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Besides reading more than usual, now i'm actually EATING more than my normal intake. After Sushi Buffet last week and last friday's steamboat (and maybe my mother's amazing laksa on sunday), today my office had a lunch outing to Sakura International at Admiralty.Monday, March 30, 2009 And guess what, i was so-called the organiser. And that sucks cause i hate i hate i hate to be the organiser, especially of outings with more than say 6 people? It's very hard to co-ordinate and my office has like 20 plus people. Faint-able. But well, a simple email did the job and fortunately nothing much happened so it sorta happened as plan. Thank God seriously. haha. And thank God (am i being too religious now? ok, will keep it secular from now) for good food. God knows (ok, one last time) how much i have suffered by eating Bangla-standard food everyday. So this Sakura Buffet, as all my colleagues will concur, was like heaven sent, not to be missed and should be cherished to the MAX. haha. (did i mention it was a treat from my Big Boss too? Greatness right...)  Yups, first look at the people in my company, though not all i work with or work within our headquarters.   In the Left picture, the slighty rotund solo man standing is the Big Boss. (aka the person who treated aka my father's friend) The female on his left sitting down is Boss, though both are NOT matrimonially/bloodly related. (aka she's my top supervisor, everything goes through her) Well, a closer look at my colleagues now  Though there's actually FOUR people (incl. me) in my accounts section, i shall figure only two. Since the last one sitted far away from us, and for the sake of not inviting further more ridiculous remarks from my colleagues who paint this stupid - and i add TOTALLY false - picture of us being a COUPLE. Nothing against that unknown colleague (shall call her Discoqueen) but PUKES. seriously haha. and maybe the three of us work better together without her =X. haha. (Well we three get along better la. ) Anyway, extreme left is E-na (not her real name) and middle is Wiwa (also, confirm cannot be her real name.) Talk about being multiracial right haha. E-na is from Sri Lanka and Wiwa is well, obviously Malay. And Wiwa always makes fun of Discoqueen and i will join her, and all E-na does is laugh and laugh. haha.   not forgetting some of the rest (not many pics were taken of the others - not i take the pictures one lol...) Well, it was a pleasant food outing, and most importantly i got to eat alot! And waste time instead of working hehehehe. I'm just a lazy bum haha. Alright, that's all for now :) Rounding up March next entry! Jloe || 10:06 PM || 0 comments
And it was Friday.Sunday, March 29, 2009 Seeing how Yuk and Krys would become very busy in their preparation for uni exams, we (actually they, i'm - as i always say - always free) somehow managed to squeeze sometime out for one last night out. (until we meet again after their exams) Yuk as incredibly late (one and half hour!) so Krys and me suffered intolerably at the steamboat restaurant which was very mean to not let us eat until our third friend (Yuk of course) comes. By the time she turned up, Krys and i were famished to breaking point but we still have to get through some nasty waitress before we could finally settle down to eat our much-craved steamboat in peace and comfort. (can i say how much i love quail eggs? haha. yummy.) I think i ate quite alot that day cause i had rowdy stomach the next day. Must be all the "ma la" aka spicy stuff. But of course, updating each other was the main thing, since we have not done so for a long time. Since i'm not in uni yet, there's not much for me to say, so it was more story-listening. But of course, i made up for my "lack of stories" with my classic sarcasm. Funniest thing of the day was definitely about the three of us in a (erm....) PORN film haha. Yuk was talking about the movie "Zac and Miri make a porno" movie and it somehow led to "OUR film". And well, let's just say imagination went really wild. hahahah Second funniest thing of the day was Yuk and me making "maid" comments about Krys haha. About her taking "off" to come meet us, that her "employer" was very good to let her come out and have parties at home and stuff. haha. So mean, but all in the name of fun la....... So, to really create the Porn Movie backdrop of that night, Krys came up with this storyline that me, the employer, was abusing the maid (krys) and the wife (yuk) came back and we engaged in our dirty threesome act. OMG la. You can only trust Krys to come up with such a storyline haha. After a very fulfilling steamboat, we decided to head down to clarke quay to have deserts since we're sure (based on earlier experience) that all shops in the city will have closed. Singapore shopping centres are so dead at night... So it was cam-whoring all the way to Clarke Quay. Pictures pictures  first pit stop of the "Amazing Walk"   All's Well End Well   the date has no significance.  nice shot!  trailer poster of our porn movie  maid and employer (=X ok, i will stop the "maid" thing! haha) So anyways, after a really a long tiring walk, we settled at clarke quay, which was obviously in the heat of the night with clubbers and pub-ers all gathered there for their wild night out. We, certainly much more milder, settled in "Nectarie" for our deserts and story-telling part 2.      Of all the these we mentioned that night, one thing stuck out most to me. And that was about friendship. We all have friends around us who cannot be trusted. Or friends who, to be honest, probably couldn't care less about you. Which makes me really glad that we have what we share now. Well, there was certainly much to share that's why it ended around late 1am. By the time i got home, it was 3am. very tired, but very satisfied with how our "good friends' night out" went. As i say, everything little thing we do is magic. *tink* haha Jloe || 8:07 PM || 0 comments
A few things from this week:Sunday, March 22, 2009 1. I'm still affected by what people say of me. A little but still, affected. Nevertheless, i don't wanna talk about it. (Ter-weeds, thanks for the only console i needed) 2. I'm reading again! This time, The Da Vinci Code. And this is the third book of the year, after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and one travel-themed Rom-com book titled "Around the World in 80 dates". Even i'm amazed with this record. haha. 3. I'm falling head over heels for Ms LAUREN CONRAD. I love her and i love her very much. hahaha. The few seconds i saw her from The City's Season 1 finale was SERIOUSLY NOT ENOUGH. [NEWSFLASH: Mandy has been displaced as my greatest love, since she is married]
4. I'm feeling more comfortable working at my workplace now, though it also means getting more exasperated with some slowpoke. I still wish there's more same-frequency people i can talk to there.
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After 5 late nights of reading, i am very proud to say i've finally completed the Harry Potter Book Series with "The Deathly Hallows". Though technically, i'm a cheater, i only started from "Azakaban" (the first two parts i've watched the movie and i was too lazy to read the books knowing how roughly the story already went. haha)Sunday, March 15, 2009 The book is utmost intriguing and exciting. I mean, OBVIOUSLY. Most of the book i've touched made me sleep faster than when i try to sleep early. This "Deathly Hallows" kept me up to almost 1am from Monday to Friday last week as i immersed myself in the magical world. But though i was tired during work, the lack of sleep was worth for this short moment of excitement. And i must say, RARE moment, considering the next book i will touch will be in another one year? haha. Well, besides accomplishing this one-book-a-year aim (THIS IS SO SAD right? haha), the past week has been quite pleasant too. On thursday, i was invited back to my army camp (or i should say old workplace) for my ex-boss, Ms Yv's farewell from the unit. Though i felt it's abit weird, considering I'VE ALREADY LEFT THE PLACE (farewell's for people who will lose her, not me, who she's already "lost", geddit? haha), i thought it was interesting to go back to camp after three months. Three months, if you count it, is not short, but not long either. Not that long for people to forget you and how you look like, but not that long for people to "miss" your presence i guess haha. But don't think anyone's missing me, i mean change is constant so people move on... haha. Well, there was some video presentation for Ms Yv, showing incredulously un-glam pictures of her (put together an incredulously lame old idiot i shall not name, who also made me pay quite alot for a buffet i didn't realy enjoy haha - taking any chance i have to slam that person. haha). Then there was a SCARILY INTERESTING performance of Oh-My-Tian/oldpig JJ in his Britney Spears' Toxic/Baby One More time medley. As i've told him, he looked like a snake. He's so tall and so thin at the same time he looks so snakey.... (snakey is the only adjective i can think of to best fit how he looked, but my vocabulary's limited anyway, sighs..) Lastly, there's karaoke to entertain everyone. Though i didn't speak much to my ex-boss, guess my presence was good enough as a form of blessing as she moves on to her new work position. Following up, i'm glad to declare that i now look ABIT tanner than usual(!!!). haha. That's because i've just visited Sentosa yesterday with ma guys from army (Ron, BBQ, Ter-weeds, Oh-My-Tian, Marc, Maxim and CM). It was kinda a gathering to commemorate Maxim's ORD, though it wasn't greatly emphasised as the theme of the day (opps? haha). But ultimately, we managed to meet up and have fun, so that counts for alot already haha. (No photos for this since we all forgot to bring cameras, but we had nothing to show anyway... haha) Well, i was pretty hesistant about visiting the sunny "mini-island" of fun, since i've heard stories of super buff bodies showing off their muscles and athletic skills on the beach. And i wasn't really to expose myself to any form of embarrassment. But i guess the reality isn't that scary la... Maybe because i was with a bunch of guys of the same calibre as me (to be fair, some are much better in shape than me, but in comparison to some market-spoilers we saw, even theirs didn't amount to very much lol haha). I mean, true, you have the flesh parade of dashing alpha males and bikini babes, but you also have the family fanfare of class gatherings and well... us. So it's pretty balanced. The eye chooses what it wants to see i think. haha. At first we were pretty nooby trying to play volleyball, beside though regular beach-volleyballers. But as we played among ourselves more, we sorta got the hang of it and had some fun. We also entertained ourselves with frisbee, for the others, soccer and basketball so it was pretty free-and-easy. Good for me since i got the workout i so desperately need and a tan which is definitely good to have too! haha. There's some pinkish red that looks like my PINK OF HEALTH, but i know it's just slight sunburnt but whatever right? hahahaha. I'm just very glad to return to this sunny part of Singapore after so many years. The only remaining memory i have of Sentosa is of a maid i used to have whose name was called Sentosa, and thats not even about the place LOL. haha. (we couldn't bear to call the maid Sentosa cause it felt damn weird.. so we called her by her surname instead haha) After the beach activity, we washed up and headed back to Vivocity to have our lunch before deciding on POOL as the afternoon activity. If you know me, i HATE POOL. But i didn't wanna go home, and there's no other activity they could do to accomodate me (they couldn't possibly WINDOW-SHOP with me right? haha), so i accomodated them haha. But it was not boring somehow cause they took turns to play and the free one would talk and gossip with me. And i love gossiping and talking hehe. (ok, i need to be less gossipy and meanie - after what Meng told me haha) When pool was done, we headed to Astons' at The Cathay for our dinner. It was cheap and good and very filling. Considering i've come down with some weird poor-appetite syndrome for the past one week, i ate more normally on Saturday night. Another plus for that day haha. Well, guess the day was pleasant in so many more ways huh... haha. Sunday is back to rest for me, since i need to recharge my battery before work and recharge my ipod :) haha. ****************************************************************************** this happened LAST SATURDAY (abit "long ago" - since i've cut my hair shorter already - so it's here =X) Nevertheless,  HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY KENNY :) my 3 wishes for you are:  1. MORE friends  2. MORE Sweetness in life  3. MORE gifts and pleasant surprises Jloe || 9:46 PM || 0 comments
Remember i said i would do "serious" stuff last week?Monday, March 9, 2009 Well, it didn't really happen. BUT, i'm kinda hooked onto the last instalment of Harry Potter. If that counts... YES I KNOW, only NOW. I realised that after i bought the book using a borders gift card as a reward for my college day award (small thing...), i have not touched the book a single bit other than let it collect dust. And since i've decided to start "serious" stuff, i shall go easy on myself and begin with a good old favourite of mine. After all, i think it's best to read it before more unnecesary information about the characters spill out and spoil my "feel" of the book. Gay Dumbledore and also-might-be-gay Harry Potter is seriously enough. Besides my night sessions with "the chosen one", there are other stuff i've also decided to do. Nothing much i want to reveal at this point of time. I don't like to JINX myself by saying things that lead me to have expectations as well as people having expectations on me. Stress-free and low-profile. hehe. (though due to my nature to "leak" gossip, i might have let slip it to some people subconsciously) Moving on, i managed to meet Meng on Wednesday at Jurong East, which almost killed me on the return trip back to Ang Mo Kio. haha. After three months plus out of service, we have both stabilised on our new jobs (the second one for me though hehe), and as heaven decided, it was time to meet and catch-up. I thought it was very very nice to see him after so long. We last met after we completed service and it was kinda just a brief thing (it's always quite brief huh). Over a simple dinner at IMM, we just updated each other on work stuff and gossip (especially about a certain "Grandma"), discussed about the negativity of "acutally" and realised he actually really didn't have much to say to the missing third party (only meng will know haha). Most importantly, he made me realise that i can really talk alot. I think that session i talked so much my jaw was abit tired when i went home (plus the shopping centre was cold and you know how my jaw can chatter un-controllably when i'm cold). But it was great talk. Usually i don't think i'm THAT funny a person, since i laugh before i can finish my joke, or i narrate so badly that the joke becomes not funny, but we both laughed quite alot that night. Well, at least i realised that to break the "dry spell" of all my little gatherings was to feel the same comfort level to tell people my "happenings" and joke about anything and everything. haha. (Bet Meng feels flattered now, he's not just capable of digging my trench for me now. haha) My series of long-lost-friends-reunion special, after last week's Germy and Wednesday's Meng, was Ter-weeds on Saturday. Haven't actually spoke to him much for around a month plus due to my "so-not-happening", self-proclaimed "socialite lifestyle and unsteadied emotion due to the new work environment. That was certainly very different from days in camp where we literally talk every single day. But yes, after a few unsuccessful attempts to meet up, Saturday was the day. And how comical the way it all started. Since i would be attending a "Green" party later on in the night (details later/next entry), i decided to wear a green shirt, with my newly bought black berms. Whether it was "great minds think alike" or not, Ter-weeds and i ended up wearing the same TONE of GREEN shirt and black shorts. Now, the sight of two guys in perfectly matchly clothes totally feels wrong. Let's just say after lunch, i forced him to buy a shirt (and he was dying to get out of the green shirt too) before we would talk to each other or come within one metre radius of the other person. haha.
Until now, the only "anime" i know is Sailormoon and Cardcaptor Sakura. (Opps, should i be saying all this... sounds wrong haha.) *attempted to elaborate on Sailormoon but decided not to* But let's just say i find Sakura very pretty and her powers very cool. haha. Basically i was just window-shopping and catching-up for most of the time, especially since we don't get to see each other often (like before). So anytime together is precious time haha. The next event on the list, was Kenny's GREEN 21st party which i will report more in the next entry since the photos are not in yet. But the next next event (told you "socialite" haha) was watching SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE with Marc, Oh-My-Tian, BBQ and long-time-no-see (oh another one.. haha) JJ. The movie was hopeful certainly, very intersting show indeed. How the little things in life can make such a BIG difference in a person's life is definitely very amazing. It's fiction anyway haha. Well, certainly makes me treasure all the little things in life. As you can see, a simple but very pleasant week. Anway, this is the second consecutive long entry, so that's SERIOUSly SERIOUS stuff. haha Byes for now :) Jloe || 9:10 PM || 0 comments
Finally i've gotten down to write a proper entry after SO SO SO long (emo entries don't count).Sunday, March 1, 2009 It's just that everytime i wanna set down to blog about some thoughts i have regarding certain outings, i get distracted by the strong urge to listen to some new song i've just heard (well, music is very, very important to me) or that my stay on facebook unexpected got abit prolonged. Well, not today, i've decided from March onwards (which is today, and although feb was SUCH A LONG MONTH, i still can't believe it's March ALREADY! i am so ironic i don't even understand myself sometimes) i will take at least an hour a day to do serious stuff. Like... *thinks very very hard*... blogging. Haha... Blogging is serious stuff ok, since it's MY life.. But i mean, i only blog like maximum twice a week so it sorta counts but sorta doesn't. (irony check: 2) Ok, anyway coming back, serious stuff like reading proper materials (that doesn't include all my music wikipedia-ing, don't worry) or checking on letters, settling issues with my parents or about my studies etc etc. Yups, SERIOUS ok... Reason being i really degenerated into a very lazy person. One that has taken up sleeping as a hobby and one so fond of procrastinating. The only thing i even do nowadays other than work is listen to music, search for music, read about music -and 8days! that's a bonus! *feels absolutely ashamed* - and think about music constantly (which ironically, i find this a right time to declare i've taken J*Love Music onto facebook! *excited, slaps myself after saying this*). A fact unknown to many people, in fact ALL people, is that i'm A VERY LAZY PERSON. I hate to read (how many times have i said this before?) and i hate to read about serious stuff which probably makes up everything considered as "serious stuff" since i'm working full-time now (oh my, my resolution is so doomed to fail). Because they make me sleep after 15 minutes. And i sleep for two or three hours, after which when i awoke from the unproductive sleep, my mind becomes a kinda like a vacuum. Which makes me REALISE that i am a very ill-informed and SO-VERY-NOT clever person. Which apparently, there are many disputes over this, which the following group of people: First, Germy (not her real name, i stress). I made it a point to mention her since we have finally met up once again last monday. ******************************sidetracking****************************** For those who do not know Germy, she is one of the closest schoolmate / friend i have in college. She was also the chairman of my college co-curricular activity, which like Harry Potter's famous dark enemy, is what shall not be named. We spent most of the pre-morning assembly time together at the extended part of the school canteen, on a table, mostly mugging and bitching about other stuff for the minority of the time. It was very nice to see her again, after so long, after what both of us claim to believe that both of us have changed a little on the appearance department (wardrobe mainly... u have seen me, there's no question that i HAVE NOT noticeably changed in my physical appearance). It was most heartening definitely when Germy proclaimed that the main reason she wanted to meet up with me was to "reclaim a part of (her) past". That was very true, maybe my sub-conscience felt the same way as her that's why i wanted to see her too. To be honest, we were "VERY BIG part of each other's college life", since we see each other almost everyday and being in the same activity as her allowed us to have very frequent interaction. But for her to say that out to me, that was pretty touching i must say (praying so hard she doesn't see this haha. nothing romantically related please). We have many friends and accquaintances in this world, but circumstances change so fast these days that you soon recognise that not ALL friends are friends that care about you. I won't even go so far as to say TRUE FRIENDS or BEST FRIENDS because all these terms are so cliche - in my "book of principles", a friend is a friend who cares about you and one whom you care about. Friendship is a mutual thing, and though not everyone says it out clear to you, you have to believe that people feel the same way towards you as you do to them. ******************************sidetracking done****************************** Ok, being big part of my college life also meant that she saw the mugger side of me. The SERIOUS part of me haha. And she firmly believes i'm SMART (thank germy for having such faith in your friend, really) Which i have umpteen times told her I'M NOT. Really really not. I'm just hardworking. (BIG BIG Irony check: 3) ABOUT STUDIES. About something that will seriously impact my future. And that's why i worked hard to earn the results i have. I'm not sure how things might be if i slacked a little but i'm not the type to take this kinda chance when it involves something seriously serious. Practice makes perfect, i say. I worked very very hard in fact. Studies was my life, you can say that again. But it no longer is (for now...), which made my life very empty. Which i then turn to my next most important thing in life, MUSIC. (now you understand ah...) Alright, the second group is my parents. In my family, i am the only one to get so-called a top position in class (primary and secondary - like it really matters now?), only one to get good, above average results for O levels, and proceeded to enter a decently good college and be the only one to get good, above average results for A levels as well. And also the only one to successfully qualify for a good course in singapore's top university (there're only three by the way!). Which, i have to stress, IN MY FAMILY. Only. There are hundreds and hundreds of people around in Singapore alone that are clever than me, and my parents seem to SO STUPIDLY believe that i am really very clever. So they constantly and very idiotically spread this to the whole freaking world (this shows my contempt for un-informed and UNNECESSARY bragging). ******************************sidetracking****************************** They, like usual, very easily infuriated me today by making me (by that i mean assuming i want to go, and by that i mean forcing) go down to their office to speak to a SCHOLAR. Who in our brief conversation, implied that I WAS THE IGNORANT ONE who couldn't care less to read up about scholarships BECAUSE MY PARENTS WERE WORRIED ABOUT ME. From that point on, i knew it was another sickening well-intended scam from my parents. I won't elaborate the details cause it makes me want to puke seriously (let's just say, they crossed my personal "line" too much this time) I know it's bad to talk bad about your parents, but i'm not wrong. They always do something they don't see it's wrong/humiliating towards me and then make it seem like i'm the one who is the ignorant one. Which i'm not (in the cases that have happened so far). Which i feel guilty which i should not, and i feel angry with myself for feeling guilty since i'm not at fault and when i realise it's their wrongdoing from the start, i get too fumed up to even say anything. I don't hate them. But i hate their actions. ALOT. Alot things they do, though might be well-intended, never fail to INFURIATE me. I don't want to air any more of my dirty laundry here so just take it as that. ******************************sidetracking done****************************** People who get GOOD grades are USUALLY CLEVER. Which i'm not. I work hard for them. People who USUALLY get scholarships have VERY GOOD grades. Which i don't People who get GOOD scholarships are USUALLY VERY CLEVER. Which i'm also not. The third and probably very usual group who says i'm clever are usually the ones who think clever is just grades. and they usually have well, less shining grades as i do (which i have to stress, i DO NOT HAVE VERY shining grades). Some are evidently much clever than me (aptitude i mean) and more well-informed, well-versed than me that grades have no leverage for comparison when taken as a whole. I know people say during job applications, the good grades obviously give you an advantage. But that only shows you are more QUALIFIED. Not more CLEVER. (it's a fine line) So for-EVER, stop saying i am, until i prove myself in later life. Maybe when i say i am then you may, which is never. haha. (i stress that i hate hypocritical comments about me being clever just because of my grades when they have in many ways expressed to me to show i'm not)(i stress that i hate hypocritical comments about me being clever just because of my grades when they have in many ways expressed to me to show i'm not) Well, this has been a sufficiently long entry which spilled the beans on some personal stuff but they are things i felt i had to let it out. And for now, this matter rests. Verdict: I'm LAZY and NOT CLEVER. Period. Jloe || 8:42 PM || 0 comments
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