Watched Death Note 2. Thot it was worse than 1... cos the main character "Light-o" is so super fugly. Can't rem if I kao-pehed abt tt before. But yeah. When he first appeared I already sian diao.

The New Year will arrive in less than 24 hrs. I don't feel like I've accomplished anything this year. Except become even more intolerant abt tons of stuff/pple, abit more of a spendthrift (due to finally some higher purchasing power), thought more about what kinda job I wanna be in. But haven't progressed very much in my current job.. it's not like I've become better at wat I do, or accomplished anything particularly impt. Guess the prob is tt I feel there's been no real big accomplishment. :\

Okok, cannot be so negative right? *think postive think positive*
I should be thankful about....

The ability to spend more time with some of the important people in my life... and they've really been there for me.
Good friends....both new and old (colleagues incl!!!)
The opportunity to appreciate my family members more...
Jay Chou's latest album!!
Charting some sort of a direction for an impt relationship. Still very much wk in progress…
My visits to Paris, Barca and Hanoi.

Hmm, well does look a lot better now tt I've thought abt it.

My wish is tt 2007 will be even better.... that I will be happier... and a better person because...

如果..
自己不好, 怎么可以需求他人好?
自己不完美, 怎么可以需求他人完美呢?

*Trans
If one is not good, how can one expect others to be good?
If one if not perfect, how can one expect others to be perfect?

Heh. My sudden inspiration to be poetically chinese has dieded. Words fail me...so I shall stop. And put up one of Jay Chou’s songs instead. This time it's a bit more angmoh friendly, cos got translation. Might not be grammatically correct, but oh well. Oh, and I found a rather interesting article on him…although it’s a little dated. But yeah… 周杰伦 fever is back again!

Have a great 2007 everyone!

白色风车 - White Windmills

词/曲: 周杰伦
Lyrics/Music: Jay Chou
(Translation by catseyes - www.jay-chou.net)

白色的风车安静的转着
The white windmills whirling silently
真实的感觉梦境般遥远
The feeling of reality appears so surreal

甜甜的海水复杂的眼泪
The beautiful sea, the intricate tears
看你傻笑着握住我的手
Watching your silly grin, clasping my hand

梦希望没有尽头我们走到这就好
I hope this dream has no end, so let's just walk till here
因为我不想太快走完这幸福
Because i don't wish for this bliss to end so soon
很可惜没有祝福当爱你并不孤独不会再让你哭
It is a pity that there is no blessing, I don't feel lonely at all when loving you, i won't let you cry again

我背你走到最后能不能不要回头
I carry you till the end, can we not turn back
你紧紧地抱住我说你不需要承诺
You embraced me, telling me you don't need any promises
你说我若一个人会比较自由
You said I will have more freedom if i am by myself
我不懂你说什么反正不会松手
I don't understand what you said, regardless, i won't let go of your hands
我背你走到最后能不能别想太多
I carry you till the end, can we not think too much
会不会手牵着手晚一点再到尽头
Will we still be holding hands, reaching later to the end
你说不该再相见只为了瞬间
You said we shouldn't meet anymore just for this brief moment
谢谢你让我听见因为我在等待永远
Thanks for letting me know, for i will be here waiting for eternity

Pointless Nostalgic, that's me...

Pointless Nostalgic, that's me...

Was looking through some of my older posts the other day and found this post. I actually spent an entire day doing all the things that I liked; - A happier time, a simpler way of life. When all you had to focus on was school.... and love. I can't seem to really focus on anything these days.

I await the time when this will apply once again to my life, "it's almost the same as before, just better..."

Or maybe that's not the point? Oh well.

Ain’t thinking ‘bout love today
Lost in the sunlight
Walking down memory lane

Ain’t thinking ‘bout you today
People from the past that I knew
Are slowly slipping away
Seems so long ago
Since we were carefree

Photographs lost in time are all I see
A pointless nostalgic-
That’s me
That’s me

Thoughts running round my head today
Times from the past popping up where they’re from I don’t know
Reminiscing my cares away

Wishing I could go back and change the points that were low
Till I’ve realised what life’s meant to be

Photographs lost in time are all I see
A pointless nostalgic;
That’s me
That’s me

It’s all I’ll ever be
It’s all I’ll ever be
Cause that’s me

~~ Jamie Cullum

Merry Christmas, New experiences, (more) Random shots

Merry Christmas, New experiences, (more) Random shots

Hello everyone!! Merry Christmas!!!

It's been quite a while since I've really updated what's been happening in aunty's life hor... so I shall start with the Christmassy things... (i.e. presents!!) then some random things which I experienced lately.

First of all...presents!! Have received a few presents which I would like to make mention of (pls dun feel sad if i never put up photos of others I've received, I appreciate them all the same!)

My beautiful beautiful bling bling which I received frm my dear. It's so super funky!! 我喜欢!!



Looks damn nice on my finger right! :p :p

So funny, when Karen asked me what Shane got me for Christmas, I said "a ring" and she was like, "What you mean a ring? As in he proposed??" Hahahaha. So, no my dears, he did not. It's just a beautiful bling bling (which I can also use as protection when pple try to be funny with me. Just think of how I can wreck someone's cheekbones if I punch them with this ring!)

Then, here is a pic of what Anderson gave me... to accompany Mr Yellow "Nua" M&Ms.. another one!! It's damn cute! This time Yellow takes a dip in the 'water' and the M&Ms come out! :D


Then we were fooling around with the animals tt Steven got for a few of us.. and they ended up on Mr Nua.

I think the frog looks damn cute. Apparently the animals were given to us according to what we look like.... and Kelvin does look like a blur frog, so it suits him! Hahaha..I have no idea why the bear is supposed to be reflective of me tho...hmm...

Then there's this new Jay Chou poster that Anderson wanted to gimme cos he thinks I'm totally in love with Jay Chou. Well...I am..kinda..but then with his talent in composition and lyric-writing..but not that crazy over his face. In any case, I am grateful...and I think this poster is damn cool!

It's from his latest album, which btw has some pretty great songs in it. Watched the DVD of all his MVs and most of them are fantastic. The song "听妈妈的话" is so cute!! How on earth does he come up with such lyrics?! Think his ideas are quite original and fresh...and he seems to be able to sing/write about everything under the sun. Even the most mundane of things can be sung/written about in such a beautiful way.....

So...some random shots of the month. Will be terribly busy with an event the whole of Jan..and will hafta be travelling to CCK quite a lot more :( I hate the place. It reminds me of Malaysia. So super tmd ulu can?!? Had lunch there the other day..at this place called Farmart. Check out the scenery lor.


And they had animals for kiddies to feed...here's a pic of their goats... my boss thinks they look damn scary (like Satan).


Then, during the week i was on leave, I went to listen to Shane's cousin's band. They played ...the heavy metal kind...u know they type where u dun really sing, more like u scream? Think Linkin Park, but 10 times worse. It was a totally New Experience man, not sthg tt I think I'll ever get used to la. I need tune/music. There was barely any. I think I can handle Rock... even the heavier type, but metal? No thank you. I do suppose actually that these kids are quite talented...and are gd at what they do. It's not like the half-fucked type of shit tt I hear at Ben & Jerry's at The Cathay. Check out this pic below.


Oh, and u know how they dance? (Didn't manage to get a pic of that though) It's called moshing, i.e. pushing each other ard, maciam fighting lidat? =_= I is not understanding. Quite scary actually. So...tt was a really 大开眼界 experience for me. But the crowd at this gig was rather young. They served coke.. but kiddies kept smoking. Why?? I figure it's cos they're mostly poseurs and need to look cool. So they smoke non stop. *shakes head*

Yeah, finally. My post with pics is up. :D More thoughts coming up soon...

Snacking Snacking Snacking..

Snacking Snacking Snacking..

Have been rather stressed up the past few days. So been bz snacking. I think today's diet is the most unhealthy of all. Started off with Chocolates for b/f. Then...proceeded to have some bee hoon cos I still hungry. Then decided to skip lunch cos had the bee hoon too late liao. Plus later going to have office X'mas party! So.. in between had... coke and cheetos. I'm going to grow so fat lor!!!!

And of cos this is X'mas period so the next few days will be food galore once again. 肥了!!

Btw, X'mas is the best time cos I keep receiving chocolates!!! Muahahahaha... think gonna hafta start badminton 3 times a week liao...

Oh, in other news... half of my x'mas shopping is done!! Now the next batch will be more expensive but prob easier cos I know these pple better. ;)

Christmas presents...Bah!

Christmas presents...Bah!

I still haven't finished my X'mas shopping. Mother has told me that I can go to Parkway and shop somemore since she's dropping my sis for class somewhere there. -_- That totally goes against what I planned to do today!!!!

I came back home early today so that I could be more efficient working at home where it's comfortable....and hopefully sleep early too. But as usual, I have been tempted to change plans. Tmd. Sigh. Anyways, this thing abt X'mas shopping. I hate it. Absolutely detest. Ok, i just don't like shopping in general. So when I have to do it in bulk, even worse! So all of you who get presents from me better appreciate it ok! For all the agony I hafta go thru! For all those who don't...well... just be glad you're not causing me pain. Heh.

Yup, and the decision is to do work tonight. Yes I shall. Shopping can wait till tmw. (or never, if only I could!)

Have been on course for the past 2 days. Rather enjoyable I must say, since it was mostly an english lesson. It's gd to be reminded of all those lousy-english mistakes which one likes to make. (For some reason, more so when one enters the gahmen svc) The group was fun...mostly from my division tho, I suppose that's why.

Also went for my very first pedicure today. Cos I had time to kill while waiting for James..and got bored of walking/shopping ard. So...blew $30 on some colour for nails and some 'pampering' for the feet. Not exactly worth the money, but I think... I could get used to it. ( I'm quite fascinated by the colour tho!!) Hmm...maybe I am becoming more char bor after all??

Then went to watch Jack and the Beansprout. It was ok la. Once again I am reminded of how far removed from theatre I already am. Really don't notice a lot of things. Oh well, the price u pay. Am waiting for a mini miracle to happen in the next few weeks or so to eventually change tt. But we'll see. So anyways, the show was relatively entertaining la. Think the playwright did quite a gd job of localising the fairy tale to our context.

Ok, it's been a long day. To bed to bed...

Some random pics...

Some random pics...

The other day went to eat dim sum at this place called "包今天". Literally translated, it means "Bao today". But it is also a pun on Justice Bao. -_- So corny right!! The dim sum was alright la, not too bad... but one thing really intrigued me when they brought it. Our tea was served in a bowl! Check it out!



Couldn't resist taking a photo of it man...and of cos had to take one of our dear Joseph drinking from it. He is so not camera shy lor! Quite sad tt this mata is going back to his normal uniformed life liao. He'll no longer be around for us to hurl abuses at, whenever we get calls from idiots.

As I said in one of my earlier posts, there are quite a few colleagues who are leaving us, either to another division, back to their department (by this we mean one of the Home Team Depts e.g. Police), or to another agency...but still within the gahmen. It's difficult, when so many pple are leaving...to feel tt sense of 'home' which I once actually felt when I first came into this dept. The pple are really nice...and Joe...is one of those obliging types, who altho can be foul mouthed and Ah-beng-like, is just deep down, quite a "好人". Everytime we have qns regarding the way the law works, he is always ready to help us. This guy, is actually an E-lang major, and he can actually spout famous quotes like nobody's business. He's our 'ang moh' resource ok. Dun pray pray. (Although, going by experience, e-lang majors dun exactly have fantastic grammar! :p) Haha. So, if you're reading this Joe, thank you, I appreciate the chao mata in you (even tho I curse and suan u like siao :p).

And this, is my new oil burner, on loan from Anderson. Check it out, it's damn chio right! Branded ok...from Lifeshop. Managed to find a nice space for it on my table, the ambience quite nice hor! :D So now I can burn the bergamot to calm me down when I damn stressed.



For some reason, today I am damn relaxed although I have 10,000 things to do. I think it's cos I drank 2 cups of earl grey, and went to play badminton. 爽!! Think tmw I shall play again. Yeah!

This is gonna be a long long post...with lotsa pics hor. So give u warning first. It was supposed to go up a lot earlier...but then no time to post.

Last last sat, at 9am I went to Changi Village to view an exercise by Home Team Eastern Sector on their Integrated Contingency Plan(ICP). Swaku mah, never see this kinda exercise live before, then stay relatively near...thought I'd go and look see abit. Plus my 老板 was gonna be there, so it seemed 'important' enough.

ICP@Changi Village


Yup, tts my 老板 - the one in white shirt. U see the SCDF guy on his left? He's narrating the story la. So we're all standing underneath this tent, at a strategic position where we can see all the drama unfolding.


So first, there's a suspicious looking car parked in the public car park, opposite Changi Village Hotel. And all of a sudden, Boom! It explodes into a cloud of thick black smoke! (They really exploded the thing btw). Because it's just opposite the hotel, the manager and all run out to see what has happened. They then send an sms alert to all the Community Emergency Response Team volunteers, and notify mata and firemen.


Very quickly, the matas arrive, and very dramatically, the pple who are in charge run across the road to the scene of the blast. (really very drama man this part! Macam like u know, CSI tt kind. Plus the manager all wearing suits somemore. And of cos, since it's an exercise, the mata take a grand total of like 1 minute to be activated -_- As if this will happen in real life)


Then the fire engine (or, Pump Ladder, as the firemen call it) is also activated (within the span of like, 90 secs) *ee-orr ee-orr ee-orr*


And the firemen gallantly put out the fire


A closer look at the men in action.


Then there was an exhibition, with volunteers from the CERT teams...check out the cute ah peh who's pretending to be one of the casualties. Didn't manage to capture the ah mah on the left. But they really looked so cute! Lying there obligingly allowing the volunteers to practice their skills of providing CPR and first aid to the 'injured'.


Then got award presentation for all those involved, pple from the community, from the impt associations, and in general pple who would be critical, in providing immediate/quick aid to any casualties. Can u spot Jayakumar? I actually got to shake his hand leh, cos he walked up to me and my colleague, and said, "where are u guys from?" Haha....ok....so at least I got to shake an impt person's hand.


And this is the bombed up car after everything had subsided. Car no is 1016...can go buy 4D (took this specially for my crazy toto/4D-buying colleague heh)

Gathering of JC class at Marche, Suntec
So after all the drama of the morning, I dropped one of my colleagues home, and headed down to suntec for my JC gathering. My fav teacher is leaving for Cairns at the end of the year, and he wanted to meet up with as many of us as he could. The pic below is a really small portion of my class...quite a few who said they were coming didn't turn up.... but oh well, it was a nice cosy size la.

I felt that it was a really nice meet up. All of us are working now, and Mr Smith (doesn't he look just like Santa? So cute and cuddly!) had so much to tell us, and we had so much to say about our current lives. He has a really good memory, so most of them were surprised that he still remembered who they were. Quite a class of chio bus I must say. Most of us look the same. Think we only heard of one person getting married... but tt one also not too sure.

That night, I went to Ivan's for dinner but (still) No pics of Adele... cos they all turned out funny :( She is growing up so fast! And is quite the parrot. She mimics the words we use real fast. Damn cute!! How I love her so!

After that, I went to St James Power Station. We only went into the rather cheena mama place called Dragonfly. It was damn crowded! And the entrance quite cheap somemore, only $15. But only one drink la. Well, the story abt having only Steven and me go is cos the original pple who were supposed to go said they tired/sick etc... and in the end, the only one we were banking on also said he wanted to go home. Since we went in first cos didn't wanna wait outside, LL have to stay on liaoz. Anyways I really wanted to have a look at the place cos it's supposedly quite a novelty. In actual fact, the place wasn't that cheena, cos they played retro when there weren't any performances. (altho the DJ was quite crap, cos like his mixes didn't really fit. so the dancing not shiok la) The performances however, were another thing. Really quite impressive man! Took this pic below to show the stage.

U can just see the crowds man. It was mainly quite an old crowd, maybe most of them late 20s to 30s? Did also spot some aunties and uncles on the dance floor man. Eee. Reminded me of Europa last time. But had some babes also la I guess.

Then I suppose the main draw for most people wld've been this skinny fella (who actually turned in my direction when he saw me taking the photo?) Sylvester (yes-I-just-cutted-my-hair) Sim. I really don't see what's the big deal about him. He has tt boy boy cutesy face tt young girls (and I guess aunties will like), but his singing was normal.. not off key, but not particularly memorable either. Kept doing this funny 小动作 (action) tt looked damn poser la. Like he's not Jay Chou, nor some rapper, so stop doing it! -_-

Actually got a few more photos and comments but I shall stop posting too many things cos KNN blogger keeps screwing up my post. All in all, dragonfly provides quite gd performances cos the dancers and costumes change with each number they perform... only thing is no place to sit. Am seriously considering signing up for the VIP membership man. UOB seems to have some promotion. Hahaha

Aaaaarrrggghhh.

Been trying to blog abt Dragonfly but then the pics keep giving me prob. Toopid blogger!!!!

Anyways, today is not a v gd day. Cos it's the last day for some of my colleagues. Also found out tt some others are thinking of leaving as well. 不好的!!! (trans - No gd one!!) Me sad.