Here, A Thimble.

2010-02-02T05:11:00.001-08:00

This is it. I've got to learn how to update my blog more frequently. It just feels like I've got more of a life now, hence the lack of updates. Either that, or I'm just too busy farming on farmville.

Yes I admit it, I am an avid player. I love farmville. haha!

That aside,

nothing much's been going on. Just working....packing hampers. As auntie as it sounds, it's actually quite enjoyable to a certain degree. It's exactly what I need right now, seeing as how it's a temp job and I need the money for my yearly trip to my second favourite place in the world. Australia!

Seeing as how I lived in Perth for 5 years and never ventured to the other states, I have decided to make it a point this year, to travel to Sydney as well. So hopefully, I will have packed enough hampers to pay for my trip. it's sad and exciting living from pay cheque to pay cheque. Risky business but somebody's gotta do it.

Ok so I know nobody has to do it, but it does make me feel better by viewing myself as the self sacrifical martyr. Haha!

Other than this hamper packing business, I have no idea what to do once I'm back from Australia. I have been applying for jobs religiously, but nothing is happening. No replies, no interviews, no offers. And on top of that, my wallet that I bought with my first pay ever, has decided to pop. Like literally, I have no wallet to put my non-existant money in. BRILLIANT!

And just when I think that my life really sucks, my iPhone reminds me that all is well. That when you walk along the streets of London, you can no longer say that you're lonely.

It's a play on songs people! Get with the programme!

2009-11-23T01:38:00.000-08:00

come january 1st 2010, i will be officially unemployed. my boss has decided to pack up and resettle in the wonderful land of new zealand, where sheep outnumber people. yippee for him. and him leaving has coincidentally coincided with my quarter life crisis. brilliant ain't it? absolutely brilliant.

FML.

2009-11-17T03:45:00.000-08:00

yours truly has had an epiphany. she has suddenly discovered a love for writing. so recently, she was approached by a friend to free-lance for a magazine, and so she accepted. her first article was to be about how to give a good presentation.

here it is:

There comes a point in all our lives where we have to face the dreaded P’s. PRESENTATIONS! I remember the day I lost my presentation virginity. It is true when they say you never forget your first time. It was awkward. Enough said.

Hundreds of presentations later, I proudly proclaim that I am THE guru of presentations. Microsoft power point and I are on a first name basis. Yes, we are that tight. Believe me, this relationship I have with Mr. Power point can be experienced by anybody, as long as they master the basic skills required in giving an excellent and engaging presentation.

I have sat through my fair share of soporific presentations. I am not exaggerating when I say that I have to literally stuff toothpicks under my eyelids to keep them open.

First and foremost, making your presentation slides. I cannot emphasize enough the need to make brief points. You are only required to give a brief outline of whatever you are presenting. So I beg you, please do not overwhelm your audience with an overload of information by copying and pasting the entire text. There is something called paraphrasing and dot points. Use it!

In addition to making these points brief, ensure that the slides are structured. Just imagine the human body or any body for that matter, whatever floats your boat, it all begins with the head, body and ends with the feet. Same idea applies to your presentation, introduction, body and conclusion. When deciding what background you should use for your slides, be practical. Choose one that displays your work clearly and one that does not make your audience feel like they are staring at some psychedelic poster art.

Once you are done with the preparation of your slideshow, rehearse it. Just because you prepared it, does not mean that you will ace it when presenting it verbally. Now is not the time to be cocky. Come back down to earth and do what normal, hardworking people do. Rehearse. I know it sounds almost impossible, but if I being the biggest procrastinator in the world am able to find the will to overcome my laziness, I am pretty sure you will have the courage to do so too. You just have to look deep within you. That courage is there.

While rehearsing for your presentation, it would really help if you could convince someone who loves you enough to sit through this practice session. It should preferably be someone who has little or no knowledge in the field that you are presenting. Once you are done, get feedback. If they looked dazed and confused and had absolutely no idea what you were talking about, review your presentation and simplify it. If this does not help in their understanding of the subject, then I suggest you get someone who is not a dimwit.

The whole idea is to engage your audience. This window of opportunity is only open for the first 30-45 seconds. The minute you begin your presentation, start it with such a bang that your audience immediately snaps into attention and is enthralled by you. So do not dawdle. Sometimes it pays to be quick. This is one of those times. But for all the men out there, please do not quote me when you are quick at other things that you should not be quick at.

Ensure that you give a thorough verbal explanation of the brief points. However, keep in mind that when explaining these points, the speaker should have a steady flow of eye contact with the audience. I have sat through presentations where the speaker spent the entire 20 minutes staring up at the screen, with her back facing the audience and reading WORD for WORD off the slideshow. It was mind-numbingly dull and impersonal. Look at the person you are giving the presentation to. It shows respect and confidence.

Another thing that annoys me is what I previously mentioned, when people read word for word. This is not story telling for children. We are not illiterate, we know how to read. What you need to do is to engage the audience. Give them examples that are not on the slide. If you are presenting a slideshow based on an article, refrain from exposing everything said in the article. Expand on the brief points by quoting and explaining all relevant materials in the article.

When I say expand, I mean speak at a speed that can be understood by the human race. Here is where the Goldilocks theory comes into play. It is called, JUST NICE! Do not prattle on like you are a victim of verbal diarrhoea. And refrain from speaking so slowly that your audience can go out and grab a cup of coffee, come back and you are still in between words. Calm down and articulate.

Giving a presentation is like your 15 minutes of fame. It is a performance. You need to convince your audience that you know what you are talking about, even if you do not. Use words and body language that will engage your audience. Pull them in and make them trust you. Steer them in the direction you want to go. Take the upper hand! Be in control.

I am guilty of acting my way through a presentation. I have walked out of a meeting room after giving a presentation with people praising me and saying, “Wow! You really knew what you were talking about!” I did not. As long as your have a respectable amount of knowledge in the field of your presentation, you can act your way to the status of an expert.

Last but not least, for those who suffer from stage fright, picture your audience in their underwear. Think granny panties and yam coloured underwear with compromised elastic. However, this will not bode well if your audience are children. Unfortunately, if the underwear scenario is not doing anything to calm your nerves, remember that each one of your audiences has had awkward presentation moments. They may not even know that you are nervous and screaming madly for peace in your head. Be aplomb. Act like your life depended on winning that Golden Globe.

2009-11-15T06:15:00.000-08:00

a really momentous event happened on the 14th of November at approximatly 2345hrs, i beat my boy at an arcade game. and not just any arcade game, the dragon ball arcade game. the one with the joysticks and numerous buttons that only work to confuse me. yes, i did. i whipped him out of the water. i bamboozled him. i am THE champion.

please don't get me wrong. i am not gloating. i am just basking in the glory that is mine. i won not just one game. i won.....wait for it......4 out of 6 games! and how you might ask did he beat me at the two games thereby leaving me angry and frustrated that i did not hit the lucky 6 streak. that cheater bug stole my technique and used it against me. although this does come to show that i am not entirely the master of my own technique, it does prove that my techniques are (pardon my french) kick ass.

i am hereby announcing that i am going to write an epic poem out of this win and his defeat. i am going to enjoy this. i am going to reign supreme in the dragon ball arcade game world against my boy. so fear me people, fear me. for in this dragon ball arcade game world, i am soon to be, unbeatable.

2009-10-10T00:15:00.000-07:00

so i haven't updated my blog in 120902 years.

a lot has happened since my whimsical adventures in the land down under.

i'm probably just updating this right, so i don't go crazy from all various emotions bouncing around my body, mind and soul.

i went to watch (500) days of summer, and let's just say, i believe someone has been spying on my life and made a whole lot of profit by making it into a film. hi, i'm tom.

btw, i also went to see a palm reader a week ago. he was freakishly accurate. on top of all the other accurate things he said, he proclaimed, "your love life sucks." so true uncle, so true.

also, i am having a 1/4 life crisis. i need a change in occupation. i am not happy in research.

ok i just needed to rant.

anyways, perfect song right now is this:

2009-03-12T05:14:00.000-07:00

i'm in perth!!!

and guess little miss awesome did?

she forgot to bring her handphone charger.

fantastic.

2009-03-06T08:15:00.000-08:00

jason mraz is magic.

that's all i can say.

2009-02-28T07:46:00.000-08:00

i have been crazy busy at work. and when i say crazy busy..i really mean crazy busy. like 7.30am to 10pm type busy.

and after 3 weeks, i FINALLY have my weekends back. oh god... i've missed you like my long lost lover. so today i went all out and partied. well..... kinda. i got my tattoo done. yes i know im addicted. but this one.. has put me off tattoos for awhile. as beautiful as it is... the pain was mind-numbingly painful. oh dear god i cannot explain how painful it was just lying for 4 hours and having needles poke your ribs. nonetheless, my awesome val did the best job in the world. i love love love it. the red isnt fully in, cos i couldnt take the pain anymore. so i'll have to go back for a touch-up. shit. haha!

anyways, 10 more days to my birthday and 11 more days to perth.

i accept cheques from 50 dollars and above people. :) haha!

2009-02-22T01:33:00.000-08:00

i haven't liked someone in awhile... well. in 2 years. and i kinda miss it.

i miss that feeling in your stomach. the way it flops when he comes around.

i miss feeling like my heart is gonna pop out of my chest. the way it feels like i'm gonna have a heart attack.

i miss the way i smile on the inside when he's around. the way i get giddy happy.

i miss planning my schedule so i might bump into him. the way i get really stressed to make sure i'm on time, just to get a glimpse.

i miss having my thoughts occupied by his face and everything he is. the way my mind is totally consumed by him.

i miss feeling that gut renching feeling when you find out he's met someone else. the way it feels when he tells you he sees you like a sister or a best friend.

i miss the excitement when he tells you he likes you too. the way your world begins to feel complete.

i miss looking forward to every phone call i get just in case it might be him. the way my heart leaps everytime i see his name on the screen.

and i miss that well of emotion i never knew i could have when he leaves or when he fights for you. the way it feels like you could die if he weren't in your life, but yet at the same time, knowing you'll be okay in the end.

2009-02-21T00:46:00.000-08:00

love you more babe. :)

2009-02-19T06:04:00.001-08:00

update about my basketball jersey guy from the gym.

yeah i talked to him. it started out with just a polite smile or two.

then i said to myself..."ah...what the heck."

and then i said to him.." you make it look easy."

(note to readers: he was working on the butt clenching machine, and he was clenching really quickly)

then he said : "no it's not. it's getting harder."

then in my head.. "k..that was really awkward."

and the conversation ended there.

after saying that awkward sentence.. he got up quickly and left. (although we did smile at each other again as i left the gym).

yeah "it's getting harder"... not really one of the best things to say to a girl you've just met. i mean, i know he meant the machine. but honestly, you have to be really dumb not to get the sexual innuendo there.

but yes..... it was actuallly quite funny. i was laughing way out loud in my head. i should have laughed out loud, BUT he might feel all...embarassed. on the other hand though, keeping quite probably made him feel even worse.

yeah i overanaylze way too much. im going to sleeep.

2009-02-17T06:45:00.000-08:00

so i've been going to the gym pretty regularly.. like twice a week. tuesdays and thursdays. and along the way ive been getting used to all the now familiar faces.

the story goes like this: there has been this really tall guy. i noticed him cos he was wearing a basketball jersey and shorts. and people at my gym are two ends of the spectrum, they either wear really fancy nike clothes or they wear really...... pyjama like clothes. so far, i hadnt noticed someone who wore normal boring clothes like me... till mr basketball came along.

so one day.. about two weeks ago, i was walking past mr basketball, and i ACCIDENTALLY brush pass him. i reckon my legs were wobbly from all the exercise. anyways, i brushed past him and it was like a.... time freeze type moment. i didnt look up at him even though i wanted to, but i knew he was looking at me. anyways, since then we've been stealing glances as each other. and last week, was the peak of us glancing at each other. i dont mean to sound presumptuous, but honestly, things like these... you just now. i swear, he was trying to get my attention.

and get my attention he did! i was doing my butt exercises and he started kicking this ball around. thing is... nobody plays soccer in the gym. it's just unheard of. so he kept doing that.... but believe it or not.. i was too shy to look. i just concentrated on the weights. after that.. i moved on to my leg lifts, and he walked past me and just started whistling this song. but yet again, too shy. then after awhile.. he came and sat at the butt machine next to me while i was doing my leg lifts. i swear, he was going to talk to me. but i was too shy to look at him.

ok so i may be reading too much into things.. but it's nice to think that someone can look pass my proud and unapproachable look. but then again, he probably thought i WAS proud and unapproachable. which is pretty much why he didnt talk to me.

such is life.

2009-02-15T06:43:00.000-08:00

you know, i've always wanted to be able to talk to my parents like they do on tv.

the way they can just sit and talk and laugh...

i wish i could ask them for advice without being judged.

i wish i could tell them my dreams and have them tell me to chase it.

i wish i could tell them my fears and not have them just brush it off.

i wish i could tell my parents i love them without them feeling embarassed.

i wish i could hug them everytime i left the house just in case something happens while we're apart.

i wish i didn't have to hide anything from either of them.

i sometimes wish i had different parents..

but god knows i can't live without my current ones.

i love them to bits, but i just wish some things could be different.

2009-02-13T09:55:00.000-08:00

my new obsession is p!nk.

i swear, she is soooooo hot. her voice is amazing. and i love her personality.

there's smthg intriguing about her that is just so appealing and relatable.

i love love love her.

i love how carey hart and her have such a mind blowing relationship. i love how she's left handed. i love how she's vulnerable. i love that she's a toughie. i love that she's got so much character. i love that she expresses her emotions through her songs. i love that she has tattoos. i love that she's not stick thin. i love how she's so brutally honest. i love her hair. i love her sense of style. i love that she's so cheeky. i love that her songs make me happy and sad at the same time. and i love the emotion it wells up in me.

*photos from p!nk's official website*

2009-02-11T19:37:00.000-08:00

so i've got tickets to see a certain mr. mraz in his sold out concert.

thanks to audrey's money and my incessent nagging to book the tickets... 5 of march, here i come!

yay me! :)

2009-02-11T19:25:00.000-08:00

news that made me go "OH MY GOD!"

"Body dragged 30km on NY highways"
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/750361/body-dragged-27km-on-ny-highways

"Mother inflicted 'unbelievable pain' on toddler"
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/343669/mother-inflicted-unbelievable-pain-on-2-year-old

"Fire victims' harrowing triple 0 calls"
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/750262/triple-0-operators-listened-to-fire-victims-die

"Wife left on floor for 10 weeks dies"
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/750278/wife-left-on-floor-for-10-weeks-dies

it's a terrible world out there folks. terrible.

2009-02-09T06:48:00.000-08:00

omg. how awesome was taylor swift and miley cyrus singing fifteen at the grammy awards.

i dont usually listen to their songs. but oh am gee. that song was so good! loved it! i think maybe im gonna start listening to taylor swift now. definitely wont listen to miley cyrus...cause ive heard a few of her songs (ok so it was just the one song: fly on the wall) on the disney channel, and oh dear... it was bad. like i was laughing. and no im not biased. i usually give people a chance for music. but yeah....she's not too good.

although i still wish i were her with her fame and all that fortune.

2009-02-08T06:39:00.000-08:00

yours truly has got new hair. woopdeenewhairdoo! :)

i have been told that this new hair can be rather deceiving. apparently, it makes me look sweet and demure. and to tell you the truth..... i totally am when you first meet me. i get all shy and i dont speak much. so people think im really quiet. but once you REALLY know me... you'll wish i was. so heres to all the people that are gonna get lured in by my very sweet demure hair. sucker! :)

2009-02-06T08:36:00.001-08:00

annalynne on twilight?

haven't seen her act before. but fingers crossed.

oh and i heard on e entertainment i think? that you know the guy that plays emmett in twilight? yeah i dont know his actual name..but anyways!

he was asked bout what he thinks of jessica simpson's new body and he said.."... i like my girls big."

he's dating annalynee. and big she is indeed.

2009-02-04T06:19:00.000-08:00

i really like that bikini girl on american idol. not for her voice, but for her wicked personality. haha.

and she's really hot. i wish i had her body. plus she kissed ryan seacrest.

speaking of whom, i wonder whether he's gotten my memo about valentine's day. hmmmm. i wonder.

2009-01-31T18:22:00.000-08:00

it's been a little more than a month and people still aren't over twilight: the movie. i was looking at facebook bumper stickers, and there are still ridiculously amounts of twilight related related ones there. it's crazy!

i mean seriously, the movie was a complete wrack! the acting was bad, directing was horrendous and special effects was unrealistic. dont get me wrong, i'm a big fan of the books. but the movie was a complete let down. and i blame it all on the director. i am actually estatic that a new director is coming on board for new moon.

trust a lady director to put all us lady's to shame. first, women aren't drive.. and now apparently, we can't direct either.

and by the way, have i also mentioned that i really think they should replace kristin stewart. her acting was so bad, i wanted to chop of my hand and throw it at the screen.

2009-01-30T10:02:00.000-08:00

valentine's day will soon be upon us. and in my 23 years of life, i have never once celebrated it with someone. not that i dont want to, but cupid has been the spawn of satan.

let's just say, anyone thinking of taking me out for valentine's day, can leave me a message here. italian food will be fine. nothing classy with tiny,tiny decorated food. just pastra frasca will be fine. :) HAHA!

i really should think about starting a "meet and greet" agency. :) it might just be my calling. can you tell i hate my job?although i am entirely grateful that i still have one considering the economic crisis.

anyways! pictures from chinese new year!

and also, i would like to go out with ryan seacrest. if anyone knows him, let him know i like that he loves his mom. it's a rare thing these days when it comes to guys... right?

2009-01-28T07:07:00.000-08:00

i'm having one of those days where i wish i was born into a different family. i mean, don't get me wrong, i love my family to bits. but sometimes i swear, they drive me crazy.

i just hate how they are so narrow minded. to me i reckon that they havent truly lived because they refuse to open their minds to the vastness of the world and the different people who live in it. it's like they're satisfied with just this. just mediocre singapore lifestyle.

they stifle every growth of creativity, opting instead to stick to convention. and what really annoys me, is that i haven't become any happier and no advancement has been made in terms of my dreams because of their refusal to accept change. i want to be anything but ordinary, my family isn't letting me.

i know i'm partly to blame for being so miserable... but.

i wish i could spend a week as a Kardashian. sigh... such is life. some people are just born privilledged. some are just born to be unique in an ordinary family.

2009-01-25T08:45:00.000-08:00

dakota fanning in twilight?

well let's just say it's good to have an actress who can actually act in that movie.

2009-01-23T09:20:00.000-08:00

it's been a year since heath ledger passed away, and i still can't believe he's gone.

he was too talented a guy to have gone so soon. i will miss all the shows i never got to see and love. and even though gossip magazines get their pictures from the pesky paparazzi, i would much rather see him there than not see him at all.

here's to one of my favourite actors; to a short life that was well lived.

2009-01-21T06:47:00.000-08:00

now that i'm a working woman, i can afford to go on vacation. so therefore, i have rewarded myself with........wait for it..........wait for it.................... A TRIP TO PERTH!

woopdeebloodydoo! omg. i am so excited. like the only good thing that comes out of working, is the money. i swear, it's sad when you don't feel any satisfaction with your job. i really wish i could be that 0.5% of the world's population that actually enjoy their work. basically, i'm gonna go all green day here and say..i wanna be the minority.

the next two things i need to save up for:

my year end trip to the obama nation.

and this....

that is the prettiest prettiest computer in the whole wide world.

oh and that photo actually belongs to someone's flicker album.

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/sigmathguru/464702412/)

ah, i love saving money that i can splurge later on. oh boy... i really do have to learn the actually meaning of "savings".

2009-01-19T06:36:00.000-08:00

so im turning 23 this year and i love watching wizards of waverly place on disney channel.

and i especially love selena gomez. she's so cute! i would so turn gay for her.

seriously, watch her video and tell me she's not cute. i just wanna squish her.

my 5 quotes for today:

"if this girl can create the sense of beauty in people whose lives have been sordid and ugly, if she can strip them of their selfishness and lend them tears for sorrows that are not their own, she is worthy of all your adoration worthy of the adoration of the world."

-the picture of dorian gray-

by oscar wilde

"life is not goverend by will of intention, life is a question of nerves, and fivres, and slowly built up cells in which though hides itself and passion has its dreams. you may fancy yourself safe, and think yourself strong. but a chance tone of colour in a room or a morning sky, a particular perfume that you had once loved and that brings subtle memories with it, a line from a forgotten poem that you had come across again, a cadence from a piece of music that you ceased to play- i tell you, Dorian, that it is on things like these that our lives depend."

-the picture of dorian gray-

by oscar wilde

-gone with the wind-

by margaret mitchell

"the same look was on the faces of all the women as the song ended, tears of pride on cheeks, pink or wrinkled, smiles on lips, a deep hot glow in eyes, as they turned to their men, sweetheart to lover, mother to son, wife to husband. they were all beautiful with the blinding beauty that transfigures even the plainest woman when she is utterly protected and utterly loved and is giving back that love a thousandfold."

-gone with the wind-

by margaret mitchell

"they loved their men, they believed in them, they trusted them to the last breaths of their bodies."

-gone with the wind-

by margaret mitchell

2009-01-18T06:52:00.000-08:00

i have this habit of writing down quotes that i find in books which i read.

so let's get the ball rolling with the first five.

"not everything had a cause, and pretending otherwise was an interference in the workings of the world that was futile, and could even lead to grief. somethings were simply so."

-atonement-
by ian mcewan.

"the calls of the birds, the cries of the playing children, were soothing to her in a way conversation could never be."

-mary queen of scotland and the isles-
by margaret george

"for no one lives forever to be anyones only hope"

-mary queen of scotland and the isles-
by margaret george

"she suggested fleeting joys and elegiac pleasures; she made a man want to hold her right now, today, in this moment."

-mary queen of scotland and the isles-
by margaret george

"i want to make romeo jealous. i want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad i want a breath of our passion to stir their dust into consciousness, to wake their ashes into pain."

-the picture of dorian gray-
by oscar wilde

2009-01-17T01:19:00.000-08:00

i miss michael jackson. he was the first man i ever loved.

i still wish with my whole heart that i could meet him.

2009-01-15T06:59:00.000-08:00

i am currently attempting to drop a few extra pounds, firm my cellulite filled thighs up, unjelly my jelly arms and have a nice pretty tummy. :)

i have failed miserably. i have completely no motivation and my will power..... well let's just say i don't have any. omg. it's a good thing im not a celebrity... i reckon i'd be oprah.

2009-01-14T06:48:00.000-08:00

so a little birdie (and by that i mean my sister, the twilight freak) told me that vanessa hudgens could be up for a role in "New Moon".

i love the books, but hated the movie. fingers crossed, New Moon will pick up. let's just hope they get the casting right this time. i love vanessa hudgens, i think she's gorgeous. but having read "New Moon", i'm not sure she'll be up to the role of Leah. please let me be pleasently surprised. if she does get the role, i hope she does well. :) and *fingers crossed*, please don't let the production team suck.

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/vanessa-hudgens-to-join-twilight-sequel/17518

2009-01-13T22:27:00.000-08:00

i love these couples and i hope they stay hopelessly in love forever.

portia and ellen.

jim carrey and jenny mccarthy.

reese witherspoon and jake gyllenhaal.

lindsay lohan and samantha ronson.

and i seriously hope these celebrities fade into the background.

the jonas brothers.

kristin stewart.

2009-01-13T07:00:00.000-08:00

chris garver is THE man. :)

1 down, 5 more to go. miami ink... here i come!

2009-01-12T05:43:00.000-08:00

i had the world's most randomest dream. btw, i'm really prone to typing errors, and i rarely do a spell check. so yes...

anyways, here's how my dream went.

"it's in a world where everything is dark, gloomy and controlled. you don't get to choose anything. not the people you love, not your job, not the food you eat, not the shows you watch. people just don't question it. except for this one girl. our rebel.

a group of teens are at their daily activities in the play room. so she decides to break them out. 7 of them break out together and start running. as they're running, they're well aware of their surroundings when they catch sight of two cops. knowing that their "wanted" photos aren't out yet, they manage to convince the cops they're normal. but they have to go into hiding soon.

they run into an abandoned building and after awhile, they notice cops running around looking for them. the teens keep running down the stairs. as they turn the corner, they are confronted by a group of pro-control people. our rebel girl is led away into a small room beside the stairs. she tries to break free. but because they are pro- control, these people cannot feel anything. even what they feel is controlled.

our rebels are told that someone has been spying on them, and sadly, it is their favourite most trusted teacher at school. this new information really gets our rebel girl angry, so she turns to attack the pro- control group. they pin her down and knock her unconscious.

when she wakes up, she is sitting next to a window which is about 7 stories up, way above a dark alley. one of the rebels throws a pair of shoes out in order to distract the pro-controls. one by one the rebels leave the room all except our rebel girl and a boy (our lead boy). he sits behind her so that she's resting on him. he looks down at her and kisses her.

it's not long till the pro- controls realise it's all a distraction. they rush up to the room. our lead rebels pull away. eventually, our rebels are left alone in the room and guarded round the clock except for a 40 minute lapse where the pro controls have dinner together. our rebels start to tie their tshirts and bed sheets together. one by one, they go down their escape rope and kick of the side of their building to reach the next building next to theirs. the last to go are our lead rebels. as our rebel girl is about to kick off, the pro controls enter the room.

once they see that most of our rebels are gone, they threaten our rebel boy. either he turn himself in, or he cuts the rope the rebel girl is on and let her fall. he turns himself in. she is devastated. before he is led away, he looks down at her and mouths "i love you", he knows in his heart that she will come back for him. she turns away, kicks off, and runs.

our rebel boy is forced to teach a class of young students the evilness of choice. they will kill him if he doesn't. he knows he has to stay alive long enough for our girl to come back for him. so he finds away to get his message across to the students in a way that only children will understand.

the rest of our rebel gang is getting further and further away as they too, drop subtle hints about the beauty of choice. their job is a tough and dangerous one and slowly, all our rebels are caught except for our rebel girl and another member. they make their way back to the same abandoned building where rebel boy is being held. they find him. but they can't get him out. not yet."

and that is how it ends. random much?

oh and i shall copyright this story right now. cause it might turn out to be a twilight type sensation. :) ... a girl can dream right?

2009-01-10T09:24:00.000-08:00

another movie i'm dying to watch:

marley and me.

i have a marley at home too. he goes by the name zeus. now, dont be fulled by his name. there is nothing godly about him.

he is a menace. and a really smart one too. when we're hanging up our clothes to dry, he sneaks up behind you and grabs the clothes out of the basket and runs away with them. when you're food out of the fridge, he pushes his way past you to grab his favourite drink, which is vitagen, and runs away with it.. drinking it as he goes. when you're trying to prepare dinner, he grabs ingredients off the table. omg. he is soooooooo mischievious.

i introduce you, to my marley.

2009-01-07T07:35:00.000-08:00

ok i've decided. i am going to the gym tmw. yay me!

now i've just gotta make sure i do it. oh boy.. that's gonna be tough.

anyways i digress. i reckon 2009 is the year of great movies.
number 1 on my must see movie list..
: HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE.
oh dear mother of god.. i swear, the trailer alone is orgasmic. the movie= multiple orgasms.
17 July 2009 can't come quickly enough. get the pun? geddit geddit?! my god, im good. :)

2009-01-06T08:32:00.000-08:00

the new year has come not 6 days ago and i have already not lived up to my new years resolution. i know making resolutions kinda jinx them anyway but i decided to go with the flow. ..... worst idea ever. i have eaten more junk food in the past few days than i ever have in my entire life. and yes i tend to exaggerate.

anyways, i am a proud member of fitness first! i have joined the ranks of many people around the world in our desperate bid to stay fit.

but you know... when you're lazy.... you're lazy. i love food too much to actually go on a diet. so im pretty much screwed to growing fat as i grow older. i might be on the biggest loser in times to come... in the future.

mmmmm. chili cheese fries. *drool*

i must eat healthy. i must eat healthy. i must eat healthy. i must eat healthy.

p.s: these photos are not my own. fitness first logo is from their homepage. chili cheese fries are from:http://krystalist.com/images/krystal-food-pictures/chili-cheese-fries.jpg and veggie pictures are from: http://www.pro-ecuador.com/image-files/healthy-food-ecuador.jpg

2008-12-30T07:55:00.000-08:00

i am jealous of miley cyrus. she's 16 and she's richer than i ever will be in my lifetime. she has a vast amount of opportunities at her feet and i have none.

when i was 16, all that occupied my time were my parents, school, and trying to get boys to notice me....but to no avail. at 16 i did not know how to put on makeup, my hair was untreated and i wore clothes that did not match. at 16, having 20 dollars in my wallet was an achievement. at 16, my teachers were telling me that i'd never do well. at 16, i was an awkward teenager trying to fit in. at 16, i was nothing like miley cyrus.

im 22 now and miley cyrus is still richer than me. my pay check is 1 in 1000000 of what she gets paid for one episode of hannah montana. at 22, i still have no opportunities at my feet. at 22, my hair is still untreated. at 22, having 20 dollars in my wallet is still an achievement. at 22, i still often wear clothes that do not match. at 22, i am still awkward. and at 22, i am still nothing like miley cyrus.

life really is unfair isn't it.

2008-12-27T08:15:00.000-08:00

i seem to have an inclination towards loving older hollywood men. here's a few:

robert downey jr. , the first actor i ever loved. i used to watch hearts and souls over and over again everyday. i was 8 and my love for him was mighty strong. :)

daniel craig. what a sexy beast.

billy burke. that face, ....pure bliss.

paul blackthorne... what with his british accent in 24, i could just die.

and of course, this list wont be complete without:

kiefer sutherland, my hero.

these men define sexiness.

2008-12-22T22:43:00.001-08:00

i went to watch twilight last night. and boy was i sorely disappointed.

i went in with very little expectations, and even those expectations weren't met.

the acting was crap, directing was juvenile, camera angles were awkward, special effects were ancient. all in all, pretty bad movie. sigh. what a huge disappointment. from the trailer it was already pretty evident that kristen stewart was bad, watching the whole movie was torture. particularly with her perculiar way of over reacting to things, her constant need to look constipated and her annoying personality was just too much to take. i swear, halfway through the film i wanted to take my shoe off and throw it her (the shoe throwing at bush man has really caught on) .

really bad movie. however, the one good thing that i enjoyed but for a brisk moment was the baseball scene. unfortunately it ended so quickly, it was like a premature ejaculation type thing. billy burke on the other hand played the role of bella's father quite well. only kudos goes out to him. stephanie meyer should really think about getting a better director, camera man, editor... or rather, just change the whole production team.

let's just stick to the book for this one.

if harry potter can be done so well, i'm sure twilight should have been able to follow suite.

anyways, on a lighter note. christmas is fast approaching. and im getting all christmassy. although, at my house, opening presents is pretty much as christmas as we get.

white christmas by the fireplace drinking egg nog and eating turkey, find me now.

2008-12-19T08:29:00.000-08:00

for those who know me well, know that i love my grannie heaps. she was a million miles away in Scotland, but distance didn't matter. my grannie was the coolest, most independent, prettiest, vainest, strongest, most generous, smartest and most loving woman i have ever known. she is my hero.

december 17th 1929, the best day there ever was. her birthday.

so december 17th, Scotland time. i got a tattoo in memory of her and the impact she's left in my live. the memories she's given me and the smiles and laughter we shared was never hindered by the distance between us.

i love her like a fat kid loves cake.

2008-12-18T07:10:00.000-08:00

i never thought i'd stay in a five star hotel. but then along came my daddy and his idea to binge on a holiday. so five star hotel it was. my god, it was awesome. granted it was only K.L. but i felt like a bloody queen.

my parents, audrey, jonathan, my uncle and bear bear made the 4 hour drive down to K.L. that was pretty much the only time ive ever felt excited bout going to malaysia. so the oldies were in one car, and the newbies were in the other. :) the drive was fun. but then again, i wasn't driving. HAHA! so anyways, we left singapore at about 7am. and then it was on to the historic state of malacca.

omg we had the coolest lunch there. we had chicken rice ball. how freaking cool is that. as in seriously. when it came i was like..."oooh. yay fish ball!" but when i stuck my fork in it, i was astounded. it's a ball of rice!!

and then after some typical tourist adventures, we left malacca and made our way to the busy city of K.L. my god, i tell you, that place is jam packed. pun intended. i reckon we all had a blast. the shopping was good, the food was good and the company was good. couldnt have asked for a better combination. :) btw, anyone planning on staying at a nice hotel in K.L. try out the gardens hotel. pretty damn awesome. two thumbs up.

2008-12-10T16:31:00.000-08:00

i just found out that if it weren't for a conspiracy in the family during my grand-daddy's time, we (meaning my parents and sisters and i) would be living in a ridiculously humongous house in bukit timah, queen astrid park and not worrying about bills.

bloody hell. because of that, i am slogging away in a lab. oh wells..... shit happens.

so anyways, i reckon i need to get out more and after watching the cheetah girls (...shut up), i am highly motivated to take dance classes. i was thinking of asking audrey to take classes with me. but knowing that woman, she will say yes, but not turn up for any classes. i have such unreliable friends. and people wonder why my life revolves around my family. DUH!

this year truly sucks, cos it's the first year for the rest of my life where i don't have my end of the year 3 months break. sigh. i miss those good old days of not doing anything and sleeping in. now life is all about waking up early, going to work, lunch time, working somemore, going home, watching tv and going to sleep. and this whole process repeats itself 5 times a week.

i need a change! i wish i was brave enough to be like my friends who are living it up in London. they're so happy! and here i am, sleepy and groggy at work in humid Singapore. man..... sometimes stability doesn't always bring happiness hey.

you know if i had a choice, i would love to do something in the arts industry. i wish i was a tattoo artist. but i kid you not, i would get sued if i were to tattoo someone. i cannot draw to save my life. why aren't i artistic damnit?!

there was a rat in my house last night.. but i was just too sleepy so i slept through the huge commotion of people screaming and running away. oh wells, such is life. ive always been dreaming my way through life anyways.

oh and i just found out that someone in Poland reads my blog. that is bloody awesome.

hello someone in Poland!

2008-12-06T09:11:00.000-08:00

i know someone who is so bitter, that she's managed to make the lives of those around her 1% as miserable as her one. that 1%, is enough to drive some people crazy. metaphorically speaking. being around her is such a chore that people avoid her as much as possible.

but such is our situation that we cannot avoid her forever. that is a difficult fact to live with. she is gifted in spreading malicious rumours about those around her. her web of gossip has been spun around us so much, nobody takes what she says at face value anymore.

her life is indeed a sad one. she should get over herself.

i also know someone i cannot live without, but yet i have to because i cannot keep her to myself. no matter how hard i try, she tends to fly away awhile before she comes fluttering back, which does not happen as often as i want it too. she is my best friend audrey, whom i am absolutely possesive over, which does not bode well for me, for she is a butterfly.

2008-11-23T23:57:00.000-08:00

in memory of the greatest most dynamic singer that ever lived.

2008-11-22T00:04:00.000-08:00

happy birthday baby!

2008-11-17T01:51:00.000-08:00

i got goose bumps watching the trailer for harry potter and the half blood prince. i wanted to scream cause i was so happy that the trailer is awesome. and i swear, i had tears in my eyes just witnessing how far harry and the others have come.

and i almost wanted to reach into the screen and grab snape. i love snape. i wouldnt wanna know what i'd do if sirius was still alive. i'd probably hyperventilate and die.

i am way more excited about harry potter than i am for twilight. funny that.

2008-11-16T19:57:00.000-08:00

i just read the two most amusing news articles today. one is about a man who tried to pay his bills with a drawing of a spider, and the other is 50 things you might not know about obama.

omg. the spider drawing...HILARIOUS!

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=665847
you have have have to go read it.

and then its:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/article3401168.ece
very interesting! makes me like him even more. :)

2008-11-10T17:55:00.000-08:00

i am proud to announce that my nephew has just won his first baby contest.

awwwwwwww, my lilttle champion.

http://www.pharmaplus.com.sg/smilebaby/

2008-11-10T02:38:00.000-08:00

omg. i bloody hell hate it when people fall asleep on the bus. seriously, if you know you're sleepy. freaking take precautions! stupid idiots!

i was on the bus just now, minding my own business. and this stupid guy with the dodgiest looking face full of acne, and fat came and sat next to me. and to add to that, he had this really gross musty smell about it. the minute i saw him sit next to me, i wanted to melt into my seat and die. omg. to add to my troubles, he fell asleep. so damn annoying. bloody hell. plus he started leaning towards me. so i deliberately slammed against him to wake him up.

stupid inconsiderate fat ass.

yes i am judgemental of people who dont make any effort to take care of their appeareance and their weight. deal with it.

2008-11-04T17:46:00.000-08:00

i went to watch russell peters last night. and omg. i laughed soooooooo much..two hours straight. not an easy feat to accomplish. i swear, i have so much endorphins floating around me right now.. im actually starting to feel genuinely happy for the time being.

that man is so funny in a racist way.. you cant help but laugh. seriously. it's the kind of jokes you have to hear straight from him, cos if it's replicated it's just not as funny. oh dear. i can't really remember the jokes he told on account of how much i was laughing. my memory probably got squeezed out of my head mid way through my laughing.

ok let's digress just a teensy bit. yesterday at the show there were sooooooooooo many hot white men. and 99.5% of them were with mediocre, squinty eyed chinese girls. it's a damn bloody conspiracy.

anyways...... fingers crossed! it looks like obama's winning. FINALLY! america decides to rid themselves of the foolishness which is george w. bush. who as a matter of fact in my opinion, is an epic failure.

2008-10-29T07:21:00.000-07:00

if i could look like a star.... i would loveeee to look like vanessa hudgens. she is so amazingly gorgeous. oh my god. i wish i was zac efron! actually.... i wish i was vanessa hudgens. i would stare at myself in the mirror the whole day. i would marry myself. i love love love her clothes. she is too cute. i wanna keep her in my pocket she's so cute.

2008-10-25T09:44:00.000-07:00

the bestest concert ive ever gone to: muse.

the atmosphere was awesome. concerts in perth are way better than concerts in singapore. just listen to the crowd singing along to take a bow the minute matt begins singing. absolutely divine.

2008-10-23T07:44:00.000-07:00

i wanna be in a relationship where we're both so crazy in love that nothing else matters but the here and now. where our love is so strong we make romeo and juliet jealous... tristan and isolde will turn in their graves. if i can have that for just one day, i'll be happy, cos only then have i truly lived.

2008-10-19T07:41:00.000-07:00

possibly two of my favourite "extreme" songs of love and power by Bright Eyes.

2008-10-18T11:02:00.000-07:00

i have a hobby that burns a hole in my pocket every month. i collect books, dvds, records and cds. and oh my god, i love them to death. hmw and borders are my two weakest spots. i have member cards for both places and i cannot go into either one without coming out with at least one purchase.

anyways, life has ben mediocre ever since i got this job. not that im complaining, what with the recession and all, but i think i need more of a life. 99% of my friends are overseas and the ones here are too busy to hang out with me. *coughaudreycough* i love you many many.
i need to get out and see the world. but thanks to my anti- social personality, i stay at home under my rock and lose myself in books, shows and music. i reckon im a pretty tough person to love.. i am un-usually thick skinned, i like to be alone, i am too private, i have mood swings and i can be too straight forward. oh dear, those are the characteristics of a hermit.

i shall put a call to SPCA now and book my cats.

on a lighter note! my next ink... november 21st. woohoo to my awesome self! :) and the person who inspired it: my freddie.

2008-10-12T18:01:00.000-07:00

i probably should be more consistent with my posts. but i have been heavily distracted by the money in my bank account. working life does have it's advantages.

but then again, i have so much to write about. although i refuse to get it off my chest .. or rather, i refuse to type it out on my blog. it's all too personal for the whole world to know. who knows, i might become famous one day and this blog might come along and nib me in the butt.

here's to random blog posts, and becoming famous.

2008-09-28T17:46:00.000-07:00

i was listening to the news this morning on the radio, channel 93.8. and they were talking about the F1 and how Alonso won after having beat the others. they also mentioned that Ferrari's Massa made a "comical mistake".

i cannot believe they thought it was comical. those were really a bbad choice of words. there was nothing comical in that accident. it could have ended much worse than it did and nothing about that accident was comical.

93.8 should seriously consider getting a better editor for their news section. because those choice of words just will not do. it was a disastrous mistake.. nothing comical about it.

2008-09-27T11:17:00.000-07:00

due to the likes of Mr. Darcy and Edward Cullen, i have unrealistic expectation of men.

2008-09-25T01:46:00.000-07:00

im scared.

it feels like im sinking lower.

i dont have anybody to grab onto.

2008-09-23T18:32:00.001-07:00

i've realised how alone i am, after reading about edward and bella.

2008-09-19T18:05:00.000-07:00

so ive FINALLY gotten the tattoo ive been dying to get for the past year and a half.

it was a pretty impromptu decision. i was just waiting around for audrey to come meet me. and then i decided to go to the tattoo store to check it out and get more information about it. 10 minutes after arriving at the tattoo store at 7.15pm, im making an appointment for 8pm. :)

i started walking around waiting for the late queen to come meet me and waiting for my appointment and i started getting nervous. HAHA! omg. i swear i was soooooooo afraid of the pain. plus since it was gonna be done on my wrist, i would normally be sitting up, but i told my artist that i HAD to lie down... just in case!

so yes, 8pm came, audrey came, and it was time to get inked. and i did! surprisingly enough, it wasnt as painful as i thought it was gonna be. so that was awesome. :)

2008-09-14T06:05:00.000-07:00

so i just had a really great weekend. :) my weekend started on thursday, and i paid for that at work on friday. haha!

considering how i had longggggg incubation times for my substance p testing experiment, and how seriously exhausted i was, i reckon i survived that friday by the scrape of my teeth or smthg. i swear, i was so tired, im surprised my experiments actually came out fine. and don't worry, it was just a practice experiment.

anyways, i FINALLY played mah jong yesterday, after like 10000000 years of not playing. i was so on the verge of forgetting what the rules were. but yes, i remembered. unfortunately, that didnt help me not lose. i lost 34 dollars yesterday to debra and peline. let me forwarn everyone, debra is like some mah jong guru. dont be deceived by her innocent sweet face. she is like the queen of mah jong or smthg. so yes, my pay comes in on thursday, and i am down 34 dollars already. damnit! i so better play more viwawa mah jong.

2008-09-06T20:15:00.000-07:00

i am so upset that the weekend has just flown by. why why why does it have to be monday so soon?

i hate hate hate my job. but i shall hang in there cos i need the money to fulfil my travelling plans. yes i do have travelling plans.

i plan to travel to the east and west coast of north america next year. i get really excited thinking about it. and i mean like... butterflies in my tummy type excited.

so everytime i'm at work and feeeling like crap, i remind myself of the fun time i'm gonna have end of the year next year. woohoo!

anyways, back to reality for a minute.

i went to a bbq on friday night. it was pretty boring. the hostess wasn't good at keeping us entertained, so that kinda sucked. i ended up leaving early while everybody else stayed to drink. and i don't drink, only cause i hate the taste of alcohol. so ok moving on. i was having a good picture day on friday, so pictures are coming up! :) well.... not now. but soon.

yes i am vain.

2008-09-05T02:21:00.000-07:00

happy birthday mr mercury.

it was a short life, well lived.

2008-09-04T07:59:00.000-07:00

i was watching this programme just now. called very bad men, on channel 78. it's the crime investigation channel. so anyways, as the title explains, it's abt very bad men who take advantage of people whether it be their loved ones or just random strangers.

so the episode i was watching was abt this guy with a hidden identity who married this woman. and her family completely objected to the marriage cos they knew he was no good for her. this lady and her sister were exceptionally close and he sister stood by her in everything. after like...1 year of marriage, it was discovered that this guy had a hidden identity but thru out it all, the lady that married him still had the hope that they had the wrong guy, that her husband was actually innocent. she hoped all this even though her sister kept advicing her to leave him.

finally, when the woman realises that her husband isn't actually all that, she asks her sister for help. but her sister refuses to help her while the guy is still in her life. she didnt understand why her sister who has stood by her in everything would leave her now when she needed her the most. she said and i quote, " i didn't understand back then why she would do that."

now the sisters are close again.

i totally understand why the sister would not support her. cos i have done the same thing. and i dont regret it one bit. some people really just need to wake up and realise the world does not revolve around them. after awhile, i reckon the sister got tired of giving advice and never having that advice taken seriously. it's too damn frustrating.

anyways, lets talk about smthg more light hearted. the other day, at work, i suddenly smelled fart. and not those normal type of farts. but those type of farts that stink so bad cos you havent gone to the toilet in ages. basically, cos you've got some overdue shit. so anyways, i smelled that smell. and the first thing that came to mind was..."omg. did my worst nightmare just come true? did i fart and not realise it?!" and then i realised..."oh yeah..someone was working with hydrogen sulphide." .... so now, if anyone farts in a lab and it really stinks... just blame it on the h2s. HAHA!

2008-08-29T05:49:00.000-07:00

i miss perth. :(

i miss sunsets at the beach.

i miss hanging out my clothes in the back yard.

i miss the red tree outside my house.

i miss these two weirdos.

i miss playing mah jong the "ang moh" way.

i miss my university.

i miss working with teresa and kevin.

i miss the awesome atmosphere at concerts.

i miss the perth royal show.

i miss the theatre.

i miss seeing this sign everyday at work.

i miss sunsets along the freeway.

i miss the buskers in the city.

i miss them.

i miss the the playground at heathcote.

i miss my life in perth.

2008-08-22T20:26:00.000-07:00

so im done with my first week of work. and i am damn damn exhausted. lemme explain why.

my first day was pretty boring cos i had nooooo idea what i was suppposed to be doing. so i sat around reading journal articles. thank god for the amazing creation: the handphone.

anyways, that was pretty much what i did for my second day too and i was beginning to feel miserable and redundant. so i came home, ate dinner, watched some tv, read my book and then went to sleep. at about 12.09am, i get a call from NUH. "hello ai ling, the blood sample from patient ** in ward ** is ready for collection." oh dear god. so yes, i had to make the trip down to collect the blood, bring it back to my lab, and work on it.

i reach home at 2.30am, and set my alarm for 6am. cos i had to go back to collect another set of blood for testing. so i stayed at work till 1pm, came home, slept for a bit and went back to the lab collected the 3rd blood sample, processed it,and took a cab into town to meet my babies: a.k.a, audrey and rachel.

ended up leaving town at 12 plus, but it was so worth it. :) and then it's a friday and im at work, looking forward to 7.30pm. cos yes, i ended work that late yesterday.

so today is saturday, and i am loving it.

2008-08-15T09:35:00.000-07:00

OH AM GEE!

i am officially depressed. i was sooooooooo looking forward to november 2008. but i have just heard the devastating news that the opening of "harry potter and the half blood prince" the movie, has been shifted from november 2008 to july 17 2009.

sob.

oh.. and i start my first lab based job on money. FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC!

2008-08-09T10:28:00.000-07:00

i am happy to announce that i am very much employed as a research assistant at nus, department of pharmacy. :)

so ok moving on from the excitement of having smthg better to do other than sitting on my bum and watching tv,... AUDREY'S HOME! yayness! my sanity is back. although audrey darling isnt really very sane, but yes. she is my sanity.

anyways! nothing much has been up other than me getting a proper job that i actually have a degree for. i'm absolutely psyched about it and i really am excited to start! but yes, please people dont get over-excited for me. i find it intrusive, dont ask me why. i'm a damn private person.

and omg. i am so loving my nephew. he is currently the only person that can NEVER make me angry. omg. he makes me smile all the time. but let's give it about 2-3 years, he'll start making me angry from then on.

oooh oooh! how awesome was the opening of the olyimpic games?! impressive. :)

and i also ...... i'm employed! WOOPDEEDOO! *celebrates*

high five for me, lil miss employed!

2008-07-31T10:55:00.000-07:00

ok this video made me laugh so much. especially the last 50 seconds.

2008-07-29T10:25:00.000-07:00

i have finally seen my ronaldinho. he may not have been in the best of shapes, and i may have been surrounded by smelly boys with their hormones raging, but it was worth it.

and might i add, ronaldinho has the most spankable, squeezable ass ever. find me another man with that ass, and i'll marry him. mmmmmm, i love men with bums. i find it...endearing.

i would love to meet him one day. *squeeze*

2008-07-26T09:28:00.000-07:00

hmmmm so i reckon ive actually figured out what i wanna do with my life. but then again, i could be wrong. i shall write about it when i fully certain with my direction in life. :)

ooooh exciting news! well.... exciting at least to me! i'm going to watch brazil humiliate the singapore soccer team on monday! ok... i do love singapore but i love brazil's soccer team. i swear, i have been faithfully supporting them ever since i started watching the world cup. and i finally get to see my ronaldinho! WOOHOO! omg. i very excite! ahhhhh...
anyways, monday is probably gonna be a pretty good day. ronaldinho. pay day. and gym. all in a day. awesomeness! *runs around in circles*

and also, i am planning a trip to the land which obama shall govern *fingers crossed*. please let it happen and pleaseeeee let audrey be able to take leave! :)

anyways! some photos from thailand! more photos up on facebook, so if you have me on facebook, go see! videos will come up soooon...!

2008-07-20T04:24:00.000-07:00

and im back from thailand. reality has settled in again. after act 3, i need another job. *fingers crossed*

i dont want a mediocre job. i want a job that makes me happy. i wanna be the minority. i mean, how many people do you know that go to work just because they enjoy it? bad thing is, to break into the theatre scene here isnt easy. maybe i should go to south africa where i know some theatre people. if south africa werent so dangerous, i'd be there in a heart beat. at least i'll have malcolm there to teach me comedy. sigh.

have i also mentioned that i now declare myself a bachelorette for life. i shall follow in the footsteps of miss sunalene devadason. haha! i always said that i'd end up like her. only difference is, i used to be terrified of ending up like her. but now that i've thought about it, it doesn't seem so bad after all. it sounds quite appealing actually. unless i find someone who helps me believe in love again (which honestly speaking, is highly unlikely), then i'll give up my bachelorette lifestyle.

unfortunately, i have little faith in men. i am highly skeptical. im also a very selfish person so i reckon im better off single. and i can be quite heartless. oh dear.

anyways! photos from thailand will be up once my hard drive decides to be nice to me.

2008-07-10T06:51:00.000-07:00

omg. it's been 103940903 years since ive updated. but you have to excuse me. i've been relaxing since my job ended. ooooh, and guess what. i was standing and walking around so much at work that i actually lost 1 kg working there. and YES. 1 kg is a lot to me, i aim small. HAHA!

anyways, i swear i think my back has been destroyed by the work that is folding clothes. damn it. stupid lousy junior supervisor was such a naggy old bitch. and no, im not being proud and childish. every one there cannot take her and her craziness. she's nuts i tell you. she keeps talking to herself. she's been working there for 20 over years and she still doesnt know how to handle the cash register sometimes. omg. it was only in my last few days there that i didnt give a shit about what she said. i took all i could from her till i realised that everyone else reckoned she was crazy too.

you know what's the shitty thing. i made friends there. but we didnt exchange numbers. how freaking fantastic. damn retarded.

anyways, im going to thailand this sunday till thursday. then i start my next job on the 18th. psyched bout that one. so yay!!

iphone, here i come!!

2008-06-30T07:26:00.000-07:00

ever since i was small, i have always wished that i was born into a different family. and i always wished that i was the lost one. i have always wished that i had a different life, with different people.

i always look at my friend's family, and wish i had them, and not mine. i pity my dad and all the shit he has to put up with. he's one fantastic dad, yet so misunderstood.

i look at my sister's relationship with her husband, and i never wanna get married. emotionally, it seems like they're dead. yet, i look at my other sister's relationship with her fiance, and think.. maybe being emotionally happy and satisfied is actually possible. so they may not be perfect, but at least there is love. it may not be present all the time when tensions rise and self-fishness plays out, but it always comes back somehow or another. but right now, i never wanna get into a relationship because i dont want it to be emotionally dead. im a pretty emotional person when it comes to love and hate, i wanna feel one or the other, never neither.

i wish my dad didnt have to go thru the shit he's going thru. i wish he had a better life. i wish he didnt have to come home and face all the hypocrisy. i wish sadness and hurt were just words for him, that he would never have to experience it. i wish he could live the happiest life possible. i wish i could take him out of this shit, and bring him away. i love my dad the most in this world. he is the person i cherish with all my heart. if i do get over my phobia of relationships and enter into one, whoever im with must respect my dad. if he says any shit bout my dad, he's out of my life.

2008-06-27T20:27:00.000-07:00

i am sooooooo tired from work. it's not even funny. i have this sharp radiating pain in my back. oh god. i swear im like an old lady. i need a tiger palm patch and an osim chair.

the light at the end of the tunnel. the silver lining behind the dark cloud. the rainbow after the storm.

THAILAND!

2008-06-22T09:44:00.000-07:00

ive started my first day of work! 16 more days and im done, and i will be off to thailand! woohoo! *celebrates*

surprisingly, my first day flew by really really quickly. like omg. i started at 10. and it seemed like 5 minutes later, it was 1310 and time for lunch. amazing hey.

but yes, it wasnt as bad as i expected. but then again, it's just the first day. so i better watch my tongue. oh god, i hope i dont jinx myself.

2008-06-18T11:12:00.000-07:00

ive got a temp job! woohoo! and after which, i shall have the funding for my thailand trip. :) awesome. freaking awesome!

im sooooooo excited to start work. it's been 6 months, and im soooo tired of staying at home and doing nothing. i know... shocking right? it's so like me to just stay at home and do nothing. but yes, surprisingly enough, i am bored. and not having any money isnt any fun.

so woohoo! thailand.... here i come! :)

2008-06-15T01:58:00.000-07:00

what would you do if you were me.. you're standing at the split road. it's one way or the other. would you choose the conventional, money ridden path? or would you choose the path blanketed in weeds and fallen leaves?

70% perseverence. i need to work on that.

2008-06-13T02:35:00.000-07:00

i am back from hong kong and i miss it already. technically, i just miss certain aspects of it. it was so awesome meeting up with the cast, going for coffee and dinner with neels and just watching the show again. on the first night we were there, we went down to meet them and mig told me he'd call me if they have any extra tickets. but he totally caught us off guard when he got us 3 complimentary tickets. he told me to tell them that we're his friends, and they'll pass us the tickets, drinks and food. omg.

too totally mind blowing. i reckon the pple of hong kong are much nicer than singaporeans. shop assistants are more friendly and helpful and they actually show proper interest in their customers. they make an effort (be it fake or genuine matters not) to find out what their customers are looking for and they really attend to them. and not in the way pesky singaporean shop assistants do. anyways! i went to disneyland and that was freaking awesome. i am by nature a child at heart, so when it came to disneyland i had no qualms bout going all crazy bout the magical-ness that is disney. :)

2008-06-08T10:38:00.000-07:00

i am having the BEST time in hong kong. :)

never thought i'd say this, but.... i love hong kong!

2008-06-05T11:08:00.000-07:00

i have to share a really traumatic experience i encountered just the other day.

i was innocently walking around toa payoh after working out at the gym. i look to my left and i see this fat guy walking towards me. and get this, he was picking his nose and he looked like he was about to have an orgasm or smthg. so he walks towards me and wipes his nasty business on my arm as i walk past him.

i was too traumatised to react to that violation. so he got away with it. bloody idiot.

my warning to anyone who sees a picker walking near or towards you: steer clear from them, cause if they dont wipe it on you, they'll flick it on you.

unfortunately, there ARE people who dont understand the neccesity of social etiquette. i mean seriously, picking you nose in public? what are you? a barbarian?!

2008-06-03T10:31:00.000-07:00

i miss you guys.
i will remember you.

2008-05-31T02:00:00.000-07:00

there must be something seriously unemployable bout me. i have been looking for a job since feb. and im still looking. not that im not enjoying being at home 24/7 just doing my own thing. but when the money isnt coming in, and the great singapore sale is on, and there are friends in perth that you wanna go see, and there are books, games and dvds you just HAVE to get, not having a job can be a bit of a challenge. i swear this blog entry is gonna work against me cause potential employers could be reading this and crossing me off their list of applicants.

oh wells, at least im honest. sometimes not everyone is lucky enough to get paid to do what they love. most of the time, people just do their job for the money. as for me, im not lucky. therefore, i am just a statistic. i do my job, for the money. not the love of it. then again, the harder i work, the more money i get. therefore, the higher i go in my career, the more money i get. i probably sound like some money minded freak. but hey, if you dont have money, there's a large magnitude of satisfaction and love you can never achieve. especially if you're someone like me whose favourite past time is buying gifts for the people i love. i sure hope one day, i'll make enough money to buy my dad a beamer. that is one of my goals.

*sends out mass resume and cover letters*

2008-05-30T02:24:00.000-07:00

i have been so busy the past week cos of zacky. but i just can't get enough of him. he's tooooo adorable. i hereby prohibit mr zachariah jude lee from growing up and getting married.

awwwww. look at that little grumpy face. :)

im gonna miss him so much when i go to hong kong! i am still extremely excited bout hong kong. think about all the photos, shopping and people waiting there for us. woohoo!

anyways, i have just discovered that i've got a love for baking and cooking. omg... think bout it. i love cooking, baking, reading, cleaning, watching tv. i am bound for a life at home. also, i have been at home so much that i have yet to drag my lazy bum out to watch iron man. i wanna watch wilde. but i guess the only person who would watch that show with me, is camille. but she's in canberra. so, no hope there. eh kevin!!!! come back home... i love draggging you to movies and eating places lah you ah beng! cos you always pacify me. hehehe! :)

2008-05-26T11:52:00.000-07:00

i am now a believer in love at first sight. but only when it comes to babies.

i am very much in love with my nephew, zachariah jude lee. he was born on the 26th of may. at 1542 hours. :)

he has the most toot toot face ever.

2008-05-23T21:45:00.000-07:00

i am so addicted to sudoku, it's soooo not funny. for the past few months, ive just been silently observing my dad with his glasses on, peering and the puzzle and occasionally writing a few numbers in and then after 15 minutes, completing the puzzle. so out of curiousty one day, i decide to try my hand at the puzzle. i gave up after 5 seconds.

then along came another day, and i decide to try another puzzle. the easiest one, and then i managed to get it done. and since then, i have been hopelessly addicted. i play it online, when it comes out on the newspaper. ive got books with sudoku puzzles.

i need rehab.

2008-05-22T09:25:00.000-07:00

ok, before i sit down to pee or poo, i ALWAYS wipe the seat of the toilet bowl (unless the bowl is too dirty to wipe then i just won't sit at all. i have very sturdy legs that allow me to do the half stand. it's actually quite good for the gluteus, firms it right up). anyways! i was in the toilet in changi airport and i was about to wipe the seat with the toilet paper when i realise that there's a dispenser like thing next to the roll of toilet paper. so i look at the drawing description and to my utter amazement and joy, the dispenser contained like a senitizer to spray onto the toilet paper which you then use to wipe the bowl. omg. i was so happy and excited. it totally made my day! :)

yes i know, i'm a freak.

2008-05-22T05:13:00.000-07:00

i think it's damn sad that i have no friends to hang out with. i miss perth. i had the best friends there who would always lemme choose where we should go eat cos im too fussy. and take random stupid photos just because. :)

sigh. i wish i had the money to fly back to perth. seriously sucks to not be able to just pick up the phone and call them out just for fun. :(

i have no friends because i have no work yet. ive been overseas too long to keep in proper contact with my secondary school friends. and i rarely go out now anyway so i dont meet anyone new.

the one person i wanna meet is always too busy to have a proper whole day with me.

2008-05-19T01:56:00.000-07:00

so it's the 19th of may... i think. HAHA. and we're still waiting for my sister's belly to pop. waiting to welcome my nephew into the world of prejudices, war, and homophobics. how sad, but hopefully the world will continue to change as zacky ages. change for the better that is.

anyways, i'll be going to hong kong in june with my ah lian sister. hehe! it's gonna be uber fun! im super looking forward to combing the streets of hong kong and taking millions of pictures. we promised jeremia that we would go see them so we're looking forward to that too! :) woohoo! and i've also just only realised that i havent been putting up photos on my blog since like 100000 years ago. so i shall update with pictures now.

i am currently in possession of two creatures that cheer me up when im the grumpiest person in the world. lemme introduce you to my two dogs: socks and zeus.

so my sister just turned 30. omg. time flies. we had quite an adventure trying to find a place to eat on her birthday, cos pple were out celebrating mother's day, so basically, restuarents were filled with old ladies and ladies with the rest of their family (some of whom you could clearly see, did not want to be there.) so anyways, we ended up going from bugis, to east coast, and then finally to terminal 3 changi airport. and we went from wanting to eat at billy bombers, to sea food and to finally our last resort, maccers.

so before the month of may, my ah lian sister, pamela and i had quite an exciting 2 -3 weeks in the wonderful month of april. i went to watch the musical we will rock you a total of three times. i am totally in love with every member of queen and i absolutely adore 99.9% of their songs. so basically, when i first heard of the musical, i was thinking to myself, 'oh god, shit they're so gonna ruin all their songs and im just gonna be so damn angry.' but eventually, i plucked up my courage and went to the musical on the 13th of april, going to the esplanade with a heavy heart. we walk into the theatre and i see the queen logo painted onto the curtains, so i go into a very enthusiastic explaination as to what the crest means, but my mom didnt seem very impressed. so we were seated 7 rows back. then finally the lights go out, and Innuendo is blasted from the speakers. i swear, i seriously almost died when freddie's voice came thru and very clearly overwhelmed me. and then the curtains lift and there in front of us, there were guys and girls dressed in futuristic wear singing and dancing along to radio gaga. they changed the lyrics to suit the theme of the play! but nevertheless, i sang along to radio gaga according to the orignal lyrics. then the scene finally ends, and the lead guy (galileo) comes out and all the girls start screaming. omg, you're kidding right. they were obviously teen girls high on their puberty hormones gone wild, it was ridiculous. so anyways, the rest of the play went on, and i got won over despite going their full of skepticsm. halfway thru the play, they paid tribute to all the fallen rock stars of the past. thinking of freddie mercury and how his life got cut short, how the world was not worthy of him, how he was so passionate bout his lyrics and music. i shed a tear. yes, i do love freddie.

after that first show, i had to see it again, i managed to convince my sister, jonathan and pamela to go along with the second time round and we also bought second row tickets. craning out necks thru the whole 3 hour show was totally worth it. we could see their reactions and stuff so clearly it was surreal. after that second show, my sister and pamela were hooked. we went a third time and this time, i 'bullied' shaun into going with us. and then shaun got hooked too. i made signs and held them up at the end of the play. so in total i made 4 signs. one said 'i heart pop' another said 'i heart gas', the third said 'pictures after the show?' and then finally shaun had a sign that said. 'please pardon my friends.' HAHAHAH. that was hilarious. anyways, while mig was on stage, he agreed to take pictures with us and pop flung a kiss at me cos of my lovely sign. :) anyways, i managed to get a high five from neels (commander kashogi) , whom i think is totally awesome.

so yes, back to after the show, this was to be our first 'back stage' stake out. i know we're crazy, but hey, you only live once. while waiting backstage, i had the intention of only taking a picture with pop. but then out came neels, and it took be a while before i recognised without all his stage makeup, he recognised me first. HAHA! he saw me and said..' hey!!!' and only then did it click in my head that 'omg, neels just recognised me.'

after neels, out comes jeremia (cyndi lauper in the play) and so we take a picture and since that eventful one single photo, we've been in contact thru sms. after cyndi lauper, out came mig. he said he was expecting us to go into the changing room to look for him, but yes, we are shy half asian girls. HAHA. anyways, while taking the photo with the three of us, he said we could make up the band like queen.

anyways, he told us to come again tmw cos we didnt get to meet pop. he said he would tell pop to come out and see us. but deep in the very core of my being, i had an uncanny feeling that he would surely forget. we still came again the next day, and lo and behold, he forgot. no surprise there, but he felt really bad. us going the next day wasnt much of a bummer cos we had a fresh round of photographs with neels, jeremia and mig again. and yes, the other girls werent very happy, esp. when their idol mig remembered our names.

after that day, mig told us to go again the next day cos this time he absolutely promised that he would remember to tell pop to come out and meet us. and yes, he held true to his promise. we saw neels again, but saw that he was in a hurry, so we didnt call out to him. but he noticed us anyway, and airkissed while saying good bye. sigh. i miss neels.

so yes, that is the full update on my very exciting jobless life. feel free to judge.

2008-05-06T11:27:00.000-07:00

you know i was really looking forward to the 4th of may. i was so happy and excited.

4th of may has come and gone. nothing's changed.

2008-05-03T11:29:00.000-07:00

so it's been a year since my granny died and i still miss her immensely.

this time last year, we were planning our trip to london and scotland. today, my sister and i just booked our flight to hong kong. it's not one of the countries that im dying to go to, but it's a start to me visiting every country in the world right? ooooh exciting! :) my dad's sponsoring us. awwwww... :)

anyways, 3 more weeks till my sister gives birth. omg. how soon is that! im excited and scared at the same time. i cant wait to hold him and hear him laugh. totally not looking forward to his crying and pooping.

my fingers are frozen cos my air con is too cold.

i applied for science jobs yesterday. and it just felt so wrong. cos i knew i wont be happy. sigh, i just gotta do this for 1-2 years and then we'll see how it goes from that.

2008-05-02T10:55:00.000-07:00

i cant wait for the 4th of may. i swear it feels like finally the person who spurs me to live my dream is coming home. please babe dont let me give up. please help me grab that life i want to live.

2008-04-23T11:41:00.000-07:00

i wish i could sing like her. her voice is amazing.

2008-04-22T11:52:00.001-07:00

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=451490

so a small church puts up a sign up outside it's premises that says "Obama Osama humm are they brothers."

according to the pastor it was "never meant to hurt or offend anyone..." and it was " simply to cause people to realise and to see what possibly could happen if we were to get someone in there that does not believe in Jesus Christ"... he also said he hoped Obama — a committed Christian — was not a Muslim.

(references from ninemsn.com.au)

first of all, him saying that he hoped obama (who is a committed christian) was not a muslim, clearly shows that the pastor has not done complete and thorough research bout obama. seriously, everybody who has been following the elections would know that obama is a commited christian. furthermore, putting up such a sign is ridiculous. so if a really good person, who is as good of a person as there can ever be, if such a person were to be president, but not a christian.... he's not fit to be up there ruiling the country? seriously, look at where your christian leader george bush has landed you... war in iraq. wow. that IS impressive.

bloody pricks.

2008-04-21T10:02:00.000-07:00

this is so funny and cute at the same time. omg.

i now wish i had a giant man balloon.

2008-04-16T00:26:00.000-07:00

i followed my sister to the gynae yesterday for the routine checkup of my nephew. and when the gynae put that jello stuff on my sister's stomach and turned on the ultrasound. i almost cried. i saw my nephew!! i saw his little toes, his heart, his face.... omg.

his cheeeks are soooooooooo chubby, and his nose so button, and his lips. omg. i swear i was on the verge of tears. he's beautiful!!! i can't wait for him to be delivered. i can't wait to hold my baby zacky!

2008-04-14T22:55:00.000-07:00

ok my sister and i have come to the conclusion that tay ping hui and jiminy cricket look quite alike.

no offense to anyone who likes either one of the subjects, it's just a general observation.

2008-04-14T02:21:00.000-07:00

american idol and other reality music shows have accelerated the degradation of good music.