Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Ok, a short post on last Saturday before i quickly catch up on the sleep i have been lacking!
(due to an unexplained sudden obsession with Melodifestivalen / Melodi Grand Prix songs !!! - If you have not even a single clue what i'm saying, ignore or google it)
Saturday afternoon belonged to my "TOP GIRLS". I had lunch with Siny, Chunli, Bee Bee, Monkey and the very unique Miss Miao Miao (should i say Mi Mi now that i might have jinxed the death of Miao Miao by mentioning its name here?). The reason why i mentioned "TOP GIRLS" was because of the very disturbing fact that i was nominated to be one of Miss Miao Miao's TOP GIRLS under Facebook. Something i am seriously confused if it's a humbling compliment or blatant insult. haha. I understand her well intentions but the "TOP GIRL" label simply just............. don't quite sound suitable for me. haha. Spent most of my time having my little sarcastic revenge on her. haha.
Saturday night belonged to that of dearest Kryssie and long-time-no-see Ishiita. We went to NUS Choir Concert (named Varsity Voices) to support Kryssie's good friends.
To keep things short and sweet (because i'm tired...),
1) Kryssie is super bias - she showered more "LOVE" on her MALE good friend than her female good friend. It was obvious with the two distinctive Ferrero Bouquet she self-made.
2) I saw Choir Senior Winnie, who happened to be part of NUS Choir.
3) Hearing a proper choir sing was refreshing (because i haven done that for a long time) and senerading in the harmony of voices suddenly became a tad nostalgic. Reminded me of secondary school days when i was singing my heart out (sorta la).
4) I have grown so much taller than Ishiita. I remember being shorter than her in college! ha.
5) We went to Cold Rock (at Holland V) after the concert and told "bad stuff about ourselves" but it was hardly anything NAUGHTY(!) so that's that. haha.
photos shall do the rest of the story-telling
 
Kryssie dearest and me :)
AND the lovely addition of Ishiita
The matter of Height
yuk who was there but not there
after the concert
Krys and Ishiita with their friends we came to support
P.S: Will post something with more content (aka more "feeling" less "outing" stuff) soon!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Tuesday was another round of meeting with my ex-HQ friends, a gathering before Josh leaves (again) for his next semester at Australia.
In attendance was the Charlie Angels (Ms Yv, Ms Wendee, Ms Chipmunk), Oh-My-Tian, BBQ, Josh and me:)
We first had dinner at Raffles City's Shokudo before proceeding to Loof, a night-pub sorta, to have drinks and snacks. For drinks, since Loof offered mostly alcoholic drinks, i thought i shall try an alcoholic drink for a change haha. (plus i can drink my "sorrow" away right? ha) I had Cosmopolitan while the other guys took Margaritas and other stuff.
Topic of the day was the rumored "relationship" between Ms Chipmunk and Oh-My-Tian. haha. We (especially me) kept making fun of them, but Chipmunk also gave me alot of reason to do so la. haha. She kept wanting to sit with OMT, share drink with him and take photo with him (only). haha.
It was quite a nice outing, especially since i got to had a few cheap laughter :)
Photos
 
We were supposed to be "DRUNK" in the second pic! haha!
 
Before And After
(OMT attacked me because i was trying to push him towards Ms Chipmunk =X)
with the love-birds
3 guys and 1 super-unglam i-dunno-what
Who You Want and What You Need
It's been a really long week for me, so some updates finally. haha.
The much-delayed entry for "Valentine's Day". This year, like the past 20 years, have been spent either alone, with family or friends. And this year's no difference haha.
Well, having known that my ex-camp friend Ruz has an play coming up, entitled "The Heart's A Funny Little Thing", and with the last show on the 14th of February, i thought i would be an interesting and fun way to spend the day, single but still in (the theme of) love.
I called along Kenny and Paul to accompany me on this play since they, coincidentally or not, are singletons with nothing to do on this mushy day. The event was held at *Scape, and having heard a little about this youth space, i was also my first time there ha.
entrance of *scape
We were a bit early so we cam-whored abit at this newly found place. :)
Apparently i CAN'T surprise anyone ha
 
having fun with the walls
1 + 1 = 2
Upon entering, we were all abit surprised with the low-budget venue (but no expectations...). As i told Kenny (who was complaining a fair bit about having to pay to support MY friend and now the venue) that we were doing something... INDIE. haha. (Definitely better than the previous "indie party" we attended right? haha) We sat right at the first row, which means we are literally centimetres from the actors haha.
Also very surprisingly, the 3 short plays were not bad, with the second one (with my friend Ruz in it) being THE BEST. Romantic Comedy Standard. Very Good indeed. I was basically enthralled by one of the character in that play ("Cafe Chemistry") who was called Brit. Brit was a bimbo at it's best, making the crowd laugh out loud. Very Good indeed (ok, second time i'm saying this haha).
It was an enjoyable play, a real pleasure to watch, making the three of us feel light-hearted with a tinge dose of fuzzy love feeling (not for each other pls... haha) After that, we headed down to our favourite hangout, HMV for another round of music critique and sharing session. haha.
At least there's company for this year. Whew haha. What will happen next year? Who really knows what might happen? As they say, the heart's a funny little thing. haha.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Warning: Emo
I am unhappy. And have been so for the past few months or so.
Not that i'm sad or anything but i was (and am) never really truly happy.
I has took me quite a long time to be honest with myself because i'm constantly telling myself that maybe tomorrow will be better, maybe the next outing with XXX will really make me happy again.
Then there's work, either i'm doing a work i don't exactly like, or i'm doing work i don't like in a place i dislike even more.
Not that i think people/friends really know because on the surface i'm not the type to show that i'm SAD, though sometimes i might show that i'm not as happy as i can be.
And that's what i think the situation is. I don't think i'm in a position where i am happy as i should or can be.
With different groups of friends, i exhibit different types of me. Still ME but not the "entire, true form of me".
And honestly, i have no clue who the true "me" is now.
In a sense, i'm lost myself. I don't know what is "me" because of the different temperaments i display with different groups of friends.
The situation's a complicated one.
For a fact, no one made me really unhappy. But no one made me truly happy at the same time.
At (a considerable no. of) times, i've been tired, bored or not in the mood. Even so, i might pretend to be happy or interested when i'm not and it takes a lot (of energy and ease) out of me that taken a huge toll on me.
Sometimes, i feel that if i keep feeling uninterested or bored, i've never get out of the downward spiral. But pretending to be interested, or trying to make myself feel happier, is just as exhausting and soul-devouring.
Online, i tend to stray from "emotional headlines" as having people who aren't even remotely concerned about me know about my less happier times is plain dumb and attention-seeking. And i hate attention for the matter of fact.
While i might post all the pictures and stuff on my blog, it's more for remembrance sake than to show that i had a good time (not that i didn't, i just didn't as much as fun as i would like to). Basically, to show how i spent my moment during XX day of XXX month of XXXX year.
If i'm really happy, i guess it's easy to tell from the length / tone of the entry.
Even so, i've for a number of times postponed the thought of blogging an "emotional" entry because my self-denial that tomorrow might be a happier day.
But that tomorrow never truly came.
I guess i'll have to go through this one myself again.
Love Is Like A Song
Tuesday Happenings
O.N.E
In the day i met up with dear friend, Hern, for one last time before he packs and leaves for Sydney next week. Looking at the picture, no questions on which movie we watched :) The movie (Bride Wars, if you really have no clue what i'm refering to...), though with mean intentions of frenemies backstabbing each other, had its touching moments haha.
Food Wars (? - i don't even eat much lol)
After that we proceeded to Billy Bombers to have our lunch. Of course, as a parting gift (and the fact that i've really given Hern anything since we've been friends for so long... =x), i very generously treated him (and he deservingly la...) to the meal.
"Ambassadors" of Billy Bombers
T.W.O In celebration of Ms Piggy's birthday, my ex-boss organised a gathering, with dinner at Togi Restaurant at Chinatown. Honestly, i don't exactly like Korean or Japanese food but i always happen to eat that when i'm out with my army colleagues cause they seem to like it haha.
Josh and i arrived earlier to book seats :)
After the dinner, we went to the nearby Swensens to have the actual birthday celebration.
singing the birthday song
(pardon the low-quality pics - taken by josh/my lousy 2MP camera handphone)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LP :)!
BBQ with his current bosses
 
"girls" and boys
everyone
Sleeping Satellite
This past week has been pretty boring for me. Actually since i started my new job, things have been quite OFF, nothing much has triggered much excitement/fun in me as yet. Which is very very sad.
Anyway, this weekend is the birthday weekend. I've attended 2 birthday parties, one for my friend and one for my grandmother. More than anything, i feel like i'm getting OLD. That's not good - though i feel very much like working already (not in a shitty company though), studying is so tiring! haha.
I shall talk about my grandmother's party (held tonight) first since i have no photos to upload to show. Well, as usual, as any family gathering goes, you get a very quiet joel - i don't talk much to prevent myself from having to continue any conversations that started. haha. A few things i noticed from this birthday celebration:
1) All my cousins have really grown TALL and ready to surpass me ANYTIME. I realised one of my cousins is 32 years old (that's OMG-OLD la) and unmarried, though he did bring his girlfriend along. And he looks young still, wonder if i will look as young as him when i'm 32 though hehe....
2) My cousins' toddlers are damn cute. And Noisy.
3) My grandmother still hardly recognises me - it's a long but short story. Long in terms of duration and short in terms of content. haha. During Secondary/JC days, i SELDOM visit any of my relatives (possessed by the mugger spirit that is haha) , by the time i am willing to do so, she's old and hardly have any recollection of this malnourished boy. Sad. Nevermind, at least i show up for almost all such gatherings now as courtesy and respect.
4) I STILL HAVE NOTHING to say to my cousins. SAD.
That said, i wish my grandmother the best of health, and wish all her children and grandchildren (including great grandchildren) all the best! haha, that includes myself :)
Well, on to the next party, which was held on saturday night. Which is Siew Feng or Fengie's birthday!
Hereby wishing Fengie HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY! "There are 2 thing i 1 for her this birthday" 1) All the best for studies 2) All the best in life
*************** a few photos to show ************ 
writing birthday messages
alot of friends...
 
the most gi-normous cake i've ever seen
the key to adulthood
the magic position
birthday gurl award
You should know how birthday parties roughly are so i shalln't elaborate, nothing much to say anyway. the usual stuff... ha
And When The Lights Go Down
Hi All, I know it's Feb 1st but January ends today.
Feb shall start tomorrow for me since it starts on sunday and i'm really lazy haha.
A Recap of January:
1) Countdown:
That better not be the way my year's gonna be spent.
2) CPF Farewell
My FIRST real work experience was pretty alright i must say. Though i never expected to land this job and etc etc, guess it was fate that brought everything together. The work, the people and all. It was a fun time there and guess i left during the peak. Still miss the laughters as always.
3) KBox-es
One with Hern (and 2 class mates) and one with my CPF mates. Both my "first-time"s with them and was pretty good singing time. I miss Kbox again! (hint hint...)
4) New Job
Beginnings are always rough for me. We'll see how and where it takes me then. But i gotta say:
Kranji is far................
5) Chinese New Year
2006 was year after my grandpa's death, so a low key event. 2007 was botak year for me, so not a good year for exposure. 2008 i was in cheena-land so no CNY. 2009 my grandma went on cruise (and recession...) so it was downplayed once again. That's four years of not-so-complete CNY! But for kinda the first time, i went out myself to "bai nian" - Gracie's and Bread Lady's house. Not forgetting, the BEST CONSOLATION was i met the President. Who gets that chance?
6) Gatherings/Catchups
Meetup with Ter, CPF mates and also my army friends.
7)Movies
Two movies in cinema: Australia and Milk. Milk's quite inspiring.
One notable movie i watched by chance at home was "Thank You for Smoking", Very thought-provoking, very interesting.
Looking forward in Feb, so far there are:
1) NUS performance with Kryssie and Yuk.
2) Fengie's 21st Bdae
3) Office gathering (once again)
Well, would be nice to meet up with more of my friends soon :)
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jloe is a serious music addict, with an slight inclination towards swedish and scandinavian music. he will always be mandy moore biggest fan, though currently he has a (huge) soft spot for lauren conrad. in his spare time, he enjoys chatting with friends, watching movies, and basically doing whatever his heart tells him to do. Peace.
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