Why? Why? Why?

Why do things always turn out the way you don't want them to?
Sometimes I think work is a curse!

I feel lost in my new space. I feel all energy drained away. I feel betrayed, yet hiding in a small corner doing what they call 'work'.

ARGH! Why can't things be easier? simpler? if not, happier?

I can't sleep. I am waiting to be reprimanded. Waiting for all the daggers and knives and stones to be thrown at my direction. Waiting for my head to be chopped from the chopping board. I made a stupid mistake. But alas! I know whatever reason I gave would only be an EXCUSE to them. What am I to do? Just keep quiet and get the scolding? Or tell them what happened which they will think its an EXCUSE and not a reason? SIanzzzzz.....

Life is suddenly very gloomy for me. REally down in my luck man! Make mistakes at work. Good friend going away (on a mission that seems dangerous to me), MD leaving to be outstationed... AIYOH!!

This is HORRIBLE!

Sad News

Yanshan finally announced the important news she wants to break today afternoon during lunch at Secret Recipe. She's going to be outstationed to somewhere in the Middle East for 1-2 years!!!

No wonder she brought along a BIG plastic bag with christmas presents today. She can't celebrate x'mas with us this year as she's flying off Next Sat!!! Sob sob... SO SOON???!???!!

We're booking her on Thursday to celebrate 'x-mas and farewell' for her. Must get her the christmas present ASAP man!!! Dunno wat to buy her, maybe get her a mayday CD ??

She gave me a Winnie the Pooh mug and a reversible door hanger! The door hanger is quite cute! haha

We are going to refer to her x'mas list for 2003 and try to pick out something there that we can get her this Thursday! It's such a rush man!!! ARGH!!!

Really gonna miss her.... There used to be 4 of us, happily celebrating x'mas, birthdays, and any other occasions..... and the recent Bali trip! Now there's only 3... Sianzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Mayday Rocks!

I went to the concert at Plaza Singapura on Monday. The concert started late, but it was a FANTASTIC one!

They sang a couple of songs from their latest album "Shen De Hai Zi Dou Zai Tiao Wu" - "Sun Wu Kong", "Jue Jiang", "Xiao Hu Shi", "Wen Rou Huan Ni Zi You Ban", and "Le Se Che". They are such a bunch of hot-blooded youths working so hard to realise their dreams in music. I admire them for that! and they've produced good results. They are really like the "Beatles of the 20th Century"! YEAH!

Nearly melted when Ashin sang "Wen Rou Huan Ni Zi You Ban". Coming to the chorus, he suddenly made a small speech "When your loved one decides to leave you, what would you do? Would you plead for him/her to stay? Or will you let him/her go? This is my answer... " And he began singing the chorus " Wo gei ni zi you... wo gei ni zi you.... wou gei ni zi you wo gei ni zi you, wo gei ni quan bu quan bu quan bu zi you...." (I'll give you your freedom... all your freedom) Sigh.... how sweet and romantic right?

The fun part was them singing 'le se che' (Rubbish truck). It's the only hokkien song in their 5th album. Masa sang one word wrongly and was punished to kneel down to play the next song. But we can see ashin kneeling beside him to sing at one point, and monster and stone kneeling beside him to play at another point. ; ) Friendship... Ahhh.... wonderful thing that's happening between them and the fans.

The fans are super high. They sang "Ga chia" again! So high! They also sang Ting Bu dao, which the audience also very spontaneously sang for ashin when he stopped halfway. Can see that they are very touched! Cos the whole place was silent except the fans singing!

Gong lang was the last song they sang before we proceeded with the autograph session. Finally got a chance to shake their hands once again! ; ) This time I found the courage to mutter a few words to them. Like ashin "asking him to jia you!" , "Happy Birthday" to monster. Wallis made fun of yanming (aka guanyou) by asking him if he brought any aroma therapy oils with him this time round... haha...so farnie!

I really hope to see them here next year for their concert! ;) DIE DIE ALSO MUST GO AND SUPPPORT THEM! HEHEHE

Yeah! Mayday's here!

Mayday arrived in Singapore today! WOW! So cool!

They have this concert at Plaza Singapura on Monday 6:30pm! So exciting! Dunno if I can make it on time but I sure hope to be there to experience their LIVE Band sound!

Housewarming this Sat

Gonna have a housewarming for my friends this Sat.

Since the ban is lifted off Malaysian poultry, we're gonna have Hainanese Chicken Rice! YEAH!!!!

New Home

Finally living in my new home.

It is tough, initially. I couldn't sleep well. The feel is very different.

On Saturday, I tried to sleep at 11pm, but I just couldn't make myself fall asleep. Tried listening to some music from the radio but that didn't work either. I was already up by 7am. Sunday was worse! I was unpacking till 12am, but didn't seem sleepy at all. Tried to sleep, but was very hot, maybe yesterday I was too 'energetic' from the moving. I made 8 or 9 rounds with my 3 nieces to carry most of my stuff. Now everything was dumped into the study room. You should take a look at the rubbish dump I created man!

I hope I can sleep peacefully tonight.

Asked second brother to come and help me to carry the computer down and try to set up the system for me, in the end, he told mum to ask me to learn to do it myself! WAT NONSENSE is that? So irritating.

Brother sent a flower basket to my house on Saturday. He also gave mum $5,000. What a time to give her the money. Just when we had already finished with most of the purchases. But I think the money will come in handy when I pay for the misc. fees, utilities... ...

Joanne was already crying on Saturday evening. Sis-in-law had to call me and let her speak to me. After that, April started crying too.

Yesterday evening they hung around my place till 9pm then go upstairs to sleep. They were eyeing on the ice-cream! haha... April and Eunice were more interested in my books. They wanted to borrow from my 'library' so I made them each a library pass and warned them to take good care of my books. I will only allow them to borrow 2 books at one shot, and return them in 2 weeks.

Think the 'library system' can only start next week cos I really have a headache sorting out my 'rubbish dump'! ARGH!!! I felt lost in a heap of rubbish! Thanks to all my collections - postcards, letters, greeting cards, letter pads, stickers, stamps, first day covers, magazine cuttings......

Headache

ARGH!

Suddenly felt that my head is spinning. Think its because I slept around 12am and didn't really have enough rest. Tonight must try to sleep earlier man!

Ate muslim food just now and my eyes are shutting down any moment. Yawnzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.................

Was updating my Expenses Chart last night. I left it 'unattended to' since May 04! What a lot of catching up to do! I filled up the details till July already. Have to try to do some tonight, but bear in mind that I must be in bed by 11pm. Or else I'll suffer from another headache! : (

Afro man Rug

ARGGHHHH!!!!!

I saw it again!! This time in Home Concepts magazine!!!!

The Afro man rug is telling me that if I go to Ig's Heaven, pay $41.90 at the cashier, and he can go home with me, and from then on, he'll wait faithfully for me at the doorstep everyday!

Such a tempting offer.... Hmmmm.... but I think I want the cushion as well so that I can just place it on the floor and sit down to relax to the music. Mum always say its not good to sit on the floor because the 'coldness' will get inside the body and cause you to go ill.... Maybe that's another good reason for buying the cushion! hehe.... Well, women always comes up with lots of excuses when they want to buy things, and the reasons better be good so that when she tells other people about her purchases, they will agree with her! That's when it makes the purchase looks more worthwhile! hahahahaha : P

Unpredictable

Goodness Gracious Me!

Just received an SMS from my ex-colleague that my ex-HOD is being asked to leave on the spot!!! YIKES! Thought news broke out earlier on was she had to serve 3 months notice. How could they be so unreasonable?

I bet Indira and Dawn must be feeling very insecure at the moment cos their HOD was being asked to go away. Dumbo should really worry now that her 'mountain' is gone.

Hope Indira gets a job soon!

Stressed

Today is already Friday! How time flies!!

Yesterday was supposed to meet Yuanyuan and Xueling at 6:45pm at Redhill MRT station to go to IKEA, who knows Juliet had a long meeting with me for the calculations on Media Rate Inflation!!! I heard my handphone rang twice, but couldn't dash over to pick up the calls. So sad... In the end Yuanyuan and Xueling decided to go to Ikea first to wait for me as they were to hungry already. I finished my meeting only around 7:35pm! I had to rush down in a cab! Luckily when I reached Ikea, they still have food on their plates. I had Seafood Spaghetti for dinner last night. It tasted ok ; )

I bought my table lamp yesterday too! Only $29!!! Spent around $50 for the table lamp, 2 light bulbs and a packet of AA batteries (for the clock).

I think I've to make my way back there again with my brother to buy some paintings as well as mirrors. Oh! Not to forget, bring my mum to Metro and Isetan to get her pots and pans and nice plates and bowls and mugs.

Yawnzzzz

Life Goes On

Yesterday evening's event was B-O-R-I-N-G. As expected, SPH is not really good in event organisation. Hmm.... but have to admit that they gave away a pretty appealing Lucky Draw Prize - a Breitling Watch worth $5,000!!

Tham Khai Wor was struggling to make his speech but the guests were busy chatting amongst themselves. He even had to appeal to the guests to let him finish his speech! OUCH!

Best part is when I was trying to pinpoint to my colleagues who DUMBO is. Didn't notice her until I was about to go to the ladies with Indira. Saw her whispering into another BIMBO's ears. Must be talking ill of other people, that's her hobby!

Anyway, I saw a couple of familiar faces like Ser Yee, Daphne, Dominic, Michael, Geoff and met up with a couple of new people as well. Also saw Marian and her colleagues from Y&R.

Poor Indira. Trying to work in an environment that's so hostile towards her. I really hope she can leave the company soon! I sincerely pray hard for her.

The food last night is not really that good. The people were there practically for the food and the booze. Saw them rushing towards the spread immediately after the speeches were made and the show is over. Yawnz....

Today is the "Wild Card" show for Singapore "Idiots". I don't really think highly of this but I guess Singaporeans will be glued to their TV Sets again this night!

Got a call from Rattan Pacific just now to say that my bed is coming between 9:30 and 10:30am. HOoray!

Excitement

Finally!

My daybed, my fridge and my washing machine will be making their way to my new house this Saturday!

I haven't seen or felt or touched my bed before so I wondered how it would feel like? Like it or not, this is (after so many years of just throwing down a mattress on the floor and sleeping on it) the first time I am sleeping on my OWN Bed. But the phobia of falling from it is still there, I guess I have to give myself some time to adjust to this man!

Also, I'm going to hang my moo-moo clock on it this Sat. As well as make some final adjustments to my bookcases as the arrangement looks kinda weird for the time being.

This is all so exciting! Lots of hassle! But lots of fun too!

Finally!

YES! I'm counting down to the day I finally move into my new house!

Very happy today as I finally bought my daybed! Phew! This is really tough. We were looking high and low for a daybed till I almost gave up the idea of having one in my own bedroom :(
I was prepared to resign to my fate and just sleep on some tatami or mattress like I always do. In the end we found one at Rattan Pacific. I am sooooooo happy!

Right now, I am left with my book shelves and CD Racks. Hope I can settle everything as soon as possible and just plan well for my packing up and shifting of stuff to my new house. Its going to be a tedious task as I have lots of barang barang to shift.

Speak of Barang Barang. Today, I read in the papers that there's a Barang Barang warehouse sale! But bro refused to bring me there because he said its TOO FAR! )!#(@&!$(&#(@%&(

Hugry Ghost Festival

Today marks the first day of the lunar seventh month - the Hungry Ghost Festival.

Heard some weird 'meowings' from the cats in my neighbourhood last night. A bit strange when all of them started to "moan" at the same time and it carried on for about half an hour in the wee hours of the morning! I guess it should be around 2-3am cos the skies are still dark. Maybe they've seen something. Or maybe they're mating? Well... because of this, my eyelids felt very heavy today. Think I can doze off any moment from now, especially I've just had my lunch! :P

Finally got mum to go to BEST to buy the fridge and washing machine yesterday. Mum's had this trust in NATIONAL products, so we bought a fridge and washing machine bearing the label "PANASONIC". Not a bad buy 'cos there's FREE Takashimaya Shopping vouchers to go along with the purchase. I've got another $150 worth of Takashimaya shopping vouchers and adding on to the $150 which I collected previously from my purchase of the Air-conditioners, I can spend $300 on water flasks, rice cooker, nice dishes,saucers and cups, and maybe a blender, iron and vacuum cleaner from Takashimaya Shopping Centre!!

Wasn't able to buy a frame for my jigsaw puzzle yesterday with mum around. Not forgetting the CDs which I had wanted to buy! - Jay Chou's "Qi Li Xiang", Zhang Zhenyue's latest album, Fan Wei Qi's Greatest Hits, and Ocean's album. Maybe I should go down to Sembawang to buy it later? Or rush down to Chinatown to get it? Yawnzzzz... Think my first priority is to buy the jigsaw puzzle frame tonight. Or else my poor Winnie the Pooh puzzle has to shift here and there, and pieces are falling despite applying glue on it!

Highlights from "Miss Saigon"

Reminds me of the musical and my favourite song from the soundtrak "Sun and Moon" ; ) How Romantic!!!

Saigon (or Ho Chi Minh city) is a nice and friendly country. We managed to befriend 2 gals from the Ben Tanh Market and exchanged email addresses. Hopefully they will email Lisa & I and maybe we can get some goods from them and sell at the Carts!! ho ho ho.

This is a fulfilling trip. At least I got to know Saigon better. Experienced 'life in the Cu Chi Tunnel System". I think I not only has a bit of night blindness but a bit caustrophobic! Having to duck-walk in the tunnel made me suffer from muscle aches now! Oh dear... Lisa and I went to the pharmacy to get some Heat Rubs.

We reached Ho Chi Minh city around 11am, but clearing the customs is like taking forever! They are bloody inefficient man! When we reached Hotel Equitorial, its already 12:15pm, and we quickly book the 1pm free city shuttle service provided by the hotel to go to Ben Tanh Market. There are lots of things there. Its like a pasar malam in Singapore as most stalls are selling similar items. We stopped by this souvenir shop first and we were bargaining for a very long time to buy a Vietnamese doll and some smaller versions of the dolls. On the last day, we went back and bought some fridge magnets from her again, and this is the stall which exchanged email addresses with us! She even tried to help us to buy something from another stall but I think the stall owner refused to budge and gave her the same price.

The beef pho in the market is simply delicious! We also packed some dried noodles with some nice sauces and veggies, bean curd.... that only costs 5000 dong! and a pack of something like seng kway that costs only 3000 dong! for dinner!!! Market food is not too bad after all! ; )~~ Sedap! I simply missed the pho.... We ate from the same stall on the last day and surprisingly, the gal still remembered us!!

It was raining pretty heavily on the first day. We took a cab back to the hotel and enjoyed our dinner. Around 6plus, we went to Serene and Rebecca's room and decided that we should go out again. Hence, we took a cab together Shufen, Meifen, Christina and her husband Jim, Rebecca and Serene to City Plaza Shopping Plaza at District One. Things there are so expensive and they don't accept US Dollars! Shit! While queueing up to pay our things, the man behind us came up and had two packets of WORMS! GULP! Looks pretty scary! and they actually ate such stuff!

I bought lots of Bags, their traditional costumes - au dai for Eunice, Emlyn, Joanne, Daryl and Xavier. Also got some clogs, dried jackfruit chips, my burberry's wallet (For only US$5!), my communist T-shirt and 2 Vietnamese style blouses and also some sequined purses.

The Cu Chi tunnel system walk is really tedious! but its really amazing! They are really SMART to come up with traps with simple tools to Kill the US Armies! ; )

After that we went to Liberty Restaurant in District One for dinner. Food is OK but not very Vietnamese leh!

We also ventured to another market called An Dong Market which is about 10 mins walk behind our hotel. They actually sell DRIED Frogs and fish that are still alive and kicking in the market! What an eye-opener! ;)

Well, I hope to go back again and this time go and visit places of interest. Ciao! I have a movie to catch!

House of Flying Daggers

I think if I do not finish my work right now, the daggers are going to pierce through my heart and soul!

It's been a tiring week, doing, well, NOTHING! I never knew doing nothing would be so tiring! Really admire those people who can idle their time away man! I think I can never afford to rest and relax. It only makes me more tired!

Going to watch "House of Flying Daggers" tonight since FIRST magazine gave out the invitation. Think I had better prepare lots of tissue and a bucket to make sure Xueling won't drool all over the place! ; ) Better prepare myself not to fall asleep since reviews on the movie is not really good. Like New Paper, they only gave it 2 stars! Better save the 2 stars and let them flicker in the night lah! So stingy!

Pre-Monday Blues

Sigh.... time really really flies....
In just another 2 hours and its going to be MONDAY! ARGH! I hate Mondays! I think Garfield and I would be really good pals! Just too bad he's not with me now. Sigh...

I wonder what awaits me tomorrow.

Still haven't pack up for my trip this coming Friday. I hope I dun panic and forget to bring something last minute. Sigh... Looking forward to going to Ho Chi Minh city cos its a foreign and enchanted place. On the other hand, I'll be going with my new colleagues whom I'm not really close to so I'm afraid I won't really enjoy it. Oh well, maybe I worry too much. Maybe everything will be ok. Just be cool! Yeah.

Yesterday evening I went to the Forum BBQ with April. Met lots of mayday fans there, including the 'old birds' like Shirley, Chris, Jean, Florence, and Nicole came at the eleventh hour just in time to catch some 'fireworks'! haha. She just came back from a company trip to Hong Kong, and the moment she touched down at the airport, her dad drove her to Pasir Ris Park to meet us. We took the opportunity to celebrate the July and August birthday babes and hunks.

Am glad I finally got to meet Dizzo aka Cindy whom I've always chatted with on IRC and MSN. She's a cheerful and bubbly 18 year old * ahem, she'll only be 18 on the 26th July! But hey! Its just 2 hours away! and that makes it a MONDAY! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeee

Yawnzzzzzzzzzzz.... Today is wasted just like that. Didn't really do much today. Slept around 2am last night cos after coming back from the BBQ, I took a shower that kept me very refreshed! Should have known better not to take a bath before bedtime! SHIT! But luckily I got up around 9am today or else mum will sure nag and nag nonstop!

Suprani is going back to Indonesia on the 7th August. Looks like she's not able to look at the furnishings. Wonder how life with the new maid would be like. Hope that she doesn't mess up with my stuff or else I'll sure raise a ruckus!

Need to clear my stuff from the dining table by Wednesday as brother bid for a tender to be a vendor in Temasek Polytechnic. They are coming to a food-tasting session on Wednesday and would need the dining table. Sigh... got to move my things and stack it by the TV Console table and after that shift them back to the dining table when they're gone! Wat a bother!

Sore Throat

Holy Shit!

I think my throat is getting a bit sore... HELP! I don't want to fall sick now!

Last night when I walked past the block of flats, I was so sad "Pirate" is no longer there. He used to sit majestically on the window sill, one eye fixed in a gaze out there, waiting for something to happen. But lately, he wasn't at his usual place. Sigh.... Pirate! Where are you?

Dunno why I always felt a bit better whenever I see Pirate. Too bad I can't keep pets, Pirate. Or else I will sure keep you as my companion, helping you sail across storms and fight against "Three Blind Mice".

Think I better go and see a doctor tonight. At the same time, I must get some medication ready for my Ho Chi Minh trip.

Was very pleased with myself last night as I found time to watch some Mayday MTVs with Joanne and April. They've been bugging me for nights!

Also, I managed to spend 1 and a half hours to practice my guitar. Progress is good. Hopefully I can spend some time with it tonight again.

Yesterday Ronnie's workers came to paint the house. Not very well-done I must say. Lousy Work! Didn't even finish the painting works yet. Everything's in a mess! Mummy kept complaining about the colours, how they misplaced the broom, how smelly the place was, how late the painters came! Aiyoh! Headache ah......

Saw the Mayday forum yesterday that their OST for Love of May is out. Couldn't find it though when I was at Tampines Mall yesterday evening to visit Times to buy my magazine. So sad, can't even find any WALLPAPER on the shelves! Sianzzzz.... must I really make a trip to Orchard to buy my magazine and CD? Yawnzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

To upgrade or not to upgrade?

Baga!
 
Life is already full of complications and dilemnas. Why do we still have to go bonkers with trivial things like to upgrade or not to upgrade my handphone? ARGH!
 
Has been thinking of upgrading my Nokia 7250 to a Nokia 6230 before its launched. Now I felt like upgrading it to either a Sony Ericsson K700i (looks very classic and can take very nice pics! 41Mb memory space some more!), or the Nokia 7610 (so stylish!) or maybe the new Panasonic X300! oh no!!!! Why are consumers so spoilt for choices?
 
I think I have a lot of phelgm stuck in my throat after eating that curry chicken and hot crab stick from the muslim stall just now. The orange juice may just aggravate the situation! ARGH! Today morning I could feel something strange going on in my throat. GOD! Please don't let me fall sick now!??!?!?!?!? All my family members are down with the bloody flu virus! The most badly affected happens to be Joanne who keeps vomitting and coughing non-stop. I hope she gets well soon! If not this is going to lead to a bad asthma attack!
 
I was strumming my guitar last night again finally! I've been lacking discipline to do that for months! Luckily my fingers have not gone stiff! haha... Anyway, I hope to spend more time tonight to strum my guitar again tonight, hopefully I can find time to do so. Can practically just doze off while watching TV. Dunno why I'm feeling so tired....
 
STUPID Ronnie didn't keep his promise to do renovation work yesterday. This is really the pits! I think I am going to blow flames onto his face the next time I see him! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR..... if a tiger dun show its might they'll think its just a sick cat *loosely translated from the Chinese proverb :P
 

Splendid

Yoooo hooooo.....
 
In another 10 days time, I'll be on a flight to Ho Chi Minh city. Its a 3 day company trip! Oh Boy! So excited about this whole thing! First time there, and there's this trip to visit the Cu Chi tunnel. Have to plan for the itinery as its a Free & Easy trip.
 
Been a hectic month. Finally bought furniture for my new house yesterday and I'm $6000 poorer! :~~~~(
 
I'm looking forward to moving into my new house soon but knowing s-u-p-e-r-s-t-i-t-i-o-u-s mummy, she won't move in during the lunar 7th month since its the HUNGRY GHOST FESTIVAL. YAwnzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....... but I'm so excited about the sofa set! Looks very elegant. Dunno if it will fit nicely into the orange wall. *Well, mum made me repaint the wall because she hated the initial RED that I wanted saying she felt as if she stepped into a temple when she see that RED patch! Grrr...... Can't stand people who dunno how to appreciate ART.
 
Right now I'm left with my own bed ---- a day bed would be good, but seems that no-one really appreciates its function and not many retailers are carrying that! Hmmph!
 
Also, my bookshelves, fridge, washing machine, kitchen knick-knacks....... Boy! moving house is so tedious! But I'll be glad to have a whole house to myself! Then I can BLAST my music loud and sing to the tunes of my favourite singers!
 
OH~~~ Another exciting thing ------> Mayday has their pictures painted on the tail of a Taiwanese airline! Masa was even worried that birds may hit onto the plane and crashed to their deaths on their faces! Alamak! Looking forward to the movie and soundtrack as well as their 5th Album! Mayday ROCKS!

Final Countdown

In another 3 1/2 hours and I will no longer be an employee of Brandz Integrated Pte Ltd.

In another 3 hours and I will no longer be an employee of Brandz Integrated Pte Ltd..

In another 2 1/2 hours and I will no longer be an employee of Brandz Integrated Pte Ltd.

Isn't that WONDERFUL?

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

So sleepy now man.

Had a heavy lunch just now with Cassandra at New Harbour Cafe. This morning had breakfast around 9:30am with Cassandra at the coffeeshop behind our office. Oh dear. Think I'm going to gain the 2kg I shed for the past few months!!! YIKES!!!

Last night's dinner with the people at Mediaedge CIA was fun. Elaine suddenly popped a question - What's on Channel 5 at 10pm that night? and everyone started guessing for the answer. In the end Bertilla asked one question - What's on the front cover of the Straits Times on that day? As we were cracking our heads, Lisa even called the sales person from MediaCorp to ask what's on Channel 5 at 10pm!!! HAHA... the sales person din't even know the answer himself and asked if its something URGENT! haha.. must have scared the shit out of him! :P

Anyway, Bertilla had all the answers as she had a copy of Straits Times in her bag. :P She jokingly told me I failed my Entrance test! :P
haha.... saw lots of people there and then. 2 people would be leaving - Claris and Catherine. Heard that Catherine is going to Universal McCann but she'll be off to Hong Kong for a short trip first.

Well, I've got lots of newspapers to clear since my last day is just next Friday! Time flies... As I was walking to the office this morning, the path that I've been taking for the past 1.5 years seems so familiar yet foreign! It seems like yesterday I've just joined the company! There's lots of things I missed out in the past. I never had breakfast with my colleagues before. Until recently where I had breakfast twice with Cassandra. I never really explored other eateries around my office either... Anyway, I'll miss this place. I mean the environment and my nice colleagues. Though I very much hated to say that Shenton Way offices are very COLD and BORING to me, I must admit that Brandz is no longer a conducive environment for me as I have no career growth here.

Wishing me all the best man!

Weddings

Went to attend Stephanie's wedding on 5th June (Sat). Yuanyuan, Xueling and I arranged to wear PINK on that day.

When we went to Hyatt, we saw that there were many other functions going on. We found our way to Hibiscus ballroom and the gals behind the reception counter asked us if we were from M1? Haha... We answered in sync "No, we are from Singtel." Think these lady just got a shock and later she still asked us if we were from Singtel! HOHOHO. We were arranged to sit at Table 7 with Audrey, Aloysius and her JC friends. Luckily it wasn't that awkward to speak to Audrey. We didn't have good experiences with her back in our Secondary School days.

I can still remember vividly what happened when we were in Secondary 3 and were tasked to do a Newspaper Project during the holidays for our English Language teacher. It turned out to be a mess because Audrey rejected all our ideas and did the newspaper on her own, following her mum's comments that newspapers should be serious! We were so MAD at her then, but anyway, that's already in the past. I'm glad she changed for the better. Yuanyuan got her HP number so we can arrange to meet up with her again to catch up with her the next time we meet Stephanie.

That's the longest wedding function I've ever attended. Guess what? The last dish - Green Tea Pudding only came around 10:45pm. By the time I reached home, its nearly 12.20am! Yawnz..... U should see how tired Xueling was! ;)

Going to meet up with Xueling, Yuanyuan and Yanshan this Saturday to celebrate Xueling's belated birthday. Haha.... must quickly find all the different languages to the number 26!

Saved by the Angels

Yesterday was Hell.
Until 7.45pm... ...

Elaine from MediaEdge called me when I was on the train on my way back. She offered me a job!!! A JOB as a media planner!!! I'm supposed to go down after work to sign my appointment letter! Thank you God! Thanks for sending sweet little angels to rescue me from HELL!

Think confusion will arise in future when there are 2 Elaines in the team! haha...

I quickly SMS Ivy, Mohd, Indira, Jeya and Cassandra to tell them the good news. Indira was on MC yesterday. She's got some viral infection. She's at work today but don't look so good.

Anyway, today is Echo and Joyce's last day. Will be giving them their presents at the end of the day. Hope they will like them ;)

Can't wait for the day to end!

Fallen from Heaven

I felt as if I had just fallen from Heaven to Hell. The change is a bit drastic! A moment ago, it was really hot out there! Doris, Dawn and I had to trot down to MOE to attend a tender briefing (ultra boring,zzzzzz). Later, we were very determined to find out where Soul Food by Makansutra was so we asked for directions and finally found our way there! Settled for some desserts... and after that, had to walk in the hot sun back to the MRT station again! My GOD!! Why is the weather so unbearable nowadays?? ARgh......

Accepting this tender would mean BURNT WEEKENDS, and LATE NIGHTS! YIKES!!! How I dreaded such a lifestyle!!!! See?? Fallen from Heaven again!!! This time worse, even the 7th Level of HELL!

Last night I received a letter from Hong Kong ;) It's Sherry's belated Birthday wishes. Well, she sent me a box of chocolates with a Birthday Month Teddy Bear strap. Also, she gave me a bracelet with lots of four-leaf clovers! ; ) Hope that I have all the luck I need, man! There's still no news from MediaEdge CIA! Think they've given up hope on me! Sigh... I can't even stay in the 7th Level of Hell. Had to DOWNGRADE FURTHER!! Sob Sob..... and here I am, on the 18th Level of Hell!

I hope I dun fall any further!

Call me Mischievious :P

Marion & I had lunch this afternoon at The Oriental. She's been complaining to me about our SNAKE KING with Royal Blood. After coming back from lunch, she SMS me and we started to gossip through our mobile phones.

I SMSed her I won't be surprised if the SNAKE KING actually fell asleep sitting in such an isolated corner in my department. She SMSed me back telling me that I should actually give him a scare to wake him up.

That's when I have 2 mischievious ideas.

First, I will BOO him whenever I go to the toilet.
Second, shall go and visit the hairdresser and collect hair from them. The next day, thou shalt spread the hair on his desk. He would think that he's going bald! That would give him a scare! How wicked right? Who cares?? :P

Or else he has to bear with my ROCK MUSIC that suddenly can go very LOUD! : )

Day In Day Out

Time flies.

I wondered why time really flies after celebrating my 21st birthday.

How I wish I can travel back in time with a time-machine when I was still studying in poly. I should be enjoying my May/June holidays right now. And feeling real nervous as the results of the exams should be out soon!!! I would wonder how many distinctions can I score! Sigh... those good old days.

I had this feeling when I watched the Mayday Time Machine MTV DVD last night with my 2 nieces - April & Joanne. Joanne kept pestering me to watch Mayday DVD / VCD. As I was a bit 'early' home last evening, I decided to let them watch just one DVD.

I really admire these 5 guys who have a very good relationship with one another, and are so COOL in their music-making process! They write really meaningful lyrics and touching melodies. How I wish I could be like them. But first, I have to start picking up my guitar and try to strum something! haha... the guitar has been lying quietly in one corner of my bedroom collecting dust! OOps... How menacing of me to ill-treat my guitar that way! I've been praying day and night for my guitar and now that I've gotten it, I treat it like DIRT! I must really start to play again! Being BUSY is not an excuse! How did I find time to practice on my clarinet then? hmm.. humans... how complicated!

See how time flies? It's already 5.28PM!!! The sun is setting... Day's Out, Night's In.

Yawnzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Why does time flies so fast even when I am entering dreamland?

From a distance

I can smell the stench in the still air. That's why Mohd & me slowed down our pace and let Doris & Indira walk in front of us as we were on the escalator at the Outram Park MRT Station.

I wondered if he ever bathed! This Singh! Argh... He stinks!!! Anyway, I felt as if the garbage truck just came!

... ...

"Who am I? And how, I wonder, will this story end?"

"My life? It isn't easy to explain. It has not been the rip-roaring spectacular I fancied it would be, but neither have I burrowed around with the gophers. I suppose it has most resembled a bluechip stock : fairly stable, more ups than downs, and gradually trending upward over time. A good buy, a lucky buy, and I've learned that not everyone can say this about his life; of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me ad my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough."

Read 2 chapters from the book "The Notebook" by Nicholas Sparks. Was really touched by the simplicity of this enduring love story between 2 North Carolina teens from very different backgrounds. Can't wait for the movie to be released!

Anyway, I must really thank Elaine & Joan from Mediaedge CIA for giving me the opportunity to work on this task and get to know this wonderful movie! I must really work hard for this opportunity to join the company!

Met up with Jeya last night for dinner and we were complaining about Brandz. Mohd has resigned. Now, its only left with me and Steven (the old gang are all gone - Ivy, Alex, Jacp, Jason) and right now, even Echo & Joyce are leaving......

Diana reminded us to go around looking for better job offers as things are getting more unstable here. Sigh... Easier said than done! It's pretty difficult to find a job now even though people are hiring. So sad...

WOW

This site makes blogging so much easier nowadays.
I remembered having lots of problems with the previous interface! WAY TO GO!

Anyway, today is an ultra BORING DAY! Its Friday! So what?? Do I give a damn? There's a Friday every week! so wat's going to make this one special? (Oh no! I sure am grouchy)

Got BOMBED by Stephanie last night! haha. This gal is getting married on 5th June! and I can see a BIG HOLE in my wallet now (think of the $$ to be spent of clothes, shoes, hairdo, makeup, perfume, bag?, ang pao money?)

Bought Mayday's Tian Kong Zhi Cheng DVD last night! Super anxious about the booklet that came with the DVD set! Very touching moments! Makes me want to get onto a time machine and go back to the day of the concert! Super HIGH man! It's like working out! haha... I was all wet and sticky after coming out from the concert! Mayday Rocks!!!! Mayday is simply SUPERB!

blah blah blah

Went to the library and borrowed 4 Chinese books on Saturday. Managed to complete 3/4 of the jigsaw puzzle Yuanyuan, Xueling & Yanshan bought for me on my birthday. How could my weekends be so uneventful? I didn't even switch on my stereo and sing! ARGH!! All thanks to April & Eunice who are studying for their exams on 9th May! BORING!!!! I thought I could BLAST my stereo and play all my favourite music because mum went to Kuala Lumpur with her senior citizen friends! Sianzzzzzzzzzzzz

Monday is a bit hard to pass by 'cos its the beginning of the week. Time suddenly seems to pass so s-l-o-w-l-y. Monday is an ultra boring day. Even the TV programmes are BORING. YAWNZZZZZZZZZZZZZz

Today is already Tuesday. Weather still a bit unbearable! WAS SWEATING PROFUSELY WHEN I CAME OUT OF THE SHOWER! YIKES! It got worse when I had to rush for the MRT!! I think the droplets of sweat must be SUPER big as I could feel them trickle down my face! ARGH! Lousy Weather!

Some things are fated to happen.
Some things are meant to happen.

Some things happen and leave deep impact in our lives.
Some things happen and slipped out of our minds.

Some things happen too fast and we don't know how to react to them.
Some things just seemed to drag on and on.

Some things have a beginning and an end.
Some things have a beginning with no end.

Some things are meant for deep thoughts.
But I am thinking of nothing at all.

Today is Ivy's last day at Brandz. Went out Pasta Mania at Harbour Front for lunch just now with Doris, Mohd, Steven & Ivy. Till now I can feel the spinach tortellini swimming in my stomach..... arrgggh...... gonna meet Cassandra & Marion at Far East Square later to eat Sushi Tei with Ivy at 7pm later.... stomach gonna burst man!

Last night Xueling and I went to Tampines Mall to shop for Ivy's farewell present. Saw a very sweet-looking photo frame. Tat's what Mohd suggested. Later going to take pics with her and we are going to print the photo to different sizes ;)

Oh well, I sure hope Ivy is able to cope well with her work there at O&M.

The new gal came today. Her name is Sue (a malay) but the worse thing to happen to her is --- she slipped and fell down the stairs. Think her tail bone was hurt as she cannot manage to walk or sit properly. So she has to take a cab to SGH for a check up! Sigh.... wat rotten luck!

The week has passed with many unusual meetings ;)

Yesterday evening, I met up with Yingyi at Bedok. It's been a looooooooong time since I last met her! She really changed a lot man! She's bigger but I'm glad she's still sticking with this bf of hers whom she has been dating for 6 years! Expect to hear wedding bells ringing soon!!!

Went to her house for dinner and was amazed to see the many statues of Buddha and Thai Gods in her house! 2 were along the corridor! Very big ones too! And her whole living room is packed with those statues!!! The most amazing that happened was seeing the milk dripping into a bowl in front of the statue (which Yingyi's bf claimed that because the God is present and is drinking the milk).

Its really good to see old friends again!!!!

By the way, "Passion of Christ" is really a bloody show man!!! At the end of the show, I started to question if its really true that Judas hanged himself near that rotting carcass. And also if the crow really came and pecked the convict's eye... But I cried at 2 scenes - The first was when Mary saw Jesus parading the town with the cross and falling down but she hesitated before rushing over to help him. I was thinking to myself "How could she have hesitated? He's her son!!! No matter wat happened she should just push herself forward to help him up! (Even the soldiers were to hit her! At least tats wat I would do to protect my child). The second scene was when Jesus finally died on the cross. All the sufferings had come to an end at last! Its really horrible! Come to think of it, our forefathers are really SADDISTS! To think that they can come up with such horrible ideas to torture people! Sigh.......

And on Sunday (18th April) , Yuanyuan, Xueling, Yanshan & I met up at Furama Hotel to have high tea at their cafe- Tiffany. The food is not too bad. But just felt slight tremors when people walk past us. After that we went to sing to our heart's content at K-ster in Lucky Chinatown. They finally updated their songlists!!! I saw Mayday's latest albums inside!! SO HAPPY! But didn't get a chance to sing any of their songs cos we only booked a 4-hour package. Xueling a bit mad about Jay Chou! Wanted to pose next to Jay in one of the MTVs but was not successful! haha... should do it at home lah!! Can pause the VCD mah! Alamak!

After that we went to Coffee Bean to have a drink. Time really flies when we were having a good time!

Yoohoo!!! tomorrow is my birthday!!
Going to watch "Passion of Christ" tomorrow with my sister-in-law at Lido. Hope I dun cry out loud or else the whole cinema may just get flooded and maybe you can even see Noah inside the cinema saying "hi" to Jesus! ;P
Getting older already... ... but nevermind, i just tell myself I am getting wiser by the days...