Bintan w/o ah tan

great trip w great company :)
yay to bintan!

mesmerized by mraz

first i must start of by thanking hj!!!

thanksss babe for askin me along for tis. 

if not im sure i would have missed a great show
loved every bit of e concert! 

his vocals are incredible!

although i only know his more popular songs

i totally enjoyed myself

right from the start to the end!

he was funny, he lookd gd, he engaged e crowd, his band was fantastic 

n the atmosphere was just great!

(i suspect 99% of e concert goers were under 30)

so YAY for the great time!

took 2 days leave.

now feelin sian coz tml need to go back to work

oh well

shall look forward to tis sat! BINTAN!

it's been postponed but nothin can deter us!!

it better not rain when we're there!

plspls dun rain!

good sunday

me n koh went for lunch at pasta fresca
it's my new fav italian place
been there twice in 3 days alr!
their menu is really extensive n it's not all that ex

den when we came back it was pouring
so we ran in the rain. haha. it was fun.
haven done crazy tings in a while.
now im all dripping wet
goin to bathe now. b4 i catch a cold :)

totally lookin forward to jason mraz!
n my bintan trip comin wkend! yay!

where is my pot of treasure?

caught red handed

ah koh did someting really out of e blue yday. 

he came to surprise me at my hse at nite. 

he's back in jurong camp for reservist tis wk.

but he can book out at nite (thou he told me he'll stay in coz no transport so no pt travellinig back n forth)

n he just appeared at my doorstep unannounced yday.

in e end, e surprise was all his. hahas.

i happen to be out with perry.

i tried to tell him but he was in camp (read no communication) 

i called him b4 i went out (but he didnt pick up)

but lucky for him. we were just in e neighbourhood. planned to go cheesecake cafe at siglap but was closed.

so in e end went back my hse to pick him n e 3 of us went for drinks.

ok here's some background. 

perry's my ex-bf though i just tink of him as a gd fren now lar. it's been way too long anw. 

aiyah. e pt of my whole story is im glad e 2 of them get along so well.

n im really glad my bf isnt e jealous kind. 

i mean looking at e facts man, it doesnt look gd rt.

bf in camp, den i go out w ex-bf behind his back (unintentionally lar)

i tink normal guys might tink otherwise. 

oh n im really glad perry's attached now. hope tis one last. she's a gd catch man.

 

sad life

yea. i just cooked myself some instant noodles.

n tat's after i drove myself out to buy e instant noodles (didnt feel lk eating anyting else alone)

can u believe it? there's nothing edible at home!

except CNY goodies which doesnt count.

such a sad life. parents out having fun. 

bf having fun in camp (just called me saying he drank 6 cans of beer! lk hello! i noe it's cheap but u dun have to die there!)

me. sad lil soul stuck at home 

for pple who duno me. or not well enuff.

i need to tk my meals. at mealtimes.

i NEED to eat. if not i'll feel faint, get a headache or just feel unwell. u noe. lk cant function properly.

i dun snack. not usually anw.

coz i eat proper food during mealtimes.

tat was 1 huge prob when ah koh n i had drastically diff lifestyles 

hence slping patterns during my first yr at work while he was in his final yr.

i always woke up early feelin hungry while he just snores away. 

den i have to wait lk 2-3hrs for him to wake up/wash up b4 we grab food

usually after much of my whinning/ kicking/ threatening

yea. vday came n went. funniest ting was when i joined e gang at settlers at smu on fri (vday eve).

i was commenting 'where got pple buy vday gift from robinsons one!' (refering to tis huge robinson bag beside chris) n in e end, it turned out to b my vday gift! hahas! shall reveal wat it is in my nxt post!

p.s. im v surprised n touched at e same time tat there r still pple reading tis! im really encouraged to blog more frequently again :)

help me!

i dun wan to stop blogging. really.
it's just tat most of e time im too lazy.
i tink tis l-word is ruining my life. seriously!
i tink being lazy is one of my worst character traits.
pple who noe me w noe e extend of my laziness.
sometimes even i amaze myself.
n it's not just laziness. it evolves.
becoz of my laziness i tend to b more passive
u noe.. not so on e ball. only do tings being thrown to me (if absolutely necessary)
over time tis got ingrained in me n i adopt a 'take it easy' kinda attitude to life.
the way i see tings is tat there's nothin tat i can live w/o
everyting happens for a reason. no need to fight it unnecessarily
tis 'chill' perspective to life worked pretty well for me in e past
but now im at a point in life where i feel tat my time is running out
in fact i've been tinkin tat for some time now
there's a million tings i wanna do before i die
life is slipping thru my fingers.
it's high time i chuck tis heck care attitute aside for sometime
n really do tings tat i will regret not doing
so i need some help frens. a nudge or a push. anyting!
need to slip myself out of tis comfort zone for a while to do tings i've nv dreamt of doing.
den i can come back to this kind of life
so pls help!
anw.. didnt blog to tok abt my laziness.
but dun feel lk bloggin alr.
till nxt time (which shdnt take too long if i do manage to change)

2009 JDI!

it's a new year!

hope everyone will have a gd year ahead.

be blessed with good health. gd luck and gd fortune!

as e years pass n i grow older

i feel a stronger need to live every moment of my life

n i mean really live

not just breathin in air kinda live u noe?

i feel lk i cant afford to waste time pondering whether or not to do/buy/try/join some tings

my advice to all: JUST DO IT!

2009 shall be a JDI year! 

back in one piece!

went for a short getaway in philippines!

day 1 took budget airline - tiger airways which turned out to be e worse decision of e trip! we werent aware that it didnt land at e ninoy international airport but at some ulu clark airport which was lk 1 and a half hr away fr our hotel :( boohoo! (e other airport was only lk 15min away?) n e worse part, e cab fare cost abt S$100 one-way. but lady luck was on our side. tis really kind family let us bunk in their car coz they were also goin in the direction of makati which is lk their financial/shopping hub (where our hotel was) so we saved lk 100bucks! yayness! but by e time we checked in e hotel we were so exhausted. so we decided to have an early nite (not too early actually)

day 2 we explored e city on foot. wasnt intentional actually. wanted to grab some breakfast but couldnt decide on anyting so we walked n walked hahas. walked arnd greenbelt n gloriatta mall abit, not too gd to shop coz they're lk typical malls in spore (read: not cheap) after finally settling our brunch (by e time we ate it was near noon) we cabbed to tis shopping mall called greenhills. it's pretty much similar to chatuchuk in bangkok except tat it's sheltered in a mall and it's not so cluttered and hot. aft tat we carried on shopping at SM megamall (SM malls r lk tis chain of malls in philippines) another bad decision. we waited more than an hr to get a cab out of that place! i duno y e cabs just didnt wan to come, i mean given e traffic was bad n all. but there were so many pple waiting for cabs!! we literally screamed in joy when it was finally our turn to get in e cab.

we had a gd traditional filipino dinner. though i mainly only ate plain rice coz by e time we reach our dinner place my stomach was alr stagin a coup. but could tell tat yl enjoyed e food. hahas.
day 3 we took an early flight to boracay! paradise!! haha. but wasnt tat easily accessible. first we had to tk a domestic flight to caticlan. den a tricycle to e ferry terminal. den a ferry ride to boracay.
so after crossing air/land/sea, we finally arrive at boracay! our hotel tat we stayed in was nigi nigi (wondered wat it meant but didnt have a chance to ask e pple) i have no complains abt tis place man. except tat it could have been more sunny in e day n more starry at nite. loved e chill/relaxing vibe there! everyone always smiling/friendly and nice.
time flies when u're having rum. hahas. v true.

despite it being a tourisy place, tings there were really cheap. so cheap u dun have to tink when u spend. u noe wat i mean? u just order/buy anyting u wan. e sand there was white n fine n e water was so clear!
we had a great buffet dinner w live music and went to another bar to chill later in e nite. e red stuff in e bottom right corner is actually a mosquito net which e resort set up for us. how nice!
day 4 planned to go out on a saiilng boat but e wind was toooo strong. oh well. but we just couldnt leave e place w/o goin out at sea. so we settled for a motor boat which brought us snorkellin and to tis island for lunch. tot e bottom right pic is really funny! hahas. these pple who brought us out were really nice and u totally feel lk they are not out to cheat ur money just coz we're tourist. u noe wat i mean? life on e island is really laid back and chill! just e way i like it! loved boracay!
nite falls n we're back in manila. went to fort bonifacio for italian dinner. food and service was really gd (they served dessert w chilled fork)

day 5 went for last min shoppin at tis area which e hotel front desk gal recommended. was pretty scary in a sense tat there were throngs of pple. n there is no single tourist in sight. but stuff here was cheap n gd! prob half e price of greenhills (which was alr cheap!)

getting out of e place turned out to b a nitemare! we were supposed to rush back to the hotel to grab our baggage den to tat ulu pandan airport but we couldnt get a cab. n some uncle who could speak chi scared us saying it'll tk 2hrs to get back to our hotel (we only allocated 1hr taking into account bad traffic). we were really at our wits end! imagine being stuck in the middle of a road intersection! traffic there is really chaotic! in e end we manage to get on a tricycle (tis one e guy really cycles not lk e one we took at boracay where it was actually a motorbike) so tis nice guy cycled us out of e traffic jam n got us a cab! n e cabbie took us back to our hotel in abt 40min (his personal best i tink) hahas.

so our flight was at 850pm. n by e time we got on e cab to e airport, it was alr lk 620pm. so we boarded e cab n e driver said given e traffic it'll tk 3hrs to reach e airport! MY HEART ALMOST JUMPED OUT OK! after much pleading he said he'll try to make it in 2hrs. my foot lor! he took wrong turns/drove so slowly when there were no cars ahead saying he cant go beyond e sp limit as we see buses zoom past. big buses ok!!! those travel faster than him!!!!!!! nearly knocked him unconscious so tat i could tk over e wheels ok! worse still, when we were near e airport alr (lk finally!) he took a wrong turn again!!! n had to ask arnd for directions. mins were ticking by! i was alr making mental prep tat we'll miss our flight. i mean we need time to check in n all rt. n finally we reached and made it! thanks to v v nice n helpful airport staff! we were lk super unglam dashin into e airport lar. den passing e security checks we were supposed to produce our passports which were locked in our case. we just threw everyting on e floor to open our cases (we had lotsa shopping bags w us which we had no time to pack into our baggage) n e security guard being so nice let us pass n even inform e check in counter (which was alr closed) tat we're here to check in.

both of us were super thankful tat we made it. can u imagine otherwise? in tat ulu pandan airport w no more flights flyin out till e next nite. e last leg of e holiday really spiced up e whole trip man! so much tat on e plane our adrenaline levels were still so high!

anw really glad tat we came back in one piece. tinkin back, manila is indeed not v safe. esp for 2 small lil gals. hahas. e nice fam actually asked what were we tinking coming to manila like tat. hahas.

but all in all i tink tis was a really quite an experience. thanx to my wonderful companion cum treasurer who took care of our common fund. 

on to my belated bday present from ah koh!

i loveeeeeeeeeeee it! he drew tis 'painting' heee. it says e following:

10 reasons why i love you

1. you warm my heart

2. you wake me up - calling him every morn to wake him up for work

3. you take me places - i drive him arnd. but as i always tell him, im puttin in my investment and i expect it to reap me returns. in e form of being driven arnd for e rest of my life!

4. you play games w me - we invented our own 2 person mj to play when we're bored at home. serves as a gd drinkin game too. n also our mrt games.

5. you spend time with my friends - i have no choice. they always come to his hse coz of his ps3 n gambling den. 

6. you share my fav food - bubble tea/beer and our fav tuna bread fr under his hse

7. you TRY to cook - tat stupid koh capped e word try. n in e pic he drew my 'famous' all in one dish. hahas. i love dishes w meat n veg all in one. dun have to wash so many plates/bowls and easy to cook :)

8. you're always arnd - in e pic it shows me slpin on e bed w e tv on. n there are e words mc/leave/fri/sat/sun

9. you take my breath away - in e pic he drew a window being slammed and e aircon being off. hahas. coz when i wake up in e morn to wash up i'll off e aircon n he'll feel suffocated in e room. hahas. hence takin his breath away

10. you're the only one for me - koh tried to write in chi 'di yi ming' and his 'ming' he wrote 'ming tian' that 'ming' lk GOODNESS!

thank you love! really love e pressie!!!!

the other present (and e first one tis yr) i got is fr e goldies!

they printed our pics n put into this LOVE photoframe. i really feel v loved!! thanks goldies!! *muacks*

life & death

caught a play recently - first light by toy factory
it's abt a group of old pple who are kinda stuck in tis space after their death
and they are supposed to recall/revisit/relive a significant part of their lifes before they can move on
ah koh's sis is in it. and in my bias opinion her character and lim kay siu's (they play husband and wife) are e most tear jerking and heart-tugging
e playwrite is thought-provoking, witty and humerous and brings across e topic of death in a light hearted manner. thumbs up :)

in e play they totally dont look lk tis. i wonder y e advert poster is shot lidat. hahas.
i couldnt recognise half the actors/actresses from tis poster

oh well, im turning 23 in 2 days. no excitment, actually dont really feel anyting special, guess it'll just be another day. though i did take leave (with no plans yet). i tink it's sad to have to work on bdays. dont u tink? anw thanks dear for e wonderful be-early bday dinner! lovelovelove it! (btw i oso love my new hairband w e flowers! check it out man!!!)

ok. time to munch some mac breakie~

why cant everyday be a saturday?

this was taken lk 2 wks back. co dnd! e theme was shanghai grand! 

was really thankful i had a cheong sum so didnt have to fret over wat to wear.

yayness! n e gals came over to my place to doll up!

n i did all their hair ok! all 4 who came over. plus myself. so imagine wat a mad rush it was. it was fun actually. we searched for youtube clips on how to style hair.

n i tried my v best to follow suit. hahas. i tink e effect was alrt lar.

not bad for first attempt hahas. 

and since all e nua guys are back fr e big apple. they went for a super overdued grad phototaking. 
the 8 of them who went. n they all happen to b roomies! hahas. so qiao.
some of the more cock photos of the day. hahas. all taken by me of coz!

anw thanks to off zai we found tis new place to hang out. 

it' my second fav place aft foo house.

it's really chill in e middle of some private estate. 

n best ting it's really near my place. though it's far in fr e main road.

these days i really hate crowded places.

i rather stay home just to avoid the crowd.

sometings wrong w me?

duno. 

anw e past wkend was really great. 

had a meet up w my pri sch frens whom i haven seen in 11 years!

we nv had any gatherings before. this is e very first one.

which made it all the more meaningful.

hahaas. sometimes i really hate myself for having such a bad memory.

though most of e time im thankful lar. 

but i really tink tat memories r e prettiest tings we can own.

somehow i always time w go back.

tings always seem happier and simpler back den.

oh well. life...

BATAM

So aft 1 mth of planning. we finally made it to batam!

all in all it was a gd trip. but somehow i dun feel lk ive rested. oh well.

n e guys r finally back fr their WAT. bet they had lotsa fun. makes m e miss my own WAT so much! so much tat i actually dreamt of goin US. hee..

little rascal turns ONE!

and so.. my bf's fave baby turns 1. he's really v bias u noe!

he spends more time w him den me! sometimes he just ignores me n plays w him.

HMPH! but it's ok now. i have other tings to entertain me! e bf just bought PS3!

spent 2 nites in a row over at his place on wkday nites! 

which is lk a huge NONO! (so far ive only broken tis rule of mine once, to help him prep for his interview which turn out to b unnecessary coz he jio pple to play mj!)

anw. yah. super fun. n cool. n i just LOVE it!

(mostly it's just guitar heroes. totally rocks! if only they have more songs tat i noe of)

there're alot of demos n trials available too. 

n it's so easy to dl n install it on e PS3.

no need for e computer or messy cables.

but comparatively i tink Wii still more fun for me lar. 

coz it's more interactive n it gets pple really excited.

hahas. e girls went yl's hse e other day coz she just bought Wii!

n we had a really great time.

heard hj stayed over n they played some duno wat game till lk 3am?!?

crazy pple! hahas. n sl got so excited she actually hit ws in a gane. 

accidentally of coz.

most of e time im pretty glad my bf is a techy 

(when he doesnt drag me round simlim/IT fairs or surf his stupid forums)

if not i wont b using my htc now :)

yah i guess e perks of having a techy bf outweighs e cons. (most of e time)

for instance, instead of pressing lk 4 buttons, fiddling 4 different remote to switch on e aircon, tv, amplifier, scv, to b able to enjoy tv at his place, 

all i have to do now is press 1 button on 1 remote.

no more hassle of figuring which remote controls wat shit. hahas.

all thanks to e all-in-one remote! yay! makes life so much easier.

v much suited for a lazy bum lk me! hahas.

so life has been pretty eventful 

finally had chance to eat home cooked food tis wk.

miss my granny's soups!

shows ive been watchin lately:

1) gossip girls - yay it's back!

2) project runway s5 - actually i tink i watch mostly to catch heidi klum. have tis infatuation on her!

3) GNTM s3 - yes u guessed it! hahas. heidi is in it. n there's tis charm when they speak german! but e translator is really slow. n i cant watch shows wo subtitle!

4) lipstick jungle - e guy is so hot! n so r all e lead female! reminds me of dirty sexy money! n they were featured on proj runway

5) ANTM cycle 11 - aft a decade of antm. i have to admit they r getting boring n lame. lk really lame abt e whole future ting. haha. but it's just brainless entertainment.

yups so i guess tat sums up my life recently.

tis blog is not dead.... yet

yups. so im back fr my dive trip at pulau aur. virgin dive. it was actually pretty gd.

no complains from me. e water was crystal clear! cant find tat kind of stuff in spore man. even tioman wasnt tis gd.

some scenary from e 'resort' we were staying. haha. e accom was, i quote, 'simple'. 

actually yunting's bad dive experience kinda prepared me.

so i alr expecting e worse n was thus pleasantly surprised.

e amenties was really basic lar. e food there was really awesome though.

e locals who run e place cooked all our meals. n e bbq dinner was really out of e world :)

im glad i had vincent as my dive buddy. i tink in diving ur buddy is really impt.

in cases of emergency tat's e only person u can rely on.

n i tink e larger e grp e more fun it'll b. 

so if anyone wanna try out diving i strongly encourage. 

but do go w a big grp of frens.

whether i'll dive again. i really duno man. if more of my frens learn i'll def go.

ok e other pics im posting is super outdated kind. some more den a mth old alr. mostly actually. hahas.

dearie's convo. finally saw tis day. haha. n anw today is dearie's first day of work. 

glad tat he found an engineering job in e industry he likes.

hope everyting goes smoothly from here :)

n as a reward for finding a job (n also a break for myself)

i planned a surprise getaway for the both of us.

ive always wanted to go back to tis resort in port dickson my parents brought me when i was younger.

so i made arrangements n abducted my dearie there!

it was a 4-5 hr drive but all highway so pretty easy.

n im totally in love w e place man.

it's so chill!! lovelove it!!

can just sit in e balcony staring out into e open sea.

with e waves crashing just underneath my feet (e resort extends out into e sea)

totally amazing. n e toilet!! love it man! 

it's lk half open air n u can look at stars when u bathe at nite.

e room was totally comfy too. n all e staff there super warm n friendly.

it's really a great place to chill for lk a day or 2 (anyting more it gets boring)

all we did was stroll on e beach. swim. eat. tan. play abit of pool/darts. watch tv. chill at e pub (super gd band at nite). fish. 

simple n relaxing! love it!

now to backtrack even more (getting tired of tying)

went prawning w e WAT babes.

it's a v 'interesting' experience.

haha. we were screaming our lungs out most of e time when e prawn bite our bait.

it's lk we want to catch a prawn but at e same time we wish we wont get any.

coz we really didnt noe wat to do. unhook e prawn throw into e net. blahblah.

it took us abt  2-3 catches b4 we finally manage to do everyting rt.
n e place was at ulu pandan land lor. hahas.

n it rained when we were there (funnily it was during e rain when we caught e most prawns)

n so on our way out we were splashed by e moving cars. so super irritating!!!!

but was really glad to spend time w tis 2 babes :)

just some random pics of food koh n i have been cooking.

ok. getting really tired. n gotta go out soon. today's e last day of my leave. gotta spend it well.

my nxt stretch of leave shd b in  dec alr. boo! but im goin to work hard!!

e rest of e pics are of e car rally w my mum's company.

as ive been telling pple. insurance agents have too much postive vibes. it's scary.

haha. but all in all it was  a really fun trip n im glad dearie came along.

we went to a zoo in e middle of a durian plantation. (i went more for e durains) 
ok. tats all my updates. for now :)

life is slipping thru my fingers

had tis random tot walkin to e bustop on my way home fr work today

just felt that alot of things r beyond my control

things which i wan to hold on to could be in my hands in one moment

n gone in the next

scary tot... 

im reminded tat i have many wants/desires/wishes in my life

wonder when i'll ever get to see them come true.

sometimes im just afraid to plan or hope

coz of e disappointment tat comes along when plans fall thru

right now im just taking life as it comes along

i just see watever's on my plate

no far plans. onli tings i can see within my reach

simplicity is bliss :)