Wedding...

My best friend since secondary school is getting married... tomorrow. (do pple still use best friend - these two words these days??? *roll*)

Well, she is married already actually.... in a legal sense. But tomorrow is the customary....

and i'll officially end my jie-mei aka ah yi position. cos, there's a myth that one should not a jie-mei more than 3 times, and just nice, hers is the 3rd and final time. after that, i'm also no longer 'allowed' to be one... cos i'm gonna get married in 6 month's time also.... =)

What's there to blog???

What's there to blog??

these days, i'm so lazy to blog. does anyone read my blog, anyway?

a photo taken on Chu Er. just got it from my cousin.



what about this? me, getting vain-er....

Hello everybody...

How was your new year? Received your angbaos? Gambled enough? Ate enough bak kwa and pineapple tarts?

Mine was ok.... Went around, more places to visit this year. And in the years to come....=)

Caught Protege on Friday night. Caught a little of the Chingay parade rehersal before that.

Protege was not bad. Hunks and babes. Hong Kong show about drug trafficking, undercover. But it's pretty interesting. Though quite sad on how drugs are misused and how human become a slave to drugs.

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!!!

GONG XI FA CAI!!!

HUAT AH!!!!

=)

Chinese New Year is approaching.... yippeee....

Can take ang baos!!!! For those who are giving me ang baos, please make sure it's bigger this year..... GST is increasing, everything increase, of course ang bao contents must increase also lah.... hahaha....

Have you got your new year clothes, bags etc?

Think i'm almost done with my shopping...

Think i'm going casual this new year......

Alone....

On one's own
Lonely

Those are some meanings i found.

To think of it, i hate being alone.

Sometimes, you cant help being alone.

But given a choice, I would not want.

Oh man, what am I talking about in here?

Cos' i just told someone that i hate being alone.

Life's so contradicting.

Sometimes u just hope u are being left alone. With no disturbance.

Yet sometimes, you dread being so.

Humans.... or is it just woman?

Happy New Year!!!

I'm so sorry that this greeting came in so late.... :P

Busy since I came back from my trip to KL, Malaysia.

Was at KL for the countdown, squeezed thru' the crowd at Bukit Bintang, got sprayed on alittle with the new toy in town - foam sprays... Walked all the way to KLCC, passing by the Mohamed Sultan of KL, to see the fireworks.

Did something quite bad on the way to KLCC. Haha.... Shall keep it a secret...

Must have clocked at a few kilometres on those walkings... haha

This year, lots of happenings... stayed tuned for them (that is provided i have the time to blog them.... shhhhh)

Photos time... let the pictures speak for themselves...

Had dinner last Sunday at IMM Long Beach Seafood....



Zayden with Brian and I... A colleague commented Zay looks like me also... of cos la... cos he looks like my sister ma... :P

Went Kim Gary yesterday with Mum and Brian. Supposed to shop for some clothes, but nothing caught our eyes....

Look at this big big bowl of noodles which I had at Kim Gary...



And went to Epicentre Orchard to get my iMac. My lappy died on me. Without giving me symptons. Simply can't power it on. Luckily I did some backups, else, everything will be gone. So sad. Now that it's dead, i cant sell it cos all private information and photos and everything are on the HDD. haiz...

And I'm a switcher from Microsoft to Apple.. h... all thanks to Brian.

iSight is so fun.

Look at us...



Let you guys be a little jealous.....











*smile*



Pretty me with my tatty teddy...

Dun puke... :)

If there are no unforseen circumstances, i will be away in another country to countdown to 2007!!!

Woohoo... 2007 will be interesting... very interesting...

Cheers!

I'm a happy girl.

Thanks to dearie's little present. Little it may be. But it means alot.

I realise that I've been kind of critical these days. Am I overly sensitive of myself or what????

My best friend mistook that I am saying 'bad' about her photoshoot gowns. Hey, gal, I don't mean it. It's not that those gowns are un-nice. Maybe the colours are just not my cup of tea... haha... (oh man... am i using the right words?) Anyway, you know what I mean can liao la....

I tend to pick up little arguments with Brian these days. Arguing as to why he must go to that Timberland sale today. Arguing as to why he's so defensive over certain things.

To think of it, I think the problem's with me... Am I too stressed? I guess so. Come Monday, I may have 3 persons breathing down my neck. And for the last few weeks, I've been getting stressed over some other things.

Time to put up my pillow high up and think over what I've done and said and blah blah...

To those whom I have accidentally stepped on the 'tails', I'm sorry.

Been complaining and venting my frustrations. And yes, I feel so much better now. Thanks to those who ask me what happen and hear my 'story'. I will hang in there! Haha... This 'ship' will not sink that easily.... :P

Went for a wedding lunch on Sunday at The Regent. Ballroom looks pretty nice. But weirdly, no matter how my family and I counted the number of dishes we ate, we counted only 7 of them! Normally, it should be either a 8-course or 9-course Chinese lunch. Hmmm.... what happen??? Don't know! And we were only guessing after the whole event ended and we were on the car. Haha... Guess, human beings are always too engrossed with themselves to really notice what is happening.

I was engrossed with him!!!



Nice photo taken right??? If only he was smiling also.... hahaha



He is smiling!!! But the angle of the camera is 'sala'.

So cute!!! Makes me want to have one to myself also!!! Wahahahha

If I continue to 'neglect' this blog, people are going to 'neglect' visiting here as well. So, here I am.... :P

Alright, what's been happening? Hmm.....

Hey, no one's interested in that Furla bag? *Sob Sob*

Thought I can sell off this bag to get myself the new series of the LV wallet! The one with the little porter. Sooooo cute......

But anyway, no lah.... not buying anything these months. On a super tight budget!!

Busy days these days.... With my own life, with my love life, and yeah... sickening but true, with work as well...

Mahjong days are back! Haha... Almost every week, I'll be camping and 'pian-ing' food from Charis.. Haha... I'm a cheapo, cheapo.... But hor... I've not been really winning alot... soooo.... haiz. net everything off, i'm back to the square one. Thought I could bluff some food (*save dinner money*), win some money at the table and voila, I'm richer by that little bit. But guess... God is fair. You win some, you lose some.

Kinda pissed with work lately.... haiz....

Apparently, heard that someone resigned. Again.

I do not think I am at fault. Let's see...

On Thursday, I got a stack of documents at around 4pm. Gave to a VT (vacation training.. poor chaps from those polytechnics earning meagre wages for that few months... *those were the days....*) for keying into a Excel spreadsheet. He finished on Friday. And on Friday, came in another big stack which he could not finish. Even if he could have finished, I would not have finished checking.

And my "dearest" senior manager "scolded" me over the phone yesterday morning, saying why I did not tell her that she was not able to check yesterday (oh, by the way, she was on medical leave on Friday). And she went on to say, "I am very disappointed with you. Why didn't you inform me earlier that the documents didn't come in complete on Thursday? I thought I gave very clear instructions for you guys to finish by Thursday?"

"That client of ours did email on Thursday evening to say that documents will reach us on Friday evening" I replied. She went silent for a while. I guess, she did not check or see that part of that email. In my heart, I was thinking, "Must I inform you of all the emails that came in, and made sure you knew every single item so that you will not accuse me of not informing you?"

Then, came those "PMS" words... You people ah.... why can't you all take more initiative? I can't be doing everything for you all what.... If like that, I'll drop dead. I don't know la. I'll tell *director's name* that it will be late.

Spoiled my morning. Am I overreacting? You should hear her tone.

The point is that, does complaining to the management looks good on herself? Afterall, she is our 'boss'. Does that mean that she will put us to drown if anything happens?

If she had checked her mails, she would have known that things will come in late. And how could she simply accuse people of not doing their work (in this case, me!!!) when she doesn't even know what happened during the day she was not around? And did she ask if I follow up??? NO! She simply assumed that I sat on that item, without asking when I told her I did.

(Suddenly, i have this thinking... I think she can't be in the army. If she is given a rifle, everybody will die. Cos' she don't bother checking out who is the good people or bad people. She simply shoot.)

Talking about tone, I remembered a situation whereby she called a certain government agency's hotline and was pretty harsh with her words and seriously, none of us thought her tone sounded good. And guess what, she told the officer on the other end, "I don't think you are serious in helping me. If you are not happy serving me, please pass me to another person. Do you know that your tone sounded very bad". All these, in a very agitated manner and in a so-not-professional manner. The officer directly told her, "Then, do you think, your tone is very nice?". Bingo!! She 'bo-bian' got to soften. Later, she came to tell us that she had no choice but to soften down cos' she is asking for a favour. Oh come on...

Makes me kind of dread going to work sometimes these days... The job is fine, there are plenty to learn there, the colleagues (ermm... same level one hor...) are nice but... but.... if you have such a 'boss'? I do not know.

Seriously, I find no point being a 'workaholic' in such places. No reason for me to go all the way, no reason for me to work that hard.

Dreading to think of tomorrow. I think it will be a bad day.

Looking forward to weekends... and sad to say, Christmas is still 2 months away. That means, no holidays next month. Haiz.

My mood's the same as the hazy weather.... as hazy as the weather in Indonesia. Ha....

Anybody interested in getting this Furla Leather Bag?

Classic piece ideal for both formal and casual events. Broad base. Best: it smells of real leather (no kidding!)

In very good condition with dust cover.

Let me know your bids:

Starting at $300.00

I finally found time to update! (No la, i'm just plain lazy to update my blog... hahah)

Back to reality... Back from my 7D trip in Taiwan. I didn't just go Taipei. I went around Taiwan... to some of their places of interests. And yes, with a tour group. In order to listen to some of the stories behind some of the places, and also because certain places are not so easily reached if you travelling free and easy.

A picture paints a thousand words.... so enjoy...

Me! With my dearie on SQ, early in the morning at 8.45 am. (Was telling him that we have conquered 'hai', 'lu', 'kong' aka sea, road and air together for this year. hahahah)



At the airport before immigration.



Our first stop, Taipei 101... But nothing to buy cos' they house mostly international brands such as LV, Dior etc. Sky's gloomy cos' of the forecast of a typhoon approaching... Luckily this typhoon bypass Taiwan (can't imagine the damage that will be done if it hits), thus the occassional gloomy skies and drizzles during the trip....



New York New York!



The Asia version of the "Statue of Liberty".



Been awhile since I ate pig's blood.... Woohoo....





The following day at 野柳風景區. This is the "Queen's head" - the landmark of Yehliu. But if you were to go there in the next few years, it may be different or may even disappear as these rock formations experience weathering and erosion....



They have stories on some of the rock formations... Mostly about the "Eight Immortals"









Doesn't this look as if I', so near to the sky?

Jiufen - the location for filming the show "Sad City" - but hor.... I don't know what's about this show but I know it won Tony Leung some awards.

Due to the pitch of the hillside, the buildings do not block the view of another. Interesting.



Brian's brother and I... Look at his face.. Machiam I force him for that photo.. hahha


We ate alot of mushrooms during this trip. This is good!!! You can have the mushrooms grilled or fried. And their mushrooms are super big!!! Delicious!



Taking one of their mode of transport in Taiwan - train.

A good 2 hour ride. Been sitting in coaches for long hours due to the distance between cities, towns. (We should feel glad here in SIN that from an end to another takes only 1 hour...)



This is Taroko Gorge in Hualien.







The water from this little waterfall is supposed to help blood circulation and many others. Compared to this, what is our little Sembawang hotspring water? Don't ask me about the after-effects cos I only dip my legs in for a while. Can't expects miracles, right?

When you go with tour groups, they definitely bring you to places where you can buy their so-called best products - in this case, stuff such as jade, royal jelly, pearls, lingzhi etc.

At one of their shops, as usual, playing a fool as nothing attracts my eyes except for the different carvings:







Being dragged to participate in the dance of 1 of Taiwan's aboriginal group at the 阿美族原住民山地舞表演. (By the way, Taiwan's diva, Ah Mei doesn't belong to this group.)



At Kaohsiung's Fou Kuan Shan Monastery.



The "Dragon Tiger Pagoda"


Ever seen a white bitter gourd?



Store selling titbits



At Sun Moon Lake in Taichung. This place is the biggest fresh water lake in Taiwan.

The "remains" of Lalu Island - part of it were submerged due to the major earthquake that happened years back.



At one of the stops, this is the best tea-bag eggs I think I have eaten!!!



We even took a photo with the Ah Ma!!! Heard that she has been selling this for the past 30 years. And guess what, it's only 3 for S$1.00! Cheap!



See what they are holding!!!



Kind of gross right? It's an ash tray actually. Think the aboriginal group residing at this area used to (do they still do now?) think of "this" as god. Can't remember the story about it already.

We bought a pack of "檳榔" so as to take a photo with the pretty and sexy gal. Always hear about the little clothings these gals wear in order to attract customers to buy those 檳榔. And they are really only in their lingerie.

Wana see the photo? Email me.



Actually, not all those selling 檳榔 will wear as such. Some wear normally.

At one of the night markets in Kaohsiung:

This is big right? Shiok! It's grilled cuttlefish.





Waiting for our bbq sticks...



Because of the protest against Ah Bian, we didn't manage to go CKS Memorial Hall and Ximenting. Sad. Watching the news everyday over as many as 99 channels, you can really see the clashes between the For and Against Ah Bian. For the first few days, the Against Ah Bian (all wearing Red) sits around the protest sites (which happens to be around CKS Memorial Hall / Ximenting). In the last few days when I was there, those wearing Green aka the For Ah Bian team started coming and that's when there were alot of clashes. Wearing either Red or Green at that time was pretty 'risky'.

While taking their cab in Taipei one night to go Shihlin Market, the cab driver so-called held Brian's collar and said, actually, I don't really like people wearing Red. But luckily, you are a foreigner. Phew....

This whole protest thing actually shows the level of freedom in speech and actions over there. Good? Maybe. Bad? Maybe. No right or wrong. A different view from each person's perspective.

But seriously, on a lighter note, to see what is being reported in the news about this happening makes me feel that I'm watching a drama.

Enough of political crap.

Back to Shihlin Market:

Me at Shihlin Night Market:



Guess what I'm eating? The famous chicken cutlet:



Their famous "Mian Mian Hua" aka "Chuan Bing"



Taking their "MRT".





Some of the stuff I ate during the trip...

This is interesting. It's actually fried bread with fillings. I suppose originally, the name wasn't supposed to be written in this way. It's supposed to have something to do with "Coffin". Thus the weird name. However, I think people prefer a more "prosperous" name.



This is not from the famous Ding Tai Feng. This is from Dian Shui Lou - heard that it's opened by a chef from Ding Tai Feng. Tastes the same to me. No difference to the ones we have in SIN.



Popiah with ice cream and peanut.



I may be back again, but, only to Taipei for the food and shopping. Sports stuff there are generally cheaper and of a bigger variety. If you like Japanese fashion, then that's the cheaper alternative to get similar fashion stuff. And I wana go Ximending!!!!

Alright folks, sorry for the late updates. Been pretty busy with work these days. Till then, please take care!!!

Cheers!