love makes the world go round?
So does 5 shots of tequila, what's your point?

brain-dead

having absolutely nothing to do can be mind-blowing too. so much so until im brain-dead now. inactivity kills.

officially into my 3rd day of work. been to 4 meetings no less and ploughed through countless training materials. There's only 1 conclusion: i know nuts about my job scope still. and i feel dumb just sitting in my cubicle not understanding stuff and wasting my youth away.

the only good thing coming out of all these mundane shit is that i got to enjoy privacy within my cubicle. fine, i understand most of you have enjoyed such privilege (yes, i deem it as a privilege) ever since start of your working life. but, i've waited 2 1/2 years for this okie?!

updates on renovation
you guys will be seeing this alot now.
Status:
-placed deposit with contractor, air-con sub contractor, wardrobe company
yay! contractor is going to fix electrical points tomorrow and we are going to decide air-con location in the house on mon.

that's all for now!

updates (long overdue)!

im officially jobless now~! trying hard to enjoy my rest days before starting work (again!) next monday. getting the jitters with working in a totally new environment but being me, im sure i'll survive well!

okie, updates about my life!

1) gym workout at great world city (15th Mar)
was unable to upload pixs in my previous post. here they are~! me + my fantastic colleagues!

nelly closed her eyes again!

me n PP!

2) frances & my farewell party at sentosa (18th Mar)
my colleagues were so sweet to organise an outing to sentosa for our farewell party! we've great fun on that day despite a short-life downpour and beer spilling down my shorts. yay, my shorts reeked of beer for the rest of the night! arg!

group pix! thanks to the timer function of my camera!
we played volleyball and frisbee! i finally know how to throw a frisbee properly! the main focus for the outing is supposed to be the latin jazz at siloso beach. but half the time we were just having fun within our group. and seriously, i feel the singer was sprouting malay lyrics! oops, where have my jazzy bone gone to!?

frances & me!
i've tons of fun that day and i'm glad im leaving my firm with many many wonderful memories. thanks, peeps! for making the outing a successful one!

yay!

3) V for Vendetta (20th Mar)
caught this movie with my colleagues on my second last day in the firm.
it was a superd movie! i love V! i love his voice! i love his fanciful words and analogies! i love his guy fawke's mask!

this is like the 3rd nicest show i ever watched this year (after fearless & brokeback)! everyone pls go catch it!

4) my farewell (21st Mar)
im so sad,......after 2 1/2 years in my firm, im finally saying goodbye. i've found my best team this year but yet im leaving them so now. *sobz*
my assistants were so sweet! they came back to office to have lunch with me. they even bought a cute piggy cushion (ashley V!) and apple crumbler cake for me! i cried when i read their farewell letters and cards. so so sad. i dont wanna leave them! :(

my favourite team! i'll miss you guys tons!

me + the yummy cake!

me & ashley V! mummee took the pix for me!

5) chill out session with my hall mates! (22nd Mar)
it has been eons since i last met up with my hall mates! we've a nice dinner at pepper lunch (though that place stank!) and after that, we moved on for a little drinking session at Timbre. For those uninformed, Timbre is located at where Fat Frog used to be. EIC was playing the night and i love them! very very good sessions though i left after their second set.

tresa, me & fiona! tresa, i miss you too!

this is my curly-haired friend. pls refer to previous previous post!

to download pixs, pls go http://wenhui2.fotopic.net/c901652.html

6) Outing with usual gang at marina square (24th Mar)
met up with the gang tonight again..no full attendance but 6 out of 9 is good enough. dinner was at secret recipe and once again, i was tortured by the tom yum noodles! desserts were good, though! :)

we met at 7pm and left for home around 10 plus. thought time spent together was short, i've a great time nevertheless. we were counting our years together and the figure came up to like 12 years? scary, i havent feel that old yet.

me & zm!

fake candid shot!

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7) updates on renovation
dear dear and me had made a trip down to balestier road this afternoon with our contractor to choose tiling for our house! we chose a nice shade of bach color for homogenous tiling for living & dining area! we also chose the slate tiles & pebbles wash for our foyer area.

tomorrow we'll be meeting up with our contractor to choose the color shade for the laminated wood for our bedrooms as well as sign the contract with a wardrobe company for the installation of the wardrobe in our master bedroom! hmm, seems like im gonna be busy with renovation stuff for the net 2 months at least.

hope everything will turn out fine and my house will be in ready to live-in by June! Yippee yay!

work-out

had a good work-out with colleagues at great world city planet fitness! now my whole body is aching! i dread tomorrow!! hope my body does not disintegrate itself in the middle of the night!

i've a fun time with them. i'm gonna miss them so much after i leave the firm. *sobz*
but life is like that, people move on constantly. sometimes it's you, sometimes others.

i love my colleagues!

music, memories and somemore.

warning! long entry ahead. pls avoid if you find swimming words a headache.

it's amazing how some songs managed to take me on a journey down memory lane. been listening non-stop to my MP3 player whenever i was on the go these 2 days. i know how some people associate pictures or even scents with past events, but songs do the trick for me. some songs are more precious to me because they accompanied me through certain phrases of my life. i've since stopped down-loading MP3 from the net ever since uni days (?), hence the songs in my MP3 are mostly old. okie, been listening to these few songs over the past 2 days and each has a story behind it, at least to me!

Enigma - Return To Innocence
i remember how i fell in love with the tune of this song while working part-time in a small bookstore at my neighburhood then. i was in sec 2. i bought the cassette with my first pay and found out the rest of the album sucks. lol~
i associated this song with alot of things. it was widely rumored then that enigma songs are satanic and it seems to be the case from the graphics in the lyrics page and lyrics content of other songs. whatever the case, the lyrics for this song strikes a chord in me.
"If you want, then start to laugh
If you must, then start to cry
Be yourself don't hide
Just believe in destiny.
Don't care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don't give up and use the chance
To return to innocence."

i love the part where he (yes, enigma is a male singer!) croons and croons at the end of the song. very haunting. i remember the time when me & my best friend then sang the same part at the top of our lungs at a playground at bedok interchange in the night. we were only 14. lol~ she was still my best friend now and im not even sure if she remembers that night. but i like that night. sometimes, enjoying a nice song with someone dear can be very satisfying. :)

i remember how in awe i was when i first saw the MV for this song. it was really innovative then as the scenes were all playing in reverse to match the theme of "return to innocence". but 10 year later, we see coldplay doing the same thing with "the scientist" MV. funny how trends repeat themselves. sometimes, i think innovation is dead. everything is just a product of creativity.

Goro Inagaki
okie, this is not a song but a singer. in fact, he's a member of SMAP, the ever popular boy band from Japan. i knew about him before SMAP the band which is a wonder given SMAP popularity. heck, i know him even before Kimura Takuya ( the other member of SMAP)!
In case, you've no inkling who-so-ever is Takuya, THIS is him!


and this is Goro Inagaki.

Goro

As you can see, he's not fantabulously handsome but he did managed to steal some hearts back in my Sec 3 days. it all started from this japanese serial "20岁的约束" i still remember a particular curly-hair of mine and me were very mad about him. we learnt that he's a singer too hence we went to the music store (was that music junction?! i cant believe music junction was already up and functioning 10 years ago?!) to look for his CD and realised then he belonged to this band - SMAP.

lol~ little did we know SMAP is like H-U-G-E in Japan and in years to come, very big in the rest of Asia too. we were like swooning over Goro and hecking care SMAP & Kimura Takuya! madness!

why the long chunk of entry above on SMAP? it's all due to a repeating SMAP DVD ad for their recent concert in Toyko. reminded me of Goro, my curly-hair friend and those days when i was in Sec 3 & 4. i realised i miss those years the most of all my schooling years. the most. my afternoons after school are spent without fail at bedok or tampines interchange.

buying 3-4 bags of Mac large fries and sharing with friends. time spent at arcade centres. watching movies at tamp GV & century square. :) phone calls that stretch to hours and late into the night. i've the greatest bunch of friends then. though we drifted apart now, which is really sad...:(, i'm really glad we had fun back then.

ever wonder why do people get very close together for a period of time and started drifting apart after sometimes? i wonder that alot. all relationships are the same, all need effort and time. sometimes, people just drift apart and there's really nothing much one can do except for the occasional nostalgia moments like now. :(
im getting sad and i dont like this. let's move on!

Shaggy: Angel
"Girl, you're my angel, you're my darling angel
Closer than my peeps you are to me, baby
Shorty, you're my angel, you're my darling angel
Girl, you're my friend when I'm in need, lady"

whenever i heard this song, i think of my uni days. for (1) , it was really popular back in my uni year 1 days and (2) a certain ex sang the chorus part into my voicemail back then. i always associated him with my early uni days. those wild days before i met my dear dear, heh.

those days represented everything that i dont wish to repeat. let's just say i did certain things i aint too proud of and i let some people and myself down at times. sigh. not saying im a saint now, but the frequency of screw-ups then is atrocious! :P
anyway, it was through this song that i learnt the meaning of "peeps"! yup, at the age of 19. ha.

Daftpunk: One more time
"One more time
Music's got me feeling so free
We gonna celebrate
Celebrate and dance are free"

i can tell you here, this song is a stroke of genius. aside those memories attached to this song for me, this song itself is marvelous. i'm sure that if i listen to it like 20 years down the road, it'll still get my booty shaking!

lotsa memories with this song. heard it in a damn crowded pub in downtown tokyo. love it at first hearing. bought the cd first thing when i touched down in singaore then. the song made me cry for almost a good 6 months everytime i heard it in a club.
remember most vividly those days back in hall when my hall mates and i will just crank up the volume in our room and dance like no tomorrow. yes, only to this song. to the point that we can mesmorise the lyrics (aint too difficult since this song has limited lyrics, ha).

i miss hall days. my hall mates are a great bunch. they still are today. but i feel that i've drifted apart from them as well. partly my fault and partly due to working life. its getting harder to meet and my time after work is so limited given that i've to spread it between my dear dear, family, colleagues & other friends. meeting up with hall friends is getting virtually impossible. once or twice a month is considered really good!

i miss the time where i can just trugged back to hall and sleep the afteroon away after lectures. i miss those late nights chatted away. i miss buying breadtalk from jurong point and gawd, i even miss taking 179. my days in the hall were perfect. well, near-perfect, other than my frivolous ways which spoilt some relations and created some tensions along the way. bleh, i rather not reminiscence too much here!

one thing with bad memories, how do you all deal with it. supress them or simply forget them? me, i chose to learn from them and shiver in their presence.... ;p

Lifehouse: Take me away
"take me away
take me away
I've got nothing left to say
just take me away "

was listening to this song while waiting for my bus home yesterday. had a really busy & lousy day at work yesterday. received a farewell card & 2 chocolates in my pigeon hole from a colleague who just left the firm last friday. inside my pigeon hole lies another farewell card from another colleague who left last month. sigh, as i popped one chocolate in my mouth, i turned around to look for my peers to lament how sucky it is to stay in the firm when everyone is leaving (which means we are being left behind!).

to my immense sadness, i saw no familiar face around. my only colleague who is closer to me was down at client's place yesterday so i was quite alone in my office in the metaphorical sense. in the end, all i can do was popped another chocolate in my mouth and continue working till it's time to knock off. how sad.

and this song is totally so applicable when i heard it in the evening. (not entirely applicable, just the chorus. the song in entirety is very much about a guy needing a girl, ha.) i just want to get away from my current job. its making me way too depressed for my liking.

so take me away.

p/s: Lifehouse lead singer's voice has the best soft rock quality to it. anyone who heard "hanging by a moment" by him will totally agree with me. and one can never guess he look like he belongs to a boy-band! dont believe me? see for yourself!


U2: Walk on
"Leave it behind
You've got to leave it behind
All that you fashion
All that you make
All that you build
All that you break
All that you measure
All that you steal
All this you can leave behind
All that you reason
All that you sense
All that you speak
All you dress up
All that you scheme..."

I love bono. cos he's a darn good song-writer. his voice is so full of soul & depth. he's an activitist for many worthy causes. and i love this song.

it made me bought their album (which has fabulous songs like walk on, beautiful day, elevation etc) in my uni 2nd year. i remember sitting at the cafe at jurong point interchange raving about the meaning of U2's lyrics to my dear dear (not my boyfriend yet then). i mistook his nonchalence as polite listening. man, was i wrong?! till today, dear dear still doesnt share the passion i have for songs, movies and other things alike. but for these areas where our mind have problems meeting, we do compliment each other in other areas. ha.

this song inspires me alot. i feel that no matter what difficulties or problems we face in our life, we are all equipped with the ability to walk on. so walk on we should. :)

it's been a disgustingly long entry! i'll be shocked if anyone can read through the whole thing. dont think thats possible. ha. i've to hit the sack!! its 12+ already!

im a spendthrift

yes, im a spendthrift. forget whatever i said in the previous post regarding financial woes. i spent tons of money this weekend!! let's see what i bought:

1) Derma-Rx toner $35 (i like the light cucumber scent)
2) Derma-Rx Comedone Formula $60 (great for whiteheads & blackheads! no kidding, it really works!)
3) Derma-Rx sunblock PA30+ $50 (though i don't really like the sticky texture, but it's my 2nd tube and it works for me, so stick to it, i will!)
4) Chanel moisturiser $102 (this is the killer. why is chanel products so expensive?! but i love its products!) been using this for the past 2 days and i love its texture! its gel-like and easily absorbed by my skin. it promised to boost blood circulation and provide hydration to the skin, bringing maximum radiance! :) let's hope it works!

all these skincare set me back around $250!! sigh, but a skincare set normally lasted 6-8 mths for me so i guess, its not too ex if you consider that you use them on a daily basis and they help in maintaining/improving my skin!!

went to the IT show at Suntec today with dear dear. the crowd is maddening over there. i've problem getting to suntec from citylink! sooooo many people!

again, we spent tons at the IT show. so we bought:
1) a MP3 player for me! considering the journey i need to travel to & fro my new workplace coming late march, i really feel i need some music on the go. I've always wanted a receiver since uni days but does anyone still go for a receiver nowadays? lol!
not willing to spend too much money and wanting only a simple MP3 player (512mb) which have FM functions and able to direct-charge from PC, i went around searching for the ideal one. big names like apple, creative & samsung alike is too expensive for moi!

in the end, i settled for an unknown brand ("epraizer" costing $129) who has what i need and within my budget! it came with an additional set of earphone from sennheiser! im happy with that! after subsidizing from ah long, i paid $100 for it. not exactly very cheap but wil do for me!

2) Philips Plasma TV 42"
yes, im not joking. we bought a plasma TV at the IT show. we had long decided that this model is the one for our new house. it was plain luck that we chanced upon this harvey norman promotion in the IT show that allows us to get it for a mere $3199 (original price:$3999!) and allow delivery to be done in mid-june (renovation for our house will only be completed near then)!
so we got this today!

of cos, we used good o'trusty citibank 0% installment plan (6 months plan). we are simply not cash-rich now. :P
i can't wait for this baby to be delivered and installed in my house by June! for those un-informed, im a tv junkie! i can sit in front of the tube for extended period!

3) philips cordless phone at only $49! this promotion is only available for those who bought plasma/LCD which are bigger than 37". i love all philips & panasonic cordless phones! they have the least static noise! the model im getting costs around $80 normally, so im really pleased with my buy. but the only problem is, im only getting the phone with the plasma in June. bleh.
in short, it has been an expensive weekend. i need to lie low with expenditure for the next 2 weeks at least. *pout*

i'm not in a good mood.
1) im having a runny nose and sore throat.
2) my voice is strained and raspy
3) im on MC today but im still doing work at home
4) my manager called me no less than 3 times today. wtf.

arg! i just want to recover soon!

my financial status is very bad. though im not in the red (almost impossible since today is only the 8th!) but im nearly there. and it doesn't help that march is gonna be a short month for me. i'm only serving till the 21st in my current company and starting in my new position late this month. i can foresee cash flow problem coming up! *help*

anyway, i've a fun saturday last weekend. me and the usual gang went waraku at marina square to celebrate gb's bday! though i was already sick then, i enjoyed myself regardless.

here are some pictures!

its full attendance! very rare!

me & the birthday boy!

me and mad D!

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http://zhemin.fotopic.net

p/s: i still feel bouts of depression at times. sigh, i really hope i'm able to overcome it, not contain it.

no luck? or no popularity?

been having not much luck with my popularity recently. no one responded much to my invitation to cambodia/HK in my last entry. i've to sms some of my friends to wring out an answer. and even so, only 3 out of 8 replied. 2 saying no. how sad.

and i invited my whole team to come to look for me for lunch today at another client's location. guess what? only 2 out of 11 replied!!!!!! what the...!? am i on my way to becoming the next daniel!!!??? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO.......! that shall not happen! *frantically assuring myself*

on another note, been having mini nightmares about moving on to a new workplace. not really nightmares like those you dream per se. but more like little psychological struggles within me. i kept having the temptation to take back my resignation letter! what is wrong with me? being unpopular and so undecisive. so decidingly NOT-me. *sigh* im afraid of change. :( though upset with my current work conditions, i've grown accustomed to it. i rather face the same shit than risk bigger shit.

hmm...i know the above attitude is wrong and one should always attempt to try new but moving on means committment for the next 2 years at least. completely different from like exploring new travel destinations. bah!

good news: i'm gonna have my first fitting come end march. *excited*