CHINESE NEW YEAR EVE
Its CNY eve today and I am at work...how sad right? But its ok lah, at least I got to leave early from work the whole week...which is better coz I din have the mood to work anyway. Now I am just hoping time will fly faster and I can knock off.
Plans after work, grab my lunch n rush home. Do a little packing in my room, just to chuck everything neatly aside. Then if my 2nd bro is in, we will play Maplestory together. If he is not, I will play on my own. Until Charmaine and the rest comes...then I probably have to stop coz mum will start nagging if I dun. No steamboat for this year's reunion dinner, just some homecooked food, nothing fanciful. Probably will have lots of fruits after dinner. Then game time continues, maybe we will play the computer chinese version of monopoly...hehe...its a cute game I bought previously. If not, then it will be mapling again for me n bro...hehe...But then, these are just my estimated plan lah, see how later lor. :)
Saturday, January 28, 2006
PRE-HOLIDAY MOOD
Have been in a sort of pre-holiday mood for the past few days. Everyday at work this week was like "Why do I have to come to work?". Couldnt really get my spirits up to do work n "super inefficient" is wat I will call myself of late. Plus, I guess I hv a lot on mind...which makes me more prone to daydreaming.
U know there are certain stages in life tat u start reflecting wat u did in the past? Analyze ur purpose n direction in life. Think of all the possibilities n dreams for the future. Well, guess I am at one of those stages now. Maybe its a new year thing...but it did not put happy tots in my mind. Although I hv a general idea of my life direction, I have no solid plans nor determination to put everything into action. Guess there is a little coward in all of us tat we dun wish to face up to challenges in life and just wana lead a simple unnoticed life. After much thinking, I am still without a conclusion. No choice but to handle watever comes along in my way. I believe life has a weird way of working out in the end, as long as u keep on believing and do not give up...tats how I pulled thru my years.
Have been in a sort of pre-holiday mood for the past few days. Everyday at work this week was like "Why do I have to come to work?". Couldnt really get my spirits up to do work n "super inefficient" is wat I will call myself of late. Plus, I guess I hv a lot on mind...which makes me more prone to daydreaming.
U know there are certain stages in life tat u start reflecting wat u did in the past? Analyze ur purpose n direction in life. Think of all the possibilities n dreams for the future. Well, guess I am at one of those stages now. Maybe its a new year thing...but it did not put happy tots in my mind. Although I hv a general idea of my life direction, I have no solid plans nor determination to put everything into action. Guess there is a little coward in all of us tat we dun wish to face up to challenges in life and just wana lead a simple unnoticed life. After much thinking, I am still without a conclusion. No choice but to handle watever comes along in my way. I believe life has a weird way of working out in the end, as long as u keep on believing and do not give up...tats how I pulled thru my years.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
DISTURBING THOUGHTS
Been thinking of late whether I have become too meddlesome, getting involved in other people's lives in the belief tat I am doing them good...but is it true tat I am helping them? How am I able to shed some light in their lives when I myself hv no headway of my own?
Been offered an opportunity to take up a perm post doing some coordination work recently. Took me the whole weekend to consider it as the pay is more attractive n it is a perm job. Then I considered my current contract job and my career direction, I am faced with a dilema. Do I go with my initial plan to eventually land myself with a job in a law firm? Or do I just try to get the job with the highest salary offered...such is the problem. Though I am still unsure if I made the right choice, but I decided not to try for the job. Think I shld just stay put in where I am for the moment.
And who am I to give advice on relationship to pple? As if I am a master at it. Sadly, I have seen more failed cases of relationships than success...very disturbing indeed tat the advice comes from such as me...
Been thinking of late whether I have become too meddlesome, getting involved in other people's lives in the belief tat I am doing them good...but is it true tat I am helping them? How am I able to shed some light in their lives when I myself hv no headway of my own?
Been offered an opportunity to take up a perm post doing some coordination work recently. Took me the whole weekend to consider it as the pay is more attractive n it is a perm job. Then I considered my current contract job and my career direction, I am faced with a dilema. Do I go with my initial plan to eventually land myself with a job in a law firm? Or do I just try to get the job with the highest salary offered...such is the problem. Though I am still unsure if I made the right choice, but I decided not to try for the job. Think I shld just stay put in where I am for the moment.
And who am I to give advice on relationship to pple? As if I am a master at it. Sadly, I have seen more failed cases of relationships than success...very disturbing indeed tat the advice comes from such as me...
Sunday, January 22, 2006
ANOTHER WEEKEND BURNT???
Recap on Sat:
Was initially planning to go out with Xiao Meis on Sat but Weini was sick...so tats my plan was burnt...hope she gets well really soon. And of coz tat she stays healthy.
After attempting to tag along with my eldest bro but found out tat he is gg visiting my sis-in-law's family, I was resigned to the fate of staying at home for the weekend. :( Then, Kim called! Haha...count on her perfect timing. She was getting quite frustrated with her loads of marking tat I think she probably needs to get out for a breather. So, I spent Sat evening with Kim n Kris, wondering ard aimlessly in Kim's car as it was raining and we had no idea where to go. Ended up at Robertson Walk for a drink n chit chat. A rather relaxing night...and of coz when I got back, I started gaming again! Haha...how can I miss playing maplestory? Only slept at 4am plus this morning.
Recap on Sat:
Was initially planning to go out with Xiao Meis on Sat but Weini was sick...so tats my plan was burnt...hope she gets well really soon. And of coz tat she stays healthy.
After attempting to tag along with my eldest bro but found out tat he is gg visiting my sis-in-law's family, I was resigned to the fate of staying at home for the weekend. :( Then, Kim called! Haha...count on her perfect timing. She was getting quite frustrated with her loads of marking tat I think she probably needs to get out for a breather. So, I spent Sat evening with Kim n Kris, wondering ard aimlessly in Kim's car as it was raining and we had no idea where to go. Ended up at Robertson Walk for a drink n chit chat. A rather relaxing night...and of coz when I got back, I started gaming again! Haha...how can I miss playing maplestory? Only slept at 4am plus this morning.
Saturday, January 21, 2006
HOOKED TO PITSTOP!!!?????
Met up with Amrita just now (or considered last night lah) to buy contact lens for me and my bro. She was so bogged down by work tat she came I think nearly an hour late. While waiting for her, I was pacing around in Raffles City S.C. and becoz there was an art event, there was no seats for me to rest on. After pacing for nearly 1/2 hr and bought a perfume from Marks & Spencer...I was really sleepy and din feel like shopping anymore. So I went to the area just above the escalator leading down to the MRT and stood there. As I was waiting, I'm actually able to doze off for abt 15 to 30 mins. Behold the amazing powers of Christine! The ability to sleep while standing...haha!!!
Anyway, we headed down to Pitstop for dinner (yah, 2 days in a row..keke...). The Pitstop crew was quite shocked to see me there..haha...I had the teriyaki chicken chop this time and Amrita took the fish n chips. Tasted quite good. Comparable to restaurant standard. The cafe was quite busy as I guess most pple patronize on fridays as the weekend is ahead and they could stay up later. We played a few rounds of blokus (this is fast becoming my fav board game) with Shuying (Evelyn's fren), Evelyn and Timothy...it was fun playing with them...they are really seasoned players and it really stimulates the mind to play against them. Amrita was a fast learner as well, took her only seconds to understand the game and able to play as well as if she knew this game all her life...haha....Timo finally got his revenge and won twice...keke...sore loser!
Left the cafe at abt 11pm plus and had a nice quiet walk down the boat quay area to Fullerton hotel...feeling relaxed after a week of hard (?) work...
Met up with Amrita just now (or considered last night lah) to buy contact lens for me and my bro. She was so bogged down by work tat she came I think nearly an hour late. While waiting for her, I was pacing around in Raffles City S.C. and becoz there was an art event, there was no seats for me to rest on. After pacing for nearly 1/2 hr and bought a perfume from Marks & Spencer...I was really sleepy and din feel like shopping anymore. So I went to the area just above the escalator leading down to the MRT and stood there. As I was waiting, I'm actually able to doze off for abt 15 to 30 mins. Behold the amazing powers of Christine! The ability to sleep while standing...haha!!!
Anyway, we headed down to Pitstop for dinner (yah, 2 days in a row..keke...). The Pitstop crew was quite shocked to see me there..haha...I had the teriyaki chicken chop this time and Amrita took the fish n chips. Tasted quite good. Comparable to restaurant standard. The cafe was quite busy as I guess most pple patronize on fridays as the weekend is ahead and they could stay up later. We played a few rounds of blokus (this is fast becoming my fav board game) with Shuying (Evelyn's fren), Evelyn and Timothy...it was fun playing with them...they are really seasoned players and it really stimulates the mind to play against them. Amrita was a fast learner as well, took her only seconds to understand the game and able to play as well as if she knew this game all her life...haha....Timo finally got his revenge and won twice...keke...sore loser!
Left the cafe at abt 11pm plus and had a nice quiet walk down the boat quay area to Fullerton hotel...feeling relaxed after a week of hard (?) work...
Thursday, January 19, 2006
BLOKUS FUN AT PITSTOP
Brought Su to Pitstop Cafe today after our briefing session at HQ. It was a brisk walk from City Hall and when we reached the place, we were warmly greeted by Evelyn and heard a screeching from Timo...haha...his infamous screeching greeting!
The place was sadly empty, except for their own staff, when we got there. Guess not many pple are as free to patronize the cafe at working hours :P
We sat down for a coffee for Su and chocolate milkshake for me. Decided to play some games and Timo taught us a 2 player game - the balloon game. Ok lah, it was average but nothing exciting. Then, I asked abt Blokus and Margaret (aka Mumu) and Timo immediately said they will join in...haha...If u wana know wat's the game of blokus, pls refer to my blog entry on 10 Jan "Pitstop Cafe - First Visit".
We started the 1st round with a very weird formation whereby every tile seems to be placed very oddly and I was playing the "friendly style" as wat I did previous with my Xiao Meis. But I quickly learned tat Mumu and Timo is not to be underestimated. As Evelyn described, the game defines the world as a "Dog Eat Dog World"...Timo being the Dog...hahaha...(pls dun kill me if u read my blog, Timo). I continued the game for the next 3 rounds planning strategies to block the opponents way while clearing my own tiles (u gotta play the game to know wat I am talking abt). Anyway, the winners of the 4 rounds were: Mumu, Me, Mumu and Su. Wat happened to the Dog??? Well, Timo lost all the way lor...hehe...he really gotta buck up.
Su din stay for dinner while I did coz Mum din cook mine. Had their "Poultry in a Kueh" which is essentially Chicken Lasagne. Loved the taste ever since Shiming ate it the last time we were there. I left the cafe right after dinner coz I started thinking abt my maplestory again...hands itching to play it :P Well, off to playing liao.
Brought Su to Pitstop Cafe today after our briefing session at HQ. It was a brisk walk from City Hall and when we reached the place, we were warmly greeted by Evelyn and heard a screeching from Timo...haha...his infamous screeching greeting!
The place was sadly empty, except for their own staff, when we got there. Guess not many pple are as free to patronize the cafe at working hours :P
We sat down for a coffee for Su and chocolate milkshake for me. Decided to play some games and Timo taught us a 2 player game - the balloon game. Ok lah, it was average but nothing exciting. Then, I asked abt Blokus and Margaret (aka Mumu) and Timo immediately said they will join in...haha...If u wana know wat's the game of blokus, pls refer to my blog entry on 10 Jan "Pitstop Cafe - First Visit".
We started the 1st round with a very weird formation whereby every tile seems to be placed very oddly and I was playing the "friendly style" as wat I did previous with my Xiao Meis. But I quickly learned tat Mumu and Timo is not to be underestimated. As Evelyn described, the game defines the world as a "Dog Eat Dog World"...Timo being the Dog...hahaha...(pls dun kill me if u read my blog, Timo). I continued the game for the next 3 rounds planning strategies to block the opponents way while clearing my own tiles (u gotta play the game to know wat I am talking abt). Anyway, the winners of the 4 rounds were: Mumu, Me, Mumu and Su. Wat happened to the Dog??? Well, Timo lost all the way lor...hehe...he really gotta buck up.
Su din stay for dinner while I did coz Mum din cook mine. Had their "Poultry in a Kueh" which is essentially Chicken Lasagne. Loved the taste ever since Shiming ate it the last time we were there. I left the cafe right after dinner coz I started thinking abt my maplestory again...hands itching to play it :P Well, off to playing liao.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
FLU OR SINUS???
Woke up this morning with a running nose...then it became blocked nose. Kept wondering if it is the regular morning sinus nose which btw, irritates me to no bounds...or could it be I just caught the flu bug? Well, came into office on the dot and was sneezing and sniffing away. Think I am one irritating nose orchestra which is disturbing everyone's peace. Had really wanted to take MC but tot tat it is really "bo(3) hua(2)" to take MC when I already reached office and half a day is gone. And since I have limited MC days, better to save it for rainy days.
So, I waited till 11am plus to see if the sneezing and running/blocked nose stops, which will signifies that it is a sinus problem. But unfortunately, it didnt. So, I popped a Clarinase pill and stopped the flow for the moment. Hope this will last till I knock off. Dun like eating too much medicine, harmful for the body. SOMEONE! Pls wind the clock faster so tat I can go home soon. Sob...sob...
Woke up this morning with a running nose...then it became blocked nose. Kept wondering if it is the regular morning sinus nose which btw, irritates me to no bounds...or could it be I just caught the flu bug? Well, came into office on the dot and was sneezing and sniffing away. Think I am one irritating nose orchestra which is disturbing everyone's peace. Had really wanted to take MC but tot tat it is really "bo(3) hua(2)" to take MC when I already reached office and half a day is gone. And since I have limited MC days, better to save it for rainy days.
So, I waited till 11am plus to see if the sneezing and running/blocked nose stops, which will signifies that it is a sinus problem. But unfortunately, it didnt. So, I popped a Clarinase pill and stopped the flow for the moment. Hope this will last till I knock off. Dun like eating too much medicine, harmful for the body. SOMEONE! Pls wind the clock faster so tat I can go home soon. Sob...sob...
Sunday, January 15, 2006
TRIBUTE TO THE WATERMELON CUSHION
XIAO MEIs! This is posted specially for u gals. U wanted to know wat my niece, Charmaine, would do with the cute watermelon cushion u gave me? Here goes:
First, Charmaine kicks the watermelon.
Then, she attempts to pick it up to throw.
Last, she fell on the cushion and act cute...haha!
For ur info, she IS able to pick up the cushion and throw...just took her a while to master how to grab it up...hehe...it was funny!
XIAO MEIs! This is posted specially for u gals. U wanted to know wat my niece, Charmaine, would do with the cute watermelon cushion u gave me? Here goes:
First, Charmaine kicks the watermelon.
Then, she attempts to pick it up to throw.
Last, she fell on the cushion and act cute...haha!
For ur info, she IS able to pick up the cushion and throw...just took her a while to master how to grab it up...hehe...it was funny!
MAPLESTORY CRAZE
Lately I am gg nuts with the online game Maplestory. Call it addiction...obsession...lost myself into the game liaoz.
Played the whole of the afternoon yesterday (a fine sunny sat spent on gaming), until Kim distracted me with a phonecall asking me to go out for dinner. Which is a good idea considering I have no dinner plans. So we cracked our head and came up with the idea of gg to fisherman's village. We even came up with contingent plan - if it rains, we will go to airport instead. Then, we jio Mabel to join us but she had to go to Sun Yan Zi concert. Also, contacted Kris who luckily like us also have no life lor...nowhere to go...haha! So we went fisherman for dinner, which by the way is not cheap lor...I tot it wld be hawker price but no, it cost more like restaurant price...abt $40++ for 3 pax.
We went for a drink n bum ard and met Anne with her friends (sorry, forgot their names), so coincidental...haha...Anyway, we left them and hanged out at another drinking place there (forgot the name of the place too :P ) and only returned home ard 1am plus. But being as obsessed with Maplestory as I am, I ended up playing Maplestory till 5am...haha...even met my bro in the game..naughty boy, he also playing so late...haha
Lately I am gg nuts with the online game Maplestory. Call it addiction...obsession...lost myself into the game liaoz.
Played the whole of the afternoon yesterday (a fine sunny sat spent on gaming), until Kim distracted me with a phonecall asking me to go out for dinner. Which is a good idea considering I have no dinner plans. So we cracked our head and came up with the idea of gg to fisherman's village. We even came up with contingent plan - if it rains, we will go to airport instead. Then, we jio Mabel to join us but she had to go to Sun Yan Zi concert. Also, contacted Kris who luckily like us also have no life lor...nowhere to go...haha! So we went fisherman for dinner, which by the way is not cheap lor...I tot it wld be hawker price but no, it cost more like restaurant price...abt $40++ for 3 pax.
We went for a drink n bum ard and met Anne with her friends (sorry, forgot their names), so coincidental...haha...Anyway, we left them and hanged out at another drinking place there (forgot the name of the place too :P ) and only returned home ard 1am plus. But being as obsessed with Maplestory as I am, I ended up playing Maplestory till 5am...haha...even met my bro in the game..naughty boy, he also playing so late...haha
Friday, January 13, 2006
DEGREE CERTIFICATE
Finally collected my degree cert today. Took a half day leave to specially go down to RELC to collect it. Happened that today is also nearing the deadline for current student to register for exams, therefore the place was packed with pple. Met 2 of my ex-coursemates (as I have graduated), Chris and Kai ler there...both last minute pple. Aiyah, next time shld try to pay earlier mah, then dun have to wait till last minute and queue for nearly 2 hrs...haha
Well, my cert collection is at a different floor and I was way early...the pple are out for lunch till 2pm and I was there at 1pm! Was intending to find a place to eat in RELC but there was only a chinese restaurant which is a bit too expensive to eat lunch alone there. So, I remember pacing ard for at least 1/2 hr before I decided to approach the receptionist abt it. Fortunately, the nice lady tended to me and actually gave me my cert!!! Haha...so happy to get it and be on my way home after tat. Cant wait to play Maplestory when I get back....which I am gg to do soon....hehe
Finally collected my degree cert today. Took a half day leave to specially go down to RELC to collect it. Happened that today is also nearing the deadline for current student to register for exams, therefore the place was packed with pple. Met 2 of my ex-coursemates (as I have graduated), Chris and Kai ler there...both last minute pple. Aiyah, next time shld try to pay earlier mah, then dun have to wait till last minute and queue for nearly 2 hrs...haha
Well, my cert collection is at a different floor and I was way early...the pple are out for lunch till 2pm and I was there at 1pm! Was intending to find a place to eat in RELC but there was only a chinese restaurant which is a bit too expensive to eat lunch alone there. So, I remember pacing ard for at least 1/2 hr before I decided to approach the receptionist abt it. Fortunately, the nice lady tended to me and actually gave me my cert!!! Haha...so happy to get it and be on my way home after tat. Cant wait to play Maplestory when I get back....which I am gg to do soon....hehe
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