The New Taboo

"Cai Yuan Gun Gun", usually a popular phrase you would use in your Chinese New Year greetings. But unfortunately not this year.

You greet your elders "Cai Yuan", you might get yourself a nice red palm print instead of a nice red packet. Hah...

Or maybe you can try, you can still get something auspiciously red after all... XD

Cleaning off the dust

Hi Everyone, if there still is anyone, lol... Just dropping by to say hello and that i'm still alive!! haha..

So sorry about not updating the blog at all, but working has really took up 80% of my waking time and i'm stiLL really trying hard to adapt to this most-of-my-time-don't-belong-to-me lifestyle.. Can't blame me when i wake up at 7.15am every morning, spend 1.5 hrs travelling to work, end at 6.30pm(most of the time even later), and finally reach home at what.. a long-past-dinnertime of 8+pm. After showering and all, only manage to have my TV dinner at 9pm, which means 2 hours before bedtime.

Even when i have time to come online, it's mainly msn-ing and checking emails. No time at all for blogging. You'll probably ask, what about wkends man? Hah, my sats are either BHID day or working day.. My suns are family day. (Where's time for me???)

HAha... Ok enough grumbling, though sometimes grumbling can be a good way of stress-relieve (quoted by Yiling). Hopefully i can update my past few months' life journal, though not exciting but still can be archived for remembrance sake. lol...

Anyway, I feel like doing some sport activities (for some obvious reasons). Who's game??? Let's plan something!! We can play badminton, take up tennis, learn diving or even yoga i also don't mind le. Just WAnna do something physically demanding and get my muscles moving (just in case... here i mean healthy sports, which can be done in open-doors AND without gaining unwanted attention). Cos I'm feeling totally 'Nua' already, that if i don't start moving soon, i'll most likely be a bed potato (i don't sit on couches when watching tv) already...

Okiez, gotta go... Will be here soon, i hope... :P

Oh ya, Merry Belated Xmas, Happy Belated New Year, and just in case... HAppy Chinese New Year in advance!! Haha...

Ciao

Trick

Just finished watching 2 seasons of japanese drama series 2 days ago. It's called Trick.
If you are a fan of Jing Tian Yi, then you would want to watch this as well, as promoted to me by KL. And so i decided to give it a try, and hey, it's not bad!

It's about this magician and how she solved many seemingly mysterious and strange murder cases. Pretty intelligent i would say, for some of the cases, especially the mirror tricks. And they also taught many card tricks too~ Behind every mystery is a trick, hoho.. But even though i know beforehand that the 'unexplainables' would be eventually explained by the skillful technics and tricks, i'm still spooked by it man.. Would have screamed if it wasn't late at night when everyone was asleep. haha..

But it's nice! I recommend you all to watch!

Photo competition

Those who are interested in taking part in photography competition, can try out our NLB competition for fun...

http://pl.sg

Intro-ed a friend to take part some time ago... And his picture was 1 of the 3 winners last week!! Lol... (-Bernard: muz treat me yar!)




Good luck in advance to those who wanna take part...
But don't forget me if you won.. :D

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There is no solution..
No matter how i tried to think, how i tried to find an answer...
There is no solution.......

I wish time would stop now... stop it from slipping through my fingers. No matter how i tried to slow it or stop it, it still runs... at its usual fast speed, at its relentless consistency...

One after another...
Tired.
Overwhelmed,
And soon.. maybe numbed.


Memories... it's hard to be the only one to keep it alive.....

RAnts...

Came here to dust off the cobwebs here...

And also shuan bian mention i love the dao xiang song in Jay's new album~~

So sweeeeeeeet!!!


Anyway, life's still pretty boring for me, maybe i should start learning how to bake cookies too~ Lolx...

And i kinda dread November... Because EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND IS BURNT! :'(((

Sighs.. i missed school life.

Yeah, i know, i shouldn't be complaining since the economy is so bad right now and some people even got unemployed.. (That's what almost everyone commented to me whenever i complained.) But can't i just complain?? Letting off some steam is a way of coping with stress also. Haha...

And a few weeks ago i was talking to mom, i can't remember the topic but somehow it led to us talking about my US trip. Man, suddenly missed it badly... Then the next few days keep seeing the cereal bars , the haagen daaz ice cream, the pop-tarts at supermarkets... Now watched the high school musical also reminded me of all the songs we used to hear everyday at the closing of the cedar point. Getting nostalgic all of a sudden...

Oh man, i'm indulging myself in my own reminisce again...

okok, gotta go~~

till nxt time~

Singapore's F1 Grand Prix~

I've been watching Wei Xiao Pasta recently.. though quite lame, but i still like the sweet happy mood of the show. And the song is stuck on me~ Lol... Enjoy!



Anyway, yesterday's F1 Grand Prix was exciting indeed.

1st of all, the lightings on the circuit was superb~ When Channel 5 showed the view of the Marina Bay streets, ECP was totally faint as compared to the glowing bright tracks of the circuit. So if you take a plane above Singapore, you'll probably only see the circuit in the whole city. Cool..

The world's first night race~~

Then next the drivers... I was hoping Felipe Massa would win, since i don't really like Lewis Hamilton (cos he actually missed our President's lunch! What arrogance!). Massa was leading Hamilton steadily for the first 15 laps, until his first pit stop. I couldn't believe my eyes when i saw the fuel pipe broke, and the Ferrari dragging the broken pipe behind, almost dragging the mechanic guy along. Omg... Then he drove quite a distance, and the pipe did not break off, forcing him to stop and lose the precious half min. In addtion, he was also awarded a drive through penalty for this blunder. Man... That cost him not only the race, but the world championship as well!!!!!! All just because he was given the green light too early~!! My heart totally went out to him. Sighs... Seems like Hamilton will still take the championship home after all.


But then Fernando Alonso was really great, he truly deserved to win. He had started from 15th position (due to his engine break down in the qualifying round), and made his way all up to 1st! Truly incredible... Maybe it's what you call an equilibrium of luck here. Though he clocked the fastest lap times in both practice rounds, he actually got 15th in the qualifying round...yes, due to his faulty engine. Of all times! it's only during the sat's QR2, the critical round that determines his position in GP, that his engine broke. He was totally down in luck, everyone predicted it'll take a miracle to win the race. And what do you know, by a 180 degrees turn of luck, miracle did arrive. First his team mate crashed, closing the gap between him and the leading Massa, then Massa's pit stop disaster, followed by Hamilton's delay at the pit stop and later, Rosberg's 10-sec penalty. All paving the way for him to the first trophy. But of course besides luck, you need skill as well... Even though all these give him a 23-sec lead over Rosberg, it was all brought to nought when Force India crashed at lap 53, bringing out the safety car again. It's definitely thanks to his experience and driving skills that he maintained the lead and won Rosberg by 3 secs~






So you see, when you think things couldn't have gotten any worse, don't give up, cos who knows? Good luck may be just behind~ :)

Hope that applies to Massa and his Ferrari team too, in the remaining 3 races~ Ha...

What an exciting race... It has definitely gained my attention towards f1 races from now on.


Yup, so that's the end of my first experience watching an F1 race and i shall end here with Alonso's trademark action right after his win.


tata~



*finger waves*

I still think Ferrari is quite cool~ Ha..

Painted Skin

Oops.. Didn't realise i neglected my blog for almost a month!! Omg..

Nothing much to update..

Except maybe i spent a lot this month.. Celebrating birthdays is one of the major expenditures..
Sept is a bad month, cos many of my friends are born in this month. Maybe i should just make myself sick for the whole of Sept nxt time... stay home and hide my wallet. Hah..

Shopping and eating is another. This month i ate plenty of buffets, treating my family/relative and some friends, cos they say i got my first (?) pay.. And i recently bought a few more shoes, and black pants.. since i have been wearing black pants everyday to work, that it's almost my uniform by now. lol.. I also bought several drama sets from TS.

Together with travelling and my handphone bills, i think i've spent about half my salary in less than 2 weeks!! Faints. Next month onwards have to watch out already. :S

Anyway, last week went to Werks to take family portrait. I'm still quite disappointed that they don't provide make up service at all, because many other photo studios out there do. And i look quite cui in the photos, especially i woke up at 7.30am to prepare for the shoot! (the appointment time was 9.30am). Plus it's quite ex also. Sighs.. oh well, once in a lifetime lor...

Yesterday went to watch Painted Skin with mf and her friends. When the rest of Singapore was in town, catching the F1 craze. It was quite an impromptu decision actually, she only asked me yesterday afternoon. But hey, the movie turned out not bad, quite watchable.. not as boring as i thought as a typical ancient Chinese film would turn out to be. haha.. It's quite a balanced mix of love, action, and a little humor, with the usual combination of demons and ghostbusters in a typical wu xia xiao shuo scene. Plus, the actors and actresses are okay looking also. so it's quite worth watching. haha~

But one thing i don't really understand why the movie is called Painted Skin. Yeah it sure sounds intriguing.. but when it comes to the movie itself, there really isn't much emphasis of the skin at all. Except only 1 scene when Zhou Xun peeled out her human skin, revealing her true form, which is a human shape made of countless worms or maggots or whatever it is. Ya, and it probably takes up 1-2 mins of the entire movie. That's it. No mention of that skin throughout the movie other than that scene.

After that, mf began discussing the movie, talked about how the guy betrayed his wife by having fantasies about the other woman, analysed what it means when the guy said this sentence or what it means when Zhao Wei did that. I think the producer would be damn happy that someone out there actually appreciate his movie so much that she analysed to such detail.

Qi Yu Wu is in there too~

Haha.. this is one of the rare times i actually go out for social outings man.. Kinda miss the old days when i could go out and chat wif old friends like this, without worrying about waking up early the next morning for work. In fact, tomorrow still have to work sia! :'( And today actually planned a celebration for some friends, then i had to receive this sms by Yongle saying bhid session is cancelled today cos many residents are sick. What a great disappointment man.. after all that planning and discussion. But oh well, hope the residents get well soons~

Okay got to go... F1 qualifying rounds is on!!!

Blog another time~

F1 qualifying rounds starting in 5 mins!

Read! Singapore, volunteer workshop, storytelling competition

Last wed was a long day... I only ended at 9.30pm at night!!! That's due to us having to help out at Read! Singapore closing ceremony, and that's cos it's our department's event and we only have a limited no. of manpower. So if there's any event, the whole department is quan ti chu dong one... I'm supposed to usher the guests of honour that day, sighs and i totally freaked out. Our guests of honour includes our CE, director as well as the AMK MP. Heard the mp is a no-nonsense person, and after that table tennis thing that's going on, i pray i don't step on her toes or anything.

So we spent 1 whole day at the Pod (at National Library) preparing for the event. It sure is a lot of work for just a 2-3 hours event man.. going through the schedule, making sure everything is in place, wrap the gifts, prepare the food and everything~ Oh and we also ordered little cupcakes, specially designed for our Read Singapore event, for all our guests! They sure look enticing... but unfortunately, it's only look, guess they have much more room for improvement in the taste department. (I chuck off the whole piece of icing on the top!)

Luckily the ceremony went smoothly in general, though there's a little hitch on the playing of the video, but thankfully no one noticed. Ha... And seeing the MP in person, i think she seems to be a nice lady quite unlike what the newspapers wrote. But oh well, of course i can't say much since i don't know her well after all.

And throughout the whole thing i was so busy, that i totally forgot that i'm supposed to meet kl!!! =O! Feeling super guilty at 10 pm when i first saw the msg on the train back. But luckily she's smart enough to guess that would happen, so she didn't wait... Otherwise, i'll feel damn bad sia.

So that day was totally tiring.. Especially my poor feet! Having to stand on heels for the whole day is sheer torture i tell you!




And talking about torture~ Today is my only free day!! Argh. Last weekend was burnt cos i've to man the Active Aging Carnival booth at Ngee Ann City. And yesterday was totally gone as well, because we have this 10k fathers closing ceremony in the morning, and then i have to rush to prepare for the volunteers' workshop right after.

Oh and about this workshop, I actually have to start off the programme by giving a 20 mins presentation on kidsREAD! Because my boss have to stay at WRL to help out for the 10k fathers event. So on thurs, when she told me for the first time, i totally freaked out (again). And i only got the slides on Friday! PLUS i only end at 7pm on that day~!! It's damn jialat for me, cos i absolutely hate presenting. I've to spent like 1-2 hours going through the slides and thinking of what to say sia.. Terrible man...

And yesterday during the workshop, suddenly there is about 30 people in that room sia~ Usually it's only 10+! And this time there are 5-6 australians, together with many many international students! Usually the people are all Singaporeans! Almost faint~

So during the presentation, i put on a brave front (which i think i must be pretty good at, since my friend told me later that i'm not bad during the presentation heh.), and thankfully, nothing really went wrong, except that i took only 15 mins to say what i'm supposed to say in 30 mins?? Haha... But in any case, that's experience of the giving a kidsREAD presentation to the volunteers for the first time... And i still dread the next one, coming next month. I really hope my boss would offer to present instead of me. Heh.

Then at night, i went for this storytelling show at the Old Parliament House, now the Arts House. Actually i didn't really wanna go for this show, cos i've already have plans to meet jh they all... But this ticket was given by my boss's boss, and she said can't find anyone and these tix are real ex AND this is really relevant to my jobscope..... So i've no choice but to postpone what seem to be one of my rare social meetings of the week, at the last min. Sighs...

Luckily the 2 more major events are over now... I need some rest man.. Need time with my family, friends and also myself! Think i'll take the next 2 fridays off.. Now that i have like 20+ hours to clear! HAha! Shiok~!!

But before that maybe i go sleep first. It's 12.43 am already!!!

CiaoS~~~~~~



PS: Oh btw, i got myself a HP tablet notebook today!! Cool and yet not ex! Exactly like Comex prices and packages!! BUT minus the crowd and the queues! Haha... Apparently, many places are selling their electronic stuffs comparable to the Comex fair... but not many ppl know about it and all chiong to Suntec Convention. Heh.

Orientation

Enjoyed these 2 days of orientation programme~
Cos this means i don't need to be stuck in the office doing the mundane work~~ lolx...

These 2 days of orientation programme quite shiok.
Yesterday went to National Library for a short tour around it. Didn't know there are s many heritage collections there. Almost like a museum sia.

Ended at 5pm yesterday, was quite happy cos this means i can go home earlier (my usual office hours end at 6.30pm). So lalala... i was on the train... Then at redhill station, my colleague called me, " Yiling, i thought you are at the NL? You went off already ar?? Can you come back and help us? We need people!"

Sighs... there goes my dream of reaching home early....yes dream, cos it's no longer a reality. So i turned back with a heavy heart...

In the end, the talk was not too bad... They provide free food and i had fun chatting with this colleagues. Plus there are 4 very 'interesting' individuals.

After the talk got 1 uncle came to me and gave a few feedbacks, about the microphone, the food and the talk. Then later our colleague P, told us that he can already identify 4 people who are not right up there, and that uncle is one of them. Then we were quite shocked, because everyone seemed decent to us. Then he told us about these 4 characters. 1 would always go around and introduce herself as an English teacher, and get phone numbers from the speakers, the authors and so on. But in actual fact, she's actually an umployed lady who always go to the library borrowing the book called memories of life or something. True enough, she was there... talking about that book, and asking for phone numbers... P was damn zun man..

The 2nd one was the most classic one.. P told us she would always tabao all the food back after the events. At first we don't believe, cos she really looked sane and decent and all... Then later, we saw her in action, she tooked her ntuc plastic bags and clear, yes literally cleared all the trays of food~~ Then P was really bad la.. when the lady walked to the lift, with her bags of food... He exclaimed loudly (on purpose)... "Oh NOOoooooo.....!!!! WHERE ARE MY CHICKEN WINGS?!!??!!!" Though she could be the type who really hated to see food being wasted, but the whole scene was really damn funny man... Lol.. And the thought of lumping the chicken wings, samosas, chocolate eclairs and cheese cake all into two plastic bags.... seems a little ... ok nvm.

The other 2 was less extreme. 1 of them always give his feedback after the talks, and P mimicked what the guy always say in his feedback... All i can say is that it was totally uncanny..because that was what that guy told me exactly!! Lol.. The last one is the quiet kind most of the time, but when he gets frustrated he would shout out hysterically in public...

So it's really quite interesting to hear such stories...

And as for today, we went around the main libraries to tour and understand the functions of these libraries.. quite cool... esp the esplanade one.. Can borrow music scores, cds, movies and even screenplay scripts sia...They also allow the public to showcase their piano performance at their open stage.. So cool lo!!

Quite an eye opener today...

Okay.. Will talk another time...
I'm tired man... everyday lack of sleep sia...
Tata!