The freakin weather

I just cant stand this weather.. It is raining and raining and so gloomy..
It is chilly in the night and when i wake up..

Laundry doesnt dry as it should, and my birks slippers get all wet.

That is the reason why, altho i love London, I wouldnt wan to live there.. If i dont see sun, i will be so freakin moody..

Then again, imagining the heat that will conquer soon... I might as well enjoy this without-aircon-nights for a while...

Il mio primo tatuaggio

(title borrowed from Saffyz Dec 21st post)

Oh my gosh... I have done it. And the pain was all worth it..

Cuz of my imaginery pain i had for the past few weeks, the pain was bearable.. It feels like cat scratch which i am so used to..

Seriously, it wasnt that pain afterall... It was all in the imagination. :P

It was the shortest 45mins ever!

The photo doesnt look that great cuz i had to twist my body to take this, but it is gorgeous. I love it. I love it. I looooooooooove it!

As Saffy said, Jap did another fanstastic job - after herself and other two gals!! Whoever wants to get inked, I highly recommend you to Jap. He is a cool dude, sweetest guy :)

I am absolutely loving it!

::The gecko is supposed to have supernatural powers, and is regarded by Polynesians with fear and awe.::
::A lizard whose tail grows back if pulled off. For this reason they symbolize regrowth and luck.::

Raining..

It has been raining cats and dogs ever since I came back from SFO..
xtually it was even before I left..

Whenever it rains, I worry about the stray cats... Though I know they will be fine, hiding under a car or safely sheltered at carparks, where do they find food?

And how about the snails? Tomorrow morning, there will be plenty of squashed snails on the path... Yes, when i spot 'em on the pathways, I will pick em up and put it on the grass...

I feel like i need to go out now to look for stray cats at the basement carpark to feed em and to ensure the snails are safely crossing the path...

Rain Rain.. pls stop..

2006 First Entry

It's 8th day of the New year, and so far, everything seems to be going good..
Except the fact tho i earn more than before, i am broke again with all the shopping I have been indulging.. But worth every cent ;)

Work has been a major headache and stress, sleeping only 3-4 hours a day, seems like I am getting hang of it. Flexi hours help, but cuz of the pressure and stress I have been giving myself for no reason, I cant seem to sleep well. Hopefully it will be better in another few weeks..

Have been losing weight recently due to lost of appetite and dropped all my clothes size. Which gave me another reason to shop for new clothes. Losing appetite might be cuz of stress, and also near new office, there arent much choice for makan like in raffles place used to.. so i chose to starve..

Rain hasnt stopped, seems like it has been raining forever for past two months.. It is so cold at night and east side is a bit worse in a way that it is so windy that i will wake up several times during the night.. cuz of rain and wind hitting on my window.

Have been hanging out with several friends lately. Ex colleagues and ex's friends which has been great fun and relaxing.. I love this kind of kopi-tok meet ups..

Finally have good reason to be glued on TV again which I rarely turned on for past month. Desperate Housewives season 2 is starting as well as American Idol.

Tomorrow I am finally getting inked after few years of dilemma. Found a purrfect gecko design and I am really looking forward to the pain..

Will be travelling again next month which I have one thing to look forward to :)

so 2006 has been good so far..
Hopefully it gets better every day :)

New year resolution : to be HAPPY!

I've heard it said that there are three things a person needs to be happy:

1. Something to do
2. Someone to love
3. Something to look forward to

So well, my new year resolution is to be just Happy. Sounds simple yet, not that simple.

Here goes..

1. Something to do
- Will resume my serving to God in Church. like leading the youth group or help out at the children ministry.
- Will also take part to help out for Cat Welfare Society.
- Actively dive into yoga again
- work real hard and establish myself
- Try to blade every saturday morning!
- Pick up golf and get a handicap!
- More travelling.. I definetely need to visit Australia and Vietnam this year!


2. Someone to love
- Will Love God with whole my heart more than this year
- Will pray for everyone esp for my enemies (tho I dont really have one)
- Will look for my true love this year :) will start praying for my life partner that I can share rest of my happi life with :P
- Shower my love to all my friends

3. Something to look forward to
- look forward to more trips so that now i will qualify for kris flyer elite gold for that excess 40kg baggage allowance:P
- new look of my house
- invite more friends over to show off my culinery skills
- Catching up with long lost buddies

I foresee alot of things will happen this coming new year.
And i bet it will be another great year.. Since my resolution is simply to be just happy :)

Wishing everyone a happy blessed new year and may your new year be filled with joy and love!

telepathic

Gosh i think i am telepathic..

Last night i was at cityhall, on my way for my facial and massage, i felt like calling 28D out for dinner instead.

Cuz, just felt that he was there..

And guess what? i bumped into him! gosh it was so scary and wierd!!

28D, i think we are connected in someway... hahahahaha
You can never get away from me!!!

Looking back Year 2005

Seriously when i was a kid, i thought by year 2005, cars will be able to fly and will have transporters so can transport myself around within seconds..

Oh well, nothing of those really came true, but however alot of things happened to me in yr2005.

It was dark and gloomy year, which towards the end, dark clouds were removed and became a happy person. :)

here are few things I have done:

- Travelled alot, went places where now i am paying back all the credit card bills which is kinda aftermath of all the trevelling plus the shopping i did around the world. which is totally worth it xtually :P

- Moved to bayshore which i am totally in love with..

- became a PR which currently e government is stealing my $ for CPF contribution excuse.. well for the sake of paying less taxes...

- Got my driving license. But now, i could have forgotten how to drive already!

- Took one full month paid-break from work and went home to my family early this year..

- Finally left prev co, and got a new job with huge increment.

- Completed my part time course tho i am not sure if i hav passed or not! :P waiting for results lah..

- Got into yoga, which i kinda bit slacking on but will go back soon.

- Got myself a cutie God-niece..

- Earned alot of good friends and da-gors :)

- and was able to keep my current cell phone for almost a year which is amazing!

- And the best of all.. met someone. Tho am not sure if it is going to work out well, it has been wonderful dreamy couple of weeks..taking one step at a time..

Witnessed and experienced so many ways how God has blessed me all these years but this year in particular.

Looking forward to another great year ahead.

And....... Korea will again rule the worldcup 2006! cheers!!

My Christmas Party!

It was pure fun.
Tho the rain poured, we enjoyed it. The food was just enuf, drinks were plenty (i am staring at the leftover drinks now!) with free flow of vodka and the most importantly - company was great.

Great friends great party.. What more can I ask for?


and what's new.. i got drunk.. again.. luckily it was my own place so no need to call my da-gor to pick me up :)
And i was very high rather than drunk lah! cos i still remember everything except the deep cut i hf on my right palm..

Cool christmas this year.. Never had so much fun christmas in years!

till next year :)

more pictures from 28d

Merry Christmas!

Wishing every single souls i know out there..

A very Happy Christmas and a very happy new year! Hope this day is filled with love and blessings..

(Isn't Crayon a doll? so cuuuuuuuuuuute!!)

How do you know...

....if you are falling for someone?
or if you are in love?

How can you tell?

PC joke

When i was back home in Seoul this weekend, my mom and dad was complaining that the internet doesn't work. Apparantly they have disconnected the internet services when my bro left to states this January.

My dad who is now considered as internet savvy, found inconvenient without internet at home. so they have resumed the services. Since we already have the cable modem all that was needed, was to call the telecom and they will just turn it on their side. No action is required on our end..

But it didnt work. So they called the telecom and asked them to come and take a look this week. But i was there this weekend, so they asked me to take a look.

So I turned on the PC and start the explorer and page is not displayed. I checked the internet connection and seemed like there were no connection. So first thing what do you do?

You check your modem.

I checked. hmmmmm... no blinking light...

Then you check the plug.

i checked. hmmmm.... it's not plugged..... -..^

I heard this story where when people call up to complain their computer isn't working, the first question tech support will ask if they have turned on their PC....
I tot it was a joke. Seriously, a joke... never ever tot their would be someone so blur in real life.

And it happened to me.. and apparantly the blur people... is my parents...

Snowing Korea!

Arrived Seoul last nite and it was aboslutly fabulous..
It snowed whole morning, so when i stepped out from airport, it was white everywhere! Absolutely lovely..
Heard it was going to snow alot this winter.. Will try to be back for CNY.

The flight was good, and didnt sleep most of the 12 hours flight.watched movies, shows, read books. That is why i always insist taking SQ for long distance flights.

It is good to be back home (Seoul) again.. Love my mom's cooking and the warmth and love that is in the house :)

Don't have jet lag and slept reaaaaal well. Which I wasn't able to for past few days. Was awake till about 2am gossiping with mom, and not sleeping in the plane helped me to adjust the time better.

Well, I gotta head airport in 3 hours time now. Then I will be at Sunny Singapore which now i kind of miss the hot stuffy weather in a way but which i will despise soon after :) haha

Leaving San Mateo..

After long 10 days of training, i think i am well groomed to work remotely in SG.. (hopefully!)

Enjoyed alot here met great people esp towards last few days. Lot to learn and lot to share :)

I was so sad when i left the previous company cos i was leaving great x-colleagues behind, but when a door closes, another door opens. So again, i met fantastic people :) Maybe I am a nice person, so wherever I go, there are always nice people around! hahaha (who dares to comment on this!)

Hope I will get to come here often.. Next time, hopefully I will hf time to go LA, Cicago..

Those in Spore, if you think I am bringing back Krispy Kreme, dream on.... Reese's? Have a few.. Whoever gets the most expensive xmas gift for me, I shall spare you one piece.. (gosh i am so nice, an angel sent from heaven!)

I will stop by in Korea and go home for a night then will head down to sunny singapore and unite with my cats :)

And then, officially, my new job begins... till then, I shall enjoy the hours I hf left.. n hopefully I wont forget what I learnt here.. If I do, blame the jet-lag.

cheers.

Diet Coke with Lime

Have you guys tried it?
You know how much i love diet coke. (at least a can a day)

but with lime? Is even better!
It is soooooo good! Refreshing and funky!

My beautiful God-niece!

hehe.....
I am proud to announce I have a God-niece.
I have full approval of her mother to be anointed as a "God-Aunt" :) (haha I must have done something good!)(Cant be God-mom cos i am not yet qualified! Got no kids myself yet lah :P)

She is so cute and pretty and beautiful (juz like her mom and me of cos! :P)

I always grew up with guys. My cousins are guys.. have girl cousins but they are like much older. So i was always pampered by my older sis and bros. So I always wanted a niece so I could spoil them too. However, I only end up having tons of nephews.. (it's our family genes! girls are so rare!) but never had a niece which I so much wanted.

Finally had one, but she is so far away in Korea!

So i waited until i find a perfect - ' the one' (must be from a Christian family, good parents and are close to me as a friend), and I finally found one! "Elyssa Shayna Lee"

And I am so so so proud.
I am going to spoil her, pamper her, be there for her :) (I am a God-Aunt so I don't have to lecture and scold her right? :P)

She is sooooo cute! So I am sharing with you one pix. (btw, never got her parents consent :P So only a small pix, but will wait for them to send me a larger pix :P)

Isn't she lovely??

phobia

[Phobia] - A persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous.

For me, phobia is more like dislike.. I don't fear.. itz more to sumtin I really hate and try to avoid as much as I can.. I can still do it, but I will avoid if I could cos I juz don't like it..

These are the few phobia I have:

Claustrophobia - Fear of confined spaces

I don't like confined spaces..
I cant breathe and need to get out asap. imagine.. 12 hours flight to states, I didn't go to the labratory even once.
I don't like lifts either. Always have phobia of being stuck in the lift in that confined space. That is why i stay on the 2nd flr.. get it?

Coulrophobia - Fear of clowns.

I don't like clowns.. it is creepy and disguised. Making people laugh by doing stupid thing is NOT funny.

Entomophobia - Fear of insects.

I am ok with most of the bugs but no cockroaches...no no no... NOOOO....they r gross, disgusting the more u try to get away from them the more they come towards you.. and they FLY!

Ornithophobia - Fear of birds.

i don't like 'em. Period. Especially fat big birds!

Phengophobia- Fear of daylight or sunshine.

hee... cos i not a morning person... so i dont like the sun in the weekday mornings.. :P But strangely, I wake up so early in the weekends!

Trypanophobia- Fear of injections.

I hate injection so much.. I love seafood, esp half cooked cockles but I refuse to take the hepatitis shots... :P I took till the 2nd stage shots but it was so painful i never went for the last shot.. damn.. So now i need to retake 'em... All over again!

Anyway there is this whole list of phobia... click!
I wonder who is so free to come up with such thing? And do they xtually get paid for this?

Oh well, there r people out there, like me, who reads through the whole list :P

..in San Francisco

After intensive training, meetings and knowledge transfers for past 5 days, it was great to be out from San Mateo..

San Francisco is about 20 minutes away from San Mateo, where my office is located..

My colleague offered me to be my tour guide and he drove me around whole day. Which was great, bcos San Fran is so diff from London or Paris. Or even NYC. It is so difficult to get around if you dont have a car, because everythin u wan to see is all far away from eachother and they dont have a tube.

Weather was fantastic today and unexpectedely warm. But it got colder after sunset :P

Went to Fisherman's Warf for fantastic fresh Clam Chowder served in sourdough bread, was freaked by the size of sea-gulls and pigeons (if u hv seen my prev posts, u will know how much i hate big fat birds..)

Had my own stuffed teddy bear made.. (i just love pink!!)

Was disappointed by the size of Alcatraz (a.k.a "the Rock" movie prison)

The Golden Gate Bridge is beautiful!

Was even amazed by the beauty of Palace of Fine Arts..

Almost puked cos of car sick when driven to Lombard St, the world's crookedest street!

Had great shopping spree at Union SQ.. Coach is so much cheaper, end up buying 2 bags and 2 pouches.. Went crazy at Abercrombie&Fitch. Just love their tshirts!

Then fantastic Fajita dinner at Chillis (SG closed down few years ago) with my colleague's friends..

It was a "great+fun+exciting=tiring" day..!

And I ended this fabulous day by indulging the world best doughnut... Krispy Kreme :)
How could i miss Krispy Kreme in States?
If u havent tried b4, i pity you.. I dont like doughnuts, but Krispy Kreme... It is heavenly.. You bite, it melts in your mouth.... Love 'em..



More pictures will b updated on my online photo album.. coming soon

A - Z me

**Alchol
- love it and enjoy it.... but depends who i am with :) When i was zouk-ing, loved tequilla shots.. Now? give me wine anytime! if hv cheese, e best! prefer red, but now hooked wif Wolf Blass Gold line chardonnay...

**Body size
- short.. most of the time on heels!

**Character
- Try my best for everythin i do.. Bubbly and gossipy and bitchy but have mood swings :P Sometimes extremely quiet and shy.. most of the times cannot keep my mouth shut!

**Dance
- only when i m tipsy and drunk..! ^^

**Eccentricty
- biting my right ring fingernail when i m in deep tots... -..-;;

**First Love
- if it's e guy i had a real true 1st date..consider tat as first love. it's him who is a good friend now which we promised to get married if we are still single at 30 ^^
..if it's e guy who i think i loved for e very 1st time... if it is him... my heart hurts..

**Goal
- oneday to become a successful career woman and be e best at this great co.. For now, a good daughter to my parents to make them proud.. and a good sis to my great bro..

**Hobby
- Travel! Cats! Shopping! hang out at coffee joints!

**IQ
- i did this test when i was in primary sch.. but i think i m pretty smart and sharp! ^^
　
**Jinx
- if i wear sumting i dont feel comfortable, my whole day is a mess..
if dun wear bracelet, i tend to forget things... seriously..

**Kiss
- 1st was... with this reaaal cool dude ^^ but i liked his best fren! -_-;;

**Loneliness
- when i cry cos miss my mom and dad like crazy...

**Music
- any music as long as is easy to digest..

**Nickname
- "tongku"

**On the bed
- moment my head touches the bed i fall asleep immediately..

**Profile
- been livin in spore for 9 years going 10.. was a regular at far east sq when in high sch.. (yah those internatnl sch kids with uniforms hangin out at mcdonalds smokin' after sch) then RMIT accepted me to go Melbourne to study architect, but vigorous objection from my parents led me to La-salle SIA, where i adopted e great Sin-glish..

**Quandary
- i had good intentions, but when others think otherwise.. Man! so how do u expect me to play nice?

**Religion
- Christian even before i was born ^^

**Sports
- Luv swimming.. blading.. hot yoga.. tho not a gym material :)

**Travel
- my passion! whenever i have a chance i travel!

**Ugly
- when angry, i scream and shout and scold... not good ^^;

**Valuables
- family, cats, friends..

**Wedding
- when i meet e guy.. who i can commit and readily give up everythin i have.. who i can depend rest of my life.. then is time! now i m committed to my career.. so not yet.. not just yet.. ^^

**Xanthippe
- (meaning: The wife of Socrates, traditionally described as shrewish and scolding) I think i m definetely e one!

**Yummy
- love my mom's cooking.. love salads with chicken added.. thai.. subway.. softshell crab.. tuna belly sashimi.. reese peanut butter choc...

**Zzz
- I need 8 hours sleep! Seriously!!

Need a Miracle!!

Needed a miracle so bad when....

- the mrt door closes right in front of your face and miss the last train back home

- run out of toilet paper...

- Urgently need $1.6 million (strike toto lah)

- Lost at unfamiliar place.. esp when in foreign countries..

- it's raining n finally got through the cab operator then phone batt goes flat when waiting for the cab number finally..!

- about to buy all those clothes and only hav my flashy black AMEX card with me bcos was carrying a tiny purse and they dont accept.. only visa and master pls ^^;;

- Deadline is tmr, so nvr sleep e whole night to finish e paper.. and forget to hand-in bcos when the last page was printed out, it waz dawn..fell asleep.. Finally woke up.. n it was the dark.. slept the whole day! ㅡ..ㅡ^

- hav a very important exam the next day so drank a big bowl of coffee to stay awake to study.. but end up sleeping becos was too full..

- spot a purrfect parking spot and this woman driver comes from e other side!! i scratched that car.. almost tempted to ㅡ..ㅡ^

- About to publish a long post for my blog entry.. shit.. lost my wireless connection!

When did you need a miracle???

Online Album.. Finally!

finally got myself an online album :P

No.. I didnt pay for it.. it's yahoo.. haha

It was a long stupid wait drama... :P

After 8 months, 28D advised me to borrow card reader from my ex-colleague which i downloaded my pix.. then i resigned, so didnt have com to upload all the pix i had..
And then I went to buy the card reader with 28D, which that night i found out my camera is spoilt... Sigh..
finally today is the day i got a new laptop and downloaded the bali pix!! Yey!!

Link is at the side --> can be found at "My Useful Link" section

Once I am back in SG, I will upload my other pix :P I know you all dont belive me anymore, but come on! I finally created the album didnt i?? :P