DOA

I caught DOA.

Do not gasp. Do not roll your eyes. I spent $9.50 for the movie tix too.

Yes, I do know it is loosely adapted from the widely popular game of the same name. I do know that the cast is just eye-candy and not really very substantial in terms of acting although other areas are pretty *ahem*. And yes, I do know I do not exactly like my bf to be treated to perky boobs, taut bottoms, tight abs and slim thighs whereas mine aren't even close. DARN.

But still, I caught the movie. And it aint' half bad to be honest.

Come on, how bad can a movie get when there's

1)An abundance of beauties who look good on the outside and totally kick-ass
2)Cool actions and smooth moves I can only master in my dreams (so do many guys k)
3)Volleyball scenes with teeny weeny bikinis

Plot aside might be a lil exaggerated and sparse but the story still strings along pretty well. Our girls are invited to the prestigous DOA compeition where the sole winner (fight to win) will earn a whopping 10 million dollars! Well, as we all know, being the leads, our girls - Katsumi, Tina and Christie all won in the 2nd rounds and were the final 4 (including this jap guy who entered DOA to protect Katsumi (whose bro supposedly disappeared after he entered the DOA comp) left standing.

It turns out the organizer of DOA is a corrupted and cowardly ass who wants to master kick-ass skills without going for trainings using high tech gadgets to download our leads' moves and predict their actions.

All ends well, when our girls managed to literally set this bad guy on fire and return safely (all looking as gorgeous as ever) in a boat.

The movie is not all fighting. There were many hilarious scenes you gotta not miss. Such as the chinese speaking pirates who got bashed up and thrown overboard by Tina not once but TWICE. Weatherbee (a tech nerd with a huge crush on Helena - one of the babes in the show) and his daydreams and many more. Note worthy of Tina's dad who seems to be modelled after WWE's famed Hulk Hogan. The comical daughter and father pair is priceless. Too bad dad was eliminated in the 1st round by his girl who is out to prove she is no fluke in the wrestling world.

Overall, I walked out the theatre feeling surged with grril power and feeling as though I lost a couple of calories seeing the girls in action. I am going to work out for a hot bod :P

nUtTy NoUgAt

I am on a nougat eating frenzy...

Help my mouth, I can't stop myself *scream*

One of my colleagues has just got back from a holiday day trip to Perth, Australia. Bringing back with her cute little bommerang keychains, chocs and a huge bag of nougats in assorted flaours.

From healthy green tea to tangy apricot to robust cappucino to the original milky flavours. I can't seem to stop my teeth from chewing on em. The nougats come in 2 textures, the crunchy and soft ones. I love both. Please dun ask me to choose which is nicer *tearing*

Now at present, I am blissfully chewing on a green tea flavoured soft nougat as I type this entry out. Yum!

Want some? *can go Aus and buy or I tink sm departmental stores in spore do sell em too*

I am like reaching out for more :p

Was reading the sypnosis for this upcoming thriller titled 'Diary' starring the cutsey Charlene Choi and the swoonsome Shawn Yue. Looks and sounds nice. Chilling plot, yummi stars and breakthrough plot. I am yearning to catch it :)

WeEkEnd RuNdOwN

Almst did not make it work today...

Was putting on my contact lenses as usual every morning after I washed my pathetic face and for some unknown reason, my right eye turned bloody red when I slipped on my contact. KAOZ, I looked like some red eyed monster out for an early Halloween celebration.

Tot my eye got infected or something and had to skip work but thankfully it cleared before I stepped outta the house half an hour lata *phew*

As usual I am comp phobic over the weekends so here's a quick update on my rather (un)hectic weekend.

Friday - One of my most loved days of the week was spent labouring and cutting 300 0dd stars for
some posters for one of my co's clients. I was literally cutting and seeing stars. Spent like half the day
cutting n cutting and still had not finished when the clock struck 6 magically. Shit.
Proceeded to meet my bf and his frens at 7pm for a steamboat dinner at bugis and stuffed myself silly.
FAT.
Went on for a KTV session till 2am. It was fun though I was already switching off when the clock hit
1am (would have knocked off at mid-nite but I had kopi so could tahan a lil more). Poor dear was sooo
shag the next day as he had to work. *sayang*
Slept like a dead log.

Saturday - Met up with bf for lunch at Liang Court after he got off work at 2ish in the afternoon, coz he was
feeling tired, we went for the eye-candy cum exaggerated DOA movie at cineleisure and drool
over the hot bods of Devon Aoki and Holly Valance. CHIO! Watch the movie only if
u like hot chio bus and dun give a damn for plots (well, I do give a dam for plots but...).

Sunday - Hopped down to the newly opened VIVO CITY and boy it was packed! The usual suspects of stores
like Mango, Zara, Levis etc were there. Freaky crowded, cant even get a seat at the TWO
foodcourts and hence went over to Harbourfront for meals and a breather. Made my head swim with
such hectic crowds. Did not buy anything coz budget on red alert le haha...
The view at VIVO was awesome and you feel as though you are onboard a cruise ship. No
kidding. Go see for yourself.

And now, I await another round of cutting... This time is 400 odd planets to cut. *looking at my scissors*

Busy CuTTiNg

Darn.

No time to blog... Busy cutting hundreds of stars for some posters. URGENT. And its past 6pm le!!!!!!!!!!!!

bLeW mY mInD aWaY

It's been ages since I last step into a museum...

The last time I went for an exhibition was when I was in my uni days for a sociology module and the students were all invited to attend the Ottoman Empire exhibition at the Asian Civillisation Museum.

And now after a span of 2 yrs (estimated), I have once again set foot into the newly renovated National Museum on Tues. It was a wonderful suggestion by my beloved to visit an educational place to gain insightful insights on our anniversay holiday. And realli, it was a refreshing change.

The National Museum onli opened it's doors for visitors to the basement area where the exhibits were housed. Other levels were still out of bounds as work is still going on in there. Admission was free and we were treated to the Japanese Film Festival (although we did not catch any films as the queue to watch was long and each film lasts an average of an hour to 2 hours) and the Singapore Biennale 2006.

The exhibits at the Singapore Biennale 2006 took my breath away. First, we stepped into a darkened hallway and saw this soft glowing structure that glows and darkens intermittenly. Whenever the glow was lost, the whole room was plunged into total darkenss. To tell the truth I was a lil' scared since it was pitch dark and all hell will break loose if someone bumps into me. In such darkness where I can't even see my fingers, beloved and me will halt our steps.

It amazes me how some other visitors could still continue walking in pitch darkness. Weren't they afraid of accidentally knocking into someone and getting mistakened for a pervert? Immense relief that flooded thru me when the glow came back on (albeit for a short while) and I could make my way about.

We then left the room and chanced upon this artwork titled: Harajuku Schoolgirls. On first look you would have thought it was a pretty painting/picture of chio jap schoolgirls but upon closer inspection, you will realise to your horror, that the painting is a sadistic form of art. Each school girl was performing an act of suicide or being slashed by another girl. Colourful innards spilling out, blood spraying and foaming at the mouth. Only one girl stands in the middle of the pic victorous with a long sword high up in her hands with another girl clawing at her thigh. Urgh! Thought provoking!

We then went into a room separated by a curtain where artworks titled under "The Heart Is A Lonely Painter" were housed. Kaoz, it has a parental guidance warning stuck on to warn parents to keep their kiddies away. Guess what was so RA/violent about the canvas paintings? The paintings depicted this man who had his heart and testicles dug out. Goodness, it was quite graphic in nature. But realli the artist was darn good, the paintings look sooo real and the expression was beyond words.

There was this other HUGE structure to depict something like a HUGE tent (i assume de) where you can step inside and see little blue spots flying about on the ceilings of the structure. Sounds of busy insects can be heard and it suddenly dawns on you that the installation mimicks a tent scene and you watching the fireflies dancing under the nite sky. Simple yet breathtaking.

Make a trip down to the National Museum and tour the exhibits. They are well worth your time :)

blissful 24 Oct 2006

Had a blissful 2 year anniversary celebration ydae...

With a lucky coincidence that our anniversary fell on a PH, my bf and I were able to celebrate our 2nd yr anniversary for the full day ydae. Woohoo!

We met up around 2pm at my block and it was pouring cats and dogs for an hour odd. Guess wat my beloved gave me?

1) A cute beyond words dumbo plushie! I have been eyeing that adorable elephant since my eye laid on it a few daes back at mini toons and kiddy palace. OMG! It's huge grey pink ears were sooooo huggable!

2) A bouquet of cream roses that melt my heart and soul the moment I saw him presenting it to me. Shucks, you shouldn't have dear... *smiles shyly*

3) A heart-shaped box full of handmade stars. Not your usual lucky stars but special ones made from straws and painstakingly folded to created a very nice appearance. It's realli beautiful. You got to see it believe it!

4) A touching and sweet forever frens card decorated with lil' piggie stickers and quirky handwriting of my beloved. Awwww...sweet!

You are da best! *mmmmmmmmmmm*

After we presented our wonderful giftd for each other, we proceeded to the KFC near my flat for lunch as I was darn hungry from skipping brekky and lunchie. Ate my fave original 2 piece meal *finger licking gd* and den we set off for town by train to cityhall.

Had a delish meal at Bugis's fish & co. Had the I-had-been-craving-for-ages seafood platter for 2 and mermaid's freeze drink. Beloved couldn't believe how darn huge that mug of freeze was :p We tucked in heartily and was calorie laden and satisified after the meal. I love fish & co!!!!!!!! The staff are friendly, the decor cosy and the food!!!!!!!! Beyond finger licking good...Yum!

With Halloween just round the corner, the place was decked in cotton wool cobwebs, skeletons etc to create that spooky mood. Cute! If you order their special halloween set meal, you will get a cute lil gift of a box with a fish skeleton inside.

After our meal, we took a walk round town. Oh yah, the TCC outlet at bugis was lavishly decked out in full Halloween glamour, it took my breath away! Muz go there for a cuppa soon.

Caught a movie "The exiled" at Prince 2 around 7pm. Not bad but a bit boring at times haha...

Got home by 10 plus and beloved stayed to watch TV and play with the ever-excited whisky till close to 11pm. Wonderful wonderful :)

dReSS mE uP

My latest craze~ Dresses dresses and more dresses!!!!!!!

Goodness gracious me, I have fallen madly in lurve with dresses recently especially tube dresses. Not a good sign for my already suffering wallet and bank account but it is soooooo irresistable. Help!

Let me loose in Isetan will be a big fat mistake as I will go CRAZY there. I will heaping my arms full with dresses and spending hours trying them on. I am beyond hope.

I love the way how a dress makes a lady look more femine and slim (with the right cutting) and paired with a nice kitten heels/peeptoes, voila! It can take you from day to nite :)

But you also need a big fat bank account or be prepared to survive on instant noodles for the rest of the year and zero shopping if one splurges beyond belief.

Darn, my legs are itching to make a trip down to Isetan today BUT...

p/S: Got The Bachman Books collection by Stephen King at 30% off borders... Yeah!

TrAcK hOrRoR

Another man/woman-throws-himself/herself-off-the-MRT-tracks casualty...

I shudder whenever I read such news. Why? Coz I take the train on a daily basis be it to work or leisure. Immediately images of an individual throwing himself off the platform on a crowded day, the brakes of the train screeching in a bid to halt in time but to no avail. Internal passengers get thrown off their seats due to the sudden impact.

And not to mention the after-crash bloody mess to clear up. Yuck *shiver* Why?

I believe it is equally tramatic for both the suicider's family and those who witnessed his suicide act. How in the world can those peeps ever forget the terrifying image of a man getting run over and the blood splashing in all direction? Arrgh... *shiver*

In recent years, the MRT tracks seem to have become a convenient place to end one's life besides high-rise flats, the sea etc. It seems like a horrible way to die and obstructing public transport.

According to news, the latest suicide act took place at the Chinese Garden MRT Station at 10 odd in the nite. Trains were delayed for over an hour due to the accident.

Not that I'm being mean or anything but why choose the MRT tracks instead of plunging onself off a high-rise building? Will that involve lesser pain, obstruction? I'm sure there will be some irritated passengers along the Chinese Garden station who are in a rush to get home for their slp and to discover to their fatigue laden bods horror that someone had jumped off the tracks and obstructed their transit home. I bet they cursed.

All I can say now is that when someone commits sucide, it is always the people round him (esp loved ones) who have to pick up the broken pieces and dealt with mess. Irresponsible....

FoOd FoOd AnD mOrE fOoD

Okie, I am a foodie.

I live, breathe, sleep and dream food. I snack at all times (even though I am suppose to lose some weight) and I love to try out all types of food. Heck, I even love fastfood.

Some of my fave eating places to-date:

1) Xin Wang HK Cafe (situated at Marina Sq & Orchard Cineleisure
What I love about the place: The Decor - this HK eatery has plush red leather (i
think) seats and even if there are only two of you at their
entry and staffers will not deny you the 4 seater by the
window side seats as long as it's available.
The music - tends to be chinese pop sounds (not techno)
played at a comfy level where you need not shout over while
yakking with your fellow foodie frens

The food: I love their ice yin-yong beverage, pineapple bun and maggie
floss noodles, custard buns plus their butter toast looks nice
but I have yet to try it out. The price is also pretty reasonable.
My bf and I were there for a couple of hours chatting over two
cuppas, a pineapple bun and custard buns and the bill
(including GST) did not even cross the 10 dollar mark.
*thumbs up*

2) Fish & Co (situated at the glass house, bugis and other assorted places)

What I love about the place: The Decor - Friendly staff and cosy decor that is not too
loud nor harsh on the eyes.
The music - Think is English pop but usually I pay not
attention to what's playing as the couple of times I been
there the place was packed and overflowing with the
chatting of fellow diners. Surprisingly, it wasn't dat noisy
and I enjoyed the bustling atmosphere.

The food: The menu: Okay, actually I find the resturant's menu a
tad too big in size but I can live with that. I am crazy over
their seafood platter. Crispy calamari rings, fragrant raisin
rice, tender fish, juicy mussels and yummi prawns. I think I
can finish a platter for two by myself. Their freeze drinks
are also "whoa!". So huge! I think 3 girls can share a mug!
All in all I am a seafood lover!!!!!!

3) NYDC (situated at wheellock place, suntec & holland v)

What I love about the place: The decor - Veri cosy with plush toys placed near the sofa
seats (at suntec) and the big blackboard written in
colourful chalks on the day's special.
The staffers' uniform - I love their black tees!

The food: Their heavenly baked pasta/rice! I love the 3 amigos to
depths of my tummy! It's almst a must-have everytime I
am there. OMG! Filled with slices of bacon, ham, meatballs
and draped in cheesy cheese. Smell it, taste it and devour
it. Their dessert - grandma goes nuts!!! I love the
marshmellows tucked in it. Yum!
And their drinks such as lemon shiver and mango tango. A
perfect complement to the meal....Their menu's pretty
cute and creative too :) And dun you dare forget their
signature oreo cheesecake mmmmmmmmm

4) Chomp Chomp (situated at serangoon gardens)

What I love about the place: The decor - set in your neighbourhood comfy wooden
tables and benches, you will feel right at home in your
singlets, tees and shorts. Great, no need to dress up at
all. Go there with a naked face!
I can just holler out for hawker food without feeling paiseh.
Plus I know what's nice there is a bonus so many a times I
was like the orderer cum menu for my fellow foodies
frens :p

The food: Their tender stingray (the stall was featured on ch8,5,u etc)
and it's reali good! Delish and slurpy wet hokkien mee,
flavourful with a slight I-want-charred taste, QQ wanton
mee, crispy carrot cake, bouncy ah-balling, sweet
sugarcane juice, chewy sotong, eggy and sour-spicy oyster
omelette.... And the list goes on and on. Plus it's cheap and
gather a grp of frens to share and you will have a feast fit
for a king...

Oh boi, I am hungry now...

MSN wHeRE wEre YoU

I survived without MSN the whole and the 1st half today!!!!!!!!

I can't believe I am still sane, alive & kicking after not being able to log in and chat, rant and rave with my MSN buddies... In fact some of 'em tot I disappeared or gone on leave :p

It was a horrifying experience when I realised I could not log on to Hotmail and MSN yesterday. My whole life (and the rest of my work life flashed before me) was like a drag, my fingers restless, my lids drooping, my lips cracking and I wanna SCREAM!

When I got home yesterdat night pass 10pm, I chatted with my bf and shoot off to shoo my bro off his laptop and logged on. Kaoz, 30 over mails in my hotmail acc to clear. DARN.

I never knew I missed the little green/blue icon sooooooo much and how important MSN is in my (working)life. Hahaha

Update soon k...Too busy MSN-ing and accounting for my 'disapperance' :p

IrReSiStAbLe

Doggies are real sly...

They have a knack for giving you puppy dog eyes (even when they have outgrown puppy stage and is like double your size) and make you feel darn guilty when you scold them for peeing, pooing, or chewing up your 2 dollar note *rolls eyes*

My dog is all of the above. Whisky is blessed with round, blackish brown eyes framed with long eyelashes that you can't resist looking into and go weak in the knees. In fact he has fully utilise those eyes of his to make mi, my mum, my bro and my bf to go gaga over him.

Scenerio 1:

Whisky has a real itchy mouth and loves to play 'bite bite' (which doesn't hurt at all) with us. Whenever he accidentally 'bites' us a tweeny little bit hard, we will hold his two front paws, make him stand up on his hind legs and reprimand him in a stern tone (although inwardly am trying hard not to luff). He will then try to look all over the place except the disclipinarian in the eye and lower his head. After a few seconds of scolding, he will slowly slowly squat down (tink his hind legs are feeling 'suan'), this action never fails to tickle the disciplinarian. And when whisky sees us luff, he will immediately wags his tail (which was hung between his knees while being lectured on earlier) and you can practically see his little cheeky face change 360 degrees from i-am-being-scolded-must-act-sad to hey-she/he-is-luffing-must-have-forgive-me-leh look... And the disciplinarian will hug and pet him all over again... We are so hopeless... Haha

Scenerio 2:

Whisky once with his usual itchy mouth and immense sense of curiosity, chewed up a 2 dollar note into pieces once when my bro was busy playing CS on his laptop; me in the shower and my mum out to buy lunchie... I stepped out of the shower and saw shreds of paper on the floor. Thinking it was just some newspaper he dragged from the storeroom, I paid no attention to it and attended post bath regime.

After I was done, I stooped down to pick and clear the shreds only to find they look vaguely familiar. I was thinking: "Whoa, when did newspapers come in purple print?". Then, I saw a familiar pair of eyes looking at me and recognise it was HIM. OMG! Whisky juz chewed up a 2 dollar note - that was the bad news. The good news? The money did not belong to me but my bro. Heh.

And whisky got a spanking as usual. All the while he hung his head low and give me that 'puppy eye' treatment. Oh god, I have sinned by spanking my lil' dog. Still he got to know he's wrong.

Scenerio 3:

He loves playing fetch-the-cloth-and-tug game and whenever he wans a game, he will take his little deep blue cloth tied into a knot in his mouth, drop it at any member of the family's feet and wait patiently. Sometimes when we ignore him/or was feeling too tired to play with him, he will paw at us or lift his paw up to tug at our arm. God, he has quite a grip I tell you. Then if we still paid no attention, he will whine and look at us with his big blackish brown round eyes. Once, we take at look at those darling eyes, we are sold. And the next moment, we will bouncing around the house with him playing fetch-and-tug :p

Why is my dog so manja (affectionate-seeking)? ;p

MaNGa MaNiA

Shuai shuai shuai! *drool*

I miss my manga reading daes! :(

With the passing of my secondary school and JC years and my fellow agar agar obsessed pal who has flown back to HK, I have no one to turn to for the latest manga read. Yes, my pal was my permanent manga loaner who has introduced me to the delightful world of manga :p

Through her I got accquainted and fell in lurve with the japanese art and appreciated how painstakingly every character was created and illustrated into a volume. I especially love the following:

1) 'Ling qi wang' (or is it 'Qi ling wang') - literally translated as spirited chess king. I tink I missed reading the last volume of the series when she flew back to HK *sob*

2) Clamp

3) 'xue gui li de feng bo' literally translated as 'adventures in the fridge. This is a 4 series comic book that revolves around the foodstuff eg: eggs, pudding, fruits etc and their (mis)adventures in the fridge. Darn funni comic.

4) Slam dunk!!!! My old time fave! Sendoh and liu chuan feng are so darn cool! I can still rem many of the scenes in the comic series even though I onli read it once.

5) 'Pin qiong gui gong zi' - literally translated as the poor prince

*pardon my laziness in searching for the correct translation of each comic series... Too lazy haha

Anyway through this wonderful fren of mine, I have saved tons of $$ and indulge in this manga reading habit of mine. It didn't hurt that she is very efficient in getting the latest book hence I was very updated haha... We haunt kino on a regular basis haha

The traditionalist in me still prefers to hold the tangible manga in my hands than to read it online. My eyes feel darn taxed and my back hurts after arching over for a long period. It's just not comfy.

I wanna get the whole collection of slam dunk comics (it's still the best bball comics!!!) !

Update: caught 'Death note' on sat... another manga made into movie.. Pretty sleep inducing and draggy at first but hell I am anticpating the sequel... Looks more exciting with the showdown between 'kira' and 'L'. :P

GoLdFiSh MaNiFeStAtIoN

Nursing a RED right eye...

Darn, woke up to an itchy, red, watery and swollen eye at 3-ish am last nite (had I been unconsciously scratching my eye?!). I hope it clears up soon, got an important meeting tomorrow, can't afford to make MC...

Stuck home as I cant be seen looking like a goldfish and hence this entry is born as I rave and rant.

Met up huiting, sooying and weeling on friday after work at Bugis. Was a double wonderful feeling to meet up with my ever wonderful friends and to enjoy the approaching weekend where I need not go to work on Saturday...

We had a meet up cum mini celebration for huiting at Fish & Co and thanks to sooying for getting a delish chocolate birthday cake for huiting. We girls pig out on a platter for two, pasta and gigantic mug (reali huge lor!) of sharkie freeze!!!!!!

All through the meal, huiting is kept in the dark of the bday surprise we were to spring on her in the resturant. Sooying and weeling had earlier (before me and huiting arrived) smuggled in a cake into fish & co. As munched our way on the feast, the alfresco part of the resturant had a bdae girl too. The staff immediately broke into a bdae cheers and wishes which was LOUD.

Huiting commented that she would rather NOT have a bdae party in the resturant as she doesn't like the limelight to be on her. The 3 of us (sooying, weeling and me) were desperatly trying to keep our faces straight. Inner, we were already breaking out in guffaws. We were acting pretty cool till the staff broke into a bdae song and huting casually mentioned that it will be worse it the bdae girl was in the indoor part of resturant.

HELL BROKE LOOSE! Sooying, weeling and me could no longer contain our inner hysterics and started giggle cum luff till we all tear while huiting look on at us puzzled with a sprinkle of suspicion.

Well, to her preference, the 3 of us girls sang her a happy bdae song instead. Fun fun fun!

The cake was brought out and we had it divided into 4 thick pieces and gorge ourselves silly on it till we had a choc overdose and had to surrender with our white serviettes. Haha...The remaining cake looks like an eroded brownish mountain from my old geog txbk... Haha

We then proceeded to the Dome outlet for 2 hot pots of chamomile tea (veri sleep inducing, was feeling drowsy after my 3rd or 4th cup) at the Art Museum. It was a very peaceful place to chat your heart out.

Plop to bed at close to 1am while relishing the idea of No-Work-Day-On-Sat feeling. Fantastic. Woke up the next day to another hazy day. Guess the winds have brought it back to Singapore. In fact it is still hazy today... Sianzzzzzzz

*praying the haze goes away soon and my eye will clear up* Resisting the huge temptation to scratch it....

An IgNoRaNt fOoL

I am apalled...

It's amazing how freely sec school kids or younger has decided the act of swearing is a sign of 'coolness' or being trendy.

Just weeks ago, a couple of secondary school kiddos (both bois and girls in a grp) started cussing and swearing on the bus. And mind you in loud tones that you cant help hearing even if you covered your ears.

Gosh, am I old fashioned or what? I cringe when I hear people curse without a reason. Franky, I curse too when I am fed up with stuff etc but I do not shoot the words FXXX or CB any-o-how...

Do those girls who open and close their mouths cursing CB at others know that they are actually making a fool of themselves? Do they actually know what CB means??????????? I doubt so at times...

In fact they looked damn smug and proud when they shoot such vulgarities off in public. It is so embarrassing. In fact I feel embarrassed for them.

Please wake up and realise you are onli cursing yourself instead of others. *slaps head*

OuT oF cOnTrOL

Stick thin, reed thin or beyond thin?

Was just casually flipping thru URBAN and cover story revolves round the extend models go to stay stick thin and how model wannabes resort to health threatening ways to lose the flab to be a top model.

Yes, it is scary. But just look at the glossy mags (which I lurve to read ironically), models featured are usually fatless and perfect in the pictures. With such 'role models' everywhere, what can the average Singaporean girl do but fantasize and work towards such 'goals'? In fact this phenomenon is not only directed to our little sunny island. It is prevalent around the world.

Even our tellies are not spared of thin, thin and even thinner actresses. Yes, they look great and slim on tv but when you see them in real life, they look even thinner! It's true as being on tv will make you look as if you packed on a couple of pounds so in a bid to telegenic, one has got to lose beyond an acceptable weight to look 'normal' and slim on telly. *horrified*

I have read of girls who smoke, drink only water for every meal etc stories to lose weight. It's both harmful and smoking only adds years to your face for god sake and not make you look beautiful...

Diet pills and laxatives are dangerous but they are commonly used as results tend to be quicker compared to exercising. I have to admit, when I was a teenager I was once lured by such 'temptation' and bought my one and only bottle of diet pills off the shelves. It did not help to lose the flab but instead made me break out. I stopped consuming it immediately. And ever since no more diet pills for me...

Plus poking bones, guitar string ribs, skeletal arms and legs are NOT attractive at all. In fact I think the girl will be painful to hug... Even if she does have an ultra slim bod achieved thru smokes, pills etc, the attractiveness just ends there. The FACE will show the ill effects such dratic measures had taken its toll (unless she piles 2 storeys high of make-up).

Think twice the next time you want to crash diet. It's not worth exchanging your health or life to look reed thin.

To BeLiEve Or NoT tO bEliEvE

Fortune telling - believe it or not?

It's been ages since I had gone to see a fortune teller. The last time I had my palm read when was when I was in Sec 2 and it was an impromptu reading done by my maths teacher who knew a considerable knowledge of palm reading. Every student in my class was clamouring to have our palms read by my teacher. Quite funni, everyone was like so excited and eager to know or catch a glimpse of our future.

But as I got older, I dread or sorta lost the interest to have my fortune told. It just does not make any sense to me anymore. With the chinese saying of 'tian ji bu ke xie lou' literally translated as 'heaven's secrets not to be revealed' I am scratching my head as to the accuracy of predictions. Aren't such stuff supposed to be heavily guarded? Is any prediction 100% accurate and does anybody out there totally believe in it and await for such predictions to come true without putting in any effort?

Had an msn chat with a colleague who shared the teachings of buddhism and self cultivation. She says that out fate is always changing just like the lines on our palms so it is useless to go palm reading (agree). Giving and not receiving is a very fundamental concept that many a times we pushed to the back of our minds at the 7 sins of humans surface.

Anyway, we reap what we sow in our past lives, present lives and future lives so live every moment clear and upright is what I believe in and my motto in life. We should not rest on our laurels and hope that heaven will be kind and reward us. Nothing is for free without putting in a conscious effort.

p/s to a close friend: Stay firm and level with your heart and soul. We girls are behind you. You can overcome the trying matters of the heart. :)

ThE dAY cRaWLs

What A DREARY day...

Maybe it's the haze, the sun or it's just me... Feel very low on energy levels despite having brekky and lunchie... WTH...

Just wanna plop onto my bed and doze off but am working so i'm just daydreaming the impossible... No kopi/redbull or other caffeinated drinks is going to jolt mi up I suppose... This is hard to beat...

It's still very very early and 6pm seems miles away... I hate the weather!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And it's only TUESDAY..................

PS fOoDcOuRt TrEaSuRe

Oh my goodness...Ting you are so right... The fried slice fish noodle soup at the PS foodcourt is yummi! I was so tempted to lick my bowl clean there and then :p

The soup base was fantastic, both rich and milky... A heavenly treat that I can just have on its own. The fried fish slices exudes a slight sweet taste with no fishy aftertaste. *Thumbs up*

Thanks for your recommendation! We must go eat it tog when we meet up :)

WoRLd AnImAL DaY

Dogs, dogs, dogs...

It was World Animal Day yesterday and my bf and me went down to Bishan Park to take in the wagging tails and happy barks of the dogs at the Bishan dog run. SPCA organised the event to commemorate the special day and also to raise funds for its cause.

The doggies were given a pretty huge space to run, roll, chase and frolick with their other doggy pals. It was such a sight. They were all soooo cute! Schnuazers, shelties (ohhh! My fave breed!), Jack russells, yorkshire and sily terriers, Bull terriers, an engertic doberman, 2 handsome huskies, furry poms and so much more.

There was even a little (I not sure of its breed) pup (probably less than 3 months old) playing with the older and bigger sized dogs. It is soooooooooo cute and small! Makes you jus wanna hug and tickle the little precious pup!

The dogs were all very friendly and I am sure their little doggy hearts muz be darn happy to have a day out having fun under the sun (thank god the awful haze on sat had cleared) and exercising.

The event also touched on proper pet care, importance of steralization and also catered to the smaller animals like bunnies and hammys.

Gave my little whisky a great hug on his special day :)

Thank god the haze had cleared. PSI ratings hit a high of 150 on Saturday and the air was darn smelly. I was out in town in Suntec/Marina Sq area with my bf and boy the smoke realli affected my eyes. Hated it!

I am like so lemming for a Urban Outfitters bag I saw at PS... Darn.... Muz see no evil if not wallet will lose weight haha

WhEn WiLL iT cLeAr

The haze seems to be getting worse...

Thankfully, it did not start to cloud our little island till the IMF was over, if not I bet there won't be anything much to smile about.

Met up with huiting and sooying yesterday at Bishan after my late meeting at Sentosa. A real de-stresser indeed. It look extremely hazy last night with lamp posts shinning on the streets. In fact, if one is to walk home from Bishan in the dead of the night where other humans and vechicles were sparse, it will really looked like a scene out of a horror movie ala a GHOST TOWN.

No way, am I returning home late alone in this haze. It freaks me out.

Haze = no sun = no tan... Darn!

P/s: My millionaire dreams went up in bubbles after my prized TOTO tix did not match with the winning 5.6plus million prize unveiled at 9.30pm last nite :p

MiD-aUtUmN fEsTiVaL

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!!!!!!!!!

The annual eat--mooncake-till-you-burst festival is here again! Too bad it's not a public holiday haha... Why isn't it a public holiday???????? If not I will still be sleeping at home instead of typing infront of the comp now in the office :p

Weeks before today, you can soooooooo many types of mooncakes already on sale on the streets. Ranging from the traditonal lotus seed paste with or without yolk mooncakes, the pastel coloured snowskin mooncakes, the mini piggy mooncake biscuits and the flaky yam ones... Mmmmmmmm

I love the traditional ones with yolk (the more yolk the better) and the snowskin durian ones (oh, and also the ice cream ones from swensens if you count them as mooncakes coz they are like 99.9% ice cream since only the outer apperance resembles a mooncake). Yum but sadly I can't eat many at a go, very nauseating if I ate too many (which is a good thing since ST reported that a mooncake contains like 900 over calories!).

Got a box of trad mooncakes with yolk courtsey of one of my tuition kiddies' parent. Thanks! So nice of the mother :) Haven opened it to eat yet but will probably take the first cut tonight after my meet up with huiting and soo ying. Will be great if I can have a nice hot cup of green tea too.. Life's simple pleasures haha

Wonder if the moon will be big, round and clear tonight with the haze lingering on...

Anyway, this festival always brings back fond memos of the time when I was much much much younger carrying my little battery operated lanterns (not paper ones since my parents were afraid they will catch fire and go up in smoke since I was quite the careless kiddo) with my bro walking the parks and the neighbourhood.

It was always fun to go lantern shopping and carrying those pretty lanterns walking the parks after dark. A rare treat since usually after 7pm I will home watching TV with mum.

Just the other day, fireworks were lighted off into the sky a few blks away from mine to celebrate the festival. Gosh, I had never seen fireworks in my neighbourhood at all ( in fact I tot it was illegal to light em off in such close range).

Enjoy this annual festival while it lasted and go easy on the mooncakes :p

BiG fAT rAt

Do not read further if you intending to have a yummi meal later or just got back from lunch...

You have been warned

Was talking to my colleague as we make our way for lunch at a nearby eatery. Little did we know the little 'surprise' that was quietly awaiting us a few steps ahead. I was about to step off the elevated platform onto the road when I spied a dark little thing on the floor. Took a look and realised it was a furry, dirty and fat rat. AND IT WAS DEAD! Yuck, I think there were flies around it.

Screamed and thought the rat will wake up and run off haha...An illogical mind when confronted with terror :p

Two innocent peeps were taken aback by our screams (probably thinking we got possessed or somthing). Haha...So malu yet so funni! The scene of THE DEAD RAT thankfully was not stomach churning if not the both of us will staying in for lunch and breathing aircon instead...

The incident reminds of other more yucky and gross scenes of dead rats being rolled over on the roads by vechicles. HENCE THE WARNING...

Due to the construction in the central of my little tomato land for a mega mall that is to be up hopefully next yr (the construction has been delayed like forever but I'm just straying from the topic), the very unhygenic conditions have lead to an immense population of BIG FAT RATS.

Almost everyday, I can see a furry critter scurrying away into the bushes, dragging its long tail at some dark corners of the wet market and looking at me with the evil eye at the hawker centre. Their appearance is always brief like a few seconds but their impact is nonetheless powerful.

I never fail to scream/let out a small squeak/ stop in my tracks when I see them. Sorrie, it's just a natural reaction of mine. I LOATHE THEM I TELL YOU.

BUT when I see the BIG FAT RATS get run over by vechicles or killed by very brave cats of almost their own size I can't help feel sad for them and wish their souls will RIP. They looks so pitful especially the ones I had seen struggling for their lives on the verge of death.

I have a soft spot for animals even though BIG FAT RATS aren't excactly the type of animal I will fall for but when you see them dying and geting kicked at, I can't just help feeling sorry for them.

The BIG FAT RATS in general die horrible and painful deaths you see. I have seen many being mangled till their corpse no longer resemble a BIG FAT RAT. Some have their bloody innards spilled over the roads after an extremely painful run-over by vechicles.

It's sad and I can only say a little prayer for them. They are afterall mother nature's creations.

sLeEpY mE

I feel soooo sleepy...

There's no coffee in the pantry...
I wanna crash my head on the table and snooze....
But bosses are around
In a bid to wake myself up...
I made myself a cup of hot hot hot milo...
But it is worse now
I feel so full
and EVEN MORE sleepy...

HELP!

TruE sToRy

Just like outta a drama serial...

Was at my students' place yesterday and heard a heart wrenching tale from their grandma....

Their granny was from Ipoh Malaysia and at the tender age of 10, she was sold to another family not as an adopted child (in name only) but as a child slave. She got to work from morning till night feeding the livestock, clearing their shit and poo, do housework and run errands for the family.

Instead of showing care and concern for such a young girl, the family ill-treated her. She was pinched till her skin turned blue black by the older children of her adopted family. Her adopted mother was a shrew, constantly picking on her.

Once, my students' granny spied one of the older children stealing money from their father's trouser pocket. The father later returned to find his money missing. Without word and clarifying anything, he marched to granny's room and spanked her for stealing his money. No questions asked. He automatically assumed it was her. Why? The culprit had sneakily placed the money into granny's shorts placed on the bed when he found out that his father knew the money was missing.

Granny led a hard life there. It was a few yrs later before she could stand it no longer and packed her belongings to seek refudge with her elder sister. Her adopted family received their just deserts in the end for ill treating her.

Really, what she told me shocked mi yesterday as she looked so happy and jolly always. Never in the world would I have imagined her hard life in her younger years. She is lucky her children are fillial to her and they realise how much their mother had been through.

Her early childhood years is so eeriely depicted in TV drama serials. Taking a step back, my childhood years are so fortunate and love compared to granny...

One never realise how lucky one is till you see the plight of others...

SmOke GeTs In YoUR eYeS

The haze is back...

Smell the air, look ahead and boy the haze is definitely back. Over the past week, the intangible culprit has returned to cloud Singapore under its veil. Its awful burnt odour smacks your nostrils and its coat of cover leave you rubbing your eyes and wondering if you have turned myopic or a cataract has gotten your eyes...

Although we do not experience it half as bad as our neighbouring countries but it ain't healthy at all and just wish haze haze will go away... The sky seems especially cloudy and the night's hotter then usual (or is it just me?).

Feel like taking a giant hose and aimed it towards the sky and wash away the smokey veil that seems soooo stagnant.

Caught Rob-B-Hood yesterday at Marina Sq, funny funny funny and the baby Matthew is soooooooooo cute! Even cuter than Louis Koo and Daniel Wu (an 'extra' acting as gay role) add together times 2!

The cinema theatre was packed and on the whole me and my beloved enjoyed it pretty much. Spent my sunday in town (namely Suntec and Marina Sq) doing the usual stuff that millions of Singaporeans usually do over the weekends in town. But it wasn't as crowded as the usual Sunday. I wonder why...

Went to the arcade any the 'time of the month' had to choose of all time to spring an attack on me. Thank god, I was prepared...

And now my back is aching...