Friday, December 31, 2004
the day after tomorrow.
it has only been a week since i posted yet a trillion things have happened already. christmas is over, earthquakes and tsunamis have claimed so many lives and today marks the last day of 2004.
monday was mentu gathering at raymond's house and i really enjoyed myself. the kids were watching LOTR:ROTK with justin telling the whole story and informing us what is gonna happen next and having the twins staring at the screen ignoring what justin is saying. it was really good to be able to sit around the table eating enough salmon to make the entire school of fish hate me, laughing at stupid jokes and albert. oh! did i mention?? albert's girlfriend is in singapore already! and he really did a good job in telling the whole world that she's the girlfriend with him hugging and holding on to her throughout the whole thanksgiving dinner -_-" yes we get the point! ok enough of digressing! monday was just alot of food and talk! that's my kind of life man ^o^
went back to sch on tuesday and the girls love the chocolate! (ok they better love it cos it traveled all the way from aussie *glares*) i thought the chocolate was very nice though..kinda regret not buying one for myself. anyhoo, pz says it looks like plasticine cos its just one big slab of chocolate guaranteed to add enough calories for the new year. ahh! don't we all love chocolate now?? oh oh! and i watched Phantom of the Opera with daph and pz! They sang all the songs from the original opera and it was really good tho their voices weren’t as solid as the one I heard. but what the hell! Its still worth watching! Maybe they will come to Singapore again! *hopeful*
Wednesday night was horrible man. This Chinese medicine woman came to my house to help me massage and its suppose to make my neck feel better. She really know her stuff man. I thought I was gonna pass out from the pain and apparently, it is becos I’m weak and sickly that’s why I’m feeling so much pain. =/ she did this thing called ‘gua sha’ to me which involves this piece of ivory thingy, muscle cream, a lot of rubbing on both arms and back and a lot a lot of pain. So right now I have to wear long sleeves to cover my extremely bruised arms. I shall not post the pictures up here cos I really looked like I’ve been tortured and beaten up pretty badly. But as much as the treatment was horribly painful, I’m looking forward to the next visit! One closer step to recovering!
anyways, 5th jan is my basic theory test and I’m so not prepared. I’ve only read through the book once!! This is not very good. Hafta make mental note to read it whenever I have the chance. I shall stop writing now before kim realizes that I’m not exactly doing project research. Happy new year kids!
P/s: nowadays, the children running around peninsula plaza seems to be on drugs man. they have found a new hobby in screaming, shrieking and yelling. Its so traumatizing.
Pp/s: nice to meet you Russell Lee. You have the same name as the ghost story guy!
Useless fact of the day: When Bugs Bunny first appeared in 1935, he was called Happy Rabbit
blip rambled on
Friday, December 31, 2004
Friday, December 24, 2004
i'm back!!
after 7 days of scenery, photo-taking, scenery, photo-taking and more scenery and photo-taking..i'm back in sg! touched down last night at 10pm, went home bathe and slp till this morning and i'm actually awake now. 8am. in the morning. very awake. can't get back to slp anymore. :(
anyways! on wednesday, we went strawberry,raspberry and blueberry picking at the berry farm! the moment i stepped into the farm i thought of ying and how she would gladly die there with all her children. (in case any of you don't know, she plans to name her kids strawberry and blueberry and they will live happily ever after until the night she decides that their names are too delicious she will eat them. so! that concludes our ying and the berries story.) so we picked alot of berries and brought it home! two real big boxes and it only costs us $11! i shall never buy strawberries from singapore supermarket again. (the strawberries, blueberries and raspberries are sitting in my fridge right now. now that i'm reminded of it, i shall eat it later on.)
after alot of days of sitting in the car, going from one scenic view to another, taking alot of pictures with our smiling-frowning face, fearing for my life as my dad drove at lightning speed through scary roads, killing many many dragonflies-flies-butterflies-crickets as they smack onto our window along the scary roads and nearly running over wallabies, wombats, porcupines and ducks (one of them shit in front of our car. very loudly "puut". talk about making a statement), i would say i quite enjoy this trip :)
so now i shall go and bathe and get ready for work. it is a good feeling to know that the weather outside is warm and nice. i no longer have the need to bathe in lightning speed for fear that the hot water will suddenly decide not to be hot anymore and therefore triggering my kneecaps into spasms which will eventually numb my body and gives me unbearable urge to scratch my legs. it is also nice to know that i wouldn't have to towel myself with macho strength to induce heat into my body and in the process scrape off many precious skins and that i can stay in the warm and cosy bathroom scrutinizing every pore on my face.
tonight is carolling night! don't feel like christmas at all man. instead of waking up to see christmas trees and presents, i see piles of clothes and presents. ah! the season of giving is here!
Useless fact of the day: Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save
blip rambled on
Friday, December 24, 2004
Friday, December 17, 2004
drove 3 hours up to cradle mountain this morning for a little trekking and alot of picture taking around similar backdrops. will post some pictures up once i learn how to infra pics from my phone to the laptop. the roads leading up to the mountain is really dangerous cos they are very narrow. so half the time i was fearing for my life while my dad's driving and my mom kept asking him to slow down every 10-15mins. and i'll say, australians are really encouraging towards their drivers man! they put up signs along the highways that say "Rest! Drive and Survive!" and "Drowsy Drivers Die!" ahh! just what you need to perk up and concentrate on the roads eh?
days are really long here in tasmania with the sun coming up at 6 in the morning and setting only at 9pm. the time now is 8pm but it looks and feels like 5pm with the sun still up and strong in the sky. but! as much as the days are long, the shops close at 6 everyday! arghh. can't even find time to walk around and take a look cos my parents are more scenic pple. hopefully we can find time on sunday to do a little bit of shopping.
going for a party later on at my sister's church friend's house. apparently they are having carolling today..abit early hor? but oh well! there's food! so i don't mind! at least we wouldn't be sitting in my sis's room watching tv. night activities are welcome :)
wah! just saw a church advertising itself on tv! so happening man! pple dancing and singing and ending with "something something christian church!" what an exciting way to invite pple to come to church. maybe next time we can advertise whenever we have something important coming up instead of going hse to hse to give leaflets! marketing modules always preach the importance of the media! reaches a wide range of viewers tho it doesn't have a specific target market. just what we need! hohoho!
its a little dumb but somehow, i miss singapore already. i guess holidaying with family will never match up to being with friends. :/
yuk: of course need nightlife when you are overseas ma! staying in the room is not my idea of holidaying wad rite? back in singapore den different already. scv provides a whole new world by itself! :p
Useless fact of the day: My sister talks with a malaysian twang now.
blip rambled on
Friday, December 17, 2004
Thursday, December 16, 2004
touchdown.
the time now is 11.22am Singapore Time and 2.30pm Tasmania Time. just touched down from the airport 2 hours ago and here i am infront of my sister's laptop typing away already! what's my life without internet and tv man! muahaha! only slept 1hr for the past 24hrs cos i couldn't get to slp on the plane. why?!? becos this noisy boy kept shouting and whining and screaming at specific intervals just when i'm about to doze off! wretched kid. argh! and when we touched down at melbourne airport, we missed the domestic flight at 7.35am cos the travel agent didn't give us enough transit time to get onto the plane..so we took the 11.40am flight instead :( and we had to pay 100bucks changing fee somemore! but thankfully the insurance is gonna cover that cos its not our fault ma..its the travel agent's fault :p hee!
the weather here is cold though its supposed to be summer. it only gets warm when the sun shines directly on you..or else its just approx 14-20degrees during the day. hafta slp on the floor for the next 7 days now..hopefully nothing will come and bite me in the middle of the night! gonna do alot of sightseeing since that's all we can do down here..don't think there's alot of things to shop here since its a small town..plus things are expensive too :( ok i don't have much things to say already so i shall go bathe and hopefully the hot water won't fail me! ciaos!
Useless fact of the day: Its cold here in Tasmania.
blip rambled on
Thursday, December 16, 2004
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
registered.
finally registered for my basic theory today. went in between tutorials cos we ended early for UCCD..thought we had enough time to catch a cab there, register and come back on time. but sadly, the taxi uncle failed us by bringing us around bukit batok to admire the scenery at small guilin before reaching bbdc. the registeration took quite a long time too cos we spent almost 10 mins sitting through the instructor's attempt to brainwash us with the wonders of bbdc and how we should part with hard-earn money for a guaranteed pass. though it sounds really tempting, i'm still gonna take private cos afterall, i AM a poor student aka exploit worker. poor student aka exploit worker and expensive driving lessons definitely don't go together.
took a cab back to sch cos we were late already and once again, taxi uncle failed us horribly. he didn't stop at the right stop and his meter jumps at 10cents/20secs. so we reached class almost 35 mins late, introduced each other to the teacher and we ended lessons.
*shrugs* oh ya! asked conrad regarding the working hours thing and as expected, he gave some crap answer to brush it off and claimed that working our asses off to make up for the 8
forced hours we spend in sch each tuesday is the correct thing to do. well done conrad. you are a lousy LO. if u gave me a logical explanation for the contradiction in what was promised and what is happening now, i would gladly accept it. really wonder how on earth did you become a lawyer. blah.
sigh, really wonder what's gonna happen now..if i have to work full day on sat, it means that i won't be able to go for yf for the first 4 months of next year already :( its really true that whenever u wanna serve,
that will be there to break it up. ah well, i'm putting everything in Your hands now..i believe that everything happens for a reason and that its Your will that i'm in Pan Thitsa.
*smiles*
tmr is another working day..hopefully there will be more work for us to do so we wouldn't have to sit around and stare at pple. hope that
you will get facts right before misunderstanding and accusing us.
you are not the only one putting effort into your work.
Useless fact of the day: In Texas it's illegal to put graffiti on someone else's cow.
blip rambled on
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Sunday, December 12, 2004
have yourself a merry little christmas
-Vonda Shepard -
Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Let your heart be light.
From now on our troubles will be out of sight.
Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Make the yuletide gay.
From now on our troubles will be miles away.
Here we are as in olden days,
Happy golden days of yore.
Faithful friends who are dear to us,
Gather near to us, once more.
Through the years we all will be together,
If the fates allow.
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough.
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now.
blip rambled on
Sunday, December 12, 2004
hang a shining star upon the highest bough..
time: 7.09pm
listening to Vonda Shepard's version of "Have yourselves a merry little christmas" and it brought back lots of memories from so many years ago. things were simple then..never did i ever thought of receiving anything back in return. feelings were just feelings, whatever the outcome was, it didn't matter. thinking back now, i'll love to have things back to what it originally was. no heartache, no troubling thoughts, not even the need to repeat a million times in my head the same phrase whenever i lay my eyes on you.
this week i realised that i desperately need the break to aussie. maybe the fresh air in tasmania will clear my head and to enforce for the 1.1millionth time the phrase i always repeat in my head. stepping on the plane will somehow give me a sense of 'leaving behind' and escaping i guess. just hope that i will not fall into the illusion of comic book fantasies where everything ends well. maybe i should start reading realistic fiction more.
*smiles*
speaking of fiction, i finally started reading The Da Vinci's Code already..halfway through with the book and i'm hooked! ^o^ looking forward to finishing it so the mystery will be solved. right now i'm going for dinner to celebrate daddy's birthday..yum yum!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
time: 10.45pm
i'm back from my dinner already! decide to just continue from the previous entry since its all within the same day. after the hearty dinner i feel so much happier already..hohoho! went to boon lay raja for dinner and i'm so so thankful we went there early cos there's a wedding dinner being held there and i can only say i nearly choked on bee hoon when the emcees started singing hokkien songs. did more double takes when i walked out of the room and saw a man who looked like he just walked out from a scene of Zhu Ge Liang with the bowl-cut head accompanied by ah zhu and ah hua. it was such a comical yet shocking sight you have no idea whether to laugh or be stunned by the exceptional choice of emcees by the wedding couple. i guess weddings do funny things to your head.
will be meeting up with the girls tmr to celebrate daphne and ying's birthday at marche (its like our favourite place already)..lucky tuesday is a sch day and we only start lessons at 12nn. which means i can finally slp in for once since i started work. from tmr onwards i shall start scrimping and saving for my driving lessons which hopefully i can start soon. will be registering for basic theory on tuesday with mey, ying and pz..i'm already excited abt learning something new already! hopefully my mom will be able to contact the private driving instructor at boonlay soon..my mom's two friends took lessons from him and passed on the first attempt! i shall be next! muahaha!
oh ya, uncle michael says jonathan looks like chen hanwei. yes yuk, that's you. tho i still don't see the resemblance..hmm...
*stares*
Useless fact of the day: In Japan, it is completely acceptable to name your child “Buttocks” or “Prostitute”.
blip rambled on
Sunday, December 12, 2004
Friday, December 10, 2004
no one.
sch is starting next week and my timetable is absolutely disgusting. tho i only have to go to sch on tuesdays..my lessons start only at 12 but ends at 6pm! arghh..its so horrible..the only day that i don't have to work..i have to end at 6..no life. no life. no life. isabel ends sch 1 hour earlier which gives her an extra hour to find her life..sigh..did i mention that its so horrible? *hangs head*
nowadays i find it hard to make decent, meaningful conversation with pple around me..but i have no idea whether is it me, or is it the pple around me. pple whom i used to be able to talk to so easily and naturally is turning into a chore already. sometimes i make an effort to start the conversation but somehow, they just don't respond to it. its so tiring to attempt to do it over and over again. and to think of it, its really not my nature to do so anyways. think i'm still not cut out to be friendly huh? i shall make an effort to respond more to pple who tries to start a conversation of any kind cos it really hurts when pple don't respond to your efforts.
its not hard to let someone feel unimportant and small, you just have to dismiss what they say. as much as its not spoken, actions actually cuts more than words. many times, things are just awkward becos one party chooses to think too much. i won't deny that i'm like that too but at least i'm trying to change already. on the other hand, imagining things out of nothing is just plainly absurd cos firstly: you think too much. secondly: you think too much. thirdly: you think too much. i think if i continue rambling, i will not make any sense. it just eeks me to have all these things cramped in my head. argh. somehow my day is ruined already.
i shall not try anymore.
Useless fact of the day: If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
blip rambled on
Friday, December 10, 2004
Thursday, December 09, 2004
Lately..
Lately -Stevie Wonder-
Lately I've had the strangest feeling
With no vivid reason here to find
Yet the thought of losing you's been hanging
Round my mind
Far more frequently you're wearing perfume
With you say 'No special place to go'
But when I ask, will you be coming back soon?
You don't know, never know
Well, I'm a man of many wishes
I hope my premonition misses
But what I really feel
My eyes won't let me hide
Cuz they always start to cry
Cuz this time could mean goodbye.
Lately I've been staring in the mirror
Very slowly picking me apart
Trying to tell myself I had no reason
With your heart
Just the other night while you were sleeping
I vaguely heard you whisper someone's name
But, when I ask you of the thoughts you're keeping
You just say 'Nothing's changed'
Well, I'm a man of many wishes
I hope my premonition misses
What I really feel
My eyes won't let me hide
Cuz they always start to cry
Cuz this time could mean goodbye
blip rambled on
Thursday, December 09, 2004
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
and life still goes on.
things are quite monotonous these days cos most of the canon customers have booked and confirmed their tickets already. so now i'm just sitting in the office everyday staring into space and watching men walk pass U4ria 2-3 times before walking in and trying hard to look nonchalent. cut out the act man, i've seen through you! did i mention that the massage parlour beside the toilet looks like a hidden 'brothel'? women scantily clad sitting around talking most of the time, hardly see them actually doing work but see more of men loitering outside the shop. why am i working at such a damn place?! really hope things pick up soon..start on a new project or something..i need to do work!
oh, today this male customer called several times looking especially for isabel! when she's not ard, he just refuses to allow kim or me entertain him but when isabel finally got on the phone, he started asking things irrelevant to ticketing, hotel accomodation or anything related to the aircraft. so she spent close to 20 mins entertaining him and telling him everything he needs to know abt her..and he hung up without booking a ticket. nice try pal! i'm sure we'll see you soon in the office. as for me, Ria is still very persistant and calling up often to ask for 'Joy', attempting to add more pple into the room and asking for cheaper rates. life is good for me :)
yesterday the funny uncle and auntie came to book their tickets and hotel! they sat there for a really long time flipping through the hotel catalogue a zillion times, pausing in between to ask the same 2 questions--> "hotel new ornot ar?" "got ghost ornot"? after answering that alot alot of times, they finally booked their ticket and left feeling excited that they will be staying in baiyoke sky which allows them to look out of the window from the 70th storey and breathe extremely fresh fresh air.
tmr is another long day of work and i'm going down to TA2 for the docHo talk with the youths. at least that's something to look forward to. oh yA! how could i forget? watched Polar Express with donny yesterday and i give it 3 out of 5 stars. its a nice movie but those i wouldn't watch again. the movie holds alot of hidden meanings and philosophy. i guess kids wouldn't really understand the show. ah well, next movie on the list: bridget jones diary2..any takers?
Useless fact of the day: The average person spends three years of his or her life on the toilet.
blip rambled on
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Saturday, December 04, 2004
emotions in turmoil.
been feeling all sorts of emotions for the past 3 days..extreme happiness, depression and numbness. i guess hormones could do that to you huh...? sometimes i wonder whether is it really due to the hormones, or am i just pushing the blame onto it so that i will not hate myself for feeling that way? its hard to tell, its hard to differentiate, i guess i might never find out.
went to wanyu's grandma's wake just now after choir and we ended up talking abt me instead. she asked abt post breakup stuff and seems more concern abt me rather than me abt her =/
*sheepish* its only now at this moment that i realised that last week was the only week i didn't feel confuse abt my feelings or afraid to think or even look at him..just becos i didn't go to church. as much as i say that i'm not sad anymore or i'm half over it, it always had me wondering whether am i just living in denial or something. its been almost 3 months already..i cannot even remember the day that we really ended it. everything seems like a blur and somehow, i'm quite impress with myself for being able to get through this period of time and actually able to take things easily. i feel that i'm stronger than a.sharon emotionally and i will continue to be strong ^^
lydia remembered me telling her before that if one day things end between him and me, i will not talk to him anymore. but the thing is, i don't remember saying that! hmm..
*thinks thinks* i guess things like these slip our minds easily after saying it out cos at that point of time, it didn't seem like it was gonna happen cos things are still good. after these 3 months, i've kinda understand myself a little bit more i guess..when i'm committed, i will give my all..and my whole mind will be filled with it. but when things don't work out, i might not be able to put it off my mind totally, but at least i will simply let it go and tell myself that its not meant to be.
分手后的伤感已经逐渐的被“躲避”给取代了。
ok this is a boring entry, thank you for reading. i shall give you a useless fact to make up for it.
Useless fact of the day: Only 68 of 200 Anglican priests polled could name all Ten Commandments, but half said they believed in space aliens.
blip rambled on
Saturday, December 04, 2004
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
dreamer.
met up with the girls yday to celebrate pz's birthday at chinajump :) it felt great to see them tho things seemed kinda different already. at least we got updates on the latest happenings in the office and heard abt sunny holiday's weird boss. well, after 3 visits to that place, i shall say i will not go back there again unless i have crazy urge for fishermen's platter or gigantic kahoona burger or the even crazier urge to scare myself to death looking at the sadako lookalike picture in the restaurant. goodbye chinajump!
heard from mey this morning that lion air crashed in indonesia! was quite shock to hear it but my only worry is that pple will start doubtin the credibility of tiger air..that means more tough questions for me! argh. speaking of questions, i've gone from being handyman to answering the telephone and making airline bookings for customers already! muahaha!
now i feel like a travel agent
*all smiles*
oh ya i bought my phone already! instead of the LG phone which i original wanted, i got the samsung E700-A instead ^^ i shall love my phone from now on by polishing it everyday and trying hard not to drop it. thinking of buying a cute sock to keep it warm
*ponders* think i'll drop by the pasar malam tomorrow to source for a cheap one..hohoho!
yomay just called asking me to help her tape SGidol cos apparently its the final showdown tonight..she's hanging out with min and co. now and tho i have no idea what they're doing, just suddenly felt a little *:(* that no one asked me along. sigh. it sounds immature and crap just typing that out but that was how i really felt at that moment. tho i would have said "no" if they asked cos i'm really tired, it still feels good to be asked along. ayes.
Useless fact of the day: More people have a phobia of frogs than rats.
blip rambled on
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
