MEANINGLESS RAMBLINGS....: December 2008

Monday, December 29, 2008

Xmas Break 2008

Too lazy to blog about xmas... here's the 411 in less than 5 short paras.

Xmas eve went to Skee's place for BBQ... ended up bbqing Ferrero Rocher with Marshmellows cos we were too crazy... and also burnt the table we were bbqing on. went to Dempsey for some countdown and realised 3 girls and 1 guy cant finish a tower of beer after bbq. Met Jingpeng ZX and Lyeseng there... small world.

Went St James on Xmas day with Khalid and had one of the best clubbing nites EVER... and we did it with just the 2 of us... some Amsterdam sweet beer which is damn sweet, a jug of gin tonic and whisky green tea!! Went crazy after that with song after song of trashy music.

Took a day off on boxing day.. ended up watching Twilight with Siwei... a movie which you love... or hate... for me... i loved how corny it was.... the trailer pretty much sums up all the action sequence.... the rest of the 90% ... is basicially a love story.... but i LOVE how luscious and green and misty Forks, Washington is... i think i will make that my new holiday destination.

Sat... went to have lunch with Mum's old colleague at Paragon and then shopping at Zara for a shirt and a top... which i promptly wore to clubbing that nite, with FK and Carol and fren. Let's just say... i've done my part in educating the ignorant...

Sunday, swam and attended Wanyu's wedding... which is aptly also known as the "most successful 2A gathering". haha i am just happy i get to skip organising one round of class gathering. cos organising is a BITCH.

ok... thats all... hoping for a new year's going to be just as fun!

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Great weekend!

okok i know i have been complaining about work... i know everyone goes thru the same things as me... but its a bit too much to handle all in one shot.... but that aside, this weekend was an ABSOLUTE blast.

Friday went to watch NRA concert with Aili Waterboi and Siyong... hmmm the dances were alright i guess but i really hated the cheesiness and corniness... i remembered watching the same concert 2 years back... and saying the exact same thing. And i wondered why i was stupid enuff to watch it another time... haha

but like i said... the dances were alright... but props to them for creativity... i think poly pple are more creative.... NUS pple so learn to do things differently.... and props to them for the energy... but then again... all of them are like what 17 to 19? While pple in uni are like already much older...

So after the concert, Aili Water and i went maxwell to eat supper.... and I saw khalid... and i really wanted to go club. And Waterboi wanted to see how its like... and Aili let him, on the conditiont tha he wakes up in the morning for their appointment.... hahaha. SO WE WENT.... how last minute man... and he loved it. And i got lucky... for about 5mins :))) hahah watever.

Saturday, met up with See Guan Wenhan Bonan and Fk for poker... wooohooo won 22 bucks!! but i think i had a lot of luck... but i prefer to think that i am learning well... hahah. And then bonan told me something in private... and i felt so happy for him. He is like a totally diff person from back in DHS... and i am glad he became who he is today! :)).... i dun think i should say what he told me.... better leave it for him to tell the rest.

Den after poker... Zhiren came to fecth Lirong and XX and i to Elaine's place for our primary school gatheirng.... at some super atas to the maxness condo at stevens roads called Draycott 8... that probably cost 4 million according to XX.... But sersiouly... that place.... is.... FUCKING.... exclusive... Cascading water fountain... each lift lobby entering the diff buildings had a like concierge person. The clubhouse is actually a protected colonial building which houses a LIBRARY... a steam room, a sauna.... a WINE CELLAR.... a pool table room... MASSAGE and recovery room... WHAT SHIT!!! and it has a gorgeous infinity pool. My god... and the lift are operated by fingerprints... and once the lift door opens, its the house. GG. I think i earn 5 lifetimes i also cant afford that place.

So anw... back to main topic. Pri school gatheirng. I think my class rocks.... i dun think ANYONES pri school gathering has like 18 pple coming.

Dun you think Lirong and I look like taking wedding photo... hahha

And then with wife no 2 xiaoxuan

With wift no 3... oops no. Ex neighour Shiqing.

And long lost, now found fren Felicia... who has gone gothic casual chic wiht mascara and tatoo et al...

YOU SEE!!!! it would have been 18 pple in the picture if not for Sarah who had to leave early.... i think we seriously rock. and i think probably 80% of us are working in the public sector.... and that... is HORRIBLE.

After that some of us went for drinks at super atas Rochester Park.... One of those places like Dempsey, Portsdown where pple always hear about but dun really know where it is... unless u have a car... and u are super rich. We went to GRAZE cos XX said the dessert platter was superb... and so were the prices.

Anyway.... i hate graze.... cos i think they only like angmoh clientale... and we were all dressed like... in berms and shit. Apparently the kitchen has already closed by 1030pm.... but xx kept pestering them to give us exception... cos we wanted desserts besides drinks.... so they relented. Den afterwards an angmoh couple came... and they ordered fries... without any problem... LIKE WHAT THE HELL.... seriously.

And the place we sat was very dim... so we asked if we could shift inside where there was more like... but apparently that place is for DINING ONLY... den i thought... we were eating desserts what!!!! and if your kitchen already closed at 1030.... where the hell are u going to get DINING ONLY patrons>>!???! ridiculous... they were obviously too lazy to set up the table for us... bad service.. hey... so what if we are asian... u guys are just bloody waiters... with zero education... we are the PAYING customers ok.

but i got to say the food was good.... albeit a little steep, the prices.... but what the heck. we are all working already. And its the holiday season.... spend a little... better the economy. right? haha.

Today was spent at my grandma's in the afternoon cos 4th aunt is going back to Msia tmr... and i think today is the end of the year on the chinese calender... so grandma cook a lot.... but i was really to shagged out from the nite before... so i crashed right after lunch.... and napped till 3pm before heading home.... for more sleeping.

Woke up late to go steph's house for Xmas gathering... was FORCED to buy present for exchange. i SERIOUSLY hate gift exchange... it is LAME and wasting money... you never get what you want... cos everything that you want is all damn ex and you will never get it with a budget of 10bucks... SERIOUSLY. what the hell can you buy with 10bucks that is actually of use/nice/practical?? WASTE MONEY.

YEah... great company... great games... a lil too much on the christianity thing.... but watever... i have no complaints... even if it was all the way in Lakeside..... :))

So tmr is back to work... it will be a better day. and even if its not... i only need to endure 2 1/2 days... COS I AM ON OFF ON FRIDAY BITCHES....

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Tired from work

Remember how bored i was at work when i first started working.... and i complained about having nothing to do.... these days, i dun even have time to shit... i dun even have time to eat my apple or drink my yakult.

I tot year end, everyone would be happy and things would slow down cos everyone would be in holiday mood.... budden, both my more senior colleagues have gone on to clear leave and arent going to be back until early Jan... and basically I have to cover their duties... and the thing is.... i dunno what they are doing most of the time cos they have no time to teach me.... and these few days, there are some problem at work and my bosses keep asking me things.... things which i have NO IDEA about because no one taught me... i didnt know i have to know these things.... and suddenly i have a million and one things to do and find out. I hate to look like a retard in front of my bosses... cos that is NEVER a good thing

I even had to cover one external meeting which i was informed only 2 hours beforehand... went to the wrong building and ended up having a room full of pple (about 15 pple) waiting for me because i was my company's representative... my heart literally went "oh my god" when i opened the door cos all 15 sets of eyes suddenly turned to look at me... dagger stares and shit. really crapped outta my pants.... and besides this meeting also some other meetings basically alone (brought my new colleague along but basically he is just there to sit in).

I know this is a good time for me to learn the most things in the shortest time, being thrown into the ocean without a life jacket... but it is really tiring... and i feel so damn bloody helpless.... i really never wanted to be an engineer.... i really dun. I dunno la. Hopefully in a couple of days/weeks/months, i would be able to look back and say this is a good learning experience (which it is, i am not doubting)... but it is really god damn taxing to the brain....

Went back to dance camp today... well there was no dancing involved, not for me at least cos i think i was supposed to be the judge but you know... becos of work, i arrived late. Basically i was only there for the food... but i was glad to take my mind off work, even if it's only for a couple of hours.

And den at the end of the day, i came home. Found a letter with a very familiar handwriting on the envelope.... i knew instantaneously who it was... i thot it was a card he'd written when he was in SLovenia 6 months ago and only had reached now... but when i opened it, i found it to be a hand made Xmas card.... AHhhhh the smile to an end of a bad day.....

THANK YOU BFF!!!!! I LOVE THE CARD!!! i will bring to my office and pin it on my noticeboard!!

Aye.... another day of work tmr.... but also another day closer to the next weekend... It will be a good day tmr.... the power of magical thinking

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Zoukout! and the nite before

Friday nite, met up with Janelle, Mala and Van... havent seen them for a couple months. Met up at Waruku at Heeren (thanks to FK who intro me the place... eh FK i ate the hotpot set!! super worth it)... as usual they were ALL LATE... i ended up waiting for them at Spinelli's alone. Embarrassing.

WAit wait wait.... finally Mala and Nelle came and we started eating without Van cos she was still acting busy at work. HAHAHA. Janelle complained about her crazy grandma the entire nite... den we talk about random shit like tv shows that we watch. Gossip about pple in hall. Talk talk talk somemore at Spinelli's cos that was the nearest place available. I like Spinelli's... the outdoor sitting lighting was dark enuff to have ferrr but not too dark. and the weather that nite was fantastic!

After that Mala nelle and me wanted to take cab back... but the queue was horrendously long.... den we went to take 143 but the next bus was 17mins away.... Nelle wanted to pee badly but Heeren toilet was already closed so we were like "FUCK"... stranded in Orchard road... got money also cannot take cab. wat shit... so we went to take mrt instead... and nelle had to hold her pee all the way back to hall cos vivo toilet also closed by the time we reached hahaha.

Went to look for the dancers to drink... ended up drinking my wine alone cos they were all dirnking GREENTEA. my god. bought cheetos to munch on cos Brit Brit loves cheetos and i have no idea how it tastes like.... basically... it tastes like cheese sticks. haha. Talk talk talk..... talk until dismas melchan jasmine chunting and bix left..... Left me alexis and kriss... talk talk talk until 2 plus 3? And we left... too.

Wanted to stay over and sleep and save me some midnite taxi money.... but but but. I felt my vomit coming up. YES i know. SUper weak. One bottle and i already feel like puking. I used to be able to handle 2 bottles of wine and still walk in a perfect straight line back in Lyon.

OK watever emo nemo.... so i KNOW i was going to vomit and i didnt wanna dirty my blk.... (SERIOUSLY i should have won outstanding resident... i am like HOW CONSIDERATE)..... in my drunken stupor... i walked out... puked at the back gate and hailed a cab. That cab driver...i dunno how he drive... super jerky... i was really worried i puke in his cab. KAO and he went the fucking long way by Lornie road. WHAT THE FUCK.... i really wanted to die in his car... damn uncomfortable... and once the cab door flung open i just puked my guts out again. DAMN.... so much for saving money. blew 20bucks on taxi

Saturday, Cameron and i went to ZOUKOUT... courtesy of my boss Mr OGS.... wah F1 nite race i also got free tickets, now freaking ZOukout i also have free tickets. Life is good. It was our first time there... dun really know what to do also... This is cameron... who is a new facebook user... and he has no pictures on his account... so i made him take a picture alone.

hahhaha GG. And i was STUPID enuff not to charge my camera before talking it out so basically my camera died after this photo... all the rest of my photos are taken with my "good" quality hp. haha

Den we went in.... we got gold bracelet... and we saw most pple either had red or blue... so we asked the counter person.. "eh what is the difference between red and gold"..... den he was like "Gold means VIP"...... OMFG WE ARE FUCKING VIPs *SCOREEEEEEEEeeeeee*.... but we were retarded enuff not to ask what perks we had...

so basically we saw this first booth that belongs to Singtel VIP giving out FREE FLOW of drinks.... den we were like.... can we get in?? Den we super hum ji... didnt go in cos we werent SIngtel VIPs, just STB VIPs... so we roamed around the entire area.

It was still quite early at 730pm so there werent a lot of pple

Some random performer.... quite good the music i felt... chillax music.

Some booth belonging to 42deg below... i think it is a vodka brand?? i dunno. BDSM clinic theme... with blowup dolls and all. this is the blowup doll in leather. funny shit

Anyway we went to BUY one drink at 8bucks... and den we walk all the way back to the Singtel place.... wanted to try our luck and get in.... AND WE DID!!!! fuck man we just spent 8bucks when we could get free flow what the GGGGGG. And basically any ah gou ah mao can get in as long as your subcrber is Singtel. Fuck man we are damn stupid

And guess who i saw there.... MR YFK himself!!! WOOOHOO!!! super happy to see him... hahaha. the bitch went with his colleagues i think.... so we chionged to the bar and ordered whatever that was there and basically planted our asses there for about 1 1/2 hours. They had this pool in the middle with various inflatables... quite cool!

Den after that we roamed about still and found the STB VIP area... den we tried entering... the door woman asked "are you on the VIP list" and we were like "errrrr we are not sure. we are from JTC and our boss gave us these tickets...." Den i spotted Mr OGS's name in the list and i was like YESSSS Mr OGS rocks. Den we realised they had free FOOD and DRINKS in the tentage too!!! DAMMIT> we are fucking retarded. should have stayed here instead cos we have FOOD too....

but of cos the free things dun last the whole nite.... only until 10pm. DANG IT. and we didnt know so we didnt go take more drinks before the time cutoff. See we are ZOUKOUT noobs.

Beautiful nite with a FULL MOON!

And more random party acts.... see the amount of pple there.

Cameron the idiot had to leave early... and the last train back to vivo was at 12am.... i didnt want to be left alone because basically if u dun take the last train back... you had to stay till morning to take the monorail... and i didnt thinki couldlast that long.... so sadly... as the crowded started to pour in... i made my way out... DAMN SAD... should have asked more pple to come... it was really quite fun.

till next year!!

Monday, December 08, 2008

It's OVER!

After months of waiting and anticipating and tiring over it (not me, my parents and sis... i think i practically did nothing), its finally over!

It all started at 430am (*gasp at the god forsaken timing)... the only reason i had to wake up so early was because the official photographer will only be coming at 6am. Had to do all the customary stuff like this:

and praying and combing of the hair.....

Off to do hair and makeup....

The mei po finally comes with the pig trotters...

and then comes the bridegroom.... but not before facing the wraths of the jiemeis.

the offering of tea to the elders... and of cos i offered tea to my jie fu..... er i think i will stick to calling his name.

The couple with the brothers...

and then the sisters...

and then its off to the in-laws place... of cos i have no photos of that.

went back to take an hours nap... cos it was only 9am (see.... all those things done and it was only 9am)

wait wait wait.... came back at 12pm for more tea offering and then its off to the hotel for checking in and rehearsals!!

and then followed by the ROM which was held at 6pm

Yours truly was tasked to be the floor manager by his sister for the wedding dinner... thanks. I basically couldnt eat properly the entire time cos i was worried about everything... the guests not arriving on time... and then finding out that they did arrive EARLY and the hotel is NOT READY for the tables (apparently dec 7 is a good day to get married and they didnt have time for the turnover)....

And then i had to worry about the march in... when to play the bloody childhood montage.... when they have to start the 2nd march in... when the bloody captain is going to approach me to opening more bottles when its running out, when they are going to start taking photos, the sequence of the phototaking, when the bloody transportation is going to pick everybody up... TA MA DE.

ALL BECAUSE I HAD to be the bloody floor manager, couldnt DRINK the entire time... cos i had to remain SOBER and do my JOB. DANG IT.... but it was fun...... i think being a dancer helped me remain calm and good at organising things when they go haywire cos we are made to remember a lot of things in a very short time.

Yeah so anyway.... i dun have any pictures of myself cos... i was the photographer dang it. And after all the shit that i said that i would NEVER wanna get married cos its too TROUBLESOME.... (its just a tactic i use to fend of queries of why i dun have a gf).... i think i DO wanna get married.... cos you get to collect hell a lot of ang paos.... you get all the attention... and MORE IMPORTANTLY, its because....
.

wait for it......

you're gonna love it

I LOOK FUCKING HOT IN A SUIT.... i cannot stand it. REALLY i cant. Which begs the question.... why the fuck am i still single>>>?? Dun you wanna get yourself a piece of this hot property??? REALLY??? NO TAKERS??

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Sick chicken

Felt slightly woozy and light headed since morning. But had to pull myself up for work.... everything was fine up till after lunch.... dunno why suddenly felt like puking. And puke i did... 3 times. All water. Dunno wat the fuck is wrong with me....

Left work at 530pm to go Raffles Medical and realised it is closed from 530pm to 630pm everyday..... GOD DAMMIT>..... there goes claiming all of my medical expenses. Didnt wanna wait so headed home to visit the trusty Dr Chang Clinic, only that there is no more Dr CHang cos he died like quite a number of years ago.... The doctor is called Dr Ashraff.... and he is DAMN COOL!

First time see a doctor wearing skinny jeans, pointed faux crocodile skin shoes and floral long sleeve shirt, complete with diamond studded earring.... seriously!! Not you usual middleaged, fat uncle doctor. Got me a jab (to whcih i responded "huh really need jab meh, i am only vomitting what). Super luck seh wateever...

Now, i am no longer puking but with fever...damn uncomfortable. SLept at 9pm, woke up at 12am.Wnet back to sleep at 1am and i am up now.... SIAN. And i very scared my colleagues will think i am cao kenging....cos i really looked fine during lunch. Den suddenly take MC.... DANG IT. I hate it.... i'm always like that. Always thinking that pple will say bad things behind my back..... thats why i hate to take MC....

I am seldome sick.... but once i am sick.... i am REALLY sick. Just like that horrible NYE of 2008. I lao sai 10 over times... i thot i nearly died..... Aiyah. But this time really have to take MC la...cos sister getting married on Sunday. I better not be sick then.

I think i am suffering from verbal diahorrea... i shud stop.

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