Ops! i did it again!

I'm deeply apologetic if this page is taking a long time to load.

I couldn't resist uploading more photos becuase the traffic @ blogger was exceptionally smooth today. Probably because everyone shifted to wordpress?!

Yesterday was the Ultimatum Boredom to such extent. Take pictures in the office. -_-"

My work station

My Boss's - just besides mine

1st half

2nd half

I took this at the office door. See the toilet is less than 10 steps away...

Common Corridor - 4 rooms available for leasing BTW.

In case you are wondering, my office is only 128 square feet.

Sidenote: Darn my mouth! After i make the comment, blogger started to Ki Siao. Simply can't save the alignment the caption to the photos. Stupid!!! i give up.

Utilization

Someone just reminded me that I pay $20 for broadband every month. So must fully utilise this, especially when the high usage user is busying watching "Survivor"
Pictures quite blur though. Can't expect too much from a Nokia 6280

The weird tasting fish @ Lao Beijing















A strange mob I saw on my way home 1 night after lesson.
Mum told me it's a kind of ritual for seeking fortune or something like hat.
The group consists of ah lians & ah bengs lor... so freaky to see that in the night.
i thought is 7th mth lor. Choy!








The late amazing goldfish of Dad who can swim speedily upside down. it was so overweight that it cldn't flipped itself the right way back. obviously, it passed away shortly.



















@ Maur














Sony Ericsson ad in the form of cd case found in the letter box. All i can say is outdated idea.
Did a lit project 9 years ago using this concept. Remembered there was a nasty incident when other group complained that we took their idea. We did in fact, or to be exact, Shirxxxx insisted & even refuted that it was 'coincidence'. See... even my secondary school life was so ugly...
















On a happier note: Botak Jones @ Clementi Look good right?! The portion is 喂猪 one!!!

Awwwwww... ain't that cute?!

Jamie

Last night at the PC table around 10plus.

Me: Jamie, go and sleep.

J: dun wan. i only sleep at 10.30pm.

She tried to mess around with the mouse while i was typing
Me: Minmin, go away. Dun disturb me.

went to Qi's bed n messed around with her (Qi's) soft toy
3mins later, tried to impersonate a ducky voice for my soft toy duck (鸭鸭）& 'talk' to me

Me: 妹妹， 走开！ 你很烦 leh!

J: 二姐, why I cannot call you something else? U all can call me Jamie, minmin, Bankbank, Simin, 妹妹, 坏人，阿莲, Alien, etc... I only call u all Mummy, 大姐，二姐， 爸爸。。。
Very boring leh!!!

Me: *_*''' Kids.... buah tahan.

What?! It's only Thursday?

Glenn Ong & Flying Dutchman are hilarious, ok?! HAhaha...

Class 95 Morning Express =)

Goodness, it's 10.15am & i should be working! Well... I'm at work but obviously there's nothing much for me to do.
I have like tons of pics in my phone but i just don't have the time to upload. I also been contemplating to DIY a new skin also. No sufficient time at home to be exact. All the "tools" are at home, including my IT consultant. Geez...

LAst few was busied with a OIS presentation on systems. After days of preparation & intense reading, I conked up at the actual presentation itself. Uttering a series of incoherent sentences & done. Smart right?!
Exhaustion is one thing. Attitude from irritation is another.
Seriously, I have the innate ability to say the wrong things at the wrong time. So one can only like me or hate me. I think i'm gathering more of the latter in class.
But I just can't help rolling my eyes & give the WTF look when people ask bimbotic & retarded questions.
Like "what is parquet flooring?" in a law class. Not to mention the bimbotic way of making an entrance when u are late for class & interrupted the lecturer & talking on the mobile during class time audible enough fo r everyone to hear & taking up the break time for your own consultation to make the lecturer repeat what u have missed?! Absurdity!
Hello?! I think you left your manners at home together with your brain. (if there was 1 to begin with)
Evil I may sound but Bimbo is so bimbotic that I think even the sweet-tempered Jun cannot tahan her.
On second thoughts, I think i'm regaining my Normality (Attitude + Sarcastic) Is it a good thing? Now that I'm sober from last might presentation. I thought i was quite childish when i tried to sabotage Bimbo's presentation by getting a friend to talk on the phone. Ops?! haha! .

There was a period i think my eyeballs couldn't get a chance to roll down. Hahaa...
I get so irritated easily recently. As much as I want to think is PMS but i believe tolerence has its limits lah. I had always keep my cool most of the times.. I think i should just shut up & act mute!

~ I know some people don't like me. Guess that's ok coz' it's not that I like you ~

This is a classic quote from me, at my last IJ band camp retreat.

This week is sssssllllloooowwww ok. Can't wait for friday & the PH coming up. =)

I need home-cooked food + snuggling in bed....

ZzzzZZzzz....

Oh man... what happen to weekend?
i feel like a truck just run over me....
Heavy eyelids, pounding headache, frequent yawns, backsore, arms numbing, legs wobbly,
bones tearing apart...
i think I haven't had a good night sleep since who knows when... forever sleepy.

What have I been busy with?!

Nothing much leh. Just the usual school, Muar Trip, Ting's b-day, out with Leng, meet up with Irene, went dentist, went sourcing for TB, Dad's b-day, mahjong on some saturdays & Sungei Buloh (more on this another day) yesterday. Nothing else leh. Where's TIME?

I just took a glance at my organiser. The next few weeks seemed worse.
3days week, tutorials, readings, etc...
Slots for the girls. To meet up b4 Leng enjoy herself at Twn/Hkg from 5May-13May & before Ting go to SHG from 29May-08Jun.
14th May - I got lesson on that day. Need to change postpone.
IJ Concert
Batam Trip

Thankfully, there's Labour Day & Vesak Day to recuperate.

Retribution... i slack/idle too much for the past 3years. No more allowance for rest.

Sighhhhhhhhhhh............. i want my bed. 我只是想要睡到自然醒。。。。

Life... is not suppose to be so difficult... ...

Just last night only i was complaining to everyone at home that I'm having constipation for the past 2 weeks. It seems no amount of laxative can induced my intestines to function.
I'm been feeling oddly... erm... stuck?!
I thought of the amount of food I ate during Dad's bday feast, how much I ate at Botak Jones... etc etc... with almost 90% still inside me. Erghhhh....

Went for breakfast this morning with Qi, was telling her I feel like eating curry. Forgetting all about my condition, she went, " Later you L-S ar... so early eat curry." Raising my eyebrow, I told her that was my intention. We ended up having prawn noodles instead though.

Irritatingly, she even sms later this morning.
" Not to make you envy. but i'm gonna Shit now. Ha ha ha." Really kannasia lor. [No pun intended]

Freakingly, just as i was typing this at 4pm. I've already run to the loo 6times since this morning. It was more than just the urge, my tummy was flipping & churning thoughout. Sux!

I don't if it was because of
- the lethal combination of Prawn Noodles Dry with Hot soya bean milk; or
- the oli-ness of the soup triggered the onset of the accumulative residues of the laxatives; or
- the soya bean milk? I could be lactose intolerent?!; or

- if Qi was 'cursing' after I reply her "@#*%&$+!@#{]\~i?:''* Hmph"

Whatever it is, one side of me is glading that finally my system is cleanse, another side of me wished that it didn't arrive so painfully.

My boss bought crispy roasted meat for lunch & i promptly flushed it down 2hrs later.

What a drastic contradiction. =S

Life... is not suppose to be so difficult... ...

I wish, I wish, i wish

My next job allows me to fly here fly there, walk here walk there, with endless emails & faxes & brain cells churning & dying at exponential rate. I really think something similar will happen.
~ I rather died as a workaholic than libe as an idler ~

My belief is that our life is made up of quotas. Life just adjust itself accordingly whenever something happen. So whatever you've been deprived of during your early years will be given/happen in times soon to come, & vice versa. It's not just about materialistic wants or spiritual fulfillment. I'm talking about real stuff, minute stuff, like give & take?! Probably because I felt it this way. Maybe that's why people change, environment change. .

Examples:

I used to sleep like nobody's business when i was younger. If I'm at home & given the freedom to do what I want. I'll sleep. Highest record was 3days. Was in unconciousness state other than waking up to pee & have that only meal of the day. Then I was moping around at home, with nothing to do & don't know what to do.
Now: Sleep is almost a luxury. Sleep to me is only counted when I feel rejuvenated & fresh after tt. Now, I woke up every morning feeling like I've never slept. Shoulders sore, back aching. Late nights due to the sudden influx of engagements.

Last time, sacarsm was my 2nd name. Wit-talk was what I'm known for. Now, eloquence seems to be as frequent as PMS. See, when I'm on the talking mood, I call myself 'possessed". [refering to this entry] What the... right?!

During sch days, I like to go around for delicacies. Now, I've no idea where to go for good food other than kitchen. Monday, i wanted to take a quick bite at LJS b4 lesson. BUt after staring at the menu for 5mins, i walked away with only a cup of ice milo. Not sure if it's the food doesnt' interest me or I'm not interested in food. Haha! So weird....

So when i was in college, i took the 'bo-chup' attitude. Now: It's back to the 'be serious' cycle. Just that other than studies which i actually managed to push myself, work is such a... a... BLAND?
So now that i'm having such an 'easy?!' time at work, I really hope that my future job will be something more exciting or even challenging. As i mentioned before, this place is too much of a comfort zone.
Maybe i'm just freaking out 2weeks before my 1st year here, a place where i see myself not improving, stagnating or even degenerating.
I don't know the 3years period was mentioned out of convenience sake or mere moral obligatons?!

In case you all are wondering - Why the sudden 'emotions' on job?

- Auntie June asked me the other day what can i do after I finish my course. Was stunned momentarily. Seriously, I really don't know leh! I think this is normal for most people.
- Seeing Leng graduating soon & already embarking on her job search
- hearing that some uncle's daughter already starting a job right after she finished in this month, earning $4300 a month. But it's graveyard hours.
- realising that most of my friends (not many to beign with though, ahaha) might achieve career stability way earlier than me. Sad....
- observed that my class has a high unemployment rate... conversations regarding job interviews are a norm.

Shrugzzz. . . .I think i'm must be crazy. Hahahah =)

Giam Siah!

Especially for Irene Nai!

- For responding to my plea on MSN
- Located the book
- Climb up NUS Hill to the ultra ulu Biz Library
- Fed the mosquitoes while waiting for the never-coming shuttle bus
- Teach me how to save the trees & time
- Mugging @ Central Library while I busy myself with the machine
- took me to Clementi Botak Jones =)
- Had a tiring long day for helping me
- As a result, I spend $5 instead of $50 for this sem. =) [means got more $ to spend]

So "Heng'' of me to have this 两肋插刀 friend.

~thank you.merci. 당신을 감사하십시오.gracias.~

~ arigato.grazie.danke.谢谢~

P/s: Cannot be too detailed here. I don't want to get into trouble. haha =)

Black Friday

It's FRIDAY the Thirteenth!!!

Did anything unexceptionally unlucky happen to you?

Well.... Nothing odd happen today other than I think I'm temporaily possessed!

Boss put up an ad about the office leasing... & the phone just rings the whole damn day.

Amazingly... I was so articulate & vocal today. Even when somebody (Oh... her name was Nokiah?! BTW) came to view the office, I found myself rambling talking non-stop like a professional, in perfect well accented English [Not Singlish, ok?!]

Somemore, when the ex-tenant came back for his letters. I was actually making a conversation! Considering that I hardly talk loudly for the past year (Yes... i have worked close to a year), today's strange behavior even caused next door "Dorothy" to raise her eyebrows when she came out to clear her rubbish. Even she finds it weird.

I think I'm just bored & was glad that to find someone to talk. I have a 'FUN' time calling OCBC & FedEx because I made a BooBoo with a cheque. Previously i had call experiences with M1, Singtel, UPS.

I conclude that OCBC & M1 Customer service are the better ones. M1 scored big time from me because OCBC made me wait for so long with the " you call is very important to us" because a pretty voice finally pick up. M1 is good as I dun have to press 1 press 2 one hundred times before I get connected to the operator. They get you to indicate your mobile # right from the beginning so that the CSO has all your account ready by the time they picked up your call. & u get to rate the service viz sms after that. It's all about initiative.

FedEx is not bad too. They got cool waiting music. Elton John if i didn't remember wrongly. But their billing system is so lousy that I always have to call & clarify. If they have a one bill system like UPS, I don't even have to pick up the phone. Once I called for parcel pick up & for the 2nd time they forgot to update the address. It's been closed to 10yrs since my boss shifted!
I called UPS for a pick-up ... short, sweet, straight to the point. Nothing unnecessary. Efficient! But the lack of human touch just doesn't score with me. I don't even know when to put down the phone.

After commenting so much, I have save the 'best" for the last.
Yes... Singtel CSV SUX BIG TIME!!!
Not to mention the fact that I called the corporate sales line, enquiry about the broadband. Hello!!! It's business for you leh. The girl sounds like she just woke up from bed & she took my call on her way to the washroom. Lethargic sounding, unenthusiatic. I tried talking in broken english to irritate her further. Apparently, she got irritated! Haaha... anyway show some professionalism leh. Even if your plan was some fantastic, cannot-be-missed, unreasonably GOOD deal (which the plan was not), i won't even encourage my boss to take it up. Bleh...

Seems like it's all about phone calls today.
Synovate called just now for a survey. S=Surveyor, Me is me.
It seems i was very close to his quota group until he ask this:
S: "So are you between 25-29?"
Me: " No."
His response was really exagerrating ok.
S: "What! you are not 25-29? is it 30?"
(nope.. he was not disppointed that I didn't hit his quota group, shocked is more of the word)
Me: "NOOoo... I'm 22"
S: "OMG... You sound so mature, like you've been working for a long time. I thought you are between 25-29."
Me: (not knowing what to say) Erm... ok... well... erm.... (weak laugh)
S: Hmm... so got anyone who can help?
Me: Erm... i don't think so. The one who picked up the phone is only 6.
[OK... here's the issue. Jamie is already EIGHT, I don't know why I keep registering her age as SIX?!! maybe she is too childish/stupid?! or I'm in self-denial. Hahahah!!!]
S: ok... thank you very much.
Me: You're welcome. [Once again, in my eh-hem well accented English]

Hahaha!!!! Oh well... Black Friday. =)

这个春天不寂寞。。。

过去的几个星期里好像有点马不停蹄似的。。。也可以说是个‘破财’的时候。

从嗑书到考试，中间还到的马坡一趟 和 庆祝慧婷的生日，然后又是表姐shirley的宝贝Megan满月。(Personally I feel it's a wastage to buy for babies so i only got a body moisturiser from Face Shop for the new mummy!)
陪妈妈到大巴窑，各买了不少的衣服。。。
和丽玲到AMK HUB 吃晚餐，逛逛。。。
再来有是清明扫墓。。。
和Irene到AMK Botak Jones　叙叙旧，然后再往AMK HUB 时迷了路。　
收到鸿耀的简讯说已经把欠的钱汇给我了。只回了一句 "oki thanks". Sigh... classic case of 谈钱伤友情。也因为这样，有种‘失而复得’的感觉。觉得不该在犹豫不决，所以就当机立断去检查牙齿。
Good Friday 那天，有丽玲陪我到Bras Basah Complex去挖二手书籍／课本。之前问Irene方向时还被她酸，说我''live in cave for too long le lah''。其实，她说得还没错。哈哈哈！
因为知道老板一家回来做客，我还故意在外流荡了许久，结果还有不少的收获。在饿到荒的时候才回家。结果，是一桌的好料。我问老姐是不是妈在show down?! 哈哈哈！真难理解阿嫂心态！

今天下午还跑去买了个生日蛋糕给明天生日的老板。这笔钱还真不能省。因为跟我家老爸同一天！两个还是属龙的，只是老爸大老板一轮。这还不是最巧的。老板的儿子竟然跟我同一天，跟妹妹同一年。老板娘跟妈妈一样是十月，跟老姐一样属猪。很起怪right?!

刚才和家人到吃晚餐，算是替老爸庆生。如同往年是我做东。碰巧遇到二姑一家。原本他们想邀我们同桌的，但是我觉得很麻烦，所以便叫老爸宛拒。因为二姑一家有十一人这么多，而且还不是full force. 但是，我爸的面子还真大．菜肴都还没上桌，表姐夫便把我们的账给结了。我现在还在想，是老爸heng , 还是我heng?! 哈哈哈！

这个春天才刚开始就这么‘精彩’和‘破财’。。。　接下来的几个星期的节目好像也不少。。。口袋要破洞了。。。　

Splurge

Because

- I've been ostracised/detested/snubbed for wearing those comfortable polo-tees
- Mum keep getting me weird & auntish clothes
- i haven't spent money for myself since pre-CNY
- it's 1 of my new year resolution
- I'm in one of my "just buy lah" mood (i.e. price tags are not my main consideration)

I splurge - in relative terms.

3 blouses in 1 shop within 45mins... kinda record breaking. Hor?!

Scene of crime: DotCom Apparrel @ Toa Payoh
Accomplice: Mum
Cost of Damage: $78.30 [ Actually is $156.60 cos i paid for mum's 2 tops & 1 pants] Haha!

Whahaha... told u is in relative terms. Though comfortable, i tot it's quite ex for such thin material. Whatever... it's buy 2 get 1 free what. Too lazy to take pics n upload. Hahaha...
Hmm... thinking of getting some accessories also.
But can't seem to find 1 i really like and worth it's price. I guess it takes a lot to get a person like me to buy something for myself. Hahaha...
So strange.... yet when it comes to buying stuff for other people, 我却一点也不手软. Funny hor...

听话的孩子 =）

After 8 years of procrastination, I finally shake off my lazy butt n made my way to the dentist.

Spent $50 to get my entire gum bleeding & numb & sore. bleh...

Whoo... but the doctor say the overall oral condition was EXCELLENT.
Considering I don't floss & don't brush my teeth at night religiously. Ops... heee
Yea... but my gum has the tendency to bleed easily coz of my iron deficiency. Not sure if she was finding excuse of her 'chor-lor-ness' 0_o'''
Or she think she can be rough with me coz i told her tattoo doesn't hurt. But it's 2 different thing leh. I got tons of fats on my arm but not my gum!!! Diaozzzzz.....
I told her I've been brushing the method as accord to my primary sch dental nurse ever since. She say it pays to be a 听话的孩子. hahahaa....
She did mention if i continue to practice good oral habits, I dun have to see her for the next 10 years at least. After that 1/2 hr of traumatizing drilling, polishing, spraying & guggling, I'll have a certain degree of apprehension to visit the dentist the next time.
$50 to buy a peace of mind.... oki lah. The skeptical side of me keep thinking if she was making an 'April's Fool' joke.
Hahahaha!

Oh... i realise i forgot to link the 'laoZhaBor" previously. There u go... http://laozhabor.blogspot.com/

Power!

Hmmm... found this entry drafted long ago. Totally forgot about it till just now... Was written on 13MAr.
" In the midst of exam preparations, I took a day to Maur with mum & the aunties. Friday: Work Evening: Went to TP to study with Nicole. Got discovered by the stupid security guard. Luckily the librarians are nice people. They signed us off as guests & let us stay till closing time. probably bcos Nicole was ex-student. Night: Reached home to see the aunties. Played mahjong till 4am. Washed up then head for Sengkang, where the bus to M'sia is waiting. Other than the on-off naps I took between places, i was bascially awake most of the time. Furthermore, i manage to survive the entire journey with a badly bruised butt. Feel so power! But I KO around 9plus that night upon returning. Bleh... Some photos taken on the trip. Not very clear cos is taken using mobile. Love the Lao Po Ping & Calamasi juice I bought back. Everyone is so obsessed with Bingo. 2RM per piece. The uncles & aunties on the bus were so siao on. Cannot understand. I slept instead.
some pics taken from that lousy Nokia 6280

The guide... her name was dunno "Julie" or "Chew Li" or "Chewy". Can't undersand her accent. She got this horrendous laughter that feels like rock dropping on my head whenever she laugh










Breakfast. Nice porridge & you char kuay.

















Lunch

Batu Pahut

Da Bo Gong

Yea... since this was a senior citizen trip, so the idea was go pai pai. My main was to accompany my mum though.

Got another trip to Batam in May. All will be going except Qi who thinks she gotta rush her project by then...

Term 2 starts on monday... biz law. Killer paper... dunno if i can survive...