my own patch of paradise.

it's time to say bye-bye.

2008-09-07T21:38:00.003+08:00

alright. let's face it, SIX months is long enough.

that's how long my blog has been dead. so much has happened, but i just don't have the motivation to update and upload everything. we can all agreed i'm not a blog person, hmmmm...maybe i should write a journal. (;

anyway, this is it, this blog is officially pronounced D E A D on 07 September 2008, 9.38pm.

so long~

(:

Be with YOU..

2008-02-27T22:28:00.007+08:00

To all my darling ともだち (tomodachi = friends) overseas, i miss you all.

BoA - Be With YOU

Sakura maa kono michi o
anata tonarabi aru itte ii ru
kasewa mada hata samu i
kedo nanta shiawase
iibo suzu kasanete wa
kyou to yuu higa a shi ta nika waru futari de iru jikan ga
watashi ni wa attari maera no

Itsuka dee kawa shi ta yakusoku wo chotto oboete ima suga
itsuka kitto kanaerareru sowo shinjite moiyo de anata kora
sanaida watashi wa kokoni iru ...

Ashi wo tome
tachido mari
anata wasora wo awo iiru
kaseni suzu madena gara hota yakana kyoujo o de
ichibio o de konto o wa towote mo naka ii jikan datto
soba ni kise kureru kara sowo kanji nareru no kitto

Itsuka dee kawa shi ta yakusoku wo chotto oboete ima suga
Ima wa mada kanaerarete inai yakusoku nae toi setsuna no dakara
anata sosomo ni iru ...

Koshi ta i omoido ori iro fuko n da demo tenai sono tabi ni fuhan ni naru kedo
Anata ga itte kureru KARA

Itsuka dee kawa shi ta yakusoku wo chotto oboete ima suga
itsuka kitto hadaseta toki motto futari KISSU na kenide kirono dakara
futari wa koko ni iru ...

[Lyrics from: http://www.justsomelyrics.com/1698440/BoA-be-with-you.-Lyrics]

a new year special.

2008-02-03T21:59:00.007+08:00

-a special entry dedicated to my sis.

GOH HUI LING, i'm doing this because you're unable to join us for CNY and the fact that you're gonna miss out on the fun, money and lots of good food. i don't need to remind you right? LOLS. anyway, you probably would have expected mummy and papa anticipation for CNY preparation, but it just gets more exaggerating year after year. ~.~ They went for at least 3 or 4 trips to shop for all these decors, check this out.

First - The Front Yard
It's like we're having our own flowers bazaar, the pots of yellow chrysanthemums are definitely getting bigger, taller and much more heavier. And guess what? These are not all, i think we still have 2 pots of 'oranges plants' coming.

Moving along, it's our 'men pai', mummy even polish it till shining clean. Papa chose the 2 dragons decor and for now remember how the 'chun' looks like, you'll be somewhat amazed later.

Next - The Front Area

Wa lah! The same 'chun', just much bigger in size, it's like damn big and mummy keep boasting that they got it for $6+ at whampoa, other places sell for $10+. -.-" So they've got a mini version and a super big version. heh heh!

This year, even the doors were not spared. HAHA. =D

Finally - The Kitchen Area

The couch, the ceiling and any empty walls they could get their hands on, are all filled with blooming CNY spirits. Ah di and i got no comment. lols!

This thingy is sponsored by tiang-gu btw, and papa keep complaining that it's very awful. haha! Lucky they all don't get to read my blog. x)

Your teapot set really comes with 6 cups only, hees.

Everything is washed and cleaned, and ya even these 2 super dusty black bears. well basically, ah di forced mummy to wash them. haha!

Goodies are in, beverages all stocked up and we even got a hamper with normal stuff like mushrooms, canned abalone, bird's nest and some other normal expensive stuff. you feel like killing me, don't you? xD

Our freezer is totally packed, i don't know why this year some auntie gave us scallops when you're not around. We'll decide how much good food we can leave for you till you come back in march k.

If you are amused, feeling annoyed and want to beat me up, my job here is done. Don't worry about the ang bao money, ah di and i will keep it safe from mummy. hoho! ^^ Eat well, sleep well and come back soon soon soon!

新年快乐. =)

have you ever wonder why everyone is looking at you?

2007-11-21T21:37:00.000+08:00

The question is, have you ever wonder why everyone is looking at you? Don't worry, your hair is not in a mess and neither is your zipper unzipped. It's just y o u. I realise something today, and that is you're most vulnerable when you feel it. Your insecurities set in and it's engulfing you. I felt this a million times, i should be numb when i lost count and you know what? This is bull, because i experience something grievous.

Today someone lost their son, someone lost their boyfriend and the others lost their friend. Too quick, too sudden and becoming too common recently. Today someone collapsed and never got up, it's too real and near. Today i start living, i may need a nudge every now and then but my mind is clear, my soul is crystal and now, just breathe.

-anonymous

Happy HALLOWEEN.

2007-10-31T23:36:00.000+08:00

Our first halloween party, how excited is that! even it's only 3 of us, the witches of the night, rini, stephanie and me. all dressed up in black, steph and i got our bag of treats from candy empire after work. then it's straight to rini's house, where we hit for an unexpected thrill ride up the lift. when the lift reached 2nd floor, surprising the house was all dark and before i could ask rini why, the freakish MONSTER showed up and scared the hell out of us! it's rini's little sister with a terrifying mask. -_-" well..that pretty much gets everything going. we got our food, bit pot of soup, honey glazed chicken, onion bread, pot of tea and some fries and fried chicken with custard puffs courtesy of rini's mum. =)

Our Halloween Feast. yummy!

we were hoping for more Caucasian kids will be dressed up in costumes and trick-or-treating but it's quite quiet. so it's just us making a lot of noise, eating a lot of food and taking a lot of pictures. it's funny how we try to take photos that looks like we're witches flying, fully make use of the pool area, but quit after many failed attempts. i had fun and we all agreed to do this again next year, hopefully with more friends and proper costumes!

our plate of treats. where are those trick-or-treaters? ;)

when the sun sets, the witches come out and play. we're missing some brooms and a few black cats! ^^

we are not desperate housewives wannabe!

gotta love my phone for its little tricks. (:

yups! the 3 amigos still standing. =D

Happy Halloween! =)

BACK ON TRACK.

2007-10-14T21:37:00.000+08:00

i want to get all addicted with exercise all over again, that's why steph and i took the first step on saturday. after being non-active for more than, at least 6 months, we are back on the familiar track with the usual surrounding. stretching, running, sweating, chatting, messing around.....i miss that route. let's see how we did after 'hibernating' for so long, 35 minutes of consistent running. heh! ;) steph was a little lethargic at first, while i was all pumped up by the cooling fresh air, but towards the end, she's back with her usual speed with the sun rising. on the contrary, i was dying with blazing hot sun on my face, i hate that. anyway, i just hope that we can keep that up. =D

steph, how i wish our path could look like this, instead of that big stinky canal. hees. just keep dreaming sunshine......

fast forward to dinner time, eat out with papa, mummy and ah di. gerald goh, where art thou? hope you eat and sleep well like we do, you must be dying to have some home-cooked meal like these:

curry fish head? kang kong? kou lou yok? [please don't try to cook kou lou yok there, won't want you to be slaughtered because of religion offence. but i guess no one will touch you, if anyone there believes in chinese zodiac. LOLS. xp]

well..when you come back, we're gonna have a BIG feast, really! as BIGGGG as ME! you must be damn happy now right?! bitch... -.-" HAHAHA! [don't worry, it's just the way we communicate. ;)]

anyway, nothing much for the week, but next week, kbox with colleagues, steamboat for janice's big 20! can't wait. i'm outta here. (:

DOUBLE WEEKEND BLAST!

2007-10-07T21:38:00.001+08:00

it's the sunday night, i pretty much sleep and slack the whole day after much eating, exercising (weird huh? ;D), partying and fooling around for the past 2 days. managed to wake up @ 11am to watch my hana yori dango 2! finally they're here, hope it's as good as the first one to keep me company every sat night. here's the real deal, i had another blast this week, i'm a happy girl. =)

Friday, 5th Oct'07
i found more victims and she's none other than our ace-J princess, amelia ong and my brother. but hey, they volunteered, what can i say? ;p and cherie darling, don't worry k, when we're doing things that we do and going places that we go, you're right there in our minds, cos' we're constantly talking about you and missing you. (: ok this week, we had more a more proper and decent dinner, udon with gyoza + the famous lil'ONG sichuan spicy & sour soup which i named after melia. HAHA. knocked off from work and met them at cold storage to shop for whatever we need, fruit juice, udon noodle, noodle sauce, soup, frozen gyoza, crab sticks and spicy popcorn chicken and straight home for the cooking.

these people,

bought all these food,

and walk home together. =)

first course: lil'ONG soup, so let's see, my bro helped her with the can opening, i helped with the pot, ladle and fire. so melia was in-charged of stirring and dividing it equally into 4 bowls. good job amelia! ;) and i'm sincere ok, jan and i are happy that you join us in the shopping of ingredients and cooking. for all of you who don't know her well, amelia ong don't cook for just anyone, just people she loved. am i right? =p

it really taste better than it looks.

after the tasty soup, it's jan and my turn to do the cooking. she fried the gyoza and i cooked the udon noodles. next, it's the soup base. actually it's nothing much, everything's ready-made, all we did is just heating them up. i chopped up some crab sticks and spring onions and WALA! 4 bowls of yummy hot udon with a plate of gyoza, dinner's ready! my thick-skinned bro was supposed to go out, but insisted that he wanted wait for the food, but he helped and kept us entertained with his xiao ming, so give the boy some credit AND food. hoho! x) everything taste great, no kidding! we should do this more often, janice has decided that every friday should be ace-J hang out nights. i'll be more than happy to see those 2, having "home-cooked" dinner with me every friday. as long as i don't miss my ghost whisperer, HA HA.

pics are deceiving, but they really don't lie that much. so you can trust me when i say, it looks good and taste amazing. =D

Saturday, 6th Oct'07
tennis in the morning! you know what? i've noticed that i always blog about my tennis session on saturday, but never really show any pictures of it, just pictures of the lunch we had after tennis. so this week, evidents! full 3 hours of tennis without any disturbance but quite a bit of breaks, probably because of the lack of sleep, but hey i still ran, sweat and played for 2 hours .

after tennis, we had lunch at one of toa payoh hawker centre, because we need to pick up food from anthony's dad. why? because we're having a BBQ at night before loo leave for his 2 months beijing attachment on monday. so we shopped for all the necessities, thankfully we had wham to drive us around and letting us to organise the BBQ at his home, and ant's dad for preparing the food in such a short notice. THANKS ALL. (:

at wham BIG house, we are welcome by his 4 cute chihuahuas, and not to mention a lot of mosquitoes. LOLS. anyway, a lot of cutting, chopping, spreading, breaking, stirring and stuff like that in the kitchen. we didn't have to start the fire early because wham's pit is gas-oriented. so there's like chicken wings, hot dogs, xiang chang, stingrays, fishballs, mushrooms, corns, potatoes and crab sticks with our ribena and rini's home-made grass jelly desserts, not forgetting the chips and koropoks. so now, let's get the party started! dive in the pool, eat the food, play with the dogs, take some photos, watch some tv and fool around.

bev, recognise these babies? can you believe steph's still scare of them? hees. ;p

but she still want to take this pic for you. heh heh!

the natural thing to do, prepare the food.

and when the owner's not looking, try to bbq his dog. that's unnatural and just ungrateful! LOLS. xD

these people party hard.

that's why they need lots to replenish.

the 3 amigos left. (:

to all the peeps overseas, we will definitely have another party when you guys come back, it's a promise. so just sit back and laugh at all the silly fun we had now. ;)

just a lil' sweet treat for loo.

smile for the peeps! it has WE MISS YOU written all over it.

photo of the night: our version of mr paris hilton. aaron says, "who's the gooood dog?" HAA!

tml i need to wake up early to take bus to work, my bro's back to school. good night, sweet dreams.

IT'S THE WEEKEND! (=

2007-09-30T23:19:00.000+08:00

28/09-FRI

mum and dad going for wedding dinner AGAIN, so that means no dinner at home, which MEAN time to find some dining victims. and it goes to none other than janice tan, it was an easy one! hees. she's just too nice, and love me too much to say no, poor thing. well..amelia supposed to join in but i "cunningly" brush her off with 30 more mins of OT, like i want to do OT amelia ong. -.-" anyway, i don't want to miss my dinner and ghost whisperer so we decided to head to carrefour to try out some 'home-cooked' soba, but couldn't find any, so we just grab anything that looks edible and appetizing. so here's what we got: ready-made Hawaiian pizza, sushi, donuts and hashbrown . what a way to start my weekend! thanks jan for the company and being my regular victim. hees. x)

our 'dinner', who wants to be my next victim? heh heh!

29/09-SAT
somebody's birthday! that's our 4/1 sweetest lady, R I N I_ :) we wanted to give her a surprise, so we didn't even sms, rejected her offer to her home and acted blur about the dinner at night. it was hard for her, she thought we've forgotten her birthday. =( sorry darling, just want to give you a BIG SURPRISE on behalf of your family and those deeply missed friends overseas. hope you like the bouquet of daisy, card and the bangle ya. our indo feast at tambuah mas was awesome, great food, great company with lots of laughter.

the birthday buddies of the night, and don't misunderstand, he didn't buy those flowers.

we did! (steph & i) a bouquet of daisy just for our darling. ;)

H-A-P-P-Y 2-3 B-D-A-Y-! R-I-N-I S-U-S-A-N-T-I; sweet donut surprise from loo, what more could you ask from a friend. =)

like i always say, no matter what you eat, what you do, where you are, it's the PEOPLE you are with that matters the most.

smiley faces! :)

next, we took our baker's inn strawberry cheesecake, proudly sponsored by the boys, to lido. (: sang the birthday song, took lots of pictures, cut the cake and ate the yummy cake! you know what's surprising? rini bought her own baker's inn tiramisu too, luckily we didn't buy the same flavour. hees. after messing around, we took a bus to rini's house, you know on the whole bus journey just remind us of our secondary and poly days, sigh..miss the good old days. just glad the familiar faces are still around us. =) finally, we reached rini's home, where she have prepared chips, wine, cake just to celebrate with us. to think that we've to lied to her that we couldn't make it for the surprise to succeed, she must be disappointed then. but it's all good now!

chocolate kisses with tiramisu, food of L O V E.

the clock strike 12, and it's ducky's birthday!! =D double celebration, happy days! we sure had lots of fun, i know the guys sure did, when they were watching guess x 3, as big booby girls is the topic of that episode. -.-" all and all, it's one of the forever 4/1 classic gathering. hope the missing people join us soon! =)

all engrossed in their show. -.-"

we couldn't be bothered with them either! HA HA! xp

happy birthday you guys! (:

30/09-SUN
tennis! tennis! tennis! thanks to rini, this week we still get to play tennis at her place. the tennis court right on top of the multi-storeys condo. it's more scary than how cool it sounds. we lost some tennis balls over the top of the fence, i think we need to get more new ones soon. lols! got hit by the tennis ball a couple of times, it's ok, if not i'll get lethargic. x_x

stay healthy peeps, tennis soon! :D

after sweating buckets, stupid anthony decided that he got craving for KFC. hello? let all the sweating and running gone for nothing. but he got his retribution, look at the pics and you'll know why. HAHA. =p

the girls did everything they can, to not let their exercise go to waste, so we chose these:

they chose family feast with 8 pieces of chickens, looking all excited and happy to satisfy his craving, poor loo.

look what happened?! *shakes head* xD

well..the perfect weekend i could ever ask for, after working, my life like many others, has practically turn into a 9-6 monday to friday plus OT routine. so weekends are my source of LIFE, to get all my energy back. that's all for the this weekend, can't wait for the next, meanwhile back to my computers and paperwork. LOLS. nights all. x)

HAPPY DAYS! (:

2007-09-22T23:15:00.000+08:00

what a day! woke up 8.30am on a saturday morning to get ready for tennis session for my usual kakis. (: i actually look forward to it, even though i was reluctant to wake up so early on a weekend morning. but i know i need all the exercise i can get, you know office life, work for hours, eat, continue working, then eat again for the sake of taking a break, then continue sitting on your butt till the end of the day. kind of bad for your health, AND figure. O.o heh heh! whammy gave us a ride, thank you for providing the ride and some rihana tunes. ;D

i think my tennis is improving, i'm getting better with the serving and hitting on the sweet spot. i can hear my favourite 'pop' sound when i hit the ball, thanks to all my shi fu for their patient teaching, i will definitely continue to work hard. =) unfortunately, our tennis session was interrupted by some 'tennis court inspector' there, so we have to leave the court as we're not the students there. i'm just glad i got around 1.5 hours of practice before we got chased away. so what can we do? lunch of course! x)

we're always busy discussing about insignificant, unimportant and unnecessary stuff. we're a very easily distracted bunch! ;p

sa, this is for you! we miss you. (=

i know the pic looks a bit off, i don't care, sa so that you know, i'm in the pic too. hees!

pepper lunch for the first time! yummy yummy. i had chicken pepper rice, one of the cheapest. hoho.. i need to save some cash for the upcoming birthdays eh, but it's very tasty okay. ;) took a few snapshots for lissa, sa i'll send you the photos of our mini 'get together' later k. next, we wonder about at amk hub, like we always do. it gets a little frustrated sometimes when a big group of people loithering around without any plans, but if it's a saturday and everyone's free, i think we should just enjoy the companionship and just chill and have fun. well..i guess everyone's just tired after the morning exercise. anyway, they boys finally came to a conclusion on where to go, guess where? it's my house.

my chicken pepper rice, nice nice.

i do welcome them to my house, but everyone is on the verge of dozing off, seriously i just wish i could pretend to be resting and fall asleep on my bed. but that will be wrong, leaving 5 boys to my mum is just plain wrong. lols! so we end up playing poker with spongebob poker cards, but nothing seems interesting enough. finally we're able to wait for dinner time and go out for dinner, i'm just glad they stay to have dinner together because i'm supposed to be home alone for the night, parents going to wedding dinner, brother should be out all night. so thank you guys!

so again after much dilly dally and discussion, we decided to take anthony's suggestion to have indian food at a eating house called ghandi's restaurant. the thing is anthony is supposed to lead the way, but somehow there's a communication breakdown plus some misunderstanding, we end up walking quite a distance after alighting from whammy's car. but whatever it is, we got there eventually and i simply love the food and style there! first everyone has a big piece of banana leaf instead of plates, then we're served with scoops of rice, potatoes, long beans, salads, chilli and some crispy koropoks(sorry i don't know what they're called). we ordered chicken, so everyone has a plate of chilli chickens and bowls of vegetable curry. free flow of rice and koropoks, how cool is that, it's like a ethnic meal. steph got a little freak out, she normally don't dine like that, but in the end she actually kind of enjoy it i think. i'm just totally thrilled and enjoying my food! $6.50 for all of these! i can't tell you how happy i am, LOLS.

this is how much joy food can bring us, so shut up and just eat. ;)

all and all i enjoyed my saturday very much with the exercise, food and company. hope everyone enjoy it as much as i did, my forever 4/1. =) i'm so beat now, really need to jump into my bed. good night all. -.-zZzzz...

the SHAKING earth underneath.

2007-09-12T22:54:00.000+08:00

EARTHQUAKE. maybe most of you have felt it, over the past years when earthquakes took place in our neighbouring countries, but this is a first for me. i'm back home now, because of the terrifying earthquake. this is what happened, just hours ago:

i was feeling exceptionally tired towards the end of the day, chris and i are just chatting and doing some last minute work, before heading home. suddenly, giddiness struck me, it's as if my brain was a spinning basketball in my head. i thought i was just too tired, i even stop a moment to just relax, was telling chris, "wah headache, it has been a while since i had this kind of feeling" and the next thing we know, our indian colleagues start packing and moving out together. chris and i were like, "what happened?". wanted to ask the others what happen, the next minute i heard my colleague saying, "eileen! pack up and go home already, earthquake!" the freaking window bind was hitting against the glass window as if there were a breeze in the office, it just tells us how serious and terrifying this earthquake was.

everybody packed as quickly as we can, and check out for other colleagues. the lifts were all packed so we decided to take the stairs. apparently 7 storeys doesn't mean 7 flights of stairs, we walk what, 10 flights of stairs and we're not the only ones, people from other floors are all using the stairs. when we reached the exit of the building, everybody was just standing outside and making phone calls. the next thing to do, is obviously going home.

on my way home, i called my mum to check things out, and my house has never ever felt anything maybe because we're only 1 storey high. however, this time even my mum and dad experience it at home. just hope that all my indo friends and their families are fine. the only good thing is that, no OT tonight. =) i'm still feeling a little dizzy, going to bed. goodnight.

peace.

The Voices VS. The Noises

2007-09-09T23:41:00.000+08:00

08/09/07 - [Sat]
VOICES
after weeks of postponing, lionel, junior, jasmin and i finally made it to kbox! it's has been donkey years since i've been there. although it's just 4 of us, squeezing in the tiny little dark room without our dinner, you just can't go wrong with those guys. we had a blast! we were such cuckoos, eating our finger food, sipping our honey lemon and singing our hearts out. x) sang some songs, "recited" some and screwed the rest up, haha! at least that's what happened to me, it's like i don't know how my voice sounds like anymore, and i keep getting all the lyrics wrong, my mandarin is seriously deteriorating. LOLS. well..for the rest, lionel was happily getting beaten up by jasmin and junior just seat safely and quietly beside me to escape lionel's fate. haha! =D it was really fun, i enjoyed the short 3 hours.

jasmin introduced a really touching and meaningful cantonese song. i've got my bro and janice addicted so far, so i decided to post it on my blog to get more people addicted. heh heh heh! =p basically it's talking about when 2 people together and are truly in love with each other, you can overcome almost anything, skin colours, age, sexuality, opposing parties and what have you. well..it's the kind of thing that can be bulls***, but yet it would be really sweet and comforting to know and hear about. =) i really like the lyrics and MV so enjoy.

側田 - 命硬 KTV MV

okay coming back to our little gathering, after our K session ends at 10+, we had dinner at cine food court. we were chatting and laughing so loud, about what happened back then when we were working, and of course what's a gathering without gossiping? HAHA. we were so engrossed in conversations till the uncle have to wait for us to leave, before he can pack the tables and chairs and close the food court.

so we left, next stop is supposedly esplanade but we don't think we can walk that far, so it's the cathy. it's quite a long way walking there, so jasmin suggested we play this games whereby, you have to form a chinese words/phrase from the last word chosen by the last person. you know what's the forfeit? 1 freaking push-up on the spot and guess who's LUCKY NO. 1? yea..me! -_-"
lucky there wasn't a lot people, and then everyone got their fair share of embarrassment. next, change of game, jiu jiu chen fa biao(times table) and everyone suck at it! lols! finally, we reached the cathy, but a lot of people with no place to chill so, guess what? bencoolen kopitiam where it all started, plus it's 24 hours. chatted and gossiped about almost everything, from friends, to most serious self-injured experience, to scary stories, celebrity gossips.... so much so that it ended at 4 in the morning.

the best companions you could ever ask for. ;)

love those guys! haven't laugh that much for a long long time. hope to see them soon! (:

09/09/07 - [Sun]
NOISES
'bidding' dinner at hougang with my parent, bro, uncle and aunty. don't look at me? i'm just there for the good food. hehe! :D warned my mum to not spend unnecessary money on unnecessary items and guess what? the first item was successfully bid by my dad for $200, a big fat glass fish filled with lightings and oranges. ya..like we needed that. lols! along with that fish, we got a watch (my dad is obsessed with watches btw) and rice cooker, the only thing we needed is that rice cooker, for the one at home is antique. for the last dinner, they got a brand new mahjong set for $200, we got 2 sets at home btw, but they have to get this brand new golden one. so goh hui ling, i took this pics for you. these are the extra items in our house.

the 'must-have' watch. ;p

all and all, it was a fun and fulfilling weekend. work again tml, so good night! (=

so it does happen on buses...O.o

2007-09-05T23:02:00.000+08:00

something ridiculous happened just now, when i'm on way home, in the bus. you know after more than 10 hours of working, you can do with a peaceful and safe bus ride home, with music from the radio. some people just have to go ruin it. okay..this is what happened:

this woman came up the bus talking on the phone, apparently she didn't tap her ez-link card and just walk to the back of the bus, that's why the bus driver called out to her. you know what she did? she said, "wait! wait!" in such a hasty tone. then she put down her phone, starting to look everywhere and wanted to alight from the bus 30 secs aft she board it. -_-" you know what's the worst thing, she couldn't even wait to get down at the next bus stop which is only a 5 mins walk away, kept pressing the bell and yelling at the bus driver to let her alight while the bus stop at the traffic light. the poor bus uncle keep asking her to wait till the bus reach the bus stop, but she insisted that it's ok to alight since there's no one looking, and that she need to walk back to the previous bus stop. the most irritating thing is that she can't stop pressing that FREAKING BELL!

she said something like that, "i was waiting for a cab, there's no cab! or else you think i want to board your bus!" like who the hell force her to board the bus. luckily there was this kind auntie who said something like, "then it's your fault, why are yelling at the driver for your mistake" then that woman went bonkers, when we finally reached the next stop, she screamed so loudly, "KAI MEN!" (which means open the door in mandarin by the way) and she scolded #%$#@@$%#% before rushing down the bus, what a coward. >_>

so this kind of things really does happen on buses, like those fights and assaults reported in the news. so people, please avoid this kind of things from happening, it's a waste of time, waste of breath and most importantly, it annoys people like me who have worked our butts off from morning till night, we have better things to do than to tolerate this kind of s***! so remember, be polite, everyone is just trying to do their job. (:

ahhh..feeling all better now that everything's out of the chest. so good night! =)

can i have some ratatouille please? ;)

2007-09-02T15:51:00.000+08:00

okay my blog has been in coma for about a month now, so i better blog as amelia can't wait to see my blog die. *tsk- your heart is as black as your skin! LOLS.

31.08.07[fri]
missed most parts of my ghost whisperer to have dinner with our ABNN princess, amelia and janice the sick piggy. x) we had ichiban, i've been eating at ichiban so frequently and i have a soba addict now! -yummie yummie! okay enough of food, i promised jonathan tieh that i'll lost 5 kg the next time he comes back. darn it. that means no more lunch with steph and lee hong, fish soup/ban mian/fishball noodle everyday! and tennis/swimming/running every weekend. x_x

(pic taken from http://www.efu.com.cn/data/2005/2005-09-05/118013.shtml)

(pic taken from http://www.kucoon.com/wp/2006/08/06/road-of-the-wind-a-pension-in-hokkaido)

amelia and i have great nonsensical conversation all over again, janice is just quietly amused and maybe a little irritated, after all she's not feeling well. hees. sorry dear. ;) so missing ghost whisperer is ok i guess, but i missed supernatural too, just for saturday morning tennis session and what do i get in return? muscle aches and lobster-style sun burnt skin. -_-"

01.09.07[sat]
i suck at tennis! poor barry and loo spent most of their time teaching me the same stuff over and over again over the past sessions: keep your racket parallel to the ground, straighten your arms, swing from below upwards, hit the sweet spot. @_@ i'll work on that, very slowly though. HEES. =p so kerui, loo, steph and me along with the botaks(josh, darren, hantu and barry) seriously, enough with all the army talks, we are really not that interested. O.o all and all, we've done some good exercise eh..

then on the way to the club, steph and i were caught in the rain, it's has been a million years since we run like that in the rain, with our legs all soft and wobbly, HAHA! after shower, OMG. boy we are 2 humongous lobsters in the shower room. >_> haa! and then we actually we have the courage to walk out of the door to orchard, woo..look at those eyes on us, probably laughing at us. who cares? we're watching a movie, and the cinema is going be dark, at least for 2 hours. =) phoye and eunice joined us.

so ratatouille is actually a dish? or is it made up? well, it looks good on the screen anyway. we watched the digital format, graphics were amazing! love it! do you know the animators and artistes actually took up cooking lessons to understand how food are served and cooked in a real kitchen, and they even engage a real chef to help them understand how a kitchen works in real restaurants. professional eh? it's no longer about creativity and imagination, a lot of practical work need to be involved, all hail to them. (: my favourite part of the movie is when remy the little rat start cooking, a little pinch of that, a dash of this and a few sticks of those, it's so real and you better believe me for i'm a sucker for cooking shows. ;D

Emile, Remy's brother, the chubby and cute one!

the only creepy part that might cause you goosebumps is when ALL the rats gather together, it looks too disturbingly real, imagine being surrounded with that huge amount of rats. eee! other than that, it's all good humour and fun!

if you haven't watch it, go catch. i think it's worth watching in the cinema, 1 hour and 51 mins. p.s. bring some food along with you when you watch it, it may make you hungry along the way. hees.

you can click the pic to go to ratatouille official site ya. alright shall stop here, my aching muscles and sun-burnt skins can't take it any longer.

**to ms jenno yap, please get well soon k. missing you at work! but don't worry anything about work k, just take good care of yourself ya. :) **

bye bye.

the big TWO caught up with me.

2007-07-31T23:36:00.000+08:00

ok i know this is a long overdue entry, but i just want to be dated on 31st july just for my own pleasure, hees. so it's my 20th B I R TH D A Y. well..how should i put it? this year it feels a little different, a few people missing here and there, and unexpected people and ways of celebration. this is how different it is: i worked till 8 plus, rushed to down for my 3rd time of eating jap food that week, i cut my low-fat cake (or is it calories?) at a kopitiam, and cake laying down flat on its side, & etc.

ace-J tradition. it should be kept this way for at least another million years. ;)

all and all, i'm grateful for my friends, be it birthday or not. so i want to thank YOU guys, whoever is reading this and smiling secretly to yourself, YOU who post sweet testimonials on my friendster, YOU who sent me touching smses to my phone, YOU who called me, YOU who sent me card and presents, YOU who sang me birthday song and even YOU who pranked at the strike of 12. for those who forgot, i forgive you cos' i've forgotten one too many birthdays. LOLS.
i love you guys. =)

we are happily, retarded-looking nosy-parkers that we will continue to butt into each other's lives for another million years too.

it's our first birthday celebration. cheers! x)

saw my cake? it's SPECIAL i tell you.

saw my smile? i'm truly happy. (:

so i've been working in a bank for almost a month, and OT almost everyday, it's exhausting yes. but i'm learning stuff that i'm totally ignorant about and getting used to "stepping into the society" life. at the same time, i need to earn some cash for school next year, if i even get in eh.. hees. i just miss hanging with my friends that's all. and my blog will be less active, so be nice and don't bug me k. that should be all for now, i'll tell you when something interesting actually happen ya.

:)

ANSWER THE CALL.

2007-07-07T07:00:00.000+08:00

7.7.07 Today, newspapers claimed that 777 couples are getting married because it's said that today, is one of the most auspicious day. attended alvin and geraldine's wedding at Laguna National Golf and Country Club. couldn't be more excited and happy for them, not only because it's the first wedding dinner of my own but also because they're such a blissful newlyweds. with all our blessings to them. highlights of the wedding:
*ex-colleagues, all dressed up and smiley. some you're happy to see, and some you just ignore.
*sweet video of the couples re-enact scenes of how they first met and got together till the day they became one.
*familiar face on tv, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, Dr Lee Boon Yang attended their wedding.
*what else? food and photo-taking. (:

after wedding party, cab down to reine's house [In a nutshell: stop at wrong bus stops twice a day, once in bus, once in cab. missed one stop in the morning, alight one stop earlier at night. both times my destination is the same bus stop. -_-''] kind whammy picked me up at the bus stop and allowed us to pay unexpected visit to 4 cute chihuahuas at home. never thought chihuahua have different looks, tonight i learn to love them. ;) saw the girls who came back from different parts of the world and the boys with their signature army look, plus a few well missed familiar faces. this is a reunion that we should keep as a 4/1 tradition. =)

7.7.07 Today, LIVE EARTH, the concerts for a climate is crisis. [Facts: 24-hour concert showcase, over 7 continents - New York, London, Johannesburg, Rio De Janeiro, Shanghai, Tokyo, Sydney, Hamburg. binding more than 100 music artists and 2 billion people for this global SOS.] i believe this is one of the most meaningful and coolest event give a big shout out to the rest of the world. it doesn't have to made cool or initiated by your favourite celebrity idol to do your part in protecting the world in the first place, but i guess it's more impactful this way. and this concert definitely mark the attention of everyone because it's affecting us so much.

they're playing short commercials of celebrities teaching us, how to save energy, electricity and etc. however, the best part for me are those creative short films. catch the concerts, photos, short films and all the juicy bits at http://www.liveearth.msn.com.

some history_

23.06.07[Sat]
ngee ann polytechnic dinner and dance, hence this whole week is dedicated for shopping, shoes, accessories, clothes. the only things i hate about attending for events like that, is dressing up and getting prepared until the so-called big day arrives. so poor lissa spend days accompanying hunting for the things i want in town, but i do need to spend more time with her before she leave for australia. back to the d&d, thanks angel for doing my hair and make-up. at park royal hotel, some highlight:
`interesting food; green shark fin soup, doesn't taste bad though. others are fine.
`everyone from different schools, some interesting dressing, everyone looks great.
`entertainment, beatboxing was really cool and unexpected guest, maia lee.

chances like these is almost impossible, our first d&d. School of ICT, Business, Engineering. ;)

proud ICTians, my champs of glamour that night.

my bowl of green shark fin soup, what i meant by interesting food.

after dinner, clubbing at MOS, kind ah pok sent us there. shock some people with our glam glam. x) clubbing with 4-inches high heels, BIG MISTAKE i tell you. dance until can barely stand on your feet. saw some distant familiar faces there. i had a blast with my girls, and hours of painful fun. lols. thanks aaron for sending us home, my sore feet can't be more thankful enough. =p

meet the girls.

heels is definitely O U T, bev will know what i mean.

03.07.07[Sun]
sending lissa off, 9:00pm is her flight, reached Changi airport at 7. loo, anthony, joshua, hantu, steph, rini & sis were all there. not a big crowd, but a caring ones. lissa is the 2nd person i've to send off this year, to overseas for a period of time. we spent as much time possible before she left, including crashing her house with stay over. don't worry, we'll be here when you come back. i know you will study hard sa, so take good care of your health, beep me anytime with msn, email or any other device eh.. =) will miss ya!

dinner at Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits for the first time, haven't had fried chickens for a long time since i don't fancy KFC much. hees. really shiok! the mash potatoes, coleslaw, chickens, -yum yum! ;)

*more pictures coming up soon

GRADUATED. CELEBRATED.

2007-06-18T02:49:00.000+08:00

13.06.07[Wed]
on this day, i officially graduated from ngee ann polytechnic. =) an expected mixture of emotions, sad because you're leaving all your friends and tutors whom you've bonded closely for the past 3 years, happy because you have finally completed your poly studies and got the piece of paper, called diploma, which you've worked your butt off for the past 3 years.

as usual i surprised a few people with a short haircut i got on monday, HAHA! christine said i'm psychotic, always mess around with my hair. xD but i kind of like to do that, or else i would either be too bored with heavy long hair, or frustrated with too-long-to-style short hair. hees. talking about my short hair, something funny happened. guys are supposed to wear ties right, and i was there sitting on my seat, when suddenly some SDAR stuff came closer and closer, he kept looking at me like he want to take a closer and clearer look or something. then when i look at him, he back off then i realise, he must have thought that i'm a guy without a tie but couldn't confirm. LOLS. that's quite funny actually, no offence taken. x) anyway, it's good to see my classmates again, although it's has been ages since we have to meet in school at 8:00 am! -_-"

done and done. all the late night projects and tanks of midnight oil we've burnt. we did it! :)

my unforgettable class. _M02_

my doting ojiisan and obaachan, jeremy and saleha. i'm the most blessed ah ger eh.. =)

the soccer-loving bunch. [jianda, adam, ivan, callen]

the troublemakers of the class that we're ever so worried for and proud of. HAA. xD [adam, callen and bun]

my daddy, heri. =)

my nanny, guo qing. always so helpful, thank YOU!

daddy and ex-stepmother, simon. [yups, this family is more than complicated. =p]

obaachan and our ever so crazy and loyal maria, ivan. hees!

xiaobai and mr future millionaire, junjie and yong jia.

my favourite latest picture with baby. we've got each other's back. ;)

so this how graduation ceremony goes, go through some briefing to know all the procedure, which is simply just, walk, stand, shake hands, smile, keep walking and then follow and do exactly whatever people in front of you are doing, and nothing could go wrong. ;) then it's photo taking time, i didn't even touch the reception buffet! well, anyway the graduation robe is really big and it's really hot to wear, everybody's just sweating away. but nobody would take it out until the photos are done taken, at least that's what i did. hees.

L-E-E-H-O-N-G. (=

fellow student councilors, cool people.

poly life will never be the same without them. let just say they are special and leave it as that. ;)

all and all, it's a joyous event, everybody had fun. except i had ugly sore eye and for the accident when i dropped my digi camera and it cannot take any pictures now! >.< sent for repair and hope for the best folks.

17.06.07[Sun]
father's day, celebrated with yummy homemade steamboat feast, invited ah gong, aunts, uncles and cousin over to enjoy this sumptuous course. mummy is the best! GOH HUI LING, although you're not here, we got a representative for you, BKM. haha! ah gong even asked where were you, hees.

as usual, xiao ming is not part of the plan, all stupid ah di's idea. -.-"

-happy ending.

ACE-J; "cos she's leaving on a jet plane.."

2007-06-10T23:37:00.000+08:00

amelia said i took too long to update, low efficiency. well, because i don't want to miss out any interesting details and people, or type too much meaningless crap. my short term memory will make me forget everything, so i must write down everything. haa! oh well..i don't force people to read my blog, so waiting is the only option. ;) but i must admit too much words in my entries make blogging a drag, so cut it short.

04.06.07[Mon]
finally got to watch Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, with someone i promised first which is stephanie lo xueni! no matter who asked me, no matter how tempted i was, i kept my promise steph, even that means i have to see orlando bloom and johnny depp later! so love me more! =D well..it was great, a little long but a lot of interesting twists and hilarious scenes, particular the one where johnny depp screamed unexpectedly when he faces davy jones tentacles! HAHA. after which we had dinner at bev's house, pasta with sausages + fries prepared by her maid. yups! that's the dinner for us! ;D gosh..it has been ages since i last saw her. she's another one i need to catch up with after cherie, she's flying to australia soon.

[photo from beverly @ http://www.quarantined-at.blogspot.com]

05.06.07[Tue]
i can't believe this it, i've watched the same movie twice, but not consecutively 2 days in a row. but yup, i watched the 2hr and 50 mins pirates 3 again with cherie and janice. but it's cherie and janice, so NO complains! (: i still laughed at the jokes and watched the whole show, except i got bugged occasionally by cherie and janice who don't understand some parts just like steph! -.-" and this time i stayed through the credits, and watched the final ending clip of Will, Elizabeth and their son. sweet..

met amelia to have yoshinoya for dinner, cherie's going to texas so she want to have all the asian food she could get. moving on, party world! nothing like an overdue ace-j karaoke session. had lots of singing, shouting, snacking, cam-whoring, laughing, yelling..it was fun! i hope she takes away these memories with her to america. (=

06.06.07/07.06.07[Wed/Thur]
overnight at the Dai's residence. you won't believe the luxurious supper cherie's parents had prepared. cup noodles with slices of abalone and bird's nest. -yum yum! the Dai family are prepared to sleep on the plane as the flight is more than 10 hours, so that means no sleeping. so we watched tv, played with cherie's cute doggy, Dori, took pictures, made fun of amelia, ate supper and survived the night. headed to the airport at 5 plus, and bid our final goodbye to our darling. don't cry, we'll see you in 20 months, just be safe and happy k!

blessan joined us for BK breakfast, she's just so funny and energetic. remind me a more westernized version of jasmin, should arrange them to meet someday. ;p

09.06.07[Sat]
this is specially for GERALD GOH. because on this day, we went toa payoh for family dinner and guess what we had? stingray, kang kong, chicken wings, hokkien prawn mee and sugar cane. i know you must be missing those food, so i specially brought the digi cam to take these photos. oh..i'm such a good sister! -wahaha! and i bought my new k800i, new number by the way, changed to 93368002. (=

10.06.07[sun]
happy day! because it's a shopping day! first, went to steph's house, wait for her to play in the pool, supposedly swimming -_-", then head to malls. needed to get a proper white sleeved top and black pants for graduation next wednesday. steph and i got great bargains! 2 tops for $59 @ G2000 and i found my mango black pants for a discounted price of $55, i tried at marina square but they didn't have the right size but i got it at wisma isetan. lucky me. :D and of course steph found her beloved tim tam, so it's just our shopping bags and happy us. :) GSS is sucking me dry though. =p

that's about it for the week. (=

MET. UPDATED. EMBRACED. [PART III]

2007-06-03T23:32:00.000+08:00

what a week! it's like i can't enough of this candy-coated life, tiring but rewarding. (: straight to the outing, celebrating, eating, drinking, chatting, updating, singing, indulging......

29.05.07[Tue]
nothing like a good old underwater trip, 3M02 style. always full of fun, surprises, laughter and not to mention much frustration and annoyance! only saleha will know exactly what i'm talking about. HA! xD just one last good gathering before the boys head for army eh. supposed to meet at 12+ at harbourfront mrt, as usual our punctuality 'disease' [it happens so often, that you can barely call it a problem anymore. and that's 3M02 for ya! =D] we were like an hour late? plus a lot of dilly dally nonsense, the people who came: heri, bun, simon, jem, jj, guo qing, adam, callen, ivan, jianda, michael and of course saleha and me, with yong jia joining us for dinner much later.

we were planning a surprise for the birthday 'boy' [ah gong arh..hardly a boy liao la. 87 and going strong! haha.] and that is for him to dive in and swim with the fishes, and last minute they told us he can't cos' he's not 21 yet. what are you talking about?! he's 87 for goodness sake, contradicting world. x) so heri took his place, and it was hilarious at some point, like when fishes nimble on his hair as if it was feeding time, and we all go crazy with our hand signs when he almost step on some poor sharks. LOLS.

rock on daddy! i would be dead terrified if i were you, look at the size of the fishes there! O.o

heri is a filial son after all, pose with the birthday ojiisan. =) [you're looking a little flat though.]

what else did we see? peacocks, huge sea turtles, gigantic fishes, playful rays, chubby dugong, nemo, dory, beautiful seahorses, jellyfish, sea angels, crabby crabs, dolphins @ dolphin lagoon and an overwhelming specie called human. (: i guess it's holiday season at the other side of earth.

what else happened? dinner at harbourfront food court, chit chat at vivo but before all these, LOADS of ridiculous stuff happened! sweat like cows, walked 30 mins endlessly to a dead end, took hot and packed tram, heri went missing, heri found and injured! i just can't stop complaining when i'm out with them, they make me become a nagging old woman. i really do appreciate you being there baby. ;)

3M02, you can hate them, complain about them, scream at them but you can't don't love them. :) [photo from jeremy @ http://www.jiatlormee.blogspot.com]

30.05.07[Wed]
met cherie and janice for starbucks coffee @ marina square. i just want to spend as much time possible before that girl leave for america. (: so here we are.

then is moving on to meet my ex-colleagues from T-EST. when i first knew them from work, i was waiting for my 'O's results, now i'm a poly graduate. another group of cool people i've known while working, told you i am lucky. =) so it's buffet dinner at yuki yaki, the food is quite nice, nothing like some grilling, steamboat and sushi. we had a big group too, david, chin loon, edmund, johnson, marcus, boon chai, minghui, alvin, jennifer, emily, christine, huimin, clarise, and lifen. phew~ finally, our good old kbox till morning 'tradition'. HAHA. used to do that, but now all old and exhausted from work. so let's go work out soon guys. hees.

ladies. (:

all together now.

31.05.07[Thur]
another failed attempt to watch blades of glory, despite having pirates and shrek, the tickets are still sold out. i guess i'll see it on hbo someday. this time was with the botak army beng being jonathan, haha! and chris, huiyi, danny, boo, cheng liang, janice, shui sheng and yu ting. we had pizza hut, [indulgence and good food AGAIN?! yea......] no pictures. ;)

01.06.07[Fri]
my long awaited with my beloved trombone warriors, jojo and charmaine. it was raining heavily, but we still met, can't postpone no more, twice is enough. hees. treat my darlings to Azabusabo, i know i had it last week, but this time different company and different food. when 3 'kpo' senior and juniors come together, yups! we chat and chat and MORE chat. guess where we went next? starbucks again for me? -.-" seriously, i'm tiny bit proud of my weight and size from the horrendous way i'm eating. HAA! anyway, love my jo and char very much, can't wait for our next outing. =)

[photo from jojo @ http://www.jojowanabe.blogspot.com]

02.06.07[Sat]
fish & co. dinner @ the glass house, cool place but the freezing temperature can make your teeth chatter. so lesson learnt, bring a jacket, cardigan, shawl, anything. the portion is just way too big, luckily there's ah pok to the rescue. along with yong jia, edward, shank, lionel, si peng, dan and my dearest L-E-E-H-O-N-G.[sorry lee hong, it's just a habit. lols!] celebrated lionel and ah pok birthday together, so they have to stand on the chairs, wear some funky hats and have everybody on the entire second floor to sing happy birthday song. i think i sang the birthday song for 3 times, for other birthday people there, it was a lot of fun.

it's just fishy business. ;D

the birthday couple. i mean brothers! birthday brothers eh..

this is another 'farewell' dinner for the guys going to army. well, good luck to all of them, may they become REAL MEN when they come out. hees. (=

i told you this week is crazy! met up with a lot of big groups, ate a lot of good food, spent a lot of money. i'm glad this is the final and last part of my "MET.UPDATED.EMBRACED" entry, i don't think my wallet and weighing machine can take any more of that. posting long entries is really time consuming and tiring, i'm mentally drained now. i'm outta here.

MET. UPDATED. EMBRACED. [PART II]

2007-05-26T22:52:00.000+08:00

you won't believe how busy i am, no wait. actually most of you guys will believe how busy i am, cos everyone keep saying, "you're always the busy one leh", or "when to go out? ask eileen loh, she so busy". sorry eh..but this is the kind of busyness that i enjoyed engaging in, not in work, not in studies but in friends. =) i even have to write down what date, which day, what time, which place, who i am going out with and what we'll be doing, damn! if only i could be this hardworking in my studies. HA! this week i went out on 3 days with 6 different groups of people. man...life is sweet. (:

23.05.07[Wed]
again met saleha baby, this time is to the popular @ orchard mrt, they're having moving out SALES! call us aunties, but we're definitely going to grab some stuff. hees! well..she got a couple of books and so have i, then lunch at delifrance. the start of my gourmet journey in the many days ahead. yea..indulgence, at the expense of my weight that is. -_-" sigh.. i had onion soup with melted cheese on top, and baby had chicken lasagna. next, we went orchard library to return baby's book and she borrow a few books in return. i wish i could read like her, but i'm hopeless with thick books, the only books i read is with lots and lots of pictures! LOLS. pretty thangs'. ;) we were so persistent on taking photos in the lift, we waited until the lift was 'ours' and took 2 photos. haha!

alright, moving on to second group. kelvin kiong, my son. LOLS. it has been a while since i hang out with that little dude. we had dinner @ sakae sushi with boo and my bro. well..if there is one thing i learnt that day, that is no photo-taking allow in sakae on their food, but i did managed to snap a few shots. ;D while waiting for kiong, saw mrs poh and her husband, she said i lost weight, wait till she sees me now. HAHA! anyway, gave kiong the mickey mouse puzzle i bought for him, just a little gift, no reason needed. i'm so irritated that we don't have a proper group photo because of my stupid brother. here's the rest of it. ;)

24.05.07[Thur]
shopping spree with stephanie lo. lols! bought a Giordano jeans at half price, i believe the last jeans i bought was at Giordano too with janice like more than SEVEN years ago! haha! some thing's wrong with me, i know. and you know what? i didn't even want to buy a jeans in the first place, it was steph who tried and it doesn't suit her unfortunately, then i tried and steph "commanded" me to buy because it was on 50% discount. thanks steph! :D bought 2 black/navy blue tops from Esprit, as most of my dark-coloured tops are ruined after a period of time. then i headed to town to meet cheng liang and my bro for movie, blades of glory. didn't get to watch eventually, only the first 2 rows of seats available. darn it! and i forgot to take pictures with steph, arrggh! >_<

25.05.07[Fri]
pay cheque day! my pay cheque is finally ready, went town to have dinner with my ITIS ex-colleagues. (= my manager, ashley, promised me a lunch treat, really nice of her. we had breeks @ taka, yummy! so glad to see wendy and rachel again, they were really nice to me when i was working there. lunch with a new colleague whose name i can't remember now, sorry about that! STM[short-term memory] catching up on me, hees. after lunch, i walked back to the office with them, and they tempted me to go up for coffee, and i gave in to temptation. lols! good to see mr tan and lydia again though, then is straight home for a nap before dinner with poly forum friends.

planning outing for this group of people can kill me. let's see, ah seng and esther work at the extreme east side, and edison and irene work at the extreme west side. some working, some studying, so deciding on the venue, date and time has given me a big headache. and just when i thought all is done, it's not. on the way home from somerset, irene sms me said she's not feeling well and might not be able to make it. then when i woke up from my nap, irene said she'll be joining us, then esther sms me that she might not be able to join us because of last minute OT. after i convinced esther to join us, edison said he can't make it because of work. *shakes head* LOLS. but it's all worth it, haven't seen them for ages, glad they're all doing well. =D had jap food for dinner @ Azabusabo, marina square. good food again? you bet! haha..finally a little chit chat by esplanade before home sweet home. :D

if you think this entry and the previous one are long, wait till you see the next one. i went out 5 days straight. oh man..i'm so lazy to get it started and people are after my life for photos. lols! patience people, will give them to you guys k. i'm out.

MET. UPDATED. EMBRACED. [PART I]

2007-05-20T23:11:00.000+08:00

finally my job ended last friday, really going to miss the people there and my cozy work area despite it's in front of the bosses' rooms. so i took a few pictures of it. hees.

anyway, after 7 weeks of work i figured it's time to meet up, catch up and get updated with friends, soul mates and what have you. =) so i did, this is going be a pretty long entry, i promise you.

14.05.07 [Mon]
met saleha baby at junction 8, the only reason we go there is because it kind of falls in between our residence and there's coffee bean there. =D we had our long awaited cheesecake along with a banana cake and lots of updates and "complains" about guys from 3M02. -bleah! LOLS. was supposed to meet sutha baby who just turned 21(congrats!), but she's still sick so please take care and come join us soon ya!

meet saleha. she not only has a sweet tooth, she also has chocolate tooth, candy tooth, cheese tooth. she's my queen of desserts! HAHA. XD

then headed back to town to meet lissa, rini and steph for dinner before lissa leave for indo. after much discussion and nonsense, we ate indo food, healthy avocado beverage, 'koropok' with tasty peanut sauce and grilled chickens. -yummy! next we went bonkers like a bunch of underage kids, walking around, talking crazy, taking neoprints and tons of pictures, it does reminds me of the good old days back then in secondary school. oh..i really do love these girls. =)

another fly away bird, come back to our nest soon sa. so going to miss her! >.<

15.05.07 [Tue]
this is another long awaited meet up with my 38s! and this kind of meeting only screams FOOD! CAM-WHORING! and LOTS of BITCHING and GOSSIP! poor yen and tang had been through some bad episodes of their own recently. can't help them much, other than listening to them and treating them nice food for comfort. so it's thai express for candy and coffee club for yen. tom yam soup and chocolate fondue, should be able to warm their stomachs and their hearts. hees. x) yen have to leave early because of work the next morning, so owen joined candy and i, we came to this ktv place called 'the one' located next to cine. music is another alternative to get your emotions revolving and before you know it, you're already expressing it out. i wish nothing more than happiness and peace for these 2 girls. (:

finally, THREE of us. a true 38 unite. (=

16.05.07 [Wed]
spiderman 3! woohoo! i've waited for 2 weeks for this show. from what i've heard, the girls love it, the guys didn't fancy it because of the lack of actions. well..i have to admit i like 1 and 2 better, but 3 isn't that bad really. sadly, the cute harry osborn died, but it's nice to see him make up with peter parker before it ends. i like good old-fashioned happy endings. hees. (= so much for spiderman, i forgot to mention the people i watched it with, LOLS. janice and cherie! ;p amelia didn't join us as she has watched it. moving on to dinner, the asian kitchen. cherie had pork chop fried rice, janice had wanton ramen and i had my usual zha jiang mian, plus we shared 6 juicy pork dumplings. tell me i had too much good food for a week. (x shopped around and ended with a must-have stop for coffee when you're out with cherie. coffee bean again. lols! well..janice and i will do anything for her as our little girl is leaving for U.S. soon, just want to spend more time with her. =)

remember the times, and take good care of yourself.

well so much for that, now there's something interesting to blog about because it doesn't happen often. yesterday went swimming at steph's house, i really need to get those stamina back and get my energy going for sports again. after all those swimming, i was exhausted and fell asleep for about 2 hours before janice came knocking on my gates(you guys know i don't have doors. =p). she came to 'pick' me up for the big FA Cup Final..honestly, i'm not a big fan of soccer but i would love to watch a game with my friends talking about football and cute boys. ;) but just not after 3 hours of swimming. HAA. i really enjoyed it, but they have to play for a 30 mins extra time to make me miss my bus! -_-" so Chelsea won, congrats to janice and many thanks to cherie & family for the hospitality and the ride home. we should do this more often, when all of us have enough sleep okie. hehe. didn't i promise you a long entry? (;

-out.

CHINESE SONGS, IT HAS BEEN A WHILE...

2007-05-17T00:24:00.000+08:00

i must keep my blog alive, a week without updates and my friends are worried that my blog is dying, actually lots happened recently, just lazy to update. hees. well..you know me. ;p last friday was the LAST day of work, i know i've said a dozen times, but it really is my last day k. from a week job to 7 weeks job, i'm glad that i've learnt a lot and met really nice colleagues, so thanks all. will miss you guys. =) spent my friday dinner with jan, last minute dinner, we ate ramen at marina square and fate brings lee hong to me! ;) omg! i miss that girl. i just wish that you rest well and don't until you're sick please. -hugs-

good food, nice company, what an amazing way to start my weekend. (:

then came saturday, k-box with janice finally ever since who knows when. too bad cherie can't join us, next time eh! ;D it has been a long time since i sang at ktv, my singing sucks! poor janice. LOLS. xp and my chinese songs are not updated, haven't been listen to chinese songs, look at my playlist and you'll know. unfortunately, it hasn't been a 'smooth-sailing' day cos' don't know since when k-lunch is until 1 pm. plus i was sort of 'attacked' by a bug or something unknowingly. actually i think i killed the poor bug or whatever it is, cos' while i was walking home, suddenly i felt water between my legs and some sort of sting. the next thing i know, my both legs were red and swollen like rashes. damn itchy! =( hopefully it'll heal soon.

sunday was Mother's Day, celebrated with aunt and uncle too with home-cooked crabs. =D got mummy her favourite durian cake in a heart shape, unfortunately they cut and ate it before i could take any picture of it. -.-" hees. mummy has been sick for the past few days, cough, vomit, fever. i pray hard for her recovery. love you mummy. muacks!

btw, my latest 'contact' with nice mandarin pop. enjoy.

Cao Ge - Bei Pan

Sun Yan Zi - Ni Guang

SEASON OF LOVE.?

2007-05-05T23:41:00.000+08:00

just came back from alvin's housewarming party, i'm so glad i get to meet up with my ex-colleagues again, i really do miss them. back then when i was waiting for my 'O's result, i worked at T-EST for a few months and now i've graduated from poly, tell me time don't flies. hees. x) you know i really think working is about the people and environment(other than m.o.n.e.y =p), and i'm lucky enough to meet good and fun colleagues for my past working experiences. =)

suddenly, people around me are getting married and into relationship. some are getting married, some were recently married and many are getting girlfriends. ;p well..i sincerely wish them all the best. somehow i'm hearing voices saying, "when is your turn?", "still no boyfriend?", "enough of singlehood?" HAHA. xD i'm enjoying my life now, thank you very much. after graduation is work, money, further studies and FRIENDS + FAMILY. woo..life is as good as it gets. (:

oh btw, i arrange all my songs into a playlist today, since i have made numerous discoveries on nice new + old songs during work time. hehe. if my colleagues or bosses are reading this, just that we're clear, i still do my work properly and nicely. LOLS. i got sick and tired of posting different songs here and there so here you go. and janice, i finally finished the jigsaw puzzle of my dreamland! let's buy more puzzles ok, despite my mum's warning of hanging the puzzles on my butt if i buy more. lalala.. xp

bits by bits, pieces by pieces. it's done. thanks to janice, my bro, my parents (my dad 'tai ko' got 1 correct, which makes him very happy. good enough for me. haa.) and myself! puzzle is all about patience and enjoying the process of piecing it together. (=

i'm going to end here, so more movies, more music, more dramas, more time, more sleep, more exercise for a MORE wholesome life please. -grins-

-out.

F²(Family × Friends) = ∞ (Love × Joy) ﺕ

2007-05-02T13:36:00.000+08:00

-Friends.
finally april has come to an end, although i spent a lot on birthday presents, but i'm glad i got good gifts that hopefully all my birthday boys & girls will like. ;) seriously, i'm quite lazy to blog because my hand is all wobbly due to tennis yesterday with rini, steph, barry and loo. my serving still sucks, but both my shi fu(the guys) are very patient and encouraging, unlike certain someone! haa. but it's nice that we sat down and chit chat, it has been a while since we did that. although we talked over a lot of McDonald fries and burgers. lols! =p a little gathering goes a long way, that's why i cherish them so much.

great company, great exercise, and a wrong way to end a day of tennis + gym. hoho!

celebrated amelia's birthday at her house, we had steamboat, janice's favourite. i don't know about others, but i think i had enough steamboat for quite a long time, imagine having steamboat 3 times during CNY. blea..! ~.~ anyway, visit her blog @ http://mylittlebusylife.blogspot.com for more details ya. few days back, there were some miscommunication between ace-J which cause our dear cherie some tears, so janice and i bought sushi to surprise and cheer her up. i'm just glad we met her on the way, because she was on her way out, imagine we go to her house to find out she went out. haha. *phew* but i guess that's what happen to friends, we fight and argue because we care and bothers about each other, as long we make up eventually. =)

the birthday princess MOPPING?! | or just posing? | nah..she is really mopping. HAA. ;p (just stay away from my leg. haha!)

-Family.
had dinner at wu zhao pai hai xian, vivo city branch with my family and our family friends. lobsters, shark's fin, crabs..whoa.. thanks to our family friends, because it's their treat. sweet~ ;) it's my parents' first time in vivo, so they went shopping after dinner. i'm just thankful they are not familiar with shopping malls, because they might not be wealthy, but it all becomes very simple when it comes to shopping: want/buy or don't want/don't buy. don't have to consider too much, with that kind of mentality, my mum bought a really nice braun buffel wallet and renoma key pouch. and for my dad, a new watch @ $150 after discount, a gift from me. :) well..i'm working plus i bought numerous gifts for my friends, so something for the family is necessary.

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just watched Wild Hogs with janice, omg! so funny. HAHA. it's always good to have a good laugh after a tiring day of work. music, dramas and movies are the essential vitamins to get me going, i just can't resist the temptation of posting Linkin Park's latest mv. i love it so much! it's so meaningful with images of war, bombs, guns. life/death, growth/destruction, indulgence/starvation, happiness/tragedies of human, creatures & nature. it's like a video of heaven and hell. Linkin Park is no ordinary band, they have such strong and deep beliefs sent through their music. and if you listen and look close enough, you will get their message. ;) their latest image rocks, the one and only LP.

Linkin' Park - What I've Done

He says, "I'll look after you."

2007-04-27T19:53:00.000+08:00

If I don’t say this now I will surely break
As I’m leaving the one I want to take
Forgive the urgency but hurry up and wait
My heart has started to separate

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be My Baby
I’ll look after you

There now, steady love, so few come and don't go
Will you won't you, be the one I always know
When I'm losing my control, the city spins around
You're the only one who knows, you slow IT down

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
I’ll look after you

If ever there was a doubt
My love she leans into me
This most assuredly counts
She says most assuredly

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
I’ll look after you
I’ll look after you

It’s always have and never hold
You’ve begun to feel like home
What’s mine is yours to leave or take
What’s mine is yours to make your own

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
I'll look after you

SHE'S SUCH A SUCKER FOR...

2007-04-26T00:18:00.001+08:00

DRAMA.
hmmm..sal said i'm her drama princess, cos she's the queen. haha! that's true. ;p in fact, i have my weekly drama therapy scheduled every thursday, friday and sunday:

Prison Break II - 10.30pm [Thurs]

cheng liang said season 1 was more exciting, but i'm really enjoying season 2. maybe because i can't enough of FBI Agent Alexander Mahone - William Fictner, i don't care what other people think or say. [that means you steph and sal..haa!] i don't care that he's 51 and you can see his hair line, he is my favourite character of the show. i think he's born to act characters like sheriff, FBI agent and cop, he has got a bachelor's degree in criminal justice mind you. ;) i just like the intensity of his eyes, facial expression and actions. caught my attention when i first saw him in The Longest Yard as Captain Knauer. he may always be labeled as the 'bad guy' but there's just something that attract you to the character, or is it just me? lols! anyway, after searching on the net, he acted in numerous famous movies, including Armageddon, The Perfect Storm, Black Hawk Down and Crash. besides, who can take their eyes off wentworth miller right? so if you see them, call my number. HAHA. xD

Supernatural I - 10.00pm [Fri]

the hottest ghost busters, lissa said she preferred The Ghost Whisperer instead of watching 2 guys catching ghosts. lissa, it's 2 super cuteee guys we're talking here! lols! x) but i love ghost whisperer too. it's kind of scary, but it just cracks me up every time they pretend to be some insurance agents, cops and last week was priests. haa! i missed quite a few episodes, i must source for it soon. =)

Ugly Betty I - 10.00pm [Sun]

this is one heck of a drama, it makes you laugh like mad and gets you tearing next moment. i like the fact that they picture realistic stories for every characters, showing their ups and downs, good and bad, source of happiness & pride and deepest sorrows & pain. i like that. =) America Ferrera, such a brilliant actress, and really she's one hot mama out of betty's shadow. take a look:

all these dramas, i can still catch on tv, what about those that i can't, like Heroes and Grey's Anatomy? hmmm..i'm getting to it somehow, sal just let me watch episode 1 of heroes and that's it. now it's till episode 18, end of season 1. and grey's anatomy, i'll catch up, somehow. hopefully. *fingers crossed* :)

WE MET THE ROBINSONS! :)

2007-04-25T00:46:00.000+08:00

a movie after quite a while, watched Meet The Robinsons with charmaine, cheng liang and shui sheng @ PS. such a cute, funny and heartwarming show. love the storyline and the characters. the great twist of past, present and future. worth watching. ;) i need to watch more movies, hopefully can watch Smokin' Aces with steph this friday. i bet it's gonna be pretty funny cos' Ryan Reynolds is acting inside, and i can't wait to see how Alicia Keys perform in her debut movie. so movie anyone? ;)

my pet dinosaur, with "a big head and little arms." love that line and action! hees. everybody, meet Tiny. [click on the picture to zoom into his 'dino' tag] XD

i've been searching for new songs using imeem for the past few days, and i finally found the theme song for the tyra banks talk show. i always wanted it. i like the remix version played on the show, but the original is just as nice. meaningful lyrics and soothing voice, Just For Today by India Arie. another discovery is the song, Because of You by Ne-Yo. sweet rhythm, cool voice. it's in the playlist, enjoy everyone. =)

CHRIS DAUGHTRY - SENSATIONAL PERFORMER

2007-04-21T22:13:00.000+08:00

i wonder what i've been doing for the past few months other than projects and exams, i gave up on the latest music, doing mask, exercising and who knows what. i guess my stress meter hit the peak. at this point of time, i feel relieved, alive and breathing although i'm working and packed with friends' outings & birthdays, at least i'm able to do something i enjoy. i can listen to new songs i've discovered, meet up with old friends that i missed, shop using my own money, watch awesome dramas, do something nice for my family and friends. this is the life. =) can't get enough of it. too bad i'm still figuring out who i am and who i want to be, what i want to do, which path to take. but it's ok, i'll take my time.

ok back to chris daughtry, he totally took his music to the next level, a real life capable performer. when i search for his videos on youtube, i got to see some performances he did on American Idol which were amazing, being able to 'personalize' others' songs and stand firm on his own style and identity. despite being a rocker, he is able to pick up different genre which is really cool. Although he sounds a little like nickelback, creed and artiste along that line, his voice is smoother and more soothing i would say. i've been listening to his songs in my iPod everyday: Over You, Home, It's Not Over, What About Now.

you know what? i wouldn't even notice his songs until i heard Home in American Idol, where they will play in those elimination video clips. i told my brother, it's a nice song and i just search without a clue of the artiste and title. lucky me, i found it. ;) it's fated! haha. i posted a few videos of his performance which i really like. enjoy. :)

Chris Daughtry performing Stevie Wonder's Higher Ground

Chris Daughtry with Live - Mystery

SLEEPYHEAD.

2007-04-18T23:53:00.000+08:00

work was unbearable, just couldn't get my eyes open. the worst is, out of ALL days, today HAS TO be the busiest day for everyone in the office, at least it is the busiest day ever since i start working. bosses walking past me now and then, colleagues going around the office, couldn't even rest my eyes for 5 minutes. x_x i don't know why i'm so tired, probably because i slept at 2 plus last night. seriously, ever since i start working, sleeping late is no longer an option for me. i need at least 7 hours of sleep everyday plus coffee every morning. while i was trying very hard to stare at the computer screen, guess what? all i could think of is prison break tomorrow! HAA. xp

i didn't even watch season 1, yet i'm addicted to season 2. so i guess i'll need to go back to season 1 while catching season 2. wonder how long it's going to take me. hmmm..btw, anyone catch the song advertising for this week episode of PB, i'm so addicted to it. i thought it sounds like chris daughtry, before you know it, it is and it's in my iTunes. cool..it's called Over You . can't help but to put up on my blog. ;)

there's just so many dramas i need to catch up with and continue watching, let's see: ugly betty, prison break I & II, supernatural, my boss my hero..so much to watch, so little time. well..so much for now, off to shower and straight to bed. good night. but before that, a little sweet dream remedy for everyone. x)

STAY HOME KID.

2007-04-14T18:19:00.000+08:00

met baby yesterday at square 2 to pass her the long awaited cheque and have dinner together. when girls get money, they shop. jalan jalan in square 2, we targeted for bags and as usual we were distracted, sal bought a really cool watch for just $12. good buy! :D headed home, and watched supernatural, baby i think sam gets cuter as you continue watching the show. ;p

till now, it has rained thrice, HEAVILY. mum was actually all ready for her weekly prayers at the temple, but she didn't go because she was afraid that the house will flood and i'll be left alone in our very own swimming pool. yea, my house floods, no kidding. ;) i got bored and wanted to brush up my photography skills, that is if i had any. -.-" so i took random shots of the rain.

rain, rain and more rain.

after 2 failed attempts of meeting janice and stephanie, lissa, rini, i stayed home and rest. well..no big deal, i always love staying at home with 2 of my most trusted pals, my bed and my tv. lols! just when i thought it's going to be a boring, lazy saturday, it turns out way better. ;) i woke up having the craving for 'tang yuan' (glutinous rice balls) and so i took the flour and make my own tang yuan. seriously, i don't know why i like them so much, it is full of carbo but it is also full of embracing sweetness. =) since we started on food, let's move on to dinner.

look at my babies. love them!

whoo! mum cooked chicken cutlet with thigh fillets. ladies and gentlemen, nothing beats that i promise you. you can hear the yummy crunch when she was chopping it up. LOLS. i think dinner don't have to be filled with expensive dishes, simple home cooked meal to eat to your heart's content is just as satisfying. my mum is a superwoman because she know and can do almost everything. i find that admirable. ;) wish she could read my blog, unfortunately the only thing that she is completely helpless about, is technology. hees. ^^

the legendary chicken cutlet. whoo! my simple dinner. =)

i'll be working till end of april, it's kind of funny actually, initially a 1 week job now becomes like 7 weeks, it's not a bad thing since i haven't decided how i want further my studies. right now i just wish i could take care of my lousy skin and health, i want to go back to my running days and do my weekly facial mask. sigh..don't be lazy eileen goh! =p anyway, bleach 121 now, blog next time. -out-

ZOUK FOR THE FIRST TIME. ;)

2007-04-12T21:49:00.000+08:00

reached home at around 4:30am after spending the whole night at zouk, i must say it is much smaller than i expected. we were there early, around 10 plus. amelia, janice, cherie, yih dar, heng huat and i took a bus there. first we were at mambo, but i really can't dance to the music there, can't find the groove + i'm a lousy dancer. ;p then we squeezed ourselves into phuture, like cherie said, it was packed to the brim. but loved the music, had so much fun dancing with my girls and of course our 2 loyal buddies. hees. i wasn't feeling my best, in fact i almost lost my voice towards the end. well..it was all worth it, my first clubbing experience with ace-J. :)

hey birthday girl wake up. i know it's your first time clubbing. get used to the night life sweety. learn it from amelia & heng. ;p the never ending friendship. ♥

i know A LOT of people will be cursing and nagging after reading this entry, people like candy, stephanie and beverly after the many failed attempts of asking me to club. haa! i enjoy the music and company, but only on SPECIAL occasions eh. =) i remember my first clubbing experience was with steph and bev after steph's 19th birthday celebration, i wasn't given a choice and they got the "IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!" excuse so..there it goes.

i'm just glad i took half day off in the morning at work, so i still got to sleep till 12pm before i get my butt to work. *phew* my cough is getting worst i think, i mean clubbing, drinking, staying up late at night, no amount of chinese medicine my mum made can cure me. HAA! but thank you mummy for buying and brewing all those zhong yao. i love you. ;) i think my appetite is getting out of control ever since i start working, like i'm really hungry when i return home for dinner, today i had 1 and a half bowl of rice, i haven't have that much rice for dinner for a long time. it's always 1/2 or 3/4 bowl for me. someone please help me before i become a chubbier pig than i am now.

oh! prison break now. ciaos! ;p

picture of the week: the 'ka sen' gang, their legs couldn't take it anymore. and their faces showed that they couldn't care less. ;)

REST & REWARDS.

2007-04-11T19:30:00.000+08:00

Rest - time for plenty of rest, although i just recovered from my fever and sore throat, my flu is still bugging me and now i got cough. it's like a sequence, once it's started, you got to have it all before it ends. yesterday there's an event at four seasons hotel, all i did was constantly making trips to the washroom, to blow my nose, although the washroom is undeniably comfy and luxurious. ;) that's why today is off day, but i really can't take off often because all i do is watch tv and eat. the strange thing is my appetite doesn't seems to be affected by my illness. darn it. instead of shedding a few kilos, i think i gain a few. -.-"

Rewards- after about a month of work, i need some rewards, i just bought myself a new set of facial products, the new body shop seaweed skin care products. got the cleansing solution, toner and moisturizer. but i want more, in fact i've set my shopping list when my pay cheque is not even here. well, my ace-J are waiting for me at novena now, tonight we're going to club at zouk to celebrate cherie's birthday. shall post the pictures on the next post. now, i'm going to find some brown top cos' they're all wearing brown! ciaos! ;)

SHE'S BACK BABY! ;)

2007-04-08T01:49:00.001+08:00

yups i'm back! my dear cherie just reminded me that my old blog has been dead for 1 year, as my last entry was on heng's 19th birthday, we just celebrated his 20th birthday 2 days ago. lols! so i finally decided to re-create another blog, so that you guys know what's going on in my life, in case i go missing or what, right cherie? ;) hees.

omg.. i can't believe i'm getting myself into the same kind of crap again, please don't bug me for updates, thank you very much.

here comes april, seriously i wish i could just hide somewhere throughout the month, there's just too many birthdays going on. tell me why must they all born in the same month?! let's see who's birthday: heng huat, yih dar, candy, cherie, amelia, pauline, my uncle and i really don't want to know others. i have more than 5 sms on my hp inviting me to birthday bbq, party, chalet..a big hole in my pocket! candy thank you for the job intro, i need the money. ;p

not only that, the chicken wings, bee hoon and hot dogs have finally took me down with fever and sore throat yesterday. what to do? for friends, liang lei cha dao. HAA! can't be more happier meeting up with old buddies and celebrating with friends. bev going to australia soon for university, i'm going to miss her. cherie is going to the states with her family. heard that lissa might be going over to australia to further her studies too. seems like everyone is leaving here for at least a year or two, i just wish they could find their own patch of paradise somewhere. no matter where you guys are, you have my blessings. =) it's quite a long first entry, so let's move on to the photos:

there you go birthday boy, my so-called perfect natural smile. our soccer superstar, heng huat. =)

introducing ah heng from the new Chocolate F.C. ;p

13 years of friendship and counting.