Donnerstag, Dezember 13, 2007
Danke!Everything's been crazy lately. Work, Georgie, a little fun..... and more work. And so i finally turned 22 yesterday. Presents, parties, the works. Love everything, but most of all i'm just so glad that you guys remembered. Need to be in bed in five mins, so i'm just gonna share a few extra-special gifts:
(left) DKNY green apple perfume from my besties - Von, dee and Pammie
(Right) Bouquet of chocs - Source: Unknown. *shrugs*
Again, from my besties since high school - Brings a smile to my face everytime i look at it.
And my (very first) birthday gift to myself - Trying to bring sexy back (ahem!) into my wardrobe.
Alright i'm supposed to be in bed 30 mins ago. Will check in again really soon - have got so much to share. (met this really crazy guy at O bar) Meanwhile.... Happy Holidays everyone!
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Mittwoch, August 01, 2007
Totally, pleasingly random.Though i've got like, 3 readers left, but i'm still gonna blog anyways.
I'm starting to play the piano again, which explains the lack of updating here. You know, sometimes i really wonder if lifelong passions do exist. Back in high school i was so sure that i would want to sing in a choir forever, then went on to fall in love with trekking and the outdoors during poly days. And now, it's all about music. Billie Holiday - the lady who sings with so much pain; i find myself drowning in her voice a night too many. And of cos, Frank S. - who always has a way with me ;)
Speaking of men, i had the strangest experience with this stranger who approached me outside a shopping mall in my neighbourhood. Was looking totally pale and haggly in my ratty abercrombie jammies, and he pointed to my worn-out flip flops and asked "Excuse me, did you buy this at the GSS?"
"Nope" i croaked. (was nursing a sore throat) My eyes searched his hands for a file or questionaire sheets of some sort. "Are you doing some kind of survey? cos i'm on my way to the doc, i don't have time".
"Nonono, i'm not." He was quick to answer. "Just wondering if you shop here often"
"Oh. Ok. Nope i don't. Ok buhbye." And i walked away as fast as i could.
Crazy guy, or just a weird (and really lousy) pick-up line?
And on a totally unrelated note, we came in 9th in the Osim Triathlon mixed sprint relay! (out of 51 teams, i think). Not too shabby! *beams*
Fly me to the moon
Let me sing among those stars
Let me see what spring is like
On jupiter and mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby kiss me
--- Frank Sinatra
This song held special meaning for me once.
And now... well, its still a nice song. =)
And
Yes i sleep with my earrings on. Sometimes lah. :P
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Montag, Juni 18, 2007
One little missed call.I got a missed call today.
My heart skipped a beat when i saw the name flashing on the screen.
"Mummy". My mummy for the past decade. So much more than an aunt, she was my mummy when i had none.
Lies, betrayal, tears. I don't know what to feel anymore.
Is it wrong to envy others for a seemingly "normal" life?
Is it heartless to leave everyone behind in pursuit of the so-called "normality"?
It feels so.
I want what i want. A life of music and stars, and as much happiness as i can squeeze in.
I want to smile and feel the warmth in my eyes.
i want to feel.... right again.
I can't.
I got a missed call today.
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What happens when you can't forgive?
Grow up, the know-it-alls tell me. Forgive and forget. After all, no one's perfect.
Yes that's so true. But tell me, which would be more childish? Telling yourself umpteen times that you can and will forgive, or admitting to others that you can't?
She couldn't not do me wrong. She couldn't not lie to me, make use of me, couldn't not label me a jinx when her marriage failed.
And now, i cannot forgive.
And then?
You go out and buy yourself some cotton candy. You pretend to be happy, and after a while you really are.
At least for a while.
You know, at this moment i'm thinking - to hell with what doesn't break you makes you stronger. I really do hope no one has to go through the pain of divorce in the family, that they don't ever have to grit their teeth and bear with abuse of any kind. Yes, i know it won't stop happening just cos i'm sitting here wishing that, but i did say hope, didn't i?
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Dienstag, März 20, 2007
Super cute girl, and me. :)
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Donnerstag, Januar 11, 2007
True?On MC! - lips are swollen from sunburn.
yes yes i know i'm gross... lets move on. i've sth more disgusting to talk abt.
And so i was in bintan over the weekend for cowboy's wedding anniversary.
Heineken going for S$2 a can at bintan DFS! :D
Beautiful, isn't it? (ok no more pics cos most of them are anonymous *rolls eyes*)
It was a total blast, considering how routine my weekends have become lately - laundry, walking georgie, dinner with the gang etc etc.
That is, until Duckie revealed an erm......interesting myth?
*twiddles fingers* how do i say it...........
...................Dofishermenreallymasturbateusingsotongs?
This is really horrifying. Apparently everyone knows this except me. Do you? And it sounds really convincing with tales of how they get lonely and horny spending mths away from their wives, and so they pleasure themselves with this er, vagina replacement?
So YUMMMMMMMMY
But how, might i ask are u ever going to eat this again knowing the above?
you know how sometimes hawkers stir fry the sotong whole and you bite into the mid section and there's the creamy part?
Ok i need a bottle of mouthwash now. Or a brainwash. Whatever. *runs off to bed*
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Montag, Dezember 25, 2006
Irritatingly chirpy SandraIt's Christmas! At the risk of sounding corny, everything just seems to be beautiful this time of the year, doesn't it? The weather's great, for once the a/c's not on and....
the cool breeze just made me shiver. *tingles with joy*
X'mas eve was a quiet and cosy affair this year. First up, our semi-DIY turkey.
Pls don't believe cold storage when they tell you to heat up the turkey at 325F for 1 1/2 - 2 1/4 hrs. The insides'll still be cold! Do it for like 2 1/2 hrs at 400F.
And if you're wondering why the drink on the left's a different colour from the others, that's my ribena :D
Had our dinner right beside my gorgeous skeletony xmas tree. My evil twin Duckie brought his x'mas gift in an NTUC plastic bag. Unforgivable!
Due to his er, hyperactive nature, poor Georgie was left out of the celebration. However, he did recieve a lovely x'mas gift from his mummy - a brand new bed. He doesn't look too happy with it though...
It's past midnight! it's still x'mas though.That's the thing that's so great abt xmas, there's 12 days of it! but work resumes tmr so.... night all :D
*scoots off to bed*
P.S: Oh yes, i've never really believed in NY resolutions, but i thought i might make 1 for the coming new year. What's yours?
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Freitag, Dezember 22, 2006
I Heart X'mas...
It looks like a lil bit like a scarecrow, doesn't it? The pins simply refuse to fan out. despite me talking to it everyday. Bad X'mas tree!
But all's good, i've got a new home now and i have my tree. My home is warm and cosy, and I am happy.
Merry X'mas everyone! *hugs*
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Montag, Dezember 11, 2006
Happy Birthday to me.
It's my 21st birthday tmr. I'm facing yet another divorce in the family (this time from my guardian). Somehow they still find a way to torment me even when i'm not 6 years old anymore, even when i moved out 2 years ago. Affairs, fights, screams. The deja vu's so intense i can barely see straight. Late night phone calls, the tears. At this point i am thinking - family's really overrated. Given a choice, i'll rather be lonely than miserable.
Yet there's no time to wallow in self pity. I have so many friends who remembered my birthday, so many ppl have expressed their well-wishes even before the day has arrived.
I'm so glad i was born too, so i can share my life with all of you.
P.S: pls stop asking for a wishlist k, everyone knows i'm the biggest fan of
these clothes . Ok fine they didn't know. But now you do. :D
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Samstag, November 11, 2006
Just so not worth it sometimes...typing this at supersonic speed during wrk, so pls bear with bad grammar, limited vocab etc etc.
It's always good to let bygones be bygones. And though there's really no point talking abt the past, its immensely therapeutic for most, thus this entry. Now I don't really care abt the reactions this'll get, i'm really quite adjusted to people calling me an attention whore, slut, etc etc. And here's no such thing as a private blog either (pls stop the javascript password thing, its ridiculously easy to break). Anyway, here goes...
met this guy at the blog con last year. We happened to be seated at the same table, and he seemed to be an all-round good guy. We got along well, though there weren't any romantic notions, at least not on my part. We met up a couple of times after that, along with some of the bloggers, and i realised that he seemed to have taken a liking to me. It felt kinda weird, i wasn't ready to date anyone at that point of time, with all the drama going on in my life, so i kind of made that clear to him over msn one night. Basically, he kind of thought that me saying that was just to brush him off, and if i didn't have feelings for him, i shld just come straight out and say it. Things ended on an awkward note that night and we didn't speak to each other for a few weeks thereafter.
He approached me on msn again one night and asked why i, hmm how i shld i put it, backstabbed him. To me it was a very rude accusation, and i've always been the no-nonense kinda girl, so below's the summary of what i told him that night.
1) a few girls came up to me and talked abt how this guy asked them out individually. They knew that i met the guy before, and asked for my opinion.
2) i said exactly what i wld have said abt any other guy whom i didn't know well. - be careful, and be safe. going out alone with a guy whom you've nv met - cmon, what was i supposed to say? ooh go for it! he might turn out to be the one?
3) if the few girls (whoever they are, i don't remember and don't care) were idiotic enough to convey the message wrongly to him, that shldn't be my problem. I'm not ashamed of what i said. i''ve always been incredibly cautious of my dates and always will be.
Unfortunately, the guy in question didn't believe me, and insisted that there's no way why those girls wld lie to him etc etc. And it couldn't have been this other close girlfriend of his, cos she's supposedly a very good friend blah blah. And this really did set me off. i wasn't angry at him of course, he was probably just as angry and confused as i was, but at the girls who seeked advice from me and translated that into complete nonsense. It's just not worth it sometimes, i tell ya. Next time anybody asks, i'll say:
好啊，，去啊，那位叔叔会请你吃糖的哦！
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Samstag, November 04, 2006
The games people play...I've never really considered myself as a late blossomer. I mean, i had boobs and my menses just about the same time as everybody else, and people often commented on this "mature" aura about me that i still don't get.
Still it took me ages to learn the things that people already seem to know. How you shld never show your true colours on the first date, how you shld always wait for the guy to call/text you after a date etc etc. Aren't these all...... games? I guess one might argue that this is all very subjective, some people are not game players etc etc, but believe me, everybody does it. I just didn't know how to.
A few years back i dated this guy who was seemingly perfect. Attraction of cos, cannot be explained, only felt and there were moments where like in a romance novel, my heart skipped a beat. Perhaps it was his unassuming nature, the fact that he bought me perfume that smelled like cotton candy ( i absolutely adore the smell of cotton candy), or how he greeted security guards with a loud "Howdy, mate!" with a big smile on his face.
As much as i was attracted to him, i was also confused by his weird gestures/actions (which i later realised that that was all game moves). You know, stuff like always look busy so that yr date won't think that you idle around all day waiting for her call, shower her with affection and then recoil just a lil to keep her wanting for more. We subsequently stopped dating and he left for a work stint in a foreign country.
When i first learnt all these i was bursting with indignation.
like huh?! free means free, not free means not free. why must act busy? *furrowed brow*
He's back, but i refuse to let myself be mindfucked again. Enough games. Gimme someone real pls.
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Sonntag, Oktober 08, 2006
My 3 best girls.
L to R: Dee, Pam, Me and Von
Von's birthday at Coco Latte, which also marks 8 years of friendship for the 4 of us. This is like, a mth late (her birthday was in Sept) but that's how long the ditzhead took to send me the pictures. Happy belated birthday sweetie. *HUGS*!
P.S: Dee is also dee-liciously single! any takers? ;) Must like watching Spongebob squarepants, pls.
Note to Dee: Not my idea hor..... *points at von*
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Donnerstag, September 14, 2006
Cynics? Or just scared?We put artifical intelligence in computers, and use less of our brains. We speak faster than we think, and sometimes we don't think at all. And in the era of Wi-max/bluetooth/ez-link payment, we have become more cash-rich and tech-savy, but we put much less faith in our own kind and understand less about our loved ones. It's ironic, how we embrace the advancement of technology with open arms, and yet close our hearts to the people around us.
I don't know. I wanted to talk about cynical people and how it's so depressing that i'm meeting more and more of them, but somehow i don't know where to start. Thus, the only-vaguely-related-to-the-topic-abrupt introduction.
Do you like cynical people? I don't. All i can hear about is how they think marriage sucks, their present relationship will never last, how people are never genuinely nice blah blah blah.
But somehow everyone's a cynic these days. Maybe it's the aspartame present in most sweets these days, or all the recycled urine we're drinking. Just last week I remember telling my guardian that i would love to live with her forever. You know, show her the same amount of care and concern she showered on me when i thought all was lost. She looked at me and said "ya right... u're just saying it....kids these days would never do that".
Typical of her to say that, but It really made me wonder. Was she being cynical, or just too afraid to hope? In that case, are the whole lot of them just scared? That's sad, you know. Don't be naive, they say. It's foolish to hope for some things, you'll only end up disappointed and angry. Or maybe it was their emotional baggage speaking.
I really tried, at least i really think i did. Be all indifferent to the people around me, try not to care too much, just so i won't get hurt. But i couldn't. The only way i could give it is my all. Life IS unfair, you can't choose your endings, but i'm thankful that at least there are some things that i can choose.
When i was litte i wanted 3 things.
1) to be a lawyer.
2) to be married forever.
3) endless supply of Double-Decker crackers.
I'm definitely not going to become a lawyer, and i'm much too health conscious to eat more than a packet of double-deckers at one go, but i will be married forever.
Well a girl can still hope, can't she?
;)
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Sonntag, September 10, 2006
Why you should never date a china man.I was having a steamboat dinner with a couple of friends at bugis yesterday (the steamboat shop beside lai lai beef noodles. the food's okay, not fantastic but everywhere else was too crowded.)
Anyways, we were seated just outside the entrance beside the parked cars. 3 diners had just vacated this table beside us. 3 chinamen who had been standing around immediately took the table.
The waitress (who's obviously china-born too) rushed to tell the men that this table didn't belong to them. She offered them a table upstairs earlier but they refused to take it.
Waitress: Sorry sir, this table is already taken.
Chinaman: But you told me table no. 10. This is table no. 10
Waitress: i couldn't have. these ladies have been waiting for ages. (gesturing to three meek-looking ladies standing beside.)
Chinaman: No i don't care, you did tell me table 10.
So this carried on for like 10 mins, until the stressed out waitress declared that if she told them table 10, she would be knocked down by a car. Now this was really extremely disturbing. 3 guys with their butts glued to the chair while 3 ladies stood there looking at them. John (who was seated beside me) couldn't take it any longer, and shouted "Hey i did hear the waitress offer you guys the table upstairs, not this table, so would you pls get a move on??!!!"
Stony stares from the three of them, but still no movement.
(at this point of time i nudged Ian and told him that if they were to pour steamboat soup on my face, would he pls protect me with his. My face makes more money. haha.)
So the waitress continued to reason with the 3 ugly stooges until she resignedly cleared the table for them while the 3 lady guests erm, wandered away.
Have you ever met such...... disgusting people? there's just no other word for it. I know unreasonable guests are everywhere, but i do firmly believe that locals and westerners would at least have the basic manners not to snatch a table from 3 young ladies. (and pretty ones, at that.)
And the next thing they did? SMOKE! In a no smoking zone!
This is why you should not offend a blogger. And that's half a Pam smiling on the right.
i hate chinamen. I really do. I hate it when they
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Montag, September 04, 2006
Demise of Steve Irwin.
CROCODILE Hunter Steve Irwin has died after a string-ray barb caught him in the chest.
The 44-year-old international TV star was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater documentary when the incident happened.
Ambulance officers confirmed they attended a reef fatality this morning at Batt Reef off Port Douglas. It is understood Irwin was killed around midday.
Irwin leaves his wife Terri and young children Bob and and Bindi.
The blonde star of Crocodile Hunter, who made khaki shorts and boots his uniform all year round, was an Australian icon.
But his reptile wrestling antics thrilled overseas audiences even more and he became a fixture on US television in the past decade.
The son of naturalists Bob and Lyn Irwin, Steve learned to live with dangerous reptiles from a young age at the family's Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park.
He opened his own Australia Zoo in Queensland in 1991, leading him to record the hugely popular Crocodile Hunter the following year.
His catchcry of "Crikey!" brought the unfashionable Aussie phrase back into vogue.
Irwin's work had a serious side. He was recently made the face of Australia's quarantine laws and appeared in TV advertisements urging travellers not to endanger Australia's unique flora and fauna by bringing in foreign specimens.
For all his love of animals, Irwin's first duty was to his US-born wife, Terri Reines, who appeared by his side from the very first episode of the Crocodile Hunter. In 1998, their daughter Bindi Sue was born and drafted straight into the family business.
As an avid fan of Animal Planet, i am deeply saddened by the news. Though i'm no fan of his, it just feels strange knowing that we won't get to see him wrestling crocodiles on tv anymore. =(
Stupid Stingray. So delicious. I'm gonna eat them for dinner for a week. Sting somemore lah.
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Samstag, August 19, 2006
Did you know...there used to be an IRC channel named #zouk. and all the girls in it were called zoukettes. -Mandrake
that a typical goldfish has only a 3 sec memory.
"wah, so big, never came here before..."
"wah, so big, never came here before..."
*swimming here and there*
"wah, so big, never came here before..." - -Mandrake
The average bra size today is 36C. Ten years ago it was 34B. -Young
funny how boobs are getting bigger... but penises stay the same size? :P
The largest toy distributor in the world is Macdonald's.--Young
Girls with a ring finger longer than their index finger are considered to be more aggressive, more likely to be bisexual, and are less likely to get breast cancer. --TinkerTailor
Woohoo!!!!
I'm beautiful.It's not that fun but its a fact. -- Pammie
We kill more cows for leather than for consumption. Therefore i've decided:
In order to balance the equation, i shall sacrifice myslf n eat more beef --Pammie
Per capita, Canada has more doughnut shops than any other country --Keong
ppl make century eggs by soaking the eggs in horse pee. -- John
Erm... i can cook! --Me
Recent Conquest - Sweet and Sour Pork. (Emu me for the recipe :D)
giraffes have no vocal chords --Spunky
the average asian guy is onli 12-14 cm long when erected. --Dotty
blurped and farted gas by cows contains methane, which are causing alot of damage to our ozone... in turn global warming. its so bad they actually consider it as a major culprit of global warming --Rui
My gosh this is so addictive. Think i might just start a collection. So tell me a fun fact!
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