rolled up lining

i wonder if anyone has faced the same issue?

the lining rolls up so much tat my skirt becomes too short

i can onli tink of sewing another length of cloth to the seam to resolve the problem

anyone wif better ideas?   let mi know

Motorola will split into two companies

one of my fav hp brand, i dun and i won’t own a Nokia

Motorola, once the world’s second-largest mobile phone maker, after Nokia Corp. of Finland, has since lost its place to South Korean rival Samsung Electronics Corp. amid fierce global competition and watched earnings slide.

The company lost 49 million dollars in 2007, swinging to a deficit after a profit of 3.6 billion dollars in 2006 as its problems worsened in the tough market for mobile devices.

Tata Motors buys Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford

India’s Tata Motors said Wednesday it had bought British luxury icons Jaguar and Land Rover from ailing US carmaker Ford Motor Co for 2.3 billion dollars.

Tata Motors, part of the sprawling tea-to-outsourcing Tata Group empire, added Ford would contribute up to about 600 million dollars to the Jaguar and Land Rover pension plans.

prayers

spent most part of sat & sun on prayers (family thingy)

surprisingly, it’s quite tiring to juz pray and rest the whole day

family hols

i m trying to decide bet 2 destinations and who to include

anyway, i decided tat i won’t book anything till tml nite coz i wana claim using my next yr’s flexi points

7 days inn

i m so impressed wif the location and price of tis motel chain tat i decided to join as member

will consider staying there in future visits

Three Kingdoms: Resurrection Of The Dragon

i m tinking of catching tis for handsome Andy!

conflict of interests

happens when one wants to manipulate and one refuses to back dwn

i support the latter but i’ll not take sides at tis point in time

sleep deprived

is not a good thing for skin

make-up dun stay as well and skin is dry

dot used the analogy of apple for skin.  when feeling less den perfect, will look like wrinkled apple

when fresh, we look like rosy and juicy apples

conclusion, i need to sleep more

fickle

i duno wat i want but i noe wat i dun want

i noe i m beli bad, my expectations r too high but i dun feel like settling for anything less so after spending more time tog, the chemistry sizzles and dies out

it’s best to 保持距离 and leave some room for my imagination

i m happy being virtual frens for the most part of time

good 豆花 VS bad 豆花

kevin commented tat i muz b hungry since i finished the bad 豆花

truth is, i hate to waste food.   i seldom leave anything on my plate

and the diff bet good 豆花 and bad 豆花 is, i’ll crave for a second helping of delicious 豆花

the naked truth

haha…i m tinking back on the email conversation i had wif karen tdy

onli frens hoo noe mi so well can read in bet the lines and pick up the underlaying tones

y wait?  wait for wat?

so like marie hoo waste no time in cutting thru the fluff and asking the critical qns while i’m still in denial….hehe

dream

i muz pen tis dwn coz tis dream i had on tue nite was so vivid!

i actualli dreamt of someone telling mi tat she’s getting married ie. ROM on tml

she told mi in the dream tat she decided not to wait till aug and to get married immediately…wow!   and i duno how i came up wif aug

den another fren told mi the ROM is tml ie. wed but i corrected her tat it’s 8.30am on thurs instead.  i even got the days of the wk rite and dwn to the timing to meet at ROM

blogging

to me, blogging is all abt capturing the moment.   all the raw emotions of a moment in time being captured in words and presented to readers

how do i do it?  by jotting dwn my random thots in point form into a notepad (the application tat’s literally called notepad and not paper and pen)

waiting

dun wana wait but can’t help it

keep checking, mostly disappointed
今晚等得到吗?

i m tired, no more waiting tonite. the early starts r getting to mi

我想今晚等不到了

parking wars

my fav game of the moment

so hard to play when i got so few frens tat i can park at

so excited to haf 2 more streets tdy!

小小人儿

the pitter patter of little feet is life’s greatest blessing

i miss NB babies, so adorable and doll like

early start

my early start didn’t kill mi tdy so planning to start even earlier tml

tons to do but i always keep myself in check.   mustn’t complain abt work coz it’s always a good sign to haf lotsa work due to good business, so bring them on!

QQ is like mi, so hard to get outta bed every morn!

YY is slightly easier but den again, he’s in afternoon session so too early to tell.   morn sessions start at unearthly hrs, argh!

disneyland in SHG

nick pointed out a plot of land tat was slanted for disneyland dvpment while on the way to pudong airport

wow!  tat sounds reli exciting!   given china’s size, i m looking forward to a full sized disneyland in asia (not taking jap in consideration)

whistling

i m trying to learn how to whistle and my incessant efforts at whistling muz b driving the ppl ard mi crazy

but i seem to b getting there, sometimes getting quite loud in my attempts

unsettled stomach

i always suffer from unsettled stomach on sun.  unable to explain it but even after an xtra heavy lunch, i still get xtremely hungry by evening and stomach feels unsettled the whole afternoon

also got a passing moment of dizziness for which i dwned a bottle of chix essence

Pinocchio

i like my current short hair though andie commented tat my short brown hair looks like Pinocchio.  where got?

i juz can’t stand hair at the nape of my neck.  it drives mi crazy!

A Useless Life

A farmer got so old that he couldn’t work the fields anymore. So he would spend the day just sitting on the porch.

His son, still working the farm, would look up from time to time and see his father sitting there.

“He’s of no use any more,” the son thought to himself, “he doesn’t do anything!”

One day the son got so frustrated by this, that he built a wooden coffin, dragged it over to the porch, and told his father to get in.

Without saying anything, the father climbed inside. After closing the lid, the son dragged the coffin to the edge of the farm where there was a high cliff.

As he approached the drop, he heard a light tapping on the lid from inside the coffin.
He opened it up.

Still lying there peacefully, the father looked up at his son. “I know you are going to throw me over the cliff, but before you do, may I suggest something?”

“What is it?” replied the son.

“Throw me over the cliff, if you like,” said the father, “but save this good wooden coffin… Your children might need to use it.”

teekane

HQ got mi a pack of teekane peppermint which i opened tdy

i rememberly vaguely tat i liked it a lot the last time i tried but i couldn’t rem wat was the x factor exactly

i experienced the robust and full peppermint flavour in the lingering aftertaste once again tdy

and the delicious and spirits lifting rich aroma of peppermint is a treat in itself

tink mi been having a stint of avg peppermint tea tat i forgot how a good peppermint tea is

absence makes the heart fonder

both in context of missing karen and another constant

when something is always there, it’s taken for granted

YY’s spelling

bunch of keys

magnetic

iron bolts

magnet

paper clips

pockets

anything

everyone

skateboard

wires

bowling

after a false start on fri nite at tampines safra and textile centre which ended wif a durian eating trip at geylang, we finally made it bowling at mt faber safra

tis place is not as crowded as tampines which is always always full and though i was 4th on the waiting list, i was told i haf a long long wait ahead

and nw tat joc has pointed out the way there to mi, i can make it there & back easily wifout getting lost 

a second lease of life

for my camera!

i thot it die-ed when i can’t take picts at all

den i decided to test out the new 1 GB m2 card i got in shg

to my astonishment, i could take picts!

so it looks like the prob lies wif my 2 GB card

i switched cards again and i can still take picts.   keeping my fingers crossed tat watever was wrong wif the camera and cards have worked out nw.   both cards r sandisk lor

三只小猪的故事

YY is 藤条猪

QQ is 大肥猪

LL is 笨蛋猪

yellow is in!

conclusion from shopping in shg and reading mina the jap mag, yellow is the IN colour tis season

good thing i got a yellow cardi and a yellow top from shg

and i got yellow nail polish tdy juz to top things off

jie mei men, rem to haf at least one yellow item on u tis season!

裹足不前

once u miss the moment, u may nbr get another chance

i ponder and i hesitate and i hope i won’t b disappointed

if it’s meant to b, it will still be

i duno wat took mi so long.  there r long periods of absence yet nuthing seems to haf changed

if marie is ard, she’ll tell mi to stop wasting time

世界第一等

one of my fav

世界第一等
曲:伍佰词:李安修 陈富荣
人生的风景亲像大海的风涌
有时猛有时平亲爱朋友你着小心
人生的环境乞食嘛会出头天
莫怨天莫尤人命顺命歹拢是一生
一杯酒两角银三不五时嘛来凑阵
若要讲博感情我是世界第一等
是缘份是注定好汉剖腹来叁见
呒惊风呒惊涌有情有义好兄弟
短短仔的光阴迫逍着少年时
求名利无了时千金难买好人生

YY’s spelling

candle

Chinese Opera

cloaks

curtain

drum

gong

mosquito net

stage

sword

warlords

hungry hungry hippo!

mi is starving!   cannot eat coz i brushed teeth liao

better sleep soon before i faint from hunger

i was wondering y i’m so hungry.  den i realised my dinner was onli one sandwich, 2 mid joint wings and a popiah

no rice!  no wonder i’m so hungry!

petrol petrol

caltex was the first to increase petrol prices 2 wks back on the day ivy gave a treat at SSC

in lightly less den 2 wks, petrol prices r going up again according to mon’s news

the next time i get a wish bone, i will wish for cheap petrol

when will we get a solar powered vehicle??! 

big shoes to fill

i m critical of myself and set high standards for myself

when i was told tat i had big shoes to fill, i stepped up to the job

wat i forgot to tell him, is tat he has big shoes to fill too and he hasn’t filled them fully

let bygones b bygones?   i can forgive but i won’t forget

and i certainly won’t b a hypocrite even at tis juncture

equipment

工欲善其事必先利其器

my lappy has been acting up lately due to old age.   it would b fully depreciated by jun and i m looking fwd to a new lappy

i haben even been able to hibernate it for mths nw…it’s juz so painfully slow!

another lappy, newer den mine by 6 mths is getting replaced nw

i haf asked and was told tat i need to wait till jun

fond memories of how i always get the latest workstations yr over yr as my boss understands tat i need a fast machine to run queries r still fresh in my mind

there is a difference when the boss puts himself before staff

i need a fan!

i suffer everyday wif the high humidity in sg

and i m uncomfortably warm at my workstation all the time

i need a fan!  immediately!

if i dun get approval for a fan, my basic needs are not met, plain as day

travel mates

it’s strange how u can noe someone for so long and discover tat u can’t travel wif them

ok, i m being difficult and hard to get along wif

but my nerves r reli raw and i m quite irritated lor

it’s one thing to entertain & b entertained by a person for hours on end.   it’s another to endure days & nites on end

and all tis when i haf always considered myself easy to get along wif and i haf travelled wif so many groups of colleagues & friends

sharing beds & being subjected to tight living conditions while travelling is nuthing new to mi so i m surprised at myself too

traffic accidents

bro informed mi abt the horrific fatal traffic accident along loyang rd while on the way home from airport

den a colleague was also involved in a chain accident on sun

真的让我不寒而栗

drive safely & keep safe, my frens 

lydia sum

i din noe lydia sum passed away when i retn from brisbane coz it happened when i was away

i still didn’t realise it when i saw trailers of programs abt her on tv

it was onli a few days later the news covered her funeral tat i learnt abt it

and it was timely tat adam cheng is coming to sg coz his face was splashed on tv too and i could point out to mum tat he’s the heartless jerk & ex-hubby of lydia

seafood

YY declared tat he doesn’t take seafood except for shark’s fin & abalone…faint!

my DS, u haf exp taste!

i’m glad

tat mum likes the hangzhou pearls and wears them everyday

Yummy Lor Mee!

from army mkt, my fav!  i luv the fried lotus root

keith

a very sleepy keith who endured the foto taking wifout stirring, the fotos r from the visit some wks back

quote on marriage

from tis wk’s postsecret :

marriage to the wrong person is like having a cellmate, not a partner

no signature details

i juz hate it when ppl send emails wifout proper signature sign offs.   sometimes i juz wana gif the sender a quick ring but no details damn ma fan lor

facials and massages

did my facial tdy wif the shoulders & face massage.  nuthing like the massage in shg leh

the body massage was so so coz i prefer oil massage but at least no fabric burn

the foot massage was quite good in shg too.   i prefer chinese style foot massage to thai foot massage lor, especially after the wonderful foot massage at happy valley & the unmemorable foot massages in cambodia and thai.  the onli exception is the foot massage at HCMC but alas, i doubt i can sneak away for a massage wif the kiddos ard

and of course not to forget the enjoyable hair wash from 金稻田 tat karen brought us to.   10 yuan for 45 mins of hair wash plus complimentary shoulders massage.   and the 19 yo guy doing it was so pro tat i couldn’t believe it when he told mi he was juz 19 days on the job.   he is from 安徽 and juz came to shg 21 days ago

bad timing siff

wah…tis yr’s siff is reli bad timing for mi

from my initial selection of 8 movies, i had to omit 3 on 6th which is tkd grading day

den i realised tat “i juz didn’t do it” is sold out

and american zombie is on 12th which coincides wif “we will rock u”

so i was dwn to 3.  i decided to gif shadows a miss coz it’s a ghost film and i dun wana watch it alone…eeks so scary!

the onli consolation is i haf managed to book the tix for the 2 shows left….phew!

i got a new sistic password

i couldn’t use the forgot password option coz i can’t access my yahoo mail

in the end, i used my new sinamail to book and i was sent a new password !

yea!  i can book at sistic online again !

kerri

happy 2nd birthday to my little kerri on sun!

she came to fetch mi at the airport and was so excited and waved and waved when she spotted mi at the luggage belt

her linguistic capabilities increased by leaps and bounds since her trip.  she’s speaking in beli long sentences and can parrot everything she hears

her fav quote of the day is “[insert name of person], 你在做什么？”

beautiful estelle

i saw, i carried and i burped beautiful estelle!

her full and thick head of hair complete wif sideburns is simply amazing!

she wasn’t beli interested in mi, juz peeped at mi thru tiny slits of her eyes

Shortlisted films

Irina Palm
Sam Garbarski | Germany / Belgium / Luxembourg / UK / France | 2007 | 103 mins | M18

Desperate times call for desperate measures. When her beloved grandson Olly falls gravely ill, 50 year-old widow Maggie (Marianne Faithfull) finds herself ready to take on a job as a hostess (read: sex worker) to raise the necessary funds to send him to Australia for the needed medical treatment.

Miki (Miki Manojlovic) is the owner of Sexy World, a seedy bar huddled off the streets of Soho. Here, Maggie learns the art of giving first-class handjobs under the pseudonym of “Irina Palm” – male customers insert themselves through a hole in the wall (called the glory hole) and Maggie works from the other side of the wall, preserving, for some time, her anonymity. She soon becomes increasingly successful leading to pay raises and an increased self-esteem – this is the one thing, ironically, that she realises she is good at.

However, concealing her newfound source of income proves to be tricky and when her secret life is exposed, Maggie’s son (Olly’s father) refuses to accept her money. Emotional wrangling and more tragicomedy ensue; Sam Garbarski’s film presents a dramatic social commentary with light-hearted moments and much to chew on when the credits roll. This film was nominated for the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival.  

1000 Years of Good Prayers
Wayne Wang | USA | 2007 | 83 mins | PGMr. Shi (Henry O) plays a dignified and quiet widower living in Beijing. Upon learning that his daughter, Yilan (Faye Yu), is going through a divorce, Mr. Shi decides to travel to Spokane, Washington to visit her with the intention of staying with her and helping her to get over the ‘trauma of divorce’. However, it has been 12 years since they have last met, and Yilan feels his visit is most unwelcome – both in his attempts to rescue her marriage and to reconstruct her life. Feeling resentful of his presence, Yilan finds excuses to leave her father alone in her apartment, only seeing him for dinner when he cooks for her. Thrust out of his daughter’s life, Mr. Shi struggles to take in the strange culture of small-town Spokane. To calm himself, he begins to visit a local park, where he meets Madam (Vida Ghahremani), an older Iranian woman living with her son. Despite their language barrier, both lonely souls communicate with each other and a friendship is forged. Eventually, Mr. Shi’s attempts to communicate with Yilan come to fruition, and both are forced to confront and communicate the deep-buried issues between them. Through this film, Wang paints a vivid picture of the inability to communicate with one’s family members, and the feeling that the closest things can sometimes be the farthest away.

Shadows
Milcho Manchevski | Macedonia / Germany / Italy / Bulgaria / Spain | 2007 | 129 mins | TBA

“Sometimes the dead speak louder than the living”. This rings true for the protagonist, young doctor Lazare Perkov (Borce Nacev), after he survives a near-fatal car accident one rainy night. Following his miraculous escape, he encounters a series of strange people: a man (Salaetin Bilal) with blood seeping from his shoes who is carrying a wailing baby, an old crone speaking a forgotten dialect (Ratka Radmanovic) and a beautiful young woman with a sad secret (Vesna Stanojevska). These tormented souls carry a mysterious message that Lazare must find the meaning to: “Return what’s not yours. Have respect.” That Lazare can see dead people is the catalyst for his awakening from someone who is always trying to live up to the expectations of others to an active protagonist who relishes his feeling of being alive.

This is the long-awaited third feature by director Milcho Manchevski, whose Before the Rain won over 30 awards, including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1994. Aided by the mesmerizing cinematography of Fabio Cianchetti, who has worked with Bernardo Bertolucci and Roberto Benigni, Shadows takes us on a hypnotic journey into the heart of our fundamental needs and emotions, with no easy solutions.

Shadows represents Macedonia as its official submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).

Man From London, The
Béla Tarr | Hungary / Germany / France | 2007 | 135 mins | PG

A creak of metal, a murder, a splash, a suitcase.

In the lush black and white world of our protagonist Maloin, the movie begins. A switchman at a seaside railway station, Maloin leads a simple life at the intersection between land and sea. He mediates comfortably between his disintegrating life and his job until this fateful night, when he is summoned by fate to witness a death.

Shades of gray seep into his life as Maloin struggles with his conscience – he comes face to face with issues of morality, sin, punishment. The line between innocence and complicity in a crime leads him to the ontological question of the meaning and worth of existence.

Based on a crime novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, The Man from London is Hungarian film director Béla Tarr’s latest film. The 12-minute long opening take is a masterpiece in itself – it prepares the audience as they get woven into the quagmire of events to come.

Featuring an international cast, including award-winning actress Tilda Swinton, this aesthetically brilliant noir-thriller promises to leave a hauntingly indelible impression on its viewer.

American Zombie
Grace Lee | USA | 2007 | 95 mins | TBA

Documentarian Grace Lee turns her camera on a community in Los Angeles that is getting zombified by a strange virus. In this droll mockumentary, she depicts a slice of the afterlife of this misunderstood subculture.

Grace appears as herself, the naturalistic documentarian. Her handheld camera follows four zombies, who look just like anyone else except for their decaying flesh. Joel, a zombie activist and founder of the Zombie Advocacy Group; Ivan, a convenience store clerk who aspires to be a writer; Judy, a customer-service rep who denies her zombiness to fit into mainstream society; and Lisa, a new-agey florist.

The burning question of the film is: Are there still flesh-eating zombies, even among the nice civilised ones? Or is that just a culturally insensitive myth? (The zombie activist denies it – “Are there flesh-eating humans?” he shoots back.) The film, an over-the-top satire of race relations, pursues this question to the bitter end.

I Just Didn’t Do It
Masayuki Suo | Japan | 2006 | 143 mins | TBA

The director of the original version of Shall We Dance, Masayuki Suo, continues to explore Japanese society’s more overlooked sectors. This time he focuses on Japan’s legal system, as viewed through the story of a man falsely accused of molesting a schoolgirl. The film explores what happens in an authoritarian judicial system when an individual struggles with the unchecked weight of state power.

Teppei Kaneko is a very typical young man, working part-time in Tokyo and trying to decide what he wants to do with his life. He is on his way to his first job interview when he is accused of groping a young schoolgirl on the train. Despite his plea of innocence, the police are only interested in coercing a quick confession and closing the books. Before he knows it, he is plunged into an insane world of Japan’s legal bureaucracy.

Being held in custody is a frustrating, brutalizing and lonely experience for Teppei. The prosecutor ignores his explanations of innocence and he’s summarily arraigned for trail.

In Japan, the promotion of judges depends on the speed with which they deal with their caseloads, resulting in a 99.9% guilty rate. Lacking trial by jury, unlike most modern democracies, presumption of guilt is reality in all but name.

Despite these odds, Teppei is driven by the purity of his belief that innocence will save him and he secures the services of veteran defense counsel, Mr. Arakawa (played by Koji Yakusho) and greenhorn assistant defense attorney, Ms. Sudo. He experiences the frustration and loneliness of being held in custody while his mother and slacker best friend, Tatsu, attempt to organise an alliance to free him. It’s a race between them and the noose of “justice” to gain control of Teppei’s fate.

Histeria
James Lee | Malaysia | 2007 | 90 mins | M18

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE

Histeria is a horror film about six female students attending a supposedly haunted school. As part of a prank, they pretend to be hysterical and are so convincing that the school calls in a witch doctor to “cure” them. However, they soon find themselves faced with some truly mysterious occurrences and a series of grisly deaths that could either be caused by supernatural forces or by one of the girls themselves. Histeria is the first of the new Malaysian independent films to be shot on 35mm.

Rebel, The
Charlie Nguyen | Vietnam | 2007 | 103 mins | NC16

Set in Vietnam in 1922, when the country was under French colonial rule, The Rebel details the anti-French rebellion by peasants. To retaliate, the French sends Vietnamese secret agents to track and destroy the rebels. One agent is Le Van Cuong. Although marked with a perfect track record, Cuong’s inner conscience is troubled by the sea of Vietnamese blood he has spilled. Following an assassination of a high ranking French official, Cuong is assigned to kill the leader of the resistance. Cuong meets Vo Thanh Thuy, a relentless revolutionary fighter and the daughter of the rebel leader. She is captured and imprisoned by Cuong’s cruel superior, Sy. Cuong suspects that Sy knew about the attack on the French official before it happened, and could have prevented it. Suspicious, he warns Thuy that her organization has a mole, helps to break her out of prison and becomes a fugitive himself. Her fiery patriotism inspires Cuong, and he develops feelings for the young woman as well. Meanwhile, Sy is tracking Cuong and Thuy, knowing the pair will lead him to Thuy’s father.

The Rebel was a big local hit in Vietnam and it also won the Best Audience Choice Award at the Vietnamese International Film Festival (ViFF), 2007. It is also the most expensive Vietnamese film to date. It also played at the 2007 Bangkok International Film Festival, the Austin Film Festival and the Hawaii International Film Festival.The Rebel received the Grand Jury Award at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, 2007.

SIFF 2008

shit!  forgot all abt SIFF!  shall get all the tickets tonite…hopefully still got tix

bad 豆花！

so disappointed wif the 豆花 last nite at selegie’s rochor beancurd

i asked for hot but it was all pre-packed and onli lukewarm.  the most unforgiving part is the beancurd was not as smooth as usual.  wat a huge letdown to a loyal customer like myself!

the rochor beancurd at lor 39 is still the best, the hot beancurd is onli scooped out when orders are placed and the beancurd is always served piping hot and wonderfully smooth.

life is too short to be eating bad 豆花！

shanghai

was watching 话说长江 and this episode was abt shanghai which is apt while the impression of shanghai is still fresh upon my mind.

i duno if the series is abt shanghai coz tis is the first time i watched it

surprisingly, it wasn’t heavy stuff and beli interesting.  it explained the history of car making, watch making and the decision behind the restoration of shikumen buildings tat became 新天地 today.

they oso briefly mentioned the maglev and train system.  the train system (mrt equivalent) is so much more advanced and comprehensive den sg!  they haf a truly integrated system within shanghai for train, buses & even taxis

and the maglev is simply unique in the world.  i didn’t get a ride on tis coz i had cabs booked both ways.  anyway, the route is still beli short.  tink the next time i go, the maglev will haf a longer route

crashing out

feeling the fatigue creeping up on mi…gonna crash nw

take a leap of faith

finally caught the show!   wanted to watch after seeing the trailer

nice, in a predictable sorta way.  but the idea of using feb 29 to illustrate the passing of time & ‘the promise’ of love is cool

definitely a chick flick

我回来了！

On hols

wet weather in sg

it’s been raining for days and finally halted tonite

was contemplating whether to wear my boots tdy and decided against it as i was feeling warm

and i was rite, it got quite humid & warm in the afternoon despite the rain

bubur hitam

the bubur hitam wif ice cream from long beach….comes wif dry ice effect

herbal jelly

yummy herbal jelly from KL.  i can eat a large bowl by myself

Indoors camping

we got tis tent from ikea a while back. finally got ard to fixing it one day & omg! it is impressive!

both kiddos can fit in easily and assembly was fairly easy.

the kiddos got so excited tat they wanted to sleep in it & QQ did, for 1 nite.  i positioned the fan’s wind to blow rite into the tent

the tent was up for a couple of wks till mum complained abt having to get into the tent to clear it

OEM

Original equipment manufacturer, or OEM, is a term that refers to containment-based re-branding, namely where one company uses a component of another company within its product, or sells the product of another company under its own brand. OEM refers to the company that originally manufactured the product.

as expected, china has some of the largest OEM companies in the world for numerous products and even YY knows tat most things are ‘Made in China’

MySavings Account

was at post bank counter tdy and the cashier recommended tis account

i like the idea of fixed amt ‘forced’ savings.  the limited access to the funds is a good measure to reduce the temptations of using the savings

SAYE had a life span of 2 yrs, tis acct is perpetual, way cool !

i opened 3 accts at one shot coz i wana split my savings into travel funds & one each for YY & QQ.   putting a little aside beats not having any savings

MYSAVINGS ACCOUNT
(Interest rate is based on the Monthly Savings Amount)
FOR MONTHLY SAVINGS AMOUNT
 
$50 – $290  0.4500 
$300 – $790  1.0000 
$800 – $1,490  1.2000 
$1,500 – $3,000  1.5000 

Love Changes Everything

heard tis on the radio tis morning and it brightened up my day! 

Climie Fisher

Love Changes Everything

I was only seventeen when she looked at me that way
Seems like yesterday
I was only foolin’ ’round but she stole my heart away
I’ve never been the same

I felt the strangest feeling like a raging fire it burned
She left I cried for weeks and
I can’t forget her or the lesson that I learned

Love changes, changes everything
Love makes you fly it can break your wings
Love changes, changes everything
Love makes the rules from fools to kings
Love changes, love changes everything

Then the years went rollin’ by
I grew up and moved away
Had to earn my pay
Found another lover then
But my heart is sad to say
It only ended up the same way

And I wondered was I destined to spend my life alone
Oh girl you answered my question
This time it’s working you’ve given me new hope

Love changes, changes everything
Love makes you fly it can break your wings
Love changes, changes everything
Love makes the rules from fools to kings
Love changes, love changes everything

I’ve seen the way love shakes ya makes ya break ya
It’s got a power of it’s own

Love changes, changes everything
Love makes you fly it can break your wings
Love changes, changes everything
Love makes the rules from fools to kings
Love changes, love changes everything

Grow Milk

YY took back some samples of Grow milk from school and the plastic bag as a pict of the mascots

QQ pointed out “I’m the girl, Gor Gor is the boy, mummy is the giraffe!”

Kiddos @ Mac

QQ on CNY

QQ on first day of CNY

5 bedder

the super king size 5 bedder we had in the highlands

cashcard crisis

my cashcard started beeping & the UI flashed ‘err’ after i went into CBD tdy

i was wondering wat the hell is wrong wif my cashcard

after parking, i went to a cashcard top up terminal to check & it informed mi my cash card has expired !

the onli date on the cashcard is 03/03 & obviously i didn’t noe cashcards haf limited lifespan of 5 yrs

the cashcards at the nearest 7-11 was sold out so i walked all the way to telok ayer st to get a new cashcard.   i had no choice coz i couldn’t get out of the carpark wifout a cashcard

the new cashcard states the expiry date 03/2012.  well, till den

mas selamat

we were watching the news last nite abt mas selamat still being at large

mum started telling YY tat if he sees m.s, he mustn’t act overly excited & let m.s noe he has been spotted

instead he should walk away (not too quick else m.s’ suspicions r aroused!) & call the police when he is sure tat he has got himself far away to safety

tis sounds almost like a joke but when u gif the matter second thots, it’s impt tat kiddos noe how to react if they do spot m.s

the last thing anyone wants to see is kiddos being kidnapped or silenced by a desparate m.s

egg porridge

one of my fav comfort food tat mum makes and a convenient one dish meal

the recipe is simple enuff, juz add egg to porridge while cooking….nice!

my beautiful notebook

i was sick of the cover of my notebook and i still haf half a book to go which means tat it’ll last mi at least another yr

i decided to revamp my notebook wif the festive paperbag from crabtree

isn’t my notebook simply beautiful ?   nw, i luv looking at my notebook!   having pretty things lifts my spirits considerably!

QQ wif flowers

QQ wif mum’s beloved flowers over CNY

on morbidness, grief & kiddos

ok, i haf been quite dark & morbid this wk due to everything tat happened

it’s time to move on and children gif us a real insight into 大智慧 by viewing things simply

according to YY, fri was both a sad & happy day

we r sad to see uncle leave but we r happy as he feels no pain at last

and children r the best reminders tat life muz go on.  
the kiddos asked for mac on fri nite & i was happy to oblige to take our minds off the sad happenings.  the constant attention they demand means tat mum has little time to dwell on her grief which can b a real life saver

YY told mi to stop crying hrs after dad’s passing.  the reason as he puts it simply is, u cried a lot oredi…i tink he was trying to say “move on, mum!”

the kiddos were singing CNY songs in the car & fighting & quarrelling as usual while we collected uncle’s ashes and were on our way to holland

i feel tat it’s a good thing for kiddos to b exposed to everything associated wif death so they dun feel tat it’s morbid.   my original intent is to educate the kiddos but the tables haf been turned and i tink we should look to the kiddos to learn how to cope well and move on

death need not b morbid.  it’s juz part of life cycle and if there’s anything one can b absolutely sure of, it’s their eventual departure from tis world.

conscience

we dun do things juz for ppl to see

watever we do, we need to b able to account to ourselves

if u can live wif your conscience & u can eat & sleep on fri nite wifout a hint of guilt, den good for u

i told mum tat sometimes, u onli get one chance to do things rite.   once u miss it, u r depriving urself of the opportunity

it’s not abt how ppl see us or our actions

ultimately it’s between urself and the deceased.  u dun owe us any explanation.  u haf to face him urself one day and tat day may come earlier den u can imagine

qian

i experienced how ‘qian’ things can b, over tis past 3 days

i wana quickly list dwn the events to recap later nw

• the missed calls to my home tat were claimed….i picked up so many calls on fri nite and sat morn.   i was even awakened by a call on sat morn and i answered after 1 ring which is my SLA…the fone is rite in my room
• the wasted trip on sat.   auntie was dwnstairs wif 3 huge bags of clothing since early morning and waited near the life landing for more den half an hr
  i dun wana propagate superstitions but how could they haf missed each other?
• making it to the crematorium in time on sun morn though we were late in setting off and i got worried abt being late
• i had such a strong hunch tat after the events on fri & sat, my auntie & cousin would again not b able to make it coz uncle most prob meant it tis way
  and I WAS RITE!   omg, tis is so uncanny (intented wifout any element of spookiness)
• the new route i took.  being mi, i took a super long route on sat tat circled half of sg from SLE–>TPE–>PIE to get from mandai to holland.  the main reason i took the long route is to avoid getting lost on the ‘old’ minor roads
  i decided to try a new route by SLE–>BKE–>PIE and goodness,  the journey was so smooth!  i was able to make all the correct turns juz by a hunch.  it was as if i was guided.  i felt tat it was effortless while driving.  and most of the lights were in our flavour.
  and i will b the first to admit tat i do get lost and make lotsa detours & u-turns when i m not familiar wif the route
• last but not least,  4D

being true

i refuse to 装疯卖傻 even if tat’s to my disadvantage

but i hate being pretentious and i dun believe tat juz acting blur can help u forever

i was surprised to hear the comments abt B after A spent such a short span of time wif her

tis can onli mean tat for those who r sharp, they can see thru all the fluff easily and noe tat B is juz acting immature.   mayb it’s a woman’s instinct

ctrip

great site for booking hotels and airfares in china, recommended by HQ’s fren

earth shaking

earthquake again on mon 25th feb

and tis time, it was described as beli bad in the office coz of the duration

seems tat ever since the first shaking on 6th mar last yr, my office shakes every time there’s an earthquake.   scary sia1

mapbar

my fav site for china maps 
http://www.mapbar.com

tis site is so so cool !   loads super fast, better den google maps & so detailed

MX lingerie

highly recommended by marie coz of the super soft material

i got a set in hk and it’s reli one of the most comfortable brands i haf wore

hoping to see a wider range in SHG for meritlux

青蛙的叶子的花

QQ claims tat she saw “青蛙的叶子的花”

i wonder if she was referring to lotus

thomson reuters takeover

is expected to close 17th Apr

rose fragrances

more on the rose scent which can go wrong so easily.   it’s reli hard to get a good rose scent together

rykiel rose – eeks, strong weird smell
crabtree & evelyn – so so
body shop – the recent range doesn’t impress.  the discontinued range containing green tea is simply WOW!
miso pretty – nice but not lasting, wif peony scent
yves rocher – rose absolue has a hint of peony but is not as nice/strong as miso pretty
versace baby rose – i onli got the blue jeans coz i preferred tat to the red.  but it’s been so long, i dun rem wat baby rose smells like

paul smith is eau de parfum lor and got green tea somemore, must buy!

strength

there is strength in numbers, as exhibited when jay-walking

there is strength when comfort is sought from others in similar circumstances. 
though strangers to begin wif, in such a short span of time, the family of patients rallied together.  they gave comfort and strength to one another to see themselves through tis difficult time.  the bond is formed instanteously through a common love for their closed ones in similar plight

谁人无死

走得安详是幸福。

go in peace