Steven Lim vs Lee Hom?!?!?!

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

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!

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

I'm dedicating this song to a friend =)

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

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....

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

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

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..."

... 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

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