Monday, February 25, 2008
Looking back on my "Looking Forward"s in Jan and Feb and seeing how much i've accomplished.
1. Watching "Winter Sonata" - VCDs with me but i don't feel like watching it anymore
2. Basic Theory Test - Test is this thursday so WISH ME LUCK!
3. Plans/Designs for Room Renovations - Postponed to god knows when
4. Watching 27 Dresses, Atonement, Juno - Accomplished!
5. Waiting for Volunteer group to contact me - Contacted and work has just started!
6. Office Branch Outing - It was alright. Miss the "PIAK!" when doing the ice-cream! haha
7. Unit's Bowling Outing - where were my bowling skills from the earlier session! haha
8. China Trip - Obviously Over! haha. Not exactly fun but pleasant trip though.
9. Hopefully meeting up with friends
a) Ah Meng/Jeremy - when are we meeting?
b) Princess-C/Lumpy - when are we meeting??
c) Shihern and etc - when are we meeting???
d) Kenny G/Fengie/Gracie/Kelsie - Kenny G aside, met the charlie's angels for twice at least.
10. Dim Sum Dollies - Seen it and loved it!
11. T-Shirt Spree - Wardrobe Overhaul in completion so Yippie!
Things to look forward to: March Edition
1. Settling into my new volunteer group and participating in the events
2. Taiwan/Hong Kong trip with Gracie and Fengie!
PLS MAKE IT WORK!!!
3. Meeting up with friends (Let's try again...)
a) Ah Meng / Jeremy
b) Lumpy /Princess-C
c) Lumpy / Kryssie (!)
d) Shihern and co.
e) Viola perhaps?
f) Ter-weeds and plus plus if any (What say you Terr?)
4. Maintaining regular contact with close friends ( Yang Sis, Kenny G & co.)
5. ORD dinner for Loba & Ton
(should i be looking forward to this? haha)
6. Watching BrokeBack Mountain and Transamerica
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The Beautiful Occupation
Sorry for the lack of updates... Been lazy and tired and god knows what i'm going through. haha.
After finding out about the kitties in my house, Kenny G and Gracie also wanted to play with those feline creatures. So before we went out on Saturday, they came to my house for a purry good time with my kitties.
 Doing Well  Not So Well  Guess it takes time. haha These kitties are becoming quite a hit aren't they? Even more popular than me now! Argh... But they're stinking up my brother's room and my brother who is obviously keeping them as part of his loveplan (to get/keep the current target) can't be bothered to play/feed/do anything with those kittens other than putting them in his room. Well, at least it's not in my room. haha Well, after playing with the kittens, we made our way to Orchard to check out the LIME flea market where i bought another T-shirt! I seriously have a T-shirt craze now. Can you believe this -> i bought 4 T-shirts in two weeks! OMG, i don't exactly have a lot of money and i'm spending so much so fast! Then again, this is part of my wardrobe overhaul which is, of course, going into completion soon! haha. *telling myself* It's good investment, it's good investment, it's good investment......... But for the finale for Sat, it was off to Esplanade for the long-awaited DIM SUM DOLLIES!!!   It was hilarious! I was practically laughing out loud at their jokes on the government (taboo!), Spice Girls (Woo!!!) and many things Singaporean (SPGs, CHIJ girls, Enbloc...). Very funny indeed. The different accents they put on during the show was also very funny! Pam Oei did this malay accent in one sketch and it was super duper classic malay-ish la! haha... For once, i was proud of being a Singaporean. It felt as though Singaporeans are an interesting bunch of people. But of course, reality sank in after the show haha... But i really think it's a show EVERY singaporean should watch to instill a sense of patriotism in them. Singaporeans might be a boring bunch but we're witty ok! Posing at Esplanade! I look preppy! Anyway, when we got to Esplanade we found out there was an post show autograph session by the Dim Sum Dollies and Hossan Leong! Of course, celebrity-crazed as Kenny G was (i'm abit also la), we took the rare opportunity we had to take pictures with them and get their autographs. Dim Sum 3, Hossan and Us Autographs! Sat was a really nice day. Found an excuse to dress up slightly nicer and have a great time laughing. May all Saturdays be so fun!
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Ronan Keating
Albums: 5 – Ronan (2000), Destination (2002), Turn It On (2003), 10 Years of Hits (2004), Bring You Home (2006)
10 Songs I Like:
1) The Long Goodbye***
2) Last Thing On My Mind
3) When You Say Nothing At All
4) I Love It When We Do
5) Lovin' Each Day
6) The Way You Make Me Feel***
7) We've Got Tonight
8) Life is a Rollercoaster
9) If Tomorrow Never comes
10) All Over Again
This boyband-turned-solo singer has certainly come a long way to secure his position here in my Hall of Fame. He is honestly the ONLY male singer with ALMOST ALL of his songs on my ipod. Ronan's songs are without a doubt, radio-friendly and very listenable, which is probably why people still listen to him. But he certainly made a good transition from boyband cheesy to adult contemporary pop, which in my opinion a good career move since he can't be cute forever to all his female fans. Being a father, he can totally translate the maturity he possesses into heart-wrenching sentiments in his songs. My favourite song of his, "The Long Goodbye" has also very certainly secured a seat in my Top 100 All time favourite songs list forever. The song is touching and relates to all the different setbacks i've had throughout all these years. However, his most recent album did not heat up the charts like the previous ones, which is a tad worrying to me. Well, i can only say good music is not always appreciated. Sad but true. Nevertheless, Ronan has a loyal music fan no matter what. And that's me.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Kelsie left for australia on monday and Kenny G, Gracie and i ( Fengie busy busy can't make it) went to send her off. So strange la, i just arrived back from China in the morning and i'm back at the same place that night haha.
Well, Kelsie, it's really nice knowing you! Hanging out with KFG and you has been really fun, especially countdown! haha... Really hope to see you again, either in Australia (i wanna go!!!) or Singapore (although i heard very slim possibility). All the best for your studies and work and whatever going on now and in the future ok! haha
Pictures of KKG (Kenny G, Kelsie, Gracie) and I cam-whoring at the airport! haha...
showing off my new bag! 
erm.... haha 
KKGJ 
KK and me 
before she left
Got goodbye-reflections video also le! But i don't have it with me haha... Show you soon! (*tsk tsk Gracie*)
On another note,
* Taiwan trip in planning... Fingercrossed on the trip's/my/KFG's availability. I love travelling!
* Gracie having holidays now so we can go out for movie marathon/food hunts/shopping trips together! Kenny G and i getting sick of each other soon hahaha... (am i right??? jk)
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China Travelogue - Shanghai Day 4/5
We arrived at Shanghai at about 1230pm and went straight for lunch at a temple street. YuYuan street if i didn't remember wrongly. Because it was CNY, ALOT of Cheenamen were there!
Nothing too special there so after eating all the xiaolongbaos and etc, we headed back to hotel to sleep.................... At 5, Father's Shanghai friend, Jenny, took us to this cheapo imitation shopping centre to buy imitation good of course haha... Guess what i bought???
I was freaking happy la!!! If you don't know, i have this BIG fascination with the UK flag! I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All along i was aving up for a bag like this and i finally got it!!!!! Thank god!!!!!!! I also got my own "Jimmy Choos" in the form of imitation converse shoes in baby blue! Nice!
Dinner was vegetarian and i love meat so i have nothing better to say haha... _________________________________________________________________ 
Yups... it's day 5 - THE LAST DAY!!! Morning was breakfast with family and Aunt Jenny where we ordered like so much food at a Hongkong food restaurant. 
outside the restaurant 
Aunt jenny with my younger bro In the afternoon, we went to this village at the outskirts of Shanghai city called Zhou Zhuang. All the streets in the town are built along the river and bridges and the streets are connected with each other. The town is well known both at home and abroad for its preservation of numerous buildings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.  
Because the town is surrounded by water, boats are used for short-distance trips. We actually sat on the boats for a trip around the town. I sat with Aunt Jenny and her foreigner friends. Cool! haha 
One's from canada and the other from Iran Managed to buy some 2008 Beijing Olympics Souveneirs there for my friends:  
After the trip, we left quickly to do some last minute shopping at Shanghai city cause our flight back is at 12 midnight and we have to check in early... Nevertheless i still managed to buy some good stuff: 
nice! 
movies i can never catch in singapore - don't get the wrong idea of me ok! Well, that's basically it for the trip... haha... 
I'm so tired blogging so much about the trip. Hope you enjoyed it as much as i enjoyed the trip!
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China Travelogue - Dalian Day 3
DAY THREE The third day at Dalian was more of sightseeing. After a heavy breakfast at the hotel, we set off to the state's park to see its seaside scenery.  
 
The park is pretty big, probably the size of Ang Mo Kio! haha... As usual, weather was cold. Therefore we had to quickly take pictures and return to the car to seek warmth. At the park, i actually managed to feed some pigeons haha... A few even rested on my hands and head la! Quite scary though.  
At the park, there was even this magic slope! If you stop your car, it was move by itself! Amazing things they have even in the park isn't it??? 
At the magic slope After the park, we went to have lunch at a restaurant that serves village kinda food which obviously mean OLD PEOPLE FOOD. Which also mean i hate that lunch and didn't eat much. There were pig trotters, awful vegetables and bugs. YOU DIDN"T SEE WRONGLY. YES, BUGS!!!!  
Can't believe people actually eat such disgusting creatures! In chinese, it's called YONG. And JUST FOR YOU, i decided to TRY IT!!! I really pulled my guts out just to deliver you this inside take on how bugs taste like ok... I could actuall see some of its organs la! *faints*  
Extreme Gourmet - I MUST BE MENTAL TO DO IT!!! Yucks!!!!!!!! The bug's exoskeleton is pretty hard to chew and it's inside (*shutter*) is pretty hmmm... whoosy. Puke man! I spammed the yellow corn porridge while eating the disgusting bug to cover its possible gooey feeling. The result of eating it: After that we proceeded to shop abit at the neighbourhood shopping malls but didn't buy anything since we were saving up to buy stuff at Shanghai where things are much cheaper. But it was quite cold also. My mum kept complaining about the cold so it was a VERY short shopping trip haha. Around 6 pm, we left to have dinner at a posh posh restaurant (again). I'm really glad that Uncle Pink is rich haha... cause i don't get many chances to go to such high class places to eat haha. Actually in Dalian i ate really alot. Alot of seafood especially since Dalian is famous for its seafood. Hope i gained some serious weight... 
All poshed up After eating at around 710pm, we promptyly left the dinner to check out the fireworks display at the city centre - the biggest event there during the CNY festive period. There were so many CHEENAMEN la... haha... Fortunately we found a good spot to see the fireworks. I think in Dalian i've seen more fireworks than i've seen in Singapore in three years? haha... The fireworks were really big and beautiful... As Yellowcard sings, "Let me light up the sky, light it up for you" (Will upload soon - took forever today!) I wouldn't leave you out from the good stuff. So here's a clip of the fireworks to enjoy before i post about day 4/5 in Shanghai!
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
DAY TWO
We went ice-skiing!!! Can't believe i saw snow for the first time! haha... Although it's not as AMAZING as i thought snow would be, since what i really wanted to see was FALLING snow, it was still beautiful haha.
 
Only my youngest brother and father went for the ice-skiing experience actually - my two other elder brothers were too unsporting to join us argh... Anyway, ice-skiing is QUITE tiring and definitely NOT for people with weak leg muscles. I could hardly control my speed since my leg muscles are as wobbly as jelly. The instructor (yes they provide one) kept telling me to control my legs but i just COULDN"T!!! You think i don't want to contol meh! He also kept telling me to "BIE HUANG! BIE HUANG" (don't panic). But please lah, for someone who can't control his speed and leg movement, especially in such cold windy weather, how NOT to panic? Even if i didn't panic, i still couldn't ski smoothly... Sigh, another sport i can't play haha... 
testing testing! My younger brother was better, much better actually. The instructor kinda likes him because of that. Well, for someone who's taking up Thai-boxing (i just learnt of it - eeeuuu!) i guess he's developed his leg muscles from all the barbaric kicking. He almost 4 ski down the snow slope while i only managed a PATHETIC 2. At least better than my father who did only did one ski down. Whew.. still young. 
snow slide My mother, with Uncle Pink's wife and daughter went for the (much) safer snow slide. Here's a video of my mum shrieking her way down the slope haha... Bet she'll kill me if she knows i put this up to malu her haha...
Seems fun right! But nevermind, at least i got to ski at least once in my life. Quite the memorable experience skiing and seeing snow! haha. Since it was already 2pm by the time we finished and got back to the hotel, we rested til 530 pm before heading out again for dinner. There in Dalian, people eat dinner at an early 530pm (this is the time i get off work la!), very much unlike the busy us who eat at 7/8/9pm. According to Uncle Pink, people in dalian are lazy to work or too rich and too lazy to think about work. Wish i was the former... This time we went to another high class restaurant in Dalian since i've said Uncle Pink is a respectable businessman. Dinner was the usual pick-what-you-order affair. Something cute to share - they served durian/carrot puffs in their respective fruit shapes and colour! Cool!  
The durian puff was quite nice while the carrot puff was realy bland. Which goes to show IMAGE IS NOT EVERYTHING. haha. After dinner, Uncle Pink brought us around Dalian to see the night view around the city. We stopped at the city centre park - so claimed the largest in Asia - to take pictures with the CNY decorations they had. 
The Sims Speaking of taking pictures, i'm the only one in the family who was actively taking pictures, and of course cam-whoring. My other brothers - don't know whether is acting cool or don't like to take pictures - show disinterest to take photos la. What downers. If only i had a sister to break the monotony of this testoterone-charged family. I would then be able to have someone to camwhore with. I felt so zi lian for cam-whoring infront of them. Anyway, coming back to taking pictures at the park, again, i risked my LIFE just to take a good shot of myself! haha... It was freaking freezing -7*C cold and no one else other than me took off their gloves to take pictures with my camera. (you had to take it off since it's hard to manoerve the camera with gloves on) My hand almost crammed la! haha... But it's worth the risk isn't it? haha Well, that's all for DAY 2! Day 3 coming up!
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