And i spent money again!
not for myself k. Was out looking for dresses for Pumpkin and lo and behold, the shop that I had been religiously eyeing had to close on a Saturday! Sigh. I went there in the rain ok - Pumpkin i tried! You have to wait til the next time already i guess.
ended up going to the shop BESIDE and bought 2 tops for Ma. very nicely embroidered. It's funny why i never flinch when it's buying things for loved ones. it's in USD. don't even ask me how much. Just that i will prob think for a few weeks before parting with the money if it was for myself.
ok. fine. i did buy a ring. and a scrunchy. 2. ok fine, 4.
but it was only 1 buck each! usd tho.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
IBox135
My favourite spot in this ice cream parlour with attractive pink tables and flowery paintings, is the extreme corner beside the window. The name itself is subtly misleading as I kept remembering the address as 135 when it's actually 133 Hai Ba Trung, though it's literally next door anyway. Come if you drop by HCMC.
I have never tried the ice cream here, for irony's sake. But i'm not a fan naturally. It just gives serenity. Perhaps everytime i'm here, it'll be the last day before I return home. Everytime i'm here, this corner is always available. Everytime i'm here, it'll be before one of the very slight breaks I can take in between a long one. Or ones this time.
I came here to do my usual. But I am distracted this time. I couldnt take my eyes of Twilight. I am mesmerised by Edward Cullen, intrigued by Isabella Swan. I think i'll name my future son Edward. Cant decide if Isabella's too much of a mouthful for Ma though.
Chub switches between being sanguine to baleful recently.
Happiness always sets in naturally when L calls. I can tell myself, when I start gushing in our limited time what I did today, whether i farted or not. Smiles set in when images of my loved ones flash across randomly. Was simply clicking on all past pictures in my battled laptop and i couldnt help cracking up. Some even made me laugh out loud, only to induce self-consciousness immediately when there was no usual human-like responses within the 4 walls of my elusive hotel room. ( i swear i will faint if there is any anyway)
Reading Twilight's an enjoyment too. I will not be writing this if not for my logical self winning the mental debate on whether my eyes are too strained or not. Already, I cannot stare properly at breakfast. Yesterday's night marathon reading left me slightly cross-eyed. I suspect though that this unusual logical win is also because of the current development of the story i'm getting to. Bella is now being persued by The Tracker. And who says staring at the computer makes it better!
and so I stared out of the window. and was prompted. I am one soulful being who likes to think - albeit not the very sane thoughts mostly. and i now think as i type.
I am not sure i'm ready, to be honest. MY says she believes i am. but am i? yes i'm a leo, but not the extreme typical type. Just typical. i love to be the centre of attraction, but only when i'm comfortable. Not the other way round like for extreme ones. I know i like to lead, but only when i'm confident. Am i now? I dun even know how to breakdown the annual report! (and i just don't have the zest of life right now to re-pick up my Ten Day MBA).
i'm thinking hard. so hard i dun wanna click on Overseas Trip and start entering my report. I just want to think. hard. how will I restructure? how can we re-arrange? how do I allocate? how will i be? maybe HH is right. The fact lies that i'm young. 5 years is not a long corporate life.
It'll work out fine i guess. it always had been. I'm the kind who responses. after all, moving up at such speed over the years must have desensitized me quite a bit. But somehow this time's different. I'm getting the feeling of crossing over from Sec to JC all over. This is a huge jump.
i'm suddenly very aware.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
The Doraemon Story
Once upon a million times, Chub was on the plane to Vietnam and got bored as usual. Suddenly she remembered a prized possesion in her bag.
Tata! It's a box of Doraemon Chewys!
WOW. there's even a Shiny Card. How COOL is that???
Chub opens the wrapper.
Mmm. YUMMY!
Thank you Auntie! ;)
Friday, February 20, 2009
Monday, February 09, 2009
Sunday, February 01, 2009
spent my CNY visiting, and then went mambo, wala2, played tennis, had steamboat with some of the Gang, adjourned to play cards at Mel's house. and today's already Sunday.
Colleague's wedding later on at noon. Was quite surprised initially that I was invited. not that i dun get along with them, but i had all along purposefully maintained a distance. Only that rare 2 that I categorise to be in between frens and work partners. nonetheless, weddings are always joyous hence i'm pretty delighted and surely make it.
the band at Wala2 in HV was pretty good. I probably can enjoy more if i was more familiar with the English songs, but my fav is still the Jay Chou number that the indian singer belted out. he was pretty superb, not missing a beat nor biting on that pronounciation.
9 days break gone like that. i havent washed those basket of clothes plus the makeup sponges. i need to do it today. really quite fan jian, always choosing to do things under time-pressed conditions.
i'm longing to learn something new. and it has to tie in with my schedule. but i already know what i want to learn.
i guess i'll see most of the peeps properly only in April..
Colleague's wedding later on at noon. Was quite surprised initially that I was invited. not that i dun get along with them, but i had all along purposefully maintained a distance. Only that rare 2 that I categorise to be in between frens and work partners. nonetheless, weddings are always joyous hence i'm pretty delighted and surely make it.
the band at Wala2 in HV was pretty good. I probably can enjoy more if i was more familiar with the English songs, but my fav is still the Jay Chou number that the indian singer belted out. he was pretty superb, not missing a beat nor biting on that pronounciation.
9 days break gone like that. i havent washed those basket of clothes plus the makeup sponges. i need to do it today. really quite fan jian, always choosing to do things under time-pressed conditions.
i'm longing to learn something new. and it has to tie in with my schedule. but i already know what i want to learn.
i guess i'll see most of the peeps properly only in April..
Friday, January 30, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
P.S I Love You
I didnt catch the movie, but was wondering whether they re-edited the book after the movie was shown? I felt like READING a movie as I flipped through the pages. Whenever I had to put the book down for a while, it was like a scene in my mind was PAUSEd and ready for PLAY later.
Holly and Gerry seemed to be abbreviations/pet names of Hilary Swank and Gerald Butler? was this one of the considerations of the directors when they chose the leads?
the writing's very good - for lack of a better word from my poor vocab. i love that style.
This is the first Cecilia Ahern book i've read and i only remembered the name now coz it's just beside me in the luggage as i type. I've only ever memorised Enid Blyton from my childhood and Jk Rowling from my adulthood. The latter triggered my fondness for reading after a long hiatus when I was 'searching for myself' in those awkward ages.
I finished the book in 5 days. minus away 3 days equivalent of which was spent travelling, attending fairs, clearing emails, working on that dumb report. It was that captivating. Which explains why I am here at this time - not from reading the book, but from completing work that I shld have done in the 3 hours before the fair today, of which i spent finishing up the book. Read it at the breakfast table, read it along the way back to room, read it on the bed in room, finished it.
I asked myself if I will want Gerry to leave me notes if I was Holly. Yes - because I need to be pushed basically. without that, Holly won't have gone on the Karaoke, knew Daniel, found support n friendship, landed the wonderful job. No - because I will just cling on more. I'll get more used to Gerry being 'around', and therefore further away from accepting he's gone.
The scales seem to tip more to the yes side. Holly was healed. In a fashion she wasnt acutely aware of. Yes she did things because it was on The List, but she did get something out of those achievements. It probably moved her further away from Gerry more than she thought brought her memories closer.
Holly's dilemmas and internal struggles seem to echo mine. Or perhaps everyone else's. Not the same issues of course, but similar ways? You get motivated. And then you despair. that's me now.
6am airport transfer later. Good night.
I didnt catch the movie, but was wondering whether they re-edited the book after the movie was shown? I felt like READING a movie as I flipped through the pages. Whenever I had to put the book down for a while, it was like a scene in my mind was PAUSEd and ready for PLAY later.
Holly and Gerry seemed to be abbreviations/pet names of Hilary Swank and Gerald Butler? was this one of the considerations of the directors when they chose the leads?
the writing's very good - for lack of a better word from my poor vocab. i love that style.
This is the first Cecilia Ahern book i've read and i only remembered the name now coz it's just beside me in the luggage as i type. I've only ever memorised Enid Blyton from my childhood and Jk Rowling from my adulthood. The latter triggered my fondness for reading after a long hiatus when I was 'searching for myself' in those awkward ages.
I finished the book in 5 days. minus away 3 days equivalent of which was spent travelling, attending fairs, clearing emails, working on that dumb report. It was that captivating. Which explains why I am here at this time - not from reading the book, but from completing work that I shld have done in the 3 hours before the fair today, of which i spent finishing up the book. Read it at the breakfast table, read it along the way back to room, read it on the bed in room, finished it.
I asked myself if I will want Gerry to leave me notes if I was Holly. Yes - because I need to be pushed basically. without that, Holly won't have gone on the Karaoke, knew Daniel, found support n friendship, landed the wonderful job. No - because I will just cling on more. I'll get more used to Gerry being 'around', and therefore further away from accepting he's gone.
The scales seem to tip more to the yes side. Holly was healed. In a fashion she wasnt acutely aware of. Yes she did things because it was on The List, but she did get something out of those achievements. It probably moved her further away from Gerry more than she thought brought her memories closer.
Holly's dilemmas and internal struggles seem to echo mine. Or perhaps everyone else's. Not the same issues of course, but similar ways? You get motivated. And then you despair. that's me now.
6am airport transfer later. Good night.
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Friday, December 26, 2008
What do you do when you are unhappy with a friend?
n i meant those Lifetime ones..
1. Respond earnestly.
2. Sulk all u wanna. cry if you must.
3. tell him/her your honest feelings..
4. ..and that this still won't affect the friendship becos u have sulked it all out!
All's well again! Long Live Friendship!
n i meant those Lifetime ones..
1. Respond earnestly.
2. Sulk all u wanna. cry if you must.
3. tell him/her your honest feelings..
4. ..and that this still won't affect the friendship becos u have sulked it all out!
All's well again! Long Live Friendship!
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Monday, December 08, 2008
Technology
Been very very very lazy to blog. nearly 2 months. quite some things to update on like Anthony n Qinyi's wedding last week, Wanyi's wedding last last week, L's posting..but just too lazy to bring the lappie home. and when it's finally home, was simply too lazy to turn it on. Perhaps because it sorta reps W.O.R.K and i happen to have NoWorkAtHome syndome.
i just have this nagging in my head now. it's my biggest complaint on technology. the famous or infamous facebook. true i really do love how it helps me to keep in touch with my friends and for the first time an unprecedented number of family members. what's pretty touchy now is the list of friends to confirm. i had intended to keep it to friends. and really friends. but A added, then B, then C. if u confirm A u gotta confirm B and then C. makes me rather scared to log on now since everyone can see when was the last time u logged on if u ever just change a status to "XXX is happy." (that's how i caught colleague W winning games at WEIRD times. haha. nah aint gonna say anything coz he's ultra nice.:P)
no, aint talking about u if u know about this blog through me. i am developing a paranoia for the internet. is this another sign of getting old?
anyway. finally tennis-ed on fri. touched my dusty wii on sat and badminton today. small regret is the failed blading outing on sat. all coz of the marathon. but i think i wanna join next year. 10k. walk. no run. any takers? :P
this year we decided to have a gift exchange amongst ourselves. the thing is, i really am confused now the number i picked. was it PBS, PLS or Pumpkin. damn. told Pumpkin not to use number already. i'm not sensitive to numbers! grr.
met all of my vips vvips vvvvips of my life this past week for a few times. best was the no-agenda-nor-plan short outing with Suami n Ms Feng on sat noon. sitting down at toastbox sipping teh, eating bread, soooping halfboiled egg was blissful lei. let's do it again. hmm. no wait. this kind cannot plan one. waiting for the next impromptu one. muacks, love u all.
Been very very very lazy to blog. nearly 2 months. quite some things to update on like Anthony n Qinyi's wedding last week, Wanyi's wedding last last week, L's posting..but just too lazy to bring the lappie home. and when it's finally home, was simply too lazy to turn it on. Perhaps because it sorta reps W.O.R.K and i happen to have NoWorkAtHome syndome.
i just have this nagging in my head now. it's my biggest complaint on technology. the famous or infamous facebook. true i really do love how it helps me to keep in touch with my friends and for the first time an unprecedented number of family members. what's pretty touchy now is the list of friends to confirm. i had intended to keep it to friends. and really friends. but A added, then B, then C. if u confirm A u gotta confirm B and then C. makes me rather scared to log on now since everyone can see when was the last time u logged on if u ever just change a status to "XXX is happy." (that's how i caught colleague W winning games at WEIRD times. haha. nah aint gonna say anything coz he's ultra nice.:P)
no, aint talking about u if u know about this blog through me. i am developing a paranoia for the internet. is this another sign of getting old?
anyway. finally tennis-ed on fri. touched my dusty wii on sat and badminton today. small regret is the failed blading outing on sat. all coz of the marathon. but i think i wanna join next year. 10k. walk. no run. any takers? :P
this year we decided to have a gift exchange amongst ourselves. the thing is, i really am confused now the number i picked. was it PBS, PLS or Pumpkin. damn. told Pumpkin not to use number already. i'm not sensitive to numbers! grr.
met all of my vips vvips vvvvips of my life this past week for a few times. best was the no-agenda-nor-plan short outing with Suami n Ms Feng on sat noon. sitting down at toastbox sipping teh, eating bread, soooping halfboiled egg was blissful lei. let's do it again. hmm. no wait. this kind cannot plan one. waiting for the next impromptu one. muacks, love u all.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Russia 2008
Not Moscow or St Pete's, it's Vladivostok. only 2 hours away from Seoul and as excited as i was, i decided to treat myself to a timeless jovial meal of Macdonald's breakfast @ the Incheon airport before boarding.
woohoo.
so i went Russia.
and i return from Russia.
and i go again! how fun! the story goes that silly me took the risk with the visa. Was stated 9 Oct but as there were KE flights only on 8 Oct, i bought the 8 Oct tickets. And so i got stopped at customs. And so got sent back to Korea on the immediate next flight. And so my first ever trip to RU lasted a total of 1 hour.
the small (not really for me tho) but expensive meal.
the small but expensive room.
i must have this affinity with fireworks. there were fireworks every night i was there! agent mentioned it's Putin's birthday apparently.
the very enthusiastic class of students.
the very jovial teachers gave me flowers!
very nice people.
caviar's their specialty. pity my taste aint that suited to such atas food.
very delicious Russian champagne tho! The red one's some wildberries drink that was equally tasty too!
due to the proximity to China, there are a lot of Chinese living and working in VVO actually.. hence one of these Imperial Palace restos.
i'm happy!
the Submarine, cant recall the name.
St Mary's Church.
Triumph Gate.
Golden Harbour Bay. There were all these yachts docked there the whole picture simply paints romance - to Singaporeans la.
me n my lamppost!
my hotel.Had a Sunday morning to walk around before boarding the flight and hence went around my neighbourhood.
The billboard says "Great Minds Thnk Alike" and shows 4 men in exactly the same suits. Hm. I will have 4 diffrent suits from the same designers tho as i am sure if it's me, i won't like very much the idea of walking on the streets wearing the exact same thing as others..:P
the harbour. at this point i walked past a rubbish dump and a very big bee-like pest was apparently so attracted to me (or my smell) it kept hovering around me. i cldnt shake it off for some time and had to resort to running!
Electric tram! so exciting can!
Home Sweet Home! to Korea actually...
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