WaTcH mE fLy

Singapore Flyer... here I come!

Don't CrY

You know how they say a grown up man does not cry easily.

Was watching the programme highlight on Good Morning Singapore on Channel 8 this morning. Couldn't help feeling a twinge of heartpain when I caught this grandpa with tears rolling down his cheeks while he talks about the sudden onslaught of misfortuntes that befall him and his family.

A frail figure with an injured leg, helped by his youngest daughter, he was an image of helplessness and frustration.

It was so sad.

Note to rain: Cheer up gal. When 2 person get together, it's suddenly the business of the whole family of 2 sides. Misunderstandings occur. Talk to your bf and clear it up asap. Dun let it simmer and explode. *hugz*

DoWn to ThE LasT mORsEL

Another food binge..

at New York New York with my buncha colleagues.

It was a girly affair at the citylink outlet after work on a rainy evening.

Look at the spread~ Yah that's me picking at the ribeye :D

It's been awhile since I had dined there and just had to order my fave smoky cheese balls (a sinful potato indulgence with flowy cheese in the centre) and ribeye steak in black pepper sauce :D

We also ordered creamy spaghetti with pork chop, hawaii teriyaki chicken chop, baked dutch mussels, potato wedges, mushroom cappcuino soup, mud pie and ice cream.

Needless to say we were all feeling stuffed like an X'mas turkey at the end of the binge.

Ha~ We are the floss fairies :p

The staff and service was pleasant and the fairy floss was delicious. Light and sparkly. Took plenty of pics since it was one of the girls's bdae too.

And to end off with a group shot:

mY dOG & I

I am never good at taking self taken shot...especially on my hp.

Decided to take a shot for fun while lazing on my bed on sunny after with him by my side.

His warm head snuggled on my shoulder.

His gentle touch on my hand.

Hearing his heart beat...

Bliss...

My furball n mi :D

WhERe Have ALL ThE nIce LoNG sKirts GoNE too???

Why is it soooooo freaking ass hard to find a nice floral/printed long skirt in the style of boho/beach/island resort???????????

I combed thru the whole of Town only to find pretty tube dresses that cannot be worn as skirts.

I want long, below the knee skirts not minis.

Urgh!

GSS!!!!!!

Can u hear feet stomping? The rush of bags? The screams of ladies?

Yup, the heat is on officially TODAY.

Coz it's the...

...Great Singapore Sale!

Get ready to dig ur wallet and savings out!!!!!!!

*shrieks*

Garner your shopping kakis (but not your bf unless he loves to shop too!) and enjoy!!!

Mmmm....home cooked GooDnEsS

Don't u just love home cooked food.

It just taste a whole lot different from hawker food.

Maybe it's the healthier ingredients.

Maybe coz it's eaten at home.

Or maybe coz it's cooked with love.

*hears tummy rumble*

:D

My NeW tOy!

Presenting....

*drums roll*




The iPod Touch :D

Wat A LUnch HoUr

Went down to DSTA last week during my lunch hour and boy I almost got lost there.

Even though it was a rough 5 bus stops away from my office, moi actually goofed up and got off 1 stop earlier than expected.

It was a wrong wrong wrong move.

The walking distance to the next bus stop was &^%$#@! metres away and I had to walk into the toooooooopid sweltering heat to my destination WITHOUT any forms of shelter. The DSTA was separated into towers and I arrived at Tower A thinking that I had reached my destination only to informed i need to walk even further down to Tower B.

I almost fainted.

Since moi had come so far, I gritted my teeth and continued my trek to Tower B. Along the way losing precious body fluids as I perspired buckets. Finally got to Tower B and was at a lost since it was a military place, security was tight as hell. Had to go throw a metal detector lah, locked up my hp lah etc.

Collected my stuff from Safra Radio and scooted back to office. Waited for the bus till I almost grew cobwebs.

Well the only good thing that came out of this is that I FINALLY knew how to get to DSTA and there's a Botak Jones outlet 5 stops away from my office.

:D

What does the Singapore Spirit mean to you?

What does the Singapore Spirit mean to ME?

Have grown up on the this little red dot for the past 25 years (and counting!), there have been many memorable and poignant instances displayed by fellow Singaporeans which reflected the Singapore Spirit in more ways than one. Tangible and intangible reaching out and touching the hearts of those on our sunny blessed shores and those who live across the globe.

Even as our country has made it to global stage in terms of living standards, a stellar airport and world-class education, there are many under-privileged people (from the very young to the elderly) who require help both in monetary and welfare. Hence a whole host of Charity fund raising programmes were produced, inviting celebs (locals and foreign) to take on stunts and performances in a bid raise donations for the needy. With an average of 4 shows per year ( not counting the regular flag raising and other smaller scale donation runs), it is heartening to see sums in the range of 6-figures being raised per show every year. This goes to show that we are a nation that cares.

Not just limited to our 2-legged people, we have also extended our caring and sharing nature to furry 4-legged friends. The SPCA, ASD, AVA etc have received volunteers of all ages taking time off to lend a hand during busy adoption drives, driving the message of Sterilisation and it's importance to the public to prevent unwanted strays and rescuing abused animals from irresponsible people.

Caring is an universal element, Singaporeans have also shown much compassion and empathy to others living on the globe. Take for example the recent devastating Si Chuan earthquake and after shocks that left the province in shatters and countless lives lost and injured. Singapore's established transport operator company - ComfortDelGro has kindly sent a bus, 3 mini buses and 35 cabs to Si Chuan to help in distributing and carrying supplies to the wrecked area. With a driving school in Chengdu, ComfortDelGro has turned it into a resource collection and distribution centre to collect relief items and redistribute them to those in need.

Pic credit: Reuters

The Singapore's Disaster Assistance Rescue Teams (DART) have also been speedilty sent to China to help in the recovery work. The team consists of rescuers, doctors, paramedics, engineers, technical support personnel and rescue dogs.

Hence the Singapore Spirit means simply to share love and care for our fellow people (and furry friends) and those across the globe.

We are after all a passionate pulsating lil red dot of life.

cAbBiNg

Been cabbing recently due to a spate of OTs in the office recently.

It can be a pretty interesting experience depending on the way u see it when u hail a cab and get in for a journey.

Taxi drivers are generally a friendly lot. Some uncles (and the rare aunties) are chatty and love to make small talk with their passengers in the cab. Just like the uncle who drove my cab ydae who went on about how the auto line of jobs make money earning much more easier blah blah.

Digress: Waited for a cab with my fellow colleague (both squeezed dry ala sugar cane style after work) last nite and it was a looooooooooong wait so we resorted to calling a cab. Was on hold for so long b4 we managed to book a cab each.

Anyway back to the types of cab drivers one will meet. On the other hand, there are those silent quiet uncles whom I appreciate when I am zonked out.

One of my colleagues' hubby actually met a cabbie who toked to him about sexually explicit stuff. Hell, wat is wrong with that cabbie. Needless to say, my colleague's hubby was freaked out.

-_-III

Ever had an interesting cabbing experience?

StOp CLiCkINg

The internet is evil...

It's making mi buy buy buy...

Urgh! Yet my hand stil can't stop clicking the mouse and browsing thru pages after pages of clothes, bags and accessories.

I need to isolate myself from this devil incarnation.

FaLL iN

The army is a scary place....

So many horror/ghost stories

*shiver*

CLiMb

*Huff Puff*

The 4 office lifts were occupied and slowly inching themselves up 16 storeys when me and a couple others fellow office mates reached the lobby. Not wanting to wait like for eons for the lifts to come back to ground level, I decided to take to the stairs and climb up to my office unit located on the 5th floor of the building.

Right decision: I was faster than those 4 lifts. Burnt some calories.

Wrong decision: My legs now feel like jelly. Am outta breath.

I need an oxygen tank.

And an Osim USqueeze.

Gd SeRviCe Gd FOod

In S'pore gd service seems to be a rare gem (pun unintended *tinks of the GEM campaign initiated* now.

More often than not, when u dine out at places; a simple request of a glass of ice water can returned with sulk. It takes forever to catch the attention of seemingly busy but doing nothing service staff, a tad on the rude side display of serving u your food and list goes on.

Worst, is such treatment usually reserved for locals.

So yours truly is especially appreciative when I come across a place where service is friendly, polite and attentive. One such place is the jap restaurant at Suntec: Tonkichi. Famed for their fresh, juicy and crispy pork loin, the outlet at Suntec which I patronised like thrice this year, provided mi and the bf with impeccable service that made our dining experience all the more delish.

From the self-initiated topping up of tea, smiles and polite guestures when taking of orders, serving & clearing of plates and special requests, we were blown away. This is a service am most willing to fork out.

Kuodus to the staff at Tonkichi; Suntec outlet.

cOLoUR bLiND

Sometimes Black & White photographs look awesomely breathtaking.

Poignant.

Colours can be a distraction at times.

ExamS...

Exam fever

The mid-year exams are on for my students and my niece. Am praying hard they do well enough. Stressed.

Inevitably, brings back memories of mugging for my papers during the O and A levels. In fact during PSLE and O levels, I still rem I din study much for the papers but thankfully still managed to scrap through with decent results.

The killer papers I set for turns out to be the A Levels. Total shocker. In fact when I entered JC, my grades sorta plummeted at breakneck speed lah. Imagine scoring a C6 for GP when I scored a distinction for EL in sec sch.

GP and EL in sec sch are like totally 2 different things. Yours truly am not realli born with the talent to argue my way through in an essay and Econs and C Maths (hated Maths since Pri sch) were like my arch enemies. Could never fathom how some of my fellow classmates can crap their way thru Econs. The only one subj I liked in JC was Geog and Chinese.

Scoring grades that made me regret my decision to enter JC during the A Level prelims, totally stressed me out. Those alphabets wun never in a million years allow mi to enter uni. So u can imagine how much mugging, late nites, kopi and nitemares I had during the short period of time after Prelims and before A Levels I had to go through to pull up those appalling grades.

I had dreams of sitting for the wrong paper, late for exams and scoring like Fs for all my papers. I think I lost like 5kg during that period and started a case of gastrics. WTF.

Thankfully when results were released I still managed to score 2 distinctions for my Geog and Chinese, B4 for GP and passed my Econs and C Maths (farewell to the latter!).

Those 10 year series do work lah. I guess partly A levels was such a complete shocker was due to the short time we had to cram all the work in like less den 2 yrs. Imagine first 3 mths was like no work n all play lor. No one took anyth seriously since we are like still balancing on the fence coz we can still change our route of study choice once O level results are released.

Minus first 3 mths, minus the holidays and technically we have like 1 yr and a half to A Levels.

Strangely, even though my jc years were like a slave to the books, I still miss those uniformed daes, classes and the sch.

FRigHt CaLL

Freaky~

Someone juz called my mum and was crying over the phone.

Freaked her out.

My mum jus replied: U got the wrong number." and proceeded to give mi a quick call to check if I was ok.

Wonder if it those scam calls.

Urgh.

ThiS iS FoR tHE fURbALL

Inspired.

Hope I have time to do what I wanna do :D

BiTE mY LiP

Damn.

I have been biting this particular area of my lip for ages.

I.need.to.stop.this.bad.habit.

ThE hOTtEst MaY dAY

I spent Labour Day 'labouring' at home :D

The bf was away in Msia with colleagues watching the metal heavy Iron Man movie while I battled against the overbearing heat in Spore.

*fans self vigorously*

Parked my bloated self infront of the fan like almost 24/7 while whisky lolls out his pink tongue and panted beside me (occasionally picking up his furry self for to his chilled water dish for a couple of licks and laps).

I wanted to scream when I set foot outta the house for tuition. It was blazing hot. I can feel my skin curdle and ready to get fried. Plus smoke was almost emitting from my pores.

WTF.