My lizard phobia is getting worst these days. On my way home earlier, I encountered a lizard on the steps. Immediately I turned my back and walked a longer route home. Yucks and the thought of it wriggling on the steps of the staircase disgust me!

I think I know why am I afraid of lizard. Not because of its tail, that's partially one of the reason and another is because it's too fast for me! I just can't imagine it landing on me. Who knows it might just crawl up my face even before I could react. But I really hope one day I would have a slipper in hand and whack it flat! That would be my greatest achievement.

Labels: phobia, things that disgust me

I never knew that bidding an item on ebay could be so exciting! As the time ticks away, there's this fear of being outbid at any moment. I could have gotten my DSLR cam for less than $680 but someone outbid me during the last few hours. The excitement sets in when I'm announced the winning bidder! $684 for a brand new olympus e510 kit. The cheapiest cheapest deal ever! Goodness! That's even cheaper than my proconsumer cam! Should have bought my cam online in the first place! But oh well, I could still bring out the proconsumer cam for events and concerts...where super zoom is required. After some calculations, I think I would be spending around $800 for the set-need to get the dry box, memory card and the uv filter to protect the len which is still cheap because the market price for everything would easily exceed $1k. Yay! Happy!

I started drinking the free marigold multigrain milk that I've received from my boss too. It has that additional wheat flavour in it so nice...I like! I think I've got weird tastebud because I enjoy wheat, oats...etc alot!

Hmmm...looks like I can't attend the tiger translate future @ zouk tonight. Boss will be delievering the imac to my house and I would be meeting the seller to get my cam too! But in any case I hope Ivy wins the thing! Good luck girl!

School's reopening soon and it'll be like last sem all over again! Glad to hear that Joy's in the same class and hopefully Andrena too! I bought my black book yesterday too! Gonna use it as my schedule planner-I like to be organised about my work. :)

Labels: bidding, drink, happy

It's a sunny yellow banana day!


Yippie! The weather is extremely fine today. Perfect for our picnic outting and this time round we were much more prepared too! No pigeons attack but there's an uninvited guest-lizard! Yikes and it kissed mm's feet! Surprisingly she reacted so calmly about it! I think I would burst into tears if it's me but thank God I wasn't the one that came into contact with it. Aside from that, it was a fun day out! I'm indeed enjoying my break.


Here's our food list! I must say Doritos chips with salsa sauce was extremely addictive! We even manage to finish the big bag of chips. Also check out the porridge that has our initials on it! yy specially made it-awww so sweet of her!


Yay and a shot with the bottle tree. Happy!

Labels: friends, happy, outting

Woke up rather early this morning because was supposed to accompany my boss to meet the client and as usual, he was late! Think my mind was still foggy when I left the house. I've forgotten to bring my writing materials and worst still, I've also forgotten to check out the exact location of the client's place! Ended up buying a pen and a notepad at artfriend. Phew! Lucky it opens rather early and eventually I manage to find my way to the client's place too! That must be some kind of luck! After the meeting, boss brought me to TCC for drinks (just in case you're wondering...yes it's another free treat.) I've ordered my azuki freeze! Nice and I've got a thing for red bean these days.

In the afternoon I went to catch a movie with mm. Gosh, felt like a real long time since I last saw her! Yeap, even though she arrived late at the appointed time but we were still early for movies. So we went to the basement to buy snacks. Looks like mm has a durian craving and she bought durian puffs! Luckily she didn't stink up the entire cinema. Hehe. We watched "wedding daze" and it was really hilarious! After movie we went shopping for picinic stuff! Yay! So exciting! Looking forward to the outting with my cutesy lil friends! The feeling of having not to work on a monday is fantastic!

Along the way I spotted a cab with my artwork. That really brought a smile in the mind. Even though it wasn't the nicest artwork but the thought of having it materialised, makes me smile. I'm loving my 1 week break before school reopens! Checked my timetable today too! I'm pretty happy with it and I've also gotten back the same lecturer for my ad project. Gonna get pushed to my limit once again but that's how I could be better too! Cheers!

Labels: happy

Stay tune for updates :)

Once again thank you Andrena for the free tickets and Tm for the company too! Wow! the concert really rocks big time! Performances by The Great Spy Experiment, EIC, Strikeforce, DJ Aldrin and most importantly Daughtry and his band! Other than the heat, rowdy young punks and "tall mountains"(People who were really tall) that occasionaly block my view, everything else was great! The concert adopted a pretty interesting concept of street style that transforms Armenien Street into something hip.

Oh yeah! I finally dined at curry favour! Been wanting to try it but somehow didn't mange to and the food was delicious! Initially we plan to dine at Shokudo and Tm said she felt like eating Japanese Curry Rice and suggested curry favour instead. So we walked out of the place and returned the unused cards. Bet the waitress must be thinking to herself that we're weird. Hehe.

At least this concert could make up for the messed up saturday!

Labels: event, weekend

This is terrible! Initially i had plans to attend the 2 day seminar by Fr Ignatius Huan but I wasn't able to because of work. Was being forced to finish up 2 video clips on friday but it's insane! I just couldn't do it and I've highlighted this to my boss and his reply was,"but i'm meeting the client on tuesday." Thanks for telling me that...like that helps. Eventually I had to sacrifice my weekend plans for work. Only to realise it was screwed up again.

My boss was suppose to deliever the imac to my house this evening because he said I could use it to do the office work. Then again, last minute he notified me to say that he was unable to deliever because the office was locked on weekend. I skipped the seminar for nothing!! Gosh! Disappointing! Terrible and on monday I was forced to meet the client with him. (I still don't understand why do I have to be present at the meeting?? He could easily note down the changes and get back to me. On the contrary, I don't need him to be there either. I could manage everything by myself.) Luckily I'm still on holiday but what if I'm schooling? He doesn't take into consideration all these even though I lied to him saying that school's starting next week. I really would foresee a clash in school and work. Think I better hurry get done and over with the one month's part time. Seems like there's no such things as rest days. Alright, I think that's enough of ranting. As much as boss is crappy but on the flip side, the incentives were quite good - free movie passes.

Speaking about incentives, Andrena was telling me that she had a pair of tickets to Sony Ericsson's Traffic Jam Street Party because her company was the one that did the ads for sony ericsson but she's not interested in going, so she's giving them to me instead! In return, I gave her a pair of cathay movie passes. Quite cool because you get most of these freebies from an ad agency or a media company. Also, this morning we had a little "cat and mouse chase" on the train! It's rather hilarious because she's on her way to work while I intend to hit the mall to check out my DSLR cam and we decided to meet on the train itself to exchange stuff. Both of us alighted at the different stations and re-entered the train just so that we could find a common cabin to meet. Yay! and I had TM to accompany me to the party! I just knew she'll be excited about it because there's chris daughtry!! Hehe.

Oh and here's a little update on the crowbard award. Sad to say we didn't bag home any award but congrats to gabe and cheryl's team! At least we got a cert that says we're in the finalist. Something nice to put in my resume. Gosh, at the end of the award they actually flash the amount of awards received by the different polys and universities. Lasalle was last! Yikes! The school that won the most awards were singapore poly and temasek poly. We were saying that SP won alot of the awards because they were part of the sponsors. Biased! But oh well, no worries! There's still next year! We can do it! Save up now and submit mass entries next year!

Labels: event, ranting

This week's been good because I get to go out of the office quite often. Meeting clients...etc. It makes time past faster too! 2 more days and I would be given more freedom and 1 more day to crowbar award!! Wow so exciting! Just can't wait!

Anyway, boss treated me for lunch again! It's not that I can't appreciate free treats but I just didn't like the idea of being restricted. I've already had something i like to eat in mind already and these treats come and disrupt them! Today we dined at creation cafe. Something similar to pasta mania but alot cheaper because their set lunch cost $11.50 only which includes main course, a drink and soup of the day. Ate the seafood marinara pasta and it was not bad. Today's meal sure beats yesterday's one but still...I want my bread and fruits!! Feasting on food again!! So disgusting man! Human eat in order to survive and not the other way round. I really hope tomorrow's lunch would resume back to normal! So deprived of my yummy fruits!! Then again, I began to wonder what's with all the free treats recently? I seem to be getting it quite alot these days, besides from my boss there's from friends too. (Not that I'm complaining but I'm just rather surprised.)

Anyway thanks alot for the free treats :)

Labels: food

Woke up in the middle of the night because I was flooded by mucus. Looks like I've caught a flu and my eyes hurt from all the tearing. I started panicking for the fear of the old relapsed. I don't ever want to see those puffy eyes again which was caused by the terrible flu! Luckily that didn't happened. By morning the flu cleared and ate 1 flu capsule before going to work.

On my way to work I realised that I've forgotten to bring my jacket along. *Panic* Was wondering how am I going to survive the day in the freezer-office. I'm bound to fall terribly sick after that! So I said a short prayer hoping that I could stay in the office with the least number of hours and my prayer was answered.

Spent quite a number of hours at the taxi headquarters again and dropped by Marigold's office to meet the client. I was treated to vitagen and goodness me! The rose flavour with collagen was terrible! There's this funny after taste and i didn't even bother finishing it up. Yakult is still the best!

Lunch was once again treated by my boss but this time round we didn't eat anything fancy but at least I get to save on a day's meal! Looks like my boss is determined to "tie me down". He's willing to offer the desired full time pay that I've had in mind if I were to work for him after I graduate and there would be an increment in pay after next month's part time in hope that I would continue on. But what the heck? I figured that I will not allow money to bind my heart. Especially after hearing the talk given by the design gurus. Quoting Pann from kinetic-It is better to choose a job that handles major projects but pays little than to choose a high paying job but at the end of the day realise that there's nothing to put inside the portfolio. With more good stuff in the portfolio, money will defintely start rolling in after that. So be wise about the choices. I still have a dream to persue and I'll try to make it come alive!

It's weird too that lately my boss is giving me quite a few incentives. Now I even have free movie passes to the cinema! I'll just take it as a make up for the exploitation. Looks like I'm really blessed! Think my colleague didn't get to enjoy such stuff at all.

Labels: people, work

I didn't suffer from any monday blues today because I get to wake up slightly later than usual and report to work at kovan instead. It's a trip to the taxi headquarter and I'm there with my colleague to supervise on the artwork implementation. Was hoping to bump into Uncle Patrick - the friendly taxi driver and say hi to him but he was nowhere in sight. Instead, we were greeted by some cranky taxi drivers that left us in a state of anxiousness. After which, I realised they were actually playing a prank on us.

It was a series of waiting and I started chatting with my colleague about work and our boss. It was until then I found out that I was much fortunate than her and the rest. The lot of them were actually doing internship and receiving an intern pay of $500 only (That's not even half of my current salary!!) and on top of that, they were given loads of other crappy stuff to do too! Plus, occasionally we were required to make trips to certain places and they didn't manage to claim those cab fares from the company!! Indeed, I was being watched over and blessed! All the complains I've been making was nothing compared to what they have gone through. In conclusion to this, we've figured that our boss was quite terrible as he keeps explioting his staff.

Yes and I finally broke the news to him - 1 more month of part time for me. I figured that an additional cash flow would be neccessary if I'm dead serious in getting a DSLR camera. I think there will be lesser complains from now on because I will tell myself that I'm getting better treatment than my colleagues. Thank God for that!

Today I bought brand's chicken essence with B complex for children instead of the berry essence! (I know I no longer fall under that category but who says you can't eat children's food? Besides, it contains vitamin B! Exactly what I need to combat fatigues!) It comes in smaller bottles which i think is suitable for me too because I can't really stand that strong chicken taste.

Labels: work

Yesterday was cool because I went for the night festival at the national museum. The performance was great and I simply love it! Although initially I was rather skeptical about it but as I continued to watch through, I realised it was pretty interesting. It took me quite awhile before I was soaked in the artsy mood. Oh yes, what a coincidence! Bumped into my cousin too!

Anyway today I had my retail therapy-guess it's due to work. Felt like life has become such a routine and I often look forward to the weekend! After mass I decided to head down to basheer bookstore because I was intending to use my 20% discount coupon. Lucky I made a trip there because the coupon expires today! Gosh! There's like so many books calling out to me but I eventually narrowed down to 2 books. I was contemplating whether to get the advertising "textbook" or the other book entitled "The advertising concept book". (It's like the theory of needs vs desires but eventually people will just end up getting things they want.) Looks like I've fallen into the same trap and bought the concept book instead but I reckon it's a good book. On top of that, I dropped by the supermarket too. Initially planned to get that Brand's Innershine Berry Essence but I got a whole lot of other stuff instead. (I'm still deciding if I should get it.) Oh! I bought a very interesting thing too!


Something to satisfy that broccoli craving. Wonder if it taste good?


Hmmm...I'm considering to sign up for this but i'm still thinking. Looks like there's a list of things to think about!

5 more days of work!!!! Yeah! That's something to be happy about!

Labels: buys, event

Gosh! I so need to rant about this!! 2 smses is all it took to get that temperature rise. For pit sake, it's after office hours and there he is bugging me for some measurements and requesting for some urgent amendments. I so totally can't stand this kind of person! So it took 1 brillant excuse to push away all the crap. NO way am I going to do all the stupid amendments at this hour especially!

And that part time thing...I'm required to step into the office at least 3 times a month. What crap logic is that? Especially what i've been through yesterday and today, the resentment feeling is building up day by day. After the next pay, I'll just drop the bomb. Since I'm being terribly explioted, this is what he'll get back in return - a shitload of headaches!! He should have a taste of how irritating he can be himself.

Labels: people

Suddenly i began to realise that it's only 9 more days of full time work! That's fast! But I wish it's even faster. I really can't wait to be free.

Yikes, I think I've been feasting alot over the weekend and there will be more to come! With the upcoming Crowbar award show's dinner buffet and soon Mark will be back too! Which means meet ups and feasting again! Gosh...this is so insane! I'm practically indulging in the finest pleasures of gourmet meals. Sinful! Sinful! That would mean I need to work out more. Oh and monday was supposedly a day reserved for starbucks but I thought that's too extravagant. So I end up having the pineapple biscuit from Mr Bean. Taste delicious and I'm hooked unto it!! Alright, think I had enough of great food. I'm gonna settle for bread and milk instead.

And check out this breath taking view I've taken from swissotel!


As much as the camera can capture the visuals but still, you're unable to capture the experience I have up there. Nothing beats first hand experience. Wouldn't it be nice to have a first hand experience with the Lord?

Labels: food, work

Met up TM yesterday evening for dinner and movie. We dined at one of the shophouse near my school. The place was called "Mr Bean" and they serve pasta and western food. Service was pretty bad probably because they didn't have enough staff? The food wasn't that fantastic either but overall it was a reasonable dinner. At some point of time, TM wondered if it was a gay hangout because it was filled with either groups of men or just a pair. (Which is quite a rare scene for 2 men to hang out together as concluded by TM) But we figured that we're on the safe side because we blend in. After dinner, we headed to PS to check out mobile phones. Surprisingly, we're eyeing on the same phone-sony ericsson G900! But I think I've given up on all the phones. They're either too bulky or the camera wasn't as sharp and clear as I want it to be. Might wait awhile more before I settle down on one. Watched the movie "Wanted". Enjoyed the actions but sad to say the storyline was crappy.

Oh yes, I dropped by SPI too and manage to borrow 2 books that could clear up those questions in the head. Cool!


Went snapping double decker bus today. It's defintely not an easy task! Here's what I've captured beside the bus. 2 more monday blues to go. I gotta hang in there and it'll end with a bang! Just nice the crowbar award show is held on my last day of work! So exciting man! I hope we win an award!!

Some thoughts on what Fr William said during the Growth Session. The mass is like a wedding dinner that we attend. We celebrate and experience joy. Factors that may contribute to such joy could be the food, ambience and the fellowship. Just like mass, the choir's singing, the lector's reading and the priest's sermon contribute in making the mass an experiencial one. I totally agree with what he said and that's also the reason why I've been attending the 9a.m mass at holy spirit. (Tried attending the other mass timing but I'm pretty comfortable with this-partially because of the choir too.) Despite having to wake up early on a sunday morning and travelling quite a distance, it's all worth it because I know I'm able to encounter the Lord there. Something that I've never felt before when I was attending mass at CTK. As much as I'm foreign in this new place, I actually felt comfortable being there. On top of that, I'm even looking forward to sundays and I've began to look at mass in a different light.

Labels: happenings, thoughts

Good News Good News!!! The combined effort with the kakis didn't go down to waste!! Our work went into the finalist for Crowbar award! Cheers and a pat on our shoulders!! When Ivy broke the news to me this afternoon, I could share the joy she experience. Really feel like jumping for joy but too bad I'm in the office and people would think I'm crazy if I really do so. Thank God for this. It could overwrite all the crap I experience with work. So happy!!

Attended Growth session today too! Yes it was good! Really gained quite alot today. Shall consolidate my thoughts and pen it down some time later.

Labels: happy

Friday's coming in awhile and that's putting a smile across my face! 2 more weeks of work! I can't wait! Looks like I can't really quit yet because it's too short of a notice. Humpf! 1 more month of part time I guess? By then I would have come up with a valid excuse.

Anyway, I've decided to go for Growth Session which is held at CSC every Friday. Saw it in the bulletin the other day and on top of it, Matt said it was good! So I'm going to give it a shot. The next thing is to hit SPI's library over the weekend. There's an urge to read up and clear up questions about the faith.

Labels: spiritual growth

Try spotting my cab!

Random. Boss treated me to Shokudon for lunch today. It's my first time there and it's like the japanese version of marche. The food's not bad and the interior's nice too! Great! It's mid week already! Can't wait for the weekend to come by.


Anyway, here's something overdue. Our PotatoE-fied birthday celebration for yy-that explains the yellow and brown shirt I'm wearing and mm had came up with some weird explanation for her bimbo shirt. Still, I love the company of my cutesy lil friends because it's always...Fun! Fun! Fun!

Labels: friends, work

This morning was good because for once I could wake up a little later than usual. Left the house at 9a.m and I had my taxi to come pick me up. (My artwork has been materialised unto the taxi!) But the cooliest part is being able to drop by the adoration room and say hello to God. It felt like a long time since I last stepped into that church and I doubt I'll ever be back to attend mass there.

Anyway, Uncle Patrick (Taxi driver) came and he even treated me to a glass of milo at church's coffee shop too. That's rather surprising! Especially when I just got to know him like yesterday evening? But he's quite a nice chap and he could easily converse with anybody about any topic under the sun. That made my trip to LTA an interesting one. Boss didn't came along so I had to handle the LTA inspection alone. Lucky it wasn't too tough and it turn out to be a short one instead.

From taxi to website to namecards. Now I'm even handling video too! Had to figure my way through after effects. Luckily it was managable. This job had really pushed my limits. Looks like I'm quite stuck. I need to come up with a brillant and valid excuse to make a clean break so that I can be spared from working with this company forever.

Labels: people, work

This morning felt exceptionally unusual. I started reading my mini copy of the "Catechism of the catholic church" on my way to work and it got me hooked! Stiring questions in my head and learning new facts about the faith. As I slowly approach the office, I wished I had more time. So that I could read up some more and amazingly, that wish was granted. I was locked out of the office because my colleague was on leave and the others would only come in at 10 or later. After being satisfied with what I've read, someone finally came and open the door. Overall, my day was rather smooth. Even bird's dropping didn't land on me but it was rather close.

At the moment, I think I'm pretty focused about rebuilding that internal system of mine. I promise to be better than before. I'm finally mapping things out and will be taking actions real soon. My next step have been sorted out already. I should be able to say "I'm ready" at the appointed day.

I'm picking myself up from a fall.

Labels: thoughts

This weekend sure pass by so quickly. Felt like I didn't get to rest enough yet and it's back to monday again! I think I've made up my mind. I'm gonna quit this job at the end of the month. Although I can get additional cash from the part time job but I figured it wouldn't be worth my time. I'm starting to feel irritated by my boss- Just realised he's such a bugger. My phone and emails are practically flooded by him!! Even on weekends and after office hours. He's always troubling me with all the minor little things. If it's occasional, I would think it's fine but he does it so frequently! A little here and a little there adds up to a whole lot. At the end of the day I felt explioted and I can't enjoy my break in peace! 3 more weeks to go...that felt really long now. I just hope I could tolerate this and hang on. Alright, that's enough of ranting about work.

Attended the youth rally today. Something random and I didn't plan for it. Looks like my time is coming real soon;something is stiring within.(This would refer to being touched or encountering the Lord.) Halfway through the rally, I had a sudden flashback of the difficult periods I went through with my last sem's project. About how stressful it was that I burst into tears and went through depression. But all along he was there for me-showering me with his grace and blessing through the people around me. Though time may pass, my thoughts towards him may change but this experience has truely marked a sign of his love for me. This flashback has now become a reminder of his love and I am ever thankful for this tough time that I have gone through. On top of it, there's companions along with me on this journey. "We are on the same boat and this boat was piloted by Christ himself." Quoted from Father's sermon today.

That should be all for today. It's past bedtime and I'm gonna hit the sack now and probably continue the rest of my thoughts tomorrow.

May God bless and keep you. May God's face shine on you and may be God be kind to you and grant you peace.

Labels: thoughts, work

Was walking about during lunch time when a girl came up to me and asked if I remembered her? Instantly I said yes...you're Janice? (At least my memory didn't fail me.) In reply, she asked if I'm Meng Siew? Oh dear! wrong name! And she apologised because she got me mixed up with another girl. Anyway, that name rings a bell too. Just remembered it was a friend I used to hang out with back in primary school. So we chatted for awhile and found out that we were actually in the same poly but somehow I didn't bump into her at all. (That's weird isn't it?) When I mentioned that I was currently studying in lasalle, she gave a positive reply and said that suits me well. I was quite taken aback when she said that. Like how does she knows I'm into design? As I was typing this, I finally figured out why she made that statement. Just remembered I was an outstanding art student in primary school-with my artworks featured on that level 4 noticeboard most of the time or school's exhibition and once in the chinese papers too! (Wow....that's like ancient! Didn't know my arty farty roots began at such a tender age!) It's nice reminiscing about the past now because such history have long been forgotten.

Design-I'm really made for it.

Anyway, I think I'm really not cut for a full time job-quite tiring. It's only the first week and I'm starting to have some resentment feeling within. Work steals freedom and I'm motivated by money. With a greater earning, comes higher spending limit too. I could easily list down 101 things I want to get. I need some self control and a thorough thinking. Shouldn't end up as a typical consumerist! Buying things that satisfy desires and not needs. I'm also considering the part time job offer that my boss is offering because that would mean more cash but will it affect my studies? That's another question to answer. As for now, I'm looking forward to the weekend! I seriously need a break! 16 more days of work-can't wait for time to speed up.

I really don't want to be a slave for money.

Labels: complains, thoughts