having a hard day?

so cute!!!!!!!

kill me now kill me now kill me nowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

i cut my hair!!!!!!!!!

Yes!

And here's a picture to show tis true!



initially, the project gripped me on impulse ( i am apt to do such things from time to time, to be honest. heh.. and to be even more honest, i ENJOY it!!) so after that i decided that it would be a good idea to do something for radical.. so you have me with my funky specs and new hairdo!



Yes. I do apologize for my hiatus - tis most jialat, because it appears everytime i disappear (usually for a legitimate reason) i take an EVEN LONGER time to get back! so my many apologies, and here's the spade of photos i meant to put up BEFORE the arbitration for all our viewing pleasure, but failed to do.. but shall nevertheless do it now.. (i mean it it was sitting in my draft box for so long. dont waste it right.. just reorganize and print lorh.. hur hur hur)

So random picture no. One is

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SPONGE BOB!(s)



it should be apparent that i am a spongebob (or it would be more accurate to say, PATRICKSTAR fan) - took this off some guy's blog - okay he aint some guy, he's a wedding photographer..

we had a church conference where personally i was very inspired and moved - think we are really blessed in singapore to be able to freely worship..



admist the worship, i was really moved as i remember the last two years since i have started work and i was weeping with gratitude for God's mercy and grace in my life.



it was a good time of catching up, see we have here, YeanTying and me =D She's an archeeeeteck u noe.. dounch play play..



so during the conference, we had these sessions like for men only or for women only - so whilst we had the mens only session of course we are free la.. LO AND BEHOLD at the expo, there was also 2 mega sales - METRO SALE (i noe is for aunties, but a true blue shopaholic would nevertheless check out a sale, you never know what you would find!) and POPULAR SALE ..

Yuarh la. my teacher friend was like.. huh.. i thought popular only sell stationery wan.. no lorh uncle.. so whilst alot of the other female church goers were gathering together to process their thoughts of the conference, my cell members and i (under my superb leadership.. hurhuhur) went to RAID THE SALEs!!!

and look at our findings!



Cheap christian books on sale lorh! ANOINTED FOR BUSINESS going for 13 ++ Sing can?



so who say we not holy right? hmfph.. lol.

So at night, Sebas decided to bring us to this new supper place at Geylang (woot!) where they sell cheap crabs (wu yearh boh).. yours truly was very amused by some of the street signs there.. hurhur.

here kitty!




cluck!



finally at the place!



i was super amused because the drinks LITERALLY CAME IN A BOWL.. so next time you say 一碗 sugar cane and some smart aleck tells you that you have your 量词 wrong, tell them to think again!



量词 thats like, you know, collective nouns ( a flock of birds, a swarm of bees, etc? lol)

and they really had six dollar crab leh!



awright larh, as they say, mai hiam bway pai - the zhup was good though.. steamed crab with garlic.. yum yum! so we just eat lorh!



so anyhows, i have decided to go eat seafood in JB sometime, since i promised Sebas we would all goo to JB for seafood if he finishes Ironman, WHICH HE DID! COME ON!

the day i finish ironman.....hmmm

let's not digress!

so this is another random shot, we have a large jasmine plant (potted) outside my flat, and it is forever in bloom, so i thought i would show off here.. all jasmines are good i say.. muahahah.



and this, as we all know, is my keifu..



you'ld think he is handsome, but really, he is crazy!



that's right, playing with bananas!



gross lorh, i was wondering why he so guai take picture with me - if you look closely, where his smile is, thats like mush bananas..



sigh..



so i was talking about the POPULAR sale, and that was real farnee too, i was browsing when i heard two little boys laughing really loudly about CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS. i was thinking in my head, where got such things wan. silly boys..

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really have leh!



needless to say, i was very amused.

so here, i have some shots which i was coerced to take, to make a trilogy - corrine wants everyone to know her cell-leader is so boh liao wan.. take picture of shoes..
(speakin of bohliao i just bought a ONE GIG memory card for my phone. yayy!!! and it just occurred to me that, THAT's actually the same memory as my existing digital camera =_= but here's to many many pictures!!!)

corrine's foot





my foot



chioh bu foot (she just went for lasik and got me thinking about gettin one too!)



i brought Keifu for his belated bday dinner, and was amused by this..



so i just had to take a picture of this, because that day i wore a jersey to church, and like everyone was commenting - wahhhh why you wear so casual (=_=)


keifu say colour nice



i just wanted to reinforce the point that this young man is secure enough to not care about looking silly, all for good fun!!!! =D



So yes, on another note, i was out all week at an arbitration. here's a picture of old and new, the new Supreme Court is the flying saucer you see, and the old Supreme Court (from where this photo was taken) is the present Singapore International Arbitration Centre..



So, in my absence, i also went to Meiru's wedding and met lotsa old friends and mentor there.. been thinking, shall write soon!

Speak Good English

Please please please please.. pretty PUUUUHHHHHLLLEEEESSSSEEEE click on the picture below. (Confirm you will laugh until cry, especially if you, like me, have started work liao)




An auditor friend blue-toothed it to me. She got it from her colleague, who got it from dunno who.. And I wonder why this thingy is passing like wild fire amongst the likes of us.

Anyhows, I have been SUPER SUPER SUPER SWAMPED. Have alot of random photos to put up, and promise to get down to it soon. Also have alot of 感想 . Will attempt to articulate them AFTER my arbitration. Yes, have been pressed to close tears this week at work!

Meanwhile, this came in my email today. I laughed my head off.. enjoy.

Every year, English teachers from across the country can submit their collections of actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays. These excerpts are published each year to the amusement of their colleagues nationwide.

Here are last year's winners.

1. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master.

2. His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.

3. He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it.

4. She grew on him like she was a colony of E. Coli, and he was room-temperature Canadian beef.

5. She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.

6. Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.

7. He was as tall as a six-foot, three-inch tree.

8. The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because of his wife's infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a formerly surcharge-free ATM machine.

9. The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't.

10. McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag filled with vegetable soup.

11. From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie, surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city and Jeopardy comes on at 7:00 p.m. instead of 7:30.

12. Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze.

13. The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease.

14. Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph.

15. They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood with picket fences that resembled Nancy Kerrigan's teeth.

16. John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met.

17. He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant, and she was the East River .

18. Even in his last years, Granddad had a mind like a steel trap, only one that had been left out so long, it had rusted shut.

19. Shots rang out, as shots are wont to do.

20. The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.

21. The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while.

22. He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame, maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.

23. The ballerina rose gracefully en Pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.

24. It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around with power tools.

25. He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard bells, as if she were a garbage truck backing up.

POP! goes my heart!!

You GUYSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS SOOOOOOO FARRNEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!




did u see,

i. the checkered background?
ii. the BACKGROUND DANCERS (o kill me now.. they are SO hilarious. Go rewind the video and watch it again!)
iii. the POP sign?
iv. Hugh Grant, (YES!! I also thought the yandao looked familiar) Hugh Grant in the Austin Powers suit?
v. the shoulder pads, on the MEN AND THE WOMEN?
vi. the 80s make up?
vii. the doctor dancing with the drip?
viii. Hugh Grant's pink. neon. heart. POPPING????!!!!!!!!!

omigosh! LOL.

No, I havent watched the drew and hugh movie.. but i thought, the title of this song was quite thought provoking.

"Pop! goes my heart!"

When was the last time your heart popped? Mine hasnt. In a long time - in the sense of this song la.. otherwise.. my heart also popped couple of weeks ago when i made that mistake. Hahaa.. Heng Heng my boss never *@#$%!!! me.

=) He so nice..

But this kinda popping i dowan ah. Give you, u want meh? LOL.

Tarzan & Jane

A friend got married last Sunday. I didnt attend, but I sure heard about it..


LOOK!!



Elephant bride!!! As in, coming in on an elephant, not that she looks like an elephant! FAR from it!

I heard from her later that she was quite terrified of coming in on an elephant though she desperately tried not to show it. I asked her why didnt she just come in on another animal then (if you havent figured by now, she got married at the zoo okay?).

Yuarh. Another animal like a horse, her groom was in white mah - 白马王子 !! But I think, in that case, it has to be a white horse, not a groom in a white suit.. hur hur hur..

Anyhows, she said the zoo doesnt provide any other animal for you to come in on. Oh well. This one also not bad larh, like INDIAN PRINCESS AND HER RAJAH.. lol.

I think I probably want to get married at the beach, or some yatch club (cuz i lurve the sea!!) except that I havent quite found a solution to hair being messed up by the wind and make up melting in the sun.. EEEYEEERRR.. lol

Humble Pie

Have you ever made a mistake so bad you cant believe YOU made it?

Like it's SO out of character. YOUR character.

Well recently, that happened to me.

You see, I have always taken pride in the fact that I am a person with alot of common sense.

Don't laugh.

But to be honest, growing up, I realized that common sense isnt really that common - because what comes to you naturally, actually depends on what you have been exposed to.

I remember a conversation i had with my colleague before (fellow junior) and we were laughing at the expectations of some seniors - like how they would examine another person's work and look very irritable when the person doesnt get it.

Irritated senior, "It's common sense isnt it?"
Colleague / me / any other junior person: Blank look.

It's common sense to YOU cuz u've done it before, but not to us! we havent seen something like that!


So our conclusion - actually common sense isnt really that common.. haha.


Actually you can fit the above in any context la, medicine, law, accountancy, event management, etc.

I am suddenly reminded of the army lingo, "BLUR RECRUIT" -



Yuarh.

HE IS RECRUIT THATS WHY HE IS BLUR MAH, if he is not blur he would be your sergeant or OFFICER ALREADY!! that's why we have blur RECRUIT!

USE UR BLANE USE UR BLANE USE UR BLANE!

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Okay.

I am digressing, as usual. And, my closet arh-lianess is manifesting. But you get my drift.

SO.

We were talkin about me taking pride that i have common sense - by that i mean the knowing-how-to-take-care-when-it-comes-to-important-things-that-you-have-to-do. So maybe organized / prudent / responsible would be the right word.

ANYHOWz.

Recently I made a mistake. I mistake that was so dumb. So careless and so RIDICULOUS i was momentarily stunned. Then i spent a whole night trying to rectify the problem and worrying about how i would cook in the frying pan the next day.

But I decided that I would be brave and "TAKE IT LIKE A MAN". It's really my fault anyway.

So the next day, I marched up to my boss and told him about it. And what I did to rectify the problem. And waited with bated breath.

A picture speaks a thousand words.. So this was really how i was feeling, what i was really expecting to get (and i fully deserved it i think).



To my VERY GREAT surprise, he didnt say a thing.

Or it would be more accurate to say, he said, "it's okay. people make mistakes".

Then he went on with the work.

I was stunned.

Let me explain. Yes, the mistake was one that was rectifiable, i.e. it's not the end of the world. But i was HORRIFIED because I MADE IT, and such a stupid one that could have been TOTALLY AVOIDED.

STUPID MISTAKE = Stupid / careless / inefficient / unorganized / [fill in the blank urself] person

If i were my boss, I would've skinned me alive.

But he didnt leh. He showed grace, which is basically - (unmerited) favour.

WAH.


So what did i take away from this incident?

One. To show grace.

Two. To not judge a person quickly. (even if we are talking about work, and what is "common sense") So much for sizing up people - interviews are farces - they should be called oral exams. Ha ha ha..

Three. Give people time to develop. What is common sense to me is because I had the chance to see it before, in some way or other - others may not have. Give them time to see it.

Boohooo. i want to be a good boss too!

how I LIKE lawyer jokes

I usually like lawyer jokes. alot.



I like them because they make light of what happens on a daily basis.






It's like how you find out, whilst you are in the middle of a flight, that what you are wearing may be a fashion disaster at the airport where you would be landing, shortly. And what you are wearing cost you.

Then you step out of the plane, and quick gasps of relief wing you when you see another person, in similar garb at the airport. That other person looks at what you are wearing. Approving.

Yay. Somebody else recognizes this darn thing on me probably can feed a whole lecture theatre of students for a month.

You get my drift? But it's okay if you dont. hahaa..














Once, I had an application where we managed to enter judgment against the opponents (That's a good thing, btw). The only issue before the Court was that of costs and disbursements - and my learned friend (that's how we address our opponents in Court) and I slugged at each other. We got pretty upset with one another there and then in chambers - over 300 dollars. At some point in time whilst we were sparring, it crosses my mind whether he is putting up a fight simply because he is spoiling for one, or, if it is a question of principle and not the quantum of whatever we are squabbling about.

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On rare occasions, I actually stop and wonder why solicitors fight.

Perhaps because on the one hand - they are paid to further their clients interests, in accordance to, justice. So, the lawyer does what he is paid to do. But others of times, maybe the lawyer fights because he wants to win, real bad - and it doesnt matter who is on the other side, or who is paying his bill. Maybe, sometimes, the lawyer fights because the opponent solicitors remind her of an ex-boyfriend. Or she just wants to make her mother happy.

In all of the above, if they all win, which lawyer is the greatest?

And does it matter why they do it, so long they win? Should it matter? Then again, what is really the big deal if the judge rules either way?


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Then I think about myself, why I am fighting tooth and nail this time, to get what I think my clients deserve. Even if it is just 300 dollars. Because it is my job. Because it is a matter of principle. Because some people need to be put into the right place

And sometimes I think, I dont know.

After the adrenaline ebbs, there is the ugly grainy taste - like holding rusty iron nails in my mouth. I am not sure if it was because of the manner we were fighting, or what we were fighting about. The judge gave me what I argued for, but so what?

All I am saying is, the heart of the matter is really what matters. Maybe we shouldnt be so quick to judge another, when we dont know whats on their heart.

my chioh best friend

especially for YOU!

Everybody meet my best friend, HUISHI (or Huii as you see in my Tagboard).

Girl, this is for YOU.. so you dont say i bias okay, who say my friends all guys.. now i post nice nice big big picture of you on my blog.


Everybody repeat after me,
"WAHHHHHHHHH.. JASMINE BEST FRIEND IS SO CHIOHHHHHHHHHHHH"

Me: Abuden.
(now Ms. Chan is going to complain why i never put up a nicer picture of her.. but i is think she every angle also chioh wan lorh.
check out the hair,
check out the eyes,
check out the mole!)

But seriously, I am immensely grateful for her love in my life.. I am feeling very inspired now.. so will let you all in on it shortly.. meanwhile.. yesterday i was surfing when i came across..

have you heard how some people complain that singapore street signs are not friendly as they only appear in ONE language..

Ever wondered how it would look if we have many languages with the same message?

Of SUCH an idea, Mr Brown thinks,


This is very stupid. 这是非常傻的行为。Ini Sangat Bodoh.

Don't do this. 不要这样做。Jangan Lakukan Ini.

Thank you. 谢谢. Terima kasih.

I was super amused. Mr Brown was talking about the new DBS atm screen tries to FIT EVERYTHING in..

another example of how MORE is not better.. lol.

Three cheers to Mr Brown for coming up with this!

Nothing like a lap to return to at the end of a long day.

I have, of course, come across more substantive matters during my hiatus other than this icky picture. ( I believe in the REAL thing, so the above.. cannot make it)

Hahaa.. just wanted to get your attention. =P

Astronaut caught in love triangle faces murder charge



ORLANDO, Fla. -- Orlando police say they've decided to file an attempted murder charge against an astronaut who is accused of trying to kidnap a woman she saw as a rival for a fellow astronaut's affections.
Lisa Nowak was ordered released on bail this morning after a court appearance on charges including attempted kidnapping and battery. But now she'll stay behind bars.

In an Orlando court this morning, Nowak faced charges she attacked and tried to kidnap NASA Engineer Colleen Shipman, her rival in an apparent relationship with astronaut Bill Oefelein.


Police say Nowak drove 900 miles from Houston to Orlando wearing diapers so she wouldn't have to stop for bathroom breaks.

Police say she put on a wig and trench coat and waited for Shipman to get off a late night flight, then followed her to parking garage and then attacked her.

During a check of the parking lot, an officer followed Nowak and watched her throw away a bag containing the wig and BB gun. They also found a steel mallet, a 4-inch folding knife, rubber tubing, $600 and garbage bags inside a bag Nowak was carrying when she was arrested, authorities said.

Inside Nowak's vehicle, which was parked at a nearby motel, authorities uncovered a pepper spray package, an unused BB-gun cartridge, latex gloves and e-mails between Shipman and Oefelein. They also found a letter "that indicated how much Mrs. Nowak loved Mr. Oefelein," an opened package for a buck knife, Shipman's home address and hand written directions to the address, the arrest affidavit said.

Police said Nowak told them that she only wanted to scare Shipman into talking to her about her relationship with Oefelein and didn't want to harm her physically.

"If you were just going to talk to someone, I don't know that you would need a wig, a trench coat, an air cartridge BB gun and pepper spray," said Sgt. Barbara Jones, a spokeswoman for the Orlando Police Department. "It's just really a very sad case. ... Now she ends up finding herself on the other side of the law with some very serious charges."


Nowak believed Shipman was romantically involved with Oefelein, a pilot during space shuttle Discovery's trip to the space station last December, police said.

Nowak told police that her relationship with Oefelein was "more than a working relationship but less than a romantic relationship," according to an arrest affidavit. Police officers recovered a love letter to Oefelein in her car.

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According to NASA's official biography, Nowak is married with three children. During her 13-day mission in July she operated the robotic arm during three spacewalks.

Oefelein is unmarried. He piloted the space shuttle Discovery in December. He has two children, according to a NASA biography.

Nowak and Oefelein were both first-time fliers during their shuttle missions last year. They trained together but never flew together.

Brooke Whitney of WKYC.com
Created: 2/6/2007 12:54:34 PM
Updated:2/6/2007 2:36:57 PM

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I don't know how you feel reading this, but I was just flushed with a disturbance I couldn't quite articulate.

There wasnt any indication from the articles tht she was intoxicated, so I gather she was not acting under the influence of anything, except perhaps her own free will.


And, perhaps, I havent FELT so compelled to do something before. Havent wanted something or in this case, someone, so bad before?

Some wise friend of mine said, we have to decide, right now, when life is just rolling out, what we would or would not do.i.e. lay down your life principles.

Now.

Till wait till that moment is just waayy too late.

Decide how much you want to spend. (gulp)
Decide how far you would go with your significant other before marriage.
Decide what is do-able to get that job.
Decide what you would not do, when faced with pressing demands from a client.


And so on and so forth.

I will be honest, I cant think straight when my head or heart is hot. It doesnt matter that my head cools down quick, and that ultimately I know my heart will choose the right thing.

We see above, crazy things happen quick. I say again, life would be so much better, and safer and happier, if people would just THINK before they do or say something.

But o well.

To all who have been wondering where I am.

Been here - just sorting out what I want to do this year, so havent particularly been in the mood to rant or be philosophical.

You would be glad to know I have s.o.r.t.e.d it out! Muahahaa.. So will write more often.

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DOCTOR NEO!!!




Weethong came back to this part of the world and i was SOOO glad to have had the chance to meet him. Yes sir, thanks for making the time!

So because he is deprived of local food in Aussie, we HAD to eat all the fat fat (but o sooooo yummy) Malay food.

Check out my Kumbing Soup.



Got steam come out all.. can see?

And he ate alot.



But he can afford it la.. people is last time track team wan okays, not Nuah Queen like me.. =)

the rawyer and the doctor.




I miss our old jc days so much! I remember how last time, weethong, zhizhi (zhiyang) and I would stay over in the school canteen on saturday nights, purportedly to mug la.. but i think the doctor was the only one who got the real mugging down..

Saturday night RJ canteen gang!




Zhi Zhi is now a commodities broker, earning the moolah for the things he always did.. (not that we agree with what he is doing of course.. quit smoking already man!! lol)

And because I have been in SUCH a nostalgic mood of late, i went to find our old photos..

We have the broker here, at 18, (note the hand written captions complimenting him, are his.. i didnt write those *rolls eyes*)



My conclusion? Ego develops from youth!

My classmate, me, and the doctor at 18!



Do we feel older already or what?

I lurve my friends. I cant believe we've spent so much time together, thank God for the relationships that survive distances and weathers!

But you wanna see what really melts hearts.

My nana..




We had a reunion dinner at church. (which was really farnee.. cuz the Hallal restaurant served like EVERY DISH prawns. the super big kind.. trust me, can get sick of eating prawns wan!)

So anyhows, she obviously didnt like prawns, because she was sleeping most of the dinner..

Here's her at another angle..



i asked her, pointing at the picture of her in my phone:

Me: Who's that baby in the picture? (pretend act blur)
Anna: Me! Me! Me!

SO CUTE SO CUTE SO CUTE!!!!

lol.


postscript: I realized that everything is flushed to the right today, pardon me. I know how to rectify the problem, but it's gonna just be too painful. So bear with it okays?

Otherwise you can stop reading.. muahahahah. =)