What was 2010 to you?
2010 to me was about personal growth, learning about myself, falling in love and learning how to love, having my heart crushed suddenly and cruelly, learning how to pick up the pieces, learning how to let go and move on (still gotta work on this one).
It was about seeing how friendships can be so fragile, how something so minor can escalate into soured relations. It was about being caught in the middle, it was about learning that one wrong decision, one bad move, can change everything. It was about the biggest regret of my life.
It was about secretly hoping. It was about disappointments, again and again. It was about the tears I've shed, the days I would sit in front of my computer at work with tears rolling down. It was about constantly thinking and missing of someone. I got the 轰轰烈烈的爱情 that I once sought for, only to realize that with 轰轰烈烈的爱情 also brings 轰轰烈烈的痛苦。
It was about how I had to sneak around, how I had to lie. It was about bittersweet memories. It was about learning that "If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it!" (quote I got from Twitter.)
It was about straddling that fine line between friendship and love. It was about listening and encouraging, and giving, giving, giving. It was about learning to forgive. And most importantly, it was about learning to come to peace with myself.
2010 was all about K-pop. It was about how K-pop turned mainstream. Everybody and their younger sister and pet turtle is into K-pop nowadays. The Korean wave is sweeping Singapore and its teens into a frenzy but truthfully, I'm starting to get a little sick and tired of it. I miss the days when only a few people could understand what I was talking about I was babble about K-pop. It was like some kind of secret code, one that elevated you into a funky inner circle that was the bubblegum world of K-pop. Those were the passionate, die-hard fans.
It was about how Korean acts are dropping in to our humble shores as frequently as how Singaporeans drop in to JB. I went for an unprecedented number of K-pop concerts/showcases this year. Count 'em - B2ST (first row seats! shook hands with all 6 of them!), 2AM, 4minute, CN Blue, that massive 2-hour shrieking and neck craning that was the K-pop Night Concert, and of course most recently, I met 2PM, missA and MBLAQ up close and personal! (Chansung and Junho even said 안녕하세요 to me haha.) Even though I only played a small part by holding up the script for them to read, it was a cool experience nonetheless! That said, I hope groups don't swing by Singapore so frequently in 2011. It is very taxing for fans. And not to mention the money fans have to fork out to see them perform!
It was also about learning the Korean language, although it is with much embarrassment that I can only converse in very very very very verrrrrrrrrrrrry basic Korean after 1 year of classes.
2010 was about Jay Chou's epic concert. No other K-pop concert I've attended this year can beat his epic concert in July, seriously. I think it was the funnest and most high concert I've attended.
2010 was about maintaining a healthy and balanced lifestyle. It was about having the discipline to exercise, till it became part of my lifestyle. I met 4 ex-colleagues over the course of the past few weeks and they all commented that I look different. I concluded that it was because my face is now less chubby and slightly sharper! And the hair. The hair is longer.
2010 was the year my hard disk crashed, bringing along with it a ton of my memories in the form of photos. :( (Reminder to backup your files - it's the end of the year, so back up the entire year's worth of data now!)
2010 was about the worst holiday of my life.
2010 was also about getting hooked onto online shopping, and that is a terrible addiction. I should stop before I become broke.
So I guess that more or less sums up what 2010 was to me. This year, I've not done anything exciting. Last year I said I wanted to go speed dating for my "do one new thing each year" but it didn't materialize. So I've decided. That I want to climb a mountain. (!!!!!!!!!!!!) If not next year, then at least in the next 2-3 years!
1) Climb a mountain (we are aiming for Mount Kinabalu)
2) Do something about that Phillips Securities account and start looking seriously into letting my money grow for me!
3) Get a pair of new spectacles
4) See a derm about my ugly back
5) Have the discipline to maintain my exercise regime
6) Embrace new challenges that may or may not arise in my job
I hope 2011 will bring better things. I've had a good break for the last week of 2010. 2010 was not a fantastic year but I shall end it on a good note and spend it in the company of my wonderful friends, and also start the new year with a bang with my great pals and KTV. Thank God for blessing me with awesome friends. :) That is truly something to be grateful for in 2010. :)
W: 我觉得你还是放不下。
SY: 我自己也觉得我自己放不下。
I am so easy to read, like an open book!
(You can take one minute to love somebody but probably an entire lifetime to forget them.)
***
W: Why did you all want to keep it underground?
SY: I'm not the one who wanted to keep it underground!
W: I know why... because it's not stable. If it's stable, it wouldn't be over in a month.
Harsh words to hear but there is some truth in it. Got together too hastily without knowing each other better.
But I had no chance to cultivate a stable relationship in the first place?!
Maybe it was doomed right from the start.
So maybe I shouldn't have defied the natural order of things when Man Utd lost the championship!
Yes I know nobody likes to read mopey self-absorbing evaluations about some stupid thing that happened in the past. W was in the loop back then and today we were talking and she started asking me about how it all began. I still feel sad when I think about it.
I've also concluded that it is better for men to do the hunting. Let them do the chasing. Ladies, enjoy the chase. Do not offer yourself to them on a pedestal. Do not appear too eager. You can drop hints but wait for them to take the bait. If you are too obliging and too easy to get, they will not appreciate you. They will take you for granted.
Ok emo moment over. I managed to stream the SBS and KBS Gayo shows rather smoothly this year. Gonna miss the MBC one tomorrow though, and such a pity, because the lineup for the MBC one looks the best out of the three! :(
SY: 我自己也觉得我自己放不下。
I am so easy to read, like an open book!
(You can take one minute to love somebody but probably an entire lifetime to forget them.)
***
W: Why did you all want to keep it underground?
SY: I'm not the one who wanted to keep it underground!
W: I know why... because it's not stable. If it's stable, it wouldn't be over in a month.
Harsh words to hear but there is some truth in it. Got together too hastily without knowing each other better.
But I had no chance to cultivate a stable relationship in the first place?!
Maybe it was doomed right from the start.
So maybe I shouldn't have defied the natural order of things when Man Utd lost the championship!
Yes I know nobody likes to read mopey self-absorbing evaluations about some stupid thing that happened in the past. W was in the loop back then and today we were talking and she started asking me about how it all began. I still feel sad when I think about it.
I've also concluded that it is better for men to do the hunting. Let them do the chasing. Ladies, enjoy the chase. Do not offer yourself to them on a pedestal. Do not appear too eager. You can drop hints but wait for them to take the bait. If you are too obliging and too easy to get, they will not appreciate you. They will take you for granted.
Ok emo moment over. I managed to stream the SBS and KBS Gayo shows rather smoothly this year. Gonna miss the MBC one tomorrow though, and such a pity, because the lineup for the MBC one looks the best out of the three! :(
Wah, has it's been a year since I last spotted Jay Chou at radio?
How can this be a year ago?! To me it seemed like it was only yesterday when I saw him! OK maybe not yesterday... but at least a couple of months or half a year. Definitely not ONE YEAR! Goodness, if anything, 2010 felt like it flew by even faster than 2009. Is that even possible?
Like when I read last year's entries, they all feel like it happened recently. And it's strange, because quite a bit happened this year too, so by right there should be an appropriate distance that you will feel between last year's and this year's events, but I think that intangible thing called TIME is starting to blend and blur...
Maybe we should all adjust our concept of time... and start thinking in blocks of 10 years instead. Then we would correspondingly think that 1 year is equivalent to 1 month and 10 years would just about feel like 1 year. Forward planning eh? 10-year plans!
How can this be a year ago?! To me it seemed like it was only yesterday when I saw him! OK maybe not yesterday... but at least a couple of months or half a year. Definitely not ONE YEAR! Goodness, if anything, 2010 felt like it flew by even faster than 2009. Is that even possible?
Like when I read last year's entries, they all feel like it happened recently. And it's strange, because quite a bit happened this year too, so by right there should be an appropriate distance that you will feel between last year's and this year's events, but I think that intangible thing called TIME is starting to blend and blur...
Maybe we should all adjust our concept of time... and start thinking in blocks of 10 years instead. Then we would correspondingly think that 1 year is equivalent to 1 month and 10 years would just about feel like 1 year. Forward planning eh? 10-year plans!
I found out quite by chance that a colleague who is in her late 30s is a rather accomplished artist who is holding her first solo exhibition. Her art is cute, colourful and whimsical, and the pieces sell for a few hundred to a couple of thousand! That's like my whole month's salary. :(
Ah, I am always impressed and in awe with people who are accomplished in both their professional lives and their personal ones. How do they do it?! Obviously you will have to find your talent in something, and you have to be respectably decent or outstanding at that something. I think it's rather sad that I am good in nothing. Example. When you go for interviews, one question that may pop up is "What are your hobbies/interests? What do you like to do in your free time? Tell me more about yourself." For those with obvious talents, they can say, "Oh, I paint in my free time. I'm an amateur artist and I'm working towards getting my first collection up." Tadah, suddenly candidate becomes so much more appealing and exciting. For it shows that they are all-rounded, well-balanced individuals, and interesting people just tend to attract people more.
Which is very unlike what I am - although I am also a perfectly normal, well-adjusted human being, I do not have any obvious talent. Which is sad! Because it makes for an uninteresting personality and an uninteresting life! And hence this enviousness sets in. Call it Talent Envy! I'm good for nothing except surfing the Internet, playing Bejeweled (and even for that, I suck), mindless clicking on Facebook and online shopping. Sigh! Pathetic I know! What would I have achieved by the time I reach my mid- or late 30s? NOTHING! And I am not looking to climb the corporate ladder and realize at the end of the day my personal life is a huge, big, gaping hole. A void.
I think I want to climb a mountain so that when people ask me "How have you been?" I can tell them - "I'm planning to climb a mountain!" Anyone game for the mountain? I'm pretty serious! (Of course, aim low first, aim for Mt Kinabalu! At least I didn't say Bukit Timah.)
I need to get rid of this stupid ulcer under my tongue! WHEN WILL I BE ULCER-FREE?!?!?! Sobs.
Happy that tomorrow is a non-work day! :) Sundays like this rrrrrrock! :) One week of rest, relaxation and fun awaits! (Time, please crawl along slowly like how you did for last week. Thank you.)
Ah, I am always impressed and in awe with people who are accomplished in both their professional lives and their personal ones. How do they do it?! Obviously you will have to find your talent in something, and you have to be respectably decent or outstanding at that something. I think it's rather sad that I am good in nothing. Example. When you go for interviews, one question that may pop up is "What are your hobbies/interests? What do you like to do in your free time? Tell me more about yourself." For those with obvious talents, they can say, "Oh, I paint in my free time. I'm an amateur artist and I'm working towards getting my first collection up." Tadah, suddenly candidate becomes so much more appealing and exciting. For it shows that they are all-rounded, well-balanced individuals, and interesting people just tend to attract people more.
Which is very unlike what I am - although I am also a perfectly normal, well-adjusted human being, I do not have any obvious talent. Which is sad! Because it makes for an uninteresting personality and an uninteresting life! And hence this enviousness sets in. Call it Talent Envy! I'm good for nothing except surfing the Internet, playing Bejeweled (and even for that, I suck), mindless clicking on Facebook and online shopping. Sigh! Pathetic I know! What would I have achieved by the time I reach my mid- or late 30s? NOTHING! And I am not looking to climb the corporate ladder and realize at the end of the day my personal life is a huge, big, gaping hole. A void.
I think I want to climb a mountain so that when people ask me "How have you been?" I can tell them - "I'm planning to climb a mountain!" Anyone game for the mountain? I'm pretty serious! (Of course, aim low first, aim for Mt Kinabalu! At least I didn't say Bukit Timah.)
I need to get rid of this stupid ulcer under my tongue! WHEN WILL I BE ULCER-FREE?!?!?! Sobs.
Happy that tomorrow is a non-work day! :) Sundays like this rrrrrrock! :) One week of rest, relaxation and fun awaits! (Time, please crawl along slowly like how you did for last week. Thank you.)
Christmas is drawing near... and the weather is cooler. It actually feels pretty cool on this Sunday afternoon! (Yes! I am awake!) I suppose this is as close as a cold Christmas that we can get!
It has been a whole week of pigging out. Department parties, meeting with friends and lots of eating. And of course, the arrival of the long awaited 13-month bonus. My colleague said that we slog for one entire year just for this day - Bonus Day! Haha couldn't agree more. Unfortunately the bonus loot seems to disappear as quickly as it came. Sigh. And I can't wait for my one-week break. Looking forward to lazing, nua-ing, going out, having some fun and catching up on my video watching.
New position wise, there have been no further updates so far, approvals still pending, so nothing to do but to wait, wait, wait...
Been thinking of how 2010 was. Pangs of loneliness hits at times. Reflecting and emo-ing...
Anyway is anyone keen on trying out Freshness Burger at Nex? Read the rave review in ST Urban and I'm drooling hahaha.
It has been a whole week of pigging out. Department parties, meeting with friends and lots of eating. And of course, the arrival of the long awaited 13-month bonus. My colleague said that we slog for one entire year just for this day - Bonus Day! Haha couldn't agree more. Unfortunately the bonus loot seems to disappear as quickly as it came. Sigh. And I can't wait for my one-week break. Looking forward to lazing, nua-ing, going out, having some fun and catching up on my video watching.
New position wise, there have been no further updates so far, approvals still pending, so nothing to do but to wait, wait, wait...
Been thinking of how 2010 was. Pangs of loneliness hits at times. Reflecting and emo-ing...
Anyway is anyone keen on trying out Freshness Burger at Nex? Read the rave review in ST Urban and I'm drooling hahaha.
I'm going to be part of this massive project starting from next year onwards, and it will be challenging no doubt. It was literally an opportunity that dropped down from the sky and into my lap. I got the call on Monday and today I am one foot into the proverbial door. I would say that the status now is still pending, but I'm really thankful for this opportunity - it came just at the right time, when I was looking around for jobs and planning to move from my current position by hopefully early next year. It's a great chance to develop and grow my career in other areas, and I get to learn and experience new things.
Gotta thank my lucky stars and whatever divine force out there, for sometimes I feel rather undeserving of all these chances I get. I mean, other than the fact that I keep complaining that my life is bland and boring, being me is not too bad, if one is to take stock of my life. I've had a pretty much smooth sailing life so far - had a good education, never encountered any major mishaps or hiccups, no accidents, in the pink of health, have great friends, have a job, can support myself and can afford to eat good food sometimes - ok love life not so great, but that is just one small aspect. Compared to many others, I think my life isn't all that bad, if we're talking about being contented with what you have.
I may end up hating my new role but I should epitomise my blog address yeah, and be an optimistic-pessimist. :D So it is with much trepidation that I embark on this new journey into the unknown and start over as a greenhorn! 2011 just started looking a lot more exciting and challenging! But boy I am glad to be rid of my current job as the default go-to person/errand girl/cleaner/helper/maid in the department soon.
On a totally unrelated note. I SHOULD STOP BUYING STUFF ONLINE! I keep visiting blogshops and I end up buying pretty dresses that I have no occasion to wear to. Sigh, first Gmarket, now blogshops. Friends, please get married soon so that I can wear my dresses to your weddings! Hahaha. :D
Gotta thank my lucky stars and whatever divine force out there, for sometimes I feel rather undeserving of all these chances I get. I mean, other than the fact that I keep complaining that my life is bland and boring, being me is not too bad, if one is to take stock of my life. I've had a pretty much smooth sailing life so far - had a good education, never encountered any major mishaps or hiccups, no accidents, in the pink of health, have great friends, have a job, can support myself and can afford to eat good food sometimes - ok love life not so great, but that is just one small aspect. Compared to many others, I think my life isn't all that bad, if we're talking about being contented with what you have.
I may end up hating my new role but I should epitomise my blog address yeah, and be an optimistic-pessimist. :D So it is with much trepidation that I embark on this new journey into the unknown and start over as a greenhorn! 2011 just started looking a lot more exciting and challenging! But boy I am glad to be rid of my current job as the default go-to person/errand girl/cleaner/helper/maid in the department soon.
On a totally unrelated note. I SHOULD STOP BUYING STUFF ONLINE! I keep visiting blogshops and I end up buying pretty dresses that I have no occasion to wear to. Sigh, first Gmarket, now blogshops. Friends, please get married soon so that I can wear my dresses to your weddings! Hahaha. :D
So I was lunching with my colleagues and we were talking about this helpful boy who is going to leave the company soon. My colleague E remarked that this helpful boy volunteered to help her carry some heavy stuff - a very rare occurrence for a guy working at our office to volunteer to help, I assure you. (Most of the time we double up as coolies. Sad life.)
Colleague W then remarked, somewhat matter-of-factly - of course, it's because he's a Christian.
My question is then, are you implying that the only reason one is helpful is because they are Christians? Therefore non-Christians are expected to be unhelpful? One thing that I really dislike from such fleeting statements is that they imply that non-Christian people are therefore incapable of doing good, or being compassionate, or do not have strong moral values, blah blah blah. It's like making some random correlation just based on one attribute of a person. I find it condescending and somewhat insulting.
I have another colleague who says that he only supports artistes who are Christians. I don't see why one must make a distinction like that. So, non-Christian artistes who may work even harder - they get ignored and are not deserving of your support?
Of course, there are plenty of awesome people who happen to be Christians (or belong to some other religion). No doubt their beliefs and upbringing have affected the way they live their lives. But there are also plenty of awesome people who do not have any religious affiliations and are no less awesome than those who do. And to just completely dismiss these people just because they do not believe in what you do is unfair.
There was also a recent Straits Times Saturday feature on teen gangs and how various religions are trying to reach out to them, so that with some spiritual guidance in their lives, they won't stray onto the wrong path. Nothing wrong with spiritual guidance of course. In fact I think spiritual guidance does good to errant youth who are trying to find direction in life, but the article also prompted a flurry of replies from humanists who wrote in to state their opinions along the lines of "One does not need to have a religion to lead a good, happy and meaningful life and to have compassion for our fellow human beings". Agree, agree and agree. I don't believe that I am in any way a worse person than someone who has spiritual guidance in their life.
Overzealous people insinuating that if you are a non-believer and therefore you must suck get me annoyed with their pompous self-righteousness.
Caveat: Nothing against Christianity or having a religion or whatever, I do not mean to be offensive in any way.
Colleague W then remarked, somewhat matter-of-factly - of course, it's because he's a Christian.
My question is then, are you implying that the only reason one is helpful is because they are Christians? Therefore non-Christians are expected to be unhelpful? One thing that I really dislike from such fleeting statements is that they imply that non-Christian people are therefore incapable of doing good, or being compassionate, or do not have strong moral values, blah blah blah. It's like making some random correlation just based on one attribute of a person. I find it condescending and somewhat insulting.
I have another colleague who says that he only supports artistes who are Christians. I don't see why one must make a distinction like that. So, non-Christian artistes who may work even harder - they get ignored and are not deserving of your support?
Of course, there are plenty of awesome people who happen to be Christians (or belong to some other religion). No doubt their beliefs and upbringing have affected the way they live their lives. But there are also plenty of awesome people who do not have any religious affiliations and are no less awesome than those who do. And to just completely dismiss these people just because they do not believe in what you do is unfair.
There was also a recent Straits Times Saturday feature on teen gangs and how various religions are trying to reach out to them, so that with some spiritual guidance in their lives, they won't stray onto the wrong path. Nothing wrong with spiritual guidance of course. In fact I think spiritual guidance does good to errant youth who are trying to find direction in life, but the article also prompted a flurry of replies from humanists who wrote in to state their opinions along the lines of "One does not need to have a religion to lead a good, happy and meaningful life and to have compassion for our fellow human beings". Agree, agree and agree. I don't believe that I am in any way a worse person than someone who has spiritual guidance in their life.
Overzealous people insinuating that if you are a non-believer and therefore you must suck get me annoyed with their pompous self-righteousness.
Caveat: Nothing against Christianity or having a religion or whatever, I do not mean to be offensive in any way.
The PSLE results were released on Thursday, and I think my little sister is pretty disappointed with what she got... For someone who spends more time watching TV than studying, I can't say that I'm very surprised. But hopefully this "setback" will spur her to work harder and be more mature. Hopefully!
Anyway my mother seems pretty much concerned for her emotional well being and emphasized at great length that we should continue to show her much encouragement and care. In case she feels inferior and unworthy and stupid. Ah, the delicate emotions of a tween. So she gets a BEAST album for her effort! (Yes, she's mad crazy about this Korean boyband. Crazier than I am.)
I feel my yearly cough developing... ugh not good not good. :(
Anyway my mother seems pretty much concerned for her emotional well being and emphasized at great length that we should continue to show her much encouragement and care. In case she feels inferior and unworthy and stupid. Ah, the delicate emotions of a tween. So she gets a BEAST album for her effort! (Yes, she's mad crazy about this Korean boyband. Crazier than I am.)
I feel my yearly cough developing... ugh not good not good. :(
Bali
17/10/10 - 20/10/10
Somewhere along the way I got lazy and stopped blogging about my little jaunts overseas. I don't think I even finished blogging about Cambodia, and that was 1 year ago!
Haha. Here's some Bali in pictures.
Beautiful sunset at Tanah Lot
Also at Tanah Lot
Mount Batur
Gitgit Waterfall - guess I was very thirsty haha
Oh gosh I forgot what this beach is called... might be the Kuta Beach.
Parasailing! That human hanging from that parachute is me by the way :D
Honestly I can't remember a lot of the places that I've been to! I just follow blindly. :D And stand around taking obligatory touristy photos. That's how it is when you travel with family. I think it could have been nicer if we were to laze by some huge pool overlooking the sea and enjoying some spa/massage thing. Haha. Maybe next time!
17/10/10 - 20/10/10
Somewhere along the way I got lazy and stopped blogging about my little jaunts overseas. I don't think I even finished blogging about Cambodia, and that was 1 year ago!
Haha. Here's some Bali in pictures.
Beautiful sunset at Tanah Lot
Also at Tanah Lot
Mount Batur
Gitgit Waterfall - guess I was very thirsty haha
Oh gosh I forgot what this beach is called... might be the Kuta Beach.
Parasailing! That human hanging from that parachute is me by the way :D
Honestly I can't remember a lot of the places that I've been to! I just follow blindly. :D And stand around taking obligatory touristy photos. That's how it is when you travel with family. I think it could have been nicer if we were to laze by some huge pool overlooking the sea and enjoying some spa/massage thing. Haha. Maybe next time!
Aloha mates! It's mid-week and it's a lovely day also known as a Public Holiday!
I caught the penultimate installment of Harry Potter last night and the plot stayed very much true to the book! Which is good! In fact I was planning to re-read Deathly Hallows today but I woke up late on this nice and rainy afternoon and proceeded to nua most of the afternoon away. Before I knew it, it was already 6pm. Bleah. :(
However I think that [SPOILERS] Harry should not be dancing with Hermoine so intimately in the show! Ron where are you! Go and grab Hermoine and give her a big hug and kiss now! Other than that, I have no other major quibbles... the effects were good and the pace was good, got a bit draggy when they were plodding aimlessly around in the wilderness but in the book, that was also the most draggy part anyway.
Today is also my parents' 26th anniversary and I faxed in to 972 to ask the DJs to prank call them. Haha. Well actually it was my mother's idea to prank call my Dad but she was too lazy to fax in, so I hastily wrote some stuff and faxed it over before I knocked off from work yesterday. I ended up sabo-ing her instead. Haha.
So it looks like today will be another day where I don't accomplish anything much... I wanted to
1) read Deathly Hallows
2) watching The Amazing Race
3) do my Korean homework
4) apply for jobs
5) surf Gmarket
but ended up doing none of the above.
Oh well, another typical lazy day in the life of Si Yi...
I caught the penultimate installment of Harry Potter last night and the plot stayed very much true to the book! Which is good! In fact I was planning to re-read Deathly Hallows today but I woke up late on this nice and rainy afternoon and proceeded to nua most of the afternoon away. Before I knew it, it was already 6pm. Bleah. :(
However I think that [SPOILERS] Harry should not be dancing with Hermoine so intimately in the show! Ron where are you! Go and grab Hermoine and give her a big hug and kiss now! Other than that, I have no other major quibbles... the effects were good and the pace was good, got a bit draggy when they were plodding aimlessly around in the wilderness but in the book, that was also the most draggy part anyway.
Today is also my parents' 26th anniversary and I faxed in to 972 to ask the DJs to prank call them. Haha. Well actually it was my mother's idea to prank call my Dad but she was too lazy to fax in, so I hastily wrote some stuff and faxed it over before I knocked off from work yesterday. I ended up sabo-ing her instead. Haha.
So it looks like today will be another day where I don't accomplish anything much... I wanted to
1) read Deathly Hallows
2) watching The Amazing Race
3) do my Korean homework
4) apply for jobs
5) surf Gmarket
but ended up doing none of the above.
Oh well, another typical lazy day in the life of Si Yi...
My little sister's facebook status reads - "to become B2ST's 100% fan, i seriously need to put: learn how to write all their korean names and memorize their profiles as my goal.."
I think she is a worse fangirl than I am - for some reason I find this incredibly childish and juvenile! Haha. Pot calling the kettle black. :p
I think she is a worse fangirl than I am - for some reason I find this incredibly childish and juvenile! Haha. Pot calling the kettle black. :p
The anticipation of an upcoming birthday is more exciting than the actual birthday.
Oh, I got prank-called that morning, thanks to my mother! Haha. Then I spent the day feeling lonely and moping around at home.
Long weekend almost over. Very sad. Back to work. Sometimes I can't decide if I hate work or if I'm happy that I have something to do. Is the whole going to work routine all there is to my life?!
Anyway, I thought of Hamster, who has left us for 3 years. I thought of when I was 20 when I first got Hamster. I feel like my early twenties just vanished in a flash.
Oh, I got prank-called that morning, thanks to my mother! Haha. Then I spent the day feeling lonely and moping around at home.
Long weekend almost over. Very sad. Back to work. Sometimes I can't decide if I hate work or if I'm happy that I have something to do. Is the whole going to work routine all there is to my life?!
Anyway, I thought of Hamster, who has left us for 3 years. I thought of when I was 20 when I first got Hamster. I feel like my early twenties just vanished in a flash.
So! It's been 2 and a half decades of life on this earth! What will happen in in the next 365 days and beyond? Will I finally get a new job? Will I remain stagnant? Will I find love? Will I find happiness? Will I remain a lonely old spinster? Will I finally develop some maternal instinct? Will I find my direction in life? Will I find a purpose? Or will my life continue to remain as boring and aimless? Stay tuned for more updates!
Anyway I managed to wake up early enough to complete the 5km run today, a vast improvement from last year. :) That's the last significant thing I did as a 24-year old. :) Other than that, a pretty much boring Halloween. Need to catch up on sleep, watch The Amazing Race, apply for jobs, upload photos, blah blah - seems like I have a pretty packed day tomorrow despite wanting to stay at home and rot. Haha.
Anyway I managed to wake up early enough to complete the 5km run today, a vast improvement from last year. :) That's the last significant thing I did as a 24-year old. :) Other than that, a pretty much boring Halloween. Need to catch up on sleep, watch The Amazing Race, apply for jobs, upload photos, blah blah - seems like I have a pretty packed day tomorrow despite wanting to stay at home and rot. Haha.
Gulp. I just spent $87.20 on clothes at Gmarket. !!!
And I'm thinking of getting stuff from Victoria's Secrets too.
I should start setting a Clothes budget for myself.
Online shopping is bad. Sigh!
Oh yes, I need to refresh and reorganize my collection of earrings. Junk out the old and make some space for the new!
And I'm thinking of getting stuff from Victoria's Secrets too.
I should start setting a Clothes budget for myself.
Online shopping is bad. Sigh!
Oh yes, I need to refresh and reorganize my collection of earrings. Junk out the old and make some space for the new!
I is back from Bali and I have nothing to update about my boring life. Got stuck with a wailing baby on the flight back. And a seat that doesn't recline. Bloody uncomfortable. Don't ever choose seats that are one row in front of the emergency exit! Good thing my MP3 player managed to drown out most of the baby's wails, even if my death dagger stares didn't shut her up.
Kind of hooked onto online shopping these days though. There goes my cash! :(
Eyes watering from all the smoke coming from the living room. I hate the smell of stinky incense! Hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate x 1000000000.
Kind of hooked onto online shopping these days though. There goes my cash! :(
Eyes watering from all the smoke coming from the living room. I hate the smell of stinky incense! Hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate x 1000000000.
It's a Perfect 10 day! Though only numerically, since it's just another normal typical hot Sunday afternoon for me. Nothing perfect about today has happened yet. Haha.
Have an ex-internship colleague's wedding to attend later in some far-flung place. Sigh, I hate disruptions to my Sunday routine. Loads of people are getting married on this Perfect 10 day! Me, I only wish my Sunday will never end... that would make it a perfect day indeed.
Maybe I should post again at 10.10pm! :D
Have an ex-internship colleague's wedding to attend later in some far-flung place. Sigh, I hate disruptions to my Sunday routine. Loads of people are getting married on this Perfect 10 day! Me, I only wish my Sunday will never end... that would make it a perfect day indeed.
Maybe I should post again at 10.10pm! :D
"Walking two steps behind (Mr Lee Kuan Yew) does not disempower her... She defined her role as her husband's supporter, but that does not make her any less independent." The Straits Times, 6 Oct 2010, page A4How very well and succinctly put! I've found my role model in life.
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A friend posted this as her status on Facebook:
But I think what makes her such an amazing woman is how she devoted herself to Mr Lee and how they accommodate each other, how she prefers to take a back seat while Mr Lee busies himself with the running of a young nation. How she willingly prefers to be the silent pillar of strength behind her man, giving him the opportunity to shine when she could very well shine as brightly, or even more so, in her own right. How her compassion and softness is a perfect complement to his brash and straightforward personality, and amazingly enough despite being such different people, their love and adoration for each other still runs deep. I think that is of course the ideal, the pinnacle of every aspiring relationship. As our society progresses, I think many girls are now more self-centered and have higher expectations of their man. It's all about "me me me" and being expected to be treated like princesses. Other times we may demand to be treated like equals but forget that sometimes we should let the man take the lead. Sometimes we have to accommodate, give and take, learn to accept each other and complement each other, just like how the Lees did. That is something many of us have to learn, to be the woman behind their man, to be their best friend and to offer him the support and encouragement he needs.
Nothing is more touching than seeing an old, silver-haired couple holding hands and walking together. Every time I see such scenes, it warms the cockles of my heart and I think hey, true love exists after all.
Mrs Lee is truly an inspiration for women. A truly inspiring lady of the modern century and of our country. My deepest condolences to Mr Lee, I'm sure he will be strong enough to carry on with life and I'm sure he must be very proud of his virtuous wife who has touched the hearts of many.
Mr Lee’s answer to a question back in 2002: “There are three things in life you cannot choose – where you are born, how you die, when you die. But there is one thing you can choose – who you marry. If I were to choose again, I would marry my same wife.” Love like that makes you want to love.As I was reading the various articles on Mrs Lee, I was inspired by her greatness. She was a truly exemplary role model that I should emulate. I was touched by their love story, her selfless love for Mr Lee, and felt deep respect for the way she conducted herself, always placing her husband and family first, and defining her roles as a wife and mother before anything else. She is smart and successful in her career but she was also able to juggle her career and her family adeptly. I think that is what many modern women aspire to do and she has just set the bar way up high.
But I think what makes her such an amazing woman is how she devoted herself to Mr Lee and how they accommodate each other, how she prefers to take a back seat while Mr Lee busies himself with the running of a young nation. How she willingly prefers to be the silent pillar of strength behind her man, giving him the opportunity to shine when she could very well shine as brightly, or even more so, in her own right. How her compassion and softness is a perfect complement to his brash and straightforward personality, and amazingly enough despite being such different people, their love and adoration for each other still runs deep. I think that is of course the ideal, the pinnacle of every aspiring relationship. As our society progresses, I think many girls are now more self-centered and have higher expectations of their man. It's all about "me me me" and being expected to be treated like princesses. Other times we may demand to be treated like equals but forget that sometimes we should let the man take the lead. Sometimes we have to accommodate, give and take, learn to accept each other and complement each other, just like how the Lees did. That is something many of us have to learn, to be the woman behind their man, to be their best friend and to offer him the support and encouragement he needs.
Nothing is more touching than seeing an old, silver-haired couple holding hands and walking together. Every time I see such scenes, it warms the cockles of my heart and I think hey, true love exists after all.
Mrs Lee is truly an inspiration for women. A truly inspiring lady of the modern century and of our country. My deepest condolences to Mr Lee, I'm sure he will be strong enough to carry on with life and I'm sure he must be very proud of his virtuous wife who has touched the hearts of many.
Attending the F1 night race for the first time ever tomorrow! Very lucky to have balloted successfully for the passes. Let's hope my ears don't get blasted and that I return with my hearing intact!
Guess I can consider this my "do one new thing each year" experience for this year! I still remember eating cup noodles and watching the 2008 Grand Prix in the hotel in Taiwan. Haha. How fast time flies. Eric will be out of the army next month (!) and then soon I will turn 25 (!!) - come to think of it, some people are already married and having kids at 25, settling down into the next phase of their lives. I'm still... here. Somewhere. Dunno doing what.
Need to catch up on precious sleep - the weekend is too short to do anything productive. :(
Guess I can consider this my "do one new thing each year" experience for this year! I still remember eating cup noodles and watching the 2008 Grand Prix in the hotel in Taiwan. Haha. How fast time flies. Eric will be out of the army next month (!) and then soon I will turn 25 (!!) - come to think of it, some people are already married and having kids at 25, settling down into the next phase of their lives. I'm still... here. Somewhere. Dunno doing what.
Need to catch up on precious sleep - the weekend is too short to do anything productive. :(
While watching the 9pm lawyer drama on Channel 8, I spotted a flaw in the development of the script!
The current case is about a husband who has sado-masochism tendencies and he sexually abuses his wife, e.g. whipping, slapping, biting (shudder - the wife should just castrate him but I digress). Hence the battered and traumatized wife is taking the husband the court. The wife is filing for divorce on grounds of him abusing her.
So this is what happens in the middle of the lawsuit:
1. Husband breaks into wife's apartment one night and forces himself on her (or so wife claims).
2. Wife brings this up during court and insists that husband did his SM thing on her again.
3. Husband vehemently insists that he did not, that wife is a mental case, and hey ho, he has an alibi anyway.
4. Husband produces alibi - he checked into a hotel with a pretty young thing on the night in question.
5. Wife goes bonkers in court and executes varying degrees of despair.
6. Everyone is puzzled - who is the liar?
Deng deng deng deng! And here lies the loophole! Everyone is too focused on the whole husband is a SM sex manic/pervert/humsup dirty man issue! If the wife wants to file for divorce, she can file for divorce on terms of infidelity what, why keep harping on the sex abuse when the husband blatantly admitted in court that he was indulging in some hanky panky with his girlfriend?! And he is still legally married! Don't say I never learn anything from this drama, the previous law case said that there must be a damn good reason to file for divorce and infidelity is one of them.
From the looks of it the wife is not going to win if they are fighting the case if the reason is because of the perverted husband's sick fetishes. So why not just change tactic? Turn the tables on him and say OI YOU CHEATED ON ME YOU IDIOT AND YOU ADMITTED THAT IN COURT TOO! Nooo.... instead the scriptwriters conveniently forgot about this very important and logical point. Logic fail.
Yes I just wrote a dissertation on a Ch 8 drama. I have no life.
(But better this than 《爱》.)
The current case is about a husband who has sado-masochism tendencies and he sexually abuses his wife, e.g. whipping, slapping, biting (shudder - the wife should just castrate him but I digress). Hence the battered and traumatized wife is taking the husband the court. The wife is filing for divorce on grounds of him abusing her.
So this is what happens in the middle of the lawsuit:
1. Husband breaks into wife's apartment one night and forces himself on her (or so wife claims).
2. Wife brings this up during court and insists that husband did his SM thing on her again.
3. Husband vehemently insists that he did not, that wife is a mental case, and hey ho, he has an alibi anyway.
4. Husband produces alibi - he checked into a hotel with a pretty young thing on the night in question.
5. Wife goes bonkers in court and executes varying degrees of despair.
6. Everyone is puzzled - who is the liar?
Deng deng deng deng! And here lies the loophole! Everyone is too focused on the whole husband is a SM sex manic/pervert/humsup dirty man issue! If the wife wants to file for divorce, she can file for divorce on terms of infidelity what, why keep harping on the sex abuse when the husband blatantly admitted in court that he was indulging in some hanky panky with his girlfriend?! And he is still legally married! Don't say I never learn anything from this drama, the previous law case said that there must be a damn good reason to file for divorce and infidelity is one of them.
From the looks of it the wife is not going to win if they are fighting the case if the reason is because of the perverted husband's sick fetishes. So why not just change tactic? Turn the tables on him and say OI YOU CHEATED ON ME YOU IDIOT AND YOU ADMITTED THAT IN COURT TOO! Nooo.... instead the scriptwriters conveniently forgot about this very important and logical point. Logic fail.
Yes I just wrote a dissertation on a Ch 8 drama. I have no life.
(But better this than 《爱》.)
People just like to make themselves sound so complicated, depressed and down-trodden when in actual fact if you look past all those so-called failures and issues there is actually a lot to be thankful for. Will pitying yourself, oh poor little me, nobody loves me, blah blah blah, make one any happier? Think about it, people do not gravitate towards negativity. Do not blame other intangible factors for your own doing.
And the worst part is that I am slightly annoyed with myself for still caring too much.
Spent a lot of money yesterday! But satisfying retail therapy indeed.
Suddenly I'm faced with a Sunday afternoon with no concrete idea of what to do! I mean besides ironing the clothes... I can't think of what videos to watch. Haha.
And the worst part is that I am slightly annoyed with myself for still caring too much.
Spent a lot of money yesterday! But satisfying retail therapy indeed.
Suddenly I'm faced with a Sunday afternoon with no concrete idea of what to do! I mean besides ironing the clothes... I can't think of what videos to watch. Haha.
The impact of half an hour of soothing, sympathetic words and encouragement pales in comparison to a two hour documentary on Saddam Hussein.
This goes to show that people only react to what they want to hear, so no amount of talking will get your message across if they are just going to tune out.
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This goes to show that people only react to what they want to hear, so no amount of talking will get your message across if they are just going to tune out.
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"We put the complicated in 'It's Complicated.'" Haha my favourite quote of the week.
In other news, been wanting to eat McDonalds Big Breakfast OR a Sausage McMuffin for the past week, but never managed to wake up early enough. Maybe I should attempt to wake up earlier tomorrow and pop by Macs before work. Hmmm.
We ordered fried chicken from Woori Nara during class yesterday. I talked to the owner in Korean! But it was more like, he understood me but I can't understand him. Hahaha. The chicken was yum, especially the one that they call 간정 양념 (I think it's soy garlic flavour). The normal fried chicken was a bit dry though. But overall a satisfying experience.
Sian the long weekend is almost over. Way too soon.
In other news, been wanting to eat McDonalds Big Breakfast OR a Sausage McMuffin for the past week, but never managed to wake up early enough. Maybe I should attempt to wake up earlier tomorrow and pop by Macs before work. Hmmm.
We ordered fried chicken from Woori Nara during class yesterday. I talked to the owner in Korean! But it was more like, he understood me but I can't understand him. Hahaha. The chicken was yum, especially the one that they call 간정 양념 (I think it's soy garlic flavour). The normal fried chicken was a bit dry though. But overall a satisfying experience.
Sian the long weekend is almost over. Way too soon.
Colleague passed me a pair of Elva Hsiao concert tickets, so off I went to her concert! The front part was kinda boring, she started off rather wobbly and a little off-key I think, and the crowd only started getting hyped after she went down to the audience. Or maybe it's because I'm not too familiar with her songs. But she did sing all the songs that I know - my Elva repertoire is painfully limited anyway - and my get-high KTV fav 爱的主打歌 was the last encore song heh :) So the latter half of the concert was definitely more high than the first.
One of the few and rare perks of working in my company. Free tickets! :D
And speaking of tickets, we were plagued by ticketing woes for the Korean Pop Night concert. But after much effort from my SNSD crazy friend, I am now officially going to attend the concert on 23 Oct! Hohoho. :) But I hope no more Kpop acts come down to Singapore for the rest of the year. Please stop bringing them in! Give fans a break! Our wallets are getting thinner. :(
Another weekend gone :( At least this week's a short week. Off to watch WGM~
One of the few and rare perks of working in my company. Free tickets! :D
And speaking of tickets, we were plagued by ticketing woes for the Korean Pop Night concert. But after much effort from my SNSD crazy friend, I am now officially going to attend the concert on 23 Oct! Hohoho. :) But I hope no more Kpop acts come down to Singapore for the rest of the year. Please stop bringing them in! Give fans a break! Our wallets are getting thinner. :(
Another weekend gone :( At least this week's a short week. Off to watch WGM~
My tooth's back to normal :D or rather, as best restored as it could be to its original condition, so now I can grin a toothy grin! :D
Napped for a while just now that's why I'm still up at 4am. Korean Pop Night tickets are going at $258, $218, $168 and $118. Niggling suspicion (actually full-blown suspicion) that people will be camping overnight at the 313 Somerset HMV in order to snag the best seats since tickets don't go on sale through traditional means i.e. Sistic. Sigh, I draw the line at camping overnight. I just hope we can get decent seats. Will ticket sales be as explosive as Jay Chou's concert? :x
Hungry now :( shall go and sleep.
Napped for a while just now that's why I'm still up at 4am. Korean Pop Night tickets are going at $258, $218, $168 and $118. Niggling suspicion (actually full-blown suspicion) that people will be camping overnight at the 313 Somerset HMV in order to snag the best seats since tickets don't go on sale through traditional means i.e. Sistic. Sigh, I draw the line at camping overnight. I just hope we can get decent seats. Will ticket sales be as explosive as Jay Chou's concert? :x
Hungry now :( shall go and sleep.
As I tweeted to Mad, I must be the first person in the world who would manage to chip a tooth while eating salad. o.O
YES, I chipped my front tooth today! I do not know how - I was just sticking a forkful of veggies into my mouth when the fork struck my tooth and there was this loud sound. And before I knew it a small corner of my 门牙 is gone. Very saddening. I can't help but keep running my tongue over that rough edge.
My skin is still in a mess! I've got ulcers growing! I'm getting fat! Sigh. Such is life.
YES, I chipped my front tooth today! I do not know how - I was just sticking a forkful of veggies into my mouth when the fork struck my tooth and there was this loud sound. And before I knew it a small corner of my 门牙 is gone. Very saddening. I can't help but keep running my tongue over that rough edge.
My skin is still in a mess! I've got ulcers growing! I'm getting fat! Sigh. Such is life.
There is a Korean pop concert of epic proportions happening right here in Singapore on 23rd October. I hope my mother doesn't choose that weekend to go to Bali. Big Bang! So Nyeo Shi Dae!!! These people don't drop by our sunny island so easily! Must! Get! Tickets!!!
Very coincidentally, I met a primary school classmate during an interview I was at on Monday. We both applied for the same position and her interview was right after mine. I'm not very optimistic about getting the job though. Brain felt rather fried after the written test.
A lot of pimples popping up on my face sigh my skin is in a mess! :(
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Very coincidentally, I met a primary school classmate during an interview I was at on Monday. We both applied for the same position and her interview was right after mine. I'm not very optimistic about getting the job though. Brain felt rather fried after the written test.
A lot of pimples popping up on my face sigh my skin is in a mess! :(
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Today's personal column on mismatched expectations between couples in The Sunday Times proved to be particularly educational. The writer stated that there 5 "love languages" and that each of us will tend to express our love for others in one or two particular ways. I'm filing that in my "How to learn to get along with a significant other" database.
Nowadays whatever I watch (i.e. We Got Married) or read, I tend to see myself in them.
It seems like Korean stars are dropping by our little red dot almost every week, if not fortnight. I spent Saturday afternoon at the CN Blue showcase. :) It was pretty good, but much has to be said about the lousy service of the ticketing agent (Gatecrash) and bad sound system. A lot of people were shouting for So Nyeo Shi Dae hahaha and Yonghwa even showed off his couple ring! LOL :)
OK I'm going to sleep early today! Tootles~
Nowadays whatever I watch (i.e. We Got Married) or read, I tend to see myself in them.
It seems like Korean stars are dropping by our little red dot almost every week, if not fortnight. I spent Saturday afternoon at the CN Blue showcase. :) It was pretty good, but much has to be said about the lousy service of the ticketing agent (Gatecrash) and bad sound system. A lot of people were shouting for So Nyeo Shi Dae hahaha and Yonghwa even showed off his couple ring! LOL :)
OK I'm going to sleep early today! Tootles~
Had lunch today with a colleague who is going to leave the company soon. We both joined the company on the same day but unfortunately I'm still stuck here while she is moving on elsewhere. Sigh.
She shared with me how she met her husband at work and they got married after being together for 3 months. Funny how the measure of time stays the same, but things can turn out differently for different people.
In 3 months, you can decide that he is the one and get married.
In 3 months, you can also go from being in the throes of happiness and plunge straight into being terribly unhappy.
In 3 months, you can remain confused and left in limbo.
In 3 months, you can also learn to accept fate and sigh that it was not meant to be.
Happy endings for some, resigned to life's many twists and turns for others.
Yeah, a lot can happen in 3 months.
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She shared with me how she met her husband at work and they got married after being together for 3 months. Funny how the measure of time stays the same, but things can turn out differently for different people.
In 3 months, you can decide that he is the one and get married.
In 3 months, you can also go from being in the throes of happiness and plunge straight into being terribly unhappy.
In 3 months, you can remain confused and left in limbo.
In 3 months, you can also learn to accept fate and sigh that it was not meant to be.
Happy endings for some, resigned to life's many twists and turns for others.
Yeah, a lot can happen in 3 months.
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I love BlogPress, it's just like twitter except that I can ramble more without worrying about my character limit! Very much worth the US$2.99 that I paid IMO. Now I can revive my ailing blog with more random thoughts that nobody cares about. I remember how in the past I would be struck by inspiration on the bus/train/or some random place but by the time I get home that moment of spontaneity is gone. Or the mood to blog disappears.
Now if only BlogPress allows me to label my posts...
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Now if only BlogPress allows me to label my posts...
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Another bunch of people commented about my weight loss today. I haven't been losing anymore weight recently and I didn't know 2-3kgs can make someone look visibly slimmer haha but it also makes me wonder if I was really that chubby say, 1 year ago, as compared to now?!
Wah then I need to keep up with my exercise routine for the rest of my life to be able to maintain my current size! Can be very tiring leh! :(
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Wah then I need to keep up with my exercise routine for the rest of my life to be able to maintain my current size! Can be very tiring leh! :(
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Read something pretty amusing in Digital Life.
"More sex for iPhone users", it says. And what's the significance of this earth-shattering revelation? "We do not think this is conclusive that iPhone users are luckier in bedroom matters. Maybe the iPhone is the easiest to use, so its users have more spare time for other activities." Hahaha!
On the contrary I find that the iPhone is taking up a lot of my spare time! It's such a distracting gadget. Where got spare time for "other activities" you tell me?
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"More sex for iPhone users", it says. And what's the significance of this earth-shattering revelation? "We do not think this is conclusive that iPhone users are luckier in bedroom matters. Maybe the iPhone is the easiest to use, so its users have more spare time for other activities." Hahaha!
On the contrary I find that the iPhone is taking up a lot of my spare time! It's such a distracting gadget. Where got spare time for "other activities" you tell me?
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I may be a Kpop fan but the rate at which new groups (especially girl groups) are appearing is really too fast. There's now a girl group whose youngest member is only like 9 or 10 years old (the group's average age is 15 my goodness) 0____0. What next? We see an embryo singing and twisting their unformed bodies on stage?
Another group with 9 members and no substance - sorry but their live singing sucks - was thought to be the next So Nyeo Shi Dae but unfortunately I think they are just all legs and nothing else. You want another Wonder Girls/SNSD kind of group? Please train more and don't debut in a hurry. Give us quality instead of quantity!
And if you thought Super Junior (who used to have 13 members - that number has shrank since then) had one too many faces/names to remember, there are talks of a 20-member group debuting soon. Do they seriously think people would be interested in a mass of faces who all look alike? And the poor dudes get like 2 seconds of singing time each?
Seriously none of them have that wow factor anymore. I will admit that Kpop has been all about the pre-packaged, pretty girls/cute boys who are trained in singing and dancing catchy songs but this "mass production" seems to be getting worse. It's like factories churning out groups after groups with no quality control, hastily assembled together without much thought. Quite sad, the rookies this year are nothing to shout about... except for maybe JYP's new girl group.
Here's the debut stage of the group with the 9-year old kid. She's the rapper but her voice is still so kiddish! And the rest of them look way to young to be thrusting their chests and hips. *me prude*
Another group with 9 members and no substance - sorry but their live singing sucks - was thought to be the next So Nyeo Shi Dae but unfortunately I think they are just all legs and nothing else. You want another Wonder Girls/SNSD kind of group? Please train more and don't debut in a hurry. Give us quality instead of quantity!
And if you thought Super Junior (who used to have 13 members - that number has shrank since then) had one too many faces/names to remember, there are talks of a 20-member group debuting soon. Do they seriously think people would be interested in a mass of faces who all look alike? And the poor dudes get like 2 seconds of singing time each?
Seriously none of them have that wow factor anymore. I will admit that Kpop has been all about the pre-packaged, pretty girls/cute boys who are trained in singing and dancing catchy songs but this "mass production" seems to be getting worse. It's like factories churning out groups after groups with no quality control, hastily assembled together without much thought. Quite sad, the rookies this year are nothing to shout about... except for maybe JYP's new girl group.
Here's the debut stage of the group with the 9-year old kid. She's the rapper but her voice is still so kiddish! And the rest of them look way to young to be thrusting their chests and hips. *me prude*
Restarted my Korean lessons after a 2-month break. I think my new Korean teacher teaches better than my old teacher. 죄송합니다 박선생님! ㅠ.ㅠ
I went to squeeze with hordes of sweaty adolescents on a hot and humid night. Just to watch 4minute (and BEAST) perform. SO OLD ALREADY STILL DO THIS KIND OF THING. -___-" Our passes were supposedly VIP passes but all those excitable teens stood up on the chairs and effectively blocked my view. Thanks ah fanboys and fangirls. Well at least I didn't have to pay for it, haha.
Haven't been rotting at home on a Saturday afternoon for a real long time. Yay to rotting! :)
I went to squeeze with hordes of sweaty adolescents on a hot and humid night. Just to watch 4minute (and BEAST) perform. SO OLD ALREADY STILL DO THIS KIND OF THING. -___-" Our passes were supposedly VIP passes but all those excitable teens stood up on the chairs and effectively blocked my view. Thanks ah fanboys and fangirls. Well at least I didn't have to pay for it, haha.
Haven't been rotting at home on a Saturday afternoon for a real long time. Yay to rotting! :)
'twas a weekend of indulgence and good food! Oh, hedonistic pleasures! *heart*
Yummy crab bee hoon at Melben
Giant fishball from Old Chang Kee (drowned in chilli sauce)
Very yummy takopachi balls from Orchard Ion! I like! :)
Tried this erm, uniquely flavoured bubble tea from Ion too... Green tea with rock salt and cheese
Italian food for dinner!
Chicken wingssssssssssss :)
And this concludes the end of the long National Day weekend. Very sad that the weekend's over in a flash! WHY! WHY! WHY! I need a I Hate Tuesdays t-shirt too. Well at least I caught up with some of my WGM watching on Saturday hahahaha. And I'm completely preoccupied with Cookie Dozer and Words with Friends nowadays.
Less expectations, less pain, less heartbreaks. I think it works. 还是我已学会了潇洒的对待？
Yummy crab bee hoon at Melben
Giant fishball from Old Chang Kee (drowned in chilli sauce)
Very yummy takopachi balls from Orchard Ion! I like! :)
Tried this erm, uniquely flavoured bubble tea from Ion too... Green tea with rock salt and cheese
Italian food for dinner!
Chicken wingssssssssssss :)
And this concludes the end of the long National Day weekend. Very sad that the weekend's over in a flash! WHY! WHY! WHY! I need a I Hate Tuesdays t-shirt too. Well at least I caught up with some of my WGM watching on Saturday hahahaha. And I'm completely preoccupied with Cookie Dozer and Words with Friends nowadays.
Less expectations, less pain, less heartbreaks. I think it works. 还是我已学会了潇洒的对待？
I bought the BlogPress app. Yes yes yes, the iPhone is such a money sucker! First I spend money purchasing the phone. Then I buy a screen protector. Then I buy a case for it. Next came spending US$0.99 on What'sApp. Now it's another US$2.99 (I think) on BlogPress! And I also ordered another iPhone cover from Gmarket. On top of all this I am saddled with monthly phone bills of $40+. This is not good.
Hopefully with the BlogPress app I will start blogging a lot more regularly... I feel like my poor blog has not been getting much attention from me of late. And for the curious people who are actually interested in my boring life *waves to a grand total of 5 loyal readers - must be a slow news day if you are visiting this blog* get on Twitter if you aren't already on it!!! Coz I'm starting to tweet more and yes, it's all thanks to the iPhone again. Haha.
(Maybe the next thing I buy will be the Bejeweled app. -___-")
Hopefully with the BlogPress app I will start blogging a lot more regularly... I feel like my poor blog has not been getting much attention from me of late. And for the curious people who are actually interested in my boring life *waves to a grand total of 5 loyal readers - must be a slow news day if you are visiting this blog* get on Twitter if you aren't already on it!!! Coz I'm starting to tweet more and yes, it's all thanks to the iPhone again. Haha.
(Maybe the next thing I buy will be the Bejeweled app. -___-")
Again it has happened. Again those #!&*$!!_% people, if you know you need some bloody item for your shoot, GET IT FROM ME WHEN I'M IN THE OFFICE, not over the weekend when you suddenly realize oh crap I don't have this this this and then call me to summon me to the office to open one stupid cupboard for you.
I wouldn't mind so much if I was paid handsomely to do shit work. I need a higher paying job. Sigh, need to wake up in less than 4 hours to drag my lazy ass to the office. ON A SUNDAY MORNING. BAH!
Today I had a discussion with friends on when to have kids. I am still anti-kids. I hope I will never have kids. But to all my dear friends who are 25 (or soon to be 25) and would want to start a family, do consider having kids before you turn 30! It's better for both yourself and the kid. So do you realize what this means? This means you have 5 years to find someone suitable, get married and start popping.
Showed my mom my health report today and she said that my "bad" cholesterol (LDL cholesterol) and triglycerides levels are perfectly normal so it ain't that bad. I have a high level of good cholesterol. Hah so I can still eat my seafood! But in moderation of course. :)
And I have 2 ulcers :( I hate ulcers.
I wouldn't mind so much if I was paid handsomely to do shit work. I need a higher paying job. Sigh, need to wake up in less than 4 hours to drag my lazy ass to the office. ON A SUNDAY MORNING. BAH!
Today I had a discussion with friends on when to have kids. I am still anti-kids. I hope I will never have kids. But to all my dear friends who are 25 (or soon to be 25) and would want to start a family, do consider having kids before you turn 30! It's better for both yourself and the kid. So do you realize what this means? This means you have 5 years to find someone suitable, get married and start popping.
Showed my mom my health report today and she said that my "bad" cholesterol (LDL cholesterol) and triglycerides levels are perfectly normal so it ain't that bad. I have a high level of good cholesterol. Hah so I can still eat my seafood! But in moderation of course. :)
And I have 2 ulcers :( I hate ulcers.
Just a quick update on my boring life before I try to go to sleep earlier. Boring and routine life aside, I am now an accidental iPhone user! And it has provided me with lots of distractions. It can be quite annoying sometimes (the iPhone is a selfish phone), and I miss some of the normal phone-y functions on my old Nokia, but on the whole, still getting used to it. It's a gaming phone. I only wish the battery doesn't die that fast. And there is no Blogger app!! Bah!
Last week also saw my first pay increment in 2 years. It's bonus month so we all got our salary review letters. 2.5 years in this place and the pay only inched up by this much. Boo. But still. Bonus is always good. Not a lot, but no fish, prawns also good lah.
AND! Last Friday I went to watch Jay Chou live in concert! :) It was an excellent show - if only he sang 霍霍霍... that would make the atmosphere super high! I screamed a lot and sang embarrassingly loudly to almost every song. Towards the end everyone stood up and waved their light sticks and sang along to his classic songs. It was like a mass KTV session :)
I also went to watch Inception - everyone's raving about it and the plot seemed pretty interesting. I think it might be a little overrated though. There was a scene where there was no gravity in a dream. Reminded me of my own dreams because I've had recurring dreams of myself floating in the air and being unable to get down!!! It was as if I'm a helium balloon. Never able to stay on the ground. That feeling is so insecure.
New colleague came in today, and I have to start the entire training process again. SIGH! I suddenly miss my old colleague. At least we are comfortable with each other's working styles and she knows how things work around here.
OK time to sleep. I am sleeping later and later these days. Used to sleep at 1.30am, then it became 2am, then it became 2.30am, and sometimes 3am. SIGH! Why like that?
Last week also saw my first pay increment in 2 years. It's bonus month so we all got our salary review letters. 2.5 years in this place and the pay only inched up by this much. Boo. But still. Bonus is always good. Not a lot, but no fish, prawns also good lah.
AND! Last Friday I went to watch Jay Chou live in concert! :) It was an excellent show - if only he sang 霍霍霍... that would make the atmosphere super high! I screamed a lot and sang embarrassingly loudly to almost every song. Towards the end everyone stood up and waved their light sticks and sang along to his classic songs. It was like a mass KTV session :)
I also went to watch Inception - everyone's raving about it and the plot seemed pretty interesting. I think it might be a little overrated though. There was a scene where there was no gravity in a dream. Reminded me of my own dreams because I've had recurring dreams of myself floating in the air and being unable to get down!!! It was as if I'm a helium balloon. Never able to stay on the ground. That feeling is so insecure.
New colleague came in today, and I have to start the entire training process again. SIGH! I suddenly miss my old colleague. At least we are comfortable with each other's working styles and she knows how things work around here.
OK time to sleep. I am sleeping later and later these days. Used to sleep at 1.30am, then it became 2am, then it became 2.30am, and sometimes 3am. SIGH! Why like that?
My sleep schedule is screwed up. :( Not that I sleep early to begin with but then at least last time I would try to be in bed by 2am. Now I usually doze off at 11pm (you will find me lying motionless in front of the TV, right smack in the middle of the living room floor with a pile of newspapers next to me) and then nap for a while, wake up, go bathe, come online and stay up till 3 or 4am. Bleah! That's terrible hours to keep for a working person!!!
How to adjust back? At least if I sleep at 2am I can get 5-6 hours of uninterrupted sleep. Now my sleep is all chopped up into parts!
Anyway went for my annual health screening in the office today and they had this new thing to measure my fat component. I had to hold this device and this funky device could measure my body fat! JUST BY HAVING ME HOLD IT! How does it work?! I also don't know man! But the result was that... DUM DUM DUM DUM. *cue ominous music* I HAVE ONE (moderately heavy) SUITCASE WORTH OF FAT IN ME!!! 30.5% of my body weight is FATS! That's like 16kg. IMAGINE! My bones, muscles and organs only weigh ~36kg!!! THE REST ALL FAT!!! Wahlao somemore boobs not big but still got so much fat. -____-
So I asked the lady if 30.5% is like, normal, and then she laughed awkwardly and said that it's okay for females to have more fat. -____- I think the normal range for females is about 20%+ leh. I am considered a high fat case! High fat cow! With loads of blubber! Now I know why I don't feel cold easily! Coz I have a high percentage of body fat!!!
Haha okay la what the hell I exercise and everything but the fat doesn't disappear so I guess there's no use in exercising. HAHAHAHAHA. :p
How to adjust back? At least if I sleep at 2am I can get 5-6 hours of uninterrupted sleep. Now my sleep is all chopped up into parts!
Anyway went for my annual health screening in the office today and they had this new thing to measure my fat component. I had to hold this device and this funky device could measure my body fat! JUST BY HAVING ME HOLD IT! How does it work?! I also don't know man! But the result was that... DUM DUM DUM DUM. *cue ominous music* I HAVE ONE (moderately heavy) SUITCASE WORTH OF FAT IN ME!!! 30.5% of my body weight is FATS! That's like 16kg. IMAGINE! My bones, muscles and organs only weigh ~36kg!!! THE REST ALL FAT!!! Wahlao somemore boobs not big but still got so much fat. -____-
So I asked the lady if 30.5% is like, normal, and then she laughed awkwardly and said that it's okay for females to have more fat. -____- I think the normal range for females is about 20%+ leh. I am considered a high fat case! High fat cow! With loads of blubber! Now I know why I don't feel cold easily! Coz I have a high percentage of body fat!!!
Haha okay la what the hell I exercise and everything but the fat doesn't disappear so I guess there's no use in exercising. HAHAHAHAHA. :p
I witnessed my colleague step into a new phase of her life today. It's so-called the first friend's wedding that I've attended! Exciting! Even though it's only the ROM but still exciting! :) I wish them bliss and happiness forever. :)
Especially with all the things that have happened in the past 2 months, I think it's way too difficult to find someone to spend the rest of your life with. How do you know if that person is the right one for you? It takes so much to make the relationship work and to commit to each other for the rest of your lives. So if you have found that special person, cherish him/her!
Going to see 2AM at the Sheng Shiong show tomorrow! Woots! And also thinking if I should stay up to watch the World Cup final tomorrow. Will probably be like a zombie at work if I do. :( Unfortunately I can't take leave since I am now running a one-(wo)man show.
Other than that, it has been a peaceful week. 10 July, would have been 2 months.
Especially with all the things that have happened in the past 2 months, I think it's way too difficult to find someone to spend the rest of your life with. How do you know if that person is the right one for you? It takes so much to make the relationship work and to commit to each other for the rest of your lives. So if you have found that special person, cherish him/her!
Going to see 2AM at the Sheng Shiong show tomorrow! Woots! And also thinking if I should stay up to watch the World Cup final tomorrow. Will probably be like a zombie at work if I do. :( Unfortunately I can't take leave since I am now running a one-(wo)man show.
Other than that, it has been a peaceful week. 10 July, would have been 2 months.
I was reading this article in ST Life! about Joscelin Yeo getting married and this quote popped out at me.
"I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her." (Notting Hill)Can't believe I started tearing after reading that. It was like something just shot through my heart. That's all I want, really. Why is it so hard? :(
Half a year is over. I had happy times. Miserable times. Painful times. It was horrid. It brought me joy. It brought me love. It taught me plenty of new things. It gave me new experiences. It gave me the worst trip of my life. It brought me nowhere career wise. Too many things happened, particularly in the last couple of months.
I hope the second half of 2010 will bring better things. I hope to move on from here even though it may be hard. And it is really really hard. I am too soft-hearted for my own good.
Thanks to all who have listened patiently to my complaining, when I was hurting, when I was down and broken. Ultimately, friends and family never fail you.
I hope the second half of 2010 will bring better things. I hope to move on from here even though it may be hard. And it is really really hard. I am too soft-hearted for my own good.
Thanks to all who have listened patiently to my complaining, when I was hurting, when I was down and broken. Ultimately, friends and family never fail you.
I've heard this song so many times in the past but it only struck a chord in me when I heard it again on the bus today.
S Club 7 - Never Had A Dream Come True
Everybody's got something they had to leave behind
One regret from yesterday that just seems to grow with time
There's no use looking back or wondering
How it could be now or might have been
All this I know but still I can't find ways to let you go
I never had a dream come true
Till the day that I found you
Even though I pretend that I've moved on
You'll always be my baby
I never found the words to say
You're the one I think about each day
And I know no matter where life takes me to
A part of me will always be with you
Somewhere in my memory I've lost all sense of time
And tomorrow can never be
'Cause yesterday is all that fills my mind
There's no use looking back or wondering
How it should be now or might have been
All this I know but still I can't find ways to let you go
You'll always be the dream that fills my head
Yes you will, say you will, you know you will, oh baby
You'll always be the one I know I'll never forget
There's no use looking back or wondering
Because love is a strange and funny thing
No matter how I try and try
I just can't say goodbye
No no no no
A part of me will always be... with you...
S Club 7 - Never Had A Dream Come True
Everybody's got something they had to leave behind
One regret from yesterday that just seems to grow with time
There's no use looking back or wondering
How it could be now or might have been
All this I know but still I can't find ways to let you go
I never had a dream come true
Till the day that I found you
Even though I pretend that I've moved on
You'll always be my baby
I never found the words to say
You're the one I think about each day
And I know no matter where life takes me to
A part of me will always be with you
Somewhere in my memory I've lost all sense of time
And tomorrow can never be
'Cause yesterday is all that fills my mind
There's no use looking back or wondering
How it should be now or might have been
All this I know but still I can't find ways to let you go
You'll always be the dream that fills my head
Yes you will, say you will, you know you will, oh baby
You'll always be the one I know I'll never forget
There's no use looking back or wondering
Because love is a strange and funny thing
No matter how I try and try
I just can't say goodbye
No no no no
A part of me will always be... with you...
Front row seats at BEAST's showcase! :) It was awesomeness having such a great and unblocked view :) Seeing Korean stars just within my reach! They were soooo close that they didn't look like ants for once. They even shook (or in some cases, touched) my hand. Very handsome. :)
It's a pity the strict security didn't allow for any photos. But nonetheless it was a good experience to remember. The fans' screams were deafening. I can hear my ears ringing.
I don't know what's gonna happen over the weekend but I don't think it can get any worse than China.
It's a pity the strict security didn't allow for any photos. But nonetheless it was a good experience to remember. The fans' screams were deafening. I can hear my ears ringing.
I don't know what's gonna happen over the weekend but I don't think it can get any worse than China.
So much for all that planning for the China trip. The planning came to naught. Other things eclipsed the whole essence of going on a holiday - which is essentially to enjoy yourself and give yourself a break, and I achieved none of that. This trip has been the worst trip I've ever taken in my life. In so many ways.
Couldn't believe that initially I was dreading the 17th. I shouldn't even have dreaded the 17th because whatever was meant to happen happened, 17th or not. The heavens are playing tricks on me. It's been a tumultuous 5 weeks. It's upsetting to say the least.
I am trying to salvage something that is already broken beyond repair.
Couldn't believe that initially I was dreading the 17th. I shouldn't even have dreaded the 17th because whatever was meant to happen happened, 17th or not. The heavens are playing tricks on me. It's been a tumultuous 5 weeks. It's upsetting to say the least.
I am trying to salvage something that is already broken beyond repair.
I'm proud to say that I've more or less completed my packing! Compared to the last time when I went to Cambodia and started packing only at like 6am...
Still, I have to go to work tomorrow morning. How I wish I had taken a full day's leave instead. Can't believe it was almost a year ago that I was embarking on my Japan adventure! And now 1 year later it's China. We are still undecided if we should spend 2 whole days at the Shanghai World Expo and forgo all sight seeing in Shanghai. This would probably mean a lot of squeezing, jostling with loud and aggressive people and queuing. One of my travel companions has been to Shanghai before and would prefer to visit the Expo. The other may not be so keen. I am on the fence. Anyone can offer thoughts/suggestions?
Anyway it seems like my exercising efforts have paid off! Quite a random number of people have commented that I now look run down or have lost weight. Maybe my face is now smaller? Hahaha!
And it's been 32 days.
Still, I have to go to work tomorrow morning. How I wish I had taken a full day's leave instead. Can't believe it was almost a year ago that I was embarking on my Japan adventure! And now 1 year later it's China. We are still undecided if we should spend 2 whole days at the Shanghai World Expo and forgo all sight seeing in Shanghai. This would probably mean a lot of squeezing, jostling with loud and aggressive people and queuing. One of my travel companions has been to Shanghai before and would prefer to visit the Expo. The other may not be so keen. I am on the fence. Anyone can offer thoughts/suggestions?
Anyway it seems like my exercising efforts have paid off! Quite a random number of people have commented that I now look run down or have lost weight. Maybe my face is now smaller? Hahaha!
And it's been 32 days.
Our fridge has broken down after 21 years. Now we have a new fridge! It looks out of place because it's too huge to put in that little corner where the old fridge once stood. But my mom is displeased because there's a scratch on the new fridge. So she's getting the people to send another one down. And now I'm hungry and there's no milk to drink. :(
1.5 more days to China... I think this is probably the first time that I'm not super excited about an upcoming trip. I have to travel with 2 people who are at loggerheads with each other. And this trip is significant in more ways than one. One thing is for sure though, I will be more than super sian when I come back on the 17th...
1.5 more days to China... I think this is probably the first time that I'm not super excited about an upcoming trip. I have to travel with 2 people who are at loggerheads with each other. And this trip is significant in more ways than one. One thing is for sure though, I will be more than super sian when I come back on the 17th...
I only clocked 4 posts in May. Wow. I'm really turning into a sporadic blogger.
Here's the first post in June. Almost half of 2010 is over! What have you accomplished for the past 5 months? For me it has been mainly work and trying to find a new job and some other stuff. End of update of my boring life.
How come I used to find so many things to ramble about? I am now at a loss for words. Or maybe there are just too many things that are inappropriate to talk about?
Self-censorship at its finest moment. :) Sigh. The perils of growing up.
Then I wonder what my blog is for?
Here's the first post in June. Almost half of 2010 is over! What have you accomplished for the past 5 months? For me it has been mainly work and trying to find a new job and some other stuff. End of update of my boring life.
How come I used to find so many things to ramble about? I am now at a loss for words. Or maybe there are just too many things that are inappropriate to talk about?
Self-censorship at its finest moment. :) Sigh. The perils of growing up.
Then I wonder what my blog is for?
Another week came and went. My life has been pretty packed. I finished the 800 words and now my job search has come to a standstill. I've been neglecting a lot of things recently - my video watching, my Kpop news, my newspaper reading. My colleague has tendered. I am still very sian about my hard disk. I went for the Shrek Forever After premiere - not as good as the previous few installments IMO. I went for this Singapore Arts Festival concert - they played The Carnival of Animals & Peter and the Wolf . I remember both pieces were taught to us in the first 2 weeks of MEP! And I want to watch Sex and the City. I had yummy Turkish food.
Very incoherent summary of my week. End of rambles. Shall try and sleep early.
Very incoherent summary of my week. End of rambles. Shall try and sleep early.
I've been living without my computer for the past 7 days and today, finally, my computer came back to life!!! Got a friend who is well versed in techie stuff to help out and my computer was diagnosed with a dead hard disk. :(
So now I've got an almost spankin' brand new computer, or at least it feels that way. I've replaced the entire hard disk and loaded in the newest Windows 7. My computer is now totally devoid of data and programmes. I have to re-download all my programmes and mourn the loss of all my photos and files in my old hard disk. Very pek cek man. I DIDN'T BACK UP MY FILES!!!! Lesson learnt. Everyone, please go and back up your files NOW!!! (I lost Cambodia photos, Gassy photos, Ichee photos, sob sob!~ :( If I happen to send you photos pls send them to me? Else I'll just have to get the low res photos from Facebook...)
I really hope a miracle happens and some tech guru can recover some of the files in my old hard disk. :(
The stupid computer crash added to the pretty bad week. I'm fretting over this 800-word article that I have yet to write. I'm stuck in the middle of two people - and I have to travel to China to them. There are issues to deal with. I hope next week will be better.
So now I've got an almost spankin' brand new computer, or at least it feels that way. I've replaced the entire hard disk and loaded in the newest Windows 7. My computer is now totally devoid of data and programmes. I have to re-download all my programmes and mourn the loss of all my photos and files in my old hard disk. Very pek cek man. I DIDN'T BACK UP MY FILES!!!! Lesson learnt. Everyone, please go and back up your files NOW!!! (I lost Cambodia photos, Gassy photos, Ichee photos, sob sob!~ :( If I happen to send you photos pls send them to me? Else I'll just have to get the low res photos from Facebook...)
I really hope a miracle happens and some tech guru can recover some of the files in my old hard disk. :(
The stupid computer crash added to the pretty bad week. I'm fretting over this 800-word article that I have yet to write. I'm stuck in the middle of two people - and I have to travel to China to them. There are issues to deal with. I hope next week will be better.
We're already approaching mid-May. Gosh. It's like April flew by and 1/3 of the year flew by. I'm still at my boring old job even after going for a few interviews. Meanwhile it seems like a lot of things has happened but yet nothing much has happened.
My computer CRASHED on Sunday! Super sian. I tried to reboot it the whole day but failed. Now I'm faced with the prospect of possibly losing all my data. :( SIGH! I never learn my lesson. Which is to always backup my data! RAWRRR!!! My office computer is slow and laggy and now my home computer is dead to the world. Well done.
I was playing mahjong on Saturday and I was waiting to game with this SUPERB COMBI that is probably worth a gazillion points. Imagine: Pong pong hu + half colour - and my half colour is made up of 白板, 红中, 东风 and another wind tile. BUT I DIDN'T WIN coz I was waiting for my winning tile of 红中 OR 东风 and before it came, someone else won. -________-" BAH!!!! If not that would have won me $30++!
Also I'm going to Shanghai and Beijing in June! It was a very last-minute, impromptu decision. Initially I had no travel plans at all for this year, but because colleague's going for an event for work and also because SIA had a promotion, we decided to go and booked our tickets within 1 weekend. I'm really looking forward to it :) in spite of a possible brewing conflict between my 2 travelling partners. Shanghai Expo! Great Wall of China! Forbidden Palace! We only have 3 days in Beijing and I think we really don't have enough time to visit all the places that we want to go! Really wasted la. Could have taken one more day of leave and then extended our holiday by another 3 days.
The past few weeks also have been pretty much a whirlwind of stuff and I have been kept pretty occupied with this thing called Life. I don't even have time to check on my Kpop news nowadays! :( 10 May also marked a pretty important day for me as I made an important (and impulsive) decision. At first I was confused. Then I stopped being confused. I straightened out my thinking. But then I threw caution to the wind. I got sick of being rational and logical. Heck it, I thought. -___- I know. I don't know if I even made the right decision? Was it stupid? Foolish? Blindly optimistic? But I've decided to plunge straight in and even if I escape bloody and hurt, I would just treat it as a milestone in my life and a valuable and precious learning experience. 我要学会有勇气去尝试和体验.
Meanwhile... I'm keeping my fingers crossed for my internal job applications. :x Wish me luck.
My computer CRASHED on Sunday! Super sian. I tried to reboot it the whole day but failed. Now I'm faced with the prospect of possibly losing all my data. :( SIGH! I never learn my lesson. Which is to always backup my data! RAWRRR!!! My office computer is slow and laggy and now my home computer is dead to the world. Well done.
I was playing mahjong on Saturday and I was waiting to game with this SUPERB COMBI that is probably worth a gazillion points. Imagine: Pong pong hu + half colour - and my half colour is made up of 白板, 红中, 东风 and another wind tile. BUT I DIDN'T WIN coz I was waiting for my winning tile of 红中 OR 东风 and before it came, someone else won. -________-" BAH!!!! If not that would have won me $30++!
Also I'm going to Shanghai and Beijing in June! It was a very last-minute, impromptu decision. Initially I had no travel plans at all for this year, but because colleague's going for an event for work and also because SIA had a promotion, we decided to go and booked our tickets within 1 weekend. I'm really looking forward to it :) in spite of a possible brewing conflict between my 2 travelling partners. Shanghai Expo! Great Wall of China! Forbidden Palace! We only have 3 days in Beijing and I think we really don't have enough time to visit all the places that we want to go! Really wasted la. Could have taken one more day of leave and then extended our holiday by another 3 days.
The past few weeks also have been pretty much a whirlwind of stuff and I have been kept pretty occupied with this thing called Life. I don't even have time to check on my Kpop news nowadays! :( 10 May also marked a pretty important day for me as I made an important (and impulsive) decision. At first I was confused. Then I stopped being confused. I straightened out my thinking. But then I threw caution to the wind. I got sick of being rational and logical. Heck it, I thought. -___- I know. I don't know if I even made the right decision? Was it stupid? Foolish? Blindly optimistic? But I've decided to plunge straight in and even if I escape bloody and hurt, I would just treat it as a milestone in my life and a valuable and precious learning experience. 我要学会有勇气去尝试和体验.
Meanwhile... I'm keeping my fingers crossed for my internal job applications. :x Wish me luck.
I was one of the hundreds/thousands? of commuters affected by the NEL train breakdown this morning. I have much to complain about the inefficiency of the staff and complete lack of communication. But more interestingly, I saw a lot of people whipping out their camera phones and taking pictures of the crowd and of the notice flashing on the signboard!!
Haha seems like people still can remember to update their friends instantly even when they are running late/stuck on trains. In the end I arrived at work at 10.30am. -___-" Should have just taken the bus right from the start because that was what I ended up doing!!!
Haha seems like people still can remember to update their friends instantly even when they are running late/stuck on trains. In the end I arrived at work at 10.30am. -___-" Should have just taken the bus right from the start because that was what I ended up doing!!!
The year was 1998. I remember 12 years ago, I came home from my cello lesson and they told me that my mom popped. It was a Tuesday. I remember because cello lessons are always on Tuesdays.
Today is also a Tuesday. And my little sister turns 12! She was very grumpy today and throwing petty tantrums. And refusing to take photos.
But still. Time flies!
Today is also a Tuesday. And my little sister turns 12! She was very grumpy today and throwing petty tantrums. And refusing to take photos.
But still. Time flies!
Woah STB sure maximized the airtime they got on the Singapore leg of The Amazing Race! It was a really jam-packed episode - Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore Flyer, Sentosa Zip Line, lion dance, selling ice cream, shipyards, Marina Barrage... plus all that bitching between the lesbians and the beauty queen, made for a rather entertaining episode.
Apparently the teams popped by our sunny island last year when I was in Cambodia! Pity... or else maybe we would have the chance to catch a glimpse of the teams scurrying around the island!
Tried to get tickets to the Jay Chou concert today but of course the Power of Jay Chou made the entire Sistic website inaccessible for an hour. But heard he's going to open up another show on 23rd July. Say hello to another mad rush for tickets!
Apparently the teams popped by our sunny island last year when I was in Cambodia! Pity... or else maybe we would have the chance to catch a glimpse of the teams scurrying around the island!
Tried to get tickets to the Jay Chou concert today but of course the Power of Jay Chou made the entire Sistic website inaccessible for an hour. But heard he's going to open up another show on 23rd July. Say hello to another mad rush for tickets!
My mom is back after 2 weeks of holidaying in Europe!!!
That means no more clothes washing for me!!! *jumps around*
Unfortunately, she met with a sneaky pickpocket on the 3rd day of her trip and lost about $2K. Geez it seems like Europe is really unsafe. Not only that, someone in her tour group got their camera stolen right from their hotel room. And my sister's friend had her bag stolen when she was there 2 years ago. If I ever get the chance to go there, I'm gonna stuff money down my socks and tape money to my body. HAHA.
$2K is really a lot of money! That's like one month's worth of my salary.
That means no more clothes washing for me!!! *jumps around*
Unfortunately, she met with a sneaky pickpocket on the 3rd day of her trip and lost about $2K. Geez it seems like Europe is really unsafe. Not only that, someone in her tour group got their camera stolen right from their hotel room. And my sister's friend had her bag stolen when she was there 2 years ago. If I ever get the chance to go there, I'm gonna stuff money down my socks and tape money to my body. HAHA.
$2K is really a lot of money! That's like one month's worth of my salary.
Last night I had a very long and in-depth discussion with a friend on love and life.
So one of the questions I posed was: Would you rather only have one love for your whole life (and assuming you marry him/her) or would you rather get your heart-broken at least once?
I choose the second option. My opinion is that you would have never experienced life if you do not know the pain and anguish of heartbreak. Some people would disagree, but I think it will make you stronger, it will make you wiser, it will make you know what you want, and it will make you appreciate the next person more.
Pensive thoughts huh. That's what the night does to you.
Work wise, I've had my appraisal a few weeks back (it was longer than the <5 min appraisal I had last year), went for a few interviews, rejected a job, and procrastinating on my job applications. Anyway. No rush I guess. At most I'll wait it out for a few more months and see what happens in July (i.e. bonus month).
Oh and here's a prettier picture of our kimbap, courtesy of my classmate :)
So one of the questions I posed was: Would you rather only have one love for your whole life (and assuming you marry him/her) or would you rather get your heart-broken at least once?
I choose the second option. My opinion is that you would have never experienced life if you do not know the pain and anguish of heartbreak. Some people would disagree, but I think it will make you stronger, it will make you wiser, it will make you know what you want, and it will make you appreciate the next person more.
Pensive thoughts huh. That's what the night does to you.
Work wise, I've had my appraisal a few weeks back (it was longer than the <5 min appraisal I had last year), went for a few interviews, rejected a job, and procrastinating on my job applications. Anyway. No rush I guess. At most I'll wait it out for a few more months and see what happens in July (i.e. bonus month).
Oh and here's a prettier picture of our kimbap, courtesy of my classmate :)
I am impressive!
I finished ironing the clothes! I washed the clothes! I even cooked dinner (edible!) for my little sis and myself haha.
Well I guess it helped that this was a long weekend. Other than doing blah chores, I had time to sleep a reasonable number of hours, go cycle and KTV and even nua around a bit so it wasn't all too bad. :) The pace of this weekend was just right!
After this weekend - which has already come to an end :( - there is really nothing much to look forward to anymore. No leave, no PH till the end of May. Boohoohoo! *tear*
I finished ironing the clothes! I washed the clothes! I even cooked dinner (edible!) for my little sis and myself haha.
Well I guess it helped that this was a long weekend. Other than doing blah chores, I had time to sleep a reasonable number of hours, go cycle and KTV and even nua around a bit so it wasn't all too bad. :) The pace of this weekend was just right!
After this weekend - which has already come to an end :( - there is really nothing much to look forward to anymore. No leave, no PH till the end of May. Boohoohoo! *tear*
So I completed my Level 2 Korean class last Saturday *박수~* and our 선생님 (teacher) decided to have a cooking class in place of our last lesson.
My group volunteered? had no choice? randomly chose? to make kimbap (김밥). It's rice rolled with laver (LAVER! thinks of cute Japanese waiter~) and various random ingredients. Basically it's a Korean version of sushi. Ah there. I see a thought bubble forming at the tip of your heads. Like this:
We were too busy making noise, rolling and cutting during class, so I don't have any pictures of the process. But I dabao-ed a roll of kimbap (kimbap roll?) back home and here it is! All in its mouth-watering glory!
우리가 김밥을 만들어요~ 너무 맛있었어요!
*cricket sounds*
Yeah that roll of kimbap was probably already 2/3 down our stomachs after I remembered to take a picture. But it was good! My first roll of kimbap ever! Erm, the one that ungraciously spilt open was due to the fact that there was a hole in the seaweed. So when I cut it, it ungraciously spilt open. And by right kimbap should be colourful! as 선생님 chided when we made boring monotone kimbap. There should be reds! greens! yellows! colour! But as you can see, my first kimbap consists of mostly orange/yellow stuff. It's egg, pickled radish and carrot I think.
Not too bad for a first attempt! And it's pretty simple to make too. Maybe I should attempt to cook dinner over the weekend since I predict we're all gonna be surviving on food court food for 2 weeks. Kinda inspired by our 10-course cookout session the other time.
Oh and other groups also made other Korean dishes like bibimbap, kimchi pancake, Japchae, ddokbokki (spicy rice cake). 너무 맛있었어요! (It was delicious~)
My group volunteered? had no choice? randomly chose? to make kimbap (김밥). It's rice rolled with laver (LAVER! thinks of cute Japanese waiter~) and various random ingredients. Basically it's a Korean version of sushi. Ah there. I see a thought bubble forming at the tip of your heads. Like this:
We were too busy making noise, rolling and cutting during class, so I don't have any pictures of the process. But I dabao-ed a roll of kimbap (kimbap roll?) back home and here it is! All in its mouth-watering glory!
우리가 김밥을 만들어요~ 너무 맛있었어요!
*cricket sounds*
Yeah that roll of kimbap was probably already 2/3 down our stomachs after I remembered to take a picture. But it was good! My first roll of kimbap ever! Erm, the one that ungraciously spilt open was due to the fact that there was a hole in the seaweed. So when I cut it, it ungraciously spilt open. And by right kimbap should be colourful! as 선생님 chided when we made boring monotone kimbap. There should be reds! greens! yellows! colour! But as you can see, my first kimbap consists of mostly orange/yellow stuff. It's egg, pickled radish and carrot I think.
Not too bad for a first attempt! And it's pretty simple to make too. Maybe I should attempt to cook dinner over the weekend since I predict we're all gonna be surviving on food court food for 2 weeks. Kinda inspired by our 10-course cookout session the other time.
Oh and other groups also made other Korean dishes like bibimbap, kimchi pancake, Japchae, ddokbokki (spicy rice cake). 너무 맛있었어요! (It was delicious~)
My mother happily went off to Europe on a 2-week long trip, leaving behind my little sister who kept crying on the day she left. Annoyingly that means I suddenly have to take care of her, whatever that means. 싫어! I think it's high time for my little sister to learn how to be independent. Anyway I think she will soon reach the age when she will stop sticking to my mother and start sticking to her friends.
An MIA mother also means I have to do the laundry. And iron the whole world's clothes. I haven't done the ironing part yet (that's what weekends are for - to catch up on ironing - oh bemoan my sad un-happening life) but it's only Day 2 of clothes washing and I am bloody sian of it!!! Washing rinsing dumping into machine hanging it up taking it down UGH! Another 13 or more days of clothes washing!!! :(
I realized that I don't think I can ever set up a family. I am perfectly happy to wash my own clothes but I think I will be very unhappy washing other people's. Just as well, since I have no maternal instinct and don't like kids very much. Everybody, please appreciate your mother. Especially if she does the laundry.
Okay stop complaining it's just washing a few measly pieces of cloth right?
Hah I think I will probably start complaining about the ironing when the weekend comes. :x
An MIA mother also means I have to do the laundry. And iron the whole world's clothes. I haven't done the ironing part yet (that's what weekends are for - to catch up on ironing - oh bemoan my sad un-happening life) but it's only Day 2 of clothes washing and I am bloody sian of it!!! Washing rinsing dumping into machine hanging it up taking it down UGH! Another 13 or more days of clothes washing!!! :(
I realized that I don't think I can ever set up a family. I am perfectly happy to wash my own clothes but I think I will be very unhappy washing other people's. Just as well, since I have no maternal instinct and don't like kids very much. Everybody, please appreciate your mother. Especially if she does the laundry.
Okay stop complaining it's just washing a few measly pieces of cloth right?
Hah I think I will probably start complaining about the ironing when the weekend comes. :x
*hangs head*
And I call myself a Shinhwa fan. Their 12th anniversary slipped by quietly and unnoticed while I was busy with my un-happening life. I was really planning to wear ORANGE on 24 March but I swear I completely forgot!!! :( I is upset that I have become a negligent and bochap fan. :( Is this what they call out of sight, out of mind? NO! I must reignite the passionate flames in my heart that I have for them! *manic gleam*
On a completely unrelated note, my thighs feel like I've subjected them to some horrible torture. Which isn't all that far from the truth. I did a lot of stretchy pull-y stuff but whatever it is, the muscles near my knees are aching. This is strange because I never knew I had muscles near my knees. I feel like my legs are turning into one big blue-black. Oh muscles of the knee, rejoice! For you are now activated after lying dormant!
Clearing my last day of leave for the FY tomorrow!
And I call myself a Shinhwa fan. Their 12th anniversary slipped by quietly and unnoticed while I was busy with my un-happening life. I was really planning to wear ORANGE on 24 March but I swear I completely forgot!!! :( I is upset that I have become a negligent and bochap fan. :( Is this what they call out of sight, out of mind? NO! I must reignite the passionate flames in my heart that I have for them! *manic gleam*
On a completely unrelated note, my thighs feel like I've subjected them to some horrible torture. Which isn't all that far from the truth. I did a lot of stretchy pull-y stuff but whatever it is, the muscles near my knees are aching. This is strange because I never knew I had muscles near my knees. I feel like my legs are turning into one big blue-black. Oh muscles of the knee, rejoice! For you are now activated after lying dormant!
Clearing my last day of leave for the FY tomorrow!
These are the dates to remember:
30 Oct 2010: Eric gets out of the army
7 Dec 2010: Dongwan gets out of the army
Still quite some way to go.
And so there goes my 4-day long weekend... It went by in a flash. As expected. Good times never last long.
Anyway I'm super in love with another make-believe couple on We Got Married. Yonghwa + Seohyun!
If I were 19 years old again like Seohyun, I wouldn't mind having Yonghwa as my first love. HAHAHA.
30 Oct 2010: Eric gets out of the army
7 Dec 2010: Dongwan gets out of the army
Still quite some way to go.
And so there goes my 4-day long weekend... It went by in a flash. As expected. Good times never last long.
Anyway I'm super in love with another make-believe couple on We Got Married. Yonghwa + Seohyun!
If I were 19 years old again like Seohyun, I wouldn't mind having Yonghwa as my first love. HAHAHA.
I completed my first Korean drama for 2010 - was busy watching "You're Beautiful" for the past week. It's a really cute and funny drama with an awesome OST. (Korean drama soundtracks are always awesome.) Initially I couldn't stand the girl acting stupid and dense (seriously - why is it that bumbling clumsy girls are always the ones who get like a ton of boys falling head over heels for them - it just gives false hopes to the rest of us out there) but the guys are chaarrrrrrrmmmmingg.... ♥
And this is unprecedented - usually I don't give two hoots about the 2nd male lead, the one who is ever so nice and gentle, always there for the girl but will never end up with her - but I am all a flutter over the guy who plays Kang Shinwoo in the show. ♥♥♥ I have something new to obsess over now HAHAHA.
The Hong sisters do not disappoint - this drama is as quirky, funny, touching and romantic as the other Hong sisters dramas (My Girl, Fantasy Couple, Sassy Girl Choon Hyang). The pacing is just nice too - at 16 episodes, it doesn't fall into that draggy Korean drama trap that makes me feel like screaming at the leads to GET A MOVE ON!
Okay shall try and sleep early and mull over job opportunities tomorrow.
And this is unprecedented - usually I don't give two hoots about the 2nd male lead, the one who is ever so nice and gentle, always there for the girl but will never end up with her - but I am all a flutter over the guy who plays Kang Shinwoo in the show. ♥♥♥ I have something new to obsess over now HAHAHA.
The Hong sisters do not disappoint - this drama is as quirky, funny, touching and romantic as the other Hong sisters dramas (My Girl, Fantasy Couple, Sassy Girl Choon Hyang). The pacing is just nice too - at 16 episodes, it doesn't fall into that draggy Korean drama trap that makes me feel like screaming at the leads to GET A MOVE ON!
Okay shall try and sleep early and mull over job opportunities tomorrow.
Our piano at home is at least 16 or 17 years old now. It has taken me through years of piano exams and hours and hours of practicing. Actually I can't remember when I started learning, but I remember we used to have a keyboard in our old house before the piano.
Anyway digressing. The point is it has turned into some sort of a white elephant now. After 1 year or so (or maybe 2 years?) of not touching it, I finally opened it up and was informed by my little sister that my high F# key is spoilt! ㅠ___ㅠ It gets stuck whenever I hit the F# and I have to pluck it out if I have to play F# repeatedly. The notes around middle C also give off a strange twang. My piano is disintegrating! :(
Oh, and I can't read notes that are above or below 3 ledger lines anymore. :(
Anyway digressing. The point is it has turned into some sort of a white elephant now. After 1 year or so (or maybe 2 years?) of not touching it, I finally opened it up and was informed by my little sister that my high F# key is spoilt! ㅠ___ㅠ It gets stuck whenever I hit the F# and I have to pluck it out if I have to play F# repeatedly. The notes around middle C also give off a strange twang. My piano is disintegrating! :(
Oh, and I can't read notes that are above or below 3 ledger lines anymore. :(
I'm walking down memory lane in 2003!
It's really amusing to read about my 17-year-old self and practically all I wrote about was mugging for common tests and A Levels. HAHA. How much life has changed since then.
The scary thing is I think I might have become much more shallow in my thoughts now than I was 7 years ago. Or am I simply too lazy to think now?
It's really amusing to read about my 17-year-old self and practically all I wrote about was mugging for common tests and A Levels. HAHA. How much life has changed since then.
The scary thing is I think I might have become much more shallow in my thoughts now than I was 7 years ago. Or am I simply too lazy to think now?
该去当兵的都去了! I honestly did not know Minwoo was going to enlist so soon but sooner is definitely better for me. But there has been really a dearth of Shinhwa news. 2PM's drama has completely overshadowed everything in the Kpop industry. (And the articles and stories get worse... fans are all hating on "6PM" right now.) Shinhwa Changjo has got to stay strong and never waver!
2012... wow I would be a 26-year-old fangirl by then!
2012... wow I would be a 26-year-old fangirl by then!
It's complete and utter chaos in the 2PM fandom AGAIN, as if the shocking news of Jaebeom leaving abruptly last September wasn't bad enough...
JYPE releases a statement saying that Jaebeom is no longer their artiste and will not be returning to 2PM. /cue broken hearts and pandemonium
Seriously, what are they playing at?! Is this some kind of desperate grab for publicity? (Not that they need it, they're popular enough without any funny tricks going on.) Why this time? Why now? He was supposed to come back, according to their statement. It's fishy and strange, and Hottests are all determinedly shouting "CONSPIRACY!"
I dunno, I'm just going along with the ride and seeing how things unfold in the course of time. Interestingly, I have to prepare a presentation for Korean class this Saturday and I'm basing my presentation on 2PM. Haha.
(Why not Shinhwa? Because 2PM has more varied backgrounds and is thus easier for me to form sentences like - Jaebeom is from the US. Taecyeon is from the US. Nichkhun is from Thailand. Haha.)
JYPE releases a statement saying that Jaebeom is no longer their artiste and will not be returning to 2PM. /cue broken hearts and pandemonium
Seriously, what are they playing at?! Is this some kind of desperate grab for publicity? (Not that they need it, they're popular enough without any funny tricks going on.) Why this time? Why now? He was supposed to come back, according to their statement. It's fishy and strange, and Hottests are all determinedly shouting "CONSPIRACY!"
I dunno, I'm just going along with the ride and seeing how things unfold in the course of time. Interestingly, I have to prepare a presentation for Korean class this Saturday and I'm basing my presentation on 2PM. Haha.
(Why not Shinhwa? Because 2PM has more varied backgrounds and is thus easier for me to form sentences like - Jaebeom is from the US. Taecyeon is from the US. Nichkhun is from Thailand. Haha.)
Massively sian now. My long break is about to come to an end. BACK TO WORK TOMORROW! Darn. The next long break will happen only when I quit my job. Haha. Goodness knows when that will be. :(
Spent the last precious few days of the long break watching the Jo Kwon <3 Ga In couple in We Got Married. I haven't watched WGM ever since Andy/Solbi days. I didn't even watch the Junjin/Lee Si Young couple! But Kwonnie is a hilarious husband! Hahahaha. I like funny people! Anyway I haven't marathoned something like that in a long long while. Sigh those were the days when I would watch Xman clips one after another without having to think of waking up early the next day. Oh how nice it is to not go to work and have all the free time in the world!
I had a strange dream this morning. I dreamed that a horse came so close to me and its face was practically hanging over my shoulder! In my haste to get away from the horse, I bolted upright in my sleep. I thought TV shows were exaggerating when people actually bolt upright in the middle of a nightmare, but I guess it does happen. But I wouldn't call the horse a nightmare. Just that it was getting too close for comfort and I don't exactly like horses sniffing and hanging around my shoulder. Hmm.
I didn't finish reading up to the 1000th copy of 8 Days either. And I have a ton of Korean homework. SIGH! Another new week. :( Another Monday to hate.
Spent the last precious few days of the long break watching the Jo Kwon <3 Ga In couple in We Got Married. I haven't watched WGM ever since Andy/Solbi days. I didn't even watch the Junjin/Lee Si Young couple! But Kwonnie is a hilarious husband! Hahahaha. I like funny people! Anyway I haven't marathoned something like that in a long long while. Sigh those were the days when I would watch Xman clips one after another without having to think of waking up early the next day. Oh how nice it is to not go to work and have all the free time in the world!
I had a strange dream this morning. I dreamed that a horse came so close to me and its face was practically hanging over my shoulder! In my haste to get away from the horse, I bolted upright in my sleep. I thought TV shows were exaggerating when people actually bolt upright in the middle of a nightmare, but I guess it does happen. But I wouldn't call the horse a nightmare. Just that it was getting too close for comfort and I don't exactly like horses sniffing and hanging around my shoulder. Hmm.
I didn't finish reading up to the 1000th copy of 8 Days either. And I have a ton of Korean homework. SIGH! Another new week. :( Another Monday to hate.
One of the contestants in the newest season of The Amazing Race was a Ms Teen USA South Carolina, who once famously said "Some people out there in our nation don't have maps... South Africa, Iraq, everywhere, such as."
But surprise surprise, she is not the resident bimbo in the show. There is someone more bimbotic than her! Complete with high-pitched whiny voice. In fact the ex-beauty queen seems rather level-headed and totally non-bimbotic.
New season, new teams, and another 12 or 13 hours of my life devoted to watching it. Haha.
But surprise surprise, she is not the resident bimbo in the show. There is someone more bimbotic than her! Complete with high-pitched whiny voice. In fact the ex-beauty queen seems rather level-headed and totally non-bimbotic.
New season, new teams, and another 12 or 13 hours of my life devoted to watching it. Haha.
Cambodia
Days 1 & 2
Siem Reap, Angkor Wat
Wah I almost forgot about this. This was a draft dated 2 Jan 2010. @___@
Hahaha. Might as well post it now.
Upon arrival at the Siem Reap International Airport
Sights along the streets
Sunset from the balcony
And dusk falls
Pub street
Dinner! and Blue Pumpkin (which remained a frequent haunt in our trip)!
Woke up at the ghastly hour of 4am to catch the sunrise... see how it transitions from darkness to light.
Angkor Wat
Bas relief
Intricate carvings
Apsaras with teeth! :D (Only 4 in the whole compound, our tour guide says)
Beautiful still waters
The Echo Chamber! Featured in the Amazing Race!
Dangerously (almost vertical) steep steps
Banteay Kdei.. I think?
A Khmer LUNCH! Omg never been so glad to sit down and eat coz it was scorching hot!
Was quite tasty though.
Bayon
Bayon again
And after that we were so tired we went back to our hostel and nua-ed the rest of the day away. :D
Days 1 & 2
Siem Reap, Angkor Wat
Wah I almost forgot about this. This was a draft dated 2 Jan 2010. @___@
Hahaha. Might as well post it now.
Upon arrival at the Siem Reap International Airport
Sights along the streets
Sunset from the balcony
And dusk falls
Pub street
Dinner! and Blue Pumpkin (which remained a frequent haunt in our trip)!
Woke up at the ghastly hour of 4am to catch the sunrise... see how it transitions from darkness to light.
Angkor Wat
Bas relief
Intricate carvings
Apsaras with teeth! :D (Only 4 in the whole compound, our tour guide says)
Beautiful still waters
The Echo Chamber! Featured in the Amazing Race!
Dangerously (almost vertical) steep steps
Banteay Kdei.. I think?
A Khmer LUNCH! Omg never been so glad to sit down and eat coz it was scorching hot!
Was quite tasty though.
Bayon
Bayon again
And after that we were so tired we went back to our hostel and nua-ed the rest of the day away. :D
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