yesterday was family day held by my company at downtown east!

dear dear and me set off at around 11+ in the morning for downtown east. apart from the goodie bag and free lunch, the whole event was pretty disappointing. it started to rain from after lunch and we can't really make use of the sponsored ticket to escape theme park.

what a waste. :(


ah long & me
still, we entertained ourselves pretty well strolling in the compounds of downtown east.

at around 3+, we set off for tiong bahru ntuc to grab some stuff for our house. we grabbed stuff like broom, mop, detergents, toilet papers, tissue boxes, toothpaste etc. and the bill came up to 100+ bucks! unbelievable!
luckily, such items need to be purchased once every few months only.

then its house cleaning all the wayyyyyyyy. my poor hands feel so rough after that. i need to wear gloves the next time!

anyway, renovation should be completed by mid-week and furnitures should be arriving by this weekend. which means to say, we are ready to move in by next weekend! *woohoo~*
quite excited over the idea of having my own place but i really dread the thought of cleaning up. *bleh*

"小小的爱在大城里好甜密"

这几天都在听一些新歌.
有曹格的"superwoman".
有Tank的"给我你的爱".
王力宏的"花田错".
突然发现近期的华语歌素质都蛮高的.
还是我太久没给它们一个机会?

似乎忘了听歌的乐趣.
这几天一路听歌上班去,真的很快乐.

虚荣心
今天,我终于带我的新包包上班了!
好开心! 我想,我是虚荣的没错! :)
虽然我常说人要放的开,知足一点,但我还是一个很虚荣的女人!
我好想不停的环游世界,不停的购买我爱的包包与皮夹!
对,还有时不时听我爱的歌. 兴起时可以随心所欲的跳起舞来.

美好的日子,快要到了吗?
还是,我得向前迈进才能到达?
不愿多想. 此刻只想满足我的虚荣心!

BIG WALK 2006

i attended my first BIG WALK yesterday! its a nightmare to wake up at 630am and snoozed all the way on the mrt to city hall. from there, ah long and me took a shuttle bus to national stadium. we arrived late, sleepy and lazy me just wanna take the goodie bag and take a cab straight home.

but tyrant ah long said "let's go" and afraid to hear the disgusted tone of his "what?" whenever i suggested i wanna go straight home, we crossed the starting line.

tons of pple , dont know from where?!

from there, my 2 hours+ nightmare started.

i almost fell asleep while walking and i felt like i've walked 3/4 of the journey when i saw a sign. 5 KM it read! another 5Km to go! i feel like u-turning on the spot. but i did what i had to do. i took a picture and pushed forward.

my orange balloons which accompanied me the whole walk

finally dear dear and me reached fullerton (the u-turn part) and we walked faster from then on. i cant wait to get back to national stadium with its carnival and prize-giving! yay! we crossed the finishing line at 10.40am!

how red my face was! darn the sun!

but one weird thing that comes out of all this big walk nonsense is i kinda hooked to this aching after-workout feeling. so much so that i joined the competitive run (5km!!) hosted by Shape mag this coming mid-july.

i think im mad. the last time i really run for a timing is in JC2. and i can only managed 16-17mins (turtle speed!) for 2.4km when im like young and fit at 18. at 24 (6 goddamn years later) now, i wonder if im gonna take an hour or so to complete the 5km run. ha. i hope the goodie bag booth is still open when i reach the finishing line!

anyway, the goodie bag sounds really good. check it out here at http://www.shape.com.sg/shaperungifts.html. anyone interested in joining/joined, pls let me know!

mindless rantings

今早
我家的巴士车站真是一个老鼠屎.
每天都得等上一个十几分钟才搭到我的巴士.
好比今天早上,一次过有8辆巴士奔过但没一辆是我的! 会不会太夸张了!?
上班的路程已需要一个小时,所以这老鼠屎真的很烦人!

真希望能快点搬进我的新屋,那我就能每天早上7.30才起身,放工后7点就到家.
有时,人生真的需要这些看似简单的生活规律来让自己开心一点.

昨天
昨天是一个超级frustrating day.
遇到生平以来少数(非常)不讲理的人.
我真的很气.
气到差点飙泪.
气到差点想要一走了之.
但我最后还是忍了下来.冷静了下来.
仔细思考后,发现很多人与事都不值的我们烦恼.
they are simply not worth it!
虽然过后这些事都很好拿来bitch about. :)
最后还是想开了. 发现原来换个方式处理一些事还是能带给我莫大的快乐.
这样也好吧. 我依然快乐(这是非常重要的一点), 也让那不讲理的人不用再来烦我(虽然我是千万个不愿意. 我是记仇的.). 皆大欢喜.

我希望这是我比较豁达,成熟的一种表现.
而不是我忘了怎样坚持自己的信念.

人,真的应该学会如何让自己开心与知足一点!
有朝一日,如果真让我学会这点, 他将会是一个非常幸福的男人吧.
呵呵呵.......

big-time pissed

how can one be so fucking mean?! fuck her.
now she made my day and maybe the months to come suck.
fuck her again.

sorry for the foul language. but i really dont understand how one can be so mean.

i've to look for alternative jobs soon. again. :(

*burp* im feeling darn full now!
just came back from lunch with ah long and his friend. his friend treated us to the jap restaurant at my office building! *yummy*

well, not exactly his friend treated us but rather, it was on his company's tab. sigh, the perks of being in the sales line. anyway, food was alrighty only. gimme waraku ANYTIME! waraku is much cheaper and tastier compared to my lunchie. :P


me & my fav! sashimi!

ah long & me

talking about jap food, that reminds me that i'm meeting the girls for dinner at waraku after work. bleh~ i hope i can still stand jap food then. but again, i may not be having dinner later. my tummy is about to burst now!!

went to neptune for dim sum lunch last saturday. yeah, you heard me right. neptune, as in that neptune with topless shows. they actually serve dim sum (and delicious ones, anyway!) during lunch time.

a tip: if the char siew bao is to-die-for, then the dim sum quality for that restaurant can't be too far out. and thats that for neptune. the char siew bao rocks! lolz~ i was happy that day for i got to enjoy good food and see my favourite baby again! hmm, it really doesnt take much to make me a happy person nowadays. :)

soooooo cute!

making friends!

dim sum!

capentry works at my house is almost done! outstanding stuff at the moment are:
-mirror works
-some electrical & plumbling works
-wardrobe
-installation of chimney etc
after which, our contractor will chemical wash our house and hand-over the house to us! furnitures and soft furnishings (eg: curtains) are scheduled to be delivered by first week of June . dear dear and me will move in after that! *excited*

also, photo-shooting is scheduled in first week of june too. we havent really rack our brains for locations yet. any suggestions? one thing for sure, i dont really fancy city landscapes view. hmm...most probably will settle for a place with lush greenery!

hope all will go well!

my 2 cents worth on GE 2006

GE 2006 has just ended and surprisingly for this time round, i was rather on the ball when it comes to following the news on it. where were i for the last GE? hmm...2001. that made me in uni 1. probably puking somewhere in a club. lolz~

perhaps its age...perhaps its...i guess age can only be the reason why i am suddenly interested in the election after so long of disinterest. singapore is a weird country. many of us are denied of the chance to vote despite being in a democratic country. i am one of those who've never voted once in my whole life since i happened to live in a GRC which is constantly being walked-over by the PAP come GE times.

does it bother me? no it doesnt really. really. does that mean im a closeted PAP fan? nope, not really though i must admit i do look at parties' track records and candidates' calibre when it comes to casting my vote (should that day ever come, that is).

anyway, back to GE 2006. personally, i feel that my main concerns for our tiny sunny island are the following:
1) how is our government helping singapore in retaining its competitive edge and staying relevant in today's fast-paced dynamic global environment?
2) how is our government going to take care of its aging, needy and poorer citizens?
3) how is our government going to ease the impact of rising costs (inflation is inevitable, that im aware of)?

sad to say, im hearing not much coverage on the above topics for past 2 weeks by all parties. content got stuck at mainly irrelevant (gomez incident-i shan't repeat here. its too feaking draggy!) and repetitive stuff (upgrading of HDB-are we concerned with this only?! anyway, voting results have shown that upgrading budget, no matter how big, is really not a concern for most citizens).

another point to note is the strength of opposition parties this year. im pretty impressed with WP's candidates profiles and their presentation throughout the whole election affair. impressive. :) i guess opposition will always have their relevance from keeping a check on ruling party to providing alternative voices in the parliament.

and i hope people really do vote wisely, given their fotunate position to have choices in the first place. been hearing alot of comments like "oh, so boring. its PAP again." or "no surprises again this time round.". Such comments are disturbing to me. they seem to indicate a trend that people will like to see more opposition getting into parliament just for the sake of doing so. whatever happen to reasons like selecting people that represent your views & beliefs and you having faith in their capacity?

hmm...in any case, GE 2006 has ended. And in the next 5 years to come, i guess PAP has to give their shot in retaining the 66.6% who rooted for them this time and also to win over the remaining 33.4% who did otherwise. As for WP, i think they really did a great job in making an entrance this time round. so if they continue to prove their worth going forward, im sure they will win the people's votes in GE 2011?

all the banter above just for GE 2006. i think im getting too blah for my own good. shall follow up with a frivolous post soon!

"so where the bloody hell are you?!"

I cant get this phrase outta my mind.

fly me to down under...NOW!!

may day long weekend

i've a mad, campy long weekend! it all started from....

28th Apr (fri)
work ended at 550pm. me not exactly very happy cos a meeting dragged longer than it should. really, i've enough of redundant meetings. ~bleh~
met ah long at harbourfront and we went to oxford tailor for his shirts! lucky his bonus come in time for him to do up his shirts. our photoshoot is just 1 mth away!

in the end, we decided on a white (what else?) one for the day and a light pink (to match my evening gown!) for the night. :)

went to OG sale (sidenote: there were tons of sales going on during this weekend! OG, Metro, Robinson, Isetan! you guys been to any?) and got ourselves another set of bedsheets (we've 2 already). *grinz* shopping for bedsheets is getting addictive for me! lolz~

29th Apr (sat)
its WEST SIDE STORY THE MUSICAL for ah long and me!! *woohoo* i was so looking forward to it before this but sad to say, i'm a little disappointed with the musical. the music aint catchy and it's not as high-energy as other musicals like mama-mia or fame. *sigh* but well, the setting aint too bad and ah long never fall asleep (though he threaten to in Act 1!)..


me + ah long ready to go!


during intermission

oh, we bought our wedding bands on sat too! :) it took less than an hour in all at tampines mall ha. we were shopping at soo kee and found a pair that we think is not bad. but ah long has reservations for the design so we made our way to lee hwa on the other side. in the end, we saw a pair that we (or rather I) like and hence, we bought our wedding bands there and then! our bands are from the destinee range and only have 10% off as compared to the rest (20%). :(

but.....luckily i've the aspial card and that entitled us to a further 10%! yay! so peeps out there, if any of you want to buy lee hwa jewellery, can get the card from me! 10-20% off!

30th Apr (sun)
eh...hem....i've something to confess... im still into idols! hahah. and guess who i went to see last sun?! LEE HOM! yay! LEE HOM the one whos tall, handsome (seriously he look better in person!), super talented and everything else!

thanks, huiwen! for bringing me along to this exclusive event hosted by 93.3!

but again, we are one of the very few there who do not belong to his fan club, not sure of the songs in his new album and can't sing along for nuts. lolz~ whatever! he's cute!


now girls....SWOON!

he's like the perfect partner! my dream is for him to sing to me everynight before i sleep! ha

after this 歌友会, i went to meet ah long at IMM. and we shopped and shopped for furnitures till we drop! for all our tedious effort, we managed to place deposit for our sofa! yay! all the major furnitures are settled (mattress, plasama TV and now this!)!

we settled for a sofa that's kinda like a rip-off of Minotti sofa. This design, in particular

:) the original costs ard $20-30k? my pirated one is definitely much cheaper but still ex for our budget :(. but sigh, i think its wise to invest in a good, comfy sofa since im such a TV junkie.. :P

1st May (mon)
went to science centre with ah long to catch an omnimax show! been more than a year since i last went science centre! the last time i was there was for LOTR exhibition.

we caught the show: Greece: secrets of the past

ah long, having getting his bonus, treated his parents and me to Hot Stones at clarke quay in the evening! i had tenderloin steak but i guess i over-cooked mine. cos i was so traumatised by the blood oozing out that i pressed my steak frantically on the hot stones to get it well-cooked. so much so that they become a tad too hard. *sobz*

me & my steak!

their onion soup and potato salad is nice! but again, i feel the food is over-priced. i never believe in paying so much for food that you need to cook yourself!

after dinner, dear dear and me went walk-walk around Liang court. and to complete the weekend furniture shopping, we stumbled upon this furniture shop OM http://www.om-home.com/OM.htm which sells (over our budget) furniture but happened to have sale going on for some items!!

*yippee* we bought our coffee table and the rug for our living room there! i'm very happy cos the rug was exactly what i wanted for our living room all along. being red and caterpillar-styled. ah long is very happy cos the coffee table is cheap after discount. ha. our differences...

so i had a tiring but fun long weekend. and we are left with dining table & curtains to be purchased for our house before we can move in! capentry will be finished by mid-may..i cant wait to move in!

P/s: there will be house-warming once my house is done up! most are invited. ha.