{Photos}

Because i'm too bleedin' tired to email them off to ya'll. Plus i don't know all your email addresses either. And anyways some of you wanted me to post them up so here they are. I've tried not to resize them too much, but if you still want the original photo just email me to lemme know yeh.

Meanwhile whoever wants tickets to AEWF please lemme know asap. Ticket orders through us members stops this coming sat. Afterwhich you've gotta buy 'em via sistic. Yes?

{A Very Biased Live-ish Commentary}

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

f. u. c. k. f. u. c. k. f. u. c. k.

FARRRRRRK FAARRRRRK FARRRRRRK

I STAY UP ALL THE WAY TILL 2.45AM AND FOR WHAT?! TO SEE A FAT, PUDGY ARSE NAMED RONALDO SCORE IN THE 11TH MINUTE.

OOOOOH I'M PISSSSED.

WHAT IS UP WITH MANCHESTER UNITED'S DEFENSE!?!?! EH?! 'tis NON-EXISTANT!


i'm sure there'll be more from me later. auuugh.

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and then there's me hollering "GOOOOOAAAAAALLLL!!!!!" at the 43rd minute!
That's MUCH, MUCH BETTER.

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ok.

f.u.c.k.

again.

what is bloody wrong with the defense eh?

Real clears and clear and clears the ball-- united are content in seeing the ball being passed around and around and around their penalty area without doing anything about it.

fantastic. not! urrrgh.

i think i'm going to sleep now.

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OMG OMG OMG!!!!!
The moment I want to sleep, real scores an OWN GOAL!!! WTF. HAHAHAHAHAHA

So i'm not going to sleep YET.

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Can i just say.

I BLOODY HATE RONALDO.

Fuckin' man.

URRGH.

And why doesn't Real bring on MORIENTES! He's such a poor chap. Man U needs strikers? Buy him! After all, Real doesn't seem to want him around with bloody ronaldo on the team. Gaaah. See? More reasons to dislike the brazilian. Hurhur.

Dammit. Football brings out the worst in me. Ha! I don't think i've ever sworn on the blog before but look at me now. I'm a hooligan at heart, so now you know.

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I can't believe there's been 6 goals scored! This is unbelievable. Man U keeeeeeeps trying. That's just way commendable. So whether they win or lose, i'm happy that they've tried (haha). Well. But nonetheless I'm still hoping for a miracle to happen-- about 15 minutes left. Eeeks!

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ANOTHER GOAL!!!!!! WOOOOH!!!!
4-3 to united! Amazing. Amazing.

JUST ONE MORE. We need just ONE more.

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Ah well. It was a fantastic match to watch. Though based on statistics alone (united: shots on goal 13 vs real's 5), we should've at least gotten one more goal to even out the aggregate! Urrgh. No matter. There's always next season.

{Fine Dining in Every Sense of the Word + A Whole New Look}

Buku Nero is an amazing restaurant. The food is simply exquisite, divine, amazing, fabulous.. I could go on, but i won't. The teeny tiny cozy yet elegant restaurant was one of 3 finalists at this year's World Gourmet Summit's Christofle New Restaurant of the Year category. Yes. Woo. The best thing is, despite the fandabi-double-triple-dozi dishes served there, it isn't over priced and the service is commendable. And of course there's Aaron to say grazie molto, molto, and gracias muy, mucho, de nuevo (you get the drift haha) to, because i'd never have ever had the pleasure of eating at this lovely little place if not for him! Hur. Next time, its my treat at Hyatt's buffet lunch right.





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Is the template not lovely lovely lovely? Courtesy of my super-dooper-wooper (haha) rawk star! She is multi-talented woman, i swear. Hur.

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Work with chintau was rather entertaining. Been given ghastly new things to do again, long tedious stuff. Methinks the lawyers have this sadistic streak in them, because i invariably end up with the worst kinda things to work on. Nasty. But that aside, it is nice to have a friend to work with. So all is fairly good. Let's hope it stays that way.

{Aaron's PRO Site + Cynic in da House}

AARON'S PAGE IS VERY NICE. Do click on the linky, please.

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Time sure whizzes by-- i start work proper once again on tuesday, but well, it should be better this time because there'll be CHIN TAU joining me at the law firm. haha. Though I can't simply cannot imagine him as a fellow colleague. Ho. (no offense ah)

And then miewlee leaves this friday! That's tragic news of epic proportions (ha)! All me friends are leaving-- the guys are going (or have already gone) to tekong (hur) and the girls are flying off all over the place. Despite all the technological advancements, nothing beats seeing a friend face to face and just spending some quality time with 'em. Icq and other such messenger thingys are all just very, very poor substitutes-- was talking to ry, spence, imms, sophs and iain on icq just now and i inexplicably felt this private pang of loneliness. Maybe its because they're miles and miles and miles away, or maybe its because i've suddenly come to the realization that if i do end up in ozzie-land for university, i'm not going to be able to see these fandabidozi bunch of people for a long, long time to come. Eventually we'll all move on with our lives, and at the very most we'll send out cards to each other during christmas/new year, send off the occasional email etc etc, and ever so gradually we'll drift further and further apart. It makes me sad, just thinking about it. :( I've been a very lucky child, because at least my mates from the uk are still my mates through and through despite all these years. But can it and will it last another 5-8 years? And who can tell what's to happen with the friends that i've made over here?

Maybe I'm just tired. Things will seem much better in the morning, i'm sure. Doubly so, if i get to sleep till 10+ am again. Hur!

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Oh the wonders of a pacnet server! Thanks a whole lot aaron, for the webspace. Thoroughly enjoyed myself at dinner with them folks in the photo. Am still very full though. Gee.

{Musings and Such}

Super fun (think maritess) to hang out with me rawk star once again-- and we spent an insane amount of dosh on little strips of cloth. Unholy.

CCA's restarted, finally. Thank goodness for that, because that means money's flowing into me coffers once again! Ole ole! Maundy thursday service was fantastic-- our guest speaker was brilliant.

Good friday was good (hah. literally)-- had an entertaining morning/early afternoon w die Rechtsanwälte. I really like being driven around by them (+ the treats i get. ooh la la), i tell you. The afternoon was spent at may's church friend's house for a supposed easter programme thingy but i ended up watching a couple of funneh funneh dvds instead. Smashing, eh? Hur. Then dinner w aaron, alvin, leo and then donald who popped by for a bit. Alvin really shouldn't be so paranoid over his hair (or lack thereof)-- he looks better than i expected. HA!

Some chaps i know were posted to ocs. That was rather shocking, because these are like the last people i'd ever have expected to make it there! HRM. Do they deserve to be innit? I dunno. Maybe. Are there other more deserving people who should be in ocs, but aren't? Oh yes indeed. Which makes me wonder how they got in in the first place. Lots of ass-kissing? Judging by what i know of most of them, i'd say yes. Which just goes to show-- the biggest ass-kissers in life do get far. I've seen it happen over, and over, and over (ad nausem) again. Some have a multitude of other talents, which sort of justify them getting the good stuff, but some of them are singularly talentless people, and it irks me to no end when i see them doing so well-- only because they know how to suck up. Isn't that lovely folks?

But then again, that's just life. And life can be exceedingly unfair sometimes eh?

{Gluttony IS an Issue}

I really shouldn't be eating so damn much. (ref to previous post's enneagram results. HAHA.)

Had 'zi ca' dinner with the alumni after rehearsal yesterday evening-- afterwhich i went home to freshen up a bit before heading out for drinks at m's house with the other lawyers. I probably consumed 2 whole packs of sea-salted almonds + about a million of those Carr crackers with the lovely camembert he served. For the first time in a long time, i actually had an intellectual conversation with a whole group of people-- what a refreshing change from the dullness of being at home alone. Not to mention my absolute joy at finally getting back at ty for all his attacks on man utd. *insert biiigbiiig evil smirk or other appropriate expression here* The very, very, very convincing 6-2 annihilation of the toon army definitely was the highlight of my evening. But then again, seeing the supremely dark looks aimed at me from 4 rather grumpy (and highly anti-united) men made my celebrations far more discreet than usual. Hur. And i was chauffeured home in a nice cushy car (because was far too late to locate nearest bus-stop probably 10 miles away in an estate so foreign to me), so all in all i had a lovely saturday evening.

And then today (technically yesterday now since its after 12am)! Wowee. Was invited for a church friend's house-warming party. And this chap does wholesales seafood to various fancy-schmanzy restaurants around the island, so basically we were treated to an amazing amount of deeeelish seafood. The adults had a steamboat/hotpot, while we young 'uns had a fandabi-double-dozi barbeque in the garden. Rack of lamb + beef (marinated by Les Amis no less!!!!), tiger prawns, lobster, stingray, chicken wings (the staple food item in every singaporean's bbq eh), squid, mussels, cheesey-prawns... i could go on and on and on but well. And then desert! Chocolate mousse, tarts, tiramisu, all topped with the most divine belgian chocolate Häagen-Dazs ice cream. Gee. That's heaven on earth for me, right there! Naturally i stuffed myself silly. I think shaun, ame and sarah + the rest of the folks did too.

I approach the weighing scales with trepidation.

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And a big HULLLOOOOOO to me rawk star, who's back in sunny (or rainy, as of late) 'ole singapore. Hope that eye of yours gets better soon, eh.

Also. As you have probably noticed by now-- i've attempted to change the layout of the blog a little so as to make it more 1024x768 friendly. I'm fed up of seeing a teeny tiiny blog all squished into the upper left hand corner of my screen! So you know what resolution to view it at, folks.

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Yes, since we're on the topic of gorging one's self-- dinner at kimmy wimmy's with may and feli! In other words, the female comm of '02. It was so much fun hanging out with them once again-- its been something the 4 of us haven't had the pleasure of doing since our choir term ended last year. A huge thankew to kim (if you get to read this, that is) for the fandabidozi steamboat + our walnut brownies and rocky road ice cream! It was yummmmy.

{Psychological Mind-Bender}

I think, maybe, not only am i a closet antisocial, i might just be a closet schizo as well. Why? Here's why.



See it says here i'm a type 8 & 9 right? Well, on emode, i was a type 4 then a type 2 the 2nd time i did it a few months later, on some other enneagram test site i scored consistant highs for type 6 & 5, and then for the basic version of this enneagram test (the above site offers the basic test too, fewer questions tho) i think i was a 2. So what am i, really?!

Ah well. Hur. Well at least now i definitely know what i'm NOT.




Ooh. Aaron's type. heh. Dude, d'you think its accurate? I think most of it is pretty true of you, in a good way. But what's with the liking school bit, eh!

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Ahhhh. Now this might explain my schizo enneagram test results:
What is Omni type?

I invented the Omni type to account for people who don't have a stand out mean type. As they are balanced in all nine behaviors, the 1-9 type descriptions don't generally apply to them.

This ain't gonna make any sense if you don't try the test (suffice to say i'm pretty darned close to the omni type), so go on. Try it!

{Assuagement}

The SARS induced worriment around the house is much less evident today-- again, thank God for His continued protection over my parents.

The mum knows i've been stewing at home a little too much recently so she consented (with a little protest) to letting me do lunch with Puja today. Food was rather uninspiring, but the shopping afterwards certainly was! Puj, spirits (and spending power) buoyed by the $600 ++ recently deposited in her account, proved herself to be a rather prolific shopper as she bought stuff (really, really nice stuff too) at almost every shop we hit! Woo. Heh. I, on the otherhand, excercised much restraint and bought this one divine halter-top from Zara for quite a bargain (ie: under $25). I'm generally not too fond of buying casual, non-work stuff from zara/mango etc because i find the prices have been escalating to unreasonable highs as of late-- and also because a good 90% of singapore's female population are zara/mango-aholics, so the chances of spotting some chick on the streets wearing the exact same outfit as you is pretty damned high. (its happened to a sorry friend of mine before-- can you imagine the horror of seeing a stranger on the mrt wearing the EXACT same combination of clothes as yourself?! HAAAHAAA!!!) Another strange thing about zara: i'm not sure if its just been my luck, but on the rare occasion that i see something that i like, they don't seem to make that particular item in small. The smallest size available is medium, and usually their medium cuts are a little too big for me. I find it very strange, because since the average asian female wears a size 8 (not me, though, heh, but that's alright. i think. HUR! jokes), these pretty tops must be huuuuge on them. So why don't they make 'em in small, dammit! But anyhow-- it was rather funneh because i was eyeing the top as this woman was like caressing it (inside i was screaming "YIIEEECH! Stop that woman!") and it was the last piece. So, like a hungry vulture, i just stood around that area, circling and keeping a watchful eye on the woman + top. So i was obviously very, very happy when she decided to stop luxuriating in the feel of it and put it down. Not wanting to seem overly anxious to get at it, i like took my time to pick up the top-- but THANKFULLY despite my dawdlings i reached it in time, because just as i leaned over to pick it up, i saw like this hand at the corner of my eye quickly withdrawing. HA! Obviously these 2 other teenagers were eyeing it too. I got the evil eye from one of them as i walked off to try it on. Hur. Puja and i were highly amused.

Because i've been so bored recently, i've been reading stuff like Desmond Morris' Animal Watching and this book all about the history of the humble spud, the potato. The title of the book is aptly named Potato, just in case any of you were wondering. Ha. Anyhow, i found this piece of information rather amusing, to say the least. Here's an excerpt from Animal Watching regarding facial expressions in animals:

Airplane Ears
Some animals can be observed with their ears flopped out sideways from the head, with the openings of the ears facing downwards. [.........] Both dogs and horses emply this ear posture [...] during sexual encounters to say, 'I am not going to assert myself. You can approach me without frear of attack.' [......] Occasionally though, it can be misleading. Sometimes a female feels sexual enough to give the Airplane Ears signal to an approaching male, but then, when he comes close, she has second thoughts and repels him. When this happends to a [...] dog he shows signs of intense bewilderment and confusion [...] not knowing what to do next. As he leaves the female calms down, feels sexy again (Hahaha! this all sounds so unscientific, eh. the terms he uses. funneh), and once more droops her ears in the airplane-wings position. As soon as he sees this, the male [...] comes close a 2nd time. Again, the femaile suddenly feels threatened and bites the unfortunate male, who squeals and bounds away, even more confused. To a casual human observer this looks remarkably like deliberate deceit on the part of the female and helps to explain the origin of the word 'BITCHY'.

Woooh. Ho. So now you know, folks.

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I am officially declaring WAR on ty! That fellow is plain nasssty. *grinds teeth* When liverpool loses 4-0 to united, i keep my itchy fingers from sending him any smses regarding how lowly i think of his beloved team. And when united loses to real, he instantly messages me to mock me. And this is probably the zillionth time he's doing it! Bleeeeedin' lawyer! URRGH. Hahahaha. He is one, dead, man. He wants a picnic?! Harh! I think he needs to think twice now, if i'm going to be the one preparing the food. Hohoho.

{SAR(s)-riously Unfunny Business, Part II}

Because i like Scrubs, and because it also serves as my mini tribute (heh) to all the medical staff workers here (and elsewhere in the world)-- thus the change of picture.

Dad attended some medical meeting this morning regarding what else? Again, bad news, news that i am not at liberty to disclose (hurhur that sounds so contrived eh?!). Which once again proves my point that the SARS situation is not something to be taken lightly.

And me mum saw a patient suspected of having SARS today. (mum's received word fr ttsh that despite this patient's sars-esque symptoms, he/she's actually only got pneumonia alone and not sars. whew! what a relief, i say.) I worry not for my own health, but for my parents, and all the other people who've gotta be in close contact with those who are ill. =( But i suppose we've just all got to trust in God, and have the faith that He will bring us through this difficult period safely. Just like all the men (and women) who are fighting the war in iraq right now, these people are frontliners of a different sort-- so whisper a prayer for all of them whenever you can.

{"I'm Just Bored Today"-- quoth Simon Cowell}


~Find Your Beauty Aura~


You are Chanel!


What (non drugstore) Makeup Brand Are You?
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YOU EAT PEOPLE!!!


what's YOUR deepest secret?
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WTF man. HA. oof. Somehow i don't think i'm gonna be having that many gatherings at my place in the near future. Hur.


completely fucked!


what fucked version of hello kittie are you?
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It just gets worse and worse, now doesn't it? maybe this might explain why i enjoy eating my friend steve (ref to abv quiz) so much. muahahhahahahaha -insert appropriate rocky horror music here-

{SAR(s)-riously Unfunny Business}

SARS is the thing everyone's talking about these days.

Its a nasty, nasty thing, it is. Its killed what, 6 people thus far and those hit by the bug has amassed about 100. That's the official number. With 2 doctors in the house though, you get to hear the many, many frightening little details that don't make it in the news-- so forgive me if i seem a little overwrought.

What amazes me though, is the fact that a lot of people think this whole 'epidemic' is a big joke. That it is really nothing to be worried about, at all. That its ludicrous that people with half a brain are getting antsy over it. Was watching the news some nights back and i was horrified at what some of the people interviewed on the streets had to say:

"Aiyah stay in house go out also nevermind one lah, the SARS want to find me will also find me one, boh pian lor" -- this coming from a strapping chap who brought his whole entourage of a family (including wee little tyke in a pram) out. Number 1: SARS does NOT 'find' you-- with you going out like that, its more likely that YOU'LL be finding 'it'. Number 2: So maybe you think you're not at risk because you're a fit young guy, but spare a thought for your baby at least?! Number 3: Can your english get any worse than that? (ha. okay. so maybe #3 is out of point, but i can't help it. pathetic english is my pet peeve)

"Err i think SARS is very scary lor, budden all my friends dun care so I also dun care lor. Neh-mind one, got my friends" -- Yeah, sure. The intellect/logic/reasoning of these students continue to amaze me day after day. If you think the bug is scary, stand your bloody ground and stay at home! There isn't a need to follow your friends blindly. (plus your english too, sucks very much) And another thing which annoys me- the schools are closed for a reason-- and a holiday it is not. So why are these clowns still milling around orchard, going to the beach etc etc? I have nothing against people going out-- it is extremely stifling to stay at home day after day, but some of these people choose to remain oblivious to the potential risks that they insist on taking when they go out every. single. day. Value your lives, children, please. Has everyone forgotten the old adage "prevention is better than cure" + "better safe than sorry" already?

Quite a few people have taken to wearing masks in public now. But it kills me to see people wearing it just for the sake of wearing it-- what is the point of that mask, when you go around touching it, adjusting it and then going on to rub your eyes or pick your nose (haha i SAW this w my own eyes) eh? All you're doing is transferring all those lovely ickle germs and whatnots (which are in great, great, great abundance on the mouthpiece because the filter system is trapping all of them there) into your body. And when you get sick the next day, you'll actually be surprised. Woah. Pay attention to the little details, folks. If you actually bother to listen/read all the articles regarding SARS, they actually do tell you to avoid touching all facial orifice(s). Sadly though, this seems to be kiasi-ism rearing its ugly head. Because everyone else is buying/wearing them, i must get one too! And once they get their masks, they don't bother finding out about the proper 'procedures' regarding how to protect themselves because they think the mask will work as a magical protector just so long as they keep it on! Chuh.

And shame on us all for shunning the medical workers (esp the nurses). While they risk their lives and work their arses off trying to save our friends and loved ones, what do we do? Instead of rallying behind them or displaying some semblance of gratitude towards them, we choose make them feel like they're carrying the bubonic plague or similar. Its just nasty. Nasty. The wonders of the human spirit, eh?

{Days of Faineance are Here Again}

PS7 is amazingly fun to play around with.

And so is this. Click it, and JOIN!
Is Gang Wars all over again. hahaha.

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Laughter truly is the best medicine-- with the horrors of war and SARS, it hasn't been too cheery around the house as of late (esp due to SARS. damn the bleedin' virus). So t'was a very, very goodly thing that Aaron, Leo, Alvin and May came over today. We watched Memento and then Dogma + a bit of the Bachelor (gawd that show sucketh so much). And of course we ate a whole lot, and talked + laughed uproariously (Alvin's slip of the tongue eh) even more. Gee. T'will be a sad day for me when all of the chaps enlist, indeed. Hur. Fun was the key word of the day, and it certainly beat the mind-numbing monotony i've been experiencing for the past week hands down! And before it slips my loopy mind (ha), here's a big thank you to Aaron for the LOVELY LOVELY CAKE!



Lunch tmr with May and Joel-- that should prove to be an interesting one indeed. Hur.