- eVeLyN's WoRLd -

搬家了

2009-08-26T00:16:00.001+08:00

after much hesitation, i've decided to move.. more details available in my new bloggie http://eveie.wordpress.com

Bathing The Kids

2009-06-06T20:09:00.003+08:00

gave darling clare a bath this afternoon as sis was busy with the packing for her trip to taiwan tmr.. and that led me to travel back in time when i used to bathe chris everyday b4 i go to school..

she always picked the right time to ask for a bath from me. like when i'm dressed up in my uniform, ready to leave the house to go to school.. she'll wail and refuses to be bathed by anyone who offered to bathe her.. and i'll have to take off my socks and give her a quick no-time-for-bath-tub shower.. but i guessed she had her fair share of fun by making me wet every time and giving me that cheeky grin..

those were the days.. and now, in the blink of an eye, she'll 11 already.. no wonder they always say 时光飞逝... so true..

i'm glad that i got to bathe clare today.. cos i'll never know, when is the next time i get to relive that moment once again as the days go by, with the kids not needing you for such stuff anymore.

生病了

2009-05-13T21:35:00.002+08:00

已经病了好几天了... 先是喉咙痛, 然后, 就像是个免费配套一样, 伤风也一起来凑热闹... 直到昨天才去看医生.. 已经不能再忍受下去了, 因为鼻涕就像开了的水龙头一样一直流啊... 真是受不了了!!

但是天有点不作美哦... 当我到了诊所, 医生已经走了... 哎呀, 反正也不是什么大病, 就 self medicate 吧.. keke.. :P 从诊所买了感冒药, 消炎丸和喉片. 昨晚回到家, 洗了澡, 吃了药, 就呼呼大睡了... 一觉睡到天亮...

早上起来, 鼻涕已经没有想昨天一样的一直流了... hmm, 感觉视乎是比较好了哦... 哎呀, 说说而已啦, 你以为是仙丹嚒? keke.. 早上起来时, 头就一直隐隐作痛... 真辛苦啊! 就差那么一点就不上班了... 就那么一点... 脑海里浮现的那一座还没做完的工作, 今天还要做 submission, 所以就把自己给拖回办公室了... (诶, 怎么很像听到有人在说 "工作狂" hehe..) 哎呀, 不是工作狂啦... 只想把分内的工作做好... 就这样罢了..

我发现, 我每次一生病, 大多数是生大病... 而且会病蛮久的... sigh... 希望可以快快复原, 再多两天就要去 kelong 了!!! 我要加油加油!!!

Time No Enough

2009-05-05T23:32:00.000+08:00

so much to do, yet so little time...

if only there are 48 hours a day...

hmm... then again, if there are 48 hours a day, wld it be enough for me? haiz.. 都不知道是我没事找降多事做 or i'm such a workaholic...

well, i guess this is the part where i say, "that's for me to know, for you to find out." keke.. :P

Beautifully Imperfect - Imperfectly Perfect In My Eyes

2009-04-29T22:51:00.002+08:00

this advertisement is really good... touching, and it left tears hanging at the brim of my eyes...

[beautifully imperfect]

lets you realise, how perfect some things can be, while they seem to be that imperfect.

Of Indigestion

2009-04-29T00:12:00.000+08:00

went for tender evaluation with dr yong today.. had to reach office earlier than usual cos mtg was at 9am.. learnt something different apart from designing... dr yong taught me how to evaluate the tender for our CS part.. but eyes nearly popped out reading 10 PQM specs to evaluate them...

the evaluation thingy finally ended at 1230. gawd, i didn't expect it to last so long.. funny thing was, i didn't realise time passed so quickly.. only realised that it was 1215 already when dr yong was on the phone saying "i don't think i'm coming back for lunch la.. i'm still in a mtg." and that was when the tummy started screaming "feed me! feed me!"

had andy to dabao lunch for me. and the head cracking thingy started right after i had my lunch. cos i was given the task to draft out the tender questionnaire for tmr's tender interview. *panic mode panic mode* dunno how to do, don't really know what to write even thou dr yong gave me a "sample" for reference.

at the end of the day, after flipping thru over and over again the 3 shortlisted PQM specs, plus the help from ys, andy and dr yong himself, i managed to complete it and send the tender questionnaire to the architect..

thou it's a really busy, eyes popping and head cracking day for me today, where i have to digest so much info on my first working day after my holiday, causing me to suffer from indigestion (and i'm already suffering from indigestion from all the food i ate in penang.. keke.. :P), i was happy. happy cos i finally see a change...

i'm just keeping my fingers crossed, that this happiness is not shortlived.

Alas

2009-04-22T23:34:00.001+08:00

i'm oficially debtless...

hooohooo!!!! no more school loans!!!

The PWS

2009-04-11T13:58:00.002+08:00

yeap, it's the PWS, not some typo error which is supposedly to be the PMS... what is the PWS you may ask? it's some "illness" that i'm suffering from. or that's what ys said i was suffering from.. haha..

oh ya, the PWS? it stands for the project withdrawal syndrome..

i'm so called finally done with orchard turn. after 1 yr 10 mths of it, i've managed to turn out from the project already. sent out the last submission on tues, that sent me jumping with joy. went to pack all my cals into the cupboard while waiting for KM and rudy to come for our weekly jog.

am already involved in a new proj.. no more turning, it's now swimming in the ocean till the end of the month b4 i go knock myself against the rock.. lol...

am still busy, thou not as busy, but dunno why, feeling lethargic... just doing things at a slower pace.. and feeling weird.. haha.. maybe not used to a new proj? oh well, ys noticed that i was abit different and he asked, "你不会得了 project withdrawal syndrome 吧?"

i thot it sounds interesting... keke.. :P

Not A Proud Broken Record

2009-04-02T00:30:00.003+08:00

ghee, i don't believe i actually broke the 10.30pm record... left office at 11pm just now... reluctantly... gawd, since when i became such a workaholic?

Of Sleepy Philosophy

2009-04-01T22:22:00.002+08:00

turtle sent me an email this morning, thanking me for appearing for last nite's EP nite.. so formal lor..

turtle: Thanks for coming last night. Really appreciate it. Also, thanks for this weekend also. In advance. Wouldn't be able to do anything without you. Honestly. Thanks.

me: aiyo.. so 客气 for what... all i did was to turn up and go for free food.. free dinner leh!! lol..

turtle: not 客气 lah...i really mean it...without u guys around, i'll be so helpless...and u know that...

me: well my dear.. not only you will be helpless... everyone will be helpless w/out great friends ard to help there.. some pple look like they are great being alone, not needing anyone's help. but how sure are we that they aren't pretending and putting up a front? the only difference between us and them is that we admit that there are things that we can never do alone.

turtle: such philosophical mind in the morning...and you tell me you're sleepy...unbelievable...
well, you're definitely right on that...one thing i learnt is that to show due appreciation and give thanks before it's too late...hence, the thanks...

me: hahaha... well, that's me... and that's what makes me well, me? hahaha... my brain works funnily.. keke.. okok... you got so many "thanks" so i must at least return one "you're welcome".. lol..

reading back the email, i kinda like that "philosophy" that i came up with.. hehe...

-sweet indulgence-

Pinkie Lumixie 51

2009-03-26T23:21:00.000+08:00

Of The Philipino Language

2009-03-26T22:58:00.003+08:00

i'm having pretty much fun learning philipino from my drafters... i'm feeling the same kind of excitement i had when i was learning jap during my ntu days... except this is less stressful, cos there aren't spelling every week, neither exams at the end of the semester... hehe.. :P

i'm making work or going to office sound so fun... or am i just using this as a cover to how i actually feel about work? hmmm...

Pinkie Lumixie 50

2009-03-25T00:00:00.000+08:00

Earth Hour 2009 ~ Spread The Word

2009-03-11T00:34:00.003+08:00

thou 1 hour seems like it wouldn't have any much effect of saving the earth, but i feel it's the gesture that counts more than anything...

let's do our part to save the earth. and even if you don't want to participate in this event, help spread the word.. 俗语说, "一传十, 十传百"...

Of Desperation

2009-03-06T22:46:00.001+08:00

have you been in such a desperate situation where you actually googled "things to do in singapore"?

i just did. enuf said.

Emerging From The Disappearing Act

2009-03-04T23:36:00.003+08:00

after disappearing for a few months (as what shilong says), i've finally got to meet him for dinner today... it really has been a real long time since i last saw him... dunno got half a year anot.. :P

enjoyed myself thoroughly even thou i was more than half dead when i left the office at 8.30pm... somehow missed the days when i wasn't so busy at work and jio him and enlai out for dinner from time to time... (speaking of which the pineapple is so bo sim... come back from aussie so long, now back to aussie le (i presume) never jio to meet up or to even call us lor...)

if only it could be the same.... if only...

Of Being Late And Early

2009-02-26T22:13:00.002+08:00

dearie bought me an early b'day prezzie last friday... but until today then i blogged about it... :P

yeap... a psp...

thanks dearie.. i love the prezzie alot alot alot... muacks :*

and also, special thanks to kah wei for accompanying us on an empty stomach to purchase it :)

Itchy Weekend

2009-02-23T21:48:00.002+08:00

itchy itchy itchy... scratch scratch scratch... that just sums up my wkend...

woke up on saturday to find the hind of my thighs swollen with what seemed like eczema... swollen, red and itchy...

it somehow wldn't stop itching, even after yoga class... was at toa payoh with dearie in desperate search for mib clinics to go see doc but dunno is i suay or what, both clinics that we tried closed... and LL gotta wait till sun...

the feeling was really horrible.. cos it was really swollen and itchy and unbearable.. :( lotsa 蛇粉 and 无比膏 didn't help much... i ended up scratching the thighs in the middle of the night and woke up cos it was too itchy and painful from the scratch.. scratching only relived the itch, but the pain just came in cos the skin all sore from the hard scratching le.. woke up to splash some water in hopes of relieving the itch and the pain, to try go back to sleep, holding my hands together, enduring not to go scratch it again... 真的好难受啊!!!!!

until sunday morning, 1st thing after i woke up, dearie brought me to the other mib clinic at toa payoh.. only to end up with a very oooold uncle doc who didn't seemed to know what's wrong with me.. he kept emphasizing that it wasn't eczema cos eczema outbreaks usually is whole body one, and mine just so happen was only on the thighs. and so, he concluded that it was skin allergy.. -_-"'

he gave me inflammation pills, some anti-itch pills (for both day and night: and the night one is those that can easily knock out elephant one.. :P) and anti-itch cream that didn't seemed to help much in relieving the itch..

and so, just now after lunch, i went to see the doc at keypoint... brought my medi there.. and the doc said that it's similar to eczema, also said it's skin irritation.. prescribed more anti-itch cream and on the spot asked me to take 4 inflammation pills which somehow caused me to be gong gong after that... funny leh.. the prescription said 2 tablets, twice a day.. and i already had taken 2 tablets in the morning le... but then, doc say take, so i take lo...

very bad news.. doc said that there are cases where pple take as long as 3 weeks to recover... saddie... i hope i don't have to take that long... the leggie very ugly leh... :( haiz, dunno is suay or what lor... last time eczema attack whole body only took 2 days to recover lor... haiz...

just hope i recover real soon wor... lotsa food gotta 戒口.. :(

Operation Chocolate Milk

2009-02-15T22:58:00.002+08:00

it's been a really looooong time since i went swimming.. told dearie that, and so had decided to go swimming today!

almost didn't make it to the swimming pool.. cos by the time we woke up, 11am liao... and dearie said, "why don't we go in the afternoon? cos i'm hungry liao.." but in the end, i insisted of going swim first then lunch cos i know if we were to go lunch first, we surely won't swim liao.. :P

and so, dilly dally here and there, by the time we reached toa payoh swimming complex, 12 plus le.. ghee, too long never swim liao... never run also, like not much stamina left le... was having difficulties in my first 5 laps.. kinda like almost died.. hahaha...

swam 20 laps.. 1km... really lousy... used to swim like 30 lor... ghee, must buck up liao.. must jia you jia you!!

am happy that i went swimming today... the sun was kinda playing peek a boo.. one moment out, the next, hiding behind some clouds, making my sun tan operation chocolate milk, not quite a success... i wana be more tanned la!!! nvm, next week go swim again... hmm... hope i'm not too lazy to get my lazy arse off the bed, and out the house.. keke.. :P

Patience Is A Virtue

2009-02-07T15:22:00.005+08:00

my 忍功 towards m)phosis has always been pretty gd... cos i know their sales are always irresistable.. and, 我终于等到了! keke.. :P

unlike certain stores that gives a miserable 10% or 20% discount once in a blue moon, m)phosis' sales are always 50% - 70%!! during their sale period, it's always filled with pple.. even thou the clothes are stuffed to the max at the racks making it so difficult to browse thru and choose the clothes.

all thanks to dearie who saw it at city link when he was on his way to meet me at marina square. so when we met up, we headed to m)phosis first, then dinner..

wanted to try out the shoes and take a look at the bags, but 8pm le, dearie and i were hungry le.. so... i left kinda unwillingly with 3 pieces of clothings.. :P

nevertheless... happy :)

Of Conversations About Work

2009-02-05T01:23:00.001+08:00

've been working late these few days, leaving office at 2230 yesterday and 2200 today.. i'm really tired. no, exhausted seems to fit in better.

anyway, had dinner with terry last nite. after dinner, he went back while i made my way back to office. moments later, he smsed me asking me to jia you.. also saying that bosses should appreciate me more. and if he were my boss, he would have given me a higher pay. (cannot rmb the exact words, but it's somewhere along the line.)

and i replied, "if i were getter a higher pay, why do you think i am so unmotivated to work? haha.."

speaking of which, i rmb the conversation i had with sherlaine dear when i met up with her last sat when at cousin steve's place (went there to 拜年)... was catching up with each other cos the last time i saw her was her b'day, which was on august. one of the topics included our working lives... lifting off a part of our conversation:

sherlaine: if the pay's low, and you're working like a cow, why are you still there? i believe you can get a job with a higher pay.

me: erm, cos i've got super glue stuck on my arse to the office chair?

there seems to be so many valid reasons not to stay, but why am i still there? i don't really know actually. perhaps i want to finish orchard turn first? perhaps i'm still holding a hope, for things to turn for the better? or perhaps i really have my arse super glued to the office chair? haha.. :P oh well, whatever reasons there may be, one thing for sure, my kakhis there are one of the reasons why i'm still standing. yes guys and gals, you know who you are :)

this is a job, which i've learnt to love and to hate.. my path is unclear now. will there be a light at the end of the tunnel? i'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Pinkie Lumixie 49

2009-01-28T23:04:00.001+08:00

CNY 2009

2009-01-27T22:05:00.003+08:00

happy chinese new year everyone!!

ghee, i sound like i'm pretty flushed with adrenaline... :P actually, this year's cny had been one of the bleak ones.

ytd woke up at 10 plus, sis came to 拜年.. had lunch with mum then went over to dearie's place to 拜年... after dearie's mum & uncle went out to 拜年, both of us took a long and powerful nap... (actually, just me la... dearie woke up earlier and was playing game when i woke up. :P) then had simple dinner, watched tv, played abit of mahjong, had supper @ mac's, then tv again, then zzz le...

this morning slept till 11.. (i know i know, i'm a pig. but i'm tired ma..) slacked and mor mor cheng cheng till 2 then went over to sis' place... watched tv, ate alot of goodies, then 捞鱼生, dinner, tv, dessert, then home le...

actually sherlaine's family opened her house for cny today.. but sembawang very far leh.. with the dinner plus the gambling, sure will be another 凌晨 event... and i didn't take any leave for cny, so decided to give it a miss...

sian... 为什么明天就要上班了????

终于找到了

2009-01-16T23:44:00.000+08:00

met dearie for some cny shopping @ bugis after work just now... after dinner, i told him i wanted to go casio. i don't usually step in that shop, but dunno why today had this "feel" to wana go in and have a look.

see see look look, saw this watch which i thot was not bad, and so peeked behind for the price. expecting it to cost more than $100, i was surprised to find it priced at $38. still couldn't believe my eyes, thinking that the "1" was lurking behind the watch holder, i asked to take a look. really was $38 wor.. and, oi, not white, but grey wor.. it looked white inside under the lighting inside the showcase.

saw another watch that cost $49. it was white, and more femanine cos not so "bulky". but wasn't really worth it when compared against the $38 one. the lady assistant was quite nice, explaining to us the functions and the difference between the 2 watch. and found out the $38 watch originally cost $100+...

've been looking for a "weekend" watch for quite some time le... and thus decided to buy it.. cos it's a steal! hahahaha...

[only two colours: grey and yellow ~ why no red wor?]

even thou no red, the grey also nice... keke... tmr can 开张 le! hehe.. :P

Pinkie Lumixie 48

2009-01-15T00:47:00.000+08:00

Of Manicure And Pedicure

2009-01-08T00:43:00.001+08:00

am waiting for the nail polish to dry.... then can go sleep le!! was painting my toe nails just now, in preparation for friday's dnd... it's been quite a looong time since i last painted them le... decided to paint them now cos of one ugly growing nail.. just few weeks back or prob 1 or 2 mths back, i think i knocked onto something or what that caused the big toe nail of my left foot to drop out... and now, it's growing back... very uglyly... grrr...

and because of the ugly nail, it's so ugly i can't stand it, i decided to paint it in attempts to make it not look so ugly... and so i was, spending the last half hour, painting it... and boy was it diff to paint lor... i'm kinda lousy in painting toe nails.. cos i always get the polish everywhere... so ugly... hahaha... so must be really careful to try my very best to paint it properly and nicely..

and so, was thinking of those pple who go for manicure/pedicure services... then was wondering why pedicure always cost more than manicure, since both just involves painting of the nails.. cld it be cos painting finger nails are easier for us rather than toe nails, that's why they charge you more on something that is deemed more difficult for you? or cld it be becos it's the feet, dirtier (whatever else word that fits the description - which i can't really think of right now), and that's why it cost more?

oh well... i don't think it really matters rite? hahaha... bo liao ah bo liao... super bo liao blabberings... hahahaa... lol... :P

To Learn Or Not To Learn

2009-01-07T23:56:00.002+08:00

"the more you learn, the more you know
the more you know, the more you forget
the more you forget, the less you learn
now the question is, why learn?"

and this is the reason why i love the morning express so much... and tmr the owner of miami ink most prob will be sitting in the morning express!!! and maybe he'll give glenn a tattoo... exciting!!

Keeping It Simple

2009-01-01T21:05:00.001+08:00

happy 2009 everyone!!!

hmm... how did i spend my last day of 2008? interesting lo... it first started a full day of work (where most places only work half day) and NOT knocking off at 5.30pm but 7pm cos i had to get my amendment submission for package 3 out to the AC... after which dearie and i went to amk hub for a very nice meal at 三盅两件...

[the yummylicious dinner]

after dinner, shopped abit.. then went back to dearie's place le... and didn't managed to keep awake till 12am... keke.. :P

i mentioned just a few days ago that the kids didn't get to go to ecp on mon cos clare was down with a fever.. so, sis called me last nite and asked whether i wld wanna bring them there today cos clare was very 不甘愿 she didn't get to blade the other time and also wasn't able to go ecp due to her falling sick.

and so, off we go, to ecp today.. with sis, bil (bro-in-law), the kids and dearie. only the kids bladed and boy did they have fun... chris was gd, improving from her previous attempt.. today's her 3rd time blading.. and clare was gd too! being able to blade on her own and this is only her first attempt! i am very proud of the girls...

[chris blading]

[clare blading]

thou there were no fanciful parties, no fanciful countdowns and getting myself wasted as well as looking a panda, feeling like a zombie (thou i am feeling superbly tired and wasted out with 2 full hours of bending over making sure they don't fall, supporting them, catching them when they fall and chasing after the kids), thou it's just a simple day out, i felt today was a day well spent, esp when i saw the smiles plastered on the kids' faces...

and today's the one day where i fully appreciate this phrase: 简单就是美.

Continuation No More

2008-12-29T10:03:00.002+08:00

on leave today... was supposed to bring my two darlings chris and clare to ecp today to roller blade and some beach activities.

sis, dearie and i actually brought them to ecp last fri.. chris had been looking forward to it since the last time we've brought her. and since sis and i was on leave last fri, we've decided to bring the kids there... and after 2 hours of blading for chris, 2 hours of cycling for clare, they cldn't have enough! and that's why the decision to bring them to ecp again today.

but, called sis just now.. today ecp blading no more le.. cos clare is running a high fever.. 38-deg fever somemore... saddie... :(

saddie for us, more saddie for her.. cos sis told me she was really looking forward to blading. we've managed to find a shop that has her blade size so she was supposed to be able to get a feel of blading today... and boy was she disappointed...

well clare, take a gd rest and get well soon k? yiyi will bring you to ecp for blading again.. :)

M1's Curse

2008-12-28T21:23:00.004+08:00

today's operation change hp (get mio plan) failed... tremendously...

no, no, not my fault this time wor... this time is not about me not able to make up my mind le wor...

after countless times of surfing the singtel shop webbie, countless times of walking into singtel shops bio-ing hp, checking out prices etc, i've finally decided to go get myself a new hp.. cos the old one, thou till now, i still love it, really cmi liao...

wanted to get wr's phone, the samsung i780 one.. was previously selling at $298.. but singtel not selling le... so... haiz...

[i like the colour.. and the phone's not bad too]

few days back, saw this leaflet from singtel, omnia 8gb selling at $468 from the usual $498.. promotion was supposed to end at 31 dec. yes... the word here is SUPPOSED.. why? cos today when i was at singtel, there was a new promotion!!! the stupid phone now is not selling at a freaking $533!!! now, it's way beyond my budget le... in fact, the omnia wasn't really within my budget, but singtel phones, really ex lor... all the price, either bo hua, or ex lor... sigh...

[the almost-going-to-be-my-new-hp: almost]

actually, this morning when i checked the singtel shop webbie, it was $468 wor.. but, it's online price.. and bcos i was going for the mio plan, i don't think i can purchase the phone online.. and oh ya, speaking of which, the pple there really cmi lor.. ask them whether can purchase the hp online then bundle the plan for mio plan anot also cannot answer me.. must ask dunno what i.t. person that can only get back to me earliest tue morning. wa kao... not cmi is what? you mean there wasn't anyone who was able to attend to such query? really cmi... disappointed.

so, bo bian lor.. then i remembered this morning i saw from the online shop that the nokia n81 8gb was selling at $228... and so, asked for that model... you know what? the person said the shops not selling le wor... but hor, online can buy leh! interesting eh?

[原来我跟它也没缘]

moodie very down le... hungry also.. so dearie and i went for our dinner first... and was contemplating whether to buy the nokia e71 anot. the person told me it was selling at $338... knowing that my current hp can fetch a trade in value of $60, we've decided to get it after dinner.. and becos i wasn't prepared in trading in the mobile, i had to copy all of my contacts from phone to the sim card.. that isn't the difficult part.. the difficult part was that there wasn't enough memory in the sim card for all my contacts... and so i had to browse thru every single contact to delete those super long time never contact contacts and made sure all those important ones that i need were moved to the sim card...

not only that, i had to copy out on a singtel pamplet, all the dates i've input in the calender.. and all other information i had in the mobile... and in the end, when i went to queue again, the person told me, out of stock le!! cos ytd it was selling at $268!!! super faint lor... if it wasn't available, why did the person who served me previously still tell me that it was selling at $338?

[m1 selling at $238 lor]

i am super pek chek... and i am very sick and tired... i have never found so much difficulty buying a mobile phone b4... grrr... seems like m1's putting up a curse.. so that i won't switch to singtel? keke.. :P

Photoless X'mas Eve

2008-12-28T11:25:00.002+08:00

had a blast @ daw's sis' place on x'mas eve partying... lotsa food, lotsa games, and not to mention, lotsa drinking... keke.. :P

we ordered the x'mas package from carrefour that included the turkey, honey baked ham and log cake... being very kiasu that food weren't enough for the 10 of us, we also ordered 2 large pizzas that came with drumlets and some other stuff... and (yes, there were more.. keke..) my HUGE bowl of potato salad (kw turtle, i know you must be whining and pouting your lips now.. lol..). so as you can see, there were so much food... we weren't able to finish all of them even thou we stuffed ourselves to the max (ghee, like the turkey that was stuffed before it went into the oven wor.. keke.. :P)

after food came the games and the non-stop drinking... from heart attack to 0-0-7 to 7-up (then changed to 3-up cos everyone getting very 厉害 already) and lastly after the countdown, the "ntu drinking game". we didn't really managed to countdown to x'mas thou.. tv show no counting down leh.. class 95 also don't have wor... so our countdown to x'mas was kinda, anti-climax thou... oh well, that's not really important la... the most important is the company ma.. :)

partied till 3+am... stomach filled with the food from the non-stop eating (dinner, log cake and punishment to eat leftover food during the drinking game) and of course that non-stop drinking since dinner... 真的是又饱又累 wor...

but... i really had fun... :)

Pinkie Lumixie 47

2008-12-24T00:10:00.001+08:00

Of One That Speaks A Thousand Words

2008-12-16T23:54:00.002+08:00

My First 10km

2008-12-08T22:57:00.002+08:00

hmm... what can i say? well, let's just say i survived it and, even thou it almost killed my very useless weakie right knee, i loved it...

[loving every moment of my marathon]

[and of course, adoring my first 10km medal]

and oh, forgot one more thing, am proud of myself... cos i didn't except myself to complete it with (to my surprise) not much difficulty...

am definately gonna take part again next year!!! it's so much fun... am very tempted to try on the 21km thou.. but something's telling me to train for a few more years, try out a few more 10km's before i embark on the suicidal journey of the 21km... haha... :P

61735

2008-12-06T22:07:00.002+08:00

that is my tag no. for tmr's 10km marathon... ghee, time really flies... i still remebered the time when i put the count down thingy for this marathon, it was more than 100 days away... and now? it's just 10 hours away...

my first marathon... will i survive? keke... i think i shldn't have a prob running 10km ba... oh well, you'll all know tmr! keke.. :P

somehow feeling kinda excited.. hee... my very first standard chartered marathon.. and i wonder, if there's many more to come? i guess so ba... :P

Just The Forth

2008-12-04T23:59:00.001+08:00

it's just the forth... the forth day of december...

it's just the forth... the forth day i've shifted back to concourse...

and yet just the forth... i've worked my arse off in the office, coincidentally on the forth floor, till 10pm... not because i've completed my work but cos the mind and the body just cldn't take it anymore. it was also my first time, turning off the lights over at our cs corner.. yes, i was the last one in my department (on the 4th flr) to leave the office... 悲哀... ...

on this forth day, i've got my earphones plugged in, tuned to class 95, and listened through four shifts. from the morning express, to lunch break, to music marathon, and to cartunes.. almost went on the fifth shift of love songs, but didn't. cos i'm so tired, even thou it's also one of my fav shift, having that earphone plugged in just made me feel sooooo irritated... yes, i was that irritable... ghee... so unfriendly... :S

on this forth day, i didn't take a cabbie home despite leaving office so late... cos there were so many pple waiting for cabbie, and so many cabbies refusing to pick customers cos of the changing shift... and that resulted in me dragging my feet to bugis mrt station, the forth stop away from home.

on this forth day, the four-mrt-stops ride home was antagonising... it seemed forever... thank god there were seats...

on this forth day, i wonder, in four weeks time, whether i can finish the 2 amendment submissions that i'm supposed to. i'm keeping my fingers crossed.

on this forth day, four more words before i end my post...

tired, exhausted, drained, fatigued

Purely Lazy

2008-12-02T23:14:00.000+08:00

feeling very lethargic at the current moment... came back from hot yoga class by yogi... i kinda like attending his classes... be it hot yoga, or gentle, or therapy or the never-fail-to-kill-me-yogalates etc...

today's lesson was good... thank god i dragged my feet for yoga lessons.. :P it rained cats and dogs at ard 5 plus and i was like "shit, raining so heavily!!! how to go for yoga??!!" and when it kinda subsided i was like "aww, what a nice weather to sleep in... so lazy to go for yoga..." hehe... :P

after lesson, went home.. had this craving for maggi again... and so, maggi for dinner it is!!! haha... yum yum... *contented*

and till now, since dinner, butt's been super-glued to the chair, not wanting to leave nor move (expect to go soak the dirty clothes)... feeling ultimately superbly lazy and little bits of jelly...

*yawn + cool breeze blowing thru my window* it's a calling... for me to go or-or liao... keke... :P

The Walkie Post

2008-11-27T23:25:00.004+08:00

*laughs* tmr will be my last day going to gmt office le... cos we'll be shifting back to concourse le..

was chatting with dearie few days back about the shift, then it suddenly dawned upon me that i had this "special walkie" post (see post here) the day b4 i shifted from concourse to gmt... and i was asking him, "do you think i'll have another special walkie post for gmt?" hahaha... then dearie replied, "but from lavender to gmt office got nothing leh." and it's like "oh ya hor.... *silence*" lol...

i'm also not quite sure whether i'll do a special post for my last day in alighting in lavender and walking to office... see how first ba... see my mood.. keke.. :P i think it's last day alighting in lavender ba.. cos i'll most prob be walking to concourse office from bugis... even thou there are pple who say lavender nearer la... but i find not much difference thou..

hmm, i wonder, whether i'll rmb to alight at bugis on monday anot wor.. or, whether i rmb i no longer walk to gmt office le wor... keke.. :P

Pinkie Lumixie 46

2008-11-27T00:15:00.000+08:00

Pinkie Lumixie 45

2008-11-18T23:28:00.000+08:00

Hottest Romantic Night

2008-11-17T23:32:00.000+08:00

the whole class of us who took 8.30pm hot yoga class just now had a very hot and romantic yoga class with master yogi... hahaha..

hot, understandable right? cos i already said it's hot yoga class wor... but note the title, it's hottest wor... why so? just 10 mins into the class, there was a black out/electricity trip. it's kinda funny.. cos having that e'city trip meant that there wasn't any more hot air blowing out, which shld mean a cooler place to work out.. but no, it was even worse! it was super hot and stuffy... i perspired so much i looked like some honey glazed chicken.. not the normal ones where you just glaze a layer onto it (this one is normal hot yoga class), but is alot of layers, making the "honey glazed" super gao lor... hahahaha... HOT right? keke...

now, to the romantic part... due to the blackout, the backup lights were litted... but there was only like 3-4 lights in the whole studio... ambience was perfect for a candlelight dinner... now tell me, romantic anot? keke.. :P

what a hot romantic night... in literal sense... keke... :P

Operation Rush

2008-11-16T22:49:00.000+08:00

wanted to give dearie a surprise... and knowing that he has this very "ba-bai" dinner @ the parliament house this coming wed and that he has yet to find a nice tie to go with his newly bought suit and pants, i decided to get the tie that we kinda had eyes on when we were shopping the past week.

dearie was kinda hesitant in buying that tie which i thought was really nice cos of the price... and in the end left the shop empty handed cos he din want to pay $40+ for a tie...

on tues, i dropped by the arcade in search of nice cheap ties.. but non of them caught my eyes.. i still liked the one that i saw in pedro.. that tie, which i stepped in the shop, just caught my attention with it's nicey nice colours...

and so, on fri morning, i had decided to buy that tie as a gift to dearie for his dinner this coming wed... when i reached office, told andrea i wanted to go buy the tie during lunch and being such a sweetie, she accompanied me on a mission where time was against us.

1230 sharp, off we went! took 100, alighted at raffles hotel, walked to city link, buy that tie... then off to suntec, da-baoed lunch cos not enuf time to eat there... we bought don's pie for lunch and donuts from donut factory back to office for us and our "pets"... we rushed like mad during that 1 hour, with all that speed walking and running... only to reach office back at 1.30, but tummies not filled... super hungry ah... but this operation rush, was kinda fun... andrea and i were kinda enjoying the process... keke... :P

dearie came to pick me up from work... saw his van parked at the overhead bridge waiting for me, i called him and asked him to keep his eyes closed.. hehe... b4 i presented him the prezzie... i had initially wanted to hide it in my bag and give it to him during dinner, but my bag not big enuf wor... so lor... keke...

[operation rush: a success]

his first reaction, "argh!!! you bought the tie!!!! waste money!! i can use those that i have at home ma..." keke.. thou he was exclaiming those remarks, i knew he loved it... hee...

seeing that smile on his face, just made all the rush i made that afternoon, worthed it's while.. :)

好累

2008-11-12T22:34:00.002+08:00

hectic day today... and a bloody tiring one too... so darn busy trying to print out all my cals for package 3 amendment submission... thou the remote comp based in gmt was occupied, i managed to "snatched" the one and remaining one with staadpro in concourse.. but it came with a price... the speed...

gawd, the loading of one file... let me clarify.. it's not some sophisticated model, not ramp model, not 3-d, just a simple 2-d 2 span beam... wait until.... i can get so pek chek... open file, hang, check model, hang, save, hang, run analysis, hang hang, print, hang hang and sometimes no printout... see? how not to pek chek?

finally gotten the remote based in gmt back at ard 3 plus... work work work, print print print... here and there... then had to stop the report compiling cos gotta do modelling for the stupid retaining wall.. here and there till i only managed to get out of the office at 7.30pm...

poor dearie... hungry... waiting for me at home to go have dinner at chinatown together... he smsed me at 5.45pm telling me hopefully that i was feeling hungry cos that's when i can get my arse off the chair, out the office and have dinner with him... but i cldn't get off yet.. poor hungry dear... by the time i met up with him.. no more yummylicious dinner at chinatown liao... ended up da bao-ing burger king for dinner...

poor dearie... hungry... telling me he was frantically looking for food in my famous nothing-to-eat house except for one packet of chipster chips, one packet of calebee prawn crackers and one packet of tiramisu pokey... he said he almost had to open the praw crackers while looking for biscuits until he saw the pokey.. and said, "i've never felt so happy seeing pokey leh..." poor me also wor... so hungry... so tired... so drained... cannot even think straight liao... was telling him about my day... how busy i was... until i was like, "wah, i just realised today i so busy until i only went toilet twice wor..." and i guess, that kinda showed the amount of water intake i had today as well... like so unhealthy wor.. :(

好累哦... 真的好累... ... ... what a hectic and so darn busy day... will tmr be a better day? *cross fingers*

The Decree

2008-11-11T22:00:00.002+08:00

the last time i received such a decree in my outlook, it was for us to shift to gmt... and this time, it's for us to shift back to concourse...

i feel like some chess piece... think think here... put me there... think think there, put me here again.

ys have this really cute "theory" about this... he said something like that (can't really rmb).. haha... one day, your parents feel that you shld go out and 闯一闯... shld shift out and stay on your own... and you did!!! and now? maybe your parents feel that you need some security? and now, they ask you to come back... hahaha... like damn fun hor?

回去不是不好... but just can't help feeling like a toy la... and, the packing/unpacking thingy... not fun la... esp when work on hand is never ending.. how to pack?

oh, not to mention, i've gotta try to get that stupid package 3 amendment submission done by the end of this month... when, the decree states we're to shift back by the end of this month... hmm... having this strong feeling i have to come back on wkends either to work or to pack le wor.... why ah? :P

Pinkie Lumixie 44

2008-11-11T00:12:00.000+08:00

SSS - Sandwich, Salad, On A Sunday

2008-11-10T23:48:00.003+08:00

dearie's been complaining that i've been too lazy when at his place on wkends.. cos i'm always either sleeping, or watching tv... then falling asleep... hahaha...

oh well. poor baby had been studying non-stop preparing for his upcoming exams... 3 back to back papers... aiyo... study untiil gong gong liao...

dunno why, last sat after yoga lesson asked him whether he wanted to eat salad anot... it's been a really loooong time since i made salad liao.. so of course it's a yes from him.. hahaha... and so it's salad and sandwich for lunch on sunday!!!

*sandwich was kinda a last min thing, decided on sunday morning.. cos dearie felt only salad for lunch not enuf wor... keke..

[our all time fav: muffins with smoked ham steak and egg]

speaking of egg.. i can never seem to do a good sunny side up... i always break the egg yolk la... grrr... very sian... dunno is my technique not rite, or the frying pan not rite, or what... haiz...

ok, bad things aside.. hehe... here comes the yummylicious salad... keke... abit of 老王卖瓜, 自卖自夸... hahahaha... but hey, it's really good lor... as far as i'm concerned.. hahahaha...

looks like a very hardworking, non lazy sunday for me? hmm... i still did get to nap thou.. keke... :P

Too Full Too Bloated

2008-11-05T23:36:00.000+08:00

argh.. feeling very bloated ah!!! and this, came from a hearty meal of carl's jr with andrea, terry, eng han, jas, kah wei and poh...

a hearty meal of western double bacon cheese burger... shared the beef chilli cheese fries with andrea and ice lemon tea... neverending conversations, neverending laughters... happy :)

think the meal on the too salty side liao.. now keep downing water... feeling soooo bloated... cannot sleep.. not very happy :(

happy - not very happy = happy prevails!

hahahaha... i'm so bo liao... *faint* hahahahaha...

Of Anger Being Post-dated, Once Again

2008-11-04T23:11:00.001+08:00

super angry can!!! just like what my msn nick now says "i despise men who discriminate against women". thou the incident occurred yesterday.. but 这口气, 真的吞不下去 lor... aaaarrrrrggggghhhhh!!!!!

yesterday ys decided to bring me to site @ OFC to see the caisson foundation.. i was kinda skipping with joy... finally... finally, after that brief short site visit that i went last dec at OT, i was going to site again.

dr hosoi and the RTO went down first. i was the 2nd batch to go down. after CW and i went down, there was this sub con person (i think it's the RE) yelling "where is the lady engr?" ys was the 3rd batch to go down when he heard the commotion and asked that idiot what happened.. after ys told him that i was already down at the caisson, he was scolding the bangala who was operating the lifting thingy saying why he let me go down..

and you know what's the reason for all this hoo-haa? cos he said, lady engr go down in excavation or tunnel will collapse. they call it "ban-tan"/superstition. i call it discrimination.

very luckily for that idiot i was already down at the caisson. if not i would have whacked the hell outta him and made sure he regretted saying such stupid, no proof stuff.. what kind of stupid theory is that? kaoz...

it's totally absurb lor... he better make sure that the person designing the caisson not gal lor... if not will also collapse rite? since substructure will collapse, why won't extend it to superstructure as well? might as well tell all the companies don't hire female RE, or don't have female engrs... cos everything will collapse ma...

aaaarrrrggghhhh... 真的很气啊!!!!!!!

finally, finally i get to sort of step out of my shell.. perhaps it's just a site visit like last time where it's only a visit. but perhaps it's a step... another step up from where i am now.. no more just staying in office and blindly designing... aiya... i dunno la... it's just so, angry, and depressing.

if only all these "打小人" can just make me feel better... sadly, it doesn't.

Agony

2008-10-30T00:27:00.002+08:00

aaaaarrrrrggggghhhh!!!! i messed up my rubik's cube!!! i haven even got to 过瘾 enuf that i've solved it and i messed it up!!!

AAARRRGGGHHH!!!!

Pinkie Lumixie 43

2008-10-29T23:48:00.002+08:00

Pinkie Lumixie 42

2008-10-29T23:46:00.000+08:00

好久没有

2008-10-28T22:15:00.003+08:00

... indulged in maggi le.. keke.. :P

i'll usually buy bread from the bakery i pass by when i'm on my way from office to lavender station after work when i have yoga lessons in the evening. the bread would be my dinner.. but today, suddenly don't feel like eating bread. actually, never really fancied the bread that they offered. bo bian have to eat that's why will just chin chai buy and eat it for dinner after i get home from yoga class.

today just had this 好久没有 eat maggi feeling le... and that's why i skipped the buying bread part, and went home to cook maggi for dinner...

the feeling of indulging in something you kinda crave for... one word... *bliss*

Tearing From The Inside Out

2008-10-21T23:00:00.000+08:00

have you ever had this feeling that you need a good cry to just let out all buggy and unhappy stuff? it's kinda funny what a good cry can do... i feel, that a good cry is like 10 times better than screaming your head out or punching sand bags or exercising your arse off or jumping up and down etc... whatever it takes to just let it out, to make you feel better.

felt kinda lousy today... depression-o-meter scaling its heights (on it's way to a new world record) while on the way to ocean twrs for yoga lessons... 最近心情特别差, and also kinda 不稳定... haiz... oh well, suddenly had this 张惠妹 "我想哭但是哭不出来" feeling... i knew i needed an outlet.. and i was hoping that the hot yoga lesson i was about to attend was a good one.

doing yoga in that bloody 37-deg room was super hot.. and today i was very lucky to kena the place where i had the hot air blowing out directly at me... wah, super buay tahan ah!!! was perspiring like mad, and very luckily for me again, the perspiration kept going into the eyes.. super stingy!!! same stingy feeling you get when chopping onions... :S

doing yoga, especially hot yoga (cos of all the perspiring) always make me feel better as compared to before the class... but today... it didn't really help much..

and when exercise (one good form of stress reliever as most will say, and i agree nontheless) doesn't make me feel better, i begin to wonder, how bad this is... ...

i'm really tired.. sick and tired of all these guessing games.. sick and tired of all the roundabouts.. sick and tired of unpredictable weathers that's brought onto me... and i'm really 无奈, cos i just don't know, whether it's just me, or, as what i feel now, there really is a problem..

Ready Or Not?

2008-10-15T23:26:00.002+08:00

am i ready? actually, i'm not quite sure... i guess i am, thou being ready for the next step will most probably mean i'm gonna be busier...

i want to move forward, i need a change... apart from the question about whether i can handle it anot, but first things first, is there a given chance?

well i guess, it's not about me being ready or not already.. it's just something else.. something which i believe, is not one that i can control..

p/s: by saying the above, i guess somehow deep inside me, i already know, that "recognition confusion" that i had ytd, is no longer an open ended issue... i think that recognition is something that i want... and probably something i need right now...

The "Recognition"

2008-10-14T21:59:00.002+08:00

i wonder if this is a gd thing or a bad thing...

*fingers cross*

hope things are just for the better...

Getting Better

2008-10-14T21:42:00.002+08:00

i think i'm getting kinda better at yoga liao... thou still superbly inflexible, but can feel there's this tinnie winnie tinge of improvement..

looking back, i'm not feeling as sore and achey as what i did just 2 weeks back on my first ever yoga class... and that means it's good!!!

i just hope all these perseverence will pay off... improve my back problems, the knee problems, my flexibility problems.. and also, lose weight, lose fatties, look better... hahahaha...

but there's one thing i really love about all these classes.. they never fail to make feel better, feel more relaxed, feel happier thou some classes just drains all my energy away...

Pinkie Lumixie 41

2008-10-07T22:49:00.001+08:00

Depressive Blabberings

2008-10-06T21:44:00.002+08:00

there are just certain things i try so hard... and yet i fall.. thou not all the time, but the falling from time to time just makes me feel so depressed...

i'm hanging by a thread, i'm somewhat sitting on the fence. contemplating whether to give up or not. 我不想做个半途而废的人, but all that i have to go through is just giving me too much pressure.

my mind's a whirl, i'm weighing my options. i'm trying to weigh and see to which direction i should go, however, they somehow seem to balance up on each side. i'm still as confused as where i started. darn.

Pinkie Lumixie 40

2008-10-05T08:24:00.000+08:00

My First Yoga Class

2008-10-05T00:21:00.002+08:00

... and i almost fainted halfway... hahaha... actually, not just me, yl and brina felt the same about the hot yoga class we attended this afternoon...

and now... back aching ah!!! tmr morning mtg brina for another session of yoga... but won't faint.. cos it's gentle yoga.... hahahaha....

haha... the 3 of us, yoga siao liao... keke... lol...

Just Before It Turns Tomorrow

2008-09-28T23:59:00.002+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR!!!

thou it's kinda 扫兴 to be "celebrating" your b'day on the lao kok kok bus back from KL, but i hope that previous few days were able to make up for it... hee... and not forgetting, another post-b'day celebration awaits!!!

happy happy b'day... muacks..

Efforts Hanging By A Thread

2008-09-20T15:00:00.000+08:00

as if working my arse off ain't good enough, i just have to find out, after all the OT i've done last nite as well as the 6 hours i've ploughed myself thru, that the shop dwgs are different from my structural dwgs!!! bravo bravo...

am just so darn sick and tired.. and now, my efforts, hanging by a thread...

i'm trying to convince myself, at least i realise it now... rather than next week where, by then i have absolutely no time to make changes... but, it ain't really working... if really all gone down the drain, 只有四个字.... 好悲哀哦...

**cross fingers**

Luckily Unlucky Or Unluckily Lucky?

2008-09-20T09:12:00.002+08:00

there are times, when it comes to certain things, i'm always lucky... like how i manage to wake up b4 my stop when i'm on the train or on the bus 99% of the time, like how lucky i can always be to have the rain stop just b4 i leave off to work when it was raining the time i woke up etc...

but there are just times, when it comes to certain things, i'm just that unlucky... and today, it happened again... so darn sleepy... still forced myself to wake up at 6.30am somemore... haiz... perhaps that is what we call a balance?? hahahaha...

alrighty,
sulks, checked...
bfast, checked...
the nice cuppa coffee b4 i start my work, checking...

and now, it's time to start my beam checking... hope the progress will be good..

and oh, perhaps to look on the bright side of this morning's unlucky-ness... i reached office earlier than i was supposed to... and probably cos of this, i get to leave earlier later? hahahaha...

ok, time to start work...

It's Been Some Time

2008-09-20T00:34:00.001+08:00

... since i locked up the office... erm, not that i really that gian to lock up the office la.. but, oh well... bo bian la... next week going on leave le... and there's still this mountain of work not done... haiz...

worked till ard 10.30pm.. wanted to finish checking the 3rd storey beams... but, worked until i blur blur le... and ended up with a confused mind after i finished checking that beam which, to my dismay, was wrong... haiz.... progress super slow today... from the time i came back from lunch till 10.30pm, i only managed to check and strengthen 6 miserable beams... and i still have like 10 more to go before completing the 3rd storey... which means, the chances of me dragging my feet to office tmr is very the high ah.... :(

i really hate strengthening beams.. cos it's such a trial and error iterative time consuming process... try this, cannot, try that cannot... keep trying and trying... sometimes even try until dulan.... and when you're that suay, you'll take one whole morning just to strengthen one beam... haiz...

sometimes, can't help but feel, taking leave is like 找罪受... b4 you go on leave, got to clear this, clear that, and try to clear more, so as to try cover for the days you're not in office... which, is quite impossible... and that leads to alot of work piled up when you come back from leave, which you'll probably work your arse off after that...

oh well... that aside... shoo shoo!!! must look forward to my coming genting/KL trip la... looking forward to our suite!!!! lol...hahahaha...

Coffee - KoHi - 咖啡 - Kopi

2008-09-17T23:32:00.001+08:00

was having coffee at marina square gloria jean's just now with dearie... think today too tired le, don't feel like shopping.. anyway, nothing much that i gian to buy also... and when i saw gloria jean's, i suggested going there for a cuppa coffee... sit down, rest awhile, slow things down for the day...

[quite lovely eh?]

was sipping the cappuccino, enjoying the fragrant coffee... and kinda letting my mind wander... ... thou it's kinda crazy to be drinking coffee at 8pm, knowing that there's this 50~60% chance that i can't sleep later... but it just felt so good to have that coffee... afterall, i didn't get my "gao gao" kopi from downstairs today cos this morning my throat didn't feel too good and didn't want to risk a super bad sore throat from the kopi... hahaha... i sound like some coffeeholic here... lol...

oh well... coffeeholic or not... (thou i think i'm not.. lol..) i just can't resist not having my daily morning cup of freshly "brewed" fragrant coffee and oh ya, can't resist, like just now, having that one gd cup of coffee to just relax and unwind even if it's risking a highly potential sleepless night ahead... hahahaha....

Things (I Shldn't Get) That Just Makes My Heart Melt

2008-09-15T22:31:00.002+08:00

with that whole range of colours, that super ultra thin-ness, and it's function, aaaaarrrrrhhhhh!!!!! it's driving me crazy!!!!!!

Pinkie Lumixie 39

2008-09-14T00:08:00.000+08:00

Sandwiched With Smashes

2008-09-11T22:56:00.000+08:00

almost thot my efforts of bringing my barang barang for badminton were wasted cos at 5.30pm, another case of no starter bar and want to cast this evening scenario... and this time, it was the classic case of "super urgent".. and so cannot push to tmr liao.. LL must do...

sigh... badminton starts at 5.30pm, ends at 7.45pm... and i only managed to finish my stuff at 7.15pm.. by the time i finished packing up and reached the community club, 7.30pm liao... 心情真的好烂哦... and was like 一肚子的火... and really needed something to 发泄...

just so happen, the four playing ended their game.. as so alvin jio-ed me to play... seeing there was only 15 minutes left, i din bothered to change and ended up kicking off my heels, playing barefooted and in office wear... hahaha...

哪里知道, the court beside nobody booked wor.. and we shifted to that court and ended up playing till 8.30pm... and during the games, i was sandwiched with 2 very powerful smashes... one from alvin that landed on my back, and moments later, another one from eng han that landed on my tummy... wah, i'm like supposed to be the one venting anger wor... how come i ended up being some sandbag letting pple vent anger instead wor? lol...

well, all that powerful smashes aside, i had a smashing good time... 出出汗, 心情也跟着比刚才好多了...

tmr friday le... may it be the friday that "the cures" sing... "it's friday, i'm in love~~~" hahahahaha...

In Loving Memory

2008-09-11T00:37:00.004+08:00

of my first cake attempt... lol... hahahaha... oreo cheesecake which i got the recipe from the internet... which was dumped into the bin last nite when dearie was done being the guinea piggie to try it.. keke..

[my first cake]

[it doesn't look that bad rite? lol...]

both of us dunno what went wrong... it tasted abit too cheesy, yet too milky-creamy, too 腻... and somehow, it's not soft enough, like kinda hard... but looking at the recipe, the cream is supposed to help making it creamy-er and softer... but if it taste too milky-creamy and 腻? how?! conflict conflict dilemma dilemma wor...

oh well, continue to try and look into more recipes and figure out wor... 只不过, 可怜的 dearie wor... :P

Argh

2008-09-08T20:47:00.002+08:00

overly creamy milky tasting cheesecake kinda gotten me into a not too gd mood.. argh, shldn't have added that "extra" bit of cream into the mixture la... shld have just stopped when it still tasted cheese... oh well.. 下次要主意一下了... ...

and having a persistent headache that refuses to go away, ain't making me feel any better...

argh..

Pinkie Lumixie 38

2008-09-08T00:48:00.000+08:00

职业病啊

2008-09-08T00:12:00.001+08:00

was on our way to bugis from bras basah after lunch today.. when brina kinda exclaimed, "我们去 singapore flyer 好不好?" daw suggested going in the evening... not so hot... and so we headed to bugis to walk walk first b4 heading to the singapore flyer...

bumped into uncle ma at bugis while buying our ice-creams.. and so asked him to join us on our no-flying-singapore-flyer expedition.. cos we only intended to go there see see look look... we weren't going for the ride.. lol..

walked quite a distance and finally reached there liao...

[singapore flyer]

instead of awww-ing in awe on the magnificence of the flyer... it being the world's largest ferris wheel etc... we ended up awww-ing in awe the bolts and connections of the structure... buay tahan ah... super 职业病 lor..

[daw's finger in comparision to the bolt size]

[look at that humongous pinned joint of the wheel]

we must be more normal la... hahaha... heng ah.. 职业病-thingy only lasted for a while b4 we started to walk around and explore... lol...

at the end of the day, everyone tired liao.. too long never swim liao? or swam too much this morning liao? lol... everyone's legs were giving way le... but nevertheless, had our fair share of fun today...

Lost In The Cyber World??

2008-09-03T23:15:00.002+08:00

received an email from brina today... it was actually a reply to wr's email.. but, the thing was, i didn't receive the email from wr wor... and so i thot, maybe email server down? server siao? and didn't really think about it liao..

... until wr's reply to brina's reply came in... then i was like, eh? where's the 1st email? and so i thot, maybe abit the slow la hor? and the same thing, until a few more replies came in, the 1st email still not in wor...

and then, it kinda dawned upon me that there was quite some time back i fwded an email from my hotmail to the company mail... and till today i never receive wor...

lost in the cyber world le ma? don't think so ba... and so, i fwded another mail from my hotmail account to the company mail.. and just now, when i checked b4 writing this post, the 1st email from wr finally came in le.. but, the long long time ago and the one i sent at 5 plus, still haven receive wor...

really lost in the cyber world le ma?? sounds so.... unbelievable wor... lol...

Pinkie Lumixie 37

2008-09-03T23:06:00.002+08:00

Wally... Eeeva...

2008-09-03T00:51:00.001+08:00

caught wall-e with dearie, wr, brina, gl, kiat and daw at tiong barhu plaza just now... and i loved the film... but then again, how can i not love it? i mean, it's disney and pixar leh... disney's powerful story line, with pixar's animation never failing to capture minute details... how not right can it be? how not in love with the film can i be? lol...

oh, and another thing... loved this short film pixar did that was aired before the show - presto... a little appeitzer to start before the main course...

and oh, it's kinda fun, to keep hearing my own name being called by cutie wall-e throughout the show... hahahahaha...

Of Anger Being Postdated

2008-08-29T07:20:00.000+08:00

AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!

NBNBNBNBNBNBNBNBNBNB!!!!!

grrr... pardon me, i just had to do it...

Pinkie Lumixie 36

2008-08-27T22:34:00.000+08:00

一线之差

2008-08-27T21:43:00.002+08:00

was checking the beams due to the oh-so-heavy facade loads today when ys received a call regarding probs from site... well, sometimes i feel they aren't really problems anymore.. calls are received every now and then, few times a day telling you this la, that la etc... it's like 家常便饭 lor... nothing new... ...

haiz.. another day of checking this, checking that.. cannot pass, strengthen this, strengthen that... do until so sian, so tired... dunno what ys was discussing with marc and they suddenly heard ys said, "now our ms quek is A&A specialist." haha... 真不知是哭好还是笑好... ...

when their conversation ended, ys asked me, whether doing this project made me feel challanged cos of the different problems that arise from time to time, or rather on the other hand sian cos you just don't understand, why one project can be such a failure... laughing kinda bitterly, i replied, "actually i can't quite differentiate at the moment."

why can't differentiate you might ask, since they don't quite belong to the same category... but i feel, this two "extremes" are actually just divided by a very thin line... 就一线之差而已... all it depends is on which side you're on, or probably which side you wana be...

and now, or rather lately? am definately not feeling challanged at all... ...

Of Feeling Grrrrrr

2008-08-26T21:36:00.003+08:00

at first got alot of things to blog one... but now no mood liao... all thanx to something called internet booking... all the ding ding dong dong... all the hassle... and tmr morning still gotta do long dist call to KL to settle..... arrrrrgggghhhh!!!!!!

super angry...

1 = 4

2008-08-24T23:30:00.002+08:00

received a call from kah wei on thursday almost begging me to join the inter-department badminton game on friday cos dunno why, apparently there weren't any gals available that day... despite telling him that i super very long time never play badminton liao, and wld most prob lose the game, he still insisted i went if not he gotta wear skirt liao.. lol... oh well, since i had nothing on after work on fri... ok la... and since it was only one game...

one game.... presumingly... just one game of mixed doubles...

but no lor... it turned out to be 3 games of singles and 1 mixed doubles lor... which all of them, i lost... :P i was like, "wah!!! bluff me lor... tell me only one game??!!!" but then LL lor.. cos i was really the ONLY gal from the cs dept... *faint*

after 4 games of what was supposedly to be 1 game, i was totally smashed... with an aching arm... and till now, still muscle aching wor... :(

thank god all these inter-department games are coming to an end... for till now to the end, it doesn't need my involvment anymore... thank god... keke... :P

Pinkie Lumixie 35

2008-08-21T00:54:00.001+08:00

转啊转

2008-08-18T23:32:00.000+08:00

the drafting team always like to sorta tease me saying the i keep turning and turning round the orchard turn project... 一直在转... 转到转不出来... partly cos of the project's name being orchard turn, the other, there was this period of time where i was involved in the ramp design for quite some time... and hence the 一直在转...

and today, i realised 我真的转不出来 wor... just as i thot i'm not gonna be involved in any more ramp issues (major ones) after we issued the drawings for construction months back, i was wrong... cos i just had to realise that something's not quite right... just when i thot it's only a minor editing job to my drawings this morning...

feeling so darn sleepy the whole day.. and yet need so much concentration and energy on this ramp... think my coffee today was feeling as blue as i... it didn't manage to wake me up like it always does, and apart from it, made my brain felt so hyper... aiyo... 这种感觉真的很难受哦... ... :S

oh well, at least i have one thing to blame it on for having such a tiring and energy draining day... the oh-so-famous monday blues... keke... come to think of it, why does garfield or anyone of us hate mondays so much? thou it's the start of the week where everyone have to go back to work after the always-gone-in-a-flash-wkend, but looking on the other side, hey, it's the only one day where you can blame for being so blue... keke...

oh well, i guess i kinda have a love-hate relationship with mondays...

"I LOVE/HATE MONDAYS"
(delete accordingly to mood... keke... :P)

20 Versus 30

2008-08-16T22:30:00.003+08:00

usually, 20 laps is enough when i just want a relaxing swim.. not too tired, neither is it not tiring.. hehe.. blabbering nonsense here again.. keke... i used to swim 20 laps when i swim with the grp on sundays.. until one day when wr and daw said i cannot always swim 20 laps, must increase! and that's where i started my 30 lap routine on sundays, which till now, never fail to kill me esp when i'm doing the last 5-7 laps.. keke.. :P

i still swim 20 laps actually, and that's when i swim on wkdays after work... just like every experiment you do you obtain a optimum value, i guess for me, my optimum number of laps is 20 ba.. hahahaha...

went swimming with dearie this morning.. but i only did 20 laps.. cos it's a lil different from what i usually do: 30 laps of breast stroke (2 laps warm up, rest, 12 laps, rest, 10 laps, rest and 6 struggling laps).. after all these years, i've finally decided to try the free style... hehe... and so today's "routine" was 1 lap breast stroke followed by 1 lap free style and rest for a while before hitting the same again until i completed 20 laps (which constitued to 10 laps of breast stroke and free style each)...

could have done more actually.. thou the free style swimming was superbly tiring, but it still wasn't as tiring as doing 30 laps of breast stroke thou... but, 天不作美... very very dark skies and then started pouring liao.. so LL lor.. gotta go off liao... but then again, luckily it rained.. cos when i got out of the pool... super "kah neng"... hahahahaha....

20 versus 30... which routine shld i go for? hehe... hmm.... see my mood that day how ba... keke.. :P

Murphy's Law

2008-08-14T23:44:00.001+08:00

i totally hate it... erm.. not totally la.. kinda hate it? aiya, anything la.. totally or kinda, it's still don't really like it.. keke.. :P well, i guess no ones likes it either ba.. i mean, who likes it when things always happen in the opposing way you intend it to be?

just like today.. always like that one.. always when i need to go off on time, always when i have something on, then surely got things to do, got things must today finish... made me rushed like mad after that...

and you know what the irony is? there's this book that i've been wanting to buy and read.. entitled "why the toast always land butter side down ~ the hidden science of murphy's law" hahaha... to think i just said i hate murphy's law... so 矛盾 hor? lol...

anyway, that aside.. was searching on yahoo on the title of that book; wanting to make sure that i got the title correct, came across this search result with a person asking the following, which i find, kinda interesting..

"Why does buttered bread always land butter-side down? And why do cats always land on their feet? What would happen if you buttered the back of a cat and dropped it out of a window?"

最 Recently 近

2008-08-13T00:40:00.000+08:00

've been feeling pretty stressed up recently... 就突然间觉得有很大的压力... making me a very easily pek chek, irritable, impaitient, jumpy, touchy, depressie eveie... 感觉非常的无奈... and i dunno what i can do to make myself not so stressed up...

i feel like i'm back to what i was quite some time back... feeling tired all the time.. no matter how much i sleep, i'm still feeling tired.. and sometimes, when i want to sleep, cannot sleep... just can't seem to fall asleep... feeling restless... exercising just makes me feel better, for that short period of time.. after which tiredness just kicks in... feeling scared.. sometimes just out of nowhere, i will just tremble in fear. the next moment, there's tears filling up the corners of the eyes.. but what's that fear in me? what's causing me to be like that? i also dunno..

right now, there's only one song humming in my head... it's one song i loved i haven heard in years... i don't know why this song just popped out.. cos it's not like i'm listening to songs on my itunes and it just happened to shuffle to this song.. for a start, i don't even have this song. the only thing i have is its lyrics. but somehow reading the lyrics once again seems to be pushing me to move on, to be strong.. i don't know. i just know i don't like the me which i'm potraying now. i need to get out of this.. QUICK...

【擦干泪滴 ~ 陈毓芸】
看小小幼苗有多勇敢
任雨答风吹都不怕难
它呼吸着空气和阳光
一天天的成长
看小小鸟儿有多坚强
它就要学习如何飞翔
它努力的挥动着翅膀
遨游在云端

你要学会自己擦干泪滴
懂得如何跌倒再爬起
像那幼苗不怕风和雨
不轻易放弃
你要学会自己擦干泪滴
懂得如何跌倒再爬起
拥有鸟儿飞翔的毅力
从不轻易放弃

i'm sure most of you have heard this song b4.. for those who hadn't, i wish i cld share this song with you, but i just can't seem to find it on youtube or other sources that i know... and neither do i have the song so that i can upload to share.. :(

Pinkie Lumixie 34

2008-08-12T23:31:00.000+08:00

Yummylicious Dinner

2008-08-12T23:13:00.003+08:00

smsed dearie ytd while at work.. "shall we have a nice dinner and possible some nice beer tonite? i need to unwind and relax a bit.."

and this was what he proposed...

now tell me, what cld go wrong? keke... loved it.. thanx darl.. for having to carry the booze all the way from toa payoh back here... for ordering such a thou fattening but very lovely and yummylicious dinner...

就这样, 昨晚的心情真的好多了... :)

Pinkie Lumixie 33

2008-08-11T00:10:00.002+08:00

Pinkie Lumixie 32

2008-08-07T23:48:00.001+08:00

Soooo 准

2008-08-07T23:04:00.000+08:00

soooo 准, when i decided to wear this white pair of heels (one of the higher ones) to work today cos very long time never wear liao, the knee just got to hurt so badly... walking up the stairs of the overhead bridge almost killed me... it was still so painful even after i changed into my comfy slippers when i reached office... :(

soooo 准, that i happen to lift my head up from my calculations and analysis to see the drafters all walking out... meaning it's lunchie time le... sometimes i just work and work and work and don't realise it's lunch time... haiz... sounds very sad hor... :( today lagi worse.. spent the whole morning just strengthening ONE beam... faint... oh well... :(

soooo 准, when looking seats in the so crowded bugis foodcourt, i walked past a table and the group stood up and left... so dearie and i don't have to keep circling round and round for a seat wor... :)

soooo 准, that the ipoddie died on me just at my door step... as i was going to put the ipoddie inside my bag so that i can dig my keys out, the "battery low" sign flashed and within seconds, flat liao... :)

oei? 2 :( versus 2 :) wor... sooooooo 准 wor... hahahaha... :P

A Father's Love

2008-08-06T22:44:00.004+08:00

that brought tears to my eyes... ...

the story:
The son asked his father, 'Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?'. The father who, despite having a heart condition, says 'Yes'. They went on to complete the marathon together. Father and son went on to join other marathons, the father always saying 'Yes' to his son's request of going through the race together. One day, the son asked his father, 'Dad, let's join the Ironman together.' To which, his father said 'Yes' too.

For those who don't know, Ironman is the toughest triathlon ever. The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile (3.86 kilometer) ocean swim, followed by a 112 mile (180.2 kilometer) bike ride, and ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195 kilometer) marathon along the coast of the Big Island.

presenting to you... the team hoyt triathlon

The "Forced" Run

2008-08-06T22:11:00.003+08:00

after 2 weeks of not running with the grp on wed, i've finally pulled myself to run today... 1st wed that i missed, i was really drained from work... too tired le... so, decided not to go.. the 2nd wed (last wed) that i missed, was becos i sort of pulled a muscle from the captain ball game the previous evening...

and today... the temptation of not running was so huge.. cos there was no one to run with me... rudy and joel ran ytd, km and seetoh brisk walk, gladys didn't join, and andy haven't finish his submission... grrr... and... very tired... after another day of tiring and energy draining work...

cannot.. must run... must run... it seemed like the moment i signed up for the standard chartered 10km marathon, i never run liao... lol... i just can't seem to find any motivation to go run la... just keep feeling superbly tired nowadays... if not is either the aching knee or the aching back... haiz... problems many many ah... :P

however, i'm glad that i "forced" myself to run today... thou i din run as much as i do usually cos today fort rd carpark no parking lot, had to park at big splash there, thus reducing the distance by quite a bit... reached mac's, felt that i still had the energy, so continued to burger king (which wasn't very far from mac's also la.. hahaha..) and u-turned back to the starting point... i'm glad i ran... it felt really good.. the other pple running, the breeze, the smell of the salty sea etc...

i remember now... why, despite being so tired and drained from work, i cld previously still join the grp for the run every week without fail.. cos thou physically tiring... it's actually mentally refreshing...

Pinkie Lumixie 31

2008-08-05T23:22:00.000+08:00

One Whole Day

2008-08-04T00:16:00.000+08:00

of shopping... very looong time never shop for one whole day le... super tired... 走到脚都要断了....

alamak... 老了 wor... hahahaha...

非常无奈

2008-07-31T23:43:00.004+08:00

when it comes to stupid contractors, work and gmt... 对于它们, 真的只有 "无奈" 这两个字可以形容... 错了, "无奈" 还不够呢... 就像 title block 一样, 是非常无奈啊!!!

humans are selfish by nature.. we all know that... it's the degree of selfishnessness of an individual that we all do not know.. and you know what? it's best not to know. cos you will never know, how scary it can be...

selfish bastards... i'm angry, upset, tired, whatever... oh well... 非常无奈... ... ...

the pulling and the pushing... the game of the tug-of-war... the push versus the pull... who will ultimately be the winner? 好累哦... ... ...

A Sport I Miss ~ Netball

2008-07-31T23:06:00.003+08:00

netball, netball, netball... a game i really love... and it's been a really loooong time since i played netball. if i'm not wrong, the last game of netball i played was the inter-class competition in sec 4... woah, that's like... erm... 7 years ago??!!!

oh, joined the inter-department captain ball competition on tues... initially din want to play.. but not enuf gals. there must be at least 4 gals in a team of 7. plus teik seng insisted that i promised to join him since last year, i went for it...

the game was pretty aggressive... way too aggressive to my liking thou... i mean, it's afterall, just a game, among colleagues.. 需要玩到你死我活吗? i don't know, i don't personally liked the game... cos some were too "strategic", some too "傲", some don't even trust their own team mates.. which i guess you know, where those some "not being trusted" ended up being the 花瓶 of the team.. and of cos, some, sore losers. seriously, i hate to use this "sore losers" word... but, it seems to be the most adequate...

all in all... at the end of the day, it's just a game..

a friendly yet aggressive game... is normal... but unfriendly and aggressive... sorry, not my cup of tea...

and that's probably one of the reasons why i'm refraining myself to make any promises to play next tues... wrong, "play" don't seem to be the correct word... "battle" seems to fit in more adequately.

Mind Games

2008-07-29T23:52:00.002+08:00

i don't deny that sometimes playing mind games are good. but there are certain times you can't. cos time gets ahead of you, and what you're planning may not be adequate anymore...

有些东西, 在某些适当的时候, 是可以简简单单的...

觉得是对自己或别人好的事, 有可能到最后, 反而会害了自己(/别人)...

The First ~ Many To Come??

2008-07-27T22:28:00.002+08:00

registered for my first marathon run.. not the 42km one, but the 10km one... will be running with brina and dearie.. kiat will be running the 21km, and wr, the ultimate 42km... hmm, another event for the ntu-siao-on wor.. lol...

hope i can make it.. or rather, hope my oh so strong knees won't give up on me... i must 加油加油!!! train train train... in hopes to run more, clear more marathons...

The Brillant Office Hours

2008-07-25T22:23:00.003+08:00

received a call from 某某 bank ytd while at work...

某某 bank caller: hi, is this ms evelyn?
me: yes speaking.
某某 bank caller: i'm (blah blah blah) calling from (blah blah blah)..
某某 bank caller: (continues) are you free to talk now?
me: no, i'm working at the moment.
某某 bank caller: oh, it's ok then. i'll call again..

when i ended the call, this came across my mind.. what on earth made her think that the person she was calling wasn't working? it's afterall, her working time, common office hours isn't it? i understand if you call like 1130 la, 12 la etc.. lunch hours la.. but working time??!! *faint*

hmm, maybe she's just trying to find 1 out of 100 pple whom she called who's not working or just available to listen to her? i know, i'm kinda mean... keke.. oh well, just another day of nonsensical 无聊 blabberings.. :P