Call Me YOUR HIGHNESS!

Went Bangkok the Nth time.
It's a birthday trip for R. So I kept the shopaholic Highness in Singapore, not much shopping was done this time round. We only indulge ourself with the wide but cheap selection of food.

Many times we identify one's nationality when he/she speaks. While we Singaporean have Singlish, Thai have their own style too. Other than their accent, making them sounds like they're singing when speaking, they have unique ways of structuring their sentences too.

Customer Service @ Posh Shopping Mall
Your Highness: Is there a link to X shopping mall?
Receptionist: Yes, Mdm. You go up 1 time then turn right.

R was giggling and mimicking the way she says "1 time up". Can u imagine when we heard it the 2nd time from a security guard, telling us it's "2 times up" this time? R bursted and lose control totally.

这两天当我在架车时，总有错觉车轮爆胎了。下车看了看，却看不出有什么问题。想起朋友说过，要常常检查轮胎的气压，车子不但会比较好开，还会省油。不过对着打气机，我和 R 都束手无策。打气机有显示 PSI，可是我们都不知道要 set 多高的 PSI。担心打错，会弄巧反拙。

还好打给 ZQ

Your Highness: eh... how do I know my car's tires must set wat PSI ha?
ZQ: (giggle) It's on your car
Your Highness: Where? where? (looking frantically around)
ZQ: Your car door
Your Highness: Which door?
ZQ: Driver's door
Your Highness: Dun have leh... where?
ZQ: At your door seal there... (giggle)
Your Highness: Oh... found it!

有时候觉得自己很没常识。不过，不耻下问是我向来的优点。虽然被笑，不过学到新的东西，让我觉得很有成就感。

Through a friend, I bought a manicure + pedicure voucher at Bliss @ Ion, from Beeconomic.com. The voucher is valid till 30 Nov 2010. I tried calling them on the 1st week of Nov, and the slots are booked till the last week of Nov. I tried calling them to reschedule after that, trying to push it forward because my nails chipped and I am desperate to get it done, but no slots! Imagine I actually waited so many days just wanna to get my nails done, and I am so looking forward to my appt. Unfortunately, after all the events, guess i mixed up the dates and thought my appt is on Sunday.

Until Bliss called me on Saturday did I realized my appt is on Saturday. No calls were made to remind me of my appt a day prior to the appt. The manager claimed that they had called me. But when I told her I did not receive their call, she said "yah, you didn't answer the call, maybe you didn't hear your phone" What kind of answer is that? It really pissed me off.

First, I didn't receive their call, and I think they didn't make enough efforts to call me. They could have called me again to confirm our appt, isn't this the proper procedure? Secondly, the so-called MANAGER just make the matter worse. Her tone was harsh and stern. I am not your daughter or student. I am your CUSTOMER! I paid for a service. Instead of giving me a solution, she just keep pushing the responsibilities to me, making it very clear that it is MY fault, and none of THEIR business. Telling me that their company have logged the timing they call me blah blah..... I am not interested in how you run your business. I would like to say that it's none of my business too.When you are in a retail line, your company gave you a MANAGER role, even if it's not within your empowerment to help me, the least you could do was to sympathize with my situation. Don't forget that I am a customer that have paid for a service that now that I can't use. With so many competitors now, this kind of attitude will bring you no where, moreover it's at ION, a high end shopping mall.

To sum up my experience with them, I did not enjoy that BLISS, very very disappointing. If I know things are going to turn up this way, I should have just patron my usual spot to get my nails done instead of waiting so many days. No way am I going there for my nails.

如果两人一个星期只见一次面，有见不见无所谓，那你们真的相爱吗？

开始交往时，天天见面都不言烦。后来，感情稳定后，我和 R 并不是每天见面。生活中，常常要我忙我的，他忙他的。不过，后来有个男性朋友对我说，如果有见不见都无所谓，那你们真的相爱吗？有没有这个男友，也应该无所谓吧。当时的我不以为然，我回应到：“真正相爱，不必天天见面。” 我还天真的自以为自己说的才是真理。

很多时候，忙并不是借口。是因为你觉得不重要，所以才连一点时间都挪不出来。也许，这段感情真的没有那么重要。要不然，你可以少应酬一点，少去几次 Happy Hour, 少打几次电动，难道这些都比维持一段感情，还是维持一个家来的重要？如果连筹备婚礼、布置新家还是带小孩都没时间，你可能要重新面对自己，问问自己你们相爱吗？


p/s: X，所以当初我鼓励你到他身边去。远距离的恋爱，真的有差。你们俩已经在一起那么久了，如果是距离是造成你门分开的原因，那就太可惜了。我希望你到了那里会有新的生活和新的领悟。

Went for Mac breakfast with R at parkway parade.
A common ritual would be to visit the loo after the meal.

I was shocked to see this mum, letting her son to stand on the side of the basin, and was asking her son to pee into the basin! I couldn't even bring myself to wash my hands after my visit to the toilet.

What's your take?

老公怕鬼却爱看鬼片。看鬼片，他绝对不会睡着。RDI 是零。
续《见鬼》后，彭氏兄弟的另一剧作。我们并没有看3D版，不过可以想象它的效果应该不错。我觉得Storyline 不错，不过恐怖指数似乎不合格，没有之前《见鬼》来得恐怖，只有几个恐怖镜头。也许是我知质有点低，我没能在戏和戏名之间看出什么关联。而且，这出戏有力捧杨丞琳之嫌。

被很多朋友埋怨，太久没有update。不过，your highness 最近真是有一点儿忙。忙什么？

做sales的人，注定是没日没夜？老板不顾你有多努力，只管你有没有成绩。除了有实力，有时还要靠一点儿运气。碰到老板像老师管学生般分秒都在“看管”你，让我快要窒息。除了要应付工作，还要应付老板。头痛！

当烦恼越来越多，玻璃弹珠越来越少，我知道我已慢慢的长大了…… 《红蜻蜓》也是如此说的。人长大了，烦恼真是多到小脑袋有点儿装不下。问题总是接踵而来。工作已够忙了，家里的事情却时时困扰着我。家家有本难念的经，大家应该都有难处，只是大小不一。这应该是每个人必修的学分。在这方面，一直对于自己的要求甚高，希望自己能修得A，所以不得不把时间投资下去。

星期一到星期五已把自己卖给公司，周末必须过自己想要的生活。如今，我正在适应“已婚”的生活。老公说，每个周末我们就安排一个节目。不用多。一个就好。上个周末，我们约了contractor谈装修的事。这个周末，我们看了场电影。下个周末，该做什么呢？

It says 2.23AM as I started this post.

Never was I this lost. Even lying on the bed couldn't get me any sleep. When was the last time I had insomnia? I was pacing up and down the hallway, thinking through the ups and downs these 2 weeks. Many questions flash across my mind. How could this be happening to me? The more I think abt it, tears started to well up in my eyes.

I was staggering down the stairs and onto a cab to nowhere. Uncle, just go, please. I dunno where to go, or where was I. I can't even be bothered with the stares I am getting from the public. I can't believe I was defeated this way. I was deciding to come home or to have a night's out at my friend's place. After serious thoughts, I knew no where is better than home. Besides to trouble a friend at night isn't the best option

As I feel the sharp pain from the bump on my forehead that I'd gotten on my ROM day, I was thinking: it's funny how the pain didn't go away after so many days. And suddenly I made a decision. A decision that hopefully I could live with.

It's Hao's big day.

跟 Rag 有何关系？

我们是一群在大学时期认识的朋友，而把我们“牵在一起”的就是 Rag。Rag & Flag 是 NUS　每年都会在迎新时主办的一个活动，目的是为了筹款 (Sell Flag)。而 Rag 的宗旨是用环保物品打造一辆 float (花车）来答谢捐款者。各系各宿舍都会依照主题各出奇招，造出美丽壮观的花车。然后，还要配合花车来段歌舞表演 (Presentation)。哈哈，如今想起还是很开心。

在那将近一个月里，我们一起吃喝玩乐，就连冲凉和睡觉都在一起，感情怎么会不好呢？所以，浩的婚礼，当然找了他的 Ragger 来助他一臂之力。Min Xing, Shaun, Crab 都是老将，对于做“兄弟”之事已是驾轻就熟。Min Xing 还提议，在我出嫁之时要带领兄弟来做我的姐妹。Xing Xing，你的提议我会认真考虑，你千万不要后悔！

也许是对于 Rag time 的 presentation  余犹未尽，浩想了一个：一来能给老婆一个惊喜，二来能过过“舞瘾”，“一箭双雕”的办法。他和兄弟们一起录制现在最夯的 Sorry Sorry，除了主角，其他人统统盖头遮脸，跳起舞来，似模似样，却笑料百出，算得上是压轴。有碍于个人隐私，不便在这里 Share 那段录影，真是有点遗憾。

连续两晚的 Training 和 Event，还碰到星期六要值班，我只能自叹倒霉。

有人换班。
又有人忘了值班。
有可能是人缘不好，竟沦落到省我一人值班。
雪上加霜。

不过自己值班也有好处：
自己做自己的事, 不必理会他人。
原来自己还有很多事情是不会和不清楚的。
平时，大家都很忙碌，真的不想成为大家眼中的“问题儿童”。
星期六能静静一人，慢慢找寻答案，似乎也不错。

过了这个星期六，应该要 6 星期后才会再次轮到我。（自己安慰自己）

1300
Suppose to meet at Orchard...
母亲大人忘了我的生日，“意外”发现后 insist 要我在出门前吃面线。
By the time 我到 ION, 已经是1320。
幸亏我是主角，才不至于受到 L 的黑脸！
午餐到 NYDC 解决。吃了想念已久的 Mushroom Madness Pizza 和 Mudpie。

1500
DFS Shopping 乐: 有了 L ，就有了 discount。好开心哦！
然后，从 DFS , 到 Far East 、Tangs 和 Wisma。现在，我通常都到 ION, Paragon, 313 逛街，不知道原来 Far East 也有裙子是叫价 $80 以上的。我们走啊走，走到 L's "battery flat"。

1725
Tea Time!
其实不怎么饿。不过真的有点儿 battery flat。要喝喝饮料，recharge 一下。
不过时间好像过的很快。

1845
让人期待的按摩。
足足一个小时。不过，我要 confess。有一半的时间，我是处于“半昏迷”状况，十分享受。
隐隐约约只记得她问我："like that ok, mdm?"  还有 "mdm, mdm... i need you to turn over/sit up."

2000
S 在等我们吃晚餐，选了在 Plaza Singapura 的老北京。好像一天下来，美做什么，一直在吃。所以，真的是应酬大伙儿而已。S 真是有先见之明，说我们坐的是好位子。我和 X 都一脸的 lost。我们吃到一半，在我眼前突然有烟火！真是好位子啊！原来是 YOG 的开幕典礼。生日时有烟火助兴，也算幸运了。

2215
我突发奇想，提议看午夜场。这３个人看了很多戏了，要一起看个戏还真不容易。讨论后投票一致通过：SALT。

0130 (15 Aug)
我和 X 在 Taxi 上，准备回家。X 才指出我们已经出来 12 个钟了。哇！


p/s: 亲爱的，我真的很爱你们！谢谢你们陪我过生日。

December Rains 雨季 the Musical - Promotional Trailer (TVC) - HD from Intuitive Films on Vimeo.



上一次看《雨季》是在1996年，是我中学时代。

终于等到了……再一次看《雨季》，它已有了新的诠释，感觉似乎比较现代化(comtemporary)。与其用生活化的道具来制造环境和氛围，导演巧妙的运用颜色来制造环境气氛，在视觉上有不一样的体会。例如：年轻的英雄和丽青订婚时，没有什么环境的道具，用的是黄色：黄色的衣裳，黄色的花等。黄色除了是阳光的颜色外，也让人感受到他们的朝气和喜悦的气氛。

除了视觉，我更享受的是听觉。对我来说，有很多的第二次。除了是第二次看《雨季》，也是第二次看 Kit Chan 和 George Chan 的 Musical 演出。上一次看陈洁仪的演出是英语歌舞剧，The Forbidden City 中的慈禧太后。而 George Chan 则是最近的《天冷就回来》。过了一段时间再听到陈洁仪的声音，不知是不是错觉，感觉她的声音好像更好了。我只能说 Kit Chan 和 George Chan 的声音有如天籁。

入门前见到梁文福老师，非常兴奋！老师还热心的在特刊上签名。这也是我看老师的第二个作品（除了《天冷就回来》）。虽然歌曲由梁文福和叶良俊两人操刀，但是两人的风格鲜明。妹妹看了演出后也告诉我：“哪首歌是谁写的，一听就知道。” 不过，我可以感受他们的用心，旋律好听，歌词更是写的很美。

请你请你告诉他我永远爱他
就算大雨一直下
心中彩虹长挂
彩虹尽头有个他

这场雨会一直下到 8 月15日。如果你错过了1996年的那场雨，别在错过了，绝对值回票价。
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PS：这不是《雨季》的官方网上，以上纯属个人意见。

Hands up those that are still borrowing books from the library.

While most people would have a deep impression on the Beethoven's love letter in Sex & the City Movie, I remembered something else from that scene. Big told Carrie that she might be the only person that he knows that is still going to the library and Carrie replied that she loves the smell of the books.

I'm one of those still visiting the library now. Not that I like the smell of those library books. One reason could be a habit from young. When I was young, my mum used to bring me to library and I would spend the afternoon flipping through the books, and 8 books limited by the library were definitely not enough for me! Haha...

Other than that, I seldom read a book for a 2nd time cos there's so many books that I yet to read!  Also, some books might not be worth buying. But you won't know until you read it. So borrowing from the library seems more economical.

I just found out recently the last reason why I like to go library. It could be because there's a dateline for me to finish the book. I realised that I tend to take longer to finish a book when there's no dateline. So not discipline? Maybe it's just human natural.

Heard of Gordon Ramsay?

He'd just expanded his restaurants to Australia, Melbourne 2 wks before we touch down.

It's the first appt I went to since I'd joined, and it's at Orchard.
First, it was Sophia... but I was talking to my customer, so I din manage to talk to her.
When sending my customer off, I bum into Tongli at the escalator. While chatting with Tongli, I saw Simon from the corner of my eyes.

After that, I proceed to MRT station, and saw Mei Ling. While talking to her, I saw Charissa!

In less than 1 hr, I met 5 OC (and ex-OC staff). Unbelieveable!

第一次接触·企鹅

I lost count of the days that I'm here. It's 1/2 way through my vacation.
Everything was great so far, except that Lian is not here, Xian fell sick on the 1st day and that it rained today, (and not missing the fact tat I missed my bf!).

Too many hiccups.

First it was Lian's mum who was hospitalised. Then, it was me getting a new job suddenly and unable to get my leave approved. Now that the dark clouds are cleared, I tell myself, this trip better be good man!

As soon as I'd gotten mentally prepared for the trip, it's time to be physically prepared too.

Things to bring:
- Passport
- Air Ticket
- Visa
- Ali's toothpaste & CLEO mags
- A book to read: Eat Pray Love
- 2 jackets, a white & a black. was comtemplating whether to bring both, or as per my sis's suggestion, bring the white one and buy another there!
- vacuum bags, in case, i couldn't force everything into tat small luggage of mine.

Things yet to buy:
- hot packs
- prezzie for the nice couple that's gng to take us in for the trip

Things to bring back:
- Lotsa nougats. Tat's Lian & Royston's fav.
- Roy Ge Ge's hair gel (he claimed that it's cheaper there)
- Wine, if poss. since we are gng to the winery.

This is just 1 of his books in the "Merde" series. Merde is a french slang for crap or shit! So story evolve about a Englishman in France. Not really a romance, nor a thriller in this case. Don't really know how to categorize the book genre.

This book accompanied me through my training days for my new job. I had tests for almost everyday! So it's good that I de-stressed by reading this book. What interest me is the culture differences that Paul (the Englishman) had met and the jokes from his "broken" french. It's hilarious! On the all, it's a light-hearted story, nothing too heavy. Good for leisure reading.


p/s:
Had always wanted to go Europe (esp to Paris). Hopefully euros would stay at this level for long enough for us to go for our honeymoon. (keeping my fingers crossed. & sorry folks, if your clients are still diao in the currency)

小学时代的作文题目。已经没有印象当时的内容。也许真的是像人们说的，女儿都是 Daddy's Girl，所以自小对于爸爸的回忆都是好的。爸爸是个典型的 Yes Man，对人可是有求必应，对我的要求当然也是如此。

我和姐姐、妹妹共睡一间房，我睡在 double-decker bed 的上层。记得上个月，因为天气太热，hot air rises, cool air sinks, 风扇的风吹不到我的床位，害的我难以入睡。爸爸出尽法宝，竟然牵了一盏小风扇到我床上去。爸爸的爱就在那小小的风扇上！

整个星期都有“小”测试，搞得大家神经紧张。终于等到了 Friday，早已准备去狂欢。人在上课，心却在 kbox 了。K 大发慈悲，提早下课，我们兴奋的往 Downtown East 杀去。

15 个人，一个大房间，唱 K、打 Wii 、上网、打桌球又喝酒。原来我们之中真是卧虎藏龙，个个能唱、能喝。玩得不亦乐乎！

Just started out a new job...
When you meet new friends, normally we try to be "friendly" and create small talks. I realised, that also formed the first impression of me to them. Some very common questions:

You very tall leh... How tall are you?
I'm 1.7m. Funny thing is during CNY, some relatives say I'd become taller!? FYI, I'm out of puberty. They must have run out of things to say to me.

Were you an Air Stewardess?
Nope. Being tall doesn't mean I was an air stewardess. Though I did think of being one when I was much younger. S, our trainer, make a joke at me when I speak singlish, asking me if I AM that air stewardess.

Are you Singaporean?
Oh... so I heard that I look Chinese. Haha...
XT quickly add-on that I look mixed Japanese or Korean. Nice try!

Are you wearing colour contact lens?
No. It's naturally hazel-coloured. My grandma, my mum all have brown eyes.

铁板珍珠蚝加蛋
铁板豆腐
番薯叶
柠檬鸡
龙虾两吃：蒸和牛油
For the above menu, it cost RM360 (S$155). 大鱼大肉 for S$17 per person only. Mind you, we get a lobster each, absolutely no sharing!

Overnite Trip
It's more than a year since we last visit to 阿公's hometown - 四湾岛 .
We planned this trip since Apr. 二舅 suggested to stay for a night, so that it's not too rush and we can have 1 more day to those delicious seafood!

我觉得我的一些坏习惯已慢慢变成一种病……

  1.  剩饭

妹妹常常对我这个陋习施与严厉的眼神。我常会吃到最后一口，就饱了，真神奇！有尝试拿少一点，还是会剩下一口就饱了。应该不是量的问题，而是心理的问题。不过我就是吃不下，逼也没用。不是说，有什么籍贯的人吃饭都要留一口吗？为了是“有余”，好兆头啊。（我知道那是歪理，哈哈！）


  2.  迟到

就算早起，就算早准备好，还是会迟到。我不是那种会迟个半点钟的人，而是惯性的 5-10 分钟。试过许多方法，至今还未能“对症下药”。有人说迟到好过不到，我是因为留恋家庭的温暖才出不了门的。（又在自圆其说？！）


  3.  FB-ing

很难想象，自己曾经很排斥 FB。结果有了account 后，现在只要眼前有电脑，就不能不 sign-in。没几分钟就 refresh 一次，看有什么最新 update 。所以告诉自己千万不要 start 一个 twitter account，不然电脑中毒会越来越深，没完没了。（别再怂恿我了！）

第一个是太有钱。
以为有两个臭钱，就很厉害，能砸死人。
炫耀自己的财富不说，还践踏别人来提高自己。
殊不知，不尊重他人 = 不尊重自己。
更糟的是当那“他人”是自己最亲的人的时候。

第二个是没有钱。
可能是生活的苦闷让他烟酒不离手，（那当然是借口。）也因此让他生活得更窘。
一方面，他不得不伸手向人要钱。
另一面，他却因此面子挂不住而自我防备很强，常常会一触即发
了不起的是：他总能摆出一幅问题不是出在他身上的样子。


这也让我有一些体会：

显然，这两个人都缺乏自信和修养。
=> 一个人的自信和修养跟他有没有钱是没有关系的。

他们没句好话，往往会大声说话（对不起，应该是大声喊话），是因为礼亏。
=> 他们天真的以为真理会站在说话比较大声的人那一边。
=> 如果声大还是撑不了场面，就会摆出他们长辈的姿态。

男人不能入错行，女人不能嫁错郎。
=> 我只能为他们背后的女人献上最真挚的祝福。

生病真是件恐怖的事情。
L的母亲原本是个很有福相的长辈。去探病之前，L说：

你要有心理准备

看到L母才知道她是什么意思——L母小了两号！才两天工夫，她的腿就瘦得和我差不多一样大，看了实在让人心疼。身体持续与病魔交战，让她疲惫的睁不开眼。母亲熟睡的样子和轻轻的打鼾声，竟成了L两姐妹最大的安慰。


To L: 就你说的，这是个持久战，身心和身体要有所调整，才能够帮助母亲打败病魔。如今医学发达，不用担心。

就算是福建人，福建话并不是我们的母语 (Mother Tongue)。
在很多新加坡人看来，福建话是属于我们阿嬷的年代，台语歌很 Old School。

有些台语歌的歌词真的写得很好。第一次听到江惠的家后，感动的流下眼泪。后来，想学唱这首歌，竟然屡屡失败，才唱两句就哽咽得无法唱下去。

今天听到的无字的情批 (Wordless Love Letter)，觉得许常德写的太好了。

阿嬷不识字 但是伊识真多的代志 
伊讲闪电是天的锁匙 锁匙打开有雨水

阿嬷不识字 但是有一张情批写乎伊
经过几十年不曾拆过 她讲写字不如相思

Due to some reasons, R & me decided to make some amendments to our ROM plans.
Thot it would be difficult, especially when I'd booked the hotel and paid the deposit. Really 遇到很多贵人, things became so easy for me!

Re-look into my CHECKLIST:

Setting a DATE: 20 Oct 2010  10 Sep 2010 (thanks to David for his advise and choosing of dates)
Book a VENUE: Copthorne Kings (thanks to L, it's within my budget) also to Jenny, fr Copthorne Kings, for being so nice!
Find a JP: Mr. Jack Soh (thanks to A) also to Mr. Jack Soh who readily accepted the change and still agreed to be our JP.
Groom's ATTIRE: already tailored. but think my 宝贝 has lost some weights and needs to alter. (which is good news?)
Bridal's GOWN & ACCESORIES: Blue Bay will be gng to try in Jun/Jul
Wedding RINGS: Bvlgari Rings (thanks to Kenny)
Prepare INVITATIONS: Thanks to Jenny as well, for giving me some samples.
Confirmation of GUEST LISTS: Headache.... yet to finalise
Make-up & Hair-do: TBC
Photo-taking: TBC

Voice fr my hp: Hi, I'm Mr T's son. My father bought some policies from you
Me: Yes, how can I help you?
Voice fr my hp: He just passed away. .

Mr T was a customer under my leads campaign.
We didn't start off well. I remember him scolding me over the phone, and he told me that 那个人不在了，我也不懂要找谁，你们骗人的，我不要再买了. So I tried to tell him nicely, that he might have misconception of the investments that he has bought previously, why not he visit the branch and ask our staff to explain to him. Chances are, when these people lose their faith, and they won't come down anymore. And I was praying on that, cos he's really fierce and nasty over the phone.

He came down, after a few days, together with his son. I was telling myself, pls don't scream at me. He has misconception on sum assured and maturity return, arguing over the fact that he should get the sum assured upon maturity. I "educate" him on the different between the 2, and to my surprise, he accepted my explanation. Phew!

Though he said he doesn't want to buy anymore, he came back to buy an endowment plan when his plan was due. From then, he will say hi to me whenever he drops by the bank or he would look for me when he encounters any problem. He became the "uncle next door".

His son told me that Mr T had a heart attack... it's a one-time attack, and he's gone.
[...]

I was searching for Style Wedding mag high & low. Finally found it in a 7-11 store.
Was given a magnet that says - Little Miss DAREDEVIL. I like it!

It has been 2 months since we got our keys to our wonderland.



I have been telling friends & relatives about the 落地窗 and the views.

It's a wonderful experience watching Alice in the Wonderland. However, the main focus is not on Alice in the Wonderland.. (Though that show is enjoyable.) Haha... it's on GV GOLD CLASS.

Woah.... What a big comfortable arm chair! Oh... there's a button to lift up my leg.
Too cold? There's blanket. Hungry or Thirsty? Service is just a button away. I would say, it's indeed a Gold Class experience. The whole experience cost $28. This is my first time, but maybe also the last time, that I will go on the Gold Class experience.

谈到爸爸，大部分的人都会举起大拇指。认识我很久的人知道我爸受儒家思想的影响很深，是个非常注重道德修养的人。惭愧的是，我并没有从爸爸那儿得“道”。自从决定要成家后，开始想很多，毕竟从此不再是一个人的事。最困扰的是，我们是否能像爸爸一样树立一个好榜样给我们的下一代。我当然也知道，先要求自己，才能要求别人，如果自己不注重道德修养，不可能要求自己的另一半和子女也注重道德修养。

我自讽说，念书时，每每都读几行，便会被周公召唤。再次重读《大学》，有了更多的领悟。原来，许多原理我们都知道，缺的是实行 (putting into action)。虽然《大学》是至春秋时代篇写的，不过“修身，齐家，治国，平天下”等原理就算是 put into today’s context 还是有它的道理。

越读越带劲。应该也会再接再厉，重读《中庸》。

Most of our friends say my younger sis looks like me. It's true that you can't find any resemblance in my older sis and me now. But I was surprised that we DO look alike when we were in toddler stage. Haha...


But I would like to comment on our hairstyle... My sis is 10 yrs older than me, but I have no idea why she have a more "in" hairstyle than me. 为什么我会顶着一颗惊世骇俗丑不垃圾香菇头?

百万小学堂里的一个问题：

最可能帮助增加“音感”的是？
1）玩魔术方块 2）常常打篮球 3）开始学潜水

答案是 （1）?!!
原来空间排列和音感所用的脑部是一样的，所以空间排列会刺激音感。
人的脑部真是神奇！最近看了木村拓哉的 Mr. Brain 中也提到一些脑部很神奇的地方，interesting, 值得一看。

As suggested by the book's title, the book is writing on how people keep certain things "hidden in plain sight". It does reflects in our daily life! Interestingly applicable to Jack Neo's affair. A 93.3fm listener was expressing his admiration for Mrs. Neo on the issue. "Silence is a very powerful tool" he says. Exactly what the book illustrates. But I guess, it's "the elephant in the room", Mrs. Neo is not only ignoring the "elephant" - her husband's affair, she might even be living in self denial.

Some learning lessons too: "Some things are better left unsaid"

It's 4.45am in the morning. I have problems opening up my eyes on the cab on the way to F1 pit.... My eyes widened when I take a glance out of the cab's window. There were cyclists all well-equiped, cycling towards ECP. I bet a 100 bucks that we are heading the same place and joining the same event - OCBC Cycling Day 2010, 40-km Challenge.

The Challenge flagged off at 6am. It might be due to the early timing of the race or OCBC might have prayed for the good weather, weather was awesome with minimum sun and no rain. The 40-km was finished in a much easier mode.

I'm not familiar with the route, especially at ECP's service road, whereby there's lots of humps... slow down quite a bit on that long stretch of road. When I finally turned into the park itself.... I feel that I could fly. Practice does help and familiarity does plays a part too. The other part that I slowed down was probably at the up and down slopes at shenton. I keep telling myself, "it's ending soon. press on!" Along the route, I seen some girls cheering, "WOW.... YOU ARE DOING GREAT! YOU CAN DO IT! GO! GO! GO! WOW...." Honestly speaking, I did feel like I was cycling faster with their encouragement! Haha... Thanks girls, Great Job! Maybe also due to the fact that most people around you are cycling at a fast speed, so I feel the urged to go faster too.

I'm proud to share my results, though it's far from the Champion... but I'd done my best, and this is the best timing that I'd gotten so far.


This is the 2nd year NUSCO had joined the race. It's a pity that I didn't join them last year. I believed we all had fun and we promised to joined the challenge again should OCBC organize it again next yr.

哈哈！当一天的模特儿，知道模特儿不好当。WS 说男生的带3套上衣，3条领带，和1件外衣。其实，新加坡男生工作的上衣，想也知道，来来去去也就只有那几个颜色。结果，他们不是白色就是蓝色，就连粉红也是热门颜色，领带不是黑色，就是蓝色。还说女生不能穿黑白。我平时穿去工作都是黑白。只拍一张相，却弄得大家人仰马翻。

以下纯属搞笑……

最有看头：Liyan & Agnes
平时不化妆的 Liyan 和 Agnes 最有看头。又弄头发，又贴假睫毛……好让人期待。Agnes 还小笑说，完成后要将玉照放上网征婚。


最大规模：

拍这张照，人最多，也最久。其他人闷得发慌！




最有夫妻相：Andy & Agnes
台湾有双 J 恋，Andy & Agnes 可以考虑来个双 A 恋？


最不自然：Wei Heng
我知道一个人拍有多困难。Wei Hong 的手好像不是自己的手，放哪里好像都别扭。


最自然：Raymond & Norani
据 photographer 说，他们每张都很美很自然。

原来早已培养好默契


最专业：Alvin
Bro 是一次 Ok，真是没话说。


最配合：JJ, Megan & XiaoJia
爬上爬下，坐上坐下。叫他们做什么，他们就做什么。配合度满分。唯一的要求，大概就是 Megan 要她的右脸上镜吧。

经济不景气？不要再给自己借口了。单看 NATAS fair 的长龙，就知道经济并没有想象中糟糕。像是日本、台湾、韩国都很受国人欢迎。就连我爸妈也打算在４月到北海道去。

因为自己要到澳洲去，也到旅游展去人挤人。碰到最搞笑的事情大概就是新加坡的怕输的心理吧。哈哈。

（老公拖着Lexmark's Printer, 老婆拖着很大的行李箱。）
老婆：.... you lah. You go outside, my card cannot sign so much. I want Cat's that red bag! You also never say you got Mastercard, we can go for the draw...

明明是去旅行，关心的却是 free bags? 已经拿了printer 和行李箱，还是不够？还真的为了 free gifts 而吵架，真是败给他们。不过，我也相信这不是 isolate case。而且在我离开之前，redemption counter 大部分都贴上 "FULLY REDEEMED"　的牌子了。Haiz, 我只能说：“祝你们旅途愉快！”

Only a few can be shared. The bunch of siao zha bo took too many fotos tat can only be served as mementos for themselves. Haha...

VENUE: MELBOURNE
DURATION: 11 JUL - 18 JUL

The long awaited Melbourne trip is finally going to happen in July. So excited! But why Melbourne? Though Xian, Lian and me have gone to a few places together, for the so many years, the AFXL have never been to holidays together until the recent Batam trip. Ali has asked us to go Melbourne to look for her when she knew that she's going to study there. So Melbourne is it.

Like I said before, it has to be budget budget yah. We have gotten a cheap deal from NATAS fair: A pair of SQ return tickets for $947 only! Now we just need to confirm our itinerary and hotels. Yeah! Ok girls, mark your calendar.

Some have commented tat I'd become tanner. haha... it's because I'm into cycling recently. We have been practising for the 40-km OCBC cycling day tat's going to happen next sun. No, I'm not taking it as a race, more like a challenge for myself. So... I'm not into buying those expensive gears and bikes. I merely throw in another $2 (in addition to the usual $6) to rent a better bike.


From McDonald's @ East Coast Park all the way up to Changi Beach, whereby there's no road ahead anymore. We make a U-turn here and go back to ECP again...


Woah.. Which is why I said, SIZE DOES MATTER! With bigger rims, it takes abt 2hrs to finish the above route, 1/2 hr faster than the usual mountain bike. I'm looking forward for the challenge next week!

It's once a year 拜年行动, so many years have passed, still dunno the way to each other's place!?!? Haha... Thanks to AXL's parents, we had good food, good laugh and good time yesterday. I guess the bunch of xiao zha bo likes to take pictures the most. They always have funny ideas... let's not go into details. haha.

why no pics? ali... where's the pics?

Discussion for our Australia trip... So 1 week only enough to go ard Melbourne? Watever.... Otherwise Ali will give excuses not to go. Ali, r u crazy? u dun go, we dun go too! Get the point?! Can't believe we are planning it now.

I dunno wat's the occasion, but we were drinking bird nest...

妹妹：为什么 New Moon 叫人月牌？Then 新月牌 leh？
我：没有新月牌啦。People Moon 不好听 mah。
爸爸：他写错啦，应该叫 Man Moon。
(...)

新年最让人头疼的就是大扫除。我的皮肤和鼻子都过渡敏感，碰到灰尘和赃东西，就会痒，还会猛打喷嚏。特地放下工作，乖乖待在家，认认真真的做“除旧迎新”！

不过，大扫除也有另一种收获。大扫除发现了很多朋友和同事送的生日卡、新年卡、圣诞卡、信和一些合照。边看边笑……有 AXL 和 Crab 给我的卡和信，有跟 Candy, Sherry, Jane 的照片，还有和Bedok North Branch 的同事的照片。我们真的 go a very long way……

aaahhhh...................choo....................

其实，我从来不乏异性缘，不过从小我就不曾与“校花”这个名称画上等号。就算曾经有4个男生同时追求我，也没能让我赢得“校花”的美誉。充其量只是个小跟班。我大概就是大家俗称的“壁花”。叛逆期的我多数是中性打扮，而且性格爽朗的我，像兄弟多过像女生。那天我穿着一条连身裙上班，WS惊叹：“你为什么穿这样来？”仿佛我就不应该有女性的打扮。Angry!

碰到以前的校花，如今已是人母。是校花还是壁花已不重要。

I was searching high and low for this show's dvd for.... 5yrs?!? Haha... I was nua-ing at home, switching between channels. And ta-dah! Center Stage on HBO. I remembered first watching this movie was in my NUS's years. wow... how time has passed.

I kinda like movie using dance as background, especially ballet. First, you need to have talent, you have to have those body and feets! Secondly, a lot of hard work. Watching the show makes me remember how my toes suffered. Maybe because of that, I like to see their legs and feets works. NICE LEGS!

Though many might think that the storyline is cliche. But who cares? And personally, I thot, 《如果·爱》has some similarities in terms of storyline too. Maybe they got their ideas here? Just kidding. Besides, the story makes the finale dance much more interesting.



p/s: Anyone has this dvd, lend me k?

郑导演在《百万小学堂》说“男生要有风度”，让我感触良多。

其实，风度是要培养的：让位给女生、老人和小孩，帮女生提东西等等，学校还真应该考虑让孩子上风度班。新加坡的男人普遍都没有风度。记得我第一次坐 G 的车，他很自然的走过来帮我开车门，这种行为我以为只有在戏里才有，让我对这个男生“刮目相看”。不过 G 是少数啦。昨天在搭车时有个男人硬抢在我前面上车，超级没风度！

Friends have been asking when I'm becoming a MRS and blah blah blah...
I'm under a lot of stress: the money, my career, my family, and the next stage of my life. Thanks to my friends, half of the to-do list are checked.

Checklist:
Setting a DATE 20 Oct 2010
Book a VENUE Corpthorne King's (thanks to L, it's within my budget)
Find a JP thanks to A
Groom's ATTIRE already tailored
Bridal's GOWN & ACCESORIES fr Blue Bay
Wedding Rings
Confirmation of GUEST LISTS
Prepare INVITATIONS
Make-up & Hair
Photo-taking

虽然从 Bugis 要回家，搭 MRT 最快，但搭 2 号通常有位子坐，而且不用换车。不过 2 号会经过 Geylang……

他一身酒味，跌坐在我身旁。我抬头望了他一眼，他双颊通红，眯着两眼，双手还握着 4 瓶 Carlsburg。其实他也没做什么奇怪动作，只是默默地闭目养神。不过，他的存在确实让我浑身不自在。想起身换位，又担心贸然换位或起立会引发不必要的骚动。我静静地观察他，注意他会不会作怪。结果，我在 Eunos 下车，顺道到凤娴家去。有惊无险。

一厢情愿的认为新加坡到处是福建人。

相约久违的 Ivan。听说他的女友很爱唱，也很能唱时，兴奋不已。乘着他们在放假，我和 R 也没做工，一起去唱 K。一问之下，才愕然发现这天我是少数（Minority)：3个海南人对我1个福建人。难以置信。

不过能认识兴趣相同的朋友，是很令人开心的。我们听歌的“口味”相近。她还建议我能试唱什么歌。初次见面，感觉不错。

09年作了一些重要的决定：改行、答应 R 的求婚、购屋。

之前在银行工作，觉得很多时候“身不由己”。原本，以为妹妹终于毕业了，决定出去拼一拼，做一些自己喜欢做的事。改行后，等于是自雇人士，收入不稳定，有些费用还是“投资”。改行不到一个月，却意外的答应 R 的求婚，而且在十月买了我们的爱巢。

10年是履行的时候。
3月是屋子的 2nd appointment，即是拿锁匙。
7月是令人期待的与姐妹淘的 trip to Australia 。这应该是婚前的最后一个单身之旅。
10月是成为别人太太的新旅程。
当然，还是的努力工作，还是的勒紧腰带。

没有时间也没有办法后悔决定。不管前路如何，定会提醒自己要秉持我“见招拆招”的精神。
欢迎2010。

Celebrating the n-th Christmas together, seriously running out of ideas. Of course, we could've done what we do best - lazing around to chit-chat or play Dai Di (大老二). But it's a celebration! So I thought we should do something more exciting. And I was glad to have suggested Wii.


It's easy to spend the afternoon challenging each other on some silly games - Raving Rabbids. We really have to thank the people behind the screen. We were totally exhausted after 5 intensive hours of exercising, laughing, screaming and doing funny poses. That's so fun!


Me, As the veteran, (of course) won most of the game. 无敌是寂寞. Ladies, keep practising. I waiting for you.

I only like to receive gifts. Buying presents is probably the what I'm most afraid of. I din intend to buy anything for the girls, I dun want to buy for the sake of buying. Besides, they are not going to hate me because I din given them any presents. I'm glad to finally got their presents in Genting! And we had fun opening up the pressies too. Not necessary expensive, but just practical and useful and fun!


p/s: Ali, dun worry we still love you no matter what.