱嘛!
其实圣诞节不用去凑热闹,最后建议,不妨在周末和家人好好欢聚一堂,在家做顿好吃的,家人不在一起的朋友呢,给远方的爸妈打个电话,聊聊家常，不是更好吗？
Bags & Shoes
Fellow online serial shopper GH asked me today how many bags & shoes I owned. Hmm... tricky...
Put it this way, I'm a self-confessed shoe addict and bag whore. Call me shallow and materialistic, but one of my aims in life is to overtake Imelda Marcos and I see branded bags as a form of investment, the way some people view red wine as alternative investment.
My personal record: 4 pairs of shoes in 2+ hours (okie.. they were 5-10 GBP each so i'm not that bad really...). Highest expenditure on a bag: 600 GBP on my pink Chanel Reporter Cambon.
It seems that I'm not alone in my quest. A recent survey by UK research firm Mintel found that one in 10 UK women - 2.6 million women aged 16 and up - are aspiring Carrie Bradshaws. They currently own at least 30 pairs of shoes - one for every day of the month. Me...hmm...haven't taken stock of the no. of shoes I have in Singapore, but in London, I definitely can walk out of my room in a different shoe for a month if I wanted to.
GH says i outta get a job like Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears Prada...totally agree... but having said that I'll rather be the legendary fashion editrix Miranda Priestly...minus the catyness of course!
Either that or I'll need to find myself a rich husband and lead a tai tai life...easier said then done though...think it's probably easier to work my way up n become Miranda...
Pointless and irrelevant post... Probably cuz of the spillover effect from the people I followed at Paragon today... keep a look out for My Paper either on Wed or Thurs if u wanna know what I did.... hee hee...
ciao....
Put it this way, I'm a self-confessed shoe addict and bag whore. Call me shallow and materialistic, but one of my aims in life is to overtake Imelda Marcos and I see branded bags as a form of investment, the way some people view red wine as alternative investment.
My personal record: 4 pairs of shoes in 2+ hours (okie.. they were 5-10 GBP each so i'm not that bad really...). Highest expenditure on a bag: 600 GBP on my pink Chanel Reporter Cambon.
It seems that I'm not alone in my quest. A recent survey by UK research firm Mintel found that one in 10 UK women - 2.6 million women aged 16 and up - are aspiring Carrie Bradshaws. They currently own at least 30 pairs of shoes - one for every day of the month. Me...hmm...haven't taken stock of the no. of shoes I have in Singapore, but in London, I definitely can walk out of my room in a different shoe for a month if I wanted to.
GH says i outta get a job like Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears Prada...totally agree... but having said that I'll rather be the legendary fashion editrix Miranda Priestly...minus the catyness of course!
Either that or I'll need to find myself a rich husband and lead a tai tai life...easier said then done though...think it's probably easier to work my way up n become Miranda...
Pointless and irrelevant post... Probably cuz of the spillover effect from the people I followed at Paragon today... keep a look out for My Paper either on Wed or Thurs if u wanna know what I did.... hee hee...
ciao....
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Gals have it better?
A friend, YC, wrote this in one of our mass emails:
"it's perfectly okay for girls to make male-bashing remarks (in fact one can even get applauded for that) while guys doing the reverse would be labelled misogynists and bigots. kinda to make up for centuries of oppression I guess. boy, it's so hard to be male these days. must be breadwinner, treat women with respect and equality, go army, carry heavy stuff....."
Do gals necessary have it better? I beg to differ.
Remember colleague YN saying a couple of days ago that guys can never quite understand the pain & suffering gals go thru during that time of the month, child bearing & child birth. In return for a painless, less disruptive life, think it's only fair that gals be forgiven for our PMS, mood swings n wat not, not forgetting having the privilege to have a dig at our "better half" ehz...life would be so boring if everything went the macho way won't it? :p
PYC: there u go... no need to be jealous of Xi anymore... u got ur much "awaited" mention on my blog :) hee hee...
"it's perfectly okay for girls to make male-bashing remarks (in fact one can even get applauded for that) while guys doing the reverse would be labelled misogynists and bigots. kinda to make up for centuries of oppression I guess. boy, it's so hard to be male these days. must be breadwinner, treat women with respect and equality, go army, carry heavy stuff....."
Do gals necessary have it better? I beg to differ.
Remember colleague YN saying a couple of days ago that guys can never quite understand the pain & suffering gals go thru during that time of the month, child bearing & child birth. In return for a painless, less disruptive life, think it's only fair that gals be forgiven for our PMS, mood swings n wat not, not forgetting having the privilege to have a dig at our "better half" ehz...life would be so boring if everything went the macho way won't it? :p
PYC: there u go... no need to be jealous of Xi anymore... u got ur much "awaited" mention on my blog :) hee hee...
Monday, December 04, 2006
I miss London...
Boo hoo... my lucky neighbour @ work, Mervin is heading to London on Wed... boy I miss the city esp during this time of the year when it's cold n chilly n gets dark at 3pm... yeah i know i'm mad...
Merv has only 3 days there and asked what's the single thing that he must do there... well no prizes for wat i said... shopping of cuz...there's nothing like dashing from shop to shop starting from Oxford Street all the way to the end of Bond street n not forgetting Regent Street along the way. If I have time, I'll head down to Covent Garden too from Regent Street...that's my usual shopping route n exercise routine :p Oh, if u need food, stop by Chinatown...I miss the fusion style chinese food (Chinese Experience) n the dim sum (Royal Dragon, Golden Dragon) there...
More on the topic of shopping, there's a daily battle going on in my mind whether to go to the library or go shopping after sch... I'm such a disaster ehz...I love shopping on my own so I can take in the sights properly n try out every shoe in all the wonderful shoe shops there... somehow i can never bring myself to buy any shoes in singapore...while i can buy 4 pairs at a go in London (they were 5 quid each btw... i'm a shopaholic but i know my limits...) I miss Kurt Geiger, Faith & Shelly's...miss Selfridges & Harrods during sales... if u're patient enough to dig thru the piles n look thru every asle, u're bound to find some gd bargains there...
The supermarkets are a must go too... miss the rows n rows of ready made food, esp the ones at Marks & Spencers... miss the large variety of cereals, chocolates, tidbits, fruit juices, alcohol n toiletries @ Tesco & Sainsbury... i esp miss grocery shopping at 2am in the morning.... i can stay for 2 hours at a go... there's just so much to see n to agonise over too with my limited budget... Oh oh... not forgetting the lovely markets like Borough Market, Spitalfields Market, Camden Town, Nottinghill Gate... there's so much going on...craving for fresh oysters, lovely brownies, flans & pastries, pizzas & baguettes n freshly brewed coffee along with quirky items to look see...I miss kebabs too... i know i'm weird...
Merv also asked how he could get to his hotel n whether he should take the cab or Heathrow Express... even after the bombings n all I would say that I miss taking the tube n esp the london buses...wouldn't even bother about his 2 options...love observing ppl on the tube n looking out of the windows of the buses...every street every turn, it's so different. There'll always be something that will catch ur eye. Every time u pass by a place, there's always something new u'll pick out.
He said that his travel companion is concerned about needing to walk for long distances... all i can say is, walking in London is a pleasure... walk ard, take in the sights & breathe...it's refreshing...I used to walk for everywhere in London, for miles on my shopping escapades especially, all the way from Russell Square to the end of Bond street n den back...kills my legs totally but definitely worth it...even better if u have a cup of mocha from Cafe Nero in ur hands or gingerbread latte from Starbucks...sip slowly, walk at ur own pace n smell the hustle n bustle...If it's sunny, remember to look up n enjoy the clear blue skies...u will never be able to get it here...
Talking about Oxford Street, I miss going to church in London. The sermons and services at All Souls at the cross road of Oxford Street n Regent Street were simply lovely...somehow i can never find the feeling back here in sg...miss the All Souls orchestra & choir too...always looked forward to services with them once a month...spiritually uplifting no matter how bad ur week has been...
As you guys can probably tell by now, i'm suffering from London withdrawal symptons yet again. If i ever get to go to London or work in London, I'll jump at the opportunity.
I miss London so so much....I hate u merv! :p (kiddin, have fun there, hopefully u'll fall in love with it as much as i did...)
p/s: this is not the end ...just that I'm totally knackered after a long day's work... shall continue to bore everyone with my london musings another day :p
Merv has only 3 days there and asked what's the single thing that he must do there... well no prizes for wat i said... shopping of cuz...there's nothing like dashing from shop to shop starting from Oxford Street all the way to the end of Bond street n not forgetting Regent Street along the way. If I have time, I'll head down to Covent Garden too from Regent Street...that's my usual shopping route n exercise routine :p Oh, if u need food, stop by Chinatown...I miss the fusion style chinese food (Chinese Experience) n the dim sum (Royal Dragon, Golden Dragon) there...
More on the topic of shopping, there's a daily battle going on in my mind whether to go to the library or go shopping after sch... I'm such a disaster ehz...I love shopping on my own so I can take in the sights properly n try out every shoe in all the wonderful shoe shops there... somehow i can never bring myself to buy any shoes in singapore...while i can buy 4 pairs at a go in London (they were 5 quid each btw... i'm a shopaholic but i know my limits...) I miss Kurt Geiger, Faith & Shelly's...miss Selfridges & Harrods during sales... if u're patient enough to dig thru the piles n look thru every asle, u're bound to find some gd bargains there...
The supermarkets are a must go too... miss the rows n rows of ready made food, esp the ones at Marks & Spencers... miss the large variety of cereals, chocolates, tidbits, fruit juices, alcohol n toiletries @ Tesco & Sainsbury... i esp miss grocery shopping at 2am in the morning.... i can stay for 2 hours at a go... there's just so much to see n to agonise over too with my limited budget... Oh oh... not forgetting the lovely markets like Borough Market, Spitalfields Market, Camden Town, Nottinghill Gate... there's so much going on...craving for fresh oysters, lovely brownies, flans & pastries, pizzas & baguettes n freshly brewed coffee along with quirky items to look see...I miss kebabs too... i know i'm weird...
Merv also asked how he could get to his hotel n whether he should take the cab or Heathrow Express... even after the bombings n all I would say that I miss taking the tube n esp the london buses...wouldn't even bother about his 2 options...love observing ppl on the tube n looking out of the windows of the buses...every street every turn, it's so different. There'll always be something that will catch ur eye. Every time u pass by a place, there's always something new u'll pick out.
He said that his travel companion is concerned about needing to walk for long distances... all i can say is, walking in London is a pleasure... walk ard, take in the sights & breathe...it's refreshing...I used to walk for everywhere in London, for miles on my shopping escapades especially, all the way from Russell Square to the end of Bond street n den back...kills my legs totally but definitely worth it...even better if u have a cup of mocha from Cafe Nero in ur hands or gingerbread latte from Starbucks...sip slowly, walk at ur own pace n smell the hustle n bustle...If it's sunny, remember to look up n enjoy the clear blue skies...u will never be able to get it here...
Talking about Oxford Street, I miss going to church in London. The sermons and services at All Souls at the cross road of Oxford Street n Regent Street were simply lovely...somehow i can never find the feeling back here in sg...miss the All Souls orchestra & choir too...always looked forward to services with them once a month...spiritually uplifting no matter how bad ur week has been...
As you guys can probably tell by now, i'm suffering from London withdrawal symptons yet again. If i ever get to go to London or work in London, I'll jump at the opportunity.
I miss London so so much....I hate u merv! :p (kiddin, have fun there, hopefully u'll fall in love with it as much as i did...)
p/s: this is not the end ...just that I'm totally knackered after a long day's work... shall continue to bore everyone with my london musings another day :p
Change blog design
Have been getting comments lately from frens n readers tt my humble home is pretty tough to navigate n definitely not office frenly... will be doing something about it once I get some time on my hands... definitely before the end of this year I promise.
So just bear with me for a bit... clearer, less distracting layout coming up! Suggestions are welcomed!
So just bear with me for a bit... clearer, less distracting layout coming up! Suggestions are welcomed!
Bdae in Pix
Had lotsa fun in the last 3 days n I got my hair dyed red! Thanx to the ppl out there who made it possible... haven't had so much fun in a long time!
Will try to put everything down in words soon... in the meantime, do check out the pix on my flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yunfairy/
Will try to put everything down in words soon... in the meantime, do check out the pix on my flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yunfairy/
Friday, December 01, 2006
24!
The "dreaded" day has arrived...I've officially bid farewell to 23 and am 24 as of this moment!
Thanks to the sweet souls out there: AT, KY, YX n YN for remembering.
Haven't accomplished very much in the past year other than trying to adjust to adult working life, so my goal in the next 365 days is to make every day count!
I know it's one month premature for any new year resolutions to be made but these are the things i'll like to accomplish in the coming year:
1. Get my first car!
2. Start saving up for a house, hopefully by 2008 I'll be able to own a studio apartment.
3. Travel more... London is definitely on the list...
4. Take CFA I or embark on my part-time PHD
5. Spend more quality time with my family and friends
That seems like an awful lot...anyhow, I'm gonna make sure I have a smashing day today! I'm planning to get my hair coloured n gonna meet some frens for shopping followed by dinner at Oosh...hee hee....
Hmmm... only thing is that i'm still stuck at office now...hopefully this is not a sign of things in the coming year....:p
Thanks to the sweet souls out there: AT, KY, YX n YN for remembering.
Haven't accomplished very much in the past year other than trying to adjust to adult working life, so my goal in the next 365 days is to make every day count!
I know it's one month premature for any new year resolutions to be made but these are the things i'll like to accomplish in the coming year:
1. Get my first car!
2. Start saving up for a house, hopefully by 2008 I'll be able to own a studio apartment.
3. Travel more... London is definitely on the list...
4. Take CFA I or embark on my part-time PHD
5. Spend more quality time with my family and friends
That seems like an awful lot...anyhow, I'm gonna make sure I have a smashing day today! I'm planning to get my hair coloured n gonna meet some frens for shopping followed by dinner at Oosh...hee hee....
Hmmm... only thing is that i'm still stuck at office now...hopefully this is not a sign of things in the coming year....:p
Monday, November 27, 2006
Quarter-life crisis
In four days time, I'll be bidding adios to being 23.
The past year has been a roller coaster ride for me. Haven't been through so many ups and downs in 365 days for as long as my memory can serve me. Had a drastic change in my career, death scares of two of my grandparents, meeting someone who mattered very much as a mentor n friend and then screwing things up after having a break down due to stress. Not forgetting passing up on opportunities that on hindsight I should have taken up.
With all these commotion happening in my life, I was telling some friends over the weekend that I'm definitely not looking forward to add another digit to my age as it'll only mean that I'm one step closer to meeting my quarter-life crisis. After entering adult life and coming to terms with its responsibilities, I somehow found myself stuck in a world of career stagnation and extreme insecurity.
Read somewhere online that a primary cause of the stress associated with the "quarter-life crisis" is financial in nature. Real wages for most people have been dropping since the 1970s and most professions have become highly competitive. Positions of relative security – such as tenured positions at universities and "partner" status at law firms – have dwindled in number. This, combined with excessive downsizing, means that many people will never experience occupational security in their lives, and this is doubly unlikely in young adulthood. Generation X that I belong to unfortunately is the first generation to meet with this uncertain "New Economy" en masse.
Property has never been less affordable--especially in the cities, where we must go to compete for jobs. This contributes to a sense of rootlessness. In turn, this impacts on relationships with friends and potential partners--not that most twentysomethings have time for sex.
The era when a professional career meant a life of occupational security – thus allowing an individual to proceed to establish an "inner life" – is coming to a crashing end. Financial professionals are often expected to spend at least 80 hours per week in the office, and people in the legal, medical, educational, and managerial professions may average more than 60. In most cases, these long hours are de facto involuntary, reflecting economic and social insecurity. While these ills plague adults at all ages, their worst victims are ambitious, unestablished young adults.
In The Cheating Culture, David Callahan illustrates that these ills of excessive competition and insecurity do not always end once one becomes established – by being awarded tenure or "partner" status – and therefore the "quarter-life crisis" may actually extend beyond young adulthood. Some measure of financial security – which usually requires occupational security – is necessary for psychological development. Some have theorized that insecurity in the "New Economy" will place many in a state of, effectively, perpetual adolescence, and that the rampant and competitive consumerism of the 1990s and 2000s indicates that this is already taking place.
Having said all that, I guess it's not all doom and gloom. A friend said in return, most people don't reach 100 anyway, so I have nothing to fret as I've perhaps been through this dark patch in my life already and things will only look up from here.
On a separate note, my mind starts to wonder whether I'll prefer dying young or to live a ripe long life and experience lots of crisis like mid-life, old age etc. ... oh well... No one can have the best of all worlds...
The past year has been a roller coaster ride for me. Haven't been through so many ups and downs in 365 days for as long as my memory can serve me. Had a drastic change in my career, death scares of two of my grandparents, meeting someone who mattered very much as a mentor n friend and then screwing things up after having a break down due to stress. Not forgetting passing up on opportunities that on hindsight I should have taken up.
With all these commotion happening in my life, I was telling some friends over the weekend that I'm definitely not looking forward to add another digit to my age as it'll only mean that I'm one step closer to meeting my quarter-life crisis. After entering adult life and coming to terms with its responsibilities, I somehow found myself stuck in a world of career stagnation and extreme insecurity.
Read somewhere online that a primary cause of the stress associated with the "quarter-life crisis" is financial in nature. Real wages for most people have been dropping since the 1970s and most professions have become highly competitive. Positions of relative security – such as tenured positions at universities and "partner" status at law firms – have dwindled in number. This, combined with excessive downsizing, means that many people will never experience occupational security in their lives, and this is doubly unlikely in young adulthood. Generation X that I belong to unfortunately is the first generation to meet with this uncertain "New Economy" en masse.
Property has never been less affordable--especially in the cities, where we must go to compete for jobs. This contributes to a sense of rootlessness. In turn, this impacts on relationships with friends and potential partners--not that most twentysomethings have time for sex.
The era when a professional career meant a life of occupational security – thus allowing an individual to proceed to establish an "inner life" – is coming to a crashing end. Financial professionals are often expected to spend at least 80 hours per week in the office, and people in the legal, medical, educational, and managerial professions may average more than 60. In most cases, these long hours are de facto involuntary, reflecting economic and social insecurity. While these ills plague adults at all ages, their worst victims are ambitious, unestablished young adults.
In The Cheating Culture, David Callahan illustrates that these ills of excessive competition and insecurity do not always end once one becomes established – by being awarded tenure or "partner" status – and therefore the "quarter-life crisis" may actually extend beyond young adulthood. Some measure of financial security – which usually requires occupational security – is necessary for psychological development. Some have theorized that insecurity in the "New Economy" will place many in a state of, effectively, perpetual adolescence, and that the rampant and competitive consumerism of the 1990s and 2000s indicates that this is already taking place.
Having said all that, I guess it's not all doom and gloom. A friend said in return, most people don't reach 100 anyway, so I have nothing to fret as I've perhaps been through this dark patch in my life already and things will only look up from here.
On a separate note, my mind starts to wonder whether I'll prefer dying young or to live a ripe long life and experience lots of crisis like mid-life, old age etc. ... oh well... No one can have the best of all worlds...
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
爱人和被爱
被爱是幸福的。爱人总是痛苦的。
好不容易调试好心情再次说服自己积极面对眼前的挑战，却还是被浇了一身冷水。
说我爱逃避现实，又或者自暴自弃也好，又不由自主地开始想念过去。过去几个月一直浮现在脑海里的念头又再次浮现。
是我过去被宠坏了吗？过去眼前是大把的机会，背后有疼爱我的人。如今放眼看去，一直觉得战战兢兢，不知几时会踏上导火线而惹来一身祸。
咬紧牙根深呼吸看来不是长久的办法。
现在，也许金钱才能够买到我渴望的快乐。
好不容易调试好心情再次说服自己积极面对眼前的挑战，却还是被浇了一身冷水。
说我爱逃避现实，又或者自暴自弃也好，又不由自主地开始想念过去。过去几个月一直浮现在脑海里的念头又再次浮现。
是我过去被宠坏了吗？过去眼前是大把的机会，背后有疼爱我的人。如今放眼看去，一直觉得战战兢兢，不知几时会踏上导火线而惹来一身祸。
咬紧牙根深呼吸看来不是长久的办法。
现在，也许金钱才能够买到我渴望的快乐。
The One, Right Person Wrong Time or Wrong Person Right Time?
Some old frens of mine from good old JC days are trying to find out whether the people that they are dating are "The One"....one said if she's able to do boring stuff with the person and doesn't find anyone else she hopes to marry even more, the person will be the one, another said if a guy is willing to change for a girl then she is the one, a third mentioned about how much a person is "valued", the more valuable, the more likely he/she is the one.
Honestly, I really am clueless about how to identify "The One". For me, before i start any relationship, unless I see it going somewhere, i.e. end up with marriage at the end of the road, i won't take the plunge. The other is always the one for me I guess.
Was chatting to one of the old frens earlier and the conversation moved on to finding the right person. Relationship is a matter of timing and depending on which school you subscribe to, when things don't work out, it's either the right person but the wrong time ; or the wrong person but the right time.
As he said, if you're not with the right person, it'll feel like you are swimming in tar. I can't agree more. No matter which direction you take it's always gonna be a sticky, murky, dead end.
To him, he subscribes to the case where it's the right person but the wrong time as we are all only 24, or going to 24 in my case, considerably young and things are going pretty well regardless of whether we've met who we think is Mr or Miss Right or not...My take on this is that although things may seem to be progressing well but it's not at it's best. It's always nice to have someone to share your life with regardless of which point in life u belong to. To me, it's the right time all the time, just that the person may not be the right one who would stick with you true the good times and bad for eternity. But hopefully, things are like what he said, n our group of 6 wouldn't have to end up x years later still meeting the wrong person at the right time.
Some pretty random stuff to fill my long absence from blogging.... came back early Sunday morning and have tons of things to attend to....haven't had time to organise my fotos from the trip. All in all a pretty gd trip n i'm definitely much better now... will post pictures of my adventures n misadventures (heads up: it has to do with my hair... look out for pictures... if i decide to put them up...too embarassing) once i manage to steal some time! Watch out for it!
Honestly, I really am clueless about how to identify "The One". For me, before i start any relationship, unless I see it going somewhere, i.e. end up with marriage at the end of the road, i won't take the plunge. The other is always the one for me I guess.
Was chatting to one of the old frens earlier and the conversation moved on to finding the right person. Relationship is a matter of timing and depending on which school you subscribe to, when things don't work out, it's either the right person but the wrong time ; or the wrong person but the right time.
As he said, if you're not with the right person, it'll feel like you are swimming in tar. I can't agree more. No matter which direction you take it's always gonna be a sticky, murky, dead end.
To him, he subscribes to the case where it's the right person but the wrong time as we are all only 24, or going to 24 in my case, considerably young and things are going pretty well regardless of whether we've met who we think is Mr or Miss Right or not...My take on this is that although things may seem to be progressing well but it's not at it's best. It's always nice to have someone to share your life with regardless of which point in life u belong to. To me, it's the right time all the time, just that the person may not be the right one who would stick with you true the good times and bad for eternity. But hopefully, things are like what he said, n our group of 6 wouldn't have to end up x years later still meeting the wrong person at the right time.
Some pretty random stuff to fill my long absence from blogging.... came back early Sunday morning and have tons of things to attend to....haven't had time to organise my fotos from the trip. All in all a pretty gd trip n i'm definitely much better now... will post pictures of my adventures n misadventures (heads up: it has to do with my hair... look out for pictures... if i decide to put them up...too embarassing) once i manage to steal some time! Watch out for it!
Friday, November 10, 2006
Leaving on a jet plane...
Leaving for China in just a couple of hours for work. Just started with my packing...guess i'll just have to sleep on the plane later...
Had a crazy day at work... starting with the Singapore Motorshow 2006 at 830am in the morning at suntec... interesting stuff but i was so dead beat by the end of the day that i can't think straight and was struggling extremely hard to file my stories. Imagine being on your feet all the while from 745am (time I took the train from home) all the way till 5+pm when i got back into office, during which i was trying to drag 10 odd press kits everywhere i went... dreadful...
After all that i've seen at the show today, i'm pretty certain on buying the Suzuki Swift once I get my 13th month at the end of this year. Too bad they aren't doing the lavender/pink version anymore... i'll just have to settle for the yellow one! My fav colour anyway :) It's gonna be a costly investment n gonna be a struggle with my pay now but I guess i'm buying time with a car n definitely will be able to go out more and enjoy life the way i should, instead of what i've been doing for the past couple of weeks... moping around n feeling sorry for myself :) Fingers x that COE prices go back down....:p
Still taking deep breaths after Monday but I'm doing fine moving on. Won't deny that deep down a part of me is still hoping for a miracle...guess no one can really predict what lies ahead so it's nice to harbour some hope for something you desire...i've learnt that fate is a crazy word...just have to make sure it doesn't get the better of me n remain just as memories...
Been doing some self reflection lately after all that has happened...Must say I haven't been myself for the last 2-3 months. I've been told I'm a cheerful, determined and optimistic person b4... but i've been totally opposite after national day it seems. Perhaps that's why I've been screwing things up, making ppl ard me frustrated and lady luck hasn't been on my side. Ppl whom I haven't been treating well the last couple of months, please accept my apologies. Sorry! This trip is gonna be one that i'll try to put everything in the past, be happy again so that I can come back to a new start.
Leaving on a jet plane, dumping all my unhappiness in the Yangtze river n gonna return a happier person!
B4 i continue with my packing...Considering how forgetful I am... Xi equal if u're reading this, Happy Birthday in advance! Can't wait for chuan to come back next Jan...hopefully our kkn trip works out :) Miss u guys like crazy...BIG HUGZ...can't believe it's been 7 years already......we're all getting old!
Toodles ppl.... till next week :)
p/s: uploaded a couple of fotos to keep all of u entertained while i'm away... enjoy!
Had a crazy day at work... starting with the Singapore Motorshow 2006 at 830am in the morning at suntec... interesting stuff but i was so dead beat by the end of the day that i can't think straight and was struggling extremely hard to file my stories. Imagine being on your feet all the while from 745am (time I took the train from home) all the way till 5+pm when i got back into office, during which i was trying to drag 10 odd press kits everywhere i went... dreadful...
After all that i've seen at the show today, i'm pretty certain on buying the Suzuki Swift once I get my 13th month at the end of this year. Too bad they aren't doing the lavender/pink version anymore... i'll just have to settle for the yellow one! My fav colour anyway :) It's gonna be a costly investment n gonna be a struggle with my pay now but I guess i'm buying time with a car n definitely will be able to go out more and enjoy life the way i should, instead of what i've been doing for the past couple of weeks... moping around n feeling sorry for myself :) Fingers x that COE prices go back down....:p
Still taking deep breaths after Monday but I'm doing fine moving on. Won't deny that deep down a part of me is still hoping for a miracle...guess no one can really predict what lies ahead so it's nice to harbour some hope for something you desire...i've learnt that fate is a crazy word...just have to make sure it doesn't get the better of me n remain just as memories...
Been doing some self reflection lately after all that has happened...Must say I haven't been myself for the last 2-3 months. I've been told I'm a cheerful, determined and optimistic person b4... but i've been totally opposite after national day it seems. Perhaps that's why I've been screwing things up, making ppl ard me frustrated and lady luck hasn't been on my side. Ppl whom I haven't been treating well the last couple of months, please accept my apologies. Sorry! This trip is gonna be one that i'll try to put everything in the past, be happy again so that I can come back to a new start.
Leaving on a jet plane, dumping all my unhappiness in the Yangtze river n gonna return a happier person!
B4 i continue with my packing...Considering how forgetful I am... Xi equal if u're reading this, Happy Birthday in advance! Can't wait for chuan to come back next Jan...hopefully our kkn trip works out :) Miss u guys like crazy...BIG HUGZ...can't believe it's been 7 years already......we're all getting old!
Toodles ppl.... till next week :)
p/s: uploaded a couple of fotos to keep all of u entertained while i'm away... enjoy!
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
一年了
今天是我加入报馆满一周年的日子。
一个多星期前从老总手中接过confirmation letter，心里百感交集。365天，觉得过得好漫长。
这一年来，我好像坐了一个很长很长的过山车，途中有起有落，一直都不知道前方会有些什么样的高潮或低谷在等着我。每一天都过得很刺激，有些时候甚至觉得惊险万分。
2005年11月7日，我踏入社会，成为《新明日报》的社会新闻记者。那也是我5年前，在领报馆奖学金之前，第一个实习的地方。
还记得上班第一天，我的第一个任务是处理Durex的性调查报告；这也是一些同事给我“性专家”外号的开始。在这之后我多次被点秋香，报道有关性展览Sexpo和男性不举不育问题等。
工作的第二个星期，我遇到了事业上的第一个挫折。去年11月中旬，NKF事件已步入完结阶段，经过无数次的NKF记者会后，在等待审计报告出炉的当儿，11月15日的记者会看似历常，也许因为这样主任才安排我这个新手去采访。
岂料，我那天的新闻运超“好”，竟然在记者会上被我问出有关慈善演出的节目制作费问题，成为第一个报出这个消息的媒体。但我的这个第一个头版新闻却让我哭上了一整夜。当天下午接到公关的不客气电话，晚上回家开电视，看到电视新闻对我的文章指指点点的，朋友和父母看到了之后发简讯给我，质问我发生了什么事，来自多方的打击真的把我吓得几乎崩溃。花了一整晚设法联络主任，大哭一场后，当晚我第一次因工作而失眠。直到隔天看到各大报章的报道和我所写的没有出路，我才放下心中的大石。
NKF事件到了12月转淡后，我就开始为大选做准备工作。由于主任认为大选将在12月底或1月初进行，和本地政治脱节了整4年多，错过了上一届大选的我，打从向前辈燕燕和桂娥拿到一堆资料后，便分秒必争地苦读硬背。
12月中，主任安排我进行第一个政治访问，对象是反对党风云人物谢镜丰。没想到，他在访问的时候叫了党员拍下当时的情景，在圣诞节到来的时候，把照片当成明信片寄给了我。收到的时候，真的难以置信，同事还取笑我被他”偷拍“，所幸不是裸照，令我哭笑不得。这张照片之后就挂在我的桌前，抬头看到的时候总是会会心一笑。
不知不觉，12月、1月、2月一一都过去了，总理一直都没有宣布大选。到了那个时候，可以炒的新闻都给我们媒体给炒烂了。在这个时候，我很幸运地发掘了有关Old Ford Factory走宝的新闻。为了写这则新闻，我花了好长的时间和精力翻阅历史书籍，老远跑到南大找一名历史教授，同时也很不容易争取到和国家文物局进行访问。但一切的努力都是值得的，我从中获益不浅。这篇investigative report是我至今最满意的作品，被提名新闻奖。只可惜出街当天和牛奶猪枪杀案硬碰硬而被埋没了。
来到了3月，某一天下午被现在的老总新迪叫去聊天，邀请我加入《我报》。这么难得的机会，我当时想都没想就一口答应了。老实说，点头答应后，回到坐位看了看周围，开始觉得依依不舍。毕竟旧同事和老板都对我很好，这么样走了好像背叛了他们似的。
4月1日，我正式加入《我报》，开始了我事业的另一个篇章。半年多下来，虽然工作时间和工作量是过去的一倍，我当时的决定，我很肯定，并没有错。办新报纸并不是所有媒体人所能体验得到的，我很庆幸有这个难得的机会。
大家苦等已久的大选终于定在5月6日举行。新组成的《我报》团队各自回到之前的东家帮忙。
3个多星期忙忙碌碌地为大选奔波是我这一年的最大收获。在詹时中的群众大会，我体验了气派。陪伴刘程强巡回选区，体会什么是自信。与刘锡明前去开票，了解什么叫做坚强和无奈。
大选之后，《我报》引擎便如火如荼地开动了，但一班同事也不忘忙里偷闲，趁长周末到吉隆坡共度美好时光，拉近了彼此之间的距离，让接下来2个多星期的备战少了陌生的隔膜。大班人一同出游还是我的头一次，感觉很好，希望下来有机会再来。
忙着忙着，6月1日很快地到来了。玩真的和之前的dry run的心情完全不一样，压力也多了一层。一路走着，我们一直在fine tune整个《我报》的运作，几乎每个星期都有变数。也许因为当时有很多存稿的关系，创刊的那个月，《我报》家庭在下班后会到酒店看足球或唱KTV，让我回想起在伦敦工作时，每个星期五下班后与同事们喝酒聚餐的欢愉时光。后来大家可能都累坏了，之后再也没有这样的活动了。真可惜。
接下来的5个月，财经、汽车、时尚、美食、教育、Hot news、本地新闻、爆料、娱乐等我都有机会尝试。令我觉得满意的是Singapore Encyclopedia、Potong Pasir争议街道和Act of God的报道，还有自己想出来的古怪财经专题。时间过得很充实。如果要说挫折，那就是一直碰到手气坏的时候，什么人都联络不到。
上周末和同事颖佳聊天，谈起工作快满一年的事，他建议我在这一天买片蛋糕慰劳慰劳自己。
今天下午他问我吃下的时候有什么感觉。虽然买了蛋糕，但因为一整天忙着处理财经和热点新闻，我到现在才有机会尝一口。
感觉嘛...酸甜苦辣，全一次过地从口中涌入心里。下来的路还远着呢。
新的一年又会是什么样子的？就留意这个空间吧。
一个多星期前从老总手中接过confirmation letter，心里百感交集。365天，觉得过得好漫长。
这一年来，我好像坐了一个很长很长的过山车，途中有起有落，一直都不知道前方会有些什么样的高潮或低谷在等着我。每一天都过得很刺激，有些时候甚至觉得惊险万分。
2005年11月7日，我踏入社会，成为《新明日报》的社会新闻记者。那也是我5年前，在领报馆奖学金之前，第一个实习的地方。
还记得上班第一天，我的第一个任务是处理Durex的性调查报告；这也是一些同事给我“性专家”外号的开始。在这之后我多次被点秋香，报道有关性展览Sexpo和男性不举不育问题等。
工作的第二个星期，我遇到了事业上的第一个挫折。去年11月中旬，NKF事件已步入完结阶段，经过无数次的NKF记者会后，在等待审计报告出炉的当儿，11月15日的记者会看似历常，也许因为这样主任才安排我这个新手去采访。
岂料，我那天的新闻运超“好”，竟然在记者会上被我问出有关慈善演出的节目制作费问题，成为第一个报出这个消息的媒体。但我的这个第一个头版新闻却让我哭上了一整夜。当天下午接到公关的不客气电话，晚上回家开电视，看到电视新闻对我的文章指指点点的，朋友和父母看到了之后发简讯给我，质问我发生了什么事，来自多方的打击真的把我吓得几乎崩溃。花了一整晚设法联络主任，大哭一场后，当晚我第一次因工作而失眠。直到隔天看到各大报章的报道和我所写的没有出路，我才放下心中的大石。
NKF事件到了12月转淡后，我就开始为大选做准备工作。由于主任认为大选将在12月底或1月初进行，和本地政治脱节了整4年多，错过了上一届大选的我，打从向前辈燕燕和桂娥拿到一堆资料后，便分秒必争地苦读硬背。
12月中，主任安排我进行第一个政治访问，对象是反对党风云人物谢镜丰。没想到，他在访问的时候叫了党员拍下当时的情景，在圣诞节到来的时候，把照片当成明信片寄给了我。收到的时候，真的难以置信，同事还取笑我被他”偷拍“，所幸不是裸照，令我哭笑不得。这张照片之后就挂在我的桌前，抬头看到的时候总是会会心一笑。
不知不觉，12月、1月、2月一一都过去了，总理一直都没有宣布大选。到了那个时候，可以炒的新闻都给我们媒体给炒烂了。在这个时候，我很幸运地发掘了有关Old Ford Factory走宝的新闻。为了写这则新闻，我花了好长的时间和精力翻阅历史书籍，老远跑到南大找一名历史教授，同时也很不容易争取到和国家文物局进行访问。但一切的努力都是值得的，我从中获益不浅。这篇investigative report是我至今最满意的作品，被提名新闻奖。只可惜出街当天和牛奶猪枪杀案硬碰硬而被埋没了。
来到了3月，某一天下午被现在的老总新迪叫去聊天，邀请我加入《我报》。这么难得的机会，我当时想都没想就一口答应了。老实说，点头答应后，回到坐位看了看周围，开始觉得依依不舍。毕竟旧同事和老板都对我很好，这么样走了好像背叛了他们似的。
4月1日，我正式加入《我报》，开始了我事业的另一个篇章。半年多下来，虽然工作时间和工作量是过去的一倍，我当时的决定，我很肯定，并没有错。办新报纸并不是所有媒体人所能体验得到的，我很庆幸有这个难得的机会。
大家苦等已久的大选终于定在5月6日举行。新组成的《我报》团队各自回到之前的东家帮忙。
3个多星期忙忙碌碌地为大选奔波是我这一年的最大收获。在詹时中的群众大会，我体验了气派。陪伴刘程强巡回选区，体会什么是自信。与刘锡明前去开票，了解什么叫做坚强和无奈。
大选之后，《我报》引擎便如火如荼地开动了，但一班同事也不忘忙里偷闲，趁长周末到吉隆坡共度美好时光，拉近了彼此之间的距离，让接下来2个多星期的备战少了陌生的隔膜。大班人一同出游还是我的头一次，感觉很好，希望下来有机会再来。
忙着忙着，6月1日很快地到来了。玩真的和之前的dry run的心情完全不一样，压力也多了一层。一路走着，我们一直在fine tune整个《我报》的运作，几乎每个星期都有变数。也许因为当时有很多存稿的关系，创刊的那个月，《我报》家庭在下班后会到酒店看足球或唱KTV，让我回想起在伦敦工作时，每个星期五下班后与同事们喝酒聚餐的欢愉时光。后来大家可能都累坏了，之后再也没有这样的活动了。真可惜。
接下来的5个月，财经、汽车、时尚、美食、教育、Hot news、本地新闻、爆料、娱乐等我都有机会尝试。令我觉得满意的是Singapore Encyclopedia、Potong Pasir争议街道和Act of God的报道，还有自己想出来的古怪财经专题。时间过得很充实。如果要说挫折，那就是一直碰到手气坏的时候，什么人都联络不到。
上周末和同事颖佳聊天，谈起工作快满一年的事，他建议我在这一天买片蛋糕慰劳慰劳自己。
今天下午他问我吃下的时候有什么感觉。虽然买了蛋糕，但因为一整天忙着处理财经和热点新闻，我到现在才有机会尝一口。
感觉嘛...酸甜苦辣，全一次过地从口中涌入心里。下来的路还远着呢。
新的一年又会是什么样子的？就留意这个空间吧。
Monday, November 06, 2006
老天是公平的
经过狂风暴雨的一天，和一名很久没聊天的长辈通了电话，现在心情平静了许多。
我把过去三个月来所发生的事情都告诉了他，会相命的他淡淡地说，“信不信由你，这是你命中注定的事。”
他说小妹我，命水还不错，在课业和事业方面都比一般人来得顺利，虽然偶尔会遇到一些小挫折，但总是会有贵人伸出援手拉我一把；唯独感情方面总是触礁，事事不顺。
听到这里，我安静了一会儿，设法去理解和接受他的这番话。
也许察觉到我满头污水，长辈接着语重心长地说，“不要心急。30岁啦。你30岁才会结婚，28、29岁在工作上会碰到能够达到你的要求，而且能忍受你工作时间和性质的人。耐心点吧。”
长辈也说，我这个人对另一半的要求蛮高的，教育水平要和我的相近，沉稳，要有幽默感，能够成为我的避风港，一般的阿猫阿狗我是看不上的。虽然条件设得很高，但不乏追求者，只是接触了之后，就会知道我是个带刺的玫瑰，对于感情过于重视，一踏步就会深陷其中，并不如他们想象中的完美，以致后来不欢而散。
当时，听到这番话我真的很惊讶。我一直以为自己是一个凭感觉走的人，对于另一半的条件也没有像一些朋友一样会去定下一个清单，根本没有什么要求。怎么知道，我的潜意识却背叛了我的心，自己拟了一份清单，列出这些超高的条件，以致我在处理感情问题时会变得很过份。
长辈说，把精神放在工作和事业上吧。我同意。最近工作上并不是很顺利，想联络的人都无法上手，开始有点自暴自弃。现在是时候重拾过去的冲劲，再次向前迈进。明天是我加入报馆满一年的日子了，终于等到这一天，也是新一页掀开的最好时刻。
放下电话后，脑海里一直闪着这样一句话：老天是公平的。有一好，没有两好。所以，总不能要求事业和爱情都同样有成吧。只能庆幸妈妈生下我的时候是五官端正，没有残缺，这些年来都平安成长，短短的人生比很多很多人来得一帆风顺。
把这些全都写出来，一方面是给予自己前进的动力，另一方面则是想考验这个说法是否属实。不是我半信半疑，只是好奇。
唉，深呼吸，凡事耐心点吧。
我把过去三个月来所发生的事情都告诉了他，会相命的他淡淡地说，“信不信由你，这是你命中注定的事。”
他说小妹我，命水还不错，在课业和事业方面都比一般人来得顺利，虽然偶尔会遇到一些小挫折，但总是会有贵人伸出援手拉我一把；唯独感情方面总是触礁，事事不顺。
听到这里，我安静了一会儿，设法去理解和接受他的这番话。
也许察觉到我满头污水，长辈接着语重心长地说，“不要心急。30岁啦。你30岁才会结婚，28、29岁在工作上会碰到能够达到你的要求，而且能忍受你工作时间和性质的人。耐心点吧。”
长辈也说，我这个人对另一半的要求蛮高的，教育水平要和我的相近，沉稳，要有幽默感，能够成为我的避风港，一般的阿猫阿狗我是看不上的。虽然条件设得很高，但不乏追求者，只是接触了之后，就会知道我是个带刺的玫瑰，对于感情过于重视，一踏步就会深陷其中，并不如他们想象中的完美，以致后来不欢而散。
当时，听到这番话我真的很惊讶。我一直以为自己是一个凭感觉走的人，对于另一半的条件也没有像一些朋友一样会去定下一个清单，根本没有什么要求。怎么知道，我的潜意识却背叛了我的心，自己拟了一份清单，列出这些超高的条件，以致我在处理感情问题时会变得很过份。
长辈说，把精神放在工作和事业上吧。我同意。最近工作上并不是很顺利，想联络的人都无法上手，开始有点自暴自弃。现在是时候重拾过去的冲劲，再次向前迈进。明天是我加入报馆满一年的日子了，终于等到这一天，也是新一页掀开的最好时刻。
放下电话后，脑海里一直闪着这样一句话：老天是公平的。有一好，没有两好。所以，总不能要求事业和爱情都同样有成吧。只能庆幸妈妈生下我的时候是五官端正，没有残缺，这些年来都平安成长，短短的人生比很多很多人来得一帆风顺。
把这些全都写出来，一方面是给予自己前进的动力，另一方面则是想考验这个说法是否属实。不是我半信半疑，只是好奇。
唉，深呼吸，凡事耐心点吧。
Hope
Someone once told me that in life everything and anything can change at any time, so keep hoping.
I've been hanging on to that hope for the last two months now but reality found it's way and hit me today. Now I'll like to change the above statement to: Hope is just a stumbling block that prevents you from putting the past aside and moving on.
Thanks for giving me the closure today that I needed. Sorry to have caused any unhappiness or inconvenience in the process.
Feeling bitter but definitely much better now.
I've been hanging on to that hope for the last two months now but reality found it's way and hit me today. Now I'll like to change the above statement to: Hope is just a stumbling block that prevents you from putting the past aside and moving on.
Thanks for giving me the closure today that I needed. Sorry to have caused any unhappiness or inconvenience in the process.
Feeling bitter but definitely much better now.
Saturday, November 04, 2006
sleepless fri nite/sat morning...
Finally concluded a long impossible week. Many things happened this week, most I rather not talk about and hope to forget. It certainly felt like the longest week ever in my life. Now that I'm so looking forward to hiding in my bed, so that I can keep away from the rest of the world, I end up with eyes wide opened, feeling crankier than ever.
Seriously, I need to sleep so I can wake up earlier 2moro to go for a much needed jog. I need to get the bad energy out of my systems and get some fresh air back into my brain so I can think straight. Hopefully meeting LF & JT for lunch n K for dinner later on will do me some gd. Retail therapy sounds mightly appealing too.
Going for a JC sch mate's wedding on Sunday. Call me silly, but fingers x that an auspicious occasion such as this will bring some positive energy back into my life. I definitely could do with some luck b4 moving into next week.
Leaving for China on Friday morning for a 10 day junket/working trip. Haven't gone to the embassy to do my visa (was supposed to do it today but I had to go into office early to work on my motoring page cuz the material only came in late last nite...) and have to stock up on biz features b4 i leave. The thought of being stuck on a cruise ship for 4 days is beginning to scare me. Brings back bad memories of being stuck on a semi-cruise ship at Crete last April. Anyone who would like to loan me a gd book to while away time? For sanity sake, I don't wanna end up reading another Game theory book again.
K, i'm gonna give my pillow another go. Hopefully this time it won't choose to fail me yet again.
Seriously, I need to sleep so I can wake up earlier 2moro to go for a much needed jog. I need to get the bad energy out of my systems and get some fresh air back into my brain so I can think straight. Hopefully meeting LF & JT for lunch n K for dinner later on will do me some gd. Retail therapy sounds mightly appealing too.
Going for a JC sch mate's wedding on Sunday. Call me silly, but fingers x that an auspicious occasion such as this will bring some positive energy back into my life. I definitely could do with some luck b4 moving into next week.
Leaving for China on Friday morning for a 10 day junket/working trip. Haven't gone to the embassy to do my visa (was supposed to do it today but I had to go into office early to work on my motoring page cuz the material only came in late last nite...) and have to stock up on biz features b4 i leave. The thought of being stuck on a cruise ship for 4 days is beginning to scare me. Brings back bad memories of being stuck on a semi-cruise ship at Crete last April. Anyone who would like to loan me a gd book to while away time? For sanity sake, I don't wanna end up reading another Game theory book again.
K, i'm gonna give my pillow another go. Hopefully this time it won't choose to fail me yet again.
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
网球对手
最近心情真的很不好。
同事YT开导我的时候说了一些蛮有意思的话，就记录在这边，当作是给自己的提醒，也给予心烦的人一些启示。
有些事情是无法勉强的。
如果球在对手的手上，如果他选择不继续打下去，你无法做些什么。继续站在球场的另一边等上一辈子，也未必有结果。游戏已结束，有时候就得学习认命，然后深呼吸，勇敢地走下去。过些时日，也许会找到另一个球场，还有一个愿意与你较量，资格更好的对手。
柳暗花明又一村。
同事YT开导我的时候说了一些蛮有意思的话，就记录在这边，当作是给自己的提醒，也给予心烦的人一些启示。
有些事情是无法勉强的。
如果球在对手的手上，如果他选择不继续打下去，你无法做些什么。继续站在球场的另一边等上一辈子，也未必有结果。游戏已结束，有时候就得学习认命，然后深呼吸，勇敢地走下去。过些时日，也许会找到另一个球场，还有一个愿意与你较量，资格更好的对手。
柳暗花明又一村。
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
可怜的公关
又有人选择跳轨结束生命。
说我无情也好，说我偏心也罢，发生这样的事情，我想最无辜最可怜的应该是SMRT的公关，而并非自杀者的家人。
毕竟，她与事故无关，也没有办法避免悲剧发生，却得去收拾残局，应付媒体，乘客，警方，死者家属和公司。而且跳轨者偏偏选择在下班时间了事，延长了她的工作时间，对她一点也不公平。
寻死有很多办法，何必选择给人添麻烦的方式呢？
难道是希望一举成名或博取同情？
人是善忘的，钱是会花完的，取得的“名利”只是暂时性的。
说我无情也好，说我偏心也罢，发生这样的事情，我想最无辜最可怜的应该是SMRT的公关，而并非自杀者的家人。
毕竟，她与事故无关，也没有办法避免悲剧发生，却得去收拾残局，应付媒体，乘客，警方，死者家属和公司。而且跳轨者偏偏选择在下班时间了事，延长了她的工作时间，对她一点也不公平。
寻死有很多办法，何必选择给人添麻烦的方式呢？
难道是希望一举成名或博取同情？
人是善忘的，钱是会花完的，取得的“名利”只是暂时性的。
Monday, October 30, 2006
后果
最近，我的心情并不是很美。
星期五提早下班回家，原本是想好好休息，但不知怎么的，也许是因为再也憋不住心口那股闷气，竟然选择放纵，让自己的情绪失控。
放肆的那一刻，心头的不悦全流了出来，感觉如释重负，但没想到泪痕干了之后，在我的心留下的是一道更深，而且无法弥补的伤痕。
这次的放肆，让我失去了身边一个很重要的人。
无礼取闹的那一刻，这个人刚好就在电话的另一端。当时，已经失去理智的我，什么话都听不进去，只懂得拿对方来出气。冷静下来以后，回想起自己说的气话和举动，真是幼稚透顶。
由于拿我没办法，对方又担心自己说的话会让我左拐右弯的，索性不理我，让我自己冷静下来。也许后来想想后觉得我面目可憎吧，对方选择保持距离。因为我的撒野，现在觉得彼此之间好像建起了一道墙。
这个局面都是我一手造成的，无法埋怨任何人。只能说，这是个惨痛的教训。以后在让火山爆发之前，要先给自己思考和呼吸的时间和机会，否则后果将是使自己觉得更难受。
不知道你还有没有再上这里看看。如过有的话，还是要跟你道歉：真的很对不起，我真的不是故意的。不要不理我，好吗？
星期五提早下班回家，原本是想好好休息，但不知怎么的，也许是因为再也憋不住心口那股闷气，竟然选择放纵，让自己的情绪失控。
放肆的那一刻，心头的不悦全流了出来，感觉如释重负，但没想到泪痕干了之后，在我的心留下的是一道更深，而且无法弥补的伤痕。
这次的放肆，让我失去了身边一个很重要的人。
无礼取闹的那一刻，这个人刚好就在电话的另一端。当时，已经失去理智的我，什么话都听不进去，只懂得拿对方来出气。冷静下来以后，回想起自己说的气话和举动，真是幼稚透顶。
由于拿我没办法，对方又担心自己说的话会让我左拐右弯的，索性不理我，让我自己冷静下来。也许后来想想后觉得我面目可憎吧，对方选择保持距离。因为我的撒野，现在觉得彼此之间好像建起了一道墙。
这个局面都是我一手造成的，无法埋怨任何人。只能说，这是个惨痛的教训。以后在让火山爆发之前，要先给自己思考和呼吸的时间和机会，否则后果将是使自己觉得更难受。
不知道你还有没有再上这里看看。如过有的话，还是要跟你道歉：真的很对不起，我真的不是故意的。不要不理我，好吗？
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Monday, October 16, 2006
My week in pictures
Aside from battling with the haze n cough n moodiness, I've had a pretty "eventful" week....
Was away most of the week on course at INSEAD and staking out TTSH... grandma was taken ill ....
But it wasn't all that bad... relatives who migrated flew back in from Australia & UK... rare get together so I managed to get to see cousins I knew was in existence but have never seen before... (my mum has 12 other siblings...cool rite?)
My Business Journalism coursemates
Dodge Viper @ Dodge Caliber launch
Me, Godma (Aunt Vicky) & Aunt Shireen @ TTSH (bad selfshot :p)
Me & Godma @ Newton Circus hawker centre
Me & Grandpa whoz 84 this year... fellow doggie :)
Cute cousin Cassidy & his mum (Aunt Susan) & dad (Uncle Sam). First time I got to see him!
Cassidy again! Only 21 months but don't underestimate him....he's real smart & a big eater! Look at his bib!!!
Cassidy in action
Sorry would have liked to write more but i'm not really in the mood to talk very much lately....Can't wait for Thurs, going with my best fren to Taiwan for a couple of days... I need some time out....
Was away most of the week on course at INSEAD and staking out TTSH... grandma was taken ill ....
But it wasn't all that bad... relatives who migrated flew back in from Australia & UK... rare get together so I managed to get to see cousins I knew was in existence but have never seen before... (my mum has 12 other siblings...cool rite?)
My Business Journalism coursemates
Dodge Viper @ Dodge Caliber launch
Me, Godma (Aunt Vicky) & Aunt Shireen @ TTSH (bad selfshot :p)
Me & Godma @ Newton Circus hawker centre
Me & Grandpa whoz 84 this year... fellow doggie :)
Cute cousin Cassidy & his mum (Aunt Susan) & dad (Uncle Sam). First time I got to see him!
Cassidy again! Only 21 months but don't underestimate him....he's real smart & a big eater! Look at his bib!!!
Cassidy in action
Sorry would have liked to write more but i'm not really in the mood to talk very much lately....Can't wait for Thurs, going with my best fren to Taiwan for a couple of days... I need some time out....
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Death by Cough
I'm dying.....
Cause of death: Cough
Been coughing like crazy for about 2 weeks... no matter how much I sleep n despite finishing all my medication i'm still coughing...seen the doctor again today... totally bizarre... he told me to change strategy, instead of sleeping i shud go talk a walk at east coast park to get air into my lungs..... hmmm.....not with the haze?!?
Thanks to all who left msgs for me, how thoughtful :) Appreciate it very much.
I'm trying very hard to get well... got tons of work 2 finish n can't work properly cuz I can't talk for long without my throat starting to itch again....Maybe it's the same theory as trying too hard.... perhaps i shudn't try....
Cause of death: Cough
Been coughing like crazy for about 2 weeks... no matter how much I sleep n despite finishing all my medication i'm still coughing...seen the doctor again today... totally bizarre... he told me to change strategy, instead of sleeping i shud go talk a walk at east coast park to get air into my lungs..... hmmm.....not with the haze?!?
Thanks to all who left msgs for me, how thoughtful :) Appreciate it very much.
I'm trying very hard to get well... got tons of work 2 finish n can't work properly cuz I can't talk for long without my throat starting to itch again....Maybe it's the same theory as trying too hard.... perhaps i shudn't try....
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
10大爆笑SMS
在网上找资料时发现这则趣文，和大家分享一下，蛮好笑的！
1、跟你做了这么久的朋友，你一直都很关心我，我却时常给你添麻烦，真不知该怎么服答你。所以，下辈子你作牛作马，我一定拔草给你吃。
2、如果你是流星我就追定你，如果你是卫星我就等待你，如果你是恒星我就恋上你，可惜你是――猩猩！
3、遇到你，是我心动的开始；爱上你，是我幸福的选择；拥有你，是我最珍贵的财富；踏入红毯，是我永恒的动力。遗憾的是――我传错人了。
4、因为你，我相信命运的安排，也许这一切都是上天注定，冥冥之中牵引着我俩。现在的我想说的是――我上辈子是造了什么孽呀？
5、由明天开始，市里决定清除所有长相丑陋、有损市容的弱智青年！你赶快收拾东西，出去避避风头，千万别跟人说是我通知你的，切记！不必言谢！
6、上帝看见你口渴，创造了水；上帝看见你饿，创造了米；上帝看见你没有可爱的朋友， 创造了我；然而他也看见这世界上没有白痴，顺便也创造你。
7、想你是件快乐的事！爱你是我永远要做的事！把你放在心上是我一直在做的事！不过，骗你是正在发生的事！
8、根据统计，超过99.9%长得像猪头的人都用大拇指来按钮看短信！嘿嘿，不用换手了，已经来不及了啦，猪头！
9、如果长得漂亮是一种错，我已经铸成大错；如果聪明是一种罪，我已经犯下滔天大罪， 做人可真难。但你就好啦，既没错又没罪，我真羡慕你！
10、如果说烧一年的香可以与你相遇，烧3年的香可以与你相识，烧10年的香可以与你相惜。 所以，为了我下辈子的幸福，我愿意――改信基督
1、跟你做了这么久的朋友，你一直都很关心我，我却时常给你添麻烦，真不知该怎么服答你。所以，下辈子你作牛作马，我一定拔草给你吃。
2、如果你是流星我就追定你，如果你是卫星我就等待你，如果你是恒星我就恋上你，可惜你是――猩猩！
3、遇到你，是我心动的开始；爱上你，是我幸福的选择；拥有你，是我最珍贵的财富；踏入红毯，是我永恒的动力。遗憾的是――我传错人了。
4、因为你，我相信命运的安排，也许这一切都是上天注定，冥冥之中牵引着我俩。现在的我想说的是――我上辈子是造了什么孽呀？
5、由明天开始，市里决定清除所有长相丑陋、有损市容的弱智青年！你赶快收拾东西，出去避避风头，千万别跟人说是我通知你的，切记！不必言谢！
6、上帝看见你口渴，创造了水；上帝看见你饿，创造了米；上帝看见你没有可爱的朋友， 创造了我；然而他也看见这世界上没有白痴，顺便也创造你。
7、想你是件快乐的事！爱你是我永远要做的事！把你放在心上是我一直在做的事！不过，骗你是正在发生的事！
8、根据统计，超过99.9%长得像猪头的人都用大拇指来按钮看短信！嘿嘿，不用换手了，已经来不及了啦，猪头！
9、如果长得漂亮是一种错，我已经铸成大错；如果聪明是一种罪，我已经犯下滔天大罪， 做人可真难。但你就好啦，既没错又没罪，我真羡慕你！
10、如果说烧一年的香可以与你相遇，烧3年的香可以与你相识，烧10年的香可以与你相惜。 所以，为了我下辈子的幸福，我愿意――改信基督
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Sick :(
Haven't been this sick for a long time...... feels really horrible man. My head's spinning, can't talk properly without coughing like mad, have a temperature n feeling weak all over...It's the weekend n all i've done is sleep :( I even missed church today cuz I woke up super late....guilty.....
After coughing for two weeks I've finally decided to go to the doctor's on Friday... hate seeing doctors cuz they have nothing but bad news all the time...
Doctor said I contracted a viral infection of the throat and gave me cough mixure, cough relief drops and antibiotics... i've been putting off the antibiotics for the last 2 days cuz they look huge n disgusting, think it's time i take them or i'll never recover....
Hoping for a better week starting tomorrow... haven't had much luck with interviewees this week....
After coughing for two weeks I've finally decided to go to the doctor's on Friday... hate seeing doctors cuz they have nothing but bad news all the time...
Doctor said I contracted a viral infection of the throat and gave me cough mixure, cough relief drops and antibiotics... i've been putting off the antibiotics for the last 2 days cuz they look huge n disgusting, think it's time i take them or i'll never recover....
Hoping for a better week starting tomorrow... haven't had much luck with interviewees this week....
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Computer crashed again!!!! Arghh....
My computer decided to go into hibernation out of a sudden again!!!!!
Pisses me off totally cuz I'm used to typing in notepad and there is no autosave function. Doesn't help that I don't have the habit of saving whatever I type every few minutes. Just lost a 900+ words article which I'm suppose to submit at 7pm... totally sucky...starting from scratch again on my off day at 6.50pm is totally @&*%&#*(%&)#&%)...
sighz... but who else to blame but stupid me... maybe I shud start using 文韬 to type my articles....
Or perhaps the computer technician is right... my seat is jinxed... that's why my computer shuts down on it's own n my light flickers like disco lights whenever I turn it on.
Pisses me off totally cuz I'm used to typing in notepad and there is no autosave function. Doesn't help that I don't have the habit of saving whatever I type every few minutes. Just lost a 900+ words article which I'm suppose to submit at 7pm... totally sucky...starting from scratch again on my off day at 6.50pm is totally @&*%&#*(%&)#&%)...
sighz... but who else to blame but stupid me... maybe I shud start using 文韬 to type my articles....
Or perhaps the computer technician is right... my seat is jinxed... that's why my computer shuts down on it's own n my light flickers like disco lights whenever I turn it on.
Monday, September 25, 2006
女人女人
原本是上个星期六刊登在“站在企业顶峰的女人”这篇报道中的“记者有话说”。但我这个长气鬼，写了太多，所以后来没有版位挤入。丢掉可惜，所以就放在这里啦:p
女人女人
刘哓庆有句名言，做人难，做女人更难，做名女人更是难上加难。
尽管已经没有传统观念的束缚，新加坡人对成功女性的要求仍旧是苛刻的。要成功，她们就得入得了厨房，出得了厅堂，同时具备贤妻良母、职业妇女、社区领袖这三重角色。她们得要把每一个角色扮演得恰到好处，绝不能顾此失彼。
希望拆除职场‘玻璃天花板’的同时，社会也能给予女性更大的包容，在同等的基础与男性一较高低。
女人的潜力无限，少了诸多要求，就能够让更多的女性在社会上崭露头角，她们所能取得的成功将会为人类世界创造更伟大的成就。
**有人在看了我的报道后问我是否是个feminist...在这里强调，我不是女权主义者，只是希望男女能够真正平等，能够平起平坐。有了这样的平衡，也许世界和社会上就会出现少些偏激...
女人女人
刘哓庆有句名言，做人难，做女人更难，做名女人更是难上加难。
尽管已经没有传统观念的束缚，新加坡人对成功女性的要求仍旧是苛刻的。要成功，她们就得入得了厨房，出得了厅堂，同时具备贤妻良母、职业妇女、社区领袖这三重角色。她们得要把每一个角色扮演得恰到好处，绝不能顾此失彼。
希望拆除职场‘玻璃天花板’的同时，社会也能给予女性更大的包容，在同等的基础与男性一较高低。
女人的潜力无限，少了诸多要求，就能够让更多的女性在社会上崭露头角，她们所能取得的成功将会为人类世界创造更伟大的成就。
**有人在看了我的报道后问我是否是个feminist...在这里强调，我不是女权主义者，只是希望男女能够真正平等，能够平起平坐。有了这样的平衡，也许世界和社会上就会出现少些偏激...
Friday, September 22, 2006
怎样做个“坏”女人
Found this on the web while looking for stuff... interesting....
一本《“坏”女人有人爱》(WHY MEN LOVE BITCHES)的亚马逊书店热卖书被引进国内，教导时髦女性如何变“坏”。
在这个词语含义变化莫测的时代，“坏”女人在每个人眼里都有不同的理解，此书中的“坏”并非指什么心狠手辣或者乱搞或者女强人或者对男人有虐待情结之意，也更不是BITCH的原始含义。坏女人是指与乖乖女相对立的、外表绚烂内心坚强，总之让男人神魂颠倒的魅力女性。书中通过100条魅力法则来塑造坏女人，它的重点目标读者是在条条框框里作茧自缚的乖乖女。本专题权且摘录部分重要法则，辅以现实案例以及剖析，为坏女人的崛起添砖加瓦。
1.漫不经心
被男人团团围住的女人，并没有什么特别之处。很多时候，她们不过是表现得漫不经心。乖乖女一般会说：我不想游戏人生。她就让男人明白了，她多么怕他抛弃她。如果一个女子午夜驱车去看一个男人的时候，她的车顶上只缺少一个霓虹灯标志：送货上门。
警惕法则：漫不经心并非旁若无人，如果那种若即若离的尺度没有把握好，很有可能把一个挺在意的男人搞丢了。
2.故意不打电话
有时男人故意不打电话，他只是想看一看你的反应。想试探关系的深浅，这是男人的一种本能反应。请尽量别说：“你为什么不给我电话”或者“为什么一个星期都没有你的音讯”。假如你表现得若无其事，目空一切，就是最令他折服的秘方。
警惕法则：一些很有名气的时尚刊物会出以下馊主意，建议女孩子在他想不到的地方，比如背包或者抽屉里塞张小纸条，写一首小诗夹在他的雨刷上，甚至通过外送比萨给他带来惊喜。做了这一切之后，女孩子又能得到什么？
3.妈妈／妓女综合症
如果你令他窒息，他就会进入防御模式，为了他的自由，他会寻找逃逸之路。这来源于心理学领域的症状“妈妈／妓女综合症”：可靠＋乏味＋妈妈＝不来电；难以捉摸＋善变＋妓女＝迸发爱的激情。禁止母爱色彩的方式：不要盘查他，不要问他谁的电话，不要催促他上班别迟到，等等。不要让男人说：她是个好女人，可我就是没感觉。
警惕法则：简单说，难以捉摸可以保持你的魅力，但不要善变到令他反感乃至绝望的地步。
4.苦中求乐
每个男人的首选都是性爱；至于是否需要女朋友，则是后话。只要你不让他轻易得逞，就会在不知不觉间，成为他的女朋友。
警惕法则：对性爱的拒绝要做到可以享受性感但拒绝彻底的放开，千万不要做到让他以为你性冷淡。
5.经济法则
如果你在经济上不能自立，他永远不会真正地尊重你。许多女人有一个梦想，有一位身穿盔甲的骑士愿意替自己支付所有的账单。问题是，他支付了之后，就会发号施令。即便你和一个非常成功的男人约会，你也要让他感觉到，如果你受了虐待，你会毫不犹豫地收拾行李，搬出豪宅，住进自己的单身宿舍。
警惕法则：经济的自尊不能刻意，乃至带来仇富心态或者看不起男人的财富。这样只能被男人视为天生的贱命。
6.简单明了
男人尊重说话简明扼要的女人，因为男人之间的交流就是如此。坏女人会采用直奔主题的方式，乖乖女则不同，她会把整个心都掏出来，可他什么都没听到，却让他看透了她的贫乏。
警惕法则：和男人初次见面，不要滔滔不绝地说话，这会显得你很自卑。也不要因为紧张而不停地说话，保持冷静和从容使你看上去更有吸引力。
7.真正享受性爱
在优秀男人的梦想中，总有一个真正享受性爱的女人。乖乖女容易犯下不诚实的错误，在第一次上床之后，他会问她有多少个男朋友，她会照本宣科地回答：我只有三个。甚至还添油加醋地补充：第一个伤害了我，第二个没有你那么好，第三个，哦，只有三十秒就不行了！第四个，哦，没有第四个……好吧，确实还有第四个，当我们之间什么都没发生。
坏女人只会回答：我有过的男人，一定比不上你有过的女人多。当他向你炫耀过去的艳遇时，怎么办？你要说：亲爱的，我可不是你提到的那些人之一，请不要告诉我其他女人的事。如果此刻你表现得和别的女人争风吃醋，你就是在贬低自己。
警惕法则：请记住一条适合于卧室内外的法则：男人已经习惯了没有安全感的女人，这就是你要与众不同的全部理由。如果他引出其他女人的话题，你可以在谈话中漫不经心地透露：如果任何女人能从我这里抢走一个男人，那她就尽可能拥有他，因为我根本不在意这样的男人。
纵观此书，一身冷汗，说到底这是一本关于男人与女人冷战的兵书。最佳的战场是发生在美国的欲望都市，当然也可以延伸到所有喜欢欲望都市的男男女女。比如在中国，必然有一部分女人对成为独立的魅力女人孜孜以求。
法则很多，但想成为坏女人，只要抓住10个特点。保持独立，不论是CEO还是女招待，都要有真诚的生活；不纠缠对方；神秘莫测，不要亮出自己的底牌；让他心急难挨；不让他看见自己的狼狈相；自主安排自己的时间；保持幽默感；相当自信，对某些事情的热情超过对他的需要；珍爱自己的身体。有了这些，成为爱情的常胜将军有点言过其实，成为生活的胜者则一点不过分。
但我也不相信女性看过这些魅力法则之后马上就能领悟其奥妙，因为每一条法则都不是赤条条想学就能学到手，它是要掌握火候的，学过了或者学走火入魔了，则有可能适得其反。比如说，学独立有可能成高傲，学神秘莫测有可能学成不守信用，学拖延性爱有可能学成性冷淡，学单刀直入有可能学成女强人形象，学漫不经心有可能学成不靠谱，等等。我相信，像所有领域的学问一样，有的女性一触即通，有的只能东施效颦。如果是后者，不学可能会更可爱一点。
那些学到位的女性，或者天生就知道这些的坏女人，他们身边的男人，我估计就只有做牛做马的份，只有做奴隶的命。
一本《“坏”女人有人爱》(WHY MEN LOVE BITCHES)的亚马逊书店热卖书被引进国内，教导时髦女性如何变“坏”。
在这个词语含义变化莫测的时代，“坏”女人在每个人眼里都有不同的理解，此书中的“坏”并非指什么心狠手辣或者乱搞或者女强人或者对男人有虐待情结之意，也更不是BITCH的原始含义。坏女人是指与乖乖女相对立的、外表绚烂内心坚强，总之让男人神魂颠倒的魅力女性。书中通过100条魅力法则来塑造坏女人，它的重点目标读者是在条条框框里作茧自缚的乖乖女。本专题权且摘录部分重要法则，辅以现实案例以及剖析，为坏女人的崛起添砖加瓦。
1.漫不经心
被男人团团围住的女人，并没有什么特别之处。很多时候，她们不过是表现得漫不经心。乖乖女一般会说：我不想游戏人生。她就让男人明白了，她多么怕他抛弃她。如果一个女子午夜驱车去看一个男人的时候，她的车顶上只缺少一个霓虹灯标志：送货上门。
警惕法则：漫不经心并非旁若无人，如果那种若即若离的尺度没有把握好，很有可能把一个挺在意的男人搞丢了。
2.故意不打电话
有时男人故意不打电话，他只是想看一看你的反应。想试探关系的深浅，这是男人的一种本能反应。请尽量别说：“你为什么不给我电话”或者“为什么一个星期都没有你的音讯”。假如你表现得若无其事，目空一切，就是最令他折服的秘方。
警惕法则：一些很有名气的时尚刊物会出以下馊主意，建议女孩子在他想不到的地方，比如背包或者抽屉里塞张小纸条，写一首小诗夹在他的雨刷上，甚至通过外送比萨给他带来惊喜。做了这一切之后，女孩子又能得到什么？
3.妈妈／妓女综合症
如果你令他窒息，他就会进入防御模式，为了他的自由，他会寻找逃逸之路。这来源于心理学领域的症状“妈妈／妓女综合症”：可靠＋乏味＋妈妈＝不来电；难以捉摸＋善变＋妓女＝迸发爱的激情。禁止母爱色彩的方式：不要盘查他，不要问他谁的电话，不要催促他上班别迟到，等等。不要让男人说：她是个好女人，可我就是没感觉。
警惕法则：简单说，难以捉摸可以保持你的魅力，但不要善变到令他反感乃至绝望的地步。
4.苦中求乐
每个男人的首选都是性爱；至于是否需要女朋友，则是后话。只要你不让他轻易得逞，就会在不知不觉间，成为他的女朋友。
警惕法则：对性爱的拒绝要做到可以享受性感但拒绝彻底的放开，千万不要做到让他以为你性冷淡。
5.经济法则
如果你在经济上不能自立，他永远不会真正地尊重你。许多女人有一个梦想，有一位身穿盔甲的骑士愿意替自己支付所有的账单。问题是，他支付了之后，就会发号施令。即便你和一个非常成功的男人约会，你也要让他感觉到，如果你受了虐待，你会毫不犹豫地收拾行李，搬出豪宅，住进自己的单身宿舍。
警惕法则：经济的自尊不能刻意，乃至带来仇富心态或者看不起男人的财富。这样只能被男人视为天生的贱命。
6.简单明了
男人尊重说话简明扼要的女人，因为男人之间的交流就是如此。坏女人会采用直奔主题的方式，乖乖女则不同，她会把整个心都掏出来，可他什么都没听到，却让他看透了她的贫乏。
警惕法则：和男人初次见面，不要滔滔不绝地说话，这会显得你很自卑。也不要因为紧张而不停地说话，保持冷静和从容使你看上去更有吸引力。
7.真正享受性爱
在优秀男人的梦想中，总有一个真正享受性爱的女人。乖乖女容易犯下不诚实的错误，在第一次上床之后，他会问她有多少个男朋友，她会照本宣科地回答：我只有三个。甚至还添油加醋地补充：第一个伤害了我，第二个没有你那么好，第三个，哦，只有三十秒就不行了！第四个，哦，没有第四个……好吧，确实还有第四个，当我们之间什么都没发生。
坏女人只会回答：我有过的男人，一定比不上你有过的女人多。当他向你炫耀过去的艳遇时，怎么办？你要说：亲爱的，我可不是你提到的那些人之一，请不要告诉我其他女人的事。如果此刻你表现得和别的女人争风吃醋，你就是在贬低自己。
警惕法则：请记住一条适合于卧室内外的法则：男人已经习惯了没有安全感的女人，这就是你要与众不同的全部理由。如果他引出其他女人的话题，你可以在谈话中漫不经心地透露：如果任何女人能从我这里抢走一个男人，那她就尽可能拥有他，因为我根本不在意这样的男人。
纵观此书，一身冷汗，说到底这是一本关于男人与女人冷战的兵书。最佳的战场是发生在美国的欲望都市，当然也可以延伸到所有喜欢欲望都市的男男女女。比如在中国，必然有一部分女人对成为独立的魅力女人孜孜以求。
法则很多，但想成为坏女人，只要抓住10个特点。保持独立，不论是CEO还是女招待，都要有真诚的生活；不纠缠对方；神秘莫测，不要亮出自己的底牌；让他心急难挨；不让他看见自己的狼狈相；自主安排自己的时间；保持幽默感；相当自信，对某些事情的热情超过对他的需要；珍爱自己的身体。有了这些，成为爱情的常胜将军有点言过其实，成为生活的胜者则一点不过分。
但我也不相信女性看过这些魅力法则之后马上就能领悟其奥妙，因为每一条法则都不是赤条条想学就能学到手，它是要掌握火候的，学过了或者学走火入魔了，则有可能适得其反。比如说，学独立有可能成高傲，学神秘莫测有可能学成不守信用，学拖延性爱有可能学成性冷淡，学单刀直入有可能学成女强人形象，学漫不经心有可能学成不靠谱，等等。我相信，像所有领域的学问一样，有的女性一触即通，有的只能东施效颦。如果是后者，不学可能会更可爱一点。
那些学到位的女性，或者天生就知道这些的坏女人，他们身边的男人，我估计就只有做牛做马的份，只有做奴隶的命。
Thursday, September 21, 2006
解闷
最近有个新发现：深呼吸，然后大大地叹气，可以把心中的闷气排除体外。
忠告：这只是temporary measure。至于真正能够解闷的方法，我还在寻找。有没有人要为我指点迷经？
唉，我看这个blog可以改名为“我的黑暗心情日记”了......
忠告：这只是temporary measure。至于真正能够解闷的方法，我还在寻找。有没有人要为我指点迷经？
唉，我看这个blog可以改名为“我的黑暗心情日记”了......
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Bangkok 28
Hmm...working on the coup at the moment... just had to write this cuz it's so weird, the 4 ppl i interviewed today were all 28 years old.... n the person my colleague YT interviewed was also 28.
What's this with 28 year old Singaporean males heading for Bangkok...hmmm...
Not forgetting to all the kind souls who responded for my urgent plea for interviewees and the 4 of you for being so kind to spare me a couple of mins! It's ppl like u guys who make my job so much ezier! Big THANKS :)
What's this with 28 year old Singaporean males heading for Bangkok...hmmm...
Not forgetting to all the kind souls who responded for my urgent plea for interviewees and the 4 of you for being so kind to spare me a couple of mins! It's ppl like u guys who make my job so much ezier! Big THANKS :)
London Fashion Week
London Fashion Week is here again!
http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/
I remember checking it out while studying in London although the entrance fee was a ridiculously sky high 10 quid (= S$30)! & that the stuff that I bought there were either sold off on ebay or still left untouched (my Lulu Guinness umbrella & Georgina Goodman shoes.... they cost a bomb, prob the most expensive pair of shoes in my extensive collection...just can't bear to wear them....) But I remember having the best manicure ever in that tent... so far none of the manicurist i've been to in Singapore can ever match up to the Nails Inc. (think it's this... can't quite remember the name... it's been a year...) gals using their crabtree & evelyn stuff!
Which reminds me, my handcreams from crabtree & eveyln are still in the boxes in my room...
Been putting off with unpacking for nearly a year now... it seems that once you leave Singapore and return, you find that you can never really fit back in again.
Having said that, if I keep putting it off, I'll never settle back in here ever, which is definitely not what I want. Right, I need to start unpacking my life this weekend. Resolution.
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Gee... how random is this post? Probably as screwed up & mixed up as my feelings now....
http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/
I remember checking it out while studying in London although the entrance fee was a ridiculously sky high 10 quid (= S$30)! & that the stuff that I bought there were either sold off on ebay or still left untouched (my Lulu Guinness umbrella & Georgina Goodman shoes.... they cost a bomb, prob the most expensive pair of shoes in my extensive collection...just can't bear to wear them....) But I remember having the best manicure ever in that tent... so far none of the manicurist i've been to in Singapore can ever match up to the Nails Inc. (think it's this... can't quite remember the name... it's been a year...) gals using their crabtree & evelyn stuff!
Which reminds me, my handcreams from crabtree & eveyln are still in the boxes in my room...
Been putting off with unpacking for nearly a year now... it seems that once you leave Singapore and return, you find that you can never really fit back in again.
Having said that, if I keep putting it off, I'll never settle back in here ever, which is definitely not what I want. Right, I need to start unpacking my life this weekend. Resolution.
.
.
.
.
Gee... how random is this post? Probably as screwed up & mixed up as my feelings now....
《爱要怎么说》
失恋的人，看别人幸福开心的感觉是什么...我能够告诉你：心在滴血，一点也不好受。
回家的途中，在老爸的车里听着Class 95的怀旧情歌和甜蜜的点歌记语，每一句歌词，每一个字，感觉都像一根根的刺，捅入我的心。
到家开电视，电视上播放的正巧是新节目《爱要怎么说》。见证海枯石烂的爱情开花结果，以我现实中寂寞孤独的生活有着天渊之别，使我那颗受伤的心，更退了一步沉入万丈深渊。
老天，即使是造化弄人也不必如此挖苦和折磨心碎的人。
黑夜里独自寂寞：
好痛...
好想你...
回家的途中，在老爸的车里听着Class 95的怀旧情歌和甜蜜的点歌记语，每一句歌词，每一个字，感觉都像一根根的刺，捅入我的心。
到家开电视，电视上播放的正巧是新节目《爱要怎么说》。见证海枯石烂的爱情开花结果，以我现实中寂寞孤独的生活有着天渊之别，使我那颗受伤的心，更退了一步沉入万丈深渊。
老天，即使是造化弄人也不必如此挖苦和折磨心碎的人。
黑夜里独自寂寞：
好痛...
好想你...
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
dog died....:(
有看我的第一篇《恋物志》的读者，还记得我那只被我“虐待”的小狗吗？
boo hoo hoo...我刚发现它终于被我捏坏了，肚子破了两个大洞:(
有没有人要送一个新的解压武器给我》
这几天做什么都不顺利，坏事更是接踵而来。
听人常说，Bad things come in threes....it's been more than three things already... 放过我吧!!! :(((((
boo hoo hoo...我刚发现它终于被我捏坏了，肚子破了两个大洞:(
有没有人要送一个新的解压武器给我》
这几天做什么都不顺利，坏事更是接踵而来。
听人常说，Bad things come in threes....it's been more than three things already... 放过我吧!!! :(((((
心烦的时候你会做什么呢？
当你心烦的时候会做些什么呢？
去海边吹吹风？
去购物，进行retail therapy？
睡上三天三夜？
大吃大喝？
或以所有？
我通常会选择购物，因为海边太远，心烦会失眠，食不知味。但要这么做，只有周末才有这样的奢侈。如果在工作，不吐不快的我会把全部的东西全都写出来。不过，如果你像我一样患有手痒症的话，后果不堪设想。
古人说，在同一个地方绊倒过两次的人是愚蠢的。同样的错误，我不只犯一次，但还是选择重蹈覆辙。
我想我是活该的大笨蛋。
我讨厌现在的自己。
看样子，这个周末，我得去大扫特扫了......
（还好星期六需要做的事情，会用去大半天，否则我可以预见我的口袋可要活受罪了！）
To Xi/LJ: free Sun? SOS...Retail therapy beckons...
去海边吹吹风？
去购物，进行retail therapy？
睡上三天三夜？
大吃大喝？
或以所有？
我通常会选择购物，因为海边太远，心烦会失眠，食不知味。但要这么做，只有周末才有这样的奢侈。如果在工作，不吐不快的我会把全部的东西全都写出来。不过，如果你像我一样患有手痒症的话，后果不堪设想。
古人说，在同一个地方绊倒过两次的人是愚蠢的。同样的错误，我不只犯一次，但还是选择重蹈覆辙。
我想我是活该的大笨蛋。
我讨厌现在的自己。
看样子，这个周末，我得去大扫特扫了......
（还好星期六需要做的事情，会用去大半天，否则我可以预见我的口袋可要活受罪了！）
To Xi/LJ: free Sun? SOS...Retail therapy beckons...
男人都靠不住？
女生聚在一起，谈话课题八九不离男生或寻找终身伴侣。
我的一名朋友最近和交往多年的男朋友分手了。前男友背叛了她，和新认识的女同事跑了。
在安慰这名朋友的当儿，我们几个女生都不仅感叹现代感情的脆弱。
现代人面对感情，一般都会采取合得来就在一起，不合就各分东西的心态。碰到什么问题，绝对不会像父母亲那一辈能为了家庭，为了长辈而忍耐或体谅。能够共患难见真情的夫妻，我想快成为绝种的稀有品种了。
想起已故的前总统黄金辉与王鼎昌，以及开国元勋Rajaratnam，他们与太太的恩爱，现代感情中除非是患难夫妻，恐怕很难媲美。还记得，黄金辉总统的外孙女林慧敏在他的葬礼的悼文中曾说，黄金辉的一生就是爱的故事。
自己是否能够找到一个能和我们相守到老的另一半，我无法保证也不敢去想。
－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－
以上是我几个星期前写的，只是一直都没有放上网。
昨晚和你谈天之后，我又失眠了。
你说，一切是造化弄人，而我却不喜欢向所谓的fate低头认输。
我过去和你一样认为：是你的就是你的，不是你的，怎么挽留也没有用。
但现在面对眼前的问题，我的言语举动却和我的心背道而驰。也许正如你说，我需要理清自己的生活，为自己就不应该凡事那么执着。
男人靠不住，身为女人的就要懂得坚强，为自己而活。
这句话，你应该会同意吧？
我的一名朋友最近和交往多年的男朋友分手了。前男友背叛了她，和新认识的女同事跑了。
在安慰这名朋友的当儿，我们几个女生都不仅感叹现代感情的脆弱。
现代人面对感情，一般都会采取合得来就在一起，不合就各分东西的心态。碰到什么问题，绝对不会像父母亲那一辈能为了家庭，为了长辈而忍耐或体谅。能够共患难见真情的夫妻，我想快成为绝种的稀有品种了。
想起已故的前总统黄金辉与王鼎昌，以及开国元勋Rajaratnam，他们与太太的恩爱，现代感情中除非是患难夫妻，恐怕很难媲美。还记得，黄金辉总统的外孙女林慧敏在他的葬礼的悼文中曾说，黄金辉的一生就是爱的故事。
自己是否能够找到一个能和我们相守到老的另一半，我无法保证也不敢去想。
－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－
以上是我几个星期前写的，只是一直都没有放上网。
昨晚和你谈天之后，我又失眠了。
你说，一切是造化弄人，而我却不喜欢向所谓的fate低头认输。
我过去和你一样认为：是你的就是你的，不是你的，怎么挽留也没有用。
但现在面对眼前的问题，我的言语举动却和我的心背道而驰。也许正如你说，我需要理清自己的生活，为自己就不应该凡事那么执着。
男人靠不住，身为女人的就要懂得坚强，为自己而活。
这句话，你应该会同意吧？
Thursday, September 14, 2006
ipod 30GB @ only S$428. Darn!
Shucks.... feel super cheated now... ipod new generation 30GB going at only S$428. I got mine at S$488 :(
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
tummyache :(
My stomach's been churning since Friday... feel like dying already but I hate going to the doctors... how..........sighz.............
Friday, September 08, 2006
期待好难耐
好不容易熬到星期五，但今天不知怎么的，全身好像长了刺似的，一直坐立不安，比每逢星期一努力摆脱Monday Blues还要吃力。
这个周末安排好了许多节目，好期待。
明天约了朋友吃饭看电影，星期天早上上教堂，下午会去Zouk的Flea Market，晚上托Mervin的福，会去看韩国组合Shinhwa的演唱会。
也许期待比忍耐更难耐吧。
唉，但在去逍遥之前我得先完成汽车稿和明天的Hot News，否则就得人头落地了。Later peeps!
这个周末安排好了许多节目，好期待。
明天约了朋友吃饭看电影，星期天早上上教堂，下午会去Zouk的Flea Market，晚上托Mervin的福，会去看韩国组合Shinhwa的演唱会。
也许期待比忍耐更难耐吧。
唉，但在去逍遥之前我得先完成汽车稿和明天的Hot News，否则就得人头落地了。Later peeps!
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Comex 2006
Went to Comex 2006 today and finally decided to give up my lovely companion (Canon Powershot A80) for it's younger n sleeker counterpart the Canon IXUS 60! My bag will weigh much lighter starting Monday! Can't wait!... hmmm but i'm not quite ready to give up the powershot to my mum... love the revolving LCD screen (great for narcissistic me... totally love self shots!) and the replaceable AA batteries.
Paid S$520 for my Canon IXUS 60 and got the following freebies: 1 1 GB SD card, 2 512mb SD cards, Canon Pro bag, Cleaning kit, IXUS leather case, mini tripod and 1 pack of screen protectors. I didn't get ripped off rite?
Spent super a lot of money today... besides the IXUS, I also got myself an ipod!
Never really intended to buy an ipod since I already got myself an ipod-lookalike, 1 GB Korean MP4 player that has radio function just last November for $120 at some IT fair at Suntec.
Well, put it this way, the Apple booth next to the Canon booth caught my eye and I liked the sales girl's service and attitude, so I gave in and got my very first 30 GB Video ipod at $488 (figured it's more worth it than a nano going at $325 for just a 4GB without video function). Manage to get a red leather casing with protective covers and a 3 pin adapter ($54) for free. Hopefully this is a good buy too and that Apple doesn't decide to drop the prices of ipod further (altho chances r quite big considering microsoft n toshiba r planning to launch MP3s and iriver & Creative powering up their gears too....).
Call it my occupational hazzard, my mind runs over time for smart spending articles in My Paper wherever I go... so here you go ppl, Smart Spending Tips for Comex (N.B. TStrictly for bimbos like me.... guys who know their stuff will prob not need this....)
1. Go Sunday afternoon (the stuff that u r eyeing mite not be available if u go too late) if u aren't put off by the crowds, if not Saturday at 8.30pm (closing time 9pm) will be a great alternative. Trust me, u can shop way pass 9pm (I left at 945pm today....) minus the crowds n much much better service from the sales person trying to clinch the last deal for the day but only if u already know what u want.
2. Don't settle for the free gifts that are stated, it pays to be greedy n ask for more...
3. Heard from my frens, not sure how true this is, worth a try: Go to Sim Lim when everyone else is focused on Comex and negotiate by saying that the guys at Comex have offered u a better deal...)
Paid S$520 for my Canon IXUS 60 and got the following freebies: 1 1 GB SD card, 2 512mb SD cards, Canon Pro bag, Cleaning kit, IXUS leather case, mini tripod and 1 pack of screen protectors. I didn't get ripped off rite?
Spent super a lot of money today... besides the IXUS, I also got myself an ipod!
Never really intended to buy an ipod since I already got myself an ipod-lookalike, 1 GB Korean MP4 player that has radio function just last November for $120 at some IT fair at Suntec.
Well, put it this way, the Apple booth next to the Canon booth caught my eye and I liked the sales girl's service and attitude, so I gave in and got my very first 30 GB Video ipod at $488 (figured it's more worth it than a nano going at $325 for just a 4GB without video function). Manage to get a red leather casing with protective covers and a 3 pin adapter ($54) for free. Hopefully this is a good buy too and that Apple doesn't decide to drop the prices of ipod further (altho chances r quite big considering microsoft n toshiba r planning to launch MP3s and iriver & Creative powering up their gears too....).
Call it my occupational hazzard, my mind runs over time for smart spending articles in My Paper wherever I go... so here you go ppl, Smart Spending Tips for Comex (N.B. TStrictly for bimbos like me.... guys who know their stuff will prob not need this....)
1. Go Sunday afternoon (the stuff that u r eyeing mite not be available if u go too late) if u aren't put off by the crowds, if not Saturday at 8.30pm (closing time 9pm) will be a great alternative. Trust me, u can shop way pass 9pm (I left at 945pm today....) minus the crowds n much much better service from the sales person trying to clinch the last deal for the day but only if u already know what u want.
2. Don't settle for the free gifts that are stated, it pays to be greedy n ask for more...
3. Heard from my frens, not sure how true this is, worth a try: Go to Sim Lim when everyone else is focused on Comex and negotiate by saying that the guys at Comex have offered u a better deal...)
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Adidas Media Sale Preview
The hopeless shopaholic i.e. ME, has been at work again.
Got an invite last nite from the Fulford guys (THANKS! Oh, and not forgetting the wonderful Eric from Adidas! Thanks for everything dude :) Appreciate your help for everything all these while!) saying that there's gonna be a Adidas media sale preview today at Raffles City from 730-9pm. Was struggling the whole nite yesterday and almost the whole day today whether to go for it. So I've been pretty productive the whole day, finished my motoring article, stock picks n sti in record time!
Since it's actually more of a want than a need, I was still struggling like mad at 730pm whether to rush down to shop or to go for dinner with my colleagues...... Didn't help that I've got colleagues who know my weakness for shopping and tempted me to go ahead since I already had an idea of the stuff I wanted. Bosses gave me the go ahead provided that I bought Macs back for them, so nice rite :)
So I finally rushed down at 8pm, reached there at about 820pm and grabbed the following that I've been eyeing for months ('xcept the last item):
Betty Boop Adicolor Shoes
Miss Piggy Adicolor Hoodie
Wanted to get the Betty Boop Hoodie originally but somehow it looked weird on me. Just at that point of time, the following caught my eye. Although it's a man's jacket, I just had to get it:
Nice? Brings back the gd old days when I was one free bird in London living as I please....
Got onto the MRT after that n reached Braddell just before 9pm. Queued for Macs for my bosses n got back to my desk at 915pm. Not bad rite?
Kiez now back to work... or else you guys won't have any hot news and biz feature to read for Saturday!!!!
Got an invite last nite from the Fulford guys (THANKS! Oh, and not forgetting the wonderful Eric from Adidas! Thanks for everything dude :) Appreciate your help for everything all these while!) saying that there's gonna be a Adidas media sale preview today at Raffles City from 730-9pm. Was struggling the whole nite yesterday and almost the whole day today whether to go for it. So I've been pretty productive the whole day, finished my motoring article, stock picks n sti in record time!
Since it's actually more of a want than a need, I was still struggling like mad at 730pm whether to rush down to shop or to go for dinner with my colleagues...... Didn't help that I've got colleagues who know my weakness for shopping and tempted me to go ahead since I already had an idea of the stuff I wanted. Bosses gave me the go ahead provided that I bought Macs back for them, so nice rite :)
So I finally rushed down at 8pm, reached there at about 820pm and grabbed the following that I've been eyeing for months ('xcept the last item):
Betty Boop Adicolor Shoes
Miss Piggy Adicolor Hoodie
Wanted to get the Betty Boop Hoodie originally but somehow it looked weird on me. Just at that point of time, the following caught my eye. Although it's a man's jacket, I just had to get it:
Nice? Brings back the gd old days when I was one free bird in London living as I please....
Got onto the MRT after that n reached Braddell just before 9pm. Queued for Macs for my bosses n got back to my desk at 915pm. Not bad rite?
Kiez now back to work... or else you guys won't have any hot news and biz feature to read for Saturday!!!!
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Cool...
| You Should Drive a Saturn Sky |
 You're sleek and smooth, and you need a car to match your hot persona. Besides, sometimes you want your top up - and sometimes you want it down. |
Friday, August 25, 2006
生日快乐
我知道你时不时会上这里来逛逛，所以想借这个地方告诉你，我没忘记今天是你的生日。
当初不欢而散，真的伤透了我的心，我还曾经发誓绝不原谅你。
事隔两年多，我想通了，继续恨你只会显得我幼稚。更何况，我现在过的比过去来得好多了，所以早就应该谢谢你当初释放了我。
原谅你，也很感谢你给我的回忆。生日快乐。
当初不欢而散，真的伤透了我的心，我还曾经发誓绝不原谅你。
事隔两年多，我想通了，继续恨你只会显得我幼稚。更何况，我现在过的比过去来得好多了，所以早就应该谢谢你当初释放了我。
原谅你，也很感谢你给我的回忆。生日快乐。
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Getting to know myself
Was sent this by a fren some time back, never had a chance to do it till insomnia decided to hit me today.... so here goes:
Get to know yourself better (http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx)
Your view on yourself:
You are intelligent, honest and sweet. You are friendly to everybody and don't like conflict. Because you're so cheerful and fun people are naturally attracted to you and like to talk to you.
---That's nice to know... hopefully i can keep it that way...
The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You are a true romantic. When you are in love, you will do anything and everything to keep your love true.
---hmm.... I've always dreamt of falling in love at first sight & then lead a happily ever after life with mr right... does that count?
Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.
---True.
The seriousness of your love:
Your have very sensible tactics when approaching the opposite sex. In many ways people find your straightforwardness attractive, so you will find yourself with plenty of dates.
---hmmm................doesn't seem to happen....
Your views on education
Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.
---Very true... would definitely want to go back to sch to get my phd at some point
The right job for you:
You have plenty of dream jobs but have little chance of doing any of them if you don't focus on something in particular. You need to choose something and go for it to be happy and achieve success.
---True...Seems like i really have a concentration problem...
How do you view success:
You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying.
---Somewhat true
What are you most afraid of:
You are afraid of things that you cannot control. Sometimes you show your anger to cover up how you feel.
---Very true.
Who is your true self:
You are full of energy and confidence. You are unpredictable, with moods changing as quickly as an ocean. You might occasionally be calm and still, but never for long.
---hmmmm................Perhaps I just suffer from PMS all the time...:p
Get to know yourself better (http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx)
Your view on yourself:
You are intelligent, honest and sweet. You are friendly to everybody and don't like conflict. Because you're so cheerful and fun people are naturally attracted to you and like to talk to you.
---That's nice to know... hopefully i can keep it that way...
The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You are a true romantic. When you are in love, you will do anything and everything to keep your love true.
---hmm.... I've always dreamt of falling in love at first sight & then lead a happily ever after life with mr right... does that count?
Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.
---True.
The seriousness of your love:
Your have very sensible tactics when approaching the opposite sex. In many ways people find your straightforwardness attractive, so you will find yourself with plenty of dates.
---hmmm................doesn't seem to happen....
Your views on education
Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.
---Very true... would definitely want to go back to sch to get my phd at some point
The right job for you:
You have plenty of dream jobs but have little chance of doing any of them if you don't focus on something in particular. You need to choose something and go for it to be happy and achieve success.
---True...Seems like i really have a concentration problem...
How do you view success:
You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying.
---Somewhat true
What are you most afraid of:
You are afraid of things that you cannot control. Sometimes you show your anger to cover up how you feel.
---Very true.
Who is your true self:
You are full of energy and confidence. You are unpredictable, with moods changing as quickly as an ocean. You might occasionally be calm and still, but never for long.
---hmmmm................Perhaps I just suffer from PMS all the time...:p
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Of Boomerangs & Personal Finance
还记得中学念德文时，老师告诉我们，德国的年轻人，16岁就回被父母”赶“出家门，要他们开始自力更生。在我国，一般的年轻人则只会在婚后离家，所以我一直都不明白西方为人父母者为何那么忍心。
今天有朋友就电邮以下这样一篇东西给我：
Boomerang is an American slang term that refers to an adult who has moved back in with his or her parents (who are part of the baby boomer generation) instead of living independently. The phrase, when applied to an individual, makes reference to the fact that the person lived independently for a period, but subsequently returned home due to the financial costs associated with maintaining a separate household.
While boomer parents may be pleased emotionally to have their boomerangs back in the household, boomerangs can often pose a significant financial burden on their parents. This can result in a reduction in retirement savings for the boomerang's parents, leaving them with the decision to either postpone their own retirement or have their children help out with the household expenses.
Other countries have adopted similar slang to represent this domestic phenomenon. In Italy, the term "mammon", or "mama's boys"is used, while the Japanese refer to them as "parasaito shinguru", or "parasite singles". In the U.K., children boomeranging back home has given rise to the acronym KIPPERS (or kids in parents' pockets eroding retirement savings).
变成负担就算是吸血害虫，现在清楚理由其实很简单：父母和孩子之间谈钱也是会伤感情。
今天有朋友就电邮以下这样一篇东西给我：
Boomerang is an American slang term that refers to an adult who has moved back in with his or her parents (who are part of the baby boomer generation) instead of living independently. The phrase, when applied to an individual, makes reference to the fact that the person lived independently for a period, but subsequently returned home due to the financial costs associated with maintaining a separate household.
While boomer parents may be pleased emotionally to have their boomerangs back in the household, boomerangs can often pose a significant financial burden on their parents. This can result in a reduction in retirement savings for the boomerang's parents, leaving them with the decision to either postpone their own retirement or have their children help out with the household expenses.
Other countries have adopted similar slang to represent this domestic phenomenon. In Italy, the term "mammon", or "mama's boys"is used, while the Japanese refer to them as "parasaito shinguru", or "parasite singles". In the U.K., children boomeranging back home has given rise to the acronym KIPPERS (or kids in parents' pockets eroding retirement savings).
变成负担就算是吸血害虫，现在清楚理由其实很简单：父母和孩子之间谈钱也是会伤感情。
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
LA pix
Most of my LA photos & the rest of my Japan photos r up on flickr...ran out of space yet again... will post the rest soon somehow...
Thanks incognito bane for recommending fotopic but I found it a pain to use... my mac stalls after 16 pictures each time so I gave up....any more suggestions?
Thanks incognito bane for recommending fotopic but I found it a pain to use... my mac stalls after 16 pictures each time so I gave up....any more suggestions?
好久不见了...
好久没有真正写blog了...大家还好吗？
过了那么久，不知道还有没有人想看我最后几天的LA游记。如果没有request，我想我就不去update那则blog了，反正去的地方都是一些standard的旅游景点，唯一“有趣”的是我竟然在最后一天“有幸”地连续遇上车祸、被LAPD录口供、见证示威游行等。
两个星期的逍遥时光，因为没有租车，一部分的时间又是跟着旅行团，大部分的时间都花在巴士上。庆幸有这个空档，让我终于有机会独处冷静地反思过去9个月的点点滴滴。
（想了一个晚上，我决定把这个部分delete掉。敬请原谅。我会尽早再写个完整的blog。）
过了那么久，不知道还有没有人想看我最后几天的LA游记。如果没有request，我想我就不去update那则blog了，反正去的地方都是一些standard的旅游景点，唯一“有趣”的是我竟然在最后一天“有幸”地连续遇上车祸、被LAPD录口供、见证示威游行等。
两个星期的逍遥时光，因为没有租车，一部分的时间又是跟着旅行团，大部分的时间都花在巴士上。庆幸有这个空档，让我终于有机会独处冷静地反思过去9个月的点点滴滴。
（想了一个晚上，我决定把这个部分delete掉。敬请原谅。我会尽早再写个完整的blog。）
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
I've visited 9% of the world!
Saw this on a fren's blog & decided to try it out:
visited 22 countries (9%)
create your own visited country map
I need to finish Europe, start Latin America & Africa....
It's crazy that I'm thinking of holidaying again given that i'm still sick & sore all over from my sun burn....oh well....
visited 22 countries (9%)
create your own visited country map
I need to finish Europe, start Latin America & Africa....
It's crazy that I'm thinking of holidaying again given that i'm still sick & sore all over from my sun burn....oh well....
Saturday, July 29, 2006
LA Times Part 2
Right... the long overdue post that I owe:
Day 3: Downtown LA & Hollywood
Who said LA was too rough & is impossible to go by public transport from Orange County? Lots of patience & being alert at all times is all that u need and all it costs is 3USD!
Woke up really early, took the hotel bus to Disneyland to change a metro bus into downtown LA. Went by Knotts Berry Farm / Staples Center etc. along the way. Got off at 7th Street to visit the visitor's information counter n got a wad of brochures & bus maps for LA, Hollywood & Santa Monica. Walked ard the area for awhile b4 taking the metro rail to Union Station. Visited Little Mexico (had really nice tacos there for lunch), Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Civic Center, Lady of Angels Church (or something along those lines....), Pershing Square, Grand Central Market, Angel's Flight, Million Dollar Theatre etc. all on foot in about 2-3 hours.... that's what i call travelling... hate to waste time while travelling cuz i'll prob not go back to that place again...
After which we took the metro rail to Hollywood/ Highland and checked out the world famous Kodak Theatre & Chinese Grausman Theatre where the Oscars r held, not forgetting the Hollywood stars walkway as well as doing the touristy thing of taking fotos with the stars... matched my hands with Steven Spielberg's and was next to Britney's star... hee hee.... i love bubble gum pop :p ....
Went on a Celebrity House bus tour as well... 2 hours $27 guess it was alrite... went to quite a lot of places like Justin Timerlake's home, saw Eva Longoria's Pink house, Quentin Tarentino's neverending brick walled fence home, Tom Cruise's place with lots of paparrazi parked outside, Beverly Hills hotel, Rodeo Drive, Sunset Strip, Beverly Hills... pretty eventful huh? Tried spotting Paris HIlton or someone famous since my fav trashy sites alwiz have them shopping all the time....but didn't spot any....better luck next time.... our guide was fantastic I must say, he's a standup comedian called Little Larry, check out his myspace... interesting stuff: www.myspace.com/littlelarry25
After the tour, I went to get Disneyland & Universal Studios tickets for my bro n myself from the info counter so i don't have to queue for the next 2 days, then we proceeded to take a picture of the hollywood sign from the shopping center's viewing gallery. Then came the highlight of the day: shopping at Farmer's Market & the Grove... too bad i only had an hour at that place so i only managed to get a Forever 21 Jap looking top n a piece of hair accesory + a homemade icecream ... forever 21 is so cheap!!!! everything is about 20+ dollars... compared to the minimum $50+ that we have to pay here in sg.... not forgetting greater variety as well... checked out Abercrombie but didn't have time to try stuff on or I would definitely grab a couple of skirts & jackets home ... loved the shop layout... very very cool stuff but a tad too dark i feel...The Grove is definitely a must go if u drop by West Hollywood... great shopping for both guys n gals... great food at the market too... u wun be disappointed.... trust me on this one!
Caught the 1007pm last bus back to Orange County in the nick of time n got back to the hotel at about midnite... pretty satisfied but wished I had more time at the Grove....:p well i guess it was gd for my wallet...
(rite i need to pop out for a bit.... will finish this when I return 2nite.....)
Day 4: Disneyland
Day 5: Universal Studios
Day 6: The Block @ Orange & Long Beach
Day 7: Santa Monica
Day 3: Downtown LA & Hollywood
Who said LA was too rough & is impossible to go by public transport from Orange County? Lots of patience & being alert at all times is all that u need and all it costs is 3USD!
Woke up really early, took the hotel bus to Disneyland to change a metro bus into downtown LA. Went by Knotts Berry Farm / Staples Center etc. along the way. Got off at 7th Street to visit the visitor's information counter n got a wad of brochures & bus maps for LA, Hollywood & Santa Monica. Walked ard the area for awhile b4 taking the metro rail to Union Station. Visited Little Mexico (had really nice tacos there for lunch), Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Civic Center, Lady of Angels Church (or something along those lines....), Pershing Square, Grand Central Market, Angel's Flight, Million Dollar Theatre etc. all on foot in about 2-3 hours.... that's what i call travelling... hate to waste time while travelling cuz i'll prob not go back to that place again...
After which we took the metro rail to Hollywood/ Highland and checked out the world famous Kodak Theatre & Chinese Grausman Theatre where the Oscars r held, not forgetting the Hollywood stars walkway as well as doing the touristy thing of taking fotos with the stars... matched my hands with Steven Spielberg's and was next to Britney's star... hee hee.... i love bubble gum pop :p ....
Went on a Celebrity House bus tour as well... 2 hours $27 guess it was alrite... went to quite a lot of places like Justin Timerlake's home, saw Eva Longoria's Pink house, Quentin Tarentino's neverending brick walled fence home, Tom Cruise's place with lots of paparrazi parked outside, Beverly Hills hotel, Rodeo Drive, Sunset Strip, Beverly Hills... pretty eventful huh? Tried spotting Paris HIlton or someone famous since my fav trashy sites alwiz have them shopping all the time....but didn't spot any....better luck next time.... our guide was fantastic I must say, he's a standup comedian called Little Larry, check out his myspace... interesting stuff: www.myspace.com/littlelarry25
After the tour, I went to get Disneyland & Universal Studios tickets for my bro n myself from the info counter so i don't have to queue for the next 2 days, then we proceeded to take a picture of the hollywood sign from the shopping center's viewing gallery. Then came the highlight of the day: shopping at Farmer's Market & the Grove... too bad i only had an hour at that place so i only managed to get a Forever 21 Jap looking top n a piece of hair accesory + a homemade icecream ... forever 21 is so cheap!!!! everything is about 20+ dollars... compared to the minimum $50+ that we have to pay here in sg.... not forgetting greater variety as well... checked out Abercrombie but didn't have time to try stuff on or I would definitely grab a couple of skirts & jackets home ... loved the shop layout... very very cool stuff but a tad too dark i feel...The Grove is definitely a must go if u drop by West Hollywood... great shopping for both guys n gals... great food at the market too... u wun be disappointed.... trust me on this one!
Caught the 1007pm last bus back to Orange County in the nick of time n got back to the hotel at about midnite... pretty satisfied but wished I had more time at the Grove....:p well i guess it was gd for my wallet...
(rite i need to pop out for a bit.... will finish this when I return 2nite.....)
Day 4: Disneyland
Day 5: Universal Studios
Day 6: The Block @ Orange & Long Beach
Day 7: Santa Monica
Japan photos r up!
Okie... not all my japan fotos... only 2 days out of the 4.... exceeded my flickr limit already... contemplating about an upgrade to pro but i wun need so much space once i'm back at work.... guess i'll have to find another place to host my pictures... any suggestions??
Update on the rest of LA coming rite up.... once i'm done with procrastinating at home tt is.... hee hee.....
Update on the rest of LA coming rite up.... once i'm done with procrastinating at home tt is.... hee hee.....
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