Cronistoria of Princess Stella

picked up my blog

2011-03-18T22:51:00.007+08:00

the last post was back in 2009.

and here i am again, picking my blog back again. simply because i'm too lazy to go set up a new blog and i feel like rattling off.

for formality's sake, i want to take the opportunity to do a stock take on the changes in my life since 2009.

gotten my own house
moved on to a new job
got married
took up driving lessons and put them on a hiatus for the time being
changed my phone for the better and for the worse
gotten my LV bag and wallet
learned how to play golf
took up a yoga membership
learned how to apply eyeshadows and stick fake eyelashes

uh uh that's quite a lot of stuff isn't it? and i thought i lead a boring life.

then again, in many senses, boring is good - stable life and choosing the kind of excitement that i want, not having unwanted surprises.

the biggest unwanted surprise for now has to be the earthquake in Japan. it has got to be the worst calamity in decades. and how their resilience really struck us.

in my work, i need to communicate with the Japanese almost everyday. just 1-2 hours after the earthquake shook their earth on Mar 11, they told us that they are still alive with the cute (^_<) emoticon. even until now, they carry on working. how is it like, i wonder? amidst the chaos in their country and living in uncertainty, they just keep going on. it's just really admirable.

oh i forgot to insert a picture before i logged out just now.

help the animals that are also victims to the japan earthquake too!

http://www.worldvets.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=203

once again

2009-10-15T00:36:00.003+08:00

everytime when i blog after a hiatus, it'll be the same thing like, "oh i've not blogged for so long." Or "back with a vengeance sort of shit". something like that.

actually i think, i think i shall try to blog more often, really. so that i can hmmmmmm, attempt to make my ordinary life sound eventful. not that i hate being ordinary, i just sort of dislike the mundane routine that accompanies it.

after seeing some issues and observing some behaviourial patterns, i really do believe that being ordinary is a blessing. It just means that my life is generally quite ok, no big ups and downs, unless i really want to magnify them. Then again, doing that makes me feel stupid. Perhaps it's facebook's and twitter's fault. pictures are over at the former and anal "twit-bytes" <-- (hey, did i coin a new term myself?)go to the latter.

hmm, see, with just a bit of rambling here and there, a brand new blog entry is formed.

till the next time, ^w^

and oh, at the very least, i must continue to set a standard. meaning i must insert a picture.

it's been a while

2009-06-10T00:39:00.003+08:00

since i blogged. like real.

weather's been terribly warm, it feels like 43 deg.

singnet connection is cranky recently. just like my mood at work, especially when it comes to the office pc.

been ~~whining~~ bitching about the pc to anyone who is ~~forced to~~ willing to listen at work since 23 may. and i will continue whining until the problem is solved. it's not solved until the one responsible does something instead of knowing about it and ignoring it. as usual.

to them, thank you for tolerating my endless whining.

to the marketing people from the brands that i work with, sorry that your famous brands looked thrashed on my pc.

gotta sleep. bye for now.

blogging from the library

2009-04-11T19:18:00.003+08:00

using my iPod touch, nothing more.

testing to see how strong e wireless connection on my little toy can go, while feeling blissful surrounded by the sounds of the galilee cafe blender, light footsteps, straits times and 4 light novels.

dones.

momo!!!

2009-04-08T23:05:00.005+08:00

tsk, balls in full glory.

talk about overexposure =X

the previously said sandwich toasting machine:

as i label this post, i chose hamsters and food. umm, not a very ideal combination, so as to say. >.<

unrelated

2009-04-08T00:38:00.005+08:00

no coffee no talk.

next tue is gonna be mind-blowing no thanks to a certain unrealistic minion whose decisions and actions, unfortunately, affects me and this time round many many people. totally crazy but it'll be good to see what comes out of it.

i'm obsessed with a sandwich vending machine. egg and cheese is good.

picture of the day:

firefox rox, but still....

2009-03-30T19:20:00.001+08:00

i was trying to make payment for my final theory test and failed. subsequently i realised that it was because i was using my default browser FF which is not able to support that website's payment protocol. it can only support IE.

tsk, it is most annoying that there are still web portals, especially those of non-private organisations, that do not support FF.

don't they know that FF is so much less prone to virus attacks and makes web surfing safer online? zzzzzzzzz, maybe there is something about IE and web payment technological jitters that i have no idea about. or maybe it's time to send the web support teams behind these organisations for training already. respond to the government's call for retraining already.....c'mon.

hence picture of the day:

ministry of food

2009-03-25T23:03:00.003+08:00

i am a new MOF convert and today me and steph ~~supported~~ went to the mof branch at suntec city.

my food: seafood toji

steph had the tempura udon. her hands are in the "itadakimasu" pose =P

and because rice felt too heavy, i ate the toji on its own and had to order a little something extra to fill up my stomach: the daikon radish salad

both of us left the place satisfied but this time round our stomachs had no room for desserts. actually is because my stomach is still in the process of recovering from gastroxxxxx <-- cannot read doc's scribbling and not that keen to ask (=3=). if not i would have a dessert no matter how full i am.

matthew made all of us lol with his side a side b joke during lunchtime.

pocky and meiji crackers

2009-03-23T01:33:00.009+08:00

aki has a kimu-taku smile. it is true.

will watch appleseed ex-machina when i get my hands on it. heck, maybe even the 2004 version if it's good enough.

fairprice bishan ran out of chocolate pocky. and i think i have just finished the last box in my stash. it's no good, i need to stock up already. and i DO NOT EAT strawberry pocky at all. meiji's plain crackers were on sale though, claiming the lowest price. indeed ne, if comparing to carrefour's prices.

i'm on a biscuit craze nowadays!

oyasumi.

2009-03-19T23:26:00.001+08:00

ba hahahahaha, sg can be cool....

buraku daiyamond

2009-03-19T00:20:00.003+08:00

nana mizuki's black diamond - indies version
nana mizuki's black diamond - major version

this is the first time i came across a song that sounds so good in 2 versions that i dunno which one i like better.

it will be a perplexing problem if there should come a time when i can only select one.

picture of the day

the lesson to learn from kobe beef

2009-03-17T01:27:00.005+08:00

never be cheapskate and attempt to dare your friends in hope you will get a free meal. especially not on a game that is as definitive and no-brainer as rock paper scissors. and especially not when for a no-brainer game, the stakes involve something as painful as kobe beef.

the karma ensures you end up digging a hole for yourself.

thank you for the lesson mao-san. *bows*

by the way, my new toy

and my hair is still like this. -.-

blowing hot and cold

2009-03-12T22:46:00.005+08:00

the hair on my head. I.HAVE.NOT.DONE.ANYTHING.ABOUT.IT.YET.

it's so messy, that as a passing remark, fiona told me to tie it up, while i passed by her on my way to the washroom getting ready for the vvips. LOL

the vvips' blazers must contain air conditioning. they looked unruffled while me and stella, donned in blazers too were sweating buckets.

it's really not easy being a translator.

the superstar disappeared. i hope he returns soon.

the weather, is too weird. yesterday was cold, today is very warm. don't make me fall sick again ok?

picture of the day today is:

facebook adding twitter-style, my ass and MOF!

2009-03-09T13:08:00.006+08:00

facebook courting twitter lovers

will definitely give this new twitter-like facebook application a try. but not going to abandon twitter.

and will the new application slow down the loading time even more? i hope the facebook team kills 2 birds with 1 stone to fix the slow loading while adding the additional feature.

i fell and landed on my butt on my way back from the doctor. he said the weather nowadays is terrible. i have to agree.

the yummy omelette udon, potato salad and kuromitsu soft serve that i had over at MOF in Marina Square last friday were so good that the mouthwatering effect is still lingering, making my butt pain feel better. ya, as if. i'm just greedy. but for sure i am definitely going back to try out more of their foods soon! it was such a dilemma, deciding on one main course cos i wanted everything! steph was so o.o at my indecisiveness lol. and no photos of my omelette udon cos i was too hungry to take any photos.

ah i go rest my ass....

and the picture of today's post is:

hair

2009-03-07T02:23:00.001+08:00

ah. so ugly. going to do something about it. soon.

feb fab raining

2009-03-01T02:47:00.006+08:00

i do not like being under the sun. maybe that's why i tend to prefer the rain to the sun.

the recent rain spell is such a warm (pun, pun, pun) welcome to the hot sun that was bearing down before.

work has been somewhat fun this week because of the random camwhoring session, e-bitching afternoons and as a grand finale, we had a weekend bitching-packed dinner gathering earlier on, with the addition of jacob, jw and grace's friend chris. otherwise our bona fide superstar would be the only male there and it would so be like his personal harem! LOL. the gathering is also a farewell party on our own for vv who will be taking to the skies for her career. we are so going to miss her, that stand-up comedian =P. and needless to say, this was another session of serious camwhoring.

i wonder what time the rest of them left cos me and jw left earlier than them....

Looking forward to seeing the photos taken just now.

dated

2009-02-14T00:24:00.006+08:00

now guess, which dated am i referring to when i mean dated?

*snort*

i had a field day when images of bond girls circa 1950-1960 style filled my imagination from a trigger-happy headline (pun and no pun intended).

seriously!!!! it was so snort-worthy that i would have snorted my entire noseful of snot right on my screen -:

1) had my vocal cords not beaten my nasal capacity to do so; and
2) if i were at home

vv said it was loud enough for TNP to hear it.

i couldn't help but groan and giggle, it's quite a feat to do that, i tell you. but, this has got to be one of the best "huh?!!!" moments. the type that leaves you genuinely bewildered. and for a long time to come......

first post of the moolah year

2009-01-27T00:52:00.008+08:00

i know it's a cow, but its gaze seems filled with meaning.

in this year of the ox, i would like to wish everyone that i think fondly of, a very happy new year and may you be as healthy as an ox. and for those that i don't think fondly of, .......... having a somewhat angelic heart, i certainly don't wish for misfortune to befall you. hopefully these people will come to realize their unlovable traits in the year of the ox. and yes, do something about it, before you become truly unbearable.

my new year visiting will only commence on the 2nd day of CNY and today, it is more of a worming day where i was wrapped snugly under my blanket while looking at the sunlight that made its way into the bedroom, musing over random thoughts that did not have any links to one another. some of them were totally weird, but entertaining all the same.

when my dad flicked on the tv to mediacorp's channel 8, the trailer of some alternative ending related to little nyonya came on, successfully irritated my dad and me. while i didn't watch the show other than snippets of it while channel surfing, its over-exposed pre-and-post publicity stunts certainly made me aware of the drama's existence without having had to undergo the actual act of sitting through any episode. initially, i was glad that a mediacorp drama was so well received. after a while, it became incessant droning to the stage of irritation. like mediacorp has no other show that they can rely on to boast about anymore. tsk.

aural told me the other day of koko's mishap that involved a tissue box. apparently the fat ass got himself stuck after a brand new hole other than the original opening has been successfully created in the tissue box to allow access. however it was only large enough to accommodate the upper half of his body as he waged through the opening. and got himself extremely stuck at the midriff cos his ass was too fat to push forward AND backward. the poor bastard screeched alarmingly with its might and caught the attention of aural who was minding his own business in the house. thinking that the 2 hamsters were fighting, he hurried to take a look to find momo minding his own business and koko in that compromised position. aural had to pick up the tissue box and shook koko out of the trap in order to free it. -.- as hilarious the story sounded, it was actually a very dangerous situation for a hamster to be in, as koko might have just died due to screeching his lungs out or in great fright if aural had not been at home. from that day onwards, we no longer put any empty tissue box for them to play anymore.

do you know that heineken tastes better than tiger beer? but my fav beer is still budweiser after so long. however, heineken is more affordable if we are talking about substantial consumption. so, offers to install a tap of unlimited budweiser will be greatly welcome!

and happy moo(lah) year again. hopefully more moolah making its way, which is rather bleak considering the current worsening economy....

why gmail is so fun

2009-01-10T12:29:00.003+08:00

i admit i am quite a big fan of google, largely due to the little surprises that come with the occasional changing of its gmail/google logo.

first it was the envelope with the red M

then it was the 8-shaped g in blue

and a few seconds ago, it transformed into a bigger 8-shaped white g with tropical background.

i dig change, especially changes like this. especially when i drag each new logo onto my firefox bookmarks toolbar and delete the predecessant logo. to reflect the new change IMMEDIATELY without refreshing the old one.

ok, this is sounding so geeky already. ^_^

speaking of change, i added a timer on the right that counts down to the official day where the american change advocater comes on board on january 20 (US time). the countdown timer is highly inspired from cfcamerica a couple of days ago, having observed that at the time of blogging, the website has done a major overhaul to the looks. meaning that the timer is now gone. ._-

there goes the countdown to no more bush in X days, Y hours and Z minutes

first post in 2009

2009-01-03T16:22:00.003+08:00

it is 2009! remember to be mindful when you write your dates ⊂(　＾ω＾)⊃ 3/1/09 not 3/1/08 ok?

zzmm's wedding

2008-12-22T23:27:00.007+08:00

such a happy occasion. pictures of zzmm's hen night and big day are finally up and looking through them brings back happy memories of all the fun.

after all, it's my virgin jiemei-ism and hence, all the more memorable. =D

in the morning of the actual day, i was introduced to calista who has very nice hair and is a pretty little girl who knows how to play the piano and eats biscuits with milo. she can also create a din easily on and without demand XD

during the dinner, after the prawn with brandy made its debut in rubber and mrs teo's wedding dinner, the prawn and brandy made its second appearance and this time round, liyan had taken the front view of the prawn's face. the prawn is one of the most disgruntled prawns, if not the most disgruntled one that i have ever seen. =X

it is also my first virgin ta-ing of brandy, courtesy to orh eh who made me ta with zzmm and connie. how scheming, he probably felt that while he was ta-ing away with unkel solid, unkel huat, et, mnm, etc, the compelling need to volunteer his better half to ta with the ladies struck him, that his better half's usual beer drinking is not enough. (´;ω;`) since he ended up hugging the toilet bowl while nursing a back pain, ore wa, as the one with the bigger stomach capacity shall forgive him.

la la la la la, so much fun one.

cat diary

2008-12-22T23:08:00.006+08:00

i received a forwarded email of the cat and dog diary and while the dog diary is absolutely boring, the cat diary amuses me endlessly. i have thus decided to insert googled images as this diary unfolds.........

CAT DIARY

Day 983 of my captivity. My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed cold hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength. The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. I plan as I stare from the window...

In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the carpet.

Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of, however they merely made condescending comments about the 'nice gift' and what a 'good little hunter' I am.

Bastards!

There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of 'allergies.' I must learn what this 'allergies' means, and how to use it to my advantage.

Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow...but at the top of the stairs.

I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released - and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded.

The bird has got to be an informant. I regularly observe him communicating with the guards in their language. I am certain that he reports my every move. My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe. For now..........

but as i googled for pictures, it turns out that someone had beaten me to it a long time ago. bleah, i guess so much for originality.......

Click here for link.

no, i must be positive and think this way: great minds think alike.

so deluded.

the kimchi and the cashew nut

2008-12-14T22:40:00.001+08:00

it's kimchi!!! came across it on sale in this container form at $4 per box at the funan foodcourt. rather cheap, if you ask me, until i find cheaper ones ⊂(　＾ω＾)⊃ tried it just now and it's spiccyyyyyyy, and it's only a few spoonfuls of kimchi. if i had eaten it rightaway at the food court, it will be such a tak-glam situation to be in....

the cashew nut form of momo. he and his onii-chan koko are new additions to the house. they should be slightly more than 1 month old now and koko is now quite a fat furball. as compared to 2 weeks ago when we brought them back, they must have at least grown twice as big (more than twice, for koko's case)

siam kitchen and lexean

2008-12-10T01:16:00.004+08:00

today was once again, yet another gathering that consists of the witches + mermaid - vampiress as she is currently overseas. originally i had plans for stephy to make her debut to this "unoccult cult", but she was not able to make it. in the meantime as ah jie's idea, we shall help to think up an alias for her. elf? orh eh suggested snow white cos she is so fair, but it is not really in tune with what we have so far, so it shall be shelved under to-be-further-discussed section.

it was quite a darn heavy dinner, but the siam kitchen food was quite nice especially the tom yum soup, green curry and fish prawn cakes *gulp*, so the cult came out full and satisfied ~~and badly in need of a pee~~. despite the disappointment that my fav magazine will only arrive at kinokuniya tomorrow, there was this one particular magazine that caught my eye, largely due to the unusual cover and i present to you: the LEXEAN magazine. and the other reason for purchase is because i know nothing about this magazine, other than the name itself. and i was very curious about it.

haven't read through the magazine yet, but i think i am in for a feast of interesting articles, largely on political figures and technology after a brief browse-through of the editorial and hilarious, yet tastefully done illustrations. this mystery magazine turned out to be a surprisingly good find. even though i have a hunch that it is a men's magazine cos there are only splashes of men's executive fashion right at the end.........._.

typing with cold hands

2008-12-08T16:00:00.005+08:00

today is hari raya haji, 8 December 2008 and for this public holiday, i am holed up at home. maybe later going to look for the bridesmaid dress for the morning session on zzmm's big day on the 18th!!

go-kekkon omedetou gozaimasu in advance. the evening dress has been settled, cos the colour is easier to find =D

actually, i have bought another dress, close to the morning session's required colour but don't think it will be quite suitable. nonetheless i liked the dress very much and will keep it for some other occasion. like the old saying goes: a woman can never have too many clothes.

today's weather is rather cold, with the rain and lack of sun the entire day. plus with my ass glued to the floor, can feel the coldness even more.

does it mean xmas is really coming? =)

buchou-san

2008-11-29T01:50:00.003+08:00

tondeke! XD

was she in the singapore flyer? =P

i have a feeling she is still on a high after the singapore trip. read from somewhere that this is the first time that she stepped out from japan (iirc), and the blog entries prior to afa till now seem to reflect that fact! the excitement was simply contagious.

some of her quirky photos lol

undrafted the above on 8 Dec 08. it has been sitting on the dashboard unedited for some time. looking forward to afa09 already.....

afa08 afterthoughts

2008-11-23T23:40:00.001+08:00

=D
ok, the layout in suntec convention hall felt like pc show but still, to see anime grand stands everywhere and the merchandise felt great already. had gundam overdose by staring at the models, debating to buy and assemble or not. in the end did not cos no place to display them if really were to buy them. but the trans-am version of 00 did look great......

and because didnt go in the morning, so saved the agony of queuing like mad based on other visitors' comments on the internet. ^^V

plenty of cosplay peeps ran amok during the fair, only 1-2 were truly outstanding, the rest were ok, don't think want to criticize them after all the efforts that went into their gear.

the highlight had to be may'n's performance. it's her first time here in singapore and had anticipated her performance for quite some time. during the short performance, despite only sang 6-7 songs, it was enough to mesmerize me with her strong vocals and intense performance. i knew all songs except the first one *hurhur* and one aspect that disappointed me was that she didnt sing ライオン, but since this track is supposed to be a duet with nakajima megumi, she couldnt really perform it all by herself i guess. even though technically it can be done solo =P

only at 19, she was professional and was totally engrossed in her singing and in her every single move. after misia's concert that blew me away and with may'n's dynamic performance tonight, i supposed this kind of standard is expected of japanese artistes........

of cos the fact that she is cute adds brownie points to her powerful voice.....

may'n blogged everyday during her singapore trip and a kind soul had translated over here.....so going to be influenced by her ⊂(　＾ω＾)⊃ and ＼(^o^)／.....then again, i'm way past the age to go making cutesy symbols like these.....

the coveted skill

2008-11-11T00:31:00.003+08:00

Crunch! Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy don’t I know that skill? If I have it, I can understand what the hell is going on and not having to keep making references. But I have no time to acquire it and there are so many things that ranks greater importance in terms of acquisition than this skill, like for eg. driving.

So for the moment, i have to live with this current predicament. If not knowing it is really going to kill me that much, then some way or another I will figure it out, be it the piece that requires the skill or the skill itself.

Meanwhile, excuse me while I go self implode somewhere.

obama, soup spoon and camera whoring

2008-11-07T00:23:00.001+08:00

Woo hoo, change is here! Obama just got elected as next US president, it is also a sign that beckons me to make a comeback after a hiatus.

Nothing has changed, I still like to watch anime. Other than working hard to earn a living, the rest of my life is represented by a single word: NUA, which translates to soft, meaning being a worm. I am not a neat freak; a bit of untidiness is cozy and I seldom pay attention to my diet. I just eat whatever I feel like eating till my stomach is full.

Recently, I came to like Soup Spoon a lot. My first virgin soup spoon trip was weeks ago with ah jie, fl and mermaid. In that first visit, I had a grande-sized Meatless Minestrone with Gremolata combo meal with half a indochine prawn wrap with lays potato chips. Needless to say, it was stupendously satisfying for a little over $10. And for today, I had a regular-sized velvety mushroom stroganoff sans the meal. It turned out to be a wise choice cos the soup was so delightfully thick. Wheeee~~

I’m not really a camera whore, so I didn’t take any pictures.

Coming to that, I saw many interesting pictures taken by many friends on facebook that can make little things look fun. But when I try to do the same, I will feel so duh. One part of me thinks that it’ll be an interesting photo-log of food but the other part of me feels that well, it’s only food, what’s there to take? And the latter mode tends to be dominant most of the time.

***

The real truth is I don’t own a camera and my camera phone is lousy so I have no motivation to take pictures. And I'm always peeved about something so my pictures always turn out lousy. Can? ~.~

hmpf.

We are Manchester United, not Ronaldo United

2008-06-23T22:44:00.004+08:00

Man United, Fans United. Let’s scoff at the stupid lack of unity that the president and coach of Real Madrid display for the wwws (world wide web and whole wide world) to see. Pattern Boy’s title Ego of the Field has reigned for quite some time, and now his ego has swelled to the extent that it is threatening to swallow his career in full. SAF is probably rolling his eyes at the reports and enjoying the stupidity of Real Madrid, occasionally playing along, dropping random casual reminders that Man Utd holds his contract until 2012. A break of his contract will equal to a handsome amount of $$ and in exchange for a couple of players.

Manchester United has nothing to lose. Pattern boy should stop all these nonsense soon and stop leading the media hound dogs on, letting them speculate endlessly will only cause his reputation to nosedive with his career to the extent that no club will want him ultimately.

Pattern boy should so be having the cow sense to fervently pray that lady luck will continue smiling on him, maintaining his golden form in time to come to render all this fuss worth the buzz. Otherwise, say his bubble were to break the next season when he transfers to Real Madrid, Real Madrid will drop him like a hot potato and look for some other golden player, and he is as good as game over. If his bubble breaks while he is still in Man United sans the treachery, fans will just casually remark and defend that “oh, his form this season is just lackluster, that’s all.”

At the time when the world was driven frenzied over the world cup fiasco between Rooney and him rendering his integrity very much in doubt, he took quite a long time from ending the booing to winning the hearts of us fans. This time round, even if he stays put, he will no doubt have to put up with the booing one more time and this time round when player loyalty is at stake, the booing will last for a long long time.

150 million, let him go. Don’t let him sour the team morale. Do the necessary housekeeping and then move on. We can train a brand new talent from scratch. Loyal Man Utd fans will know that the treble is worth the wait. What’s the worth of a treble if it is so easily attained? After all, we have the think tank to produce good players and ~~we got the double already, can?~~ moreover, players can come and go, but the club legend is here to stay.

Most importantly, we are Manchester United, not Ronaldo United.

Drivers who are just plain rogues.

2008-06-15T21:15:00.000+08:00

While getting stuck in the car queue outside the car park at plaza sing, a bastardious vehicle succeeded by cruising by us on the left lane and jumped the queue, attempting to cut into our car queue on his right. One moron who was a few cars ahead of us really gave way to the bastard. What the hell, if it were me, I would have pressed on my horn, come to a stop, get my passenger to roll down the window and screamed at him to get lost and queue up. Really! Singaporeans are too meek when it comes to this kind of thing. I hope his car gets vandalized soon. He so deserves it.

After managing to get a purple lot, we saw another cockanathan who parked his vehicle there without the purple decal. Oi, that could have denied another fellow purple decal holder the lot ok? So we went to the information counter to provide feedback, only to be informed that the vehicle owner could have the right to park there and not having received the decal yet, stating some sms confirmation. Oh well, fine, but aren’t you guys going to confirm whether the stupid Mercedes have the right to park there? Then again, I guess they are either too lazy to do that, or rather not stir trouble by incurring the wrath of the shopping mall customer. Or maybe after we left feeling disgruntled, they have actually radioed the relevant staff to do the confirmation already. By the time we were done and returned to the car, the Mercedes was already gone.

Maybe we were too shit-stirring, but I am sure fellow purple car decal holders would have felt the pinch some time or another when they see an unauthorized vehicle taking up the lot that they have the absolute right to instead of the bugger. Right?

on the myanmar cyclone and sze chuan earthquake

2008-05-16T00:22:00.002+08:00

i seriously wonder what was running in the minds of the junta, insisting that they can take care of their country and people in this disaster, adamant to refuse all foreign entrants and only after a period then are they willing to let foreign aid trickle in.

*the junta might be aiding!*

say! where is the proof that they can so take care of their people? maybe they are and are doing a good job for all you know. but no foreign media is there to cover it; even their state media is also not permitted to cover it. presumably, they felt that any form of media coverage is purely propaganda and will twist their hard work into circus acts due to their unflattering history. it is also likely that they uphold the belief that one must not brag about good deeds being done. *rolls eyes at desperate attempt to sound less accusatory against the junta at this point*

*on a more realistic note*

in comparison to myanmar's bleak situation, sze chuan's earthquake has a more optimistic touch, with so much support pouring to the area within the country. in the eyes of the observers, the situation in sze chuan is not as worrisome as the one in myanmar.

such a vast difference in disaster management speaks volumes of the governing regimes of the countries. while one has clearly placed priority on saving civilians, the other one just bodes a ominous future for the people under the rule whose priority on saving civilians is a distant second to the affairs of the military government, which really is so ironic, if they were to have an item on the welfare of the myanmar people as part of their agenda. i tell you i will snort so hard until all my phlegm goes straight to my head.

the latest news from yahoo/AP on myanmar junta warning against hoarding cyclone aid will enrage the hell outta all readers on this piece of information:

The group (meaning New York-based Human Rights Watch)also said it had confirmed an Associated Press report this week that the junta took control of high-protein biscuits supplied by the international community and then distributed low-quality, locally produced substitutes to civilians.

*what if the press is manipulating?*

i swear if this is really affirmative, it will really boil the blood of every single person reading the piece of news. controversially, it could be the very objective of the press to turn the international players and watchers against the junta by playing up the negativities of the junta. after all, majority of the US press seem to have the concept that democracy is the way to go and will not hesitate to slam views that indicate otherwise, and the junta fits the bill of everything that is not democratic.

a nation can never live in isolation, and myanmar's junta is a live example proving this theory true, especially more so if it is a poverty-stricken nation. for all we know, as i have suggested (albeit the snorting and rolls-eyes commentaries) earlier on, the junta could indeed have been providing aid. but due to infrastructure restrictions and lack of a strategic game plan, they are unable to reach out far enough to the people. but being so adamant to operate in isolation, doing things their own way without address and explanation, it will only serve to subject itself to judgmental calls on their actions, often viewed negatively if they refuse to offer any reasoning, that alienates the government from the rest of the world, causing their people to continue to suffer at the end of the day.

perhaps this disaster has opened up more cans of worms in the political situation of myanmar, indicating change is necessary. though painful, and more blood could be spilled in the near future due to the possible political unrest, it could be the spark plug leading to a better tomorrow for the people of myanmar. yet again, if handled incorrectly, myanmar will nosedive into a worse situation than before.

Boyboy

2008-05-06T20:04:00.007+08:00

my forum towkay posted a thread to link to hardwarezone, in an appeal to spread the message to help boyboy. in addition to towkay's call for help, i also want to advocate that this is a genuine case, guarantee + chop is not a hoax, cos i myself did the verification and contribution of $$.

the little thing is continuing to live on after being saved from drowning with his stronger brother, despite having a heart condition and weighs only 680gm. it's still very very young to undergo the operation which costs approximately $3,000.00, so in the meantime, the kindhearted forumer xKeithx's wife is trying to get as many donors to chip in $$ for the operation. a bigger problem now is that she herself is very pregnant and will have no time to look after boyboy when her baby girl arrives approx 1 month later, so will need someone to adopt boyboy, then when it grows until 5-6 months old --> go for operation --> ?

link is here
and more details as below:

Hi all, 2 weeks ago my friend saved 2 puppies from drowning, they had lost their mummy.. I am now taking care of them.. But unfortunately 1 of the puppy is very sick now.. I am not working so i cant afford to pay his medical bill, but i have discussed with my friend, i am very upset that i think she is not going to let this poor puppy to receive any medical treatment because the vet told me the puppy is very weak, he may die, so i feel that she doesnt want to "waste" the $ treating him..

and she keeps asking y suddenly the puppy like that, as if i want him to fall sick.. And even thinking not to pay his bill since she is the one who found them and pass to me ask me to help them to look for people to adopt them.. I have found someone to adopt them, but when the person know that the puppy is very sick, he refused to take him already..

I am giving birth in June, and i am not working, so its very hard for me to pay his bill.. I have paid a $300 deposit, but i am not sure when can he goes home, so the bill might just accumulate.. The vet does not know what illness is he suffering from yet.. My friend found the puppies on 15/04/08, and I pick the puppies from my friend on 18/04/08, but on the 25/4/08/, the puppy started to lose his appetite, and has not pass motion for 2-3 days..

He did not drink milk at all, i tried to force feed him but he spit out everything, on the 27/04/08 i brought him to Mt pleasant clinic at east coast road, the vet put laxative inside his butt and he finally poo.. And the vet ask me to give him glucose and vitamins to see if he gets better, but after 2 days, he is still very weak, and yesterday i brought him to the Mt pleasant animal hospital..

He has been hospitalised.. The vet deworm the puppy and is now feeding him every 2 hrs to see if he gets better.. Last night i called the vet to check how is the puppy doing, she told me he was doing quite well that he drinks the milk himself from the saucer.. But this morning when i called again, she said he did not eat or drink again..

I just visit the puppy in the afternoon, the puppy lick my hand when he saw me, i am so sad that i cant do anything to help him.. He even cried (i took the video of him crying).. it breaks my heart.. I talk to the vet and he says he wants to do a blood test for him, but he is too small (550gm), they only manage to get 1-2 drops of blood from him which is not enough for him to do the test..

They will try again tonight or tomorrow.. And if the test shows that his blood count is low, they might want to do a blood tranfusion for him.. I really hope he will recover and also hope that if any one can help him? Any amount.. I will scan the bill, pictures, video of the sick puppy and send to those who wish to donate for his medical bill..

i hereby declare that i am totally useless when it comes to suffering animals and will wail my eyes out so i'm not watching and posting the video here. so if you want to watch, then visit the saveboyboy blog.

please help save the little thing by registering in hardwarezone forum if you don't already have an account and pm xKeithx to donate and/or willing to adopt boyboy!

gmail has a new look on the iPhone browser

2008-05-03T01:30:00.002+08:00

so near yet so far. stupid ipod touch has no email function in sg, yet, not that i know of right now. unless it's a paid service just like in the US.

then again, my ipod touch hasn't even managed to login properly at hotspots with my wireless@singtel account. perhaps i got it for free during a singnet promotion, and the lot of these gadgies probably came from the ipod touch's "factory outlet", available to suckers like me which explains the sucky wireless connection

anyway, i opened another wireless account, wondering whether it will make any difference.

1 more thing to keep me annoyed, despite after a heineken. atsui desu -.-

the accident with ginger, nowadays

2008-04-24T23:22:00.002+08:00

within a short span of < 1 week, ore-sama mistook ginger pieces for morsels of salted vegetables, not once, but twice.

it's the colour of the soup base that the ginger had associated itself with, to deceive my innocent eyes, to create this nasty misunderstanding that left the unpleasant sensation when i expected nothing other than saltiness.

i am fine with ginger really, especially those japanese pink ginger shreds that go well with sashimi and plain white japanese rice. even for stir-fried liver cooked with yellow ginger shreds, i will eat both the liver and the ginger.

but it is not fine when one puts a solid morsel of the god-damned yellow ginger, crunching on it with every impression that it is a piece of salted vegetables. no, it isn't fine at all. when you find the world of gastronomical bliss that you have constructed to a crescendo comes crashing down in a go.

exaggerating? hey, food-related grudges aren't easy to forget, you know.

Vampire Knight

2008-04-11T21:06:00.001+08:00

all you vampire knight manga fans suffering and pining away for the anime: the darn anime is out and subbed already!!!!!!!!!!

nell puke vs renji scare

2008-04-01T00:10:00.000+08:00

was aimlessly searching around for nel tu's clips cos i missed her cuteness and lo and behold, someone did a compilation of my favourite scenes of that ownage episode.

nice :D

manchester united 3 liverpool 0

2008-03-24T19:20:00.004+08:00

before i gloat, i think i need to confess that steve bennett really seemed a bit harsh on liverpool in sending off mascherano.

after doing so, it's time to relish. it's not often i relish about man utd's wins cos ~~there is no need to~~ ~~it can get boring~~ i am usually lazy to do so.

but when facing bitter rivals, it's difficult to not relish it, especially in the name of the team that starts and ends with L. but victory isn't as sweet as it should be.......

prior to the match, atashi tried to disturb a total of 3 liverpool fans and got needled back good and proper. but it was all in good stride lah.

during the match, the scoring by wes brown and sending off of mascherano fired things up aplenty. both seemed unlikely to take place: with the unlikely goal scorer in the form of wes brown and the unlikely display of temper during volatile times like this in the form of mascherano. as if it isn't already clear that the FA is being more anal than ever, he had to go get a second yellow card by adding fire to their anus. silence is golden and there isn't quite any other occasion that warrants the virtue of silence as much as this. to quote the commentator: he practically talked himself into the second yellow card. from then on, if we were to imagine this graphically, it was uphill for man utd and downhill for liverpool all the way for both.

before liverpool fans start to say i am being hypocritical, my first reaction was shock that mascherano got sent off because it would mean that man utd's best rival was no longer competing on equal ground with man utd. the pride of winning good and proper is no more.

if we get this scoreline with a 11-men liverpool, we will be so totally justified to gloat. taking the home ground advantage and 1-0 lead aside, both sides will have equal strength to continue the battle which would then ensure an outcome that is justified. but with that costly sending off, despite the feeling of exhilaration at the scoring of 2 more goals from the no. 7 brat and nani, the feeling was also very much tinged with a feeling of being a big bully, which i so hate to feel like.

therefore, one comment nearing the end of the match by the commentator ended on this quote "...theatre of dreams, but not for liverpool" best sums the match up, though it will apply to every other team that lost/will lose at old trafford. then again, i don't think there will be any other match at old trafford that will be this controversial, at least not in a while i guess.

steve bennett's end whistle was met with huge cheering of the home fans, and i wonder how many felt the same like me right now, wishing that the gloat can be right at maximum, and not at the not-here-not-there level of glee. maybe once the euphoria died down for the rest of those who are still over the moon, the reality will hit when they come back to earth. that is, if it even matters to them.

well, to have such a goal difference over liverpool in any match is definitely a happy outcome and there is no any other team that man utd loves to beat the most and vice versa, but the process is not the way that it should be in a rivalry of this kind. and because of this match, the rivalry will only worsen, in a bad way.

we want to win, but not like this.

fantastic beyond words and the not so fantastic

2008-03-15T01:49:00.002+08:00

d.gray-man 74.

in forums worldwide and many other places, where anime lovers forming a greater alliance of countries and cities than any other unities, viewers are all screaming the same thing. in fact, i could almost hear the universal cheer when that white hand stuck out. this kind of ending is not just cool, the word fantastic doesn't even do the scene justice. it is just the top. amongst so many THE scenes that rank top in many anime lovers' minds, this one just took its place as a new TOP in our minds. including ah ming ge, who, as a fellow d-gray.man fan, told me to watch 74 when the raw came out. he told me something along the line of "it's good enough to watch it without the subs", something like that. and when i watched it subbed (=X) i was ooommpphhheeedd and replaying that scene over and over again. everything just came so together and the impact made jaws drop further in awe than they did when allen walker's crown clown was in full glory the first time round in episode 71 or 72.

in fact i was so reeled by the impact i forgot to watch bleach 164 =X

youtube loading is slow so i dun want to post the youtube clip of it. and some farker will get them removed with the remark "due to copyright infringements". so yeah when it comes to annoyances like that, up theirs. i dont want to see excuses like that in the argument of copyrights infringements kind of thing. i can see where they are coming from, and as a "wordly view" for a better future of media ownership, media production, media creativity, media viewership and media responsibility, i ought to pledge my loyalty in the fight against media copyrights infringement.

just because the law enforcers aint as clever to progress as fast as technology, they slap laws on things that are out of their control to reign superiority. *spits*

ugh, what am i doing, getting myself so provoked in the middle of the night? go sleep, suterahime!

i think it is so sad

2008-02-18T21:58:00.002+08:00

when u saw someone getting bullied, will you offer your hand to help the victim? have you ever been a target for bullies?

i was watching shigofumi and this episode is about a student who committed suicide due to excessive bullying. his classmate, whom he sought help from, thought that he was helping him by agreeing to the bullies' request which resulted in more bullying. the victim who felt betrayed killed himself and the victim of target shifted to the classmate whom the victim sought help from. the protagonist, being the deliverer of letters from the dead, delivered a letter from the dead victim to the classmate gloating that he is now going through the same ordeal that he did. however, the different thing is, in the end the classmate retaliated and hurt one of the bullies badly but landed himself into deep shit anyway.

of course the bullying might be exaggerated in the anime, but what made me feel dismayed was how the bullies felt nothing when their target committed suicide because of them, and nonchalantly went on to pick their next target. through this, i was thinking this could be how those terrorists felt when setting up bombs to cause death - the value of human life is 0, nothing. death of a human means nothing to them.

i'm not going to do the same thing by chiding such actions, it is already a given fact that such actions are condemned anyway.

i just want to say that i hate bullies. and have i been bullied before? i think maybe i have been bullied, but i didnt realise it because of my O-ness. hahahahhaa. so i guess in a way i feel that i have not been bullied.

the only thing i can think of is to stand up to bullies. cos the reason why bullies act the way they do is because they felt insecure. so the best thing is to bully them back. =D and they will back off. if there is a danger of doing so, please seek help from someone. someone, anyone that can help. never stay silent, cos the bullying will only get worse. it will not go away if the victim does nothing; silence will only encourage the bullies' action.

and onto shigofumi, i am excited to see how the protagonist's past is going to be revealed. how she became a deliverer of letters from the dead, when she isn't exactly all that dead.......

Sir Bobby Charlton remembers, 50 years on

2008-02-07T02:12:00.000+08:00

The ill-fated players, officials and journalists in 1958.

Link of article: The Age
Daniel Taylor
February 4, 2008

WHEN Sir Bobby Charlton comes up the stairs at Manchester United's training ground he is everything you would imagine: straight-backed and dignified, wearing polished shoes and a crisp suit, with a handkerchief in the top pocket.

His eyes are a little rheumy these days, his hands slightly unsteady, but he looks good for a man of 70 and it quickly becomes clear that he still possesses that rarest of gifts - the ability to silence a busy room with his mere presence.

To some people he can come across as a little stern sometimes, too standoffish, maybe a little unsmiling.

What you have to realise is that Charlton was once firmly established at Old Trafford as "one of the boys".

Everyone who survived Munich was affected in different ways and the people who know Charlton best, including his brother, say there is irrefutable evidence that he "stopped smiling" and left his sparkle in the wreckage of the Elizabethan aircraft.

Friends occasionally come up to Jack Charlton and say, "Your Bob goes around as if he has the world on his shoulders" - and what is clear is that the younger sibling is still terribly affected by the events in Bavaria.

If Charlton closes his eyes, he can still remember the awful noise of metal on metal, then the smoke and grit and the blare of sirens.

He can vividly recall coming to, outside the wrecked plane but still strapped into his seat, and seeing so many stricken teammates lying around him, some already beyond help, and he will never forget the following morning in hospital when a German in the next bed read out the names of the dead.

"The names of all my pals," he says.

"Friends I would go to the dance with at the weekend.

Friends who would invite me to dinner at Christmas.

It felt like my life was being taken away from me, piece by piece." For many years, Charlton has been unable, or unwilling, to talk about Munich, and it is clearly still an ordeal for him to find the words that adequately express his feelings.

At times he stumbles uncharacteristically and at one point he lowers his eyes and his voice is barely audible.

"I find it really, really upsetting, even today," he says.

"But I want to talk about it because I want to tell people exactly how good that team was.

And we were good, all right.

We were almost certainly going to be the first English team to win the European Cup.

I'm convinced England had a great chance of winning the World Cup that year.

And we had players - Duncan Edwards, for example - who would have been playing in 1966." He feels a duty, he says, to educate the current squad.

Not the likes of Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs, who are well versed in the club's history, but the foreign players new to Old Trafford.

A few weeks ago, Charlton requested Sir Alex Ferguson's permission to speak to the squad.

His talk lasted for an hour and, at the end, the players were each given a DVD about the Busby Babes.

"I would just hate for people to forget why this anniversary is such a big event," he says.

"It is a big event because we were the best team in the country.

But people don't believe me sometimes when I tell them how good Duncan Edwards was.

Tommy Taylor.

David Pegg.

Eddie Colman.

Billy Whelan.

You look at the old black-and-white footage and you think everything is slow and ponderous but, I tell you, they all had unbelievable talent - and I would hate for anyone to forget that." His life since Munich, he says, has been accompanied by one simple question: why me? Why, he wants to know, was he able to run his hands over his body and realise he had nothing more serious than a bang on the head and a small cut? He has been searching for an answer for 50 years and it is still something he cannot explain - but he will never lose sight of the fact that the miracle of life came at a terrible price.

"Everyone was so happy," he recalls.

"We had qualified for the next round and when we got on the plane there was so much laughter.

But then the plane just went straight along the runway.

You have a general idea how long it takes to take off and I was thinking, 'There's something not quite right here.' There were six or seven inches of slush on the runway.

I bent my head down and braced myself.

We went through the perimeter fence and hit a house.

After that there's a void." "For the people who survived, all we can say is that we were lucky.

It was Matt Busby's family.

And he probably felt the loss more than anyone else because he had brought these players together, he had cajoled everyone's parents to make them sign for Manchester United and then he took them into Europe when he had been told it was against the FA's wishes." Charlton had found Busby lying on the runway and, in those catastrophic seconds, took off his overcoat to lay it across him.

"Manchester United had become his life," he says.

"He always said to me, 'All those lads you see in the morning going into Trafford Park, they come to watch you on a Saturday, they have a boring job and they want you to give them something a little bit special, something they will enjoy.' He said that so many times.

He was always saying, 'Don't be afraid to express yourselves'." Sir Bobby Charlton survived the Munich air crash and went on to become a legendary figure at Old Trafford.

Daniel Taylor spoke to him about the teammates he lost.

For the first time there is a flicker of a smile on his lips.

"He would be so proud of the current team." His own pride is apparent, too, even if it is entwined with pain and regret, and he was instrumental in asking for a minute's silence at the Manchester derby next Sunday, as opposed to a minute's applause.

The debate continues to rage about the wisdom of the decision but it speaks volumes about Charlton's belief in the sport that has provided the best and worst moments in his life that he has every faith in Manchester City's supporters.

"I would be very disappointed," he says, "if they don't behave accordingly but I think they will because I think City respect what Manchester United did at that particular time.

That side, in many ways, were pioneers.

I listen to all the great things people say about the Champions League and I think about how we went into Europe, against so many people's wishes, and what we did when we got there.

We deserve everyone's respect and I think we will get it."

THE LOST BABES: eight wonderful players taken too soon Roger Byrne, aged 28 Had he returned to Manchester alive, Roger Byrne would have discovered that his wife, Joy, was expecting their first child.

Byrne, a Mancunian, was regarded as one of the most accomplished defenders in the country and had played in 33 consecutive England matches.

Billy Whelan, aged 22 A Republic of Ireland international and an impressive finisher, scoring 43 times in 79 league games.

As the plane went out of control, Whelan is said to have leaned across to his teammate Albert Scanlon and uttered the words, "Albert, this is the end, but I'm ready for it." Tommy Taylor, aged 26 A tall, powerful centre-forward, who scored 16 goals in his 19 appearances for England.

Sir Matt Busby signed him five years earlier from Barnsley with a record transfer fee of £29,999.

Busby had not wanted to saddle the Yorkshireman with the tag of being the world's first £30,000 footballer, so he gave the other pound to a tea lady.

Duncan Edwards, aged 21 The star of the United team and, in terms of his style and ability, the Roy Keane of his day.

"The one player who made me feel inferior," according to Sir Bobby Charlton.

"If I had to play for my life and take one man with me, it would be him." Mark Jones, aged 24 The kind of centre-half for whom the word "uncompromising" could have been invented, and widely regarded as one of the best headers of the ball in the game.

He was working as an apprentice bricklayer before United gave him his chance and he was in the team at the age of 17.

Eddie Colman, aged 21 The youngest player to die in Munich, at the age of 21 years and three months.

He was affectionately known as "Snakehips" by the Old Trafford crowd, because of his trademark body swerve to elude defenders.

Geoff Bent, aged 25 Would probably not have been on the plane had Roger Byrne not taken a knock in the previous game against Arsenal.

Bent was called up as cover but did not take any part in the game after Byrne passed a fitness test.

David Pegg, aged 22 One of football's first pin-up boys, he was a stylish, handsome winger whose ability to trouble even the most accomplished opponents had, it was said, compelled Real Madrid to sign a defender specifically to nullify his threat.

GUARDIAN

It's been 50 years since the crash that took away 8 busby babes on feb 6. the article just makes me sniffle, particularly at the point where sir bobby charlton insisted on the importance of not having his team mates forgotten. to the younger generation of man utd supporters like us, i think this is one very good article that will drive the somberness and gravity of the situation then to us.

before reading this article, all i knew was just the basic figures and facts of this heroic tragedy that had befallen old trafford. after reading it, the helplessness, pain and feeling of loss can be greatly empathised. the power of media, the cynic may remark casually, but to the one who cares, it is thanks to the media that memories, be they be happy or painful ones, find an outlet to be relived and told to the world.

when the generation who are able to retell the incident fades to the afterlife in less than 3-4 decades, this tragedy will no doubt, be one that will remain etched on the books/plaques of man utd history. memories will cease to exist, and all that remains for the future generations of man utd supporters is merely something that they can continue to read about; even this piece of currently live narration will only exist as part of history. even as time continues to tick now, i am certain some memory of this important event has already been lost to us forever.

such is the reality and timelessness of time, and that it waits for no one.

chinese new year

2008-02-05T20:24:00.000+08:00

what is chinese new year without the 2 words "huat ah!!!"? huat, for the gambling that is bound to take place and, for the general well being for the rest of the new year.

that aside, i have to say that i like and dread cny at the same time, because i have a penchant for falling sick just before cny. 2006 cny marked my very first stomach flu, 2007 cny saw the recurrence of a slight urinary tract infection and as of 2008 now; tomorrow being cny eve, it is the common flu bug annoying me. at least for this year, i am not alone: my mum and my sis are also afflicted with the same fate as me.

it seems like cny has never been exactly auspicious for me, why?

nonetheless, i still will like to wish everyone a Happy Chinese Year in the year of the ngiao ci (Rat).

before i get into trouble, i would like to disclaim ownership of that picture: i stole it off the internet for an honest to goodness chuckle.

on a less cheeky note,

may all of us huat ah!!!!

unlucky 7, so as to speak

2008-02-03T16:58:00.000+08:00

I didnt watch the match last night cos I ~~forgot about it~~ was distracted by something else. and when my bestie informed me over msn after the match that man united drew, i was too sleepy to go into soccernet to take a look at the report .

So when I went to take a look just now, I was totally flabbergasted. 7 bookings!!!!! stupid referee, you might as well book the whole squad to make it complete. and after reading the report suggesting the referee's double standards in booking players makes me even more irate. maybe man united players deserve the bookings, but when huddlestone was not booked for the same offence that got rooney booked, it is definitely unfair.

referee kayu.

SingTel selects BBDO as strategic creative agency

2008-01-31T23:01:00.000+08:00

Adapted from Marketing Interactive:
http://marketing-interactive.com/news/4488

Singapore - BBDO has come back from the dead and snatched the $30 million SingTel business after being ousted from the pitch process late last year then invited back in after Saatchi & Saatchi and Leo Burnett dramatically pulled out.

SingTel this afternoon selected BBDO as its agency on the creative business from a shortlist including Ogilvy & Mather, and BatesAsia.

BBDO Singapore MD, Jean-Paul Burge said that it is a fantastic opportunity for a space to be owned by SingTel, an opportunity that can be maximised by a big idea that goes well beyond communications.

BBDO's Proximity will also handle the digital side of the business.

The agency had initially been eliminated from the ptich in an earlier round but was invited back into contention after two agencies withdrew in November. In a statement, SingTel CEO, Allen Lew said that BBDO came up tops in the rigorous selection for excelling in creativity, strategic thinking and account management.

"In the near future, our customers and the public can look forward to a significantly different communication style. They can expect simple, effective and differentiated advertising aimed at meeting their needs in an engaging and memorable manner," he said.

SingTel's advertising account came up for review on 13 September 2007 with 19 year incumbent Y&R declining to pitch for the business. The pitch was managed by R3.

Adapted from Singtel

Singapore, 14 January 2008 -- Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) today announced that it has selected BBDO as SingTel’s strategic creative agency after a global pitch that started in September last year.

Mr Allen Lew, SingTel’s CEO of Singapore, said: “We are excited to welcome BBDO on board as SingTel’s strategic creative partner. BBDO came up tops in our rigorous selection as they excelled in creativity, strategic thinking and account management. They demonstrated the ability to leverage and deliver SingTel’s brand values effectively across all our customer segments in a highly competitive market.

Mr Lew said that it was a very tough decision to make as all the agencies that participated in the global pitch have excellent credentials.

“My marketing teams and I look forward to working with BBDO in reinforcing and extending SingTel’s brand leadership, and pioneering breakthroughs in shaping the fast-paced converged world of communication, infotainment and information technology.

“In the near future, our customers and the public can look forward to a significantly different communication style. They can expect simple, effective and differentiated advertising aimed at meeting their needs in an engaging and memorable manner,” Mr Lew added.

Mr Jean-Paul Burge, Managing Director of BBDO Singapore, said: “We believe there is a fantastic opportunity for a space to be owned by SingTel, an opportunity that can be maximised by a big idea that goes well beyond communications. For the last six weeks, we believe that we cracked that creative idea which SingTel can rally behind. The entire BBDO team is delighted to be working with SingTel.”

I wonder will they scrap the singtel logo and replace with a new one that is more attractive.

With starhub entering the market years ago, singtel no longer holds the sole monopolizing power in the telecommunication of singapore. chunks of consumers flocked (and are still flocking) towards starhub, unlike m1 that failed to create the same kind of competition when it entered the market even earlier on.

After ditching the old agency, many eyes will be on how bbdo can bring singtel to greater heights in terms of branding and its image to its publics. granted singtel's advantage is its history in singapore, history can also be its greatest enemy, rendering the image rather .....bland.

And talking about brand almost always link people to the logo, although a logo is never quite the complete synonym to a brand.

Singtel's logo, one may argue it to be the significant icon that has been the representative of its long standing dominance in the market, and a new logo for it may prove to be disastrous to its credibility as the old genie in the market. if i were to recommend, i would tweak the logo to look young and trendy, without losing its core design so that it will still look like Singtel and remain that way in everyone's mind. aesthetics can be powerful in this sense, you know and i know too.

Tweaking the logo and yet stick to the fundamentals of the old design, it is going to be very difficult. and i am just talking about the logo; i haven't gone into and i'll be crazy to go into discussing other communication aspects at all.

It's never easy to create something brand new and wow others, but it is always a feat to recreate something existing such that its essence remains. and will bbdo be good enough to be the apostle? it will be worth the watch, i guess.....

Suharto has passed on, finally. bless him.

2008-01-28T14:23:00.000+08:00

I have never been a fan of dictatorship as a ruling regime for any state, nation or country. However, aural shared with me an insight that provided me food for thought while we were driving along north bridge road a few months ago. he told me that countries such as iraq and third world countries NEED dictatorship in order to thrive, for the nations' people have little education and democracy to them is not a political option suitable for them. it makes a lot of sense to me. if competent dictators assumed political leadership roles, it will be good for the nations' development.

In that sense, i guess Suharto played the correct role in Indonesia during his reign that saw economic development in her economy. I find this particular article under Yahoo news to be very useful, amidst his other funeral reports.

By The Associated Press AP - Monday, January 28

Key dates in the life of Indonesia's former dictator Suharto:

_June 8, 1921: Born in village of Godean, central Java, to poor rice-farming family.

_June 1941: After working at bank, enlists in Dutch colonial army.

_1942: Joins collaborationist unit that was set up by Japanese occupation army and, after World War, II leads fight to win independence from Dutch colonial rule in 1949.

_1953: Appointed regional army commander in central Java.

_1959: Accused of engaging in corrupt business ventures.

_1961: Participates in unsuccessful military effort to drive Dutch out of West Papua colony, but territory ceded to Indonesia through U.S.-brokered agreement.

_1964: Appointed commander of army's reserve force.

_Sept. 30, 1965: Leads effort to put down military rebellion he blames on communists.

_March 11, 1966: Assumes power from Indonesia's founding President Sukarno, leads purge that kills up to 1 million communists, trade unionists and other leftists over next four years.

_1968: Unanimously elected by legislature to first five-year term as president. Re-elected unopposed in 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993 and 1998.

_1969: Oversees vote by 1,000 West Papuans hand-picked by secret police, who opt unanimously for integration into Indonesia. Vote widely seen as sham.

_Dec. 7, 1975: Orders army to invade East Timor, newly independent from Portuguese rule.

_1976: Faces separatist uprising in Aceh province, which continued for nearly three decades.

_1980: Hears appeals from former government and military commanders to crack down on corruption as his children and cronies enrich themselves.

_1997-98: Finds hold on power undermined as Asian financial crisis devastates economies in Southeast Asia, with Indonesia's hit hardest.

_May 21, 1998: Resigns amid widespread street protests and riots.

_2000: Indicted for allegedly embezzling nearly US$600 million, but judges rule him not healthy enough to stand trial.

_May 4, 2006: Hospitalized for fourth time since ouster, suffering from internal bleeding.

_May 12, 2006: Corruption indictment withdrawn by government, citing Suharto's poor health.

_Sept. 10, 2006: Indonesia's Supreme Court orders Time magazine to pay US$106 million for defaming Suharto by alleging his family amassed billions of dollars during his rule. Magazine vows to appeal.

_Jan. 27, 2008: Dies in Jakarta of multiple organ failure.

May this political leader's complex life be laid to peace up there.

ultimate sleepy to infinity

2008-01-27T23:08:00.000+08:00

today is sleepy like nobody's business. remained unconscious until 3pm. then by 5 plus start to nod off again, so went to sleep again until phone call at 9pm woke me up. effectively the whole of sunday was spent sleeping. the meeting on friday nite until 1am and having to report back to work at 9am on saturday morning really took its toll on me seriously. sibeh the long no knockout until like this.

Colors of the heart

2008-01-22T23:39:00.000+08:00

i like this opening for the anime blood+ very much. the coarse lines and darkness painted in bright hues are a great combination. in fact blood+ still rates as my top 5 favourite animes to watch, because the plot is tightly weaved and the feeling of anguish over mortality is tremendous.

and i am treated to a nice surprise at the actual full length music video by UVERworld cos watching the mad drumming and strumming that made up the fantastic track for real is just as thrilling. anyway, one of Bleach's openings D-technolife is by this band also.

196 scheduler can go and die

2008-01-16T09:45:00.000+08:00

aiya, for those who i've been talking to recently will know that i always get irritated early in the morning by 196. SBS, whom increased its bus fares once again not so long ago, doesnt seem to be able to raise their service standards with the increase in bus fares. oh dear, my oh my, maybe it's just me one poor bloody sucker who has no bloody choice but to take the bloody 196 as bloody 196 is the only bus that goes from my house to my workplace A FEW BUS STOPS AWAY. i figure those who take 198 shouldnt complain because the frequency in comparison to 196 is so often; waiting for 196 at the bus stop while witnessing service no. 198's frequent arrivals only make me look on ruefully at the people boarding the bus.

these people usually wait at most 5-8mins for 198, while i counted the 198s that go by in my minimum, MINIMUM 25 minutes waiting time for 196; while i always start to wait at the bus stop with wet hair and will board 196 with 3/4 dry hair by then.

so let me be a bit diplomatic here: it is not necessarily the fault of SBS; it's whoever arrange the schedule of 196 ---- you can go and die lah seriously. if where i work is picky on punctuality, you would have made me lose my job already. honestly!!! 25min waiting time during peak hours? any semi-retards will know that it is unreasonable.

and dont tell me poor traffic conditions, the bus stop i wait at everyday is only a few bus stops after the interchange lor.

i am born with low blood pressure, but i think whilst i continue to wait for 196 every morning (if so damn bloody sway miss one bus), my blood pressure will be back to normal with the aid of rising tempers at the bus stop.

let me see, i have written to SBS via feedback at the website and called up to complain (of course not shouting at the poor operator, i'm not one of those unreasonable bitches and dogs who starts to scream at whoever pick up the phone). no wonder there is always a demand for call centre personnel everywhere, now that i realise; to screen complaints, as consumers now know their rights and know how to voice their opinions; as management committee now know that they can dodge the heat with their front line staff.

so now other than sounding like a petty bitch over the straits times forum, i can only super lan lan be at the bus stop at that particular time; cannot miss the bus, miss is hong kan kingdom i come.

pathetic.

pek chek

2008-01-15T16:22:00.000+08:00

just so damn bloody pek chek by myself the whole day. that's y i have this urge to declare my pek chek-ism at this time of the day when i am supposed to be working.

sibeh pek chek ah!! can i not do something that requires me to plough through hundreds of microsoft excel cells worth of people's contact details? this is the kind of work that i have a phobia for because

1) details always escape me
2) my concentration wanders at 3 seconds' look of information bearing categories in the form of "name, address, designation, email addresses, etc"

bey song. very bey song.

ear worm of the moment is teru teru momiji

2008-01-13T19:16:00.000+08:00

fruits basket episode 12.
name of song = teru teru momiji
momiji = the little boy
tohru = the girl
kyou = the guy on the left who asks momiji what is that song
yuki = the guy on the right who asks momiji why frogs and lizards -.-

Lyrics
Yuhi no you yamani
Deru, Deru Momiji
Kaeru ya tokage ga
Konnichiwa

Koi no arai mo
Tabu no ko umani

Yuhi no you yamani
Deru, Deru Momiji
Kaeru yatokage ga
Konnichiwa

Translation
Sunset on the mountain
Come out, come out, Momiji.
Frogs and lizards,
Say hello.

Koi and herring roe
Looks like a horse.

Sunset on the mountain
Come out, come out Momiji.
Frogs and lizards,
Say hello.

why it is so funny and cute:
1) momiji's hand
2) the flapping of momiji's arms
3) kyou's reaction

top 10 agencies

2007-12-16T14:33:00.000+08:00

finally, the worm in me decided to retreat for a short while to complete the december issues of the marketing interactive magazine sent to me a few days ago. the annual special edition contains informative marcom material and knowledge rolled in 1 issue that i foresee myself as a newbie to keep referring to.

while i am just a super casual industry watcher (read: lazy), names like O&M, Leo Burnett, Batey, BatesAsia are not new to me. However, the agency of the year Saatchi & Saatchi is definitely new to me. not in the name, but more of it as an agency.

in the 1980s, i remember trips to oriental emporiums and other big clothing/handbags stores and seeing the name satchi on leather handbags and such. the memories were all fuzzy cos i was still very young and all. all i could recall about the brand was a yellow background and the black leather products that seemed to make the tags on them stand out. however, i am not too sure whether i got the spelling and design right or not.

so i thought saatchi & saatchi is related to this satchi. apparently not. in fact they are miles apart, in terms of recognition and the industry they each fall under.

news about O&M will never fail to trigger my dashed hope of working in O&M, in fact i never even made it to the interview. well, O&M is like THE place to work in for mass comms, mainly advertising students. while i don't even have a specialization, if O&M made such a huge imprint in my mind, it really is that ommph-ing.

i need to brainwash myself that there isn't just O&M. As big as O&M is, there will always be competitors on the same playing level as them.

and for saatchi & saatchi, my interest is to be continued.

being the worm that i am, i am so not going to link all the names in the post. please see the relevant links below:

marketing interactive
O&M
saatchi & saatchi
leo burnett
batey
batesasia

nel tu

2007-11-30T01:11:00.000+08:00

kawaii desu ne~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

her speaking manner a bit the lao hong one cos she no bottom front teeth lol lol lol

introducing nell tu

the funniest moment is

basically the 1st 2 videos are part 1 and 2 of episode 146 and the last video is the cropped version of part 3.

now if nel were to meet yachiru, it would be power cute x 2.

my fav clip of yachiru

sore de, i will be looking forward to seeing nel tu meet yachiru, even in shinigami illustrated will be good enough.

RK House

2007-11-19T01:16:00.000+08:00

zek ark. but i remembered laughing so hard until i had to get tissue for my tears of laughter the first time i saw it.

临、兵、斗、者、皆、阵、列、在、前

2007-10-30T22:22:00.000+08:00

临、兵、斗、者、皆、阵、列、在、前
九字真言，又名奥义九字，分别为：临、兵、斗、者、皆、阵、列、在、前九字，往往也有人将“阵”做“陈”字，大概是被两者的繁写体搞混的缘故，与之相对应的九个手印（说是九个，其实不过是个虚名，可以从中化出恒河沙数的手印来，又名奥义九字切，括号内是异译法）分别为：不动根本印（独占印、普贤三昧印）、大金刚轮印、外狮子印、内狮子印、外缚印、内缚印、智拳印（知券印）、日轮印和宝瓶印（隐形印）。
奇门九字诀

抱朴子曰，入山宜知六甲秘祝，祝曰："临兵斗者皆阵列前行"，凡此九字长念之，无所不避。
◎奇门九字诀用法：
口中常念此九字，可以驱吉避凶，运气不好可以转运。
如出门在外，上车前，搭船前，念此九字，亦可保平安。
在外住宿若怕房间不乾净，念此九字，诸邪不侵，可保一夜安眠到天亮。

七、四纵五横法
此法可以趋吉避凶，令心想事成。
如欲找停车位，可以剑指对空书四纵五横，再於其中书"停"字，十次有九次会成功。

adapted from here

in the show 我和僵尸有个约会, 马小玲being a priestess, chants these nine words ending with 出邪! very often, usually in the midst of exorcising spirits/vampires/ghosts.

while watching ghost hunt, i came to know that there is a japanese version of it that goes like this: Rin pyou tou sha kai jin retsu sai zen

临兵斗者皆阵列在前
Rin pyou tou sha kai jin retsu sai zen

then i finished the anime le, cos it is rather short. off to next ghostly anime!!!!

***********out of the think tank******************

dango, dango, dango, dango daikazoku

clannad is another one new anime that got me hooked and patiently waiting for each episode every week. it is seemingly innocent and dreamy but there is an agenda somewhere in the story waiting to be revealed. the male protagonist and his friend can say the darnest things in an infuriatingly businesslike manner. well, i like this kind of humour anyway.

For eg.:

Hero the movie 2007

2007-10-25T00:46:00.000+08:00

Adapted from the official website: Hero (2007)

Asian movie star and idol, Takuya Kimura, returns to his highly acclaimed role as a high school dropout turned gifted pubic prosecutor in a major motion picture adaptation of "HERO", the TV series that broke the ratings charts!

The story follows the career of a young public prosecutor, Kohei Kuryu, who shirks suit and tie for a pair of jeans but is never casual about his pursuit for the truth.

Kuryu's youthful passion and dedication to his trade makes him an interesting contrast to his colleagues who have become only too accustomed to the stuffy and hierarchical realm of public prosecutors in Japan. Once past the initial dismay of Kuryu's unconventional ways, his colleagues gradually find themselves infected by his dedication and sense of mission. The movie picks up where the TV special left off but cranks up the intensity as only a feature film can with Kuryu returning from brief stints in the hinterland to help his colleagues at the "Josai" branch of the Tokyo Public Prosecutor's office face the stiffest challenge of their careers.

First airing in 2001, "HERO" became the most watched mini-series in Japanese television averaging viewer ratings of 34.3 percent. After a 5 year hiatus, Fuji Television Network brought "HERO" back last year with a triumphant two-hour special that once again captured a 30-plus percent television audience share and paved the way for a much-anticipated big screen transition.

trailer as below:

my takuya kimura's big screen sequel of hero the drama and it will be aired in SG as well. even though the Lee Byung-hun also damn big shot hailing from south korea, the focus will still be on my takuya kimura, can?

of course i am looking forward to watching it. and i can't resist the temptation to link back to my previous post on the variety show where smap members were held in "court". in it i is really bth the scene on how goro-kun was eagerly waiting for his jacket to appear on hero the drama: SmaCourt

落幕的心情-邓妙华

2007-10-23T01:22:00.000+08:00

唱过所有悲欢离合
生命沧桑始终个谜
辛酸眼泪都流进歌里
哪一种呐喊才自己声音

走过所有美丽风景
走不完时间不平遭遇
回首漫长人生故事
谁才最后被时间遗忘历史

落幕前欢歌笑语
谁都会为你着迷
落幕后零乱心情
谁会来替你收拾
落幕前喝采掌声
转眼间即成永恒
落幕后惆怅孤寂
又有谁会去注意

in the 1980s when singapore mandarin dramas were at their prime, many theme songs were produced and sung by the songbirds at that decade. it was also when stella and many of her friends were barely 10 years old and probably grew up watching these series. among these songs, i like this song the most from the drama 舞谢歌台.

when it comes to certain stuff, the older it is the better it is. channel 8 dramas definitely fall under this category. you can listen to this song at this site: 落幕的心情

just in case i forgot

2007-10-15T15:39:00.000+08:00

apex movie converter. spring is here for rmvb conversion for me. or i haven't been searching hard enough.

http://www.wareprise.com/2006/07/29/free-movie-maker-downloads/

nodame cantabile 2

2007-10-07T20:56:00.000+08:00

hola!!!!

unofficial trailer

totally pengzzzz when i saw the opening with the mongoose in replacement of the lion for the MGM studio production logo.

AKUMA in real life

2007-10-06T00:19:00.000+08:00

i can't believe one of the major shit stirrers came back to the forum just to continue stirring more shit. and this time round i am totally furious.

as O+/blur/silly/naive/reckless/childish i can be, there are some issues that i will forever be sore about and they will always make my blood boil when i am reminded of them. and i will hold these grudges as long as i live. this, is one of them.

to keep the peace in the forum, i cannot post xxxxxxxxx, you son of a bitch, i hate you. you made me lose contact with friends that i used to talk to almost everyday.

and goddamnit, i dun even know you in real life, dun even know how the fuck you look like and have never seen you appear in so many past outings, yet you managed to forcibly use your seemingly innocent suggestions to drive my friends away from the forum and caused friendships to rip apart. for all these things you do to me (and other forumers who were made to undergo the same emotional turmoil as me), i hope you will lose your family that you can't seem to stop talking about. yes, i can be this evil when i am 100% angry.

to hell with you, akuma!!!!!!!!!!

anime

2007-09-28T20:02:00.000+08:00

with the end of season for claymore and zombie loan, i'm only left with bleach, d.gray-man and sayonara zetsubou sensei to look forward to every week. and since the latest subbed episode of sayonara zetsubou sensei is not catching up with the actual release, effectively i'm only left with bleach as the most updated, with subbers faithfully on standby mode to tackle the latest episode.

having foreseen this situation, the names of the animes that have caught my eye are:

1) zegapain
2) xxxholic
3) elfen lied
4) basilisk
5) nobuta o produce

basilisk is currently on scv chn 56, but it's not possible to be at home for the time it is being aired. plus, i dislike non-japanese voiceovers. most of them sound super awkward. so far the only anime that i watched with mandarin-dubbed and even sort of liked it is azumanga daioh.

or maybe i wont even start from the list. just going to let the anime hit me randomly. hee-ee~

sayonara

2007-09-28T17:03:00.000+08:00

sayonara to my old job, at a bird-no-lay-egg location.
sayonara to whacking range ball.
sayonara to all the self-assumed big shots who pay peanuts but demand bananas.
sayonara to either leave on the dot or 2 hrs later, or leave at own time but walk 15min to bus stop and wait at least 15min for the only bus
sayonara, sayonara, sayonara.

tada, kimi wo aishiteru trailer (2006)

2007-09-25T14:23:00.000+08:00

International Title: Heavenly Forest

the meet-the-tingting session

2007-09-25T03:06:00.000+08:00

maybe it's cos i didnt travel there alone, that's why it has since been a supremely long while to be the first person to reach the venue for any outing. hee, a bit the ashamed to say but it's really due to aural picking me up which is why we were the first to reach.

first time seeing ting ting who hails from the continent down below and she is just so sweet ne.....the photo i took with her is with either fl or ah jie, so must wait for them to gimme then i post. then hor, not the first time see ahchong still ask him who he is, cos he changed his specs le, then i cannot remember lor. but i must say he looks better in this pair of specs.

other pictures:

group photo at sakura restaurant, without boro cos he was very late lol

ros posing with the new LK shirt, and tmd, she really touched my shoulder until very the song lor....lol

we, the witches, had met countless times but first time remember to pose for picture hee~ me and fl had arranged to wear black for our own private toast =P ah jie is already wearing the new LK black tee =D

and together with ros the 咸猪手 directly translated to "salty-pig hand". i swear, she has a thing about my shoulder that day.....lol

(Updated with me and tingting pic!!!)

still got a few add-oil-add-vinegar-become-scandalous photos taken after we left for another gathering. still thinking want to post or not. think better not. =P

nodame cantabile

2007-09-16T22:42:00.000+08:00

yosh. have completed watching the show and commented as in zee forum. instead of hotlinking to the forum, i shall copy the whole thing here. believe me, i have my reason for doing so =P

i watched the drama and not the anime and according to comments, it does bring out the anime feel or did even better.

anyway this show is superb and in my history of watching jdoramas, it is one that combines so much of classical music into a drama and did a splendid job doing so. i especially loved it that in every episode, there is always some kind of performance or practising of piano pieces, be they good or sloppy. the show really makes classical music alive, vibrant and totally fun. especially the spinning of cellos during some of the more flamboyant orchestra performances.

plus having an extremely gorgeous male lead as a conductor is one huge plus point too. the female lead is cute and ultra comical without being over the top. in addition, the maestro hailing from germany who speaks japanese with a german/foreign accent is....i would use the term "amorously horrifying".

dozo!!

amazing isn't it?

and i accidentally stumbled upon the main leads as the guests for bistro smap. being an avid fan of kimura takuya, i of course have watched the drama engine. if they didnt mention about her acting in engine, i think i really have totally forgotten all about her taking on the role of the eldest kid among the abandoned kids in the shelter.

Tamaki HIroshi & Ueno Juri 1/3
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kimura takuya's expressions were indescribable upon seeing ueno's messy way of eating. ah, at that moment she must be still possessed by nodame lol

Tamaki Horishi & Ueno Juri 2/3
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a very hungry tamaki hiroshi eating away and drifting off to his world, whatever ueno said did not register in his mind that moment. super lol!!

Tamaki Hiroshi & Ueno Juri 3/3
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no matter how many times i watched it, there will still be the bwahahaha moments such as the nante???? of nakai-kun as he and goro-kun were taken aback by how kimura takuya could just enter lingerie shop with his co-star in engine koyuki-san to shop for ueno's birthday present. the way he imitated koyuki-san's mannerisms really cracked me up cos he really captured the tilt of the head and her somewhat detached way of speaking. and the same nante???? back by kimura-kun why they were so fascinated.

ueno's a bit the 傻大姐 pattern also caused many outbreaks of laughter from smap and hiroshi-kun's laid-back goofiness made his facial expressions really funny at times. both of their pattern a bit the blur blur type makes it more fun for smap to tease them and they took it in good stride (or maybe they were too blur to even get it LOL). entertaining enough to watch over and over again.

granny

2007-09-16T22:36:00.000+08:00

she has left us to go to a better world. this is what i strongly believe. seeing her lying peacefully, she looks like she is freed of all pain and confusion. and perhaps in her afterlife, she is protecting us, remembering who we all are clearly.

sayonara granny, we will always miss you.

pengzz x 10

2007-09-04T11:13:00.000+08:00

after the knn episode of this:

a brand new song with still the chio-kah-pengzz subtitles. but must know how to read chinese eh, if not, you still wont get it bwahahaha

fireworks on 17/8/2007

2007-09-01T00:13:00.000+08:00

the fireworks on that day was designed by the nation of golden football, the nation where it houses the famous teeth of ronaldo and ronaldino. and it indeed lived to its colourful and flamboyant impression that we have of brazil. the fireworks display was stupendous and totally magnificent. and hor, got special special heart-shaped lee-sign de.

and since my cam-phone is cmi to capture the full glory of the fireworks, i didnt bother to take any pictures with it. it's actually good enough to be roughly captured in my memory. so in order to amaze me, future fireworks have to do a better job than this already.

went with stephy and took a couple of shots prior to the fireworks display:

me and steph.

me and steph's sis n relatives. the boy was not too happy to take picture with THE policewoman = me *smirk*

be scared. be very scared.

because i am slow

2007-08-25T02:36:00.001+08:00

it's in the genes, indefinitely. as i realised that jjg, zzmm and mnm have blogged about the aug babies celebration. but as you know, accordingly to the birth-dates in order, mine is the last(then somemore toto is jiak da da). so there! the ~~excuse~~ justification for the late blog entry.

i could have just left it alone and link the posts to jjg, zzmm and mnm and end of story. but if i don't do anything else about it, i will be deemed as ungrateful and thus, incurring the wrath of many who will be pelting their monitors with popcorns in indignation. (*imagination OT*)

the makan at sketches

the cake

i must say the uncles really did justice to the delicious cake.

almost forgot to add: ALL the august babies, smile!! :D

from left: liyan, zzmm, me, aural, uncle solid, daisies ah yi

Thanks to the organisers wor.....even though I may not express it that day, but is really got gan dong hen duo xia de.....arigato gozaimasu!!!

With great powers come great responsibility

2007-07-13T22:37:00.000+08:00

so much for that saying. the following photographs put an entirely new light to it.

guess what is it?

ta da~~~~~~it came from here!

apparently the culprit is not very responsible at all to damage public property like tt.

seriously, how did that person do it? Either his strength is extraordinarily strong or the bus handle totally cmi. Since this is the first time i seeing this, i shall deduce that it's the former.

anyway, still, i mean.....wtf?

bleach

2007-06-24T04:42:00.000+08:00

super long the series and not yet end yet....started since 2004 but i guess fans dun get enough of the anime.

there are 11 ending songs and especially the song houki boshi featuring the different 13 divisions. i like the 10th and the 6th most of all. 11th is because yachiru is so cute and zaraki kenpachi is sibeh intimidating.

Division 10

Division 6

Division 11

the general one would be this cos the mod souls in their stuffed toy gigas are so funny....

out of the 6 opening songs, my fav opening is

and kon-chan singing!!!!

and this compilation introduces all 13 captains and their vice captains

the megamix of houki boshi showing the action of the captains/vice-captains

present and past

2007-06-21T00:01:00.000+08:00

it was a somewhat eventful day yesterday as it went down in my calendar as the first event that the new team, including this newest kid on the block, moi, as one of the main organisers for the event.

overall still machiam one lost soul but also die die had to look like pro and act like one as well. even bearing the prospect of having to face hundred-odd strength crowd on a podium and do a recital, including the vip table that consists of the ones high up on the hierarchy and one minister of parliament. like tt is die also cannot throw face situation.

and in the end, i actually found myself very glad that the vips were there. they were the ones who gave the loudest applause and cheered at the end of my recital, while the other hundred odd participants were totally relac-one-corner and looking very sedated. if not, how low-morale it would be to walk down the stage with scattered applause?

so it was not as bad as i feared it would be although there were some nerve wrecking moments at some parts of the programme. this time makes very useful experience for the other one coming up in July....and ......time is running out.....major sweat time. a lot of things haben settled......T_T

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went for the employment check up. then report came. then see the results want to T_T.

the last line read "mild scoliosis of the spine is detected."

it brought back memories of the primary schooler me and my dad going to the then institute of health (dunno still there or not) at outram. at that period, i was reading the sweet valley middle school series and just so happened that one of the twins' friend had scoliosis too. Hers was so bad that she had to go for fitting-out of the brace that she would need to wear on her spine. so when the school nurse, during that fateful body checkup, wrote on THE blue health booklet to refer me to IOH, i was super scared like dunno what. i started to imagine i had to wear the terrible spine brace and not being able to run around like a monkey that i was back then. if my memory serves me correctly, i went there about 2-3 times and in the end, the doctor told me shouldnt be a problem and see how it goes. i never went back again. this situation should be pretty normal during the puberty phase....i think. think only.

so it is not very the pleasant to see that scoliosis line all over again. cos it means that my spine never did straighten itself out in the end. well, not that it is going to affect anything, but still does that make me kind of more prone to spine-related problems?

then hor, i think this should be the medical reason why i only 162 and sometimes 161 when my sis can grow until 168 and my bro 175(and still growing). so when i walk between the 2 of them is ji funny the picture yi xia.......V-shaped de....

shits is better than shit

2007-05-27T00:21:00.000+08:00

finally my career is looking somewhat promising. and can say au revoir to admin-related boring shit.

a shot of my humble work station:

ummm, ok admin stuff now and then still bo bian have to do de so is zao buey siam one. so maybe a better way of putting it is: finally no need to do only admin shit.

even when it comes to shit, one kind of shit is also very the boring. so when u have different kinds of shits on your toilet, the flushing system is able hweeeelll the kick of washing different kinds of shits. despite there is only one way of flushing, this one method also wont get bored when there is variety in washing.

tmd sibeh crappy and bo liao mood then write de stuff also sibeh crap.

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went for a friend's rom at the sentosa at sentosa. -.-

it is actually beaufort hotel. but the actual name is the sentosa. the scenery was pretty and peacocks can be spotted. people around me were taking pictures of everyone, and all, i mean ALL their cameras look more shud than mine. i also paiseh to take mine out and that didnt make me want to snap pictures.

it was an indoor joint, somewhat unrelated to the event that got my somewhat unprofessional k750i cameraphone out, made me sneak into the place and took these pictures:

kind of like all these antique-y-, oldish- and dated-looking furniture.

then i got discovered by one waiter but the waiter never hiew-ed me. then i realised the coffee that me and aural drank should be come from this joint. so no wonder the waiter didnt hiew me when the place was not open for business. took a bit the long time to piece this simple puzzle together cos i is O+, so is bo bians.

think i might want to invest in a camera after all.

priceless

2007-05-01T02:55:00.000+08:00

feeling the woozy effect of beer : $20

seeing the delighted look on a good friend's face when she opens up her pressie : $50

having your boss staring right at you when you step out of a pub's washroom : PRICELESS

knn.

kopi milo

2007-04-18T00:52:00.000+08:00

i was introduced to this mixture of kopi and milo while i was still with the previous company and it has kinda got me hooked on it. and so far, the toastbox at wisma atria and centrepoint had not failed to concoct the mixture nicely for me. even the coffee and toast at tanjong pagar makes a nice drink too.

so i was in blissful peace that these 2 chain stores will sell my kopi milo, until ang mo kio hub's toastbox shattered my world.

dun have. no such thing. i even told them other outlets got, and i got a flat dun have.

had to grudgingly accept that and was feeling kind of anguished. and the kopitiam nearby at least made that drink for me, which cheered me up a bit, but the taste was pretty yucky.

so for the moment, i shall get my kopi milo only when i happen to be near wisma atria's toastbox and tanjong pagar's coffee and toast.

nonetheless, the adventure of the kopi milo continues. the constant challenge of the staff thinking i is it tiao kang one or not shall not defeat me. grrr.

i like looking at beautiful girls

2007-04-14T01:33:00.000+08:00

trust me. who doesn't? maybe most ladies prefer to look at good-looking men, but sadly to say, i tend to see more beautiful women more than good-looking men on the streets of singapore.

which is why my goodest friend was ordering me, in mock-exasperation, on this wonderful cool evening over at the Central's Waraku restaurant, connected to Clarke Quay MRT station with a "can you please stop looking at girls?" when i was gazing after the waitress and murmuring "so mesmerizing" as she walked off with our paid bill. i exclaimed that her eyes are really mesmerizing in protest.

ok lah, guilty as charged, i can't stop staring at pretty girls, can?

and after looking at this, i do sigh with disappointment, as usual. nonetheless, there are a few that are really not too bad.

but i see left see right. really lor, want to say beauty and brains. our channelnewsasia presenters really rock, any time if want to compare with miss singapore universe (claiming to be about beauty and brains), in whichever year you want to choose.

cheryl fox, andrea chow, suzanne jung, glenda chong, jennifer alejandro are whee whoo wheet alrite?

my fav used to be cheryl fox, and then when my mornings used to be blue while travelling on buses, suzanne would really make me smile. then for that period of time, suzanne was my favourite and jennifer, a totally different class of beauty on her own, would speak for a few moments about business with her luxurious drawl.

then cheryl came back to becoming my fav after seeing less of suzanne. then andrea used to always makes me go wow on sunday afternoons whenever i remember to switch on the tv a couple of months ago.

and of cos, even though i seldom see lisa ang and when i do, she is always sweet-looking with her dimples.

ah bor u think i watch CNA is because i like watching current affairs meh? despite the fact that i is a communications/media student, my simple formula, as simple as my past statistics major has been reduced to is: presenter > news.

and as for male presenters, i think there was this timothy guy whose arrogance (looks-wise) that i didnt really like. and for the rest, i'm sorry, i cannot remember any of them.

CNA (female presenters) rocks!

the zhou and the wang

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

after the inspiration of zzmm, i present to u my sample

not pro at all, but is somewhat satisfied already.

so a screenshot of our display pictures during a msn conversation looks like this:

looking at this, i can only say 何其壮观.

because:

1) both of them are the 音乐才子s of mandopop.
2) the 周氏 hair parting is the same, so is the 王氏 hair parting.
3) if our fantasies were to come true, both of us get to keep our surnames even though our status become auntie.

like that not shud meh? hahahaha~~~~~~

1 min walk down memory lane

2007-04-07T13:59:00.000+08:00

HEATHCLIFF!!!!!!!

i remember watching it when i was very very young. it used to be on channel 5 in the afternoons. or was it on evenings? cannot remember......

My first mahjong solo debut

2007-03-25T20:02:00.000+08:00

huat ah!!!!!!!!

not only did yesterday marked my ever first solo debut in a mahjong session, it was also my first win. even though it wasnt a lot overall, but one particular win in a wind, my biggest win in my whole life of playing mahjong is 7 tais ok. SEVEN, SEVEN, seven tais.

how it came about was during the south wind, and during this wind i happened to be also the south wind. so

peng south: 2 tais
peng peng half colour gao (shuo zi): 4 tais
plus peng red zhong: 1 more tai

total: 7 tais.

so, of course i was very happy that i won a lot of money during that wind. but subsequently the total profit also decreased when the other players gao with their 2,3,4,5 tais.

hence this marks my first highest no. of tais achieved in my budding mahjong career. may the force be with me and more $$ come my way.

huat ah!!!!!!!!

inspiration lai bah!!!

2007-03-17T03:23:00.000+08:00

tml going to sentosa again!!!

but i see the weather is very the hot nowadays, go there scared hot place + hot weather + sore throat = very sick stella. somemore monday got a very important meeting that will require me to ~~smoke~~ talk a lot. sekali no voice then how?

but still sentosa sounds fun. so i went to look up the restaurant we supposed to go to, to realise that there is air conditioning. plus the girls nv say got any beach activities. so is really chill.........*sigh of relief*

and i am still very unemployed. but also very busy with the essay. but the brain engine like very slow like that. can sit in front of the pc for one whole day and come out with only 300 words.

bo bian, in order to sound "got ink", i cannot anyhow type straight out of my mind like what i am doing now.

my dear kt is freaking out cos she has to fly lai fly qu and carrying her materials from zhe bian to na bian. is a very sian x 100 thing to do but i think she can do it de.

sw is super sian cos sat class has no chio bus to look at. but i think he just imagine that one huge chio bu he worked with during the previous project he also happy like bird liao.

jp and mc ji tao no sound no pic at all.

and i hope things work out for sl, he sounded totally depressed the last time i talked to him.

hmpf. wait until these guys start on gp then they will know y the gp takes precedence over everything, be it women, cars or MIB.

as well as y i is no inspiration also must die die squeeze it out and y kt is panicking.

v-day

2007-02-13T23:13:00.000+08:00

as compared to previous years celebrations, this year will be a quiet one. and i have decided to be the on-looker this year. to observe the couples walking on the street, of all ages. the pre-teenage couples, teenage couples, the couples in their mid-twenties, and so on and so on, holding flowers and gifts of all sorts. as like many occasions, it tends to get really commercialised. but maybe just by watching the faces of these strangers in pairs, the commercialism might just wear off, for the few hours, at least.

what will be in store for my memory tomorrow?

How to Wash A Cat - By Bud Herron

2007-02-13T14:43:00.001+08:00

compare this

with this

SmaCourt part 9 [ENGLISH subtitles]

2007-02-13T14:29:00.001+08:00

wahahahahha. laughed until cry. will never think of HERO in the same way again.

youtube link of this part for easy access to the rest of the show.

2007-01-16T17:01:00.000+08:00

i finished my assignments!!!!!!!

no big deal actually, after all it's not like I never do assignments before. but the holidays and a whole chunk of days without lessons only to have to do make-up lessons much later concurrently with scheduled lessons was costly. very costly i must say, cos the amount of time to prepare assignments decreased by a whole chunk in proportion.

i mean, which idiot will be so siao-on to start on their assignments during the lesson-free weeks? when one attended only one or two lessons followed by a lapse, it can't be helped that the false sense of security evoked the still got a lot of time mentality lor.

then when reality sets in, it was less than 2 weeks before the deadlines. like that not been-cheh-cheh also difficult.

so when assignments were fully submitted to the hands of destiny, it was the biggest sense of relief felt as compared to the previous semesters. WHEW!!!!! as compared to whew!

so i shall once again make myself promise that i will not procrastinate on the grad project after the exams.

oh, did i mention exams? they are like 3 weeks away.

tmd, just when i was rejoicing at completing the assignments, my sky come down again.

..........

tis the season to spend money

2006-12-09T02:32:00.000+08:00

la la la la la la la la la

as of now, i have 1 ROM and 1 wedding dinner for the month of december.

on top of xmas shopping.

seriously, if we allow ourselves to step out of the xmas hype, one can see that xmas in singapore is very the commercialised. but the xmas hweel also comes from this commercialisation. (nb, is there such a word?)

to digress, i am starting to get fed up with paradoxes. like something that causes a wonderful thing to happen is also the beginning of the destruction of the same something.

ugh, i shall philosophise when the mood kicks in, like maybe one fine day.

back to topic.

hence, praise the ~~lord~~ advertising, late night shoppings and gift combos that lined the shelves. without all these and to rely on festive decorations alone, singapore wont be able to conjure up any xmas-y feeling. the frenzied shopping in an urban city like singapore adds to the buzz of xmas.

and it applies to every other major holiday over here.

so why do i like xmas?

because xmas induces the feeling of warm fireplaces, a nice armchair to curl up into and the snow. with a nicely-decorated xmas tree at a corner of the house with many presents waiting to be opened. the feast would just be over and the image of being able to prop my whole body with knees tucked up close on my favourite plush armchair warming myself at the fireplace in a sleeping gown with snow gently falling outside while feeling sleepy is damn fantastic.

wont be able to experience this kind of xmas in singapore. so have to make do with whatever that we have: the rain. -.-

so in order to feel less broke and more xmasy, hitting the novels seems to be a good idea.

ho ho ho

grad project

2006-12-05T00:10:00.000+08:00

oh tmd, i received the notice to do our grad proj, where the first deadline to submit some kind of synopsis is the end of the month.

think left think right also dunno what to do with it. so have narrowed down to a few topics to sit on for a few weeks, then knowing my ownself, sit on all these topics then find every one nice to do. then when deadline approaching; when the panic mood sets in, sai4 ji1 ka1 chng1 anyhow hantam one topic to do. sigh, when will i ever learn to do finish something way AHEAD of deadline?

topics in mind:
1) russian soviet system might be coming back in power + russian journalist tt was murdered

knn, sibeh heavy like tt, but also very challenging. cos is not sek with the topic, tt's why can find more material to write on. then smelly smelly also easier to hit the word limit =X

2) animal abuse

dunno how to write a lot about it, but is pretty interested to do research on.

3) is there room for another broadsheet in singapore?

also quite interesting. but if cannot balance the arguments properly, might end up either contradicting myself or repeating same old points. ni nao hia.....

oh tnnd, 没有灵感。。。。。。

what will never fail to peeve the hell out of me....

2006-11-12T21:21:00.000+08:00

those who dunno where to keep their legs

people who stick their legs out on the MRT. if i can kick your legs while moving in, u think i will say sorry to u?

women drivers and smokers

this remind me of the time at the petrol kiosk beside Tea Garden Mcdonald's. there was this stupid lady driver who wanted to move off from the exit of the kiosk and not checking the oncoming traffic from her behind. aural was travelling at 60km/hr thankfully and managed to swerve away and E-braked in time from crashing straight into the side of the stupid lady driver. among so many stupid lady drivers i have seen, this one ranks the top of the list.

then women smokers. while male smokers have the sense to lower their unfinished butts from accidentally singe-ing someone while walking, most women smokers who are also damn fucking hiao like to use their index and middle fingers to hold the ciggy and swinging to and fro with the ciggy pointing outwards. always made it a point to siam far far away from them whenever i see them holding the ciggy like that, bearing in mind the scar on my sister's hand courtesy from a lady smoker's exact antics as described above.

umbrellas

this one is courtesy to the male population. sibeh dangerous lor, to hold the umbrella with those pointed tips like holding sword and again, swaying the damn thing to and fro. tmd, u want to assassinate who ah? if u really want to conquer the pugilistic world, while the space machine has not been invented in time for u to travel back to ancient china, there is always kendo lessons for u to take up.

parents who let their children misbehave badly in public

i remember i used to get slapped or pinched whenever i created a din in the public as a kid. confirmed shut me up and only dared to sniffle miserably. unfortunately parents nowadays don't do tt already eh? just let their kids scream their heads off and feebly telling them to keep quiet. auntie, i feel like walking up and slap ur bratty kid whom u call darling to shut him/her up leh. if u think slapping ur kids in public is ugly, letting him/her irritate the hell out of people is even uglier and reflects how useless u are as a parent.

same thing about animal mishandling. have gone up to kids who are bullying stray cats and usually by the time they see me approaching, they would have scurried off like rats back to their mummies' sides. auntie, u want me to teach ur kid about animal abuse for u bo? while u are yakking away with a friend and looking on at ur kid like bo simi daiji like tt.

usually i very chin chai about many things, but these things i honestly dunno how to chin chai leh....

2006-11-05T02:05:00.000+08:00

i always thought i have pretty bad memory cos i tend to be forgetful to a rather amazing extent, but somehow there will be something that u accidentally find urself remembering, which takes u by surprise. i was surprised too when i found myself being able to remember this song from a radio advertisement aeons ago:

我来自小印度
XXXXXX
咖哩鱼头的香味
直股逼而来
以为再多的咖哩
我都顶得来
怎么知道吃了之后
肚子开始叫起来

哎哟哟，来一杯以罗
那小贩对我说
清凉的以罗
肠胃顺畅又自在

一杯以罗果子盐
迅速解除热气
清凉的以罗
肠胃顺畅又自在

if the above makes no sense to u at all, it was the radio jingle for this:

only the 2nd line i cannot remember, the rest i can recall siah. bth, remember bo liao stuff so li hai, remember decent stuff kns.........

but still doesnt that jingle makes u feel kinda nostalgic about childhood? =D

2006-10-31T23:07:00.000+08:00

second term has ended and exams are coming -.- but i must say it has been a pretty interesting one cos i found a long lost secondary school classmate. it's been like almost 10 years, and being the one big sotong that always goes to class in a semi-dazed state and roughly acknowledging the few familiar faces from last sem, i happily propped myself on a empty seat on the other side, not anticipating anything else since my buddy told me she would be late, until he tapped me on my shoulders. i turned around and saw this familiar face, then he asked whether i still recognised him. i exclaimed a bit and went yah!

and because of that module and sitting location on that first day, my buddy, me, him as well as another 2 classmates have formed a group for class discussions and found ourselves getting along with one another pretty well.

one thing about him other than being a liverpudlian: he can come up with damn thought-provoking phrases that made me stare at it, think a bit and finally guffawed more than just a bit. his latest offering: once bitten twice shy? no. once bitten, bite back. hard. there were a few others that i cannot remember off-hand already, and one that i made him contribute my name since i also helped formulate the phrase. but hor, i forgot what it was already =P

there was once i asked him where he thought up of all these, he told me he is a critical thinker, that's why. wat the hell man. sibeh crappy lor.....

ah. right now i am supposed to be studying, but eh, i not very satisfied with my materials and wanted to find a bit more through googling, then got the hweeelll to blog. so this is the master piece from this short but eventful orchestra.

i hereby thank you for your precious reading time when you could be reading more interesting stuff.

the thomas ong and terence cao

2006-09-14T01:10:00.000+08:00

terence cao and thomas ong are the only two sg-mediacock male artistes i see le is very 顺眼很多很多下的。

once upon a time i mentioned this to lor-see-ling over ms and that was many months ago, she asked why i like these playboy looking type de. O_o

nowadays the 9pm show got both of them.....ivy lee 几有艳福两下。。。

but i also 几没有空 to watch....-__-

2006-08-21T15:07:00.000+08:00

there is a theory that i came up with while talking to bgl last nite about my latest craze for big bags. he showed me a website of bags and the selections i came up with went bigger. to hand luggage bags. but i swore i was just attracted to the ~~capacity~~design of them and the measurements made no sense to me while sending him the links to show him.

we as singaporeans should never take our national security for granted. you never know when terrorists will strike. with singapore's bite-size land area as compared to many big nations, the whole singapore would be gone just like that.

theory: u need a big bag with you all the time. when disaster strikes, u grab the resources around u, be it medicine, food, water, toilet paper, clothes, blankets, pillows, jewellery, etc and take off with them in your big trusty bag up to the maximum weight that u can carry as well as run with them. see, i wont be so stupid to lug along such a big bag of stuff until i zao buey hu one, ok?

singaporeans like me, got 危险意识 one. we dont take national security for granted. we do know how to appreciate mindef de.

happy belated national day. =D

patagonia

2006-08-13T02:49:00.000+08:00

my new bag. saw it at queensway shopping centre and can say fell in love at the first sight. then i saw the brand and 我不认识的 and how come not adidas not crumpler not nike why cost 100+. then see closer the material and cutting like quite dare like that. the shopkeeper came to me and said this one is US brand. then retail price is US79 which actually converts to about SGD134 but he dont dare to put so expensive so slash it to SGD129 then slash again to SGD109. i looked at the label and it's those pro pro type one, so i decided to get it and asked uncle to lower price somemore. he told me SGD103. i told him "wah uncle 103 u might as well gimme 100 lor". then settled at SGD100. uncle even say simi help him promote. promote my head ah, sekali he close shop then i mmm si 没戏唱？

quite risky leh, somemore the brand no hear before and so expensive. but somehow i kind of trust my instincts that it is worth it. if the label is nike or adidas with the same design and material, it would definitely cost even more. then browsed through the website and found that 好像very ok. at least the tag is legitimate cos the website show the price also same same de.

half mass bag

hee.......treat it as my birthday present for myself. cannot afford Loewe, this one buey pai le....

that time happily went to check out the price of the Loewe bag that i thought is nice and found the price tag to be even nicer. smelly smelly 4 digits. my mind went ninabeh......LV same size one also not that expensive....&%#@^

wah, i long time no blog le

2006-08-12T01:37:00.000+08:00

thanks to my exams and project, i have been out of touch with my allets and blogging for really 很久很久。

siang si allets? those of the LK peeps who got play maple story will know her very well. she actually loves her sibeh bombastic noob black hair a lot de, but bo bians, no wear the......siao liao, really is long time no play maplestory the name of the round round thing on the head also cannot remember.

*memory comes back*

the circlet. no wear the circlet damage will go down, so cannot flaunt the black bombastic hair all over the shop. so now she is back, for a while at least.

cos my lazy days will only last until end of next week, cos on the 20something of august will start lessons again. lessons still ok, i hate exams. really lor, i think exams sibeh waste of time de. i always think those that can get As type are only exam smart nia, sekali they dun really know what is being taught as well as those who got lousier grades.

*ai gong way, when i get As 的时候，我不是这样说的了。*

must learn to type a bit of chinese. really. my chinese is getting from bad to worse. firstly i cannot remember the chinese translations for terms here and there. yesterday took the cake. i was chatting on msn with fl and ah jie. then ah jie was saying 输涩. i read it as 轮涩. tmd i was still asking her simi lun4 se4? until she enlightened me. i literally went wtf happened to my chinese?

sigh. 所以你说我的中文是不是要buck up一下?

今天我和风铃和刘思玲, 两个玲/零去tiong bahru, 然后去holland v. 吃了晚餐又吃ice cream又喝东西, 饮料的名字叫做HG. 知道的人就知道,不知道的人就看着办.

看, 我的中文其实是还很不错两下的.

ah, 回来的感觉真好.

2006-07-06T01:22:00.000+08:00

i am a bit depressed.

full stop

2006-06-20T10:56:00.000+08:00

crap. i'm seriously sounding like a pai liao eh car engine starting up. kng kng kng kng kng...kng kng kng kng kng.

then si chia liao.

haizz.

2006-06-16T10:14:00.000+08:00

kokanathan. i ended up publishing my latest post on la-kopi blog instead of here. i do insist it is not O+ at work. =X

then again, it's ok, cos today got more ~~ink~~ crap to blog; got inspiration to post twice. mai siao siao ok.

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i have been drinking coffee almost everyday, and i can safely vouch that the times where the coffee would send me running for the washroom are now all in the past. immunity has been built up! *the stella in my mind punches her right fist up in the air, weirdly to the melody of 'the final countdown'*

actually i'm glad that i am attending lessons, otherwise my mind would be restlessly wandering elsewhere searching for meaningless things to do. one such thing was looking around for cold jokes and telling them. uncle huat was almost always the first to be my guinea pig for them and after successful trial runs, i will start asking almost everyone around me and then eagerly anticipate their reactions.

maybe, just maybe. i might start the cold joke ball running again.

if my recent clothing buys of long sleeved tops for work, casual, cover-ups are any indications, it seems that the weather has not been in the optimum mode to be telling any cold jokes. it's june already, and my memories of past junes are almost always the hot sun, but it doesn't seem to be this way this year. the weather is screwed maybe.

this brings to mind something my classmate told me about someone she met once whom irritated the hell out of her. apparently that chap told her that the end of the world is arriving just because something controversial is going to happen in the near future. i was =.= when she told me and it amazes me how that person could relate a venture by the government to the end of the world. yah right, every single disturbance can cause doomsday to arrive. incredible.

well, i shan't be too hasty in concluding anything, yet. heard of the butterfly effect? "according to the actual theory, however, the mere presence of the time travelers in the past would be enough to change short-term events (such as the weather), and would also have an unpredictable impact on the distant future." if this is the theory that the person was visioning with, who could be the time travellers in this context i wonder.

or is it even worth the effort to muse too much into it.

short work week again but not the way i would like it to be....

2006-05-15T17:13:00.000+08:00

doctor: you have wind on your left, right and centre of your stomach, basically everywhere.

me: -.-

so i am on mc today

this week is a short week again for me though =X

but i can't eat much :watery: and it brings back unwanted memories

damn the posb atm machines

2006-05-03T11:01:00.000+08:00

stella is very hungry now due to the fact that she has no money to buy breakfast ALL because of faulty atm machines.

last night she went to the TWO atm machines near her house, only to see that 1 was in the hands of a technician, with 2 cisco officers hanging around. the other one basically pinned false hopes by announcing "unable to dispense cash" only AFTER keying in the pin number. so she thought oh well she can still get money from the atm at her workplace tomorrow morning.

come this morning, the only atm machine serving the nearby civilization and her workplace broke down too. this got stella very desperate, after all she has only a great 20cents in her wallet. which is no good at all when she called up posb and more than 2 hours later, the damn machine is still down and there were restless people hanging around who wanted to withdraw money from this only atm machine too.

come lunchtime if the machine is not ready, she would have to leech on her colleague already.

tmd.

hi miss, are you alone?

2006-04-27T11:24:00.000+08:00

too bad i am not a guy.

last saturday afternoon over at wisma foodcourt, a lady was asking to share our table. bgl was away looking for some other munchies while i was struggling to finish my noodles. i smiled at her and before i know it, the question slipped out of my tongue: hi miss, are u alone?

probably cos i'm female, she didnt appear to be taken aback by my question as she said yah, and i told her to place her shopping bags beside me cos bgl's seat was beside her. being in the process of boredom with my noodles, i felt like striking up a conversation with her. but then i didn't want to appear too extroverted and freak her out, i held my tongue as i continued to play with my food.

=D most importantly she wasn't too bad-looking.

if i were a guy, with the proper demeanour and location, i figure i would have no problems picking up ladies at all. =X

my dad

2006-04-19T16:09:00.000+08:00

last nite i came home to find both my parents still very much wide awake, and my mum was in the process of digging vanilla ice-cream out from the carton. i had to take my hat off my mum, the weather was so cold yesterday and at 11pm she's eating ice cream. as i gazed at the scrapping process while on my way to throw the envelopes for the damn phone bills into the dustbin, the robotic mind frame took over me and i uttered ma1 ma? followed by ma3 ma3? if you know han yu pin yin, they sound different but essentially having the same meaning as mother in mandarin. i repeated them alternatingly and haltingly non-stop and my clever mum chose to ignore me and left me to my roboting until my father beckoned me for some fatherly education. he probably feared his eldest daughter was dangerously going off the edge, or he knew my mind was too bored, so he offered to teach me a hokkien term which is very racist, followed by the theory which the term was being derived from which i would rather not post over here. then i remembered i heard this term from somewhere before.

ah, lao peh always teaches me the crap stuff, like that don't become crappy also a bit difficult. but hee, i like it the fact that my father dun belong to those all stern and no-nonsense type. otherwise i'd have become a rebel in my teens already. cos my lao peh bo simi chap siao too much, so i also dun go too overboard when i was a teenager. wild, yes. but controllable. he also told me about his ck days during his ns days and how the process went. neh, shall not reveal also. god knows who is reading. actually is i a bit the forgotten le. why? my memory not very good, that's quite an established fact. so too bad. lol.

it's RAINING!!!!!

2006-04-16T17:01:00.000+08:00

it's raining here and i'm watching rain raining in new york over mtv world. right, i'm trying to be corny.

ba ba ba, what a phenomenon he is. just my oh my, look at how all the girls screamed. mainly chinese, but woo la la u have african american, indian and other caucasian chicks going aga goo ga ga as well. and guys as well. "it's raining rain, hallelujah, it's raining rain."

i'm pretty ok with him, but i've got to admit he is one lean mean dancing machine. seems like he used to be a dancer, but well, so far i haven't seen guys of his build dance the way he dances. cos honestly i dun usually see guys who are this big-sized dance so smoothly, so crisply, with all the perfectly executed chest popping stuff, at least in the asian arena. or i haven't seen that many dancers after all. =X his voice is hmm, not bad. basically his voice is not buang to start with, so ah~~~not too much of a problem already. the combination is deadly i must say. will be seeing more of this guy for a long long time i guess.

argh, blast the connection. my connection is laggggggiiinnnggggg. just called up singnet and that guy was pretty helpful, testing out the stuff over at the cmd window. and just sent the copied whatever test results over there to him, and did all the spyware stuff, and now running the anti virus scan again. i'm so peeved.