Laugh with the blues =D

Happening day

2011-11-29T01:44:00.001+08:00

Before I go sleep after shopping for cyber Monday.... Just want to note 28th Nov down as a happening day..

Woke up late, but decided to take the MRT anyway, cos I've spent too much money on cab last week...

Got on the train, damn it, no seats. Serangoon interchange, still no seat. Then suddenly, this girl beside me, carrying a Psychology textbook (that looks like 10cm thick) started to curl her upper body.... I was thinking is she falling asleep? Or what? So I tapped her and asked if she's ok. She said with a pale face, "I feel like vomitting..."

OMG!! I fumbled into my bag for a plastic bag, but I don't have any!!!! I looked around for help, and luckily an auntie was looking at me. I tried asking, "Do you have a plastic bag? She wants to vomit!" The auntie took out a NTUC plastic bag and pass it to her while I held the thick book for the girl. Some nice uncle gave up his seat for the sick girl after a few seconds. I'm so glad that there are still nice people around in Singapore! ^^ Anyway, was glad that I made someone's day, cos I could really feel it when she thanked me.

After that, managed to take the girl's seat when she alighted at Marymount. Then somewhere at Buona Vista, this old uncle boarded the train. Wahlao eh, nobody give up their seat?!!! So ended up I just stood up and asked him to sit down. At the same time, this woman playing with her phone, sitting on the priority seat looked up, and I DIAOed her! Wahahaha. I hope she saw it.

This is one of the reasons why I rather I take the priority seat than other people - cos I will give up my seat for the needy (even though I'm not sitting on the priority seat!!), while I know some people who just sit on the priority seat won't.

Anyway forward to work, meeting from 11am to 1pm. Wanted to meet up Merv for some htht lunch session at 1pm. But my meeting extended until 1:20pm. Was going to walk over to MBC to meet him, and my boss came out of his room, "How are you gals gonna settle your lunch?" I told him I'm meeting a friend. "There's not much time, isn't it?"

I was a bit pissed off and I replied him,"What? You mean you want me to be back by 2?"

My boss gave me a weird face,"Yah! There's a meeting at 2??" Damn paiseh!! I totally forgot about the weekly meeting at 2!!!! My boss rolled his eyes before leaving the office to get his lunch.

End up I had to bang seh Merv. I felt bad, so I asked him if he wanna teabreak at 3+. He left his office, but he got stuck in the rain. HAHA. Ok, I felt reeeaaallly bad and I asked him if he wants dinner. But well, all's well. We ended up having a dinner at ABC market. Thanks pal for having the htht session!

On a side note, shucks, I hope the psychology girl don't think it was an auntie that helped her =/

My mobile phones

2011-11-25T00:30:00.001+08:00

This may be a bit boring but I was looking through xda developers forum and saw a guy's signature with all the phones that he has used, so I decided to pay a tribute to all the phones that I've used

My 1st phone... Nokia 8250, bought in 2001 Q2, a reward from my uncle cos I had good results for O Levels

2nd phone Nokia 6610, which I bought in 2003 Q1, after my A Levels, and when I was working temp jobs

Then I moved on to my 3rd phone Samsung X430 in 2004 cos 6610 gave me insensitive keypad (I sent for repair like twice within the 1 year warranty!!!)

My 4th phone was also a Samsung phone bought in Jul 2005. This phone is still working now, my mum was still using it when she was still around. I didn't trade it in cos it was a 21st bday present from a lot of frens!

5th phone was a weird one, my 1st try on a smartphone - an O2 Graphite. I remember I dropped it and there was a crack on the screen, and I had a very bad experience with the service centre. Bought this in 2007 Q3

Because I was so pissed off with O2, I decided to buy my 6th phone during 2008 Q2. Went back to a Nokia phone, my 1st and only slider phone. I think this is seriously just a "rebound phone" for me, cos I nearly forgot that I owned it before!!!! Lol. Not much comment on this phone other than it being heavy...

Then I decided to try out a QWERTY phone, and bought Nokia E63 as my 7th phone in 2009 Q2.

My E63 didn't last me long either because when everyone was going crazy over iphone 3gs, I went gaga over the Samsung Galaxy S. After contemplating for like 1 month, I decided to get it as my 8th phone in Jun 2010:

Although I loved my Galaxy S, the newer & better cousin came along and the rest was history. In Jul 2011, I bought my 9th phone:

I thought I'm someone who doesn't change phone that frequently, but come to think of it, from 2000 to 2011, I've used 9 phones.... which means on average, I change a phone every 1y3m!

I have to say up till now, the phone I love the most (making fair comparisons by just comparing my satisfaction of the phone during the time I own it)... I've to say Nokia 8250 and Samsung E720C are in for a tie. Shocking, but can be seen by the fact that I owned these 2 phones for the longest!

Anyway end of my bo liao post, going to sleep.

I really seldom blog now

2011-09-28T00:01:00.001+08:00

Shucks. I've really became so lazy nowadays. But then again, when there's Facebook and Twitter, I think most people seldom blog now, lol.

Recently a lot of stuffs happened in the office this year after the merger...

Change of company's name
New boss...
Colleagues left...

which led to my promotion...

Move of office to temporary one...
Back to a permanent office twice the size of what we used to be...
New peeps in the office...

which includes older colleagues who are sorta under me...
and funny colleagues whom make my days at work happier...

So on and so forth. I think this is like the most happening year after I graduated... so much for the dramas.

Am going to sleep now but there's something in the back of my mind that's nagging me. Argh. 我不能越陷越深

Promotion woes

2011-08-03T00:42:00.000+08:00

4 years after slogging my head off, I've finally gotten a long-awaited promotion beginning of this month.

Feeling physically and mentally tired of everything, but I guess I've got no choice but to carry on, since I'm the last woman standing, with actually 4 colleagues who left.

Following that, I was promoted, and I'm ignoring this question for the moment - was this based on my capabilities, or was it based on the fact that I'm the only person now who knows the software we're using?

Let's just take it that it was based on my capabilities and it was the right time that my new boss promoted me.

After the promotion, and with so many colleagues leaving, of cos it's having colleagues changing of roles, and new colleagues coming in.

Now I'm really in a dilemma, having a close colleague, who has no prior experience, doing my previous position. All I can say that she is really lucky - she was looking for an opportunity, and her "teacher" here is her close friend. I have tried to be patient these few weeks, because I knew that she had no prior experience.

But today it was the last straw. She kept asking me the same questions. Repeatedly. And when I said repeatedly, I meant SEVERAL times! And worst was I kept seeing her poking her phone, Whatsapping, or typing away on the PC, chatting with other colleagues in the company's messaging tool. I admit that I was a bit fierce, no excuse for myself, and I feel kinda bad.

So now I'm preparing to speak to her tomorrow, and what to say. I hope she won't be giving herself excuses because that's the last thing I want to hear from her.

Yikes!

2011-03-31T23:56:00.001+08:00

A big red pimple on my neck!

Blogging with Blogger android app

2011-02-20T19:59:00.001+08:00

My 1st blog entry using the Blogger app! I shall include my Androidify pic here. Lol

Stalking the stalkers

2011-02-04T23:23:00.000+08:00

The no. of stalkers on my blog has increased tremendously....

There can only be 3 reasons:

Stalker shared my url on some forums
Some other Gmarket fans came into my blog cos my blog entry was 1 of the top Gmarket bloggers of the month
Kpo ppl who searched for prof

I hope the reason is number 2 though... cos number 1 sounds scary.... and number 3 just sounds too sad...

So how do I know that they're stalkers and not passer-bys? As I've mentioned previously, I'm stalking the the stalkers using a counter... I can see every unique users who comes into my blog, which url they are linked from, which url they exit to, how long they stayed in my blog, what OS they're using, what browser they're using etc etc... There's a particular stalker who searched for my cousin and nephew AGAIN. Sigh... when will these people stop dragging innocent people in....

Anyway there's this iphone stalker who kept going through all my past entries for the past few days, with no definite things that he/she is looking for.... With so many friends using iphone, I wonder who that is...

Life is precious, please don't do foolish things to end it prematurely

2011-01-31T00:02:00.008+08:00

2 Feb 2011
*Blog entry edited as I've found out that A LOT of people googled for gossipy keywords and was lead to this entry*

Just received news today from Weihan that Prof Wee passed away. Immediately googled to read up on the news. Apparently it was cos his Chinese gf two-timed him...

I still remember in JC2, an acquaintance did the same also cos his gf two-timed him... The gf looked devastated after that, always holding onto a crumpled sheet, which I presumed was a letter left by him.

A few years later, I saw the gf again, she looks v happy with her new partner (whom I guess is a butch).

Anyway, what I wanted to say is life still goes on for the girl, what she has lost was only an ex-bf, but to his parents, they lost a son whom they had spent the past 18 years to watch him grow into a fine young man.

And for Prof Wee, his teenage children has lost their only father, and he'll be dearly missed by his students who remembers him as a cheerful prof who although always digressing from his concrete lectures, shared his lessons in life with us.

RIP Prof Wee

Samsung Galaxy S accessories on Gmarket

2011-01-29T00:18:00.127+08:00

Before I start my blog entry, I wanna say a big thanks to Gmarket for awarding me as 1 of the top bloggers for Jan 2011!! 정말감사합니다! It was a nice belated xmas present! =D

Here's a screenshot from Gmarket's top bloggers page:

I'm so delighted that I decided to share my shopping experience on Gmarket for accessories for my Samsung Galaxy S!

I guess most of my friends know that I own a Samsung Galaxy S (from here on, it's abbreviated as "SGS"), cos I've been telling commenting everytime that Android rox. I've to say out-of-the-box wise, iphone is still better, but I chose SGS cos I wanted to be different, and as a lot of people know, I am quite a geek for a female, and Android is more customisable than iphone.

One of the reasons that deterred me from buying the SGS was because of the accessories - I knew iphone was more popular, and there will definitely be more choices to choose from. During my 1st month owning the SGS, I really felt very miserable cos my phone had no case nor screen protector to protect it.

I'm sure if the phone is alive, this will be what it's thinking:

Jokes aside, I've tried to look out at a few shops, they don't carry it; searched on ebay, none... cos Singapore was the only country that carried the phone (yes, it wasn't even launched in Korea!!). I only had a miserable generic carrying pouch, and the thin screen protector that came with the phone.

I was very glad when I knew that Gmarket started having sellers carrying all these cases, and they were either cheaper than those in Singapore, or can't be found in Singapore! I then held mass orders for fellow SGS users, and the response was very good. And in the end I held 5 of them.

Here is my ranking for the top sellers for SGS cases with pictures from the sellers themselves:

1) SGP Accessories: http://english.gmarket.co.kr/challenge/neo_goods/goods.asp?goodscode=189143413
What I like about this seller is that he gives 107 miles and 3 stamps for each item, not to mention there's a 2% discount if you order 3 items or more, and local delivery within Korea is free if your purchase exceeds KRW50,000:

This seller sells a wide range of SGP Accessories, and here are my picks:
1a) The very popular Slider cases @ KRW21,300 ~ SG$26.30 - The slider cases are hard cases, slides into your phone, and has a small cover at the bottom to cover up the phone

1b) Silke Pleiades Cases @ KRW18,700 ~ SG$23.10. This matte case was very popular before the slider cases came out. And I also own one! The down side is that the paint comes off after a while.

The one I own is Atlas Colour (the right-most colour on top which writes 아들라스):

1c) Screen protectors, 2 in a pack @ KRW10,700 - KRW12,100 ~ SG$13.20 - SG$14.90. 3 types of screen protectors for people with different preference - Oleophobic, Crystal, Anti-fingerprint. The 1st 2 are glossy ones while the last one is matte.

I personally prefer matte screen protectors because they don't attract fingerprints. But matte screen protectors will decrease the brightness of your screen, and makes it grainy-looking. Click on the picture below to look at the enlarged photo, notice how grainy the blue portion of the screen is?:

1d) Phone cover protector + screen protector (also known as film package) @ KRW13,700 - KRW16,700 ~ SG$16.90 - SG$20.60. A mix and match between glossy phone cover protector, matte phone cover protector, glosst screen protector & matte screen protector.

I've a matte film package set, it makes my phone looks smooth but the coverage on the back cover of the phones isn't 100%:

2) Samsung Battery and battery charging cradle: http://english.gmarket.co.kr/challenge/neo_goods/goods.asp?goodscode=190334950
Charging cradle only: http://english.gmarket.co.kr/challenge/neo_goods/goods.asp?goodscode=190335117

If you own more than 1 battery, having the charging cradle is always convenient - you can bring your phone with you while you charge your extra battery seperately.

Battery only @ KRW22,500 ~ SG$27.80
Battery with cradle @ KRW30,000 ~ SG$37.00
Cradle only @ KRW7,700 ~ SG$9.50

I've bought the cradle:

Take note that the purchase do not include the adapter, you'll have to use your own adapter that comes with the phone. When the cradle is charging the battery, there is a red light, and after charging is completed, a green/yellow light is shown

3) Samsung Mesh Cases @KRW3,300 ~ SG$4.10: http://english.gmarket.co.kr/challenge/neo_goods/goods.asp?goodscode=194127385
These cases are very popular as they are cheap, durable, and is licensed by Samsung themselves.

I ordered a transparent one and here's how it looks like:

4) Samsung backcovers @ KRW9,500 ~ SG$11.70: http://english.gmarket.co.kr/challenge/neo_goods/goods.asp?goodscode=197299474
Comes in 3 colours, according to the Korean versions.

If you're wondering why my phone is in white, this is the answer to your question! ;) I was always jealous of the people in Korea because they've 3 colours to choose from for their SGS while those in Singapore only had the boring black, so I was delighted when the backcovers came onto Gmarket.

The only drawback is there is a big hole exposing the part of the phone behind the cover, because Korean version of SGS has an in-built TV, and there is a hole to accomodate the anttenna of the TV.

For the moment, you can already get very generic cases in Singapore for the SGS as it's one of the more popular android phones around, so I've only introduced those that can't be found easily in Singapore.

If you're interested in looking for other cases/accessories, just go to Gmarket...
1) type in "galaxy s" under search, and click on Search

2) when the search results are loaded, then click on "Cell Phones"

The search results will be filtered and only items related to handphones will be shown.

Hope this blog entry will help you get the accessory you've been wanting to buy!

On a side note, has anyone noticed my VIP crown has been changed to a SVIP crown? =D

Beware of stalkers online!

2011-01-02T03:29:00.003+08:00

There's someone from Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States who was constantly stalking my cousin from 8:30pm till 1am (rested between 10pm to around 11:40pm) ON MY BLOG!

She found my twitter from a Chinese search engine, which links to my blog, and searched my blog using blogger's search engin, found my cousin's pix, and searched for "ah mah", 2 of my cousin's names, and even my nephew's name! And I know it cos I've a counter on my blog.

But thinking of it, it might be someone from China, she might be using a VPN since China blocks blogger.

If you wanna stalk people, go ahead, but stop disturbing their relatives, it makes people really freaked out.

If you're reading this and suspecting if that's you or not, YES, THAT'S YOU! There's only 1 person who added me on twitter just today at 8:30pm, so if you're reading this, stop stalking people that you don't know!

And shame on you! You even dragged in my innocent nephew!!

Say I'm unfriendly by all means, but I'm not my cousin - we don't know each other, there's no reason why I need to entertain you!

读了单字你大概了解我的意思，没错，我说的就是你！我也看到你在twitter给别人的tweet。。。你知道你这样做会干扰到很多无关紧要的人吗？所以请别来我的部落格，只为了找某某人的照片！

要说我无情也可以，但我不是她，我不认识你，你也不认识我，我没有必要取悦于你

My Gmarket Korea story

2010-12-09T23:30:00.008+08:00

As some of you may know, I've been shopping from Gmarket Korea for the past year.

Before you continue, be forewarned that men may get bored reading a shopping post, lol.

It all started out when I watched You're Beautiful, and then I fell in love with Jang Keun Suk, and that made me really feel like 吃嫩草 (a Chinese slang that literally means "to eat tender grass", and the nearest English idiom would be "to rob the cradle").

Anyway I digressed. But I wanted to get the pig-rabbit that Minam got from Taekyung in the show cos it's just so adorable looking:

Doesn't it look so huggable?!

I found Gmarket from some banner link I think, and thought of trying my luck on getting a pig-rabbit. So I used Google translate, for the words in Korean

I copied the words and did a search on Gmarket Korea. I managed to find a lot of sellers selling it and decided to order from 1 of them.

And then I saw from Gmarket's home page that Etude House is available on Gmarket too!! At that time, Singapore did not have any Etude House shops but I stumbled upon their newly-opened shop with my cousin when we were in Taipei in May 2009, and I really love their products. I was so happy that I found it on Gmarket, and decided to order their Mineral BB Cream:

Now there's Etude House shops in Singapore, but it's retailed in Singapore at SG$39.90! On Gmarket, it's approximately SG$17 before shipping. Even if you only order this BB Cream itself via Gmarket, the cost including shipping is still cheaper than SG$39.90. So if you are already using Etude House products and can afford to wait for the items to arrive, you might wanna get it from Gmarket, usually takes less than 1 week for the items to arrive as Etude House ships them real fast!

Anyway so in the end I ordered the pig-rabbit, some Etude House cosmetics & some winter clothings, as I was going to some winter countries. The winter clothings from Korea just looks so much nicer than those in Singapore, not to mention much cheaper too! I was really spoiled for choices.

Back to the dwaeji tokki, I tried to look for it on Ebay, which was my favourite online shopping venue before I found Gmarket, just for curiousity sake. And to my horror, there were sooo many non-authentic dolls like this:

They are OBVIOUSLY fakes! Comparing side by side:

Just look at the fake big nose! The body looks weird too - it's larger than its head when it's supposed to be smaller. The shape of the ribbon looks very different too.

I started to worry whether ordering the pig-rabbit online is a good idea or not. But to my relief, the real authentic toy came! With the DreamToy box too! (Pictures here are water-marked as I was selling the items and was afraid that other netizens steal my photos for their own blogshop.)

Together with other You're Beautiful goodies:

That was my 1st shipment, and the rest was history. =X

Spot my VIP Customer crown icon! =D

I bought a Samsung Galaxy S back in June, and was glad that I can easily purchase Galaxy S cases in Gmarket when there were none in Singapore. A small flaw would be that Korean Galaxy S comes with built-in TV, and there's an additional hole in the case for the antenna.

Recently I was contemplating about buying a Fujifilm Instax which seems very popular in Korea and has appeared in a lot of shows, which of cos includes You're Beautiful!

I was holding some sprees for Samsung Galaxy S accessories, so I decided to buy an Instax 25 cos Gmarket was having a discount coupon event.

It was quite a chore to look for the right priced item, with the limited help of Google Translate to translate the pages. Different sellers are offering the cameras and accessories at different prices, and some items are already discounted by sellers, and I can't apply further discount coupons on them, while you can for some others. In the end, I had to use Microsoft Excel to consolidate the costs and URL and compare the costs.

If you're interested, the seller who offers the cheapest price for the camera only is here at KRW129,500.

Anyway the package arrived yesterday! I waited for it for nearly 3 weeks (because some of the Galaxy S cases were out of stock and the seller waited for a long time before he cancelled my orders), and was so excited about it that I immediately used it!

That's my Christmas present for myself, hehe.

And I bought a few accessories too:

I bought 20 coloured-frame films + 20 normal-frame films here, and at KRW29,500, which converts to approximately SG$36, I personally think it's a very good deal if you order from Gmarket in bulk, since the market rate in Singapore for the normal-frame films is SG$11 for 10 films.

If you want 40 coloured-frame films, there's also a cheap deal here! Cost only KRW27,400 + KRW2,500 local Korean delivery.

I'm already shopping for more films and maybe a photo album on my next shipment =D

Closing of Subtle Senses (aka I lost $1k)

2010-11-17T16:43:00.001+08:00

As some of you know, I signed up a massage package with Subtle Senses last year, and they closed down last month. I know it was quite dumb for me to sign up a 20-sessions package, but when the spa looks bustling with customers, and they were celebrating their 6th year anniversary, I really didn't suspect anything.

Having not visiting the spa for nearly 1 year cos of work and everything happening at home, I called them up last month and found it hard to find an available slot, cos I was told that the masseurs were all on training for the day I wanted to go for the massage. And on the day of massage, they actually still psychoed me to buy this slimming gel or dunno what.

And guess how much it cost?

A freaking $1000 for a 1L bottle. CRAZY. And still have the cheek to tell me buy 1 get 1 free.

Heng I didn't buy, cos within 1 month after I went my massage, they closed down.

Now I wonder if I can get back my $1k...

Quoting TODAYonline:

At the start of liquidation last month, it had $1,623 cash in hand and about $44,000 on its bank book.

In contrast, claims against Subtle Senses, comprising mainly the value of its customers' unused treatments and the Central Provident Fund money owed its staff, have hit about $11.8 million.

which is damn sad cos it means that the asset to debt ratio is less than 0.004, which means I'll only get $4 back -__-, not to mention they've to pay the employees and CPF 1st

Anyway, lesson learnt, and I've to say it's a relatively cheap one... no more long packages, next time I'll bargain whenever I wanna sign up packages, and all these closing down of spas can be a good excuse

New blog design

2010-11-12T00:59:00.001+08:00

I decided that the old design should retire - it was nearly 5 years old... Did it when I was slacking around at home during uni times.

And now using the existing layout in Blogger is so much easier! But the background pic is still my property hor! Spent quite a lot of time to compress it cos Blogger only allow 300kb -__-. Anyway the original pic looks like this:

And after editing to make it brighter plus more compressed, it looks like this:

Not bad right? This is only done with Micrsoft Office Picture Manager loh, haha

Anyway, I'm looking for a Xmas pressie for myself, and I'm contemplating between these 2 options:

1) Instax Mini 25 + Toshiba AS100:

Instax 25 is a polaroid, while Toshiba AS100 is a Froyo tablet. Instax 25 is sold at $180 on ebay (not sold in retail shops in Singapore), while the tablet's retail price is $639

2) Just Galaxy Tab itself

As many of you know, I'm now a proud owner of a Samsung Galaxy S, which I fell in love at first sight, haha. I've yet to see the Galaxy Tab, but I'm sure it's as chio as my SGS with its AMOLED screen. Retails at $988

I shall wait for Sitex at the end of the month before deciding to buy anything, I'm still hoping for a Windows tablet though, although I love Android, I think it only serves its purpose well on phones. And no, don't tell me to tell ipad please, I'm not an Apple lover.

And this reminds me of something, I'm quite tempted to get this kinda sticker:

Haha!

再一次拥有

2010-10-17T21:37:00.000+08:00

Artchemist的音乐课程也上了几乎8个月，已经到了第3学期了。。。

必须找一首歌作为第3学期的考题之一（因为《神奇》太难唱了，呵呵），试着唱了好几首歌。。。

《新不了情》
《天黑黑》
《第一个清晨》
《勇气》
。。。

总之还有很多啦！

本来就想唱《天黑黑》的，因为每当听到这首歌，就想到外婆。没去见她睁着眼睛的最后一面，是我一生中的遗憾。。。虽然已过了4年半，遗憾一直都在，一直挥之不去。有一次碰巧google到我表姐朋友的部落格，看到外婆的照片，表姐朋友还说外婆很有善地用潮州话问她，“香蕉很甜，要不要吃香蕉？”。哇。。。读到这里，眼泪忍不住夺眶而出。

有点离题了=X 。。。-咳咳- 就本来想唱《天黑黑》，不过后来觉得因为第2学期考试时没什么选择，只有我不是很熟悉也不是很喜欢的《菊花台》，和要人命的《柠檬草的味道》，还有刚刚好的《眼泪成诗》，当然就唱了燕姿的歌，现在第3学期的考试应该唱唱别的歌手的歌了。。。

非常懊恼的时候，终于有一天，和大学的死党去了KTV，想到了龚诗嘉的《再一次拥有》是我的“almost 必唱之歌”，所以就决定用这首歌。

后来回到家里，在Youtube上看到作词人本尊上《超级金曲星》唱了这首歌，原来是写给她过世的婆婆的一首歌。真巧。。。不过当然，要说到给外婆的歌，《天黑黑》对我来说还是最适合不过了。注意看了《再一次拥有》的歌词，发现这首歌似乎在描述我这几个月的心情。。。

”我想念去年的冬天
下着雪的那一夜
你给的温柔紧握的双手
温暖整个寒冬
失去了曾经的拥有
在你离开以后
带走了笑容只留下寂寞
忘了幸福是什么

没有你的夜特别的漆黑
只能闭上双眼去感觉
没有我的夜谁在你身边
代替了那个从前

能不能再听一次你说爱我
回到还在你怀里的时候
能不能让我再一次拥有
曾属于我的温柔”

时间就这样过去，多2天就是4个月了。当天的经过都很模糊，一切都好像做了一场梦一样。家里看到的东西，几乎每一样都能联想到她。还有很多话想对她说，还有很多事想为她做，都已经没办法了。这应该是我人生中的第２个遗憾吧！

像我在你离开的第100天所说的，若有来世，希望我们还是母女，不过关系到转，反过来让我来照顾你吧！

话说昨天上课，Damon好奇地问到“现在不懂她（指龚诗嘉）在哪里hor？”。。。因为本人是个小诗嘉饭，所以知道她之前在当王力宏的和音天使，嘿嘿！这么好听的声音，希望她和Jones一样，能早日出她的第2专辑，我一定支持！

I am so so so bored

2010-05-04T20:36:00.004+08:00

I keep getting weird people adding me on MSN, you know, those kinda emails that only takes you a glance to know that it's a scam/spam.

I arrived back at my hotel at 7+pm and felt kinda bored. And 1 of the weird emails started talking to me, plus I was kinda curious who's behind all these, so I started to test out the person cautiously...

And because I'm bored, I managed to google something about this and found somebody's blog with the same incident:

Talk about no creativity...

and the girl really thinks she's talking to a real person, cos her title was "Pervert"

Anyway conclusion is: I'm bored... maybe I should continue "working" on the next MSN scammer/spammer

Amateur con-artist

2010-04-10T01:10:00.001+08:00

Was on my way to Golden Mile's steamboat with Cousin Bud and Ying, and this Malay woman with nice makeup, pushing a baby pram approached us:

"Hi, can you help me please? My ________ [I can't hear what she said] has asthma, and I'm trying to take a cab home to Yishun from here, but I've lost my wallet, and I only have $3 with me. I tried to call home, but nobody picked up. Can you lend me $10 to $15, maybe each one of you lend me like $5? Then you give me your bank account, I'll transfer it back into your account later on"

I got stunned for a moment cos I know she's lying - if you're in a rush to get home, you won't look so calm and prim and proper, you'll probably be very gan cheong and sweating like a pig. Was thinking of an excuse to tell her when Cousin Bud told me, "跟她讲没有啦！", which I think is alright, so I told her, "Sorry, don't have," then we started crossing the traffic lights.

The woman then shouted, "If don't want to give then at least say what! Don't just walk away like that!", so I shouted back, "I already said don't have what, what you expect?!".

And guess what? That asshole scolded me bitch!!!! Damn pissed off, so I shouted back, "Who's the bitch here?!" She started walking away but her pram shook quite hard cos it went by a bump or something, which makes me wonder, is there a real baby/kid in the pram? Then I saw her looked back at me, spit on the floor, and looked back at me again.

CRAZY!!!!

She didn't approach anyone when she continued to walk down the street...

Anyway after I had time to sit down and think about it, her excuse & actions are full of loopholes other than the ones that I've mentioned:

If someone has asthma and is at home, even if you take a helicopter home, the person would've died before you arrive
In such situation, I would've first try to take a cab home, ask the cabbie to wait for me while I go upstairs to take $ (Leave your bag or something in the cab as a "deposit")
If all fails, I would ask for the nearest police post (and the nearest police post was only less than 1km walking distance away!!! http://gothere.sg/maps#q:from%20keypoint%20to%201.30402772553%2C103.863529874)
Her story is too well-rehearsed - she didn't stutter at all, and also her excuses seems to explain every question that a person might ask her. I mean if you're gan cheong, you'll just say, "My XXX has asthma and I'm trying to get home, but I've lost my wallet, can you lend me $15?"
Her story is too cliche.. Can't she think of more creative excuses, like a stray dog ate her wallet or something? I might just give her some $ then for her creativeness
She didn't approach other people who passed by her - if you're so desperate, won't you try asking ANYONE on the streets? Obviously she was targeting for people walking in groups so that each person "contribute" lesser, then the tendency of people "lending" her the money is more likely possible

Freaking rude cannot-make-it con-artist, totally spoiled the end of my vacation!! Grrrr

Long time no see

2010-03-28T01:30:00.001+08:00

I realised it has been eons since I last updated my blog. It looks so deserted... Can I blame Facebook for it? Keke

A lot of things happened recently, and I'm so tired of it.

I used to think that having a complete family in the early stage of your life is a very blissful thing. But I realised that a complete family is not enough - communications is damn important. And communications comes in as an even-more important role when the couples married for the sake of marrying - when there was not much love to start with.

That's why after what I've witnessed recently, I've decided that I would choose be single for the rest of my life rather than rushing into getting married - why treat this as a rat race and stress yourself to marry?

Ok, I know that at this age, I can have a super romantic relationship anymore since I'm not that young (but I'm still in my mid-twenties! =D), but at least I want to marry with love, and not for a purpose which may lead to a sad ending.

I'm quite glad that my parents are not putting pressure on me, but maybe they know that if they rush me, I'll flare up at them like my still-single cousins who did to their parents. But still, I've quite some kpo friends of parents, or relatives who ask "Why don't wanna look for a boyfriend?", really feel like telling them off, but being polite, I just smiled and say "No good men around". It's like marriage is a simple thing for the older generation you know - you were introduced to each other, then you get married, no matter you like it or not.

Anyway, it's my ramblings again. Haha.

But to make a note, I'm on my 15th lesson for driving, and 6th lesson for vocal class =D

I hope to see my blog soon again. My new resolution is not to abandon it. =X

ASAP or Asap (read as Ah-Sup)?

2009-10-28T22:45:00.001+08:00

I've been so busy lately that I nearly forgot the existence of this blog =X

Anyway just to remember something funny that happened on Monday, Annie and I ordered delivery for dinner from Himawari. I told the lady on the line that I would like them to send the order now, and she told me that she'll send it ASAP, will take around 45min. Alright, sounds reasonable.

And 45min later, the deliveryman came, he called me, telling me that he's at the lobby. I reached the door and saw Sichuan coming in from the lobby. I saw the deliveryman, and took our dinner from him.

Later on Sichuan told Annie and I what happened at the door,

SC: Who are you looking for?
DM: *fishes out receipt* I'm looking for this person... *points to a word on the receipt* Ah-Sup
SC: *stunned* this is ASAP, as soon as possible...

I've a new nickname now. Haha

Falling asleep on the bus

2009-09-14T19:39:00.001+08:00

I just saw this guy right in front of me who fell asleep, on the shoulder of the lady sitting beside him...

Then the lady shouted,"Excuse me!! Do u want to sleep elsewhere?!"

Wah, so fierce... The whole half of the bus turned around and looked at em.

Actually wat will u do if this happens to u? Hmmm...

Bus broke down

2009-09-08T09:22:00.001+08:00

On bus 80 now cos bus 61 broke down... Not exactly wat I need but got a free ride to bugis and got a complimentary bus ticket from SMRT.

But guess wat? I was told by a bus 63 bus driver, "Oh u can't use this, we're different company"...

Luckily the bus ticket is valid for 1 month

I finally did things I've been wanting to do

2009-08-02T23:47:00.001+08:00

I finally permed my hair (yes, again) today... After much contemplating.... I've actually always wanted to perm my hair back to how it was during my NUS final year, but nv had the courage to do it, and I finally did it today (Saturday to be exact)!

And I finally threw away 3 bags of old shoes with my sis and arranged them into boxes, and taped pictures of the shoes onto the boxes for easy identification

The mess during the packing up:

Forgot to take a photo of the neat shoe rack. Haha. Shall take it tomorrow

Welcoming myself to the mid-twenties club

2009-07-28T23:49:00.001+08:00

Purposely took 2 days off cos I wanna rest during my bday, but didn't really tell anyone though, =P

Was kinda shocked at the first few people who wished me happy bday cos most of em are either not-that-close friends or friends who don't seem to remember ppl's bday. Haha

But well, I enjoyed my bday! =D

Thanks to the foursome who dropped by my house for the "surprise" donut giving ceremony, much appreciated although I really can't eat the donuts! (Maybe 1 for tomorrow's breakfast, haha)

Actually really, I'm not affected by close friends forgetting my bday cos I realise once we start working, we don't remember the dates anymore - everyday is just Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and TGIF. So in fact having people remembering my bday is a plus point, so thanks to all the wishes & pressies! =D

Singa the lion is sick?

2009-07-05T22:51:00.001+08:00

Look wat I've found outside the tourist centre at Orchard?

Singa is a responsible citizen because he wore a mask! Heh heh

Something that I think I need

2009-05-03T21:54:00.001+08:00

An alarm clock that RUNS!!

It can survive a drop of 3ft~90cm

Cheap DIY Netbook accessories

2009-05-02T01:46:00.009+08:00

I think not everyone knows but I've sold off my 7" Eeepc that works on Linux cos I'm quite irritated by the limitations of the softwares I can use on it (eg: I can't check my company's email for urgent stuffs).

And then I bought a 8.9" Gateway netbook @ $688 with 3-years warranty a few weeks back. =X

I dun really like the glossy surface so I wanted to make a skin for it, and I found this webby: http://lappyskins.blogspot.com/ which I find that $18 for a laptop skin was alright, and the shop's very reputable with the users on HWZ

But they don't really have the kinda design I want -_-, and customised designs are at +$12, which means a skin for my small lappie cost a bloody $30!!

I buay gam wan, and started to look for cheaper alternatives and I don't know how, but I managed to find it!!

Notefashion.com...

Ok, I admit, I'm also trying to get referrals, haha, but this is really quite cheap! Once u register, u can get anywhere between US$1 to US$5 of deposit, and the skin ranges from US$10.90 to US$15.90, depending on the type of skin u want (I bought the "Finest Vinyl" material which cost US$11.90). The skin even comes with 2 smaller skins for ur wristpad. U can also upload any picture u want, and when people buys ur design, u get US$1 in ur account.

I found a nice design online, resize it to fit my netbook's resolution, and uploaded it, and ta-dah! It's uploaded! http://www.notefashion.com/product.aspx?pid=20090415090312068

Anyway, the website really looks a bit dodgy, cos it looks like some Chinese scam site with all the description in poor English, which looks obviously being translated from Chinese. But I was thinking since it's not like hundreds of $, I gave it a try, and made my order on 15th Apr.

The skin arrived on Wed by registered mail, packed safely (it's not nicely packed though, I had a hard time tearing the envelope apart) between 2 blocks of styrofoam. The bad point is some parts of the skin was folded =( But all in all it was good. Anyway here's the pix of my lappie after I carefully cut and paste the skin (ignore the mess behind pls)!

Quite easy to apply, and took 30min of my time to cut and apply the skin.

Btw, not sure if u can see it from Photo 2, but I've also pasted a screen protector, and guess how much is it?

US$3.80

And where did I get such a good deal? From dealextreme.com of cos! And the item is here: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.19968

This is another website that looks dodgy, I mean, free shipping for ALL items? Sounds to good to be true... But anyway, must thank Jiali for introducing this website... It all started out when the 2 of us bought DS Lite, and were looking at the DS Lite accessories, and her bf gave her this website. So to try out, I bought a set of 4 extendable stylus while Ah Li bought a set 3 USB charging cable. We really did receive the items.

Since then I've been buying quite a lot of stuffs from dealextreme.com. haha

But anyway back to the topic, applying a screen protector is so much harder cos it's affected by any small speck of dust... The trick is to have a roll of tape with u, and if u see bubbles that u can't seem to get rid off at all, use the sticky portion of tape, stick it on the sticky side of the screen protector (on the bubbled spot), and lift it away to remove the dust. But I've to say I didn't apply it perfectly cos it isn't positioned nicely, and somehow I made a dent on the screen protector. Haha

Oh, and not to forget I needed a pouch to contain my lappie cos the one that comes with the lappie sucks. Tried to look for something on dealextreme.com and this caught my eye: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15379

But neh, I've got even better deals. I went to Daiso, and got a B5 size cushioned pouch for my lappie. $2. U can roughly see it in Photo 2, placed under my lappie. It doesn't fit perfectly, but at least it's suitable.

So anyway the damage for a cheapo person like me...

Skin for cover + skin for wrist pad - $18 + 30min
Screen protector - $6 + 30min
Pouch - $2
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Total - $26 + 1h

As compared to paying $30 for a customised skin right from the start!

But anyway, not saying that lappyskins.blogspot is not good. If u find a nice design that u like on their site, why not? $18 to protect ur laptop that costs so much, I think it's worth it

Now I know...

2009-04-26T23:56:00.001+08:00

how my mum feels like when I give her black face whenever she comments that I'm fat and getting fatter, and nags at me to exercise to slim down.

Now I'm glad I've strict parents who taught me the right things since young, and having parents that nags at me when I sleep late, cos it just shows that they care about me.

I shall not say more, but nevertheless, I'll still continue to nag at other ppl like my sis (u jiayou ah, ur year 1's ending soon!). Muahahaha!

But does it make me more auntie?! Argh. The other day in the lift again!!

Saga 1, 1 year ago in the lift, I still had permed hair at that time... Boy A pressed the lift button, but his mum wasn't ready yet so he asked me to go down 1st. Mum A then ran over and both of em joined me in the lift. Mum A tells Boy A, "U know, that's very good of u to ask auntie to go down 1st b'cos u thought Ma couldn't make it to the lift in time." ARGHHH. So I take it that it was my hair that made me looked old.

Saga 2 some work day during the past wk (although I've been working 7 days straight for the past week): Mum A & Mum B with Boy A & Boy B1 & B2 walks in on 6th floor. Boy B1 keep jumping about and jee siao B2. Mum B to B1, "Aye! Stop it! There's someone else in the lift! See! There's another auntie in the lift"

WAT THE HELL!! Stupid mums. Cannot see properly is it?! I nearly wanted to say "JIE JIE LAH! WAT AUNTIE?!"

I digressed but I just wanna complain that these mums are blind. Grrrr

Close friends or just friends?

2009-04-04T01:21:00.001+08:00

I don't know how come but I've 2 big grp of frens (seperately), and in each of the grp we all knew one another from a few different activities

And when u've big grp of frens, of cos there tend to be smaller cliques, and some that u're not that close to as compared to others, whom u'll feel awkward to go out alone with even though u're supposed to be "close friends"

And then there are some that only complains and/or share their woes, but when something good happens to them, u know nothing about it. Giving them the benefit of doubt, they were too happy that they forgot about u. And then comes 1 fine day, something happens to them again and they start lamenting. And then it suddenly dawned on u that u didn't know anything that happened between the 2 complained/lamented situations, then u start asking qns which u think aren't inappropriate but u get no answers.

And u start wondering.... is that considered as "close"?

As a saying goes, when u share ur happiness it's doubled, when u share ur woes it's halved. But when only woes are shared, are u supposed to feel glad that u were chosen to be confided in?

I don't know about u, but I can't help but feel used, and sometimes I feel like I'm a monkey in a cage, trying to entertain ppl.

Anyway it's just a thought cos it didn't happen only once, but quite a few times on a few ppl, so I'm sorta complaining.

Happy April Fools Day!

2009-04-02T00:02:00.005+08:00

Ok, I'm 5min late but nvm

Went to Youtube after Rosemary told me bout it. And everything was upside down after you click on any video on ur Subscription or Recommendation, sth like this:

And if you click on "Tips for viewing the new layout" it goes to http://www.youtube.com/t/new_viewing_experience and says:

Your New Viewing Experience

At YouTube, we're always looking to improve the way you watch videos online. As part of that, today we're excited to introduce our new page layout. Here are some tips for getting the most out of your new YouTube viewing experience:

Of course, if you prefer the way things used to be, just click the "I prefer the old-fashioned layout!" when watching a video.
Happy April 1st!

Quite amused. Haha.

This Apr Fools Day went on without any big thing happening though, so boring...

Stubborn or ｌogical?

2009-02-17T01:37:00.002+08:00

The last time I saw him was during JC period, he was working at Challenger when we were shopping there. Don't know why but the scene is still quite vivid to me.
The last time I spoke to him..... Sec 3 maybe?

Didn't expect that I'll see him after so many years... I don't know about him, but I felt quite awkward when I saw him today, so I didn't wanna strike a conversation 1st, but he recognised me - he called me 小姐, and asked me if I'm Mingyan, but I guess the "小姐" part was out of courtesy cos of his job, haha.

I guess my friendship with him was weird to start with - he was after my good fren J at that time and she treated him quite badly. Don't remember what had happened but we became quite close friends, and that was when I had a small crush on him (yes, just a small one). It so happened that J started to like him and found out about my small crush and wrote a weird letter to me, saying that she knows based on looks and figure wise she win me, but I'm closer to him =/.

Sidetrack a bit, yah, I suppose u can guess it much, I'm not longer in contact with J anymore except for Facebook. Something more happened that made us drift apart.

Anyway, the crush ended somehow but we had a quarrel cos he refused to help me with something, which I felt at that only he could do it, and it made me recall that I was the one who was trying to keep the friendship alive, and so I stopped talking to him, thinking that he'll
regret. But I nv had an answer to that.

I wonder... if I had decided to give in and start talking to him, would our friendship have continued? Or would it have ended similiarly like this b'cos only 1 side is accomodating most of the times? I guess my decision then was both stubborn and logical. Haha

Anyway, I felt so awkward that I forgot to get his contact number from him, maybe I'll go back to where I saw him some time later

Hi-Bye friends getting friendly suddenly

2009-01-02T23:44:00.001+08:00

In recent years, I start to get friendly conversations from friends who used to be just hi-bye ones in school. It feels fishy everytime it happens to me because we don't even get into such conversations during school time.

And everytime my intuition is correct-- they are now insurance agents and/or financial consultants. These are the most common job amongst the people I know, after engineers that is.

And the funny thing is most of these people took an engineering degree in uni.... Now come to think of it, even quite a few of my close friends who got their engineering degrees aren't doing anything related to engineering. Lol

It's an easy way in, but it's a tough way out, that's why I don't understand why some people thinks they can get away with bad grades in A levels and anyhow take an engineering degree, I've nv ever heard of easy life for engineering students, haha

Steven Lim vs Lee Hom?!?!?!

2008-12-30T19:50:00.001+08:00

I cringed even when I was typing the subject... I was googling for Lee Hom cos his latest album was out on 26th Dec. And omg, the 5th link on google.com.sg was this: http://community.mediacorp.com.sg/TV/Chinese/forums/124641/ShowPost.aspx with subject: Steven Lim 林宜傧是新加坡王力宏的接班人

Out of curiousity, I went to the forum site. And wahlao, the person really meant what he/she said, "我发现Steven Lim 林宜傧这位参赛者样貌酷似亚洲天王[王力宏],甚至比王力宏更帅更有形,非常适合当王力宏的接班人,加油,我支持你. "

I was thinking of typing all the comparisons between the 2 of em (looks, body, talents etc etc), but I gave up, cos I think it's a waste of my time since everyone can see the obvious.

Ok I've nothing against fat and ugly ppl (cos I'm one of em HAHA). I just can't stand ppl who are fat and ugly but thinks that they are well-built and good-looking. And I've nothing against ppl who can't sing, I just can't stand ppl who sings absolutely out of tune and thinks they're talented.

Short week this week, YAY

WOLS, low EQ, and low IQ maid

2008-12-11T20:59:00.001+08:00

Until now, my family has had 4 different maids for the past 16 years (1 of em even worked for us for 9 years).

Maybe I'm being mean here but I really can't stand this maid we have now (who happens to be with us for nearly 1 year already). Already told my parents not to have 1 since my sis was going to stay in the hostel, and we don't really need a maid.

A lot of time in the morning, we're already rushing for work. And sometimes we try to look for something but we can't find, and we asked the maid, she'll look at you for 3 seconds, "you.... wait... ah....", and she walks at a speed of <1m/s to the drawer and start searching slowly. And most of the times I get pretty pissed off at her actions.

My mum said to me before, "She thinks she's a tai tai mah, everything also can do slowly.

When we go out for steamboat, she really sat there like she's a tai tai, didn't even bother to help throw in food into the steamboat at all! My mum decided to leave her at home for dinner whenever we go out for steamboat.

She also made a crack in my mum's fav-cup-for-20+years, and when my mum asked her, "How can you be so careless?! Do you know this cup is older than Ah Yen?!" She didn't even say sorry. When my mum went back to her room, I asked the maid, "Why didn't u apologise? U broke her favourite cup, u shld apologise at least right? It's basic courtesy." She actually said, "I'm scared of m'am." She makes it sound as if my mum beats her up or something...

I was trying to be nice to her since I think I'm quite mean at her sometimes by giving her irritated faces, so I thought of bringing her to shop a bit since it's near Xmas. I pressed for the lift and was waiting for her by the lift while she locks the door (the lift is just 3m away from my door), and so I think. She closed the wooden door, closed the metal gate, and locked the padlock on the metal gate only.

I was like, "HUH?! There's no one at home! And you're not locking the wooden door?? Anyone can just open like this!!". She replied,"The only time I leave the house with nobody is when I go downstairs to buy things wor." A lot of excuses. I mean it's common sense that u lock all ur doors and gates when there's no one at home, even if u're just going out for 5 to 10min right?

Then I was in the lift with her and for a just-in-case, I asked her,"Did u bring the EZlink card?" And she replied,"I don't have any EZlink card with me wor." ARGH. Then she shld've said earlier!! Had to go back to our floor, and call my dad and ask him where he had left the EZlink card.

Just now, I passed by the kitchen and saw sth which made me irritated again... We've this big plastic bag to contain bags used to contain rubbish. And I saw my Longchamp paper bag inside, together with another long paper bag shaped to contain alcohols. Can someone pls tell me, how can you hold rubbish in a paper bag? Esp when the paper bag is small?! And ARGH, my Longchamp paper bag lah!!

Sometimes I really dunno wat to say... It's like might as well not have a maid, save up the $ and we can go on a short family trip...

Get business class seats from KL to London at SG$2k!

2008-11-27T01:17:00.001+08:00

But that's not by SIA, it's by AirAsia:

http://www.airasia.com/site/my/en/page.jsp?reference=aaxXL_desc

Seriously, I don't mind spending that $ to get reclining seats. Taking long haul flights are really miserable.

Too bad the flight starts from KL. Haha

挥别错的才能和对的相逢

2008-11-18T00:47:00.000+08:00

I'm dedicating this song to a friend =)

Look what HSBC's gonna get from me (aka Bitchy times are back)

2008-11-13T00:44:00.004+08:00

I can no longer stand their poor service anymore.

And to think I referred Gordon and Jiali to it. =/

And to think I spent thousands of $ when I was overseas using it.

I called to ask why was there interest rates on my bill and I was told that the interests are counted starting from the day I overdue, and also on new transactions. Because I spent a lot on my HSBC card when I was away from Singapore, I had to pay like nearly $40 of interests!

I told the officer that they have waived off my $45 late fee, why are they unable to waive off the interests fees? I have already told them that I was overseas, and I can't pay my bill. And the guy told me it's up to the management to decide.

What the hell... I went to do a research, then I realised, all the banks does this (aka the way they charge the interests rates). But I normally do not spend so much on a card and overdue for so long, so the interests were low anyway. On top of that, other banks waive them off for me.

And not forgetting the Europe + Aust saga. I spent less than SG$5 in Denmark, and HSBC tried to call me to check if I'm in Denmark (cos they suspect that the SG$5 is a FRAUD), but there was something wrong with my auto-roam and they can't get me. So they tried calling my home, but don't wanna tell my father what is happening cos of "security issues".

At the same time, I was paying for my lunch at a restaurant, and the waiter swiped my card for 3 times but it doesn't work, super embarassed. Luckily I had my other banks' cards with me. If not I can imagine myself washing dishes at the kitchen. Ok fine, in the end I've to call them up, and I spent a bloody $30+ on calls to rectify the suspension of my card. I even sacarstically said, "Oh, so do I have to tell you ALL the countries that I'm going?" And told em all the currencies I'll be using, and how long I'll be there.

The Europe saga don't end here.

Last week in Europe, 5am in UK, HSBC called me again, asking me to PAY MY BILL. And when I told her I'm overseas and I can't pay my bill, they asked me if I can get someone in Singapore to pay my bill for me. Isn't that double-standards? U don't wanna tell my father that there is a suspicion of fraud, but u're expecting them to pay my bills for me? So now my phone bill adds up to nearly $40.

Came back to Singapore and I sent a complain email to HSBC. The Europe saga ends here, but the Aust saga comes in.

As u all know, 1 week aft I came back from Europe, I went Perth for an assignment (last minute). I called 1 day before I was leaving (I rmb it was a Mon), saying that I'm going to Aust, and ask them to note on the system so they won't call me again to ask me bout frauds.

Guess what? On Wed morning, HSBC called me! "Miss Lim, are you currently in Australia?" That night, I went online to check my HSBC internet account again, and on Tues I actually received a reply from HSBC promising to change their system for the better, and that maybe I can call up the next time before I go overseas. EMPTY PROMISE.

I shot back an email and ask em how I can cancel my card. The reply was
"I would be grateful if you could reconsider your decision to close your account.

Ms Lim, I understand that we now have some work to do to restore your confidence in HSBC. We accept this challenge gratefully."

But I don't see anything that they're doing to "restore my confidence". Last straw liao. I can't take it anymore.

But now, I am damn sian already. I just wanna cancel this card, and at the same time get back my interests fees. But I want to end it with a BAM, so there, I cut up my card.

How long do you think it takes....

2008-11-11T00:06:00.003+08:00

for Oguri Shun to change from this:

to this:

Answer: 6 hours

Make up really works wonder.

PS: In case you don't know, Oguri Shun is a MALE.

Pictures taken from Sony Ericsson Japan.

I think I've got a fever

2008-11-10T00:43:00.002+08:00

The Lee Hom fever...

Cos I dreamt about him, can't remember the dream vividly but I rmb something like I was introduced to him by Stef (Stef, not Steph, if you know what I mean =P). Then later on he called me and he asked me to guess who he is, but I couldn't. Then I think I went to his studio or something. I can't rmb the in between but I rmb he called me the 2nd time. Lol

Dreams can be so random. Haha.
1st: there's not reason I'll be introduced
2nd: even if I'm being introduced to him, we won't exchange numbers
3rd: if he really calls me, I would have recognise his (lovely) voice

But I'm still very amused with myself, cos I dun even rmb dreaming bout Jeff Chang at all... Lol. I think I've been watching too many of Lee Hom's youtube vids these few days (even though I've been OTing)

Anyway when I woke up I realised there were 2 missed calls on my phone (my phone was in silent mode), dunno is it coincidence or not with the dream. I called back the number and they told me they called the wrong number -_-

Collection of Lee Hom Music-Man World Tour 2008 concert tix

2008-10-30T23:58:00.000+08:00

yeap, I've been contemplating for a v long time, whether to go or not, cos my Paris trip (supposed to have gone last Sat, returning next Mon) wasn't confirmed until last Thurs.

So when it's confirmed that I'm not going Paris, I asked me sis if she wanna go for the concert, I sponsor. She don't want... Cos she wants to study for her exams -_- But anyway, yay! Managed to get Couz Ying to go with me. Heh.

I went to collect the tix today, and it was a Malay lady at the Sistic counter, suffix as S:

S: Wah, you going to see the handsome guy ah?
M: Yah!!
S: But he's very old already right?
M: Huh? No lah! Around 20+, 30 like that
S: Oh really ah?! Hmmm.... But nvm lah, handsome guy
M: Yah, but you know he's very talented? He can play 13 instruments!
S (looks impressed): Really?

Later on I came home, then I realised why the lady thought Lee Hom is an old fart. Because his hair is grey in his concert poster. Haha

Another add-on to the list of "You know you're getting older when..."

2008-10-25T02:05:00.002+08:00

... your favourite (music) teacher in secondary school is now a principal of ur good fren's primary school

Yah, he was one of my favourite teachers in Chung Cheng (cos he treats me quite nice), Mr Chua Ying Hwee.

I received a msn from Ruilin:

ger's extremely weak right knee (so) sleepy sent 25/10/2008 12:11 AM:
OMG~!
Chua Ying Hwee from CCHS the teacher u remember? the music teacher?
he became my pri school principal~!
http://schools.moe.edu.sg/rss/

Then I dunno why, but I suddenly rmb that he used to rmb my sis as "Meng Yen's sister". Haha.

Really feel happy for him, cos I think he's quite capable. He really made music lessons enjoyable during school life.

Come to think of it, it has been a long time since I went back to visit Chung Cheng, maybe I shld do so when I've the free time during wkdays. Hmmm....

3 weeks personal escape

2008-09-07T03:13:00.004+08:00

As many of u know, I'm away from Singapore for a bit more than 3 wks. 1st day in Copenhagen, walked until my foot v pain...

I guess I'm still having jet lag cos I'm feeling tired already although it's only 9pm in Denmark.

But for a starter, I luv my new Lumix FX36!! Taking self-portraits & close but tall buildings is so much easier b'cos of the 25mm lens, hehe. Some example:

And the meals here are so big... I think I'll gain 5kg when I go back...

Btw, 1st time ever in my life, a guy approached me on the streets. HAHA. But I wonder if he's a Dane or not.

Tired, was waiting for hair to dry, but I don't care already, I'm going to sleep

Nike Human Race

2008-08-31T22:08:00.010+08:00

I can't believe it, I ran my 1st 10km. At 1st, I was thinking of only joining next year since I'll have time to train, and I was enticed by the Nike tee.

Quite nice design and v nice cutting. But I realised, this is the last year I can run with paying only $25 (25 and above pays $45). So I joined....

But now come to think of it, to finish running 10km, quite a big accomplishment for me. HAHA. But ok lah, nv really ran 10km... I think I only ran 6 or 7 km but walked the rest. Not sure of my exact timing but I think I ran around 1h45min. Now my thighs are throbbing.

Anyway BJ being a camera whore, managed to get us to take a few photos...

BEFORE & AFTER

Can see the tiredness in our smiles. HAHA.

Anyway quite funny, when we past 5km, these students started to take photo with the tag. I was wondering how come they so excited bout 5km, then I decided to take 7km tag when I reach, since I luv the number 7.

But wth, dun have 7km tag!!! So I decided to take the 8km tag...

Lucky 8? haha. But this run is really not bad, u can choose the charity u wanna donate to, and even donate extra money. Of cos I chose WWF lah, haha, and I even donated another $5. Lalala.

Another big accomplishment is... I finally went to rebond my hair. Haha. After much thoughts. I guess I need more managable hair bah...

Anyways, getting ready for my 3 wk Europe trip~ Even gonna buy a new camera, hehe

The Adventures of Amigo and It

2008-08-25T23:01:00.000+08:00

It did a nice land on the blue wall of Amigo's house.

Amigo happened to pass by that blue wall and saw It. Amigo shouted for Dad, "It's It!!"

Dad comes by the blue wall with a rolled up newspaper and hit It. It ran away.

Mum hears noises and comes along, spraying Bygone at the holes suspicious of concealing It.

Everyone went back to do their own stuffs.

Amigo alternates between her PC and laptop by rolling her chair using her feet. She stepped on something. It's It!

Amigo shouted,"I stepped on It!" and took the rolled up newspaper, ready to hit It.

It disappeared again. Dad laughed at Amigo

Amigo, feeling disgusted that she just stepped on It with her bare foot, sprayed somemore Bygone at other suspicious holes.

Amigo was on her way to the WC to wash her foot.

Mum shouted,"It appeared again!" and used her bare hands to catch It.

Mum rushed to the toilet,"Wah wah, It's still moving!!" and threw It into the toilet bowl.

*FLUSH*

The end of It.

What would happen if Pinocchio said, "My nose is about to grow"?

2008-08-03T15:50:00.001+08:00

I stumbled upon this Facebook grp named as above. Quite funny eh...

This is the description of the Facebook grp:

If Pinocchio said, "My nose is about to grow," and it didn't, he would have been lying.

But when Pinocchio tells a lie, his nose grows. So at this point, Pinocchio's nose would have grown.

But if Pinocchio's nose grew, that would mean he was telling the truth by saying, "My nose is about to grow," so his nose really shouldn't have grown in the first place.

And if Pinocchio's nose didn't grow, that would mean that by saying, "My nose is about to grow," he was lying.

Sounds interesting to me. Haha

My Dark Knight

2008-07-27T22:08:00.001+08:00

Watched The Dark Knight with Bingjia & Zhao Yong, and because I've a 1-for-1 voucher, and another movie voucher, I managed to buy 3 tix at only $10. HAHAHA. Seriously, I thought the curse of "Fires @ PS" will continue, since this is the continuation of Batman Begins, but heng ah, it didn't happen. Lol.

The Dark Knight is superbly nice!! During 80% of the show, my heart was beating faster than usual! Haha. And I could feel BJ xia dao twice loh (his chair shook), tsktsk. I didn't manage to predict most of the part of the movie (as in the tricks up in the Joker's sleeves), although ZY say he could predict most =/ Heath Ledger's portrayal of Joker was really good, very psychotic. What a waste for such an actor to pass away. Talking about that, I haven't watch Brokeback Mountain yet, because when I wanted to watch in the cinema 2+ years ago, my grandma passed away. Wow, 2 years already... still will tear sometimes when I think about it...

But I digressed... Heh. I've been telling some people recently that Batman is my favourite superhero (probably same ranked as the cute Jack-Jack, haha), because he is the only one without special powers or ability but can save the city. But ok lah, I saw on MythBusters that the sharp turn by the high-speed BatMobile is realistically impossible, but who cares, there's no such thing as a superhero anyway. Haha.

Anyway the show is NICE!
Everyone must watch!!

Priority seats on MRT

2008-07-26T22:39:00.001+08:00

It has been so long since I last update my blog. Haha.

Just saw on the news that SMRT has pasted a "Priority Seat" sign on the seats beside the door of their trains. Actually it's quite dumb... cos the person who seats down won't be able to see the sign behind them.... they should paste it on the glass or something...

But nonetheless, it is a good courtesy campaign. I rmb we sat on such seat in Korea and the locals there told us to stand up, saying that these seats are "for old people". I was quite impressed by them. I always sit at the back of the bus because the seats are elevated, and so I seldom have the chance to give out my seat, and I am always appalled by some aunties or teenagers who don't give up their seats to the elderlies.

Oh well, I guess I was taught well as a kid. =P

Po ma guys

2008-06-16T01:27:00.001+08:00

I tried to babelfish "婆妈", but it translates to "mother-in-law", and when I tried to translate "婆婆妈妈", it translates to "womanishly fussy"... I don't even know there's such a word as "womanishly", win...

Anyway, YAH, why are some guys so po ma??!! In fact, most of my close guy frens are quite po ma... -_-

If u wanted to tell me, then just tell me. If u don't want, don't ask me if i'm ready for the info and then say things like "It's complicated" more than 8 hours later, which is equivalent of not telling but u still leave a mark there, by telling me u'll take 3 days to tell me the complicated story.

Ok I'm not angry or wat, but I admit I am irritated, cos u made me worry abit before I slept yesterday night, and then for another 1/2 day, and then tell me things like that. It's not the 1st time this kinda thing happens, and I'm tired of it cos it made me feel like I'm a "life-saver pack", only useful during emergency (i.e: when someone is ultra down). And trust me, saying sorry to me doesn't help decrease this kinda feeling.

This entry is not to make u feel bad but just to tell u that I'm not around only when u're in need of ppl to cheer u up or hear u out. And I'm not asking u to spit everything out cos I know everyone has their own secrets, which is why I didn't ask u anything even though I read ur blog sometimes.

Oh well, it's BHIM (aka bloody hell it's Monday), better try to go and sleep

Spendthrift me

2008-05-26T22:55:00.005+08:00

Somebody complained that I haven't been updating my blog for the past 2 months

Ok, I admit, I'm being lazy, but ah... cannot blame me wat. The reason is cos of this!!

My crimson black DS lite!! For this I abondoned my Zen Vision during work time (cos both are quite heavy). I feel quite bad. Anyway I bought this for $335 with 1 year warranty from seller, and also everything else (excluding the hand strap which I bought myself). But anyway this console is SUPER FUN!!! Anyone who has this shld start playing Ace Attorney series! I'm already on the last story of Game 4. Keke

Die man, I got my bonus and I start splurging... Cos I bought this in Germany:

Looks like a simple bag but it's a Longchamp bag, cost me SG$90+. Usual price is SG$180+ if u buy it in Singapore loh!! But anyway I didn't regret buying cos it's v durable! Though it's getting quite dirty as the days go by. Haha

And not to mention I bought a pair of Birkies at SG$80+. Don't know how much this cost in Singapore though, can't find it. But it's sold online at SG$95.

And with the GSS arriving, shit lah, I spent quite a lot on clothes and shoes the past 2 weeks already. I think $200 to $300 already. Must stop for the moment before I regret. Haha

Countdown to 15 Apr

2008-04-09T23:31:00.000+08:00

Jeff Chang - Tao Sheng张信哲 - 逃生

2008-04-04T01:33:00.004+08:00

YAY!! Jeff Chang's new album's gonna be out soon! 15th Apr! But I'll be in Germany -_-

Anyways, yay yay yay, nice song!

Anyway I took a vid of him singing the song during the concert, heh (in case u missed it the prev entry):

高脚杯里你的唇印
盖上冷漠刺青是一张心碎证明
冷风过境扫进心底
痛苦无力防御手一摊就被占据

脱罪的话你可以说了千遍还不腻
听到的和感觉到的有差距

放过自己放过压抑
放过整片浮生的记忆
往事痛击孤单侵袭
习惯就可以

感情的戏我没演技
赢不了你温柔挑衅
只好丢弃只好不回应
用沉默反击

逃生的路会在哪里
我要自由不要窒息
曾经以为你就是氧气原来只是闹剧
爱过一场输得彻底

高脚杯里你的唇印
盖上冷漠刺青是一张心碎证明
冷风过境扫进心底
痛苦无力防御手一摊就被占据

脱罪的话你可以说了千遍还不腻
听到的和感觉到的有差距

放过自己放过压抑
放过整片浮生的记忆
往事痛击孤单侵袭
习惯就可以

感情的戏我没演技
赢不了你温柔挑衅
只好丢弃只好不回应
用沉默反击

逃生的路会在哪里
我要自由不要窒息
曾经以为你就是氧气原来只是闹剧
爱过一场输得彻底

放过自己放过压抑
放过整片浮生的记忆
往事痛击孤单侵袭
喜欢就可以

感情的戏我没演技
赢不了你温柔挑衅
只好丢弃只好不回应
用沉默反击

Jeff Chang's Concert 《弦歌有你》张信哲 X 交响乐

2008-03-26T22:48:00.010+08:00

Long overdued entry, but since it's Jeff Chang's bday today, I decided to blog bout it. Hehe.

Managed to get 6th row tix, at a discount of 10% somemore! Thanks to Ruilin~ I think next time dun bother her to buy tix liao, v ma fan and I also v paiseh. Hehe. Went to watch with Miao and her cousin (is her name Xin Hui?). Look at the stage, chandeliers! Reminds me of Phantom of the Opera. Haha.

If u ask me how's the concert, of cos I'll say it's nice, and it's totally different from the same-titled concert that I watched in HK back in 2006 (cept for the very-Spanish-arrangement of 过火 (Guo Huo)), so it's still worth my $135.

But still, it was not up to my expectations, because his voice cracked when he tried to hit a high note on 不要对他说 (Bu Yao Dui Ta Shuo)! BOOHOOOO! I think cos he's too old already... U can see the sad video here taken by a Youtuber quite far away from the stage:

And his hair was honestly, super ugly... Maggie mee fringe...

But ok, nonetheless the concert was still NICE! This is a nice montage by another Youtuber:

And I nearly melted when I hear him sing the starting of 我是真的爱你 (Wo Shi Zhen De Ai Ni) w/o any accompliment:

Not to mentioned the 1st time (in the whole world) his new songs surfaces:

牡丹优 Mu Dan You

逃生 Tao Sheng

My camera can't really catch bass well lah, so can't catch wat he's singing. Haha

Anyway for more vids, here's my playlist:

1 funny thing I saw...

This screen is somewhere above the 10th row from the stage, so actually ppl in the front 10 rows can see the screen by just turning their heads. And this words were shown when Jeff was supposed to sing Guo Huo, and before that "anyhow talk". Haha. And apparently the lyrics comes out for songs Jeff's not familiar with. And if u know the screen exists, u can see him looking up, trying to catch the lyrics on the screen, hehe.

Anyway, still 1 of my ever fav songs, 爱如潮水 (Ai Ru Chao Shui):

There's a 17-year-old temp staff (named Celestine) in my dept for the past 1-2 mths, and she dunno the existence of Jeff & has nv ever heard of 爱如潮水 before! Then I thought bout it, she shld be born in 1991, which means when this song came out in 1993, she was only 2 years old, haha. But then again, I can't rmb why I know this song cos I only started listening to Mandarin pop in 1996... But oh well, how can a ultra Jeff fan not know this song? Haha.

So excited! His new Mandarin album coming out in April, hoping for it to be a nice one, his prev Mandarin album was in Sept 06 loh! 18 mths ago!

Happy ~~41st~~ bday to Jeff~~ (Old liao, but I'm still mesmerized, hehe)

Happy (belated) 24th bday to Steph!! Like I've said, 1 more year before we can be called mid-twenties. Hehe

IT Show 08

2008-03-09T20:01:00.004+08:00

Ok, I haven't been updating my blog ever since I started working, and I feel quite guilty. Hehe.

Anyway, I finally own the 2nd thumbdrive of my life today. I bought a 4Gb SanDisk Cruzer Micro USB~ My previous thumbdrive (which I dunno where it is now) is an antique 32Mb thumbdrive =P.

Although this isn't the package of what I bought (I kupo this pic somewhere, hehe). Quite cool, cos it has U3 in it, which allows you to run some programs (like Firefox, and Trillian) from ur thumbdrive. And not to mention the USB connector is retractable! Just push the white tab forward and backward~

So guess how much is this? $30~ Haha. 3+ years ago I bought a 128Mb SD card at a bloody $55 lah! Technology has really improved a lot!

Anyway, I'm going KL tmr~ But only 1 day, haha

Totally disgusted with this kid

2008-02-18T17:15:00.002+08:00

I am totally disgusted with this kid who posted under Aunt Agony cateogory on sgForums. MADNESS!

Extracted from: http://www.sgforums.com/forums/12/topics/307698

Hi all ,

This particular girl , was a LONER. Nobody likes her , in the class. A China girl , of course.

This is what had happen today.

-My friends put cockroach on her SHOE , in her bag and spray de-ordourant at her items

-She go report to the HOD that I WAS the one suggesting it and put cockroach on her BAG.

-HOD came and called me out , explain the whole thing.

-Summon for my friends and we "TALK" , that FAKER toot , PRETEND TO CRY BADLY TO THAT HOD.

-HOD called for councillor whereas telling us about BULLYING.

-I was clever , told that HOD that if that's the case , I am not FIT to be in the student council , I wanted to quit. She look at me with her big eyes and did not say anything (What should the hidden mge be? )

-Wrote incident report. (A long one)

-She let form teacher handle the CASE.

-And guess what ? It's not about the cockroach thingy , it's also about the cold shoulder I gave her , calling her loner and and extra.

-She is dame FUCKING asshole larr .. Form teacher told me that she pity her cuz she is lonely etc etc ...

-NVM , Form teacher told me to apologise to her on monday.

-Guess what ? Form teacher called my parents and told them about it .

Half an hour later , that china bitch's mother go call me and asked for my mum.She is like : going to fight "sound" , dame angry or something like that. Then go talk loudly to my parents blablablabla. I took the phone from my mum and threaten to SUE her for harrasing and talk lots of craps.

So she is like what-the-#$@ larrr ... I'm digusted by it , can't really continue.I called form taecher (handphone) and ask her what is going on .. and the story goes on ...

This toot larr , go call me and shout here and there. Ji lar .. I will write more details if possible , moodless to continue

Why is he scolding the poor girl who was bullied and not the people who left the cockroach in her bag?! This kinda person also can be in student council, wahlao...

U had the intention of bullying people and you complained that you were accused??!! ! I mean by stereotyping, I also cannot stand a few particular nationalities of people, but hello, BULLYING people?!

And this kid kept insisting that he is correct. Sheesh...

Bloody service at O2/MWG

2008-01-28T18:00:00.001+08:00

I am super duper unhappy now. My warning to all of you... DON'T BUY O2 PHONES! They don't even have an O2 company set up in Singapore, it's being contracted out to a company called MWG.

I finally sent my O2 Graphite for repair because there was a "bird nest", aka a patch of black dots on my screen... I was hoping that it's within warranty but...

My O2 Graphite's LCD screen cracked, which is not in the warranty, and I have to pay $111.85. I admit, I dropped the phone on the floor, twice. But this is my 5th handphone and the 1st phone which has its LCD screen cracked. I dropped my previous phones so many times and yet I didn't get any cracked LCD screen, nor malfunctioning phone...

And bloody hell, I have to pay $48.15 if I don't want to go on with the repair... The personnel at the O2 shop @ Funan don't even know if the repair is under warranty or not, why do I have to pay for that?!

I called up, trying to argue with the lady. I asked her how come the LCD cracked so easily, and she replied saying PDA phones' LCD are very sensitive (hello, my phone is not a PDA), and many customers complained saying that, but it's so ex because not only the LCD screen is changed but other components also. I directly told her next time I won't buy O2 anymore, she could only give a polite chuckle. I can sense that they don't really care but still try to be polite. I think it's precisely because they are the distributor of O2, and not under O2. I asked her why do I have to pay for the $48.15, when the shop personnel told me she's not sure if it's under warranty or not. The lady on the phone then told me that I have to pay for the technician fees.... -_-

In the end I decided to go on with the repair because I'm just starting to like the phone (yes, after 6 mths), and the phone with the same specs will cost at least $300 w/o plan.

Today they called me again, asking me to go collect my phone. AND I BLOODY HAVE TO GO DOWN TO CLEMENCEAU AVENUE TO COLLECT MY PHONE. The bloody collection point only opens from Mon to Fri, till 6pm. When I told her my work ends at 6pm, "I can't help you." was what was replied. ARGH. ROARRRR. She told me I've to PAY IN CASH THE $111.85, and I cannot go down to the Funan collection point BECAUSE I BLOODY HAVE TO PAY.

So my advise is, DON'T BUY O2 PHONES, at least don't when u're in Singapore. The service just SUX.

And now I've to take time off to just go down to collect my phone. Just my luck

How fast are you?

2008-01-26T14:47:00.000+08:00

I found this in a forum that I visit and haha, being proud of my typing speed I went to try...

You reached 318 points, so you achieved position 35715 of 247270 on the ranking list

You type 430 characters per minute
You have 79 correct words and
you have 0 wrong words

79 words
Touch Typing

but not v accurate ah, cos I was typing like mad and normally I don't type so fast. so I went to try again... using my normal typing speed...

You reached 321 points, so you achieved position 34004 of 247270 on the ranking list

You type 415 characters per minute
You have 80 correct words and
you have 0 wrong words

80 words
Touch Typing

AH?! Haha. I thought I had relaxed but still type faster then I realised... the number of characters per minute is lower. Haha. And I scanned through all those who has posted their results on the forum, there's a 474 characters per minute, but only 68wpm....

I think the words chosen are too random, they shld have a good mix on the number of char per word. Anyway just for fun, haha

Jeff Chang is in Singapore!

2008-01-24T22:38:00.001+08:00

He's here to promote his concert on 15th Mar~

Damn excited. Already asked Ruilin to help me check out the tix. Thanks woman! =D =D

Although I've went to the exact same concert in HK, I still gotta go. I didn't go to his concert the last time he was here in 2004, when he had his concert with Sky Wu, and I promised myself, the next time he's here for his own concert, I'll definitely go. And yap, although I went to the Zpop concert in 2006, that was like wat, only 20min of him singing loh....

I want the complete 2 hours of him singing!! Wahahaha. I wonder who his special guest will be.... Hmmm...

And so the bi%*$^@ness begins

2008-01-08T23:28:00.000+08:00

Was on the company bus yesterday, cos was gonna meet Aimei at Tamp aft work.

Can't rmb what exactly were the gals talking bout, but it was sth about the bus uncle (whom they nicknamed 古天乐, cos bus uncle always have black face) did on Xmas Eve.

I suddenly rmb I last min had to do OT on Xmas Eve, and said "Xmas Eve! I had to do OT!" My original voice is already loud (yes, I admit), plus recalling it makes me a bit pek chek, so it was even louder.

Then Papaya (the nickname that Joo has assisted in coming up with) said "Wah, u did OT must say so loud one ah?" I was shock and bu shuang at the same time, but I just explained saying cos thinkin bout it makes me pek chek.

Papaya went again, "U know ah, there was 1 Xmas Eve, I had to do OT until 5pm leh!"

I have a fren who once make fun of me when we did old newspaper collection, he told me to press the doorbell of 3 houses, then stand in front of the middle one and ask, "Do you have any old newspaper to donate?" I digressed but u all know that I normally talk loud, but this Papaya usually talks quite soft (don't know is it act demure or not), then suddenly talk so loud, so tell me, who's the loud one?

And please, I have only been in the company for 7 mths and she, for God-knows-how-long. It's so illogical for her to use her benchmark against mine. Maybe her purple hair dye and all the glue she used on her fake eyelashes had corroded some parts of her brains.

Ok I think I'm being bitchy and mean but argh, I just can't stand her. Since I don't have to work with her, I shall just avoid talking to her. Anyway her nick is Papaya, because she thinks she has been working here long and she can yaya papaya. =P

The thing about Singaporeans

2008-01-06T23:41:00.000+08:00

I've this colleague who is a Vietnamese, but grown-up in Australia. He was telling us that he became quite skeptical of Singaporean girls because those that he came into contact with were either...

SPGs
only frenly to expats but rude to locals
unfriendly to any guys who casual-talks to her in the office

etc etc.

Actually for number 3 I can totally understand cos the girl that he is talking about is pretty, those kinda girl that lotsa guys will be after, even if she has a boyfriend, so the % that she got to know some jerks/freaks like Marcus (that I suspect until now Merv still don't believe it happened to me), and it's like once bitten twice shy. But for the rest... I think he's just plain suay that he hasn't met nice Singaporean girls.

He commented that it made him quieten down in the office, which makes me understand why he only came to say hello 1 wk aft I came into the company, when I was sitting right behind him.

And later on he started saying that Singaporean men are too submissive, always begging, and trying to please their gf/wives. I told him I can only recall knowing 1 such person.

I wonder if we are making bad impressions on these expats in Singapore here. Or is it that it's just coincidence that my colleague is meeting all these weird ppl instead of normal Singaporeans like me?

Heartbroken

2007-12-30T23:55:00.000+08:00

when I saw my friend being so thin....

I think he at least lost 15kg due to his cough & viral infection, can only see the outline of his bones from his t-shirt... really didn't know what to say when I saw him open the door... too shocked for words

And when I was updating Aimei I even teared, guess I really got a shock. Luckily he's on the way of recovering.

Get well soon my friend! Though I know u don't read blogs. =P And this year round will be different cos we're going to his house for countdown instead of Aimei's! Heh

Feeling dumb

2007-12-20T03:54:00.000+08:00

ARGH! I feel so pissed off!

I was thinking SGD has increased in value against pounds & Euro for the past week, was afraid that it'll drop against them, so I asked my sis to help me buy some pounds & Euros and the exchange rate she managed to get:

€1 = SG$2.115
£1 = SG$2.957

which I think is not bad actually cos I saw the exchange rate from Yahoo finance was around:

€1 ~ SG$2.110
£1 ~ SG$2.935

And now before I wanted to sleep, the exchange rate is:

€1 ~ SG$2.1005
£1 ~ SG$2.9155

quite a great difference for pounds... luckily I didn't change much (cos I wasn't feeling rich), if not I'll sure be even more pissed...

Long time no update

2007-12-16T22:07:00.000+08:00

I think I didn't really have a real update for 2 mths already...

Anyway my trip offshore Aussie was quite fun, but I had seasick... So missed out in some of the operations, which required me to stay indoors, and staying indoors makes me feel nauseous.

And London was quite fun! Went Stonehenge! And this is the only good thing that my newer camera (but more than my old faithful Panasonic FX8):

Taking self potraits. Haha. But it's only useful when u are alone, and the people passing by u will think that u're taking photo of a weird place. Like when I took a photo of the Big Ben, like this:

There are ppl who siam the area in front of me cos they thought I'm taking photos in front of me... Haha

Anyway, short update. I permed my hair again. Lol. Expensive man, burnt a hole in my pocket. But yay, pay is coming early this month. Wahahaha

Jet lag

2007-12-11T05:45:00.001+08:00

I wonder if I'm having it now. I woke up at 4am just now (from a sleep/nap that I started at 12.30am), and now I can't fall back to sleep... But I felt really tired just now when I went to sleep leh...

I shall try to go back to sleep again, hopefully... I've dental appt at 9am...

Anyway the London trip was fun!! Will upload some photos on Facebook when I get em

Photos from Perth & Exmouth offshore trip

2007-11-28T00:29:00.000+08:00

Good day ppl!

I've uploaded the photos onto my facebook, go look at it!

If u still don't have my facebook a/c, add me at

My London trip photos are in there too. Sorry ah, too lazy to upload onto blog. Keke

In Perth domestic airport

2007-11-20T09:12:00.001+08:00

It's 10.04am now in Perth. Waiting to board my domestic flight to Learmonth. Didn't know domestic flights not so gancheong. Haha. My flight is supposed to be at 10.30, and there's another flight in front of mine using the same gate, which is at 10.10, n they are only allowing ppl to board the plane now.

So I'm now relaxing at a internet kiosk which costs AU$2/15min. Quite ok lah. My hotel one was $15/30min, siao.

Anyway I tried to walk around Perth town area but quite late yesterday liao. Reach hotel at like 4+pm, but their shops are all closed so early, like 5+... luckily my hotel isn't v far away from town, so the cab fare was only AU$12, which I think is considered cheap here. I kinda appreciate the cheap cabs in Singapore now when I'm overseas.

And everytime I ooverseas, I'll sure overlook sth minor. This time round, I missed out my windbreaker. ARGH... Summary is I bought 1 sweater at a souvenior shop in Perth town area. But quite ex ah. But I'm glad I can find one. It was like 18 to 20 degrees yesterday and with the cold wind, I was damn cold lah.

Going offshore today liao. Hopefully I can learn lotsa stuffs there. And I heard of stories of (old and not pretty) female welder's underwear being stolen on board (and of cos, she knows the person who stole it cos they are all on board!) Hope this kinda thing dun happen to me though. Hehe

Happy bday to my mother and 3rd aunt!! (Sis u can show this to em if u happen to read this, hehe) Bon voyage to my maid!

Going offshore!

2007-11-18T23:02:00.000+08:00

I admit, I kinda neglected my blog. And now I'm going Perth tmr, then offshore from Tues till Fri, back on Sat early morn, I'll even more neglect my blog.

Anyway I intend to take lotsa photos back, hopefully the plug on board can fit my universal adaptor!

Cya ppl next wk!

Eye for a Guy 2

2007-11-09T01:23:00.000+08:00

I blogged about this show back in June 2005 when the show was on Channel 5.

Recently, if u get to watch TVMobile quite frequently, u shld have at least saw 1 episode of it.

I didn't realise that it was such a long time back until I checked my blog counter, and found out that quite a few ppl googled for "eye for a guy 2", "denise keller wolfgang bali photos" etc etc, which didn't happen for the past 2 years.

Conclusion: There are people who watch TVMobile, and becomes interested in the programmes that they screened.

Anyway I was on the bus with Zhao Yong the other day and they were screening this show. I was telling him I watched nearly the whole series when it was shown on Channel 5 last time, and said sth like it was quite sad for Howard since he can't show that he's sad nor tell his friends bout it, which is the same as what I had commented on the Jun 05 blog entry, but I totally didn't rmb that I did.

Conclusion: A blog is a good invention for you to recall what you were thinking or what happened 2 years ago. I used to write diaries, but I stopped cos I type much faster than I write. =P

See me morph into Zhang Ziyi and Fann Wong

2007-11-04T22:28:00.000+08:00

Haha. This is hilarious. But I'm amazed at how they do it....

Live Web Cams

2007-10-22T23:11:00.000+08:00

I'm sorry to disappoint u Gord & Merv, but I'm not going to intro web cams of young girls, but web cams of ANIMALS!!

Killer whales @ Seaworld San Diego: http://www.shamu.com/ Wait for the flash to load, and click on "WATCH THE SHAMU CAM". PS: In case u don't know, killer whales don't eat humans, they eat other smaller whales and sea mammals.

Pandas @ San Diego Zoo: http://www.sandiegozoo.org/zoo/ex_panda_station.html
Most of the times, they'll be shooting a top view of 1 of the cages/rooms of the pandas, especially the Mama panda with the cub that was just born in Aug; unless u wake up in wee hours in Singapore (cos of time difference), and they might shoot the exhibition area. Anyway u can send an e-card via the web cam! How cool is that?!

Polar bears @ San Diego Zoo: http://www.sandiegozoo.org/zoo/ex_polar_bear_plunge.html
I've only managed to see the polar bear once

Apes @ San Diego Zoo: http://www.sandiegozoo.org/zoo/ex_absolutely_apes.html
Reminds me of the horny monkey that we saw in Taiwan's Liu Fu Chun. Eeeewwww... But anyway I've yet seen any apes from this cam.

Elephants @ San Diego Zoo: http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wap/ex_elephants.html
I've only managed to see the zookeeper in the jeep passing by the cam... not the elephants yet...

Anyway, the host/server for these web cams is CamZone, and the site is here: http://www.camzone.com/ There's still somemore web cams that u can see of San Diego, think there's 2 or 3 on beaches (Perhaps in the end Gord & Merv can see girls in bikini.)

I found the panda web cam at 1st actually, via the Windows Vista gadgets cos somebody created a gadget linking to the web cam. My sis was commenting that I'm stalking the pandas cos it was sleeping and I was staring at the web cam. Haha. But anyway along with that, found other web cams hosted by CamZone. Super cool! And yah lah, I luv animals, I watch Animal Plant & Discovery Channel one ok! My dream destination is actually South Africa. Haha

Facebook

2007-10-17T01:20:00.001+08:00

ARGH SHIT!

Facebook is so fun! It's so much fun than Friendster lah!

If u're not on my Facebook, add me via my gmail (u shld know what my gmail is..., my emails userids are quite standard, haha)

Some teasers for London trip

2007-10-15T23:35:00.000+08:00

I don't really have a lot of photos with me but oh well, I shall post some that I've for the moment...

Had no jet lag at all when we reached there. =D The cab fare is ridiculous... the journey from the airport to the hotel was around 1/2 hour, and it was 70 pounds, ~SG$210...

Our 1st English breakfast! The 1st one was nice, subsequently, not nice anymore, haha.

A "rubbish eater" on River Thames

The tower bridge behind me (I heard that this is the "London Bridge" our childhood song)

The Windsor Castle (with 2 ppl acting funny)! Only 15 min cab from our hotel.

A building near the castle at night, beautifully lit (not taken on the same day though, we went back the next day)

The hotel that we're in!

Having dinner at the hotel with fellow GEDS from Singapore! (I feel guilty for eating such nice food for 5 days)

and fellow GEDS from other parts of the world taken at the Ha! Ha! Bar near Windsor Castle~

The last picture was taken by a nearly-drunk guy, which explains the blur pic. Haha

The rest shld've more photos than me. I shall make a more complete blog this coming weekend!

Anyway felt so much better aft 1 day's MC, caught a flu virus during my flight back. My worst SIA flight loh... The 1st flight that I take alone and it has to be 12hours...

We left the London airport late cos it was a popular take-off time in Europe. And in the end when we were reaching Singapore, I don't know if it's the weather or if the pilot was like rushing to land, and the plane was quite jerky. Nearly puked. In the end though I didn't puke, I felt miserable the whole evening. Missed my Sammi Cheng's concert (which ironically was the reason why I took the flight back alone instead of with the other Singapore GEDS), gave the tix to Rosie instead. Felt guilty cos I got the tix from my uncle. I think I shall call and explain to em soon...

Ok, tmr will be work day! But shld be a short week for me cos Fri is Tendering's Day-Out! I heard it'll be in Sentosa. Haha

I did It

2007-10-06T00:50:00.000+08:00

Yap, I did It

I cried in the office.

Haha.

I think I accumulated too much stress. I was lying on my bed yesterday and suddenly recalled something, "Oh shit, did I change the reference year to 2008?" And I really cursed,"Bloody hell..." So naturally, I didn't have a good night's sleep.

Then I decided to reach office early by taking bus 30 instead of 61.

I kinda teared on the bus cos I was really so stressed up. And when I reach the office and I realised I didn't have any mistakes, I was so damn relieved.

Then A had an enquiring expression on her face and she did the crying action. I walked towards her and talk abit, then I started crying.

So relieved that it was nearly over. I was trying to hide unsuccessfully and suddenly I realised everyone in my dept room knows that I'm crying.

Then OMG, A started crying. Haha.

But I tried to explain that it was tears of relief. It really was wat!

Luckily they took it quite lightly. And they did joke about it, and had a small talk on how each of the estimators deal with the stress (like throwing pens onto the table, grabbing too much hair that he become abit bald etc etc).

1 of my colleagues started saying,"Welcome to tendering dept!" and stuffs like there's more to come. Haha. Then, went for happy hours today with the engineers and they were asking me how's my life in tendering dept. Seriously, I really find it ok! I don't mind working overtime but the most impt thing is to be appreciated for the things u've done, and for this tender, my hard work paid off, cos I was praised that I'm a fast learner. Haha.

And furthermore, dinner & cab fare can be claimed if I work until after 8pm (can call for booking somemore).

And I'm even going Europe to attend engineering training, which is today loh.

I need to think bout wat stuffs to bring. Maybe I should setup a GEDs blog for my training stuffs eh? Hmmm...

Having fun at work

2007-10-05T00:13:00.001+08:00

Sometimes I feel lucky to be in a MNC.

We do funny stuffs like this:

See if u can find me in the picture (I'm in black)! Picture taken from 9th floor and put up on our notice board and I took a photo of the picture from the notice board. =P And the time shows how late I am in office...

OT till 11pm today...
OT till 11.30pm yesterday
OT till 9.30pm on Tues
OT till 9.45pm on Monday

Hopefully I didn't make any major mistakes in my estimate...

Anyway the letters is something related to my company, an awareness day for this thing. Those in A were wearing our coveralls (A stands for my company's name)

Oh well... I shall sleep soon. Heh

Bitching session

2007-10-02T00:24:00.000+08:00

Ok, since Cai asked what happened in the office last Mon afternoon... I shall bitch now, though I'm so tired after my OT till nearly 10pm, I may forget about the incident... cos for a moment, I was thinking about what I wanna bitch on.

As some of you knows, there's this woman in my office whom we nicknamed Umbrella. She won't read my blog lah, so of cos can blog publicly. Haha

But anyway... there was a blackout last Mon afternoon, and everyone were doing their stuffs as usual, except for me, cos I was quite free and was only looking through past estimates. Then all of em were quite pissed cos they were using MS office... so I tried to console em and said, "Microsoft should have auto recovery for the files." Some went, "Oh yah!"

But guess wat Umbrella said...

"So if there's no recovery files, you'll be responsible lah?"

She was laughing/smiling when she said that but her tone was definitely not a laughing/smiling tone.

I was so shocked at that sentence, I practically stood there stunned for 3sec, while A gave me a bu shuang look (she was bu shuang of Umbrella), and L went, "What?!" At 1st I thought L really didn't hear U, but apparently, she did, and she was equally shocked at what Umbrella said.

After the 3sec, I recalled what I said and replied, "I said should, SHOULD BE."

She is crazy lah, nv save her own work, it's her own fault wat. Always looking for excuses to push the blame to. The other time we had Green Team photo taking session, she was also like that.

There was a Town Hall Meeting, which was like all the employees in the office have to gather around the main area of the office for a presentation by big ppl, and it was around 10.30am for this particular one. The team leader, P, emailed us sth like, "Pls make yourself free after the Town Hall Meeting to take a photo.", around 1 week before the THM But everyone conveniently forgot about it, haha. And P came to look for us the afternoon after the THM. Umbrella wasn't around and I told her P came to look for us for the photo taking session, and that nobody stayed after the THM to take photo.

And there she goes...

"You cannot blame me you know. He only stated 'after the Town Hall Meeting'. How would I know whether it's 11am, 12pm or 3pm?"

And I said what I know, "Oh, I understand he meant right after the Town Hall Meeting, but I forgot about it. Haha."

And there she goes again...

"He should have stated clearly in his email. I'm very sure everyone read it the same way as me."

Wahlao... what did she mean man. And pls lah, I think she has no common sense... I've asked 10 ppl bout the email, and 10 ppl thinks that same way as ME, not HER. And there was another team member whom I'm quite close too, and think the same way as me.

And quite a few things happened also but I shall stop here. Haha. Tired. I foresee another 3 days of OT before I fly for London. Zzzz....

Happy MAF!

2007-09-26T01:48:00.000+08:00

U may think we are crazy but yes, we went back NUS on Mon for our yearly MAF celebration.

Here's a starter:

It's supposed to read MAF 2007, but I did the F too slow... haha. Will try to edit it a bit nicer with Fireworks (no pun intended).

Just went KTV with my colleagues and I am so tired. Zzzzz.... Shall bitch tmr bout what happened in the office this afternoon.

Time flies

2007-09-23T23:06:00.000+08:00

Time flies. I've been working for 3 mths already. I feel so seh everyday I don't feel like blogging...

But anyway, I did OT till 9pm on Thurs, giving up my Amore, which means they'll deduct 1 day from my 1 year subscription. Argh. The worse thing was they didn't use what I did on Fri. I mean I can understand why they didn't use, but I just felt not worth it.

Next time I shall only reserve a place for the lessons after 3pm.

Ok, I'll be going London from 6th Oct to 13th Oct for course~ But I've no idea what is cheap there. Can anyone tell me? =D

Sneezing panda

2007-09-15T14:04:00.000+08:00

This is super cute and funny... I keep rewatching it

It's like...

munch munch munch
cheeewwww
xia dao
munch munch munch

And somebody actually did a spoof...

And other people made a short story about it:

Thanks to Panda Wong for showing me the sneezing panda video!

It's time to be narcissistic

2007-09-12T23:18:00.000+08:00

I shall put a nice photo of myself during one of these
I-feel-narcissistic times.

U wanna say I act cute also can loh, but I just luv this photo. Makes me
look so happy with my Cinnamoroll. Haha

This is what I call nice

2007-09-10T00:31:00.000+08:00

I'm so glad I didn't miss out on the photoshoot today... I like this
picture!

And it's not even photoshopped yet... As compared to the ones we paid
$40 per person. Grrr

I'm sorry Evo

2007-09-02T23:54:00.000+08:00

Evo's my laptop (it's called Evo cos the model is Compaq Evo N620C, lol).

A very business-looking laptop which most girls won't wanna carry cos it's so heavy. But I'm glad I choose this model, it's a sturdy model & it has lasted me more than 4 years (still working now!). I rmb I paid $2.7k for it, and it was quite deal cos it was $500 off the market price. Haha. U can see the specs here: http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/notebooks/0,39050488,39012940p,00.htm

And now, I'm being so bad to my faithful-old-Evo when it's starting to get old and sick, cos I bought a new laptop...

HP Pavillion tx1000. I paid $1.7k for it... using my sis's student card @ Comex. Super chio laptop, which I'm surprised that I bought a chio one instead of a power one. But it's really a good deal. U can see the specs here: http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/notebooks/0,39050490,40027421p,00.htm

just that I upgraded the RAM to 2Gb and there's a free upgrade for students to 1.8Ghz processor, free 6-cell battery, and 3 years extended-warranty.

Another hole in my pocket....

And the bloody ppl didn't upgrade my RAM! I'm going to call to complain tmr. And argh... like that I've to go down Sim Lim to get my RAM done...

Oh btw, I'm a HP/Compaq supporter when it comes to desktop/laptop =P

Giving out 1 pair mosh pit tix to Heroes World Tour 2007

2007-08-30T01:08:00.001+08:00

1-day offer only to readers of my blog. Actually only very few ppl read my blog daily, but pls feel honoured lah, I'm selling the tix on Yahoo Auctions at a starting price of $10 but u can get it free! Haha

I won the tickets but it's...

Date: 31st Aug 07, Fri
Time: 3pm
Venue: Vivocity

Starhub lah, sent me a redemption letter dated 24th Aug 07 but the envelope is dated 28th Aug 07... so it's Singpost's or Starhub's fault?

Wahlao! I need to work! Where got time to go? And the stupid thing is I can only go collect it on the day itself, between 12 to 3... luckily my office is near so I can drop by during lunchtime.

So if u want the tix, drop me an email at amigoeva@gmail.com, or just sms or call me, and make sure u can meet me between 12.30 to 1 at Vivo on Fri!

We'll miss u =D

2007-08-28T23:31:00.000+08:00

Another fren leaves for SEP again... The times when nearly all my NUS gang went on SEP, was quite a lonely semester.... luckily the 6 mths passed quite fast. Heh

Sent Lisheng off on Sunday night. I think he has beaten Merv for the number of people who went to send him off. (U can see the send-Merv-off entry here): His relatives, his sec sch friends, army friends, us, and even his German tutorial classmate (although there was some overlap with his sec sch friends & army friends & us, lol)! Stupid Aimei & LS, still made me quite stressed up that I'll tear, cos AM said that she might cry, and LS said he will cry if somebody cries and his mum will definitely cry.

Oh well, last attempt to get a complete picture of 7 of us but Somebody who planned the sending-off was unhappy with Jeremy (for always not reply SMSes) & asked Someone-Else to call Jeremy. Someone-Else then forgot to call Jeremy. -_- Great. But anyway I don't think Jeremy reads my blog. Lol. But ok lah, thanks to Somebody for planning (though I jio u all one, =P). Someone-Else still complain say we didn't send go to the airport to send him off when he go overseas. Aiyoh, u've nv went on a 6-mths trip wat

We're always lack of 1 person in our photos loh, so sad. And everyone in this photo smile so happily and Zhao Yong has to act dao. -_-

Read my personal blog for somemore stuffs, haha.

Ok lah, I guess we'll all miss you for the next 6 mths or so. But it's ok! I can see u in Oct in London (I hope)! Take care of urself! Don't be an ant on hot pot too! =P

Danson Tang Yu Zhe - Zhi Qian Yi Ju Wo Ai Ni唐禹哲 - 只欠一句我爱你

2007-08-26T14:18:00.000+08:00

He finally has his own album out! The album is not bad! I like this song the best =D

你微微的笑温暖我心让我有了冲劲动力
于是我又鼓起了勇气决定又疯狂爱上你
千千万万的爱意等不及
凉风徐徐的提醒我和你
只欠一句我爱你没胆亲口告诉你
想要照顾你好好疼你WO...
只差一句你答应点头说你也愿意
和我在一起手牵着你紧紧抱着你

千千万万的爱意等不及
凉风徐徐的提醒我和你
只欠一句我爱你没胆亲口告诉你
想要照顾你好好疼你WO...
只差一句你答应点头说你也愿意
和我在一起手牵着你紧紧抱着你

盛夏的回忆再偷偷的想起
你就是剩下的唯一我站在这里
用最真的心想对你说请相信我们之间距离

只欠一句我爱你没胆亲口告诉你
想要照顾你好好疼你
只差一句你答应点头说你也愿意
和我在一起手牵着你紧紧抱着你

手牵着你紧紧抱着你

Please don't fall for the Hong Kong scam / JB scam

2007-08-21T23:36:00.000+08:00

I got an unknown call (my caller ID couldn't detect the number) on 4th Aug, when I was walking to the Nike warehouse sale near Kovan.

I roughly could hear that she is not a local HKian, because her Mandarin was too perfect for a HKian. I was quite suspicious of what is happening but since I have free incoming, I continued anyway. She claimed that she is from XXX company (I cannot rmb the company's name) and that the company is involved in the building of the IR in Singapore and asked me for opinions on the IR. She then continued saying that they are going to have a festival in HK & Stef Sun was invited blah blah & that the show will be on TV. I quite ignored it cos I wasn't interested.

She asked me to leave my name, and when I said I'm Eva, she asked me for my Chinese name, which she heard wrongly as Lin Yan instead of Lin Ming Yan. Then she gave me a chain of numbers, telling me that it's my lucky draw number and told me to watch TV on a particular day.

The lady was very polite throughout the whole survey & she spoke very fast, it's like reading from a script. I really ignored everything she said cos I wasn't interested. And I was quite irritated because the call lags by 2 seconds, so whenever I reply her, she only reply 2 seconds later.

A few days later the same company called me again, at an obviously noisy place, and she started with a lot of "hello"s, like trying to act as if she can't hear my properly. Then she said something like the festival is happening and asked me if I'm watching the TV. I told the person I'm working and not watching. Can't really remember if there was anything that she said. Come to think of it, why the hell is the festival happening IN THE AFTERNOON?! -_-

Early last week, they called me again and I got really pissed, because they called during my working hours again and the call is freaking laggy! So I just said, "Can you all stop calling me?! U've already called me a few times!" She apologised and hanged up the phone.

The weird thing is...

I received another unknown call again, late last week. This time round they called to ask regarding (if I nv rmb wrongly) about education level. And they claimed that they are from this electronic company in JB, which I rmb as wei1 pu3. As usual I helped with the survey, but I didn't think that the previous HK survey is related to this. At the end of the call, she asked me for my name and as usual, and she also heard as Lin Yan. I repeated that my name is Lin Ming Yan, and she repeated after me. She then said I've a chance to join their lucky draw after I helped them with the survey. I didn't really take note of it also and hang up the phone.

Here comes the latest news.

The "JB company" called me again TODAY. She asked me if I'm Lin Yan. I was busy with work so I just said yes. Then she told me that I've won the 3rd prize for their lucky draw and asked me if I can make it by 6pm to this *&^%$#@ shopping centre in JB. I was like, "Huh? I'm in Singapore..." And she said one of her company's person will call again.

Just now I was telling my parents bout the weird JB company, and my father told me it's most prob a scam cos some HK scam just appeared in the papers My sister then went,"Huh? They called you one, they don't know you're in Singapore meh, rubbish..." Then it striked me, didn't really notice that cos I was working, and now everything seems to link....

Because they called me and I just flared up @ em, so now they use another company's name and call me! That is why the "JB company" kept my name is Lin Yan. How dumb...

Anyway, I bet the "JB company" will call again, then I shall ask what my sister asked me about. =P

Anyway then I went to look at local news for the article that my father was talking about, cos he couldn't find the article in the newspapers. Then I found this on zaobao.com, dated 17th Aug... http://www.zaobao.com/special/newspapers/2007/08/xmrb070817c.html. Exactly leh! The article mentioned that they also use Stef Sun!!

Anyway ppl, just be careful lah. In case kena scam. At least now you all know the warnings is not fake.

Me? Me? Me?

2007-08-20T13:55:00.001+08:00

Why ah?

Is it because I'm free and have no plans and have a lot of free sms ah?

Have to plan for sth which actually other ppl shld plan for me? Or they completely forgot that they shld plan for me? I really wonder.

Whatever lah, anything loh, maybe I'm just PMSing.

Suddenly....

2007-08-07T22:50:00.000+08:00

Yah, it was quite a sudden measure taken.

My manager actually asked me on Fri, if I'm agreeable to a transfer to the tender dept, doing cost estimation. I thought it sounded interesting, since my FYP is kinda related. Then I said ok, assuming that it'll be of a short period.

Then she went, "I think it's good if u be there for between 1 to 1.5 years"

And I was quite surprised. But luckily, meanwhile, I'll still be attending the trainings that she planned for me, including my cpy's GEDS (stands for Graduate Engineers Development Scheme), which kicks off in Oct.

She then told me that she'll confirm the transfer and get back to me.

Yesterday, the HR asked me up for a short 5-min talk, and I was told the transfer most prob will take place 2 wks later, and I've to meet the tender dept manager the next day (aka today).

Today I met the tender dept manager, nice guy, and he seems quite impressed when I showed him my thesis. Seems like what I'll be doing is really related to my FYP. The tender dept manager told me I might be transferred next week. When I told him that I was told by the HR that I'll be transferred 2 wks later, he told me that was what he told the HR cos he was not sure if this cost estimator is around to train me or not.

Later in the afternn, this cost estimator came to look for me, gave me a manual of the software that I'll be using, and told me it's better for me to read the manual before he starts training me next wk.

So yah loh, next wk onwards I'll be a cost estimator. My engin dept female colleagues sound like they'll miss me. Haha

Oh! And I went happy hours with some of colleagues last Fri. I wanted to leave aft the 1st place, but 3 guys (B, Dom & P) kinda pushed me forward to prevent me from "escaping".

And I took a picture of the 2nd place we went, which was near Rouge. Quite a nice place and there was this cute waitress named Jamaica.

The guys were commenting that she's cute and Dom even asked Jamaica if she can give him her dimples. That's when I realised Dom & K has dimples too, but only on 1 side. Haha.

Anyway aft the 2nd and 3rd place, B & P were really quite drunk and they were behaving funnily. It's like normally in the office they look so serious, and after some drinks, they become "animal" or "superman", which is the nicknames that they gave each other. And D had a flight back to Perth the next day's morning @ 9am, but he drank till he had a headache.

Me too, I drank till I was a bit dizzy, could still walk straight. We went home @ ard 1+am, but Dor continued staying with her sis-in-law & friends. She's like a 30+ to 40+ lady, who wears baggy t-shirt, u'll think she's not the type who will go chiong. But ok, she is. Haha. K can really drink man... luckily he wasn't drank, cos when I was going to get into the cab, B said sth like I'll be the leader for the rest of the night and nearly wanted to follow me into the cab. K then said sth like, "No, Eva will go home." Haha. I mean they won't do me harm, but I cannot imagine handling drunkards...

And I drank until I've alcohol rash, even until today. Damn itchy lah. Have to tell myself to stop scratching. Either I had an overdose of alcohol, or I'm allergic to gin...

I think drinking lydat really kinda spoils ur health. I told K that I'll join em only once in a month cos of my rashes. Terrible experience. Next time I shall not drink gin and see if it's overdosage or the gin...

Photos update 2: My Daily Life

2007-08-06T00:13:00.000+08:00

So here's the 2nd photo update, on my daily life.

Went on an OPITO BOSIET course (the 2 acronyms stands for super long names that I can't rmb, but just rmb it's an offshore safety course) from 17th to 19th Jul. Was quite fun, but the 3rd day was quite scary.

Day 1

Learnt how to operate a mini-oxygen tank that can last for 5 to 6 min. Went thru this container 3 times, 1st time with the lights on, w/o the oxygen mask, 2nd time with the lights off & with the oxygen mask, 3rd time with synthetic smoke & the oxygen mask.

We had to crawl for ard 5m in this container. And during the lights-off, I accidentally pulled the tube away from the tank when I was crawling but I didn't know. So I stopped halfway, and went out from the emergency exit.

And the xia suay part was, we had our helmet over our oxygen mask and the frantic-and-without-oxygen-me, tried to take out the oxygen mask before I take off my helmet. The instructor then went, "Relax! Take off ur helmet 1st." OOPS. Haha.

Later on we learnt how to use fire extinguishers and the usage of different extinguishers on different types of fires.

Day 2

We had our training at off-coast Changi beach on a barge. Quite nice view, with all the private yatches.

But ok, can't really see my face. Haha.

We learnt about emergency abondonment of the vessel, usage of the life jacket, how to position ur body when u're being saved, and how to minimise heat lost when u're in the waters.

And I got a bit sea sick today. Oops. Haha

Day 3

I ate motion sickness pills today before leaving the course centre for the barge, just in case. =P

Today we had to learn how to escape from a "helicopter", which is actually a small container with a winch on top to control it...

Get on the heli raft from the helicopter that has safely landed on the water and is floating
Swim out of the heli that has sank, w/o breathing aid
Swim out of the heli that has sank thru the other exit, with the breathing aid
Open the window of the heli that has sank, swim out thru the window, with the breathing aid
Swim out of the heli that has sank and turned 180° vertically, w/o breathing aid
Swim out of the heli that has sank and turned 180° vertically thru the other exit, with the breathing aid
Swim out of the heli that has sank and turned 180° vertically, swim out thru the window, with the breathing aid, get up the heli raft from the waters

Sounds quite scary hor? But ok I drank abit of the water -_- Because... I didn't manage to "snatch" the S size aviation suit and the M size is too big for me. The aviation suit has rubberings around ur neck & wrists, which minimises the water going into ur body, but because I took M size, the rubberings were too big for me & all the water went in... I had a hard time climbing up the heli raft cos my suit was so damn heavy...

This is the barge where I had the training. Quite nice view eh?

Coincidently, there are some of my company's ppl from Jarkarta who came for the course & I may see em the next time I go offshore.

Ok that's the end of the offshore training course. Now on to my life...

Of cos lah, on 28th Jul I became 23 years old~ Watched The Simpsons with Aimei, Lisheng & Zhao Yong, a nice show! And it was lucky we got a super big theatre & it was only like 1/8 occupied! We could laughed super loud. Haha

The rest don't wanna take photo with The Simpsons, so I took alone loh, so sad. Haha

Oh and here's my bday present from my sis~

Nice right? Like it a lot! But I was the one who told her I want sth like that. HAHA.

And we celebrated my bday & Jen's bday on 13th Jul. Once again, we've forgotten about Gord! HAHA. Oops. Here's the super nice cake:

On 25th Jul, went dinner with Cousin Ying at this organic restaurant at Tampines, her treat for my bday~ Heh, thanks hor. And the food is not bad. The mushroom soup has a tint of lavender taste, quite special.

And my colleagues actually celebrated my bday for me on 27th Jul~ Super shocked. Cos it was a surprise celebration, I didn't bring my handphone to the pantry to take photo, but here's the leftover slice of cake:

Conclusion is my cake-cutting skills is not good @ all. Must be depend on Jiali too much. Haha.

And of cos! Me and my sis went to SHE's Fun Party Concert on my bday~

I shall upload the concert photos soon.

I think I'll update till here. Time to sleep~ Oh! Before I end... here's the last photo of the day... the photo of the photos on my office table =D U can click to view it larger!

Photos update 1: Graduate loh!

2007-08-05T19:26:00.000+08:00

I know I haven't really been blogging. So now, I shall.

I feel so relaxed to be at home for dinner on a Saturday & 1 whole day @ home on Sunday. I think it has been weeks since I've done that! So here are some of the super duper overdued photos...

1st up, the commencement photos taken with my camera, and I realised there's v little only. Sad case...

My aunt & mother~ They insisted that we should take photos with the balloon. -_-

With my mother, at the dressing room

Cailing's tortoise & my Cinnamoroll~

My CE ex-4-singles club~

Ok, now I shall test out my Picasa

And some group photos:

Then of cos, my fellow same-FYP-sup-mate, Yancui aka Ah Mah!

Oh and I nearly 4got that I took pictures with Ah Mah & Prof Vladan on poster presentation day!

And here's the photo of NUS CE Class 2007!

I don't know if I've shown u all these but here's a graduation video done by some CE ppl. Though got my ugly pix, all thanx to Kel Koh -_-, I think it's really well done!

I gradute loh~

Woohoo!

2007-08-01T10:43:00.001+08:00

Trying the mail-to-blogger function to blog a photo, don't know if this works or not. Haha.

Here's the photo of us throwing the motarboard, courtesy of NUS CE Dept. The photo looks nice from far, but look @ individual faces, it's quite funny. Haha

Valen Hsu - Hao Ting许茹芸 - 好听

2007-07-27T00:00:00.000+08:00

A song that sounds super sweet but has very sad lyrics. But hmmm... still, I like her voice. :-D

你说的话我都相信
说得好听说得甜蜜
你说的每一句我都相信
为了爱情失了聪明
听你的话闭上眼睛
这个梦多美丽让它继续

你说的话总那么好听
你爱不爱我不能确定
也许你只把他当游戏
我却爱得太用力

你说的话我都相信
说得好听说得甜蜜
你说的每一句我都相信
为了爱情失了聪明
听你的话闭上眼睛
这个梦多美丽让它继续

你说的话总那么好听
你爱不爱我不能确定
也许你只把爱当游戏
我却没那么聪明

你说的话总那么好听
你爱不爱我不想确定
我会关掉你送的手机
然后静静不去理

你说的话总那么好听
你爱不爱我不想确定
我会关掉你送的手机
然后静静静静
是再也不去理

New way of blogging

2007-07-25T17:39:00.000+08:00

I've just found a way to blog w/o going into blogger's site.
Using Mail-to-blogger. Haha.
Testing-out entry. =D

I should have done this earlier

2007-07-16T23:07:00.000+08:00

She called me again on Fri. This time, I think her husband really said the wrong things.

Later on, we started to talk about other stuffs which I forgot what already, and she said sth like "10 years" again, this time round "nearly 11 years leh!". Then I said, "Do we have to use numbers for our friendship? If u want numbers, I've friends who I've known for 16 years & still in contact with." And she apologised.

Maybe I shld've said that earlier, then I won't be so pissed off.

Not making comments when I shld will make me explode one fine day.

Anyway talking bout Fri... I took 1/2 day leave cos of the stupid Mio (and my stupid sister who went to watch Harry Potter & ignore me when I ask her to come home instead). Turn out that their server was down, and all they had to do was to reset their server, and viola!, my Mio is back. I don't even needed any technicians to come down to my house, and they actually sent 2 (read this: T-W-O) technicians! -_-

Wasted my 1/2 day leave. Was angry with Singtel and my sis. But my sis was clever enough cos she went to buy me my bday present. Ok, u're forgiven. Shall post the picture of my present when I hang it on my office table. Heh

Friday the 13th

2007-07-13T00:32:00.000+08:00

Ok, so there was one in April, and now we have to have another one in July... =/

I hope there's no unlucky things happening...

But yesterday (since 12midnight is already over), I went to my company's warehouse @ Loyang to collect my PPEs. I actually wanted to walk around that place cos my manager told me there are some vessels there which I can take a look if I'm interested.

But when I was about to step out of the Loyang's office.... it rained. Oh well

And when I reached home @ 9+, my Mio was down, completely... my internet... my home phone. Called up the hotline & they told me the only slot available for the technician to come down today will be 2pm to 4pm.

Me: Is it possible to be in the morning because my father will only be at home at that time?
Singtel: I'm sorry Miss Lim, the only time available tmr is 2 to 4. Other than that I'm afraid u would have to wait till next week

Wah! So many Mio problems around?! Super suay lah. Thinkin of taking 1/2 day leave bah. See how.

Anyway I'm using Starhub's free cable now, cos I got a free cable modem with my PC. Wahahaha. Now I can use Starhub's cable internet for 60 days for free! Haha

2007-07-10T23:40:00.000+08:00

Oh yah 1 more update...

I'm not going offshore anymore in next wk cos there's no more available local slots this wk for an essential offshore safety training course, and my manager is not comfortable with me going to JB alone to take the course.

So yap, I'm not going to be in the seas of Vietnam next wk, but I may have to go offshore somewhere else in Aug or Sept

Graduate loh!

2007-07-10T22:54:00.000+08:00

Yay! My convo day finally!

Feel so good to see so many familiar faces around, classmates & lecturers... Take pictures, throwing our motarboard in the air...

Sometimes when u've a small cohort, it's actually not bad cos u know almost everyone. Heh. But I realised there r some ppl whom I don't know. Either it's me or them who skipped too many lects. Haha.

Well, there are some funny stuffs that happened, like someone who was yawning and was coincidently caught on the camera, during the speech of the valedictorian. Haha

Wait till they post up the downloadable versions of the webcast, then I'll save it up. I hope they won't censor the webcasts!

Happy graduation to all my frens!!

(My) Life is full of dilemmas

2007-07-04T23:30:00.000+08:00

I was asked by my manager if I wanna go offshore, on board a vessel in Vietnam...

17th Jul to 31st Jul... 2 weeks. I gotta know a lady from the HSE dept, and when I told her bout it, she said "Wah, u very brave leh."

Ok, I know all of u will ask me to go, I want to too, but...

Quite short notice for me...
S.H.E is coming to Singapore ON MY BDAY! 28TH JUL!! Ok, don't gimme the duh face. Haha
Of cos, spending my bday on the vessel is quite sad
My period

Number 4 is of cos the most impt reason why I'm in a dilemma. Although pills can be the solution, but eating pills for a long period is not good for the body... I can't imagine if I were to go offshore quite often, then I've to take pills often too! And not to mention I've to eat 1 everyday... Sometimes I just wish I'm a man. Argh...

Should I flip a coin? Or shld I just say yes? I think I'll settle with askin my manager who else is going, then decide.

Updates....

2007-07-01T20:12:00.000+08:00

It has really been damn long since I last had a proper update.

1st up, went back NUS to collect my convo gown on Thurs. Carol, Merv, Gord, Jimmy and Joo went Vivo to catch Transformer (with Jiali) and they dropped by the bus stop opp my office & fetch me to school. Reminds me of the times when all of us are in Jimmy's car. =)

Saw quite a few familiar faces. I was still thinkin I shld queue and get my stuffs 1st then wait for the rest of the CE ppl, but the queue is so fast! In the end all of us waited for Qiulin. Haha. The 10 of us decided on Pizza Hut for dinner instead of Botak Jones cos there's air-con. The whole place was filled with us when the Geotech lab gang came in. Haha. Everyone seems to have different job scopes, kinda fun when everyone talks about it.

Then came Fri where I met the other NUS gang ppl, but we didn't bring camera sia! Ate at Marina's CoffeeClub. For the 1st time Amy's food is the nicest. Haha. And the mudpie that Jimmy, Merv and me shared had a piece of ice in it, so Jimmy said sth like "Aye quick quick! Eat somemore then complain!" Coincidently a waiter walked behind Jimmy, and apparently he heard Jimmy's plot. HAHA. But we complained anyway, in the end they took off the mudpie from our order. BOOHOO! I wanna eat more!

Then me, Amy, Cai & Jiali went Orchard for midnight shopping. Not v fantastic leh. Most Wisma shops were closed, even though Tangs was opened, Tangs stuffs are ex mah. Hai... So sad....

Then on Saturday, went Chinatown with Aimei to buy CD & went MacDonalds House to get my Citibank vouchers. Free pint of Gelare ice cream, 1 tall Starbucks latte and more! Shuangness man. Later on met Jen @ Carrefour to buy some food n drinks for the stadium closing ceremony. Anyway, we missed half of the ex-Singapore vs ex-Msia match. But that match was quite boring lah. Come to think of it, it's the 1st match I watch in the stadium!! Haha.

I think I'll upload the pix tmr, my lappie, after 4 years, is finally giving me some problems. Boohoo!! Pls don't die so fast!

Have you....

2007-07-01T19:43:00.000+08:00

Saw this on Ruilin's blog and I decided to do it. =D

[ ] I have read a lot of books.

[ ] I have been on some sort of varsity team.

[ ] I have run more than 2 miles without stopping.

[ ] I have been to Canada.

[ ] I have been to Europe.

[ 1 ] I have watched cartoons for hours.

[ ] I have tripped UP the stairs. [I wonder how Ruiling tripped UP the stairs… =/]

[ ] I have fallen down an entire flight of stairs.

[ ] I have been snowboarding/skiing.

[ 2 ] I have played ping pong.

[ ] I swam in the ocean.

[ ] I have been on a whale watch.

[ 3 ] I have seen fireworks.

[ 4 ] I have seen a shooting star

[ ] I have seen a meteor shower. [Tried to, but didn't see =()

[ 5 ] I have almost drowned.

[ 6 ] I have been so embarrassed I wanted to disappear.

[ 7 ] I have listened to one CD over and over and over again.

[ ] I have had stitches.

[ ] I have had frostbite.

[ ] I have licked a frozen pole and got stuck there.

[ 8 ] I have stayed up 'til 2 doing homework/projects.

[ 9 ] I currently have a job.

[ ] I have been ice skating.

[ 10 ] I have been roller blading. [I tried to roller-blade when I was young, but I could only walk, haha]

[ ] I have fallen flat on my face.

[ 11 ] I have tripped over my own two feet.

[ ] I have been in a fist fight.

[ 12 ] I have watched the Power Rangers. [My childhood]

[ ] I attend Church regularly.

[ 13 ] I have played truth or dare.

[ 14 ] I have already had my 16th birthday.

[ 15 ] I have already had my 17th birthday.

[ 16 ] I've called someone stupid.

[ 17 ] I've been in a verbal argument.

[ 18 ] I've cried in school.

[ 19 ] I've played basketball on a team. [Eh… inter-class only. Haha]

[ ] I've played baseball on a team.

[ ] I've played football on a team.

[ ] I've played soccer on a team.

[ ] I've done cheerleading on a team.

[ ] I've played softball on a team.

[ 20 ] I've played volleyball on a team. [Eh… also inter-class, but Ruilin & Wenyi did most of the job. Hehe]

[ ] I've played tennis on a team.

[ ] I've been on a track or cross country team.

[ 21 ] I've been swimming more than 20 times in my life.

[ ] I've bungee jumped.

[ ] I've climbed a rock wall.

[ ] I've lost more than $20.

[ 22 ] I've called myself an idiot.

[ 22 ] I've called someone else an idiot.

[ 23 ] I've cried myself to sleep.

[ ] I've had (or have) pets.

[ 24 ] I've owned a Spice Girls CD. [I think u ppl are shocked, but that is surprisingly, my 1^st CD, not Jeff Chang's one, haha, cos I got a $20 MPH voucher from some competition in the class]

[ ] I've owned a Britney Spears CD.

[ ] I've owned an N*Sync CD.

[ ] I've owned a Backstreet Boys CD.

[ ] I've mooned someone.

[ ] I have sworn at someone of authority before.

[ ] I've been in the newspaper.

[ 23 ] I've been on TV. [For 1 or 2 seconds, haha]

[ ] I've been to Hawaii.

[ 24 ] I've eaten sushi.

[ ] I've been on the other side of a waterfall.

[ 25 ] I've watched all of the Lord of the Rings movies.

[ ] I've watched all the Harry Potter movies. [On the contrary, I've nv every watched any]

[ ] I've watched all of the Rocky movies.

[ ] I've watched the 3 stooges.

[ ] I've watched "Newlyweds" Nick & Jessica.

[ 26 ] I've watched Looney Tunes. [Another of my childhood]

[ ] I've been stuffed into a locker/I have stuffed others into lockers.

[ ] I've been called a geek.

[ 27 ] I've studied hard for a test and got a bad grade.

[ 28 ] I've not studied at all for a test and aced it.

[ ] I've hugged my mom within the past 24 hrs.

[ ] I've hugged my dad within the past 24 hours.

[ 29 ] I've met a celebrity/music artist. [I've met quite a few actually, haha]

[ 30 ] I've written poetry. [But I haven't done that for the last 10 years, I've only done that during lit classes]

[ ] I've been arrested.

[ ] I've been attracted to someone much older than me.

[ ] I've been tickled till I've cried.

[ ] I've tickled someone else until they cried.

[ 31 ] I've had/have siblings.

[ ] I've been to a rock concert.

[ 32 ] I've listened to classical music and enjoyed it.

[ 33 ] I've been in a play. [Inter-class drama competition, which I don't know why we got into the finals, but during finals we did badly cos most of the main chars were overseas]

[ ] I've been picked last in gym class.

[ ] I've been picked first in gym class.

[ ] I've been picked in that middle-range in gym class.

[ 34 ] I've cried in front of my friends.

[ ] I've read a book longer than 1,000 pages.

[ ] I've played Halo 2.

[ ] I've freaked out over a sports game.

[ ] I've been to Alaska.

[ 35 ] I've been to China.

[ ] I've been to Spain.

[ 36 ] I've been to Japan.

[ ] I've had a fight with someone on AIM. [I wonder who owns a AIM account in Singapore]

[ ] I've had a fight with someone face-to-face.

[ 37 ] I've had serious conversations on any IM.

[ 38 ] I've forgiven someone who has done something wrong to me.

[ 39 ] I've been forgiven.

[ ] I've screamed at a scary movie. [I don't watch scary movies, haha]

[ ] I've cried at a chick flick.

[ ] I've watched a lot of action movies.

[ 40 ] I've screamed at the top of my lungs.

[ ] I've been to a rap concert.

[ ] I've been to a hip hop concert.

[ ] I've lived in more than 2 houses.

[ 41 ] I've driven on the highway/been on the highway.

[ ] I've driven more than 40 miles in a day/been in a car that went more than 40 miles in a day

[ ] I've been in a car accident.

[ ] I've done drugs.

[ 42 ] I've been homesick.

[ 43 ] I've thrown up.

[ ] I've puked on someone.

[ ] I've been horseback riding.

[ ] I've filled out more than 10 myspace/LJ surveys.

[ ] I've spoken my mind in public.

[ 44 ] I've proved someone wrong.

[ 45 ] I've been proven wrong by someone.

[ ] I've broken a leg.

[ ] I've broken an arm/fingers.

[ ] I've fallen off a swing.

[ ] I've swung on a swing for more than 30 minutes straight.

[ ] I've watched Winnie the Pooh movies.

[ ] I've forgotten my backpack when I've gone to school.

[ ] I've lost my backpack.

[ ] I've come close to dying.

[ ] I've seen someone die.

[ 46 ] I've known someone who has died.

[ ] I've wanted to be an actor/actress at some point.

[ ] I've done modeling.

[ ] I've forgotten to brush my teeth some mornings.

[ 47 ] I've taken something/someone for granted.

[ 48 ] I've realized how good my life is.

[ ] I've counted my blessings.

[ 49 ] I've made fun of a classmate.

[ 50 ] I've been asked out by someone and I said no.

[ 51 ] I've slapped someone in the face.

[ ] I've been skateboarding.

[ 52 ] I've been back stabbed by someone I thought was a friend.

[ 53 ] I've lied to someone to their face.

[ 54 ] I've told a little white lie.

[ ] I've taken a day off from school just so I don't go insane.

[ 55 ] I've fainted.

[ ] I've had an argument with someone about whether cheerleading is a sport or not.

[ ] I've pushed someone into a pool.

[ ] I've been pushed into a pool.

Pirates 3

2007-06-24T23:38:00.000+08:00

FINALLY watched it with Aimei yesterday.

Oh well... it was quite cheem show for me, cos there's some stuffs that I did not understand.

The monkey is SUPER DUPER CUTE!! I was still wondering how they trained the monkey to shiver when they were @ an icy place near the end of the world. Then I read it from Wikipedia that the monkey was on a vibrator box. HAHA. Cheat my feelings. But nonetheless, it looks real

I must say the special effects are really good. I still have the feeling that the part where Calypso broke down into crabs, was fully because they want to show the good special effects they can do. No reason why it's crabs! I mean ok, she's the sea goddess, but can be fish, prawns, lobster, why crabs??

Ok lah, but I really quite enjoyed the show, cos of the cute monkeys (there were actually 2 monkeys who acted as Monkey Jack), some of the humourous plots and the special effects.

And it was the 1st time I paid $9.50 for a show lah! So expensive! But we couldn't watch this during wkdays cos the show is 3 hours long...

I shall refrain myself to only 1 $9.50 show per month! So damn ex. Haha

SSIM

2007-06-18T00:07:00.000+08:00

It just means "So Sad It's Monday"... BOOHOO

Anyway for the past wk I've been reading on the guidelines & reports of the company.... Haven't really done much...

And the colleagues there... they don't talk when they are working, so the office is actually v quiet... Luckily the 2 female engineers who came in with me are quite friendly & we always go lunch together. Heh

Anyway... Here's the name tag on my desk!

Haha. I shall decorate my desk within this week, put nice pictures on my table. =D Suggestions of the photos to be put on my desk are welcomed!

What's the prob?

2007-06-16T23:52:00.000+08:00

I thought there were problems with Starhub...

or there were problems with my phone...

cos I didn't receive any replies nor enquiries that I was waiting for, when I wasn't even the one who was hyper about it

Maybe the prob is with me: having PMS...

cos I found myself oversensitive over another issue

*yawn* I shall slack @ home for tmr since it's Fathers' Day & my relatives are coming over. Happy Fathers' Day to all fathers!

Taiwan Day 2

2007-06-08T21:56:00.000+08:00

Ok... Now on to Day 2.

The breakfast kinda suck.... I don't know why they can still cam-whore when it sux... Haha

I look quite unhappy with the breakfast.... Haha

Then we were brought to the Yehliu National Park (I think)... where the rocks were shaped by natural forces... And this is the famous Queen's Head (and 5 pretty gals, lol)!

This is really shaped by nature. There were 2 aunties who came to Taiwan like 20 to 30 years ago and they said the Queen's Head looked nicer cos its throat was thicker! And according to the ~~lao ti kor~~ guide, he said experts estimate this head to drop from its neck in another 20 to 30 years.

Find the shoe in the pic below:

U've 30 seconds, go!
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There! It's here!

The Taiwanese either have v good experience @ playing spot-the-difference games or they have good imagination. Lydat also can! Haha. But ok lah, this place do really have a nice scenery. And somebody has to spoil the photos.... Grrr....

Why didn't anyone tell me the ~~hum sup guy~~ guide is beside me?! So close somemore! And Amy is smiling so happily. But overall this place is still a nice one. =D

Next we were brought to Chui Fen...

where we can buy nice local products like the jelly and muah chee from Ah Xin De Dian...

And not to mention we ate and ate and ate again...

The big meatballs...

The ladyboss wearing cosplay stuffs selling sotong balls & eel sausage...

And the floury balls in green bean soup... which reminds me of tang yuan...

And of cos, the smelly toufu... Amy & Cai bought one that wasn't v smelly, but in the end only me & Jiali wanted to try more. Haha

Then we were on our way to Hua Lien on the train... where most of em slept except for me.

So wat was I doing? Trying to take nice self-potraits. HAHA

Oh! And I managed to shoot the cute-looking chimney near Hua Lien!

I supposed it's cos Hua Lien is home to the Ah Mei aborigines. And yup! We visited the Ah Mei Cultural Village. There's 1 girl that was really pretty!

And anyway we took the 2nd pic for Charles. Haha

And at night, when we dropped by a fruit stall before reached our hotel & we bought a yellow watermelon & a bunch of expensive lychees.

And we had visitors!

Weicong & her gf Yenli! It was their 5th or 6th day in Taiwan I think, we went clockwise in Taiwan starting from Taipei and they went anti-clockwise, that's y we can meet up. Heh.

Ok, end of Day 2. I'll try v v v hard to speed up. But even if u dun wanna read, *hmph* I'm updating for myself. Wahahahaha