Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Face Talk

My face feels clean! Not the usual clean, but especially clean! It has been over a month since I went to Aunt Helen's and well, I thought I could do away regular facials now that I have my collagen and SKII. I was wrong! On normal days, my face is fine, but when the hated period approaches, hormones go haywire and that's the end of my face! All the angry pimples and clogged pores stick to my poor face like leeches! >: (

It was so nice resting onto the bed after a long day while Aunt Helen's nimble fingers work on my desperate face. It could have been good if she could work on my face in silence, but as a chatty woman, she couldn't stop yakking away and she was sharing with me about her charity work on her off-days. I gasped as she doesn't seem to be one who goes on charitable missions : / Hence, my impression of her changed after hearing about how she was going to break down when she was in front of the elderly destitute and how she forked out money to buy food for the homeless (She is not that mercenary after all - I thought she is only keen to hardsell me her skincare products) However, that beautiful impression of her was struck by a bolt of "You want to try our collagen mask? 100 bucks only" when I spoke about my beloved collagen. I told her that I had no money and she continued with her brushes with charity while applying mask on my face.

I could feel the mask absorbing the dirt from every single pore. I dozed off and half an hour later, Aunt Helen came back and washed the gunk from my face. She mentioned that it was the collagen mask that she mentioned earlier on and it would be her treat. I felt so touched that I could feel tears welling in my eyes : D (Wow, best of all, it's 99% collagen!) I told her it would be better that I pay her else I would feel very uncomfortable, but she dismissed my concerns and told me to come back after 3 weeks : )

Feeling hungry and attacked by a sudden craving for bak chor mee, I headed to Food Republic in Wisma Atria. Though it felt funny eating alone (I hate eating outside alone), guess it was fine after a while : ) Though King Kong called, I refused to pick up the calls. What's the point of talking after the day is going to end? Besides, I don't think there's much to talk too.



Thursday, August 21, 2008

Reply from Singapore...

Hullo my dear girl,

I am not in a good shape either..sales have been slow and as you know, being in a sales-oriented environment, everything is about figures : ( How stressful~!
Serious? Summer in Japan is very hot? I thought the temperature remains cool…whoa! I fully understand how you feel. Regardless how beautiful and interesting that country is, it is still not home. Home is where the heart is at peace, don’t you agree? Anyway, you will be home soon..stop counting the days : ) It’ll only make you miserable. Since you are already there, make full use of your trip – Learn as much as you can, feel the intense summer heat, wolf down as much sashimi, sushi and ramen and make love to as many Japanese guys there ; P Life’s more interesting like that eh!


Hahaha…if you need to seek solace, just come to us. Though we are not physically there, you know that we will always be behind you, for this entire year. Feel free to call or email me, I will always be there for you, my dear girl : )

Why paranoid? What are the simplest matters that you dwell on? Care to share? Yeah, no doubt living alone abroad makes one stronger and I believe this is something I can never do it. I am too used to living in my own fortress : P I believe being numb means you have grown stronger subconsciously. I believe you can pull through. Have faith in yourself?
Wow, you have new friends! Guys or girls? If guys, are they the handsome breed? : P Well, you have already said that you have been there for slightly more than a month, what kind of friendship can you establish? I believe you would think twice of being chummy with somebody you have known for only a couple of weeks right? What’s more, you are never a social butterfly..? : ) I get what you mean. Bosom friends? I have lost faith in that long long time ago…Used to think that if I am sincere towards my friends, they would treat me the same too. However, some of them made me doubt my belief and some compound my faith…It’s all about trial and error and though it’s time-consuming and there’s risk of heartbreak, I am glad to make very good friends from my workplace : ) Though they have moved onto greener pastures, we made a point to keep in touch and I must say I miss them all the time! I always believe in 将心比心…

Yeah, the Japanese culture is like that! The Japanese love putting on hospitality masks and well, it’s anything better than them dishing out harsh treatment to you right? Guess I only love their food and their pink industry…(yes, here I go again…) : P You are a strong girl, it’s considerably fast that you have begun to get accustomed to the sort of life there : ) At the very least, you did not attempt to come back! : ) Stay strong and cheerful always, will you?

Something is amiss in your life? What is it? Dickie Boi? *scratch head* Well, what’s so interesting about me? Nothing much except for agony and more agony. Initially, I thought I would be happy and contented with King Kong, however, I realized that I have drifted away from my pursue for a good life. You know it, I like fine cuisine, tours and LV bags…and I hate to imagine kicking myself for not being able to fulfill that. At the same time, it’s tough to pull away from the Kau after 5 years…Besides, to satisfy my insatiable greed for money, King Kong has been working part-time and freelance, which means to say he doesn’t have time for me and as you know I am somebody who dislikes loneliness…I must say it’s a bloody vicious cycle : ( We have been arguing over money issues as well as the Kau – I think it’s redundant...It makes me even more confused as ever. Interesting news? Is the Olympics considered interesting? Singapore won silver in table tennis, but I don’t feel proud at all...

Missing you,
Jo (smiles : ) )


*Will be waiting for your next mail : ) I love to receive your mails
: ) Keep them coming.

A Letter from Japan...

Hey babe,

How have you been recently? I hope you are coping with life fine.
The weather is getting cooler over here and trust me, I am so grateful for that.
The summer in Japan is truly capable of melting one away =P
As for me, physically I am alright, but mentally I am still lost I guess.
At times I do feel like I am kinda drifting admist a sea of Japanese people and culture.
True enough, there are times when things are interesting and that I feel lucky to experience the events firsthand.
However, one can't possibly be upbeat all the time right?
There will be times when you need to seek solace from those around you and I guess that's when I feel kinda lost.
The feelings are indescribable. For example, when you just had a bad day, you would need some one to talk to or simply just to distract you from your unhappiness.
However, when you are all alone in a foreign land, such a basic need becomes a luxury.
As such, I wonder if I am getting paranoid as I start to dwell on the simplest matters. No wonder they say living alone abroad makes you stronger.
I mean if I have to pull through almost everyday like this, I think I should be numb in no time.
And that's a fact. I'm getting used to silence and frequent monologues.
I realised that this has nothing to do with making friends or not. I do have friends of all sorts now (managed to make a few.. ^ ^)
But as you can imagine, the friendship could not possibly be that strong. After all, it has only been slightly more than a month since I'm here.
Then again, I can somehow foresee that the friendship would be nothing like bosom friends because we are all from different lands and kinda of too old to make truly lasting relationships. I mean at this age, trust and opening your heart to others seems overly naive. I'm not speaking just for myself but for the humankind in general.
If you get what I mean...
This may sound downright pessimistic but you know, everyone has their own lives to lead. They might be smiling and laughing with you in one second, and in the other, they are back to their own lives and you wouldn't know what is happening on the other end unless contact is kept. I can say so especially for the Japanese. You know how polite and how false they can be in front of people whom they are not close with. This is something I seriously dislike about Japanese culture, much to my fondness for the language and culture in general.
Well, adaptation is a very powerful and scary thing though. Like I have mentioned, I am beginning to get accustomed to the sort of life here.
Despite the many grievances that I poured out in the above (looking back at what I have written, I am shocked at the negative feelings I had!! =P),
I am kind of sedated here. I try to stay focus and do what is most beneficial for me. I guess the best way is to let nature takes it course for most matters.
This is one of the most important realization so far from my stay here. Never try to second guess what might happened next.
The more you hope for something, the more it is going to escape from your grasp.
Okay, there is somthing amiss in my life now. Judging from what I have wrote, knowing you, you should be able to guess what is happening to me now.
Sighh, do try to tell me more about it because I refuse to admit it =P and please let me know what is happening to you and your various 'lovers' right now =P
Just when I thought I know all about it, it seems that you never fail to impress or shock me with unbelievable news and happenings! ^ ^
Oh yeah... what about your work? Are you satisfied? Are there any interesting news in Singapore now?
Please take care and send my regards to gramps, ah yee and all at home.

In nostalgia,
Wynne (weeps)

*Kinda relieved after unloading my lonely feelings in this mail ^ ^ Thanks for your patience in reading the mail though!

Bad Month!

It has been a bad month for me : ( I cannot fill even the smallest case and I really feel like dying : ( Fortunately, I managed to hit my bare minimum sales target, else my morale would have hit rock bottom (Dammit!) Guess I am not the only one; this morning, I met my colleagues at the lift lobby and they looked tired and stressed. They shared with me that this month is bad and it didn't help with the implementation of the new team incentive scheme...

As I was feeling down, I didn't really want to go out with anybody (Accountant even offered to treat me dinner at Asia Kitchen, but I rejected
) I stayed in the office till 7pm and made my way home. As it was too late to pack dinner at the mix veggie rice stall, I headed to NTUC and bought a packet of kailan and picnic ham - Yes, dinner was maggi mee : ) Ate in front of the goggle box and went to bathe after that. Vanity struck me and I decided to slap on facial mud on my parched face
: ) (The golden motto: There is no ugly women in the world, only lazy ones) Guess I will be watching TV and go to bed after that (Another working day tomorrow. Argh!)

Yesterday, I met up with Sworn Sista at Raffles Place MRT station before we headed to Ajitsen for ramen (Argh! I think the food sucks) I was shocked to see a big zit on the side of her nose - Her wedding banquet is due next month! Though she is somebody who doesn't splurge on herself, I guess she should at least ensure she looks beautiful on that night : / (Once in a lifetime eh?) After dinner, we strolled around Ngee Ann City and Takashimaya to burn the excess calories. I bought a Giordano top for 13 bucks (Usual price is 33 bucks. Wow! It's a steal!) and 3 bottles of Pokka Collagen Water (Vanity is expensive : / ) We continued to walk and finally stopped at Toastbox in Centrepoint where we had tea and coffee while waiting for her husband to meet up with us (He is pursuing ACCA...) before we took Bus 123 home : )

Hahaha...another 15 more minutes before I wash the gunk off my face : ) Vanity not only requires money, it requires time too! I am so hap
py that tomorrow is finally Friday. It's high time to rest and relax...I don't want to worry about the irritating sales figures anymore. It doesn't help anyway. Life is too short to be a worrywart! Just fuck everything into the air ; )

I am not a vegetarian. I repeat: I am not a vegetarian.



Thursday, August 14, 2008

King Kong's Coming Home (Today)

Time flies. King Kong's coming home today, after about 2 days in Kuala Lumpur. As promised, he sent me pictures wherever he was..Enjoy~!~!

At the bottom of the Petronas Twin Towers.

Breakfast was obviously crap.

Boring lecture eh?

Lunch was even more crap.

Living in paradise where there are red juicy apples and a waterfall..


Think he's acting more and more like me..watch out for the toilet ghost though ; P










































Tuesday, August 12, 2008

King Kong in KL!

King Kong left for Kuala Lumpur for some IT conference. I was so happy when I heard that he had to be away for a couple of days (I smell freedom!) He had wanted to meet me for lunch at Raffles Place before taking his coach at Harbourfront, but I couldn't make it as I had to bring the 2 new guys for lunch : P (That was my excuse - I was just afraid that he might cry, that was why I refused to see him)

On his 5 -hour journey, he snapped a couple of pictur
es and sent to me. Feeling cheeky, I decided to do some touch-ups...Have fun : )

For some reasons, he's forever feeling hungry..

Food finally arrived, but it didn't entice the glutton..at all.

He rot in this coach..

He's wilting away..rotting away...

Believed he will continue to send me more pictures tonight, if not tomorrow : ) Though he looks intimating with his fierce looks and gigantic size, he always behaves like a frightened puppy in front of me (What the hell) Another 2 more days before he's going to pester me like crazy...Help!

Friday, August 8, 2008

Reel Life, Real Life?

The past week has been very dry...No good orders and of course, no candidates : ( It's painful to wake up every morning and knowing that there is nothing constructive to do in the office : ( Wonder if I am able to cross my minimum sales target this month. I wonder...

Anyway, last Saturday, I met up with my university mates at Hog's Breath Cafe in Chijmes for dinner. Well, I had my medium-rare steak afterall : D~ It doesn't make sense not to order their specialty eh? I was happy to see Skinny Bones and the rest and as usual, we did much catching up and I realized that everybody was so damn sick of the mundane working life. We reminicised those happy days when we attended lectures and spoke ill of the non-passionate lecturers and fellow course mates : P (I miss those days when I had the choice of attending lectures and staying home to snooze)

We proceeded to Gloria Jean's at Marina Square for a cuppa before going off (They are very good kids who don't fancy staying out till the wee hours) Craving for an ice-cold, both Skinny Bones and I headed to Harry's Bar for Heineken and ciggies. It was great to have a heart-to-heart talk with him after so long : ) It was sad to know that he couldn't undergo lasik as his myopia was out of control : ( He mentioned that wearing those thick glasses killed his confidence and I totally agreed...In this superficial world, looks are important...(Just guess the amount of money I've spent on vanity each month...)

As for last Wednesday, I met up with King Kong at Raffles Place MRT station before we headed for Sakae Sushi (to satisfy my love for spicy salmon gunkan) and "Money No Enough 2" (Yes, that was my second time) Though I've watched it twice, my sentiments remained; this is a good show and my tolerance towards Gramps increased..I really think it really sucks as a person to make somebody who gave unconditional love to you to sleep in the toilet >: ( We waited for the bus and while waiting, his phone rang and I was not very happy that he had to work after sending me home (I really hate the idea...Man, is this what I want?)

Yesterday was with King Kong again : ) We went to Republic Foodcourt in Vivocity to have dinner. We had the famous laksa (Nice! On a cold rainy day!) and "butterfly" fritter (My childhood fav!) before catching "The Hungry Ghost Festival" (He won the movie tickets in an SPI contest) It was great info-tainment (Either you love it or you hate it) and we left the theatre feeling that we had watched a good show : ) (Wow! 2 good movies in a week!) He sent me home and while he was on the bus, he mentioned that he was tired and would be taking a nap...(the second SMS came minutes later, saying that he would be going to work...) I was not very happy, then again, I cannot control what he wants to do. We are not committed to each other in any way : /

Anyway, I went to sleep feeling pissed.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Precious Saturday

Woke up at 10am today : ) I am so glad to have this luxury after waiting for 5 days! (Nearly lost the chance to do so, by the way!) I feel so sad for my colleagues who have to wake up super duper early for the company photoshoot : P I was selected for the photoshoot (Duh!) and I told Boss that I was allergic to cosmetics and if the photographer didn't mind having me barefaced, I would definitely turn up. Too bad full-makeup was required, hence, I was not shortlisted : P Tsk tsk tsk...

Last Thursday was Fat Boy's 35th birthday. I didn't expect to meet up with him, hence, I couriered my gift to him on Wednesday afternoon (I didn't want to meet him, yet at the same time, I felt bad not buying a gift for him because he bought me a Monte Blanc coin pouch for me on my birthday) Just after my task was completed, he sent me a text message asking if I would do him the honor of going dinner with him (I could have saved up on the courier charges! Argh!) I agreed and we went to Jumbo at East Coast for his birthday dinner (Sri Lanka crabs! It has been ages since I last touched Sri Lanka crabs! : D) Initially, I had the idea that it would be awkward to face him and there would absolutely zero topic to talk. I was wrong (at least for me) and there was much to catch up after 3 weeks : ) After dinner, he sent me home and I must say that Gramps and Boyboy were happy to see him. He stayed for a short while before rushing home to unwrap his present.

As for yesterday, we met up again. As I had no plans after my oily massage and cold wraps (It's so damn pathetic, especially on Friday nights), I asked if he fancied dinner and a movie. He agreed and we watched "Money No Enough 2" (He has always been a sucker for Jack Neo's works) after having dinner at Han's (Yes, I had seafood bee hoon and Chinese tea again) He sent me home and I was surprised to find durians in his car. They were for me and I was exhilarated when he said that one of the two was D2! (I have been craving for D2 since the KL trip!) Though my mouth is feeling very dry and I feel a tad heaty, it's worth it! Satisfying my D2 craving is more important!

Later in the evening, I will meeting up with my university mates at Cityhall MRT station. Dinner will be at Hog's Breath Cafe - A good place for meat, especially steak, but I doubt I will touch beef as I have been chugging red meat for the past few weeks. Enough is enough as I am afraid of putting on weight : / Then again, who knows? Hahaha......