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Monday, June 20, 2005

Recent hoohas in the Media...

The gruesome murder at Kallang river and the nude girl in the blogging space...

gruesome murder...too horrible to tink abt. chopped up into a few pieces...y can't a person be allowed to rest in 1 piece after she died...? The media has not reported on the full story of what happened, mainly cuz the authority are keeping mum. I guess the whole nation will be griped by the court hearings of this case. The story will then unfold... The general outline of the story might be that the suspect and the victim had a close relationship but the victim decided she wanted out when she fell in love with a fellow colleague and she was killed by the suspect in an attempt to keep her by his side. It might have been an accident since the suspect is decribed as a good man in general, helpful, loving father and all. But i find it hard to believe that such a person will actually resort to chopping up a body. Killing someone already takes lotsa guts...I can't imagine how desperate the person was, to think of chopping up the body. I have read that the person probably chopped up the body in the hope of concealing the murder... If he had succeeded...wld he have escaped the punishment from his own conscience...? I wldn't think so. it's juz an unnatural act to kill a fellow human being. Even if he had escaped scot-free, he probably would have lived a life of nightmares and fear...

Another report that has been hogging the space on the local papers...THAT girl who posted her nude photo on her blog...Is she crazy or wat? This is Singapore. Yes, she probably din care that people wld recognise her on the streets, gossip behind her...and stuff... but she has got family, parents and siblings... she did not even care abt their feelings at all. She did not consider the consequences of her actions. At 19, i guessed no one wld tink much abt wat they do. That's understandable. But since she's bolder than most people of her age, she should have been wiser...but she wasn't... That's too bad. She forgot she was staying in Singapore where people are rather conservative in their thinking now. She did mention abt the casinos and strip shows that would come with the IRs, but HEY, they r not here yet... As if now, people still will not be able to accept wat she does. and those people, they are paid to do those things they do, she wasn't and for tt, she has demonstrated once again that she was not so smart...

She's living such a reckless life. Upon reading her blog, she always had some kind of explanations for her actions... her discussions with her mother (who is supposedly ok with her way of life) always ended up with her giving some cock explanations. I reckon her mother isn't ok with her and her way of life. She probably gave up. Strings of so-called relationships with ang moh men at the age of 19. I also got the impression that she was living off these same men...and she claims that she loves engaging in sexual activities and is a bisexual too. Is this the kind of life that youngsters these days are leading? And the kind of life they look forward to in future?

One of the explanations I read and remembered fr her blog is abt y she should be leading the life she has now. She tinks 'Marriage is something as far as a decade away for her and she doesn't click with people her age. She tinks her mother wants her to date those guys at her age, and of marriageable material.' I'm sure parents have our best interests at heart. They have lived longer and gone through more ups and downs, therefore they definitely have some good experiences to offer to us as advice. I am not suggesting that we should listen to everything they say, but take wat they say into consideration before putting our own ideas into actions. And marriage really isn't as far away as she tinks. It's something that is worth preparing for. And her current lifestyle might make it more difficult for her to get used to the monogamous marriage life and miss out on having a fulfilling marriage life. Relationships should see the 2 parties supporting each other thru difficult times, caring for each other, loving each other. From her blog, I'm not sure if her views will converge with the above...

Call me conservative but i am put off by her medical check-ups for HIV every 6-8mths. Although she is being careful and responsible to get such checks, but it seems to me only those in a particular profession needs such frequent checks, isn't it? She is juz 19 years old...is she even matured enuff to handle everything associated with having sexual activities and multiple partners? And i heard that having multiple partners increases the risk of having cervical cancer too...does she know such health risks as well? And thr's the issue of abortion, did she tink abt how she was going to handle if she did get pregnant? I dunno her personally, thus i can't make any judgements about her but reading about her created a rather unpleasant impression of her in my mind...

Reading such reports abt people in Singapore, sometimes i wonder wat the world is becoming... *shake head*

This one's really interesting la...

Your dating personality profile:

Liberal - Politics matters to you, and you aren't afraid to share your left-leaning views. You would never be caught voting for a conservative candidate.
Romantic - You know exactly how to melt your date's heart. Romance comes naturally to you and is an important component of any relationship you have.
Big-Hearted - You are a kind and caring person. Your warmth is inviting, and your heart is a wellspring of love.

Your Top Ten Traits

1. Liberal
2. Romantic
3. Big-Hearted
4. Practical
5. Athletic
6. Sensual
7. Funny
8. Wealthy/Ambitious
9. Adventurous
10. Stylish

Your date match profile:

Romantic
- You need someone with a traditional understanding of romance. A true romantic is a must-have in any potential date.
Funny - You consider a good sense of humor a major necessity in a date. If his jokes make you laugh, he has won your heart.
Practical - You are drawn to people who are sensible and smart. Flashy, materialistic people turn you off. You appreciate the simpler side of living.

Your Top Ten Match Traits

1. Romantic
2. Funny
3. Practical
4. Big-Hearted
5. Shy
6. Adventurous
7. Conservative
8. Wealthy/Ambitious
9. Athletic
10. Stylish

Take the Online Dating Profile Quiz at Dating Diversions

Any comments about the above? haha... But i guess my dear can be considered rather romantic cuz of all the sweet things he has done for me so far... and funny...yes he is! but he tinks i am easily entertained by him, always laughing at his jokes... Smart and sensible...he does spreadsheets for big purchases to make sure the money is well-spent... so wat do u tink? :þ

wonder how i'll match up to his criteria....

Friday, June 17, 2005

Opps..i cldn't resist..

Your IQ Is 100

Your Logical Intelligence is Average
Your Verbal Intelligence is Above Average
Your Mathematical Intelligence is Exceptional
Your General Knowledge is Above Average



and i'm feeling better..tink i'm juz not used to taking supplements... Lways feel this way after taking them...need so much MORE water after i do take them... :(

Feel sick...

This supplement which is supposed to make me more sharp and alert, made me feel sick...

Headache now...

thristy...kept drinking water...

EEEEeekkkksss.... Urine is green!

Is something wrong? OH NO!

Oh...thank god! I wouldn't burn in hell... :þ

7 deadly sins i ain' got much...













Your Deadly Sins



Greed: 40%

Sloth: 40%

Gluttony: 20%

Envy: 0%

Lust: 0%

Pride: 0%

Wrath: 0%

Chance You'll Go to Hell: 14%

You'll die in a castle, surrounded by servants.



haha...

I am bored... (again...)

Oh my....one of the worse weeks in my working life....i had been bored 4 out of 5 days this wk.... gotta grab the Recruit fr the newspaper man tml morning!

for now...digged a personality test fr my fren's blog in march... *roll eyes* nm tt it's old... wat's impt is tt it occupies my time...

here's the results...

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to obedience and warmth.
In love, you feel the most alive when your partner is patient and never willing to give up on you.
You'd like to your lover to think you are stylish and alluring.
You would be forced to break up with someone who was ruthless, cold-blooded, and sarcastic.
Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with.
Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.
You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred.
In this moment, you think of love as commitment. Love only works when both people are totally devoted.



find it vaguely familiar....tink it was some kind of email personality test before it became this hi-tech rite? now can juz click few buttons and get my results... superb...

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Long-winded...

I think i am very long-winded! The blogs i write are always so long... dun tink they are very easy to read, rite?

The blogs i read are mostly shorter... else the paragraphs are shorter...i tink.

Not very sure, but i tink i shld improve on my blog! haha... :þ

Been feeling so bored at work. TOO free! tt's y been updating blog so often these two days...

Yesterday I started my day at work with surfing JobsDB website for jobs...and ended up sending my resume to one company. haha... Goodness... horrible isn't it? sending resumes at work! That shows how free i am currently and how eager i am to leave this job!

Hopefully i get an offer soon.....and hope it's a job that i wld enjoy and is challenging.. haha.. :)

Shall end here to avoid being lor sor again... Lunch soon... haha....

Y do I feel BUSY?

I have been feeling very busy... y is that so?

I know I have quite a few classes going on. Monday Kickboxing. Tuesday Bodyjam but i seldom go for this one. Wednesday Aerobics. Thursday Japanese. Friday/Saturday Salsa. Ok, i know i have mentioned my classes ample times...in fact some of you might be able to fill in the class after i mention the day of the week... :þ

But what i wanna blog about today is not abt how the classes makes me busy...i tink it's not these classes which makes me busy...it's more abt my management of time... or the lack of it for that matter...

I have always been a rather spontaneous person. esp when i am attached, i feel. weird but true. I seem to need a routine when i am single. Have something to keep myself occupied most of the time, so as to make me feel fulfilled and living a full life.

But when i am attached, suddenly anything goes. maybe cuz i am assured of having someone to do watever I wan to at any time... be it an impromptu afternoon picnic by the sea, or juz lazing at home, watching TV... when i am single, i got to plan ahead cuz if i wanna meet ppl, i gotta give ppl time to decide, dun i? they r not obliged to meet me. in a way, bfs/gfs wld feel the obligation to accompany their other halves.

But this is not all that's making me busy. I am a friendly person, always running around meeting different grps of frens. When i was single, it was easier as I only have my own grp of frens. But now that i am attached, i have to make time to meet my bf's frens as well. Not that I am unwillingly dragged along to their outings. Haha...on the contrary, i find his frens very nice and fun to be with. I already know most of his frens before we got together as we were frens before becoming a couple. Coincidentally, i enjoy similar activities as his frens, such as playing games at Settler's Cafe, having a game at Siloso Beach, Sentosa or displaying our vocal talents in the privacy of a karaoke room. Much as i enjoy being out, having double the outings does tire one out! And i have even commented to him that sometimes i feel i am not spending private time with him alone... :þ i guess our 'honeymoon period' is unlike that of other couples. Normally new couples will keep to themselves for a few months, some can even go up to half a year, before coming out of their couple hibernation to face the world again. Ours was spent having time for ourselves and still meeting up wif other frens, it's healthy to meet other people as well but new couples as we are, will also need couple times... :þ

Having new hobbies such as baking also makes me busy...and robs me of resting time. I hv recently got into the habit of baking. it's quite a fun thing, esp when ppl appreciates the effort and enjoys wat comes of the oven! have tried chocolate cake, chocolate muffins, this buttery cookie called melting moments, cheesecake, strawberry cheesecake...Quite a list, isn't it? haha...for those who hvn't tried wat i baked, ask me for them next time.

And what else is making me busy? I guess having so much going on also drains me of energy...thus even when i am not at some class, or out wif frens...i like to laze around, rather than do something constructive. haha... for me, it's packing my barang barang. somehow my room tend to pile up wif bags, new things, freebies, etc if i do not clear them up to where they truly belong. I have dozens of bags, but i have this bad habit of leaving them lying around after i come back home. I do not keep them away immediately. conversely, i will accumulate them first, before packing them away in these trolley of metal trays i got fr IKEA. I find keeping them a hassle. haha.. i mean...i need a bag everyday. u can't expect me to keep them when i go home everyday but find out tt i wanna use the same bag the next day ya? A waste of my precious energy. haha... :þ

Attending free movie screenings and free outdoor concerts also makes me pretty busy. I like freebies! haha..joining contest is a hobby of mine. recently i been getting a few passes to such events... Collecting the passes takes time and attending them takes time too. So these adds to how my time was spent.

there are only 24 hrs a day...but i have 3 million things going on all the time. No wonder i am busy and feel drained... I wish i cld learn the art of time management. And to try not to over-extend myself... learn to keep to 24 hrs a day... and well, still hv time to spend wif bf and alone, wif myself... :)

Thankfully, i have come to my senses...i shld be stopping all exercise classes in August, except the monday one. tt leaves me with 2 more free days. i should have more rest at that time.

Till then...Gambatte Ne!

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Writing Less and Less...

I realise that i have been writing less and less recently... life has become a monotonous routine? I tink so...there's nothing much to write about...nothing much that touches me... or if something does touch me, I might have been too busy to write abt it...and it was forgotten soon after...

I used to write abt some news articles? Abt movies I have seen? About songs that I like...? And there was one blog about my dear nephew...! He's into power rangers...madagasca...etc.... nowadays... BUT Spider remains his fav and not forgetting The Incredibles! haha...

Oh ya...I had gone for this Cameron Trip recently...this is something I shld have written about when I came back but was so ridiculously bz wif social gatherings...

It was the weekend of my birthday! I tink I am rather blessed cuz my birthday which falls on a Saturday this year falls on a long weekend which means I could take a short trip without sacrificing my leave! Anywayz...i was off to Cameron Highlands on Friday, 20th night. Nice coach...rather cold but i was kept warm in my 'Star' sweater and sweatpants, and of cuz my dear who was with me!

We went by the 2nd Link at Tuas, was my first time there and it was much more efficient than the woodlands one...i was out of the checkpoint so fast...I intend to insist on the 2nd link everytime i go over to M'sia from now on... haha...

Once we got over the border, it was time to hit the sack...there was a stop for toilet and some snacks...I tink i had abit since was abit hungry but din wanna take too much fearing the Merlion syndrome. I soon realised that it's a long way to cameron! I was stuck in the coach from 10pm....i tink we reached KL around 4am plus...and it was only KL... I have heard of nightmarish jams in KL, but thankfully it was in the wee hours in the morning, so the roads were clear. After KL, the coach began heading for cameron, i guess. The road was winding as it began its climb up the mountains...the turnings were sharp sometimes...and the excitement index would rise everytime there was another vehicle passing us since the roads were mostly narrow as well. It lasted for around 2 hrs. There were a couple of mini merlions on the coach who were quickly cleaned to aviod affecting the other passengers.

Reached the hotel at about 8.30am and proceeded to check in. I tink i am a very trusting person... I did not suspect anything when my bf asked me to take a seat while he proceeded to check in. I tink it was common for the guy to deal with such procedures, i guess...and i was tired out by the travelling. Anywayz...a surprise awaited me in the hotel room. The room was on the 12th floor of the hotel and the hotel was at the top of a mountain.. SO can u imagine that? We were practically in the clouds... *WOW*

As i got in, I saw a rose on the carpeted floor near the door...I commented to my bf that they had rather good service, isn't it? Leaving such pleasant welcome gifts for their guests. Though I added at the same time that they cld have got fresher roses... haha... But as i got in further, i saw that the rose was not alone... there were a couple more scattered around the room, on the bed, table, tv..etc... So I started to move back to the one on the floor...there was a note with it...I found that it was arranged by my bf and there were 9 roses in all for me, from him. I was stunned! haha..almost dinno how to react! Started moving towards the other roses and collecting all the cards around the room. They all had thoughtful words...mushy but truthful...and i know he must have spent a long time planning and writing these notes cuz he can't really qualify as one wif the gift of writing. *he has a blog but doesn't update* I tink i was probably too tired and still in shock by the roses and notes, that I tink i din manage to find all the roses... haha... In the end, i did manage to gather all of them and the last note told me to give him a hug! AND i did! nice huh... I mean he really put in so much effort to plan this and made it work. He had to email the hotel mgmt then snail mail the cards to the hotel..haha... heard that he started the planning a few weeks ago. :) *This is one of the most endearing quality of my bf, he makes the effort to plan something really nice and surprises me most of the time. Somehow i have high standards for gifts and celebrations for special occasions and to date, he hasn't disappointed me yet!*

After getting over the shock and getting some rest in the room, we went to have breakfast in the hotel coffee shop. Breakfast was normal with acceptable variety of different cuisines. Not much to complain about. I guess. After which, we went for a walk around the hotel, juz areas very near the hotel since we wanted to get some more rest and prepare for the country tour we booked ourselves in the afternoon. The air was cool and fresh outside the hotel. It was a sunny day...the air was cool and fresh... when the sun was not shining directly on the body, one might feel somewhat cold if the wind was also blowing. I tink it was PERFECT weather! Temp was constantly around 20 degrees celsius during the day...nice aircon coolness in the great outdoors...probably wldn't sweat much huh... It was my 2nd trip to Cameron Highlands, 1st time was a staggering 10 years ago! And I had nvr been to genting...so I was rather pleased with the weather there!

At 1pm, we started the country tour, first with a self-paid lunch in the town of Brinchang. We had some curry mee and laksa. One thing i like about going to new places is to have a taste of wat their local food is like. Even though they go by the same name, the taste somehow differs. And the price is also much lower. The servings were small but rather tasty... it would be enuff to last us for the afternoon. :) The driver cum tour guide picked us at 2pm and started bringing us to strawberry farm, rose garden, cactus valley, tea plantation...those are the places of interest over there at Cameron. The focus is mostly on nature as the soil and weather is perfect *not only for me* but also for growing all kinds of flowers, fruits and even tea. Was nice and educational. took many silly photos and had quite abit of fun! Oh yes, and the tea egg over there is truly delicious! Yummy!

We headed back to the hotel after the tour and since it was my birthday, we wanted to have a sumptuous dinner for celebration. We din see many people around the hotel when we came, so we thought the cafe wld be rather empty, thus did not make a reservation. Since it was a big nite, i took a long time to prepare. haha.. dear decided to make a bath for me... with rose petals on the bath...caught that on photo but refused to share it here! anywayz....bath and preparation took me 1 hr or so. As we hunt for a place to eat, i realised that i stood out from the rest of the guest since i was wearing more formal and considerably lesser. To our disappointment, the cafe offering the buffet was fully booked. I did not fancy chinese since we wanted to have steamboat on the 2nd night. The only alternative left was an over-priced set dinner at the more classy restaurant in the hotel. We settled for that since there was virtually no choice and i tink i looked like i was going to faint if i dun get food asap! :þ It was a candlelight 5 course dinner... with a soup, an appetiser followed by a sorbet, main course and a dessert. Wat's interesting is they served the sorbet before the main course, and according to the waiter, it was to clear the mouth of the taste of the previous 2 dishes and prepare it for the main course. The food was nice, and the servings were big but manageable. Though I thought the service was rather slow and we spent such a long time at dinner. after the dinner, we had some fun playing congkat...haha...at the restuarant itself. That's when i realised we would have been better off elsewhere having fun and being silly than to sit down at some fancy restaurant having expensive dinners. Was so slow and boring. Thus, there's no need for such extragance the next time. A simple picnic might be enuff, i tink his company is more impt! *blush*

After which, we settled back to our rooms and it was time to rest. We decided to slp till 9plus before going for breakfast since it was holiday. If we cld, we wld have slpt till noon! but cldn't waste the breakfast ya! :þ next day we juz lazed around, relaxing. Since it was weekend and long weekend for m'sia as well, there was a bazaar near the hotel, so we decided to check it out. most of the things on sales were fresh produces from the vege farms, flower nurseries..etc... there were also clothes, decorative items. Most commonly seen were flowers and strawberries! we bought 85 roses for RM24, if i'm not wrong. actually had wanted to buy 99 roses since it's so cheap there, and i tot 99 was a nice number. But we were cheated by the owner...so in the end, we only had 85 roses. haha...

Another special attraction at Cameron was plucking strawberries. These red berries are all plump and juicy! We had chosen a farm which had reasonable pricing for PYO (Pick Your Own) service but was rejected cuz "it was a long weekend and they needed to make sure there was enough berries for those who are coming the next day to pick" so we left with strawberries which were picked by their own staffs. We can only look enviously at those people who came a step earlier than us and managed to PYO.

After we got back to the hotel, we tried to arrange the roses into a bouquet. it was tough work, therefore we now look at florist with a new form of respect. first of all, 85 roses is heavy, and tt's really alot of roses! and these pretty roses are, yes, full of thorns! so we had to cut off the thorns, shorten some of them, and arrange them in a container in the hotel. the container happened to be the dustbin in the room. It's not juz an ordinary one, it's big enuff to hold all the roses! haha... Anyway...we spent the whole afternoon prep-ing the roses and did not get as much rest as we had planned. :(

Soon it was time to go to Brinchang town to have dinner and shop abit since we heard there's a night bazaar during weekends too. The place was rather vibrant, full of locals and tourists when we got there. First we looked for a place to eat...heard abt good steamboat at cameron...thus set out to eat that! was a disaster! i tink we went to the wrong store! Sigh... after tt, we juz walked around abit more...

Journey home was quite awful...cuz had to transfer from a less comfy coach to the 25- seater coach at KL. And the less comfy coach as old and slow...at one point, it even broke down. after meddling with the engine for a while, the driver sought help from the males on the coach to help to push the coach...there were complaints and grumblings...but if they knew the coach wld start moving again immediately after they give it a slight push, i guess they would have been more willing. We left Cameron at around 8am...and reached KL at abt 2pm plus..then waited for the transfer to take us back to S'pore. In the end, reached home ard 10/11plus or smtg like tt. There was a jam even at 2nd cuz it was a long weekend and probably half of S'pore's population went overseas! :þ

Well...tt was 21st May weekend. about 1 mth ago liao!

I guess I still do like to write...juz perhaps no energy to write? no time to write? and no motivation to write... dun feel the need to express myself as much anymore...

But it's fine...at least for now, i have something that would keep my 'readers' entertained for a while...

*The above post was written yesterday at 11am...but the layout of the blog got jumbled up after posting, thus I am juz re-posting it in the hope that the layout wld magically be back to normal* *Fingers are crossed*