slip me on...

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Come take a look at our selection of the coolest Havaianas Slippers!
VOTES! Come vote for the slipper of your choice! Cast your votes!

Hmm, I'm torn between which pair to get. So peeps, any votes? I tried on choice number 5, and kinda like it. Due to time constrain, I didn't get to try on the other designs.

Roses for the ladies

I'm gonna keep this short and simple.

As you know it's the V-day today. It was really swell of the guys from my department in the office to get us girls a stalk of rose each. :) No wonder they disappeared right after we all had lunch together, only to emerge back into the office with a rose each for my other female colleague and I in the room. Awww.. really sweet. My first rose for the year. A sweet pink rose. ^_^

Had a nice simple dinner with Boon Siong [my Lao Ba] after work. We had dinner at Boat Quay's Big Porridge [think that's what it's called]. We both had noodles instead of porridge. I'm not much of a porridge person. Haha... And so we both chilled and chatted about quite some stuffs about guys and girls. Pretty interesting topics being discussed.

Happy Valentine's Day

14th Feb. It's that time of the year again. And as usual, I'm alone. But I'm not fretting about it. It's nice being alone still. Gee~

Was watching a Japanese anime earlier on in the eve [of Sunday]. Here's what I caught from the anime which I found pretty suitable for me current mood. Tsk Tsk...


"But if the one for me... falls in love with me...
that is when I have to part with the one for me.

Still, I want to meet the one for me.
I think that as I walk through the empty town."

Born to Race

It had been a very fun day today. I went to the Escape Theme Park at Downtown East Pasir Ris with 2 other friends. We gotten in for FREE! Yippy! Hee... A pity one of them wasn't a dare devil like me and the other. Tsk tsk.. So she spent most of the time watching us go on the rides. But we all had our share of fun, especially on the Go-Kart. Think we all must have raced a minimun of 6 times on those tracks. Woo Hoo Hoo!!! Hell loads of fun! At least this one was so much nicer and faster than the one in Genting. Brooooom Brooom! Speeding was great! I won't get a ticket for this. Hiak hiak! The feeling of overtaking the person in front of you was great! Woo Hoo! I came in first a few times! Go-kart was the best!

We went on the bumper boat too, whereby each of us gotta try hit each other's boat while squirting, shooting water into one aother's boat and faces. Ha ha ha! That was really fun too! *splish splash*

Guess these were my two most fav rides in the theme park then :)

Shitty New Year

It's the eve of Chinese New Year. I should be happy, for I'm able to get red packets soon. Instead, I'm feeling so darn pissed off with myself. Or rather so darn sad and disappointed in myself. Gee, what a way to start my first blog for 2005 [Yes, first blog after so long].

Just last week, something happened to my computer. The taskbar suddenly went cranky and thinking it would be alright to restart the computer to rid of that crankiness, I went ahead with it. Hell, what a big mistake it was. I killed my computer. It went dead. Argh! Stupid me, I should have quickly backed up all my files since I already sensed something wasn't quite right weeks before this murder! That's the lesson for being lazy.

Thought that with a new computer and files copied over from the old drives, my data will be saved. But ho ho ho! Hell no! I was such a fool! Wonder if it's really due to a virus? Data's Gone! All gone! The data in my C drive all gone! Shitty! Sucky! Argh!!!! Why? GRrRrrr!!!!! If only I had done something, like backing up my data constantly. Yeah yeah yeah, it's always an "If only I this.. If only I that... If only.." Ya dah ya dah dah dah argh!

*sulks* Yeah, it's no point crying over spilt milk. It's all my doing. Hope my cousin might be able to help me do something about this lost data bit. If only he would pick up his phone.

*sigh* imagine all my working files of my website and freelance and designs, murdered! And my photos too! All killed! Blood has been shed, a great battle lost! My soilder of data all dropped dead and vanished into thin air! What's maddening is I can't seem to type Chinese text in my new com. How queer!

Think I'm gonna try contact my cousin again... hmm no answer again~ Lalalalala... Im just so fucked!

It hurts...

It hurts ... my throat hurts
It hurts ... I'm coughing quite alot
It hurts ... I'm drowning my throat constantly with water
It hurts ... hoping the water silence those coughs
It hurts ... my throat is like another case of Tsunami
It hurts ... to see so many dead from the actual Tsunami
It hurts ... to see people lossing their love ones to the Tsunami
It hurts ... to be without that special someone
It hurts ... I'm feeling lonely and empty
It hurts ... I'm feeling all but an empty shell
It hurts ... where is the love?
It hurts ... LIFE sucks at times!

It hurts ...
That's what I used for my msn nick for these days. Thanks friends who messaged me in MSN upon seeing that nick. But I didnt bothered to explain why I'm hurt, just simply replied that my throat hurts. Of course that's the truth but not the whole truth. Haha...

The News has been reporting about the Tsunami updates alot these few days. It's really saddening to hear about all the deaths and lost of lives, increasing numbers with each passing day. Dead bodies about, foul smell about. *sigh* Bless 'em all.

shivering cold

Think I'm falling sick again. Yes, again!

After staying over night at a friend's place on Christmas night, I slept through out the whole of my Sunday. Only waking up in the night for dinner before heading back to bed and slept through till the morning. I felt so darn cold! Even hidden totally from head to toe beneath my quilt blanket didn't help much. BrRrrr...

Hate to drag myself out of the bed to get ready for work. Didn't get much done at work today [as usual]. Haha.

Think I might head to bed early tonight too. *Shivers with cold*

Jingle Bells & Wedding Bells

Christmas Eve. Lit up my [well, sorta] first cigarette. Took my first puff from it. Minty after taste. Didn't lit it well, light it up again, took a deeper second puff [bum puff]. Let the inhaled lingered within the mouth for milliseconds before puffing it out like a dragon. And so the stick was passed back to my friend. The whole experience was pretty brief. Nevertheless it's been rather an interesting experience. But I'll still say NO THANKS to smoking and cigarettes. Uh uh uh, NO! Smoking is bad for ya! Lungs Killer! Kids and peeps, stay away from drugs!

Actually my first encounter with lighting up a cigarette dates back as far to when I was still a little kid of like age 5 or 6, I was only in kindergarten. Ho ho ho... The mean and evil Uncle driver of the school bus tried to educate us kids on cigarettes. I was most probably the most daring kid on board, and probably the only stupid one who stepped forward towards that stick of drugs. I can't remember if I did light up that stick or even took a small puff from it, but it was there and then that I first learnt how a cigarette is actually lit. And I'm actually proud to admit I know how one's lit since I was a kid [I dont smoke though]. Hahahaha!

Okay, 'nuff said about cigarettes. I attended my ex-colleague's wedding dinner at Grand Shanghai this Xmas Eve. The place was beautiful and unique. But it's a pity that the table I and ex-bosses and ex-colleagues were seated hadn't really a good view of the stage. The food was alright. And at the end of it all, I forgotten to bring the chocolates given, home! Argh! Anyhow, the wedding couple looked really great, fantastic! The bride looking like a Princess, and I loved her gowns. Pretty like a Princess. Yes, think I've mention about her looking like a Princess many times. Princess. Princess. Princess. Ah, dream come true for her.

It's great to be catching up with those peeps at the wedding. Hell long a time since we all had a gathering. Thanks to this wedding.

Last but not least, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! Have yourself a merry little Christmas! La la la la la...

P.S. I "drew" this Xmas Greeting myself, hope you all like it. Enjoy. ->>>

The Rat Race

On your mark! Get set! GO!

*BANG*

And so the rat race begins, with Angela in the lead. Will she come in first? Or maybe a last?

Today marks the first day at work, finally after six full months of rotting and lotsa slacking and stoning in front of my TV, of my computer. Well, I'll still be facing the computer in the days to come, just at a different location. Haha!

The place I'm sitting at now is pretty good. Nice big empty table with nothing but the flatscreen, keyboard, mouse, and the telephone. The window to my right, the wall behind my back, colleagues in front and to the left in the room. Great, I've got good enough privacy in my corner. I could even sneak in online during certain hours to play my game. Ho ho ho. But don't think I will be that free once things start coming in for me to do. I'm gonna have to start designing some designs tomorrow at work. I started with a ilttle bit of stuffs today. So far things are still pretty cool. Hope I won't have a tough time trying to crack my brain for the designs [think I already am. Dang!]

Anyway the colleagues are pretty cool and easy to mingle with. The room where I am in, are where all the sales people are in. Great thing is, most of the time they won't be around as they will be running about, out of the office. Yippy! Even more privacy. Guess I better not be happy too soon. Hope I'll be able to do well [since there won't be anyone to guide me as I go along with the web/print stuffs, for I'm a one-man-team coordinating with the sales and IT side, etc.], 'cause I'm feeling the stress already. Oh well... Shall take things as they come along then. La la la la la.. gotta learn how to destress myself!

An End to Slacking Days

Within 55 minutes, I received another call. It's from a recruitment agency. They said they received my resume sent last week, on the 22nd. Well, it really took 'em some time to call me up eh. Perhaps they are gonna hook me up with some interview. Too bad, for I told 'em I've found a job. 52 minutes before, my future employer called me and said I've got the job! YES!

Well, you see... I went for this interview last Wednesday morning. Thursday morning, the boss called me up, told me they thought my portfolio was pretty weak, the [web] designs were simple and nothing outstanding. *shrugs* Low morale and confidence, I felt. But, hope is not lost! She said I will be given a chance to propose 2 designs for a certain project and they shall assess it to see if I'll pass and get the job. Well, something like that. Pretty pressurizing though. So I gave my best shot and got it done and sent on Friday night. So this afternoon, she called and said they were pretty pleased with what I've designed and congratulated me for getting the job! [Phew! I'm glad they were pretty pleased with my design.] YES!

I called up Lisi the very next moment after I hung up the phone with my future boss. Have to thank her and let her know about the good news. I was still expressing my concerns about this job's interview to her not long ago. Guess if not for her, I won't be able to get a chance to come across this job opportunity. Got the contact through her friend. So BIG thank you my dear gal! Maybe it's time for some ramen? Hee! YES!

Bye bye to my jobless days. Bye bye to my slacking days. Bye bye to my freedom! I'm finally working once more. Starting work this coming Wednesday, 1st Dec. NO! HAha! Kidding! YES!

So that means I only have one day of freedom left. Boo hoo hoo.. I'm gonna miss ya, my darling Mr Freedom. It's been a lovely 6 months being with ya. Sorry we didn't last long together, now I belong to Mr Money. Haha! Sorry, I'm not trying to be materialistic/money minded. But we all do need Mr Money to survive. YES!

Maybe I'll be getting the other CDs I've been aiming for! Haha! The jazzy jazzy, chill out compilations from inner Resort. Yummy! I wanna get the X'mas compilations from them too. Will be nice to play it for this festive season. I love Christmas most, just a pity there ain't white Christmas here. And maybe I'll get the Linkin Park with Jay-Z one, Collision Course. Keep hearing it over the radio, sounds nice. Hee hee, money coming in means money going out. However I'll try to save up as much as I can. Might have plans to go travelling or backpacking next year or so. :) YES!

No more waking up at 12 o'clock. No more sleeping at 5am. Haha... Pray I'll get used to working life again, in the busy city center at Raffles Place. Pray I'll get along with the new colleagues. Pray I'll be able to handle my new job duties and tasks, and not freak out. Time to get moving with the rushing life. Time to get a life once more. End to slacking days has arrived. Saddening. But happy that I've started moving on into another phase in life. YES!

Yucks!

I've never felt more disgusted ever in my whole life!

The cap to my bottle of facial toner, slipped out of my hand, bounced onto the wet floor and dived straight into the toilet bowl. Bull's eye! It decided that it needed a little swim, I figured. I'll give it a 10 out of 10 for that perfect dive! DAMN! Why there of all places to land?! Jesus!

And to make matter worse, I don't really wanna talk about the disgusting bit, but I have to, to make my point out. Sorry folks. My bro shitted before I used the toilet. The flushing system in the bathroom ain't that strong, so sometimes you have to flush like 2 or 3 times to get all the shit out to sea. But you have to wait for some time before the tank refills with water for flushing again. Sigh. So the sight of the water in the toilet bowl ain't crystal clear. Okay, think you should more or less get my point of disgusting here. Don't wanna eleborate more, appetite spoiler. Darn! Damn it! My poor cap! I had such a hard time fishing it out of that pit. Yucks!!!!

Disinfection does not seems to work for this case [I mean for the cap]. Had to wash my hands like crazy. Erm hmmm, of course I didn't use my bare hand to get the cap out! But the idea of getting your hands in there [not the crystal clear kinds] is enough to hurt. Haaha. Yucks! Gross!

Lucky I had a spare empty bottle to transfer the remaining facial toner to. I threw away the cap and bottle.

keeping left

You know how it is that people always like blocking the paths on the escalator here? Unlike London, whereby the left lane [think so] on the escaltors will always be left cleared for racing climbers. Yep! But that ain't the case here in Singapore. Guess we're so strong, I mean we have such a strong bonding with one another, that's why we always like to stand side by side and hog both left and right lanes on the narror escalator. All thanks to unity, you can say that again. Well, that's how we are brought up, selfish and haughty. Shame on me to say that of my fellow countryman, but I believe it's very true to a certain extent. A black sheep amongst us all make hell lots of of a big difference. Don't worry, I ain't that black one, I'm just a grey one. Haha.

We really are a 'FINE' city [as known to many]. Yep, FINE alright. Littering, fine $500. Spitting [in public], fine $500. Jaywalking, fine $50. Yeah, you get the ironic picture. In recent years, the government has been trying to educate us to be good citizens: keeping to the left side of the escalator, making the right side clear for those who wants to pass. Good thing there's no "fine" law enforced for this, otherwise it would really be such a sight. I can't bear to imagine, definately gonna make a real laughing stock to boo on. Haha...

There's posters and signs assigned near/at the escalators, saying, "Please Keep Left". I doubt anybody ever notice those [other than me]. Kinda big waste to the efforts. But I gotta take my hat off the the MRT station near my place. This morning while I was heading towards the escalator, there I saw a sign hanging on a stand by the electric stairs. It read, "Please Keep Left Unless Overtaking". Can't help but love the humour contained. Wonder what next. "No Speeding"? "Accident Area, Please Slow Down"? "Cautious, Children Crossing"? Ha ha ha.. I'm feeling so darn ticklish now. Oh my God...

slow slow Monday

Sitting alone on the big, comfy, red, cushioned armchair, slowly absorbing the atmosphere of the late Monday morning. Slowing taking in small sips of my caramel cafe latte, slowing savouring its bitter sweet aroma. Notice how I keep using 'slowly', 'slow'? Ah... I just love such slow days, where it seems like time has stand still and you can slowly go about the day at your very own sweet pace. Haven? I beg to differ. It's a pity I don't have a laptop with me, that's 'cos I don't have one to begin with. If not it might have been perfect. I would be like Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City, typing on her laptop in starbucks or something for her sex columns in some weekly newspaper. But the key point here ain't about writing for sex columns. Hell no! I'm Angela for God's sake. Haha. Why did I even drag Carrie into the picture?

So there I sat, at Pacific Coffee, with my coffee. HMV is just across the walk way. You can just hear 'em play all sorts of music, free. Yes, freedom of music. But neh, thanks but no thanks, for I had ATB playing for me on my discman. What a great way to energize the start of your day.

And so I sat, slowly appreciating my cuppa latta while watching the crowds of shoppers briskly walking past before my eyes. Perhaps I should do this more often. I think this makes a good perfect setting for some inspirational writing. Tsk tsk... Think a piece of nice warm cake would make it even better.

falling prey to...

Think I'm falling prey to sickness. All sorts. CHOY! CHOY! CHOY! Lol. Better not joke about the all sorts. *touch wood*

I'm having a pretty sore, sore throat now. Been trying to drown that throat with lotsa water, herbal tea, lozenges, blah blah blah. Am afriad I might fall prey to the Flu Monster too. Got a couple of sneezes every now and then. Hope I didn't catch it from my brother or friend. I don't wanna fall sick at such a time like this!!!. The festive season is coming. I wanna have fun! Think I better tuck in early for these few nights, and try to take good care of myself.

Oh yeah, in case you haven't watch the movie, The Incredibles, do go watch it. It's really fabulous! I really dig it! Loved it! Awesome! So do go catch it if you haven't already. Hee.

Okay, think I better go take some cough medicine and a big rest. Tata~

my other dad

Yesterday was Boon Siong's birthday. I always call him 老爸 [lao ba - another way of calling Dad in Chinese]. He's my other dad. Haha, not my real dad, but a classmate from polyhood days. Haven't any idea how did this father-daughter thingy came about. I'm his eldest daughter, while Trixy is his second daughter.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 老爸 !!! - 16th Nov -

I gave Boon Siong's my [real] Dad's old Pentax camera. How cheapo neh neh of me man! But it's thoughts that count, ain't it? *sly smirk*

So I met the birthday Dad up for dinner last night, Sipei joined us too. It's been a really long time since I last caught up with her. We three chatted lots over carrot cake and tea and coffee at Starbucks afterwards. Topics mostly revolving around work, driving lessons, polyhood days. Bitching and gossiping about our lecturers, coursemates and those 3 weeks/months projects. Lol. Yakkaty yakkaty yak! Found out lotsa stuffs that I've been missing out when I was back in polytechnic. Darn, I was such an innocent and naive girl back then. Haha, and I still am now. *grinz*

It's been a really fun time, though all we three did was just talk and talk and talk and gossip. Tsk tsk. It's doesn't matter how we should celebrate together, it's the company that matters. A nice chat over nice cakes and drinks companied by friends, that's good enough. Good example will be one such similiar session over the past weekend with my secondary school girl friends at our all time fav hang out place, Dome Cafe. We all met up to have a mini post-birthday celebrations for two of the gals. All shared jokes, dreams and updates while sipping to our cups of tea. Ah, what great pleasures. Is this a good or bad thing? Are we all growing old? Old as in we don't go creating havoc anymore, but sitting at some nice quiet place sipping to tea and munching on cakes while chatting the whole day away. Great way to chill out. Haha. What ya think?