Seeking Solace

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:35:01 GMT

Me and my team : Gathering ard for the bo liao lion dance 'bang tang' ceremony! Yawnz!

My best impersonation of the auspicious lion! *meow*

THE Chinese High- Hwa Chong Alumni Dinner

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:44:14 GMT

Dear all,

My client has entrusted me with a TCHS-HCJC-HCI alumni dinner table for 10 ex TCHS/HCJC/HCI alumnus. It's gg at 50 bucks per seat and will be held in our old school campus - some BAI REN YAN thingy.

Let me know if anyone is interested ya? 8 seats remaining and counting down ya?:)

Btw, Happy Niu Year (among a series of corny ox related greetings! haha)

FUck the Year of the Rat!

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:12:48 GMT

This fuckin rat year just REFUSED to leave without a final sting to an already pretty-fucked up year! The latest unfortunate incident have me fucking another car literally from the back! WTF!!!! my bonnet got dented and i m worried it will rain tonight cos the side of the bonnet got lifted slightly and there's like a fucking gap that wdnt close properly!! Gawd! i hope it's a fast fix problem man - i dont wanna be gg ard in public transport or cabs this CNY!!! ARGGHHH!!!

Counting down the slew of shitty things that happened in this cursed year of mickey mouse - proving further that this freaking chinese zodiac is in complete clash with mine (horse):

1. Car dented TODAY!
2. Car scratched badly while gg down far east narrow fallopian tube like multi storey carpark
3. Resignation of my GM who gave me the all important power by association
4. Backstabbers at work
5. Breakoff with my last bf
6. Kena selected for ATEC in my recently concluded and dramatic reservist
7. Shrinking social circle
8. Shrinking population of prospects in the rs front

And a nabei chee bye list of small disappointments and major upsets!

BEGONE U THIS CRAPPY YEAR OF BAD LUCK AND EVEN WORSE ENERGY!!! DONT COME BACK SO FAST YA! I WONT MISS YA!

We Live in the Best of Times, We Live in the Worst of Times

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:11:57 GMT

COE only $2!!!!!

Falling Oil Prices!!!!

Gawd - so tempting lo to get a new car (was checkin out the C180 and Audi A4).

But i just changed my car this June! and the gloomy economic outlook with my industry right in the centre of the storm!!

We live in the best of times. We live in the worst of times. Indeed,

About Driving

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:48:04 GMT

Today must be the day that i drove for such extended distance. Continuosly! Gawd - it's pretty siong lo - havin to go from my place to tang dynasty to AMK then to Seng kang then back home again!!

I think i missed my days when i was being ferried ard. haha.

F1 Tickets

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:38:50 GMT

What: Pair of F1 Tickets Pass for all 3 days of the race.
How Much: $380/pair
Ticket Type: Walkabout

Leave comment if u want. Heard its 99% sold out!

Change

Sat, 24 May 2008 03:39:17 GMT

Change #1

Lured by a bigger (yes, BIGGER!) paycheck, i finally tendered my resignation after just 8 months in my current company. Its with much regret and sadness that i bade my colleagues and sales ppl farewell yesterday. although it's only 8 months that i was there, the frdship i have made with many of these folks will sure form good memories of my first corporate position after a hiatus of 4 yrs.

Change #2

I bought a new car :). My Black beauty honda civic 1.8 will be arriving mid June, after my week's holiday in tokyo - cant wait!

Mixed bag of feelings

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:08:34 GMT

I fear i am growing to become one of those losers that i loathe who actually hates saturdays and holidays.

These days, weekends are filled with anxiety - what to do? where to go? who to meet? not that i had many choices to start with- on the contrary, i would be caught on friday night , wondering how to fill up my saturday so that i wdnt look like some lame shit who doesnt have a social life and have to spend BOTH days of the weekend "resting at home". It's one thing to be "resting at home" on sunday but it's a whole different thing if u had to stay home just cos nobody asked you out or u have absolutely no program to have a reason to go out.

I guess, it kind of bores down to the fact that at the threshold of 30 and still painfully single, weekends become somewhat lonely. True, some of my frds do still ask me out to be part of the trio/pack - him, him and me or him, her and me, him, her, him, her, him, her and me, but mostly the coupling made my prescene awkward, to say the least. Like carrie bradshaw in sex and the city, i swear i saw the pity in their eyes, like, why the hell am i still swimming when the rest have found dry land? i dread that look.

So today, a saturday, i decided to indulge in a little me-time - gg to the gym to work out (thank GAWD for GYMS! a perfect refuge for singles!), walked ard cineleisure (amidst the thronging couples no less) to get myself ANOTHER pair of NUM slippers since my last one (a gift from my dragonboating ex who decided that rowing the boat was more impt than ploughing me on bed) got lost during my recent reservist, and had time to shop ard taka for a pair of ted baker's cufflinks (even these had to come in fucking pairs) for my straight frd's ray's bday. These activities actually helped to alleviate the sorry feeling i was beginning to develop for myself, enough to pluck up the courage to attend my straight frds' invite for a get together at ps cafe at dempsey.

Thankfully, Ray turned up "uncoupled" - his gf was not feelin well tonight and the coffee session turned out alright as we got entangled on parenthood topics and i, the single one, fill them in on my latest travel adventures and the next destinations i was about to embark. For a moment, i saw no pity in their eyes. instead, i caught a glimpse of envy. Maybe it's not all that rosy after all on the other side. Maybe my single side had some pastures that were greener than theirs.

Well, I guess i shall shelf the thought of just settling with some fat ugly ang mo just for the sake of being in coupledom. I am too fabulous for that.:)

Unlucky beginnings or the end

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:04:51 GMT

Maybe it's paranoia (what with the numerous predictions that ppl born in my chinese zodiac is gg to have a rough year), but i had been hit with a slew of seemingly minor but nonetheless irritating bad lucks this month - i hope the worst is over, now that i just got back from my HCM trip. GAWD!!!!

1. Just 2 days before my departure to HCM, i had a car accident that thankfully only resulted in the mirror piece of my side mirror flying off after impact with a road sign along the bend of JTC road - that set me back 50 bucks in repairs.
2. On the day at the airport, I had a rude shock upon arrival that i was made the tour manager for this trip and it has to be that the ONLY latecomer came from my particular cluster!! WTTF!
3. Today, thinkin that the worst is over (u realise i didnt even wanna go into my actual HCM trip at all!!), i have to be bloody stuck in HCM airport cos my flight was delayed for more than an hour! and upon checkin out of the sg customs, the normally efficient immigration check out turned into a waiting nightmare as the automated gates' system was down!!! GAWD!!!

And to add salt to wound, i came back to find a parkin ticket cos i haven bought my place's season parkings for months!! and of cos, i got an earful from mum who WDNT stop gg on and on and on and on and on abt how i ave now made it to TP's black book! WTTF! like they bother lo!

It rained on my parade

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:13:48 GMT

5 days of incamp training and it turned out to be this huge fuss about some parade to mark the 30th anniversary of the Guards formation. 3 1/2 days of baking under the sun and countless rehearsals of arm drills and marching precipitated into a 45 minute parade this evening at 1930 at bedok camp parade square. And surprisingly, it was pretty memorable...

- The Guards of Honor contingent was pretty hot - NSFs these days are like so fit and tanned man!! Watching them do the fancy drill in their hot no. 1 uniform upclose makes all the hardship that much bearable haha. and the commander in charge of the GOH contingent has such a manly voice - i like:).

- made some new frds from my own marchin contingent (we were representing 13 SIB), this really funny guy call adrian. pretty cute but alas, married. With kids. my own march in contingent has a few hotties too - even 1 who looked like wang li hong! and this very intense looking, albeit short, quiet guy (cheong) who has some of the best lookin forearm i saw. and those biceps - i like:).

- 3.5 days of not havin to think of work and where your days are simply filled with standing still, trying not to faint under the incredible heat, "hor mat"-ing. and "russo"-ing with the silly rifle isnt that bad after all in retrospect. it beats having to deal with never ending problems at work and having your mind wander off to places that u dont wanna revisit - i like:).

- e-mart shopping is fun! i actually got 200+ credits and i had a mini spree buying PTI singlet (haha), new boots, new towels etc etc without havin to pay a single cent!! i like:).

Overall, it's been quite an experience. In fact tats the thhing about reservist, rather army in general. when u r about to enter it, you dread it but once you are in the swing of things, u cant help but enjoy it - the silly conversations you had with your buddies, the freedom to lie ard anywhere and everywhere w/o feeling self conscious, free food and lodging....and at the end of it all, i left with a feelin of nostalgia and yearning, for the days past when i was just 18 yrs old and had the world literally in front of me. those were the days....

Nothing lasts forever

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:33:06 GMT

it's strange how we all know tat the abv is true but when a change really happened, we can still be caught blindsided and with a pain in the heart that wont be stilled easily.

This is my 6th month in my current job and the guy who have taught me most of wat i know so far has left! My da shi xiong! :(.

Terry, although i always suan you and dissed your fashion sense but u have always been an inspiration to me - the numerous times u spoke up for me in our CEO meetings and with our CAO i will never forget. u made me realise that not all in the corporate world has to be vicious to survive. There is true frdship and the camaderie that we shared, together with the "bear" and uncle frank, to me was the best thing i have experienced ever since my EY days with matt and gang. In fact, it was the very thing tat kept me gg so far in this new work place whose foreign-ness and complexity sometimes overwhelmed me.

Your leaving came as a rude shock and i am still tryin to handle this sudden change. i wish u nothing but the best in ya new job. i wish you cd stay though. things will never be the same without you!! KENN LEEEE dulibu dibudouchoo.

Of Speed Dials and Phonebook

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:43:54 GMT

I am on MC again - twice in 2 weeks!! Gawd! I think my career in my new work place is officially tainted.

While resting at home and trying to urge my bowels to get back to normal - ie shitting twice a day, at least, i finally got round to playing with my phone that i have had since nov last yr. i finally changed the wallpaper to a self taken b&w pic from bali's ku de ta from the default hour glass pic that got on my nerves ever since i bought this phone (like hello, do i need to be CONSTANTLY reminded that time is running out on me? Turning 30 and still SINGLE! blah blah blah), changing the font size of the letterings and the way the numbers are displayed when i dial it (cool stuff i tell ya) and of cos, assigning speed dialling.

My initial annoyance from having just 8 speed dials to assign ( 1 is the default voicemail which doesnt really make sense since i canceled my voicemail subscription), turned into a slight discomfort as i scrolled through the phonebook for numbers to be assigned and yes, mum's took up number 2, mum's workplace #3, gigi #4 and.......

I dont think theres anyone else outside work whom i call or calls me on a daily basis anymore to be worthy of a speed dial assignment.

I still am keepin my ring tone to silent ever since my ex left - well, since most calls these days are work related , i guess my lin hui ping's chirpy tune should not be wasted on incoming calls like dat. haha....completely random - hope i get well soon.

After a long time...

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:07:41 GMT

I cant believe I would ever return here again - but so it is - I'm back and it's never a good thing, is it?

In between my last post and this, I thought:
1. I have met the man of my dreams and would be so perfectly secure in my rs that I would never have to feel alone - but that fell apart;
2. I changed into a somewhat more challenging and satisfying job but the stress is high and it again reminds me of how much i hate working for someone else's bank acc - I missed my freedom in my old employment, i missed not getting a single day of monday blues in the 4 yrs i worked there, i missed being able to gym in the afternoon when all's quiet, i missed the $$ of cos :) (hey, i'm honest).
3. I have been to enough good holidays, only to be bettered by my recent bali trip with GG (the villa's GORGEOUS!), the Shanghai company trip in Jan (i love the weather and staying in the SHANGRI LA woot!). There's still HCM and Paris coming up this yr.
4. I could never pass my driving or own a car but now I am doing both. Cant say i enjoy the morning traffic - in fact i miss my MRT/bus days.
5. FRIDAE was the best hook-up site until i discovered FUCKRACE - now i m perpetually "HORNY" on FR.

So there, in between seemingly good news and obviously bad ones, months passed. I looked back at some of my earlier posts today and damn, that felt like a lifetime away. Maybe it was. After all, dont they say your heart dies a little every time you fall out of love? In which case, for me, I felt like a walking dead sometimes. But then, i guess the close of this door would mean the open of many windows of opportunities - and honestly, THE SEX WASNT ALL THAT FANTASTIC EVERYTIME ANYWAY!!! AND WHATS WITH THE FREAKY SNIRL EVERY TIME U MADE ME CUM?? hahaha...

Alrite, update u soon bloggy. At least U remained faithful while i was gone:).

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:42:44 GMT

我关了手机
用力地深呼吸
告诉我自己
没有什么了不起
就当我和你
演一出爱情戏
流一点眼泪没关系
也许是我太年轻
不懂你要的关心
并不只是一对一
才会伤害自己
原来这才是真的你
无法掌握自己的心
偶尔花言巧语
偶尔又选择逃避
自做聪明
原来这才是真的你
习惯演戏
随时在磨砺演技
忘了什么叫做珍惜
你想找谁合演对手戏
这是你的权利
就让你自己决定

爱情过了保险期
就像玩腻的游戏
不想再要一对一
可是没有耐心

原来这才是真的你
无法掌握自己的心
偶尔花言巧语
偶尔又选择逃避
自做聪明
原来这才是真的你
习惯演戏
随时在磨砺演技
忘了什么叫做珍惜
你想找谁合演对手戏
这是你的权利
就让你自己决定
虽然泪水淹没了眼睛
我却轻吻让心痛一个彻底
决定就现在喊停
不再受委屈
ho~wo~ho~

...

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:31:38 GMT

IT'S PATHETIC! I actually cant recall how to write the chinese character 'AI' (love)! I spent the whole of the last two nites trying to squeeze out any memory of how that word looks like....

Just goes to show how much i know abt love hahaha....

Pathetic!

Thank You

Tue, 01 May 2007 17:11:36 GMT

It's day 4 of my pox outbreak. 10 days more to go.
It's been a miserable 4 days so far as I watched the pox spreading across my body, invading my chest, back face and even 1 ended on my sole of my feet.
The itch and the fear that I am disfigured - pure nightmare.

Searching for the silver lining, i didnt have to look far. My dearest mom and dad. Thank you both for taking such good care of me. My mom especially, she is so encouraging and positive that i begin to grow a certain dependency on her advise in this time of weakness.
My dad, as usual the strong silent type, woke up early every morning thus far, to make the chestnut water as well as the porridge for my consumption. One fed the mind, the other the body. Cant do without either.

Day 5 tmr. Shd be the start of the recovery phase according to my mum. I pray they start going away tonight.

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:11:41 GMT

I Have Chicken POX!!! :(

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:33:17 GMT

Location: Harajuku, Tokyo
Outside A.P.C. store

From X to Y

Sat, 07 Apr 2007 08:27:43 GMT

Shi Xing Hui went from Taipei to Beijing, with her Euro counter part, Infernal, doing a few bit better as they travel more miles from Paris to Berlin.

I did Hawaii to San francisco and now in Tokyo:). All in the span of 3 weeks.
Jetlagging like crazy as the body tries to get used to the different time zones.

After Tokyo, i think i prob wont be tempted to go BKK anymore. THIS IS THE NEW PLAYGROUND!!:)

A & F Shirt

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:40:09 GMT

Hey guys,

I have bought an excess of A&F shirts and am letting go at 150 SGD. Usual price of A&F shirts with shipping would cost 190 !!! comes complete with original tag and paper bag. only 5 pieces - do order NOW. First come first serve basis. Size: M

In San Francisco....

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:57:24 GMT

.... And Missing Hawaii:(....

ALOHA

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:44:06 GMT

I have got a TAN!!!:)

To My Recent Biggest Loss....

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:53:52 GMT

Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I'm not sure I could
They say: time heals everything
But I'm still waiting

I'm through with doubt
There's nothing left for me to figure out
I've paid a price and I'll keep paying

(CHORUS):
I'm not ready to make nice
I'm not ready to back down
I'm still mad as hell and I don't have time
To go 'round and 'round and 'round
It's too late to make it right
I probably wouldn't if I could
'Cause I'm mad as hell
Can't bring myself to do what it is
You think I should

I know you said
Why can't you just get over it
It turned my whole world around
And I kind'a like it

I made my bed and I sleep like a baby
With no regrets and I don't mind saying
It's a sad, sad story
When a mother will teach her daughter
That she ought to hate a perfect stranger
And how in the world
Can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they'd write me a letter
Saying that I better
Shut up and sing
Or my life will be over

(CHORUS) [2x]

Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I'm not sure I could
They say: time heals everything
But I'm still waiting

- Dixie Chicks, Not Ready to Make Nice

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 17:09:55 GMT

Anybody has Scissor Sisters' Take Your Mama Mig vs Rizzo Remix?

Can send me plssss....????

My Best Friend's Wedding

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:10:31 GMT

4 dec 2006 - one of the most important dates in 2006. Matt's wedding.

Thanks for letting me participate in a BIG way hehe...it's indeed an honor:)!