A life TOO ordinary..

I've finished my current batch of work and is currently back to the 'youtube' mode, minus the youtubing. I'm reduced to surfing the net and disturbing my friends on MSN/email.

Lately I've been borrowing money from daddy because I do not have too much cash with me. Gone are the days he would tell me to keep the money whenever I tried return him. Which is a little sad la, HE DUN *HEART* ME ANYMORE!!!! *brawls* And he gladly accepts the huge-fat-not stack of cash I gave him. tsk.

Anyway I think it is an Asian thing la, you earn money you have to pay back your 'debts'. I'm quite okay with it since I do not have much commitments besides my incessant shoppings... I've read an article on Today newspaper this afternoon by Jeremy Lim. I like reading his articles, though I do not always get to read them. I read his article after I blogged about the Asian thing above. Though we are not exactly talking about the same thing, I still feel it's the Asian thing.

He was talking about old age and children sending their elderly parents to homes. And he wrote something so touching that I want to cry. Anyway, I totally agree with him. I mean he did not try to act saintly and condemn the whole idea about sending the parents to homes la. But if can help it, we should all take care of our own parents. *Even though I always tell my mom that I will pack her off to the furthest home when she gets old.*

When the time comes, I wish I have the means and abilities to take care of them la.. of cos' I understand that some people need to work and their parents need special attention and is safer to send them to places where people care take care of them and pay more attention to them. So I hope my parents will be very healthy so that things like that will not happen or I am freaking rich so that I can hire a nurse at home. No, I think they should just be very healthy.

Anyway I wonder if the future generation thinks the same way. I mean in our parents' generation, things like childcare and nannies are less common and the family is usually more extended. But now that all the parents are usually quite busy and they send their kids to childcare and nannies and maids, maybe children will think it is ok to send their parents to homes, since their parents did that to them when they were younger? Ok, maybe I worry too much.. hur hur.

"If I have to crawl to feed them when they cannot do it, I will. I know that when they have to move on to another life, a part of me will die." -- Jeremy Lim, 16 and has brittle bone condition.

I woke up this morning not knowing what to wear. It's barely a month into the job and I had a 1-month cycle worth of clothes and yet it managed to happen and is likely to happen rather frequently. Which means I haven't been shopping enough. Right. I've managed to convince my mom that mine is a front line job and I meet alot of people *actually I hear more of their voices and read more of their emails than actually meet them laa*, ya so I can't always wear the same thing. hur hur. So clever.

I was in town on both Saturday and Sunday~ which is really rare cos' I am usually quite lazy la. Saturday I was in town for Kbox with my colleagues and then after that Luzhi and I went to hang out at Heeren. Then it rained pretty heavily and we were grounded for a while. I haven't been in town for a long time, so it would be more ideal if it didn't rain then I could've gone more places. Quite a number of changes I noticed and I did not really buy many things on Saturday.

And Sunday I met up with Choo and Yen. It's been a while since we met up. And I really really wanted to go Far East for some vintage stuffs, so I suggested we have lunch there. I was quite excited initially until I realized that every other shop is selling the same thing and chances are if I do not look properly, I will end up wearing something similar to every other girl who shopped at Far East. So after massive QC, I got a rather common belt, a one-and-only-piece top, my slacks and a jacket. I shortlisted a couple of dresses and when I finally decided on that special one, which only one shop sells, I found some furring and a tiny hole at the back. Which I totally understand cos' it's vintage. But I was not really to fork out any more than $50 for it, hence it couldn't come home with me.

I think I need more variety of shoes. You know like more colours, more styles ya? I spotted a pair of Blue-shiny-plastic shoes. Actually I saw them on both Saturday and Sunday and I think I really like them *since I am still thinking about them and blogging about them*. Well, I did not buy them cos' the back part is a tad too hard for my feet and I don't think they will ever become comfortable. But they are like so glam-80's caaaaan. It reminded me of the 'Girls just wanna have fun" MTV. Loud and clashing and pointless. I LIKE~ hur hur..


My 2 lil' treasures were back in Sg last night.Daniel is so... cute la. "I wan chocalate ice-cream" Awwwww...

I was complaining the other day about people hitting me because the swing their arms when they walk. I get particularly pissed. Ok, moderately swining is ok, but not you know, swing and block the way or swing and hit people, no?

So Silly grad aka unTHE Bimbo and Ngoh hiang soh (aka NHS) made an observation. I walk like my arms are 2 pieces of lifeless branches. And Silly grad aka unTHE Bimbo
commented that I always fall because I don't swing my arms when I walk so I cannot balance properly. I always fall because I am clumsy and it has nothing to do with swinging arms. I think.

I fascinated some colleagues with the way I had my Vietnamese Kway Tiao with fork and spoon yesterday. My manager thinks that I am spoiling the taste because I was not using Chopsticks. And my another manager thinks it's funny I twirl my kway tiao like spaghetti. And I have to explain that fork and spoon will always be my first choice cos' they are easier to handle and I am clumsy. I twirl my kway tiao so they will not drop into the soup and then spill the soup on everyone's faces and shirts. And I managed to prove my point at the end cos' when I tried to eat without twirling the kway tiao did fall a couple of times and ended up on the faces. So a clumsy person's got to do what a clumsy person's got to do.. right?

And weirdly they think I am a Banana like my classmate Shaun Soh. Which I am totally not. I got A2 for my 'A' level chinese, may I emphasize, TWICE and 我是会说标准话语的 (wo shi hui shuo biao zhun hua yu de). The Chinese in Beijing and Qingdao and Harbin even commented that I spoke good Mandarin. I am a cheena ah tiong, me no Banana.

Oh I am truly tired. Last night we were out to accompany and laugh at Coins bowl. I'm glad she got the hang of it and we did have a good time laughing. hur hur. I am truly tired cos' I slept at 12.30 last night. Coins please remember our No Signboard deal, post-bonus.

By the way, Civil servants *yours truly not included* are getting big fat bonuses. Many of my classmates will be getting huge, fat bonuses *you know who you are, don't make me name names, so please share what you need to share*, and of course my most beloved, respected, adored KORRRRR (brother) aka my Fast & Furious chauffer will be so obscenely rich that I think he will stink of money from a mile away. Yep so I shall now go spend some time to think about how to extort some nice, worthy birthday presentsssss from daikor I am sincerely happy for you hardworking civil servants laaaa.

I got paid on Friday. It was quite a chunk because of the pro-rated thing. And I spent quite a chunk as well, repaying debts and stuffs.

I went toy shopping and bought my PATRICK. I was so happy that I sang the Spongebob song while I was holding it at home yesterday. And then I realised there's no mention of Patrick in the song. Tsk. And I bought a handphone holder and a tissure box holder, both in the shape of mini cooper. I LIke~ And I had to stop myself to buy 2 train sets and 3 toy mini coopers. I begin to wonder if my childhood was so seriously deprived. But I do have my fair share of play-doh, happy meals and dolls and other toys. Well, we all have our weird fetishes. I'm learning to live with mine. I think I am going to get the mini coopers when I get my tuition pay. WEEEE~

Because some stuffs at werk, my fast and furious chauffer is not able to pick me up from werk till the end of the month. Which means I cannot bring Patrick to werk cos he is wayyy too big for public transport. So Patrick shall stay home with me for now. hur hur. I *heart* Patrick.

My fast and furious chauffer is also not doing quite well at werk. The court case has not been settled. I do not know what they want but I guess people of that race doesn't think alot about consequences. I think they hardly think at all. Which is really unfortunate for my chauffer. So I pray that maybe they can like wake up their idea and move on with their stupid lives. *I'm not saying that they deserve what they went through, but look, there is nothing the chauffer can do to reverse the whole thing, and I really wonder if they really think about the objective of this whole entire shit, or they are just blindly doing stupid things like they always do. I hope I do not become a racist like my cousin who warned me not to marry that race and hoped that she did not have to sit beside someone of that race on her flight back from Melbourne.* Well, perhaps I could say all these because I am not in their shoes. Well, I just hope everything is ok for my chauffer la..

I think I shall sleep now. It's once again a new week. I think we should have 4 working days and Friday should be a weekend as well. I think we will be mroe productive. By 3pm on Friday, almost everyone in the office was restless. And some dropped by to play with my trains. Generally I like my colleagues. Of cos' this is the low-peak period so I can't say if they will remain the same and not become monsters when peak arrives. Right now, I enjoy going to work because I have nice colleagues generally but the loss of freedom is still something I am adapting.

It was in one of the many email chats with Coins, my Cramping curse and The BIMBO that made me realise my obsession with toys, gadgets and possibly Swatch is just as bad as
The BIMBO's obsession with blushes and Coins, my Cramping curse's obsession with movies, concerts, dramas and useless books. Yes, we all have weird fetishes so I guess we just have to live with it.

I remembered once a relief teacher made us write an essay on what we want to do when we grow up. I wanted to be a photographer and fashion designer then. And I vividly remember that I wanted to design nice clothes for people and take nice photographs of them. I got an A+ *of cos la, who is he to tell me it's not a good ambition right?*. Anyway, look at where I am now.. hahah. Well, the closest I get is getting obsessed with cameras and gadgets and shopping like there's no tomorrow.

My latest camera is going to be 2 year old already, which explains why I've been looking at new cameras more often lately. Because of Minii, I've actually decided to buy myself a LOMO after so many years of procrastinating. So I will probably get one of those neat stuffs when I get my first pay *jumps around*. I haven't decided which one to get, but the thought of playing around with LOMO is like SO COOL CAAAAAn...

*Oh anyway there is some kind of crisis in the office because of some forms and formats and stuffs. I hear the senior officer snap the first time and it is not really pleasant. Almost everyone is doing the stuff rather frantically and here I am blogging about my LOMO and other what-nots. *

Yep, while in the 'longer' run, I am aiming for this. It's not like I am a good photographer or something but I like the idea of holding a camera that requires both hands. It makes me feel.. cool. *ok I admit I am shallow and I like okaeeee* I don't even know if the camera is good or what, I just like Sony and it's cool that Sony has a DSLR which looks like a DSLR.

On the other hand, I've also been eyeing this candy for some time. I think I like the black on since it matches my old cameras and white is hard to maintain and pink is just, pink. Well, it's got touch screen and I can pretend to be cool with the nice stylus, yah, so cool la. And of cos' I can play silly games on the long bus journeys or in the car when my brother is starring in Fast and Furious, Singapore SPecial Edition, provided I don't puke all over the screen.

My silly cousin is going to ask for a ipod video when she returns for Melbourne. What Silly wants, Silly gets. So I told her to ask for 2, so her beloved cousin can have one as well. Anyway her ipod mini has really served her for quite a good while la, so she probably deserve the change more than I do. *hmmph* Oh she is flying back to KL tomorrow and Ah Boy will fly back on Monday. Not like it's any of your concern, but anyway, my cousins are coming back~

I'm not sure about you guys but I get a little crazy when I feel rich. So in addition to the train set, SpongeBob and Patrick, myMini Coopers, the 7 dwarfs, I've decided that I should get the Smurfs to move into the office with me. A look at what I've found! Ain't they adorable. I think not very healthy to sit in the office window shopping like that.

Yep, it's about 1 hour 30 minutes before I can leave the office. I'll have another Fast and Furious ride home today cos' I am meeting NHS and NHP later to play Badminton at BPCC before my fats start oozing out of me and I drown in my own slimy lipids. Anyway I hope I will be able to walk tomorrow cos' right now I am anticipating my bleeding to take place anytime from now and my muscles to ache after 8pm today. I've been eating chocolates the past week to prepare myself for the TOTM but somehow it enjoys taking it's time to arrive. My Bleeding Curse seems to have lost his powers since his return from Brisbane. I was wondering if Coins, my Cramping curse can lose her power as well.

Well, I shall end my pretty lengthy entry here. Down with Capitalism!

P/S: I apologise to The BIMBO for deceiving her the 2nd time. I promise to think of better, more relevant blog titles in future so you won't have to get excited over nothing again. MUAAHUAHUA HUAHUA.

I know I sound deranged saying this but I am actually looking at courses that I could take to, you know, improve myself. I'm not sure if it's boredom or the masochist in me, but I m actually considering the possibility of taking up something like my most hated accounts or something.

I did not know what else to blog so I saved the short entry above as draft first. This morning I woke up, thinking I can also consider hairdressing, since it's something I thik I will enjoy. hur hur.

Last night when I was watching Project Superstar Prelims, I thought how fortunate the contestants are to be able to see Jimmy Ye at such close proximity. Oh well.



Sidenote: I think I'm in love~~~

It's going to be my forth week here tomorrow. I've been thinking about what to do with my 'room' the past 4 weeks but I haven't done much 'cept for the pictures on the wall. I had the intention of getting myself a nice train set, something I have always wanted. It was a trip to 7-11 that triggered the thought. Cos they were selling a small, cheap one. And I decided I should buy a bigger one since there is rather big spce on top of the cabinet. And I realise nice train set does not come cheap. So I went back to 7-11 thinking I could start off with a small cheap set, and as things should go, it's not there anymore. SO well, no train set for now. Perhaps I will think about it after I get my pay.

Oh by the way, anyone knows where to get those nice door curtains?

My Bleeding curse is home from down under for good with 50kg of his 2 years. *He left my Koala at the airport, YOU IMBECILE* No prizes for guessing who the happiest person is.

Yesterday we went to welcome him home at the airport. And after that we headed for dinner. I was in a car with both My Bleeding curse and Coins, my Cramping curse. I'm so going to bleed and cramp and die soon.. *ie within the coming week*. Well, we headed for some seafood at this weird place by the road, the food was not bad and weirdly we could not finish the food. There was this little episode whereby some elitist Singaporeans called the police because some foreign workers were drinking, singing and dancing happily, minding their own business at the other table. And we were quite worried that they think it was us because they talked to us a little. *WE DID NOT HORRRRRR*. So anyway we felt quite sad la.. cos they were enjoying themselves and suddenly the police came.. It's not like they did anything. So please, while being cautious, can we have come tolerance as well? Many many foreign workers are simply here to make a honest living, while you are not obliged to be nice to them, does not mean you have to be mean. Afterall, they are the ones doing the work you refused *while whining about a serious lack of jobs here*.

Anyway, The Bleeding Curse's gurlfren bought a cake to celebrate his belated 24th and the cake was.. Yum~


The Happiest persons on earth last night.

A very pained WWS cos I refused to let them have the cake until I got a decent picture of the 3 October-boys.

I think it's the people in the picture.. OH WELL.

And off we went to KTV. Coin's got a new 'MOLE'


My favouritest photo-whoring partner, Miss 'Ten'



He's just white la, I didn't scare him okaeeee...


The tired driver who was forced to take a picture


The tired driver who was forced to take a picture with me

MUahahaahah. Yep, another weekend gone and I have not accomplished anything.

I think I need a new haircut. I donch like my hair now...


P/S: Thanks to Chas the cPanel problem is fixed. I think I will just leave things as they are now. Have a wonderful week ahead everyone~

I took out my tagboard but that silly cPanel thing still appears!!! Can someone enlighten me?

Well, other than that, life's been pretty good. My office is nice and I am not exactly working yet *if you get what I mean*. In the other room, I hear my colleague discussing KL trip. And some colleagues are going HK tomorrow. And most of my bosses and the big boss will be away on business. So cool caaan.

Today is FRIIIDAEEEE and my brother is picking me up at 5.30 after work. Yayee. One thing I don't like about my brother picking me up is that he drives as if he is staring Fast and Furious. Perhaps it's the nature of his job that he needs to drive fast in a huge bike, he tends to forget that he should not drive the same way, in a car. So anyway, I've been telling my friends *some of them for years* about how my brother's driving leaves me clinging to the edge of the seat, literally. Which is why seat belts are HIGHLY recommended, if not, compulsory. Which explains why I don't like driving because there are drivers like my brother. It is very stressful, you know. I think I've forgotten how to drive already.