Food for thought

Last Thursday was supposed to be my Off Day, for working on Hari Raya last weekend. But I decided to help out Han Siong with a photo-shoot that morning. Well, I never regretted helping out...

Although the shoot started rather late at 9:20am, and was rather chaotic at times, but somehow or rather, overall, things went smoothly, and we ended the session at 11:45pm. Keeping in mind that we had to take individual photographs of all 70 kids, 5 formal & informal Class photographs.

By the end of the shoot, both of us were dead beaten, even though we weren't the ones handling the kids... And we decided to head down to a stretch of hawker centres opposite Bukit Timah Shopping Centre & Beauty World Centre.

But made me realised one thing: Teachers of any level, are really magnanimous figures. Especially, nursery & kindergarten teachers. Not only do they have to be an educator, but they have to be a friend, a mother, a brother, a sister or even a mentor at different times of the day, or maybe assuming different roles at the same time... If it was me, I don't think I'll be able to assume such a figure. Or even worse, I might go crazy by the end of just one day... haha!!!

So... CHEERS TO ALL THE GREAT TEACHERS & EDUCATORS!!!

Back to lunch... We came to this long stretch of hawker centre opposite Bukit Timah Shopping Centre... I've never been there before, but was definitely an eye-opener. The range of food is HUGE!!! From muslim to indian, from Chinese to Western, from Taiwan to Korean... I guess there's at least 20 restaurants just on that 100 metres lane...

In the end we settled for a prata stall, which Han Siong said is famous for its prata. He ordered cheese mushroom & ice Milo Dinosaur, while I ordered cheese egg & ice tea with milk.

A small piece of prata... But please please please please please.... Don't be deceived by its appearance!!! The chef was very generous with the amount of cheese and was evenly spread out. The egg was half cooked. And the whole prata was beautifully cooked.. Every bite of the prata is filled with lotsa cheese & egg... YUM YUM!!! Just talking & recalling the prata that day, is enough to make me salivate!!!

Dip a piece of the Prata into their specially home-made vegetarian vege curry... Marvelous...

Oh!!! And the Ice milk tea... Brewed with Lipton red tea. The drink is orange-red in colour. Not too sweet & not too bitter... Make you wanna just keep drinking & drinking & drinking... Never get sick of it...

OH MY GOSH!!! I'm gonna go back there one weekend to have their prata AGAIN!!! HAHA!!!

Oh... Almost forgot... I only had one piece of prata and I was FULL... Even I couldn't believe it...

After which, Han Siong gave me a ride back to Office. From there I took MRT home...
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Friday. Back to Office with ton of work to be done and endless calls to answer and more appointments to fix... Seems like a typical day for me haha!!!

Can't wait for Saturday to come by, as I'll be joining Ah Hui for Wedding Dinner... Wonder what she'll wear...

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Yesterday, Saturday, had an appointment at 1pm. But it was ALL the way at Bukit batok.. SO FAR AWAY!!! But well, for the sake of my commission, I gladly do it haha!!! Met up with the clients. But what kinda shocked me was the crowd awaiting me... The client's house was packed with at least 12 people... 4 couples and the rest were maybe their aunties and parents...

So.. after very brief introduction, we went straight into the jeez of today's discussion. Wedding Package Price. No showreel of our company's production, just pure discussion of pricing...

Having given them an upfront 20% discount off the pcakge, they couldn't touch that anymore *YEAH!!* So it was trimmed down to extra items and discount on OT rates... Keeping in mind the previous meet-up with Mr. W (That F*ed up wedding client....) I was told them all the additional charges and all the terms & conditions and carefully explained to them every single detail...

And of cause, writing down all the things we had discussed.

Finally, after many rounds of discussion, everyone was happy with the price and we signed...

To my surprise, it wasn't one package, but four!!! Because I only brought 3 order forms, but I made an arrangement with the fourth couple to sign the order form next week evening in town. And the deposit can be made when they come down to pass us the photos for the Photo Montage.

Happy happy!!! haha!!! So many packages signed in just one afternoon... I think I really have to thank god for giving me such a good opportunity... I guess I was griming all the way back to Office haha! Cause quite a number of people were looking at me... But I don't really bother haha!

Back to Office... Quiet and cozy... Started to bitch with them about the earlier appointment, while having my lunch...

Quite disappointing in the evening because the Wedding Dinner with Ah Hui was called off... Not sure what was on her mind... But never-mind, luckily I knew my friends were in Orchard, so immediately I went off to find them...

After some shopping & dinner, we went to Double O to chill. It was "Retro Night". It's been a while since I visited "Retro Night". Just hope that the DJ would play some cool hits, so that we can have a great time dancing & partying...

The drinks were really cheap. $12 for a Mixer Jug. $3 per Tequila shot or Tequila Pop. Definitely a place for people to chill & drink around 9pm to 11 plus, before moving on to St. James or MOS to dance the night away...

In total, if I remembered correctly, we ordered 1 shot Jagameiser, 3 Mixer Jug, 8 shots of Tequila, before we hit the Dance Floor... The DJ was excellent that night, linking popular Retro Hits, one after another... And not forgetting Classics from Bon Jovi, U2, ABBA & Michael Jackson... I guess all of us really sweated it out on the Dance Floor haha!!!


At Double O: Jane & Sally (Before Sally's all red...)

Ber, Jane & Sally (After Sally's all Red..)

My only pic with Jane ;)

Our usual photo "whore" haha!!!

But the night wasn't over, till we said it was OVER... Ber's friend, Gerald, came over to join us. Being an "Anti-Double O" person, he invited us over to his friend's pub, which was none other than ChillZ Bar... HAHAH!!! How coincidental right??? It's the same pub i always frequent with Ah Hui's frenz...

There, Gerald introduced to us the Lady Boss, Cecilia, as well as some of his colleagues... They were really a bunch of fun-loving people, who loves to be in a company of their friends... We sang, drank and played mini games... It was definitely a very, very fun night... Thanks Gerald & Cecilia!


All of us playing a new version of "Fist Guessing" Game.

Well, I guess I'm still nursing the hang-over I had from last night hahaha!!! Don't think I'll be heading down to Club anytime soon...

That is... Till Siong Siong comes back... haha!!!

Rot in Singapore

Great news!!! My long-awaited holiday trip to Taiwan is once again CANCELED!!! That means I get to stay in Singapore, and my friends don't have to miss me...

A few friends asked me why is the trip called off?! I just replied them that I have some personal problems, so I won't be going to Taiwan with my friends in March...

So, I guess I won't be visiting Taiwan anytime soon... Sorry Xiao Xuan... Can't get the chance to meet you... Sigh...

That means no shopping for another dunno how many months... ARGH!!! I WANNA SHOP!!! But not in Singapore...

Next time bahZ...

WhazZUP!!!??

What's been happening to me this week??

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TONS!!!!

Well, Monday to Wednesday were quite normal, go out appointment & show clients some samples blah blah blah...

Thursday: We were informed that we have an exhibition on the coming Saturday, which was 13/10. Really sucks lor! So late then inform us... But never-mind, at least we don't have to prepare much things. Just print brochures, price-list, video & photo samples, stationaries and order forms...

Friday was the one day that sent me on a Roller Coaster Ride... 2 customers on the same day, almost made me wanna laugh & cry, and even KILL them!!! Let's name them A & B

Customer A is the Husband of Ms W, whom me & my manager has been co-ordinating very long for their wedding video. They know that their Wedding is on Hari Raya Puasa, which is a Public Holiday. Most services provided on a Public Holiday or Sunday or even Peak Season, there're surcharges or increase in pricing.

All along, while we were discussing about the price for their filming, we never include the additional charge. We only touch on that when the client ask or when we touch on clause, terms & conditions....

In the end, we settled for a final price of $600 for 6 hours shoot, which is actually way under market rate. Because $600 includes video filming & video post-production. The usual price is $850 for 6 hours of filming plus post-production.

Anyway, the husband is SUCH AN SSSSS!!!!!! On the day that he came to sign the package, he kept insisting that he wish to speak to my manager blah blah blah, even though I was involve in it as well... Throughout the whole conversation, his body language, tone of voice, type of words used, were so so so demanding and defensive. I found it absolutely difficult to strike a conversation with him, less building a rapport...

And did I mentioned that he was an almost 50 year old uncle? Enough to be my dad? YEAH!! He was that OLD!!! Sounded so much like a father. Demand this, demand that... "I want this", "I want that" type of attitude...

Even threw me this sentence, "I was in Sales line before..." So???!!! So what if you were in Sales line before? Does that make you the "BIG DADDY" in my office? I never scream in your face, because you're the client, and you're my senior, I give you face. if not I would have smashed your head with my big fat calculator and threw you out of my office.

C`mon lah uncle!!! Go get a life, get married, TRY to make your 40+ year old wife pregnant if you STILL CAN make your "di-di" stand attention... And rot in your house!!!

Customer B, Mr W. Tan, a wedding client I met up about 1 month ago. Discussed about wedding packages and pricing blah blah blah... At that point of time, he couldn't confirm with me the actual timing of his make-up artist, thus I didn't told him about the additional charges. Boy! That was one BIG mistake I made.

Why? He assumed it as "We don't have additional charges for early call-in or OT..." BULLSHIT!!! On Friday evening, he used phrases like, "I collectively gathered...", "Information which were told to me...", "I don't mean to push MY way through..." or "I don't wish to make things worse...", "I'm not a very mean guy. But just wanna let you know that..."

He was so smart & so cautious with his words... That I should give him an Oscar Award for "Best Supporting Actor". He was indirectly pushing all the blames to me... YES!!! Pushing Every Single Farking fault to ME... Making me looked like I was the one who made all the faults, all the blames, all the misunderstandings....

FINE!!! I accept ALL the blames, because, like what EVERYONE says "Customer is always right!" Because of this sentence, because I wanna earn HIS money, because I want MY commission, unwillingly forced all the blames, all the misunderstanding, and all the faults down my throat...

Well... In the end, he still signed the wedding package. Great!! At least I reached my motive. Commission in my pocket. Done! Happy! but not THAT happy...

Right after I finished handling that irritating Mr. W. Tan, my office immediately switched into "War" mode... Everyone were busy preparing for Saturday's Exhibition, cutting brochures, looking through videos & photos, making duplicate CDs, packing stationaries.

After a final check at 7:30pm, DONE! We were all set for the Exhibition at Furama Riverfront.
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Saturday, Furama RiverFront Level 3, 2PM

Exhibition tables set, brochures in goodies bags, flowers up, food & beverages ready, Cameras in place, Lightings ready, all guests have arrived... Let the Fashion show Be...

Er... Before that I show you some photos before the Runaway starts...


These standing flower bowls were littered all over the venue. NICE!


Entrance of our Exhibition Hall.


A close-up shot of the champagne glasses and the Champagne tower


FOOD GALORE!!!

The Exhibition was pretty short-lived. From 2pm to 6pm. And time flew by pretty fast. With only about 90mins of time for us to get as many deals as possible (From 4pm to 5:30pm), everyone were going straight to the point. Showreel Cut! Photo Slideshow Cut! Casual talks cut! Go straight to the Price.

Me, Eileen and Han Siong had to build rapport with customers in the shortest time possible and strike a deal with them. It was almost "Mission Impossible". Out of the 30 plus couples we talked to, we only managed to strike 3 deals. The process was nerve-recking, but the experience of holding an Exhibition is truly priceless.

Now at least I know what to do during an exhibition, what to bring, when to do certain things & how to do certain things. Timing and ambiance are two very critical elements for Exhibitions. One wrong move and the initial intention for that item will be ruined.

After the Exhibition, I rushed down to Orchard to meet up with Hui. As we're going for a Wedding Dinner next week, we still haven't pick a dress for her to wear... *headache*

Instead of it being an outing to buy a dress, I think it's more of an outing to destress... Both of us are very stressed with our work. Schedule everyday is packed to the max, leaving almost little time for our own things...

But still, we both managed to squeeze some time out to relax our mind and body, and do the things we love best. SHOPPING!!!


At Pasta Mania, having dinner.


At Hereen.

Notice anything different about Hui in the picture? YES! She's wearing a spag top. For the first time in 4 years, this is the first time I see her wearing a spag top when we go out... When I first saw her, my eyes were wide open. I was unsure whether that was her or not... But after "slapping" myself, accepted the fact... She looks great in spags *which I've been telling her all along*

Please. Wear that kinda clothes more often...

After we finished shopping, we went over to Boat Quay to join her friends at a newly-opened pub: Amber 21. Quite a nice pub, nice ambiance, cute gals, and good crowd. They were there to celebrate one of their friends going to Australia for overseas training. Lucky chap, going to Australia, though it's training, but still very lucky...

We drank a bit, sang a few songs and we went off at 11plus. Really wanted to stay a little longer. But because I had to go off for a midnight show at Century Square: Brotherhood.

It's a new HK movie, about Gangsters *AGAIN!!!* The cast for this movie is huge. Andy Lau, Eason Cheng, and many other veteran actors & actresses.

Although we missed the first 20mins of the show, but it didn't really throw us off the whole show, making us clueless what was going on in the later part of the show. Because the main point of the movie would only be revealed at the end...

Rating 3.5 out of 5 stars. Worth the money.

...Left-Out Photos...

Finally... I have time to post those photos which I didn't had the chance to upload...

Feast at Toa Payoh Central's Sakae Sushi

We ordered sushi, noodles, snacks and ate our hearts out haha!!! It was really fun!!!

CHEESE!!! The results of our "Battle" Well, it's considered little...


We ordered this cute looking sushi, that had two LONG Asparagus.


Cute Corn Croquettes

Some random shots taken


Her poor shoulder....


My Work Place
Welcome to my beloved workplace...

The laptop I use everyday to do my work. But there's a problem with the battery *Sigh*

*TADA* The place next to my work desk, where I'll do my presentation to customers.

Swollen Eyes
This poor bird had its left eye swollen, till a state that it was gonna pop out any moment!! YUKE!!!


Cheeky Shots! By Sally & Anna...


A Shop I found at Takashimaya, which had exactly the same name as my dad. haha!!!


A new Shop
Recently, a new confectionery shop opened around my work place. And this was the scene on Day 1.

LONG QUEUE!!!


Only for freaking donuts... What's wrong with Singaporeans...


This is a Juice Stall near my workplace. A big glass & It's only $1.50!!!
In the picture is Priscilla, one of the 3 new interns at our company. A sweet girl.


Next time, I''ll post some more photos of my working colleagues...

Tied up....

So sorry guys, especially my dear blog... So long never update what's been going on with my life...

Life at my job is beginnin to settle in, as I begin to get tuned in more & more with each passing day...

At the same time, life is starting to get monotonous. Wake up at 8:30am, wash up, bathe, breakfast, dress up, leave my house at 9:35am. Catch the 9:45am bus (For god sake, Bus 293 is always so so so SLOW!!!!)

Board the 9:50/9:55am train. The usual pretty girls I get to see everyday... Whenever I see them, I'll give them a friendly smile. Maybe its because we see each other almost every single day, thus we would recognised each other as "familiar" faces...

As usual, the train would be packed from head to toe, and I would listen to my cute little red MP3 Player (Ops! I forgotten to post the pictures of my cute MP3 player haha!!! I'll do that soon...)

Around 10:25am, I'll reach Tanjong Pagar and reach my Office 10:30am sharp haha!!!

And I'll knock off around 6:30pm +/- 10mins. Reach home around 8pm. By then, I'm already half-"shagged" or left with only 40% energy... I'll have my dinner in front of my TV, while I watch some Taiwanese Idol Drama (Currently watching Ai Sha 17 by Zhang Shao Han)

Unable to use my PC, cuz it'll be "dominated" by my sister, I could only stick to my show... Around 10:30pm or 11pm, I would visit my dreamland... And the whole process will repeat itself...


BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's a TOTAL BORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What can I do??? Save up enough money to go further studies... OR start my own fashion business...

Will post pictures I've taken last few weeks. I just realised that I've tons of new photos in my phone, which I didn't had time to upload... *GEEZ*

Resident Evil: Extinction

After the Raccoon City Incident in 2002, the T-Virus escaped containment despite the nuclear destruction of the city. The Umbrella Corporation desperately tries to stop it from turning the entire world's population into zombies, but after a series of viral outbreaks over the past 5 years, the world is on the verge of extinction.

Alice (Milla Jovovich), Umbrella's greatest Bio-Organic Weapon, is now alone in the desert wastelands of the remains of the United States after learning that the corporation has the ability to track her location via satellite. She has super-human strength and psychokinetic abilities gained from her brief imprisonment by Umbrella, and because of her ability to bond with the T-virus, the corporation seeks to develop a permanent cure to the T-Virus to save what is left of humanity. Under the orders of Umbrella chief Albert Wesker, Dr. Sam Isaacs attempts to create a cure without Alice, using clones created from her blood; the clones endure tests within re-created Spencer Mansion, The Hive, and Raccoon City Hospital locations, but none survive.

Meanwhile, Claire Redfield's (Ali Larter) convoy, which includes fellow Raccoon survivors Carlos Olivera (Oded Fehr) and L.J. (Mike Epps), along with new survivors K-Mart (Spencer Locke), Mikey (Egan) and Nurse Betty (Ashanti), search a small motel for supplies. L.J. is bitten, but does not tell Nurse Betty, who checks his other wounds. The next morning a horde of infected crows begin to attack the convoy, however, Alice appears. She uses her telekinesis to utilize the flamethrower and covers the sky in fire while simultaneously keeping the convoy safe. Despite her efforts, Nurse Betty and a few others die in the attack.

Alice is introduced to Claire, and the leaders of the group decide to search for supplies in Las Vegas. At the Umbrella corporation, with the help of a new artificial intelligence computer called the White Queen, they are able to pick up Alice's location based on the use of her power. Dr. Isaacs orders a crate of super zombies, created from cloned Alice's blood, to be transported to the convoy's destination against Wesker's wishes. The convoy meet with the new zombies and a battle between them ensues. Mikey is killed along with a large portion of the convoy in the fight, while L.J. turns into a zombie and bites Carlos before being shot down. Once Umbrella sees Alice is in position, they attempt to "shut her down" and control her actions. She resists the attempt and continues to come for Isaacs, getting to his location just as he slips away in a helicopter. She refrains from shooting the helicopter in order to later use it as transport to Alaska.

The remaining members of the convoy head towards the Umbrella facility, but they find it surrounded by thousands of zombies. Carlos believes the infection inside himself has gone beyond a cure, and then sacrifices himself for the convoy. Alice and Carlos kiss before he departs, using a gasoline transport truck to drive into the zombies. He detonates the dynamite and after the explosion, the group move in through the opening made by Carlos's sacrifice. They depart on the helicopter piloted by Claire. Alice stays behind, however, planning to exact her revenge on the Umbrella Corporation. Dr. Isaacs has been bitten by a super zombie and has mutated into a monster, the Tyrant. After Wesker's orders to have him killed fail, Isaacs goes on to kill all the employees in the facility. The White Queen manages to trap Isaacs in the lower levels and instructs Alice that she must pass through there to create a cure.

Alice heads down, seeing a clone of herself still in a vegetative state. She examines it, but Isaacs interrupts, attacking Alice before fleeing when she stabs him with a khukri knife. The clone then awakens, seemingly dying in Alice's arms. She covers the clone in her coat and leaves after Isaacs. In the replica of the Spencer Mansion, a battle between Isaacs and Alice ensues, both displaying use of telekinesis. When the fight is taken to a replica of the laser room from The Hive, Alice informs him that they are both to die there when the lasers activate. The lasers cut Isaacs into pieces in the same fashion as the character One in Resident Evil, and just as Alice is about to meet the same fate, the lasers dissipate. The clone of Alice is shown to be the one who turned off the lasers.

Meanwhile, in Tokyo, Japan Wesker informs the rest of the Umbrella board that the North American branch has been lost, and he will now control further scientific experimentation from Japan. Using holographic technology, Alice makes an appearance at the meeting, saying that she and her friends are coming for them now. Standing beside the clone of herself, Alice looks onto the rows of pods containing the other clones, their numbers in the hundreds. As many clones begin to awake, the film ends.

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Watched the movie last night. Definitely had the suspense that Resident Evil is famous for. All the sudden "BOOM!", "AH!" are timed very well with the sound effect. Gives us an insight that Alice, Nemesis and all that happened, were just part of an even bigger project by Umbrella Corporation.

You'll find the mutation of Dr. Isaacs, very familiar. Yes! It's Nemesis from Resident Evil 3: Nemesis or Bio-hazard 3: Nemesis.

Hopefully, there's a fourth or fifth installation to this ever-popular horror gaming title...

I rate it 4/5.

A Question...

A phrase quoted from a blog:
"What do guys know about love?

I find it rather funny when female friends asked me this question. In their mind, they always felt that guys don’t know anything about love. Even if they do know about it but they never seem to be emotional towards anything.

I don’t think it’s true.

I find guys are as emotional and sentimental as any species of any kind. Maybe the fact of us being born as male species requires them to be dominant.

Ego, pride, whatever you name it. The feeling does not allow others to recognize them as the weaker kind that falls into wheels of emotion.

In a relationship, the role of the male is to protect and possess the female as so to say. Being protective means you have express yourself as mentally strong and not swayed into temptations.

But not all guys are like that.

As far as I know there are a couple of them who gets all emotional during a quarrel. Guys do cry when they are sad. It’s a lie if they tell you they never cry before, for there’s nothing chauvinist for a man to shed his tears but for a fruitful course that is.

Adults cried quietly, trying to hide the attention of those weary eyes.

I cried many times in my life, sometimes over silly things, sometimes over a sad movie, sometimes over a failure, sometimes over a relationship. But if you ask me whether I have cried before, my answer would most probably be a straight no in your face.

But if you ask me what I know about love. My answer would surprisingly be a ‘no’ too.

All I can only tell you that love is a remarkable experience that only you alone can feel when it hits you.

Everyone’s definition and impression is different and there’s no right or wrong to it. There’s no logic or rational thinking towards love. There’s only how you feel that leads you. That’s why people always say “go with your heart” in a relationship.

A relationship is not measurable with any formula or logical explanation. If you like a person, you will really like him/her despite all the bad points that he/she has… and even you yourself won’t believe what decision you have made.

When that time comes, you’ll know that you’re in love.

This is Love, all irrational and unbelievably true."

End of Quote...
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I dunno how true is that. But like the author said... Guys will say "No, I don't know much about Love..." even for me... Although there's one sentence I agreed with the author and that is:

"A relationship is not measurable with any formula or logical explanation. If you like a person, you will really like him/her despite all the bad points that he/she has… and even you yourself won’t believe what decision you have made."

I once liked a girl very, very much...

Till a point that I liked her anger, her stubbornness, her unreasonableness, her straight-forwardness, her everything...

Her silliness would never fail to bring a smile to my face, even if it was just a small gesture by her.

Her smile would brighten up my dull days...
Her tears would stir my emotions to feel with her...
Her lousy sense of direction would urge me to grab her by her hand to guide her to the right path...
I would do literally anything for her, just to see her smile, just to see her happy...
Simple & Pure. Never once had I doubted my feelings for her. Never once had I questioned myself. All because I followed my heart...

Even though she might never once thought about two of us being together, I never regretted liking her, letting her know my feelings for her, making all the so-called "silly decisions & actions". For I followed my heart...

I once liked a girl very, very much...

And I still do...

Sick Demon found me.... *Sad*

Argh! Being sick sucks! Sucks big time I tell you.... I talk a bit *cough cough* I breathe a bit *A chu*

sigh... Yesterday was Mid-Autumn Festival, yet I spent the whole night not enjoying the moon, but resting in my bed, fighting those evil viral... ARGH!!!

Took half day off to come back home to rest... I think I'm kinda irritated by cold air... cuz the Moment I got out from Air Con room, my coughing and sneezing stopped all together... Sigh...

I WANNA GET WELLL!!! Take that you irritating virus! *Throws a punch at the Virus*

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Finally my trip to Taiwan can be realised!!! Planning on 23rd March or 30th March. And it'll be a 5D 5N trip there... coming back on the 6th Day heee... Will be going with my dear sisters of 12 years...

It'll be fun!!! But have to book tickets and hotel rooms quick, as they're being grabbed up pretty fast!

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Just read her blog. She has someone she like now. Great. Must be a guy in her life guard course.
Tall, Handsome, has a bike, has a career, wonderful personality. *Smile*

Since she has someone she adores now... I guess it's about time for me to move on as well... Somehow or rather, after knowing that she has a liking or crush on someone, I felt a sense of relieve, and not a sense of jealousy... Strange...

Still, I should move on... Enjoy my single-hood again! Enjoy being a bachelor once more! Well, that's until I find a girl I wanna spend the rest of my life with... Else, I guess I'll just stay single...

haha!!!

Happiness...???

stolen from Sherilyn *Sori :P*

[ ]You have a boyfriend/girlfriend
[ ]You are in love
[x]You have your own room.
[x]You own a cell phone.
[x]You have an ipod/ mp3 player
[x]Your parents are still married.
[x]You have more than 1 best friend.
[ ]There is a swimming pool in yourbackyard
T.0.T.A.L: 5

*
[x] You dress how you want to.
[x] You hang out with friends more than once a week
[x] There is a computer/ laptop inyour room
[ ] You have never been beaten up
[x] You NEVER cry more than twice a month.
[x] You are allowed to listen to the music you want to.
[x] Your room is big enough for you.
T.0.T.A.L: 6

*


[x] You have over 50 friends onfriendster
[x] You have over 500 friends on friendster
[ ] You have over 1000 friends on friendster
[x] You have pictures on friendster
[x] Your parents let you have a friendster
[x] You get allowance
[x] You collect something normal.
[x] You look forward to goingto school.
[x] You don't wish you were someone else.
[x] You play a sport.
[x] You do something after school.
T.O.T.A.L: 10

*

[ ] You own a car.
[x] You usually don't fight with your mom
[x] You are satisfied with your appearance
[ ] You have never gotten a failing grade in your life
[x] You have friends
T.0.T.A.L: 3

*

[x] You know what is going on in theworld.
[x] You care about many people.
[x] You know more than one language
[x] You have a screen name.
[ ] You own a pet.
[x] You know the words to more than 5 songs.
[x] You dont have any enemies
[x] You are a generally nice person.
T.O.T.A.L: 7

*

T.O.T.A.L... O.V.E.R.A.L.L: 31
Now count your numbers and multiply by 3!
my life is 93% happy! hahaha :D

Real or not haha!!! I'm 93% Happy hahaha!!! That's great!!!

Weekends...

Met up with Bernice, Sally, Anna first on Saturday evening. After which, we slacked around PS & walked all the way to Orchard. Along the way, we were helping Anna to look for a name card holder for her Boyfriend. Saw a few designs and some of them were really nice haha!!!

Sally had to go off earlier because she's a Modern Day Cinderella. We can't blame her, cuz in Asian Countries, parents are normally more strict towards girls, as girls are so-called weaker in phyiscal strength and easily get bullied. And Parents would advise girls not to stay out too late, avoid dark lanes or areas which are too quiet, as flashers or rapists might be around. These are the exact similar things I told my sister as well...

With Sally going off, we headed down to Clark Quay to meet up with Linda & her friend at Riverside Point. They were having their dinner at this Bar / Restaurant called "Brewaeks"

This restaurant sells western fusion food, but the main focus is their beer. Their beer selections are specially-flavoured with Honey, spices, peppermint etc etc. They made known to people that their beer are meant to be slowly enjoyed, and not like regular beers, to be "pour" down our throat like tasteless, odourless water.

And this is the first time I've tasted beer with such layers of flavours. We tried "Golden Ale" A drink, with a balanced blend of wheat's bitterness & the sweetness of honey. Gentle on the tongue, soothing on the throat. haha!!! Try it man!!

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Chin Mei smsed me this morning and asked me, whether is it alright for a girl to say "I like you" to a guy.

I replied: "There's no right or wrong. Only willing to face the true feelings or not... Made known your feelings to him. Even if he rejects you, at least you have no regrets, cuz you were brave enough to tell someone you like him"

Just hope that the guy she's proposing to, realises that Chin Mei is an unpolished gem. A beautiful & great girl, in a small body...

As for me... The girl I like... Might never dare to face her true feelings for me, no matter how many times I make my feelings known to her...

Mount Faber

Woke up at around 12plus today. Watched 2 discs of "Ai Qing Mo Jie"

Then went over to my granny's house... Only then I realised that it was "Da Ah Peh's" Birthday.
And he give us blessings, as well as allow us to ask questions on how to resolve whatever problems we have.

For me, I don't think the problems I'm facing now are so bad that left me no choice but to seek help from God. So, when he asked me whether I have anything to ask, I said "No..."

Then he asked me what job I'm working now, I replied that I'm working at a Bridal Shop. After which he said "Very good. Bright Future. Must be hardworking..." I could only reply, "Yes I will..."

Then, he started to do those "finger-counting" thing that we would normally see in those chinese movies. But I suddenly felt that "Da Ah Peh" seems to look something, but he just wanted me to ask him, instead of him telling me... IMO, I just let nature take its course. If it's bound to happen, it will happen.

When I reached home, my Dad tagged us along for dinner with his "Tang Zhu" friends. Oh boy! Was it a Feast!!!



We had Horfun, Fried Egg Noodles, Fried Oyster omelet, Fish Steak, Fried rice, Claypot Tofu, sweet & sour pork ribs, carrot cake & last but not least Spicy Gong Bao Chicken.

SO YUMMY!!!! *...Salivating... *

Then, Tang Zhu suggested that we go for a stroll at Vivo City. It was simply splendid. All of us sat at the back of the Lorry, and the wind just breezed by our faces. It's been a long while since I last sat at the back of a lorry...

On the way back, we made a detour to Mount Faber...

Mount Faber leh... OMG!!! I've lived in Singapore for 22 years & I've never even been there before. Really never regret going there... The view of Singapore was just simply BREATH-TAKING...


Too bad the trees & bushes were just too tall...


haha!!! The Ferries Wheel is ALMOST DONE!!! Official Opening is on Valentines' Day.


Lorry Moved too fast haha!!! The skyscrapers of Singapore...

am I over-concerned?

Am I being over-concerned about my friend's well being?

A few moments ago, while celebrating my Sister's belated bday with her friends, she told me that she's not feeling well... Then, I told her to sleep early..since she has a long & tiring schedule the very next day. TO my surprise, she was still on MSN after I reached home around 1:30am.

I advised her to go sleep soon, as she has to wake up very early tomorrow to go work, and further more she was down with flu & headache. Her body's immune system would slowly become weaker & weaker if she don't take good care of it...

Then, I just shot it out: "Nvm...U're old enough to know what's good for you..."

"Don't use this on me...
If you wanna cont. to rack on...
Save it...
Or else I block you..."

Thought to myself...WTF!?

"Fine. I'll just shut up...
Take care & good night"

My care & concern for this friend was deeply bruised again... She just shafted another knife straight into my heart, but not enough to kill it... Bleeding profusely but not enough to kill it...

Did my "Lan Hao Ren" character get the better of me this time round again?!

!!!So Pissed!!!

Why am I pissed? Supposedly, this week I'm still on Leave, but because I wanna hand over all my documents to my supervisor Mr. Anand, I purposely took Off from work, forsaking $200 of pay , on Tuesday and Wednesday. I even called him last thursday to inform him that I'll be going back to Camp to hand over all my documents to him blah blah blah. And even sent him a sms on sunday night to remind him again.

And guess what? I went back to camp on Tuesday, and he informed me that he's taking leave on Wednesday & Thursday. WTF!!!!!!!!!!!??????? Then why the heck I go back to camp for? For fun?

KaoZ!!! I was so pissed on tuesday that I didn't wanna talk to anyone in Camp. I was suppressing my anger all the way till 5pm.

Furthermore, all the things that I told my guys to do, none of the things were done according to what I've told them. FUCK man!!! I even went to the extend to type out nicely for them, what to do, where to do, who to look for etc etc. When I checked back with them last friday, they said that everything has been done accordingly. But when I went back on Tuesday... EVERYTHING was done wrongly. I had to spend the whole Tuesday correcting all the mistakes that have been made, plus, clear out my cupboard, go through all my documents to make sure that everything that I wanna hand over is intact blah blah blah....

ARGHHH!!!!!!!!! So pissed off!!!

...Wise words...

I never thought that a stranger's words could have such a big impact on me...

Today at work...I stayed back a little while and had a small chat with Han Siong... His words were like a wake up call to me...

"Jonny...Have you ever wonder why she never choose you even after so long?"

"Nope...Why?"

"Have you ever wonder what type of guy she likes?"

"Hmmmm....Perhaps someone who has a lot of character..."

"Which means you're a person without character?"

"No....What I meant is... ... Maybe my character doesn't suit the character she sees in her fantasy..."

"Then what is it that you lack?"

"What I lack??? I dunno... Maybe I'm not rich... No car... Not handsome enough..."

"KaoZ!!! But..have you ever propose to her?"

"Yeah...countless times... Till I've lost count..."

"Have you ever thought of giving up??"

"Maybe..."

"Cause too tired?"

"Partially... Cause it's been four long years... Kinda drained out a lot of my energy... But it's hard to do it..."

"Yeah... I understand... Well... I guess you better get going..."

Me & Han Siong ain't very close...But his words... were more direct than anyone else...

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I know we can never be together.... I know you might never choose me... I know by doing so, I'm actually hurting myself... But I just don't wanna give up something which I never had the chance to try...

Four years le... My door has been left wide open for four years. Never once have I closed that door on you. Forever waiting for you to step in. But every time you reach the entrance. You hesitated to step in, and just turned away... But time & time again, I told myself: "It's ok! One day, I believe you'll walk through that door, and never walk away ever again..."

This thought... I held on for 4 years, many a times it shook and swung, whenever i know that you're attached... But this time... I don't know how much longer I can hold on... With it hit I receive, I feel that my heart is slowing losing its grip...

I really dunno how much longer it can hold on... Please... Let it fall to its death, never again shall it love. Or rescue it and love it with all your heart & soul...

For my heart has been hurt... too deep...

?Am I blind?

Am I blind? I'm not sure at all...

Why does my heart hurts so much whenever I hear her mentioning about him?!

How much more things must I do in order to your eyes & your heart fixed onto me?

How much more do I need to do before you can see me?

How much more things must I do more than him?

How much more.... How much more...
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I love the rain...

Because whenever it rains, it reflected the sadness within me...

When it rains, my heart rains as well...

Whenever heaven doesn't send rain, I'll take a bathe... The water coming out from the shower-head is just like the rain... "Tap, Tap, Tap" all over my body...

I can cry all I want when I'm bathing... No one will know... Because even I dunno whether it's rain or tears...

I love the rain...
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I always wonder...

"What if one day I disappear from the face of this Earth..."

Will anyone notice? Will anyone be sad? Will anyone conduct a search for me?

Or will my disappearance go unnoticed?

I don't know... Maybe I should try it one day...

Regina's Birthday

After yesterday's rushing about to get the items ready for Regina's Birthday, finally today has arrived. Before I went to work, I stopped over at the Cake shop to pay the remaining amount of the cake. Then, I dashed across the road to the Florist shop to pay the money for 2 Sunflowers...

Ok! Everything is all set & ready. What's lacking is a gift & card for Regina... The day's work was rather smooth... Almost all the wedding packages' inquiries are being handled by me now, unless I have certain things I'm not sure then I'll seek clarification from Eileen or Mr. Michael...

And more surprising... All of us knocked off at 6pm haha!!! GREAT! Enough time for me to head down to Apollo Center to prepare the dining table and get a Birthday Card for Regina.

7:50pm. SHOWTIME! Met up with Hui & Regina at Clark Quay station. All dressed very nice haha!!! When we arrived at the Vegetarian Restaurant at Apollo Center, Regina got a shock when she saw the things on the table... Big sunflowers by the side and the gifts for her placed nicely in the center... Finished up with a Birthday Card

[Hope you don't mind the designs on the card... Cuz I haven done drawing for almost 7 years...]

We ordered a lot, a lot of food haha! Well enough talk.. Here are the photos...


Regina [Left], Hui [Right]


Regina & Me





All the food we ordered haha! Plus the Lead: BIRTHDAY CAKE!


SARBO TIME!!! haha!!!


CAke Cutting Time!!!


Group Photo!!!
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As long as you're happy... No matter how big the sacrifice is, I'm willing to do it for you...

2nd day @ work

Today at work, I'm beginning to remember the various packages, plus some of the separate charges...

I'm beginning to slowly take over more & more of the Sales job. Initiated several phone calls, e-mail replies, faxing of quotations, as well as fixing appointments with customers.

I have this strong feeling. That if I successfully learn and pick up all the necessary skills needed to operate the company, I'll be helping Han Xiong with this family business.... But I'm not gonna think so much first... Better learn everything slowly and steadily...

Took a look at the photographs Han Xiong had taken at a kindergarden. The KIDS ARE SO CUTE!!! haha! Every expression on their faces are so innocent...so pure...so flawless... Their photographs really brighten up my day...

Can't wait for the day where I'm able to take their photos all by myself... HA!!! girls and boys! You just wait... One day, Kor Kor will take all your super cute photos for you... haha!!!

Can't wait for tomorrow... More work to be done... More things to learn... More appointments to fix, more customers to follow-up... And of cause more Cute photos to look at haha!!!

First day @ work

[EXCITED EXCITED EXCITED!!!] These were the words that kept going through my mind ever since I've gotten my job at Academy Video.

Woke up at 815am, and began to freshen up myself. Spent a little more time going through my cupboard to pick the right clothes for work [It's been a while since I did this... Used to do this before I go to school haha!!!]

Received a call from my boss, Mr. Michael, around 915am [MY GOSH!! My boss called me!!! I was like OH MY GOSH!!], asking me whether I'm on the way to work? OF CAUSE IT'S A YES!!! haha!

With that, I merrily made my way down to work... Can't wait for the excitement and adventures that awaits me at work!

Arrived at work 15mins early. GREAT! First person I saw was Boss. I guessed that was a good sign. I sat down for a while before he showed me around and introduced to me the jest of the job. Product Presentation.

It took a quite a while to differentiate the different category. Though I'm still slightly confused between the 1st two premium packages. But don't worry... Give me another two days I'll memorise everything.

After that, Han Xiong, another of my colleague, slowly taught me the rest of the stuffs. A very nice guy.

Before I knew it, it was lunch. Han Xiong took me to this chinese stir-fry restaurant near Outram MRT Station. At the same time, I met up with one of the senior photographer, Bernard. But he wasn't feeling well today, as he suffered food posioning. GOsh! Hope you'll recover soon...

Then, we walked around the shops near our company. Lots of small eateries, salon schools, foot-reflexology & dermatology shops. GREAT!!! haha! And had a small chat. At least I know that we both like to look at girls haha!!

Not long after we went back to office, we had to rush off for an appointment with a kindergarden school at Geylang. And Han Xiong asked me to tag along. I was surprised ... Never realised that on my first day of work, I would be attached out for appointment... The appointment was rather brief, as it was our first meet-up, didn't close the deal, as the school had a tight budget. But nevertheless, it was a great experience. The feeling of going back to Sales was great, but the feeling of selling something of great meaning felt even better! Though I made a mistake, I bull-shited a little bit during the appointment. Han Xiong was quick to point that out during the drive back, and I too, admitted that mistake.

By the time we arrived back in Office, it was around 4pm. Gosh! Time really do fly when you've lots of things to do... Did a little bit of OT, because Boss has to attend a big appointment tomorrow morning at 730am. So, I helped him out with the powerpoint presentation. Reached home around 9pm. Was tired but it was worth it...

Tomorrow's another day! Dunno will have swimming with Hui or not. Else, I'll go back to Camp to have BBQ with Ham Ham, Roy and Francis... I really miss them... [GOSH!! I SOUNDED SO SO SO GAY!!!!]

Army Half Marathon 2007

Singapore Bay Run [Previously known as Shears Bridge Run or Army Half marathon] took a different approach this year, as the location was shifted to the New NDP ground instead of Padang.

Running Route:


I arrived at the reporting Point around 4:30am, and already the place was packed with tons of runners warming up and going for top glory at the 21KM Competitive Category.

At 515am, all runners in the 21KM competitive and Non-competitive, slowly made their way to the starting point, with the Competitive category running first at 530am. And we started 30mins later.

The whole journey from the Start to Finish was something which I guess I would never forget... Running the whole journey with your best camp buddies, eoncouraging each other along the way, suffer together, laugh together, joking and making a fool of ourselves along the way...And enjoy the glory of eaching the finish line together... The feeling of it was just overwhelming...

Though the physical pain of my poor legs would momentarily take me back to reality, but if I was to be given another chance to choose the outcome of today, I would still go for the run.

Tomorrow is my first day at work!! HAHA! So excited about it!! HAHA!!! Can't wait for tomorrow to come... Ok! I'm going to bathe den sleep...else tomorrow I won't be in top condition for work haha!!!
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I just hope that whatever happened to you in the past, I just hope that you would stop re-living in the past, and look forward to the future and towards your dreams and hopes. But rather, most importantly, see and realised the Life lessons hidden behind all the things you've been through.

It is because of these lessons that made you who you are, what you are and where you are today. Though you might not wanna go through what you've been through, if you were given a chance. But I just want you to know that you can see the lessons hidden behind these shit, accept it and understand it...

我们是否是两条平行线?
永远都不会有任何的交叉点?
该不该各自站在属于自己的平行线上，看着对方，守护着对方，祝福着对方?
我该不该式着去创造那[交叉点]?

4年了。。。
这避风港已经4岁了。
这4年来，它都一直在等待[那]艘船有一天会回来。。。
一直以来有无数的船只停靠在这避风港，但总就不是[那]艘船。。。
它会一直等下去吗?
还是，它会把港口的板凳收起来，直到[那]艘船回来为止?

4年了。。。
这避风港已经4岁了。

。。。 。。。

Dead Silence

In the sleepy town of Raven's Fair, there is a ghost story about Mary Shaw, a ventriloquist whose ambition was to make the perfect doll. Accused of murdering a young boy named Michael Ashen, Shaw was hunted down and killed by the vengeful townspeople, who cut her tongue out. They buried her along with her “children”, a hand-made collection of 101 ventriloquist puppets, including Billy (a reference to the puppet used in the Saw series, who has a cameo later in the film), Ursula, Gregory, and a clown puppet named Cornelius.

Since the lynching, Raven's Fair has been plagued by death. The ghastly dolls from Mary Shaw’s collection have gone missing from her grave, and over the decades, families are found gruesomely murdered with their tongues torn out and their jaws ripped open, and their bodies posed in family portrait positions. In the wake of these morbid events, ventriloquist dummies have become bad omens in the town, as they usually indicate that Mary Shaw is nearby, ready to tear out her next tongue. (It is revealed in the unrated version that the "stolen" tongues are added to a "collection" in her own mouth, allowing her to mimic the voices of the victims).

The film opens with scenes of Mary Shaw writing in her notebook and assembling Billy. Meanwhile, far from the pall of their hometown, newlyweds Jamie (Ryan Kwanten) and Lisa Ashen (Laura Regan), believe they have established a fresh start, when a ventriloquist dummy, who later turns out to be Billy, is mysteriously delivered to their doorstep. Subsequently, Jamie returns home from an night out, only to find Lisa viciously murdered, with her jaw torn open and her tongue ripped out. Jamie reluctantly returns to Raven's Fair for the funeral, intent on unraveling the mystery of her death while trying to clear his name in his wife's murder.

After a fruitless meeting with his wheelchair-bound father (Bob Gunton) and his father’s young bride Ella (Amber Valletta), Jamie remains determined to delve into the town’s bloody past in an attempt to learn the identity and motives of his wife's killer. As he learns of the legend of Mary Shaw, the ventriloquist who lived and performed at the Guignol Theater (a reference to the Grand Guignol, the legendary shock-theater Paris playhouse) decades ago, Jamie uncovers the origins of the Mary Shaw curse. (See the Poem section of the article.)

With the skeptical Detective Jim Lipton (Donnie Wahlberg) not far behind, Jamie investigates the now-dilapidated Guignol Theater, the very place where Michael Ashen embarrassed her by announcing that he could see her lips moving during one of her performances. As Jamie and Lipton search her attic living quarters, they find Michael's corpse, strung up like a marionette, along with the 100 missing dolls, which gradually come to life and look over at a rocking chair next to their display cases (as a sidenote, when Jamie and Jim walk towards the rocking chair, there is a support beam with Jigsaw's doll sitting propped-up against the bottom). As Shaw begins communicating through the clown puppet Cornelius, which is sitting in the rocking chair, Jamie is horrified to learn that his wife was killed because she had an Ashen "growing inside of her."

With that revelation, Cornelius begins laughing wickedly, and each of the dolls' faces distort as Mary attempts to use each of them against Jamie and Lipton, who realize that all 101 dolls must be destroyed to prevent Mary from acting through them. The two men ignite the large storage casing holding the puppets, effectively destroying 100 of them, while the last puppet, Billy, remains in someone else's possession. As the two men escape the blazing theater, with Mary Shaw in hot pursuit, the catwalk along which they are running collapses. As he involuntarily screams, Lipton is killed in mid-fall by Shaw, while Jamie is sent plunging into the water below the theater.

Jamie realizes that Billy is the only remaining doll, and that the only way to rid the town of Mary Shaw is to destroy him. He goes to Henry Walken, the mortician with whom he had left Billy, only to discover that Shaw had killed him and that Billy was taken much earlier. After Walken's distraught wife says that Jaime's father took the doll (which seems impossible since he is an invalid), Jamie returns to his father's house to destroy Billy. As he arrives, Mary Shaw reappears, but is forced to retreat when Jamie throws Billy, "the last puppet", into the fireplace. As she is forced back into the shadows, Jamie finds his wheelchair-bound father sitting, staring blankly into space. As he approaches him, Jamie is horrified to find that his father is dead, his entire back torn out and replaced with a wooden shaft used in ventriloquist dummies. As Jamie realizes that his young stepmother was always at his father's side, she suddenly appears next to him; Ella is in fact the perfect doll that Mary Shaw strove to make, and had been using the elder Ashen's corpse as a puppet to lure Jamie. (It should be noted that the deleted scenes depict Ella as an actual person who actually married Mr. Ashen. After being assaulted by him, she is visited by Mary Shaw's ghost. Ella is prompted to go to the graveyard and dig up Billy, when Mary Shaw possesses her body). Ella then says "Now, who's the dummy?" and lightning flashes in the sky, briefly showing the ghostly Mary Shaw behind her disguise, who tears out Jamie's tongue and jaw as he screams "No!" The closing shot shows Mary Shaw's puppet book with pictures of Jamie, Detective Lipton, and his family as dolls. As the camera zooms away from the book, Jamie recites the poem in voiceover and when he is done, Mary Shaw closes the book and the credits begin to roll.

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After watching this movie, I personally feel that it's not THAT Scary... only very little parts are scary, due to the fact that too much of the "SCARY" parts were too expected... But all in all, I give it 3 outta 5 stars.

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I know that you were jealous when u know I was going to the movies with her... Though u denied it... But i know, I can sense it... Cuz I just know you way too well le...

I'M EMPLOYED!

I'm so so so so so LUCKY! haha! My first interview and I nailed the job haha!! A Big thank you to all my friends who wished me good luck before my interview. It really helped alot haha!!! Don't worry... I will treat you all de haha!!!

My new job will be at this company called: Academy Video Pte Ltd. Have a look at it.

It's a thing that I've never been in contact before. And I really have to thank the company for giving me this chance to learn video editing and photo-imaging. I promise myself I'll strive every hard and do very well!! YEAH!

I'll be commencing work on Monday 10:30am. But I'll start out PT first... Cause I'm still serving NS, so by law they can't employ me as Full Time. So they are gonna pay me $10/Hr [GOOD PAY!]
Then when I ORD, I'll sign a contract with them. FT pay is roughly $1.6K - $1.7K + COMM of about 2-4%. And on 3 months probation. Still, I'm not worried about the probation period at all. Because I'll prove to myself that I'll strive hard to craft out a career!

After the interview... I went down to town to slack while waiting for Hui. I was so happy when I received a call from them, that they're employing me, that I phoned virtually everyone I know and let the whole world know haha!!! [I MUST BE MAD =X]

Went to Compass Point, Sengkang with Hui. Had a small meal at MOS burger. My treat haha! Was so happy haha!!! But I apologised to her for what I said last night. Didn't meant to agitate her at all... Didn't know that things were like that... Sorry sorry...

Walk walk see see around at Compass Point... Companied her to buy a kettle then sent her back home...

Then, after that I took bus 72 back to Tampines and met up with Bernice, Linda and Jane, where we headed down to Cafe Cartel for some light snacks. It was really wacky haha! We joked, laughed, did silly things and shared "Ghost" stories... So fun!!!

An extract from someone's blog:
i have this feeling that after a big round i will still go back t0 him.
the treatment he gave me can never compare to anyone.
the smile he put on my face..
mayb one day when i chose him, he might be taken..
who kn0ws..

Even if you're now attached to someone, I'll still be the "Shelter" which you can always depend on, like how you've depended on for the past 4 years...

Freedom is Near...

Yes!! Finally after two longGGG years, the light at the end of the tunnel is within reach!! I'm GONNA ORD!!! With only 14 more days to go haha!!!

But, with that, another problem is lurking at the back of my mind. What kinda jobs am I going be looking for?!

I need to look for jobs!!! Anyone got any lobang?!

Emotions

Went to visit this particular deceased person, Andrew, this morning. Actually, I don't know him at all. If it wasn't for Hui & Jeffrey, I won't never know that there was such a person in existence. Original plan was Mama Juan, Hui, Jeffrey, Yong Chuan, Chin Mei & Kevin, I was a "Last minute" insertion. Or more appropriate, I was just merely tagging along. Simply because I don't know Andrew at all... But as a form of respect to the deceased, I offered him joss sticks and paper money...

Due to some matters, Jeffrey couldn't make it, and Mama Juan was called back for work last night...

It was emotional for Hui... How she misses him... The lost of someone so dear to her... Her tears just uncontrollably rolled down her cheeks, the moment she saw his photo on the rack. His name Zhang Zhi Yuan. A very poetic name.

After offerings & burning of paper money, Yong Chuan drove us to Junction 8, and he has to rush off to elsewhere. Thanks dude!!! Thanks for all the trouble... Then, we had lunch at Subway... It was very fulfiling! haha!! Never know that both Kevin & Chi Mei have a tooth for excellent food. haha! Alright...

Sorry Chin Mei, actually wanted to company u to Orchard. But because Hui Hui was just too emotional today, and I dun wan to leave her all alone... Sorry...Really sorry...

Then. I just bring Hui to shop around, just walk walk,see see, look look. Let her emotions simmer down. I kept buying food to eat with her. HAHA!!! We ate until we can't eat anymore... hahaha!!! Then, she went to City Hall to met her Mr. E...

Thanks for having a wonderful day! Thanks!

Sidenote: I think I'm slowly drawn to Chin Mei, but maybe it's not Love but because she's just too similar to me... From behaviour to interest...Almost everything is similar to me...

Cool, Cloudy, Rainy Day

My wish came through haha!!! Last night, I prayed that today's weather would be cloudy, cooling and slight drizzling. And it all came true haha!!! So happy!! Cuz at night I need to go to Tian Guo [ At Sengkang], to attend religious night lessons. So, I'll be wearing formal the whole day. And frankly speaking, I hate wearing formal, cause I'll keep sweating & sweating... And end up.. I stink!

But luckily, today's weather was darn PERFECT! I met up with my friend at 12:15pm, then we made our way down to Orchard Road. We alighted at Somerset Station and headed down to The Hereen. My actualy intention was to buy this black cardigan from this particular shop called [garc.on], because they sell very nice-woven cardigan, which are excellent for formal/smart wear. I fell in love with it, when I saw it 2 weeks ago while window shopping...

I bought it immediately and worn it... And guess what... while walking down the street of Orchard Road, people kept staring at me, as if I'm an Alien... -.-"'

As usual, some small incidents would happen, like people purposely bump into you even though you've given way to them... And they don't even apologise to you when they bump into you... Instead, you are the one apologising to them. [Argh!! What's wrong with Singaporeans nowadays?!]

If I got a chance...I'll take a photo of what I worn today... haha!!!

Hungry Ghost Festival

CHINESE HUNGRY GHOST FESTIVAL [LUNAR CALENDAR 7TH MONTH]

Yes! This is the time of the month where the Chinese believe that the Hell Gate will be wide open and all spirits are free to roam the Earth for one whole month. It's also believe that your close relatives who have passed away would take advantage of this chance to pay a visit to the people they care about most.

During this month, the Chinese will make a lot of offerings such as paper money, food, drinks, Gold & Sliver Mountain, Houses, blah blah blah, things to those "Good Brothers" & "Good sisters", praying that for the upcoming year, they will have better luck, better health and better fortune. Also, to ensure that those lonely "Brothers & Sisters" are not alone, organisers host several stages for performances, A.K.A [Ge-Tai, or Gor Dai], as it's commonly known in Chinese. It's another form of offerings to the death by entertaining them with songs, dances and performances.

While others would take this opportunity to organise mass auction dinner events to raise donation money for Charity. And normally, the items put up for auctions are stuffs donated by other wealthy people.

As for me.... HAHA!! I began telling stories about strange encounters in Pulau Tekong. And well, that really freak my colleagues out, who was unable to sleep soundly the whole night. [GOSH! I felt SO BAD....]

This week went by breezely & fast. In a turn of an eye, it's already the weekends, and it's one week closer to my ORD!!! haha!!! With only 18 days left till I get my PINK IC Card... I just can't wait for it to happen... But first, I have to follow my plans, those that I set out in the beginning of the Year...

...Sorry....

J or B....
I'm not sure whether you'll see this entry or not... I love you. I really really do. Knowing that I can never be with you...I can't be so selfish, standing in your way to finding a better guy.

Take care of yourself OK?! Yao ting hao wor?! Cannot be stubborn liaoZ... Zhi dao mah?!
The weather is gonna get colder & colder as the day goes by. Do drink more herbal tea or chicken essence, cause you've a weak body. At night, sleep earlier, don't stay up too late, else you won't have enough energy the next day...And wear more clothes when you're sleeping, don't catch a cold understand?!

Also, don't climb high and climb low, you know what I'm referring to... Dong mahZ?!

Then, at night if you go drink.... Don't drink too much...It's bad for your health... Zhi dao mahZ? Ting dao mahZ?

For all the words that I've said to you... I could only say: "I'm sorry....."

我只能永远读着对白
读着我给你的伤害
我原谅不了我
就请你当作我已不在
我睁开双眼看着空白
忘记你对我的期待
读完了依赖
我很快就离开

Now... I just wanna be left alone...

WHY?! WHY?! WHY?!

Why must you let me see the things which I don't wanna see... Why must it all smashed into me all at once?! Why must you pierce all the knives into my delicate heart?! Do you know that it has always been bleeding ever since I know you?! Why do you have to bring one more person with you?! And let me see all those things... WHY!!! WHY!!!!!!! WHY!!!!!!!!!!

I could never forget the sight I have seen with my own eyes... Those images just kept flashing across my mind every time I close my eyes... Just kept flashing... Flashing...

Right now only this song could explain the feelings within me...

爱我的人和我爱的人
Singer：游鸿明 Chris Yu



盼不到我爱的人
我知道我愿意再等
疼不了爱我的人
片刻柔情它骗不了人
我不是无情的人
却将你伤的最深
我不忍我不能
别再认真忘了我的人

离不开我爱的人
我知道爱需要缘分
放不下爱我的人
因为了解他多么认真
为什么最真的心
碰不到最好的人
我不问我不能
拥在怀中直到他变冷

爱我的人为我痴心不悔
我却为我爱的人甘心一生伤悲
在乎的人始终不对
谁对谁不必虚伪
爱我的人为我付出一切
我却为我爱的人流泪狂乱心碎
爱与被爱同样受罪
为什么不懂拒绝痴情的包围

Extracts from [Secret] Movie

Here's the Video Clip on the Piano battle between Jay Chou & Yu Hao:



This is one of the highlights of the Movie. I watched it last night.... After the performance, I think everyone in the cinema watching were clapping as well haha!!!

ENJOY!!!

Secret

不能说的.秘密 [Secret]

Went to see this show, directed by Jay Chou. Was a little bit late, thus i missed the first 10mins or so. But that doesn't really affected me understanding the whole story.

The story is between Ye Xiang Lun [Jay] & Lu Xiao Yu [Rain] meeting each other because of their passion and love for music and piano. From then on, their lives were ever twisted together...

A beautiful piano score unraveled a true love.

"This is a secret." An opening sentence between Jay & Rain, unfolded a love journey. Jay was a talented Piano player, and from a Single Parent family, he attended at a Music School his father [ Anthony Wong] teaches. The movie unfolds when Jay heard a piano score, unheard of before, being played. Following the music, he arrived at the Old Piano Practice Room, and saw a girl [Rain] inside. But there's a secret within Rain that she could never bare to tell Jay...

One promise and an unforgettable mistake, caused Rain to forever vanish from Jay's Life. His life spiraled downwards ever since. His father tried to pull him back together again. But just as Jay's life was beginning to return back to normal, the "Secret" which Rain wanted to stay buried, resurfaced again, and unveiled an unbelievable truth...

The movie is full of Jay's famous "Black Humor". The female lead actress too had many moments of these "Black Humor". But the 2nd main focus of this movie, besides the love story, is Jay Chou's piano skills. It was just breath-taking. No! No! Not just breath-taking, but just simply out-of-this-world!!!!

You really have to see it, in order to believe it! I rate it 7.5/10. A movie not just for Jay fans, but for those people who love a simple love story...

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Afternoon, I met up with Chin Mei and went to Esplanade's Library. The library was just simply SPLENDID! The whole ambiance of the place was just so musical. The moment I walked in, I felt totally relaxed... Though I was only there for roughly about 2 hours. But it was more than enough to make me wanna go back there again haha!!!

For the first time in my life, I've met someone who have almost the same interests as me. From the food I like to the book genres I like to read, from my favorite hobbies, to my passions... I've never met someone who is almost like me... It's like I'm looking at myself... The feeling is just so ecstatic! I can't describe this kinda feeling at all...

Anyway, it was really fun hanging out with Chin Mei. We have so much to talk about haha!!