waiting..........

Waiting to open the mailbox again @ 2.30pm… this is so torturous. Meantime, will be going to eat ah bui wanton mee with my mum. I must jog today!!!!! lazy kunai!!

i failed my JLPT..

Recently, my favourite past time is to open the mail box..…for good or bad news and I just got JLPT results today… bad news…failed ne. haha.. but by right I got 204/400 marks… should pass lor! But alas, the passing mark is 240… zannen deshita.

Am going to apply again this year but think will be super hard to pass also unless I really mug like crazy..but you know, in school, some subjects no matter how you mug, you’ll still fail. I’m afraid I’m about to categorise jap into this category. It’s just too difficult la… especially the listening… the woman’s voice is like chip and dale..so fast and squeaky and high pitched…

ANYWAY, the exam cost $25 to register..cheap cheap..shall take it again..heh

Just took up tuition for these 2  P4 and P5 boys..1st lesson only the P5 asked me a question about science which I couldn’t answer and even have to flip the textbook to look for answer. About some solar system and planets and the moon, stars and the sky. It’s cheem-anology. I don’t remember studying this kind of shit in primary school..not even in P6 lor. Think the hardest we did was to study the parts of a plant… well, in order not to embarrass myself again, going to popular later to buy a science guidebook. Have to spend $$ again when $$ hasn’t even came in plus the stupid agency is taking 50% of my 1st month fees. After a chat with putri, realised I’m super underpaid for this assignment as well. Sighzzzzzzz.. doshite! Just do for fun lor…you pay peanuts you get monkeys.. will continue giving your sons all the wrong answers. Wahahhaha.. no la..very bad. Ahem. I’m still going to do research on the science.

But the boys are so cute! dam feel like pinching their cheeks..but think not very nice la.

It’s a whole different feeling staying home and doing nothing. After working like for 2 years and praying for TGIF every Monday, it’s TGIF to me everyday now.

I woke up at 8.30am (earlier than usual) for tuition yesterday and the whole day yesterday I had a huge headache and felt sleepy the whole day. Eyelids felt like they weighed a ton and my limbs couldn’t coordinate properly. I slept till 11.30 today and immediately felt super refreshed. Jialatz.

The recent news about the contact lens making your eyes turn mouldy sounded quite scary. Expecially when I’m one of those using RENU-moistureLoc multi purpose solution. My eyes were more prone to infections eversince I switched to the new MoistureLoc solution sometime mid last year. That could be the explanation on why my eyes always felt to irritated when I wear my lens. Well, better believe it, I dun want to risk my eyes turning green. Thrown away all my RENU solution and replaced with another brand liao…anyways, RENU can’t be found off the shelves already. Must be guilty of making everyone suffer! Hrmph. Warned my brother not to use and he say I’m too paranoid (???!! …hello. It’s in the news idiot) . he said he use but nothing is happening so far… ok.. so far la. I’ll pray for you.

A freak accident before Tonkichi

24th Feb 2006- Friday. Met to celebrate Sharon san’s birthday.. the 1st half of the year is always full of birthday celebrations, leaving 2nd half to be quieter…for me la.

actually her birthday is on 1st march but celebrated very much earlier coz we can’t meet jus before her birthday as everyone not free. They all not free.. not me la. Watashi wa itsumo hima na desu. So I got the title of being pantang coz I think celebrating birthdays late is not good. Well…!! It’s all for your own good Sharon san. Instead of being thankful….. hrmph.

We went Tonkichi for dinner…oh yes…another good eating place to recommend!!!! Ooosh!! Hahah.. food makes me high.

They serve fried pork cutlets,ebi fries, fried oysters deep-fried with bread crumbs in the usual jap way. The set meal for 3 comes with appetizer-bamboo shoots, miso soup, rice, pickles, fruits and of coz the main course – 3 oysters, 3 pcs of pork, 3 pcs of ebi and a slab of pork cutlet. Cabbage is free flow which is like the salad in jap context. We had lots of fun grinding the sesame seeds given to us as a condiment for the bbq sauce which was to go with the meat. Please see above picture for demonstration...bday girl's pic had been blurred to prevent her being robbed. heard that she got loads of zara and taka vouchers for her bday.


Omoshiroii ka? Heh. Had free flow of green tea as well. Definitely a place which I’ll go back again.. yum my yum my

Me and Sharon san witnessed a really funny and rare accident on the escalator in the underpass leading up to the basement food place at CK Tangs. May be hard to imagine.. but can be done..heh.

I was standing on the step above Sharon and we were on the left side of the escalator. On our right was this pretty tall and well built angmoh guy wearing a backpack. Unfortunately, he had this strap which he hung outside his bag which caused the following accident.

Okie..On the side walls of the escalator were glass frames framing some advertisements. And the next minute, the strap caught onto one of the corners of the frames and this huge guy started to be pulled back by the strap while the escalator was still moving forward up. He stumbled a few steps down while me and Sharon reached out trying to unhooked the strap from the frame. Really scary lor!! And we did it! yay! The angmoh guy looked relieved and took a few steps up and I asked him if he was alright (you know, like he’s a tourist and it was really a freak accident..must have scared him abit..)…. He replied “oh yes, I think I better remove the st…rap…….” And there he was, before he could finish his sentence, his bag got caught again! Kaoz…wahahha..sorry… I think it was really funny.. this time me and Sharon were too far away to help coz he took quite a couple of steps back and the people behind must have thought shrek was rolling down the escalator.

We couldn’t hold back our laughter as we walked towards lido and only burst out laughing when the guy wasn’t behind us. It was too bizarre for words and the incident happened like twice. Once bitten, twice not shy was what we concluded. Ok la…must pity him…he must have gotten a big shock while we had our share of entertainment for the day. Whahahaha

Think quite lucky for him that that particular escalator in the underpass moves super dupa slowly one so at least his life wasn’t really in danger. I thought he should have imitated Jackie Chan’s movie where when the bad guy grabbed his jacket, he would take off his jacket to get out of the trap and then sneak up at the bad guy from behind and punch him.

Naz’s view was that it was my fault for the 2nd time his bag got stuck. coz I was talking to that ang moh asking how he was which caused his back/bag to be turned towards the frames and so the strap got caught again.

Just realised this would make a fantastic death plot for final destination 4…so unexpected but could be super fatal.

Final Destination 3..... this ride will be the death of you...muahahaha

When I was in the theatre watching trailers of the upcoming movies, I thought I had made a mistake in coming to watch Final Destination 3. Sequels are usually disappointing, especially sequals of horror flicks. When the show started, I was even more sure it’s gonna be a disappointment when I saw the teenagers screaming in the coasters and playing at the amusement park. Like nothing new lo, they will die 1 by 1. I know.

It wasn’t until those who escaped death started dying in sequence and how the signs of their death were implied in the pictures they took. This show has definitely maintained its standard in how they plotted each one’s death. Super duper gross.. my “favorite” was how the bimbos died in the tanning shell.. the worst kind.

OKIE! So everyone should go and watch this show!! Heh

After the movie, we went to this place called Essential Brews at Holland V. They have this launching party where u pay like $20 to sample their new dishes and includes a buffet as well. I was kinda skeptical coz I’ve gone to that place before and their stuff not very cheap one. going to expect an unsatisfying meal. But naz die die wants to go coz he knows the MD and so that he can better work relations with him……he’s just so right for marketing. Not me though.

Well, the buffet was good. And some of their new dishes are nice too. Except for this nutmeg prawns. I tell you, nutmeg just doesn’t go in savoury dishes. I like them in the preserved form. And also, they have this new drink using Chai Tea. This chai thingy is a kind of spice like cinnamon pattern kind. It’s either you like it or hate it. and I happen to hate it. I remembered I ordered it in coffee bean before once and I’ll never forget the taste man. Taste Indian to me. <<== personal view on taste, not being racist here.ahem.

Oh yes! Signed up kickboxing with Sharon and zhe san ..looking forward to that. Finally Sharon has overcome her fear for exercise.. *eyes roll* and decide to join us in maintaining a healthy lifestyle…after like 25 years. Yay.

cook till you drop game..

http://eddiezone.net/flashgame/Restaurant.htm

thks buddy tan for this game..putri also addicted. haha... i give up liaoz. it's too difficult! my fingers super cramped up from all the clicking... urghz. $4K is the score to beat.... buddy tan's score! ganbatte!

never leave your food unattended

TGIF..my last day of work also! Haha.

Met naz for dinner and as I had craving for the Korean food at the food court beneath Le Meridian..it’s really good I tell you. There was a long queue but I joined it anyways. Naz went to buy yong tau foo coz he said he’s on a diet to be more lean. Ok. The Q moved so slowly and finally my food was ready and naz came and wanted to help me bring the food to the table. I was like “oei..you finished your food already ah?” he said haven’t.

The stall wasn’t far from our stall and when we reached, his drink and ytf was gone!! Turned to our right and saw the auntie pouring away the food. Wah kaoz..i screamed inside me and I bet naz was scolding all the vulgarities he could ever think of in his mind. He told the auntie he haven’t finished his food yet and the auntie only said sorry. Ya..what can she say rite? Lucky it wasn’t abalone or sharks’ fin.. sighz..i felt so bad coz he left his bowl there to help me carry the food so I kept asking him whether he wanted to buy another bowl or what or want to eat something else. But he said he was full already and maybe it’s heaven’s will for him to lose weight. Hahaha. Ok. Optimistic is always good.

I enjoyed my spicy Korean seafood soup though. Yum.

farewell

Had lunch with 3 of my colleagues (or rather ex colleagues) today. It was so enjoyable unlike my other lunchtimes with 1 colleague alone and we’re always in a rush to go back to office to do duty at a certain time. Today, we chit chatted about other stuff other than work and really found them nice and at least of similar frequency (trust me, it is very very crucial for me to make sane conversations with them). It’s such a pity that I only got to lunch for the 1st time with them on my last day. It was a deliberate lunch date coz just want to meet up before I go. Normal days we’re all engage in our daily routine and we took a late 2pm lunch just so that we could go together.

Sighz, even though so, I never regretted my decision. Heh. Some of them I know I’ll keep in touch with them through like MSN, email, sms etc. For those who don’t use all these forms of communication, they’re in my list of  people who are not of the same frequency as me..desu kara, no need to keep in contact with the uncontactables.

Last look at the yakun which I’m going to miss.. but can go bishan one also la.. except the feel is different.. the uncles are different.

Slacking my day away today..got 2 hours to slack till knock off time. Nothing given to me coz scared I’ll have follow up or pending cases and I won’t be around. Anyways, lesser to process recently after Chinese new year. I wonder why. The period before Christmas was horrendous.

Totally cleared my email till it’s zen zen empty now. My job now is to count the minutes and write the longest post I could ever write in 2 hours. Starto!!

Ok.. I’m going crazy. I wish they could give me some stuff to do now so that time will pass faster. Sighz. Got things to do complain, nothing to do also complain. Matte..matte.. coz these are the 2 extremes ma.. Do you hear me complaining when work is nicely paced? No rite..

Since nothing to do might as well release me earlier today hor? If I’m the boss, I will do that. At least if you’ve been a bad boss all along in the eyes of the employee, during her/his last moments in the organisation, you could still redeem yourself abit..

Gunman on the loose!

Received an sms yesterday from maria that a gunman had killed a guy in at serangoon and is still on the loose…asked me to be careful when going home. Must be the recent case about a gunman who tried to rob the 4D auntie which inspired a few others to do the same thing. I think its very stupid to use guns to commit crimes in Singapore. Singapore is so small, sooner or later you’ll be found and the best place to hide is probably in one of the longkangs in some neighbourhood. Unless you’re a rich criminal with a private jet plane waiting to pick you up..which would be quite an irony.

Anyways, was just packing my stuff for my last day tomorrow. My boss told me “waaa..you pack so early ah” I just said “oh, since I’m free now so I pack lor.”
Actually, I plan to bring everything home today. Oops. Showed my intense anticipation to leave as well. Well.

Maybe I was too excited about tomorrow, I ended up having a fever and sore throat last night which persisted throughout the day today. Felt like shit and hope it’ll get better by tomorrow.

Once tomorrow ends, think my excitement will definitely die down with the thought of having to job hunt all over again. This time, no way am I accepting a job hastily.

the truth about valentine's day~~

Vday was a quiet affair (literally, coz noisy naz was extremely quiet yesterday..think he was tired or something..amazing.). We decided to dine at Bliss Café at Punggol Park and naz made reservations in advance. It was a place which I always jogged passed and kept telling myself I gotta try it sometime. Naz also heard a lot about the café (and he stays in super-western part of Singapore) from his friends.

We reached there at about 7.45pm and it was fairly crowded. Ambience was nice coz they built this alfresco dining area on stilts that overlooks the huge pond (or lake? Still can’t tell the difference.) in the park The waiter directed us to our reserved table and it was not the side nearer to the waters which naz had requested and they said ok. Piss number 1.

Nevermind la. Both of us were too hungry to complain about it also though naz did try (he is Mr complain King) but gave up la, pity the poor waiters.

They only served valentine’s day set dinners @ an oh-so-steep price of $35.90..considering the café is at heartland area. Main course only will be @ an oh-so-steep price of $25.90. Soup of the day is Lobster Bisque Soup which both of us were so looking forward to and it turned out wasn’t that great and we were dreaming of the lobster bisque at Delifrance.

We ordered 1 set that comes with: Soup, Appetizer, Main Course, Dessert and a coffee/tea. And added on just 1 main course and 1 soup and a root-beer ($4?!!!)

We had a few queries about the set dinner and asked the nearest “waiter” around. I could almost see a question-mark over his head and he said he wakaranai and went to ask another waiter before answering us. Question 1. We had a second question and naz asked him again coz he looked the most eng2 and again, in nearest proximity to us. This time, the ? was even larger and blinking somemore. He said he wakaranai and went to ask another waiter. Shit..why am I repeating myself?! Ahhaha..but you get the point. 3rd question and history repeated itself and I wonder why he is even within 200 metres of the café since he zen zen wakaranai.

I took a pasta main course called Seafood parcel. Seafood was wrapped in this tofu skin and is square-shaped just like a parcel. The pasta a ribbon-shaped and tasted quite good. This was the only dish I was impressed with lo.yummy. Naz ordered sirloin steak and he thought it was ok too. The dessert was Mocha De Crème (caffeine.. didn’t dare to eat too much..scared insomnia)…n it was not nice. Our tea wasn’t served after we waited for like half n hour and we decided to ask for the bill which took another half hour.urghz

In all, we only left at 10pm… never ate such a long dinner besides buffet at suki la. 2 and half hours..! Lucky we could entertain ourselves by playing with the tealights (naz tried to be a magician by using his fingers to snap out the fire..err.) and napkins (we killed an ant with the napkin and asked for a new napkin) and observing people around us (saw a couple eating and they were both guys..ok la..maybe they’re just friends).

Nonetheless, efforts are deeply appreciated to make the day a memorable one. I don’t need fancy dinners and am most happy to eat bbq chicken wings with my fingers (yummy) or stingray at Newton or chomp chomp. Craving for hokkien mee nowww~

Sorry ah..long blog… bored at work.

discovery channel...

Getting some exposure in backend processing work isn’t all that bad really. Was just reflecting on my 4 months doing processing and what I’ve gained during this short stint (trying to be very optimistic here..ahem.)

For one, I’ve further built upon my skills when entering numbers using the keyboard. Already trained in entering 16-digit numbers.. now trained in 8 digit string of numbers.

For two, I’ve mastered the art of being able to randomly grab the exact number of paperclips I need for the stack of documents in front of me.  Accuracy: 95%

For three, same as number two, just that it applies to envelopes as well.

Four, I made an amazing discovery, this stationery that removes staples. Ok..it’s called a staple remover and it’s super user friendly coz it’s shaped like a penknife, longish and u feel as if you’re using a pencil. can hold a lot of staples also. So no more flying staples all over your desk and staples wedged in the carpet. I love it.. but it’s a bit ex though, $6 per remover so I’ll not suggest you buy it unless you really need it.

As for 5,6,7..etc.. still trying to figure out.. will update once done.

Much ado about nOthing.

Spent a lazy Sunday at home.. mum cooked curry..2 huge pots. Think can open a 20 pax party with the quantity she prepared!

Actually I’m already in my shorts and T-shirt ready to go jogging. But soto wa taihen atsui desu kara, chotto matte ne.

Looking forward to 17th Feb which would be my last day of work and at the same time, not really welcoming the uncertainties that will come along with it. Went for MOE interview which didn’t turn out too well, only lasted like 5 min, left me wondering it’s the norm or there’s some special reason for the rush.

But then again, thought of taking a break to enjoy myself a bit and engage in activities which I could not do when I’m on a rigid 9-5 routine. Examples include…hmm.. ubin cycling, watching movies at weekday rate minus the crowd, swimming, enjoying buffets at weekday lunch rate....etc etc. heh.

Have had too much Chinese new year goodies resulting in horrible complexion and lots of blemishes exploding on my face. Don’t like them very much. Just caught this Korean drama, I am Jin Sanshun, the Korean version of bridget jones… not very interesting though I gave it a chance by watching..thanks to sharon san’s intro. It only made me doubly sure her taste had never improved.

Oh ya! Bought Mayday’s zhi zu KTV vcd, but I finished singing all the songs in 1 day… so now I’m bored again. (-_-ll)

Informed naz that I finally changed the photo which was in the frame he made for me. Well, the story goes like this. He made me a frame using colored sand and real seashells (must emphasize he personally picked the shells on his trip to phi phi islands) and was quite pissed when I told him I put ashin’s pic in the frame. Wahhahah. Come on. He’s an important guy in my life k…motivating me with songs such as I love You bo bang and xiang xin and gong lang. and he’s so hansamu. But he didn’t really take my reasonings la. I just feel like putting his pic there lo! 2 days ago, decided to change the pic to a pic which we took in the zoo and told him about it and he wasn’t so pissed liao.heh.. Take turns la, 5 months ashin, 2 months our pic.

Aiya.. I’m crapping again. The weather is still so hot outside! Doshite! Nande.

~Happy Valentine’s day everybody!~

Poetic thoughts about relationship

As we are tipped off balance juggling time and love
What is too much and too little
Putting 2 different individuals’ expectations on a scale
Finding no basis for comparison
Whether to give in or adapt to demands
Both are equally difficult

Words come out wrong the more we try to explain
Hurt inflicted and. Pain.
Rest assured I hear you
I hope you’ll say the same too
No one is to blame for driving each other insane
To give and take is easy to say
Which I tried but you failed me all the same
For the reasons I find so bizarre
I’ll just roll my eyes and retake.

.. I thought my poetry is quite good…but Sharon san said the last line spoilt it all…which I totally beg to differ. Sharon san.. do you not remember that your English Lit got lower grade than me?! Wahhaha.

Was something which I felt sometime ago but we’ve talked about it and got it ironed out… errr…hopefully. Haha.. now the relationship is stronger than before I feel. Realised that being honest about how you feel is very important and how it can erase the sense of insecurity or uncertainty that arises when you keep all the mind boggling questions to yourself.

The main point is, I think I really got a flair in poetry.

Zhe San! Tanjobi omedeto~~

Zhe San! Tanjobi omedeto!!

Celebrated zhe’s bday at the tongshui café yesterday..thought she’ll like the food and ambience there…hongkie hongkie type..and I think she did like it..that’s great! Ha… me good taste cannot blame.. and I think it’s time for tongshui to pay me some money for advertising their café.

What is a day without hiccups and suayness rite?
So yesterday, I totally made my day by not bringing my hp out. Everything was in my bag. 5 marshmellows,5 gummy sweets, 5 rabbit sweets, camera, wallet, pads, blotters..just not my hp and I wonder why. Just when I haven’t made concrete plans with Sharon san about anything and her last sms to me was, “eh, after the interview I SMS u about plans later.” Urgh

Anyway, this time round not so bad. Coz I can remember Sharon san’s number so can just call her from public phones. Oh ya…I want to complain.! How come all the public phones are those that needs phonecards!?! It’s like 8 phones and 6 phones are those using phonecards.the 2 phones using coins are occupied by maids who apparently are making very important phonecalls back to their family overseas (according to Sharon san). They were super hogging the phones, totally oblivious to the queues behind them. Ya.. card phones are meant for the tourists but no need build so many rite. Need to think of poor Singaporeans like me, who forgets to bring hp out once in a blue moon.
Anyway, I found a 20 cent coin in the slot.

Managed to meet Sharon san successfully and waited for zhe san before proceeding to out dinner venue. What luck also, there was chingay procession in orchard road. Crowded like crazy and buses were packed.

Dinner was good and guess what, after I told naz san about what we ordered, he said he got craving and wants to go there makan today... AGAIN. wa sianz leh. Regret telling him.

After dinner, dunno what to do so decided to sing KTV.. cabbified down and coz they’ve ran out of small rooms, very rich Sharon san suggested we should just take the medium room. For 3 of us, we had 6 drinks, macham we very thirsty and we could sing from 8.15pm to 11.15pm. At 10.30pm, we realised we still had 3 pages of songs haven’t sing yet!!! So under my leadership and voting (basically only I wanted to extend..keke), we extended 1 more hour. Yay! Think it’s CNY, so instead of normal fruits (which I’ll very much prefer), they gave us 4 mandarin oranges. Kaoz. And they cost us $6.80 lor!! That’s a cool $1.70 per orange…made of gold ah.

It was 1am when we reached home. Money spent, meal eaten, tea drank, karaoke sang.

Had insomnia.. must be the milk tea I drank at tongshui and almond milk tea I drank at ktv.

And ..I’m going tongshui again in 5 hours’ time.