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moved!

2010-10-08T01:01:00.007+08:00

i have moved this blog from blogger to wordpress.. pls contact me for new address~

btw, seems like there has been too many moves recently.. 1st my work station, then my room, now my blog.. lol..

now waiting patiently for wordpress to complete with the importing of the details from blogger.. i m going to close my cbox account oso.. keep having spam msges.. zzz...

oh.. now it's 1am, Fri 8th oct.. i m supposed to be in bed now!! but i m still quite awake.. all becos of stupid forgetful me.. i went to drink milk tea (with high lvl of caffeine) after 8pm!! zzz..

hopefully i can slp latest by 2am.. *cross finger*

TGIF!!

bad heart?

2010-10-04T23:57:00.001+08:00

Recently, I keep having difficulty in breathing.. N oso irregular heartbeat.. hmm.. this morn was even more serious. Kinda affected my work. Can't concentrate well.. hmm.. I hope it's nothing serious.. I hope all these are due to stress.. not some heart problems.. or maybe is my anemia is getting worse? in this case, I would rather it to be latter..

anyway.. I'm now blogging using my phone on bed.. in case someday something happened.. this could be the cause.. of course touch wood la.. choy!!!

Back to sleep.. Nitez..

so hurting ='(

2010-09-30T23:51:00.009+08:00

i know it's my fault for the disagreements we have. i am so sorry for that. but u don't have to mention 'that word', especially it was said just before i was about to step into my office early in the morning. the timing is so wrong and this is the least expected word that i will hear from u. or rather, i have never expected to hear it.

i was so stunned and speechless when i heard it, and i was a few steps away from the door of my office. i could feel my heart 'constricted' at that instance, same time, helpless. it was so hurting too. before my mind could decide what to do for the next instance, i found my body moving closer to the door and i ended the call right before i tapped my access pass to enter the office. my mind still in a mess.
then i heard my colleague cheerfully greeted morning to me. i found myself smilingly greeted back to her. i felt so ironic after i settled in my work station. how did i manage to do that? super messy feelings...

when u called again shortly after i settled in, i was debating whether to pick up. again, before my brain could made any decision, i picked up the call. i couldn't decide where to go to answer your call - definitely not at my desk as i didn't want everyone to know about it. for once, i was firmed that i was not going out again as i had just came in. eventually i went to pantry. thankfully that there was no one at that time. i didn't want to continue to 'quarrel' as i know more ugly and hurting words will come out from each other's mouth. thus, i was trying to end the call as soon as i can. u might be thinking that i was escaping or avoiding this topic. but i really didnt think that it was a good time to continue.

it felt like all the above happened at lightning speed. i was really lost and helpless, but i was not able to have time to process what had really happened until lunch time. i was so tied up with work that i really had no time at all to get affected by what u said. i was like a robot with no feelings. putting 100% focus on work really can allow u to forget whatever unhappiness that had occurred. it was like until lunch time that i got to process what had happened. however, lunch time was short. i returned and continued to work like robot. u know how tough is it to juggle this? i wanted so much to continue, but i cannot just abandoned my deadline-tight task and go home or go toilet to sort out my thinking or cry. i simply could not afford to do this.

....你说的话在我心中生了根....

it was not the word that affected me. it was how u mentioned them. i admit that it was the word that really affected me in the first place but as i started to organise my memory, i realised it was not the case. don't ask me what exactly is it as i myself is still figuring out at this point of time. i know that u said it out of pique and u really didn't mean it. but what was said had been said. the 'injury' has been inflicted.

i am independent but that doesn't mean i am emotionally strong. these are 2 different issues. when u called me at night to explain as well as to clarify further with me, i understand what u were trying to say. but with so limited time to ponder what had happened and to sort out my thinkings for the day, especially after a long tiring day at work during this tough period, i really need more time to get over it. i appreciate ur waiting.

哭過就好了

詞: 姚若龍曲: 陳小霞

不喜歡懷疑什麼　並不表示我沒有感受
看你微妙的變化　慢慢不同
我不是生氣　　只是心痛

最討厭被誤會了　但越解釋越覺得難過
你可以説人會變　但不能説　你會這麼做是我的錯

哭過就好了　傷都會好的
這樣相信所以深呼吸著割捨
愛是為了擁抱　　為了牽手
不是為了爭吵　　為了調頭

哭過就好了　　痛都會走的
記憶有限　　　所以它會淘汰壞的
失眠聽歌　　　想念雖然苦澀
還是謝謝你讓我長大了

越多美好堆疊的過往
想忘就得推倒更大的悲傷
要找勇氣卻不在口袋或手上
但它一定在我身上某個地方

this is not a post to 'target' or 'pinpoint' u. this is my blog which records things that happened in my life - be it be a minor thing or major event. i just want to write out my feelings. that's all. i really do not mean to make u feel bad again.

i hope this is the first and will be the last time i hear that word. i don't want to get this kind of 'hurt' again. thank u...

and sorry to sound so distance - this is my current mood as at 30 Sep 2010.

i need more time!

2010-09-27T23:33:00.008+08:00

how come there is only 24hrs in a day???

sobzzz...

i need more than 24hrs a day, so that i can do my own things oso..

work (+travelling) already takes up 12hrs liao.. this is a conservative calculation..

12hrs gone, left another 12hrs...

6hrs for slp, so left another 6hrs..

within this 6hrs, i need to spend time eating, reading newspaper/watch tv, then bathing, sometimes i got more time online.. sometimes, when i dun have time, i read as i watch, online as i watch tv.. haha..

sad, need to multi task even at home.. cannot relax.. hurhur.. cannot even do things leisurely..

then i still need to do some housework (as n when is needed) or some work stuff (nowadays is a norm liao) or some studies.. haiz.. so tired, both mentally n physically..

sometimes, all these eat into my slping time.. sobz..

then i m so piggy, 6hrs or less is not enough at all!!!

*pouts*

using Mr Ashin's quote:

我应该睡觉我应该睡觉，我每天至少要睡二十个小时，其他四个小时在休息。

《阿信睡觉歌》

good nite..

August 2010 summary

2010-09-19T09:05:00.009+08:00

this post has been stucked in my 'draft' inbox for quite some time.. cos i dun really have a time to sit down n write.. haha.. so, pls note that this will be quite a long post.. it's supposed to be a summary post for my Aug.. now already mid Sep liao.. hahah..

oh ya.. as i m writing as of today, 19 Sep.. i suddenly recalled that today marks the 2nd yr of working life as a perm.. so fast.. but at the same time, i feel like i've been working for many yrs liao.. lol.. the worklife has really made me feel that i m not that young anymore.. i got tired more easily.. as such, there are quite a number of things which i wanted to do, but ended up no time, no energy to do.. sigh...

anyway, back to the focus of this post:

August = wat a month.. full of ups and downs.. got joys, laughters n anger.. super busy mth indeed..

=angriest moment in my work life=

i was informed abt the job rotation on 10aug (note the word 'informed') on 11aug, my ex-colleague told me that she saw a job ad which is quite similar to my job scope. she thought either my buddy or myself is leaving the company, hence got this ad. at that point of time, i was boiling mad... it is so rare that they acted so fast in hiring new staff.. it's the very next day u know?!

i was not given a chance to say 'no' to this job rotation at all!! regardless i agree or not, they will still go ahead with the hiring of my replacement.. i feel sooooooo not being respected.. hated the way they handled this case.. not that job rotation is not good - i am quite supportive of this as i can learn new things and at the same time, i am already quite sick of my current job scope.. but.. what if i am not ready for this job rotation? what if i am not agreeable? there is really no chance of saying 'no'.. so angry..

so now, i'm doing my current job, learning my new job scope - doing abit hand-ons and getting training.. hope my replacement will come in by oct.. otherwise.... haiz.... i hope it wont come to the stage where i need to work both scope.. will get crazy de!! replacement better come in by end of sep, so that i can handover my things to her while i am in my current position.. otherwise, it will be quite tough for me to handover while i am working on my new portfolio.. haiz..

anyway, as of today, heard my replacement is coming in mid-Oct.. and i am changing my workstation on 1 Oct.. so this will mean from now till my replacement is in, i am doing both my current and new portfolio.. crazy!! if my current portfolio has not been so overloaded, i am still ok with this.. but now, it's peak period for my current portfolio ler *pout* i have been working OT for the last week, with no breaks at all (except for lunch).. so exhausting.. morning do my work, after lunch go for training, after training ended, it is usually near knockoff time, but i couldn't go as i need to clear some of my current work, otherwise it will pile up.. haiz.. should i be grateful that my replacement is not here yet - as i do not need to make time to teach her my current job?

as i am already super busy during working hours, so meaning to say, i need to burn some of my weekends to prepare the handover document for my replacement.. sianz... so reluctant to do!!

think i've grumbled enough.. got to stop here.. otherwise, this will become a grumble post.. haha..

=sweet bday surprises=

had wonderful surprises from dear dear..

he appeared outside my house at 12am with a bouquet of roses, followed by a cake then a big teddy bear =) he said that the bear can keep me company while he is away for 2 mths (still got 2+ wks to go!).. hee.. anyway, the only thing that spoilt the whole atmosphere was - he put the exact no. of candles on the cake!! so 'insensitive' =p

on the night of my bday, he brought me to this atas dining place, he didnt want to let me know the venue, only to inform me to wear nicer. hmmm.. but as we are reaching the car park, i roughly know the dining place liao, still i remained as i'm unaware.. hee.. i think he knew i know liao =x the atmosphere of the dining place was so good that at that point of time, i thought i am a 千金小姐.. lol.. beautiful sceneric view, delicious and exquisite dishes and most importantly, dear dear is with me ^^

=happy gatherings=

Aug is always a happening mth.. that's y it's also one of my fav months! hee..

there are many Aug babies around me esp in our P&Ps grp.. keke.. so we have 2 bday gatherings together.. so fun to gather together lo.. but the fun time is always so short *pout*

besides bday gatherings, i met up with my ex-colleague too.. did some catch ups and chatting.. feel sorry for her that she was backstabbed by her colleague thus, ended up being asked to leave after a few mths work there only.. that colleague of her is so horrible! luckily, she has been offered a few jobs now.. all sound much better than that horrible workplace..

had a few ktv sessions too.. so happy =) (sidetrack: i seriously need 1 now.. so stressed!! who wants to go with me? pls pardon my awful singing.. hehe..)

oh.. there was a team bonding cooking session in Aug.. but i've missed it as i was sick.. so sad =(

=jap exam=

i was soooo not confident taking the Int4 exam.. worried that i will fail it.. cos i didnt have much time doing revising.. luckily, i managed to pass it with a very borderline scoring.. haiz..

i've thought of stopping at this stage due my result is so poor and i dunno if i managed to squeeze out time, but, if i stopped here, it will be quite wasted? oso, there is a mth before the next level, i can use this time to catch up.. so i decided to advance to the next level.. which i quite regretted now.. haiz.. i think i'll be super busy with work next mth.. wl~ i think i'll need a year to complete PA1.. haiz..

=jap trip=

yeah! it's confirmed.. so looking forward to it, but at the same time, dun want it to come so fast..

all becos of the stupid job rotation which upset my whole plan.. 1st, it upset my Jap class, then helping with the preparation for Bro's wedding, then the whole mini renovation/tidying of house.. now this trip.. haiz..

with the new job scope, my peak period is always mid mth.. i hope i can clear as much as possible.. as there is no one to cover my job except for my new sup who is always tied up with work.. i have not officially applied leave as the approving sup is still my current de.. or maybe i shld go ahead to apply? anyway, i have verbally mentioned to my new sup, all she said is that i need to make sure i have finished all the letters/contracts that are supposed to submit to payroll (by 15th) before i go.. looking at the calenday, 15 Dec is a Wed, which means I have to settle all those by 10 Dec, Fri but usually it'll be quite hard.. cos approvals etc usually come in nearer to 15 Dec.. gosh.. jialat.. maybe i shld go to work on 11Dec, Sat to see how much more i can clear.. hmmm..

back to topic.. i know this trip will be very enjoyable unless anything crops up *touch wood*.. keke.. abit pity is that we are only going for 7 days.. cannot go too many places otherwise it will be quite rushing, then might as well go for package tour which will be cheaper overall.. hurhur.. hopefully can catch a glimpse of snow during the stay there.. hehe..

anyway, i think i'll be very broke after this trip.. haha.. i'm starting my saving plan for this trip though.. hopefully can offset abit..

ps: finally got this posted out!! lol

Hebe - Ji Mo Ji Mo Jiu Hao

2010-09-13T23:21:00.002+08:00

田馥甄 - 寂寞寂寞就好

nice song from Hebe, who has recently released her own album.. one of the few songs which keep looping in my playlist! hee..

last day of July - bday soon =)

2010-07-31T23:14:00.004+08:00

today is the last day of July.. coming soon is one of my favourite months of the year! keke.. cos there's PH and my bday falls in this mth! hee.. i love this August as the company i m working at has bday leave benefit, thus i got to enjoy 2 long weekends~~ yeah~ oh ya, last yr August also like tat wor.. haiz.. speaking of which, it means i've stayed in this company for almost 2 yrs liao! wah.. time really flying at super high speed.. lol..

anyway, i have already rec'd 2 presents for my bday liao.. so fast.. haha.. my black/pink wallet was bought earlier cos my existing one really cmi liao - the dollar notes keep coming out.. haha.. so while i was hunting for new wallet, dear dear said he wants to give me as a gift.. =) it's Braun Buffel long wallet. the leather smell is nice~ initially i wasn't quite attracted to it, but once i opened to take a look at the inside, the pink inner design got me to think this, 'jiu shi ni le!' keke.. i was debating whether to get the shorter one, but due to me owning too many useful/useless cards, better to buy the longer one.. hee.. (ps: the card holder from P&Ps is full liao =x)

my another present is from my dear colleagues in my dept.. Agnes B card holder.. guess wat? it's black n pink too! so matching~ haha.. the leather oso smells great! lol.. but i currently got card holder liao ler.. hmmm.. shld i go exchange for other pdts? but then again, the design is so different from the current one i have.. aiyo.. so fickle-minded..

anyway, i bought mysef a present too.. a long-waited pair of shoes since school days.. adidas shoes - white base with 3 black bling bling trademark strips =D initially wanted to use the capitaland vouchers to offset part of the cost.. but there are no more my size in the capitaland malls le.. got last pair, but is display set, i dun wan =( so bo bian have to spend that full 115 bucks..

sidetrack: these vouchers were from my colleagues last yr as bday gift, expiring soon (6aug).. used half then, but after that din see anything special to spend on.. now i dunno where to spend on liao.. jialat.. 55 bucks! i want to spend on something memorable or at least can last for quite some time de.. hmmm.. maybe a watch? but that will mean i need to top up the balance.. hurhur.. how how?

now as i m typing, it's already 1 Aug le.. hee.. this bday will be the 1st one i spent with dear dear.. hope it will be a pleasant day and memory to keep.. keke..

so nan de i got time to blog huh.. i shld be either tidy my rm or study jap instead of blogging n playing games =x
speaking of my jap.. i merely scrapped through my test again.. haiz.. where is my passion for jap?? the final test will be testing on the things we learnt from Intermediate 1 to 4.. of cos, still need to know the basic well enough, ie elementary 1 n 2, in order to grasp the whole Int course.. really need time to revise my work.. *pray hard* *cross fingers*

i still got alot more to say.. but it's late le.. brain not working le.. haha.. realised i m too old to stayi up late.. lol.. ya.. will be a quarter century old in 1 day's time... haha.. all the work and other things are really tiring me out.. aiyo.. i started grumbling liao.. tsk tsk.. must stop le.. if not, this will become a grumble post.. lol..

nitez peeps ^^

updates

2010-06-23T13:26:00.008+08:00

long time no blog liao.. 1 mth plus le..

always got no mood to blog, otherwise, it's no time to blog.. haha.. now making use of the lunch hr @ work, i decided to drop by here for updates.. haha..

it's the peak of the peak period for me at work.. busy n stress up with all kinds of deadlines.. zzz.. during this time, the tasks are never ending.. no break to mention at all.. as soon as 1 task is finished, i'll be seeing an email notification with another task to complete.. worse, there are always a few URGENT tasks coming in to interrupt the current tasks tat i m doing.. so sick lo.. haiz.. no time for me to breath.. even if there is, i only managed to breath like a min? then i have to continue to rush... i think i can conclude tat the appropriate words to use for work during this period are: 'urgent', 'busy', 'rush', 'deadlines', 'tired', 'stressed', 'headache' (dual meaning), 'sick' (dual meaning too).. i hope this vicious cycle will stop soon..

work aside, another addition to my stress level is my Jap.. by right, learning Jap shld be enjoyable.. yes i agree.. but when u r bz with work and have no time to revise much, u will get stress up when the test date is near.. esp for someone who is not gifted in languages, someone who is bad at studies.. i know all these are excuses.. haha.. but this is my blog, i jus want to vent out what i feel.. can? becos of this, need to spend more time to study.. haiz.. tho i managed to advance to next level with the lowest score in the class, i still feel stress up.. maybe my classmates are one of the causes which made me stress.. haha.. i must work hard!! gambatte!!

ok, fun time now..

busy with gatherings..
with the p&ps - our dear princess D is now in US! will miss her very much.. dini! must take care of urself wor~ keep in contact oso =)..
with my sec sch clique - now wondering when will be our next gathering since we have cancelled the recent one.. sobz.. anyway, it's so nan de to have full attendance tat day!! so happy.. hope it will be the same for the subsequence gatherings =)

went Bintan with the Princesses XY, ZH and Nana~ relaxed and enjoyed myself very much!! 1st time wearing bikini and tanning by the pool, at the beach.. fun fun.. tho i got tanned, i'm still the fairest among all.. =.= 1st time trying out the banana boat, air rifle and archery too.. for the banana boat, i dun think it was tat 'exciting' in the 1st place.. i think the ppl there purposely cruised the boat at super high speed and turning sharply de lo.. hurhur.. anyway we spent most of our money on food.. not cheap wor.. and not very tasty too.. haha.. oh.. the spa was kinda cheaper than my expectation.. maybe promotion ba? haha.. the only sian part is that i got stupid rashes after the holiday.. wondered what was the cause - the sun, the bedsheets or? hmmm..

n ya, last but not least, busy with pa tor-ing.. lol =)

gtg stop here liao.. will be back.. soon i hope.. hahaha

PS: this 'someone who is bad at studies' suddenly feels like taking up the basic psychology course which she spotted in the job search website yest nite.. hurhur.. not enough time liao ler!!

random update; happy stuff continued from last post

2010-05-13T11:34:00.007+08:00

as mentioned last post, i got some happy things to post.. but but.. due to having a small memory space in my brain.. i have forgotten some liao.. sianz... let me refer to my organiser.. see whether will it refresh my memory.. haha
*refering in progress*
okie.. got back most of them.. more or less.. lol..

went to ECP for cycling on the last sat of apr.. it has been ages since i cycled.. had a great company with the P&Ps.. haha.. tho we met cloudy and sticky weather.. n the distance cycled was not long enough due to the gloomy weather.. haha.. after tat, it's wii again~ hahaa.. fun fun ^^ i miss this kind of gatherings.. haha..

the following day, went ikea tampines with family n future da-sao.. will be having a little makeover for my house this yr.. new cupboards, new electronic appliances in kitchen, new curtains (but i think the only addition for my rm is curtains *pout* may not have the cupboards cos i changed my wardrobe a few yrs ago..)
long time nv have family outing like this le.. felt so blessed =D shopped from early afternoon till nite at the ikea.. eating at the ikea cafe.. oh.. i missed the hotdog bun!! =( but nvm, got to eat the meatballs (yup, i know there's beef, but nvm, plus my mum oso encourages me to eat =p) my family kiv a few items, while i bought myself a 6-packs-organiser for my wardrobe.. hehe.. oh, my mum bought a cooking pot too.. quite useful..

the following sat, Labour Day, went to ECP again for cycling at late afternn.. wahhahaa.. mad rite? this time the weather was fine, not too sunny, got abit of wind.. hee.. n we cycled for a full 2hrs! from 1 end to almost the other end of ECP (we stopped at Safra Resort, where the park connector to Changi Beach is at) and back to the rental shop.. 好有成就感!!!
n suprising i didnt ache as much as i tot i will be.. in fact the previous cycling session left me with more aching at buttocks.. haha.. anyway.. at the end of the day, i concluded that one shld not go cycling on a PH which happens to fall on Sat.. super crowded!! esp at the central area of ECP.. cannot cycle very fast =( after dinner, sitting down by the sea, star gazing (sky was not very clear tho, trying quite hard to find the stars i know), watching 'moon-rise' and chitchatting were enjoyable.. pity not much wind then.. haha.. if not will be super comfortable..
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i realised my to-buy list as well as wishlist are getting longer.. hurhur..
always like tat de lo.. gets longer when i m tight on cash.. tsktsk..
eeyer.. irritating me...
some of the items are: foundation (the one i'm using currently is drying my skin..so now only using BB cream.. feel so insecured, so exposed.. haha..), that pair of adidas shoes, new spectacles, new haircut (this shld be from to-do list.. lol), new hp, new camera (this purchase has been postponed due to the TW trip), new facial wash (not sure which one to buy given my current complicated skin condition, have to make up my mind fast as my facial wash is finishing!)... n the list goes on n on n on.. hehe..
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last wk and current wk have been very tiring for me.. sleep is always not enough.. boo.. my eyelids have been puffy these days.. due to lack of slp.. sometimes i got triple eyelid.. cool @.@
this wk, my parents are out of country for 4 days.. meaning i will be more tiring than usual cos need to do additional housework like washing laundry, watering my mum's whole corridor of plants (all are her precious u know.. will get scolded if not well taken care of) if my bro is not ard to do.. haha..

cough is coming back n am started to have cold.. i realised i will fall sick easily once i stop my weekly gym.. hurhur..but i feel so lazy n not motiviated.. jialat.. last week already din go liao.. this wk i must go!!! but.....(stop all the excuses!!)

slimmed down finally. ha. horrible wk!

2010-04-28T14:09:00.004+08:00

yeah! i lost 2kgs in 3 wks' time.. hahaha.. wat a way to slim down.. hurhur..

got gastic flu on the Friday - a week after my return from Batam. no appetite for days so have to force down a tiny portion of food then. had been feeling nausea and my stomach kept having the churning and 'sour' sensation, thus going toilet very frequently. =( fell sick on the following week. down with sore throat, cough and a bit of flu. consumed the medicines left from previous consultation. had slight fever on Thu but i din go see doc cos i had only just taken MC! but on the next day, i finally surrendered to my body. haiz. as i had taken the pill for fever previous night, my fever was gone when i went to the doc on Friday. My doc warned me dun keep taking MC - as if i want de.. i'm not geng-ing MC ler.. just that i really need rest, cannot take it anymore, thus i go see doc to take MC.. *pout*

now still having the cough.. *cough cough*

think my body system has cocked up since then. haiz. i got alot breakouts on my face during that sick period! now my face turned dry! flakings on my face now.. my palm and body skin are abit too dry too.. hurhur.. =(

zzz.. my dear colleague has 'analysed' for me why i fall sick so easily - 5 reasons: bad weather; cold aircon; ke bo boss; working stress; renovation opp my office.. well said! haha.. maybe the renovation opp has also worsened my skin..

i am so sianz and so feeling down this week.. partly due to the project that has never ending changes since last week till now - as i was typing, i received a call abt the change! argh! - (i hope there will be no more up till Fri 5pm!!) another reason is due to my dear colleague who will be leaving us this Fri.. i think i have mentioned her in the previous post.. sob sob.. her leaving must have influenced me alot.. how i wish i can leave with her.. haiz.. i think i had reached the bottleneck.. so sick and tired of how our dept head, my boss, the mgt etc work!!!! but at the same time, i m unable to leave now.. i am trying to gain 2 years exp here as this will be easier for me to look for jobs since most are looking at min 2 yrs experience.. haiz.. sometimes i had this tot of throwing the resignation letter w/o securing a new job.. but i know it's not advisable.. haiz...

2 more days to Fri.. how to hang on? =((

haiz....................................................................

wanted to continue to blog about happy things.. but now no more mood liao.. sianz.. shall blog again abt them..

Mayday DNA unlimited concert 17 Apr 10

2010-04-18T17:15:00.010+08:00

attended Mayday DNA unlimited outdoor concert yest..

side track: my body was being incorporative. i kept falling sick on the few days before the 3 DNA concerts that i have attended =.=

anyway. i was very excited about this 1st outdoor concert. the stage, the effects, the atmosphere, the songs, the performing band.. i will expect more as it's the 1st memorable outdoor performance. but, the heavy rain in the late afternoon ruined part of it.. haiz... but i think for the 1st timers who watched their concert, they were quite contented.. haha.. conclusion: we are being spoilt by them liao.. tsk tsk..

it was my 1st time seeing an almost blue sea of audience.. nice.. most used blue lightsticks.. keke.. also my 1st time seeing ourselves (fans) being so united.. haha.. the atmosphere was indeed very high.. i jumped despite of the muddy ground.. keke.. my white shoes turned brown! haha.. cheered/screamed for them, sang out loud with them (good for destressing!).. we were quite close to the runway! only monster stood at the correct spot which i managed to take quite clear photo of him.. the rest were either too far away or moving/fidgeting that my camera cannot capture a nice clear shot! *pouts* no clear pic of Ashin *pouts* (i haven upload the photos yet. i realised ever since there's facebk, i seldom upload photos here liao. hurhur.)

there were fireworks display too! nice nice.. not those fireworks tat shot from the stage.. they were like mini NDP fireworks.. shot into the sky de!! keke.. so high!

saw from the report that the heavy rain in the afternoon has spoilt some of the equipments.. (Ashin told us this during the concert too) they had wanted to let us enter the stadium at earlier hour, but cos of the rain, there were floods at the main electrical station. the technicians were trying their best to save whatever they can.. thus, delayed the entry timing.. the sound system and the lightings were affected too.. sadded.. even the huge transformer cannot escape the fate from being 'destroyed' by the rain.. its 2 hands were supposed to move with music, but after e rain, its left hand was 'disabled'.. i believed their mood was more or less dampened by the heavy rain by then, before they started the concert..

other factors which contributed to my disappointment:
- audience interaction was not as much
- ended abruptly; as if they are rushing to finish
-songs sang were lesser than e previous DNA concerts, some hito taiwanese/ chinese songs were not sang.. only consolating part is that a few rare songs like <相信> <生命有一种绝对> <后青春期的诗> were sang.. i love these songs!

personal thinking.. maybe this concert has way exceeded their budget (they had spent SGD 1mil on this according to the report) - the huge transformer + firework + choir + symphony orchestra + longer runway - thus they cannot afford to overrun the session as there will be a fine to pay? also, maybe they wanted us to catch the last train home? zi wo an wei.. haha.. but it's a pity for Mayday.. their 1st outdoor concert in SG was not as completed as it was supposed to be.. haiz...

but all in all, it was not Mayday's fault.. quite sad to see that some fans descibed this as "concentrated" concert instead of "unlimited" as stated in their concert title.. hmmm.. they have did their best to put up a superb performance despite the rain which ruined most of the things.. we should appreciate what was given to us.. like what Ashin said: 困難得到的東西才會懂得珍惜.. we must be contented.. haha..

let's look forward to their next concert! i dun mind outdoor again.. but this time, no rain pls!!!!! longer song list and more cooling weather!!!! keke.. m i asking too much? =p

to read e news, click here

(ps: my laptop is back from repair!! can upload photos liao!)

yet another wkend to look 4ward too~

2010-04-12T13:45:00.008+08:00

back from batam!

no shopping.. only relaxation.. with the spa, food, doing things at own pace, slack.. tho it was a 2D1N trip, it's quite good for a short getaway over the weekend.. but.. i m still as tired.. why?? wei shen me?? doshite??

the only thing that i dun like is the ferry trip.. not that i will get seasick.. jus tat it is so uncomfortable to sleep in the ferry.. my neck always aches after each ride.. hahah..

i went with 3 colleagues, 1 brought her husband, the other one brought her husband and 2 kids! hehe.. they are so fun to play with.. the elder sis is machiam little adult.. only 3 yrs old, but knows many things.. haha.. n the younger bro is so cute too.. as he's only 1+ yrs, only know how to say a few words.. the rest are baby language.. haha.. both of them have big round eyes.. pretty gal and handsome guy.. hehe.. i got take a few pics of them.. will post when available.. keke..

ok, back to work liao.. gonna look forward to this sat - Mayday concert!~ wheeee.. expected to be super high~! already have the blue lightsticks prepared! keke..

but.. after this sat, what can i look forward to? hmmm.. sianz :[

ps: i have finally sent my laptop for repair.. it's the screen fault! =(

going for trip again!

2010-04-09T15:34:00.006+08:00

shortly after my taipei trip, i m going to batam tmr le! whee..

now totally in holiday mood. i m in the state of denial to work for the whole of this week.. haha..

this batam trip was confirmed before my taipei trip. my colleagues and i have been trying to set to go travelling together someday since the day i joined. haha. finally! but sad to say that this is the first and last trip together with 1 of my colleague. she is leaving by the end of this mth.. sob sob.. she's my lunch kaki, she is of the same age with me, she stays in the same area as me.. she is my chat buddy online during work.. we clicked quite well.. haiz.. i gonna to miss her very much.. =(( sorry to side track..

back to the batam trip.. i hope this will be a smooth and relaxing trip.. keke..

oh, regarding my taipei trip hor, i enjoyed myself well. i will wan to go back again for more sightseeings and visitings instead of more shopping. haha. spent all my money during this trip. but i think half of the things bought were not on my initial shopping list. lol. dini~! the shoes are really worth buying, i bought 4 different types of shoes in total, of which the pair of boots was a great deal!! i shall buy more on my next visit. keke. but fashion wear wise.. not much of buying tho. maybe the current fashion is not my type. i only bought 2 dresses, 2 tops, 2 jackets. haha. the 2 jackets are gd bargains. keke.

anyway. i wanted to post the photos online.. but.. my laptop screen has sent out the final protest.. i got to send it for repair le.. sobz.. so maybe i will transfer the photos to my bro's comp or my old laptop and upload after my return from batam.. otherwise, shall wait till the return of my laptop.. keke...

last min travel

2010-03-25T13:59:00.005+08:00

long time no post liao.. hurhur.. oh i just realised that it is exactly 1 month! haha..

busy is the only word to describe my life.. mainly busy with my work.. so sad..

let's not talk about the forever busy and stagnant work.. sianz sianz..

it has been quite fulfilling for the past month..

attended colleague's wedding party, went for Jam's concert (great one!), watched movie, played at dini's house.. fun fun.. also, as usual mugging for Jap and preparing for test.. ya..i want to conclude once again that i am old liao!! stay up 1 nite can make me stone for 2-3 days.. haiz.. not enough of sleep.. oh.. i think i had spent quite a bomb on food for the past month... hurhur..

had a last min decision to go on trip this coming sun..
lesson learnt: dun book last min trip cos you will not be able to get cheap deals and the hotel that you want to stay is usually fully booked. For peak season, especially, you will have difficulty to get air tickets.
wanted to go Tokyo initially, but but.. no more air tix liao.. so sad lo.. i want to go see sakura!! i want to go Sanio Land/Disney Land! I want to go see Mt Fuji!! sob sobz..
ok.. enough of whinning..

no fish prawn oso gd (pls translate to hokkien urself).. we set to go on taipei..

actually i shouldnt have this mindset beginning.. i am having a bit of regrets liao.. cos i scared so last min means cannot research well, cannot plan the itinerary well, missed out this and that.. then cannot enjoy fully.. haiz..
okie, i know i think too much le.. those who know me well will know i m a 'thinker'.. hahaha.. so can ignore me.. haha.. i m just whinning AGAIN.. hehe..
another factor contributing to my regretness is the weather that is not being 'coperating' at all.. got to know that there was sandstorm on last sun =.= have been following up on the weather since then.. the sandstorm has subsided though.. i still hope that by the time we reach tp, there will be no sandstorm..
apart from this, i have learnt that next week shall be a wet week in tp (storms n showers expected.. sobzz..) the temp will be ard 11-26 degrees.. wahh.. i dunno what to bring to wear liao.. zzz.. i still tot of wearing the white pumps.. zzz.. sure will become brown shoes after the trip.. cos of the sand particles from previous sandstorms which will 'produce' muddy water when came in contact with the rain.. zzz...

haiz.. i really hope this trip turns up great, fun n enjoyable.. dun wanna the rain to dampen our mood.. want to make our money spent worthwhile!! pray hard!!

Post CNY and getting old snydrome

2010-02-25T13:26:00.007+08:00

CNY is going to be over soon.. 3 more days to go... so fast..

haiz.. February is so short and time is flying as usual..

had almost the same routine for CNY for day 1 and 2.. day 3 is usually a day for friends if there is a public holiday.. had lots of fun through out these 3 days.. something different is that i had my brother to 'shield' me off from questions like, "got bf le?", "when will you bring ur bf for us to see?".. haha.. (thanks gor~ keke..) cos most of my relatives are asking my bro, "when are you holding dinner?", "when are you holding wedding?", "do we need to save up for ur wedding le?" etc etc.. hahaha.. heng for me.. hehe.. but next yr i wont be so lucky.. unless i managed to find one be4 that.. haha..

for this CNY, i had eaten 2 reunion dinners on the eve's eve and eve of CNY respectively.. then so far i had also eaten steamboat thrice, yusheng four times and of course lots of goodies.. so fattening lo.. i have decided to go on diet! really..!! must be determined liao.. cos during this time, saw a few ppl who are used to be chubby but now slim down alot liao.. so envy.. i must be determined!! jiayou~ BUT this diet shall start right after the whole CNY period ends, ie 1 Mar.. so now, i still got 3 more days to enjoy as much as i can.. wahahahaha.. anyone wants to join me? lol...

as we enter the year of tiger, this means that we r going to be a quarter-century old liao.. sob sob.. getting old liao.. really feel the age coming.. i keep forgotting things; cannot remember things well; feeling tired easily; dont have the amount of energy i had in the past.. haiz.. is it also becos i m working now? working really tired ppl out.. both physically and mentally =(

k la, got to go back work liao..
just ended 2 projects.. rushing to complete them.. now i need to start another one right after these 2.. sianz.. no time to breath
=(

Yu Sheng making workshop during work

2010-02-08T15:53:00.004+08:00

I went for Yu Sheng workshop today during lunch hour!

Anyway, this is a workshop on how to make vegetarian yu sheng. It tasted very different from the one sold outside as this is more natural, healthier (esp during CNY period where most of us will consume a lot heaty snacks and meats), fresher, and last but not least, you feel very satisfied at the end of the day eating your own made dish. Hehe.

Oh, we didn’t get to make our own, all we did was to watch the demonstration by the teacher, and tasted the final product. Haha. It was very delicious, crunchy and I like the sauce very much.

Overall, I think it is quite easy to do BUT it is very time consuming. Well, at least to someone who is a novice in cookery? Lol.

In case you are interested in making one yourself, here’s the ingredient list from the workshop (all are in strips/shredded form unless mentioned otherwise):

Main
- Baby lettuce (crunchier than normal lettuce; can also use buttercup lettuce)
- Persimmon with skin (choose those harder ones for crunch)
- Apple (buy those crunchy apple, preferably without wax on the skin as we are eating the skin too.) – To prevent from oxidation, you can sprinkle some lemon juice after the apple is being cut into strips.
- 豆苗 (I forgot the English term, the teacher also mentioned Dou Miao only. Haha.)
- Alfalfa sprouts (can get this from larger supermarket)
- Red carrot
- Japanese cucumber (do not use the seed areas as there are lot of moisture inside. Just cut the outer area together with the skin into strips)
- Local cucumber (can add this if u find that Jap cucumber is not enough as this is bigger in size. Same thing, do not use the seed area.)
- Chestnuts (buy those covered with soil ones, as these are fresher than those being ready washed ones)
- Abalone: can get vegetarian or actual. Note that if you are getting the vegetarian abalone, please steam it for 5mins before slicing. [This replaces the raw slice fish]
- Beetroot: better to get organic beetroot as it is much sweeter. (To cut this last as it will stain the chopping board red.) To marinate with lime juice, sugar and salt for 5-10mins for better tasting.
- Pomelo: to choose one with pinkish flesh and has thicker skin as this is sweeter.
- Oregano/Coriander (for garnishing)
- Cherry Tomato (optional)

- Readily chopped almond nuts: can get from Phoon Huat or large supermarkets [This replaces the peanuts]
- Black and white sesames: to fry them in pan or toast them for awhile to bring out the fragrant (don’t add oil when frying wor!! Hehe..)
- Pineapple cubes: can buy those ready packs from Phoon Huat or use fresh pineapple. Please rem to dice them into small small cubes and dry them well.
- Potato chips: Kettle Brand – lightly salted. The reason of using this instead of the normal crackers as this brand has its potato chips baked, not deep fried.

(Ps: this list is just a guide. You can put other kinds of vegetables or take out any of them. Just bear in mind. Do not add in ingredient that is too moist as this will affect the overall crunchiness. If die die must add, rem to drain them well. Lol.)

Sauce *most important*
- Lemon juice + lime juice + fresh mango (diced finely) + red plum juice (can get from Phoon Huat) – can add honey/sugar if they are too sour.
- Ginger shreds (a little): can get those pink ginger (those seen in Jap restaurant) or normal ginger (don’t get old ginger cos I rem my mum told me old ginger is spicer)
- Sour Plum Powder (a few pinches)

Assembling
- assemble the main ingredients in the formation you like. Haha
- throw in the nuts, pineapple cubes, chips and sesame seeds at the end of assembling. Preferably to grind the sesame seeds before adding to the dish as this will enhance the fragrance.
- pour over the sauce
- add in the ginger shreds and sour plum powder
- Finally, add the garnish.

The teacher mentioned that it is better to use ceramic knife to cut the vegetables as compared to the stainless steel knife. Cos it’s sharper and there is no metal smell on the vegetables. (I agreed!)

See the list of ingredients? The teacher has mentioned that hand cutting of the ingredients will give a better overall tasting than using machines/tools like the shredder to cut. So, for a novice like me, I think I will need the whole day to prepare. Haha.

being nice to others is being sorry to urself

2010-02-02T12:14:00.005+08:00

Damn, I hate this feeling.

Being nice to ppl is good, but being too nice is not always the case.

I’m not talking about back-stabbing in this case; my dear colleagues (of same level and a few from sup level) are nice. I’ve once said that one of the reasons for staying in this company is that I have nice colleagues, really. If anyone leaves here someday, I guess, the rest of us will start to leave this place one by one.

I just hate myself for being too nice sometimes, end up making myself feel miserable. How to change this stupid character of mine? Sometimes, I think I am being too soft, too naïve, too stupid to think that this world is perfect; all are very nice and kind in nature. 好天真啊。。I have sidetracked.

I don’t understand why I like to give in most of the times. I hate it! But somehow I cannot control myself to stop giving in. Feel so fed up. Grrrr…

There are many major and minor cases. Major cases – can’t remember and don’t wish to remember. Minor ones are really very minor, can don’t bother to mention. But I simply cannot tahan this liao!

My team consists of 3 ppl – sup, buddy and myself. My sup has mentioned before that my buddy and I cannot take leave on the same day together, as we need to cover each other if one is absent, except for unexpected cases like 2 on MCs or 1 on MC, 1 on Leave. K fine, what can we do? Sup already gives out such order le.

Last year CNY, my buddy wanted to take leave as her hubby had asked her to take together with him. I wanted to take also, cos I remembered last year, we have to start work on the 3rd day. Usually my 2nd day of CNY is very hectic, so naturally, I would like to take leave on 3rd day. But since my buddy is taking leave cos her hubby has asked her to, so I gave in and let her take. I cham siong-ed with my sup, so in the end, I managed to take leave for the morning.

This year, the history repeated. Zzz. I simply don’t like her hubby. He is such a male chauvinist. My buddy told me that her hubby has been reminding her to take leave on 17 Feb. Note the word “reminding”. I really doubt so; I think it’s more of ordering. Her hubby is kinda well-known for being 大男人 in our dept. Haha. I know I am being evil to bad-mouth him, but I simply cannot tahan. Sometime in Jan, I asked my buddy if she is going to take leave on 17th cos I most probably will be taking, she replied that there isn’t any intention, now that when I want to apply leave for that day, she told me this. Now what? =(

As some of you know, our company has this birthday leave policy, my buddy’s birthday falls on 12 Feb, and so she is not working on that day. So I am thinking, since she is going on leave since Friday (12th), can she not to take leave on 17th? In case you are wondering, they are not going oversea during CNY period and the hubby has always wanted her to take leave to accompany him whenever he takes leave (huh?? I understand the desire to spend time together, but I think this is a bit extreme). At most, he will bring her out to celebrate her birthday on the actual day. (Her hubby is not the romantic type, FYI)

So, me being a nice colleague give in to her and let her apply leave on 17th. I hate myself. Why can’t I insist all the way? End up making myself feel grouchy and miserable. Idiot me. I am not angry with my buddy. I am just angry with myself, and her hubby. =(

Hmph… Enough of complaining. It’s time for lunch. Cya.

Oh btw, can you guys do me a favour?
Help me point out my weaknesses k? can let me know through msn/email.
thanks =)

eh.. will I be talking to the air? got ppl read my blog de? hurhur.. haha..

stress & tired!!

2010-01-25T22:22:00.006+08:00

我。好。累。啊!!

have not been slping well since the beginning of mth.. i need quality slp!

always wake up easily in the middle of night.. besides this, i keep having nightmares.. ghostly scenes, murder scenes, death scenes etc.. so scary.. still rem some of the daunting scenes.. so real that as if i'm like the lead role in the horror movies.. sometimes, i really dun feel like going to bed despite being sooo tired.. cos i dun wanna to dream of such dreams!!

help!! dunno how long can i tahan.. damn tired...

dunno is it becos lack of slp, i keep having headaches this mth.. got various kinds.. like whole head feels so heavy.. then got times with only throbbing pain around right eyes/eyebrows area.. sometimes at the back of head.. a few times, neck and shoulder aching are accompanied..

sometimes i wondered, could it be that there's a change in my eye degree? hmmm.. gotta do a check soon.. this mth very broke.. 1 more day to payday!!

ya of cos, i think this is also due to the stress @ work? now it's the peak period for me.. TAX! so many datelines.. and last min urgent things to handle.. zzz..
did a super-not-smooth apt handover last fri.. how come our co will hire an expat with such attitude.. irritating.. pissed off.. grrr.....

oh ya.. not to forget.. my Jap!!
*stress* test on this sat!! *stress* oral~! *stress*
omg.. sensei sounded as if the test is so easy to score (eh, it is la.. only if i m not so untalented and stupid.. and if i have TIME to study)..
i scared ORAL test.. gosh gosh..
watashi wa nihongo ga nigate desu (i'm poor at Japanese)...
haizzz...

cny is nearing..
haven cleared my desk/room, let alone doing other spring cleaning like wiping windows.. ahhhhhhhhh

going to go crazy soon..

but before this, u'll get to see a panda or zombie walking besides u..

dini's big day!

2010-01-17T17:25:00.003+08:00

我们的dini嫁出去了。。呜呜呜。。好感动喔。。。

okie, enough of the drama.. congrats to our dearest dini & darren! have a blissful marriage.. 要幸福喔!!

to darren: must take care of our dini wor.. must rem the 10 commandments.. muahahaha..

all in all, yesterday was a great wonderful day, tho tiring for all i believed.. a great experience i have too.. mixed feelings too - happy, touched, tired, blessed etc etc.. haha..

there are many 1st times too.. hehe.. like.. my 1st time as jie mei, dunno wat's the SOP thus got abit lost at times; my 1st time attending wedding dinner of my close fren, so unforgettable to be on stage to shout yum-seng together with others.. hahaha; my 1st time counting so much cash!!! but most of these ended up with the banquet.. haiz.. hahaha; my 1st time walking so much in the highest pair of heels i have.. ended up with blister on my sole and it bursted.. zzz... cannot walk properly w/o plaster.. haha.. (k, i ~~try~~ shld not buy heels any higher than this..) oh ya, n my 1st time wearing that kind of dress in the morning.. feel so weird in that dress.. hahaha..

the ceremony and the processes are really tiring and hectic from what i have seen.. like wat wl says, feel like getting married when seeing dini being so blissful, but when come to the preparations etc, it kinda turned off me.. haha.. well well, it's too early to say now.. haha.. anyway, i think this is worthwhile as it is only once in the lifetime.. and there are so many blessings received! hahaha..

1 more day to 2010 - summary of 2009

2009-12-30T11:20:00.008+08:00

today is 30th Dec 2009.. one more day to 2010..

have not thought of any resolutions for the new year yet.. cant rem what i have made for this yr too... maybe i shld go and dig out history here (if any. lol).. watever is it.. i doubt i have realised all resolutions for yr 2009... hmmm...

year 2009.. (random summary)

- a busy year for me - busy @ work, busy meeting frens - i realised the time spent with family has decreased.. haiyo..
- a year where i burnt a bigger hole in my pocket..
- changed my hairstyle before cny.. rebond; slighly above shoulder length.. hee.. quite satisfied with this hairstyle..
- watched a few theatre drama/concerts/awards ceremony.. haha.. went for Mayday's twice.. and almost wanted to fly to attend their concert in TW.. lol.. but no one is available to go with me =(
- broke my record of falling sick.. fell sick on almost every month since i started my full time job.. there was even once where i got 7days (including sat/sun) MC due to very high fever (all my colleagues suspected i got h1n1 =.= cos it's sensitive during that period).. after that time, the no of falling sick decreased.. but hor, for the past 2 weeks, i have been getting on and off flu.. maybe have been eating too much junked/unhealthy food le.. haha..
- complained alot on my job..
- signed up for gym session, trying my best to have at least 1 session per week.. but this mth.. aiyo.. tsk tsk..
- had my convocation, took family potraits (finally i graduated).. haha..
- dyed my hair for the 1st time..
- changed a new laptop.. however, problem with the screen surfaced.. not even 1 yr old yet! sianzz..
- attended Princess D's ROM, got the honour to decorate and participate.. hee..
- got to know a few friends around my age r getting married or ROM-ed.. my mum ~~started~~ continues to nag at me as such.. (yaya.. i know.. but this kind of thing cannot force de ma..)
- went bkk with 3 Princesses n 1 Prince.. and shop not alot there.. wahahah.. tried roadside foodstall which a few of my colleagues said we were very daring.. hahaha.. oh ya, n the unforgettable experiences with the taxi/tuk tuk drivers.. zzz...
- spent alot on eating outside working hrs.. i remember i used to eat @ fast food rest/food court more frequently before started work.. now is more of restaurant/fast food rest.. aiyo..
- 1st time to spent so much on xmas presents as well as receiving many xmas presents.. also, 1st time celebrating for xmas more than twice.. haha..
- felt down, lost at a few certain pts of time.. pondered over quite a no of things.. but now, i have learnt to be contented , not to 钻牛角尖.. and dun be too harsh to yourself.. and also must know when to 看开 for certain things..
- able to get some 'me' time in this yr.. my definition of 'me' time - no one disturbing u, and u can do whatever u feel like to urself.. and also being cut off from all communications.. haha.. feels great!
- oh, i noticed i blog lesser this yr, cos too busy.. and quite lazy =x
- and ya, i realised the outings with my sec friends are getting lesser and lesser.. not good!! xw~ ym~ sy~ pls dun be so busy.. haha.. let's gather soon!
....
i believed there are more to go.. but simply cant recall now.. haha..

yeah~ tmr half day! but basically there is no mood to work for this whole week.. zzz.. slacking all the way.. reluctance to work.. blah... haha... y i m blogging at this time in office ler? cos nothing urgent to do, dun feel like working blah =p

merry xmas~!

2009-12-26T02:29:00.004+08:00

it's now 230am on 26 dec 09.

had a great xmas day with the p&ps.. with nice food, nice presents, laughters and joy.. hoho..

i have received so many presents for this xmas.. come to think of it.. it's my 1st time to spend so much effort in presents hunting as well as to receive tat much of presents.. oh oh.. and oso xmas lunches too.. haha.. so happy~!! ^^

my 1st present cum xmas lunch was with a grp of colleagues on last thurs.. y so early? cos one of them is going on leave this whole week! anyway.. we each have to buy a gift for the name that was drawn.. secret santa~ the receipient love my present that i gave.. i felt so satisfied with myself.. well.. for my own, i got a shoe bag (which i'm currently hunting for myself~) and a water bottle.. =D

the 2nd present cum xmas lunch was from my dept.. same gift exchanging concept ie secret santa~ the receipient likes my present too!! haha.. feel so happy to see her 'heart-ing' it.. heh.. buffet lunch was nice too.. keke.. but hor.. i dun like my present.. it's bodyshop stuff.. i dun like the smell of them.. sad..

3rd xmas lunch is on the eve.. it was my whole company xmas lunch.. buffet again.. haha.. food was not bad.. din join the gift exchange.. so no gift from this event.. haha.. oh, parents are allowed to bring their kids along.. so saw my colleagues' cute kids.. hehe.. played with one of them.. she refused to go home at the end! so cute~~

my 3rd- 4th- and so on presents were from my colleagues.. there's a hp stand+necklace from a colleague who quite 'dotes' me.. i love them! then there's a cute mirror+comb, hand cream (it came at the right time!), bag tag and wrist rest(oh god, another one that i'm searching for previously).. almost all come in handy!! haha..

the xmas steamboat dinner is the 4th xmas-related meal that i had this year.. 1st time putting up decorations just for xmas gathering.. haha.. got the feel~ there's 'door gift' for everyone.. wahhaah.. ok la.. we paid for it.. haha.. it's also my 1st time to exchange presents so 'officially' among friends.. the presents come in handy as well! (great~ i din get alot useless thing this year.. haha.. in the past, wat i get were chocs or some not so useful things.. oops..)

hmmm.. i wonder if there is anymore xmas meal or gift exchange to come.. keke..

Merry xmas~

(ps: lazy to post other related photos le.. cos very slpy liao.. haha.. hope i'll post next time.. wahaha.. backlog many posts due to laziness.. hehe..)

1 n only holiday trip in 2009 - bangkok

2009-12-10T19:12:00.008+08:00

at 7+pm tmr, we'll have walking somewhere in the streets of bangkok.. whee~! otherwise, stuck in the traffic jam (*cross finger* praying hard no!!)

the one and only trip for year 2009.. haiz.. better than nothing..

anyway.. hope that this will be a fruitful and enjoyable trip for all of us!! keke.. n hopefully the money that i've exchanged is enough.. hahahaha...

jialat.. haven start with the packing! have been dealing with my camera and backing up the photos in my laptop (going to send for repair soon) for the past 2 hrs.. where is the charger for my camera?!?!?! gosh.. better stop hiding.. pls come out now!!

oh dear, i am still not feeling excited over this trip.. becos i'm too tired?? feel like slping for days... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.. maybe later when i start to pack, i will feel it coming.. hahahaha..

lack of slp = hyperactive + slow in response (huh?! contradicting ler)...

wat m i talking abt?? i think abit haywired le.. jialat.. better sleep earlier tonight.. or rather not to sleep too late tonight.. (i hope can finish packing before 11pm)

okie.. going for dinner and bath le..

see ya and take care!

will be back on next tues! wahahaha

relaxing week..

2009-11-27T18:13:00.001+08:00

the weather has been good these few days.. as in at least it was sunny over the past few mornings and early afternoon.. =)

the weekdays had been quite relaxing for me, tho there are some work to rush and some stress from my jap studies.. haha

our temp is leaving us soon.. her last day with us is next mon.. sob sob.. we gonna miss her very much.. she's a very nice gal, it will never occur to you that she is just only 19.. she is very responsible - will finish the assignment/project given to her without giving problems, smart - able to pick up wat was taught to her quickly, easy going, tactful, 懂事 (i think her gd upbringing as well as her role as elder sister played a great part).. like xiao mei mei to us (after she leaves, my status will be back to xiao mei le, since i m the youngest there.. haha).. i'm quite closed to her as she is one of my lunch kakhi.. haha.. then our thinkings and likings are quite similar too.. oh ya, she sits besides me too.. haha.. =)

awww.. feel so 不舍 now.. =(

remembered the few temps that were introduced by local HR (for the period before her and after me).. all quite jialat.. 1 even worked for 1st 1/2 of the day then MIA.. haiz.. even our boss said that she doesnt trust the candidates chosen by them.. haha.. (fyi, both our current temp n myself r both introduced in by colleagues in our dept) wondered the next temp will be as good as our temp now or better? hmmmm.. but the arrival of next temp wont be so soon.. so we gotta do all the work ourselves.. luckily i'm not so much affected cos there isn't much paperwork for me..

basically this week is sort of farewell time for her.. haha

we had farewell lunch for her on tues.. the usual lunch grp.. relaxing time with all the craps.. haha..

wed, suppposedly it was a lunch treat from our project supervisor who wanted to thank our temp (she reports to her as well) as well as my partner and myself for the hardwork during the appraisal time.. it somehow turned out to be a treat from the boss (same reason)..
i can sense the fakeness for the latter reason.. since when does she thank and treat subordinates from our level? (usually she only treats her direct subordinate ie my sup level) and if she really wanted to thank us for our hard work, y keep it a hush hush thing? 见不得人吗? only got to know that it was her treat on the morning the day before.. so spoilt my mood lo.. i can confirm that it wasn't my project sup who invited our boss de.. must be my sup who is very close to our boss who told her abt it.. cos my sup has mentioned to my proj sup before that if she is giving a farwell treat for our temp, she must let her know so that she can chip in too.. =.=

anyway, though the western food was pretty satisfying, i seriously dun like such lunch atmosphere.. imagine u lunching with someone who is so fake and superior to you.. haha.. putting 'stress' aside, you can only feel urself being fake too.. haiz..
side note, lucky this lunch got my sup and my project sup to 'block' away some of the awkward moments.. (but i am so suay to sit directly in front of her)

thur was bday celebration within our dept for the Nov babies.. after lunch that day, i had no mood to work at all.. cos i'm looking forward to the long weekend as well as the bday celebration.. haha.. ohh ya, my partner sneaked off to buy the card n present for our temp, so for the afternoon, we were busy passing the card around to write.. lol..

today morning, went to my project sup's son's 1st yr old bday party.. a short one as we do not want to stay long with the boss ard.. haha..
basically it's all about the kids' meetup session for my colleagues.. mostly married and just have kids.. cute toddlers to play with for me.. lol..

intially planned to go out after this, cos it's PH ler, but dear wl din reply my sms.. so went home instead.. cos no one's at home, i spent the whole afternoon to myself.. it has been time since i spent it in this way.. haha..

wat a 'me' afternoon..
listening to radio while reading a book, drinking the milk tea i bought before heading home.. singing along every now and then.. after that, did all my toe and finger nails, experimented on different color combinations, continued reading the book while waiting for the nail polish to dry and of cos, sang along with the songs played from radio.. hehe..

now waiting for parents to come back.. not sure whether dinner is to be settled outside or buy home.. hehe..

jialat.. had planned to revise jap and here i am relaxing the whole afternoon.. hurhur..

DNA concert: meaningful passage

2009-11-03T21:58:00.005+08:00

sometime in Aug09, i attended Mayday "DNA" concert... enjoyed myself very much.. at the same time, the passage narrated by ashin in the video has left quite an impact on me..

here's the passage, i believed it's written by ashin (finally managed to find this!):

我们的人生，也要一模一样，考个像样的学校，找个像样的工作，住个像样的房子，过个像样的人生。

终于有一天，我忽然发现，这就是我的人生吗？这就是我的人生吗？日复一日，月复一月，年复一年。白衬衫，黑领带，我的人生。是不是 DNA注定了我们都要一模一样，一样平凡、一样普通，一样一事无成，一样困在生活的圆圈里，日复一日，月复一月，年复一年。

可不可以重头再来过？可不可以重新开始活着？可不可以重头开始追求我的梦想？我好想复制一个新的自己，重头再来。再也不是白衬衫黑领带的自己，我好想复制一个新的自己。如果不行，那就让我复制一个新的世界、一个新的世界，一个不在日复一日，像个绝望的人，一个新的世界，新的世界。

haiz.....

if i really want to clone myself, i'll need time and money.. and of cos courage...

haiz.....

日复一日，月复一月，年复一年..

This.... is my life?

PS: i still din managed to upload the pics.. so lazy =p

陶喆 & 張智成 with same song titles - 暗戀

2009-10-24T15:42:00.005+08:00

Recently got to listen to 2 songs with the same title <暗戀>.. both songs are beautifully sang.. with nice melody... the feel of both songs is different, though both belong to the 'sad' category.. (i always think to 暗戀 a person is a very sad thing).. just that the level of sadness is different.. haha..

i like both lyrics very much.. 有感动到我.. hehe..

陶喆暗戀

This mv is directed by Tao Zhe himself.. this song talks abt his own experience with "暗戀".. the way he presented this song is like telling a story of his own..

---from 陶喆《69樂章》2009/8/21

張智成暗戀

By looking at this mv, you should be able to know what kind of 暗戀 he's portraying =x

Taken from the youtube..
MV為了忠於歌曲「暗戀」的原創精神，
以同志感情為創作出發點，張智成更下海飾演暗戀男性友人的角色，
而男主角則找來型男陳德烈擔綱，

「暗戀」音樂錄影帶裡講述的是張智成、陳德烈與女主角的三角戀情，

同是好友的三人，卻演變成張智成愛上陳德烈，
陳德烈則是喜歡女主角，而女主角欣賞張智成，

擔心自己的告白打破了這段友誼，張智成最後只好含淚離去成全陳德烈。

而劇情中張智成不但首次裸露展現訓練有素的肌瘦肌肉，
更與陳德烈上演男男激愛，兩人試圖挑戰電視尺度，
特別是劇中張智成的幻想裡，與陳德烈激烈的性愛，

甚至有了SM的情節，讓現場的氣氛血脈噴張，
倒是兩人邊拍邊鬧緩和不少緊張，

只是最後唱片公司還是礙於電視播出考量，
捨棄原本的「激愛版」，最後剪了一支「純愛版」，
但還是保留兩男不少裸身曖昧的精采鏡頭。

-- from 張智成「暗戀」專輯2009/7/21

wow.. anyway.. after watching this, i must say he is not only good in singing, he can act too! haha..

幸福洋溢

2009-10-09T14:16:00.006+08:00

最近周围都洋溢着幸福的味道

身边所认识的、知道的、看到的都在办喜事

先是我们6公主之一的彦姐姐在度假村注册结婚

再来是我从网路上了解到我认识已久的老朋友也注册了

过后我也参加了我表姐的婚宴

然后从电视上也观看到两位艺人的婚礼

以上的喜事都发生在不到两个星期里

哇幸福的疲劳轰炸对单身的我是有一定的影响嘻嘻

接下来 12月我好像有1个婚宴要出席

之后的1月确定的有彦公主的大日子同事的pre-注册派对

还不能确定的就是我~老~哥~的签字日子呵呵

哇这些幸福的气息快把我给醺晕了哈哈

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曾几何时我老妈就已开始在唠叨了

"快点找个回来"

最近的那些喜事也让她想到以后要嫁女儿的心情

"等你也嫁掉了，就没有人陪我了" (指的是逛街等)

"那我不嫁咯"

"不可以! 哪里可以酱自私"

我听了又好气又好笑又心疼又不舍

哎。。。

i dyed my hair!!

2009-09-26T23:57:00.001+08:00

wahahaha...

i went to dye my hair!!

intially wanted to trim n cut my fringe.. but only cut+wash is exp in the salon that i went.. so i go for the cut+dye+treatment promo instead.. just nice for tmr's event - cousin's wedding lunch..

intially i wanted brown tone, but the hairdresser said that brown tone is difficult to cover the white hair.. so when i asked him to recommend the color for me, he pointed at the brownish red color - copper - i had emphasized not to give me loud color.. cos i'm quite worried that when new hair grown out, my hair will look ugly.. haha.. it turned out nicely done.. i'm quite satisfied.. at least for now.. hahaha

had a good catch up with the long-time-no-see-frens during dinner.. followed by supper... nice nice!! shld meet up more!! -------------> yimin! if u happen to see this, pls pls meet up together next time.. dun work too much.. bad for ur health especially.. must rem to maintain work life balance... !!! =)

suffocated... =(

2009-09-15T23:54:00.005+08:00

over the weekend, something happened.. this made me felt disappointed, sad and pain.. felt quite lost at that moment too =(

haiz........

beginning of the week doesn't bring me any good either.. just today, the whole morning had almost suffocated me.. tho i was able to take a breather during lunch with wl, i still felt very stuffy...

oh ya, my dear 'aunt' came n visited me this week as well.. so sian.. y at this time? worsen things..

actually it has been quite accumulative since last week.. there were some misunderstandings with my dear co-partner.. luckily we had brought up the issues and solved instantly.. but still, i felt awful... there were more, but couldnt recall in details now.. haiz..

gosh, i hate this feeling..

i wonder what will happen tmr onwards.. it's not even mid-week yet.. argh.. better be on the good side.. *pray hard*

i gotta find back the balancing point, find back the 'me'.. otherwise, i really dunno what can happen to myself..

i must forget the unhappiness, forget the issues that had hurted me..

"save me from this place, heaven knows i'm falling....."
Corrinne May - Save Me

"You're walking around.. with your head to the ground.. and your eyes are watery red..."
Corrinne May - Shelter

blogger interface got problem~

2009-09-07T23:53:00.001+08:00

last week when i was more free, blogger dun allow me to blog and upload photo.. the 'new post' page was distorted, the upload photo icon was missing..

zzz...

now just trying my luck to see if the page can load properly.. only the box where we are to type our post is normal.. so is the upload photo icon.. but now so late liao.. gonna slp..

zzz...

y like that??

zzz...

hopefully the next time i try, the page will be loaded correctly..

zzz...

so many "zzz..." but i'm not sleeping yet.. haha.. surfing the StayReal blog.. they got new stuff!! hehe...

Mayday DNA concert 28/29 Aug 09

2009-08-30T17:08:00.004+08:00

i must be mad to go to their concert on both nights! haha.. but it was all worth it.. cos a few rare songs were being sang.. haha.. and both nights ended at 1215am! oh ya, not to forget.. the stage and visual effect was really very nice!!

bought the cheapest tix for the 1st nite (additional day). due to not very overwhelming response on the tix sales (only cheapest category was sold out), the indoor stadium was abt 3/4 full(?). in order not to let the stadium to look empty (i think.) all those who bought the cheapest tix were being ushered to the seats "downstairs". so lucky us, we were able to sit in the category 2 area.. hehe.. 赚到 ler.. keke..

however, the crowd around us was super sian.. zzz.. in our area, only a few of us standing.. so sian... zzz.. maybe this is the con of buying cheapest tix? a few more stood only when the more popular & high songs were sang, ie li kai di jiu biao mian. zzz..

luckily this didnt happen on the 2nd nite.. hohoho.. maybe becos the tix sales for the 2nd nite (the official concert day) was a hit, mostly sold out and there's additional 100 seats last min on that day itself.. the whole atmosphere was so much high-er than the 1st nite.. ashin sounded better on this night, so were the rest who seemed to be more energetic/high as compared to the 1st night..

i listed down the songs for both nights (courtesy from MD forum).. those in yellow are the difference while those in blue are my own comments(trying to rem as much as possible)..

828 (1st night - 10th anniversary of the 1st concert)

(movie) (police vs mayday; pursue on the highway)
01. 軋車
02. 爆肝
03. 賭神 (so nan de)
04. 愛情萬歲
05. HOSEE (even rare)
06. 你不是真正的快樂
(movie) (their individual roles : ashin as teacher, ming as taxi driver, monster as white collar worker, masa as the man under the Bear costume, stone as laundry shop keeper..)
07. 生存以上生活以下
08. 瘋狂世界+候鳥 (a small part of Hou Niao was sang in the middle of the Crazy World)
09. 一顆蘋果 (i love this song! so happy when they sang this)
10. 我心中尚未崩壞的地方
11. 知足 '07年最知足版
12. 人生海海
13. 春天的吶喊
14. 叫我第一名
15. 雌雄同體
16. 離開地球表面 (Jumping as singing along.. so tired)
17. DNA (continued to jump as singing along.. haha.. breathless in the end.. lol)
(talking: self intro)
(Ming: #18 墓仔埔也敢去 + #19 製造浪漫) (ashin switched role with ming: he played the drum.. haha.. Ming sang both the male and female vocal for Zhi Zhao Lan Man.. hoho.. entertainment lvl is 100%.. haha)
20. 笑忘歌 (the slow piano version+holding hands)
21. 垃圾車 (朋友版)
22. 如煙 (ashin's voice was hardly heard towards the end of this song)
23. 孫悟空 (member sing + solo)
(movie) (the "MI" movie where their mission is to get John Lennon's DNA..haha)
24. 約翰藍儂+我
25. 最重要的小事
26. 天使
27. 倔強
(dance clip) (pity they din dance "live")
28. 戀愛ING (L.O.V.E) (talked abt "粉丝变心" + slow version of last part Lian Ai-ing.. took a video of this.. hehe..)
(talking: thank list)
29. 放肆
30. 突然好想你
31. 溫柔 (還你自由版) + 天天想你 (a small part of Tian Tian Xiang Ni was sang instead of the usual OS in the 间奏)
32. 咿呀呀 (Stone solo)
33. 擁抱
34. 終結孤單
35. 志明與春嬌 (acoustic version) (10 yrs ago, they performed this version in their 1st concert)
36. I Love You 無望 (they sang this! my another fav song! omg!)
37. 憨人 (la~ la la la~... we "la" all the way to the end, where they bidded their goodbye & bow for a very long time!.. can really sense their sincerity.. we clapped and cheered very loudly for them too.. so touching!)

saw report for this night that ashin, monster, stone have cried on this day! awww... actually i did see the "tear line" on ashin's face through the screen during Ni Bu Shi Zhen Zhen De Kuai Le.. at 1st i tot is sweat.. but how can someone's sweat falls from the middle of the eyeball? hahaha..

829 (2nd night -1st day of the next 10th year anniversary - quoted from monster)
almost similar, cos they were trying hard to please the fans on this night too..

(movie)
01. 軋車
02. 爆肝
03. 賭神
04. 愛情萬歲
05. HOSEE
06. 你不是真正的快樂
(movie) (i can still rem this: 日复一日月复一月年复一年...)
07. 生存以上生活以下
08. 瘋狂世界+候鳥
09. 一顆蘋果
10. 我心中尚未崩壞的地方
11. 知足 '07年最知足版
12. 人生海海
13. 春天的吶喊
14. 叫我第一名
15. 雌雄同體 (ashin sang one of the line with 'female' voice.. haha)
16. 離開地球表面 (i jumped again.. haha.. so tiring)
17. DNA
(talking: self intro)
(Ming: #18 鼓聲若響 + #19 墓仔埔也敢去) (seems like the #19 has became the theme song for Ming.. hahaha..)
20. 笑忘歌 (same OS except that for this additional line - Ashin: "If they (good friend/old friend) want to hold a solo concert, would you attend!" Mayday -Ming: *shakes head* .. lol)
21. 垃圾車 (朋友版)
22. 如煙
23. 孫悟空 (member sing + solo)
(movie)
24. 約翰藍儂+我
25. 最重要的小事
26. 天使
27. 倔強
(dance clip) (again, they din dance live..)
28. 戀愛ING (L.O.V.E) ("粉丝变心" theory again, except that this night ashin n gang acted and mentioned that some of MD's fans have gone to 5566, Fei Lun Hai, F4, SodaGreen.. lol.. funny bunch of guys)
(talking: thank list)
29. 放肆
30. 夜訪吸血鬼 (omg! they sang this)
31. 突然好想你
32. 溫柔 (還你自由版) (the usual OS were said in every live concert.. the stage/visual effect for this song is superb!)
33. 明白 (Masa solo) (another classic!)
34. 擁抱
35. 終結孤單
36. 志明與春嬌 (the orignial rock version.. the 'feel' is back~)
37. 愛情的模樣 (another long time no sing song.. haha..)
38. 出頭天 (oh, they finally sang this.. really thought they are going to miss this song out for this concert)

during the concert, after the dance clip was shown, a few fans shouted to them to dance.. haha.. ashin keep saying "we are not FLH, dun ask us to dance".. lol.. anyway.. the ending for this night is not as good as previous night.. no much encore was shouted.. they just bidded farewell and bow.. maybe becos they had promised to sing till 12+am and we were contented? maybe it was also becos they need to rush off to take photograph with 50 lucky audience? *so envy*

*oh ya, sidetrack.. i realised i have mentioned alot "omg".. however, they din sang OMG.. haha*

2 good concert in a row resulted in PMS (post mayday syndrome) ie aching arms and legs and coarse voice.. haha.. a fantastic concert=gd companions+high atmosphere+awesome visual effect+superb performance !!

ps: will post pics/video next time..

7days mc!

2009-08-26T16:00:00.009+08:00

i realised i have neglected this blog for almost a mth!

whenever i wanted to blog something, ie when there is an inspiration to blog something, i have no time to do so.. whenever i got time (very rarely though) the inspiration to blog disappeared.. zzz..

anyway.. y i m blogging at this time is becos i'm on MC!

a few days ago, i was not feeling very well le.. somewhere not well but cannot explain where.. only felt heaty, throat itchy.. so sun nite, the heatiness increased, my forehead became cold.. but my body is still functioning well.. haha.. so Mon i went to work as usual (quite hard for me to geng mc when there is no fever, i will feel guilty de..)

then suddenly my sore became so sore that i got difficulty talking/eating/drinking.. this happened some time ard lunch hr.. i tahan-ed till 5pm then i requested a timeoff from my sup.. really too many things to do.. cant go off right after lunch..

when i reached home, after resting awhile, i took my temp - 39 degrees! o.O - it was burning hot inside that i had to pop 2 pills before seeing the doc..

i was so weak that my mum has to acc me to see the doc.. basically i was dragging myself home.. from office to station to home.. when reached the clinic, the clinic assistant took my temp n it went up to 39.3 degrees.. gosh.. xia dao~~

i tot the clinic assistant was taken back by this temp as it was quite obvious that she stepped back (as if i m a very dangerous patient).. she passed me a mask and requested me to put on it.. luckily at that time there is no other patient around.. haha..

very soon i was called in to see the doc.. i told her i got high fever/sore throat/dry cough.. she continued to ask me if i had other symptoms that a suspected H1N1 patients has.. haha.. then took my temp again (38.9).. after which gave me a 7-days mc.. wah.. my 1st time taking 7-days mc.. hope it's the last time.. anyway, at that very instant, i was thinking "die, i have concert to attend on fri!! better get well before fri!" haha..

then when i came out from the room, there were a few patients sittng outside, as i still had my mask on, they had those kind of looks thrown on me.. zzz.. oh, my medicine bill totalled up to be 51 bucks! gosh..

the 7days mc started on Monday.. so i'll be back to work next mon.. but i think i'll go back to work tmr/fri if i feel better.. cos if i returned on next mon, i will have hard time clearing emails/work.. n so need to do ot for the next few days.. but i scare if i return on fri, i will not be able to leave on time for the concert.. dilemma.. so which means tmr need to go back work.. but hor.. though my fever subsided le, i still having sore throat and cough ler.. dun feel like talking too.. how ah?? hmmmm..

i slept like pig yesterday.. haha.. but not today.. i still tot of tidying or doing other things than sleeping.. but the lazy bug in me is urging me to sleep.. haha.. going to sleep then.. ciao~

2 more days to their concert!!

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丁當 feat. 阿信 - 花火

is this a new song? i lost track of the pop songs liao.. haha.. anyway.. it's writtened/composed by ashin again! new genre wor~ very nice~ i like.. esp his low voice.. hurhur.. this mv is cute too.. haha..

sidetrack: ashin is really the best spokesperson for StayReal.. haha.. can see him wearing his own label everywhere..

陶喆 - runaway

2009-07-27T22:54:00.002+08:00

陶喆 - runaway

我的心情写照。。。。

(PS: this song is quite long ago, plus it's not the main hit.. so quite hard to find gd quality video)

busy post again

2009-07-10T00:18:00.005+08:00

ladies & gentleman.. it's a 'busy' post again..

so busy tat i got no time watch my bleach (backlog: 4 episodes!!)

so busy tat my body is giving out signal, protesting to get rest.. haiz.. red light soon..

so busy that i din follow up on my med appt.. gotta postpone it to next week..

so busy tat i got no time to revise my jap.. u know what, i'm ranked e bottom of the class.. everyone seems to be prepared 4 class n could ans teacher's qns except for me.. so sad... some even seems so pro that he/she should be in intermediate class.. depressed..

so busy tat my room is getting messier at a faster rate.. cos i do not have e time to slow down e process.. haiz..

so busy tat i m either having dinner at the wrong time or skipping dinner..

so busy tat i keep forgetting to do the tasks tat i m supposed to do even though there's reminder being set...

so busy tat i forgot a few follow ups to do at work.. either totally forgot abt it or forgot to get to done within a period of time.. thus digging a hole for myself to jump in... haiz...

so busy tat i do not have the luxury to go for workout twice.. cos i need to slp to regain energy..

haiz..

y i so busy?? it's like, when u r not busy, u will be super free. and when u r busy, u will be extremely busy.. y like tat?? y everything like to come together.. haiz...

grumble grumble grumble... all i know is grumble.. haiz..

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五月天-放肆

(ps: the screen was pulled horizontally.. they looked fat here.. esp ashin.. =x)

from the lyrics:

<< 夢想永遠是逆向一路都有人阻擋人們說的荒唐卻是我的心中的天堂！

就放肆愛放肆追放肆去闖放肆的大鬧一場不能原諒如果很多年後我還是這樣

就放肆愛放肆追放肆去闖放肆是我的信仰再不去闖夢想永遠只會是一個夢想 >>

说的真好。。。

五月天 - DNA MV

2009-06-28T00:49:00.003+08:00

五月天 - DNA MV

i like this beat! very high.. but this mv is not so nice.. except that ashin is getting more 有型.. hehe.. anyway the chorus is so hard to sing.. i mean, quite hard to catch breath.. hehe..

food @ work

2009-06-21T00:18:00.001+08:00

this post is work-related... but dun worry.. nothing serious.. haha..

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tell mi how to slim down when u r working in a company, where there are lots of delicacies (or at least a great variety of meals/bites/snacks around u..) and there are bday celebrations for each and everyone in our dept.. oh ya, not to forget, sometimes there are snacks from the vendors/clients too..

zzz...........................

ok, let's start with the bday celebration thingy in our dept.. since Apr, the dept has somehow changed the style of celebrating bday for a staff.. initially it was present + flowers for ladies.. as for guys, before i know what is the present, they changed this method of celebrating bday.. now, they will get a cake and some snacks plus a happy bday song for each bday gal/guy (note: not monthly celebration wor).. zzz.. so paiseh, everyone singing song for u, somemore there are colleagues who are not very close or rather, have no contact at all! cos under different section ma..).. can i dun want the bday cutting session for my bday?? i prefer presents.. pls change the style back be4 my bday.. pls pls....

anyway, i have tasted 5 different cakes within these 2 months.. so sick of bday cakes... zzzz..... though i only ate a small slice everytime (cos must give face at least eat abit ma rite?), i still feel fat eating them.. feel very difficult to slim down sia..

as for lunch time.. sometimes it's just simple fare, while other times are something better.. when i say something better, it will mean to have a meal at restaurants.. but of course, we go becos got promotions like 1-for-1 dish(we have ate swenson's a few times due to this promo.. haha.. really worth it!).. or when there's special occasion.. after eating the 'main course', sometimes we will proceed to get drinks/desserts from Mr Bean/Jollybean, dessert shops like Ah Chew dessert shop, ice cream shops like Tom's Palette (really nice ice cream! pls go here to visit their site) and of cos we did get ice cream from Mac sometimes since it's next door to my workplace and we gotta eat low budget items.. hahaha...

occasionally, there were snacks like old chang kee, cakes, donuts from different vendors as a form of courtesy.. there were corporate lunch too.. i have been to 2 lunch cum hotel room inspection sessions held by 2 clients.. 1 of these lunch were held during CNY period, so we had a chance to lao yu sheng in the chinese restaurant.. the other were a thai food buffet lunch.. both were yummy.. really hope there are more of these.. cos can get to eat delicious food as well as a long lunch session! hehe..

hmmm.. i think i can set up a new label for food posts.. hmmm..

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anyway, we got new benefits!! hehee...

from next month onwards (new financial year), everyone is entitled to birthday leave!! i m so looking forward to mine.. cos bday leave has to be taken on the day itself and if ur bday falls on weekend or PH, u have to take it either the day before or after.. so for my case.. i had mine on Sun, which means i will have a long weekend!! yeah~ 2 long weekends in Aug.. so looking forward to Aug (of cos, there's Mayday concert too!)

apart from the bday leave, we gotta end work an hour earlier on every last friday of the month!! yeah~ but of cos, hopefully no urgent task to finish.. otherwise cant enjoy this.. keke..

bz bz bz

2009-06-03T00:35:00.006+08:00

wah.. i have not been blogging for a month liao.. aiyo.. this showed how time has flown past so fast.. i didnt even realise that it had been a month's time since my last post..

anyway.. reason for not posting as frequently is that i am busy, always busy, still busy, and even busier now =.=

my parents went on short trip on the 2nd last week of may, now my mum is enjoying her life somewhere in between western Asia and southeastern Europe.. so during these time, i m moonlighting as a part time maid.. lol.. except that i got no pay for this moonlighting.. haiz..

then i joined a fitness club recently.. so 1 of my weeknights or 1 of my weekends will be burnt..

besides, i m staying longer after the official knock off time almost everyday.. some days are 10 mins later, some days are 1/2 hr later while some others days are 1 hr later.. haiz.. i cant rem when was the time i knock off on time.. my definition of on time =18:30:00 hr (mon-thu) or 18:00:00hr on fri..

oh ya, my jap elementary 2 class started last sun.. 1 word=horrible.. i completely dun understand what sensei is talking about.. maybe this is the result of not revising well before attending lesson.. haiz.. so jialat.. i got hard time catching up as he talked quite fast too.. he's quite funny but abit too stressed up.. he will knock his own head while attempting to rem something.. and at the end of lesson.. he sat down and put his head down on the table to rest.. suddenly he went coughing vigorously and had this going-to-vomit-out-feeling.. oh gosh..

anyway, i feel that i am really digging my own grave by taking up jap lesson.. haiz.. i am really not talented in learning language.. see my english so sucky.. and my chinese is not of any better.. haiz.. not to mention hokkien/cantonese.. sucks..

back to the 'busy' topic.. been going out quite many times as May is the month where ppl ard me are celebrating bdays and there's mothers' day too..

hmmm.. wat else ah.. hmmm..

as you see, i m having brian dead now, so not sure if i have missed out anything that makes me busy.. too tired to scroll back to check.. so got any typo or wat de.. do forgive.. haha.. just finished washing laundry and drying my hair.. gonna go slp le.. nitez..

haiz.. when can i have time to sing k?? sad sad sad.. there goes my only way to destress.. haiz...

backlog 1 - graduation

2009-05-01T14:07:00.008+08:00

have been lazy n busy to blog.. haha.. got many backlogs ler.. hmmm.. where should i start?

17th April 2009

it was a special day today. i have officially graduated!! (*acting very high and excited =.=)

this convo was held 9 mths after my last paper.. all the 'feel' has gone.. plus, i only had 1 fren who happened to be in the same session as me.. how to take alot photos? somemore that day itself was a damn hot day. i was almost dehydrated from wearing the long-sleeve shirt. almost heat-stroke plus headache, where got mood to take many photos?

we only managed to take some be4 the ceremony with another fren who was attending the morning session... we reach there earlier to take with her in our robes.. we went to the pond area, the entrance area, the aircon area and the LT to take the photos.. cos time was not enough, we had to rush to take them be4 our ceremony start in the afternoon.. [i'm still waiting for the photos from my friends =( ]

during ceremony, i was seated right in front of the hall.. alamak.. i cant doze off cos the VIPs were on the stage in front of me.. zzz.. so i hung a 'bored-to-tears' expression on my face.. clapped occasionally.. my only friend was seated soooo far away from me even though we had the same honours, same letter for our last name (got 2 ppl inbetween us on the name list!).. booo..

after the break (a performance on "Cannon In D" by the violins/cello.. nice melody!!), it was my turn to go up.. the time on stage to take the 'cert' was so fast that i couldnt register any image deeply into my mind.. lol..

after ceremony, it was tea reception time.. dear xy and mh came, along with this graduation bear! hee.. thanks!! as usual only took a few photos as i got heatstroke+headache+moody (n the list goes on.. haha)

dinner time @ sakura was great!! i'm not refering to the food.. food was so-so only.. it was the company.. hee.. it's rare to have full attendance.. thanks for giving me face to come for dinner.. hoho... took a few photos too.. u guys can come and take from me.. =)

even though this headache-ness, tired-ness and sticky-ness were so irritating and made me more moody, i still went for the games time at zh's house.. haha.. win liao right.. haha.. fun time playing too.. though my mind was totally in shut-down mood.. hahha..

really thank you princesses and princes for giving me such a great time!! hehe..

photo time...

dinner time.. introducing the couples...

semi group...

and lastly the royal family portrait.. lol

new addition member to my bed.. the grad bear!

*confused pooh bear thoughts*

nightmares... ''kia kia''

2009-04-14T23:45:00.007+08:00

recently i keep having nightmares.. zzz.. some are repeated.. zzz

yesterday's nightmare had a very big impact on me.. so much so that i almost teared when i recalled it.. i teared due sadness.. i really couldnt think what will happen to me if this really happens *touchwood*choi*

i can feel how i felt in the ~~dream~~ nightmare.. it is so real.. so scary.. haiz.. luckily it's only a ~~dream~~ nightmare.. really.. if it's real, i think i will have bigger reaction than that.. *shook head*dun think liao*

well, always heard ppl says dreams are the opposite of the reality.. it better be.. haha..

went to search for the explanation for ~~dream~~ nightmare.. found this..

- The distinction of a nightmare is its frightening and/or emotional content. You tend to wake up in fear in the midst of a nightmare. Because of its frightening nature, you tend to remember your nightmares and the vivid details. They have a bigger impact upon your waking mind and its images stay with you throughout the day.

- One reason for nightmares may be a way of our unconscious to get our attention about a situation or problem that you have been avoiding. (hmmm.. do i have?) It is time to take notice and confront a problem or situation. Nightmares serve an important purpose in showing you what is troubling you from within you deeper levels. Discussing, analyzing, and understanding your nightmares can lead to a solution for some problem, internal conflict or personal difficulty.

you all must be wondering what i had dreamt.. well.. refer to the para in blue then (green words are my thoughts)

=Die=

To dream that you die in your dream, symbolizes inner changes, transformation, self-discovery and positive development that is happening within you or in your life. Although such a dreams may bring about feelings of fear and anxiety, it is no cause for alarm and is often considered a positive symbol. Dreams of experiencing your own death usually means that big changes are ahead for you. You are moving on to new beginnings and leaving the past behind. These changes does not necessarily imply a negative turn of events. Metaphorically, dying can be seen as an end or a termination to your old ways and habits. So, dying does not always mean a physical death, but an ending of something.

On a negative note, to dream that you die may represent involvement in deeply painful relationships or unhealthy, destructive behaviors. You may feeling depressed or feel strangled by a situation or person in your waking life. Perhaps your mind is preoccupied with someone who is terminally ill or dying. Alternatively, you may be trying to get out of some obligation, responsibility or other situation.

To see someone dying in your dream, signifies that your feelings for that person are dead or that a significant change/loss is occurring in your relationship with that person. (maybe, could be.. hmmm..) Alternatively, you may want to repress that aspect of yourself that is represented by the dying person.

*source of the above info - http://www.dreammoods.com/ *

yes, i dreamt someone who is dear to me dying, and the 'soul' caming back to visit us.. *hair standing now* but we still couldnt believe that the someone really left us.. we were still clinging onto little tiny hopes, waiting for miracles.. felt so real lor...

T_T

new laptop..

2009-04-05T01:33:00.005+08:00

now blogging using my new laptop..

i wan to complain!! dun like windows vista la.. (though the interface is cool and i like it.. haha)

i wanted to change my laptop cos the prev one is very old liao.. very slow.. who knows this new laptop is not as fast as i thought it is to be.. the whole window vista itself has take up alot space.. making the comp going quite slow.. zzz... besides slow.. it will hang on me at times.. zzz

anyway.. enough of complains.. apart from the performance.. other aspects are quite good..

this laptop is black (boo.. cant get my ideal pink laptop.. cos it's costly and not as gd as this..) it's quite modern and there are some geometric patterns printed on it.. the screen is big enough for me to watch shows (at least bigger than the prev one.. hee).. the graphic card is not bad too.. keke.. there are many games included in it!! i'm so addicted to the games.. hehe..

oh ya.. i bought a HP Pavilion dv4 series laptop.. took the student plan.. thus it can be considered as a good deal as it has not-so-bad specs with not-so-exp pricing.. hehe..

break own record of falling sick

2009-04-01T20:37:00.009+08:00

zz.. i'm on mc today..

zzz.. broke my own record for getting sick within 1mth n 5 days.. omg..

1 by 1 the ppl in my office fell sick.. i really think that the air in the office is really bad.. they must do something to the ventilation!!

anyway.. today's April's Fool day!! anyone got fooled? haha..

i think as we grew up, april's fool day is no longer a special day.. haha.. as a student.. especially at primary school times.. we will think of ways to 'disturb' ppl.. haha.. those were the days..

as usual, Mayday always never fail to come up with creative ideas on April's Fool day to fool their fans.. funny sia..
can check it out on their official website.. hehe.. remember to access to their main page and read the words wor.. hee
http://www.imayday.com/
(this page is only available today!)

these were their past records.. enjoy~ haha

yr 2008:
http://www.maydaymayday.net/forum/imayday_010408.swf -sweet potatos theme

yr 2007:
http://www.maydaymayday.net/forum/imayday_april_fool_2007_LuWeiTian.swf -keroro theme

yr 2006:
http://www.maydaymayday.net/forum/i5566.swf - F4 and 5566 theme

dear dairy

2009-03-23T22:47:00.006+08:00

dear dairy,

today i have mix feelings..

postive feelings - satisfaction, happy, stressless-for-a-moment - were felt becos:
1. the proj has finally completed.
2. able to knock off on the dot finally!
3. had a gd long lunch since the dino was not around.

negative feelings - sian, lost, unhappy - due to:
1. mon = blue = sianzzz
2. proj finished. suddenly dunno what to do as there are HEAPS of backlogs to be done. dunno where to start with.
3. i think i screwed up something.

just by the look at what i have listed down.. it seems that i have a balanced portion of mix feelings.. but.. judging by appearance is not gd enough.. the truth is that the negative outweighs the positive.. haiz...

tmr will be a better day..
*pray hard*

yours,
jlin

complain post..

2009-03-22T23:23:00.004+08:00

this shall be my complain post:-

oh no.. spent too much recently!! payday faster come!!

haiz.. wasted my 2 precious sat and sun.. i din manage to do what i wanted to.. instead sleeping and slacking away my time.. boo..

my desk is getting messier!! the floor besides my desk is turning into a little storage corner for bags of newly bought items soon..

tmr is mon.. work work work = sian sian sian.. not good feeling dreadful you know? cos this will de-motivate myself.. shucks.. i must stay motivated!! gambatte!

flu today.. shld slp early rite?

ok.. gtg slp.. shall keep this complain post short..

nitez~

alot of things to blog but no time..

2009-03-16T22:23:00.009+08:00

long time nv blog le.. i got tons of things to blog but got no time to sit down and type all out.. sianz...

feel so sian recently.. or should i say i have never feel better than sian at all..

i got alot of things which i cant get them right... haiz...

y i always ot de? y other teams no need? dont understand.. so unfair.. i know this is the so-called working society.. but jus dun understand.. so many projects piling up.. so many ~~datelines~~ DEADlines.. and that DINOSAUR (this is how i 'term' our boss) thinks that we are so free that even ask us to help out other teams..
kaoz...
does ~~she~~ it has eyes/brain?

so mad with myself oso.. cant stand my blur-ness at work.. y cant i be smarter to get things right at the correct time? i am so 'blunt'.. too naive/innocent may be the best word to describe me..
haiz..
i am so stupid..

my work performance is so not up to my own standard.. sometimes i feel that i have care too much till the extend that i dun wan to care about it anymore.. so contradicting... no motivation to work.. find it meaningless to achieve the so-called targets in work..
i give up...

i feel so stressed up.. so tired.. have problems with breathing well.. my heart is also sending out warning signals.. almost on the verge to breakdown.. or should i say it's my turn to reach bottleneck?
i cant stand it...

nothing interests me liao.. dun feel like going out.. dun feel like shopping (my favourite hobby).. i have planned out a list of things to do.. but no mood to do them at all.. just feel like coping myself in my room.. if i am doing anything, it's more like an obligation to do.. i am beginning to feel like i am a robot.. with the same daily routine..

....當生存是規則不是妳的選擇...

........終於我的生命只剩生存活著只會呼吸吃飯喝水的生活..........

i just want to find some means to release all my bottled up emotions..

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....

ktv anyone?

or any alternative?

i think if these arent release.. sooner or later you guys wont see me...

ha.

ps: i know i should be thankful to have my rice bowl secured.. i am indeed.. just that i am feeling imbalance.. not happy with how that dino managed ~~her~~ its subordinates..
job satisfaction=0%

五月天夜訪吸血鬼

2009-03-04T00:21:00.006+08:00

五月天夜訪吸血鬼

another fav song under the fast-tempo songs category.. i love this song.. lyrics is fun! melody is special.. it talks about a vampire's life.. n it changed my mindset on the vampire.. they can be pitiful living creature in the world..
haha..

ashin is the vampire! omg.. he really doesnt have the evil look nor the murderous look.. hao3 xun4 wor.. ke ai instead.. wahahahaha... n i think he seems to be uncomfortable/awkward with tat pose(holding on to the female model).. hahaha.. but.. he only used 1 take on this act.. cool..

1 more day to 5mths.. soon confirmation!!

2009-02-18T00:03:00.005+08:00

time flies.. 1 more day to 5 mths working anniversary..

i didnt realise that i am closer to the day of confirmation until my sup asked me to write a report on what i have done for these mths.. i was still thinking how come she wants me to write? so i asked her.. then she says, 'cos ur confirmation day is coming le right?' OMG.. i am so blur.. lol..

how to write a report??
i am nv good at promoting myself.. haiz.. neither is my language good enough to convey the right message pleasantly to her.. sianz...

i really think that i am not suitable to climb corporate ladder.. i dont have the 企图心, i dont like politics, i dont like to entertain ppl, i dont like to see other's face color (direct translate from chinese), i dont like to receive instructions but at the same time i dont like to make decision (so dilemma).. hmm.. still got alot dislikes.. oh my.. what can i work as ah? be boss? the best is to be tai tai.. lol..

really need time to settle down and think...
think think think....
my interest?
my future..
bleak....................
hope not....................

如煙 MV 五月天

2009-02-08T00:03:00.010+08:00

如煙 - 五月天

did i ever mentioned that i love this song very much? waited for quite long for this mv~

the lyrics is excellent and meaningful, every sentence is different.. there is no repeated paragraph (y ashin composed so complicated lyrics? hehe).. do try to appreciate the meaning of the lyrics..
the lyric describes a person who looks back at his past, and also sees his future until he 'disappear' from this world.. while he thinks hard on his life..
i like the melody too, the guitar strumming part.. i want to learn!!! (btw, can take note of monster's guitar in the mv~hee)
the mv is well done too! eg, how it links from one scene to another.. credits to the director.. the mv story is about a life of a man from child to old.. all happened in the same small small room..
so matching..

THIS IS SO-CALLED LIFE..

我坐在床前　望著窗外　回憶滿天　生命是華麗錯覺　時間是賊　偷走一切

七歲的那一年　抓住那隻蟬　以為能抓住夏天　十七歲的那年　吻過他的臉　就以為能和他永遠

有沒有那麼一種永遠　永遠不改變　擁抱過的美麗都　再也不破碎

讓險峻歲月不能在臉上撒野　讓生離和死別都遙遠　有誰能聽見

我坐在床前　轉過頭看　誰在沉睡　那一張蒼老的臉　好像是我　緊閉雙眼

曾經是愛我的　和我深愛的　都圍繞在我身邊　帶不走的那些　遺憾和眷戀　都化成最後一滴淚

有沒有那麼一滴眼淚　能洗掉後悔　化成大雨降落在　回不去的街

再給我一次機會　將故事改寫　還欠了他一生的　一句抱歉

有沒有那麼一個世界　永遠不天黑　星星太陽萬物都　聽我的指揮

月亮不忙著圓缺　春天不走遠　樹梢緊緊擁抱著樹葉　有誰能聽見

耳際　眼前　此生重演　是我來自漆黑　而又回歸漆黑　人間　瞬間　天地之間　下次我　又是誰

有沒有那麼一朵玫瑰　永遠不凋謝　永遠驕傲和完美　永遠不妥協

爲何人生最後會像一張紙屑還不如一片花瓣曾經鮮豔

有沒有那麼一張書籤　停止那一天　最單純的笑臉和　最美那一年

書包裡面裝滿了蛋糕和汽水　雙眼只有無猜和無邪　讓我們無法無天

有沒有那麼一首詩篇　找不到句點　青春永遠定居在　我們的歲月

男孩和女孩都有吉他和舞鞋　笑忘人間的苦痛　只有甜美

有沒有那麼一個明天　重頭活一遍　讓我再次感受曾　揮霍的昨天

無論生存或生活　我都不浪費　不讓故事這麼的後悔

有誰能聽見　我不要告別

我坐在床前　看著指尖　已經如煙

happy cny.. cont to bz..

2009-02-03T00:18:00.004+08:00

i realised i have not been blogging.. but anyway.. doesnt matter.. no one is reading.. lol..

happy cny~~

now as the clock struck 12am for the 9th day of new yr.. alot ppl praying, including my parents.. bai tian gong.. a tradition for the hokkiens.. smoky~~ and alot 'bing bing piang piang' sound downstairs.. cos they are burning the incense papers and sugar canes.. there's story behind this.. but dun ask me.. i dunno.. hahaha..

continue to be busy for the past week.. haha.. 5hrs per night slp as usual.. zzz.. (exception nite: chu xi and chu yi..)

here's my routine:

started my 1st jap lesson on 24th sat morn.. went last min shopping for my cny clothes.. thanx wl for acc me to hunt~ hee.. followed by 1st reunion dinner at my mum's bro's house (initially is hotpot.. but changed to bbq outside the flat.. lol)

did last min cleaning for my desk/room.. sweeping/mopping.. then 2nd reunion dinner (hotpot) at the usual place every year with the same group of relatives..

1st day of cny.. be a vegeterian for 1st half of day.. went bai bai, then bai nian in the afternoon.. nite time relatives with their kids came visiting my house..

2nd day.. went grandma house for lunch (3rd reunion? haha.. anyway it's hotpot.. i love this the most).. relatives & friends came to my house after lunch.. go house visitings in evening plus night..

3rd day.. took morn leave cos my team mate is taking on the same day.. my sup wanted at least 1 to stay behind.. so i took morn, my team mate took afternoon.. sianzzz.. but better than nothing.. haaha.. able to sleep late.. hehe.. after work, met frens for dinner..

4th day = flu day.. drowsy and heavy head was what i felt tat day.. met xy for a quick dinner.. bought mayday concert tix online at night.. spent alot time on the credit card payment segment.. cos i was super drowsy and scare i type in the wrong card number.. hahaha..

5th day = still-flu-but-not-tat-bad day.. cos previous night had not enough rest.. went home to do scrappy and revised jap cos got mini test.. slept at 1+am.. nid to wake up 6+am next day.. zzz.. (how can my flu fully recover w/o enough rest? *achoo....)

6th day..
morn jap lesson.. a dramatic scene happened.. someone whacked a guy from our class at our classrom door after we ended our lesson.. everyone including the teacher were very stunned.. it happened all too sudden.. dunno what exactly has happened.. the guy being punched on face is actually quite handsome.. poor thing.. face swollen and got cuts.. haiz..
afternoon, went to bai tai sui..
night.. went to watch a play aka <华丽上班族之生活与生存> by zhang ai jia, zheng yuan chang and wang yao qin @ Esplanade (wah.. the theatre is so beautiful and classy..hee).. this title reminds me of a Mayday song <<生存以上生活以下>> the song my blog is currently playing.. lol.. anyway.. it was a nice show.. all roles were played well and there is no one being 'extra' in the show.. talked about this society... office politics.. talked about 人性百态.. how they can sort to achieve their motives.. diff roles diff characters, diff explanations/definitions/meanings being brought out.. the only part which i dont like is they had scared us out of wits at that very moment with the sound effects.. zzz.. show ended late, reached home late.. thus slept very late at ard 3+am..

7th day = ren ri
woke up early to finish scrappy.. went dini's house with tired mind and body.. to celebrate her bday as well as to bai nian.. ate alot.. played alot.. gambled alot (not me.. haha.. i played small small only.. lose small small win small small.. must zhi zhu.. lol).. n of cos enjoyed alot too!!

hectic hectic hectic..

sianz... the next PH will be in apr! omg.. how to tahan till then??
zzz..

PS: i'm typing the 1st half as i'm drying my hair with hair dryer.. multi tasking with 1 hand typing, the other hand holder the dryer.. hahaha..

bz bz bz

2009-01-24T00:17:00.004+08:00

busy busy busy..

have been busy with so many things..

is going to be in busy state for the next few days...

zzz..

busy with work - loads of things to do.. so hectic..

busy with shopping - so many things need to buy.. especially new year clothes.. ahh!!

busy with spring cleaning - last yr nv clean.. so this yr die die must clean.. tidied my notes and magazines, wiped windows, cleaned half of my desk.. still got wardrobe and the other half and the small cupboards.. OMG..

tired tired tired...

have been sleeping average 5 hrs per day since sun..

seriously lack of sleep for a pig like me!

darker panda eyes and pimples are the evidence for lack of sleep..

zzzzzz..

CNY is coming yet no atmosphere at all...

wat i look forward is the long holiday instead of CNY for this year..

really bad atmosphere..

sad..

anyway.. still gotta countdown to CNY.. 2 more days!!

ciao~

ps: bear with me for this random post~

pps: oh ya, our big bosses gave us a coin set each for ang pow for CNY.. even the angmohs got them.. haha.. nice bosses.. xmas gave a box of Royce choc each.. now cny this coin set.. not bad.. hee.. (at least better than getting nothing.. hee)

new hairstyle.. hee

2009-01-11T23:42:00.004+08:00

i got myself a new hairstyle 2 days ago~~!!

should i call it new hairstyle? hmmm..

well, i rebonded and cut with the length slightly above my shoulder..
i finally did what i wanted to to my hair.. lol..

i wanted to rebond.. i wanted to have a short hair look.. but i dunno what kind of short hair i am suitable or i really want..

when the hairdresser asked me how do i want him to cut my hair, i jus told him i want to cut it short, and there he showed me the length at my back of neck, and i m ok with it.. so i let him to cut it the way he wants..

great! ppl who know me would know that i dun like to make decisions.. hehe..

then he asked me when was the last time i had that hair length.. i replied to him, saying it was quite a long time ago.. he immediately asked if i would cry to see the hair being cut away.. haha.. cute ler.. of cos not lo.. i was looking forward to what hairstyle he was giving me.. haha..

i wanted a short hair look..
1stly, to change the long hair look since lower sec days.. 2ndly, i want to cut away the spoilt ends.. hahaha.. 3rdly, i think shorter hair is easier to manage sometime.. keke..

i had took a pic of my new hairstyle.. but lazy to upload.. so means no pic here.. wahahhaa..

=p

poor ashin @ tw new yr eve concert

2009-01-03T02:03:00.010+08:00

tat day when i was watching mayday performing at the taipei new yr eve concert, i was so disappointed..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeiDrzWXYUg
it was not their usual standard performance.. can see that they themselves were very disappointed too.. i think a few songs were sung live completely, while other songs he might have jus sing along with tiny voice, 1 or 2 songs dui zui.. *personal tots only* no offence..

poor ashin must have be too sick to sing &/or the system got problem..

prior to this taipei concert, they had went to Tao Yuan new yr eve concert.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jBFzmyKTBU
ashin was singing live throughout(i can confirm this.. haha).. can see he is not himself(the usual concert self)..
a 失水准的演出.. especially the last song, 你不是真正的快乐..
think he WAS NOT really happy that nite for such performance ba.. he was coughing away.. can really hear that his voice was not in good condition, already almost till CMI stage.. unable to sing too high notes and sometimes zou yin/po yin.. seriously needed the help of the other 4 and those at the back doing he yin.. think he had exhausted all his energy here? strain too much?

聽到他這樣唱歌我覺得好難過wor.. feel like telling him to stop singing and hurting his voice..

so poor thing.. gan mao/sore throat still need to perform in this cold weather.. he still wear short sleeves! alamak.. they should give him more to wear!
must have overworked and dont have enough rest.. for he is one who has been working and holding concerts everyday since early Dec and who always like to stay up late till 4-5am then sleep de..

hope he gets well very soon.. they are coming on sun to hold a concert!! though i dont have the tix, i still hope it is a very successful one.. like the 2 concerts held on 13/14 dec in tw..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVl7CO3UYZ4
this is the so called awesome concert with power voice!

ASHIN, take care of urself wor!!

happy new year 2009~

2009-01-01T12:17:00.009+08:00

-= H a P p Y n E w Y e A r 2 0 0 9 = -

a new year, a fresh start ahead.

hoping all those whom i know have a great yr ahead ^^

those unhappy/bad things in yr 2008 must not bring to this yr!!

oso, wanna thanks all my frens n family for being with me in the yr 2008.. hee.. feel so blessful..

wanna delicate this song to u all~ as i feel that the lyrics is very appropriate (the ones in yellow esp) for this festive season~ keke..

<笑忘歌>

屋顶的天空是我们的放学后夕阳也都会是我们的

不会再仰慕更多了

唱一首属于我们的歌让我们的伤都慢慢慢的愈合

明天我又会是全新的 OH~HO

青春是手牵手坐上了都不回头的火车

总有一天我们都老了不会遗憾就OK了

伤心的都忘记了只记得这首笑忘歌

那一年天空很高风很清澈从头到脚趾都快乐

我和你都约好了要再唱这首笑忘歌

这一生只愿只要平凡快乐谁说这样不伟大呢

自己和自己打一架了想都想不通反正就是这样了

不会再流泪更多了

有多少错误重蹈覆辙有多少苦痛还不是都过来了

想起来甚至还会笑呢 OH~HO

青春是人生的实验课错也错得很值得

就算某天唱起这首歌眼眶会有一点湿了

(pls refer to the video in prev post..hee)

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if u r asking if i have any new year resolutions, i have alot.. alot more than the past years..

am i being greedy? i hope not..

i do hope these resolutions are not made in vain.. hehe..

interested to know? think no one ba.. haha.. so dun nid to blog out..

hmmm.. or maybe to blog down to remind myself? hoho

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had a enjoyable time with P&Ps last nite.. it has been some time since my last stayed up throughout the nite.. keke..

paiseh ah.. not feeling very well.. so i was stoning away, dun feel lke moving.. thus end up din even play with the wii at the later hours.. hee..

hope u guys enjoyed the nite too.. especially the tarot card session.. according to wl, my 'aura' wasnt good enough, so might have somehow affected the card? lol..

i went back home n played with them again this morning.. cos i realised i didnt ask the questions u all asked for this new year.. hahha.. mostly good cards.. and i really hope this is a good sign, a good guide and most importantly, all will come true.. heee......
*i must have faith in my cards*

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i feel like changing this blogskin.. cos new year ma.. but i doubt i have the time.. gotta spring clean and hopefully give my room a new look be4 cny!
but i only got weekends to do them..
and there is shopping to be done too..
oh gosh.. time!! i need time!!

五月天 - 笑忘歌

2008-12-21T15:27:00.006+08:00

五月天 - 笑忘歌

只有自己,能还自己快乐..

how true..

PS: ashin as mv director again! (refer to previous post)

五月天春天的吶喊

2008-12-20T15:34:00.007+08:00

五月天 - 春天的吶喊

ashin as mv director~

inital plan was to get some band to play the 'heavy-metal band' role in this mv, who knows 陈导 aka Diector Chen was very high or 人来疯 on the day they shot this mv, so poor Mayday has to put on makeup..

when i got to know this change(abit slow.. only knew this after i watched the mv), so when i watched it again.. i was kinda shocked and their makeup scared me.. hahaha.. no wonder some of the lead singer's actions look so familiar..

besides the heavy-metal band role, 陈导 also played on the other members.. this is the power a director has.. muahahaha.. so bad of him..

updates

2008-12-08T23:59:00.004+08:00

have not been blogging for quite some time..

have been busy with work most of the time, followed by activities organised by my co and of cos, not to be left out, shopping trips~ haha..

i got so many things to update here but i'm so lazy to organise everything (including photos) to put up here.. partially oso becos i got no much time to spare..

u know what? this long weekend is like normal weekend for me.. or i should say, it is not a long weekend for me.. sniff~ i brought home work to do! sob.. i've broke my own record.. who would want to bring home work to do right?? sad.. i was so reluctant to do this.. but i know if i dun bring home to do, OT will be waving at me.. anyway.. i only spent an afternoon doing my work stuff.. zzz.. so there is a high possibility of working ot this week.. hopefully no.. *cross fingers*

and there i am looking forward to this week.. y? cos it's a long wkend, meaning there's 4 days of work.. plus, i got a full day training on wed, which means 3 days of work left for this week.. and by right by this week, the load will decrease.. but something crops up (forever de lo.. stupid..) so ya.. zzz

oops, i have sidetracked to my work.. alamak..

anyway, other than that, there are many little little complains cum grumblings.. i have accumulated alot... really need to release them somewhere so as not to be a grumpy gal.. hahah.. but this shall be on the next post? or the post after next? or maybe not at all? hahahaha..

k la, need to pack my unfinished work (nono.. should be never ending work) n go sleep le.. shit! i still got clothes to be ironed..
*slap forehead*

ciao~

五月天 - 噢買尬

2008-11-16T22:57:00.006+08:00

五月天 - 噢買尬

(噢買尬aka OMG - see the big "OMG" at the back of the stage scene? hee)

this is a song on friendship.. i like the part before the song comes in, esp the scene in the ktv room where guan you is eating cup noodles.. haha.. makes me smile.. then, i realised all mayday's sound engineers (those who wore black tops with smiley) are involved in this mv too.. a bunch of funny ppl as well.. haha..

to end this post, i just want to say this to all my friends..

'我随时ok，就等你电话..'

=)

bad day! feel so discouraging and helpless

2008-11-11T23:51:00.004+08:00

today is a bad day for me..
haiz..

shouldnt talk to the head in the morning. spoilt my mood for the day. 1st time dun have good appetite for breakfast and lunch becos of work.. feel like vomiting when eating them, but no choice, i need food for brain.. cos i feel hungry.. so have to force myself to eat..
haiz..

i felt so 'innocent' and helpless when the head told me that i should inform her such serious matter no matter where she is.. but that time my mentor(she had left) oso nv say anything.. i was like 'huh? ALL MY fault?' (i know abit my fault cos i nv clarify EVERYTHING) u see, i 'm still at the 'blur' state.. and when things get messy, i got even blur.. so ya..

another thing tat spoilt my mood the 1st thing in the morning is..
the time i had spent on last fri n this mon (most of the working hrs) on a task (task A), ended up postponed!! the pt is that this task is my teammate's, i'm covering for her as she was on leave and is super last min cum urgent.. i got another similar task(task B) too, quite urgent, but i have to leave that aside as this is not as urgent as that..
ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! waste my 2 days plus 2 ot nite (1 hr ot each day).. my precious time!
ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! made me unable to do most of my own other duties.. caused me stay back even LATER today just for the task B!
*#%*&@%&*#&*^&$^%"#%*&@%&*#&*^&$^%"@$&*%

my eyes is dropping out soon for staring at comp for long hrs... zzz
think my degree has increased too..
stupid!!!!
luckily i didnt wear contact lens.. if not it will be super duper dry!

3 more days to go.. hope everything goes really smoothly!!!!!!!

oh ya, tmr's having lunch with my new mgr.. after exchanging a few sentences with her, i can only say so far so good.. a nice lady.. but still dunno her 'pattern'.. hope she is as nice as the stand-in supervisor.. keke.. the stand-in supervisor is going on maternity leave soon.. gonna miss her!

ps: feel much better after typing out this post..

random thoughts.. and complains

2008-11-08T11:01:00.008+08:00

this is the 2nd sat in nov le.. so fast!!

i feel that time flies even faster when you are working.. especially the weekends.. basically the speed of time is like speed of normal train (weekdays) vs speed of bullet train (weekends).. lol..

soon, x'mas will be here le!! will there be xmas party? xmas gathering? xmas gift exchanging session? hmmmm... what to buy for xmas presents? need to crack my head le..

yesterday, i had corporate lunch with our head and some other colleagues in our dept.. the theme is farewell and welcome lunch.. the point here is.. i dont like such gathering.. even though is free lunch.. but i just feel so strange.. so out of the place.. so awkward.. nothing much to say too (personally).. u all should know i'm one without much words.. haha..
anyway, the welcome part is to welcome another colleague who is replacing someone else (who is leaving in dec) (the farewell is for my mentor who left yesterday and that colleague) i never take note of this issue until my another colleague mentioned it to me.. the issue i'm talking abt is our head has never gave me a welcome lunch at all.. i was like 'ya hor' when she told me about this.. maybe i dont give it a damn.. haha.. but now come to think of it.. i felt abit unbalanced.. hahaha.. but then again, maybe becos i joined this co initially as a temp, so no longer new joiner to them (or rather to our head)?
whatever~

grumble-time:
-why my friday is always a 'war' day in the office?? how come i cant enjoy my friday at work?? or i shld say.. how come i cant have a peaceful friday at work?? haiz.. WHY?!?!
-i hope the 'war' doesnt continue on mon (my teammate's still on leave, i got no more mentor to guide me, the whole team only got me and the new mgr on mon) wahhhhh... can die if the 'war' is still there..
-i really think that my english is super sucky.. n yet i'm in HR, dealing with expats.. cant imagine this at all!! i'm digging my own grave? *pat on my shoulder* haiz.. feel so helpless sometimes..
- my new mgr will be coming on mon (finally my team got mgr liao.. haha) hope he/she is a nice person cum supervisor.. someone who wont give us a hard time.. someone who will help n look after us.. not those who will throw us at one side n let us fend for ourselves.. i dun wan to tender so soon.. i want to gain experience de!

i'm still hoping and praying for a smooth wk ahead..

didnt get to play with tarot cards last wk, so feel super uneasy abt work.. tmr will try to spend some time playing.. at least to make myself feel secure or wat.. wahahhaa.. die.. is this an addiction? lol

me = walking clock/street directory; quite smooth wk

2008-10-31T23:35:00.007+08:00

~HaPpY hAllOwEeN ~

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i am so puzzled.

do i look like i know eveything?
do i look very friendly/approachable/harmless?
how come i always got ppl asking me for time or directions to the places they are going?

hmmmmmmmm..

*roll eyes*

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my week was great! just like what my tarot cards have predicted for me ^^

everything went quite smoothly..

1st of all, our boss took 2 days leave after she came back from the business trip.. so we only get to see her on the last 2 days of the week.. haaha..
oh ya, she bought us a necklace each as a souvenir, while the more senior ones got bracklets.. hahaha.. they are quite pretty ^^

2ndly, my mentor is still on leave, but luckily there isnt any difficult emails/phone calls coming to me.. i wont be so lucky when she officially leaves this company..

the new task that i am supposed to do has been quite a successful one, though there were some hiccups.. thanks to my team mate aka lunch buddy, she has helped me alot!! hehe..

next week is a critical week, my mentor is coming back with only 3 days left for me to learn all the 'remaining ropes' from her. then, i'm going 'out-field' with my supervisor to an expat's house. so excited.. hahaha.. then got this handover thingy..
argh!! overloading soon!

pray hard for a smooth week too!!

*por-bee por-bee*

ps: interested in playing tarot cards? hehe.. let me know wor.. keke..

not looking forward to this week =(

2008-10-27T14:49:00.003+08:00

today's a mon, a public holiday, therefore, there is no work today and so there will be no monday blues..

4 more workdays for this week. i am not looking forward to this week at all.
becos....
1) my boss (or rather our boss) is coming back le!!
2) my mentor is on leave till next week.
3) tmr i'm doing a new thing without my mentor's guidance =O
4) 1+2=dangerous week. i scare the boss will throw alot things to me when my mentor is not around to guide me.
5) i think i'm still unable to do everything independently, still need my mentor to guide me on some of the tasks.

think i am going to get tuesday blue, really dreads tmr onwards!!
PS: oh ya, is there a color for tuesday? hmmm..

五月天2008最新專輯[後青春期的詩]

2008-10-19T23:25:00.010+08:00

你有多久没有畅快地笑

你有多久没有尽情地哭

你就有多久没有真正的快乐

i like this slogan of 五月天 Mayday's latest album [後青春期的詩]

when was the last time i laughed like nobody's business?
n when was the last time i cried and felt much more relieved/better after crying?
hmmmmm..............................
where is my real happiness? did it happen to me recently or even worse, did it happen at all?
hmmmmm..............................

***deep in thoughs***

anyway, here are 2 versions of MVs for 五月天 - 出頭天, their 1st rave taiwanese song for this album..

this is the uncut version, previously was leaked out (some uncivilised ppl from the web, dunno how they get the source), so they have to come out with another version, which is the one below... this MV got some parts from the commerical they shot and some parts from above mv too..

personally, i like the 1st one.. haha.. so funny.. all fighting for the best on-screen position.. haha.. the 5 of them so old liao, still as playful as before.. aiyo.. the mic is cute too! got decor de!
but i really envy their friendship!! wonder when i am that old, will i be able to still have fun as i had during teens' time..
*envy - ing*

toe injury - super painful!

2008-10-18T22:09:00.006+08:00

toe injury - so PainFul!!!

limping away like a cripple.. my little toe on my left foot got stepped!
at tat very instant, the pain was so sharp tat i didnt feel the presence of my toe. i'm so scared tat it will either burst into a pool of blood or detached from my foot. i really can't imagine my toe if the person who stepped on me is a fat person! given now i was only stepped by a lady almost same size as me. the pain at tat very instant is worse than the point of injection or even drawing of blood!!

it all started when i was on the way back home from work. wearing uncovered heels, getting into a squeezy train. there was this lady who was getting ready with her kid n pram to get down at the next stop. so she was standing, facing the direction of train movement. she didn't hold on to anything so when the train jerked, she stepped BACKWARD to balance herself with one of her feet on my pathetic little toe. OUCHHHH!!!! feel like screaming out (not at her) then cos it was super painful! lucky she was not wearing heels. if not i think my bones confirm will break on the spot.

i was at raffles place station when this happened. so for the rest of journey i was standing on my right foot. i winced whenever i shifted my weight to my left. at je, when i limped out from the train to get transferred to another, it's so painful tat i couldn't move but bo bian. i dun wan to stuck down there! (rem i was wearing heels, the pressure exerted was focused on my toes when i stand/walk) so i pushed myself n continued to stand on my right foot till i reached.

i walked home instead of taking bus. cos the distance of walking still end up almost the same. so throughout the walk it was from very painful till unbearable till immune to the pain. a 8mins walk became 15 mins of limping.

when i got home, i saw my toe became so swollen n black. it's not black due to the dirt. it was black because blue black liao. it's so painful to move n check on my toe, let alone to rub away the blue black! T_T

anyway i realised i got 2 unlucky consecutive fridays. zzz..... so suay......
(see prev post)

PS: today my toe has gotten slightly better, still as swollen but not so much of limping when i walk.. maybe because yesterday i applied zam-buk and did some massaging.. haha.. (是痛的lo) but there's new blue-black appearing at the joint area (between my toe and sole)!! how to rub there?? zzz...

favourite shoes spoilt!!

2008-10-12T16:31:00.004+08:00

boo.. my favourite pair of shoes had finally left me =(

while on the way to meet my friends after work, the whole stupid sole dropped out!! zzz.. i had no choice but to walk as if i had long-short legs (direct translation from chinese..), cos one side got sole, the other doesnt have.. (lucky that was not a pair of high heel shoes.. haha.. if not the movement will be very obvious!)

luckily there are many shops selling shoes nearby.. if not i really have no idea what to do with this awkward situation.. i bought a similar type of shoes (i think is classified as pumps), though i think the price is abit over priced, they are very comfortable to wear.. at least for the rest of the day, they never 'bite' me.. hahaa..

when i got home, i looked at my favourite pair of shoes, thinking whether i should save it again and give it a third chance.. cos i can hardly bear to throw them away.. haiz.. in the end i threw them away, along with the other 2 pairs of white heels shoes.. cos the other 2 pairs are kind of tattered and torn (not comfortable to wear liao)..

now i left with no white shoes for work (if i never include the new shoes that i bought in emergency).. need to hunt for more white heels/shoes le.. hahaha.. hope the other 2 surviving dark colour pairs will still hang on for me!!

你。。还记得小时候自己的梦想吗?

2008-10-06T23:26:00.010+08:00

"你。。还记得小时候自己的梦想吗?"

on my way home just now.. was listening to the concert version of this song where there's a kid who voiced out the above sentence.. it triggered me into thinking.. thinking hard.. thinking deep..

我的梦想是什么。。我差一点就忘了自己还有梦想。。
你有梦想吗? (大家应该都有吧。。)

你的梦想实现了吗?
如果还没，你是否已在积极的去实现它呢?
如果你的梦想已成真，那就要恭喜你了。。

=五月天 - 我=

词/曲:阿信编曲:怪兽&阿信

还记得小时候作文簿上的志愿
那天真的幻想如今都到哪里躲藏

走出网咖凌晨的三点钟过天堂世纪帝国直达战栗时空
看不见的世界里我是英雄
然后回到没有目标的活着在现实中

oh my god,oh my god who am I 我的外号是嘴上乔丹
oh my god,oh my god who am I 座右铭是我混故我在

也曾开心的耶耶耶也有失落的我我我
蝴蝶飞出了潜水钟我却还在原地停留
留不住时间耶耶耶总是后悔的我我我
我不要一生就这样到最后一生就这样

这样的我
这样的勇敢的我单纯的我
复杂的我冷的我热的我
无聊的我懒惰的我
总是怀疑的我
讲了又不听听了又不做做又做不好的我

买一个梦五十块钱的梦
期待五百万分之一的奇迹降落从此以后
想要什么喜欢什么就有什么
但是我的人生还可以努力追求什么

Have you ever wanna be a spaceman
Have you ever wanna be a president yah
Or you're still a daydreaming maker
Have you ever wanna be wanna be..

如果真能买一个梦。。你会愿意花钱来买吗?

my dreams.. my childhood dreams.. are they going to come true? am i going to make them come true? the focus is on the latter question.. am i REALLY going to work towards them and make them come true? i guess i MUST make it happen.. but sometimes it's really 心有余儿力不足.. haiz..

不管怎样，大家要努力去追求自己的梦想
=)

hokkaido day 7~

2008-10-01T16:59:00.012+08:00

this shall be my last post for my whole Hokkaido trip =(

=Hokkaido Day 7: Narita - Singapore=

Time passed so quickly! We had came to the end of the trip. I was so reluctant to go back home, cos I know I will miss here very much when I got back. =(
[I am missing it so much now as I am typing now. haiz..]

There was nothing much for this day. Most of the time was spent in the air. We woke up early at 6am (ie 5am SG time) as we need to set off early to catch our flight home. After our breakfast in the restaurant in the hotel, we took the shuttle bus service provided by the hotel to Narita airport, Tokyo. We met a few SIA air steward and stewardess in the lobby while waiting for the bus, they asked us what was nice to tour around here in Tokyo and we directed them to ask our tour guide since our tour main focus was in Hokkaido. haha. What a coincident to see them here. Haha.

Here are some photos taken before setting off:

Views from my room - a big area of forest (This explained why we spent a boring night here. Haha)

Little garden at the back of the hotel

We had our breakfast at the restaurant besides this garden..

As we went home during a non peak period (ie weekday late morning), the Boeing 747 plane qw boarded was quite empty. So we were able to get seats by the window and also able to sit freely at anywhere we want. Hee.

We went to shop at the souvenir shops again after we checked in. But this time, we got limited time to shop since we checked in late.

While at the holding area, we took out our cameras to capture the last few land photos in Japan. Keke.

The sky was quite cloudy. How matching it was with my mood at that time. (Btw, this was not the plane we boarded)

Both my bro and I started to take photos of the view outside the plane as soon as the plane glided up into the sky. The thing is I didn't know he was taking almost the same shot as me since we were sitting alone besides the window, with one taking the front seat and the other at the back. Cool.

His shot (got wide angle function)

Mine (no wide view function). See the difference between one owning a in-between-SLR-and-normal-digital-type of camera and the other who have a quite-outdated-normal-digital camera? Haha.

Goodbye Japan~ *disappointed*

I had a sleep before lunch was served to us. I thought I can survive till lunch time by killing the time with movies, but i was so tired and sleepy. Thus, I killed the time with my beauty sleep. Lol.

My scary just-woke-up pale look =O

Lunch was slightly nicer than the one I had on board on the first day. I had forgotten what was the main dish as I only took down the photo of the dessert that came with the main dish. Haha.

See how blue the sky was during my lunch time! It is so clear and sunny then, to the extend that I need to pull down the panel to shade away the glaring sunlight.

Piggy me went back to sleep after sometime. Haha. So strange, I didn't feel like watching any movies at that time. All I knew is that I was very drowsy for the whole day. Wonder whether it was because I was feeling reluctant to go home even though I already started to miss my comfy bed and pooh bear so much. Hahaha. So contradicting. zzz...

Time for tea break and another photo taking session. Haha.

Ice cream again =.= But this time. it was a more classy brand and there was no sandwich as compared to the first meal on board.

Wonder which country does the land beneath belongs to? Hmmm..

My bro went over to the other side to take this. (Rem i mentioned that this plane was quite empty? Haha) The sky was so different on both sides.

We were very close to landing. Home sweet home~ Hahaha. (ps: see that little plane shadow? so contrasting. haha.)

Here are some of the items we bought. Don't drool =p

The milk sweet is so nice~ chewy type of sweet with full of milky taste. Too bad my mum only bought 1 packet home. The macha muachee is tasty too. It has a thick macha taste with soft melty texture and the red bean isn't too sweet! The rest are not bad too. Haha.

This cheerful looking fortune cate lights up my mood everytime I see it. Haha. My mum set her eyes on this the very moment we stepped into the shop at the holding area in the airport on the way home. Guess it was really fated that it was my mum who bought the very last piece home.

Of cos not forgetting the products from the famous Ishiya 白い恋人 factory. Look at the assorted sizes we bought. Haha. Among them, only 1 box were left for our own consumption. Below is one of thier new seires of product (I assumed). It was some chocolate wafer sticks with different flavours. Quite special taste.

For the bigger sizes, after you peeled off the green wrapper, there is a white box to be removed, and the final packaging is a metal tin box. The Japanese are so particular about packaging! For those smaller sizes, there is only green wrapper and a paper box containing the biscuits. Haha. No wonder the bigger sizes are sold at slightly higher pricing.

These belong to me. Haha. Kinda obvious right? Hello kitty stuff again! Haha. I bought them from the 100yen shop in Sapporo together with other non-hello kitty stuff. Haha.

I really miss Hokkaido very much - the relaxing pace, wonderful weather and kind and freindly people. I want to go Japan!! This shall be my next trip if possible. Haha. Other than Japan, I also want to go Taiwan, Thailan, Korea, Australia and the list goes on.. keke..

1-month temp-ing anniversary

2008-09-18T23:55:00.007+08:00

today's my 1st month anniversary temp-ing at my workplace.. time really flies.. way too fast nowadays.. haha..

i'm quite happy that i accepted this temp job.. cos firstly this place is accessible, don't need to transfer here and there or walk a very long distance etc.. secondly, the location of my workplace is quite ideal too (it's in town, convenient to shop after work.. lol) thirdly, the people here are fun, friendly and helpful (most are females, in case you are wondering if there is any shuai ge.. haha..) fourthly, i find familiarities here.. don't ask me why.. i jus feel this way.. in terms of looks, characters, the way they talk/handle stuff..

there are many interesting things when i got in here..
- this organisation has many offices in different levels in this tower..
- in this small dept of the huge organisation, there are 3 pregnant ladies and 1 who was a pregnant lady (didn't manage to see her as she went for maternity leave when i got in)..
- i realised all the ladies here are very slim.. even the pregnant ladies belong to those slim type.. also, those who are married and have children are still able to maintain their figures! (don't mention about tummy la.. i refering to overall figure, they still belong to skinny type) omg~ right now i think i am the fattest among them.. zzz.. need to cut down on my weight!!!
- i got many chances to see different nationalities of foreigners..
- i've got a colleague who is same age as me, attended same jc and uni, living in the same area as me! but i have never see her before, only to find her a bit familiar when i first see her.. hahaha.. fated to meet only now? hahaha

anyway, cons of working here will be high expenses, both transportation and meal wise.. zzz.. then, i need to spend quite some time on travelling too.. quite tiring at the end of the day..

oh ya.. today after lunch, i got a big surprise.
our boss told me that she wants to talk to me at a later time.
'talk to me? is it that you want to convert me to a contract staff?!?' this was my initial thought as previously my supervisor had asked me whether am i interested in a contract position.
but then, to prevent myself from getting disappointment, i switched my mindset to this, 'maybe i did something wrong? she just want to give verbal warning?' or 'she just want to talk to me to know me more, even though i'm just a small fry here.'
haha..

when i entered the meeting room, i saw my own work details and resume on the table. even though we had quite a casual talk, i still felt quite nervous (so useless, get nervous easily =.=) anyway, after we chatted for sometime, she said something which immediately turned my mind blank.
'if i have a permanent position for you, would you be interested to take up?'
OMG.
i was stunned.
a permanent position, something which i really didn't expect.
i responded to her positively, but not much excited feelings was shown on my face i think.. hahah.. cos my mind is still as blank.. haha..

anyway, i was really lucky to be offered such position. cos one of my colleagues has only tendered her resignation letter few days ago.. also, my other colleagues have expressed thier views on me positively.. if it's not for them, i won't be able to have a chance to take up this offer.
lucky goddess has shined her luck on me..
i wonder whether getting so lucky now will mean any bad luck later?
hmmm..
regarding this position, i can only say that i can learn many things and it's a super challenging job, especially for someone like me who is always quiet and not fluent in expressing herself verbally in english..
gosh.. got to brush up my communication skills..
wish me luck..

so bored~!

2008-09-10T10:56:00.003+08:00

yeah~ i can access blogger at my workplace.. hee..

anyway, now the office is almost empty (my dept ppl are all gone except for 1 who is leaving this company soon).. most of them went for a meeting or workshop or what.. dunno exactly what is it.. so left only me.. and a few big bosses inside the room.. haha..

so bored lo.. nothing to do.. my previous task has been done, so now slacking to the fullest since there's no one around me.. hoho.. now the things to do are to surf online and listening to online radio streaming.. keke..

last night, i discovered that i can chat through yahoo mail with my fellow msn friends.. i was so happy, thinking i can try it today at work, since i cant access to web messenger.. in the END.. i need to download and install something to make it works.. i wonder whether i should download that.. hmmm... maybe later if they are still not back, i will give it a try.. hee..

i heard that their meeting/workshop starts from 1030 to 1130.. now still got half an hour more to go.. should go try to explore other websites.. hee..

cya~

hokkaido day 6~

2008-09-07T17:35:00.027+08:00

sorry for late update on my tour.. keke.. anyway.. this is gonna be a very very long post.. lol..

= Hokkaido Day 6: Sapporo - Chitose - Narita =

I actually had no recollections on the breakfast taken today. Haha. I only remember that we had the same style of breakfast as usual. Haha.

1st stop – Ishiya chocolate museum/factory
The long awaited stop was finally here. Muahahaha. I specially wore a chocolate colour tee with ‘chocolate’ word printed on it. Lol.
My first impression on this museum was we had come to visit a place during the ancient European time. There were many different kinds of flowers too! These flowers really brightened up one’s mind. The history of this chocolate museum and its well known product (ie white choc lover biscuit) and the unhappy incident that made them stopped their business for half a year (if I never remembered wrongly) were being brief by our tour guide. I don’t think I will post it out here as it was quite a long story. Haha.
Picture time!
Inside the museum:

They were made from sugar!! Amazing~ anyway, this is the landscape of the whole museum. Apart from these very castle-design buildings, the owner even has its own soccer field stadium. Cool! And the area he lived in is much bigger than this museum, with the similar design (if I never remember wrongly), at elsewhere. Now you know how rich he is right!?

Cute floor mat

We were to follow the cat’s paw prints in the museum.

Water fountain with a ceiling drawing in the main hall (use flash, too bright; don’t use, too dark. Sigh.)

The owner likes to collect antique chocolate or tea cup/pot sets. This is only a tiny part of the huge collections displayed in the museum.

Look at the glass ceiling~

Paw prints on the stairs. Meow~

Chocolate tiles on the wall~ (of cos not real choc la.. keke)

This is the production line. Look at the design on the walls! And it's really very clean inside this room.

This level got the do-it-yourself workshop and chocolate lounge. They were selling pretty and exquisite sugar crafts here~ I took many photos of them. Here are a few ones. Hee.

These are the desserts sold in the lounge. Omg~ the fondue looks nice and not so exp~ but got no time to try. Haiz.

Next we went to see toys~ another collection of the owner..

Hello kitty~ keke..

Astro boy~ Doraemon~

A showcase of plane models

Outside the museum:

The outlook of the museum

See the big colourful patch of flowers? It’s a special patch.

Tada~ This is the special part. Hello~

More flowers here~

Little glass house. It was a nice sunny day~

Eh. How to read the time?

The flowers were quite big there. It seemed that all were in full bloom. Anyway, they brightened up my day too ^^

Real tree house?

Help! This part of building was titling on one side! (I think you can distinguish the real person from the statues. Lol.)

The happy moments were really short lived. We didn’t get to enjoy to the fullest cause we were running against the time towards the end. I really wished we had more time here. Haiz.

2nd stop plus lunching – Rera, Chitose outlet mall

It is a factory outlet mall with many branded outlet shops and some restaurants. It’s situated near the Chitose airport and there is shuttle bus service from airport.

We had yummy Chinese food as lunch. It was a very satisfying lunch. This is where we had our lunch.

Soft and smooth steam egg~

After lunch, we were given a few hours to shop here. I was deciding whether to buy the shoes I wanted for quite some time but ended up not buying since I might not have the chance to wear it frequently. Haha. Nevertheless, I still managed to buy some stuff for myself.

Look at the super clear blue sky! What a nice weather!

Interesting name.

Oh ya, you can see flowers everywhere here too. Lol.

Too much time were given to us, we ended up doing nothing but roaming and loitering around to wait for the time to pass. We went to their food court with the intention to sit down and chill but the queue at this store was quite long so we can’t sit down for long and need to rush back to the bus. (The mall is very big, so we need to walk a distance to the car park.)

Crepes~ the matcha ice cream is really nice and has the authentic taste. (Unlike some others which have a faint or even no matcha taste at all.) The crepe skin is very soft and it’s quite different from what we have in sg.

3rd stop – Chitose airport

Time to bid goodbye to Hokkaido =(

While waiting for the transit to Tokyo Narita airport, we went to complete our shopping for souvenirs here.

Hello kitty statue at the front of a shop. It was standing almost half of my height! (You can see hello kitty almost everywhere in Japan. Haha.)

4th stop plus dinner– Tokyo Narita airport

On the way to our dinner place which I had forgotten where (but definitely near our hotel), we went through tunnel, met traffic jam, saw their subway trains passing by us, passed by 2 Ferris wheels and had a glimpse of night view of the Disneyland. Haha.

[Sidetrack a bit, the bus driver is very daring and skillful in driving. I guess to survive in city like Tokyo you have to be like this? Haha. Anyway, this was quite dangerous for a tour bus especially to a tour guide who needs to stand and move around in the bus.(side track some more, did I mention that there is a law for passengers in a bus to have seat belt fasten while seated at all time in the whole Japan)]

The best shot of the ferris wheel that I had. It was so hard to snap it when you were on board of a fast moving bus.

This was the street where our dinner place was located at. We had Chinese food again. Conclusion, the nicest Chinese food we had was the earlier one in the afternoon. ^^

5th stop – our hotel

This hotel was located near the airport. And maybe because of this, the interior design of the room was more of international type instead of Japanese style.

We had bigger bathroom space, bigger bath tub and I was quite surprise to see a plasma flat screen TV here. Lol. K, I sounded very sua-ku.

Anyway, we retreated to our hotel early again. This time there was no shops at all for us to walk around. Not even a convenient store. Zzz. Surrounding this hotel were other hotels, trees and roads. So boring!

results out =(

2008-09-04T23:44:00.003+08:00

I’m typing this post using MS Word in the office. Now is quite free (10+am) for me but I don’t think I can access to blogger, don’t bother to try accessing too as the speed of the intranet is quite slow. So I typed using this instead and send it to my email. Keke.

Anyway, I had shifted my workstation to 2 cubicles away. The reason is that the PA of one of the bosses in the room is joining us at this level (our company got offices in many levels). She wants a bigger place (which was my previous workstation), so I need to change to a smaller one. The point is this smaller workstation is situated right outside of the boss she is assisting. Zzz. If there is a stranger here, he/she might think that I am the PA lo. Zzz.

I’m still working on the post for Hokkaido day 6. Hee. But don’t worry, it is already half done. Just that I really got no time to sit there and upload the photos, especially during weekdays after work. As for weekends, usually I will either go out or do other things and seldom online. But this coming weekend, I think I should spend more time online to look for job since my result has been released on

Sigh. Results....

My result was so disappointing. I am so angry with myself for getting such result. Sometimes I really feel that it’s kinda serve me right lo. Firstly, why I never took care of myself and had high fever during the first tough paper? Secondly, who asked me to take 3 killer papers in the last year (killer paper - referring to my standard. My standard is very lousy lo. So to a few maybe is easy to score but not me.) Anyway, till now I am still very angry with myself upon mentioning of results. Zzz. And because of this, my results for this year are the worst! So maddening!! I don’t want to see my ugly year 3 results! I just barely scraped through these 3 papers lo. Argh!! And the only paper, which I had pinned all my hopes on after the exams were over, didn’t score that high enough. Terribly disappointed!

With my type of degree, can I get a nice job? Haiz.

Stupid, brainless, dumb and weak girl..

busy working

2008-08-26T23:39:00.000+08:00

so sorry for not updating on my hokkaido trip.. oops..
have been working since last week..
reach home, finished dinner, watch tv, bath and online have became my daily routine..
so sian..
can't really imagine the future me when i really got myself a job..

during work, i can't msn online and visit any website i wanted to..
so sian..
anyway, i do not have time for that too..
haha..
cos my task is mainly dealing with papers and papers and papers.. oh.. and files, stationery, keys..
yup.. mainly these..
seriously, do i really want this kind of job in the future?
hmmm.....
(answer within me is no.. now i know there is another area which i dont like besides sales.. is it a good thing? but i still dont know what i like.. zzz)

nice big fresh sunflower~ (see how big was it~) got it during lunch time at junction area last thurs.. the people giving out this along with an brochure, were promoting on the Singapore Sun festival... think it's some music and lifestyle festival, celebrating the art of living well..

it had lighted up my mood for the day~
^^

i left it standing on my desk, on the next day when i came back, it withered and couldnt stand well on the desk.. i wanted to bring it home but i forgot!!
yesterday i wasn't feeling well, so didnt go for work..
today when i reach my office, looking forward to see how it had became, it was gone!! WHO THREW IT AWAY?? (i guess it's the auntie, but even it withered till very jialat oso cant help me throw ma.. it's still belongs to me..sob)
so sad!! and i still have the intention of bringing it home to try making it into dry flower.. booo...
now only left the photos..

this had affected my mood for the day..
=(

hokkaido miscellaneous 5 - photos

2008-08-18T23:52:00.013+08:00

~Hokkaido miscellaneous 5 ~

During day 5, most of the females (including me) in our group wore either red or pink tops. What a coincidence!

I took many photos on this day. So much so that I need to upload many here, those I had left out earlier.

During the few hours journey to the river, we stopped for a toilet break as well as a change in the driver. (Side note: the driver had to record down every stop we had been.) There were a few hot food vending machines inside the convenient shop.

While walking down the street, I saw some workers cementing the pavement.

Is this an indication of the slope steepness?

Red post box. So vintage~ (It was not only for beautifying the street. It's really in use. Haha)

This police car looks like a toy car. Oops.

I like this photo very much. I just captured my shadow on the ground without thinking much, and it turned out nice! Got feel wor. Keke.

This was the toilet sign in the subway area.

Kino bookstore. So familiar! Haha.

This subway table of fares was mounted above the ticketing machine. So complicated!

Here were the subway ticketing machines. (This photo was underexposed. Zzz.)

This was the floor plan for basement 2 ie subway stations.

These promotional items look delicious.

The food in the Mac here are more expensive than that in sg.

hokkaido day 5~

2008-08-13T23:37:00.023+08:00

Sorry for late update on my vacation. Oops. Anyway, it has been more than 1 month since I came back. Oh my! Time really flies~ and I still have not get a job. That's sad. Sigh. Ok, back to the topic. This post is kinda hard to come out with as there are many things to write and I don't know where and how to start it. Hmmm. So ended up took quite some time to complete it. Enjoy then =)

NB: the time stated in below post is according to Japan time, ie +1 hr of SG time, and the links are in pink font.

= Hokkaido Day 5: Sounkyo - Otaru - Sapporo =

Today we were running on a tight schedule. There were many places for us to visit, thus we need to have our breakfast earlier which means, we need to wake up early. Oh well, since we had an early sleep on previous night, so it doesn't matter much. Haha.

1st stop – Otaru Canal

This is the famous canal. Eh, I've forgotten the history of this canal. Oops.

The information booth was located at one side while the little ice cream shop was on the other side. Quite a warm day but was still cooling =)

There were other tour groups at this area too. This was put up for group photos by some other tour group.

There were many rickshaws around this spot. Note that these pullers were all young lads. (A few were shuai ge. Hehe.)

Interesting building. Observatory tower?

Lunch time~

After a few mins journey on bus, we reached our lunching place. It was around 1130am then. There was a mini seafood market (dry) at the ground floor while our meals were at the second floor. I think this place was catered for tourist only.

At the ground level, next to the entrance, there was a special fish tank. It contained these special little pretty creatures which live in the cold water. They were called sea angel. They indeed live up to their names as angel. Why is it so? (Anyway, if you go for a winter trip here, you might be brought to see them out in the sea!)

Cos the body was transparent except for its little red heart (I think). And they have little lookalike horns on top of their head. As they swam upwards, the flapping movements were like angels flapping their wings when flying. (It's very hard to see from the photo. I found a video from youtube. Must go and see!! They are really cute!)

Lunch = mini steamboat set + a salted fish + melon-flavored jelly. The salted fish was their specialty. It tasted good but it became very salty towards the end. (Bad experience again after the salty mua chee in previous day) The jelly was very sweet and yummy~ I was quite sick of having seafood pot for meal again. Luckily there were the fish and jelly. Haha.

2nd stop – Otaru Street

After lunch, we were brought to this street nearby. We were given an hour plus to shop around. There were quite a few interesting buildings and sights along this street. As for buying, there were a lot of cute, exquisite stuffs. But we didn't buy them as they were not cheap and not a necessity. Haha. Food wise, we were very full (as usual) and thus we only bought snacks and dessert to eat. It was a pity that we didn't try out the seafood along the stalls. Oh ya, our tour guide mentioned that most shops provide food sampling. It's ok to taste it even if you don't have the intention to buy. Just smile back and say it was delicious will do. Lol.

Picture time:

This was the street we walked.

We bought cream puff from the 六花亭(liu hua ting was at the extreme left side in this photo) and maple flavour cake (don't the full name. haha.) from 北果楼 (bei guo lou was the building next to liu hua ting). Yummy!

The cream puffs - custard on top, strawberry at the bottom.

Look at the custard filling~ Not too sweet nor creamy! It was so fresh and tasty that it made you feel like eating a few more. Haha. (Personally I think it was nicer than beard papa)

this cake looked like 千层糕 (qian ceng gao) except that it was ring-shaped with maple syrup in between the layers. Haha. We bought home this since it can be stored for quite sometime. But it doesn’t taste as blissfully nice as we had tasted in the shop (free sampling inside the shop).

Flowers were everywhere as usual! My mum was so happy. Lol. (It was very glaring then. But the weather was wonderful.)

This was a shop selling chocolates and there was a café inside too.

Road junction

The famous music box museum/house

This tower clock would sound every half hour. The smoke would be released according to the rhythm of the song. So interesting.

Inside the music box shop. There were so many cute and exquisite music boxes! So tempted to buy! (Can you spot me? Lol)

There were many many many cartoon characters being sold in this Character House! Doraemon, Hello Kitty, 龙猫 (Long Mao) and its family, Mickey and family, Winnie the Pooh and family, Smurfs, you name it they have it. Haha.

This was taken secretly inside the house. Haha. How I wished I was loaded with money then!

Cute cat statues. Someone spoilt the first cat? (It was so glaring!)

Hello Kitty!~ I didn't go into this shop. Cos I didn't want to come out feeling disappointed. Haha.

Horse carriage! I had never thought of seeing it here. Haha.

Look at the variety of ice cream it had. Haha. I wanted to try the 5 flavours one. But my parents had already bought the lavender one and no one wanted to share a new one with me.

This was the 5 flavour ice cream. Cool~

3rd stop – dry seafood market

Quite a useless trip since we only walked around most of the time. Haha. The adults (I'm the youngest there, remember? Hee) only bought a few items.

The only excited part was that we were able to catch a glimpse of this~

4th stop – souvenir shop

We were brought here to buy all our souvenirs. Although this shop was a very small one, we were able to find most of the famous local products here. Haha. Anyway, the street decorations opposite looked nice. A pity that we didn’t have a chance to shop inside as this was not part of our tour.

5th stop – Odori park

The main purpose of coming here was to see this:

The famous Sapporo TV tower. I think it will look nicer when the lights were lighted up at night.

Free and easy time again. We didn’t go up the TV tower (cause the tour guide didn't tell us we can go up and even we could, there wasn't enough time to do so). Instead we went to explore the subways and shops underground. We must walk with 'care' as the underground shopping mall was very big enough to make you to lose your way. Haha. (It was as if another district underground. It allowed you to walk from one town to another.)

The entrance to the underground mall/subway.

Inside the mall.

Direction signs everywhere. Clear indications, very thoughtful!

You need to go further down to take the subway.

I wonder is there anyone who will walk through this without buying a ticket.

3 main subway lines.

Map for this town. Look at this grid system! I don’t think you can get lost easily here. Haha.

Dinner time~

We had early dinner at around 5pm.

It was teppanyaki again. Zzz.

But never mind, as the highlight of this dinner was a slice of KOBE BEEF~~~~ Woohoo!! Even though we had it at a cheaper price, it was still damn expensive you know!?!?! (it was 15,000 yen, changed to SGD it was.. calculate yourself =P) But for a person who doesn’t eat beef (like me and my family, due to religion) ordered it nonetheless. Haha. it was a rare chance and since we were not those super devoted ones, we pampered ourselves (only my mum didn't eat it) by eating it.

There was a certificate for the beef too! Look how pink (not red wor, is Pink~) the meat was. Plus the fats were lined out evenly and nicely. Keke.

After a little seasoning on each slice, the chef cooked them on the spot in front of us. I even recorded the whole process down. Lol.

It was medium rare done. The pink meat with a bit burnt outside and a little reddish bloody juice on the plate looked appealing! (Forgive me for an off-focused shot as this is the only photo I had) I finally understood how come it was so expensive. Compared to the normal beef taken during day 4 (which was quite hard and super chewy), this was very juicy, super tender and the crispiness outside added more points. (It was like chewing on fish except that the meat was not as flaky as fish)! Yum yum~ It wasn’t as raw as I thought too. Oops, I’m hungry now~

6th stop – hotel and city shopping time

When we retreated to our hotel after dinner, it was about 6+pm (jap time). This was the smallest hotel ever stayed in Hokkaido. I guessed it was because it was situated in a city. The high cost and limited land here left it no choice but to have a smaller room as compared to the countryside? Haha.

Day view from our room.

Night view from our room.

It was free and easy time again. My mum asked a few of our group members to go out together. But they were looking for Burberry Blue Label (only sold in Japan), which was not our priority. So we left them and wandered out by ourselves. We must take note of the time as most shops closed at 8pm.

We went to Robinson departmental store to find the 100 yen shop. Spent a lot time there and I was fascinated by the Hello Kitty stuff sold in there. (Ok, I admit I craze over them. But not to the extent of being a Hello Kitty freak =p I am a rational person hor.) Anyway, it was something like Daiso here and some of the things were really worth it, for example, the sweets, seaweeds and drinks, basically the food. Haha.

I spotted an Adidas bag there. It was a new design and I was not sure whether the price was considered cheaper since I never do any homework on Adidas pricing. I struggled for a long time and decided not to buy it at the end, as it was not a must, I couldn’t decide on the colour and size of the bag, and I felt so bad spending my brother’s money (Cos he offered to buy for me. Where can you find such sister? =P)

After that, we explored the area outside. It was quite cold and we didn’t bring extra jacket, kind of didn’t expect it to be so cold. So we went down to the underground mall, which was warmer inside. Since it was near 8pm, most shops were prepared to close for the day, therefore we didn’t have any chance to shop much too.

Then, we went back to Robinson basement to shop at their supermarket as it was closed at 10pm. I wanted to their sushi but I was too full to eat a platter of sushi and they didn’t sell individual sushi =(

Here were the night views of Sapporo:

Ferris wheel~

The bus and its bus stop. There were many bicycles parked along the road as usual.

We went back to our hotel at 9+pm, with the intention of going out again at later time. But we were quite sian to go out and at the same time, feel quite lazy to do so too, since most shopping areas were closed except for fast food restaurant, eateries, arcades etc. So we slacked inside our hotel, watching shows. Haha. There were more channels and shows here wor. Keke.

PS: next post will be up shortly since it was almost done.. hee..

五月天 - 开天窗

2008-08-07T01:30:00.012+08:00

edited: the tshirts they are wearing in the mv are designed by ashin X no2good 's Stay Real brand.. specially for open-chan! kawaii neh! oh btw.. they have a blog for this brand too~

these are the 7 designs by them.. for more details can go to their blog..

五月天 - 开天窗

Background of this song:

...为了庆祝台湾连锁便利店7-11的超新宠OPEN小将诞生三周年，特别找来五月天、天后梁静茹、强辩乐团、旺福、品冠、八三夭、MAGIC POWER、宇宙人、石头等六团27人力挺助阵，为OPEN小将献声这张Q版摇滚处男天碟《Always Open Your Heart大开天窗》。 ...
(fyi: the open-chan is the one with rainbow over its head in the mv.. keke..)

i like the lyric of this song.. especially the blue fonts part..
bu kui shi ashin.. keke..

Lyric:

一隻鯨魚要怎麼放進冰箱打開門然後用力關冰箱
然後呢如果你還想要放一隻大象

一份希望要怎麼放進心臟如果你活得有一點悲傷
答案是用力丟掉鯨魚用力甩悲傷

是誰說半夜不能吃便當是誰說彩虹不能長在頭上
是誰說藍色就等於憂傷你看看天空和海洋

順風時就展開雙翅飛翔逆風時就當成在衝浪
沒有風的時候那就讓我開開天窗

一句歌詞怎麼讓你很難忘方文山林夕和我都在想
想破頭也鑽不進一個緊閉的心房

一個難題要用多少的智商多少淚還有多少的盼望
多少人變成緊閉門窗孤獨的國王

hokkaido miscellaneous 4 - photos

2008-08-04T01:54:00.005+08:00

~Hokkaido miscellaneous 4~

some add ons for day 4:

On the way to waterfall or hotel (I forgotten), saw few wildlife reindeer on the slopes of the mountain along side. They were so pretty. It was quite an 'exciting' ride, because we were all looking forward to see the reindeers and other animals on the roadside. Haha. We were very lucky to see them but it's a pity that we were not able to response on time to take down photos of them (we were on the bus you see) Heard bears appear in this areas in the evening and night. So it is not very safe to wander around after the sun set.

Photos~

so many vending machines outside the wildlife reserve~

the only public phone booth in this area (outside the fox place)

kawaii chopstick wrapper~

saw this along the river. Should have gone closer to take this shot (my zoom is not enough). But i am very scared of flying insects!

a group of Harley Davidson riders past by us while we were taking photos of the waterfall. Among them, there were female riders too. Cool.

what vehicle is this? Hmmm, is it specially for those disabled?

the most spacious toilet in the hotel~ I was so happy when i saw this. Lol. There were separate rooms for the toilet bowl and bath tub, and the washing basin was at the other side of this photo. no need to squeeze inside the small small toilet le! Hee..

happy birthday to me~

2008-08-03T01:18:00.002+08:00

HaPpY BeLaTeD BiRtHdAy to Me!~

又老了一岁。。
这次的生日很特别。。
因为我不是以学生或专业人士的身份过的。。
刚毕业且又没找到工。。
人生能有几次这样的机会呢?
哈哈。。什么歪理嘛。。

我的生日愿望。。
几乎每年都一样的。。
但是今年我要来点不一样的。。
是什么呢?
不告诉你。。嘻嘻。。

我很好奇。。
生日愿望真的会实现吗?
谁的愿望成真过?
能告诉我吗?
我很想知道。。

hokkaido day 4~

2008-08-02T00:37:00.014+08:00

=Hokkaido Day 4: Asahikawa - Sounkyo=

If I never remembered wrongly, we woke up later than other days as the itinery for this day was very relax. Along the long journey to the first stop, there were many nice sceneries, though mostly are mountains. Haha. But the trees on the mountains and how the roads were built linking mountains to mountains and normal plain land winding up to the mountains were magnificent. These people are really genius.

Views from bus along the way

First stop - fox wildlife reserve

Initially, we should be heading down to the lavender field. But it was not ready for us yet (local guide scammed us. Zzz). So Mr. Tour guide inserted this new schedule to replace the flower field, since it was also on the way to the next stop.

no flower field nvm, cos flowers can be seen everywhere here (even outside the reserve along the road). Lol.

It was super cold here as it was somewhere on the middle of a mountain. And that morning was quite cloudy and windy. (Even our tour guide wore 2 layers, one of which is those thich one. Lol) I wore a tank top with a long-sleeved cardigan initially as the weather was quite warm before set off. But here, with an additional normal sweater, it was still not enough to keep me warm. (I should have brought along the long jacket bought in HK from home!)

Inside this place, before we entered the wildlife reserve, there was this mini fox temple. Our tour guide told us that Japaneses like to pray respect to almost every living thing, like fox, crow, snake etc. interesting~

The fox statue is quite cute. Wonder whether it is a real specimen or not. Oops.

Once we entered the place, a little fox immediately ran to us, seeking for food(we can buy food from the keeper to feed them). By right at that time, most foxes should be sleeping since they were nocturnal animals.

This is the little fox which came running to us. It seemed to have some kind of skin diseases. It kept following us, totally not scared of humans.

Look at the fur around this sleeping fox. Think it was their shedding season then.

There were other foxes lying and sleeping around, outside the cages. As long as we don't disturb them, they were harmless to us.

Basically, I think this place is not a must to include in the itinery. =p Because most foxes are sleeping and there is nothing much to see apart from the foxes. Zzz. (K la, maybe the timing is wrong. Lol). But at least it was better than letting us stayed in the hotel for a longer time.

Lunch time~
It was beside the wildlife reserve. I think it's from the same owner. Lol.

Lunch was so similar to what we had eaten previously. Lol. Anyway, the sweet corn was so sweet~

Deep-fried salted taste muachee. It became very salty when I was finishing it. I need water!!

Second stop - Sounkyo Valley
We were here to see 2 (out of 5) natural waterfalls - Milky Way waterfall and Shooting Stars waterfall.

we were in the red box area

Milky Way waterfall:

Part of the river

Mini waterfall in between the 2 grand ones

Shooting Stars waterfall:

Personally I prefer the Milky Way one. The water flowed as if it was silk running down the mountain. Keke.

Bought this vanilla cum blueberry ice cream while waiting for the free and easy time to end. Lol.

seeing there was still time, so we decided to climb this long staircase to see the 2 falls from a higher view. Only managed to climb till halfway since time was up soon and it was very tiring!

I almost camouflaged with the plants. Lol.

The 2 majestic falls~

After this, we were brought to our hot spring hotel! It was 1+pm (Jap time) when we reached and that was the end of the journey for that day! Very early right?!

Our hotel located at an area of hotels, trees and mountains. We were warned not to wander off in the night as there were bears.

Our room got tatami again, but this time we were given bed to sleep instead. The view outside our room was bad, so sad that we got this carpark view.

So sweet of them to arrange the necessity for hot spring on each bed~ All we need to do was to wear it and bring the plastic bag (face towel +toothebrush inside) along with a bath towel~

We went for hot spring at around 2+pm. There wasn’t anybody inside. So shiok! As if the 2 of us had booked the whole hot spring area. Lol. But after sometime, our group members joined in and it turned out as if our tour group had booked it. Lol. Anyway, the hot spring here was better as it was bigger and there were indications of temperature. We didn’t try the outdoor one as the water seemed dirty. Haha.

After that, it was free and easy time again till our dinner time in the hotel. Nothing to do as there was no internet access, no convenient stores outside (since this hotel was located at the mountain area). So we went back our rooms to take many photos of us in the yukata and the jacket! Lol.

I prefer this yukata too. It is nicer than the previous one. Hee. Oh btw, the green tea was nice~

Once the shot was finished, we ate some biscuits as we had quite an early lunch. Dilly-dallying for sometime, we changed back to our clothes and went exploring the hotel. Time wasn’t flying at that time. We waited ages for dinner! Zzz.

Dinner was in buffet style. There were many people waiting outside the restaurant for it to open at 6pm (ie 5pm here). So when the doors were opened, everyone flooded in. Conclusion from this dinner, I ate a lot eggs (got chawamushi, steamed, poached etc) and tried beef teppanyaki here. The dinner was just normal Japanese buffet with some international dishes, so no photos were taken.

After dinner, we went back to our rooms to rot. My bro and I stayed to watch an interesting documentary show on meerkats. After the show, we felt so boring. So we went to the mini arcade and table tennis area. Some obasans were playing with the table tennis, so we went ahead with the arcade. But this didn’t kill much of the time. So we decided to join our parents with most of the group members in the lobby to chit chat. Had fun listening to stories from the elders~ (everyone is older than me there. Lol)

hokkaido miscellaneous 3.2

2008-07-30T01:28:00.003+08:00

~Hokkaido miscellaneous 3.2~

previous post on the slimmest tv.. i think is refering to this or the larger one (both are actually thinner than this sony tv!! omg~).. anyway, they are from the same company.. haha.. i'm not 100% confirm as i nv see the pic and cant rem what's the brand name.. haha..
(nb: this is actually a good site to refer to if u r interested in jap technology)

as for the ring shaped handset, i only got info from this site.. i took a very long time to search for its photo.. this is the most similar one that i found (look at the 2nd pic)

some of the cars models look so different to me.. even though the brands are well known ie toyota, nissan.. heard they will use the latest models until new models are out again, then they will allow other countries to sell the 'latest' models.. haha.. anyway sg tax are exp, the models imported are very limited.. (really exp lo.. the cars there are cheap! envy)

i want to get mobile phones from there! the designs are very nice~ there is a reason why the market there is dominated by local brands.. (rough idea here) cos the foreign brands handset (eg nokia, SE) couldnt pass this test.. it's a test for electromagnetic waves (i think, never listen to the tour guide carefully.. hee).. the acceptable scale is 0-10 but some foreign models hit 100+.. which is very harmful to humans..

enough of technologies.. next post will be continued on day 4.. hee..

hokkaido miscellaneous 3.1 - photos

2008-07-27T00:21:00.008+08:00

~Hokkaido miscellaneous 3.1~

During the day 3 journey from one state to another, our tour guide fed us with some high technology related news. There was this super slim plasma tv product and a special type of mobile phone being released. The tv is slimmer than a piece of newspaper (nope, I didn’t type wrongly) and the mobile phone is actually a design of ring (yes, the ring you wear on your finger and you wear it in that way) and the way of answering a call is very special. So cool~ He said we can only try to search in Japan search engines as both are only launched in Japan.

photo time~

food stall along the shopping street outside the bear ranch.. look so delicious~

this bear chain is from the 100yen machine where you twisted the knob and waited for it to drop out. It was from the shopping street too.

car plate of our tour bus~

petrol station. the special part is petrol flows from the ceiling instead from the ground!

post box

countdown traffic light. there's a timer under the green man. once the lights dim off completely, the man will turn red.

public phone booth. vandalised by naughty teenagers??

so helpless n lost abt job search..

2008-07-26T23:34:00.000+08:00

最近到底怎么了?
老是伤风感冒。
老是睡不着，不然就是得花很长的时间才能入眠。
还有，总是做一些不开心、灰暗(不是指颜色)的怪梦。
好怀念那段一直做美梦的日子啊。

是不是又再给自己压力了呢?
真不知道自己到底要的是什么。
这种徘徊在十字路口的感受真难过啊。。。
好无奈。

情场空白，职场灰灰的。
生活也没那么多姿多彩。
难道我的人生真的跟色彩无缘吗?
唉。。

现在的我感到好迷惘、好无助。。。

sidetrack: new blogskin (new record~)

2008-07-25T01:29:00.003+08:00

sidetrack from the hokkaido series:

i have changed my blogskin...
because the previous blogskin keeps giving me problem especially this time, a big one surfaced.. zzz.. (can't view the middle column - blog post - at all with IE)
i still like the previous skin very much.. but no choice have to change cos i dunno how to solve the problem..

as usual, it was a headache time while deciding for the new skin.. lol..
so many choices to choose from..
luckily i found someone to help me with the choosing..
thanx lots!!
this skin is simple and neat enough.. black background again.. hoho..
fast and easy when dealing with the template..
yeah~~

by changing this skin.. i have set a new record for myself.. lol..
the previous skin lasted for the shortest time ie 2+mths only.. haha..
my longest blogskin was around 1 yr and 3 mths..
wonder whether i will set a new record with this skin again?
lol..

hokkaido day 3~

2008-07-23T01:29:00.015+08:00

= Hokkaido Day 3 : Lake Toya - Asahikawa =

Our first stop after the breakfast (as usual buffet style, and as usual, I always headed for the milk and scramble egg. Lol) was a strawberry farm where we had strawberry picking cum eating session, ie once you cut (with a pair of scissors) a strawberry from the plant, you can pop into your mouth immediately without washing. The strawberries were so sweet and fresh~~

This tent was fully booked by our group. We were free to eat any strawberries here~

Busy with cutting and eating of strawberries that my camera (hanging from my hand) was being neglected. Poor thing. The plastic cup and scissors were provided by the owner of the farm. (All were busy cutting and easting except for my bro. So he took photos instead. Haha.)

The caretaker plucked a few strawberries for me. I think maybe she saw that I was bad and slow at choosing one to eat. Lol. Anyway, they were very juicy and sweet. Especially the smaller ones, they were even sweeter!

This was my 'harvest' - the leftover stalks - at the end of the session. Hoho~

It was strawberry season then; the following season will be apples! Anyway, according to the tour guide that in the future, there might be lesser or even no strawberry at all. As the oil prices kept increasing, this led to prices of other materials, like steel etc, to increase too. They could not afford to build so many greenhouses for the growth of strawberry and thus they have no choice but to give up. What a pity!

This is the apple tree (still growing). The man besides is the owner of this farm and he was explaining to us the process of growing and taking care of the fruits.

Then, we were brought to the shop selling strawberry products. We bought bottles of freshly made jam (very different from the jams sold in the markets) and strawberry ice pack (or sorbet?)

The ice pack was so cold and hard! But worth buying it as it was super fresh. I still can taste the flesh of strawberry! Yummy~

Next stop – Bear ranch

There are a lot of bears ranging from age 0-10. They are so cute lo. When you attempted to throw biscuits in, they will stand up and say hi to you or ‘pray’ at you or do anything to draw your attention to throw the food at them. Haha.

Hihi~ food here please!

Bear A: Here here! ... Bear B: No no, here please! ... Bear C: Give me instead! ...

The bear standing at the front most is a genius. Haha. It knows how to make snapping sound with its fingernails! Cool~

Look at my stunt! Hoho~

After this, we had free time to shop outside the bear ranch at the shopping street.

The mountain behind us is a dormant volcano. No one knows when it will erupt. It just keeps emitting steam. I bought the hat from a 1050 yen shop on the street. It was quite cheap as it is from china. Haha.

Rock melon flavored ice cream. I forgot to take a shot before eating. Haha. Special treat for tastebuds~

For lunch time, we were brought to the other end of the street to have bbq or teppanyaki. We had a very early lunch (11+am Jap timing meaning 10+am in sg.. so still not very hungry) as we need to travel for around 3 hours to the next destination.

Their way of cooking is putting all ingredients layers by layers on the pan. The order from the bottom is: butter, vegetables, meat, vegetables, seafood then vegetables again. Let it 'simmers' for some while before eating. The purpose of putting vegetables in between layers is to allow its natural sweetness to be absorbed by the meat/seafood.

3^rd stop – Otokoyama Sake Brewery and Museum

We were briefed on the history, brewing process etc. After that, we were asked to go for free tasting of 4 types of sake. Preferred the first 2 types as there were sweetness while the others were quite dry.

The sake is very popular worldwide due to its natural underground water from a snow mountain nearby and the cold climate. The underground water is really cooling (like ice water wor) and many Japaneses and tourist came here to collect the ever-flowing water as it is well-known for its life prolonging properties. If I never remember wrongly, there are negative ions in the water, which are good for health.

We were told to queue here to collect the 'miracle' water from the tap. Lol.

After this, we proceeded to our hotel for the night. Asahikawa is the second largest city in Hokkaido, next to Sapporo.

View of the city from hotel room.

Our tour guide led us to see where the ramen shop is by foot, and then allowed us to have free and easy time before we assembled for dinner time.

Waiting for the traffic lights to turn green.

There were a lot stalls and street performances. So happening and lively~

While we were shopping in the departmental store, my bro went to take more photos outside.

McDonalds at the back (they have pork burgers~), cool uncle on a 3-wheeled bike in the front. He didn't ask the uncle to pose for photo, just happened to capture this into the camera. The bike is cool~ Haha.

Mos Burger. The pricing is slightly more expensive for the fast food there. KFC is also available there, but I forgot to take down photo. Zzz.

There were many bicycles parked along the streets. Almost every bike has a basket attached in the front and some weren't even chained up. So weird. Aren't they worried about being stolen? After observing for sometime, I guessed they had some security system for the bicycle. After you have parked your bicycle, there is a key for you to switch off something (like switching off the engine for the bike). I wonder whether it is really engine powered or it is only a trigger for the security system? Haha.

Dinner time at a small ramen shop~~

Sorry for dark pic. That guy standing, in striped polo tee, is our tour guide. The chefs were cooking for us. I think. Lol.

gyoza~ 1 person is entitled to 1 plate along with a bowl of ramen.

But for us, 4 people will share 2 instead as our tour guide thought we will be super full if 1 for 1. Zzz. Quite true la cos after dinner, there was hardly space for snacks from the fast food restaurants or roadside stalls. So sad.

Crispy outside, juicy and tender inside! Oiishi~

a big bowl of miso ramen! The soup base is superb~ the ramen is so Q~ the pork is so tender~ look at the not fully cooked egg yoke! Nice~ the seaweed is fresh too~ omg, I’m so hungry now.

Free and easy time again. It was 6+pm (jap time) after we finished eating.

We went to their pharmacy type of shops like Watsons/Guardian here, convenient stores etc but we never went to their shopping centers as the items were not cheap. Haha. Anyway, most shops closed at 8pm, which was less than 2 hours for us to shop. So we rather explored the place than to shop. A pity that we never saw any beer house or bar/pub along the way, maybe we hadn't searched for it properly. Haha.

We came across a street dance festival for the youngsters. It was so crowd here, it was like a carnival where there were food (bbq stuff mostly but was too full to try!), music, etc. There were many supporters (family and friends) cheering for the various groups, making the atmosphere so high~ the teenagers' costumes were really those for performances - shiny and outstanding - and they really danced well.

After staying there for about ½ hour, we went back to hotel to rot. Lol. Really nothing to do outside on the streets. Like I said earlier, if we found beer house etc, it won't be so bored. Haha.

Street name where our hotel was located at. Time was ard 8pm (jap time) and we had reached our hotel. Damn early right? Haha.

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*Add-ons
- their tv programs are not friendly at all. Lol. Only cities have English programs like BBC (but sometimes it was being dubbed in Japanese =.=). So most of the time, I only watched actions (especially for those western movies dubbed in Japanese. Haha), interpreted what the show was about from some chinese subtitles and their education programs for kids cos got teach English~ lol. But it’s true that their variety shows are quite hilarious!

hokkaido miscellaneous 2 - photos

2008-07-18T16:33:00.008+08:00

~Hokkaido miscellaneous 2~

Before I update on Day 3, here are some photos taken during the free time in the hotel on Day 2.

There were a few seagulls flying in circles right outside our room. So we tried to capture them into our cameras. Haha.

This seagull landed right in front of us. Think the seagulls here are not afraid of humans. Haha.

This photo is not from me. My camera is not able to zoom this far =(
Anyway, it seems to be saying, 'What you humans are looking at?' or 'What is that strange black and square thing you used to point me?'

This is the keyboard in the lobby. So chim~ Took some time to finish typing my blog as I kept pressing the wrong keys. Lol.

Interesting sign for the disable.

Here are all the coins I had then, after spending on 2 bottles of Evian with a Thousand Yen note. The 5 yen coin is not in this pic otherwise I can have the whole series taken down. Keke. It is similar to the 50 yen coin, ie with a hole in the middle, except that it is smaller.

Some hotels here do not have air-condition since the weather here is quite cooling in the night (Like natural aircon). So all we have to do is to leave the window open throughout the night.

* s t A r s * d r e A m e r *

moved!

bad heart?

so hurting ='(

i need more time!

August 2010 summary

Hebe - Ji Mo Ji Mo Jiu Hao

last day of July - bday soon =)

updates

random update; happy stuff continued from last post

slimmed down finally. ha. horrible wk!

Mayday DNA unlimited concert 17 Apr 10

yet another wkend to look 4ward too~

going for trip again!

last min travel

Post CNY and getting old snydrome

Yu Sheng making workshop during work

being nice to others is being sorry to urself

stress & tired!!

dini's big day!

1 more day to 2010 - summary of 2009

merry xmas~!

1 n only holiday trip in 2009 - bangkok

relaxing week..

DNA concert: meaningful passage

陶喆 & 張智成 with same song titles - 暗戀

幸福洋溢

i dyed my hair!!

suffocated... =(

blogger interface got problem~

Mayday DNA concert 28/29 Aug 09

7days mc!

陶喆 - runaway

busy post again

五月天 - DNA MV

food @ work

bz bz bz

backlog 1 - graduation

nightmares... ''kia kia''

new laptop..

break own record of falling sick

dear dairy

complain post..

alot of things to blog but no time..

五月天 夜訪吸血鬼

1 more day to 5mths.. soon confirmation!!

如煙 MV 五月天

happy cny.. cont to bz..

bz bz bz

new hairstyle.. hee

poor ashin @ tw new yr eve concert

happy new year 2009~

五月天 - 笑忘歌

五月天 春天的吶喊

updates

五月天 - 噢買尬

bad day! feel so discouraging and helpless

random thoughts.. and complains

me = walking clock/street directory; quite smooth wk

not looking forward to this week =(

五月天2008最新專輯[後青春期的詩]

toe injury - super painful!

favourite shoes spoilt!!

你。。还记得小时候自己的梦想吗?

hokkaido day 7~

1-month temp-ing anniversary

so bored~!

hokkaido day 6~

results out =(

busy working

hokkaido miscellaneous 5 - photos

hokkaido day 5~

五月天 - 开天窗

hokkaido miscellaneous 4 - photos

happy birthday to me~

hokkaido day 4~

hokkaido miscellaneous 3.2

hokkaido miscellaneous 3.1 - photos

so helpless n lost abt job search..

sidetrack: new blogskin (new record~)

五月天夜訪吸血鬼

五月天春天的吶喊