Food Vs MonEy

alrite.. it's the last day of the month. next wk there's a public holiday. yeah! v happy :) and looking forward to payday. hehe..

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ok.. tt time i mentioned abt me spending too much on food. let me recall wad were the food i ate.. haii..how guilty. last last fri met up cousin mich and had pepper lunch and xingwang for dinner. then the next day on sat, i went eat pepper lunch again with hubb. and ... we were ushered to a 2-person table after we ordered our food. i was aiming at a bigger table when the manager pointed to the 2-seater table. fine...then the food came, and knw wad? the table was not enuff to put the food cuz we actually ordered 3 sets! the manager tot we only 2 person, but he did not knw tt we ordered 3 sets. in the end also had to change to a bigger table, rite? how duh.. and... it was quite weird lorr.. cuz the hotplate was like so darn big.. one in front of me, and the other in front of hubb. then the 3rd one, we placed it beside us as if someone was sitting there. diao.... and.. it was my idea to get an extra set. and in fact, i was the one who ate most out of the 3rd set. i don knw y lorr.. but im so dead addicted to pepper lunch. o man.. im becoming a glutton myself! when did my appetite become so BIG??!!! me myself also feel paisay when there was one hotplate in front of me and another one beside me and i was eating frm the 2 hotplates at the same time. felt like some big fat greedy ass. i bet the pple ard me must be thinking im such a big-eater. diaoo..

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then on monday, hubb came met me after work. went to xingwang to eat the french toast and after tt went to this thai food restaurant at far east to eat. it was like 8 plus going to 9pm le lor.. and we were happily munching on cereal prawns, chicken, claypot taufu and wad's not.wah kaoo.. im so amazing rite?!

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then thurs met up with ah yan and glo and went to this pasta restuarant @ shaw tower. creation's the name of the restaurant. actually quite worth it. $15+ for a soup, drink, pasta and dessert. and the pasta's yummy too. hehe.. but at shaw tower, the one at bugis.. abit the ulu lorr..

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and then last sat, went tried out manhattan @ plaza sing with hubb. not too bad the food. the platter for 2 was like soo darn big lorr.. both of us cannot finish. and the garlic rice... omg.. simply yummy! think tt's gonna be my next craze? hahaha..

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and abt 2 wks ago, we went to this new hk cafe at bugis..wang jiao cafe or something. newly opened de... but.. i wont recommend the food lor...

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yes.. look at the food i ate... and the money i spent on food.. one meal on the average abt $25 ba. not alot... but still.. if $2.50 can make my stomach full, y should i go for $25? but then again.. i've been working hard, wad's with ot, tuition and part-time. so.... not too much to spend a little more on food rite? haii.. don knw y.. i think im getting more and more of a miser. spend little bit also feel the pinch. diaoo..

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but i really should cut down on food le la. maybe once a wk once to "more-ex-food"? haha.. don care la.. don think too much.. as long as i feel like eating, i'll eat. else it's really miserable if after working soo hard, i still cannot get something tt i want.

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and tdy.. i had kfc for lunch. budget for food everyday is $5. totally over budget tdy. boo~ i shall save during the wkdays, and spend during the wkend. yes, tt's the way! mon-fri, eat hawker and foodcourt etc. but sat, ok to eat something more ex. ok, tt shall be the way!

SamMi's ShowMi CoNcErT - 13th Oct 2007

the long-awaited sammi's concert.. mm... actually, it wasnt as great as i thought it would be. she sang the cantonese version for almost all the songs. im not familiar with the cantonese version cuz always listening to the chinese version, so unable to enjoy as much. i tot she'll sing in chinese and spk in chinese, since afterall, not everyone can understand canto in s'pore, but she did not. almost throughout she was using canto.
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and then though we bought the most ex tix.. but we were still sitting quite far away. boohoo.. she came down and shake hand with the audiences lei.. but she did not come to our side. pple bought most ex tic, we also bought the most ex tic... so y the diff in treatment ne?? but there were others who were even further away.. so shall stop complaning.. can only blame ourselves for not buying the tix at the 1st sec it was opened for sale.
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*the audiences*

*the stage*

*sammi!*

*sun yanzi and sammi*


*she's soo charming*

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o.. and then there was no encore. i don knw why.. but nobody bothered to shout "encore" either. i think we assumed tt there will definitely be encore, so nobody bothered to waste the breath. but unexpectedly, there was no encore. we were still sitting and waiting when the stage crew came on and remove the music instruments on stage.

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i will say i was quite disappointed with the concert. it really wasnt as gd as i tot it would be. but i still like sammi nonetheless. she's special. i don like jolin tt kind of bitchy style, neither do i like rainy/cyndi tt kind of yucky sweetie pie. i juz like sammi.. the cool and no-need-to-do-so-many-小动作 style. juz cool lorr... i like!
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and....... finally..... my glutton fatty boy with his ultra big burger (ultra expensive too!) bought at the stadium counter

GuiLT

was watching this cancer charity show juz now. i think im juz weak. i'll cry whenever the patients came onto screen and narrate their encounters. there was this malay guy whose dad's a cancer patient and he himself has spine prob. then he was saying after deducting the medical fees, all that he has left is $159. well.. i don know if tt's true or juz exaggeration for media effects but then.. i started to feel guilty. he mite not be a true case, but i do believe tt there are many pple out there who are living on v little money everyday.

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there are these pple, who r trying soo hard to make ends meet, who are living on sooo little money everyday. and here i am, spending money like nobody business. pple living on $159, yet i could spend $159 on a meal. suddenly i feel soo guilty. recently, one meal easily cost me $20++... yet pple can survive 10 days on tt $20++. it's like... something meant so little to me, yet to others it meant soo much, soo much. it's time to do some self-reflection. been spending too much on food already. this should not be the way. thou i believe in working hard and doting myself.. but my recent spending on food is juz too much.. cant always be doting myself de rite? haii..

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and i cant help but wonder why is heaven so unfair... working in the bank, i see pple using their credit cards to transact >$10,000. in juz one month, they can spend >$10,000 away. how long will it take a common tom dick or harry to save $10k? yet in juz 30days, they spent it away. it's like... why liddat lar?

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so... wad is life all abt? all are human kinds.. so y the discrepancies? can anyone enlighten me?

FoRcEd DoNaTiOns

juz now went out with cousin mich... ate pepper lunch for dinner...yum yum... but then... it's really really heaty... so sizzling hot.. right from the hot plate... worry abt outbreak nw..... diaoo.... after tt went walk ard then to xingwang @ cineleisure to sit and chat. wanted to find somewhere cosy and can sit v long, but apparently everywhere was packed.

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tdy during lunchtime, colleagues went off to look for seats 1st while i went to the toilet. was walking alone to meet them when this guy came up to me. he was holding this donation bag. out of nowhere, he appeared and specifically "target" me. so bobian, i took out some coins. he was talking abt something while i was digging my coins so i couldnt really catch him. then when i wanted to drop the coins into the bag he said "sorry 小姐,我们真的不可以收 coins 的.最少要十块钱..............." i was like... stunned lorr.. must at least be 10bucks??? super diao... then i used my hand to signal tt i wont be donating.. and the guy sd "真的没有ahhh??".... and he immediately walk off to another "target" when i told him i really dont have...

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wah.... super diaoo..

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it's not tt i dont have lorr..... pls..... don make me sound so pathetic.. but then... y should there be a min sum? i should have juz questioned him.. wad kind of charity is this? charity should be up to individuals de rite? should come frm the heart de rite? give how much also can de rite? every cents also count de rite..so how come min must be ten dollars? it doesnt make sense to me lorr..so there is a price to charity? so charity is juz like all other commodities and can be priced? last time were those pple selling those charity tickets for $2. now $10? seriously $10 is alot lorr. even though it's for charity.. but $10 really abit too much rite? somemore it MUST be AT LEAST $10...wahh... i feel like i was being forced to make donations lor. wad nonsense lorrrr...

VaLuE

bumped into a fren some days ago. some long-ago fren whom i do not really consider we r keeping contact. she clm she lost her phone and hence lost my contact, and so on tt day, i gave her my contact number again. hmm.. tdy i received her call. she said she realised im not in her friendster... then she asked me how's my work, how's everything going on.. then she asked if my bday's coming.. and i told it's actually over. and then she wished me happy belated bday blah blah blah.. and finally, she asked me out. mmmmmm....

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for a fren who never gave me a call to chat before .. for a fren whom during her bday, i sms to wish her happy bday but no one ever reply... for a fren who doesnt keep my hp number for wadever reasons.. for a fren whom i do not and she does not have me in msn... for a fren who doesnt even rem my bday.... i will be ultra surprise if i received her call out of the blue.

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tt is provided if i do not know wad she's doing now on tt day we bumped.

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like all other financial planners, she sd they r different frm insurance agents and she wants to meet up to lemme knw more abt their job scopes.

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mmm.. prev i was offered such job openings as well. and i told myself tt if i ever take up such a job, i will never look for pple whom i never bother to look for b4. i mean.. i will really really feel v paisay if i never bother to contact pple, but when i need their help, i contact them. hmm..

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and it doesnt really feel gd to knw tt pple only remembers u when they want to get something out of u.

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but i guess.. the stress and demand frm the job will fight all the "paisay-ness". i do understand la.. it's ultra impt for them to meet targets and stuff. no deals = no income.. maybe she went through alot of mental struggle and took alot of courage to give me tt call.

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but.. i still cannot deny tt i do feel a little disappointed to knw tt im only remembered when im of usefulness.

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mmmmmmmmmmm....

"DebT"

im soo sorry pple.. for making your eyes suffer for the past few days... was going thru and trying all the backgrd.. but none seemed to be gd. i did not really settle for tt backgrd, but somehow, the com became v slow and i was too tired to continue, so i juz shut off, leaving the backgrd like tt. heheh.. now much better le ba? hehe..

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ok.. these few days.. been giving treats... treated ma and pa 2x (cost me over $200!). then treated soh soh. then ian chow, my ex-boss. and uncle lek, the colleague who gave me a top for my bday. all the "ren-qing" debt more or less settled le ba? hasnt got a chance to treat sis, bro-in-law, and bro though. time to organise a family dinner. been quite a long time since we had one outside. but then, maybe next mth ba.. cuz this mth's budget almost hit liao. hahahha... sad, isnt it? but then it's a relief to knw tt pple whom i owe treats r being attended to and tt all the major expenses like monthly household contributions and hp bills alr settled. phew! load off my mind.

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on sat went to sammi cheng's concert. will blog abt tt later. now tired liao lol~

o.. and im so dead worried nw. cuz tt day.. i was curious on surfing the net using my phone and so, i actually tried going to the net using the hp. gosh... i wonder how much tt will cost me. i sincerely do not know tt it's gonna be ex. i remembered i couldnt really reach the webpage. but the searching took a long time. will they charge me? o man... last mth's hp bill alr exceeded my "expected amt to pay for hp bill". don tell me this mth also the same?! ahhhhhhhhhhh... maybe i should juz go back to my good old "totally-no-special-functions" nokia phone. im soo dead meat. i remembered reading on the papers tt one guy got charged for over thousands or hundreds of dollars cuz he surfed something tt is 1GB. shit.. i hope i will not faint upon seeing the bill. shit! shit! shit!

ProDucTiViTy RePorT

sian, the productivity report for sep came out alr. and... i did not perform as gd as i tot. and among the 3 of us, i was the last. wad the... i sincerely tot my results will be quite gd de... in the end.. haii.. rather disappointed.

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or rather.. im bu fu qi. frm the report, i think my performance is better than them lorr.. but how come.. the overall, final percentage, im lower lei? time to analyse how they arrived at the final score and what are the impt factors. must improve on those factors tt carry heavy weightages and which are within my control. i must jiayou jiayou jiayou!

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and... i suspect they played punk lorr.. as in.. did something to enhance their productivity. but im not v sure. but if they really did.. then i think it's super unfair lor. i work hard, did ot, yet did not perform as well as them cuz i law-by-law never play punk. wad the... but then again, 公道自在人心... if they really played punk, sure someone will discover and expose them ya?? and somehow, the results will show tt they played punk and did not follow the procedures, rite? tt's wad i always believe.. but then.. if tt is really the case, then how come their performace still better than me ne? it's an undeniable fact. they really did better than me. y lei?

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so.. maybe i should juz stop being 循规蹈矩.maybe i should juz follow wad they do. do it the smart way, rite? if u cant beat them, join them! ya.. tt's the way.

BlaCk FriDaY

On friday, early in the morning, my head came over and asked me over to her desk for a talk. mm... and i tot it was some good news.. but apparently it's not lor.. she was asking how come so late le, i still hasnt logged into the system to start work. diaooo...... every morning, i wil do the waivers and stuff b4 i start work for the day.. but friday, she suddenly came over and ask. and the worse thing was, guess wad was i doing when she came over and asked me over? i was smsing lorrrr.... *** faint****

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all the while i was doing waivers. juz b4 i start, i wanna reply a sms... and juz at this mmt, she came over.. haii.. so suay ... when i was busy at work, she doesnt come over. juz when i was smsing, she saw everything. boo ~ real bad impression.

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at 1st i was v disturbed. wad wld she tink? she must be thinking im a dead slacker. and y she only asked me lei. is it my performance not gd? but later, it was a consolation to knw tt she did not only question me. a few others she also questioned. but apparently, she purposely came over to ask me over for a talk while for the others, i think she only shun bian asked them when they happened to walk pass her. does it mean anything? does it mean im more problematic, tt's y she had to personally come over to talk to me? haii.. time to watch my backside and work harder liao.

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tdy, sunday, finally a day when i do not need to work. hmm staying at home can rest, but it also means wasting time and not earning money. cuz at home also nothing to do. anw, for this mth, i'll be working alternate sundays. nw am contamplating whether to work on the 3rd sunday when initially i told them i don wanna work.

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anw, took this chance to take pa and ma out for dinner. treated them to mouth restaurant at chinatown point. none of us tried b4.. and yep, the food's great. and... hehe.. took pic of this grandest dish for the day..

~双头鲍鱼~simply yummy~

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actually i was expecting something bigger. one small piece alr took up abt half the cost of the whole meal. but once in a while, is ok la. hopefully there will be one day, when i am financially strong enuff to treat each of my family member to one. yes, one each. hahahaa.. ok.. that aim will be my motivation to work harder!

ThE NeW CoLLeAgUe

i dont knw when he came.
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maybe a few days ago... but.... i only noticed him tdy.
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he's sooo extraordinary.
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tt blue denime jacket..
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tt kind of 眼神...
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the kind of attitude....
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man...
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and....... he smokes...... in the office..
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simply attitude!
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tt's my new colleague. he's simply gorgeous, isnt he??

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JuVeNiLe DeLinQuEnTz

was on the bus way home today when i met these 2 "cannot-make-it" teens. 2 guys, sitting on the seat in front of me. they looked like sec 2 or 3s.... but their behaviour were worse than a pri sch kid.

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they were punching each other and playing ard. not really punching, but that kind of playful punching. then kept using vulgar language. kept pushing and kicking. and when one of the guys wanted to alight, the other guy purposely blocked his way and the guy who kenna blocked stood on the seat in the attempt to get his way out! literally stood on the seat lor!

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it's simply omg lor.these acts.. i only remembered seeing pri sch kids doing. and kids also wont play till their extent lor. and they r not kids lor! man... it's terrible. i think a monkey can behave better than the 2 of them. totally no shame at all. they simply do not know how ugly they looked in the eyes of normal pple like me.

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tt day was on the bus when i saw this ah lian. she's yet another one. so young yet the behaviour was.... totally omg. acting like some hooligan, spouting vulgar language, kicking and beating the ah bengs frens ard. a gal lei.. o man.. and the way she talked.. aiyohhhhhhhhhhhh.......................

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i feel really sad for these teens out there. isnt there anyone to tell them wad's right and wad's wrong, wad should be done and wad should not? doesnt the sch teach them anything? doesnt their family teach them anything? these lost souls... they r really pathetic.

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or maybe im the off one. it's generation gap. tt's how the teens behave these days and im too old to understand. but i will be very worried if our future generations are made up of pple like tt. haii.. don know wad to say..

LaSt QuaTeR

it's october! woo.. entering the last quarter of the yr le. it's daaaaarrrrnnnnnn FAST!!!!

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tmr a new colleague will be coming. heard juz graduated frm poly de. haii.. juz grad frm poly.. so should be ard 19 or 20 yrs old? kao... so fast and i lose my "youngest-in-the-dept" status. arggh!

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last time, im always the youngest and the "xiao-mei-mei"... nw...somehow, there will always be someone younger. juz like at JUST .. so many temp staff who r younger than me. my turn to call pple "xiao-mei".... boohoo~ not fun !! I DON LIKE THAT!

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2 more wks to sammi cheng's concert. hehe.. great anticipation!

My 22nD BiRtHdAy

woohoo~ my 22nd bday~ got my 1st bday cake for the yr on 16th sep, after work at JUST.... frm my dearest ah min...she's working part-time at JUST too.. but opposite block, not same as me. anw, we met up after work at JE mac and tada!
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~such a beautiful cake~

~say cheese~

~make a wish and blowwwwwwwwwwwwwww~

~tt's me and my ah min~
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and on the eve of my bday, my another 2-more-mths-to-a-decade-old-friend smsed me and wanted to meet me at my void deck. yeppp.... tt's wanling who stays at the block opposite mine. hehehe... still rem the days we went to sch togther so darn bloody early in the morning. haha

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and... she gave me these!
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wanling....................... i know i got myself "apple" as my english name and i know i like very "wahhhh" stuff... but, do u need to get me such flashy and striking accessories??????????? i was rather shocked when i opened the box lorr.. i knew it's some kind of accessories, but i expected the nomal silver type... din expect to be so big and bright red! hahahahha...but they r really pretty lar.. and for ur sake, i will wear. actually, the earrings i alr started wearing. but the necklace not yet. hehe. i really like them. thanks soo much!
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and besides the v flashy accessories, our ever so gourmet wanling also diy these for me...
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~melted marshmellow with coco pops~
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~close up~

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so so very sweet of her. very touched. thanks soo much wl! and i thank god for giving me such frens.
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and then.. on the actual day.. i received my 2nd bday cake at work.

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my department has this practice to buy cake and celebrate bday. so, though i am still quite new, they still bought a cake and celebrated for me. and.. i treated them all to apple pies. hehehe..
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looks like some kind of mac b-day party, doesnt it??
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~tt's me with my apple-pie surrounded cake~
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after work, met hubb.... and received my 3rd cake for the yr.

~sorry abit mushy~
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if u notice, im at the boot of a car.. duhhh.... this boy... wanted to be romantic... drove all the way up to mount faber.. but im never the romantic sort. mount faber??? so many mosquitoes lorr... and no good place to sit.. ended up cutting the cake at the boot of the car~ diaoo~ but it's the tot tt counts. v contented liao~

~my silly boy and i ~
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~and tt's my present! samsung u700. yea! ~
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tt's abt all the celebrations... some presents i received..

~samsung u700~ (shouldnt have got a new phone... cuz im so keen in using it.. and tt caused my current month's bill to be doubled of wad i always paid! wad the.... )
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~adidas watch frm sis!~


i always love watch with big face. makes my hand looks smaller. hehe~

a necklace frm ma and pa. very special pendent. it's a small heart inside a big heart. then the small heart can be pushed out de. and the small heart has 2 sides. one side has only one small diamond, and the other sides many crushed diamonds. v nice~

as for bro, he gave me $20 as bday gifts. hehehhe~

o, and there was this male colleague who bought me a top. hheheheh... don tink haywire. is a male, but is a very elder male. old enuff to be my pa and every one addresses him uncle lek. a nice guy.. din expect him to buy me anything.. and the top... it's $33... not cheap lor. v nice of him. i juz gave him an apple pie and he gave me a present. hmmm.. think must treat him to lunch 1 day le.

o, and if u all notice.. all my cakes are chocolate de!!! yeahh!! my fave!

yepp... tt's abt all on my 22nd b-day. and of cuz, not forgetting all the well-wishes smses frm all my frens out there. thank you all!!!!

BoOhOoOo !!

sian.. tdy the head suddenly asked me to help her record voicemail. u knw, every dept has this voicemail system, and always got this voicemail msg to tell u to leave a voicemail and will get back to you asap, tt type? she chosen 3 person and i was one of them. so had my voice recorded. but in the end, my voice was not used. boohoo!

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it's nothing really super great to be chosen, but then, it doesnt hurt rite? it will be fun if i can call in and listen to my own voice everytime. all pple who call in will be able to hear my voice lorr.. not bad rite???? but then, i wasnt the chosen one. haii~ boo~ boo~ boo!!

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rather disappointed. but i tried recording the msg again on my hp.. and compared it to the chosen girl's. indeed, her's is better. i sounded rather wierd. maybe my prof was rite.. there was this prof.. who mentioned tt i got short tongue. never in my life did anyone sd tt to me, but he did. and i suspected it myself too.. cuz sometimes when i speak, i feel i cannot articulate the words properly. the words like kenna "eaten" by me.. hmmm.. got to pratice reading aloud liao. lol~

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anw, i lost the opportunity to have my voice heard by the many pple out there. hrmp.

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tdy's andy lau's birthday. if im not wrong, he should be celebrating his 46th bday. exactly 2 cycles b4 me. old enuff to be my dad. but.. he's still my idol. hahaha~ happy birthday andy!

EyeBroWs

tdy went to have my red specs redone. yes, it's their fault and they r going to redo it for me foc. nw gotta wait for another wk b4 i can take it back. and i took the chance to fix some of my old specs. got one fixed and nw, i got another pair of specs to wear le. yeah!

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after tt, went to this shop to have my eyebrows trimmed. last sat i already walked passed the shop and was really interested cuz apparently, the customers there had their eyebrows nicely done. but of cuz, those customers were not juz trimming their eyebrows, but is 植眉-ing.. basically is to "input" fake hair into ur eyebrows. i had no intention of doing tt and i'll explain later. but anw, i decided to have my eyebrows trimmed there. and......

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it was a bloody wrong decision.

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throughout the whole trimming process, the 2 ladies were pyschoing me to do the 植眉. and... the way they used to psycho, was to tell me how bad my eyebrows looked! said my eyebrows r soooooo thin till they cannot be seen, and tt the hair are soooo fine. then said the bone at my eyebrow there is tutted out.. v difficult to draw nice brows. then my face shape is broad and tt i got big nose. all these were still fine. the most frustrating thing was................ she said im conservative! she said she's even more open than me and tt im old-fashioned (not the exact words, but is tt meaning!) and plain.. she said i should learn how to doll myself up and spending $150 on the eyebrows is definitely worth the money. and... and..... and.................................she said "你是马来西亚人horr........"

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i got nothing to say.

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i will rather burn the $150 than to let them go into her pocket.

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and... the trimming was not well done at all! i should have juz gone back to the shop i went the prev time.

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it doesnt pay to be adventurous.

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and... of cuz i will not be silly enuff to 植眉 at tt kind of shop. needles pocking into the skin.. don even know if they sterilised the needles.

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but 植眉 is not a bad idea. i agree with them tt eyebrows are v impt. and i really sucks at drawing brows. it will be nice if my eyebrow can permanently be in a nice shape. hmm.. but where will be a gd, safe and cheap place to do it?

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towards the end of the day, kidda lose temper with hubb. haii. dont knw why.. think im too tired le. and my legs hurt frm walking so much in the high heels. these days, im always tired when i go out with him. he's complaining already. but no choice leii.. been working for the whole day, of cux tired de, rite? and.. hubb seemed to be getting more and more intolerable with my shopping habits. nw shopped for a while he also bu shuang le. haii.. sad..

HaPpY LanTeRn FesTiVaL

it's lantern festival! wahahha.. actually nothing so exciting la. in fact, over the yrs, lantern festival seems to be less and less re4 nao4. i remembered when i was younger, during lantern festival, near the mkt there, there will be celebrations goin on. got bbq sessions and free lanterns and candles to be given out. then there'll be many pple playing lanterns and candles and the whole place will be sooo bright. but recent yrs, no more such celebrations le. juz nw walked passed the spot.. got kids playing la, but not as many already.

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i used to celebrate lantern festival too. i remembered when i was real young, i used to take part in those lantern parade. tt kind where many many pple will hold lanterns and walk together. haha.. i remembered at that time, there was this "most beautiful lantern" award competition or something like tt.. then dad used to bring me for those parades.. but i cant really remember le.. v v vague alr..

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then there was a yr.. when i was still in pri sch.. i remembered wanting to meet a gal who stays near me to play lantern. but in the end she did not show up and i played with another gal instead. something like tt de.. again, really vague already.

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but there was something tt i will always remember. there was a year.. when i was still in sec sch... after sch... me and my dear old frens shimin and wanling wanted to go somewhere to celebrate lantern festival. but somehow... we ended up at the wooden benches at my void deck chatting. it's like soo off lorr.. lantern fest yet the 3 of us, in our uniforms, sitting at void deck chatting. haha.. wad a way to spend the fest. i believe this silly incident will always remain in our minds. sooo memorable.

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and every yr, ma will still buy me a lantern. haha.. i guess in her eyes, im forever a kid?

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*tt's my lantern for this yr. interesting le ba? haha ~

and today.. im really really tired at work. and for the 1st time, time seemed to pass extraordinarily slow. i wonder why....

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time passes soo fast ... monday's over again. v soon will be wkend again. hehehe.. and very soon will be payday again! actually not so soon lar.. 2 more wks b4 payday again. boo~

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it's really horrible how fast time is passing. september's coming to an end, and we'll be entering the last 3 mths of the yr. it's like we juz counted down during the new yr lorr... suddenly it's gonna be new yr again ?! tmr will be mooncake festival.. but i tot lunar seventh juz passed? it's like soo soo fast. cannot take it man.. im 22 yrs old? woah... it's scary scary scary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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WoRkiNg At JuSt

worked at JUST today. not too bad. juz photocopying and clinic sessions. not too many clinic also, which is a gd thing. took this sec 2 boy.. asked me abt electric circuits.. o man... i simply crapped my way thru. seriously cannot remember... anyway, back in sch, electricity is one of my worse topics. resistors...potential difference.. current... ohm's law... OMG! think i gotta tell them tt in future, sec 1 is the max i can go. sec 2 and above i cannot make it already. lol~ to think im a uni grad... haii..

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my sub-head was telling me tt she needs to plan the schedule for next month and was asking if i wanna work next month. hmm.. 人是犯贱的.. though i am complaining abt the low pay and the boring stuff.. i do harbour the tot of working on all sundays in oct. can earn more, y not? stay at home, though can rest, but... i dont really need so much rest time, do i? but i must admit.. i lost alot of personal time. wkends seemed extraordinarily short. it was friday and i was so happy. suddenly, it's gonna be monday again. o man~ and.. i used to buy breakfast for ma and pa on sundays.. nw tt im working on sundays, ma gotta go down and buy. hmm.. xing ku for her. and no one helps her to sweep and mop floor le. haii.. but i guess she'll understand de rite? i'm working so hard, partially also for them ma. if i got more money, then i can give them more every mth too, rite?

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anyway, sub-head was saying tt the main-head got something to tell me and it's supposed to be a secret. hehehe.. are they going to give me a pay-rise? wad can be a secret, rite? must be a pay rise la!!!! hhahhahaha... if it's true, then it's darn gd la.. but then... 无缘无故 y got pay-rise? haii.. i better not think too much.. else 空欢喜一场. juz wait and see wad they going to tell me ba.

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after work ate dinner with hubb and his family. hubb treated. he's quite a nice boy.. every nw and then will give his family a treat. gd boy gd boy.

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it's the start of a new week. may it be a great wk ahead! jiayou!!!

DisaPpOinTmEnT

I am soooo disappointed..... with my new specs..... it's .... it's.... haii....

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everything is perfect, except for the lens.

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i should have listened to hubb and gave it a thorough check b4 i collected it. i should have realised tt there r scratches on one of the lens. i should have rejected the specs.

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nw, gotta waste another trip down to get them to get it done. hopefully it's juz something minor and i do not have to wait for a wk again. hopefully they'll admit it's their fault and get it redone for me.

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yes. it's their fault. they have to get it done, no matter wad. if not, i'll juz make a scene at their shop and scare all the customers away.

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tt lady who passed me the specs. she should have seen the scratches on the lens. she must have seen it, since she was the one who checked the specs b4 passing to me. so y din she say anything? did she purposely not tell me, hoping tt im those who will juz accept the flaw? if she thinks so, then she's juz too wrong.

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cuz, i spent so much on it... there is NO WAY tt i will accept a flaw tt is not created by me. they have to get it redone, no matter wad.

WoRk

i actually wanna blog on my bday.. but some pics were taken with bro's camera and he took the camera with him.. hence cannot d/l.. nw only got pics tt were taken with my camera. so shall wait till all the pics r available then blog ba.

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nw blog abt work ba. hmm.. work's getting better alr. i'm getting the hang of it. colleagues also getting better. everything is fine at the mmt. again, the only concern is the self-value-adding part. it's really a simple job and doesnt really add to my resume. i don knw where i can go frm here. wonder wad am i going to say in my next interview.. how to let the next employer knw tt wad im doing nw is useful to them...

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mmm.. but at the mmt, im doing fine. the job is ok, the pay is ok, the pple is ok, everything is ok. wad else am i asking for? i must at least stay on the job for half yr. earn the money 1st. tt's the v v least. after half yr, then c hw. who knows? scully v soon i'll get promoted and will be doing challenging stuff ?! hhaaha..

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it's late.. im getting cranky again.

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and.. im really tired these days. i looked into the mirror.. am i ageing? or rather, am i ageing at an incred speed? the dark rings under my eyes, the puffy eyes, the pale face and lip color..

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ok.. i know i deserve it. i am the one who chose such a lifestyle...slowly slogging my life away.

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but, i know.. when i spend on things i like and i want, everything is worth it.

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yes. i know.

WiSh LisT

i finally bought a new specs.. and it's............ RED in color.. woohoo... v hip ba???? hahahahah... i only wish i dare to wear it out. im always buying very "wahh" stuff.. but in the end, don dare to wear out. lol~ i hope i wont do tt to my RED specs.. it's not cheap afterall. i must make it a point to wear it at least 2x a wk. cannot always wear contact lens... my eyes r so very tired. they deserve a break. collecting the new specs this coming sat. some previews 1st. haha

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so that's one thing off my wish list. mmm.. consider it a bday gift i bought for myself ba. :)
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another thing that is on my wish list - hp. since don know when, i have been using v old phones. nw... v soon.. in 2 days time.....i'll be able to have a brand new phone! hehhee... all thanks to hubb! yep, he's buying me a hp for bday! yeAH! 万岁!!
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so that's another thing off my wish list. yeah!
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on sunday went back just education to work. mm... am i really wasting my time there? i can easily earn like $20 per hour giving tuition... so y am i working so many hrs for only a little money. does not make economic sense. and .. it's really boliao stuff that im doing there. tt day they sent me to the cck branch cux not enuff manpower there. ended up giving clinic sessions and photocoying materials. those kids.. they r lucky man.. outside i charge $20 per hr.. yet nw they get my tuition foc.. hahha.. i sound like some super expert tutor hor?? but then again, at least every min im earning money. if stay at home, even more bo liao, rite? mmm.. following 2 sundays also gotta work. see how ba. i don mind photocopying stuff.. but i don like to give clinic sessions. and.. was looking thru the A-Maths textbk. everything looked so foreign. did i ever learn those things when i was in sec 3 and 4? gosh.. i really cannot recall learning lor.. it's scary u know.. u opened up the bk that u were supposed to have learnt everything inside previously juz to realise tt everything looked so foreign and u cannot rem a damn thing. gosh. it's juz scary.
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and on sunday, after work, met up with shimin to celebrate bday. got my 1st cake for this year. hehe.. will post photos later on.