If not for my Gramps who woke me up at 6:18am, I would have been late for Sworn Sista's wedding last Saturday (Yes, you heard it right. 6:18am) I jumped out of bed, took a quick shower before changing into my turquoise top and black skirt and dusting my face with powder (Hello clogged pores!) I was fortunate that everything went well (At least I did not look like a Chinese opera singer : P )
Took a cab and reached her house at about 7:20am and was surprised to know that we were too early (Dammit! I could have saved 5 bucks!) The entourage was slacking around and having slices of banana and walnut cake for breakfast whereas Sworn Sista was sitting in her room with the makeup artiste applying all kinds of colours on her face. Feeling bored, I started to fiddle with my mobile phone and reading the newspapers (There was simply nothing much to talk, except for formalities : ( ) I freaked out when the bridegroom and his entourage reached at 8:40am (He was 40 minutes late!) We executed the gatecrashing games and I must say that they were not exactly exciting. We did the usual by asking them to do the push-ups and drink some weird concoction : / (The only time that invoked my excitement was the ang pow negotiation - We managed to squeeze 288 bucks)
We proceeded to Hort Park for photoshooting : / It was so damn hot under the blaring sun that I could feel my makeup melting. Argh! And the worst thing was that we had to smile despite feeling all hot and sweaty (No wonder professional models are paid well - They have to endure sweaty armpits yet put on their glamourous smiles) Was quite glad that the bridegroom entourage was fun-loving and proactive (Else, I would have rot from boredom)
Final destination was the bridegroom's house at Ang Mo Kio. We had our long-awaited buffet lunch and rest : / (Unfortunately, the food sucks) Well, while Sworn Sista and her hubby were performing the wedding rituals, we were bumming around and watching television : / At that point of time, I was getting restless due to lack of sleep : ( It was a long wait before they wrapped up everything and one of the members from the bridegroom entourage drove us home. Woohoo!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Worry Wart
I refused to wake up just now. It was such a cold and rainy day - Perfect for hiding under the warm blanket and sleep : D~ (Then again, since I am on half day today, what more can I ask for? : P ) Feeling so damn lazy, I am dressed in a grey racerback top, my new From The Sixties skirt and my shiny black flip flops (Hey, that completes the Friday dressdown look eh?)
I thought my hair woes are over. No more nasty flyaway hair and looking messy with my new ironed ramrod straight tresses. No more wasting 10 minutes every morning preening in front of the mirror. Well, I was wrong. I think I look like Goofy with my flat hair : ( Argh, forget it..I should just be contented with it eh? Anyway, Sunshine Boy, Sharon, Panda and Adam commented that I looked good. That's all it matters : D
Have been surfing the Net to gather ideas on makeup : ( I am feeling so stressed up. I hardly use cosmetics and since this time round, I have to look "made-up" on Sworn Sista's wedding day, I am so damn afraid to look erm...ugly. Have thought of not wearing any makeup (just me, my eyeliner and my lipstick), but I reckoned I would look too plain standing beside the bride and everybody else : ( Damn! To make sure that everything goes went tomorrow (Yes, tomorrow), I practised applying the shimmery eyeshadow and hmmm, I guess I looked fine? I must try not to drink too much water tonight else my eyes swelled like fishballs when I wake up the next day? I fear that I would look bloated because it's going to the time of the month, hence, water retention is perfectly common (Fuck, why must it be at this time!) Gee, I just hope everything will turn out fine.
Hey, wait a minute. Why am I behaving like the bride? Damn.
I thought my hair woes are over. No more nasty flyaway hair and looking messy with my new ironed ramrod straight tresses. No more wasting 10 minutes every morning preening in front of the mirror. Well, I was wrong. I think I look like Goofy with my flat hair : ( Argh, forget it..I should just be contented with it eh? Anyway, Sunshine Boy, Sharon, Panda and Adam commented that I looked good. That's all it matters : D
Have been surfing the Net to gather ideas on makeup : ( I am feeling so stressed up. I hardly use cosmetics and since this time round, I have to look "made-up" on Sworn Sista's wedding day, I am so damn afraid to look erm...ugly. Have thought of not wearing any makeup (just me, my eyeliner and my lipstick), but I reckoned I would look too plain standing beside the bride and everybody else : ( Damn! To make sure that everything goes went tomorrow (Yes, tomorrow), I practised applying the shimmery eyeshadow and hmmm, I guess I looked fine? I must try not to drink too much water tonight else my eyes swelled like fishballs when I wake up the next day? I fear that I would look bloated because it's going to the time of the month, hence, water retention is perfectly common (Fuck, why must it be at this time!) Gee, I just hope everything will turn out fine.
Hey, wait a minute. Why am I behaving like the bride? Damn.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
What The Hell!
Dammit. I've got slammed by one of Sworn Sista's former classmates for uploading the so-called saucy pictures of the Hen Party. (What's so saucy about doing a blowjob on a fake penis and wearing a red bra over her own clothes?) Funny, since they could behave so wildly and rowdily during the session, I cannot believe they are so conservative in that sense.
I removed the 2 albums immediately and thought that everything was fine, but she continued to slam me by saying that I was rude to upload those pictures despite requests not to do so (What the hell, was she dreaming or what? I didn't even recall her saying that!) Anyway, I fully regret turning up for the fucking party and being the fucking photographer. I thought they were fun-loving souls like Rightie and Adeline, but what the hell! A bunch of conservative bitches! Even when I reminded her not to be so offensive as we are going to meet this coming Saturday and assured her that I had already removed the pictures, she was so damn sarcastic about it! She thanked me for uploading and removing the pictures so efficiently. What a bitch. If not for my Sworn Sista, I wouldn't have been so damn polite! What the fuck!
The worse thing is that I went to tell my Sworn Sista about the whole incident and that I would not be going for the day event as I did not want to face that bitch. She said that I shouldn't have uploaded those pictures and that she was angry that I was going to play her out and ignored me. What the hell. As sworn sisters, she couldn't understand my predicament. Well, if she insists that I go, I guess I just go...it's her big day. Hmmm, see how it goes.
What the hell. A happy occasion turned sour.
I removed the 2 albums immediately and thought that everything was fine, but she continued to slam me by saying that I was rude to upload those pictures despite requests not to do so (What the hell, was she dreaming or what? I didn't even recall her saying that!) Anyway, I fully regret turning up for the fucking party and being the fucking photographer. I thought they were fun-loving souls like Rightie and Adeline, but what the hell! A bunch of conservative bitches! Even when I reminded her not to be so offensive as we are going to meet this coming Saturday and assured her that I had already removed the pictures, she was so damn sarcastic about it! She thanked me for uploading and removing the pictures so efficiently. What a bitch. If not for my Sworn Sista, I wouldn't have been so damn polite! What the fuck!
The worse thing is that I went to tell my Sworn Sista about the whole incident and that I would not be going for the day event as I did not want to face that bitch. She said that I shouldn't have uploaded those pictures and that she was angry that I was going to play her out and ignored me. What the hell. As sworn sisters, she couldn't understand my predicament. Well, if she insists that I go, I guess I just go...it's her big day. Hmmm, see how it goes.
What the hell. A happy occasion turned sour.
Girls' Art Tools
After much pondering, I decided to attend my sworn sista's Hen Party at Ootique in Boat Quay last Friday. I was right, it did feel awkward to mingle and act chummy with people whom I am not close to (even from secondary school days) The North Indian vegetarian food fare was crap - fried cheese french fries, fried okra that looked so damn pathetic, cheesy naan that tasted so damn flat and papadum that lost its crunch long ago : ( However, credit must be given to the Truth Or Dare games thaht we played. We flashed red bras; threw bras out of the window, pulled down our pants and be spanked, french-kissed one another and even bared our boobs : P (I have certified a red-hot straight as I felt disgusting kissing members from the same gender. Yay~! I prefer guys any time!)
After 45 minutes of sickening games, we proceeded to the "Hot Room" where all the sex toys were displayed. Felt in love with a pink dildo and topped 2 bucks on top of my 25 credits : D~ Headed to Molly Malone's for drinks and supper when we couldn't get a quiet spot at The Caraven (Fortunately, there was Sunshine Boy who helped us to get a long table and glad he was around; I was so bored)
Throughout the outing, they were talking about HDB flats, wedding procedures and people whom I do not know...Tried joining in the conversation, but my enthusiasm died within seconds as I have not reached their stage : ( I really felt like kicking myself. Hard. However, I heard that lotsa photoshoots would be taken on that day, hence, I had been thinking if I should give in to cosmetics : / All along my face is steered clear of compact powder and blusher because I strongly believed that they would blog my big pores...
Anyway, I've decided to give in. It's an important event and I do not want to pale in comparison with her friends, whom I believed would have multiple colours on their faces on that day. Walked into Skin Food yesterday and bought a sweet potato essence compact powder (Whoa, didn't know that the humble root would appear in cosmetics), pink blusher pot, light orangey lipgloss as well as a silvery eyeshadow pot! The colours sound nice, but I am not sure how the combination would turn out. Wish me all the best alright!
After 45 minutes of sickening games, we proceeded to the "Hot Room" where all the sex toys were displayed. Felt in love with a pink dildo and topped 2 bucks on top of my 25 credits : D~ Headed to Molly Malone's for drinks and supper when we couldn't get a quiet spot at The Caraven (Fortunately, there was Sunshine Boy who helped us to get a long table and glad he was around; I was so bored)
Throughout the outing, they were talking about HDB flats, wedding procedures and people whom I do not know...Tried joining in the conversation, but my enthusiasm died within seconds as I have not reached their stage : ( I really felt like kicking myself. Hard. However, I heard that lotsa photoshoots would be taken on that day, hence, I had been thinking if I should give in to cosmetics : / All along my face is steered clear of compact powder and blusher because I strongly believed that they would blog my big pores...
Anyway, I've decided to give in. It's an important event and I do not want to pale in comparison with her friends, whom I believed would have multiple colours on their faces on that day. Walked into Skin Food yesterday and bought a sweet potato essence compact powder (Whoa, didn't know that the humble root would appear in cosmetics), pink blusher pot, light orangey lipgloss as well as a silvery eyeshadow pot! The colours sound nice, but I am not sure how the combination would turn out. Wish me all the best alright!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
That Damn Pig
Have been feeling demoralized since the whole of last month because I thought I would fall flat in sales this month. Fortunately, activities have picked up and well, I must say it is not going to be that bad afterall : )
Well, it has been 3 good days that we did not communicate...(Gee, how should I continue from here?) I don't know how things turn out to be like that..(or perhaps, I have seen it coming, sooner or later) I was already very angry by his devil-may-care attitude before last Sunday; I guess I snapped when he did not turn up for the Mid Autumn Festival gathering - I felt so damn cheated. He promised to accompany me! Besides, it was supposed to be our 1st Mid Autumn Festival together (Argh! That pig!) In my pique, I told him that I did not want to spend my life waiting for him and I would not contact him. Ever.
In the past, when I threw such tantrums, he would try his best to humor me and things would resume to normal. Recently, it's no longer like that - He would just leave me alone or even sometimes flare up. Things got worse; even the smallest issue got out of hand and became a major problem. When we became tired of going round and round in circles for a certain problem, we adjourned to another day and multiple minor issues snowballed...There is never a day we did not quarrel and both of us were emotionally drained (Hey, I just want him to humor me!)
For the past 3 days, I have been thinking long and hard. What should I do? Swallow humble pie and call him? Retain my royal pride and wait for him to call? Ignore him forever and move on? I have no idea. What happens if I call him? Will things go back to what was long long time before when we were so happy and lovey dovey or when we were sparring with sarcasm everyday? What happens if he has changed which explains the bad behavior? Wouldn't I be a bloody fool if I were to break the ice? Perhaps, I should continue to wait because if he does, it means I am still very important to him? Or cast him out of my life and move onto another guy? (Awwww...it's a waste : ( )
Sent my Nokia phone for repairs last Sunday. The Sony Ericsson phone that I am carrying right now belongs to him and I am supposed to return it to him once I collect my own phone; then again...I have been dilly-dallying because I don't know when is the right time to return it to him. *Sigh!* Alright, I think I will continue to wait. If he doesn't call, at least I have a Sony Ericsson phone : / Deal.
This is how I felt last Sunday. Damn that pig.
Well, it has been 3 good days that we did not communicate...(Gee, how should I continue from here?) I don't know how things turn out to be like that..(or perhaps, I have seen it coming, sooner or later) I was already very angry by his devil-may-care attitude before last Sunday; I guess I snapped when he did not turn up for the Mid Autumn Festival gathering - I felt so damn cheated. He promised to accompany me! Besides, it was supposed to be our 1st Mid Autumn Festival together (Argh! That pig!) In my pique, I told him that I did not want to spend my life waiting for him and I would not contact him. Ever.
In the past, when I threw such tantrums, he would try his best to humor me and things would resume to normal. Recently, it's no longer like that - He would just leave me alone or even sometimes flare up. Things got worse; even the smallest issue got out of hand and became a major problem. When we became tired of going round and round in circles for a certain problem, we adjourned to another day and multiple minor issues snowballed...There is never a day we did not quarrel and both of us were emotionally drained (Hey, I just want him to humor me!)
For the past 3 days, I have been thinking long and hard. What should I do? Swallow humble pie and call him? Retain my royal pride and wait for him to call? Ignore him forever and move on? I have no idea. What happens if I call him? Will things go back to what was long long time before when we were so happy and lovey dovey or when we were sparring with sarcasm everyday? What happens if he has changed which explains the bad behavior? Wouldn't I be a bloody fool if I were to break the ice? Perhaps, I should continue to wait because if he does, it means I am still very important to him? Or cast him out of my life and move onto another guy? (Awwww...it's a waste : ( )
Sent my Nokia phone for repairs last Sunday. The Sony Ericsson phone that I am carrying right now belongs to him and I am supposed to return it to him once I collect my own phone; then again...I have been dilly-dallying because I don't know when is the right time to return it to him. *Sigh!* Alright, I think I will continue to wait. If he doesn't call, at least I have a Sony Ericsson phone : / Deal.
This is how I felt last Sunday. Damn that pig.
Monday, September 15, 2008
With Love, for the 3rd Time
My dearest gal,
I am not in the least fine! Sales have been going downhill - Everybody's waiting for their year-end bonuses and it doesn't help that I have a bloody bitch for a colleague, who will not hesitate to snatch my candidates..It happened a couple of times and apparently, I am at a loss. Argh! The only thing I can look forward to is wait for her to relocate to Hong Kong (She's going to set up a physical branch there)
Mid Autumn Festival was fine - Instead of spending with the usual bunch of Huiling, Stephen and the Kau, I went to my Godpa's house to celebrate with the SPI members : ) Fun. I know! If not for Dickie Boi, I doubt you would have mooncakes! He asked me what I wanted to buy for you, but I had no idea : ( I had wanted to buy plushies for you to hug but decided not to, at the thought of the excess baggage penalty when you come back! I believe you know that he spent about 200 bucks on that box of mooncakes eh? : P
Yes! I am so angry by the astrocious delay in your reply! Well, I can understand how you feel because everytime when I received your mail, tears would well in my eyes : ( (Guess we are all emotional people eh?)
Whoa! I've always thought thatJapan
How did you feel that you told Dickie Boi that you wanted to put a full-stop to the relationship? How did he react? I hope not violent eh? Actually, I sympathise with him - He gives me the feeling that he loves you alot and that he will do anything to make you happy. A couple of months back when I met him at his mobile phone shop (At that point of time, you guys were not back together), he was ultra depressed and he seemed very lost...I was very sad for him, to be very frank. I tried hard to get him out of the shell, but the more I attempted, the more he blocked me from his inner world...Then again, since you have already made up your mind and done the deed, what can I say, except to support you morally?
I can understand where you are coming from. It's so painful just to communicate via emails, phone and MSN; regardless how convenient it is, it can never be compared to physical presence. I would still prefer going out for dinners, movies and having heart-to-heart talks. In the past, I used to think that reasons of "we are incompatible" cited by couples who broke up were euphemisms of "we don't love each other that much", then again, the former might be true..In this rat race society, it's much convenient to break up and find the next guy rather than digging up the issues and patching the gaps. Don't you think so? Harsh, but that's reality.
Yup, I did mention that in life, we have to choose between living a life with somebody who cared for us but whom we know will never be the one or leading one in lifelong pursue for that elusive one whom might never be found. Initially, I thought the former guarantees happiness so long as we are contented, but no. Living with somebody whom you do not love with your heart is painful...Not being with somebody whom you love is also torturing. Going round in theoretical circles? Perhaps.
Soulmate? Hahaha..it makes me wonder if soulmates really exist. I thought I have found my dream guy whom I have been looking for. I thought we can be very open about anything under the sun and moon. I thought I am also whom he has been looking for throughout his whole life and that he would love me unconditionally. I was wrong. He's just a normal guy who has to slog his guts out to make ends meet and I am just a normal girl whose greed for his attention and pampering is neverending. Dream partners? You decide : )
Heartless? Many people, including Gramps, said that I am very heartless and senseless to let the Kau go after 5 years of time, money and feelings. Who actually knows what's behind the scenes? Afterall, I am the one who is going to spend the rest of life with him, not them. Who cares? Guess it goes for you too. If you feel that it's not right, don't commit, else you will sink even deeper and God knows how and when you are going to redeem yourself..Life is too short for redemption...
Whoa, it's not just the language and culture that you are keen in, you are also interested in Japanese guys eh? : P It's a great feeling to have one or two flings overseas, provided you are able to let go when the need arises, otherwise, please do not play with fire. I am just afraid that you are attracted to him because you are lonely right now...and of course, I am terrified that he might see you as somebody he can go to bed with! >: ( Not all Japanese guys are Kaneshiro Takeshi-s alright! Guys who simply want to lure you to their bed always try to invoke your sympathy by weaving heartbreaking stories of their past relationships..(Been there, done that and I felt so damn stupid)
Hahaha...when did you become so superstitious? : P True, the ah po did mention that you are in the debt of the Rooster and she did also say that you can just treat them to meals, nothing else..She did not say that you must marry or go to bed with a Rooster eh? : P Gemini! Hahaha...beware, Gemini people are flirtatious rascals (like me) : P Take it with a pinch of salt, needless to be so worried about it..
No problem, I love your mails, I do not mind if they are long, but I will definitely scream if they are short! Gee...I do miss you, girl : ) When are you coming back?
Missing you and your girlish giggles,
(In the midst of a suck and aimless life too..waiting...)
I am not in the least fine! Sales have been going downhill - Everybody's waiting for their year-end bonuses and it doesn't help that I have a bloody bitch for a colleague, who will not hesitate to snatch my candidates..It happened a couple of times and apparently, I am at a loss. Argh! The only thing I can look forward to is wait for her to relocate to Hong Kong (She's going to set up a physical branch there)
Mid Autumn Festival was fine - Instead of spending with the usual bunch of Huiling, Stephen and the Kau, I went to my Godpa's house to celebrate with the SPI members : ) Fun. I know! If not for Dickie Boi, I doubt you would have mooncakes! He asked me what I wanted to buy for you, but I had no idea : ( I had wanted to buy plushies for you to hug but decided not to, at the thought of the excess baggage penalty when you come back! I believe you know that he spent about 200 bucks on that box of mooncakes eh? : P
Yes! I am so angry by the astrocious delay in your reply! Well, I can understand how you feel because everytime when I received your mail, tears would well in my eyes : ( (Guess we are all emotional people eh?)
Whoa! I've always thought that
How did you feel that you told Dickie Boi that you wanted to put a full-stop to the relationship? How did he react? I hope not violent eh? Actually, I sympathise with him - He gives me the feeling that he loves you alot and that he will do anything to make you happy. A couple of months back when I met him at his mobile phone shop (At that point of time, you guys were not back together), he was ultra depressed and he seemed very lost...I was very sad for him, to be very frank. I tried hard to get him out of the shell, but the more I attempted, the more he blocked me from his inner world...Then again, since you have already made up your mind and done the deed, what can I say, except to support you morally?
I can understand where you are coming from. It's so painful just to communicate via emails, phone and MSN; regardless how convenient it is, it can never be compared to physical presence. I would still prefer going out for dinners, movies and having heart-to-heart talks. In the past, I used to think that reasons of "we are incompatible" cited by couples who broke up were euphemisms of "we don't love each other that much", then again, the former might be true..In this rat race society, it's much convenient to break up and find the next guy rather than digging up the issues and patching the gaps. Don't you think so? Harsh, but that's reality.
Yup, I did mention that in life, we have to choose between living a life with somebody who cared for us but whom we know will never be the one or leading one in lifelong pursue for that elusive one whom might never be found. Initially, I thought the former guarantees happiness so long as we are contented, but no. Living with somebody whom you do not love with your heart is painful...Not being with somebody whom you love is also torturing. Going round in theoretical circles? Perhaps.
Soulmate? Hahaha..it makes me wonder if soulmates really exist. I thought I have found my dream guy whom I have been looking for. I thought we can be very open about anything under the sun and moon. I thought I am also whom he has been looking for throughout his whole life and that he would love me unconditionally. I was wrong. He's just a normal guy who has to slog his guts out to make ends meet and I am just a normal girl whose greed for his attention and pampering is neverending. Dream partners? You decide : )
Heartless? Many people, including Gramps, said that I am very heartless and senseless to let the Kau go after 5 years of time, money and feelings. Who actually knows what's behind the scenes? Afterall, I am the one who is going to spend the rest of life with him, not them. Who cares? Guess it goes for you too. If you feel that it's not right, don't commit, else you will sink even deeper and God knows how and when you are going to redeem yourself..Life is too short for redemption...
Whoa, it's not just the language and culture that you are keen in, you are also interested in Japanese guys eh? : P It's a great feeling to have one or two flings overseas, provided you are able to let go when the need arises, otherwise, please do not play with fire. I am just afraid that you are attracted to him because you are lonely right now...and of course, I am terrified that he might see you as somebody he can go to bed with! >: ( Not all Japanese guys are Kaneshiro Takeshi-s alright! Guys who simply want to lure you to their bed always try to invoke your sympathy by weaving heartbreaking stories of their past relationships..(Been there, done that and I felt so damn stupid)
Hahaha...when did you become so superstitious? : P True, the ah po did mention that you are in the debt of the Rooster and she did also say that you can just treat them to meals, nothing else..She did not say that you must marry or go to bed with a Rooster eh? : P Gemini! Hahaha...beware, Gemini people are flirtatious rascals (like me) : P Take it with a pinch of salt, needless to be so worried about it..
No problem, I love your mails, I do not mind if they are long, but I will definitely scream if they are short! Gee...I do miss you, girl : ) When are you coming back?
Missing you and your girlish giggles,
(In the midst of a suck and aimless life too..waiting...)
Letter From Japan (The 3rd One!)
Hi gal,
How have you been recently? I hope this email find you well.
How was mid-autumn's festival for you? Had fun? Needless to say, I did not celebrate the festival this year except for eating the mooncakes =P
I know you must be blaming me for the atrociously long time I take to reply to your previous mail! But honestly, I find myself a little short of tearing everytime I think of writing home. I did rather talk online you know, just there and then... no time for emotional rushes like what I am experiencing right now while composing this email to you.
Let's start with the weather. The weather has turned cooler now which I will be eternally grateful for, as the weather the past few weeks has been incredulously hot and humid. It was the monsoon period with heavy rain, but unfortunately the rain did not relieve any of the summer's heat but worsen it by causing the atmosphere to become damp and sticky. However, tonight was breezy with a slight autumn feel to it. The weather was nice and I did went out for dinner but I returned home in a foul mood. Let me let you on to the reason soon...
What I am about to tell you will be so much easier to say if I had met you online tonight, but I guess you must be already in bed as you have to work the next day. It is a national holiday in Japan tomorrow, that's why I can afford the luxury of staying up late tonight ^ ^ Okay, I wonder if you knew about it but just last week I chatted with Dickson online and I told him to cast thoughts about our relationship aside and focus on his career or what he intends to achieve in the near future. I mentioned that I thought it was best for us to remain as very good friends first and we should only discuss matters between us after I return from Japan. I felt that it was kinda pointless for us to harp on our feelings for each other when we are so far apart. As much as I hate to conform to stereotypical views that long-distance relationships more often than not come to no good an end, I can't deny that distance do play apart in diluting the feelings between a couple. Of course we can always communicate through chat applications and emails etc, but it could never be compared to the physical presence, for example, going out for dinner, to the movies, chatting at a cafe or even the sense of touch... if you get my point. To make matters worse, you are aware that right from the start, Dickson and I have nothing much in common to talk about right? We could hardly keep up an online conversation except for the formalities like so how's life, what have you been doing lately, complaints about how unfulfilling life can be etc... yeah~~ as can be noted, both of us are not helping each other out much. You know, our online conversations do end off unpleasantly at times. I am always pretty amazed at how we could fight even when we hadn't seen each other for months and when we hadn't been spending much time with each other. Sometimes, I look back and think about what went wrong and as I look back further into the past 7 years that we have been together, I realized that the root of the problem was right at the start of the relationship when we started to discover that our personalities were incompatible. I remembered that 7 years ago, you once mentioned that Dickson and I were unsuited in terms of personality and background but you said that it was obvious that he did care for me and that I have to choose between living a life with someone who cared for me but whom I know will never be the one or I could continue with my search for the one who might never be found. At that time, I thought that perhaps if you are really in love with a person, it doesn't matter if he or she is your soulmate or not. However, I guess after 7 years of endless disputes, I finally understand that if the other party is not your soulmate, the love you two once shared will erode among the many fights, arguments and unhappiness. Of course, I must say that there are blissful moments too, but the friction somehow just outweighs it all and love can't grow in this state, can it? Like what I have mentioned before, adaptation is a very scary thing. After arriving in Japan and being displaced from my comfort zone, I then realise that perhaps Dickson and I are just too used to being together and are too afraid of stepping out from our relationship, because we fear of having no one to fall back on just in case things don't work out well. As a result, I have been thinking about it slow and hard these days and I came to a conclusion that I should let this relationship go, in order to search for this soulmate whom could possibly never been found. Thus, I broke the news to Dickson about staying as friends while I am in Japan. What do you think? Have I made a right choice? I don't know... perhaps you might say that I am heartless to let go of a relationship made up of 7 years of time, effort and feelings. I know that after all, Dickson has done much for me too and my decision might be unfair to him... but don't you think that if we were to drag this and remain together, more harm would be done? At least in either way, my conscience wouldn't be clear, would it?
Then here comes another problem... This is terrible. I am all alone here and I have absolutely no one to discuss this with and I am going beserk! Allow me to backtrack and explain why I was in such a lousy mood earlier tonight which could otherwise be a calm and nostalgic mid-autumn festival night. What I am telling you now is strictly for your eyes only okay? Please keep this hushed and DO NOT tell anyone about it especially Dickson or gramp's/family to avoid any unnecessary worrying or stir-ups. I trust that you can do this for me right? After all, we have been sharing secrets since young ^ ^
I have this Japanese guy friend who I meet up with like once every week. I can't say for sure that he is interested in me but hell, we do click right on. Seriously, we could talk about almost anything under the sun and even though my Japanese isn't that good or is his Japanese that perfect, we could somehow still manage to communicate at ease. I feel kinda comfortable with him and I think we do laugh a lot in each other's presence. However, as far as that goes, I do not know much about his character though. After all, we have only went out for slightly more than 5 times... I must say that I am kinda drawn to him and I thought that perhaps we do have a certain chemistry between us... until tonight, the faithful mid-autumn night which left me on the verge of pulling all my hair out.
After dinner tonight, we started talking about our past relationships and sharing our experiences. Apparently this guy just broke off with his ex slightly more than 2 weeks ago, exact reason unknown. He just attributed the break-up to the incompatibility of their personalities. Before his official break-up, he did kinda tell him that he was going to do it but at that time I didn't think anything of it because I have yet to feel anything for him. Right now, I am not very sure of how I feel too, as I am unclear of what this sick to the guts kind of feeling that I experienced and am experiencing now after he told me earlier that he is currently uninterested in finding a girlfriend at this moment of time and that he hasn't met anyone that he could fall in love with right now. So you 'pak kah' cousin has for once in her life made a wrong judgement about whether the chemistry shared between us was mutual or not. He really gave me the feeling that he was interested in me you know and I have mistaken it, now that I know that his interest is not in a romantic fashion but perhaps directed towards a foreigner in Japan whereby he is just eager to learn more about different lifestyles and cultures. Boy, I was really fooled, wasn't I? By the unanimous agreement on most issues, similar feelings held during certain situations and the once in a week meeting. At first I thought that the constant meeting every week at least proves that he was was a tad bit interested in me? But now I realise that I was duped by my own wishful thinking. However, he did really gave me the feeling that he might be interested... how and exactly what he said or did, I don't quite remember but your 'pak kah' cousin will most likely from now on be more 'pak kah' than ever I guess. It's kinda amazing that I can be attracted to someone under the condition of tougher than usual communication, different cultures and backgrounds. What do you think I should do now? Should I stop myself from falling even harder and deeper into this abyss which I can see no bottom? I am completely at a loss. As much as I wish for something to work out between us, but now looking back, it seems that we have went out for 6 times and if he feels something, he should at least have some response or something right? Or is it too quick or are Japanese just as 'pak kah' as your cousin?
Sighhh... I am really confused and I don't know what to think anymore. Any slightest waver of hope in me was completely snubbed out when he told me earlier that he wasn't interested in being in a relationship right now and that he is waiting to meet the someone who clicks with him and that he could fall in love with. Yeah~~ I am practically non-existent before him I guess. So the feeling of being able to click with him was just purely me being delusional. I simply feel like puking at the thought of that. I wonder if I should meet him again or perhaps I should just run away and avoid contact to save my betraying heart first. However, I might lose out on a very good friend... Do you remember what Ah Po said before I left for Japan? She said that I was in the debt of the rooster right? Now thinking of it... what did she exactly mean? I don't quite remember. As in I will have to repay them this life or that I will owe them in this life? Does it mean that they will haunt me for my debt this life? Or that I will owe them or have I already owed them? Haha... sorry, it must be confusing... it's kinda scary because judging from how I ranted about how much we clicked and stuff, you may have already guess that he is like my dearest cousin, a Gemini and he's a 1981. Scary, isn't it? I hadn't knew any rooster close to me except for gramp's before I left for Japan and suddenly out pops one. I was shocked at how coincidental it all seems at first. However I am afraid that he's here to collect the debt. According to what Ah Po said, does it mean that I have to repay him now or that I will owe him something in future? Crap, my emotional vulnerability is obviously leaving me way too superstitious for my own good...
Pheww... I guess I really have written too much about my problems in this email. I'm really sorry if this is hurting your eyes. I can perfectly understand why because my head swells too whenever I retrace the cramped and longwinded grandmother story that I have written. Thanks so much for bearing with me and I really would value your advice and opinions. Oh by the way, please let me know your recent condition and do let me hear of your problems too if you have any!
Missing all at home dearly...
(In the midst of a sucky and aimless life, revolving around ridiculous illusions)
How have you been recently? I hope this email find you well.
How was mid-autumn's festival for you? Had fun? Needless to say, I did not celebrate the festival this year except for eating the mooncakes =P
I know you must be blaming me for the atrociously long time I take to reply to your previous mail! But honestly, I find myself a little short of tearing everytime I think of writing home. I did rather talk online you know, just there and then... no time for emotional rushes like what I am experiencing right now while composing this email to you.
Let's start with the weather. The weather has turned cooler now which I will be eternally grateful for, as the weather the past few weeks has been incredulously hot and humid. It was the monsoon period with heavy rain, but unfortunately the rain did not relieve any of the summer's heat but worsen it by causing the atmosphere to become damp and sticky. However, tonight was breezy with a slight autumn feel to it. The weather was nice and I did went out for dinner but I returned home in a foul mood. Let me let you on to the reason soon...
What I am about to tell you will be so much easier to say if I had met you online tonight, but I guess you must be already in bed as you have to work the next day. It is a national holiday in Japan tomorrow, that's why I can afford the luxury of staying up late tonight ^ ^ Okay, I wonder if you knew about it but just last week I chatted with Dickson online and I told him to cast thoughts about our relationship aside and focus on his career or what he intends to achieve in the near future. I mentioned that I thought it was best for us to remain as very good friends first and we should only discuss matters between us after I return from Japan. I felt that it was kinda pointless for us to harp on our feelings for each other when we are so far apart. As much as I hate to conform to stereotypical views that long-distance relationships more often than not come to no good an end, I can't deny that distance do play apart in diluting the feelings between a couple. Of course we can always communicate through chat applications and emails etc, but it could never be compared to the physical presence, for example, going out for dinner, to the movies, chatting at a cafe or even the sense of touch... if you get my point. To make matters worse, you are aware that right from the start, Dickson and I have nothing much in common to talk about right? We could hardly keep up an online conversation except for the formalities like so how's life, what have you been doing lately, complaints about how unfulfilling life can be etc... yeah~~ as can be noted, both of us are not helping each other out much. You know, our online conversations do end off unpleasantly at times. I am always pretty amazed at how we could fight even when we hadn't seen each other for months and when we hadn't been spending much time with each other. Sometimes, I look back and think about what went wrong and as I look back further into the past 7 years that we have been together, I realized that the root of the problem was right at the start of the relationship when we started to discover that our personalities were incompatible. I remembered that 7 years ago, you once mentioned that Dickson and I were unsuited in terms of personality and background but you said that it was obvious that he did care for me and that I have to choose between living a life with someone who cared for me but whom I know will never be the one or I could continue with my search for the one who might never be found. At that time, I thought that perhaps if you are really in love with a person, it doesn't matter if he or she is your soulmate or not. However, I guess after 7 years of endless disputes, I finally understand that if the other party is not your soulmate, the love you two once shared will erode among the many fights, arguments and unhappiness. Of course, I must say that there are blissful moments too, but the friction somehow just outweighs it all and love can't grow in this state, can it? Like what I have mentioned before, adaptation is a very scary thing. After arriving in Japan and being displaced from my comfort zone, I then realise that perhaps Dickson and I are just too used to being together and are too afraid of stepping out from our relationship, because we fear of having no one to fall back on just in case things don't work out well. As a result, I have been thinking about it slow and hard these days and I came to a conclusion that I should let this relationship go, in order to search for this soulmate whom could possibly never been found. Thus, I broke the news to Dickson about staying as friends while I am in Japan. What do you think? Have I made a right choice? I don't know... perhaps you might say that I am heartless to let go of a relationship made up of 7 years of time, effort and feelings. I know that after all, Dickson has done much for me too and my decision might be unfair to him... but don't you think that if we were to drag this and remain together, more harm would be done? At least in either way, my conscience wouldn't be clear, would it?
Then here comes another problem... This is terrible. I am all alone here and I have absolutely no one to discuss this with and I am going beserk! Allow me to backtrack and explain why I was in such a lousy mood earlier tonight which could otherwise be a calm and nostalgic mid-autumn festival night. What I am telling you now is strictly for your eyes only okay? Please keep this hushed and DO NOT tell anyone about it especially Dickson or gramp's/family to avoid any unnecessary worrying or stir-ups. I trust that you can do this for me right? After all, we have been sharing secrets since young ^ ^
I have this Japanese guy friend who I meet up with like once every week. I can't say for sure that he is interested in me but hell, we do click right on. Seriously, we could talk about almost anything under the sun and even though my Japanese isn't that good or is his Japanese that perfect, we could somehow still manage to communicate at ease. I feel kinda comfortable with him and I think we do laugh a lot in each other's presence. However, as far as that goes, I do not know much about his character though. After all, we have only went out for slightly more than 5 times... I must say that I am kinda drawn to him and I thought that perhaps we do have a certain chemistry between us... until tonight, the faithful mid-autumn night which left me on the verge of pulling all my hair out.
After dinner tonight, we started talking about our past relationships and sharing our experiences. Apparently this guy just broke off with his ex slightly more than 2 weeks ago, exact reason unknown. He just attributed the break-up to the incompatibility of their personalities. Before his official break-up, he did kinda tell him that he was going to do it but at that time I didn't think anything of it because I have yet to feel anything for him. Right now, I am not very sure of how I feel too, as I am unclear of what this sick to the guts kind of feeling that I experienced and am experiencing now after he told me earlier that he is currently uninterested in finding a girlfriend at this moment of time and that he hasn't met anyone that he could fall in love with right now. So you 'pak kah' cousin has for once in her life made a wrong judgement about whether the chemistry shared between us was mutual or not. He really gave me the feeling that he was interested in me you know and I have mistaken it, now that I know that his interest is not in a romantic fashion but perhaps directed towards a foreigner in Japan whereby he is just eager to learn more about different lifestyles and cultures. Boy, I was really fooled, wasn't I? By the unanimous agreement on most issues, similar feelings held during certain situations and the once in a week meeting. At first I thought that the constant meeting every week at least proves that he was was a tad bit interested in me? But now I realise that I was duped by my own wishful thinking. However, he did really gave me the feeling that he might be interested... how and exactly what he said or did, I don't quite remember but your 'pak kah' cousin will most likely from now on be more 'pak kah' than ever I guess. It's kinda amazing that I can be attracted to someone under the condition of tougher than usual communication, different cultures and backgrounds. What do you think I should do now? Should I stop myself from falling even harder and deeper into this abyss which I can see no bottom? I am completely at a loss. As much as I wish for something to work out between us, but now looking back, it seems that we have went out for 6 times and if he feels something, he should at least have some response or something right? Or is it too quick or are Japanese just as 'pak kah' as your cousin?
Sighhh... I am really confused and I don't know what to think anymore. Any slightest waver of hope in me was completely snubbed out when he told me earlier that he wasn't interested in being in a relationship right now and that he is waiting to meet the someone who clicks with him and that he could fall in love with. Yeah~~ I am practically non-existent before him I guess. So the feeling of being able to click with him was just purely me being delusional. I simply feel like puking at the thought of that. I wonder if I should meet him again or perhaps I should just run away and avoid contact to save my betraying heart first. However, I might lose out on a very good friend... Do you remember what Ah Po said before I left for Japan? She said that I was in the debt of the rooster right? Now thinking of it... what did she exactly mean? I don't quite remember. As in I will have to repay them this life or that I will owe them in this life? Does it mean that they will haunt me for my debt this life? Or that I will owe them or have I already owed them? Haha... sorry, it must be confusing... it's kinda scary because judging from how I ranted about how much we clicked and stuff, you may have already guess that he is like my dearest cousin, a Gemini and he's a 1981. Scary, isn't it? I hadn't knew any rooster close to me except for gramp's before I left for Japan and suddenly out pops one. I was shocked at how coincidental it all seems at first. However I am afraid that he's here to collect the debt. According to what Ah Po said, does it mean that I have to repay him now or that I will owe him something in future? Crap, my emotional vulnerability is obviously leaving me way too superstitious for my own good...
Pheww... I guess I really have written too much about my problems in this email. I'm really sorry if this is hurting your eyes. I can perfectly understand why because my head swells too whenever I retrace the cramped and longwinded grandmother story that I have written. Thanks so much for bearing with me and I really would value your advice and opinions. Oh by the way, please let me know your recent condition and do let me hear of your problems too if you have any!
Missing all at home dearly...
(In the midst of a sucky and aimless life, revolving around ridiculous illusions)
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Tennis & Dinner Outing
My arms are aching right now (Argh!) Met up with my university mates for tennis at Toa Payoh Safra yesterday afternoon. Skinny Bones was supposed to turn up as well, but he did not. Tried calling him a couple of times, but he did not pick up his phone (How irresponsible)
It was tough playing tennis after a long while : / I have lost all coordination and endurance (Does that mean that I have aged?) and I think the number of tennis balls I picked up was more than the number of times I returned a serve : ( It didn't help that I couldn't see properly with my mailboy cap (That was to prevent UV rays from eating into my skin. Vanity rules eh?) After 2 hours of tennis, or rather ball-picking, we were totally drained : / Went to take a quick shower before hopping onto the cab to Chinatown for dinner! : D (The best part of all outings)
We went to 天津楼 for Chinese cuisine. Dinner was initially planned to be at Kuishin-Bo - I vetoed since I don't like buffets (It's either you stuff yourself or you leave the restaurant feeling short-changed) The food at the Chinese restaurant was not bad and it was not too expensive either; at the very least, we walked out feeling satisfied : ) Strolled around Chinatown to burn the excess calories while looking out for dessert shops : P As it was the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the streets were bustling with activities : ) Finally, we settled for a small dessert shop - Had mango sago with pomelo whereas the rest had beancurd with mango puree (Ewww...)
We were chatting happily when Zhaoxin startled the rest of us with her question - "Joanne, have you ever considered Wai Kin?" My jaws dropped and seeing that Bud had no reaction, I went about to shoot her back "How to consider him when he has never even considered me? Anyway, he liked you in the first place" (Yes, my bad) Arghhhhhh......Actually, it has been an open secret that he has something for me since our university days, but due to several factors, we never got together. Well, I could feel it when the rest dared me to french kiss him on one Christmas gathering - It was supposed to be a 10-second dare, but ultimately, somebody had to pull us apart : P
Hmmm...Best buddies? Tick. Best project partner? Tick. Best paparazzi partner? Tick. Lovers? (.........................)
It was tough playing tennis after a long while : / I have lost all coordination and endurance (Does that mean that I have aged?) and I think the number of tennis balls I picked up was more than the number of times I returned a serve : ( It didn't help that I couldn't see properly with my mailboy cap (That was to prevent UV rays from eating into my skin. Vanity rules eh?) After 2 hours of tennis, or rather ball-picking, we were totally drained : / Went to take a quick shower before hopping onto the cab to Chinatown for dinner! : D (The best part of all outings)
We went to 天津楼 for Chinese cuisine. Dinner was initially planned to be at Kuishin-Bo - I vetoed since I don't like buffets (It's either you stuff yourself or you leave the restaurant feeling short-changed) The food at the Chinese restaurant was not bad and it was not too expensive either; at the very least, we walked out feeling satisfied : ) Strolled around Chinatown to burn the excess calories while looking out for dessert shops : P As it was the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the streets were bustling with activities : ) Finally, we settled for a small dessert shop - Had mango sago with pomelo whereas the rest had beancurd with mango puree (Ewww...)
We were chatting happily when Zhaoxin startled the rest of us with her question - "Joanne, have you ever considered Wai Kin?" My jaws dropped and seeing that Bud had no reaction, I went about to shoot her back "How to consider him when he has never even considered me? Anyway, he liked you in the first place" (Yes, my bad) Arghhhhhh......Actually, it has been an open secret that he has something for me since our university days, but due to several factors, we never got together. Well, I could feel it when the rest dared me to french kiss him on one Christmas gathering - It was supposed to be a 10-second dare, but ultimately, somebody had to pull us apart : P
Hmmm...Best buddies? Tick. Best project partner? Tick. Best paparazzi partner? Tick. Lovers? (.........................)
Monday, September 8, 2008
Happy Weekends!
I was super sick last Saturday evening and though lying on the bed was the best solution, I sneaked out of the house to meet King Kong who came all the way in the rainy weather (Yes, I missed him) Still in my home clothes, we took Bus 147 to his place (Well, he promised to nurse me back to health : P ) It was a bad journey - I was having coughing fits as it was cold yet stuffy in the bus : ( Fortunately, he was there for me to punch, pinch and smack, so it was not so bad : P (Well, my happiness at his expense, what more can I say?)
Back at his place, as he was afraid that I might be hungry, he immediately set down to kitchen and whipped up a pot of vermicelli with shrimps, pork balls and chunks in hot soup. Despite persistent refusals to eat due to the fear of gaining weight, I drank a few mouthfuls of soup and chomped several pork balls at his insistence. Though I must say that it did not taste really fantastic, it warmed my heart : D I felt loved. As I was feeling lethargic, I went to bed after watching "3 Good Men" on SCV...Too bad. I had wanted to stare at the tube longer : ( I was fortunate to survive the night - I was coughing badly and many a time, I couldn't really breathe. Mucus and flem choked my breathing apparatus and I really felt suffocated. I couldn't recall the number of times he woke up to pull the blanket on me and to get me water : /
I slept till 11am the next day - He woke me up to have brunch. He had woken up earlier to cook porridge, oyster-sauced chicken wings and soya-sauced beancurd strips with hard boiled eggs : ) Typical of him on Sunday mornings : ) Continued to watch TV programmes on SCV and I continued to snooze till 4pm. Woke up to watch repeated telecasts of Channel 8 programmes until I ate dinner of claypot rice cooked by his daddy. I must say that he is a much better cook than his folks (It could be the addition of MSG though he denies : P )
At about 8:30pm, we left his place to take Bus 147 to Rocher to satisfy my craving for ice cold beancurd : D~ Only then was I satisfied to go home : /
He always says that money is not always a consideration to have happy weekends, well...maybe? But one thing for sure is that he always makes me wanting him more. Why?
Back at his place, as he was afraid that I might be hungry, he immediately set down to kitchen and whipped up a pot of vermicelli with shrimps, pork balls and chunks in hot soup. Despite persistent refusals to eat due to the fear of gaining weight, I drank a few mouthfuls of soup and chomped several pork balls at his insistence. Though I must say that it did not taste really fantastic, it warmed my heart : D I felt loved. As I was feeling lethargic, I went to bed after watching "3 Good Men" on SCV...Too bad. I had wanted to stare at the tube longer : ( I was fortunate to survive the night - I was coughing badly and many a time, I couldn't really breathe. Mucus and flem choked my breathing apparatus and I really felt suffocated. I couldn't recall the number of times he woke up to pull the blanket on me and to get me water : /
I slept till 11am the next day - He woke me up to have brunch. He had woken up earlier to cook porridge, oyster-sauced chicken wings and soya-sauced beancurd strips with hard boiled eggs : ) Typical of him on Sunday mornings : ) Continued to watch TV programmes on SCV and I continued to snooze till 4pm. Woke up to watch repeated telecasts of Channel 8 programmes until I ate dinner of claypot rice cooked by his daddy. I must say that he is a much better cook than his folks (It could be the addition of MSG though he denies : P )
At about 8:30pm, we left his place to take Bus 147 to Rocher to satisfy my craving for ice cold beancurd : D~ Only then was I satisfied to go home : /
He always says that money is not always a consideration to have happy weekends, well...maybe? But one thing for sure is that he always makes me wanting him more. Why?
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Walking Inferno
I am feeling so damn sick right now..with a heavy head, stuck nose and a bad throat : ( Guess it might be last Tuesday evening rain (Dammit! I should have waited for it to stop), the smooth durian snowskin mooncakes from Marriott Hotel (Man! I cannot stop gorging!) and the late nights (Have been sleeping at 1am because I am hooked on the 12am Taiwanese drama serial) Man, I have become such a whiner! >: ( Regardless, I am a walking inferno now though I have slept the whole afternoon away and drunk gallons of water! (Man, at this point of time, health is apparently more important than anything else)
I must say that last month sales was bad (for me) : ( Couldn't believe that the sales figure on the board was only S$11K (Yes, my eyes popped out) Many of my candidates rejected offers and clients couldn't back fast enough - I felt like pulling my hair out. The only consolation was that I had closed a considerable number of temporary and contractual positions : / It was indeed demoralizing for somebody who had rot in the industry for 3 years to have such "glamorous" results : / I thought this month would be eqally bad now that the market is rather sluggish (The future's bleak) Fortunately, I managed to close a Cost Accountant deal last Friday. Met up with the candidate and tried my best to prep him up and guess what? Everything was sealed on the spot : D (What can be sweeter than one shot one kill?)
Met up with Fat Boy after work and we went to Orchard Road to have dinner. Initially had wanted to try out Island Cafe at Tang's, but the menu was rather limited and he didn't look too interested either, hence, we walked to Takashimaya to try out Mr Sushi, a small eatery on the same level as Cold Storage. We had grilled fish with rice and miso soup (I had mirin saba, whereas he had teriyaki salmon) The bill came to 20 bucks and well, it was worth it. No wonder it was so crowded - We waited for 20 minutes before we got a seat : )
We strolled around Orchard Road after dinner. He had wanted to step into the crowded mooncake fair to buy 金华火腿 mooncakes from Goodwood Park Hotel for Gramps, but I refused as I was not feeling very well (God knows if I would faint in the crowd) Had wanted to catch a movie, but there were no good shows around after Wall.E. What a shame. We went home as I wanted to catch the last episode of "Crime Hunters" (Now you know I am a TV junkie?) After the show, I continued with "A Chinese Ghost Story" followed by "Troublesome Night 2" and yes, my bedtime yesterday was 3am : P I am surprised myself that I could sit in front of the tube for 4 hours straight : D Not sure if there are any good programmes tonight? : P
P/S: The TV set is the best invention of human mankind.
I must say that last month sales was bad (for me) : ( Couldn't believe that the sales figure on the board was only S$11K (Yes, my eyes popped out) Many of my candidates rejected offers and clients couldn't back fast enough - I felt like pulling my hair out. The only consolation was that I had closed a considerable number of temporary and contractual positions : / It was indeed demoralizing for somebody who had rot in the industry for 3 years to have such "glamorous" results : / I thought this month would be eqally bad now that the market is rather sluggish (The future's bleak) Fortunately, I managed to close a Cost Accountant deal last Friday. Met up with the candidate and tried my best to prep him up and guess what? Everything was sealed on the spot : D (What can be sweeter than one shot one kill?)
Met up with Fat Boy after work and we went to Orchard Road to have dinner. Initially had wanted to try out Island Cafe at Tang's, but the menu was rather limited and he didn't look too interested either, hence, we walked to Takashimaya to try out Mr Sushi, a small eatery on the same level as Cold Storage. We had grilled fish with rice and miso soup (I had mirin saba, whereas he had teriyaki salmon) The bill came to 20 bucks and well, it was worth it. No wonder it was so crowded - We waited for 20 minutes before we got a seat : )
We strolled around Orchard Road after dinner. He had wanted to step into the crowded mooncake fair to buy 金华火腿 mooncakes from Goodwood Park Hotel for Gramps, but I refused as I was not feeling very well (God knows if I would faint in the crowd) Had wanted to catch a movie, but there were no good shows around after Wall.E. What a shame. We went home as I wanted to catch the last episode of "Crime Hunters" (Now you know I am a TV junkie?) After the show, I continued with "A Chinese Ghost Story" followed by "Troublesome Night 2" and yes, my bedtime yesterday was 3am : P I am surprised myself that I could sit in front of the tube for 4 hours straight : D Not sure if there are any good programmes tonight? : P
P/S: The TV set is the best invention of human mankind.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Rain
I was feeling so damn lethargic the whole day; might be the late night drinking session with Adeline, Sunshine Boy, Sharon and Isaac at Boat Quay the previous night. It was supposed to be a short "drink-and-go" affair, but there were so much bitching and catching up that we forgot the time : ) (I was surprised that I could walk in a straight line after 2 pints of Hoegaarden. Does that mean I am a better drinker now? : P ) Back to today, hell yeah, I was as dead as a fish; lunch was not as interesting as on other days : x By late evening, I felt heat and fatigue eating into me (I thought I was going to be sick, which was a good thing as I could apply for medical leave tomorrow : ) ) Anyway, supposed to go dinner with King Kong, but apparently, he had to do his stuff and yes, I was stood up (for the 3rd time)
Feeling ultra pissed, I headed straight home and I was a walking inferno with heat, fatigue and madness boiling in me (Some colleague unwittingly asked me why my face was so red, as if I applied rouge - She forgot I was "allergic" to cosmetic) Took the train back and when I stepped out of the MRT station, I realized it was drizzling and I did not have my brolly with me (Damn!) Too angry with every single thing, I walked in the rain and realized that the inferno in me was doused. Though I was drenched when I came home, I felt happier. I didn't realize that occasional walks in the rain could be fun (Nature huh?) Had bak kut teh for dinner with Brother at Alexandra Village. It felt nice slurping hot soup in such cold weather : )
As for last Sunday, I was supposed to meet up with King Kong for dinner after my oily massage and cold wraps, but he was tied up (Yeah, that was the 2nd time) Not wanting to go home and have lonely dinner, I rang Fat Boy up to see if he was keen to accompany me. Met him at Yishun MRT and he took me to Orchidville - He had patronized the restaurant with his colleagues and thought that it was not bad. Though I didn't really fancy the restaurant (The menu looked boring), I must say that the place was quite nice; it was lined with pots of different kinds of orchids and the best thing was that each pot of orchid was not expensive. Good for green-finger wannabes : )
We ultimately ended up at Muthu's in Little India for dinner and feeling full from the curry fish head, masala chicken and cabbage, we had a stroll and I bought a Ganesha clay figurine and a jasmine garland before we went to Loyang Tua Pek Kong Temple to offer incense : )
Feeling ultra pissed, I headed straight home and I was a walking inferno with heat, fatigue and madness boiling in me (Some colleague unwittingly asked me why my face was so red, as if I applied rouge - She forgot I was "allergic" to cosmetic) Took the train back and when I stepped out of the MRT station, I realized it was drizzling and I did not have my brolly with me (Damn!) Too angry with every single thing, I walked in the rain and realized that the inferno in me was doused. Though I was drenched when I came home, I felt happier. I didn't realize that occasional walks in the rain could be fun (Nature huh?) Had bak kut teh for dinner with Brother at Alexandra Village. It felt nice slurping hot soup in such cold weather : )
As for last Sunday, I was supposed to meet up with King Kong for dinner after my oily massage and cold wraps, but he was tied up (Yeah, that was the 2nd time) Not wanting to go home and have lonely dinner, I rang Fat Boy up to see if he was keen to accompany me. Met him at Yishun MRT and he took me to Orchidville - He had patronized the restaurant with his colleagues and thought that it was not bad. Though I didn't really fancy the restaurant (The menu looked boring), I must say that the place was quite nice; it was lined with pots of different kinds of orchids and the best thing was that each pot of orchid was not expensive. Good for green-finger wannabes : )
We ultimately ended up at Muthu's in Little India for dinner and feeling full from the curry fish head, masala chicken and cabbage, we had a stroll and I bought a Ganesha clay figurine and a jasmine garland before we went to Loyang Tua Pek Kong Temple to offer incense : )
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