The "Ring"

Did u ever try waking up to an alarm which rang for 1 continuous hour?

I just did tat this morning :P

Have a serious problem waking up in the mornings and I tend not to hear the ringing from my alarm clock. Normally its the mobile phone alarm which wakes me up coz the mobile alarm has a snooze function whereby after pressing it, the alarm will go off again 5 minutes later and repeatedly until I set the alarm to "off" or if I press the red button on my mobile phone.

So my mobile phone was ringing and snoozing for the whole of 1 hour this morning while trying to wake up the pig (Me). LOL.

Anyone has better ways/methods to wake up in the morning?

Cozy Cafes

Had a great and fulfilling Sunday yesterday. Not the usual Sunday Family Lunch coz my parents went to Kusu Island (pray....) and every other family members had our own plans.

So, I had a date with my friends to go cycling!.....ya lah, I dunno how to cycle....they decided to like make it a mission ("impossible") to teach me cycling yesterday. Failed lah...failed so badly....keke....luckily we rented like 2 single cyclist bicycles and 1 duo cyclist bicycle. So A and AK had to take turns to ride the duo bicycle with me...hehe....but tiring wo. See pple cycle like very easy and relaxing leh, how come I felt so tired cycling?

We also stopped a while at an area in East Coast Park where they had water skiing activity. People on surfboards hold on to a bar connected to a wired mechnism tat brings them round and round a pond/lake like place. Most of the participants are caucasians...think Ang Mos are more open to outdoor activities as such. Think Asians are generally more kia si...or maybe its Singaporeans who are less participative in outdoor sports. Anyway, it was good fun watching guys and girls splashing smack into the water! Must hurt.

Sudden rain cut short our fun at the coast...but it was time to return the bicycles anyway and we headed to Parkway Parade for some cooling off and lunch. The workout on the bicycle actually killed off my appetite for the afternoon...was only thirsty and wanted to replenish water content in my body.

It was regular window shopping then and the next highlight came after AK and K went off. Not wanting to head home though we were sticky and dirty from the morning exercise, I explored the Tanjong Katong area with A. Remembered passing the area once and there was a lot of eating places (cafes and restaurants) and a particular cafe left an impression on me coz the shop-front look soooo kawaiii...and its name is also special "with a pinch of salt...."

Our first step into the cafe. It is no doubt a family eating place. Lots of kids on other tables but not those young noisy kind of kids...older primary and above. The place was decorated with much care and warmth, creating a very cozy ambience.

A look through the menu...they serve an array of western food, pizzas, pasta, salads, desserts, etc. Good variety if u like western.

Here's the link for the cafe/restaurant: http://www.withapinchofsalt.com.sg/

I have mentally listed this as one of my new haunt with friends. Eating there was such a joy....u have to try to know.

Bring my thoughts back to another cafe I went to with K and M previously...serving cakes and drinks. Memories of the place in Victorian decoration (wondered if I remembered wrongly) but its unique...its "The Cheesecake Cafe" near Siglap Centre. I totally cannot recall how to get there but would love to revisit the place....must find time. Thanks to M, here's the link to the cafe:
http://www.thecheesecakecafe.sg/

Now pple...go enjoy the cafes....see! I share...

Back To The Mountains

2 days MC is over.

2 days of sleeping, eating, k-drama and gaming...the type of anti-social lifestyle tat I missed quite a bit. Not tat I was in solitude the whole 2 days, I still do intereact with my parents and other gamers online. Its just tat to "nua" at home seems like a luxury sometimes.

Anyways, back to the mountains of files surrounding my work desk and the endless work awaiting my return. Felt a rush of helplessness in the morning while trying to grasp wat happened during my 2 days of absence but things flowed into the usual momentum and bit by bit I did my work. Had wanted to do OT and finish more work but I gave in to the urge to leave and left the rest of the work till tomorrow. There is only SO much a person with 1 brain and 2 hands can do.

2 things caught my attention at my office today.

1 - The stupid idiot cum public enemy cum the most hated person in the office is SO free at work (with probably nothing to do at work) tat I could hear him talk and laugh loudly on his personal calls. Then he walked to another colleague's table a number of times to eat tidbits, then he went back to his seat and continuously make the "clucking" sound of clearing his teeth....ARGHHHH!!!! ASSHOLE!!!

2 - There is a rumoured couple in our office currently (a woman known to be married with kid and her rumoured adultor who is also years younger than her...this same woman is rumoured to have a different adultor before this one who is also working in our office) and they would take leaves/medical leaves coincidentally and try to be discreet abt their affairs which is already widespread and known among all colleagues. So the 2 of them supposedly went on leave together last weekend and came back to work this week.

Shock! when I saw the woman this late afternoon...she was not just sunburnt like wat I heard from other colleagues...she was like charred! And her face was also burnt...think she couldnt put on makeup and her usual cake-like face (she usually put on loads of makeup tat they form thick layers of disguise) looked like HELL. I wonder if I saw wrong but I thought I saw hints of brown strokes marking under each of her eyes....looks like those war paints tat pple draw on themselves. No idea wat tat was abt so I will try to check it out tomorrow when I see her in the office.

Work is bearable today except for the irritating sounds coming from tat idiot but am glad its wednesday and I only have to hear those sounds for 2 more days before my ears get a break.

2 Days MC

Woke up this morning...Day 3 since my sudden loss of voice...regained abt half my voice by now but I cant speak a proper full sentence without either my voice breaking up or suddenly stopping coz no sound came out...unless the sentence is short. :P

Topping it up, got phelgm in my throat and my nose felt wet when I woke up...so suspect the flu and cough are emerging too...well, come join the party flu and cough! Why wait?

Remembered tat my boss told me she got something for me to do today at work...so, deliberating between being a good worker and go to work OR taking care of myself and my health and go see a doc and rest. The latter won, I love myself more than my work. Yay! I think its a rather smart choice. Not as if the office or my boss will give me a "Most Hardworking Employee" award for turning up at work sick.

U must all learn to take good care of urself before anything else k! Nothing can compensate u for ur health. And no one other than urself should be worth it.

Anyway, called office to report tat I am on 2 days MC (the doc decided to give me flu and cough medicine too...so I took all the medicine he gave me) and of all the people, had to hear an idiot answer my call....yeah, idiot = public enemy = most hated person I EVER met at work.

Why is he an idiot? Among other things, a simple conversation and he couldnt make out wat I said...(though my voice was breaking up, but look at the sentence structure! how could he have heard wrongly?! I think probably its coz his english really jialat...so he couldnt understand me):

I: "I am on 2 days MC"

Idiot: "You are on MC today?"

I: "2 days MC"

Idiot: "Today or 2 days?"

I: "2 days lah, today and tomorrow."

Wah lau, if I meant to say I am on 1 day MC, I would tell him "I am on MC today". The word MC will come before today mah....stupid idiot he is!

Ok, no point getting upset over this kind of people. Going to rest now. Till next time.

"Mumms" The Word

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Oh! hahaha....tot coz I cant talk today then I also cant say a word here. LOL.

Hmm...I suffered from sore throat the past few days and was on the brink of developing a cough and more. Started coughing slightly yesterday and it progressed to a full phelgm stage when I woke upat 3pm plus just now. Not coughing as much now coz the walls of my throat is dry.

In addition, no voice can be projected out of my mouth now...was croaking on the phone with my mum when I woke up just now. So uncomfortable trying to get her to understand wat I was saying.

:P

Guess my weekend is burnt liao. Cant possibly go out in this condition.

Off to enjoy my k-dramas and gaming!

Michael Jackson's "THIS IS IT" Movie

I just got back from the Michael Jackson movie "This Is It" and must say tat i had a blast! I am not a MJ fan so was not really expecting much from the movie and only went coz my friend A is a fan and urged me to watch it.

The movie contains footages of MJ's rehearsals for the LIVE concert which was supposed to be held in July but was cancelled due to his sudden death.

The day MJ died, the world lost a talented artist, his fans lost their idol and the stage lost one of the most spectacular performance tat could have been.

I have only been to a handful of concerts but the amazing part is tat I think this movie on footages of MJ's concert rehearsals are even better than those concerts I have been to. If MJ had not died and his concert went through, the visual feasts they prepared will have their audiences gap in awe.

Each song had an opening and closing sequence which incorporate some video footage, special effects and performances/dances on stage. For eg. there was a scene of undeads rising from a graveyard and coming towards the camera in the song "Thriller" while another scene of a little girl wondering in a beautiful forest and falling asleep but waking up to a destroyed forest appeared in "Earth Song".

The songs tat were featured on the movie are as follow:-

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Speechless
Bad
Smooth Criminal
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Jam
They Don't Care About Us
History
Human Nature
The Way You Make Me Feel
I'll Be There
I Want You Back
The Love You Save
Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
I Just Can't Stop Loving You
Thriller
Threatened
Who Is It
Beat It
Black Or White
Earth Song
Billie Jean
Man In The Mirror
This Is It

At the age of 50 years old, MJ showed stamina singing and dancing to his songs. His dancing was smooth and sleek (not sure how to describe it) showing tat he knew the tempo, beat and flow of his music so well tat his body reacts naturally to the sound of music. Though his dance moves were probably not as sharp as when he was young, they were nonetheless executed expertly.

Wat I find most fascinating is tat even though I knew MJ was a LEGEND, I din realise until then wat a talented artist he was and to wat extent tat talent stretches. His voice was clear and bright as before. Just as his dance moves his singing was also executed expertly...he was able to catch the tempo and flow of the music and when he sings, beautiful lyrics melted with the music at just the right moment.

Based on his singing and dancing, one thing is confirmed....he can FEEL his songs and music! Extraordinary man indeed. How many singers can we say felt the songs they sang?

Anyway, for those who have yet to catch this movie, give it a go if u can still grab some tickets. U will enjoy the movie as I did.

"Wet" Dream Interpretation

U know wat others always say abt the sub-conscious mind working while everyone is asleep?

Well, I think it might just be true.

I dreamt of searching for a toilet and finally finding one this morning. Actually it happened to me quite a couple of times in the past. Dreams of searching high and low and finally finding the toilet tat I so needed. Only problem with all these dreams are tat the toilets are almost always "open", ie. in public or not enclosed. Sometimes the toilet bowls can come in weird designs too.

Anyway, when I woke up after tat dream, I feel tat my bladder is full and really need to use the toilet. Interesting huh? Was the dream my sub-conscious calling out to me tat I need to relieve myself? Would I really urinate in bed if I dun wake up in time from my dream?

Hmm....wetting my bed...in a very different sense...LOL!

Baby Steps Back Into Blogging

I am going to take "baby steps" on my journey back to blogging. ^_^

Love u all, my friends out there who regularly check my blog to see for recent updates and how disappointed u must be to see tat I was missing for like 2 months! OMG!

Anyway, besides the common excuse that I was busy with work and personal life tat I did not have time to blog. The long absence from blogging also made it harder to again write posts abt my thoughts and feelings.

Ok, so the baby steps will mean I will start off again with shorter posts every now and then...sound like a plan? Good! Then, tats all for this post...hehe...

Win ur very own LV bag!

Cant say tat I am into branded bags and stuff but some of my frens do.

Happened across this contest and decided to just join in and try my luck. Its really easy to enter this contest, just click below and follow the instructions...who knows, maybe u will walk away with ur very own LV bag!

Batam Adventure - 7 to 9 Aug 2009

Happy Belated 44th National Day, Singapore!

Am late in my well wishes on blog not coz I was not in Singapore this National Day but simply that I was too busy to go online after I got back from Batam on Sunday. Havent really touched my computer the whole weekend coz I went to Batam with H and S, to leech on H and her family's hospitality.

We met up at Harbourfront after work last Friday to take the Wavemaster Ferry which departed at 8pm plus. Only 45 minutes ferry ride and we were picked up by H's brother, chauffered to their shophouse (where we stayed for 2 nights) and brought out for dinner.

Shiok ar! No brainer...I just followed and act like "sua-ku" a.k.a. mountain tortoise coz it was my first time in Indonesia. I am not really a fan for visiting neighbouring countries, will go when the opportunity arise but will not seek to go visit, my vietnam trip also lidat mah.

Anyway, things in Batam is cheaper than in Singapore and reminds me of Johor Bahru last time before it became so commercialized. A 2hrs KTV session for 3 pax in Batam cost abt 280,000 rupiah (est. S$41+) inclusive of a drink each. 2nd Night we also went KTV and only 2 of us ordered drinks and the bill only came up to abt 215,000 rupiah (est. S$31+). Cheap lor.

We did a 90 mins full body massage for only 90,000 rupiah (est. S$13+) per pax! Plus a bit of tips still cheap. The manicure and pedicure there was in the region of 100,000 rupiah (est. S$14+) and 80,000 rupiah (est. S$ 11+) respectively but we ran out of time and money, so cannot pamper our fingers and toes...awwwww.....wasted!

And though we have Breadtalk and J.Co donuts in Singapore, they are Halal certified in Batam and of course cheaper! I managed to get 6 donuts for only 31,000 rupiah (est. S$4.50+)...hmm, must remember tat I still owe S for the donuts.

I even managed to find A&W fast food restaurants in Batam! Gosh, I miss A&W!!! The root beer float, chicken and waffles...yummy....enjoyed the chicken and root beer for old time's sake...waffles would have to wait.

As the usual lousy blogger I am, I didnt bring my camera (coz I thought there is no sight to be taken) and so no picture to show here. S did take a few shots though...maybe I can get from her. "S!!!!! Can email me the pictures u took in Batam?"