There's something about this picture that is soo interesting. I'm loving it.

You know the feeling of feeling afresh and brand new and before you know it, time just slips pass you and you wonder when the hell did everything start or where did everything go? Its a brand new year 2007 but somehow I still feel the freshness from 2006. I somewhat still remember starting 2006 out as a new working person and suddenly its 2007! WTF?! Where did the time go? Here I am sitting in the office (after lunch) and as my mind wanders far from my body, I begin to wonder what I should pen as my resolutions for this year. I soon realise that its the same as last year, or somewhat similar. Does that mean I didn't do a good job last year or does it simply mean that time was not enough to achieve everything. So does this mean, this year I need to hurry to get my dreams??

Man...time is tricky bugger I tell you. It sneaks by you like a professional thief. Well maybe it might even be better I reckon.Anyways...back to my resolutions for this year. What do I want?

Went to catch IL DIvO at Kallang Indoor stadium. Before I rant off how good the show was, let me just say that it's been ages since I last went to the indoor stadium. I think the last time I actually stepped inside was about 10years ago. Shit! that was a really long time eh. But everything seems so yesterday. Sigh...how time flies.

Okay back to the concert. It was SUPERB!We were seated right at the back but it was still good. Mum wouldn't have liked the front coz she said she would have gotten a heart attack from the powerful voices. hehehe...Their harmonising was magnificent and most of their songs ended with my hair on their ends.In the end, it was a GREAT night. Truly enjoyed their voices...now still ringing in my ears.My favourite song...MAMA - Il Divo

Mama thank you for who I am

Thank you for all the things I'm not

Forgive me for the words unsaid For the timesI forgot
Mama remember all my life You showed me love,You sacrificed

Think of those young and early days

How I've changed along the way

And I know you believed

And I know you had dreams

And I'm sorry it took all this time to see

That I am where I am because of your truthI miss you, I miss you

Mama forgive the times you cried

Forgive me for not making right

All of the storms I may have caused

And I've been wrong Dry your eyes

Mama I hope this makes you smile

I hope you're happy with my life

At peace with every choice I made

How I've changed Along the way

And I know you believed in all of my dreams

And I owe it all to you, Mama

L-R Sebastian (France), David (USA), Urs (Switzerland), Carlos (Spain).

IL DIVO tonight! 8pm at Kallang Indoor Stadium.

Siempre

NOBODY ELSE

Making my way through old photographs
Of the night when you first stood by my side
Old friends with smiles some are here some are gone
Good memories of our senior high
Looking back we're the only couple still together
Even then I knew this love would be forever, I knew

'Cause there's nobody else in the world that could love you
Any more than I do, always here for you
Nobody else in this world could love you more
Nobody could love you any more than I do
I'm still here for you

Our lives have all changed we've come a long long way
Our faces show the lines of two young sons
And in their houses there will be pictures
Like the ones of you and me
Hope they can look back and smile just like we have done
Never once have I ever felt the need for another
We were strong and survived the storm in time to discover
To discover one another

All of the smiles we have won
Just from looking back and reliving all the good times
And when we've been through all the pages
We just start again, we just start again, oh

I'm back from my weekend gateaway to BANGKOK! A weekend purely for shopping shopping and more shopping. I felt generally safe in Bangkok, no funny business with the locals, just normal local Bangkok-ers going about their daily lives rushing and driving insanely on their heavily infested roads.
The trip was pure bliss (as always). Went to the usual hang out - MBK, Jajujat, Bonaza, Siam Square, and after along time I went to Suan Lom Night Market. It was a nice change. It was much nicer to walk around at the markets at night. Not much crowd and the weather was somewhat more inviting. Didn't do much shopping there though, just went for a nice body massage which my body yearned. It wasn't as great as the last one we went to at Health Spa. But can't diss this one either. They both had their stong points. Besides how can you make a complaint to a massage that's only $10 and that lasts for an hr!!! Like I said, I was in heaven. That night I slept like a baby.
So what did I buy? Shoes shoes shoes and more bags. I actually didn't buy that many stuff, in actual fact I could have bought heaps more. But this time around, I was more careful with what I bought. No more kiddy tshirts or kiddy stuff that I have collected over the years. This time I wanted quality apparels. hehehe...

In the end, what mattered the most was that I enjoyed myself. I truely did.

No more lies, No more drama.
Just you and me.

Someone Please (I'm begging) get this for me!!!
This is sooo cool. See now I know why I've been putting off getting a new phone. Procastination does pay off (sometimes). hehehe...It's releasing in US sometime next month so it'd probably be here around (*hint hint) April/May. (*plays in the backgrd - Oei stupid, its her bday, you better remember that its her bday, coz she'll be wanting this for her bday, and youL never hear the end of it coz its her bday)

My new year's resolution.

#1 Get more active (so far, its Squash every Mon and Yoga every Wed)
#2 Travel more
#3 Save more (okay that contradicts #2 -but what the heck)
#4 Pay more attention to the people around me
#5 Love and appreciate the people that matters the most
#6 Work hard and earn what I deserve
#7 Be a mentor to someone
#8 Learn new things everyday
#9 Learn a new languauge
#10 Be more spontaneous

4 days more to Bangkok!!!

Bye 2006. You were a great year for me.

Hello 2007. Hope you would be a better year for me.



Welcome 2007!!!





May you be good to me this year.

Natal tebing! (Xmas coming).. Can you imagine its Christmas already?!?! Where has this year gone too? Geez man..Anyways..here are some pics from midnight mass. Spent this year midnight mass with Van, Shaun, Michelle (Shaun's sis) and Sher. I think we were laughing almost the whole way through mass. We kept teasing Shaun about his badung ears (BIG ears). Sher was sitting right at the corner, then it was me, Mich, Shaun and Van. So whenever Sher and I were making fun of someone or said something of significance which needed to be shared, Van will always be like 'huh?!?'. At first we thought she was deaf. But then we realised that it was because of Shaun's big ears!!! hahahaha..It was preventing Van from hearing anything we said. Poor Shaun! then after communion, Van and Shaun swapped places and Sweet Van could hear EVERYTHING!! hehehe...Great fun peops! Merry Christmas..

ps: Shaun....Natal Ja Ka Bak!!!

As we bid goodbye, words like "I'm going to miss you" is never going to be enough. But this is how it is and I am going to miss you. You take care my friend and I'll see you soon. Have a safe flight to Paris and enjoy your Europe trip.

~ (edit)

"So this is Christmas, and what have we done? Another year over, a new one's just begun.."

Looking back at this year a lot has happened. We've lost 2 of our closest family friends to events that is too painful for the heart.Yet we endured the pain and learn to live with it. Death actually teaches us a valuble lesson. It teaches us to appreciate what we have and learn to accept whoever and whatever we might be in any given situation. You're only given one shot at life. Here's a question from Mitch Albom's latest book One More Day.

"If you had a chance, just one chance, to go back and fix what you did wrong in life, would you take it?"

Would I? What will happen if I do? Will it change everything or will everything be the same? Will I learn from my mistake or will I make the very same ones?

Okay, enough of the sad stuff...this year had good times for me too. I have officially worked full-time in presales for 1 year now! No more the life of a student but a full grown working adult. Woohoo...go NER! hehehe...
I have also worked hard to earn myself a trip to London and Paris. Really enjoyed myself. Realised that I want to travel as much as I can before I get too old or be tied down with too many responsibilities.hehehe..
I also took a trip to Bangkok with my work mates and it was Shopping baby!! hehehe...

Pictures from our visit to CHINATOWN. Nel bought most of her souvenirs from there. We had a great time with mum and dad as well. Good shopping!!!

This looks like an interesting film to watch. Not your typical romantic, horror, action or comedy flick, but interesting no doubt. I never did catch any of the movies by Michael Moore tho I really did. This movie caught my eye coz many times we've heard stories about what goes on behind those fast food counters. Stories that would probably change your views about eating at fast food outlets again. Wonder how this movie will turn out. I love the catch line tho..
"Do you want lies with that?"

Shopping with Nelly...

My Sydney guests have arrived and what better way to take Nel out than to go SHOPPING!!! Nel stayed over my place while Ades went to spend time with her mum and cutsie nephews. So early EARLY morning, Nel wakes up and wakes me up all energized to go shopping..

Took her to Bugis Village, Sim Lim and Seiyu. Guess what Nel bought?! She bought 3 pairs of jeans, 6 pairs of shoes, an MP3 player, and some other nick nacks. She can sure shop I tell you. hehehe...Now she's bugging me to get ready to head off to Chinatown! More pics soon...

My All Grown up Baby!!!

On this very day. 24th Nov 2006. I am proud of you in every way. I love you!!!

A Story to be SHARED...

At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled
children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that
would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the
school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question: "When not
interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does is
done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as
other children do He cannot understand things as other children
do. Where is the natural order of things in my son?"

The audience was stilled by the query.

The father continued. "I believe that when a child like Shay,
physically and mentally handicapped comes into the world, an
opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it
comes in the way other people treat that child."

Then he told the following story:

Shay and his father had walked past a park where some boys Shay
knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, "Do you think they'll let
me play?" Shay's father knew that most of the boys would not want
someone like Shay on their team, but the father also understood
that if his son were allowed to play, it would give him a
much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted
by others in spite of his handicaps.

Shay's father approached one of the boys on the field and asked
(not expecting much) if Shay could play. The boy looked around for
guidance and said, "We're losing by six runs and the game is in the
eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put
him in to bat in the ninth inning."

Shay struggled over to the team's bench and, with a broad smile,
put on a team shirt. His Father watched with a small tear in his
eye and warmth in his heart. The boys saw the father's joy at his
son being accepted. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team
scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In the top of the
ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field.
Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to
be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as his
father waved to him from the stands. In the bottom of the ninth
inning, Shay's team scored again. Now, with two outs and the bases
loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was
scheduled to be next at bat.
At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance
to win the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone
knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn't even
know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.

However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognizing
that the other team was putting winning aside for this moment in
Shay's life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay
could at least make contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung
clumsily and missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to
toss the ball softly towards Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung
at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher.

The game would now be over. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder
and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay
would have been out and that would have been the end of the game.

Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the first baseman's
head, out of reach of all team mates. Everyone from the stands and
both teams started yelling, "Shay, run to first! Run to first!"
Never in his life had Shay ever run that far, but he made it to
first base. He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled.

Everyone yelled, "Run to second, run to second!" Catching his
breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling
to make it to the base. By the time Shay rounded towards second
base, the right fielder had the ball ... the smallest guy on their
team who now had his first chance to be the hero for his team. He
could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but
he understood the pitcher's intentions so he, too, intentionally
threw the ball high and far over the third- baseman's head. Shay
ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him
circled the bases toward home.

All were screaming, "Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay"

Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help
him by turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted,
"Run to third! Shay, run to third!"

As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the
spectators, were on their feet screaming, "Shay, run home! Run
home!" Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as
the hero who hit the grand slam and won the game for his team.
"That day", said the father softly with tears now rolling down his
face, "the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love
and humanity into this world".

Shay didn't make it to another summer. He died that winter, having
never forgotten being the hero and making his father so happy, and
coming home and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero
of the day!

Think think think. Write write write. There's so much to say but no time to think it through. Well, for starters I shall begin by saying how much I miss Sydney. Okay I know this is not something new and probably by now its getting abit tired on the ears. I used to think (and I still do sometimes) it was more of the friends and freedom that I missed. It wasn't so much of the place. But now I think about it, maybe it was the place. I miss the feeling you get of knowing a place so well that you feel comfortable walking around alone aimlessly. I know I've lived almost all my life (minus the 5years spent in Syd) in Singapore and I should feel the same here .... but I don't. There's always this feeling of 'have to be somewhere' or 'have to have a purpose'. Maybe its just me.
Then the other feeling I missed is the feeling of winter. (okay for this part, it doesn't necessarily be because of Sydney - anywhere that is cold). I miss the feeling of cold rush that you get when you just step out of the house in the morning and the cold wind hits your face. Or the desire of getting into your warm bed at night. Sigh...ok so maybe all these things are just superficial. I guess home is where the heart is. But right now, I don't even know where my heart is. Singapore is good and I love it here. But for now, I wanna travel.But where, I have no idea...

~

Live or Let Live

World Aids Day - 1st December

Sorry this took a while to be uploaded. Happy Belated Halloween Everyone!!!

Halloween

Killed a few birds with 1 Call...
Called da this arvo. Wanted to just check something with him. Instead, not only did I get to talk to him, I got to talk to EVERYONE!Phone was passed to almost everyone at the table. Starting with..

Nel>>>> Hey girl, can't wait to see you in Dec. We'll go out and paint the town red. =) For now, help yourselves out to whatever winter clothes I have left there.

Nav>>>> Sorry the phone missed you. I didn't even know who I was talking to. It was so loud, where u guys were. Nonetheless hope everything's fine with you too.

Ade>>>> Sweetheart, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Have a blast, go wild, ENJOY! Time is soo sacred! Enjoy every moment, savour the goodness, and indulge in the moment.

Mags>>>> I know we chat on MSN almost everyday, but hearing my voice once a while won't hurt right? hehehehe...=P Your mum sounds well and happy. Tell her I missed her too. Missed the fact where Id have to try so hard to understand Canto and she, my chinese. Managed to capture abit of that moment over the phone earlier. Had no clue what she was saying. All I said was that, "Is it hot there?". heheheh...

Debs>>>> ARGH! Everytime I chat, I get back an empty reply. What's up with that huh? +P Anyways..email me when you're coming back and hurry back and bake me some banana cake. Mum's been asking for it too. hehehe...Coz apparently i don't bake. IL cook stew for u (or get mum to do it- hehehhee) btw how's mum and dad and Kor?

Lastly it was DA. Well what more can I say but you know I love you. Well guys...I miss you so much! I really wish everyone is well. Im not sure if you guys have heard, but my company just recently got bought over by a French company. So right now everyone is soo scared and anxious about the merger. Well, if things don't work out for me (as in I be out of a job next year), I might consider looking for a job in Sydney. For now fingers cross that everything (whatever it is) goes well for me, for you and for everyone.

Love you all.

These hands misses yours.

These arms misses your body.

These lips misses yours.

These eyes misses your smile.

There's so much to miss. About and everything around you.

I love you sweetheart.

Sweet November

Can you believe its November already?!?! 1mth + to Christmas. Seriously, does time ever stop and take a break?! ARgh!

Anyways, apologies for the lack of photos. There's a bug in my photobucket page and apparently it doesn't want to blog my pictures..pictures soon I promise!

A few things have been happening. Firstly, dearest got a job and I'm proud of him. Now he can use his programming skills (God pls help him) and come up with some KICK ass games. I love you da, and you know that no matter what happens I'm behind you 100%. Muacks!
With good news, bad news lurks behind. I was told that my company's been bought over by a French company. We, an American company got bought over by a French company for 3 times what we're worth...I guess it ain't that bad. Just that, now everyone's going a little frantic about the job security. Scary scary months ahead. Fingers cross that this merger brings nothing but good, GREAT news for us all. Pay rise everyone!!! hehehehe...

The next exciting news is that my girlfriends are coming to Singapore!!! Can't wait to see you girls.. Ade I know I've seen you most recently but still its always good to see a very familiar face. One that has shared alot of the greatest memories with me. I love you girls. Can't wait to have you here. We're gonna have soo much fun!

Happy Halloween!!!

Trick or Treat!

Gee how time flies.Its 2months to Christmas.So much has happened this year and I can't believe the year is coming to its end. Over the past week, I attended 2 weddings. Both were of my collegues. People I don't really know that well. However weddings are all the same. 2 people starting off their journey as one. The wedding day is the most magical day in one's life (more so for us girls). But when you think about it. Marriage is what happens after that. Going through life with that one person you chose to share it with. Being there through all the ups and downs. Being with that one person who most probably and should know you the best. This is what marriage is. And that's the whole beauty. You know how, sometimes when you're doing or see something, something inside you triggers and you stop and think about YOUR life. Well, weddings does it for me. Everytime Im at a wedding I think of how it'd be like for mine. I guess its a very natural thing to do and I assume most girls fantasize about it. On one hand, I can't wait to get married and settle down, but the more I think about it, I think I'm just fantasizing on the idea of getting married, not marriage itself. The excitement of chosing the hotel, motifs, themes and design for the invitations and stuff is all so fun. =)

Anyways..weddings and births are always the good side of things. Talking about birth, my cousin is pregnant once again. She just got married early March this year and was pregnant with twins. The twins are barely 5mths old and now she's pregnant again. Well, she's young and fertile! =)
With what's happening to the world, to friends and families, I'm begining to realise that life is really really short. You really need to enjoy it and treasure it while you can. Love one another and treasure them as well.

~ (edit)

Got bored at work, so started reading sypnosis of one of my favourite tvshow: GILMORE GIRLS. After finding out that my great grandfather's surname was Gilmore (great grandma remarried a de Rozario after that) I find myself my drawn to this show. I'm a Gilmore girl! =) okok so the girls are back with the 7th Season. Read the first 5 episode guides and I want to watch them NOW! Alot has happened. I shaln't ruin it for u guys (don't know who watches them). =)

Goin to take a power nap. HAH! like I can...back to work.

NCPI ACADEMY!!

Aww man..what a week. I was literally filled up with work..sleeping at about 2am most nights finishing up reports, preparing for meetings, presentation and discussions, and reading up on latest golf news. SIGH!Here's why. I was at NCPI Academy! Its a sales training that my company decided to send me to. Sure the experience of it is GREAT but the they didn't warn us the amount of work. Anyways, the good news is that I treated myself to Russel Peters on saturday with Dad. Russel Peters is one wicked Indian Canadian comedian. He was dissing the Indians a hell lot last sat. There was one that kinda stuck in my head. He was saying that you can tell which part of India a person is from by looking at their colour. The darker you are, the more south you're from. Those that come from SOUTH south is so black that even black people would call them black. Also even their shadows will get confused. "Who's following who". hehehe...There were so many jokes that I don't know where to begin. =P Go get his DVD people, saves me the time.
Well during this whole week of training something occured to me. Girls...remember the time when we were talking about where we'd be in the future. Mags will be off somewhere in her OWN hospital managing her doctors and also performing surgeries after surgeries. Debs will be off somewhere hosting some doctor convention. Then when it came to me, you guys pictured me running from meetings to meetings, phone calls after phone calls from people trying to get meetings with me. Basically a very busy business woman. And that's what it was like the past week. hahaha..ain't that funny. The funniest part is, its most likely going to be like that in the next few years!!

Helo people, im back here to blog. I know i haven't been penning down my actions lately and I apologise for that..So today I didn't bother to go out for lunch. I sat down in front of my computer and starting reading my past blogs. Boy was life alot simpler. I had a purpose in life! Sure there were exams to study for, books needed to be read, reports needed to be compiled, but everything was for a reason..

to get that darn Degree

As for now, there's nothing infront of me. Day in day out, its just work!
7.30am Wake up
8.15am Leave the house
9am Log in. Work!
1pm Lunch
6pm Log out! HOME

That's my daily routine for 5 days a week. What happens at night isn't really that impressive. Its usually spent in front of the telly, wasting the night away. I guess the main thing that gets me going every day is the money Im making which hopefully is cleverly saved for my future. Sigh.
Okay talk about work. Last Friday, I experienced something really scary but so part of life. My work was experiencing an organisation reshuffle. So what happened?! We lost 3 really great employees. 2 of which are very close to me. So it was heart renching and sad. Felt very bad at the same time. To still have a job when others have lost it. Life is really not fair.=(

Again, surrounded by the four walls of my department forcing thoughts of the unconscious to arise. So what am I doing here? Am I happy here? Hmm..IL let myself ponder on that more.
Yesterday, I went for yet another spa. Yeap..that's me, Lady of Leisure. hehehe...been trying all the 'first trials' at different spa locations. Don't know if I'll ever sign up for a package with any of them tho. hehehe..Altho,I might consider the one at Bangkok. I think that one still takes the cake.=) Yesterday's spa thing was different tho. We had a body scrub, a steam bath and a full body massage. Everything in total took about 2hour plus. Boy did I sure feel relaxed after that. =)
Now apart from all the massages and destress techniques that I've been applying, nothing much 'interesting' has been happening. I just reformatted my computer (too many bugs), so bringing it back to its original state (downloading softwares that made it buggy in the first place - sigh) is taking up some of my time. My other time is gone to reading the Davinci Code. I finally subjected myself to reading that book before watching the movie. The book has proven to be very very interesting so far.
Oh I think I failed to mention, at work there's this new ruling in place.

Late for work 20 cents
Angry at a customer 20 cents
Farting on office grounds 20 cents

Staying sane and stressfree PRICELESS!!!

The first few times, I tried, TRIEd to be early. I even thought of taking a cab to work, but then I thought, why pay $6 to get to work early when I just have to pay 20c if I'm late. From that day on, I think I've only been early to work 3x. How sad is it that I'm proud to be known as Miss Always-Late. hehehe...WELL, it wasn't me who put in place this new rule. It doesn't really affect me much if I'm late by a couple of minutes. I don't really start work WORK, till about 10 anyways. =P

ANYWHOOO...I'm in need for another holiday. I've been having dreams of being away in some foreign land...that's how badly I need one. hehehe..One night, I'm whisked away to Thailand, having a shopping spree, the next night, I'm off to Sydney, having tea and gossip sessions with my girlfriends, the next, I'm back in Paris, with the boy, overlooking Paris from the Eiffel tower.The holiday dreaming goes on and on..If only this was real and that I can physically be swept off my feet and be taken to every place I want to go. WAKE UP NER!!! WAKE UP!!!

Idol Obsessed!

Heloo....reason for the sudden outburst of youtubes is plainly boredom at work. hehehe..always becoz Mark and Mags been talking about the new Australian idol. So I had to check it out for myself. Lavina Williams is indeed great!

Guy Sebastian - Taller, Stronger, Better

Mags...this is for you.

Guy Sebastian - Climb Every Mountain

OMG!! I cried again!

Anthony Callea - MTV - The Pray

Singers from Australian Idol.

I miss you Mags..

Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars (from Grey's Anatomy)

how old is this? Check out how young the stars were. This was in 1991. One of my favourite songs.

VOICES THAT CARE
Bobby Brown, Garth Brooks, Little Richard, Will Smith, Kenny G, Nelson
Singingfool.com

I do miss you dumdum.

no more waking up to smelly farts.no more long waits to the toilet.no more hands to hold.no more dumdum to play jenga with (who's the jenga queen?!?! hehehe).no more warm hugs.no more stupid silly fights.no more silly jokes.no more kisses.no more aimless walks.no more history lessons or lessons about the world.no more random talks about soccer and soccer and soccer.no one to tease about the way he speaks malay.no one to laugh when I speak malay.no one to share my troubles about anything with.no one to scold me for being so careless.

Till I see you again. I miss you.

Its 4.42am in Singapore and I'm suffering from a bad jetlag. Slept for about an 1hr and then my eyes were wide open. So decided to refresh and update myself with people's lives. What did I do? Went blog visiting. Got this from Ades. Thought it was quite true. Bazaar?!?! Now whaddya think? I never thought I'd go visit London or Paris. They both weren't high on my Places-to-Visit list but I went anyways.. and I'm glad with every bit of my body that I went. I truely enjoyed myself. It wasn't so much of the excitement or the need to go on a holiday that made me truly enjoy the trip. But it was more of an eye opener that made me love it. Im not sure if I'l be making any sense here but that trip really made me realise what I want in life and what my dreams are in the near future. How weird is it, that my dreams are within reach but yet so un attainable. hmm..There's so much out there, so many places to visit, so much to learn..
Anyways, it'd be a while till I take my next holiday. Gotta earn back what I spent (you got to love the pounds IF your earning it!). Picture will be up soon.

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More Pics later when I get back to sunny Singapura. Here are some, taken at Luxemborg Gardens, Paris.

How many times have you heard the saying "...because I'm a mother." or "wait till you become a mother and you'll understand." What's up with that? Do we really have to become a mother to fully understand what they mean when they say "no don't do that but do this instead." In my entire life, I've heard that saying too many times, and not only from just my mother. Hmmm...reckon IL say it to others or to my own kids someday?? Geez..

Anyways, 2.5 days more till I'm in the other side of the world. Can't wait I tell you. Its going to be soo soo exciting!! Gonna start packing tonight. What to bring? What to bring? IL be travelling light so limiting what I want and I need to bring is gonna be tough. Another dilema of mine was deciding whether to bring my laptop or not. Bringing it only meant entertainment on board the plane (SIMS, my sitcoms). So weighing out the pros and cons I decided not to bring my lappy. So what did I do instead?? I googled up 'things to do on board a plane', and this cool thing came up.

I used to fly a hell of a lot and always thought that a large jigsaw puzzle would have been ideal if it wasn’t for the space considerations. somebody should miniaturize jigsaws so that you could do a 5000 piece puzzle on the tray table. It would be a boon for the magnifying glass and tweezer manufacturers!

For me, it’s got to be magazines and short books. My first long haul, I tried bringing big meaty books, but I couldn’t concentrate on them long enough to get into it. Magazines and short books hit the need-to-occupy-but-not-get-bored happy medium. I suggest Utne, James Lee Burke, Mother Jones, The Week, The Nation, and Wired for traveling.
Count down from 1 000 000 000. Remember the number you reach by landing and try to beat your record on the next trip.

Write an open-source operating system that combines Unix, Linux, and Plan 9’s best features
playing cards? and force the person next to you to play a game of go fish. (or maybe mini checkers, chess or dominoes.)

DRINK!

How many times have you heard the saying "...because I'm a mother." or "wait till you become a mother and you'll understand." What's up with that? Do we really have to become a mother to fully understand what they mean when they say "no don't do that but do this instead." In my entire life, I've heard that saying too many times, and not only from just my mother. Hmmm...reckon IL say it to others or to my own kids someday?? Geez..

Anyways, 2.5 days more till I'm in the other side of the world. Can't wait I tell you. Its going to be soo soo exciting!! Gonna start packing tonight. What to bring? What to bring? IL be travelling light so limiting what I want and I need to bring is gonna be tough. Another dilema of mine was deciding whether to bring my laptop or not. Bringing it only meant entertainment on board the plane (SIMS, my sitcoms). So weighing out the pros and cons I decided not to bring my lappy. So what did I do instead?? I googled up 'things to do on board a plane', and this cool thing came up.


I used to fly a hell of a lot and always thought that a large jigsaw puzzle would have been ideal if it wasn’t for the space considerations. somebody should miniaturize jigsaws so that you could do a 5000 piece puzzle on the tray table. It would be a boon for the magnifying glass and tweezer manufacturers!

For me, it’s got to be magazines and short books. My first long haul, I tried bringing big meaty books, but I couldn’t concentrate on them long enough to get into it. Magazines and short books hit the need-to-occupy-but-not-get-bored happy medium. I suggest Utne, James Lee Burke, Mother Jones, The Week, The Nation, and Wired for traveling.

Count down from 1 000 000 000. Remember the number you reach by landing and try to beat your record on the next trip.

Write an open-source operating system that combines Unix, Linux, and Plan 9’s best features
playing cards? and force the person next to you to play a game of go fish. (or maybe mini checkers, chess or dominoes.)

DRINK!

My long awaited trip far far away from Singapore (and not to Sydney) is about to take place - FINALLY! I'm going to London!!! Yes you heard it right Ladies and Gentlemen, this little girl is going to London to have cuppa with the Queen. IL be taking my departure early August and would be enjoying the English atmosphere for about two weeks. I will also be seeing the sights of Paris. OMG I can't wait..its about time that I go on a long holiday. Can't believe its been more than a year since I last left Uni. How fast time flies eh?Anyways..Im soo excited. Been thinking of what to bring, what to wear, what to buy (since Im on a very tight tight budget).. hehehe...I wana take heaps of pictures, pictures of all the sights that I'L be seeing. YAAY!!!...

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CAN'T WAIT!

My goodness...how long has it been? Today, after a very very long time, I drank my first cup of Earl Grey Tea. As many of you know, that's my FAVOURITE cup of tea.

Just that one sip, brought me back to different memories. The very first thought that came into my mind was at BB's. Don't know why I that was the first place I thought of. But I remembered the days I was sitting there having my cuppa and eating that sausage roll while 'reading' my work (History and Philosophy), usually waiting for people.

The second memory is at the Tea Place - my favourite place - eating scones with cream and jam and sipping away my Earl Grey.

What good times I had with my Earl Grey. How could I have forgotten you. Sigh..I promise never to forget you again.

Here I am!! Back to blog. No, not that I had forgetten about u, but
alot of things have been happening. So many things that I don't know
where to start.
I guess I'm learning to settle down with life here.It has been almost
a year now. I do miss Sydney very much and I do hope to return there
one day soon. Maybe not live there in the long run,but who knows?!
Life as it is, always changes. For the good, for the bad, or for
whatever reason, it happens. So life here has finally taken its
shape. I'm doing well mentally, emotionally and physically...whatever
that means. Im working my way up the corporate ladder and that has
been really good.. Sad news, good news in a way but still sad. I'm
leaving CST. Basically in simpleton, I'm leaving the fun behind. As I
climb further along the way, I too have to 'grow up'. I'm asked to
now sit on the 20th flr with higher management. Good news is that
this is just on a temporary basis. Thank god!
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(edit)
Spoke to Ades a couple of days(weeks) back. We were talking about how
things have changed and that if I do go back, I shouldn't expect the
good old times. Everyone has changed, everyone now has got their own
lives to live. Its a good thing, in fact its great. We all set out
from different countries,trying to make something of our lives. And I
think we are all achieving that now. So as we sat down, reminiscing
about our past years, I started to feel sad but yet happy.
"Friends are like stars, you can't always see them but you know that
they are always there"

Goodbye yellow brick road...

Gone are the days for the Socceroos..But still Im proud of you.

*

kiss because i'm a girl

the CAT EMPIRE!!

It continues to ring in my ear.

"Our weapons were our instrumentsmade from timber and steelwe never yielded to conformitybut stood like kingsin a chariot that's riding on a record wheel..."

What am I going on about? Well...its THE CAT EMPIRE! (I can hear Ade's screaming in the background - hehehe). Met up with Ryan, Will, Felix, Jamshid, and Harry (wah, sounds like I know them personally huh? hehehe..) last Friday as they came to Singapore to perform. Know how much I had to pay to get to see these people up close....are u ready for this?....drum roll.....$0!!Yes..INDEED, I paid nothing to watch the Cat Empire, and its not because someone bought me the tickets, or I won the tickets but its because they performed here live for FREE. Ahuh, yup, you heard me right, they performed here at the Esplanade last Fri, Sat and Sun for free. Anways, Mark and I went down to catch them with very little expectation. (* honestly before the concert, I only knew 'helo helo' *) hehehe...The show went on for about 2hrs with breaks in between. Had a really good time. Such a great time that I went back there on Sunday with my folks to catch them again. hehehehe...Pics will be up soon I promise.

Eeeeekksss....sorry for the long delay in updating my blog.Alot has and has not been happening (if that made any sense). For starters, I'm currently under the weather with a bad bad BAD cough. It started off with just a throat infection,then gradually turned into a whooping cough...ANNOYING!!

I finally got the chance to watch 'Sepet'.The show won the best movie award at the Malaysian film festival. Its a love story between a malay girl and a chinese boy. It was an interesting movie. Funny at parts, sad at some but mostly very romantic. The end freaked me out a little. Let me try to summarise the story. This chinese boy who's mother is a baba (Peranakan women - chinese with malay influence) falls in love with a malay girl. He is a romantic who likes to write poems of love. However in the journey of finding the 'one' he falls at the hands of some wrong doings, making the sister of his greatest enemy pregnant. Ah Loong/Jason (his name) writes a letter to Orked (the girl's name) telling her that she's the one he's been waiting for all his life. However while waiting he did bad things which he has to take care of first before being with her eternally. Orked gets very angry and feels cheated and refuse to see Jason or talk to him. This goes on for quite a while. Orked dates other people while Jason keeps proclaiming his love for her through letters. After a few months,Orked gets a scholarship to study in Europe. On the day she was leaving, Jason rides frantically to see her off at the airport. In her car, Orked's mum begs her to read Jason's letters and to give him a last call. However, while making his way to the airport, Jason got into an accident and died. There was a scene with him lying on the ground dead with his phone next to him ringing, but in the next scene, Jason answers Orked's call, saying that he knows that she loves him. It was Jason's spirit that answered her called!!! how eerie is that?!?! I know its supposed to be romantic and all but I got freaked out!! Imagine how freaked out she'll be when she finds out that she spoke to Jason after he died. hehehe...
Anyway it was a good movie. Catch it sometime if and when u do get a chance.

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On the topic of stories. Last weekend at A.Pat's birthday party. The cousins got together to tell ghost stories (a common thing with the cousins at parties - usually done on the staircases). At what other ghost stories to tell but the ones from Tekong (an island used for military training). I shall share this one with you. Thursdays are known as black thursdays in Tekong. There are no night duties, no night trainingsm basically everyone is made to go back to their bunks after a certain time. This is story behind it. A guy from a platoon fell sick and decided to take leave. He went to see the doctors which told him that he was alright to return to camp. So he returned back to camp and joined the marching platoon.But as he joined the platoon, one other guy went on a toilet break. So when they did the headcount, they miscalculated and left the other guy (in the toilet) behind. Only later when they did a name attendance, they realised that the toilet guy was missing. A search was made to find him. After 3 days, they finally found the guy behind the camp, with all of his body parts taken out and stacked properly ready for inspection.Gross huh? so now every thursday, he roams the place with certain of his body parts missing. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe.........

 

I'm off to the land of SHOPPING.. Bangkok here I come.
Woohoo.....

My Little Surprise birthday party.

SURPRISE NER!!!

Plenty of thanks to my fellow mates and my significant other.These guys threw me a mini early birthday party over at Hard Rock last Thursday. I had no idea what was going on. All I thought was that I was heading out to dinner with Mark. Hmmm...if only I knew what that cheeky devil was up too. =P
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After work, I went with the girls to the Victoria Secret sale.It wasn't that great, so we decided to leave early. On our way to the bus stop, Shirley and I stopped at Fullerton to get a cake each. Fullerton was having a promotion, they were selling their cakes at $10. It was a double chocolate cake. After buying it, we (Kim, Kanlaya, Czar + me) headed down to Kallang to get the car. This was what I understood was happening. Kanlaya was meeting a friend down at Orchard for dinner, and Kim was accompanying her and Czarina was gonna meet her house mates. I parked the car at Shaw Center and rushed to meet Mark. (He kept calling me asking where I was as we were late for our reservation). Ran to Hard Rock only to find Van and Kavan sitting there. I was soo shocked!! Mark...you had me good this time. You would have got me better if u didn't blurt out that the 3 girls were coming along as well.hehehe...but it was all good anyways. Thank you guys for that lovely surprise. Boy don't Hard Rock know how to treat their birthday guest. It was excellent. I had balloons, a polaroid taken and a birthday song sung to me. hehehehe...Pics will be up soon. I promise!

And we will only need each other, we'll bleed together,Our hands would not be taught to hold another's, When we were the special two. And we could only see each other, we'd bleed together, These arms will not be taught to need another, 'Cause we were the special two.

When you know that you know who you love, you can't deny it. Or go back, or give up, or pretend that you don't buy it. When it's clear this time you've found the one, you'll never let him go Cos you know and you know that you know.

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When you know that you know who you need, you can't deny it. Or go back, or give up, or pretend that you don't buy it. When it's clear this time you've found the one, you'll never let him go Cos you know and you know that you know.

And so it is. Life goes on. I suddenly realise that this page has become my photo-stashing outlet..My excuse to exhibit my very 'non-artistic' work. Sigh. Anyhow, anywho and ANYWAYS..this week has been jammed pack with all sorts of activities. Mum complained last night that I'm never home for dinner lately. Well the big news of this season: we're moving office. Here's an update of what happened this week.

MON: Work was as usual. Was making good progress with my calls. Attended the second part of the online Siebel training. After work, the gang made our way to catch 'Date Movie'. For those out there who loved that movie, well don't read on coz I'm going to pay out that movie badly. I knew before watching the movie, that the show was going to be a stupid one. The jokes were lame and soo predictable. I guess its ones of those movies that are brainless (not my kind of movies).

TUES: Had training with Jeffrey So for Siebel again. This system is supposedly going to be faster and much more user friendly. After work, went home to 2 little brats that decided to spend a night over. Went to bed by 10pm but didn't sleep well, as 'baby/princess' was kicking, rolling and slaping me. ARGH!

WED: Started packing a little at work. Room started being more and more cluttered. Walking around became an issue. Every now and then, you'll hear 'ouch', 'omph', 'aaahh'. After work, the gang went over to Clarke Quay to meet up with Chai. Had dinner at the Indonesian restaurant. Food wasn't that bad nor was it that good but I guess the company was more important. Walked around the newly renovated clarke quay. It looks alot better now. Looks very mordern.

THURS: Once again at work, we started to pack more. More oohhss and aahhhsss..

I finally got myself a new 'good' camera. No more for those cheap cheap / free gimicks. I got myself the new Canon Ixus 60. Got it at a good steal at the IT show last friday. Pictures from this baby will be up soon I promise.

My new watch..hehehe. So happy with it. Wanted it for quite some time now.

WARNING!!! Pictures..pictures pictures!!! This is what I managed to do so far. There are still heaps more pics left to upload.. So be patient k! We took about 1000 pics that weekend man.=)

"Its just Another Day"

Just another day at work. Its pretty quiet as 3 mates went off for training. So once again I shifted my ass to an empty slot in the office. The reason why I'm a nomad is because we're in the midst of moving office and till we move I am without a proper seat. I requested for a seat with a view that overlooks the city. =)OOh update!! I've been PROMOTED! Yes lil nerdy ner has moved up the corporation ladder. I am now a presales + technical support engineer for ASEAN. The title is quite self explanatory actually but for those who aren't that bright..(hehehe..no offense) I basically help out with the technical support department and do presales for the company - APC. Okay enough about work (I get 9hrs of it everyday!)...just the other day I went for a drive at changi village - very close to the airport. I was watching the planes take off and land. It then hit me that I will not be going away for a long period of time any time soon. Its quite sad. Memories started pouring in and tears started to well up in my eyes. I thought about the first time I left Singapore for Sydney. The mix feeling of excitement, fear, lonliness and clueless expectations that I got was undescribable. I would give anything just to get that feeling back. Those years I spent in Sydney were truly the best times in my life.I learnt so much in that time. More about life, friendship and love.I guess when you're actually in that period of time in your life, you sometimes fail to see what's in front of you. You only get to see the real meaning of it when you're out of it. Well, its been almost 8months now that I've left Sydney, and I'm still missing every bit of it. But with that being said, I'm also learning to appreaciate what I have right now. I'm loving work, my new found friends and loving Singapore again. I know things would never be the same again but that's the reality of life.

Morning Madness

After having very very little slp over the past few days, I dragged myself out of bed this morning. Oh how I wished I could just sleep in and didn't have to go to work. Neways..I got ready and left my place slightly after my usual time. I was pretty constantly daydreaming the whole time. Then the 196e came, and I thought to myself, "Oh this would get me to work faster since its an express". So I got on the bus, slpt the whole way through, waking up only to find out that the bus does not stop at my bus stop!!! The bus went all the way to Raffles. So I didn't end up being late for work but even later!!! So I slowly made my way through Marina, Suntec and finally to work..sigh..what a morning.

I have suddenly lost my thoughts on life. The feeling is numb. Why is this so, I do not know. Has life suddenly taken alot out of me, and left me feelingless? Once again I do not know.

I just heard the news today that you have decided to take your leave. Without goodbye you left us. Left us with only fond memories of you. Things will never be the same without you, parties will lose its essence, laughter would echo in the emptiness only to return dead.I guess I should be happy, as you left without a throe. Through with pain, through with suffering, you are now at rest. I can only pray in silent and bring comfort to them. As time on earth is precious, you have taught me to enjoy. Be thankful for what I have and give with all that I can. Goodbye now dear love and till we meet again. I'll be thinking of you in all my prayers and pray you do the same.

"In time, the heart heals

leaving us with memories -

not of our sorrow

but of the love

we have known

In the quiet moments

when the hurt is hard to bear,

May love become your

shelter, & may the beauty of

precious memories be your comfort"

Crazy in love

Ain’t funny how time
Steals the feeling from a love affair
And there’s no place to lay the blame
'Cause in any case, oh, no one cares
Helplessly we just watched it fade away
Neither will admit it
Are we both aching to say.

We, you, I miss the days when we were crazy in love
When you were so sure of me, I had my little jealousy.
We, you, bring back the days when we were crazy in love
I wanna feel that way again
Remember when we were crazy in love.

I know it used to be so easy
One touch and I was high
And I could get intoxicated
Just by looking in your eyes
Oh, baby ain’t there anything we can do
'Cause I know you’re missing me
As much as I’ve been missing you.

We, you, I miss the days when we were crazy in love
When you were so sure of me, I had my little jealousy.
We, you, bring back the days when we were crazy in love
I wanna feel that way again
Remember when we were crazy in love.
Girl, we were more than best of friends
We were crazy in love...

The time is near. Its time for us to say goodbye. I'm sorry to say goodbye but in a way I think its for the best. I hate seeing you in such pain and misery. People around you all feel so useless. I want to help. I want to make things better. I wish I could take away everything!

Its sad to see someone once so full of life, be stripped off everything: hope, love, laughter, EVERYTHING!