Post no. 223

I didn't realise I have written 222 posts before this.

Hence, my very uncreative post title. haha

Anyway, i just wanted to say i can't wait to meet shir rabbit tomorrow. and steffie the week after. I CAN'T WAIT!!! so much to tell them...

anyway, i think the any months of mad workaholism has finally taken a toll on me. i'm feeling very lethargic ever since i returned from melbourne. i haven't had much inspiration to write (papers that is). i haven't had the drive to do anything other than clear shitloads of work.

it NEVER ends.

and i keep thinking of all the places i want to go to just nuuuuaaaaa...

then i happily click click click until the price comes up...and i realised, i am...not able to spend that much.

this year, no extra bonuses cause the economy isn't doing too well. damn. so can't go extravagent on gifts and holidays like i did last year.

and i REALLY went extravagent last year.

must.curb.my.urges.

i feel so guilty for buying 2 pairs of flats and a beach slipper over the weekends already. as if i don't have enough shoes. i should think of storage for shoes rather than the shoes. too many pairs, too little space. i need a carrie wardrobe...the one Mr Big made for her.

i need a Mr Big.

hahahaha. pfffft.

eh, paiseh. change of plans. i got really lazy and decided i'm not gonna have a birthday party this year. no point stressing out over where to go and what to do and who to invite. too much work for the birthday girl. i wanna relak one corner and that's it.

k la, i got lazy can?

i like leh!! i birthday girl! i can do whatever i want! like throwing a fit! =p

ok. =)

i'm back...and i wanna go off again

back from melbourne.

nice...

even though i didn't have much time to shop or anything, just being back there was great!

love the food. love the weather. love the late night sleep-ins. love my hotel rooooom!!! argh!

love love love it all!

i think i have found my favourite restaurant in melbourne. NOBU! if any guy ever flies me to melbourne just to have dinner at NOBU...i'll marry him! hahahaaa...

talk about extreme.

new york NOBU should do equally well. =)

anyway, just thought about birthday presents.

anything with a brand would be good. i'm feeling extravagent.

of coz not everyone can afford to do that, so just anything that i want but will not get will be good.

see, to get a good birthday present, you should get the birthday girl/boy something she/he wants BUT will not buy.

perfect?

or something she/he can't afford...hence brands...i'm talking about stuff from the latest fall collection, etc...hehe...yes...EXTRAVAGENT!!!

=p

maybe bali...-think-

grr...-ahem-

yeah.

i'm not in the best of mood.

can't really put a finger to what it is that is annoying me...or what is annoying me MORE.

it's not the time of the month, so you can't blame it on hormones, or whatever. puh.

i really don't know. i think i need a punching bag.

RAAAAAAAARRRRR!!!!

i have nothing...much to blog about

it's one thing to say you have nothing to blog about.

it's quite another thing to say you have no life.

if you still don't get what i mean...in essence...

nothing to blog does not equate having no life.

ANYWAY...

as melbourne draws near...i'm STILL thinking of a place to vacay in. i'm starting to lose the urge for bangkok, not because of the political unrest there. in fact, i would go in a heartbeat just cause there won't be any tourist around. that would just mean good news (and more discounts) for me. BUT but but but but...i'm beginning to think that there is nothing left to shop there.

BUT THEN...i need to find cheap, good shopping. more office wear. more spicy office wear!

i need to spice up the office.

the other thing is...bintan REALLY got to me. so i wanna explore other r & r or spa kinda places (though i don't do spas..nor massages). budget is a little problem...just cause these places aren't exactly cheap. maybe bali then...hrmmm...

the other issue is company. i don't have company. how sia? i don't want to go alone leh.

shall plan for a trip to europe for next year. must save money to go. don't care! die die must go!

i can't wait for year-end bonus.

i wonder if there's gonna be a bonus in oct...?

p/s: need to find for birthday party location...how? where? HOW????

so many questions. so little answers.

oh! i just bought a nice diary/organiser for 2009. yeah...i'm very early. hehehe.

so random today. ok, bye~!

bye bye beckham

my dearest rabbit backham passed away this morning.

he was 7-ish years old...been with us since he was a little red nibblet that hadn't even opened his eyes. we fed him with syringes, turned him around so he'd look so damn cute when he sleep, let him eat bread, drink carrot juice, coffee and hollicks....

and he was toilet trained!

boy, will we miss him.

bye beckie...we'll miss you. you've been a great pet. have all the carrots and coffee and roti in rabbit heaven!

finally...slacking

heeheehee...

i think i haven't been doing much work today. this is RARE!

it's the post-off-day syndrome. i have absolutely no mood to do any work after taking the day off yesterday. should have just taken the day off today too. -wink-

had such a loooong day yesterday. oops.

meeting the old MC choir people later. chriz as usual is the mastermind. we're having dinner at the kopitiam at outram before hitting the karaoke machines like old times! it should be fun! singing with them is always fun...coz at least everyone CAN sing. hahaha...oops.

anyway, just digress a bit...it's interesting to learn little bits about people that others don't know about. sometimes, you just can't guess what people are like, how they live, etc...it's really really interesting!

gesundheit!

eh...i really need to think of a place to vacay. ideas??

I'm good. -Smile-

I suddenly feel really good.

Even though I'm still in the office at 7pm (trust me, this is early), I suddenly feel rather satisfied with myself.

I'm employed.

I've got a pretty nice job, enjoy what I am doing, got great colleagues whom I can really get along with, good bosses.

AND, I think I'm doing pretty well at work. As in, it's hectic crazy, but i've been lucky. How many people can go Australia twice when they are only 1 year plus into the job. Cool eh? All-expenses paid trip! woosh!

And I get to attend nice functions, go to events for free, get VIP seats, got to participate in NDP not once, but TWICE!!!

I've got a dog. A crazy, but loving dog. I've got scratch marks of love from him, but it's ok. haha...(i'll still want him to calm down a bit.)

I've got great friends. Some people I don't get to see in ages, but I know when we meet, we'll have just as much fun and we'll still go crazy! Some whom I get to meet more often because of the vices we engage in. Still good. still keeping me grounded.

Being doted on is also nice. Doesn't matter if it's guys or girls, for whichever or whatever reason. It's still nice. =)

I got to work over the weekends, but I'm not hating it.

I have close to 20 off-days to clear, and 23 days of leave.

I'm self-sufficient. In the last year, I bought an LV wallet, a Gucci handbag, a miu-miu bag, and I take cab to work everyday (and sometimes to everywhere else) and I don't sweat about it.

My mum doesn't bother me about settling down and getting married. -phew- she even fends these off. (the only thing is...i really can't afford to maintain a condo yet lah!)

I'm will go on a holiday. I can go on a holiday. Anywhere I want. Just haven't figured out where...and with whom yet. (any takers?)

I'm gonna sing for my friends' upcoming weddings, my sis' too. yay! more singing.

so yeah...i'm good.

and i want to share my joy with everyone!

sometimes, i wonder how everyone is doing...people from the past, people whom i haven't met in a long time, people whom i may never meet...i wonder if they have it as good as i do.

coz i GOT IT GOOOOOOD!

It's wet wet wet!

Hellooooo...

I decided to take a little break from all the work and dust off my blog a bit before I see cobwebs. As it is, I am seeing rust from the wet, humid tropical weather that is Singapore.

Yeah, it's wet. Super wet. It's so wet that visibility is low. I can hardly see much behind the curtain of rain. Man, is it pouring!

It's nice to be under the shelter of Coffee Bean while I type furiously away on my mini-note and attempt to look hardworking, when I'm actually typing my blog entry. So much for looking serious!

Oh, but I'm also waiting for Shirley to arrive. Meeting her finally after ages...AGES. Too bad Stef can't make it. I hope to catch her real soon. We haven't had a chance to talk for eons. I miss her. I miss both of them MUCH MUCH MUCH. (On the side note, I wish Shirley won't get too caught in the heavy rain. The poor bunny just got recovered from a bad cold. Ditto for stef.)

Grrreat...the drops of rain water is starting to splatter in. I'm not liking the rain much. =(

Well, besides never-ending work, I haven't had a chance to do much. Some functions here and there, some drinks here and there. What I'm looking forward to is Sept. Heading to bintan with KT, Yeok, TT and their partners. It's almost like the last "single" girls' trip. "Single" cause KT will be walking down the aisle come Oct 25, but then again, all of them are engaged (officially or unofficially).

So yes, it's good ol' single me left. I'm happy for all of them. Really. I admire that they have taken this huge step in their life. Me? I'm not quite ready yet. I think I've had my fair share of drama, and I'm beginning to settle down with myself. I'm enjoying the freedom singlehood gives me, amidst the attention I am allowed to get from the opposite sex. In a way, I'm not ready to be tied down yet, but kudos to those who are. I'm struggling with a dog already. I can't imagine anything further. hahaha...

Yes, so I'm gonna be the bridesmaid. Ever gonna be a bride? I'm not ruling it out, but neither am I counting on it to run my life. I don't want to become one of those people who wish to meet Mr Right. I'll take it as a bonus if Mr Right ever comes along. Until then, I'll have all my Misters and have fun with it.

Happy (Belated) Birthday Singapore!

Can't fault me for being late. I was busy preparing the "birthday party".

Anyway, it's been quite an experience. Burnt numerous weekends, firefighting with people, trying to stay alive and sane while running from place to place. It's a tough couple of months, but I'm glad it's all over...well, not ALL over.

Still have the "post-party clean-up". sigh.

But I'm glad to have been part of this whole set-up. It's not easy. So much effort, hardwork, sleepless nights, sweat and blood went into making it all happen. You really can't appreciate the amount of things until you've gone through. And then, you truly understand what it is that makes us do this.

LOVE and PRIDE.

love for your country. pride when you see that flag fly past as you sing the national anthem. that warm, fuzzy feeling you get when you sing all the national day songs and recite the pledge. i still get that tingly feeling, even though we did this every week for a good 2 months! in fact, it just grows on you more and more each time.

am i patriotic? i would like to think i am.

i hope to be involved again next year. of course, it wouldn't be as part of the official set-up, but i'll be quite satisfied going down every saturday for 2 months to help out in any way i can. no need for day-offs and whatever. i just want to be part of it!

because, i am a proud Singapore citizen.

Happy 43rd Birthday Singapore!

May our Spirit shine!

when things change

i'll have my sundays freed up from now on, though that doesn't mean i'll be free every sunday.

things change.

things have changed.

it's beginning. work...is beginning to get slightly unbearable at times. sometimes, i really wish people would be more helpful, or not try to get away with stuff, and just be nicer.

not be some two-faced person. sometimes they are like the best of friends with you, and some other time they will shirk all responsibility or "become professional" all of a sudden.

i dunno about others, but i really try my best to accomodate everyone, or to make people's life easier, or to be helpful and work towards a single, same goal.

is it just me doing that???

of course i have nice, helpful colleagues.

but you know how 1 rotten apple spoils the basket.

apparently, there are a few rotten apples.

ARRRGHHHHH!!!!

the place feels disjointed at time. like there isn't camaraderie...even between people in the same department, same branch.

well, except for my branch la.

or maybe i'm just being biased. hehehehe

BUT!!! i'm still very angry lah!!! i'm angry at "giant" people. why so "giant"???

it's very streneous to have to plot and calculate and think of how to do things diplomatically.

I WANNA GO ON A LOOOOOONG BREAK!!!!

I HAVEN'T TAKEN A FARKING DAY OFF IN MONTHS!!!! MONTHS!!!!!!

THE LAST TIME I TOOK A DAY OFF WAS FOR MY SISTER'S ROM!?!?!!? it was wat? march???

FARKING TIRED LAH!!!

how come people get to take day offs, get to go home early and i don't.

and i have to deal with so much shit, and other people's shit, and chase people's backside, and have others make me feel like shit, as if i have nothing better to do, as if i haven't done ANYTHING.

appreciation is not over-rated.

appreciate me, please.