so clever...

ok...trying to look busy for the next half an hour or so, before my "official" work day ends. heh heh. it's cohesion again and this time, we'll be celebrating the birthday of angel no. 3 - rachael.

i am angel no. 1. :)

so after yummylicious lunch, we'll be heading for a long-overdued karaoke session. on the cards are a tribute to MJ, amongst some oldies that my boss wants, and of course, the birthday girl gets to hog the mic.

hrmph.

doesn't matter. my main goal now is to look busy enough. blogging always works. coz i look so deep in thought and typing away so furiously, people tend to believe that i'm working very very hard.

yeah, i'm working very very hard on my blog la!

on a brighter note, pay day is coming! pheeweet~! exactly 1 week from today, my bank account will see the monthly surge!! BUT, i'm not spending more. in fact, i'm saving more, spending the same amount (or less i suspect), and the rest goes to paying all my bills.

me. good. girl.

clever girl...

*pats back*

romantic songs...???

i have been spending the last hour searching for some good ideas of songs to sing at my sister's wedding.

biangz...doing a search came up to nothing much. just lists of cheesy english and chinese songs...and some are duets.

ok, i took a few which i think i can jazz up a bit to make it less cheesy. but the rest are really just...ahem...terok lah.

chinese pop songs even worse. cheesy, ah-pek and mostly duets. so i did the next best thing, which was to search under individual artistes and see if they have any songs with lyrics that can "almost" pass off as a wedding songs.

not difficult, right?

WRONG...i realised chinese singers tend to be just hopeless in love or always breaking up. either that or songwriters are miserable. because 98% of the songs (that aren't duets) either talks about love lost or breaking up or having broke up or being alone and miserable and still thinking about him/her.

i managed 11 songs in all. puh! i know she only needs to choose a couple of songs BUT...i'm not very satisfied with my list of songs...maybe just 1 or 2 can about make it.

any ideas anyone??? chinese, english also can.

The List

i used to list down random thoughts whenever i felt like blogging but didn't really have a coherent theme.

ok, so most of my posts are not coherent anyway, but whatever. i'm gonna do a list.

It's Nana's List (again)!

1. the pound seems to be rising...please don't. just stay where you are or go lower! dear sing dollar...please be strong for me.
2. i quite enjoy slacking off on my weekends. sleep, eat, nap, watch tv, nap, eat, sleep, go to church, eat, nap, watch tv, eat, watch tv, sleep...that's about how it goes over the weekends...chronologically.
3. i really don't go drinking/clubbing/chilling anymore (see no. 2). in fact, i hardly drink at all.
4. trying to clear my credit card debts...2 cards down, 3 more to go. shall cancel 2 of them soon. too many to track. don't like building mountains of debts. not that kind of person.
5. slept too much today (see no. 2 again), so don't really feel sleepy now.
6. sarpino's pepperoni classic pizza is really nice! i finished 4 slices of the regular size. if i had been more active the entire day, or not ate so much crap, maybe i could have finished the whole thing!
7. really need to control my food intake. drinking way too much gassy drinks and eating crap. the tummy is showing itself!!! argh!!!
8. what should i wear tomorrow? there's church, then there's MS anniversary...hmm...
9. ah! ice wine! great...
10. i wan the hp dv2!!! anyone wants a HP mini-note? 1-year-old, good condition (because i'm the owner), comes with a nice red bag that doubles up as a clutch, and kung-fu panda stickers to cover the screen (have not done that to it yet)...asking price is a cool $600. heck, i'll even throw in a thumb-drive for the fun of it! i'm serious.

okay...continuing with the rest of my weekend (see no. 2 one last time)...sleep.

看开一点

最近一直和一些好久没见的朋友/人会合，其实还蛮开心的。

可是。。。

就偏偏“来”了一两个。。。也不知道怎么说。。。给了我一些比较negative的vibe。

我是觉得，有时嘛。。。凡事还是要看开一点。 反正事情已经过了那么久，而且现在everything worked out for everyone了。所以，也不需要耿耿于怀。

尤其是在事业上，（虽然自己是女的）有时还是会觉得女人对事对人，总是感情用事。work is work. 可能以前刚开始当上班族时，已经上了宝贵的一课 （最糟糕的事与人都遇过了），所以现在才会看得那么开！哈哈

anyway, in this particular case, 我觉得是这个人的思想和人生观也有点偏差啦。可能要等到这个人开窍吧。几时才会开窍呢？这个就由不得我了。

it's just quite infuriating sometimes. was just discussing with some friends a few days back about the difference between children and adults. children are much less self-conscious than adults. this consciousness...i think...is what makes people more stubborn, more self-centred, more unwilling to look at yourself and more inclined to blame others as people grow older.

sometimes, i wonder how long it takes before one gets it.

嗨...不管了啦.

It WILL happen!

recently, i've been walking by faith...a lot more than usual.

Anyway, I've done the deed...shall just wait for it to happen. Amen!

I want it so bad!! So if I want it, and I ask for it, I will get it. There! I said it! I'LL GET IT!!!

Anyway, much has happened since I last updated coherently. Well, a lot, besides the promotion, which IS A BIG DEAL. For one, I have officially kicked my younger sis out of her room and claimed it as my own.

(She has her own HOME now la...)

So my mum efficiently removed whatever is left that belongs to her, and transferred about 80% of my things to the-room-formerly-not-mine-but-is-now-known-to-be-mine. Well, she tried to do it as logically as possible, but in actual fact, my things are kinda all over the place. I mean, the shoes are at the same place, the bags are in the same area, the clothes are in the wardrobe and all...but it's not organised, if you know what i mean.

argh...i can't be bothered for now. i'm quite pleased with how neat and clean everything looks now (coz things that aren't sorted out are simply dumped in 1 of the drawers or cupboards...out of sight, out of mind). it's so nice...

oh, and i took over the queen-size bed while my mum took over the 2 twin-beds. heh heh...coz i'm a brat and i refuse to take 2 beds (i offered to take in 1!!!), but there isn't anywhere to store the extra bed and my mum didn't wanna throw it out or sell it. so she gave me the master bed. and she gave quite a funny reasoning for it.

so yes! i get the nice big bed. all for myself! it took a bit of getting used to coz i don't usually roll around (or move much...or at all sometimes) when i sleep. but i'm coming into it and i really enjoy it.

another thing, i don't have a TV in my room. i think i've decided that i will not make the mistake of putting a TV in my room. first, i alienate my family (as if having my own room now is not anti-social enough). second, it keeps me awake when i actually thought it will make me sleepy. three, it brings an active energy into the room instead of a restful, peaceful one.

so no tv is good. i don't believe i said it, but i said it. NO TV IS GOOD. it makes me feel sleepy the minute i lie on the bed. and i'm sleeping earlier too! great!

*yawn* the bed calls out to me...come and lie in my comforting, warm, BIG embrace~~~

good night!

yippee!

you know you've sold your time to your job when you become so busy you don't have time for anything else.

family, friends, gatherings, movies, drinking, dog...

but each time that pay slip, bonus, increment comes along, you just let it slide.

and so i let it slide...heh heh heh

well

i got caught totally by surprise today...i got promoted!!

i'm very blessed. =)

back from the land of the big ben

i'm back from london!!

ooh and although it was partly for work, it was a wonderful experience. i had such a good time there that i would love to go back in a heart beat.

but first, i'll need to clear my credit card bills that definitely will be piling up...

the negative things a little later...

i managed to go to madame tussaud's, harrods, this wonderful cheap shopping place called primark, the yummiest roasted duck rice at a place called gold mine at bayswaters, had a little roadtrip down to the english countryside, and shopped shopped shopped...

i bought 2 longchamps for my mum and sis.

got my dad 2 man utd away jerseys and one england tee for my sis.

got some kitchen stuff for my other sis...from primark and harrods.

i found the card holder that i've been searching high and low for...nice, classic, black...prada...

i bought my first pair of ferragamo classic black pumps.

and...i bought another miu miu bag...

-smiles-

heh heh heh...

i am VERY happy...=)

*rub eyes*

so tired.

this week has been soooo tiring.

work is neverending. it's not piling up...it's just neverending. bleah~

and i thought since i had to go for a meeting at 2pm today, i could come home early and rest. but nooo...i'm reached home at 5.30pm and i have been checking my emails. bleah bleah~

my last movie was madagascar 2. what the...

my next movie will be on the plane. heh heh

i haven't started packing for london yet. usually, i start planning and packing 1 month in advanced. i have about 3 weeks to go. oh crap...

NO TIME!!! bz bz bz bz bz bz bz bz bz...

Verses to share

Luke 6:27-31

27 "But I tell you who hear me: Love your
enemies, do good to those who hate you,
28 bless those who curse you, pray for those
who mistreat you.
29 If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn
to him the other also. If someone takes your
clock, do not stop him from taking your tunic.
30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if
anyone takes what belongs to you, do not
demand it back.
31 Do to others as you would have them do to you."

Luke 6:37
"Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven."

Luke 6:40
"A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher."

Luke 6:45
"The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks."


All from Luke, cause that's where I have been reading and that's where I stopped. heh heh

geddit? geddit??

*stretch*

i was really stretching. (sort of) no pun intended.

was deciding what to write about. it seems like there's a gazillion things to talk about and yet, i don't want to fall into the trap of writing everything or writing the same thing. i actually take a rather serious view of airing my views.

and so, i sit here...and tap my feet, stretch my arms and wriggle my fingers.

yeah, stretch my arms in front of a desktop monitor.

nope, i've got nothing to hide, except that i'm blogging instead of working.

hey! at least i'm not surfing porn or watching videos/movies etc.

kids...don't surf porn! it corrupts your mind! it's a very, very serious crime (at least in singapore) and an unhealthy habit!

i love singapore!

i love being a singaporean!

the opportunities, being a melting pot of different cultures and races, the quality of education and high standard of living...it is no wonder that people from all over the world wants to live and work here. yes...even our closest neighbours.

it's been a while since i've been over the causeway, especially when i stay only 5 minutes away from it. but fret not, i don't miss it much (if any at all). and i'd rather not go if i don't have to. there is nothing nice there that we don't get here anyway. and kids, DON'T buy pirated CDs or DVDs! it's illegal and it harms the industry!

you know, people who really have a passion for music or who really feels passionately for music (or whatever other similar genre/industy) would never download illegally or buy pirated music/DVDs. it's just wrong. you're being a hypocrite.

i know some people have some warped way of explaining themselves. save it.

just went off-tangent with my post. i don't even remember what it was that i originally thought of writing.

must be the subconscious.