happiness is

• finding time to do tat glam-cheapo-wrap-hair-in-gladwrap treatment at home.
• changing wallets & finding money in the old one.
• finding out no one's picked up ur lost credit card & maxed it out.
• the satisfaction of having entire weekend planned out, with perfect balance of work & fun.
• having the weekend unfold as planned.
• sending jeans to tailor & have her tell you she's taking 4inches out.
• looking forward to having haircut.
• meeting an angel who gives you free ticket for netball finals & offers you another free ticket for grand prix.
• anticipating a huge sale at favourite store.
• going for sale at favourite store.
• having strangers at your door cos he's got flowers for you.
  
• being able to sms ur coffee order in the mornings so you can skip the line.
  
• knowing u made someone's day alittle better.
  
• knowing you got ignored at hugo boss because, not even remotely cute gay dude working there, is checking out hot customer, who is chatting you up.
• getting extensions on all assignments so you can extend stay in singapore.

happiness is knowing that people dun have to love you, but they do anyways.
happiness is a fuzzy friend.  ¶ 6:48 PM 0 Comments

  in vogue right now:
lace
eyelets
polka dots
florals
black

hmm. did E! get it all wrong or does it seem like you can wear anything & not be out of it eh?   ¶ 10:30 AM 0 Comments

  *HUG* thank you all my dears for the wonderful surprise!! love all the stuff in the goodie bag. hahaha. you guys should've seen me ripping the present open in the lift. was like a kid on christmas morning.

thank you for being my friends :)

jacq: i dun think sylvia's death would be classified as 'accidental/unintentional' ANYWHERE. & yes i vaguely remm something about flowers and bouquets..hahaha (this is in pink becos you're a "girlie girl" at heart. =)
angel: thank you for alkie quote. haha. very apt ;)
jo: thank you in advance, at least i noe i'll never have to sit on floor :P
grace: i love the stickers and the bible verses. it's like "SURPRISE"!! on every other page. *hug*  ¶ 10:38 AM 1 Comments

 
where the tattoo flag used to be. how retarded is my sunburn.  ¶ 8:38 PM 0 Comments

  sunburnt knees.
today's prog was hockey in the morning, (new zealand vs england & india vs aust), table tennis mid afternoon (india vs nigeria) & FINALLY netball in the evening (new zealand vs jamaica & england vs aust)

totally pooped now. with sunburnt knee caps.
huh.
  ¶ 8:02 PM 0 Comments

 
waiting for hockey match to start!!! :) it was SO hot. am totally sun burnt now -__- i dunno why meien looks like she's gonna cry.  ¶ 6:55 PM 0 Comments

 
while waiting for india vs new zealand hockey match to start..found very thirst quenching carlton amidst souvenir stands! whoopeedo!! :)  ¶ 6:53 PM 0 Comments

 
going for NETBALL!!!! WHHHEEEEEEE *biggest grin ever*  ¶ 6:52 PM 0 Comments

 
last night after meeting the singaporean commonwealth team, well, some of them laaa..we were all given spore flags to wave at games :) we forgot to bring ours today. not on purpose!  ¶ 6:51 PM 0 Comments

  yet another to add to the count :) officially 23 but i feel like the years 'stopped' after the key 21st..maybe it'll keep feeling this way until the next 'milestone' or the next 'big thing' in life. *cringe* perhaps graduation. possibly 1st JOB. :) im not sure. but Life has been really good. growing up is hard work. probably harder than any job we could ever have. maybe it's cause there isn't a finish line we can cross, it's jus something we keep at for 60, 70 yrs..

thank you for your call right at midnight, melbourne time. thank you for toothpicks. thank you for trying to get me flowers. thank yous for surprising me with the cake at midnight :) & thank you for giving me stuffed toys until you could give me flowers. hahaha..

i echo jo when i say i'll never not wanto watch swimming at a major competition..im still grinning from ear to ear cause the aussie girls broke the WR tonight in the 4x100m medley..i was tearing as i walked on my rented treadmill..hahaha.

so retarded. *shrugs*  ¶ 6:52 PM 0 Comments

  cham la..

my fridge! i usually dun have any alcohol in the fridge.honest. these are leftovers from the weekend. im jus wondering what im gonna do with all the beer now. it's Really tempting to have a beer with (for) breakfast/lunch/dinner i tell you.  ¶ 3:59 PM 0 Comments

  AUSSIE OY! the city is perpetually crowded, no PACKED. there're new lines drawn in blue paint all over the roads. traffic lights no longer function as per normal. tram routes and schedules are upside down. new road signs on every corner. electronic street directories. cameramen found along the most random streets. people in the official apparel. a select and privileged group with tags around their necks receive acknowledging nods of approval from strangers.

the games are in town & it's great!!

i'm not ecstatic that every sq inch of the city is occupied & that the trams are always packed. or that policemen stop traffic with aflick of a button. but i've grown attached to melbourne without even realizing it. it's sucha rush seeing how the place has been done up. it's wasnt an overnight change, construction started mths ago & nobody knew how it'd turn out, really. but when the invasion began & everything jus came together, it's bloody fantastic!! everyone's so happy doing their jobs! from the funky retirees on every street corner armed with their signature red vests & pouches filled with maps and highlighters, ready to direct the next tourist to any corner of the city..to the horse carriages looking extra gorgeous, decked out in the official colours. even the horseys know something's going on. :) it's awesome.

& im not really in a position to be, but im damn proud to be melbournian!! & i noe ive been aussie-fied cause when australia didn't win the men's 100m freestyle or 4x100m tonight, i got alittle emo. (those have always been Australia's no doubt about it. but thorpey ain't taking part this time round & it's quite depressing.) when Ben Kersten brought gold home in cycling, i was right there singing "advanceeee australia faiirrrrr!!!"
last night during the opening ceremony, i looked out of my balcony & saw the fireworks going off like crazy, right before my eyes. then i too joined the rest who were on their balconies & we screamed our lungs out. :)
all 71 countries participating has been adopted by a town/suburb in victoria (victoria's the 'older' name for melbourne. but the town part of melbourne is also called melbourne). im in ''melbourne'' & we've adopted INDIA. wah piang. im psyched about the games but not that psyched!! anyways, people living in that area welcome the sportspeople & show them around like visiting relatives. this west african team - sierra leone, arrived without uniforms and stuff & their adoptive town raised money to buy the team uniforms....

i dunno if the games will ever reach singapore. friends were cracking jokes that we'd sink if that many people landed on our island. i wonder what the atmosphere'll be like - would bus drivers be cranky no more. cabbies psycho no more. would shop assistants realize it's not a bad thing to smile on the job? would we greet every other tourist with a kind 'hello'?

im sooo psyched to be going for the singapore vs australia netball match. (ugly it will be but hey, tis all about gaining experience right :P) & the hockey finals..& hopefully, the netball finals!!
if i get tickets, i'll be there, in green & yellow.
aussie aussie aussie!!! oy oy oy!!!
  ¶ 6:20 PM 0 Comments

  happy labour day my pun tat. have you ever been in the "bus-stop dilemma"? when, there are 2 bus stops with buses that could take you to where you're going. but they're in opposite directions & you Have to settle on one or the other cause if you tried to stand in the middle to see which bus comes first & try to Then make mad dash, you're likely to miss both buses. happened to me this morning. almost got run over (it wasn't THAT close, dun worry folks) by cab while i tried to run from my 2nd choice stop BACK to first choice. (see? u really can't try & do both stops.) the moment i got on the tram, the driver announces "gOooOoD morning everybody! NEXT STOP, LAST STOP! thaaaank youuuu!!" wtf. i could've walked that distance in the time it took me to dash between tram stops! so along with everybody else, i hopped off & had already decided to walk to nearest coffee place, grab my coffee & go back home. if i'd walked to uni in flipflops it'd have taken me 30mins. but this morning i was in boots.
SUEDE boots + wet ground = at least 45mins.. so i did jus that & on the way back, i remembered i had a parcel to pick up at the post office & it was only a tiny detour. i was armed with latte, so it was no problemo.

12steps away from post office: i screech to halt (okay la i wasn't going THAT quick) cause all the lights in post office are off.
12steps away from post office: i also realize i made a guy trip :(. i think he got a shock cos i'd stopped so abruptedly, that even tho he was a good, 5 steps away, he felt inclined to stop but ended up tripping over himself. oopsie. (yes, i helped him up..)
right outside post office: i read a sign that says "13th march, labour day holiday"

i didn't mention that with all this walking, the tips & heels of my boots had gotten quite wet. crrrraaaaappp. i realy love these boots. they're teal, slightly scruched at the sides & they have buttons running along the outter side of them. can you tell the tips are wet?????? :(


jo: haha. thank you! i heart those jeans tooo!! i found fairly skinny leg sevens in this shop, but they were like SGD$450 can!!! ishen jing bing!!! grace: u don't noe him (u're very blessed u don't!! :)) & killing him off is waaayy too easy on him. he deserves to be tortured.slowly. haha :) & the couple were like on 2 different planets or something right? haha..so crazy!! jacq: welcome back dearest!!! how was taiwan?? & have you gotten any less crazy whilst away?? haha i realize i could've fit more tea into box..but i hope this'll last you alittle while more, till i come back, possibly?? :) & im beginning to think scottish (?) breakfast tea is but a figment of your imagination. they dun sell it anywhere.



  ¶ 7:22 AM 0 Comments

  how bizarre. was channel surfing as usual but settled eventually on Discovery Health's "What Men Want." they interviewed a now divorced couple separately, with the same set of questions. this was how it basically went:

QNS: "how long before the split did the relationship start going downhill?"
dude: "i'd say a few years ago..yea"
chick: "it was a year, maybe slighty less"

QNS: "what was the last straw?"
dude: "i met a girl & fell head over heels in love with her"
chick: "he started going out to the pubs with his mates alot more..too much"
cripe. i hope that between taping and the broadcast, someone enlightened her.

QNS: "was she upset about the split?"
dude: "yea she was..took it quite hard in fact"

QNS: "were you upset about the split?"
chick: "not really, i jus got up & about with my girlfriends!!"

QNS: "what're you going to miss most about the relationship?"
dude: "nothing much i think, cause i know she'll always be there..& we always had something"

QNS: "what's he going to miss most about the relationship?"
chick: "probably coming home to somebody who'll cook & clean for him!"

QNS: "would you mind if she started going out with someone else?"
dude: "oh no, not at all..in fact i think it'd be real good for her.."

QNS: "would he mind if you started going out with someone else?"
chick: "i think he might would get a little upset..& jealous"

wah piang. were they in the same relationship?


on a drastically different note.

u are without a doubt THE biggest asshole around. i'd heard you were scum, but for an instant i actually thought that you had a smidgen of decency in you. of course i soon found out that, nah. u are a prick. you totally disrespected your EX gf & invaded her privacy. it's such an unbelievably despicable thing to do, i can't fathom how anyone could be that low. get a life. she doesn't want you back & she'll never take you back. stop begging already. you are Pathetic. im fully aware you havent got anymore self respect to salvage but that doesnt matter cause obviously you didn't have much to begin with...
& to try & use whatever u found to threaten me is so wrong. did you think to, scare me into kissing your farking ass..to go cower in a corner? to turn & run if ever i had the misfortune of running into you on the streets? you are so deluded you should be on meds. tell your equally sad posse & have them spread whatever shit you think you have on me. yea, that'll give them a chance to exercise some creativity. perhaps expand their vocabulary? then again, they're past their teens & clearly never developed a brain so they cant be creative. but that's okay for you, cause you're manipulative (i'd say psycho but that'll be letting you off too lightly.) you could give them a script and tell them to read off of it? oh & remind them to feel free to exaggerate & distort any facts (you can lead by example altho im sure they've had more than ample experience in this area.)

i'll give you this much tho. you're an awesome liar. & you've got more guises than a one man circus. above all, you make me feel like a poor friend.
kudos to you.
  ¶ 8:32 PM 0 Comments

  crisi(e)s. just realized i left my pimple gel in singapore, but it's okay cause im anal, & i like being prepared so i bought a spare, to leave in melbourne!

my spare is also in singapore. -___________- & i have zits that need to be attended to before they have a field day on my face.

i lost my earrings! jo, jacq - remm the ones i bought from holland? the very pretty black ones? well i lost them the first & only time i wore them. argh.

i counted 10 bulbs in my whole apartment and they're taking turns to blow. i jus changed 2 when i got back. now the third & fourths are flickering. (okay hardly a crisis but it's irritating when they flicker. & too ala horror flick for my liking.)

i miss home :( << definite crisis status.


ALTHO!! i have 4 pairs of jeans, tucked away in 4 envelopes, travelling long distance..to be with me in a week or so. *squeals of absolute delight*
i HEART ebay!
  ¶ 9:16 PM 0 Comments

  hrrmm..
1) i didn't noe i was showing too much cleavage.
2) i dinch noe i even had one to speak of.
3) maybe it was the bra? OooOoo...
4) or the lighting? bah.  ¶ 10:58 AM 1 Comments

  anybody? do you ever jus feel like sitting in the dark, all alone. maybe you lie in bed. or you sit in a comfy chair and stick your head out of the window, and just watch the night. it's an oddly calming thing i like to do, when i've had a hard day. or times when i start to feel alittle hollow. i used to do that alot when i was younger. pop a BSB cd into the player & put the most tragic track on repeat for the next 90mins. i'd just sit in bed and think about everything that was going on in my life at the point. sometimes the words would just come and some fairly decent poetry would follow. but really, at 15, when is life not desolate.

i recently rediscovered this very cathartic and familiar position. plug into iPod & lie in bed, trying my darndest to fall asleep because im dead tired. but slumber just will not come. these days there actually seems to be more reason for all this reflecting and pondering. i guess life gets harder & there's no point getting all despondent or wistful. the dark can only stay my companion and refuge for so long. in a few hours, the sun will rise again and i wont be able to keep pretending that time took a break, and waited for me to catch up.

on a brighter note, i'm learning that you can still hide and sit quietly in your spot while the world goes on around you.  ¶ 7:25 PM 0 Comments

  yuan lai.. the 'Moet' in 'Moet & Chandon' is actually pronounced 'Mo-Wett'.
(nOoo..really??)
ps: can't do 2 dots on top of 'e'
cos then it forms funny squiggle..

"Those in favour of 'Mo-aye' argued it was French champagne
and therefore the 't' was soft,
while those in favour of 'Mo-Wett' had other theories
including that the name originated in Germany
and therefore the 't' was pronounced...
Here are the facts.
The correct way to pronounce it is 'Mo-Wett'
Moet is indeed French champagne
and was founded in 1743 by Claude Moet
Moet was born in France in 1683;
however, his name is not French, it is Dutch;
which is why it is pronounced thus..."

also, Veuve Clicquot is "voovh kli ko" ??
oOohh..




  ¶ 3:20 PM 0 Comments

  lost & found when you lose something. is it better to:
a) go around looking for it, actively searching..
or are we supposed to
b) stay put, keep our eyes peeled and wait.

when i lose something,
i go around looking everywhere for it.
i retrace my steps,
go back to where i think i last saw/used it,
& search high and low.
most times i dun find what im looking for.
my mom always says i dun "look with my eyes, jus my hands"

but u noe how it is.
when you stop looking
either because you've given up or
because you get distracted or
because there're more pressing things that need your attention,
then you find it.
exactly where you left it.
or exactly where you looked jus. 2 secs. ago

same goes with finding that someone ain't it..
pple always say stop looking and he'll come to you?

so generally speaking,
is the moral of the story
"let it come to you, in due time it'll happen"
"or seek & ye shall find"

- undecided -  ¶ 10:13 PM 0 Comments